# Chihayafuru
Chihaya Ayase has spent most of her life supporting her sister’s model career. When she meets a boy named Arata Wataya, he thinks Chihaya has potential to become a great karuta player. As Chihaya dreams of becoming Japan's best karuta player, she is soon separated from her karuta playing friends. Now in high school, Chihaya still plays karuta in the hope that she will one day meet her friends again.
# Season 1
# E1 - Now the Flower Blooms
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYE5X01VR/now-the-flower-blooms)
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**[00:02] [POEM] Chihaya**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower blooms, but for winter.
**[00:07] [POEM] Chihaya**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms.
**[00:17] Person A**
Did you watch last night's episode?
**[00:18] Person B**
Uh-huh, you bet!
**[00:21] Person A**
Have you heard?
**[00:22] Person A**
One of the new students
**[00:23] ---**
is the younger sister of the model Ayase Chitose!
**[00:25] Person B**
No way! I'm a huge fan!
**[00:27] Person C**
She must be super cute!
**[00:29] Person A**
Yeah!
**[00:29] Person B**
Really? Let's go check her out!
**[00:31] Person C**
Which class?!
**[00:32] Person A**
Class 2!
**[00:32] Person A**
But she's usually in the lobby during lunch!
**[00:39] Person A**
What?
***SIGN*** Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 1-2!!
**[00:43] Person A**
Ayase Chihaya...?
***SIGN*** Let's start a competitive karuta club!
**[00:46] ---**
A competitive karuta club?
**[00:48] Chihaya**
Excuse me.
**[00:59] Person A**
E-Err...
**[01:03] Chihaya**
1, 2, 3, 4!
**[01:06] Person B**
The hell?
**[01:07] Person A**
Track pants?
**[01:08] Person C**
Look at the belt.
**[01:10] Teacher**
Ayase-san!
**[01:12] Teacher**
Just look at yourself!
**[01:14] Teacher**
Have you no shame?!
**[01:16] Chihaya**
What?
**[01:17] Chihaya**
You're the one who told me that
I shouldn't do this with a skirt on.
**[01:19] Teacher**
If you're going to wear track pants,
take off the skirt!
**[01:22] Teacher**
Also, you're only allowed to
put one flyer on the board.
**[01:25] Teacher**
Don't take it off here!
**[01:28] Teacher**
You keep trying to start a karuta club,
**[01:28] Person A**
Right, everyone was saying how she's pretty,
**[01:31] Teacher**
but you always fall asleep during classical literature!
**[01:32] Person A**
but it's wasted as soon as she talks or does something.
**[01:35] Person A**
Beauty in vain...
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 1
***SIGN*** Now
The
Flower
Blooms
***SIGN*** Let's start a competitive karuta club!
**[02:55] Chihaya**
Nobody's come to see me.
**[02:59] Horikawa**
Chi-chan.
**[03:00] Horikawa**
Forget about karuta.
**[03:02] Horikawa**
Do track with me again.
**[03:04] Horikawa**
It'd be a waste to just quit
**[03:06] ---**
after qualifying for the
city meet in short distance.
**[03:07] Person A**
Is karuta that idiom card game?
**[03:10] Chihaya**
It's not.
**[03:13] Chihaya**
Track was just a way for me to meet people.
**[03:17] Horikawa**
Meet people?
**[03:18] Horikawa**
What's that supposed to mean?
**[03:19] Person A**
Hey, we need to hurry to practice,
**[03:21] Person A**
or the seniors will yell at us again.
**[03:22] Horikawa**
Uh-huh. See you later, Chi-chan.
**[03:25] Horikawa**
Wait up!
**[03:26] Person A**
Faster!
**[03:27] Horikawa**
Sorry.
**[03:28] Person A**
That one senior is so scary!
**[03:33] Chihaya**
*It must be nice to have teammates.*
**[03:41] Chihaya**
*I figured that high school was where I could*
**[03:43] ---**
*find other players and focus 100% on karuta.*
**[03:56] (Flashback) Shin**
That makes you the Queen, Ayase-san.
**[04:00] [POEM] Voice**
None are left who know me
**[04:02] Chihaya**
*Back when I really enjoyed karuta...*
**[04:04] [POEM] Voice**
Takasago pines...
**[04:09] Taichi**
They call you "beauty in vain"
**[04:11] ---**
because you just plop yourself on the ground.
**[04:12] [POEM] Voice**
*...can never replace them.*
**[04:15] Taichi**
Chihaya.
**[04:20] Chihaya**
Taichi?!
**[04:23] Chihaya**
That's awesome!
**[04:24] Chihaya**
I never thought you'd come to this high school.
**[04:26] Chihaya**
I figured you would stay at
that fancy academy for high school with the free ride.
**[04:31] Taichi**
And spend three more years commuting
**[04:33] ---**
an hour and a half each way?
**[04:35] Taichi**
By the way, that hurt.
**[04:37] Taichi**
Anyway, I think it's more surprising
**[04:39] ---**
that you made it into a good public school.
**[04:46] Chihaya**
Taichi, you've grown taller.
**[04:49] Taichi**
But we're practically the same height!
**[04:51] Taichi**
Don't get too cocky!
**[04:52] Taichi**
I'm still gonna grow!
**[04:53] Chihaya**
As am I.
**[04:55] Taichi**
You can stop!
**[04:58] Chihaya**
Taichi!
**[05:00] Taichi**
What?
**[05:01] Chihaya**
Taichi!
**[05:03] Chihaya**
Taichi! Taichi! Taichi!
**[05:06] Taichi**
What's wrong with you?
**[05:07] Taichi**
Chihaya, you probably aren't
very popular with the guys.
**[05:22] Taichi**
Chihaya.
**[05:23] Chihaya**
Hmm?
**[05:25] Taichi**
Say...
**[05:30] Chihaya**
Excuse me for a second.
**[05:33] Taichi**
Yeah, it's me.
**[05:34] Taichi**
Right now?
**[05:35] Taichi**
I'm at the station.
**[05:38] Taichi**
Yeah, not yet.
**[05:41] Taichi**
Huh? You're waiting at Bubaigawara?
**[05:44] Taichi**
Fine, fine.
**[05:45] Taichi**
I'm hanging up.
**[05:51] Chihaya**
Your girlfriend?!
**[05:52] Chihaya**
You have a girlfriend?!
**[05:55] Taichi**
Am I not allowed to have one?
**[05:57] Chihaya**
Oh.
**[06:00] Chihaya**
Oh...
**[06:01] Taichi**
Wh-What's wrong?
**[06:03] Taichi**
Was it that big of a shock?
**[06:05] Chihaya**
Uh-huh.
**[06:05] Taichi**
W-Well, I'm only with her
because she asked me out.
**[06:09] Taichi**
I'm not really attached to her or anything...
**[06:11] Chihaya**
Maybe Arata's found something more important to him than karuta.
**[06:17] Taichi**
Huh?
**[06:21] Taichi**
What's that supposed to mean?
**[06:24] Chihaya**
Taichi?
**[06:28] Taichi**
Have you been in touch with Arata?
**[06:31] Chihaya**
No, I didn't get a New Year's card from him.
**[06:35] Chihaya**
Arata wasn't in last year's national tournament.
**[06:41] Chihaya**
I was on the track team in middle school,
**[06:43] Chihaya**
so I've never been to the Omi Jingu tournament.
**[06:47] Taichi**
Nothing wrong with track.
**[06:49] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[06:50] Taichi**
I'm planning on doing
something else in high school.
**[06:53] Taichi**
Karuta was just a hobby.
**[06:54] Chihaya**
What? You're not gonna play karuta?!
**[06:57] Chihaya**
We're even in the same high school!
**[06:59] Taichi**
I spent most of my time in
middle school playing soccer.
**[07:02] Taichi**
We're not gonna play karuta forever.
**[07:07] [POEM] Chihaya**
None are left who know me.
**[07:11] Chihaya**
*This poem was about losing old friends.*
**[07:17] (Flashback) Chihaya**
As long as we keep playing,
we'll see each other again!
**[07:20] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I just know it!
**[07:30] Person A**
Chi-chan! Hurry up!
**[07:33] Chihaya**
Wait for me!
**[07:39] Chihaya**
*Three years ago, in Tokyo,*
**[07:43] Chihaya**
*before I found my passion...*
**[07:47] Person B**
Hey, hey.
**[07:48] Person B**
How did your sister do in the beauty pageant?
**[07:50] Chihaya**
Oh, she made it to the final round,
**[07:55] Chihaya**
and her picture will be in the newspaper tomorrow!
**[07:58] Person C**
Really? That's amazing!
**[08:00] Person D**
I wanna see!
**[08:01] Taichi**
Chihaya's sister is really pretty.
**[08:04] Chihaya**
Yep. Don't you agree, Taichi?
**[08:06] Taichi**
Sure. She's the opposite of you.
**[08:10] Person A**
Hilarious!
**[08:12] Taichi**
Aw, man.
**[08:14] Taichi**
Reflexes are the one area you can match me.
**[08:16] Chihaya**
Don't forget height.
**[08:17] Taichi**
Hey! You wanna make something of it, Chihaya?
**[08:19] Chihaya**
Yeah!
**[08:26] Chihaya**
Oh, sorry.
**[08:32] Taichi**
That transfer student never talks.
**[08:35] Chihaya**
Really?
**[08:36] Taichi**
It seems he doesn't have any friends, either.
**[08:38] Person A**
You should probably stay away from him.
**[08:41] Person B**
I've heard that he snacks on bugs.
**[08:43] Taichi**
What? For real?
**[08:44] Person B**
Someone from Class 2 saw it!
**[08:46] Person C**
He has holes in his socks, too.
**[08:47] Person A**
We don't need him in our class.
**[08:50] Person B**
Hey, Chi-chan.
**[08:51] Chihaya**
Hmm?
**[08:51] Person B**
Look at this.
**[08:52] Person B**
We've been taking notes on
Wataya-kun's Fukui dialect.
***SIGN*** Wataya Lexicon Hay, hay -> Hey, hey Yah, yah -> Yeah, yeah Stick it -> No idea Lez -> Let's Canker -> ??
**[08:55] Person C**
But he doesn't talk much these days.
**[08:58] Person C**
We can't add to the list.
**[08:59] Person C**
He doesn't wanna share.
**[09:01] Person B**
I know...
**[09:02] Person A**
Then, the other day...
**[09:03] Chihaya**
If I were in Wataya-kun's shoes,
**[09:06] Chihaya**
I wouldn't want to talk to people who kept
**[09:08] ---**
taking notes just so they could laugh at me.
**[09:13] Person A**
That wasn't our intention.
**[09:16] Person B**
I know.
**[09:17] Chihaya**
Oh, really? Sorry.
**[09:18] Person A**
Nah, it's okay.
**[09:20] Chihaya**
Really?
**[09:36] Man**
Hey, you forgot your directions.
**[09:39] Man**
You'll need this.
**[09:40] Arata**
I memorized it.
**[09:41] Man**
You memorized it?
**[09:43] Man**
This is your first day!
**[09:44] Man**
Hey, wait!
**[09:45] Man**
You have 200 stops!
**[09:47] Man**
Don't make any mistakes!
**[09:51] Arata**
*Area 2, District 5.*
**[09:52] Arata**
*Fujiwara, plus five across the street.*
**[09:54] Arata**
*Osawa, Fujimiya, Yamamoto...*
**[09:57] Arata**
*Uchiyama's subscription was canceled.*
**[09:59] Arata**
*Yokota Cooperative.*
**[10:00] Arata**
*101, 103, 203, 204.*
**[10:09] Arata**
*Next is Ayase.*
**[10:22] Arata**
G-Good morning.
**[10:24] Chihaya**
Thank you!
**[10:35] Chihaya**
Sis! Sis!
**[10:36] Chihaya**
You're in the paper!
**[10:37] Chihaya**
Wake up!
***SIGN*** Japan Sports Paper
***SIGN*** Japan's Most Beautiful Girl Grand Prix
***SIGN*** 13 Years Old
**[10:40] Chihaya**
Look! There's your picture!
**[10:42] Chihaya**
Right here!
**[10:46] Chitose**
As a footnote.
**[10:48] Chihaya**
Why is that bad?
**[10:49] Chihaya**
It's amazing that you made it to the final fifteen!
**[10:52] Chihaya**
Can I have this picture?
**[10:54] Chitose**
Whatever.
**[10:57] Chihaya**
The winner has a better body, I guess.
**[11:03] Chitose**
You always say the first thing
that comes into your head!
**[11:06] Person A**
Chi-chan, I saw the paper!
**[11:08] Person B**
Your sister's amazing!
**[11:10] Chihaya**
Yep! She's amazing!
**[11:12] Taichi**
Wow, she's really in the paper.
**[11:14] Person A**
Your sister's so pretty.
**[11:15] Person B**
Wow...
**[11:16] Taichi**
Yeah, the two of you might be sisters,
**[11:18] Taichi**
but you still look like a boy.
**[11:25] Teacher**
Good morning.
**[11:27] Teacher**
Sit down.
***SIGN*** Hundred Poet Memorization Sheet
**[11:30] Teacher**
Did everyone fill out their Hundred Poet sheet with stickers?
**[11:33] Teacher**
If you memorize all one hundred poems,
you should take the test.
**[11:35] Teacher**
We'll have the students who've
**[11:35] Person A**
I don't think so. How many did you memorize?
**[11:37] ---**
learned their poems participate in the karuta tournament.
**[11:37] Person B**
Only ten. What about you?
**[11:40] Person A**
Fifteen.
**[11:40] Person B**
Same difference.
Don't be such a snob.
**[11:42] Taichi**
Chihaya, how many did you memorize?
**[11:44] Chihaya**
Only half, I think...
**[11:48] Chihaya**
Yeah, yeah.
You're a better student than I am.
**[11:51] Person A**
Mashima-kun, you've already
memorized all of them?
**[11:53] Person B**
That was quick.
**[11:54] Person B**
You can do anything.
**[11:55] Teacher**
Okay, quiet down!
**[11:57] Teacher**
Actually, Mashima-kun isn't the only person
**[12:00] ---**
in the class who memorized
all one hundred poems.
**[12:04] Teacher**
The other person is...
**[12:05] Teacher**
Wataya-kun!
**[12:07] Background**
No way!
**[12:09] Teacher**
Wataya-kun took the test
after school yesterday.
**[12:12] Teacher**
He got all 100 poems on the first try.
**[12:14] ---**
Amazing!
**[12:15] ---**
Round of applause!
**[12:16] ---**
Really? In one go?
**[12:18] Teacher**
Will you participate in the
karuta tournament next month?
**[12:21] Arata**
Uh... yes.
**[12:23] Chihaya**
Hmm?
**[12:27] Arata**
*Good morning.*
**[12:29] Chihaya**
The paper boy!
**[12:31] Chihaya**
I remember now!
**[12:32] Chihaya**
You delivered our paper this morning!
**[12:35] Chihaya**
That's amazing!
**[12:36] Person A**
Paper boy?
**[12:38] Person B**
Grade schoolers aren't
supposed to be working.
**[12:40] Teacher**
Um, Wataya-kun?
Is this true?
**[12:44] Arata**
I help out from time
to time when I'm asked.
**[12:48] Person A**
He must be poor.
**[12:50] Person B**
Doesn't he wear the same pants every day?
**[12:55] Chihaya**
Hey, Taichi. Isn't Wataya-kun amazing?
**[12:58] Chihaya**
He's delivering the newspaper!
**[13:01] Teacher**
Okay, quiet down.
**[13:02] Teacher**
Everybody should try their best to
memorize all one hundred poems.
**[13:21] Chihaya**
Wataya-kun!
**[13:29] Person A**
Bye, Mashima-kun.
**[13:30] Taichi**
Yeah!
**[13:41] Chihaya**
Um...
**[13:43] Chihaya**
Well, I...
**[13:49] Taichi**
Oh, oops! Sorry about
ruining your only pair of pants!
**[13:52] Chihaya**
Taichi!
**[13:54] Taichi**
Don't have anything to wear tomorrow?
**[13:56] Taichi**
You can borrow your mom's skirt...
**[13:59] Chihaya**
I didn't think you were such a mean person!
**[14:04] Taichi**
Well, why do you keep taking his side?!
**[14:08] Taichi**
Everyone's gonna start ignoring you tomorrow!
**[14:11] Chihaya**
I don't care!
**[14:13] Taichi**
I'm gonna ignore you, too!
**[14:15] Taichi**
I mean it!
**[14:15] Chihaya**
I said that I don't care!
**[14:21] Taichi**
Don't come crying to me later!
**[14:23] Taichi**
You'll pay for this!
**[14:36] Chihaya**
Wow, this place is falling apart.
**[14:39] Chihaya**
Oh!
**[14:40] Chihaya**
Umm, sorry!
**[14:41] Chihaya**
I always say the first thing
that comes into my head!
**[14:44] Chihaya**
That's why my sister
kicked me this morning...
**[14:49] Chihaya**
U-Um...
**[14:51] Chihaya**
You know, you can talk.
**[14:53] Chihaya**
I'm not taking notes.
**[15:00] Chihaya**
It's freezing.
**[15:03] Arata**
Wh-Why...
**[15:07] Arata**
Why were you waiting for
the newspaper this morning?
**[15:12] Chihaya**
*He spoke!*
**[15:15] Chihaya**
My sister was in a beauty pageant,
**[15:17] Chihaya**
and I couldn't wait to see the article!
**[15:19] Chihaya**
Look, right here!
**[15:20] Chihaya**
My sister's in the back!
**[15:22] Arata**
Wow, that's really something.
**[15:24] Chihaya**
Isn't she pretty?
Isn't she awesome?
**[15:27] Chihaya**
My dream is to see my sister
become the top model in Japan!
**[15:33] Arata**
You can't call that a dream.
**[15:38] Arata**
Your dream should be about yourself.
**[15:42] Arata**
Don't take someone else's.
**[15:44] Arata**
That wouldn't be fair to your sister.
**[15:47] Chihaya**
Wh-What?!
**[15:49] Chihaya**
Do you have a dream, Wataya-kun?!
**[15:51] Chihaya**
Your own dream?!
**[16:04] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[16:05] Chihaya**
Isn't this Hundred Poets?
**[16:07] Arata**
Do you know how to play?
**[16:09] Chihaya**
Well, we have a karuta tournament
at our school every year.
**[16:14] Chihaya**
You know, the one the teacher mentioned.
**[16:15] Arata**
L-Lez play!
**[16:16] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[16:17] Chihaya**
What?
**[16:18] Chihaya**
Wait!
**[16:19] Chihaya**
I'll play, but we need someone to do the reading.
**[16:22] Arata**
I have a tape for that!
**[16:24] Chihaya**
*What?*
**[16:26] Chihaya**
*Why is he so excited?*
**[16:32] Chihaya**
*Um... How does this work?*
**[16:35] Chihaya**
*Line up 25 cards in 3 rows.*
**[16:39] Chihaya**
*When the first verse of a poem is read,*
**[16:41] Chihaya**
*you grab the card with the second verse.*
**[16:45] Chihaya**
*I've only memorized around 50 poems...*
**[16:49] Chihaya**
*Well, it's just a game.*
**[16:57] Chihaya**
*What was that look?*
**[17:00] Arata**
Shall we begin?
**[17:01] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[17:02] Chihaya**
S-Sure.
**[17:14] [POEM] Reader**
The storm...
**[17:16] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[17:18] Arata**
Oh, oops.
**[17:22] [POEM] Reader**
to set the Tatsuta River ablaze
***SIGN*** to set the Tatsuta River ablaze
**[17:30] Arata**
Another card got stuck.
**[17:36] [POEM] Reader**
May I live to see the day when
***SIGN*** when the fisherman who
casts his nets can seem dear
**[17:45] [POEM] Reader**
The world offers no change, I pray,
**[17:47] Chihaya**
H-Huh?!
**[17:48] Chihaya**
What's going on?!
**[17:52] Chihaya**
*Is this how you play karuta?*
**[17:57] Chihaya**
*He's fast!*
**[17:59] Chihaya**
*Fast!*
**[18:01] Chihaya**
*So fast!*
**[18:03] Chihaya**
*I'm mad.*
**[18:06] Chihaya**
*I'm really mad.*
**[18:10] Chihaya**
*I should at least be able to take one card...*
**[18:17] Chihaya**
*Oh.*
***SIGN*** are joined at river's end
**[18:18] Chihaya**
*I know the first verse for that card.*
**[18:20] Chihaya**
*"Swift waters parted by the jagged rocks"*
**[18:24] Chihaya**
*One card.*
**[18:27] Chihaya**
*It's just one card.*
**[18:30] Chihaya**
*I have to get it!*
**[18:39] [POEM] Reader**
Swift...
**[18:44] [POEM] Reader**
...waters parted by the jagged rocks
***SIGN*** are joined at river's end
**[18:53] Chihaya**
I did it! I got a card!
**[18:55] Chihaya**
I beat Wataya-kun to a card!
**[19:00] Arata**
Thank you very much.
**[19:02] Chihaya**
What happened?!
**[19:04] Chihaya**
You're too good!
**[19:05] Arata**
But you were able to take a card.
**[19:07] Chihaya**
Only one card!
**[19:11] Arata**
B-But, I had fun!
**[19:15] Arata**
In Fukui, everyone played karuta.
**[19:18] Arata**
That's not the case in Tokyo.
**[19:22] Arata**
I usually play by myself.
**[19:24] Chihaya**
By yourself?!
While listening to the tape?!
***SIGN*** the red that is
the Tatsuta River
**[19:29] Arata**
Karuta isn't very popular in other countries.
**[19:34] Arata**
Well, it's not an easy game.
**[19:36] Arata**
But that means...
**[19:41] Arata**
If you become the best player in Japan,
**[19:43] Arata**
you'll be the best in the world.
**[19:48] Chihaya**
*The best in the world?*
**[19:52] Arata**
My dream is to become
**[19:55] Arata**
a karuta master.
***SIGN*** are joined at river's end
**[19:58] Chihaya**
*Master...*
**[20:02] Chihaya**
*Dream...*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[20:07] Arata**
Chihaya is a good name.
**[20:09] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[20:10] Arata**
Look, this is your card.
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[20:14] Arata**
The first verse for this card begins with Chihaya Furu (Impassionate).
**[20:18] Arata**
This is the card you pick up when you hear Chihaya,
**[20:20] Arata**
so in my mind, it's the Chihaya card.
**[20:24] Arata**
That's how I see it.
**[20:30] Mom**
I'm home!
**[20:31] Mom**
Oh?
**[20:32] Mom**
Arata, is this a friend?
**[20:34] Mom**
Oh, a girlfriend?!
**[20:36] Arata**
Mom...
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[20:37] Mom**
Arata's girlfriend, would you like some yams?!
**[20:39] Chihaya**
No, thank you.
**[20:46] [POEM] Chihaya**
Impassionate gods have never seen
**[20:53] Chihaya**
He was so fast.
**[21:01] Chihaya**
His dream...
**[21:04] [POEM] Chihaya**
the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[21:09] (Flashback) Chihaya**
On the day I first played karuta with Arata,
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[21:14] Chihaya**
*I learned about more than just karuta.*
**[21:19] Chihaya**
*I discovered Arata's passion!*
# E2 - The Red That Is
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR9PV93V6/the-red-that-is)
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**[00:00] Arata**
-
**[00:01] [POEM] Chihaya**
Note that though we may
be apart, if I am to hear
**[00:06] Person A**
Can I copy your homework?
**[00:06] Chihaya**
No good. What was the second verse?
**[00:07] Person B**
Again?
**[00:10] [POEM] Chihaya**
that you pine for me as the Inaba
mountain pines, I shall return to you.
**[00:15] (Flashback) Arata**
Chihaya is a good name.
**[00:20] (Flashback) Arata**
Look, this is your card.
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[00:24] (Flashback) Arata**
The first verse for this card
begins with Chihaya Furu.
**[00:27] (Flashback) Arata**
This is the card you pick
up when you hear Chihaya,
**[00:29] (Flashback) Arata**
so in my mind, it's the Chihaya card.
**[00:34] Chihaya**
Okay! I can do this!
**[00:37] Chihaya**
Good morning!
**[00:43] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[00:49] Chihaya**
Oh.
**[00:50] (Flashback) Taichi**
Everyone's gonna start
ignoring you tomorrow!
**[00:54] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I don't care!
**[00:55] (Flashback) Taichi**
I'm gonna ignore you, too!
**[00:57] (Flashback) Taichi**
I mean it!
**[00:58] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I said that I don't care!
**[01:08] Taichi**
If you stop talking to the outsider,
**[01:11] Taichi**
we'll stop ignoring you.
**[01:14] Chihaya**
I don't mind.
**[01:16] Chihaya**
You should stop ignoring
Wataya-kun instead.
**[01:20] Taichi**
Why do you keep taking his side?!
**[01:22] Chihaya**
Why are you so mean?!
**[01:25] Taichi**
There's nothing to like about
this puny and poor bumpkin!
**[01:26] Arata**
I-It's okay, Ayase-san.
**[01:28] Arata**
It's okay.
**[01:29] Chihaya**
There is!
**[01:30] Chihaya**
There is!
**[01:35] Chihaya**
Wataya-kun can beat
everyone here at karuta!
**[01:43] Chihaya**
Right?
**[01:48] Arata**
I-
**[01:49] ---**
I won't let anyone take
a single card from me.
**[01:58] Taichi**
I'll make you eat those words!
**[02:00] Taichi**
Let's have a showdown at the
upcoming karuta tournament!
**[02:02] Person A**
If anyone takes a card from you,
**[02:04] ---**
we're ignoring you until you graduate!
**[02:06] Person B**
Yeah!
**[02:07] Chihaya**
*It was a reckless bet,*
**[02:09] Chihaya**
*but it felt so right.*
**[02:12] Chihaya**
* Because I didn't have anything*
* where I could claim*
**[02:15] Chihaya**
*that no one else could ever beat me!*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 2
***SIGN*** The Red
That Is
***SIGN*** East Osato
Elementary School
Karuta Tournament
**[03:31] [POEM] Reader**
*Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter.*
**[03:40] [POEM] Reader**
*Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms.*
**[03:42] Person A**
Hey, why isn't anyone moving?
**[03:45] Person B**
This is just the opening poem.
**[03:47] Person A**
Opening poem?
**[03:48] Person B**
The contest begins with the reading
**[03:49] ---**
of a poem that isn't one of the Hundred.
**[03:51] Person B**
Then the match starts.
That's what the handout said.
**[03:54] Person A**
Oh...
***SIGN*** Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
**[03:58] [POEM] Reader**
The tail feathers of the
copper pheasant are long,
**[04:02] Taichi**
Uh...
**[04:08] Taichi**
There it is!
**[04:09] Person A**
Yeah!
**[04:10] Person A**
You got this, Taichi!
**[04:12] Person B**
Nice one, Taichi!
**[04:13] Taichi**
Too easy.
**[04:15] Person A**
You can win this!
**[04:17] Person B**
Keep it up!
**[04:21] [POEM] Reader**
long as the nights I spend alone.
**[04:27] Teacher**
Next will be the first round
matches for the second group.
***SIGN*** Mashima Taichi | Tanno Shouta | Umehara Asuka
**[04:30] Teacher**
Will the contestants please
step onto the tatami?
**[04:31] Person A**
You were awesome, Taichi!
**[04:33] Taichi**
Piece of cake.
**[04:35] Person B**
Your next match should be just as easy!
**[04:36] Person C**
I know, right?
**[04:47] Taichi**
Wouldn't it be lame if he
lost in the first round?
**[04:53] Chihaya**
You'll understand once
you've seen him play.
**[05:07] [POEM] Reader**
Like a boatsman...
**[05:31] Person A**
Wow.
**[05:33] Person B**
What was that?
**[05:36] Person C**
Hey, did you see Wataya's match?!
**[05:38] Person D**
Yeah, that was crazy.
**[05:40] Person E**
Does Taichi have a chance?
**[05:42] Person D**
He'll be fine.
He can do anything.
**[05:45] Person D**
Besides, his mom will be
on his case if he loses.
***SIGN*** Mashima Taichi Wataya Arata
**[05:48] Person A**
Yeah, he'll have to do
whatever it takes to win
**[05:51] ---**
if he doesn't want to get in trouble.
**[05:52] Person B**
You don't think he'll lose without
taking a single card, do you?
**[05:58] Chihaya**
You're amazing, Wataya-kun!
**[06:00] Chihaya**
At this rate, you'll
have a perfect victory!
**[06:03] Arata**
But you were able to
take a card from me.
**[06:07] Chihaya**
That was a fluke.
**[06:09] Arata**
You're wrong.
**[06:10] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[06:11] Arata**
You have the instinct
of a karuta player.
**[06:17] Chihaya**
The instinct of a karuta player?
**[06:20] Taichi**
Hey!
**[06:25] Taichi**
It's on me!
**[06:26] Taichi**
You should be grateful!
**[06:28] Chihaya**
Taichi?
**[06:31] Taichi**
What's wrong?
It's not poisoned or anything.
**[06:34] Arata**
Oh, that's not it...
**[06:36] Arata**
Thank you.
**[06:41] Chihaya**
Hey, Taichi!
**[06:42] Chihaya**
What do you think you're doing?!
**[06:44] Taichi**
That was his own fault!
**[06:50] Chihaya**
Man, what's Taichi even thinking?
**[06:55] Chihaya**
Sorry, I don't have a
handkerchief on me.
**[06:58] Chihaya**
You can wipe your face on here.
**[07:00] Arata**
No, it's okay.
**[07:01] Chihaya**
It's no big deal.
**[07:03] Chihaya**
Uh, then...
**[07:05] Chihaya**
How about here?
**[07:07] Arata**
It's really okay.
**[07:09] Chihaya**
What?
**[07:10] Chihaya**
What about here?
**[07:12] Arata**
I said it's okay.
**[07:14] Chihaya**
Over here then?
**[07:16] Arata**
I don't want to get your clothes wet.
**[07:18] Chihaya**
You don't have to worry about that!
**[07:20] Chihaya**
If I run really fast,
they'll dry in a flash!
**[07:27] Arata**
Huh? That's strange.
**[07:29] Chihaya**
What's wrong?
**[07:32] Arata**
My glasses...
**[07:34] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[07:42] Chihaya**
Taichi!
**[07:43] Chihaya**
Have you seen Wataya-kun's glasses?
**[07:45] Taichi**
Nope.
Isn't that right?
**[07:48] Person A**
Hmm? Yeah.
**[07:49] Person B**
Right.
**[07:50] Chihaya**
Really...
***SIGN*** Eyesight without glasses 0.03
**[07:52] Taichi**
Ayase-san, I'm pretty sure that Mashima
**[07:55] ---**
was the one who hid my glasses.
**[07:57] Person A**
Huh?
**[07:57] Chihaya**
Taichi might be selfish,
but he's not mean!
**[08:02] Chihaya**
And that's not me.
**[08:04] Teacher**
We will now begin the final match!
**[08:08] Chihaya**
I'll go find your glasses!
**[08:11] Chihaya**
Hold on!
**[08:21] Taichi**
Do you really have to lean
that close to read them?
**[08:24] Taichi**
Are you making sure you'll
have an excuse when you lose?
**[08:28] Taichi**
J-Just so we're clear...
**[08:30] Taichi**
If I take a card from you, you lose!
**[08:44] [POEM] Reader**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter.
**[08:53] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms.
**[09:09] [POEM] Reader**
A mountain stream...
**[09:14] Person A**
That was fast!
**[09:17] Person B**
That scared me.
**[09:23] Taichi**
*What's going on?*
**[09:25] Taichi**
*I thought he couldn't see.*
**[09:28] [POEM] Reader**
I wish...
**[09:30] Taichi**
*No way!*
**[09:31] [POEM] Reader**
Waves...
**[09:35] Taichi**
* He memorized the initial*
* position of every card?!*
**[09:38] [POEM] Reader**
My life means nothing after...
**[09:46] [POEM] Reader**
While some dodge...
**[09:49] Reader**
Oh, Wataya-kun.
**[09:50] Reader**
That's the wrong card.
***SIGN*** I have learned to both love and hate my fellow man
**[09:56] [POEM] Reader**
I deflect your artful words
to keep my sleeves dry
**[09:59] Taichi**
Got it!
**[10:02] Person A**
Nice job, Taichi!
**[10:03] Person B**
Time to start your comeback!
**[10:06] Arata**
*The cards have been moved?*
**[10:12] [POEM] Reader**
My fear is that you will forget
your promise to never forget me,
**[10:14] Arata**
*Where is it?*
**[10:18] Taichi**
Found it!
**[10:20] Person A**
Mashima got another card!
**[10:22] Person B**
Way to go, Mashima!
**[10:23] Person C**
Keep it up!
**[10:24] [POEM] Reader**
When the misty bridge of magpie
feathers comes into sight,
**[10:27] Taichi**
Awesome!
**[10:29] Person A**
He got it!
**[10:29] Person B**
That's it, Mashima!
**[10:31] Person C**
Don't lose to the outsider!
**[10:32] Person D**
Wataya's lame!
**[10:33] Person E**
That's what you get for bragging
about being good at karuta!
**[10:35] Person F**
Take him out, Mashima!
**[10:39] Person G**
Get him!
**[10:41] Person H**
Do it!
**[10:45] Person I**
That's it!
**[10:48] Chihaya**
Sensei!
**[10:52] Chihaya**
Can I take Wataya-kun's place?!
**[10:55] Arata**
Huh?
**[10:56] Taichi**
Huh?
**[11:04] Chihaya**
I'll take Wataya-kun's place!
**[11:06] Teacher**
What are you saying?
**[11:08] Teacher**
You shouldn't interrupt
a match, Ayase-san.
**[11:10] Chihaya**
But Sensei!
Wataya-kun lost his glasses!
**[11:13] Chihaya**
And um...
**[11:14] Chihaya**
I'm his number one pupil!
**[11:17] Teacher**
It's true that he doesn't
have his glasses.
**[11:20] Taichi**
I don't mind.
**[11:23] Taichi**
Chihaya is obviously weaker.
**[11:27] Chihaya**
Thank you!
**[11:32] Person A**
But Chi-chan only has a third
of the poems memorized.
**[11:35] Person B**
Is she going to be okay?
**[11:39] Chihaya**
* I'm going to win this*
* match for Wataya-kun!*
**[11:44] Chihaya**
*No...*
**[11:45] [POEM] Reader**
the night is nearly past
**[11:46] Chihaya**
*I'm not doing this for him.*
**[11:47] Chihaya**
*I'm...*
**[11:49] Chihaya**
*I'm the one who's going to defeat Taichi!*
**[11:56] [POEM] Reader**
May the scarlet kadsuras
of Mount Afusaka...
**[11:57] Chihaya**
*I know this one!*
**[12:01] Taichi**
Wh-What are you doing?!
**[12:04] Teacher**
You're not supposed to use both hands.
**[12:07] Chihaya**
Huh? What order were these in?
**[12:10] Taichi**
You're out of control.
**[12:13] Chihaya**
*When I was playing against Wataya-kun,*
***SIGN*** Emperor Sutoku
Swift waters parted by the jagged rocks
**[12:16] Chihaya**
*I was focused on jumping into action*
***SIGN*** are joined at river's end
**[12:18] Chihaya**
* as soon as I heard the first*
* word of the first verse.*
**[12:20] Chihaya**
*In other words...*
**[12:22] Chihaya**
* I just have to keep cycling*
* through the first few words*
**[12:23] ---**
*of every first verse!*
**[12:25] Chihaya**
*It doesn't matter what the poem means!*
**[12:26] Chihaya**
* If she reads a card*
* I don't recognize...*
**[12:28] [POEM] Reader**
Since the dew atop the blades of grass
**[12:32] Chihaya**
* I bat away the cards that are*
* in the area Taichi is looking!*
**[12:36] Taichi**
That's cheap, Chihaya!
**[12:38] Chihaya**
Am I allowed to do that, Sensei?
**[12:40] Teacher**
The rules allow it.
**[12:42] Teacher**
As long as the correct card is
removed from the area of play.
**[12:49] Person A**
This girl certainly has style.
**[12:53] [POEM] Reader**
For you, I head out to the
fields to pick spring greens
**[12:54] Taichi**
*The second verse is "while snow falls upon..."*
**[12:57] Chihaya**
*I can't lose!*
**[12:58] Chihaya**
*Focus on Taichi's movements!*
**[13:00] Chihaya**
Got it!
**[13:02] Taichi**
*Why is she so serious?*
**[13:06] Taichi**
*Is she...*
**[13:08] Taichi**
*Is she doing it for him?*
**[13:10] Taichi**
*For that loser?*
**[13:15] Chihaya**
Got it!
**[13:16] Person A**
What's wrong, Taichi?!
**[13:18] Person B**
You better not lose!
**[13:19] Person C**
Pull it together!
**[13:21] Taichi**
*They're right!*
**[13:23] Taichi**
*Focus!*
**[13:25] [POEM] Reader**
For the...
**[13:34] [POEM] Reader**
May I find the...
**[13:38] Person A**
Chi-chan got the card!
**[13:44] Arata**
*Only one left!*
**[13:51] Taichi**
*Only one left.*
**[13:53] Chihaya**
*Only one left.*
**[13:54] Chihaya**
*Huh?*
**[13:56] Chihaya**
*No way!*
**[13:57] Chihaya**
* I don't recognize any*
* of the other cards!*
**[14:01] Chihaya**
*What do I do?*
**[14:07] Chihaya**
Oh!
**[14:08] (Flashback) Arata**
That's how I see it.
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[14:13] (Flashback) Arata**
Chihaya is a good name.
***SIGN*** Chihaya
**[14:25] Chihaya**
*Th-This is...*
**[14:28] [POEM] Reader**
Impassionate gods...
**[14:35] Chihaya**
* This is how a karuta*
* player sees the world!*
**[14:42] Arata**
She did it!
**[14:46] Teacher**
Our sixth grade champion is
Ayase Chihaya-san from Class 1!
**[14:52] Taichi**
Man! What's going on?!
**[14:55] Taichi**
Who cares if I'm not good at karuta!
**[14:56] Chihaya**
That was a really fun match!
**[15:02] Chihaya**
Karuta is so much fun!
**[15:05] Chihaya**
But it would be a different story if
**[15:07] ---**
you were playing against Wataya-kun!
**[15:08] Chihaya**
He's going to become a master.
**[15:11] Shin**
That makes you the Queen, Ayase-san.
**[15:16] Chihaya**
Queen?
**[15:17] Arata**
It's the title given to the
strongest female player.
**[15:24] Chihaya**
Queen...
**[15:27] Chihaya**
The best player in Japan...
**[15:29] Chihaya**
is the best player in the world!
**[15:31] Arata**
I believe that you have
the talent for karuta.
***SIGN*** Ayase Chihaya This award certifies that you performed admirably in the 7th East Osato Elementary School Karuta Tournament
**[15:41] Chihaya**
Hello! Mom?
**[15:42] Chihaya**
There was a karuta tournament today!
**[15:45] Mom**
We don't have any time for that!
**[15:46] Mom**
There's a scout at our house
**[15:48] ---**
right now who's interested
in your sister.
**[15:49] Chihaya**
What?! Really?!
**[15:50] Chihaya**
That's amazing!
**[15:51] Mom**
He must have seen her
in the beauty pageant.
**[15:54] Mom**
Hurry home.
**[15:56] Mom**
I'll have a big dinner ready.
**[15:57] Mom**
We'll throw a party for your sister.
**[15:59] Chihaya**
U-Um, there was this karuta
tournament today and I...
**[16:02] Chitose**
Geez... Hurry up, Mom.
**[16:05] Chitose**
Chihaya?
**[16:06] Chihaya**
Oh, Sis?
**[16:07] Chihaya**
That's great news!
**[16:08] Chihaya**
And today, I was in
a karuta tournament!
**[16:11] Chitose**
Karuta?
**[16:12] Chitose**
Boring. And lame.
**[16:15] Chitose**
I'm gonna hang up.
**[16:21] Mom**
How could you lose to a girl?
**[16:23] Mom**
I was recording your matches.
**[16:25] Mom**
Now I can't show this to your father.
**[16:27] Taichi**
I-I'm sorry...
**[16:31] Mom**
It doesn't matter if you
can play karuta or not,
**[16:34] Mom**
but if you're going to lose,
**[16:36] ---**
you're no longer allowed
to play in tournaments.
**[16:37] Mom**
You're a good student
and a good athlete.
**[16:40] Mom**
Focus on contests that you can win.
**[16:53] Taichi**
What?
**[16:54] Taichi**
You beat me.
Why are you so upset?
**[16:56] Chihaya**
I'm not.
**[17:01] Chihaya**
What's that sound?
**[17:03] Taichi**
Huh?
**[17:04] Chihaya**
Didn't you hear that slam?
**[17:07] Chihaya**
Oh, there it is again.
**[17:09] Taichi**
Sound?
**[17:17] Taichi**
Oh, I can hear it.
**[17:18] Chihaya**
See?
**[17:19] Taichi**
How good is your hearing?
**[17:22] Chihaya**
I wish I was born with
a more useful talent.
**[17:25] Chihaya**
So I could be a good student
and athlete like you.
**[17:28] Taichi**
That's true.
I was born this good.
**[17:31] Chihaya**
But I know that you made flashcards
for learning the Hundred Poets.
**[17:36] Taichi**
Don't tell anyone.
**[17:37] Taichi**
They'll think I'm lame.
**[17:39] Taichi**
And then I lost to you.
**[17:41] Chihaya**
What's so lame about
losing in a fair fight?!
**[17:46] Chihaya**
At least, that's what I think.
**[17:49] Chihaya**
Though nobody's gonna praise
you for doing well at karuta.
**[18:22] Chihaya**
*He doesn't need his glasses...*
**[18:27] Chihaya**
*Or cards...*
**[18:33] Chihaya**
*He can see everything!*
**[18:42] Taichi**
What are you doing all alone here?
**[18:45] Taichi**
You like playing karuta that much?
**[18:50] Chihaya**
I'll go look for your glasses again!
**[18:53] Taichi**
H-Hey, Chihaya!
**[18:55] Chihaya**
There are a lot of crows around here,
**[18:56] Chihaya**
and one of them might have taken
the glasses since they're shiny!
**[18:59] Chihaya**
I'll go check the hill
behind the school!
**[19:01] Arata**
Ayase-san!
**[19:07] Arata**
Ayase-san, it's okay!
**[19:10] Arata**
It's okay!
**[19:15] Chihaya**
*I have to find them!*
**[19:16] Chihaya**
*I have to find Wataya-kun's glasses!*
**[19:19] Chihaya**
*I want to help Wataya-kun play karuta!*
**[19:24] Arata**
Ayase-san...
**[19:31] Taichi**
I...
**[19:34] ---**
found them in the hallway.
**[19:40] Taichi**
N-No.
**[19:43] Taichi**
I stole them.
**[19:51] Chihaya**
They're not here.
**[19:53] Chihaya**
Oh, sorry!
**[19:56] Taichi**
Don't tell Chihaya.
**[20:02] Taichi**
I don't want
**[20:04] ---**
her to hate me.
**[20:14] Arata**
Mashima, you're...
**[20:19] Arata**
a coward.
***SIGN*** A Coward
**[20:22] Taichi**
A-A coward?
**[20:24] Arata**
But...
**[20:27] Arata**
I understand how you feel.
**[20:31] Chihaya**
They're not here either!
**[20:32] Chihaya**
How many crow nests are there anyway?
**[20:37] Taichi**
Chihaya!
**[20:39] Arata**
I found my glasses!
**[20:41] Taichi**
Hey! Where are you?!
**[20:42] Arata**
Ayase-san...
**[20:43] Taichi**
Chihaya!
**[20:46] Taichi**
Chihaya!
**[20:49] Arata**
Chi—
**[20:52] Arata**
Chihaya.
**[20:53] Both**
Chihaya!
**[20:56] Chihaya**
Here!
**[21:08] Chihaya**
*That was when I knew.*
**[21:13] Chihaya**
* I would discover many lifelong*
* treasures this winter.*
# E3 - From the Crystal White Snow
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR49PW116/from-the-crystal-white-snow)
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**[00:03] Chihaya**
This is the place, right?
**[00:04] Taichi**
Yep, I looked it up on the internet.
**[00:07] Arata**
So Mashima's also going to play karuta?
**[00:10] Taichi**
I actually have a life so I can't
spend all my time playing karuta,
**[00:13] Taichi**
but I'll be better than you in no time!
**[00:15] Chihaya**
Taichi's skipping soccer
practice today!
***SIGN*** Shut up, Chihaya!
***SIGN*** Recycle
for a
better
Japan
***SIGN*** Fuchu City Katamachi Cultural Center
**[00:19] Taichi**
Let's go.
**[00:22] [POEM] Reader**
as short-lived as the reeds of Naniwa Bay
***SIGN*** Shiranami Karuta Society Practice
**[00:29] Chihaya**
Let's go inside!
**[00:30] Arata**
Wait! Not right now!
**[00:32] Chihaya**
Hello!
**[00:41] Arata**
Sorry!
**[00:43] Arata**
You're not supposed to move
when a card is being read.
**[00:46] Chihaya**
Oh...
**[00:48] Person A**
I'll start the tape again.
**[00:49] [POEM] Reader**
as my sleeves are wet with dew
**[00:57] [POEM] Reader**
For you, I would have given
**[01:01] Chihaya**
* I thought karuta was a card*
* game people played for fun.*
**[01:08] Chihaya**
*But it's not...*
**[01:09] Harada**
Dagnabbit!
***SIGN*** I recall how my own efforts were in vain
**[01:12] Chihaya**
*Karuta is a sport!*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 3
***SIGN*** From
the
Crystal
White
Snow
**[02:26] All**
Thank you very much!
**[02:28] Harada**
Miyazaki-kun, why would
you place the card
**[02:30] ---**
I passed to you in this position?
**[02:32] Harada**
That's foolish.
**[02:33] Person A**
Doctor! Dr. Harada!
**[02:33] Harada**
And then...
**[02:34] Harada**
Give me a moment! We're reviewing his play!
**[02:37] Person A**
Sorry, Dr. Harada is in charge here,
**[02:40] Person A**
and he's really serious about karuta.
**[02:42] Chihaya**
Doctor?
**[02:43] Taichi**
The person who was yelling really loudly?
**[02:46] Harada**
You kids play karuta?
**[02:48] Taichi**
Uh?
**[02:48] Chihaya**
Ye—
**[02:49] Arata**
Yes!
**[02:50] Harada**
You're welcome here!
**[02:52] Harada**
I don't care what anyone else says!
You're welcome here!
**[02:54] Person A**
Please, Doctor...
**[02:55] Harada**
We hold two tournaments every year
**[02:59] ---**
and only manage to attract
one or two new players,
**[03:01] Harada**
yet here we have three at once!
**[03:04] Harada**
Hey, Hiro-kun! Kids!
**[03:06] Harada**
We have new friends!
**[03:09] Both**
Retro-kun?
**[03:10] Hiro**
It's Hiro!
**[03:11] Hiro**
Kinashi Hiro!
**[03:13] Hiro**
Anyway, what class are you?
**[03:15] Chihaya**
Oh, I've only learned
about half of the poems
**[03:17] ---**
that start with "the" and "may."
**[03:19] Taichi**
Chihaya, that's not it.
**[03:20] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[03:21] Hiro**
You came here before you
even learned the poems?
**[03:24] Hiro**
This place is for competitive practice.
**[03:27] Chihaya**
Why don't you play me before
you talk smack, Retro-kun!
**[03:29] Taichi**
Chihaya?!
**[03:30] Hiro**
It's Hiro!
**[03:32] Arata**
Then let's have a three-on-three Genpei match!
**[03:34] Taichi**
Wataya! We're just gonna lose!
**[03:36] Chihaya**
What are you talking about, Taichi?!
**[03:37] Chihaya**
We won't lose!
**[03:38] Taichi**
Huh?!
**[03:39] Arata**
Of course! We're playing to win!
**[03:40] Taichi**
What?!
**[03:44] Arata**
A Genpei match is a team match.
**[03:47] Arata**
Each team gets 50 cards.
**[03:49] Chihaya**
Oh...
**[03:50] Hiro**
Wait, you don't even know the rules?!
**[03:52] Chihaya**
Zip it, Retro-kun!
**[03:55] Arata**
Place this in front of you, Mashima.
**[03:58] Taichi**
So I'm responsible for these?
**[03:59] Arata**
These are yours, Chihaya.
**[04:01] Arata**
Line them up in three rows.
**[04:03] Chihaya**
I haven't learned some
of these cards...
**[04:06] Arata**
It's okay.
**[04:07] Person A**
Once the cards have been placed,
**[04:08] ---**
you have 15 minutes
of memorization time.
**[04:10] Chihaya**
Memorization time?
**[04:12] Arata**
You're given time to memorize
the positions of the cards.
**[04:15] Arata**
If you can't memorize the positions,
you don't stand a chance.
**[04:17] Arata**
Naturally, you'll need to memorize both
our cards and the other team's cards.
**[04:19] Chihaya**
Memorize?!
**[04:21] Chihaya**
Memorize the positions
for all 100 cards?!
**[04:24] Chihaya**
Um, this is...
**[04:28] Arata**
Chihaya, come here for a second.
**[04:30] Chihaya**
What?! I haven't memorized
any of them yet!
**[04:32] Arata**
We're allowed to go wherever we
want during these 15 minutes.
**[04:35] Arata**
Let's hold a meeting outside.
**[04:39] Arata**
First, Chihaya has all of
the "first syllable" cards.
**[04:42] Arata**
You go for these cards as soon as
**[04:44] ---**
you hear one of the first syllables,
such as "rain" or "waves."
**[04:48] Arata**
There are seven of these.
**[04:51] Arata**
The rest are "second-syllable"
cards that begin with "the."
**[04:53] Chihaya**
Uh-huh!
**[04:54] Arata**
Mashima has the "long shot" cards
**[04:57] ---**
that need more words to be identified.
**[04:59] Taichi**
Hmm?
**[05:00] Arata**
Such as "the hazy early
morning" and "for you, I."
**[05:03] Arata**
There are cards that begin with
the same string of words.
**[05:06] Arata**
They're called "long shot" cards because
**[05:07] ---**
you have to gamble on
which card to take.
**[05:10] Arata**
It'll be your call to make.
**[05:11] Arata**
Go for the cards as soon
as they're called.
**[05:14] Arata**
I gave you most of the cards
that need more words.
**[05:15] Taichi**
Go for them as soon as they're called?
**[05:17] Taichi**
What if I take the wrong card?
**[05:19] Arata**
You'll be fine!
**[05:20] Taichi**
*Why's he taking the lead?*
**[05:22] Chihaya**
Rain, waves, long, gust,
all, look, swift...
**[05:25] Chihaya**
Rain, waves, long, gust,
all, look, swift...
**[05:26] Taichi**
Why do we even need a strategy?
**[05:29] Taichi**
You should have just played
Retro-kun by yourself, Wataya.
**[05:33] Taichi**
Wouldn't it be easier without
us to hold you back?
**[05:38] Arata**
I wanted to play as a team.
**[05:44] Chihaya**
*We can be a team!*
**[05:48] [POEM] Reader**
Look for...
**[05:56] Chihaya**
That was a "one-word" card!
**[05:58] Chihaya**
Aren't those supposed to be mine?!
**[06:00] Arata**
But you were too slow.
**[06:03] [POEM] Reader**
For you, I head out to the
fields to pick spring greens
**[06:04] Taichi**
One of mine!
***SIGN*** now together, I guard it dear
**[06:06] Taichi**
Darn, I guessed wrong.
**[06:09] Arata**
It's okay.
***SIGN*** while snow falls upon my sleeves
**[06:10] Arata**
I took the right card.
**[06:13] Arata**
But we touched the wrong card,
**[06:14] ---**
so they get to pass one of theirs to us.
**[06:16] Arata**
It's a wash.
**[06:18] Arata**
I'll help you on the "long shot" cards.
**[06:20] Arata**
Even if you take the wrong card,
we still won't fall behind.
**[06:23] Taichi**
* Th-This isn't called playing*
* as a team, you bastard!*
**[06:26] Chihaya**
*He doesn't trust us to do anything!*
**[06:33] Person A**
Doctor?!
**[06:35] Person B**
He's celebrating this
lucky pickup, right?
**[06:37] Person C**
The boy with the glasses
is more than just good.
***SIGN*** Rain takes longer to dry in the autumn time
**[06:42] Chihaya**
He took my card again!
**[06:44] Chihaya**
I'm so mad!
**[06:46] Chihaya**
I won't lose next time!
**[06:51] Taichi**
*Why?*
**[06:52] Taichi**
* There's no reason to be upset*
* when he's so much better.*
**[06:56] Taichi**
*Chihaya...*
**[06:58] Taichi**
*There's no reason to try so hard.*
**[07:01] Taichi**
* Wataya said that he wanted*
* to play as a team,*
**[07:04] Taichi**
* but he wasn't expecting*
* anything from us.*
**[07:07] Taichi**
*He wasn't expecting anything.*
**[07:09] [POEM] Reader**
The hazy early morning mist
over the Kawagiri River
**[07:12] Taichi**
Awesome! I got the right card, Wataya!
**[07:15] [POEM] Reader**
but from the crystal
white snow of Yoshino
**[07:17] Taichi**
* That's the other "the hazy*
* early morning" card.*
**[07:22] Arata**
Nice job, Taichi!
**[07:24] Taichi**
Huh?
**[07:35] Chihaya**
*Listen.*
**[07:37] Chihaya**
*Listen.*
**[07:39] Chihaya**
*Listen.*
**[07:42] [POEM] Reader**
...of wind leaves fall leaves falling
***SIGN*** hence the name fall leaves
**[07:47] Chihaya**
I did it!
**[07:48] Chihaya**
I finally got a card!
**[07:50] Chihaya**
Sorry, Doctor! Did that hurt?!
**[07:50] Arata**
*Was that supposed to be "gust of wind"?*
**[07:52] Harada**
No...
**[07:53] Arata**
*I couldn't hear the "gust."*
**[07:56] Chihaya**
Doctor! This is the first
time I've ever taken
**[07:58] ---**
a card the way the real players do!
**[08:00] Chihaya**
My first card!
**[08:02] Harada**
*A room full of experienced adults,*
**[08:05] Harada**
*and she was the only one who moved.*
**[08:09] Chihaya**
*My first card.*
***SIGN*** hence the name fall leaves
**[08:12] Chihaya**
*Karuta feels so good!*
**[08:15] Arata**
*That's what happened last time.*
**[08:18] Arata**
*I didn't drop my guard or anything.*
**[08:20] Arata**
* I lose to Chihaya when it*
* comes to "first syllable" cards?*
**[08:29] Harada**
*Th-These kids are fun!*
***SIGN*** hence the name fall leaves
**[08:34] All**
Thank you very much!
**[08:36] Chihaya**
**I only took one card!**
**[08:39] Taichi**
Stop it, guys.
**[08:41] Hiro**
Only five cards...
**[08:43] Person A**
Retro-kun... Oh, sorry.
**[08:45] Person A**
Hiro-kun...
**[08:46] Harada**
Tell me your names.
**[08:47] Harada**
Are you going to join
the Karuta Society?
**[08:49] Arata**
I will!
**[08:50] Arata**
I'm Wataya Arata!
A sixth-grader!
**[08:52] Hiro**
Wataya Arata?!
**[08:54] Hiro**
He's won the national championship
for his grade the past five years!
**[08:59] Chihaya**
*Huh?*
**[09:00] Harada**
*That's not all.*
**[09:02] Harada**
*The name Wataya is...*
**[09:04] Harada**
* Is he the grandson of the*
* Eternal Master from Fukui,*
**[09:07] ---**
* Wataya Hajime, who won seven*
* straight years in the 80s?!*
**[09:11] Harada**
And what about you kids?
**[09:12] Taichi**
Uh... I'm, well...
**[09:14] Chihaya**
Doctor, Doctor!
**[09:16] Harada**
Hmm?
**[09:16] Chihaya**
I can't memorize the cards!
**[09:19] Chihaya**
I get more confused when
there are more cards!
**[09:21] Chihaya**
I can never memorize 100 of them!
**[09:25] Harada**
Really now?
**[09:26] Harada**
But I'm sure there are a few
you have perfectly memorized.
**[09:30] Chihaya**
There's the "gust of wind"
card I took today.
**[09:34] Chihaya**
And then there's the
"chihaya furu" card!
**[09:36] Chihaya**
Wataya-kun said that the card
has the same name as me!
**[09:40] Harada**
Uh-huh.
**[09:42] Harada**
You will learn to take
the cards you are
**[09:44] ---**
most attached to faster
than anyone else can.
**[09:47] Harada**
There are a total of 100
poems in Hundred Poets.
**[09:50] Harada**
Think of it as making 100 new friends.
**[09:55] Harada**
What about you, Eyebrows?
**[09:57] Taichi**
Uh, er... I have cram school...
**[10:02] Taichi**
But I'll come!
**[10:03] Taichi**
I'll come when I can!
**[10:04] Harada**
There's a tournament in March.
**[10:06] Harada**
You should practice for it.
**[10:09] Chihaya**
Tournament?
**[10:10] Harada**
It's for teams of three.
**[10:12] Harada**
It'll be the last tournament you
can participate in as 6th graders.
**[10:16] Chihaya**
I wanna participate!
**[10:17] Chihaya**
Right, Taichi?
**[10:19] Taichi**
The three of us will
win together, right?
**[10:21] Chihaya**
Yep!
**[10:23] Arata**
But in this tournament...
**[10:25] Arata**
We'll be playing individually
instead of together.
**[10:28] Arata**
Two of us have to win.
**[10:31] Arata**
I know I'll win,
**[10:32] Arata**
but can either of you win a match?
**[10:39] Arata**
We'll need to train!
**[10:41] Chihaya**
Train?
**[10:42] Taichi**
Train!
**[10:43] All**
Train!
**[10:46] Chihaya**
I'm home!
**[10:48] Chitose**
You're late!
**[10:51] Chitose**
I have an audition for
a commercial tomorrow,
**[10:53] ---**
so they bought me a bunch of clothes.
**[10:55] Chitose**
Isn't this nice?
**[10:56] Chihaya**
Nice!
**[10:57] Chitose**
I also like this outfit.
**[10:59] Chihaya**
Me too!
**[11:00] Mom**
Chihaya is her sister's number one fan.
**[11:04] Mom**
Is your dream still to see your
sister become the best in Japan?
**[11:10] Chitose**
Chihaya?
**[11:13] Chihaya**
Sorry, Sis.
**[11:15] Chihaya**
There's something else I want to do!
**[11:18] Mom**
Huh?
**[11:19] [POEM] Chihaya**
As I wait for someone,
**[11:20] [POEM] Chihaya**
my body burns like the seaweed...
**[11:20] Chitose**
What is she thinking?
**[11:23] Chihaya**
Waiting for burnt seaweed...
Waiting for burnt seaweed...
**[11:23] Mom**
I don't see a problem.
**[11:24] Mom**
At least she's found something
she's interested in.
**[11:27] Chihaya**
She has nothing to gain from it.
**[11:29] Mom**
What?
**[11:31] Chihaya**
Chihaya should just keep gushing
about how great I am.
**[11:40] [POEM] Arata**
A mountain stream...
**[11:44] Arata**
Your motion needs to
be sharp and straight.
**[11:46] Chihaya**
Waiting for burnt seaweed...
Waiting for burnt seaweed...
**[11:51] Arata**
Welcome home, Dad.
**[11:57] [POEM] Arata**
The world offers no change, I pray
**[11:58] Chihaya**
Um...
**[11:59] [POEM] Chihaya**
when the fisherman who casts
his nets can seem dear
**[12:01] Taichi**
You're too slow, Chihaya!
**[12:03] [POEM] Chihaya**
The sight of the lonely moon...
**[12:04] [POEM] Taichi**
reminds me of the lonely
dawns after we parted
**[12:06] [POEM] Taichi**
For you, I would...
**[12:09] Arata**
Chihaya!
**[12:15] Chihaya**
Hey, Wataya-kun...
**[12:16] Arata**
Arata.
**[12:19] Arata**
I'm Arata.
**[12:24] Taichi**
Then I'm also calling you Arata.
**[12:26] Taichi**
Okay?
**[12:30] Chihaya**
Taichi!
**[12:31] Chihaya**
Arata!
**[12:32] Taichi**
What's with you, Chihaya?
**[12:34] Taichi**
Are you okay?
**[12:37] Chihaya**
Arata!
**[12:38] Chihaya**
Taichi!
**[12:40] Chihaya**
Let's play karuta together forever!
**[12:53] [POEM] Chihaya**
So the flower petals...
So the flower petals...
**[12:55] [POEM] Chihaya**
So the flower petals are scattered...
**[12:56] Chihaya**
Scattered flower petals wilt!
**[12:57] [POEM] Chihaya**
yet it is I who withers and wilts
**[13:00] Person A**
Really?!
**[13:01] Person B**
Way to go!
**[13:02] Person C**
That's amazing, Mashima-kun!
**[13:04] Person D**
Kaimeisei is really good!
**[13:04] Chihaya**
What's going on?
**[13:05] Person A**
Mashima-kun was accepted into
Kaimeisei Middle School!
**[13:08] Person B**
That's amazing!
**[13:10] Chihaya**
But his first choice is Shusai
University Middle School, right?
**[13:13] Chihaya**
Since he can ride his bike there.
**[13:14] Person A**
Nobody's stupid enough to not go
to Kaimeisei after being accepted!
**[13:17] Person B**
Even if it's an
hour-and-a-half commute!
**[13:19] Chihaya**
Taichi, you're not going
to that school, right?
**[13:22] Chihaya**
You won't be able to play karuta
with us at the Doctor's place.
**[13:27] Taichi**
Wh-What are you talking about?
**[13:29] Taichi**
That's not going to stop me
from going to Kaimeisei.
**[13:33] Chihaya**
Tai—
**[13:41] Chihaya**
A-Arata...
**[13:43] Chihaya**
Taichi said that he doesn't care
**[13:44] ---**
if we can't play karuta
together anymore.
**[13:47] Chihaya**
He's such a joker.
**[13:48] Arata**
My grandpa's sick back in Fukui.
**[13:52] Arata**
Once I graduate,
I'm going back to Fukui.
**[13:56] Arata**
We can't play karuta together forever.
**[14:03] Taichi**
Is your grandpa okay?
**[14:05] Arata**
He had something called
a cerebral hemorrhage.
**[14:08] Arata**
He's still in the hospital.
**[14:11] Taichi**
That sounds rough.
**[14:14] Taichi**
Chihaya?
**[14:16] Chihaya**
I'm not going.
**[14:19] Taichi**
Huh?
**[14:20] Chihaya**
I'm not...
**[14:21] Chihaya**
I'm not going to the tournament!
**[14:24] Taichi**
Chihaya!
**[14:27] Harada**
Huh?
**[14:28] Harada**
Where's Chihaya-chan today?
**[14:30] Taichi**
It's my fault.
**[14:31] Arata**
No, it's my fault.
**[14:34] Taichi**
I said that it's my fault!
**[14:35] Arata**
It's because I'm going back to Fukui!
**[14:37] Taichi**
Freak! Don't get too full of yourself!
**[14:39] Chihaya**
I won't go to the karuta tournament!
**[14:42] Taichi**
I've known her longer!
**[14:44] Arata**
It's my fault!
**[14:47] Chihaya**
It's no fun to play karuta by myself!
***SIGN*** Harada Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
**[14:52] Harada**
Chihaya-chan...
**[14:53] Harada**
What's wrong?
***SIGN*** Ogura Hundred Poets
Poetry Karuta
**[14:55] Chihaya**
I remembered that I
needed to return this.
**[15:00] Harada**
Well, I'm impressed by Eyebrows.
**[15:03] Harada**
He was accepted to Kaimeisei.
**[15:08] Harada**
Most kids wouldn't be
able to manage that feat
**[15:10] ---**
while spending time at a
karuta society every week.
**[15:16] Harada**
Oh, a shooting star!
**[15:17] Chihaya**
Huh?! Where?! Where?!
**[15:19] Harada**
You didn't see it?
**[15:20] Harada**
That won't do.
**[15:21] Chihaya**
Now I'm mad!
**[15:23] Harada**
And Glasses's grandfather is an
**[15:26] ---**
Eternal Master who's famous
in the karuta world.
**[15:29] Chihaya**
A Master?!
**[15:30] Harada**
When I saw Glasses play,
**[15:32] ---**
I immediately knew that his
grandfather had taught him the game.
**[15:37] Harada**
He must be worried sick to know that
his grandfather is in the hospital.
**[15:42] Harada**
Oh, another shooting star!
**[15:43] Chihaya**
What?!
**[15:44] Harada**
Just kidding.
**[15:44] Chihaya**
What?!
**[15:46] Chihaya**
That's mean, Doctor!
**[15:47] Chihaya**
Meanie! Meanie!
**[15:50] Harada**
I'll be sad if you also quit.
***SIGN*** Fuchu City Katamachi Cultural Center
***SIGN*** Grade School
Karuta Tournament
**[15:55] Taichi**
This is just a temporary truce.
**[15:57] Taichi**
I put up the money,
and you wrote the message.
**[16:01] Arata**
I know.
**[16:03] Taichi**
Chihaya isn't here.
**[16:05] Taichi**
Are you okay?
**[16:07] Taichi**
Well, this little tournament
should be a breeze for you.
**[16:11] Arata**
No...
**[16:12] Arata**
The round boy we're
facing in the first round
**[16:14] Arata**
was runner-up in the
national tournament.
**[16:17] Arata**
I'm not sure if I can handle him right now.
***SIGN*** Reception
**[16:20] Person A**
We will start the first round now!
**[16:26] Mom**
Chihaya?
**[16:28] Mom**
Oh, there you are.
**[16:30] Mom**
Here you are.
**[16:31] Chihaya**
What's this?
**[16:32] Mom**
Mashima-kun was here this morning
with a boy wearing glasses.
***SIGN*** Team Chihaya Furu
**[16:37] Mom**
That's right. Didn't you say
you were going out today?
**[16:41] Mom**
Wait!
**[16:42] Mom**
Chihaya?
**[16:43] Harada**
Chihaya-chan isn't here yet?
**[16:46] Hiro**
They're playing individual matches,
so they'll be fine if both of them win.
**[16:51] Nishida**
I was planning on defeating
Wataya-kun today.
**[16:55] Nishida**
So, did your teammate get scared
of losing and run away?
**[17:00] Taichi**
Shut your mouth, fatty!
**[17:02] Taichi**
Chihaya's running late!
**[17:03] Nishida**
But she isn't here.
**[17:04] Taichi**
I said that she's coming!
**[17:06] Nishida**
I'll go buy some pork buns.
**[17:08] Chihaya**
You can buy your pork
buns after I beat you!
**[17:11] Taichi**
Chihaya!
**[17:13] Harada**
Chihaya-chan!
**[17:14] Taichi**
You're late, Chihaya!
**[17:16] Chihaya**
That's because I was stuck at a
railway crossing for twenty minutes!
**[17:19] Chihaya**
I'm still mad at you guys!
**[17:21] Chihaya**
You're both leaving me behind!
**[17:25] Chihaya**
But I'm not the only one
who feels lonely, right?
**[17:34] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[17:41] [POEM] Reader**
Note that though we may be...
**[17:45] [POEM] Reader**
May the time we spend
apart from one another be
**[17:53] [POEM] Reader**
Impassionate gods
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[17:57] Harada**
Yes!
**[17:58] Chihaya**
*There aren't as many cards left.*
**[18:01] Chihaya**
*There are only 100 cards.*
**[18:04] Chihaya**
*I don't want this to end.*
**[18:07] Chihaya**
*I don't want this to end.*
**[18:10] Chihaya**
*I don't want this to end!*
**[18:16] Taichi**
Hey, are you okay?
**[18:18] Taichi**
Here, wear this.
**[18:21] Arata**
Taichi...
**[18:23] Arata**
I wanted to win Chihaya that trophy.
**[18:28] Taichi**
Sorry! If only I had won my match!
**[18:30] Arata**
Taichi!
**[18:31] Taichi**
Sorry!
**[18:32] Arata**
Chihaya, say something to him.
**[18:39] Chihaya**
I wanted...
**[18:42] Chihaya**
I wanted to play more karuta together!
**[18:48] Arata**
Why are you crying?
**[18:50] Arata**
It was really fun.
**[18:58] Person A**
Let's take a picture, Chi-chan!
***SIGN*** East Osato Elementary School Graduation
**[19:00] Person B**
Here goes!
**[19:01] All**
Yay!
**[19:02] Person A**
You get to wear blazer
jackets at Kaimeisei?
**[19:04] Person C**
Chi-chan, take one with us!
**[19:06] Chihaya**
Let's take one with everyone!
**[19:08] Mom**
Arata, I'm going to say
goodbye to the landlord.
**[19:12] Mom**
Can you go home and start packing?
**[19:14] Mom**
We're leaving tomorrow, so you
need to put everything away.
***SIGN*** Team Chihaya Furu
**[19:23] Chihaya**
Arata!
**[19:25] Taichi**
Why did you go home by yourself?!
**[19:27] Chihaya**
Play karuta with me, Arata!
**[19:29] Chihaya**
In a serious match!
**[19:31] Chihaya**
Oh, are you busy packing?
**[19:36] Arata**
I wouldn't show mercy if I
was playing a 5-year-old.
**[19:40] [POEM] Taichi**
Naniwa Bay...
**[19:42] Chihaya**
Taichi, you suck!
**[19:44] Taichi**
Shut up!
**[19:45] Shin**
You're supposed to follow
a 4-3-1-5 pattern.
**[19:48] Taichi**
I know that!
**[19:49] Taichi**
I'm supposed to pause
in certain places.
**[19:53] [POEM] Taichi**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[19:59] [POEM] Taichi**
After many, many years...
**[20:02] [POEM] Taichi**
My fear is not of...
**[20:04] [POEM] Taichi**
When the wind sends...
**[20:07] Shin**
Like I said,
**[20:10] Shin**
I will win.
**[20:13] (Flashback) Arata**
Let's play!
**[20:14] (Flashback) Arata**
I have a tape for that!
**[20:15] (Flashback) Arata**
My dream is to become
**[20:17] (Flashback) Arata**
a karuta master.
**[20:18] Chihaya**
I won't lose!
**[20:19] Chihaya**
After all,
**[20:20] Chihaya**
thanks to you, I love karuta now!
**[20:29] [POEM] Taichi**
Impassionate gods...
**[20:31] Chihaya**
The same time!
**[20:32] Chihaya**
When both players take the
card at the same time,
**[20:33] Chihaya**
it goes to the side the card is on!
That's what the doctor said!
**[20:36] Chihaya**
I win!
**[20:37] Chihaya**
Let it go!
**[20:39] Chihaya**
This is my Chihaya!
**[20:49] Arata**
Th-Thank you...
**[20:51] Arata**
Thank you for playing karuta with me!
**[20:56] Arata**
Chihaya, Taichi...
**[20:58] Arata**
I doubt we'll ever
see each other again.
**[21:04] Chihaya**
Why?
**[21:07] Chihaya**
As long as we have karuta,
**[21:09] Chihaya**
we'll see each other again, right?
**[21:17] Chihaya**
As long as we keep playing,
we'll see each other again!
**[21:19] Chihaya**
I just know it!
# E4 - A Whirlwind of Flower Petals Descends
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRJQ04V2Y/a-whirlwind-of-flower-petals-descends)
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**[00:03] Dad**
Okay!
**[00:04] Dad**
That should be all of the large boxes!
**[00:06] Mom**
Let's go say "goodbye" to the landlord.
**[00:08] Dad**
Yeah!
***SIGN*** Team Chihaya Furu
**[00:19] Chihaya**
The next time we meet will
be at the nationals!
**[00:24] Arata**
Yeah.
**[00:25] Chihaya**
Watch me become a Class A player!
**[00:28] Chihaya**
You won't beat me next time!
**[00:29] Arata**
Yeah.
**[00:30] Taichi**
I'm going to become a Master.
**[00:33] Chihaya**
I'll be the Queen!
**[00:42] Arata**
Guess this is it.
**[00:44] Chihaya**
Promise!
**[00:45] Chihaya**
We'll meet again when we
become Class A players!
**[00:50] Arata**
Yeah.
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** A Whirlwind
of Flower
Petals
Descends
***SIGN*** Verse 4
**[02:35] Taichi**
Chihaya, this is our stop!
**[02:51] Taichi**
Were you daydreaming or something?
**[02:55] Chihaya**
Hey, have you been in touch with Arata?
**[02:59] Taichi**
No.
**[03:01] Chihaya**
I see.
**[03:04] Chihaya**
Arata must be incredibly strong now, right?
**[03:09] Chihaya**
Do you think we'll see him at this
year's Omi Jingu tournament?
**[03:12] Taichi**
What do you mean?
**[03:13] Taichi**
You want to play against Arata
in the national tournament?
**[03:18] Chihaya**
Uh-huh.
**[03:20] Taichi**
What class are you right now, anyway?
**[03:23] Chihaya**
I made Class B in the
tournament during spring break.
**[03:26] Taichi**
At this rate, it'll take you another
three years to make Class A.
**[03:30] Taichi**
Why don't you just stick with track?
**[03:32] Taichi**
Instead of hanging around in
Class B for three more years...
**[03:37] Taichi**
What was that for?!
**[03:40] Taichi**
You're just as violent
as you used to be.
**[03:44] Girl**
Ta-kun!
**[03:47] Girl**
You're late!
**[03:49] Girl**
I came all the way here
to show you my uniform!
**[03:51] Taichi**
Sorry.
***SIGN*** She calls him Ta-kun?
**[03:53] Chihaya**
Ta-kun?
**[03:54] Girl**
Wanna go somewhere?
**[04:00] Chihaya**
Taichi!
**[04:03] Chihaya**
If I win the tournament on
Sunday and make Class A,
**[04:07] Chihaya**
you have to help me
start a karuta club!
**[04:09] Taichi**
Wh-What are you talking about?
**[04:12] Taichi**
Do you have any idea how hard it
is to make Class A in Tokyo?
**[04:14] Chihaya**
Promise!
**[04:15] Taichi**
Hey, wait!
**[04:15] Girl**
Umm, who is she, Ta-kun?
**[04:18] Taichi**
Hey!
**[04:24] Chihaya**
I'll make him pay for getting
himself a girlfriend!
**[04:29] Chihaya**
I need to tell somebody! Anybody!
**[04:31] Chihaya**
She was calling Taichi "Ta-kun"!
**[04:35] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
Wataya Arata - Home in Fukui
**[04:41] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
Wataya Arata - Home in Fukui
***SIGN*** Bunkyo City
Otsuka Karuta Memorial Hall
**[04:56] Taichi**
*And here I am.*
**[04:58] Taichi**
*I couldn't forget.*
**[05:08] Harada**
Eye! Eye! Eye!
**[05:10] Harada**
Eyebrows!
**[05:11] Taichi**
Dr. Harada, I can't believe
you actually recognized me.
**[05:14] Harada**
You've grown so big!
**[05:16] Harada**
Are your armpits and
pubes all bushy now?
**[05:19] Harada**
But not as bushy as your eyebrows?
**[05:22] Person A**
Excuse me.
**[05:24] Person A**
Could you be quiet while
they're memorizing the cards.
**[05:26] Harada**
Oh, my bad.
**[05:27] Harada**
You already started.
**[05:30] Harada**
I see. You're here to
cheer for Chihaya-chan.
**[05:33] Taichi**
Yeah, I guess.
**[05:39] Taichi**
Looks pretty tense in there.
**[05:42] Taichi**
They have to win if they want
to advance to the next class.
**[05:45] Harada**
Yes, it's especially hard
on the Class B players.
**[05:48] Harada**
There are many strong players
who spend years in Class B
**[05:50] ---**
because they can't rack up enough wins.
**[05:54] Harada**
Everyone's trying as hard as they
can to reach the next level.
**[05:57] (Flashback) Chihaya**
If I win the tournament
and make Class A,
**[06:00] (Flashback) Chihaya**
you have to help me
start a karuta club!
**[06:02] Taichi**
* It's gonna take you a*
* while to make Class A.*
**[06:13] Harada**
Eyebrows, I heard that you're in the
same high school as Chihaya-chan?
**[06:17] Taichi**
Yes.
**[06:19] Harada**
There isn't a karuta club, is there?
**[06:22] Harada**
You should come practice
with the Shiranami Society.
**[06:25] Taichi**
No...
**[06:25] Taichi**
Well, I'm thinking about
joining the soccer team.
***SIGN*** Please be quiet during matches
**[06:29] Harada**
Eyebrows!
**[06:31] Harada**
You don't want to turn into
a two-timing bastard
**[06:33] Harada**
or you'll never become a Master!
**[06:37] Taichi**
Stop it.
**[06:39] Taichi**
That's not my goal.
**[06:44] Taichi**
Doctor...
**[06:46] Taichi**
I played karuta in middle school.
**[06:49] Taichi**
It was just a small club, though.
**[06:51] Taichi**
I practiced and became
better little by little,
**[06:56] Taichi**
but I always knew, deep down,
**[07:01] Taichi**
that I could spend my
entire youth on karuta
**[07:05] Taichi**
without ever becoming
better than Arata.
**[07:09] [POEM] Reader**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[07:15] Harada**
They're starting.
**[07:16] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[07:24] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[07:31] [POEM] Reader**
So spring ends...
**[07:36] Harada**
Yes!
**[07:37] Taichi**
Why is she yelling?
**[07:39] Taichi**
Did you teach her to do that?
**[07:41] Harada**
Not under normal circumstances,
**[07:43] Harada**
but I gave her a few tips since
she wanted to win so badly.
**[07:47] Harada**
If someone challenges her,
she's supposed to complain
**[07:51] ---**
loud enough that everyone in the room can hear.
**[07:53] [POEM] Reader**
The hazy early morning light comes not from the moon
**[07:55] Harada**
The point is to overwhelm her opponent.
**[07:58] Taichi**
Is she really so obsessed with winning?
**[08:02] Harada**
When Chihaya-chan entered middle school...
**[08:22] (Flashback) Harada**
Why track?
**[08:25] (Flashback) ---**
There a reason for choosing that.
**[08:31] (Flashback) Chihaya**
You know how you're supposed to start
running when you hear the starter pistol fire?
**[08:34] (Flashback) Chihaya**
It reminds me of karuta.
**[08:36] (Flashback) Harada**
Huh?
**[08:38] (Flashback) Chihaya**
It'll also help me get in shape.
**[08:40] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Everything is for karuta.
**[08:46] Harada**
"Spend your entire youth
without becoming stronger"?
**[08:51] Harada**
Eyebrows,
**[08:53] Harada**
hold that thought for now.
**[08:58] [POEM] Reader**
The night was young...
**[09:01] Harada**
Yes!
**[09:02] Harada**
She's made it past the third round!
**[09:04] Chihaya**
Thank you very much.
**[09:08] Person A**
Thank you very much.
**[09:10] Chihaya**
I apologize for raising my
voice during the match.
**[09:23] Taichi**
What?
**[09:24] Taichi**
An okay sign?
**[09:25] Harada**
That's the chocolate sign.
**[09:27] Taichi**
Chocolate sign?
**[09:28] Harada**
Eyebrows, run down to
the convenience store
**[09:30] ---**
and buy some chocolate!
**[09:31] Taichi**
Huh? What?
**[09:32] Harada**
Hurry! Go!
***SIGN*** Temporarily Closed
Sorry!!
**[09:42] Taichi**
I don't believe this.
**[09:44] Taichi**
"Convenience" my foot!
**[09:46] Taichi**
Are there any other shops around here?
**[09:51] Taichi**
Go-Godi—
***SIGN*** Temporarily Closed
Sorry!!
***SIGN*** Temporarily Closed
Sorry!!
**[10:04] Person A**
Welcome!
**[10:12] Taichi**
Hey!
**[10:13] Taichi**
Savor them, will you?!
**[10:14] Taichi**
Don't eat three of them at once!
**[10:17] Chihaya**
These are good, Taichi.
**[10:19] Chihaya**
So many different flavors!
**[10:23] Harada**
Karuta tournaments are
long and grueling.
**[10:26] Harada**
You have to memorize the
positions of fifty cards,
**[10:28] ---**
then forget them.
**[10:30] Harada**
Memorize, then forget.
**[10:33] Harada**
The longest tournaments require
you to play seven matches,
**[10:36] ---**
from morning till night,
before there can be a winner.
**[10:40] Harada**
Your brain will burn through
the sugar in your body,
**[10:42] Harada**
and you can lose up to three kilograms.
**[10:45] Harada**
So players eat chocolate
to recharge themselves.
**[10:48] Harada**
Right, Chihaya-chan?
**[10:51] Taichi**
Anyway, you've gotten a lot better.
**[10:54] Taichi**
I was actually surprised.
**[10:57] Taichi**
Huh?
**[10:58] Taichi**
She's already asleep?!
**[11:01] Harada**
What's scary is that Chihaya-chan
sleeps with her eyes open,
***SIGN*** Open
**[11:06] Harada**
but that's what I like about her.
**[11:20] Chihaya**
You're so kind, Taichi.
**[11:23] Taichi**
I-I'm just making sure that nobody
has to see your ugly mug.
**[11:26] Harada**
You're so kind...
**[11:37] Chihaya**
Taichi.
**[11:38] Taichi**
Hmm?
**[11:40] Chihaya**
Sorry about forcing you into
making a karuta club with me.
**[11:45] Chihaya**
But watch.
**[11:47] Chihaya**
I'm going to win, so watch me.
**[11:54] Harada**
Eyebrows, we're allowed to
watch the final match inside.
**[11:58] Taichi**
I'll pass.
I can't do anything if I'm inside.
**[12:02] Harada**
Then I'll join you outside.
**[12:06] Harada**
I'm already sick of looking at
her opponent, Yasuda-kun's face.
**[12:10] Harada**
However, he will be a formidable foe.
**[12:12] Harada**
He has the ability, but he's been
stuck in Class B for three years.
**[12:16] Harada**
He's fired up this time.
**[12:18] Harada**
I dare say that his card
positioning is perfect.
**[12:21] Person A**
Yasuda-san's gonna win this.
**[12:23] Person B**
I don't see him losing to some
random high school girl.
**[12:26] Person C**
Just look at the way he's
spreading out the cards
**[12:28] ---**
that start with the same syllables.
**[12:30] Person D**
How many cards will he beat her by?
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
***SIGN*** Team Chihayafuru
**[12:41] Chihaya**
*Please be there for me.*
**[12:46] [POEM] Reader**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[12:53] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[12:58] Chihaya**
*Okay.*
**[12:59] Chihaya**
*Let's do this.*
**[13:01] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[13:08] [POEM] Reader**
In order to restore...
**[13:13] [POEM] Reader**
The emotions experienced
after a long-awaited reunion
**[13:22] [POEM] Reader**
Im—
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[13:26] [POEM] Reader**
—passioned vows exchanged
over many a tear shed to last
***SIGN*** until the day waves crash over Mount Suenomatsu
**[13:40] Taichi**
As soon as he heard "Im,"
he went for the
**[13:42] ---**
"Impassionate gods" card
on the opposite side.
**[13:44] Taichi**
Once he heard it was "Impassioned vows",
**[13:46] ---**
he switched to the correct
card on his own side.
**[13:49] Harada**
Yasuda-kun is known for
his precise aggression.
**[13:52] Harada**
He's putting pressure on Chihaya-chan,
since she usually starts slow.
**[13:57] Taichi**
*Chihaya.*
**[14:00] Yasuda**
*I know you well, Ayase Chihaya-chan.*
**[14:04] Yasuda**
*"Impassionate" is your best card.*
**[14:08] Yasuda**
* Once I've taken away*
* your favorite card,*
**[14:11] Yasuda**
* it will be easy to break*
* your 15-year-old spirit.*
**[14:14] [POEM] Reader**
until the day waves crash
over Mount Suenomatsu
**[14:16] Yasuda**
*But I don't want to look her in the eyes.*
**[14:22] [POEM] Reader**
Since I could not hide...
**[14:25] Taichi**
Yes! She took a card from
the opponent's side!
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[14:40] Taichi**
Doctor, she gave him
the "Chihaya" card.
**[14:43] Harada**
It makes perfect sense, Eyebrows.
**[14:45] Taichi**
Huh?
**[14:46] Harada**
I teach aggressive karuta.
**[14:49] Harada**
The objective is to take cards
from the opponent's side.
**[14:53] Taichi**
But isn't it risky to give
a strong opponent her best card?
**[14:57] Harada**
That's the one card Chihaya-chan
will always win.
**[15:05] Chihaya**
* I'm going to win,*
* so watch over me,*
**[15:07] Chihaya**
*Taichi,*
**[15:08] Chihaya**
*Arata!*
**[15:09] [POEM] Reader**
All alone...
**[15:11] Person A**
That was fast!
**[15:12] Person B**
Wow.
**[15:16] [POEM] Reader**
Would the mountain...
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[15:22] Chihaya**
*He passed it back!*
**[15:28] [POEM] Reader**
As the first frost...
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[15:33] [POEM] Reader**
My fear is that you...
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[15:49] Taichi**
They keep passing around
the "Chihaya" card.
**[15:53] Harada**
Yasuda-kun is being really stubborn.
**[15:56] Harada**
I guess he doesn't want to let
Chihaya-chan have an advantage.
**[15:59] [POEM] Reader**
The sight of the lonely...
**[16:01] Person A**
Such intensity!
**[16:03] Person B**
That girl is holding her
own against Yasuda-san!
**[16:12] [POEM] Reader**
While autumn leaves...
**[16:15] [POEM] Reader**
I feel that my...
**[16:17] Taichi**
He took another card!
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[16:23] Taichi**
*Chihaya...*
**[16:31] Taichi**
Huh?
**[16:33] Chihaya**
*He's good.*
**[16:34] Chihaya**
*And that's not all...*
**[16:37] Chihaya**
*He truly loves karuta!*
**[16:42] [POEM] Reader**
Since the dew atop...
**[16:45] [POEM] Reader**
For you, I would have given...
**[16:50] [POEM] Reader**
A mountain village...
**[16:59] Taichi**
*It looks fun.*
**[17:01] Taichi**
* It looks like you're*
* having fun, Chihaya.*
**[17:06] Taichi**
* Is it because you're*
* the one who's playing?*
**[17:10] Taichi**
* Was it fun because we were the*
* ones you were playing with?*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[17:32] [POEM] Reader**
are joined at river's end
**[17:42] [POEM] Reader**
Impassionate gods...
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[18:06] Taichi**
She beat him!
**[18:12] Chihaya**
Thank you very much!
**[18:14] Yasuda**
Thank you very much.
**[18:30] Chihaya**
Let's play!
**[18:32] Chihaya**
Let's play karuta, Taichi!
**[18:34] Chihaya**
Let's play!
**[18:37] Chihaya**
We can improve together!
**[18:42] Chihaya**
If we have each other,
we can become strong!
**[18:56] Chihaya**
Okay. Stay right here, Taichi.
**[18:58] Taichi**
Huh?
**[19:04] Chihaya**
It's okay for me to
call Arata now, right?
**[19:07] Taichi**
Huh?
**[19:09] Chihaya**
I have to tell him that I made Class A.
**[19:19] Chihaya**
*Arata...*
**[19:27] Chihaya**
*Arata, guess what?*
**[19:29] Chihaya**
*I...*
**[19:33] Chihaya**
*Listen up, Arata.*
**[19:35] Chihaya**
*I...*
**[19:40] Arata**
Hello, this is Wataya.
**[19:42] Chihaya**
Arata?!
**[19:43] Chihaya**
It's me, Chihaya!
**[19:45] Chihaya**
Ayase Chihaya!
**[19:46] Chihaya**
Taichi's also here!
**[19:47] Chihaya**
I made Class A today!
**[19:50] Chihaya**
I worked so hard!
**[19:52] Chihaya**
*There are so many things...*
**[19:54] Chihaya**
Taichi and I are at
the same high school!
**[19:56] Chihaya**
He got himself a girlfriend
who calls him Ta-kun!
**[19:59] Chihaya**
Can you believe it?
**[20:00] Chihaya**
Oh, Dr. Harada's doing great!
**[20:03] Chihaya**
*...I have to tell you, Arata.*
**[20:09] Chihaya**
Hey, Arata...
**[20:12] Chihaya**
How strong are you now?
**[20:20] Arata**
Could you stop?
**[20:25] Arata**
Sorry, but don't call me again.
**[20:28] Arata**
I stopped playing karuta.
**[20:32] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[20:38] Taichi**
What did Arata say?
**[20:42] Taichi**
Hey, Chihaya?
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[20:45] (Flashback) Arata**
My dream is to become
**[20:48] (Flashback) Arata**
a karuta Master.
**[20:50] (Flashback) Arata**
I-I won't let anyone take
a single card off me.
**[20:54] (Flashback) Arata**
I wouldn't show mercy if I
were playing a 5-year-old.
**[20:57] (Flashback) Arata**
Thank you for playing karuta with me!
**[21:00] (Flashback) Arata**
Chihaya, Taichi...
**[21:03] (Flashback) Arata**
I stopped playing karuta.
**[21:11] Chihaya**
* I always thought that the three*
* of us would be reunited.*
**[21:17] Chihaya**
*I thought that we would never change.*
# E5 - The Sight of a Midnight Moon
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRK5E13M6/the-sight-of-a-midnight-moon)
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**[00:02] (Flashback) Arata**
Sorry, but don't call me again.
**[00:06] (Flashback) Arata**
I stopped playing karuta.
**[00:12] Chihaya**
Hurry up!
**[00:19] Taichi**
You're the one who showed up late!
**[00:23] Chihaya**
It's not my fault!
**[00:24] Chihaya**
I couldn't fall asleep last night.
**[00:26] Taichi**
Man, you're like a little kid on
the night before a field trip.
**[00:30] Taichi**
You owe me juice.
**[00:31] Chihaya**
What?
**[00:34] Chihaya**
This.
**[00:35] Chihaya**
Can I get this and also the manju?
**[00:37] Taichi**
Hmm?
**[00:37] Taichi**
I already bought a gift for him.
**[00:41] Chihaya**
I'm going to eat these.
**[00:43] Person A**
Thank you very much.
**[00:45] Taichi**
I don't think it was
**[00:47] ---**
worth borrowing money from
your sister to make this trip.
**[00:53] Taichi**
Are you really that worried?
**[00:58] (Flashback) Arata**
Sorry, but don't call me again.
**[01:01] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Huh?
**[01:02] (Flashback) Arata**
I stopped playing karuta.
**[01:08] Chihaya**
*An unfamiliar deep voice...*
**[01:11] Chihaya**
*with a Fukui accent.*
**[01:14] Chihaya**
*If I don't go see him now,*
**[01:16] Chihaya**
*I'll never see him again.*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 5
***SIGN*** The Sight
of a
Midnight
Moon
**[02:34] Taichi**
Hey, Chihaya!
**[02:35] Taichi**
It's Mt. Fuji!
**[02:37] Taichi**
Sure is beautiful.
**[02:41] Chihaya**
Ow!
**[02:42] Chihaya**
What was that for, Taichi?!
**[02:43] Taichi**
Sorry, my legs are too long!
**[02:46] Chihaya**
Mine are even longer!
**[02:48] Taichi**
We're on a trip!
Why don't you take in the scenery?
**[02:53] Taichi**
Arata probably found a different hobby.
***SIGN*** Ginza Superstar Sablé
**[02:56] Taichi**
That's normal.
**[02:58] Taichi**
It's not a reason to go see him.
**[02:59] Chihaya**
Y-You heartless bastard!
**[03:01] Taichi**
Men don't get touchy-feely
with each other.
**[03:07] Taichi**
So, Chihaya...
**[03:09] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[03:10] Taichi**
Is there someone you like?
**[03:14] Chihaya**
Dr. Harada!
**[03:16] Taichi**
Hah?!
**[03:17] Chihaya**
I try to give him chocolate on
Valentine's every year, but...
**[03:19] Harada**
No, I have my wife!
**[03:21] Taichi**
You shouldn't be giving her
a serious reply, Dr. Harada.
**[03:26] Taichi**
That wouldn't be considered love!
**[03:29] Chihaya**
What would be love then?
**[03:31] Taichi**
Love is when...!
**[03:38] Taichi**
It isn't fun to be with that person.
**[03:41] Chihaya**
What?!
**[03:42] Chihaya**
You don't have fun when you're
with your girlfriend?!
**[03:45] Taichi**
I have fun.
**[03:47] Taichi**
She listens to me, and she's sweet.
**[03:49] Chihaya**
So you just wanted to brag?
**[03:51] Chihaya**
You should have taken
her on a date then.
**[03:53] Chihaya**
Instead of wasting a day
off on a trip to Fukui.
**[03:57] Chihaya**
What?!
**[03:59] Taichi**
*She's ticking me off.*
**[04:01] Taichi**
You can't even buy a train
ticket by yourself!
**[04:04] Chihaya**
Oh! I forgot about that!
**[04:09] Taichi**
* It's when nothing goes*
* the way you want.*
**[04:11] Chihaya**
Hurry up!
**[04:12] Taichi**
There's no need to run!
***SIGN*** Shirasaki
***SIGN*** Kanezawa
**[04:18] Taichi**
*You're not having fun...*
**[04:20] Chihaya**
I wanted the window seat!
**[04:21] Taichi**
Pipe down! What's the difference?!
**[04:30] Taichi**
*And yet...*
**[04:33] Taichi**
*You still want to be with her.*
**[04:43] Taichi**
We're here!
**[04:49] Taichi**
If Arata's still living at the same address
**[04:50] Taichi**
that was on his New Year's
card from two years ago,
**[04:52] Taichi**
it shouldn't be that far-
**[04:54] Taichi**
Chihaya?
**[04:55] Chihaya**
Huh? What?
**[04:57] Taichi**
Let's find a taxi.
**[05:11] Chihaya**
*This is Fukui.*
**[05:14] Chihaya**
*This is where Arata lives.*
**[05:19] Chihaya**
*Arata.*
**[05:26] Chihaya**
*We're finally here.*
***SIGN*** Wataya
**[05:29] Taichi**
G-Go on, Chihaya.
**[05:31] Chihaya**
Y-You go first.
**[05:33] Taichi**
You're seriously starting
to piss me off!
**[05:36] Taichi**
Why are you so quiet now?!
**[05:38] Chihaya**
You said that men don't get
touchy-feely with each other!
**[05:39] Taichi**
I-I'm still nervous!
**[05:42] Chihaya**
Huh?! Why?!
**[05:44] (Flashback) Arata**
Mashima, you're...
**[05:47] (Flashback) Arata**
...a coward.
***SIGN*** Coward
**[05:49] Arata**
A little girl wouldn't understand.
**[05:51] Chihaya**
What's that?
**[05:52] Chihaya**
Stop trying to act all tough!
**[05:53] Kids**
She looks like a supermodel.
**[05:56] Yuu**
Excuse me!
**[06:00] Yuu**
Is something wrong?
**[06:02] Yuu**
I live next door.
**[06:04] Chihaya**
W-We're from Tokyo!
**[06:06] Yuu**
Arata?! Are you Arata's friends?!
**[06:09] Chihaya**
Yes! We were friends when
Arata lived in Tokyo!
**[06:12] Yuu**
Arata works at the bookstore by
the station during this time of day.
**[06:16] Chihaya**
The station!
**[06:17] Chihaya**
Let's go, Taichi!
**[06:19] Chihaya**
Back the way we came!
**[06:20] Chihaya**
The station wasn't that far away!
**[06:21] Chihaya**
Let's run!
**[06:22] Taichi**
I guess it's faster than
calling for another taxi.
**[06:25] Taichi**
And we have to save money
for the train ride home...
**[06:28] Chihaya**
Oh, I'm Chihaya.
**[06:30] Chihaya**
Thank you for telling us where he is.
**[06:32] Chihaya**
Okay, Taichi.
Let's go!
**[06:34] Taichi**
Hey, Chihaya!
**[06:36] Taichi**
Thanks.
**[06:44] Taichi**
Chihaya!
**[06:46] Taichi**
There's no need to run!
**[06:50] Chihaya**
But we have to hurry!
**[06:51] Taichi**
You're just gonna stand
outside the store anyway!
**[07:05] Taichi**
Anyway, Fukui's really something.
**[07:07] Taichi**
April's almost over, but the
cherry's are still blossoming.
**[07:22] Chihaya**
Do I want to see Arata?
**[07:27] Chihaya**
Or do I not want to see Arata?
**[07:39] Taichi**
I don't really care either way.
**[07:41] Taichi**
We can go home right now.
**[07:43] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[08:08] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[08:31] Taichi**
Are you okay, Chihaya?!
**[08:38] Arata**
Chihaya?
**[08:41] Chihaya**
I've missed you!
**[08:43] Chihaya**
I've missed you!
**[08:49] Chihaya**
I've missed you...
**[09:00] Yuu**
I'll leave a change of clothes here.
**[09:03] Chihaya**
Oh, okay.
**[09:12] Taichi**
*What am I supposed to do with this?*
**[09:17] Yuu**
Arata?
**[09:20] Yuu**
I'll be going home now.
**[09:21] Arata**
Okay.
**[09:23] Arata**
Sorry about this, Yuu.
**[09:26] Taichi**
U-Uh...
**[09:29] Taichi**
Uh, this is a Tokyo specialty.
**[09:34] Taichi**
Please take some.
**[09:36] Yuu**
Thank you...
**[09:39] Yuu**
Bye.
**[09:44] Taichi**
You've grown quite a bit.
**[09:46] Taichi**
How tall are you?
**[09:48] Arata**
173.
**[09:49] Taichi**
*I lost by a centimeter!*
**[09:50] Taichi**
O-Oh, what a coincidence.
**[09:53] Taichi**
I'm also 173.
**[09:57] Arata**
Sure you aren't rounding?
**[09:59] Arata**
You were always a coward.
**[10:04] Chihaya**
Th-Thank you for letting
me use your bath.
**[10:07] Taichi**
Huh?
**[10:08] Taichi**
Why did you wash your hair?!
**[10:11] Chihaya**
The back of my head
was covered in dirt!
**[10:13] Chihaya**
But my panties were okay!
**[10:14] Taichi**
Don't mention your panties!
**[10:16] Taichi**
Are you still in grade school?!
**[10:16] Chihaya**
Huh? What's wrong?
**[10:18] Chihaya**
They're my panties!
**[10:19] Taichi**
My point is...
**[10:19] Arata**
You can wear those clothes home.
**[10:23] Arata**
Once your hair dries, leave.
**[10:24] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[10:34] Taichi**
Chihaya, let's go.
**[10:37] Chihaya**
Wait!
**[10:38] Chihaya**
I wrote a letter for Arata!
**[10:40] Taichi**
A letter?
**[10:42] Taichi**
When we came all the way up here?
**[10:44] Chihaya**
Well, I figured that I
wouldn't know what to say,
**[10:46] Chihaya**
so it would be easier if I had
something to read off of!
**[10:48] Chihaya**
Here it is!
**[10:55] Chihaya**
Let's play karuta together
with the three of us!
**[11:01] Chihaya**
Can we use this room?
**[11:05] Taichi**
Chihaya?
**[11:07] Chihaya**
My favorite moment when playing karuta
**[11:10] Chihaya**
comes right before 25 cards are given
to each player and they're revealed.
**[11:16] Chihaya**
I get so excited when I picture
the good things to come.
**[11:20] Chihaya**
I picture myself winning.
**[11:23] Chihaya**
Isn't it the same for you?
**[11:26] Chihaya**
We were split up when we
started middle school,
**[11:30] Chihaya**
but I'm sure that you still
played karuta by yourself.
**[11:34] Chihaya**
You were getting better every day.
**[11:36] Chihaya**
I always believed-
**[11:42] Arata**
Don't you understand Japanese?
**[11:49] Arata**
I stopped playing karuta.
**[11:52] Arata**
I can't play.
**[11:54] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[12:03] (Flashback) Harada**
Glasses's grandfather
is an Eternal Master
**[12:06] (Flashback) ---**
who's famous in the karuta world.
**[12:08] (Flashback) Harada**
I immediately knew that his
grandfather had taught him the game.
**[12:14] Chihaya**
*Arata...*
**[12:14] Taichi**
That's a load of crap!
**[12:19] Chihaya**
Taichi!
**[12:20] Taichi**
Let's leave!
**[12:23] Taichi**
There's no point in
trying to talk to him.
**[12:25] Taichi**
This isn't the Arata we knew.
**[12:28] Chihaya**
That's not true!
**[12:29] Chihaya**
He must have a reason!
**[12:31] Chihaya**
I believe him!
**[12:33] Taichi**
If you believe him,
don't press the issue!
**[12:39] Taichi**
We didn't come here to see
you kick karuta cards!
**[12:42] Taichi**
We won't come back!
**[12:52] Chihaya**
Wait!
**[12:54] Chihaya**
Wait up, Taichi!
**[12:55] Chihaya**
Taichi!
**[12:59] Taichi**
Chihaya! Hey!
**[13:09] Yuu**
Don't leave these behind!
**[13:13] Yuu**
Take them with you!
**[13:28] Chihaya**
I was never good at anything.
I never had any dreams...
**[13:35] Chihaya**
But Arata told me that if I become
the best karuta player in Japan,
**[13:41] Chihaya**
I would be the best in the world.
**[13:45] Chihaya**
If I can be the best in
the world at something,
**[13:49] Chihaya**
I think it's worth a shot.
**[13:54] Chihaya**
Why...
***SIGN*** as my sleeves are wet with dew
**[13:56] Chihaya**
Why did Arata stop playing karuta?
**[14:00] Chihaya**
Did he really quit?!
**[14:03] Chihaya**
What happened?!
**[14:04] Chihaya**
Tell me!
**[14:20] Yuu**
Arata's grandfather, Mr. Wataya,
was an Eternal Karuta Master,
**[14:26] Yuu**
and he was the one who taught
Arata to play karuta.
**[14:31] Yuu**
Arata loved his grandfather so much.
**[14:34] Yuu**
Then, four years ago,
**[14:37] Yuu**
his grandfather had a stroke.
**[14:41] Yuu**
Arata was there to take
care of his grandfather.
**[14:44] Yuu**
He worked hard to help
with rehabilitation.
**[14:49] Yuu**
But one day, when Arata
was supposed to be home,
**[14:53] Yuu**
his grandfather suffered a relapse.
**[14:59] Person A**
Wataya-kun!
**[15:00] Person A**
Hurry home!
**[15:03] Person A**
Your grandfather suffered an attack!
**[15:15] Arata**
Grandpa...
***SIGN*** Champion Wataya Arata
**[15:17] Yuu**
Arata had gone to a tournament
to reach Class A!
**[15:27] Yuu**
Arata hasn't touched a card since.
**[15:32] Yuu**
He can't do it.
**[15:43] (Flashback) Arata**
Hey, Grandpa.
**[15:45] (Flashback) Arata**
How come you can take cards so fast?
**[15:50] (Flashback) Arata**
You move for the
"Would the" and "Would this"
**[15:52] (Flashback) ---**
cards after hearing "would"?
**[15:54] (Flashback) Arata**
Why?
**[15:55] (Flashback) Arata**
Come on, how can you tell?
**[15:58] (Flashback) Grandma**
Well, I suppose it's thanks
to the karuta god.
**[16:04] (Flashback) Arata**
The karuta god?
**[16:07] (Flashback) Grandma**
If you love karuta and
play it every day,
**[16:12] (Flashback) Grandma**
the karuta god will sometimes whisper
the next syllable in your ear.
**[16:19] (Flashback) Grandma**
You see, my love of karuta is still
**[16:22] (Flashback) Grandma**
just as strong as yours.
**[16:27] Arata**
*If there truly is a karuta god,*
**[16:33] Arata**
*he would look just like Grandpa.*
**[16:45] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Wait!
**[16:46] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I wrote a letter for Arata!
***SIGN*** If Arata has a cell phone, get his number!! Important!
***SIGN*** Ask if he received my New Year's card this year... The one I screwed up
**[17:05] Chihaya**
* Ask if he received my New*
* Year's card this year.*
***SIGN*** Dr. Harada wants me to send
him a picture of Arata.
**[17:09] Chihaya**
* Dr. Harada wants me to send*
* him a picture of Arata.*
**[17:13] Chihaya**
* Will I be able to meet Arata*
* at a Kyoto tournament?*
**[17:17] Chihaya**
*My sister's going to be on a quiz show.*
**[17:19] Chihaya**
*But only mention this if I
have nothing else to say.*
**[17:26] Arata**
This is the letter?
**[17:31] Chihaya**
* I believe that Arata*
* is like a karuta god.*
**[17:37] Chihaya**
* The longer we're apart,*
* the more you seem like a god.*
**[17:46] Arata**
*I'm no god.*
**[17:51] Arata**
*I'm nothing special.*
**[18:09] Arata**
I'm no god.
***SIGN*** Dr. Harada wants me to send
him a picture of Arata.
***SIGN*** Will I be able to meet Arata
at a Kyoto tournament?
**[18:12] Arata**
But I want to be your friend.
**[18:28] Taichi**
Chihaya!
**[18:29] Taichi**
Trains are considered public places.
**[18:31] Taichi**
Can you act like a human being?
**[18:36] Chihaya**
I shouldn't have come.
**[18:47] Chihaya**
Sorry, Taichi.
**[18:49] Chihaya**
We shouldn't have come to see him!
**[19:06] Taichi**
Chihaya?
**[19:13] Arata**
Chihaya!
**[19:15] Arata**
Taichi!
**[19:18] Chihaya**
Arata! Arata!
**[19:20] Taichi**
Arata!
**[19:22] Taichi**
We can't open this?!
**[19:28] Arata**
*I didn't want you to come see me...*
**[19:32] Arata**
* I didn't want you to*
* see what I've become!*
**[19:54] Arata**
*But...*
**[19:55] Arata**
*I really missed you.*
**[20:10] Taichi**
Chihaya?
**[20:14] Chihaya**
I'm so glad...
**[20:16] Taichi**
Huh?
**[20:18] Chihaya**
He doesn't hate it!
**[20:21] Chihaya**
It's not that Arata hates karuta now!
**[20:29] Taichi**
Don't sit down on the floor.
**[20:32] Taichi**
And stop babbling Arata.
**[20:35] Chihaya**
But...
**[20:36] Taichi**
And don't get snot everywhere!
Suck it up.
**[20:43] Taichi**
*Could you hear Arata's voice?*
**[20:47] (Flashback) Chihaya**
If I can be the best in
the world at something,
**[20:50] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I think it's worth a shot.
**[20:57] Taichi**
I'll help you start a karuta club.
**[21:00] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[21:02] Taichi**
If Arata's coming back,
**[21:04] Taichi**
we'll need to make the best
karuta club in Japan,
**[21:08] Taichi**
and wait for his return.
***SIGN*** Let's start a competitive karuta club!
***SIGN*** Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 1-2!!
# E6 - Now Bloom Inside the Nine-fold Palace
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYVND7346/now-bloom-inside-the-nine-fold-palace)
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**[00:13] Person A**
What's that?
**[00:14] Person B**
A tatami?
**[00:16] Person A**
Isn't that Ayase Chihaya?
**[00:18] Person B**
Ayase?
**[00:19] Person A**
You know?
**[00:20] ---**
The one who was putting up
that karuta club poster.
**[00:22] Person C**
Oh, "Beauty in vain."
**[00:24] Person D**
Isn't that Mashima from
Class 1 with her?
**[00:27] Person E**
Mashima, as in the one who had
**[00:29] ---**
the top score in our grade on the last test?
**[00:30] Person A**
Huh? A karuta club?
**[00:32] Person B**
When they're both so famous...
**[00:34] Person C**
All in vain...
**[00:35] Person C**
Club in vain...
**[00:38] Taichi**
Chihaya, we're attracting
too much attention.
**[00:40] Person A**
Hey, where's Oe-san?
**[00:42] Person B**
She was here a moment ago...
**[00:45] Person C**
Is she skipping practice again?
**[00:46] Person C**
The captain will have a fit.
**[00:55] [POEM] Kana**
So spring ends and summer comes
**[01:01] [POEM] Kana**
now white robes hang to
dry on Mount Amanokagu
**[01:05] Person A**
Oe-san! Where did you go?
**[01:08] Person B**
Oe-san!
**[01:10] Person C**
The upperclassmen are throwing a fit!
**[01:12] Kana**
*I-I'm sorry!*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 6
***SIGN*** Now
Bloom
Inside
the
Ninefold
Palace
**[02:35] Chihaya**
This is it.
**[02:36] Taichi**
Huh?
**[02:55] Chihaya**
We finally made it!
**[02:57] Taichi**
This is our clubroom?
**[02:59] Chihaya**
Yeah.
**[03:00] ---**
I kept begging the Empress and
she finally gave it to us.
**[03:03] Taichi**
It's a storage room.
**[03:05] Taichi**
There's dust everywhere.
**[03:06] Chihaya**
Don't complain!
**[03:08] Chihaya**
It's quiet.
Perfect for playing karuta!
**[03:11] Chihaya**
Okay, back we go!
**[03:12] Chihaya**
We need three more!
**[03:14] Taichi**
What? This is enough...
**[03:17] Chihaya**
How can you say that,
**[03:18] Chihaya**
after the nice man agreed
to share these with us?!
**[03:22] Chihaya**
Once we have five members,
we'll be recognized as an official club,
**[03:24] ---**
and they'll even assign us a teacher!
**[03:27] Taichi**
Can we even find three more people?
**[03:29] Chihaya**
We can!
**[03:30] Chihaya**
We absolutely can!
**[03:32] Taichi**
Now look, Chihaya.
**[03:34] Chihaya**
Hmm?
**[03:35] Taichi**
Do we really need more members?
**[03:39] Taichi**
I was pretty surprised.
**[03:41] Taichi**
I never knew that was how you felt.
**[03:44] (Flashback) Chihaya**
If I can be the best in
the world at something,
**[03:48] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I think it's worth a shot.
**[03:52] Taichi**
Your goal is to become the Queen, right?
**[03:53] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[03:55] Chihaya**
Y-Yeah...
**[03:57] Taichi**
You're not serious about
this at all, are you?!
**[03:59] Taichi**
You were just following Arata's lead!
**[04:09] Chihaya**
Anyway!
**[04:10] Chihaya**
We have to carry three
more tatami mats over!
**[04:12] Chihaya**
Then we practice!
**[04:14] Taichi**
Right. Yeah, yeah.
**[04:20] Captain**
What's Oe-san like?
***SIGN*** Archery Club
**[04:22] Person A**
No idea. She's always
reading old books by herself.
**[04:25] Person B**
She was born in the wrong era.
**[04:29] Kana**
*I'm sorry,*
**[04:31] Kana**
*but I can't do it!*
**[04:33] Kana**
*Why must I run in a hakama?*
**[04:36] Kana**
*That would be so embarrassing!*
**[04:39] Kana**
* And I'll never be able to*
* hit a target with an arrow!*
**[04:43] Kana**
* I just want to wear*
* traditional clothes!*
***SIGN*** Let's start a competitive karuta club! Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 1-2!!
**[04:58] Kana**
*Ayase Chihaya-san in class 1-2...*
**[05:03] Kana**
* The lovely girl who*
* turns heads everywhere*
**[05:07] Kana**
* is looking for people who know*
* the poems of the Hundred Poets.*
**[05:13] Chihaya**
* Oh, dear. You took*
* another card off me.*
**[05:18] Kana**
*You're still very strong, Lady Chihaya.*
**[05:21] Kana**
* I should have knocked*
* on this door instead!*
**[05:34] Kana**
* I thought that Ms. Miyauchi was*
* using the old student council room.*
**[05:40] Kana**
*Oh, no...*
**[05:41] Kana**
* What if they already*
* have too many members?*
**[05:43] [POEM] Reader**
when people and grass grow scarce
**[05:54] [POEM] Reader**
Rain takes...
***SIGN*** leaving a hovering mist above the trees and grass
**[06:01] Kana**
Huh?!
**[06:03] Taichi**
You're too good at
first-syllable cards.
**[06:07] Kana**
Huh? Huh?
**[06:09] [POEM] Reader**
The storm blasts...
**[06:12] Kana**
*Wait... What...*
**[06:13] [POEM] Reader**
I wish I could show...
**[06:15] Kana**
*What is this?*
**[06:16] [POEM] Reader**
My fear is not of...
**[06:23] Kana**
*Don't tell me that...*
**[06:25] Kana**
*...this is karuta?!*
**[06:29] Both**
Thank you very much!
**[06:32] Chihaya**
I won!
**[06:33] Chihaya**
But you're actually pretty good.
**[06:36] Chihaya**
You took a bunch of cards
in the first half.
**[06:38] Taichi**
I think I've figured out
why you always start slow.
**[06:42] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[06:43] Taichi**
You rely on the advantage
of your ears so much
**[06:45] Taichi**
that you haven't learned how
to memorize card positions.
**[06:47] Taichi**
You still can't memorize
where the cards are.
**[06:49] Chihaya**
That's not true.
**[06:50] Chihaya**
Today was just a fluke.
**[06:52] Chihaya**
I have no trouble in the first
half at the Shiranami Society.
**[06:54] Taichi**
You've only been practicing at
the Shiranami Society, right?
**[06:58] Taichi**
People who train together tend to use the
same positioning techniques, so it's easier.
**[07:01] Taichi**
Against me, you kept
touching the wrong cards.
**[07:04] Taichi**
So in other words,
**[07:06] Taichi**
you're an idiot.
**[07:08] Chihaya**
Yet you lost to that idiot!
**[07:10] Chihaya**
Idiot!
**[07:10] Taichi**
You even talk like an idiot, idiot.
**[07:14] Chihaya**
Oh?
**[07:15] Kana**
Huh?
**[07:17] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[07:18] Chihaya**
Welcome!
**[07:22] Chihaya**
Wait!
**[07:30] Kana**
I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
**[07:31] Chihaya**
Why are you running away?!
**[07:33] Chihaya**
Are you here because you're
interested in karuta?!
**[07:35] Chihaya**
Do you like karuta?!
**[07:38] Kana**
Y-Yes, I guess...
**[07:46] Kana**
As you already know,
**[07:48] ---**
the Ogura Hundred Poets lived
during the Kamakura period.
**[07:51] Kana**
Fujiwara no Teika
**[07:52] Kana**
compiled them by taking one poem
each from 100 of the best poets,
**[07:54] Kana**
in chronological order from
Emperor Tenji to the Retired Emperor Juntoku
**[07:59] Kana**
to decorate the sliding doors
at the Ogura mountain villa,
**[08:04] Kana**
the summer home of the general
and poet Utsunomiya Yoritsuna.
**[08:08] Kana**
I love the backstory.
**[08:10] Kana**
Many of the selected poems
were ornamental in nature,
**[08:14] Kana**
because they were meant
to be used as decoration.
**[08:17] Kana**
His judgment was wonderful!
**[08:19] Kana**
Seventy-nine male poets!
**[08:21] Kana**
Twenty-one female poets!
**[08:23] Kana**
I paid particular attention
to the poems by the women!
**[08:27] Kana**
You can feel the seasons
and modesty in a way
**[08:30] ---**
that can't be found in modern poetry!
**[08:34] Kana**
The beauty in each word
**[08:35] ---**
is just as fresh as it
was a thousand years ago!
**[08:40] Kana**
I still haven't found the words
**[08:42] ---**
to express the rush of
emotion they bring me!
**[08:43] Chihaya**
R-Right!
**[08:44] Chihaya**
So!
**[08:45] Chihaya**
Do you like competitive karuta?
**[08:50] Kana**
Do you wear hakama?
**[08:52] Chihaya**
Hakama?
**[08:54] Chihaya**
I've never worn one before.
**[08:56] Chihaya**
You haven't either, Taichi?
**[08:57] Taichi**
Huh? Yeah...
**[09:00] Taichi**
Most people don't wear them.
**[09:02] Kana**
Why?!
**[09:05] Kana**
Only members of the imperial
court dabble in poetry!
**[09:07] Kana**
I wouldn't expect you
to wear junihitoe,
**[09:08] Kana**
but you should at least wear a hakama!
**[09:10] Kana**
The kendo club and
archery club require hakama!
**[09:14] Chihaya**
Wh—
**[09:16] Chihaya**
Why don't we wear them?
**[09:17] Chihaya**
Because they're expensive?
**[09:20] Taichi**
It's a lot of effort to wear one.
**[09:30] Kana**
My family has owned a traditional
clothing shop for many generations.
**[09:34] Kana**
I love kimono.
**[09:36] ---**
I want everyone to understand
how wonderful they are,
**[09:39] Kana**
but we can only sell cheap yukatas...
**[09:41] Kana**
Our business is so bad that
**[09:43] Kana**
we can't even afford a model
for next year's catalog!
**[09:59] Kana**
If I won't be able to wear a hakama,
**[10:02] ---**
I might as well stay
in the archery club.
**[10:05] Kana**
I apologize for interrupting you.
**[10:11] Taichi**
Her love of karuta is
completely different.
**[10:15] Taichi**
We don't even pay any attention
to the poems anymore.
**[10:18] Taichi**
You probably don't know the
meaning of most of them.
**[10:22] Taichi**
She isn't cut out to play
competitive karuta.
**[10:38] Person A**
She's so adorable.
**[10:40] Person B**
Hey, look.
**[10:40] Person C**
There she is!
**[10:43] Chihaya**
Wow, you read really hard books.
**[10:45] Kana**
A-Ayase-san!
**[10:51] Chihaya**
I asked one of the girls
in the archery club.
**[10:53] Chihaya**
Your name is Oe Kanade, right?
**[10:56] Chihaya**
So you're Kana.
**[10:58] Chihaya**
You like karuta, right?
**[11:01] Chihaya**
Let's play karuta together.
***SIGN*** Yamamori Masao Higashiyama Culture and Modern Japan
**[11:03] Kana**
My love for karuta is fundamentally
different from yours.
**[11:07] Kana**
I'm not interested in a
sport with no emotion.
**[11:10] Chihaya**
But Kana-chan, I'm also...
**[11:13] Kana**
If you'll excuse me...
**[11:14] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[11:15] Chihaya**
Kana-chan?
**[11:26] Teacher**
The first collection of laws,
**[11:28] ---**
the Omi code, was created at
the order of Emperor Tenji.
**[11:32] Teacher**
In 670, there was a national
census released as the Kogo...
**[11:40] Chihaya**
Kana-chan!
**[11:43] Chihaya**
Hey, why don't you come watch us play?
**[11:45] Kana**
I have archery practice.
**[11:47] Chihaya**
Wait, Kana-chan!
**[11:49] Chihaya**
Taichi...
**[11:50] Taichi**
There's no point in pestering
someone who doesn't want to join.
**[11:54] Chihaya**
But she loves karuta so much...
**[11:57] Taichi**
Like I said yesterday,
**[11:59] Taichi**
she's not cut out for it.
***SIGN*** Oe Traditional Clothing
**[12:32] Mom**
Kanade, I'm going to a
neighborhood meeting,
**[12:36] ---**
so watch the store for me.
**[12:37] Kana**
Okay!
***SIGN*** Explanation for Ogura Hundred Poets
**[12:44] [POEM] Kana**
Would the mountain cherry
blossoms return my affection,
**[12:50] [POEM] Kana**
for there is no one else out here
**[13:19] Kana**
Ayase-san.
**[13:21] Chihaya**
It's beautiful.
**[13:23] Chihaya**
I'm starting to understand
why you like kimono.
**[13:28] Kana**
Is this about the karuta club again?
**[13:30] Chihaya**
Hmm?
**[13:32] Chihaya**
Well, you seem to like karuta.
**[13:34] Kana**
As I said earlier,
**[13:36] Kana**
my love is fundamentally
different from yours.
**[13:40] Chihaya**
But I also have a poem I really love.
**[13:45] Chihaya**
*Impassionate gods have never seen*
**[13:49] Chihaya**
*the red that is the Tatsuta River*
**[13:52] Chihaya**
I even know what it means.
**[13:54] Chihaya**
It's talking about how the
Tatsuta River is so beautiful
**[13:56] ---**
when it's completely red.
**[13:59] Chihaya**
I read it in a book.
**[14:01] Chihaya**
It must look something like this.
**[14:12] Kana**
Classic poetry becomes fascinating when
**[14:14] ---**
you know the history behind each poem.
**[14:16] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[14:17] Kana**
I believe that this poem
is about passionate love.
**[14:22] Chihaya**
Huh? Love?
**[14:24] Chihaya**
It's not about scenery?!
**[14:26] Kana**
That would be the universal
interpretation,
**[14:29] Kana**
but did you know that
Nijo no Kisaki was in love
**[14:31] ---**
with Ariwara no Narihira
before she married the emperor?
***SIGN*** This is a very
famous
story.
**[14:36] Chihaya**
N-No...
**[14:41] Kana**
This poem was displayed on a
folding screen in the palace.
**[14:46] Kana**
Some accounts say that Nijo no Kisaki
was the one who requested the poem.
**[14:50] Kana**
I like how Narihira concealed his
passion for her in a scenic rendering
**[14:55] Kana**
since he wasn't able
to forget about her.
**[15:00] Kana**
"Impassionate" is a decorative word
for gods that implies great force.
**[15:12] Kana**
The red river can be interpreted
as an autumn scene or a suicide,
**[15:18] Kana**
but I believe that the crimson leaves
represent a love that never faded.
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[15:25] Kana**
When you look at it that way,
the card with its black letters
**[15:29] ---**
becomes deep red,
don't you think?
**[15:42] Chihaya**
Incredible...
**[15:44] Kana**
Huh?
**[15:45] Chihaya**
Incredible!
**[15:45] Chihaya**
Incredible!
**[15:46] Chihaya**
Incredible! Incredible! Incredible!
**[15:48] Chihaya**
Teach me more, Kana-chan!
**[15:50] Kana**
Huh?
**[15:52] Chihaya**
Starting from *The Autumn Paddy*!
**[15:53] Kana**
Huh?
**[15:54] Kana**
All one hundred poems?
**[15:56] Chihaya**
Uh-huh!
**[16:01] Kana**
This poem is supposed to have
been written by Emperor Tenji.
**[16:04] Chihaya**
Huh? It wasn't?
**[16:06] Kana**
Yes, it's believed that this was
**[16:09] ---**
edited from an anonymous poem
**[16:11] ---**
in the Collection of
Ten Thousand Leaves.
**[16:14] Chihaya**
Oh...
**[16:15] Kana**
Fujiwara no Teika, the person
who compiled the Hundred Poets,
**[16:19] ---**
would have known that...
**[16:21] [POEM] Kana**
The autumn paddy shacks
have rough thatching
**[16:27] [POEM] Kana**
as my sleeves are wet with dew
**[16:31] Kana**
A "paddy shack" is a small
cabin for farmers.
**[16:33] Kana**
When the farmers rest under the
rough roof of sedge and straw,
**[16:36] Kana**
they wake up to discover that
their sleeves are wet with dew.
**[16:39] Kana**
So Fujiwara no Teika may
have started with this poem
**[16:42] ---**
to convey the idea of an ideal emperor
**[16:45] ---**
who understood the hard
work of the farmers.
**[16:49] Chihaya**
Oh...
**[16:51] Chihaya**
Next one!
**[16:52] Chihaya**
*So spring ends* please!
**[16:54] Kana**
In the past, when people
unpacked their winter clothes,
**[16:57] ---**
they would hang their
summer clothes out to dry.
**[17:00] Kana**
The green mountains
and white clothes...
**[17:01] Kana**
There is only a brief pause
between the verses...
**[17:05] Kana**
As the slightest breeze will make
the slender bamboo shake...
**[17:09] Kana**
Mugwort was used for moxibustion.
**[17:14] Chihaya**
Oh! Hence the burning feelings part!
***SIGN*** When I must hide
mugwort = moxibustion
**[17:18] Chihaya**
*I never knew...*
**[17:19] Kana**
The *false rooster's crow*
is an expression from
**[17:21] Chihaya**
*I never knew!*
**[17:22] ---**
the Records of the Grand Historian.
**[17:24] Kana**
Here, shadow actually means light. So the moonlight is...
**[17:25] Chihaya**
*There is a rich and colorful world behind each card!*
**[17:29] Kana**
Here, the autumn scenery
is green instead of red,
**[17:32] ---**
which means these are evergreens...
**[17:40] Chihaya**
*I never knew!*
**[17:44] Chihaya**
*I had no idea!*
***SIGN*** Yamamori Masao
Higashiyama Culture and Modern Japan
***SIGN*** Yamamori Masao
Higashiyama Culture and Modern Japan
**[18:01] (Flashback) Person A**
She's always reading
old books by herself.
**[18:04] (Flashback) Person B**
A classical literature geek?
**[18:06] (Flashback) Person B**
She was born in the wrong age.
***SIGN*** Explanation for Ogura Hundred Poets
**[18:10] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Teach me, Kana-chan!
**[18:13] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Teach me more!
**[18:15] [POEM] Reader**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[18:24] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[18:33] [POEM] Reader**
Like the sound of someone
knocking on my door...
**[18:38] [POEM] Reader**
The night was young...
**[18:40] [POEM] Reader**
Though I prayed
**[18:42] Chihaya**
* Before, I only recognized*
* the cards by sound...*
**[18:47] Chihaya**
* but you can also recognize*
* them by their meaning!*
**[18:51] Chihaya**
*Look!*
**[18:53] ---**
*Every card is a different color!*
**[18:58] Chihaya**
I win!
**[19:00] Taichi**
Oh, man...
**[19:01] Taichi**
You're on a roll today.
**[19:03] Taichi**
Have you been doing
drills or something?
**[19:13] Chihaya**
Kana-chan.
**[19:20] Chihaya**
The person who taught me karuta
**[19:22] ---**
said that I should become
friends with the cards.
**[19:28] Chihaya**
You're already friends with
all one hundred cards.
**[19:31] Chihaya**
You can become strong.
**[19:35] Kana**
O-On one condition...
**[19:38] Person A**
Okay! Relax and smile!
**[19:44] Chihaya**
P-Promise?
**[19:47] Chihaya**
Promise that you'll
join the karuta club?
**[19:51] Chihaya**
No changing your mind!
**[19:55] Kana**
And during matches,
we all have to wear hakama.
**[19:58] Chihaya**
Wh-What if we don't have one?
**[20:00] Kana**
We can rent them.
**[20:02] Chihaya**
Wait, stop!
**[20:06] Kana**
But why were you trying
so hard to recruit me?
**[20:10] Kana**
You don't need other
people to play karuta.
**[20:16] Taichi**
Well, I guess we can practice.
**[20:18] Taichi**
We can start with how
to place the cards...
**[20:20] Kana**
First, can we do
something about this room?
**[20:22] Taichi**
Huh?
**[20:27] [POEM] Kana**
A house left to the weeds...
**[20:31] Kana**
As I said the other day,
**[20:33] ---**
only members of the imperial
court dabble in poetry.
**[20:36] Kana**
This dusty room is not
appropriate for-
**[20:37] Chihaya**
Okay, let's!
**[20:39] Taichi**
Can't we just keep the
tatami mats clean?
**[20:41] Chihaya**
Okay, let's go borrow
the cleaning stuff.
**[20:44] Kana**
Yes!
**[20:45] Chihaya**
Come on!
Hurry up, Taichi!
**[20:47] Taichi**
Yeah, yeah...
**[20:51] Chihaya**
* I want to play karuta*
* with Arata again.*
**[20:55] Chihaya**
* I want him to know*
* that karuta is fun...*
**[20:58] Chihaya**
*That it's fun when you're with friends.*
**[21:08] Taichi**
Then we'll start with
how to place the cards.
**[21:11] Kana**
Yes!
**[21:13] Chihaya**
* Our new friend, Kana-chan*
* taught me something new.*
**[21:18] Chihaya**
* Chihaya furu is a poem*
* about deep red love!*
# E7 - But for Autumn's Coming
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRP85QD9R/but-for-autumns-coming)
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**[00:03] [POEM] Reader**
In order to restore my faith in this world,
***SIGN*** Let's start a competitive karuta club!
Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 1-2!!
**[00:19] [POEM] Reader**
I have learned to both love
and hate my fellow man
**[00:28] [POEM] Reader**
Swift waters parted by the jagged rocks
**[00:32] [POEM] Reader**
are joined at river's end
**[00:49] [POEM] Reader**
Waves creep closer to the Suminoe shore...
**[00:59] [POEM] Reader**
in my dreams, I creep closer to you
**[01:06] [POEM] Reader**
Like the sound...
**[01:13] [POEM] Reader**
After many, many years...
**[01:18] [POEM] Reader**
Look for the sound...
**[01:24] Taichi**
* I can't beat Chihaya to the*
* first-syllable cards.*
**[01:29] Taichi**
*Reassess the situation...*
**[01:31] Taichi**
* "Would this" was already read so*
* I can take "Would the" on the "Would."*
**[01:34] Taichi**
* "My only thought as I" and "My only thought as the"*
* are both still in play, so I'll have to be careful there.*
**[01:39] Taichi**
* "So the flower petals" was already read,*
* so I can take "So the flower has" after "flower."*
**[01:43] Taichi**
* "Though my" was already read,*
* so I can take "Though I" after "Though."*
**[01:45] Taichi**
* For "While it pains", "While it may" was read,*
* but "While it brings" wasn't, so I'll have to pay attention.*
**[01:50] Taichi**
* For "The hazy early morning light",*
* "The hazy early morning mist" was already read,*
**[01:55] Taichi**
* so on "The hazy", I'll move towards*
* "The hazy field" on the opponent's side.*
**[01:57] Taichi**
*"In the" and "In order to" have already been read,*
**[01:59] Taichi**
*so I can take "In order for" on "In."*
**[02:02] [POEM] Reader**
but instead you see a pale
moon in the dawn sky
**[02:08] [POEM] Reader**
In order for us to find our way home,
***SIGN*** the plum blossoms still smell the same
would I rather never seen her again?
**[02:18] Taichi**
* Chihaya doesn't know how to make adjustments*
* based on which cards have been taken.*
**[02:22] Taichi**
*I reacted first...*
**[02:25] Taichi**
*But...*
**[02:26] Taichi**
*I couldn't take the card...*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 7
***SIGN*** But for
Autumn's
Coming
**[03:42] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[03:51] Kanade**
You're so good, Chihaya-chan!
**[03:52] Chihaya**
I see...
**[03:53] Chihaya**
I should have passed you the "I know" card,
**[03:55] Chihaya**
and then I should have waited before-
**[03:57] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan?!
**[03:59] Taichi**
Oh, don't worry.
**[04:00] Taichi**
She just fell asleep.
**[04:01] Kanade**
J-Just like that?
**[04:07] Taichi**
She just bulls her way through a match
by relying on her fast reflex time,
**[04:10] Taichi**
and I still can't beat her.
**[04:12] Kanade**
What does that mean?
**[04:15] Taichi**
In karuta, it refers to the speed
**[04:17] ---**
at which someone reacts to a card being read.
**[04:20] Taichi**
Some people say it's
**[04:21] ---**
the most important quality
a karuta player can have.
**[04:24] Taichi**
She was born with it.
**[04:26] Taichi**
Chihaya's karuta is driven
by that innate ability.
**[04:30] Taichi**
Unfortunately, I don't have
anything like that.
**[04:33] Kanade**
Amazing!
**[04:34] Kanade**
Then it's actually possible
for Chihaya-chan to play in
**[04:36] ---**
the Queen match wearing
a hakama from our store!
**[04:39] Kanade**
On national TV!
**[04:42] Kanade**
What do you think about this one?
**[04:43] Kanade**
Or would the violet one be better?
**[04:44] Taichi**
Uh, wait...
**[04:45] Taichi**
There are plenty of
better players in Class A.
**[04:47] Kanade**
This one looks better,
but I should choose this one
**[04:50] Kanade**
if I want people to understand
how wonderful kimono are.
**[04:52] Kanade**
Wait, this...
**[04:52] Taichi**
*Chihaya and I are on completely different skill levels.*
**[04:56] Taichi**
* I have no interest in becoming a Master,*
* so I don't mind losing.*
**[05:01] Taichi**
*But...*
**[05:03] Taichi**
*If he were here...*
**[05:11] Taichi**
* If Chihaya were to practice*
* with Arata instead of me,*
**[05:18] Taichi**
*would she become a better player?*
**[05:27] Chihaya**
I forgot!
**[05:29] Chihaya**
I'm gonna go do some scouting!
**[05:32] Kanade**
Scouting? For a fourth member?
**[05:35] Taichi**
You have someone in mind?
**[05:37] Chihaya**
The second-smartest person in our
grade, after Mashima Taichi,
**[05:40] Chihaya**
Desktomu-kun, who happens to be in my class!
**[05:42] Both**
Huh?
**[05:44] Chihaya**
You two can practice!
**[05:48] Kanade**
Oh.
**[05:50] Kanade**
We need five members before we
can become an official club.
**[06:02] (Flashback) Teacher**
If you don't have enough members,
you can't be a club!
**[06:08] Chihaya**
*Two more to go!*
**[06:10] Person A**
I'm heading out then!
**[06:11] Person B**
Sure, thanks!
**[06:13] Person A**
Bye-bye!
**[06:22] Person A**
Doesn't he creep you out?
**[06:23] Person A**
School's over and he's still studying.
**[06:25] Person A**
Look at that Tsutomu-kun...
**[06:26] Person A**
I mean Desktomu-kun.
**[06:28] Person B**
He only leaves his desk
to go to the restroom.
**[06:31] Person B**
Doesn't he look like a jelly bean?
**[06:41] Tsutomu**
*I don't like school.*
**[06:44] Tsutomu**
*There are too many judgmental fools.*
**[06:48] Tsutomu**
*Okay, solved that problem.*
**[06:51] Tsutomu**
*However, I like to study.*
**[06:54] Tsutomu**
* The harder I work, the higher*
* our class's average scores are.*
**[06:57] Tsutomu**
*I'm willing to help out those fools.*
**[07:05] Person A**
But it's kinda sad when he's
**[07:07] ---**
glued to his desk all day and
only second in our grade.
**[07:10] Person B**
I know.
**[07:11] Person B**
When you put it that way,
**[07:12] ---**
Mashima-kun from Class 1 is really something.
**[07:15] Person B**
He doesn't study much,
yet he's top of the class!
**[07:18] Person C**
I wish we could arrange a trade.
**[07:20] Person B**
I'd rather have a number one stud
than number two Desktomu-kun.
**[07:23] Person C**
I know, right?
**[07:25] Person D**
Is he upset?
**[07:26] Person C**
Nah, no way...
**[07:27] Person D**
Really?
**[07:31] Chihaya**
Heya! I'm Ayase Chihaya!
**[07:33] Chihaya**
I'm here to scout you!
**[07:35] Chihaya**
Let's play karuta together
in the karuta club!
**[07:40] Chihaya**
Consider this a bribe.
**[07:48] Chihaya**
Hey, Komano-kun. You're the second-smartest
person in our grade, right?!
**[07:53] Chihaya**
I've heard that karuta is a
great sport for smart people!
**[07:56] Chihaya**
If you join, we'll have four members
**[07:58] ---**
and be one member closer to
becoming an official club!
**[08:00] Chihaya**
It doesn't matter if you
don't have any experience!
***SIGN*** I don't understand.
**[08:07] Chihaya**
Oh, karuta as in Hundred Poets.
***SIGN*** Is there any point to playing karuta?
***SIGN*** Can you become number one by playing karuta?
**[08:17] Chihaya**
Um...
***SIGN*** There's no such thing as professional karuta, is there?
***SIGN*** It's just a game, right?
***SIGN*** Why should I play this game?
***SIGN*** Will it help me with my studies?
***SIGN*** Is there any benefit for me?
**[08:31] Chihaya**
I don't care about your excuses!
**[08:33] Chihaya**
Stop griping and play a game!
***SIGN*** Jam Bread
**[08:44] Taichi**
The field of play is supposed
to be 87 centimeters wide.
**[08:47] Taichi**
You can use your elbow plus or minus
a number of cards as a reference,
**[08:53] Taichi**
so remember how many cards
it takes to get you to 87.
***SIGN*** Hey! This is embarrassing!
**[08:58] Chihaya**
Shut up! Just come inside!
**[09:01] Kanade**
Huh?
**[09:04] Chihaya**
Hey, guys!
**[09:06] Chihaya**
Let's teach him how fun karuta can be!
**[09:10] Taichi**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Don't be ridiculous!
***SIGN*** You dragged me all the way here by force!
**[09:18] Chihaya**
But!
***SIGN*** I understand.
***SIGN*** The karuta club is short on members, yes?
***SIGN*** So you just need to bolster head count.
***SIGN*** Look elsewhere, if you don't care who joins.
**[09:30] Chihaya**
You've got it wrong.
**[09:31] Chihaya**
I do care who joins!
***SIGN*** Liar.
**[09:35] Chihaya**
I'm telling the truth!
**[09:36] Chihaya**
Just play a game!
**[09:38] Chihaya**
I promise that you'll be hooked!
***SIGN*** I'm busy!
***SIGN*** If I had time to play karuta, I would be studying instead!
**[09:44] Chihaya**
Komano-kun, you want to
become smarter, right?
***SIGN*** Huh?
**[09:48] Chihaya**
Karuta is a mental game.
**[09:51] Chihaya**
First, you have to memorize
the positions of the cards.
**[09:53] Chihaya**
The fastest people can memorize all
of them in five- no, three minutes!
**[09:57] Chihaya**
Stronger memorization skills will
help you with your studies!
***SIGN*** Memorize the positions? Of every card?
**[10:04] Chihaya**
Uh-huh.
***SIGN*** Liar!
**[10:06] Chihaya**
I'm not lying!
**[10:07] Chihaya**
This is the most basic step!
**[10:09] Kanade**
No grace...
**[10:12] Chihaya**
I'll show you right now!
***SIGN*** Wait!
***SIGN*** Hey, wait!
***SIGN*** Why me?
**[10:19] Chihaya**
Taichi, let's play!
**[10:20] Taichi**
Wait, what?
***SIGN*** Huh?
**[10:23] Chihaya**
Hurry up!
**[10:25] Taichi**
Fine then.
**[10:33] Tsutomu**
*Mashima Taichi...*
**[10:35] Tsutomu**
* He's had the top score*
* on every monthly test.*
**[10:39] Chihaya**
The players get memorization
time, so hold on.
**[10:43] Chihaya**
The match will begin in 15 minutes.
***SIGN*** W-Wait...
**[10:47] Chihaya**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Memorization is the most basic step, right?
***SIGN*** If karuta players all have excellent memory,
***SIGN*** you should be able to play with the cards flipped over!
**[11:00] Chihaya**
What?!
**[11:02] Chihaya**
This isn't Concentration!
**[11:04] Chihaya**
Plus, the cards get moved around.
**[11:05] Chihaya**
It's impossible!
***SIGN*** I knew it.
***SIGN*** So you're given memorization time, and you still can't do it.
***SIGN*** Nothing impressive about that.
***SIGN*** Goodbye.
**[11:15] Chihaya**
Wait! Don't leave!
**[11:17] Chihaya**
We'll give it a try, so wait!
**[11:19] Taichi**
Chihaya!
**[11:20] Taichi**
Who is this annoying brat?
**[11:23] Chihaya**
You're the one who said that we
should look for someone smart!
**[11:26] Tsutomu**
*Someone smart?*
**[11:28] Taichi**
But I've never played karuta
with the cards flipped over.
**[11:32] Chihaya**
Same here!
**[11:34] Chihaya**
But I can't back down now!
***SIGN*** Mizusawa
**[11:37] Kanade**
Very well.
**[11:38] Kanade**
I will play in your stead!
**[11:40] Taichi**
It's okay, Oe-san.
**[11:44] Taichi**
Chihaya, let's give it a try.
**[11:47] Chihaya**
Huh? Is it okay, Taichi?
**[11:49] Taichi**
We won't know where the cards are
if you send them all flying,
**[11:52] ---**
so control yourself.
**[11:55] Chihaya**
Uh-huh.
**[12:04] Chihaya**
Would the, May you, A night,
**[12:06] Chihaya**
As friends, My only thought as the,
Impassionate,
**[12:08] Chihaya**
In order for, My own home, The emotions,
**[12:11] Chihaya**
A mountain stream, So spring nights,
The storm will,
**[12:13] Chihaya**
As the first, Impassioned was, As my
**[12:15] Chihaya**
The autumn paddy, I know, The sight,
**[12:17] Chihaya**
No more, So the flower petals, A house,
**[12:19] Kanade**
Memorization time is over.
**[12:19] Chihaya**
While some, May the scarlet, Since I...
**[12:22] Kanade**
Please flip the cards over.
**[12:29] Tsutomu**
*They won't be able to play flipped karuta.*
**[12:33] Tsutomu**
*It's impossible to memorize the positions*
**[12:36] ---**
*for all of those cards in 15 minutes.*
***SIGN*** Impossible...
**[12:43] Kanade**
Let's begin.
**[12:51] [POEM] Reader**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower blooms,
but for winter
**[13:00] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[13:09] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[13:20] [POEM] Reader**
May the time spent in our one night together
**[13:24] Kanade**
"Bring a life..."
**[13:26] Kanade**
It's the right card!
**[13:28] [POEM] Reader**
While some dodge the famous waves of
Takashi shore to avoid getting wet,
**[13:31] Kanade**
"I deflect your..."
**[13:32] Kanade**
It's right!
**[13:36] Taichi**
*Our memory is still fresh at the beginning.*
**[13:40] Taichi**
* The cards may be flipped over,*
* but we should be able to find most of them.*
**[13:43] Taichi**
* The problem is later when the cards*
* start getting passed around.*
**[13:47] Taichi**
*It all comes down to concentration.*
**[13:51] [POEM] Reader**
I deflect your artful words
to keep my sleeves dry
**[14:00] [POEM] Reader**
My own home is a retreat lying
southeast of the capital
**[14:06] Kanade**
That's the right card.
**[14:08] Chihaya**
Now I'm mad.
**[14:11] Chihaya**
I memorized that card.
**[14:15] [POEM] Taichi**
Chihaya doesn't have her usual edge.
**[14:19] [POEM] Taichi**
She's not as confident.
**[14:21] [POEM] Taichi**
It's because her memorization skills are still lacking.
**[14:27] Taichi**
*I-I can beat Chihaya...*
**[14:33] Chihaya**
*Um, that one is "So spring ends"...*
**[14:37] Chihaya**
* Then it's "No more, As friends,*
* While it brings, As my, None are."*
**[14:42] Taichi**
I'm going to move a card.
**[14:44] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[14:44] Chihaya**
What?!
**[14:45] Chihaya**
Hold on! Hold on!
**[14:48] Chihaya**
What was that card?!
**[14:57] [POEM] Reader**
where I can hide from the
troubles of this world
**[15:08] [POEM] Reader**
A mountain village grows...
**[15:10] [POEM] Reader**
Swift waters parted...
***SIGN*** are joined at river's end
**[15:20] Chihaya**
* This isn't the Taichi I'm*
* used to practicing against.*
**[15:42] [POEM] Reader**
are joined at river's end
**[15:52] [POEM] Reader**
May you never forget your...
**[15:55] [POEM] Reader**
Impassioned was your promise of salvation
**[15:58] Chihaya**
*He was guarding both cards!*
**[15:59] Chihaya**
* We're over halfway through and he can still*
* remember the positions of the cards!*
**[16:03] [POEM] Reader**
May the time we spend
apart from one another be
**[16:08] Kanade**
I-It's right!
**[16:10] [POEM] Reader**
as short-lived as the reeds of Naniwa Bay
**[16:17] (Flashback) Taichi**
I have no interest in becoming a Master,
so I don't mind losing...
**[16:23] (Flashback) Taichi**
I don't mind losing...
**[16:25] [POEM] Reader**
*As the first frost has fallen,*
**[16:30] Taichi**
*I definitely hate to lose!*
**[16:38] (Flashback) Taichi**
Chihaya!
**[16:43] Taichi**
* I'm the one sitting across*
* from you right now!*
**[16:55] Kanade**
He did it!
**[17:00] Taichi**
Thank you very much.
**[17:03] Chihaya**
Thank you very much.
**[17:12] Chihaya**
I'm so mad...
**[17:25] Taichi**
I win.
**[17:41] Taichi**
Wait.
**[17:45] Taichi**
You're just going to leave without
a word after that match?
**[17:50] Taichi**
Oh, er...
**[17:52] Taichi**
What's your name?
**[17:55] Tsutomu**
*Why...*
**[17:57] ---**
*do people like him exist?*
**[18:02] Taichi**
Ah, hey!
**[18:04] Tsutomu**
*He has friends, talent...*
**[18:08] (Flashback) Person A**
Whose are those? Desktomu-kun's?
**[18:10] (Flashback) Person B**
They're perfect!
**[18:12] (Flashback) Person C**
Lemme see!
**[18:13] (Flashback) Person D**
Me too!
**[18:15] (Flashback) Person A**
Thanks, Desktomu-kun!
**[18:18] (Flashback) Person A**
Make sure you get the top
score on the next test.
**[18:23] Tsutomu**
*The top score...*
**[18:26] Tsutomu**
*Become number one...*
**[18:29] Tsutomu**
*Win...*
**[18:33] Tsutomu**
*But I know...*
**[18:36] Tsutomu**
*Even if I do become number one,*
**[18:38] Tsutomu**
*they'll never let me in their circle.*
**[18:47] Taichi**
Hey, if you're a little interested now,
why not join the karuta club?
***SIGN*** I can't play karuta...
***SIGN*** I don't have the talent!
***SIGN*** I'm not like you!
***SIGN*** All I can do is study!
***SIGN*** I belong behind my desk!
**[19:20] (Flashback) Mom**
Focus on contests that you can win.
**[19:22] (Flashback) Taichi**
I could spend my entire youth on karuta
**[19:25] (Flashback) Taichi**
without ever becoming better than Arata.
**[19:46] Taichi**
I don't have any talent for karuta either.
**[19:51] Taichi**
It's tough, but I still play!
**[19:53] Taichi**
I keep losing, but I still play!
**[19:56] Taichi**
Because when I win...
**[20:00] Taichi**
I feel so happy!
**[20:06] Taichi**
Okay, that was lame.
**[20:12] Taichi**
But...
**[20:14] Taichi**
Instead of a karuta genius,
I would rather have our new member
**[20:17] ---**
be someone who puts
in effort on the tatami.
***SIGN*** Wh-What are you talking about?
***SIGN*** Tatami? Karuta? That doesn't make any sense at all!
***SIGN*** Man, look at my desk...
**[20:38] Taichi**
I see.
**[20:40] ---**
Sorry about that.
**[20:52] (Flashback) Taichi**
It's tough, but I still play!
**[20:56] (Flashback) Taichi**
I keep losing, but I still play!
# E8 - The Sounds of the Waterfall
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G68VD7176/the-sounds-of-the-waterfall)
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**[00:01] Person A**
Good morning.
**[00:02] Chihaya**
The karuta club is looking for more members!
***SIGN*** Let's start a competitive karuta club! Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 1-2!!
**[00:05] Chihaya**
Let's play competitive karuta together!
**[00:08] Kanade**
Good morning.
We're the karuta club.
**[00:10] Taichi**
Would you like to join the karuta club?
***SIGN*** Please hear us out.
**[00:14] Kanade**
We're the karuta club.
**[00:16] Chihaya**
Please give us a try.
**[00:18] Kanade**
Oh, that person...
**[00:20] Kanade**
would look wonderful in a hakama!
**[00:22] Chihaya**
Really?
**[00:24] Chihaya**
Hold on!
**[00:26] Chihaya**
Um, would you like to play karuta with us?
**[00:28] Chihaya**
You would look great in a hakama!
**[00:30] Person A**
N-No, thanks...
**[00:31] Person A**
New Year's is enough for me.
**[00:33] Taichi**
Hey, are you interested in karuta?
**[00:35] Taichi**
It's a pretty intense sport.
**[00:37] Person B**
You must be joking.
**[00:38] Taichi**
You'll understand if you give it a shot.
***SIGN*** We need one more member
**[00:48] ---**
before we can become an official club.
**[00:50] Kanade**
I didn't think that everyone
would ignore us...
**[00:56] Chihaya**
It'll be fine!
**[00:57] ---**
We'll find someone perfect!
**[01:00] Miya**
This problem is looking at molecular mass.
**[01:05] Miya**
When there are an equal number of
protons, electrons, and neutrons...
**[01:10] Miya**
Hmm?
**[01:23] Miya**
We'll pick up here next week.
**[01:26] Miya**
Make sure you review the
material we covered.
**[01:32] Horikawa**
Chi-chan, the Empress was
giving you the death stare.
**[01:34] Chihaya**
Huh? Really?
**[01:35] Horikawa**
You were sound asleep.
**[01:37] Horikawa**
What's going on?
**[01:39] Chihaya**
I woke up early to recruit
members for the karuta club,
**[01:42] Chihaya**
so I didn't eat breakfast...
**[01:43] Horikawa**
Oh, it must be hard for you and Komano-kun.
**[01:48] Tsutomu**
* First, you flip the cards*
* over and shuffle them.*
**[01:52] Tsutomu**
*Next, each player takes 25 cards*
**[01:53] ---**
*and places them on their side of the field.*
***SIGN*** Hundred Poets Competitive Karuta
**[01:55] Tsutomu**
*The remaining 50 cards will not be used.*
**[01:58] Tsutomu**
* The player's field is 87 centimeters*
* long and three rows deep.*
**[02:02] Chihaya**
You're really enthusiastic
about this, Desktomu-kun.
***SIGN*** I have to make up for lost time.
**[02:05] Chihaya**
That's right.
**[02:06] Chihaya**
We'll start practicing today.
***SIGN*** Ayase, you should eat lunch.
**[02:14] Chihaya**
Y-You could hear that?
***SIGN*** The whole class could.
**[02:20] Person A**
You're out of korokke sandwiches?
**[02:22] Person B**
Can I get coffee milk?
**[02:24] Lady**
Sure thing.
**[02:25] Person B**
Thanks.
**[02:25] Chihaya**
They're out of yakisoba sandwiches.
**[02:25] Lady**
Here you go.
**[02:30] Person A**
Ma'am, can I get two anpan?
**[02:32] Lady**
Here you are.
***SIGN*** Anpan
**[02:40] Nishida**
Huh?
**[02:41] Chihaya**
It's Porky!
**[02:43] Nishida**
Porky?
**[02:45] (Flashback) Chihaya**
You can buy your pork buns after I beat you!
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 8
***SIGN*** The
Sounds
of the
Waterfall
**[04:02] Taichi**
So basically, the player
who takes cards faster
**[04:05] ---**
and reduces the number of cards
on their side to zero, wins.
***SIGN*** I understand what happens when you take a card on your own side,
***SIGN*** but what happens when you take from the opponent's side?
**[04:13] Taichi**
When that happens, you can choose
one of the cards on your side
**[04:16] Taichi**
and send it to the opponent's side.
**[04:19] Kanade**
It's called "sending cards," right?
**[04:21] Taichi**
Right, sending cards is
**[04:23] ---**
a critical part of the game that
can turn the tide in a match.
**[04:27] Taichi**
You're also allowed to send cards
if your opponent commits a fault.
**[04:30] Taichi**
If you touch a card while the second
verse is being read, it's a fault.
**[04:34] Taichi**
If you touch a card on the opponent's side
**[04:35] ---**
when the correct card is
on your side, it's a fault.
**[04:39] Taichi**
The same goes for when you
touch a card on your side
**[04:41] ---**
when the correct card is
on the opponent's side.
**[04:44] Taichi**
However, if you touch the wrong
card on the correct side,
**[04:49] ---**
it's not a fault.
***SIGN*** Huh? Really?
**[04:52] Taichi**
Yep. For example...
**[04:54] Chihaya**
Taichi!
**[04:55] Chihaya**
Pork!
**[04:55] Chihaya**
I found pork!
**[04:58] All**
Pork?
**[05:04] Chihaya**
Look!
**[05:05] Taichi**
You're right!
**[05:07] Taichi**
He's a student at our high school...
**[05:09] Taichi**
Wait, that getup...
**[05:12] Taichi**
He's on the tennis team?
**[05:13] Chihaya**
Looks like it.
**[05:14] Taichi**
So? Why are we hiding?
**[05:18] Chihaya**
Oh, just because.
**[05:20] Chihaya**
I asked him to join the karuta club earlier,
**[05:22] Chihaya**
and he ran away.
**[05:24] Chihaya**
But this time...
**[05:27] Taichi**
Hey!
**[05:29] Chihaya**
If you have experience,
you should join the karuta club!
**[05:36] Chihaya**
Join!
**[05:37] Chihaya**
If you have experience,
you should join the karuta club!
**[05:39] Taichi**
Chihaya!
**[05:41] Nishida**
What's wrong with you?
**[05:44] Nishida**
Huh?
**[05:45] Taichi**
Hey, long time no see.
**[05:47] Taichi**
Shut your mouth, fatty!
**[05:48] Taichi**
Chihaya's running late!
**[05:50] Nishida**
Oh! You're...
**[05:53] Chihaya**
Taichi's in the karuta club with me!
**[05:56] Chihaya**
I really want you to join us, Porky!
**[05:58] Nishida**
My name is Nishida!
**[05:59] Nishida**
I already told you that I'm not
going to join the karuta club!
**[06:02] Taichi**
Nishida, did you quit playing karuta?
**[06:04] Taichi**
You were really good.
**[06:06] Nishida**
Being good at karuta doesn't mean anything.
**[06:09] Nishida**
Plus, it's lame.
**[06:10] Chihaya**
That's not true!
**[06:11] Nishida**
I played tennis in middle school.
**[06:14] Nishida**
I plan on continuing in high school.
**[06:17] Taichi**
You look good.
**[06:18] Nishida**
I know.
**[06:19] Nishida**
Besides, if I wanted to play karuta,
I'd go to the Karuta Society.
**[06:22] Nishida**
There's no reason to join a club at school.
**[06:24] Chihaya**
Please!
**[06:25] Chihaya**
If Porky joins, our karuta
club can be really strong!
**[06:30] Chihaya**
I'm sure you can also become really strong!
**[06:32] Nishida**
Won't happen.
I'm not interested.
**[06:34] Chihaya**
You still refuse?
**[06:36] Nishida**
I need to go to practice.
**[06:38] Nishida**
And my name isn't Porky. It's Nishida!
**[06:42] Nishida**
Bye.
**[06:43] Chihaya**
Hey, wait a moment!
**[06:44] Taichi**
Just forget about him.
**[06:48] Taichi**
Let's go back to the clubroom.
**[06:50] Chihaya**
Taichi...
**[07:17] Person A**
Nice!
**[07:18] Person B**
Way to go, Nishida!
**[07:19] Person B**
Keep it up!
**[07:20] Nishida**
Yes!
**[07:22] Person A**
Yamakawa, don't hold back on your serve.
**[07:24] Yamakawa**
Understood!
**[07:28] Chihaya**
Wow...
**[07:29] Chihaya**
Porky is really athletic!
**[07:33] Nishida**
*Easy!*
**[07:35] Nishida**
*This is easy!*
**[07:37] Nishida**
*Nothing like...*
**[07:39] Nishida**
*Nothing like what happened back then!*
**[07:57] [POEM] Nishida**
My only thought as the!
**[07:59] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[08:00] [POEM] Nishida**
My only thought as I!
**[08:06] Chihaya**
*Is this...*
**[08:07] [POEM] Nishida**
The hazy early morning mist!
**[08:11] Chihaya**
* Karuta? The timing for*
* multi-syllable cards?*
**[08:16] Person A**
One more volley!
**[08:17] Nishida**
Yes, please!
**[08:19] [POEM] Chihaya**
The world offers no escape!
**[08:20] Nishida**
Huh?
**[08:26] Person A**
Okay, switch!
**[08:27] Person A**
Go get the ball!
**[08:28] Nishida**
Y-Yes, sir!
**[08:35] [POEM] Chihaya**
I hide in the mountains,
only to hear the haunting cry of a deer.
**[08:38] Chihaya**
Porky, you should play karuta!
**[08:41] Nishida**
Don't you know when to give up?!
**[08:43] Chihaya**
But you're using tennis as
a substitute for karuta!
**[08:46] Chihaya**
That's not fair to tennis!
**[08:48] Nishida**
Th-That's none of your business!
**[08:51] Nishida**
Stop bugging me!
**[08:52] Chihaya**
We'll be waiting for you in the clubroom!
**[09:06] Person A**
Nishida!
**[09:07] Person A**
Your legs are slowing down!
**[09:09] Person A**
Keep your eyes on the ball!
**[09:11] Person A**
You're too slow!
**[09:23] Person A**
What's wrong, Nishida?
**[09:25] Person A**
Are you okay?
**[09:27] Nishida**
I'm sorry.
**[09:29] Nishida**
I need to go home now.
**[09:31] Person A**
Oh, I see.
**[09:34] Person A**
The second-years are next!
**[09:43] Taichi**
Like I was saying earlier,
it isn't a fault
**[09:46] Taichi**
when you touch the wrong card but it's
**[09:49] ---**
on the same side as the correct card.
***SIGN*** Yes.
**[09:52] Taichi**
So now...
**[09:54] Taichi**
Take these two cards which start the same.
**[09:56] Taichi**
"The world offers no change" and
"The world offers no escape."
**[09:59] Taichi**
They're called "like cards."
**[10:01] Taichi**
You have to wait until the fifth word
**[10:03] ---**
before you know which card to take.
**[10:06] Taichi**
However, if both cards are on the same side,
**[10:10] Taichi**
as soon as you hear "The world,"
**[10:14] Taichi**
you can take either one.
***SIGN*** I see...
**[10:18] Taichi**
However, this also makes it
easier for your opponent.
**[10:22] Taichi**
When the like cards are on your side,
**[10:24] Taichi**
it might be a good idea
**[10:27] ---**
to send one of them
to the opponent's side.
**[10:29] Kanade**
Excuse me.
**[10:32] Chihaya**
Porky!
**[10:33] Nishida**
It's Nishida!
**[10:36] Nishida**
Don't get the wrong idea!
**[10:37] Nishida**
I'm not here to join!
**[10:39] Chihaya**
What?!
**[10:40] Nishida**
I wanted to see what you're doing here,
**[10:43] Nishida**
but it looks like you're
at a grade school level.
**[10:45] Taichi**
These two are beginners.
**[10:47] Taichi**
They have to start somewhere.
**[10:48] Chihaya**
If you join,
our club will be much stronger!
**[10:51] Nishida**
No way!
**[10:52] Nishida**
It's pointless if I'm the
only one who's any good!
**[10:55] Kanade**
Is he really so special?
**[10:58] Taichi**
Number two in the country.
**[11:00] Taichi**
This was back when we were in grade school.
***SIGN*** Oh.
**[11:03] Nishida**
Karuta is about talent!
**[11:05] Nishida**
It doesn't matter how hard we practice!
**[11:07] Nishida**
We can never beat Wataya Arata!
**[11:13] Nishida**
Well, give it your best shot.
**[11:15] Nishida**
I'll be giving tennis my best shot.
**[11:17] Nishida**
Bye.
**[11:18] Taichi**
Wait.
**[11:19] Nishida**
What is it?
**[11:22] Taichi**
Chihaya, play a match against Nishida.
**[11:24] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[11:25] Nishida**
I refuse!
**[11:26] Nishida**
It's a waste of time.
**[11:28] Taichi**
You're gonna run away?
**[11:30] Taichi**
Chihaya never gave up on karuta.
**[11:33] Taichi**
Why don't you see for yourself
how strong someone can become
**[11:37] ---**
when they put in the effort?
**[11:41] Taichi**
Or are you scared of losing?
**[11:45] Taichi**
Come to think of it,
you struggled against
**[11:46] ---**
Chihaya when she was just a
beginner back in grade school.
**[11:49] Taichi**
Hard to say who would win now.
**[11:51] Nishida**
Hell no!
**[11:53] Chihaya**
Porky, let's play karuta!
**[12:01] Nishida**
Promise me this...
**[12:04] Nishida**
If I win the match,
**[12:07] Nishida**
you'll never bother me again!
**[12:09] Nishida**
Plus, you'll have to buy me
pork buns for a month!
**[12:13] Chihaya**
Bring it!
**[12:40] Taichi**
Memorization time is over.
**[12:43] Both**
Thank you for this match.
**[12:47] Both**
Thank you for this match.
**[12:52] [POEM] Taichi**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
***SIGN*** What is this?
**[12:58] [POEM] Taichi**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[12:58] Kanade**
The introduction.
**[12:59] Kanade**
The match begins once he finishes reading this poem.
**[13:03] [POEM] Taichi**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[13:11] [POEM] Taichi**
Feel the sorrow...
**[13:14] [POEM] Taichi**
Though I prayed...
**[13:17] [POEM] Taichi**
My only thought as I am put out to sea...
***SIGN*** Amazing!
**[13:21] Kanade**
He's taken three straight
cards off Chihaya-chan.
**[13:29] Nishida**
* I was worried that I might*
* have lost my touch,*
**[13:31] Nishida**
*but my body feels so light.*
**[13:33] Nishida**
*I guess all that tennis helped.*
**[13:36] Taichi**
*Come on, Chihaya...*
**[13:38] Taichi**
*You don't have time to be smiling.*
**[13:43] Nishida**
*That's right...*
**[13:44] Nishida**
*Whenever I won, people would praise me.*
**[13:46] [POEM] Taichi**
to tell the people in the capital
that I make for the islands
**[13:53] [POEM] Reader**
Long last we meet,
only for me to leave hurriedly,
***SIGN*** for I could not recognize you, like the moon hidden behind the clouds
***SIGN*** for I could not recognize you, like the moon hidden behind the clouds
**[14:00] (Flashback) Kitano**
Good job, Yusei!
**[14:02] (Flashback) Kitano**
You'll make it to class A in no time!
**[14:05] (Flashback) Kitano**
First, you'll need to win
the national tournament.
**[14:09] Nishida**
*I started playing karuta because it was fun.*
***SIGN*** Big Helping
**[14:12] Nishida**
*But at some point, I started playing to win.*
***SIGN*** National Champion or Bust
**[14:19] Nishida**
*And then...*
**[14:35] Nishida**
*He showed me what a difference talent made.*
**[14:43] Nishida**
*That's why I ran away.*
**[14:46] Nishida**
*Ran away from karuta...*
**[14:51] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan took another card!
***SIGN*** Nishida-kun has 17 cards left.
***SIGN*** Ayase has 15 left.
**[14:57] Nishida**
*When did I fall two cards behind?*
**[14:59] [POEM] Taichi**
burning brightly by night, yet extinguished by day
**[15:00] Nishida**
*No, I need to focus!*
**[15:02] Nishida**
*Turn the tide!*
**[15:06] [POEM] Taichi**
Since I could not hide...
**[15:10] Taichi**
*He's good.*
**[15:13] Taichi**
* He targeted a card on the opponent's*
* side to turn things around.*
**[15:17] Taichi**
*Now, which card will he send?*
***SIGN*** He's going to send a card.
**[15:28] Kanade**
Yes.
***SIGN*** is that I have no way to tell you in person
***SIGN*** is that I have no way to tell you in person
After I determined
**[15:35] Nishida**
*She's worried about the like cards?*
***SIGN*** on a long September night, and then I saw a dawn moon
***SIGN*** on a long September night, and then I saw a dawn moon After I heard
**[15:40] Nishida**
*Okay!*
***SIGN*** on a long September night,
and then I saw a dawn moon
**[15:43] Taichi**
*Chihaya is too obvious.*
**[15:46] Kanade**
He read her like a book.
***SIGN*** Huh?
**[15:48] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan was ready to take the like cards
**[15:52] ---**
"After I determined" and
"After I heard" together.
***SIGN*** Oh, I see.
***SIGN*** The technique he just showed us.
**[15:58] [POEM] Taichi**
people would always ask if
I was pining for someone
**[16:05] [POEM] Taichi**
Though my hatred...
**[16:08] [POEM] Taichi**
Since the dew atop...
**[16:12] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan...
***SIGN*** Nishida-kun is making a comeback.
***SIGN*** He's up one card.
**[16:17] Taichi**
* Chihaya is usually better towards*
* the end of a match,*
**[16:19] ---**
*and she's still losing.*
**[16:23] Nishida**
*I'm starting to remember how this works.*
**[16:25] Nishida**
*Everything feels so familiar.*
**[16:27] Chihaya**
I'm so glad!
**[16:30] Chihaya**
You don't hate karuta!
**[16:34] Nishida**
Don't forget your promise!
**[16:36] Chihaya**
Uh-huh!
**[16:37] Chihaya**
So I'm not going to lose!
**[16:44] [POEM] Taichi**
it is as though pearls have been
strung across the autumn plain
**[16:53] [POEM] Taichi**
Look—
**[16:55] [POEM] Taichi**
—for the sound...
**[17:00] [POEM] Taichi**
Impassioned was your...
**[17:03] Nishida**
She's fast!
***SIGN*** Incredible!
**[17:05] [POEM] Taichi**
In th—
**[17:06] [POEM] Taichi**
—e sleepy spring sunlight,
**[17:10] Nishida**
Isn't that a two-syllable card?!
**[17:13] Nishida**
Were you camping it?!
**[17:14] Taichi**
She wasn't.
**[17:15] Nishida**
Then how did she move so fast?!
**[17:17] Taichi**
There are cards where Chihaya
can hear the next syllable.
**[17:21] Taichi**
She has incredible senses.
**[17:24] Nishida**
Hear the next syllable?
**[17:29] Nishida**
*Five cards left on my side.*
**[17:32] Nishida**
*Four cards left on the opponent's side.*
**[17:34] Nishida**
* Those "After I" cards I split*
* should be read soon...*
***SIGN*** is that I have no way to tell you in person
After I determined
**[17:38] Nishida**
*One on the opponent's side.*
***SIGN*** on a long September night, and then I saw a dawn moon
After I heard
**[17:40] Nishida**
*One on my side.*
**[17:43] Nishida**
*Time to get pumped!*
**[17:45] Nishida**
*Read the one on my side!*
**[17:46] Nishida**
* Read the one on my side!*
* The one on my side!*
**[17:51] [POEM] Taichi**
After I determined to abandon...
**[17:52] Nishida**
That's it!
**[17:57] Nishida**
What?!
**[18:01] Both**
She got it!
**[18:12] Nishida**
*I was camping the card,*
**[18:14] Nishida**
*and I still couldn't take it.*
**[18:16] Nishida**
Damn.
**[18:17] Nishida**
*She's this much better than me now?*
**[18:20] Nishida**
*She just happens to really like karuta...*
**[18:28] Nishida**
*Was this how I used to play karuta?*
**[18:34] Nishida**
*Were my eyes so focused?*
**[18:45] Person A**
Good practice!
**[18:47] Miya**
Yes. Good practice, everyone.
**[18:51] Both**
Thank you very much!
**[18:53] Kanade**
That was an incredible match!
***SIGN*** I learned a lot!
**[18:57] Chihaya**
You're so good, Porky!
**[18:59] Nishida**
Bye.
**[19:00] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[19:02] Taichi**
Nishida.
**[19:05] Taichi**
Hey, why don't you join our karuta club?
**[19:09] Taichi**
To be honest, I'm not good enough
to practice with Chihaya.
**[19:13] Taichi**
We need someone as strong as you.
**[19:17] Taichi**
Hey!
**[19:18] Chihaya**
Taichi, it's okay.
**[19:26] Chihaya**
Sorry, Porky.
**[19:29] Chihaya**
I'll stop pestering you about joining.
**[19:31] Chihaya**
But this was a lot of fun!
**[19:33] Chihaya**
Thanks for playing karuta with me!
**[19:37] Miya**
Nishida-kun!
**[19:39] Nishida**
Huh?
**[19:40] Miya**
I thought you went home?
**[19:43] Miya**
What are you doing here?
**[19:45] Miya**
Don't tell me that you
were skipping practice?
**[19:49] Chihaya**
Uh-oh.
**[19:50] Miya**
Nishida-kun, explain yourself.
**[19:59] Nishida**
Coach, I'm...
**[20:01] ---**
quitting the tennis team.
**[20:03] Both**
Huh?
**[20:03] Miya**
You're quitting?
**[20:05] Nishida**
I want to play karuta!
**[20:07] Chihaya**
Porky...
**[20:09] Miya**
Nishida-kun, are you serious?
**[20:12] Nishida**
Yes.
**[20:13] Nishida**
These guys are telling me that
they need me to start the club.
**[20:17] Nishida**
And karuta is still...
**[20:21] Nishida**
Tennis can never replace karuta!
**[20:28] Miya**
I understand.
**[20:30] Miya**
I expect you to submit
your resignation shortly.
**[20:35] Kanade**
We finally have our last member!
**[20:38] Taichi**
Thank you, Nishida!
**[20:41] Nishida**
But in return for joining, Mashima...
**[20:45] Nishida**
Make her stop calling me "Porky"!
**[20:48] Chihaya**
Huh? Why do you want me to stop, Porky?
**[20:50] Nishida**
Stop calling me "Porky"!
**[20:52] Chihaya**
Fine, Porky.
**[20:54] Chihaya**
Let's play another match!
**[20:56] Nishida**
Bring it!
**[20:56] Nishida**
I'm gonna get revenge!
**[20:58] Nishida**
Wait! Stop calling me "Porky"!
**[22:17] Chihaya**
*Okay.*
**[22:20] Chihaya**
*The karuta club...*
**[22:23] Chihaya**
*My fellow players...*
***SIGN*** Ms. Miyauchi, We have 5 Karuta Club Members!! President 1-2 Ayase Chihaya Vice President 1-1 Mashima Taichi Secretary 1-2 Komachi Tsutomu Equipment Manager 1-8 Nishida Yusei Treasurer 1-6 Oe Kanade
**[22:27] Chihaya**
I'm...
**[22:30] Chihaya**
...no longer alone!
**[22:31] ---**
# E9 - But I Cannot Hide
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYDQKGD36/but-i-cannot-hide)
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***SIGN*** Ms. Miyauchi,
We have 5 Karuta Club Members!! (Introductions)
President 1-2 Ayase Chihaya (I'm going to become a Queen!)
Vice President 1-1 Mashima Taichi (Class B jack of all trades.)
Secretary 1-2 Komachi Tsutomu (A very smart rookie.)
Equipment Manager 1-8 Nishida Yusei (The roundest player in Class B.)
Treasurer 1-6 Oe Kanade (A very reliable fan of classical poetry.)
Thank you very much!
**[00:06] Miya**
You have five members, so you want me
**[00:07] ---**
to officially sanction the Karuta Club.
**[00:11] Chihaya**
Yes! Please!
**[00:14] Miya**
Hmm...
**[00:25] Miya**
Very well.
**[00:26] Chihaya**
Yay!
**[00:28] Miya**
However, change the president
to someone other than Ayase-san.
**[00:32] Chihaya**
Huh?!
**[00:33] Miya**
I'll serve as the advisor for now.
**[00:35] Miya**
Okay, dismissed.
**[00:39] Chihaya**
Why can't I be the club president?
***SIGN*** Well, I think she made a wise decision.
**[00:44] Kanade**
Speaking of which,
who *should* be the club president?
**[00:47] Nishida**
Let Mashima do it.
**[00:49] Taichi**
Huh? Me?
**[00:50] Kanade**
That makes sense.
***SIGN*** I'm okay with it.
**[00:54] Taichi**
Then that makes Chihaya...
**[00:55] Chihaya**
Okay! I'll be the captain!
**[00:59] All**
Captain?
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Treasurer Notes
**[02:13] Kanade**
Our budget is 3,000 yen?
**[02:15] Kanade**
There won't be anything
left after we buy cards.
**[02:22] Taichi**
Any suggestions about
how we should practice?
**[02:26] Nishida**
Mashima and I can take
turns playing with Ayase.
**[02:30] Nishida**
The person who isn't playing
**[02:32] ---**
can teach Kana-chan and Desktomu-kun.
***SIGN*** My name is Tsutomu, Porky.
**[02:37] Nishida**
Desktomu.
***SIGN*** Porky.
**[02:39] Nishida**
Desktomu.
***SIGN*** Porky.
**[02:40] Taichi**
That should be fine.
**[02:42] Taichi**
Chihaya is Class A,
so she'll be on a different regimen.
**[02:46] Kanade**
Um, is Class A really so special?
**[02:50] Taichi**
It certainly is.
**[02:52] Taichi**
Players start in Class E.
**[02:54] Taichi**
You have to win tournaments
and work your way up.
**[02:57] Taichi**
By the way, Nishida and I are Class B.
**[02:59] Nishida**
It depends on which society you belong to,
**[03:02] Nishida**
but to reach Class A,
you need to place
**[03:05] ---**
first or second in two tournaments.
**[03:07] Kanade**
Oh? Really?
**[03:10] Chihaya**
Okay!
**[03:11] Chihaya**
Today, I get Kana-chan and Desktomu-kun!
**[03:16] Taichi**
You want to play against Komano and Oe-san?
**[03:19] Chihaya**
Yep!
**[03:20] Taichi**
Are you crazy?
**[03:21] Taichi**
Beginners aren't going to learn anything
by playing someone in class A!
**[03:25] Chihaya**
But we're gonna play!
**[03:26] Kanade**
Huh?
**[03:26] Taichi**
It won't be any fun for them!
**[03:28] Chihaya**
But we're gonna play!
**[03:29] Taichi**
There's no point!
**[03:31] Chihaya**
Does the president or the
captain have more say?!
**[03:34] All**
Uh, good question...
***SIGN*** Verse 9
***SIGN*** But I
Cannot
Hide
**[03:39] [POEM] Taichi**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[03:49] [POEM] Taichi**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[03:57] [POEM] Taichi**
While some dodge the famous waves...
**[04:00] [POEM] Taichi**
Like the sound of...
***SIGN*** She's fast!
**[04:03] Nishida**
Wait, she's not gonna go easy on her?
**[04:05] [POEM] Taichi**
the thistle and brush are
blown by the autumn wind
**[04:12] [POEM] Taichi**
All alone, I step...
**[04:25] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan, this won't work.
**[04:29] Kanade**
The gap between us is too big.
**[04:34] Chihaya**
Kana-chan.
**[04:36] Chihaya**
When I played karuta for
the very first time,
**[04:39] Chihaya**
my opponent was someone who
was incredibly strong.
**[04:43] Chihaya**
If he had gone easy on me,
**[04:46] Chihaya**
I wouldn't love karuta the way I do now.
**[04:51] Chihaya**
So, I'm not going to go easy on you.
**[04:53] Chihaya**
I'm going to try my hardest,
**[04:55] Chihaya**
because I need you guys to become stronger.
**[04:58] Chihaya**
This summer,
the five of us will
**[05:00] ---**
participate as a team in
the national tournament!
**[05:09] Nishida**
Omi Jingu?
***SIGN*** What's that?
**[05:14] Nishida**
Every July, there's a tournament
at the Omi Jingu shrine
**[05:17] ---**
in the Shiga Prefecture
**[05:19] ---**
to determine the best high
school karuta players in Japan.
**[05:22] Nishida**
It's considered the Koshien of karuta.
**[05:25] Chihaya**
First, we need to win the Tokyo regionals!
**[05:27] Chihaya**
After that, we'll be in
the national tournament!
***SIGN*** Win... National tournament...
**[05:33] Kanade**
Um, how many schools will be
participating in the Tokyo regionals?
**[05:38] Chihaya**
A whole bunch.
**[05:39] Chihaya**
Tokyo is a competitive region!
***SIGN*** W-We can't make nationals.
***SIGN*** We just started playing.
**[05:48] Chihaya**
It'll be fine!
**[05:50] Chihaya**
I'm going to play real matches
**[05:51] ---**
against Desktomu-kun and Kana-chan every day!
**[05:54] Chihaya**
You better get ready!
**[06:00] Taichi**
Are you sure about this, Chihaya?
**[06:02] Chihaya**
Huh? What do you mean?
**[06:04] Taichi**
The tournament.
**[06:06] Taichi**
If you're playing Komano
and Oe-san every day,
**[06:09] Taichi**
you won't have any time
for serious practice.
**[06:10] Chihaya**
Oh, that.
**[06:12] Chihaya**
I'll be fine in that department.
**[06:14] Taichi**
How will you be fine?
**[06:16] Taichi**
Don't you want to win the
individual tournament?
**[06:19] Chihaya**
Yeah.
**[06:20] Taichi**
Don't worry about the club.
**[06:21] Taichi**
You should be practicing
at the Shiranami Society.
**[06:24] Taichi**
Nishida and I will take
care of the two rookies.
**[06:29] Chihaya**
Taichi.
**[06:31] Taichi**
Huh?
**[06:32] Chihaya**
Do you remember when
the two of us and Arata
***SIGN*** Team Chihaya Furu
**[06:41] ---**
played in a team match for the first time?
**[06:49] Taichi**
I get it.
**[06:56] Taichi**
Positioning is key.
***SIGN*** Positioning?
**[06:59] Taichi**
Yes, when you're placing the
cards on your side of the field.
**[07:03] Nishida**
It's impossible to memorize the position
**[07:05] ---**
of every card perfectly every match, right?
***SIGN*** If my name were sullied by such a brief tryst
**[07:07] Kanade**
I already came up with a
method for placing cards.
**[07:10] Kanade**
I'll put my favorite cards
to the lower right.
**[07:14] Taichi**
But, while putting the "So spring ends" and
**[07:18] ---**
"So spring nights" cards together
makes it easier for you,
**[07:21] Taichi**
you're also making it
easier for your opponent.
**[07:24] Taichi**
Oh, I'm not saying that this is a bad thing.
**[07:26] Taichi**
It's fine if you have faster
reflexes than your opponent.
**[07:30] Taichi**
The idea is to keep practicing
until you've learned
**[07:34] ---**
the positions that are easiest.
**[07:39] Chihaya**
The most important thing is experience!
**[07:40] Chihaya**
Let's play a match!
***SIGN*** Wait.
**[07:42] Chihaya**
Huh?
***SIGN*** I'm left-handed, so I should place my favorite cards to my left?
***SIGN*** Isn't that too simple?
***SIGN*** Are there any theories about how to position the long shot cards?
***SIGN*** There are sixteen cards which begin with "The"...
**[07:54] Kanade**
Please teach me more
about how to place my cards well!
**[07:58] Kanade**
I don't want to lose to
someone who joined after me!
**[08:03] [POEM] Nishida**
be as dear now,
those were the good old days
**[08:11] [POEM] Nishida**
So the flower petals are...
**[08:14] [POEM] Nishida**
Since the dew atop...
**[08:17] [POEM] Nishida**
After many, many years...
**[08:20] [POEM] Nishida**
My own home is...
**[08:23] [POEM] Nishida**
I hear the beating of cloth...
***SIGN*** Huh? A dead card?
***SIGN*** Sorry...
**[08:31] Chihaya**
You don't need to apologize.
**[08:33] Chihaya**
Failure is part of the experience!
**[08:37] [POEM] Nishida**
While it brings me no joy...
**[08:42] Kanade**
I-I took a card...
***SIGN*** and I have yet to visit Amanohashidate or read my mother's letters
**[08:46] Kanade**
My first card.
**[08:49] Chihaya**
That was great, Kana-chan!
**[08:50] Nishida**
Nice job!
**[08:51] Kanade**
I'm so happy!
**[08:53] Kanade**
I promised myself that
I would take this card today!
**[08:59] Nishida**
That's great!
**[09:02] Chihaya**
*Arata, I have people to play with now.*
**[09:07] Chihaya**
*I'm not alone.*
**[09:10] Chihaya**
* I'm helping to pass on*
* what you passed to me.*
**[09:19] Miya**
The school is already closed!
**[09:21] Miya**
Go home already!
**[09:24] Nishida**
Man, we don't have enough time to practice.
***SIGN*** There's only enough time for two matches after classes end?
**[09:30] Kanade**
I need more time!
**[09:32] Nishida**
You won't be able to
build up any stamina, either.
**[09:34] Nishida**
In tournaments, you sometimes have
to play at least four matches in one day.
**[09:39] Chihaya**
The Shiranami Society
held a two-day camp
**[09:40] ---**
at Lake Kawaguchi over the summer.
**[09:44] Chihaya**
That was to help us build stamina.
**[09:48] All**
Camp?
**[09:51] Chihaya**
Yes, a camp.
***SIGN*** I like the sound of that!
***SIGN*** Let's hold one!
**[09:55] Kanade**
We have a long weekend coming
up because of Founder's Day!
**[09:58] Nishida**
That's great!
**[09:59] Chihaya**
But where do we go?
***SIGN*** We need a place where we can stay overnight and play karuta.
**[10:06] Nishida**
There are only three weeks until the tournament.
**[10:08] Nishida**
It makes more sense to just practice
**[10:09] ---**
instead of wasting time looking
for a good place for a camp.
**[10:12] Taichi**
We can try to use lunch and nights
to make up the difference.
**[10:17] Chihaya**
That's true.
**[10:18] Chihaya**
I can't think of a place nearby where
everybody could stay overnight.
**[10:24] Chihaya**
Oh!
**[10:26] Taichi**
Hmm?
**[10:30] Chihaya**
It was a stroke of luck that Taichi's
parents are in Kobe for a wedding.
**[10:35] Chihaya**
With Founder's Day,
we can play karuta all weekend!
**[10:40] Taichi**
There's an empty room and extra futons,
**[10:43] Taichi**
but are you seriously going
to spend the night here?
**[10:46] Chihaya**
Of course. I'm the captain.
**[10:51] Chihaya**
That's right!
**[10:52] Chihaya**
Show me your room
before everyone gets here!
**[10:55] Taichi**
Huh?
**[10:56] Chihaya**
We used to play games there.
**[10:59] Chihaya**
Do you have a new big TV or something?
**[11:02] Chihaya**
Let me see!
**[11:05] Taichi**
Now look here...
**[11:10] Taichi**
You shouldn't be running
to a guy's room like that.
**[11:14] Taichi**
I'm not gonna let you in.
**[11:37] Nishida**
Mashima...
**[11:39] Nishida**
For the first time in my life,
I feel like we live in a class society.
**[11:43] Taichi**
What are you talking about?
**[11:45] Taichi**
Anyway, did you buy it?
**[11:48] Nishida**
You bet.
**[11:51] Kanade**
I'm really excited about this camp.
**[11:54] Nishida**
What are we having for dinner?
***SIGN*** How about a test of courage?
**[11:57] Nishida**
I like the sound of that!
**[11:58] Nishida**
Is there a graveyard nearby?
***SIGN*** These are all Mashima's?
**[12:04] Chihaya**
Yep!
**[12:05] Kanade**
Eiken Grade Pre-1, violin,
horse riding, skiing...
**[12:10] Kanade**
That's amazing.
**[12:12] Taichi**
Oh, my parents made me
take all kinds of lessons.
**[12:16] Taichi**
Man, why did Chihaya have
to show them those?
**[12:20] Nishida**
Oh, is this your mom?
**[12:22] Kanade**
She's beautiful.
**[12:24] Chihaya**
Uh-huh, but I don't really
like Taichi's mom.
**[12:29] Kanade**
Huh?
**[12:30] Chihaya**
She gets mad when he doesn't win.
**[12:32] Chihaya**
I called her "Mrs. Pressure."
**[12:38] Taichi**
Aren't you here to practice?!
**[12:43] Chihaya**
I have an announcement to make.
**[12:45] Chihaya**
The goal of the first Mizusawa High
School Karuta Club camp is...
**[12:50] Chihaya**
to play 15 matches today and tomorrow!
**[12:54] Nishida**
F-Fifteen?!
***SIGN*** Match Schedule (Day One) Reader: Taichi Desktomu-kun vs Kana-chan Chihaya vs Porky Reader: Porky Desktomu-kun vs Chihaya Taichi vs Kana-chan Reader: Chihaya Desktomu-kun vs Taichi Porky vs Kana-chan Reader: Taichi Desktomu-kun vs Porky Kana-chan vs Chihaya Reader: Porky Chihaya vs Taichi Desktomu-kun vs Kana-chan Reader: Chihaya Desktomu-kun vs Porky Kana-chan vs Taichi
**[12:55] Chihaya**
I made a schedule!
**[12:58] Kanade**
Ch-Chihaya-chan, um...
**[13:00] Kanade**
Desktomu-kun and I don't get any breaks...
**[13:03] Chihaya**
Yup. The most important thing
right now is to play matches.
**[13:07] Chihaya**
Stay focused in every match!
**[13:11] Chihaya**
Kana-chan, your swing is too big!
**[13:15] Chihaya**
You aren't using the form I taught you!
**[13:18] Chihaya**
Desktomu-kun, you should use
a thrust for that card!
**[13:20] Chihaya**
Stay focused!
**[13:23] Chihaya**
*I want you to become better!*
**[13:26] Chihaya**
*I want to help you win!*
**[13:30] Chihaya**
*I want you to win!*
***SIGN*** Match Schedule (Day One)
Reader: Taichi Desktomu-kun vs Kana-chan Chihaya vs Porky
Reader: Porky Desktomu-kun vs Chihaya Taichi vs Kana-chan
Reader: Chihaya Desktomu-kun vs Taichi Porky vs Kana-chan
Reader: Taichi Desktomu-kun vs Porky Kana-chan vs Chihaya
Reader: Porky Chihaya vs Taichi Desktomu-kun vs Kana-chan
Reader: Chihaya Desktomu-kun vs Porky Kana-chan vs Taichi
**[13:33] Chihaya**
*For now, we have to practice!*
**[13:42] Chihaya**
Um, next is Desktomu-kun vs
Porky and Kana-chan vs...
**[13:46] Taichi**
Chihaya.
**[13:47] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[13:48] Taichi**
Let's call it a day.
**[13:49] Chihaya**
Why? We've only played five matches!
**[13:53] Taichi**
Look.
**[13:56] [POEM] Kanade**
May I live to see the day when
**[14:04] [POEM] Kanade**
I long for the agony I feel now
**[14:11] Taichi**
They're both spent.
**[14:13] Chihaya**
But it'll be just as hard in a tournament.
**[14:17] Chihaya**
That's why we have to keep practicing!
**[14:18] Taichi**
Chihaya!
**[14:19] Taichi**
Do you want to break people
who are trying their best?
**[14:25] Taichi**
That's enough for today.
**[14:35] Nishida**
That hit the spot!
**[14:37] Nishida**
I'm so glad that Mashima is the president!
**[14:44] Nishida**
Huh? You guys aren't eating?
***SIGN*** I have no appetite.
**[14:50] Kanade**
Same here.
**[14:52] Kanade**
Although, we have to eat
something or we won't last!
**[14:57] Kanade**
Desktomu-kun!
**[14:59] Kanade**
Let's do our best to eat something!
**[15:01] Kanade**
We have to practice more tomorrow!
**[15:04] Kanade**
Desktomu-kun!
**[15:08] Chihaya**
Kana-chan, we have to escape!
**[15:09] Kanade**
Huh?
**[15:10] Chihaya**
Just hide!
**[15:17] Taichi**
M-M—
**[15:19] Taichi**
Mom?
**[15:20] Mom**
Oh, Taichi. You're having friends over?
**[15:23] Taichi**
I thought you were staying overnight!
**[15:26] Mom**
Rika suddenly said that
she wanted to go home.
**[15:29] Rika**
No point in me staying if
we weren't going to USJ!
**[15:33] Mom**
Rika is so fickle.
**[15:34] Chihaya**
Whew, that was close...
**[15:36] Chihaya**
Let's grab our shoes and go to my house.
**[15:39] Chihaya**
Mrs. Pressure would never
let girls stay overnight.
**[15:45] Chihaya**
Kana-chan?
**[16:07] Taichi**
* Do you want to break people*
* who are trying their best?*
**[16:15] Chihaya**
* Now that I think about it,*
* people always used to tell me...*
**[16:19] Chihaya**
* that I was blind to*
* everything but karuta.*
**[16:26] Chihaya**
*I'm no good.*
**[16:31] Chihaya**
*No good at all.*
**[16:35] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[16:38] Chihaya**
Wh-What?!
**[16:42] Kanade**
Come with me, Chihaya-chan!
**[16:43] Kanade**
Huh?
**[16:44] Kanade**
Hurry!
**[16:46] Chihaya**
W-Wait, Kana-chan?!
**[16:51] Chihaya**
What is it, Kana-chan?!
**[16:53] Chihaya**
Where are we going in the
middle of the night?!
**[16:57] Chihaya**
Hey, Kana-chan!
**[17:01] Chihaya**
Wait, how far are we going?!
**[17:03] Nishida**
Hey!
**[17:05] All**
Hey, over here!
**[17:09] Chihaya**
Taichi? And everyone else!
**[17:14] Nishida**
Sorry about calling you out here so late,
**[17:18] Nishida**
but we had something to tell you, Captain.
**[17:24] Chihaya**
Wait! Let me go first!
**[17:27] Chihaya**
Sorry about today!
**[17:28] Nishida**
Huh?
**[17:31] Chihaya**
I needed to pay more attention.
**[17:34] Chihaya**
Everyone was trying their best,
but I kept pushing you too hard.
**[17:39] Chihaya**
I'm really sorry!
**[17:44] Nishida**
I don't see any problem
with what you were doing.
**[17:48] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[17:49] Nishida**
You just happen to be a pushy person.
**[17:52] Nishida**
Doesn't hurt to have one of those around.
**[17:56] Chihaya**
Porky...
**[17:57] Kanade**
That's right!
**[17:59] Kanade**
We have to work hard because
you're so earnest about karuta!
**[18:05] Chihaya**
Kana-chan...
***SIGN*** I feel the same way!
***SIGN*** I still have much to learn,
***SIGN*** but I have a feeling that I'll grow to love karuta.
**[18:14] Chihaya**
Desktomu-kun...
**[18:18] Chihaya**
Anyway...
***SIGN*** Chihaya
**[18:25] All**
Happy birthday!
**[18:31] Nishida**
Now eat this quick,
**[18:32] Nishida**
before Mashima's mom finishes her bath!
**[18:35] Taichi**
Crap! I forgot to bring a knife!
***SIGN*** Oh, these are spoons!
**[18:39] Nishida**
Man, just eat it whole!
**[18:41] Kanade**
That's bad manners!
**[18:42] Nishida**
Oh, this is mine!
**[18:44] Taichi**
Oh! Chihaya, here's the nameplate!
***SIGN*** Hurry up!
**[18:47] Nishida**
Delicious! What's this yellow stuff?!
***SIGN*** That's mine!
**[18:51] Kanade**
Hurry and eat, Chihaya-chan.
**[19:04] Taichi**
Chihaya, as long as you
have a smile on your face,
**[19:07] ---**
karuta will always be fun.
**[19:10] Taichi**
That's the truth, Captain.
**[19:19] Chihaya**
I really like the tart crust.
**[19:21] Chihaya**
Can I peel off the edge?
**[19:24] Kanade**
Sure.
**[19:25] Both**
What?!
**[19:26] Kanade**
It's her birthday,
so she can do what she wants!
**[19:29] Chihaya**
Yay! I'll help myself then!
**[19:34] Chihaya**
It's so good!
**[19:36] Nishida**
Anyway, Mashima's mom is a little scary.
**[19:39] Nishida**
Somebody should go lock her in the bathroom.
***SIGN*** Not me.
**[19:43] Chihaya**
Not me.
**[19:44] Kanade**
Me either.
**[19:53] Taichi**
From an unknown number?
**[20:07] Chihaya**
Taichi!
**[20:11] Chihaya**
I'll give you the last bit of crust!
**[20:13] Chihaya**
Just kidding! It's all mine!
**[20:22] Nishida**
Seriously, Mashima's mom really scared me.
**[20:37] Taichi**
There was a message.
**[20:40] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[20:41] Chihaya**
Ow!
**[20:45] Kanade**
Oh, a shooting star!
***SIGN*** Huh?
**[20:48] Nishida**
Where?!
**[20:49] Kanade**
I've never seen one before!
**[20:57] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
Taichi, sorry about before.
Tell Chihaya happy birthday for me.
Wataya Arata
**[20:58] Chihaya**
*Sweet sixteen...*
**[21:04] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
Wataya Arata
**[21:11] Chihaya**
*Today is the best birthday ever!*
**[21:17] Kanade**
Oh, look! Another one!
***SIGN*** What?!
**[21:19] Nishida**
Where is it?!
**[21:21] Kanade**
Oh, it was so pretty.
***SIGN*** I missed it again!
# E10 - Exchange Hellos And Goodbyes
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR5VPGK7R/exchange-hellos-and-goodbyes)
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**[00:07] Person A**
What's that?
**[00:09] Person B**
Is this for some kind of
advertising campaign?
**[00:10] Chihaya**
One, two, three, four!
**[00:13] Person A**
Isn't she that really pretty
girl from Mizusawa High?
**[00:17] Person B**
Is she going to play karuta in a hakama?
**[00:17] Chihaya**
Five, six, seven, eight!
**[00:25] Chihaya**
*June. The middle of the rainy season.*
**[00:29] Chihaya**
* The Tokyo regionals for the National*
* High School Karuta Championship!*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 10
***SIGN*** Exchange
Hellos
And
Goodbyes
***SIGN*** Dressing Room
Please take turns
**[01:49] Kanade**
Players wear hakama for the
Master and Queen matches.
**[01:54] Kanade**
You should get used to it now!
**[01:55] Nishida**
No way!
**[01:57] Nishida**
I'm not trying to become a Master!
***SIGN*** None of the other high schools are wearing them!
**[02:02] Kanade**
What are you saying?!
**[02:04] Kanade**
Both of you look much better now
**[02:06] Kanade**
than when you were wearing
your school or gym uniforms.
**[02:09] Kanade**
You would fit in perfectly on a theater stage
or at a children's festival!
**[02:12] Both**
What?!
***SIGN*** Traditional Clothing by Oe
***SIGN*** 120
Years
of
Serving
the
Community
**[02:21] Taichi**
* Oe-san's business sense...*
* is really something.*
**[02:32] Taichi**
Chihaya, why are you just standing there?
**[02:34] Taichi**
The opening ceremony's about to start.
**[02:36] Chihaya**
Isn't this amazing, Taichi?
**[02:38] Chihaya**
Everybody here plays karuta!
**[02:40] Chihaya**
Everybody here is bonkers for karuta!
**[02:42] Taichi**
Wait, you're being rude.
**[02:45] Chihaya**
Okay! I need to text Arata!
**[02:48] Taichi**
You've been texting Arata
a lot since your birthday.
**[02:52] Taichi**
Does he reply?
**[02:53] Chihaya**
It's shocking how he never replies!
**[02:55] Taichi**
Huh?
**[02:55] Chihaya**
I'm sending messages just in case.
**[02:57] Chihaya**
But why did he text you instead of me?
**[03:01] Chihaya**
I always put my number
on my notes and letters,
**[03:04] Chihaya**
so he should know it.
**[03:07] Taichi**
*I can understand.*
**[03:09] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
Taichi, sorry about before.
Tell Chihaya happy birthday for me.
Wataya Arata
**[03:10] Taichi**
*We both feel that Chihaya...*
**[03:14] Taichi**
What?
**[03:15] Taichi**
Sorry, don't take pictures.
**[03:17] Person C**
Sorry.
**[03:20] Taichi**
*...belongs to both of us.*
**[03:26] Chihaya**
*Taichi's been acting strange lately.*
**[03:29] Retro**
You always manage to stand out.
**[03:33] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[03:34] Retro**
I didn't expect to see you in
the team tournament, Chihaya.
***SIGN*** Hokuo
**[03:42] Chihaya**
Oh! It's Retro-kun!
**[03:43] Retro**
Er, wait! You forgot about
me for a moment there!
**[03:45] Chihaya**
I forgot, but then I remembered!
Long time no see!
**[03:48] Retro**
What are you saying?!
**[03:49] Chihaya**
Your high school is in this tournament?
**[03:51] Chihaya**
That makes us rivals!
**[03:53] Hiro**
Rivals?
**[03:54] Hiro**
Don't you realize that you're
just a new karuta club?
**[03:57] Hiro**
Our Hokuo Academy is a karuta powerhouse
**[03:59] ---**
that's made the national
tournament five years in a row.
**[04:03] Hiro**
Two of the eight members
on the team are Class A.
**[04:06] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[04:06] Hiro**
Our team is incredible!
**[04:08] Chihaya**
*Two members in Class A?*
**[04:08] Hiro**
And I might add that I'm performing
very well for a first-year...
**[04:13] Chihaya**
My team is just as amazing!
**[04:15] Chihaya**
We'll blow you out of the water!
**[04:18] Hiro**
What are you saying?!
**[04:21] Chihaya**
*What do we do?*
**[04:22] Chihaya**
*I knew this would be difficult.*
**[04:24] Chihaya**
*Only one team will make it to Omi Jingu!*
**[04:28] Kanade**
Oh, Chihaya-chan!
**[04:31] Chihaya**
Kana-chan!
**[04:33] Kanade**
That won't do, Chihaya-chan!
**[04:35] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[04:37] Kanade**
A woman must always move with grace,
**[04:40] ---**
whether you're wiping a
table or drying sheets.
**[04:45] Kanade**
Or in the fight of your life.
**[04:55] Chihaya**
*Twelve schools are participating.*
**[04:56] Chihaya**
* There's a group stage,*
* followed by the tournament.*
**[05:00] Taichi**
* At least we weren't placed*
* in the same group as Hokuo.*
**[05:03] Nishida**
* We just need three people to win*
* their matches for a victory.*
**[05:07] Tsutomu**
*I was able to survive that brutal camp,*
**[05:09] Tsutomu**
*and I was up late last night practicing.*
**[05:11] Tsutomu**
*I know that I've improved!*
**[05:14] Kanade**
* My love of classical poetry is*
* greater than anyone else here!*
**[05:19] Chihaya**
*I want to win!*
**[05:21] Chihaya**
*Win and go to the national tournament...*
**[05:24] Chihaya**
*With this team!*
**[05:31] [POEM] Reader**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[05:38] Person C**
Isn't that school a little too into this?
**[05:38] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[05:41] Person D**
I heard one of them say,
**[05:42] ---**
"players wear hakama for the Master and Queen matches,
**[05:44] ---**
so you should get used to it now."
**[05:45] Person E**
Wait, that's impossible.
**[05:46] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[05:47] Person E**
They wouldn't say that if they knew
**[05:49] Person E**
how strong the current Queen is.
**[05:54] [POEM] Reader**
The sky is the road home
for the holy maidens,
**[05:59] Background**
Nice!
**[06:03] Background**
Keep it up!
**[06:04] Background**
Okay!
**[06:06] Chihaya**
Oops. I need to be graceful.
**[06:09] [POEM] Reader**
may the wind bring clouds
to extend their stay
**[06:17] [POEM] Reader**
The hazy early morning mist over the Kawagiri River
***SIGN*** but from the crystal white snow of Yoshino
**[06:20] Tsutomu**
*Shoot! This is the wrong card!*
**[06:23] Tsutomu**
*I knew coming in that "The" cards were*
**[06:26] ---**
*the ones people usually mix up.*
**[06:27] [POEM] Reader**
No matter where I stand on the shores of Tago,
**[06:30] Tsutomu**
*Calm down.*
**[06:31] Tsutomu**
*The match has just started.*
**[06:33] [POEM] Reader**
My own home is a retreat lying
southeast of the capital
**[06:41] Tsutomu**
*I spent all that time practicing,*
**[06:44] Tsutomu**
*but I can't take any cards!*
***SIGN*** Group B Preliminaries
***SIGN*** Eikou University High School Mizusawa High School Shuryukan Hanasaki Academy
**[06:48] Nishida**
Yes! That's one win!
***SIGN*** Gloom
**[06:52] Taichi**
I'm guessing that Komano was up
against Eikou's strongest player.
**[06:57] Taichi**
Bad luck on your part.
***SIGN*** Oh? Really?
**[07:00] Nishida**
Luck of the draw,
more or less.
**[07:05] Nishida**
Anyway, Mashima.
**[07:07] Nishida**
I don't mind putting Ayase
in the middle for now,
**[07:11] Nishida**
but won't we need to rethink our order
**[07:12] ---**
when we face stronger schools?
**[07:14] Taichi**
Yeah.
**[07:16] Taichi**
Will Hokuo use a standard order?
**[07:19] Taichi**
Who are the two Class A Hokuo players?
**[07:21] Nishida**
We just need you, me, and Ayase to win.
**[07:24] Nishida**
So we should try to
**[07:25] ---**
match Kana-chan and Desktomu-kun
against the Class A players.
**[07:28] Taichi**
That would be...
**[07:30] Kanade**
That's right.
Where's Chihaya-chan?
**[07:32] Nishida**
She's over there sending a text.
**[07:35] Kanade**
Again?
**[07:36] Kanade**
She's been sending a lot of texts recently.
**[07:38] Nishida**
It must be him, you know?
**[07:39] Nishida**
Wataya Arata.
**[07:40] Kanade**
Who's that?
**[07:43] Nishida**
The person who taught Ayase karuta.
**[07:45] Nishida**
He's ridiculously good.
**[07:47] Nishida**
He's in Fukui right now,
**[07:49] Nishida**
so Ayase must have started a karuta club
**[07:52] ---**
so she could see him at nationals.
**[07:55] [POEM] Kanade**
Swift!
**[07:56] [POEM] Kanade**
Swift waters parted by the jagged rocks!
**[08:01] Nishida**
Well, she's obsessed with karuta,
**[08:03] Nishida**
so I'm pretty sure she just
wants to play strong opponents.
**[08:06] Taichi**
Let's get going.
**[08:07] Taichi**
It's time for our second match.
**[08:10] Kanade**
Is our next opponent, Shuryukan, strong?
**[08:14] Nishida**
They're pretty serious about karuta.
**[08:17] Nishida**
But you can take it easy, Kana-chan.
**[08:19] Kanade**
Oh, okay!
**[08:33] [POEM] Reader**
now the flower blooms
**[08:38] [POEM] Reader**
No more can we hear the
sounds of the waterfall
**[08:40] Person A**
Got it!
**[08:42] Chihaya**
Sorry about that.
**[08:43] Chihaya**
I swung too hard.
**[08:47] [POEM] Reader**
My life means nothing after all
the agonizing I have endured,
**[08:53] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[08:57] Chihaya**
Kana-chan won!
**[08:59] Nishida**
Nice job! It's your first victory!
**[09:02] Kanade**
Yes!
**[09:04] Chihaya**
You can do it, Desktomu-kun!
**[09:09] [POEM] Reader**
I feel as though my body is
on fire with Ibuki mugwort
**[09:17] [POEM] Reader**
My fear is that you will forget
your promise to never forget me,
**[09:22] Person A**
Thank you very much!
**[09:30] Kanade**
That was my first win!
**[09:33] Chihaya**
That's great, Kana-chan! Congrats!
**[09:35] Kanade**
Thank you so much!
**[09:37] Nishida**
Shuryukan must have something against men.
**[09:40] Taichi**
Yeah.
**[09:41] Nishida**
I almost lost 'cause my
opponent had a scary face.
***SIGN*** Group B Preliminaries
***SIGN*** Eikou University High School Mizusawa High School Shuryukan Hanasaki Academy
**[09:50] Kanade**
Today was the first time I've ever
felt like I was the one attacking.
**[09:54] Kanade**
It feels so good when you take
a card from the bottom right side
**[09:57] ---**
of the opponent's field!
**[09:58] Chihaya**
I know what you mean!
**[09:59] Nishida**
We've made it out of the group stage.
**[10:01] Nishida**
We just have to win two more
matches to win the tournament.
**[10:04] Nishida**
I think we have a shot.
**[10:05] Taichi**
But if we lose once, it's over.
**[10:08] Nishida**
That's why I think we
should change the order
**[10:11] ---**
so the three of us can't lose!
**[10:13] Chihaya**
Our next opponent,
Tomihara West High School,
**[10:14] ---**
has one really strong player!
**[10:16] Nishida**
Then we should match Desktomu-kun
against that player!
**[10:19] Chihaya**
We don't know what order
they're going to use.
**[10:21] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan!
***SIGN*** Um, excuse me.
***SIGN*** Can I go home now?
**[10:30] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[10:32] Kanade**
What are you saying, Desktomu-kun?!
**[10:34] Nishida**
Stupid, you can't leave now.
***SIGN*** But you'll have enough wins without me,
***SIGN*** and I can't beat anyone.
**[10:44] Kanade**
Y-You don't need to worry about that.
***SIGN*** Don't get all cocky because you lucked into a win!
**[10:48] Kanade**
Huh?
**[10:49] Nishida**
What's wrong with you?!
***SIGN*** I'm only here because you need five people
**[10:52] ---**
to make it to the national tournament!
***SIGN*** Anyone could take my spot!
***SIGN*** You don't need Oe-san or me!
**[10:58] Chihaya**
That's not true, Desktomu-kun!
***SIGN*** It is!
***SIGN*** Your goal is to reach the national tournament
***SIGN*** because there's someone you want to meet!
**[11:06] Chihaya**
Huh?
***SIGN*** That's all you care about!
***SIGN*** Anyway, I'm going home.
***SIGN*** There's a test coming up,
***SIGN*** and I didn't get any sleep last night.
**[11:19] Taichi**
Komano.
**[11:23] Taichi**
I'll let you skip the semi-finals,
**[11:25] Taichi**
but you'll be playing in the finals.
**[11:28] Taichi**
That's an order.
**[11:31] Chihaya**
Taichi!
**[11:32] Chihaya**
He can't take any cards with that mindset.
**[11:34] Nishida**
That's right!
**[11:36] Nishida**
Just forget about him.
**[11:37] Taichi**
It's not his fault!
**[11:39] Taichi**
We're still playing karuta individually.
**[11:44] Taichi**
We aren't a team yet...
**[11:47] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[11:53] Taichi**
Anyway, we have to win
and make it to the finals.
**[11:57] Taichi**
The four of us need to score three wins.
**[12:01] Taichi**
So we can play with Komano again.
**[12:06] Person A**
I will now read Mizusawa
High School's order.
**[12:15] Taichi**
Chihaya, you definitely can't lose.
**[12:18] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[12:20] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
I'm only here because you
need five people to make
**[12:21] (Flashback) ---**
it to the national tournament!
**[12:24] Chihaya**
*Oh, no...*
**[12:25] Chihaya**
* I never realized that*
* Desktomu-kun felt that way.*
**[12:28] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[12:29] Sano**
Tomihara West High! Victory!
**[12:31] All**
Yeah!
**[12:35] [POEM] Reader**
The sight of the lonely
moon in the early morning
**[12:38] Person A**
Got it!
**[12:39] Sano**
Nice job, E-chan!
**[12:40] Sano**
I was able to hold onto mine.
**[12:41] Person B**
Way to go, Sano-senpai!
**[12:43] Sano**
That's the spirit!
**[12:44] Sano**
Keep it up, team!
**[12:45] All**
Yes!
**[12:45] Chihaya**
*Huh? Everyone on their team won that card?*
**[12:48] Chihaya**
*No... Taichi and Porky took theirs,*
**[12:52] Chihaya**
*so we're actually even in score.*
**[12:54] Sano**
Make it two in a row!
**[12:55] Person A**
Yeah!
**[12:55] Person B**
Take the next one!
**[12:56] Person B**
One at a time!
**[12:57] Chihaya**
*Focus... Focus...*
**[12:58] Sano**
Keep it up, team!
**[12:59] All**
Yeah!
**[13:01] Chihaya**
*Focus!*
**[13:02] (Flashback) Taichi**
Anyway, we have to win and
make it to the finals.
**[13:06] Chihaya**
*If we lose here...*
**[13:08] (Flashback) Taichi**
So we can play with Komano again.
**[13:11] Chihaya**
*It will have all been for nothing.*
**[13:14] (Flashback) Taichi**
You definitely can't lose.
**[13:19] [POEM] Reader**
Impassionate—
**[13:22] Nishida**
Yes!
**[13:23] Taichi**
Can't lose this card!
**[13:24] Kanade**
Got it!
**[13:25] Taichi**
Yes! We all-
**[13:26] Sano**
Held onto the "Impassionate" card!
**[13:29] Person A**
Nice job, Sano-senpai!
**[13:30] Person B**
All right!
**[13:31] Nishida**
Ayase...
**[13:32] Taichi**
...lost the Chihaya card?!
**[13:35] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan!
**[13:36] [POEM] Reader**
the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[13:40] Chihaya**
The sound is...
**[13:43] Chihaya**
so far away.
**[13:45] Sano**
Right! We're on a roll!
**[13:47] All**
Yes!
**[13:49] Sudo**
*Tomihara West is always so loud.*
**[13:50] Sudo**
*They're actually not that strong,*
**[13:53] Sudo**
* but the yelling makes*
* their movements crisper,*
**[13:56] Sudo**
*and it helps to intimidate their opponents.*
**[13:59] Sudo**
* There isn't a team that's stronger*
* when they keep your mouths shut.*
**[14:04] Retro**
1 retro, 2 retro, 3 retro, 4, 5...
**[14:06] Sudo**
Retro?
**[14:08] Sudo**
Retro, are you sitting out this round?
**[14:10] Retro**
Sudo-senpai.
**[14:13] Sudo**
What are you doing?
**[14:16] Retro**
These are like tarot cards,
but they're retrot cards.
**[14:20] Retro**
I'm going to use these to
divine our opponent's order.
**[14:24] Sudo**
What's scary is that you're
right 80% of the time.
**[14:28] Retro**
It looks like we'll be facing
Tomihara West in the finals,
**[14:31] Retro**
so the order won't even matter.
**[14:34] Sudo**
If Mizusawa wins, I want to face
the girl with the long hair.
**[14:39] Retro**
Chihaya?
**[14:41] Retro**
She has good instincts,
but she's not that impressive otherwise.
**[14:44] Retro**
She's no match for you.
**[14:46] Sudo**
I like to toy with pretty girls.
**[14:50] Retro**
The S in Sudo stands for "sadist"!
**[15:02] Person C**
How are the semi-finals going?
**[15:04] Person D**
Mizusawa's getting dominated.
**[15:05] Person D**
Tomihara West is probably in the finals.
**[15:08] Person C**
What about the cute girl from Mizusawa?
**[15:10] Person D**
She's not doing as well as
she was in the group stage.
**[15:13] Person D**
Her opponent's got her number.
**[15:16] Person C**
Something must have happened during lunch.
**[15:18] Person D**
Did their team have an argument?
**[15:20] Person D**
This is their first year as a team.
**[15:22] Person D**
I guess they don't respect karuta.
***SIGN*** Ayase won't lose!
***SIGN*** She's just getting started!
**[15:35] Person C**
What's with him?
**[15:40] Taichi**
Chihaya, one card at a time!
**[15:42] Taichi**
Pull yourself together!
**[15:44] Chihaya**
Uh, yeah.
**[15:46] Taichi**
*It's no good.*
**[15:47] Taichi**
*She's not her normal self.*
**[15:52] Taichi**
*If I'm going to order people around,*
**[15:57] Taichi**
*I need to pull myself together!*
**[15:59] [POEM] Reader**
My fear is that you will forget
your promise to never forget me,
**[16:03] Person A**
Right on!
**[16:03] Person B**
Nice job, Sano-senpai!
**[16:05] Sano**
Six cards up!
**[16:06] Person A**
We can do this!
**[16:09] Chihaya**
*What do I do?*
**[16:11] Chihaya**
*How do I usually take cards?*
**[16:15] Chihaya**
*I can't remember!*
**[16:16] [POEM] Reader**
May the scarlet kadsuras of Mount
Afusaka live up to their name
**[16:27] Taichi**
Excuse me.
**[16:45] Taichi**
Nishida, win your match first.
**[16:48] Nishida**
Huh?
**[16:49] Taichi**
That'll make it easier on the rest of us.
**[16:53] Taichi**
Oe-san's hanging in there!
**[16:55] Taichi**
I've never seen you play so well!
**[16:57] Taichi**
You can win!
**[16:59] Taichi**
Chihaya.
**[17:00] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[17:03] Taichi**
You can win if you just breathe.
**[17:07] Chihaya**
*Breathe?*
**[17:21] Chihaya**
*So this is what my opponent looks like.*
**[17:26] Chihaya**
*She's been yelling the most.*
**[17:28] Chihaya**
*Look at her sweat...*
**[17:32] Chihaya**
*I have eight cards left.*
**[17:34] Chihaya**
*She has two cards.*
**[17:36] Chihaya**
*I'm losing pretty badly.*
**[17:50] Person A**
Third! Heads up!
**[18:01] [POEM] Reader**
and allow us this secret rendezvous
**[18:05] Chihaya**
*I can hear!*
**[18:09] [POEM] Reader**
When I must hide these burning feelings,
**[18:12] Chihaya**
Yes!
**[18:15] Taichi**
Yeah!
**[18:15] Nishida**
Nice!
**[18:16] Kanade**
All right!
**[18:19] [POEM] Reader**
Though I prayed to...
**[18:21] Tsutomu**
*Four cards down.*
**[18:22] Sudo**
* She's on the attack since there*
* isn't much risk of a fault.*
**[18:26] Sudo**
*All of a sudden, she's incredibly good.*
**[18:28] Sudo**
*She must be a sadist.*
**[18:31] Tsutomu**
*Three cards down.*
**[18:32] [POEM] Reader**
Gust of wind leaves fall leaves falling
**[18:35] Nishida**
Victory! Mizusawa's up one!
**[18:37] Taichi**
I also won! Mizusawa's up two!
**[18:39] Chihaya**
*Two cards down.*
**[18:40] [POEM] Reader**
Since I could not hide my love,
**[18:43] Person A**
Tomihara West has two wins!
***SIGN*** She's still down a card.
**[18:48] Sudo**
*She made up...*
***SIGN*** may the wind bring clouds to extend their stay
**[18:53] ---**
*a six card deficit!*
***SIGN*** You can do it, Ayase!
**[19:11] Reader**
Mizusawa High School, three wins.
**[19:13] Reader**
Tomihara West High School, two wins.
**[19:15] Reader**
Mizusawa High School wins the match.
**[19:17] All**
Thank you very much!
**[19:22] Nishida**
She's asleep.
**[19:23] Taichi**
Again?
**[19:24] Nishida**
Oh! Kana-chan?!
**[19:27] Kanade**
Desktomu-kun!
**[19:31] Kanade**
I won't let you run away, Desktomu-kun!
**[19:35] Kanade**
Why did you loosen your obi?
**[19:38] Kanade**
I'll fix it for you, so stand up straight!
**[19:47] Kanade**
Have you noticed?
***SIGN*** Huh?
**[19:50] Kanade**
Look at everyone's feet.
**[19:53] Kanade**
They all have calluses.
**[19:57] Kanade**
Because they've been kneeling
on tatami mats for many years.
**[20:03] Kanade**
It only makes sense that we can't beat them.
**[20:10] Kanade**
We'll have to keep practicing until
we also have calluses on our feet!
***SIGN*** Kana-chan...
**[20:19] Kanade**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Congratulations on your first victory!
**[20:28] Taichi**
Komano!
**[20:34] Tsutomu**
*I would rather be on a team*
**[20:38] Tsutomu**
* with someone who puts in*
* effort on the tatami.*
***SIGN*** Sorry!
***SIGN*** Sorry, everyone!
***SIGN*** Give me another chance!
**[21:01] Nishida**
Stupid.
**[21:02] Nishida**
The five of us are a team.
**[21:04] Taichi**
The finals are next.
**[21:06] Taichi**
We need you to stand a chance.
**[21:09] Chihaya**
Mizusawa fight!
# E11 - The Sky is the Road Home
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6GG57436/the-sky-is-the-road-home)
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**[00:02] Harada**
Come on! Hurry up!
**[00:05] Harada**
That was pathetic.
**[00:07] Harada**
You didn't even make the top eight, Hiroshi-kun.
**[00:10] Tsuboguchi**
Now, now, Dr. Harada.
**[00:12] Tsuboguchi**
This means we can cheer for
Chihaya-chan and her friends.
**[00:15] Tsuboguchi**
Oh, but if they've already lost,
we're wasting our time.
**[00:17] Harada**
Hiroshi-kun! Don't jinx them!
**[00:24] Harada**
They lost?
**[00:26] Taichi**
The question is: what order
do we use for the finals.
**[00:29] Taichi**
I'm guessing one of Hokuo
Academy's two Class A players
**[00:32] Taichi**
is the guy with thin eyes.
**[00:34] Nishida**
The other Class A player is that little guy.
**[00:37] Taichi**
You know him, Nishida?
**[00:39] Nishida**
I ran into him when I was
practicing as a kid.
**[00:42] Nishida**
He's one year older than me.
**[00:43] Kanade**
But we don't know what order
they're going to use.
**[00:48] Taichi**
That's true, but if we guess correctly,
**[00:48] Chihaya**
If I don't want to play against a Class A player...
**[00:51] ---**
that increases our chances of scoring three wins.
**[00:51] Chihaya**
Um... Um... Um...
**[00:57] Chihaya**
Forget it! Let's use this!
**[00:59] Taichi**
Chihaya, don't just write
down a random order.
**[01:01] Taichi**
And you're not supposed to use nicknames.
**[01:02] Chihaya**
This isn't a random order.
**[01:04] Chihaya**
I realized something when we
were playing Tomihara West.
**[01:08] Chihaya**
The player in the center needs to
be someone with an active voice
**[01:10] ---**
who can keep an eye on everyone else.
**[01:12] Chihaya**
On our team, that would be Taichi.
**[01:14] Chihaya**
The players on the ends should be
**[01:16] ---**
focused on their own matches
and scoring a quick win.
**[01:18] Chihaya**
That's Porky and me.
**[01:20] Nishida**
Yeah...
***SIGN*** Monitor the situation Work hard Chihaya | Desktomu | Taichi | Kana-chan | Porky Work super hard
**[01:21] Chihaya**
Then, we put Kana-chan and Desktomu-kun
**[01:23] ---**
between the three of us to give them a boost!
**[01:26] Chihaya**
Instead of worrying about
our opponent's order,
**[01:28] Chihaya**
we should go with an order
that brings out the best in us!
**[01:35] Chihaya**
It doesn't matter who we play!
We're gonna win!
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 11
***SIGN*** The Sky
Is The
Road
Home
**[02:56] Taichi**
Here is Mizusawa High School's lineup.
**[02:59] Person A**
Thank you.
**[03:00] Harada**
Eyebrows! Eyebrows!
**[03:02] Taichi**
Dr. Harada.
**[03:03] Harada**
I heard you made it to the finals!
**[03:07] Harada**
I'm so glad to hear that.
**[03:09] Harada**
Chihaya-chan must be on a roll.
**[03:12] Taichi**
Doctor, I never knew that Chihaya
could succumb to pressure.
**[03:18] Harada**
Huh? Chihaya-chan?
**[03:21] Taichi**
I chose the wrong words when
I tried to stimulate her.
**[03:26] Taichi**
I didn't think she would fall apart...
**[03:30] Taichi**
So I need to accept that I
don't even understand Chihaya,
**[03:36] Taichi**
since I'm the president of this club.
**[03:38] Taichi**
I'll be going then.
**[03:42] Harada**
*This is why I can never stop watching...*
**[03:46] (Flashback) Taichi**
I could spend my entire youth on karuta
**[03:48] (Flashback) Taichi**
without ever becoming better than Arata.
**[03:53] Taichi**
Remember all the time you
spent practicing your swing.
**[03:53] (Flashback) Harada**
You've already become a different person.
**[03:55] Taichi**
You'll be fine.
You can do this!
**[03:58] Tsuboguchi**
Dr. Harada.
**[04:00] Tsuboguchi**
I see that kid hasn't changed.
**[04:05] Harada**
Hmm?
**[04:08] Retro**
Retrot answer!
***SIGN*** Mashima Nishida Chihaya Komano Oe
**[04:19] Retro**
This will be their order!
**[04:22] Person A**
So they're switching it up?
**[04:24] Amakasu**
You know, does this even matter?
**[04:27] Amakasu**
They're not that strong.
**[04:29] Sudo**
Anyway, I'm playing #5.
***SIGN*** Chihaya
**[04:32] Retro**
Ooh, ooh, ooh!
**[04:34] Retro**
I'll take on #3, Mashima!
**[04:36] Person A**
Huh? Why's that, Retro-kun?
**[04:37] Retro**
We were in the same karuta
society back in grade school.
**[04:40] Retro**
He's never beaten me.
**[04:42] Retro**
He'll have a mental block when he faces me.
***SIGN*** Guaranteed
***SIGN*** R-Really...
**[04:49] Amakasu**
Then I'll assign the rest randomly.
**[04:51] Amakasu**
Let's just get these regionals
over with already.
**[04:54] Amakasu**
This is the year we get our revenge
against Fujisaki from Shizuoka!
**[04:57] Person A**
We'll win every match and
the national championship!
**[04:59] Person B**
Naturally!
**[05:00] Retro**
Yeah!
**[05:01] Mochida**
E-Everyone, if you look too
far ahead, you'll stumble.
**[05:04] Amakasu**
Yeah, yeah.
**[05:06] Amakasu**
Submit our order for us, Teach.
**[05:08] Amakasu**
I'm sure you're already sick of the place,
**[05:10] Amakasu**
but we'll be taking you to Omi Jingu again.
**[05:16] Reader**
I will now read the
lineup for the finals.
**[05:20] Reader**
Hokuo Academy, Amakasu-kun.
**[05:22] Amakasu**
Oh, that's me.
**[05:24] Reader**
Mizusawa High School, Nishida-kun.
**[05:27] Reader**
Hokuo Academy, Ryugasaki-kun.
**[05:30] Reader**
Mizusawa High School, Oe-san.
**[05:35] Reader**
Hokuo Academy, Kinashi-kun.
**[05:37] Retro**
Yes!
**[05:37] Taichi**
Huh?
**[05:37] Reader**
Mizusawa High School, Mashima-kun.
**[05:40] Reader**
Hokuo Academy, Takuma-kun.
**[05:43] Reader**
Mizusawa High School, Komano-kun.
**[05:46] Reader**
Hokuo Academy, Sudo-kun.
**[05:49] Reader**
Mizusawa High School, Ayase-san.
**[05:53] Mochida**
Dead on...
**[05:55] Mochida**
Retrot cards are scary!
**[06:04] Sudo**
Good luck.
**[06:06] Chihaya**
G-Good luck.
**[06:09] Chihaya**
Oh! Sorry!
**[06:13] Sudo**
Say, "Please forgive me."
**[06:14] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[06:15] Takuma**
There he goes again.
**[06:16] Sudo**
Where's my apology?
**[06:18] Chihaya**
I said I was sorry...
**[06:21] Sudo**
The only apology I'll accept
is a "Please forgive me."
**[06:23] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[06:24] Reader**
Please place your cards.
**[06:26] Reader**
Memorization time will begin now.
**[06:28] Chihaya**
*Wh-What's wrong with this guy?*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[06:37] Chihaya**
*Why did he put that there?*
**[06:43] Harada**
*Stay calm.*
**[06:44] Harada**
* He's trying to get in your head*
* by using your favorite card.*
**[06:50] Harada**
Why, if it isn't Mochida-kun.
**[06:51] Mochida**
Oh, Harada-san!
**[06:53] Harada**
Oh, so you're the coach for Hokuo Academy.
**[06:56] Mochida**
I'm just a fan who's not very good.
**[06:59] Mochida**
All I can do is pray...
**[07:01] Harada**
The boy on the end is placing
his cards in a peculiar manner.
**[07:04] Mochida**
Gosh, Sudo-kun is such a strange boy.
**[07:07] Mochida**
He always rubs people the wrong way.
**[07:11] Mochida**
But if it weren't for that,
**[07:13] ---**
he would certainly have the
potential to become a Master.
**[07:16] Harada**
But he might lose to one of my pupils.
**[07:21] Mochida**
Please.
**[07:22] Mochida**
That girl's only a first-year.
**[07:25] Harada**
No, I truly believe...
**[07:29] Harada**
That she will be a Queen in the future.
***SIGN*** Katsugi Books
**[07:44] Arata**
Welcome.
**[07:55] Arata**
Manager, can I use the computer?
**[07:59] Manager**
Don't start looking at porn.
**[08:01] Arata**
I'm just checking my e-mail.
**[08:03] Arata**
My computer's been acting up.
**[08:05] Arata**
Not that I spend much time on e-mail.
***SIGN*** Logging In
***SIGN*** 49 New Messages
**[08:10] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
Subject: Thanks!
Subject: This is Chihaya
Subject: It's getting warmer
Subject: It's starting to rain
Subject: Rain was leaking into our clubroom
Subject: This is our clubroom.
Subject: I got in trouble with Dr. Harada
Subject: How do I cut down on faults?
Subject: This is Chihaya
Subject: Karuta players are...
Subject: About hakama
Subject: Guess what happened today
Subject: Notice for the
Tokyo regional tournament
**[08:12] Reader**
What?! Is it spam?!
***SIGN*** 49 New Messages
**[08:14] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
Subject: Thanks!
Subject: This is Chihaya
Subject: It's getting warmer
Subject: It's starting to rain
**[08:17] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
This is Chihaya.
Thank you for sending a birthday message.
I didn't think you actually remembered my birthday.
**[08:23] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
Notice for the Tokyo regional tournament
Yay! We have five members now, so we can
enter the tournament! Today, we received...
**[08:26] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
Mizusawa High School's first victory!
We won!!
Taichi and Porky both did well.
**[08:27] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
We made it out of the group stage!
We won group B 3-0!
**[08:31] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
We've made it to the finals!
I'm off to win. - Chihaya
**[08:43] Reader**
Memorization time is over.
**[08:46] Reader**
Let's begin then.
**[08:50] [POEM] Reader**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower blooms, but for winter
**[08:53] Sudo**
Hokuo! Five wins for a sweep!
**[08:54] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[08:55] All**
Yeah!
**[08:56] Nishida**
Mi!
**[08:57] Kanade**
Zu!
**[08:58] Taichi**
Sa!
***SIGN*** Wa!
**[08:59] Chihaya**
Fight!
**[09:01] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[09:01] Person A**
I don't remember Mizusawa having a cheer.
**[09:05] Person B**
They must have just come up with it.
**[09:08] Chihaya**
*Don't let the Chihaya card distract me.*
**[09:11] Chihaya**
*Stick to my usual style.*
**[09:13] Chihaya**
*Go on the attack.*
**[09:15] [POEM] Reader**
Note that though...
**[09:19] Harada**
*He was covering the "Nothing" card on*
**[09:21] ---**
* Chihaya's side before*
* he took her "Note" card...*
**[09:24] Harada**
*His style is also offensive.*
**[09:26] Mochida**
*The S in Sudo stands for striker.*
**[09:29] Mochida**
*Excellent.*
**[09:31] Retro**
I held mine!
**[09:32] Amakasu**
I took the card!
**[09:33] Takuma**
Got it!
**[09:34] Ryu**
What about Sudo?
**[09:36] Sudo**
I scored the first card, naturally.
**[09:41] Chihaya**
*Everyone lost that card?*
**[09:44] Taichi**
We're just getting started!
**[09:45] Taichi**
Attack, Mizusawa!
**[09:51] (Flashback) Taichi**
Attack.
**[09:52] (Flashback) Taichi**
It doesn't matter if you're wrong sometimes.
**[09:54] (Flashback) Taichi**
Stay active!
**[09:56] (Flashback) Taichi**
Pressure your opponent's side of the field!
**[10:00] Retro**
Why are you getting so excited, Mashima?
**[10:02] [POEM] Reader**
that you pine for me as the Inaba mountain pines,
**[10:03] Retro**
I don't remember you being a hothead.
**[10:05] [POEM] Reader**
I shall return to you
**[10:06] ---**
*Attack!*
**[10:10] [POEM] Reader**
When the wind sends waves...
**[10:12] Sudo**
Here.
**[10:13] [POEM] Reader**
After I determined to...
**[10:15] Chihaya**
* I want to go on the attack,*
* but I'm having no luck.*
**[10:17] Chihaya**
*She keeps reading cards on my side.*
**[10:20] Sudo**
Here.
**[10:21] Harada**
* Offensive karuta is meant to*
* weaken your opponent's psyche,*
**[10:27] Harada**
*but it also provides more opportunities*
**[10:29] ---**
* for sending cards to put*
* yourself in a better position.*
**[10:32] Harada**
* Chihaya-chan is losing*
* control of the game.*
**[10:37] Chihaya**
*Stay calm...*
**[10:38] Chihaya**
*Check the cards.*
**[10:42] Chihaya**
*The "Chihaya" card keeps getting in my way.*
**[10:46] [POEM] Reader**
Feel the love...
**[10:49] Chihaya**
* She finally read a card*
* on the opponent's side!*
**[10:55] Sudo**
That's what you get for not apologizing.
***SIGN*** Got it!
***SIGN*** I got it! I took a card!
***SIGN*** Yes!
***SIGN*** Ayase! I took a card from the opponent's side!
***SIGN*** You have to do the same!
**[11:08] Nishida**
I got the card, too!
**[11:09] Taichi**
I held onto mine!
**[11:11] Kanade**
I'm gonna take the next card!
**[11:14] Chihaya**
*In an individual match,*
**[11:16] Chihaya**
*one card is one card, nothing more.*
**[11:20] Chihaya**
*But now...*
**[11:24] [POEM] Reader**
like a stream widening into a river
**[11:29] Chihaya**
*Every card I take is a card for our team!*
**[11:32] [POEM] Reader**
Though I prayed to...
**[11:35] Chihaya**
Got it! Two in a row!
**[11:36] All**
Chihaya!
**[11:36] All**
Ayase!
**[11:36] All**
Chihaya-chan!
**[11:38] Sudo**
*Wait! That wasn't two in a row!*
**[11:40] Sudo**
*But that speed...*
**[11:42] Sudo**
*She was moving after "Though",*
**[11:44] Sudo**
*even though "Though my" is still on the field.*
**[11:46] Sudo**
*Was she gambling?*
**[11:48] Chihaya**
Let's take the next one, everyone!
**[11:50] All**
Yeah!
**[11:52] Harada**
Mochida-kun.
**[11:53] Harada**
How many readers are here today?
**[11:55] Mochida**
Oh, this is just a high school regional
tournament, so she's the only one.
**[11:59] Chihaya**
Focus!
**[12:00] All**
Yeah!
**[12:00] Harada**
So this is her fifth match?
**[12:03] [POEM] Reader**
I never asked to be treated colder
than the winds of Mount Hatsuse
**[12:06] Harada**
*Chihaya-chan...*
**[12:07] Harada**
*Your ears already recognize this reader's quirks.*
**[12:12] [POEM] Reader**
While it brings me no joy...
**[12:15] Tsuboguchi**
Hey! Now she really took two in a row!
**[12:16] Tsutomu**
*Yes!*
**[12:17] Taichi**
*Chihaya took two in a row!*
**[12:19] Nishida**
*Right on!*
**[12:19] Kanade**
*Chihaya-chan is finding her rhythm!*
**[12:23] Chihaya**
*I can feel everyone else relax.*
**[12:26] Chihaya**
* Every card I take is worth*
* more than one card.*
**[12:31] Chihaya**
Let's go for three in a row!
**[12:32] All**
Yeah!
**[12:37] Harada**
* Chihaya-chan may recognize*
* the reader's quirks,*
**[12:40] ---**
*but it's more than just that.*
**[12:41] Harada**
*Sometimes, she gets in a zone.*
**[12:43] Harada**
*But that leads...*
**[12:46] [POEM] Reader**
The tail feathers of...
**[12:48] Harada**
*To mistakes.*
**[12:49] Sudo**
*Double fault.*
**[12:50] Chihaya**
*Lucky!*
**[12:50] [SFX]**
Smirk
**[12:52] Retro**
Su-Sudo-senpai?!
**[12:54] Sudo**
Excuse me.
**[12:59] Harada**
*He's trying to disrupt their onslaught.*
**[13:02] ---**
*Excellent timing.*
**[13:09] Sudo**
* I feel so much better when*
* I'm looking down on people.*
**[13:15] Sudo**
Hokuo! One card at a time!
**[13:17] All**
Yeah!
**[13:18] [POEM] Reader**
long as the nights I spend alone
**[13:20] Sudo**
*She certainly has quick reflexes.*
**[13:23] Sudo**
*But...*
**[13:27] [POEM] Reader**
My only thought as the boat
takes me out to sea is that
**[13:31] Sudo**
*Karuta is about more than speed.*
**[13:38] Sudo**
*What's this?*
**[13:39] Sudo**
*Did I just steal her heart?*
**[13:43] Chihaya**
*Covering cards on the opponent's side...*
**[13:46] Chihaya**
*That was one of Arata's best techniques.*
**[13:49] Chihaya**
*Are Arata's hands this big now?*
**[13:54] Sudo**
I'm moving a card.
**[13:55] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[13:57] Chihaya**
*There?!*
**[13:59] Chihaya**
*Damnit!*
**[14:02] Chihaya**
*But this is fun.*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[14:05] Chihaya**
*I'll stop thinking about it too much.*
**[14:08] Chihaya**
*That's my special card.*
**[14:11] Chihaya**
* My hand is drawn to it,*
* no matter where it is.*
**[14:14] Chihaya**
*Like a magnet.*
**[14:17] [POEM] Reader**
My fear is not of...
**[14:19] [POEM] Reader**
Since the dew atop the blades...
**[14:20] [POEM] Reader**
I feel that my love is...
**[14:26] Taichi**
*Chihaya's pushing hard!*
**[14:28] Taichi**
*What's the score?*
**[14:29] Taichi**
*They're both at 13?*
**[14:31] Nishida**
*Ayase's catching up to Hokuo's ace!*
**[14:35] Nishida**
*Wow!*
**[14:36] Amakasu**
Porky.
**[14:37] Nishida**
What?!
**[14:38] Amakasu**
Wow, that's really your nickname.
**[14:41] Amakasu**
You're Nishida-kun from the
Suihoku karuta society, right?
**[14:44] Amakasu**
I thought you quit karuta,
**[14:46] Amakasu**
since you stopped going to tournaments.
**[14:48] [POEM] Reader**
burning brightly by night,
yet extinguished by day
**[14:49] Amakasu**
You used to be so strong.
**[14:57] [POEM] Reader**
As this trip takes me...
**[14:58] Amakasu**
Yes!
**[15:00] Nishida**
*Amakasu Nayuta...*
**[15:04] Nishida**
*When we practiced together,*
**[15:06] Nishida**
*he was just a beginner.*
**[15:09] Nishida**
* He was older, but he couldn't*
* do anything against me.*
**[15:12] (Flashback) Person A**
You're a hard worker, Yusei.
**[15:15] (Flashback) Person A**
You'll make Class A in no time!
**[15:20] Nishida**
*Now he's Class A.*
**[15:25] Nishida**
*What have I been doing?*
**[15:28] Nishida**
*I haven't seen my master in ages.*
**[15:30] Nishida**
*Why did I...*
**[15:32] [POEM] Reader**
The sound of birds crossing...
**[15:34] Kanade**
Oh. A dead card?!
**[15:36] Kanade**
I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
**[15:40] [POEM] Reader**
When I must hide...
**[15:43] Nishida**
*I thought I had that one...*
***SIGN*** Wait, wait, wait!
***SIGN*** I was faster on that one!
**[15:48] Takuma**
No, you weren't!
***SIGN*** Look! See how my pinky is lower?
***SIGN*** Like this! And this!
***SIGN*** Your hand was higher than my pinky!
**[15:56] Takuma**
You don't know when to give up!
***SIGN*** Because I took that card!
**[16:00] Reader**
Now, now.
**[16:01] Reader**
We'll give this card to the side it was on.
***SIGN*** What?! No way!
***SIGN*** Listen to me!
***SIGN*** I'm telling the truth!
**[16:10] Nishida**
*Yeah, that's right...*
**[16:13] Nishida**
*I gave up.*
**[16:14] [POEM] Reader**
I feel as though my body is
on fire with Ibuki mugwort
**[16:21] [POEM] Reader**
I hear the beating of cloth...
**[16:26] Person A**
Whoa, he did a barrel roll!
**[16:27] Person B**
What's with him?!
**[16:28] Person C**
That was too strong!
**[16:31] Taichi**
Nice job, Nishida!
**[16:32] Chihaya**
Porky!
**[16:37] Chihaya**
Let's do this!
**[16:38] [POEM] Reader**
descends from Mount Yoshino
upon my long-forgotten home
**[16:45] Chihaya**
*I'm going to win...*
**[16:47] Chihaya**
*by playing my offensive karuta!*
**[16:53] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[16:56] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[16:59] Mochida**
Hokuo has two wins.
**[17:02] Sudo**
*One more...*
**[17:03] Amakasu**
*We just need one more win.*
**[17:06] Retro**
* Sudo-senpai and Amakasu-senpai*
* are having more trouble*
**[17:09] ---**
*than I was expecting.*
**[17:10] Retro**
*Which means it's my turn to save them!*
**[17:13] Retro**
*But...*
**[17:15] Retro**
*Why is this guy so tough?!*
**[17:20] Taichi**
*There are four "A" cards in total.*
**[17:23] Taichi**
* "A house" and "A mountain*
* village" have been read,*
***SIGN*** A night A mountain stream
**[17:25] Taichi**
* so I can go for both of the "A" cards*
* on my side at the same time.*
**[17:29] Taichi**
* For the "Said" cards, the two "Said*
* world" cards have been read,*
**[17:32] Taichi**
*but that leaves "Said bed" and "Said night",*
**[17:35] Taichi**
*so I can't move on "Said."*
**[17:37] Taichi**
*"Impassioned was" has been read,*
**[17:39] Taichi**
*so I can take both "Impassionate" and*
**[17:41] ---**
*"Impassioned vows" at the same time on "Im—".*
**[17:43] Taichi**
*There are eight "May" cards.*
**[17:44] Taichi**
* "May I live, May I see,*
* May the scarlet, May it",*
**[17:47] ---**
*and "May the time we" have been read,*
**[17:49] Taichi**
* so that only leaves "May my"*
* and "May the time spent."*
**[17:52] Taichi**
* I have to be careful if the dead*
* card "May my lonely" is read.*
**[17:56] Taichi**
*Listen carefully.*
**[17:58] Taichi**
*Don't let yourself be tricked.*
**[18:01] Taichi**
*I don't have Chihaya's instincts,*
**[18:04] Taichi**
* and I don't have Nishida's*
* ability to feel the match...*
**[18:07] [POEM] Reader**
May my lonely nights...
**[18:10] Retro**
*What?!*
**[18:11] Retro**
*Didn't she already read that card?!*
**[18:16] Taichi**
* The one thing I do have is my memory*
* of which cards have been read.*
**[18:19] Taichi**
*I can become the backbone of this team!*
**[18:22] [POEM] Reader**
though you have never known that pain
**[18:25] Taichi**
*I won't make a mistake!*
**[18:29] Taichi**
*I can win one card at a time!*
**[18:31] [POEM] Reader**
Said bed was cold...
**[18:38] Taichi**
Thank you very much.
**[18:40] Taichi**
One win for Mizusawa!
**[18:48] Sudo**
Excuse me.
**[18:53] Sudo**
*Six more cards.*
**[18:58] Sudo**
*I didn't expect this match to be so close.*
**[19:00] Sudo**
*I can't let her take one of my cards.*
**[19:04] [POEM] Reader**
May the time spent in...
**[19:06] Harada**
*He was protecting his own card.*
**[19:09] Mochida**
Attack!
**[19:12] Mochida**
Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!
***SIGN*** My dream is to become a Master
**[19:16] Sudo**
*Mr. Mochida...*
**[19:18] Sudo**
*You were the one who taught me*
**[19:21] Sudo**
*that karuta is fun*
**[19:26] Sudo**
*whether the match is going well or poorly.*
**[19:30] Nishida**
Got it!
**[19:32] Nishida**
I got it!
**[19:33] Nishida**
Two wins for Mizusawa!
**[19:35] Taichi**
Great, Nishida!
**[19:44] Sudo**
*I want to take Mr. Mochida-*
**[19:45] Sudo**
*Take everyone to the national tournament!*
**[19:50] Sudo**
*I want to win!*
**[20:08] [POEM] Reader**
Impassionate gods...
**[20:20] Sudo**
Thank you very much.
**[20:22] Taichi**
Chihaya!
***SIGN*** We did it!
**[20:26] Nishida**
You scared me!
**[20:27] Nishida**
"Impassioned vows" was still on the field!
**[20:29] Taichi**
Whoa! She's already asleep!
**[20:31] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan!
***SIGN*** This is great!
**[20:34] Sudo**
*How was she still able to take that card?*
**[20:39] Sudo**
* When her eyes no longer burned*
* with the desire to win.*
**[20:45] Taichi**
We did it, Chihaya!
**[21:00] Manager**
Arata-kun, I thought you didn't
spend much time on e-mail.
***SIGN*** Inbox
**[21:07] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
We're going to nationals!
**[21:15] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
Look, Arata. These are my teammates.
Come watch us at Omi Jingu! -Chihaya
**[21:16] Chihaya**
Look, Arata!
**[21:17] Chihaya**
These are my teammates!
**[21:21] Chihaya**
Come watch us at Omi Jingu!
# E12 - Sets These Forbidden Fields Aglow
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6E5X0KVY/sets-these-forbidden-fields-aglow)
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**[00:02] Reader**
The National High School Karuta
Championship Tokyo Regional winner
**[00:06] ---**
is Mizusawa High School!
**[00:10] Reader**
Congratulations.
**[00:11] Chihaya**
Thank you very much.
***SIGN*** 33rd Champion Mizusawa High School
**[00:28] Chihaya**
*This is a trophy...*
**[00:30] Chihaya**
*The first trophy we earned together.*
**[00:34] Chihaya**
*We won.*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 12
***SIGN*** Sets
These
Forbidden
Fields
Aglow
**[01:49] Reader**
Mizusawa High School, we look forward
**[01:52] ---**
to seeing how you do at
the National Tournament.
**[02:00] All**
We did it!
***SIGN*** We took first in our first tournament!
**[02:04] Kanade**
Was it really okay for us to win?!
**[02:06] Nishida**
What are you talking about, Kana-chan?!
**[02:08] Nishida**
We earned the right to represent Tokyo!
**[02:10] Taichi**
Yeah!
**[02:16] Kanade**
Wh-What?!
**[02:18] Chihaya**
Retro-kun?
**[02:20] Nishida**
Scary...
**[02:22] Chihaya**
What are you doing?!
**[02:23] Chihaya**
That trophy is-
**[02:24] Hiro**
This has...
**[02:26] Hiro**
This has been
**[02:27] ---**
in the clubroom since I entered
Hokuo's middle school.
**[02:32] Hiro**
I saw it every day!
**[02:36] Hiro**
We'll take it back next year!
**[02:45] Sudo**
Let's go, Retro.
**[03:01] Sudo**
You better not disgrace
Tokyo with your playing.
**[03:08] Takuma**
Senpai, we're sorry!
**[03:10] Sudo**
Don't apologize.
**[03:12] Amakasu**
But Senpai,
**[03:13] ---**
this was your last tournament!
**[03:15] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[03:19] Chihaya**
* This trophy carries the*
* weight of Tokyo with it.*
**[03:29] Chihaya**
I'm home!
**[03:30] Mom**
Welcome home, Chihaya.
**[03:31] Dad**
Welcome home.
**[03:33] Chihaya**
Um, Dad.
**[03:35] Chihaya**
There was a karuta tournament today-
**[03:36] Chitose**
I'm home!
**[03:38] Mom**
Oh. Welcome home, Chitose.
**[03:40] Dad**
Hey, welcome home...
**[03:41] Chihaya**
Hey, Dad?!
**[03:42] Chihaya**
Why isn't the TV on?!
**[03:44] Dad**
Huh? What's on?
**[03:46] Chitose**
I told you that I was going
to be on a quiz show!
**[03:48] Chihaya**
What?! It's today?!
**[03:49] Mom**
Oh, dear. I thought it was next week?
**[03:50] Chitose**
I set the machine to record it.
**[03:52] Reader**
The model, Ayase Chitose-san!
***SIGN*** Yamamoto Goro | Hiroyuki
Ayase Chitose
**[03:52] Chihaya**
Oh, there you are!
**[03:53] Chitose**
Quiet, Chihaya!
**[03:55] Chitose**
Good evening. I hope to have a great time.
**[03:57] Chihaya**
You look so cute!
**[03:58] Reader**
These four members will make up one team!
**[03:59] Person A**
Hold on!
**[04:01] Taichi**
Hmm?
**[04:04] Taichi**
Retro-kun?
**[04:06] Taichi**
What's up?
**[04:12] Reader**
Correct!
**[04:14] Reader**
To the celebrity team!
**[04:15] Reader**
What question are we on?
**[04:17] Person A**
The second question!
**[04:18] Person B**
The team that answers the
next question correctly
**[04:19] ---**
will receive five hundred million points!
**[04:21] All**
Wait!
**[04:21] Reader**
See you next week!
**[04:26] Dad**
You have to buzz in on
**[04:28] ---**
a quiz show if you want
the camera to move to you.
**[04:32] Chitose**
Man, I'm not cut out to be an entertainer.
**[04:36] Chihaya**
But you were the prettiest person on stage!
**[04:39] Mom**
I agree!
**[04:41] Chitose**
I'll keep on trying until
I make a Taiga drama.
**[04:45] Chitose**
So bear with me.
**[04:49] Chitose**
Then I can pay off the
mortgage on this house.
**[04:52] Dad**
What are you talking about, Chitose?!
**[04:54] Dad**
You just have to stand there and shine!
**[04:56] Mom**
That's right!
**[04:58] Mom**
Your father's purpose in life
is to pay off that mortgage!
**[04:59] Dad**
Exactly!
**[05:00] Dad**
And to collect clippings of my daughters!
**[05:05] Dad**
I'm already on the seventh
volume for Chitose!
**[05:08] Dad**
Oh, right! You have a
photo shoot in Saipan!
***SIGN*** Chitose
**[05:10] Mom**
Amazing! We'll need to make copies!
**[05:15] Chihaya**
* I'm on my way to the*
* National Karuta Championship.*
**[05:20] Chihaya**
*I'll be representing Tokyo.*
***SIGN*** Search Results Messages 0
***SIGN*** The Mizusawa High School Drama Club is in the national competition
***SIGN*** The Mizusawa Tennis Team is in the national tournament
**[05:33] Miya**
I heard from Mashima-kun that you won.
**[05:36] Miya**
Congratulations.
**[05:38] Miya**
So, only four schools participated?
**[05:42] Chihaya**
There were twelve!
**[05:43] Chihaya**
It was really tough!
**[05:45] Miya**
Oh, sorry.
**[05:47] Miya**
The tennis team was playing
at the same time.
**[05:50] Miya**
So the national tournament is in
July at Omi Jingu in Shiga, right?
**[05:55] Chihaya**
Yes! It's like the Koshien for karuta!
**[05:58] Chihaya**
Please come with us!
**[06:00] Miya**
Oh...
**[06:02] Miya**
I won't be able to make it.
**[06:04] Miya**
The tennis team has a camp then,
**[06:05] Miya**
since they made it to nationals!
**[06:09] Miya**
Have you heard about the miraculous
comeback in the finals?
**[06:13] Miya**
If not, I'll tell you the story.
***SIGN*** No, thank you.
**[06:17] Miya**
The team's gotten better since
I became the coach this year!
**[06:22] Miya**
Oh, but you needed an adult.
**[06:24] Miya**
Mr. Shibata.
**[06:26] Shibata**
Yes?
**[06:27] Miya**
I talked to Mr. Shibata and he agreed
to accompany the karuta club.
**[06:31] Shibata**
Looking forward to it!
**[06:32] Chihaya**
Oh...
***SIGN*** Thank you very much.
**[06:35] Miya**
Be careful.
**[06:38] Chihaya**
Yes...
**[06:42] Miya**
Komano-kun, you didn't do
too well on the last test.
**[06:48] Miya**
Don't spend too much time on the club.
***SIGN*** Yes, ma'am.
***SIGN*** If you'll excuse us.
**[06:57] Shibata**
I didn't know there was a
national tournament for karuta.
**[07:02] Miya**
It's probably like a festival
at some local shrine.
**[07:07] Miya**
If you're interested, you can
take over as their advisor.
**[07:10] Shiba**
No, thank you!
**[07:11] Shiba**
I'm just interested in the Lake Biwa
Birdman Rally on the same day.
**[07:15] Miya**
Huh?
**[07:16] Shiba**
I hope there's another brilliant
performance in the distance category!
**[07:20] Chihaya**
The Empress should care about karuta
the way she cares about tennis!
**[07:27] Chihaya**
She probably thinks that
we're just playing around.
**[07:31] Chihaya**
At least we got a
teacher to accompany us.
**[07:36] Chihaya**
Don't quit, Desktomu-kun!
**[07:38] Chihaya**
I'm so sorry!
**[07:39] Chihaya**
We practiced four days a week,
**[07:40] Chihaya**
and even weekends the past few weeks!
**[07:42] Chihaya**
But it's just for now!
**[07:43] Chihaya**
This won't last forever!
***SIGN*** What's this about? I'm not going to quit.
**[07:48] Chihaya**
But your grades went down
because of karuta...
***SIGN*** Well, yeah. But I still placed fifth.
**[07:53] Chihaya**
Huh? Fifth?
**[07:55] Chihaya**
I was like fifth from the bottom.
***SIGN*** I'm not so concerned about my grades these days.
***SIGN*** But you should be concerned, Ayase.
***SIGN*** Fifth from the bottom?
***SIGN*** Mizusawa Karuta Club Advances To the
National Tournament In Their Striking Hakama
**[08:14] Nishida**
Look! It's a small article,
but we're in the newspaper!
**[08:16] Kanade**
"Mizusawa Karuta Club advances
to the national tournament
**[08:20] Kanade**
in their striking hakama!"
***SIGN*** Champion Mizusawa | Champion Hokuo
Champion Hokuo | Champion Hokuo | Champion Hokuo
***SIGN*** I've never been in the newspaper before!
**[08:26] Chihaya**
Hey, everyone!
**[08:28] Chihaya**
Would you be up for practicing
at the Shiranami Society?
**[08:31] Nishida**
Huh?
**[08:32] Chihaya**
There's only one month
left before nationals!
**[08:34] Chihaya**
If we want to improve in
this short amount of time,
**[08:36] ---**
we need to practice against strong players!
**[08:39] Nishida**
Um, we won't.
**[08:41] Chihaya**
Huh? Why?
**[08:43] Chihaya**
We're representing Tokyo!
**[08:45] Chihaya**
We need to do whatever it takes!
**[08:47] Kanade**
No, that's not it...
**[08:49] Nishida**
We'll be practicing at the Suihoku Society.
**[08:52] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[08:53] Nishida**
My old coach is a really good teacher.
**[08:57] All**
So long!
**[09:00] Taichi**
Impressive.
**[09:02] Taichi**
They understand what they
need to improve on.
**[09:05] Chihaya**
We should get going!
***SIGN*** Recycle for a
better Japan
**[09:07] Harada**
Oh. I'm glad to see you,
Chihaya-chan. Eyebrows.
**[09:07] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
Fuchu City Katamachi Cultural Center
**[09:10] Harada**
I have so much to teach you!
**[09:13] Harada**
Eyebrows, you don't make many
faults, but you lack fire!
**[09:18] Harada**
Your goal should be to intimidate
**[09:20] ---**
the reader into reading the card you want!
**[09:22] Harada**
Also, your body needs to be off
the ground when you swing.
**[09:26] Harada**
Cut your nails shorter!
**[09:29] Harada**
Chihaya-chan, your play is unstable
because of your emotions.
**[09:31] Harada**
Focus on the cards.
**[09:34] Harada**
Your swing is too wide.
**[09:36] Harada**
Also, you had issues when you were
sending cards in the finals!
**[09:38] Harada**
Move straight to the card!
**[09:40] Harada**
Why didn't you separate
those like cards sooner?
**[09:42] Harada**
Follow a straight line!
**[09:44] Harada**
Wait until you've heard a unique
syllable before moving.
**[09:47] Harada**
Okay!
**[09:48] Harada**
Let's start playing!
**[09:50] Harada**
Eyebrows, you'll be playing Hiroshi-kun.
**[09:53] Harada**
He wins the second most of all
the players here, so he's strong!
**[09:55] Tsuboguchi**
Heya!
**[09:56] Taichi**
H-Heya.
**[09:58] Harada**
Chihaya-chan will be playing me.
**[10:01] Harada**
Give me your best shot.
**[10:03] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada!*
**[10:05] Chihaya**
*I've never beaten him before.*
**[10:08] [POEM] Reader**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower blooms,
but for winter
**[10:12] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[10:15] Sudo**
* You better not disgrace*
* Tokyo with your play.*
**[10:18] Hiro**
*We'll take it back next year!*
**[10:28] Taichi**
Hiroshi-san is strong.
**[10:30] Taichi**
He's in college and he
still plays all the time.
**[10:33] Taichi**
He'll be playing in the Master
tournament this year.
**[10:35] Taichi**
How did your match with Dr. Harada go?
**[10:39] Taichi**
Huh?
**[10:42] Taichi**
What's wrong, Chihaya?
**[10:46] Chihaya**
*Why?*
**[10:48] Chihaya**
* Why can't I move straight to the*
* right card the way the Doctor does?*
**[10:51] Chihaya**
*Why did I lose by fifteen cards?*
**[10:54] Chihaya**
*Why do I send the wrong cards?*
**[10:57] Chihaya**
* Why haven't I learned how to*
* wait for multi-syllable cards?*
**[11:01] Chihaya**
* Why do I get "Note that" and*
* "None are" mixed up?*
**[11:03] Taichi**
Chihaya!
**[11:04] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[11:05] Taichi**
What's wrong?
**[11:06] Chihaya**
N-Nothing...
**[11:08] Taichi**
Don't lie to me.
**[11:09] Taichi**
You don't know how to hide your feelings.
**[11:13] Taichi**
Tell me the truth!
**[11:17] Chihaya**
Taichi, I think...
**[11:19] Chihaya**
I'm scared of nationals.
**[11:21] Taichi**
Huh?
**[11:34] Chihaya**
What if we lose miserably?
**[11:37] Chihaya**
What if the Hokuo people say
that they should have gone
**[11:41] Chihaya**
instead of us?
**[11:51] Chihaya**
What was that for, Taichi?!
***SIGN*** Strategy for Nationals
Secret
**[11:54] Taichi**
This is data that's been compiled
by Hokuo over the years.
**[11:57] Taichi**
Retro-kun gave it to me yesterday.
**[11:59] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[12:01] Taichi**
It includes the play styles
of the usual contenders,
**[12:03] ---**
and a guide for the Omi Jingu building.
**[12:05] Taichi**
They even put the name of
the inn Hokuo usually uses.
**[12:08] Taichi**
This helps a lot.
**[12:11] Taichi**
But look at you.
**[12:12] Taichi**
Why are you letting a team
we beat get you down!
**[12:16] Taichi**
That's just stupid!
**[12:17] Taichi**
There's no reason to feel ashamed!
**[12:19] Taichi**
We beat them fair and square!
**[12:24] Taichi**
You can still feel it inside, right?
**[12:31] Taichi**
We're taking Hokuo and the other
schools with us to Omi Jingu.
**[12:34] Taichi**
They're our closest allies.
***SIGN*** We took your sister to Narita.
We'll be back around ten. Microwave your dinner. -Mom
**[12:45] Chihaya**
Oh, right. Sis is going to Saipan.
**[12:54] Chihaya**
I qualified for the Karuta
National Championship.
**[12:57] Chihaya**
I'll be going to Omi Jingu in Shiga.
**[12:59] Chihaya**
So I need money for travel and lodging!
**[13:03] Chihaya**
But I don't want to ask them for money...
**[13:06] Chihaya**
There's still a mortgage to pay off...
***SIGN*** Search Results Messages 0
**[13:11] Chihaya**
Arata, what should I do?
**[13:28] Chihaya**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Chitose
***SIGN*** Chihaya
***SIGN*** from the Daily Morning
***SIGN*** So close!
***SIGN*** Mizusawa Karuta Club Advances To the National Tournament In Their Striking Hakama
***SIGN*** from the Daily Morning
***SIGN*** Chihaya's great!
***SIGN*** from the Daily Morning
**[13:50] (Flashback) Dad**
And to collect clippings of my daughters!
**[13:56] Mom**
We're home.
***SIGN*** My First Win
-Komano Tsutomu
***SIGN*** Hakama Domination
-Oe Kana
***SIGN*** Total Victory
-Mashima Taichi
***SIGN*** Victory and Omi Beef
-Nishida Yusei
***SIGN*** Champion
-Ayase Chihaya
**[14:11] Chihaya**
Everyone, let's start
yelling when we practice!
***SIGN*** Huh? You mean like Mizusawa fight?
**[14:16] Nishida**
Yeah! That's it!
**[14:18] Nishida**
Mizusawa fight!
***SIGN*** Huh?
**[14:20] Chihaya**
Ooh! That was good, Porky!
**[14:22] Taichi**
Nishida's fired up.
**[14:25] Taichi**
He's been practicing at his local
karuta society every weekend.
**[14:29] Taichi**
Plus, he's the only one who
has experience at Omi Jingu.
**[14:32] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[14:34] Chihaya**
Why do you look so upset, Kana-chan?
***SIGN*** I can no longer tell which chrysanthemums to pluck
***SIGN*** As the first
**[14:38] Chihaya**
Is there something wrong with that card?
**[14:39] Nishida**
Oh, that.
**[14:40] Nishida**
It's a beginner's card.
**[14:42] Nishida**
Since Kana-chan hasn't learned
all the unique syllables yet.
**[14:46] Kanade**
I've learned them!
**[14:47] Kanade**
I'm upset because it's inconsiderate
to draw over a card like this.
**[14:54] Nishida**
Kana-chan's positioning
has gotten a little...
**[14:59] All**
What?!
**[15:00] Taichi**
What is this?!
**[15:02] Chihaya**
I've never seen anything like it!
**[15:04] Miya**
Representing Tokyo, huh?
**[15:08] Kanade**
Spring poems.
**[15:10] Kanade**
Summer poems.
**[15:11] Kanade**
Autumn poems.
**[15:13] Kanade**
Winter poems.
**[15:15] Kanade**
The ones that fall under any
season go in the center.
**[15:18] Chihaya**
Why?
**[15:19] Chihaya**
Haven't you been using the
placement Porky helped you with?
**[15:23] Kanade**
I wanted to try something on my own...
**[15:27] Kanade**
It's easier for me to
memorize them this way.
**[15:29] Nishida**
Maybe, but seasons don't mean
anything in competitive karuta.
**[15:32] Taichi**
Nishida.
**[15:34] Nishida**
The schools at nationals
are all incredibly strong!
**[15:37] Nishida**
Omi Jingu can be overwhelming.
**[15:39] Nishida**
We have to prepare or we'll lose.
**[15:42] Nishida**
So we need to start with the basics.
**[15:44] Nishida**
One-syllable cards go on
the row closest to you.
**[15:46] Nishida**
Keep like cards separate.
**[15:49] Nishida**
For example, "While autumn," "While some,"
"While I," and "While the" should be...
**[15:52] Kanade**
Porky.
**[15:53] Nishida**
Huh?
**[15:54] Kanade**
Recite the "While some" poem.
**[15:57] Nishida**
"While some" is followed by "I deflect".
**[15:59] Nishida**
I don't remember the entire poem.
**[16:01] Kanade**
Snap!
**[16:02] Kanade**
Outrageous!
**[16:03] Chihaya**
Ka-Kana-chan!
**[16:04] [POEM] Kanade**
While some dodge the famous waves of
Takashi shore to avoid getting wet,
**[16:08] [POEM] Kanade**
I deflect your artful words
to keep my sleeves dry
**[16:11] Kanade**
This is a poem about how a woman was
**[16:14] ---**
able to successfully ward
off a playboy's advances!
**[16:18] Chihaya**
Kana-chan, nobody said that the meaning
of the poem wasn't important.
**[16:23] Chihaya**
But we have to become better
at competitive karuta.
**[16:27] Chihaya**
We have to become stronger so we
can properly represent Tokyo,
**[16:31] Chihaya**
for the sake of the other schools who
were at the regional tournament.
**[16:38] All**
Good practice!
**[16:51] Miya**
Honestly...
**[16:53] Miya**
It's almost time to leave.
**[17:02] [POEM] Kanade**
Waves creep closer to...
**[17:08] Chihaya**
Desktomu-kun!
You need to swing with more power!
***SIGN*** You're swinging too wide!
**[17:12] Taichi**
Nishida, you should have been
able to take that card!
**[17:14] Taichi**
Move faster!
**[17:15] Nishida**
You need to start attacking
cards on the opponent's side!
**[17:17] Kanade**
Ahem.
**[17:19] [POEM] Kanade**
it is as though pearls have been
strung across the autumn plain
**[17:27] [POEM] Kanade**
My own sleeves...
**[17:32] Chihaya**
Who put this up here?!
**[17:33] Taichi**
You did.
**[17:35] Chihaya**
Um...
**[17:36] Chihaya**
Er...
**[17:38] Chihaya**
Hmm...
**[17:39] Taichi**
Hey, Captain.
**[17:40] Taichi**
I understand that this is important
to you, but hurry it up.
***SIGN*** It's getting dark.
***SIGN*** I'll turn on the lights.
**[17:47] [POEM] Kanade**
The crimson sunset
**[17:50] [POEM] Kanade**
sets these forbidden fields aglow
**[17:54] [POEM] Kanade**
Wave not, for the guards may find us
**[18:01] Kanade**
This is my favorite poem.
**[18:04] Chihaya**
It's not from Hundred Poets?
**[18:07] Kanade**
It's from Ten Thousand Leaves.
**[18:08] Kanade**
The poem was written by Emperor
Tenji's wife, Princess Nukata.
**[18:13] Kanade**
It tells the story of when her
former husband, Prince Oama,
**[18:17] ---**
snuck into her husband's
lands and waved to her.
**[18:20] Kanade**
Princess Nukata was so happy to see him.
**[18:22] Kanade**
But she worried that someone
might see them together.
**[18:27] Kanade**
The human heart never changes...
**[18:33] Kanade**
Ah, sorry!
**[18:34] Kanade**
I was babbling again!
**[18:36] Chihaya**
You know so much, Kana-chan.
**[18:41] Kanade**
I'm used to calling the
poems "The autumn paddy"
**[18:44] ---**
and "The sight of" now.
**[18:46] Kanade**
I really want to win at Omi Jingu,
**[18:52] Kanade**
but I don't want to lose sight of the
fact that these cards are poetry.
**[19:02] Miya**
What are you doing?!
**[19:04] Miya**
It's almost time to leave school!
**[19:05] Nishida**
The Empress!
**[19:06] Nishida**
Ms. Miyauchi!
**[19:07] Miya**
Clean up and get changed.
**[19:10] All**
Y-Yes, ma'am!
**[19:13] Chihaya**
Wh-What are you doing, Ms. Miyauchi?!
**[19:15] Miya**
Just give it to me.
**[19:17] Chihaya**
But this is important to us!
**[19:19] Miya**
That's why I'm taking it
to the principal's office!
**[19:21] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[19:23] Miya**
I'll put it in the center of the trophy
case in front of the principal's office.
**[19:28] Miya**
After all, this is a very important trophy.
**[19:30] Taichi**
Huh?
**[19:32] Miya**
Don't just stand there!
Clean everything up!
**[19:35] All**
Y-Yes, ma'am!
***SIGN*** The World of Hundred Poets
**[19:37] Person A**
Is this what you needed?
**[19:39] Miya**
Thank you.
**[19:41] Miya**
I'll need to borrow it for a while.
**[19:42] Person A**
Go ahead.
**[19:45] Miya**
Mr. Shibata.
**[19:47] Shiba**
Oh, yes?
**[19:49] Miya**
I'll be going to Omi Jingu.
**[19:52] Miya**
You'll have to watch the
Birdman Rally on TV.
**[19:55] Shiba**
What?!
**[19:57] Nishida**
Don't get any ideas.
These are all mine.
**[19:59] Taichi**
No.
**[20:00] Nishida**
All mine!
**[20:01] Taichi**
No.
**[20:02] Nishida**
You can buy your own food!
**[20:09] Chihaya**
Oh! Mt. Fuji!
**[20:10] Taichi**
Looks the same as it does in the pictures.
***SIGN*** Mt. Fuji!
**[20:18] [POEM] Chihaya**
The crimson sunset
**[20:20] [POEM] Chihaya**
sets these forbidden fields aglow
**[20:25] [POEM] Chihaya**
Wave not, for the guards may find us
**[20:33] Chihaya**
Kana-chan...
**[20:35] Chihaya**
Ever since you taught me the meaning,
**[20:38] ---**
the "Impassionate gods" card
has been red for me.
**[20:42] Chihaya**
A bright red marker
**[20:45] Chihaya**
in a field of cards...
**[20:49] Chihaya**
Arata! What's Omi Jingu like?
**[20:53] Chihaya**
They hold a bunch of big karuta
tournaments there, right?
**[20:57] Chihaya**
You've been there a whole
bunch of times, right?
**[21:00] Chihaya**
What's it like?
**[21:13] Arata**
It's bright red.
# E13 - For You, I Head Out
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY9PV9MVR/for-you-i-head-out)
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***SIGN*** This is Omi Jingu...
**[00:06] Kanade**
The mecca of karuta!
**[00:09] Miya**
Listen to me.
**[00:10] Miya**
When visiting a shrine,
you bow twice, clap twice, bow once.
**[00:16] Miya**
You may find these customs tedious,
**[00:18] Miya**
but the gods are not always so forgiving.
**[00:24] Miya**
Follow the proper procedures
when making a wish.
**[00:32] Chihaya**
*Dear God,*
**[00:34] Chihaya**
*I don't need any miracles.*
**[00:38] Chihaya**
*Please keep us safe from any accidents,*
**[00:43] Chihaya**
*so we're able to play.*
**[00:51] Miya**
The actual matches are played
somewhere else right?
**[00:52] Taichi**
Hey, Chihaya. We're leaving.
**[00:54] Chihaya**
Oh, okay.
**[00:54] Kanade**
Yes, it's in the Learning Center next door.
**[00:57] Taichi**
There's going to be a ceremony
for all of the participants.
***SIGN*** Huh? Everybody's going to come back here?
**[01:04] Chihaya**
*Arata,*
**[01:06] ---**
*I finally made it to Omi Jingu.*
**[01:09] Chihaya**
*My dream hasn't changed.*
**[01:14] Arata**
*That makes you the Queen, Ayase-san.*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 13
***SIGN*** For
You,
I
Head
Out
***SIGN*** Omi Learning Center
***SIGN*** High School National Ogura Hundred
Poets Karuta Championship
**[02:55] Nishida**
Hot!
**[02:57] Nishida**
It's so hot, Kana-chan!
**[02:59] Nishida**
Let's skip the hakama!
**[03:01] Kanade**
We should dress properly for
our first national tournament!
**[03:04] Nishida**
But seriously...
***SIGN*** I believe that the hall has air conditioning.
**[03:07] Mom**
Kanade!
**[03:09] Mom**
I'll take care of Mashima-kun!
**[03:11] Kanade**
Mom... What about Chihaya-chan?
**[03:14] Mom**
I finished hers.
**[03:22] Miya**
* She looks like a beautiful girl*
* because she isn't moving or talking.*
**[03:27] Taichi**
Chihaya.
**[03:29] Taichi**
Are you okay?
**[03:31] Taichi**
You nervous?
**[03:32] Chihaya**
Hmm? Nope.
**[03:34] Chihaya**
I'm just fine.
**[03:35] Taichi**
Really?
**[03:37] Nishida**
We're in Group E?
**[03:39] Nishida**
Awesome!
**[03:40] Nishida**
None of the super schools are in our group!
**[03:42] Kanade**
Really?!
**[03:43] Nishida**
According to Retro-kun's notes,
**[03:45] Nishida**
we need to watch out for Fujisaki,
***SIGN*** Where are they?
**[03:48] ---**
from Shizuoka, and the local Zentokuji.
***SIGN*** Who are they?
***SIGN*** And there's also Kunimi High School from Fukui.
***SIGN*** They beat Hokuo in the group stage last year.
**[03:57] Nishida**
Wataya Arata isn't registered for
the individual tournament tomorrow.
**[04:06] Person A**
Is that the team who won the Tokyo regional?
**[04:08] Person B**
Yeah, they defeated Hokuo.
**[04:10] Person A**
Which one beat Sudo?
**[04:12] Person B**
No way! Sudo-kun lost?
**[04:13] Person C**
Did they really start this
club three months ago?
**[04:16] Person D**
They must be damn strong.
***SIGN*** Saga Regional - Takechi High School:
The karuta club is eight years old. Last year was their first appearance at nationals. They made it out of the group stage, but lost in the first round. They have no other achievements of note. Be careful of the two Class B players, Inoue Ryuhei and Tanaka Ayako. They have no other players of note.
Main Lineup:
Third-year - Inoue Ryuhei: Class B Important
Second-year - Tanaka Ayako: Class B Important
Third-year - Gokura Miyuki: Class D
Second-year - Yamashiro Kazue
First-year - ...
**[04:27] Taichi**
We'll be facing Takechi High School, from Saga.
***SIGN*** A-Are they strong? Are they a strong team?
**[04:32] Nishida**
Uh...
**[04:34] Nishida**
They have two Class B players,
and the rest are unranked.
**[04:37] Taichi**
What order should we use?
**[04:39] Taichi**
Should we use the same one
we used against Hokuo?
**[04:41] Chihaya**
Yeah, that would be best.
***SIGN*** Wait!
***SIGN*** I can be a sacrificial pawn!
***SIGN*** Match me against their strongest player!
**[04:47] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[04:48] Chihaya**
What are you talking about?! That's...
***SIGN*** It's okay!
***SIGN*** It doesn't matter if I lose as long as the four of you win!
***SIGN*** I'll do whatever it takes to increase our chances of winning!
***SIGN*** We're going to win!
***SIGN*** We're representing Tokyo here!
**[05:00] Chihaya**
Desktomu-kun...
**[05:02] Taichi**
Got it.
**[05:04] Nishida**
Most teams place their top players
in the middle or on the ends.
**[05:07] Taichi**
Okay, then we'll put Komano first, Oe-san second...
**[05:09] Chihaya**
I couldn't have made it here
without everyone else.
**[05:11] Kanade**
Yes!
**[05:13] Nishida**
Mi!
**[05:14] Kanade**
Zu!
**[05:14] Taichi**
Sa!
***SIGN*** Wa!
**[05:15] Chihaya**
Fight!
**[05:17] Chihaya**
We're going to win together!
**[05:24] Taichi**
We guessed wrong...
**[05:26] Reader**
Now, please place your cards on the field!
***SIGN*** have been soaked red with tears of blood
**[05:34] Chihaya**
Huh?
***SIGN*** have been soaked red with tears of blood
***SIGN*** have been soaked red with tears of blood
***SIGN*** High School National Ogura Hundred Poets Karuta Championship
**[05:50] Reader**
Time is up!
**[05:51] All**
Good luck.
**[05:52] All**
Good luck.
**[05:57] [POEM] Reader**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower blooms,
but for winter
**[06:06] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[06:10] Mom**
*There are so many cute boys!*
**[06:13] Mom**
*I need to take notes!*
**[06:14] Miya**
*I wonder how strong they are.*
**[06:16] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[06:17] Miya**
*Oh, dear. I'm starting to get nervous.*
**[06:27] [POEM] Reader**
The night breaks to day...
**[06:29] Taichi**
*Damn!*
**[06:31] Taichi**
*Everyone's so stiff.*
**[06:33] [POEM] Reader**
No more can we hear...
**[06:35] Taichi**
*Shoot!*
**[06:38] Taichi**
*I need to help them relax!*
**[06:41] Taichi**
Everyone!
**[06:43] Taichi**
One card at a time!
**[06:45] All**
Yeah!
**[06:48] Taichi**
Chihaya?
**[06:54] Chihaya**
*It's hot.*
**[06:56] Chihaya**
*This hakama is so hot.*
**[06:59] Chihaya**
*There's too much noise.*
**[07:01] Chihaya**
*Too many people.*
**[07:03] Chihaya**
*Noisy...*
**[07:05] Chihaya**
*Hot...*
**[07:07] Chihaya**
*No, now I'm cold.*
**[07:10] Chihaya**
*Why would you do this, God?*
**[07:12] Chihaya**
*Didn't I ask you*
**[07:15] Chihaya**
*to keep us safe from any accidents?*
**[07:21] Chihaya**
*I wasn't asking for a miracle.*
**[07:29] Arata**
*I went the wrong way.*
**[07:31] Arata**
*I've been here so many times, too.*
**[07:34] Arata**
*Oh, I always came by car.*
**[07:44] Arata**
Paralyzed?
**[07:46] Mom**
Yes, he has trouble moving
the right side of his body.
**[07:51] Mom**
You might be in for a shock, Arata.
**[07:54] Arata**
Why? Grandpa's still Grandpa, right?
**[07:58] Mom**
Grandpa, Arata is here.
**[08:06] Grandma**
Oh, Arata...
**[08:12] Arata**
*Grandpa's still Grandpa!*
**[08:17] Grandma**
Arata, I have a new placement for you!
**[08:21] Arata**
Huh?
**[08:22] Grandma**
Bring paper quick!
**[08:23] Grandma**
The cards are about to slide off!
**[08:31] Grandma**
Arata.
**[08:32] Arata**
Huh?
**[08:33] Grandma**
Your grandpa isn't giving up yet.
**[08:35] Grandma**
I'll learn to take cards with my left hand.
**[08:39] Arata**
Yeah!
***SIGN*** Ogura Hundred Poets Karuta
Master and Queen Final
**[08:41] Reader**
We are bringing you another
**[08:43] ---**
live broadcast from Omi Jingu in Shiga.
**[08:45] Reader**
The three-time reigning champion, Master Miki,
**[08:47] Arata**
Hey, Grandpa. What's the Master final like?
**[08:48] ---**
will be facing the challenger Suo Hisashi.
**[08:49] Person A**
Suo-san is currently attending college.
**[08:51] Arata**
Were you nervous?
**[08:53] Grandma**
Not at all.
**[08:55] Grandma**
They would make me pose for
pictures before the match.
**[08:59] Grandma**
I felt like a superstar.
**[09:01] Arata**
Oh...
**[09:04] Grandma**
Arata, picture yourself on that stage.
**[09:11] Grandma**
Sweating under the spotlights,
**[09:14] Grandma**
with everyone's eyes on you...
**[09:18] Grandma**
Across from you will be the strongest
karuta player in the world.
**[09:20] Grandma**
The only sound in Omi Learning Center
**[09:23] ---**
will be when hands strike the tatami mat.
**[09:25] Grandma**
Now picture yourself winning...
**[09:46] Arata**
I need to hurry home!
**[09:47] ---**
Grandpa's waiting for me!
**[09:58] Arata**
Grandpa?!
***SIGN*** Wataya Hajime
**[10:01] Mom**
It was just a slight relapse.
**[10:03] Mom**
Your grandpa's heart is weak.
**[10:05] Mom**
The doctors are going to monitor him tonight
**[10:07] ---**
and he should be released tomorrow.
**[10:08] Arata**
I see. I'm glad.
**[10:11] Arata**
Grandpa, you gave me a real scare.
**[10:13] ---**
When I saw the ambulance...
**[10:18] Grandma**
Who might you be?
**[10:22] Doctor**
His brain is shrinking.
**[10:25] Doctor**
He appears to be suffering
early stage dementia.
**[10:28] Arata**
*No way...*
***SIGN*** are joined at river's end
**[10:30] Arata**
Grandpa, do you recognize this?
**[10:37] Arata**
What about this one?
**[10:39] Grandma**
Oh, what is that?
**[10:45] Grandma**
What is that?
**[10:56] Arata**
*This can't be real.*
**[10:58] Arata**
*Grandpa...*
**[11:00] Arata**
*This can't be real.*
**[11:02] Arata**
*Grandpa!*
**[11:06] Yu**
Arata! Arata!
**[11:07] Yu**
Shoji won the tournament
yesterday and made Class A!
**[11:11] Arata**
Huh?
**[11:11] Yu**
I was so sure that you would be the first!
**[11:14] Yu**
Oh, but you haven't been practicing
or playing in any tournaments.
**[11:18] Yu**
I guess it's couldn't be helped.
**[11:18] Shoji**
Wataya!
**[11:20] Yu**
Wait, Shoji!
**[11:20] Shoji**
You were lucky to have a Master for a grandfather,
**[11:22] Shoji**
but now it's the other way around!
**[11:24] Shoji**
He's the reason you don't
have time to practice!
**[11:27] Yu**
That was fast!
**[11:29] Yu**
Teacher!
**[11:33] Arata**
Oh!
**[11:35] Arata**
She made Class C.
**[11:37] Arata**
She's still working hard,
even though she joined the track team.
***SIGN*** I'm sure that you're working hard.
I hope to meet you in a match.
-Chihaya
**[11:46] Mom**
Arata?
**[11:48] Mom**
I have a class reunion this Sunday.
**[11:51] Mom**
Can you look after your grandpa?
**[11:53] Arata**
Yeah, sure.
**[11:54] Mom**
Great! I'll try to be home as soon as I can!
**[11:59] Arata**
*Mom's hair is starting to turn gray.*
***SIGN*** Fukui Tournament
**[12:04] Arata**
*Guess I can't make it.*
**[12:07] Arata**
Oh, Grandpa.
**[12:09] Arata**
Careful, you're going to spill it.
**[12:11] Arata**
Set that down.
***SIGN*** Fukui Tournament
**[12:21] Grandma**
Hakama.
**[12:22] Arata**
Huh?
**[12:23] Grandma**
Pull out your hakama!
**[12:24] Grandma**
You need to go to the Fukui Tournament!
**[12:26] Arata**
Gr-Grandpa, I'm not going this year!
**[12:30] Grandma**
Really?
**[12:31] Arata**
Yeah.
**[12:34] Grandma**
Why aren't you going?
**[12:36] Arata**
Huh? Well...
**[12:38] Arata**
*Grandpa's back to normal?*
**[12:40] Grandma**
Don't mumble! Why would
you skip a tournament?!
**[12:44] Grandma**
Get going!
**[12:46] Arata**
*I want to go.*
**[12:49] Arata**
*But Grandpa is...*
**[12:51] Arata**
*No, Dad should be back by noon.*
**[12:56] Arata**
*I want to go!*
**[12:59] Arata**
*I don't want to be left behind!*
**[13:01] Arata**
*I want to make Class A!*
**[13:04] Grandma**
Arata!
**[13:07] Grandma**
Picture in your mind...
**[13:10] Arata**
Yeah!
**[13:28] Arata**
*It hurts.*
**[13:32] Arata**
*The pain. The fear.*
**[13:51] Chihaya**
*It hurts.*
**[13:54] Chihaya**
*My ears are ringing.*
**[13:57] Chihaya**
*I'm about to faint.*
**[14:00] Chihaya**
*But...*
**[14:24] Arata**
*Taichi.*
**[14:26] Arata**
*Chihaya.*
**[14:34] Chihaya**
*I can't lose...*
**[14:36] Chihaya**
*Attack.*
**[14:38] Chihaya**
*Attack.*
**[14:41] Chihaya**
*It's not over yet!*
**[14:48] Taichi**
Please wait!
**[14:52] Taichi**
Ayase forfeits.
**[14:54] Nishida**
Huh?!
**[14:57] Taichi**
Excuse me!
Please clear a path!
**[14:59] Taichi**
Excuse me, please let me through!
**[15:01] Taichi**
Excuse me!
**[15:01] Arata**
Taichi!
**[15:03] Arata**
Excuse me!
**[15:05] Arata**
Taichi! What's wrong with Chihaya?!
**[15:12] Taichi**
Arata, take care of her.
**[15:16] Taichi**
The four of us can still win this match.
**[15:22] Miya**
Ayase-san!
**[15:23] Miya**
Are you a friend of Ayase-san?
**[15:26] Arata**
I-I'm...
**[15:27] Mom**
Take her to the waiting room! Quick!
**[15:35] Chihaya**
*I can't lose.*
**[15:37] Chihaya**
*I can't lose.*
**[15:39] Chihaya**
*Attack.*
**[15:41] Chihaya**
*Attack.*
**[15:44] Chihaya**
*It's not over yet!*
**[16:07] Chihaya**
I-I'm in the middle of a match.
**[16:10] Chihaya**
I need to go!
**[16:11] Arata**
Chihaya! You need to lie down!
**[16:13] Arata**
You forfeited the match.
**[16:15] Chihaya**
Forfeited?
**[16:19] Arata**
Chihaya, stop!
**[16:20] Arata**
Stay still!
**[16:21] Chihaya**
No! Let me go!
**[16:23] Arata**
There's no point in going back!
They won't let you play!
**[16:25] Chihaya**
No! No!
**[16:27] Chihaya**
We worked so hard.
**[16:34] Chihaya**
We promised to win together.
**[16:59] Arata**
* Chihaya, you're just as*
* determined as you used to be.*
**[17:04] Arata**
*I've been doing a lot of thinking.*
**[17:10] Arata**
*About karuta...*
**[17:12] Arata**
*About karuta and Grandpa...*
**[17:22] Arata**
*About myself...*
**[17:27] Miya**
We'll take her to the emergency room.
**[17:30] Miya**
I'll let Mashima-kun and
the other members know.
**[17:37] Yoshi**
She seemed unwell the entire match.
**[17:41] Yoshi**
I hope she's okay.
**[17:43] Yoshi**
Huh?
**[17:44] Yoshi**
Aren't you Wataya-kun?
**[17:46] Arata**
Oh, Mr. Yoshioka from the Karuta Federation.
**[17:49] Yoshi**
Oh, you actually remember me!
**[17:52] Yoshi**
I've been so worried about you!
**[17:54] Yoshi**
You haven't been in any
tournaments since last year!
**[17:57] Yoshi**
But you're participating in this one.
**[17:59] Arata**
No, I'm...
**[17:59] Yoshi**
I can't wait to watch you.
**[18:01] Yoshi**
I'll be able to see Master Wataya again.
**[18:07] Yoshi**
Because your karuta is
just like Master Wataya's.
**[18:12] Yoshi**
Oh, the match is almost over.
**[18:15] Yoshi**
I'll catch you later.
**[18:30] Arata**
*Grandpa...*
**[18:32] Arata**
*Grandpa, I...*
**[18:36] Arata**
*still love karuta.*
**[18:57] Sudo**
I don't believe it.
**[18:59] Sudo**
I can't believe it.
**[19:01] Sudo**
How could this have happened?!
**[19:05] Chihaya**
No! Why is a Hokuo person here?!
**[19:09] Sudo**
I'm participating in the
individual tournament tomorrow!
**[19:11] Sudo**
Anyway, you forfeited because
you weren't feeling well?!
**[19:15] Sudo**
You were supposed to be representing Tokyo!
**[19:17] Sudo**
Don't give me that.
**[19:19] Sudo**
You think a few tears are
going to get you off the hook?
**[19:21] Sudo**
What if the other players
look down on Tokyo!
**[19:24] Taichi**
What are you doing?
**[19:27] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan, shouldn't you be lying down?
**[19:32] Chihaya**
I-I'm sorry, everyone.
**[19:35] Chihaya**
I'm sorry.
**[19:36] Kanade**
What are you doing, Chihaya-chan?!
**[19:38] Kanade**
You don't need to apologize.
***SIGN*** Ayase! I got my first win today!
**[19:42] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[19:43] Kanade**
That's right!
**[19:44] Kanade**
He actually won two games in a row!
***SIGN*** I can still remember when the score was 7-7, I guessed right
**[19:49] ---**
and took the "Since the" card!
***SIGN*** That card won me the match!
**[19:55] Nishida**
But we lost to Fujisaki in the playoffs.
**[19:57] Nishida**
I wanted to play more!
**[19:59] Kanade**
Me too!
***SIGN*** You need time to recover, right?
***SIGN*** Maybe you should take the bullet train home tomorrow morning?
***SIGN*** I'm still shaking with excitement!
**[20:09] Chihaya**
I'm going to recover!
**[20:11] Chihaya**
I'll be in perfect health for the
individual tournament tomorrow!
**[20:16] Taichi**
How are you feeling?
**[20:17] Chihaya**
I'm okay.
**[20:18] Chihaya**
I'm feeling better.
**[20:21] Taichi**
Think you can play tomorrow?
**[20:22] Chihaya**
I can!
**[20:24] Chihaya**
Since I didn't do anything today...
**[20:27] Chihaya**
Do you think Arata was disappointed?
**[20:30] Chihaya**
He came to watch us.
**[20:33] Chihaya**
I wanted to show him
how much better I've gotten.
**[20:37] Taichi**
Well, you were pretty heavy.
**[20:39] Chihaya**
What? No way!
**[20:41] Taichi**
I thought you'd be pretty light,
but you were really heavy.
**[20:47] Taichi**
Oh, that's right.
**[20:49] Taichi**
Arata left this with Mr. Yoshioka,
**[20:50] ---**
one of the tournament staff members, for us.
**[20:53] Taichi**
I think it's from Fukui.
***SIGN*** Next time, we'll meet in a match.
-Arata
**[21:07] Chihaya**
*He heard us.*
***SIGN*** Next time, we'll meet in a match. -Arata
**[21:15] Chihaya**
*Our feelings...*
**[21:19] Chihaya**
*reached Arata.*
# E14 - For There Is No One Else out Here
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY49PWM1R/for-there-is-no-one-else-out-here)
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***SIGN*** Looks like another hot day.
**[00:04] Nishida**
Good thing Kana-chan said we
don't have to wear hakama.
***SIGN*** Yeah, I would die if I had to wear that thing.
**[00:12] Taichi**
Are you okay, Chihaya?
**[00:15] Chihaya**
I'm okay.
**[00:19] Miya**
Well, let's get going.
**[00:21] Miya**
Nobody forgot anything, right?
**[00:23] All**
No!
**[00:25] Miya**
Listen up, everyone.
**[00:27] Miya**
There is no preliminary round
for the individual tournament,
**[00:30] Miya**
so there will be over 400 competitors.
**[00:33] Miya**
Ayase-san is in Class A.
**[00:35] Miya**
Mashima-kun and Nishida-kun are in Class B.
**[00:37] Miya**
Komano-kun and Oe-san are in Class D.
**[00:39] Miya**
You'll be playing in different rooms,
**[00:42] Miya**
but I want you to play your very best
**[00:44] ---**
against your rivals from
all over the country.
**[00:46] All**
Yes, ma'am!
**[00:47] Kanade**
That makes us enemies today, Desktomu-kun!
***SIGN*** I won't lose!
**[00:51] Nishida**
I'm aiming to win Class B!
**[00:54] Taichi**
Y-Yeah...
**[00:56] Nishida**
What's wrong with you, Mashima?
**[00:57] Nishida**
Show some fire.
**[00:59] Taichi**
Nishida.
**[01:02] Taichi**
Class B players...
**[01:04] ---**
only get matched against
other Class B players, right?
**[01:06] Nishida**
Of course.
***SIGN*** Next time, we'll meet in a match.
-Arata
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 14
***SIGN*** For There
Is No
One
Else
Out
Here
**[02:33] Reader**
Please sit down in your assigned seat
**[02:35] ---**
once you've checked who your opponent is.
**[02:40] Chihaya**
Um...
***SIGN*** Ayase Chihaya
**[02:43] Chihaya**
*Oh, there I am.*
***SIGN*** Hanamoto Ruri
**[02:45] Chihaya**
*I'm playing Hanamoto-san from Kagoshima.*
**[02:48] Chihaya**
*I wonder what she's like.*
**[02:49] Sudo**
Ayase.
**[02:51] Chihaya**
Whoa! Sudo-san!
**[02:53] Sudo**
The Queen is here.
**[02:54] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[02:55] Sudo**
Look. She's playing our
Amakasu in the first round.
***SIGN*** Amakasu Nayuta
***SIGN*** Wakamiya Shinobu
**[03:01] Chihaya**
Wakamiya...
**[03:02] Sudo**
Wakamiya Shinobu.
**[03:04] Sudo**
She made Class A when she
was in fourth grade.
**[03:08] Sudo**
She's a first-year high
school student in Kyoto.
**[03:12] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[03:15] Sudo**
The youngest Queen in history.
**[03:19] Chihaya**
*Oh, it's her.*
**[03:21] Chihaya**
*The girl I saw at Omi Jingu yesterday.*
**[03:27] Person A**
*She's wearing another lame T-shirt!*
**[03:29] Person B**
*And it's tucked in!*
**[03:30] Person C**
*Always the...*
**[03:31] Person D**
*Why a snowman?*
**[03:33] Person E**
*She's cute, but she has the
fashion sense of a rock.*
**[03:41] Shinobu**
Oh? You came to play, Sudo-san?
**[03:44] Sudo**
Hello, Queen.
**[03:45] Shinobu**
Please don't call me that.
**[03:48] Shinobu**
I was so relieved when
I found out that I'm not
**[03:51] ---**
playing you in the first round.
**[03:53] Shinobu**
But...
**[03:54] Shinobu**
You came all the way out here to
play in the individual tournament
**[03:56] ---**
after failing to make the team tournament?
**[03:59] Shinobu**
You must really love karuta.
**[04:02] Shinobu**
Well, please go easy on me if we end up
**[04:04] ---**
playing each other.
**[04:10] Sudo**
I'm gonna kill her!
**[04:11] Chihaya**
Huh?!
**[04:12] Sudo**
She's rubbing it in my face!
**[04:15] Sudo**
I'm gonna crush you, too!
**[04:17] Sudo**
Payback for regionals!
**[04:23] Chihaya**
*The Queen:*
**[04:25] Chihaya**
*the top female karuta player in Japan.*
**[04:30] Chihaya**
*My goal...*
***SIGN*** High School National Ogura Hundred
Poets Karuta Championship
**[04:34] Chihaya**
*I wonder how she plays karuta.*
**[04:37] Chihaya**
*I wonder how strong she is.*
**[04:40] All**
Good luck.
**[04:42] Both**
Good luck.
**[04:45] Chihaya**
* I need to win fast so I*
* can watch the Queen play.*
**[04:49] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[04:57] [POEM] Reader**
No more can we hear...
**[04:59] Chihaya**
*Yes!*
**[05:01] [POEM] Reader**
As my love first came...
**[05:02] Chihaya**
*Huh?*
**[05:03] [POEM] Reader**
The tail feathers of...
**[05:11] Chihaya**
* It was silly of me to*
* think I could win fast.*
**[05:13] Chihaya**
*Every player here is Class A!*
**[05:18] Shinobu**
Thank you very much.
**[05:19] Amakasu**
Thank you very much...
**[05:21] Chihaya**
*Huh?*
**[05:23] Chihaya**
*They're already finished?*
**[05:26] Chihaya**
*No. Concentrate.*
**[05:29] Chihaya**
*Remember the positions of the cards.*
**[05:31] Chihaya**
*Double check.*
**[05:32] Chihaya**
*Play this one card at a time.*
**[05:34] [POEM] Reader**
May it be...
***SIGN*** Wakamiya Shinobu
**[05:40] Person A**
She beat Amakasu from Hokuo by 24 cards?
**[05:44] Person A**
Does that mean he only took one card?
**[05:47] Person B**
She's good.
**[05:48] Person B**
No wonder she's the Queen.
**[05:51] Person C**
She brought her own cup.
**[05:53] Person D**
Hot tea...
**[05:59] Reader**
We will now post the
pairings for the second round.
**[06:03] Chihaya**
*I want to play the Queen.*
**[06:07] Chihaya**
*I don't want to play the Queen.*
**[06:10] Sudo**
*I'm gonna take her down!*
**[06:12] Person A**
*Anyone but the Queen!*
**[06:13] Person B**
*I'm too scared to face her!*
**[06:15] Person C**
*I can't do it!*
**[06:20] Chihaya**
*I want to play her...*
***SIGN*** Wakamiya Shinobu
**[06:24] Chihaya**
*I don't want to play her...*
**[06:28] Chihaya**
*I want to play her!*
***SIGN*** Ayase Chihaya
**[06:41] Miya**
Oh, Ayase-san.
**[06:44] Miya**
I borrowed a camcorder from Oe-san's mother.
**[06:47] Miya**
I'll be recording everyone's matches today-
**[06:56] Reader**
Memorization time is over!
**[06:58] Shinobu**
Good luck.
**[07:01] Chihaya**
Good luck.
**[07:03] All**
Good luck.
**[07:08] [POEM] Reader**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower blooms,
but for winter
**[07:10] Chihaya**
*We're right next to the reader.*
**[07:13] Chihaya**
*Close enough to hear her breathe...*
**[07:16] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[07:25] Chihaya**
*Hear her exhale...*
**[07:26] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[07:30] Chihaya**
*Listen for the first syllable!*
**[07:35] [POEM] Reader**
Loo—
**[07:39] [POEM] Reader**
—k for the sound...
**[07:41] Miya**
What was that?!
**[07:46] [POEM] Reader**
but instead you see a pale
moon in the dawn sky
**[07:46] Miya**
Her hand is still a blur in slow motion!
**[07:54] [POEM] Reader**
I feel as—
**[07:57] Chihaya**
*I can't see her move.*
**[07:59] [POEM] Reader**
—though I am like...
**[08:02] [POEM] Reader**
The hazy field...
**[08:03] Chihaya**
* Her hand slices through*
* the air, like a needle.*
**[08:07] Chihaya**
*Silent karuta!*
**[08:12] Reader**
The second round for Class B
is about to begin.
**[08:14] Reader**
Please sit down in your assigned seat
**[08:16] ---**
once you've checked who your opponent is.
**[08:17] Taichi**
Oh, I win by default.
**[08:19] Nishida**
No fair, Mashima!
**[08:20] Nishida**
You're going to cheer for
Kana-chan in her Class D match!
**[08:23] Taichi**
Why do you think I'm going to watch Oe-san?
**[08:25] Nishida**
I told Kana-chan to come cheer
me on if her match ended early.
**[08:30] Nishida**
So if you're going to watch Class D,
**[08:32] ---**
tell Kana-chan that I'm rooting for her.
**[08:36] Nishida**
Hey!
**[08:42] Taichi**
Let's see...
***SIGN*** Ayase Chihaya
***SIGN*** Wakamiya Shinobu
**[08:46] Taichi**
*Wakamiya Shinobu?*
**[08:51] Taichi**
*Chihaya's playing against the Queen!*
**[08:57] Miya**
* She's moving so fast that I*
* can't tell what's happening.*
**[09:01] Miya**
*But one thing is clear,*
**[09:03] Miya**
* Ayase-san's field has the same*
* number of cards as before.*
***SIGN*** Please remain quiet during matches.
**[09:08] [POEM] Reader**
hear the beating of cloth,
as a chilly autumn breeze
**[09:16] Taichi**
*Chihaya...*
**[09:19] [POEM] Reader**
descends from Mount Yoshino
upon my long-forgotten home
**[09:27] [POEM] Reader**
While it brings me no joy...
**[09:30] Taichi**
Sh-She's fast!
What was that?!
**[09:32] Miya**
*She's so fast.*
**[09:33] Miya**
*She's so fast that I can't see a thing!*
**[09:35] Taichi**
Ms. Miyauchi,
**[09:37] ---**
can I have a look?
**[09:39] Miya**
Y-Yes...
**[09:42] Taichi**
*Chihaya reacted first.*
**[09:44] Taichi**
*As soon as she heard "While it",*
**[09:47] ---**
* she moved towards the "While it may"*
* card on the opponent's side.*
**[09:51] Taichi**
*She was positioned perfectly to come back*
**[09:53] ---**
*for the "While it brings" card on her own side.*
**[09:55] Taichi**
* But the Queen didn't move until*
* she heard the third syllable...*
**[10:00] Taichi**
*She's so fast that she can afford to wait?*
**[10:05] [POEM] Reader**
So the flower pe—
**[10:08] [POEM] Reader**
—tals are scattered like the
snow by the passing storm,
**[10:13] Taichi**
*Chihaya...*
**[10:14] Person A**
Here we go again.
**[10:16] Person B**
She's already up by ten cards?
**[10:17] Person C**
Wakamiya Shinobu's on a
whole different level.
**[10:20] Person D**
I feel bad for the girl playing her.
**[10:21] Person E**
She's probably ready to throw in the towel.
**[10:25] Taichi**
*Chihaya is just as fast as the Queen*
**[10:27] ---**
*when she's focused on one card.*
**[10:30] Taichi**
*But there are dozens of cards on the field.*
**[10:33] Taichi**
* She can't focus on that many*
* cards at the same time.*
**[10:36] Taichi**
*But the Queen can do it?*
**[10:43] Chihaya**
*Stay calm...*
**[10:44] Chihaya**
*The Queen must be vulnerable somewhere.*
**[10:47] Chihaya**
* She left the "May the time spent" and*
* "May the time we" cards next to each other,*
**[10:50] Chihaya**
* even though "May the scarlet" has been read, so*
* I could just hit both cards after hearing "May the".*
**[10:53] Harada**
*I am stunned!*
**[10:55] Harada**
*Why wouldn't you separate those cards?!*
**[10:56] ---**
*It baffles me!*
**[10:58] Chihaya**
*She's asking for it...*
**[11:00] Chihaya**
*Go!*
**[11:02] Chihaya**
*Hit both cards at the same time!*
**[11:05] Taichi**
*Chihaya, it's so obvious what you're doing!*
**[11:08] [POEM] Reader**
My fear is no...
**[11:10] [POEM] Reader**
The sight of Mount Arima...
**[11:12] Taichi**
*See?*
**[11:13] Taichi**
* This is what happens when*
* you focus on one card!*
**[11:15] Taichi**
*But that first card is always big.*
**[11:20] Taichi**
*You haven't given up yet, right?*
**[11:23] Taichi**
* Chihaya, show everyone your*
* ability to go on the attack!*
**[11:28] [POEM] Reader**
May the—
**[11:28] Chihaya**
*There it is!*
**[11:31] [POEM] Reader**
—time we spend apart from one another be
**[11:32] Taichi**
*What?!*
**[11:34] Miya**
Mashima-kun, who took that card?
**[11:37] Miya**
It was hard to tell.
**[11:40] Taichi**
Yes...
**[11:41] Miya**
What happens when neither player
is sure who took the card?
**[11:45] Miya**
They can ask the judge or
discuss it between themselves.
**[11:49] Miya**
However, the best players always know.
**[11:55] Chihaya**
*I was aiming to hit both cards,*
**[12:01] Chihaya**
* but the Queen was aiming for*
* a single point on the field.*
**[12:10] Chihaya**
*What am I supposed to do...*
**[12:14] Chihaya**
*What am I supposed to do?*
**[12:20] Chihaya**
*What am I supposed to do?*
**[12:22] Harada**
*Chihaya-chan, go on the attack.*
**[12:26] Harada**
*Your primary focus should always be*
**[12:28] ---**
*to push the opponent's side.*
**[12:32] Chihaya**
*I'm on the attack.*
**[12:34] ---**
*I don't know how to do anything else!*
**[12:36] Shinobu**
Daddy Bear?!
**[12:37] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[12:40] Shinobu**
Excuse me.
**[12:41] Chihaya**
*Huh? What?!*
**[12:43] Chihaya**
*Is she talking about my T-shirt?!*
**[12:46] Chihaya**
*The Queen is wearing a Snowmaru T-shirt!*
**[12:49] Chihaya**
*Snowmaru only has an official shop in Osaka*
**[12:50] ---**
*so you have to order everything online!*
**[12:53] Chihaya**
*He's a super cute character with a topknot*
**[12:55] ---**
*when he takes the bucket off his head!*
**[12:56] Snow**
*It's my most attractive feature.*
**[13:02] Chihaya**
*No, concentrate on the match.*
**[13:05] Chihaya**
*Right.*
**[13:07] Chihaya**
* The Queen is a 16-year-old girl,*
* just like me.*
**[13:10] Chihaya**
*I can beat her.*
**[13:11] [POEM] Reader**
as short-lived as the reeds of Naniwa Bay
**[13:12] Shinobu**
*That was bad.*
**[13:14] Shinobu**
*Stay focused.*
**[13:20] [POEM] Reader**
Said world offers no change...
**[13:24] Person A**
Did you see that?!
**[13:26] Person B**
Wow...
**[13:27] Miya**
Grr.
**[13:28] Miya**
What was that about?!
**[13:30] Miya**
She made a weird move.
**[13:31] Taichi**
Yes, she was covering her own card.
**[13:33] Miya**
Covering?
**[13:35] Taichi**
"Said world offers no change"
was on Chihaya's side.
**[13:37] Taichi**
"Said world offers no escape"
was on the Queen's side.
**[13:40] Taichi**
These are multi-syllable cards,
**[13:42] Taichi**
and you have to wait to hear
**[13:44] ---**
the next syllable after the "no",
**[13:46] Taichi**
so players cover their own cards
**[13:49] ---**
to prevent them from being taken.
**[13:50] Miya**
You can do that?
**[13:53] Taichi**
Both players were covering their own cards,
**[13:55] ---**
then the card on Chihaya's side was read.
**[13:59] Taichi**
All she had to do was
press down on the card.
**[14:02] Taichi**
But before Chihaya was able to do that,
**[14:05] ---**
the Queen slipped her hand underneath.
**[14:12] Chihaya**
*I can't do it.*
**[14:16] Chihaya**
*I don't see how*
**[14:19] ---**
*I can win.*
**[14:24] Person A**
I feel so bad for her.
**[14:25] Person B**
This is like a public execution.
**[14:29] Person C**
I really hope I don't have to play her.
**[14:30] Person D**
At this rate, she'll lose before
she can take a single card.
**[14:35] Taichi**
*If you fall too far behind,*
**[14:36] [POEM] Reader**
when the fisherman who casts
his nets can seem dear
**[14:36] ---**
*it becomes difficult to go on the attack.*
**[14:38] Taichi**
*Since there's a higher chance*
**[14:40] ---**
*that a card on your own side will be read.*
**[14:43] Taichi**
* You unconsciously shift*
* to a defensive posture.*
**[14:45] [POEM] Reader**
My own home is...
**[14:47] Taichi**
* Plus, she has total control*
* over her own side.*
**[14:49] Taichi**
*The Queen is playing defensive karuta.*
**[14:51] Taichi**
*You can't break through,*
**[14:53] Taichi**
*but Chihaya doesn't have a choice.*
**[14:55] Taichi**
*Hang in there, Chihaya!*
**[14:56] [POEM] Reader**
While it may be...
**[14:59] Taichi**
*What was that, Chihaya?*
**[15:01] Taichi**
*Why didn't you attack that card?*
**[15:06] Shinobu**
*Oh, not again.*
**[15:09] Shinobu**
* My opponents are always fired*
* up when the match starts.*
**[15:13] (Flashback) Amakasu**
I get to play the Queen!
**[15:14] (Flashback) ---**
Time to make myself look good!
**[15:16] Shinobu**
*But...*
**[15:18] Shinobu**
* Soon enough, it's like I'm back to playing*
* karuta by myself again.*
**[15:23] Shinobu**
*Well, I don't really mind.*
**[15:27] Shinobu**
*Let's make this quick.*
**[15:33] Person A**
She's up by 15 cards?
**[15:35] Person B**
Yeah.
**[15:38] Person C**
Huh? What?
**[15:39] Person D**
What happened?!
**[15:42] Person B**
Sorry! I'm sorry!
**[15:50] Chihaya**
*Taichi... Ms. Miyauchi...*
**[15:53] Taichi**
*You can do this, Chihaya!*
**[15:55] Miya**
*Keep trying, Ayase-san!*
**[15:58] Chihaya**
*But I don't know what I should do.*
**[16:02] Chihaya**
* I can't take a single card off*
* her if I play my usual karuta.*
**[16:08] Chihaya**
*This has never happened before.*
**[16:15] (Flashback) Arata**
I never show mercy.
**[16:20] Chihaya**
*I'm mad.*
**[16:21] Chihaya**
*I want to take a card.*
**[16:23] Chihaya**
*I should at least be able to take one card!*
**[16:33] Chihaya**
Excuse me.
**[16:37] Chihaya**
* Whenever Sudo was in a bad*
* position, he would stand up*
**[16:41] Chihaya**
*and act all arrogant.*
**[16:43] Chihaya**
*Huh?*
**[16:45] Chihaya**
*Is the Queen left-handed?*
**[16:48] Chihaya**
*Ugh, I just now realized this?*
**[16:51] Chihaya**
*I'm really out of it!*
**[16:56] Chihaya**
Sorry about that.
**[16:59] Chihaya**
* I can't be mentally weaker now*
* than I was when I was 12!*
**[17:05] Shinobu**
*Oh?*
**[17:07] ---**
*She's back?*
**[17:10] Shinobu**
*Hmm...*
**[17:12] Shinobu**
*I wonder how long she'll last this time.*
**[17:14] [POEM] Reader**
I volunteer to shield the
people with my dark sleeves
**[17:24] [POEM] Reader**
When winds send waves...
**[17:26] Taichi**
*She attacked before coming back!*
**[17:28] Taichi**
*It's close!*
**[17:29] Taichi**
*Who was first?*
**[17:36] Chihaya**
* The Queen was faster*
* because she went straight*
**[17:38] ---**
* for the attack while*
* I attacked before coming back.*
**[17:43] Chihaya**
*But this is how I learned to play karuta!*
**[17:47] Harada**
*Chihaya-chan, think about it.*
**[17:50] Harada**
* If you can take a card from*
* the far row of a player*
**[17:53] ---**
*who's big on defense,*
**[17:54] Harada**
*you'll give them a big shock!*
**[17:58] Chihaya**
*This is how I get back in the game!*
**[18:01] [POEM] Reader**
I recall how my own efforts were in vain
**[18:10] [POEM] Reader**
May the time spent in our...
**[18:15] Shinobu**
*She hit my hand?*
**[18:17] Shinobu**
*So it was close?*
**[18:19] Shinobu**
*Oh, impressive.*
**[18:23] Taichi**
*You did it, Chihaya!*
**[18:24] Miya**
*It's your first card!*
**[18:26] Chihaya**
No, we touched it at the same time,
**[18:28] ---**
and the card was on your side.
**[18:30] Taichi**
*Why?! Take the card, Chihaya!*
**[18:32] Taichi**
*Nobody turns down a card!*
**[18:35] Shinobu**
Oh.
**[18:36] Chihaya**
*Ah! Oops!*
**[18:38] Harada**
*Every card on the field is yours.*
**[18:41] Harada**
*Contest every card that you can.*
**[18:43] Chihaya**
* I just broke one of Dr. Harada's*
* cardinal rules of karuta...*
**[18:48] Chihaya**
*But this is the Omi Learning Center.*
**[18:53] Chihaya**
* The Master and Queen matches are*
* played on this tatami floor.*
**[18:57] Chihaya**
*I don't want any flukes.*
**[19:02] Chihaya**
*The first card I take from her...*
**[19:05] Chihaya**
*...will lead me to that January final.*
***SIGN*** Ogura Hundred Poets Karuta
Master & Queen Finals
**[19:20] Shinobu**
*Such a strange girl...*
**[19:24] [POEM] Reader**
bring a life of everlasting love
**[19:39] [POEM] Reader**
—ust of wind leaves fall leaves falling
**[19:42] Taichi**
* She took a one-syllable card*
* from the Queen's favored side!*
**[19:48] Person A**
Whoa, I've never seen the Queen
lose a one-syllable card before!
**[19:52] Person B**
Didn't she start moving
while "Gust" was being read?
**[19:57] Taichi**
*The "G"...*
**[20:00] Taichi**
*This is what Dr. Harada meant.*
**[20:02] Taichi**
* Chihaya can hear "Gust"*
* before it's actually spoken.*
**[20:07] Taichi**
*Her ears pick up that hard "G"...*
**[20:13] Taichi**
*"Gust of wind" is one of Chihaya's best cards.*
***SIGN*** hence the name fall leaves
**[20:18] Chihaya**
*My first card...*
**[20:20] Chihaya**
*This is my first card again.*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[20:36] Taichi**
*Chihaya!*
**[20:43] [POEM] Reader**
hence the name fall leaves
**[20:55] [POEM] Reader**
Impassionate gods...
**[20:57] Miya**
She got it!
**[20:57] ---**
*Chihaya!*
**[20:58] Taichi**
She converted on the card she sent!
**[20:59] Person A**
Two in a row!
**[21:13] Chihaya**
*This card...*
**[21:17] Chihaya**
*will lead me to the Queen title!*
# E15 - As Though Pearls Have Been Strung Across the Autumn Plain
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYJQ04126/as-though-pearls-have-been-strung-across-the-autumn-plain)
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**[00:00] ---**
***SIGN*** hence the name fall leaves
**[00:04] [POEM] Reader**
Impassionate gods...
**[00:06] Taichi**
*She did it!*
**[00:11] Taichi**
*Chihaya went from being helpless against*
**[00:14] ---**
*the queen to taking two cards in a row.*
**[00:16] Taichi**
*She's staying on the attack.*
**[00:18] Taichi**
*Hitting her groove...*
**[00:20] Person A**
She converted on the card she just sent.
**[00:21] ---**
That was sheer willpower.
**[00:22] Person B**
But look at the score.
**[00:24] Person B**
The Queen has 7 cards left.
**[00:25] Person B**
Her opponent has 23 cards left.
**[00:27] Person B**
That barely changed anything.
**[00:29] Person A**
The Queen is just a first year high schooler.
**[00:32] Person A**
She must have a breaking point.
**[00:34] Person C**
What's big is that her opponent
still hasn't given up.
**[00:40] Person D**
Hasn't given up?
**[00:43] All**
She's playing to win!
**[00:46] Taichi**
*Chihaya...*
**[00:47] Taichi**
*Why are you always so obvious?*
**[00:50] Person A**
It's too late.
She's down 16 cards.
**[00:53] Person B**
The Queen just has to play
normally and she'll easily win.
**[00:55] Person B**
With that trademark smile on her face.
**[01:11] [POEM] Reader**
the red that is the Tatsuta River
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 15
***SIGN*** As Though
Pearls
Have
Been
Strung
Across
the
Autumn
Plain
**[02:36] [POEM] Reader**
the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[02:44] [POEM] Reader**
For you, I head out to the fields to pick spring greens
**[02:50] [POEM] Reader**
The hazy early morning light
comes not from the moon
**[02:54] Chihaya**
*Another multi-syllable card!*
**[03:03] Person A**
*Her smile's back...*
**[03:05] Person B**
*Scary.*
**[03:07] Taichi**
*No luck...*
**[03:09] Taichi**
*She finally got into a groove,*
**[03:12] Taichi**
* but, since then, it's been*
* multi-syllable cards: her weakness.*
**[03:15] [POEM] Reader**
but from the crystal white snow of Yoshino
**[03:16] Taichi**
*Still, there are less than thirty cards left!*
**[03:22] Taichi**
*Go!*
**[03:23] Taichi**
*Chihaya!*
**[03:24] [POEM] Reader**
Since the dew...
**[03:28] Taichi**
*Chihaya can't handle fifty cards,*
**[03:30] Taichi**
*but when only thirty are left,*
**[03:33] ---**
* it's easier for her to*
* pinpoint the card she wants.*
**[03:35] Taichi**
* Since that reduces the number*
* of syllables before a unique one,*
**[03:38] Taichi**
*there are more one-syllable and two-syllable*
**[03:40] ---**
*cards where Chihaya shines!*
**[03:44] Chihaya**
*My third card...*
**[03:48] Person A**
Here is #20!
**[03:50] Person B**
#77 "Since the"!
**[03:52] Chihaya**
*Oh!*
**[03:54] Chihaya**
*Okay...*
**[03:58] Chihaya**
*The Queen was taking every card,*
**[04:01] Chihaya**
* so I never had a chance to*
* stand up and retrieve cards.*
**[04:08] Chihaya**
*My body's starting to loosen up again...*
**[04:19] Chihaya**
*I want to become faster...*
**[04:21] Chihaya**
*To become freer...*
**[04:24] Chihaya**
*During a match...*
**[04:30] Chihaya**
*So when I'm playing an opponent*
**[04:31] ---**
*who's so strong that I'm scared stiff,*
**[04:34] Chihaya**
*I can move freely.*
**[04:38] Chihaya**
*Move freely!*
**[04:41] Chihaya**
*Free!*
**[04:46] Chihaya**
*I still don't understand,*
**[04:48] Chihaya**
* but is that what it means*
* to be a strong player?*
**[05:13] Shinobu**
Thank you very much.
**[05:16] Chihaya**
Thank you very much.
**[05:24] [POEM] Reader**
May I see you never forget
your promise to always love me
**[05:32] Chihaya**
*I was only able to take five cards.*
**[05:37] Chihaya**
*The Queen is still...*
**[05:41] Chihaya**
*...twenty cards better.*
**[05:44] [POEM] Reader**
I can look up and see the
snowy cap of Mt. Fuji
**[05:53] [POEM] Reader**
Since I could not hide my love,
**[05:56] Person A**
Oh, Wakamiya-san.
**[05:58] Person A**
You're already done?
***SIGN*** Wakamiya Shinobu
***SIGN*** Mizusawa High School Ayase Chihaya
**[06:03] Shinobu**
*Tokyo's Mizusawa High School...*
**[06:06] Shinobu**
*Ayase Chihaya.*
**[06:08] Person A**
Impressive. What was the final score?
**[06:16] Shinobu**
*Mizusawa High School, Ayase Chihaya...*
**[06:21] Shinobu**
*Ayase Chihaya...*
**[06:23] Shinobu**
*Chihaya. Chihaya!*
**[06:26] Shinobu**
* Next time, I won't let*
* you take a single card!*
**[06:43] Chihaya**
O-Oh, um...
**[06:46] Chihaya**
Your Snowmaru T-shirt is really cute.
**[06:53] Person A**
*That snowman actually has a name?*
**[06:55] Person B**
*Other people can recognize it?*
**[07:02] Taichi**
Chihaya...
**[07:04] [POEM] Reader**
have been soaked red with tears of blood
**[07:05] Taichi**
Oops...
**[07:13] [POEM] Reader**
As the first frost has fallen,
**[07:17] Taichi**
*What's wrong with me?*
**[07:19] Taichi**
*I'm more upset than she is.*
**[07:22] Taichi**
*Chihaya lost by twenty cards.*
**[07:27] Taichi**
*The Queen's that much better than her...*
**[07:31] Taichi**
*Is Chihaya okay?*
**[07:33] [POEM] Reader**
Rain takes longer to dry in the autumn time
**[07:36] Taichi**
*Nah. Knowing her, she's probably already asleep.*
**[07:40] Taichi**
*Yikes, she really is asleep-*
**[07:45] Chihaya**
A straight line.
**[07:47] Chihaya**
Straight...
**[07:49] Chihaya**
Straight and swift as an arrow.
**[07:52] Chihaya**
My memorization has to be
better for this to work.
**[07:55] Chihaya**
Memorize... Memorize...
**[07:59] Chihaya**
Straight! Swift!
**[08:02] Chihaya**
Straighter! Swifter!
**[08:06] Chihaya**
Listen hard...
**[08:08] Chihaya**
Harder... Harder...
**[08:14] Chihaya**
*What do I have to do to beat her?*
**[08:17] Chihaya**
*What will it take?*
**[08:21] Taichi**
*Today is the day.*
**[08:26] Taichi**
*The day Chihaya's dream became real.*
***SIGN*** Next time, we'll meet in a match.
-Arata
**[08:37] Taichi**
*Dream...*
**[08:40] Reader**
The Class B third round is about to begin.
**[08:42] Reader**
Please sit down in your assigned seat,
**[08:44] ---**
once you've checked who your opponent is.
**[08:56] [POEM] Reader**
I hear the beating of cloth,
as a chilly autumn breeze
**[09:00] Person A**
It's over! Wakamiya-san wins!
**[09:05] [POEM] Reader**
descends from Mount Yoshino
upon my long-forgotten home
**[09:15] Both**
Thank you very much.
***SIGN*** High School National Ogura Hundred
Poets Karuta Championship
**[09:18] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[09:25] Sudo**
This is my last year,
**[09:27] ---**
so I thought you might let me win this.
**[09:32] Shinobu**
You're good, so I was scared I might lose.
**[09:38] Sudo**
*You beat me by 12 cards...*
**[09:40] Person A**
Man, Wakamiya Shinobu is the champion again?
**[09:44] Person B**
She's the real deal.
**[09:46] Person C**
She never joined a karuta society, right?
**[09:48] Person B**
Seriously?
**[09:49] Chihaya**
Straight as a line...
**[09:50] Chihaya**
Straighter... Swifter...
**[09:51] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan.
**[09:52] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan!
**[09:54] Chihaya**
Straight as a line...
**[09:54] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan!
**[09:57] Chihaya**
Kana-chan. How'd it go?
**[09:59] Kanade**
I lost in the third round.
So did Desktomu-kun.
**[10:02] Chihaya**
I see...
**[10:04] Kanade**
That's because you were
**[10:05] ---**
watching Class A matches the entire time.
**[10:06] Chihaya**
Right! I haven't had anything to eat!
**[10:09] Chihaya**
The Learning Center curry!
**[10:10] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan!
**[10:11] Kanade**
That doesn't matter right now!
**[10:12] ---**
Mashima-kun is in the Class B final!
**[10:16] Kanade**
Let's go cheer him on!
**[10:19] [POEM] Reader**
Rain takes longer to dry in the autumn time
**[10:29] Chihaya**
*Taichi is in the final!*
**[10:32] [POEM] Reader**
leaving a hovering mist
above the trees and grass
**[10:42] [POEM] Reader**
While some dodge...
**[10:44] [POEM] Reader**
Said night was young...
**[10:46] [POEM] Reader**
When winds send waves...
**[10:49] (Flashback) Taichi**
I could spend my entire youth on karuta
**[10:52] (Flashback) Taichi**
without ever becoming better than Arata.
**[10:54] (Flashback) Harada**
Save that for after you've actually tried.
**[10:58] Taichi**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[11:00] Taichi**
*Can I really do it?*
**[11:02] Taichi**
*Lose...*
**[11:04] ---**
*Cry...*
**[11:06] Taichi**
*But continue to advance...*
**[11:10] Taichi**
*to catch up to Arata.*
***SIGN*** I recall how my own efforts were in vain
**[11:21] [POEM] Taichi**
So the flower petals,
Would the, Feel sorrow,
**[11:24] [POEM] Taichi**
In the, In order for, I feel
as, I feel though, I know...
**[11:26] Chihaya**
*Taichi...*
**[11:27] Nishida**
Hey, Ayase!
**[11:30] Nishida**
You're late!
**[11:31] Nishida**
Where have you been?
**[11:32] Nishida**
Get over here! We saved a seat for you!
**[11:38] [POEM] Reader**
I recall how my own efforts were in vain
**[11:47] [POEM] Reader**
May the time we spend
apart from one another be
***SIGN*** A fault.
**[11:51] Kanade**
That never happens.
**[11:52] Kanade**
He went for a completely different card.
**[11:54] Nishida**
He still has the positions from
his previous match in his head.
**[11:57] Nishida**
When you're tired, forgetting
is harder than remembering.
**[12:01] Nishida**
Mashima's on his sixth match.
**[12:04] Nishida**
At that point, you can have perfect
concentration and still make mistakes.
**[12:08] Chihaya**
*Taichi...*
**[12:10] Taichi**
*Dammit.*
**[12:17] Taichi**
*It's okay.*
**[12:19] Taichi**
*Review the cards again.*
**[12:21] Taichi**
*It's okay.*
**[12:23] Taichi**
*Review.*
**[12:25] Taichi**
* "So the flower has" was read, so I can take*
* "So the flower petals" on "So the flower."*
**[12:29] Taichi**
* "Would the" hasn't been read so I*
* have to be careful on "Would this".*
**[12:33] Taichi**
* "Feel love" has been read, so I*
* can take "Feel sorrow" on "Feel."*
**[12:37] Taichi**
* "In order to" hasn't been read, so I don't*
* want to fault on "In the" or "In order for."*
**[12:41] Taichi**
* "I feel as" and "I feel that" are both*
* in play so I want to attack those.*
**[12:45] Taichi**
* The "I know" card and the "I wish" card on the*
* opponent's left side should come soon.*
**[12:52] Taichi**
* "Said world offers no change" and the like*
* card "Said world offers no escape" are both left,*
**[12:55] Taichi**
* so I need to cover mine*
* and watch the other one.*
**[12:57] Taichi**
*I can take both of them!*
**[12:59] Taichi**
* "While it brings" and "While it may" have been read,*
* so I can attack "While it pains" after "While it"*
**[13:03] Taichi**
* and hit the "While I" on the opponent's*
* left side at the same time.*
**[13:08] Taichi**
* "For the" is now a single-syllable card because*
* "For you, I head" and "For you, I would" have been read.*
**[13:15] Taichi**
*I have to take "Swift."*
**[13:17] Taichi**
*Can't let him defend that one.*
**[13:19] Taichi**
*"May I see" and "May the time we" have been read,*
**[13:21] Taichi**
* so I can attack "May it" on the opponent's side*
* before coming back to "May the time spent" on my side.*
**[14:02] Taichi**
* My mind's so numb that I can only*
* see what's in front of me...*
**[14:20] Taichi**
*That's all I need to see.*
**[14:24] [POEM] Reader**
as short-lived as the reeds of Naniwa Bay
**[14:33] [POEM] Reader**
Feel sorrow wash over me...
**[14:40] Taichi**
* I want to move faster,*
* but my arm can't keep up.*
**[14:47] Taichi**
*Pick it up!*
**[14:49] Taichi**
*My mind is doing fine!*
**[14:52] Taichi**
*Faster!*
**[14:55] Taichi**
*Faster!*
**[14:57] Taichi**
*Move faster!*
***SIGN*** Victory for Fujisaki
**[15:13] Person A**
Yes! He won!
**[15:14] Person B**
Toda-senpai!
**[15:16] Toda**
Thank you very much.
**[15:18] Taichi**
Thank you very much.
**[15:21] Person A**
Congratulations!
**[15:23] Person B**
You did it, Senpai!
**[15:28] Taichi**
*I was playing a third-year from Fujisaki...*
**[15:31] Taichi**
*I only lost by three cards.*
**[15:33] Taichi**
*Second place.*
**[15:37] Taichi**
*I did good enough.*
**[15:55] Taichi**
* That's like the textbook*
* display of disappointment.*
**[16:08] Nishida**
I-It hurts...
**[16:10] Taichi**
Huh?
**[16:12] Nishida**
It must hurt...
**[16:15] Nishida**
Second place hurts the most.
**[16:34] Taichi**
I can't cry -
**[16:37] Taichi**
not when I haven't put in the time -
**[16:44] Taichi**
but it still hurts.
***SIGN*** High School National Ogura Hundred
Poets Karuta Championship
**[17:00] Miya**
*It's always difficult to accept defeat,*
**[17:02] ---**
*even after you're an adult.*
**[17:05] Miya**
*Yet...*
**[17:06] ---**
* they aren't trying to*
* console each other either.*
***SIGN*** Omi Learning Center
**[17:17] Miya**
We'll need to hurry if
we're going to make our train.
**[17:20] Miya**
Make sure you haven't forgotten anything.
**[18:04] Shibata**
Oh, there are already students here.
**[18:06] Shibata**
Running this early in the morning?
**[18:08] Shibata**
Is it the track team?
**[18:12] Shibata**
Th-The karuta club?!
**[18:14] Miya**
Are you interested?
**[18:16] Shibata**
No...
**[18:17] Miya**
Figured as much.
**[18:24] Taichi**
*I'm sure everybody identified a few issues*
**[18:27] ---**
*with their play during the tournament,*
**[18:29] Taichi**
* but the one problem we all*
* share is a lack of stamina.*
**[18:33] Taichi**
*You can't focus if you're tired.*
**[18:35] Taichi**
*We can use summer break to train ourselves*
**[18:38] ---**
*to be able to play ten hours straight.*
**[18:43] Nishida**
* In terms of actual skill,*
* I'm not worse than Mashima.*
**[18:48] Nishida**
*I'm aiming to win Class B!*
**[18:52] Nishida**
*But...*
**[19:00] Nishida**
*Don't fall behind!*
**[19:02] Nishida**
*Step for step!*
**[19:05] Taichi**
*We're rivals!*
**[19:06] Chihaya**
*We're rivals!*
**[19:24] Kanade**
Oh, she's awake.
**[19:26] Chihaya**
Did I fall asleep?
**[19:28] Kanade**
Yes, for ten minutes.
**[19:31] Chihaya**
Oh, it's because Porky chased me down.
**[19:36] Chihaya**
I've been dreaming about
Shinobu-chan a lot, daily.
***SIGN*** Snowmaru, too...
**[19:40] Kanade**
Is Shinobu-chan the current Queen?
**[19:43] Chihaya**
Uh-huh.
**[19:44] Kanade**
I watched the video.
She's so good, it's scary.
**[19:48] Chihaya**
That's why I call her Shinobu-chan.
**[19:54] Chihaya**
I met Arata at Nationals,
**[20:00] Chihaya**
but he doesn't show up in my dreams.
**[20:07] Chihaya**
* I want to meet him,*
* and not in my dreams.*
**[20:20] Kuri**
Yes, who is it?
**[20:28] Kuri**
Oh, you've finally come.
**[20:35] Arata**
Mr. Kuriyama, I wish to join
the Fukui Nagumo Society.
**[20:44] Chihaya**
*Until we meet again.*
**[20:46] [POEM] Reader**
for I could not recognize you,
like the moon hidden behind the clouds
**[20:57] [POEM] Reader**
So spring nights are...
**[20:59] [POEM] Reader**
Nobody wishes to see...
**[21:01] [POEM] Reader**
As this trip takes me away...
***SIGN*** I have only autumn leaves as an offering for the gods watching over me.
**[21:18] Chihaya**
*It's the second term:*
**[21:19] Chihaya**
*Fall, the season of karuta...*
# E16 - The Autumn Leaves of Mount Ogura
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYK5E1XMR/the-autumn-leaves-of-mount-ogura)
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***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
**[00:02] Chihaya**
Since my sister never
gets any screen time,
**[00:04] ---**
she's taken over with a
story from six years ago.
***SIGN*** Chitose Furu
**[00:08] Chitose**
Got a problem with it?
***SIGN*** New Year's Money - Part 1
**[00:13] Person A**
Chitose-chan, here's
your New Year's money.
***SIGN*** For Chitose-chan
For Chihaya-chan
**[00:15] Person A**
Give Chihaya-chan hers for me.
**[00:17] Chitose**
Yay! Thank you so much!
**[00:20] Chitose**
Chihaya, you probably haven't heard,
**[00:22] ---**
but kids over ten no longer
get New Year's money.
**[00:25] Chihaya**
Huh?!
**[00:26] Chitose**
It's a new law.
**[00:31] Mom**
Chitose! How could you?!
**[00:32] Chitose**
I can pool our money to
buy expensive clothes,
**[00:35] ---**
and Chihaya will benefit in two years.
***SIGN*** Man, I don't get New Year's money anymore.
***SIGN*** 100% of Chihaya's clothes are hand-me-downs
***SIGN*** New Year's Money - Part 2
**[00:41] Chihaya**
Oh! A photo shoot!
**[00:43] Chitose**
Models have it all.
**[00:45] Chitose**
They always get to wear the latest name brand clothes.
**[00:47] Chihaya**
What?
**[00:49] Chihaya**
But you're still prettier than them.
**[00:55] Chihaya**
Can I really have this?
**[00:57] Chihaya**
You just bought it.
**[00:58] Chitose**
It's fine.
**[00:59] ---**
I can ask them to buy me another one.
**[01:00] Mom**
Huh?
***SIGN*** My sister is pretty *and* nice!
***SIGN*** Bought using the New Year's money stolen from Chihaya
***SIGN*** New Year's Money - Part 3
**[01:07] Person A**
Hey, how much money did
you get for New Year's?
**[01:09] Person B**
You probably got loads!
**[01:11] Taichi**
How much did you get, Wataya?
**[01:13] Arata**
What do you mean?
**[01:14] Arata**
It's against the law to
receive Christmas presents
**[01:17] ---**
and New Year's money after you're ten.
***SIGN*** That's what my mom said.
**[01:19] Taichi**
Huh? Are you stupid?
**[01:20] Taichi**
That's not...
**[01:21] Chihaya**
Yeah, Taichi.
**[01:22] Chihaya**
We're not allowed to receive
money after we're ten.
**[01:24] Taichi**
Huh?!
**[01:24] Both**
Lawbreaker!
***SIGN*** Lawbreaker
**[01:27] Taichi**
What?!
**[01:29] Taichi**
That's impossible!
**[01:30] Taichi**
Everyone else got money!
**[01:32] Person A**
Like me.
**[01:33] Person B**
Me too.
**[01:34] Person A**
So how much did you get?
**[01:36] Person B**
Yeah, tell us.
**[01:37] Taichi**
Huh? 115,000 yen.
**[01:43] All**
Lawbreaker!
***SIGN*** Lawbreaker
**[01:44] Person A**
Criminal!
***SIGN*** Criminal
***SIGN*** Oh, he couldn't have received that much. That would be like Dad's bonus.
***SIGN*** Ah—
**[01:48] Arata**
He couldn't have received that much.
**[01:49] Arata**
That would be like Dad's bonus.
***SIGN*** New Year's Money The End
***SIGN*** Verse 16
***SIGN*** The
Autumn
Leaves
of
Mt. Ogura
**[02:00] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[02:01] Chihaya**
Isn't this Hundred Poets?
**[02:03] Arata**
Do you know how to play?
**[02:05] Chihaya**
Well, we have a karuta tournament
at our school every year.
**[02:09] Arata**
L-Lez play!
**[02:10] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[02:11] Chihaya**
What?
**[02:11] Chihaya**
Wait!
**[02:12] Chihaya**
I'll play, but we need
someone to do the reading.
**[02:15] Arata**
I have a tape for that!
**[02:19] Chihaya**
*Um... How does this work?*
**[02:22] Chihaya**
*Line up 25 cards in 3 rows.*
**[02:26] Chihaya**
*When the first verse of a poem is read,*
**[02:28] Chihaya**
*you grab the card with the second verse.*
**[02:32] Chihaya**
*Well, it's just a game.*
**[02:39] Chihaya**
*What was that look?*
**[02:42] Arata**
Shall we begin?
**[02:44] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[02:45] Chihaya**
S-Sure.
**[02:52] [POEM] Reader**
The storm...
**[02:55] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[02:57] Chihaya**
*Is this how you play karuta?*
**[03:01] Chihaya**
* I should at least be*
* able to take one card...*
**[03:05] Chihaya**
*Oh.*
***SIGN*** are joined at river's end
**[03:07] Chihaya**
*I know the first verse for that card.*
**[03:09] Chihaya**
*"Swift waters parted by the jagged rocks"*
**[03:13] Chihaya**
*It's just one card.*
**[03:16] Chihaya**
*I have to get it!*
**[03:21] [POEM] Reader**
Swift...
**[03:27] Chihaya**
Sensei!
**[03:31] Chihaya**
Can I take Wataya-kun's place?!
**[03:35] Taichi**
I don't mind.
**[03:37] Taichi**
Chihaya is obviously weaker.
**[03:40] Chihaya**
* I'm going to win this*
* match for Wataya-kun!*
**[03:45] Chihaya**
*No...*
**[03:46] [POEM] Reader**
the night is nearly past
**[03:47] Chihaya**
*I'm not doing this for him.*
**[03:49] Chihaya**
*I'm...*
**[03:51] Chihaya**
*I'm the one who's going to defeat Taichi!*
**[03:59] Chihaya**
That was a really fun match!
**[04:04] Chihaya**
Karuta is so much fun!
**[04:07] Chihaya**
But it would be a different story if
**[04:09] ---**
you were playing against Wataya-kun!
**[04:10] Chihaya**
He's going to become a master.
**[04:13] Shin**
That makes you the Queen, Ayase-san.
**[04:17] Chihaya**
Queen?
**[04:19] Arata**
It's the title given to the
strongest female player.
**[04:26] Chihaya**
Queen...
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Use
Japanese
idioms to
describe
your
friends.
***SIGN*** He sneaks a peek
when the manager
isn't around.
**[05:44] Chihaya**
Use Japanese idioms to
describe your friends!
***SIGN*** All work and no play
***SIGN*** I already knew that, Arata-kun.
**[05:52] Taichi**
"Not a care in the world."
***SIGN*** Not A Care In The World
**[05:53] Chihaya**
Huh? What's that supposed to mean?
**[05:55] Chihaya**
Then Porky is...
**[05:57] Chihaya**
"barbeque pork"!
***SIGN*** Barbeque Pork (Extra Large)
**[05:58] Nishida**
Hey!
**[05:59] Nishida**
Komano can be described as...
***SIGN*** Data Miner
***SIGN*** Come on!
**[06:00] Nishida**
"data miner."
***SIGN*** You're doing it wrong!
***SIGN*** Those aren't idioms!
***SIGN*** For Kana-chan, I would use "wax poetic."
***SIGN*** Wax Poetic
***SIGN*** Oh—
***SIGN*** What's
that
mean?
**[06:07] Kanade**
What? That's beautiful.
**[06:09] Kanade**
I'm so happy.
**[06:10] Kanade**
Oh, the president?
**[06:13] Kanade**
Um...
**[06:16] Kanade**
"J-Jack of all trades, master of none"?
***SIGN*** Jack Of All Trades,
Master Of None
***SIGN*** Jack Of All Trades,
Master Of None
**[06:23] Kanade**
You've got it wrong, Prez!
**[06:25] Kanade**
We just needed a punch line!
***SIGN*** Jack Of All Trades,
Master Of None
***SIGN*** It fits you perfectly, Taichi.
***SIGN*** Like rubbing salt in his wounds...
***SIGN*** Not a care in the world!
**[06:27] Chihaya**
What? That fits you perfectly, Taichi!
**[06:29] Taichi**
"Master of none"...
**[06:34] Chihaya**
We finally made it!
**[06:37] Taichi**
This is our clubroom?
**[06:39] Chihaya**
Yeah.
**[06:40] ---**
I kept begging the Empress and
she finally gave it to us.
**[06:42] Taichi**
It's a storage room.
**[06:45] Taichi**
There's dust everywhere.
**[06:46] Chihaya**
Don't complain!
**[06:48] Chihaya**
Once we have five members,
**[06:49] ---**
we'll be recognized as an official club,
**[06:51] ---**
and they'll even assign us a teacher!
**[06:53] Taichi**
Can we even find three more people?
**[06:55] Chihaya**
We can!
**[06:56] Chihaya**
We absolutely can!
**[06:59] [POEM] Reader**
Rain takes...
***SIGN*** leaving a hovering mist
above the trees and grass
**[07:06] Kanade**
Huh?!
**[07:07] Kanade**
*What is this?*
**[07:09] Kanade**
*Don't tell me that...*
**[07:10] Kanade**
*...this is karuta?!*
***SIGN*** I can't play karuta...
***SIGN*** I don't have the talent!
***SIGN*** I'm not like you!
***SIGN*** All I can do is study!
***SIGN*** I belong behind my desk!
**[07:44] Taichi**
But...
**[07:46] Taichi**
Instead of a karuta genius,
I would rather have our new member
**[07:49] ---**
be someone who puts
in effort on the tatami.
**[07:53] Chihaya**
If you have experience,
you should join the karuta club!
**[07:57] Chihaya**
Join!
**[07:58] Chihaya**
If you have experience,
you should join the karuta club!
***SIGN*** Ms. Miyauchi,
We have 5 Karuta Club Members!! (Introductions)
President 1-2 Ayase Chihaya (I'm going to become a Queen!)
Vice President 1-1 Mashima Taichi (Class B jack of all trades.)
Secretary 1-2 Komachi Tsutomu (A very smart rookie.)
Equipment Manager 1-8 Nishida Yusei (The roundest player in Class B.)
Treasurer 1-6 Oe Kanade (A very reliable fan of classical poetry.)
Thank you very much!
**[08:02] Miya**
You have five members, so you want me
**[08:05] ---**
to officially sanction the Karuta Club.
**[08:10] Miya**
Hmm...
**[08:12] Miya**
Very well.
**[08:13] Chihaya**
Yay!
**[08:15] Miya**
However, change the president
to someone other than Ayase-san.
**[08:19] Chihaya**
Huh?!
**[08:20] Miya**
I'll serve as the advisor for now.
**[08:23] Miya**
Okay, dismissed.
**[08:25] [POEM] Taichi**
While some dodge the famous waves...
**[08:28] [POEM] Taichi**
Like the sound of...
***SIGN*** She's fast!
**[08:33] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan, this won't work.
**[08:36] Kanade**
The gap between us is too big.
**[08:39] Chihaya**
Kana-chan.
**[08:42] Chihaya**
When I played karuta for
the very first time,
**[08:44] Chihaya**
my opponent was someone who
was incredibly strong.
**[08:48] Chihaya**
If he had gone easy on me,
**[08:51] Chihaya**
I wouldn't love karuta the way I do now.
**[08:56] Chihaya**
So, I'm not going to go easy on you.
**[08:58] Chihaya**
I'm going to try my hardest,
**[09:00] Chihaya**
because I need you guys to become stronger.
**[09:03] Chihaya**
This summer,
the five of us will
**[09:05] ---**
participate as a team in
the national tournament!
***SIGN*** Porky's T-shirts Part 1
**[09:10] Nishida**
"Starved!"
***SIGN*** (HARAPEKO = Starved)
**[09:11] Both**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Porky's T-shirts Part 2
**[09:13] Nishida**
"Extra large!"
**[09:14] Both**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Porky's T-shirts Part 3
**[09:15] Nishida**
"Big helpings!"
**[09:16] Both**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Porky's T-shirts Part 4
**[09:17] Nishida**
"Super-size!"
***SIGN*** Where does Porky buy his T-shirts?
**[09:23] Kanade**
Good question.
**[09:25] Nishida**
My sister does screen printing as a hobby,
**[09:27] ---**
so she makes these for me.
**[09:29] Nishida**
I'll ask her to make T-shirts for you!
**[09:31] Both**
What?!
***SIGN*** Mega-size
***SIGN*** Please stop!
**[09:33] Kanade**
Porky, you don't have to!
***SIGN*** It's okay! Not necessary!
**[09:34] Kanade**
We can wear normal T-shirts!
***SIGN*** I appreciate the thought!
***SIGN*** Manyou
***SIGN*** Oe Traditional Clothing
***SIGN*** I LOVE poetry
***SIGN*** Victory for Tsutomu
***SIGN*** Three years on the tatami
**[09:44] Sister**
I don't make these T-shirts
because I want to!
**[09:48] Sister**
He begs me to make them!
**[09:50] Sister**
But let me know when you
want team shirts made.
**[09:52] Taichi**
Tsundere?!
**[09:53] Taichi**
M-Miss Piggy?!
***SIGN*** You need team shirts, right? I made some, so use them.
***SIGN*** Thanks, Sis!!
**[10:00] Taichi**
H-Hold on, Nishida!
**[10:03] Taichi**
Didn't you explain how team karuta works?
**[10:07] Taichi**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Men's small Women's Large Men's Large Men's Medium Women's Small
**[10:07] Taichi**
With these shirts,
**[10:08] Taichi**
we can only use one lineup!
**[10:13] Chihaya**
And why did she use this order?
**[10:14] Nishida**
It's based on how much she liked our looks.
**[10:17] All**
Oh...
**[10:20] Chihaya**
Wait, I'm last?!
**[10:21] Taichi**
I'm second-to-last?!
**[10:22] Taichi**
"Master of none"...
***SIGN*** Oh! I'm first?!
***SIGN*** I can feel someone looking at me...
***SIGN*** Badump Badump
***SIGN*** Lock-on
***SIGN*** I can feel someone looking at me...
**[10:30] Sister**
Lock-on.
***SIGN*** Man Talk
Part 1
**[10:34] Nishida**
Between Ayase and Kana-chan,
**[10:36] ---**
who would you rather have as a girlfriend?
**[10:38] Nishida**
I take Kana-chan!
***SIGN*** Kana-chan...
**[10:41] Nishida**
Hey, Mashima! That's no fair!
**[10:43] Nishida**
Spit it out!
**[10:44] Nishida**
Don't be shy!
**[10:45] ---**
We all know you prefer Kana-chan!
**[10:47] Nishida**
Ayase is out of the question!
***SIGN*** Out Of The Question
***SIGN*** Who would you rather have as a girlfriend?
***SIGN*** Out of the question
***SIGN*** Kana-chan Ayase
***SIGN*** 2 votes
**[10:51] Taichi**
Depressing...
***SIGN*** Man Talk
Part 2
-Taichi
Strikes
Back-
**[10:56] Taichi**
You guys...
**[10:59] Taichi**
like boobs.
**[11:01] Taichi**
You're only interested in her tits.
***SIGN*** What?!
**[11:02] Nishida**
Ah! You weren't supposed to say that!
***SIGN*** Y-You're wrong!
***SIGN*** Kana-chan is cute!
***SIGN*** And she's sweet!
***SIGN*** I can see myself on a date with her!
***SIGN*** But!
***SIGN*** I can't see myself on a date with Ayase!
***SIGN*** We'd end up practicing karuta!
**[11:16] Nishida**
That's right!
***SIGN*** Ayase is totally out of the question!
**[11:18] Nishida**
We like boobies!
***SIGN*** Karuta fanatic
***SIGN*** Kana-chan Ayase
***SIGN*** Who would you rather have as a girlfriend?
**[11:21] Taichi**
Depressed...
***SIGN*** 3 votes?
**[11:23] Taichi**
They're right.
***SIGN*** Please present this to the receptionist. Match: Finals Team: Mizusawa High School Order| Name 1 Nishida 2 Oe 3 Mashima 4 Komano 5 Ayase
**[11:26] Taichi**
Here is Mizusawa High School's lineup.
**[11:28] Person A**
Thank you.
**[11:29] Harada**
Eyebrows! Eyebrows!
**[11:31] Taichi**
Dr. Harada.
**[11:33] Harada**
I heard you made it to the finals!
**[11:36] Harada**
I'm so glad to hear that.
**[11:38] Harada**
Chihaya-chan must be on a roll.
**[11:42] Taichi**
Doctor, I never knew that Chihaya
could succumb to pressure.
**[11:47] Harada**
Huh? Chihaya-chan?
**[11:50] Taichi**
I chose the wrong words when
I tried to stimulate her.
**[11:55] Taichi**
I didn't think she would fall apart...
**[11:59] Taichi**
So I need to accept that I
don't even understand Chihaya,
**[12:05] Taichi**
since I'm the president of this club.
**[12:07] Taichi**
I'll be going then.
**[12:12] Harada**
*This is why I can never stop watching...*
**[12:15] (Flashback) Taichi**
I could spend my entire youth on karuta
**[12:17] (Flashback) Taichi**
without ever becoming better than Arata.
**[12:22] Taichi**
Remember all the time you
spent practicing your swing.
**[12:23] (Flashback) Harada**
You've already become a different person.
**[12:25] Taichi**
You'll be fine.
You can do this!
**[12:27] [POEM] Reader**
When the wind sends waves...
**[12:29] Sudo**
Here.
**[12:30] [POEM] Reader**
After I determined to...
**[12:33] Sudo**
Here.
**[12:34] ---**
Feel the love...
**[12:42] Sudo**
That's what you get for not apologizing.
***SIGN*** Got it!
***SIGN*** I got it! I took a card!
***SIGN*** Yes!
***SIGN*** Ayase! I took a card from the opponent's side!
***SIGN*** You have to do the same!
**[12:54] Nishida**
I got the card, too!
**[12:56] Taichi**
I held onto mine!
**[12:57] Kanade**
I'm gonna take the next card!
**[13:00] Chihaya**
*In an individual match,*
**[13:02] Chihaya**
*one card is one card, nothing more.*
**[13:06] Chihaya**
*But now...*
**[13:10] [POEM] Reader**
like a stream widening into a river
**[13:15] Chihaya**
*Every card I take is a card for our team!*
**[13:18] [POEM] Reader**
My fear is not of...
**[13:19] [POEM] Reader**
Since the dew atop the blades...
**[13:20] [POEM] Reader**
I feel that my love is...
**[13:22] [POEM] Reader**
I hear the beating of cloth...
**[13:25] Taichi**
Nice job, Nishida!
**[13:28] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[13:30] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[13:34] Taichi**
* The one thing I do have is my memory*
* of which cards have been read.*
**[13:38] Taichi**
*I can become the backbone of this team!*
**[13:41] [POEM] Reader**
though you have never known that pain
**[13:44] Taichi**
*I won't make a mistake!*
**[13:48] Taichi**
*I can win one card at a time!*
**[13:50] [POEM] Reader**
Said bed was cold...
**[13:57] Taichi**
Thank you very much.
**[13:59] Taichi**
One win for Mizusawa!
**[14:03] Nishida**
Got it!
**[14:05] Nishida**
I got it!
**[14:06] Nishida**
Two wins for Mizusawa!
**[14:21] [POEM] Reader**
Impassionate gods...
**[14:28] Taichi**
Chihaya!
***SIGN*** We did it!
***SIGN*** Omi Learning Center
***SIGN*** High School National Ogura Hundred
Poets Karuta Championship
**[14:36] Taichi**
Everyone!
**[14:38] Taichi**
One card at a time!
**[14:41] All**
Yeah!
**[14:44] Taichi**
Chihaya?
**[14:56] Taichi**
Please wait!
**[15:00] Taichi**
Ayase forfeits.
**[15:07] Chihaya**
*I can't lose.*
**[15:09] Chihaya**
*Attack.*
**[15:11] Chihaya**
*Attack.*
**[15:14] Chihaya**
*It's not over yet!*
**[15:32] Chihaya**
I-I'm in the middle of a match.
**[15:35] Chihaya**
I need to go!
**[15:36] Arata**
Chihaya! You need to lie down!
**[15:38] Arata**
You forfeited the match.
**[15:41] Chihaya**
Forfeited?
**[15:44] Arata**
Chihaya, stop!
**[15:46] Arata**
Stay still!
**[15:47] Chihaya**
No! Let me go!
**[15:48] Arata**
There's no point in going back!
They won't let you play!
**[15:51] Chihaya**
We worked so hard.
**[15:54] Chihaya**
We promised to win together.
**[16:09] Chihaya**
I-I'm sorry, everyone.
**[16:12] Chihaya**
I'm sorry.
**[16:13] Kanade**
What are you doing, Chihaya-chan?!
**[16:15] Kanade**
You don't need to apologize.
***SIGN*** Ayase! I got my first win today!
**[16:19] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[16:20] Kanade**
That's right!
**[16:22] Kanade**
He actually won two games in a row!
**[16:23] Nishida**
But we lost to Fujisaki in the playoffs.
**[16:25] Nishida**
I wanted to play more!
**[16:27] Kanade**
Me too!
***SIGN*** You need time to recover, right?
***SIGN*** Maybe you should take the bullet train home tomorrow morning?
***SIGN*** I'm still shaking with excitement!
**[16:37] Chihaya**
I'm going to recover!
**[16:39] Chihaya**
I'll be in perfect health for the
individual tournament tomorrow!
***SIGN*** Ayase Chihaya
**[16:42] Sudo**
Wakamiya Shinobu.
***SIGN*** Wakamiya Shinobu
**[16:44] Sudo**
The youngest Queen in history.
**[16:49] [POEM] Reader**
So the flower pe—
**[16:52] [POEM] Reader**
—tals are scattered like the
snow by the passing storm,
**[16:57] Taichi**
*Chihaya...*
**[16:58] Person A**
Here we go again.
**[17:00] Person B**
She's already up by ten cards?
**[17:02] Person C**
Wakamiya Shinobu's on a
whole different level.
**[17:04] Person E**
She's probably ready to throw in the towel.
**[17:07] Taichi**
*Chihaya is just as fast as the Queen*
**[17:09] ---**
*when she's focused on one card.*
**[17:13] Taichi**
*But there are dozens of cards on the field.*
**[17:15] Taichi**
* She can't focus on that many*
* cards at the same time.*
**[17:18] Taichi**
*But the Queen can do it?*
**[17:24] Chihaya**
*I can't do it.*
**[17:28] Chihaya**
*I don't see how*
**[17:31] ---**
*I can win.*
**[17:34] Chihaya**
*This has never happened before.*
**[17:36] (Flashback) Arata**
I never show mercy.
**[17:43] Chihaya**
*I should at least be able to take one card!*
**[17:47] Chihaya**
* I can't be mentally weaker now*
* than I was when I was 12!*
**[17:52] [POEM] Reader**
May the time spent in our...
**[17:56] Shinobu**
*She hit my hand?*
**[17:58] Shinobu**
*So it was close?*
**[18:01] Shinobu**
*Oh, impressive.*
**[18:03] [POEM] Reader**
—ust of wind...
**[18:08] [POEM] Reader**
Impassionate gods...
**[18:09] Miya**
She got it!
**[18:10] ---**
*Chihaya!*
**[18:11] Person A**
Here is #20!
**[18:14] Chihaya**
*My body's starting to loosen up again...*
**[18:25] Chihaya**
*I want to become faster...*
**[18:27] Chihaya**
*To become freer...*
**[18:30] Chihaya**
*During a match...*
**[18:36] Chihaya**
*So when I'm playing an opponent*
**[18:37] ---**
*who's so strong that I'm scared stiff,*
**[18:40] Chihaya**
*I can move freely.*
**[18:44] Chihaya**
*I still don't understand,*
**[18:46] Chihaya**
* but is that what it means*
* to be a strong player?*
**[18:53] Shinobu**
Thank you very much.
**[18:56] Chihaya**
*I was only able to take five cards.*
**[19:02] Chihaya**
*The Queen is still...*
**[19:05] Chihaya**
*...twenty cards better.*
**[19:08] Chihaya**
A straight line.
**[19:10] Chihaya**
Straight...
**[19:11] Chihaya**
Straight and swift as an arrow.
**[19:15] Chihaya**
My memorization has to be
better for this to work.
**[19:18] Chihaya**
Memorize... Memorize...
**[19:21] Chihaya**
Straight! Swift!
**[19:24] Chihaya**
Straighter! Swifter!
**[19:27] Chihaya**
Listen hard...
**[19:29] Chihaya**
Harder... Harder...
**[19:34] Chihaya**
*What do I have to do to beat her?*
**[19:37] Chihaya**
*What will it take?*
**[19:42] Taichi**
*Today is the day.*
**[19:44] Taichi**
*The day Chihaya's dream became real.*
***SIGN*** Girl Talk
Part 1
***SIGN*** Michiru-chan
A Classmate
**[19:53] Michiru**
Chi-chan, Kana-chan.
**[19:55] ---**
Which karuta club member
**[19:56] ---**
would you want to go out with?
**[19:57] Michiru**
Well, there's only one possible answer.
**[20:02] Chihaya**
Kana-chan.
**[20:02] Kanade**
Huh?!
***SIGN*** A perfect victory!
***SIGN*** Kana-chan Ayase Mashima Porky Desktomu
***SIGN*** Congrats
Kana-chan
**[20:03] All**
Congrats, Kana-chan.
***SIGN*** Girl Talk
Part 2
***SIGN*** Michiru
wants to
talk about
love
**[20:07] Michiru**
That's not what I meant!
**[20:08] Michiru**
The boy!
**[20:09] Michiru**
Which of the boys would
you want to go out with?!
**[20:10] Michiru**
You don't have to limit yourself
to the karuta club members!
**[20:16] Chihaya**
Do you want a serious answer?
**[20:19] Michiru**
No! Wait!
**[20:21] Michiru**
Don't say anything that
will spoil the story!
***SIGN*** It's not over yet.
***SIGN*** Use Japanese
idioms to
describe
your friends
***SIGN*** Again
***SIGN*** I'm a man who doesn't care,
even if he doesn't get to
appear in this corner.
**[21:39] Chihaya**
Use Japanese idioms to
describe your friends again!
***SIGN*** Heart
And
Soul
**[21:45] Nishida**
Don't be stupid this time.
**[21:48] Chihaya**
Gotcha!
**[21:49] Nishida**
Komano is a "smart cookie"?
***SIGN*** Smart Cookie
***SIGN*** Kana-chan has "brains and beauty."
***SIGN*** Brains And Beauty
**[21:56] Kanade**
Komano-kun...
**[21:58] Kanade**
The president is, um...
**[22:02] Kanade**
"Easy on the eyes."
***SIGN*** Easy on the eyes
**[22:05] Taichi**
"Fools rush in."
***SIGN*** Fools Rush In
**[22:07] Taichi**
That describes Chihaya perfectly.
**[22:09] Chihaya**
What?
***SIGN*** Yep, yep
**[22:09] All**
Yep, yep.
**[22:11] Chihaya**
Porky is, um...
***SIGN*** Pork Dressed As Lamb
**[22:15] Chihaya**
"Pork dressed as lamb."
***SIGN*** You mean "mutton dressed as lamb."
***SIGN*** Mutton Dressed As Lamb
**[22:19] Kanade**
But why would you choose that idiom?
**[22:21] Taichi**
She probably couldn't
remember any other ones.
**[22:23] Nishida**
Wait, Ayase! You're calling me a pig—
**[22:26] Chihaya**
That's all. Please keep
watching this year!
***SIGN*** People who haven't memorized Hundred Poets are bugs.
***SIGN*** See you next week!
# E17 - World Offers No Escape
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6VND7E4R/world-offers-no-escape)
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**[00:00] Chihaya**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Mizusawa High School Athletic Festival
**[00:03] Reader**
It's time for the main event in the
**[00:04] ---**
second half of the Mizusawa
High School Athletic Festival!
**[00:06] Reader**
The finals for the club relay!
**[00:09] Reader**
We have six teams who won their
way through the prelims,
**[00:11] Reader**
including the favorite, the track team,
**[00:13] ---**
as well as the speedy
baseball and soccer teams!
**[00:16] Reader**
Our Nationals-bound tennis team
**[00:19] ---**
has also shown their ability to run!
**[00:21] Reader**
You'll want to watch the basketball team
**[00:22] ---**
as they use a ball for their baton!
**[00:24] Reader**
However, all eyes will be on the
***SIGN*** Karuta Club
**[00:26] ---**
non-athletic Karuta club,
**[00:28] ---**
which has managed to sneak in to sixth!
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[00:32] Person A**
On your marks.
**[00:37] Person A**
Set.
**[00:46] Reader**
How can this be?!
**[00:47] Reader**
The Karuta club had the best start!
**[00:50] Reader**
They already have a considerable lead!
**[00:52] Reader**
But the track team is also fast!
**[00:55] Reader**
Taichi!
**[00:57] Reader**
Their second runners take over
at almost the exact same time!
**[01:00] Person A**
Mashima-kun!
**[01:02] Reader**
The second runner for the
Karuta club is just as fast!
**[01:04] Reader**
They're neck and neck
with the track team!
**[01:06] Reader**
What's this?
**[01:07] Reader**
The basketball team and soccer
team have dropped their batons!
**[01:09] Reader**
The tennis team and baseball
team are also having trouble!
**[01:11] Reader**
Meanwhile, the track team and Karuta club
**[01:13] ---**
are on their third runners!
**[01:17] Reader**
The cheers are deafening!
**[01:20] Reader**
Hang in there, Karuta club!
**[01:22] Reader**
Oh! But the fourth runner
is falling behind!
**[01:25] Reader**
The baseball team and soccer
team have caught up!
**[01:27] Reader**
And now each team turns to their anchor!
**[01:30] Reader**
He's fast! Surprisingly fast!
**[01:33] Reader**
Who said this team wasn't athletic?!
**[01:35] Reader**
They're clearly athletes!
**[01:39] Reader**
Oh, no!
**[01:40] Reader**
The track team lost their baton!
**[01:42] Reader**
Our favorite has fallen in the last leg!
**[01:45] Reader**
Nobody could have seen this coming!
**[01:47] Reader**
As our runners turn the final corner,
**[01:49] ---**
the baseball team and
Karuta club are in the lead!
**[01:51] Reader**
Can the Karuta club stage a comeback!
**[01:52] Reader**
Will the baseball team
hold onto its lead?!
**[01:54] Reader**
Who will be our winner?!
***SIGN*** Recruiting new members
**[02:00] Reader**
Incredible! The Karuta club has won!
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 17
***SIGN*** World
Offers
No
Escape
**[03:21] Chihaya**
Nobody's coming...
**[03:23] Chihaya**
We worked so hard to win.
**[03:25] Chihaya**
To get everyone's attention...
**[03:27] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan, a girl shouldn't
lie on the floor.
**[03:29] Chihaya**
But...
**[03:31] Kanade**
Some people came to watch us play,
**[03:34] Kanade**
but they left because
it looked too hard.
***SIGN*** We came in first, but it was mostly luck.
***SIGN*** I was slow.
**[03:44] Kanade**
What are you talking about?
**[03:46] Kanade**
You were fast!
**[03:48] Kanade**
Our summer training really helped!
***SIGN*** You think so?
**[03:53] Taichi**
Hey, guys.
We finished our research.
**[03:56] Taichi**
Looking at the tournaments near Tokyo,
**[03:59] Taichi**
we have the Saitama tournament
in late September
**[04:01] ---**
and the Kawaguchi tournament
in early October.
**[04:04] Taichi**
There's also the East
Master/Queen qualifier
**[04:09] ---**
for Class A and higher players in late October.
**[04:15] Chihaya**
*The Eastern qualifier...*
**[04:17] Chihaya**
* for deciding the East*
* representative to challenge*
**[04:20] ---**
*the Queen next January.*
**[04:23] Chihaya**
* The most important*
* tournament every year.*
**[04:26] Taichi**
Chihaya needs to play
**[04:27] ---**
more matches to get experience.
**[04:30] Taichi**
Nishida and I need to win
a Class B tournament
**[04:33] ---**
so we can make Class A.
**[04:35] Nishida**
Okay!
**[04:35] Taichi**
Oe-san and Komano,
you'll need some Class D wins,
**[04:39] ---**
so you can start moving up.
**[04:42] Taichi**
Then we should all focus
on our individual g-
**[04:46] Taichi**
Oh, excuse me for a second.
**[04:49] Taichi**
Yeah.
**[04:51] Taichi**
Yeah.
**[04:56] Taichi**
Okay, fine.
**[04:58] Taichi**
Let's break up.
**[05:02] Taichi**
Then we should all focus
on our individual goals!
**[05:04] All**
What?!
***SIGN*** No luck with girls
***SIGN*** Prez! What was that?!
***SIGN*** No luck
with guys
**[05:07] Chihaya**
Didn't even bat an eye!
***SIGN*** No luck with girls
**[05:09] Nishida**
It took him a second to dump her!
***SIGN*** No luck with guys
**[05:11] Kanade**
I never knew you had a girlfriend!
**[05:16] Taichi**
Let's practice.
**[05:19] Chihaya**
It was the girl who called him "Ta-kun"!
**[05:26] Taichi**
*Arata...*
**[05:29] Taichi**
*Will Arata...*
**[05:31] ---**
*be in the Western qualifier?*
**[05:36] [POEM] Kanade**
people would always ask if
I was pining for someone
**[05:45] [POEM] Kanade**
After I determined...
**[05:47] Taichi**
*I can make it in time!*
**[05:48] [POEM] Kanade**
In the sleepy...
**[05:51] Taichi**
*Make Class A before October...*
***SIGN*** a whirlwind of flower petals descends
**[05:55] Taichi**
*...so I can play in the Eastern qualifier!*
**[05:59] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[06:01] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[06:04] Taichi**
Okay, let's take a ten minute break
**[06:07] ---**
before we get one more match in today.
**[06:12] Tsutomu**
*The training we did over the summer*
**[06:15] Chihaya**
Mizusawa Fight!
**[06:15] Tsutomu**
*was hard, but fun.*
**[06:16] All**
On!
**[06:16] Chihaya**
Fight!
**[06:17] All**
On!
**[06:17] Chihaya**
Fight!
**[06:18] All**
On!
**[06:18] Chihaya**
Mizusawa!
**[06:20] Tsutomu**
* Especially compared to*
* last summer, when I spent*
**[06:22] ---**
*all my time studying alone.*
**[06:26] Tsutomu**
*But...*
**[06:28] Tsutomu**
* Even though I trained as*
* hard as everyone else,*
**[06:31] Tsutomu**
*I'm still small and can't build muscle.*
**[06:39] Chihaya**
Kana-chan.
**[06:41] Chihaya**
When you have time,
you should do sit-ups
**[06:43] ---**
and back extensions at home.
**[06:44] Kanade**
Huh?
**[06:45] Chihaya**
I noticed something
**[06:46] ---**
after watching all those
matches at nationals.
**[06:50] Chihaya**
When girls and thinner boys play Karuta,
**[06:51] ---**
they tend to sit back,
**[06:53] Chihaya**
so you end up only
using your upper body.
**[06:55] Chihaya**
It's probably because your muscles aren't
**[06:59] ---**
strong enough to support your weight.
**[07:02] Kanade**
I've been training at home,
**[07:05] ---**
but it hasn't really helped.
**[07:07] Chihaya**
Don't worry!
**[07:08] Chihaya**
You just have to keep working at it!
**[07:10] Chihaya**
I need to go to the restroom.
**[07:25] Kanade**
What is it, Desktomu-kun?
***SIGN*** Oh, you're working hard on your swing.
**[07:32] Kanade**
I've been thinking.
**[07:33] Kanade**
I can't beat Chihaya-chan and the other
**[07:36] ---**
members at cards that are farther away,
**[07:39] Kanade**
but I can win the cards that
are closer by bringing them in.
**[07:42] Kanade**
If I can move in a straight line
**[07:43] ---**
to the cards that are farther away,
**[07:45] Kanade**
I'll be in a position to take advantage
**[07:47] ---**
of my opponent's mistakes.
**[07:55] Kanade**
It won't matter if I'm
not athletic enough.
**[07:57] Kanade**
After the athletic festival,
**[07:59] ---**
everyone was saying
that Karuta was a sport,
**[08:01] Kanade**
but I consider Karuta an art.
**[08:04] Kanade**
Because men and women
can compete against
**[08:07] ---**
each other in Karuta.
**[08:12] Kanade**
I won't let you beat me, Desktomu-kun.
**[08:18] (Flashback) Person A**
This isn't happening!
**[08:19] (Flashback) Person B**
I don't get Karuta at all!
**[08:23] Tsutomu**
* I'm glad I chose to*
* give Karuta a chance.*
**[08:28] Tsutomu**
*I can change.*
**[08:30] ---**
*I know it.*
**[08:32] Tsutomu**
*And not just physically or mentally...*
**[08:47] Taichi**
Hey, is there a point to this exercise?
**[08:49] Chihaya**
I'm not sure, but don't stop!
**[08:50] Chihaya**
I need to hone my reflexes if I'm going
**[08:52] ---**
to put up a fight against
the Queen, I think...
**[08:58] Taichi**
Too slow!
**[09:02] Chihaya**
Straight to the card...
**[09:05] Chihaya**
How can I learn to do
what Shinobu-chan does?
**[09:07] Taichi**
Hey, I'm going to the tournament
**[09:09] ---**
in Kanazawa this weekend.
**[09:12] Taichi**
Wanna come along?
**[09:12] Chihaya**
Huh? Kanazawa?
**[09:14] Chihaya**
Wasn't it in Saitama?
**[09:15] Taichi**
The Saitama tournament is next weekend.
**[09:18] Taichi**
There's another tournament
**[09:19] ---**
before that one in Kanazawa,
for Class A and B players.
**[09:21] Chihaya**
I'm coming! I'm coming!
**[09:23] Chihaya**
Is Kanazawa really far away?
**[09:25] Chihaya**
How much will it cost?
**[09:27] Taichi**
It's 8,000 yen if you
take a one-way, overnight bus.
**[09:29] Taichi**
Add in the participation fee,
and it's around 20,000.
**[09:32] Taichi**
Well, I doubt anyone
else can afford it.
**[09:35] Taichi**
I'll go by myself.
**[09:36] Chihaya**
No fair!
**[09:37] Chihaya**
That's no fair, Taichi!
**[09:38] Taichi**
I'll buy you a souvenir.
**[09:41] Chihaya**
Lucky you. Kanazawa, huh?
**[09:46] Chihaya**
That's near Fukui...
**[10:16] Person A**
Mommy!
**[10:17] Mom**
Don't look.
**[10:19] Taichi**
Impressive.
**[10:23] Taichi**
*I hate myself for being so sneaky.*
**[10:28] ---**
*For doing whatever it takes*
**[10:32] Taichi**
* to become better at*
* Karuta before everyone else.*
**[10:36] Taichi**
* For trying to go on a*
* trip with Chihaya.*
**[10:44] Chihaya**
Chihaya.
**[10:46] Chihaya**
What?
**[10:48] Taichi**
I'm...
**[10:55] Taichi**
I'm going to make Class A.
**[11:04] Taichi**
Good luck.
**[11:05] Nishida**
Good luck.
**[11:07] Taichi**
Hmm?
**[11:08] Both**
Huh?
**[11:09] Both**
What?!
**[11:10] Taichi**
What are you doing, Nishida?!
**[11:11] Nishida**
What about you?!
**[11:12] ---**
You never said anything about this!
**[11:13] Person A**
Over there! Keep it down!
**[11:15] Taichi**
*There was someone else just as sneaky!*
**[11:18] Taichi**
Why are you here?
**[11:20] Nishida**
A senpai from my Karuta
society invited me,
**[11:22] ---**
so I have dibs.
**[11:23] Taichi**
Dibs? That's bull!
**[11:25] Nishida**
What about you?
**[11:27] Taichi**
Took a plane.
**[11:28] Nishida**
Stupid rich boy!
**[11:30] Nishida**
So you're trying to reach Class A first!
**[11:32] Taichi**
So are you!
**[11:34] Taichi**
*No, I need to focus on my match.*
**[11:37] Taichi**
*Concentrate...*
**[11:38] Person A**
We will now begin memorization time.
**[11:42] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[11:52] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[11:55] Taichi**
*Win.*
**[11:58] Taichi**
*I have to win!*
**[12:01] [POEM] Reader**
Like a boatsman adrift...
**[12:02] Taichi**
*H-He's fast!*
**[12:04] [POEM] Reader**
While autumn leaves crunch...
**[12:06] [POEM] Reader**
Since I could not hide...
**[12:08] [POEM] Reader**
Impassionate gods...
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[12:19] Person A**
Chihaya-chan has really improved.
**[12:22] Person A**
Her match against the
Queen must have helped.
**[12:25] Person A**
You'll notice once you play against her.
**[12:26] Person A**
She's much faster now.
**[12:28] Person A**
Her opponents aren't even
close on her sweet cards.
**[12:30] Person A**
She can give the Queen a run
for her money on those.
**[12:36] Chihaya**
*I still see her in my dreams.*
**[12:40] Chihaya**
*I need to match her speed, her edge!*
**[12:44] [POEM] Reader**
Impassioned vows exchanged
over many a tear shed to last
***SIGN*** when I should have gone to sleep instead
**[12:45] Chihaya**
Oh! Oops!
**[12:48] Person A**
Ow, that's a fault.
**[12:50] Person A**
That's where the "Impassionate"
card was before.
**[12:52] Person A**
Chihaya-chan hasn't been able
to cut down on her mistakes.
**[12:55] Person A**
She's too concerned about
the "Impassion—" cards.
**[13:00] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[13:03] Chihaya**
I was doing okay for a while,
**[13:06] Chihaya**
but I ended up losing to you
in the end, Hiroshi-san.
**[13:09] Hiro**
You may be fast, Chihaya-chan,
**[13:11] ---**
but you don't scare me.
**[13:13] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[13:21] Harada**
Chihaya-chan, stop taking
cards with your speed.
***SIGN*** The 1st Career Survey
First Choice
Second Choice
***SIGN*** Queen
**[13:42] Miya**
The survey is due on Thursday.
**[13:45] Miya**
We have materials in the career
guidance office, so drop by.
**[13:49] Miya**
This is your own future,
so think very carefully!
**[13:52] All**
Yes, ma'am!
***SIGN*** Kana-chan, you'll be going
**[13:54] ---**
to a university that has
classical literature, right?
***SIGN*** Oe Traditional
Clothing
**[13:57] Kanade**
I know what I want to major in,
**[13:59] ---**
but I'm not sure which
university I want to go to.
**[14:02] Kanade**
Is Chihaya-chan acting like that
because of the survey?
***SIGN*** Beats me...
***SIGN*** What's wrong with them?
**[14:12] Kanade**
Beats me...
**[14:14] Nishida**
Brutal...
**[14:15] Nishida**
Qualifying for Class A is brutal!
**[14:18] Nishida**
Ayase! Get out of the
corner and play me!
**[14:20] Taichi**
Hey! That's no fair!
**[14:22] Taichi**
I have to play strong
opponents to get better!
**[14:25] Nishida**
Come on! Let's play!
**[14:27] Chihaya**
Uh-huh...
**[14:29] Nishida**
Huh?
**[14:30] Taichi**
What's wrong, Chihaya?
**[14:33] Nishida**
Did something happen?
**[14:35] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan?
**[14:38] (Flashback) Harada**
Chihaya-chan, stop taking
cards with your speed.
**[14:42] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Huh?
**[14:42] (Flashback) Chihaya**
What do you mean, Dr. Harada?
**[14:45] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I can't win without my speed.
**[14:47] (Flashback) Harada**
Chihaya-chan, what did you think
about the Queen's Karuta?
**[14:52] (Flashback) Chihaya**
She was super fast!
**[14:53] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I couldn't believe how fast she was!
**[14:55] (Flashback) Harada**
Anything else?
**[14:57] (Flashback) Chihaya**
She was accurate!
**[14:58] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Like she was always aiming for
a certain spot on the card!
**[15:00] (Flashback) Chihaya**
But she was still fast!
**[15:04] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Every player wishes they
could have her speed...
**[15:08] (Flashback) Harada**
You don't have to be fast.
**[15:12] (Flashback) Harada**
Chihaya-chan, how many
sweet cards do you have?
**[15:14] (Flashback) Harada**
Five? Ten?
**[15:17] (Flashback) Harada**
It doesn't matter if you can
take a few cards really fast.
**[15:20] (Flashback) Harada**
If you lose all of the other
cards, you lose the match.
**[15:24] (Flashback) Harada**
Stop concentrating on speed.
**[15:27] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Huh?
**[15:30] Taichi**
That's what Dr. Harada said?
**[15:32] Nishida**
What does Ayase have,
if you take away her speed?
**[15:36] Nishida**
She doesn't use any strategy.
**[15:38] Taichi**
So your sharp senses are
actually hurting you.
**[15:42] Taichi**
Hey, Chihaya.
**[15:47] Taichi**
* Is she actually trying*
* to think this through?*
**[15:49] Taichi**
* Usually, when she runs*
* into a difficult problem,*
**[15:53] Taichi**
*she gives up within ten seconds!*
**[15:55] Nishida**
I look too.
**[15:56] Chihaya**
I don't get it.
**[15:58] Chihaya**
Why shouldn't I take cards fast?
**[16:01] Chihaya**
What is he talking about?
***SIGN*** The next round is Nishida vs. Mashima
**[16:07] ---**
and Ayase vs. me, right?
**[16:09] ---**
Let's begin.
**[16:11] [POEM] Kanade**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[16:17] [POEM] Kanade**
Impassionate gods...
**[16:19] Nishida**
That's the problem!
**[16:20] Nishida**
He's talking about how
you move too fast!
**[16:22] Chihaya**
Oh, he means this?
**[16:23] Nishida**
Seriously, none of the
**[16:24] ---**
other *Impassion* cards have been read yet.
**[16:27] Chihaya**
My body kinda moves by itself...
**[16:29] Taichi**
Primal instinct.
**[16:31] Kanade**
Are you finished?
**[16:33] Kanade**
I'm going to read the next card.
**[16:35] [POEM] Kanade**
the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[16:43] [POEM] Kanade**
In order to restore my faith...
**[16:46] [POEM] Kanade**
My own sleeves are like...
**[16:51] [POEM] Kanade**
Look for the sound...
**[16:59] Chihaya**
A 15-card win! Good!
***SIGN*** Today, there were 6 B cards, 10 C cards.
***SIGN*** And 0 A and D cards.
**[17:07] Chihaya**
What's that?
***SIGN*** The distribution of the cards I've won against you
***SIGN*** over the course of the 28 matches
***SIGN*** Vs. Ayase
Ayase
Komano
1) The "Impassionate" card in my right middle row is taken by Ayase.
She sends "The sound of people" from her right lower row to my right lower row.
2) I take "In order to" from her right middle row.
"In order for" is on my side and Ayase was focused on taking that card from me.
I send "I feel as" from my right middle side to her right middle side.
**[17:13] ---**
we played in August and September.
***SIGN*** One percent of the cards I take come from region A on the opponent's side.
***SIGN*** Sixty-seven percent come from region B on the opponent side.
***SIGN*** Thirty-two percent come from region C on my side.
***SIGN*** Zero percent come from region D on my side.
**[17:27] Nishida**
What?!
**[17:28] Nishida**
You've been keeping track of all that?!
**[17:32] Chihaya**
That means I win almost all
of the cards in A and D!
***SIGN*** But that also means that
**[17:38] ---**
I'm able to take a considerable
**[17:40] ---**
number of cards from B and C.
***SIGN*** I can't take any one-syllable cards from you,
***SIGN*** but you have trouble with three-syllable cards.
***SIGN*** So I would place them in C, where you are weak,
**[17:52] ---**
and constantly attack your left side.
***SIGN*** I'm sure you come up against people
**[18:00] ---**
who use these strategies.
**[18:02] Nishida**
Hey, what about me?
Show me mine!
***SIGN*** Not for nothing.
**[18:06] Nishida**
You hog!
**[18:08] Harada**
* It doesn't matter if you can*
* take a few cards really fast.*
**[18:10] Harada**
* If you lose all of the other*
* cards, you lose the match.*
**[18:16] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan, you
commit a lot of faults.
**[18:18] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[18:20] Kanade**
You gamble because you want
to take a card faster.
**[18:24] Kanade**
For example, take *"May the time
spent" and "May the time we."*
**[18:27] Chihaya**
Oh, a lot of people have
trouble with those.
**[18:30] Chihaya**
Since the poems are also similar!
**[18:33] Kanade**
Silence!
**[18:35] Kanade**
*"May the time we"* is #19.
**[18:37] Kanade**
*"May the time spent"* is #88.
**[18:39] Kanade**
They're separated by two
hundred years of history!
**[18:42] All**
Years?!
**[18:50] [POEM] Kanade**
May the time we spend
apart from one another be
**[18:56] [POEM] Kanade**
as short-lived as the
reeds of Naniwa Bay
**[19:04] [POEM] Kanade**
May the time spent in
our one night together
**[19:09] [POEM] Kanade**
bring a life of everlasting love
**[19:13] Kanade**
Both poems were written by women,
**[19:15] ---**
and they describe similar situations.
**[19:17] Kanade**
I find it moving that
**[19:19] ---**
two women separated by 200 years
**[19:21] ---**
would express themselves in similar ways,
**[19:26] Kanade**
but that's not important right now.
**[19:29] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan.
**[19:31] Kanade**
You told me that the
**[19:32] ---**
*"Impassionate" card looks
bright red to you.*
**[19:36] Kanade**
*"May the time we,"*
from the 10th century,
**[19:39] ---**
refers to the withered green
reeds of Naniwa Bay in winter.
**[19:44] Kanade**
*"May the time spent,"*
from the 12th century,
**[19:47] ---**
refers to the new green reeds
of Naniwa Bay in spring.
**[19:50] Kanade**
That's how I picture it.
**[19:52] Kanade**
Or you could say that
**[19:53] ---**
the Naniwa Bay in #88 had
more prostitutes at the time,
**[20:00] Kanade**
so the card should be rich green.
**[20:03] Chihaya**
Kana-chan...
**[20:05] Chihaya**
You really love poetry.
**[20:09] Kanade**
In my mind, Karuta is about
the meanings of the poems.
**[20:15] Chihaya**
*I was sad,*
**[20:19] Chihaya**
* because, for me,*
* Karuta was about speed.*
**[20:33] Person A**
Goodbye, Ms. Miyauchi.
**[20:35] Miya**
Yes, goodbye.
**[20:40] Miya**
*What?*
**[20:42] Miya**
*Ayase-san is in the library?*
**[20:45] Miya**
*Do they keep manga in there?*
**[20:49] Miya**
Ayase-san, you haven't turned
in your career survey yet.
**[20:53] Miya**
Hurry up and...
***SIGN*** Interpretation of Hundred Poets
**[21:16] Chihaya**
*Speed isn't enough.*
**[21:19] Chihaya**
*I need to learn from Desktomu-kun.*
**[21:21] Chihaya**
*I need to learn from Kana-chan.*
# E18 - The Plum Blossoms Still Smell the Same
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYP85QX9Y/the-plum-blossoms-still-smell-the-same)
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**[00:00] [POEM] Reader**
during my forlorn years in this world
***SIGN*** Saitama Hundred Poets Tournament
**[00:09] Taichi**
We appreciate all your help, Mrs. Oe.
**[00:13] Mom**
Please! Call me Rieko!
**[00:16] Nishida**
Kana-chan, do we really have to
wear hakama for every tournament?
**[00:20] Kanade**
Of course!
**[00:22] Kanade**
It's a Mizusawa High School
Karuta Club tradition.
**[00:24] Nishida**
What?
***SIGN*** In that case,
**[00:27] ---**
I should probably learn how
to put one on by myself.
**[00:32] Both**
Desktomu-kun!
**[00:33] Kanade**
Oe Traditional Clothing
**[00:34] ---**
offers lessons for wearing hakama!
**[00:36] Mom**
Oe Traditional Clothing offers a new line
**[00:39] ---**
of cotton hakama for competitive karuta!
***SIGN*** Er, u-uh...
**[00:47] Chihaya**
* This will be my first official*
* match after making Class A*
**[00:50] ---**
*that isn't limited to high schoolers.*
**[00:54] Taichi**
First, you need to win!
**[00:55] Taichi**
After that, your goal is to win the
whole thing so you can advance in rank!
**[00:58] Taichi**
Let's get serious!
**[00:59] Nishida**
Yeah!
***SIGN*** Mashima, you're fired up.
**[01:03] Kanade**
So am I.
**[01:04] Nishida**
Me too!
**[01:09] Kanade**
Are you nervous, Chihaya-chan?
**[01:11] Kanade**
Shouldn't you be used to
playing in tournaments?
**[01:13] Chihaya**
K-Kana-chan, I feel like
**[01:15] ---**
a rookie out of high school in
his first major league game!
**[01:18] Kanade**
Huh?
**[01:24] Chihaya**
* Class A is completely different*
* from the lower classes.*
**[01:29] Chihaya**
*This is what I've always wanted:*
**[01:33] Chihaya**
*to play in a Class A tournament.*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 18
***SIGN*** The
Plum
Blossoms
Still
Smell
the
Same
**[02:57] Chihaya**
*My first Class A match...*
**[03:00] (Flashback) Harada**
Chihaya-chan, stop taking
cards with your speed.
**[03:05] Chihaya**
*This will lead me to the Queen...*
**[03:09] Chihaya**
*but I need to win my first match.*
**[03:10] Sakura**
Oh, that's a pretty hakama.
**[03:12] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[03:13] Sakura**
I love how colorful your hakama is.
**[03:16] Chihaya**
Thank you very much...
**[03:19] Sakura**
If I were a little younger,
**[03:22] ---**
I would love to wear a colorful hakama.
**[03:25] Chihaya**
Y-You look adorable!
**[03:27] Sakura**
I know.
**[03:29] Chihaya**
*She knows. Oh...*
**[03:32] [POEM] Reader**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[03:36] Chihaya**
*My opponent in the first round.*
**[03:38] Chihaya**
*Kanai Sakura-san.*
**[03:41] Chihaya**
* I can't let my nerves*
* get the better of me.*
**[03:41] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[03:43] Chihaya**
*Stay calm.*
**[03:47] Chihaya**
*Today, my goal is to not move too fast*
**[03:51] ---**
*and not make faults.*
**[03:52] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[03:54] Chihaya**
* Play a balanced style*
* that allows me to take*
**[03:57] ---**
* cards from both sides*
* of the opponent's field.*
**[04:01] [POEM] Reader**
When I must hide these burning feelings,
**[04:09] Chihaya**
*I screwed up! I totally screwed up!*
**[04:11] Sakura**
Wow, you're so fast.
**[04:14] Sakura**
Young people have such
excellent reflexes.
**[04:17] Sakura**
I can't keep up.
**[04:24] [POEM] Reader**
I feel as though my body is
on fire with Ibuki mugwort
**[04:33] [POEM] Reader**
Though my hatred...
**[04:34] Chihaya**
*Ah! That's the wrong card! A fault!*
**[04:37] Sakura**
Wow,
**[04:39] ---**
you really have fast reflexes.
**[04:42] Sakura**
People with fast reflexes tend to mix up
**[04:46] ---**
similar-sounding first syllables.
**[04:48] Sakura**
Lucky me.
**[04:51] Chihaya**
*I see.*
**[04:52] ---**
*She's right.*
**[04:54] Chihaya**
* Fast reflexes and sharp ears*
* can be powerful tools,*
**[04:58] Chihaya**
*but they can also cause mistakes.*
**[05:01] (Flashback) Harada**
Stop concentrating on speed.
**[05:04] Chihaya**
*That's why Dr. Harada told me to stop.*
**[05:07] [POEM] Reader**
While it pains me...
**[05:08] Sakura**
Lucky me!
**[05:09] [POEM] Reader**
The tail feathers of...
**[05:10] Sakura**
Lucky me!
**[05:12] [POEM] Reader**
I wish I could show...
**[05:13] Sakura**
Lucky me!
**[05:14] Sakura**
You let me take another card.
***SIGN*** and I have yet to visit Amanohashidate or read my mother's letters
**[05:20] Chihaya**
*I'm having trouble attacking her...*
**[05:22] Chihaya**
*Why?*
**[05:26] Sakura**
Lucky me!
**[05:28] Sakura**
I get to play a girl who only has speed.
**[05:31] Chihaya**
*Why did she have to say that?*
**[05:34] Chihaya**
*My goal today was to not move too fast.*
**[05:36] [POEM] Reader**
have been soaked red with tears of blood
**[05:45] [POEM] Reader**
Would this old palace courtyard...
**[05:47] Chihaya**
*A dead card!*
**[05:53] [POEM] Reader**
be as dear now, those
were the good old days
**[06:02] [POEM] Reader**
Since I could not hide my love,
**[06:03] Chihaya**
*Dead card!*
**[06:08] [POEM] Reader**
Impassioned vows exchanged...
**[06:10] Chihaya**
*Again?*
**[06:11] [POEM] Reader**
Look for the sound...
**[06:11] Chihaya**
*Another dead card!*
**[06:13] [POEM] Reader**
I know that my heart...
**[06:17] Chihaya**
*Five dead cards in a row.*
**[06:19] [POEM] Reader**
and by no fault of mine
**[06:28] [POEM] Reader**
Nobody wishes to see the
beautiful cherry blossoms
**[06:34] Chihaya**
*The next card has to be one in play.*
**[06:39] Chihaya**
*The next card...*
**[06:42] Chihaya**
*The next card...*
**[06:43] Chihaya**
*I really want to move!*
**[06:43] [POEM] Reader**
covered by the smoky mountain fog
**[06:53] [POEM] Reader**
So the flower has wilted during
**[06:55] Chihaya**
*Seven dead cards in a row!*
**[06:55] ---**
the long spring rains, just
as my beauty has faded
**[06:57] Chihaya**
*A fault...*
**[06:59] Sakura**
You couldn't hold yourself back, huh?
**[07:01] Sakura**
Lucky me.
**[07:02] Sakura**
Then I'll send you
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[07:05] Sakura**
this card.
**[07:09] Chihaya**
*She sent me the "Impassionate gods" card...*
**[07:17] Chihaya**
*I can do this!*
**[07:18] Chihaya**
*I'm gonna take the next card.*
**[07:19] [POEM] Reader**
While it brings me no joy...
**[07:21] Chihaya**
*Take the next card!*
**[07:22] Chihaya**
*Take the next card!*
**[07:29] Sakura**
I'm in luck again.
**[07:35] Chihaya**
* I should have been able*
* to take that card.*
**[07:37] Chihaya**
*If I'd been ready to move back from*
**[07:39] ---**
*"While it may" to "While it brings"...*
**[07:41] Chihaya**
*I have faster reflexes!*
**[07:45] Chihaya**
*Stay calm...*
**[07:47] Chihaya**
*This may be my first Class A match,*
**[07:49] Chihaya**
*but I can't lose!*
**[07:53] Chihaya**
* If I'm not the strongest*
* female Class A player,*
**[07:55] ---**
*I don't even get to challenge the Queen!*
**[08:00] Chihaya**
* If I lose here, I can never*
* take on Shinobu-chan!*
**[08:05] Sakura**
This is no fun.
**[08:07] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[08:08] Sakura**
Ayase-san, it feels like you're
only playing against the cards.
***SIGN*** it is as though pearls have been strung across the autumn plain
**[08:17] Chihaya**
*She sent me "Since the," which is a*
**[08:19] ---**
*one-syllable card now because*
**[08:20] ---**
*"Since I could" not hide has been read.*
**[08:22] Chihaya**
* I was hoping to take*
* that card from her...*
**[08:26] Chihaya**
*She's so hard to play against...*
**[08:30] Chihaya**
* She's making it hard for*
* me to play against her?*
**[08:33] Chihaya**
*Right, she also sent "Impassionate."*
**[08:36] Chihaya**
* The opponent's right side*
* doesn't have many cards left.*
**[08:43] Chihaya**
* Her cards are positioned*
* to prevent me from*
**[08:44] ---**
*using my speed effectively.*
**[08:46] (Flashback) Sakura**
Wow, you really have fast reflexes.
**[08:48] (Flashback) Sakura**
Ayase-san, it feels like you're
only playing against the cards.
**[08:53] Chihaya**
*She addresses me by name*
**[08:55] ---**
*and watches how I play.*
***SIGN*** Vs. Ayase
Ayase
Komano
1) The "Impassionate" card in my right middle row is taken by Ayase.
She sends "The sound of people" from her right lower row to my right lower row.
2) I take "In order to" from her right middle row.
"In order for" is on my side and Ayase was focused on taking that card from me.
I send "I feel as" from my right middle side to her right middle side.
**[08:59] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
But you have trouble with
three-syllable cards,
**[09:01] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
so I would place those cards in
**[09:03] (Flashback) ---**
region B and constantly attack them.
**[09:07] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
I'm sure you'll come up against people
**[09:09] (Flashback) ---**
who use these strategies.
**[09:14] Chihaya**
Excuse me.
**[09:19] Chihaya**
*I have a habit of going for every card*
**[09:21] ---**
*as though it were a one-syllable card.*
**[09:24] Chihaya**
*That's why I end up using too much force.*
**[09:28] Chihaya**
* In that case, I should*
* move back my start line.*
**[09:32] Chihaya**
*Just a little bit.*
**[09:41] Chihaya**
*Find the position that*
**[09:42] ---**
*lets me take the lead at the goal line!*
**[09:48] Sakura**
*Oh, she moved back?*
**[09:49] Sakura**
* She was on the edge of*
* the boundary before.*
**[09:53] Sakura**
*Ten centimeters?*
**[09:54] Sakura**
*No, she moved back fifteen centimeters.*
**[09:58] Sakura**
*Can she still reach the cards?*
**[10:01] Sakura**
* She must have a plan.*
* I love it!*
**[10:04] Sakura**
*Youth is a wonderful thing!*
**[10:08] [POEM] Reader**
Said night was young when
the false rooster's crow
**[10:11] Chihaya**
*Whoa! A dead card!*
**[10:14] Chihaya**
*That was close.*
**[10:16] Chihaya**
* But I can reach the farthest*
* row on both sides.*
**[10:19] Sakura**
*Her arm is so long.*
**[10:20] Sakura**
* She can easily reach*
* any spot on the field.*
**[10:23] Sakura**
*If she finds her rhythm...*
**[10:27] Sakura**
I'm moving a card.
**[10:28] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[10:32] Chihaya**
*She moved "Said bed" as soon*
**[10:34] ---**
*as it became a one-syllable card!*
**[10:35] Sakura**
*Keep worrying your pretty little head.*
**[10:39] Sakura**
*So innocent and cute!*
**[10:41] [POEM] Reader**
I feel as though I am...
**[10:42] Sakura**
Lucky me.
**[10:44] [POEM] Reader**
The emotions experienced...
**[10:46] Sakura**
I have to take the cards
that are there for me.
**[10:50] Chihaya**
*The cards that are there for her?*
**[10:52] Chihaya**
*Is this all part of her plan?!*
***SIGN*** She finally noticed...
**[10:59] Chihaya**
*Her karuta has something that mine lacks.*
**[11:03] Chihaya**
*I need to watch her play.*
**[11:05] Chihaya**
* Figure out what Sakura-san*
* has that I don't.*
**[11:09] Chihaya**
*The way she's been watching me play.*
**[11:17] [POEM] Reader**
banish any lingering memories of the past
**[11:26] [POEM] Reader**
My fear is not of...
**[11:33] Sakura**
Oh.
**[11:35] Sakura**
We used the same three-syllable
timing to take the card,
**[11:40] Sakura**
But since we touched it at the same time,
**[11:42] Sakura**
it's mine.
**[11:47] Chihaya**
*Three-syllable timing...*
**[11:50] Chihaya**
*Timing...*
**[11:52] Chihaya**
*Timing!*
**[11:54] Chihaya**
*There's another way to play karuta!*
**[11:57] Chihaya**
*A way that doesn't rely on speed!*
**[12:00] Chihaya**
*The way Sakura-san plays!*
**[12:07] [POEM] Reader**
In order for us to find our way home,
**[12:14] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[12:19] Chihaya**
*I lost by six cards...*
**[12:26] Chihaya**
Kanai Sakura-san!
**[12:30] Chihaya**
Oh!
**[12:33] Sakura**
Yes?
**[12:34] Chihaya**
Th-They're adorable!
**[12:35] Sakura**
I know.
**[12:36] Chihaya**
*So she knows. Oh...*
**[12:41] Chihaya**
Thank you very much for your help today!
**[12:46] Chihaya**
I'll do my best to become a player
that doesn't rely on speed!
**[12:49] Chihaya**
I want to become Queen!
**[12:53] Sakura**
Oh, dear. So do I.
**[12:56] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[12:58] Sakura**
Does it sound strange coming from
**[12:59] ---**
an old lady who's been
playing karuta for 35 years?
**[13:01] Chihaya**
35 years?!
**[13:03] Sakura**
20 years ago, I was much cuter
**[13:06] ---**
and considered a karuta idol like you.
***SIGN*** Not a karuta idol
***SIGN*** Not a karuta idol
**[13:11] Sakura**
I've never won any major tournaments,
**[13:14] ---**
and no matter how hard I try,
**[13:16] ---**
I keep losing to younger players.
**[13:20] Sakura**
But I love karuta.
**[13:25] Sakura**
I still dream about becoming Queen.
**[13:29] Tsubaki**
What? Then I also want to become Queen!
**[13:32] Kaede**
Me too!
**[13:34] Sakura**
Oh? That makes us rivals then.
**[13:37] Sakura**
I'll see you at the East qualifier.
**[13:47] Chihaya**
* And so, I had just lost*
* my first Class A match,*
**[13:53] Chihaya**
*yet I had no idea that I was*
**[13:55] ---**
* about to experience the*
* worst moment of my life.*
**[14:02] Chihaya**
* The Class B final is*
* between Taichi and Porky!*
**[14:07] Chihaya**
*The Class D final is between*
**[14:08] ---**
*Desktomu-kun and Kana-chan!*
**[14:11] Chihaya**
* The other four members of*
* the Mizusawa karuta club*
**[14:14] ---**
* trumped their captain*
* by reaching the finals!*
**[14:16] Chihaya**
*Wh-Who do I...*
**[14:17] ---**
*Which match do I watch?!*
**[14:19] Chihaya**
*Who do I root for?!*
**[14:20] Chihaya**
*What should I do as their captain?!*
**[14:24] Chihaya**
Retro-kun!
**[14:25] Chihaya**
Y-You were in this tournament.
**[14:27] Chihaya**
How did you do?
**[14:28] Hiro**
I didn't do anything!
**[14:31] Hiro**
I ran into Mashima in the first round
**[14:33] ---**
and lost by three cards...
**[14:35] Hiro**
I had all the momentum!
**[14:37] Hiro**
This is what it means to win
the battle, but lose the war!
**[14:41] Chihaya**
What about the other Hokuo members?
**[14:43] Hiro**
Amakasu-senpai and the
others already left.
**[14:46] Amakasu**
I lost, so I'm leaving.
**[14:49] Hiro**
I'm going to take whatever
I can from the winners!
**[15:00] Nishida**
*Next month is the East Master qualifier.*
**[15:04] Nishida**
* This may be my last chance*
* to advance in rank.*
**[15:06] Nishida**
*I have to win here!*
**[15:10] Nishida**
* I bet that's what Mashima's*
* thinking right now.*
**[15:13] Nishida**
* I'm not too interested*
* in the Master final,*
**[15:16] Nishida**
*but I can't let Mashima beat me!*
**[15:22] Tsutomu**
*I admire Kana-chan.*
**[15:26] Tsutomu**
* Her elegant playing*
* style, her tenacity...*
**[15:30] Tsutomu**
*and she has the stats to show for it.*
**[15:33] Tsutomu**
*She averages 0.6 faults a match.*
**[15:35] Tsutomu**
* During practice, she comes*
* back to win 74% of the time.*
**[15:38] Tsutomu**
*Due to her size,*
**[15:40] ---**
*she rarely goes on the attack.*
**[15:43] Tsutomu**
* Her personality makes her*
* more defense-minded.*
**[15:46] Tsutomu**
*Gulp.*
**[15:48] Tsutomu**
*I know Kana-chan!*
**[15:50] Tsutomu**
*I can beat her!*
**[15:51] [POEM] Reader**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[15:59] Chihaya**
*Everybody's playing against*
**[16:00] ---**
* each other for a chance*
* to advance in rank.*
**[16:01] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[16:02] Chihaya**
*This will never happen again.*
**[16:05] Chihaya**
*I have to serve as their witness!*
**[16:12] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[16:20] [POEM] Reader**
The emotions experienced...
**[16:22] Chihaya**
*Huh? What?*
**[16:23] [POEM] Reader**
My life means nothing...
**[16:25] Chihaya**
*What? What?!*
**[16:26] Chihaya**
*This is impossible!*
**[16:27] Chihaya**
I have no idea what's
going on in either match!
**[16:29] Chihaya**
Who got that card?!
Who got it?!
**[16:31] Hiro**
Can you calm down?
**[16:33] Chihaya**
I want to watch them play!
**[16:37] Chihaya**
*Huh? Kana-chan...*
**[16:40] Chihaya**
* She isn't sitting back the*
* way she does in practice.*
**[16:43] Chihaya**
*Has her exercise paid off?*
**[16:44] [POEM] Reader**
I will not cast myself into Naniwa Bay,
**[16:45] Chihaya**
*But she just started...*
**[16:48] Chihaya**
*Is it because of the hakama?!*
**[16:48] [POEM] ---**
but I will risk my life to see you again
**[16:53] [POEM] Reader**
As my love first came to realization,
**[17:09] Kanade**
Excuse me.
**[17:16] Chihaya**
Oh!
**[17:18] Chihaya**
*Now that I think about it,*
**[17:20] ---**
* this is the first time*
* I've watched Kana-chan*
**[17:22] ---**
*play in a hakama.*
**[17:23] Mom**
*When wearing a kimono,*
**[17:26] ---**
*you must maintain proper posture*
**[17:27] ---**
*and suck your stomach in,*
**[17:29] Mom**
* as though you have a board*
* running down your spine.*
**[17:33] Kanade**
*My obi helps to support me.*
**[17:37] [POEM] Reader**
All alone, I step outside
my house seeking comfort,
**[17:40] Kanade**
*It helps to strengthen my center!*
**[17:52] Person A**
How lovely.
**[17:53] Person B**
Kimonos are so beautiful.
**[17:55] Person C**
She's so pretty.
**[17:56] Mom**
*Chihaya-chan is very beautiful,*
**[17:59] Mom**
* but she's beautiful no*
* matter what she wears.*
**[18:01] Mom**
*Kanade isn't necessarily beautiful,*
**[18:04] ---**
*but she knows how to use a kimono.*
**[18:07] Mom**
* She is the true poster girl*
* for Oe Traditional Clothing!*
**[18:11] Tsutomu**
* Kana-chan attacks better when*
* she's wearing a hakama.*
**[18:14] Tsutomu**
* She can play 100% when*
* she's wearing a hakama.*
**[18:17] Tsutomu**
*I practice with her every day,*
**[18:20] Tsutomu**
*and I can still learn new things*
**[18:21] ---**
*about her in a real match.*
**[18:23] Tsutomu**
*Still, the normal Kana-chan is there.*
**[18:28] Tsutomu**
* There is one card that I can*
* always take against Kana-chan.*
**[18:32] [POEM] Reader**
While it brings me no joy...
**[18:38] Tsutomu**
*It's quite simple.*
**[18:39] Tsutomu**
*Ayase cares about the "Impassionate" card,*
**[18:42] Tsutomu**
*and similarly, Kana-chan believes that the*
**[18:43] ---**
*"While it brings" card belongs to her,*
**[18:45] [POEM] Reader**
and I have yet to visit Amanohashidate
or read my mother's letters
**[18:45] Tsutomu**
*because her name is Oe.*
**[18:48] Tsutomu**
*Plus...*
**[18:50] Tsutomu**
*Whenever "While it brings" is read,*
**[18:52] ---**
*her attention is drawn to "The storm will."*
**[18:54] [POEM] Reader**
The autumn paddy shacks...
**[18:57] Tsutomu**
* Which delays her response*
* to the other cards.*
**[19:01] Tsutomu**
* Because Lady Izumi Shikibu*
* and Koshikibu no Naishi*
***SIGN*** Daughter
***SIGN*** Koshikibu no Naishi
While it brings me no joy, the
road beyond Mount Oe is too long
and I have yet to visit Amanohashidate
or read my mother's letters
***SIGN*** Mother
***SIGN*** Lady Izumi Shikibu
The storm will soon carry
me to the afterlife,
so I wish for a memory
of you to take with me
**[19:03] ---**
*were mother and daughter.*
**[19:05] Chihaya**
*Desktomu-kun is really calm.*
**[19:07] Chihaya**
*He understands Kana-chan's karuta.*
**[19:10] Tsutomu**
* Kana-chan doesn't*
* recognize cards just by syllables*
**[19:13] ---**
*the way other players do.*
***SIGN*** Ariwara no Narihira
Impassionate gods have never seen
the red that is the Tatsuta River
***SIGN*** Brothers
***SIGN*** Ariwara no Yukihira
Note that though we may
be apart, if I am to hear
that you pine for me as the Inaba
mountain pines, I shall return to you
**[19:17] Tsutomu**
*When Ariwara no Narihira's card is read,*
**[19:19] ---**
*she looks for his brother, Yukihira.*
***SIGN*** Lady Sei Shonagon
Said night was young when
the false rooster's crow
but the gates of Afusaka remained shut
***SIGN*** Father and Daughter
**[19:21] Tsutomu**
*When Lady Sei Shonagon is read,*
***SIGN*** Kiyohara no Motosuke
Impassioned vows exchanged
over many a tear shed to last
until the day waves crash
over Mount Suenomatsu
***SIGN*** Rivals
**[19:23] ---**
*she looks for Kiyohara no Motosuke,*
***SIGN*** Lady Murasaki Shikibu
Long last we meet, only for
me to leave hurriedly,
for I could not recognize you, like
the moon hidden behind the clouds
***SIGN*** as well as Lady Murasaki Shibu.
**[19:27] Tsutomu**
*Kana-chan values the meaning*
**[19:28] ---**
*and history behind every card,*
**[19:31] Tsutomu**
* but the syllables are what*
* matter in competitive karuta.*
**[19:35] [POEM] Reader**
As I wait for someone...
**[19:38] Tsutomu**
*I screwed up!*
**[19:39] Tsutomu**
*A fault!*
**[19:40] Tsutomu**
* I have trouble differentiating*
* between "As I" and "As this".*
**[19:43] Tsutomu**
*My focus is on the syllables,*
**[19:45] ---**
*but my hearing isn't as good as Ayase's!*
**[19:47] Chihaya**
* Desktomu-kun reacted as*
* soon as "As" was read.*
**[19:53] Chihaya**
*Which card will Kana-chan send?*
**[19:59] Chihaya**
*Huh?*
***SIGN*** I can look up and see the
snowy cap of Mt. Fuji
**[20:01] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Kana-chan, why is "No matter" always
**[20:04] (Flashback) ---**
the first "No" card you send?
**[20:06] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I would send "Note that" first,
**[20:09] (Flashback) Chihaya**
since it sounds different
from the others.
**[20:11] (Flashback) Kanade**
My hearing isn't as good as yours,
**[20:14] (Flashback) Kanade**
so "Nobody", "No more", "No matter",
**[20:16] (Flashback) ---**
"Note that", "None are," and "Nothing"
**[20:18] (Flashback) ---**
are all difficult for me.
**[20:20] (Flashback) Kanade**
But the bigger something is,
the easier it is to notice.
**[20:26] [POEM] Chihaya**
*No matter where I stand
on the shores of Tago,*
**[20:31] [POEM] Chihaya**
*I can look up and see the
snowy cap of Mt. Fuji*
**[20:35] Chihaya**
*She's drawn to the image*
**[20:38] ---**
*of Mt. Fuji!*
**[20:39] [POEM] Reader**
*No matter where I stand
on the shores of Tago,*
**[20:46] Chihaya**
*I didn't hear a thing.*
**[20:49] Chihaya**
*Her motion was flawless.*
**[20:52] Chihaya**
*Straight as an arrow...*
**[20:56] Chihaya**
*I'm not here to cheer them on.*
**[20:58] Chihaya**
*I'm not here as their captain.*
**[21:01] Chihaya**
* I'm going to take whatever*
* I can from them!*
**[21:14] Chihaya**
* Meanwhile, there was another*
* intense match going on,*
**[21:18] Chihaya**
*but only Retro-kun was watching!*
# E19 - As the Years Pass
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR8VD7X7R/as-the-years-pass)
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**[00:13] [POEM] Reader**
Gust of wind leaves fall leaves falling
**[00:16] Taichi**
*Got it!*
**[00:20] Taichi**
*That was big!*
**[00:22] Taichi**
*I moved so fast!*
**[00:24] Taichi**
*Not as fast as Chihaya though.*
**[00:27] Taichi**
*She's not even watching.*
**[00:32] Chihaya**
*Kana-chan and Desktomu-kun are*
**[00:34] ---**
*pretty even in terms of reflexes and speed.*
**[00:38] Chihaya**
*But...*
**[00:39] ---**
*one of them is pulling ahead.*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 19
***SIGN*** As
the
Years
Pass
**[02:11] Chihaya**
*Desktomu-kun has two faults.*
**[02:14] Chihaya**
*Kana-chan has zero.*
**[02:17] Chihaya**
* Those faults give Kana-chan*
* a two card lead by default.*
**[02:22] Chihaya**
* I've always believed that*
* you can make up for faults,*
**[02:27] Chihaya**
* but after playing Kanai Sakura-san,*
* I realized something.*
**[02:31] Chihaya**
*Faults can be fatal when you're playing*
**[02:33] ---**
*an opponent who doesn't make mistakes.*
**[02:36] Chihaya**
*You're giving up more than just a card.*
**[02:41] Chihaya**
*You lose your cool.*
**[02:43] Tsutomu**
*Two faults against Kana-chan...*
**[02:46] Tsutomu**
*This is bad. Really bad.*
**[02:47] Tsutomu**
*I need to make up those cards.*
**[02:50] Chihaya**
*You lose your rhythm,*
**[02:52] Chihaya**
*while allowing your opponent to relax.*
**[02:55] Chihaya**
* His two faults have done more*
* than cost him two cards.*
**[02:59] [POEM] Reader**
As this trip takes me away in haste,
**[03:00] Tsutomu**
* Good, I finally took a card*
* from the opponent's side.*
**[03:04] Tsutomu**
*A comeback!*
**[03:07] Tsutomu**
*Time to stage a comeback!*
**[03:08] Chihaya**
*Huh?*
**[03:13] Tsutomu**
*Huh?*
***SIGN*** for I could not recognize you, like the moon hidden behind the clouds
**[03:15] Tsutomu**
*This is a one-syllable card!*
**[03:17] Tsutomu**
*I sent the wrong card!*
**[03:20] Tsutomu**
*Why?*
**[03:21] Tsutomu**
* I've never sent a*
* one-syllable card before!*
**[03:25] Tsutomu**
*First, I commit faults.*
**[03:26] Tsutomu**
*Now, I'm sending the wrong cards.*
**[03:29] Tsutomu**
*Why do I keep screwing up?*
**[03:32] Tsutomu**
*It's like I'm playing against*
**[03:34] ---**
*Kana-chan and myself at the same time.*
**[03:37] Chihaya**
*I've seen him do this in practice.*
**[03:40] Chihaya**
*When Desktomu-kun is losing*
**[03:42] ---**
* near the end of a match,*
* he tends to give up*
**[03:44] ---**
*and look ahead to his next chance.*
**[03:46] Tsutomu**
* The match is almost over*
* and I'm down 8 cards...*
**[03:50] Tsutomu**
*I don't have a chance.*
**[03:51] Tsutomu**
*I'm down 8 cards. Down 8 cards...*
**[03:56] Chihaya**
*This is the final.*
**[03:58] Chihaya**
*There is no next chance, Desktomu-kun!*
**[04:18] Taichi**
*We can train ourselves.*
**[04:20] Taichi**
*So we can focus when we're tired.*
**[04:23] Taichi**
* So we're able to play*
* ten hours straight.*
***SIGN*** Please wait!
***SIGN*** I'm going to move my cards.
**[04:33] Kanade**
*Huh?*
**[04:35] Chihaya**
*Huh?*
**[04:40] Chihaya**
*What?!*
**[04:41] Person A**
Is that allowed?
**[04:43] Person B**
I've seen people move cards
**[04:45] ---**
together when they only have four left,
**[04:47] Person B**
but he still has ten cards.
**[04:48] Person C**
That was a bold move.
**[04:51] Tsutomu**
* If she has two cards left*
* and I have ten left,*
**[04:53] [POEM] Reader**
have only autumn leaves as an offering
for the gods watching over me.
**[04:54] Tsutomu**
*there's a higher probability that one*
**[04:56] ---**
*of my cards will be read.*
**[05:02] [POEM] Reader**
So spring ends...
**[05:04] [POEM] Reader**
I know that my heart...
**[05:07] Kanade**
*He's hitting...*
**[05:10] Chihaya**
*All of the cards on his side!*
**[05:15] Person A**
* He's going to gamble on*
* his cards being read?*
**[05:19] Person B**
*That's reckless.*
**[05:22] Person B**
*I'm cheering for the girl!*
**[05:23] Person B**
*Attack his side!*
**[05:26] Kanade**
*I have a six card lead.*
**[05:27] [POEM] Reader**
and by no fault of mine
**[05:29] Kanade**
*It's okay.*
**[05:30] Kanade**
*When his cards are all grouped together,*
**[05:32] ---**
*it's easier for me to attack.*
**[05:34] Kanade**
*I'm in good shape!*
**[05:36] [POEM] Reader**
Long last we meet,
only for me to leave hurriedly,
**[05:41] Chihaya**
*It's the one-syllable card he just sent!*
**[05:44] Chihaya**
* Desktomu-kun was dead set*
* on taking that card.*
***SIGN*** for I could not recognize you, like the moon hidden behind the clouds
**[05:51] Tsutomu**
*I don't want to lose to Kana-chan,*
**[05:56] Tsutomu**
*but I definitely*
**[05:58] ---**
*don't want to lose to myself!*
**[06:02] Kanade**
*I have a five card lead.*
**[06:07] Kanade**
*Focus.*
**[06:08] Kanade**
*Listen carefully.*
**[06:10] Kanade**
* Desktomu-kun is hitting all of*
* his cards at the same time,*
**[06:13] Kanade**
*but I still have a chance.*
**[06:17] Kanade**
* I just have to reach straight*
* for the correct card.*
**[06:19] Kanade**
*Straight and swift...*
**[06:22] Kanade**
*Play on the edge, the way Chihaya-chan*
**[06:25] ---**
*did against the Queen!*
**[06:27] [POEM] Reader**
I hear the beating of cloth...
**[06:28] Kanade**
* It's too hard without*
* any preparation first!*
**[06:34] Kanade**
*But!*
**[06:36] [POEM] Reader**
Impassionate gods have never seen
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River are joined at river's end
**[06:41] Chihaya**
* Wow! Kana-chan was so*
* fast on "Impassionate"!*
**[06:48] Kanade**
*Desktomu-kun was*
**[06:49] ---**
* looking at the "Impassioned"*
* card on my side.*
***SIGN*** until the day waves crash over Mount Suenomatsu covered by the smoky mountain fog
**[06:53] Kanade**
*It's just like how Desktomu-kun*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[06:56] ---**
*took "While it pains" from me.*
**[06:59] Kanade**
* I've gotten better at the*
* cards my friends are good at.*
**[07:05] Chihaya**
*One more card.*
**[07:08] Kanade**
*One more card.*
**[07:12] Tsutomu**
*No.*
**[07:12] [POEM] Reader**
The storm will soon carry...
**[07:14] Tsutomu**
*No.*
**[07:16] [POEM] Reader**
A night spent waiting...
**[07:16] Tsutomu**
*No.*
**[07:18] Tsutomu**
*I won't let you win!*
**[07:25] [POEM] Reader**
Nobody wishes to see...
***SIGN*** covered by the smoky mountain fog
**[07:47] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[07:54] Tsutomu**
*Huh?*
***SIGN*** Kana-chan, congratulations.
**[08:24] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Kana-chan, your swing is too big!
**[08:26] (Flashback) Chihaya**
You aren't using the form I taught you!
**[08:29] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Desktomu-kun, you should use
a thrust for that card!
**[08:31] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Stay focused!
**[08:43] Chihaya**
*Kana-chan...*
**[08:45] ---**
*Desktomu-kun...*
**[08:48] Chihaya**
*You came in first. You came in second.*
**[08:52] Chihaya**
*That's incredible...*
**[08:58] Nishida**
Yes!
**[08:59] Chihaya**
Oh!
**[09:08] Chihaya**
*I completely forgot about them!*
**[09:12] Chihaya**
Retro-kun, Retro-kun.
**[09:13] Chihaya**
Give me an update.
**[09:15] Chihaya**
Huh?
***SIGN*** long as the nights I spend alone
**[09:33] Chihaya**
*Luck of the draw?*
**[09:37] Retro**
*When each player only has one card left*
**[09:40] ---**
*and they play defensively,*
**[09:42] Retro**
* the match comes down to*
* whose card is read first.*
**[09:45] ---**
*Pure luck.*
**[09:49] Retro**
*So the final ends in luck of the draw.*
**[09:52] Retro**
* I was watching this match to*
* see if I could learn anything,*
**[09:55] Retro**
* but in terms of reflexes,*
* speed, and memorization,*
**[09:58] Retro**
*I'm clearly better than both of them!*
**[10:01] Retro**
*There was nothing for me to learn!*
**[10:04] Retro**
*But still...*
**[10:06] Retro**
*After all they've been through,*
**[10:07] ---**
*the winner will be determined by luck?*
**[10:09] Retro**
*They worked so hard to get here...*
**[10:13] Nishida**
*"The tail"...*
**[10:15] Nishida**
*Give me "The tail."*
**[10:17] Nishida**
* Give me "The tail"!*
* Give it to me!*
**[10:19] Nishida**
*I'm going to defend this card!*
**[10:24] Taichi**
*Focus. Reassess the situation.*
**[10:28] Taichi**
*I have "Swift waters"...*
**[10:30] Taichi**
*A one-syllable card on "Swift."*
**[10:33] Taichi**
*Nishida has "The tail,"*
**[10:35] Taichi**
* and six dead cards*
* haven't been read yet.*
**[10:39] Taichi**
* "The sky may," "The sight*
* of Mount," "Feel sorrow,"*
**[10:41] ---**
*"For the," "Would this," and "My own sleeves."*
**[10:45] Taichi**
* "The tail" can't be taken on*
* the first syllable yet!*
**[10:49] [POEM] Reader**
The sky may hold the same moon
**[10:55] Retro**
*H-He went on the attack?*
**[10:57] Retro**
*He's trying to*
**[10:58] ---**
* take the opponent's card*
* in a luck of the draw?!*
**[11:01] Kanade**
You're supposed to protect
your own card, right?
***SIGN*** Yeah...
**[11:07] Chihaya**
*Why aren't there two of me?*
**[11:12] Chihaya**
* Why didn't I watch this*
* important match?!*
**[11:18] Taichi**
*Luck of the draw?*
**[11:20] Taichi**
*Screw that!*
**[11:22] Taichi**
*I'm not leaving this match*
**[11:24] Taichi**
*to luck!*
***SIGN*** Toda Municipal Spor
**[11:32] Chihaya**
*Luck of the draw.*
**[11:35] Chihaya**
*Each player only has one card left.*
**[11:38] Chihaya**
* If both players try to*
* defend their own card,*
**[11:40] ---**
*they each have a 50% chance of winning.*
**[11:43] Chihaya**
* But Taichi is trying to improve*
* his chances of winning.*
**[11:48] Chihaya**
*By attacking the opponent's side.*
**[11:50] Nishida**
*When it comes to luck of the draw,*
**[11:52] ---**
*it's normal to defend your own card.*
**[11:53] Nishida**
*It's the golden rule.*
**[11:55] Nishida**
*However, Mashima went on the attack.*
**[11:58] Nishida**
*His card is "Swift," a one-syllable card.*
**[12:01] Nishida**
* So the question is:*
* are there any other*
**[12:03] ---**
*"The" cards left besides "The tail."*
**[12:06] Nishida**
*Think... Think...*
**[12:09] Nishida**
*Were they all read?*
**[12:11] Nishida**
*Are there a few left?*
**[12:12] Nishida**
*Dammit!*
**[12:13] Nishida**
*There are sixteen "The" cards in total...*
**[12:20] Nishida**
*There are definitely other cards left!*
**[12:22] Nishida**
*He's going to attack again!*
**[12:30] [POEM] Reader**
which shines over Mount Mikasa
**[12:38] [POEM] Reader**
Feel sorrow wash over
me when I see the moon,
**[12:47] [POEM] Reader**
though autumn is not mine alone
**[12:56] [POEM] Reader**
My own sleeves are like the sands
at the edge of the ebbing tide,
**[13:04] [POEM] Reader**
Would this old palace courtyard
and the eaves strewn with weeds
**[13:07] Kanade**
*Another dead card.*
**[13:09] Tsutomu**
*They're running out of cards...*
**[13:13] Retro**
*The intensity when each card is read*
**[13:14] ---**
* is similar to when sumo*
* wrestlers face off.*
**[13:17] Retro**
* Focus, then relax.*
* Focus, then relax.*
**[13:20] Retro**
* You haven't moved an inch,*
* yet you feel completely drained.*
**[13:23] Retro**
* I hate it when you get a bunch*
* of dead cards in a row.*
**[13:26] Retro**
* Just read one of the*
* two remaining cards!*
**[13:38] Retro**
*They aren't relaxing...*
**[13:44] Retro**
*Because they care.*
***SIGN*** are joined at river's end
**[13:49] Retro**
*Because they want to win!*
**[13:51] [POEM] Reader**
be as dear now,
those were the good old days
**[14:01] [POEM] Reader**
The sight of Mount Arima with the bamboo
leaves fading across the plains
**[14:04] Both**
*Another dead card!*
**[14:06] Chihaya**
*But "The sight of Mount" has been read!*
**[14:12] Nishida**
*So there was still a "The" card!*
**[14:15] Nishida**
*But that should be all of them!*
**[14:18] Nishida**
* It comes down to whether*
* "Swift" or "The" is read.*
**[14:21] Nishida**
*A 50/50 battle!*
**[14:27] Nishida**
*Wait, there's another one left?*
**[14:30] Taichi**
*Chihaya...*
**[14:32] Taichi**
*Would you able to hear the*
**[14:35] ---**
*sound that comes before "The"?*
**[14:37] Taichi**
*The sound that comes before "Swift"?*
**[14:39] [POEM] Reader**
makes me wonder how I ever
let you fade from my mind
**[14:41] Taichi**
*Chihaya...*
**[14:43] Taichi**
*What would you do?*
**[14:51] [POEM] Reader**
The tail feathers of...
**[15:00] [POEM] Reader**
long as the nights I spend alone
**[15:08] Taichi**
Thank you very much.
***SIGN*** Toda Municipal Sports Center
**[15:34] Taichi**
Well, I'll be waiting in the lobby.
**[15:36] Nishida**
Y-Yeah, sure.
**[15:42] Taichi**
Nishida, did you know
which cards were left?
**[15:46] Nishida**
Uh, wasn't *Swift* the only card left?
***SIGN*** *Swift* and *For the*.
**[15:51] Nishida**
Huh? Really?
***SIGN*** Isn't that right, Mashima?
**[15:59] Taichi**
I guess you got lucky.
**[16:02] Nishida**
Huh?
**[16:14] Taichi**
*There's no reason for me to blame him.*
**[16:18] Taichi**
*I...*
**[16:20] Taichi**
*I didn't lose because of luck.*
**[16:25] Taichi**
* It's my fault for not winning*
* before it got to that point.*
**[16:29] Taichi**
* There were plenty of cards I should*
* have gotten in the first half!*
**[16:33] Taichi**
* Nishida was able to fend*
* off my weak attacks.*
**[16:36] Taichi**
* Nishida did a better job of protecting*
* his multi-syllable cards.*
**[16:40] Taichi**
* There was plenty of*
* room for improvement!*
**[16:46] Taichi**
*It hurts.*
**[16:48] Taichi**
*I tried my best...*
**[16:51] Taichi**
*But that's no excuse.*
**[17:09] Taichi**
Sorry.
**[17:11] Chihaya**
Oh. Taichi. Porky.
**[17:14] Nishida**
I'm glad you're president
of the karuta club.
**[17:18] Taichi**
What's this about?
**[17:20] Taichi**
You're giving me the creeps.
**[17:22] Nishida**
Well, I mean...
**[17:23] Nishida**
compared to Ayase,
**[17:25] Nishida**
who gives people weird nicknames
like Porky and Desktomu,
**[17:29] Nishida**
and she's such an airhead that
we let her get away with it.
**[17:41] Nishida**
You're the only one
who calls me Nishida.
**[17:46] Nishida**
I want to keep playing karuta with you.
**[17:58] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan?
**[18:00] Mom**
Okay, everyone.
**[18:01] Mom**
Make sure you don't forget anything.
**[18:03] Mom**
Let's get going.
**[18:04] Kanade**
O-Okay.
**[18:06] Nishida**
I'm starving.
**[18:07] Taichi**
Wanna grab something to eat?
***SIGN*** Oe Traditional Clothing
***SIGN*** Thank you for driving us home.
**[18:16] Mom**
Don't mention it.
**[18:18] Mom**
Anyway, the Mizusawa
Karuta Club did great!
**[18:21] Mom**
Four of the five members placed,
**[18:23] ---**
and three members advanced in rank.
***SIGN*** Huh? Really?
**[18:28] Chihaya**
That's right!
**[18:30] Chihaya**
The top three finalists in
Class D advance to Class C,
**[18:33] Chihaya**
so both Kana-chan and Desk-
**[18:35] Chihaya**
Komano-kun get to advance.
***SIGN*** Komano-kun?
**[18:38] Mom**
Everyone worked really hard.
**[18:40] Kanade**
I still can't believe that I won.
**[18:43] Chihaya**
You shouldn't say that.
**[18:45] Chihaya**
I was really amazed today.
**[18:46] Chihaya**
In your match against Desk- Komano-kun,
**[18:50] Chihaya**
I could tell that you've
really improved.
**[18:54] Chihaya**
You were taking cards without making a sound,
without using too much force.
**[18:58] Chihaya**
I wish I could do that.
**[19:00] Kanade**
What? You've done it
before, Chihaya-chan.
**[19:03] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[19:03] Kanade**
The last card you took in
the finals against Hokuo.
**[19:07] Kanade**
I can still remember it.
**[19:10] Chihaya**
I can't remember.
**[19:11] Both**
What?!
**[19:12] Kanade**
I don't believe it!
**[19:14] Kanade**
It's so hard to be relaxed
while taking a card!
**[19:17] Both**
What a waste!
**[19:19] Chihaya**
But...
**[19:22] Kanade**
I feel that I was playing
120% in the finals today,
**[19:28] Kanade**
but that was because I was
playing against Desktomu-kun.
***SIGN*** Huh?
**[19:33] Kanade**
I wasn't so much worried
**[19:35] ---**
about winning as I was focused
**[19:37] ---**
on playing my style of karuta,
**[19:39] Kanade**
so I didn't feel any pressure.
**[19:44] Chihaya**
*Pressure...*
**[19:46] Chihaya**
*Pressure, huh?*
**[20:00] Chihaya**
*Taichi and I are always under pressure.*
**[20:05] Chihaya**
I want to play a team match.
**[20:10] Chihaya**
I want to play as a team again.
***SIGN*** Our team is a lot stronger now.
***SIGN*** Two Class A players, one Class B player, two Class C players.
**[20:24] Kanade**
That's right!
**[20:26] Chihaya**
Oh. That means I might run into Pork-
**[20:30] ---**
Nishida-kun at the next tournament.
**[20:32] Nishida**
Ayase, you've been acting weird.
***SIGN*** Yeah.
**[20:36] Nishida**
Oh! You must have heard what I said!
**[20:39] Chihaya**
Huh? Er, um...
**[20:41] Nishida**
It's okay. You're supposed
to be an airhead.
**[20:43] Nishida**
Wouldn't feel right otherwise.
**[20:44] Chihaya**
What?!
**[20:45] Nishida**
You've helped me learn
a valuable lesson.
**[20:47] Nishida**
I have no expectations of you.
**[20:48] Chihaya**
*My team.*
**[20:50] Chihaya**
*That's very important to me.*
**[20:51] Chihaya**
What? Why not?!
**[20:58] Arata**
What's this?
**[20:59] Kuri**
The results for the Saitama
tournament last weekend.
**[21:03] Kuri**
Our Murao-kun was there,
and he placed third in Class A.
**[21:06] Kuri**
The Kanto region is competitive.
**[21:11] Kuri**
You said you wanted some
more time to think it over,
**[21:13] Kuri**
but have you made a decision?
**[21:15] Arata**
Count me in,
***SIGN*** Class B Winner Nishida Yusei Runner-up Mashima Taichi
**[21:18] Arata**
for the west Master qualifier.
**[21:22] Arata**
I'm aiming to be the Western finalist.
# E20 - The Cresting Waves Almost Look Like Clouds in the Skies
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**[00:01] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[00:03] Taichi**
Okay. We'll take a fifteen minute break
before we start the second round.
**[00:08] Nishida**
Man, I'm starving.
**[00:10] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan, I'm heading to the fountain.
If anything comes up...
**[00:18] Chihaya**
* When I play against Kana-chan,*
* I can move back seven lines.*
**[00:22] Chihaya**
*Same when I play Desktomu-kun.*
**[00:24] Chihaya**
*Porky and Taichi are stronger now,*
**[00:27] Chihaya**
*but I don't want to rush myself,*
**[00:29] Chihaya**
*so I'll move back three lines.*
**[00:33] Chihaya**
* Three-syllable timing...*
* Four-syllable timing...*
**[00:37] [POEM] Chihaya**
So the flower pe—
**[00:38] [POEM] Chihaya**
So the flower has...
**[00:42] [POEM] Chihaya**
The storm blasts...
***SIGN*** to set the Tatsuta River ablaze
**[00:50] Chihaya**
*Timing is important,*
**[00:53] Chihaya**
*but you also need to have control.*
**[00:56] Chihaya**
*Still...*
**[01:01] Chihaya**
*How do I get rid of that left hand?*
**[01:06] Chihaya**
*What do I have besides my speed?*
***SIGN*** If she used 1/10 of that focus on studying,
***SIGN*** her grades wouldn't be fifth from the bottom in our grade.
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 20
***SIGN*** The Cresting
Waves
Almost
Look Like
Clouds in
the Skies
**[02:46] Miya**
I heard that you'll be
participating in the tournament
**[02:48] ---**
on Sunday in Kawaguchi.
**[02:50] Chihaya**
Yes, I'll do my best!
**[02:51] Miya**
I cannot allow you to go.
**[02:54] Chihaya**
What?!
**[02:55] Chihaya**
Wh-Why not, Sensei?!
**[02:56] Chihaya**
The Yoshino Tournament is the
**[02:58] ---**
last major tournament before
the Master/Queen qualifiers!
**[03:00] Chihaya**
Everyone will be participating as-
**[03:01] Miya**
What day is the Monday
following the tournament?
**[03:06] Chihaya**
Marine Day?
**[03:06] Miya**
The first day of exams!
**[03:09] Miya**
At this rate, you're
going to be held back!
**[03:11] Chihaya**
What? Seriously? For real?
**[03:14] Miya**
I realize that you are
dedicated to karuta,
**[03:18] Miya**
but you need to start
thinking about your future.
**[03:24] Chihaya**
My future...
***SIGN*** Queen
***SIGN*** East Qualifier
***SIGN*** Shinobu-chan
***SIGN*** Yoshino Tournament
***SIGN*** What's recently been on her mind
***SIGN*** Food
***SIGN*** The new
Daddy Bear
***SIGN*** Future
***SIGN*** First appearance
**[03:28] Miya**
So I found a tutor for you.
**[03:33] Miya**
He'll go over every one of your courses
**[03:34] ---**
with you in the next two days.
**[03:37] Chihaya**
Don't do this, Desktomu-kun!
***SIGN*** Call me "Tutor".
**[03:40] Nishida**
T-Tutor...
**[03:42] Nishida**
Please teach me...
**[03:44] Nishida**
I'm on the verge of failing
English and Math...
**[03:46] Kanade**
What about the Yoshino
Tournament tomorrow?
**[03:50] Taichi**
I'll be going.
**[03:52] Taichi**
Yoshino only has brackets
for Class A and Class B,
**[03:55] ---**
so I'll go by myself.
**[03:57] Taichi**
If we aren't going to practice today,
**[03:59] ---**
I'll head over to the Shiranami Society.
**[04:01] Nishida**
Hey, Mashima.
**[04:02] Nishida**
You placed second at Nationals
**[04:05] ---**
and the Saitama tournament, right?
**[04:07] Nishida**
Normally, you're allowed to advance
**[04:08] ---**
to Class A if you've
placed second twice.
**[04:11] Nishida**
Have you asked the
Shiranami Society coach?
**[04:14] Taichi**
He said that I had to
win a tournament first.
**[04:17] Nishida**
You too? That's harsh.
**[04:20] Nishida**
Our society's the same.
**[04:23] Nishida**
So when I told everyone I won...
**[04:28] (Flashback) Person A**
It's awesome, Yusei!
**[04:30] (Flashback) Nishida**
It was all thanks to Coach and the
other players at this society.
**[04:31] (Flashback) ---**
Idiot!
**[04:33] (Flashback) Coach**
Don't make me mad, boy!
**[04:35] (Flashback) Coach**
Your friends are the reason the old you,
**[04:39] (Flashback) ---**
who hates to lose, is back!
**[04:41] (Flashback) Coach**
Isn't that right?!
**[04:46] Taichi**
I can only advance if I win,
so that's what I'll have to do.
**[04:49] Taichi**
I'm off then.
**[04:54] Nishida**
*Yoshino Tournament...*
**[04:56] Kanade**
* If he wants to play in this*
* year's Eastern qualifier...*
**[04:59] Tsutomu**
*If he wants to make Class A this year...*
**[05:01] Chihaya**
*This is his last chance!*
***SIGN*** It's too late to try to learn anything!
***SIGN*** So memorize! Memorize!
***SIGN*** Treat this like a match and memorize hard!
**[05:14] Nishida**
But I'll forget it
all before the test.
**[05:21] Taichi**
*I made it past the second round!*
**[05:25] Taichi**
*I'm on a roll today.*
**[05:28] Taichi**
*Okay...*
**[05:30] Taichi**
*Starting with the next round,*
**[05:31] ---**
*my matches will be in the same room*
**[05:32] ---**
*as the Class A matches.*
**[05:34] Harada**
Eyebrows.
**[05:36] Harada**
You're winning games.
**[05:38] Taichi**
How are you doing, Dr. Harada?
**[05:40] Harada**
I'm winning, of course.
**[05:42] Harada**
I'm playing the best karuta I can, today.
**[05:45] Harada**
The strongest Class A players all participate
**[05:48] ---**
in the Yoshino Tournament to
prepare for the Master Qualifiers.
**[05:51] Harada**
There are players from
Kansai and Kyushu here.
**[05:54] Harada**
It's an excellent chance to see how
you match up against the best.
**[05:58] Taichi**
* Everyone's preparing for*
* the Master qualifiers...*
**[06:01] Taichi**
*So am I.*
**[06:03] Harada**
That reminds me.
Have you run into him yet?
**[06:05] Taichi**
Huh?
**[06:15] Taichi**
*Huh?*
***SIGN*** Hey, hasn't Ayase been in the restroom a while?
**[06:30] Nishida**
Number two.
That or she fell asleep.
***SIGN*** Forgot to put my phone on vibrate.
**[06:38] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
Sorry, Tutor.
I'm going to cheer for Taichi.
-Chihaya
***SIGN*** That fool!
**[06:40] Nishida**
Huh?
**[06:50] Harada**
Kuriyama-kun!
**[06:51] Kuri**
Harada-kun!
**[06:52] Harada**
It's been ages since the last
time you came to Kanto!
**[06:56] Kuri**
My knees have been killing me,
**[06:58] Kuri**
but I had to come along
**[07:00] ---**
since so many of our
players are participating.
**[07:01] Arata**
Mr. Kuriyama and Dr. Harada
**[07:03] Harada**
You need to get those knees patched up
**[07:03] ---**
have been rivals since they were young.
**[07:04] ---**
so you can play karuta again.
**[07:06] Taichi**
Mr. Kuriyama?
**[07:06] Kuri**
I know!
**[07:07] Harada**
We need to watch our health.
**[07:07] Arata**
He's the director of the Nagumo Society,
where I'm registered.
**[07:10] Kuri**
Absolutely.
**[07:11] Harada**
Once this is over...
**[07:14] Person A**
The third round for Class A
and Class B will begin soon.
**[07:17] Person A**
Please move to your assigned seats.
**[07:20] Arata**
Taichi, hold on.
**[07:24] Arata**
Here.
**[07:28] Arata**
I guess I was mistaken.
**[07:32] Arata**
I thought you would be in the
Class A tournament today.
**[07:38] Arata**
Pass that on to Chihaya,
if she needs it.
***SIGN*** Wataya Arata
**[07:50] Taichi**
*Arata...*
**[07:52] Taichi**
*Arata... is here.*
**[07:56] Chihaya**
Wait! Wait up!
**[07:58] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[08:08] Chihaya**
Made it.
**[08:11] Chihaya**
Wrong direction!
**[08:12] Chihaya**
Wait! Open up!
**[08:12] Chihaya**
This is the wrong way!
**[08:17] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
Desktomu-kun
**[08:17] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
You realize that you're running
away from your responsibilities.
-From your tutor
**[08:20] Chihaya**
*He's so calm when he's angry!*
**[08:28] Chihaya**
*What am I doing?*
**[08:30] Chihaya**
* I'm getting nowhere with*
* studying or karuta.*
**[08:34] Chihaya**
*I don't know what I should do.*
**[08:39] Chihaya**
* Yet, what if Taichi is all*
* alone when he wins or loses?*
**[08:51] Chihaya**
*I can't let that happen!*
**[09:09] Chihaya**
Taichi!
**[09:11] Chihaya**
Well? Are you doing well?
**[09:12] Chihaya**
What round is it?
**[09:14] Taichi**
I lost in the third round.
**[09:19] Chihaya**
R-Really...
**[09:21] Taichi**
Chihaya.
**[09:26] Taichi**
Arata is playing.
***SIGN*** for there is no one else out here
**[09:30] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[09:43] [POEM] Reader**
As I wait for someone
who will never come,
***SIGN*** Wataya Arata
**[09:54] [POEM] Reader**
my body burns like the seaweed
drying on the shores of Matsuho
**[10:04] [POEM] Reader**
Long last we meet...
**[10:13] Harada**
Mine!
**[10:15] Both**
Thank you very much!
**[10:17] Harada**
* I won my game by 11 cards to*
* make it to the semifinals.*
**[10:20] Harada**
*I'm feeling it today!*
**[10:23] Harada**
*Chihaya-chan is here?*
**[11:00] [POEM] Reader**
When I must hide...
**[11:01] [POEM] Reader**
Would the mountain cherry blossoms...
**[11:03] [POEM] Reader**
When the misty bridge...
**[11:06] [POEM] Reader**
When winds send waves...
**[11:24] Taichi**
*I lost in the third round.*
**[11:29] Taichi**
*It's not Arata's fault.*
**[11:33] Taichi**
*But...*
**[11:36] Taichi**
*But...*
**[11:52] Chihaya**
Taichi...
**[11:55] Chihaya**
It happened, Taichi!
**[11:58] Chihaya**
It happened!
**[12:04] Taichi**
*Arata's going to come back,*
**[12:07] Taichi**
* so we have to become stronger*
* and wait for his return.*
**[12:16] Chihaya**
Taichi...
**[12:17] Chihaya**
It happened!
**[12:20] Taichi**
*Part of me didn't want to see him here,*
**[12:24] Taichi**
*but deep down, I'm celebrating.*
**[12:33] Taichi**
*He's back.*
**[12:35] Taichi**
*Arata's back.*
**[12:44] Arata**
*He's good. Really good.*
**[12:48] Arata**
* Tsuboguchi Hiroshi-san,*
* from the Shiranami Society.*
**[12:53] Tsuboguchi**
* One more card!*
* One more card!*
**[12:57] Tsuboguchi**
*Give me "For the"!*
**[12:58] Tsuboguchi**
*"For the"!*
**[12:58] Tsuboguchi**
*It's gotta be "For the"!*
**[12:59] Tsuboguchi**
*"For the"! "For the"! "For the"! "For the"!*
**[13:03] Arata**
*I can sense Dr. Harada behind him.*
**[13:07] [POEM] Reader**
leaving a hovering mist
above the trees and grass
**[13:17] [POEM] Reader**
For the cold nights...
**[13:25] Arata**
Thank you very much.
**[13:27] Tsuboguchi**
Thank you very much.
**[13:29] Tsuboguchi**
*I got the card? Terrific.*
**[13:32] Tsuboguchi**
*But that was pure luck...*
**[13:35] Tsuboguchi**
* I chose a card and moved before*
* I heard the first syllable.*
**[13:37] Tsuboguchi**
*Yet he still almost got there first.*
**[13:40] Tsuboguchi**
* I would have lost if either of the*
* other two cards had been read.*
**[13:54] Reader**
The semifinals will
begin in ten minutes.
**[14:01] Taichi**
You're too slow.
**[14:04] Taichi**
Hiroshi-san is our ace.
**[14:07] Taichi**
He's not going to lose to someone who
hasn't played in eighteen months.
**[14:16] Taichi**
Chihaya, you need to-
**[14:18] Chihaya**
Why did he go for that card?
**[14:19] Chihaya**
How does he stay still when
a dead card is read?
**[14:21] Chihaya**
What is his thinking process
for sending cards?
**[14:24] Chihaya**
What? Why? How?
**[14:25] Taichi**
Hey, Chihaya.
**[14:30] Arata**
Huh? What?
**[14:31] Chihaya**
Sit down.
**[14:50] Arata**
Oh.
**[14:52] Arata**
We aren't even playing,
and you're already fired up.
**[15:10] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan!
**[15:12] Kanade**
What are you doing?
**[15:14] Chihaya**
Huh? Huh?
You came, Kana-chan?
**[15:15] Kanade**
We all wanted to cheer
for the president,
***SIGN*** A disguise?
**[15:18] Chihaya**
I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
**[15:18] Kanade**
yet Desktomu-kun agreed
to help you study!
**[15:19] Kuri**
Arata-kun,
**[15:21] ---**
go grab your fourth place award.
**[15:22] Kanade**
Then you ran off by yourself!
**[15:23] Kuri**
We'll leave after that.
**[15:25] Arata**
Okay.
**[15:26] Arata**
You're leaving?
**[15:28] Arata**
Nobody from the Nagumo Society is left,
**[15:31] ---**
and we drove here.
**[15:33] Arata**
If we leave now,
**[15:34] ---**
it'll be the middle of the
night when we reach Fukui.
**[15:37] Taichi**
Then you can give this to her yourself.
**[15:40] Taichi**
Your cell phone number.
**[15:42] Taichi**
Don't make me decide
if she needs it or not.
**[15:48] Kanade**
We're going back to school now!
**[15:49] Chihaya**
What? Already?
**[15:50] Kanade**
Of course!
**[15:51] Chihaya**
Right away?! Really?!
**[15:53] Arata**
Well, I wasn't sure...
**[15:55] Taichi**
About what?
**[15:57] Arata**
I'm no longer here,
**[16:00] Arata**
so I didn't know if the two
of you were a couple now.
**[16:08] Taichi**
No, definitely not.
**[16:10] Arata**
Really?
**[16:11] Taichi**
You're actually pretty
sensitive about that stuff.
**[16:20] Arata**
*I'm no longer here...*
**[16:24] Kanade**
Hey, don't space out!
**[16:25] Kanade**
You can't afford to
waste a single second!
**[16:27] Kanade**
Read your textbook!
**[16:29] Kanade**
That's not on the test!
**[16:30] Kanade**
Start from page 92 for Classic Lit.!
***SIGN*** The Tale of Genji Lady Murasaki Shikibu
**[16:37] [POEM] Reader**
Long last we meet...
**[16:40] Chihaya**
*Long last we meet...*
**[16:42] Kanade**
You mean Lady Murasaki Shikibu?
**[16:47] Chihaya**
It seems to fit Arata.
**[16:49] Chihaya**
Whenever I get to meet him,
he has to leave right away.
**[16:52] Chihaya**
It sounds like a love poem,
**[16:55] Chihaya**
But this poem is about a girl who
was her childhood friend, right?
**[16:58] Chihaya**
It fits perfectly.
***SIGN*** Lady Murasaki Shikibu
Long last we meet,
only for me to leave hurriedly,
for I could not recognize you,
like the moon hidden behind the clouds
**[17:05] Kanade**
*It sounds like a love poem...*
**[17:15] Kanade**
No swinging on the train!
**[17:19] Chihaya**
*It was like water...*
**[17:22] Chihaya**
*flowing around me.*
**[17:25] Chihaya**
*Like I was gulping down soft water.*
**[17:38] Chihaya**
T-Tutor...
**[17:40] Chihaya**
Sorry about running off.
***SIGN*** Kana-chan sent a message to let us know how Mashima did.
**[17:52] Chihaya**
Oh, yeah.
He lost in the third round.
***SIGN*** Was he depressed?
**[17:57] Chihaya**
Um, er...
***SIGN*** Mashima spends most of his time on karuta,
***SIGN*** but he always has the top test scores in our grade.
***SIGN*** If he doesn't, he'll have to quit the karuta club.
***SIGN*** You have to do the things you don't want to do,
***SIGN*** before you can do the things you truly want to do.
**[18:21] Chihaya**
I'm very sorry!
I'm going to study hard now!
**[18:24] Nishida**
I've mastered English already.
**[18:26] Chihaya**
I can catch up!
**[18:29] Reader**
Excuse me, we close at 7.
**[18:34] Miya**
I'll lock up for you.
**[18:37] Reader**
Ms. Miyauchi...
**[18:40] Miya**
I'll keep an eye on them.
**[18:53] Harada**
I realize that I also lost,
but how could you lose
**[18:55] ---**
by 11 cards?!
**[18:57] Tsuboguchi**
Well, I felt so content after
my match with Wataya-kun.
**[19:00] Harada**
Aren't you mad?!
**[19:01] Tsuboguchi**
Well, I know my limits.
**[19:03] Taichi**
How was your match against Arata?
**[19:07] Tsuboguchi**
I hated it.
Really hated it.
**[19:10] Tsuboguchi**
He was clearly thinking
through every move,
**[19:12] ---**
but I couldn't tell what he was thinking.
**[19:15] Tsuboguchi**
Having said that,
**[19:18] Tsuboguchi**
Master Suo wouldn't bat
an eye against him.
**[19:22] Taichi**
*Master...*
**[19:24] Taichi**
*He mentioned the Master*
**[19:26] ---**
*while talking about a player in his*
**[19:29] ---**
*first year of high school who just made Class A.*
**[19:32] Tsuboguchi**
I'm going this way.
**[19:33] Tsuboguchi**
Bye.
**[19:34] Taichi**
* Hiroshi-san is looking ahead*
* to the Master qualifier.*
**[19:39] Taichi**
*I should have watched them play.*
**[19:44] Taichi**
* I should have watched from*
* the very beginning.*
**[19:50] Harada**
Eyebrows.
**[19:53] Taichi**
Yes?
**[19:55] Harada**
I've been thinking.
**[19:56] ---**
You placed second in two Class B
tournaments this summer, correct?
**[20:01] Harada**
If we go by the official standards,
**[20:03] ---**
you're qualified to be in Class A.
**[20:08] Harada**
This would break the
Shiranami Society rule,
**[20:11] ---**
but would you like me to promote you
**[20:12] ---**
to Class A so you can
play in the East qualifier?
**[20:16] Harada**
Chihaya-chan and Glasses are
waiting for you in Class A.
**[20:24] Taichi**
Promote?
**[20:25] Reader**
An empty train is passing
through platform 2.
**[20:27] Harada**
*Frustration will not last forever.*
**[20:31] Harada**
* Nobody can keep on going*
* without some measure*
**[20:35] Harada**
*of reward.*
**[20:41] Taichi**
Please don't do that, Doctor.
**[20:43] Taichi**
That's not like you.
**[20:45] Harada**
What?
**[20:46] Taichi**
Doctor, I'm not so much
focused on making Class A
**[20:53] Taichi**
as I'm focused on becoming
someone who doesn't run away.
**[21:02] Kuri**
Arata-kun's sound asleep.
**[21:07] Kuri**
He was nervous about
meeting his old friends,
**[21:11] Kuri**
but I guess it was worth the trip.
**[21:16] Chihaya**
*Drink...*
**[21:19] Chihaya**
*Gulp it all down.*
# E21 - As My Sleeves Are Wet With Dew
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY5VPGX7Y/as-my-sleeves-are-wet-with-dew)
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***SIGN*** Ah...
**[00:03] Miya**
Okay, time's up.
***SIGN*** Chemistry Exam
**[00:06] Miya**
Pass your tests forward.
**[00:13] Chihaya**
*Exams are over.*
**[00:16] Chihaya**
*Three days left until the Eastern qualifier!*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
**[01:31] Nishida**
The English essay was a cinch this time!
**[01:34] Taichi**
Really? It was a trick question.
**[01:36] Nishida**
What?! A trick question?
***SIGN*** Verse 21
***SIGN*** While
Snow
Falls
Upon
My
Sleeves
**[01:38] Kanade**
It was written like you were
supposed to give the time,
**[01:40] ---**
but it was really asking for the speed.
**[01:41] Nishida**
What?!
**[01:42] Nishida**
Seriously?!
**[01:46] [POEM] Reader**
the thistle and brush are
blown by the autumn wind
**[01:46] Nishida**
Whoa, they're already at it.
**[01:48] Kanade**
You can't blame her.
**[01:50] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan never mentioned
karuta during exams.
**[01:54] Nishida**
Must have taken some
serious self-control...
**[01:57] [POEM] Reader**
My life means nothing after all
the agonizing I have endured,
**[01:59] Tsutomu**
*I got it! Yes!*
**[02:03] Tsutomu**
*Normally, when Ayase loses a card,*
**[02:05] ---**
*she starts shaking her head,*
**[02:08] Tsutomu**
*but she's just staring at the cards now.*
**[02:12] Chihaya**
*Like water...*
**[02:17] Chihaya**
*Flowing seamlessly...*
**[02:20] Chihaya**
*How can I achieve that sensation?*
**[02:25] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[02:28] Nishida**
That took forever!
**[02:29] Nishida**
Why did you start without us?!
**[02:31] Nishida**
Wake up, Ayase!
**[02:32] Nishida**
You're playing me next!
**[02:33] Chihaya**
Yes, let's play! Let's play!
**[02:35] Kanade**
Desktomu-kun, we're the other pair.
***SIGN*** Oh, wait a moment.
**[02:38] Taichi**
It's my turn to do the reading?
***SIGN*** Need a breather.
**[02:43] Chihaya**
*I love karuta.*
**[02:48] Chihaya**
*Karuta brought Arata back to us.*
**[02:53] Taichi**
*Since nationals last summer, Chihaya...*
**[02:57] ---**
* always seemed so frantic*
* during practice.*
**[03:02] Taichi**
*Is it because she saw Arata?*
**[03:06] Taichi**
*Man, why can't I get over it?*
**[03:09] Taichi**
*I can still change.*
**[03:13] [POEM] Taichi**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[03:23] [POEM] Taichi**
Note that though we may be apart...
**[03:27] [POEM] Taichi**
Like the sound of someone knocking...
**[03:34] [POEM] Taichi**
the thistle and brush are
blown by the autumn wind
**[03:44] [POEM] Reader**
Look for the sound of the cuckoo
**[03:53] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[03:56] Nishida**
Mashima!
**[03:57] Nishida**
You don't have to push yourself so hard!
**[03:59] Nishida**
Humans aren't supposed to be perfect!
**[04:02] Taichi**
Oh, did I make any mistakes?
**[04:04] Nishida**
You were perfect!
**[04:05] Chihaya**
Huh? What's up?
**[04:07] Kanade**
Didn't you notice, Chihaya-chan?
**[04:10] Kanade**
Mashima-kun was reading all
of the cards from memory!
**[04:13] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[04:13] Kanade**
He was randomly reading cards
without looking at anything!
**[04:16] Kanade**
All from his head!
**[04:17] Chihaya**
What?!
**[04:17] Taichi**
Well, I read that this helps
improve your memorization.
**[04:22] Chihaya**
* He randomly read all one hundred*
* poems without doubling up?!*
**[04:24] Nishida**
I've figured it out.
**[04:26] ---**
That's your strength and weakness.
**[04:28] Nishida**
You only see the words in your head.
**[04:30] Taichi**
Huh?
**[04:31] Nishida**
It's important to know what's been read,
**[04:34] Nishida**
but you have to feel
the cards on the field!
**[04:38] Nishida**
Use your eyes and treat them as images!
**[04:40] Nishida**
You never practice swinging because
you think it's embarrassing, right?
**[04:43] Nishida**
You need to learn the distance
between yourself and the cards!
**[04:46] Nishida**
You're playing karuta with
both your mind and your body!
**[04:49] Taichi**
*Mind and body...*
**[04:52] Taichi**
* I want to move faster,*
* but my arm can't keep up.*
**[04:57] Nishida**
*I want to get better with you.*
**[05:00] Nishida**
* I wanted to play in the*
* Eastern qualifier together.*
**[05:08] Nishida**
So what I'm saying is
**[05:09] ---**
you don't need to memorize everything.
**[05:12] Taichi**
Huh? How am I supposed to win then?
**[05:14] Nishida**
You need to find your groove.
**[05:16] Nishida**
I only memorize the initial positions
for about half the cards.
**[05:19] Taichi**
Uh, I'd be too scared of making a mistake.
**[05:22] Nishida**
That's why...
**[05:23] Miya**
Ayase-san!
**[05:26] Chihaya**
Empress...
**[05:27] Miya**
I talked to your teachers,
**[05:29] ---**
and you didn't fail any
of your exams this time!
**[05:33] Kanade**
She doesn't have to yell...
**[05:33] Miya**
That's marvelous!
**[05:36] Miya**
Good luck at the Queen qualifier!
**[05:54] Chihaya**
*I...*
**[05:56] Chihaya**
*...love karuta!*
**[05:59] Chihaya**
*Love it!*
**[06:08] Kanade**
Here you go, Chihaya-chan!
**[06:11] Kanade**
We prepared a new hakama for
today's Eastern qualifier!
**[06:15] Harada**
Forehead.
**[06:16] Kanade**
Forehead?
**[06:17] Harada**
Sorry, but the heat works
against us in this tournament.
**[06:20] Harada**
She won't be wearing a hakama.
**[06:22] Kanade**
Huh?
**[06:23] Harada**
Most tournaments take place
in air-conditioned rooms,
**[06:26] Harada**
but the windows here remain shut,
**[06:28] Harada**
and there are no fans,
let alone air conditioning.
**[06:31] Harada**
So it's ridiculously hot in there!
**[06:32] Kanade**
Wh-Why would they do that?
**[06:35] Harada**
Because every sound matters.
**[06:39] Taichi**
Where's Nishida?
**[06:40] Kanade**
I saw him with some
Suihoku society members.
**[06:46] Taichi**
You and Komano ended up
joining the Suihoku society?
**[06:50] Kanade**
Yes, they've been helping us a lot.
***SIGN*** Suihoku Karuta Society
***SIGN*** Shiranami Karuta Society
***SIGN*** Shiranami Karuta Society
***SIGN*** Suihoku Karuta Society
**[07:03] Taichi**
They must have some history.
**[07:19] Taichi**
*Chihaya's...*
**[07:21] Taichi**
*really focused.*
**[07:25] Taichi**
*That's a good sign.*
**[07:27] Taichi**
* Hopefully, she'll make*
* it past the first round.*
**[07:28] Sudo**
Oh.
**[07:30] Sudo**
It's the person who lost
to the Queen by 20 cards.
**[07:34] Chihaya**
S-Sudo-san!
**[07:35] Chihaya**
Aren't you a third-year?
Don't you need to study for college exams?
**[07:38] Sudo**
I'm studying.
**[07:39] ---**
Since my first choice is a
national-level public school.
**[07:42] Sudo**
Though I managed to place second
for the high school scholarship.
**[07:47] Chihaya**
High school scholarship?
**[07:48] Sudo**
You didn't know, stupid?
***SIGN*** Famous Universities
**[07:51] Sudo**
If you come in first or second at
the high school tournament,
**[07:54] Sudo**
you'll get scholarships
to famous universities.
**[07:56] Sudo**
I should also mention that the Queen
gets scholarships to good schools.
***SIGN*** Famous universities
***SIGN*** Queen
***SIGN*** Queen
***SIGN*** Karuta Karuta Karuta Karuta
***SIGN*** College
***SIGN*** Scholarship
***SIGN*** Daddy Bear
**[08:03] Taichi**
*Dammit!*
**[08:04] Taichi**
*He's got Chihaya...*
**[08:06] Tsutomu**
*...thinking about...*
**[08:07] Kanade**
*...unrelated topics!*
**[08:09] Taichi**
*That guy's evil!*
***SIGN*** Super Sadist
**[08:11] Sudo**
Well, it's not like you have a shot.
**[08:13] Sudo**
They say that Wakamiya Shinobu
**[08:15] ---**
might be a stronger player
than the current Master.
**[08:17] Sudo**
You can't see yourself beating her, right?
**[08:20] Chihaya**
B-But I beat you.
**[08:24] Sudo**
Then let's make a bet!
**[08:26] Sudo**
Whoever loses first today
has to shave their head!
**[08:29] Chihaya**
S-Sure!
**[08:30] All**
Ah...
**[08:33] Chihaya**
Ah.
**[08:34] Taichi**
Moron!
**[08:36] Taichi**
A girl shaving her head is
**[08:38] ---**
completely different from
a guy shaving his head,
**[08:39] Taichi**
and he's not going to take it back!
**[08:42] Chihaya**
I-It was an accident...
**[08:43] Kanade**
You just accidentally threw
away every girl's glory!
**[08:45] Reader**
The opening ceremony is about to begin.
**[08:45] Taichi**
* She was all focused,*
* but now it's been ruined.*
**[08:45] Chihaya**
*Accidentally...*
**[08:47] ---**
Will all of the players please assemble?
**[08:51] Reader**
Well, this is a beautiful day for karuta.
**[08:55] Reader**
The Western qualifier is currently
being played at Omi Jingu.
**[09:03] (Flashback) Arata**
If you become the best player in Japan,
**[09:05] (Flashback) Arata**
you'll be the best in the world.
**[09:08] (Flashback) Shin**
That makes you the Queen, Ayase-san.
**[09:11] Reader**
In November, the East
and West qualifier winners
**[09:14] ---**
will play each other in this building.
**[09:14] Chihaya**
*It's about to begin.*
**[09:17] Chihaya**
*It's about to begin!*
**[09:18] Reader**
Check the scorecard and sit
down at your assigned location.
**[09:21] Nishida**
I'm up against...
***SIGN*** Sudo Akito Nishida Yusei
**[09:24] Nishida**
Ack!
**[09:25] Sudo**
Burn.
**[09:27] Nishida**
A-Ayase.
**[09:28] Nishida**
I'll defend your hair.
**[09:30] Chihaya**
U-Uh-huh.
**[09:32] Nishida**
Good luck.
**[09:34] Nishida**
You're also up against a tough opponent.
***SIGN*** Ayase Chihaya Tachikawa Ririka
**[09:36] Chihaya**
A tough opponent?
What do you mean?
**[09:39] Nishida**
You have no clue, huh?
**[09:41] Nishida**
Look.
**[09:42] Person A**
Ririka-chan, can you pose for the camera?
**[09:42] Nishida**
Tachikawa Ririka.
**[09:44] Person B**
How are you feeling?
**[09:44] Nishida**
She's from Sendai,
**[09:45] Person B**
Fine.
**[09:45] ---**
and she made Class A as a fourth
grader, just like the Queen.
**[09:46] Person C**
No worries, huh?
**[09:48] Person C**
You also placed at the tournament
in Chiba last summer.
**[09:48] Nishida**
They're saying that she's
the next Wakamiya Shinobu.
**[09:52] Nishida**
The child prodigy Ririka.
**[09:54] Person A**
Ririka, your ribbon's loose.
**[09:55] Nishida**
The expectations for her are huge,
**[09:57] ---**
while most people don't
even know your name.
**[10:05] Nishida**
She's a speedy sixth grade star.
**[10:11] Ririka**
Um...
**[10:13] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[10:13] Ririka**
Um...
**[10:14] Ririka**
Someone told me that you're really fast.
**[10:18] Ririka**
I hope we have a good match today.
***SIGN*** Heartstrings
**[10:24] Chihaya**
Y-You're too kind!
I hope I don't disappoint you.
**[10:28] Person A**
Excuse me. There are so
many matches being played
**[10:30] ---**
that we need spectators to remain outside.
**[10:32] Mom**
Oh, I'm so sorry!
**[10:36] Mom**
Do your best, Ririka!
**[10:38] Mom**
I'll be watching!
**[10:39] Ririka**
Uh-huh.
**[10:48] Chihaya**
*The child prodigy Ririka...*
**[10:50] (Flashback) Nishida**
The expectations for her are huge,
**[10:51] (Flashback) ---**
while most people don't
even know your name.
**[10:54] Harada**
*I'm expecting a lot!*
**[10:57] Taichi**
Huh? Dr. Harada, shouldn't you be inside?
**[11:00] Harada**
I get a bye in the first round.
**[11:02] Tsuboguchi**
We get to save our energy.
**[11:04] Taichi**
Oh? You too, Hiroshi-san?
**[11:05] Tsuboguchi**
Yep.
**[11:07] Tsuboguchi**
Oh, Chihaya-chan's playing
Tachikawa Ririka?
***SIGN*** H-How do you think she'll do?
**[11:12] Kanade**
She won't lose to a grade schooler, right?
**[11:17] Tsuboguchi**
Doctor, you told
Chihaya-chan to stop using
**[11:20] ---**
her speed to take cards, right?
**[11:23] Tsuboguchi**
Wasn't it a little early to tell her that?
**[11:27] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[11:28] Tsuboguchi**
Chihaya-chan's strength will
also be her game sense.
**[11:32] Tsuboguchi**
She was making big strides,
**[11:34] Tsuboguchi**
but now you've taken away her best weapon.
**[11:37] Tsuboguchi**
Especially when you consider that
she's up against Tachikawa Ririka.
**[11:38] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[11:47] [POEM] Reader**
When I must hide these burning feelings,
**[11:53] Mom**
*Good, Ririka!*
**[11:55] [POEM] Reader**
As friends and strangers...
**[11:56] [POEM] Reader**
I know that my heart...
**[11:57] Chihaya**
*She's so light!*
**[11:58] [POEM] Reader**
Swift waters parted...
**[12:01] Chihaya**
*She's so light,*
**[12:02] Chihaya**
*even when she moves with her entire body.*
**[12:05] Chihaya**
*She's fast.*
**[12:06] Chihaya**
*She's not scared of committing faults,*
**[12:08] Chihaya**
*and her hearing is good.*
**[12:11] Mom**
*Ririka...*
**[12:13] Mom**
*Her ears are big like mine,*
**[12:16] (Flashback) Person A**
Show us your ears!
**[12:17] ---**
*so kids used to tease her.*
**[12:17] (Flashback) Ririka**
No!
**[12:19] (Flashback) Ririka**
Mom, do my hair!
**[12:22] (Flashback) Ririka**
The karuta coach said
that I have good hearing!
**[12:25] (Flashback) Ririka**
My ears are really sharp!
**[12:28] Mom**
*If karuta's what you need...*
**[12:32] Mom**
*Ririka!*
**[12:35] Taichi**
*Is it possible?*
**[12:37] Taichi**
*She's faster than Chihaya?*
**[12:43] Kanade**
Is something wrong?
**[12:45] Taichi**
Chihaya moved back.
**[12:49] [POEM] Reader**
I deflect your artful words
to keep my sleeves dry
**[12:57] [POEM] Reader**
After I determined to abandon
my love, my only regret
***SIGN*** is that I have no way to tell you in person
**[13:00] Chihaya**
*I did it!*
**[13:01] Chihaya**
*I matched the reader's timing!*
**[13:07] Ririka**
Huh?
**[13:07] [POEM] Reader**
is that I have no way to tell you in person
**[13:10] Chihaya**
*Focus on timing instead of speed...*
**[13:12] Chihaya**
*It's a simple task for some people,*
**[13:15] Chihaya**
*but not for me...*
**[13:17] [POEM] Reader**
So the flower petals are scattered
like the snow by the passing storm,
**[13:18] Chihaya**
*I'm making progress! Improving!*
**[13:23] Chihaya**
*Though it may seem mundane.*
**[13:28] Ririka**
She got the card, but she's slow.
**[13:31] Ririka**
She got the card, but she's slow.
**[13:33] Ririka**
She got the card, but she's slow.
**[13:37] [POEM] Reader**
yet it is I who withers and wilts
**[13:38] Chihaya**
*S-Sorry...*
**[13:42] Chihaya**
*She's just like I was,*
**[13:43] ---**
*so I can understand how she feels.*
**[13:46] [POEM] Reader**
The emotions experienced
after a long-awaited reunion
**[13:52] Chihaya**
* She's happy to be playing*
* against grown-ups,*
**[13:57] Chihaya**
* and it's fun when people*
* say that she's fast.*
**[14:00] [POEM] Reader**
banish any lingering memories of the past
**[14:09] [POEM] Reader**
While it may be beyond my ability,
***SIGN*** and I have yet to visit Amanohashidate or read my mother's letters
**[14:11] Ririka**
*I committed a fault on a dead card!*
**[14:14] Person A**
* It looks like Ririka-chan*
* is dominating the match,*
**[14:16] Person A**
*but she doesn't have much of a lead.*
**[14:18] Person B**
*Her opponent is reacting well.*
**[14:20] Person B**
*Which society is that girl from?*
**[14:26] Chihaya**
* Ririka-chan was definitely*
* targeting this card.*
***SIGN*** and I have yet to visit Amanohashidate or read my mother's letters
**[14:31] Chihaya**
*I'll send it and take it from her.*
**[14:33] Chihaya**
* I have to pick up every card*
* that Ririka-chan doesn't target.*
**[14:37] Chihaya**
*Stay calm.*
**[14:39] Chihaya**
*Take each card at the perfect time.*
**[14:41] (Flashback) Sakura**
Lucky me!
**[14:42] (Flashback) Sakura**
I get to play a girl who only has speed.
**[14:46] (Flashback) Harada**
Chihaya-chan, stop taking
cards with your speed.
**[14:52] Chihaya**
*I finally understand.*
**[14:55] Person A**
Isn't Ririka-chan in trouble?
**[14:57] Person B**
Her opponent doesn't seem that good.
**[15:01] Person B**
So much for being a prodigy.
**[15:04] Kanade**
*Chihaya-chan is setting a good pace.*
**[15:06] Taichi**
*If she's careful, she can pull this out!*
**[15:08] Nishida**
* If she takes her time, her*
* opponent will make mistakes!*
**[15:11] Kanade**
Huh?
**[15:11] Taichi**
Aren't you supposed to be playing?
**[15:12] Nishida**
Good luck, Ayase!
***SIGN*** You
***SIGN*** You can
***SIGN*** You can use
***SIGN*** You can use your
***SIGN*** You can use your speed
***SIGN*** You can use your speed now.
**[15:26] Chihaya**
*"You can use your speed now"?*
**[15:32] Chihaya**
*Huh? Should I trust Doctor Harada?*
**[15:44] [POEM] Reader**
I volunteer to shield the
people with my dark sleeves
**[15:55] [POEM] Reader**
Since the dew atop the blades of grass
has been scattered by the winds,
**[16:03] Nishida**
That fool!
**[16:04] Nishida**
*Since I* hasn't been read yet!
**[16:07] Kanade**
But she moved so fast!
**[16:09] Person A**
Did you see that?
**[16:10] Person B**
She was faster than the child prodigy!
**[16:13] [POEM] Reader**
Feel love deepen...
**[16:15] [POEM] Reader**
For you, I head out to the
fields to pick spring greens
**[16:20] [POEM] Reader**
The sight of the lonely moon...
***SIGN*** makes me wonder how I ever let you fade from my mind
**[16:22] Ririka**
*A fault!*
***SIGN*** covered by the smoky mountain fog
**[16:24] [POEM] Reader**
reminds me of the lonely
dawns after we parted
**[16:34] [POEM] Reader**
Impassioned was your promise of salvation
**[16:40] Mom**
*Ririka!*
**[16:43] Mom**
*You don't have to keep pushing yourself!*
**[16:46] [POEM] Reader**
Alas, another autumn has passed in vain
**[16:56] [POEM] Reader**
Rain takes longer to
dry in the autumn time
**[17:07] Mom**
*If karuta's what you need...*
**[17:10] Mom**
* I just want you to find*
* something you like.*
**[17:14] Mom**
* Something that will*
* help you like yourself.*
**[17:20] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[17:25] Mom**
*Her opponent's also holding back tears?*
**[17:28] Mom**
*Why?*
**[17:31] Taichi**
She made it past the first round.
**[17:32] Taichi**
That's a relief.
**[17:36] Harada**
Hiroshi-kun.
**[17:39] Harada**
I want to give Chihaya-chan
as many weapons as possible.
**[17:45] Harada**
She needs more than her game sense.
**[17:47] Harada**
She needs situational awareness,
timing, accuracy...
**[17:52] Harada**
The most important thing
in karuta is talent,
**[17:55] Harada**
but talent is never equal.
**[17:58] Harada**
She needs more than one weapon to use,
**[18:02] Harada**
so she doesn't find herself overwhelmed
**[18:05] Harada**
by prodigies, like the Queen
and the current Master.
**[18:09] Ririka**
Hey, Chihaya-chan!
Gimme your hand.
**[18:17] Ririka**
This is my lucky mark!
**[18:20] Ririka**
Good luck!
**[18:24] Person A**
Ririka-chan couldn't do it.
**[18:26] Person B**
They said she was the
next Wakamiya Shinobu,
**[18:29] Person B**
but she's not that talented.
**[18:31] Person A**
Well, the Queen is special.
**[18:34] Person A**
It's not fair to compare them.
**[18:35] Person B**
Well, that's true.
**[18:37] Chihaya**
Chocolate!
**[18:43] Ririka**
Mom!
**[18:46] Chihaya**
*I'm sure there was someone*
**[18:49] Chihaya**
*who first encouraged Ririka-chan.*
**[18:53] (Flashback) Arata**
I believe that you have
the talent for Karuta.
**[19:00] Chihaya**
*It's a memory I've always treasured.*
**[19:05] Chihaya**
*I won't let anyone ruin that.*
**[19:08] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
Chihaya made it through the first round.
**[19:11] Person A**
Sudo-kun! I lost! I'm so upset!
**[19:12] Person A**
The first round was tough.
**[19:14] Person B**
Class A is completely different.
**[19:14] Sudo**
I thought you were just
participating for the experience.
**[19:17] Person A**
No!
**[19:18] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
Chihaya made it through the first round.
Good luck to you, Arata.
**[19:18] Person A**
Since I'm in Class A, I want
to try to become Master!
**[19:25] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
Chihaya made it through the first round.
Good luck to you, Arata.
**[19:25] Taichi**
*That's not what I want to say...*
**[19:28] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan!
**[19:30] Kanade**
You don't need to stuff your mouth!
**[19:32] Kanade**
There's plenty of chocolate left!
**[19:35] Kanade**
This? You want this, too?
**[19:37] Kanade**
Don't spill so much!
**[19:40] Kanade**
It's not ladylike!
**[19:45] Arata**
What? Murao-san lost?
**[19:47] Person A**
Yeah, to a freshman from Seijo University.
**[19:50] Kuri**
Nobody expected him to lose that match.
**[19:54] Kuri**
Murao-kun
**[19:55] ---**
made it to the final match against
the Master two years ago.
**[19:58] Person A**
He hasn't been practicing much, lately.
**[20:05] Murao**
Yo.
**[20:06] Murao**
You won your first match?
**[20:08] Murao**
Congrats.
**[20:14] Murao**
I'm glad you're back.
**[20:18] Murao**
The Nagumo society has a lot of members,
**[20:20] ---**
but there aren't many with the
potential to become Master.
**[20:23] Murao**
Everyone will be pinning
their hopes on you now.
**[20:26] Murao**
However, you'll never make it
past the role of challenger.
**[20:30] Murao**
The Master...
**[20:32] Murao**
Suo Hisashi can't be defeated.
**[20:38] Arata**
Murao-san, Murao-san!
**[20:39] Arata**
Play me next!
**[20:41] Murao**
Arata-kun, you've gotten really strong.
**[20:47] Murao**
I need to become Master
before you catch up to me!
**[21:02] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
Chihaya made it through the first round.
My goal is to become the Eastern qualifier finalist,
so you better become the Western qualifier finalist.
**[21:08] Reader**
The second round is about to begin!
**[21:10] Reader**
Will the players please move
to their assigned seats?
# E22 - Just as My Beauty Has Faded
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRGG5793R/just-as-my-beauty-has-faded)
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**[00:03] Chihaya**
Doctor! Big news!
**[00:05] Harada**
What?! Yamamoto Yumi-san?!
**[00:07] Chihaya**
Yes! My next opponent
is Yamamoto Yumi-san!
**[00:11] Harada**
You're really playing against
Yamamoto Yumi-san?!
**[00:13] Harada**
From the Suihoku society?!
**[00:14] Chihaya**
Yes!
**[00:14] Chihaya**
Yamamoto Yumi-san!
**[00:16] Chihaya**
Doctor, what should I do?!
**[00:18] Harada**
Yamamoto Yumi-san...
**[00:20] Harada**
You've got bad luck, Chihaya-chan.
**[00:23] Harada**
Okay, let's try this.
**[00:24] Harada**
Yamamoto...
**[00:25] Taichi**
Excuse me, who is Yamamoto-san?
***SIGN*** Ayase Chihaya
**[00:29] Harada**
Yamamoto Yumi.
***SIGN*** Yamamoto Yumi
**[00:31] Harada**
The previous Queen.
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 22
***SIGN*** Just
As
My
Beauty
Has
Faded
**[01:52] Chihaya**
G-Good luck!
**[01:56] Yumi**
*Ayase Chihaya-san...*
**[01:58] Yumi**
*She's just as pretty as everyone said.*
**[02:01] Yumi**
* She's nothing like me,*
* with my plain looks and name.*
**[02:06] Yumi**
*I'm already sick of her.*
**[02:08] Yumi**
*Why are her eyes shining?*
**[02:11] Yumi**
*That just makes it harder.*
**[02:12] Reader**
We will now proceed with fifteen minutes
**[02:15] ---**
of memorization time for the second round.
**[02:16] Reader**
You have until 11:17 by that clock.
**[02:26] Yumi**
*Why did I enter this tournament again?*
**[02:32] Chihaya**
* I'm playing the previous*
* Queen, Yamamoto Yumi-san.*
**[02:35] Chihaya**
*Th-This is...*
**[02:40] Chihaya**
*Five one-syllable cards on her side?!*
**[02:42] Chihaya**
*Seven three-syllable cards!*
**[02:44] Chihaya**
*Everything else is a two-syllable card!*
**[02:46] Chihaya**
*I can attack like crazy!*
**[02:49] Chihaya**
*Luck is on my side!*
**[03:03] Chihaya**
*I missed the Queen match this year,*
**[03:06] (Flashback) Chihaya**
but I saw last year's at Dr. Harada's house.
**[03:09] (Flashback) Reader**
Miss Yamamoto, congratulations
on your first Queen title.
**[03:13] (Flashback) Reader**
Your moment of glory comes in
your last year of college.
**[03:15] (Flashback) Reader**
How do you feel right now?
**[03:20] (Flashback) Yumi**
Coach Kitano...
**[03:23] (Flashback) Harada**
I really hate Kitano, but he
has a model student here!
**[03:28] (Flashback) Harada**
When you kids become Master or Queen,
**[03:30] (Flashback) ---**
make sure you call my name!
**[03:33] Chihaya**
* I don't really remember*
* how the match went.*
**[03:37] Chihaya**
* Just that she absolutely*
* refused to give up.*
**[03:41] Chihaya**
*That she called her teacher's name.*
**[03:43] Chihaya**
*Her tears.*
**[03:46] Chihaya**
*A posture that took years to perfect.*
**[03:50] Chihaya**
*And the calluses to show for it.*
**[03:52] Chihaya**
* She worked hard to make*
* her dream come true.*
**[03:55] Harada**
*The previous Queen is strong,*
**[03:58] Harada**
* but you've learned when to*
* give yourself the go sign.*
**[04:02] Harada**
* You can control a match*
* against the previous queen.*
***SIGN*** Is that Ayase's opponent?
***SIGN*** I've seen her before at the Suihoku society,
***SIGN*** but I've never seen her practice.
**[04:20] Kanade**
She has an office job,
so we're on different schedules.
**[04:24] Taichi**
Nishida, you've been
in the Suihoku society
**[04:26] ---**
since you were little,
so you should know.
**[04:28] Taichi**
What's Yamamoto Yuri-san like?
**[04:32] Taichi**
Wait, what?!
**[04:33] Nishida**
102, 103, 104...
**[04:36] Nishida**
I was burned...
**[04:38] Nishida**
Lost by 20 cards...
**[04:40] Kanade**
He hasn't recovered from the shock
**[04:42] ---**
of losing to Sudo-san from Hokuo.
**[04:44] Taichi**
Hey, Nishida. You okay?
**[04:47] Nishida**
This was the first time
I ever met a real sadist.
**[04:52] Sudo**
It's too bad I don't get to eat you
**[04:54] ---**
after roasting you in a karuta match,
**[04:57] Sudo**
since it'd be bad for my health.
**[04:59] Nishida**
I can't believe Ayase actually beat him.
**[05:02] Nishida**
I'm scared. Class A is scary.
**[05:04] Nishida**
There are all these monsters
that I can't beat!
**[05:07] Taichi**
There, there.
**[05:08] Taichi**
By the way, what's Yamamoto
Yuri-san's karuta like?
**[05:11] Nishida**
Yamamoto Yumi! Yumin!
**[05:13] Taichi**
Huh? Sorry.
**[05:15] Taichi**
Wait, Yumin?
**[05:17] Nishida**
Yumin's playing style is
persistent and stubborn.
**[05:21] Nishida**
After she became Queen,
she settled down a bit,
**[05:26] Nishida**
but the real Yumin is...
**[05:28] Kita**
Idiot!
**[05:30] Kita**
Stop talking with that Shiranami
boy and come over here!
**[05:33] Kita**
Kana-chan and Komano-kun, too!
**[05:35] ---**
You're with us now!
**[05:36] Both**
Huh?
**[05:37] Kita**
Cheer for Yumin!
**[05:39] Kita**
Watch her reclaim the title of Queen!
**[05:43] Kita**
Cheer her on!
**[05:45] Nishida**
*Coach...*
**[05:47] [POEM] Reader**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[05:55] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[05:56] Person A**
* It's starting to get warm*
* now that the sun is out.*
**[05:59] Person A**
* We'll need to take a*
* break to air out the room.*
**[06:01] Person A**
*The players won't last much longer.*
**[06:05] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[06:14] [POEM] Reader**
May the scarlet kadsuras of Mount
Afusaka live up to their name
**[06:22] Chihaya**
*Her swing is compact and measured.*
**[06:24] Chihaya**
*Her body knows how far away each card is.*
**[06:27] Chihaya**
*I'm impressed.*
**[06:33] Chihaya**
*Even the air feels too warm.*
**[06:36] (Flashback) Harada**
The heat works against
us in this tournament.
**[06:39] Chihaya**
*You're absolutely right, Doctor!*
**[06:41] Chihaya**
*But... I like it.*
**[06:45] Chihaya**
*Normal people can never join us here.*
**[06:47] Chihaya**
*The players are all in Class A.*
**[06:50] Chihaya**
*Every little sound matters.*
**[06:52] Chihaya**
*We all understand how important sound is.*
**[06:52] [POEM] Reader**
and allow us this secret rendezvous
**[06:55] Chihaya**
* Top-class readers are used for*
* the Master and Queen qualifiers,*
**[07:01] [POEM] Reader**
The hazy early morning light
comes not from the moon
**[07:04] Chihaya**
*and I'm playing against the previous Queen!*
**[07:08] Chihaya**
*This is fun!*
**[07:09] Taichi**
*She got it!*
**[07:10] Nishida**
Nice!
**[07:15] Chihaya**
*Stay on the attack!*
**[07:17] [POEM] Chihaya**
My fear is not...
**[07:18] Chihaya**
*Attack!*
**[07:19] [POEM] Reader**
After I determined...
**[07:20] Chihaya**
*Attack!*
***SIGN*** Three in a row!
**[07:22] Kanade**
She even managed to win
a three-syllable card!
**[07:24] Taichi**
*She hasn't committed any faults today.*
**[07:27] Taichi**
*She's on a roll!*
**[07:28] Nishida**
Huh?
**[07:32] Kita**
*You're still in good shape, Yumin!*
**[07:34] Kita**
*You can win!*
**[07:35] Kita**
*It's time to get stubborn!*
**[07:40] Yumi**
* This girl is in high school,*
* much like the Queen.*
**[07:44] Yumi**
*Young, beautiful, and talented at karuta.*
**[07:48] Yumi**
*God is so unfair.*
**[07:52] Yumi**
*All I have is karuta.*
**[07:59] Yumi**
* Karuta has been my life*
* since I was a child.*
**[08:03] Yumi**
*And yet...*
**[08:08] Yumi**
* After working ten years to*
* earn the title of Queen,*
**[08:11] Yumi**
* I lost that title to Wakamiya*
* Shinobu a year later.*
**[08:15] Yumi**
* A fifteen-year-old was able to*
* prevent me from playing my karuta.*
**[08:20] Yumi**
* She's probably forgotten*
* about me already.*
**[08:26] Yumi**
*That's how strong she was.*
**[08:31] Yumi**
* If I win here, I still have*
* to face her in the end...*
**[08:37] Yumi**
*I can't win...*
**[08:40] Person A**
*It's so hot... I'm dying...*
**[08:43] Person B**
*Hey, look at the condensation.*
**[08:45] Person C**
*How hot is it inside?*
**[08:50] Kita**
*Why does the window have to fog up?!*
**[08:53] Kita**
*Yumin won't be able to see us!*
**[08:56] Kita**
*You can still stage a comeback, Yumin!*
**[08:59] Kita**
*You can win!*
**[09:00] [POEM] Reader**
is that I have no way
to tell you in person
**[09:09] [POEM] Reader**
While I sigh and lament how the one
I love does not feel the same,
**[09:10] Nishida**
Four in a row for Ayase!
**[09:12] Nishida**
You were so close, Yumin!
**[09:22] Chihaya**
*Huh?*
**[09:28] Chihaya**
*Why did she smile?*
**[09:32] Chihaya**
*She's played karuta all her life,*
**[09:35] Chihaya**
*yet she's leaning back.*
**[09:37] Chihaya**
*She isn't following through on her swing.*
**[09:40] Chihaya**
*The previous Queen...*
**[09:41] Chihaya**
*Someone who achieved her dream...*
**[09:44] Chihaya**
*...is losing her passion?*
**[09:48] Person A**
What's wrong with Yumin?
**[09:49] Person A**
Will she be okay?
**[09:50] Kita**
Of course she will!
**[09:52] Kita**
Yumin's tenacity is about to kick in!
**[10:00] (Flashback) Kita**
It was an unfortunate ending.
**[10:02] (Flashback) Kita**
You haven't been practicing as
much because you have a job now.
**[10:07] (Flashback) Kita**
Yumin, you can avenge yourself
against Wakamiya next year.
**[10:10] (Flashback) Kita**
Eighth place in the national tournament?
**[10:13] (Flashback) ---**
That's a pity.
**[10:14] (Flashback) Kita**
I know you could have placed higher.
**[10:16] (Flashback) Kita**
What's wrong, Yumin?
**[10:17] (Flashback) Kita**
You lost in the second round
of the Kanezawa tournament?
**[10:20] (Flashback) Kita**
Yumin, it just wasn't your day!
**[10:23] (Flashback) Kita**
Don't worry.
**[10:24] (Flashback) Kita**
In terms of skill, you're number one!
**[10:27] (Flashback) Yumi**
Yes, I'll try my best.
**[10:35] Nishida**
*She's tired.*
**[10:37] Nishida**
*Not tired of losing.*
**[10:40] Nishida**
* She's tired of failing*
* to meet expectations.*
**[10:50] Chihaya**
*It's so hot in this room,*
**[10:52] Chihaya**
*but her soul is growing colder.*
**[10:57] (Flashback) Harada**
Chihaya-chan, you've learned when
to give yourself the go sign.
**[11:06] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[11:08] Chihaya**
* I won't let a person who's given*
* up take a single card off me!*
***SIGN*** The condensation's so bad that we can't see inside.
**[11:23] Kanade**
It must be really hot in there.
**[11:26] Kanade**
I wonder if Chihaya-chan is okay.
**[11:30] Taichi**
*Hang in there, Chihaya!*
**[11:32] Nishida**
Yumin...
**[11:38] Kita**
I can't see anything!
**[11:40] Kita**
The window's so fogged up
that I can't see a thing!
**[11:42] Person A**
Coach Kitano, you have to stay quiet!
**[11:46] Kita**
Idiot.
**[11:56] Yumi**
Huh?
**[11:57] [POEM] Reader**
Long last we meet...
**[11:59] Yumi**
*That was a dead card.*
**[12:00] [POEM] Reader**
When the misty bridge...
**[12:03] Yumi**
* Why is she swinging so*
* hard on a dead card?*
**[12:09] [POEM] Reader**
Gust of wind...
**[12:12] (Flashback) Nishida**
Five in a row for Ayase!
**[12:14] (Flashback) Nishida**
Yumin!
**[12:15] (Flashback) Yumi**
She's going hard after every card?
**[12:17] (Flashback) Yumi**
Why?
**[12:19] (Flashback) Yumi**
She was being careful before.
**[12:21] (Flashback) Yumi**
It's like she thinks she
can dominate this match.
**[12:28] (Flashback) Yumi**
Dominate?
**[12:32] Person A**
It's getting hard to see.
**[12:33] Person B**
Is it really that much hotter inside?
**[12:37] Person C**
Can we get someone to wipe
the windows from the inside?
***SIGN*** Class A matches are incredible.
**[12:45] Kanade**
Yes,
**[12:46] Kanade**
but I'm a little sad.
***SIGN*** Huh?
**[12:51] Kanade**
I mean...
**[12:53] Kanade**
Nobody is actually
listening to the poems.
***SIGN*** That...
***SIGN*** might be true.
**[13:00] Kanade**
But...
**[13:03] [POEM] Reader**
The emotions experienced
after a long-awaited reunion
**[13:10] [POEM] Reader**
banish any lingering memories of the past
**[13:17] Kanade**
*Her voice is so clear!*
**[13:20] Kanade**
* Like there isn't a glass*
* window between us.*
**[13:23] Kanade**
*Because she's reading poetry...*
**[13:25] Kanade**
*Poetry can transcend any barrier.*
***SIGN*** Readers are pretty amazing.
***SIGN*** They have ranks and exams.
***SIGN*** There are less than ten special readers
**[13:39] ---**
qualified for the Master match.
**[13:42] Kanade**
Special readers...
**[13:44] Kanade**
How hard is it to become one?
**[13:52] Kanade**
*Chihaya-chan...*
**[13:54] Kanade**
*Listen to the poems.*
**[13:56] Yumi**
*She thinks that her victory is in sight.*
**[13:59] Yumi**
* What's with them?*
* First, Wakamiya Shinobu, now, this girl...*
**[14:03] Yumi**
* They expect every player to*
* be oozing with confidence.*
**[14:06] Yumi**
*I lost my confidence a long time ago!*
**[14:09] Yumi**
*But that's why I understand now.*
**[14:12] Yumi**
*You can't let your passion take over.*
**[14:16] [POEM] Reader**
Impassioned was your...
**[14:20] Taichi**
She went for "Impassionate"
instead of "Impassioned was"!
**[14:23] Taichi**
Did Chihaya hear wrong?
***SIGN*** And she touched a card on the opponent's side
**[14:28] ---**
while the correct one was on her own!
***SIGN*** It's a double fault!
**[14:32] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan...
**[14:33] Kita**
I can't see!
I can't see a thing!
**[14:37] Chihaya**
*What am I doing?*
**[14:42] Yumi**
*She made a mistake.*
**[14:44] Yumi**
*Pathetic.*
**[14:46] Yumi**
* The previous Queen needs her*
* opponents to make mistakes.*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[14:51] Yumi**
*From a 7 card lead to a 4 card lead.*
**[14:54] Yumi**
* I've played hundreds*
* of matches, so I know.*
**[14:57] Yumi**
*The match will be determined here.*
**[15:00] Chihaya**
*What am I doing?*
**[15:02] Chihaya**
*How could I make a mistake now?*
**[15:04] Chihaya**
*How could I mess up "Impassionate"?*
**[15:06] Chihaya**
*Why?*
**[15:08] Yumi**
*I still have a chance.*
**[15:11] Yumi**
*I can do this.*
**[15:20] Person A**
Ki-Kitano-san!
**[15:22] Person A**
You can't open a window during the match!
**[15:24] Kita**
Fool!
**[15:25] Kita**
If it's too hot, they're
going to suffocate!
**[15:28] Kita**
You have to let some air in
**[15:30] Kita**
or the players will keep suffering!
**[15:32] Person A**
You're not supposed to do
anything without permission!
**[15:34] Kita**
I don't give a damn!
Wipe the windows!
**[15:37] Harada**
*Coach Kitano...*
**[15:39] Chihaya**
That feels so good.
**[15:41] Yumi**
You just helped my opponent recover.
**[15:45] Person A**
Come on, Kitano-san! That's enough!
**[15:48] Kita**
You're still in good shape!
**[15:50] Kita**
Play your own karuta!
**[15:54] Person A**
Enough already!
**[15:56] Person A**
I'm going to close the window.
**[15:58] Kita**
If you don't want me to
open the window again,
**[15:59] ---**
you better wipe it every ten minutes!
**[16:03] Yumi**
*Coach Kitano...*
**[16:05] Person A**
*My own karuta...*
**[16:06] Person B**
*Yes, my own karuta...*
**[16:08] Person C**
*My own karuta...*
**[16:09] Yumi**
* He just helped every simple-minded*
* player in the room.*
**[16:13] Chihaya**
*My own karuta...*
**[16:18] Yumi**
*My own karuta.*
**[16:21] (Flashback) Kita**
Next time, you can avenge
yourself against Wakamiya.
**[16:24] (Flashback) Kita**
You should be excited, Yumin.
**[16:27] (Flashback) Kita**
You get to be a challenger again!
**[16:33] Chihaya**
*My own karuta.*
**[16:41] Chihaya**
*My own...*
**[16:43] Chihaya**
* The karuta that comes from all the*
* practice I've done with everyone.*
**[16:47] Chihaya**
*I'm going to play...*
**[16:49] Yumi**
*My own karuta!*
**[16:50] [POEM] Reader**
Alas, another autumn has passed in vain
**[17:00] [POEM] Reader**
I know that my heart is all aflutter
**[17:01] Chihaya**
*Yes! Got it!*
**[17:02] Yumi**
What? Please wait.
**[17:05] Yumi**
I believe that card is mine.
**[17:07] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[17:10] Chihaya**
But I'm the one who hit it...
**[17:12] Yumi**
You may have knocked it away,
**[17:14] Yumi**
but my pinky touched it first.
**[17:18] Yumi**
Like this.
**[17:18] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[17:20] Yumi**
You just happened to knock it away.
**[17:23] Chihaya**
B-But...
**[17:25] Yumi**
Are you sure you touched it first?
**[17:28] Yumi**
I saw everything happen.
**[17:29] Yumi**
My pinky was on the edge of the card.
**[17:33] Chihaya**
But, um...
**[17:34] Chihaya**
I think I was first...
**[17:36] Yumi**
After that, you knocked
the card away from above.
**[17:40] Yumi**
Watch.
**[17:41] Yumi**
This is what happened.
**[17:42] Chihaya**
U-Um...
**[17:45] Chihaya**
Then you can take it...
**[17:49] Taichi**
What was that?
**[17:51] Nishida**
Sh-She's back!
**[17:53] Nishida**
The legendary Contest Yumi!
**[17:58] Taichi**
Contest Yumi?
**[17:59] Nishida**
Yeah.
**[18:01] Nishida**
She's known for contesting every close call
with absolute confidence.
***SIGN*** I touched it first. I'm positive!
**[18:08] Nishida**
While she's arguing, everyone
else has to stop playing,
**[18:12] Nishida**
so most people frown upon her habit.
**[18:15] Nishida**
She stopped because it was
unfitting for the Queen.
**[18:21] Yumi**
*That doesn't matter anymore.*
**[18:23] Yumi**
*I'm just a challenger now.*
**[18:25] Chihaya**
*Th-This makes it harder...*
**[18:29] Yumi**
Your right hand is on the playing field.
**[18:32] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[18:33] Chihaya**
Oh, I'm sorry!
**[18:35] Chihaya**
*She's making it harder.*
**[18:37] Chihaya**
*Focus... Focus!*
**[18:40] Chihaya**
* It might be harder, but I still have*
* to focus on taking the cards I can!*
**[18:44] Chihaya**
* There are plenty of my*
* sweet cards on the field!*
**[18:47] [POEM] Reader**
and by no fault of mine
**[18:56] [POEM] Reader**
Swift waters parted...
**[19:02] Kita**
Yes!
**[19:03] Nishida**
She did it!
**[19:04] Yumi**
*You seem to be confused.*
**[19:11] Yumi**
* I'm supposed to keep one-syllable*
* cards on my own side.*
**[19:18] Chihaya**
* "I won't let her take a*
* single card off me."*
**[19:21] Chihaya**
*Why would I think that?*
**[19:25] Chihaya**
*I'm playing against the previous queen!*
**[19:38] [POEM] Reader**
No matter where...
**[19:40] [POEM] Reader**
For the cold nights...
**[19:43] Taichi**
*Karuta is scary...*
**[19:46] Taichi**
*Chihaya has lost all of her confidence.*
**[19:50] Taichi**
*She's freezing up and making mistakes.*
**[19:52] Taichi**
* I didn't realize that mental*
* strength was so important.*
**[19:56] Taichi**
*Mental strength.*
**[20:00] Taichi**
*How badly you want it...*
**[20:05] Chihaya**
Yes!
**[20:05] Yumi**
Please wait.
**[20:07] Yumi**
I touched that card before you did.
**[20:09] Chihaya**
What?
**[20:10] Yumi**
Look, I hit it here.
**[20:12] Person A**
That pair keeps arguing.
**[20:14] Person B**
The match will never end.
**[20:17] Nishida**
*Don't worry about it, Yumin.*
**[20:19] Nishida**
* People will remember your*
* tendency to contest cards,*
**[20:22] Nishida**
* but your karuta happens to*
* be that much more refined,*
**[20:26] ---**
*that much more accurate.*
**[20:28] Nishida**
* Everyone here knows how difficult*
* it is to get to that point.*
**[20:36] [POEM] Reader**
I hide in the mountains, only to
hear the haunting cry of a deer
**[20:42] Nishida**
*You can do it!*
**[20:44] Kita**
*Yumin!*
**[20:47] [POEM] Reader**
None are left...
**[20:53] Kita**
You did it, Yumin!
**[21:00] Yumi**
Thank you very much.
**[21:06] Yumi**
Thank you very much.
# E23 - The Night is Nearly Past
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRE5X0PV6/the-night-is-nearly-past)
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**[00:01] [POEM] Reader**
None are left who know me
**[00:10] Yumi**
Thank you very much.
**[00:12] Yumi**
Thank you very much.
**[00:18] [POEM] Reader**
Impassionate gods...
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 23
***SIGN*** The
Night
Is
Nearly
Past
**[01:37] Yumi**
Yamamoto Yumi: won by four cards.
**[01:39] Kita**
Yumin!
**[01:41] Kita**
You're well on your way to
reclaiming the title of Queen!
***SIGN*** Great Expectations
**[01:45] Kita**
Get plenty of rest!
**[01:47] Kita**
You'll have to play four more matches
before you reach the final!
**[01:50] Yumi**
*So much pressure...*
**[01:53] Yumi**
*But if there weren't any expectations,*
**[01:55] ---**
*I would have run away already.*
**[02:08] Taichi**
Chihaya!
**[02:11] Yumi**
*I won't run away.*
**[02:13] Taichi**
What are you doing? Get out of there!
**[02:17] Kanade**
Please come out, Chihaya-chan!
***SIGN*** Ayase, I have chocolate for you!
**[02:20] Nishida**
Sorry about cheering for
Yumin the whole time!
**[02:24] Sudo**
Cheer up.
**[02:26] Sudo**
I've heard that beautiful
girls look better bald.
**[02:30] Sudo**
I'll leave my e-mail address,
so send me an "after" picture.
**[02:35] Taichi**
Sudo-san...
**[02:36] Taichi**
We'll shave our heads, so spare Chihaya!
**[02:40] Sudo**
What?
**[02:41] Kanade**
I'm willing to cut my hair really short!
**[02:43] Nishida**
You stay out of it, Kana-chan!
**[02:45] Harada**
What's that?
**[02:48] Harada**
Whoever loses first has
to shave their head?
**[02:51] Harada**
Chihaya-chan's so stupid.
**[02:53] Nishida**
We know! Our captain is stupid!
**[02:56] Harada**
Then Sudo-kun, if I beat you,
the bet is off.
**[03:02] Sudo**
I don't believe that you're my
opponent in the third round.
**[03:07] Harada**
Are you planning on losing?
**[03:09] Harada**
If not, we'll run into
each other at some point.
**[03:13] Sudo**
You better not lose before we play.
**[03:15] Harada**
Worry more about yourself.
**[03:18] Kanade**
H-He's so cool!
**[03:20] Both**
What?!
**[03:22] Nishida**
No, I'll shave my head!
***SIGN*** Me, too!
**[03:23] Nishida**
I said it first!
***SIGN*** I probably look fine with a shaved head, so I'll do it!
**[03:27] Nishida**
I'll look better than you will!
**[03:30] Nishida**
I-Is she asleep?
**[03:33] Nishida**
Isn't that what normally happens?
**[03:35] Nishida**
It's been an hour.
***SIGN*** It's possible.
**[03:39] Taichi**
You can go back downstairs, Nishida.
**[03:42] Taichi**
You need to cheer for Yamamoto-san.
**[03:45] Taichi**
I'll stay here, so Oe-san
and Komano can also go.
**[03:48] Kanade**
We'll stay here with you-
**[04:04] Taichi**
*She isn't asleep.*
**[04:10] Taichi**
*She can't sleep now.*
**[04:25] Taichi**
Chihaya, Arata says he's won his
third round match.
**[04:31] Taichi**
I'm mail buddies with Arata now.
**[04:36] Taichi**
I was going to give you his address
once the qualifiers were over.
**[04:41] Taichi**
I'm not lying.
**[04:45] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
Got through the third round.
How's Chihaya doing?
**[04:45] Taichi**
He's really amazing.
**[05:02] Kanade**
Dr. Harada and Sudo-san both won,
**[05:04] Kanade**
and they're playing each
other in the fourth round!
**[05:06] Kanade**
We have to go cheer for him!
**[05:12] Taichi**
Chihaya, come out.
**[05:15] Taichi**
Let's go cheer him on.
**[05:19] Taichi**
Chihaya.
**[05:23] Taichi**
* I know how much it hurts to*
* lose after trying your best.*
**[05:27] Taichi**
*You don't want to face anyone.*
**[05:31] Taichi**
*I know how it feels,*
**[05:33] Taichi**
*but my words won't be able to reach her.*
**[05:37] Taichi**
*Only Arata can help her.*
**[05:48] Chihaya**
What are you doing?!
**[05:51] Chihaya**
You have to go watch
Dr. Harada and Sudo-san play!
**[05:56] Chihaya**
Next year, they'll be
your rivals in Class A!
**[05:59] Chihaya**
You have to go watch them
play, not cheer them on!
**[06:04] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan.
**[06:06] Kanade**
The prez stayed behind because
he was worried about you.
**[06:09] Chihaya**
Oh, that's right.
**[06:11] Chihaya**
Sorry.
**[06:14] Chihaya**
Sorry.
**[06:15] Chihaya**
Let's go, Taichi.
**[06:20] Taichi**
*Yeah, I'm hopeless...*
**[06:26] Taichi**
*Hopelessly in love.*
***SIGN*** Sudo Akita
***SIGN*** Harada Hidehiro
**[06:31] Harada**
Yes!
**[06:35] Kita**
He's so loud.
**[06:41] Sudo**
*His knees are starting to give.*
**[06:43] Sudo**
* I should go easy on him*
* since he's getting old.*
**[06:47] Sudo**
*Except, I'm not in a position to do that.*
**[06:54] Chihaya**
*I didn't want her to contest every card,*
**[06:56] ---**
* so I started moving*
* faster than I needed to.*
**[07:00] Chihaya**
*That was a tactic I never knew about.*
**[07:04] Taichi**
Aren't you cold?
**[07:05] Taichi**
Put this on.
**[07:06] Chihaya**
Huh? It's okay.
**[07:08] Taichi**
You look like you're cold, so put it on.
**[07:17] Chihaya**
Everyone was cheering
watching outside, right?
**[07:21] Chihaya**
Weren't you cold?
**[07:22] Kanade**
It was pretty warm during the day.
**[07:26] Chihaya**
* They were standing outside*
* the entire time.*
**[07:33] Chihaya**
Thank you.
**[07:35] Chihaya**
Sorry.
**[07:39] Chihaya**
* I lost because I was*
* too focused on myself.*
**[07:46] Kanade**
He did it!
**[07:47] Taichi**
Dr. Harada!
**[07:53] Sudo**
*I lost by three cards.*
**[07:55] Sudo**
*He's not human...*
**[07:57] Sudo**
*He's an intelligent bear.*
***SIGN*** Roar
**[08:00] Taichi**
Dr. Harada!
**[08:01] Nishida**
Thank you for saving Ayase's hair!
**[08:04] Harada**
Hmm? What are you talking about?
**[08:06] Nishida**
Huh?
**[08:08] Harada**
Oh!
**[08:10] Taichi**
*He only cared about his own victory.*
**[08:12] Taichi**
*He never changes.*
**[08:18] Harada**
Chihaya-chan, you didn't thank
your opponent after the match.
**[08:24] Harada**
That was wrong of you.
**[08:26] Harada**
No matter how upset you are,
**[08:28] ---**
you must thank your opponent.
**[08:32] Chihaya**
Yes, sir!
**[08:33] Person A**
The semi-finals will
begin in ten minutes.
**[08:35] Person A**
Will the players will please step inside.
**[08:37] Harada**
Oh, it's time.
**[08:40] Harada**
Only two more wins...
**[08:44] Harada**
Two more wins...
**[08:55] Chihaya**
* Dr. Harada lost a close*
* match in the semi-finals.*
**[09:00] Chihaya**
* The Eastern finalists this year*
* are Tsuboguchi Hiroshi*
**[09:03] Chihaya**
* from the Shiranami society*
* for the Master match,*
**[09:08] Chihaya**
* and Yamamoto Yumi from the Suihoku*
* society for the Queen match.*
**[09:13] Chihaya**
*In one month,*
**[09:14] ---**
* they'll be playing a*
* best-of-three match*
**[09:18] Chihaya**
*against the Western finalists*
**[09:20] ---**
* for the right to challenge*
* the Master and Queen in January.*
**[09:25] Chihaya**
Kanai-san...
**[09:28] Kanai**
See you next year, rival.
**[09:31] Chihaya**
*The long day is finally over,*
**[09:33] Chihaya**
* and the rest of us will spend*
* the next year as losers.*
**[09:44] Chihaya**
What?
**[09:46] Wata**
I see you every morning here,
**[09:49] Wata**
and you're seriously cute.
**[09:52] Wata**
Interested in going out with me?
**[09:56] Kanade**
You should turn him down!
**[09:57] Chihaya**
What? Just like that?
**[09:59] Kanade**
Of course.
**[10:00] Kanade**
It's a boy from a different school
who knows nothing about you.
**[10:03] Chihaya**
But, but!
**[10:04] Chihaya**
It's the first time anyone's
ever asked me out!
**[10:06] Chihaya**
If I let this chance slip away,
I might not get another one!
**[10:09] Nishida**
The first time?
**[10:11] Nishida**
That's beauty in vain.
***SIGN*** But after spending all this time with her,
**[10:15] ---**
she doesn't even seem
that beautiful anymore.
**[10:17] Kanade**
I'm pretty sure that the reason nobody
**[10:19] ---**
from our school approaches her
**[10:20] ---**
is because she's always with Mashima-kun.
**[10:23] Nishida**
Why?
**[10:25] Taichi**
Go ahead and give it a shot.
**[10:28] Chihaya**
Taichi?
**[10:29] Taichi**
You need to experience it for yourself.
**[10:32] Taichi**
It won't work.
**[10:34] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[10:35] Taichi**
You can't go out with a guy who
hasn't seen you play karuta.
**[10:41] Chihaya**
Oh...
**[10:43] Chihaya**
But I'm already getting a bunch
of e-mails and phone calls...
**[10:46] Kanade**
You gave him your number?!
**[10:52] Taichi**
I blocked his number.
**[10:53] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[10:54] Taichi**
Starting tomorrow,
**[10:56] ---**
wake up early and ride
the same train as me.
**[11:00] Kanade**
*In the Tentoku Imperial Court Poetry Contest*
***SIGN*** Mibu no Tadami
As my love first came to realization,
word had already spread
***SIGN*** Taira no Kanemori
Since I could not hide my love,
people would always ask if
I was pining for someone
**[11:02] ---**
*that was held by Emperor Murakami in 960,*
**[11:06] Kanade**
* there were two poems that*
* were especially beautiful.*
**[11:10] Kanade**
* As I watch the prez,*
* those poems come to mind.*
**[11:13] Kanade**
* Poems about a love that*
* cannot be concealed.*
**[11:17] Kanade**
* The nincompoops in our*
* club have no clue!*
***SIGN*** nin
***SIGN*** I've never blocked anyone before
***SIGN*** com
***SIGN*** Me either
***SIGN*** poop
***SIGN*** Goodbye, Watanabe-kun...
**[11:20] Kanade**
*But I understand, prez!*
**[11:23] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
Wataya Arata - Cell
Wataya Arata - Fukui Home
**[11:26] Chihaya**
* I haven't been able to bring*
* myself to send him an e-mail.*
**[11:27] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
Wataya Arata - Cell
Wataya Arata - Fukui Home
**[11:29] Chihaya**
*Taichi even gave me his address...*
**[11:34] Chihaya**
* Arata lost in the fourth*
* round of the Western qualifier.*
**[11:40] Chihaya**
*How does he feel right now?*
**[11:42] Chihaya**
*How upset is he?*
**[11:45] Chihaya**
* There are so many things I*
* want to talk to him about.*
**[11:50] Arata**
*I need more...*
**[11:51] Arata**
*More practice, more effort, more time!*
**[11:56] Arata**
*I was away for too long.*
**[11:58] Arata**
* I shouldn't have stopped playing*
* karuta for a single day!*
**[12:02] Arata**
Thank you very much.
**[12:04] Arata**
* Takemura-san, the Western finalist,*
* wasn't especially good,*
**[12:10] Arata**
* but he had the momentum of ranking*
* in four tournaments this year,*
**[12:13] Arata**
*plus the stamina to last six matches.*
**[12:16] Arata**
* The qualifiers are as*
* serious as it gets.*
**[12:19] Arata**
* I'll have to treat every practice*
* match like a real one.*
**[12:23] Person A**
Let's begin the third match.
**[12:27] Person A**
Oh, Daisuke-kun.
**[12:28] Person A**
You're playing Arata-kun next.
**[12:30] Daisuke**
What? I don't wanna
play him. He's scary.
**[12:34] Daisuke**
Scary!
**[12:36] Person A**
Coach, there isn't anyone
left for Wataya-kun to play.
**[12:40] Kuri**
And Murao-kun didn't show up again.
**[12:47] Murao**
What is it?
**[12:48] Murao**
You here to tell me to come practice?
**[12:51] Arata**
Yes.
**[12:52] Murao**
That's not like you.
**[12:55] Murao**
You never used to stick your
nose where it didn't belong.
**[12:58] Murao**
After all, you're the one who quit
karuta for a year and a half.
**[13:01] Murao**
Yet, now you're telling
me I need to practice?
**[13:06] Murao**
I know you want to get better,
**[13:09] ---**
but I can't help you practice.
**[13:11] Murao**
Say "hi" to everyone at the
Nagumo society for me.
**[13:14] Arata**
I...
**[13:18] Arata**
I regret it.
**[13:21] Arata**
I regret running away from karuta.
**[13:24] Arata**
You can't...
**[13:26] Arata**
You can't spend too much time
away from karuta, Murao-san!
**[13:29] Arata**
You'll lose your chance
to become Master!
**[13:33] Murao**
S-Scary...
***SIGN*** Shiver
**[13:36] Murao**
You really scare me.
**[13:38] Murao**
The point of karuta is to become Master?
**[13:44] Murao**
I can no longer play
karuta at that level.
**[13:48] Murao**
Let me know if you ever
want to play for fun.
**[13:52] Murao**
Good night.
**[14:01] Arata**
*It's not like me*
**[14:03] Arata**
*to stick my nose in...*
**[14:10] Arata**
*I'll be back.*
**[14:17] Chihaya**
Kana-chan, you look happy.
**[14:19] Kanade**
That's because there's finally
a match in formal dress!
**[14:27] Chihaya**
*The Tokyo Otsuka Karuta Memorial Hall.*
**[14:30] Chihaya**
* Where the Master and Queen*
* challenger matches are held*
**[14:33] ---**
*between the East and West finalists.*
**[14:36] Chihaya**
* The matches are best-of-three*
* and the players wear hakama.*
**[14:40] Chihaya**
*The first player to achieve two wins*
**[14:41] ---**
*earns the right to challenge*
**[14:43] ---**
*the Master or Queen at Omi Jingu in January.*
***SIGN*** Master/Queen Challenger Final
Hosted by the National Karuta Association
**[14:50] Chihaya**
*I can't help but think...*
**[14:54] Chihaya**
*If I hadn't lost my cool,*
**[14:57] ---**
*I would be sitting there right now.*
**[15:04] Tsuboguchi**
* I won the East qualifier*
* because Dr. Harada tired out*
**[15:09] ---**
*Kotegawa-kun in the semi-final for me.*
***SIGN*** Grunt
**[15:15] Tsuboguchi**
*Watch me play, Doctor.*
***SIGN*** Best of luck
**[15:32] Chihaya**
*Don't be too arrogant.*
**[15:35] Chihaya**
* Could I have been sitting there*
* if I tried a little harder?*
***SIGN*** Master/Queen Challenger Final
**[15:39] Chihaya**
* The players there represent*
* East and West Japan.*
**[15:42] Person A**
We will now begin!
**[15:44] Chihaya**
*They're representing us!*
**[15:46] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring...
**[16:09] Daisuke**
I'm scared!
**[16:11] Arata**
Thank you very much.
**[16:13] Daisuke**
Thank you very much.
**[16:17] Daisuke**
Arata-niichan.
**[16:19] Daisuke**
I'll become stronger!
**[16:23] Daisuke**
I'll do my best!
**[16:25] Daisuke**
I'll keep playing until I'm sick of it!
**[16:28] Daisuke**
Okay?
**[16:31] Kuri**
We have our challengers!
**[16:33] Kuri**
The challenger for Master
is Takemura-kun.
**[16:35] Kuri**
The challenger for Queen
is Yamamoto Yumi-san.
**[16:39] Tsuboguchi**
That was tough!
**[16:41] Tsuboguchi**
Seriously, three games
against the same opponent?
**[16:45] Tsuboguchi**
Takemura-san is
like an armored tank!
**[16:49] Tsuboguchi**
It's so hot.
**[16:50] Tsuboguchi**
Can I take this thing off yet?
**[16:52] Tsuboguchi**
It's completely soaked with sweat.
**[17:03] (Flashback) Tsuboguchi**
The Shiranami society dream
**[17:06] (Flashback) Tsuboguchi**
is to produce a Master one day!
**[17:29] Chihaya**
*It hurts!*
**[17:33] Chihaya**
*It hurts!*
**[17:35] Chihaya**
*I want to be able to look back one day*
**[17:38] ---**
*and say it was all worth it.*
**[17:43] Horikawa**
I'm worried about you, Chi-chan.
**[17:45] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[17:46] Chihaya**
I'll be fine, Michiru-chan!
**[17:48] Chihaya**
I placed 290th on the second term exam!
**[17:50] Horikawa**
I'm not talking about school.
**[17:52] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[17:53] Horikawa**
Chi-chan, you're spending
all of your time on karuta.
**[17:56] Horikawa**
Aren't there other
things you need to do?
**[17:59] Horikawa**
Like making friends?
**[18:01] Horikawa**
Anyway, take this.
***SIGN*** Class 1-2 End of Second Term PARTY
Time: 12/24 6:00 PM
At the "Italian Kitchen" next to Shinjuku Station
Entry Fee: 2,500 yen
Drink bar
Hosts: Horikawa and Matsuda
**[18:05] Chihaya**
A party on Christmas Eve?
**[18:08] Horikawa**
You don't have any plans, right?
**[18:10] Chihaya**
I do. I'll be practicing karuta.
**[18:12] Horikawa**
Okay, Ayase-san's coming!
**[18:14] Horikawa**
So is Komano-kun!
**[18:16] Taichi**
Oh, our class is also having a party.
**[18:18] Kanade**
Class 6 will be having a hot
pot party on Christmas.
**[18:20] Nishida**
Our class is going bowling.
**[18:24] Taichi**
Then we'll take December 24th off.
***SIGN*** Ooh
**[18:29] Person A**
Ayase-san, that outfit's so cute!
**[18:31] Person B**
What do you want to drink?
**[18:31] Person C**
Your sister's a model, right?
**[18:32] Person D**
I'm so glad I came!
Can I take a picture?
**[18:34] Person E**
She's so cute!
**[18:34] Person F**
Her legs are so long!
**[18:35] Person G**
Her face is tiny!
**[18:36] Person H**
Come on in!
**[18:38] Person A**
So, the karuta club is working hard.
**[18:41] Person B**
Oh, we're in the mountain climbing club.
**[18:44] Person B**
We're a boring club with
only a few members,
**[18:46] Person B**
but the karuta club inspires
us to do the best we can!
**[18:49] Person B**
We compete to see who can
put up tents faster!
**[18:53] Chihaya**
Oh, that sounds fun.
**[18:55] Person B**
When we practice in the courtyard,
**[18:56] ---**
people give us funny looks.
**[18:58] Person A**
Speaking of which,
**[18:59] ---**
Matsuda is the only male member
in the tea ceremony club.
**[19:02] Person C**
What's wrong with that?
I get free snacks.
**[19:07] Kanade**
There are important rules to
follow for a seafood hot pot.
***SIGN*** Turkey
**[19:13] Taichi**
I heard that this was a class party,
**[19:16] Taichi**
so why am I the only guy here?!
***SIGN*** Ayase!
***SIGN*** I got to talk to a bunch of girls!
***SIGN*** Though, they were just asking me about Mashima.
**[19:24] Chihaya**
Oh, that's great!
***SIGN*** You look like you're having fun.
**[19:28] Chihaya**
Yep, there were a bunch of classmates
**[19:31] ---**
I never really talked with before.
**[19:34] Chihaya**
Oh, but...
**[19:36] Chihaya**
I would be having more fun if the
other club members were here.
***SIGN*** I read in a book once...
***SIGN*** When you find yourself wishing that a certain person was also here,
***SIGN*** that person is like family to you.
***SIGN*** Regardless of how long or well you know them.
**[20:00] Chihaya**
* If you wish that someone*
* was also here...*
**[20:04] Person A**
Who's joining in the karaoke?!
**[20:05] Person B**
It's Christmas Eve, so the
bars will all be packed!
**[20:12] Arata**
Hello? This is Wataya.
**[20:17] Arata**
Who is it?
**[20:22] Arata**
Chihaya?
**[20:24] Arata**
Sorry, I'm at the Nagumo society
Christmas party right now.
**[20:28] Person A**
Coach Kuriyama is belly dancing!
**[20:31] Arata**
It's Chihaya, right?
**[20:33] Arata**
Chihaya?
**[20:36] (Flashback) Kanade**
The "misty bridge of magpie feathers"
**[20:39] (Flashback) ---**
spanned the river of stars which
separated Orihime and Hikoboshi,
**[20:44] (Flashback) Kanade**
so the bridge brought them together.
**[20:50] Chihaya**
Arata.
**[20:51] Horikawa**
Chi-chan, hurry up!
**[20:53] Chihaya**
Cell phones are incredible
**[20:57] Chihaya**
like the misty bridge!
**[21:00] Arata**
Huh?
**[21:01] Chihaya**
I'm glad I got to hear your voice!
**[21:03] Chihaya**
Bye!
**[21:08] Arata**
Bridge?
**[21:13] [POEM] Chihaya**
When the misty bridge of magpie
feathers comes into sight,
**[21:19] [POEM] Chihaya**
the night is nearly past
# E24 - Nobody Wishes to See the Beautiful Cherry Blossoms
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G69PV9JVY/nobody-wishes-to-see-the-beautiful-cherry-blossoms)
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**[00:01] Taichi**
So why my house?
**[00:03] Chihaya**
Because you have a 60-inch TV!
***SIGN*** Master Match | Queen Match
**[00:07] Chihaya**
These are the Master and Queen matches!
**[00:08] Chihaya**
Master and Queen matches!
Master and Queen matches!
**[00:11] Chihaya**
We have to watch on a big screen!
**[00:13] Chihaya**
There was the option of going
to Dr. Harada's house,
**[00:15] Chihaya**
but the other three members
are in the Suihoku society,
**[00:18] Chihaya**
so Coach Kitano would be upset.
**[00:20] Chihaya**
Okay, I can understand that.
**[00:22] Chihaya**
But now is a bad time...
**[00:23] Mom**
Oh, Chihaya-chan.
**[00:27] Mom**
You've come to visit?
**[00:29] Mom**
It's been so long.
**[00:31] Mom**
It turns out that the play
**[00:32] ---**
I was going to attend this afternoon was
**[00:34] ---**
actually scheduled for tonight.
**[00:35] Mom**
But it worked out, since you're here.
**[00:37] Chihaya**
No, um, I'll leave right away.
**[00:39] Mom**
Why? Enjoy your stay.
**[00:43] Mom**
I want to thank you for making
**[00:44] ---**
Taichi feel at home in the karuta club.
**[00:52] Chihaya**
* She hates me. She hates me.*
* She hates me.*
**[00:55] Chihaya**
* She's looking at me. She's looking*
* at me. She's looking at me.*
**[01:00] Taichi**
Want to go up to my room?
**[01:02] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[01:03] Taichi**
There's a smaller TV in my room.
**[01:06] Taichi**
You can't concentrate on the match
if my mother's watching you.
**[01:09] Taichi**
I'll head on up then.
**[01:15] (Flashback) Taichi**
You shouldn't be running
to a guy's room like that.
**[01:18] (Flashback) Taichi**
I'm not gonna let you in.
**[01:22] Chihaya**
*Oh, this feels weird.*
**[01:25] Chihaya**
*I'm a little nervous.*
**[01:30] Chihaya**
*So very nervous.*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 24
***SIGN*** Nobody
Wishes
To See The
Beautiful
Cherry
Blossoms
**[02:44] Chihaya**
Oh, you haven't rearranged anything.
**[02:46] Taichi**
Why would it change?
**[02:47] Chihaya**
I haven't been in here
since grade school.
**[02:49] Chihaya**
Your room always felt big,
but now it feels even bigger.
**[02:53] Taichi**
Really?
**[02:54] Taichi**
Even though you've gotten bigger?
**[02:55] Chihaya**
There were a bunch of plastic
models and toys lying around.
**[02:59] Chihaya**
What happened to that soccer poster?
**[03:01] Chihaya**
Your room's so bare now.
**[03:06] Chihaya**
What is it?
**[03:08] Taichi**
Nothing.
**[03:09] Chihaya**
What?
**[03:10] Taichi**
Nothing.
**[03:11] Chihaya**
What?
**[03:12] Taichi**
Nothing, just...
**[03:17] Taichi**
You're in my room.
**[03:19] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[03:20] Mom**
Taichi!
**[03:23] Mom**
You're supposed to leave the door open.
**[03:25] Mom**
Your other friends are here.
**[03:28] Taichi**
O-Okay...
**[03:33] Nishida**
I can't believe Mashima
called this a "small" TV.
***SIGN*** 42 inch...
**[03:36] Nishida**
It's at least double the size
of the TV at my house...
**[03:41] Mom**
The karuta club members
always look so plain.
**[03:46] Mom**
Taichi, aren't you pushing
yourself too hard?
**[03:50] Mom**
How long are you going
to keep playing karuta?
**[03:59] Person A**
We bring you another
**[04:00] ---**
live broadcast from Omi Jingu,
in Shiga Prefecture.
**[04:03] Person A**
The Ogura Hundred Poets
Competitive Karuta
**[04:05] ---**
Master Match and Queen Match.
**[04:07] Person B**
It's finally here.
**[04:14] Chihaya**
*The Queen match is about to begin...*
**[04:16] Chihaya**
*My dream...*
**[04:18] Chihaya**
* The ultimate match in*
* the world of karuta...*
**[04:21] Chihaya**
* Shinobu-chan will be playing*
* to defend her title!*
***SIGN*** Queen Match
***SIGN*** 58th Master Match
***SIGN*** 56th Queen Match
Wakamiya Shinobu, Queen X Yamamoto Yumi, Grade 6
**[04:26] Person A**
We will now switch to the camera inside.
**[04:33] All**
What?!
**[04:35] Chihaya**
Sh-Shinobu-chan?!
**[04:37] Chihaya**
Why?! How?!
**[04:37] Person A**
The Master match is a best of five.
**[04:38] Nishida**
Wait, the announcer
needs to say something!
**[04:38] ---**
The first person to three wins will be the Master.
**[04:40] Person A**
The Queen match is a best of three.
**[04:41] Nishida**
The Queen's put on way too much weight!
**[04:42] ---**
The first person to two wins will be the Queen.
***SIGN*** Her neck is gone.
**[04:45] Person A**
Once memorization time is over,
we will begin the second game.
**[04:49] Chihaya**
She was so thin last summer...
**[04:50] Kanade**
Why? How could she...?
**[04:54] Kanade**
She's playing this match in a
patterned crepe silk piece?!
**[04:57] Both**
Kana-chan, that's your only concern?!
**[04:58] Kanade**
The golden lining on top...
**[05:01] Kanade**
The flower patterns are very Kyoto.
**[05:04] Kanade**
Even the threading is
achingly masterful.
**[05:07] Kanade**
She's playing competitive
karuta in a kimono that's
**[05:10] ---**
worth at least one million yen!
**[05:14] Chihaya**
Oh!
**[05:15] Chihaya**
* The Snowmaru pouch and handkerchief*
* that were only available in Kansai!*
**[05:22] Nishida**
What are those creepy things?
**[05:24] Chihaya**
After collecting 25 winning
stickers from ice cream bars,
**[05:26] ---**
you get one submission!
**[05:27] Chihaya**
Those are super rare items
that never come up!
**[05:30] Chihaya**
She's so lucky!
***SIGN*** She was eating ice cream until she won those...
**[05:34] Taichi**
Wait.
**[05:36] Taichi**
Isn't the Queen in trouble?
**[05:38] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[05:39] Taichi**
She's put on over ten kilograms.
**[05:41] Taichi**
If she's used to playing
karuta with a light body,
**[05:44] Taichi**
her strongest weapon,
her speed, will suffer!
***SIGN*** Competitive Karuta Master Match 58th Master Match / 56th Queen Match
**[05:48] Person A**
The first game took place this morning,
**[05:50] Person A**
and Queen Wakamiya won by five cards.
***SIGN*** Wait, the first game's already over?
**[05:53] Nishida**
Yumin lost the first game?
**[05:56] Nishida**
But she only lost by five cards.
**[05:57] Nishida**
She's putting up a fight!
**[05:59] Chihaya**
Five cards...
**[06:01] Person A**
We'll now provide a
summary of the first game.
***SIGN*** First Game Digest
***SIGN*** Wakamiya Yamamoto
**[06:04] Person A**
Both players started off very even.
**[06:07] Person A**
Yamamoto, grade 6, did not allow
the Queen to play her game.
**[06:11] Person B**
She certainly played admirably.
**[06:14] Chihaya**
* She's not as sharp as she was*
* in the high school tournament.*
**[06:17] Chihaya**
*Is it because she's chubby now?*
**[06:19] ---**
*Shinobu-chan...*
**[06:20] Person A**
We'll now introduce our players.
**[06:22] Person A**
This year's challenger is
Yamamoto Yumi, grade 6.
**[06:26] Person A**
The former Queen has returned
***SIGN*** Yamamoto Yumi, Grade 6
**[06:28] ---**
to Omi Jingu to reclaim her title.
**[06:30] Person A**
During the day, she's a 24-year-old
**[06:32] ---**
in her second year as a working adult.
**[06:34] Person A**
While working at a large Tokyo bank,
**[06:36] Nishida**
Wow! They went to the
bank to interview her!
**[06:37] ---**
she's been making the best
of her limited practice time
**[06:39] ---**
to return to the Queen match!
**[06:42] Yumi**
* Until I got here, I was scared*
* of Wakamiya Shinobu...*
**[06:48] Yumi**
* I could still remember how*
* strong she was last year...*
**[06:52] Yumi**
*But look at her now.*
**[06:54] Yumi**
*She's so chubby.*
**[06:59] Yumi**
*I'm not scared.*
**[07:00] Yumi**
*She's still human.*
**[07:02] Yumi**
*A child who came to the Queen match*
**[07:05] ---**
*without paying any attention to her health.*
**[07:08] Shinobu**
*It's hot...*
**[07:10] Person A**
Her opponent is Wakamiya Shinobu,
**[07:12] ---**
the youngest Queen in history.
***SIGN*** Wakamiya Shinobu, Queen
**[07:14] Person A**
She currently attends a
high school in Kyoto.
**[07:17] Person A**
Her high school does not
have a karuta club,
**[07:19] Person A**
and she'd been practicing karuta
**[07:20] ---**
at Kyoto's Myojo society till sixth grade.
**[07:22] Person A**
With additional practice at home,
**[07:25] ---**
she was able to achieve
overwhelming speed.
**[07:27] Chihaya**
*Practice swings?*
**[07:31] Chihaya**
* She never did that during the*
* high school tournament...*
**[07:35] Person A**
This year too, the Queen is wearing
a very lovely kimono.
**[07:38] Person B**
Yes, it's beautiful.
**[07:40] Person A**
I believe that the kimono was
**[07:42] ---**
passed down from her grandmother,
**[07:44] ---**
who is a member of the prefectural board.
**[07:45] Person B**
Oh, my.
**[07:47] Shinobu**
*So heavy...*
**[07:48] Shinobu**
*And this isn't my style.*
**[07:50] Shinobu**
* It's not like Grandma's*
* watching me on TV.*
**[07:56] (Flashback) Grandma**
Well, well. This is quite
serious, Shiho-san.
**[08:01] (Flashback) Grandma**
You divorced your husband
and returned home?
**[08:06] (Flashback) Grandma**
If you plan on leaving that girl here,
**[08:07] (Flashback) ---**
I want her learning something.
**[08:13] (Flashback) Person A**
Her body is flexible,
**[08:15] (Flashback) Person A**
but she has trouble following along.
***SIGN*** Shinobu
**[08:20] (Flashback) Person A**
Her sense is good, but it's
a little too dynamic.
**[08:25] (Flashback) Person A**
Pass. Who's got all the Hearts?
**[08:26] (Flashback) Person A**
Your mother is very strict
about bringing up children.
**[08:27] (Flashback) Person B**
Not me.
**[08:30] (Flashback) Mom**
We haven't found anything
for her to do yet.
**[08:32] (Flashback) Mom**
Though she seems to enjoy playing cards.
**[08:34] (Flashback) Person A**
That won't work.
**[08:36] (Flashback) ---**
It needs to be something that
will help her in the future.
**[08:38] (Flashback) Shinobu**
This is cute...
**[08:51] (Flashback) Shinobu**
So many cute pictures!
**[08:55] (Flashback) Mom**
Shinobu! Enough already!
**[08:57] (Flashback) Mom**
If you don't learn a useful skill,
**[09:00] (Flashback) ---**
it'll be awkward for us to live here!
**[09:02] (Flashback) Mom**
Stop playing games that
won't help you in life!
**[09:09] (Flashback) Grandma**
If you like karuta, you can visit
the karuta society nearby.
**[09:16] [POEM] Reader**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[09:24] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[09:34] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
***SIGN*** Yamamoto
***SIGN*** Wakamiya
**[09:44] Reader**
As the first frost...
**[09:46] Chihaya**
*A four-syllable card! Yumi-san got it!*
**[09:47] [POEM] Reader**
The hazy early morning light
comes not from the moon
**[09:50] Chihaya**
*She defended the multi-syllable card!*
**[09:51] Person A**
You can tell that Yamamoto,
grade 6, is a veteran.
**[09:54] Person A**
She's doing an excellent job of
protecting her multi-syllable cards.
**[09:56] Person B**
The Queen is very good at
breaking down defenses,
**[09:59] Person B**
but watch this.
**[10:00] Person B**
Her hand is so low that the
Queen cannot slip a finger in.
***SIGN*** Ooh! Slow motion replay
is really useful!
**[10:05] Nishida**
Watch carefully, Ayase!
**[10:06] Nishida**
Your defense is like Swiss
cheese compared to Yumin's!
***SIGN*** Cheese...
**[10:10] Chihaya**
*Shinobu-chan...*
**[10:11] Yumi**
Excuse me.
***SIGN*** She's standing up already?
**[10:19] Kita**
*Good. That's it, Yumin!*
**[10:21] Kita**
* After extensive research*
* by the Suihoku society,*
**[10:23] ---**
*we've determined that Wakamiya Shinobu*
**[10:25] ---**
*has limited experience with long matches!*
**[10:28] Kita**
* Do whatever you can to extend*
* the match and wear her down!*
**[10:31] Kita**
*We'll call this*
**[10:32] All**
* "Operation who gives a damn*
* about broadcast schedules!"*
**[10:36] Kita**
*The first game was very close.*
**[10:38] Kita**
* If you can win this game*
* and force a third one,*
**[10:41] ---**
*you have a chance, Yumin!*
**[10:45] Yumi**
Excuse me.
**[10:49] Shinobu**
*I'm sorry I wasn't able to take you.*
**[10:55] [POEM] Reader**
Look for the sound of the cuckoo
**[10:56] Nishida**
Fast!
***SIGN*** The Queen got that one!
**[10:58] Chihaya**
No...
**[10:58] All**
Huh?
**[10:59] Person A**
It appeared that the
Queen had won the card,
**[11:03] Person A**
but in slow motion, you can see
**[11:04] ---**
that she missed the card
by a few millimeters.
**[11:07] Person A**
Yamamoto, grade 6,
was there to clean up.
**[11:10] Chihaya**
*She missed?*
**[11:11] Taichi**
The additional weight is affecting her.
**[11:15] Taichi**
From what I've seen, the Queen
definitely has good sense,
**[11:19] Taichi**
but her main strength lies
in her body control.
**[11:21] Nishida**
Yumin's taking plenty of time
to decide on a card to send!
**[11:21] Taichi**
Her control is off now.
**[11:23] Nishida**
All according to the plan!
**[11:24] Kita**
You can do it! You can do it, Yumin!
**[11:28] Kanade**
But the Queen's swings
are sharp as a razor.
**[11:33] Nishida**
Please, Kana-chan.
Don't use that metaphor.
**[11:35] Nishida**
It's scary.
**[11:36] Kanade**
I'm sorry.
***SIGN*** But you're right.
**[11:42] Shinobu**
*Heavy...*
**[11:45] Shinobu**
*Oh, the kimono isn't heavy.*
**[11:48] Shinobu**
*It's my body.*
**[11:49] Shinobu**
*I ate too much ice cream.*
**[11:54] Shinobu**
*Sorry... Sorry...*
**[11:58] Shinobu**
*At this rate, they'll all hate me.*
**[12:04] Person A**
Wakamiya is really weird.
**[12:06] Person A**
She spends breaks staring at her cards.
**[12:08] Person B**
Is she memorizing them?
**[12:09] Person C**
She's already memorized them,
**[12:11] ---**
but she keeps staring at them. Creepy.
**[12:14] Person A**
Hey.
**[12:28] Person A**
Where did you hide them?
**[12:29] Person B**
All over the place.
**[12:31] Person B**
You boys are despicable.
**[12:32] Person C**
She's gonna cry.
**[12:33] All**
Huh?
**[12:41] Shinobu**
93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99...
**[12:56] Shinobu**
*I don't know why,*
***SIGN*** people would always ask if I was pining for someone
**[13:00] Shinobu**
*but just as I love karuta,*
**[13:03] Shinobu**
*the karuta also loves me.*
**[13:08] [POEM] Reader**
Since I could not...
**[13:12] Person A**
Fast! Her fastest swing
today comes on one
**[13:14] ---**
of her sweet cards,
"Since I could not hide"!
**[13:17] Person A**
Please watch the slow motion replay.
**[13:19] Person B**
A beautiful stroke that only
connects with a single card.
**[13:22] Person B**
This accuracy is the Queen's forte.
**[13:25] Chihaya**
*I always thought that*
**[13:27] ---**
* Shinobu-chan was aiming for*
* the corner of each card...*
**[13:32] Chihaya**
*But that's not it.*
**[13:34] Chihaya**
*Her swing isn't sharp as a razor.*
**[13:37] Chihaya**
* Her fingers are connected to*
* the edge of every single card*
**[13:43] Chihaya**
*by threads!*
**[13:50] Person A**
The second game began with
**[13:51] ---**
the challenger winning the first three cards.
**[13:53] Person A**
Yamamoto, grade 6, appeared to
be running away with the game,
**[13:56] Person A**
when the Queen showed off her speed
**[13:58] ---**
by taking six cards in a row.
**[14:00] Person A**
The Queen has turned the tables
and taken over this game!
**[14:06] [POEM] Reader**
While I sigh...
**[14:08] [POEM] Reader**
Swift waters parted...
**[14:09] [POEM] Reader**
Impassioned vows exchanged...
**[14:11] Nishida**
Incredible...
**[14:12] Nishida**
This is like iaido!
**[14:14] Chihaya**
No!
**[14:15] Nishida**
Huh?
**[14:15] Chihaya**
This isn't violent!
**[14:20] Chihaya**
She would never attack the cards.
**[14:25] Harada**
Think of it as making 100 new friends.
**[14:40] Nishida**
Why are you crying?
**[14:49] Taichi**
*She wants to practice...*
**[14:52] Taichi**
*She can't help herself.*
**[14:54] Taichi**
*She wants to practice this very second!*
**[14:57] Taichi**
*I guess I can help her...*
**[15:02] Taichi**
*No...*
**[15:03] Chihaya**
* Next year, they'll be*
* your rivals in Class A!*
**[15:06] Chihaya**
* You have to go watch them*
* play, not cheer them on!*
**[15:10] [POEM] Reader**
For you, I would have given up my life
**[15:12] Person A**
The Queen breaks through
her opponent's cover!
**[15:13] Person B**
Impressive.
**[15:14] Nishida**
What's wrong, Yumin?!
**[15:16] Nishida**
Hang in there!
**[15:17] Kita**
*Don't give up!*
**[15:19] Kita**
*The game has only just begun, Yumin!*
**[15:22] [POEM] Reader**
Rain takes longer...
**[15:25] [POEM] Reader**
In order to restore...
**[15:27] [POEM] Reader**
Would this old palace...
**[15:31] Person A**
The Queen has completely
taken over this game!
**[15:34] Person A**
Will Yamamoto, grade 6,
be able to stage a comeback?
**[15:37] Nishida**
Don't be stupid!
**[15:39] Nishida**
She's not going to roll
over and give up!
***SIGN*** Hearty
**[15:42] Nishida**
Do you have any idea how hard
Yumin practiced this year?!
**[15:46] Nishida**
Don't lose, Yumin!
**[15:48] Nishida**
The Queen is still human!
**[15:51] Person A**
Oh, it appeared that the
Queen had taken the card,
**[15:54] ---**
but she missed again.
**[15:56] Person A**
Oh, this is...
**[15:57] Person B**
Ah, a card from the Master
match hit the Queen's back.
**[16:02] Person A**
Yes, the Master match is being
played at the same time.
**[16:05] ---**
No way!
**[16:07] Chihaya**
* If Shinobu-chan was thrown off*
* by the card hitting her back,*
**[16:11] Chihaya**
* that means the person who hit that*
* card was faster than Shinobu-chan.*
**[16:14] Chihaya**
*There's someone faster?*
**[16:20] Shinobu**
*I can feel his presence...*
**[16:23] Shinobu**
*invading my concentration.*
**[16:29] Shinobu**
*A disturbance...*
**[16:33] Shinobu**
*A very strong presence.*
**[16:35] Person A**
That's it! She's done it!
**[16:37] Person A**
Wakamiya Shinobu is our Queen
for the second year in a row!
**[16:40] Person A**
She won the second game
by thirteen cards.
**[16:42] Person A**
A dominating performance
from this sixteen-year-old.
**[16:45] Person A**
Does she still have room to grow?
**[16:47] Shinobu**
Thank you very much.
**[16:50] Yumi**
Thank you very much...
***SIGN*** Waiting Room
**[17:00] Yumi**
* Twenty people came from*
* Tokyo to cheer me on...*
**[17:04] Yumi**
*They knew my chances were slim,*
**[17:06] ---**
* but they still believed*
* that I could win.*
**[17:10] Yumi**
* But it was obvious that*
* I stood no chance!*
**[17:14] Yumi**
*There was no way for me to defeat her!*
**[17:16] Yumi**
* She was so fast that I couldn't*
* even try to contest cards!*
**[17:20] Yumi**
*It didn't matter what I tried...*
**[17:46] Yumi**
Coach...
**[17:50] Yumi**
I want to make it back here again.
**[17:53] Yumi**
Please show me the way.
**[17:59] Person A**
Wakamiya-san, what is the
secret behind your strength?
**[18:02] Shinobu**
I'm not that strong.
**[18:04] ---**
I still have much to learn.
**[18:06] Person A**
This was your second match
against Yamamoto, grade 6.
**[18:10] Shinobu**
Second match?
**[18:12] Shinobu**
Oh, you're right.
**[18:13] Nishida**
She forgot that she
played Yumin last year!
**[18:16] Shinobu**
She is a skilled player.
**[18:18] ---**
I've learned that I
still need to improve.
**[18:21] Chihaya**
*This won't work...*
**[18:23] Chihaya**
*I'm not attached to the cards*
**[18:25] ---**
*the way Shinobu-chan and Kana-chan are...*
**[18:32] Chihaya**
Taichi, you have a set of cards, right?
**[18:34] Chihaya**
Can I start lining them up?
**[18:37] Chihaya**
Taichi?
**[18:39] Taichi**
*I can hear her...*
**[18:41] Taichi**
*but I can't dedicate myself to Chihaya!*
**[18:48] Nishida**
You blockhead!
**[18:50] Nishida**
You're done watching BS as soon
as the Queen match is over?!
**[18:54] Nishida**
That's absurd!
**[18:55] Nishida**
The real show's about
to begin for us men!
**[18:58] Nishida**
The Master match is next!
**[19:00] Nishida**
The Master match is our only
chance to watch the Master play!
**[19:02] Nishida**
Today is the only day we get
to watch Suo Hisashi play!
***SIGN*** Suo
***SIGN*** Takemura
**[19:13] Person A**
The first game of the Master
match was won by five cards.
**[19:16] Person A**
The second game was won
by thirteen cards.
**[19:18] Person A**
Master Suo is up two games to zero.
**[19:22] Person B**
Oh?
**[19:23] Person B**
Doesn't that match the score differential
**[19:26] ---**
for the Queen match games?
**[19:28] Person A**
Er, one moment please.
**[19:30] Person A**
Yes, you're right.
**[19:32] Shinobu**
He's such a nasty person.
**[19:35] Person A**
If Master Suo wins the third game,
**[19:37] Person A**
he will be Master for the
fourth year in a row.
**[19:41] Person A**
We will now introduce the players.
**[19:44] Person A**
The challenger is a member
**[19:45] ---**
of the Kotoku-in University
Karuta Society,
**[19:46] ---**
Takemura Keichi, grade 6.
**[19:48] Person A**
He works as a bodywork
therapist in Shikoku,
**[19:51] Person A**
while practicing karuta with
the university students.
**[19:54] Take**
*I can't take it anymore...*
**[19:56] Take**
*I worked so hard.*
**[19:58] Take**
*Worked so hard to achieve my dream.*
**[20:00] Take**
*I finally made it here...*
**[20:03] Take**
*but now I'm ready to hate karuta.*
**[20:06] Person A**
His opponent is the three-time
defending Master, Suo Hisashi.
**[20:10] Person A**
We interviewed him before the match,
**[20:12] Person A**
and he still hasn't graduated
from college yet.
**[20:15] Person B**
Oh, really?
***SIGN*** Suo Hisashi, Master
**[20:17] Chihaya**
Hasn't graduated?
**[20:19] Kanade**
The Master looks sharp,
but the narration ruined it.
**[20:24] Nishida**
Ayase.
**[20:26] Nishida**
We men need to watch
Master Suo carefully,
**[20:30] Nishida**
but I believe you also
need to pay attention.
**[20:32] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[20:34] Nishida**
You're trying to copy
Wakamiya Shinobu's style,
**[20:36] Nishida**
but you're closer to Suo
Hisashi's style right now.
**[20:37] [POEM] Reader**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[20:46] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[20:55] [POEM] Reader**
When I must hide these burning feelings,
**[21:05] Person A**
Did you see that?
**[21:06] Person A**
He began moving towards
the two-syllable card
**[21:08] ---**
"When I" on the first syllable.
**[21:10] Person A**
For most players, there are only
**[21:12] ---**
seven one-syllable cards: "Waves,
Gust, Long, All, Swift, Look, Rain".
**[21:15] Person A**
But in our interview, the
Master had this to say.
**[21:20] Person A**
There are 28 one-syllable cards for him.
# E25 - Moonlight, Clear and Bright
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**[00:03] [POEM] Reader**
When I must hide these burning feelings,
**[00:11] Person A**
Did you see that?
**[00:13] Person A**
He began moving towards
the two-syllable card
**[00:14] ---**
*"When I"* on the first syllable.
**[00:16] Person A**
For most players, there are only
**[00:18] ---**
seven one-syllable cards: *"Waves,
Gust, Long, All, Swift, Look, Rain."*
**[00:21] Person A**
But in our interview, the
Master had this to say.
**[00:25] Person A**
There are 28 one-syllable cards for him.
**[00:32] Chihaya**
*28 one-syllable cards?!*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Moonlight,
Clear
and
Bright
***SIGN*** Verse 25
**[01:47] Person A**
In other words, there
are 21 additional cards
**[01:52] ---**
that Master Suo can recognize
on the first syllable?
**[01:56] Person A**
For example, he can hear
the difference between the
**[01:59] ---**
*"When"* in *"When I must hide"*
**[02:01] ---**
and the *"When"* in *"When the misty bridge"*,
by the following syllable.
**[02:04] Person A**
In the world of karuta,
we describe this ability
**[02:07] ---**
as having excellent game sense.
**[02:09] Person A**
It would be safe to
assume that Master Suo
**[02:12] ---**
has the best sense of
all current players.
**[02:16] All**
*But his sense is so lame.*
**[02:18] [POEM] Reader**
I feel as though my body is
on fire with Ibuki mugwort
**[02:31] [POEM] Reader**
(While) some dodge the famous waves of
Takashi shore to avoid getting wet,
**[02:36] Suo**
*I love you, Kyoko-tan.*
**[02:39] Suo**
*Of all the certified readers,*
**[02:42] ---**
* Kyoko-tan is the one who loves*
* the Japanese language the most.*
**[02:45] Suo**
*The "Like" in "Like a boatsman".*
**[02:47] Suo**
*The "Like" in "Like the sound".*
**[02:49] Suo**
*They're the same word,*
**[02:51] Suo**
* but Kyoko-tan sees different*
* images when she reads the cards.*
**[02:55] [POEM] Reader**
Like the sound...
**[02:57] Suo**
*Even though I may be the only one*
**[02:59] ---**
*who can tell the difference.*
**[03:04] Taichi**
*He's on a completely different level.*
**[03:06] Taichi**
*What are we supposed to do against him?*
**[03:08] Nishida**
He must be a psychic.
**[03:10] Nishida**
He moved as soon as she
opened her mouth...
**[03:12] Kanade**
Still, aren't they exaggerating about
**[03:14] ---**
having 28 one-syllable cards?
**[03:16] Kanade**
The human ear isn't capable
of differentiating
**[03:18] ---**
between those sounds.
**[03:19] Kanade**
Right, Chihaya-chan?
**[03:29] [POEM] Reader**
Since the dew atop the blades of grass
has been scattered by the winds,
**[03:30] Ken**
Ooh.
**[03:31] Yuu**
Wow.
**[03:33] Yuu**
The Master's so good, Bro.
**[03:35] Ken**
He's so good that it's boring.
**[03:37] Ken**
There's no point in watching.
**[03:39] Yuu**
It's the opponent's
fault for being weak.
**[03:42] Ken**
Bro was pretty weak when he lost.
**[03:45] Yuu**
B-But Bro put up more of a fight!
**[03:47] Ken**
Really?
**[03:48] Yuu**
Yeah!
**[03:49] Ken**
Hey, stop sucking up, Yuuta!
**[03:51] Yuu**
You should stop yapping, Kenta!
**[03:52] Murao**
Hey, stop it!
**[03:54] Murao**
Nobody wins in a fight between twins!
**[03:59] Murao**
*I didn't put up a fight.*
**[04:01] Murao**
* It's our fault for leaving*
* him alone out there.*
**[04:08] Murao**
*Alone...*
**[04:10] [POEM] Reader**
The storm will soon carry
me to the afterlife,
**[04:11] Person A**
Oh, no! Takemura, grade 6,
**[04:13] ---**
commits a fault by
touching "*The storm blasts"*
**[04:14] ---**
in his lower left row.
**[04:14] Arata**
*You can't gamble like that...*
**[04:18] Arata**
*If you look at the Master's positioning,*
**[04:20] ---**
* he's sacrificing his*
* multiple-syllable cards.*
**[04:22] ---**
They can be taken for sure.
**[04:24] Arata**
*I have to treat "As the years" and*
**[04:25] ---**
*"As the first" as two-syllable cards.*
**[04:27] Arata**
*"Would the" and "Would this"*
**[04:30] ---**
*have to be split like one-syllable cards.*
**[04:33] Arata**
*How should I...*
**[04:35] Arata**
* No, the real one-syllable*
* cards are the key.*
**[04:38] Arata**
*I can't afford to lose those.*
**[04:40] Arata**
* "Long" and "Look" will come*
* down to the "L" sound.*
**[04:43] (Flashback) Grandma**
The Master has an
**[04:45] (Flashback) ---**
overwhelming advantage
in the Master match.
**[04:48] (Flashback) Grandma**
The first opponent for a new challenger
**[04:50] (Flashback) ---**
is the pressure of sitting on that stage.
**[04:56] Arata**
*I know.*
**[04:58] Arata**
*So I have to visualize...*
**[05:03] Arata**
*I can do it.*
**[05:09] Arata**
*I can do it.*
**[05:11] Arata**
*I can do it...*
**[05:14] Arata**
*I can do it, but...*
**[05:20] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[05:22] Person A**
It's over!
**[05:23] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[05:23] Person A**
Master Suo was never behind
**[05:25] ---**
as he won his fourth
straight Master title.
**[05:26] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[05:28] Person A**
His strengths are simple,
but consistent.
**[05:30] Person A**
How long will his streak continue?
**[05:36] Arata**
*Grandpa, visualizing only goes so far.*
**[05:40] Arata**
* I have to practice or my body*
* won't know how to move...*
**[05:43] Arata**
*Against a strong opponent!*
**[05:51] Person A**
Suo-kun.
**[05:53] Person A**
Congratulations on your fourth victory.
**[05:55] Person B**
Please try to graduate
from college next year.
**[05:57] Suo**
Yeah.
**[05:58] Person A**
A little more confidence, please.
**[06:00] Suo**
Yeah.
**[06:01] Ise**
Congratulations, Shinobu-chan.
**[06:04] Shinobu**
Thank you, Coach Ise.
**[06:07] Ise**
Could you come practice
**[06:09] ---**
with the Kyoto Myojo society,
when you get a chance?
**[06:12] Ise**
The other members would
be thrilled to have you.
**[06:14] Shinobu**
Oh, that would be an honor.
**[06:17] Shinobu**
Once I've gotten a little
stronger, I'll stop by.
**[06:21] Ise**
I see...
**[06:23] Person A**
Stronger? Than she already is?
**[06:25] Person B**
She's telling him that she won't go.
**[06:28] Person B**
Kyoto women are all the same.
**[06:30] Kita**
*I suppose I may be biased, as a coach...*
**[06:34] (Flashback) Yumi**
Please show me the way.
**[06:36] Kita**
* but those were the most beautiful*
* words I'll ever hear.*
**[06:41] Kita**
* I don't know if it's*
* coincidence or fate,*
**[06:42] Person A**
Excuse me. Can I take a picture?
**[06:43] Kita**
*but the current Master and Queen*
**[06:45] Person A**
Then can you and the Master
stand next to each other.
**[06:46] ---**
*have no teacher figures.*
**[06:50] Kita**
*What a waste...*
**[06:52] Kita**
*A person who never had a teacher*
**[06:55] Kita**
*can't become a teacher.*
**[07:04] Mom**
Oh, my, everyone?
**[07:05] Mom**
Why does everyone look so sad?
**[07:07] Mom**
Oh, dear. It's already six.
**[07:09] Mom**
I'm sure your parents
are getting worried.
**[07:12] Chihaya**
*Not good enough...*
**[07:23] Chihaya**
*Not good enough.*
**[07:25] Chihaya**
*Not good enough.*
**[07:27] Chihaya**
*Not good enough, not good enough.*
**[07:29] Chihaya**
*Not good enough.*
**[07:39] Kanade**
Well, Chihaya-chan, see you later.
**[07:41] Nishida**
Catch you at practice.
**[07:42] Chihaya**
Uh-huh, bye.
**[07:44] Kanade**
Desktomu-kun, watch where you're going.
***SIGN*** Ayase!
***SIGN*** 20 cards!
***SIGN*** You have 20!
**[08:00] Ayase**
20 what?
***SIGN*** 20 what?
***SIGN*** 20 one-syllable cards!
**[08:20] Taichi**
*How am I supposed to stay motivated?*
**[08:24] Taichi**
*What should I do?*
**[08:31] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
Incoming Call
Taichi
**[08:34] Arata**
Ta-Taichi!
**[08:35] Arata**
Happy New Year!
**[08:37] Taichi**
It's a little late for that.
**[08:39] Arata**
Well, it doesn't hurt.
**[08:42] Taichi**
Did you watch the Master match today?
**[08:45] Arata**
Yeah, I did.
**[08:47] Arata**
I've actually been doing some thinking.
**[08:49] Taichi**
Thinking?
**[08:50] Arata**
Yeah, about the Master's
card positioning.
**[08:53] Arata**
I asked some Nagumo society members,
**[08:55] ---**
who were there in person, to fill me in
**[08:56] ---**
on the games that weren't broadcast,
**[08:58] Arata**
so I could line up the cards.
**[09:00] Arata**
It helps me understand
the Master better.
**[09:09] Murao**
Playing with cards by yourself
in Master Wataya's room?
**[09:13] Murao**
You haven't grown up, huh?
**[09:18] Murao**
Well, let's play.
**[09:22] Taichi**
Arata? Arata?
**[09:26] Arata**
*I have to give it a shot!*
***SIGN*** Like I said!
***SIGN*** I have notes from your practice games
***SIGN*** and your games in official tournaments.
***SIGN*** After reviewing them,
**[09:40] ---**
I determined that there are about 20 cards.
***SIGN*** Of course, it depends on the reader and your condition,
***SIGN*** but *"Since the"*, *"Since I"*,
*"Like the*", *"Like a"*,
***SIGN*** *"When I"*, *"When the"*, *"Impassionate",*
***SIGN*** *"Would the"*, *"Would this"*, *"In the"*, *"For the"*,
***SIGN*** *"Though I"*, and *"Though my"*
**[09:58] ---**
are all cards you take on
the first syllable, I think.
***SIGN*** You must have noticed this?
**[10:05] Chihaya**
I-I kind of did...
**[10:08] Chihaya**
Only kind of...
**[10:11] Chihaya**
Do I really recognize them
on the...
***SIGN*** Trust my data!
**[10:15] Chihaya**
Sorry!
***SIGN*** You and Master Suo aren't the only ones who can do this.
***SIGN*** Most people with good game sense will have a few cards
***SIGN*** where they can anticipate the next sound.
***SIGN*** I wish I could do that.
***SIGN*** What?! I don't want this.
***SIGN*** Uh, hey!
**[10:54] Chihaya**
I-I'll find something better
to give you in return!
***SIGN*** What?
**[11:09] Person A**
Oh, it's Ayase-san!
**[11:11] Person B**
Gotta admit that she's cute.
**[11:12] Person A**
She's so fine.
**[11:15] Person A**
No, I take it back.
**[11:16] Person A**
She's muttering some kind of curse.
**[11:18] Person B**
Yeah, not her.
**[11:19] Person A**
Scary! Let's go around.
**[11:21] Person B**
Out of the question.
**[11:22] Kanade**
Chi-Chihaya-chan!
***SIGN*** Since the, Since I, Like the, Like a, When I, When the, Impassionate, Would the, Would this, In the, For the, Though I, Though my
**[11:24] [POEM] Chihaya**
Since the dew...
**[11:27] [POEM] Chihaya**
Since I could not...
**[11:29] [POEM] Chihaya**
Like a boatsman...
**[11:32] [POEM] Chihaya**
Like the sound...
**[11:34] [POEM] Chihaya**
When I must hide...
**[11:37] [POEM] Chihaya**
When the misty bridge...
**[11:39] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
You have 20!
**[11:43] [POEM] Chihaya**
Impassionate gods...
**[11:46] Chihaya**
*The number isn't important.*
**[11:48] Chihaya**
*What matters is that...*
**[11:50] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
Trust me!
**[11:52] Chihaya**
*Desktomu-kun figured it out for me.*
**[11:55] Chihaya**
* He was able to tell me*
* what I was hearing.*
**[11:58] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
I wish I could do that.
**[12:01] [POEM] Chihaya**
Though I prayed...
**[12:02] [POEM] Chihaya**
Though my hatred...
**[12:04] [POEM] Chihaya**
For the cold nights...
**[12:06] [POEM] Chihaya**
Would the mountain cherry blossoms...
**[12:09] [POEM] Chihaya**
Would this old palace courtyard...
**[12:10] Chihaya**
* I hope I'm able to return*
* the favor some day.*
**[12:11] [POEM] Chihaya**
In the sleepy...
**[12:12] [POEM] Chihaya**
Since the dew...
**[12:14] [POEM] Chihaya**
Since I could not...
**[12:16] [POEM] Chihaya**
Like a boatsman...
**[12:18] [POEM] Chihaya**
Like the sound...
**[12:20] [POEM] Chihaya**
When I must hide...
**[12:22] [POEM] Chihaya**
When the misty bridge...
**[12:24] [POEM] Chihaya**
Impassionate gods...
**[12:27] [POEM] Chihaya**
Though I prayed...
**[12:28] [POEM] Chihaya**
Though my hatred...
**[12:31] [POEM] Chihaya**
For the cold nights...
**[12:33] [POEM] Chihaya**
Would the mountain cherry blossoms...
**[12:35] [POEM] Chihaya**
Would this old palace courtyard...
**[12:37] [POEM] Chihaya**
In the sleepy...
**[12:39] [POEM] Chihaya**
Since the dew...
**[12:41] Kanade**
* I believe it was*
* Ki no Tsurayuki who said*
**[12:41] [POEM] Chihaya**
Since I could not...
**[12:44] Kanade**
*that the poetification of words*
**[12:46] ---**
* was as natural as birds*
* and animals crying out.*
**[12:51] Kanade**
*As long as the emotion is there,*
**[12:53] ---**
*a short phrase can sound like a poem.*
**[12:59] Chihaya**
Whoa!
**[13:00] Chihaya**
You scared me, Kana-chan!
**[13:01] Kanade**
*Yeah, it's all wasted once she moves.*
**[13:01] Chihaya**
Out of nowhere! How long
have you been there?!
**[13:04] Chihaya**
Ah! You saw me acting weird!
**[13:06] Kanade**
*So she realizes that it's weird.*
**[13:07] Chihaya**
What should I do?!
**[13:09] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan.
**[13:11] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[13:11] Kanade**
I actually have a dream now.
**[13:14] Kanade**
I'm very interested in reading cards.
**[13:16] Kanade**
I-I want to become a certified reader.
**[13:20] Kanade**
I want to become a certified reader...
**[13:22] Kanade**
and read for your Queen match.
**[13:28] Chihaya**
Ka-Kana-chan, are you serious?!
**[13:29] Chihaya**
Dead serious?!
**[13:30] Kanade**
Y-Yes.
**[13:32] Kanade**
I don't know how difficult
it will be yet...
**[13:34] Chihaya**
That's great! Do your best, Kana-chan!
**[13:36] Kanade**
I will...
**[13:37] Chihaya**
I mean, you have to be...
**[13:38] Chihaya**
a Class A player to
become a certified reader!
**[13:41] Kanade**
Huh?
**[13:42] Chihaya**
You have to be a Class A player
to become a certified reader!
**[13:44] Chihaya**
You have to be a Class A player
to become a certified reader!
**[13:46] Chihaya**
You have to be a Class A player
to become a certified reader!
**[13:48] Chihaya**
*...certified reader!*
**[13:54] Taichi**
Okay, you have 15 minutes
of memorization time.
**[13:56] Taichi**
We'll start when the minute hand hits six.
**[13:58] All**
Okay!
**[14:06] Kanade**
* I didn't realize it was so difficult*
* to become a certified reader.*
***SIGN*** At least a Grade 4 (Class A) player
Five years of experience as an official Class A reader
(Multiple requirements for becoming an official Class A reader)
**[14:12] Kanade**
*I'll have to devote my entire life.*
**[14:13] Kanade**
* And even that... that*
* might not be enough.*
**[14:15] Kanade**
*The president is working so hard*
**[14:17] ---**
*and he still can't make Class A.*
**[14:20] Kanade**
*It's impossible... Impossible...*
**[14:22] Kanade**
*Impossible, impossible, impossible...*
**[14:22] Taichi**
Two more minutes of memorization time.
**[14:24] Nishida**
Okay.
**[14:45] Nishida**
*You never practice swinging*
**[14:47] ---**
*because you think it's embarrassing, right?*
**[14:51] (Flashback) Arata**
It helps me understand
the Master better.
**[14:56] (Flashback) Arata**
*My grandpa always used to tell me...*
**[15:00] (Flashback) Taichi**
Tell you what?
**[15:01] (Flashback) Arata**
You don't need game
sense to play karuta.
**[15:05] (Flashback) Taichi**
Huh?
**[15:06] (Flashback) Arata**
You just have to take cards
faster than your opponent.
**[15:10] (Flashback) Arata**
It's difficult to achieve a
similar level of game sense,
**[15:14] (Flashback) Arata**
but there are plenty of other
ways to take cards faster.
**[15:21] (Flashback) Arata**
Well, I have to train with my mentor.
**[15:24] (Flashback) Arata**
Talk to you later.
**[15:25] (Flashback) Arata**
Call me again.
**[15:30] Taichi**
*Arata.*
**[15:34] Chihaya**
*That's unusual...*
**[15:35] Chihaya**
*Taichi is practicing his swing.*
**[15:39] Taichi**
* It's difficult to achieve a*
* similar level of game sense,*
**[15:44] Taichi**
* but there are plenty of other*
* ways to take cards faster.*
**[15:49] Taichi**
If I win this game today,
**[15:51] Taichi**
I'll burn all the Daddy
Bears at your house.
**[15:54] Chihaya**
What?!
**[15:55] Chihaya**
Wh-Why?! Why?!
**[15:56] Chihaya**
Why would you burn them?!
**[15:57] Taichi**
*There goes 10% of her concentration.*
**[15:58] Chihaya**
Why?! Why would you do that?!
**[16:00] Taichi**
*So this is why Sudo acts like a sadist...*
***SIGN*** I see now...
**[16:05] Taichi**
*Arata...*
**[16:07] Taichi**
* In your world, there's no*
* such thing as a genius.*
**[16:11] Arata**
*Call me again.*
**[16:16] Taichi**
I really hope
**[16:18] Taichi**
I don't have to burn your Daddy Bears.
**[16:21] Kanade**
I-It's time.
**[16:24] Kanade**
*The president is turning into a sadist.*
**[16:37] [POEM] Reader**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[16:45] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[16:50] Kanade**
*When reading cards,*
**[16:52] ---**
* the second verse should*
* take four seconds,*
**[16:54] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[16:55] Kanade**
*with three seconds of fade out.*
**[16:56] Kanade**
*Then you pause for one second,*
**[16:59] Kanade**
* before reading the first verse of*
* the next poem in five seconds.*
**[17:02] Kanade**
*One.*
**[17:03] [POEM] Kanade**
Note that though we may
be apart, if I am to hear
**[17:04] Kanade**
*Ah, I was late.*
**[17:07] Kanade**
*It's difficult...*
**[17:09] Kanade**
*The players spend that second focused*
**[17:12] ---**
*on the next sound to come...*
**[17:14] [POEM] Kanade**
May the time we spend apart...
**[17:16] Kanade**
*Ah, my voice jumped.*
**[17:18] [POEM] Kanade**
The hazy field of reeds...
**[17:19] Kanade**
*Now I'm too loud.*
**[17:22] Kanade**
*It's hard...*
**[17:22] [POEM] Kanade**
but I cannot hide the love I
feel for one who is so dear
**[17:24] Kanade**
* The reader must stay completely*
* focused for an entire hour,*
**[17:27] ---**
*and that's not an easy task.*
**[17:30] Kanade**
*But...*
**[17:31] [POEM] Kanade**
Since I could not hide my love,
**[17:33] ---**
*while it may be difficult now,*
**[17:35] Kanade**
*the president will make Class A one day.*
**[17:41] Kanade**
*Nobody wants to give up their dream.*
***SIGN*** Club Advisor Meeting Budget Room Space Scheduling
**[17:46] Miya**
What?
**[17:47] ---**
You want to assign the Karuta
Club's room to the Concert Band?
**[17:51] Miya**
That's nonsense!
**[17:53] Person A**
However, the room is too
big for an arts club
**[17:57] ---**
that only has five members.
**[17:59] Person A**
The Concert Band has forty members,
**[18:01] ---**
so they need the space.
**[18:03] Person A**
The Karuta Club could simply
use an empty classroom.
**[18:05] Miya**
I beg to differ.
**[18:07] Miya**
Karuta requires a
soundproof environment.
**[18:12] Miya**
The location can't have students
**[18:15] ---**
walking through the hallways
or athletes practicing nearby.
**[18:17] Person B**
However, Ms. Miyauchi!
**[18:19] Miya**
The Karuta Club advanced
**[18:20] ---**
to the national championship
in their first year.
**[18:24] Miya**
The members also placed first and
second in sanctioned tournaments!
**[18:27] Miya**
I'm sure there will be many
new members this year!
**[18:31] Miya**
You will see excellent results!
**[18:34] Person A**
Could you at least
**[18:36] ---**
let the Concert Band use the second floor?
**[18:39] Miya**
I just said that karuta requires
a soundproof environment.
**[18:44] Person A**
Right...
***SIGN*** You certainly did.
***SIGN*** Anything else?
**[18:45] All**
The empress...
**[18:50] Person A**
Ms. Miyauchi cares about
the Karuta Club very much.
***SIGN*** Tissues?
**[18:58] Miya**
* Mr. Fukasaku, the classical*
* literature teacher.*
**[19:01] Miya**
* The professor's the only person*
* the empress can't overwhelm.*
**[19:05] Person A**
How does this sound?
**[19:07] Person A**
If there are five new members next year,
**[19:11] ---**
we'll leave everything as it is.
**[19:15] Person A**
Karuta is a wonderful art.
**[19:18] Person A**
I'm sure that it will be easy
to recruit five members.
**[19:22] Miya**
Of course.
**[19:23] ---**
If we can't recruit five members,
we will return the room!
**[19:28] Person A**
That's what I wanted to hear!
**[19:32] Miya**
*Five members...*
**[19:35] Miya**
* Recruit five members to that*
* incredibly niche club?*
**[19:42] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[19:44] Chihaya**
I just heard something.
**[19:46] Chihaya**
From the door.
***SIGN*** Notice:
If the Karuta Club does not recruit
five new members next year,
you will have to return the clubroom.
Good luck. ( ; △ ; )
I was able to increase the
club's budget to 30,000 yen.
Miyauchi
**[20:09] Nishida**
Huh? Five people?
**[20:10] Nishida**
Isn't that impossible?
***SIGN*** A-An emoticon? And it's handwritten...
**[20:16] Kanade**
Thirty thousand yen budget!
**[20:18] Nishida**
That's what you care about, Kana-chan?
**[20:25] Person A**
Hey, have you heard?
**[20:26] Person A**
The younger sister of
**[20:27] ---**
the model Ayase Chitose
is a second-year here!
**[20:29] Person B**
No way! I'm a fan!
**[20:31] Person C**
Okay, let's go check her out!
**[20:36] Person A**
Oh, there she is!
**[20:45] Chihaya**
1, 2, 3, 4!
***SIGN*** Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 2-9!!
Let's start a competitive karuta club!
**[20:47] Person A**
Karuta?
**[20:49] Person B**
Track pants?
**[20:50] Person C**
And look at the belt.
**[20:52] Miya**
Ayase-san!
**[20:54] Miya**
You're an upperclassman now,
**[20:56] ---**
yet you're still embarrassing yourself!
**[20:58] Person A**
Right, everyone was saying
how she's pretty,
**[21:00] Miya**
That's right. You ended up
failing your final exams!
**[21:03] Person A**
but it's wasted as soon as
she talks or does something.
**[21:03] Miya**
After you were able to ever so slightly
improve your grades last year!
**[21:06] Person A**
Beauty in vain...
**[22:24] Person A**
And Ayase-san.
**[22:27] Person A**
Put another one up there!
**[22:32] Chihaya**
Hey, let's play karuta!
**[22:34] ---**
# Season 2
# E1 - So The Flower Has Wilted
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYNQVK18Y/so-the-flower-has-wilted)
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***SIGN*** Chi
***SIGN*** ha
***SIGN*** ya
***SIGN*** fu
***SIGN*** ru
**[00:09] [POEM] Kanade**
...to reveal moonlight, clear and bright.
**[00:17] [POEM] Kanade**
So the flower has...
**[00:22] [POEM] Taichi**
Feel love, nobody, feel sorrow...
**[00:34] [POEM] Kanade**
...years in this world.
***SIGN*** Let's start a competitive karuta club!
Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 2-9!
**[00:39] [POEM] Kanade**
*Impassionate gods have never seen...*
**[00:49] Kanade**
Hey.
**[00:51] Kanade**
I don't think we should hold
a karuta demo tomorrow.
**[00:55] Chihaya**
What? Why not?
**[00:57] Kanade**
We'll scare away all the first-years.
**[00:59] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[01:00] Taichi**
True.
**[01:01] Chihaya**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Kana-chan's right.
**[01:03] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[01:03] Nishida**
They'll run for the hills.
**[01:04] Chihaya**
But...
**[01:06] Kanade**
Don't worry!
**[01:07] Kanade**
Let me handle this!
**[01:09] Chihaya**
Okay...
**[01:23] Chihaya**
Taichi.
**[01:26] Chihaya**
Will any new students come?
**[01:28] Taichi**
It's hard to say.
**[01:32] Chihaya**
I hope they fall in love with karuta.
**[01:38] Taichi**
Yeah.
**[01:46] Chihaya**
The way we did...
***SIGN*** to set the Tatsuta River ablaze
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 1
***SIGN*** So
The
Flower
Has
Wilted
**[03:16] Background**
Good morning.
**[03:18] Person A**
Have you heard?
**[03:18] Person A**
The younger sister of the model
**[03:20] ---**
Ayase Chitose is in
the class above ours!
**[03:21] Person B**
No way! I'm a fan!
**[03:23] Person C**
Let's go check her out!
**[03:27] [Messenger] Captain**
From: Kazuki
Subject: (none)
First day of school for us both.
I'm so tired. Feel lousy.
Time for a new start, though,
so why don't we both
look for new partners?
What I mean is, let's break up.
**[03:28] Sumire**
*Impossible...*
**[03:31] Sumire**
*Impossible...*
**[03:33] Sumire**
*I was dumped...*
**[03:40] Sumire**
*I need to find a new boyfriend!*
**[03:42] Sumire**
*The hottest guy in this school!*
***SIGN*** Available Clubs for New Students
**[03:44] Person A**
That's a cute strap!
**[03:45] Guy**
The tennis team's goal this
year is to win Nationals.
**[03:45] Person B**
Where'd you get it?
**[03:46] Person C**
These pink student IDs are so cute!
**[03:48] Person D**
Our badges are cute, too!
**[03:49] Sumire**
*We love everything cute.*
**[03:52] Person A**
Um... Hanano-san, right?
**[03:54] Person A**
I'm Hinako.
**[03:55] Person A**
What's your first name?
**[03:57] Person A**
That's a lot of mascara.
**[03:57] Sumire**
*We love how cute we are.*
**[04:00] Sumire**
Hanano Sumire.
**[04:02] Sumire**
* We search for someone who*
* loves how cute we are.*
**[04:06] Person A**
Wh-What are you doing?
**[04:08] Sumire**
I'm searching!
**[04:10] Sumire**
Oh! There's a nice one in class 1!
**[04:13] Sumire**
*I'm going to make him regret dumping me*
**[04:14] Reader**
Next, we have the competitive
Hundred Poets Karuta Club.
**[04:15] ---**
* because we went to*
* different high schools*
**[04:18] Sumire**
*by finding a super hot guy!*
**[04:21] Taichi**
I'm the president, Mashima Taichi.
**[04:24] Chihaya**
I-I'm the captain, Ayase Chihaya.
**[04:27] Person A**
Dude!
**[04:28] Person B**
He's gorgeous!
**[04:29] Person C**
They're wearing kimonos!
**[04:31] Person D**
She's so cute!
**[04:31] Kanade**
*We have their attention now!*
***SIGN*** Recruitment Strategist
Kana-chan
**[04:32] Person A**
"Karuta club? What's that?"
**[04:34] Person B**
"Sounds minor."
**[04:34] Person C**
"Not interested."
**[04:35] Kanade**
* Before the typical*
* reactions can kick in,*
***SIGN*** Was told
to keep
quiet
**[04:37] Taichi**
The karuta club plays a competitive
one-on-one card game
**[04:38] Kanade**
* we send out Chihaya-chan*
* and the president in hakamas*
**[04:40] ---**
*to make our club look important*
**[04:41] ---**
based on the Ogura Hundred Poets.
**[04:42] Kanade**
* and grab the hearts of the*
* first-years like an eagle's talons!*
**[04:45] Person A**
Hey, Hanano-san!
**[04:45] Taichi**
While the game is meant to be
competitive, there is also a cultural aspect...
**[04:47] Person A**
Isn't he hot?!
**[04:48] Person A**
Hana—
**[04:52] Person A**
*Eagle?*
**[04:53] Taichi**
Please drop by, if you're interested.
**[04:55] Taichi**
Finally, our captain would
like to say a few words.
**[04:57] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[05:02] Chihaya**
Um... Er...
**[05:06] Chihaya**
I-I don't...
**[05:08] Chihaya**
...have many ordinary friends,
**[05:11] Chihaya**
but my goal is to become friends
with all one hundred cards,
**[05:14] Chihaya**
so I want one hundred junior members!
**[05:19] Person A**
A hundred members?!
**[05:20] Person B**
You're too greedy!
**[05:22] Person C**
She wants to be friends with cards!
**[05:23] Sumire**
*Cute and clueless?*
**[05:25] Sumire**
*Annoying.*
**[05:33] Person A**
She's so cute!
**[05:34] Sumire**
*But...*
**[05:36] Sumire**
*I found my man!*
**[05:39] Chihaya**
Are any new members going to come?!
***SIGN*** Notice: If the karuta club does not recruit five new members next year, you will have to return the clubroom. Good luck. I was able to increase the club's budget to 30,000 yen. -Miyauchi
**[05:41] Nishida**
We'll be in trouble if no one comes.
**[05:44] Kanade**
The reaction to our
introduction was promising.
**[05:46] Chihaya**
Really?!
**[05:47] Kanade**
Yes.
**[05:47] Taichi**
But we don't want too many.
**[05:51] Taichi**
Well, if we get some
first-years to join,
**[05:55] Taichi**
we'll have to figure out
who's going to teach them.
**[05:59] All**
What?!
**[05:59] Taichi**
Why?!
**[06:01] Chihaya**
Me! Me! Me!
**[06:01] Taichi**
Why are you volunteering when you're
the worst possible candidate?!
**[06:03] Nishida**
Don't you need to practice?!
**[06:04] Chihaya**
Me! Me! Me! Me! Me!
**[06:10] Chihaya**
*How many first-years are going to come?*
**[06:18] Chihaya**
* We were able to buy new cards*
* with the extra budget.*
**[06:23] Chihaya**
*I hope they learn to love karuta.*
**[06:26] Chihaya**
*And then...*
**[06:34] All**
Hello!
**[06:39] Person A**
What's wrong, Senpai?
**[06:41] Person B**
Are you okay?
**[06:42] Chihaya**
I-I'm okay...
**[06:46] Person A**
This is my application.
**[06:47] Person B**
Here's mine.
**[06:48] Person C**
I can't wait to get started!
**[06:50] Chihaya**
Really? You're all going to join?
**[06:52] Person D**
I can't wait!
**[06:53] Chihaya**
Thank you! Thank you!
**[06:57] Sumire**
Glad to be here.
**[07:00] Chihaya**
Ni-Nira?
**[07:02] Chihaya**
Nira-chan?
***SIGN*** Nira-chan
**[07:03] Sumire**
*She can't even read my name right?!*
**[07:05] Taichi**
Stupid! Chihaya, it's Sumire!
**[07:07] Taichi**
Sumire!
**[07:08] Chihaya**
Su-Sumire-chan!
**[07:09] Sumire**
*She's definitely an enemy.*
**[07:12] Sumire**
*Pretty, clueless, and dumb.*
**[07:14] Sumire**
*She's every girl's enemy!*
**[07:17] Sumire**
* I couldn't tell when she*
* was wearing a hakama,*
**[07:21] Sumire**
*but she's got an amazing figure.*
**[07:23] Sumire**
*They look good together.*
**[07:28] Chihaya**
Um, let's start by introducing
the second-years.
**[07:32] Chihaya**
From the far end...
**[07:33] Sumire**
Excuse me, can I ask a question?
**[07:35] Sumire**
Does President Mashima
have a girlfriend?
**[07:38] Person A**
Excellent question!
**[07:39] Person B**
Way to go, Hanano-san!
**[07:44] Kanade**
Your upperclassman is talking!
**[07:46] Kanade**
It's not your turn to speak!
**[07:50] Sumire**
*Small figure with huge boobs!*
**[07:52] Sumire**
*Enemy!*
**[07:53] Miya**
*I need to take care of the tennis team.*
**[07:56] Miya**
*I'm counting on you.*
**[07:59] Chihaya**
Um, have any of you played
competitive karuta before?
**[08:05] Chihaya**
Who's memorized all of the
Hundred Poets poems?
**[08:10] Chihaya**
It's okay!
**[08:11] Chihaya**
We were all beginners at one point!
**[08:13] Chihaya**
I made printouts of the poems with
their unique syllables and meanings.
**[08:17] Chihaya**
Please start by memorizing
all one hundred.
**[08:20] Person A**
What? Memorize?
**[08:22] Person B**
Why?
**[08:23] Person C**
How many pages are there?
**[08:23] Person D**
This looks hard.
**[08:24] Person E**
I can't do this.
**[08:25] Person F**
Just skim it.
**[08:28] Kanade**
There will be a test in one week.
**[08:29] Kanade**
If you haven't memorized
all of the poems, you fail.
**[08:31] Kanade**
There will be a retest offered.
**[08:33] Person A**
What? A test?
**[08:34] Chihaya**
Kana-chan, a week isn't long enough.
**[08:34] Person B**
We have to memorize all of them?
**[08:37] Kanade**
They're in high school now!
**[08:39] Kanade**
They can do this.
**[08:40] Chihaya**
But...
**[08:41] Kanade**
We have to make them do this!
**[08:44] Chihaya**
Um, we'll explain the rules next.
**[08:46] Nishida**
Me?
**[08:48] Chihaya**
Matches are played between two people.
**[08:50] Chihaya**
You take 50 of the Hundred Poets cards
**[08:53] Chihaya**
and put the remainder back in the box.
**[08:54] Chihaya**
Each person places 25 cards, with
a 3 centimeter gap in between.
**[08:57] Nishida**
Here's your 3 centimeters.
**[09:00] Chihaya**
This is the basic layout.
**[09:01] Chihaya**
You win if you reduce the 25 cards
on your side to zero first.
**[09:06] Chihaya**
First, you have 15 minutes to
memorize the positioning of
**[09:09] ---**
the 50 cards on the field.
**[09:11] Chihaya**
This is just a tutorial, so we'll
only use three minutes.
**[09:13] Nishida**
One minute's enough.
**[09:15] Kanade**
The first poem read
is the opening poem,
**[09:18] Kanade**
which isn't part of the Hundred Poets.
**[09:21] Kanade**
The poem of Naniwa Bay, said to be known
**[09:23] ---**
universally during the Heian period,
**[09:25] Kanade**
was chosen as...
***SIGN*** Kana-chan.
**[09:29] [POEM] Kanade**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[09:38] [POEM] Kanade**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[09:46] [POEM] Kanade**
I feel that my love...
**[09:48] [POEM] Kanade**
As my love first came...
**[09:49] Sumire**
*Huh?*
**[09:50] Sumire**
*What?*
**[09:52] Sumire**
*What are they doing?*
**[10:01] Chihaya**
Um, so there you go.
**[10:03] Chihaya**
Once you learn the poems,
the unique syllables,
**[10:06] Chihaya**
and how to position, you'll be
able to quickly take cards.
**[10:09] Chihaya**
Let's work together to make it
to the National Championship.
**[10:15] Sumire**
Um...
**[10:16] Sumire**
We're not interested in
this complicated stuff.
**[10:19] Sumire**
Can we play bozu mekuri
with the cards in a corner?
**[10:23] Person A**
You're too frank, Hanano-san.
**[10:25] Person B**
No kidding.
**[10:26] Person C**
But I like the idea of
playing bozu mekuri.
**[10:27] Person D**
I don't know how to play that, either.
**[10:29] Person F**
We'll start by learning
the Hundred Poets poems.
**[10:32] Person B**
See you again next week.
***SIGN*** Let's start a competitive karuta club! Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 2-9!
**[10:36] Person D**
You're a riot, Hanano-san.
**[10:41] Chihaya**
W-Well, that's how it goes at first.
**[10:46] Chihaya**
Since we have twenty
people who want to join,
**[10:49] Chihaya**
we should do what we can to
help them understand karuta.
**[10:52] Chihaya**
Right?
**[10:54] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[10:58] Taichi**
Chihaya.
**[11:02] Taichi**
You don't have time to teach first-years
who aren't particularly interested.
**[11:07] Taichi**
If you're serious about playing
in the Master and Queen match,
**[11:10] Taichi**
shouldn't you skip club practice and go
to the Shiranami Society instead?
**[11:14] Nishida**
What are you talking about, Mashima?
**[11:16] Nishida**
The high school tournament comes first.
**[11:18] Nishida**
It's been a year since we
last played as a team!
**[11:21] Nishida**
Are you saying that the individual
tournament is more important?
**[11:23] Nishida**
Sure, you're probably worried because
you still haven't made Class A...
**[11:27] Kanade**
Porky!
**[11:36] Kanade**
I'll take responsibility
for teaching them.
**[11:38] Kanade**
We don't need twenty new members.
**[11:40] Kanade**
I'll only let the ones who can keep up remain.
**[11:43] Chihaya**
What? You can't do that, Kana-chan!
***SIGN*** I think it's a good idea.
***SIGN*** The five of us will be playing in the high school tournament.
***SIGN*** The first-years aren't important.
***SIGN*** They can play bozu mekuri in the corner if they want.
**[11:57] Chihaya**
Wh-Why would you all say that?
**[11:59] Chihaya**
We need to train new members!
**[12:01] Chihaya**
Or else the karuta club
won't last very long!
**[12:06] Nishida**
Ayase, what are you expecting
from the first-years?
**[12:12] Nishida**
We're the ones who will
be winning matches.
**[12:22] Chihaya**
* I never knew, until*
* the first-years came,*
**[12:26] Chihaya**
*that we all cared about*
**[12:29] Chihaya**
*different things.*
**[12:39] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
From: Nami
Subject: Heya
Sumire!
Heard the news!
You broke up with Kazuki?
And in spring! Too sad!
**[12:41] Sumire**
*That's not true!*
**[12:42] Sumire**
* I've already found my*
* next potential boyfriend!*
**[12:44] Sumire**
* He's a second-year and*
* he's handsome and tall!*
**[12:45] [Messenger] ---**
...and tall and the class prodigy!
I joined his club too,
so I'm totally gonna date him.
Want his picture?
I took it when he wasn't looking!
**[12:52] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
From: Nami
Subject: Re: Re: Heya
Whoa!
He's out of your league.
Good luck!
I don't see you landing that hunk.
**[12:54] Sumire**
*She doesn't get it.*
**[12:56] Sumire**
*My slightly above average looks*
**[13:00] Sumire**
* make me your typical shojo*
* manga main character!*
***SIGN*** I want to be popular!
**[13:02] Sumire**
*Plus, there's a beautiful
rival for me to defeat!*
***SIGN*** Literature Class 2-9 Fukasaku Tokiji
**[13:07] Person A**
On page 12, you'll find...
**[13:10] Nishida**
*We're the ones who will
be winning matches.*
**[13:10] Person A**
Akutagawa Ryunosuke's Rashomon.
**[13:14] ---**
One of Akutagawa Ryunosuke's...
***SIGN*** There might be a first-year who
loves karuta and is really good!
**[13:20] Person A**
...more touching stories is...
***SIGN*** We only have two months until
the high school tournament prelims.
There's no time to train them now.
We can wait two months.
**[13:23] Person A**
...about a lesson he taught his
young child who was at play...
***SIGN*** If we wait two months,
they'll all leave!!
***SIGN*** I don't see a problem?
**[13:32] Person A**
Never step over a book.
**[13:35] Person B**
Wait, that's it?!
**[13:37] Chihaya**
*We're all so different...*
***SIGN*** Science Class 2-1 Miyauchi Taeko
**[13:41] Miya**
There will be a quiz at the
beginning of every class.
**[13:44] Miya**
As second-years, you need to begin
counting down to college exams.
**[13:48] Miya**
Prepare by identifying the
schools you wish to attend...
**[13:49] Chihaya**
*I'll teach them.*
**[13:51] Taichi**
* She doesn't understand how*
* precious time is right now.*
**[13:57] Taichi**
* She's the one dreaming*
* about becoming Queen.*
**[13:59] Taichi**
* She's the one who cries*
* when she loses.*
**[14:03] Chihaya**
Didn't we say that we would
have a meeting during lunch?
**[14:05] Nishida**
But I ate my lunch during class, so
I need to go buy some melon bread.
**[14:09] Chihaya**
I'll give you half of mine.
**[14:10] Nishida**
That's not enough.
**[14:12] Nishida**
Oh, Kana-chan!
**[14:13] Nishida**
You're early.
**[14:15] Kanade**
Class 5 is the closest to this room.
***SIGN*** Oh, everyone's here.
***SIGN*** Class 1's too far away.
**[14:22] Taichi**
So, on the topic of the first-years...
**[14:25] Chihaya**
Me!
**[14:27] Taichi**
Chihaya...
**[14:29] Taichi**
What do you care the most about?!
***SIGN*** Priority:
Master and Queen Match
**[14:31] Taichi**
You're not going to defeat
Wakamiya Shinobu like this!
***SIGN*** Priority:
Proper Etiquette
**[14:34] Kanade**
I'll teach the first-years!
**[14:37] Kanade**
Some may quit, but we need
to teach them how to behave!
***SIGN*** Priority:
The Practice Environment
***SIGN*** If we can just keep this room
**[14:42] ---**
and have some fun with the
first-years, we're in good shape.
**[14:45] Nishida**
We can't focus on practicing
with 20 kids babbling!
***SIGN*** Priority:
High School Championship
**[14:49] Nishida**
The preliminaries are in June!
**[14:53] Taichi**
Chihaya?
**[15:00] Chihaya**
Right now, I care the most
**[15:02] Chihaya**
about Taichi making Class A.
**[15:06] Taichi**
Wait... Chihaya?
**[15:07] Taichi**
I'm the most important...
**[15:10] Chihaya**
My goal is
**[15:12] Chihaya**
to win the team High
School Championship,
**[15:14] Chihaya**
as well as the individual High School
Championships in each class,
**[15:19] Chihaya**
while training the first-years,
**[15:21] Chihaya**
so we can become a strong karuta
school like Hokuo Academy!
**[15:27] Chihaya**
Huh? Wait, what's wrong?
**[15:30] Nishida**
*Sh—*
**[15:31] Nishida**
*She's so greedy!*
**[15:33] Nishida**
* I've never seen anyone*
* this greedy before!*
**[15:36] Chihaya**
Are you okay?
**[15:37] Taichi**
Chihaya...
**[15:40] Taichi**
Ignoring your other goals for now,
**[15:41] Taichi**
how are we going to become a
strong karuta school like Hokuo?
**[15:45] Taichi**
We need a proper coach
for that to work.
**[15:47] Chihaya**
Well...
**[15:49] Chihaya**
If we recruit enough new members,
**[15:50] Chihaya**
I'll come back to teach them
karuta after I graduate.
**[15:58] Taichi**
*I've never seen anyone so greedy.*
**[16:03] Taichi**
*Or anyone who loves karuta so much.*
**[16:09] Sumire**
Huh? Mashima-senpai isn't
going to be teaching us?
**[16:13] Chihaya**
The other second-years are practicing
for the tournament in June.
**[16:17] Chihaya**
Once you've learned the basics,
you'll be able to practice with us.
**[16:21] Person C**
Don't you need to
practice, Ayase-senpai?
**[16:23] Person B**
Are you teaching us because
you won't be playing?
**[16:25] Person A**
Benched?
**[16:27] Person B**
Is that how it works?
**[16:31] Chihaya**
I'm the ace!
**[16:32] Chihaya**
Ace... Ace... Ace... Ace...
***SIGN*** We'll use the tape today.
**[16:37] Kanade**
Yes.
**[16:38] Nishida**
Are we starting now?
**[16:39] ---**
Yes.
***SIGN*** Uh, I'll play Kana-chan while Mashima plays Porky.
**[16:46] Taichi**
Say...
**[16:48] Taichi**
Can I go practice at
the Shiranami Society?
**[16:52] Taichi**
Just on Tuesdays and Thursdays?
**[16:55] Nishida**
Why are you bothering to ask?
**[16:57] Nishida**
Get going!
**[16:58] Nishida**
You can practice with
Dr. Harada and Tsuboguchi-san!
**[17:04] Chihaya**
*Right now, I care the most*
**[17:06] Chihaya**
*about Taichi making Class A.*
***SIGN*** I think that Ayase's changed a bit.
**[17:15] Nishida**
She's changed?
***SIGN*** It's hard to say...
***SIGN*** But I mean, Ayase's words
***SIGN*** inspired Mashima to think about himself, for once.
**[17:29] Sumire**
*I'm tired...*
**[17:30] Chihaya**
You can memorize poems
in their entirety,
**[17:30] Sumire**
* Memorization? Is this a*
* classical literature class?*
**[17:32] Chihaya**
or you can use shortcuts.
**[17:34] Sumire**
*Huh? I don't remember any boys.*
**[17:37] Sumire**
*Whatever.*
**[17:40] [Messenger] ---**
09 So the flower has wilted during the long spring rains,
just as my beauty has faded
during my forlorn years in this world
**[17:42] Chihaya**
For "Though I prayed,"
**[17:44] Chihaya**
the second verse begins
with "I never asked,"
**[17:46] Chihaya**
so think "pray, never ask."
**[17:47] Chihaya**
Hmm?
**[17:51] Chihaya**
Sumire-chan!
**[17:52] Chihaya**
What's wrong?!
**[17:53] Chihaya**
Did you see something?!
A ghost?! A bug?
**[17:56] Sumire**
This poem is absolutely correct...
**[18:08] Sumire**
*Youth and beauty...*
**[18:11] Sumire**
*...soon fade.*
**[18:18] Sumire**
*So I must live for love!*
**[18:21] Sumire**
Senpai, I'm so sad
**[18:23] Sumire**
that I need to go home!
**[18:25] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[18:29] Chihaya**
*She's so sensitive!*
**[18:42] Sumire**
Mashima-senpai!
**[18:45] Taichi**
Huh? Aren't you...
**[18:46] Sumire**
What a pleasant surprise.
**[18:48] Sumire**
I have a headache, so I left early.
**[18:52] Taichi**
Um... Sumire-chan, right?
**[18:54] Sumire**
*He called me Sumire-chan!*
**[18:56] Taichi**
What's your last name?
**[18:57] Sumire**
Hanano.
**[18:59] Taichi**
Do you think you can handle
the karuta club, Hanano-san?
**[19:01] Sumire**
Of course!
**[19:03] Taichi**
Really? That's good!
***SIGN*** Call me Sumire...
**[19:06] Sumire**
*Even his voice is perfect!*
**[19:08] Sumire**
* I'm so lucky that we take*
* the same train to school!*
**[19:13] Sumire**
*This is working out pretty well, right?*
**[19:15] Sumire**
*I think my chances are looking good!*
**[19:18] Taichi**
There's an open seat.
**[19:19] Taichi**
Why don't you sit down?
**[19:20] Sumire**
No, I can't sit down
while you're standing.
**[19:22] Sumire**
There might be other
people who need to sit more,
**[19:27] Sumire**
so I would rather leave the seats open.
**[19:32] Sumire**
* I just have to play the*
* sweet little girl.*
**[19:36] Taichi**
Don't worry about it.
**[19:38] Taichi**
You're not feeling well, right?
**[19:45] Person A**
Look at him.
**[19:46] Person B**
Isn't he handsome?
**[19:59] Sumire**
Y-You must be popular, Mashima-senpai.
**[20:04] Taichi**
I wouldn't know.
**[20:05] Sumire**
You must be.
**[20:07] Sumire**
I bet girls ask you out all the time.
**[20:09] Sumire**
You don't have to worry about
looking for a girlfriend.
**[20:12] Taichi**
I'm not really sure about that lately.
**[20:17] Taichi**
It doesn't seem right to
let a girl choose me.
**[20:21] Taichi**
I would rather choose the
girl I devote myself to.
**[20:37] Reader**
Bubaigawara. Bubaigawara.
**[20:40] Taichi**
You're pretty cute, so I bet a
lot of boys would choose you.
**[20:44] Taichi**
Bye.
**[20:51] Sumire**
*That really stung...*
**[20:56] Sumire**
*Mashima-senpai will never choose me.*
**[21:03] Sumire**
*I won't accept it!*
**[21:06] Sumire**
*I want to have a choice, too!*
**[21:08] Sumire**
*I...*
**[21:10] Sumire**
* ...don't want to write*
* poems about regret!*
**[21:15] Kanade**
* While the story is taking a*
* romantic twist for some members,*
***SIGN*** during my forlorn years in this world
**[21:20] Kanade**
*our captain is bullying the new members*
**[21:22] ---**
* by taking all 100 cards*
* in a Genpei match.*
# E2 - As My Love First Came
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6MGEN136/as-my-love-first-came)
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***SIGN*** Bubaigawara Station
**[00:07] Sumire**
*Where is Mashima-senpai going?*
**[00:11] Sumire**
*Cram school? Part-time job?*
**[00:13] Sumire**
*Is he meeting with someone?*
**[00:20] Sumire**
*I want to know everything...*
***SIGN*** Cultural Center
***SIGN*** Shiranami Karuta Society Practice Room
**[00:34] Sumire**
*More karuta...*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 2
***SIGN*** As My
Love
First
Came
**[01:48] Person A**
Oh?
**[01:49] Person A**
We never see you here on weekdays.
**[01:51] Taichi**
Yes, I guess.
**[01:52] Person A**
Then you'll be playing...
**[01:55] Taichi**
Uh, can I play Tsuboguchi-san?
**[01:59] Tsuboguchi**
It's fraud!
**[02:01] Tsuboguchi**
Total fraud!
**[02:02] Tsuboguchi**
Public schools are supposed to be co-ed,
**[02:06] Tsuboguchi**
but they added classes aimed at boys
and now it's almost a boys' school!
**[02:08] Person A**
Tsuboguchi-kun got a job
as a high school teacher,
**[02:13] Person A**
but there are only eight
girls in his grade.
**[02:16] Tsuboguchi**
I should have stayed in
school another year...
**[02:23] Taichi**
You don't want to stay
in school too long.
**[02:25] Taichi**
That's the one area where
you can beat Master Suo.
**[02:28] Tsuboguchi**
Bastard!
**[02:28] Taichi**
Please be my opponent
for the first round.
**[02:41] Sumire**
*What are they doing?*
**[02:45] (Flashback) Chihaya**
You have 15 minutes to
memorize the positioning
**[02:47] (Flashback) ---**
of the 50 cards on the field.
**[02:48] Sumire**
* Are they really memorizing*
* the positions?!*
**[02:51] Sumire**
*No, no way!*
**[02:53] Sumire**
*There aren't any pictures, just words!*
**[02:56] Sumire**
* Plus, the cards on the other*
* side are upside-down!*
**[02:59] Person A**
Let's begin.
**[03:02] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms.
**[03:12] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms.
**[03:20] [POEM] Reader**
As my love first came to realization,
**[03:23] Sumire**
*How do they move so fast?!*
**[03:25] Sumire**
* Right, she said something*
* about unique syllables.*
**[03:28] Sumire**
* Wait, we have to memorize the*
* poems and their unique syllables?*
**[03:32] [POEM] Reader**
The night breaks to day,
and day turns to night,
**[03:38] Sumire**
*I don't get it.*
**[03:40] Sumire**
*I don't get it.*
**[03:41] Sumire**
*Why is someone like him...*
**[03:43] Sumire**
*playing karuta?*
**[03:51] Taichi**
*He's good.*
**[03:52] Taichi**
*He's making a totally one-sided attack.*
**[03:55] Taichi**
*And he's aggressive about sending cards.*
**[03:57] Tsuboguchi**
I'm moving a card.
**[03:59] Taichi**
*I have to memorize the positions again!*
**[04:00] Tsuboguchi**
I'm moving another card.
**[04:05] Taichi**
*I want to be stronger!*
**[04:07] [POEM] Reader**
A house left...
**[04:09] Taichi**
*I want to make every second count!*
**[04:16] Harada**
What's the matter?
**[04:18] Harada**
Are you watching them play?
**[04:20] Harada**
Perhaps you're interested in joining.
**[04:22] Sumire**
No, um...
**[04:22] Harada**
We don't want to distract the
players, so let's talk over there.
**[04:26] Sumire**
No, th-that's not it!
**[04:28] Sumire**
W-Wait!
**[04:30] Sumire**
Wh-What's so fun about karuta?
**[04:34] Harada**
Huh?
**[04:36] Harada**
That's something you can't
know until you've tried it.
***SIGN*** Obviously
**[04:40] Harada**
And you still won't
understand after you play.
**[04:43] Harada**
I've been playing for 45 years
and I still don't understand.
**[04:46] Sumire**
Huh?
**[04:47] Harada**
I've never been able to figure it out.
**[04:52] Harada**
That's why I keep playing.
**[04:58] Sumire**
*No way.*
**[05:01] Mom**
Chihaya, help me clear the table.
**[05:04] Chihaya**
Okay!
**[05:06] Mom**
Say, what are you working on over there?
**[05:09] Chihaya**
Look.
**[05:10] Chihaya**
Isn't it nice?
**[05:11] Mom**
Huh? Oh...
**[05:12] Chitose**
I'm home!
**[05:13] Chihaya**
Oh, Sis is back!
**[05:15] Chihaya**
Hey, look at this!
**[05:17] Chihaya**
Isn't it nice?
**[05:19] Chitose**
That's awful.
**[05:28] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan?
**[05:30] Kanade**
You're early.
**[05:31] Kanade**
What are you doing?
**[05:33] Chihaya**
Oh, you always come early to
clean up the room, right?
**[05:38] Chihaya**
I thought I should help out.
**[05:40] Chihaya**
Sorry about not noticing sooner.
**[05:44] Kanade**
It's okay, Chihaya-chan!
**[05:47] Kanade**
I only clean when I notice it's needed.
**[05:49] Chihaya**
Well, I just realized that I've only
done quick, easy cleanups...
**[05:53] Kanade**
It's okay. It's okay.
**[05:58] Kanade**
Use dry paper towels
to wipe tatami mats!
**[06:00] Kanade**
Or a rag that's been wrung dry!
**[06:03] Kanade**
Never underestimate the
damage water can do!
**[06:04] Chihaya**
Y-Yes, ma'am!
**[06:05] Kanade**
If you want to help clean,
I'll teach you the basics!
**[06:08] Chihaya**
Okay.
**[06:09] Kanade**
We're out of time.
**[06:10] Kanade**
The first-years are arriving!
**[06:11] Chihaya**
Yes, ma'am!
**[06:12] Kanade**
Take care of your own
responsibilities, first!
**[06:14] Chihaya**
I'm going!
***SIGN*** New T-Shirts Victory or Bust Mizusawa Power
***SIGN*** National Number One World Number One
**[06:30] Chihaya**
*Shock!*
**[06:32] Chihaya**
*We lost so many!*
**[06:34] Chihaya**
* Is it because I got carried away and took*
* all 100 cards during the Genpei match?*
**[06:37] Person A**
Everyone wants to use this
one week trial period
**[06:41] ---**
to check out the other clubs.
**[06:42] Person B**
Yep, yep.
**[06:44] Chihaya**
*It's so hard...*
**[06:46] Chihaya**
* I want them to know*
* how fun karuta is,*
**[06:50] Chihaya**
*but it's so hard...*
**[06:54] Person A**
Hanano-san? What's wrong?
**[06:57] Person B**
What? Are you thinking
about the karuta club?
**[06:59] Sumire**
Oh. Nah.
**[07:01] Person A**
Of course not.
**[07:03] Person A**
Mashima-senpai won't be there today.
**[07:05] Person B**
I'm moving on to another target.
**[07:07] Person A**
Tajima-kun in class 2 is pretty cool.
**[07:09] Sumire**
So you weren't that serious
about Mashima-senpai?
**[07:13] Person B**
We were just going with the flow.
**[07:14] Person A**
He's cute, but...
**[07:16] Person A**
I didn't think karuta would be so intense.
**[07:18] Person A**
I don't want to work that hard.
**[07:20] Sumire**
Yeah, no kidding.
**[07:27] Sumire**
*We've only been friends a few days,*
**[07:30] Sumire**
* and we're already out of*
* things to talk about.*
**[07:33] Sumire**
* Is this what high school will*
* be like if I don't join a club?*
**[07:37] Sumire**
*Scary...*
**[07:38] Sumire**
*I need to find a new boyfriend fast.*
**[07:41] Sumire**
* I can't waste time worrying about*
* finding the hottest guy in school.*
**[07:51] [POEM] Sumire**
So the flower has wilted...
**[07:53] Person A**
Huh? What?
**[07:54] Sumire**
No, it's nothing.
**[07:59] [Messenger] [SIGN]**
From: Kazuki
Subject: (none)
Yo! How you doing?
Wanna meet up if you're free?
**[08:02] Sumire**
*What's wrong with this guy?!*
**[08:04] Sumire**
*He's the one who dumped me,*
**[08:06] Sumire**
* and now he's asking me out*
* without a single apology?!*
**[08:08] Sumire**
*I understand your true nature now!*
**[08:11] Harada**
*I've never been able to figure it out.*
**[08:15] Taichi**
* I would rather choose the*
* girl I devote myself to.*
**[08:23] Sumire**
*I want to understand...*
**[08:26] Chihaya**
Shock!
**[08:27] Kanade**
What? There was only one left?
**[08:32] Chihaya**
This is the last new member, um...
**[08:36] Tsuboguchi**
I'm Tsukuba from class 1-10.
**[08:38] Chihaya**
Right, Tsukuba-kun.
**[08:40] Chihaya**
He was the only one left,
so I brought him here.
**[08:44] Nishida**
I-It's not your fault.
**[08:46] Nishida**
This is what happens when you take
Mashima out of the equation.
**[08:49] Chihaya**
Sorry, guys...
**[08:50] Kanade**
I'm sure it would have been the
same if any of us taught them.
**[08:53] Chihaya**
I'm sorry...
**[08:55] Chihaya**
We were going to make our
school a karuta powerhouse...
**[08:58] All**
* It's okay. None of us were*
* dreaming that big.*
**[09:06] Taichi**
* This is why I didn't want*
* to let Chihaya teach them.*
**[09:12] Chihaya**
*I feel so bad for the cards.*
**[09:17] Chihaya**
*They don't get to make more friends.*
**[09:24] Sumire**
Um, nobody was in the classroom...
**[09:27] Sumire**
Are we in here today?
**[09:31] Taichi**
Thank you for coming, Hanano-san!
**[09:36] Taichi**
Thank you!
**[09:42] Taichi**
*This is terrific!*
**[09:45] ---**
*Terrific!*
**[09:50] Taichi**
Well, you first-years are probably
still learning the ropes,
**[09:53] Taichi**
but would you be up for a casual match?
**[09:56] Nishida**
Sounds like a good idea.
**[09:57] Kanade**
Hanano-san.
**[09:59] Kanade**
Your nails are a little long.
**[10:01] Kanade**
I have clippers here.
**[10:02] Sumire**
Huh?
**[10:03] Sumire**
I'm not gonna clip my nails.
**[10:04] Sumire**
I work hard to keep them nice.
**[10:07] Kanade**
But you could injure your
opponent if you hit their hand.
**[10:09] Sumire**
It's okay.
**[10:10] Sumire**
I won't be trying that hard.
**[10:14] Nishida**
W-Well, they won't be moving
that fast, at first.
**[10:18] Chihaya**
Just give it a shot for now.
***SIGN*** Yeah.
**[10:21] [POEM] Tsutomu**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter...
**[10:28] [POEM] Tsutomu**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms.
**[10:29] Sumire**
Oh, no!
**[10:30] Sumire**
Hold on!
**[10:32] Sumire**
I think I might have panda eyes!
**[10:34] Sumire**
Yikes!
**[10:36] Kanade**
Come with me, Hanano-san!
**[10:38] Chihaya**
Ka-Kana-chan?!
***SIGN*** Are the girls going to be okay?
**[10:46] Taichi**
Just let them be.
**[10:47] Taichi**
It's never a good idea
for guys to butt in.
**[10:51] Nishida**
They can be scary.
**[10:54] Nishida**
U-Uh... Tsukuba-kun, is it?
**[10:57] Nishida**
Sorry about all these hiccups.
***SIGN*** Have you learned the cards yet?
**[11:01] Tsuboguchi**
Uh... I only know twenty or so.
**[11:04] Nishida**
Oh, really?
**[11:05] Nishida**
You can take your time.
**[11:08] Tsuboguchi**
Still...
**[11:11] Tsuboguchi**
I'm good.
**[11:14] Kanade**
What's wrong with you, Hanano-san?!
**[11:16] Sumire**
What do you mean?
**[11:17] Sumire**
I'm making sure I look good.
**[11:20] Kanade**
*A woman must always move with grace.*
**[11:25] Kanade**
I can see that—
**[11:26] Sumire**
Why shouldn't I make myself pretty?
**[11:27] Kanade**
Hanano-san—
**[11:28] Sumire**
I need to look nice if I want a boyfriend.
**[11:30] Kanade**
It's vulgar and foolish to spend
all your time thinking about love!
**[11:38] Sumire**
What?
**[11:39] Sumire**
Isn't Hundred Poets just
a bunch of love poems?
**[11:43] Sumire**
Humans have always spent
a lot of time on love.
**[11:49] Sumire**
I'm not too interested in karuta,
**[11:53] Sumire**
but I'm willing to work hard for love.
**[11:56] Sumire**
Just so you know, I'm
after Mashima-senpai!
**[12:02] Kanade**
*Th-This won't work...*
**[12:04] Kanade**
*She's seriously crazy about love.*
***SIGN*** Crazy
about
karuta
**[12:14] Kanade**
Hanano-san, you haven't
finished changing yet?
**[12:17] Kanade**
We're supposed to start practice soon.
**[12:19] Sumire**
Sorry.
**[12:22] Kanade**
You don't need makeup when
you're only in high school—
**[12:25] Sumire**
Please, this is just a little mascara.
**[12:28] Sumire**
It's part of my identity now.
**[12:30] Kanade**
She'd fix her mascara
**[12:30] Kanade**
even in a fire
**[12:31] Kanade**
*She'd fix her mascara even in a fire...*
**[12:36] Tsuboguchi**
These are the Hokkaido cards
I mentioned yesterday.
**[12:40] Taichi**
These are cards?
**[12:40] Tsuboguchi**
Oh, I was in Hokkaido through middle school.
***SIGN*** They're real wood...
**[12:44] Tsuboguchi**
This is known as "Second Verse Karuta."
**[12:46] Nishida**
Oh, I've heard of that before.
**[12:49] Nishida**
It's where the reader skips
straight to the second verse.
***SIGN*** Huh? Really?
**[12:54] Tsuboguchi**
That's right.
**[12:55] Tsuboguchi**
So I've only memorized
the second verses.
**[13:00] Tsuboguchi**
Second Verse Karuta is usually
**[13:01] ---**
played in the form of
three-on-three team matches.
**[13:04] Tsuboguchi**
When I was in Hokkaido, I played all
the time with my three brothers.
**[13:08] Tsuboguchi**
My team was undefeated
in local tournaments.
**[13:12] Tsuboguchi**
I heard that everyone on the mainland
plays First Verse Karuta,
**[13:15] Tsuboguchi**
so I wanted to become
good at that, too.
**[13:19] Tsuboguchi**
Like a Master, I think?
**[13:22] Tsuboguchi**
That's how good I'll be.
**[13:26] All**
*These first-years are a pain.*
***SIGN*** I-I understand.
***SIGN*** You might have been good at Second Verse Karuta,
***SIGN*** but the rules for competitive karuta are completely different.
***SIGN*** I'll give you a thorough lecture, so take some notes.
**[13:40] Tsuboguchi**
Komano-senpai, what's
your rank or grade?
***SIGN*** I'm a first grade in Class C.
**[13:46] Tsuboguchi**
No thanks then.
**[13:48] Tsuboguchi**
Wh-What about Mashima-senpai?
**[13:50] Taichi**
Huh? I'm in Class B.
**[13:52] Tsuboguchi**
Then I want Mashima-senpai to teach me.
**[13:54] Sumire**
Oh, me too!
**[13:57] Nishida**
Forget it.
**[13:58] Nishida**
Let's start practicing.
**[14:00] Nishida**
The first-years can play each other.
**[14:02] Chihaya**
But he's experienced, so all the more
reason to start with the basics...
**[14:04] Nishida**
Ayase!
**[14:06] Nishida**
You're not being realistic!
**[14:07] Nishida**
We can't afford to waste
too much energy when
**[14:10] ---**
the prelims are coming up!
**[14:15] [POEM] Chihaya**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter...
**[14:20] Tsuboguchi**
*I'm going to work really, really hard,*
**[14:23] Tsuboguchi**
*so I get good fast.*
**[14:23] [POEM] Chihaya**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms.
**[14:24] Sumire**
*I hope this doesn't take long,*
**[14:26] Sumire**
* since I get to be with*
* Mashima-senpai on the way home.*
**[14:29] Taichi**
*The same problems keep cropping up...*
**[14:31] [POEM] Taichi**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms.
**[14:32] Kanade**
*The mood is terrible.*
**[14:34] Tsutomu**
*Why is Ayase...*
**[14:35] Nishida**
*...so focused on the first-years?*
**[14:38] [POEM] Chihaya**
The storm will soon carry
me to the afterlife,
**[14:42] Sumire**
*Um. Um.*
**[14:43] Sumire**
*Which one was that?*
**[14:44] [POEM] Chihaya**
so I wish...
**[14:45] Chihaya**
*Huh? Tsukuba-kun's left-handed?*
**[14:50] [POEM] Chihaya**
None are left who know me
**[14:53] [POEM] Chihaya**
Takasogo pines...
**[14:57] Chihaya**
*Wait! He's using both hands!*
**[14:59] Chihaya**
*And he's using his left hand to guard!*
**[15:01] Tsuboguchi**
Yes!
**[15:02] Tsuboguchi**
The next one will be mine, too!
**[15:03] Tsuboguchi**
Let's go!
**[15:05] Chihaya**
* He's slamming the floor to*
* intimidate his opponent.*
***SIGN*** Forbidden
**[15:08] Chihaya**
*What should I do?*
**[15:09] Chihaya**
* Second Verse Karuta is*
* completely different...*
**[15:10] [POEM] Chihaya**
I know that my heart is all aflutter
**[15:15] [POEM] Chihaya**
and by no fault of mine
**[15:21] Chihaya**
*His hand moved straight to the card...*
**[15:24] Chihaya**
*He has strong fingers...*
**[15:27] [POEM] Chihaya**
...are wet with dew
**[15:33] [POEM] Chihaya**
So the flower has wilted during the long
spring rains, just as my beauty has faded
**[15:35] Sumire**
I know this one!
**[15:46] Chihaya**
Sumire-chan.
**[15:47] Sumire**
Huh?
**[15:48] Chihaya**
Trim your nails.
**[15:50] Sumire**
What?
**[15:50] Sumire**
Why?
**[15:52] Chihaya**
Did you see how strong
Tsukuba-kun's fingers are?
**[15:54] Chihaya**
If you hit him, you'll tear off your nail.
**[15:57] Sumire**
Tear it off?!
**[15:59] Sumire**
Please, I'm not going to
try that hard at karuta—
**[16:02] Chihaya**
You will.
**[16:04] Chihaya**
You were happy about taking
your first card, right?
**[16:07] Chihaya**
You'll start moving faster and
faster to take cards, Sumire-chan.
**[16:12] Chihaya**
O-Okay, how about your right hand?
**[16:14] Chihaya**
Just trim your right hand.
**[16:15] Sumire**
Wait!
**[16:16] Sumire**
Stop this!
**[16:17] Sumire**
I already said that I joined this
club to be with Mashima-senpai,
**[16:21] ---**
not to play karuta!
**[16:23] Sumire**
*Oh...*
**[16:25] Sumire**
*Oh gosh...*
**[16:27] Sumire**
I've had enough!
**[16:28] Chihaya**
Wait!
**[16:29] Chihaya**
Sumire-chan!
**[16:30] Nishida**
Ayase!
**[16:31] Nishida**
Forget it.
**[16:33] Nishida**
She's made it clear that she
doesn't want to play karuta.
**[16:35] Nishida**
Just ignore her.
**[16:38] Chihaya**
Ever since I collapsed and had to forfeit
last year during the national championship,
**[16:43] Chihaya**
I've spent every day wondering
what would have happened
**[16:46] Chihaya**
if we had one more member.
**[16:52] Chihaya**
We finally have new members...
**[16:54] Chihaya**
Two of them stayed.
**[16:59] Chihaya**
I can't ignore them!
**[17:02] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan...
**[17:08] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan!
**[17:11] Kanade**
I-I'll go get her!
***SIGN*** Ayase...
***SIGN*** You need to calm down.
***SIGN*** You can launch yourself like a catapult.
**[17:21] Chihaya**
* Did you see how strong*
* Tsukuba-kun's fingers are?*
**[17:24] Tsuboguchi**
*Ayase-senpai complimented me.*
**[17:28] Nishida**
Tsukuba-kun.
**[17:31] Nishida**
I'm in Class A, and I have
the most experience.
**[17:35] Nishida**
Is it okay if I teach you?
**[17:37] Tsuboguchi**
Eh...
***SIGN*** Only
likes
attractive
people
**[17:38] Nishida**
Don't groan!
**[17:39] Nishida**
You should thank me!
**[17:40] Tsuboguchi**
Eh...
**[17:41] Nishida**
Thank you very much!
**[17:43] Tsuboguchi**
Thank you very much...
**[17:45] Nishida**
Let's start with the basics, then.
**[17:48] Nishida**
You're only allowed to use one
hand in competitive karuta.
**[17:50] Nishida**
It's against the rules
to use both hands.
**[17:52] Nishida**
Are you right-handed?
**[17:53] Nishida**
I'll show you the proper
right-handed form, so copy me.
**[17:55] Nishida**
Answer me!
**[17:56] Tsuboguchi**
Y-Yes, sir!
**[17:57] Nishida**
Move your right leg back.
**[17:59] Nishida**
Bend over a little.
**[18:01] Nishida**
Your head's crossing the line.
**[18:03] Nishida**
Back up.
**[18:06] Nishida**
*None of us blamed Ayase*
**[18:09] ---**
* for what happened at the*
* tournament last year,*
**[18:12] Nishida**
* because we all knew that she*
* was the one who hurt the most.*
**[18:16] Nishida**
You want to become as good as you were
**[18:18] ---**
at Second Verse Karuta, right?!
**[18:19] Tsuboguchi**
I want to become a good player.
**[18:23] Nishida**
Okay, I'll make you good!
**[18:28] Chihaya**
*We finally have new members...*
**[18:30] Chihaya**
*Two of them stayed.*
**[18:33] Chihaya**
*I can't ignore them!*
**[18:38] Kanade**
Hanano-san!
**[18:46] Kanade**
Hanano-san, let's go back.
**[18:48] Kanade**
It's okay, so come with me.
**[18:50] Sumire**
No!
**[18:51] Sumire**
I'm so embarrassed.
**[18:53] Sumire**
He knows now...
**[18:55] Sumire**
Mashima-senpai knows how I feel now.
**[18:59] Sumire**
You're probably laughing at me!
**[19:02] Sumire**
You think love is foolish!
**[19:03] Sumire**
If you're here to mock me, go away!
**[19:11] Kanade**
Yesterday, when you said
**[19:14] ---**
that Hundred Poets was
a bunch of love poems,
**[19:16] Kanade**
I had to admit you were right.
**[19:19] Kanade**
We share the same feelings
that they did in the past.
**[19:24] Kanade**
However, Hundred Poets
is an anthology of poetry.
**[19:28] Kanade**
Their poems are still known
a thousand years later,
**[19:31] Kanade**
because they expressed their
feelings and techniques
**[19:33] ---**
in adherence to the 31 syllables rule.
**[19:37] Kanade**
The feelings expressed are
dependent on the rules!
**[19:41] Kanade**
Do you really think that
the president knows your
**[19:44] ---**
true feelings after hearing
that little outburst?
**[19:48] Sumire**
But...
**[19:49] Kanade**
It's okay!
**[19:51] Kanade**
It's okay, so let's go back.
**[19:54] Kanade**
Come with me.
**[19:57] Sumire**
You make it sound so easy...
**[20:06] Kanade**
Hanano-san.
**[20:10] Kanade**
Can you teach me how to put on mascara?
**[20:14] Kanade**
Since I only have three eyelashes...
**[20:18] Kanade**
Also...
**[20:20] Kanade**
I think crying in embarrassment
**[20:23] Kanade**
is a sign of a beautiful soul.
***SIGN*** Hey, she's back.
**[20:35] Taichi**
Is everything okay?
**[20:39] Chihaya**
We still have some time left.
**[20:40] Chihaya**
Up for a match?
**[20:44] Sumire**
Um... Is it okay if...
**[20:48] Sumire**
I do some studying instead
of playing a match?
**[20:51] Sumire**
I haven't memorized
all of the poems yet!
**[21:06] Sumire**
* The feelings expressed are*
* dependent on the rules.*
# E3 - Feel Love Deepen
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G63VK5GZY/feel-love-deepen)
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**[00:02] [POEM] Reader**
but there is only desolation
under an autumn sunset.
**[00:11] [POEM] Reader**
Swift waters parted by the jagged rocks
**[00:15] Person A**
The Fukui Class A champion is
**[00:17] ---**
Murao Shinichi-kun from
the Fukui Nagumo Society.
**[00:20] Person A**
The runner-up is Wataya Arata-kun
from the Fukui Nagumo Society.
**[00:24] Person B**
The Nagumo Society is impressive.
**[00:26] Person B**
They placed first and second
in the Fukui tournament,
**[00:29] ---**
which features over 100 Class A players.
**[00:30] Person C**
The final match was excellent.
**[00:33] Person C**
Players from the same
society showing no mercy.
**[00:35] Person D**
Murao-kun managed to
outlast his opponent.
***SIGN*** Runner-up Wataya Arata
**[00:42] Kuri**
Congratulations.
**[00:44] Kuri**
You're strong, when you're
serious about playing.
**[00:46] Person C**
I can't wait to see you play
in the Master match this fall.
***SIGN*** National Karuta Tournament
Fukui Champions
***SIGN*** Wataya Hajime Wataya Hajime Wataya Hajime Wataya Hajime
**[00:53] Yoshi**
Wataya-kun, Wataya-kun.
**[00:54] Arata**
Oh, Mr. Yoshioka.
**[00:57] Yoshi**
Congratulations on second place.
**[00:59] Yoshi**
You came so close,
**[01:00] ---**
but at least you have
everyone's attention now.
**[01:02] Yoshi**
Both you and Murao-kun are
considered possible favorites
**[01:07] ---**
for the Master match this fall.
**[01:08] Yoshi**
You've begun to prepare for the
tournament this fall—
**[01:10] Arata**
No, Mr. Yoshioka.
**[01:14] Arata**
My current goal is the
high school championship.
**[01:20] Arata**
There's someone I really want to play.
**[01:27] Chihaya**
*It's that time of year again.*
**[01:33] Chihaya**
*June.*
***SIGN*** 33rd Champion Mizusawa High School
**[01:35] Chihaya**
* Time for the National High*
* School Karuta Championship:*
**[01:39] Chihaya**
*Tokyo Regional.*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 3
***SIGN*** Feel
Love
Deepen
**[02:56] Mom**
Mashima-kun!
**[02:58] Mom**
I've missed you so much!
**[02:59] Taichi**
It's been a while, Oe-san's mother...
**[03:02] Taichi**
Ri-Rieko-san...
**[03:04] Mom**
Yep, it's Rieko!
**[03:06] Mom**
You're looking even more handsome!
**[03:08] Sumire**
*Who is that woman?*
**[03:09] Sumire**
*She's all over him!*
**[03:11] Kanade**
Hanano-san!
**[03:12] Kanade**
Why are you just standing there?
**[03:14] Kanade**
I'll help you get dressed,
so move to the other room.
**[03:16] Sumire**
Huh? But I'm not playing.
**[03:18] Kanade**
What do you mean?
**[03:20] Kanade**
You're a member of the
Mizusawa Karuta Club.
**[03:22] Kanade**
All of our members wear hakama!
**[03:26] Sumire**
I've never worn a hakama before.
**[03:34] Sumire**
It's beautiful...
**[03:37] Sumire**
I'm so happy!
**[03:40] Kanade**
* At first, I didn't think*
* this was going to work,*
**[03:44] Kanade**
When you raise your arm,
**[03:45] ---**
you should hold your sleeve
up, so it doesn't roll back.
**[03:48] Kanade**
* but now it feels like we finally*
* have our second female member!*
***SIGN*** Counts as a male member
***SIGN*** Group A Preliminaries
***SIGN*** Mizusawa Shuryukan West High Togu
**[03:53] Tsutomu**
*This year, there are a total of fourteen schools,*
**[03:55] ---**
*split into four groups.*
**[03:57] Tsutomu**
* We're in Group A, with*
* Shuryukan and West High.*
**[04:01] Tsutomu**
* Perfect! I can use the*
* data from last year.*
***SIGN*** Say, Ayase, about the order we're going to use...
**[04:09] Chihaya**
Wh-What?!
**[04:11] Chihaya**
Huh?! Fission?! Cloning?!
**[04:14] Tsukuba**
Oh, sorry if my brothers are bothering you.
**[04:16] All**
Hey, it's Big Bro!
**[04:18] Tsukuba**
In our family, we're taught
to run into pretty people.
**[04:21] Chihaya**
Tr-Triplets?!
***SIGN*** Seriously?
**[04:23] Tsukuba**
No, they're each a year apart.
***SIGN*** Ages 9 - 10 - 11
**[04:24] All**
We're here to cheer for Big Bro!
**[04:26] Person A**
You look cool!
**[04:28] Person B**
You're rockin' that kimono!
**[04:30] Person D**
Do that one thing!
**[04:31] Tsukuba**
That one thing?
**[04:33] Person A**
That's so cute!
**[04:34] Person D**
You look just like Peko-chan!
**[04:36] Chihaya**
Oh, he does!
***SIGN*** He doesn't!
**[04:39] Person A**
Are you going to play
in the tournament?
**[04:40] Person B**
Of course he is.
**[04:41] Person B**
We were Second Verse Karuta champions.
**[04:44] Person B**
Big Bro was an ace attacker!
**[04:46] Person C**
You're also good at
mainland karuta, right?
**[04:48] Tsukuba**
Y-You bet.
**[04:50] Tsukuba**
Your brother will dominate
with the power built
**[04:52] ---**
from practicing with wooden cards!
***SIGN*** My Hero
**[04:56] Tsutomu**
*How can he say that?*
**[04:58] Tsutomu**
* He hasn't beaten any of the*
* second-years in a single practice match,*
**[05:01] Tsutomu**
*so he won't get to play.*
**[05:03] Nishida**
What?! Tokyo gets to send two schools
to the national championship this year?!
**[05:07] Taichi**
If there are more than
ten schools in a region,
**[05:10] ---**
two get to advance...
**[05:11] Nishida**
We're so lucky!
**[05:13] Nishida**
That makes it a lot easier!
**[05:17] Retro**
Doesn't matter if one advances
**[05:19] Retro**
or two advance!
**[05:22] Retro**
Hokuo Academy will win in the end!
**[05:27] Nishida**
I've been thinking that our Tsukuba
and Retro-kun are similar,
**[05:31] Nishida**
but Retro-kun is way weirder.
**[05:33] Retro**
I can hear you!
**[05:34] Taichi**
You should apologize to Tsukuba-kun.
**[05:36] Retro**
I can hear you guys!
**[05:40] Retro**
Porky.
**[05:42] Retro**
You're too nice.
**[05:44] Retro**
Why let Eyelashes, who's stuck
in Class B even though
**[05:48] Retro**
he tops you all in skill, be your president?
**[05:52] Retro**
He's probably kept this
a secret from you guys,
**[05:54] Retro**
but he entered tournaments
in Hiroshima and Kyoto,
**[05:58] Retro**
and he's still Class B
because he couldn't win.
**[06:01] Taichi**
You're in the same boat!
**[06:03] Taichi**
I ran into you in Hiroshima,
Kyoto, everywhere I went!
**[06:05] Taichi**
Neither of us have made it to Class A!
**[06:10] Retro**
Well, team matches are
a different animal.
**[06:12] Retro**
We'll be winning.
**[06:14] Taichi**
That's bull!
**[06:16] Taichi**
Honestly, Hokuo doesn't scare us
now that Sudo-san's graduated!
**[06:20] Retro**
You won't be able to say that
after seeing our ultimate weapon.
**[06:24] Taichi**
Ultimate weapon?
**[06:28] Retro**
See you in the finals!
**[06:30] Person A**
Last year's champions will
now return the trophy.
**[06:38] Chihaya**
* This was the first trophy*
* we worked together to win.*
**[06:43] Chihaya**
*We fought so hard.*
**[06:45] Chihaya**
*We were completely focused on our goal.*
**[06:48] Chihaya**
*A year has passed.*
**[06:50] Chihaya**
*We have to win again*
**[06:52] Chihaya**
*and make it to Nationals.*
**[06:55] Chihaya**
* Our next dream is to be*
* number one in Japan!*
***SIGN*** Group A Round 1 Mizusawa High School
***SIGN*** Nishida Yusei
Oe Kana
Ayase Chihaya
Komachi Tsutomu
Mashima Taichi
**[07:00] Taichi**
Yeah, we want to get off
to a running start.
**[07:04] Taichi**
Let's use the order
Komano came up with.
**[07:06] Nishida**
Sounds good.
**[07:07] Kanade**
I think it's fine.
**[07:09] Tsukuba**
Oh, then I'll go turn this in.
**[07:12] Taichi**
Huh? Oh, thanks.
**[07:22] Nishida**
Tsukuba-kun?
***SIGN*** Komano Tsutomu [Removed] Tsukuba Akihiro [Replacement]
**[07:25] Nishida**
What do you think you're doing?!
**[07:27] Nishida**
How could you change the order?!
**[07:29] Nishida**
If you've got a problem, say something!
**[07:32] Tsukuba**
B-But!
**[07:34] Tsukuba**
I came within three cards of
beating Komano-senpai once!
**[07:37] Tsukuba**
I've almost caught up
in terms of skill!
**[07:39] Tsukuba**
I'm...
**[07:44] Taichi**
Cool down.
**[07:46] Taichi**
If you can't, go home.
**[07:51] Person D**
Is he playing soon?
Is he playing soon?
**[07:53] Person C**
Keep it down or they'll yell at you.
***SIGN*** Let's switch up the order.
***SIGN*** For our first match against Shuryukan,
***SIGN*** let's switch me out
***SIGN*** for Hanano Sumire.
**[08:07] Sumire**
Huh?
**[08:07] All**
Huh?
***SIGN*** For our second match against West High,
***SIGN*** we'll switch out Kana-chan
***SIGN*** for Tsukuba Akihiro.
***SIGN*** I just checked and Shuryukan is pretty much
**[08:18] ---**
fielding the same lineup as last year.
***SIGN*** Going off my data from last year, they're strong against boys
***SIGN*** and really weak against girls.
***SIGN*** So it makes sense to go with three girls.
**[08:30] Kanade**
I think you're right.
***SIGN*** The West High team is still mainly female.
***SIGN*** I'm guessing that they still favor a focused style
**[08:37] ---**
with vocal encouragement.
***SIGN*** Tsukuba-kun.
***SIGN*** Open your eyes for a moment.
**[08:43] Tsukuba**
L-Like this?
***SIGN*** You don't need to lick your lips!
***SIGN*** If you keep that look on your face the whole match, you'll definitely win!
***SIGN*** Your loud voice can also be used as a weapon!
***SIGN*** The remaining three players will have to play every game.
***SIGN*** Mashima, Porky, Ayase...
***SIGN*** It's on you.
**[09:12] Chihaya**
*Let's go, Mizusawa High School.*
**[09:17] [POEM] Reader**
for there is no one else out here
**[09:26] [POEM] Reader**
Rain takes longer...
**[09:28] [POEM] Reader**
The night breaks to day...
**[09:30] [POEM] Reader**
May I live to see...
**[09:31] [POEM] Reader**
In the sleepy...
**[09:32] Tsukuba**
*She's so cool!*
**[09:34] All**
*She's so cool!*
**[09:38] Tsukuba**
Uh...
**[09:39] Tsukuba**
Why are you giving me a chance?
***SIGN*** Shh. You're too loud.
**[09:45] Tsukuba**
I said a lot of rude things.
**[09:51] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
Can I go home now?
**[09:54] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
I'm only here because
you need five people
**[09:56] (Flashback) ---**
to make it to the national tournament!
**[09:57] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
Anyone could take my spot!
**[09:59] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
Sorry, everyone!
***SIGN*** I've been in your shoes.
***SIGN*** I was also given a chance.
***SIGN*** There's no rush. You'll get better very soon.
***SIGN*** It's okay.
***SIGN*** You have the passion and talent.
***SIGN*** It's okay.
**[10:28] Tsukuba**
*He's so cool...*
**[10:32] Sumire**
*Why am I playing in a match?*
**[10:34] Sumire**
*Nobody told me this would happen!*
**[10:36] Sumire**
*I just wanted to watch!*
**[10:37] [POEM] Reader**
Nothing can be worse than
living a moment longer
**[10:39] Sumire**
*Which card is it? Which card is it?*
**[10:41] Sumire**
Um... Um...
**[10:44] Sumire**
*Oh, found it!*
***SIGN*** I'm glad you got a card
**[10:50] [POEM] Reader**
So the flower has wilted...
**[10:52] Sumire**
*I know this one!*
***SIGN*** Hehe
***SIGN*** Our hands touched
**[10:54] Person A**
*Our hands touched!*
**[10:59] Sumire**
*That's Ayase-senpai's opponent...*
**[11:11] Person A**
She won by 25 cards.
A perfect score.
**[11:15] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[11:18] Person A**
Damn!
**[11:19] Sumire**
* She never let her opponent*
* touch her hand.*
**[11:22] Sumire**
*She wasn't belittled for being a girl.*
**[11:27] Sumire**
*Memorize! Memorize!*
**[11:30] Sumire**
*I know all of the first verses!*
**[11:32] Sumire**
*Focus. Focus...*
**[11:35] Sumire**
*so I can react!*
**[11:37] Sumire**
*Faster!*
**[11:39] Sumire**
* I can feel the blood flowing through*
* the brain cells I've neglected to use!*
**[11:44] Sumire**
*I'll move faster next time!*
**[11:48] (Flashback) Chihaya**
You'll start moving faster and
faster to take cards, Sumire-chan.
**[11:53] Sumire**
*I hate to admit it, but she's right!*
**[11:58] Both**
Thank you very much.
***SIGN*** But
I
still
lost
**[12:03] Chihaya**
Yes! One victory down!
**[12:13] Person A**
Oh, Ms. Miyauchi.
**[12:15] Person A**
Doesn't the tennis team
have a match today?
**[12:17] Miya**
Our tennis team will be
just as good this year.
**[12:21] Miya**
It didn't take them long to win,
**[12:23] ---**
so I'll be heading over
to the karuta regional.
**[12:26] Person A**
Ah, I see.
**[12:29] Person A**
Oh, that's right.
**[12:30] Person A**
New members.
**[12:32] Person A**
Did the karuta club recruit
five new members?
**[12:37] Miya**
Of course!
**[12:38] Miya**
Look at the 20 applications
I have here!
**[12:41] Person A**
Oh, that's wonderful!
**[12:43] Person A**
You always deliver, Ms. Miyauchi.
**[12:46] Miya**
*Though 18 of them quit.*
**[12:48] Person A**
Speaking of the karuta club...
**[12:53] Person A**
Ayase-san turned in a blank
career plan again this year.
**[12:58] Person A**
What are we going to do about her?
**[13:03] Miya**
Some time...
**[13:07] Miya**
Please give her some time.
**[13:09] Miya**
She may act like she never
thinks, but she does...
**[13:16] Miya**
I think.
**[13:21] [POEM] Reader**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[13:27] Person A**
Victory for West High!
**[13:28] All**
Yes!
**[13:29] Taichi**
Mi! Zu! Sa! Wa!
**[13:31] Tsukuba**
Pight!
**[13:34] Nishida**
Pight?
**[13:36] Sumire**
Honestly, Tsukuba just had to blow it.
**[13:38] Kanade**
He must be very nervous.
**[13:39] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[13:40] Tsukuba**
*It's okay. It's okay.*
**[13:43] Tsukuba**
*My brothers are watching me.*
**[13:45] Tsukuba**
*I have to be the hero!*
**[13:48] [POEM] Reader**
As friends and strangers come...
**[13:50] Nawano**
First card on the board!
**[13:51] Person A**
Nice one, Nawano-senpai!
**[13:54] Nawano**
Let's keep it going!
**[13:55] All**
Yes!
**[14:00] [POEM] Reader**
So the flower petals...
**[14:02] [POEM] Reader**
I hear the beating...
**[14:06] [POEM] Reader**
Since I could not hide...
**[14:10] Tsukuba**
*I screwed up!*
***SIGN*** people would always ask
if I was pining for someone
***SIGN*** Since I...
***SIGN*** when I cannot bear
growing any weaker
than I already have.
***SIGN*** Nothing...
**[14:12] Tsukuba**
*I made the worst possible mistake!*
**[14:14] Tsukuba**
* When I get flustered, I forget I'm*
* not playing Second Verse Karuta!*
**[14:18] Nawano**
* He went for the card that*
* started the same way.*
**[14:22] Nawano**
*He's a total amateur.*
**[14:23] Nawano**
*Lucky me.*
**[14:27] Taichi**
* Tsukuba is up against*
* West High's captain.*
**[14:30] Taichi**
* She's the only Class A*
* player on their team.*
**[14:32] Taichi**
*I guess we're fortunate that*
**[14:33] ---**
* we're not wasting one of*
* our Class A players on her,*
**[14:37] Taichi**
*but this is tough for Tsukuba.*
**[14:40] Tsukuba**
* I embarrassed myself to*
* play in this match...*
**[14:48] Tsukuba**
*I was so confident...*
**[14:51] Tsukuba**
* Karuta was the one thing*
* I was confident about.*
**[14:57] Chihaya**
You're so lucky, Tsukuba-kun.
**[14:59] Chihaya**
You get to play a Class A
player in an official match.
**[15:03] Chihaya**
You're lucky!
**[15:04] Tsukuba**
Huh?
**[15:05] Taichi**
*That's true.*
**[15:07] Taichi**
* You rarely get to play people*
* outside your class in tournaments.*
**[15:10] Taichi**
* This is a chance that only*
* comes in team tournaments.*
**[15:13] Kanade**
* That's our captain!*
* Way to give him a boost!*
**[15:15] Sumire**
What? He's lucky?
**[15:19] Taichi**
*That's not it...*
***SIGN*** Lucky him
***SIGN*** I wanted to play her
**[15:21] Taichi**
*She's just jealous!*
**[15:24] Tsukuba**
*How am I lucky?!*
**[15:26] Tsukuba**
*I want to win!*
**[15:27] Tsukuba**
*I want to play someone I can beat!*
**[15:30] Tsukuba**
*I can't afford to lose my confidence!*
**[15:33] Tsukuba**
*I can't afford to...*
**[15:36] [POEM] Reader**
Since the dew...
**[15:38] Tsukuba**
*It's not working!*
**[15:39] Tsukuba**
*Damn...*
**[15:40] Tsukuba**
*I was so close...*
**[15:44] Tsukuba**
*I was so close?*
**[15:46] Tsukuba**
*She's a Class A player?*
**[15:49] [POEM] Reader**
Impassionate gods...
**[15:53] Tsukuba**
*Ayase-senpai is way faster.*
**[15:56] Tsukuba**
*Nishida-senpai is way stronger.*
***SIGN*** Kitano Town Children's Center
**[16:09] (Flashback) Person B**
Big Bro is here!
**[16:11] (Flashback) Person B**
It's Big Akihiro!
**[16:12] (Flashback) Person D**
Big Bro! Help us with karuta!
**[16:15] (Flashback) Tsukuba**
Were they bullying you again?
**[16:18] (Flashback) Tsukuba**
Your brother's here to save the day.
**[16:23] Tsukuba**
*It's okay.*
**[16:28] Tsukuba**
*It's okay!*
**[16:34] Nawano**
*This will be a cinch.*
**[16:38] Nawano**
*Wh-What?!*
**[16:40] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
If you keep that look on your face the
whole match, you'll definitely win!
**[16:44] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
Your loud voice can also
be used as a weapon!
**[16:47] Tsukuba**
T-Time to take some cards!
**[16:48] Tsukuba**
It's on now!
**[16:54] (Flashback) Nishida**
I'll make you good!
**[16:58] (Flashback) Nishida**
There are two cards you
absolutely have to master.
**[17:03] (Flashback) Tsukuba**
"Feel love deepen" and "Feel sorrow wash"?
**[17:06] (Flashback) Nishida**
You need to make these cards your own.
**[17:09] (Flashback) Nishida**
Since your name is Tsukuba-kun.
**[17:13] (Flashback) Tsukuba**
But my name's Akihiro,
**[17:15] (Flashback) ---**
so I was really good at
the eight cards with
**[17:16] (Flashback) ---**
second verses that started like my name.
**[17:18] (Flashback) Nishida**
You always have something
to complain about!
**[17:20] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
There are sixteen cards with first
verses that start like your name.
**[17:25] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
Few people can say that they
specialize in the "The" cards.
**[17:28] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
You're really lucky.
**[17:30] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
Start with the two "Feel" cards.
**[17:33] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
Then you have the sixteen "The" cards.
**[17:38] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
It'll take time, but you
can master those cards.
**[17:44] [POEM] Reader**
Feel love deepen...
**[17:47] Tsukuba**
*Start with the "Feel" cards!*
**[17:48] [POEM] Reader**
widening into a river as it
descends Mount Tsukuba.
***SIGN*** The emotions experienced after a long-awaited reunion banish any lingering memories of the past
**[17:51] Tsukuba**
*Then I move onto the "The" cards!*
**[17:57] [POEM] Reader**
The emotions experienced...
**[17:58] Tsukuba**
*Ah, that won't work!*
**[18:00] Tsukuba**
* There are too many "The"*
* cards all over the place!*
**[18:09] Tsukuba**
*My brothers are watching me.*
**[18:12] Tsukuba**
*But...*
**[18:14] Tsukuba**
*My teammates are with me!*
**[18:20] Kanade**
*She's so good!*
**[18:22] Kanade**
*Another 25-card perfect game!*
**[18:24] Kanade**
*Her opponent is clearly weaker,*
**[18:26] Kanade**
*but Chihaya-chan has been flawless!*
**[18:32] Sumire**
This is impressive.
**[18:35] Tsutomu**
*Mashima, Porky, Ayase...*
**[18:39] Tsutomu**
*It's on you.*
**[18:41] Chihaya**
One win for Mizusawa!
**[18:42] All**
Yeah!
**[18:44] Tsukuba**
Y-Yeah!
**[18:46] Kanade**
* We wouldn't be this strong,*
* if the first-years weren't here.*
**[18:51] Taichi**
Two wins for Mizusawa!
**[18:53] Kanade**
*Not President Mashima...*
**[18:54] Nishida**
Okay! Three wins for Mizusawa!
**[18:56] Kanade**
*Not Porky...*
**[19:01] Tsukuba**
* They're so dependable*
* that it makes me sick!*
**[19:09] Tsukuba**
*Sorry...*
**[19:11] Tsukuba**
*I can't be the hero.*
**[19:14] Tsukuba**
*I'm acting like a loser,*
**[19:16] Tsukuba**
*but right now, I just want one card!*
**[19:19] Tsukuba**
*One card!*
**[19:20] Tsukuba**
*One card!*
***SIGN*** Tsukuba X - O Nawano
(13 card differential)
**[19:25] Both**
Thank you very much.
***SIGN*** Komano X - O Suda
(2 card differential)
**[19:28] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[19:30] Chihaya**
You were so close, Desktomu-kun!
***SIGN*** I almost caught up.
**[19:34] Nishida**
You did a good job against
a Class B opponent.
**[19:43] Person B**
You were so cool, lady!
**[19:45] Person C**
You're pretty and strong!
**[19:46] Person B**
Really strong!
**[19:47] Person D**
Awesome! Awesome!
**[19:48] Chihaya**
Th-Thank you...
**[19:50] Person B**
But Big Bro will catch up in no time!
**[19:53] Person C**
We only played with
wooden cards at home,
**[19:55] Person C**
but we'll start practicing
with the paper cards you use!
**[19:58] Person B**
Big Bro will get better then!
**[20:01] Person D**
Big Bro's super awesome!
**[20:08] Chihaya**
Then you should all come to the
Shiranami Society next week!
**[20:11] All**
Shiranami Society?
**[20:12] Nishida**
Hey! That's no fair!
**[20:13] Chihaya**
I got us some new members, Dr. Harada!
**[20:23] Shinobu**
It's been a long time.
**[20:26] Shinobu**
Yes, that's right.
**[20:30] Shinobu**
I'm looking forward to it, Mr. Ise.
**[20:34] Ise**
*I'll get you registered.*
**[20:36] Ise**
* I can't wait to watch the*
* tournament this year.*
**[20:38] Ise**
* You'll probably dominate the*
* individual bracket though.*
**[20:42] Shinobu**
I still have much to improve.
**[20:45] Ise**
* If you need a practice partner,*
* drop by the Myojo Society.*
**[20:49] Shinobu**
Thank you very much.
**[20:51] Ise**
* Oh, there's one more thing*
* to look forward to.*
**[20:54] Ise**
* The grandson of Eternal Master*
* Wataya is coming from Fukui*
**[20:57] ---**
*to participate in the individual bracket.*
**[21:00] Ise**
*Everybody's been talking about it.*
**[21:03] Ise**
* How many years has it been since*
* he's played in an official match?*
**[21:05] Ise**
*Even I can't wait.*
**[21:09] Shinobu**
Arata?
# E4 - To tell the people in the capital that I make for the islands
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR2P4QW9R/to-tell-the-people-in-the-capital-that-i-make-for-the-islands)
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**[00:05] A**
Time has really flown.
Has it already been three years?
***SIGN*** Wataya Family Grave
**[00:08] B**
I can still hear Master
Wataya's voice sometimes.
**[00:14] Dada**
Arata, it's getting hot,
so let's head back.
**[00:17] Mom**
W-Wait!
**[00:18] Mom**
I just put those sandwiches
there as an offering.
**[00:21] Ara**
I can understand why Grandpa
and Dad never got along.
**[00:24] Dad**
Your grandpa didn't like me
**[00:26] ---**
because I wasn't interested in karuta!
**[00:28] Mom**
Your quarrels were the reason you took
**[00:30] ---**
a job in Tokyo and forced
Arata to switch schools.
**[00:34] Dad**
B-But!
**[00:36] Dad**
It was a good experience, right?
**[00:37] Dad**
You made friends in Tokyo.
**[00:44] Mom**
That's right.
**[00:45] Mom**
The Tokyo High School
Regional is today.
**[00:48] Mom**
Are your friends doing well?
**[00:50] Mom**
You exchange e-mails, right?
**[00:51] Ara**
No, not as often as before.
**[00:53] Dad**
You need to send more e-mails
**[00:56] ---**
or your friends in Tokyo
will forget about you.
**[00:59] Ara**
Really? I doubt that would happen.
**[01:03] (Flashback) Chi**
Cell phones are incredible!
**[01:05] (Flashback) Chi**
Like the misty bridge!
**[01:12] Ara**
*Chihaya...*
**[01:15] Ara**
*In my mind, our misty bridge...*
**[01:17] Ara**
*is not a cell phone, but something else.*
**[01:21] Ara**
Mom, Dad.
**[01:24] Ara**
If I win the National High
School Championship,
**[01:28] Ara**
I want you to grant my request.
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 4
***SIGN*** To tell the
people in
the capital
that I make
for the
islands
**[02:41] Hara**
Man, I'm so excited.
**[02:43] Hara**
I hope we don't miss the finals.
**[02:46] Hara**
They should have made it
past the prelim stage, easy.
**[02:49] A**
Yes, yes, Doctor.
**[02:51] A**
Mashima-kun hasn't sent any
e-mails about them losing yet.
**[02:54] Hara**
Eyelashes...
**[02:57] Hara**
I wonder what his problem is.
**[03:00] Hara**
Based on his play during practice,
he should be a Class A player now.
**[03:05] Hara**
He's put in so much effort,
so why can't he win a tournament?
**[03:10] A**
Doctor, I ran into
**[03:12] ---**
Mashima-kun at the Kyoto
and Hiroshima tournaments
**[03:15] A**
and watched him play.
**[03:17] A**
It seems like...
**[03:19] A**
...he just has terrible luck.
**[03:22] A**
He can never catch a lucky break
when he needs it the most.
**[03:27] Sumi**
Mashima-senpai!
***SIGN*** I made them myself <3
**[03:29] Sumi**
Please, have some!
**[03:31] Tai**
Sorry, I try to avoid eating
anything solid before a match.
**[03:36] Pork**
Wait. Mashima, you're
copying Dr. Harada?
**[03:38] Pork**
I'm gonna eat up.
**[03:40] Pork**
If we win our next match,
we're in the Nationals!
**[03:43] Pork**
You can have some, boys.
**[03:44] All**
Yay!
**[03:47] Tai**
*Don't think too much.*
**[03:50] Tai**
* If I lose after doing everything*
* I can, I can accept that.*
***SIGN*** Group C Preliminary
**[03:53] Tai**
*What's important is that I do my best.*
**[03:57] Hara**
Oh, there they are!
**[03:58] Chi**
Dr. Harada!
**[03:59] Hara**
Sounds like you're doing well.
**[04:01] Hara**
I'm glad to hear that.
**[04:02] Tai**
Thanks for coming to cheer us—
**[04:09] Hara**
I'm certainly here to cheer you on,
**[04:12] Hara**
but that's not the only
reason I'm here this year.
**[04:14] Hara**
It's twice as exciting for me,
but also quite distressing.
**[04:17] Chi**
Huh?
**[04:18] Hara**
Oh? Haven't you heard?
**[04:21] Tsu**
Let's go, guys!
***SIGN*** Homei
**[04:23] ---**
Yes!
**[04:23] Tsu**
The team to defeat last year's
dark horse, Mizusawa,
**[04:26] Tsu**
will be this year's dark horse, Homei!
**[04:29] All**
Yes!
**[04:30] Tai**
*Tsuboguchi-san?*
***SIGN*** High School Championship Tokyo Regional Final Tournament Bracket
***SIGN*** Mizusawa High Homei High Hokuo Academy Shoyo High
**[04:32] Pork**
This could be dangerous.
***SIGN*** Yeah, they were completely off my radar.
**[04:36] Pork**
The data from last year won't help.
**[04:37] Tsu**
What's the problem?
**[04:40] Kana**
Homei's advisor, Tsuboguchi-san,
**[04:42] Kana**
was the East Representative for
the Master match last year,
**[04:45] Kana**
and he's the ace of the Shiranami society
Chihaya-chan and the president are in.
**[04:49] Tai**
Did you know, Chihaya?
**[04:53] Tai**
* I don't understand what*
* gets you excited...*
**[04:58] Tsu**
Everyone's worked hard
to make it this far!
**[05:00] Tsu**
You're playing much better than two
months of practice can account for!
***SIGN*** Every Card Counts
**[05:03] Take**
Your advice was spot on, Coach!
**[05:05] Toda**
After changing my form,
my swing is much smoother!
**[05:09] Nana**
Me, too!
**[05:10] Mori**
I followed your instructions
for sending cards
**[05:12] ---**
and my opponent made four mistakes!
**[05:14] Sasa**
Lost that one, lost that
one, lost that one...
**[05:17] Sasa**
"I hear," "As this," "Note that,"
"The storm blasts," "May it"...
**[05:20] Take**
Sasa, you need to learn to let go!
**[05:20] Sasa**
"My fear is not," "The autumn wind," "Like the"...
**[05:25] Tsu**
Mizusawa is strong,
**[05:26] Tsu**
but the practice and hard work you've
put in since spring will pay off.
**[05:33] Tsu**
Will you take me to Omi Jingu?
**[05:36] All**
Yes!
**[05:38] All**
*Th-That's youthful spirit...*
**[05:43] Tai**
*They changed orders every match.*
**[05:45] Tai**
*It's hard to see any patterns.*
**[05:48] Tsu**
Go easy on us, reigning champions.
**[05:55] Tai**
* I've known Tsuboguchi-san*
* since I was a kid.*
**[06:00] Tai**
*He wants to win.*
**[06:02] Tai**
*What order will they use?*
**[06:04] Tai**
*Who's their strongest player?*
**[06:06] Tai**
* What order do we use to*
* guarantee three victories?*
***SIGN*** Good Luck
**[06:08] A**
Taichi-kun! Taichi-kun!
**[06:11] A**
Good luck! I bought this for you!
**[06:12] A**
A lucky charm!
**[06:14] B**
I bought one, too! Take it!
**[06:15] A**
All you're missing is the luck!
**[06:17] A**
You have the skill!
**[06:19] Tai**
Sorry, I need to come
up with our order!
**[06:22] N**
Will the semifinalists please
turn in their orders?
**[06:26] Tai**
*Damn, there's no time.*
**[06:32] Hara**
Eyelashes...
**[06:33] Hara**
An individual match is a team match.
**[06:36] Hara**
A team match is an individual match.
**[06:41] N**
Homei High School, Takei-kun.
**[06:44] N**
Mizusawa High School, Komano-kun.
**[06:44] Tai**
*What did he mean?*
**[06:46] Tai**
Homei High School, Toda-san.
**[06:46] Tai**
* Team matches and individual*
* matches are different things.*
**[06:49] ---**
*Mizusawa High School, Mashima-kun.*
**[06:51] Tai**
* The side that does better*
* as a team will win!*
**[06:52] ---**
Homei High School, Sasa-san.
**[06:55] N**
Please begin placing your cards.
**[06:57] N**
After a fifteen minute memorization
period, the match will begin.
**[07:01] Chi**
*Amazing...*
**[07:03] Chi**
* Group C had strong schools like Kase*
* High and Eiko University High.*
**[07:08] Chi**
* They must have improved a lot*
* with Tsuboguchi-san's teaching.*
**[07:10] Take**
I knew it!
**[07:12] Take**
You're totally my type!
**[07:14] Take**
Give me your number after the match!
**[07:17] Chi**
Wh-What?!
**[07:18] Tsu**
*Good!*
**[07:19] Tsu**
* Chihaya-chan isn't used*
* to romantic stuff,*
**[07:22] Tsu**
*so we can use that.*
**[07:23] Tsu**
*Still, I know that she'll go back*
**[07:25] ---**
* to being crazy about karuta*
* once the match starts,*
**[07:27] Tsu**
* so we're only pretending*
* to go after her.*
**[07:30] Take**
So how about it?
**[07:31] Take**
It's a promise.
**[07:33] Chi**
What do I do? What do I do?
**[07:35] Tai**
*That's dirty!*
**[07:36] Tai**
* You're taking advantage*
* of Chihaya's personality!*
**[07:38] Tai**
* I know what you're up*
* to, Tsuboguchi-san!*
**[07:42] Tsu**
* In reality, we're throwing*
* Eyelashes off his game.*
**[07:44] Tsu**
*Chihaya-chan may be Mizusawa's ace,*
**[07:46] Tsu**
*but Eyelashes is their mental leader.*
**[07:50] Tsu**
* You pay too much attention*
* to your surroundings.*
**[07:52] Tsu**
* Are you sure that you*
* should be glaring at me?*
**[07:56] Mochi**
Dr. Harada.
**[07:57] Hara**
Oh, Mochida-kun.
**[07:58] Hara**
It looks like Hokuo is
winning their games.
**[08:01] Mochi**
Yes, thank you.
**[08:03] Mochi**
By the way, did you notice, Doctor?
**[08:06] [POEM] N**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[08:06] Mochi**
They're switching readers
every round this year.
**[08:09] Mochi**
It must have been difficult
to find five readers.
**[08:11] Hara**
Oh, that's impressive.
**[08:13] Mochi**
I know.
**[08:13] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[08:25] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring, now
the flower blooms
**[08:42] [POEM] N**
My life means nothing...
**[08:43] Hara**
What was that pause about?!
**[08:45] Hara**
Mochida-kun, is he an amateur?!
**[08:47] Mochi**
No, Tashiro-kun is certified!
**[08:49] [POEM] N**
...to see you again
**[08:54] [POEM] N**
I wish I could show the...
**[08:55] Hara**
*He didn't wait long enough this time!*
**[08:57] Mochi**
*Tashiro-kun's nervous because he was*
**[08:59] ---**
*just certified as a Class B reader!*
**[09:00] Mochi**
*He's not following the correct rhythm!*
**[09:03] A**
*Mizusawa's at a disadvantage!*
**[09:05] A**
* The strange rhythm will affect*
* experienced players more!*
**[09:08] B**
*Taichi-kun's luck is so terrible!*
**[09:11] Kana**
*Karuta is similar to dance.*
***SIGN*** Irritated
Irritated
Irritated
Irritated
**[09:15] Kana**
* You can't dance if the*
* music is off beat.*
**[09:19] Tai**
Oe-san.
**[09:21] Tai**
Focus on the first card.
**[09:22] Tai**
Make your own rhythm.
**[09:26] Kana**
Yes.
**[09:27] [POEM] N**
...with tears of blood
**[09:33] [POEM] N**
A mountain village grows...
**[09:37] Tai**
*Chihaya and Nishida are fine.*
**[09:39] Tai**
*What about Komano?*
**[09:40] Tai**
Komano, attack the next card!
***SIGN*** Yeah!
**[09:45] Chi**
* My opponent's card*
* placement is very familiar,*
**[09:47] ---**
*since their coach is Tsuboguchi-san,*
**[09:49] Chi**
* and he's playing the Shiranami*
* offensive karuta style.*
**[09:51] Chi**
*Offensive is my style, too...*
**[09:53] Take**
I'd love a girlfriend
who's good at karuta.
**[09:56] Take**
You're perfe—
**[09:58] Chi**
* Focus on the opponent's*
* bottom right side!*
**[10:00] [POEM] N**
I feel that my love...
**[10:04] Tsu**
*Chihaya-chan's gotten better.*
**[10:07] Tsu**
* I never expected to defeat the*
* two Class A Mizusawa players.*
**[10:13] Tsu**
*But...*
**[10:15] Take**
Yes! I took one from
my opponent's side!
**[10:17] Nana**
Same here!
**[10:17] Mori**
Good, keep it up!
**[10:21] Chi**
* He's taking all the*
* cards I'm not watching,*
**[10:24] Chi**
* while sending all the cards*
* I've been targeting.*
**[10:26] Tai**
* Tsuboguchi-san's taught*
* them all the nasty tricks.*
**[10:30] [POEM] N**
A mountain stream dips...
**[10:34] Tai**
*Crap, I was too late.*
**[10:36] Tai**
*I need to focus.*
**[10:39] Sasa**
Come on! Come on! Come on!
**[10:45] Tai**
*I'm pretty sure I want to ignore that.*
**[10:48] [POEM] N**
Nobody wishes to see...
**[10:49] Sasa**
I knew it would come!
**[10:53] Sasa**
Come on! Come on! Come on!
**[10:55] Tai**
*Some kind of curse?*
**[10:57] Tai**
*What's with her?*
**[10:59] Tai**
*She's the only one acting so strange.*
**[11:02] Sasa**
* I've dreamed about becoming the karuta*
* queen since I was a little girl.*
**[11:06] Sasa**
* However, I didn't have the courage*
* to enter a karuta society,*
**[11:09] Sasa**
* so I had to practice and work*
* on my positioning by myself.*
**[11:13] Sasa**
*Our high school had a karuta club,*
**[11:15] ---**
*but they just sat around chatting.*
**[11:17] Sasa**
*That was when my savior arrived.*
**[11:22] (Flashback) Tsu**
Everyone, karuta is fun!
**[11:24] (Flashback) All**
Huh?
**[11:26] (Flashback) Tsu**
I guess it's not karuta that's fun...
**[11:31] (Flashback) Tsu**
It's the act of trying
your hardest that's fun!
**[11:35] Sasa**
*I was shocked.*
**[11:38] Sasa**
* I wasn't the only one*
* who wanted to try hard.*
**[11:44] Sasa**
*I was shocked...*
**[11:48] [POEM] N**
The sky may hold...
**[11:49] Sasa**
It came!
**[11:50] Tai**
*She guessed two cards in a row?!*
**[11:52] B**
* He's trying to attack, but*
* he's not getting any chances!*
**[11:54] A**
*Horrible luck!*
**[11:56] [POEM] N**
So spring ends...
**[11:56] Sasa**
That's it!
**[12:01] Hara**
* Eyelashes doesn't believe*
* that he just needs luck.*
**[12:05] Hara**
* He continues to believe*
* that he lacks the skill.*
**[12:10] Tai**
*Why?*
**[12:12] Tai**
* She can guess cards this*
* well after two months*
**[12:14] ---**
*of instruction from Tsuboguchi-san?*
**[12:17] Tai**
*I've been working my ass off for years.*
**[12:19] Hara**
* But when he tells himself that*
* it's skill that he lacks...*
**[12:26] Tai**
*Her sense is better than mine?*
**[12:29] Hara**
*he falls victim*
**[12:31] Hara**
* to the belief that he*
* doesn't have the talent.*
**[12:40] Tai**
*Is it because of the reader's rhythm?*
**[12:42] Tai**
* We aren't leading the way*
* we were in the prelims.*
**[12:45] Tai**
*What about Nishida?*
**[12:46] Tai**
*He's up by ten cards?*
**[12:48] Tai**
*Impressive.*
**[12:49] (Flashback) Retro**
Porky.
**[12:50] (Flashback) Retro**
You're too nice.
**[12:52] (Flashback) Retro**
Why let Mashima, who's stuck
in Class B even though
**[12:55] (Flashback) Retro**
he tops you all in skill, be your president?
**[12:58] Tai**
*Stuck in Class B...*
**[13:03] Tai**
*Which card is she aiming for?*
**[13:05] Tai**
*Check the card she just sent.*
**[13:07] Tai**
*Talent...*
**[13:09] Tai**
*She's watching "When the,"*
**[13:10] Tai**
* but being careful since the dead card*
* "When I" hasn't been read yet.*
**[13:13] Tai**
*Talent...*
**[13:14] Tai**
* "When winds blow" and "When winds*
* send" are still out there.*
**[13:16] Tai**
*Talent...*
**[13:19] Tai**
*This won't work!*
**[13:21] Tai**
*Focus!*
**[13:23] Tai**
*Refresh my memory! Check everything!*
**[13:26] A**
Huh?
**[13:28] A**
The air conditioner above
Taichi-kun isn't working.
**[13:30] B**
*Why now?! Why that one?!*
**[13:33] A**
*Horrible luck!*
**[13:34] Tai**
*It's so hot... I need a towel...*
**[13:41] Tai**
*My memorization... My hard work...*
**[13:43] [POEM] N**
The emotions experienced...
**[13:43] Sasa**
There it is!
**[13:46] Tai**
*Aren't doing anything for me!*
**[13:49] Hara**
This is a good match.
**[13:51] Hara**
Eyelashes is up against
a strong opponent.
**[13:53] Tsu**
Well, she's hooked on your teachings.
**[13:58] Tsu**
"Play like you can guess
what card's coming next."
**[14:01] Tsu**
"If you end up taking a different card,
**[14:02] ---**
talk like it was the
one you were expecting."
**[14:07] [POEM] N**
The sound of birds crossing...
**[14:09] Sasa**
*I don't care about that card.*
**[14:11] Tsu**
It's a simple strategy,
but it's not easy to pull off.
**[14:14] Tsu**
If she can convince him that the flow
**[14:16] Tsu**
is on her side, and not on his,
**[14:19] ---**
she might be able to overwhelm him while
he's worried about leading the team.
**[14:24] Hara**
You're pretty passionate about this,
**[14:26] Hara**
considering that you're the biggest
Class A slacker in our society.
**[14:32] Tsu**
I had to ignore my own problems...
**[14:35] Tsu**
* It's the act of trying*
* your hardest that's fun!*
**[14:38] Tsu**
...to inspire them.
**[14:41] Tsu**
I didn't try my hardest,
**[14:44] Tsu**
so I was left with regrets.
**[14:53] Tsu**
Every match is close, and it's so hot...
**[14:57] Sumi**
What do I have to do to become
Mashima-senpai's girlfriend?
**[15:00] Tsu**
Huh?! What are you talking about?!
**[15:03] Sumi**
There's nothing else for me to
do right now besides think.
***SIGN*** She's
really
crazy
about
love...
**[15:07] Sumi**
* After watching him for two*
* months, it's become very clear.*
**[15:10] Sumi**
* Mashima-senpai is in*
* love with Ayase-senpai.*
**[15:14] Sumi**
*Why?*
**[15:15] Sumi**
* Ayase-senpai doesn't pay any*
* attention to Mashima-senpai.*
**[15:21] A**
Yes, that's right.
**[15:22] A**
The air conditioner in the very back.
**[15:23] B**
Can I start after this match is over?
**[15:32] Miya**
*It's a sauna!*
**[15:33] Miya**
*Plus, it's only affecting my kids!*
**[15:35] Tai**
*This sweat feels gross...*
**[15:38] Tai**
* I don't want to wipe it off*
* with a loaner kimono,*
**[15:41] Tai**
*but I don't have a towel...*
**[15:42] [POEM] N**
As I wait for...
**[15:44] Sasa**
Yes, got it!
**[15:45] Sasa**
Go on the attack!
**[15:46] All**
Yes!
**[15:52] Tai**
E-Excuse me!
**[15:54] Tai**
Can I have a towel?
**[16:23] Tai**
Thank you very much.
**[16:26] Tai**
*I always try to play it cool.*
**[16:29] Tai**
*I feel embarrassed about losing,*
**[16:31] Tai**
* so I run off to tournaments*
* far away in secret.*
**[16:36] Tai**
*I know that I'm not alone...*
**[16:40] Tai**
*But...*
**[16:44] Tai**
*I want to be strong, even when I'm alone.*
**[16:47] [POEM] N**
my body burns like the seaweed
drying on the shores of Matsuho
**[16:56] [POEM] N**
The storm will soon carry...
**[17:01] Tai**
Yes, that's one card!
**[17:03] Tsu**
* He's keeping his eyes on*
* the cards while speaking.*
**[17:07] Tsu**
* He's not turning to look*
* at his teammates.*
**[17:09] Tsu**
*That's right, Eyelashes.*
**[17:12] Tsu**
*A team match is an individual match.*
**[17:14] Tsu**
* You must trust in your teammates*
* while playing by yourself.*
**[17:21] Tsu**
Huh? Where are you going?
**[17:23] Sumi**
To watch the other match.
**[17:25] Sumi**
I can scout out our
opponent in the finals.
**[17:30] Sumi**
* "There's nothing else to do*
* right now besides think"?*
**[17:32] Sumi**
*There has to be something else!*
**[17:36] Sumi**
*I'm a member of this team!*
**[17:39] Sumi**
*A member of the Mizusawa karuta club!*
**[17:43] [POEM] N**
No matter where I stand
on the shores of Tago,
**[17:51] Rieko**
He caught up!
**[17:57] [POEM] N**
I can look up and see the
snowy cap of Mt. Fuji
**[18:06] [POEM] N**
When winds blow oak leaves...
**[18:08] [POEM] N**
None are left...
**[18:12] [POEM] N**
I feel as though...
**[18:16] [POEM] N**
Look for the sound...
**[18:19] [POEM] N**
The hazy early morning
light comes not from...
**[18:23] Tsu**
*He's built a lead in no time.*
**[18:26] Tsu**
* She was able to make her sense*
* work in the first half,*
**[18:29] Tsu**
*but in the second half...*
**[18:30] Sasa**
I'm moving my cards.
**[18:33] Sasa**
* I'll bring them together*
* and hit them all together.*
**[18:36] [POEM] N**
Waves creep closer...
**[18:38] [POEM] N**
Feel sorrow wash over me...
**[18:39] Sasa**
*I'm not giving up yet!*
**[18:41] Sasa**
*I want to win!*
**[18:43] Miya**
1 to 4.
**[18:45] B**
He just needs one more card, but the cards
have all been on his opponent's side!
**[18:48] A**
His luck is still horrible!
**[18:52] Tai**
* "My life," "I wish," "A mountain*
* village," "May it," "The sky is,"*
**[18:54] Tai**
*"The tail," "Though my," "Gust," "Impassioned was," "I feel that,"*
**[18:55] Tai**
*"Feel love," "The autumn paddy," "While it pains," "Impassioned vows,"*
**[18:57] Tai**
* "A mountain stream," "Nobody,"*
* "The sky may," "So spring ends,"*
**[18:58] Tai**
* "While autumn," "May the*
* time we," "Said bed,"*
**[19:00] Tai**
* "The emotions," "Swift," "Since the,"*
* "The sound of birds," "As this," "As the years,"*
**[19:02] Tai**
* "May the time spent," "The night,"*
* "While it may," "Rain," "My only thought as I,"*
**[19:04] Tai**
* "After many," "Would the,"*
* "As my," "The storm will"...*
**[19:06] [POEM] N**
though autumn is not mine alone
**[19:11] Tai**
* "No matter," "When winds blow,"*
* "None are," "I feel as,"*
**[19:12] Tai**
* "Look," "The hazy early morning light,"*
* "Waves," "Feel sorrow"...*
**[19:18] [POEM] N**
The...
**[19:22] [POEM] N**
...sight of Mount Arima...
**[19:31] Tai**
Thank you very much.
**[19:33] Sasa**
Thank you very much...
**[19:44] Tai**
*Did everyone win?*
**[19:46] Tai**
*What's the score?*
**[19:49] Tai**
*Man...*
**[19:50] Tai**
* I'm a failure as the president*
* if I don't know that.*
**[19:54] All**
Thank you very much.
**[19:57] Tsu**
Hey, Sasa.
**[19:59] Sasa**
I-I'm sorry, Coach!
**[20:01] Sasa**
My dedication wasn't strong enough!
**[20:05] Tsu**
Eyelashes, how many cards were left?
**[20:08] Tai**
95 cards were read,
**[20:10] Tai**
so there were only 5 cards left.
**[20:12] Tai**
None of them were dead cards.
***SIGN*** What?! He knew that?!
***SIGN*** What?! He knew that?!
**[20:15] Tsu**
The last card had become
a first-syllable card,
**[20:18] ---**
but you didn't move fast enough,
**[20:21] Tsu**
because you thought there might
be other *The* cards left.
**[20:24] Tsu**
You lost your lead in the second
half because your opponent
**[20:26] ---**
was more aware of how
many cards were left.
**[20:28] Tsu**
Isn't it creepy when someone
can memorize cards like that?
**[20:31] Tsu**
He practices like crazy every day,
**[20:34] Tsu**
but I'm inspired by the
effort he puts in.
**[20:39] Tai**
Thank you very much, everyone.
**[20:41] Tai**
I'll wash these towels
before returning them.
**[20:43] Rieko**
It's okay, Taichi-kun!
**[20:45] Rieko**
It's because the air
conditioning wasn't working!
**[20:46] A**
You can have all the towels you need.
**[20:48] B**
Good luck in your next match.
**[20:51] All**
* Does it really matter if he's good*
* at karuta when he's so popular?*
**[20:55] Tai**
Thank you too, Hanano-san.
**[20:57] Sumi**
Oh, it was nothing.
**[21:00] Sumi**
*I have to be on my guard!*
**[21:02] Sumi**
* Ayase-senpai is watching*
* Mashima-senpai!*
**[21:07] Sumi**
*Though, I can't be entirely sure.*
***SIGN*** Mizusawa High Homei High Hokuo Academy Shoyo High
**[21:16] Chi**
* Our next match is against the*
* strongest school in Tokyo, Hokuo.*
**[21:22] Chi**
*They'll give us their best shot!*
**[21:24] Chi**
*We have to play to win!*
# E5 - Be as dear now, those were the good old days
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRZXJ1QMY/be-as-dear-now-those-were-the-good-old-days)
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***SIGN*** High School Championship Tokyo Regional Final Tournament Bracket
***SIGN*** Mizusawa High Homei High Hokuo Academy Shoyo High
**[00:02] Ama**
The two remaining teams get
to go to Nationals, right?
**[00:06] Ama**
We don't need to try that hard, then.
**[00:10] Retro**
How can you say that,
President Amakasu?!
**[00:12] Retro**
Have you forgotten how we
were humiliated last year?!
**[00:14] Retro**
We must defeat Mizusawa
and reclaim our trophy!
**[00:17] Ama**
What? That's too much effort.
**[00:20] Ama**
Whatever.
**[00:22] Ama**
We still have our Retrot cards.
**[00:26] Ama**
Tell us Mizusawa's order so we can win
**[00:28] ---**
with a minimal amount of effort.
**[00:32] Ama**
We'll go after those three.
**[00:34] A**
Mizusawa has one Class B
and two Class C players.
**[00:37] B**
If we know their order,
we can guarantee three wins.
**[00:40] C**
Retro's predictions have
never been wrong before.
**[00:45] Ama**
Well, we're counting on you.
***SIGN*** Retrot
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 5
***SIGN*** Be as
dear now,
those were
the good
old days
**[02:18] A**
Hey, why are you the only one with
such a responsibility? Are they nuts?
**[02:23] A**
Are you getting enough rest?
***SIGN*** Oe
Desk
Chihaya
Porky
Mashima
**[02:25] A**
Well?
**[02:30] Tai**
What order should we go with?
**[02:31] Pork**
Not sure.
***SIGN*** It'll help if we can out-think Hokuo.
**[02:37] Pork**
But it's great that we still go
to Nationals, even if we lose.
**[02:41] Pork**
Really takes a load off...
**[02:42] Chi**
What are you talking about?
**[02:44] Chi**
Our goal is to become
number one in Japan!
**[02:46] Chi**
To become number one in
Japan, we can never lose!
**[02:52] Chi**
*Hokuo will give us their best shot.*
**[02:55] Retro**
*We'll take it back next year!*
**[02:58] Chi**
*We get to play a 100% serious match!*
**[03:03] Kana**
Well, it's a good idea to aim high.
**[03:07] Pork**
I'm a little worried about the
ultimate weapon Retro-kun mentioned.
**[03:10] Yuka**
Here, drink this.
**[03:12] Yuka**
Honestly, you can't do
anything without me.
**[03:17] Pork**
S-Sis?!
**[03:20] (Flashback) Yuka**
I got a boyfriend recently
who's totally hooked on me!
**[03:24] Pork**
*Retro-kun is her boyfriend?!*
**[03:27] Pork**
* Is this the ultimate*
* weapon he mentioned?!*
**[03:30] Sumi**
Excuse me.
**[03:33] Sumi**
I went over to scout Hokuo
**[03:36] ---**
during their semi-final match,
**[03:38] Sumi**
and I heard their president
talking, since he wasn't playing.
**[03:41] Ama**
*It'll be easy to win against Mizusawa.*
**[03:44] Ama**
*I just have to beat Mashima.*
**[03:46] Ama**
*We only need three wins.*
**[03:48] Ama**
*Any one of our regular starters*
**[03:50] ---**
*can beat glasses boy and boobie girl.*
**[03:53] Chi**
Huh? He ignored us?
**[03:55] Chi**
No way!
**[03:56] Chi**
They wouldn't be so conservative
in the final match!
**[03:58] Tai**
No, Chihaya.
**[04:01] Tai**
This is how the strong schools play.
**[04:03] Tai**
It makes sense to focus
on securing wins.
**[04:05] Tai**
If they can guess our order,
they'll use that against us.
**[04:09] Tai**
That's fine.
**[04:12] All**
We just need one or two of
us to pull off an upset!
**[04:16] (Flashback) Ama**
I just have to beat Mashima.
**[04:18] Tai**
*I'm mad now!*
**[04:20] (Flashback) Ama**
Any one of our regular starters
**[04:21] (Flashback) ---**
can beat glasses boy and boobie girl.
**[04:23] Desk**
*I'll make him regret that!*
**[04:25] Kana**
*Boobie girl?!*
**[04:27] Tai**
* Our captain wants us to*
* become number one in Japan!*
**[04:30] Tai**
No trickery!
***SIGN*** Nishida Yusei
Oe Kana
Ayase Chihaya
Komano Tsutomu
Mashima Taichi
**[04:32] Tai**
Here's the order we'll use!
**[04:35] Tsu**
Oh, I'll turn in the order.
**[04:37] Tai**
Yeah, thanks.
**[04:43] Pork**
Hey! Not again!
***SIGN*** 1 Nishida Yusei
2 Tsukuba Akihiro
3 Ayase Chihaya
4 Komano Tsutomu
5 Mashima Taichi
**[04:44] Pork**
Why you...
**[04:46] Tsu**
But Oe-senpai looks a little tired.
**[04:50] Pork**
That doesn't make it okay
to change anything!
**[04:51] Pork**
You lost your match earlier!
**[04:53] Tsu**
But I was getting better as I played.
**[04:56] Tsu**
I think I can win my next match!
**[04:57] Pork**
This is not the right way to do it!
**[04:59] Tsu**
But! But!
**[05:00] Tsu**
I'll be more useful than someone who's tired—
**[05:01] Tai**
Enough!
**[05:03] Tai**
Starting today, the boys in
this club aren't allowed
**[05:05] ---**
to start sentences with "but"!
**[05:07] Both**
What?!
***SIGN*** Just the boys?!
**[05:08] Tai**
We're sticking with a second-year order!
**[05:09] Tai**
You're a spectator, Tsukuba!
***SIGN*** Good thing I'm a girl.
**[05:11] Kana**
*The president snapped...*
**[05:14] Chi**
Ta-Taichi...
**[05:15] Chi**
Why are you telling
them not to use "but"?
**[05:18] Tai**
I've been following that
rule since third grade.
**[05:20] Chi**
Huh?
**[05:22] Mom**
Men should never begin a
sentence with the word "but"!
**[05:26] Tai**
I didn't always agree with my mother,
**[05:29] Tai**
but she taught me to pay attention
to when I'm making excuses.
**[05:33] Chi**
I'm a little scared of your mom...
**[05:38] Chi**
but that's incredible.
**[05:40] Chi**
Your mom helped you become strong.
***SIGN*** This year, Hokuo is lead by the third-year Class A Amakasu Nayuta.
***SIGN*** The first-year Shiroyama is also in Class A.
**[05:52] Pork**
A first-year in Class A?
***SIGN*** The other players are in Class B.
**[05:55] Pork**
Schools with actual coaches
have so much more depth.
**[05:59] Pork**
Our coach is a science and PE teacher.
**[06:15] Mochi**
Okay, everyone!
We've reached the final!
**[06:17] Mochi**
Stay focused!
**[06:19] Mochi**
To ensure that all the
practice we put in after
**[06:22] ---**
last year's loss will pay off,
I have an ultimate weapon...
**[06:25] Ama**
We lost last year because we
**[06:27] ---**
correctly guessed their order,
but failed to use that advantage.
**[06:31] Ama**
That won't be an issue this year.
**[06:33] Ama**
This will be easy.
***SIGN*** Retro's Projected Order Oe (C) - Shiroyama Ayase (A) - Kameda Mashima (B) - Amakasu Nishida (A) - Takuma Komano (C) - Kinashi <- Me
**[06:35] Ama**
Even if we lose to Ayase and Nishida,
**[06:37] ---**
we're sure to beat the other three.
**[06:38] Ama**
After we win with a minimal amount of energy,
**[06:40] Ama**
the coach will treat us to yakiniku!
**[06:42] All**
Yeah!
**[06:44] Yuka**
Fight!
**[06:48] A**
I will now read the order
for the final match.
**[06:52] A**
Hokuo Academy, Shiroyama-kun.
**[06:54] A**
Mizusawa High School, Nishida-kun.
**[06:56] Pork**
Huh?
**[06:57] All**
Huh?
**[06:58] A**
Hokuo Academy, Kameda-kun.
**[07:00] A**
Mizusawa High School, Oe-san.
**[07:03] A**
Hokuo Academy, Amakasu-kun.
**[07:05] A**
Mizusawa High School, Ayase-san.
**[07:08] A**
Hokuo Academy, Takuma-kun.
**[07:10] A**
Mizusawa High School, Komano-kun.
**[07:13] A**
Hokuo Academy, Kinashi-kun.
**[07:16] A**
Mizusawa High School, Mashima-kun.
**[07:18] Tai**
*What's going on?*
**[07:20] Tai**
*They're playing us straight?*
**[07:23] Ama**
Hey, Retro!
**[07:25] Ama**
What are you thinking?!
**[07:27] Ama**
Your projected order was
completely different!
**[07:29] Mochi**
Amakasu-kun, calm down!
**[07:30] Ama**
What are you trying to pull?!
**[07:31] Mochi**
Predictions are gonna
be wrong sometimes!
**[07:33] Ama**
Was your prediction wrong?! Well?!
**[07:39] Retro**
Why should we use minimal energy?
**[07:41] Ama**
What?!
**[07:42] Retro**
Aren't we supposed to be Hokuo Academy?
**[07:46] Retro**
Our ace against their ace.
**[07:48] Retro**
Our number two against
their number two.
**[07:50] Retro**
Isn't that how we should win?!
**[07:54] Retro**
Hokuo Academy is the
strongest school in Tokyo!
**[07:57] Retro**
That's what I want to show everyone!
**[08:05] Yuka**
*H-He's so cool!*
**[08:07] Ama**
You're going to cost us this
match because of your pride!
**[08:10] Ama**
Being good doesn't mean you
have to win straight up!
**[08:13] Sudo**
Hokuo Academy is the
strongest school in Tokyo?
**[08:17] Sudo**
Isn't that common sense?
**[08:21] Retro**
You're late, Sudo-senpai!
**[08:23] Sudo**
I'm not late.
**[08:25] Sudo**
I made it just in time.
**[08:26] Sudo**
Though I would have left if
you hadn't reached the finals.
**[08:29] Ama**
E-Err, Sudo-senpai? Why are you here?
**[08:32] Ama**
I didn't know you were
coming to cheer for us.
**[08:34] Sudo**
I'm not here to cheer for you.
**[08:37] Sudo**
Mr. Mochida asked me to be
the reader for the final.
**[08:43] Chi**
*Reader?*
**[08:45] Tsu**
Who is that?
**[08:46] Kana**
The former Hokuo Academy ace, Sudo-san.
**[08:49] Kana**
He was the runner-up in the individual
tournament of the National Championship.
**[08:53] Tsu**
Huh?
**[08:53] Sumi**
Is someone like him allowed
to be the reader?
**[08:57] Sudo**
Get to your places.
**[08:58] Sudo**
Hokuo players never dawdle!
**[09:04] Ama**
* How come Retro knew and*
* I didn't, when I'm in charge,*
**[09:08] ---**
*Mr. Mochida?*
**[09:10] Mochi**
*Amakasu-kun, you're a good player,*
**[09:14] ---**
*but you always want to relax.*
**[09:17] Mochi**
* You've given up on becoming*
* the best in Class A*
**[09:19] ---**
*with all these monsters around.*
***SIGN*** Sadist
***SIGN*** Monster
***SIGN*** Bear
**[09:23] Ama**
*This is tough... Very tough...*
**[09:27] Ama**
*But...*
**[09:28] All**
*If we lose, he'll kill us.*
**[09:32] Chi**
*Their facial expressions have changed.*
**[09:34] Chi**
*He's putting pressure on Hokuo, not us.*
**[09:39] Chi**
*Their ultimate weapon...*
**[09:43] Chi**
Ms. Miyauchi?
**[09:44] Miya**
Sorry to show up right when
you're about to start.
**[09:48] Miya**
I had the idea to make these yesterday,
**[09:50] Miya**
and I just put on the finishing touches.
**[09:52] Miya**
It should be easier for
you to move around now.
**[09:58] Chi**
*Tasuki...*
**[09:58] Desk**
*I can move now.*
**[10:02] Pork**
*I don't feel as hot now.*
**[10:04] Rie**
You made it just in time.
**[10:08] Chi**
*Ms. Miyauchi...*
**[10:11] Chi**
*You might be a science and PE teacher...*
**[10:14] Chi**
*You might not know much about karuta...*
**[10:29] A**
Please begin placing your cards.
**[10:32] All**
Good luck.
**[10:36] Retro**
You look pretty sharp...
**[10:37] Retro**
at least on the outside.
**[10:40] Retro**
However, I'm going to win today.
**[10:43] Retro**
I will win.
**[10:47] Tai**
*Retro...*
**[10:50] Retro**
* ...he entered tournaments*
* in Hiroshima and Kyoto,*
**[10:53] Retro**
* and he's still Class B*
* because he couldn't win.*
***SIGN*** Hiroshima Tournament
**[10:58] Tai**
*It's him again!*
***SIGN*** Ogura Hundred Poets Competitive Karuta Kyoto Tournament
**[11:00] Tai**
*Not again!*
**[11:04] Tai**
*I get sick of his face,*
**[11:07] Tai**
*but it was comforting at the same time.*
**[11:11] Tai**
*He hasn't given up on himself yet.*
**[11:14] (Flashback) Chi**
Your mom helped you become strong.
**[11:18] Tai**
*Chihaya...*
**[11:20] Tai**
* A lot of people have helped*
* to make me who I am.*
**[11:23] Tai**
*Aren't you the same way?*
**[11:29] Ama**
*This sucks.*
**[11:30] Ama**
* It's so exhausting to play*
* someone who's intense.*
**[11:34] Ama**
*Why can't they learn to take it easy?*
**[11:37] Ama**
* This would be a lot easier*
* if we still had Sudo-senpai,*
**[11:42] Ama**
*but he's gone now.*
**[11:45] Ama**
*He's gone...*
***SIGN*** If you don't pull it together, I'll stab you
**[11:48] Ama**
*...but he's still putting pressure on us.*
**[11:58] A**
* Both teams have secured their*
* places in the national championship.*
**[12:01] B**
* They could end up wearing*
* each other out.*
**[12:04] C**
*So why...*
**[12:05] D**
*is it so tense?*
**[12:09] [POEM] Sudo**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[12:12] Chi**
* His voice is much stronger*
* than I expected.*
**[12:16] [POEM] Sudo**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[12:20] Chi**
*The air conditioner above us is still off,*
**[12:23] Chi**
*but it's not as hot now.*
**[12:26] Chi**
*Thank you, Ms. Miyauchi.*
**[12:28] [POEM] Sudo**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[12:31] Chi**
*They can keep it off.*
**[12:34] Chi**
*The only sound I need is...*
**[12:41] [POEM] N**
Waves creep closer...
**[12:42] Sumi**
* They're too fast!*
* They're both way too fast!*
**[12:46] Sumi**
*Who got that one?*
**[12:47] Sumi**
*The little Hokuo guy?*
**[12:50] Hara**
* Chihaya-chan was looking at the*
* card on the opponent's side*
**[12:54] N**
*that started with the same letter.*
**[12:56] ---**
* She was being cautious since*
* she doesn't know this reader.*
**[12:59] Chi**
*I should have gotten that one.*
**[13:02] Chi**
*I just need another 3 millimeters.*
**[13:06] Chi**
* If my finger had been*
* right on the corner...*
**[13:09] Chi**
*There.*
**[13:10] Chi**
*There.*
**[13:12] Chi**
*Connect.*
**[13:14] Chi**
*Connect.*
**[13:17] [POEM] N**
in my dreams, I creep closer to you
**[13:25] [POEM] N**
When the misty bridge...
**[13:29] Hara**
* She's lost two of her*
* best cards in a row.*
**[13:31] Hara**
*That boy has good sense.*
***SIGN*** Got it
**[13:34] Hara**
*Rather, I guess, he has good reflexes.*
***SIGN*** Get back to your seat
***SIGN*** Awesome
**[13:38] Hara**
* A flexible upper body with*
* a snappy and firm spring...*
**[13:43] Chi**
*I need to be sharper.*
**[13:45] Chi**
*Here.*
**[13:46] Chi**
*Here.*
**[13:48] Chi**
*This is the point.*
**[13:49] Chi**
*The point I want to reach.*
**[13:51] Chi**
*I need to be more accurate!*
**[13:52] Ama**
Are you trying to insult me?
**[13:54] Ama**
Reviewing your mistakes between cards?
**[13:56] Ama**
Is this a practice match?
**[13:59] Hara**
*Ah, he makes a good point.*
***SIGN*** That's because he's my student
**[14:03] Hara**
*You should focus on the next card*
**[14:05] ---**
*instead of the one you just lost.*
**[14:09] Hara**
* But I've been telling Chihaya-chan*
* that for a very long time.*
***SIGN*** Because she's my student
**[14:15] Chi**
*Here.*
**[14:16] ---**
*Here.*
**[14:18] Hara**
*It's okay, Chihaya-chan. Carry on.*
**[14:21] Hara**
* You should never dwell*
* on the past in a match.*
**[14:25] Chi**
*Connect...*
**[14:26] Chi**
*Connect!*
**[14:28] [POEM] N**
The sound of birds crossing...
**[14:32] Pork**
*Who is this guy? He's weird.*
**[14:35] Pork**
* He moves a little slow,*
* which is throwing me off.*
**[14:40] Pork**
*And...*
**[14:42] Pork**
*That*
**[14:43] Pork**
*hairpin is bugging me!*
**[14:46] [POEM] N**
Nobody wishes to...
**[14:47] [POEM] N**
After I determined...
**[14:51] Kame**
You're pretty good.
**[14:53] Kame**
I thought the boobies
would weigh you down.
**[15:01] [POEM] N**
is that I have no way
to tell you in person
**[15:01] Kana**
*1, 2, 3, 4.*
**[15:06] Kana**
*1, 2, 3, 1.*
**[15:10] [POEM] N**
Said bed was cold as I lay awake
**[15:18] [POEM] N**
for the night would drag on
when I thought of my beloved
**[15:22] Kana**
*Sudo-san's voice dissipates into the air.*
**[15:27] [POEM] N**
As my love first came...
**[15:28] Kana**
*I can trust him!*
**[15:30] Kame**
*Four in a row?*
**[15:36] Sudo**
Excuse me.
**[15:37] Kana**
*I take that back.*
**[15:39] Hara**
Sudo-kun is pretty good.
**[15:42] Hara**
His rhythm is accurate and
his enunciation is clear.
**[15:45] Hara**
Did you have him read for his team?
**[15:47] Hara**
I can't imagine that he was interested
in reading during practice.
**[15:51] Mochi**
Well, that was the case before
he reached middle school.
**[15:57] Sudo**
*Mr. Mochida.*
**[15:59] Sudo**
*I'm going to attend a class for readers.*
**[16:02] Sudo**
* I believe that Master*
* Suo has spent more time*
**[16:06] ---**
* studying readers than he has*
* studying cards or opponents.*
**[16:10] Mochi**
*Sudo-kun's strength...*
***SIGN*** I'll be the one who crushes the Master
**[16:12] Mochi**
*is drawn from his pride.*
**[16:15] Mochi**
* It's odd, but the people*
* who have the most pride*
**[16:19] ---**
*are the ones who work the hardest.*
**[16:21] Mochi**
*Looking up every step of the way.*
**[16:27] Ama**
* I thought she was faster,*
* but I guess I was wrong.*
**[16:30] Ama**
*I'm already 7 cards up.*
**[16:32] Ama**
*This should be a fairly easy win.*
**[16:38] Ama**
*But what is she doing?*
**[16:40] Ama**
* She's being really sensitive*
* about her motion...*
**[16:42] Ama**
*Focused on her accuracy...*
**[16:46] Ama**
*Is she looking at Wakamiya Shinobu?*
**[16:49] Ama**
*That's impossible!*
**[16:51] Ama**
*I lost by 24 cards last year,*
**[16:53] Ama**
*and you lost by 20 cards, too!*
**[16:56] Ama**
* She's strong enough to*
* give you nightmares!*
**[16:59] Ama**
*She's out of our reach.*
**[17:03] Chi**
*Connect... Connect...*
**[17:06] Chi**
*Connect... One more millimeter...*
**[17:09] Ama**
* You can keep your eyes*
* focused on a distant goal,*
**[17:13] Ama**
*while you lose the match you're in.*
**[17:15] [POEM] N**
My own sleeves are like...
**[17:18] Mochi**
*Good!*
**[17:19] Hara**
*He was fast on that one.*
**[17:20] Hara**
* He moved towards "My own home" before*
* returning to "My own sleeves."*
**[17:23] Hara**
*Hokuo's players are pulling ahead.*
**[17:27] Ama**
*It was only six months ago that we were*
**[17:29] ---**
* experiencing Sudo-san's pressure,*
* glares, and voice every day.*
**[17:34] Ama**
* We're on our home turf when*
* Sudo-san is the reader!*
**[17:37] [POEM] N**
Feel sorrow wash...
**[17:40] Tai**
*Retro!*
**[17:41] ---**
*Why do you always use strange motions?!*
**[17:43] Yuka**
That was cool!
**[17:47] Tai**
*Your fingers are injured and taped up,*
**[17:49] Tai**
*but you insist on worming them in!*
**[17:52] Retro**
*Win!*
**[17:53] Retro**
*Win!*
**[17:54] Retro**
*Win!*
**[17:56] [POEM] N**
The sky may hold the same moon
**[17:58] Kame**
*I'm in trouble. Boobie girl is good.*
**[18:05] Kana**
* It's our fifth match, but I'm*
* still able to move well.*
**[18:07] Kana**
* Mom made sure that my*
* sash was tied tight,*
**[18:10] Kana**
* and I have the tasuki*
* made by Ms. Miyauchi.*
**[18:13] Kana**
*I tire less easily in a kimono.*
**[18:16] Kame**
*Oh, crap.*
**[18:17] Kame**
* I'll be in big trouble if*
* I lose to boobie girl.*
**[18:20] Kana**
*You probably wouldn't know,*
**[18:23] Kana**
*but a kimono is designed perfectly*
**[18:25] ---**
*for a boobie girl to move around!*
**[18:30] Miya**
* The more I learn about*
* competitive karuta,*
**[18:33] ---**
*the more magical it seems.*
**[18:35] Miya**
*Gender doesn't matter.*
**[18:38] Miya**
*Size doesn't matter.*
**[18:40] Miya**
*Intelligence and strength don't matter.*
**[18:43] Miya**
*Age doesn't matter.*
**[18:46] [POEM] Sudo**
Would this old palace courtyard
and the eaves strewn with weeds
**[18:57] Miya**
* Every poem read sends you*
* back a thousand years.*
**[19:01] Miya**
* How many sports are*
* capable of such a feat?*
**[19:08] Both**
Thank you very much!
**[19:10] Chi**
Huh?
**[19:11] Shiro**
One win for Hokuo!
**[19:13] Ama**
Yes!
**[19:13] Kame**
Way to go, Shiroyama!
**[19:14] Chi**
*What?*
**[19:16] Chi**
*Porky was crushed?!*
***SIGN*** Lost by 13 cards
**[19:21] Hara**
*This is bad.*
**[19:23] Hara**
* The first victory in a*
* team match is critical.*
**[19:26] Hara**
* The losing side feels*
* a lot more pressure.*
**[19:31] Hara**
*So even when you're losing,*
**[19:33] ---**
*it's important to drag out the match...*
**[19:37] Hara**
*Yet he lost this early!*
**[19:40] Pork**
* But it's been so long since*
* I played five matches in a row*
**[19:42] ---**
*and my head's starting to spin.*
**[19:44] Pork**
*Those circles kept bothering me.*
**[19:47] Pork**
*I got distracted every time I saw Sis.*
**[19:49] Yuka**
You're so awesome, Retro-kun!
**[19:51] Pork**
*But...*
**[19:53] Pork**
* Not allowed to start*
* sentences with "But"...*
**[19:55] Tai**
*I thought we could count on Nishida...*
**[19:57] Tai**
*What about everyone else?*
**[19:59] Tai**
*How are Oe-san and Komano doing?*
**[20:01] Tai**
*They're in close matches.*
**[20:02] Tai**
*What about Chihaya?*
**[20:03] Tai**
*Huh?*
**[20:04] Tai**
*Chihaya's losing by 5 cards?*
**[20:06] Tai**
Chi—
**[20:15] Tai**
*I'm in a close match myself.*
**[20:18] Tai**
* If I speak, it shouldn't be*
* to ask if she's okay.*
**[20:22] Tai**
* It should be to announce*
* a win for Mizusawa!*
**[20:26] Pork**
* You're trying to copy*
* Wakamiya Shinobu's style,*
**[20:29] Pork**
* but you're closer to Suo*
* Hisashi's style right now.*
**[20:34] Chi**
* Porky, I've always wanted to become*
* something I wasn't close to.*
**[20:39] Chi**
*She can accurately and precisely*
**[20:41] ---**
* touch an exact point*
* with her fingertips...*
**[20:44] Chi**
*She plays silent karuta...*
**[20:46] Chi**
* However, I can't beat Amakasu-san*
* with my accuracy right now.*
**[20:52] Chi**
* It's not easy to be as*
* good as Shinobu-chan.*
**[21:00] Desk**
*You have twenty!*
**[21:02] Desk**
*Twenty one-syllable cards!*
**[21:10] [POEM] N**
In the sleepy...
**[21:16] Hara**
*Chihaya-chan, are you...*
**[21:22] Hara**
* ...trying to use both*
* of their strengths?*
# E6 - To set the Tatsuta River ablaze
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6Q4W5M7R/to-set-the-tatsuta-river-ablaze)
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**[00:04] Both**
Thank you very much!
**[00:06] Chi**
*What?*
**[00:07] Chi**
*Porky was crushed?!*
***SIGN*** Lost by 13 cards
**[00:13] Tai**
* If I speak, it shouldn't be*
* to ask if she's okay.*
**[00:17] Tai**
* It should be to announce*
* a win for Mizusawa!*
**[00:20] [POEM] N**
may the wind bring clouds
to extend their stay.
**[00:31] [POEM] N**
In the sleepy...
**[00:37] Hara**
*Chihaya-chan, are you...*
**[00:42] Hara**
* ...trying to use both*
* of their strengths?*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 6
***SIGN*** To set the Tatsuta River ablaze
**[01:58] [POEM] N**
In the sleepy spring sunlight,
**[02:05] Ama**
*What?*
**[02:07] Ama**
*"In order to restore" hasn't been read yet.*
**[02:10] Ama**
* "In the sleepy" isn't a*
* one-syllable card yet.*
***SIGN*** In the
***SIGN*** sleepy
***SIGN*** In order
***SIGN*** to restore
**[02:13] Ama**
*So why?*
**[02:14] Ama**
* Was it because she was*
* camping that card?*
**[02:18] Ama**
* I think she moved before*
* I even heard "In" spoken.*
**[02:23] Ama**
*That's impossible!*
**[02:25] Ama**
*No human is capable of that.*
**[02:28] Ama**
*She just happened to guess right!*
**[02:31] Sudo**
*Focus, Amakasu!*
**[02:34] Sudo**
*She's not guessing cards!*
**[02:37] Sudo**
*Ayase Chihaya can hear.*
**[02:41] Sudo**
*She can hear!*
**[02:45] Sudo**
* I don't know what it is in*
* my voice that she can hear,*
**[02:48] Sudo**
*but there's a difference between*
**[02:50] ---**
*the "In" in "In the" and the "In" in "In order."*
**[02:53] Sudo**
* I want to know what*
* it is I'm telling her.*
**[03:00] Sudo**
*My voice isn't*
**[03:03] Sudo**
*telling her anything...*
**[03:04] [POEM] N**
a whirlwind of flower petals descends.
**[03:12] Sudo**
*She's taking control of my voice...*
**[03:14] [POEM] N**
Nothing can be worse...
**[03:18] Ama**
*Again?*
**[03:20] Ama**
* "No more" is still in play,*
* but she moved on "No."*
**[03:24] Ama**
* There are other players who*
* can move fast or react fast,*
**[03:28] Ama**
*but that's not what she's doing here...*
**[03:38] Ama**
*Huh?*
**[03:45] (Flashback) Hara**
Nine months have passed...
**[03:47] (Flashback) Hara**
Stop taking cards with your speed.
**[03:50] Hara**
*It must have been hard, Chihaya-chan,*
**[03:53] Hara**
*but you've made incredible progress.*
**[03:57] Hara**
* You concentrated on your*
* accuracy the first half,*
**[04:01] Hara**
* and now you're taking risks to*
* take cards with your speed.*
**[04:07] Hara**
*You're giving yourself more weapons!*
**[04:10] (Flashback) A**
There are 28 one-syllable cards for him.
**[04:15] (Flashback) Desk**
You have 20!
**[04:26] Chi**
*This is what I wanted...*
**[04:28] Chi**
*What I could never explain...*
**[04:31] Chi**
* The sound that comes*
* before a sound forms...*
**[04:33] Chi**
*I'm finally able to say I can hear it, too!*
**[04:39] [POEM] N**
when I cannot bear growing any
weaker than I already have.
**[04:48] [POEM] Ama**
A mountain stream...
***SIGN*** when people and grass grow scarce
**[04:49] Ama**
*Crap! A fault!*
**[04:52] Ama**
*Damn!*
**[04:54] Ama**
*This is bad.*
**[04:56] Ama**
*A fault this late in the match...*
**[04:58] Ama**
*I'm in trouble!*
**[05:01] Sudo**
*Amakasu! Say something!*
**[05:03] Sudo**
*Don't let your opponent focus!*
**[05:05] Sudo**
* Say that she's encroaching*
* on the playing field*
**[05:07] ---**
* or that there's a hair*
* sticking out of her nose!*
**[05:10] Sudo**
* Now I know how it*
* feels to be a reader!*
**[05:15] Sudo**
*I don't want to interfere!*
**[05:17] [POEM] N**
as helpless autumn leaves are
caught against the flow.
**[05:25] [POEM] N**
While autumn leaves...
**[05:27] Sudo**
*Not when she's this focused!*
**[05:32] Tsu**
* His five-card lead is*
* gone, just like that.*
**[05:40] Ama**
* Damn, why do I have to*
* play such a tough match?*
**[05:43] Ama**
*This is all Retro's fault!*
**[05:53] Ama**
*Retro's losing his own match!*
**[05:56] Retro**
*Our ace against their ace.*
**[05:59] Retro**
* Our number two against*
* their number two.*
**[06:01] Retro**
*Isn't that how we should win?!*
**[06:04] Retro**
* Hokuo Academy is the*
* strongest school in Tokyo!*
**[06:07] Retro**
*That's what I want to show everyone!*
**[06:18] Ama**
*Sudo-san is gone.*
**[06:20] Ama**
*I'm the Hokuo ace now.*
**[06:23] Ama**
*In every other sport I tried,*
**[06:25] ---**
* I was told that I could*
* never be a starter,*
**[06:28] Ama**
*but in my last summer here,*
**[06:30] ---**
*the members voted for me to lead them.*
**[06:33] [POEM] N**
Said world grants no change, I pray,
**[06:38] Hara**
* "Said world grants no change"*
* is a five-syllable card.*
**[06:40] Hara**
* Chihaya-chan covered the*
* "Said world grants no escape" card*
**[06:44] ---**
* on her side before attacking*
* the opponent's side.*
**[06:47] Ama**
*My body may be small,*
**[06:49] Ama**
* but I can still cover my*
* own cards against a girl.*
**[06:53] Ama**
*I don't need a big lead.*
**[06:55] Ama**
*One card is all it takes.*
**[06:57] Ama**
*I'll still win in the end...*
**[06:59] Ama**
*by playing karuta the Hokuo way.*
**[07:02] Mochi**
*Amakasu-kun is working hard.*
**[07:05] Mochi**
*I want him to be able to relax...*
**[07:07] Mochi**
*Why haven't Takuma and Kameda won yet?*
**[07:14] Desk**
* I can tell my teammates*
* are trying their best.*
**[07:18] Desk**
* I can see that my*
* opponent is worn down.*
**[07:21] Taku**
*Why can't I pull ahead? What's wrong?*
**[07:25] Taku**
*He was a weak amateur last year!*
**[07:28] Taku**
*I need to finish this match quickly!*
**[07:31] Desk**
* I lost to Takuma-kun*
* by 15 cards, last year.*
**[07:35] [POEM] N**
when the fisherman who casts
his nets can seem dear.
**[07:36] Desk**
* All he remembers is*
* that he crushed me.*
**[07:39] Desk**
*He's not taking me seriously,*
**[07:40] ---**
* so he's placed all his*
* cards to the lower right.*
**[07:44] [POEM] N**
Impassionate gods...
**[07:46] Sumi**
*Yes!*
**[07:47] Sumi**
*All four of them got it!*
**[07:48] Taku**
W-Wait!
**[07:50] Taku**
"*Impassioned vows*" is still in play,
so I was able to cover in time!
***SIGN*** I touched the card first.
***SIGN*** I moved around your hand to tap it from the side.
**[08:00] Taku**
* It's easier to bypass a right-handed*
* cover with your left hand.*
**[08:04] Taku**
*Was that his goal?!*
**[08:07] Desk**
* Of course, Takuma-kun has played*
* karuta much longer than I have.*
**[08:11] Desk**
* However, in the year*
* since I lost to him,*
**[08:16] Desk**
* I've had more fun playing*
* karuta than he has.*
**[08:20] Desk**
*I just know it!*
**[08:23] [POEM] N**
are joined at river's end.
**[08:26] Kana**
*Two cards left...*
**[08:32] [POEM] N**
May the time spent in our one night together
**[08:37] Pork**
*Kana-chan has one card left.*
**[08:39] Pork**
* Mashima, Ayase, and Desktomu-kun*
* have two cards left.*
**[08:43] Pork**
*Crazy...*
**[08:45] Pork**
* I've never seen a match where*
* four games were all this close.*
**[08:48] Pork**
*All four may possibly come down to luck-of-the-draw.*
**[08:52] Tsu**
The finals are incredible.
**[08:55] Hara**
All four games are down
to three cards total.
**[08:58] Hara**
It's possible that we could see...
**[09:01] Pork**
*Crap!*
**[09:02] Pork**
*Crap! Crap! Crap!*
**[09:05] Pork**
*Mashima! Ayase! Desktomu-kun! Kana-chan!*
**[09:07] Pork**
*Pay attention!*
**[09:08] Pork**
*If all four of you are put in*
**[09:09] ---**
* luck-of-the-draw situations*
* without realizing it, we'll lose!*
**[09:12] Pork**
*We're guaranteed to lose!*
**[09:14] [POEM] N**
bring a life of everlasting love.
**[09:23] [POEM] N**
I know that my heart...
**[09:24] Pork**
*N-No way!*
**[09:27] Sumi**
Huh?! What?!
**[09:28] Sumi**
They moved so fast that I
couldn't tell what happened.
**[09:30] Tsu**
Ayase-senpai, Mashima-senpai, and
Komano-senpai won their cards.
**[09:35] Pork**
*I've never seen this happen before...*
**[09:38] Pork**
*Four simultaneous luck-of-the-draws!*
**[09:45] Taku**
Uh, I'm moving "*The hazed early*" left.
**[09:51] Desk**
* Is he doing this because*
* I'm left-handed?*
**[09:53] Retro**
I'm moving "*The fall paddy*" left.
**[09:56] Retro**
Oh, sorry. I think I'll move it back.
**[09:58] Tai**
* No, that's not what*
* they're trying to do!*
**[10:01] Pork**
*Ayase! Please!*
**[10:03] Pork**
*Look around you!*
***SIGN*** Thinking about which card to send
**[10:04] Pork**
* Don't look at the cards!*
* Look around you!*
**[10:07] Pork**
*Wait until Kana-chan has received hers!*
**[10:09] Pork**
*Don't send your card yet!*
***SIGN*** but from the crystal white snow of Yoshino
**[10:14] Kame**
I'm sending "*The hazed early*."
**[10:21] Desk**
*They got us.*
**[10:28] Pork**
*Hokuo...*
**[10:31] Pork**
*...successfully split their cards.*
**[10:35] Pork**
* In a luck-of-the-draw, the rule*
* is to protect your own card.*
**[10:39] Pork**
*Whoever's card is read, wins.*
**[10:41] Pork**
*It's a 50-50 contest.*
**[10:43] Pork**
*But in this situation...*
**[10:46] Tsu**
Hokuo is good.
**[10:48] Tsu**
You can tell they're
used to team matches.
**[10:50] Tsu**
They were able to split their cards.
**[10:53] Hara**
*Splitting your cards*
**[10:55] ---**
* is a strategy employed towards*
* the end of a team match.*
**[10:58] Hara**
* In a 5 vs. 5 team match, you*
* only need three wins to win.*
**[11:03] Hara**
* In other words, the team*
* that already has one win*
**[11:06] ---**
* only needs two wins out*
* of the luck-of-the-draw.*
**[11:09] Hara**
*So to ensure victory, they made sure*
**[11:12] ---**
* that they have two of each*
* of the remaining cards.*
**[11:16] Hara**
*After "I know that my heart" was read,*
***SIGN*** Amakasu vs. Ayase
***SIGN*** Takuma vs. Komano
***SIGN*** Kinashi vs. Mashima Kameda vs. Oe
**[11:19] Hara**
* they casually told their*
* teammates what their card was.*
**[11:24] (Flashback) Taku**
Uh, I'm moving "The hazed early" left.
**[11:32] (Flashback) Retro**
I'm moving "The fall paddy" left.
**[11:34] (Flashback) Retro**
Oh, sorry. I think I'll move it back.
**[11:40] (Flashback) Hara**
They waited until they saw
which card Chihaya-chan sent,
***SIGN*** but from the crystal white snow of Yoshino
**[11:49] (Flashback) Kame**
I'm sending "The hazed early."
**[11:51] Hara**
* before setting everything up*
* by sending the final card.*
***SIGN*** The hazed early The hazed early
dawn light dawn light
***SIGN*** The fall paddy The fall paddy
**[11:58] Hara**
*Now their cards are split.*
**[12:02] Hara**
As a team, they have two of each card,
**[12:06] ---**
so regardless of which card is read,
**[12:08] ---**
as long as they protect their
own cards, they'll win.
**[12:11] Tsu**
It's a strategy that's
borderline against the rules.
**[12:13] Mochi**
Oh, I should ask Tashiro-kun
to provide a ruling.
**[12:18] Hara**
* Mizusawa should have tried*
* for a 3 to 1 split.*
***SIGN*** The hazed early dawn light comes not from the moon
**[12:25] Hara**
*Then, it would have come down to luck.*
**[12:28] Hara**
* They would have had a*
* 50% chance of winning.*
***SIGN*** Hokuo wins
***SIGN*** The fall paddy shacks have rough thatching
***SIGN*** Mizusawa wins
**[12:34] Hara**
* Now, they can only win if*
* they take an opponent's card.*
**[12:39] Tai**
*Crap...*
**[12:41] Tai**
* It's basically impossible*
* for us to win now!*
**[12:44] Caption**
*Only looking at her own cards Can't see the cards that are further away*
**[12:46] Tai**
*We were unprepared...*
**[12:48] Tai**
*I never thought this might happen.*
**[12:51] Tai**
* Our lack of experience in*
* team matches is showing!*
**[12:53] Tai**
* This is the worst time for Hokuo's*
* karuta experience to pay off!*
**[13:01] Chi**
*Huh?*
***SIGN*** The hazed early dawn light
***SIGN*** The fall paddy
***SIGN*** The hazed early dawn light
***SIGN*** The fall paddy
**[13:03] Chi**
*Does this mean...*
**[13:05] Chi**
* ...it's really hard for*
* us to score three wins?*
**[13:08] Chi**
*No way! What do we do? What do we do?*
**[13:19] Pork**
*What am I doing...*
**[13:21] Pork**
* I told our first-year*
* that I'd make him strong,*
**[13:25] Pork**
*then I alone lost early on....*
**[13:28] Pork**
*I'm pathetic!*
**[13:29] Pork**
* They're all fighting!*
* Giving their all!*
**[13:34] Pork**
*This is all my fault!*
**[13:44] Ama**
*Practicing swings that reach my side?*
**[13:47] Pork**
* Is Ayase planning to attack*
* her opponent's side?!*
**[13:58] Sumi**
Mashima-senpai...
**[14:00] Tai**
* "The hazed early dawn light" and*
* "The fall paddy" are on the field.*
**[14:03] Tai**
* The dead cards that*
* haven't been read are*
**[14:06] Tai**
* "Long," "Impassioned Vows," "Like the,"*
* "The hazed field," "The fall wind"...*
**[14:13] Tai**
*We can't move on "The hazed" or "The fall."*
**[14:16] Tai**
* It all comes down to*
* the third syllable!*
**[14:19] Tai**
* If "The hazed early" is read,*
* Chihaya will take the opponent's card!*
**[14:24] Tai**
* If "The fall paddy" is read,*
* I'll take the opponent's card!*
**[14:29] Tai**
*We're not giving up!*
**[14:31] Tai**
*Mizusawa will take three wins!*
**[14:33] Tai**
*We'll be the champions!*
**[14:36] [POEM] N**
Long last we meet...
**[14:38] [POEM] N**
Like the sound of someone
knocking on my door,
**[14:42] A**
* They're really trying to*
* take the opponent's cards?*
**[14:45] B**
*Mizusawa is serious about attacking...*
**[14:48] Retro**
*This isn't a typical luck-of-the-draw.*
**[14:51] Retro**
* Unlike Mizusawa, none of us need*
* to attack the opponent's side.*
**[14:56] Retro**
* We just have to focus on*
* protecting our own cards.*
**[14:59] Retro**
* It's impossible to penetrate*
* that kind of defense!*
**[15:03] Retro**
*Mashima must know that!*
**[15:05] Tai**
*I'm taking it!*
**[15:07] Retro**
*He has to!*
**[15:08] Tai**
*I'm taking it!*
**[15:09] [POEM] N**
...blown by the autumn wind.
**[15:14] [POEM] N**
The fall wind parts the wispy clouds
**[15:22] Retro**
*A fault...*
**[15:27] Tai**
One win for Mizusawa!
**[15:38] Hara**
* That wasn't just a simple*
* mistake by Retro-kun.*
**[15:41] Hara**
* Eyelashes' focus and*
* unwavering persistence*
**[15:45] Hara**
*pushed Retro-kun into that error.*
**[15:49] Hara**
*Luck-of-the-draw isn't about luck.*
**[15:52] Hara**
*Luck doesn't decide a match!*
**[15:57] Hara**
*Each school has one win.*
**[16:00] Hara**
*It's an even match now.*
**[16:04] Ama**
*What the hell, Retro?!*
**[16:07] Ama**
* First, you lied about*
* your retrot cards.*
**[16:10] Ama**
* Now, you made a mistake that*
* ruined our perfect split!*
**[16:14] Ama**
*What if we lose?!*
**[16:16] Ama**
*How are you going to make up for this?!*
**[16:19] Ama**
*I'll sock him.*
**[16:20] (Flashback) Ama**
The two remaining teams get
to go to Nationals, right?
**[16:23] (Flashback) Ama**
We don't need to try that hard, then.
**[16:27] Ama**
*I'll sock him.*
**[16:29] Ama**
*I'll win...*
**[16:31] Ama**
*I'll win and sock Retro hard!*
**[16:37] A**
* The Hokuo ace is also*
* practicing offensive swings.*
**[16:39] B**
*He's going to attack.*
**[16:44] Mochi**
Amakasu-kun...
**[16:46] Ama**
*Cover my card on "The."*
**[16:48] Ama**
*If the next syllable is "fall," I attack.*
**[16:51] Ama**
*If it's "The hazed field," I cover,*
**[16:53] Ama**
* and if it's "The hazed*
* early," I clamp down.*
**[16:55] Ama**
* There's no such thing*
* as a throw-away match!*
**[16:58] Ama**
*We're Hokuo!*
**[17:00] Ama**
*Hokuo wins!*
**[17:01] Sudo**
*Amakasu...*
**[17:04] Sudo**
*Be careful, Amakasu!*
**[17:06] Sudo**
*There are people...*
**[17:08] [POEM] N**
to reveal moonlight, clear and bright.
**[17:13] Sudo**
* capable of clearing their*
* minds in this situation.*
**[17:17] [POEM] N**
The hazed early dawn light
comes not from the moon
**[17:24] Sumi**
Who got it?! Who got the card?!
**[17:27] Tsu**
I can't tell! They moved too fast!
**[17:29] Mochi**
Who got it?!
**[17:29] Hara**
Who moved faster?!
**[17:31] Ama**
It's mine! I moved faster!
**[17:33] Chi**
No.
**[17:33] Ama**
I touched it first!
**[17:35] Chi**
No.
**[17:35] Ama**
Ref!
**[17:38] Chi**
No.
**[17:42] Chi**
It was
**[17:45] Chi**
at the same time.
**[17:46] Ama**
Huh?
**[17:49] Tashiro**
In that case, it goes to
the side the card was on.
**[17:51] Tashiro**
Amakasu-kun wins.
**[17:54] Chi**
Thank you very much.
**[17:58] Mochi**
Hokuo Academy wins the Tokyo regional
**[18:02] ---**
over Mizusawa High School 3-2!
**[18:05] All**
Thank you very much.
**[18:08] A**
Wow, that was an incredible final.
**[18:10] B**
That was exciting.
**[18:11] C**
That was a once-in-a-decade
kind of match.
**[18:13] Sudo**
Amakasu.
**[18:16] Sudo**
Is Hokuo the strongest team in Tokyo?
**[18:22] Ama**
No.
**[18:24] Ama**
On the last card, I only moved
because I felt Ayase move.
**[18:28] Ama**
If it had been "The hazed field,"
I would have committed a fault.
**[18:30] Ama**
I couldn't hear a thing.
**[18:34] Ama**
After that match, I can't say that
Hokuo is the strongest team.
**[18:38] Sudo**
Lame.
**[18:40] Sudo**
If you can't be the
strongest team in Tokyo,
**[18:43] Sudo**
show me that you're the
strongest team in Japan.
**[18:46] Ama**
Sudo-san...
**[18:47] Sudo**
I'll be coming to watch on your budget.
***SIGN*** Shouldn't we wake up Ayase?
**[18:56] Kana**
Yes, the closing ceremony's
about to begin.
**[18:59] Pork**
E-Everyone! I'm sorry!
**[19:01] Pork**
It's all because I screwed up!
**[19:03] Pork**
Because I lost first!
**[19:07] Tai**
Chihaya...
**[19:10] Chi**
Th-That was fun!
**[19:14] Chi**
That was the most fun we've had!
**[19:23] Tai**
Five matches is really difficult.
**[19:27] Tai**
Huh? Where's Tsukuba?
***SIGN*** He said he was going somewhere with his brothers.
**[19:31] Kana**
They're really close.
**[19:33] Chi**
Guys! We start practicing
for Nationals tomorrow!
**[19:36] Tai**
Chihaya!
**[19:38] Tai**
Let everyone rest for a day.
**[19:39] Chi**
What?!
**[19:43] Tai**
Huh? Aren't you going
this way, Hanano-san?
**[19:47] Sumi**
Sorry, I have something to do.
**[19:56] Hara**
What?! You want to join
the Shiranami society!
**[19:59] Hara**
All four of you?!
**[20:00] Hara**
Really?!
**[20:01] Tsu**
Yes, please accept us.
**[20:03] D**
What's a karuta society?
**[20:05] C**
Can we become strong?
**[20:06] B**
I'm gonna become a Master.
**[20:13] Hara**
Oh, we meet again.
**[20:17] Hara**
Will you be number five?
**[20:22] Chi**
Bye!
**[20:23] Chi**
We start practicing for
Nationals in two days!
**[20:39] Chi**
Oh, it's Arata!
**[20:41] Chi**
An e-mail from Arata!
**[20:48] [Messenger] Caption**
Did you have fun at the
high school regional final?
**[21:00] (Flashback) Arata**
Why are you crying?
**[21:02] (Flashback) Arata**
It was really fun.
**[21:13] Chi**
*Arata.*
**[21:15] Chi**
* That match was the most*
* fun I've ever had,*
**[21:21] Chi**
* and it was the most*
* difficult loss I've ever had.*
# E7 - They all exchange hellos and goodbyes at the famous gates of Afusaka
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**[00:03] [Messenger] ---**
Daikon!!
She should really quit dramas.
She should just be a model.
Getting too old for teen mags?
She's not tall enough to model either (lol)
That drama was just bad, though.
**[00:03] [Messenger] ---**
What's your honest opinion of Ayase Chitose?
**[00:03] [Messenger] ---**
She should really quit dramas.
She should just be a model.
Getting too old for teen mags?
She's not tall enough to model either (lol)
That drama was just bad, though.
I couldn't cry over her acting.
Was she really taking in the scene?
Even if she was, her acting sucks.
She hasn't even been in quiz shows lately.
Is she getting less work?
Are they realizing they can't use her?
What'll she do now?
She should study hard and get a job.
**[00:05] [Messenger] ---**
Even if she was, her acting sucks.
She hasn't even been in quiz shows lately.
Is she getting less work?
Are they realizing they can't use her?
What'll she do now?
She should study hard and get a job.
Maybe she's even too dumb to study (lol)
Guess just looking good isn't enough.
She should have tried to be good
at other things, not just looks.
If she keeps this up, she'll just
be half-assed at everything.
What'll she do? What'll she do?
**[00:10] Sis**
Mom, what's wrong with Chihaya?
**[00:14] Mom**
Oh, they didn't win the
karuta regional yesterday.
**[00:19] Sis**
Karuta again?
**[00:21] Mom**
But they still qualified for
Nationals by placing second.
**[00:24] Sis**
Then what does it matter?
**[00:28] Sis**
How can she get so upset over karuta?
**[00:30] N**
*The Queen wins the best of three...*
**[00:33] Sis**
Wh-What is it?
**[00:35] Sis**
You've been watching that DVD
with the chubby girl every day.
**[00:38] Sis**
If you don't want to watch it,
take it out of the player.
**[00:49] Sis**
Besides, if you can't produce results
after working hard every day,
**[00:53] Sis**
you probably don't have any talent.
**[00:54] Mom**
Chitose.
**[00:59] Sis**
Mom, I'm going to cut
back on work this summer
**[01:02] ---**
and focus on studying for entrance exams.
**[01:06] Sis**
I should probably go to college.
**[01:09] Mom**
Huh?
**[01:11] Sis**
Since it seems I don't have
the talent to be an actress.
**[01:20] Chi**
*I watched her every day...*
**[01:23] Chi**
* I wanted to learn how to be*
* as precise as Shinobu-chan.*
**[01:27] (Flashback) Chi**
Precision... Precision...
**[01:31] Chi**
* I wanted to see if it would*
* work against a good player.*
**[01:35] Chi**
* That was a team match,*
* not an individual match.*
**[01:39] Chi**
*My loss meant our loss.*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
**[02:57] T**
So, the Contemporary
Literature final will cover
***SIGN*** Verse 7
***SIGN*** They all
exchange
hellos and
goodbyes at
the famous
gates of
Afusaka
**[03:00] ---**
up through Natsume Soseki on page 102.
**[03:04] T**
Classical Literature covers
everything through page 89.
**[03:10] T**
If anyone scores under 70,
**[03:15] T**
they'll be required to write 20
short poems over summer break.
**[03:20] A**
What?
**[03:20] B**
A 70?!
**[03:21] C**
Poems?
**[03:22] Chi**
70... That's impossible...
**[03:24] T**
Speaking of poems...
**[03:26] T**
Karuta club captain.
**[03:27] ---**
Gulp!
**[03:28] T**
I heard that only two of your
**[03:32] ---**
twenty new members are still around.
**[03:34] ---**
Yipe!
**[03:35] T**
Were you aware that
the concert band would
**[03:38] ---**
be given your clubroom if you
didn't recruit five new members?
**[03:41] Pork**
Fight back!
**[03:43] Pork**
Tell him that we recruited
twenty, if only for a moment!
**[03:48] Chi**
I-I'm sorry...
**[03:51] Chi**
But Nationals are coming up!
**[03:54] Chi**
Please let us stay in
the clubroom until then!
**[03:57] Chi**
We only held on to two new members,
**[03:59] Chi**
but they're worth five!
**[04:00] Chi**
I beg you! I beg you!
**[04:04] T**
Speaking of Natsume Soseki, he
had some famous words of wisdom.
**[04:09] T**
"Charm is reserved for
**[04:10] ---**
dealings with people with
more power than you."
**[04:13] A**
Teach, you always quote other people.
**[04:15] T**
Use the remaining class time to study.
***SIGN*** That was a close call.
***SIGN*** You're too honest, Ayase.
**[04:23] Pork**
I know.
***SIGN*** But it's not like the concert band doesn't have their own room, right?
**[04:28] Pork**
Yeah, but...
**[04:30] Pork**
Look.
**[04:31] Pork**
They added a bunch of
new members this year,
**[04:33] ---**
and they have to place
instruments in the hallway
**[04:35] ---**
because there's no room inside.
**[04:38] Yama**
Can you grab the two euphoniums?
**[04:39] A**
Yes.
**[04:41] B**
I wish our advisor had as much
influence as the Empress.
**[04:45] Yama**
Hey, don't just stand around!
**[04:47] Yama**
Prelims are next week.
**[04:49] Yama**
This is the year we
make it to Nationals!
**[04:57] Miya**
You want to let the concert
band use the second floor?
**[04:59] Miya**
Why would you do that?
**[05:02] Miya**
You practice with the windows
closed and no air conditioning
**[05:05] ---**
in the middle of summer because
you don't want any noise.
**[05:09] Miya**
You won't be able to practice if the
concert band is on the second floor.
**[05:12] Chi**
That's true,
**[05:15] Chi**
but we could let them use the
space for storage at least.
**[05:19] Miya**
Still, you shouldn't do this just because
**[05:21] ---**
the karuta club didn't
recruit five new members.
***SIGN*** Concert band advisor
**[05:24] Miya**
There isn't anyone
putting pressure on you.
***SIGN*** Because we can't
**[05:28] Chi**
But...
**[05:31] Chi**
The concert band is having a hard time,
**[05:33] Chi**
and it'd be selfish to only think
about the karuta club's interests.
**[05:38] Miya**
*Ayase-san is being considerate!*
**[05:42] Miya**
This is my most glorious
day as a teacher!
**[05:45] Chi**
Actually, I thought of
something during our match...
**[05:49] Chi**
We're playing karuta to win, right?
**[05:53] Chi**
I'm not sure how to explain this,
**[05:56] Chi**
but we'll definitely run into situations,
**[05:58] ---**
like the finals, where luck is important.
**[06:01] Kana**
*This is...*
**[06:03] Chi**
That's why...
**[06:04] Tai**
*The extent of our captain's greed...*
**[06:06] Chi**
If we're nice to other clubs,
**[06:08] Chi**
we might get something in return.
***SIGN*** Karuta
**[06:10] All**
*It always comes back to karuta!*
**[06:15] Miya**
I-I understand.
**[06:17] Chi**
Thank you.
**[06:21] T**
Yes, Ayase-san is a fascinating girl.
**[06:25] Miya**
I can't tell if she's
innocent or calculating.
**[06:28] T**
Personally, I think she's
a gambler at heart.
**[06:32] Miya**
That's absurd.
**[06:34] T**
It's not easy to admit that in the end,
**[06:40] T**
you can't always influence
the result of a match.
***SIGN*** Let's start a competitive karuta club! Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 2-9!
***SIGN*** Karuta Club Finals Preparation HQ
**[06:50] Chi**
70 in both Contemporary and
Classical Literature...
**[06:53] Chi**
That's impossible.
***SIGN*** There's a lot of noise coming from the second floor.
**[06:58] Kana**
Now, now. It'll get better
once they've settled in.
**[07:03] Chi**
Desktomu-kun! I don't get it! Teach me!
**[07:07] Chi**
I'm home.
**[07:09] Mom**
Welcome home, Chihaya.
**[07:11] Ken**
Welcome home. You were in
the newspaper yesterday.
***SIGN*** Summer of Karuta Hokuo Academy successfully...
**[07:18] Ken**
Huh? What?
**[07:32] Mom**
Chihaya.
**[07:34] Mom**
Are you going to practice
karuta tomorrow?
**[07:37] Chi**
Huh? Why?
***SIGN*** Shiranami Karuta Society Practice Area
**[07:40] [POEM] N**
My own home is a retreat lying southeast...
**[07:43] Sumi**
*I can win!*
***SIGN*** 9 years old
**[07:44] Sumi**
*I can beat the two younger brothers!*
***SIGN*** 10 years old
**[07:47] Sumi**
*I can hold my own against the oldest!*
***SIGN*** 11 years old
***SIGN*** 16 years old
**[07:50] Sumi**
*But I can't do anything against Tsukuba!*
**[07:52] B**
You're awesome, Bro!
**[07:54] B**
Sumire's too easy for you!
**[07:55] C**
It won't be long before
I can beat Sumire!
**[07:58] D**
Yeah!
**[07:58] Sumi**
Show some respect for your elders!
**[08:00] C**
Sumire looks mad.
**[08:02] B**
What's wrong, Sumire?
**[08:03] D**
Sumire has a short temper.
**[08:05] Tai**
I never dreamed that you would
**[08:06] ---**
join our karuta society, Hanano-san.
**[08:09] Sumi**
It's because karuta is so much fun!
**[08:17] Tsu**
I know, right? Karuta's so much fun.
**[08:21] Tsu**
I was inspired after watching
the second-years play.
**[08:24] Tsu**
I want to get better!
**[08:26] Sumi**
Huh? How is karuta fun?
**[08:30] Sumi**
It's hot, tough, and exhausting!
**[08:32] Sumi**
Plus, it sucks that I can't win.
**[08:34] Sumi**
I only said that because
Mashima-senpai was around.
**[08:36] Tsu**
What? You were trying to score points?
**[08:38] Sumi**
Yeah.
**[08:39] (Flashback) Kana**
The feelings expressed are
dependent on the rules!
**[08:43] Sumi**
* The rule in this love is*
* to be serious about karuta.*
**[08:48] Sumi**
* Mashima-senpai is following the same*
* rule with his eye on Ayase-senpai.*
**[08:53] Sumi**
*He's waiting until she notices his feelings!*
**[08:55] A**
Next, we have Hanano-san
against Dr. Harada.
**[09:00] Hara**
Let's have fun.
**[09:02] Sumi**
No! He'll kill me! He'll eat me!
**[09:04] ---**
Let me play someone weak!
**[09:06] Hara**
Don't worry. I'll start
with 40 cards as a handicap.
**[09:10] Sumi**
Just let me play Mashima-senpai!
**[09:11] All**
Good luck, Sumire!
**[09:13] Hara**
Why? Eyelashes is really good.
**[09:13] Tsu**
*Hanano is such an open book.*
**[09:15] Tsu**
*But...*
**[09:16] (Flashback) Sumi**
It's hot, tough, and exhausting!
**[09:18] (Flashback) Sumi**
Plus, it sucks that I can't win.
**[09:21] Tsu**
*You've already gotten hooked on karuta.*
**[09:29] Chi**
Mom, I'm not in the mood for shopping.
**[09:34] Mom**
Just follow me.
**[09:36] Chi**
There's nothing I want...
**[09:40] Mom**
Here we are.
***SIGN*** Oe Traditional Clothing
**[09:51] Rie**
Welcome.
**[09:52] Chi**
Oh, it's Kana-chan's mom.
**[09:55] Mom**
Don't be so rude.
**[09:57] Mom**
Sorry about dropping in
on such short notice.
**[10:00] Mom**
This is a small token
of our appreciation.
**[10:02] Rie**
You didn't need to go to such trouble.
**[10:05] Rie**
You were kind enough to send
presents for New Year's and Obon.
**[10:07] Mom**
Think nothing of it.
You've helped my daughter so much.
**[10:10] Chi**
Mom, you sent gifts for
New Year's and Obon?!
**[10:13] Chi**
When did you do that?!
Wow! You're so grown-up!
**[10:15] Mom**
It's common sense!
**[10:17] Mom**
Do you realize how generous Oe-san
**[10:19] ---**
has been to lend you
those wonderful kimonos?
***SIGN*** I'm a grown-up!
**[10:23] Rie**
Please, it's no big deal.
**[10:24] Rie**
Chihaya-chan has helped us
by modeling for our catalog.
**[10:29] Rie**
Our sales have shot up ever
since Mizusawa's karuta club
**[10:34] ---**
started wearing hakamas
in their matches.
**[10:38] Rie**
Please come inside and have some tea.
**[10:41] Mom**
No, we're here today...
**[10:44] Mom**
...because I was thinking that
Chihaya should have her own hakama.
**[10:53] Kana**
Huh?
**[10:54] Chi**
Oh, Kana-chan.
**[10:55] Mom**
W-Wait! I wasn't planning
on anything fancy!
**[10:59] Mom**
A premade one will be fine!
**[11:01] Rie**
Now, now.
**[11:03] Rie**
It won't hurt to have a look.
***SIGN*** Slick salesperson
**[11:05] Chi**
Mom, you don't have to buy one for me.
**[11:09] Mom**
You plan to continue
playing karuta, right?
**[11:11] Mom**
You'll need a hakama
every time you play, right?
**[11:14] Mom**
It's our job as your parents to provide.
**[11:24] Rie**
Oh, that one's finished.
**[11:27] Rie**
Would you like to try it on?
**[11:28] Mom**
What? You know how to put one on?
**[11:32] Chi**
First, put on the kimono.
**[11:34] Chi**
Then, for the hakama...
**[11:36] Chi**
Um, do the narrow strings go in front?
**[11:39] Kana**
That's right.
**[11:40] Chi**
Then pull it on and...
**[11:43] Chi**
Um...
**[11:45] ---**
Um...
**[11:47] Kana**
You're doing it right, Chihaya-chan.
**[11:48] Mom**
When did she learn to do this?
**[11:52] Chi**
Then I tie a knot...
**[11:55] Chi**
Okay.
**[12:00] Mom**
I'm embarrassed to admit that
I know nothing about karuta.
**[12:04] Mom**
I've only gone to see a
handful of her matches.
**[12:08] Mom**
The first time I watched her play, I knew.
**[12:12] Mom**
She was going to be fine.
**[12:14] Mom**
Chihaya would do just fine as
long as she was playing karuta.
**[12:19] Mom**
Even if she had the fifth
lowest grades in her class...
**[12:24] Mom**
Even if her room was decorated
with strange bears...
**[12:27] Mom**
Even if she didn't give any
thought to her future...
**[12:29] Chi**
*She knows...*
***SIGN*** About my grades and career survey
**[12:30] Mom**
She would do just fine.
**[12:30] Kana**
*She knows...*
**[12:36] Mom**
I'm more worried about
her older sister,
**[12:39] ---**
since she's chosen an
unstable line of work.
**[12:42] Mom**
It's taken me this long
to buy her a hakama...
**[12:44] Mom**
I felt bad about ignoring
her all this time.
**[12:50] Chi**
Mom.
**[12:52] Chi**
You weren't ignoring me.
**[12:56] ---**
You believed in karuta.
**[13:02] Kana**
Chihaya-chan, would you
like to look at the juban?
**[13:05] Kana**
We received one today in a lovely color.
**[13:07] Kana**
And you always want a pair of tabi.
**[13:10] Chi**
Ooh, I've never worn tabi before!
**[13:12] Kana**
This way.
**[13:17] Rie**
I think that's perfectly fine.
**[13:19] Mom**
Huh?
**[13:20] Rie**
I've discovered while
raising my daughter,
**[13:24] Rie**
that it's very difficult and important
to give children space to grow.
**[13:34] Chi**
You didn't have to do this, Mom.
**[13:36] Chi**
There were hakamas that cost less.
**[13:38] Mom**
It's not a problem, since
she set up a payment plan.
**[13:41] Chi**
But...
**[13:42] Mom**
That was the one you looked best in.
**[13:45] Chi**
But this is for karuta matches,
so a plain one would work.
**[13:49] Mom**
But Chihaya, what if...
**[13:59] Chi**
But Mom...
**[14:01] Chi**
You might have forgotten,
**[14:03] Chi**
but we have to pay for travel and
lodging when I go to Nationals.
**[14:07] Chi**
This isn't the best time
to be buying a hakama...
**[14:09] Mom**
I-It'll be fine!
**[14:11] Mom**
There's enough money saved up...
**[14:13] Mom**
...by your dad.
**[14:14] Chi**
By Dad?
**[14:16] Mom**
*She'll do just fine.*
**[14:18] Mom**
* Chihaya will do fine as long*
* as she's playing karuta.*
**[14:24] N**
* The Queen wins the best of*
* three in two straight matches.*
**[14:28] Sis**
I'm home.
**[14:28] [POEM] N**
Since I could not...
**[14:30] N**
Incredible! The fastest card taken today
was her best card, *"Since I could not"*!
**[14:35] [POEM] N**
Rain takes longer...
**[14:36] Chi**
*Precision!*
**[14:38] Chi**
*Precision!*
**[14:39] Chi**
*Pinpoint precision!*
**[14:41] Chi**
*I won't waste that loss!*
**[14:44] Chi**
*I'm going to surpass Shinobu-chan!*
**[14:47] Sis**
*She's back to her usual self.*
**[14:51] Sis**
You must be a fool to
try so hard at karuta.
***SIGN*** Harusaki Entrance Exam Seminar Summer's Not Too Late to Start
**[14:59] Sis**
Oh, Kondo-san?
**[15:01] Sis**
About the audition this summer...
**[15:03] Chi**
*I have to become stronger!*
**[15:05] Chi**
*My victory will mean our victory!*
**[15:08] Mom**
You don't have a secret stash?!
***SIGN*** Secret stash!
***SIGN*** No such thing
**[15:09] Dad**
No such thing.
***SIGN*** Let's start a competitive karuta club! Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 2-9!
**[15:11] Chi**
70... 70... 70... 70...
***SIGN*** Again?
**[15:20] Kana**
They're playing?
**[15:24] Pork**
Why? That's not the deal we made.
**[15:27] Tsu**
And they suck.
**[15:29] Kana**
Oh, dear. They sound more
frenzied than impassionate.
**[15:33] Chi**
What do you mean?
**[15:35] Kana**
What? I'm talking about
impassionate versus frenzied.
**[15:40] Chi**
Impassionate means that
you're intense, right?
**[15:43] Chi**
What about frenzied?
**[15:47] Kana**
*We're in the second season and*
**[15:50] ---**
* she still doesn't know*
* what the title means?!*
**[15:53] Kana**
*This is my fault!*
**[15:55] Sumi**
I don't get it either.
**[15:56] Pork**
I thought decorative words
didn't have any meaning.
**[16:00] Kana**
Pay attention now.
**[16:02] Kana**
There are many different definitions and
**[16:04] ---**
theories surrounding
the word impassionate,
**[16:07] Kana**
but I believe the easiest explanation
***SIGN*** "Impassionate"
**[16:10] ---**
is to compare impassionate and frenzied.
***SIGN*** "Frenzied"
**[16:14] Pork**
I've heard people talk
about frenzied gods.
**[16:17] Kana**
Both words are used in reference
to the power of gods.
**[16:21] Kana**
Frenzied refers to power used for wrong,
**[16:23] Kana**
while impassionate refers
to power used for right.
**[16:27] Kana**
Both words are used to describe intensity,
**[16:30] ---**
but their contexts are completely different.
**[16:33] Kana**
Frenzied would be used to
describe a shaky, spinning top,
**[16:38] Kana**
while impassionate would refer to a
top that spins perfectly smoothly.
**[16:43] Kana**
Strong enough to repel
anything that makes contact,
**[16:46] Kana**
while projecting stability...
**[16:48] Kana**
It almost looks like it's completely still,
**[16:51] Kana**
focusing its power in perfect balance,
with no lean in any direction.
**[16:57] Chi**
*Impassionate...*
**[17:03] Chi**
Huh? What?
**[17:05] A**
School anthem!
**[17:07] A**
Best of luck to the Mizusawa High
School Karuta Club at Nationals!
**[17:43] Pork**
*They're doing the second verse?!*
**[17:45] Tai**
*And the third verse?*
**[17:47] Desk**
*Are they going to do the fourth verse?*
**[17:53] A**
Thank you for letting
us use the second floor!
**[17:56] All**
Thank you!
**[17:57] B**
We'll try to keep the noise down!
**[17:58] C**
It's awesome that you made it to Nationals!
**[17:59] D**
Good luck!
**[18:00] B**
Win it all!
**[18:02] E**
Bye!
**[18:04] F**
Thank you!
**[18:10] Sumi**
That came out of nowhere!
***SIGN*** Four verses of the school anthem!
**[18:13] Tai**
Mr. Matoba was crying!
**[18:15] Pork**
It's the first time the Empress has
listened to one of his requests.
**[18:18] Chi**
Wow! Wow!
**[18:19] ---**
That was like how they send off
the baseball team to Nationals!
**[18:20] Pork**
I've never received support
**[18:22] ---**
from anyone who wasn't
involved in karuta.
**[18:24] Kana**
No kidding.
**[18:30] Kana**
They sent us a good wave,
**[18:32] Kana**
and their rendition of the school
anthem was very impassionate.
**[18:39] Chi**
* We'll ride the wave*
* they've pushed us on...*
**[18:42] T**
So close, Ayase-san!
***SIGN*** That wasn't close—
***SIGN*** Sorry
**[18:44] Mom**
What?! You're not taking your hakama
because you fainted last year?!
***SIGN*** You should have said something sooner
**[18:48] Chi**
*...and win.*
**[18:50] Chi**
*This time, we won't lose a single match*
**[18:52] Chi**
* on our way to become*
* number one in Japan!*
**[18:58] Kana**
Hanano-san, that's cute.
**[19:01] Kana**
I know. I brought all
kinds of underwear,
**[19:04] Kana**
since you never know what might happen.
**[19:06] Miya**
Hanano-san, are you going to
sleep with your makeup on?
**[19:10] Sumi**
Yes, since you never
know what might happen.
**[19:14] Miya**
Nothing's going to happen!
**[19:15] ---**
Sniff...
**[19:18] Miya**
Good grief...
***SIGN*** Struggle Kick
**[19:20] Sumi**
We're on a trip!
***SIGN*** I only get to take a bath, sleep, & play karuta?
**[19:22] Sumi**
Why shouldn't something
exciting happen?!
**[19:28] Sumi**
I've been wanting to ask you.
**[19:31] Sumi**
Is there anyone you like, Ayase-senpai?
***SIGN*** Straight up!!
**[19:35] Sumi**
Is there anyone you think about
when you're alone at night,
**[19:38] ---**
wishing you could see them and
wondering what they're doing?
**[19:43] Chi**
Well, I don't know Shinobu-chan's
phone number...
**[19:46] Both**
Rivals don't count!
**[19:51] Chi**
*I wonder what he's doing.*
**[19:53] Chi**
*I want to see him.*
**[20:00] Chi**
Arata?
**[20:02] Chi**
Yep, that's right.
**[20:04] Chi**
We're staying at an inn by Lake Biwa.
**[20:07] Chi**
Are you going to come tomorrow, Arata?
**[20:10] Chi**
What? Just the individual
tournament in two days?!
**[20:13] Chi**
Oh, your school doesn't
have a karuta club.
**[20:18] Chi**
Right...
**[20:28] Chi**
Arata.
**[20:29] Ara**
Huh?
**[20:30] Chi**
You should have started a karuta club.
**[20:33] Chi**
You should have started a team.
**[20:38] Ara**
I'm not interested in team tournaments.
**[20:41] Ara**
I'm focused on winning the
individual tournament.
**[20:47] Chi**
I-I plan to win the
individual tournament, too!
**[20:50] Ara**
It won't be easy to
win both tournaments.
**[20:53] Ara**
Wakamiya Shinobu's going to be there.
**[20:55] Chi**
I'll beat Shinobu-chan!
**[20:57] Ara**
I heard that she lost a lot of weight.
**[20:59] Chi**
What?! Shinobu-chan is an enigma!
**[21:03] Chi**
I'll still win!
**[21:17] Chi**
* The High School National Ogura Hundred*
* Poets Karuta Championship begins.*
# E8 - Which shines over Mount Mikasa
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**[00:11] Chi**
* The High School National Ogura Hundred*
* Poets Karuta Championship begins.*
**[00:19] Chi**
*We'll win every match*
**[00:20] Chi**
*and become number one in Japan!*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 8
***SIGN*** Which
shines
over
Mount
Mikasa
**[01:43] Chi**
Wh-Why am I dressed like this?
**[01:46] Kana**
You're asking why?
**[01:47] Kana**
Did you forget what happened last year?
***SIGN*** Right, right
**[01:50] Kana**
When you suddenly collapsed last year,
**[01:53] Kana**
it was because you were overwhelmed
by the heat and your nerves.
**[01:56] Kana**
So this year, we'll make sure
the heat isn't an issue.
**[02:00] Chi**
It's okay.
**[02:02] Chi**
I'm not wearing a hakama this year.
**[02:04] Kana**
But...
**[02:05] Chi**
Plus, this is my second time at Omi Jingu.
**[02:10] Chi**
*We're back.*
**[02:13] Chi**
*This is our second national championship.*
**[02:16] Chi**
*What kinds of matches will we play?*
**[02:19] Chi**
*How strong are the other teams?*
**[02:23] Sumi**
Hey, Tsukuba!
**[02:24] Sumi**
Stop sneaking pictures of girls!
**[02:27] Sumi**
They'll arrest you!
**[02:28] Tsu**
Don't insult me!
**[02:30] Tsu**
I'm taking pictures of
the pretty Akita ladies
**[02:31] Tsu**
*while* taking pictures of the karuta
holy land, the Omi Learning Center!
**[02:34] Sumi**
Y-You're not supposed to admit it...
**[02:37] Tsu**
Ooh, I've seen this area
in pictures before!
**[02:41] Tsu**
The Master match takes
place up here every year!
**[02:44] Tsu**
Where do they put the TV cameras?!
**[02:46] Sumi**
Cut it out already!
**[02:49] Chi**
* This is the first national championship*
* for our first-years.*
**[02:52] Pork**
Okay, let's all get changed...
**[02:55] Pork**
Into the new T-shirts my sister made!
***SIGN*** Winners
***SIGN*** Winners
**[03:00] Sumi**
Wow!
***SIGN*** It's got punch!
**[03:02] Chi**
So cool!
**[03:03] Kana**
That's a lovely blue.
***SIGN*** Huh? Wait...
***SIGN*** I can see something in the dots...
***SIGN*** Second Place
***SIGN*** Second place...
**[03:12] All**
Second place winners?!
**[03:13] Pork**
Huh?
**[03:17] Yukari**
*What did you expect?*
**[03:19] Yukari**
* The champions will be*
* Retro-kun's Hokuo.*
**[03:24] Pork**
Sorry, everyone.
**[03:25] Pork**
Let's wear our regular T-shirts.
**[03:30] Chi**
All ready.
**[03:31] Pork**
Sorry. We ended up having
to wear our usual T-shirts.
**[03:35] Chi**
That's okay. We can focus better
when we're in familiar gear.
**[03:38] Tsu**
Hey, Hanano! Take a picture!
**[03:40] Sumi**
Geez, what now?
**[03:42] Tsu**
My brothers are waiting at home!
**[03:50] Sumi**
"I'm a starter for the national
championship, of course!"
**[03:54] Sumi**
"Your bro's gonna knock them out!"
**[03:56] Sumi**
You're lying again!
**[03:58] Sumi**
Why would you be a starting member?
**[04:00] Pork**
We're heading down!
**[04:01] Sumi**
Oh, okay.
**[04:07] Tsu**
*I want to be a starter!*
**[04:09] Tsu**
*I've given up Second Verse Karuta*
**[04:11] ---**
* to focus on mainstream*
* karuta since spring!*
**[04:14] Tsu**
* I've learned a lot at*
* the Shiranami society!*
**[04:17] Tsu**
* This time, I'll successfully change the order,*
* show my true skill, and become a regular!*
**[04:23] Sumi**
Tsukuba!
**[04:25] Sumi**
The lineups for the first round are up.
**[04:28] Tsu**
What? They already chose
the starting members?
**[04:34] Tsu**
Huh?
***SIGN*** 1 Nishida Yusei 2 Oe Kana 3 Ayase Chihaya 4 Mashima Taichi 5 Tsukuba Akihiro
**[04:35] Sumi**
What?! Tsukuba's really a starter!
**[04:38] Sumi**
That's amazing!
**[04:40] Tsu**
Starter...
**[04:42] Tai**
The group stage match-ups
were drawn yesterday,
**[04:44] ---**
so Komano and I already came up
with the order for the first round.
**[04:47] Tsu**
Why me? Isn't Komano-senpai a starter?
***SIGN*** For the National Tournament
***SIGN*** A month has passed since the Tokyo regional.
***SIGN*** You've worked very hard.
***SIGN*** In terms of skill, you're even with me.
***SIGN*** Don't forget that our goal is to become number one in Japan!
***SIGN*** While the two rounds in the group stage are taking place,
**[05:06] ---**
I'll be scouting the other top schools
***SIGN*** to prepare for the championship bracket!
***SIGN*** The five of you have to get us there!
**[05:16] Pork**
Does that mean you're not
playing in the group stage?!
**[05:19] Pork**
Are you really okay with that?!
***SIGN*** Yeah.
***SIGN*** I'll need Hanano to help me scout.
**[05:24] Sumi**
What?
***SIGN*** Check groups H and I for us.
**[05:27] Sumi**
Geez...
**[05:29] Sumi**
Fine.
***SIGN*** I'm impressed.
***SIGN*** You brought your own notepad.
**[05:34] Sumi**
I-It's no big deal...
***SIGN*** Then I'll show you which room you'll be in.
**[05:37] Sumi**
O-Okay.
**[05:42] Tsu**
He's so cool...
**[05:44] Chi**
* Desktomu-kun worked just*
* as hard as the rest of us.*
**[05:47] Chi**
*Could I do what he did?*
**[05:50] Chi**
*After putting in so much hard work,*
**[05:54] Chi**
* could I accept that someone*
* who started later*
**[05:57] ---**
*had caught up to me?*
**[06:01] (Flashback) Desk**
If Ayase's serious about her dream for
us to become number one in Japan,
**[06:04] (Flashback) Desk**
we can't flounder around like usual.
**[06:06] (Flashback) Desk**
There has to be someone
in a support role.
**[06:32] Retro**
Yo, Eyelashes!
**[06:34] Retro**
Should you really be so worked up?
**[06:36] Retro**
Isn't tomorrow's individual tournament
**[06:38] ---**
and your chance to make
Class A more important?
**[06:42] Tai**
It doesn't matter if I lose
my first match tomorrow.
**[06:47] Tai**
We'll win every match today.
**[06:50] Tai**
*I want to win...*
**[06:52] Tai**
*together.*
**[06:53] Pork**
Our opponent's order isn't up yet.
**[06:56] Kan**
I believe we were matched up
with a school from Chiba.
**[07:00] Tai**
*It's a strange feeling.*
**[07:02] Tai**
* Have I been infected*
* by Chihaya's greed?*
**[07:06] Tai**
* I want us to become number*
* one in Japan together.*
**[07:12] Pork**
There it is!
**[07:18] Chi**
Is this...
**[07:19] Pork**
Don't tell me that...
**[07:20] Tsu**
No way...
**[07:21] Tai**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Chiba International School of Information Sciences Napa Payakaroon Rachel Port Anthony Sorb Bak Gyeong-Seo Matt Rowan
**[07:35] Sumi**
*Um...*
**[07:36] Sumi**
* In group C, I need to*
* pay attention to...*
**[07:39] Sumi**
*the First Akashi Girls' School from Hyogo.*
**[07:42] (Flashback) Desk**
Make sure you pay extra close attention
to the third-year Ousaka Megumu!
**[07:45] Sumi**
*Is she really that special?*
**[07:48] Desk**
* She was the west representative*
* in last year's Queen match.*
**[07:51] Desk**
*She lost a close match to Yumin,*
***SIGN*** Yumin?
**[07:53] ---**
* but she's still the strongest*
* girl in west Japan.*
**[07:56] Sumi**
*Okay...*
**[07:59] Sumi**
*But how can I tell who's who?*
**[08:02] Sumi**
* For now, I'll put that they're*
* all ordinary-looking.*
**[08:09] Megu**
Oh, excuse me.
**[08:12] Sumi**
Sorry!
**[08:15] Megu**
I got the quick energy boost you wanted.
**[08:17] Nana**
Thanks, Megumu.
**[08:18] Sumi**
*Megumu?*
**[08:19] Nana**
I'm so thirsty.
**[08:21] Megu**
Here.
**[08:24] Nana**
Energy boost...
**[08:26] Megu**
Did something run out of power?
**[08:28] Nana**
Y-Yeah... Thanks...
**[08:30] Sumi**
* Ousaka Megumu is ordinary-looking*
* and an airhead.*
**[08:34] A**
Megumu-tan! You're adorable as always!
**[08:36] Sumi**
*Megumu-tan?!*
**[08:38] A**
I've got the best seat in the house!
**[08:41] B**
Hey, is that a new model?!
**[08:44] A**
This guarantees that I'll capture
Megu-tan's beautiful karuta!
**[08:47] Sumi**
* She's ordinary-looking,*
* an airhead, and popular?!*
***SIGN*** I'm a little
shocked...
**[08:49] Sumi**
* Moreover, she's popular*
* with old-school freaks!*
**[08:51] Nana**
The three cameramen with
glasses are back again.
**[08:55] Haya**
We only recently got them to silence
the shutter sound during matches.
**[08:59] Nana**
They're a pain.
**[09:01] Megu**
I know. I wish we could dump
them in an incinerator.
**[09:04] All**
Swoon!
**[09:05] Sumi**
* She's ordinary-looking, an airhead,*
* popular, and sharp-tongued?!*
**[09:15] All**
Swoon! Swoon!
**[09:17] Megu**
Okay, let's do the best we can.
**[09:20] All**
Yes!
**[09:21] Sumi**
*I'm so confused,*
**[09:23] ---**
* but there's a lot more to female*
* karuta players than meets the eye.*
**[09:29] Desk**
* Groups E and F are in the*
* hall by the main office.*
**[09:32] Desk**
*The team that we must watch carefully...*
**[09:42] Desk**
*The team we must watch...*
**[09:45] Desk**
* is last year's champion,*
* Fujisaki High School.*
**[09:49] Desk**
*They've won the championship 13 times.*
**[09:52] Desk**
*With over 50 members and a long tradition,*
**[09:54] ---**
* they're the greatest*
* obstacle in our path.*
**[09:57] Desk**
* I have to collect as*
* much data as I can.*
**[10:03] Desk**
* The first match for group*
* B is about to start.*
**[10:06] Desk**
*Will they be okay?*
***SIGN*** Mizusawa
High
***SIGN*** Chiba
International
High School
of Information
Sciences
**[10:09] Desk**
*Their first opponent,*
**[10:11] ---**
* Chiba International High School of*
* Information Sciences, is new to karuta,*
**[10:15] Desk**
*so I couldn't find any data.*
**[10:18] Desk**
*Karuta's never been big in Chiba,*
**[10:22] Desk**
*so it should be easy for them to win.*
**[10:28] Tsu**
*Wh-What should I do?!*
**[10:30] Tsu**
* I've never been so close*
* to a foreigner before!*
**[10:33] Tsu**
*What should I do?*
**[10:35] Pork**
* Are we really playing*
* against these guys?!*
**[10:36] Pork**
*Can they play karuta?!*
**[10:38] Pork**
*Can they understand Japanese?!*
**[10:40] Kana**
*The foreigners are wearing hakama,*
**[10:42] Kana**
*while we're wearing T-shirts...*
**[10:44] Kana**
*I'm so ashamed!*
**[10:47] Tai**
*What do I do?*
**[10:48] Tai**
*Everyone's thrown off...*
**[10:50] Tai**
*But...*
**[10:53] Tai**
* The biggest question*
* is why you're crying!*
**[10:57] Matt**
It's impressive that there are
so many people playing karuta.
**[11:01] Pak**
No one wears hakama except us,
**[11:05] Pak**
but it's lucky to be notable.
**[11:07] Anth**
Without hakama, we are the most noticeable.
**[11:10] Rach**
That's right!
**[11:11] Napa**
Let's make a bet the most card!
**[11:14] Chi**
* Karuta has become a global*
* game like poker and Othello!*
**[11:22] Tai**
* Ignoring Chihaya for now,*
* I need to calm the others down.*
**[11:27] Tai**
Forgive me,
**[11:29] Tai**
but your pronunciation is not correct...
**[11:32] Tai**
Maybe you can more easily speak
Japanese than English, can't you?
**[11:37] Matt**
I'm so embarrassed now!
**[11:39] Matt**
They caught us!
**[11:40] Pak**
Who said that we could put pressure
on them by acting like foreigners?!
**[11:43] Pak**
I barely know middle school English!
**[11:45] Anth**
It's not my fault!
**[11:47] Anth**
I've never left Japan before!
**[11:48] Pak**
Was it you?!
**[11:49] Rach**
Just so we're clear,
my English is better than yours!
**[11:53] Pak**
Listen to yourself!
**[11:55] Pak**
You've never left Chiba before!
**[11:56] Rach**
I study hard!
**[11:57] Matt**
I study hard, too!
**[11:59] Anth**
But your intonation is totally wrong!
**[12:00] N**
Quiet down!
**[12:02] N**
Please place your cards!
**[12:06] Anth**
We grew up in Japan
**[12:08] Anth**
and fell in love with karuta.
**[12:12] Anth**
Please...
**[12:14] All**
Let's have a good match.
**[12:26] N**
Two more minutes of memorization time!
**[12:31] A**
The media is here?
**[12:33] B**
Yes, it's from a local station in Chiba.
**[12:36] A**
Ah, The Chiba International High
School of Information Sciences.
**[12:39] A**
They're attracting a lot of attention,
**[12:41] A**
since we have foreign high school
students wearing hakama.
**[12:43] C**
Hopefully, it'll be good publicity
for the tournament.
**[12:47] D**
Man, why is their first match
against a Tokyo school?
**[12:51] D**
Those guys are probably strong.
**[12:52] D**
The hosts should have put
more thought into the brackets.
**[12:55] D**
I wanted to do a feature like,
"The blond samurai
**[12:57] ---**
forges ahead with karuta!"
***SIGN*** Finish them
**[13:05] Kana**
*It's really bugging me...*
**[13:07] Kana**
* It's really bugging me that she's*
* wearing her kimono backwards...*
**[13:12] Chi**
*His card placement*
**[13:14] ---**
* is exactly like what I used*
* when I first started!*
**[13:19] Chi**
* The cards are lined up in alphabetical*
* order by unique syllable!*
**[13:22] Tai**
*My opponent's even better!*
**[13:25] Tai**
* They're lined up in alphabetical*
* order by second verse!*
**[13:27] Tai**
* It's so unusual, it's actually*
* hard to memorize!*
**[13:29] N**
Time's up!
**[13:33] All**
Thank you for the game.
**[13:35] All**
Thank you for the game.
**[13:38] [POEM] N**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[13:47] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[13:56] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[14:04] [POEM] N**
Like the sound...
**[14:06] Matt**
Yes! I got it!
**[14:08] Tsu**
*He's big... I-I'm scared...*
**[14:11] Tsu**
* There weren't any black*
* people in Hokkaido...*
***SIGN*** He's lying
**[14:14] Tsu**
*I can't beat him...*
**[14:19] Pork**
*Is he from Vietnam? Thailand? Laos?*
**[14:23] Pork**
*In any case,*
**[14:25] ---**
*his card placement is very methodical.*
***SIGN*** Hundred Poets Competitive Karuta
**[14:34] Pork**
Guys, just do what we always do.
**[14:38] Pork**
They're just a bunch of karuta lovers.
**[14:45] Tsu**
*That's impossible!*
**[14:46] Tsu**
*Karuta's difficult and complicated!*
**[14:50] Tsu**
*How could foreigners ever love karuta?!*
**[14:52] Tsu**
* I mean, Japanese people*
* don't like it, either...*
**[15:00] (Flashback) Anth**
We grew up in Japan
**[15:02] (Flashback) Anth**
and fell in love with karuta.
**[15:05] Chi**
*Fell in love...*
**[15:06] [POEM] N**
the thistle and brush are
blown by the autumn wind
**[15:15] [POEM] N**
Though I prayed...
**[15:20] Anth**
*She's fast... Really fast.*
**[15:24] Anth**
*So fast that it's scary...*
**[15:26] Anth**
*This is competitive karuta.*
**[15:30] Anth**
* At first, I was willing*
* to try anything.*
**[15:33] Anth**
* Tea ceremony, Asian calligraphy,*
* flower arrangement...*
**[15:38] Anth**
* Since my physical appearance*
* was that of a foreigner,*
**[15:42] Anth**
*I thought I might be able to make*
**[15:43] ---**
* friends if I did something*
* really Japanese.*
**[15:47] Anth**
* I first encountered*
* karuta in high school.*
**[15:50] (Flashback) Anth**
You memorize a hundred cards and
try to take them from each other?
**[15:53] (Flashback) Anth**
That sounds so intellectual! So fun!
**[15:58] Anth**
* But as I became more engrossed*
* in competitive karuta...*
**[16:01] (Flashback) A**
Eh, not interested.
**[16:03] (Flashback) B**
No, thanks.
**[16:04] (Flashback) C**
He's just a foreigner.
**[16:06] Anth**
*My Japanese friends grew distant.*
**[16:14] Anth**
*It's okay...*
**[16:16] Anth**
* I know that everyone*
* thinks we're strange,*
**[16:21] Anth**
*but it's okay!*
**[16:24] [POEM] N**
I never asked to be treated colder
than the winds of Mount Hatsuse
**[16:33] [POEM] N**
Swift waters parted by the jagged rocks
**[16:35] Rach**
Yes! I got the card!
**[16:37] Rach**
This is my favorite poem!
**[16:41] Kana**
I'm also a fan of this poem.
**[16:42] Rach**
No way!
**[16:43] Rach**
I also like this one,
this one, and this one!
**[16:46] Kana**
"*Feel love deepen*," "*The storm will soon*,"
"*The hazed field of*"...
**[16:50] Kana**
They're all love poems.
**[16:51] Rach**
You're not taking them from me!
**[16:53] [POEM] N**
are joined at river's end
**[17:03] [POEM] N**
My own sleeves are like...
**[17:16] [POEM] N**
None are left...
**[17:17] [POEM] N**
All alone, I step...
**[17:19] Pork**
*He's got good sense.*
**[17:21] Pork**
* So there are people with good*
* karuta sense who aren't Japanese.*
**[17:27] Pork**
* But then there are cards where*
* he doesn't move an inch.*
**[17:30] Pork**
* He's a simple player who only*
* takes the cards he recognizes.*
**[17:34] Pork**
*His hearing is superb.*
**[17:37] Pork**
* If he learned more about how*
* to send and place cards...*
**[17:41] Pork**
*They're free.*
**[17:44] Pork**
* They're showing us how our playing*
* style is dictated by competitive karuta.*
**[17:48] Pork**
* They don't adhere to certain*
* theories when placing cards.*
**[17:50] Pork**
* They pay extra attention*
* to the poems they like.*
**[17:53] Pork**
*They use whatever form they want.*
**[17:55] Pork**
* They're all playing Hundred*
* Poets in their own way.*
**[18:03] Chi**
One card...
**[18:06] Chi**
One card at a time, Mizusawa!
**[18:08] All**
Yeah!
**[18:15] D**
*Don't get too excited.*
**[18:17] D**
*Let the Chiba kids have their glory.*
**[18:20] [POEM] N**
After many, many years...
**[18:26] [POEM] N**
A house left to the weeds...
**[18:31] D**
Amazing...
**[18:32] A**
#36!
**[18:34] B**
One moment please!
**[18:34] D**
This is beautiful...
**[18:35] C**
#17 is over here!
**[18:38] D**
They're moving so fast,
**[18:40] D**
yet they're moving in unison...
**[18:45] Chi**
*This is our love for karuta.*
**[18:50] Chi**
*This is the product*
**[18:53] ---**
*of the hard work we put in*
**[18:56] ---**
*every day!*
**[19:11] Anth**
*The best karuta is beautiful to watch.*
**[19:20] D**
Unfortunately for the Chiba International
School of Information Sciences,
**[19:25] ---**
this tournament ended with the first match...
**[19:29] D**
Any comments?
**[19:33] D**
U-Uh, any comments?
**[19:37] Anth**
I suppose...
**[19:39] Anth**
We were put in our place.
***SIGN*** Er, that's what you want to say?
**[19:41] A**
What are you doing?
**[19:44] A**
Wait, don't erase that!
**[19:45] Tsu**
Sorry, we'll fix it once we're done!
**[19:47] A**
Stop!
**[20:01] Anth**
Karuta is fun,
**[20:03] Anth**
but competitive karuta is amazing.
**[20:07] Anth**
We were shown how a good team
can play competitive karuta.
**[20:13] Anth**
We'll do our best to promote karuta
at our school, improve ourselves,
**[20:17] Anth**
and return a better team next year.
**[20:35] A**
Bye, Arata.
**[20:37] A**
Let me know when you're done
watching your friends play.
**[20:40] Ara**
Thanks, Uncle Motoki!
**[20:45] Ara**
*I'm a little late.*
**[20:46] Ara**
*Is their first match over?*
**[20:49] (Flashback) Chi**
Are you going to come tomorrow, Arata?
**[20:52] (Flashback) Chi**
What? Just the individual
tournament in two days?!
**[20:55] Ara**
*I was lying.*
**[20:58] Ara**
* After I pay my respects, I'll*
* go watch Chihaya and Taichi.*
# E9 - My Only Thought
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR759DM5Y/my-only-thought)
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**[00:03] A**
Bye, Arata.
**[00:04] A**
Let me know when you're done
watching your friends play.
**[00:07] Ara**
Thanks, Uncle Motoki!
**[00:12] Ara**
*I'm a little late.*
**[00:14] Ara**
*Is their first match over?*
**[00:17] (Flashback) Chi**
Are you going to come tomorrow, Arata?
**[00:20] (Flashback) Chi**
What? Just the individual
tournament in two days?!
**[00:23] Ara**
*I was lying.*
**[00:26] Ara**
* After I pay my respects,*
* I'll go watch Chihaya and Taichi.*
**[01:05] Ara**
Wh-Who are you?
**[01:10] Ara**
Oh, that mole!
**[01:11] Ara**
Are you Shinobu-chan?
**[01:13] Ara**
I didn't recognize you because you
looked completely different on TV.
**[01:16] Ara**
What are you doing to put on
and lose weight so quickly?
**[01:23] Ara**
Huh? What's wrong?
**[01:25] Ara**
You don't need to cry, Shinobu-chan.
**[01:27] Ara**
Aren't you the invincible Queen?
**[01:36] Shi**
It's been four years since I last lost,
**[01:40] Shi**
but I still have much
room for improvement,
**[01:44] Shi**
so I might end up losing to you,
despite your long absence.
**[01:50] Ara**
*This is the pride of a Queen*
**[01:53] Ara**
*and the temper of a Kyoto woman.*
**[01:56] (Flashback) Shi**
Since you quit karuta, you're
never beating me again, fool.
**[02:03] Ara**
What are you doing here, Shinobu-chan?
**[02:05] Ara**
Isn't the individual
tournament tomorrow?
**[02:07] Ara**
Kyoto's not that far away.
**[02:09] Shi**
Are you daft?
**[02:11] Shi**
Every year on this day, I visit the shrine
**[02:14] ---**
before watching the Lake Biwa Birdman Rally.
**[02:21] Ara**
You came all the way
out here and you're not
**[02:22] ---**
going to watch the team tournament?
**[02:24] Shi**
Team tournament?
**[02:27] Shi**
That's for players who
don't love karuta.
**[02:31] Shi**
That's why you aren't
playing in it, right?
**[02:38] (Flashback) Ara**
It's strange.
**[02:41] (Flashback) Ara**
Why do I keep getting matched
against her in the first round?
**[02:44] (Flashback) Ara**
In fourth and fifth grade, too.
**[02:47] (Flashback) Gra**
Arata, Shinobu-chan will
surely be a future Queen.
**[02:54] (Flashback) Gra**
Go beat her again.
**[03:02] (Flashback) Chi**
You should have started a karuta club.
**[03:06] (Flashback) Shi**
Team tournament?
**[03:07] (Flashback) Shi**
That's for players who
don't love karuta.
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 9
***SIGN*** My
Only
Thought
**[04:29] Tai**
We won our first match.
**[04:31] Tai**
How did it go
**[04:32] Tai**
*on your side?*
**[04:34] Tai**
*How does Fujisaki look this year?*
**[04:38] Tai**
*What's wrong?*
***SIGN*** Mashima...
**[04:44] Tai**
Five of their eight registered
members are Class A?
**[04:46] Desk**
* And they sent out all five*
* of them in the first round.*
**[04:52] Tai**
Five Class A members...
***SIGN*** I'll be watching their second match, as well.
**[04:57] A**
Hey, what should we do for lunch?
**[04:59] B**
How about the soba place
inside the temple?
**[04:59] ---**
Sorry.
**[05:00] Tai**
*What's wrong, Komano?*
**[05:02] B**
Who's that? A scout?
**[05:04] A**
He was taking a bunch of
notes during the match.
**[05:11] Mako**
Hey, if you're spying on us,
then write this down.
**[05:13] Mako**
In Fujisaki, the girls are
scarier than the guys.
**[05:20] Desk**
*Wait...*
**[05:21] Desk**
*Aren't you a guy?*
***SIGN*** Flat
**[05:24] Mako**
But the truly scariest of all
are the beautiful, right?
**[05:29] B**
There it is!
**[05:30] ---**
Makoto-senpai's trick of holding
matches on his eyelashes!
**[05:32] A**
Wow! He's got three of them today!
**[05:34] B**
That's a good sign, senpai!
**[05:36] A**
Wonderful!
**[05:36] Desk**
*I-I've known this for a while,*
**[05:37] Both**
Go, go, Fujisaki!
**[05:38] Desk**
*but the best karuta players*
**[05:40] Desk**
*are all weirdos!*
**[05:44] Kana**
Stop that, Chihaya-chan.
**[05:45] Chi**
Huh?
**[05:46] Kana**
A girl shouldn't gulp water
standing up like that.
**[05:49] Chi**
I'm trying to fire myself up.
**[05:51] Kana**
Is something wrong, Prez?
**[05:57] Tai**
No, it's nothing.
**[05:58] Retro**
You people like to talk a lot.
**[06:01] Retro**
Hokuo will be breezing
through the group stages.
**[06:05] Retro**
How's it looking for Mizusawa,
number two in Tokyo?
**[06:08] Retro**
Try not to drop out too early.
**[06:10] Chi**
We won't!
**[06:12] Retro**
We'll be waiting for you in the final!
**[06:14] Chi**
That's fine!
**[06:15] Chi**
We'll get you back for Tokyo!
**[06:17] Retro**
We'll take you down!
**[06:19] Mura**
Arata.
**[06:20] Ara**
Oh, Murao-san.
**[06:27] Tai**
What is it, Chihaya?
**[06:28] Chi**
Did you hear Arata's voice?
**[06:30] Tai**
Huh?
**[06:35] Tai**
What are you talking about?
**[06:37] Tai**
He said that he was only playing
in the individual tournament.
**[06:40] Chi**
Yeah, but he might be here.
**[06:43] Chi**
I just heard him...
**[06:44] Tai**
Chihaya!
**[06:46] Tai**
Whether he's here or not,
our second match is coming up.
**[06:49] Tai**
Focus on the tournament.
**[06:50] Chi**
S-Sorry.
**[06:54] Tai**
Yamaguchi Mioka, our second opponent,
**[06:56] Tai**
*Fujisaki has five Class A players.*
**[06:57] ---**
is fielding a bunch of boys
without much experience.
**[07:00] Tai**
*How do we deal with that?*
**[07:02] Tai**
* Then there's Hokuo and*
* First Akashi Girls'...*
**[07:06] Tai**
* There are many strong*
* schools at Nationals.*
**[07:08] Tai**
* We don't have time to*
* think about Arata.*
**[07:12] Tai**
*But what if...*
**[07:16] Tai**
*...he really is here?*
**[07:18] Tai**
*What if Arata comes to watch us?*
**[07:23] Mura**
Wh-What's this about, Arata?
**[07:25] Mura**
Why are we hiding?
**[07:26] Ara**
S-Sorry. Come this way.
**[07:31] Ara**
Murao-san, you're on the
tournament committee this year?
**[07:34] Mura**
Yeah, and there are other Nagumo
society members helping out.
**[07:38] Mura**
I had to wake up at five.
**[07:39] Ara**
Sounds like hard work.
**[07:41] Mura**
I don't mind.
**[07:42] Mura**
There were other people doing
this work when I was a student.
**[07:47] Mura**
This is my way of paying them back.
**[07:48] Mura**
We should keep the tradition going.
**[07:52] Mura**
What about you, Arata?
**[07:54] Mura**
You're only registered for the
individual tournament, right?
**[07:57] Ara**
Oh, I wanted to watch my friends play.
**[08:00] Mura**
Oh, you mean Fujioka West from Fukui?
**[08:04] Mura**
You have friends there?
**[08:05] Ara**
Oh, no...
**[08:07] Mura**
Fujioka West is having a hard time.
**[08:09] Mura**
They've fought hard in the group stages
with their three registered members,
**[08:12] Mura**
but how long will they last?
**[08:14] A**
Murao-san!
**[08:15] Mura**
Oh, sorry.
**[08:18] Mura**
The team tournament means
more in high school karuta,
**[08:21] Mura**
but the individual tournament is
where you'll witness true skill.
**[08:25] Mura**
You should go home and
rest up for tomorrow.
***SIGN*** Fukui
***SIGN*** Fujioka
**[08:30] Sho**
Oh, he finally picked up!
**[08:32] Sho**
Coach, where are you?!
**[08:34] Sho**
Isn't Tajiri with you?!
**[08:36] Sho**
We were placed in a
group with three teams,
**[08:38] ---**
so we didn't play the first round,
**[08:39] Sho**
but we'll be up soon!
**[08:46] A**
An accident caused a traffic jam and they're
only at the edge of Kyoto Prefecture.
**[08:49] A**
It'll be at least an hour
before they get here...
**[08:52] A**
I'm sorry, Masaki!
**[08:53] A**
You're the one who went through
LASIK surgery for this tournament!
**[08:58] Ara**
Shoji?
**[09:01] Ara**
Are you Shoji?
**[09:03] Ara**
I'm Arata.
**[09:04] Ara**
We went to the same middle school.
**[09:08] (Flashback) Shoji**
Wataya!
**[09:09] (Flashback) Shoji**
You were lucky to have a
Master for a grandfather,
**[09:11] (Flashback) Shoji**
but now it's the opposite!
**[09:13] (Flashback) Shoji**
He's the reason you don't
have time to practice!
**[09:18] Shoji**
Wa-Wataya Arata?
**[09:20] Ara**
Yeah.
**[09:21] Shoji**
Arata?
**[09:22] Ara**
You ended up going to Fujioka West?
**[09:26] Shoji**
The super karuta player Wataya
Arata who went to Fujioka East?!
**[09:29] Ara**
Huh?
**[09:31] A**
Hey, does Fujioka West
only have three players?
**[09:35] A**
I thought that Fukui was big on karuta.
**[09:39] A**
Only three schools showed
up for their preliminary.
**[09:42] B**
I've heard that the players all spend
their time at karuta societies instead.
**[09:45] A**
Oh, like the Fukui Nagumo society.
**[09:47] A**
It's famous for being really good.
**[09:50] A**
Wait, doesn't that mean that their
three players could be really strong?
**[09:57] Ara**
*What is this?*
**[09:58] Ara**
*What am I doing?*
**[10:01] Ara**
*Why am I here?*
**[10:03] Kuri**
Okay, we will now begin the second
round for groups H and I.
**[10:08] Kuri**
Please place your cards.
**[10:10] Ara**
Shoji! This won't work!
**[10:11] Ara**
It's going to fail!
**[10:12] Sho**
What's wrong, Tajiri-kun?
**[10:13] Ara**
They're gonna find out!
**[10:15] Ara**
Director Kuriyama from our
karuta society is up there!
**[10:19] Sho**
Don't worry.
**[10:20] Sho**
An Arata without glasses is no Arata.
**[10:22] Sho**
You're Tajiri-kun.
**[10:24] Kuri**
We will now begin fifteen
minutes of memorization time.
**[10:28] Kuri**
You have until that minute hand hits 6.
**[10:30] Ara**
*Why is this happening?*
**[10:33] (Flashback) Ara**
That won't work.
**[10:35] (Flashback) Ara**
I go to a different high school.
**[10:37] (Flashback) Sho**
Our schools are right next to each other!
**[10:40] (Flashback) Ara**
That's not the point!
**[10:42] (Flashback) Sho**
Arata.
**[10:44] (Flashback) Sho**
I'm not expecting you to win or anything.
**[10:47] (Flashback) Sho**
You just have to sit down with us!
**[10:49] (Flashback) Sho**
It took effort to convince Masaki
and Tajiri to start a karuta club!
**[10:52] (Flashback) Sho**
We worked hard the past 18 months
to make it to Nationals!
**[10:56] (Flashback) Sho**
I don't want to go home without
playing a single match!
**[11:04] Ara**
*But if I take off my glasses,*
**[11:07] ---**
* I won't be able to do*
* anything besides sit around.*
**[11:10] Ara**
*I somehow managed to place my cards.*
**[11:14] Ara**
* We're up against Jinnan*
* Academy from Kochi.*
**[11:17] Ara**
* The two players who win by default*
* are staying seated to support their team.*
**[11:22] Ara**
* They're serious about this.*
* My opponent is too.*
**[11:28] Kuri**
Time is up. Let's begin.
**[11:31] All**
Thank you for the game.
**[11:33] All**
Thank you for the game.
**[11:38] [POEM] N**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[11:41] Ara**
* I just came here to watch*
* Chihaya and Taichi play...*
**[11:45] Ara**
* Please, at least, don't let me*
* get caught and disqualified!*
**[11:46] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[11:54] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[12:25] Tai**
*I told Chihaya to focus,*
**[12:27] Tai**
* but I'm the one who can't*
* stop thinking about him.*
**[12:30] Chi**
Taichi.
**[12:31] Tai**
Huh? What?
**[12:33] Chi**
Stay focused.
***SIGN*** Coming from you?
**[12:36] Chi**
If Arata comes to watch us,
**[12:38] Chi**
I want to show off my team,
and how strong we are.
**[12:47] Tsu**
*I don't understand,*
**[12:50] Tsu**
* but I like the idea of*
* Ayase-senpai showing me off.*
**[12:53] Chi**
* This is the second round*
* of the group stage...*
**[12:56] Chi**
*Watch us, Arata.*
***SIGN*** Not possible
**[13:03] Ara**
*I can't win...*
**[13:04] Ara**
* I can't influence the*
* other two players...*
**[13:08] [POEM] N**
As my love first came to realization,
**[13:10] Ara**
*But that's...*
**[13:12] [POEM] ---**
For the cold nights when crickets are chirping,
**[13:14] Ara**
*More tiring than playing normally.*
**[13:18] A**
*What's wrong with this guy?*
**[13:20] A**
*Is he even trying?*
**[13:21] A**
*I'm playing my heart out here.*
**[13:23] Ara**
*I'm sorry.*
**[13:26] Ara**
*I can feel his frustration...*
**[13:28] Ara**
*After making it to Nationals,*
**[13:31] ---**
* you want to play as many*
* games as you can...*
**[13:33] Ara**
* You want to play strong opponents*
* who will make you better.*
**[13:41] [POEM] N**
Look for the sound of the cuckoo
**[13:42] Kuri**
*He's fast.*
**[13:44] Ara**
*Crap!*
**[13:46] Ara**
*I need to be careful...*
**[13:47] Ara**
* My body moves when a one-syllable*
* card on my side is read.*
**[13:49] Ara**
*Even when I can't see the cards...*
**[13:53] Ara**
*Didn't this happen before?*
**[13:56] Ara**
*When I took cards without my glasses?*
**[13:59] [POEM] N**
My fear is that you will forget
your promise to never forget me,
**[14:01] Arata**
*Where is it?*
**[14:05] Tai**
*Found it!*
**[14:11] Tai**
*Don't tell Chihaya...*
**[14:15] Arata**
*I wanted to play as a team.*
**[14:17] [POEM] N**
Impassionate gods...
**[14:29] Arata**
*Why are you crying?*
**[14:33] Sho**
Masaki!
**[14:35] Sho**
You're doing good! Keep on the attack!
**[14:36] Sho**
You can give us our first win!
**[14:40] Sho**
*I made it to Class A before you did,*
**[14:43] Sho**
* but I couldn't win a single match*
* in any of the tournaments.*
**[14:47] Sho**
* Still, when I looked around,*
* there were other people like me.*
**[14:52] Sho**
* Strangely enough, once the three of*
* us were together, we started to win.*
**[14:55] Masa**
*Yep, yep.*
**[14:57] Sho**
*We aren't aspiring to become the Master,*
**[14:58] Sho**
*and we don't even have five players,*
**[15:00] Sho**
*but we can still have fun playing karuta.*
**[15:07] Shi**
*Team tournament?*
**[15:08] Shi**
* That's for players who*
* don't love karuta.*
**[15:12] Mura**
* But the individual tournament is*
* where you'll witness true skill.*
**[15:19] [POEM] N**
but from the crystal
white snow of Yoshino
**[15:27] [POEM] N**
Note that...
**[15:35] Kuri**
* The Fukui team needs all*
* three members to win,*
**[15:38] Kuri**
*but Kochi is leading all three games.*
**[15:41] A**
Here.
**[15:43] C**
*Man, they're too weak.*
**[15:47] Ara**
*It hurts...*
**[15:49] Ara**
*It hurts...*
**[15:51] Ara**
*I'm no use here.*
**[15:54] Ara**
*I can't help them out*
**[15:55] [POEM] N**
that you pine for me as the Inaba
mountain pines, I shall return to you
**[15:56] Ara**
*because this isn't my team.*
**[16:03] [POEM] N**
Like a boatsman...
**[16:07] E**
Yes! That's one win for Jinnan!
**[16:09] D**
We're in the playoffs!
**[16:11] A**
Quiet. The match isn't over yet.
**[16:14] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[16:26] (Flashback) Ara**
I'm not interested in team tournaments.
**[16:30] (Flashback) Ara**
I'm focused on winning the
individual tournament.
**[16:37] (Flashback) Shi**
Team tournament?
**[16:38] (Flashback) Shi**
That's for players who don't love karuta.
**[16:46] (Flashback) Mura**
But the individual tournament is
where you'll witness true skill.
**[16:50] (Flashback) Chi**
I wanted to play more karuta together!
**[17:03] Ara**
*Murao-san...*
**[17:07] Ara**
*What does it mean*
**[17:10] ---**
*to be good at karuta?*
**[17:25] [POEM] N**
I do not know where
this love will take me
**[17:34] [POEM] N**
A mountain village...
**[17:36] Sho**
He got it!
**[17:39] Kuri**
*That player has a beautiful swing.*
**[17:41] Kuri**
*Maybe as beautiful as Arata-kun.*
**[17:44] [POEM] N**
when people and grass grow scarce
**[17:53] [POEM] N**
Said world grants no change, I pray,
**[17:55] Kuri**
*His cover was clean, too.*
**[17:57] Kuri**
*Reminds me of Arata-kun.*
**[17:59] Kuri**
* But it'll be hard to make*
* up a 15 card lead...*
**[18:03] Kuri**
* He chose the perfect time to be*
* aggressive when sending cards.*
**[18:06] Kuri**
*Just like Arata-kun!*
**[18:16] Kuri**
*It's him!*
**[18:20] A**
*So fast...*
**[18:21] A**
*Who is he?*
**[18:23] B**
* He's going to come back*
* from a 15 card deficit?*
**[18:28] Ara**
*Fujioka West's defeat is sealed.*
**[18:31] Ara**
*But...*
**[18:32] Ara**
*I want to show respect for my opponent.*
**[18:36] Ara**
* I want to tell my teammate*
* that it's not over!*
**[18:39] Ara**
*I want to do something!*
**[18:41] Ara**
*I want to let them know!*
**[18:44] Ara**
*With all my strength!*
**[18:50] Sho**
*Masaki's also coming back!*
**[18:52] Sho**
*Amazing!*
**[18:55] Sho**
*His power is completely different...*
**[18:59] Sho**
*This is...*
**[19:02] Sho**
* This is a karuta player who*
* wants to become the Master!*
**[19:12] Ara**
Thank you very much.
**[19:14] A**
Thank you very much.
**[19:18] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[19:26] A**
Jinnan Academy defeats
Fujioka West 3-2.
**[19:32] All**
Thank you very much.
**[19:34] All**
Thank you very much.
**[19:41] Sho**
Arata...
**[19:43] Sho**
Thank you...
**[19:51] Sho**
Thank you, Arata...
**[20:02] Ara**
Mr. Kuriyama...
**[20:04] Kuri**
What are you doing, Arata-kun?!
**[20:06] Kuri**
Come with me!
**[20:08] Kuri**
You're not a student at Fujioka West!
**[20:12] Kuri**
You aren't a registered
member of their team!
**[20:14] Ara**
I'm sorry...
**[20:16] Kuri**
What is the meaning of this?!
**[20:18] Ara**
Well...
**[20:19] Sho**
It's not Arata's fault!
**[20:21] Sho**
We begged him to play!
**[20:23] Kuri**
It's against the rules to
use substitute players!
**[20:42] Kuri**
S-Since I caught you in the
act, I can't let this slide.
**[20:48] Kuri**
Fujioka West will receive
a severe reprimand,
**[20:51] Kuri**
and Arata-kun,
**[20:54] Kuri**
you may be barred from playing
in the tournament tomorrow.
**[21:00] N**
Due to worsening weather conditions,
**[21:04] ---**
today's birdman rally racing and gliding
events will be postponed to tomorrow.
**[21:11] N**
I repeat.
**[21:12] N**
Due to worsening...
**[21:18] Kuri**
* You may be barred from playing*
* in the tournament tomorrow.*
# E10 - Rain takes longer to dry
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**[00:04] Chi**
Taichi.
**[00:05] Tai**
Huh? What?
**[00:07] Chi**
Stay focused.
**[00:09] Chi**
If Arata comes to watch us,
**[00:11] Chi**
I want to show off my team,
and how strong we are.
**[00:21] Chi**
*Watch us play, Arata.*
**[00:23] Chi**
* This is the second round*
* of the group stage...*
**[00:25] Chi**
* We're up against Yamaguchi*
* Mioka High School.*
**[00:29] Miya**
*Mioka...*
**[00:30] Miya**
*Yamaguchi Mioka?!*
**[00:32] Miya**
*Yamaguchi Mioka is the*
**[00:34] ---**
* public school with the most students*
* accepted to Tokyo University!*
**[00:38] Miya**
*The star of public high schools...*
**[00:42] Pork**
*They're all wearing glasses.*
**[00:44] Kana**
*Desktomu-kun times five...*
**[00:48] Chi**
*Huh?*
**[00:50] Chi**
* He started placing the cards from*
* the left after shuffling them?*
**[00:55] Chi**
*They all used that method?!*
**[00:57] Pork**
* So there's no pattern*
* to their placement?!*
**[00:59] Kana**
* They're that confident in*
* their memorization skills?*
**[01:01] Tai**
* Wait, that's not what we*
* should be worrying about...*
**[01:05] Tai**
*The three guys over there*
**[01:07] ---**
* won the All Japan High*
* School Quiz Championship!*
**[01:11] Tai**
*Why are they playing karuta?*
**[01:14] Tai**
* Why do we keep getting matched*
* against weird opponents?*
**[01:26] (Flashback) Desk**
The five of you have to get us there!
**[01:31] Tai**
*We absolutely have to win!*
**[01:35] Tai**
* It doesn't matter how*
* distinguished their school is.*
**[01:37] Tai**
* It doesn't matter if*
* they're quiz champions.*
**[01:39] Tai**
* We've spent so much time*
* on competitive karuta!*
**[01:43] Tai**
*We can do this, guys!*
**[01:48] Tai**
*Hey, Captain!*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 10
***SIGN*** Rain
takes
longer
to dry
**[03:01] [POEM] N**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[03:12] (Flashback) Kuri**
You may be barred from playing
in the tournament tomorrow.
***SIGN*** No unauthorized personnel allowed
**[03:17] A**
What do we do?
**[03:19] A**
There's never been an incident
with substituting before.
**[03:22] B**
I could ask a friend of
mine who coaches baseball.
**[03:25] C**
Wait, baseball is tough on violations.
**[03:29] C**
We should look towards a
sport that isn't as harsh.
**[03:31] D**
Letting this slide won't teach
our students anything.
***SIGN*** Committee
Member
Masuoka
Masato
(Grade 6)
**[03:35] D**
If his purpose here is to participate
in the individual tournament,
**[03:38] D**
it is our duty as educators to
punish him by taking that away.
**[03:42] B**
B-But, you must realize...
***SIGN*** They're close acquaintances
***SIGN*** So they can't say anything
**[03:45] B**
Wataya Arata-kun is special.
**[03:47] D**
Because he's the grandson
of an Eternal Master?
**[03:50] B**
No, that's not why.
**[03:53] B**
He's a truly marvelous karuta player.
***SIGN*** Hello
**[03:57] B**
I dare say that Master Suo can
**[03:59] ---**
only be defeated if Wataya-kun
continues to mature.
***SIGN*** Sunglasses aren't allowed?
**[04:03] B**
I can't deny that Master Suo is strong.
***SIGN*** Why not?
**[04:06] B**
But his strange behavior
makes it difficult to use
**[04:09] ---**
him as a role model for children.
**[04:11] B**
I truly believe that it is our duty
to nurture Wataya-kun's growth!
**[04:18] Kuri**
*So much pressure on Arata-kun!*
**[04:19] Mura**
*So much hate for Master Suo.*
***SIGN*** I don't know if I'll graduate this year.
**[04:22] D**
*He's right...*
**[04:23] D**
* Master Suo is the biggest headache*
* the karuta world has ever seen.*
**[04:27] D**
* Honestly, I want to see him*
* lose as soon as possible,*
***SIGN*** I don't know when
I will graduate.
**[04:30] D**
*but that doesn't make this right...*
**[04:32] Sho**
Excuse me!
**[04:33] Sho**
It wasn't Arata's fault!
**[04:36] Sho**
I asked him to sit down with us!
**[04:38] Sho**
He helped make this tournament
memorable for us!
**[04:41] Sho**
We weren't trying to cheat
our way to victory!
**[04:43] Sho**
We just wanted to be able to play a match!
**[04:44] Ara**
Shoji!
**[04:45] Sho**
Please let Arata play in
the individual tournament!
**[04:47] Ara**
Shoji!
**[04:48] Sho**
I beg you! I beg you!
**[04:51] D**
Is that so?
**[04:52] B**
In that case...
**[04:53] Ara**
They can't do that!
**[04:56] Ara**
I have to accept my punishment.
**[04:58] Sho**
Arata...
**[04:59] Sho**
But...
**[05:11] Ara**
* I'm focused on winning the*
* individual tournament.*
**[05:15] Ara**
*I'm not interested in team tournaments.*
**[05:16] (Flashback) Sho**
Thank you...
**[05:18] (Flashback) Sho**
Thank you, Arata.
**[05:21] (Flashback) Chi**
You should have started a team.
**[05:25] Ara**
*I was just jealous.*
**[05:29] Ara**
* Jealous that Taichi and Chihaya*
* had their own team.*
***SIGN*** Next time, we'll meet in a match.
Arata
**[05:34] Ara**
*Sorry...*
**[05:38] Ara**
*I'm sorry...*
***SIGN*** Yamaguchi Mioka High School Karuta Advisor
Oikawa Tomonari (38)
**[05:43] Miya**
Excuse me...
**[05:44] Miya**
Are you the coach for Yamaguchi
Mioka High School?
**[05:48] Miya**
I'm Miyauchi, the advisor for Mizusawa.
**[05:51] Oi**
Oh, hello.
**[05:52] Miya**
I'm very surprised.
**[05:54] Miya**
Your members are all third-years.
**[05:57] Miya**
They chose to participate in
this tournament when they're
**[05:59] ---**
probably busy studying
for college exams?
**[06:01] Oi**
Yes, karuta is very useful in
studying for college exams.
**[06:04] Miya**
Oh, is that so?
**[06:07] Oi**
It lets students train their concentration
and memorization through a game.
**[06:10] Oi**
A convenient tool.
**[06:12] Oi**
I'm not too interested in winning,
**[06:15] Oi**
but it's funny how we're
beating schools that spend
**[06:18] ---**
all their time practicing
competitive karuta.
**[06:21] Miya**
My, that's terrifying.
**[06:23] Miya**
*Beat the crap out of them.*
***SIGN*** Spends all
her time
practicing
karuta
**[06:26] Miya**
*Especially you, Ayase-san!*
**[06:28] [POEM] N**
My life means nothing...
**[06:30] [POEM] N**
The storm will soon carry...
**[06:36] Chi**
*What now?*
**[06:37] Chi**
* My style is big on attacking*
* the opponent's side,*
**[06:41] Chi**
* but I've never seen cards placed*
* evenly in the middle like this!*
**[06:46] Chi**
*This makes it easier for me to make mistakes!*
**[06:48] Chi**
*I need to memorize!*
**[06:50] Naka**
I'm moving my cards.
**[06:51] Chi**
*Huh?!*
**[06:59] Chi**
*He...*
**[07:00] Chi**
*He moved all of them!*
**[07:02] [POEM] N**
so I wish for a memory
of you to take with me
**[07:03] Chi**
*Stay calm!*
**[07:04] Chi**
* If I focus, I can memorize*
* their positions!*
**[07:10] [POEM] N**
None are left...
**[07:12] Chi**
*A dead card!*
**[07:13] Chi**
*I moved because he did!*
**[07:16] Tai**
*Chihaya, be careful.*
**[07:19] Tai**
*I was thinking that they were*
**[07:20] ---**
* a bunch of intellectuals who*
* were giving karuta a try,*
**[07:24] Tai**
*but they understand karuta.*
**[07:26] Tai**
*They're good.*
**[07:29] Naka**
* She typically places "None are"*
* towards the upper left.*
***SIGN*** Yamaguchi Mioka High School Quiz Society President and Karuta Club Vice-President Nakayama Manabu (Third-year) Specializes in astronomy
**[07:33] Naka**
*Such mistakes can arise when you stick*
**[07:35] ---**
*to certain placements.*
***SIGN*** Nicknamed Poseidon
**[07:37] Naka**
*Karuta is very fascinating.*
**[07:41] Naka**
*My first encounter was a year ago.*
**[07:42] Naka**
* When Sasaki from the karuta club*
* came to see me for advice.*
**[07:46] (Flashback) Naka**
You want us to practice with you?
**[07:48] (Flashback) Sasa**
You can draw parallels between
buzzer pressing and karuta,
**[07:51] (Flashback) ---**
so it might help.
**[07:53] Naka**
* It all began when I watched the DVD*
* with the Master and Queen matches.*
**[07:58] (Flashback) Naka**
This is...
**[08:01] (Flashback) Naka**
Exactly like buzzing in
early and the lag effect!
**[08:06] (Flashback) Naka**
Buzzing in early is when:
**[08:08] (Flashback) N**
Question: The Winter Triangle
is formed by Procyon, Si—
**[08:13] (Flashback) Naka**
At that point,
**[08:14] (Flashback) ---**
you can guess the rest is "Sirius, and what?"
**[08:18] (Flashback) All**
Betelgeuse!
**[08:21] (Flashback) Naka**
It's exactly like unique syllables
in competitive karuta.
**[08:24] (Flashback) Naka**
The lag effect is when:
**[08:27] [POEM] Caption**
As this trip takes me away...
**[08:29] (Flashback) Naka**
Humans aren't machines.
**[08:32] (Flashback) Naka**
If I buzz in after hearing "The Winter
Triangle is formed by Procyon,"
**[08:36] (Flashback) Naka**
the moderator will still say
part of the next word.
**[08:40] (Flashback) N**
The Winter Triangle
is formed by Procy—
**[08:43] (Flashback) N**
—on, Si—
***SIGN*** Oops
**[08:46] Naka**
*If I can catch that extra syllable,*
**[08:50] Naka**
* I have what they call*
* "game sense" in karuta.*
**[08:54] Chi**
*He knew which card to go for after "As"?*
**[08:56] Chi**
*No way...*
**[08:57] Naka**
I'm moving my cards.
**[08:58] Chi**
What?!
**[08:59] Chi**
* I have to memorize*
* their positions again!*
**[09:03] Naka**
* I don't have any game*
* sense to speak of.*
**[09:06] Naka**
*I just have decision-making skills!*
**[09:10] [POEM] N**
Gust of wind...
**[09:12] Chi**
*I'm losing my sense.*
**[09:16] Naka**
I'm moving my cards.
**[09:17] Chi**
Huh?!
**[09:22] Oi**
*Nakayama...*
**[09:24] Oi**
* I'm his teacher, and I'd have*
* to describe his intelligence*
**[09:27] ---**
*and memory as freakish.*
**[09:29] [POEM] N**
hence the name fall leaves
**[09:29] Naka**
* You have to press the button*
* before you can answer.*
**[09:34] Naka**
*Inspiration...*
**[09:36] Naka**
* You have to trust in that*
* moment of inspiration*
**[09:38] Naka**
*and attack!*
**[09:39] Oi**
*Above all, he has guts.*
**[09:41] [POEM] N**
For you, I head out to the
fields to pick spring greens
**[09:42] Chi**
*A multi-syllable card! Got it!*
**[09:47] Chi**
* I'm relieved that I was*
* able to keep my own card?*
**[09:50] Chi**
*This is how I play karuta?*
**[09:53] Chi**
*Really?*
**[09:54] [POEM] N**
May the time we spend...
**[09:57] Chi**
*How many cards did I hit?!*
**[09:59] Chi**
* I took a card from the opponent's*
* side, but I was just forcing it!*
**[10:28] A**
What was that?
**[10:29] B**
Scary...
**[10:30] C**
Wasn't that the Queen?
**[10:31] D**
So she really did lose weight.
**[10:36] Chi**
* Shinobu-chan's back to the weight*
* she was at when we played.*
**[10:43] Chi**
*Have I grown at all?*
**[10:52] Ara**
What are you doing, Shinobu-chan?
You're soaked.
**[10:55] Ara**
What happened to the Birdman rally?
**[11:00] Ara**
Uh, what? Again?
**[11:04] Ara**
Shinobu-chan, I won't be able to
play in the individual tournament.
**[11:08] Ara**
I broke one of the rules.
**[11:10] Ara**
Good luck tomorrow.
**[11:15] Shi**
Mr. Masuoka.
**[11:17] Shi**
If Wataya Arata isn't playing, I forfeit.
**[11:20] Both**
What?!
**[11:21] Masu**
What are you talking
about, Wakamiya-san?!
**[11:23] Masu**
The Queen can't drop
out of the tournament!
**[11:25] Ara**
Yeah, you shouldn't joke around...
**[11:28] Shi**
I don't know what you did,
**[11:30] Shi**
but stop acting cool
and lower your head!
**[11:33] Shi**
Beg them to let you play!
**[11:35] Shi**
I'm also asking you to let him play.
**[11:38] Ara**
Wh-Why are you doing
this, Shinobu-chan?
**[11:41] Shi**
I didn't get to watch the
Birdman rally, and now...
**[11:46] Shi**
Can you not disappoint me any further?
**[11:49] Shi**
Do you not want to play against me?
**[12:01] Chi**
* What will Shinobu-chan and*
* Arata see when they watch me?*
**[12:07] Chi**
* I'm no longer the high*
* school first-year me...*
**[12:10] Chi**
*No longer the sixth grade me...*
***SIGN*** Omi Learning Center
**[12:16] A**
We finally made it!
**[12:18] B**
I'm completely drenched!
**[12:20] Sumi**
What do I do now?
**[12:21] Sumi**
I can't go watch the match
by the main office.
**[12:25] Sumi**
Everyone else is running around,
**[12:27] Sumi**
but that person with glasses
is taking it easy...
**[12:31] A**
I really appreciate it!
**[12:32] B**
Thanks.
***SIGN*** Hanano-san?
**[12:35] Hana**
You actually thought to bring an umbrella?
**[12:37] Hana**
The forecast said the chance of rain was low.
***SIGN*** Well, the JMA and the websites I checked said it would be sunny,
***SIGN*** but the Japan Weather Association
**[12:44] ---**
said that there was
a chance for showers.
**[12:46] Sumi**
O-Oh...
***SIGN*** How was the Akashi Girls' match?
**[12:52] Sumi**
Here are the notes I took.
**[12:54] Sumi**
How do you think our match went?
**[12:56] Sumi**
There are a lot of people
so it's not easy to get in.
***SIGN*** First Akashi Girls' all look ordinary Girl in front (with long hair) Pink checkered handbag (Ponita) white hand towel pink macaroon phone strap
**[13:00] Sumi**
I was too far away to see the cards,
***SIGN*** Girl with glasses (ordinary, sharp-tongued, popular) black handbag with a charm attached white plain towel... cell
**[13:03] Sumi**
but I wouldn't have understood
what was going on anyway.
***SIGN*** Thanks, Hanano-san!
***SIGN*** Even the color
of their socks...
***SIGN*** This is more than enough information.
**[13:11] Sumi**
I was so relieved
**[13:13] ---**
when you didn't suddenly tell me
to play in a match this time!
**[13:16] Sumi**
That was a big shock at the Tokyo regional!
**[13:19] Sumi**
Just to be clear, I'm not interested in
playing in the national championship!
**[13:22] Sumi**
I'm fine with scouting other teams!
**[13:24] Sumi**
Unlike everyone else, I don't have
the fighting spirit to be a player!
***SIGN*** I'll try to consolidate these notes,
***SIGN*** so grab some lunch when you have a chance.
**[13:38] Sumi**
O-Okay...
**[13:42] Sumi**
* I thought that everyone else in our*
* club was itching to play in matches,*
**[13:49] Sumi**
*but Komano-senpai might be different.*
**[13:53] Sumi**
*Makes sense to me.*
**[13:54] Sumi**
* The world of karuta is too competitive*
* and intense. Who wants that?*
**[14:00] Oi**
This is turning out to be a good match.
**[14:04] Oi**
* Nakayama, your drive to challenge*
* yourself has always impressed me.*
**[14:10] Oi**
* To think that you would*
* work so hard at karuta*
**[14:11] ---**
* for the sake of doing well*
* in the quiz championship.*
**[14:15] Naka**
* That's probably what the*
* coach is thinking...*
**[14:17] Naka**
*However, in reality...*
**[14:20] Naka**
* I work hard at the quiz championship*
* for the sake of karuta.*
***SIGN*** Huh? Really?
**[14:24] Naka**
*I love this atmosphere.*
***SIGN*** He's a freak...
**[14:29] Naka**
*The tension before a card is read.*
**[14:31] Naka**
*So silent, you can hear people breathe.*
**[14:42] Naka**
*Wow, she has crazy lung capacity.*
**[14:45] Tai**
* Chihaya, you can win*
* if you just breathe.*
**[14:52] Chi**
Excuse me...
**[15:04] Chi**
*I can feel it rushing in.*
**[15:09] Chi**
*I can see it.*
**[15:12] Naka**
*She's kinda pretty.*
**[15:15] Naka**
*Star-wise, she's a Vega.*
**[15:18] Naka**
*Orihime...*
**[15:20] Naka**
* I don't mind it when she*
* looks down on me.*
**[15:22] Chi**
Sorry about that.
**[15:24] Naka**
* Oops, I'm wasting my brainpower*
* on unnecessary thoughts!*
**[15:27] Naka**
*How's everyone else doing?*
***SIGN*** In the back
**[15:29] Naka**
* We're losing the other three*
* except the one in the back?!*
**[15:33] A**
I'm moving my cards.
**[15:34] Pork**
What? Again?
**[15:37] Pork**
*Doesn't really matter.*
**[15:39] Pork**
*I don't know why he doesn't get it.*
**[15:42] Pork**
* Our Suihoku society teaches*
* defensive karuta.*
**[15:46] Pork**
* The opponent can change his placement*
* around as much as he wants.*
**[15:48] Pork**
* My goal is to prevent him from taking*
* any of the 25 cards on my side.*
**[15:51] Pork**
*By making that my priority,*
**[15:55] Pork**
* I'm somehow able to take the*
* opponent's cards, as well.*
**[15:57] [POEM] N**
...wet with dew
**[16:02] [POEM] N**
As friends and strangers come
and go from the capital,
**[16:03] Kana**
*A dead card.*
**[16:05] Kana**
*A poem by the blind monk Semimaru.*
**[16:09] Kana**
*Check...*
**[16:13] Kana**
* There are six poems by*
* monks on the field...*
**[16:16] [POEM] N**
My fear is not of being forgotten,
**[16:17] Kana**
*Got it!*
**[16:18] Kana**
* This poem was written by Ukon about*
* her attachment to a man who left her.*
**[16:23] Kana**
* There are four poems*
* by women on the field.*
**[16:26] A**
I'm moving my cards.
**[16:28] A**
*This girl is impressive.*
**[16:30] A**
* I keep shuffling my cards around*
* and it doesn't faze her.*
**[16:32] Kana**
*If he's randomly placing his cards,*
**[16:35] Kana**
* then I won't bother remembering*
* them by position.*
**[16:40] Tai**
*I'll admit that it's impressive.*
**[16:42] Tai**
*Their style has no fixed card placement*
**[16:44] ---**
*and frequently moves the cards around.*
**[16:47] Tai**
* But in karuta, you're only*
* allowed to move your arm.*
**[16:50] Tai**
* Against opponents who aren't*
* great at memorization,*
**[16:52] ---**
*his swing is fast enough.*
**[16:55] Tai**
*But I'm good at memorization.*
**[16:57] Tai**
*I can understand.*
**[16:59] Tai**
* Their emphasis is on*
* memorization and accuracy.*
**[17:03] Tai**
*That's how I play karuta.*
**[17:06] Pork**
* You need mental and physical*
* strength to play karuta!*
**[17:09] Pork**
*I only memorize about half the cards.*
**[17:13] Tai**
*Nishida was trying to teach me that*
**[17:16] Tai**
*your body is important too!*
**[17:18] Tai**
*It takes both mind and body...*
**[17:21] Naka**
*I can't let her get into a groove.*
**[17:23] Naka**
I'm moving my cards.
**[17:24] Tai**
*And heart...*
**[17:28] Chi**
*Again?! How many times is that?!*
**[17:30] Chi**
*Wow! Can he really memorize them?!*
**[17:32] Chi**
*Kill! Kill!*
**[17:32] Chi**
*That's impossible for me.*
**[17:33] Chi**
*I could never do that.*
**[17:35] Chi**
*Yes, that's me...*
***SIGN*** Can memorize
***SIGN*** Can't memorize
**[17:37] Chi**
* I belong to the group that*
* can't memorize too well!*
**[17:41] Chi**
* Once I realized that,*
* I felt a lot better.*
**[17:44] [POEM] N**
While I sigh and lament...
**[17:45] Chi**
*Stay calm.*
**[17:46] [POEM] N**
When the misty bridge...
**[17:47] Naka**
I'm moving my cards.
**[17:49] Chi**
* This is the first time I've faced*
* someone who keeps moving his cards.*
**[17:53] Chi**
*Stay calm.*
**[17:55] Chi**
*If I stick it out long enough...*
**[17:57] Chi**
* There, they're almost all*
* one-syllable cards now.*
**[18:01] Naka**
I'm moving my cards.
**[18:04] Chi**
*He's moving them back now,*
**[18:04] [POEM] N**
...that this love has
also sullied my name
**[18:06] Chi**
*and he moved them to a strange spot.*
**[18:12] Chi**
*It's go time.*
**[18:14] [POEM] N**
Note that though...
**[18:17] Naka**
*She moved the instant the reader spoke.*
**[18:19] Naka**
*She moved faster than sound!*
**[18:21] [POEM] N**
...I shall return to you
**[18:26] [POEM] N**
When I must hide...
**[18:28] Naka**
*I don't even get a chance to move.*
**[18:30] Naka**
*I trust my inspiration and attack.*
**[18:32] Naka**
* My inspiration travels*
* through my brain...*
**[18:35] Naka**
*But in her case...*
**[18:41] Naka**
* It goes straight from*
* her ear to her finger!*
**[18:44] Naka**
*She's no Orihime.*
**[18:47] Naka**
*She's as sharp as...*
**[18:50] Naka**
*...Bellatrix of the constellation Orion!*
**[18:53] Naka**
*The Amazon Star!*
***SIGN*** Yamaguchi Mioka High School
Nakayama Manabu X
Hayashi Sosuke X
Toyota Hiroichi O
Sasaki Makoto X
Tokoro Daisuke O
**[18:57] Tai**
Chihaya, don't fall asleep
while standing up!
***SIGN*** Mizusawa High School
Ayase Chihaya O
Mashima Taichi O
Oe Kana X
Nishida Yusei O
Tsukuba Akihiro X
**[19:01] Tai**
Wake up, Chihaya!
**[19:01] Pork**
You were so close, Kana-chan!
You lost by two cards!
**[19:04] Tsu**
I was close, too!
**[19:04] Tai**
Come on, Chihaya!
**[19:05] Pork**
You lost by 12 cards!
**[19:06] Oi**
You all did well.
**[19:09] Oi**
It hurts to lose in the group stage,
**[19:11] Oi**
but this experience will
help in the future.
**[19:13] Oi**
I'm sure it'll help in
the Quiz Championship!
**[19:16] Naka**
It won't help...
**[19:19] Naka**
It doesn't have to help!
**[19:21] Naka**
This loss was a loss in karuta...
**[19:24] Naka**
I'll avenge it by playing karuta!
**[19:30] Oi**
*You guys are so smart*
**[19:34] Oi**
*and so dumb.*
***SIGN*** Good work, everyone!
***SIGN*** Congratulations on advancing to the playoffs!
**[19:45] Sumi**
I brought some homemade cookies!
***SIGN*** I won't have any
**[19:47] Tai**
How did the other schools do?
**[19:49] Tai**
Was it rough moving around
in the rain, Komano?
***SIGN*** It was no problem!
**[19:52] Sumi**
Oh, speaking of which, the
Queen was completely drenched.
**[19:56] Chi**
Oh, I saw that!
***SIGN*** It was scary!!
**[19:58] Chi**
She walked in dripping wet,
**[19:59] Chi**
then she helped this person
in a Fukui T-shirt and begged
**[20:02] ---**
them to let him play in
the individual tournament.
**[20:04] Chi**
Because she wanted to play him.
**[20:06] Chi**
So the Queen has a rival.
**[20:12] Chi**
*It's Arata.*
**[20:14] Chi**
*Arata and Shinobu-chan...*
**[20:18] Chi**
*Because she wants to play him...*
**[20:20] Chi**
Sumire-chan, can you tell me what—
**[20:22] Tai**
We don't have time for that right now!
**[20:24] Chi**
Taichi.
**[20:26] Tai**
Let's come up with the
order for our next match.
**[20:29] Tai**
*Stop it.*
**[20:31] Tai**
*Queen and Arata.*
**[20:33] Tai**
*Those words will distract Chihaya.*
**[20:36] Tai**
* I need her to focus*
* on the team match.*
**[20:41] Tai**
*So Arata is...*
**[20:43] ---**
*here.*
**[20:44] Tsu**
Uh...
**[20:46] Tsu**
I believe that Komano-senpai should
**[20:48] ---**
be a starting member for the playoffs.
**[20:51] Sumi**
What's that?
**[20:52] ---**
You're tired, so you
want to switch out?!
**[20:54] Tsu**
Bingo!
**[20:54] Sumi**
So you must not want
to play that badly.
**[20:56] Tsu**
You're wrong!
**[20:57] Tsu**
Komano-senpai will know better how
to use all the data he's collected!
**[21:00] Kana**
That's right.
**[21:02] Kana**
Either Tsukuba-kun or I can drop out.
**[21:06] Kana**
What do you think, Desktomu-kun?
***SIGN*** Yes... I'd say...
**[21:12] Pork**
Wait.
**[21:15] Pork**
I think we should use the
**[21:16] ---**
same members we've been
using for the next match.
**[21:19] Chi**
Huh?
**[21:21] Pork**
I think we should go without Desktomu-kun.
# E11 - I feel as though my body is on fire with Ibuki mugwort
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY19XPV0R/i-feel-as-though-my-body-is-on-fire-with-ibuki-mugwort)
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**[00:01] Pork**
I think we should use the same members
we've been using for the next match.
**[00:05] Pork**
I think we should go without Desktomu-kun.
**[00:13] Chi**
Huh? Why's that, Porky?
**[00:15] Kana**
Why?! Why would you say that now?!
**[00:18] Kana**
It only makes sense for Desktomu-kun
to play in the playoffs!
**[00:22] Kana**
He'll be much more useful than
an exhausted Tsukuba-kun!
***SIGN*** Bingo
**[00:26] Kana**
Why would you say that?
***SIGN*** Wait, Kana-chan.
***SIGN*** I'm okay with that.
***SIGN*** Our next opponent is Shoyo High School from Kyoto.
***SIGN*** I was watching Fujisaki's match,
**[00:37] ---**
so I don't have much
information on them.
***SIGN*** Oh, here we go.
***SIGN*** I talked to the team they beat and found out that...
**[00:46] Pork**
Why...
**[00:47] Pork**
Why won't you speak up?
**[00:49] Pork**
Why aren't you asking to be a starter?!
**[00:54] Pork**
We've worked so hard together!
**[00:56] Pork**
Why are you letting a new
member take your spot?!
**[01:01] Pork**
I'll admit that the first-years have
taken some of the pressure off of us,
**[01:05] Pork**
but that's wrong!
**[01:08] Pork**
You can't stop fighting to play.
**[01:15] Pork**
Once you've lost that drive,
**[01:18] Pork**
you'll start to lose your edge!
**[01:25] Pork**
I'll take Tsukuba any day when he's
**[01:27] ---**
willing to rewrite the
order so he can play!
**[01:29] Tsu**
Huh?
**[01:30] Pork**
I'll let the Prez decide.
**[01:35] Kana**
Porky!
**[01:43] Tai**
*What order do I go with?*
**[01:46] Tai**
*Who do I play and who do I sit out?*
**[01:49] Tai**
* I can understand where*
* Nishida was coming from,*
**[01:51] Tai**
* but this isn't the mood we*
* want before the playoffs.*
**[01:56] Tai**
*What do I do?*
**[01:58] Chi**
Taichi, give me that.
**[02:00] Chi**
Um, Shoyo from Kyoto...
**[02:03] Chi**
There we go.
**[02:05] Chi**
Sano, Ooka, Kawabe, Tashiro, Sanada...
**[02:07] Chi**
They're all right-handed.
**[02:08] Chi**
Two girls and three boys...
**[02:09] Miya**
Everyone!
**[02:10] Miya**
You should have lunch now
if you haven't eaten yet.
**[02:13] Miya**
We only have thirty minutes left.
**[02:15] Miya**
There aren't any vending
machines, so here.
**[02:16] Miya**
* I need to be more proactive*
* as their advisor.*
**[02:19] Miya**
* The advisor is supposed to*
* decide on what order to use.*
**[02:22] Miya**
*Especially when the going gets tough...*
**[02:26] Miya**
* Ayase-san can only be counted*
* on to play in matches.*
**[02:30] Miya**
*There's too much pressure on Mashima-kun.*
**[02:34] Chi**
Okay, I got it.
**[02:37] Chi**
We'll rest Desktomu-kun and use
**[02:38] ---**
the same five from the group stage.
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 11
***SIGN*** I feel as
though
my body
is on fire
with Ibuki
mugwort
**[03:56] Pork**
*What now? What now?! What now?!*
***SIGN*** Curry Rice
**[03:59] Pork**
* Why did I have to say that*
* right before the playoffs?!*
**[04:03] Pork**
Another one!
**[04:04] Gran**
Back again?!
**[04:05] Gran**
Don't you have a match coming up?
**[04:07] Gran**
Sure you won't regret this?
**[04:09] Pork**
*I don't regret it...*
**[04:12] Pork**
*If I didn't say something now,*
**[04:14] Pork**
* Desktomu-kun would drift*
* into a supporting role.*
**[04:19] Pork**
* He wouldn't be one of*
* the players anymore.*
**[04:22] Gran**
Hang in there!
**[04:23] Gran**
Finish the whole plate!
**[04:25] Pork**
*But what now?*
**[04:28] Pork**
* If nobody does anything and he's*
* removed from the lineup...*
**[04:34] Pork**
* And if that familiar-looking person*
* over there really is my sister...*
**[04:41] Chi**
Porky!
**[04:43] Chi**
What are you doing?!
We've been looking for you!
**[04:45] Chi**
The match is about to begin! Hurry!
**[04:48] Chi**
There's no time for us to talk strategy now.
**[04:52] Chi**
Why were you in the cafeteria?
**[04:54] Chi**
We bought three lunches.
**[04:56] Chi**
Oh, we'll be going with the same
lineup we used in the group stage.
**[05:02] A**
Playoff teams, please head inside.
**[05:05] Pork**
*Really?*
**[05:07] Pork**
*So you don't want to play?*
***SIGN*** Porky!
***SIGN*** If you're matched up against Kawabe, try to stay calm!
**[05:13] Pork**
*I don't need your help.*
***SIGN*** He's just guessing!
**[05:20] A**
Hurry up.
***SIGN*** No, I'm not...
**[05:26] Pork**
*Don't need your help...*
***SIGN*** Shoyo High School Mizusawa High School
**[05:28] Chi**
*The playoffs...*
**[05:31] Chi**
* Featuring the eight schools*
* that won their groups.*
**[05:35] Chi**
*One loss, and the team is out.*
**[05:39] Chi**
* Our opponent is Shoyo High*
* School, representing Kyoto.*
**[05:44] Chi**
*Show you...*
**[05:46] Tsu**
*Shoyo...*
**[05:47] Pork**
*Shoyo...*
**[05:49] Tai**
*A pun?!*
**[05:51] Tai**
*Is it a coincidence that all their faces*
**[05:53] ---**
*resemble ancient officials in textbooks?*
**[05:55] A**
Two minutes left.
**[05:56] Kawa**
Let's do this, Shoyo!
**[05:57] All**
Yeah!
**[06:00] Pork**
*Kyoto:*
**[06:01] Pork**
*where Wakamiya Shinobu is from.*
**[06:06] Pork**
*They look very imposing.*
**[06:10] Miya**
Komano-kun?
**[06:12] Miya**
What are you doing?
**[06:13] Miya**
Didn't we tell you to get some rest?
**[06:15] Miya**
You should grab something to eat, too.
***SIGN*** Yes...
***SIGN*** Thank you very much.
**[06:25] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[06:34] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[06:43] [POEM] N**
Though I prayed to the god of mercy
that the one I love not shun me,
**[06:46] Pork**
*He's fast!*
**[06:47] Pork**
*Seriously?*
**[06:49] Pork**
*Is everyone from Kyoto this fast?*
**[06:55] Pork**
*Like Wakamiya Shinobu?*
**[06:58] Pork**
*One loss in this tournament...*
**[07:02] Pork**
*and our team is out.*
**[07:06] [POEM] N**
May it be that I...
**[07:11] Pork**
*This is bad. Very bad.*
***SIGN*** Empress'
jacket
of love
**[07:24] Miya**
We should let him sleep.
**[07:27] Miya**
I'll go see how the match is going.
**[07:29] Miya**
Can you watch Komano-kun?
**[07:32] Sumi**
But I want to watch the match...
**[07:34] Miya**
You also need to get some rest.
**[07:37] Sumi**
Okay...
**[07:38] [POEM] N**
...summer night fully breaks
**[07:44] [POEM] N**
In the sleepy spring sunlight,
**[07:48] Chi**
*He took another one.*
**[07:49] Chi**
*He's really fast.*
**[07:53] Chi**
*I have to stay calm.*
**[08:06] (Flashback) Chi**
We'll rest Desktomu-kun and use
the same five from the group stage.
**[08:09] (Flashback) All**
Huh?
**[08:10] (Flashback) Chi**
Dr. Harada once taught me
**[08:13] (Flashback) Chi**
that you shouldn't
concentrate on watching
**[08:16] (Flashback) ---**
other people play before
your own match begins.
**[08:18] (Flashback) Chi**
It's more tiring to closely watch
a match than to play a match.
**[08:24] (Flashback) Chi**
After seeing this, I understand.
**[08:27] (Flashback) Chi**
Desktomu-kun is much more
tired than the rest of us,
**[08:30] (Flashback) Chi**
so I'm leaving him out.
**[08:35] [POEM] N**
The storm blasts...
**[08:38] Pork**
*This is bad...*
**[08:40] Pork**
* I can't keep up with his*
* sporadic bursts of speed.*
**[08:43] Pork**
*My arm won't move.*
**[08:44] Pork**
*This Kawabe guy is really good...*
**[08:48] Pork**
*Kawabe?*
**[08:50] (Flashback) Desk**
If you're matched up against
Kawabe, try to stay calm!
**[08:53] (Flashback) Desk**
He's just guessing!
**[08:58] [POEM] N**
to set the Tatsuta River ablaze
**[09:07] [POEM] N**
After many, many years...
**[09:09] Pork**
*Is this speed he's using the real thing?*
**[09:11] Pork**
* Normally, I would have no trouble*
* protecting the "After many" at my lower left,*
**[09:14] Pork**
*but he took it before I heard the "many."*
**[09:18] Pork**
*Does he have good game sense?*
**[09:21] Pork**
*No.*
**[09:24] Pork**
* He's gambling that his*
* card will be read.*
**[09:31] [POEM] N**
now bloom inside the nine-fold palace
**[09:40] [POEM] N**
As I wait for someone...
**[09:42] Kawa**
*A fault!*
**[09:44] Pork**
*A person with good game sense*
**[09:47] ---**
* wouldn't let me goad*
* them into that fault.*
**[09:50] Pork**
*He's just guessing...*
**[09:55] Pork**
*Desktomu-kun...*
**[09:57] Pork**
*Desktomu-kun!*
**[10:02] [POEM] N**
A mountain village grows
lonesome every winter
**[10:07] Kana**
*According to Desktomu-kun's notes...*
**[10:11] Ta**
Excuse me.
**[10:13] Desk**
*Tashiro-kun likes to stand up a lot.*
**[10:16] Desk**
* He does this frequently*
* to get into a rhythm.*
**[10:20] Kana**
*So I should put an early stop to that.*
***SIGN*** Pout
**[10:22] Kana**
*What? You're standing up again?*
**[10:26] Ta**
O-Oh, sorry about that.
**[10:30] Kana**
* That makes it harder for*
* Tashiro-kun to stand up.*
**[10:32] Kana**
*I'm throwing him off his rhythm early on.*
**[10:35] Ta**
*I should stand up again soon.*
**[10:37] Tsu**
What?
**[10:38] Ooka**
That card was mine.
**[10:40] Ooka**
It wouldn't have flown in that
direction if I hadn't hit it.
**[10:42] Tsu**
What?!
**[10:43] Tsu**
I definitely got that one!
**[10:45] Desk**
*Ooka will contest cards that she*
**[10:48] ---**
*obviously lost so she can cool down.*
**[10:52] Tsu**
You and I both know
that I won that card.
**[10:55] Tsu**
I'm sending this card.
**[10:59] Chi**
* I always thought that skill*
* was everything in karuta.*
**[11:03] Chi**
* I never thought that data*
* could be so important.*
**[11:07] Chi**
*But...*
**[11:11] Desk**
*Sanada-san is a whacker.*
**[11:13] Chi**
* He whacks the tatami when*
* he practices his swing,*
**[11:17] Chi**
*but it doesn't scare me.*
**[11:20] Desk**
*It means his motions are rough and sloppy.*
**[11:23] Chi**
*I can't imagine how hard it was*
**[11:25] ---**
* for him to gather this*
* information from a team*
**[11:28] ---**
*that just lost their match.*
**[11:36] Desk**
*Please help us!*
**[11:37] A**
* Why do we have to talk*
* to you about Shoyo?*
**[11:40] Desk**
*I'm begging you!*
**[11:42] B**
* You should know how it feels to*
* want the team who beat you*
**[11:44] ---**
*to win the whole thing.*
**[11:46] B**
*Let's get going.*
**[11:48] Desk**
*I want...*
**[11:50] Desk**
* I want to do whatever I can*
* to support my teammates!*
**[11:55] Desk**
*I'm sure you know how that feels!*
**[11:57] Desk**
*So please!*
**[12:11] Chi**
*Desktomu-kun has the drive.*
**[12:15] Chi**
* That notebook is his way of*
* saying that he wants Mizusawa*
**[12:19] ---**
*to be first in Japan.*
***SIGN*** Please...
***SIGN*** Huh? I fell asleep?
**[12:28] Sumi**
You scared me, senpai!
**[12:30] Sumi**
I can't tell if you're awake or
asleep because of your glasses!
***SIGN*** Sorry for that
***SIGN*** What about the match?
**[12:34] Sumi**
It's still going on.
***SIGN*** Oh...
**[12:42] Sumi**
I think it's perfectly okay.
***SIGN*** Huh?
**[12:46] Sumi**
You're so good at gathering data
**[12:48] ---**
that it doesn't matter if you don't play!
***SIGN*** It's hard to play in a match.
***SIGN*** I know!
***SIGN*** It's hard and scary...
***SIGN*** I got nervous when Porky called me out.
**[13:05] Pork**
We won! Mizusawa won!
**[13:14] Pork**
You're playing in the
next match, right?
**[13:18] Pork**
You're playing in the
next match, right?!
**[13:20] Pork**
You're going to join us, right?!
**[13:21] Pork**
Desktomu-kun!
**[13:46] Pork**
*We worked so hard to get here.*
**[13:50] Pork**
*We want you with us as a player.*
**[14:01] Pork**
*You should always be a player with us.*
**[14:10] Sho**
Arata! I'm so sorry!
**[14:13] Sho**
It's my fault you have
to write this essay!
**[14:16] Ara**
No, I should apologize.
**[14:18] Ara**
I can't return this T-shirt yet,
**[14:20] Ara**
since I had to lend mine
to the drenched Queen.
***SIGN*** And those pants
**[14:21] [Messenger] Caption**
And
that
phone
**[14:23] Sho**
That's no big deal!
**[14:25] Sho**
You can keep it if you want!
**[14:27] Sho**
Oh, unless you don't want it...
**[14:30] A**
* Wataya-kun, what was*
* your objective today?*
**[14:34] Ara**
*Huh?*
**[14:35] Ara**
* I came here to cheer for*
* my friends from Tokyo.*
**[14:39] A**
* Then you're no longer*
* allowed to do that.*
**[14:42] A**
* Go to the room in the back*
* and write an essay of apology.*
**[14:45] A**
* Tomorrow, you will play*
* in the individual tournament.*
**[14:50] Ara**
*Taichi... Chihaya...*
**[14:53] Ara**
*Are you working hard?*
**[14:57] Sho**
One page should be enough, right?
**[14:57] Shi**
So there won't be any more events today...
**[14:58] Sho**
Quality over quantity.
***SIGN*** Can't they push the individual
tournament back a day?
**[15:00] Ara**
*Why is it?*
**[15:01] Ara**
* It seems I only ever run*
* into them during matches.*
***SIGN*** Our opponent in the semifinals will be First Akashi Girls'.
***SIGN*** I'm sure that everybody already knows this,
***SIGN*** but our biggest obstacle is the third-year Ousaka Megumu.
**[15:17] Chi**
Who's that?
**[15:17] All**
Idiot!
**[15:19] Tai**
Do you have the mind of an infant?!
**[15:21] Kana**
She was the West representative
in last year's Queen match!
**[15:23] Pork**
Didn't you watch Yumin's match with us?!
**[15:27] Chi**
* The girl who lost a close back-and-forth*
* game to Yamamoto Yumi-san...*
**[15:30] Chi**
*the strongest girl in western Japan!*
**[15:34] Chi**
*I wanna play her!*
***SIGN*** Their match was in a different area, so I didn't get to watch them,
***SIGN*** but Hanano-san helped scout them out.
**[15:41] Pork**
That's where these notes about
bags and straps came from?
***SIGN*** First Akashi Girls' all look ordinary Girl in front (with long hair) Pink checkered handbag (Ponita) white hand towel pink macaroon phone strap Girl with glasses (ordinary, sharp-tongued, popular) black handbag
**[15:44] Pork**
This has nothing to do with karuta.
**[15:46] Pork**
It's useless...
**[15:47] Sumi**
I-It's not my fault!
**[15:49] Sumi**
I couldn't see the cards
from my position!
**[15:51] Sumi**
Plus, I don't really understand
how karuta works...
***SIGN*** It's okay.
***SIGN*** You were very observant.
***SIGN*** We can tell from these notes that, aside from Ousaka Megumu,
**[16:02] ---**
the others are ordinary girls who didn't
start playing karuta until high school.
***SIGN*** They probably place more emphasis on the meanings,
***SIGN*** so they're probably good at love poems.
***SIGN*** Yuube-san is a little boyish with simple taste.
***SIGN*** She might place more emphasis on sound.
***SIGN*** There's also their names. Make sure you check their names.
**[16:18] Kana**
Names?
***SIGN*** In Ousaka Megumu's case,
***SIGN*** she's probably good at "While it pains," "While it may," "While it brings," and "Long,"
**[16:24] ---**
the cards with the starting sounds of her name.
***SIGN*** As for their order,
***SIGN*** the Class A players Ousaka-san and Yuube-san
***SIGN*** 1. Yuube (Third-year) Class A 2. Hayasaka (Second-year) Class B 3. Ousaka (Third-year) Class A 4. Nanase (Third-year) Class B 5. Tanimura (Third-year) Class B
***SIGN*** have been in these positions every match,
***SIGN*** so it's likely that won't change.
***SIGN*** In that case, the best scenario for us would be
**[16:40] ---**
to avoid matching Ayase, Mashima,
**[16:43] ---**
and Porky against their Class A players.
**[16:48] Tai**
*But our ace is aggressive.*
**[16:51] Tai**
*She wants to play strong opponents.*
**[16:58] Chi**
Then...
**[16:59] Chi**
Put me in the s-second position...
**[17:04] Chi**
I've been in either the first
or third position every game,
**[17:09] Chi**
so I'll probably end up
against a Class B player
**[17:13] ---**
in the second position.
**[17:15] Tai**
*Chihaya's thinking of our best chance to win.*
**[17:19] Tai**
*We only need two more victories...*
**[17:21] Tai**
*She's focused on being best in Japan!*
**[17:25] Tai**
Okay, we'll go with that.
**[17:28] Pork**
Ayase,
**[17:30] Pork**
If you really want to win,
here's my advice.
**[17:33] Pork**
I've been meaning to talk
to you about this...
**[17:36] Pork**
At the end of our match against Hokuo,
**[17:37] Pork**
you surrendered a card because you
both touched it at the same time.
**[17:41] Pork**
You can't give up when it's close.
**[17:44] Pork**
If you want to win,
you have to fight for every card.
**[17:52] Retro**
Mashima!
**[17:55] Retro**
Win!
**[17:57] Retro**
We'll have a repeat of the
Tokyo regional finals!
**[18:00] A**
Will the semifinalist
teams please enter.
**[18:09] Chi**
*The semifinals:*
**[18:10] Chi**
* Mizusawa High School against*
* First Akashi Girls' High School.*
**[18:15] Chi**
* Fujisaki High School*
* against Hokuo Academy.*
***SIGN*** Victory for Fujisaki
**[18:18] Miya**
I know that Fujisaki's famous, but
their supporters really stand out.
**[18:23] Kame**
There are so many of them.
**[18:25] Yuri**
Excuse me for a moment.
**[18:26] Yuri**
Could you hold the other side for me?
**[18:28] A**
I'm here to support Fujisaki...
**[18:31] Yuri**
Oh, dear.
**[18:32] Yuri**
What about you?
**[18:33] Yuri**
No good?
**[18:34] Sudo**
I'll hold it.
**[18:35] Yuri**
Oh, thank you!
***SIGN*** Hokuo Victory!
**[18:43] Miya**
*Sudo-san...*
**[18:44] Kame**
*And all those alumni...*
**[18:57] Chi**
*The Omi Jingu Learning Center.*
**[18:59] Chi**
*The Urayasu room.*
**[19:01] Chi**
* A new Master and Queen*
* are crowned here every year.*
**[19:06] Chi**
* Where I played against*
* Shinobu-chan last summer...*
**[19:15] Sumi**
*I saw the Queen!*
**[19:16] Sumi**
*She was with someone from Fukui.*
**[19:26] Tai**
Listen up, everyone.
**[19:29] Tai**
I'm putting Chihaya in the
number three position.
**[19:30] All**
Huh?
**[19:32] Tai**
In the regional final,
**[19:33] ---**
Hokuo went with even
match-ups across the board.
**[19:36] Tai**
Do we really want to
dodge our opponents?
**[19:40] Tai**
Chihaya, you just have to win.
**[19:43] Tai**
Bring home the win!
**[19:45] Tai**
Victory for Mizusawa!
**[19:46] All**
Yeah!
**[19:54] Desk**
*But...*
***SIGN*** 1. Yuube (Third-year) Class A
2. Hayasaka (Second-year) Class B
3. Ousaka (Third-year) Class A
4. Nanase (Third-year) Class B
5. Tanimura (Third-year) Class B
**[19:55] Desk**
* Akashi Girls might*
* change up their order.*
**[19:59] Desk**
*I didn't mention this...*
**[20:01] Tai**
*I didn't mention this...*
**[20:03] Both**
*But...*
**[20:05] Tai**
* They probably went with the*
* same order every match*
**[20:09] Tai**
* as preparation for the strong*
* teams they'll face from here on.*
**[20:13] Desk**
* They'll switch it up once they*
* face a strong team.*
**[20:17] Both**
* So the question is whether Akashi*
* thinks we're good enough.*
**[20:20] Mura**
I will begin reading the order for
**[20:23] ---**
Mizusawa High School versus
First Akashi Girls' High School.
**[20:27] Mura**
Mizusawa High School, Nishida-kun.
**[20:29] Mura**
First Akashi Girls', Yuube-san.
**[20:32] Pork**
*Good, all according to plan!*
**[20:34] Mura**
Mizusawa High School, Oe-san.
**[20:36] Mura**
First Akashi Girls', Hayasaka-san.
**[20:39] Kana**
*All according to plan!*
**[20:41] Mura**
Mizusawa High School, Ayase-san.
**[20:43] Mura**
First Akashi Girls', Ousaka-san.
**[20:46] Chi**
*All according to plan!*
**[20:48] Mura**
Mizusawa High School, Mashima-kun.
**[20:50] Mura**
First Akashi Girls', Nanase-san.
**[20:54] Mura**
Mizusawa High School, Komano-kun.
**[20:57] Mura**
First Akashi Girls', Tanimura-san.
**[20:59] Desk**
*It's so exactly according to our plan,*
**[21:02] Desk**
*it's kind of sad...*
**[21:04] Desk**
*Are they looking ahead to the finals?*
**[21:07] Desk**
*They don't respect us?*
**[21:12] Desk**
*Or perhaps...*
**[21:20] Desk**
* they have absolute faith*
* that their ace will win?*
# E12 - The only sign of summer
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYQ4W5PP6/the-only-sign-of-summer)
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**[00:04] Tai**
Listen up, everyone.
**[00:07] Tai**
I'm putting Chihaya in the
number three position.
**[00:08] All**
Huh?
**[00:10] Tai**
In the regional final,
**[00:11] ---**
Hokuo went with even
match-ups across the board.
**[00:14] Tai**
Do we really want to
dodge our opponents?
**[00:18] Tai**
Chihaya, you just have to win.
**[00:21] Tai**
Bring home the win!
**[00:23] Tai**
Victory for Mizusawa!
**[00:24] All**
Yeah!
**[00:32] Desk**
*But...*
***SIGN*** 1. Yuube (Third-year) Class A
2. Hayasaka (Second-year) Class B
3. Ousaka (Third-year) Class A
4. Nanase (Third-year) Class B
5. Tanimura (Third-year) Class B
**[00:33] Desk**
* Akashi Girls might*
* change up their order.*
**[00:37] Desk**
*I didn't mention this...*
**[00:39] Tai**
*I didn't mention this...*
**[00:41] Both**
*But...*
**[00:43] Tai**
* They probably went with the*
* same order every match*
**[00:47] Tai**
* as preparation for the strong*
* teams they'll face from here on.*
**[00:51] Desk**
* They'll switch it up once they*
* face a strong team.*
**[00:55] Both**
* So the question is whether Akashi*
* thinks we're good enough.*
**[00:58] Mura**
I will begin reading the order for
**[01:01] ---**
Mizusawa High School versus
First Akashi Girls' High School.
**[01:04] Mura**
Mizusawa High School, Nishida-kun.
**[01:07] Mura**
First Akashi Girls', Yuube-san.
**[01:10] Pork**
*Good, all according to plan!*
**[01:12] Mura**
Mizusawa High School, Oe-san.
**[01:14] Mura**
First Akashi Girls', Hayasaka-san.
**[01:17] Kana**
*All according to plan!*
**[01:19] Mura**
Mizusawa High School, Ayase-san.
**[01:21] Mura**
First Akashi Girls', Ousaka-san.
**[01:24] Chi**
*All according to plan!*
**[01:26] Mura**
Mizusawa High School, Mashima-kun.
**[01:28] Mura**
First Akashi Girls', Nanase-san.
**[01:32] Mura**
Mizusawa High School, Komano-kun.
**[01:35] Mura**
First Akashi Girls', Tanimura-san.
**[01:38] Desk**
*It's so exactly according to our plan,*
**[01:40] Desk**
*it's kind of sad...*
**[01:43] Desk**
*Are they looking ahead to the finals?*
**[01:45] Desk**
*They don't respect us?*
**[01:51] Desk**
*Or perhaps...*
**[01:59] Desk**
* they have absolute faith*
* that their ace will win?*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** The
only
sign
of
summer
***SIGN*** Verse 12
**[03:36] Yu**
Hold on, Megumu.
**[03:38] Yu**
We're not playing Fujisaki.
**[03:40] Yu**
Over here.
**[03:42] Megu**
What?
**[03:43] Megu**
Oh, sorry about that.
***SIGN*** Swoon!
**[03:48] Megu**
Oh, this is still the semifinal.
**[03:52] Yu**
Megumu, how could you screw that up
**[03:54] ---**
after they read the order?
**[03:56] Megu**
What? But...
**[03:58] Megu**
They should just let us play the final now.
**[04:04] All**
*Swoon! Swoon! Swoon!*
**[04:07] Sumi**
* She really is ordinary and*
* sharp-tongued, yet popular!*
**[04:11] All**
*Megumu-tan is our bitter and sweet idol...*
**[04:16] All**
*We first met her early last summer,*
**[04:19] All**
* during the brilliant First*
* Akashi Girls' cultural festival.*
**[04:23] Sumi**
Wait, we're going to cut
to your flashback now?!
**[04:28] All**
* We belong to the photography club*
* at the neighboring boys' school...*
**[04:35] (Flashback) A**
What's this? Taking pictures
without permission?
**[04:38] (Flashback) A**
Get lost!
**[04:39] (Flashback) B**
Teacher, there are perverts here!
**[04:42] All**
*Our intentions were pure,*
**[04:44] All**
* yet they called us perverts*
* for taking a few pictures.*
**[04:49] All**
*That was when...*
**[04:51] (Flashback) Megu**
That's mean.
**[04:54] (Flashback) Megu**
Would you like to take pictures of
the demonstration our club's doing?
**[04:58] (Flashback) Megu**
I'm from the competitive karuta club.
**[05:02] All**
* Megumu-tan was so kind*
* and lovely that day.*
**[05:13] (Flashback) Megu**
Hey, hey.
**[05:14] (Flashback) Megu**
How did the pictures turn out?
**[05:16] (Flashback) Megu**
Let me see.
**[05:17] (Flashback) All**
Oh...
**[05:19] (Flashback) Megu**
Wow, very nice.
***SIGN*** Delete all pictures?
***SIGN*** Deleting...
***SIGN*** No data
**[05:26] (Flashback) Megu**
Feel free to come take more pictures.
**[05:28] (Flashback) Megu**
I'll delete them when you're done.
***SIGN*** Swoon!
**[05:35] Me**
* Ever since, we've been taking*
* pictures for Megumu-tan to delete.*
**[05:40] Sumi**
*What?!*
**[05:48] Haya**
What is it, Mori?
**[05:50] Haya**
That picture!
**[05:52] Ki**
It's from Megumu-tan's
tournament last year!
**[05:55] Ki**
You were able to salvage it?!
**[05:57] Haya**
Bastard!
**[05:58] Ki**
You've betrayed Megumu-tan!
**[06:00] Mori**
We can't allow the chronicle of
Megumu-tan, the next Queen,
**[06:03] ---**
to be completely erased.
**[06:06] Mori**
Anyway, haven't you noticed?
**[06:10] Mori**
Megumu-tan has changed...
**[06:22] A**
Is that Ousaka Megumu?
**[06:24] B**
Which one?
**[06:25] A**
If she was the West representative,
she must be strong.
**[06:28] D**
She lost to a veteran in
the challenger final,
**[06:32] D**
but she may be the one who
faces Wakamiya Shinobu
**[06:35] ---**
in the Queen match this year.
**[06:36] ---**
Is she really that strong?
**[06:36] C**
That's amazing.
**[06:37] ---**
The one in glasses?
**[06:38] B**
Which one is she?!
**[06:39] C**
There. The one putting on a headband.
**[06:41] E**
She must be fast, then.
**[06:43] F**
I doubt she'll lose to
anyone in her age group.
**[06:46] G**
Sounds like she's strong.
**[06:48] C**
Oh, but her opponent's really pretty.
**[06:55] Chi**
*When I watched Ousaka-san last fall,*
**[06:57] ---**
* she was more focused on adapting*
* to her opponent than being fast.*
**[07:03] Chi**
*I need to be careful and accurate.*
**[07:07] Chi**
*Everybody helped to give me this chance.*
**[07:14] Chi**
*Oh, that's right.*
**[07:17] Chi**
* No matter how hard I worked,*
* I couldn't have made it here alone.*
**[07:21] Chi**
*This*
**[07:23] ---**
*Omi Jingu tatami is for five.*
**[07:32] (Flashback) Megu**
They should just let
us play the final now.
**[07:37] Chi**
*You shouldn't say such a thing.*
**[07:43] All**
We will begin now.
**[07:45] All**
Thank you for the game.
**[07:47] All**
Thank you for the game.
**[07:51] [POEM] N**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[08:00] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
***SIGN*** Creepy
**[08:10] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[08:19] [POEM] N**
The sound of birds crossing
from Awaji Island
**[08:27] All**
*Megumu-tan is faster now.*
**[08:34] All**
*She's way faster now than when she was in*
**[08:37] All**
*last year's Queen match.*
**[08:40] Megu**
I got it.
**[08:41] Megu**
Okay, one card at a time, guys.
**[08:43] All**
Yes!
**[08:51] A**
*Akashi Girls' has this match in the bag.*
**[08:54] B**
* Mizusawa placed second*
* in the Tokyo regional,*
**[08:56] ---**
* and Group B didn't have*
* any strong opponents.*
**[08:58] C**
* Akashi Girls has them beat in*
* both history and current lineup.*
**[09:03] C**
*The match to watch is definitely*
***SIGN*** Creepy
**[09:06] C**
*Hokuo against Fujisaki.*
**[09:08] C**
*The real final.*
**[09:15] (Flashback) A**
Wataya-kun, what was
your objective today?
**[09:19] (Flashback) Ara**
Huh?
**[09:21] (Flashback) Ara**
I came here to cheer for
my friends from Tokyo.
**[09:25] (Flashback) A**
Then you're no longer
allowed to do that.
**[09:30] A**
*So he's cheering for Hokuo...*
***SIGN*** Creepy
**[09:37] Mochi**
* Last year, Mizusawa prevented us*
* from making it to Nationals.*
**[09:42] Mochi**
* Amakasu and Takuma are the only*
* ones with experience at Nationals.*
**[09:46] Mochi**
* This year, we were able to bring*
* some first and second-years.*
**[09:49] Mochi**
*Fujisaki is fielding five third-years.*
**[09:51] Mochi**
* If we beat them here, they*
* won't be a threat next year.*
**[09:55] Mochi**
*You can do this, everyone!*
**[09:57] Mochi**
*However, I'm...*
***SIGN*** Fujisaki High School
Karuta Advisor
Sakurazawa Midori (39)
**[10:00] Mochi**
* ...really scared of Coach*
* Sakurazawa from Fujisaki!*
**[10:04] Saku**
The players from Akashi Girls'
are playing well, Coach Minami.
**[10:09] Saku**
Ousaka-san is a strong weapon.
**[10:12] Mina**
Naturally, Coach Sakurazawa!
***SIGN*** First Akashi Girls'
Karuta Advisor
Minami Daigoro
**[10:14] Mina**
Everybody's in a groove!
**[10:15] Mina**
I'm looking forward to an exciting final,
**[10:18] ---**
whether it's against Hokuo or Fujisaki!
**[10:25] A**
Please keep it down.
**[10:27] Saku**
Understood?
**[10:29] Rion**
Yes.
**[10:35] Chi**
* When I watched Ousaka-san last*
* fall, she didn't seem that fast,*
**[10:39] Chi**
* but she attacked that*
* card at full speed.*
**[10:43] Chi**
* Being too aggressive with*
* "The sound of birds" is risky.*
**[10:45] Chi**
*Was she camping that card?*
***SIGN*** when I should have gone to sleep instead
**[10:50] Chi**
* She passed me the only*
* "A" card on the field.*
**[10:53] Chi**
*She'll be targeting it.*
**[10:57] Suo**
Here.
**[10:59] A**
Oh...
***SIGN*** Older alumni
***SIGN*** Older alumni
***SIGN*** Older alumni
**[11:03] A**
Wait, why am I holding this?
**[11:04] [POEM] N**
awakens the guards of
Suma Gate at night
**[11:13] [POEM] N**
While the autumn leaves of
Mount Ogura would never...
**[11:15] Suo**
*Tough luck.*
**[11:17] Suo**
*She shielded the "While autumn" on her right,*
**[11:19] Suo**
*but "While the autumn" was read instead.*
**[11:21] Chi**
* Couldn't have done*
* anything about that one.*
**[11:23] Chi**
*No need to worry.*
**[11:24] Chi**
*It's still early.*
**[11:26] Chi**
*I need my first card.*
**[11:27] Chi**
*One card at a time...*
**[11:28] Megu**
I'm sending this card.
***SIGN*** people would always ask if I was pining for someone
**[11:33] Chi**
*The only "Since" card on the field...*
**[11:37] Suo**
* Heh, she plays a tougher game*
* than her appearance lets on.*
**[11:42] Suo**
*"A night" and "Since I"*
**[11:44] ---**
* are cards that Ayase likes to*
* attack on the opponent's side.*
**[11:47] Suo**
* Now that they're on her side, she'll*
* feel like she has to protect them.*
**[11:52] Megu**
Okay.
**[11:53] Megu**
One card at a time...
**[12:00] Suo**
*She'll feel like she's on the defensive.*
**[12:09] Miya**
* The opposing team is made*
* up of slender girls,*
**[12:11] Miya**
*yet they look so strong.*
**[12:13] Miya**
*They're moving in tandem.*
**[12:15] Miya**
*Oh! Could it be?*
**[12:18] Miya**
*Are the headbands the key?!*
**[12:20] Miya**
*Next time, I should make headbands!*
**[12:24] Tsu**
Your brother can easily win if he tries.
**[12:28] Sumi**
Hey, Tsukuba!
**[12:29] Sumi**
How can you fall asleep?!
**[12:30] Sumi**
Wake up!
**[12:32] Tsu**
But I played three matches in a row!
**[12:34] Sumi**
No ifs or buts!
**[12:36] Tsu**
You wouldn't understand how tough it is!
**[12:40] Tsu**
* We're talking three to four*
* serious matches in one day.*
**[12:45] Tsu**
* I'm a man and I'm about ready*
* to fall asleep on my feet.*
**[12:48] Tsu**
*Oe-senpai...*
**[12:51] Tsu**
*This being her fourth match today,*
**[12:52] ---**
* Oe-senpai is the one most likely*
* to be running low on stamina.*
**[12:56] Tsu**
*Especially since she lost her second*
***SIGN*** Lost by 2 cards
***SIGN*** Lost by 2 cards
**[12:58] ---**
*and third games by 2 cards each...*
***SIGN*** Lost by a lot
**[13:01] Tsu**
* It really hurts when you fight hard,*
* only to lose at the very end.*
**[13:07] Tsu**
* If you're gonna lose*
* anyway, you might as well*
**[13:09] ---**
* let yourself be blown out*
* so you can get some rest.*
***SIGN*** Blown out of all his games
**[13:13] Tsu**
* Oe-senpai isn't the only*
* one I'm worried about.*
**[13:17] Tsu**
* Komano-senpai's first game*
* today comes in the semifinal.*
**[13:21] Tsu**
* Ayase-senpai is up against*
* the opponent's ace*
**[13:23] ---**
*and just lost two cards in a row.*
**[13:26] Tsu**
* It's usually up to the*
* ace to set the tone...*
**[13:30] [Messenger] Caption**
Outbox
To: Mom
Re: Nationals
Your brother the ace has
led the team to the
semifinals!
The championship is
within sight!
**[13:31] A**
"Your brother the ace has led
the team to the semifinals!"
***SIGN*** That's our Bro So cool
**[13:35] A**
"The championship is within sight!"
**[13:37] [Messenger] Caption**
Inbox
From: Mom
Re: Re: Nationals
That's our Bro!
Good luck!
Take a picture
when you win!
**[13:42] Tsu**
* I can always say that*
* I jammed my finger.*
**[13:47] Chi**
*Do I attack?*
**[13:49] Chi**
*Defend?*
**[13:51] Chi**
*Don't doubt myself.*
**[13:53] Chi**
*Don't doubt myself.*
**[13:55] Chi**
*Don't doubt myself.*
**[13:57] (Flashback) Hara**
Chihaya-chan, when in
trouble, go lower right!
**[14:00] (Flashback) Hara**
Always go to the lower right!
**[14:03] (Flashback) Desk**
Make sure you check their names.
**[14:06] (Flashback) Desk**
In Ousaka Megumu's case,
**[14:07] (Flashback) Desk**
she's probably good at "While it pains,"
"While it may," "While it brings," and "Long,"
**[14:10] (Flashback) ---**
the cards with the starting sounds of her name.
***SIGN*** Me (Long)
**[14:15] Chi**
*Her best card is at her lower right.*
**[14:17] [POEM] N**
I beseech them to wait for the
Emperor's return before falling
**[14:26] [POEM] N**
Long last we meet, only for
me to leave hurriedly,
**[14:36] Desk**
* She knew to pay extra attention*
* to "Long last we meet"...*
**[14:38] Pork**
*She couldn't get it.*
**[14:41] Tani**
*No need to look.*
**[14:42] Haya**
*Megumu-senpai would never lose "Long."*
**[14:48] Chi**
* My opponent's card in the lower right was*
* read right when I set my eye on it.*
**[14:53] Chi**
*This is the West representative.*
**[14:59] Chi**
*No...*
**[15:01] Chi**
*She's much faster than she was that day.*
**[15:05] Chi**
*She has the potential to become Queen.*
**[15:07] Ama**
Hey,
**[15:09] ---**
that's mine.
**[15:11] Taku**
You got mine, too.
**[15:12] Taku**
Why are you holding
three of the same card?
**[15:15] Megu**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Swoon!
**[15:19] Megu**
Okay, one more card.
**[15:21] All**
Yes!
**[15:28] Mina**
* There's a saying that*
* boys grow up very fast,*
**[15:33] Mina**
*but the same applies to girls.*
**[15:36] (Flashback) Mina**
You should all get
serious about karuta!
**[15:38] (Flashback) Mina**
The Kyoto tournament is in May!
**[15:41] (Flashback) Mina**
Any application fees will
be paid by the club!
**[15:43] (Flashback) Yu**
You're such a pain, Daigoro!
**[15:45] (Flashback) Tani**
Use your energy on the volleyball team.
**[15:48] Mina**
*The karuta club had plenty of history,*
**[15:51] Mina**
*but it wasn't particularly strong.*
**[15:54] Mina**
* Ousaka practiced all the*
* time at her karuta society,*
**[15:57] Mina**
* but she never tried very*
* hard during club practice.*
**[16:00] Mina**
* Everything changed after the Queen*
* challenger final in October.*
**[16:07] (Flashback) A**
The West representative
is Ousaka Megumu from
**[16:10] (Flashback) ---**
the Akashi Karuta Society!
**[16:13] Mina**
* She'd always had the talent,*
* but this time she was also lucky.*
**[16:17] Tani**
*That was great, Megumu!*
**[16:18] Nana**
*Next up is the challenger final?!*
**[16:19] Yu**
*If you win that, you get to play the Queen?!*
**[16:22] Mina**
*Her classmates and friends...*
***SIGN*** Good luck, Megumu
**[16:28] Mina**
*...believed...*
**[16:35] Mina**
*...she could become Queen.*
**[16:42] (Flashback) A**
It's too bad for Ousaka-san.
**[16:45] (Flashback) B**
She made it this far
on beginner's luck,
**[16:48] (Flashback) B**
but that's not enough
to face the Queen.
**[16:51] (Flashback) B**
Yamamoto Yumi-san had more
dedication and motivation.
**[16:58] (Flashback) Yu**
Megumu, are you upset?
**[17:01] (Flashback) Megu**
No, not really...
**[17:03] (Flashback) Megu**
I definitely wasn't as good as she was.
**[17:08] (Flashback) Yu**
We'll help you.
**[17:10] (Flashback) Megu**
Huh?
**[17:11] (Flashback) Yu**
We'll help, so let's practice until you're
invested enough to get upset.
**[17:16] (Flashback) Yu**
Let's make you Queen.
**[17:20] Mina**
* Everyone is working together to*
* make Ousaka Megumu the Queen.*
**[17:26] Mina**
*I tear up when I think*
**[17:28] ---**
* of how hard they've*
* been working ever since.*
**[17:32] Mina**
*And I'm a grown man!*
**[17:35] Mina**
*She got used to all the attention*
***SIGN*** Ignoring...
**[17:37] ---**
*she draws as the last West Representative.*
**[17:42] Mina**
* This proves that circumstances*
* can change a person!*
**[17:47] (Flashback) Yu**
The ace usually plays
in the third position.
**[17:50] (Flashback) Yu**
We'll put Megumu in the
third position every match.
**[17:53] (Flashback) Yu**
Our goal is to get Megumu
more experience, not win!
**[17:56] [POEM] N**
...like the moon hidden
behind the clouds
**[18:04] [POEM] N**
Said night was young when
the false rooster's crow,
**[18:08] Chi**
*I hadn't marked that one.*
**[18:10] Chi**
*This is no good.*
**[18:11] Chi**
*She's taken four cards in a row.*
**[18:13] Chi**
*I need my first card.*
**[18:15] Chi**
*My first card...*
***SIGN*** banish any lingering memories of the past
**[18:20] [POEM] N**
but the gates of Afusaka remained shut
**[18:30] [POEM] N**
When winds blow oak leaves in the twilight,
**[18:32] N**
There!
**[18:35] Chi**
*I finally got a card.*
**[18:36] Chi**
*This is just the beginning!*
**[18:37] Chi**
*I can catch up!*
**[18:39] Chi**
*Attack...*
**[18:42] Chi**
*Attack...*
**[18:44] Chi**
*Attack!*
**[18:53] Kana**
"When winds blow," Chihaya-chan.
**[19:13] Chi**
*The rain...*
**[19:16] [POEM] Kana**
When winds blow oak
leaves in the twilight,
**[19:22] [POEM] Kana**
the only sign of summer is the
ritual purification in the waters
**[19:27] Chi**
*Stopped...*
**[19:33] (Flashback) Kana**
This poem by Junii Ietaka
**[19:37] (Flashback) Kana**
describes a comfortable
last day of summer.
**[19:45] Kana**
*This day will define our entire summer.*
**[19:55] Tsu**
*Oe-senpai is leading by 4 cards!*
**[19:59] Tsu**
*She's probably tired! Exhausted, even!*
**[20:06] Kana**
* That card is more than*
* "When wind blows"...*
**[20:10] Kana**
*More than three syllables...*
**[20:13] Kana**
* Chihaya-chan, when this poem*
* was written 800 years ago,*
**[20:19] ---**
*they must have felt very refreshed.*
**[20:29] [POEM] N**
the only sign of summer is the
ritual purification in the waters
**[20:33] Kana**
*They could*
**[20:37] ---**
*probably hear the wind blow.*
**[20:40] [POEM] N**
Silent waves creep closer to the
Suminoe shore, and when night falls,
**[20:44] Tai**
*Got it!*
**[20:47] Yu**
*What?!*
**[20:47] Tani**
*Megumu?!*
**[20:52] Chi**
*Kana-chan,*
**[20:54] ---**
*I remember.*
**[20:57] Kana**
* Speaking of dreams,*
* there's "Silent waves"!*
***SIGN*** in my dreams, I creep closer to you
**[21:13] Chi**
*Megumu-chan...*
**[21:16] Chi**
*Let's...*
**[21:18] ---**
*have a good match!*
# E13 - In my dreams, I creep closer to you
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRWE490KR/in-my-dreams-i-creep-closer-to-you)
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**[00:05] Kana**
"When winds blow," Chihaya-chan.
**[00:24] Kana**
* Chihaya-chan, when this poem*
* was written 800 years ago,*
**[00:30] ---**
*they must have felt very refreshed.*
**[00:39] [POEM] N**
the only sign of summer is the
ritual purification in the waters
**[00:43] Kana**
*They could*
**[00:47] ---**
*probably hear the wind blow...*
**[00:49] [POEM] N**
Silent waves creep closer to the
Suminoe shore, and when night falls,
**[00:54] Tai**
*Got it!*
**[00:56] Chi**
*Kana-chan,*
**[00:58] ---**
*I remember.*
**[01:00] Kana**
* Speaking of dreams,*
* there's "Silent waves"!*
***SIGN*** in my dreams, I creep closer to you
**[01:14] Chi**
*Megumu-chan...*
**[01:18] Chi**
*Let's...*
**[01:20] Chi**
*have a good match!*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 13
***SIGN*** In
my
dreams,
I creep
closer
to
you
**[02:45] Chi**
*I couldn't take the one-syllable card on*
**[02:47] Chi**
* my opponent's lower right last*
* time, but I got it this time.*
**[02:55] Su**
* The opponent's lower right one-syllable*
* cards are always special.*
**[03:00] Su**
* You're taking a card from*
* right under their nose.*
**[03:02] Su**
*It's so fun!*
**[03:04] Su**
*Ayase's got the momentum now.*
**[03:07] Naka**
*That speed confirmed it.*
**[03:10] Naka**
* The neural signal goes straight from*
* Bellatrix's ears to her fingers.*
**[03:14] Naka**
* That's the only way*
* to explain her speed.*
**[03:18] Naka**
*And another one-syllable "S" card,*
**[03:20] ---**
*"Swift," was on the opponent's lower left,*
**[03:23] Naka**
*but she went straight for "Silent."*
**[03:25] Naka**
*That takes guts!*
**[03:30] Chi**
*That felt very clean.*
**[03:33] Chi**
*I hit the corner.*
**[03:36] Chi**
* I was never able to take*
* a card that way before...*
**[03:39] Kana**
Chihaya-chan, that was a nice attack.
**[03:40] Chi**
Yep!
**[03:43] Kana**
* The moment you celebrate,*
* you lose your focus...*
**[03:47] [POEM] ---**
My own home is...
**[03:48] [POEM] ---**
As the years pass...
**[03:50] Chi**
*No...*
**[03:52] Suo**
*What a waste.*
**[03:56] Naka**
*That was a waste.*
**[03:59] Tani**
*As always...*
**[04:00] Yu**
* Good, Megumu isn't*
* letting it get to her.*
**[04:05] A**
* She didn't let the loss*
* of a one-syllable card*
**[04:08] ---**
*from her own side influence her play.*
**[04:10] Naka**
* I can see why she was the*
* West representative.*
**[04:12] Mura**
*Akashi Girls' ace and moodmaker...*
**[04:15] Suo**
* The match will be decided by*
* Ousaka Megumu's performance.*
**[04:19] Megu**
One more card. Keep it going.
**[04:21] All**
Yes!
**[04:25] Chi**
* I've never played anyone*
* so calm before.*
**[04:28] [POEM] N**
the sight of a midnight moon
**[04:35] Chi**
*I can't remember how to catch momentum.*
**[04:38] [POEM] N**
So spring nights are short...
**[04:41] Chi**
*S-Same time...*
**[04:43] Pork**
*Don't back down!*
**[04:44] Pork**
*Fight for it!*
**[04:47] Chi**
I-I think I got that card...
**[04:50] Megu**
Huh?
**[04:52] Pork**
* I'm not telling you to force*
* her to give you the card.*
**[04:56] Pork**
* Even if you end up losing it, the point*
* is to make her feel uncomfortable.*
**[05:01] Pork**
*Throw her off her game.*
**[05:03] Chi**
*I'm sorry!*
**[05:04] Chi**
* We touched it at the same time,*
* so it should go to Megumu-chan...*
**[05:07] Chi**
*I'm sorry!*
**[05:08] Megu**
Really? You can have it then.
**[05:11] Chi**
*What?!*
**[05:13] Chi**
*She really gave it to me!*
**[05:15] Chi**
*Oh, no! Oh, no! What do I do?!*
**[05:17] [POEM] N**
So spring ends...
**[05:18] Pork**
*That was a failure.*
**[05:20] Kana**
* She was the one who was*
* thrown off her game.*
**[05:23] Tai**
*She's not made to contest cards...*
**[05:26] Pork**
*I need to step up.*
**[05:28] Tai**
*I have to step up!*
**[05:30] Kana**
*I must step up!*
**[05:33] Desk**
*I have to...*
**[05:36] Desk**
* The atmosphere and audience make*
* it difficult for me to move.*
**[05:42] [POEM] N**
A mountain stream...
**[05:43] Desk**
*A dead card!*
**[05:45] Desk**
*That was close...*
**[05:51] Desk**
*Hanano...*
**[05:56] Desk**
*According to Hanano's notes,*
**[05:57] ---**
* the girl with a ponytail had a*
* towel from an Aoi Ryuji tour.*
**[06:03] Desk**
* Is that the towel she*
* was talking about?*
**[06:06] Desk**
*She actually recognized it?*
**[06:09] Desk**
* Aoi Ryuji is a singer who's*
* known for his sappy love songs.*
**[06:13] Desk**
*Most of them are about broken hearts.*
**[06:17] Desk**
*Which means...*
**[06:19] Desk**
*These are the cards...*
**[06:22] [POEM] ---**
I know that my heart...
**[06:23] Desk**
*I have to take!*
**[06:24] Tani**
*I wanted that card.*
**[06:26] Tani**
*I heard that this person is Class C,*
**[06:28] Tani**
*but he's tough!*
**[06:30] Desk**
* I'm going to find my momentum*
* in my first match today!*
***SIGN*** I defended that card!
***SIGN*** Let's take the next one, Mizusawa!
**[06:36] ---**
Yes!
**[06:40] Desk**
*Hanano-san, you're very observant.*
**[06:42] Desk**
*Thanks.*
**[06:46] [POEM] N**
While it brings me no joy, the
road beyond Mount Oe is too long
**[06:49] ---**
*They did it!*
**[06:51] Kana**
*Everyone got my "While it brings" card!*
**[06:53] Kana**
*The momentum is shifting this time!*
**[06:56] Chi**
*Momentum is when...*
**[06:59] Chi**
*Momentum is when...*
**[07:01] Chi**
*...you take consecutive cards!*
***SIGN*** Simple-minded
**[07:04] [POEM] N**
After I heard...
**[07:10] Chi**
*She's so stable...*
**[07:13] Pork**
I got it!
**[07:15] Megu**
Don't worry. Just start with one card.
**[07:18] Megu**
Aim for that one card.
**[07:19] ---**
Yeah. Sorry, Megumu.
**[07:23] Yu**
*She's so composed, even on this stage.*
**[07:25] Yu**
*Megumu is amazing.*
**[07:27] Yu**
* But I've been with her*
* for a such a long time*
**[07:29] ---**
* and I still don't understand*
* what she's thinking.*
**[07:32] Yu**
* I got everyone excited*
* about making her Queen,*
**[07:35] Yu**
*but how does she really feel about it?*
**[07:38] Yu**
*Does she want to become Queen?*
**[07:41] Tai**
* Chihaya isn't able to*
* take consecutive cards.*
**[07:44] Tai**
*Her deficit is growing steadily.*
**[07:48] Tai**
*Chihaya, you just have to win.*
**[07:51] Tai**
*Bring home the win!*
**[07:53] Tai**
*Did I say the wrong thing again?*
**[07:57] Tai**
*This is different from last year.*
**[08:02] Tai**
*A year has passed...*
**[08:05] Tai**
*A whole year.*
**[08:20] [POEM] N**
on a long September night,
and then I saw a dawn moon
**[08:29] [POEM] N**
The sky is the road home
for the holy maidens,
**[08:31] A**
*A dead card.*
**[08:33] B**
* She moved immediately, but she*
* was still able to pull back.*
**[08:35] C**
*Impressive...*
**[08:39] Rion**
*She didn't fall for Ousaka-san's quick reach.*
**[08:51] Megu**
Oh, excuse me.
***SIGN*** Good Luck Megumu
**[08:58] Mina**
*She's savoring the moment!*
**[08:59] Mina**
*This is the glory of youth!*
**[09:04] Mina**
* That headband is now an*
* Ousaka Megumu trademark!*
**[09:08] Mina**
* She used to be the only*
* one who wore one...*
**[09:11] (Flashback) Megu**
I made these for Nationals.
**[09:14] (Flashback) Megu**
Let's all wear them.
**[09:15] (Flashback) Yu**
Huh?
**[09:16] (Flashback) Megu**
This is to thank you for
the one you made me.
**[09:18] (Flashback) Haya**
Megumu-senpai...
**[09:20] Mina**
*A beautiful display of friendship!*
**[09:22] Mina**
*I'm so glad to be a karuta advisor!*
**[09:27] All**
*The reason we worship Megumu-tan*
**[09:29] All**
*is because of the gap in her behavior.*
**[09:33] ---**
*Our lenses know the truth.*
**[09:36] Mina**
* Whew, I'd look pretty dumb*
* wearing a headband by myself.*
**[09:40] Mina**
* It was a good idea to have*
* everyone else join in.*
***SIGN*** Swoon!
**[09:48] [POEM] N**
may the wind bring clouds
to extend their stay
**[09:57] [POEM] N**
The storm will soon carry...
**[10:02] Megu**
*She went below my hand.*
**[10:04] Megu**
*She took it.*
**[10:06] Suo**
*She'd been losing all of the "The" cards,*
**[10:09] Suo**
*but that was a clean win.*
**[10:12] Suo**
*Has she figured out something?*
**[10:17] Megu**
*That was...*
**[10:24] Megu**
Okay, on to the next card.
**[10:26] Megu**
One card at a time.
**[10:27] All**
Yes!
**[10:31] Megu**
*This is a team match,*
**[10:33] Megu**
*so why am I the only one saying anything?*
**[10:37] Megu**
*Queen?*
**[10:39] Megu**
*Not interested.*
**[10:46] Chi**
I'm sending a card.
***SIGN*** fades to reveal fishing nets in the shallows
**[10:52] A**
*What? "The hazed early dawn mist"?*
**[10:55] B**
*That's a long multi-syllable card.*
**[10:56] B**
*Why?*
**[10:57] C**
*Normally, no one would send that.*
**[11:03] Suo**
* Multi-syllable cards are supposed*
* to be a weakness for her.*
**[11:06] Suo**
*Is she sacrificing that card?*
**[11:07] [POEM] N**
so I wish for a memory
of you to take with me
**[11:16] [POEM] N**
For you, I would have given up my life
**[11:17] Suo**
*A different multi-syllable card!*
**[11:29] Yu**
*Megumu?*
**[11:33] Megu**
* The speed when she took*
* that one-syllable card...*
**[11:36] Megu**
*The way she broke my cover...*
**[11:39] Megu**
*I can feel her screaming:*
**[11:44] Megu**
*"I will become Queen!"*
**[11:54] Megu**
*I'm not interested in becoming Queen,*
**[11:57] Megu**
*but I have to beat her now.*
***SIGN*** Swoon!
**[12:16] Suo**
*She broke her opponent's cover.*
**[12:18] Suo**
*There are plenty of players who can*
**[12:20] ---**
*take certain cards really fast.*
**[12:21] Suo**
*To win, you have to overcome*
**[12:24] ---**
* your weaknesses instead of*
* relying on your strengths.*
**[12:27] Suo**
*How much time has she spent practicing?*
**[12:31] Pork**
* My point is that you're too sloppy*
* about covering your cards.*
**[12:35] Pork**
*Like this!*
**[12:35] Pork**
* How many times do I*
* have to repeat myself?*
**[12:41] Pork**
* You'll never become Queen if you*
* can't conquer your weaknesses!*
***SIGN*** now together, I guard it dear
**[12:47] Chi**
*I did it...*
**[12:49] Desk**
* You'll do better if you listen*
* carefully before moving.*
**[12:52] Desk**
*I'll help you.*
**[12:59] Chi**
*I did it,*
**[13:01] ---**
*everyone.*
**[13:04] Chi**
*I did it.*
**[13:07] Megu**
*I have to beat her.*
**[13:13] Naka**
*The momentum...*
**[13:15] Suo**
*...is shifting...*
***SIGN*** Snap Snap
***SIGN*** Taking multiple pictures in silent mode
***SIGN*** Snap Snap
***SIGN*** Taking multiple pictures in silent mode
**[13:21] [POEM] N**
I hear the beating of cloth...
**[13:24] Tai**
Got it!
**[13:25] Kana**
I protected mine!
**[13:26] Pork**
Same here!
***SIGN*** Ditto!
**[13:32] Megu**
All right!
**[13:35] Tai**
*A-Again...*
**[13:37] Kana**
*She couldn't take three in a row.*
**[13:42] All**
*Megumu-tan celebrated...*
**[13:47] All**
* Megumu-tan isn't telling her team*
* to focus on the next card.*
**[13:52] Mura**
*Interesting...*
**[13:54] A**
* This is a high level,*
* back and forth game.*
**[13:57] A**
*I'm pleasantly surprised.*
**[13:58] Chi**
*She's got good game sense,*
**[13:59] ---**
*and a broad field of vision to boot.*
**[14:01] Chi**
*She's watching every card.*
**[14:03] Chi**
* No matter what I do,*
* she's always perfectly calm.*
**[14:05] Megu**
I'm sending a card.
***SIGN*** fades to reveal fishing nets in the shallows
**[14:10] A**
*She's returning that multi-syllable card.*
**[14:14] All**
*Th-This is getting good.*
**[14:17] Suo**
*That girl's gotta be a sadist.*
**[14:24] [POEM] N**
The hazed early dawn mist
over the Kawagiri River
**[14:25] Chi**
*The card she just sent?!*
**[14:27] Chi**
* She was able to set up a*
* low cover on my side.*
**[14:30] Chi**
*That was bad.*
**[14:34] Megu**
* I know how to keep people*
* from breaking my cover.*
**[14:38] Megu**
* I've been practicing with*
* everyone to beat the Queen.*
**[14:43] Megu**
* I'm not interested in*
* becoming Queen though.*
**[14:46] Megu**
* But I have to win to*
* make everyone happy.*
**[14:50] Megu**
*I have to beat you now.*
**[14:54] Chi**
*Is she mad?*
**[14:58] Chi**
*She's strong.*
**[15:00] Chi**
* I still have work to do on*
* multi-syllable cards...*
**[15:02] Chi**
*It's tough.*
**[15:05] Chi**
* However, I've realized*
* something, Dr. Harada...*
**[15:17] Sumi**
* It seems like there are more*
* people watching our match now.*
**[15:25] Pork**
*Akashi Girls'...*
**[15:26] Pork**
* I thought that Ousaka Megumu was*
* the only threat they had.*
**[15:30] Pork**
* I was a little excited about my first*
* match against an all-girls school.*
**[15:34] [POEM] N**
May I see you never forget...
**[15:36] Pork**
*She's strong!*
**[15:37] Pork**
*As strong as a boy!*
**[15:41] Mina**
*Ousaka is our engine,*
**[15:43] Mina**
*but the other girls have also improved.*
**[15:47] Mina**
* After all, they've been practicing*
* with Ousaka to help make her Queen.*
**[15:53] Mina**
* It's possible to become this*
* good if you're motivated.*
**[15:56] Mina**
* Akashi Girls' is now a team that's*
* improving themselves for Ousaka's sake.*
**[16:02] Mina**
*Youth... It brings a tear to my eye...*
**[16:10] Yu**
*Megumu stopped providing vocal support.*
**[16:13] Yu**
*Is her opponent that good?*
**[16:20] [POEM] N**
The storm blasts...
**[16:23] Chi**
*I was a moment late.*
**[16:24] Chi**
* I need to do better...*
* I need to do better...*
**[16:29] Chi**
*One millimeter...*
**[16:32] Chi**
*One spot...*
**[16:34] Chi**
*The green border...*
**[16:40] [POEM] N**
Feel sorrow wash...
**[16:49] Suo**
* I don't remember her having*
* such a fast motion.*
**[16:54] Suo**
* Ousaka moved before she did,*
* but she still took it.*
**[16:59] Suo**
*That reminded me of...*
**[17:04] Chi**
*Megumu-chan...*
**[17:06] Chi**
*Megumu-chan is me.*
**[17:09] (Flashback) Hara**
Stop taking cards with your speed.
**[17:15] Chi**
* She's who I'd be if someone*
* hadn't taught me better.*
**[17:30] [POEM] N**
though autumn is not mine alone
**[17:48] [POEM] N**
A night spent waiting...
**[17:50] [POEM] N**
The emotions experienced...
**[17:52] Rion**
*She finally took three consecutive cards.*
**[17:54] Suo**
*There's nothing flashy about her swing,*
**[17:56] Suo**
*but it's accurate.*
**[17:58] Megu**
*My lead...*
**[18:03] Megu**
*My lead is almost gone!*
**[18:10] Yu**
Okay!
**[18:11] Yu**
One card!
**[18:12] Yu**
One card at a time!
**[18:21] Yu**
*I was too loud!*
**[18:23] Yu**
*I'm not used to this kind of thing.*
**[18:27] Megu**
*Yu-chan...*
**[18:33] [POEM] N**
The sight of the lonely moon...
**[18:35] Pork**
*She swung that hard on a dead card?*
**[18:38] Pork**
*She might as well be a guy...*
***SIGN*** Too manly!
**[18:40] Yu**
*Megumu,*
**[18:42] ---**
*I don't know what you're thinking.*
**[18:44] Yu**
* It's possible that you don't*
* care about becoming Queen,*
**[18:47] Yu**
* and you just wanted to*
* have fun with everyone,*
**[18:50] Yu**
*but...*
**[18:52] Yu**
Megumu, I'll secure our first win,
**[18:56] Yu**
so you can take it easy.
**[18:59] Yu**
* I still don't know what*
* Megumu is thinking.*
**[19:02] Yu**
*Queen...*
***SIGN*** Scary...
***SIGN*** Tough...
***SIGN*** Bad...
**[19:06] Yu**
* I'll be playing in the Queen*
* match qualifier this year.*
**[19:10] Yu**
*After all...*
**[19:12] Yu**
* After all, how can you not*
* enjoy becoming stronger?*
**[19:16] All**
*Megumu-tan, you're a very gentle girl.*
**[19:21] All**
*You want to make everyone happy.*
**[19:22] All**
*You want to fulfill their expectations.*
**[19:25] All**
* We know that you're working*
* hard for those reasons.*
**[19:31] All**
*But honestly,*
**[19:34] All**
* we want to see you succumb*
* to your own desires.*
**[19:40] [POEM] N**
As I wait...
**[19:42] Chi**
*We touched it at the same time!*
**[19:43] Chi**
*But it was on my side, so I get it!*
**[19:45] Both**
All right!
***SIGN*** Trit-Trot
**[19:48] Chi**
That was mine...
**[19:49] Megu**
It was mine.
**[19:50] Megu**
I won that card.
***SIGN*** Trit-Trot
**[19:53] Chi**
But we touched it at the same
time, and it was on my side...
**[19:56] Megu**
I was faster.
**[19:58] Megu**
I could tell.
**[19:59] Chi**
What? But...
**[20:01] Megu**
No, I won that.
**[20:02] Yu**
*Megumu...*
**[20:03] Megu**
I was slightly faster!
**[20:07] Yu**
*...is contesting a card!*
**[20:12] Chi**
You can take it then.
**[20:14] Pork**
* She doesn't know how to*
* contest a card, period!*
***SIGN*** I knew it
**[20:17] Megu**
*Don't be ridiculous, Yu-chan.*
**[20:20] Megu**
*The leader of this team is me.*
**[20:22] Megu**
* The person who can make*
* everyone happy is me.*
**[20:25] Megu**
*The one who will challenge the Queen*
**[20:28] Megu**
is me!
**[20:30] Chi**
*What?*
**[20:31] Yu**
*What?*
**[20:37] Yu**
* I've never seen Megumu*
* like this before...*
**[20:41] Chi**
*I gave up the card she contested,*
**[20:43] Chi**
*but that makes up for the earlier one.*
**[20:47] Desk**
*It's fine, Ayase.*
**[20:50] Tai**
*Just be your usual self.*
**[20:56] Tai**
Okay...
**[20:58] Tai**
Time to attack!
**[20:59] Tai**
Mizusawa!
**[21:00] All**
Yeah!
**[21:01] Yu**
Okay, one card!
**[21:02] Megu**
One card!
**[21:03] Megu**
One card at a time!
**[21:05] All**
Y-Yes!
**[21:10] Sumi**
*Everyone's watching our match.*
**[21:13] A**
*The two teams are even.*
**[21:18] Rion**
*The tension...*
**[21:21] Rion**
*The pressure between the two teams is clashing.*
# E14 - People would always ask if I was pining for someone
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G609XZM26/people-would-always-ask-if-i-was-pining-for-someone)
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**[00:01] [POEM] ---**
As I wait...
**[00:04] Chi**
*We touched it at the same time!*
**[00:05] Chi**
*But it was on my side, so I get it!*
**[00:07] Both**
All right!
***SIGN*** Trit-Trot
**[00:09] Chi**
That was mine...
**[00:10] Megu**
It was mine.
**[00:11] Megu**
I was faster.
***SIGN*** Trit-Trot
**[00:13] Megu**
I could tell.
**[00:15] Chi**
What? But...
**[00:15] Yu**
*Megumu...*
**[00:16] Megu**
I was slightly faster!
**[00:19] Yu**
*...is contesting a card!*
**[00:21] Megu**
*Don't be ridiculous, Yu-chan.*
**[00:24] Megu**
*The leader of this team is me.*
**[00:26] Megu**
* The person who can make*
* everyone happy is me.*
**[00:28] Megu**
*The one who will challenge the Queen*
**[00:31] Megu**
is me!
**[00:34] Chi**
*I gave up the card she contested,*
**[00:35] Chi**
*but that makes up for the earlier one.*
**[00:40] Desk**
*It's fine, Ayase.*
**[00:43] Tai**
*Just be your usual self.*
**[00:48] Tai**
Okay...
**[00:49] Tai**
Time to attack!
**[00:51] Tai**
Mizusawa!
**[00:52] All**
Yeah!
**[00:53] Yu**
Okay, one card!
**[00:54] Megu**
One card!
**[00:55] Megu**
One card at a time!
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 14
***SIGN*** People
would
always ask
if I was
pining for
someone
***SIGN*** "The emotions," "All," "May my lonely," "My fear is not," "As my," "So spring ends," "Feel love," "Long," "While the," "I feel that," "My fear is that," "May it," "The fall wind," "The hazed...light,"
***SIGN*** "Rain," "Feel sorrow," "As I," "So spring nights," "A night," "Nobody," "I feel as,"
"No more," "While it brings," "Impassioned vows," "My only...the," "Note that,"
***SIGN*** "My life," "The hazed...mist," "A house," "I hear," "No matter," "Silent,"
"The sound of birds," "When I," "Nothing," "When the," "Look," "As this,"
"As friends," "While autumn," "May I live," "Swift," "While it may," "In order to,"
***SIGN*** "When winds blow," "Since I," "Would this," "A mountain stream," "While I,"
"Said bed," "May the time we," "The night," "For the," "My own home,"
"A mountain village," "The tail," "After many," "May my sighs," "Since the,"
**[02:26] Masa**
Sh-Sho-chan, she hasn't
taken a breath.
**[02:30] Masa**
She isn't breathing...
***SIGN*** "The sky is," "Though I," "So the flower petals," "Impassioned was," "The storm will," "I wish"...
**[02:33] Sho**
Arata, this is no simple
letter of remorse!
**[02:36] Sho**
It's a work of literature!
**[02:37] Sho**
It deserves to be published!
**[02:39] Ara**
Stop reading it.
**[02:40] Sho**
This is better than Kawabata
Yasunari and Natsume Soseki!
**[02:42] Ara**
You're exaggerating.
**[02:46] Shi**
Aren't you leaving, Arata?
**[02:48] Ara**
I'm staying here as
part of my punishment.
**[02:51] Ara**
I won't leave until the
tournament's over.
**[02:53] Shi**
You ooze integrity.
**[02:55] Shi**
Brings tears to my eyes.
**[02:57] Shi**
Once my uniform is dry, I'll be leaving.
**[03:02] Nog**
Oh, sorry I'm late!
**[03:04] Sho**
Coach! Tajiri! You're late!
**[03:06] Sho**
Way too late!
**[03:07] Nog**
Sorry about that.
**[03:08] Nog**
The engine stalled just when we got
close, and we had to call JAF.
**[03:11] Taj**
Since we knew we were disqualified,
**[03:13] ---**
we stopped for gyudon on the way.
**[03:14] Sho**
What?!
**[03:15] Taj**
Wait, is that Queen Wakamiya?
**[03:18] Taj**
It's really her!
**[03:20] Taj**
Why are you skinny now?
**[03:22] Taj**
What diet did you use?
**[03:22] Nog**
Tajiri!
**[03:23] Nog**
I saw the results downstairs.
**[03:26] Nog**
It looks like Shoyo from Kyoto is out.
**[03:29] Nog**
They lost to Mizusawa from Tokyo.
**[03:31] Shi**
Oh, that's too bad.
**[03:33] Shi**
I should have been
there for their match.
**[03:35] Ara**
Mizusawa?!
**[03:36] Ara**
Mizusawa won?!
**[03:39] Ara**
Are they still in?!
**[03:42] Nog**
Mizusawa beat Shoyo to
make the top four,
**[03:45] Nog**
and now they're playing First Akashi Girls'
from Hyogo in the semi-finals.
**[03:49] Nog**
An impressive run for an unknown school.
**[03:52] Ara**
*They're winning.*
**[03:54] Ara**
*They're playing hard.*
**[03:57] Ara**
*Taichi... Chihaya...*
**[04:02] Shi**
Team matches are so nice.
**[04:06] Shi**
Like a fun type of recreation.
**[04:08] Shi**
It's fun to do things together,
karuta or otherwise.
**[04:13] Shi**
I find it relaxing to watch.
**[04:15] Sho**
*How can she relax?!*
***SIGN*** "All," "As this," "Like the," "I feel that," "Impassionate," "Since the," "May my lonely," "Impassioned vows," "Like a," "The emotions," "The hazed...light," "I know," "As the first," "As my," "When I," "The fall paddy," "Silent," "My fear is that,"
***SIGN*** "After I heard," "When winds blow," "No more," "Would the," "Long," "The sound of birds," "The sight of Mount," "Though my," "As the years," "While I," "When the,"
**[04:27] Shi**
*Team tournament?*
**[04:28] Shi**
*That's for players who don't love karuta.*
***SIGN*** "While the," "My life," "Would this," "A mountain village," "Said night," "My only...I"...
**[04:37] Shi**
Arata, I might not present
much of a challenge,
**[04:42] Shi**
but why don't we play a match now?
**[04:47] Shi**
We can kill some time.
**[04:49] Sho**
*She's looking to kill more than time!*
**[04:53] Ara**
I can't play.
**[04:55] Shi**
Why not?
**[04:56] Ara**
Today is a day for teams.
**[05:04] Shi**
Forgive me then.
**[05:11] Ara**
* Shinobu-chan considers matches*
* a way to kill time.*
**[05:17] Ara**
*Because she's too strong...*
**[05:31] Sumi**
*Wh-Why?*
**[05:34] Sumi**
*Everybody's watching this match.*
**[05:38] Sumi**
*Is the other match too one-sided?*
**[05:41] Sumi**
*Hokuo already dropped three games?!*
**[05:47] Suo**
*What's that?!*
**[05:50] A**
*They're good...*
**[05:52] A**
* This year's Fujisaki team is*
* better than their reputation!*
**[05:56] A**
* Still, I didn't expect the First*
* Akashi Girls' vs. Mizusawa match*
**[05:59] ---**
* to be more exciting than the*
* Hokuo vs. Fujisaki match.*
**[06:04] A**
*Mizusawa came out of nowhere.*
**[06:07] A**
* They don't have any*
* experienced supervision,*
**[06:10] A**
* yet those kids are able*
* to play this well.*
**[06:14] Ara**
* I came here to cheer for*
* my friends from Tokyo.*
**[06:18] A**
* If Wataya Arata-kun came*
* here to watch Mizusawa...*
**[06:23] A**
*It's too late. Their match is almost over.*
**[06:30] Pork**
*She's good...*
**[06:32] Pork**
*More strong than good, actually.*
**[06:34] Pork**
* When I try to contest cards, she gives*
* me a scary look, so I back down.*
**[06:37] Pork**
*I don't like to argue with girls in the first place...*
**[06:41] Yu**
Excuse me.
**[06:46] Yu**
*Megumu made these headbands for us.*
**[06:49] Yu**
*But if I want to become Queen,*
**[06:54] Yu**
*Megumu's my rival now!*
**[06:56] Yu**
Sorry about that.
**[06:59] Pork**
*Forget it.*
**[07:00] Pork**
*I'm treating you like a boy!*
**[07:05] Yu**
*You're weaker than Megumu!*
**[07:08] Yu**
Okay, I won!
**[07:10] Yu**
One win for First Akashi Girls'!
**[07:13] Pork**
*N-Not again...*
**[07:16] Pork**
*Not in such an important match!*
**[07:19] Sumi**
*What are you doing, Nishida-senpai?!*
**[07:21] Sumi**
* I'm calling you Porky-senpai*
* from now on!*
**[07:22] Sumi**
*It's settled!*
**[07:24] Tani**
*Yes!*
**[07:24] Haya**
*Yuube-senpai got us a win!*
**[07:27] Megu**
*Yuu-chan took the first win from me!*
***SIGN*** Swoon!
**[07:32] A**
*Akashi is the first team on the board.*
**[07:35] A**
*Can they pull out the win,*
**[07:36] A**
*or will Mizusawa hold them off?*
**[07:40] A**
*Only seven cards remain...*
**[07:43] [POEM] N**
I can look up and see the
snowy cap of Mt. Fuji
**[07:52] [POEM] N**
Rain takes longer...
**[07:54] Yu**
*No way!*
**[07:56] Yu**
*Megumu even lost her "Rain" card?!*
**[07:58] A**
* Who is this girl, to do that*
* to the West representative?!*
**[08:03] (Flashback) Yu**
Ousaka Megumu...
**[08:08] (Flashback) Yu**
That name is perfect for a karuta player.
**[08:11] (Flashback) Megu**
What are you talking about, Yu-chan?
**[08:13] (Flashback) Yu**
All the syllables in both Ousaka and Megumu
correspond to single-syllable words.
**[08:17] (Flashback) Yu**
"Long," "Rain," and "Silent."
**[08:19] (Flashback) Megu**
Why "Silent waves"?
**[08:21] (Flashback) Yu**
Because the "mu" in Megumu is for
dream, like in the second verse.
***SIGN*** Because the "mu"
means dream
**[08:27] (Flashback) Megu**
In that case, those are cards
I can't lose, not even to the Queen.
**[08:34] Yu**
*Megumu...*
**[08:46] Kana**
One win for Pizusawa!
**[08:47] Tai**
*Pizusawa?*
**[08:48] Desk**
*She slipped up!*
**[08:49] Kana**
*But...*
**[08:50] Chi**
Kana-chan!
**[08:51] Kana**
*That's one win!*
**[08:53] Tsu**
*Oe-senpai held on to win! Amazing!*
**[08:57] Rion**
* A win immediately after*
* losing the first game...*
**[08:59] Rion**
*That was perfect timing.*
**[09:02] Rion**
*That's big...*
**[09:04] Rion**
* It eases the pressure*
* from the first loss.*
**[09:11] Mura**
*Mizusawa is a good team.*
**[09:15] Tai**
*Six cards...*
**[09:17] Tai**
* That's the number of cards*
* remaining on the field,*
**[09:19] Tai**
*but there are more to worry about.*
**[09:21] Tai**
*Does she know that?*
**[09:23] Tai**
* "Though my," "Like a," "After I determined,"*
* "Impassioned vows," "For the,"*
**[09:26] Tai**
* "So the flower petals," "A house," "A mountain*
* village," "Said world grants no escape,"*
**[09:28] Tai**
* "When winds send," "I wish,"*
* "I feel as," "Nothing," "As the first,"*
**[09:30] Tai**
* "My fear is that," "While I,"*
* "The sound of people," "The fall paddy."*
**[09:33] Tai**
*There are still 18 dead cards!*
**[09:35] ---**
*The fall paddy...*
**[09:37] Nana**
*Ah, a fault!*
**[09:39] Tai**
*Good!*
**[09:41] A**
*A dead card.*
**[09:43] A**
*Six cards remain on the field.*
**[09:45] A**
*The match could go either way now.*
**[09:47] A**
* The West representative,*
* Ousaka-san, could even lose!*
**[09:51] A**
* I never knew there was such*
* a strong player out there.*
**[09:57] Megu**
*I lost "Silent" and "Rain."*
**[10:01] Megu**
*Her speed is real.*
**[10:04] Megu**
*This girl...*
**[10:06] Megu**
*Ayase Chihaya...*
**[10:09] [POEM] N**
as my sleeves are wet with dew
**[10:18] [POEM] N**
Impassioned gods...
***SIGN*** Got it!
**[10:21] Tai**
Two wins for Mizusawa!
**[10:22] Kana**
*Yes! Our best card!*
**[10:31] Tai**
*Did Chihaya*
**[10:33] Tai**
*lose "Impassioned"?*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[10:38] Megu**
*This is payback for "Silent" and "Rain."*
**[10:41] All**
*Megumu-tan held a grudge!*
**[10:44] Naka**
*Amazing!*
**[10:46] Naka**
* "Impassioned vows" and "Impassioned*
* was" haven't been read yet,*
**[10:49] Naka**
*so even Bellatrix was playing it safe!*
**[10:53] Naka**
* This time, the girl in*
* glasses went aggressive.*
**[10:57] Naka**
* This is a match between two*
* girls seeking to become Queen!*
**[11:01] A**
*Mizusawa now leads 2-1.*
**[11:04] A**
* If they win one more game,*
* they'll advance to the finals.*
**[11:11] Suo**
*Hokuo lost 1-4...*
**[11:15] Suo**
*That's pathetic!*
**[11:22] A**
Mori! Is that a video?!
**[11:25] B**
Have you forgotten you're
in the photography club?!
**[11:27] Mori**
You can't capture her speed,
even with continuous shots.
**[11:31] Mori**
*Th-They're so fast.*
**[11:34] B**
*She barely beat her opponent.*
**[11:36] All**
*Megumu-tan is getting faster.*
**[11:40] All**
*Because of her opponent.*
**[11:44] All**
*We want to watch*
**[11:47] All**
*as you battle with strong friends,*
**[11:50] All**
*encounter strong enemies,*
**[11:53] All**
*and realize your true potential!*
**[12:02] [POEM] N**
I feel as though I am like
the Izumi river split,
**[12:12] Chi**
*Megumu-chan...*
**[12:15] Chi**
*Let's work hard...*
**[12:17] Chi**
*Let's work hard!*
**[12:19] Chi**
*We can't let*
**[12:24] Chi**
*Shinobu-chan be alone forever!*
**[12:33] Ara**
What is it?
***SIGN*** people would always ask if I was pining for someone
**[12:38] Shi**
I thought I heard
**[12:43] ---**
"Since I could" being read.
**[12:56] (Flashback) Hara**
Chihaya-chan...
**[12:58] (Flashback) Hara**
No matter how much it may hurt,
**[13:00] (Flashback) Hara**
you must show your respect.
**[13:12] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[13:19] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[13:21] Yu**
*She won!*
**[13:24] Tai**
*She lost.*
**[13:47] Chi**
*First Akashi Girls' has 2 wins...*
**[13:50] Chi**
*Mizusawa has 2 wins...*
**[13:54] Chi**
*Desktomu-kun!*
**[14:00] Tai**
*His opponent has "The sight of Mount,"*
**[14:01] Tai**
* while Komano has "May my lonely"*
* in a luck of the draw.*
**[14:05] Tai**
*There are four more dead cards...*
**[14:10] Sumi**
*Everyone's watching!*
**[14:12] [POEM] N**
people would always ask if
I was pining for someone
**[14:15] Sumi**
*I can't stand this!*
**[14:17] Sumi**
* I can't bear the fact that our*
* team's fate is on the line!*
**[14:22] Sumi**
*I can't bear to watch!*
**[14:23] [POEM] N**
Though my hatred has waned...
**[14:26] [POEM] N**
So the flower petals...
**[14:28] [POEM] N**
I wish I could show the
people how my sleeves
**[14:30] Sumi**
*It's not over yet?!*
***SIGN*** Excuse me.
**[14:47] (Flashback) Desk**
Karuta is hard and scary.
**[14:51] (Flashback) Desk**
I got nervous when
Porky called me out...
**[14:56] Desk**
*It's scary.*
**[14:58] Desk**
*This is the last game...*
**[15:00] Desk**
*to decide the match!*
**[15:02] [POEM] N**
Said world grants no escape
**[15:06] Tai**
*Komano, have you noticed?*
**[15:09] Tai**
*There aren't any more dead cards!*
**[15:12] Tai**
*The next card will decide*
**[15:14] ---**
*the game!*
**[15:17] Desk**
*It's scary...*
**[15:20] Desk**
*But...*
**[15:21] [POEM] N**
I hide in the mountains, only to
hear the haunting cry of a deer
**[15:29] Desk**
*I'll always have...*
**[15:32] [POEM] N**
The sight of Mount Arima...
**[15:39] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[15:41] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[15:50] Chi**
*Desktomu-kun...*
**[15:52] Chi**
*Desktomu-kun!*
**[15:54] Murao**
Mizusawa High School defeats
First Akashi Girls' 3-2.
**[16:02] All**
Thank you very much.
**[16:04] All**
Thank you very much.
**[16:06] Mura**
The final will be between Fujisaki
High School and Mizusawa High School.
**[16:10] Mura**
Please return to your
seats in 15 minutes.
**[16:13] Miya**
That was incredible.
**[16:16] Miya**
The second-years really gave it their all.
**[16:29] Mori**
*Megumu-tan... Will we get it?*
**[16:32] Mori**
*Will we get it?*
**[16:34] Mori**
* Will we finally get a rare*
* shot of Megumu-tan's tears?!*
**[16:42] All**
*Here it comes!*
**[16:43] All**
*Memory wipe time!*
***SIGN*** She was quick today
**[16:45] Megu**
Can you give me this data?
**[16:48] Megu**
You were taking pictures during
the whole match, right?
**[16:51] Megu**
Give them all to me.
**[16:52] Megu**
Let me see them.
**[16:57] All**
*Megumu-tan...*
***SIGN*** Megumu-tan...
**[16:58] A**
Wait! Those are the battery
packs, not the SD cards!
**[17:05] Megu**
That was my last time
playing karuta on this team.
**[17:10] Tani**
Megumu?
**[17:12] Megu**
It's all over.
**[17:15] Megu**
* I always thought that I*
* would stop playing karuta*
**[17:19] ---**
*once I could no longer play with all of them.*
**[17:23] (Flashback) Yu**
We'll help, so let's practice until
you're invested enough to get upset.
***SIGN*** Good Luck Megumu
**[17:29] Megu**
*I'm so stupid.*
**[17:34] Megu**
*I'm upset after winning.*
**[17:37] Megu**
*I can't stop...*
***SIGN*** Okay, it's finally time to face Fujisaki!
***SIGN*** Pay attention to the following points.
**[17:46] Chi**
Desktomu-kun...
**[17:47] Chi**
You're incredible, Desktomu-kun!
**[17:49] Chi**
Incredible!
**[17:50] Chi**
Why did you go after "The sight
of Mount" in that luck of the draw?
**[17:52] Chi**
Did you hear it?
***SIGN*** Of course not.
***SIGN*** I was gambling.
***SIGN*** Going from the data from the matches I've watched,
***SIGN*** there's a slightly higher chance of a "The" card
**[18:04] ---**
being read in a luck of the draw.
***SIGN*** That's all it was.
***SIGN*** Anyway, for the final lineup,
**[18:11] ---**
I think we should stick
with the second-years.
**[18:13] Tai**
* Statistically, he had a 50%*
* chance of guessing right,*
**[18:17] Tai**
*but I've heard people say...*
**[18:19] Pork**
*I've heard Master mention that before...*
**[18:23] (Flashback) Kita**
There are all kinds of superstitions
when it comes to luck of the draw.
**[18:26] (Flashback) Kita**
Some only go for three-syllable cards
that have become one-syllable cards.
**[18:29] (Flashback) Kita**
Or they believe that a
"The" card will be read.
**[18:31] Pork**
*Superstitions...*
**[18:34] Pork**
* Desktomu-kun has only been playing*
* karuta for 15 months,*
**[18:39] Pork**
* but he's already formed*
* his own superstitions.*
**[18:44] Pork**
*Desktomu-kun is learning...*
**[18:50] Desk**
*I'll always have my data to help me,*
**[18:55] Desk**
*and I'm sure it'll help everyone else.*
**[19:01] Chi**
*The grand final...*
**[19:05] Chi**
*Our team won, but I lost...*
**[19:09] Chi**
*Why?*
**[19:12] Chi**
* When the score was 2-2,*
* Megumu-chan took "May my sighs,"*
**[19:14] ---**
*then sent "Since I."*
**[19:18] Chi**
* It's one of my better cards,*
* but I lost it at the very end.*
**[19:24] Chi**
*What could I have done better?*
**[19:26] Chi**
* I was able to identify*
* Megumu-chan's weaknesses.*
**[19:30] Chi**
*I was able to conquer my own.*
**[19:33] Chi**
*What could I have done better?*
**[19:36] Chi**
*What could I have done better?*
**[19:51] Chi**
*Nail marks...*
**[19:54] Chi**
*I was using that much strength?*
**[20:02] Chi**
*Relax...*
**[20:05] Chi**
*Relax...*
**[20:08] Chi**
*This is the final.*
**[20:13] Miya**
A voice mail from Mr. Matoba?
**[20:17] Miya**
The Mizusawa concert band?!
**[20:21] Miya**
They lost their competition
in the regional preliminary.
**[20:25] Pork**
No boost for us this time.
**[20:29] Miya**
What is it, Tsukuba-kun?
**[20:31] Tsu**
I have a request, Ms. Miyauchi.
**[20:33] Tsu**
Order them to replace
Oe-senpai with me.
**[20:37] Tsu**
Use your authority as the advisor!
**[20:39] Miya**
There you go again.
**[20:41] Miya**
If you just want attention, stop it.
**[20:43] Tsu**
That's not it!
**[20:44] Tsu**
I'm not doing this for attention!
**[20:46] Tsu**
But I'm here!
**[20:48] Tsu**
I'm scared about going up
against Fujisaki in the final,
**[20:50] ---**
but I'm still a member of the team!
**[20:53] Kana**
Please, Tsukuba-kun...
**[20:57] Kana**
Do I look that tired?
**[21:00] Tsu**
Huh?
**[21:01] Kana**
I'm just fine.
I can play another match.
**[21:16] Kana**
That was a lie.
**[21:19] Kana**
That was a lie.
**[21:21] Kana**
Tsukuba-kun, please win for me.
# E15 - No matter where I stand
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6759DMNR/no-matter-where-i-stand)
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**[00:04] Kana**
Tsukuba-kun, please win for me.
**[00:10] Chi**
Kana-chan?!
**[00:14] Chi**
Did this happen during the last match?
***SIGN*** It's really swollen.
**[00:19] Kana**
Good thing it was me.
**[00:21] Kana**
Good thing it wasn't Chihaya-chan
jamming her finger.
**[00:24] Chi**
What are you talking about, Kana-chan?!
**[00:26] Kana**
We should consider ourselves lucky!
**[00:28] Kana**
It wasn't our ace who got hurt.
**[00:30] Kana**
We have first-years to sub in!
**[00:32] Kana**
Luck is on our side.
**[00:34] Kana**
Mizusawa is set up to win.
**[00:41] Sumi**
Did you notice that Oe-senpai
was injured, Tsukuba?
**[00:45] Tsu**
O-Of course!
**[00:46] Tsu**
I was watching Oe-senpai the whole time!
**[00:48] Sumi**
Yeah, you're lying.
**[00:49] Sumi**
You always lie.
**[00:51] Tsu**
*I was worried about her stamina,*
**[00:54] Tsu**
*and I never noticed her injury.*
**[00:57] (Flashback) Kana**
That was a lie.
**[00:58] (Flashback) Kana**
Tsukuba-kun, please win for me.
**[01:02] Tsu**
*Her lie was completely different from mine.*
**[01:06] Miya**
I'm amazed you were able
to win your game like this.
**[01:08] Miya**
It may be sprained.
**[01:10] Miya**
The swelling could get worse.
**[01:12] Kana**
It's okay.
**[01:18] Miya**
*Her hand is so small...*
**[01:21] Miya**
* Yet Oe-san and Komano-kun*
* are able to lead the others?*
**[01:28] Miya**
*But...*
**[01:34] Miya**
*In the process, they're also providing a push.*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 15
***SIGN*** No
matter
where I
stand
**[02:53] Retro**
We're sorry...
We're sorry... We're sorry...
**[02:57] Retro**
We're sorry, Sudo-san!
**[02:59] Retro**
Please don't spank us!
***SIGN*** Spank?
**[03:00] A**
What?
**[03:01] Ama**
Oh, one of the hosts...
**[03:03] A**
Members of Hokuo,
too bad about that match.
**[03:09] Retro**
Do you need something?
**[03:10] A**
Uh, do you know who
Wataya Arata-kun is?
**[03:14] A**
From Fukui...
**[03:15] Retro**
Wataya Arata?!
**[03:16] Retro**
He is my eternal rival!
**[03:19] Retro**
Back in the winter of sixth grade,
**[03:21] Retro**
when we were almost equals,
we had a fateful encounter in Tokyo!
**[03:25] A**
Oh, I just wanted to know
if you were acquainted.
**[03:29] A**
Wataya-kun came here to cheer for you,
**[03:33] A**
but due to a mishap, he
wasn't able to watch in person.
**[03:36] A**
Once the third place match is
over, you should go see him.
**[03:40] A**
He's in the room at the
end of the second floor.
**[03:43] Retro**
*Wataya Arata came to cheer for us?*
**[03:48] Retro**
*Doesn't matter.*
**[03:50] Retro**
* I don't have time to worry*
* about another school.*
**[03:53] Retro**
*Because...*
**[03:56] Sudo**
Bastards...
**[03:59] Sudo**
Are you ready to bunny hop down
the Tokaido on the way home?
**[04:06] Sudo**
Just kidding. I was a fool.
**[04:10] Sudo**
I was convinced that you
would make the final,
**[04:12] Sudo**
so I wasn't watching the last match.
**[04:15] Sudo**
I was convinced that you
would make the final,
**[04:17] Sudo**
so I wasn't focused.
**[04:20] Sudo**
This time, I'll be watching...
**[04:21] Ama**
Huh?
**[04:27] Sudo**
Hokuo must end the
tournament with a win!
**[04:30] A**
The third-years are so good.
**[04:32] B**
I want to know what lineup
we'll use for the final.
**[04:34] C**
There's no reason to change lineups.
**[04:36] C**
They're our best players.
**[04:37] B**
Stupid. Don't you know
Coach Sakurazawa's style?
**[04:40] B**
She always switches in a
younger player for the final!
**[04:46] Mako**
*Who will be dropped?*
**[04:49] Ichi**
* Will it be me for being the*
* single loss against Hokuo?*
**[04:53] Both**
*This is the best lineup we have, Coach.*
**[05:01] Saku**
Suzuki Manata.
**[05:04] Saku**
You're out.
**[05:06] A**
Wow, she's breaking up
Fujisaki's Mana-Kana,
**[05:08] A**
Manata-senpai and Kanata-senpai!
**[05:10] B**
They're even, ability-wise,
**[05:12] B**
but she only removed
one from the lineup.
**[05:13] C**
Evil!
**[05:15] Mana**
C-Coach, why me?!
**[05:18] Saku**
Your knees.
**[05:20] Saku**
You've put a lot of strain
on those knee supports.
**[05:22] Saku**
Thank you.
**[05:23] Saku**
We wouldn't have made it to the
finals without your hard work.
**[05:27] Saku**
Yamashiro Rion, you're in.
**[05:32] Rion**
Yes.
**[05:32] D**
A second-year in the lineup...
**[05:34] E**
I knew it'd be Yamashiro.
**[05:36] E**
She's confirmed to be the
next core of this team.
**[05:38] F**
I've heard rumors that the
reader for the next match is—
**[05:40] Saku**
Stop chattering.
**[05:43] Saku**
The finals are the best opportunity to learn.
**[05:45] Saku**
Watch carefully and consider
the meaning of each card.
**[05:47] All**
Yes!
**[05:54] Mako**
*Yamashiro Rion.*
**[05:56] Mako**
*I figured she would be chosen.*
**[05:58] Mako**
*Frightening...*
**[05:59] Mako**
*The third-years are all in love with her.*
**[06:04] Mako**
*Frightening...*
**[06:05] Mako**
*Plus, she's copying my hairstyle.*
**[06:08] Mako**
*Frightening...*
**[06:09] Rion**
Makoto-senpai.
**[06:11] Rion**
I was watching Mizusawa's match,
**[06:13] Rion**
so I'm familiar with each player's—
**[06:14] Mako**
You think you can give advice
to the third-years?!
**[06:17] Mako**
And why did you agree
to enter the lineup?!
**[06:19] Mako**
You must know how hard
Manata worked to get here!
**[06:22] Mako**
You should have refused to play!
**[06:23] Ichi**
Hey, Makoto.
**[06:24] Mako**
We don't need you to win!
**[06:26] Ero**
Stop it, Makoto!
**[06:28] Mako**
Why are you all so soft on Rion?
**[06:30] Mako**
Don't you find it creepy how
she never shows any emotion?!
**[06:34] Rion**
But if I play, we can win for sure.
**[06:37] Rion**
Also, I wasn't the one who took
Manata-senpai out of the lineup.
**[06:44] Mako**
I know that, you iron mask!
**[06:48] Mako**
*I know that...*
**[06:50] Mako**
*The scariest person in Fujisaki is...*
**[06:54] Saku**
*We will be fine this year.*
**[06:56] Saku**
*The problem is the year after next.*
**[06:58] Saku**
*The third-years we have now are so good*
**[07:00] ---**
*that our team is no longer balanced.*
**[07:02] Saku**
* There are only a few first-years*
* who show any promise.*
**[07:06] Saku**
* I suppose I could have taken out*
* another third-year to let a first-year play.*
**[07:10] Mochi**
Ms. Sakurazawa.
**[07:13] Saku**
Mr. Mochida.
**[07:14] Mochi**
Congratulations on advancing to the finals.
**[07:16] Mochi**
I was very impressed.
**[07:18] Mochi**
I just saw that you took out one
of your third-years for the final.
**[07:22] Mochi**
He was the player who defeated
our Kameda very quickly.
**[07:26] G**
Coach Sakurazawa is really something.
**[07:28] G**
Most people would never take out
a third-year for the final.
**[07:31] F**
I know, but you have to
admire Manata-senpai.
**[07:34] F**
He's not hiding the fact that he's upset.
**[07:38] Kana**
Manata, your knees aren't
bothering you that much, right?
**[07:42] Kana**
We can go appeal to Coach.
**[07:44] Mana**
Kanata...
**[07:50] Kana**
Ma-Manata?!
**[07:53] Mana**
I-It's okay...
**[07:54] Mana**
I was just remembering all the
grueling practice we went through.
**[07:58] Saku**
Yes, Suzuki Manata is
an excellent player.
**[08:02] Saku**
I expect him to perform well in the
individual tournament tomorrow.
**[08:05] Mochi**
*It's my fault that Hokuo lost.*
**[08:09] Mochi**
*I'm not as strong as she is.*
**[08:11] Mochi**
* I don't have her kind of*
* strength and conviction,*
**[08:17] Mochi**
* to utilize the hopes of the*
* third-years to win the final.*
**[08:25] Ama**
Retro, pay attention!
**[08:27] Retro**
Yes!
**[08:29] Ama**
Give it everything you got left.
**[08:32] Ama**
The senpais, who hated how
our red T-shirts stand out
**[08:34] ---**
and swore to never wear them again,
**[08:36] Ama**
are wearing them now
as they watch us play.
**[08:39] Taku**
One of those isn't a senpai...
**[08:42] Ama**
Forget it! Don't mention that!
***SIGN*** Self- made replica
**[08:43] Ama**
She's still here to support us.
**[08:45] Ama**
We're not alone here!
**[08:51] [POEM] Kana**
May my sighs be blamed upon the moon,
**[08:56] [POEM] Kana**
or do my tears come from
the feelings it invokes?
**[09:00] Miya**
Oe-san?
**[09:01] Kana**
How did the Monk Saigyo feel
when he looked up at the moon?!
**[09:05] Miya**
I-I'm glad to see that
you're doing okay.
***SIGN*** Listen up, everyone.
***SIGN*** I'm confident that I can guess our opponent's lineup with 100% accuracy.
**[09:18] All**
What?!
***SIGN*** Fujisaki has multiple players who are highly skilled.
***SIGN*** Think of it as playing against five of Hokuo's Sudo-san.
**[09:24] Chi**
What?!
**[09:25] Pork**
He said that like it's nothing!
***SIGN*** None of the players stand out for individual performance,
***SIGN*** 1. Emuro Ryoga (Captain)
***SIGN*** but they have a vague order that may be based on their personalities.
***SIGN*** 1. Emuro Ryoga (Captain) 2. Ichimura Mitsuki
***SIGN*** 1. Emuro Ryoga (Captain) 2. Ichimura Mitsuki 3. Suzuki Manata\Kanata
***SIGN*** 1. Emuro Ryoga (Captain) 2. Ichimura Mitsuki 3./4. Suzuki Manata\Kanata ?. Yamai Makoto
**[09:33] Pork**
Why do you have a question mark here?
***SIGN*** I'm not sure where to put him.
***SIGN*** They'll be changing the lineup for the final, anyway.
***SIGN*** One of the twins will be dropped for a younger player.
**[09:44] Pork**
Wait, a third-year Class A
player's getting dropped?!
***SIGN*** Yep, and he'll probably be replaced by a girl.
**[09:49] Chi**
How do you know that?!
**[09:51] (Flashback) Mako**
In Fujisaki, the girls are
scarier than the guys.
***SIGN*** I watched three of their matches.
***SIGN*** Also...
**[09:59] Tai**
*He reminds me of Arata.*
**[10:02] Tai**
* He's about the same build*
* and wearing glasses.*
**[10:05] Tai**
*Huh?*
**[10:07] Tai**
*I'd forgotten Arata until now.*
**[10:10] Tai**
*He kept popping up before...*
**[10:13] Tai**
*Was it because I was concentrating*
**[10:16] Tai**
*on the team match?*
**[10:17] A**
Time's up.
**[10:19] A**
Will the players please enter the room?
***SIGN*** Nationals edition
**[10:22] Desk**
*I've done all I can.*
**[10:25] Desk**
*I doubt I'll be able to win my game.*
**[10:30] Desk**
*But...*
**[10:32] ---**
*But...*
**[10:35] O**
Nakayama! We'll barely make the
train if we watch this match!
**[10:37] O**
Can we make it? Can we make it?
**[10:40] Sumi**
Did you really want to play that badly?
**[10:42] Kana**
Of course I did!
**[10:44] Kana**
If I'd known about this, I would
have insisted on playing!
**[10:46] Sumi**
Huh?
**[10:47] A**
*I'm so glad that she agreed to come.*
**[10:49] A**
* This is a wonderful present*
* for the high school students.*
**[10:52] Kana**
* The certified reader,*
* Yamashiro Kyoko, grade 7.*
**[10:56] Kana**
* We're so lucky to have her*
* read for a high school match!*
**[11:00] Kana**
*She's one of the best readers out there!*
**[11:02] Sumi**
* The world of karuta is too*
* deep for me to understand.*
**[11:06] Kana**
*This really is the final...*
**[11:08] Kana**
* In Omi Jingu, on the ultimate stage,*
* with the ultimate reader.*
**[11:14] Both**
*I wanted to play!*
**[11:17] Chi**
I'm actually a greedy person.
***SIGN*** Huh? We know.
**[11:21] Chi**
Compared to becoming Queen, becoming
the strongest woman in Japan,
**[11:25] Chi**
it's much harder for us to
become best in Japan together!
**[11:38] Tai**
Let's do this!
**[11:39] Pork**
Mi!
**[11:39] Tsu**
Zu!
***SIGN*** Sa!
**[11:40] Chi**
Wa!
**[11:41] All**
Fight!
**[11:44] Mura**
I will now read the order
for the final match.
**[11:47] Mura**
Fujisaki High School, Yamashiro Rion.
**[11:49] Kana**
*What? Yamashiro?*
**[11:52] Mura**
Mizusawa High School, Ayase Chihaya.
**[11:54] A**
They took out a third-year
Class A player.
**[11:56] B**
The first game is between
two second-year girls.
**[11:58] Z**
* Wait, isn't that certified reader*
* Yamashiro's granddaughter?*
**[12:02] Z**
*She's a student at Fujisaki?*
**[12:05] Z**
*Is that why she agreed to come?*
**[12:07] Mako**
You'll have a lot to answer for
if you lose in the number one seat.
**[12:13] Desk**
*I don't know which girl they'll put in,*
**[12:16] Desk**
* but your goal is to become the*
* strongest girl in Japan, right?*
**[12:21] Mura**
Fujisaki High School, Suzuki Kanata.
**[12:23] Mura**
Mizusawa High School, Nishida Yusei.
**[12:26] Kana**
*I'll avenge Manata's anguish!*
**[12:28] Pork**
*I'll avenge my anguish!*
**[12:31] Mura**
Fujisaki High School, Emuro Ryoga.
**[12:34] Mura**
Mizusawa High School, Mashima Taichi.
**[12:36] I**
The two leaders are against each other!
**[12:38] J**
That's how a final should be!
**[12:39] Desk**
*This was the biggest surprise.*
**[12:41] (Flashback) Tai**
I'll play their captain.
**[12:44] Desk**
* That Mashima, not Ayase, was the*
* one who took the challenge.*
**[12:48] Tai**
*I won't run away.*
**[12:50] Tai**
*If it's a team match,*
**[12:53] Tai**
*not even Arata can scare me!*
**[12:55] Mura**
Fujisaki High School, Ichimura Mitsuki.
**[12:58] Mura**
Mizusawa High School, Tsukuba Akihiro.
**[13:00] Tsu**
*If I win here, I'll look so good!*
**[13:02] Tsu**
*I'll be a true hero!*
**[13:05] Ichi**
Fox-eyed creature?
**[13:06] Tsu**
Huh? What?
**[13:08] Tsu**
Is that a nickname?
**[13:08] Tsu**
Wait, you've got fox eyes, too!
**[13:11] Mura**
Fujisaki High School, Yamai Makoto.
**[13:14] Mura**
Mizusawa High School, Komano Tsutomu.
**[13:16] Mako**
Oh? You actually made it
to the final, Mr. Spy?
**[13:19] Mako**
That's impressive,
**[13:20] Mako**
but you shouldn't expect to win.
**[13:22] Mako**
That goes for your whole team...
***SIGN*** You should stop blowing at your bangs when you're in trouble.
**[13:29] Mura**
Next, we have the third place match.
**[13:32] Mura**
First Akashi Girls' vs. Hokuo Academy.
**[13:34] Taku**
Huh? Where's Retro?
**[13:37] Shi**
It should be dry by now.
**[13:40] Sho**
Stop it!
***SIGN*** Why are you facing us?!
**[13:41] Sho**
Don't change in front of us!
**[13:42] Sho**
Give us a warning first!
**[13:47] Sho**
What?!
**[13:48] Sho**
What are you?! Who are you?!
**[13:49] Sho**
Strangers should stay out!
**[13:51] Ara**
Retro-kun?
**[13:54] Ara**
*Hokuo...*
**[13:56] Ara**
*The first place team from Tokyo.*
**[13:58] Ara**
*Retro-kun's still playing karuta?*
**[14:04] (Flashback) Tai**
It doesn't matter if I lose
my first match tomorrow...
**[14:07] (Flashback) Tai**
...as long as we win every match today.
**[14:09] Retro**
*Mashima's so stupid...*
**[14:12] Retro**
* Working hard to win team matches*
* won't get you anywhere.*
**[14:15] Retro**
* You want to make Class A*
* more than anyone else...*
**[14:17] Retro**
*Maybe even more than I do.*
**[14:22] Retro**
Wataya-kun...
**[14:24] Retro**
Aren't you going to cheer them on?
**[14:26] Retro**
Mashima and Chihaya are playing
to become the best in Japan.
**[14:37] Shi**
He's talking about becoming first in Japan
**[14:39] ---**
when it's a match between
high school students.
**[14:41] Shi**
I'm very impressed.
**[14:42] Shi**
They must all be very good.
**[14:45] Shi**
Don't you think so, Arata?
**[14:59] Shi**
You're still not going?
**[15:01] Ara**
If I go, I won't be able to play
in the individual tournament.
**[15:05] Shi**
Oh, so you care more about
the individual tournament.
**[15:08] Sho**
Arata, don't worry.
**[15:10] Sho**
The room's so packed that
no one will notice you.
**[15:12] Sho**
Go on.
**[15:13] Sho**
Isn't that why you came today?
**[15:15] Ara**
If I don't accept my punishment
after breaking the rules,
**[15:17] Ara**
I'll be incurring the
wrath of the gods, Shoji!
**[15:23] (Flashback) Retro**
Mashima and Chihaya are playing
to become the best in Japan.
**[15:31] Sho**
Not your pants!
**[15:34] Shi**
I wish I could be as relaxed as you are.
**[15:37] Shi**
I'm so nervous about the
tournament tomorrow.
**[15:41] Shi**
I need to go home.
**[15:42] Shi**
Goodbye then.
**[15:45] Ara**
Shinobu-chan.
**[15:47] Ara**
Won't you watch some of the team match?
**[15:50] Ara**
Your presence will encourage
some of the players.
**[15:55] Shi**
You must be joking.
**[16:07] Desk**
*This is...*
**[16:08] Tsu**
*U-Ugly!*
**[16:11] Mako**
*So many three-syllable cards...*
**[16:13] Pork**
* There's only one one-syllable*
* card on the field.*
**[16:16] Tai**
*No "Impassion—" cards.*
**[16:17] Tai**
*This will be a tough match for Chihaya.*
**[16:26] All**
Excuse us.
**[16:31] A**
*They're leaving after placing their cards?*
**[16:33] B**
* Did they already finish*
* memorizing the cards?*
**[16:35] B**
*That's crazy!*
**[16:37] Ama**
*That's how Fujisaki plays.*
**[16:39] Ama**
*This way, they always set their own pace.*
**[16:42] Ama**
*Don't panic, Mizusawa.*
**[16:49] Tai**
*It's no big deal.*
**[16:51] Desk**
* We had to play five matches*
* to reach the final.*
**[16:53] Desk**
*The third-years on Fujisaki are also tired.*
**[16:56] Desk**
* I think they'll leave their seats*
* to avoid memorization overload.*
**[17:00] Desk**
* The girl who hasn't played yet*
* will probably remain.*
**[17:03] Chi**
*Master Komano, you're incredible.*
**[17:07] Chi**
* Karuta is about memorizing and*
* forgetting over and over...*
**[17:12] Chi**
*Memorize and forget...*
**[17:14] Chi**
*Memorize and forget...*
**[17:17] Chi**
*Forget...*
**[17:19] Chi**
*Forget everything...*
**[17:24] Chi**
*If I don't forget everything,*
**[17:28] Chi**
* I won't be able to defeat a fresh*
* player in her first match.*
**[17:32] Mako**
Where's Rion?
**[17:34] Ero**
She's memorizing.
**[17:35] Mako**
What? Is that okay?
**[17:36] Mako**
She's not very strong to begin with,
yet she's not going to stretch?
**[17:39] Ero**
This is optional.
**[17:41] Mako**
You guys are too soft on Rion.
**[17:43] Mako**
True, she has incredible talent,
**[17:45] Mako**
but isn't it creepy how she
never shows any emotion?
**[17:48] Mako**
Why is she so popular?
**[17:49] Mako**
Plus, she's still stuck in Class B.
**[17:52] Mako**
Sure, she's kinda cute.
**[17:54] Ichi**
Hey, Makoto. I have a girlfriend, you know.
**[17:57] Mako**
Huh?
**[17:57] Kana**
Me, too.
**[17:58] Mako**
Seriously?!
***SIGN*** Good luck, Senpai
**[17:59] Kana**
I've been dating the first-year
Mano Misaki since spring.
**[18:02] Ichi**
I've been with Shining Rainbow-chan
since the spring season.
***SIGN*** Anime character
**[18:05] Mako**
No way!
**[18:06] Mako**
What about Eromu?!
**[18:06] Mako**
You're in love with Rion, right?!
**[18:10] Ero**
Rion has the breasts of an infant.
**[18:14] Ero**
I need an E-cup at least.
**[18:14] Mako**
*Emuro... I forgot...*
***SIGN*** Stop it with the hands
**[18:16] Ero**
The bigger the better.
**[18:16] ---**
* You're called "Eromu" because*
* of your erotic nature...*
**[18:17] Ero**
The ass is also important.
**[18:19] Kana**
I've been thinking.
**[18:21] Kana**
Isn't it because you're in love with Rion?
***SIGN*** Thump
**[18:25] Mako**
Huh?! Huh?! Wh-What's that?!
**[18:26] Mako**
Th-That's disgusting, Kanata!
**[18:29] Mako**
Who would love that poker face?!
**[18:30] Kana**
Well...
**[18:31] Mako**
That girl who just has sharp ears
and no sense of teamwork!
**[18:37] Mako**
Who was that?
I didn't hear any footsteps.
**[18:39] Mako**
Scary...
**[18:41] Shi**
* So this is the extent of the*
* ears of the best team players.*
**[18:46] Shi**
* They have fun fooling around together,*
* so far away from the cards.*
**[18:51] (Flashback) Ara**
Today is a day for teams.
**[18:54] Shi**
*Arata...*
**[18:57] Shi**
*Why, Arata?*
**[19:01] ---**
*Like cards... Check for like cards...*
**[19:02] ---**
*"May the time we," "May the time spent"...*
**[19:14] Ero**
Excuse us.
**[19:17] Tai**
*Even his motions remind me of Arata.*
**[19:22] Tai**
*Do all karuta players end up like this?*
**[19:27] Tai**
*The grand finale of the team tournament.*
**[19:30] Tai**
*I'm up against Fujisaki's Class A captain.*
**[19:33] Tai**
*I chose to play against him.*
**[19:36] Tai**
*If I beat him, maybe things will change...*
**[19:40] Ero**
I remember you.
**[19:42] Ero**
You played against one of our
alumni last year in the Class B final.
**[19:46] Ero**
I remember you.
**[19:48] Ero**
*So...*
**[19:50] Ero**
*You're still in Class B?*
**[19:53] Tai**
*He drew a line.*
**[19:58] Tai**
*He gauged my skill.*
**[20:01] Ero**
*Yes, it's such a pity.*
**[20:04] Ero**
* I was hoping to see those H-cup*
* jugs bounce before me,*
**[20:09] Ero**
*but it's not meant to be.*
**[20:10] Ero**
*Then I'll go with pattern A, where I fantasize*
**[20:12] ---**
* about Coach Sakurazawa letting me*
* feel her F-cup boobies if I win.*
**[20:17] Mako**
* Kanata actually thinks*
* I'm in love with Rion?!*
**[20:21] Mako**
*I'm in love with Rion?!*
**[20:22] Mako**
*With Rion?!*
**[20:24] Kana**
*Manata...*
**[20:25] Kana**
*Watch me play, Manata!*
**[20:27] Ichi**
*Which one should I use next?*
**[20:29] Ichi**
*Saint?*
**[20:30] Ichi**
*Rider?*
**[20:31] Ichi**
*Fighter?*
**[20:35] Kana**
*What's going on?*
**[20:37] Kana**
*Why is Fujisaki so relaxed?*
**[20:40] Mura**
We will begin now.
**[20:42] All**
Thank you for the game.
**[20:44] All**
Thank you for the game.
**[20:50] [POEM] N**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[20:59] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[21:03] Chi**
*It's completely different.*
**[21:06] Chi**
* This is the sound of*
* a certified reader.*
**[21:09] Chi**
*This is the final.*
**[21:12] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[21:22] Chi**
*This is our grand finale!*
# E16 - Wait for the Emperor's Return
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYX0JDENR/wait-for-the-emperors-return)
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***SIGN*** Not Enough Money
***SIGN*** Will I get to
make an appearance
this time around?
***SIGN*** °nervous°
***SIGN*** Poor guy
***SIGN*** Grr
**[00:05] Chito**
They cut down on the extra
mini-segments because there isn't enough money?!
**[00:07] Chito**
Put together a two-hour
Saturday 8 o'clock special!
**[00:09] Chito**
Write a 500 page script!
**[00:11] Chito**
Don't spend the whole time
talking about Chihaya!
***SIGN*** Pissed
**[00:14] Retro**
What?! I thought you were finally
going to show my Road to Class A!
**[00:17] Retro**
Stop toying with me!
**[00:18] Retro**
Considering my skill, it's obvious that
I'll make Class A before Mashima does!
**[00:22] Sis**
I didn't get any screen
time the first season,
**[00:25] Sis**
so I'll be the main character
this time around, yes?
***SIGN*** What? I'm not?
**[00:27] Sis**
My story about giving up on love
to pursue my dream of designing—
**[00:30] Sis**
Wait! Who is this Johnny
Depp look-alike?!
***SIGN*** Lock on
**[00:31] Sis**
He's so hot!
**[00:33] BG**
Good morning.
**[00:36] Sumi**
*Impossible...*
**[00:38] Sumi**
*I was dumped...*
**[00:45] Sumi**
*I need to find a new boyfriend!*
**[00:47] Sumi**
*The hottest guy in this school!*
**[00:56] Chi**
This is the last new member, um...
**[01:00] Tsu**
I'm Tsukuba from class 1-10.
**[01:05] Sumi**
Um, nobody was in the classroom...
**[01:08] Sumi**
Are we in here today?
**[01:12] Tai**
Thank you for coming, Hanano-san!
**[01:17] Tai**
Thank you!
**[01:23] [POEM] Chi**
...are wet with dew
**[01:28] [POEM] Chi**
So the flower has wilted during the long
spring rains, just as my beauty has faded
**[01:30] Sumi**
I know this one!
**[01:37] Chi**
You were happy about taking
your first card, right?
**[01:41] Chi**
You'll start moving faster and
faster to take cards, Sumire-chan.
**[01:45] Chi**
O-Okay, how about your right hand?
**[01:47] Chi**
Just trim your right hand.
**[01:48] Sumi**
Wait!
**[01:49] Sumi**
Stop this!
**[01:50] Sumi**
I already said that I joined this
club to be with Mashima-senpai,
**[01:55] ---**
not to play karuta!
**[01:56] Sumi**
*Oh...*
**[01:58] Sumi**
*Oh gosh...*
**[01:59] Sumi**
I've had enough!
**[02:01] Chi**
Wait!
**[02:02] Chi**
Sumire-chan!
**[02:03] Pork**
Ayase!
**[02:04] Pork**
Forget it.
**[02:05] Pork**
She's made it clear that she
doesn't want to play karuta.
**[02:08] Pork**
Just ignore her.
**[02:11] Chi**
Ever since I collapsed and had to forfeit
last year during the national championship,
**[02:16] Chi**
I've spent every day wondering
what would have happened
**[02:18] Chi**
if we had one more member.
**[02:23] Chi**
We finally have new members...
**[02:25] Chi**
Two of them stayed.
**[02:30] Chi**
I can't ignore them!
**[02:32] Kana**
Yesterday, when you said
**[02:35] ---**
that Hundred Poets was
a bunch of love poems,
**[02:37] Kana**
I had to admit you were right.
**[02:40] Kana**
We share the same feelings
that they did in the past.
**[02:45] Kana**
However, Hundred Poets
is an anthology of poetry.
**[02:49] Kana**
Their poems are still known
a thousand years later,
**[02:52] Kana**
because they expressed their
feelings and techniques
**[02:54] ---**
in adherence to the 31 syllables rule.
**[02:58] Kana**
The feelings expressed are
dependent on the rules!
**[03:02] Kana**
Do you really think that
the president knows your
**[03:05] ---**
true feelings after hearing
that little outburst?
**[03:11] Kana**
Hanano-san.
**[03:14] Kana**
Can you teach me how to put on mascara?
**[03:19] Kana**
Since I only have three eyelashes...
**[03:21] Sumi**
There's no such thing as a human
with only three eyelashes!
**[03:24] Sumi**
Let me see!
***SIGN*** This is my
eighth year
in college now
***SIGN*** Adding
Eyelashes
***SIGN*** I'll have some wagashi to celebrate
**[03:32] Sumi**
Three...
**[03:35] Kana**
Sorry, the mascara doesn't change the
fact that I only have three eyelashes.
***SIGN*** Why do I feel defeated...
**[03:38] Sumi**
I can no longer call myself
the Mascara Shogun!
***SIGN*** Kana-chan, for the next school club committee meeting...
**[03:44] Kana**
Yes?
**[03:46] Sumi**
*I had to resort to fake ones!*
***SIGN*** Everybody will be used to it by the last episode
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Boarding for @@ Line
***SIGN*** Love Hunter
**[05:08] Sis**
That hurt!
**[05:09] Sis**
Hey! Looking like Johnny Depp
**[05:11] ---**
doesn't mean you shouldn't
watch where you're going!
***SIGN*** Sent him flying
**[05:14] Sis**
Don't exaggerate. I just bumped into you.
**[05:15] Sis**
Pull yourself together.
***SIGN*** It may be broken...
**[05:17] Sis**
Well, I guess I'll have
to take you home then.
***SIGN*** Good-bye, Desktomu-kun
**[05:21] Sis**
Where do you live?
**[05:22] Sis**
Wanna stop by the hospital?
**[05:23] Sis**
You're awfully skinny, you know.
**[05:25] Sis**
Wanna grab something to eat?
***SIGN*** Episode 16
***SIGN*** Wait
for
the
Emperor's
return
**[05:27] A**
Last year's champions will
now return the trophy.
**[05:34] Chi**
* This was the first trophy*
* we worked together to win.*
**[05:38] Chi**
*We have to win again*
**[05:40] Chi**
*and make it to Nationals.*
**[05:43] Chi**
* Our next dream is to be*
* number one in Japan!*
***SIGN*** Group A Round 1 Mizusawa High School
***SIGN*** Nishida Yusei
Oe Kana
Ayase Chihaya
Komachi Tsutomu
Mashima Taichi
**[05:47] Tai**
Yeah, we want to get off
to a running start.
**[05:50] Tai**
Let's use the order
Komano came up with.
**[05:53] Pork**
Sounds good.
**[05:54] Kana**
I think it's fine.
**[05:55] Tsu**
Oh, then I'll go turn this in.
**[05:58] Tai**
Huh? Oh, thanks.
**[06:08] Pork**
Tsukuba-kun?
***SIGN*** Komano Tsutomu [Removed] Tsukuba Akihiro [Replacement]
**[06:11] Pork**
What do you think you're doing?!
**[06:14] Pork**
How could you change the order?!
**[06:16] Pork**
If you've got a problem, say something!
**[06:19] Tsu**
B-But!
**[06:21] Tsu**
I came within three cards of
beating Komano-senpai once!
**[06:24] Tsu**
I've almost caught up
in terms of skill!
**[06:26] Tsu**
I'm...
**[06:31] Tai**
Cool down.
**[06:33] Tai**
If you can't, go home.
***SIGN*** Let's switch up the order.
***SIGN*** For our first match against Shuryukan,
***SIGN*** let's switch me out
***SIGN*** for Hanano Sumire.
**[06:47] Sumi**
Huh?
**[06:48] All**
Huh?
***SIGN*** For our second match against West High,
***SIGN*** we'll switch out Kana-chan
***SIGN*** for Tsukuba Akihiro.
***SIGN*** The remaining three players will have to play every game.
***SIGN*** Mashima, Porky, Ayase...
***SIGN*** It's on you.
**[07:10] Chi**
*Let's go, Mizusawa High School.*
**[07:13] [POEM] N**
The night breaks to day...
**[07:14] [POEM] N**
May I live to see...
**[07:15] [POEM] N**
In the sleepy...
**[07:17] Tsu**
Uh...
**[07:19] Tsu**
Why are you giving me a chance?
***SIGN*** Shh. You're too loud.
**[07:24] Tsu**
I said a lot of rude things.
***SIGN*** I've been in your shoes.
***SIGN*** I was also given a chance.
**[07:38] Chi**
One win for Mizusawa!
**[07:40] Tai**
Two wins for Mizusawa!
**[07:41] Kana**
*Not President Mashima...*
**[07:42] Pork**
Okay! Three wins for Mizusawa!
**[07:45] Kana**
*Not Porky...*
**[07:47] Kana**
* We wouldn't be this strong,*
* if the first-years weren't here.*
**[07:54] Ama**
Hey, Retro!
**[07:57] Ama**
What are you thinking?!
**[07:58] Ama**
Your projected order was
completely different!
**[08:00] Mochi**
Amakasu-kun, calm down!
**[08:01] Ama**
What are you trying to pull?!
**[08:02] Mochi**
Predictions are gonna
be wrong sometimes!
**[08:04] Ama**
Was your prediction wrong?! Well?!
**[08:10] Retro**
Why should we use minimal energy?
**[08:12] Ama**
What?!
**[08:13] Retro**
Aren't we supposed to be Hokuo Academy?
**[08:17] Retro**
Our ace against their ace.
**[08:19] Retro**
Our number two against
their number two.
**[08:22] Retro**
Isn't that how we should win?!
**[08:25] Retro**
Hokuo Academy is the
strongest school in Tokyo!
**[08:28] Retro**
That's what I want to show everyone!
**[08:33] Chi**
Ms. Miyauchi?
**[08:34] Miya**
Sorry to show up right when
you're about to start.
**[08:37] Miya**
I had the idea to make these yesterday,
**[08:40] Miya**
and I just put on the finishing touches.
**[08:42] Miya**
It should be easier for
you to move around now.
**[08:47] Chi**
*Tasuki...*
**[08:48] Desk**
*I can move now.*
**[08:51] Pork**
*I don't feel as hot now.*
**[09:08] [POEM] N**
Waves creep closer...
**[09:09] [POEM] N**
When the misty bridge...
**[09:13] Hara**
* She's lost two of her*
* best cards in a row.*
**[09:15] Hara**
*That boy has good sense.*
**[09:17] [POEM] N**
Feel sorrow wash...
**[09:19] Tai**
*Retro!*
**[09:20] ---**
*Why do you always use strange motions?!*
**[09:24] [POEM] N**
Impassionate gods...
**[09:26] Sumi**
*Yes!*
**[09:27] Sumi**
*All four of them got it!*
**[09:28] Taku**
W-Wait!
**[09:30] Taku**
"*Impassioned vows*" is still in play,
so I was able to cover in time!
***SIGN*** I touched the card first.
***SIGN*** I moved around your hand to tap it from the side.
**[09:38] Shiro**
One win for Hokuo!
**[09:40] Chi**
*What?*
**[09:41] Chi**
*Porky was crushed?!*
***SIGN*** Lost by 13 cards
**[09:46] [POEM] N**
I know that my heart...
**[09:52] Taku**
Uh, I'm moving "*The hazed early*" left.
**[09:58] Desk**
* Is he doing this because*
* I'm left-handed?*
**[10:00] Retro**
I'm moving "*The fall paddy*" left.
**[10:03] Retro**
Oh, sorry. I think I'll move it back.
**[10:05] Tai**
* No, that's not what*
* they're trying to do!*
**[10:08] Pork**
*Wait until Kana-chan has received hers!*
**[10:09] Pork**
*Don't send your card yet!*
**[10:15] Kame**
I'm sending "*The hazed early*."
**[10:19] Desk**
*They got us.*
**[10:22] Pork**
*Hokuo...*
**[10:25] Pork**
*...successfully split their cards.*
**[10:29] Chi**
*Huh?*
***SIGN*** The hazed early dawn light
***SIGN*** The fall paddy
***SIGN*** The hazed early dawn light
***SIGN*** The fall paddy
**[10:31] Chi**
*Does this mean...*
**[10:33] Chi**
* ...it's really hard for*
* us to score three wins?*
**[10:36] Chi**
*No way! What do we do? What do we do?*
**[10:46] Pork**
*What am I doing...*
**[10:49] Tai**
* If "The hazed early" is read,*
* Chihaya will take the opponent's card!*
**[10:53] Tai**
* If "The fall paddy" is read,*
* I'll take the opponent's card!*
**[10:58] Tai**
*We're not giving up!*
**[11:01] Tai**
*Mizusawa will take three wins!*
**[11:03] Tai**
*We'll be the champions!*
**[11:05] [POEM] N**
The fall wind parts the wispy clouds
**[11:13] Retro**
*A fault...*
**[11:17] Tai**
One win for Mizusawa!
**[11:24] Sudo**
*Amakasu...*
**[11:26] Sudo**
*Be careful, Amakasu!*
**[11:29] Sudo**
*There are people...*
**[11:30] [POEM] N**
to reveal moonlight, clear and bright.
**[11:36] Sudo**
* capable of clearing their*
* minds in this situation.*
**[11:40] [POEM] N**
The hazed early dawn light
comes not from the moon
***SIGN*** Shouldn't we wake up Ayase?
**[11:52] Kana**
Yes, the closing ceremony's
about to begin.
**[11:55] Pork**
E-Everyone! I'm sorry!
**[11:58] Pork**
It's all because I screwed up!
**[11:59] Pork**
Because I lost first!
**[12:03] Tai**
Chihaya...
**[12:06] Chi**
Th-That was fun!
**[12:11] Chi**
That was the most fun we've had!
***SIGN*** Karuta
Club
Secrets
***SIGN*** Treasure
**[12:23] ---**
We've run into a serious problem in the
second season that affects all of us.
**[12:27] Pork**
The fact that my sister
***SIGN*** Aw, you're sweating so much
**[12:29] ---**
and Retro-kun are the only people
we know who are dating someone!
***SIGN*** We can't be positive that they're the only ones.
**[12:36] Sudo**
Girlfriend? I've got plenty of those.
***SIGN*** A whole bunch
They give me candy
***SIGN*** Naturally
**[12:38] Mura**
I-I have a bunch...
**[12:39] Pork**
We can't trust their claims!
**[12:41] Shi**
I have...
**[12:41] Pork**
We already know what
you're gonna say, Queen!
**[12:44] Pork**
Besides, we spend too much
time playing karuta!
**[12:47] Pork**
Mashima probably has girls
confessing to him all the time!
**[12:50] Pork**
Why don't you go out with them?!
***SIGN*** I'll start calling you Piggy instead of Porky
**[12:52] Sumi**
* How can he treat something*
* so important so lightly?!*
**[12:55] Sumi**
*Look at how heavy he is!*
**[12:57] Tai**
Yeah, but,
**[12:58] Tai**
relationships aren't all sunshine and rainbows.
***SIGN*** Insurmountable Wall
***SIGN*** Yes, I know what you mean
**[13:02] All**
You can tell they're experienced!
**[13:03] Tai**
Wait, I'm grouped with Retro?
**[13:05] Chi**
I want to go out with
someone who's good at karuta.
**[13:09] Kana**
I want to go out with someone who
knows how to put on a kimono.
***SIGN*** Just
kidding
<3
***SIGN*** Well, I guess we'll be the best
couple for the time being
***SIGN*** Cough
***SIGN*** I hope the second season
has more romance
**[13:15] Tai**
Tsukuba! Let's practice!
**[13:16] Tsu**
Yes, sir!
***SIGN*** Oe Traditional Clothing offers lessons for putting on kimono, right?
**[13:19] Pork**
Desktomu-kun, let's go together!
**[13:21] Tsu**
Huh?
***SIGN*** 1 Nishida Yusei 2 Oe Kana 3 Ayase Chihaya 4 Mashima Taichi 5 Tsukuba Akihiro
**[13:22] Sumi**
What?! Tsukuba's really a starter!
**[13:25] Sumi**
That's amazing!
**[13:27] Tsu**
Starter...
**[13:28] Tai**
The group stage match-ups
were drawn yesterday,
**[13:30] ---**
so Komano and I already came up
with the order for the first round.
**[13:34] Tsu**
Why me? Isn't Komano-senpai a starter?
***SIGN*** For the National Tournament
***SIGN*** A month has passed since the Tokyo regional.
***SIGN*** You've worked very hard.
***SIGN*** In terms of skill, you're even with me.
***SIGN*** Don't forget that our goal is to become number one in Japan!
***SIGN*** While the two rounds in the group stage are taking place,
**[13:53] ---**
I'll be scouting the other top schools
***SIGN*** to prepare for the championship bracket!
***SIGN*** The five of you have to get us there!
**[14:02] Pork**
Does that mean you're not
playing in the group stage?!
**[14:05] Pork**
Are you really okay with that?!
***SIGN*** Yeah.
**[14:07] [POEM] N**
Though I prayed...
**[14:13] Chi**
Porky!
**[14:15] Chi**
What are you doing?!
We've been looking for you!
**[14:17] Chi**
The match is about to begin! Hurry!
**[14:20] Chi**
There's no time for us to talk strategy now.
**[14:24] Chi**
Why were you in the cafeteria?
**[14:26] Chi**
We bought three lunches.
**[14:28] Chi**
Oh, we'll be going with the same
lineup we used in the group stage.
**[14:34] A**
Playoff teams, please head inside.
**[14:37] Pork**
*Really?*
**[14:38] Pork**
*So you don't want to play?*
***SIGN*** Porky!
***SIGN*** If you're matched up against Kawabe, try to stay calm!
**[14:45] Pork**
*I don't need your help.*
***SIGN*** He's just guessing!
**[14:52] A**
Hurry up.
***SIGN*** No, I'm not...
**[14:57] Pork**
*Don't need your help...*
**[15:00] [POEM] N**
May it be that I...
**[15:03] Pork**
*This is bad...*
**[15:04] Pork**
* I can't keep up with his*
* sporadic bursts of speed.*
**[15:07] Pork**
*My arm won't move.*
**[15:09] Pork**
*This Kawabe guy is really good...*
**[15:13] Pork**
*Kawabe?*
**[15:14] (Flashback) Desk**
He's just guessing!
**[15:18] Pork**
We won! Mizusawa won!
**[15:23] Pork**
You're playing in the
next match, right?
**[15:26] Pork**
You're playing in the
next match, right?!
**[15:28] Pork**
You're going to join us, right?!
**[15:29] Pork**
Desktomu-kun!
**[15:33] [POEM] N**
Long last we meet, only for
me to leave hurriedly,
**[15:42] Desk**
* She knew to pay extra attention*
* to "Long last we meet"...*
**[15:44] Pork**
*She couldn't get it.*
**[15:46] Chi**
*This is the West representative.*
**[15:50] Chi**
*No...*
**[15:52] Chi**
*She's much faster than she was that day.*
**[15:56] Chi**
*She has the potential to become Queen.*
**[15:59] [POEM] N**
Silent waves creep closer...
**[16:01] [POEM] N**
The storm will soon carry...
**[16:03] [POEM] N**
For you, I would have given up my life
**[16:09] Yu**
*Megumu?*
**[16:11] Megu**
*I have to beat her.*
**[16:13] Megu**
* But I have to win to*
* make everyone happy.*
**[16:17] Megu**
*I have to beat you now.*
**[16:20] [POEM] N**
Feel sorrow wash...
**[16:24] Suo**
* I don't remember her having*
* such a fast motion.*
**[16:30] Chi**
*Megumu-chan...*
**[16:32] Chi**
*Megumu-chan is me.*
**[16:35] (Flashback) Hara**
Stop taking cards with your speed.
**[16:40] Chi**
* She's who I'd be if someone*
* hadn't taught me better.*
**[16:43] Yu**
Megumu, I'll secure our first win,
**[16:46] Yu**
so you can take it easy.
**[16:49] Tai**
Okay...
**[16:51] Tai**
Time to attack!
**[16:53] Tai**
Mizusawa!
**[16:53] All**
Yeah!
**[16:55] Yu**
Okay, one card!
**[16:56] Megu**
One card!
**[16:57] Megu**
One card at a time!
**[16:58] All**
Y-Yes!
**[17:03] Pork**
*I'm treating you like a boy!*
**[17:08] Yu**
*You're weaker than Megumu!*
**[17:11] Yu**
Okay, I won!
**[17:12] Yu**
One win for First Akashi Girls'!
**[17:16] [POEM] N**
Rain takes longer...
**[17:18] Yu**
*No way!*
**[17:20] Yu**
*Megumu even lost her "Rain" card?!*
**[17:22] Kana**
One win for Pizusawa!
**[17:26] Megu**
*I lost "Silent" and "Rain."*
**[17:29] Megu**
*Her speed is real.*
**[17:33] Megu**
*This girl...*
**[17:35] Megu**
*Ayase Chihaya...*
**[17:38] [POEM] N**
Impassioned gods...
***SIGN*** Got it!
**[17:41] Tai**
Two wins for Mizusawa!
**[17:45] Chi**
*First Akashi Girls' has 2 wins...*
**[17:47] Chi**
*Mizusawa has 2 wins...*
**[17:52] Chi**
*Desktomu-kun!*
**[17:57] Tai**
*His opponent has "The sight of Mount,"*
**[17:59] Tai**
* while Komano has "May my lonely"*
* in a luck of the draw.*
**[18:03] Tai**
*There are four more dead cards...*
**[18:06] [POEM] N**
Though my hatred has waned...
**[18:08] [POEM] N**
So the flower petals...
**[18:11] [POEM] N**
I wish I could show the
people how my sleeves
**[18:12] Sumi**
*It's not over yet?!*
***SIGN*** Excuse me.
**[18:22] Desk**
*It's scary.*
**[18:23] Desk**
*This is the last game...*
**[18:25] Desk**
*to decide the match!*
**[18:28] [POEM] N**
Said world grants no escape
**[18:32] Tai**
*Komano, have you noticed?*
**[18:35] Tai**
*There aren't any more dead cards!*
**[18:37] Tai**
*The next card will decide*
**[18:40] ---**
*the game!*
**[18:43] Desk**
*It's scary...*
**[18:46] Desk**
*But...*
**[18:47] [POEM] N**
I hide in the mountains, only to
hear the haunting cry of a deer
**[18:55] Desk**
*I'll always have...*
**[18:58] [POEM] N**
The sight of Mount Arima...
**[19:06] Chi**
*Desktomu-kun...*
**[19:08] Chi**
*Desktomu-kun!*
**[19:10] Murao**
Mizusawa High School defeats
First Akashi Girls' 3-2.
**[19:17] Ara**
Retro-kun?
**[19:20] Retro**
Wataya-kun...
**[19:22] Retro**
Aren't you going to cheer them on?
**[19:24] Retro**
Mashima and Chihaya are playing
to become the best in Japan.
**[19:29] Shi**
Goodbye then.
**[19:32] Ara**
Shinobu-chan.
**[19:33] Ara**
Won't you watch some of the team match?
**[19:36] Ara**
Your presence will encourage
some of the players.
**[19:39] Chi**
I'm actually a greedy person.
***SIGN*** Huh? We know.
**[19:43] Chi**
Compared to becoming Queen, becoming
the strongest woman in Japan,
**[19:47] Chi**
it's much harder for us to
become best in Japan together!
**[19:59] Tai**
Let's do this!
**[20:00] Pork**
Mi!
**[20:01] Tsu**
Zu!
***SIGN*** Sa!
**[20:02] Chi**
Wa!
**[20:02] All**
Fight!
**[20:07] [POEM] N**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[20:15] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[20:20] Chi**
*It's completely different.*
**[20:23] Chi**
* This is the sound of*
* a certified reader.*
**[20:25] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[20:33] Chi**
*This is our grand finale!*
***SIGN*** Coach Sakurazawa's
Be Grateful Speech
***SIGN*** They might as well make a live action movie Then I would be...
**[22:06] ---**
It seems you all don't understand, so I'll tell you.
**[22:10] ---**
Over the two days, a total of 1000 students
participate in the High School Championship,
**[22:15] ---**
but there are about 100 people
who put the entire thing on.
**[22:18] ---**
Staff of the National Karuta Association, as well
as members of the local karuta societies
**[22:23] ---**
and Kansai's college karuta societies
**[22:26] ---**
work hard on the reading, judging,
setting up the tatami mats,
**[22:29] ---**
and preparing the cards, just for you.
**[22:32] ---**
What you mustn't forget is that these people
are mostly Class A or High Class A players.
**[22:37] ---**
The top people are Grade 10,
or even former Masters or Queens.
**[22:42] ---**
Meaning?
**[22:42] ---**
Put simply, if this were the
High School baseball championship...
***SIGN*** The unsung heroes are all stars
***SIGN*** Third Base Ump. Ichi**
***SIGN*** Home Plate Ump. Sada**** Oh
***SIGN*** Second Base Ump. Shige* Nagashima
***SIGN*** First Base Ump. Yu Darvi**
***SIGN*** See you next week!
***SIGN*** Next time I'll have screen time
# E17 - Gust of wind
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR19XPV16/gust-of-wind)
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***SIGN*** High School National Ogura Hundred Poets Karuta Championship
**[00:03] Mura**
We will begin now.
**[00:06] [POEM] N**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[00:14] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring, now
the flower blooms
**[00:23] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring, now
the flower blooms
**[00:29] Chi**
*This is our grand finale!*
**[00:32] [POEM] N**
As this trip takes me away in haste,
**[00:44] [POEM] N**
I have only autumn leaves as an offering
for the gods watching over me
**[00:53] [POEM] ---**
While
**[00:54] [POEM] N**
I sigh and lament how the one
I love does not feel the same,
**[00:58] Chi**
*Wh-What is this?*
**[01:01] Chi**
*She's different.*
**[01:02] Chi**
*Completely different.*
**[01:04] Chi**
*Her reflexes...*
**[01:05] Chi**
*Her sense...*
**[01:08] Saku**
* Rion, the reader is your grandmother,*
* Yamashiro Kyoko, grade 7.*
**[01:14] Saku**
*You should be able to play well.*
**[01:17] Saku**
* By the time the other players*
* have also taken five cards,*
**[01:23] Saku**
*Mizusawa*
**[01:26] Saku**
*will realize their imminent defeat.*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Gust
of
wind
***SIGN*** Episode 17
**[02:48] (Flashback) Ara**
Today is a day for teams.
**[02:51] Shi**
*Why, Arata?*
**[02:54] Shi**
*This match looks boring.*
**[02:54] [POEM] N**
only tears can bring relief
in this cruel life
**[03:04] [POEM] N**
The sound of people pitying...
**[03:07] Pork**
*H-His stance is so low!*
**[03:09] Pork**
*His spider-like form is solid as a rock.*
**[03:12] Desk**
*This guy acts sort of feminine,*
**[03:17] Desk**
*but he plays like a man!*
**[03:19] Desk**
*He's strong!*
**[03:20] Mako**
*I'm not in love with Rion!*
**[03:22] Mako**
*Not Rion!*
**[03:24] Tsu**
*H-He's weird!*
**[03:27] Tsu**
*Weird!*
**[03:29] Ichi**
*Secret Technique: Thunder Fall!*
**[03:33] Tsu**
*Very weird!*
**[03:35] [POEM] N**
descends from Mount Yoshino
upon my long-forgotten home
**[03:44] [POEM] N**
Though I prayed to the god of mercy
that the one I love not shun me,
**[03:47] Tai**
*He covered on a two-syllable card?*
**[03:50] Tai**
* It's possible to move*
* and stop so quickly?*
**[04:00] Tai**
* They're physically strong.*
* Especially their upper bodies...*
**[04:06] (Flashback) Ero**
Coach Sakurazawa.
**[04:08] (Flashback) Saku**
I've been playing competitive
karuta since I was six,
**[04:11] (Flashback) Saku**
and the harder I played, the harder
it was for my knees and back.
**[04:15] (Flashback) Saku**
So my goal is for all of you
to be able to play karuta
**[04:19] (Flashback) ---**
for a very long time
without injuring yourself.
**[04:22] (Flashback) Saku**
For that, the first thing you need is stamina.
**[04:24] (Flashback) Saku**
Before and after practice, you
must stretch for thirty minutes.
**[04:28] (Flashback) Saku**
Throw in thirty minutes of running
and three reps of weight training.
***SIGN*** Groan
**[04:32] (Flashback) Saku**
Whenever you play full matches as part
of practice, include the full regimen.
**[04:35] Ero**
* Whenever Coach Sakurazawa*
* said that word,*
**[04:37] Saku**
*Stamina.*
**[04:38] Ero**
* I was motivated to endure*
* whatever she put us through.*
**[04:42] Ichi**
*There's nothing erotic about that word!*
**[04:44] Mana**
*Damn you, Eromu!*
**[04:45] Ero**
* With 50 club members, Fujisaki*
* is famous for always winning.*
**[04:51] (Flashback) A**
The karuta club made it
to the nationals again.
**[04:53] (Flashback) B**
That's amazing.
**[04:54] Ero**
* There are no students in our school*
* who would belittle karuta.*
**[04:58] (Flashback) Saku**
First-years will work
on their memorization.
**[05:00] (Flashback) Saku**
Second-years will work
on card placement.
**[05:02] (Flashback) Saku**
Third-years will work on sending cards.
**[05:05] (Flashback) Saku**
Take it one step at a time.
**[05:08] Ero**
* Coach Sakurazawa has been*
* karuta advisor for 12 years,*
**[05:12] Ero**
*and the legacy she has built...*
**[05:15] Ero**
*is the pride of the Fujisaki karuta club.*
**[05:22] Sumi**
Are our opponents really that good?
**[05:25] Sumi**
We're already losing...
**[05:27] Sumi**
Oe-senpa—
**[05:29] Oe**
*Chihaya-chan...*
**[05:30] [POEM] N**
I never asked to be treated colder
than the winds of Mount Hatsuse
**[05:39] [POEM] N**
I wish I could show the
people how my sleeves
**[05:48] Mako**
*Stupid.*
**[05:50] Mako**
* Coach Sakurazawa, why did you send*
* Rion out in the final match?*
**[05:55] Mako**
* There are plenty of third-year*
* players who worked*
**[05:58] ---**
*far harder than she did.*
**[06:01] Mako**
* We don't need her hearing*
* and talent to win.*
**[06:08] Mako**
* We can defend Fujisaki's*
* legacy without her.*
**[06:12] Chi**
*Wh-Why?*
**[06:14] Chi**
*Why did she move after hearing "I"?*
**[06:17] Chi**
* I've lost a bunch of two-syllable*
* cards on the first syllable.*
**[06:21] Chi**
*Twenty-eight one-syllable cards.*
**[06:24] Chi**
*Is she a Suo-san type?*
**[06:27] Chi**
*But she's reacting too fast.*
**[06:29] Chi**
*What can she hear?*
**[06:32] Chi**
*What is it?*
**[06:35] Saku**
* Rion's matched against the Mizusawa*
* player with good game sense.*
**[06:39] Saku**
*That's why she's going all out.*
**[06:41] Saku**
*She wants to put this game away early.*
**[06:46] Saku**
*Can you keep it up, Rion?*
**[06:52] Shi**
*I'm so bored...*
**[06:54] Shi**
*But...*
**[06:55] [POEM] N**
have been soaked red
with tears of blood
**[06:58] Shi**
*The reader is Yamashiro, grade 7.*
**[07:04] [POEM] N**
Since the dew atop the blades of grass
has been scattered by the winds,
**[07:06] Tsu**
*Dead card.*
**[07:12] [POEM] N**
it is as though pearls have been
strung across the autumn plain
**[07:21] [POEM] N**
While autumn leaves crunch
under deer footsteps,
**[07:23] Pork**
*Dead card.*
**[07:31] [POEM] N**
the stag cries longingly for the doe
**[07:46] (Flashback) Kana**
My favorite reader, Yamashiro-san,
has a multicolor voice.
**[07:51] (Flashback) Kana**
Her voice, its resonance...
**[07:55] Chi**
*Multicolor...*
**[08:01] (Flashback) Chi**
The "Impassionate" card looks
bright red to you.
**[08:05] Chi**
*I also have cards*
**[08:07] ---**
* whose images are so strong in*
* my mind, they appear in color.*
**[08:10] Chi**
*But...*
**[08:12] Chi**
*Can a reading also have color?*
**[08:15] Chi**
*Can she hear colors?*
**[08:18] Shi**
* There's too much information*
* communicated when Yamashiro-san reads.*
**[08:23] Shi**
*I can beat Suo-san in most situations,*
**[08:26] Shi**
* but if Yamashiro-san is the*
* reader, he can be a pain.*
**[08:31] Shi**
*This girl could also be a pain.*
**[08:37] Mura**
*She's in Class B?*
**[08:39] Mura**
*Why?*
**[08:44] N**
*Rion...*
**[08:46] N**
* When she came to my karuta society*
* to practice as a little girl,*
**[08:51] N**
* even setting aside my bias*
* toward her as family,*
**[08:54] N**
* I had great hopes for her as*
* she was clearly a genius.*
**[08:59] N**
*But...*
**[09:01] (Flashback) N**
Why do you stop trying
during a match, Rion?
**[09:05] (Flashback) N**
The same thing happened
at the last tournament.
**[09:07] (Flashback) N**
You have to keep trying
until the match is over.
**[09:12] (Flashback) Rion**
The reading
**[09:15] (Flashback) Rion**
wasn't pretty.
**[09:18] (Flashback) Rion**
It was difficult to understand.
**[09:21] (Flashback) Rion**
I like your reading better.
**[09:25] N**
* If there is such a thing as*
* perfect pitch in karuta,*
**[09:29] N**
*that's what Rion seeks.*
**[09:31] N**
* In tournaments, there are many*
* readers with unique styles.*
**[09:36] N**
* If you lose a single match,*
* you can't win the tournament.*
**[09:39] N**
*Rion has never won a tournament.*
**[09:44] N**
*She cannot become the Queen.*
**[09:47] N**
*So you should be grateful, Rion.*
***SIGN*** Victory for Fujisaki
**[09:50] N**
*Your team has given you*
**[09:52] N**
*a chance to be a winning player.*
**[09:56] Tai**
*Damn!*
**[09:57] Pork**
*He's good!*
**[09:59] Tsu**
*He's weird!*
**[10:02] Chi**
*I-I'm already down six cards.*
**[10:05] Chi**
*Stay calm.*
**[10:07] Chi**
*I can't let her get any further ahead.*
**[10:11] Chi**
*As the game progresses,*
**[10:12] ---**
* when there are more one-syllable*
* cards on the field,*
**[10:14] Chi**
*then I can...*
**[10:23] (Flashback) Kana**
Chihaya-chan.
**[10:26] (Flashback) Kana**
Listen to the poems.
**[10:29] (Flashback) Kana**
Listen
**[10:32] (Flashback) ---**
to the poetry being read.
**[10:43] Chi**
*The rain has stopped.*
**[10:45] Chi**
*The sun has set.*
**[10:47] Chi**
*I smell sweat.*
**[10:49] Chi**
*I smell tatami.*
**[10:50] Chi**
*I smell the cards.*
**[10:52] Chi**
*I hear the air conditioner.*
***SIGN*** as short-lived as the reeds of Naniwa Bay
**[10:58] Chi**
*Summer.*
***SIGN*** to set the Tatsuta River ablaze
**[11:01] Chi**
*Storm.*
***SIGN*** but instead you see a pale moon in the dawn sky
**[11:03] Chi**
*Sound.*
**[11:05] Chi**
*Echo.*
***SIGN*** though autumn is not mine alone
**[11:07] Chi**
*Loneliness.*
***SIGN*** for there is no one else out here
**[11:09] Chi**
*Cherry blossoms.*
***SIGN*** Takasogo pines can never replace them
**[11:11] Chi**
*Friend.*
***SIGN*** as my concern this morning is as tangled as my black hair
**[11:13] Chi**
*Black.*
***SIGN*** burning brightly by night, yet extinguished by day
**[11:15] Chi**
*Torch.*
***SIGN*** as short-lived as the reeds of Naniwa Bay
**[11:17] Chi**
*The desire to be together...*
**[11:22] [POEM] N**
May the
**[11:24] [POEM] N**
time spent...
**[11:32] Mura**
* "May the scarlet," "May the time we,"*
* and "May it" are all in play,*
**[11:35] Mura**
* yet she covered on the*
* first syllable and*
**[11:36] ---**
*took the card on the second syllable?*
**[11:39] Mura**
*Is her game sense just as good?*
**[11:43] Chi**
*Kana-chan...*
**[11:45] Kana**
* "May the time we" is a dull green,*
* like that of withered grass in winter.*
**[11:50] Kana**
* "May the time spent" is more of a young*
* green, like that of budding reeds.*
**[11:55] Chi**
* I don't have many cards with a*
* color to connect to their sound.*
**[12:00] ---**
* This is a risky way to play,*
* so I can't depend on it.*
**[12:05] Chi**
*But...*
**[12:09] Chi**
* This is how I can build*
* momentum, Dr. Harada.*
**[12:13] [POEM] N**
bring a life of everlasting love
**[12:21] [POEM] N**
My only thought as
**[12:24] Rion**
*I don't think so!*
**[12:29] [POEM] N**
I am put out to sea is
to ask the fishermen
**[12:41] Tai**
*Chihaya?!*
**[12:49] Tai**
*Chihaya?*
**[12:50] Pork**
*No way!*
**[12:51] Desk**
*Is she hurt?*
**[12:52] Tai**
*Chihaya, too?!*
**[12:53] Mura**
Are you okay?
**[12:58] Chi**
Yes, I'm okay.
**[13:01] Chi**
That scared me.
**[13:03] Chi**
I'm fine.
**[13:04] Mura**
That's good.
**[13:09] Chi**
Excuse me.
**[13:13] Mako**
* Multi-syllable cards require*
* experience and technique.*
**[13:16] Mako**
* Rion relies on her hearing,*
* so her motion is sloppy.*
**[13:21] Mako**
*She panicked.*
**[13:23] Chi**
*I really wanted "My only thought as I."*
**[13:26] Chi**
* Especially after I got*
* "May the time spent."*
**[13:30] Chi**
*I'll have to change the momentum again.*
**[13:33] Chi**
*One card...*
**[13:34] Chi**
*One card at a time.*
**[13:37] Chi**
*One card...*
**[13:40] Chi**
*One card.*
**[13:45] [POEM] N**
May the scarlet kadsuras...
**[13:47] Tai**
*Crap!*
**[13:48] Tai**
*A fault.*
**[13:50] Tai**
* I was remembering the*
* placement from my last match.*
**[13:52] Tai**
*Damn!*
**[13:55] Desk**
*Be careful.*
**[13:56] Desk**
*Emuro Ryoga doesn't commit faults.*
**[14:00] Tai**
*Damn...*
**[14:01] Tai**
* He looks so relaxed after*
* playing five matches.*
**[14:04] Tai**
*Doesn't he get tired?*
**[14:05] Tai**
*He doesn't make any mistakes?*
**[14:08] Ero**
* That's because I'm in*
* Class A, unlike you.*
***SIGN*** I think I can hear my inner voice
**[14:12] Tai**
*This is bad.*
**[14:13] Tai**
*Nobody can find their rhythm.*
**[14:15] [POEM] N**
A mountain stream dips
**[14:17] Tai**
*Not even Chihaya!*
**[14:22] Chi**
*I should have gotten that one.*
**[14:23] Chi**
* What was I doing? It was sitting at the*
* opponent's lower right, ripe for picking.*
**[14:30] Chi**
*What's wrong?*
**[14:32] Chi**
*Why does it hurt like this?*
**[14:36] Chi**
*Didn't I just jam it?*
**[14:39] Chi**
*What is this?*
**[14:40] Chi**
*What's wrong?*
**[14:42] Pork**
*Ayase...*
**[14:44] Chi**
Okay, we can still do this!
**[14:48] Kana**
*We should consider ourselves lucky!*
**[14:50] Kana**
*It wasn't our ace who got hurt.*
**[14:54] Kana**
*Luck is on our side.*
**[14:56] Chi**
*I can't stop!*
**[14:58] Chi**
* I can't break the luck that*
* started with Kana-chan!*
**[15:01] A**
*Fujisaki is leading every game.*
**[15:04] B**
*They're on a completely different level.*
**[15:05] C**
*It looks like they'll dominate this match.*
**[15:10] Shi**
Excuse me.
**[15:12] Shi**
*I should probably leave.*
***SIGN*** Ugh...
**[15:16] A**
Wakamiya-san, you came to watch?
**[15:19] A**
You shouldn't stand back here.
**[15:20] A**
Please come to the front.
**[15:22] Shi**
What?
**[15:22] Shi**
No, it's really not necessary.
**[15:24] A**
Everyone will play harder
if the Queen is watching.
**[15:27] Saku**
Huh?
**[15:28] Kana**
Huh?
**[15:30] Shi**
*They keep saying the same thing...*
**[15:32] Ara**
* Your presence will encourage*
* some of the players.*
**[15:34] A**
* Everyone will play harder*
* if the Queen is watching.*
**[15:37] B**
*It's the Queen.*
**[15:41] Shi**
*That's absurd.*
**[15:45] Shi**
*She looks familiar?*
**[15:46] [POEM] N**
As the first frost...
**[15:49] Shi**
*Must be my imagination.*
**[15:52] Shi**
*Nobody*
**[15:54] ---**
*in this room is interested in playing me.*
**[16:00] [POEM] N**
The sight of the lonely
moon in the early morning
**[16:08] Rion**
*Her reactions were quicker before...*
**[16:16] Rion**
*Was she injured?*
**[16:20] ---**
*When I hit her?*
**[16:22] [POEM] N**
reminds me of the lonely
dawns after we parted
**[16:32] [POEM] N**
As I wait...
**[16:34] Chi**
*Good, I was able to defend it.*
**[16:41] [POEM] N**
When winds send waves...
**[16:45] Chi**
*"As I" and "When winds send" are easy cards*
**[16:47] Chi**
*for players with good game sense.*
**[16:51] Hara**
*Injuries are very bad.*
**[16:52] Hara**
*Avoid them at all cost.*
**[16:54] Hara**
* However, they can also*
* provide an opportunity.*
**[17:00] Hara**
* Injury affects the one who caused*
* it more than the one injured.*
**[17:05] Rion**
*What am I doing?*
**[17:07] Rion**
*Listen carefully.*
**[17:09] Rion**
*I have to win.*
**[17:11] Rion**
*I have to win.*
**[17:13] Rion**
*That's why I'm here.*
**[17:16] A**
* Yamashiro-san, you only try*
* when we're playing off a CD.*
**[17:19] B**
* It's obvious that you don't like it*
* when the older players read.*
**[17:22] C**
*You're so stuck-up, it gets us in trouble, too.*
**[17:24] B**
*Such a pain.*
**[17:26] Rion**
*I don't fit in anywhere...*
**[17:29] Rion**
*except here.*
**[17:33] Rion**
*I have to win here!*
**[17:35] Chi**
*I'm sending a card.*
***SIGN*** are joined at river's end
**[17:41] Mura**
* She sent the only one-syllable*
* card in the match.*
**[17:45] Mura**
*It's risky to hope to attack it.*
**[17:47] Mura**
*Is she giving it up?*
**[17:53] Chi**
* My right index finger is*
* the one that's hurting.*
**[18:00] Chi**
*However, I've been practicing to hit the*
**[18:03] ---**
* green edge of the card with*
* my right middle finger.*
**[18:08] [POEM] N**
I recall how my own
efforts were in vain
**[18:17] [POEM] N**
When the misty bridge...
**[18:20] [POEM] N**
The storm will soon carry me...
**[18:22] Chi**
*Ow!*
**[18:27] Chi**
*Focus!*
**[18:29] Chi**
*Focus harder!*
**[18:30] Chi**
*Focus!*
**[18:33] Chi**
*Become a player who has*
**[18:35] ---**
* nothing but her right middle*
* finger and her ears!*
**[18:40] [POEM] N**
so I wish for a memory
of you to take with me
**[18:51] [POEM] N**
...waters parted
**[18:56] Mura**
*That was fast!*
**[18:58] Mura**
* I didn't think anyone besides*
* the Queen could be that fast!*
**[19:02] Shi**
*I remember now!*
**[19:04] Shi**
* She's the one who took a one-syllable*
* card from my lower left.*
**[19:07] Shi**
*If I remember right,*
**[19:09] Shi**
*it's Chihaya!*
**[19:20] Chi**
*Yama...*
**[19:22] Chi**
*Yamashiro...*
***SIGN*** Can't
remember
her first name
**[19:26] Chi**
*Yama-chan.*
***SIGN*** Gave up
**[19:28] Chi**
*This injury means nothing.*
**[19:30] Chi**
* We're playing to the sound*
* of a certified reader.*
**[19:34] Chi**
* We're competing to grasp*
* every little sound.*
**[19:38] Chi**
*If you don't focus, you'll fall behind.*
**[19:43] Shi**
*Stupid.*
**[19:44] Shi**
*The bob cut girl is a fool.*
**[19:48] Shi**
*It was a mistake to place the*
**[19:49] ---**
* one-syllable card that was*
* sent at her lower right.*
**[19:53] Shi**
*That makes it easier to target.*
**[19:55] Shi**
* You're supposed to move it*
* over a little to be safe.*
**[19:59] Shi**
*I wouldn't be that stupid.*
**[20:02] Shi**
*If I were playing...*
**[20:03] Saku**
You're too far forward.
**[20:06] Desk**
*Ayase is on a roll!*
**[20:07] Tsu**
*Four cards in a row! Awesome!*
**[20:09] Tai**
* She's still down 6 cards,*
* but look at her face.*
**[20:14] Pork**
*That face...*
**[20:16] Pork**
*Ayase, you can't hide it from me.*
**[20:19] Pork**
*I'm right next to you.*
**[20:22] Pork**
* Two girls have gotten injured*
* playing their hearts out.*
**[20:25] Pork**
*I keep losing when it counts,*
**[20:27] Pork**
*and I'm behind Mr. Excavator right now.*
**[20:30] Pork**
*When am I going to come through?!*
**[20:32] Pork**
*It has to be now!*
**[20:35] Pork**
Excuse me.
**[20:52] Tai**
*The passion...*
**[20:54] Tai**
* The passion always*
* comes from Chihaya,*
**[21:00] Tai**
*but this feels different.*
**[21:04] Tai**
* I can feel something burning*
* in my chest like magma.*
**[21:16] Tai**
*I know what this is.*
**[21:19] Tai**
*This is how it feels*
**[21:22] ---**
*when five people refuse to give up!*
# E18 - My fear is that you will forget
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYNQVK89Y/my-fear-is-that-you-will-forget)
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**[00:02] [POEM] N**
My only thought as
**[00:04] Rion**
*I don't think so!*
**[00:07] [POEM] N**
I am put out to sea is
to ask the fishermen
**[00:17] Desk**
*Is she hurt?*
**[00:20] Tai**
*Chihaya, too?!*
**[00:20] Mura**
Are you okay?
**[00:25] Chi**
Yes, I'm okay.
**[00:31] Chi**
*What's wrong?*
**[00:32] Chi**
*Why does it hurt like this?*
**[00:36] Chi**
*Didn't I just jam it?*
**[00:39] Chi**
*What is this?*
**[00:40] Chi**
*What's wrong?*
**[00:42] Pork**
*Ayase...*
**[00:44] Pork**
*Ayase, you can't hide it from me.*
**[00:47] Pork**
*I'm right next to you.*
**[00:50] Pork**
* Two girls have gotten injured*
* playing their hearts out.*
**[00:53] Pork**
*I keep losing when it counts,*
**[00:55] Pork**
*and I'm behind Mr. Excavator right now.*
**[00:58] Pork**
*When am I going to come through?!*
**[01:00] Pork**
*It has to be now!*
**[01:03] Pork**
Excuse me.
**[01:20] Tai**
*The passion...*
**[01:22] Tai**
* The passion always*
* comes from Chihaya,*
**[01:27] Tai**
*but this feels different.*
**[01:32] Tai**
* I can feel something burning*
* in my chest like magma.*
**[01:44] Tai**
*I know what this is.*
**[01:47] Tai**
*This is how it feels*
**[01:49] ---**
*when five people refuse to give up!*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Episode 18
***SIGN*** My
fear
is
that
you
will
forget
**[03:08] Kana**
*Chihaya-chan is down six cards.*
**[03:10] Kana**
*Porky is down three cards.*
**[03:12] Kana**
*President Mashima is down four cards.*
**[03:14] Kana**
* Tsukuba-kun and Desktomu-kun*
* are both down seven cards.*
**[03:18] Kana**
*Everyone's losing,*
**[03:20] Kana**
*but I can feel*
**[03:24] Kana**
*their refusal to give up!*
**[03:29] Saku**
*It's time for you to learn*
**[03:31] Saku**
* that there are times when spirit*
* isn't enough to cut it.*
**[03:34] [POEM] N**
A mountain village grows...
**[03:40] Tai**
*He's good,*
**[03:42] Tai**
*but he's not as good as Arata.*
**[03:46] Tai**
*Why do I feel that way?*
***SIGN*** What's with
his hands...
**[03:50] Tai**
*Arata's definitely better than he is!*
**[03:55] Tai**
*Arata...*
**[03:57] Tai**
*I'm happy when I forget you,*
**[03:59] Tai**
* but then I feel encouraged*
* when I remember you.*
**[04:02] Tai**
*I'm no good.*
**[04:04] Tai**
*I'm a bad forgetter.*
**[04:07] Ero**
*Coach Sakurazawa's F-cup boobies...*
**[04:09] Ero**
*Coach Sakurazawa's F-cup boobies...*
**[04:10] Tai**
Excuse me.
**[04:13] Ero**
*Again?*
**[04:17] Tai**
*17 cards to 12 cards.*
**[04:20] Tai**
*I'm down by five.*
**[04:22] (Flashback) Hara**
Let's get started.
**[04:25] (Flashback) Hara**
You've improved, Eyelashes.
**[04:28] (Flashback) Hara**
I'll spot you a 5 card handicap starting today.
**[04:31] Tai**
* Dr. Harada started with*
* five more cards than I did*
**[04:34] Tai**
*on the first practice match of the day.*
**[04:37] Tai**
* The memorization left over from*
* the prior four matches today*
**[04:39] Tai**
*and the card movements during this match*
**[04:41] Tai**
*will go away!*
**[04:48] Tai**
Excuse me.
**[04:50] Tai**
I'll spot you...
**[04:52] [POEM] N**
when people and grass grow scarce
**[05:00] Hara**
*I'll spot you...*
**[05:02] Both**
*...a 5 card handicap!*
**[05:05] Kana**
* That's the best swing I've seen*
* from the Prez this match!*
**[05:10] Tai**
*Now...*
**[05:12] Tai**
*Let's get started.*
**[05:21] Desk**
*H-He's good.*
**[05:23] Desk**
*I can't do anything against him.*
**[05:26] Desk**
*I doubt I'll be able to win my game.*
**[05:29] Desk**
*It won't be that easy.*
**[05:31] Desk**
*I want to overcome...*
**[05:33] Desk**
*I want to overcome my own analysis.*
**[05:37] Pork**
*"So spring nights," "So spring ends."*
**[05:39] Pork**
*"So the flower has," "So the flower petals."*
**[05:41] Pork**
*Plenty of similar cards remaining.*
**[05:44] Pork**
*Extend and retract.*
**[05:46] Pork**
*Extend and retract.*
**[05:49] Pork**
*"Feel sorrow."*
**[05:50] Pork**
* "Feel love" is a dead card,*
* so I want to be careful.*
**[05:53] Pork**
*If I hear "sorrow," I have to attack.*
**[05:56] Pork**
*I have to take it.*
**[05:58] Pork**
* Repeatedly check the card so my*
* body remembers the path to take.*
**[06:01] Pork**
*Take it.*
**[06:03] Pork**
*Take the card, Tsukuba.*
**[06:06] Ichi**
*The Zodiac series is magnificent.*
**[06:08] Ichi**
*If that card's read, I'll go Virgo.*
**[06:10] Ichi**
*If it's that card, I'll go Libra.*
**[06:12] Tsu**
*He's weird.*
**[06:13] Tsu**
* He's weird and he's not*
* taking me seriously.*
**[06:18] Tsu**
* He's using those pointless*
* poses to scare me*
**[06:21] Tsu**
*while taking my cards!*
**[06:23] Tsu**
*I can't become a hero like this!*
**[06:28] (Flashback) Pork**
There are two cards you
absolutely have to be good at.
**[06:33] (Flashback) Tsu**
"Feel love deepen" and "Feel sorrow wash"?
**[06:36] (Flashback) Chi**
I'm good at both of those.
**[06:38] (Flashback) Tai**
Same here.
**[06:38] (Flashback) Desk**
Ditto.
**[06:39] (Flashback) Kana**
I won't lose those cards, either.
**[06:41] (Flashback) Kana**
"Feel sorrow" was a poem by Oe no
Chisato about pale moonlight.
**[06:47] (Flashback) Kana**
When looking at the moon, you
will be overcome by sorrow,
**[06:51] (Flashback) Kana**
as you realize that autumn belongs to...
**[06:53] Tsu**
*I don't really understand how you can*
**[06:56] ---**
* get sentimental about*
* looking at the moon,*
**[06:59] Tsu**
*but...*
**[07:00] [POEM] N**
Feel sorrow wash...
**[07:06] Tsu**
* When I see a card that I've practiced*
* constantly on the tatami,*
**[07:10] Tsu**
*I get a confidence boost!*
**[07:12] Miya**
*He got it!*
**[07:13] Sumi**
*He did it!*
**[07:14] ---**
*Now things are going our way!*
**[07:23] Kana**
*Chihaya-chan.*
**[07:24] Kana**
*Seven cards in a row!*
**[07:26] Kana**
*She's cut the deficit down to three!*
**[07:29] N**
*Amazing...*
**[07:31] Saku**
*Lacking experience playing under pressure.*
**[07:35] Saku**
*Rion...*
**[07:36] Rion**
*She's getting faster.*
**[07:39] Rion**
*What about her injury?*
**[07:40] Rion**
*Is she not really hurt?*
**[07:43] Chi**
* It's not often that you get to play an*
* opponent with such amazing game sense.*
**[07:47] Chi**
*Yama-chan, give me the best you've got.*
**[07:51] Chi**
*That's what I'm doing.*
**[07:55] [POEM] N**
My fear is that you will forget...
**[07:57] Mako**
*What is Rion doing?!*
**[07:59] Mako**
* She guaranteed that she*
* would win her game!*
***SIGN*** Uh, have you chosen a card to send?
**[08:07] Mako**
Doesn't matter!
**[08:08] Mako**
Take this one!
**[08:15] Mako**
*I love everything that is beautiful.*
***SIGN*** No to outdoors
**[08:19] Mako**
* That's why I chose not to participate*
* in sports that would get me dirty.*
***SIGN*** No to getting sweaty
***SIGN*** Stretching?
**[08:23] Mako**
* I didn't know that karuta was*
* just as intense until after*
***SIGN*** Jogging?
***SIGN*** It'll help
keep you
beautiful
**[08:25] ---**
*I was already hooked.*
**[08:28] Mako**
*But...*
**[08:33] Mako**
* While most players slap*
* away at the cards,*
**[08:37] Mako**
*Rion was special.*
**[08:39] Mako**
*She was beautiful.*
**[08:44] Mako**
*Win, Rion!*
**[08:46] Mako**
* If you can't win in such*
* favorable circumstances,*
**[08:49] ---**
*you'll get picked on again!*
**[08:51] Mako**
*By me!*
**[08:58] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[09:00] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[09:02] Mako**
One win for Fujisaki!
**[09:05] Mako**
Focus, Rion!
**[09:12] Desk**
* He doesn't blow at his bangs*
* when he's in trouble.*
**[09:17] Desk**
*It's a signal that he's about to get serious.*
**[09:19] Desk**
*My analysis was incomplete.*
**[09:22] Desk**
*I wasn't up to the task...*
**[09:25] Desk**
*This is the strength of a Fujisaki third-year!*
**[09:35] N**
*You're very fortunate, Rion.*
**[09:37] N**
* I was worried that it would be unfair*
* for me to participate as a reader,*
**[09:44] N**
*but your opponent's game sense rivals yours.*
**[09:47] N**
* I thought he was the only one*
* out there capable of that.*
**[09:52] (Flashback) Suo**
Kyo...
**[09:53] (Flashback) Suo**
Yamashiro Kyoko-san...
**[09:56] (Flashback) Suo**
Please allow me to record your reading.
**[10:03] [POEM] N**
but instead you see a pale
moon in the dawn sky
**[10:12] [POEM] N**
Said world...
**[10:15] (Flashback) Kana**
Chihaya-chan, "Said
world grants no escape"
**[10:18] (Flashback) ---**
and "Said world grants no change" are
the same up to the fourth syllable,
**[10:20] (Flashback) Kana**
but they have completely different meanings.
**[10:23] (Flashback) Kana**
You could say they're different
as light and dark.
**[10:27] [POEM] Kana**
Said world grants no escape,
I hide in the mountains,
**[10:30] [POEM] Kana**
only to hear the haunting cry of a deer
**[10:32] (Flashback) Kana**
It invokes the image of a dead end.
**[10:36] [POEM] Kana**
Said world grants no change, I pray,
**[10:39] [POEM] Kana**
when the fisherman who casts
his nets can seem dear
**[10:42] (Flashback) Kana**
You can feel a longing for the eternal.
**[10:46] [POEM] N**
Said world
**[10:50] [POEM] N**
grants no change, I pray,
**[10:52] Mura**
*No way!*
**[10:53] Mura**
* They both moved before the*
* unique syllable was read!*
**[10:55] Mura**
*"Said world grants no escape" is still in play!*
**[10:57] Mura**
*Were they gambling?*
**[10:59] Mura**
*That's the only possible explanation.*
**[11:02] Chi**
*Same time.*
**[11:03] Chi**
*So close.*
**[11:04] Chi**
*It was on Yama-chan's side, so she gets it.*
**[11:08] Chi**
* There's something very*
* wrong about this pain.*
**[11:11] Chi**
*Ignore it!*
**[11:13] Chi**
*But it hurts!*
**[11:14] Chi**
*It hurts...*
**[11:16] Chi**
*Ignore it!*
**[11:30] Chi**
*Why...*
**[11:33] Chi**
* Why do I think it was Arata who*
* brought Shinobu-chan here?*
**[11:38] (Flashback) Ara**
I'm not interested in team tournaments.
**[11:42] (Flashback) Ara**
I'm focused on winning the
individual tournament.
**[11:46] Chi**
* I might not be able to play in*
* the individual tournament.*
**[11:50] Chi**
* I might not get to play*
* Arata or Shinobu-chan.*
**[11:55] Chi**
*But!*
**[12:15] Tai**
*We all feel the same way.*
**[12:21] Tai**
*In this team match,*
**[12:22] Tai**
*we're only focused on winning!*
**[12:28] Sho**
Like I was saying!
**[12:29] Sho**
We lost because we didn't
have enough members.
**[12:33] Sho**
Adult tournaments are
dominated by Fukui,
**[12:36] Sho**
so there should be plenty
of experienced players.
**[12:38] A**
I guess.
**[12:40] Ara**
Can I go to the restroom?
**[12:42] Sho**
Yeah, sure.
**[12:43] Sho**
Go ahead.
**[12:45] A**
How many experienced players
are in our high school?
**[12:49] Sho**
I'll do some research
when next term starts.
**[13:05] Ara**
*I can feel the air grow thinner*
**[13:08] Ara**
* as the number of cards on the*
* tatami dwindles towards the end.*
**[13:15] Ara**
*Who will it be?*
**[13:18] Ara**
*Who will it be?*
**[13:22] Ara**
*Who will be the next to win*
**[13:23] Ara**
*and take a breath?*
**[13:28] A**
*The championship match is intense,*
**[13:30] A**
* but all five games in the third-place*
* match are within three cards.*
**[13:33] A**
*This is big!*
**[13:35] A**
*They aren't backing down.*
**[13:37] A**
* Both schools came here*
* to win the tournament.*
**[13:41] A**
*They can no longer accomplish that goal,*
**[13:42] ---**
*yet their spirits haven't broken?*
***SIGN*** Feels the presence of a serpent
**[13:57] A**
*It's the same with everything.*
**[13:59] A**
* The main reason people continue*
* to fight after losing...*
**[14:02] [POEM] N**
After I determined to abandon...
**[14:04] A**
* is because other people*
* are still watching.*
**[14:07] B**
Defended!
**[14:08] Megu**
Same here!
**[14:09] C**
Nice job, Megumu!
**[14:11] Megu**
Take the next one, team!
**[14:13] Shi**
*I feel sick.*
**[14:15] Retro**
I took one!
**[14:16] B**
Keep attacking, Shiroyama!
**[14:17] Ama**
Stay focused!
**[14:19] Ama**
Hokuo will win!
**[14:20] All**
Yeah!
**[14:21] Shi**
*I feel sick.*
**[14:24] Shi**
*I should have left...*
**[14:28] (Flashback) C**
I won another close game.
**[14:30] (Flashback) C**
Shinobu-chan, that makes us rivals.
**[14:34] (Flashback) A**
Shinobu-chan, play against
Ryuusei-kun next.
**[14:41] (Flashback) A**
We should keep Shinobu-chan
away from children her age.
**[14:45] (Flashback) A**
She'll learn to go easy on her opponents.
**[14:48] (Flashback) A**
The more alone she is,
the stronger she'll become.
**[14:54] Shi**
*Why am I remembering this now?*
**[15:00] Shi**
*I should have left.*
**[15:03] Shi**
*But...*
**[15:04] [POEM] N**
is that I have no way
to tell you in person
**[15:14] [POEM] N**
While it may be beyond...
**[15:16] Mura**
*Who won that one?*
**[15:18] Mura**
*Was it the Fujisaki player?*
**[15:21] Mura**
* I'm standing right next to*
* them and it's still hard...*
**[15:25] Mura**
I will make the call on that last play.
**[15:28] Chi**
Thank you very much.
**[15:30] Mura**
*Neither of them are contesting the card,*
**[15:32] ---**
* so this isn't the typical time*
* for a referee to step in,*
**[15:34] Mura**
*but I want to let them focus.*
**[15:37] Mura**
* It's rare for two players*
* with such amazing game sense*
**[15:39] ---**
*to play one another.*
**[15:45] Miya**
You need to move back.
**[15:48] Kana**
*Rion's having a hard time!*
**[15:51] Kana**
*I should have played instead.*
**[15:53] Kana**
*The coach made the wrong decision!*
**[15:57] Saku**
*The match started off with plenty of*
**[15:59] ---**
* three-syllable cards and*
* very few one-syllable cards.*
**[16:03] Saku**
*Rion had the advantage,*
**[16:05] ---**
* given her familiarity with the*
* voice of Yamashiro, rank 7.*
**[16:08] Saku**
*At least in the early game.*
**[16:10] Saku**
* She should have pressed that advantage*
* to seal the game away early.*
**[16:14] Saku**
*What will you do now, Rion?*
**[16:16] Saku**
*There are one-syllable cards everywhere.*
**[16:19] [POEM] N**
So the flower has wilted...
**[16:21] Rion**
* I've never lost a match with*
* Grandma as the reader.*
**[16:25] Rion**
*I was convinced*
**[16:27] ---**
* that I could defeat the Queen*
* if Grandma was reading.*
**[16:31] (Flashback) Mako**
You'll have a lot to answer for if
you lose in the number one seat.
**[16:35] Rion**
*No...*
**[16:37] Rion**
*I don't want to lose!*
**[16:39] Rion**
*I don't want to lose!*
**[16:42] (Flashback) Ara**
Shinobu-chan...
**[16:45] (Flashback) Ara**
We don't belong to teams,
**[16:48] (Flashback) ---**
so we can only focus on
making ourselves stronger.
**[16:51] (Flashback) Ara**
Our love for karuta is real,
**[16:54] (Flashback) Ara**
but think about it:
**[16:57] (Flashback) Ara**
Our beloved world of karuta can only grow
**[17:01] (Flashback) Ara**
through the recruiting,
**[17:03] (Flashback) Ara**
teaching,
**[17:05] (Flashback) Ara**
and encouraging of new players.
**[17:07] (Flashback) Ara**
It's team players who keep this game alive.
**[17:11] (Flashback) Shi**
Doesn't matter.
**[17:13] (Flashback) Shi**
It's got nothing to do with me.
**[17:17] (Flashback) Shi**
Nobody will ever take me seriously.
**[17:21] (Flashback) Shi**
Nobody...
**[17:22] (Flashback) All**
Please wait!
**[17:56] Miya**
*Ayase-san,*
**[17:58] Miya**
* Nishida-kun, and Tsukuba-kun*
* are all doing their best...*
**[18:01] Miya**
*against Fujisaki!*
**[18:10] Miya**
*Mashima-kun is still down by 5 cards!*
**[18:12] Miya**
*He can't catch up!*
**[18:15] Kana**
*That early mistake is making a difference.*
**[18:16] Kana**
* He stabilized midway through the*
* game and made some good plays,*
**[18:21] Kana**
*but his luck is still terrible!*
**[18:24] Kana**
* He wants to attack, but the last five*
* cards have all been on his side!*
**[18:31] Tai**
*I can see why this guy is their captain.*
**[18:36] Tai**
*He doesn't over-memorize.*
**[18:39] Tai**
*It's something I'm too scared to try.*
**[18:42] Tai**
* He wasn't targeting the*
* two cards I just lost.*
**[18:47] Tai**
*He moved his body halfway*
**[18:49] ---**
*across the field before making his move,*
**[18:51] Tai**
*and I still lost.*
**[18:53] Tai**
*He covers on two-syllable cards.*
**[18:55] Tai**
* If I press the issue,*
* he manages to block me.*
**[18:57] Tai**
*He doesn't commit faults.*
**[19:00] Tai**
* He's got confidence and the*
* stamina to back it up.*
**[19:04] Tai**
*Damn...*
**[19:05] Tai**
*We're both on our fifth match.*
**[19:10] Tai**
* The last five cards*
* have been on my side.*
**[19:13] Tai**
* Should I focus on defending*
* the seven cards on my side*
**[19:17] ---**
* instead of attacking the*
* two on the opponent's side?*
***SIGN*** Living Ghost
**[19:24] Tai**
*I don't need you, Dr. Harada.*
**[19:27] Hara**
*What?!*
**[19:30] Tai**
*When in trouble...*
**[19:32] [POEM] N**
As the years pass...
**[19:33] Tai**
*Go lower right!*
**[19:35] Tai**
*Yes!*
**[19:37] Sumi**
*He got it!*
**[19:39] Kana**
* He wasn't blindly attacking*
* the lower right!*
**[19:41] Kana**
* "As my" is still in play, so he*
* covered before taking it!*
**[19:44] Kana**
*He was able to block his opponent!*
**[19:46] Kana**
*Amazing!*
**[19:49] Kana**
*Tsukuba-kun...*
**[19:53] Ichi**
Thank you very much.
**[19:54] Tsu**
Thank you very much.
**[19:58] Tsu**
*Damn it. Damn it.*
**[20:01] Tsu**
*So you know how to use proper technique.*
***SIGN*** Shining Rainbow
**[20:04] Tsu**
*You were just toying with me.*
**[20:10] Ichi**
*You're pretty good.*
**[20:13] Ichi**
*You forced me to use*
**[20:16] Ichi**
*my Second Gear!*
***SIGN*** Not happy
**[20:22] Kana**
*Tsukuba-kun, please win for me.*
**[20:28] A**
Two wins for Fujisaki!
**[20:29] B**
Good!
**[20:30] C**
One more win!
**[20:31] D**
One more win for the championship!
**[20:32] All**
Yeah!
**[20:33] Desk**
*Mizusawa's down 0 to 2.*
**[20:37] A**
*This is tough.*
**[20:38] B**
*Fujisaki's got this in the bag.*
**[20:41] C**
*It's impressive that they*
**[20:42] ---**
* came out of nowhere to*
* make the grand finale.*
**[20:45] D**
*They're strong.*
**[20:47] D**
*That makes it a five-peat for Fujisaki.*
**[20:50] Tai**
I'm sending a card.
***SIGN*** the cresting waves almost look like clouds in the skies
**[20:55] Ero**
*A multi-syllable card?*
**[20:58] Ero**
*"My only thought as I" was already read,*
**[21:00] Ero**
*so this is now a two-syllable card.*
**[21:03] Ero**
*You won't be able to surprise me.*
**[21:05] Ero**
*I'm sticking to my usual playing style.*
**[21:07] A**
*This is painful.*
**[21:08] A**
* It would be most gratifying*
* if Mizusawa was able*
**[21:11] ---**
* to secure a single win from*
* the dominating Fujisaki.*
**[21:14] Tai**
Three wins.
**[21:17] Tai**
We're getting three wins, guys.
# E19 - I do not know where this love will take me
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6MGENM46/i-do-not-know-where-this-love-will-take-me)
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**[00:10] Miya**
*Mashima-kun is still down by 5 cards!*
**[00:13] Miya**
*He can't catch up!*
**[00:15] Kana**
*That early mistake is making a difference.*
**[00:17] Kana**
* He stabilized midway through the*
* game and made some good plays,*
**[00:21] Kana**
*but his luck is still terrible!*
**[00:25] Tai**
* The last five cards*
* have been on my side.*
**[00:28] Tai**
* Should I focus on defending*
* the seven cards on my side*
**[00:32] ---**
* instead of attacking the*
* two on the opponent's side?*
***SIGN*** Living Ghost
**[00:39] Tai**
*I don't need you, Dr. Harada.*
**[00:45] Tai**
*When in trouble...*
**[00:47] [POEM] N**
As the years pass...
**[00:49] Tai**
*Go lower right!*
**[00:50] Tai**
*Yes!*
**[00:53] Ichi**
Thank you very much.
**[00:54] Tsu**
Thank you very much.
**[00:57] A**
Two wins for Fujisaki!
**[00:59] B**
Good!
**[00:59] C**
One more win!
**[01:00] D**
One more win for the championship!
**[01:02] All**
Yeah!
**[01:03] Desk**
*Mizusawa's down 0 to 2.*
**[01:07] D**
*They're strong.*
**[01:09] D**
*That makes it a five-peat for Fujisaki.*
**[01:11] Tai**
I'm sending a card.
***SIGN*** the cresting waves almost look like clouds in the skies
**[01:17] Ero**
*A multi-syllable card?*
**[01:19] Ero**
*"My only thought as I" was already read,*
**[01:21] Ero**
*so this is now a two-syllable card.*
**[01:24] Ero**
*You won't be able to surprise me.*
**[01:27] Ero**
*I'm sticking to my usual playing style.*
**[01:29] A**
*This is painful.*
**[01:30] A**
* It would be most gratifying*
* if Mizusawa was able*
**[01:32] ---**
* to secure a single win from*
* the dominating Fujisaki.*
**[01:35] Tai**
Three wins.
**[01:39] Tai**
We're getting three wins, guys.
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Episode 19
***SIGN*** I do not
know
where
this love
will take
me
**[03:00] Tai**
We're getting three wins.
**[03:06] Mako**
*Don't bother bluffing.*
**[03:08] Mako**
*It's possible you won't even get a single win.*
**[03:11] Desk**
*Mashima...*
**[03:12] Desk**
*Mashima went there.*
**[03:14] Desk**
*Three wins, when we're cornered like this...*
**[03:18] Desk**
*He's always let his actions speak for him.*
**[03:20] Desk**
*He's careful and has a lot of pride.*
**[03:22] Desk**
* He's always thinking about*
* what happens when he loses.*
**[03:25] Desk**
* Even when he volunteered*
* to play their captain...*
**[03:28] (Flashback) Tai**
I'll play their captain.
**[03:31] Desk**
*Mashima...*
**[03:34] Desk**
*is trying to change!*
**[03:36] Tai**
Excuse me.
**[03:41] Ero**
*Again?*
**[03:43] Ero**
*He keeps wasting time.*
**[03:46] Tai**
*I have six cards.*
**[03:48] ---**
*My opponent has two.*
**[03:50] Tai**
*There are plenty of dead cards left.*
**[03:53] Tai**
* "After many," "The emotions,"*
* "The hazed early dawn mist,"*
**[03:56] Tai**
* "The sight," "May it," "My life,"*
* "When I," "Nothing," "Silent,"*
**[04:00] Tai**
* "Gust," "I feel," "As my,"*
* "Since I," "For you I head."*
**[04:05] Tai**
* My opponent won't make*
* any memorization errors.*
**[04:08] Tai**
*He's aware of the changing unique syllables.*
**[04:12] Tai**
Excuse me.
**[04:19] Tai**
*I don't need you.*
***SIGN*** What?
**[04:22] Tai**
*You're the only coach I've ever had.*
**[04:25] Tai**
*When in trouble,*
**[04:27] Tai**
*go lower right!*
***SIGN*** *the cresting waves almost look like clouds in the skies*
**[04:29] Tai**
*Come on!*
**[04:29] Tai**
*Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on!*
**[04:32] Tai**
*Read it! Read it! Read it! Read it!*
**[04:34] Tai**
*Give it! Give it! Give it! Give it! Give it!*
**[04:36] Tai**
*Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on!*
**[04:40] [POEM] N**
My only thought as the boat
takes me out to sea is that
**[04:47] Tai**
*It was read...*
**[04:49] Tai**
*It was read.*
**[04:50] All**
*It was read!*
**[04:54] (Flashback) Desk**
Mashima sent the multi-syllable
card to give himself a chance.
**[04:59] (Flashback) Desk**
The Fujisaki captain is
very good at covering,
**[05:02] (Flashback) Desk**
so he has a habit of covering
multi-syllable cards.
**[05:04] (Flashback) Tai**
Even when it's not necessary?
**[05:06] (Flashback) Tai**
He's open to attack then.
**[05:08] Desk**
*He's using my data!*
**[05:12] Kana**
*He's only down three now!*
**[05:25] Tsu**
*Huh? What?*
**[05:29] Tsu**
*He was on a roll...*
**[05:32] Tsu**
* It is hard to decide what card*
* to send towards the end,*
**[05:34] Tsu**
*but this isn't the time to stress over it.*
**[05:50] Tai**
I'm sending a card.
***SIGN*** which shines over Mount Mikasa
**[05:57] [POEM] N**
the cresting waves almost look
like clouds in the skies
**[06:06] [POEM] N**
The storm blasts autumn...
***SIGN*** to set the Tatsuta River ablaze
***SIGN*** which shines over Mount Mikasa
**[06:12] Mako**
* Eromu went for the "The sky*
* may" on his own side?!*
**[06:14] Sumi**
*A fault!*
**[06:16] Kana**
*Even better!*
**[06:17] Ero**
*Double fault!*
**[06:19] A**
Eromu-senpai committed a double fault?
**[06:20] B**
First time I've seen that happen.
**[06:22] C**
He rarely commits faults,
let alone a double...
**[06:27] Ero**
*I needed to refresh my memory.*
**[06:35] Ero**
*Wait...*
**[06:37] Ero**
* He knew exactly which card*
* he was going to send.*
**[06:40] Ero**
*He pretended to take a long time,*
**[06:43] Ero**
* so he could reinforce what the*
* field would look like in his mind.*
**[06:49] Tai**
*This is the first fault he's made.*
**[06:52] Tai**
*I know you have to be tired.*
**[06:55] Tai**
*Five matches lasting over nine hours.*
**[06:58] Tai**
*And also, the Tokyo regional champions,*
**[07:00] Tai**
*Hokuo,*
**[07:02] Tai**
*would have made you work for your win.*
**[07:05] Tai**
*I guarantee it!*
**[07:10] Kana**
*With that double fault,*
**[07:12] Kana**
* the Prez removes one card from*
* his side and sends another...*
***SIGN*** the plum blossoms still smell the same
**[07:17] Kana**
*It's 3 to 3.*
**[07:19] Kana**
*He's caught up!*
**[07:21] Tai**
*I'm sending "In order for."*
**[07:28] Ero**
*Amusing.*
**[07:31] Kuri**
*The battle in the middle is getting fierce.*
**[07:38] Kuri**
*It's 5 to 1...*
**[07:40] Kuri**
* The Mizusawa player*
* only has one card left.*
**[07:43] Kuri**
*When did that happen?*
**[07:48] Mura**
* Yamashiro-san panicked*
* and committed a fault.*
**[07:53] Mura**
* Neither of them are using*
* any sort of strategy.*
**[07:56] Mura**
*This is a battle of sound and reflex.*
**[08:00] Mura**
* The difference between*
* them is barely perceivable,*
**[08:03] Mura**
*but it exists.*
**[08:06] Mura**
* Enough of a difference for*
* one to emerge victorious.*
**[08:12] Chi**
*Hang in there. Hang in there.*
**[08:15] Chi**
*Where am I?*
**[08:17] Chi**
* The Urayasu room in the Omi*
* Jingu Learning Center.*
**[08:20] [POEM] N**
to set the Tatsuta River ablaze
**[08:23] Chi**
*Right next to the reader.*
**[08:29] Chi**
*In the seat that assures victory!*
**[08:38] Mako**
*Rion!*
**[09:06] Chi**
Thank you very much.
**[09:13] Mura**
Is something wrong?
**[09:15] Pork**
Oh, it's okay.
**[09:17] Pork**
Try not to disturb her.
**[09:18] Mura**
Huh?
***SIGN*** She's asleep...
**[09:21] Mura**
What about you?
**[09:30] Tai**
* No call to announce*
* Mizusawa's first win...*
**[09:40] Pork**
I'm sending "No more."
**[09:43] Mana**
*What are you doing, Kanata?*
**[09:45] Mana**
* He's clawing his way back*
* from the early deficit.*
**[09:48] Kana**
*What's going on?*
**[09:50] Kana**
* As the game drags on, his guesses*
* have been more accurate.*
**[09:53] Pork**
* It takes experience to be able*
* to feel the flow of the game.*
**[09:58] Pork**
*I've been playing karuta since I was five.*
**[10:00] Pork**
* I've been playing longer*
* than anyone else here!*
**[10:07] (Flashback) Chi**
Compared to becoming Queen,
**[10:09] (Flashback) Chi**
it's much harder for us to
become best in Japan together!
**[10:14] Tai**
*Chihaya's right.*
**[10:18] [POEM] N**
and by no fault of mine
**[10:26] [POEM] N**
Said world grants no escape
**[10:29] A**
Eromu-senpai got it!
**[10:31] B**
He's so fast!
**[10:37] Tai**
* He's quick when it comes to cards*
* that are now one-syllable.*
**[10:44] Tai**
*Still, I can't lose here!*
**[10:49] Tai**
*Chihaya...*
**[10:51] Tai**
* We'll have plenty of chances to*
* try to become Master and Queen,*
**[10:58] Tai**
I'm moving "Like a."
**[11:01] Tai**
*but we only get to play as a team*
**[11:05] ---**
*during our three years in high school.*
**[11:08] [POEM] N**
The sky may hold...
**[11:11] Ero**
*Damn! He defended it!*
**[11:16] Tai**
I'm moving my card.
**[11:22] Kana**
*It's down to luck-of-the-draw.*
**[11:24] Tsu**
*In both games...*
**[11:27] Saku**
*I don't believe this.*
**[11:29] Saku**
* Both of them are in*
* luck-of-the draw situations.*
***SIGN*** I do not know where this love will take me
***SIGN*** I do not know where this love will take me
**[11:42] Saku**
*Mizusawa synchronized their cards!*
**[11:46] Tai**
* There's no guarantee that we'll make*
* it back to the finals next year.*
**[11:52] Tai**
* We'll probably never get*
* another chance like this!*
***SIGN*** I do not know where this love will take me
**[12:02] Kana**
*The famous Sone no Yoshitada poem...*
***SIGN*** Like a boatsman adrift at the mouth of the Yura, I do not know where this love will take me
**[12:05] Kana**
* Of all cards, this is the*
* one the Prez gets...*
***SIGN*** No more can we hear the sounds of the waterfall, but its legacy continues to spread
**[12:10] Kana**
*The opposing captain has "No more."*
**[12:13] Kana**
* I like these poems much more than*
* the ones that are more technical.*
**[12:21] Kana**
* The mouth of the Yura is*
* where river meets ocean.*
**[12:27] Kana**
*There, love lost its oar in the waters,*
**[12:30] Kana**
*left with no idea where it will go...*
**[12:34] Tai**
*Chihaya,*
**[12:37] ---**
*wake up...*
**[12:39] Tai**
*I want you to watch*
**[12:42] Tai**
*my fate.*
**[12:47] Saku**
*It's over if "Like a" is read.*
**[12:50] Saku**
* I didn't expect Mizusawa to*
* synchronize their cards.*
**[12:54] Saku**
*Surely they didn't...*
**[12:55] Saku**
*It must be coincidence.*
**[12:57] Saku**
*I wasn't expecting a luck-of-the-draw,*
**[13:00] Saku**
*but Emuro-kun has strong luck.*
**[13:02] Saku**
*This match will end 4 to 1.*
**[13:06] Ero**
*This was no coincidence.*
**[13:08] Ero**
*They were setting this up.*
**[13:11] (Flashback) Tai**
I'm sending "In order for."
**[13:13] (Flashback) Pork**
I'm sending "No more."
**[13:15] (Flashback) Tai**
I'm moving "Like a."
**[13:18] Ero**
* They understand how*
* to play team matches.*
**[13:21] Retro**
*What?*
**[13:22] Retro**
* Two of their games are*
* down to luck-of-the-draw?*
**[13:25] Retro**
*They synced their cards!*
**[13:28] Retro**
*They pulled it off!*
**[13:38] Kana**
*It's 50/50.*
**[13:39] Desk**
*We have a 50% chance of winning...*
**[13:42] Desk**
*A 50% chance of our cards being read.*
**[13:46] Desk**
*But...*
**[13:47] Kana**
*I've never seen...*
**[13:49] Desk**
* Mashima have his card read*
* in a luck-of-the-draw.*
**[13:57] Mako**
* How long has it been since*
* Eromu's last luck-of-the-draw?*
**[14:01] Ichi**
* Did Eromu relax because he was*
* up against a Class B player?*
**[14:04] A**
It's still okay!
**[14:06] B**
Eromu-senpai's card will be read.
**[14:08] Ero**
*I can visualize my "No more" being read.*
**[14:14] Ero**
*Sealing Fujisaki's five-peat!*
**[14:23] Tai**
*I don't think my card will be read,*
**[14:27] Tai**
*but I doubt I can take the last card*
**[14:29] ---**
* from a player who's*
* such a good defender.*
**[14:39] Tai**
*Remember to breathe.*
**[14:40] Tai**
*I can't give up yet!*
***SIGN*** I do not know where this love will take me
**[14:43] Tai**
*"Like" is a one-syllable card now,*
**[14:46] Tai**
*but "Nothing" hasn't been read,*
***SIGN*** but its legacy continues to spread
**[14:48] Tai**
* so he can't take "No more"*
* on the first syllable.*
**[14:51] Tai**
*Do I attack?*
**[14:54] Tai**
*It won't work?*
**[14:56] Tai**
*But if I don't attack...*
**[14:57] [POEM] N**
which shines over Mount Mikasa
**[15:07] [POEM] N**
For you, I head out to the
fields to pick spring greens
**[15:15] Tai**
*Nishida also went on the attack.*
**[15:19] Ero**
* They intend to attack the opponent's*
* side in a luck-of-the-draw?*
**[15:23] [POEM] N**
Since I could not hide...
**[15:27] Tai**
*Still nothing.*
**[15:28] Tai**
*His guard is so low.*
**[15:30] Tai**
*There's no opening to attack.*
**[15:34] Tai**
*Damn...*
**[15:36] Tai**
*Damn!*
**[15:41] Sumi**
*It's too much!*
**[15:42] Sumi**
*I'm too scared!*
**[15:44] Sumi**
*I can't take this!*
**[15:49] Sumi**
*Mashima-senpai!*
**[15:51] Sumi**
*Mashima-senpai!*
**[15:57] Tai**
*The one card I need won't be read.*
**[16:00] ---**
*It never is.*
**[16:02] Tai**
*Is that how my life will go?*
**[16:05] Tai**
*Is everything I do futile?*
**[16:10] Tai**
*Six more dead cards.*
**[16:12] Tai**
* "After many," "May it," "My life,"*
* "Nothing," "Silent," "Gust"...*
**[16:20] Tai**
*Is it futile to keep remembering these?*
**[16:31] Tai**
*Still... God...*
**[16:35] Tai**
*I beg you...*
**[16:38] Tai**
* I don't care if my card is never*
* read in a luck-of-the-draw again.*
**[16:43] Tai**
*So please...*
**[16:45] Tai**
*Just today...*
**[16:48] Tai**
*This one time...*
**[16:53] ---**
*Just this once...*
**[16:55] [POEM] N**
Like a boatsman adrift...
***SIGN*** W-We did it...
**[17:11] Tsu**
We did it! We did it!
***SIGN*** We did it!
**[17:13] Sumi**
Yes! We did it!
**[17:15] Kana**
Quiet.
**[17:19] Kana**
The match isn't over
**[17:22] Kana**
until the second verse has been read.
**[17:30] [POEM] N**
...adrift at the mouth of the Yura,
**[17:36] [POEM] N**
I do not know where
this love will take me
**[17:51] Tai**
Hey.
**[17:54] Tai**
You've got tatami marks.
**[18:10] Mura**
The winner of the team
championship is Mizusawa,
**[18:13] ---**
by a score of 3 to 2.
**[18:15] All**
Thank you very much.
**[18:18] All**
Thank you very much.
**[18:21] A**
*We lost.*
**[18:22] Ero**
*Second place.*
**[18:25] Mako**
*We came in second.*
**[18:29] Saku**
This loss is my fault.
**[18:32] Saku**
If I were the god of karuta,
**[18:34] Saku**
I would have sided with Mizusawa
for their valiant display.
**[18:39] Saku**
It's my fault for building a
team solely based on strength.
**[18:43] Ero**
* I looked down on my opponent*
* for spending an entire year*
**[18:47] ---**
*kicking around Class B.*
**[18:49] Ero**
*That was my mistake.*
**[18:52] Ero**
*That guy's on his way up.*
**[18:58] Mako**
*Ri-Rion?!*
**[18:59] Mako**
*You're not supposed to show emotion!*
**[19:02] Mako**
*Wait...*
**[19:05] Saku**
Rion, listen to me.
**[19:08] Saku**
None of our players are capable
of defeating Ayase-san.
**[19:12] Saku**
It's not your fault that you couldn't win,
**[19:15] Saku**
but you need to realize that you
lost despite having the advantage.
**[19:22] Saku**
Learn some humility.
**[19:25] Saku**
It's on you to make sure that we don't
lose a single match next summer.
**[19:31] A**
The ceremony will be on the
first floor in 10 minutes.
**[19:33] A**
Please prepare as necessary
and proceed there.
**[19:36] B**
Don't forget anything.
**[19:38] C**
We had some excellent matches this year.
**[19:41] D**
So Mizusawa is our champion.
**[19:50] (Flashback) Ara**
If you become the best player in Japan,
**[19:52] (Flashback) Ara**
you'll be the best in the world.
**[19:55] (Flashback) Ara**
I'm not interested in team tournaments.
**[19:59] (Flashback) Ara**
I'm focused on winning the
individual tournament.
**[20:04] Miya**
Well, let's head downstairs, Ayase-san.
**[20:25] Chi**
D-Did you watch?
**[20:27] Ara**
Huh?
**[20:28] Chi**
Were you watching?
**[20:35] Chi**
My team is the best in Japan.
**[20:38] Chi**
I became the best in Japan
without becoming Queen.
**[20:45] Chi**
It's because we were playing together.
**[20:47] Chi**
Don't say that you're not
interested in teams!
**[20:52] (Flashback) Chi**
And then there's the
"Impassionate gods" card!
**[20:55] (Flashback) Chi**
Wataya-kun said that the card
has the same name as me!
**[20:58] (Flashback) Tai**
The three of us will
win together, right?
**[21:09] ---**
Yeah.
**[21:16] ---**
Yeah.
# E20 - The fall paddy shacks
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G63VK5JVY/the-fall-paddy-shacks)
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**[00:06] N**
Your High School National Ogura Hundred
Poets Karuta Team champions:
**[00:13] N**
Mizusawa High School from Tokyo!
**[00:20] A**
Congratulations.
***SIGN*** Champions
1st: Fujisaki High School
2nd: Fujisaki High School
3rd: Fujisaki High School
4th: Fujisaki High School
5th: Fujisaki High School
**[00:35] Kana**
Chihaya-chan.
***SIGN*** Go on
**[00:50] A**
It's heavy. Be careful.
**[00:59] (Flashback) Chi**
My goal is
**[01:01] (Flashback) Chi**
to win the team High
School Championship...
**[01:05] (Flashback) Chi**
We finally have new members...
**[01:06] (Flashback) Chi**
Two of them stayed.
**[01:09] (Flashback) Chi**
Compared to becoming Queen, becoming
the strongest woman in Japan,
**[01:12] (Flashback) Chi**
it's much harder for us to
become best in Japan together!
**[01:15] [POEM] N**
*Like a boatsman adrift...*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Episode 20
***SIGN*** The
fall
paddy
shacks
**[02:57] Tai**
Everybody have everything?
**[02:59] Kana**
We're good.
**[03:00] Miya**
I'll have the trophy and other
awards sent back to the school,
**[03:03] ---**
so place everything here.
**[03:04] Miya**
Oh, I need to write out an invoice.
**[03:06] Miya**
How many are there in all?
**[03:09] Chi**
Ms. Miyauchi?
**[03:10] Miya**
What is it, Ayase-san?
**[03:12] Chi**
Um, is there a hospital still open nearby?
**[03:16] Miya**
Huh?
**[03:19] Miya**
Wait, it's swollen!
**[03:22] Miya**
Why didn't you say something sooner?
**[03:25] Miya**
I know of an emergency clinic.
**[03:26] Miya**
We went there last year.
**[03:27] Pork**
Oh, yeah...
**[03:29] Kana**
Oe-san, should we get you
looked at too, just in case?
**[03:31] Kana**
The swelling's gone down.
**[03:34] Miya**
You're okay, then?
**[03:35] Miya**
Mashima-kun, can you take over here?
**[03:38] Miya**
Let's get going.
**[03:42] Kana**
Will Chihaya-chan be okay?
**[03:45] Kana**
The individual tournament is tomorrow.
**[03:47] Pork**
Well, let's start packing the awards.
**[03:49] Pork**
Should we put the medals inside, too?
***SIGN*** Probably.
**[03:52] Kana**
We'll need something
to serve as a cushion.
**[03:55] Sumi**
How about a towel?
**[03:57] Ara**
Taichi.
**[03:58] Ara**
I forgot.
**[04:00] Ara**
Here's a gift.
***SIGN*** Famous Sake Manju
***SIGN*** Fukui's famous sake manju...
**[04:04] Ara**
What happened to Chihaya?
**[04:09] Tai**
Arata, are you walking to the station, too?
**[04:11] Ara**
No, my uncle's coming in
his car to pick me up.
**[04:15] Tai**
Oh.
**[04:16] Sudo**
Hokuo!
**[04:18] All**
Fight! Fight!
***SIGN*** Third Place
Tokyo Hokuo Academy
**[04:19] Sudo**
We're sprinting to the station, wimps!
**[04:25] Yu**
Boys' schools are full of idiots.
***SIGN*** Fourth Place
Hyogo Prefecture First Akashi Girls' High School
**[04:27] Haya**
I'm dying for a bath.
**[04:27] Yu**
Did you call for a taxi, Coach?
**[04:29] Nana**
I'm starving.
**[04:29] Yu**
We need to save our energy for the
individual tournament tomorrow.
**[04:35] Sumi**
What?!
**[04:36] Sumi**
Wataya-san, Mashima-senpai, and
Ayase-senpai are childhood friends?!
**[04:40] ---**
Well... Yeah.
**[04:43] Pork**
When you put it that way,
**[04:43] Sumi**
*No way! What kind of balance is that?!*
**[04:44] ---**
I'm childhood friends
with Retro from Hokuo...
**[04:45] Sumi**
*I smell a love triangle in the air!*
***SIGN*** Childhood
***SIGN*** Friends
**[04:46] Pork**
She's not listening.
**[04:48] Sumi**
Is your school co-ed, Wataya-san?!
**[04:50] Sumi**
What's your type?!
**[04:51] Sumi**
Do you have a girlfriend?!
**[04:53] Sumi**
But! But! This is very important!
**[04:55] Kana**
Show some restraint!
**[04:57] Sumi**
But! But! But!
**[04:57] Pork**
We're going on ahead.
**[04:58] Sumi**
I understand how you feel! I do!
***SIGN*** I'm hungry.
**[04:59] Tsu**
What's for dinner?
**[04:59] Kana**
I wanna know! I wanna know!
**[05:02] Ara**
That's amazing, Taichi.
**[05:04] Ara**
That girl also plays karuta?
**[05:06] Tai**
She's a beginner.
**[05:07] Tai**
Chihaya worked hard to recruit them.
**[05:11] Ara**
Really...
**[05:15] Ara**
Team...
**[05:18] Ara**
Taichi, in my mind,
**[05:23] Ara**
the only team for me is the one
I had with you and Chihaya.
**[05:36] Ara**
I sound pretty creepy.
**[05:39] Ara**
Especially since I was
looking up at the moon.
**[05:41] Ara**
Oh, never mind.
**[05:43] Ara**
On a different subject,
***SIGN*** Tokyo
**[05:46] Ara**
I'm planning on going to college in Tokyo.
**[05:48] ---**
What?
**[05:49] Tai**
Wh-Which college?
**[05:52] Ara**
Any place I can get a scholarship.
**[05:55] Ara**
I'll win the individual tournament tomorrow
**[05:58] Ara**
and go to Tokyo.
**[06:02] Tai**
*Tokyo...*
**[06:04] Tai**
*Arata's...*
**[06:07] Tai**
*coming to Tokyo.*
**[06:09] Ara**
Oh, that's my uncle's car.
**[06:12] Ara**
Bye, Taichi.
**[06:13] Ara**
See you tomorrow.
**[06:16] Tai**
*Arata...*
**[06:18] Tai**
* Chihaya wants to be on*
* a team with you again,*
**[06:23] Tai**
*but I don't.*
**[06:26] Tai**
You're my enemy.
**[06:29] Ara**
Did you say something?
**[06:31] Tai**
No.
**[06:33] Tai**
See you tomorrow.
**[06:47] Doc**
What is this?
**[06:49] Chi**
Huh?! What do you mean, Doctor?!
**[06:52] Doc**
It doesn't look like
any bones were broken,
**[06:56] Doc**
but there appears to be a chip fracture.
**[06:58] Miya**
Chip fracture?!
**[07:01] Doc**
But a fracture would hurt more,
**[07:05] Doc**
and the swelling isn't that bad.
**[07:07] Doc**
I'll write up a referral,
**[07:08] ---**
so you should go to a bigger
hospital for a second opinion.
**[07:10] Chi**
What?!
**[07:11] Miya**
She has a competitive
karuta tournament tomorrow.
**[07:15] Miya**
Can she participate?
**[07:16] Doc**
Karuta?
***SIGN*** Wow, you're good
***SIGN*** Got it
**[07:18] Doc**
If you mean this, it should be okay.
**[07:21] Miya**
It's a little more intense.
**[07:23] Doc**
She should refrain from
any intense activity.
**[07:26] Doc**
The bone has been weakened.
**[07:29] Doc**
And it'll be painful if you hit it.
**[07:31] Doc**
I would recommend that you give up.
**[07:39] Kana**
Oh, Chihaya-chan.
**[07:40] Kana**
How did it go?
**[07:42] Chi**
Oh...
**[07:43] Miya**
Um, are you about to take a bath?
**[07:46] Sumi**
Yes.
**[07:47] Miya**
Go on, then.
**[07:48] Miya**
We can talk about Ayase-san later.
**[07:50] Sumi**
Oh, Ms. Miyauchi.
**[07:52] Sumi**
If you talk to the inn staff,
they'll serve dinner.
**[07:55] Miya**
Okay, I'll go ask them.
**[07:57] Miya**
Thank you.
**[07:58] Miya**
Go take your bath, now.
**[08:01] Sumi**
Let's go, Senpai.
**[08:22] Chi**
Oops! Boys' room!
**[09:00] (Flashback) Chi**
We'll win every match
**[09:01] (Flashback) Chi**
and become number one in Japan!
**[09:03] [POEM] N**
Though I prayed...
**[09:06] [POEM] N**
Note that though...
**[09:09] (Flashback) Naka**
She moved the instant the reader spoke.
**[09:11] (Flashback) Naka**
She moved faster than sound.
**[09:13] [POEM] N**
The sound of birds...
**[09:15] (Flashback) Megu**
Okay.
**[09:16] (Flashback) Megu**
One card at a time.
**[09:23] (Flashback) Yu**
Okay, I won!
**[09:25] (Flashback) Yu**
One win for First Akashi Girls'!
**[09:26] (Flashback) Kana**
One win for Pizusawa!
**[09:28] (Flashback) Tsu**
Oe-senpai held on to win! Amazing!
**[09:32] (Flashback) Tai**
Two wins for Mizusawa!
**[09:49] (Flashback) Both**
Thank you very much.
**[09:53] (Flashback) Tai**
His opponent has "The sight of Mount,"
**[09:54] (Flashback) Tai**
while Komano has "May my lonely"
in a luck of the draw.
**[09:58] (Flashback) Tai**
There are four more dead cards...
**[10:01] (Flashback) Desk**
I'll always have...
**[10:04] [POEM] ---**
The sight of Mount Arima...
**[10:11] (Flashback) Kana**
Good thing it wasn't Chihaya-chan
jamming her finger.
**[10:14] (Flashback) Chi**
What are you talking about, Kana-chan?!
**[10:16] (Flashback) Kana**
We should consider ourselves lucky!
**[10:17] (Flashback) Kana**
It wasn't our ace who got hurt.
**[10:20] (Flashback) Kana**
We have first-years to sub in!
**[10:22] (Flashback) Kana**
Luck is on our side.
**[10:24] (Flashback) Kana**
Mizusawa is set up to win.
**[10:32] [POEM] N**
While
**[10:33] [POEM] N**
I sigh and lament how the one
I love does not feel the same,
**[10:37] (Flashback) Chi**
Wh-What is this?
**[10:40] (Flashback) Chi**
She's different.
**[10:41] (Flashback) Chi**
Completely different.
**[10:43] (Flashback) Chi**
Her reflexes...
**[10:44] (Flashback) Chi**
Her sense...
**[10:45] [POEM] N**
My only thought as
**[10:48] (Flashback) Rion**
I don't think so!
**[11:01] (Flashback) Tai**
Chihaya?!
**[11:03] (Flashback) Desk**
Is she hurt?
**[11:05] (Flashback) Mura**
Are you okay?
**[11:09] (Flashback) Chi**
Yes, I'm okay.
**[11:12] (Flashback) Pork**
Ayase, you can't hide it from me.
**[11:15] (Flashback) Pork**
I'm right next to you.
**[11:17] (Flashback) Pork**
Excuse me.
**[11:28] (Flashback) Mako**
Win, Rion!
**[11:33] (Flashback) Both**
Thank you very much.
**[11:36] (Flashback) Kana**
Tsukuba-kun...
**[11:40] (Flashback) Ichi**
Thank you very much.
**[11:41] (Flashback) Tsu**
Thank you very much...
**[11:43] (Flashback) A**
Two wins for Fujisaki!
**[11:45] (Flashback) Desk**
Mizusawa's down 0 to 2.
**[11:48] (Flashback) B**
Fujisaki's got this in the bag.
**[11:51] (Flashback) D**
They're strong.
**[11:53] (Flashback) D**
That makes it a five-peat for Fujisaki.
**[11:56] (Flashback) Tai**
Three wins.
**[11:59] (Flashback) Tai**
We're getting three wins, guys.
**[12:21] (Flashback) Chi**
Thank you very much.
**[12:27] (Flashback) Kana**
It's down to luck-of-the-draw.
**[12:29] (Flashback) Tsu**
In both games...
**[12:33] (Flashback) Tai**
I beg you...
**[12:35] (Flashback) Tai**
I don't care if my card is never
read in a luck-of-the-draw again.
**[12:40] (Flashback) Tai**
So please...
**[12:43] (Flashback) Tai**
Just today...
**[12:45] (Flashback) Tai**
Just this once...
**[12:50] (Flashback) Tai**
This one time...
**[12:53] [POEM] N**
Like a boatsman adrift...
**[13:05] (Flashback) Tai**
Hey.
**[13:08] (Flashback) Tai**
You've got tatami marks.
**[13:18] Chi**
*Thank you.*
**[13:22] Chi**
*Thank you!*
**[13:25] Pork**
The doctor wasn't sure what's
wrong, but told you not to play?!
***SIGN*** Metal guard underneath
**[13:31] Kana**
It was more than a jammed finger?!
**[13:33] Tai**
Why didn't you say something yesterday?
**[13:36] Chi**
I was hoping it might be
healed when I woke up.
**[13:41] Pork**
You can't play like that.
**[13:42] Sumi**
That's right.
**[13:43] Tsu**
You should forfeit, Ayase-senpai.
**[13:45] Pork**
It'll hurt even more if you hit it again.
**[13:50] Miya**
Ayase-san,
**[13:52] ---**
I understand how you feel.
**[13:54] Miya**
But...
**[13:56] Miya**
You won the team tournament.
**[13:58] Miya**
You've done very well.
**[14:01] Miya**
Get some rest.
**[14:11] Pork**
Huh? Sis?
**[14:20] Pork**
Man, what's with her?
***SIGN*** Congratulations Winners
**[14:29] Chi**
I wanna play.
**[14:33] Chi**
I wanna wear this and play.
**[14:36] Sudo**
Hilarious.
**[14:38] Sudo**
You got hurt yesterday?
**[14:40] Sudo**
Wild animals are slower
when they're injured.
**[14:45] Sudo**
However, if you force the
issue and play poorly,
***SIGN*** The S in Sudo stands for sadistic!
**[14:49] Sudo**
they'll say that the team
champions are weak individually.
**[15:01] Chi**
I haven't forgotten.
**[15:04] Chi**
My goal is
**[15:06] Chi**
to win the individual High School
Championships in each class.
***SIGN*** gulp
**[15:09] Chi**
As the team high school champions,
**[15:11] Chi**
we'll do all we can to make it happen.
***SIGN*** Class A
**[15:17] Both**
*Our goal is*
***SIGN*** Class C
**[15:19] Both**
* to win the individual*
* tournament in each class.*
***SIGN*** Class D
**[15:21] Sumi**
What? We count?
***SIGN*** Class B
**[15:26] Tai**
*Win.*
***SIGN*** Class A
**[15:28] Saku**
Today is the day we show
Fujisaki's true power.
**[15:31] Saku**
We will dominate the rankings.
**[15:33] All**
Yes!
**[15:33] All**
Yes!
***SIGN*** Class B
**[15:40] Sudo**
If you lose, I'll throw you in Lake Biwa!
***SIGN*** Class B Class B Class B Class A Class A
**[15:43] Sudo**
If you don't want that to happen, win!
**[15:44] All**
Yeah!
***SIGN*** Class B Class A Class B Class B Class A
**[15:47] Megu**
We have to avenge our loss, girls!
**[15:49] All**
Yes!
**[15:51] A**
Well, the team tournament
**[15:54] ---**
was exciting as a new
school emerged triumphant.
**[15:57] A**
I expect this to give the
karuta world a jolt, Chairman.
**[16:01] Ma**
No, in the team tournament, players
rely on strength to take cards.
***SIGN*** All Japan Karuta Association Chairman
Mashita Yoshiaki, grade 10
**[16:06] Ma**
The matches are very messy to watch.
**[16:10] Ma**
However, in the individual tournament,
**[16:12] ---**
we can expect battles of wit and strategy.
***SIGN*** Super Class A
**[16:22] Pork**
It'll hurt if you hit something.
**[16:25] Pork**
How are you gonna play like that?
**[16:36] Chi**
I-I'll use my left hand...
**[16:38] Pork**
Huh?
**[16:39] Chi**
I'll do what I can with my left hand.
**[16:42] Pork**
What?!
**[16:45] Chi**
*We're all playing to win.*
**[16:48] Chi**
* The individual tournament*
* is about to start.*
***SIGN*** Class A
***SIGN*** Ayase Chihaya
***SIGN*** Yuube Keiko
**[17:07] Pork**
You don't have a chance!
**[17:08] Pork**
She's aggressive enough to blow you
away, even using your right hand!
**[17:10] Pork**
What are you going to
do with your left hand?!
**[17:12] Chi**
But! But, but, but!
***SIGN*** What's with that scarf?
***SIGN*** Stare...
**[17:14] A**
Why is the Queen so interested?
**[17:17] A**
The first round should be a cinch for her.
**[17:18] B**
They should just seed her, for our sake.
**[17:21] C**
How did she lose all that weight?
**[17:24] Chi**
It's probably because they stopped
selling Snowmaru daifuku.
***SIGN*** You know the reason?
**[17:27] Chi**
It's so sad...
***SIGN*** Wataya Arata
***SIGN*** Kawauchi Shoji
***SIGN*** Wait,
I'm
playing
him?!
**[17:34] Chi**
Oh, Arata.
**[17:35] Shi**
I lucked out.
**[17:37] Shi**
It's a good thing I didn't get paired
against Arata in the first round.
**[17:41] Shi**
I would've had a taste of how
much stronger you've gotten
**[17:44] ---**
over the past few years.
**[17:54] Shi**
*It's not just Arata.*
**[17:58] Shi**
*Everybody here.*
**[18:00] Shi**
* I'll make them admit that the team*
* tournament is nothing serious.*
**[18:05] Shi**
*I'll crush them all.*
**[18:08] A**
The Queen looked so lame.
**[18:10] B**
Was that a cooling scarf around her neck?
**[18:12] Ara**
Oh, Chihaya.
**[18:15] A**
Will the players please step inside?
**[18:17] A**
The first round will soon begin.
**[18:19] A**
Class A will be on the second floor.
**[18:22] A**
Will the players please step inside?
**[18:28] Ara**
Chihaya, aren't you coming?
**[18:30] Chi**
Oh, I'm coming.
**[18:34] Chi**
*It's Arata.*
**[18:36] Chi**
*Arata's here.*
**[18:42] Chi**
* Arata and I are standing*
* on the same tatami floor.*
**[18:51] Retro**
Today is the day...
Today is the day...
**[18:53] Retro**
Today is the day I win it all
and start the Legend of Retro!
***SIGN*** Kinashi Hiro's Road to Master Project
Classified
***SIGN*** Retro
**[18:59] Retro**
What's wrong, Mashima?
**[19:01] Retro**
Today is the day I win!
**[19:03] Tai**
Retro...
**[19:05] Tai**
Why am I here?
**[19:08] Retro**
* I-Is he burned out from*
* the team tournament?*
**[19:12] Retro**
*That's not like him.*
**[19:13] Retro**
* It's not like him, but that*
* means my greatest rival is out!*
**[19:18] Retro**
*My victory is assured!*
**[19:30] Miya**
* The two first-years in Class D*
* are in a separate hall.*
**[19:32] Miya**
* Komano-kun and Oe-san in*
* Class C are in the office.*
**[19:35] Miya**
* Mashima-kun will be playing the Class B*
* first round on the first floor.*
**[19:40] Miya**
* On the second floor is Class A,*
* Nishida-kun and Ayase-san.*
**[19:45] Miya**
* You can tell this is the*
* national tournament.*
**[19:47] Miya**
* The parents are here*
* to support the players.*
***SIGN*** Arata's dad
***SIGN*** Arata's mom
**[19:57] Miya**
*Ayase-san...*
**[20:08] A**
It's time.
**[20:12] A**
We will now begin the first round of
the Class A individual tournament.
**[20:16] All**
Thank you very much.
**[20:18] All**
Thank you very much.
**[20:21] [POEM] N**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[20:32] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[20:34] Chi**
*Here we go.*
**[20:43] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[20:51] [POEM] N**
Gust of wind...
**[20:52] Yu**
Yes!
**[20:56] Yu**
*I won't lose.*
**[20:58] Yu**
*Not until I get to play Megumu.*
**[21:00] [POEM] N**
...fall leaves
**[21:07] [POEM] N**
The sound of birds crossing...
**[21:12] Chi**
*What do I do?*
**[21:15] Chi**
*I can hear everything.*
**[21:18] Chi**
*I can hear the sound,*
**[21:20] Chi**
*but my body, my left hand won't...*
# E21 - But its legacy continues to spread
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**[00:03] [POEM] N**
Gust of wind...
**[00:04] Yu**
Yes!
**[00:07] [POEM] N**
The sound of birds crossing...
**[00:13] Chi**
*What do I do?*
**[00:15] Chi**
*I can hear everything.*
**[00:17] Chi**
*I can hear the sound,*
**[00:20] Chi**
*but my body, my left hand won't...*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Episode 21
***SIGN*** But
its
legacy
continues
to
spread
**[01:34] [POEM] N**
awakens the guards of
Suma Gate at night
**[01:44] [POEM] N**
My life means nothing...
**[01:46] Chi**
*She's swinging at multiple cards?*
**[01:48] [POEM] N**
In order to restore...
**[01:50] Chi**
*She hit seven cards there.*
***SIGN*** She counts as a man
**[01:53] Chi**
*Porky was right.*
***SIGN*** Strong swing!
**[01:55] Chi**
*She's powerful!*
**[01:57] Chi**
*Calm down.*
**[01:59] Chi**
*The match has just begun.*
**[02:08] Chi**
* My reach and pivot point*
* are completely different.*
**[02:16] Yu**
*I feel bad about her injury,*
**[02:19] Yu**
*but she thinks she'll win with her left hand?*
**[02:20] Yu**
*That's absurd.*
**[02:23] Yu**
*This is my chance*
**[02:26] Yu**
*to avenge our loss yesterday!*
**[02:29] Chi**
*My stance is towards the other side.*
**[02:30] Chi**
*My center of gravity is on the other side.*
**[02:32] Chi**
*I usually put my weight on my left knee,*
**[02:34] Chi**
*but now it's on the right.*
**[02:38] Chi**
*I can't think too much about it!*
**[02:42] Chi**
*Use a natural stance.*
**[02:43] [POEM] N**
After many, many years...
**[02:45] Chi**
*My hand will reach.*
**[02:47] Chi**
*I just have to swing!*
**[02:53] [POEM] N**
now bloom inside the nine-fold palace
**[03:03] [POEM] N**
For you, I head out to the fields...
**[03:05] Yu**
*Yes! Yes! Yes!*
**[03:06] Chi**
*It won't work...*
**[03:07] Chi**
* I've never practiced covering*
* with my left hand...*
**[03:11] Miya**
* Those girls are very similar.*
* They're both easy to read.*
**[03:13] [POEM] N**
while snow falls upon my sleeves
**[03:22] [POEM] N**
The hazed early dawn
**[03:23] Chi**
* A multi-syllable card*
* on the opponent's side!*
**[03:24] Chi**
*She covered!*
**[03:25] [POEM] N**
mist over the Kawagiri River
**[03:27] Chi**
*Huh?*
**[03:27] Chi**
*Wait, I touched it?*
***SIGN*** Who got it?!
**[03:29] Chi**
*Was Yuube-san faster?*
**[03:32] Yu**
You won that card!
***SIGN*** Honest
**[03:37] Chi**
* I've never thought about*
* how to use my left hand,*
**[03:40] ---**
*or how to approach the card with it.*
**[03:44] Chi**
* How do left-handed players*
* see a right-handed cover?*
**[03:50] Chi**
* Yuube-san just lost "The hazed*
* early dawn mist" on the outside,*
**[03:54] Chi**
* but she has another multi-syllable*
* card, "My only thought as I,"*
**[03:56] ---**
*at her lower right.*
**[03:58] Chi**
*Right-handed players only know*
**[04:00] ---**
* how to play against other*
* right-handed players.*
**[04:02] [POEM] N**
...nets in the shallows
**[04:03] Chi**
*But for a left-handed player...*
**[04:08] [POEM] N**
My only thought as I am put out
to sea is to ask the fishermen
**[04:10] Chi**
*It's open to take!*
**[04:12] Yu**
*I lost two cards the same way...*
**[04:15] Miya**
*Ayase-san's doing a wonderful job.*
***SIGN*** Is she actually left-handed?
**[04:17] Miya**
* She's winning multi-syllable*
* cards she's struggled with.*
**[04:19] Chi**
*I can do this.*
**[04:21] Chi**
*I can do this!*
**[04:24] Yu**
*I can come back.*
**[04:26] [POEM] N**
So spring ends...
**[04:26] Yu**
*Attack to come back!*
**[04:28] Chi**
*Huh?*
**[04:29] [POEM] N**
Would the mountain cherry blossoms...
**[04:32] Chi**
*What?*
**[04:33] [POEM] N**
When winds send waves...
**[04:36] Chi**
* I have no problem taking*
* cards on the opponent's side.*
**[04:39] Chi**
*So why*
**[04:41] Chi**
*doesn't my body move when it's on my side?*
**[04:46] Chi**
*What's going on?*
**[04:48] Chi**
* It feels like riding a bike with*
* the brakes held down halfway.*
**[04:52] Ara**
Thank you very much.
**[04:54] Ara**
Thank you very much.
**[04:56] Mako**
*Their match is already over?!*
**[04:57] Ama**
*How?!*
**[04:58] Ama**
*There haven't been 25 cards read yet.*
**[05:02] Ama**
*He won by 27 cards?!*
**[05:04] Ama**
* He was perfect, plus he got his*
* opponent to commit two faults?!*
**[05:08] A**
*What the hell?*
**[05:09] A**
*How does that even work?*
**[05:13] [POEM] N**
May the scarlet kadsuras...
**[05:17] B**
*The Queen is next to finish.*
**[05:19] C**
*She won by a perfect 25-0 score.*
**[05:23] Ara**
*What about Chihaya?*
**[05:26] Ara**
*What kind of karuta does Chihaya play?*
**[05:31] Ara**
*How does Chihaya*
**[05:33] Ara**
*play karuta now?*
**[05:36] Ara**
*Huh?*
**[05:38] Ara**
*Her right hand's injured?*
**[05:39] Ara**
*She's using her left hand?!*
**[05:41] [POEM] N**
Impassioned was your promise...
**[05:43] [POEM] N**
My own sleeves are like...
**[05:46] Chi**
*Why?*
**[05:47] Chi**
*I can take cards on the opponent's side,*
**[05:49] ---**
*so why can't I take them from my own side?*
**[05:51] Chi**
* If I were using my right hand,*
* I could take these without thinking.*
**[05:54] Chi**
*Why is a brake holding me back?*
**[05:57] Ara**
*That's crazy, Chihaya.*
**[05:58] Ara**
*Karuta isn't that simple.*
**[06:01] [POEM] N**
Said bed was cold as I lay awake
**[06:05] Ara**
* You've gotten used to taking*
* cards from your own side*
**[06:07] ---**
*without any thought.*
**[06:10] Ara**
* Your cards are placed for*
* a right-handed player.*
**[06:14] Yu**
*I'm 10 cards up now.*
**[06:16] Yu**
*She'll probably give up soon.*
**[06:19] Yu**
* Most players would give up after*
* injuring their right hand.*
**[06:22] Yu**
*You worked hard to get here.*
**[06:25] Yu**
* You put on a performance worthy of*
* the captain of the team champions.*
**[06:29] Chi**
* I should have just played*
* with my right hand.*
**[06:32] Chi**
* I would have been able to*
* last one match at least.*
**[06:37] Chi**
*No.*
**[06:39] Chi**
* If I only get one match*
* to use my right hand,*
**[06:42] Chi**
*I should save it for Arata!*
**[06:42] [POEM] N**
for the night would drag on
when I thought of my beloved
**[06:52] [POEM] N**
In the sleepy spring sunlight,
**[06:54] Ara**
*She attacks the opponent's side quickly!*
**[07:10] Chi**
Um, excuse me.
**[07:11] Chi**
Can I move my cards?
**[07:13] Yu**
Uh, sure...
**[07:19] Yu**
*Sh-She moved all of them?*
**[07:27] Ara**
*She flipped her cards around?*
**[07:31] Ara**
*I've never seen this before.*
**[07:34] Chi**
*I have to win until I play Arata!*
**[07:37] A**
Wait.
**[07:38] A**
It's bad manners to move
so many cards at one time.
**[07:42] Chi**
Of course. I'm sorry.
**[07:45] Yu**
It's fine. Leave them.
**[07:47] Chi**
Huh?
**[07:49] Yu**
Leave them in that order.
**[07:51] Yu**
* She's playing with the handicap*
* of having to use her left hand.*
**[07:54] Yu**
* Compared to that, shuffling*
* her cards around is nothing.*
**[07:57] Chi**
*She's so manly!*
**[08:00] Chi**
Thank you very much!
**[08:02] Yu**
*But I have no idea how this helps.*
***SIGN*** Redo my memorization...
**[08:06] Yu**
* If she's trying to confuse me,*
* she'll end up hurting herself.*
**[08:09] Yu**
* It's suicidal to mess around*
* with your card positioning.*
**[08:17] Chi**
*This is a gamble.*
**[08:19] Chi**
*Don't think.*
**[08:23] Chi**
*Do what I usually do,*
**[08:25] Chi**
*only with my left hand.*
**[08:28] [POEM] N**
a whirlwind of flower petals descends
**[08:41] [POEM] N**
Rain takes longer...
**[08:44] Chi**
*I did it! Just like normal!*
**[08:48] Chi**
*Everything's normal, just flipped!*
**[08:53] [POEM] N**
The storm blasts...
**[08:55] [POEM] N**
Note that though we may be...
**[08:57] Yu**
*Why is she suddenly so much faster?*
**[08:59] Yu**
*Why?*
**[09:00] Ara**
*I see.*
**[09:02] Ara**
* Instead of taking cards from this*
* direction to that direction,*
**[09:06] Ara**
* she's taking them from that*
* direction to this direction.*
**[09:10] Ara**
* It's less confusing if you just*
* mirror your normal motions.*
**[09:15] Ara**
* The flow has changed since*
* she moved her cards.*
**[09:17] Ara**
*This will be tough for her opponent.*
**[09:19] Miya**
*Amazing, Ayase-san!*
**[09:24] Yu**
Please wait.
**[09:47] Yu**
Excuse me.
**[09:49] Yu**
*I can't lose to her.*
**[09:51] Yu**
*No matter who my opponent is.*
**[09:53] [POEM] N**
The sky may hold the same moon
**[09:57] Miya**
*She sent Ayase-san's hand flying!*
**[09:59] Ara**
*The headband girl recovered.*
**[10:03] Ara**
*She has a powerful swing.*
**[10:05] Ara**
* She goes for the card in front*
* as well as the one that's read.*
**[10:09] Ara**
* She even knocks away her*
* opponent's hand at times.*
**[10:12] Miya**
*That's playing rough!*
**[10:14] Chi**
*Yuube-san didn't hit my hand away.*
**[10:17] Chi**
* She passed through the*
* opening I left her.*
**[10:20] Chi**
*Amazing...*
**[10:22] Yu**
*Don't panic. Stay calm.*
**[10:25] Yu**
* This fall, I'll be aiming to*
* become Queen with Megumu!*
**[10:38] Chi**
*I can't win with weak attacks.*
**[10:40] Chi**
*If I hesitate, I'll lose the card.*
**[10:42] Chi**
*Focus.*
**[10:46] Chi**
*Focus.*
**[10:48] Ara**
*Chihaya...*
**[10:51] Ara**
*She's playing hard with her left hand.*
**[10:54] Ara**
*Having fun...*
**[10:57] Ara**
*Now that I think about it,*
**[10:59] Ara**
* Chihaya took her first card*
* from me with her left hand.*
**[11:05] Ara**
*Must be fun...*
**[11:07] Ara**
*Playing karuta with Chihaya must be fun.*
**[11:14] Both**
Thank you very much.
***SIGN*** Shock
**[11:16] Chi**
*Yes, I eked out a win.*
**[11:19] Chi**
Ayase: won by 2 cards.
**[11:21] A**
Okay.
**[11:22] Yu**
Don't get the wrong idea!
**[11:24] Yu**
I didn't lose to you!
**[11:26] Yu**
I lost because my memorization
wasn't good enough!
**[11:29] Yu**
I'll work on my memorization
by studying for college exams,
**[11:31] Yu**
so I'll be back!
**[11:35] Chi**
* She even treats college exam prep*
* as preparation for karuta!*
***SIGN*** Marvelous...
**[11:39] Ara**
Chihaya.
**[11:41] Ara**
That was incredible, Chihaya.
**[11:43] Ara**
You won with your left hand.
**[11:44] Ara**
That was incredible!
**[11:49] (Flashback) Arata**
I believe that you have
the talent for Karuta.
**[12:09] A**
We will now announce the
pairings for the second round.
**[12:11] A**
Please check the chart and sit
at your assigned position.
**[12:15] Pork**
Hey, Ayase.
**[12:17] Pork**
You survived the first round?
**[12:19] ChiI**
Yep, you too?
**[12:20] Pork**
Oh, yeah!
**[12:22] Pork**
I avenged Tsukuba!
**[12:24] Pork**
Ayase, I feel like I can't lose today.
***SIGN*** Nishida Yusei
vs.
Wataya Arata
***SIGN*** Shock
***SIGN*** Kaneko Natsumi vs. Ayase Chihaya
**[12:33] Chi**
*Kaneko-san from Akita.*
**[12:36] Chi**
*I didn't get paired against Arata again.*
**[12:38] Ara**
Chihaya, see you later.
**[12:40] ---**
S-Sure.
**[12:49] Chi**
*Can I reach him?*
**[12:52] Chi**
*Or is he still out of reach?*
**[12:56] Chi**
*I want to know.*
**[13:01] Pork**
* I'm not crazy about karuta*
* the way Ayase is.*
**[13:04] Pork**
* I prefer to avoid playing*
* stronger players.*
**[13:08] Pork**
*I'll take all the easy wins I can get.*
**[13:12] Pork**
*But...*
**[13:22] Pork**
*But...*
**[13:31] Pork**
* I have to go back to being*
* crazy about karuta.*
**[13:33] [POEM] N**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[13:34] Pork**
*When I'm up against you...*
**[13:40] Miya**
* Komano-kun and Oe-san won*
* their first round matches.*
**[13:42] Miya**
*Tsukuba-kun won with a bye.*
**[13:48] Miya**
*Hanano-san won?! Amazing!*
**[13:50] Miya**
*Everyone's doing great!*
**[13:53] [POEM] N**
to tell the people in the capital
that I make for the islands
***SIGN*** You're not supposed to make any sound when a card is being read.
**[14:02] [POEM] N**
May my sighs be blamed upon the moon,
**[14:10] Miya**
*They're so into the match.*
**[14:12] Miya**
* These parents must care*
* very much about their child.*
**[14:15] Mom**
*Arata!*
**[14:17] (Flashback) Ara**
Mom, Dad...
**[14:19] (Flashback) Ara**
If I win the high school tournament,
I have a favor to ask.
**[14:25] (Flashback) Ara**
I want you to let me attend
a university in Tokyo.
**[14:30] Dad**
*Arata...*
**[14:31] Dad**
* Most scholarship offers will*
* come from private schools.*
**[14:34] Dad**
*It would take 4,000,000 yen in the*
**[14:35] ---**
* first year to cover registration,*
* tuition, and living expenses!*
**[14:38] Mom**
* You're smart enough to attend*
* a local public university!*
**[14:41] Both**
*Lose your match!*
**[14:42] Both**
*Lose your match!*
**[14:45] [POEM] N**
May I see you never forget...
**[14:49] Both**
*Hang in there, chubby kid!*
**[14:55] Pork**
*I'm no longer the kid I used to be.*
**[14:58] Kita**
* Yusei, you should work on game*
* awareness instead of game sense.*
**[15:03] Kita**
* With your mastery of*
* the basics, you can do it.*
**[15:06] Kita**
* Make assumptions about the places*
* where cards will be read earlier.*
**[15:10] Kita**
*I'll teach you how it works.*
**[15:12] Kita**
* You'll learn how to take*
* control of any match!*
**[15:17] Dad**
*You rock, chubby kid!*
**[15:19] Mom**
*Way to go!*
**[15:21] Ara**
*Amazing...*
**[15:23] Ara**
*He's following a methodology.*
**[15:25] Ara**
*I can see his training in his playing style.*
**[15:28] Ara**
*The presence of his coach in his play...*
**[15:30] Ara**
*Chihaya's high school is really special.*
**[15:34] Ara**
* They have different types*
* of karuta players.*
**[15:39] Ara**
*That's amazing.*
**[15:43] [POEM] N**
When the misty bridge...
**[15:48] A**
He's fast!
**[15:49] B**
What was that?
**[15:51] [POEM] N**
...is nearly past
**[15:57] [POEM] N**
So the flower petals are scattered...
**[15:59] Pork**
* He went from his own lower*
* right to his own upper left.*
**[16:05] [POEM] N**
...withers and wilts
**[16:10] [POEM] N**
Nothing can be worse...
**[16:13] Pork**
* He crossed again!*
* Three different points this time!*
**[16:21] Mom**
* Arata, why are you participating in*
* the high school tournament this year?*
**[16:24] Mom**
* Couldn't you wait until next year*
* when you're a third-year?*
**[16:28] Ara**
*Why this year?*
**[16:29] Ara**
* If I get into a school early by recommendation,*
* it'll be easier for me to focus.*
**[16:36] (Flashback) Ara**
On the Master Challenger
tournament in the fall
**[16:38] (Flashback) Ara**
and the Master match in the winter.
**[16:41] Pork**
*Why?*
**[16:44] Pork**
*Why is he so much better than me?*
**[16:50] Pork**
*I've played karuta since I was little.*
**[16:54] Pork**
*I've practiced hard the whole time.*
**[16:57] Pork**
*What's the difference?*
**[17:01] Pork**
*Ayase...*
**[17:03] Pork**
* If I injured my favored*
* hand, I would forfeit.*
**[17:08] Pork**
* It must have hurt when she was*
* playing in the final yesterday,*
**[17:13] Pork**
* but all she cared about was*
* winning the team championship.*
**[17:21] Pork**
* Desktomu-kun and Hanano worked hard*
* to collect data on the other teams.*
**[17:28] (Flashback) Kana**
One win for Pizusawa!
**[17:30] Pork**
*Kana-chan secured a victory*
**[17:32] ---**
* right after my loss in the*
* semifinal to ease the pressure.*
**[17:37] (Flashback) Tsu**
I'm not doing this for attention!
**[17:39] (Flashback) Tsu**
But I'm here!
**[17:41] Pork**
* Tsukuba kept appealing to*
* us for a chance to play.*
**[17:47] (Flashback) Tai**
Three wins.
**[17:49] (Flashback) Tai**
We're getting three wins, guys.
**[17:52] Pork**
*Mashima never gave up.*
**[17:55] Pork**
*That's why we were able to win.*
**[18:04] Pork**
*What did I do?*
**[18:14] Pork**
*I can at least...*
**[18:17] Pork**
*I can at least refuse to give up!*
**[18:30] Pork**
*Don't give up!*
**[18:32] Pork**
*Don't give up!*
**[18:33] Pork**
*Don't give up!*
**[18:46] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[19:02] Ara**
Are all the players at Mizusawa like this?
**[19:05] Ara**
You played five matches yesterday,
**[19:07] Ara**
yet you're still playing your heart out.
**[19:12] Pork**
You bet.
**[19:15] Pork**
I don't play anywhere as
hard as the other members.
**[19:19] Pork**
Mashima, Desktomu-kun, Kana-chan,
Ayase, and the first-years
**[19:23] ---**
are all playing harder!
**[19:29] Pork**
*Damn...*
**[19:39] Pork**
* Don't forget how he swung from*
* his lower left to his upper right.*
**[19:45] Pork**
*Damn! Damn!*
**[19:48] Pork**
* Don't forget how he attacked*
* from his opponent's upper left*
**[19:52] ---**
*to his opponent's lower right in a line.*
**[19:54] Pork**
*This is why I hate strong players!*
**[19:59] Pork**
*They make me want to beat them!*
**[20:03] Pork**
*They make me want to work harder!*
**[20:05] Miya**
* Ayase-san did it! She's*
* through the second round!*
**[20:09] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[20:12] Chi**
*I did it. I made it to the Top 8.*
***SIGN*** Snore
**[20:24] Chi**
* This takes a lot more*
* concentration than normal,*
**[20:29] Chi**
*but I have to do this.*
**[20:31] A**
We will now announce the
pairings for the third round.
**[20:34] Chi**
*I have to use my left hand*
**[20:37] ---**
*until I get to play Arata.*
***SIGN*** Ayase Chihaya
***SIGN*** Ayase Chihaya
***SIGN*** Wakamiya Shinobu
# E22 - Long Last We Meet
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***SIGN*** Ayase Chihaya
***SIGN*** Wakamiya Shinobu
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Episode 22
***SIGN*** Long
Last
We
Meet
**[01:36] Mura**
We will now begin the third round
of the individual tournament.
**[01:40] Mura**
Please place your cards.
**[01:42] All**
Thank you very much.
**[01:44] All**
Thank you very much.
**[01:50] Sakura**
* The quarterfinals of the Class*
* A individual tournament.*
**[01:54] Sakura**
* Of the eight remaining*
* players, three are ours.*
**[01:58] Sakura**
* Emuro-kun is up against*
* Amakasu-kun from Hokuo.*
**[02:01] Sakura**
*He has good game sense,*
**[02:02] Sakura**
* and his reflexes allow him*
* to take cards quickly.*
**[02:06] Sakura**
* In terms of mental strength*
* and overall balance,*
**[02:08] ---**
*Emuro-kun has the advantage.*
**[02:11] Sakura**
* Suzuki Manata must be upset about*
* being taken out of the lineup yesterday,*
**[02:14] Sakura**
*since he's playing better than usual today.*
**[02:17] Sakura**
*His opponent is Wataya-kun from Fukui.*
**[02:19] Sakura**
* I've been asking around*
* the other societies,*
**[02:21] Sakura**
* and I was only able*
* to learn that he's the*
**[02:23] ---**
*grandson of the Eternal Master Wataya.*
**[02:26] Sakura**
*What kind of karuta does he play?*
**[02:29] Sakura**
* Yamai-kun is up against Ousaka-san*
* from First Akashi Girls'.*
**[02:33] Sakura**
*While Yamai-kun relies on his power,*
**[02:36] Sakura**
* Ousaka-san's weapons are*
* her speed and grace.*
**[02:39] Sakura**
* She's also been playing better*
* than in the team tournament.*
**[02:42] Sakura**
*This will be a battle of willpower.*
**[02:45] Sakura**
* And there's the Queen,*
* Wakamiya Shinobu.*
**[02:49] Sakura**
* Her opponent is Ayase-san*
* from Mizusawa.*
**[02:52] Sakura**
* Her game sense was*
* enough to defeat Rion,*
**[02:54] ---**
* but how far will it take*
* her against the Queen?*
**[03:07] Haya**
Coach...
**[03:10] Sakura**
* She's been using her left*
* hand this whole time?*
**[03:12] Miya**
*Ayase-san removed the bandages.*
**[03:14] Miya**
*Is she going to use her right hand?*
**[03:19] Chi**
* I don't know how much I can do against*
* Shinobu-chan with this hand,*
**[03:23] Chi**
*but I don't want any regrets.*
**[03:30] Chi**
*Huh?*
**[03:33] Shi**
*Lame T-shirt.*
**[03:36] Shi**
*Lame T-shirt.*
**[03:47] Shi**
*The super rare Mommy Bear tanktop!*
**[03:59] Shi**
It appears that you've
injured your favored hand.
**[04:03] Shi**
Shall I play with my right hand?
**[04:09] Chi**
That's not something
you should joke about!
**[04:13] Chi**
*Since I played Shinobu-chan last year,*
**[04:17] Chi**
*not a day has gone by*
**[04:19] Chi**
* that I haven't remembered*
* her speed, her strength...*
**[04:23] [POEM] N**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[04:28] Chi**
*My only goal has been to beat Shinobu-chan.*
**[04:31] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[04:36] Chi**
*Show me your true strength.*
**[04:39] Chi**
* The strength of the number one*
* player in Japan, in the world.*
**[04:40] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[04:56] A**
*Wow!*
**[04:57] B**
*How is she so fast?*
**[04:58] C**
*So fast...*
**[04:59] D**
*The Queen's play is steady today.*
**[05:19] (Flashback) Chitose**
Hey, Chihaya! Enough already!
**[05:22] (Flashback) Chitose**
The drama I was briefly
in is about to start!
***SIGN*** This again?
**[05:25] (Flashback) Chitose**
Haven't you gotten sick of
watching that chubby girl yet?
**[05:29] Chi**
*I watched the Queen match so many times*
**[05:32] ---**
*that my sister was disgusted with me.*
**[05:34] [POEM] N**
when I should have
gone to sleep instead
**[05:43] [POEM] N**
As my love first came...
**[05:46] Chi**
*I knew it.*
**[05:48] Chi**
* It looks like she waits until*
* the unique syllable to move,*
**[05:51] Chi**
*but that's not the case.*
**[05:53] Chi**
*She doesn't move her hand,*
**[05:55] ---**
* but her body is moving in*
* response to what's being read.*
**[05:58] Chi**
*She's saving it up.*
**[06:00] [POEM] N**
word had already spread
**[06:03] Chi**
* So she can take the card as soon*
* as the unique syllable is read,*
**[06:06] ---**
*without any mistakes.*
**[06:11] Chi**
*So...*
**[06:14] ---**
*she can stab the border of the card*
**[06:17] Chi**
*at the shortest distance.*
**[06:36] [POEM] N**
is that I have no way
to tell you in person
**[06:45] [POEM] N**
I feel as though I am...
**[06:49] [POEM] N**
The storm blasts autumn leaves...
**[06:52] [POEM] N**
In order for us...
**[07:00] A**
*Sh-She's strong.*
**[07:02] B**
*How can she be this accurate?*
**[07:04] C**
*And so fast, too!*
**[07:06] D**
* It's like there's something connecting*
* her fingers to the cards.*
**[07:09] D**
*Not a sound...*
**[07:12] D**
* That's how light and sharp*
* her movements are.*
**[07:17] D**
*She is truly the Queen.*
**[07:30] Chi**
* I'll let the people watching talk*
* about how strong and fast she is.*
**[07:35] [POEM] N**
the plum blossoms still smell the same
**[07:45] [POEM] N**
For you, I would have given up my life
**[07:53] Chi**
*I-I got it!*
**[07:55] Miya**
* She usually struggles with them,*
* but she defended a multi-syllable card!*
**[08:01] Chi**
* I only had 10 minutes to*
* practice, but it worked.*
**[08:06] Chi**
*It was a gamble,*
**[08:08] ---**
* but I moved "For you, I would"*
* from my usual position on*
**[08:13] ---**
* the inside lower right*
* to the inside lower left.*
**[08:18] Chi**
* This was something I didn't realize*
* until I tried playing with my left hand.*
**[08:22] ---**
* There's a position for*
* multi-syllable cards that's*
**[08:24] ---**
*difficult for left-handed players to reach.*
**[08:41] Chi**
* Forget about it.*
* Forget about it.*
**[08:45] Chi**
*If I hold back at all,*
**[08:46] ---**
* I won't be able to take a*
* single card against her.*
**[08:49] Chi**
*There's only one thing for me to focus on.*
**[08:52] Chi**
*How can I win?*
**[08:53] [POEM] N**
now together, I guard it dear
**[09:03] Chi**
*How can I win?*
**[09:07] Chi**
*How can I win?*
**[09:10] Chi**
*How?!*
**[09:14] Miya**
*Ayase-san appears to be reacting quickly,*
**[09:18] ---**
*but the Queen is taking all of the cards?*
**[09:25] Chi**
*How?!*
**[09:27] [POEM] N**
In
**[09:29] [POEM] N**
the sleepy spring sunlight,
**[09:37] Chi**
*I'm losing by a hair.*
**[09:40] Chi**
* Shinobu-chan is beating*
* me with her accuracy.*
**[09:43] Chi**
*That was one of my best cards!*
**[10:11] Chi**
*The gauze and tape are too heavy.*
**[10:16] Chi**
*I've worked hard on my accuracy.*
**[10:28] Shi**
*Why?*
**[10:31] Shi**
* Aren't you the ace of the team that*
* won the tournament yesterday?*
**[10:37] Shi**
* You and your friends accomplished*
* your goal, right?*
**[10:43] Shi**
*So why?*
**[10:46] Shi**
* Why are you so focused on*
* me when you're injured?*
**[10:55] Shi**
*So focused on karuta?*
**[10:59] [POEM] N**
...I could not hide my love,
**[11:04] E**
*"Since I could not hide"?!*
**[11:07] E**
*She took the Queen's best card!*
**[11:45] A**
Is something wrong?
**[11:47] Chi**
I-I'm fine.
**[11:57] Shi**
*I lost "Since I could not hide."*
**[12:01] Chi**
I'm sending a card.
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[12:12] (Flashback) All**
Please wait!
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[12:31] [POEM] N**
people would always ask if
I was pining for someone
**[12:47] A**
Wow!
**[12:48] B**
No mercy on an injured opponent.
**[12:51] Miya**
*Ayase-san...*
**[13:01] [POEM] N**
as helpless autumn leaves
are caught against the flow
**[13:33] (Flashback) Shi**
So many cute pictures!
**[13:35] (Flashback) A**
If you like karuta, we can visit
the nearby karuta society.
**[13:43] (Flashback) Ise**
I understand.
**[13:45] (Flashback) Ise**
Nice to meet you, Shinobu-chan.
**[13:49] (Flashback) Ise**
Oh, there's a girl your age who just joined.
**[13:55] (Flashback) Ise**
You can practice with her.
**[13:57] (Flashback) Ise**
She's over there.
**[14:19] [POEM] N**
now bloom inside the nine-fold palace
**[14:29] [POEM] N**
Long last we meet...
**[14:38] (Flashback) Sato**
The same time.
**[14:40] (Flashback) Ise**
A card touched at the same time
goes to the side it was on.
**[14:43] (Flashback) Ise**
That goes to Shinobu-chan.
**[14:46] (Flashback) Ise**
Better luck next time.
**[14:50] (Flashback) Ise**
That's a poem written by Lady Murasaki
**[14:53] (Flashback) ---**
about a reunion with an old friend.
**[15:02] (Flashback) Sato**
Another close win for me!
**[15:04] (Flashback) Sato**
Shinobu-chan, we're rivals!
**[15:09] (Flashback) Ise**
Shinobu-chan, why don't you
play Ryuusei-kun next?
**[15:16] (Flashback) Ise**
He's much older than you are.
**[15:18] (Flashback) Ise**
Give it your best shot.
**[15:38] [POEM] N**
Impassionate gods
**[15:45] [POEM] N**
have never seen
**[15:56] Shi**
Thank you very much.
**[15:59] Chi**
Thank you very much.
**[16:02] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[16:13] A**
Oh, Wakamiya-san. What was the score?
**[16:16] Shi**
I won by 23 cards.
**[16:18] A**
Impressive as always.
**[16:20] A**
23 cards...
***SIGN*** Ayase Chihaya
**[16:24] Miya**
Honestly, you shouldn't
push yourself like this.
**[16:28] Miya**
Look at the swelling.
**[16:30] Miya**
You even took off the taping.
**[16:32] Miya**
It must have hurt.
**[16:34] Miya**
I'll go find an ice pack, so wait here.
**[16:44] (Flashback) Shi**
How many cards should
I have let her take?
**[16:50] (Flashback) Ise**
We should keep Shinobu-chan
away from children her age.
**[16:58] (Flashback) Ise**
She'll learn to go easy on her opponents.
**[17:04] Shi**
*He's right.*
**[17:06] (Flashback) Ise**
The more isolated she is, the
stronger she will become.
**[17:11] Shi**
*Coach Ise is always right.*
**[17:22] Chi**
Th-Thank you!
**[17:24] Chi**
For not going easy on me!
**[17:31] Chi**
Let's play karuta again!
**[17:39] Shi**
When?
**[17:43] Shi**
When will we play?
**[17:50] Chi**
The Queen match!
**[18:04] Shi**
*What was her name?*
**[18:25] (Flashback) Shi**
Satoko-chan!
**[18:38] A**
In any case, the Queen
is as strong as ever.
**[18:41] A**
It appears that there's no one
her age who can challenge her.
**[18:44] B**
I'm worried about her motivation.
**[18:47] B**
If she stops participating in
tournaments like Master Suo...
**[18:54] Shi**
That was a sorry performance.
What's wrong with me?
**[18:58] Shi**
I only won by 23 cards.
**[19:01] Shi**
I lost two. And she was injured.
**[19:04] Shi**
I even lost "Since I could not hide."
**[19:08] Shi**
Next time, I won't let
her take a single card.
**[19:18] Chi**
*My match with Shinobu-chan is over.*
**[19:25] Chi**
*It's over...*
**[19:31] Chi**
*My summer is over.*
**[19:40] [POEM] N**
Nobody wishes to see...
**[19:42] Sumi**
*Over here!*
**[19:44] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[19:46] Sumi**
*I did it!*
**[19:48] Sumi**
*I won!*
**[19:49] Sumi**
*I won!*
**[19:50] Sumi**
*I made it to the third round!*
**[19:52] Chi**
*Full power!*
**[19:53] Sumi**
* It was hard to tell since I'm always*
* surrounded by karuta freaks,*
**[19:58] Sumi**
*but I'm actually pretty good.*
**[20:00] Sumi**
* I might be able to win*
* the Class D tournament?!*
**[20:03] Tai**
*That's amazing, Hanano-san.*
**[20:05] Tai**
*I'm impressed.*
**[20:09] An**
*Yes! On to the semifinals!*
**[20:13] Sumi**
*Eliminated in the third round...*
***SIGN*** Eliminated in the third round
**[20:23] Tsu**
Hanano! Hanano!
**[20:24] Tsu**
I made it to the semifinals!
**[20:25] Tsu**
Take a picture so I can
send it to my brothers!
**[20:28] Sumi**
What?
**[20:31] Tsu**
I have an e-mail from Ms. Miyauchi.
**[20:32] Tsu**
Oh, Mashima-senpai and...
**[20:35] Sumi**
Mashima-senpai is still in it!
**[20:37] Sumi**
I'm going to go cheer for him!
**[20:38] Tsu**
What?
**[20:40] Tsu**
I'm still in it, too...
**[20:57] Sumi**
*Mashima-senpai!*
**[21:03] Sumi**
*What's this atmosphere?*
**[21:10] Retro**
*I can't lose... I can't lose...*
**[21:14] Retro**
*I will win... I will win...*
**[21:18] Retro**
*I'll beat Mashima*
**[21:20] Retro**
*and make Class A!*
# E23 - To see the beautiful cherry blossoms
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**[00:16] Sumi**
*Mashima-senpai!*
**[00:21] Sumi**
*What's this atmosphere?*
**[00:29] Retro**
*I can't lose... I can't lose...*
**[00:32] Retro**
*I will win... I will win...*
**[00:36] Retro**
*I'll beat Mashima*
**[00:39] Retro**
*and make Class A!*
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Episode 23
***SIGN*** To
see
the
beautiful
cherry
blossoms
**[02:03] [POEM] N**
In order to restore my faith in this world,
**[02:06] Ero**
*I-I can't find my rhythm...*
**[02:10] A**
*Emuro-senpai's being dominated.*
**[02:16] [POEM] N**
While it brings me no joy, the
road beyond Mount Oe is too long
**[02:20] Saku**
* The two of them are on a*
* completely different level.*
**[02:23] Ara**
I'm moving my cards.
**[02:29] Saku**
* He's confident that he can win*
* his cards after moving them.*
**[02:32] Saku**
* Against a strong opponent,*
* he constantly moves his cards,*
**[02:35] Saku**
*so Emuro-kun is unable to get in a groove.*
**[02:38] Ero**
*And his timing is always the worst.*
**[02:41] A**
* The Queen is so fast that you*
* have to wonder if she's psychic.*
**[02:46] Saku**
*No.*
**[02:48] Saku**
* Wakamiya Shinobu is bonded to the*
* cards by a very unique rule.*
**[02:53] Saku**
*What is that rule?*
**[02:57] Saku**
Hayashida-san, you are
recording everything, right?
**[03:00] A**
Yes.
**[03:01] Saku**
Machimura-kun, I need you to
capture the entire match.
**[03:03] B**
Yes, ma'am.
**[03:13] Mura**
Sakurazawa-san, are the
Class A matches almost over?
**[03:16] Saku**
It looks like our captain's going
**[03:18] ---**
to lose to Wataya-kun from
Fukui's Nagumo society.
**[03:21] Saku**
I'd love to know what
training you provided him.
**[03:24] A**
Please...
**[03:26] A**
You were a top player, and now
you're a top coach, Midori-chan.
**[03:32] A**
Were there any other notable
players this tournament?
**[03:36] Saku**
Yes...
**[03:51] Saku**
Excuse me.
**[03:52] Saku**
You shouldn't be sleeping here.
**[03:56] Chi**
S-Sorry...
**[04:00] Saku**
This injury happened when you were
playing our Yamashiro Rion, yes?
**[04:04] Saku**
Are you okay?
**[04:06] Saku**
I'll bring Yamashiro over to apologize later.
**[04:08] Chi**
Oh, no. It's okay.
**[04:10] Chi**
Don't let Yama-chan...
**[04:11] Saku**
*Yama-chan?*
**[04:12] Chi**
Don't let Yama-chan know about this.
**[04:15] Chi**
My coach said that, in most
cases, injuries are caused
**[04:19] ---**
by the player's own bad swing.
**[04:21] Chi**
I need to practice more.
**[04:27] Chi**
*Wait, it's already dark out?*
**[04:30] Chi**
*Where's everyone else?!*
**[04:38] Ara**
Wataya wins by 12 cards.
**[04:40] A**
Yes.
**[04:41] Shi**
Wakamiya by 14 cards.
**[04:43] A**
Yes.
**[04:46] Saku**
*As expected, the Class A final will be*
**[04:50] ---**
*Wataya Arata against Wakamiya Shinobu.*
**[04:53] Shi**
Oh, so we're the only ones left.
**[04:58] Shi**
The other players must be tired after
playing in the team tournament.
**[05:01] Shi**
I'm glad I was able to luck
my way into all those wins.
**[05:08] Shi**
I just need my luck to help
me through one more match.
**[05:18] Chi**
*Wh-Why?*
**[05:18] Ara**
Ten minutes until we start?
**[05:19] Mura**
No, hold on.
**[05:20] Chi**
*Why, Arata?*
**[05:20] Mura**
We're waiting for the other
Classes to finish up.
**[05:22] Chi**
* Why are you smiling about*
* playing the Queen?*
**[05:25] Chi**
*Why?*
**[05:28] Chi**
*I want to watch Arata play Shinobu-chan!*
**[05:31] Chi**
*I need to secure a good spot up front!*
**[05:34] Pork**
Ayase!
**[05:35] Kana**
Chihaya-chan!
**[05:37] Chi**
How did everyone do?
**[05:38] Pork**
Haven't you been checking your e-mail?
**[05:41] Kana**
I lost in the Class C semifinal.
**[05:44] Kana**
But Desktomu-kun made it to the final!
**[05:47] Chi**
That's great!
**[05:48] Kana**
And...
**[05:50] Kana**
President Mashima's in the Class B final!
**[05:52] Kana**
They'll both be playing on the first floor!
**[05:54] Kana**
Let's go!
**[05:59] Kana**
*They're playing in different places...*
**[06:06] Pork**
Wait...
**[06:07] Pork**
Is the Class A final between
Wataya Arata and the Queen?
**[06:11] Pork**
Seriously?
**[06:17] Pork**
Sorry, but I'm watching the Class A final.
**[06:20] Chi**
What?
**[06:21] Pork**
Aren't you going to do the same, Ayase?
**[06:22] Kana**
What? That's heartless, Porky!
**[06:25] Kana**
The Prez is in an important match!
**[06:27] Pork**
He's going to win.
**[06:29] Pork**
He doesn't need us there to support him.
**[06:33] Pork**
Desktomu-kun might need the help,
**[06:35] Pork**
but Mashima is a different person today.
**[06:37] Pork**
He doesn't need any support.
**[06:40] Pork**
He's the one who
**[06:42] ---**
wanted Ayase to focus on
practicing for the Queen match.
**[06:46] Pork**
He would tell you not to come see him.
**[06:51] Sudo**
Line up, boys.
**[06:53] Sudo**
Explain why none of the Hokuo
players made it past the Top 8!
**[06:57] Sudo**
A hundred flicks to each forehead!
***SIGN*** I'll be in it, you fools!
**[07:01] Ama**
Sudo-san, what about Retro?
**[07:07] Sudo**
He doesn't need it.
**[07:09] Sudo**
He lost to someone who he thought
was his rival by 18 cards.
**[07:12] Sudo**
He doesn't need the flicks.
**[07:14] Retro**
*Mashima...*
**[07:17] Retro**
*I've never seen him like this.*
**[07:18] Retro**
*He was completely different.*
**[07:21] Retro**
*Mashima was completely calm in a match.*
**[07:24] A**
Are all players here?
**[07:26] A**
The finals for each class will begin at 5:20.
**[07:30] Sumi**
Mashima-senpai,
**[07:32] ---**
you should get some
water now while you can.
**[07:34] Sumi**
You too, Komano-senpai.
**[07:36] Sumi**
The other club members are
really taking their time.
**[07:40] Sumi**
The match is about to begin.
**[07:42] Sumi**
Did Ayase-senpai fall asleep again?
**[07:44] Sumi**
Maybe she's not coming because
she's watching Wataya-san's match.
**[07:47] Tai**
She's not coming.
**[07:48] Sumi**
Huh?
**[07:50] Tai**
The Class A final is probably
between Arata and the Queen.
**[07:54] Tai**
She won't be watching this match.
**[07:57] Sumi**
B-But...
**[07:59] Sumi**
Your opponent for the final is...
**[08:03] A**
This sucks...
**[08:05] A**
Why do we have to cheer
for Yamashiro-san?
**[08:07] B**
This is such a drag.
**[08:09] C**
She's the reason we lost the team match.
**[08:13] D**
She guaranteed that we would win.
**[08:15] Mako**
Everyone hates Rion.
**[08:18] A**
It's because you're always
giving her a hard time.
**[08:20] B**
Oh, well. Nobody else is left to root for.
**[08:24] C**
This was a bad year.
***SIGN*** Who said that?
**[08:28] Rion**
Excuse me!
**[08:31] Rion**
Um... Um...
**[08:35] Rion**
I'll do my best to win Class B!
**[08:38] Rion**
Please cheer for me!
**[08:47] Rion**
*The Fujisaki karuta club is strong*
**[08:50] Rion**
*because we've delivered results every year.*
**[08:54] Rion**
*Once the third-years are gone,*
**[08:57] Mako**
*Ri-Rion?!*
**[08:59] Rion**
*we'll lose most of our Class A players.*
**[09:02] Rion**
*I have to win.*
**[09:04] (Flashback) Saku**
It's on you to make sure that we don't
lose a single match next summer.
**[09:08] Rion**
* I have to win all five matches*
* and bring home a victory!*
**[09:11] Rion**
*I have to become a champion!*
**[09:16] A**
It's now time to begin the
finals for each class.
**[09:20] All**
Good luck.
**[09:35] Rion**
*Huh?*
**[09:37] Rion**
*Why?*
**[09:38] Rion**
*This is the final...*
**[09:41] Tai**
*What am I doing here?*
**[09:45] Tai**
*Why haven't I been able*
**[09:50] Tai**
*to defeat five Class B players in a row?*
**[09:52] Rion**
* How can he be so calm*
* when we're in the final?*
**[10:02] Kana**
Excuse us.
**[10:04] Chi**
Excuse us.
**[10:07] Chi**
Can you let us through?
**[10:08] Kana**
Excuse us.
**[10:10] Tai**
*Wha—*
**[10:13] Tai**
*What are you doing?!*
**[10:16] Tai**
* I'm positive that the Class A final*
* is between Arata and the Queen!*
**[10:20] Tai**
*The two opponents you care most about!*
**[10:25] Chi**
*Right now, I care the most*
**[10:28] Chi**
*about Taichi making Class A.*
**[10:35] Tai**
*I-I seriously don't get Chihaya!*
**[10:42] Rion**
*His breath...*
**[10:44] Tai**
*She's such an idiot.*
**[10:50] Tai**
* I have to win this match*
* as quickly as possible.*
**[10:53] Tai**
*I need to take a huge lead*
**[10:55] ---**
* so Chihaya can watch*
* Arata and the Queen play!*
**[10:58] Retro**
*Mashima lost control!*
***SIGN*** Learning Center 2nd Floor Urayasu Room
**[11:05] A**
Wait, the room's already full?
**[11:07] B**
Can't they squeeze together more?
**[11:08] C**
We can't get in?
**[11:10] Mura**
* It's a good thing we only have the*
* Class A final in the Urayasu room,*
**[11:15] Mura**
* since the Class B final has a lot of*
* Fujisaki students in the audience.*
**[11:19] Mura**
* The Queen is certainly attracting*
* a lot of attention.*
**[11:24] Mura**
*But...*
**[11:25] Mura**
*The tournament's management is watching...*
**[11:28] A**
*Eternal Master Wataya Hajime.*
**[11:31] A**
*I used to play him all the time.*
**[11:35] A**
* How will his grandson*
* fare against the Queen?*
**[11:39] A**
* Is he capable of dethroning*
* Master Suo Hisashi?*
***SIGN*** That's me...
**[11:46] Ara**
*This brings back memories.*
**[11:49] Ara**
* Shinobu-chan has a somewhat unique card*
* placement and memorization method.*
**[11:54] Ara**
* She must have been playing with*
* these cards by herself all this time.*
**[12:03] Shi**
*Ah, there you are.*
**[12:08] Shi**
*I'll come get you.*
**[12:11] Mura**
Two more minutes of memorization time.
**[12:14] Shi**
Arata.
**[12:16] Shi**
The strongest karuta players are
those who faced the cards alone.
**[12:23] Shi**
Let's make it clear once and for all.
**[12:25] Shi**
Neither you nor I
**[12:27] Shi**
need any friends.
**[12:30] Ara**
Are you sure about that?
**[12:35] Pork**
*Ayase's an idiot.*
**[12:37] Pork**
*I can't believe she's not watching this.*
**[12:39] Mura**
Let's begin.
**[12:40] Both**
Good luck.
**[12:43] [POEM] N**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[12:48] Mura**
* How well can you do against*
* the unbeatable Queen, Arata?*
**[12:52] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring, now
the flower blooms
**[12:55] Mura**
* Wakamiya Shinobu has*
* the speed and accuracy*
**[12:58] ---**
*to take cards on the edge of her vision.*
**[13:01] [POEM] N**
Here comes spring, now
the flower blooms
**[13:11] [POEM] N**
Since the dew atop the blades...
**[13:14] A**
Who got that one?
**[13:16] B**
The Queen.
**[13:17] [POEM] N**
As my love first came...
**[13:18] C**
Who got it?
**[13:19] D**
The Queen again.
**[13:20] E**
So the Queen's dominating again?
**[13:28] A**
*Dominating?*
**[13:29] A**
*Don't be absurd.*
**[13:31] A**
*They hit both at the same time.*
**[13:37] Ara**
*Her incredible speed in every direction*
**[13:40] Ara**
*and her accuracy*
**[13:41] Ara**
*haven't changed a bit.*
**[13:43] Gran**
*Those are Shinobu-chan's strengths.*
**[13:47] Gran**
*Arata, remember this well.*
**[13:51] Gran**
* You break an opponent by*
* attacking their strengths.*
**[13:55] [POEM] N**
Though my hatred has waned and the
tears have dried from my sleeves,
**[14:00] A**
That was fast!
**[14:01] B**
What just happened?
**[14:02] C**
That was a perfect cross...
**[14:04] Pork**
*The Queen is so fast that*
**[14:05] ---**
* she can take "Though I" and*
* "Though my" on the first syllable,*
**[14:07] Pork**
*yet he moved before the first syllable!*
**[14:10] A**
* This reminds me of the nasty style*
* of karuta Master Wataya played.*
**[14:16] Mura**
* Against the Queen, he's lost two*
* cards that they hit at the same time,*
**[14:21] Mura**
* and now he's taken one of*
* her best cards with a cross.*
**[14:24] Mura**
* The Queen knows that she must*
* be careful against him.*
**[14:29] Mura**
*Defending every card is risky.*
**[14:33] Shi**
*I'm sorry, everyone.*
**[14:35] Shi**
* Today, I'll have to choose*
* which cards I can save*
**[14:38] ---**
*and which cards I can't.*
**[14:40] Ara**
*Shinobu-chan, I'm taking you down.*
***SIGN*** Learning Center 1st Floor Asahi Room
**[14:52] [POEM] N**
Said bed was cold...
**[14:53] Tai**
*Bah, a fault!*
**[14:54] [POEM] N**
May the time spent...
**[14:55] Rion**
*A fault!*
**[14:56] A**
*How many faults have they committed?*
**[14:58] B**
*This is a mess.*
**[15:00] Sumi**
*What?*
**[15:02] Sumi**
* Mashima-senpai wasn't like*
* this in the semifinals!*
**[15:05] Miya**
*It's like he's a different person.*
**[15:07] Miya**
* Actually, this is what always happens*
* when his matches go wrong.*
**[15:10] Tai**
*Damn.*
**[15:12] Tai**
*I need to win this match quickly,*
**[15:15] Tai**
*so Chihaya can watch Arata's match!*
**[15:19] Chi**
*Ta-Taichi...*
**[15:22] Kana**
Fortunately, his opponent,
Yamashiro-san, is also struggling.
**[15:29] Chi**
The reader isn't very consistent.
**[15:33] Chi**
I wonder why.
**[15:37] Kana**
*Three certified readers!*
**[15:40] Kana**
*Is this the reader's final exam?*
**[15:44] [POEM] N**
for there is no one else out here
**[15:55] N**
Excuse me.
**[15:58] Kana**
*H-He's definitely failed.*
**[16:10] All**
*Win!*
**[16:10] All**
*Win!*
**[16:12] All**
*Your victory is a victory for Fujisaki!*
**[16:18] Rion**
*Now that I think about it,*
**[16:20] Rion**
* I've only ever looked at*
* the reader during a match.*
**[16:24] Rion**
*He has no rhythm.*
**[16:25] [POEM] N**
for there is no one else out here
**[16:26] Rion**
*His tempo is uneven.*
**[16:29] Rion**
*But each syllable is very clean.*
**[16:34] [POEM] N**
—the misty bridge...
**[16:41] Tai**
*This is the speed Chihaya barely beat.*
**[16:45] (Flashback) Chi**
She was like Master Suo.
**[16:47] Tai**
*Yama-chan's game sense...*
**[16:50] Chi**
*Taichi...*
**[16:51] [POEM] N**
Gust of wind...
**[16:53] [POEM] N**
Would this old palace courtyard...
**[16:58] Tai**
*What is it that she's hearing?*
**[17:01] Tai**
*There are people who can hear*
**[17:03] ---**
* certain letters before the*
* sound is fully formed.*
**[17:07] Tai**
* How am I supposed to play*
* against this kind of talent?*
**[17:12] Chi**
* You can't let Yama-chan*
* get in a groove, Taichi!*
**[17:14] Chi**
*You'll lose control of the match!*
**[17:16] Chi**
* You'll start losing cards*
* you're supposed to win!*
**[17:20] Tai**
*What am I doing?*
**[17:23] Tai**
* I have to win quickly... I have to build*
* a lead before the Class A final ends.*
**[17:30] Tai**
* How am I supposed to beat*
* someone who has talent*
**[17:33] ---**
*rivaling Master Suo?*
**[17:40] Tai**
Excuse me.
**[17:43] Tai**
* I'm tensing up because I'm*
* comparing her to Master Suo.*
**[17:50] Tai**
*Compare her to Chihaya.*
**[17:52] Tai**
*Compare her to Chihaya.*
**[17:57] Tai**
Excuse me.
**[18:00] Tai**
I'm moving my cards.
**[18:07] Rion**
*He split all of the similar cards.*
**[18:09] Tai**
* I've never beaten Chihaya,*
* not even in a practice match.*
**[18:15] Tai**
*But...*
**[18:16] [POEM] N**
In order to restore...
**[18:18] Tai**
*But...*
**[18:19] [POEM] N**
After I heard you say...
**[18:21] Kana**
*The similar cards he split!*
**[18:22] Chi**
*He's winning three-syllable cards!*
**[18:24] Rion**
*He got it!*
**[18:27] [POEM] N**
—lent waves creep closer...
**[18:28] Kana**
*That was fast!*
**[18:35] [POEM] N**
The emotions experienced...
**[18:37] [POEM] N**
The fall paddy shacks...
**[18:38] Sumi**
* There's nothing flashy*
* about his playing style,*
**[18:41] Sumi**
* but he's taking cards against an*
* opponent with good game sense!*
**[18:44] Sumi**
* He's refusing to be drawn*
* into a battle of speed*
**[18:45] Sumi**
*and taking cards with accuracy.*
**[18:52] Tai**
* Only one "My" card and one*
* "As" card on the field.*
**[18:54] Tai**
*Go straight for them.*
**[18:55] Tai**
*I have five "The" cards on my side.*
**[18:57] Tai**
*I've split them up.*
**[18:59] Tai**
* Stay calm if she attacks*
* on the first syllable.*
**[19:02] Tai**
*Use the upper left.*
**[19:04] Tai**
*Draw my opponent's attention here.*
**[19:06] Tai**
*Keep my hand lower, lower.*
**[19:08] Tai**
* If I cover the multi-syllable card at*
* my lower right, she can't take it.*
**[19:12] Tai**
* When cards are split, go for*
* the opponent's side first.*
**[19:15] Tai**
*I have a fifty percent chance of taking it.*
**[19:17] Tai**
*Make sure my memorization is fresh.*
**[19:19] Tai**
*Double check every card that's moved.*
**[19:23] Tai**
* Unique syllables are*
* changing every moment.*
**[19:25] Tai**
* Keep building and confirming*
* my memorization.*
**[19:29] Tai**
*Give up on all of the one-syllable cards.*
**[19:32] Tai**
*Doesn't matter if I look lame.*
**[19:34] Hara**
* Eyelashes, karuta comes down*
* to talent and game sense.*
**[19:40] Hara**
*However, at the same time,*
**[19:43] Hara**
* karuta is about taking*
* 10 cards from your opponent.*
**[19:46] Tai**
*And keeping 15 of your own!*
**[19:51] Tai**
* Forget winning by a lot.*
* By just one card is fine.*
**[19:56] Tai**
*That one card is all I need.*
**[19:59] Tai**
*I want to beat Chihaya one day.*
**[20:03] [POEM] N**
Impassionate gods...
**[20:12] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[20:16] Rion**
*There's too much I'm lacking.*
**[20:20] Saku**
* Rion doesn't have the*
* necessary stamina.*
**[20:23] Saku**
*She's never won five matches in a row.*
**[20:27] Saku**
*Mizusawa's leader performed well.*
**[20:30] Saku**
*He's trained hard.*
**[20:32] Saku**
*He's prepared to battle against talent.*
**[20:38] Tai**
Mashima by 9 cards!
**[20:40] Tai**
*I won by 9 cards!*
**[20:46] Tai**
Don't just stand there!
**[20:47] Tai**
We're going to the second floor!
**[20:49] Tai**
The Class A final isn't over yet!
**[20:50] Tai**
The Queen and Arata are playing!
**[20:52] Tai**
We have to—
**[21:11] Chi**
You made it to Class A, Taichi.
**[21:20] Chi**
Congratulations.
# E24 - When I must hide...
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**[00:07] Chi**
You made it to Class A, Taichi.
**[00:11] (Flashback) Tai**
I was playing a third-year from Fujisaki.
**[00:13] (Flashback) Tai**
I only lost by three cards.
**[00:16] (Flashback) Tai**
Second place.
**[00:18] (Flashback) Tai**
I did good enough.
**[00:21] (Flashback) Tai**
Come on!
**[00:22] (Flashback) Tai**
Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on!
**[00:24] (Flashback) Tai**
Read it! Read it! Read it! Read it!
**[00:26] (Flashback) Tai**
Give it! Give it! Give it! Give it! Give it!
***SIGN*** I do not know where this love will take me
**[00:28] (Flashback) Tai**
Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on!
**[00:33] Chi**
You did it...
**[00:36] Chi**
You did it, Taichi.
**[00:39] Chi**
Congratulations!
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 24
***SIGN*** When
I
must
hide...
**[01:58] Chi**
Congratulations!
**[02:02] Tai**
Stop crying, Chihaya. Stand up.
**[02:04] Tai**
We need to get going
before their match ends!
**[02:08] Tai**
Come on...
**[02:11] Tai**
Stupid, stand still.
**[02:20] Chi**
*Taichi's Class A now.*
**[02:23] Chi**
*That means...*
**[02:26] Chi**
*he's a rival!*
**[02:38] Kana**
Y-You can go on.
**[02:40] Kana**
We'll stay to cheer for Desktomu-kun.
**[02:43] Chi**
No, I'm the captain.
**[02:46] Chi**
I have to support Mizusawa—
**[02:49] Tai**
Thanks.
**[02:50] Tai**
Let's go, Chihaya.
**[03:03] Kana**
Hanano-san.
**[03:05] Kana**
"When I must hide" is a beautiful poem, isn't it?
**[03:08] Sumi**
Huh? What poem is that?
**[03:09] Sumi**
Oh, they're starting. Be quiet.
**[03:13] Sumi**
*Oe-senpai is so strange.*
**[03:16] Sumi**
* She brings out poems like*
* they're candy or remedies.*
***SIGN*** When I must hide these burning
feelings, I feel as though my body
is on fire with Ibuki mugwort
**[03:23] Sumi**
*You know nothing about*
**[03:27] Sumi**
*these feelings of mine that burn as if on fire.*
**[03:33] Tsu**
Got it! Yeah!
**[03:36] Both**
Huh?
**[03:37] Tsu**
Yes! One more card!
**[03:39] Sumi**
*What?!*
**[03:40] Sumi**
*Tsukuba made it to the Class D finals?!*
***SIGN*** Only person who noticed
**[03:45] Sumi**
*I had no idea!*
**[03:53] [POEM] Sumi**
When I must hide these burning feelings,
**[03:59] [POEM] Sumi**
I feel as though my body is
on fire with Ibuki mugwort
**[04:04] Tai**
We didn't have many dead cards
**[04:05] ---**
in our match on the first floor,
**[04:07] Tai**
so the second floor should still be going.
**[04:10] Tai**
I hope we can get into the Urayasu room.
**[04:25] Tai**
What's wrong, Chihaya?
**[04:27] Chi**
I'm going back downstairs
to cheer for Desktomu-kun.
**[04:31] Tai**
Huh? What are you talking about?
**[04:33] Tai**
The Queen and Arata are playing!
**[04:35] Tai**
Don't you want to watch their match?!
**[04:40] Tai**
*Chihaya...*
**[04:44] Chi**
*Why?*
**[04:46] Chi**
*I wanted to watch their match so badly.*
**[04:49] Chi**
*Why?*
**[04:51] Chi**
*I'm scared.*
**[04:54] Kuri**
Oh, sorry.
**[04:55] Kuri**
There's no room inside with all the
people watching the Class A final.
**[05:00] Chi**
Oh, really...
**[05:02] Saku**
Mr. Kuriyama,
**[05:04] Saku**
is there really no room inside?
**[05:06] Kuri**
Midori-chan.
**[05:09] Saku**
Can you squeeze us in?
**[05:10] Kuri**
Oh, hold on.
**[05:18] Saku**
You two, come with us.
**[05:21] Saku**
What? You don't want to watch the match?
**[05:24] Chi**
U-Um...
**[05:29] Saku**
If you've chosen to take this path,
**[05:31] Saku**
there isn't anything you're
better off not knowing.
**[05:37] Kuri**
Midori-chan, there's no room in the back,
**[05:40] ---**
so you'll have to go in from the side.
**[05:42] Saku**
Thank you very much.
**[05:43] [POEM] N**
banish any lingering memories of the past
**[06:24] Saku**
Take a seat. Don't make any noise.
**[06:26] Chi**
Okay.
**[06:31] Chi**
*There's no water here.*
**[06:34] Chi**
*It looks just like a normal match.*
**[06:44] Chi**
*Yet...*
**[06:50] Chi**
*It's so painful.*
**[06:57] Chi**
*F-Five cards to eleven cards?*
**[07:00] Chi**
*Shinobu-chan's losing?*
**[07:03] Pork**
*Ayase! Mashima!*
**[07:05] Pork**
*They finally made it.*
**[07:06] Pork**
*Did Mashima win?*
**[07:09] Pork**
* I should have recorded*
* this match, like Fujisaki is.*
**[07:14] Pork**
* I wish I could show Ayase and*
* Mashima the entire match.*
**[07:18] Pork**
*Show them what's transpired...*
**[07:21] Pork**
*Show them their karuta...*
**[07:25] Pork**
* At the beginning, both Wataya*
* and the Queen split similar cards.*
**[07:32] Pork**
* The positioning benefited*
* Wataya's cross stroke.*
**[07:35] Pork**
* He could move before*
* unique syllables were read,*
**[07:37] ---**
*and the Queen couldn't do a thing.*
**[07:40] Pork**
*She stayed calm though.*
**[07:43] Pork**
*She targeted select cards*
**[07:46] Pork**
*and took them with her usual accuracy.*
**[07:50] Pork**
*But...*
**[07:53] Pork**
*The cards she targeted weren't being read.*
**[07:55] Pork**
*Wataya Arata had all the momentum.*
**[07:58] Pork**
*How?*
**[08:00] Pork**
*How does he summon cards this way?*
**[08:03] Pork**
*How?*
**[08:04] Ara**
I'm moving my cards.
**[08:09] A**
*His card sending is nasty.*
**[08:10] A**
*His card movement is nasty.*
**[08:12] Pork**
*He's as sadistic as Sudo-san.*
**[08:17] Pork**
*A perfect cross...*
**[08:19] Pork**
*A detailed game plan.*
**[08:23] Pork**
*That's not all.*
**[08:26] Shi**
*I just have to change the momentum.*
**[08:28] Shi**
*I'm only down a few cards.*
**[08:32] Shi**
*But...*
**[08:34] Shi**
*Why are things going so badly?*
**[08:40] (Flashback) Shi**
Today, I'll have to choose
which cards I can save
**[08:42] (Flashback) ---**
and which cards I can't.
**[08:46] Shi**
*I discriminated.*
**[08:48] Shi**
*I looked away from everyone.*
**[08:57] [POEM] N**
but for autumn's coming
**[09:08] [POEM] N**
The fall paddy shacks...
**[09:10] [POEM] N**
After I determined to abandon
my love, my only regret
**[09:15] A**
Wow, she's fast.
**[09:16] B**
Impressive.
**[09:17] C**
Amazing.
**[09:18] Chi**
* I-I've never heard Shinobu-chan*
* make any sound when taking a card!*
**[09:22] Chi**
* How many cards did she*
* hit with that swing?*
**[09:25] Chi**
*This isn't Shinobu-chan's usual style.*
**[09:28] Saku**
*She began moving after the first syllable.*
**[09:31] Saku**
*She's taking risks.*
**[09:38] Shi**
*Sorry, everyone.*
**[09:41] Shi**
*I'm coming for you.*
**[09:43] Shi**
*I'll take all of the remaining cards.*
**[09:46] A**
*The Queen looks so intense.*
**[09:48] B**
*The Queen has the advantage in speed.*
**[09:50] C**
* Technique becomes less viable*
* later in the game.*
**[09:54] Pork**
*No, it's not his technique.*
**[09:58] Pork**
*What really makes him special is...*
**[10:00] Ero**
* It's only noticeable if*
* you've played against him.*
**[10:02] [POEM] N**
is that I have no way
to tell you in person
**[10:02] Ero**
*Wataya Arata is special because...*
**[10:13] [POEM] N**
The
**[10:16] [POEM] N**
fall wind parts...
**[10:35] Ara**
Sorry.
**[10:39] A**
*Was that...*
**[10:40] B**
*Faster than Wakamiya Shinobu?*
**[10:44] Pork**
*The Queen reacted first.*
**[10:48] Pork**
*Her reaction and swing were very quick.*
**[10:51] Pork**
*However, despite that...*
**[10:54] Pork**
*He was able to catch up!*
**[10:56] Pork**
*With incredible acceleration!*
**[10:59] Ara**
Sorry, Taichi, Chihaya.
**[11:01] Tai**
Oh, it's okay.
**[11:03] Pork**
* But it's not Wataya Arata's acceleration*
* or his plethora of weapons that scares me.*
**[11:09] Pork**
*It's his relaxed demeanor that gets me.*
**[11:16] (Flashback) Kana**
Chihaya-chan, it would refer to a
top that spins perfectly smoothly.
**[11:25] Chi**
*It almost looks like it's completely still,*
**[11:28] Chi**
* focusing its power in perfect balance,*
* with no lean in any direction...*
**[11:33] Chi**
* Strong enough to repel*
* anything that makes contact,*
**[11:36] Chi**
*while projecting stability.*
**[11:40] Chi**
*A decorative word used for gods.*
**[11:45] Chi**
*"Impassionate."*
**[11:50] Tai**
Chihaya, you need to stay back.
**[11:58] A**
*This guy's for real.*
**[12:00] B**
*A high school second-year.*
***SIGN*** The Queen was our only hope!!
**[12:01] C**
*He just turned seventeen?*
**[12:03] A**
* I was expecting great things*
* from Master Wataya's grandson,*
**[12:07] A**
*but nothing like this!*
**[12:09] Mura**
* It's not like Arata was*
* born a good karuta player.*
**[12:19] (Flashback) A**
Arata-kun's making a lot of noise.
**[12:22] (Flashback) B**
He has no trouble with
players his own age,
**[12:24] (Flashback) B**
but he can't do anything
against Murao-kun.
**[12:27] (Flashback) C**
Remember how Coach Wataya always
**[12:29] (Flashback) ---**
warns you about your
swing being too wide.
**[12:31] (Flashback) C**
Hey, let's go visit him again...
**[12:38] (Flashback) Ara**
Visualize... Visualize...
**[12:42] (Flashback) Ara**
Visualize perfect karuta.
**[12:48] (Flashback) Gran**
Did you lose to Murao-kun again?
**[12:51] (Flashback) Gran**
At the last Kyoto tournament,
you lost because of a foolish error.
**[12:55] (Flashback) Gran**
Was your mind wandering because
I wasn't there to watch you?
**[12:59] (Flashback) Ara**
I was focused!
**[13:00] (Flashback) Ara**
I was visualizing my karuta with you
there watching, but it didn't work!
**[13:05] (Flashback) Ara**
I couldn't move!
**[13:10] (Flashback) Gran**
Are you playing karuta with
that scary look on your face?
**[13:16] (Flashback) Gran**
There's a lot more to visualization
than you realize.
**[13:21] (Flashback) Gran**
When do you find it easiest
to move around freely?
**[13:25] (Flashback) Gran**
When did you have the
most fun playing karuta?
**[13:34] (Flashback) Gran**
For now, I would start with
300 practice swings a day.
**[13:38] (Flashback) Ara**
What?!
**[13:41] Mura**
* Arata was on the rise when*
* Master Wataya passed away.*
**[13:44] Mura**
*Then he did nothing for a year and a half.*
**[13:47] Mura**
* I don't know what it was*
* that brought Arata back.*
**[13:52] Mura**
*All I know*
**[13:54] Mura**
*is that after Master Wataya died,*
**[13:56] Mura**
*Arata grew 20 centimeters,*
**[14:00] Mura**
* and he didn't go a single*
* day this past year*
**[14:04] Mura**
*without doing 500 practice swings.*
**[14:09] Mura**
*His body grew enough*
**[14:12] Mura**
*that he could play the way he visualized.*
**[14:16] Saku**
*Perhaps...*
**[14:17] A**
*Perhaps he will be*
***SIGN*** Wait, I'm the
bad guy?
**[14:19] A**
*the player who unseats Master Suo?*
**[14:24] Sudo**
*Forget about that.*
**[14:26] Sudo**
*The score is 4 to 9.*
**[14:29] Sudo**
*The Queen's about to go down.*
**[14:39] Shi**
*Too much noise...*
**[14:41] Shi**
*Why are there so many spectators?*
**[14:43] Shi**
*How stupid are they?*
**[14:47] Shi**
* Why am I paying so much*
* attention to my surroundings?*
**[14:58] Shi**
*I didn't want to have to*
**[15:00] ---**
*use my brand new Snowmaru fluffy towel.*
***SIGN*** Round
**[15:03] A**
The Queen is wiping off her sweat.
**[15:04] B**
I've never seen her do that before.
**[15:06] Shi**
*This is my fifth match!*
**[15:08] Shi**
*Of course I'm gonna sweat!*
**[15:12] Shi**
*My matches weren't easy, either.*
**[15:23] Shi**
*I didn't need to hold myself back today.*
***SIGN*** Shudder
**[15:29] [POEM] N**
to reveal moonlight, clear and bright
**[15:40] [POEM] N**
The storm blasts autumn
leaves off Mount Mimuro
**[15:42] Pork**
*A dead card.*
**[15:49] [POEM] N**
to set the Tatsuta River ablaze
**[15:59] [POEM] N**
Like a boatsman adrift...
**[16:01] A**
Who got that one?
**[16:02] B**
Same time?
**[16:03] C**
I couldn't tell.
**[16:05] A**
The Queen was faster?
**[16:06] B**
She snatched it from the
opponent's lower right.
**[16:12] Chi**
* For a moment, I thought*
* that Arata was faster,*
**[16:17] Chi**
*but she slipped in under his hand.*
**[16:20] Chi**
*How was she able to reach so low?*
**[16:22] [POEM] N**
I do not know where
this love will take me
**[16:34] [POEM] N**
May my lonely nights in bed not be so long,
**[16:38] Sudo**
*What just happened?*
**[16:39] Saku**
*The cards flew in two different directions.*
**[16:42] Pork**
*How is that possible?*
**[16:44] Pork**
*Who got it?*
**[16:45] Mura**
*They both hit the card,*
**[16:47] Mura**
*but...*
**[16:48] Mura**
*the Queen won it.*
**[16:52] Tai**
*Was Chihaya able to see what happened?*
**[16:55] Chi**
*Incredible...*
**[16:58] Chi**
*"May my lonely" was just read.*
**[17:00] Chi**
*Shinobu-chan had "May my lonely"*
**[17:02] ---**
* and "May the time spent"*
* at her lower left,*
**[17:04] Chi**
* so Arata went for the*
* entire group of cards.*
**[17:07] Chi**
*But Shinobu-chan was able to pick out*
**[17:11] Chi**
*the one card she needed.*
**[17:16] Chi**
* Shinobu-chan was pulling*
* on the strings.*
**[17:21] Chi**
*How is she able to do that?*
**[17:26] Chi**
*Faster...*
**[17:29] ---**
*Lower...*
**[17:49] Shi**
* The one with the stronger*
* ties to the cards*
**[17:53] Shi**
*is me, Arata.*
**[18:02] Shi**
* That smiling four-eyes*
* really throws me off.*
**[18:06] Shi**
*I have to be careful.*
**[18:08] Shi**
*Concentrate. Concentrate.*
**[18:13] Pork**
*4 to 7.*
**[18:14] Pork**
*The Queen has cut down the lead.*
**[18:16] Pork**
*What now?*
**[18:18] Shi**
*Concentrate. Concentrate.*
**[18:21] Shi**
*I feel like crap.*
**[18:23] A**
*I can confidently say*
**[18:25] A**
*that this the highest level of high school—*
**[18:27] A**
*no, the highest level of Class A play.*
**[18:30] [POEM] N**
though you have never known that pain
**[18:32] Shi**
*I'm tired.*
**[18:34] Shi**
*Hot.*
**[18:38] Shi**
*But...*
**[18:45] Shi**
*I can still become stronger.*
**[18:49] Shi**
*I can strengthen my ties to the cards.*
**[18:52] Shi**
*Stronger!*
**[18:55] Shi**
*Stronger!*
**[18:57] Shi**
*Stronger!*
**[19:26] [POEM] N**
For you, I head out to the
fields to pick spring greens
**[19:35] [POEM] N**
while snow falls upon my sleeves
**[19:38] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[19:41] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[19:49] A**
*The Queen...*
**[19:50] B**
*The Queen...*
**[19:51] All**
*Lost!*
**[19:54] Mura**
Your High School Class A
champion, by two cards,
**[19:57] Mura**
is Wataya Arata-kun from Fukui.
**[20:01] Tai**
*Arata...*
**[20:03] Tai**
*He really did it.*
**[20:04] A**
*After years without a loss,*
**[20:07] A**
*the Queen has been upset.*
**[20:29] Ara**
You have a fever, Shinobu-chan.
**[20:32] Ara**
You were drenched in the rain yesterday,
**[20:37] Ara**
and you were wearing that
thing to keep you cool.
**[20:43] Ara**
I'm amazed you made
it through the match.
**[21:00] Shi**
*I've always wanted to play*
**[21:03] Shi**
* against opponents who*
* wanted to put up a fight.*
**[21:11] Shi**
Naturally.
**[21:14] Shi**
I'm the Queen.
# E25 - I can look up and see the snowy cap of Mt. Fuji
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR09XZJ2R/i-can-look-up-and-see-the-snowy-cap-of-mt-fuji)
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**[00:01] A**
This guy's the real deal.
**[00:02] B**
I've never seen the Queen lose before.
**[00:04] C**
He's 4-0 lifetime against the Queen.
**[00:07] Ero**
He's no dark horse.
**[00:10] Ero**
He's a true thoroughbred.
**[00:14] Dad**
Wh-What do we do?
**[00:16] Dad**
How are we going to get
out of that promise?
**[00:19] Dad**
Well?
**[00:22] (Flashback) Ara**
I want you to let me attend
a university in Tokyo.
**[00:25] Dad**
I know!
**[00:27] Dad**
Let's tell him that he has
to win two years in a row!
**[00:31] Mom**
There's something I haven't told you.
***SIGN*** Arata knows about this...
**[00:34] Mom**
Grandpa took out an education
life insurance policy for Arata.
***SIGN*** I was left
out again?
**[00:38] Dad**
Huh? What's that?
**[00:40] Dad**
B-But aren't you going to
miss having him around?
**[00:43] Dad**
Plus, housing in Tokyo can be
ridiculously expensive...
**[00:46] Mom**
I don't look forward to being
alone in the house with you...
**[00:49] Dad**
What?
**[00:50] Mom**
But...
**[00:53] Mom**
Who's going to stop him?
**[00:56] Mom**
He's doing what he loves
**[00:58] Mom**
and shining at it, all on his own.
**[01:03] Tai**
*Incredible.*
**[01:06] Tai**
*Incredible.*
**[01:08] (Flashback) Ara**
I'll win the individual
tournament tomorrow
**[01:11] (Flashback) Ara**
and go to Tokyo.
**[01:13] Tai**
*He even beat the Queen.*
**[01:15] Tai**
*He's really going to...*
**[01:22] Ara**
Huh?
**[01:24] Ara**
Aren't you supposed to
high-five when you win?
**[01:26] Tai**
Huh?
**[01:27] Ara**
You also won your match, right, Taichi?
**[01:31] Ara**
Congrats!
**[01:39] Ara**
Chihaya?
**[01:41] Chi**
Congratulations on your victory.
**[01:45] Ara**
O-Oh, thanks.
**[01:49] Chi**
How...
**[01:52] Chi**
How are you always smiling?
**[01:56] Chi**
How are you so calm
when you play karuta,
**[01:59] Chi**
even when you're up against someone
as strong as Shinobu-chan?
**[02:03] Chi**
How do you do it?
**[02:07] Chi**
*I'm always so intense when I play.*
**[02:12] (Flashback) Ara**
Sorry.
**[02:15] Chi**
*Impassionate...*
**[02:18] Chi**
*How does he play karuta that way?*
**[02:27] Ara**
I—
**[02:27] Mura**
It's time.
**[02:30] Mura**
We need all the champions to
assemble on the first floor.
**[02:34] Mura**
Please start moving.
**[02:36] Ara**
Sorry, I'll catch you later.
**[02:46] Chi**
*I'm working hard.*
**[02:49] Chi**
*I've worked very hard.*
**[02:51] Chi**
*But...*
**[02:53] Chi**
*Something isn't right.*
**[02:56] Chi**
*What is it?*
**[02:59] Chi**
*What's wrong?*
**[03:01] Chi**
*I don't know what the problem is,*
**[03:04] Chi**
*but something's wrong.*
***SIGN*** Ayase.
***SIGN*** Chihaya Furu
***SIGN*** Verse 25
***SIGN*** I can
look up
and see
the snowy
cap of
Mt. Fuji
***SIGN*** Class A Champion Wataya Arata (2nd Year)
***SIGN*** Class B Champion Mashima Taichi (2nd Year)
***SIGN*** Class C Champion Komano Tsutomu (2nd Year) plus 1 other
***SIGN*** Class D Champion Tsukuba Akihiro (1st Year) plus 3 others
**[04:40] Chi**
Amazing!
**[04:41] Miya**
Everyone did a wonderful job!
**[04:44] Pork**
I figured Ayase's goal of winning
every class was crazy...
**[04:49] A**
Mizusawa's really good.
**[04:50] A**
They won Classes B, C, and D.
**[04:52] B**
Should've expected it after they
won the team tournament.
**[04:57] Chi**
*But...*
***SIGN*** Win every class
**[04:59] Chi**
*It was supposed to go like this!*
**[05:04] Chi**
*I couldn't do it.*
**[05:07] Chi**
*Everyone else did their best.*
**[05:12] Chi**
*I couldn't do it.*
**[05:15] Sis**
I'll carry your stuff.
**[05:17] Miya**
Everyone have everything?
**[05:19] Miya**
Let's get going then.
**[05:21] Saku**
Ayase-san.
**[05:23] Chi**
Coach Sakurazawa...
**[05:26] Saku**
Would you like video of the Class A final?
**[05:30] Chi**
You have video?!
**[05:31] Chi**
Yes, please!
**[05:32] Saku**
Okay...
**[05:33] Saku**
This is my e-mail address.
**[05:36] Chi**
O-Okay.
**[05:38] Saku**
Give me your contact information.
**[05:41] Tai**
Chihaya! We're leaving!
**[05:44] Chi**
Thank you very much!
**[05:44] Ero**
Curses!
**[05:46] Ero**
Even I don't have her e-mail address!
**[05:46] Chi**
Goodbye!
***SIGN*** It's dangerous to give Eromu
that kind of information
**[05:54] Saku**
*Has anyone else noticed?*
**[05:58] Saku**
*Only two players went through the entire*
**[06:00] ---**
*high school tournament without a loss.*
**[06:03] Saku**
*Wataya Arata from Fukui*
**[06:06] Saku**
*and Mashima Taichi from Mizusawa.*
***SIGN*** Surgical Hospital
**[06:16] A**
What is this?
**[06:18] Chi**
The same reaction?
**[06:20] A**
I can't tell what's wrong, so you'll
need to visit a bigger hospital.
**[06:22] Chi**
What?!
***SIGN*** First General Hospital
**[06:26] A**
What is this?
**[06:27] Mom**
Not again?
**[06:29] A**
I think we need an MRI.
**[06:32] Chi**
What?!
**[06:33] A**
Don't move.
**[06:38] All**
E-Enchondromatosis?!
***SIGN*** Wh-What does that scary name mean?!
**[06:43] Pork**
A-Are you okay, Ayase?
**[06:45] Sumi**
Are your bones going to
turn to mush or something?
**[06:50] Chi**
They ran some tests,
**[06:52] Chi**
and luckily it's only the third
bone in my right index finger
**[06:56] ---**
where the bone is softening.
***SIGN*** Only here
**[06:59] Chi**
This is a really rare disorder,
**[07:01] Chi**
and most people go through their entire
lives without knowing they have it.
**[07:06] Kana**
So...
**[07:07] Tai**
What are you going to do, Chihaya?
**[07:09] Chi**
I-I'm thinking about having an operation.
**[07:12] All**
An operation?!
**[07:14] Chi**
Most people can just ignore it,
**[07:17] Chi**
but it's recommended that athletes
and people who use their hands a lot
**[07:21] Chi**
have an operation to put some
firm material inside the bone.
**[07:25] Chi**
It calls for full anesthesia and
I'll be hospitalized for a week.
**[07:28] Pork**
Full anesthesia and hospital time?!
**[07:30] Tsu**
Isn't it just your finger?!
***SIGN*** You can't leave the same day?
**[07:33] Chi**
I'm scared...
**[07:35] Chi**
B-But I want to be able to play
karuta without having to worry.
**[07:42] Tai**
*Even injured...*
**[07:43] Kana**
*...she only cares about karuta.*
**[07:47] Mom**
Well, at least it's summer vacation.
**[07:50] Mom**
I need to get going. You'll be okay?
**[07:52] Chitose**
Take good care of my laptop.
**[07:55] Chi**
Uh-huh.
**[07:56] Mom**
We'll come back tomorrow
before your operation.
***SIGN*** Final Match
Wataya vs. Wakamiya
**[08:08] A**
Young folks have high tech
ways to kill time now.
**[08:12] B**
Isn't that Hundred Poets
karuta, Toko-san?
**[08:20] A**
Why does she look like that?
**[08:22] B**
It's just karuta...
***SIGN*** Ayase Chitose
Second Photo Collection
**[08:33] Ara**
Oh, the Millennium is
taken from Chitose.
***SIGN*** Chitose --> 1000 Years --> Millennium
**[08:35] A**
Arata-kun, are you a fan of her?
**[08:38] A**
I prefer girls with bigger boobs.
**[08:41] A**
Like, big enough to close you in between them.
**[08:42] [Messenger] A**
Ayase Chihaya
**[08:45] Ara**
Yes, hello?
**[08:47] Chi**
Oh, you answered.
**[08:48] Ara**
What's that?
**[08:50] Chi**
You actually answer your phone, Arata.
**[08:52] Chi**
My sister always ignores me.
**[08:56] Ara**
Oh...
**[09:02] Ara**
What's up?
**[09:08] Pork**
She's not really a flower kind of person.
**[09:10] Sumi**
Flowers are a must when
visiting someone in the hospital!
**[09:13] Sumi**
If I were in her shoes, I would
want flowers as a present!
**[09:17] Pork**
Wouldn't food also work?
**[09:19] Pork**
She'd probably like chocolate more.
**[09:21] Pork**
Or ice cream!
***SIGN*** I say we go with a book.
***SIGN*** This is the perfect opportunity for her to do some reading.
**[09:26] Kana**
Honestly, just buy whatever you want.
**[09:29] Pork**
Yes! Ice cream time!
**[09:31] Sumi**
Wait! Ice cream is a bad idea!
**[09:33] A**
Excuse me.
**[09:34] Tai**
Huh?
**[09:35] A**
Do you want any flowers?
**[09:39] Tai**
Can I get some flowers that
are a cheerful color?
**[09:43] Tai**
*She's probably feeling down.*
**[09:47] Chi**
Simply put, I want to
get better at karuta!
**[09:51] Ara**
That's simple, all right.
**[09:54] Chi**
That's all I can think about.
**[09:56] Chi**
I've been working really
hard for a long time.
**[10:03] Ara**
* We aren't even playing,*
* and you're already fired up.*
**[10:14] Chi**
*It hurts...*
**[10:20] Chi**
*It hurts...*
**[10:23] Chi**
*The cicadas are loud.*
**[10:26] Chi**
*I feel like we're in different countries.*
**[10:30] Chi**
*Even though we can talk over the phone,*
**[10:33] Chi**
*he's so far away.*
**[10:45] Ara**
You know, whether it's an official
match or a practice match,
**[10:49] Ara**
I always go back to that
room when I'm playing.
**[10:56] Chi**
That room?
**[11:02] (Flashback) Gran**
When did you have the
most fun playing karuta?
**[11:06] Ara**
Where I was never scared,
no matter who came in...
**[11:10] Ara**
Where I was always happy, having fun,
**[11:14] Ara**
and wishing it'd never end...
**[11:17] Ara**
Back when you and I played karuta
in that old apartment...
**[11:36] Chi**
*Back in that old*
**[11:39] ---**
*apartment...*
**[11:41] (Flashback) Chi**
Wow, this place is falling apart.
**[11:43] (Flashback) Ara**
L-Let's play!
**[11:45] (Flashback) Ara**
If you become the best player in Japan,
**[11:47] (Flashback) Ara**
you'll be the best in the world.
**[11:50] Chi**
* The time we spent playing there*
* is making Arata stronger?*
**[11:54] Pork**
This hospital is huge.
**[11:56] Tsu**
Whew, it's so cool inside.
**[11:57] Kana**
Sorry, Chihaya-chan.
**[11:58] Kana**
We ran late.
***SIGN*** It's too hot outside today.
**[12:01] Pork**
The chocolate's melting.
**[12:07] Chi**
*I don't understand.*
**[12:10] Chi**
*I don't understand these feelings...*
**[12:14] Chi**
*But...*
**[12:16] Chi**
*For the rest of my life,*
**[12:19] Chi**
*I'll always love karuta,*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[12:22] chi**
*and I'll always love Arata.*
**[12:28] A**
The operation was a success,
**[12:30] A**
so you just have the
pain to worry about.
**[12:32] A**
We'll keep an eye on it and,
if everything looks okay,
**[12:34] A**
you'll be discharged
in a week as planned.
**[12:37] B**
What are you doing?!
***SIGN*** Nervous
**[12:39] A**
No practice swings until the cast is off.
**[12:44] Chitose**
Is this going to leave a scar?
**[12:46] Chitose**
Yikes...
**[12:47] Mom**
Stop that, Chitose.
**[12:47] Chitose**
And your summer vacation is ruined...
**[12:49] Mom**
We're going home.
**[12:50] Chitose**
Okay.
**[12:51] Chitose**
Try to finish your homework.
**[12:57] Chitose**
Oh, this is a present.
**[13:02] A**
Doing homework?
**[13:04] Chi**
Oh, yes.
**[13:05] A**
That's very responsible of you.
**[13:06] A**
Don't push yourself too hard.
***SIGN*** Year 2 Classical Literature
Special Assignment
Compose 20 poems
**[13:11] (Flashback) Kana**
Chihaya-chan...
**[13:13] (Flashback) Kana**
It's not difficult to compose poetry.
**[13:18] (Flashback) Kana**
You just have to translate
your feelings into meter.
**[13:25] (Flashback) Kana**
But...
**[13:27] (Flashback) Kana**
You must be able to read poetry
before you can compose poetry!
***SIGN*** Compose
***SIGN*** Compose Read
**[13:31] (Flashback) Kana**
I believe that amateurs can only
understand 50% of verbal poems.
**[13:38] (Flashback) Kana**
When written out in modern
language, it goes down to 30%.
**[13:41] (Flashback) ---**
If the poem is written in classical language,
**[13:43] (Flashback) ---**
only 10% of the meaning is understood!
**[13:46] (Flashback) Kana**
You must accept that
you don't understand
**[13:47] (Flashback) Chi**
V-Verbal? Cl-Classical?
**[13:48] (Flashback) ---**
what you think you understand!
**[13:49] (Flashback) Kana**
I recommend you start
by reading these books!
**[13:52] (Flashback) Chi**
N-Not happening...
**[13:54] Chi**
* I managed to compose five poems*
* in a rush before July ended.*
**[14:11] Chi**
I want to play karuta.
**[14:14] (Flashback) Ara**
I always go back to that
room when I'm playing.
**[14:26] (Flashback) Ara**
If you become the best player in Japan,
**[14:29] (Flashback) Ara**
you'll be the best in the world.
**[14:36] Chi**
*Ever since meeting Arata,*
**[14:39] Chi**
*my life has been all about karuta.*
**[14:45] Chi**
*Always striving to become stronger*
**[14:49] ---**
*and stronger*
**[14:52] Chi**
*so I can be able*
**[14:55] ---**
*to receive his passion.*
***SIGN*** Nurse Station
***SIGN*** Reception
**[14:59] A**
Please return these to the
receptionist when you leave.
**[15:02] Kana**
Understood.
***SIGN*** Visitor 32
Visitor 33
**[15:05] Kana**
Here you are, Prez.
**[15:11] Kana**
Chihaya-chan.
**[15:14] Kana**
You're working hard.
**[15:15] Kana**
Is that your summer homework?
**[15:17] Chi**
Uh-huh.
**[15:18] Tai**
Is it okay for you to be moving around?
**[15:21] Tai**
You can hold off on the twenty poems.
**[15:25] Tai**
In the sweltering summer sunlight,
**[15:28] Tai**
I feast upon a whirlwind of ice cream.
**[15:31] Kana**
Since I could not stop
thinking of Shinobu-chan,
**[15:35] Kana**
I wonder if she is
practicing right now.
**[15:38] Chi**
Yeah...
**[15:39] Tai**
Were you actually trying?
**[15:41] Tai**
Your grade will drop for every
one of these you turn in.
**[15:43] Chi**
What? Really?
***SIGN*** Pardon?
***SIGN*** 6 Inside a room isolated from the summer heat, I feel bliss upon hearing your words.
**[15:47] ---**
* Inside a room isolated*
* from the summer heat,*
**[15:52] ---**
*I feel bliss upon hearing your words.*
**[15:59] Tai**
How's your finger?
**[16:00] Chi**
It's fine.
**[16:01] ---**
I don't remember a thing
after I was knocked out,
**[16:03] Chi**
but I needed four stitches.
***SIGN*** 7 Will I ever turn the corner and find you? I can only wait for a dream or a miracle.
**[16:07] Chi**
*Will I ever turn the corner and find you?*
**[16:12] Chi**
*I can only wait for a dream or a miracle.*
**[16:28] Tai**
She's doing better than I expected.
**[16:32] Tai**
It looks like the operation
was a success, too.
**[16:35] Tai**
She should recover in time
for the fall tournament.
**[16:46] Tai**
What is it, Oe-san?
**[16:50] Kana**
You have to try harder, Prez!
**[16:58] Kana**
You don't have to invite me along
when you visit her in the hospital.
**[17:04] Kana**
You can't expect Chihaya-chan
**[17:05] ---**
to be clueless for the rest of her life!
**[17:19] Tai**
I know.
**[17:39] A**
Ayase-san! No practice swings!
**[17:41] A**
Absolutely not!
**[17:42] Ara**
Sorry.
**[17:45] A**
Honestly...
**[17:54] A**
Goodbye, Coach.
**[17:56] Saku**
Be careful on your way home.
**[17:57] Ero**
Coach, it's getting dark,
so I'll walk you home.
**[18:01] Saku**
No, thanks.
**[18:03] Saku**
If I'm around you too much, I'm
afraid I'll have dreams about you.
**[18:05] Ero**
I'd want that!
**[18:07] Saku**
And why are you here when
you've already left the club?
**[18:09] Saku**
Yes, hello?
**[18:11] Chi**
Coach Sakurazawa?
**[18:13] Saku**
Oh, Ayase-san?
**[18:14] Chi**
Thank you very much for sending
the DVD of the high school final!
**[18:19] Saku**
Was it useful?
**[18:21] Chi**
Yes, I've been watching it every day.
**[18:23] Chi**
I'm so glad I got to see what happened
**[18:25] ---**
at the start of the match.
**[18:28] Chi**
Both players were incredible.
**[18:29] Chi**
I saw Arata—
**[18:31] Chi**
I saw Wataya-kun play for the
first time, thanks to you.
**[18:35] Saku**
I see.
**[18:37] Chi**
What were your thoughts on
that match, Coach Sakurazawa?
**[18:42] Saku**
Well...
**[18:44] Saku**
Wataya-kun had a very
balanced play style.
**[18:49] Saku**
There's nothing special
about his game sense,
**[18:51] Saku**
but he was consistent and caught
every partial syllable.
**[18:54] Saku**
I would guess he's a right
brain memorizer,
**[18:57] Saku**
but he also uses his left brain, so
fatigue isn't as much of a factor.
**[19:01] Saku**
The Queen is also special.
**[19:04] Saku**
I'd love to know how she
connects to the cards.
**[19:07] Saku**
She appears to be apologizing
when she moves cards.
**[19:12] Saku**
Her connection to the cards is very deep.
**[19:15] Saku**
Plus, she isn't afraid of committing faults.
**[19:17] Saku**
Her playing style reflects her
trust in her own karuta.
**[19:21] Saku**
Oh, sorry about that.
**[19:22] Saku**
I got carried away.
**[19:24] Chi**
No, that was very educational!
**[19:26] Chi**
It helps a lot!
**[19:28] Saku**
Good.
**[19:32] Saku**
Ayase-san, would you be interested in
**[19:35] ---**
participating in a Fujisaki
two-day karuta camp?
**[19:37] Saku**
Along with the president and
other players from Mizusawa.
**[19:43] Chi**
I'll come!
**[19:44] Chi**
I just had an operation on my
right hand, but I'll come!
**[19:47] Saku**
Operation?
**[19:53] Chi**
H-Here we are...
**[19:56] Tai**
Let's go.
**[20:00] Chi**
I wish the other players
could have joined us.
**[20:04] Chi**
I guess it can't be helped that the Suihoku
society has its camp at the same time.
**[20:08] Chi**
Sumire-chan and Tsukuba-kun
are also busy...
**[20:13] Kana**
*Prez, I'll deal with the first-years.*
**[20:18] Kana**
* It has to be the two of you*
* going to Shizuoka alone!*
**[20:23] Tai**
Anyway, are you sure
about this, Chihaya?
**[20:27] Tai**
You were told not to do any
physical activity for a month.
**[20:30] Chi**
Yeah,
**[20:33] Chi**
but I've never gone such a long
time without playing karuta.
**[20:38] Chi**
It's hard when I can't
think of anything else.
**[20:51] Tai**
Forward.
**[20:56] Tai**
We can only move forward.
**[21:01] ---**
Yes.
**[22:30] A**
Huh? Tokyo?
**[22:31] Ara**
Yes.
**[22:33] ---**
I'm hoping to get a karuta scholarship.
**[22:36] Ara**
After winning the high
school championship,
**[22:38] ---**
I have permission from my parents.
**[22:40] A**
Wait, Arata-kun!
**[22:42] A**
Don't quit!
**[22:43] A**
What am I supposed to do without you?!
**[22:46] Ara**
I'm not quitting right away.
**[22:47] A**
Don't leave me!
**[22:49] Ara**
I'm not quitting yet!
# Season 3
# E1 - May it be that I find
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRG5EN4DR/may-it-be-that-i-find)
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***SIGN*** Chihayafuru
**[00:09] (Flashback) Arata**
Th-Thank you...
**[00:12] (Flashback) Arata**
Thank you for playing karuta with me!
**[00:16] (Flashback) Arata**
Chihaya, Taichi...
**[00:18] (Flashback) Arata**
But I doubt we'll ever
see each other again.
**[00:24] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Why?
**[00:27] (Flashback) Chihaya**
As long as we have karuta,
**[00:30] (Flashback) Chihaya**
we'll see each other again, right?
**[00:36] (Flashback) Chihaya**
As long as we keep playing,
we'll see each other again!
**[00:38] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I just know it!
***SIGN*** Verse 1
***SIGN*** May
it be
that
I find
**[00:45] [POEM] Reader**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[00:54] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[01:02] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
***SIGN*** Team Chihayafuru
**[01:13] (Flashback) Coach**
Get set!
**[01:21] (Flashback) Girl**
Did you see that start?
**[01:23] (Flashback) Coach**
Is she really a beginner at this?
**[01:26] (Flashback) Michiru**
That was amazing, Ayase-san!
**[01:28] (Flashback) Michiru**
You got off to a flying start!
**[01:30] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Thanks!
**[01:31] (Flashback) Michiru**
You should really join the track team!
**[01:35] (Flashback) Chihaya**
But then I'd have less time
to play karuta...
**[01:38] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Oh, but that start felt
just like playing karuta!
**[01:41] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Just like leaping forward
the moment a card is read!
***SIGN*** Fuchu City Katamachi Cultural Center
**[01:46] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Dr. Harada! I brought a friend!
**[01:48] (Flashback) Harada**
Ah! Welcome!
**[01:51] (Flashback) Chihaya**
This is my friend from the track team,
Horikawa Michiru-chan.
**[01:54] (Flashback) Michiru**
It's nice to meet you.
**[01:55] (Flashback) Harada**
Nice to meet you.
**[01:57] (Flashback) Harada**
Wait... Chihaya-chan,
you joined the track team?
**[02:00] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Um... Only on a trial basis, for now.
**[02:03] (Flashback) Michiru**
I asked her to join.
Our school doesn't have a karuta club.
**[02:06] (Flashback) Chihaya**
And in exchange for joining, I asked her
to check out our karuta society.
**[02:10] (Flashback) Michiru**
I've never played before, though.
**[02:14] (Flashback) Harada**
Not a problem.
**[02:16] (Flashback) Chihaya**
In competitive karuta,
the first verse of a poem is read,
**[02:19] (Flashback) Chihaya**
and players try to take the card
with the second verse on it.
**[02:21] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Today we're using practice cards that
have the unique syllables on them in red,
**[02:26] (Flashback) Chihaya**
so even if you haven't
memorized Hundred Poets—
**[02:27] (Flashback) Michiru**
Um... unique syllables?
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
Impassionate
**[02:30] (Flashback) Chihaya**
The syllables at the start
of the first verse
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
Impassionate
***SIGN*** Ariwara no Narihira
Impassionate gods have
never seen the red
that is the Tatsuta River
**[02:31] (Flashback) Chihaya**
that help you identify which card
to take once you've heard them.
**[02:35] (Flashback) Michiru**
Oh...
**[02:36] (Flashback) Chihaya**
The deck has 100 cards,
and the players take 25 each,
***SIGN*** Opponent's Side
***SIGN*** Player's Side
**[02:40] (Flashback) Chihaya**
line them up on their sides,
and put the remaining cards away.
**[02:43] (Flashback) Michiru**
Huh? What happens to the other 50 cards?
**[02:46] (Flashback) Chihaya**
They're called "dead cards."
They aren't used in the game.
**[02:48] (Flashback) Chihaya**
But any of the 100 cards can be read,
**[02:50] (Flashback) Chihaya**
so if a dead card is read,
and you touch any card...
**[02:53] (Flashback) Chihaya**
That's a fault.
**[02:55] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Then your opponent gets to
send you one of their cards.
**[02:57] (Flashback) Michiru**
Oh...
**[02:59] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Oh, also, you can touch any cards
on the side with the poem that was read...
**[03:04] (Flashback) Michiru**
Huh? You can?
**[03:05] (Flashback) Chihaya**
But touching any cards on
the other side is a fault,
**[03:08] (Flashback) Chihaya**
and you're sent a card.
**[03:10] (Flashback) Chihaya**
The first player with zero cards
left on their side wins.
***SIGN*** Win
***SIGN*** Lose
**[03:14] (Flashback) Girl**
Memorization time is over.
**[03:16] (Flashback) Girl**
Time to begin.
**[03:18] [POEM] Reader**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[03:20] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Thank you for the game.
**[03:22] (Flashback) Michiru**
Uh... Thank you for the game.
**[03:24] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Thank you for the game.
**[03:27] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[03:38] Chihaya**
Thank you very much.
**[03:40] Michiru**
You're incredible, Ayase-san.
**[03:42] Michiru**
I couldn't take a single card.
**[03:44] Chihaya**
I had a really hard time
the first time I played, too.
**[03:47] (Flashback) Michiru**
Really?
**[03:48] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Yep.
**[03:52] (Flashback) Chihaya**
What is with you?!
**[03:53] (Flashback) Chihaya**
You're too good!
**[03:55] (Flashback) Arata**
But you were able to take a card.
**[03:56] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Only one card!
**[03:59] (Flashback) Arata**
B-But I had fun!
**[04:02] (Flashback) Harada**
I wonder how Glasses is doing...
**[04:05] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Huh?
**[04:06] (Flashback) Harada**
Eyelashes hasn't been by lately, either.
**[04:09] (Flashback) Harada**
I guess he's busy with
schoolwork and club.
**[04:13] (Flashback) Michiru**
I don't really understand karuta that well,
**[04:16] (Flashback) Michiru**
but I can definitely see
how much you love it!
**[04:22] (Flashback) Chihaya**
One more game, then!
**[04:23] (Flashback) Michiru**
Huh?!
**[04:24] (Flashback) Michiru**
Er, um...
**[04:31] (Flashback) Chihaya**
This is the place, right?
**[04:33] (Flashback) Taichi**
Yep, I looked it up on the internet.
**[04:36] (Flashback) Arata**
So Mashima's also going to play karuta?
**[04:39] (Flashback) Taichi**
I actually have a life, so I can't
spend all my time playing karuta,
**[04:42] (Flashback) Taichi**
but I'll be better than you in no time!
**[04:45] (Flashback) Taichi**
I stole them.
**[04:50] (Flashback) Taichi**
Don't tell Chihaya.
**[04:55] (Flashback) Taichi**
I don't want her to hate me.
**[05:07] (Flashback) Hajime**
Are you playing karuta with
that scary look on your face?
**[05:11] (Flashback) Hajime**
When do you find it easiest
to move around freely?
**[05:16] (Flashback) Hajime**
When did you have the
most fun playing karuta?
**[05:26] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I did it! I got a card!
**[05:28] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I beat Wataya-kun to a card!
**[05:30] (Flashback) Arata**
Where I was always happy, having fun,
**[05:33] (Flashback) Arata**
and wishing it'd never end...
**[05:40] (Flashback) Chihaya**
There's mine!
**[05:41] (Flashback) Michiru**
Mine, too!
**[05:43] Chihaya**
*I'll find new teammates in high school*
**[05:46] Chihaya**
*and devote myself 100 percent to karuta!*
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
**[07:00] Taichi**
Forward.
**[07:02] Taichi**
We can only move forward.
**[07:09] All**
One...
**[07:10] Girl**
Raise them slowly,
then lower them slowly!
**[07:11] All**
Two...
**[07:12] Guy**
I can't hear you, first-years!
**[07:13] All**
Three...
**[07:15] Chihaya**
* The Fujisaki Karuta Club is more*
* athletic-minded than I thought!*
**[07:20] Sakura**
Some students from other schools
have joined us for this camp.
**[07:23] Sakura**
You are to practice with them proactively
and exchange thoughts and advice.
**[07:25] Chihaya**
Why are you here, Retro-kun?
**[07:26] Retro**
You'd better not interfere
with Hokuo's secret training!
**[07:28] Sakura**
Regardless of your ranks,
**[07:29] Sakura**
you'll play two matches this morning,
followed by jogging and stretches.
**[07:32] Sakura**
After lunch, you'll play three matches,
followed by jogging and stretches.
**[07:34] Girl**
*Five matches, huh?*
**[07:35] Girl**
*That's pretty standard.*
**[07:36] Sakura**
After dinner, you will play two
more matches in the evening.
**[07:39] Sakura**
Tomorrow will consist of mountain
climbing in the morning,
**[07:41] Sakura**
and four matches between
morning and afternoon.
**[07:44] Sakura**
Karuta is a sport of contradictions.
**[07:46] Sakura**
If you take cards too fast,
you'll commit more faults,
**[07:48] Sakura**
but if you're slow, you lose cards.
**[07:49] Sakura**
Learn how to live with that contradiction.
**[07:51] Sakura**
Find the point of intersection between
contradictions that works best for you!
**[07:55] Chihaya**
*Wow...*
**[07:56] Sakura**
Suffer now so that you can endure
the toughest matches with ease!
**[08:00] Sakura**
Those who have never felt pushed to
the limit will never grow stronger!
**[08:04] Chihaya**
*Wow!*
**[08:06] Retro**
Is practicing with your left hand
even going to help?
**[08:09] Chihaya**
I-It's better than no practice at all.
**[08:12] Chihaya**
I don't know how these Fujisaki kids
are keeping up with this.
**[08:15] Retro**
Well, it's because they respect her.
**[08:18] Chihaya**
Respect?
**[08:19] Retro**
Wha?! You came here without knowing?!
**[08:22] Retro**
Coach Sakurazawa never became Queen,
but she's been the runner-up five times.
**[08:27] Retro**
She was called the strongest
challenger of all.
***SIGN*** Ba-dump!
**[08:31] Retro**
Ba-dump?
**[08:33] Chihaya**
That was tough...
**[08:35] Girl**
I never want to see a card again.
**[08:36] Girl**
This is still better than last year.
**[08:38] Girl**
Hey, Makoto-senpai was here earlier.
**[08:40] Girl**
No way! You think he's still here?
**[08:42] Makoto**
It's not as if I'm here just to see you.
**[08:45] Rion**
Okay...
**[08:47] Makoto**
I only came to see
how our vice captain was doing.
**[08:50] Rion**
Okay...
***SIGN*** Peanut Gallery
**[08:54] Makoto**
W-Want to go to... the beach or something?
**[08:57] Rion**
Huh?
**[08:57] Makoto**
No, wait! That's not what I meant!
**[08:59] Makoto**
I meant with other people! Yeah!
**[09:01] Makoto**
To improve relations, even friendships,
between club members!
**[09:04] Rion**
I'll go!
**[09:06] Girl**
Yay!
**[09:06] Girl**
I'm going to the beach with Makoto-senpai!
**[09:08] Girl**
Way to go, Yamashiro-san!
**[09:08] Rion**
*Relations. Friendships.*
**[09:11] Girl**
Ayase-san, I bet you have a lot
of plans for summer break, huh?
**[09:15] Chiyaha**
I have club and a karuta camp at Lake Yamanaka
with the Shiranami Society. That's all.
**[09:20] Girl**
That's all?
***SIGN*** Karuta freak
**[09:21] All**
* She's as much of a karuta freak*
* as we've heard.*
**[09:23] Girl**
Ayase-san, do you have a boyfriend?
**[09:25] Girl**
You must have one!
I bet guys are all over you!
**[09:27] Girl**
Does he play karuta?
**[09:29] Chihaya**
*Th-This is... love talk! It's love talk!*
***SIGN*** Love talk!!
**[09:33] Chihaya**
I... I don't have a boyfriend.
**[09:36] Girl**
Oh, come on! What about
the Mizusawa club president?
**[09:39] Chihaya**
But if I don't get better at karuta,
I won't even get to sit across him,
**[09:44] Chihaya**
so I have to work hard.
**[09:48] Chihaya**
*Love talk! Love talk! Love talk!*
***SIGN*** Love talk!!
**[09:48] All**
* Karuta freaks are freaks*
* in all kinds of ways...*
***SIGN*** Friendships
***SIGN*** Friendships Beach
***SIGN*** Friendships Beach Relations
**[09:52] Girl**
That's amazing, though.
It's like you have a crush on karuta.
**[09:56] Girl**
If I make it to Class B in the next
tournament, maybe I'll confess.
**[10:00] Girl**
What? To who?
**[10:01] Girl**
Out of the second-years,
it'd have to be Hyuga, right?
**[10:03] Girl**
President Cheers?
***SIGN*** No way No way
**[10:04] Girl**
I'm so bummed out
that all the third-years left!
**[10:08] Girl**
But we might get to
go to the beach with them!
**[10:10] Girl**
You think Eromu-senpai will go?
***SIGN*** Totally!
**[10:11] Girl**
I should've confessed when we lost to
Mizusawa at the High School Championship.
**[10:15] Girl**
I was too busy crying to even
think about that at the time.
**[10:18] Girl**
Me, too!
***SIGN*** Victory for Fujisaki
**[10:21] Chihaya**
*That's how they all felt at that tournament?*
**[10:24] Chihaya**
*I never knew.*
**[10:27] Chihaya**
* Liking someone,*
* sharing the same feelings...*
**[10:32] Chihaya**
*How did Arata feel?*
**[10:37] Chihaya**
*I have no idea.*
**[10:40] Chihaya**
*But I want to know.*
**[10:43] Chihaya**
* I'm pretty sure I don't*
* understand anything yet.*
**[10:48] Hyuga**
Hey, Mashima-kun, why do you play karuta?
**[10:51] Taichi**
Huh?
**[10:52] Hyuga**
I play to impress the ladies. Cheers!
**[10:54] Taichi**
Wh-Who are you again?
**[10:57] Hyuga**
I'm Fujisaki's new club president,
Hyuga Yoshihiko.
**[11:00] Hyuga**
Cheers!
**[11:01] Taichi**
*The new president? Him?*
**[11:03] Taichi**
Hey, could you tell me something?
**[11:05] Hyuga**
What is it? Ask me anything.
**[11:07] Hyuga**
But first... cheers!
**[11:09] Taichi**
Yeah, uh... cheers.
**[11:11] Chihaya**
So there's a public bath nearby? Cool!
**[11:14] Girl**
Huh?
**[11:15] Girl**
The lights are on.
**[11:18] Girl**
President Cheers and
Mizusawa's club president?
**[11:19] Taichi**
Like this?
**[11:20] Hyuga**
Is your left hip stretching?
**[11:22] Girl**
Wow, that's dedication.
**[11:23] Chihaya**
*Taichi's learning stretches...*
**[11:24] Girl**
And so late at night...
**[11:25] Retro**
Tsk! He really never misses
a trick, does he?!
**[11:28] Chihaya**
Retro-kun!
**[11:29] Retro**
He's even trying to learn Fujisaki's
traditional physical training!
**[11:33] Retro**
He should be more full of
himself and slack off!
**[11:35] Retro**
Slack off... Slack off... Slack off...
**[11:37] Chihaya**
I don't usually see you cursing
people like that, Retro-kun.
**[11:40] Retro**
Why wouldn't I want to curse him?!
**[11:42] Retro**
He won all seven of his matches today!
**[11:44] Chihaya**
Huh? He did?
**[11:46] Chihaya**
Wow, Taichi's doing great!
**[11:47] Retro**
Don't be too confident.
You're in danger yourself.
**[11:51] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[11:51] Chihaya**
What're you talking about, Retro-kun?
**[11:53] Chihaya**
I almost always beat Taichi.
**[11:56] Retro**
You've never played him in
an official match, have you?
**[11:58] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[12:01] Retro**
This occurred to me at
the summer tournament...
**[12:04] Retro**
I think Mashima plays better
when you're not with him.
**[12:09] Chihaya**
What?
**[12:10] Hyuga**
Let's call it a night.
**[12:12] Taichi**
I want to commit this to muscle memory
a little more before I go.
**[12:17] Chihaya**
* I'm pretty sure I don't*
* understand anything yet.*
**[12:22] Chihaya**
*Not even about Taichi.*
**[12:25] Nishida**
What? Kana-chan left?!
***SIGN*** Well, she lives really close to here...
**[12:31] Nishida**
That's not what training camps are about!
**[12:34] Nishida**
Tests of courage! Fireworks! Pillow fights!
**[12:36] Nishida**
I wanted to have a sleepover with Kana-chan!
**[12:37] Kitano**
Shut up, Yusei! Rub my shoulders!
**[12:40] Nishida**
I should've gone to Fujisaki's camp.
**[12:43] Kanade**
*Prez, you can leave the others to me!*
**[12:46] Kanade**
*Good luck with Chihaya-chan!*
**[12:50] Kanade**
*It's summer, after all!*
**[12:52] Sakura**
You there! Run!
**[12:53] Sakura**
You should be running on
a gentle slope like this!
**[12:56] Chihaya**
*I thought she said "mountain climbing"!*
**[12:58] Chihaya**
*This is straight-up mountain running!*
**[13:02] Retro**
What the heck is all this?
**[13:04] Chihaya**
No wonder the Fujisaki players
are built so strong.
**[13:08] Chihaya**
H-Huh?
**[13:09] Retro**
This doesn't seem to be
bothering Mashima at all...
**[13:12] Retro**
Curse him!
**[13:13] Retro**
Curse him for being a former soccer player!
**[13:18] Sakura**
We only have until the evening today,
so you'll be playing four matches.
**[13:21] Sakura**
I've prepared a match lineup. It'll be
posted with your first three match-ups.
**[13:25] Sakura**
Your results in those three will
decide your opponent for the fourth.
**[13:28] Sakura**
Sit at the number assigned to you.
**[13:30] Chihaya**
*Oh, my first match is with Yama-chan.*
***SIGN*** Second Match (13:00) 1 Ayase vs. Yamashiro
***SIGN*** Third Match (14:30) Ayase vs. Yamashiro
***SIGN*** Dunnn
**[13:39] Chihaya**
*Ayase versus Yamashiro for three matches?!*
**[13:41] Rion**
* No... I can't make it through*
* three matches with Ayase-san!*
**[13:45] Rion**
*My knees are already aching...*
**[13:48] Chihaya**
Yama-chan! Let's have some good games!
**[13:52] Sakura**
* This is hopeless.*
* She's already in flight mode.*
***SIGN*** Tremble Tremble
**[13:55] Sakura**
* But I'm still making you*
* play her three times.*
**[13:58] Sakura**
* Rion lacks stamina and*
* an attachment to karuta.*
**[14:03] Sakura**
* Even if Ayase-san can only play left-handed,*
* playing her will be worth it.*
**[14:07] Chihaya**
Coach Sakurazawa is amazing, isn't she?
**[14:09] Rion**
Huh?
**[14:10] Chihaya**
I mean, having us play each other
three times in a row?
**[14:13] Chihaya**
That means we're practicing
for the Queen match!
***SIGN*** Gush
**[14:18] Sakura**
*She's too optimistic!*
**[14:20] Sakura**
*She has a permanent hot spring in her heart!*
**[14:24] Rion**
I'm not trying to become
the Queen or anything.
**[14:28] Chihaya**
What? But you're so good.
**[14:30] Guy**
Begin memorization time.
***SIGN*** First Match
**[14:33] [POEM] Girl**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[14:41] [POEM] Girl**
When I must hide...
**[14:45] Chihaya**
* Yama-chan is fast on all*
* of my best poems, too.*
**[14:48] Chihaya**
*Her arm moves in a straight line, and fast.*
**[14:51] Chihaya**
*My left hand...*
**[14:53] Chihaya**
*still feels heavy.*
**[14:55] Chihaya**
*Too slow!*
**[14:56] Chihaya**
* Yama-chan's arm speed*
* will beat mine for sure!*
**[15:00] Chihaya**
*But...*
**[15:02] [POEM] Girl**
Rain takes longer...
**[15:04] Chihaya**
*I have to...*
**[15:06] Chihaya**
*make this match worthwhile!*
**[15:08] [POEM] Girl**
leaving a hovering mist
above the trees and grass
**[15:13] Chihaya**
*What does it mean to have good game sense?*
**[15:16] Chihaya**
* Knowing the sounds leading up*
* to the first syllable?*
**[15:21] Chihaya**
*What are we listening for?*
**[15:26] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[15:27] Sakura**
You have until 1 PM to finish lunch.
The second match will begin right afterward.
**[15:30] Chihaya**
*I lost big... That was hardly even a game.*
**[15:33] Chihaya**
* But the card differential isn't the point!*
* What game sense means...*
**[15:41] Rion**
Ayase-san, you need to eat lunch!
**[15:43] Rion**
Ayase-san!
**[15:44] Hyuga**
Mashima-kun, let me take you
to a great convenience store.
**[15:47] Hyuga**
Cheers!
**[15:50] Chihaya**
Thanks for waking me up, Yama-chan.
**[15:53] Chihaya**
And for sharing your rice balls with me.
**[15:55] Rion**
It's fine. I have plenty of lunch.
***SIGN*** Shrimp mayo Spam Plum paste & okaka Beef tongue Cheese & ground meat Salmon roe Eel Fried chicken Tuna & onion
***SIGN*** Beef rib & salty sauce Meatball Bacon Boiled egg Grilled cod roe Salmon Wasabi soy sauce
**[16:00] Chihaya**
You're going to eat all those?!
**[16:02] Chihaya**
Both levels?!
**[16:03] Chihaya**
When you're so skinny?
And you hate exercising?!
**[16:11] (Flashback) Grandma**
Rion.
***SIGN*** Landowner
**[16:12] (Flashback) Grandma**
You can have some of my rice,
**[16:14] (Flashback) Grandma**
so please continue to play
karuta in my karuta society.
***SIGN*** Rice
**[16:18] (Flashback) Rion**
Okay, Grandma!
***SIGN*** Thanks, Mom... Sniffle...
***SIGN*** Heavy
**[16:21] Chihaya**
Y-You kept playing karuta for the rice?
**[16:24] Rion**
In my family, rice problems are a big deal.
***SIGN*** Rice Specialist
**[16:27] Rion**
I don't care about being the Queen.
**[16:31] Rion**
But when I came to Fujisaki, I ended up
becoming the club's vice president.
**[16:36] (Flashback) Sakura**
It's on you to make sure that we don't
lose a single match next summer.
**[16:41] Rion**
I won't lose in next year's
High School Championship.
**[16:53] Chihaya**
Yama-chan...
**[16:55] Chihaya**
What do you think it means
to have "good game sense"?
**[17:01] Chihaya**
I want to play formidable opponents and win,
**[17:06] Chihaya**
but I feel like I'm still just taking cards
without any rhyme or reason.
**[17:14] Rion**
I don't know anything about that.
**[17:17] Rion**
It's 1 PM.
***SIGN*** Second Match
**[17:22] [POEM] Guy**
So spring ends...
**[17:24] [POEM] Guy**
While it may be...
**[17:29] Chihaya**
*The reader isn't very good.*
**[17:31] Chihaya**
* I can tell it's throwing off*
* Yama-chan's focus.*
**[17:34] Chihaya**
*Coach Sakurazawa has been deliberately*
**[17:36] Chihaya**
* picking different types of readers*
* since yesterday...*
**[17:38] [POEM] Guy**
Like a boatsman...
**[17:42] Rion**
*She keeps getting faster.*
**[17:45] Rion**
* She's starting to master*
* using her left hand.*
**[17:48] Rion**
*But what good will that do?*
**[17:50] Chihaya**
* "Even if I'm hurt, I don't*
* want to stop playing karuta!"*
**[17:53] Chihaya**
*"And if I'm going to play, I want to win!"*
**[17:56] Rion**
*How can she be so greedy?*
**[17:59] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[18:01] Chihaya**
*But I still lost by nine! Crap!*
***SIGN*** Third Match
**[18:13] [POEM] Girl**
May it be that...
**[18:16] Chihaya**
*Yikes... I almost bit on a dead card.*
**[18:19] Chihaya**
* I went where the card was*
* in the second match.*
**[18:21] [POEM] Girl**
The fall paddy shacks...
**[18:23] Chihaya**
*A fault!*
**[18:25] Chihaya**
* So this is what it's like to play*
* the same person three times.*
**[18:29] Chihaya**
* Her card placements are similar,*
* which confuses my memory.*
**[18:33] Chihaya**
* I remember the previous match's*
* layout and mess up.*
**[18:35] Chihaya**
* I start feeling tired*
* by the third match, too.*
**[18:39] Chihaya**
* And my knees are killing me*
* from going after cards.*
**[18:42] Chihaya**
*But I have to focus. Focus!*
**[18:50] Sakura**
I never give advice during a match,
**[18:54] Sakura**
but just one thing...
**[18:58] Sakura**
Maintain your posture.
**[19:00] Sakura**
All Masters and Queens throughout history
have had good posture.
**[19:04] Sakura**
They've all had truly beautiful form.
**[19:09] Sakura**
Rather than taking cards by speed,
do it with grace in your natural form.
**[19:13] Sakura**
Be able to do that,
no matter how tired you are.
**[19:18] Sakura**
Sorry. Go ahead.
**[19:21] Rion**
* Coach Sakurazawa used Masters*
* and Queens as a reference...*
**[19:26] Rion**
* She's never given any of us*
* advice like that.*
**[19:30] Rion**
*Is it because it's Ayase-san?*
**[19:34] Chihaya**
*Posture...*
**[19:36] Chihaya**
*Of course... My posture!*
**[19:39] Chihaya**
* My back was bent, and that was*
* making it hard to breathe.*
**[19:43] Chihaya**
* Stay in my natural form,*
* and keep it graceful...*
**[19:49] Chihaya**
*Oh... It's just like Kana-chan always said.*
**[19:54] [POEM] Girl**
The sky may hold...
**[19:58] [POEM] Girl**
A house left to the weeds...
**[20:02] Sakura**
* I just gave advice about posture,*
* and Rion's still so haphazard.*
**[20:07] Sakura**
*Interesting.*
**[20:09] Sakura**
*I'm sure you don't know it yet,*
**[20:12] Sakura**
*but the ability to change is an asset.*
**[20:15] Both**
*Thank you very much.*
***SIGN*** Agonizes over the defeat
with good posture
**[20:19] Chihaya**
*But I still lost by seven!*
***SIGN*** Ugh, three losses in a row
**[20:21] Rion**
For me...
**[20:22] Rion**
It's different when my grandma is reading...
**[20:27] Rion**
but when regular people are reading,
**[20:29] Rion**
I think I listen for whether
the sound is high or low.
**[20:32] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[20:33] Rion**
The pitch of the sound right
before the unique syllable...
**[20:37] Chihaya**
The... pitch...
**[20:40] Chihaya**
* When the misty bridge...*
* When I must hide...*
**[20:42] Chihaya**
*Would the mountain... Would this old...*
**[20:44] Chihaya**
*Feel sorrow wash... Feel love deepen...*
**[20:45] Chihaya**
*Like the sound... Like a boatsman...*
**[20:47] Chihaya**
*Since I could not... Since the dew...*
**[20:49] Chihaya**
* There's a difference*
* when they're read out loud?*
**[20:53] Chihaya**
*I think I can grasp it!*
**[20:57] Sakura**
Check the lineup for the fourth match,
then take your seats.
**[21:00] Sakura**
We're behind schedule, so be quick!
**[21:03] Chihaya**
Between "As this" and "As I,"
which has a higher pitch, Yama-chan?
**[21:05] Rion**
I don't know!
**[21:07] Rion**
Jeez, I shouldn't have given
you those rice balls!
**[21:09] Rion**
I'm so hungry!
**[21:11] Taichi**
Chihaya.
**[21:11] Chihaya**
Oh, Taichi. What's up?
**[21:13] Taichi**
We're playing.
**[21:17] Sakura**
We'll begin as soon as
that clock hits 4.
**[21:23] Retro**
* I think Mashima plays better*
* when you're not with him.*
**[21:31] Taichi**
Chihaya, why aren't you sitting down?
**[21:34] Taichi**
I know you're tired.
**[21:37] Chihaya**
Hey! Why'd you get up?
**[21:39] Taichi**
I can't sit while a girl is standing.
**[21:42] Chihaya**
What're you talking about?
There are tons of empty seats!
**[21:45] Chihaya**
I don't get you!
**[21:46] Chihaya**
Just because you won? I don't get you!
**[21:51] Chihaya**
*Taichi...*
**[21:53] Chihaya**
*was like a different person.*
**[21:58] Taichi**
I hope your right hand is better soon.
**[22:02] Taichi**
This fall, I'm gonna beat you playing
right-handed in an official match.
***SIGN*** Hot!
**[22:14] Rion**
Coach Sakurazawa,
**[22:15] Rion**
why did you put the Mizusawa players
together in the last match?
**[22:19] Rion**
They're from the same school,
so they can play each other anytime.
**[22:23] Sakura**
Mashima-kun won every match
he played at this camp.
**[22:25] Sakura**
No other players were a match for him.
**[22:28] Rion**
But Ayase-san was playing left-handed,
**[22:30] Rion**
and she was really tired...
**[22:33] Sakura**
He seems like he could make vast strides
with just a little more confidence.
**[22:37] Sakura**
And I think...
**[22:39] Sakura**
there's a kind of confidence
only Ayase-san can give him.
# E2 - The hazed early dawn light comes not from the moon
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***SIGN*** September
Fukui Prefecture
Fujioka East High School
**[00:01] Principal**
Track team third-year, Takeuchi Makoto-kun.
**[00:05] Principal**
Congratulations on placing fifth
**[00:07] Principal**
in the 5,000 meter race at
the national tournament.
**[00:09] Principal**
Second-year, Wataya Arata-kun.
**[00:11] Principal**
Congratulations on winning the
individual Class A tournament
**[00:13] Principal**
at the National High School
Karuta Championship.
**[00:19] Arata**
Um...
**[00:21] Principal**
What is it?
**[00:22] Arata**
Oh, uh...
***SIGN*** Need this?
**[00:26] Arata**
Um...
***SIGN*** What?
**[00:29] Arata**
U-Um...
***SIGN*** Wh— What?
**[00:31] Arata**
N-Never mind.
***SIGN*** What?!
***SIGN*** Y-You can do it!
**[00:40] Arata**
N-Next year, I'd really like to play
in the team tournament at Nationals.
**[00:45] Arata**
So if anyone is interested
in competitive karuta,
**[00:47] Arata**
p-please come talk to me.
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Verse 2
***SIGN*** The hazed
early dawn
light comes
not from
the moon
**[02:03] Arata**
*I said it... I went and said it!*
**[02:05] Arata**
*I'm so done!*
**[02:07] Yuu**
What the heck brought this on?
**[02:09] Yuu**
Even your ears are red.
**[02:11] Arata**
Yuu...
**[02:12] Yuu**
I thought you weren't big on
dragging people into karuta.
**[02:15] Arata**
You played karuta through
grade school, right?
**[02:18] Yuu**
Nope! Not happening!
**[02:20] Yuu**
It's summer of our second year.
We'll be exam students soon.
**[02:22] Yuu**
Seriously, what's gotten into you?
**[02:29] Arata**
* Our world of karuta can only grow because of*
* team players who keep the game alive, right?*
**[02:37] Arata**
*How far can I really go alone?*
**[02:41] Guy**
Wataya-kun, I wanted to talk to you
about competitive karuta.
**[02:44] Arata**
What? Y-You play?
**[02:45] Guy**
My grandma's been bugging me
about playing it with her.
**[02:50] Guy**
Could you refer me to
the karuta society you're in?
***SIGN*** To keep her sharp
**[02:52] Arata**
This is the building where we play.
**[02:57] Kanno**
I'm the PE teacher, Kanno!
**[02:59] Kanno**
Wataya-kun, play a game with me!
**[03:02] Kanno**
I haven't played since I won the college
championship fifteen years ago,
**[03:07] Kanno**
but naturally, I play Class A karuta!
**[03:09] Arata**
I'd be glad to play anytime.
**[03:11] Girl**
Wataya-kun! My older brother sometimes
says he wants to play karuta again!
**[03:16] Guy**
My mom's a ranked player.
**[03:18] Guy**
I think my little sister
will want to play, too.
**[03:20] Girl**
My grandpa teaches karuta
at the community center!
**[03:20] Arata**
*A-Aren't there any* students *at this
school who want to play karuta?*
**[03:28] Arata**
*I guess I'm being pretty greedy,*
**[03:31] Arata**
*wanting to play against their team.*
**[03:35] Arata**
*But still...*
**[03:37] Arata**
* It might be hard to build*
* a high school team,*
**[03:40] Arata**
*but I can generate interest in karuta.*
**[03:44] Arata**
*This is Fukui.*
***SIGN*** September
Tokyo
Mizusawa High School
**[03:50] Fuku**
While you all must be sick of these by now,
**[03:53] Fuku**
I'm sure you've been thinking
this through over summer break,
***SIGN*** Fourth Future Plans Questionnaire Year 2 Class ___ Name ___________ College Department/Course Reasons
***SIGN*** First Choice Second Choice Third Choice
**[03:57] Fuku**
so fill out your future plans questionnaire
with realistic goals and turn them in.
**[04:04] Michiru**
Chi-chan, aren't you going to
put down "Queen" this time?
**[04:07] Chihaya**
Michiru-chan!
**[04:09] Michiru**
Oh, that's right.
***SIGN*** Kyo-Oshiroi Blotting Paper
**[04:10] Michiru**
Here, souvenir from my family trip.
**[04:13] Chihaya**
Thanks...
**[04:14] Chihaya**
Kyoto? Why'd you go there when
that's where our class trip is going to be?
**[04:18] Michiru**
To prepare.
***SIGN*** Traveling in Kyoto
Golden Scenery
**[04:19] Michiru**
I checked out everything I could in order to
make our class's free time a fun time!
**[04:24] All**
Horikawa!
**[04:25] Guy**
You should run for student council president!
**[04:27] Guy**
You're such a good class trip
committee member!
***SIGN*** Michiru-chan, you're amazing
**[04:30] Guy**
I know it's because of you that
we got USJ added to the itinerary!
**[04:33] Michiru**
I came up with
the perfect spot for you, too.
**[04:40] Chihaya**
*The autumn of our class trip,*
**[04:42] Chihaya**
*and an autumn of karuta.*
**[04:46] Kanade**
*Strange...*
**[04:48] Kanade**
* I thought they would've made*
* some kind of progress*
***SIGN*** Something like this...
**[04:50] Kanade**
* after spending a night and two days*
* at Fujisaki's karuta camp...*
**[04:56] Kanade**
* But the only thing that's grown*
* stronger is their rivalry.*
**[04:59] Chihaya**
That one was mine!
**[05:00] Taichi**
No, it was mine!
***SIGN*** Olympics
**[05:02] Kanade**
* Chihaya-chan giving her all*
* in practice is nothing new.*
**[05:05] Kanade**
*What's changed is...*
**[05:09] Chihaya**
*Taichi has changed.*
**[05:13] Chihaya**
*His memorization was always super accurate,*
**[05:15] Chihaya**
* but it's made him even*
* sharper in the second half.*
**[05:18] Taichi**
*I'll win. I can win.*
**[05:21] Taichi**
*How much of a gap should I aim for?*
**[05:23] Taichi**
* Should I go for Chihaya's*
* one-syllable cards?*
**[05:26] Chihaya**
*Above all...*
**[05:28] Chihaya**
* It's gotten hard to win*
* with my left hand.*
**[05:32] Nishida**
*Wow...*
**[05:33] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[05:37] Chihaya**
One more game, Taichi!
**[05:39] Nishida**
No way, Ayase!
**[05:41] Nishida**
Play me next, Mashima!
***SIGN*** Why you? He's playing me! Stick to the order!
**[05:44] Nishida**
The Master qualifiers are coming up!
**[05:46] Nishida**
You only just made Class B, so sit down!
***SIGN*** Snap!
***SIGN*** Th-That may be so,
***SIGN*** but if I win a tournament somewhere by October, I'll reach Class A!
**[05:56] Nishida**
Don't be naive! Class B isn't that easy!
**[05:59] Kanade**
* Winning the individual tournament*
* at the Nationals—*
**[06:02] Kanade**
*going through an entire day undefeated—*
**[06:05] Kanade**
*can really change a person, huh?*
***SIGN*** It's not impossible! I'll show you!
**[06:10] Tsukuba**
If I win two tournaments somewhere by October,
**[06:13] Tsukuba**
I'll reach Class A, too.
**[06:17] Tsukuba**
And then come the Master qualifiers...
***SIGN*** He hasn't changed...
In fact, he's worse...
**[06:22] Taichi**
Chihaya, you should stop
playing with your left hand.
**[06:25] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[06:25] Taichi**
You don't want to
get too comfortable with it.
**[06:27] Taichi**
Go back to your right hand.
**[06:29] Chihaya**
But I'm not allowed to take off
the taping yet...
**[06:32] Taichi**
You can still hold down cards to take them.
**[06:34] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[06:34] Taichi**
Hanano-san.
**[06:35] Taichi**
You'll play Chihaya next.
**[06:40] [POEM] Tsukuba**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[06:41] Chihaya**
* Frankly, I don't think playing*
* Hanano-san will help me.*
**[06:44] Chihaya**
*The Queen qualifiers are coming up, too...*
**[06:48] [POEM] Tsukuba**
So spring ends...
**[06:52] Sumire**
Does your right hand hurt, Ayase-senpai?
**[06:55] Chihaya**
Huh? No.
**[06:57] Sumire**
Then go on the attack.
**[06:59] Sumire**
I'm not going to stay in
Class D forever, either!
**[07:02] Sumire**
I'll win more in the next tournament!
**[07:05] (Flashback) Sumire**
I'm not too interested in karuta,
**[07:08] (Flashback) Sumire**
but I'm willing to work hard for love.
**[07:11] Chihaya**
*Even Hanano-san is...*
**[07:15] Sumire**
* If Mashima-senpai is focused*
* more than ever on karuta,*
**[07:18] Sumire**
*then I have to do the same.*
**[07:20] Sumire**
*I have to get on his radar!*
**[07:22] Sumire**
*I have to see what he's seeing!*
**[07:25] Chihaya**
*...taking karuta seriously.*
**[07:29] Kanade**
* Three players in Class A*
* and one in Class B...*
**[07:32] Kanade**
* That should be more than enough for*
* any high school karuta club, but...*
**[07:38] Kanade**
*I have to strive for Class B, too!*
**[07:42] Miyauchi**
Everyone! I have terrible news!
***SIGN*** 21 59th Master/57th Queen East Japan Qualifiers 21 59th Master/57th Queen West Japan Qualifiers
**[07:48] Taichi**
What?!
**[07:50] Taichi**
The Master and Queen qualifiers overlap
with the dates of our class trip!
***SIGN*** Mizusawa High School Second-Year Class Trip Schedule
October 20-23
**[07:54] Taichi**
Why is it on the 21st?!
It's usually a week earlier!
***SIGN*** I hadn't kept an eye out for this!
**[07:59] Nishida**
Which are we supposed to do?!
**[08:01] Miyauchi**
You will not be permitted
to skip the class trip!
**[08:06] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Let's play karuta again!
**[08:08] (Flashback) Shinobu**
When?
**[08:09] (Flashback) Chihaya**
The Queen match!
**[08:11] (Flashback) Michiru**
When we go to Kyoto, let's wear
junihitoe together at Shigureden.
**[08:18] Girl**
Cafeteria today?
**[08:19] Guy**
I brought my lunch.
**[08:19] Girl**
Can I see your notes?
**[08:25] Chihaya**
* In last year's High School Championship,*
* I passed out and had to withdraw.*
**[08:27] Chihaya**
* This year I got hurt, then had surgery,*
* and still can't use my right hand.*
**[08:31] Chihaya**
* I was sure I'd be back in*
* the game by October, but now...*
**[08:34] Chihaya**
*Does the god of karuta hate me?*
**[08:38] Kanade**
*It's no surprise she's upset.*
**[08:47] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan, when you take off
your shoes, line them up properly!
**[08:50] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[08:50] Chihaya**
Oh, sorry...
**[08:51] Kanade**
Did you know that I've been straightening
out everyone's shoes all this time
**[08:55] Kanade**
without saying anything?
**[08:56] Chihaya**
Yeah... Thanks.
**[08:57] Kanade**
It's because, when I was little,
my mother told me
**[09:00] Kanade**
that straightening out other people's shoes
**[09:03] Kanade**
would bring me one instance of good luck.
**[09:05] Kanade**
After a year and a half straightening
out the shoes of everyone in the club,
**[09:10] Kanade**
I've amassed so much good luck that
**[09:13] Kanade**
I probably have ten times as
much luck in savings as you do!
**[09:16] Chihaya**
L-Luck in savings?!
**[09:19] Chihaya**
I'll straighten them!
I'll get some good luck!
**[09:22] Chihaya**
I was just thinking I didn't have any!
**[09:25] Kanade**
Don't put your hands on a white wall.
**[09:27] Kanade**
Don't step on the edge of a tatami mat.
**[09:30] Kanade**
I love the idea of small actions
building up good fortune.
**[09:34] Kanade**
When you're lost, why not think about
what you want to build up within yourself
**[09:39] Kanade**
and try making decisions that way?
**[09:44] Kanade**
Well, I'll see you after school, Chihaya-chan.
**[09:46] Chihaya**
Sure...
**[09:49] Kanade**
*Since I put it that way,*
**[09:51] Kanade**
* she might end up choosing*
* the Queen match over the class trip.*
**[09:56] Kanade**
*I would miss her,*
***SIGN*** Mizusawa High School Second-Year Class Trip Schedule October 20-23
***SIGN*** 21 59th Master/57th Queen East Japan Qualifiers 21 59th Master/57th Queen West Japan Qualifiers
**[10:00] Kanade**
* but if that's what Chihaya-chan*
* wants to build up...*
**[10:06] Guy**
What the heck, Nitta? This is hilarious!
**[10:08] Guy**
"There is a map of life.
***SIGN*** Class 2-9 Classical Literature Special Summer Break Assignment: 20 Poems
**[10:10] Guy**
It is not sold at Tsutaya. I cry."
**[10:12] Guy**
"I cry"? Really?!
**[10:14] Nitta**
What's wrong with it?!
**[10:14] Guy**
"I drown in idols, and then, a bog of you.
**[10:17] Guy**
This sea reminds me that I can't swim."
**[10:19] Guy**
Hey, Haruno, did you go to
the beach with your girlfriend?
**[10:22] Haruno**
N-No, I didn't!
**[10:22] Nishida**
"The magpie brought that voice to me.
**[10:25] Nishida**
It will be my good luck charm for karuta."
**[10:27] Nishida**
Even your poems are about karuta?
**[10:29] Guy**
"Why don't my jeans from last year fit?
**[10:32] Guy**
I know my legs have not grown longer."
**[10:34] Guy**
What a dumb poem!
**[10:36] Fuku**
Those of you laughing are the ones
who were not included in our 20 Poems.
**[10:43] Fuku**
How fortunate you are.
**[10:44] Fuku**
Now, to those who took this
poetry assignment seriously
**[10:49] Fuku**
and those who are laughing
at them, I say this:
**[10:53] Fuku**
Learn the pain of creating something.
**[10:57] Fuku**
And once you've learned it,
resolve yourself to show lenience to others.
**[11:01] Fuku**
In poetry, in literature... in everything.
**[11:09] Guy**
H-Hey, Mr. Fukusaku!
Whose secondhand saying is that?
**[11:14] Fuku**
Oh, it's something a former university
teacher of mine often said.
**[11:17] Guy**
I figured!
**[11:19] Guy**
You should come up with
some original material for once.
**[11:21] Fuku**
Original material, eh?
I don't have too much of that...
**[11:26] Guy**
And you call yourself a Japanese teacher?
**[11:28] Girl**
Good luck in retired life!
**[11:30] Fuku**
Still, in my mind...
**[11:34] Fuku**
The words of the many who came before me
**[11:36] Fuku**
are the treasures I have
inherited over the years.
**[11:39] Fuku**
And to pass them along to all of you,
**[11:42] Fuku**
to sell them secondhand...
**[11:44] Fuku**
is why I became a teacher.
**[11:55] Doctor**
It shouldn't cause you any more pain.
**[11:57] Doctor**
You can use your right hand now.
**[12:11] Chihaya**
*Finally...*
**[12:13] Chihaya**
* I can finally play karuta*
* with my right hand!*
**[12:23] Tsukuba**
*Ayase-senpai really is amazing...*
***SIGN*** Round Table
**[12:25] Nishida**
* But she's lacking the boldness*
* she had before.*
**[12:29] Nishida**
* She couldn't use her right hand*
* for two months,*
**[12:31] Nishida**
*so I guess it makes sense...*
**[12:32] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[12:34] Chihaya**
Come on, Taichi! Take this seriously!
**[12:36] Taichi**
Uh, but... your hand's barely recovered.
**[12:39] Taichi**
What if you hit it and end up hurt again?
**[12:42] Chihaya**
It'll be fine! I've got spirit!
***SIGN*** Her "spirit"...
**[12:49] Kanade**
She never talks about the class trip.
**[12:52] Kanade**
I wonder what she's going to do
about the East Japan Qualifiers.
**[12:54] Chihaya**
Kana-chan.
**[12:56] Chihaya**
I'd like to wear a hakama
in the Yoshino Tournament.
**[12:59] Chihaya**
Could you help me put it on?
**[13:02] Taichi**
*The Yoshino Tournament...*
**[13:05] Taichi**
*A tournament for Class A and B players only,*
**[13:08] Taichi**
* held right before the Master*
* and Queen qualifiers.*
**[13:11] Taichi**
* Strong players from*
* all over Japan will be there.*
**[13:14] Taichi**
*Arata's sure to be in it, too.*
**[13:18] Kanade**
O-Of course! We'll lend you
our newest hakama!
**[13:22] Chihaya**
Oh, I don't need a hakama.
**[13:23] Kanade**
That's right. You bought one from us.
**[13:26] Chihaya**
Yeah.
**[13:28] Chihaya**
I need to get better at playing in a hakama.
**[13:32] All**
*I can see it...*
**[13:34] Taichi**
*I can see her boycotting the class trip*
**[13:38] Taichi**
*to be in the East Japan Qualifiers.*
**[13:41] Miyauchi**
I'm worried...
**[13:43] (Flashback) Miyauchi**
Ayase-san, you will go on
the class trip, right?
**[13:47] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I'm getting ready!
**[13:48] Miyauchi**
For which one?!
**[13:49] Miyauchi**
I'll be in big trouble if only members
of the karuta club skip the trip...
**[13:53] Fuku**
Ms. Miyauchi, Ms. Miyauchi.
**[13:58] Fuku**
No one but the student's homeroom
teacher is supposed to see these,
**[14:02] Fuku**
but as her former homeroom teacher
and karuta adviser, I think you can.
**[14:05] Miyauchi**
A future plans questionnaire?
***SIGN*** Fourth Future Plans Questionnaire Name: Ayase Chihaya
How do I become...
***SIGN*** October
***SIGN*** Kawaguchi Comprehensive
Cultural Center
***SIGN*** Yoshino Tournament
***SIGN*** Class A: 70 players
Class B: 75 players
**[14:20] Kuri**
The Fukui Nagumo Society has shown you all
the kind of growth no one's seen in years!
***SIGN*** They got matching T-shirts this year
**[14:23] Kuri**
Let's mow down East Japan's karuta
societies as the leaders of West Japan!
**[14:30] Harada**
My Shiranami Society has grown as well.
***SIGN*** A karuta society earns points when their members place well
**[14:33] Harada**
Not only will we win,
but we'll also take home tons of points!
***SIGN*** Playing in Class B
**[14:37] Kitano**
You're both fools! The Suihoku Society's
gonna take it all this year!
**[14:41] Mochida**
Don't worry, guys! I'll get us started!
**[14:44] Sudo**
You can sleep, Coach.
**[14:45] Sakura**
Why are you here, Makoto?
Don't you have exams to prep for?
***SIGN*** Made Class A
with two runner-up
finishes in Class B
**[14:48] Makoto**
Er, I heard that Cheers and Rion were
the only ones here from our school...
***SIGN*** The two of us are enough!
**[14:52] Lady**
Oh, how pretty!
**[14:54] Lady**
She looks cute!
**[14:56] Lady**
I guess it's not just the management
that wears hakamas.
**[14:59] Kanade**
You look beautiful, Chihaya-chan!
**[15:00] Mom**
They're even letting us set out
Oe Traditional Clothing pamphlets.
***SIGN*** Oe Traditional Clothing
***SIGN*** Celebrating 120 years thanks to our customers
**[15:04] Mom**
Isn't it wonderful?
**[15:05] Sumire**
Mashima-senpai, this is for you!
***SIGN*** Propolis Royal Jelly Miracle Super Energy Drink
**[15:08] Taichi**
Oh, thanks.
**[15:09] Sumire**
Good luck!
**[15:11] Taichi**
*She's looking out for me, in her own way.*
**[15:14] Harada**
We finally get to play
in the same tournament!
**[15:17] Harada**
I've waited so long!
**[15:19] Harada**
Remember what I said?
An individual match is a team match,
**[15:22] Harada**
and a team match is an individual match.
**[15:23] Harada**
Let's prove that to everyone together!
**[15:26] Harada**
Together, we will clobber
every other karuta society in Japan!
**[15:31] Harada**
That reminds me!
I heard about your class trip.
**[15:34] Harada**
That bad luck of yours
really runs deep, Eyelashes.
**[15:40] Harada**
But there's no need to rush.
**[15:42] Harada**
In all things, you kids
are just getting started.
**[15:47] Harada**
Welcome to the world of Class A.
**[15:56] Chihaya**
I knew it was you, Arata!
Did you say something?!
**[15:58] Arata**
Er, no...
**[15:59] Chihaya**
You did, didn't you?
**[16:00] Arata**
N-No, I didn't...
**[16:03] Chihaya**
Badmouthing me?
**[16:04] Arata**
No!
**[16:05] Arata**
Y...
**[16:08] Arata**
You look... pretty in that hakama...
**[16:17] Chihaya**
I'm going to win every game
today in this hakama.
**[16:25] Arata**
You'd better not lose.
**[16:30] Sudo**
Hilarious.
**[16:32] Sudo**
These mixed-gender tournaments
where men and women play each other
**[16:35] Sudo**
are much tougher than the Master
and Queen matches and qualifiers.
**[16:38] Chihaya**
I'll still win!
**[16:40] Sudo**
Oh? Wanna bet?
**[16:41] Chihaya**
Yeah!
**[16:41] Taichi**
No betting, idiot!
**[16:43] Sudo**
Don't run away, club president of
the school that won the Nationals!
**[16:48] Sudo**
You'll do, too.
**[16:50] Sudo**
Whichever one of us loses first has to skip
the Master qualifiers in two weeks.
**[16:57] Taichi**
Fine.
**[16:58] Sudo**
Good.
**[16:59] Nishida**
Not fair, Mashima!
**[17:01] Nishida**
You have the class trip then anyway!
**[17:05] Chihaya**
*In official tournaments,*
**[17:07] Chihaya**
* players from the same society are unlikely*
* to be drawn together until the latter rounds.*
**[17:11] Chihaya**
* I'm less likely to be drawn with Taichi*
* than with Arata or Sudo-san.*
***SIGN*** Yamai Makoto
12
Ayase Chihaya
***SIGN*** I get the feeling he hates me...
**[17:22] Chihaya**
*Take everything one step at a time.*
**[17:26] Chihaya**
*One win at a time.*
**[17:28] [POEM] Reader**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
***SIGN*** Wow, Ririka-chan's grown up...
***SIGN*** Yikes. The Queen runner-up...
**[17:36] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
***SIGN*** Two club presidents! It's the red thread of fate! Cheers!!
***SIGN*** Class B Room
**[17:43] Guy**
Things seem pretty relaxed
in the Class B room.
**[17:45] Guy**
I checked out the Class A room earlier,
and it was way more tense.
**[17:49] Guy**
I guess it would be,
with the Master qualifiers coming up.
**[17:54] Tsutomu**
*Attack... Target the opponent's left!*
**[17:58] Tsutomu**
*I know the weakness of right-handed players.*
**[18:01] Tsutomu**
* Target the center of his left side,*
* which he's less conscious of!*
***SIGN*** it is as though pearls have been strung across the autumn plain
**[18:11] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[18:18] Tsutomu**
* I should've known a Class B match*
* wouldn't be like Class C.*
**[18:23] Tsutomu**
*I lost by thirteen cards...*
**[18:25] Tsutomu**
* I'm glad everyone else went*
* to watch the Class A matches.*
**[18:29] Tsutomu**
* Of course I can't win after*
* I just made it to Class B.*
**[18:37] Tsutomu**
* No! I made up my mind that*
* I wouldn't think that way!*
**[18:40] Tsutomu**
*I can't do that! I can't do that!*
**[18:43] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
If I win a tournament somewhere
by October, I'll reach Class A!
**[18:48] Tsutomu**
*Class A...*
**[18:50] Tsutomu**
*Even if no one else took me seriously,*
**[18:52] Tsutomu**
*I had high hopes for myself!*
**[18:55] Tsutomu**
*Don't decide this was a matter of course!*
**[18:57] Tsutomu**
*Be mad! And analyze what happened!*
**[19:07] Kanade**
If you keep hitting yourself,
**[19:09] Kanade**
you'll hurt yourself, Desktomu-kun!
***SIGN*** H-How are the Class A matches going?
**[19:16] Kanade**
Uh... There are so many matches,
I didn't know who to root for.
***SIGN*** So you were watching the Class B matches the whole time?
**[19:27] Kanade**
You said you were going to win,
**[19:30] Kanade**
so I wanted to be there to see it.
**[19:37] Kanade**
But...
**[19:38] Kanade**
It looks like I'll get to Class B before that.
**[19:42] Kanade**
I'll catch up to you in no time!
**[19:45] Kanade**
Come on, let's go.
**[19:48] Tsutomu**
*I'm not the only one with high hopes for me.*
**[19:52] Kanade**
I bet it's getting pretty crazy
in the Class A room.
**[19:56] Tsutomu**
*I'm not the only one watching me.*
***SIGN*** My lack of practice due to studying for entrance exams showed...
**[20:00] Kanade**
Both Chihaya-chan and the Prez
won their matches!
***SIGN*** Amazing.
**[20:04] Kanade**
And Porky-kun...
***SIGN*** Nishida Yusei
20
Sudo Akito
**[20:08] Chihaya**
* The fiercest battle of all,*
* right in the first round:*
**[20:11] Chihaya**
*Porky-kun versus Sudo-san.*
**[20:14] Sudo**
* What's with this guy? I took a*
* ten-card lead in the first half.*
**[20:18] Kitano**
* Yusei's hanging in there!*
* He's sticking with it!*
**[20:21] Sudo**
*When I led him by twenty cards last year,*
**[20:24] Sudo**
* I was impressed that*
* he actually knew when to give up...*
**[20:28] Nishida**
*Don't give up. I can keep fighting.*
**[20:31] Nishida**
* I can keep struggling*
* until the very last card!*
**[20:35] Sudo**
* You've burned off enough fat*
* to pass for lean meat, huh?*
**[20:44] Sudo**
* Don't keep fighting when*
* you're going to lose.*
**[20:46] Sudo**
*You tired me out in the first match.*
**[20:51] Kitano**
*Yusei... you've grown so much!*
**[20:55] Nishida**
*Sudo-san is good. He'll be an obstacle.*
**[20:59] Nishida**
* He's going to be a major obstacle*
* for my teammates!*
**[21:04] Nishida**
* I couldn't win, but I wore*
* him down as much as I could.*
**[21:08] Nishida**
*One of my teammates is gonna win!*
**[21:11] Nishida**
*Just watch!*
**[21:13] (Flashback) Harada**
A team match is an individual match.
**[21:16] (Flashback) Harada**
An individual match is a team match.
**[21:19] Taichi**
*I always thought*
**[21:20] Taichi**
* individual matches were where*
* everyone fought on their own*
**[21:23] Taichi**
*just to try to raise their own levels...*
**[21:28] Taichi**
*But they're not.*
**[21:30] Taichi**
*Individual matches are the real team matches!*
# E3 - But from the crystal white snow of Yoshino
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6W4WD50R/but-from-the-crystal-white-snow-of-yoshino)
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**[00:00] [POEM] Reader**
...spring, now the flower blooms
***SIGN*** Yoshino
Tournament
***SIGN*** Round 2
***SIGN*** Registered Architects 1st Class License Course 31st National Competitive Karuta Tokyo Yoshino Tournament KK Modern Ballet Studio
**[00:05] Guy**
This year's competition is
way more heated than usual.
**[00:08] Guy**
We have all the big names,
but also youngsters on the rise.
**[00:11] Woman**
High schoolers sure are formidable.
**[00:14] Guy**
I wonder who's going to win.
**[00:15] Guy**
The Nagumo Society's gonna go places.
**[00:17] Guy**
Yeah, but the one drawing
the most attention is...
**[00:25] Guy**
Inokuma Haruka, grade 6,
**[00:27] Guy**
the former queen returning from maternity
leave, who once won four years in a row.
**[00:31] Guy**
And her eyes are still huge!
**[00:33] Guy**
Scary huge!
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
**[01:45] Haruka**
Aki! Jin!
**[01:47] Haruka**
Mommy won!
***SIGN*** Verse 3
***SIGN*** But from
the crystal
white
snow of
Yoshino
**[01:49] Haruka**
Sorry I had a little trouble.
**[01:50] Jin**
Mama! Mama!
**[01:51] Haruka**
Hungry, Jin?
**[01:53] Haruka**
Just a second...
**[01:56] Sakura**
It's impressive that you can play
karuta with a baby still nursing.
**[02:00] Haruka**
Sakurazawa-san!
**[02:02] Sakura**
You stopped wearing contacts?
**[02:03] Haruka**
I wasn't taking good care of them,
so the doctor said to stop.
**[02:07] Sakura**
You're breastfeeding now? Right here?
**[02:09] Haruka**
I manage surprisingly well with the kid.
**[02:11] Haruka**
I even feed him during my fifteen-minute
memorization time at practice.
**[02:15] Haruka**
Come on, Jin! Eat fast!
**[02:18] Haruka**
Guzzle it down!
**[02:21] Sakura**
It really takes passion
to come back to the game.
**[02:25] [POEM] Reader**
The fall wind parts the wispy clouds
**[02:29] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[02:38] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan, you won!
***SIGN*** It's lunchtime.
**[02:40] Nishida**
We've got chocolate.
**[02:41] Chihaya**
Thanks!
**[02:44] Kanade**
How'd the second round go?
**[02:46] Chihaya**
Well, he touched "While the"
when it was "While I"
**[02:49] Chihaya**
and didn't attack on "Would this,"
so it felt like I slid into the win.
**[02:51] Nishida**
Slid into it?
***SIGN*** How's your right hand?
**[02:55] Chihaya**
My right hand...
**[02:58] Nishida**
She fell asleep!
**[03:00] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan, you're going to fall!
***SIGN*** She always does this.
***SIGN*** Just let her sleep.
**[03:05] Nishida**
* Ayase's right hand isn't*
* back to full strength yet.*
**[03:09] Nishida**
* Her swings didn't have their*
* usual force and strength.*
**[03:12] Nishida**
* I guess that's to be expected*
* so soon after surgery.*
**[03:17] Kanade**
Where's President Mashima, anyway?
**[03:33] Arata**
What song is that?
**[03:35] Taichi**
A-Arata!
**[03:37] Arata**
Sorry to interrupt your break.
I heard you humming.
**[03:40] Taichi**
I-It's...
**[03:42] [SONG] ---**
Mizusawa High
School Song
Lyrics: Karuta Inochi
**[03:42] [SONG] ---**
1.
The bells ring in the streets of Mizuha
For this brilliant house of learning
Hope is far in the distance
We hold the will to win in our hearts
As Mizusawa High walks forth
2.
These days of vibrant beauty
With clear skies over this house of learning
Nurturing friendships that will last forever
So now we sing with pride
Of our alma mater, Mizusawa High
**[03:42] Taichi**
It's just our school song.
**[03:45] Arata**
I get it.
**[03:46] Taichi**
You do?!
**[03:48] Arata**
When you're playing multiple matches,
**[03:50] Arata**
you have to get creative
to reset your memory.
**[03:53] Arata**
I always do math exercises.
**[03:55] Taichi**
Y-Yeah?
**[03:57] Taichi**
What about memorization
during matches, then?
**[04:00] Arata**
Huh?
**[04:01] Taichi**
How do you do it?
**[04:03] Arata**
Well...
**[04:05] Arata**
Starting with the one-syllable cards,
I look over all 50 three or four times.
**[04:10] Arata**
The rest is predicting strategies—
**[04:12] Arata**
how the hands will move
and how the layout could change.
**[04:15] Taichi**
Exactly! The cards are in different
places by the end, right?
**[04:19] Arata**
Yep.
**[04:20] Arata**
So when they move,
**[04:21] Arata**
I forget the initial layout
and memorize the current one.
**[04:24] Taichi**
Huh?!
**[04:25] Taichi**
Y-You can actually do that?
**[04:27] Arata**
Yeah. When I try to update
what I've already memorized,
**[04:31] Arata**
I just get lost.
**[04:33] Taichi**
*Huh...*
**[04:35] Taichi**
*Oh, this feels weird...*
**[04:39] Taichi**
* There's so much I want*
* to talk to Arata about.*
**[04:43] Taichi**
*So many things... through karuta.*
**[04:47] Arata**
Taichi.
**[04:49] Arata**
You know, um... I mean...
**[04:53] Arata**
Was it hard to start a karuta club?
**[04:57] Taichi**
Huh?
**[04:58] Arata**
I talked to some people, and the Nagumo
Society gained some new members,
**[05:03] Arata**
but no one wants to play at school.
**[05:06] Arata**
I'd like to get at least five
members, like Mizusawa.
**[05:09] Arata**
If I could get four, or even just three,
we could play in team matches...
**[05:15] Taichi**
*Team matches?*
**[05:19] Taichi**
*He wants to play team matches, too?*
**[05:24] Taichi**
It was mostly Chihaya being so pushy
that brought our club together.
**[05:28] Taichi**
There was no trick to it.
**[05:30] Arata**
So it was Chihaya... Makes sense.
**[05:33] Arata**
Chihaya's pretty amazing.
**[05:37] Taichi**
I thought you were focusing
solely on a Master match.
**[05:43] Taichi**
Guess you're feeling confident.
**[05:49] Taichi**
*What's my problem?*
**[05:52] Taichi**
*What's my problem?*
**[05:58] Taichi**
*What is my problem?!*
**[06:05] Lady**
We will now decide the
third round match-ups.
**[06:08] Taichi**
*I can't get all worked up.*
**[06:10] Taichi**
* Think of all those ugly matches*
* where I lost to myself!*
**[06:15] Taichi**
*But it's no use.*
***SIGN*** Ichikawa Yuuna
***SIGN*** Mashima Taichi
**[06:20] Taichi**
* I don't think I could face Arata*
* in a match and not get worked up.*
**[06:26] Taichi**
*Individual matches may be team matches,*
**[06:29] Taichi**
*but I'm...*
**[06:30] Taichi**
*too preoccupied with my own issues.*
**[06:40] Miyauchi**
Hanano-san!
**[06:42] Miyauchi**
Sorry I'm late. How's everyone doing?
**[06:45] Sumire**
We're winning, Ms. Miyauchi!
**[06:46] Sumire**
The fourth round is next!
**[06:48] Nishida**
Ayase's not in peak form,
**[06:51] Nishida**
but she's somehow managing to squeak through.
**[06:53] Sumire**
Mashima-senpai's doing his best, too!
**[06:55] Nishida**
He's had unusually good
luck with his match-ups.
**[06:58] Miyauchi**
I see.
**[07:01] Lady**
We will be deciding the match-ups shortly.
**[07:04] Miyauchi**
Ms. Sakurazawa!
**[07:08] Miyauchi**
I hear you helped my students
during summer vacation.
**[07:11] Miyauchu**
I wanted to thank you.
**[07:13] Sakura**
No, I should thank you.
**[07:15] Sakura**
They're very promising students.
**[07:17] Sakura**
I learned a great deal from them.
**[07:19] Miyauchi**
If I may ask, you're an experienced
karuta player, correct?
**[07:24] Sakura**
Yes, that's right.
**[07:25] Miyauchi**
I'm embarrassed to admit it,
**[07:27] Miyauchi**
but this is my second year
as a karuta club adviser,
**[07:29] Miyauchi**
and I haven't even memorized
the hundred poems.
**[07:32] Miyauchi**
I'm more scientific-minded, you see,
so it's not my strong suit...
**[07:36] Miyauchi**
I have no hope of giving
them guidance in karuta.
**[07:38] Miyauchi**
All I can really do is
protect their club room.
**[07:40] Sakura**
I see...
**[07:43] Miyauchi**
So...
**[07:48] Miyauchi**
Do you think Ayase has what
it takes to be the Queen?
**[07:57] Chihaya**
* Coach Harada and Hiroshi-san*
* have been winning so far.*
**[08:01] Chihaya**
*Taichi, too.*
**[08:03] Chihaya**
*Taichi's amazing.*
**[08:05] Chihaya**
*It's his first Class A tournament...*
**[08:09] Chihaya**
*And I...*
**[08:11] Lady**
We have the match-ups for the fourth round.
**[08:13] Lady**
Please be sure to take a look.
***SIGN*** Yamamoto Yumi
(Suihoku Society)
***SIGN*** Wataya Arata
(Fukui Nagumo Society)
***SIGN*** Tachikawa Ririka
(Sendai Fuyuki Society)
***SIGN*** Harada Hidehiro
(Shiranami Society)
***SIGN*** . Sudo Akita Yamashiro Rion
(Hokuo Karuta Society) (Fujisaki High School)
***SIGN*** Shiroyama Koki
(Hokuo Karuta Society)
***SIGN*** Mashima Taichi
(Shiranami Society)
***SIGN*** Mashima Taichi
(Shiranami Society)
***SIGN*** Shiroyama Koki
(Hokuo Karuta Society)
***SIGN*** Sudo Akita Yamashiro Rion
(Hokuo Karuta Society) (Fujisaki High School)
***SIGN*** Tachikawa Ririka Yamamoto Yumi
(Sendai Fuyuki Society) (Suihoku Society)
***SIGN*** Harada Hidehiro
(Shiranami Society)
***SIGN*** Wataya Arata
(Fukui Nagumo Society)
***SIGN*** That's the round of 16 for you!
**[08:23] Nishida**
This is getting intense!
**[08:25] Kanade**
Who's Chihaya-chan playing?
***SIGN*** Kotoki-in University
Karuta Society
**[08:28] Nishida**
The runner-up Master, Takemura, grade 6!
**[08:31] Kanade**
I remember him. He was soundly
defeated by Master Suo.
**[08:36] Nishida**
He came all the way from Shikoku?
**[08:41] Makoto**
*Rion...*
**[08:43] Sudo**
*I remember you.*
**[08:46] Sudo**
*Your game sense is incredible, but...*
**[08:49] Sudo**
*when your rhythm is broken, you lose focus.*
**[08:53] Sudo**
*My favorite prey.*
**[08:58] Taichi**
You know, I've always wondered...
**[09:01] Taichi**
Why do you always wear those curly hairpins?
**[09:04] Koki**
Oh, you noticed? It's pretty creepy, right?
**[09:07] Koki**
I tend to move around like this
a lot. Makes you dizzy, right?
**[09:11] Koki**
Hey, wait...
**[09:14] Koki**
One on each side might be even creepier!
**[09:17] Koki**
What do you think? What do you think?
**[09:19] Taichi**
*I have the luck of the draw today!*
**[09:25] Tsutomu**
*Which one? Which match should I focus on?*
**[09:28] Nishida**
* Yumin, Mashima, and Ayase*
* are all in separate matches.*
**[09:31] Nishida**
*What do I do?!*
**[09:32] Nishida**
What?
**[09:34] Nishida**
K-Kana-chan?
**[09:36] Kanade**
* I have no idea who I should*
* cheer for, either.*
**[09:40] Kanade**
*But that's why...*
**[09:43] Kanade**
*Full-time reader Igarashi Osamu, grade 7.*
**[09:46] Kanade**
* A top reader, and the one whose voice*
* is on the CDs we use in practice.*
**[09:52] Kanade**
*His rhythm is precise,*
**[09:53] Kanade**
* and his voice has a resonance and*
* inflection that women can't replicate.*
**[09:57] Kanade**
*This will be a learning experience.*
**[10:02] Kanade**
*A stopwatch?!*
***SIGN*** Taking notes
**[10:04] Kanade**
* His precise rhythm is backed*
* by precise self-verification!*
***SIGN*** Tweet, tweet
**[10:07] Kanade**
*This will be an amazing learning experience!*
**[10:08] [Messenger] ---**
Tweet
**[10:08] [Messenger] ---**
Igarashi Osamu
At the Yoshino Tournament.
I'll be reading, so more later.
My throat's in great shape.
I'll do my best (*^o^*)
**[10:17] Chihaya**
*I only saw the match on TV,*
**[10:20] Chihaya**
* and even I was discouraged when*
* I saw how strong Master Suo was.*
**[10:26] Chihaya**
*But...*
**[10:28] Chihaya**
*But still...*
**[10:31] Nishida**
*Ayase, you need to get back on your feet!*
**[10:33] Tsutomu**
*Come on, Mashima!*
**[10:35] Sumire**
*Mashima-senpai!*
**[10:36] Lady**
It's time.
**[10:42] [POEM] Osamu**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[10:52] [POEM] Osamu**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[10:52] Kanade**
*This resonance... Such powerful waves!*
**[10:56] Kanade**
* They reach every last*
* corner of this huge room!*
**[10:59] Kanade**
*He's amazing!*
**[11:01] [POEM] Osamu**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[11:12] [POEM] Osamu**
My life means nothing...
**[11:14] [POEM] Osamu**
A mountain stream dips...
**[11:16] Nishida**
* Takemura-san still goes after*
* cards like a heavy tank.*
**[11:20] Nishida**
* His sweeping attacks*
* make girls in particular flinch.*
**[11:25] Nishida**
*Ayase, you're swinging too much!*
**[11:28] Nishida**
*Calm down!*
**[11:32] [POEM] Reader**
May I live to see...
**[11:35] [POEM] Reader**
Gust of wind...
**[11:37] Take**
Damn!
**[11:38] Nishida**
*Huh?*
**[11:39] Nishida**
* That's one of her best cards, but there*
* was hardly any force to her grab.*
**[11:42] Nishida**
*But she still got it...*
**[11:46] Guy**
You! Keep it down!
**[11:48] Chihaya**
Oh! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
**[11:53] Chihaya**
*Ms. Miyauchi's tasuki...*
**[11:59] Sakura**
Ms. Miyauchi...
**[12:01] Sakura**
Why did you ask me that question?
**[12:04] Sakura**
If she could be Queen, I mean.
**[12:09] Miyauchi**
She loves karuta.
**[12:11] Miyauchi**
I knew that already, but then I
came to see how serious she was.
**[12:16] Miyauchi**
Her grades at school are below average.
**[12:19] Miyauchi**
No, just barely above poor.
**[12:21] Miyauchi**
She always says her best subject is PE.
**[12:24] Miyauchi**
I'm so worried for her future...
**[12:27] Miyauchi**
But you can't be a professional karuta player.
**[12:32] Miyauchi**
I want to know what I can do to help her.
***SIGN*** Fourth Future Plans Questionnaire Year 2 Class 9 Name: Ayase Chihaya College | Department | Reasons First Choice: How do I become a high school teacher? Reasons: I want to be a karuta club adviser
**[12:42] Miyauchi**
I want to encourage her
to pursue her dreams...
**[12:44] Miyauchi**
Her dream of being the Queen,
and her dream for the future.
**[12:53] Nishida**
*Wait, no!*
**[12:55] Nishida**
*It's not that she's lost her force!*
**[12:58] Nishida**
* She's just not using excessive*
* strength anymore,*
**[13:01] Nishida**
* since she was resting her*
* right arm for so long!*
**[13:09] Chihaya**
*Shinobu-chan...*
**[13:11] Chihaya**
*It's just beyond here, right?*
**[13:15] Chihaya**
*The truth of silent karuta...*
**[13:22] [POEM] Osamu**
The fall paddy shacks have rough thatching
**[13:24] Lady**
* He leaned so far forward*
* to put pressure on her!*
**[13:27] Guy**
* He doesn't want to let Ririka-chan*
* play karuta her own way.*
**[13:30] Guy**
*Using full strength against a kid...*
**[13:32] [POEM] Osamu**
My only thought as the boat
takes me out to sea is that
**[13:36] Yumi**
I'm fairly certain I touched the card first.
**[13:43] Arata**
*It's all yours.*
**[13:45] Yumi**
*He doesn't argue at all.*
**[13:47] Yumi**
*He strives to play clean*
**[13:49] Yumi**
*and avoids using excess energy.*
**[13:52] Yumi**
* But did you know that giving no*
* response at all uses energy, too?*
**[13:56] [POEM] Osamu**
Swift waters parted...
**[13:58] Sumire**
*Mashima-senpai did it!*
**[14:00] Tsutomu**
* He's gotten faster with*
* the one-syllable cards!*
**[14:02] [POEM] Osamu**
The tail feathers...
**[14:04] [POEM] Osamu**
My fear is not...
**[14:07] Koki**
Right, then...
**[14:08] Taichi**
*What's going on with him?*
**[14:10] Taichi**
* His hands are slow, and he*
* doesn't seem all that athletic.*
**[14:14] Taichi**
*But...*
**[14:16] Taichi**
* If I don't do everything perfectly,*
* he takes the card.*
**[14:20] Taichi**
*Perfectly...*
**[14:25] Sudo**
Must be rough.
**[14:27] Rion**
Huh?
**[14:27] Sudo**
It's harder to hear when
you're tired, right?
**[14:31] Sudo**
It must be rough having so many
mental and physical weaknesses.
**[14:37] Sakura**
*It's her fourth match.*
**[14:38] Sakura**
* When it's been six hours since*
* the start of the event,*
***SIGN*** Man, I want to take her place...
**[14:41] Sakura**
*the condition of each player starts to vary.*
**[14:45] Sakura**
*Some hit their first peak of exhaustion.*
**[14:48] Sakura**
*Some get tired of memorizing and lose focus.*
**[14:51] Sakura**
* Some finish warming up and*
* start to move better.*
**[14:55] Sakura**
* Some finally adjust to their*
* kimono or right hand.*
**[15:02] Nishida**
*She's not wasting any movements!*
**[15:05] Nishida**
*Her hand-eye coordination is getting better.*
**[15:07] Nishida**
*There's no way she even realizes it.*
**[15:10] Nishida**
* She doesn't, but practicing with*
* her left hand all that time*
**[15:14] Nishida**
* resulted in mirroring her*
* body and attack positions.*
**[15:18] Nishida**
* Going after her old weak spots, her own*
* left side and the opponent's right,*
**[15:22] Nishida**
* broadened her awareness of*
* where her right hand is going!*
**[15:27] Sakura**
*You have plenty of stamina, Ayase-san.*
**[15:30] [POEM] Osamu**
while snow falls upon my sleeves
**[15:37] Sakura**
*Some keep getting better as the day goes on,*
**[15:40] Sakura**
*and...*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[15:42] [POEM] Osamu**
Impassionate gods have never seen
**[15:56] Chihaya**
This is the wrong one.
**[15:57] Chihaya**
Who had "Impassionate" number 7?
**[15:59] Haruka**
Who had "Impassionate" number 11—
**[16:01] Both**
Oh.
**[16:02] Haruka**
Thanks.
**[16:03] Chihaya**
Thank you.
**[16:05] Sakura**
*Their cards collided.*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[16:09] Sakura**
* They both took "Impassionate"*
* with the same speed.*
**[16:13] Haruka**
*This really is rough.*
**[16:15] Haruka**
* I haven't played any official*
* matches in so long.*
**[16:17] Haruka**
* My boobs are getting tight, too.*
* Why'd they have to be so productive?*
**[16:21] Haruka**
*But I'm finally in tune now.*
**[16:25] Sakura**
* And some finally complete their*
* ear tuning in the fourth match.*
**[16:30] Aki**
*You can do it, Mom!*
**[16:32] [POEM] Osamu**
I feel that my love...
**[16:34] [POEM] Osamu**
Note that though...
**[16:36] Kuri**
* That's the former Queen*
* Inokuma, grade 6, for you.*
**[16:39] Kitano**
* If not for those two maternity leaves,*
* she'd have kept her streak going.*
**[16:42] Kitano**
*Is she back in action?*
**[16:44] Sakura**
*Inokuma, grade 6...*
**[16:46] Sakura**
*Five years younger than me, and my rival.*
**[16:49] Sakura**
*I challenged her four times,*
**[16:51] Sakura**
*but I couldn't win once.*
**[16:54] (Flashback) Sakura**
How did you get so good?
**[16:56] (Flashback) Haruka**
Oh, I can take cards because
I hear well, that's all.
**[17:00] (Flashback) Haruka**
If you can hear better,
you can take them, too!
**[17:03] Sakura**
* She's a different sort*
* of genius than Suo-san:*
**[17:06] Sakura**
*the honest, up-front type.*
**[17:10] Taichi**
*This is not going to end well.*
**[17:13] Taichi**
* I thought his overall*
* movements were too heavy,*
**[17:16] Taichi**
* but since his hands are slow,*
* he just doesn't need to stop himself.*
**[17:20] Taichi**
* This is bad.*
* He's grabbing everything with precision.*
**[17:25] Sudo**
*Crush Mashima.*
**[17:27] Sudo**
*Drain his stamina and energy.*
**[17:32] Koki**
*Sudo-san...*
**[17:33] Koki**
*Make sure Sudo-san wins!*
**[17:36] Koki**
*Make him do that condescending laugh of his!*
***SIGN*** Keh-heh-heh
**[17:39] Taichi**
*He's doing this for his team, too...*
**[18:00] Taichi**
*I know how you feel.*
**[18:04] Taichi**
*It's nice to have a senpai, isn't it?*
**[18:11] [POEM] Osamu**
Feel love deepen...
**[18:13] Taichi**
*He's typically slow, right?*
**[18:17] Taichi**
* So I just need to cover*
* my cards or block him.*
**[18:21] Taichi**
*I don't need to take every card perfectly.*
**[18:23] Taichi**
*My body feels lighter!*
**[18:29] Sudo**
*I'm not as far ahead as I thought I'd be.*
**[18:32] Sudo**
*Even though she's exhausted...*
**[18:34] Makoto**
* That narrow-eyes jerk!*
* I'll clobber him myself someday!*
**[18:35] [POEM] Osamu**
...the troubles of this world
**[18:43] [POEM] Osamu**
All alone...
**[18:51] Sudo**
* How can she still take*
* her best cards so quickly?*
**[18:56] Rion**
*Some people hear more clearly*
**[18:58] Rion**
*the more tired they are!*
**[19:02] Rion**
*I don't care about being Queen.*
**[19:04] Rion**
* I just want to get my rice and*
* defend Fujisaki's reputation.*
**[19:09] Rion**
*But...*
**[19:10] Rion**
*But...*
**[19:12] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Yama-chan! Let's have some good games!
**[19:16] (Flashback) Chihaya**
That means we're practicing
for the Queen match!
**[19:26] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[19:29] Sudo**
*I'm beat...*
**[19:30] Sudo**
*What the hell was that? She's just a girl!*
***SIGN*** Throb
**[19:44] Kuri**
Yes! Arata-kun did it!
**[19:46] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[19:48] Kitano**
You almost had it, Yumin.
**[19:50] Kitano**
But it doesn't matter.
The real fight is in two weeks.
**[19:53] Kitano**
So what was Wataya Arata like?
**[19:56] Yumi**
I got the sense that he's still young.
**[19:59] Yumi**
If I could have argued
about four more cards,
***SIGN*** Inexplicably fatigued
**[20:02] Yumi**
I could have thrown him
off his pace completely.
**[20:06] Arata**
*Chihaya...*
**[20:08] Arata**
*Takemura-san...*
**[20:09] Take**
*After I lost so bad in the Master match,*
**[20:12] Take**
*I couldn't play karuta for half a year.*
**[20:15] (Flashback) Guy**
I saw you on TV! I hope
you try again someday!
**[20:18] (Flashback) Guy**
I'll be looking forward to it!
**[20:20] Take**
*Half a year...*
**[20:23] Take**
*What was I doing for half a year?!*
**[20:27] Take**
* Half a year is all it takes for such*
* a talented young player to show up!*
**[20:34] Take**
*Damn it!*
**[20:36] Nishida**
*She did it!*
**[20:38] Nishida**
*The quarterfinalists have been decided!*
**[20:40] Guy**
The Shiranami Society still
has four players continuing!
**[20:42] Lady**
And the Nagumo Society has two!
**[20:44] Guy**
The Shiranami Society has the edge!
**[20:45] Guy**
The high school kids have
been amazing this year.
**[20:48] Lady**
We will now decide the
quarterfinal match-ups.
**[20:48] Lady**
How's this going to end?
**[20:50] Kanade**
The Prez won, too!
***SIGN*** He won!
**[20:54] Sakura**
Part of it is up to fate and the times,
**[20:58] Sakura**
so I don't know if Ayase-san
can become Queen, but...
***SIGN*** Ayase Chihaya
***SIGN*** Harada
Hidehiro
***SIGN*** Ba-dump
***SIGN*** Oho?
**[21:06] Lady**
Oh, you're from the same society.
**[21:08] Lady**
I'll draw again.
**[21:10] Chihaya**
*Will it be Sudo-san, Murao-san...*
**[21:14] Chihaya**
*or Arata?*
***SIGN*** Harada Hidehiro Ayase Chihaya
***SIGN*** Inokuma Haruka
**[21:25] Sakura**
There's someone she'll have to defeat first.
# E4 - Nobody wishes to see
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYXJGJ9P6/nobody-wishes-to-see)
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***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Verse 4
***SIGN*** Nobody
wishes
to see
***SIGN*** Yoshino
Tournament
***SIGN*** Quarterfinals
***SIGN*** Tsuboguchi Hiroshi vs. Wataya Arata
**[01:23] Hiroshi**
I'm playing Wataya-kun again?
**[01:25] Hiroshi**
No! Please, no!
***SIGN*** Barely won last year
**[01:27] Harada**
It's been a long time, Murao-kun.
***SIGN*** Murao Shinichi vs. Harada Hideo
**[01:29] Murao**
It's good to see you again, Dr. Harada.
**[01:32] Kuri**
* The Nagumo Society versus*
* the Shiranami Society.*
**[01:34] Kuri**
* This is a prelude to*
* the Master tournament qualifiers.*
**[01:37] Kuri**
* Murao-kun, Arata-kun,*
* beat them into submission!*
***SIGN*** Who are Ayase and Mashima playing?
***SIGN*** Mashima's up against Sudo-san?!
***SIGN*** Mashima Taichi vs. Sudo Akihito
**[01:53] Sudo**
Oh, you're still in it?
**[01:55] Sudo**
Lucky me.
**[01:56] Nishida**
*That means Ayase's playing...*
***SIGN*** Ayase Chihaya vs. Inokuma Haruka
**[02:04] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan's next opponent is a mother?
***SIGN*** With two kids, no less.
***SIGN*** You think she's good?
**[02:13] Nishida**
Ayase!
**[02:15] Nishida**
Keep calm!
**[02:16] Nishida**
When you get to the quarterfinals,
anyone you play is gonna be tough!
**[02:19] Nishida**
Just stay calm and play your own way!
**[02:22] Nishida**
Don't think of her as a former Queen
with four straight wins!
**[02:25] Chihaya**
Former Queen?
**[02:27] Chihaya**
Wow, really?
**[02:30] Nishida**
*"Really"?*
**[02:34] Nishida**
*It's frightening that she didn't know!*
**[02:36] Kitano**
Yumin, don't miss this.
**[02:39] Kitano**
Inokuma-san is sure to be
in the Queen qualifiers.
**[02:42] Yumi**
I don't want to be matched against her.
**[02:45] Kitano**
No kidding, fool! Nobody does!
**[02:47] Kanade**
H-How good is she, exactly?
**[02:50] Nishida**
I've only seen her in videos myself,
**[02:53] Nishida**
but her game plan is highly unique.
**[02:55] Nishida**
She's kinda like Wakamiya Shinobu,
but with better game sense.
***SIGN*** What? *Better* game sense?!
**[03:00] Taichi**
*Can I make it through a match with Sudo-san?*
**[03:04] Taichi**
*Once he's sure his opponent ranks below him,*
**[03:06] Taichi**
* he arranges his cards in ways*
* that seem to tease them*
**[03:08] Taichi**
*and uses his words to mess with them.*
**[03:12] Taichi**
* I need to keep it together.*
* This is my chance to make the semis.*
**[03:16] Taichi**
*Keep it together...*
**[03:21] Harada**
Feels like a team match, doesn't it?
**[03:23] Harada**
Four Shiranami Society players
made it to the quarterfinals.
**[03:27] Harada**
That's a first!
**[03:29] Harada**
This is a four-on-four
team match in every way!
**[03:34] Harada**
And of course, our goal is...
**[03:36] Harada**
four wins for the Shiranami Society!
**[03:42] Kitano**
*That Harada still has no class whatsoever.*
**[03:44] Kitano**
* He made sure everyone would*
* hear him say that.*
**[03:47] Sakura**
* Dr. Harada is trying to give the impression*
* that the Shiranami Society has the momentum.*
**[03:52] Kuri**
*This is no big deal.*
**[03:53] Murao**
Arata, let's both win two more matches
and meet in the final.
**[03:59] Kuri**
*The Nagumo Society has just as much momentum!*
**[04:04] Kitano**
*They're all a bunch of fools!*
**[04:05] Kitano**
* Both the Nagumo Society and*
* the Shiranami Society!*
**[04:08] Kitano**
* The real battle is the Master and Queen*
* qualifiers in two weeks.*
**[04:12] Kitano**
Keep your eyes peeled, Yumin.
**[04:14] Kitano**
Where'd Yusei go?
**[04:17] Kitano**
* The Suihoku Society's watching closely to*
* learn every last detail about the opposition.*
**[04:21] Kitano**
*We're the smartest ones here.*
**[04:23] Kitano**
* The one to watch is definitely*
* Inokuma, grade 6.*
**[04:26] Kitano**
* Has she returned to her former self,*
* the one who was Queen?*
**[04:29] Kitano**
*If she has, there's no scarier opponent.*
**[04:32] Guy**
*Is she going to make a full comeback?*
**[04:34] Guy**
* A noteworthy high school player*
* will be a good test for her.*
**[04:38] All**
*Hang in there!*
**[04:41] Chihaya**
* A team match with the*
* Shiranami Society, huh?*
**[04:46] Dad**
We'll be outside.
**[04:56] Haruka**
* The reader is a member of*
* the Hiroshima Karuta Association,*
**[04:59] Haruka**
*full-time reader Hirota Koichiro, grade 6.*
**[05:03] Kanade**
*What a treat!*
**[05:04] Guy**
Two minutes of memorization time remaining.
**[05:08] Hiroshi**
*Chihaya-chan's playing Inokuma-san...*
**[05:11] Harada**
*How far will she make it?*
**[05:14] Harada**
* There's not much she'll learn from this,*
* but she will gain rare, valuable experience.*
**[05:21] Taichi**
* Even with Chihaya playing*
* right next to me...*
**[05:24] Sudo**
Is "Impassionate" your best card, too?
**[05:27] Sudo**
I should probably move it, then.
**[05:29] Sudo**
Over here? No, maybe over here...
**[05:32] Taichi**
*I'm preoccupied enough with my own match!*
**[05:35] Harada**
*Oops.*
**[05:37] Hiroshi**
*Can't get distracted.*
**[05:38] Both**
*I need to focus on the lion in front of me!*
**[05:42] Taichi**
*Right. I'm not the club president today.*
**[05:46] Guy**
We will now begin.
**[05:48] All**
Thank you for the game.
**[05:49] All**
Thank you for the game.
**[05:54] [POEM] Hirota**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[06:04] [POEM] Hirota**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[06:12] Taichi**
*Preoccupied is fine. I just have to do this.*
**[06:14] [POEM] Hirota**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
**[06:24] [POEM] Hirota**
Look for the sound of the cuckoo
**[06:29] [POEM] Hirota**
In the sleepy spring sunlight,
**[06:33] Lady**
*She got two in a row?*
**[06:35] Guy**
* She's not just taking cards with speed alone,*
* unlike so many youngsters!*
**[06:38] Guy**
*She's being careful,*
**[06:40] Guy**
*and her movements are sharp.*
**[06:44] (Flashback) Rion**
I think I listen for whether
the sound is high or low.
**[06:49] Chihaya**
*The pitch...*
**[06:51] Chihaya**
*High...*
**[06:53] Chihaya**
*Low...*
**[06:54] Chihaya**
*High...*
**[06:55] Chihaya**
*Low...*
**[06:57] Chihaya**
*High...*
**[06:58] Chihaya**
*Low...*
**[06:59] [POEM] Hirota**
A house left to the weeds
welcomes no visitors
**[07:02] Kitano**
* Maybe what we'll be seeing today*
* isn't Inokuma Haruka's comeback,*
**[07:07] Kitano**
*but a new generation's takeover!*
**[07:12] [POEM] Hirota**
The sight of the lonely moon...
**[07:14] Chihaya**
*A fault...*
**[07:16] Chihaya**
*That's a full-time reader for you.*
**[07:18] Chihaya**
*The differences in pitch are so subtle.*
**[07:21] [POEM] Hirota**
Feel sorrow wash...
**[07:23] [POEM] Hirota**
Though I prayed...
**[07:24] Guy**
*Inokuma-san got her back!*
**[07:27] [POEM] Hirota**
My fear is that you will forget
your promise to never forget me,
**[07:33] Sakura**
* The mood doesn't lie,*
* irresponsible as it is.*
**[07:39] Sakura**
* It's filled with expectation for*
* the bright shine of a new star.*
**[07:45] Sakura**
* It really takes passion*
* to come back to the game.*
**[07:49] [POEM] Hirota**
so I would prefer to die now
while I am still happy
**[07:59] [POEM] Hirota**
The sky is the road home...
**[08:03] [POEM] Hirota**
The fall wind parts...
**[08:08] Chihaya**
*It's hard to discern the pitch for "The" cards,*
**[08:10] Chihaya**
*yet she could hear it?*
**[08:13] Haruka**
*A new star... who's in high school?*
**[08:16] Haruka**
*She's trying hard to discern the pitch,*
**[08:19] Haruka**
*but there's so much more to it.*
**[08:22] Haruka**
*There are many qualities to a sound.*
**[08:25] Haruka**
*High and low, strong and weak,*
**[08:29] Haruka**
*feminine and masculine, soft and sharp...*
**[08:33] Haruka**
* Whether the reader is from*
* the east or the west...*
**[08:34] [POEM] Hirota**
clear and bright
**[08:40] [POEM] Hirota**
After I determined to abandon
my love, my only regret
**[08:43] Guy**
*She's fast!*
**[08:49] Sakura**
*Her ears... are picking it up now.*
**[08:52] Sakura**
* They're remembering what*
* competitive karuta is.*
**[08:55] Sakura**
*Not only that...*
**[08:57] Chihaya**
*Huh?*
**[08:58] Chihaya**
*Wha... What?!*
**[09:05] Sakura**
*Normally, as you take more cards,*
**[09:08] Sakura**
* you'd move your remaining*
* cards toward the outside.*
**[09:11] Sakura**
*But she almost never rearranges her cards,*
**[09:15] Sakura**
*leaving them all over the place.*
**[09:17] Sakura**
*It's her unique play style.*
**[09:21] Sakura**
*You can't swipe whole rows to take a card.*
**[09:24] Sakura**
* It forces you to go for only*
* the exact card you want.*
**[09:29] Haruka**
*Sakurazawa-san,*
**[09:31] Haruka**
*is this what you would call "passion"?*
**[09:35] Guy**
*D-Dang, Inokuma-san is really good!*
**[09:38] Guy**
* She's just as good as she was*
* before her maternity leave!*
**[09:40] Guy**
*I thought she'd already peaked...*
**[09:42] Lady**
* And she was away*
* from the game so long, too...*
**[09:44] Aki**
Daddy, where's Mommy?
**[09:46] Dad**
Oh, Aki, you woke up?
**[09:49] Dad**
Mommy's in the middle of a match.
**[09:52] Guy**
*It looks like...*
**[09:54] Lady**
* She's actually looking to*
* take back the Queen title?*
**[09:59] Haruka**
*I know I'm being greedy.*
**[10:02] Aki**
Mommy! Where are you?!
**[10:05] Haruka**
*But I want to show—*
**[10:14] Haruka**
*prove to one and all—*
**[10:16] Haruka**
*that I'm just coming into my prime!*
**[10:26] Harada**
* That's him: the Nagumo Society's*
* cleanup man, Murao-kun.*
**[10:30] Harada**
*He didn't have much of a presence at first,*
**[10:32] Harada**
* but his hours of practice, and the players*
* he's practiced with, are paying off.*
**[10:36] Girl**
*Dr. Harada's down by ten already...*
**[10:39] Harada**
*He's a tough opponent.*
**[10:44] Girl**
*These kids...*
**[10:50] Guy**
*H-He's fast!*
**[10:53] Guy**
* Not because his game sense is perfect,*
* but because of his insane acceleration!*
**[10:58] Hiroshi**
*This is why I hate playing high schoolers.*
**[11:02] Hiroshi**
*He's improved even more since last year.*
**[11:06] Guy**
* Lots of matches worth watching*
* this time around...*
**[11:10] Kitano**
* I thought the young players' efforts*
* would stand out above all.*
**[11:13] Kitano**
*But Inokuma's stealing the show!*
**[11:21] Chihaya**
* I can't attack her side.*
* Her defense is too solid.*
**[11:25] Chihaya**
* Not only can she discern sounds*
* accurately, but her card placement...*
**[11:29] Chihaya**
* That's only advantageous*
* for the one who always*
**[11:31] Chihaya**
* puts all the cards in the same spots,*
* and practices that way for years.*
**[11:34] Chihaya**
*It's only advantageous for her.*
**[11:37] Nishida**
*Ayase...*
**[11:38] Kanade**
* Darn it! I want to watch President Mashima's*
* match too, but there's only one of me!*
**[11:47] Kanade**
*Hanano-san...*
**[11:49] Sumire**
*Mashima-senpai...*
**[11:54] Sumire**
* I still don't know much about*
* the finer points of karuta,*
**[11:58] Sumire**
*but...*
**[12:00] Sudo**
Wait, did you really get that?
**[12:02] Taichi**
Huh?
**[12:03] Sudo**
Okay, then. If that's what you think.
**[12:06] Sudo**
Keep it.
**[12:08] Sudo**
Huh, so you couldn't see it...
**[12:13] Sumire**
*But...*
**[12:14] Sumire**
* Mashima-senpai's karuta has changed*
* since the individual tournament*
**[12:17] Sumire**
*at the High School Championship.*
**[12:21] Nishida**
*Scary!*
**[12:22] Mochida**
* There's Sudo-kun's aggressive,*
* offensive karuta! Good!*
**[12:27] Sudo**
Hey...
**[12:29] Sudo**
I'm not sure I'd believe it,
**[12:31] Sudo**
but are you in love with Ayase?
**[12:42] Taichi**
*He's hard to play against.*
**[12:44] Taichi**
*His karuta is so aggressive, it's scary...*
**[12:48] Taichi**
* But it's just an act.*
* He's pushed to his limits, too.*
**[12:53] Taichi**
*That's what I'm gonna tell myself.*
**[12:57] Tsutomu**
*Mashima...*
**[12:58] Taichi**
*Relax.*
**[13:01] Taichi**
*Relax.*
**[13:03] Taichi**
*My opponent is strong, and that's why...*
**[13:06] Taichi**
*I have to test this.*
**[13:08] Taichi**
*I have to!*
**[13:09] [POEM] Hirota**
When winds blow oak leaves...
**[13:13] Sudo**
* He's starting to cover*
* the three-syllable cards.*
**[13:15] Sudo**
* And he's doing it by swinging through,*
* not just holding them down.*
**[13:19] Sakura**
* Mashima-kun was consciously trying to*
* move quickly at the training camp, too.*
**[13:24] Sakura**
* He also practiced covering cards,*
* even those with few unique syllables.*
**[13:28] Sakura**
*That's Emuro-kun's specialty.*
**[13:31] Taichi**
*Test it...*
**[13:34] Taichi**
*Test what I've practiced,*
**[13:37] Taichi**
*and test myself.*
**[13:42] Sudo**
*Now this is interesting!*
***SIGN*** Harada 19 - 10 Murao
***SIGN*** Wataya 12 - 17 Tsuboguchi
***SIGN*** Sudo 12 - 17 Mashima
***SIGN*** Ayase 16 - 13 Inokuma
**[14:01] Guy**
* All four of the Shiranami*
* players are at a disadvantage.*
**[14:04] Guy**
*It was all going too well.*
**[14:06] Guy**
*Are they going to keep slipping?*
**[14:08] Chihaya**
*Amazing...*
**[14:11] Chihaya**
*It's amazing, Yama-chan.*
**[14:14] Chihaya**
* There's far more depth*
* to the world of sound!*
**[14:18] [POEM] Hirota**
Impassioned was your...
**[14:20] Chihaya**
*She took—*
**[14:21] Harada**
Got there in time!
**[14:31] Kitano**
* "Got there in time"? What kind*
* of thing is that to yell out?!*
**[14:35] Kitano**
*He has the worst etiquette of anyone here!*
**[14:38] Yumi**
* That's Dr. Harada's typical*
* style of intimidation.*
**[14:41] Yumi**
*Will it work on Murao-san?*
**[14:46] Hiroshi**
*Dr. Harada's "Got there in time"...*
**[14:49] Hiroshi**
* He targeted his opponent's*
* "Impassioned vows"*
**[14:51] Hiroshi**
* and got back to his own*
* "Impassioned was" in time!*
**[14:56] Harada**
*Attack.*
**[14:58] All**
*Attack!*
**[14:59] [POEM] Hirota**
Alas, another autumn has passed in vain
**[15:07] Chihaya**
*My weapon for attacking...*
**[15:09] [POEM] Hirota**
For you, I head out to the
fields to pick spring greens
**[15:12] Nishida**
*She did it!*
**[15:14] Nishida**
* She took a multi-syllable card by*
* aiming for the gap under her hand!*
**[15:16] Nishida**
* She actually pulled it off*
* against a former Queen!*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[15:26] Kitano**
*What?!*
**[15:27] Kitano**
* She's sending "Impassionate" to Inokuma's*
* side, despite her tight defense?!*
**[15:31] Kitano**
* Even if this is offensive karuta, just how*
* offensive can the Shiranami Society be?!*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[15:43] [POEM] Hirota**
while snow falls upon my sleeves
**[15:51] Chihaya**
*They might call me reckless...*
**[15:53] Chihaya**
*They might call me greedy...*
**[15:56] Chihaya**
* But the title of Queen is*
* what I've been striving for.*
**[16:00] [POEM] Hirota**
After I heard you say...
**[16:03] All**
Who got that one?!
**[16:05] Chihaya**
S...
**[16:07] Chihaya**
Stalemate! You can have it!
***SIGN*** Stalemate: When both touch the
card at the same time
**[16:11] Nishida**
You're supposed to argue for it
when that happens, you idiot!
***SIGN*** when I should have gone to sleep instead
**[16:14] Chihaya**
*Right here. I'll connect right here.*
**[16:18] Chihaya**
*Right here.*
**[16:21] Chihaya**
*On this corner.*
**[16:22] Nishida**
*Ayase may be an idiot,*
**[16:25] Nishida**
* but she's aiming to take cards directly,*
* even with that tricky placement!*
**[16:36] Chihaya**
*A single point.*
**[16:41] Chihaya**
* When you're playing karuta to become Queen,*
* you aim for a single point.*
**[16:45] [POEM] Hirota**
A night spent waiting until the
moon began to set in the west
**[16:49] Chihaya**
*I just barely missed it again.*
**[16:53] Haruka**
* Getting close isn't enough against her...*
* I have to take it instantly!*
**[17:01] Sakura**
*Inokuma-san's breathing is...*
**[17:03] [POEM] Hirota**
when I should have gone to sleep instead
**[17:13] [POEM] Hirota**
Impassionate gods have never seen
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[17:17] Guy**
*Who got that one?!*
**[17:18] Nishida**
*Another stalemate?!*
**[17:26] Sakura**
*She lost it!*
**[17:28] Sakura**
*She really lost one!*
**[17:31] Sakura**
*And it was "Impassionate"!*
**[17:36] Sakura**
*The card I was never able to take from her!*
**[17:39] Kitano**
* It's difficult to improve your*
* game sense and your ears.*
**[17:44] Kitano**
*But...*
**[17:45] Nishida**
* With direct takes and multi-syllable cards,*
* it all comes down to practice.*
**[17:50] Nishida**
* And I don't know anyone who*
* practices more than Ayase!*
**[17:59] Arata**
*I can't seem to widen the gap.*
**[18:01] Arata**
*He's picking up cards so carefully.*
**[18:03] Arata**
* Is this how Tsuboguchi-san*
* has always played karuta?*
***SIGN*** You can do it
**[18:08] Takei**
*You can do it, Coach!*
**[18:11] Hiroshi**
* I'm the karuta club advisor*
* at Homei High School.*
**[18:14] Hiroshi**
*I practice three hours every single day.*
**[18:17] Hiroshi**
*I've led my students in tons of tournaments.*
**[18:19] Hiroshi**
* I definitely slacked more in college*
* than I do now!*
**[18:23] Hiroshi**
* Playing with those kids gave me*
* a chance to relearn the basics.*
**[18:28] Hiroshi**
*You're not the only one who's gotten better!*
***SIGN*** I deflect your artful words to keep my sleeves dry
**[18:35] Kid**
*Yes!*
**[18:36] Kid**
* Sudo-senpai's pull-back after*
* reaching forward is in great form!*
**[18:39] Mochida**
*Nice!*
**[18:40] Mochida**
*Sudo-kun is like a Japanese katana.*
**[18:42] Mochida**
* It's said that they cut better*
* when pulled rather than thrusted.*
**[18:46] Mochida**
*And I forged him into one!*
**[18:49] Sudo**
*I can't pull away, though.*
**[18:51] Sudo**
* He's actually gotten more*
* relaxed in the second half.*
**[18:56] Taichi**
* "May my sighs" and "May the scarlet"*
* are still three-syllable cards.*
***SIGN*** May the scarlet May my sighs
**[18:59] Taichi**
*I'll cover both of them to take them.*
**[19:01] Taichi**
* I really want to take "Said*
* bed" and "Like the,"*
***SIGN*** Like the Said bed
**[19:04] Taichi**
* but other cards that start*
* the same are still in play.*
**[19:06] Taichi**
*I need to be careful.*
**[19:07] Taichi**
* "Would this" is the only*
* "Would" card in the field,*
***SIGN*** Would this
**[19:10] Taichi**
*but "Would the" hasn't been read yet.*
***SIGN*** Would this Would the
**[19:12] Taichi**
*Be careful with those, too.*
***SIGN*** My fear is not My life My fear is that My only thought as the My only thought as I My own sleeves My own home
**[19:13] Taichi**
* "My own home," "My own sleeves,"*
* "My only thought as I,"*
**[19:16] Taichi**
* "My only thought as the," "My*
* fear is that," "My life"...*
**[19:18] Taichi**
* Yeah, "My fear is not" is*
* definitely one-syllable now.*
**[19:21] Taichi**
*I'll keep an eye out for that one.*
**[19:23] Taichi**
* It'll be tough to defend one-syllable*
* cards from Sudo-san's speed.*
**[19:27] Taichi**
*I can sacrifice them.*
**[19:29] [POEM] Hirota**
The storm will soon carry
me to the afterlife,
**[19:30] Sudo**
*Crap! Dead card!*
**[19:34] Taichi**
*Sudo-san is getting really tired!*
***SIGN*** So he says
to make
himself
feel better
**[19:39] Sudo**
Excuse me.
**[19:44] Retro**
Thank you very much!
**[19:46] Retro**
Thank you very much!
**[19:52] Kid**
*Retro won in Class B?!*
**[19:54] Kid**
*Wow!*
**[19:55] Kid**
*I didn't even know he was still in it...*
**[20:00] Mochida**
Sit down!
**[20:04] Sudo**
Sorry about that.
***SIGN*** Go! Class A
**[20:16] Taichi**
*I can't...*
**[20:17] Both**
*...be bested by Retro!*
**[20:19] Guy**
* Wow... None of these matches*
* are ending up one-sided.*
**[20:23] Guy**
*Even Dr. Harada has closed the gap.*
**[20:30] Dad**
No, Aki! Don't go in there! Aki!
**[20:55] Harada**
*This is a four-on-four team match!*
**[21:00] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[21:04] Chihaya**
*It feels like I don't have any enemies here.*
**[21:08] Chihaya**
*This is fun...*
**[21:12] Chihaya**
*So much fun...*
**[21:15] Chihaya**
* It's such fun karuta that every last*
* bit of us is coming out into the open.*
**[21:21] Chihaya**
*Everyone here*
**[21:23] Chihaya**
*is a karuta lover through and through!*
# E5 - Mount Amanokagu
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***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Verse 5
***SIGN*** Mount
Amanokagu
**[01:15] Guy**
* She's closed the gap from*
* three cards to one.*
**[01:17] Guy**
* That high school girl's*
* putting up a good fight!*
**[01:20] Guy**
*It'll all depend on which cards are read.*
**[01:22] Guy**
*Inokuma-san's plenty fast at taking cards, too.*
**[01:25] Guy**
This is the biggest battle
of speed we've had today.
***SIGN*** Yoshino Tournament
***SIGN*** Quarterfinals
**[01:31] Sakura**
*The reason this is such a close match now*
**[01:33] Sakura**
* is because Haruka-san was rattled*
* when she lost "Impassionate."*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[01:45] Haruka**
*She's having fun playing.*
**[01:48] Haruka**
*I can't let her get into a groove.*
**[01:49] Haruka**
* I need to throw off her pace*
* and not let her have fun!*
**[01:56] Dad**
Hey! Aki!
**[02:05] Chihaya**
*That logo on his chest! It's Daddy Bear!*
**[02:07] Dad**
If you can't be quiet, we're leaving, Aki.
**[02:09] Aki**
No!
**[02:09] Aki**
Mommy's game looks fun! No! I wanna watch!
**[02:10] Dad**
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
**[02:13] Chihaya**
*Yay! Another fellow Daddy Bear fan!*
**[02:18] Haruka**
*My parents were karuta players, too.*
***SIGN*** now white robes hang to dry on Mount Amanokagu
**[02:21] Haruka**
* I spent more weekends at their*
* practice hall than anywhere else.*
**[02:25] Haruka**
* Then I won the Queen title four times*
* and had two adorable kids.*
**[02:30] Haruka**
*I should be able to say that's enough...*
**[02:39] Haruka**
* But the realization that parents*
* can have something they treasure*
**[02:44] Haruka**
*as much as their kids set me free.*
**[02:47] Haruka**
*My children will grow up.*
**[02:50] Haruka**
*That's why I have to shine in karuta.*
**[02:52] Haruka**
*My karuta is a kind of karuta*
**[02:58] Haruka**
*that I enjoy more than anyone else!*
**[03:00] [POEM] Hirota**
May the scarlet kadsuras of Mount
Afusaka live up to their name
**[03:09] Tsutomu**
*"May my sighs" is on her side,*
**[03:11] Tsutomu**
* but she went for "May the scarlet" on*
* her opponent's side after one syllable.*
**[03:15] Nishida**
*That only makes sense.*
**[03:16] Nishida**
* Ayase was targeting the opponent's side.*
* She wouldn't get back in time.*
**[03:21] Nishida**
*No...*
**[03:23] Nishida**
* It's not that Inokuma-san*
* was playing offensively.*
**[03:27] Nishida**
*She knew!*
**[03:30] Sakura**
*That's a given.*
**[03:31] Sakura**
*Haruka-san was born in Yamaguchi,*
**[03:34] Sakura**
* so she excels when the reader*
* is from the west.*
**[03:37] Sakura**
* She can discern the subtle*
* differences in intonation.*
**[03:40] Sakura**
*She just takes them because she can hear.*
**[03:42] Sakura**
*That's a Queen's game sense.*
**[03:46] Guy**
*She's back.*
**[03:48] Kitano**
*Right down to that childish smile...*
**[03:57] [POEM] Hirota**
and allow us this secret rendezvous
**[04:07] [POEM] Hirota**
Would the mountain cherry
blossoms return my affection,
**[04:08] Both**
Dead card!
**[04:09] Kitano**
*But "Would this" moved!*
**[04:11] Yumi**
*That's a fault!*
**[04:12] Kitano**
*Which one touched it?!*
**[04:19] Both**
That was just a blow by, right?
**[04:34] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Wow, really?
**[04:37] Nishida**
* I felt no stiffness at all*
* in her shoulder back then.*
**[04:43] Nishida**
* I thought she'd tense up*
* against a former Queen,*
**[04:46] Nishida**
* but right from the start,*
* and even this close to the end,*
**[04:49] Nishida**
*she's not getting worked up.*
**[04:54] Nishida**
*Maybe in Ayase's mind, the only Queen...*
**[04:58] Nishida**
*is Wakamiya Shinobu.*
**[05:03] Chihaya**
*No matter how strong she is...*
**[05:15] Chihaya**
*Shinobu-chan is even stronger!*
**[05:19] Guy**
* She's playing an unrestrained game,*
* even in such an intense back-and-forth.*
**[05:23] Guy**
* This is such a seesaw battle! As a veteran,*
* Inokuma-san may be used to it...*
**[05:28] Guy**
*...but she's just a high schooler!*
**[05:34] Nishida**
* Her faith in Wakamiya's strength*
* is keeping her relaxed.*
**[05:41] Nishida**
*But...*
**[05:47] Nishida**
*Even Wakamiya Shinobu isn't invincible.*
**[06:01] Nishida**
*Faith?*
**[06:05] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[06:06] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[06:08] Hiroshi**
Yes!
**[06:09] Both**
*What?!*
**[06:11] Girl**
*Hiroshi-kun won!*
**[06:12] All**
*Coach Tsuboguchi!*
***SIGN*** Shock
***SIGN*** The Nagumo Society's hopes were so high, they're stunned silent
**[06:16] Arata**
*Those last five cards in a row...*
**[06:19] Arata**
* They were exactly the*
* ones he was aiming for.*
***SIGN*** You're going to win
**[06:22] Arata**
*Was it some kind of curse?*
**[06:31] Chihaya**
*Arata lost...*
**[06:32] Taichi**
*Even Arata...*
**[06:35] Hiroshi**
*This is why...*
**[06:40] Both**
*...karuta is so unpredictable.*
**[06:47] [POEM] Hirota**
Impassioned vows exchanged over
many a tear shed to last
***SIGN*** until the day waves crash over Mount Suenomatsu
**[06:56] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[06:58] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[07:01] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[07:03] Taichi**
*Murao-san won?*
**[07:05] Kitano**
* Heh! That Harada's wiped*
* out after five matches!*
***SIGN*** Pathetic
**[07:09] Kuri**
Well done, Murao-kun!
**[07:11] Guy**
But his ten-card lead in the middle
was knocked down to four.
**[07:16] Guy**
That took a lot out of Murao-kun.
**[07:19] Harada**
*Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!*
**[07:24] Kuri**
*That'll affect him later.*
**[07:27] All**
*This is why karuta is so scary...*
**[07:34] Sumire**
*Four cards left...*
**[07:36] Nishida**
*They both have two.*
**[07:39] Nishida**
*They're even.*
**[07:42] Mochida**
*How will this end?*
**[07:45] Tsutomu**
*How will it end?*
**[07:46] Sumire**
*How is this going to end?!*
**[07:49] Guy**
*How will it end?*
**[07:54] Hiroshi**
*That's not it!*
**[07:55] Harada**
*Keep attacking until the end and win it!*
**[07:55] [POEM] Hirota**
Said bed was cold as I lay awake
**[07:58] Kitano**
* They both gambled and went for*
* the opponent's side at this late stage!*
**[08:02] Kitano**
* Could these Shiranami Society*
* people be any more reckless?!*
**[08:04] Kitano**
*What the hell is he even teaching them?!*
**[08:10] Taichi**
*Whether they win or lose...*
**[08:12] Chihaya**
*They give us strength.*
**[08:17] Nishida**
* It was partly because*
* she had an aggressive mindset,*
**[08:19] [POEM] Hirota**
for the night would drag on
when I thought of my beloved
**[08:21] Nishida**
*but the way Ayase's taking cards...*
**[08:31] [POEM] Hirota**
Since I could not hide my love,
***SIGN*** people would always ask if I was pining for someone
**[08:45] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[08:48] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[08:50] Kanade**
Sh-She fell aslee—
**[08:52] Kanade**
B-But she won!
**[08:53] Kanade**
Wake up, Chihaya-chan! You won!
**[08:59] Nishida**
*Ayase's grabs*
***SIGN*** people would always ask if I was pining for someone
**[09:02] Nishida**
*are starting to go silent.*
**[09:08] Kanade**
*Prez!*
**[09:09] Nishida**
*Mashima!*
**[09:11] All**
*I-It's luck of the draw!*
***SIGN*** Again!!
**[09:14] Sudo**
* Why are all these fools*
* so pointlessly persistent?*
**[09:18] Sudo**
*I'll show you how good my luck is!*
**[09:27] Taichi**
*Luck of the draw...*
***SIGN*** are joined at river's end
**[09:31] Taichi**
*Luck of the draw...*
**[09:33] [POEM] Hirota**
people would always ask if
I was pining for someone
***SIGN*** are joined at river's end
**[09:42] [POEM] Hirota**
Like the sound of someone
knocking on my door,
**[09:46] Mochida**
*He went straight for the opponent's side?!*
**[09:51] [POEM] Hirota**
the thistle and brush are
blown by the autumn wind
**[09:55] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[09:57] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[10:00] Sudo**
Damn you! What kind of
karuta are you playing?!
**[10:03] Sudo**
Don't take risks like
that out of desperation!
**[10:09] Taichi**
At this point,
**[10:12] Taichi**
I'm not so optimistic as to think
the card on my side will be read again.
**[10:17] Sudo**
What the hell? That's just creepy!
**[10:22] Taichi**
*This is why...*
**[10:25] Taichi**
*karuta is so fun!*
**[10:28] Guy**
Fantastic, Chitose-chan!
**[10:31] Guy**
Let's see more of the bag.
**[10:34] Guy**
Now turn your head the other way.
**[10:35] Guy**
Yes, that's it!
**[10:38] Guy**
Okay, let's take a break. Go on and change.
**[10:40] Chitose**
Thank you.
**[10:43] Chitose**
Oh, Mom!
**[10:44] Mom**
I brought your phone.
**[10:45] Chitose**
Thanks! I couldn't believe I forgot it!
**[10:48] Mom**
I had to slip out of work for you, you know?
**[10:51] Chitose**
You could've just had Chihaya bring it.
**[10:54] Chitose**
No, she's at a tournament today.
**[10:56] Mom**
Oh, shoot! My break's over!
**[10:58] Mom**
They'll take this out of my pay!
**[11:01] Chitose**
I'm sorry I haven't earned
as much as I hoped to.
**[11:04] Chitose**
I just keep racking up costs for lessons...
**[11:06] Mom**
Huh?
**[11:10] Mom**
It's all right.
**[11:11] Mom**
I like my part-time job at the supermarket,
**[11:13] Mom**
and Chihaya's karuta doesn't cost that much.
***SIGN*** Stored Fare Used
***SIGN*** Balance
***SIGN*** Tap IC Card
**[11:18] Mom**
*Other than the hakama, anyway.*
**[11:21] Mom**
*I'll barely make it for the timed sale...*
**[11:29] Mom**
Oh... I'm sorry.
**[11:34] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I'm heading out!
**[11:37] Mom**
*I hope Chihaya gave it her best.*
**[11:41] Mom**
* I hope that hakama we bought in*
* twelve installments is all right.*
**[11:46] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan, wake up!
***SIGN*** Ayase!
**[11:49] Nishida**
You won, so you have another match to play!
**[11:51] Lady**
We will now decide the semifinal match-ups.
***SIGN*** Tsuboguchi Hiroshi Murao Shinichi
Ayase Chihaya Mashima Taichi
**[11:54] Nishida**
And there it is!
***SIGN*** Ayase's playing Hiroshi-san next!
***SIGN*** Victory
**[12:02] Hiroshi**
Excuse me. I'd like to yield the match.
**[12:05] Hiroshi**
I'll take the loss by default.
**[12:07] Takei**
What?! Coach, you're taking a loss?!
***SIGN*** "Yield" To withdraw from participating n a match
***SIGN*** Often used when a player is matched with a member of the same society, or when it's late and a player might miss their ride home
***SIGN*** This is common
**[12:10] Guy**
Oh, all right.
***SIGN*** Used to it
**[12:12] Guy**
We'll only have one Class A
semifinal match, then.
**[12:16] Hiroshi**
Just let Chihaya-chan sleep.
**[12:20] Hiroshi**
You worked hard.
**[12:22] Kanade**
Tsuboguchi-san...
**[12:33] Hiroshi**
Having a rough time?
**[12:35] Hiroshi**
But this is it, Eyelashes!
**[12:39] Hiroshi**
Most people here think you're just a kid
who rode a wave of momentum to get here.
**[12:46] Lady**
You're playing a high
schooler in the semifinal?
**[12:48] Guy**
Good thing it's not Tsuboguchi-kun.
**[12:50] Guy**
Oh, I'm sure Murao-kun can handle it.
**[12:53] Hiroshi**
But the members of our society know...
**[12:56] Hiroshi**
that you don't have much momentum or luck.
***SIGN*** Huh?!
***SIGN*** Huh?! He doesn't mince words!
**[13:00] Hiroshi**
What you have is skill.
**[13:03] Hiroshi**
Go out there and show that
your skill's what got you here!
**[13:08] Taichi**
*Hiroshi-san...*
**[13:10] Taichi**
*Don't say scary stuff like that.*
**[13:14] Taichi**
* If it turns out that*
* I don't actually have the skill...*
**[13:20] Taichi**
* Murao-san is an older member*
* of Arata's society.*
**[13:23] Taichi**
*There's no doubt he's good.*
**[13:30] (Flashback) Taichi**
I stole them.
**[13:37] Taichi**
*Arata...*
**[13:40] Taichi**
*is watching.*
**[13:43] Haruka**
Sakurazawa-san!
**[13:45] Sakura**
Haruka-san.
**[13:47] Sakura**
Great playing today. Heading home?
**[13:50] Haruka**
I need to get home and make dinner.
**[13:52] Haruka**
And there's laundry too, right?
**[13:55] Haruka**
Sakurazawa-san, why don't you give
me your current contact info?
**[14:01] Haruka**
I'd like you to practice with me.
**[14:05] Haruka**
I'll take better care of my contacts.
**[14:08] Haruka**
These glasses just aren't working out.
**[14:10] Haruka**
I do have children, so it
won't be easy to make time,
**[14:14] Haruka**
but I've had enough of losing
before I've given my all.
**[14:21] Sakura**
Losing "Impassionate" really
affected you, didn't it?
**[14:29] (Flashback) Guy**
With her fourth consecutive win,
**[14:31] (Flashback) Guy**
Queen Chihara Haruka!
**[14:36] Haruka**
I'm Inokuma Haruka now!
**[14:49] Sakura**
When fast players start to lose their speed,
**[14:53] Sakura**
they get fed up and quit.
**[14:57] Sakura**
That's what happened to me.
**[14:59] (Flashback) Haruka**
I've had enough of losing
before I've given my all.
***SIGN*** Ayase Chihaya
***SIGN*** Murao Shinichi
***SIGN*** Mashima Taichi
**[15:11] Harada**
You seem awfully relaxed, Hiroshi-kun.
**[15:14] Hiroshi**
You mean because I yielded to Chihaya-chan?
**[15:17] Hiroshi**
But wouldn't you have done the same thing?
**[15:20] Hiroshi**
The real battle is in two weeks.
**[15:21] Harada**
I'm not young anymore.
**[15:25] Harada**
If they'll give me a serious match,
**[15:28] Harada**
I'll play like my life depends on it,
even against a favorite student.
**[15:32] Harada**
Because I might still have room to grow.
**[15:35] Harada**
Before I play against the Master...
**[15:38] Harada**
I can still...
**[15:47] Harada**
Damn it...
**[15:49] Harada**
That means nothing if I'm here
losing to Murao-kun.
**[15:53] Harada**
We're having a review meeting when this
is over! You and me, Hiroshi-kun!
**[15:56] Hiroshi**
Huh?!
**[15:57] Harada**
Shut up! You're joining me!
**[16:02] Harada**
Hiroshi-kun...
**[16:04] Harada**
If you had been matched with Eyelashes,
would you have yielded?
**[16:11] Hiroshi**
*...show that your skill's what got you here!*
**[16:15] Hiroshi**
Well, actually...
**[16:19] Hiroshi**
I think I would've tried to crush him.
**[16:23] Hiroshi**
I would've been as stubborn
as I was with Wataya-kun.
**[16:29] Arata**
*This is my first time watching Taichi play.*
**[16:32] Arata**
*He was the biggest surprise of all,*
**[16:34] Arata**
* sticking with karuta and*
* even making Class A.*
**[16:38] (Flashback) Taichi**
I actually have a life, so I can't
spend all my time playing karuta,
**[16:41] (Flashback) Taichi**
but I'll be better than you in no time!
**[16:45] Kuri**
What's the deal, Arata-kun?
You're being a bit creepy.
**[16:48] Lady**
It's time.
**[16:50] Lady**
The match will now begin.
**[16:52] [POEM] Igarashi**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[17:00] Chihaya**
*Confirm... Confirm... Confirm...*
**[17:02] [POEM] Igarashi**
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
***SIGN*** makes me wonder how I ever let you fade from my mind
**[17:05] Chihaya**
One point... One point...
**[17:08] Chihaya**
*That one point...*
**[17:10] Chihaya**
*"Like a" hasn't come up yet.*
**[17:12] Chihaya**
*Be careful of "Like the."*
**[17:14] Chihaya**
*Inokuma-san wouldn't mistake them.*
**[17:16] Chihaya**
*But make sure to take "Since I."*
**[17:18] Chihaya**
*Take it as soon as I hear the S sound.*
***SIGN*** people would always ask if I was pining for someone
**[17:22] Shinobu**
*Your class trip is in Kyoto?*
**[17:24] Shinobu**
*That's perfect.*
**[17:26] Shinobu**
*Let's pway in the Queen match together...*
***SIGN*** Swish Swish
**[17:30] Shinobu**
*in costumes!*
**[17:32] Chihaya**
In costumes?!
**[17:33] Kanade**
Wh-Wh-Wh-What were you
dreaming about, Chihaya-chan?!
**[17:37] Chihaya**
Dreaming?
**[17:38] Kanade**
You've been asleep all this time.
**[17:40] Chihaya**
What is this wet spot?!
**[17:41] Kanade**
Th-That's drool, I think...
**[17:43] Chihaya**
Drool?!
**[17:44] Kanade**
No! Don't rub it!
***SIGN*** Drool
**[17:46] Chihaya**
B-B-But Kana-chan! My kimono!
**[17:49] Kanade**
It's all right! We can get it out for you!
**[17:51] Chihaya**
Will it come out?!
**[17:53] Kanade**
Yes, it will!
**[17:55] Chihaya**
I'm sorry, Mom...
**[17:57] Chihaya**
Mom...
**[18:03] Kanade**
We have some time. Why don't
I straighten your kimono for you?
**[18:07] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan, you should've had your mom
come here to cheer you on.
**[18:11] Kanade**
She should see you in your brand-new kimono.
**[18:13] Chihaya**
Yeah, but she works part-time until evening.
**[18:17] Chihaya**
My grandpa out in the country isn't well.
**[18:20] Chihaya**
He always says, "I have diabetes
and all kinds of things,"
***SIGN*** I have diabetes and all kinds of things
**[18:22] Chihaya**
so she sends him money for
hospital stays and caregiving.
**[18:25] Chihaya**
And she did buy this hakama for me.
**[18:29] Chihaya**
My sister asks our mom for
stuff all the time, but...
**[18:37] Chihaya**
Wait...
**[18:38] Chihaya**
Come to think of it,
**[18:40] Chihaya**
what about my match?
**[18:58] Kuri**
*I can't believe Murao-kun*
**[19:01] Kuri**
* is down by five cards.*
* If something doesn't change...*
**[19:07] Arata**
*Murao-san...*
**[19:10] Kuri**
*Yes!*
**[19:11] Arata**
*That's it.*
**[19:12] Arata**
*Be aggressive, Murao-san.*
**[19:15] Harada**
* His simpleminded aggressiveness is*
* Murao-kun's strongest asset in karuta.*
**[19:20] Harada**
* He focuses intently on discerning sounds*
* and attacks single-mindedly.*
**[19:25] Harada**
* And I've also been teaching Eyelashes to play*
* offensive karuta in the Shiranami Society.*
**[19:34] Harada**
*But...*
**[19:37] Harada**
*What is that timing?*
**[19:40] Harada**
*That slight delay*
**[19:43] Harada**
*turns into the perfect defense.*
**[19:49] Taichi**
*Should I test it?*
**[19:53] Taichi**
*Can I do it?*
**[19:57] Mochida**
*He did it!*
**[19:59] Mochida**
* He leaned his whole body forward and turned*
* only his arm the other way for a pull-back!*
**[20:05] Murao**
*I can't pull off an attack.*
***SIGN*** How is Mashima playing so freely?
**[20:12] Taichi**
*Chihaya isn't here.*
**[20:15] Taichi**
*Arata is watching.*
**[20:17] Taichi**
*And...*
**[20:19] Taichi**
*Dr. Harada is weighing him down.*
**[20:32] Arata**
*There's no way Murao-san will lose.*
**[20:38] Arata**
*There's no way.*
**[20:41] Harada**
* Maybe the best way Eyelashes*
* can improve is actually...*
**[20:50] Harada**
*with defensive karuta!*
**[20:54] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[20:56] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[21:25] Chihaya**
*The final is...*
# E6 - Tatsuta River Ablaze
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRP5MP35R/tatsuta-river-ablaze)
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***SIGN*** Yoshino
Tournament
**[00:01] Guy**
This is unusual. The finalists are
the same age and from the same society?
***SIGN*** Class A Final
**[00:05] Guy**
And in Class A?
***SIGN*** Mashima Taichi (Shiranami Society)
***SIGN*** Ayase Chihaya (Shiranami Society)
**[00:12] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan!
***SIGN*** Mashima...
**[00:15] Retro**
*And in the Class B final...*
***SIGN*** Retro Go! Class A
***SIGN*** Kinashi Hiro (Hokuo Karuta Society)
**[00:20] Retro**
*Kinashi Hiro!*
***SIGN*** Arashi
***SIGN*** Gotokuji Saneatsu (Yokohama Arashi Society)
**[00:23] Sane**
*Gotokuji Saneatsu!*
**[00:26] Sane**
*Age 38, just married.*
**[00:28] Sane**
*My new wife dragged me into karuta,*
**[00:30] Sane**
* so I busted my butt to get*
* good enough to impress her!*
**[00:33] Sane**
* I'm the up-and-coming devoted husband*
* who picked up this game in no time!*
***SIGN*** Class C
**[00:36] Wife**
You can do it!
**[00:37] Sane**
You could never understand what
I've got riding on this, boy.
**[00:40] Retro**
You don't have much riding on this at all!
**[00:42] Retro**
What about my ten years of karuta experience
and the expectations of my club?!
**[00:46] Sane**
Ten years, and you're still in Class B?
What a side character!
**[00:48] Sane**
Make way for the star!
**[00:50] Guy**
You may begin placing your
cards in ten minutes.
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Verse 6
***SIGN*** Tatsuta
River
Ablaze
**[02:17] Kanade**
*Prez...*
**[02:21] Rieko**
Let's take a short break.
I'll fix your kimono.
**[02:26] Rieko**
Chihaya-chan, Kanade took
care of you, right?
**[02:29] Rieko**
This makes it even.
**[02:34] Chihaya**
*The final...*
**[02:37] Chihaya**
*I'm playing Taichi in an official match.*
**[02:45] Arata**
Chihaya.
**[02:48] Chihaya**
Arata...
**[02:49] Arata**
Time for the final, eh?
**[02:51] Arata**
But I came here with my society by car,
**[02:55] Arata**
so I have to leave now.
**[02:57] Chihaya**
What?!
**[02:58] Arata**
I'm dying to stay and watch, but we need to
get our middle schooler members home.
**[03:04] Chihaya**
Oh... Okay.
**[03:08] Chihaya**
Okay. Take care.
**[03:11] Chihaya**
Uh-huh.
**[03:14] Arata**
No...
**[03:15] Arata**
I'll stay!
**[03:16] Arata**
I'll watch the final!
**[03:18] Arata**
Even if it's just me, I can kill time
until the first train in the morning!
***SIGN*** I can go to school half a day late.
**[03:22] Chihaya**
But...
**[03:23] Arata**
I'll watch.
**[03:25] Arata**
Something tells me I need to watch this.
**[03:31] Harada**
Don't be such a stranger, Glasses!
**[03:34] Harada**
You're welcome to spend
the night at my place!
**[03:37] Harada**
We'll play a practice match or two,
and it'll be morning before you know it.
***SIGN*** No intention of
letting him sleep
**[03:41] Murao**
No, no, Harada-san.
There's no need for that.
**[03:44] Murao**
Our president and I will stay, too.
**[03:45] Harada**
You should leave, Murao-kun.
You have work tomorrow, don't you?
**[03:48] Murao**
If we leave right after the final,
**[03:51] Murao**
we can get to Fukui by 3 AM.
**[03:53] Harada**
Won't that be rough on you?
**[03:55] Murao**
It'd be rougher on me to leave without
understanding why I lost to Mashima-kun!
**[04:04] Arata**
*Murao-san...*
**[04:13] Arata**
You said you were going to win
all your games today in that kimono, right?
**[04:20] Arata**
I'm going to watch.
**[04:30] Taichi**
I appreciate this, Oe-san.
**[04:32] Taichi**
You always do so much for us.
**[04:34] Rieko**
Just call me Rieko, and we'll call it even.
**[04:45] Rieko**
You're hunching over.
**[04:47] Rieko**
Your back is bent.
**[04:48] Taichi**
O-Oh...
**[04:50] Rieko**
The collar won't sit right
if your shoulders are too tight.
**[04:52] Taichi**
Uh... Sorry.
**[04:54] Rieko**
Everyone does that when
they're not used to it.
**[04:57] Rieko**
It's just what happens when
you live in Western clothes.
**[05:01] Rieko**
Once you get used to wearing a kimono,
**[05:04] Rieko**
the positions of your shoulder
blades start to change.
**[05:07] Rieko**
It makes your shoulders drop backward a bit.
**[05:12] Rieko**
It loosens up your body.
**[05:17] Rieko**
But some parts still need to be tight!
**[05:21] Reiko**
Did you know this about the obi?
**[05:26] Rieko**
An obi has several lines drawn across it.
**[05:31] Rieko**
The two lines near the edge of the lappet
are called the kaikiri-sen.
**[05:34] Rieko**
The kaikiri-sen where
you make the first fold
**[05:37] Rieko**
are the two hand-claps given
when visiting a shrine.
**[05:40] Rieko**
The kasumi-sen is the shrine gate.
**[05:43] Rieko**
The patterned part is
the road leading to the shrine.
**[05:47] Rieko**
And finally, the tesaki
is the bow after praying.
**[05:56] Rieko**
It will support you.
**[06:10] Sakura**
What do you want to do?
**[06:11] Sakura**
If we watch the final, we'll get home late.
**[06:16] Rion**
I want... to stay and watch.
**[06:19] Makoto**
Th-Then I guess I'll have to stay, too.
**[06:22] Hyuga**
I'll stay too!
**[06:24] Makoto**
You can go, Cheers!
**[06:32] Sumire**
* I've seen Ayase-senpai and Mashima-senpai*
* play each other lots of times.*
**[06:38] Sumire**
*Every day, in that room...*
**[06:40] Sumire**
*I've grown accustomed to it.*
**[06:44] Sumire**
*And yet...*
**[06:59] Sumire**
*Why...*
**[07:10] Sumire**
* ...does it feel like I'm seeing*
* it for the first time?*
**[07:15] Guy**
Please place your cards.
**[07:21] Nishida**
*Ayase has the advantage.*
**[07:23] Nishida**
* Since she won her last match*
* by default, she got to rest.*
**[07:27] Nishida**
*But Mashima's at his peak of exhaustion.*
**[07:29] Tsutomu**
* In all of my data from*
* the past year and a half,*
**[07:32] Tsutomu**
*Ayase's win rate is 75 percent.*
**[07:34] Tsutomu**
* And it was actually more than 80 percent*
* before she injured her right hand.*
**[07:38] Tsutomu**
*But...*
**[07:39] Tsutomu**
*Since her injury healed,*
**[07:41] Tsutomu**
* she's won 60 percent*
* and Mashima has won 40 percent.*
**[07:44] Tsutomu**
* Mashima's improving at*
* a faster rate than Ayase.*
**[07:56] Kanade**
*Huh?!*
**[07:58] Nishida**
*That's...*
**[07:59] Tsutomu**
*He changed his placement a lot!*
**[08:01] Tsutomu**
*Mashima?!*
**[08:10] Chihaya**
*F-Fourteen cards in his top row?*
**[08:13] Chihaya**
*I've never seen that before!*
**[08:15] Chihaya**
* The one-syllable cards he usually puts*
* at the lower right are at the top left?*
**[08:19] Chihaya**
*All the "May" cards are on the lower right?*
**[08:21] Chihaya**
* Why? He never puts the ones with*
* similar sounds near each other!*
**[08:24] Harada**
* Messing with your own placement*
* is suicide, Eyelashes.*
**[08:29] Chihaya**
*This is different from usual.*
**[08:31] Chihaya**
*He's even ignoring established practice.*
**[08:33] Sakura**
*No.*
**[08:35] Sakura**
* It's because these two practice*
* together as often as they do*
**[08:37] Sakura**
* that this change can prove*
* to be a killer blow.*
**[08:41] Taichi**
*To make it harder...*
**[08:44] Chihaya**
*To make it harder...*
**[08:47] Chihaya**
*To make it harder...*
**[08:50] Chihaya**
* He came up with this placement*
* to use against me, and me alone.*
**[08:54] (Flashback) Taichi**
This fall, I'm gonna beat you playing
right-handed in an official match.
**[09:00] Chihaya**
*It's blowing this way...*
**[09:03] Taichi**
*I'm going to beat Chihaya.*
**[09:06] Both**
*H-He's fired up...*
**[09:08] [POEM] Reader**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[09:13] Hiroshi**
*Chihaya-chan's under pressure.*
**[09:15] Hiroshi**
* His little trick blindsided her*
* and threw her off-pace.*
**[09:19] [POEM] Reader**
Gust of wind leaves fall leaves falling,
**[09:23] Guy**
*Sh-She's fast!*
**[09:24] Nishida**
* She's still calm! She got*
* the "Gust" on her own side!*
**[09:27] Tsutomu**
*Mashima's been fast lately too,*
**[09:29] Tsutomu**
* but she's relaxed and taking*
* cards her usual way.*
**[09:31] Tsutomu**
*Don't get too worked up, Mashima!*
**[09:36] [POEM] Reader**
May it be that I find...
**[09:39] [POEM] Reader**
Long last we meet, only for
me to leave hurriedly,
***SIGN*** for I could not recognize you, like the moon hidden behind the clouds
**[09:45] Nishida**
*A one-syllable card from his own side!*
**[09:47] Tsutomu**
*He took it by swiping the whole row!*
**[09:50] Arata**
* "Long"... A one-syllable card*
* on his own side.*
**[09:53] Arata**
*He's looked at them closely.*
**[09:55] Arata**
*He's given them plenty of thought.*
**[09:59] Harada**
*Eyelashes...*
**[10:03] Taichi**
* "Impassioned was" and "Impassioned*
* vows" are at the center right.*
**[10:07] Taichi**
* I know she'll be coming*
* after "Impassionate."*
***SIGN*** May the time
***SIGN*** May the scarlet
***SIGN*** May my sighs
***SIGN*** May I see
**[10:10] Taichi**
*While she's targeting that area,*
**[10:12] Taichi**
* she won't go for the "May" or*
* "My" cards, or the top row.*
***SIGN*** My own home
***SIGN*** My fear is not
***SIGN*** My life
**[10:17] Harada**
*He predicted which cards she'd go for*
**[10:19] Harada**
* and placed the key cards*
* some distance apart.*
**[10:22] Harada**
*When did Eyelashes learn this?*
**[10:25] Taichi**
*I split up the other loaded syllables, too.*
**[10:27] Taichi**
* You're afraid of committing*
* faults, aren't you?*
**[10:30] [POEM] Reader**
While some dodge the famous waves of
Takashi shore to avoid getting wet,
**[10:34] Makoto**
*That was a decisive strike!*
**[10:36] Hyuga**
*She took "While some" that quickly?*
**[10:38] Rion**
* She's gotten even better*
* at telling sounds apart.*
**[10:43] Chihaya**
* "While some," "While the,"*
* "While autumn," "While I,"*
**[10:46] Chihaya**
* "While it brings," "While it*
* pains," and "While it may"...*
**[10:49] Chihaya**
*The "While" cards are tough, but...*
**[10:54] Chihaya**
*I think I'm close to figuring them out.*
**[10:58] Chihaya**
*I feel like I was given some kind of hint.*
**[11:02] Chihaya**
*Taichi's placement is hard to work with,*
**[11:04] [POEM] Reader**
I deflect your artful words
to keep my sleeves dry
**[11:05] Chihaya**
*but I just need to play my own karuta.*
**[11:12] [POEM] Reader**
As the years pass, I will
find myself longing for
**[11:14] Sakura**
*He took it after covering it.*
**[11:16] Sakura**
*His motions are smoother... and faster.*
**[11:19] [POEM] Reader**
Since the dew atop the blades of grass
has been scattered by the winds,
**[11:21] Arata**
*She took the exact card she was aiming for.*
**[11:23] Arata**
*And she's fast!*
**[11:42] Kanade**
* Even after an injury,*
* getting stuck in a rut,*
**[11:46] Kanade**
*and failing by getting too worked up...*
**[11:48] Kanade**
* The Prez and Captain kept going*
* through things like that, and yet...*
**[12:05] Miyauchi**
Ta...
**[12:06] Miyauchi**
Tasuki!
**[12:08] Taichi**
E-Excuse us for a moment!
**[12:10] Taichi**
Why did you forget that, Chihaya?!
**[12:13] Chihaya**
If you'd had yours on,
I would've remembered!
**[12:15] Taichi**
You're blaming me?!
**[12:19] Chihaya**
*The Yoshino Tournament Class A final...*
**[12:24] Both**
Okay.
**[12:26] Chihaya**
*That's where we are, together.*
**[12:36] Chihaya**
*Together.*
**[12:40] Chihaya**
*The sun's gone down, but no one's leaving.*
**[12:46] Chihaya**
* I have to see this through*
* with my own karuta!*
**[12:54] Guy**
*What's going on with this match?*
**[12:56] Guy**
* A match between high schoolers,*
* in the same society at that,*
**[13:00] Guy**
* shouldn't feel as tense as a*
* typical match, but this...*
**[13:06] Guy**
* It's like when those two played in the final*
* at the High School Class A Championship.*
**[13:12] Guy**
* Their seriousness wells up,*
* and they wring out every last drop.*
**[13:21] [POEM] Reader**
The night breaks to day,
and day turns to night,
**[13:26] Chihaya**
*It's hard to take anything!*
**[13:28] Chihaya**
* He's able to take cards in that*
* long top row with thrusts!*
**[13:32] Nishida**
* His placement is so unusual,*
* it's making Ayase cautious.*
**[13:36] Tsutomu**
* But this is important.*
* Mashima hasn't made any mistakes yet.*
**[13:41] Nishida**
*But how's he doing it?*
**[13:43] Nishida**
* It's his seventh match,*
* so he should be exhausted,*
**[13:46] Nishida**
* and he's always had trouble*
* forgetting his previous matches...*
**[13:51] Arata**
* I forget the initial layout*
* and memorize the current one.*
**[13:56] Taichi**
*That's not as easy as he made it sound.*
**[14:00] Taichi**
*But...*
**[14:01] [POEM] Reader**
May the scarlet kadsuras of Mount
Afusaka live up to their name
**[14:04] Harada**
* He's snatching up cards while Chihaya-chan's*
* busy worrying about the top row.*
**[14:10] Harada**
*Eyelashes...*
**[14:12] Harada**
* By making such drastic changes*
* to your placement,*
**[14:16] Harada**
*you put pressure on yourself, too...*
**[14:19] Harada**
*along with a sense of adversity and tension.*
**[14:23] Tsutomu**
*He's desperate, but it's working.*
**[14:26] Nishida**
* Just how strong is his*
* concentration, anyway?*
**[14:29] Nishida**
*He was already good at memorization,*
**[14:31] Nishida**
* but he's reformed it into*
* something even stronger!*
**[14:35] Sumire**
*Mashima-senpai...*
**[14:37] Sumire**
*How can you...*
**[14:40] Sumire**
*How can you pull off something like that?*
**[14:42] Sumire**
*Mashima-senpai...*
**[14:45] Chihaya**
*This is hard.*
**[14:47] Chihaya**
*It's hard to attack his side.*
**[14:49] Chihaya**
*I have to persevere.*
**[14:51] Chihaya**
*Don't lose any of the ones on my side.*
**[14:53] Chihaya**
*Check them over...*
**[14:54] [POEM] Reader**
and allow us this secret rendezvous
**[14:55] Chihaya**
*Check them over...*
**[14:57] Chihaya**
*This is hard...*
**[14:59] Chihaya**
*It's hard to breathe...*
**[15:03] [POEM] Reader**
The emotions experienced after
a long-awaited reunion
**[15:04] Hiroshi**
*Chihaya-chan faulted!*
**[15:06] Arata**
*Not only that...*
**[15:07] Nishida**
*It's a semi-double fault!*
**[15:09] Nishida**
*"The emotions" on Taichi's side was read,*
***SIGN*** Semi-Double Fault
***SIGN*** Correct card
***SIGN*** Fault
**[15:11] Nishida**
* and she hit "The sight of*
* the" on her own side!*
**[15:14] Kanade**
*The first mistake! That'll hurt!*
***SIGN*** Alas, another autumn has passed in vain
**[15:26] Nishida**
* He avoided sending "Impassioned"*
* to make her try to target it,*
**[15:29] Nishida**
* but now he's sent her*
* the last overlapping "Im—" card!*
**[15:33] Nishida**
* One of her target cards*
* is on her own side now!*
**[15:38] Chihaya**
*This is hard...*
**[15:40] Tsutomu**
* I didn't know momentum*
* could be built this way.*
**[15:42] Tsutomu**
* He's using multiple strategies to*
* make her focus on her own side.*
**[15:47] Tsutomu**
*If she takes any, they're on her side.*
**[15:48] Tsutomu**
* She believes in offensive karuta,*
* but he's making her play defensively.*
**[15:54] Chihaya**
*It's hard to breathe...*
**[15:57] Sakura**
*Maintain your posture.*
**[16:04] Chihaya**
*Don't close off my chest.*
**[16:07] Chihaya**
*Raise my eye level.*
**[16:21] Chihaya**
Oh... It's you, Taichi.
**[16:23] Taichi**
Huh?
**[16:24] Taichi**
Uh, yeah, it's me.
**[16:27] [POEM] Reader**
banish any lingering memories of the past
**[16:37] [POEM] Reader**
Impassioned was your promise of salvation
**[16:39] Arata**
*Their hands...*
**[16:40] Nishida**
*He got it, just barely!*
**[16:42] Nishida**
*Right after he sent it!*
***SIGN*** He took his time sending that card.
**[16:47] Tsutomu**
* Mashima knows where Ayase*
* prefers to put "Impassioned."*
**[16:52] Tsutomu**
* Before he even sent that card,*
* he'd already memorized where it would be!*
**[16:58] Taichi**
Are you okay?
**[16:59] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[17:00] Taichi**
I bumped your finger, right? Are you okay?
**[17:04] Chihaya**
Oh... Yeah, I'm fine.
**[17:07] Taichi**
Good.
**[17:21] Chihaya**
*He's Taichi.*
**[17:25] Chihaya**
*He's playing like someone I don't know,*
**[17:28] Chihaya**
*but he's Taichi.*
**[17:32] Chihaya**
*He's Taichi, but he seems like a stranger.*
**[17:37] Chihaya**
*But he's Taichi.*
**[17:43] Chihaya**
* He's the guy who's worked so*
* hard with me all this time.*
**[17:56] Chihaya**
*His side... my side...*
**[17:59] Chihaya**
*His side?*
**[18:00] Chihaya**
*My side?*
**[18:06] [POEM] Reader**
Look for the sound of the cuckoo
***SIGN*** but instead you see a pale moon in the dawn sky
**[18:12] Guy**
*"L-Look for the sound"?*
**[18:14] Lady**
*She's fast!*
**[18:17] Chihaya**
*He's Taichi. I don't have to be afraid.*
**[18:21] Chihaya**
*But I don't want to lose.*
**[18:24] Chihaya**
*There's no "his side" or "my side."*
**[18:26] Chihaya**
*Here I come, Taichi!*
**[18:27] Taichi**
*Chihaya, you idiot! I have a plan!*
**[18:30] Taichi**
* I won't play along with*
* your contest of speed!*
**[18:39] Sumire**
*Ayase-senpai is looking at Mashima-senpai.*
**[18:45] Sumire**
*She's looking...*
**[18:47] Sumire**
*She's looking at him.*
**[18:49] Sumire**
*Even if it's not out of love or romance...*
**[18:54] [POEM] Reader**
The hazed early dawn mist
over the Kawagiri River
**[18:56] Chihaya**
*He beat me to a multi-syllable card!*
**[18:58] Taichi**
*Better believe it!*
**[19:00] Sumire**
* Those eyes are looking at Mashima-senpai,*
* just like he has always wanted...*
***SIGN*** Wh-What is it, Kana-chan?
**[19:11] Kanade**
Desktomu-kun, don't you remember?
**[19:14] Kanade**
When I played against you in
the Class D final last year...
**[19:19] Kanade**
I was able to give 120 percent
**[19:21] Kanade**
because I was playing against you.
**[19:24] Kanade**
Because I wasn't all worked up
about playing my own karuta.
**[19:29] Kanade**
To this day, that's still the
best game I've ever played.
**[19:37] Kanade**
Don't you think Chihaya-chan
and President Mashima
**[19:42] Kanade**
are both at their absolute best
in this match, too?
**[19:53] Mom**
Have a good night.
**[19:56] Mom**
Everyone's out until late tonight.
**[19:59] Mom**
So, dinner for Chihaya...
**[20:00] [Messenger] ---**
1 new message
Chihaya's cell
Close Read
**[20:06] Mom**
What?!
**[20:07] [Messenger] ---**
Sender: Chihaya's cell
Subject: Final round
I made it to the final for the first time!
I'll do my best in the kimono you bought for me!
You should come watch if you have time, Mom!
**[20:08] Chihaya**
I made it to the final for the first time!
**[20:10] Chihaya**
I'll do my best in the
kimono you bought for me!
**[20:13] Chihaya**
You should come watch if you have time, Mom!
**[20:18] Guy**
* The last Class A tournament before*
* the Master and Queen qualifiers*
**[20:22] Guy**
* comes down to two high*
* schoolers in the final.*
**[20:25] Guy**
* I thought they got here on pure momentum,*
* but they're not to be taken lightly.*
**[20:29] Guy**
* What are this year's qualifiers*
* going to be like?*
**[20:33] (Flashback) Hajima**
Arata...
**[20:36] (Flashback) Hajime**
When did you have the
most fun playing karuta?
**[20:54] Arata**
*What...*
**[20:57] Arata**
*is this?*
**[21:00] Arata**
*What is it?*
**[21:02] Harada**
* Chihaya-chan takes cards,*
* and Eyelashes picks them up.*
**[21:06] Harada**
* Who will be the one to*
* seize the flow in the end?*
**[21:11] Harada**
*Which one?!*
**[21:13] Arata**
*What is this?*
**[21:16] Arata**
*Why did I lose?*
**[21:19] Arata**
*Why...*
**[21:21] Arata**
*Why aren't I the one*
**[21:23] Arata**
*playing against Chihaya right now?*
***SIGN*** reminds me of the lonely dawns after we parted
# E7 - The storm blasts
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR3K0W0WR/the-storm-blasts)
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***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Verse 7
***SIGN*** The
storm
blasts
**[01:15] Harada**
*Results.*
**[01:18] Harada**
* There are those who believe the effort you*
* invest is more important than the results,*
**[01:24] Harada**
* but that's incredibly stressful*
* for both teachers and students.*
**[01:29] Harada**
* Thoughts like "I tried" and "It was so hard"*
* can be blown away like the wind.*
**[01:35] Harada**
*But "results" are a bedrock.*
**[01:37] Harada**
*The foundation that holds your efforts in place.*
**[01:41] Harada**
*And...*
**[01:43] Guy**
* I didn't know the Shiranami Society*
* had young up-and-comers like these.*
**[01:46] Lady**
They're both from the team that
won the High School Championship?
**[01:49] Lady**
That's amazing!
**[01:50] Lady**
I didn't know that.
**[01:51] Guy**
Ayase Chihaya and Mashima Taichi...
**[01:54] Guy**
Neither of them holds a title?
**[01:55] Lady**
Will they be in the Master and Queen qualifiers?
**[01:58] Guy**
Who's going to win their first title?
**[02:00] Guy**
Winning the Yoshino Tournament
would be a huge boost.
**[02:04] Harada**
*And... "results" will bring to you*
**[02:12] Harada**
*a powerful tailwind.*
**[02:23] (Flashback) Harada**
Feels like a team match, doesn't it?
**[02:25] (Flashback) Nishida**
One of my teammates is gonna win!
**[02:26] (Flashback) Taichi**
It's nice to have a senpai, isn't it?
**[02:28] (Flashback) Hiroshi**
I'd like to yield the match.
***SIGN*** reminds me of the lonely dawns after we parted
**[02:29] (Flashback) Rieko**
It will support you.
**[02:30] (Flashback) Taichi**
Dr. Harada is weighing him down.
**[02:32] (Flashback) Miyauchi**
Tasuki!
**[02:33] (Flashback) Hiroshi**
...show that your skill's
what got you here!
**[02:35] (Flashback) Arata**
You said you were going to win all
your games today in that kimono, right?
**[02:50] Chihaya**
*We came this far*
***SIGN*** reminds me of the lonely dawns after we parted
**[02:52] Chihaya**
*with the support of so many people.*
**[02:56] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[02:59] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[03:01] [POEM] Reader**
reminds me of the lonely
dawns after we parted
**[03:11] Guy**
The Yoshino Tournament Class A winner is
**[03:14] Guy**
Ayase Chihaya-san of the Shiranami Society.
**[03:18] Lady**
I didn't know there was a player like her.
**[03:20] Guy**
She's Harada-san's star pupil.
**[03:22] Guy**
She defeated the runner-up Master
Takemura and former Queen Inokuma!
**[03:25] Guy**
She has real talent.
**[03:27] Guy**
Damn, she's pretty!
**[03:28] Lady**
She's a high school second-year?
Same age as the Queen?
**[03:31] Guy**
She's the favorite for
the East Japan qualifiers?
**[03:37] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan!
**[04:02] Lady**
That was just amazing.
**[04:04] Lady**
The Shiranami Society earned
lots of points today.
**[04:07] Harada**
Oh, not at all.
**[04:08] Lady**
The Master and Queen qualifiers
are going to be exciting!
**[04:11] Lady**
And she's such a pretty girl, too.
**[04:13] Lady**
A Queen match between her and Wakayama,
both the same age, would be huge.
**[04:18] Lady**
Especially since it'll be televised!
**[04:22] Kanade**
* I'm so glad she looks pretty to people*
* who don't know her well.*
**[04:27] Kanade**
* As exhausted as she is right now,*
* she just looks like this to us.*
***SIGN*** Daze
**[04:32] Guy**
Who's going to be in the
qualifiers two weeks from now?
**[04:35] Guy**
The top contenders will be Yamamoto Yumi-san
**[04:38] Guy**
and Urabe-san from Gunma.
**[04:39] Guy**
Inokuma-san's likely to be there, too.
And from Saitama...
**[04:42] Guy**
If we're talking about momentum,
today's winner, Ayase-san, is up there.
**[04:45] Guy**
I sure hope she wins.
**[04:48] Kanade**
*Chihaya-chan... The class trip...*
**[04:52] Miyauchi**
*The winds are blowing toward her...*
**[04:56] Miyauchi**
*The winds of expectation.*
**[04:59] Miyauchi**
Ayase-san, if you want to be in
the Queen qualifiers,
**[05:03] Miyauchi**
we can discuss it.
**[05:06] Miyauchi**
In the case of a very
important official match,
**[05:08] Miyauchi**
you can always request
an authorized absence.
**[05:11] Miyauchi**
And the Queen match is the most
important one of all for you, isn't it?
**[05:16] Miyauchi**
Think it over. I'll be here to help you.
**[05:23] Mom**
Chihaya!
**[05:25] Mom**
Chihaya! I'm sorry I ran late!
**[05:33] Mom**
Wait, am I too late?
**[05:35] Mom**
You're out of your hakama already?
**[05:37] Mom**
I even rushed to buy a
camera on my way here!
**[05:39] Mom**
Oh... I guess I could just
take a picture with my phone.
**[05:42] Mom**
But the shutter's so slow on mine,
**[05:44] Mom**
and I panicked because you asked me
to come out of the blue!
**[05:48] Mom**
So, how'd your match go?
**[05:51] Mom**
Did you do the best you could?
**[05:53] Mom**
Was it fun?
***SIGN*** Huh?
**[05:56] Both**
Huh?
**[05:58] Chihaya**
M-Mom... I...
**[06:02] Chihaya**
I want to go on the class trip!
**[06:06] Mom**
Huh? O-Of course you can go!
**[06:09] Chihaya**
I want...
**[06:12] Chihaya**
to be a high school teacher!
**[06:16] Chihaya**
What kind of teacher would I be
if I've never been on a class trip?!
**[06:21] Chihaya**
I want to be Queen, too,
**[06:24] Chihaya**
but I want to be an advisor and coach,
like Ms. Miyauchi and Coach Sakurazawa!
**[06:32] Chihaya**
But today was this hakama's first match,
**[06:38] Chihaya**
and I wanted to win!
**[06:41] Chihaya**
I did win!
**[06:44] Chihaya**
Taichi and I worked so hard!
**[06:49] Chihaya**
*I did it.*
**[06:52] Chihaya**
*I did it.*
**[06:57] Chihaya**
*I did the best I could.*
**[07:02] Chihaya**
*And it was fun.*
**[07:18] Arata**
Taichi.
**[07:21] Arata**
Something wrong?
**[07:25] Taichi**
Nah. I'm just tired.
**[07:34] Arata**
Chihaya was really good.
**[07:39] Taichi**
She was.
**[07:46] Arata**
*Why aren't I the one*
**[07:48] Arata**
*playing against Chihaya right now?*
**[07:54] Arata**
Taichi...
**[08:00] Arata**
You might laugh at this,
**[08:02] Arata**
but for whatever reason,
**[08:05] Arata**
I always thought of Chihaya as yours.
**[08:12] Arata**
You're the one who's been by her side
all these years, not me.
**[08:20] Taichi**
What are you talking about, you weirdo?
**[08:23] Taichi**
I...
**[08:25] Taichi**
* ...think of Chihaya as*
* belonging to both of us.*
**[08:30] Taichi**
* There's not much difference*
* between Arata and me.*
**[08:34] Taichi**
*Even though I'm closer to her...*
**[08:38] Arata**
But Chihaya doesn't really belong
to anyone, does she?
**[08:54] Michiru**
*October 20th.*
**[08:55] Michiru**
* Mizusawa High School second-years'*
* class trip, day one.*
**[09:00] Michiru**
* We're taking the bullet*
* train from Tokyo to Kyoto.*
***SIGN*** Excited
**[09:03] Michiru**
Are you sure this is what
you want, Chi-chan?
**[09:05] Michiru**
You had to miss the Queen qualifiers for this.
**[09:08] Michiru**
Sure you won't regret it?
**[09:10] Chihaya**
There'll be another Queen match
next year! I'll try then!
***SIGN*** We'll have
exams next
year...
**[09:13] Chihaya**
But this year...
**[09:16] Chihaya**
I want to make memories with you!
**[09:23] Nishida**
Well, you're our class' captain, Horikawa.
***SIGN*** Class 2-9
**[09:26] Michiru**
Jeez, you guys keep following me
around, even during free time!
**[09:30] Michiru**
Anyway, today we're all going
to Kiyomizu Temple together.
**[09:32] Michiru**
Tomorrow, after the Golden Pavilion,
our free time will be at Shigureden.
**[09:36] All**
Okay!
***SIGN*** Class 2-5
**[09:38] Girl**
What's wrong with Oe-san?
**[09:40] Girl**
She said she couldn't sleep last night.
**[09:42] Girl**
She couldn't stop reading guides on kimono shops,
museums, shrines, and temples,
**[09:45] Girl**
along with classical books
for a sense of immersion.
***SIGN*** Class 2-1
**[09:49] Guy**
Why the heck did you bring that?
**[09:50] Guy**
Let me see it next!
**[09:51] Guy**
Wait, is that...
**[09:52] Girl**
Boys! Give it a rest!
**[09:53] Guy**
Oh, crap! Hide it!
**[09:55] Guy**
No, swallow it!
***SIGN*** Ayase, Ayase!
**[10:00] Chihaya**
Oh, it's you, Desktomu-kun!
**[10:02] Chihaya**
You came all the way from Class 2-1's car?
**[10:04] Chihaya**
Want some candy?
***SIGN*** Ayase, we need to talk.
***SIGN*** It seems like Mashima didn't show up.
**[10:10] Chihaya**
Huh?
***SIGN*** The teacher said he called the school saying he had a fever.
**[10:14] Chihaya**
What?! Taichi's sick?! How could he
let that happen when we have our class trip?
***SIGN*** Well...
**[10:19] Chihaya**
Is his fever that bad?
**[10:21] Chihaya**
I'll try to call him.
***SIGN*** Wait, Ayase...
***SIGN*** Th-That's probably not what it is.
**[10:27] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[10:34] Chihaya**
*Huh? Huh?!*
**[10:38] Chihaya**
*Does that mean...*
**[10:40] Chihaya**
*Taichi?!*
***SIGN*** Kyoto Station
***SIGN*** Kiyomizu Street
***SIGN*** Kiyomizu Temple
**[10:57] Michiru**
Chi-chan, look! The fall
colors are gorgeous!
**[11:00] Michiru**
I always knew Kiyomizu—
**[11:09] Chihaya**
*Taichi...*
**[11:11] Chihaya**
* Taichi didn't show up*
* for his own class trip?*
**[11:14] Chihaya**
*Why?*
**[11:16] Chihaya**
*Don't tell me... Don't tell me he...*
**[11:19] Taichi**
What do you want, Chihaya?
You're getting annoying.
**[11:21] Chihaya**
You finally answered!
**[11:23] Chihaya**
Taichi! What the heck are you doing?!
***SIGN*** She's so loud...
**[11:26] Taichi**
I have a fever, so I'm resting. What else?
**[11:30] Chihaya**
*The fever thing was true?!*
**[11:31] Taichi**
Yes, it's true. 39 degrees Celsius.
**[11:33] Chihaya**
*39 degrees?!*
**[11:34] Chihaya**
That's bad!
**[11:36] Taichi**
*I've been to Kyoto lots of times, anyway.*
**[11:38] Taichi**
*So I figured I could just skip.*
**[11:40] Chihaya**
Wow... Rich kid.
**[11:42] Taichi**
*Is that all? I'm hanging up, then.*
**[11:45] Chihaya**
Yeah... Take care.
**[11:48] Chihaya**
Wow... 39 degrees...
**[11:51] Chihaya**
I hope Taichi's okay.
**[11:53] Nishida**
Ayase...
**[11:55] Nishida**
Are you that dumb?
**[11:56] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[11:57] Nishida**
Don't believe his lies!
**[11:59] Nishida**
I just asked my senpai in the Suihoku Society
who's helping at the qualifiers,
**[12:03] Nishida**
and he said his name's on the list!
**[12:05] [Messenger] ---**
Call length
0 min. 29 sec.
**[12:06] Nishida**
Mashima's name is on the list
of registered participants
**[12:09] Nishida**
in tomorrow's East Japan qualifiers!
**[12:16] Chihaya**
*He's trying to get ahead of me!*
**[12:22] Mom**
Oh, Taichi. How are you feeling?
**[12:24] Mom**
Should you be up and walking around?
**[12:27] Taichi**
Yeah. I'm going out to study.
**[12:29] Mom**
Studying rather than forcing yourself
to go on a class trip?
**[12:32] Mom**
I think you made the right choice, personally.
**[12:35] Mom**
It's the autumn of your second year.
**[12:38] Mom**
If you're going to medical school,
I'd like to see you go to KU or TU.
**[12:42] Taichi**
I'll be back later.
***SIGN*** Fuchu City Katamachi Cultural Center
***SIGN*** Striving for the #1 recycling record in Japan!
**[12:53] Bros**
Sumire!
**[12:55] Bro**
What's wrong with you, Sumire?
**[12:57] Bro**
You were all fired up before,
and today you're a total space case!
**[13:00] Bro**
I know! It's 'cause Eyelashes-senpai
is away on his class trip!
**[13:04] Sumire**
Shut up, you Four Tsukuba Stooges!
**[13:06] Bros**
Tsukuba Stooges?!
**[13:07] Tsukuba**
Me, too?!
**[13:12] Sumire**
*Yeah, I* was *fired up.*
**[13:14] Sumire**
* I thought that was the only way I could*
* get anywhere near Mashima-senpai.*
**[13:19] Sumire**
*But...*
**[13:20] Sumire**
* When I think about how he'll never even*
* see me if I can't compete at that level...*
**[13:29] Sumire**
* All I want is to be lovey-dovey*
* with Mashima-senpai!*
**[13:34] Bro**
Cheer up, Sumire! I'll put
some fire back in you!
**[13:37] Bro**
No, I will!
**[13:38] Bro**
I will!
***SIGN*** Favorite Cushion
**[13:40] Bros**
*H-He's here! The most fired-up guy of all!*
**[13:46] Harada**
Where is Tsuboguchi-kun?
**[13:48] Girl**
He said he wouldn't be coming today.
**[13:50] Girl**
He's at his school, preparing
for the qualifiers on his own.
**[13:53] Harada**
How does he expect to prepare
without playing me?!
**[13:55] Harada**
He's trying to run away!
**[13:57] Tsukuba**
*I can understand how Tsuboguchi-san feels.*
**[14:00] Tsukuba**
* He'd be sucked into*
* Dr. Harada's pace for sure.*
**[14:02] Harada**
Tsukuba-kun!
**[14:04] Harada**
You'll work just as well!
Let's have a serious match!
***SIGN*** Only Class A players
can be in the Master
qualifiers
**[14:07] Tsukuba**
I-I'm still only in Class C!
**[14:09] Harada**
It's fine! You're a Class C player
who's destined for Class A!
**[14:18] Sumire**
Huh?!
**[14:19] Sumire**
Mashima-senpai, why are you here?
What about your class trip?
**[14:23] Taichi**
I didn't feel well this morning, so I skipped it.
**[14:25] Sumire**
What?!
**[14:26] Taichi**
But I feel better now,
**[14:29] Taichi**
so I'm here to practice.
**[14:36] Sumire**
*Practice?!*
**[14:37] Sumire**
*Why? Why?!*
**[14:41] Harada**
Right. I'm sure we can fit in three matches.
**[14:47] Harada**
Okay.
**[14:49] Harada**
Play me as long as time allows, Eyelashes.
**[14:57] Taichi**
Thank you for the game.
**[15:03] Kanade**
What?
***SIGN*** The World of Nishijin-ori
***SIGN*** Tai
**[15:04] Kanade**
President Mashima skipped the trip
to be in the East Japan qualifiers?!
**[15:09] All**
Shh!
**[15:11] Kanade**
* The class trip is the biggest event*
* of high school life.*
**[15:15] Kanade**
* I thought he'd use this opportunity*
* to get closer to Chihaya-chan.*
***SIGN*** Like this...
***SIGN*** All the Class 1 girls, in the depths of despair
**[15:21] Kanade**
* Chihaya-chan skipping the trip*
* would've been one thing,*
**[15:24] Kanade**
* but I never expected*
* President Mashima to skip it!*
**[15:27] Chihaya**
I'm... I'm leaving, too.
**[15:30] All**
Huh?
**[15:35] Chihaya**
Why am I in Kyoto while Taichi's in Tokyo?
**[15:38] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan!
**[15:39] Chihaya**
I withdrew from the qualifiers,
but he's in it? Why?
**[15:44] Chihaya**
Why?
**[15:45] Chihaya**
I never heard Taichi say
he wanted to be the Master!
**[15:54] Chihaya**
I don't understand!
***SIGN*** Ayase, I sort of understand.
***SIGN*** Since he and I are in the same class,
***SIGN*** I understand the time we have left.
***SIGN*** He wants to go to medical school,
***SIGN*** so by this time next year, he'll be too busy for our club.
***SIGN*** And once he's in medical school, he won't have time for karuta at all.
***SIGN*** If you really think about it,
***SIGN*** this is his only chance to get as far as he can with karuta.
***SIGN*** Women
**[16:31] Michiru**
C'mon, Chi-chan, let's try out the sauna!
**[16:33] Michiru**
There's an outdoor bath over there, too!
**[16:47] Chihaya**
*I'm definitely in Kyoto.*
***SIGN*** Snowmaru Dorayaki New! Only in Kansai!
**[16:49] Chihaya**
*The moon looks so picturesque in the sky here.*
**[16:53] Chihaya**
*I wonder where Shinobu-chan lives...*
***SIGN*** Snowmaru Dorayaki New! Only in Kansai!
**[17:03] [Messenger] ---**
Wataya Arata Cell
**[17:19] Taisuke**
Arata-niichan's not doing so well.
**[17:22] Lady**
He hasn't been for a while.
And tomorrow's the West Japan qualifiers...
**[17:26] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[17:34] Murao**
What's wrong, Arata?
**[17:36] Murao**
Your swings are too wide.
**[17:38] Murao**
Even Daisuke could get under your hand
to take cards that way.
**[17:42] Murao**
You've been off your game
since the Yoshino Tournament.
**[17:45] Murao**
You're not focusing.
**[17:47] Murao**
I can tell you're not
envisioning your own victory.
**[17:54] Arata**
*What am I doing?*
**[17:57] Arata**
*The qualifiers are tomorrow.*
**[18:04] Arata**
*Why did I say that?*
**[18:08] (Flashback) Arata**
Chihaya doesn't really belong
to anyone, does she?
**[18:11] Arata**
*Chihaya and Taichi are both my friends.*
**[18:14] Arata**
*Why did I even think that?*
**[18:17] Arata**
*Why aren't I the one*
**[18:18] Arata**
*playing against Chihaya right now?*
**[18:21] Arata**
*It was the same when Grandpa died,*
**[18:24] Arata**
*and when I couldn't play karuta.*
**[18:26] Arata**
*The time we spent together was my treasure.*
**[18:31] Arata**
*What is this impatience I'm feeling?*
**[18:37] Arata**
*Thinking about all this won't help.*
**[18:39] Arata**
*I'm the one who has to work hard tomorrow.*
**[18:44] Arata**
* Chihaya and Taichi's class trip ended up*
* being the day of the qualifiers.*
**[18:48] Arata**
*I'll go to the West Japan Qualifier tomorrow*
**[18:52] Arata**
*to become the Master.*
**[18:55] (Flashback) Murao**
I can tell you're not
envisioning your own victory.
**[19:04] Arata**
Yuu?
**[19:07] Arata**
What're you doing here?
**[19:08] Arata**
You could've waited inside.
**[19:11] Yuu**
Your parents aren't home.
**[19:13] Yuu**
Anyway, your family hasn't
changed at all, huh?
**[19:16] Yuu**
Tomorrow is their son's big day,
**[19:18] Yuu**
and they're not making katsudon
or katsu curry or anything?
**[19:21] Arata**
Oh... Yeah. They're the same as ever.
***SIGN*** Relatives are in town, so we're heading to a family restaurant. It's cheaper than cooking for them.
**[19:25] Yuu**
So I brought this.
**[19:26] Yuu**
My mom made it.
**[19:29] Arata**
Thanks.
**[19:33] Yuu**
Hey.
**[19:34] Yuu**
Why do you look so down?
**[19:36] Arata**
Huh?
**[19:37] Yuu**
You've waited a whole
year for the qualifiers.
**[19:41] Yuu**
If you win, won't that attract new members
to your karuta club at school?
**[19:47] Yuu**
I...
**[19:49] Yuu**
wouldn't mind joining it.
**[19:52] Arata**
Wha—
**[19:54] Arata**
What kind of puny reward
for winning is that?
**[19:56] Arata**
I don't need that!
**[19:57] Yuu**
Wow, rude!
**[19:58] Arata**
You should know better than anyone!
**[20:01] Arata**
I promised my grandpa that
I'd become the Master!
**[20:04] Arata**
I don't need a reward
for realizing my dream!
**[20:16] Yuu**
Well, you're the one standing here
shouting out the obvious.
**[20:20] Yuu**
Okay, good luck, then!
**[20:26] Arata**
What's this?
**[20:29] Arata**
Her mom didn't make this.
**[20:32] Arata**
* Yuu's the only one who would put*
* katsudon and katsu curry together.*
**[20:42] Shiho**
Shinobu, could you get that?
**[20:45] Shinobu**
Sure.
**[20:47] Shiho**
Y-You're still in your pajamas!
**[20:49] Shiho**
It's fine. I'll get the door.
**[20:51] Shinobu**
No, they're my street clothes. I'm good.
**[20:53] Shiho**
W-Wait, Shinobu!
**[20:55] Shinobu**
Coming!
**[21:00] Suo**
Shinobu-chan, for this year...
***SIGN*** Snowmaru
Dorayaki
**[21:04] Suo**
Why don't we go make things
a little more exciting?
**[21:11] Chihaya**
*The day that a whole year,*
**[21:13] Chihaya**
* or even longer, of hard work turns*
* toward making dreams come true.*
**[21:21] Chihaya**
*In the west,*
**[21:22] Chihaya**
*and in the east,*
**[21:24] Chihaya**
*a very special day is about to begin.*
# E8 - As friends and strangers
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GREXG14GY/as-friends-and-strangers)
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***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
**[01:11] Michiru**
The Golden Pavilion.
**[01:12] Michiru**
Its official name is Rokuonji.
**[01:15] Michiru**
It's most famous for its reliquary
shrine built by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu,
**[01:18] Michiru**
and is a World Heritage Site.
**[01:20] Girl**
It's gold...
**[01:21] Girl**
It's gold...
**[01:22] Guy**
I didn't know it was *that* gold.
**[01:24] Guy**
So gold.
**[01:25] Nishida**
I'm getting serious Sukhavati vibes...
**[01:27] Michiru**
Chi-chan, let's take a picture together!
**[01:31] Michiru**
Chi-chan?
**[01:33] Chihaya**
*I thought about it all night,*
**[01:35] Chihaya**
*and only one answer came to me.*
**[01:37] Michiru**
Chi-chan?
**[01:39] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
This is his only chance to get
as far as he can with karuta.
**[01:43] Chihaya**
*I had no idea, Taichi.*
**[01:46] Chihaya**
* I never knew you were serious*
* about becoming the Master.*
***SIGN*** Favorite Cushion
**[01:52] Harada**
*I never realized...*
**[01:55] Harada**
* Eyelashes was so serious about becoming*
* the Master that he'd skip his class trip.*
**[02:02] Lady**
Dr. Harada, please stop swinging so hard!
**[02:05] Lady**
You're making taxis stop!
**[02:06] Lady**
I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
**[02:09] Harada**
*He's just like me!*
***SIGN*** Verse 8
***SIGN*** As
friends
and
strangers
**[02:18] Guy**
Dr. Harada's going for it again this year?
**[02:20] Kitano**
*He's crazy.*
**[02:23] Kitano**
* Why is a 57-year-old man*
* so gung-ho about this?*
***SIGN*** Master/Queen
East Japan Qualifiers
***SIGN*** Otsuka Karuta
Memorial Hall
***SIGN*** Aim for Master
***SIGN*** Arashi
**[02:38] Sane**
Aw, you're embarrassing me, Mayu-tan.
**[02:41] Sane**
I know I've risen up the ranks
faster than anyone else recently,
**[02:44] Sane**
but it's too soon for me to be Master!
**[02:46] Mayu**
That's not true at all, Akkun!
**[02:48] Retro**
* All that separated victory from defeat in*
* the Yoshino Tournament was that fault early on!*
***SIGN*** Skreeeee
**[02:52] Retro**
*My skill surpasses his!*
***SIGN*** Unnnngh
**[02:54] Retro**
* All that separated victory from*
* defeat was that fault early on!*
**[02:57] Retro**
*My skill surpasses his!*
**[02:59] Retro**
* Damn it! I was supposed to catch up to*
* Mashima in Class A by these qualifiers!*
***SIGN*** Krrrrgh
**[03:09] Sudo**
Excuse me.
**[03:12] Sudo**
I applied to enter the qualifiers,
but I'd like to withdraw.
***SIGN*** Whaaaat?!
**[03:17] Retro**
Sudo-san, what are you saying?!
**[03:19] Sudo**
Just what you heard.
**[03:20] Retro**
You can't be serious about withdrawing!
**[03:23] (Flashback) Sudo**
Whichever one of us loses first has to skip
the Master qualifiers in two weeks.
**[03:28] Koki**
No!
**[03:29] Nayuta**
If you don't participate, what'll happen
to the Hokuo Society's morale?!
**[03:32] Kameda**
It'll plummet in a free fall!
**[03:35] Sudo**
Shut up. Just do your best by yourselves.
**[03:37] Machida**
We can't do our best if you're not there!
**[03:40] Taichi**
You don't have to withdraw, Sudo-san.
**[03:42] Taichi**
Take part.
***SIGN*** Excuse me?
**[03:42] Machida**
Sudo-kun... Sudo-kun...
**[03:43] Sudo**
Don't be dumb! I may break promises,
but I won't owe anyone over a bet!
**[03:48] Taichi**
It's not about that...
**[03:50] Sudo**
I refuse! I absolutely refuse!
**[03:52] Sudo**
I will never owe anyone anything!
**[03:54] Sudo**
Ugh, you're so annoying!
**[03:55] Taichi**
Then just yield to me if we're matched up.
**[04:03] Sudo**
I didn't bring my shirt, though.
**[04:06] Koki**
You can use mine!
**[04:08] Nayuta**
No, mine!
**[04:08] Kameda**
Use mine!
**[04:09] Retro**
*Mashima...*
**[04:11] Retro**
*He just picked up a hell of a joker.*
***SIGN*** Hokuo
**[04:15] Sudo**
Mashima...
**[04:17] Sudo**
There's no point in this
if you lose before facing me.
**[04:20] Sudo**
Don't underestimate the East Japan Qualifiers.
**[04:27] Sakura**
Makoto.
**[04:28] Sakura**
Why are you here?
You have exams to study for.
**[04:30] Makoto**
Well, Rion, Cheers, and Eromu
are all playing...
**[04:34] Sakura**
Emuro-kun, you have exams, too.
Why are you here?
**[04:38] Eromu**
Please don't ask questions
you know the answer to.
**[04:40] Eromu**
* I want to see Coach Sakurazawa in*
* the Queen qualifiers up close.*
**[04:45] Eromu**
* Both her karuta and her boobs*
* are still going strong!*
**[04:49] Aki**
Mommy! Mommy!
**[04:51] Dad**
Aki! Mommy's feeding Jin right now!
**[04:51] Aki**
Wake up, Mommy!
**[04:54] Aki**
But she's asleep!
**[04:58] Haruka**
Jin, are you full now?
**[05:02] Haruka**
I'll go and win. See you next at lunch.
**[05:06] Rion**
What? Ayase-san missed this
for her class trip?!
**[05:09] Rion**
But Mizusawa's club president is here?!
**[05:15] Tsukuba**
So this is the Karuta Memorial Hall...
**[05:18] Sumire**
You want to watch from outside? Why?
**[05:20] Tsukuba**
Well, because it's already
full of participants...
**[05:25] Mom**
T-Taichi?!
**[05:28] Mom**
*I was wondering which library he was going to...*
**[05:33] Mom**
*Taichi!*
**[05:36] Lady**
We will now draw the match-ups
for the East Japan Qualifiers.
***SIGN*** Master/Queen West Japan Qualifiers
***SIGN*** Omi Jingu Learning Center
**[05:42] Guy**
I wonder how the qualifiers are
going to play out this year.
**[05:45] Guy**
The young players, both male and female,
have been making waves lately.
**[05:49] Guy**
We need the Nagumo Society's Murao-kun
to complete his comeback, don't we?
**[05:53] Guy**
Nah, as long as someone brings down
the current Master, I don't care who wins.
**[05:59] Yoshioka**
Personally, I think it'll
be Wataya Arata-kun.
***SIGN*** All Japan Senior High School Cultural Federation
Karuta Division
Yoshioka Hirokazu
**[06:04] Lady**
That goes without saying, Mr. Yoshioka.
**[06:07] Lady**
The traces of Master Wataya are
increasingly visible in him.
**[06:13] Guy**
Master Wataya was fond of the Monk Saigyo.
**[06:16] Guy**
He had an intellectual side.
**[06:18] Guy**
And his strength when he and Sato Kiyohiko
were competing as the top two...
**[06:23] Guy**
He wasn't just fast.
**[06:25] Guy**
He had grace and power, too.
**[06:28] Yoshioka**
I'm sure he'll live up to our expectations.
**[06:35] Murao**
What's wrong, Arata?
**[06:37] Arata**
N-Nothing.
**[06:40] Arata**
*I know what did it.*
***SIGN*** Mom sent this
**[06:42] Arata**
* It was the huge plate of katsuo sandwiches*
* with katsuobushi that Yuu made this morning.*
**[06:48] Arata**
* Damn, I ate too much of something*
* I shouldn't have eaten at all.*
**[06:51] Arata**
*Gotta get to the bathroom...*
***SIGN*** Mashima Taichi
**[07:01] Arata**
*Taichi?!*
**[07:03] (Flashback) Chihaya**
We're going to Kyoto for our class trip!
**[07:06] Arata**
*Chihaya said they had their class trip!*
**[07:10] Arata**
*Does this mean...*
**[07:13] Arata**
* Taichi's serious about trying*
* to become the Master?*
**[07:16] (Flashback) Taichi**
It was mostly Chihaya being so pushy.
**[07:19] Arata**
*I didn't think he was that serious.*
**[07:22] Arata**
* I thought he was just playing*
* because Chihaya was.*
**[07:29] Mashita**
Hey! You need to turn off
your engine! Quickly!
**[07:34] Shinobu**
Chairman Mashita, you sure like
helping people out, don't you?
**[07:38] Arata**
Shinobu-chan?
**[07:39] Shinobu**
You gave him not only my phone number,
but my address, too?
**[07:43] Mashita**
I-I'm sorry...
**[07:45] Shinobu**
It was a heck of a shock when
he showed up at my house!
***SIGN*** Sorry!
**[07:48] Mashita**
Knowing you, I figured you'd just
send him packing anyway...
**[07:52] Mashita**
But I guess even you couldn't resist
being swept up in the Master's pace.
**[08:01] Arata**
*Master Suo?!*
**[08:04] Shinobu**
Oh, what a funny joke.
**[08:07] Shinobu**
I liked the side—
**[08:08] Shinobu**
Never mind.
**[08:10] Guy**
*She wanted to ride in the side car.*
**[08:11] Guy**
*She wanted to try the side car.*
**[08:12] Girl**
*In the side car...*
**[08:13] Guy**
*Side car...*
**[08:15] Arata**
*Still...*
**[08:17] Arata**
* What are the Master and Queen doing*
* at the West Japan qualifiers?*
**[08:23] Suo**
Here.
**[08:25] Suo**
Are you in Class A?
**[08:28] Guy**
Uh, yes...
**[08:29] Suo**
Then here.
**[08:30] Suo**
And you?
**[08:31] Girl**
I-I'm Class A...
**[08:32] Guy**
*Master Suo's handing out sweets again!*
**[08:33] Suo**
Here.
**[08:34] Suo**
Here.
**[08:34] Arata**
*So that's Suo Hisashi...*
**[08:37] Arata**
* I've seen him on TV several times,*
* but this is the first time in person.*
**[08:41] Arata**
*I remember...*
**[08:42] Arata**
* When Suo-san first became the Master,*
* I was watching with Grandpa.*
**[08:47] (Flashback) Arata**
Hey, Grandpa, what's the Master match like?
**[08:50] (Flashback) Arata**
Do even you get nervous?
**[08:52] (Flashback) Hajime**
Not at all.
**[08:54] (Flashback) TV**
The new Master is college student Suo Hisashi.
**[08:58] (Flashback) Arata**
I heard he only started
playing karuta in college.
**[09:02] (Flashback) Arata**
I guess there are geniuses with
amazing game sense out there.
**[09:10] Arata**
*"When you eventually challenge for the throne,*
**[09:15] Arata**
*you'll probably be facing that new Master."*
**[09:19] Mashita**
Suo-kun, what brings you here?
**[09:22] Suo**
Chairman, would you like a dorayaki?
**[09:24] Mashita**
What? Sorry, you'll have to speak up!
**[09:27] Suo**
Chairman, would you like a dorayaki?
**[09:30] Mashita**
Speak up! My hearing's
not so good, you know!
**[09:34] Suo**
I said in that interview that there
are 28 one-syllable cards for me,
**[09:40] Suo**
but I counted again recently,
and there were 27.
***SIGN*** Get a hold of yourself!
**[09:44] Mashita**
What? 27?
**[09:46] Suo**
I think I'll finally be able to earn the credit
for the German class I kept failing,
**[09:50] Suo**
so I should finally graduate this year.
**[09:52] Mashita**
That's great! Well done! Congrats!
Do you have a job lined up?
**[09:56] Suo**
The place where I've been working
part-time said they'd hire me.
***SIGN*** Oh, yeah?
**[10:00] Suo**
So...
**[10:02] Suo**
After I win my fifth consecutive title,
I'm going to retire.
**[10:08] Arata**
*What?*
**[10:10] Arata**
*The Master... is retiring?*
**[10:14] Mashita**
Hallelujah!
**[10:17] All**
*After his fifth consecutive win?*
***SIGN*** Fine Confections Kogetsuan
***SIGN*** Clench
**[10:23] Suo**
Kyoko-tan!
**[10:25] Suo**
Kyoko-tan is the reader for
the West Japan qualifiers this year!
**[10:30] Suo**
It must be fate!
**[10:34] Guy**
I guess he *can* speak loudly.
**[10:37] Shinobu**
*Despite how noisy and crowded this place is,*
**[10:39] Shinobu**
* he still picked up her voice*
* from that far away.*
**[10:42] Shinobu**
*And he's talking about retiring?*
**[10:45] Guy**
*Is he mocking us?!*
**[10:47] Guy**
*Cocky bastard!*
**[10:48] Guy**
*Talking like a five-peat is guaranteed!*
**[10:50] Guy**
*I won't let him quit while he's ahead!*
**[11:20] Arata**
* That I'd become the Master*
* was my promise to Grandpa.*
**[11:26] Arata**
*It has nothing to do with my dream.*
**[11:32] Arata**
*Let's do this.*
**[11:41] Suo**
Shinobu-chan, is he your friend?
**[11:45] Shinobu**
Just a river in my way.
**[11:56] Yoshioka**
* No one in his age group is*
* a match for him anymore.*
***SIGN*** Why'd he send a card?
**[12:06] Shinobu**
*Arata got that one!*
**[12:13] Yoshioka**
*He never argues.*
**[12:15] Yoshioka**
* And that posture came*
* straight from Master Wataya.*
**[12:21] (Flashback) Murao**
I can tell you're not
envisioning your own victory.
**[12:26] Arata**
*Envision...*
**[12:29] Arata**
*Envision...*
**[12:31] Arata**
*Envision my victory...*
**[12:34] Yoshioka**
*His focus is refreshing.*
**[12:37] Yoshioka**
*No wonder we expect so much of him...*
**[12:41] Yoshioka**
* when we can see Master Wataya*
* in that young, slender body.*
**[12:52] Arata**
*It's noon already...*
**[12:54] Arata**
*I wonder how the East qualifier's going.*
**[12:58] Arata**
*How's Taichi doing?*
***SIGN*** Eek!
**[13:03] Arata**
Er... S-Suo-san?
**[13:05] Suo**
Hello. I watched your match.
**[13:08] Arata**
*He's as quiet as the rumors say...*
**[13:11] Suo**
You're very good.
**[13:13] Arata**
Huh? N-No, I'm not...
**[13:15] Suo**
You'll be the Master one day.
**[13:18] Arata**
The Master? No, I really...
**[13:21] Suo**
But you won't be the next Master.
**[13:27] Suo**
Watching you doesn't excite me.
**[13:35] Suo**
Bye-bye.
**[13:39] Michiru**
Chi-chan, where are you?!
**[13:42] Chihaya**
* Meanwhile, the main character was*
* lost on the Golden Pavilion grounds.*
**[13:47] All**
Thank you for the game.
***SIGN*** You're so great!
**[13:52] Retro**
*M-Mashima and Gotokuji Saneatsu?!*
***SIGN*** Skreeee
**[13:56] Retro**
* I want both of them to lose,*
* but one of them has to win!*
**[14:05] Taichi**
*What am I doing?*
**[14:08] Taichi**
*I wonder if everyone here*
**[14:11] Taichi**
*wants to be the Master.*
**[14:15] Sane**
*I'm gonna do this! I'm gonna do this!*
***SIGN*** Darling's on the attack!
**[14:18] Retro**
*Mashima...*
**[14:23] Taichi**
*What is it I want to become so badly*
**[14:28] Taichi**
*that I'd miss my class trip?*
**[14:30] Mom**
*Taichi!*
**[14:33] Mom**
*The Master and Queen qualifiers? What?!*
**[14:37] Mom**
* I didn't know you had a stupid goal*
* like wanting to be the Master of karuta!*
**[14:40] Mom**
*I don't believe it!*
**[14:42] (Flashback) Mom**
My son has a fever.
**[14:45] Mom**
*You even made your mother tell a lie!*
**[14:50] Sumire**
*She said "Taichi."*
**[14:52] Sumire**
*Is she Mashima-senpai's mother?*
**[14:55] Mom**
You there.
**[14:56] Sumire**
Huh?
**[14:57] Mom**
What time will this match end?
**[14:59] Sumire**
In about an hour...
**[15:01] Mom**
An hour?!
**[15:03] Mom**
I can't wait around here for an hour!
**[15:04] Tsukuba**
Um, please quiet down.
There's a match going on.
**[15:08] Sumire**
Actually, we're members of
Mashima-senpai's club.
**[15:12] Mom**
What?
**[15:13] Mom**
You two are in the karuta club?
**[15:16] Sumire**
Y-Yes! We'll be here
watching the entire time,
**[15:19] Sumire**
so maybe we could contact you
when it's about to end?
**[15:22] Mom**
Huh?
**[15:24] Mom**
Good idea.
**[15:26] Mom**
I'm going to get some tea. I appreciate it.
**[15:31] Tsukuba**
*Nishida-senpai did say...*
**[15:35] Tsukuba**
* that Mashima-senpai had a scary mom who'd*
* make him quit the club if his grades dropped.*
**[15:41] Sumire**
Tsukuba...
**[15:43] Sumire**
I think this is my chance.
**[15:45] Tsukuba**
Huh?
**[15:46] Sumire**
If you want to bring down the general,
shoot his horse first.
**[15:50] Sumire**
Was that the saying?
**[15:52] Sumire**
This is my chance to get
his mother to like me!
***SIGN*** Huh?
**[15:55] Sumire**
A shortcut to my true goal!
**[16:00] Hyuga**
*My name is Hyuga Yoshihiko.*
**[16:02] Hyuga**
* I give my all every day*
* to make girls like me.*
***SIGN*** Nice!
***SIGN*** You cut your hair?
**[16:04] Hyuga**
* My observant eye notices when a girl has*
* cut her bangs one centimeter shorter!*
**[16:07] Hyuga**
* If the blackboard is dirty,*
* that's my chance!*
***SIGN*** Creepy...
**[16:10] Hyuga**
* I'm diligent enough to*
* volunteer for hard work!*
**[16:12] Hyuga**
*All this potential!*
**[16:14] Hyuga**
* At Fujisaki, being good at karuta*
* makes you attractive!*
***SIGN*** (Note) It doesn't work on bears
**[16:20] Makoto**
*I will defeat the jerk who defeated Rion!*
**[16:26] Sakura**
*My students are getting nowhere this year.*
***SIGN*** Won
***SIGN*** Lost in the first round
**[16:29] Sakura**
*Why did they even come here?*
***SIGN*** Won
**[16:32] Sakura**
*Inokuma-san won, unsurprisingly.*
**[16:34] Sakura**
*What about Rion?*
**[16:38] Sakura**
Rion, how'd it go?
**[16:41] Rion**
I... I won.
**[16:52] Sumire**
* Mashima-senpai's match*
* will be over soon, too.*
**[16:54] Sumire**
*Time to send that message.*
**[16:57] Sumire**
* It's crucial that I get*
* his mother to like me!*
**[17:01] [Messenger] ---**
Mashima-senpai's Mother
**[17:01] Sumire**
* Even Mashima-senpai can't spend*
* his whole life playing karuta.*
**[17:06] Sumire**
I'm sorr—
**[17:31] Taichi**
Win for Mashima, by eleven cards.
**[17:34] Sumire**
*Mashima-senpai?*
**[17:36] Retro**
Y-You won, Mashima?
**[17:38] Retro**
Of course you did! That old dude's
just been getting by on beginner's luck!
**[17:41] Retro**
It's weird that *I* lost to him!
**[17:43] Taichi**
That's for sure.
***SIGN*** Why did I lose to that kid?
**[17:46] Taichi**
Every card you send him,
he sends right back.
**[17:49] Taichi**
It's clear he's only
thinking about himself.
**[17:52] Taichi**
You can tell which cards
he's going for, too.
**[17:55] Taichi**
I know you're better than that!
**[17:57] Taichi**
Don't lose to someone like that!
**[18:10] Taichi**
*Why did I have to say all that?*
**[18:14] Taichi**
*The next match...*
**[18:17] Taichi**
*Hurry up and start the next match.*
**[18:27] Retro**
*You're wrong.*
**[18:29] Retro**
*You're wrong.*
**[18:31] Retro**
*I lost because I'm not a good player.*
**[18:36] Retro**
* Because I can't admit that*
* I'm just not that good.*
**[18:48] Tsukuba**
They've started. Are you sure...
**[18:51] Tsukuba**
you don't need to contact Senpai's mom?
**[19:03] Mom**
Hey, you! What's going on?
**[19:05] Mom**
You didn't contact me, so I came to see—
**[19:16] Mom**
Move.
**[19:17] Sumire**
I-I won't!
**[19:18] Mom**
Huh?
**[19:19] Sumire**
I won't move!
**[19:21] Mom**
You know that karuta and this "Master"
nonsense won't get him anywhere in life!
**[19:26] Mom**
He's so stuck on a silly game
he can only play for so long!
**[19:31] Sumire**
But he might play for the rest of his life!
**[19:35] Taichi**
Win for Mashima, by six cards.
**[19:37] Tsukuba**
Senpai...
**[19:39] Tsukuba**
U-Um, you shouldn't go outside right now.
**[19:48] Sumire**
Mashima-senpai...
**[19:51] Sumire**
Senpai...
**[19:53] (Flashback) Taichi**
We're getting three wins, guys.
**[19:55] [POEM] Reader**
Impassionate gods
**[19:56] (Flashback) Taichi**
It's about taking 10 cards
from your opponent.
**[19:58] (Flashback) Taichi**
And keeping 15 of your own!
**[20:00] (Flashback) Taichi**
I'm here to practice.
**[20:02] (Flashback) Taichi**
Thank you for the game.
**[20:06] Sumire**
He's working hard to be
what he wants to be!
**[20:12] Mom**
Wh-What are you saying?
**[20:14] Mom**
You're making no sense!
***SIGN*** What are *you* saying in the
Mecca of karuta?
***SIGN*** Is this lady looking for a fight?
**[20:33] Girl**
We will now draw the match-ups for round 3.
***SIGN*** Mizusawa
**[20:39] Guy**
Who's looking good this year?
**[20:41] Guy**
Sudo-kun from Hokuo is playing well.
**[20:43] Guy**
He's improved.
**[20:44] Guy**
What about Tamaru-kun?
I had high hopes for him.
**[20:46] Guy**
Tsuboguchi-san's been winning, too.
**[20:48] Guy**
But the one who's improved the most
has to be Koishikawa-kun of KU.
***SIGN*** Koishikawa Shusaku
**[20:54] Guy**
Whoever's matched up with
him is out of luck.
***SIGN*** Koishikawa Shusaku Mashima Taichi
***SIGN*** Mizusawa
**[21:03] (Flashback) Arata**
Mashima, you're a coward.
**[21:10] Taichi**
*I want to be someone who isn't me.*
**[21:16] Taichi**
*But...*
**[21:19] Taichi**
*I still want to be me.*
# E9 - I recall how my own efforts were in vain
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6QWDQD16/i-recall-how-my-own-efforts-were-in-vain)
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**[00:01] (Flashback) Suo**
You'll be the Master one day.
**[00:05] (Flashback) Suo**
But you won't be the next Master.
**[00:09] (Flashback) Suo**
Watching you doesn't excite me.
**[00:15] Guy**
Two minutes of memorization time remaining.
**[00:17] Arata**
*Oh, crap... It's already time for the third round.*
**[00:25] Arata**
*What did he mean?*
**[00:29] Arata**
*What did you mean by that,*
**[00:32] Arata**
*Master Suo?*
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Verse 9
***SIGN*** I recall
how my
own efforts
were
in vain
**[01:53] Shinobu**
*He's rougher than usual today.*
**[01:56] Suo**
Hi.
**[01:59] Shinobu**
Are you going home, Suo-san?
**[02:01] Suo**
Oh, Shinobu-chan. I can
give you a ride if you want.
**[02:04] Shinobu**
I'm not leaving yet.
**[02:06] Shinobu**
I can't come to Omi Jingu and leave
without paying my respects.
**[02:28] Suo**
Maybe that part of your personality
is what's keeping you strong.
**[02:35] Shinobu**
Five wins in a row...
**[02:38] Shinobu**
You seem pretty confident
that you can do it.
**[02:40] Shinobu**
What is it that's keeping you going, Suo-san?
**[02:48] Suo**
Nothing.
**[02:51] Shinobu**
*Liar. As if "nothing" makes you that good.*
**[02:56] Shinobu**
*It's not like you're a god.*
***SIGN*** Kyoto
**[03:03] Michiru**
We went from the Golden Pavilion to Ninnaji...
***SIGN*** Chi-chan, look over here!
***SIGN*** Chi-chan, hurry!
**[03:06] Michiru**
Then the class split into groups,
and ours went to Arashiyama,
**[03:09] Michiru**
to see Shigureden,
the museum for the Hundred Poets.
**[03:12] Guy**
The Hundred Poets?
***SIGN*** So somber
**[03:14] Guy**
Why'd you pick this place, Horikawa?
**[03:16] Michiru**
I only planned this for my group.
Why'd you guys come along?
**[03:19] Guy**
We figured we couldn't go wrong
if we followed you.
**[03:22] Michiru**
At least come up with your own routes...
**[03:28] Michiru**
Chi-chan, isn't this place amazing?
**[03:31] Michiru**
It has dolls of all the Hundred Poets.
**[03:34] Michiru**
Even your favorite... Ariwara no Narihira, was it?
**[03:37] Michiru**
Look, he's right here!
**[03:42] Chihaya**
*Taichi, how are your matches going?*
**[03:45] Chihaya**
*Are you winning?*
**[03:47] Chihaya**
*And what about Arata?*
**[03:49] Chihaya**
*I wonder what round they're on now.*
**[03:51] Chihaya**
*I don't know anyone else in western Japan,*
**[03:54] Chihaya**
*so I'd need Arata to tell me.*
**[03:56] Chihaya**
*Well? Are you doing your best,*
**[03:59] Chihaya**
*Arata? Taichi?*
**[04:06] Chihaya**
The battery!
**[04:07] Michiru**
Here.
**[04:09] Chihaya**
Michiru-chan, why...
**[04:11] Michiru**
I thought I came on this class trip with you!
**[04:14] Michiru**
Why aren't *you* here?!
**[04:17] Michiru**
I don't even know anything
about the Hundred Poets!
**[04:19] Michiru**
That's why I brought us here!
**[04:21] Michiru**
Because you know about
these poems and karuta and all that!
**[04:26] Michiru**
And I'll never understand them
if you don't teach me!
**[04:31] (Flashback) Michiru**
Let's wear junihitoe
together at Shigureden.
**[04:36] Chihaya**
I'm sorry, Michiru-chan!
I'm sorry! I was stupid!
**[04:39] Chihaya**
But I don't know that much about
poems and karuta and stuff!
**[04:42] Michiru**
Huh?!
**[04:43] Guy**
What the heck? Why are they
having a youth moment here?
**[04:43] Chihaya**
I'm so stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!
**[04:46] Guy**
Who gets that worked up in
a somber place like this?
***SIGN*** Girls are amazing
**[04:48] Michiru**
O-Okay, I get it!
**[04:50] Michiru**
Then we should get Heian costumes.
**[04:53] Michiru**
We can dress up like royalty!
Let's go put them on!
**[04:55] Chihaya**
Michiru-chan...
**[04:57] Chihaya**
*You're right, Michiru-chan.*
**[04:59] Chihaya**
*I came here to Kyoto for my class trip.*
**[05:04] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I want to be a high school teacher!
**[05:07] (Flashback) Chihaya**
What kind of teacher would I be
if I've never been on a class trip?!
**[05:12] Chihaya**
*This is once-in-a-lifetime.*
**[05:15] Chihaya**
*I'll never have a second chance.*
**[05:18] Chihaya**
The second floor was so big!
**[05:21] Chihaya**
I have heard that the women's
championships are held here.
**[05:23] Michiru**
You should take part!
**[05:25] Chihaya**
Well, with how much it costs to get here...
**[05:28] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[05:29] Chihaya**
It's Kana-chan!
**[05:30] Chihaya**
Kana-chan, your group also came to...
**[05:32] Chihaya**
Wait, what's wrong?
**[05:34] Kanade**
N-Nothing! I'm not crying!
***SIGN*** Waaah
**[05:37] Kanade**
All of the exhibits are just too amazing!
**[05:40] Kanade**
Especially this reproduction of the
Tentoku Imperial Palace Poetry Contest!
**[05:43] Chihaya**
Tentoku Imperial Palace Poetry Contest?
**[05:46] Kanade**
I won't let you tell me
you don't know about it!
**[05:48] Chihaya**
Yeah, I know about it. It was
a contest with poems, right?
**[05:52] Kanade**
Ahem.
**[05:54] Kanade**
Poetry contests were held about
500 times during the Heian period,
**[05:58] Kanade**
but the most famous one was
the Tentoku Imperial Palace Poetry Contest
**[06:02] Kanade**
held in the year 960 by Emperor Murakami.
**[06:05] Kanade**
The judge was Fujiwara no Saneyori,
**[06:08] Kanade**
but it's said that he followed
the wishes of the emperor.
**[06:11] Kanade**
The twelve top poets of the time
came together and composed poems
**[06:14] Kanade**
about themes such as mist, cherry blossoms,
Japanese yellow roses, and love.
**[06:18] Kanade**
Mibu no Tadamine's "As my love" and Taira
no Kanemori's "Since I could not hide"
**[06:21] Kanade**
were composed then, and they were
the top poems of their time.
***SIGN*** There are several others, of course...
**[06:25] Kanade**
The judge, the reader, and even the court
ladies struggled to choose a winner.
***SIGN*** Wow
This is it!
This is the expansive knowledge
I wanted to hear!
**[06:29] Kanade**
When I was young,
**[06:31] Kanade**
I thought that composing love poems
just for a contest was wrong...
***SIGN*** When you
were young?
Like when?
**[06:38] Kanade**
I was such a child.
**[06:42] Kanade**
"Since I could not hide..."
**[06:44] Kanade**
It's said that Emperor Murakami declared
the winner by whispering those words.
**[06:49] Kanade**
They were competing with the goal
of moving people's hearts.
**[06:55] Chihaya**
*Competing...*
**[06:59] Chihaya**
*At the Yoshino Tournament,*
**[07:01] Chihaya**
* Taichi's feelings were laid bare*
* right in front of me.*
**[07:06] Chihaya**
*He was hoping to become the Master?*
**[07:08] Taichi**
*I want to beat Chihaya.*
**[07:10] Chihaya**
*No...*
**[07:11] Taichi**
*I want to beat Chihaya.*
**[07:13] Chihaya**
*No...*
**[07:14] Chihaya**
*The reason Taichi isn't on this class trip...*
**[07:16] Taichi**
*I want to win!*
***SIGN*** as my concern this morning is as tangled as my black hair
**[07:26] Girl**
*Mashima-kun...*
**[07:28] Shusaku**
* Koishikawa Shusaku of*
* the KU Karuta Society.*
**[07:31] Shusaku**
* With a nimble play style that*
* balances offense and defense,*
**[07:34] Shusaku**
* I was the runner-up in the All Japan*
* Championship this past April.*
**[07:38] Shusaku**
*My nickname is Kosaku.*
**[07:39] Girl**
* Kosaku-senpai's amazing!*
* He's already up by nine!*
**[07:42] Guy**
* Kosaku's been on a roll since*
* the beginning of the year.*
**[07:45] Guy**
* Landing that job at the Ohishi Tengudo*
* Karuta Corporation made a big difference.*
**[07:50] Shusaku**
*I'm going to be...*
**[07:53] Shusaku**
*a walking advertisement for Oishi Tengudo!*
***SIGN*** Company president
Huh? No one expects you to do that...
**[07:58] Taichi**
*I'm down by ten...*
**[08:00] Girl**
Wasn't that boy the runner-up
at the Yoshino Tournament?
**[08:04] Girl**
He's not doing well today.
**[08:05] Guy**
Against Koishikawa-kun...
**[08:07] Girl**
He must've tried harder then because he
was playing someone in his own society.
**[08:10] Girl**
He's trying to attack, but...
**[08:14] Taichi**
*This guy is good.*
**[08:17] Taichi**
*But I have to attack! Attack!*
**[08:21] Taichi**
*Go get cards from his side!*
**[08:24] Taichi**
*Yes!*
**[08:26] Guy**
*A double fault!*
**[08:28] Guy**
*He did it again!*
**[08:29] Girl**
*It's kicked in!*
**[08:30] All**
*Goofsaku!*
***SIGN*** Goofsaku
**[08:34] Taichi**
*A double fault.*
***SIGN*** before this short summer night fully breaks
***SIGN*** Double Fault
The player can send two cards,
one for the card they took
and one for the fault
***SIGN*** I recall how my own efforts were in vain
**[08:43] Shusaku**
*It's fine.*
**[08:45] Shusaku**
*It's fine!*
**[08:46] Shusaku**
*I'm still me, including my goof-ups!*
**[08:52] Girl**
* The double fault didn't faze him at all.*
* He's playing more freely now.*
***SIGN*** Stupid Goofsaku!
**[08:56] Girl**
* At the All Japan, he committed twenty faults*
* in six rounds and was still the runner-up.*
***SIGN*** Stupid Goofsaku!
**[09:00] Girl**
*Even when he goofs up, he's strong!*
***SIGN*** Stupid Goofsaku!
**[09:03] Sumire**
*He pulled ahead again.*
**[09:04] Sumire**
*Eight cards now.*
**[09:09] Sumire**
*Mashima-senpai...*
**[09:11] Sumire**
* He's working hard to be*
* what he wants to be!*
**[09:21] Taichi**
*Me...*
**[09:22] [POEM] Reader**
as my sleeves are wet with dew
**[09:34] Girl**
*His opponent's defending now.*
**[09:36] Guy**
*He was attacking before.*
**[09:38] Taichi**
* There's a definite difference*
* in the number of cards.*
**[09:44] Taichi**
*So my side* will *be read!*
**[09:47] Taichi**
*I don't want to ditch my offensive karuta.*
**[09:49] Taichi**
*That's Dr. Harada's karuta.*
**[09:52] Taichi**
*But...*
**[09:54] (Flashback) Harada**
It goes without saying, but in my mind...
**[09:57] (Flashback) Harada**
Offensive karuta is the way to go!
**[10:00] (Flashback) Taichi**
R-Right...
**[10:03] (Flashback) Harada**
But your skilled defense against Murao-kun,
made possible because you were tired...
**[10:12] (Flashback) Harada**
It suited you.
**[10:19] Harada**
*Defensive karuta.*
**[10:20] Sumire**
S-Seven in a row!
**[10:23] Sumire**
He's just one card behind now!
**[10:29] [POEM] Reader**
So the flower petals are scattered
like the snow by the passing storm,
**[10:32] All**
*A-A semi-double fault now, of all times?!*
***SIGN*** Not again, Goofsaku!
**[10:35] Shusaku**
*My own mistake cost me my lead!*
***SIGN*** Semi-Double Fault
A type of double fault in which the
faulting player is sent a card that,
coupled with the one that was taken,
results in a two-card reduction on
the opponent's side
***SIGN*** How embarrassing
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[10:42] Tsukuba**
*He's leading for the first time, at 5 to 7!*
**[10:44] Tsukuba**
*He can do this!*
**[10:45] Both**
*He can do this!*
**[10:46] Sumire**
*He can do this!*
**[10:47] [POEM] Reader**
yet it is I who withers and wilts
**[10:57] [POEM] Reader**
Impassionate gods have never seen
**[11:00] Girl**
*Yes!*
**[11:01] Both**
*Huh?!*
**[11:03] Sumire**
*Mashima-senpai lost "Impassionate"?*
**[11:06] Taichi**
*It was on his side again!*
**[11:08] Taichi**
* My switch between offense*
* and defense was too slow!*
**[11:10] Taichi**
*Calm down.*
**[11:12] Taichi**
*Calm down.*
**[11:14] Taichi**
*Don't let him widen the gap.*
**[11:15] Taichi**
*Keep up with him.*
**[11:17] Taichi**
*Calm down.*
**[11:19] Taichi**
*Keep up with him!*
**[11:21] Taichi**
*Keep up with him!*
**[11:23] Taichi**
*Keep up with him!*
**[11:25] Taichi**
*A one-card gap is enough!*
**[11:27] [Messenger] ---**
Made it past the first round.
I'll be the one to represent
East Japan, so you'd
better represent the West, Arata.
**[11:33] Sumire**
*They each have one left!*
***SIGN*** Long
***SIGN*** I feel that
**[11:37] Taichi**
*Luck of the draw...*
**[11:39] Taichi**
*I know Arata will win the West Japan Qualifiers.*
**[11:44] Taichi**
*I have to win in the East!*
**[11:48] [POEM] Reader**
Long last we meet...
**[11:56] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[11:58] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[12:02] Girl**
He couldn't have helped that.
It was luck of the draw.
**[12:05] Girl**
He came within one card of Koishikawa-kun.
**[12:07] Girl**
That's incredible!
**[12:11] Girl**
He was so close...
**[12:22] Sumire**
S-Senpai...
**[12:23] Tsukuba**
Hanano!
**[12:25] Sumire**
What, Tsukuba?!
**[12:26] Tsukuba**
Don't go to him!
**[12:27] Tsukuba**
I wouldn't want that.
**[12:29] Tsukuba**
I wouldn't...
**[12:31] Tsukuba**
want you coming after me right now!
**[12:40] Taichi**
* Gust... A mountain stream... So the flower has...*
* After I heard... The hazed early dawn...*
**[12:43] Taichi**
* The night... The sound of people...*
* The sky may... In order for... Said bed...*
**[12:47] Taichi**
*I was counting.*
**[12:53] Taichi**
* While I... The sight of Mount... May the time...*
* Rain... Swift... The sight of the...*
**[12:56] Taichi**
*I was counting!*
**[13:00] Taichi**
*I counted all of them!*
***SIGN*** for I could not recognize you, like the moon hidden behind the clouds
**[13:08] Taichi**
*The hundredth one...*
**[13:10] Taichi**
*It was never read!*
**[13:12] Taichi**
*And there were no dead cards!*
**[13:14] Taichi**
* How was I supposed to get "Long"*
* from his side, damn it?!*
**[13:23] Taichi**
*Impassionate... on his side...*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[13:27] Taichi**
*I needed to take that one.*
**[13:29] Taichi**
*Just that one!*
**[13:30] Taichi**
* No matter where it was...*
* even with my eyes closed!*
**[13:37] Taichi**
*I'm an idiot.*
**[13:42] Guy**
The male and female semifinal
competitors have been decided!
**[13:45] Guy**
Dr. Harada took down Tamaru-kun!
**[13:50] Girl**
Dr. Harada!
**[13:52] Tsutsumi**
We're behind schedule.
**[13:54] Tsutsumi**
Please take your seats in ten minutes.
**[13:56] Girl**
That soon?!
**[13:59] Harada**
Bathroom...
**[14:15] Tsutsumi**
Harada-san, where are you?
**[14:17] Tsutsumi**
You need to get to your spot.
**[14:20] Tsutsumi**
Harada-san?
**[14:22] Kitano**
Hey!
**[14:23] Kitano**
Just wait until he comes out.
**[14:25] Tsutsumi**
But there's no time...
**[14:26] Kitano**
You can't rush the human body!
It's ready when it's ready!
**[14:29] Kitano**
Don't be so stingy over a minute or two!
**[14:31] Tsutsumi**
But...
**[14:32] Guy**
He's right, Tsutsumi-kun.
***SIGN*** Huh?
**[14:34] Guy**
Give him a minute.
**[14:36] Guy**
No one's going to complain.
***SIGN*** Huh?
**[14:38] Guy**
Yeah.
**[14:50] [Messenger] ---**
From: Hanano Sumire
The line-up for the semifinals is set.
Dr. Harada vs. Koishikawa-san
Tsuboguchi-san vs. Sudo-san
Yamamoto-san vs. Sakurazawa-san
Inokuma-san vs. Yamashiro-san
**[15:01] Guy**
*Dr. Harada's knees can't take any more.*
**[15:04] Lady**
* His students are picking*
* up his cards for him.*
**[15:07] Shusaku**
* I'll be fine. As long as*
* I stay calm, I'll be fine.*
**[15:10] Shusaku**
*Even if I goof up, I'll be fine.*
***SIGN*** Whew
**[15:15] Harada**
* I'm sure Koishikawa-kun has*
* never experienced knee pain.*
**[15:20] Harada**
* At this point, I can't remember the times*
* when my knees didn't hurt.*
**[15:26] Harada**
*That's right.*
**[15:29] Harada**
*I'm good friends with this body by now.*
**[15:32] [POEM] Reader**
The sky is the road home...
**[15:33] Harada**
Whoops!
**[15:35] Kitano**
*He swung at nothing!*
**[15:37] Guy**
* But he ended up in a position that looks*
* like he's guarding against Koishikawa-kun.*
**[15:49] Guy**
*Wow...*
**[15:50] Guy**
*Dr. Harada isn't falling behind Kosaku-kun.*
**[15:56] (Flashback) Harada**
Eyelashes, you've been going for the
opponent's side in luck-of-the-draw matches.
**[16:01] (Flashback) Harada**
Why is that?
**[16:02] (Flashback) Taichi**
I once prayed that I wouldn't mind if my side
wasn't read in a luck of the draw ever again.
**[16:08] Harada**
Oops, sorry about that!
But I didn't touch anything!
***SIGN*** It's like he's tempting me into moving
***SIGN*** Dead card
**[16:12] Harada**
*You might not believe it, but...*
**[16:15] Harada**
* When you spend a lot of time*
* concentrating in practice,*
**[16:19] Harada**
* you can kind of tell which cards*
* aren't going to be read.*
***SIGN*** What?
**[16:24] Taichi**
*What?*
**[16:25] Harada**
* The few people who can tell*
* call them the "Eternal Maids."*
***SIGN*** Heh heh heh heh heh
**[16:28] Harada**
Yes! Gotcha!
**[16:30] Shusaku**
*He got inside?!*
**[16:31] Harada**
*And since you're able to tell...*
***SIGN*** my body burns like the seaweed drying on the shores of Matsuho
**[16:35] Harada**
*you can spend the second half preparing.*
**[16:39] Girl**
*Kosaku has one card left!*
**[16:41] Guy**
*Dr. Harada has four.*
**[16:42] Guy**
*Don't be Goofsaku again now!*
**[16:47] Harada**
* You send the cards that won't*
* be read to your opponent...*
**[16:53] Harada**
*in preparation for luck of the draw.*
**[16:56] Kitano**
*He didn't know?*
**[16:59] Kitano**
* The look Harada gets on his face when his*
* opponent has one card left is pure madness.*
**[17:05] Kitano**
*But in truth...*
**[17:08] Kitano**
*he's calmer than anyone else.*
**[17:13] All**
*Luck of the draw...*
**[17:14] All**
*It's down to the luck of the draw!*
***SIGN*** that you pine for me as the Inaba mountain pines, I shall return to you
***SIGN*** my body burns like the seaweed drying on the shores of Matsuho
**[17:19] [POEM] ---**
widening into a river
as it descends Mount Tsukuba.
**[17:21] Tsukuba**
*Be his!*
**[17:22] Sumire**
*Be Dr. Harada's card!*
**[17:24] Both**
*Be his!*
**[17:25] All**
*Be his!*
**[17:27] All**
*Be his!*
**[17:31] [POEM] Reader**
Note that though...
**[17:33] Harada**
*Eyelashes, the cards that aren't read*
***SIGN*** my body burns like the seaweed drying on the shores of Matsuho
**[17:38] Harada**
*are never, ever read.*
**[17:49] Harada**
*A luck-of-the-draw match isn't about luck.*
**[17:55] Harada**
* When you spend a lot of time*
* concentrating in practice,*
**[18:00] Harada**
* you can kind of tell which cards*
* aren't going to be read.*
**[18:04] Harada**
*And I've spent a lot of time...*
**[18:07] Harada**
*To be exact, 45 years.*
**[18:10] Guy**
Dr. Harada did it!
**[18:12] Girl**
He really hung in there against
such a strong young player!
**[18:15] Kitano**
That's no big deal.
**[18:17] Kitano**
Don't underestimate a guy
just because he's older.
**[18:19] Guy**
* That's right. Youth isn't*
* everything in karuta.*
**[18:27] Harada**
*Is Tsuboguchi-kun...*
**[18:34] Guy**
The final round in the East Japan
Master qualifiers will be
**[18:37] Guy**
Harada-san versus Sudo-kun.
**[18:40] Guy**
The final round in the
Queen qualifiers will be
**[18:42] Guy**
Inokuma-san versus Yamamoto-san.
**[18:44] Guy**
We will begin in ten minutes.
**[18:54] Shinobu**
* I saw these people at*
* the summer tournament.*
**[18:58] Shinobu**
*Who's going to make it all the way to me?*
**[19:01] Shinobu**
* And I'm pretty sure*
* she's from the Myojo Society.*
**[19:07] Guy**
*Wataya-kun's down to one card*
**[19:10] Guy**
* against Takemura-kun, the guy*
* who beat him last year.*
**[19:13] Guy**
*He's solid this year!*
**[19:16] Shinobu**
*That's not like Arata.*
**[19:18] Shinobu**
*He's leading seven cards to one,*
**[19:20] Shinobu**
* and he's pushing himself to*
* go for his opponent's cards?*
***SIGN*** Gurgle Gurgle
**[19:28] Shinobu**
I'm sorry.
**[19:31] Shinobu**
*Crap. I'm starving.*
**[19:33] Shinobu**
* Arata'll still win the final round,*
* even if he's not at his best.*
**[19:36] Shinobu**
*I'll just go.*
**[19:37] Ise**
Shinobu-chan!
**[19:40] Shinobu**
Coach Ise.
**[19:41] Ise**
You were watching the semifinals?
**[19:43] Ise**
What did you think of our Yuikawa?
**[19:46] Ise**
She's a college first-year,
and her game's been improving lately.
***SIGN*** Growl
***SIGN*** Gurrrrrrgle
**[19:52] Ise**
What's wrong? You're hungry?
**[19:54] Shinobu**
Nah, I'm fine.
**[19:57] Ise**
I know I've asked before, but why don't
you come to a Myojo Society practice?
**[20:02] Shinobu**
Oh, no. All I ever do is get in the way.
**[20:05] Ise**
Mrs. Wakamiya was worried about you.
**[20:09] Ise**
She was saying her granddaughter
didn't have any friends.
**[20:13] Ise**
How about our Yuikawa?
**[20:16] Ise**
I think she'd be a great
practice partner for you.
**[20:19] Shinobu**
Even if I crush her?
**[20:23] Ise**
W-Wait, Shinobu-chan!
**[20:27] Ise**
Take this.
**[20:33] Ise**
Shinobu-chan!
**[20:35] Ise**
Feel free to contact me anytime!
**[20:43] Shinobu**
*It's none of your business.*
**[20:46] Shinobu**
*None of your business!*
***SIGN*** Snowmaru Dorayaki
**[20:56] Kuri**
Arata-kun!
**[20:58] Kuri**
Just one more!
**[20:59] Arata**
Yeah.
**[21:00] Kuri**
I wonder who your opponent
in the finals will be!
**[21:03] Arata**
What's this?
**[21:05] Kuri**
Oh, that's info on the
East Japan qualifiers.
***SIGN*** East Japan Semifinals Master Harada vs. Koishikawa Tsuboguchi vs. Sudo Queen Sakurazawa vs. Yamamoto Inokuma vs. Yamashiro
**[21:09] Kuri**
I heard everything up through the
semifinals on the phone earlier.
**[21:12] Arata**
*Taichi didn't make it.*
**[21:19] Arata**
*Why did I just sigh?*
**[21:23] Kuri**
Murao-kun!
**[21:25] Guy**
The finalists are decided!
**[21:27] Guy**
It's Murao Shinichi versus Wataya Arata!
**[21:31] Guy**
It's a final between Nagumo Society members!
# E10 - Scarlet kadsuras
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**[00:01] Kuri**
The final round in the West Japan
Master Qualifiers...
**[00:05] Kuri**
Murao Shinichi versus Wataya Arata.
**[00:07] Kuri**
It's a showdown between
Nagumo Society members.
***SIGN*** Hee Hee Hee
**[00:11] Guy**
That's truly a match-up worthy of the finals.
**[00:13] Guy**
Murao-kun was in a slump for a while,
but he's back on his feet.
**[00:16] Bros**
Shinichi-niichan!
**[00:19] Yoshioka**
* Murao-kun has really been showing off*
* his experience and finesse lately.*
**[00:24] Yoshioka**
*But...*
**[00:26] Yoshioka**
* The one who seems more likely to prevent*
* Master Suo's fifth win in a row is...*
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Verse 10
***SIGN*** Scarlet
kadsuras
**[01:54] ---**
You have fifteen minutes of memorization time.
**[01:57] ---**
The match will begin at 6:10.
**[02:05] Arata**
E-Excuse me...
**[02:13] Arata**
*I'm never eating Yuu's cooking again.*
**[02:15] Arata**
* But what's causing this?*
* The katsu? The katsuobushi?*
***SIGN*** East Japan Semifinals
Master
Harada vs. Koishikawa
Tsuboguchi vs. Sudo
Queen
Sakurazawa vs. Yamamoto
Inokuma vs. Yamashiro
**[02:26] Arata**
*Why did I feel relieved earlier?*
**[02:29] Arata**
*Why did knowing Taichi lost make me sigh?*
**[02:33] Arata**
I'm sorry about that.
**[02:37] Arata**
*Even in the final,*
**[02:39] Arata**
*Murao-san is the same as always.*
**[02:42] Arata**
*I should be, too.*
**[02:43] Arata**
*Just play karuta like I always do.*
**[02:47] Guy**
It's time.
**[02:49] Arata**
*Do the usual.*
**[02:55] Arata**
*Visualize that room.*
**[02:59] [POEM] Kyoko**
All alone...
**[03:00] Kuri**
*Murao-kun's fast!*
**[03:02] Kuri**
* He went for a one-syllable card*
* on Arata-kun's side!*
***SIGN*** I never asked to be treated colder than the winds of Mount Hatsuse
**[03:10] Kuri**
*He split up his "Though I" and "Though my"*
**[03:13] Kuri**
*to counter Arata-kun's strong cross stroke.*
**[03:16] Arata**
*Murao-san is the same as always.*
**[03:20] [POEM] Kyoko**
Would this old...
**[03:22] [POEM] Kyoko**
As this trip...
**[03:25] Arata**
*And yet...*
**[03:28] Arata**
*Why am I...*
**[03:32] Arata**
*You're getting in my way, Taichi!*
**[03:34] Arata**
*Why are you there?*
**[03:37] Arata**
*Taichi has a way of being unfair.*
**[03:42] Arata**
* And he's not particularly talented,*
* like Chihaya is.*
**[03:46] Arata**
*Maybe I...*
**[03:49] Arata**
*always looked down on Taichi in karuta.*
**[03:55] Arata**
*On my own friend...*
**[04:05] [POEM] Kyoko**
The hazed early dawn light
comes not from the moon
**[04:09] Kuri**
*Arata-kun's cover came too late?*
**[04:14] Murao**
*What's wrong with him?*
**[04:16] Murao**
*Arata's seemed off since the Yoshino Tournament.*
***SIGN*** now white robes hang to dry on Mount Amanokagu
**[04:21] Murao**
*This is my chance.*
**[04:23] Murao**
*Arata's gotten a lot stronger.*
**[04:25] Murao**
* If he came into this in top form,*
* I'd be in trouble.*
**[04:29] Murao**
*But with him playing this poorly, I can win.*
**[04:32] [POEM] Kyoko**
I wish I could...
**[04:34] Murao**
*This year is my chance.*
**[04:37] (Flashback) Suo**
After I win my fifth consecutive title,
I'm going to retire.
**[04:41] Murao**
*My last chance!*
**[05:01] Murao**
Just a moment, please.
**[05:07] Murao**
Yamashiro-san is reading for us.
We can't waste that.
**[05:10] Murao**
Come back to us, Arata.
**[05:39] [POEM] Kyoko**
have been so—
**[05:41] Girl**
*Who was that?*
**[05:42] Guy**
*The Queen again?*
**[05:45] Kuri**
*Re...*
**[05:46] Kuri**
*Really? At a time like this?!*
**[05:48] Kuri**
*Arata-kun?!*
**[05:49] Arata**
S-Sorry... Excuse me!
**[05:53] Guy**
*He left his seat!*
**[05:54] Guy**
*The bathroom?!*
**[05:55] Guy**
*In the middle of a match?!*
**[05:57] Daisuke**
Coach, what happens now?
What about the match?
**[06:01] Kuri**
Nothing happens.
**[06:03] Kuri**
Cards will continue to be read,
even if his opponent's not there.
**[06:07] [POEM] Kyoko**
Note that though...
**[06:09] Arata**
*Unbelievable!*
**[06:10] Arata**
*Running to the bathroom during a match?!*
**[06:12] Arata**
*How many cards am I missing?*
**[06:13] Arata**
*I have to hurry! Hurry!*
**[06:15] Arata**
* Seriously, I'm never eating*
* Yuu's cooking again!*
**[06:18] Arata**
*Never again, Yuu, you idiot!*
**[06:20] Arata**
*You idiot!*
**[06:21] (Flashback) Yuu**
My mom made it.
**[06:23] (Flashback) Yuu**
I wouldn't mind joining your karuta club.
**[06:26] (Flashback) Arata**
What kind of puny reward
for winning is that?
**[06:29] Arata**
*I was such a jerk.*
**[06:32] Arata**
*Sorry, Yuu.*
**[06:34] Arata**
*I'm nothing special at all.*
**[06:40] Arata**
I'm sorry about that.
**[06:50] Arata**
* Four cards have gone*
* while I was in the bathroom.*
**[06:52] Arata**
*I'm behind by eleven now.*
**[06:54] Arata**
*How many dead cards were there?*
**[06:56] Arata**
*What was read?*
**[06:58] Arata**
*I'm losing to Murao-san by eleven cards...*
**[07:07] Arata**
* I've never visualized myself coming*
* back from a place like this to win.*
**[07:11] Arata**
*But... what is this?*
**[07:13] Arata**
*What is it?*
**[07:15] Arata**
*I can't let this match go.*
**[07:19] Arata**
* Even if I'm embarrassed,*
* even if I'm nothing special...*
**[07:23] Arata**
*I can't run away.*
**[07:26] Yoshioka**
*He's down by eleven.*
**[07:27] Yoshioka**
* It'll be tough to recover from that,*
* even for Wataya-kun.*
**[07:30] Kuri**
*And it's more than just the differential at play.*
**[07:33] Kuri**
* The rule is that no one can tell him*
* what was read while he was out.*
**[07:38] Kuri**
* He doesn't know how many dead cards were read*
* in addition to the four on the board,*
**[07:42] Kuri**
*or how the unique syllables have changed.*
**[07:47] Kuri**
* This handicap goes far beyond*
* just the differential.*
**[07:50] Kuri**
* I'm sure Arata-kun will*
* do all he can, but...*
**[07:53] Yoshioka**
*This match is already...*
**[07:55] Arata**
I'm going to move my cards.
**[08:06] Murao**
*Arata...*
**[08:07] Murao**
*He hasn't given up.*
**[08:12] Arata**
*Considering the amount of time I was away,*
**[08:15] Arata**
*there must've been two or three dead cards.*
**[08:17] Arata**
*It's no use thinking about it.*
**[08:19] Arata**
* I just have to keep going*
* with what I do know.*
**[08:22] Arata**
*Should I attack?*
**[08:24] Arata**
* I'm afraid of faults and*
* double faults, though.*
**[08:26] Arata**
*I just have to do this.*
**[08:28] Arata**
*Everyone's watching.*
**[08:30] Arata**
* I can't make any more*
* embarrassing mistakes.*
**[08:32] Arata**
*I have to do this!*
**[08:35] [POEM] Kyoko**
Gust of wind...
**[08:38] Guy**
* What a time for a one-syllable*
* card on his own side!*
**[08:41] Guy**
*That was lucky!*
**[08:44] Arata**
* It must be nice to have*
* 28 one-syllable cards, Suo-san.*
***SIGN*** hence the name fall leaves
**[08:50] Arata**
*Wait, was it 27?*
**[08:57] Arata**
* Even the Master says some*
* random stuff sometimes.*
***SIGN*** Munch Munch
***SIGN*** Fine
Confections
Kogetsuan
**[08:59] Arata**
*I don't care if I embarrass myself anymore.*
**[09:03] [POEM] Kyoko**
For you, I head out to the
fields to pick spring greens
**[09:05] Girl**
* He jumped into the opponent's side*
* to cover "For you"!*
**[09:08] Guy**
*No hesitation at all!*
**[09:09] Kuri**
*That's the usual Arata-kun.*
**[09:12] Murao**
* A multi-syllable card right*
* after a one-syllable card?*
**[09:15] Murao**
*You're lucky, Arata.*
**[09:18] Murao**
*But it won't last.*
**[09:21] Murao**
* I have an overwhelming advantage*
* when it comes to two- and three-syllable cards.*
***SIGN*** Sone no Yoshitada Like a boatsman adrift at the mouth of the Yura, I do not know where this love will take me
**[09:24] [POEM] Kyoko**
Like a boatsman...
**[09:26] Kuri**
*Murao-kun's fast!*
**[09:28] Arata**
*Did he...*
**[09:30] Arata**
*take that one after just hearing "Like"?*
**[09:34] Arata**
*One of the dead cards was "Like the"!*
**[09:37] Arata**
* Now there are only two dead cards*
* I don't know about, at most.*
**[09:41] Hajime**
*Arata, visualize it.*
**[09:46] Arata**
*The cards will tell me...*
**[09:50] Arata**
*how to visualize myself winning.*
***SIGN*** Click Click Click
***SIGN*** Silent Mode
***SIGN*** Click Click Click
**[09:56] Yuube**
*How are the Master qualifiers going?*
**[09:59] Yuube**
* I figured Wataya-kun would*
* come out on top...*
***SIGN*** Not interested
**[10:03] Yuube**
*But this is a tight match.*
**[10:05] Yuube**
* Megumu, Yuikawa-san's a*
* tough opponent to play.*
**[10:10] Megumu**
*She's tough to play.*
***SIGN*** I never asked to be treated colder than the winds of Mount Hatsuse
**[10:13] Megumu**
* She's unnaturally fast*
* with her own left side.*
**[10:15] Yuikawa**
I'm moving my cards.
**[10:20] Megumu**
* She keeps moving more cards*
* over from her right side.*
**[10:24] Megumu**
* She's hoping to take them*
* all from her left!*
**[10:27] Megumu**
* A southpaw who excels*
* in defending her left side!*
**[10:31] Megumu**
* Sheesh... Another southpaw,*
* just like the Queen?*
**[10:37] Megumu**
*I can't lose!*
***SIGN*** Click Click Click Click Click Click Click
***SIGN*** Ba-dump
**[10:41] [POEM] Kyoko**
The tail feathers...
**[10:42] [POEM] Kyoko**
As I wait...
**[10:44] [POEM] Kyoko**
My only thought as the boat takes me...
**[10:50] Kuri**
* Eleven cards versus eighteen...*
* He's closing the gap.*
**[10:53] Guy**
*Murao-san is staying calm.*
**[10:55] Girl**
* He's attacking the opponent's side,*
* which is standard when you have a big lead.*
**[10:59] Bros**
*But he looks really stressed out.*
**[11:01] [POEM] Kyoko**
the cresting waves almost look
like clouds in the skies
**[11:06] Kuri**
*What...*
**[11:08] Kuri**
*is he worried about?*
**[11:10] [POEM] Kyoko**
My fear is that you will forget...
**[11:12] Guy**
* He landed a clean cross on "My own home"*
* and "My fear is that"!*
**[11:15] Kuri**
* "My fear is that" is the card Murao-kun*
* sent him in the first half.*
**[11:19] Kuri**
*Of course!*
**[11:20] Kuri**
*He built an unbelievable lead over Arata-kun.*
**[11:24] Kuri**
* He was forced to send him cards he normally*
* never would have sent in the first half.*
**[11:29] Kuri**
* That meant giving "My own" and "My fear"*
* to Arata-kun, who has a strong cross stroke.*
**[11:34] Kuri**
*That's what's bothering Murao-kun now.*
**[11:36] Kuri**
*And he lost "My fear is that," too.*
**[11:40] Kuri**
* When you take a big lead over someone*
* who's just as good as you,*
**[11:43] Kuri**
*it just stresses you out, even if you win.*
**[11:46] Arata**
*Seventeen cards versus eleven...*
**[11:48] Arata**
*I'm down by six.*
**[11:50] Arata**
*It's not impossible. I can catch him.*
**[11:53] Arata**
*I have to take this one card at a time.*
**[11:56] [POEM] Kyoko**
After I heard you say...
**[11:58] Guy**
*He's attacking!*
**[11:59] Girl**
*That was fast!*
**[12:02] Murao**
*Of course I'm gonna be stressed out.*
**[12:05] Murao**
*You're Wataya Arata, after all.*
**[12:09] Murao**
* Ten versus seventeen.*
* I'm still seven cards ahead of Arata.*
**[12:14] Murao**
* I couldn't ask for better.*
* I'm gonna keep attacking!*
**[12:20] Arata**
*Murao-san...*
**[12:22] Arata**
*The other dead card...*
**[12:25] Arata**
*was "After I determined," wasn't it?*
**[12:31] Arata**
*I like how Murao-san plays karuta.*
**[12:35] Arata**
*He's not swayed by what unfolds during a match.*
**[12:38] Arata**
*His karuta is diligent and consistent.*
**[12:41] [POEM] Kyoko**
Said world grants no escape
**[12:44] Kuri**
* Arata-kun crossed over both "Said world grants*
* no escape" and "Said world grants no change,"*
**[12:49] Kuri**
* but Murao-kun was guarding it from the side*
* opposite where Arata-kun's hand came from!*
**[12:53] Kuri**
* "When there are two cards,*
* I'll hold one down."*
**[12:56] Kuri**
* You can't make a move like that*
* unless you make that decision.*
**[12:59] Kuri**
*That's how Murao-kun counters Arata-kun!*
**[13:02] Arata**
*Murao-san's definitely a tough opponent.*
**[13:30] Murao**
*All right!*
**[13:32] Murao**
* My offense is working.*
* I'm getting cards from his side.*
**[13:34] Murao**
*I can still move. I'm just fine.*
**[13:40] Murao**
*My lead is down to four?*
**[13:42] Murao**
*Already?*
**[13:48] Yoshioka**
*It's down to which cards are read.*
**[13:51] Yoshioka**
* Both of them are attacking*
* the opponent's side,*
**[13:53] [POEM] Kyoko**
Nothing can be worse...
**[13:54] Yoshioka**
* but most of the cards read*
* are on Murao-kun's side.*
**[13:57] Yoshioka**
* In terms of probability, more of the cards*
* being read should be on Arata-kun's side,*
**[14:01] Yoshioka**
* yet he's attacking Murao-kun's side*
* with no fear whatsoever.*
***SIGN*** as my sleeves are wet with dew
**[14:07] Arata**
*Once he has a lead of more than ten cards,*
**[14:10] Arata**
* even Murao-san would only put his*
* best cards closest to his hands.*
**[14:15] Arata**
*Especially...*
**[14:16] [POEM] Kyoko**
Swift waters parted...
**[14:16] Arata**
*on his right side!*
**[14:20] Kuri**
* Arata-kun usually plays with a*
* balance of offense and defense,*
**[14:24] Kuri**
*but he's attacking hard.*
**[14:27] Kuri**
*He's calling the momentum to him.*
***SIGN*** East Japan Qualifiers Dr. Harada (Winner)
**[14:33] Kuri**
*The momentum to fight*
**[14:36] Kuri**
* East Japan's number one,*
* the king of offensive karuta.*
**[14:43] [POEM] Kyoko**
Impassionate gods have never seen
**[14:47] Guy**
*Murao-kun's fast, too!*
**[14:48] Girl**
*He's keeping up!*
**[14:50] Yoshioka**
* Arata-kun was targeting*
* "Impassionate," too!*
**[14:52] Bros**
*Keep that lead, Shinichi-niichan!*
**[14:53] Murao**
*I want to beat Master Suo.*
**[14:57] Murao**
*He's beaten so many people on talent alone.*
**[15:00] Murao**
* This is my last chance to*
* beat him through hard work!*
**[15:08] Arata**
*Murao-san...*
**[15:10] Arata**
*The last dead card that was read...*
**[15:13] Arata**
*was "Impassioned vows"?*
**[15:19] Murao**
*Hard work...*
**[15:21] Murao**
*Talent...*
**[15:23] Murao**
*Hard work...*
**[15:25] Murao**
*Talent...*
**[15:28] Murao**
*Hard work...*
**[15:31] Murao**
*Talent...*
***SIGN*** banish any lingering memories of the past
**[15:46] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[15:50] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[16:04] Murao**
Arata.
**[16:10] Murao**
Smile, Arata.
**[16:11] Murao**
If you don't smile,
I'm gonna get depressed.
**[16:21] Arata**
Ow!
**[16:22] Murao**
Don't actually smile, moron.
**[16:23] Murao**
You'll make me even more depressed.
***SIGN*** Ha!
**[16:27] Guy**
The winner of the final round,
by two cards, is Wataya Arata-kun!
**[16:31] Arata**
*I really like Murao-san.*
**[16:38] Murao**
You'd better win, Arata.
**[16:42] Murao**
You've got both hard work
and talent on your side.
***SIGN*** Certificate of Recommendation for Wataya Arata The above is hereby recommended to represent West Japan in the playoff to decide the challenger for the 59th Master match. All Japan Karuta Association Chairman Mashita Yoshiaki
**[16:50] Arata**
If I believe I do, I'll probably lose,
**[16:54] Arata**
so I'm going to see someone who doesn't.
**[16:59] Guy**
In the challenger play-offs
to be held in November,
**[17:02] Guy**
the representatives from West Japan will
be Wataya Arata-kun for the Master title
**[17:06] Guy**
and Ousaka Megumu-san for the Queen title.
***SIGN*** Kyoto
**[17:17] Chihaya**
Revolution!
**[17:18] Girl**
Counter-revolution!
**[17:19] Miyauchi**
Go to sleep right now!
**[17:23] Girl**
Is she gone? Is the Empress gone?
**[17:25] Michiru**
As if we could sleep. It's only eleven.
**[17:27] Girl**
Think we could sneak out?
**[17:29] Chihaya**
To go where?
**[17:30] Girl**
Class 3 made a game of sneaking out
to go to the convenience store.
**[17:34] Girl**
They got caught and had to sit in the hall.
**[17:36] Chihaya**
Wow!
**[17:40] Michiru**
Sorry, Chi-chan! I still
have your phone battery!
**[17:44] Michiru**
Here.
**[17:47] Chihaya**
It's fine.
**[17:48] Chihaya**
Keep it until morning, Michiru-chan.
**[17:50] Chihaya**
I'll look if I have it.
**[17:53] Michiru**
* Chihaya-chan's a lot more considerate*
* of others than everyone realizes.*
**[17:59] Michiru**
* She's really trying to*
* focus on this class trip,*
**[18:02] Michiru**
* even though she has other*
* things on her mind.*
***SIGN*** Zzzz
**[18:06] Girl**
You're sleeping? What about girl talk?
**[18:08] Michiru**
I don't think Chi-chan is capable of that.
**[18:09] Girl**
Jeez, just change your good looks!
They're going to waste!
**[18:11] Michiru**
Thanks, Chihaya-chan.
**[18:13] Chihaya**
I'm gonna go buy some tea.
**[18:15] Girl**
Isn't the teacher standing out there?
**[18:17] Girl**
They should at least let her get a drink.
**[18:32] Chihaya**
Ta... Ta—
**[18:33] Miyauchi**
Shh!
**[18:34] Miyauchi**
Keep it down!
**[18:39] Taichi**
I felt better, so here I am.
**[18:41] Taichi**
I didn't want to be at school taking
supplementary lessons alone.
**[18:48] Miyauchi**
*Wh-What? Is she angry? Sad? Confused?*
**[18:51] Miyauchi**
A-Anyway, the Class 1
boys are in that room.
**[18:55] Taichi**
Okay.
**[18:56] Miyauchi**
Ayase-san, go to bed.
**[18:58] Chihaya**
But... tea...
**[18:59] Miyauchi**
I'll buy one for you.
**[19:01] Miyauchi**
You stay in your room.
**[19:02] Taichi**
Night, Chihaya. You should
get some sleep yourself.
**[19:09] Chihaya**
Don't you tell me to sleep!
**[19:11] Taichi**
What the heck, Chihaya?
The teacher's gonna come back!
**[19:13] Chihaya**
Taichi!
**[19:14] Chihaya**
Tai... Ea...
**[19:16] Chihaya**
Ea... Ea... Ea... Ea... Ea...
**[19:21] Taichi**
It's Dr. Harada.
**[19:29] Taichi**
He's representing East Japan.
**[19:34] Taichi**
And for West Japan—
**[19:36] Chihaya**
Michiru-chan! I need my battery back!
Where's my phone?!
**[19:39] Michiru**
What?!
**[19:41] Chihaya**
R-Really?
**[19:44] Chihaya**
Really?
**[19:47] Chihaya**
D-Did Dr. Harada really...
**[19:53] Taichi**
Which one are you going to
root for in the play-off?
**[19:58] Chihaya**
Which one? Dr. Harada, obvio—
**[20:03] Taichi**
He's amazing, isn't he?
**[20:07] Chihaya**
*The West Japan representative is... Arata?!*
**[20:12] Chihaya**
* Dr. Harada and Arata are gonna*
* compete to be the challenger?!*
**[20:25] Guy**
Yo, Mashima! What just
happened with Ayase-san?
**[20:29] Guy**
You just had to draw attention to
yourself, coming here late...
**[20:33] Guy**
Huh?!
**[20:34] Guy**
M-Mashima?!
**[20:36] Guy**
Hey!
***SIGN*** Uh, guys, he's all right.
***SIGN*** He's just sleeping.
***SIGN*** He's a hundred times more tired than any of us after today.
***SIGN*** There we go.
**[20:50] Guy**
Desktomu's such a manly man.
**[20:52] Guy**
We'll help.
**[20:53] Guy**
Lay out a futon.
**[20:56] Tsutomu**
* Mashima... It would've been great*
* if you'd come here victorious.*
**[21:01] Tsutomu**
*I know karuta isn't that simple.*
**[21:04] Tsutomu**
*But...*
**[21:07] Tsutomu**
*It would've been great if you'd won.*
**[21:17] [Messenger] ---**
Mailbox
Sender: Hanano Sumire
Here are the match-ups for the challenger play-offs.
Master: Harada - Wataya
Queen:
# E11 - Leaving a hovering mist above the trees and grass
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**[00:01] Teacher**
All right, now that the
class trip is behind us...
**[00:05] Teacher**
Ayase-san, since you want
to become a teacher...
**[00:09] Teacher**
Exactly what subject
are you hoping to teach?
**[00:19] Teacher**
Well, if we go by your grades,
**[00:21] Teacher**
you're far more suited to
PE than anything else.
**[00:25] Teacher**
But Ms. Miyauchi...
***SIGN*** PE
**[00:27] Miyauchi**
Make sure she picks a subject
where students don't die!
**[00:30] Teacher**
...said that to me.
**[00:36] Teacher**
Well, let's take a little more time
to think about it, shall we?
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Verse 11
***SIGN*** Leaving a
hovering
mist
above the
trees and
grass
***SIGN*** Competitive
Karuta Club
New members always welcome!
**[02:02] Nishida**
* Mashima's clearly been off his game*
* since the qualifiers,*
**[02:06] Nishida**
* and Ayase's still riding the momentum*
* from her win at the Yoshino Tournament.*
**[02:10] Nishida**
*She's not holding anything back, either.*
**[02:14] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[02:16] Nishida**
*She won by 20 cards!*
**[02:18] Nishida**
* Ayase! He's never gonna*
* bounce back that way!*
**[02:29] Chihaya**
*I don't know what I'm supposed to do,*
**[02:32] Chihaya**
*or how to make him feel better.*
**[02:35] Chihaya**
*But if I hold anything back...*
**[02:38] Chihaya**
*If I don't play with my full strength...*
**[02:40] Chihaya**
* I get the feeling he'll*
* just stop playing karuta.*
**[02:46] Chihaya**
I'll be the reader next.
**[02:48] Chihaya**
We'll start in ten minutes.
**[02:51] Nishida**
By the way, Ayase,
did you call Wataya Arata?
**[02:54] Chihaya**
Huh? No.
**[02:56] Nishida**
Well, call him!
**[02:57] Nishida**
He's the youngest male West
representative ever! That's a big deal!
**[03:12] Chihaya**
No. I'll call him later.
**[03:15] Nishida**
Speak of the devil! Is that
a message from Wataya?
**[03:19] Sumire**
Oh, I got one, too.
**[03:20] Tsukuba**
Me, too.
***SIGN*** From Wataya?
**[03:23] [Messenger] ---**
To all Shiranami Society ML members
Notice of emergency
Shiranami Society meeting
**[03:38] Chihaya**
Taichi?
**[03:40] Taichi**
Nah, it's nothing. Let's go.
**[03:45] Taichi**
*Do I have to go?*
**[03:48] Taichi**
*I don't want to.*
**[03:50] Taichi**
*I can't face Dr. Harada right now.*
**[03:56] Harada**
I called you all here today for one reason:
**[04:00] Harada**
to announce my plan for producing
the Shiranami Society's first Master,
**[04:02] Harada**
my greatest dream since the day
this society was founded!
***SIGN*** Announce...
**[04:06] All**
*Announce?*
**[04:07] Harada**
We have one month until
the East-West Playoff!
**[04:10] Harada**
We can't waste a single day!
**[04:13] Harada**
First, you Class A kids!
**[04:15] Harada**
You will participate more
proactively than ever in practice
**[04:18] Harada**
and challenge me as if you were competing
to be Master or Queen yourself!
**[04:23] Harada**
Those of you in Class B and below
**[04:24] Harada**
will devote yourselves to strategy
formulation and self-discipline
**[04:28] Harada**
and heighten the competitive
atmosphere of our practices!
**[04:31] Harada**
For my sake!
**[04:34] Guy**
* Dr. Harada's finally letting*
* his true motives take over.*
***SIGN*** Bam
**[04:38] Harada**
* I started the Shiranami Society so*
* that I could become Master one day.*
**[04:43] Harada**
* It's to make myself stronger*
* that I guide the younger players, too!*
**[04:47] Harada**
Tsuboguchi-kun, you're free
to coach your own students,
**[04:50] Harada**
but you have to come here
at least twice a week!
**[04:52] Hiroshi**
Wow, that'll be rough.
**[04:54] Harada**
As for you, Eyelashes...
***SIGN*** Wataya Arata's Preferred Layout
**[04:56] Harada**
Tsuboguchi-kun and Hanano-san made me
this chart of Glasses' card layout.
**[05:01] Harada**
Use this to play against me!
***SIGN*** Wataya Arata's Preferred Layout
**[05:04] Taichi**
*Arata's card layout?*
**[05:06] Taichi**
*I'm supposed to be a virtual Arata?*
**[05:10] Taichi**
I... I can't do that.
**[05:12] Taichi**
Suddenly playing with someone else's layout
won't make me a good training dummy.
**[05:16] Taichi**
*I won't.*
**[05:17] Harada**
What are you talking about?!
**[05:18] Harada**
You still played well after changing
your own placement like that!
***SIGN*** You're versatile enough
**[05:22] Harada**
You're the only one who *can* do this!
**[05:23] Taichi**
Even if I copy Arata,
I can't play like him!
**[05:26] Taichi**
*I won't!*
**[05:28] Harada**
You're the one who made me
the East Japan representative!
**[05:38] (Flashback) Sudo**
I yield this match.
**[05:39] Harada**
He claimed he'd jammed his finger,
**[05:42] Harada**
but the reason Sudo-kun
yielded to me in the finals
**[05:45] Harada**
was clearly because of his wager with you!
**[05:48] Harada**
Of course, I would've
won if I'd played him,
**[05:51] Harada**
but I got out of hurting
my knee any further!
**[05:54] Harada**
The fight Tsuboguchi-kun put up
in the semifinals helped,
**[05:57] Harada**
but your strength at the
Yoshino Tournament saved me, too!
**[06:02] Harada**
I want...
**[06:03] Harada**
to fight with the help of everyone
in the Shiranami Society!
**[06:07] Harada**
Being on the receiving end of
that help makes me stronger!
**[06:20] Chihaya**
*Full strength...*
**[06:23] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada's full strength...*
**[06:27] Chihaya**
* pulls in everything around*
* him to move him forward.*
**[06:33] Chihaya**
Dr. Harada, I'll memorize a layout, too.
**[06:36] Harada**
You don't need to do that.
***SIGN*** You're not that versatile
**[06:38] Harada**
You'll wreck your own play style.
**[06:40] Chihaya**
Not Arata's layout.
**[06:42] Chihaya**
Master Suo's.
**[06:45] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
You have twenty!
**[06:47] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
Twenty one-syllable cards!
**[06:51] Harada**
*A virtual Suo Hisashi...*
**[07:00] Kuri**
*He's good.*
**[07:03] Kuri**
* He's able to relax again,*
* and he's tenacious on top of that.*
**[07:08] Kuri**
*Nobody can call this the dumb luck of youth.*
**[07:12] Kuri**
Okay, break time.
**[07:22] Arata**
Hello?
**[07:23] Chihaya**
* Congrats on becoming*
* the West Japan representative!*
***SIGN*** Riiiing
**[07:29] Arata**
Chihaya... That seriously
threw my senses off.
**[07:33] Chihaya**
*What?! Really?!*
**[07:35] Arata**
Nah. I'm fine.
**[07:37] Chihaya**
*Arata!*
**[07:38] Chihaya**
The Shiranami Society's going
to do all it can to beat you!
**[07:41] Chihaya**
The one who's going to Omi Jingu as
the challenger is Dr. Harada for sure!
**[07:46] Chihaya**
He's 100% not gonna lose!
***SIGN*** Win Win
**[07:47] Chihaya**
He's going to beat you!
Dr. Harada's going to win!
**[07:50] Chihaya**
He won't lose! He'll win for sure!
**[07:53] Chihaya**
The Shiranami Society's
the best! We won't lose!
**[07:56] Taichi**
Chihaya, you're such a pest.
**[07:57] Chihaya**
We're gonna win! The Shiranami
Society's the best—
**[08:01] Taichi**
You do your best too, Arata.
**[08:15] [POEM] Kyoko**
When I must hide...
**[08:17] Guy**
*For most players, there are only*
**[08:19] Guy**
* seven one-syllable cards: "Rain, Silent,*
* Long, Gust, All, Look, Swift."*
**[08:22] Guy**
* But in our interview, the*
* Master had this to say.*
***SIGN*** Suo Hisashi's Preferred Layout
**[08:26] Guy**
*There are 28 one-syllable cards for him.*
**[08:34] Chitose**
Come on, Chihaya! Give it a rest already!
**[08:37] Chitose**
Let me check out the late
night drama I was... in...
***SIGN*** Suo Hisashi's Preferred Layout
**[08:55] Chihaya**
*There are 28 one-syllable cards.*
**[09:00] Chihaya**
*28 cards...*
**[09:05] [POEM] Reader**
For the cold nights...
**[09:10] [POEM] Reader**
I wish I could show...
**[09:15] [POEM] Reader**
have been soaked red with tears of blood
**[09:21] [POEM] Reader**
The storm blasts...
***SIGN*** Orange
***SIGN*** 100% Fruit Juice
**[09:25] Haruka**
This brings back memories.
**[09:28] Haruka**
But you haven't gotten rusty
at all, Sakurazawa-san.
**[09:30] Haruka**
I guess practicing with high school kids
every day helps, huh?
**[09:34] Sakura**
What are you talking about?
**[09:36] Sakura**
I'm hopeless. I've lost my tenacity.
**[09:39] Sakura**
I practice too much.
**[09:42] Sakura**
For veterans, one real match is
more important than ten practice games.
**[09:46] Haruka**
You just beat me, though!
***SIGN*** You got me good
**[09:50] Sakura**
Any game I play against you
is a "real match" for me.
**[09:57] Sakura**
Okay, you're next, Rion. Go on.
**[10:02] Sakura**
Hyuga-kun, you're the reader.
**[10:03] Hyuga**
Got it!
**[10:04] Rion**
*That's just mean, Coach Sakurazawa!*
**[10:07] Rion**
*I lost big time in the East Japan qualifiers!*
**[10:10] Rion**
* I couldn't make up for that minuscule*
* difference in our game senses!*
**[10:13] Haruka**
With Hyuga-kun's sloppy reading,
you might be able to beat me, Rion-chan.
**[10:19] Haruka**
Though I wouldn't lose if we had
the grade 7 Yamashiro as reader.
**[10:25] Rion**
Excuse me.
**[10:37] Both**
Thank you for the game.
**[10:39] [POEM] Hyuga**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[10:42] Guy**
*Cheers, you suck at this!*
**[10:45] Sakura**
*Way to egg her on, Inokuma-san.*
**[10:49] Sakura**
* My Yamashiro's a fine raw*
* gemstone, isn't she?*
**[10:52] Sakura**
* You can tell she'll only go*
* up from here, can't you?*
**[10:58] Sakura**
*I noticed it earlier, too...*
**[11:00] Sakura**
* but Inokuma-san's game sense isn't the same*
* as when she was in her prime.*
**[11:06] Sakura**
* It peaks in a player's teens*
* and early twenties.*
**[11:12] Sakura**
*It's all downhill from there.*
**[11:19] Haruka**
Thanks for the ride, Sakurazawa-san.
**[11:21] Sakura**
It can't be easy,
taking the bullet train here.
**[11:24] Sakura**
Will you make it back next week?
**[11:25] Haruka**
Sure, if you don't mind.
**[11:32] Haruka**
*Shoot...*
**[11:33] Haruka**
*Breast pump time. I'm tight as a drum.*
**[11:36] Haruka**
* I guess nursing babies and their mommies*
* are made to never be apart.*
**[11:45] [Messenger] ---**
From: Inokuma Satoshi
Jin came down with a fever of 39 degrees.
Where was the medicine we got for fevers last time?
Should I give him that?
He had 200 mL of milk earlier.
He's fine, but he's crying for his mama.
Try to come home soon.
**[11:45] Haruka**
*What?!*
**[11:46] Haruka**
*Jin... has a fever?*
***SIGN*** He's fine, but he's crying for his mama. Try to come home soon.
**[12:12] Haruka**
* The West representative,*
* Ousaka-san, is 18 years old.*
**[12:15] Haruka**
*The current Queen is 17.*
**[12:19] Haruka**
*How am I supposed to win at the age of 34?*
**[12:27] Haruka**
*Is that... more important than my children?*
**[12:33] Mom**
Chihaya! Your mom's serious now!
**[12:36] Mom**
I'm serious about supporting your dream!
**[12:40] Mom**
This is your cousin, Shinji-kun!
***SIGN*** Tweak Tweak
**[12:41] Mom**
He stopped by on his way home
from work to help you study!
**[12:46] Shinji**
I helped with your high school
entrance exams, too.
**[12:48] Shinji**
I hope you're grown a bit since...
**[12:51] Shinji**
...then?!
***SIGN*** Ba dump
**[12:52] Chihaya**
I appreciate your help, Shinji.
**[12:57] Shinji**
Has your voice gotten quieter, Chihaya-chan?
**[12:59] Chihaya**
This is just how it is.
***SIGN*** Tweak Tweak Tweak Tweak
**[13:01] Shinji**
*I-Is it... a signal to move closer?*
**[13:05] Shinji**
O-Okay, then. I'll have to sit next to you.
**[13:08] Chihaya**
Would you like some sweets?
**[13:11] Shinji**
*Is this... a sign of love?!*
**[13:17] Kanade**
Dr. Harada told President Mashima to
memorize Wataya-san's card placement?!
**[13:21] Kanade**
That's just rubbing salt in his wound!
**[13:25] Nishida**
I know, right?
**[13:26] Nishida**
And Mashima's just as messed up
for actually doing it!
**[13:28] Nishida**
Not that I didn't know it,
but he's a total masochist!
**[13:31] Both**
Stop talking about the Shiranami Society!
***SIGN*** Trying to memorize this
**[13:33] Nishida**
What's up with you guys?
**[13:37] Taichi**
*He generally keeps similar cards separated.*
**[13:40] Taichi**
* He keeps "Long" and "Rain" split*
* between left and right, too.*
**[13:44] Hiroshi**
*His cross is incredible.*
**[13:47] Taichi**
*Cross...*
***SIGN*** Okay, today's first matches are...
***SIGN*** Mashima and Ayase, Tsukuba and Kana-chan, and Hanano-san and me.
***SIGN*** Porky will be the reader.
***SIGN*** Manju
**[13:59] Tsukuba**
What? You're giving that to me?
**[14:01] Chihaya**
I can't, because you're not in Class A.
**[14:03] Tsukuba**
Huh?!
***SIGN*** Shock
***SIGN*** Whaaaa...
**[14:04] All**
*She's imitating Suo Hisashi?!*
**[14:07] Tsutomu**
*What do we do about this?*
**[14:09] Nishida**
*We have an idiot among us!*
**[14:11] Chihaya**
Are you in Class A?
**[14:13] Sumire**
No, I'm not!
**[14:17] Taichi**
L-Let's play some karuta, eh?
**[14:19] Nishida**
*And another idiot!*
***SIGN*** What?!
**[14:23] Tsutomu**
*How will this go, though?*
**[14:25] Tsutomu**
* One's trying to be Suo Hisashi,*
* and one's trying to be Wataya Arata.*
**[14:30] [POEM] Nishida**
...now the flower blooms
**[14:37] [POEM] Nishida**
Feel sorrow wash over me...
**[14:40] Tsutomu**
* She put "Feel love" and "Feel sorrow"*
* beside each other*
**[14:42] Tsutomu**
*and held them down together.*
**[14:45] Tsutomu**
* If someone with good game sense pulls that*
* on you, there's nothing you can do.*
**[14:49] Kanade**
* She's even imitating how often*
* he holds cards down.*
**[14:53] Nishida**
*Same for everything else.*
**[14:54] Nishida**
* She put the cards she's*
* confident in close together*
**[14:57] Nishida**
* so she can win them before*
* they're even read.*
**[15:00] Nishida**
* That's not easy, even if you*
* understand the concept!*
**[15:02] Nishida**
*You're amazing, Ayase!*
**[15:06] Chihaya**
* Pursue the world seen*
* through Suo-san's eyes.*
**[15:11] Chihaya**
*Seen? Heard?*
**[15:16] Taichi**
*Damn it!*
**[15:17] Taichi**
*It must be nice to be able to do that.*
**[15:20] Taichi**
* It's taking all I have just*
* to not feel discouraged.*
**[15:24] Taichi**
*Wait, no...*
**[15:25] Arata**
It's taking all I have.
***SIGN*** He'd never say that
**[15:29] Taichi**
*Arata would never say that.*
**[15:33] Arata**
* It's difficult to achieve a*
* similar level of game sense,*
**[15:36] Arata**
* but there are plenty of other*
* ways to take cards faster.*
**[15:40] [POEM] Nishida**
Would this old...
**[15:43] Nishida**
That was pretty ugly, Mashima.
***SIGN*** Ugly?!
**[15:45] Nishida**
But you used a cross to take that!
**[15:47] Nishida**
Ayase went straight for
the "Would this" card,
**[15:50] Nishida**
but you were prepared to take both
"Would this" and "Would the"
**[15:53] Nishida**
so you could win it on the first syllable!
***SIGN*** Is the cross stroke a way to play on equal footing as players with good game sense?
**[16:00] Nishida**
With some refining, it is.
**[16:02] Taichi**
*What Arata refines...*
**[16:07] Taichi**
* He does this at such insane*
* speeds right from the start.*
**[16:10] Taichi**
* It's not like the fundamental rule*
* of listening with your hands.*
**[16:15] Taichi**
* This is hard. It's a weapon*
* of a different type.*
**[16:20] Chihaya**
But after one "Would" card is read,
you can't do it again!
**[16:22] Chihaya**
I'll get the next one! Just watch!
***SIGN*** Ah...
***SIGN*** Ah... She's back...
**[16:26] Chihaya**
I'll... get the next one.
***SIGN*** Is that how
Suo-san acts?
**[16:29] Chihaya**
And after I win my fifth
consecutive title, I'll retire.
***SIGN*** Fuchu City Katamachi Cultural Center
***SIGN*** Wataya Arata's Preferred Layout
**[16:41] Harada**
So Glasses keeps "Since the" and "Since I"
split up between left and right
**[16:45] Harada**
and always uses a cross for them...
**[16:48] Taichi**
Even if they're separated, I think he'd
put them here to make you aim for them.
**[16:52] Taichi**
Especially "Since the," in this case.
**[16:55] Taichi**
But I think that means he's sure he can
always take them, no matter what.
**[16:59] Harada**
That definitely makes me
want to take them myself.
**[17:02] Harada**
And Suo-kun?
**[17:03] Chihaya**
He moves forward softly
and takes cards swiftly.
**[17:06] Chihaya**
He holds cards down a lot.
**[17:07] Harada**
Yes, I can see that much by watching him.
***SIGN*** Everyone
knows that
**[17:13] Harada**
Okay, that's it for today.
**[17:18] Chihaya**
* The challenger playoff is*
* already this weekend...*
**[17:22] Harada**
Thank you both, Eyelashes and Chihaya-chan.
**[17:26] Harada**
This has been great practice.
**[17:28] Chihaya**
Um, Dr. Harada... Could
it be that Master Suo...
**[17:34] Chihaya**
N-Never mind.
**[17:36] Harada**
You're an odd girl, Chihaya-chan.
***SIGN*** And a-hup
**[17:39] Chihaya**
What's that you're doing?
***SIGN*** November 24th Otsuka Karuta Memorial Hall
***SIGN*** Master and Queen Challenger Playoffs
**[17:58] Yuube**
Megumu's so cute!
***SIGN*** Click Click Click Click Click
**[18:00] Guy**
Megumu-tan, you're cosmically cute!
**[18:03] Yuube**
You guys busted out the headbands...
**[18:07] Haruka**
It's been ages since I wore a hakama.
**[18:10] Satoshi**
I'd love to cheer you on, but Aki
and Jin would make too much noise.
**[18:14] Satoshi**
I'll take them to the park or something.
**[18:17] Jin**
Will you come to the park with us, Mommy?
**[18:19] Jin**
Will you?
**[18:26] Satoshi**
What's wrong, Jin? Need to nurse?
**[18:28] Haruka**
Nurse?! I can't! I'm already in my hakama!
**[18:31] Haruka**
Milk... I'll make some milk.
**[18:33] Haruka**
Just hold on... Milk, milk...
**[18:37] Haruka**
The hot water!
**[18:39] Haruka**
The hot water...
***SIGN*** Gone...
**[18:41] Satoshi**
I'll ask for some more.
**[18:53] Haruka**
J-Jin...
**[18:59] Haruka**
Aki...
**[19:03] Haruka**
* Is karuta... more important*
* than my children?*
**[19:11] Haruka**
I'm sorry, Jin and Aki.
**[19:14] Haruka**
I'm sorry.
**[19:16] Rieko**
Oh!
**[19:17] Rieko**
You could go ahead and nurse him.
**[19:20] Haruka**
Huh?
**[19:20] Haruka**
B-But...
**[19:22] Rieko**
Why do you think the kimono
is open at the sides?
**[19:26] Rieko**
Of course, it's not specifically
for breastfeeding, but...
**[19:29] Rieko**
Pardon me.
**[19:31] Rieko**
Ah, they're so nice and soft.
**[19:33] Rieko**
This should work just fine.
Feed him through the opening.
**[19:40] Rieko**
See? It's just fine.
**[19:42] Rieko**
It won't even get wrinkled.
**[19:47] Rieko**
Aren't kimonos convenient?
**[19:50] Rieko**
They're a mother's best friend.
**[19:56] Haruka**
U-Um... You are...
***SIGN*** Oe Traditional Clothing
Celebrating 120 years
thanks to our customers
**[20:05] Rieko**
Feel free to call us whenever you need one!
***SIGN*** Sh-She's a pro... A kimono pro...
**[20:09] Kanade**
There you are, Mom! Where have you been?
**[20:12] Rieko**
Oh, around.
**[20:13] Kanade**
There's a girl in the Suihoku Society
who has her coming-of-age soon.
**[20:16] Rieko**
A business opportunity!
**[20:18] Kanade**
You're fast!
**[20:19] Kanade**
Mom!
**[20:23] Haruka**
I'm sorry, Aki and Jin.
**[20:26] Haruka**
Wait for me.
**[20:28] Haruka**
I'm going to go become a queen.
***SIGN*** Master and Queen Challenger Playoffs
Sponsored by the National Karuta Association
**[20:35] Chihaya**
* This is the day the challenger*
* to the queen will be decided.*
**[20:41] Tsukuba**
Ayase-senpai?!
***SIGN*** Griiiiind
**[20:42] Chihaya**
*I suddenly have intense regrets!*
**[20:45] Chihaya**
*Why am I not here as a competitor?!*
**[20:48] Chihaya**
* Mom! You might not remember*
* my first dream,*
**[20:52] Chihaya**
* but it wasn't to be a teacher!*
* Not a teacher! Not a teacher!*
**[21:07] (Flashback) Arata**
My dream...
**[21:09] (Flashback) Arata**
I'm going to be a karuta master.
**[21:22] Harada**
It's time.
**[21:24] Harada**
All will be decided in a best-of-three.
# E12 - So the flower petals are scattered like the snow by the passing storm
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYNVNE0XR/so-the-flower-petals-are-scattered-like-the-snow-by-the-passing-storm)
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***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Verse 12
***SIGN*** So the flower
petals are
scattered like
the snow by
the passing
storm
**[01:16] Chihaya**
*The Master and Queen challenger playoffs*
**[01:19] Chihaya**
* are a best-of-three, where whoever*
* takes two matches is declared the winner.*
**[01:26] Chihaya**
* The Queen playoff will be between*
* Inokuma-san and Megumu-chan.*
**[01:29] Chihaya**
* Two people I played recently*
* will be going at it in the playoff.*
***SIGN*** Stomach hurts
out of regret
***SIGN*** Ugh
**[01:36] Chihaya**
*And the Master playoff...*
**[01:45] Rieko**
* So much fidgeting...*
* He's not used to the kimono.*
**[01:49] Rieko**
*But the kimono certainly looks right at home.*
**[01:51] Rieko**
*High schoolers are so slender...*
**[01:53] Guy**
* A young boy like that is*
* the West representative?*
**[01:56] Guy**
*Dr. Harada still hasn't shown up.*
**[01:58] Guy**
*Is he using the Miyamoto Musashi strategy?*
**[02:00] Guy**
*A young talent versus a seasoned veteran...*
**[02:03] All**
*Who's going to win?*
**[02:10] Chihaya**
*I have mixed feelings about all this,*
**[02:12] Chihaya**
*so it'll be hard to back anyone 100 percent.*
**[02:18] Chihaya**
*I guess I've grown up.*
**[02:21] Chihaya**
*If I were still in grade school...*
**[02:24] Chihaya**
Arata, you're amazing!
**[02:25] Chihaya**
You're so close to the Master match!
**[02:27] Chihaya**
You can totally do this! Keep it up!
**[02:31] Chihaya**
*Will it be Arata after all?*
**[02:34] Chihaya**
* Will he be the first to reach the stage*
* of the dream we talked about that day?*
**[02:40] Kitano**
Go get 'em, Wataya-kun!
**[02:43] Kitano**
Knock that big bear right off his feet!
**[02:45] Kitano**
It's simple, really.
**[02:47] Kitano**
People only lose to him because they think
he's an Asian black bear. It's pathetic.
**[02:51] Kitano**
Think of him as a teddy bear instead!
**[02:54] Chihaya**
Hey, Porky, why is Coach Kitano
so hostile toward Dr. Harada?
**[02:59] Nishida**
Not sure, but I heard something happened
a long time ago that pissed him off.
***SIGN*** Dazaifu Karuta Society Certified Reader Makino Midori, Grade 6
**[03:08] Kitano**
Midori-chan! You're reading today?
**[03:11] Makino**
Kitano-san! It's been ages!
**[03:13] Kitano**
Doing the first match?
**[03:14] Makino**
I'm doing the third one today.
**[03:16] Kitano**
Oh, that's too bad.
**[03:19] Kitano**
I sure would love to hear you read,
**[03:21] Kitano**
but I'm sure Wataya-kun will
finish it in two matches.
**[03:24] Makino**
Really? And I came all the way from Kyushu...
**[03:28] Makino**
But...
**[03:30] Makino**
I do hope you're right.
**[03:32] Chihaya**
*What did Dr. Harada do?!*
**[03:37] Girl**
*Again?*
**[03:47] Chihaya**
*It's already begun.*
***SIGN*** Master and Queen Challenger Playoffs
Sponsored by the National Karuta Association
**[03:51] Guy**
We will now begin the first match
of the Challenger Playoffs.
**[03:56] All**
Thank you for the game.
**[03:58] Chihaya**
*It's so tense...*
**[04:02] Harada**
You know, I never thought
**[04:04] Harada**
the day would come when I'd
be playing you, Glasses.
**[04:08] Harada**
When I was younger, I did play your grandpa,
**[04:12] Harada**
Eternal Master Wataya Hajime, just once.
**[04:16] Harada**
He was good.
**[04:18] Harada**
It's a great memory.
**[04:20] Harada**
You probably can't understand yet
since you're still young,
**[04:24] Harada**
but it brings me the greatest joy
that I get to play you.
**[04:29] Harada**
I'll be giving these matches all I've got.
**[04:33] Haruka**
*Good.*
**[04:34] Haruka**
* I'm starting to remember what wearing a*
* hakama and being in a match feels like.*
**[04:38] Haruka**
*Now I just need to focus.*
***SIGN*** Good Luck, Megumu
**[04:44] Megumu**
*All right.*
***SIGN*** Ba dump
***SIGN*** Click Click Click Click
**[04:45] All**
* She usually wears it with the writing inside,*
* but she's showing it off today!*
***SIGN*** Good Luck, Megumu
**[04:53] Haruka**
*Good luck, Megumu...*
**[04:56] Haruka**
*Good luck, Megumu...*
**[04:59] Haruka**
* No! Every time I look up at her,*
* I want to say "Good luck, Megumu"!*
**[05:02] Guy**
Time to begin.
**[05:03] Haruka**
*What? Already?!*
***SIGN*** First Match Reader Serizawa Kyoji, Grade 6
**[05:04] All**
Thank you for the game.
**[05:07] All**
Thank you for the game.
**[05:12] [POEM] Kyoji**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[05:14] Kanade**
*Everyone loves Serizawa-san!*
**[05:16] Kanade**
*His pitch is so precise!*
**[05:19] [POEM] Kyoji**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[05:20] Chihaya**
*It's starting.*
**[05:26] Chihaya**
*The first match.*
**[05:27] Harada**
Wait a moment, please.
**[05:31] Harada**
I think the air conditioner is still on.
**[05:34] Harada**
Could you turn it off?
**[05:35] Guy**
O-Of course!
**[05:37] Guy**
I'm sorry.
**[05:39] Kitano**
*Harada!*
**[05:41] Kitano**
*Don't wait until the reading starts!*
**[05:43] Kitano**
* Are you that determined to*
* take control of this match?!*
***SIGN*** Say that sooner!
**[05:47] Guy**
*Typical Dr. Harada.*
**[05:49] Girl**
*Typical Dr. Harada.*
***SIGN*** Saw that coming
**[05:51] Hiroshi**
*Typical Dr. Harada.*
**[05:53] Chihaya**
Was this a strategy, Hiroshi-san?
**[05:55] Hiroshi**
Yeah.
**[05:59] Hiroshi**
* What worries me is that he might have*
* done too much research on Wataya-kun.*
***SIGN*** Unflappable
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**[06:10] [POEM] Kyoji**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[06:17] [POEM] Kyoji**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[06:27] [POEM] Kyoji**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[06:36] [POEM] Kyoji**
The hazed field of reeds conceals
clumps of bamboo shoots,
**[06:38] Kuri**
*He lunged that far on a dead card?!*
**[06:40] Tsukuba**
*S-Scary!*
***SIGN*** As if nothing even happened
**[06:47] [POEM] Kyoji**
May the scarlet kadsuras...
***SIGN*** Dead card
***SIGN*** He's lunging with his whole body! Scary!
**[06:50] [POEM] Kyoji**
Look for the sound...
***SIGN*** Dead card
**[06:51] Kanade**
*Scary!*
**[06:52] [POEM] Kyoji**
The sight of the lonely
moon in the early morning
**[06:53] Harada**
Yes! Gotcha!
**[06:56] Girls**
*There it is! Dr. Harada's "Yes! Gotcha!"*
**[06:59] Kuri**
* He'd moved toward Arata-kun's*
* lower right side,*
**[07:03] Kuri**
*but smoothly changed course toward the left.*
**[07:09] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Arata's karuta...
**[07:12] (Flashback) Chihaya**
is like flowing water.
**[07:14] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Like, even though he's fast,
his movements aren't excessive.
**[07:17] (Flashback) Harada**
Flowing...
**[07:22] (Flashback) Harada**
I'll just stop his flow, then.
**[07:27] Harada**
*Launch my entire upper body over to his side,*
**[07:30] Harada**
*restraining my opponent...*
**[07:33] Harada**
*and seizing aerial superiority!*
**[07:38] Murao**
*He used a minimal amount of force...*
**[07:41] Kuri**
*...to take that from Arata-kun's right side!*
**[07:43] Dad**
* As spirited as he is, he can*
* still take cards lightly?*
**[07:48] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada took consecutive cards from Arata!*
**[07:53] Arata**
*Wow.*
**[07:56] Arata**
*He's so hard to play against.*
**[07:59] Arata**
I'm moving my cards.
**[08:05] Harada**
* He moved "Since the" and*
* "When I" to the left?*
**[08:09] Harada**
* He's changing his layout*
* this early in the game?*
**[08:13] Harada**
* I thought his karuta style*
* was all about balance,*
**[08:16] Harada**
*but he's weighed down his left side.*
**[08:19] [POEM] Kyoji**
When I must hide these burning feelings,
**[08:22] Murao**
*The card he moved was read immediately!*
**[08:24] Kuri**
*It's looking good!*
**[08:32] [POEM] Kyoji**
...on fire with Ibuki mugwort
**[08:38] [POEM] Kyoji**
The hazed early dawn mist over the Kawagiri
***SIGN*** The hazed early dawn light The hazed early dawn mist The hazed field
**[08:41] Taichi**
* That's right! "The hazed field"*
* was already read!*
**[08:45] Harada**
* He got a multi-syllable card*
* on the second syllable...*
**[08:48] Harada**
*With a cross?*
**[08:50] Harada**
*At that speed?*
**[08:53] Hiroshi**
*Dr. Harada has studied Wataya-kun in depth.*
**[08:58] Hiroshi**
*But he only studied the old Wataya-kun.*
**[09:02] Hiroshi**
*How will he handle seeing a new side of him?*
**[09:11] Arata**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[09:14] Harada**
* You probably can't understand yet*
* since you're still young...*
**[09:18] Arata**
* Dr. Harada, you can't understand*
* how I feel, either.*
**[09:27] Arata**
*When I moved to Tokyo,*
**[09:28] Arata**
* I didn't know if I'd be able to*
* make friends or even play karuta.*
**[09:34] (Flashback) Harada**
You're welcome here!
**[09:35] (Flashback) Harada**
I don't care what anyone else says!
You're welcome here!
**[09:39] Arata**
* It was like being told that*
* I could live life true to myself.*
***SIGN*** You can do it!
**[09:52] Lady**
* He's so young,*
* but his movements are so efficient.*
**[09:55] Guy**
*He arranges his cards quickly, too.*
**[09:57] Lady**
* He's also been going to pick up the cards*
* that Dr. Harada sends flying.*
**[10:03] Guy**
*It's definitely clear...*
**[10:05] Guy**
* ...whether or not a player*
* shows respect to his elders.*
**[10:12] Arata**
I'm moving my cards.
**[10:17] Harada**
* He moved "The hazed early dawn light"*
* to his left, too...*
**[10:20] Harada**
* Is this his response to the pressure*
* I've been putting on his lower right side?*
**[10:24] Harada**
*He's more flexible than I realized.*
**[10:28] Arata**
*Dr. Harada plays true offensive karuta.*
**[10:33] Arata**
*He positions himself slightly left of center*
**[10:36] Arata**
* so he can reach straight*
* for my lower right side.*
**[10:40] Arata**
*He intends to take every single card.*
**[10:45] Arata**
*In that case, I'll split them up more.*
**[10:49] Arata**
*And then...*
**[10:54] [POEM] Kyoji**
All alone...
**[10:57] All**
*He...*
**[10:57] All**
*He's fast!*
**[10:59] Lady**
* Dr. Harada hasn't been paying*
* attention to his own side...*
**[11:02] Hiroshi**
*There it is!*
**[11:03] Taichi**
* The incredible acceleration that none*
* of us could reproduce in practice!*
**[11:10] Arata**
*I'm happy.*
**[11:13] Arata**
*I'm happy I get to play Dr. Harada.*
**[11:16] Arata**
*I'm happy he's so strong.*
**[11:20] Arata**
*But...*
**[11:23] Arata**
*I'll be the one to win.*
**[11:30] [POEM] Kyoji**
When the misty bridge of magpie
feathers comes into sight,
**[11:35] Murao**
*Dr. Harada's upper left side...*
**[11:37] Kuri**
* You're playing a good,*
* calm offense, Arata-kun.*
**[11:40] Taichi**
* Dr. Harada attacked "When winds blow,"*
* in Arata's upper right, on "When."*
**[11:45] Taichi**
* Arata stayed calm and took "When the"*
* only after hearing the unique syllable.*
**[11:50] Taichi**
*He's making Dr. Harada target his right side*
**[11:53] Taichi**
* while keeping his own focus*
* on the other three areas.*
**[11:56] Taichi**
* And since he keeps moving his cards,*
* there aren't many left on his right side.*
**[12:02] Nishida**
* And now he sends "When winds blow,"*
* the one Dr. Harada was targeting!*
**[12:06] Taichi**
*He's good.*
**[12:08] Taichi**
*There's no doubt...*
**[12:11] Taichi**
* The one who has the best shot*
* to take down Suo Hisashi*
**[12:13] Taichi**
*is Wataya Arata.*
**[12:17] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada's really sweating.*
**[12:20] Chihaya**
*It's only the middle of the match...*
**[12:22] Kitano**
Very good! Very good!
**[12:24] Kitano**
Attack him more, Wataya-kun!
Don't let him take any!
**[12:28] Kitano**
Stop that old fool right here and now!
**[12:30] Makino**
Agreed. Agreed.
**[12:33] Kitano**
I'll never forget it.
**[12:36] Kitano**
It was at the Yoshino Tournament
31 years ago...
**[12:39] Chihaya**
*31 years ago?!*
***SIGN*** Me
**[12:42] Kitano**
I was 26 years old.
**[12:43] Chihaya**
Wait, what? We're going
into a flashback now?!
**[12:44] Kitano**
Harada and I had both won our way to the
top with the force of a rising dragon.
***SIGN*** Harada
**[12:49] Kitano**
Finally, we faced each other in the finals.
**[12:52] Kitano**
And the original reader
**[12:54] Kitano**
had something else come up, so he
was replaced at the last minute
***SIGN*** I appreciate it. Thanks.
**[12:58] Kitano**
by Kawai Midori-chan.
**[13:00] Kitano**
Back then, she was my Madonna.
***SIGN*** Of course
**[13:02] (Flashback) Kitano**
I swear I'll win!
**[13:06] (Flashback) Harada**
I'm sorry. I yield the match.
**[13:08] (Flashback) Kitano**
Huh?
**[13:10] (Flashback) Kitano**
H-Hey!
**[13:12] (Flashback) Kitano**
What's your deal, Harada? Play the—
**[13:15] (Flashback) Harada**
I don't want Kawai-san's reading
to throw me off-kilter.
**[13:18] (Flashback) Harada**
Not with the Master qualifiers coming up.
**[13:24] Kitano**
Midori-chan later married the man
who had comforted her that day
**[13:28] Kitano**
and moved to Kyushu.
**[13:29] Kitano**
No!
**[13:31] Kitano**
And Harada, after making it as far
as the position of challenger,
**[13:35] Kitano**
was soundly defeated in the Master match.
***SIGN*** Serves you right!!
**[13:39] Kitano**
And Midori-chan, who was such a sweet girl,
**[13:42] Kitano**
was driven by her bitterness toward him to
train rigorously to become a certified reader.
**[13:47] Kitano**
An egoist who can change someone's life
that easily ought to lose here and now!
**[13:52] Both**
Lose! Lose! Lose!
***SIGN*** Lose
***SIGN*** Lose Lose
**[14:05] Chihaya**
*It's clear from the way Arata's playing.*
**[14:10] Arata**
*I'll be the one to win.*
**[14:14] [POEM] Kyoji**
Nobody wishes to see the
beautiful cherry blossoms
**[14:16] All**
* Good luck, Megumu! Good luck,*
* Megumu! Good luck, Megumu!*
***SIGN*** Click Click Click Click Click Click
**[14:19] Haruka**
*Good luck, Megumu...*
**[14:22] Haruka**
*No, no! I can't let her play her game!*
**[14:26] Haruka**
*She doesn't forget many cards.*
**[14:28] Haruka**
* Since she doesn't rely on game sense,*
* she's well-balanced.*
**[14:32] Haruka**
*And above all...*
**[14:33] Haruka**
* Serizawa-san reads with the precision of*
* a metronome, and her tempo matches his.*
**[14:40] Haruka**
* It's not that Serizawa-san's reading*
* is difficult for me,*
**[14:42] Haruka**
*but it's a bit too robotic.*
**[14:46] Guy**
* I thought Inokuma would have*
* the advantage against a high schooler,*
**[14:49] Guy**
*but I guess not.*
**[14:50] Lady**
*She lost at the Yoshino Tournament, didn't she?*
**[14:52] Lady**
*And a high schooler beat her then, too.*
**[14:57] Haruka**
*A fault...*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[15:06] Haruka**
* She sent me "Impassionate"?*
* Is she mocking me?*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[15:11] Haruka**
*No... She doesn't know*
**[15:14] Haruka**
*that my maiden name is Chihara.*
**[15:19] Haruka**
*Does that mean... my time has passed?*
**[15:23] Girls**
*Go, go, Megumu! Go, go, Megumu!*
**[15:25] Guys**
*Push, push, Megumu! Push, push, Megumu!*
**[15:30] Sakura**
* Haruka-san lost several times when*
* she came to practice with Fujisaki, too.*
**[15:36] Sakura**
*Could it be that she's gotten used to losing?*
**[15:38] Sakura**
*When she was once an invincible Queen?*
**[15:40] [POEM] Kyoji**
Long last we meet, only for
me to leave hurriedly,
**[15:42] Chihaya**
* He instantly took a one-syllable*
* on the other side!*
**[15:45] Kuri**
*That's to be expected.*
**[15:47] Kuri**
*Arata-kun's ultimate goal is Suo Hisashi.*
**[15:50] Kuri**
* He'll be up against a guy who claims*
* he has 27 or 28 one-syllable cards.*
**[15:56] Kuri**
* He's been practicing to be able to*
* take all the one-syllable cards.*
**[16:01] Kuri**
* That speed is the result of that practice!*
* You've got this, Arata-kun!*
**[16:08] Both**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[16:10] Arata**
*My body's moving well.*
**[16:13] Arata**
*I reacted perfectly.*
**[16:15] Arata**
*But still...*
**[16:17] Arata**
*I just barely got it.*
**[16:21] Harada**
*He sent one from his right side again...*
**[16:30] Arata**
Excuse me. I'm moving my cards.
**[16:34] Chihaya**
* He's moving them again because there*
* aren't many left on the right?*
**[16:37] Chihaya**
*He's so flexible!*
**[16:39] Chihaya**
* If I did that, Dr. Harada*
* would bite my head off.*
**[16:42] (Flashback) Harada**
Chihaya-chan!
**[16:44] (Flashback) Harada**
Don't change your placements!
**[16:46] (Flashback) Harada**
If you want to move your cards,
it has to be for a reason!
**[16:49] (Flashback) Harada**
You'll be able to take more of them
if you don't move them.
**[16:52] Chihaya**
*It's the opposite for Arata.*
**[16:58] [POEM] Kyoji**
Nothing can be worse than
living a moment longer
**[17:03] Nishida**
*That was good.*
**[17:04] Nishida**
* He guarded against Wataya while going*
* for the "None are" on Wataya's side,*
**[17:07] Nishida**
*but went back to "Nothing."*
**[17:09] [POEM] Kyoji**
While the autumn leaves of Mount Ogura
would never understand human emotion,
**[17:13] Kitano**
* His upper body reacted to "While it brings"*
* on Wataya's lower right,*
**[17:16] Kitano**
* but his hand smoothly reached*
* for "While the" on his own side!*
**[17:21] [POEM] Kyoji**
The fall wind parts...
**[17:23] Nishida**
* Dr. Harada's defense on his*
* own side is incredible, too!*
**[17:26] Kitano**
* There's no doubt he's attacking*
* his opponent's lower right side.*
**[17:31] Kitano**
* But he's only leaning*
* toward that right side,*
**[17:34] Kitano**
* which makes it possible*
* for him to change course.*
**[17:38] Kitano**
* If his arm was also reaching for that side,*
* he couldn't move that way.*
**[17:42] Kitano**
*He's...*
**[17:44] Kitano**
* moving his arm as little as possible*
* to avoid building up inertia!*
**[17:49] Kitano**
*So on the unique syllable...*
**[17:52] Kitano**
*he can move freely!*
**[17:55] Harada**
Hup...
**[17:57] Kitano**
* It's a type of karuta that youngsters*
* with active bodies can't play.*
**[18:05] Kitano**
* Wataya-kun may have the momentum,*
* but he can't pull far ahead.*
**[18:12] [POEM] Kyoji**
When winds blow oak leaves in the twilight,
**[18:14] Harada**
* He nailed "When winds blow,"*
* the card he sent me.*
**[18:17] Harada**
*He really is fast.*
**[18:20] Harada**
*But even Glasses...*
**[18:23] Harada**
*can't take every single card at that speed.*
**[18:30] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[18:33] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[18:35] Both**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[18:37] Tsukuba**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[18:41] Harada**
*I've been a mentor for a long time.*
**[18:46] (Flashback) Harada**
You'll be able to take more of them
if you don't move them.
**[18:50] Harada**
*I have a duty to prove that to you!*
**[18:53] Harada**
All right! I got in!
**[19:01] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[19:04] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[19:07] Chihaya**
The first match goes to Dr. Harada!
**[19:17] All**
*Good luck, Megumu! Good luck, Megumu!*
**[19:20] All**
*Good luck, Megumu! Good luck, Megumu!*
**[19:22] Haruka**
*Good luck...*
**[19:25] Haruka**
*Good luck, me!*
**[19:29] Guy**
*Inokuma-san just barely won by two cards!*
**[19:31] Lady**
*The veterans took both games!*
**[19:32] Guy**
*Amazing!*
**[19:34] Harada**
*Karuta is not about youth or momentum.*
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**[19:43] Guy**
The second match will begin at 12:30,
after the lunch break.
**[19:46] Guy**
Participants, please be in
your seats by that time.
**[19:51] Guy**
I knew Dr. Harada could do it.
**[19:53] Guy**
It feels good to see a veteran
showing his strength.
**[19:57] Kitano**
*I don't want to admit it,*
**[19:59] Kitano**
* but there's no one else past age fifty*
* with the will and stamina*
**[20:03] Kitano**
*to go for the Master title.*
**[20:05] Kitano**
*Not that I'm ever going to cheer for him.*
**[20:09] Harada**
Oh, excuse me.
**[20:11] Harada**
I'd like to withdraw from the second match.
**[20:14] All**
What?!
**[20:16] Harada**
I'll be back for the third match.
**[20:18] Harada**
Pardon me.
**[20:32] Harada**
You're reading for the third match,
right, Makino-san?
**[20:36] Harada**
Right now, rather than Igarashi-san,
who's doing the second match...
**[20:41] Harada**
I much prefer your reading.
**[20:49] Kitano**
* I swear I will never cheer you on!*
* Drop dead, Harada!*
**[20:55] Murao**
Withdrawing?
**[20:57] Kuri**
Does that mean he gets a win
without even doing anything?
**[21:05] Kuri**
*He's toying with you, Arata-kun!*
**[21:09] Chihaya**
Arata.
# E13 - Yet it is I who withers and wilts
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY4PEW286/yet-it-is-i-who-withers-and-wilts)
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**[00:00] Harada**
Yes! Gotcha!
**[00:03] Haruka**
Good luck, me!
**[00:05] Lady**
The veterans took both games!
**[00:07] Harada**
I'd like to withdraw from the second match.
**[00:10] Kuri**
He's toying with you!
**[00:13] Chihaya**
Arata.
**[00:37] Taichi**
What did you tell him, Chihaya?
**[00:39] Chihaya**
Just something I thought of
when I was watching him.
**[00:42] Taichi**
Hey!
**[00:43] Taichi**
The entire Shiranami Society was
all gung-ho about beating Arata!
**[00:47] Taichi**
Do you want him to win now?
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**[00:52] Chihaya**
That's not it.
**[00:55] Chihaya**
Only the one who gives their
all to win can reach the top.
**[00:57] Chihaya**
Isn't that what the playoffs are about?
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Verse 13
***SIGN*** Yet it is
I who
withers
and wilts
**[02:12] Lady**
I can't believe what Harada-san did.
**[02:14] Guy**
I've never seen anyone
withdraw during a playoff.
**[02:17] Guy**
He's honestly unbelievable.
**[02:21] Guy**
But depending on how you look at it,
this could be the ultimate strategy.
**[02:24] Guy**
It doesn't change the fact that he
needs one more victory to win it all.
**[02:28] Guy**
Rather than play consecutive
games against a young opponent,
**[02:30] Guy**
he's taking a loss for a chance to recover
his strength for the third match.
**[02:35] Guy**
If the next reader is one
favorable for him,
**[02:37] Guy**
that makes his choice even better.
**[02:38] Kitano**
Hey, you two! Don't defend what he's doing!
**[02:42] Kitano**
He's just stringing everyone
along out of pure ego!
**[02:44] Guy**
O-Of course...
**[02:47] Guy**
I hope Igarashi-san, the next reader,
wasn't offended...
***SIGN*** Tweet Tweet
**[02:51] [Messenger] ---**
About to start reading for the second match
in the challenger playoffs. The joy of being
able to read just for Haruka-chan and
Megumu-chan in the Queen challenger
playoffs... Priceless!
**[02:55] [Messenger] ---**
About to start reading for the second match
in the challenger playoffs. The joy of being
able to read just for Haruka-chan and
Megumu-chan in the Queen challenger
playoffs... Priceless!
**[02:55] Haruka**
*It's just us two in the second match.*
**[03:00] Megumu**
What the heck? What the heck?!
**[03:02] Megumu**
I was wearing it like this the whole time?!
***SIGN*** She figured it out
**[03:04] Megumu**
You're kidding!
**[03:15] Aki**
F-For you, queen!
**[03:21] Haruka**
A-Aki...
**[03:23] Haruka**
I'm not a queen yet.
**[03:46] Megumu**
Let me borrow your headbands!
**[03:53] Guy**
She tied them together!
**[04:00] Haruka**
We're both so blessed, aren't we?
**[04:03] Guy**
What's the deal with this year's playoffs?
**[04:06] Lady**
This is a first in all kinds of ways...
**[04:08] Guy**
None of the players are
concerned about how they look.
**[04:13] Chihaya**
*Lucky... They're so lucky...*
**[04:18] Chihaya**
You too, Taichi.
**[04:20] Chihaya**
If you had won, you'd be playing here, too.
**[04:24] Chihaya**
Wouldn't that be amazing?
I wish we could have played here.
**[04:28] Chihaya**
Even if you don't care
about being the Master...
**[04:38] Guy**
It's time to begin.
**[04:40] [POEM] Igarashi**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[04:51] [POEM] Igarashi**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[04:58] [POEM] Igarashi**
The emotions experienced after
a long-awaited reunion
**[05:00] Lady**
*She's fast.*
**[05:01] Lady**
*Even faster than last year.*
**[05:04] Sakura**
*This is her second challenger playoff,*
**[05:07] Sakura**
* and she only lost to Inokuma-san*
* by two cards in the first match.*
**[05:12] Sakura**
* You don't want to take her*
* too lightly, Haruka-san.*
**[05:17] Megumu**
*She has exams to study for,*
**[05:19] Megumu**
* but Yu-chan still entered*
* the West Japan qualifiers with me.*
**[05:23] Megumu**
* She even came all the way*
* out here to cheer me on.*
**[05:26] Guy**
* You don't need to worry*
* about that, Megumu-tan!*
**[05:30] Megumu**
* If I lose after putting these*
* things on, I'll be humiliated.*
**[05:34] Guy**
*Yes! That's it!*
**[05:37] Sakura**
*She's lunging more slowly.*
**[05:40] Sakura**
*Did her fear of faulting dull her reflexes?*
**[05:43] Sakura**
*This isn't like you, Haruka-san.*
**[05:46] Sakura**
* You'll lose if you get rid*
* of your best weapon.*
**[05:49] (Flashback) Haruka**
You can just take cards after you hear them!
**[05:55] Haruka**
*Sakurazawa-san...*
**[05:57] Haruka**
* That was such an arrogant*
* thing to say to you.*
**[06:01] [POEM] Igarashi**
Rain takes longer to dry...
**[06:04] Yuube**
*That was fast!*
**[06:05] Yuube**
* "Rain" is a one-syllable card.*
* That's Inokuma-san for you.*
**[06:09] Sakura**
*She heard the half-tone? No...*
***SIGN*** for I could not recognize you,
like the moon hidden
behind the clouds
***SIGN*** leaving a hovering
mist above the
trees and grass
**[06:13] Sakura**
*She waited because "Long" is still in play,*
**[06:16] Sakura**
* despite reacting instantly*
* to those sounds all this time...*
**[06:19] Sakura**
* Is the girl who said she takes cards*
* once she hears them*
**[06:21] Sakura**
* suddenly conscious of the sound that*
* comes before the unique syllable?*
**[06:26] Haruka**
* I don't want to commit another*
* fault by acting on a gut feeling.*
**[06:29] Haruka**
*I've lost that way too many times.*
**[06:33] Haruka**
*And when I lost, I thought...*
**[06:36] Haruka**
*I can be even better.*
**[06:41] Haruka**
*If people never lose, they never change.*
**[06:44] Haruka**
*They never grow stronger.*
**[06:47] Haruka**
*By losing, you can change!*
**[06:48] Haruka**
*You can become stronger!*
**[06:52] Sakura**
*She always had naturally good game sense,*
**[06:56] Sakura**
*and now she's even greedier for sound...*
**[07:01] Sakura**
*and more careful.*
**[07:07] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[07:11] Guy**
With two wins in a row, the challenger to
the Queen will be Inokuma Haruka, grade 6!
**[07:18] Taichi**
W-Wow, Inokuma-san was really good.
**[07:21] Taichi**
How did that compare to
when you played her?
**[07:25] Taichi**
Chi...
**[07:26] Taichi**
Chihaya?
**[07:30] Lady**
Dr. Harada...
**[07:31] Lady**
The second match is over.
**[07:33] Lady**
Inokuma-san won, and the third
match is starting soon.
**[07:39] Harada**
I'm starving...
**[07:41] Lady**
Do you need to eat something?
**[07:42] Lady**
I have some rice balls and chocolate...
**[07:44] Harada**
No, that's all right.
**[07:46] Harada**
I don't know how much I'll have.
**[07:49] Both**
Huh?
**[07:50] Harada**
I don't know how many calories
I'll have when I celebrate later.
**[07:55] Murao**
Arata-kun, where'd you go? Arata-kun...
**[07:59] Mom**
He said he was going for a little walk.
**[08:01] Dad**
Did he get lost?
**[08:02] Mom**
Arata!
**[08:04] Murao**
Oh, here he comes.
**[08:21] Guy**
Now Wataya-kun's the one who's late.
**[08:23] Guy**
They both have one win and one loss.
**[08:27] Guy**
*They may both have one win and one loss,*
**[08:29] Guy**
*but Wataya-kun's win came from a forfeit.*
**[08:32] Guy**
*Harada-san's tactics are truly brutal.*
**[08:37] Taichi**
*Come on, Chihaya! Where'd you go?*
**[08:40] Kitano**
*One more win.*
**[08:42] Kitano**
*Who's going to snatch it?*
***SIGN*** Third Match Reader Makino Midori, Grade 6
**[09:18] Harada**
* I like the way Makino-san's*
* been reading lately.*
**[09:22] Harada**
* The weird idiosyncrasies she had*
* when she was young are gone.*
**[09:25] Harada**
*The length of her reverberation*
**[09:26] Harada**
* and her speed leading up to*
* unique syllables has stabilized.*
**[09:30] Harada**
*And above all...*
**[09:33] [POEM] Makino**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[09:41] [POEM] Makino**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[09:47] Harada**
*Her nasal tone is beautiful.*
**[09:50] [POEM] Makino**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[09:59] [POEM] Makino**
When winds send waves crashing
against the rocks in vain,
**[10:00] Harada**
Yes!
**[10:01] Lady**
*Yes!*
**[10:02] Taichi**
*Yes, Dr. Harada!*
**[10:31] Chihaya**
*...is like flowing water.*
**[10:35] Arata**
Hup...
**[10:39] Mom**
*That's... his grandpa's kimono...*
**[10:45] Mom**
* And the way the metal fittings on the heel*
* of his sandal brush the floor as he walks...*
**[10:55] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Arata.
**[10:57] (Flashback) Chihaya**
No matter how far we go, Dr. Harada
will always be a mentor to all of us.
**[11:03] (Flashback) Chihaya**
You can't beat him as just Arata.
**[11:29] Suo**
Want another one?
***SIGN*** Kyoiku no Mori Park
**[11:33] Chihaya**
*Kyoiku no Mori Park in Bunkyo Ward*
**[11:36] Chihaya**
*is a place not far from the karuta hall*
**[11:38] Chihaya**
* where locals can relax among*
* the water and greenery.*
**[11:42] Chihaya**
*Snowmaru dorayaki*
**[11:44] Chihaya**
* began with a mascot from the Kinki*
* region that gained a following*
**[11:47] Chihaya**
*and is now a huge hit in dorayaki form.*
**[11:50] Chihaya**
* I thought it was about as*
* obscure as Daddy Bear,*
**[11:54] Chihaya**
* but it's clearly starting*
* to leave him in the dust.*
**[11:56] Chihaya**
*And it's so good,*
**[11:58] Chihaya**
* with the tapioca in its red bean paste*
* that looks like snow!*
**[12:03] Suo**
Are you sure you should be out here
eating dorayaki, Class A girl?
***SIGN*** Shock
**[12:12] Chihaya**
*Why am I not here as a participant?!*
**[12:15] Chihaya**
*They're so lucky...*
**[12:17] Chihaya**
*Inokuma-san and Megumu-chan are so lucky!*
**[12:22] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I came here to Kyoto for my class trip.
**[12:26] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I'll never have a second chance.
**[12:28] Chihaya**
It's fine.
**[12:30] Chihaya**
I'll be in the Queen match next year.
**[12:36] Chihaya**
*I want to ask him...*
**[12:39] Chihaya**
U-Um, why do you always hand out pastries?
**[12:43] Chihaya**
*...so many things.*
**[12:44] Suo**
Japanese pastries are full of vitamins.
**[12:47] Chihaya**
*Vitamins? That's unexpected!*
**[12:51] Chihaya**
Wh-Why do you always speak so quietly?
**[12:57] Suo**
Is that all you want to ask me?
**[13:03] Chihaya**
Suo-san! Do you—
**[13:06] Kid**
I'm so sorry!
**[13:08] Chihaya**
A-A-A-Are you okay?!
**[13:09] Kid**
I'm sorry!
**[13:11] Kid**
You should've ducked, man!
**[13:12] Chihaya**
Don't just tell him to duck!
**[13:17] Suo**
Thanks.
**[13:22] Chihaya**
*What I want to ask Suo-san...*
**[13:27] Chihaya**
*is about his extraordinary game sense.*
**[13:33] Chihaya**
Suo-san...
**[13:35] Chihaya**
Will you play a match with me sometime?
**[13:45] Suo**
Isn't there something else?
**[13:51] Suo**
I...
**[13:52] Suo**
I don't have a girlfrie—
**[13:55] Chihaya**
The time! It's already 2:00!
**[13:57] Chihaya**
The third match is starting, Suo-san!
**[13:59] Chihaya**
Hurry, Suo-san! Hurry!
**[14:03] Suo**
I don't have a girlfrie—
**[14:04] Chihaya**
Suo-san, hurry!
**[14:08] Suo**
I don't have... a girlfriend.
**[14:10] Chihaya**
The light's green!
***SIGN*** Press button to activate at night
**[14:11] Suo**
I... I don't...
**[14:13] Suo**
Listen to me! I don't have a girlfriend!
**[14:15] Chihaya**
Neither do I!
**[14:22] Chihaya**
Suo-san, hurry!
**[14:25] Suo**
*My bride...*
**[14:26] Chihaya**
*He's skipping?!*
**[14:36] Harada**
*What is this atmosphere?*
**[14:43] [POEM] Makino**
I feel as though...
**[14:44] Harada**
Yes!
***SIGN*** burning brightly by night, yet extinguished by day
**[14:50] Hiroshi**
* With "I feel as" gone,*
* he sent "I feel that."*
**[14:53] Hiroshi**
*That's in line with Dr. Harada's theory.*
**[14:56] Hiroshi**
* Most people would put it*
* where "I feel as" was,*
***SIGN*** Wataya Arata's Preferred Layout
**[14:58] Hiroshi**
* but with Wataya Arata's preferred layout,*
* it'll be in the lower left row...*
**[15:06] Harada**
*The center left row?*
**[15:08] Arata**
I'm moving my cards.
**[15:11] Harada**
* And he moved "So spring nights"*
* to the center right...*
**[15:15] Harada**
*What is he thinking?*
**[15:19] [POEM] Makino**
Would the mountain cherry blossoms...
**[15:20] Lady**
*Dr. Harada got two in a row!*
**[15:21] Lady**
*All right!*
**[15:22] Lady**
* But unlike in the first match,*
* Wataya Arata's not picking up cards for him.*
***SIGN*** be as dear now, those were the good old days
**[15:30] Taichi**
* Dr. Harada took "Would the"*
* and sent "Would this."*
**[15:33] Hiroshi**
* That card often comes down*
* to a contest of speed.*
**[15:35] Hiroshi**
* Surely Wataya-kun will put*
* it in his preferred spot...*
***SIGN*** Would this
**[15:39] Hiroshi**
*The center right?!*
***SIGN*** So spring nights
**[15:41] Taichi**
* And he moved "So spring nights"*
* back to where it was before!*
**[15:47] Harada**
*What is he thinking?*
***SIGN*** Sheesh
**[15:53] Harada**
* No matter how much the cards move,*
* I have to check them over carefully.*
**[15:56] Harada**
*Make a note of every last point...*
***SIGN*** While it brings
***SIGN*** While it may
**[16:00] Harada**
* Glasses has "While it brings" and*
* "While it may" side-by-side.*
**[16:04] Harada**
* Is he thinking of aiming*
* for my "While it pains"*
**[16:07] Harada**
*and being able to take them on the return?*
**[16:10] Harada**
*I won't let him!*
**[16:11] [POEM] Makino**
While some dodge...
**[16:13] Taichi**
* He easily went for "While some" before*
* even reaching for "While it pains"?*
**[16:17] Taichi**
* Dr. Harada had "While it brings" and*
* "While it may" marked, but he was too slow.*
**[16:22] Kuri**
*I have no idea what he's thinking.*
**[16:25] Murao**
*What is this awful, awful style of karuta?*
**[16:31] [POEM] Makino**
I feel that my love...
**[16:36] Kitano**
* "I feel as" ended up back*
* in its original position.*
**[16:39] Hiroshi**
* Dr. Harada went so far as to memorize*
* Wataya-kun's preferred layout.*
**[16:44] Hiroshi**
*It hurts when his guesses are off.*
**[16:46] Hiroshi**
* How can a high school kid who's only*
* 17 come up with such tactics?*
**[16:52] Arata**
Oh, thanks.
**[16:56] Arata**
*Wait... was that Taichi?*
**[17:03] Arata**
*Grandpa...*
**[17:06] Arata**
* What would you say if you'd been*
* watching me in the first match?*
**[17:12] Arata**
* "You're trying, but you're*
* not there just yet."*
**[17:15] Arata**
*"You're still young."*
**[17:19] Arata**
*And what would he say to Dr. Harada?*
**[17:24] Arata**
*"You're still young, too."*
**[17:35] [POEM] Makino**
My own sleeves are like...
**[17:41] Kitano**
*What is this?*
**[17:44] Kitano**
* Even Harada's playing*
* is starting to look...*
**[17:51] Harada**
* The only time I played*
* against Master Wataya...*
**[17:55] Harada**
* It was an invitational tournament,*
* when I was 19.*
**[18:00] Harada**
* He was 15 years older than me,*
* and already the Master.*
**[18:03] Harada**
*The Alain Delon of the karuta world...*
**[18:06] Harada**
*My role model!*
**[18:14] Arata**
I'm moving my cards.
**[18:18] Both**
* He put all the one-syllable*
* cards in the lower right!*
**[18:22] Kuri**
*He's determined to make him aim there!*
**[18:24] Murao**
* That's a trick Master Wataya often used*
* against offensive karuta players!*
**[18:29] Harada**
*Master Wataya's play style...*
**[18:35] Harada**
*I'll break through it!*
**[18:36] Harada**
* I'll make you regret putting all your*
* one-syllable cards in your lower right!*
**[18:43] Harada**
*No big deal!*
**[18:44] Harada**
*Next time!*
**[18:49] Kuri**
* From the way he handles his*
* cards to his expression...*
**[18:53] Kuri**
*It's like I'm looking at Master Wataya.*
**[18:55] (Flashback) Hajime**
Envision your own victory.
**[18:58] Kuri**
* All the things Master Wataya was*
* always saying to Arata-kun*
**[19:02] Kuri**
*are coming to life now, in this form...*
**[19:07] Kuri**
* The one thing Arata-kun lacked was*
* experience on a major stage,*
**[19:12] Kuri**
* and the image of Master Wataya*
* is filling that void.*
**[19:15] [POEM] Makino**
So spring ends...
**[19:17] Lady**
*Dr. Harada double faulted!*
**[19:19] Harada**
* I was baited by the "So spring nights"*
* that he kept moving around!*
**[19:23] Harada**
Damn it!
***SIGN*** Double Fault The player is sent two cards: one for the card taken from them, and one for the fault
**[19:36] Taichi**
*Arata has ten cards,*
**[19:37] Taichi**
*and Dr. Harada has fifteen.*
**[19:39] Taichi**
*The gap is growing.*
**[19:42] Kitano**
*Harada looks like he's enjoying this...*
**[19:48] Kitano**
*Harada...*
**[19:51] Kitano**
*Isn't this enough already, Harada?*
**[19:54] Kitano**
* He's such a promising talent, such a*
* treasure for the future of karuta.*
**[20:01] Kitano**
*Just burn out already, Harada.*
**[20:06] Harada**
*I'm so happy.*
**[20:08] Harada**
*So happy...*
**[20:12] Harada**
* I never thought I'd get to feel like*
* a teenager playing karuta again!*
**[20:19] Harada**
*This is fun.*
**[20:21] Harada**
*I have to give all I have.*
**[20:24] Harada**
*And even if I lose after that...*
**[20:31] Harada**
*My knee...*
**[20:54] Chihaya**
*He's down seven to thirteen.*
**[20:56] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada!*
**[20:58] Taichi**
*Is his knee hurting again?*
**[21:00] Kitano**
*Don't push yourself, Harada!*
**[21:02] Guy**
*Now his knee...*
**[21:04] Guy**
*Wataya-kun has a clear advantage now.*
**[21:11] Suo**
Dr. Harada's great.
**[21:14] Suo**
He's exciting.
**[21:18] Suo**
If I...
**[21:21] Suo**
could pick who I face in
the Master match,
**[21:24] Suo**
I'd want it to be Dr. Harada.
# E14 - The emotions experienced
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***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Verse 14
***SIGN*** The
emotions
experienced
**[01:11] Suo**
If I could pick who I face in
the Master match,
**[01:15] Suo**
I'd want it to be Dr. Harada.
**[01:20] Harada**
*Suo...*
**[01:26] Harada**
*Suo Hisashi...*
**[01:28] Harada**
*The current Master...*
**[01:31] Harada**
* If he defends his title one more time,*
* he'll be an Eternal Master.*
**[01:44] Harada**
*Slowly...*
**[01:47] Harada**
*I can take this slowly.*
**[01:49] Harada**
*Just get up.*
***SIGN*** on a long September night, and then I saw a dawn moon
**[01:52] Harada**
*The great thing about karuta*
**[01:54] Harada**
*is that there are no time limits.*
**[01:57] Harada**
*I can take it slowly.*
**[01:59] Harada**
*Just get up.*
***SIGN*** Master and Queen Challenger Playoffs Sponsored by the National Karuta Association
**[02:02] Harada**
* I just kept playing with no strategy*
* and no concern for my knee.*
**[02:08] Harada**
*Was I dreaming or something?*
**[02:11] Harada**
*I was sucked in.*
**[02:13] Harada**
*I never expected to find a 17-year-old like him.*
**[02:17] Harada**
*Sheesh...*
***SIGN*** Swoosh...
**[02:20] Harada**
*Sheesh.*
***SIGN*** Gulp
**[02:24] Suo**
It's getting cold.
***SIGN*** My bride...♥
**[02:26] Suo**
Use this.
**[02:33] Harada**
*Sheesh.*
**[02:35] Harada**
* Even when I'm not moving,*
* I can hear my knee throbbing.*
**[02:40] Harada**
*Give me a break!*
**[02:41] Harada**
*Too much outside noise could be fatal...*
**[02:45] Harada**
*to my comeback!*
**[02:46] [POEM] Makino**
The sky may hold the same moon
**[02:50] Guy**
* He gets to his opponent's right side that fast*
* when his play style isn't even that offensive?*
**[02:54] Harada**
*A young man imitating a great predecessor...*
**[02:58] Harada**
* I thought I could get away*
* with seeing him that way.*
**[03:01] Harada**
*But he's not.*
**[03:03] Harada**
*He's the real deal.*
**[03:04] Harada**
* No matter where the cards are moved to,*
* he's flexible and balanced enough to take them.*
**[03:10] Harada**
*How can I beat him?*
**[03:14] Harada**
*How?*
**[03:15] Taichi**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[03:17] Taichi**
*How can you put so much into this?*
**[03:20] (Flashback) Harada**
"Put your entire youth into it
without becoming stronger"?
**[03:24] (Flashback) Harada**
Say that after you've actually done it.
**[03:27] Taichi**
* I've already put my youth into it.*
* That's why it scares me.*
**[03:31] Taichi**
*What if there's nothing left at the end?*
**[03:34] Taichi**
*What if I end up with nothing but regrets?*
**[03:39] Kitano**
*Harada...*
**[03:41] Kitano**
*Thirty-one years ago,*
**[03:43] Kitano**
* when he challenged the Master*
* for the first time,*
**[03:46] Kitano**
*Harada was definitely strong.*
**[03:49] (Flashback) Guy**
You almost had him, Harada-kun!
**[03:51] (Flashback) Guy**
With a lucky break or two,
you might've had a chance.
**[03:53] (Flashback) Guy**
You probably didn't have time to practice,
what with your med school residency.
**[03:57] (Flashback) Harada**
I'll take the Master title next time!
**[04:00] (Flashback) Guy**
That kind of big talk suits you!
**[04:02] Kitano**
*No one doubted the momentum he had.*
**[04:06] Kitano**
*At age 26, he had the ultimate talent for karuta,*
**[04:09] Kitano**
*and his game sense was unmatched.*
**[04:12] Kitano**
*And yet...*
**[04:14] Kitano**
*His first posting as a doctor was in Okinawa.*
**[04:17] (Flashback) Harada**
The ocean's blue, but there's
no one to play karuta with!
**[04:20] Kitano**
*His next posting was in Hokkaido.*
**[04:23] (Flashback) Harada**
All they have here are wooden cards!
***SIGN*** Harada Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
**[04:26] Kitano**
* And by the time he finally opened*
* his own practice in Tokyo...*
**[04:35] Kitano**
* he was 37 years old and no longer had*
* his youthful hearing and reflexes.*
**[04:41] Kitano**
* His natural game sense had*
* begun to grow clouded.*
**[04:48] [POEM] Makino**
The tail feathers...
**[04:49] Arata**
*Dead card!*
**[04:50] [POEM] Makino**
Said night was young when
the false rooster's crow,
**[04:52] Arata**
*Another one!*
**[04:53] Lady**
*Lunging like that on dead cards...*
**[04:54] Guy**
*Just like in the first round.*
**[04:56] Lady**
*No, this was even stronger than that.*
**[04:59] Lady**
* Thrusting at the opponent's lower right side*
* in a way that can't be called a false start...*
**[05:03] Lady**
*He's playing offense.*
**[05:05] Arata**
*In the first round, I was extra careful*
**[05:08] Arata**
*and put fewer cards on my right side.*
**[05:10] Arata**
* But Grandpa wouldn't do that.*
* He placed more emphasis on balance.*
**[05:15] Arata**
*Besides all that...*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
***SIGN*** hence the name fall leaves
***SIGN*** in my dreams, I creep closer to you
**[05:17] Arata**
*The cards remaining on my right side...*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
***SIGN*** hence the name fall leaves
**[05:20] Arata**
*I can take them.*
**[05:21] Arata**
*I will take them!*
**[05:23] [POEM] Makino**
As the first frost...
**[05:26] Kitano**
*H-He's being crazy again!*
**[05:29] Kitano**
* He launched his whole body toward*
* his opponent's right side,*
**[05:31] Kitano**
*and only his arm reached for the left!*
**[05:33] Guy**
*That'd make anyone fall over.*
**[05:35] Harada**
*I got it, though!*
***SIGN*** as my concern this morning is as tangled as my black hair
**[06:03] [POEM] Makino**
May my sighs be blamed upon the moon,
**[06:05] Taichi**
* Dr. Harada went for "May I see"*
* but returned to "May my sighs"!*
***SIGN*** Again...!
**[06:08] Hiroshi**
* And he kept blocking*
* Wataya-kun the whole time!*
**[06:10] Kitano**
* I've never seen so much slamming*
* and crashing in a match!*
**[06:13] Kitano**
* Are you a grade school kid?!*
* What a disgrace!*
**[06:36] Harada**
Thanks, Glasses.
**[06:41] Harada**
* Not everyone is blessed with*
* such abundant talent.*
**[06:45] (Flashback) Harada**
Fine hairs inside the ear
vibrate when air hits them.
**[06:50] (Flashback) Harada**
Continuous vibrating over time
**[06:52] (Flashback) Harada**
wears down these fine hairs,
making it harder to hear higher pitches.
**[06:56] (Flashback) Harada**
This is how ears age.
**[06:58] (Flashback) Harada**
Once lost, the fine hairs in
the ear never regenerate.
**[07:02] (Flashback) Harada**
So I can never go back to being
a player with good game sense...
**[07:07] (Flashback) Kid**
Dr. Harada! Dr. Harada!
**[07:10] (Flashback) Kid**
Let's play karuta, Dr. Harada!
**[07:12] (Flashback) Kid**
Yeah! Let's play!
**[07:13] (Flashback) Kid**
Dr. Harada! I came in third
at my school's tournament!
**[07:16] (Flashback) Kid**
Hey, as a member of the Shiranami Society,
you should've won, Yuta!
**[07:21] Harada**
*Not everyone has good game sense.*
**[07:25] Harada**
*I need to find a different weapon!*
**[07:35] Suo**
Huh? Where are you going?
**[07:38] Harada**
* The Shiranami Society teaches karuta that*
* makes players with poor game sense stronger!*
**[07:44] [POEM] Makino**
Impassioned vows exchanged over
many a tear shed to last
**[07:45] Guy**
*Dead card!*
**[07:46] Guy**
*He attacked again, but did he stop himself?*
**[07:48] Guy**
*Wait, did he?!*
**[07:50] Arata**
Uh... You touched that, didn't you?
**[07:53] Harada**
Nope.
**[07:54] Arata**
B-But... I think you did...
***SIGN*** You touched "Impassionate" a little...
**[07:56] Harada**
If that's what you think,
then send me a card.
**[08:00] All**
*Nasty...*
**[08:11] Kuri**
*He lost one!*
**[08:13] Kuri**
* Arata-kun lost a one-syllable*
* card on his own side!*
***SIGN*** the sight of a midnight moon
**[08:30] Kuri**
* He's putting the card he was sent*
* on the right side for balance.*
**[08:34] Kuri**
*Even though he knows it'll be targeted...*
**[08:37] Arata**
* This is what Grandpa would do, even if*
* his right side was being targeted.*
**[08:42] Arata**
*I'll fight for all the cards.*
**[08:45] Arata**
*I'll take them wherever they are.*
**[08:47] Harada**
*Ten to six...*
**[08:50] Harada**
*If there's any way to win from here, it's...*
**[08:54] Harada**
* to attack without hesitation,*
* even if it breaks my personal style!*
**[08:58] Guy**
*H-He got four in a row!*
**[09:00] Chihaya**
Excuse me.
**[09:03] Chihaya**
Sorry.
**[09:07] Taichi**
Chihaya?
**[09:18] Arata**
*The momentum isn't favoring me.*
**[09:20] Arata**
* All the cards being read*
* are on my right side.*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
***SIGN*** hence the name fall leaves
**[09:25] Arata**
*Should I abandon that side?*
**[09:29] Chihaya**
*If I were still in grade school...*
**[09:32] Chihaya**
*Arata, you're amazing!*
**[09:33] Chihaya**
*You can totally do this!*
**[09:35] Chihaya**
*Keep it up!*
**[09:37] Chihaya**
*If I were still in middle school...*
**[09:40] (Flashback) Harada**
You're joining the track team?
**[09:42] (Flashback) Harada**
You won't be able to play in
most karuta tournaments, then.
**[09:45] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Everything is for karuta.
**[09:48] (Flashback) Harada**
I see. I'll be waiting for you anytime.
**[09:54] Chihaya**
*And in high school... I...*
**[09:58] (Flashback) Harada**
Stop concentrating on speed.
**[10:01] (Flashback) Harada**
No matter how upset you are,
**[10:03] (Flashback) Harada**
you must thank your opponent.
**[10:06] (Flashback) Harada**
Feels like a team match, doesn't it?
**[10:08] Harada**
*This year, I will be the challenger!*
**[10:15] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[10:16] Chihaya**
*You can do it!*
**[10:18] Taichi**
*Dr. Harada!*
**[10:20] Taichi**
*Dr. Harada!*
**[10:22] All**
*You can do it!*
**[10:30] Harada**
*Glasses...*
**[10:32] Harada**
*I'm sure you have people on your side.*
**[10:34] Harada**
* You'll always have Master Wataya*
* standing beside you, too.*
**[10:39] Harada**
*But in the very end...*
**[10:58] Harada**
*No matter how many people are on your side,*
**[11:01] Harada**
*no matter who taught you,*
**[11:03] Harada**
*in the very end...*
***SIGN*** when I cannot bear growing any weaker than I already have
**[11:15] Kitano**
*It's a dead card!*
**[11:16] Guy**
*A mistake!*
**[11:17] Guy**
*Who hit it?*
**[11:19] Guy**
*Who was it?!*
**[11:23] Kuri**
*Which one...*
**[11:25] All**
*...is the winner?!*
**[11:32] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[11:43] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada!*
**[11:45] Guy**
The winner of the Master challenger playoff is...
**[11:48] Chihaya**
*It's Dr. Harada!*
**[11:50] Guy**
...Harada Hideo, grade 6!
**[12:08] Chihaya**
*He did it!*
**[12:11] Chihaya**
*He did it!*
**[12:13] Nishida**
Coach Kitano? Where are you going?
**[12:15] Kitano**
What difference does it
make?! Don't follow me!
**[12:20] Harada**
*In the very end, you're all alone...*
**[12:24] Harada**
*No.*
**[12:26] Harada**
*In karuta, it's you and the reader.*
**[12:32] Harada**
*Thank you.*
**[12:33] Harada**
*Makino-san, your nasal tones...*
**[12:35] Makino**
Can't you stand up? What a sad sight.
**[12:39] Harada**
*...resonated deeply within me.*
**[12:43] Harada**
*Thank you.*
**[12:48] Chihaya**
Dr. Harada...
**[12:50] Chihaya**
You did it!
***SIGN*** Master and Queen Challenger Playoffs Sponsored by the National Karuta Association
**[12:54] Guy**
The awards ceremony will
begin in ten minutes.
***SIGN*** Master and Queen Challenger Playoffs Sponsored by the National Karuta Association
**[12:57] Guy**
Would the four competitors please
line up at the front once more?
**[13:05] Taichi**
Hey.
**[13:07] Taichi**
Did you have a scarf on before?
**[13:10] Taichi**
Where'd you get that?
**[13:12] Chihaya**
Uh...
***SIGN*** Come to think of it...
**[13:14] Chihaya**
Master Suo lent it to me.
**[13:16] Taichi**
Huh?!
**[13:18] Taichi**
Don't get yourself indebted to the Master!
**[13:20] Taichi**
I'll take it back to him!
**[13:21] Chihaya**
Th-Thanks...
**[13:33] Arata**
* In the end, I lunged at a*
* dead card and faulted.*
**[13:37] Arata**
* Dr. Harada's hand went in*
* the same direction...*
**[13:41] Arata**
*But he had the skill to dodge it.*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River hence the name fall leaves
**[13:53] Arata**
*"Gust" and "Impassionate"...*
**[13:55] Arata**
* I was determined to be*
* the one to take those.*
**[13:58] Arata**
* I never get that attached to*
* specific cards, but today...*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[14:03] (Flashback) Chihaya**
This one! I memorized this one today!
**[14:07] (Flashback) Chihaya**
And then there's the
"chihaya furu" card!
**[14:09] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Wataya-kun said that the card
has the same name as me!
**[14:13] Arata**
*I shouldn't have gotten fixated on those.*
**[14:15] Arata**
*Is that why I lost?*
**[14:19] Arata**
*Grandpa...*
**[14:24] Arata**
*No.*
**[14:26] Arata**
*I'm not Grandpa.*
**[14:29] Arata**
*For me to win as myself...*
**[14:33] Chihaya**
Arata...
**[14:35] Arata**
Oh... Chihaya.
**[14:37] Chihaya**
Arata, um...
**[14:39] Chihaya**
Th-That was close!
**[14:41] Chihaya**
It was an incredible match!
**[14:44] Arata**
Yeah...
**[14:46] Chihaya**
You and Dr. Harada play in completely
different ways. It was so interesting to see!
**[14:59] Arata**
What would you have done, Chihaya?
**[15:02] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[15:03] Arata**
At the end...
**[15:08] Chihaya**
I play offensive karuta,
**[15:11] Chihaya**
so I think I would've sent both
"Gust" and "Impassionate."
**[15:15] Chihaya**
Because they're special.
**[15:23] Chihaya**
The more I want a card,
the faster I let it go.
**[15:27] Chihaya**
Then I go in determined to take it.
**[15:45] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I wouldn't want to talk to people who kept
taking notes just so they could laugh at me.
**[15:49] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Wataya-kun!
**[15:52] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Arata!
**[15:53] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Let's play karuta together forever!
**[16:06] Arata**
I love you, Chihaya.
**[16:25] Arata**
Taichi might have told you this,
**[16:28] Arata**
but I'm planning to go to college here.
**[16:32] Arata**
If you want...
**[16:35] Arata**
let's play karuta together.
**[16:54] Sumire**
What?!
**[17:02] Taichi**
Suo—
**[17:05] Jin**
I'm sorry!
**[17:07] Jin**
Thank you!
**[17:11] Taichi**
Suo-san...
**[17:13] Suo**
What?
**[17:14] Taichi**
Thank you for lending this to her.
**[17:19] Suo**
Where is she?
**[17:20] Taichi**
I'm here in her place.
**[17:22] Suo**
And what are you to her?
**[17:27] (Flashback) Harada**
"Put your entire youth into it
without becoming stronger"?
**[17:32] (Flashback) Harada**
Say that after you've actually done it.
**[17:35] Taichi**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[17:37] Taichi**
*Dr. Harada put in more than just his youth.*
**[17:41] Taichi**
I'm her boyfriend.
**[17:43] Taichi**
Please don't try anything with her.
***SIGN*** Shock!
***SIGN*** Divorce...
**[17:46] ---**
*Divorce...*
**[17:53] Haruka**
Is it about time for the awards ceremony?
**[17:56] Taichi**
Oh... Yes, it is... I think.
**[18:00] Haruka**
That was very manly of you.
***SIGN*** Master and Queen Challenger Playoffs Sponsored by the National Karuta Association
**[18:23] Nishida**
Hey, where's Ayase?
**[18:27] Murao**
I don't think you fall short
in either effort or talent,
**[18:34] Murao**
but did you figure out anything you lack?
**[18:37] Arata**
Meanness.
***SIGN*** What?!
**[18:39] Arata**
Experience.
**[18:41] Arata**
Passion.
**[18:43] Arata**
Love.
**[18:45] Arata**
Love...
**[18:47] Arata**
Love...
**[18:50] Murao**
Well, don't lose next time!
**[19:01] Nishida**
Ayase! Where are you?!
**[19:13] Shinobu**
Hello, Wakamiya residence.
**[19:14] Suo**
*Hello—*
**[19:16] Suo**
*Hel—*
**[19:17] Suo**
*He—*
**[19:19] Shinobu**
*What do you want, Suo-san?*
**[19:23] Shinobu**
* If it's something worth hearing after*
* I hung up on you three times, I'll listen.*
**[19:28] Suo**
Shinobu-chan, do you know who
won the challenger playoffs?
**[19:33] Shinobu**
Arata lost?
**[19:35] Suo**
Yeah.
**[19:38] Suo**
The veteran player won as
the Queen challenger, too.
**[19:41] Shinobu**
*How? Was Arata feeling under the weather?*
**[19:44] Suo**
He didn't look that way to me.
**[19:47] Suo**
It's like how a fresh apple loses
in sweetness to a dried persimmon.
**[19:52] Shinobu**
Huh? What does that mean?
**[19:55] Suo**
*Be careful in the Queen match.*
**[19:57] Suo**
I think you're a fresh apple, too.
**[20:07] Girl**
Bye, Teach.
**[20:12] Girl**
What a dork!
**[20:18] Suo**
My bride...
**[20:19] Girl**
That's the first time I've seen
Mr. Suo without his sunglasses on.
**[20:22] Girl**
Well, it is nighttime.
**[20:24] Guy**
I heard he's skipping the final prep camp
the week before the center exam, too.
**[20:28] Guy**
I can't believe that guy!
In more ways than one!
**[20:31] Guy**
But his classes are easy to follow!
**[20:34] Chihaya**
*I'll be in the Queen match next year.*
**[20:45] Shinobu**
*Apples? Dried persimmons?*
**[20:48] Shinobu**
*Whatever.*
***SIGN*** High School National Ogura Hundred Poets
Karuta Championship
**[20:54] Guy**
*Even Wakamiya Shinobu isn't invincible.*
**[20:56] Guy**
* Wataya-kun grew up with proper instruction.*
* He's a true thoroughbred.*
**[21:00] Guy**
* Maybe he's pulled ahead of*
* Wakamiya-san, who plays alone.*
**[21:03] Guy**
*How long can she stay the Queen?*
**[21:07] Suo**
*Be careful in the Queen match.*
**[21:16] Old Person**
Madam, the kimono maker is here.
**[21:22] Mom**
Shinobu! I told you not to
play in the reception room!
**[21:25] Mom**
You'll damage the tatami!
**[21:27] Mom**
Also, that hairdo is really strange!
**[21:31] Suo**
*I think you're a fresh apple, too.*
# E15 - As helpless autumn leaves are caught against the flow
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR8D4EPJR/as-helpless-autumn-leaves-are-caught-against-the-flow)
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**[00:01] (Flashback) Arata**
Chihaya...
**[00:03] (Flashback) Arata**
Chihaya...
**[00:06] (Flashback) Arata**
Chihaya...
**[00:12] Chitose**
Eek! What is this?!
**[00:14] Chitose**
*Is this the magic of smartphones?!*
***SIGN*** It's a late-night show,
but I'm a regular in it
**[00:16] Girl**
*Don't miss the next episode of
*Smartphone Magic: XL Love!**
**[00:16] Mom**
What... kind of role is this, Chitose?
**[00:19] Chitose**
I'm playing the friend of a high school girl
who gets a phone app that makes people fat!
**[00:23] Mom**
You won't have that "fat" makeup
in every episode, will you?
**[00:25] (Flashback) Arata**
Chihaya...
**[00:27] (Flashback) Arata**
Chihaya...
**[00:33] (Flashback) Arata**
I love you.
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Final Exams Study Week
***SIGN*** Verse 15
***SIGN*** As helpless
autumn
leaves
are caught
against
the flow
**[01:59] Arata**
*I love you.*
**[02:04] Taichi**
Hey, Chihaya...
**[02:05] Taichi**
Why have you had that shocked look
on your face all this time?
**[02:07] Kanade**
P-Pres—
**[02:08] Sumire**
Oe-senpai!
**[02:08] Sumire**
Come with me a sec!
I have a literature question!
**[02:11] Nishida**
She's sure enthusiastic.
**[02:14] Sumire**
Oe-senpai, what were you
going to tell him?!
**[02:17] Kanade**
N-Nothing, honest.
**[02:19] Kanade**
I wouldn't talk about that stuff
in the club room.
**[02:24] Sumire**
You're not going to tell him, are you?
**[02:26] Sumire**
That Wataya-san confessed
his love to Ayase-senpai?
**[02:33] Kanade**
No one except the people involved
has any right to butt in.
**[02:36] Kanade**
But...
**[02:38] Kanade**
If President Mashima could become involved...
**[02:41] Kanade**
I might say something.
**[02:44] Sumire**
Don't!
**[02:45] Sumire**
It's something Ayase-senpai
has to think about!
**[02:47] Sumire**
If you tell Mashima-senpai,
it'll put incredible pressure on him!
**[02:51] Sumire**
Just let them be!
**[02:52] Kanade**
Y-You're just saying that
**[02:55] Kanade**
because it'd be convenient for you
if Chihaya-chan dated someone else.
**[02:58] Sumire**
That is part of it!
**[03:00] Sumire**
But that was a hurdle Mashima-senpai
couldn't get over,
***SIGN*** Soar
**[03:03] Sumire**
and Wataya-san cleared it with ease!
**[03:05] Sumire**
Don't you think they'd be perfect
for each other?
**[03:11] Kanade**
Well—
**[03:12] Sumire**
Yes, they would!
**[03:13] Sumire**
And outsiders shouldn't interfere!
**[03:15] Sumire**
Let's just watch over them! Okay?!
**[03:17] (Flashback) Arata**
If you want...
**[03:19] (Flashback) Arata**
let's play karuta together.
**[03:21] Kanade**
*Wataya-san is really something.*
**[03:24] Kanade**
* To people who take karuta*
* as seriously as they do,*
**[03:28] Kanade**
*"let's play karuta together" must mean...*
**[03:31] Kanade**
*Prez!*
**[03:39] Taichi**
Chihaya... you know, Arata...
**[03:44] Chihaya**
Huh? What, Taichi?
**[03:46] Taichi**
Uh, nothing.
**[03:48] Chihaya**
Hey, by the way, Taichi...
you knew, didn't you?
**[03:51] Taichi**
Huh? Knew what?
**[03:52] Chihaya**
A—
**[03:54] Chihaya**
A...
**[03:55] Chihaya**
A-Ah... A... A... A...
**[04:02] Chihaya**
Ara... Arata... said he wants
to go to college here...
***SIGN*** Ayase!
***SIGN*** If you're not going to study, just leave. You're distracting me.
***SIGN*** Rustle Rustle
**[04:17] Chihaya**
S-S-Sorry, Desktomu-kun!
**[04:18] Chihaya**
I'm gonna get a drink of water!
***SIGN*** Zoom
**[04:20] Tsutomu**
*Maybe the rest of them have forgotten,*
**[04:23] Tsutomu**
* but I'm still aiming for*
* the top of our grade!*
***SIGN*** Always top of the national science curriculum
**[04:26] Tsutomu**
*I'll take down Mashima Taichi!*
**[04:29] Tsutomu**
*But...*
***SIGN*** 1st in grade
***SIGN*** 2nd
***SIGN*** Whoosh
***SIGN*** Since Mashima's striving for the pinnacle of the karuta world,
***SIGN*** being top of our grade is a matter of course.
***SIGN*** What keeps Mashima going is the pressure of having to quit karuta if his grades drop.
***SIGN*** The stage for strong
karuta players
***SIGN*** Oh ho ho ho!
***SIGN*** It's all right if you fall, you know!
***SIGN*** I don't have that urgency pushing me.
**[04:43] Sumire**
I'm back. Oe-senpai's in the bathroom.
**[04:46] Tsutomu**
*If I do make it to the top of our grade...*
**[04:48] Tsutomu**
*maybe I'll tell Kana-chan...*
**[04:51] Tsutomu**
*that I like her.*
***SIGN*** Ah!
**[04:53] Tsutomu**
* But it's wrong to treat Kana-chan*
* as bait to get me to the top!*
***SIGN*** Ah!
**[04:58] Tsutomu**
*Also, that is way too lenient!*
**[05:00] Tsutomu**
* I'd have to make it so I can "never, ever"*
* tell her that if I don't come in first!*
***SIGN*** Ah!
**[05:03] Tsutomu**
*Never, ever?! I don't think I want that...*
**[05:06] Nishida**
Argh!
**[05:08] Nishida**
Let's think about something fun instead!
**[05:10] Nishida**
What should we do for Christmas?
**[05:11] Nishida**
It's not like any of us have
boyfriends or girlfriends, right?
**[05:14] Nishida**
So let's do something together!
**[05:15] Sumire**
*Darn it, Porky-senpai!*
**[05:17] Sumire**
*That's a live landmine you're stepping on!*
**[05:18] Nishida**
Couldn't we hang out at
your house, Mashima?
**[05:21] Taichi**
Uh, I don't think so.
**[05:26] Sumire**
What's wrong with you, Tsukuba?!
**[05:29] Tsukuba**
My little brothers are saying they
want to meet Santa Claus...
***SIGN*** February
Bean-throwing
Festival
***SIGN*** I even wore a muscle suit...
**[05:34] Bro**
Hey, Bro! I don't think
that ogre's an ogre!
**[05:36] Bro**
Those are the socks Dad was wearing!
**[05:40] Tsukuba**
My family... We can't keep their dreams
alive by ourselves anymore...
**[05:44] Sumire**
* That couldn't possibly*
* matter less right now!*
**[05:54] Kanade**
Is something out there?
**[05:56] Chihaya**
Yeah. That pigeon.
**[05:58] Kanade**
Oh, I see it. It's a white one.
**[06:01] Kanade**
Those are rare.
**[06:02] Chihaya**
It's pretty.
**[06:04] Chihaya**
It almost seems like it's shining.
**[06:09] Chihaya**
I wonder... is it pregnant?
**[06:11] Chihaya**
Is it happy?
**[06:13] Chihaya**
Is it shining because it's happy?
***SIGN*** Fujiwara no Atsutada The emotions experienced after a long-awaited reunion banish any lingering memories of the past
**[06:17] (Flashback) Kanade**
Mom, does this poem mean
**[06:19] (Flashback) Kanade**
that after a tryst, the author realized that
he'd been completely naïve in the past?
**[06:24] (Flashback) Rieko**
That's right.
***SIGN*** What a question for a seven-year-old...
***SIGN*** Age 7
**[06:26] (Flashback) Rieko**
But I think there's a much
more special meaning to it.
***SIGN*** A "tryst," she says...
**[06:30] (Flashback) Rieko**
When my gynecologist told
me I was pregnant,
***SIGN*** With you, of course
**[06:35] (Flashback) Rieko**
I felt like that, too.
**[06:37] (Flashback) Kanade**
Huh? Really?
**[06:39] (Flashback) Rieko**
What I mean is...
**[06:40] (Flashback) Rieko**
There are moments when you
learn something so life-altering
**[06:44] (Flashback) Rieko**
that it turns you into a different person.
**[06:47] (Flashback) Rieko**
On my way home from the hospital that day,
**[06:49] (Flashback) Rieko**
the world I saw was shining bright,
and so, so beautiful.
**[06:53] (Flashback) Rieko**
And I thought, "I'm not who
I used to be anymore."
**[06:58] (Flashback) Rieko**
"A new chapter has just begun."
**[07:09] Chihaya**
Kana-chan...
**[07:11] Chihaya**
I want...
**[07:14] Chihaya**
to play a match like that one
at the challenger playoffs.
**[07:20] Kanade**
* Huh?! Chihaya-chan, I think*
* you're conflating something here!*
**[07:23] Kanade**
* You're mixing up your emotional response to*
* Dr. Harada's play and Wataya-san's confession!*
**[07:27] Kanade**
* I know they were both*
* epoch-making events, but...*
***SIGN*** Bye-bye
Hngh...
**[07:30] Kanade**
* As a young girl, shouldn't the*
* confession be your main focus?!*
**[07:34] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan!
**[07:37] Nishida**
Man, the leaves are really falling.
**[07:40] Kanade**
It's even been said
that newly fallen autumn leaves
**[07:42] Kanade**
are such a vivid red that they might
be emitting their own light.
**[07:47] Sumire**
*They're so pretty.*
**[07:48] Sumire**
*I don't even want to step on them.*
**[07:54] Sumire**
* That was a hurdle Mashima-senpai*
* couldn't get over,*
**[07:57] Sumire**
*and Wataya-san cleared it with ease!*
**[08:00] Sumire**
* Don't you think they'd be*
* perfect for each other?*
**[08:04] Sumire**
* I'm hoping that things work out*
* between Ayase-senpai and Wataya-san.*
**[08:11] Sumire**
*If she rejects Mashima-senpai,*
**[08:13] Sumire**
* I actually believe he'd*
* be mine for the taking.*
**[08:16] Taichi**
* I would rather choose the*
* girl I devote myself to.*
**[08:18] Taichi**
*I'm going to beat Chihaya.*
**[08:22] Sumire**
* I'm wishing for someone*
* who's trying so hard*
**[08:25] Sumire**
*to have his heart crushed to bits.*
**[08:29] Sumire**
* I don't want to step on them,*
* but I do anyway.*
**[08:33] Sumire**
*This red so vivid that it seems to burn...*
**[08:38] Sumire**
*Mashima-senpai, what are you going to do?*
**[08:40] Sumire**
*Wataya-san came out and said it!*
**[08:43] Sumire**
*It's already begun!*
**[08:46] Sumire**
*And it might be ending for you!*
**[08:54] Chihaya**
Oh, that's mine.
**[08:56] Chihaya**
Who's that? I don't know this number.
**[08:58] Sudo**
It's me, Sudo.
**[09:00] Chihaya**
Wh-Wh-Wh-Which Sudo-san might you be?
**[09:03] Sudo**
You didn't save that contact
under my name?
**[09:05] Chihaya**
How do you know my number?
**[09:07] Sudo**
We traded contact info last year, remember?
**[09:10] Sudo**
It's not that I had anything to talk about.
***SIGN*** *I* don't...
**[09:12] Sudo**
But someone from my college
karuta club does.
**[09:15] Sudo**
Well, I only just found out
he was in my club...
**[09:19] Suo**
This is Suo.
**[09:21] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Will you play a match with me sometime?
**[09:26] Suo**
Since you asked me the other day...
***SIGN*** Hold the phone closer!
**[09:29] Suo**
How about a match with me?
**[09:34] Chihaya**
A m-match...
**[09:37] Chihaya**
with Suo-san...
**[09:40] Chihaya**
With the current Master...
**[09:42] Chihaya**
I'll—
**[09:42] Taichi**
We'll do it!
**[09:49] Fukasaku**
Well, now that final exams are over...
***SIGN*** Cough Cough
**[09:54] Fukasaku**
Do you have a clearer idea on
which subject you want to specialize in?
**[10:00] Chihaya**
I've...
**[10:01] Chihaya**
I've been trying to improve all-around
so I can choose any of them!
***SIGN*** Bang
***SIGN*** Dash
**[10:04] Chihaya**
I'll keep thinking about it!
**[10:07] Fukasaku**
So you can choose any of them?
**[10:10] Fukasaku**
I'm not so sure...
***SIGN*** Science and math are out...
**[10:13] Fukasaku**
Ah, she still shines as much as ever in PE!
***SIGN*** Classical Literature Japanese History
**[10:17] Fukasaku**
And her social studies grades are up.
**[10:20] Fukasaku**
Which doorknob will she choose?
**[10:24] Miyauchi**
Mr. Fukasaku, what are you
muttering to yourself about?
**[10:28] Fukasaku**
Well, you see, I think
of advancing to college
**[10:31] Fukasaku**
as the last chance to choose
a door with a knob.
**[10:36] Miyauchi**
Huh? Knob?
**[10:38] Fukasaku**
It's something I heard long ago.
**[10:40] Fukasaku**
Most doors leading to opportunities
don't have a knob.
**[10:45] Fukasaku**
You can't open them yourself.
**[10:47] Fukasaku**
It becomes a matter of whether or not
you can dive in when it's opened to you,
**[10:54] Fukasaku**
and whether or not
you can seize that opportunity.
***SIGN*** Tokyo University
**[11:00] Chihaya**
What the heck is this, Taichi?!
***SIGN*** I don't know why I'm crying...
**[11:02] Taichi**
I know Sudo-san said last year that
he wanted to go to a national university...
**[11:06] Chihaya**
But Tokyo U?!
**[11:08] Chihaya**
Not only that...
**[11:09] Chihaya**
but Suo-san, too?!
**[11:11] Taichi**
Suo-san's karuta society profile
doesn't list his university.
***SIGN*** Out of consideration to Tokyo U, maybe...
**[11:15] Chihaya**
Suo-san had to repeat a year here four times?!
**[11:18] Chihaya**
Is he smart or stupid?!
**[11:21] [Messenger] ---**
From: Sudo Akihito
Subject: Idiot
Did you see the Yasuda Auditorium?
That should make a nice memory.
**[11:23] [Messenger] ---**
Did you see the Yasuda Auditorium?
That should make a nice memory.
We actually practice at Hakusan Hall
in Bunkyo Ward, you idiot.
**[11:25] [Messenger] ---**
We actually practice at Hakusan Hall
in Bunkyo Ward, you idiot.
**[11:27] Chihaya**
Curse you, Double Su!
**[11:28] Taichi**
What's that mean?!
**[11:28] Chihaya**
They're Suo and Sudo, so they're Double Su!
**[11:31] Chihaya**
Is this it?
**[11:32] Chihaya**
Are they in the back?
**[11:34] Sudo**
Hey.
**[11:35] Sudo**
Been a while.
**[11:37] Sudo**
Why'd you two come together?
***SIGN*** Chill
**[11:39] Sudo**
Nothing better to do? You dating?
**[11:41] Sudo**
Huh? Huh?
**[11:41] Chihaya**
S-Sudo-san...
**[11:42] Shusaku**
Hey, it's you.
**[11:43] Taichi**
Goo— Kosaku...
**[11:45] Taichi**
Koishikawa-san?
**[11:47] Taichi**
Aren't you in KU's karuta club?
**[11:49] Shusaku**
Oh, yeah, I am.
**[11:51] Shusaku**
But I came back here since it's fall again.
***SIGN*** Like fall salmon, kinda?
**[11:54] Shusaku**
It's the fall Suo season.
***SIGN*** Fall Suo...
**[11:56] Shusaku**
Suo-san only practices for
about two months each year,
**[11:58] Shusaku**
from November up until the Master match.
**[12:01] Both**
Huh?!
**[12:02] Shusaku**
I mean, he does show up
at other times, too.
**[12:05] Shusaku**
He actually looks out for his club mates,
**[12:07] Shusaku**
so he drops in now and then and
serves snacks instead of practicing.
**[12:08] Suo**
Are you in Class A?
**[12:10] Girl**
I'm still in Class B.
**[12:12] Suo**
You get three rice dumplings, then.
**[12:14] Suo**
Keep at it.
**[12:15] Suo**
And you?
**[12:16] Girl**
I'm in Class C.
**[12:17] Suo**
You get two.
**[12:18] Girl**
Hey, Suo-san, did you hear?
**[12:20] Girl**
NHK BS isn't going to broadcast
the Master match live this year.
**[12:24] Girl**
I can't believe it.
***SIGN*** Bubble Bubble
**[12:31] Guy**
Oh... But it'll be streamed
live on Niconico.
**[12:34] Suo**
Nico?!
**[12:35] Guy**
Ow! That's hot!
**[12:36] Girl**
Wow, that startled me.
**[12:37] Guy**
Suo-san!
**[12:37] Girl**
I've never heard Suo-san yell before.
**[12:40] Girl**
His enthusiasm just visibly dropped, didn't it?
**[12:42] Girl**
I think the live nationwide broadcast was
a major source of motivation for him.
**[12:47] Suo**
*Ni... Nico...*
**[12:48] Suo**
*Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap...*
**[12:50] Suo**
Are you in Class A?
**[12:52] Chihaya**
Yes!
**[12:52] Both**
We're in Class A!
***SIGN*** Empty...
***SIGN*** Filled to the brim...
**[12:55] Chihaya**
Whoa, they're gonna fall out...
***SIGN*** Nothing but beans...
***SIGN*** Nothing but beans... Gotta eat it fast
**[12:58] Taichi**
* I'm her boyfriend. Please don't*
* try anything with her.*
**[13:02] Suo**
*I hate him!*
**[13:09] Girl**
Wait, don't tell me...
**[13:10] Girl**
You don't have a hair tie, Suo-san?
**[13:13] Girl**
He forgot it?
**[13:14] Girl**
Anyone have one?
**[13:14] Girl**
I only have scrunchies.
**[13:17] Chihaya**
I always thought Suo-san was more
of a lone wolf that nobody liked,
**[13:23] Chihaya**
but it's more like everyone's
doting on him.
**[13:26] Sudo**
No one wants to play a
match with him, though.
***SIGN*** Super persistent type
**[13:29] Sudo**
Partly because he's too good,
but that's not all.
**[13:32] Sudo**
Koishikawa-san and I are the only ones
who ever want to challenge him again.
***SIGN*** The type that never learns
**[13:35] Sudo**
There aren't enough Class A
practice partners for him.
**[13:38] Sudo**
That's probably why he asked for you.
**[13:41] Sudo**
Go get turned to mincemeat.
**[13:55] Suo**
You're too far away.
**[13:55] Chihaya**
Sorry!
**[13:58] Sudo**
No hope for her.
**[13:59] Sudo**
You just gonna watch?
**[14:00] Taichi**
Uh...
**[14:01] Shusaku**
Come play me!
**[14:03] Sudo**
Koishikawa-san, he says
he'd rather watch Ayase.
**[14:06] Taichi**
No, let me play you, Sudo-san.
**[14:09] Taichi**
I came to get some practice of my own.
**[14:14] Chihaya**
* This tightness in my chest isn't*
* because of those rice dumplings.*
**[14:19] Chihaya**
*But...*
**[14:21] Chihaya**
* it feels like a bunch of them are*
* stacked up in my esophagus.*
**[14:26] Chihaya**
*What should I do?*
**[14:28] Chihaya**
*I can't look up.*
**[14:29] Chihaya**
*It's hard to breathe... What do I do?*
**[14:33] (Flashback) Arata**
Chihaya...
**[14:34] (Flashback) Arata**
I love you.
***SIGN*** Blush
**[14:39] Chihaya**
*Oh, right! This is the Master!*
**[14:42] Chihaya**
* The one Dr. Harada and Arata wanted*
* so badly to play against!*
**[14:55] Chihaya**
*My belly's full, and my body's moving well.*
**[15:00] Chihaya**
*Suo-san, I...*
**[15:03] Chihaya**
* haven't really imagined*
* myself playing you before,*
**[15:08] Chihaya**
* but I've tried harder to become you*
* in practice than anyone here.*
**[15:13] [POEM] Reader**
Since the dew atop the blades of grass
has been scattered by the winds,
**[15:16] Chihaya**
* He knew exactly where the card was*
* and held it down,*
**[15:19] Chihaya**
*taking a two-syllable card on the first.*
**[15:21] Chihaya**
* I've watched him over and over.*
* Don't be surprised.*
**[15:28] [POEM] Reader**
When I must hide...
**[15:30] Chihaya**
* It's like magic... It almost*
* stops my breathing.*
**[15:33] [POEM] Reader**
May the time spent...
***SIGN*** Go ahead.
**[15:37] Chihaya**
* He really isn't going for*
* multi-syllable cards.*
**[15:41] [POEM] Reader**
The hazed early dawn light...
**[15:44] Chihaya**
*He has his eyes on the match as a whole.*
**[15:46] Chihaya**
*He only needs to get to 25 cards first.*
**[15:49] Chihaya**
*He has 28 one-syllable cards.*
**[15:52] Chihaya**
* If he just takes all the cards he sees*
* as one-syllable cards, he wins.*
**[15:56] Chihaya**
*How can I throw him off his gameplan?*
**[15:58] [POEM] Reader**
Gust of wind leaves...
**[15:59] Chihaya**
*Yes!*
**[16:02] Chihaya**
* My game sense is working!*
* I heard the first syllable coming!*
**[16:06] Chihaya**
*But this isn't it.*
**[16:08] Chihaya**
* It's not the actual one-syllable cards*
* that I should worry about.*
**[16:13] Chihaya**
* Where I really need to break*
* Suo-san's pace is...*
**[16:17] [POEM] Reader**
Feel love deepen...
**[16:19] Chihaya**
*Got it!*
**[16:20] Chihaya**
*A two-syllable card on the first syllable!*
**[16:22] Chihaya**
* My weapon, the one Desktomu-kun*
* told me about!*
**[16:25] Chihaya**
*I can do this! I can fight him!*
**[16:37] Chihaya**
*Concentrate.*
**[16:38] Chihaya**
* If I lose focus, this won't*
* even be a match anymore.*
**[16:41] Chihaya**
*Concentrate!*
**[16:44] [POEM] Reader**
When winds send waves...
**[16:45] Chihaya**
*Shoot! A fault!*
**[16:48] Chihaya**
*Concentrate. One more time.*
**[16:52] [POEM] Reader**
As this trip takes...
**[16:54] Chihaya**
*Another fault!*
**[16:55] Chihaya**
*But Suo-san cleanly avoided it!*
**[16:59] Chihaya**
* Come to think of it, when Takemura-san*
* was in the Master match,*
**[17:02] Chihaya**
*he wasn't out of his league.*
**[17:04] Chihaya**
*He just had a lot of faults.*
**[17:06] [POEM] Reader**
Feel sorrow wash...
**[17:08] Chihaya**
* When I try not to take the bait,*
* I move too late!*
**[17:12] Chihaya**
*A semi-double!*
**[17:13] Chihaya**
*No! Concentrate!*
**[17:15] Suo**
Pff...
**[17:20] Sudo**
*Ayase...*
**[17:22] Sudo**
* Suo-san has no intention*
* of taking 25 cards.*
**[17:25] Sudo**
*He always comes in under 20.*
**[17:27] Sudo**
* His opponent could take*
* 30 cards and still lose.*
**[17:30] Chihaya**
* He moves knowing full well*
* that these are dead cards!*
**[17:34] Sudo**
* No one else plays karuta*
* the same nasty way he does.*
**[17:37] Chihaya**
*A trap.*
**[17:38] Chihaya**
*It's not to win.*
**[17:40] Chihaya**
*A trap.*
**[17:41] Chihaya**
*What's it for?*
**[17:42] Chihaya**
*A trap.*
**[17:44] TV**
* The differentials of 5 and 13 cards are the*
* same as in the Queen matches, aren't they?*
**[17:50] Chihaya**
*To take control over karuta itself.*
**[17:54] Chihaya**
*I thought it was a fluke.*
**[17:56] Chihaya**
* If he's aiming to win by*
* the same number of cards,*
**[17:59] Chihaya**
* that means there are cards*
* he could take, but won't.*
**[18:02] Chihaya**
* He lures his opponent into making*
* mistakes to make the numbers match.*
**[18:05] Chihaya**
*I had no idea anyone played like that...*
**[18:09] Sudo**
* An honest idiot like Ayase*
* will just get sucked right in.*
**[18:13] Sudo**
*He drags his opponents into his pace.*
**[18:16] Sudo**
*That's why he's the Master.*
**[18:18] Sudo**
* Whoops... I should be worrying*
* about my own game.*
**[18:22] Sudo**
*Did he...*
**[18:25] Sudo**
*always play karuta like this?*
**[18:27] Sudo**
* He was always able to utilize*
* all kinds of different techniques,*
**[18:30] Sudo**
* but he was really a jack of all*
* trades and master of none.*
**[18:32] Sudo**
*Now he's settled down.*
**[18:34] Taichi**
* I'm in the place where Sudo-san,*
* Koishikawa-san, and even Master Suo practice.*
**[18:39] Taichi**
* You'd have to be positive*
* to last in here.*
**[18:42] Taichi**
*Especially...*
**[18:43] Taichi**
*Koishikawa-san.*
***SIGN*** D'oh
***SIGN*** He goofed again Same old Goofsaku-san
***SIGN*** Flip
**[18:46] Shusaku**
*But that's who I am!*
***SIGN*** He bounced back
That was quick
**[18:48] Shusaku**
*Including all my goof-ups!*
**[18:50] Taichi**
*I want to be like that.*
**[18:53] Taichi**
*And that's...*
**[18:56] Taichi**
*something I can never be.*
**[18:58] Taichi**
*Keep my hands lower.*
**[19:00] Taichi**
* I can get underneath to take*
* multi-syllable cards.*
**[19:01] Taichi**
* Take a position where it's*
* easy to make a pull-back.*
**[19:04] Taichi**
*Check the "My" and "No" cards.*
**[19:05] Taichi**
* I'll lose if I rush on "I,"*
* "So," and "Would" cards, too.*
**[19:06] Chihaya**
Taichi... you knew, didn't you?
**[19:07] Taichi**
*Guard...*
**[19:10] Chihaya**
Arata said he wants to
go to college here...
**[19:16] Taichi**
*Huh?*
**[19:18] Taichi**
*I-It's 27 to 13?*
**[19:20] Taichi**
*The differential's bad enough, but 27?!*
**[19:22] Taichi**
* That's only possible if you*
* commit a ton of faults.*
**[19:25] Taichi**
*What kind of spell has he cast on her?*
**[19:31] Taichi**
*That kind of spell...*
**[19:34] [POEM] Reader**
As I wait for someone...
**[19:37] Reader**
*I'm sure she was fast to begin with,*
**[19:39] Reader**
* but her game sense is making it easier*
* for him to bait her into faulting.*
**[19:42] Chihaya**
* I'm so afraid of faulting that I'm not*
* going all-in on either offense or defense.*
**[19:46] Chihaya**
*My body feels heavy.*
**[19:48] Chihaya**
Excuse me.
**[19:53] Chihaya**
*When I tried to become Suo-san before,*
**[19:55] Chihaya**
*what did I feel?*
**[19:57] Chihaya**
* He speaks quietly so that others*
* will lean closer to hear him.*
**[20:01] Chihaya**
*To learn to live with quiet sounds.*
**[20:03] Chihaya**
*Know exactly where the cards are...*
**[20:05] Chihaya**
*To hold them down...*
**[20:08] Chihaya**
*To become someone who's nothing but ears!*
**[20:10] [POEM] Reader**
Like the sound of someone
knocking on my door,
***SIGN*** That scared me!
**[20:13] Chihaya**
* My missed swing made him*
* hold down the wrong card!*
**[20:15] Chihaya**
*But I got it! Talk about luck!*
**[20:19] Chihaya**
*If nothing else, with my eyes closed,*
**[20:21] Chihaya**
*I can't be misled by his movements.*
**[20:24] Chihaya**
* I need to be in that mindset*
* even without closing my eyes.*
**[20:28] Chihaya**
*Listen closely to the sounds...*
**[20:31] Chihaya**
*and aim for one point!*
**[20:34] Chihaya**
*I missed again!*
**[20:35] Chihaya**
*I even practiced aiming at a single point!*
**[20:37] Chihaya**
*It clearly wasn't enough!*
**[20:44] Chihaya**
*Okay, once more on this next one.*
**[20:47] Reader**
*Her back shows no sign of resignation...*
**[20:50] (Flashback) Sudo**
Go get turned to mincemeat.
**[20:53] Chihaya**
* Even if I'm turned to mincemeat,*
* I'll never hate karuta!*
**[21:03] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[21:06] Reader**
*She lost by 14 cards...*
***SIGN*** Gloom
**[21:08] Reader**
* But she showed some good moves*
* in the second half.*
**[21:10] Reader**
*She's going to get better.*
**[21:14] Suo**
Oh, sorry.
**[21:16] Suo**
Sorry.
**[21:19] Suo**
You're very interesting.
**[21:21] Chihaya**
Oh... uh... n-no...
**[21:22] Suo**
You're pretty, positive,
and you never lose heart.
**[21:26] Suo**
You have friends, and even a boyfriend.
**[21:28] Suo**
And you want to be Queen, too?
**[21:34] Suo**
You can't.
# E15.5 - So I wish for a memory
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***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** The Players'
Lack of
Presence
Is an Issue
***SIGN*** My romance with Retro-kun keeps me busy,
but I'm not opposed to appearing, y'know
**[01:17] Sumire**
It's all matches!
**[01:19] Sumire**
Are they that bent on
undermining our sex appeal?!
**[01:21] Tsukuba**
You can't blame them.
**[01:22] Sumire**
But why?!
***SIGN*** Take a look
***SIGN*** Love Element in Chihayafuru
***SIGN*** Take a look
at this chart.
**[01:24] Tsukuba**
70 percent of the love element
in this anime
**[01:26] Tsukuba**
depended on *your* love story,
**[01:28] Tsukuba**
but lately, even you've
been focusing on karuta.
***SIGN*** He's right!
**[01:31] Tsukuba**
For the next 20 percent, the only ones
we can count on are Retro and Porky's sister.
**[01:36] Sumire**
Them?!
***SIGN*** The remaining 10 percent is just barely the main character...
***SIGN*** Verse 15.5
***SIGN*** So I wish
for a
memory
**[01:44] Miyauchi**
Everyone! I have terrible news!
***SIGN*** 21 59th Master/57th Queen East Japan Qualifiers 21 59th Master/57th Queen West Japan Qualifiers
**[01:47] Taichi**
What?!
**[01:49] Taichi**
The Master and Queen qualifiers overlap
with the dates of our class trip!
***SIGN*** Mizusawa High School Second-Year Class Trip Schedule
October 20-23
**[01:53] Taichi**
Why is it on the 21st?!
It's usually a week earlier!
**[02:03] Harada**
Feels like a team match, doesn't it?
**[02:06] Harada**
Four Shiranami Society players
made it to the quarterfinals.
**[02:10] Harada**
That's a first!
**[02:12] Harada**
This is a four-on-four
team match in every way!
**[02:16] Harada**
And of course, our goal is...
**[02:18] Harada**
four wins for the Shiranami Society!
**[02:23] [POEM] Hirota**
Look for the sound...
**[02:25] [POEM] Hirota**
In the sleepy spring...
**[02:28] Sudo**
Wait, did you really get that?
**[02:30] Taichi**
Huh?
**[02:31] Sudo**
Okay, then. If that's what you think.
**[02:34] Sudo**
Keep it.
**[02:35] Hiroshi**
*This is why I hate playing high schoolers.*
**[02:39] [POEM] Hirota**
Impassionate gods have never seen
**[02:50] Sakura**
*She lost it!*
**[02:52] Sakura**
*She really lost one!*
**[02:54] Sakura**
*And it was "Impassionate"!*
**[02:55] [POEM] Hirota**
Impassioned was your...
**[02:58] Chihaya**
*She took—*
**[02:58] Harada**
Got there in time!
**[03:04] Hiroshi**
*Dr. Harada's "Got there in time"...*
**[03:11] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[03:13] Hiroshi**
*Yes!*
**[03:15] Both**
*What?!*
**[03:16] [POEM] Hirota**
Impassioned vows...
**[03:18] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[03:20] Taichi**
*Murao-san won?*
**[03:25] Taichi**
*Whether they win or lose...*
**[03:27] Chihaya**
*They give us strength.*
**[03:32] [POEM] Hirota**
for the night would drag on
when I thought of my beloved
**[03:42] [POEM] Hirota**
Since I could not hide my love,
***SIGN*** people would always ask if I was pining for someone
**[03:49] Taichi**
*Chihaya isn't here.*
**[03:51] Taichi**
*Arata is watching.*
**[03:53] Taichi**
*And...*
**[03:55] Taichi**
*Dr. Harada is weighing him down.*
**[04:03] Arata**
*There's no way Murao-san will lose.*
**[04:09] Arata**
*There's no way.*
**[04:12] Harada**
* Maybe the best way Eyelashes*
* can improve is actually...*
**[04:21] Harada**
*with defensive karuta!*
***SIGN*** The Players'
Overwhelming
Presence
Is an Issue
***SIGN*** Personally, I wish they would wear tabi or
socks when on tatami... Please?
**[04:28] Rieko**
From the Fujisaki training camp
to the Yoshino Tournament...
**[04:31] Rieko**
It's definitely karuta season.
**[04:33] Kanade**
I don't even know which
match I should watch.
**[04:36] Sudo**
I don't care who watches who!
Just show more of my matches!
**[04:40] Mochida**
I lost to Ririka-chan at some point, too!
**[04:42] Retro**
And don't ignore me just
because I'm Class B!
**[04:44] Harada**
If they'd animate my thought process
when I set up matches,
**[04:48] Harada**
it'd be highly educational to
karuta players all over Japan.
**[04:51] Makoto**
They made it look like I was
soundly defeated, but I wasn't!
**[04:55] Harada**
No, my match should take higher priority.
**[04:58] Kuri**
Murao-kun and Arata-kun's match
was worth watching, too!
**[05:00] Kitano**
You fools should be watching Yumin play!
**[05:03] Harada**
My match!
**[05:04] Kitano**
Yumin!
**[05:04] Kuri**
Arata-kun's match!
**[05:04] Kanade**
*I feel... so full...*
***SIGN*** The Career Path and the Karuta Path
**[05:12] Narrator**
Satoshi, the husband of
Inokuma Haruka, grade 6,
**[05:15] Narrator**
is a producer at a TV station.
**[05:16] Narrator**
He's a very busy man who works on
a popular daily morning show.
***SIGN*** Waaaah
***SIGN*** 3 AM: Wake up 6 AM: Program airs 8 AM: Review meeting 10 AM: Briefing 12 PM: Lunch break 1 PM: Preparing next day's episode 3 PM: Planning meetings, etc. 6 PM: Meetings with cast members (drinks)
***SIGN*** Aww, there, there...
Sheesh...
**[05:21] Haruka**
Daddy gets up early and
works hard all day long.
**[05:24] Haruka**
Just look at that schedu—
***SIGN*** 6 PM: Meetings with cast members (drinks)
***SIGN*** Off I go!
***SIGN*** Drinking is an important part of my job...
**[05:27] Haruka**
Thanks for taking the kids!
**[05:28] Haruka**
I'll be sure to say on TV that
I got stronger
**[05:30] Haruka**
and came back as Queen because
you turned down your drinking parties!
**[05:34] [POEM] Reader**
While some dodge...
**[05:35] [POEM] Reader**
As the years pass...
**[05:37] [POEM] Reader**
Since the dew...
**[05:38] Miyauchi**
Tasuki!
**[05:40] Taichi**
E-Excuse us for a moment!
**[05:43] Chihaya**
*The Yoshino Tournament Class A final...*
**[05:48] Both**
Okay.
**[05:50] Chihaya**
*That's where we are, together.*
**[05:52] [POEM] Reader**
The night breaks to day...
**[05:55] Chihaya**
*It's hard to take anything!*
**[05:56] Chihaya**
* He's able to take cards in that*
* long top row with thrusts!*
**[05:59] [POEM] Reader**
May the scarlet kadsuras...
***SIGN*** Alas, another autumn has passed in vain
**[06:04] Chihaya**
*This is hard...*
**[06:06] Chihaya**
*It's hard to breathe...*
**[06:09] (Flashback) Sakura**
Maintain your posture.
**[06:15] Chihaya**
*Don't close off my chest.*
**[06:17] Chihaya**
*Raise my eye level.*
**[06:22] Chihaya**
Oh... It's you, Taichi.
**[06:24] Taichi**
Huh?
**[06:25] Taichi**
Uh, yeah, it's me.
**[06:27] Chihaya**
*He's playing like someone I don't know,*
**[06:29] Chihaya**
*but he's Taichi.*
**[06:30] [POEM] Reader**
Impassioned was your promise...
**[06:33] Chihaya**
*He's Taichi. I don't have to be afraid.*
**[06:37] Chihaya**
*But I don't want to lose.*
**[06:40] Chihaya**
*There's no "his side" or "my side."*
**[06:42] Chihaya**
*Here I come, Taichi!*
**[06:43] Taichi**
*Chihaya, you idiot! I have a plan!*
**[06:46] Taichi**
* I won't play along with*
* your contest of speed!*
**[06:49] Arata**
*What...*
**[06:52] Arata**
*is this?*
**[06:58] Arata**
*What is it?*
**[07:02] Arata**
*What is this?*
**[07:05] Arata**
*Why did I lose?*
**[07:08] Arata**
*Why...*
**[07:10] Arata**
*Why aren't I the one*
**[07:12] Arata**
*playing against Chihaya right now?*
**[07:17] Guy**
The Yoshino Tournament Class A winner is
**[07:20] Guy**
Ayase Chihaya-san of the Shiranami Society.
**[07:25] Arata**
You might laugh at this,
**[07:27] Arata**
but for whatever reason,
**[07:29] Arata**
I always thought of Chihaya as yours.
**[07:34] Arata**
But Chihaya doesn't really belong
to anyone, does she?
**[07:42] Mom**
Chihaya!
**[07:43] Mom**
I'm sorry I ran late!
**[07:51] Mom**
So, how'd your match go?
**[07:53] Mom**
Did you do the best you could?
**[07:55] Mom**
Was it fun?
***SIGN*** Huh?
**[07:59] Both**
Huh?
**[08:00] Chihaya**
M-Mom... I...
**[08:05] Chihaya**
I want to go on the class trip!
**[08:09] Mom**
Huh? O-Of course you can go!
**[08:12] Chihaya**
I want...
**[08:14] Chihaya**
to be a high school teacher!
**[08:18] Chihaya**
What kind of teacher would I be
if I've never been on a class trip?!
**[08:23] Chihaya**
I want to be Queen, too,
**[08:26] Chihaya**
but I want to be an advisor and coach,
like Ms. Miyauchi and Coach Sakurazawa!
**[08:35] Chihaya**
But today was this hakama's first match,
**[08:40] Chihaya**
and I wanted to win!
**[08:43] Chihaya**
I did win!
**[08:46] Chihaya**
Taichi and I worked so hard!
***SIGN*** My Path
***SIGN*** Self-made flash cards
***SIGN*** I can memorize nucleic acid sequences, but I still can't get the Hundred Poets down...
**[08:54] Nishida**
It's kinda surprising, though.
**[08:57] Nishida**
I didn't know Ayase had already decided
what she wanted to do after graduation.
**[09:00] Kanade**
Huh? Well, of course. We only have
one year of high school left.
***SIGN*** That's right.
**[09:05] Kanade**
I really want to take Professor Mutsu's
classical literature class at WU!
***SIGN*** My family runs a drugstore, so I'm thinking of being a pharmacist,
***SIGN*** but I could just stay in college as a professional researcher.
**[09:19] Nishida**
Huh?
**[09:20] Kanade**
What about you, Porky?
Something in economics? Law?
**[09:23] Nishida**
U-Uh, well... m-maybe something overseas?
***SIGN*** Fourth Future Plans Questionnaire
Year 2 Class 9
Name: Nishida Yusei
College | Department | Reasons
First Choice: How can I become a Michelin inspector?
Second Choice:
Third Choice:
***SIGN*** Studying abroad? That'd be amazing!
***SIGN*** What?!
**[09:31] Suo**
After I win my fifth consecutive title,
I'm going to retire.
**[09:37] Arata**
What?
**[09:39] Arata**
The Master... is retiring?
**[09:42] Nishida**
Ayase...
**[09:44] Nishida**
I just asked my senpai in the Suihoku Society
who's helping at the qualifiers,
**[09:48] Nishida**
and he said his name's on the list!
**[09:50] Nishida**
Mashima's name is on the list
of registered participants
**[09:53] Nishida**
in tomorrow's East Japan qualifiers
**[10:01] Sumire**
*Mashima-senpai...*
**[10:03] Sumire**
* He's working hard to be*
* what he wants to be!*
**[10:10] Taichi**
*Me...*
**[10:13] [POEM] Reader**
Long last we meet...
***SIGN*** East Japan Semifinals
Master
Harada vs. Koishikawa
Tsuboguchi vs. Sudo
Queen
Sakurazawa vs. Yamamoto
Inokuma vs. Yamashiro
**[10:19] Arata**
*Taichi didn't make it.*
**[10:26] Arata**
*Why did I just sigh?*
**[10:28] Arata**
*Why did knowing Taichi lost make me sigh?*
**[10:31] [POEM] Reader**
Would this old...
**[10:33] [POEM] Reader**
As this trip...
**[10:36] Arata**
*Why am I...*
**[10:40] Arata**
*You're getting in my way, Taichi!*
**[10:42] Arata**
*Why are you there?*
**[10:46] Arata**
*Taichi has a way of being unfair.*
**[10:50] Arata**
* And he's not particularly talented,*
* like Chihaya is.*
**[10:53] Arata**
*Maybe I...*
**[10:56] Arata**
*always looked down on Taichi in karuta.*
**[11:02] Arata**
*On my own friend...*
**[11:09] Murao**
Just a moment, please.
**[11:15] Murao**
Yamashiro-san is reading for us.
We can't waste that.
**[11:19] Murao**
Come back to us, Arata.
**[11:36] [POEM] Reader**
Gust of wind...
**[11:38] [POEM] Reader**
Swift waters parted...
**[11:41] Kuri**
* Arata-kun usually plays with a*
* balance of offense and defense,*
**[11:46] Kuri**
*but he's attacking hard.*
**[11:49] Kuri**
*He's calling the momentum to him.*
***SIGN*** East Japan Qualifiers Dr. Harada (Winner)
**[11:55] Kuri**
*The momentum to fight*
**[11:57] Kuri**
* East Japan's number one,*
* the king of offensive karuta.*
***SIGN*** Katsugi Books
Is Open for
Business
***SIGN*** Huh?! If I take off my glasses,
I'll be more popular?
***SIGN*** Why don't you try it?
**[12:04] Guy**
*Arata-kun hasn't been coming in to work lately.*
***SIGN*** Siiigh
***SIGN*** Arata-kun ain't here today, either?
**[12:09] Guy**
* The old local lady who's a*
* fan of his is sighing hard.*
***SIGN*** Where can I find Ultimate Facts Theory: 30 Lectures?
**[12:12] Guy**
* Day after day, I'm unable to answer deep*
* questions about which books are where.*
**[12:18] Guy**
*But I'll still be cheering him on!*
***SIGN*** Arata
**[12:22] Guy**
* But if Arata-kun does well,*
* Fukui and the Fukui dialect*
***SIGN*** Loves his hometown
**[12:26] Guy**
*will show up in more anime!*
***SIGN*** Huh?
***SIGN*** That's what you're hoping for?!
***SIGN*** The Secret
Number One
***SIGN*** Welcome to Awara!
Chihayafuru Week in Awara
***SIGN*** Don't act
embarrassed!!
**[12:34] Kuri**
Murao Shinichi of the Nagumo Society is
somewhat famous in certain circles.
***SIGN*** No.1 in Men
People Secretly
Wish They
Could Marry
**[12:39] Kuri**
He's an honest man who
works at Awara City Hall.
**[12:42] Kuri**
He was blessed with talent
in karuta from a young age
***SIGN*** No.1 in Men Who Secretly Care About Their Little Brothers
**[12:45] Kuri**
and has been No. 1 in Japan in
elementary, middle, and high school.
**[12:47] Kuri**
He graduated from a prestigious university
in Kansai with high grades,
**[12:51] Kuri**
and the only misfortune in his life...
***SIGN*** Giant Wall Loser
**[12:53] Kuri**
is being the same age as Suo Hisashi!
***SIGN*** No.1 in Men
People Secretly Wish
Would Be the Master
**[12:56] Guy**
Things would be so much easier for us
if Murao-kun was the Master.
**[12:59] Guy**
It would be so much better for our karuta
lectures if Murao-kun was the Master!
**[13:04] Kuri**
The bigger a loser the Master is,
the greater the pressure!
**[13:07] Kuri**
You can do it, Murao-kun!
**[13:10] Harada**
You know, I never thought
**[13:12] Harada**
the day would come when I'd
be playing you, Glasses.
**[13:16] Harada**
When I was younger,
I did play your grandpa,
**[13:19] Harada**
Eternal Master Wataya Hajime, just once.
**[13:23] Harada**
He was good.
**[13:25] Harada**
It's a great memory.
**[13:27] Harada**
You probably can't understand yet
since you're still young,
**[13:31] Harada**
but it brings me the greatest joy
that I get to play you.
**[13:36] [POEM] Kyoji**
The hazed field of reeds conceals
clumps of bamboo shoots,
**[13:38] Kuri**
*He lunged that far on a dead card?!*
**[13:39] [POEM] Kyoji**
May the scarlet kadsuras...
***SIGN*** Dead card
**[13:41] Tsutomu**
*He's lunging with his whole body!*
**[13:42] [POEM] Kyoji**
Look for the sound...
***SIGN*** Dead card
**[13:43] Kanade**
*Scary!*
**[13:44] [POEM] Kyoji**
The sight of the lonely moon...
**[13:45] Harada**
Yes! Gotcha!
**[13:47] Girls**
*There it is! Dr. Harada's "Yes! Gotcha!"*
**[13:49] [POEM] Kyoji**
The hazed early dawn mist over the Kawagiri
**[13:53] [POEM] Kyoki**
All alone...
**[13:56] All**
*He...*
**[13:56] All**
*He's fast!*
**[13:59] Lady**
* Dr. Harada hasn't been paying*
* attention to his own side...*
**[14:02] Hiroshi**
*There it is!*
**[14:03] Taichi**
* The incredible acceleration that none*
* of us could reproduce in practice!*
**[14:06] Arata**
*I'm happy.*
**[14:08] Arata**
*I'm happy I get to play Dr. Harada.*
**[14:12] Arata**
*I'm happy he's so strong.*
**[14:14] Arata**
*But...*
**[14:16] Arata**
*I'll be the one to win.*
**[14:19] [POEM] Kyoji**
The fall wind parts...
**[14:21] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[14:23] Taichi**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[14:24] Tsukuba**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[14:25] Harada**
*I've been a mentor for a long time.*
**[14:30] Harada**
* You'll be able to take more of them*
* if you don't move them.*
**[14:34] Harada**
*I have a duty to prove that to you!*
**[14:37] Harada**
All right! I got in!
**[14:44] Chihaya**
*The first match goes to Dr. Harada!*
**[14:46] Harada**
I'd like to withdraw from
the second match.
**[14:56] Arata**
*Hup...*
**[15:00] Mom**
*That's... his grandpa's kimono...*
**[15:07] Mom**
* And the way the metal fittings on the heel*
* of his sandal brush the floor as he walks...*
**[15:15] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Arata.
**[15:17] (Flashback) Chihaya**
No matter how far we go, Dr. Harada
will always be a mentor to all of us.
**[15:23] (Flashback) Chihaya**
You can't beat him as just Arata.
**[15:27] Arata**
I'm moving my cards.
**[15:29] Both**
* He put all the one-syllable*
* cards in the lower right!*
**[15:34] Harada**
*Master Wataya's play style...*
**[15:39] Harada**
*I'll break through it!*
**[15:41] Harada**
* I'll make you regret putting all your*
* one-syllable cards in your lower right!*
**[15:47] Harada**
*No big deal!*
**[15:50] Kitano**
*What is this?*
**[15:52] Kitano**
* Even Harada's playing*
* is starting to look...*
**[16:02] Suo**
Dr. Harada's great.
**[16:05] Suo**
He's exciting.
**[16:08] Suo**
If I...
**[16:11] Suo**
could pick who I face in the Master match,
**[16:14] Suo**
I'd want it to be Dr. Harada.
**[16:18] Kuri**
*He lost one!*
**[16:19] Kuri**
* Arata-kun lost a one-syllable*
* card on his own side!*
**[16:37] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada!*
**[16:38] Guy**
The winner of the Master
challenger playoff is...
**[16:42] Chihaya**
*It's Dr. Harada!*
**[16:44] Guy**
...Harada Hideo, grade 6!
**[16:52] Chihaya**
Arata...
**[16:54] Arata**
Oh... Chihaya.
**[16:56] Chihaya**
Arata, um...
**[16:58] Chihaya**
Th-That was close!
**[17:00] Chihaya**
It was an incredible match!
**[17:04] Arata**
Yeah...
**[17:05] Chihaya**
You and Dr. Harada play in completely
different ways. It was so interesting to see!
**[17:16] Arata**
What would you have done, Chihaya?
**[17:19] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[17:20] Arata**
At the end...
**[17:25] Chihaya**
I play offensive karuta,
**[17:28] Chihaya**
so I think I would've sent both
"Gust" and "Impassionate."
**[17:32] Chihaya**
Because they're special.
**[17:40] Chihaya**
The more I want a card,
the faster I let it go.
**[17:45] Chihaya**
Then I go in determined to take it.
**[17:59] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Arata!
**[18:00] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Let's play karuta together forever!
**[18:12] Arata**
I love you, Chihaya.
**[18:26] Arata**
Taichi might have told you this,
**[18:28] Arata**
but I'm planning to go to college here.
**[18:32] Arata**
If you want...
**[18:35] Arata**
let's play karuta together.
**[18:41] Sumire**
You're not going to tell him, are you?
**[18:43] Sumire**
That Wataya-san confessed
his love to Ayase-senpai?
**[18:47] Kanade**
No one except the people involved
has any right to butt in.
**[18:50] Kanade**
But...
**[18:52] Kanade**
If President Mashima could become involved...
**[18:56] Kanade**
I might say something.
**[19:03] Kanade**
Is something out there?
**[19:05] Chihaya**
Yeah. That pigeon.
**[19:07] Kanade**
Oh, I see it. It's a white one.
**[19:10] Kanade**
Those are rare.
**[19:11] Chihaya**
It's pretty.
**[19:14] Chihaya**
It almost seems like it's shining.
**[19:18] Chihaya**
I wonder... is it pregnant?
**[19:20] Chihaya**
Is it happy?
**[19:22] Chihaya**
Is it shining because it's happy?
**[19:30] Chihaya**
Kana-chan...
**[19:33] Chihaya**
I want...
**[19:35] Chihaya**
to play a match like that one
at the challenger playoffs.
**[19:41] Kanade**
* Huh?! Chihaya-chan, I think*
* you're conflating something here!*
**[19:44] Kanade**
* You're mixing up your emotional response to*
* Dr. Harada's play and Wataya-san's confession!*
**[19:49] Kanade**
* I know they were both*
* epoch-making events, but...*
**[19:52] Kanade**
* As a young girl, shouldn't the*
* confession be your main focus?!*
***SIGN*** Bye-bye
Hngh...
**[19:56] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan!
**[20:00] Suo**
This is Suo.
**[20:02] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Will you play a match with me sometime?
**[20:06] Suo**
Since you asked me the other day...
***SIGN*** Hold the phone closer!
**[20:09] Suo**
How about a match with me?
**[20:13] [POEM] Reader**
When winds send waves...
**[20:15] Chihaya**
*Shoot! A fault!*
**[20:16] [POEM] Reader**
As this trip takes...
**[20:17] Chihaya**
*Another fault!*
**[20:19] Chihaya**
*But Suo-san cleanly avoided it!*
**[20:21] Suo**
Pff...
**[20:25] Chihaya**
*...and aim for one point!*
**[20:28] Chihaya**
*I missed again!*
**[20:30] Chihaya**
*I even practiced aiming at a single point!*
**[20:38] Suo**
Oh, sorry.
**[20:40] Suo**
Sorry.
**[20:43] Suo**
You're very interesting.
**[20:45] Chihaya**
Oh... uh... n-no...
**[20:46] Suo**
You're pretty, positive,
and you never lose heart.
**[20:50] Suo**
You have friends, and even a boyfriend.
**[20:52] Suo**
And you want to be Queen, too?
**[20:58] Suo**
You can't.
***SIGN*** You're running bonus
clips, and I'm not
even in them?!
***SIGN*** Timidness
and
Sadness
***SIGN*** Chitosefuru
***SIGN*** Bonus clips...
I haven't actually talked yet...
**[21:06] Sumire**
This is the end of the bonus clips?!
**[21:08] Sumire**
That's a lazy approach to a recap episode!
**[21:11] Nishida**
The viewers aren't gonna
want to watch this.
***SIGN*** Was there even a point in doing it?
**[21:15] Kanade**
It seems they were told that there's no point in
a Chihaya recap episode without bonus clips,
**[21:20] Kanade**
so they're worried about that.
**[21:21] All**
Who's "they"?
**[21:23] Kanade**
Uh...
**[21:25] Kanade**
Heaven?
***SIGN*** See you next week!
***SIGN*** I actually got to
appear this season...
***SIGN*** We never even got to speak
in the bonus clips...
# E16 - Takes me away in haste
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR4P52XQY/takes-me-away-in-haste)
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**[00:00] Suo**
You're pretty, positive,
and you never lose heart.
**[00:04] Suo**
You have friends, and even a boyfriend.
**[00:06] Suo**
And you want to be Queen, too?
**[00:11] Suo**
You can't.
**[00:19] Taichi**
Please play me next, Master!
**[00:25] Shusaku**
Sudo-kun, did you lose?
**[00:27] Sudo**
I won! Two to nothing!
**[00:29] Sudo**
*But just barely, damn it.*
**[00:32] Suo**
No. I have no reason to.
**[00:34] Suo**
In fact, I hate you.
**[00:39] Guy**
* He's gonna go places!*
* He knows how to climb the ladder!*
***SIGN*** For you
**[00:41] Girl**
* You don't see many high school*
* second-years with that knack!*
***SIGN*** Super persistent type
***SIGN*** The type that never learns
**[00:49] Sudo**
Ayase, would you rather play me
or Koishikawa-san now?
**[00:54] Sudo**
Ishida-san, play a match with her.
**[00:56] Ishida**
Okay.
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Verse 16
***SIGN*** Takes me
away in
haste
**[02:16] Taichi**
Why did you say that to Chihaya?
**[02:21] (Flashback) Suo**
You can't.
**[02:24] Suo**
When I see someone as straight as
an arrow, I want to bend them.
**[02:28] Taichi**
Don't verbally bend someone who didn't
bend to you during your match!
**[02:37] Reader**
I'm going to start now.
**[02:39] [POEM] Reader**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[02:49] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[02:51] Chihaya**
*I lost! I lost again... again...*
***SIGN*** Class B
**[02:54] Taichi**
Thank you very much.
**[02:59] Reader**
*Suo-san won by 14 cards.*
**[03:02] Reader**
*That was his target number.*
***SIGN*** He's as nasty as ever
**[03:04] Reader**
* But that kid didn't commit*
* a single fault against him.*
**[03:07] Reader**
*How long has it been since that happened?*
**[03:10] Reader**
*Suo-san was made to take 25 cards the legit way.*
**[03:17] Taichi**
Thanks a lot. We appreciate your help.
**[03:20] Guy**
You two really are good.
**[03:22] Girl**
This was fun! We should—
**[03:23] Suo**
Give Dr. Harada my regards.
**[03:26] Suo**
And...
**[03:28] Suo**
Don't come again.
**[03:39] Taichi**
Crap, sorry.
**[03:40] Taichi**
I forgot something.
**[03:42] Taichi**
I'll be a while,
so go ahead and grab a train.
**[03:45] Chihaya**
Oh, okay.
**[03:46] Taichi**
And be careful!
**[03:57] Girl**
Bye!
**[03:58] Girl**
I don't even need dinner.
I had too much red bean soup.
**[03:58] Guy**
See ya.
**[04:02] Taichi**
Suo-san!
**[04:07] Taichi**
Can we do a review of our match?
**[04:10] Girl**
A review?
**[04:12] Girl**
Like when go and shogi players
analyze a match in depth by re-enacting it?
**[04:15] Girl**
Not many karuta players do that, right?
**[04:17] Suo**
No. I have no reason to.
**[04:20] Suo**
In fact, I hate you.
**[04:22] Suo**
Go home with your girlfriend.
**[04:25] Taichi**
She's not actually my girlfriend.
**[04:28] Taichi**
I was bluffing. I'm sorry.
**[04:32] Suo**
Grab.
**[04:33] All**
*He's gonna go places...*
***SIGN*** He's gonna go places...
**[04:40] Chihaya**
*Ow...*
**[04:43] Chihaya**
* His music's so loud, I can hear it*
* in the middle of a packed train.*
**[04:47] Chihaya**
*I'll never use earbuds.*
**[04:49] Chihaya**
* And if I ever need headphones,*
* I'll keep them at the minimum volume.*
**[04:52] Chihaya**
*My ears are my life.*
**[04:56] (Flashback) Suo**
You're pretty, positive,
and you never lose heart.
**[04:58] (Flashback) Suo**
You have friends, and even a boyfriend.
**[05:00] (Flashback) Suo**
And you want to be Queen, too?
**[05:03] (Flashback) Suo**
You can't.
**[05:05] Chihaya**
*What boyfriend?*
**[05:06] Suo**
*You can't.*
**[05:09] (Flashback) Suo**
You can't.
**[05:15] Chihaya**
*The Master...*
**[05:17] Chihaya**
*His game sense is extraordinary.*
**[05:20] Chihaya**
*He's a genius.*
**[05:25] Harada**
Chihaya-chan? What brings
you here at this hour?
**[05:29] Chihaya**
Dr. Harada, I think I figured it out!
**[05:34] Chihaya**
Suo-san's weakness!
**[05:54] Harada**
Did you really feel that?
**[05:57] Harada**
But is that a weakness?
Considering it's Suo-kun...
**[06:02] Harada**
it could also be a strength.
**[06:06] Harada**
I'll take you home.
**[06:09] Harada**
I'm surprised Suo-kun played a
practice match with you, though.
**[06:13] Harada**
What's the world coming to?
**[06:16] Harada**
I hear he's been hanging
around Queen Wakamiya, too.
**[06:18] Harada**
You'd better stay alert.
**[06:20] (Flashback) Suo**
And you want to be Queen, too?
**[06:26] Harada**
Chihaya-chan.
**[06:28] Harada**
Don't tell anyone what
you just told me, okay?
**[06:31] Chihaya**
You don't think it would be helpful?
**[06:34] Harada**
For the time being...
**[06:36] Harada**
I want to make sure it only helps me!
**[06:40] Chihaya**
Goodnight, Dr. Harada!
**[06:49] (Flashback) Suo**
You can't.
***SIGN*** Tsusaki Private
High School
**[06:54] Teacher**
Let's see... Wakamiya-san.
**[06:56] Teacher**
For now, you plan to move on
to Tsusaki University,
**[07:00] Teacher**
and for now, you'll be
studying the humanities.
**[07:04] Teacher**
Well, I'm sure you won't be
the Queen of karuta forever.
**[07:07] Teacher**
It wouldn't hurt to think about
what sort of career you'd like...
***SIGN*** Interview Notes
**[07:11] Teacher**
But you come from a respectable family,
so I'm sure there's no need to worry.
**[07:15] Girl**
Oh, Wakamiya-san, you had your
interview today, right?
**[07:18] Girl**
The teacher isn't putting much
thought into these, is she?
**[07:21] Girl**
She just thinks we're all little rich girls.
**[07:23] Girl**
But you've got it good, Wakamiya-san.
You're the Queen of karuta!
**[07:27] Girl**
I heard they're not broadcasting
this year's match on TV.
**[07:30] Girl**
Too bad. Not that I ever watched it.
**[07:32] Girl**
I don't know much about it,
but I'll be rooting for you!
**[07:35] Shinobu**
* I couldn't enter any fall tournaments*
* because I always had a cold.*
**[07:39] Shinobu**
* I haven't had enough practice*
* in actual matches.*
**[07:43] Shinobu**
* The challenger in the Queen match*
* is Inokuma Haruka, grade 6,*
**[07:47] Shinobu**
* a former Queen who defended*
* her title several times.*
**[07:50] Shinobu**
*I met her once.*
**[07:52] Shinobu**
*The air she had about her wasn't normal.*
**[07:54] Shinobu**
* It was so easy to make the*
* assumption that she was good.*
***SIGN*** Grr
**[08:02] Shinobu**
* I haven't been up to par since*
* I lost to Arata in the summer.*
**[08:06] Shinobu**
* And then Arata went on to lose*
* in the challenger playoff...*
***SIGN*** That smiling four-eyes is pathetic
***SIGN*** Snowhime is here!!
**[08:13] Shinobu**
* Fujioka's kimono shop has*
* Japanese-style Snowmaru goods!*
**[08:16] Shinobu**
*I want!*
**[08:17] Shinobu**
*Money pouches! Folding fans! Sachets!*
***SIGN*** Snownokomachi
**[08:19] (Flashback) Mom**
Only two Snowmaru purchases per month!
**[08:22] (Flashback) Mom**
You've gotta stop buying
all these silly things!
***SIGN*** You're not even making your own money!
***SIGN*** Mom doesn't
make that
much money,
either
**[08:28] Shinobu**
*Well, if I lose the Queen match,*
**[08:31] Shinobu**
*I'll have nothing left.*
**[08:38] Nishida**
*Oh, come on...*
**[08:40] Nishida**
* She's been doing so well over the fall,*
* and now she's in a slump?*
**[08:44] Nishida**
*She's not concentrating.*
**[08:47] Nishida**
It's about to get dark,
so let's call it a day.
**[08:49] Nishida**
Start cleaning up.
***SIGN*** Competitive
Karuta Club
New members always welcome!
**[08:52] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan, are you heading
to the Shiranami Society now?
**[08:56] Chihaya**
Yeah, to play some matches with Dr. Harada.
**[09:00] Kanade**
Are you doing the same, President Mashima?
**[09:02] Taichi**
Huh? Uh, no...
**[09:04] Taichi**
I'm...
**[09:10] Chihaya**
Hey, Taichi...
**[09:11] Chihaya**
How did playing against
Suo-san feel to you?
**[09:14] Taichi**
Huh? I guess it felt...
**[09:18] Taichi**
like a struggle.
**[09:22] Taichi**
* In the seven minutes we spent*
* walking to the station...*
**[09:27] (Flashback) Suo**
There are only four outcomes in karuta, right?
**[09:31] Taichi**
*The four outcomes...*
**[09:33] Taichi**
*You take cards, your opponent takes cards,*
**[09:37] Taichi**
* you make mistakes, or your*
* opponent makes mistakes.*
**[09:42] Taichi**
*Dr. Harada uses some tricky techniques,*
**[09:44] Taichi**
* but his offensive karuta means his style*
* is to be the one taking cards.*
**[09:48] Taichi**
*That's the same for most players.*
**[09:51] Taichi**
*Chihaya and Arata, too.*
**[09:55] (Flashback) Suo**
You had zero faults today.
**[09:59] (Flashback) Suo**
You...
**[10:00] (Flashback) Suo**
give me a bad feeling.
**[10:05] Taichi**
*Making your opponent mess up...*
**[10:08] Taichi**
*There's a style which focuses on that alone,*
**[10:11] Taichi**
*and there's a part of me that finds it appealing.*
**[10:17] Nishida**
People!
**[10:18] Nishida**
Karuta is important, but there's more
important stuff we need to think about now!
***SIGN*** December 24th
Tsukuba
Household
**[10:28] Mom**
Sorry, there's not very much space.
**[10:30] Sumire**
There's lots of space!
And there are lots of people!
**[10:32] Sumire**
*Tsukuba's mom is gorgeous!*
**[10:35] Sumire**
Hey, little brothers! Let's eat!
**[10:38] Sumire**
Come on down!
**[10:39] Bro**
No!
**[10:40] Bro**
This year, we're waiting up here
until Santa comes!
**[10:43] Bro**
We're not going to sleep until
he gives us our presents in person!
**[10:47] Sumire**
The three little brothers
are in their room.
**[10:49] Sumire**
Just as planned.
***SIGN*** Roger.
***SIGN*** *MCS... Mizusawa Claus Squad
***SIGN*** MCS Team A, follow the script...
***SIGN*** and climb up!
**[10:58] Bro**
Do you think he'll come?
**[11:01] Bro**
I know he will.
**[11:02] Bro**
But the ogre was totally Dad.
**[11:04] Bro**
If Santa doesn't come...
**[11:10] Chihaya**
Merry Chri—
**[11:16] Bro**
Someone's here!
**[11:17] Bro**
It's Santa!
**[11:18] Bro**
I'm scared!
**[11:19] Nishida**
What? Santa's here?
**[11:21] Kanade**
That's wonderful!
**[11:22] Tsukuba**
Why did you run away?
**[11:24] Bro**
Huh?
**[11:25] Tsukuba**
Go on, get back in there.
**[11:27] Tsukuba**
He might have something for you.
**[11:29] Bro**
O-Okay...
**[11:30] Tsukuba**
Go on.
**[11:38] Bro**
A tiny music player...
**[11:40] Bro**
A CD of Igarashi-san's reading...
**[11:42] Bro**
New karuta cards...
**[11:45] Bro**
Thanks, Santa-san!
**[11:48] Bro**
Sorry we ran away! Come on back!
**[11:51] Bro**
There's one for you too, bro!
***SIGN*** To Akihiro-kun, who loves his brothers From Santa
***SIGN*** Protect Your Knees Supporter DX
***SIGN*** To Akihiro-kun, who loves his brothers From Santa
**[11:59] Bro**
This is awesome, guys!
**[12:01] Bro**
If we put Igarashi-san's reading
on this player and randomize it,
**[12:04] Bro**
we won't have to take
turns reading anymore!
**[12:07] Bro**
We can practice two-on-two at home!
**[12:10] Bro**
We're gonna get so much better!
**[12:13] Bro**
We'll see him next year for sure!
**[12:14] Tsukuba**
Next year, too?!
**[12:15] Bro**
You were eating chicken!
**[12:17] Bro**
I want chicken, too!
**[12:18] Bro**
I'm hungry!
**[12:20] Tsukuba**
*Thank you, Santa-san.*
***SIGN*** You okay, Ayase? We actually pulled it of—
***SIGN*** Sob Sob Sob Sob Sob Sob Sob
***SIGN*** Stop crying, Ayase.
**[12:37] Chihaya**
But...
**[12:38] Chihaya**
The makeup tricks my sister
used to make me look fat
***SIGN*** MCS Script
***SIGN*** I put in blue colored contacts and even used white mascara on my eyelashes...
**[12:41] Chihaya**
and the script you wrote that I actually
memorized were made useless in one second!
***SIGN*** No, that actually went great.
***SIGN*** If Porky had done it, they would've known instantly.
***SIGN*** You were the one least likely to dress as Santa, which is why it worked.
**[12:53] Chihaya**
I actually memorized all of Santa's lines!
***SIGN*** Y'know, since you have such sharp hearing, your pronunciation sounded almost native!
**[13:00] Chihaya**
You don't feel disappointed at all?!
**[13:02] Chihaya**
You wrote out the entire scene,
right up to the tearful goodbye!
***SIGN*** The Heisei literary master...
***SIGN*** Uh, yeah, I guess...
***SIGN*** But...
***SIGN*** They were really happy.
***SIGN*** And Tsukuba's little brothers are basically our little brothers.
***SIGN*** Anyway, you look scary, so could you lose the makeup now?
**[13:21] Chihaya**
Oh... Yeah.
***SIGN*** She even stuffed her nostrils?!
***SIGN*** Ayase, you know...
***SIGN*** At Christmas last year, we all had our own class parties, right?
***SIGN*** That was fun too,
***SIGN*** but since I didn't have many friends, I realize even more now...
***SIGN*** that for me,
***SIGN*** spending it with everyone is like a dream.
**[13:45] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
They say the people you
wish were there with you
**[13:49] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
are your family.
**[13:51] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
How long you've known each other
and how close you are don't matter.
***SIGN*** Ayase, look!
**[13:58] Nishida**
Tsukuba's mom is amazing!
**[14:00] Nishida**
I thought this was gelatin,
but it's agar jelly noodles!
**[14:02] Chihaya**
Guys...
**[14:03] Chihaya**
Who wants to go see
the Master and Queen matches?
**[14:07] Tsukuba**
H-Huh?
**[14:08] Kanade**
If we can be back the same day.
**[14:12] Chihaya**
Sure! Let's save our New Year's money
so we can make it a day trip!
**[14:16] Chihaya**
*Arata...*
**[14:18] Chihaya**
*Arata...*
**[14:21] Chihaya**
*Arata...*
**[14:25] Shinobu**
*I'm a bit off.*
**[14:27] Shinobu**
*Be more...*
**[14:28] Shinobu**
*more precise!*
**[14:32] Maid**
Shinobu-san is even
practicing on Christmas?
**[14:35] Mom**
Don't say anything to her.
**[14:36] Mom**
And don't serve cake after
dinner or anything.
**[14:40] Mom**
It'll just make her feel even sadder.
**[14:42] Maid**
Yes, of course.
**[14:45] Shinobu**
*I'm not sad, though.*
**[14:47] Shinobu**
* I don't know why, but Mom doesn't*
* really feel like family to me.*
**[14:52] Shinobu**
* Yeah, it looks best when the princesses*
* on platforms are side by side.*
**[14:56] Shinobu**
*Gotta be careful when I take them.*
**[14:58] Shinobu**
* When I practice aiming for corners,*
* I can go a lot harder on the monks.*
**[15:04] Shinobu**
* The karuta cards feel a lot more*
* like family to me.*
**[15:08] Shinobu**
*The cards are my only family.*
**[15:15] Shinobu**
Welcome home.
**[15:17] Grandma**
You've been doing this for
a long time now. Why?
**[15:22] Shinobu**
I'm sorry. I'll clean up right away.
**[15:25] Grandma**
It's all right.
**[15:26] Grandma**
It's nearly time to replace
the tatami mats, anyway.
**[15:28] Shinobu**
Thank you.
**[15:35] Shinobu**
What I'm doing is...
**[15:37] Shinobu**
I need to be able to take
cards from anywhere,
**[15:39] Shinobu**
but this is practice for taking cards
**[15:41] Shinobu**
that are the farthest away on the playing field
by covering the shortest possible distance.
**[15:46] Shinobu**
I've had trouble with that lately.
**[15:50] Mom**
Sh-Shinobu!
**[15:51] Mom**
You're playing karuta in the reception
room again! I told you not to!
***SIGN*** Bit late for that
**[15:54] Mom**
Do that in your own room!
**[15:56] Shinobu**
I don't like playing on carpet.
**[15:57] Mom**
That doesn't mean you can't!
**[15:59] Grandma**
The shortest possible distance?
**[16:03] Grandma**
You mean this?
**[16:08] Grandma**
I've already ordered your kimono for
the next match from Hidakaya-san.
**[16:13] Grandma**
Oh...
**[16:15] Grandma**
We received dried persimmons from
Yamanashi. Shall we have some?
***SIGN*** Dried persimmons on Christmas?
**[16:20] Shinobu**
I-I'll have some.
**[16:21] Grandma**
Also, that hairdo looks quite strange.
***SIGN*** Such refined taste...
***SIGN*** January 10th
***SIGN*** Shiga Prefecture: Omi Jingu
**[16:31] Chihaya**
I'm so tired!
**[16:32] Chihaya**
Even the earliest train
barely got here in time!
**[16:34] Nishida**
Dr. Harada's staying at the
Lake Biwa Hotel, right?
**[16:37] Nishida**
He's lucky!
***SIGN*** Be the challenger, and you can stay there too!
**[16:42] Chihaya**
The players are about to
do their pre-game prayer!
**[16:48] Taichi**
His hair's gotten longer!
**[16:50] Chihaya**
The facial hair, too!
**[16:55] Nishida**
She's thin this year!
***SIGN*** And her hair's weird!
**[16:57] Kanade**
Why is she wearing long sleeves with
hand-painted Yuzen silk to play karuta?!
***SIGN*** 57th Queen Match
***SIGN*** Ogura Hundred Poets Karuta
Master and Queen Matches
**[17:09] Nishida**
I got us seats! Really good ones!
**[17:11] Nishida**
This way!
**[17:12] Kanade**
We can't!
**[17:13] Kanade**
We're young and inexperienced,
**[17:15] Kanade**
so we should watch it on
the TV in the first floor hall.
**[17:17] Chihaya**
Huh?!
**[17:19] Kanade**
Oh... You can stay, Chihaya-chan.
**[17:21] Kanade**
You're representing the Shiranami cheer squad.
**[17:24] Chihaya**
Th-Thank goodness...
**[17:26] Chihaya**
I brought my best outfit today.
**[17:27] Kanade**
Your best outfit?
**[17:29] Chihaya**
A handkerchief autographed by Daddy Bear,
for when Dr. Harada wins!
**[17:34] Kanade**
A-Autographed?
**[17:36] Chihaya**
He had a signing event! Only the
first 50 people to apply got in!
**[17:39] Nishida**
Don't say anything, Kana-chan.
**[17:40] Nishida**
That's a bog too deep to wade into.
***SIGN*** 57th Queen Match
***SIGN*** Ogura Hundred Poets Karuta
Master and Queen Matches
***SIGN*** 59th Master Match
**[17:43] Nishida**
It's a bit different from the way
it looked on TV last year, though.
***SIGN*** Yeah, since there's no TV broadcast this year,
***SIGN*** they apparently changed the setup.
**[17:52] Tsukuba**
How could they stop the live broadcast
of the biggest event in karuta?!
**[17:55] Tsukuba**
Is karuta on the decline?!
**[17:57] Tsukuba**
It can't decline! It can't decline!
**[17:58] Sumire**
Tsukuba, be quiet.
***SIGN*** I don't think that's why.
***SIGN*** It's not just the Master and Queen matches.
***SIGN*** A lot of the other major tournaments have been streamed online lately,
***SIGN*** Competitive Karuta
59th Master Match
57th Queen Match
The event will begin soon. Please wait.
***SIGN*** Starting yet? I'm naked and ready Can't wait Good morning
***SIGN*** and that's drawn increased attention to the sport overall.
***SIGN*** The number of viewers has skyrocketed, too.
***SIGN*** The times are changing.
**[18:17] Kitano**
Hah!
**[18:17] Kitano**
And the Master of that age is
gonna be either Suo or Harada?
**[18:20] Kitano**
What a joke! It's unbelievable!
**[18:23] Kitano**
Especially Harada! Unbelievable!
**[18:25] Kanade**
Did something happen with
Coach Kitano again?
**[18:25] Kitano**
Unbelievable! Absolutely unbelievable!
**[18:27] Nishida**
He's bitter because he didn't get a
New Year's card from Dr. Harada.
**[18:29] Kitano**
I can't believe that Harada!
**[18:34] Chihaya**
*Arata...*
**[18:36] Chihaya**
*That's weird. There's no way he'd miss this.*
**[19:00] Arata**
Yeah... hello?
**[19:02] Chihaya**
Arata?! You're sick?!
**[19:05] Arata**
*Oh... Chihaya. It's not that seri—*
**[19:10] Arata**
I've been at my uncle's house
in Kyoto since yesterday.
**[19:15] Arata**
I was gonna go to Omi Jingu from here,
**[19:17] Arata**
but I woke up with a fever...
**[19:20] Chihaya**
W-Well, take care...
**[19:22] Arata**
*Y-Yeah. I'll be watching online.*
**[19:34] (Flashback) Arata**
I love you.
**[19:40] Guy**
Everyone, please take your seats.
**[19:42] Guy**
The competitors will be entering shortly.
**[19:44] Chihaya**
Oh! I need to turn off my phone!
**[19:46] Chihaya**
Power off, power off...
**[19:59] Chihaya**
*Ever since he told me he loved me,*
**[20:01] Chihaya**
* my stomach and fingers feel warm*
* all the time. It's just weird.*
**[20:05] Chihaya**
*Arata's making me all weird.*
**[20:09] Chihaya**
*If I see him, my whole body might catch fire.*
**[20:18] Guy**
*It's Dr. Harada!*
**[20:19] Lady**
*He really makes an impression.*
**[20:21] Guy**
* He's a challenger, but he looks like*
* he's defending his title for the tenth time!*
**[20:25] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada!*
***SIGN*** His aura's intense Damn lolol He looks crazy strong lol He's basically already won lol Way too much impact Looks like a sure bet to win! Ooooh! Whoooaaa Expectations rising He's definitely strong The confidence of the strong That presence though ...he's a challenger? lol He already has the air of a Master
**[20:27] Arata**
*Dr. Harada's looking strong.*
**[20:29] Arata**
*I'm glad.*
**[20:31] Arata**
*All this text is making it hard to see...*
**[20:36] Lady**
*There's the Queen!*
**[20:37] Guy**
*Will this be her third year?*
**[20:39] Guy**
*Inokuma-san looks serious, too!*
**[20:42] Chihaya**
*Shinobu-chan and Inokuma-san!*
***SIGN*** Cute is justice Such a pretty mom Good luck, Mamakuma! That goofy hair lolol They look great in kimono Her hair lolololololololol Oooooooooooh! Cute! I'll be her fan
**[20:46] Arata**
A-Are online streams really this relaxed?
***SIGN*** Not that surprising...
Not sure what kind of comment to make...
Doesn't look trustworthy...
Looks tough
Hmm...
Uhhh...
Not sure...
Wha
**[21:14] Chihaya**
*My first time at Omi Jingu in the winter...*
**[21:17] Chihaya**
* It looks completely different*
* than in the summer.*
***SIGN*** 57th Queen Match
***SIGN*** Ogura Hundred Poets Karuta
Master and Queen Matches
***SIGN*** 59th Master Match
**[21:20] Chihaya**
*The Master and Queen matches*
**[21:23] Chihaya**
* set the holy land of karuta on fire*
* for this one midwinter day.*
# E17 - As my sleeves are wet with dew
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYXJP9K76/as-my-sleeves-are-wet-with-dew)
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***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Verse 17
***SIGN*** As my
sleeves
are wet
with
dew
**[01:12] Guy**
We will now begin the 59th Master
and 57th Queen matches.
**[01:18] Guy**
First, you will draw sides.
**[01:20] Guy**
For the Master match,
these two envelopes contain
**[01:23] Guy**
"The fall paddy shacks"
and "May the scarlet."
***SIGN*** Emperor Tenji The fall paddy shacks have rough thatching as my sleeves are wet with dew
***SIGN*** Minister of the Right Sanjo May the scarlet kadsuras of Mount Afusaka live up to their name and allow us this secret rendezvous
**[01:26] Guy**
You will add the card you
draw to your layout.
**[01:29] Guy**
In the second match, you will switch.
***SIGN*** Minister of the Right Sanjo May the scarlet kadsuras of Mount Afusaka live up to their name and allow us this secret rendezvous
***SIGN*** Emperor Tenji The fall paddy shacks have rough thatching as my sleeves are wet with dew
**[01:36] Chihaya**
Why do they use those two cards?
**[01:38] Taichi**
Well, because...
**[01:39] Kanade**
I can understand "The fall paddy shacks,"
**[01:42] Kanade**
since Emperor Tenji wrote it and
he's enshrined at Omi Jingu.
**[01:45] Nishida**
Yeah, and "May the scarlet..."
**[01:46] Nishida**
The first characters in its first and second
verse form "meijin," the word for "Master."
***SIGN*** Mei
***SIGN*** Jin
***SIGN*** Master
**[01:52] Chihaya**
That's a good omen!
**[01:54] Kitano**
It's just some silly wordplay!
**[01:56] Chihaya**
Then what do they use in
the Queen match?
***SIGN*** Councilor Sei
***SIGN*** Lady Murasaki
***SIGN*** Ohhhh! Ahh, right Makes sense now Okay! That's easy to understand I get it Uh-huh, uh-huh Ooooh Huh Rival female poets I get it!! Even an amateur can understand that! Got it Feels like a rivalry Ooh Two ladies who shine bright in literary history That makes sense
**[02:03] Arata**
* It's hard to see what's going on,*
* but this is kinda fun in its own way.*
**[02:12] Sumire**
But why is Queen Wakamiya-san
wearing her hair like that?
**[02:15] Sumire**
It's so out of place.
**[02:16] Chihaya**
What are you talking about, Sumire-chan?!
**[02:19] Chihaya**
That's the hairstyle of Snowmaru's girlfriend,
Snowhime! She's the hottest thing right now!
***SIGN*** Maybe I'll try it, too
**[02:23] Chihaya**
Shinobu-chan's so stylish!
**[02:26] Judge**
Please lay out your cards.
***SIGN*** Of course, her pouch is also a new release
**[02:29] Chihaya**
*Shinobu-chan is serious.*
**[02:32] Chihaya**
*She really means to defend her title.*
**[02:35] Shinobu**
*This is heavy.*
**[02:37] Shinobu**
* Can I really take cards with*
* these sleeves weighing me down?*
**[02:41] Shinobu**
*But...*
**[02:43] Shinobu**
*Grandma chose it for me.*
**[02:55] Shinobu**
*Her face is so calm and gentle...*
**[02:59] Guy**
* Inokuma-san certainly looks like*
* she belongs here.*
**[03:02] Guy**
* There's a dignity to her, whereas*
* Wakamiya-san looks a bit out of place.*
**[03:07] Guy**
*Of course...*
**[03:08] Guy**
* The same could be said about*
* the Master match, too.*
**[03:11] Guy**
*What? Where's the Master?*
**[03:14] Guy**
*Where's Suo-kun?*
**[03:17] Chihaya**
I'm going to the restroom.
**[03:18] Taichi**
You should've gone before
memorization time started.
**[03:20] Chihaya**
Sorry. I'm just nervous.
**[03:26] Suo**
What? You don't know how?
**[03:28] Suo**
But you at least know how to
use a computer, don't you?
**[03:31] Suo**
Go next door and ask Mr. Imamichi-san to...
**[03:36] Suo**
What? He's at the New Year's bonfire?
**[03:37] Guy**
Two minutes of memorization time remaining.
**[03:39] Suo**
Forget it.
**[03:45] Suo**
You...
**[03:47] Chihaya**
* What's he thinking? Talking on the*
* phone during memorization time?*
**[03:50] Chihaya**
*I hate this!*
**[03:52] Chihaya**
* Dr. Harada's taking it*
* so seriously, and he...*
**[03:54] Chihaya**
*I hate this!*
**[03:56] Chihaya**
*I hate that someone like him is the Master!*
**[03:59] (Flashback) Suo**
And you want to be Queen, too?
**[04:01] (Flashback) Suo**
You can't.
**[04:04] (Flashback) Suo**
After I win my fifth consecutive title,
I'm going to retire.
**[04:08] Chihaya**
*If Dr. Harada wins, or even if he loses,*
**[04:11] Chihaya**
*Suo-san will retire.*
**[04:13] Chihaya**
*I'm glad.*
**[04:16] Chihaya**
*I'm glad...*
**[04:19] Chihaya**
*I'm... glad?*
**[04:22] Chihaya**
* I hate that I'm having these thoughts*
* at Omi Jingu, of all places.*
**[04:28] Chihaya**
*I hate it!*
**[04:31] Chihaya**
Oh... Hiroshi-san...
**[04:33] Sakura**
Oh?
**[04:34] Sakura**
You're here, Ayase-san?
**[04:36] Chihaya**
Coach Sakurazawa!
**[04:37] Sudo**
Out of the way!
**[04:45] Chihaya**
*They're this year's card boys and card girls!*
***SIGN*** What's that about? Coach! What are they doing? Those are some big cards... Teammates? This year's card boys and card girls They set up the cards there, too? Sakurazawa-san's a card girl! Someone explain what's happening
***SIGN*** Large cards with the unique syllables on them are set up on display boards to make it easier for the audience to follow what's happening in the match. They're added, removed, and relocated as the match plays out. Friends or younger members of the competitors' karuta societies are usually asked to do it.
***SIGN*** That makes sense Nice of you to explain it Thanks Long comment, wtg I see! Thanks for the clear explanation or younger members of the competitors' karuta societies are usually asked to do it. Are you a karuta player? Thanks!! That helps a lot! Now I can follow the match! I can see the card layouts... Thanks!
***SIGN*** Kinda happy
**[05:06] Chihaya**
* Tsuboguchi-san is handling*
* Dr. Harada's cards,*
**[05:09] Chihaya**
*and Sudo-san's doing the Master's.*
**[05:10] Chihaya**
*Coach Sakurazawa has Inokuma-san's cards,*
**[05:12] Chihaya**
*and Shinobu-chan's cards are...*
**[05:15] Chihaya**
*Who is that?*
***SIGN*** Yesterday, pre-match party
**[05:18] Ise**
If you haven't asked anyone
to be your card girl yet,
**[05:22] Ise**
mind if I have someone from
the Myojo Society do it?
***SIGN*** Kyoto Myojo Society Yuikawa Momo, Grade 4
**[05:25] Momo**
* Coach Ise said this was one*
* way to gain experience,*
**[05:28] Momo**
*but instead of Wakamiya-san...*
**[05:30] Momo**
*I wanted to handle grade 6 Inokuma's cards!*
**[05:32] Momo**
* And I can't believe grade 6*
* Sakurazawa is so close to me!*
**[05:35] Momo**
*Two people I admire so much!*
**[05:37] Momo**
* My favorite match between the two of them*
* was the 49th Queen match.*
***SIGN*** Not a poetry nerd or even a karuta nerd
A karuta player nerd
**[05:42] Momo**
* After Sakurazawa-san won the first round,*
* the second round went to Inokuma-san...*
**[05:45] Momo**
*Oh, yeah. She was Chihara-san at the time.*
**[05:47] Momo**
*She started with a semi-double fault,*
**[05:48] Momo**
* but bounced back and took five in a row,*
* starting with "Impassionate"!*
**[05:51] Momo**
* Sakurazawa couldn't keep up with the way*
* she took cards, so the gap widened,*
**[05:55] Momo**
*and then she committed a semi-double fault, too!*
**[05:56] Momo**
*Just when I thought it was over, she—*
**[05:58] Sakura**
Hurry up with those cards, Yuikawa-san.
**[06:00] Momo**
O-Of course, Sakurazawa-san!
**[06:02] Chihaya**
*If I...*
**[06:04] Chihaya**
* If I were the challenger,*
* who would I ask to do that?*
***SIGN*** Leave it to me!
**[06:07] Chihaya**
*Kana-chan?*
**[06:08] Chihaya**
*Sumire-chan?*
**[06:10] Chihaya**
*Could I pick a boy?*
***SIGN*** Yeah!
***SIGN*** I'll do it!
***SIGN*** Too small!
**[06:11] Chihaya**
*Porky, Desktomu, Tsukuba-kun...*
**[06:16] Chihaya**
*Taichi?*
**[06:19] Chihaya**
*Taichi might be in the Master match, though.*
**[06:33] Chihaya**
*It's my dream... my wish.*
**[06:36] Chihaya**
*This place...*
***SIGN*** First Match Reader Komine Kazumitsu, Grade 8
**[06:38] Guy**
Time's up. We will now begin.
**[06:41] Sumire**
*He's tiny!*
**[06:42] Tsukuba**
*Are we sure he's not sitting down?*
**[06:45] Tsukuba**
*Isn't the box too high for him?*
***SIGN*** Anxious
***SIGN*** Anxious
**[06:48] [POEM] Komine**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[06:56] Kanade**
*Certified reader Komine, grade 8.*
**[06:56] [POEM] Komine**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[06:58] Kanade**
* With his beautiful voice that no one*
* would expect from such a tiny body*
**[07:01] Kanade**
*and his expansive resonance,*
**[07:02] Kanade**
* he's likened to a luxury line of speakers*
* from a famous audio brand*
**[07:06] Kanade**
*and known to some as "Everest Komine"!*
**[07:06] [POEM] Komine**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[07:08] Sumire**
*He's so tiny, and they call him Everest?!*
**[07:16] [POEM] Komine**
While the autumn leaves...
**[07:17] Harada**
Yes!
**[07:20] Chihaya**
*I hope what we see here*
**[07:22] Chihaya**
*is the best karuta possible.*
***SIGN*** Geh!
***SIGN*** Gaaaaaaaahhhhh Daaaamn What the heck lololol That's so wild Whoooooaaaaa they're faaaaaaaast Wow I can't see it Let's see it in slow-mo What the heck lol They're too fast What happened??? Fwoooo!!!! They're not human lolol I need a slow-mo replay lol Holy cow
**[07:28] Chihaya**
*Only the best!*
**[07:34] Taichi**
*None...*
**[07:36] Sudo**
*It's the Master match, and yet...*
**[07:39] Taichi**
*He has no desire to win.*
**[07:42] Uozumi**
Once again this year,
**[07:43] Uozumi**
the pinnacle of competitive karuta,
the Master and Queen matches, have begun.
**[07:47] Uozumi**
Our commentator for the first match
won thirteen titles over her storied career.
**[07:52] Uozumi**
She is Eternal Queen Watarai Tomoe.
**[07:55] Watarai**
I thought it was twelve times...
**[07:57] Uozumi**
It was thirteen.
**[07:58] Nishida**
The notoriously airheaded Watarai-san!
***SIGN*** Have there ever been any Queens in karuta who weren't airheads?
**[08:04] Nishida**
Yeah, but nearly all of the ones who defended
their title lots of times have been oddballs.
**[08:08] Nishida**
Watarai-san in particular
is the king of airheads!
**[08:10] Watarai**
Oh! Twelve was the record for
consecutive rounds won in Queen matches!
**[08:14] Uozumi**
That record was actually twenty matches.
**[08:17] Uozumi**
With all the records you hold,
what would you say we should watch for
**[08:20] Uozumi**
in this year's Queen match?
***SIGN*** Oddball She's a ditz? Dude lolol Speed lol We know The airhead's good Watarai-san lololol lolololol Speed lolol lolol Can't take your eyes off of Watarai-san lolol We know that Watarai-san lolol lololololololol No kidding lolololololololololol
**[08:23] Watarai**
The thing to watch will be their speed!
**[08:26] Nishida**
* She sent them flying with*
* those huge sleeves!*
**[08:29] Kanade**
*Seriously, why is she wearing that?!*
**[08:31] Chihaya**
* But her fingers went straight*
* to the right card.*
***SIGN*** I'm gonna have to put all
these back every time...
**[08:34] Chihaya**
*She's the same old Shinobu-chan.*
**[08:42] [POEM] Komine**
May I live to see...
**[08:44] Watarai**
See? That speed!
**[08:45] Watarai**
That's Haruka-chan for you!
**[08:47] Lady**
Watarai-san, that was...
**[08:49] Watarai**
It was just as you saw.
**[08:51] Watarai**
Or rather, it was as you heard.
**[08:53] Watarai**
She can distinguish "May I see" from
"May I live" on the "I" sound!
**[08:58] Uozumi**
With good game sense and accurate hearing,
**[09:01] Uozumi**
Inokuma, grade 6, has won
the Queen title four times.
**[09:04] Uozumi**
You wouldn't know she's been away
from the game for years.
**[09:09] Shinobu**
*I heard the rumors,*
**[09:11] Shinobu**
* but she really isn't moving*
* her cards together.*
**[09:14] Shinobu**
*Never seen anyone like that.*
**[09:16] [POEM] Komine**
In the sleepy...
**[09:18] Watarai**
If accuracy and speed of movement
are Shinobu-chan's guardian spirits...
**[09:22] Uozumi**
Guardian spirits? Do you
mean guardian deities?
**[09:24] Watarai**
Then the sense to distinguish
sounds faster than anyone else
**[09:27] Watarai**
is Haruka-chan's guardian... deity?
**[09:30] Watarai**
And they both play defensive karuta
with a focus on their own side.
**[09:33] Shinobu**
*Huh...*
**[09:34] Watarai**
The goddess of victory won't know how to
call this match until the very last card.
**[09:40] Shinobu**
*Interesting.*
**[09:42] Guy**
*There's the Queen's smile!*
**[09:43] Guy**
*There it is!*
**[09:44] Guy**
*There it is!*
**[09:45] Guy**
*Scary... But...*
***SIGN*** Press
**[09:47] All**
This is how the Queen match should be.
***SIGN*** I can't!!!! They're beyond human Hurry up Too fast lolol
What the heck? Can't can't can't can't can't can't can't lolololol
Can't see lolol Godly skills!! Can't(lol) see(lol) any(lol) thing(lololol)
Damn lol Slow-mo now, please
We need a slow-motion replay
**[09:50] Sumire**
*No way!*
**[09:51] Sumire**
* No matter how hard I try, I don't think*
* I'll ever be able to compete with them!*
**[09:59] Sumire**
* This isn't about how amazing*
* or impossible it is.*
**[10:02] Sumire**
*We're way past that stage.*
**[10:05] [POEM] Komine**
The storm will soon...
**[10:07] Uozumi**
Inokuma-san took that one.
**[10:08] Watarai**
Only Haruka-chan could distinguish
between "The" sounds so quickly.
***SIGN*** Here's the slow-mo They move too fast Thanks for the slow-mo, staff Thanks Thanks
Ooooooh The slow-mo makes it much easier to see Thanks Thank you
Incredible Way easier to see Wish we had constant slow-mo <--I feel ya lol
Whoa Slow-mo at last
**[10:12] Uozumi**
The Queen match is tied at 17 cards each.
**[10:16] Arata**
* Are they only going to show the Queen match*
* for the entire first round?*
**[10:20] Arata**
*How's the Master match going?*
**[10:27] Arata**
*Dr. Harada...*
***SIGN*** ??????????????? What's up... Master lolol
Master? Fwah... What?
**[10:33] Guy**
*What?*
**[10:34] Guy**
*What was the Master looking at?*
**[10:37] Harada**
Even against me...
**[10:39] [POEM] Komine**
As the first frost...
***SIGN*** I can no longer tell which chrysanthemums to pluck
**[10:40] Harada**
* Is he trying to control the number*
* of cards we end up with?!*
**[10:42] Harada**
*That little brat!*
**[10:44] Hiroshi**
*It's 15 to 20... Dr. Harada's in the lead!*
**[10:47] Kitano**
*You have to play three matches at a minimum...*
**[10:49] Kitano**
* Your knees won't last if you*
* keep lunging like that!*
**[10:53] Kitano**
* But I guess just the fact that he made*
* it here means he can die happy...*
**[10:57] Kitano**
*Harada!*
**[10:59] Harada**
*No problem.*
**[11:01] Harada**
* My cushion today is a high-performance memory*
* foam cushion my wife gave me for Christmas!*
**[11:07] Harada**
* Do you have any idea how much trouble*
* I've caused her to get this far?*
***SIGN*** Oh?
You could tell?
**[11:11] Harada**
*I'm going to play until I win, Suo-kun!*
**[11:19] Suo**
*This one might be...*
**[11:21] Suo**
*a little difficult.*
**[11:24] [POEM] Komine**
None are left...
**[11:26] [POEM] Komine**
Since the dew atop the blades...
**[11:31] Uozumi**
It's back and forth between
Wakamiya and Inokuma.
**[11:33] Uozumi**
Neither is giving an inch.
**[11:35] Uozumi**
The crowd seems to be buzzing.
**[11:37] Watarai**
Do you know how they're able to play
such an evenly-matched game, Uotani-san?
**[11:41] Uozumi**
It's Uozumi.
**[11:42] Uozumi**
How is that, Watarai-san?
**[11:44] Watarai**
Because they're playing
karuta their own way.
**[11:46] Uozumi**
Huh?
**[11:47] Watarai**
Haruka-chan is more than just a challenger.
**[11:50] Watarai**
She's been Queen four times.
**[11:54] Guy**
* I was sure Wakamiya would*
* have the advantage, but...*
**[11:57] Lady**
*There's no telling now.*
**[11:59] Watarai**
It's said that the air at Omi Jingu
weakens challengers
**[12:03] Watarai**
and gives strength to the Master and Queen,
**[12:07] Watarai**
but look.
**[12:08] Watarai**
Which one has the eyes that say,
"I'm the Queen"?
***SIGN*** Her eyes are huge!
Shinobu-chan's eyes look so intimidating!
Those intense eyes... Mommy!
Haruka-chan lol
**[12:14] Sakura**
* They're both keeping a tight*
* defense on their own side.*
**[12:17] Sakura**
* The crucial point will be when one*
* of them goes for the other's side.*
**[12:20] Chihaya**
*I would go on the attack.*
**[12:22] Chihaya**
*But could I even do that?*
**[12:24] Chihaya**
* Inokuma-san's placement makes*
* her cards hard to take.*
**[12:28] [POEM] Komine**
So spring nights...
**[12:30] Guy**
*She attacked!*
**[12:30] Guy**
*She got one from Inokuma's side!*
**[12:32] [POEM] Komine**
The sky may hold...
**[12:34] Chihaya**
* Inokuma-san's defense has been*
* so strong. What happened?*
**[12:38] Chihaya**
* Shinobu-chan is farther*
* away, but she was faster.*
**[12:41] Sakura**
* In a match as close as this,*
* even a few centimeters matter.*
**[12:46] Sakura**
* They both listen closely and accelerate*
* their hands to take cards.*
**[12:50] Sakura**
* The hand that has farther to*
* travel can accelerate more.*
**[12:53] Sakura**
* Haruka-san is faster at taking cards*
* on her outside.*
**[12:57] Sakura**
* She loses the cards on her inside*
* to Wakamiya-san.*
**[13:02] Shinobu**
* Does her placement really*
* make cards harder to take?*
**[13:05] [POEM] Komine**
As friends and strangers...
***SIGN*** they all exchange hellos and goodbyes at the famous gates of Afusaka
**[13:07] Shinobu**
* I just need to bring the monks home,*
* even if I get a little rough.*
**[13:10] Sakura**
*And...*
**[13:11] [POEM] Komine**
Rain takes longer...
***SIGN*** leaving a hovering mist above the trees and grass
**[13:13] Sakura**
* No matter how much*
* Inokuma-san has practiced*
**[13:15] Sakura**
*to get closer to her personal prime,*
**[13:18] Sakura**
* nothing she can do will help her take a*
* one-syllable card from the young Queen.*
**[13:25] Haruka**
*She's fast.*
**[13:26] Haruka**
*Wakamiya-san really is good.*
**[13:28] Haruka**
*I can't get past her.*
**[13:30] Haruka**
*But...*
**[13:32] [POEM] Komine**
Impassionate gods have never seen
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[13:36] Watarai**
One of Inokuma-san's best cards!
**[13:38] Watarai**
And we saw her fist clench in victory!
**[13:40] Shinobu**
*Seriously? This is pissing me off.*
**[13:42] Shinobu**
* There are too many players who*
* wig out over "Impassionate."*
**[13:50] Shinobu**
*Too many...*
**[13:53] Uozumi**
As you said, Watarai-san,
**[13:55] Uozumi**
the goddess of victory couldn't
make a call until the very end.
**[13:57] Uozumi**
It's come down to luck of the draw.
**[13:59] Uozumi**
This is Wakamiya-san's first
luck-of-the-draw in an official match.
**[14:04] Uozumi**
How's this going to end?
Who will Lady Luck smile upon?
**[14:07] Shinobu**
*"How will it end"?*
**[14:09] [POEM] Komine**
Since I could not hide...
**[14:11] Shinobu**
*There's no chance these cards...*
**[14:15] Shinobu**
*wouldn't choose me.*
***SIGN*** people would always ask if I was pining for someone
**[14:17] Uozumi**
The Queen wins the first match!
**[14:19] Uozumi**
But she was forced into a luck-of-the-draw.
**[14:22] Uozumi**
There's still no telling what'll
happen in the remaining matches.
**[14:25] Chihaya**
* Shinobu-chan and Inokuma-san*
* both played well.*
**[14:28] Chihaya**
*How would I have played that match?*
**[14:30] Chihaya**
*How would I...*
**[14:33] Chihaya**
*What about Dr. Harada?*
**[14:34] Guy**
*Nasty!*
**[14:35] Guy**
*Nasty!*
**[14:36] Hiroshi**
*He's nasty! And stupid, too!*
**[14:38] Kitano**
*That idiot!*
**[14:40] Chihaya**
*No way...*
**[14:41] Chihaya**
*It's luck of the draw there, too?!*
***SIGN*** Look
***SIGN*** May the scarlet
**[14:46] [POEM] Komine**
May the scarlet kadsuras
of Mount Afusaka...
**[14:50] Uozumi**
The Master match is also settled
with a luck-of-the-draw!
**[14:53] Uozumi**
But the winner here is the
challenger, Harada, grade 6.
**[14:57] Uozumi**
Master Suo's record of
consecutive wins ends at 12
**[14:59] Uozumi**
as his 57-year-old challenger
scores the first win!
**[15:03] Suo**
I expected no less.
**[15:05] Suo**
When you end up in a luck-of-the-draw,
**[15:07] Suo**
your card is always the one read.
**[15:09] Harada**
What are you trying to pull?
**[15:15] Guy**
* Suo-kun's tasteless humor*
* just backfired on him.*
**[15:18] Guy**
* He was trying to end with the same card*
* differential as the Queen match,*
**[15:22] Guy**
* but who knew it would end*
* in a luck-of-the-draw?*
**[15:25] Guy**
* Even Suo-san can't predict which card*
* will be read in a luck-of-the-draw.*
**[15:29] Guy**
*I bet he never expected to lose, though.*
**[15:33] All**
*Serves him right!*
**[15:35] Sudo**
*No...*
**[15:37] Taichi**
*That's not it... Dr. Harada...*
**[15:41] Taichi**
*Dr. Harada, Suo-san...*
**[15:45] Suo**
Nothing. When I realized
this might be the last time,
**[15:49] Suo**
I just wanted to sit here longer.
**[15:52] Taichi**
* He's planning to control*
* even the number of wins*
**[15:54] Taichi**
*so he can drag this out to five matches!*
**[15:58] Guy**
The second match will begin
after lunch, at 12:45 PM.
**[16:04] Guy**
Your numbered tickets will be...
***SIGN*** Challenger
Harada Hideo's
Green Room
**[16:07] Nishida**
Check out Dr. Harada.
**[16:09] Nishida**
He's got so many people rooting for him.
**[16:12] Chihaya**
So where is he?
**[16:13] Taichi**
Recovering from his fatigue, as usual.
**[16:18] Taichi**
Want to talk to him?
**[16:20] Chihaya**
Nah, that's okay.
**[16:22] Chihaya**
I'm gonna check out somewhere else.
**[16:24] Lady**
What was it again?
***SIGN*** Master
Suo Hisashi's
Green Room
**[16:25] Lady**
I think it was in Harajuku...
**[16:27] Sudo**
Suo-san's more popular than you'd think.
**[16:30] Girl**
Being around Suo-san means
sweets are always close by!
**[16:33] Girl**
You're nicer than people
think too, Sudo-kun.
**[16:36] Girl**
Card boy!
**[16:37] Sudo**
I am not!
**[16:38] Sudo**
I'll be here as the challenger next year!
**[16:40] Suo**
What? You got into the Nico stream,
but it kicked you out?
**[16:44] Suo**
There's a premium membership?
**[16:47] Suo**
Pre... P...
**[16:50] Suo**
Forget it.
***SIGN*** Challenger
Inokuma Haruka's
Green Room
**[16:51] Haruka**
You know, Jin, we need to
start weaning you soon.
**[16:55] Aki**
Mommy, you have to win the next game!
**[16:57] Aki**
Eat a rice ball!
**[16:59] Husband**
Mommy sure is tough.
**[17:01] Haruka**
Oh, I need to change your diaper!
**[17:03] Husband**
I'll do that...
**[17:04] Aki**
Eat it! Eat it!
**[17:07] Haruka**
Thanks, Aki.
**[17:13] Rion**
Hello.
**[17:14] Sakura**
Rion? I thought you weren't going to come.
**[17:17] Haruka**
Rion-chan! You came all this way?
**[17:20] Rion**
Well, um...
**[17:22] Rion**
My grandma's reading at the Prince
Takamatsu Memorial Cup tomorrow, so...
***SIGN*** She'll be doing some commentating, too
**[17:26] Sakura**
And you're playing?
**[17:27] Haruka**
Impressive! You've got a lot of drive.
**[17:29] Rion**
Oh, n-not really...
**[17:31] Rion**
I need to work hard, too.
**[17:33] Sakura**
If Makoto knew you were playing in
the Prince Takamatsu Memorial Cup,
**[17:36] Sakura**
I bet he'd be here, too.
**[17:38] Rion**
Huh?
**[17:38] Haruka**
Oh, I doubt that.
**[17:40] Haruka**
He has his center exam next week.
**[17:43] Rion**
I didn't tell anyone I was coming here
for the Prince Takamatsu Memorial Cup.
**[17:47] Rion**
I just stopped by on the way...
**[17:48] Rion**
But you were amazing, Haruka-san!
**[17:51] Rion**
The first match was great,
and I'm sure the second...
**[17:54] Haruka**
Rion-chan.
**[17:57] Haruka**
Watch me, okay?
**[18:00] Haruka**
Watch closely.
**[18:03] Haruka**
Because this will probably be
my last Queen match.
***SIGN*** Queen
Wakamiya Shinobu's
Green Room
**[18:15] Mom**
I know it's nothing new,
**[18:18] Mom**
but it sure is quiet in h—
**[18:22] Shinobu**
*That was so interesting...*
**[18:24] Shinobu**
*So interesting...*
**[18:26] Shinobu**
*Even that weird placement...*
**[18:29] Shinobu**
*Next time, I'll do this.*
**[18:30] Mom**
Don't swing when you're holding chopsticks!
**[18:31] Shinobu**
*I'll bring them home this way.*
**[18:34] Shinobu**
* That placement may be*
* incomprehensible to most,*
**[18:36] Shinobu**
*but it's interesting.*
**[18:38] Shinobu**
* It's a chance to see just how*
* connected I am to the cards.*
**[18:43] Shinobu**
*She's interesting... and strong.*
**[18:46] Shinobu**
*And fun!*
**[18:49] Mom**
Oh, look! What did I tell you?
**[18:51] Mom**
Stop doing swings with
those long sleeves on!
**[18:54] Shinobu**
I'm sorry.
**[18:57] Mom**
A kimono with long sleeves...
**[18:59] Mom**
Mom really doesn't understand
karuta at all.
**[19:02] Shinobu**
I hope that doesn't stain.
**[19:04] Shinobu**
I'll have to talk to the maker later...
**[19:06] Mom**
And you were awfully obedient
about wearing it.
**[19:09] Shinobu**
It doesn't bother me.
**[19:10] Shinobu**
I'm good, anyway.
**[19:12] Mom**
And you need to be.
**[19:14] Mom**
Hidakaya-san is watching, you know.
**[19:16] Mom**
The Kyoto Textile Association that
Hidakaya-san is the chairman of
**[19:19] Mom**
is one of Mom's valuable constituents.
**[19:23] Shinobu**
What?
**[19:24] Mom**
What's that look for?
**[19:26] Mom**
You know she wouldn't buy her granddaughter
a fancy kimono like that just to show support.
**[19:31] Mom**
She's a politician, and you're
an attractive advertisement.
**[19:43] Chihaya**
Excuse me.
**[19:45] Mom**
Who might you be?
**[19:47] Chihaya**
Oh, I'm here...
**[19:48] Chihaya**
as support for Shinobu-chan,
sort of. I brought a gift.
**[19:52] Shinobu**
Chihaya, sit!
**[19:53] Mom**
*"Chihaya"?*
**[19:54] Chihaya**
Uh... Th-Thanks.
**[19:56] Shinobu**
You came all the way from Tokyo?
Must have a lot of time on your hands.
***SIGN*** Here
**[19:59] Chihaya**
Dr. Harada is my karuta coach.
**[20:02] Shinobu**
Shouldn't you be giving
*him* your support, then?!
**[20:04] Chihaya**
Huh? But I couldn't help it!
**[20:06] Chihaya**
Dr. Harada has my total support,
**[20:08] Chihaya**
but you and Inokuma-san are both my rivals!
**[20:12] Shinobu**
Huh?
**[20:13] Chihaya**
You couldn't even win the East Japan qualifier,
and you call yourself my rival?
**[20:14] Mom**
*Is she a friend?*
**[20:16] Mom**
* Shinobu's actually talking to her*
* without saying anything mean.*
**[20:16] Chihaya**
So, what? You don't want
any Snowmaru dorayaki?
**[20:19] Shinobu**
I do!
**[20:20] Shinobu**
I'm having one!
**[20:24] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Let's play karuta again!
**[20:26] (Flashback) Shinobu**
When?
**[20:29] (Flashback) Chihaya**
The Queen match!
**[20:31] Chihaya**
I wanted to win and come
here as the challenger,
**[20:34] Chihaya**
but the East Japan qualifier was
on the same day as my class trip.
**[20:40] Chihaya**
Oh, also, my friend and I were talking...
**[20:44] Chihaya**
It might be easier to
play if you use tasuki.
**[20:47] Mom**
Tasuki?
**[20:48] Mom**
She has long sleeves.
That would look sloppy.
***SIGN*** We don't have tasuki, anyway
**[20:52] Chihaya**
But...
**[20:53] Shinobu**
A class trip?
**[21:03] Guy**
It's time.
**[21:05] Guy**
Competitors, please assemble
in the Urayasu room.
**[21:15] Mom**
Honestly, that girl!
What a terrible attitude!
**[21:18] Mom**
But she does have a match
to play. Forgive her.
# E18 - The storm will soon carry me
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYP5488KY/the-storm-will-soon-carry-me)
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**[00:01] TV**
*...Airport saw a rush of...*
***SIGN*** A Rush of Travelers Returning Home After the Long Holiday
**[00:03] TV**
*...by the minute...*
***SIGN*** New Year's Documentary 2-hour Special
***SIGN*** Sun Flares and Auroras Seen from the South Pole
***SIGN*** Kamakura Strolling Without a Plan
***SIGN*** In search of the famous Komachi Street shop with the legendary rice balls
**[00:04] TV**
*The most popular...*
**[00:05] TV**
*...is our first guest of the new year!*
**[00:07] TV**
*Happy New Year!*
**[00:07] Grandma**
Hasn't the broadcast started yet?
**[00:09] TV**
*Thanks for having us! We're—*
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Verse 18
***SIGN*** The storm
will soon
carry me
**[01:23] Uozumi**
* Both players continue to take cards*
* with agility in the second match.*
**[01:27] Uozumi**
* Our commentator is the head of*
* the Kyoto Myojo Society, Coach Ise.*
***SIGN*** Classy Like Ise lobster? Is he good at karuta? Crap, he's kind of my type But Watarai-san was so funny
***SIGN*** I feel at ease with him
**[01:32] Uozumi**
So the Queen reached Class A
when she was in the Myojo Society?
**[01:35] Ise**
Yes, City Councilwoman Wakamiya
brought her to us,
**[01:40] Ise**
and she was always a bit special.
**[01:42] (Flashback) Guy**
She's good!
**[01:43] (Flashback) Guy**
A ten-year-old kid won in Class B?!
**[01:45] (Flashback) Guy**
She's the youngest Class A player in history!
**[01:47] (Flashback) Grandma**
Coach Ise told me that you reached Class A?
**[01:51] (Flashback) Mom**
It's true! That's an incredible
achievement in the world of karuta!
**[01:56] (Flashback) Grandma**
It seems you had a knack for it. Good for you.
**[02:00] Shinobu**
* There's never been any warmth*
* in anything my grandma said.*
**[02:04] (Flashback) Mom**
You're an attractive advertisement.
**[02:06] Shinobu**
*I'm not even disappointed.*
**[02:09] Chihaya**
*My class trip...*
**[02:11] Shinobu**
*Nothing... I feel nothing.*
**[02:16] Uozumi**
Inokuma has 10, and the Queen has 15.
**[02:19] Uozumi**
Isn't a five-card differential
unusual for the Queen?
**[02:22] Ise**
It could be that more of
Inokuma-san's cards have been read,
**[02:26] Ise**
but the momentum does seem to favor her.
**[02:31] Haruka**
*One card at a time...*
**[02:33] Haruka**
*Wakamiya-san doesn't use cross strokes.*
**[02:36] Haruka**
* "May I see" and "May I live,"*
* with Reader Hirota reading them...*
**[02:40] [POEM] Hirota**
May I see you...
**[02:41] Haruka**
*I can take them on "I."*
**[02:42] Uozumi**
She's widening her lead!
Her speed is incredible!
**[02:43] Chihaya**
*Shinobu-chan...*
**[02:46] (Flashback) Haruka**
Because this will probably be
my last Queen match.
**[02:50] (Flashback) Haruka**
I wish I could say I've yet to reach my peak,
**[02:55] (Flashback) Haruka**
but right now...
I think "right now" might be all I have.
**[02:58] (Flashback) Haruka**
So right now, I'm going to give my all.
**[03:03] (Flashback) Haruka**
This will sound cocky,
**[03:05] (Flashback) Haruka**
but I want to make a miracle happen.
**[03:08] (Flashback) Haruka**
For the girls who want to love
karuta all their lives...
**[03:14] (Flashback) Haruka**
I want them to know that even if they
have three kids, they can be Queen.
**[03:21] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Let's play karuta again!
**[03:24] (Flashback) Chihaya**
The Queen match!
**[03:27] Shinobu**
*A class trip?*
**[03:31] Chihaya**
*Shinobu-chan...*
**[03:33] Chihaya**
*I...*
**[03:38] Chihaya**
*I broke my promise.*
**[03:42] Uozumi**
That was close!
**[03:44] Uozumi**
She just can't seem to turn things around.
**[03:45] Shinobu**
*Something's wrong. Something's wrong.*
**[03:48] Uozumi**
This is a tough turn of events
for Queen Wakamiya.
**[03:52] Shinobu**
*Coach Ise...*
**[03:54] (Flashback) Ise**
The more isolated she is,
the stronger she will become.
**[03:58] Shinobu**
*Coach Ise, you're such a liar.*
**[04:04] Uozumi**
Could it be... Is the Queen really going to...
***SIGN*** I do not know where this love will take me
**[04:10] Shinobu**
*If I'm stronger the more isolated I am,*
**[04:16] Shinobu**
* then shouldn't I be at*
* my strongest right now?*
**[04:20] Uozumi**
For the first time ever, Wakamiya Shinobu
has dropped a round in the Queen match.
**[04:24] Uozumi**
Her long winning streak is over.
**[04:27] Arata**
*What happened, Shinobu-chan?*
***SIGN*** After the match, each player counts
their cards to make sure there are 50
**[04:44] Shinobu**
*The cards...*
**[04:47] Shinobu**
*I have to...*
**[04:59] Shinobu**
*Wait...*
**[05:01] Shinobu**
*Wait.*
**[05:03] Shinobu**
*Which cards did I have left at the end?*
**[05:07] Shinobu**
*Which card did she take that made me lose?*
**[05:11] Shinobu**
*Wait...*
***SIGN*** Taking all the cards
and turning them in...
**[05:12] Shinobu**
Wait.
***SIGN*** is the winner's job
**[05:15] Shinobu**
*Everyone...*
**[05:16] Shinobu**
*Don't leave.*
**[05:24] Harada**
*Inokuma won, huh? Drama, indeed...*
**[05:33] [POEM] Hirota**
In the sleepy...
**[05:34] Uozumi**
*The Master match is still continuing.*
**[05:36] Uozumi**
Harada, grade 6, is leading.
**[05:37] Kitano**
*Now, hang on...*
**[05:38] Sudo**
*Is the Master in his right mind?*
**[05:41] [POEM] Hirota**
Said night was young...
**[05:43] Uozumi**
A-And here, too...
**[05:45] Uozumi**
In the Master match, unbelievably,
**[05:47] Uozumi**
the challenger wins!
**[05:49] Uozumi**
Both Master and Queen will lose
their titles with one more loss.
**[05:52] Uozumi**
They're both in check!
**[05:55] Taichi**
Chihaya!
**[05:57] Chihaya**
*Shinobu-chan!*
**[05:58] Chihaya**
*Shinobu-chan!*
**[06:00] Chihaya**
*Shinobu-chan!*
**[06:02] Chihaya**
Kana-chan, help me!
**[06:04] Kanade**
What's going on, Chihaya-chan?
You're in your socks—
**[06:05] Chihaya**
Kana-chan, you have to help me
with Shinobu-chan!
**[06:10] Guy**
Who do you think will win?
**[06:12] Guy**
I don't know anymore.
**[06:13] Guy**
They weren't very focused toward the end.
**[06:15] Lady**
Intriguing...
**[06:16] Lady**
Who's your money on?
**[06:17] Guy**
It'll be incredible if Inokuma-san wins.
**[06:18] Guy**
I want to see the strong Wakamiya.
**[06:19] Chihaya**
*It's too much noise.*
**[06:20] Guy**
She has the momentum, too.
**[06:21] Chihaya**
*The support, the expectations... all of it.*
**[06:26] Mom**
Shinobu, open the door! Shinobu!
**[06:39] Haruka**
I'm fine. I just need to lie down.
**[06:42] Aki**
Mommy's awesome! Mommy's awesome!
**[06:42] Sakura**
Want to eat something? You missed lunch.
**[06:44] Husband**
Aki!
**[06:45] Aki**
Hey, Mommy won! Were you watching?
**[06:45] Haruka**
No... I'll feel sick whether I eat or not.
**[06:48] Dad**
Come outside!
**[06:49] Aki**
No! I'm staying with Mommy!
**[06:52] Haruka**
But...
**[06:52] Aki**
No! I wanna stay with Mommy!
**[06:53] Haruka**
During the match, I felt so light,
it didn't seem real.
**[06:56] Haruka**
Thank you.
**[06:57] Aki**
Mommy! I'm staying with Mommy!
**[06:59] Haruka**
Can I keep trying a little longer?
**[07:00] Aki**
No! I wanna stay here!
**[07:03] Haruka**
Just one more...
**[07:05] Aki**
Mommy!
***SIGN*** No! I'm staying here! Mommy!
***SIGN*** Mommy needs to rest!
**[07:06] Sakura**
This is good.
**[07:08] Sakura**
When the first two rounds
in a Queen match are split,
**[07:11] Sakura**
it goes on break while
the Master match has its third round.
**[07:14] Sakura**
You have almost two hours to rest.
**[07:16] Rion**
Is Haruka-san all right?
**[07:18] Sakura**
I think she's fine.
**[07:21] (Flashback) Haruka**
I didn't have this much morning
sickness with Aki or Jin...
***SIGN*** Wobble
**[07:24] (Flashback) Haruka**
I bet that means this is
the girl I've been hoping for!
**[07:27] Sakura**
That's what she said earlier.
**[07:29] Rion**
Huh?!
**[07:30] Sakura**
It'll be fine.
**[07:32] Sakura**
Of all the people I've played against,
she's the strongest.
**[07:37] Sakura**
That goes for her mind, her body,
**[07:41] Sakura**
and her feelings toward this.
**[07:49] Suo**
So you're able to watch it now?
**[07:52] Suo**
You're drinking, Tadashi-niichan?
**[07:56] Suo**
Wh-What about Yukiko-chan?
**[07:59] Tadashi**
*She's at home, just watching TV.*
**[08:02] Tadashi**
*We bought a 60-inch, y'know!*
**[08:04] Suo**
Whatever.
**[08:04] Tadashi**
* We bought a 60-inch, but it's only about*
* the 30 square centimeters in the middle*
**[08:09] Tadashi**
*that Yukiko-chan can see.*
**[08:14] Uozumi**
For the third match,
**[08:16] Uozumi**
our commentator is All Japan Karuta
Association Chairman Mashita, grade 10.
***SIGN*** The chairman... What a relief...
**[08:20] Uozumi**
Since the Queen match is on break at this time,
***SIGN*** Couldn't get floor seats, stuck watching on the first floor
**[08:22] Uozumi**
our focus will be on the Master match.
**[08:25] Uozumi**
The challenger, Harada, grade 6, has two wins.
***SIGN*** So dull-looking lolol Soooo dull... All old dudes I like that, though Not much to look at Too dull lololol
**[08:28] Uozumi**
*One more win will make him the Master.*
**[08:31] Uozumi**
It all comes down to this third match.
**[08:33] Uozumi**
What sort of karuta will
the two of them play?
***SIGN*** Third Match Reader
Certified Reader Igarashi
**[08:36] [POEM] Igarashi**
The hazed early dawn mist
over the Kawagiri River
**[08:38] Igarashi**
Wh-What?!
**[08:38] Uozumi**
Harada, grade 6, protected the first card!
**[08:41] Uozumi**
Huh?
**[08:42] Mashita**
I've never seen that before...
**[08:45] Mashita**
I've never seen the Master
try to cover a card before.
**[08:48] Uozumi**
That was a first?
**[08:49] Mashita**
He's awful at it!
**[08:51] Guy**
*What was that?*
**[08:52] Arata**
*What was that?*
**[08:53] Taichi**
*What was that?*
**[08:55] [POEM] Igarashi**
Feel love deepen...
**[08:56] Uozumi**
So fast!
**[08:57] [POEM] Igarashi**
When the misty bridge of magpie
feathers comes into sight,
**[08:57] Uozumi**
*Unlike in the first two matches,*
**[08:59] Uozumi**
*the Master is playing very aggressively!*
**[09:01] Mashita**
*He was playing rather lazily,*
**[09:03] Mashita**
* but perhaps because the cameras*
* are on the Master match now,*
**[09:06] Mashita**
* he's turned on the turbo that*
* he normally doesn't use.*
**[09:10] Arata**
Chairman Mashita's too frank...
**[09:13] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[09:49] Shinobu**
*I guess...*
**[09:51] Shinobu**
* I love my grandma a lot*
* more than I realized.*
**[09:56] Shinobu**
*But...*
**[09:58] Shinobu**
*But...*
**[10:28] (Flashback) Kanade**
You're not supposed to
walk down the center!
**[10:31] (Flashback) Kanade**
The center of the path leading up to a shrine...
**[10:34] (Flashback) Kanade**
is exclusively for the gods to walk on.
**[10:55] [POEM] Igarashi**
May the time we spend apart
from one another be
**[10:57] Mashita**
Oh!
**[10:57] Mashita**
The Master managed to take
that one by covering it.
**[11:01] Uozumi**
The Master is even going for
the multi-syllable cards in this third match.
**[11:05] Uozumi**
The gap has widened to 9 versus 20.
**[11:07] Uozumi**
Perhaps he's more determined now
than in the first two matches?
**[11:11] Mom**
Shinobu! Where in the world were you?
**[11:14] Mom**
Why aren't you wearing your kimono?
**[11:17] Shinobu**
I'm putting it on now.
**[11:18] Shinobu**
I can do it myself, so don't come in.
**[11:21] Mom**
Honestly, that girl!
**[11:24] Hidakaya**
Now, now.
**[11:25] Hidakaya**
Nothing wrong with letting out
your inner child now and then.
**[11:28] [POEM] Igarashi**
All alone...
**[11:29] Uozumi**
So fast!
**[11:30] Mashita**
He's looking to finish it quickly this time.
**[11:34] Uozumi**
C-Can he even pace himself like that?
**[11:36] Mashita**
Yes, as despicable as it is.
**[11:39] Mashita**
That's why he's the Master.
**[11:42] Suo**
*Shinobu-chan...*
**[11:45] Suo**
*Shinobu-chan, let's show them*
**[11:48] Suo**
*our strength.*
**[11:52] Suo**
*The ones being controlled...*
**[11:56] Suo**
*will not be us.*
**[11:59] Uozumi**
A 17-card differential!
**[12:00] Uozumi**
The Master wins the third match
by a wide margin!
**[12:02] Taichi**
*17 cards...*
**[12:03] Uozumi**
He's strong!
**[12:04] Uozumi**
The Master has awakened,
and he's after his fifth consecutive title!
**[12:04] Taichi**
* When he's not goofing around,*
* he can do this anytime.*
**[12:06] Sudo**
*He got that far ahead of Dr. Harada?*
**[12:19] Guy**
It's the Queen!
**[12:20] Guy**
How does she look?
**[12:21] Guy**
Inokuma has the momentum, right?
**[12:22] Guy**
How will the third match go?
**[12:23] Guy**
If she plays naively, she'll lose!
**[12:25] Guy**
She doesn't look too great...
**[12:26] Guy**
What's gonna happen?
**[12:27] Chihaya**
Shinobu-chan!
**[12:28] Chihaya**
I made tasuki!
**[12:29] Shinobu**
Huh?
**[12:30] Chihaya**
Can I put them on you? They work
the same on long sleeves!
***SIGN*** There's no difference
***SIGN*** Sh-Shinobu's letting her do whatever she wants...
**[12:42] Shinobu**
Chihaya...
**[12:44] Shinobu**
What were you praying for at the shrine?
**[12:48] Chihaya**
I prayed that Dr. Harada would be
able to play at his full strength.
**[12:51] Shinobu**
That's who you're rooting for?!
**[12:58] Shinobu**
*Well... As for me...*
**[13:04] Shinobu**
*I said I'd be coming to bring you all home.*
**[13:11] Guy**
Competitors, please enter the hall.
**[13:19] Harada**
Hey, could you get me that?
***SIGN*** Wife
**[13:21] Wife**
You're going to use it?
***SIGN*** Poof
**[13:29] Harada**
All right, everyone... let's go!
***SIGN*** Master Match
Fourth Round
***SIGN*** Queen Match
Third Round
**[13:32] Harada**
One match to go!
**[13:34] Uncle**
You should be sleeping. Don't you
have your tournament tomorrow?
**[13:40] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[13:41] Taichi**
*He really did throw the third match.*
**[13:44] Kitano**
*The damn bear's actually using his head.*
**[13:47] Kitano**
*Considering his stamina...*
**[13:49] Chihaya**
*The fourth match is the time to make it count.*
***SIGN*** Wife:
Doesn't understand the game well
**[13:53] Suo**
*Why?*
**[13:54] Uozumi**
Our commentator is a former Queen
and current certified reader,
**[13:58] Uozumi**
Yamashiro Kyoko-san.
***SIGN*** She's beautiful♥
**[14:00] Kyoko**
Thank you for having me.
**[14:01] Suo**
*Why aren't you reading, Kyoko-tan?!*
**[14:04] Uozumi**
We're glad to have you.
**[14:04] Suo**
*But I still love you.*
***SIGN*** They bow to each other
**[14:07] Guy**
We will now begin the fourth match.
***SIGN*** They bow to the judge
***SIGN*** They bow to the reader and referees
**[14:15] Sakura**
*What connection...*
**[14:18] Sakura**
*does the Queen have to the cards?*
***SIGN*** Certified Reader Komine Kazumitsu, Grade 8 Second Time Reading Today
**[14:21] [POEM] Komine**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
***SIGN*** Harada's side Suo's side
**[14:24] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada's placement...*
**[14:26] Taichi**
*...is different from the previous matches.*
**[14:28] Arata**
*How will this play out?*
**[14:29] [POEM] Komine**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[14:33] Chihaya**
* This match has more on the line*
* than any of the others today.*
**[14:37] [POEM] Komine**
When I must hide...
**[14:38] Chihaya**
*Dead card.*
**[14:39] [POEM] Komine**
The night breaks to day...
**[14:40] Chihaya**
*Dead card.*
**[14:41] [POEM] Komine**
After I determined to...
**[14:42] Chihaya**
*Another dead card!*
**[14:44] Harada**
Excuse me. I'm moving
"Said world grants no escape."
**[14:48] Arata**
* The viewers are starting to see this*
* the way an aficionado would.*
**[14:51] [POEM] Komine**
As I wait for someone...
**[14:51] Chihaya**
*Another dead card!*
**[14:53] Harada**
I'm moving "Impassioned was."
**[14:55] Judge**
*Breach of etiquette...*
**[14:57] [POEM] Komine**
Rain takes longer...
**[14:58] Harada**
Yes! Gotcha!
**[14:59] Judge**
*Breach of etiquette!*
**[15:01] Judge**
*B-But...*
**[15:02] Chihaya**
*He got it!*
**[15:03] Taichi**
*He got a one-syllable card from Suo-san!*
**[15:06] Kitano**
*Taking that first card builds momentum.*
**[15:09] Kitano**
*That's what he was after.*
***SIGN*** Took his sweet time, too
**[15:11] Kitano**
*It's worth three cards alone.*
**[15:20] [POEM] Komine**
When the misty bridge...
**[15:22] Chihaya**
*Which one?!*
**[15:23] Taichi**
*Which one got it?!*
**[15:25] Taichi**
*They're only showing the Queen match.*
**[15:27] Taichi**
*No slow-motion replay, then.*
**[15:29] Judge**
*To the naked eye, it looked like a stalemate.*
**[15:31] Judge**
* If they request a judgment,*
* I'd call it the Master's card, but...*
**[15:36] Guy**
Dr. Harada got it!
**[15:37] Guy**
Again!
**[15:38] Guy**
The Master's not contesting it?
**[15:40] Guy**
I've never seen him argue for a card.
**[15:42] Chihaya**
*Wow!*
**[15:44] Taichi**
* He caught up with a high-speed sweep*
* that'd be far faster than covering it!*
***SIGN*** for there is no one else out here
**[15:49] Kitano**
*This goes beyond taking the first card!*
**[15:52] Kitano**
* That vindictiveness he has*
* toward his opponent...*
**[15:56] Judge**
* He's attacking the opponent's side and*
* sending cards meant to confuse him...*
**[16:00] Judge**
*He's moving his own cards a lot, too.*
**[16:02] Sumire**
*I'd never want to play an opponent like that!*
**[16:04] Tsukuba**
*It'll throw off your memorization!*
**[16:06] Sumire**
*Memorization!*
**[16:07] Tsukuba**
*Just like he always said...*
**[16:08] (Flashback) Harada**
If you don't have the cards
memorized, you can't compete!
**[16:11] (Flashback) Harada**
Memorize every card well
before going into battle!
**[16:13] (Flashback) Harada**
You must memorize the cards flawlessly
so they'll jump out at you!
**[16:18] Harada**
* I can't say I'm really aiming*
* for his lower right side.*
**[16:20] Harada**
*Take all the cards on his lower right side.*
**[16:23] Harada**
*Take all the cards on his lower right side!*
**[16:26] Harada**
* If I don't take the one-syllable cards*
* on his lower right,*
**[16:29] Harada**
*I can't say I'm really aiming for it.*
**[16:33] Taichi**
*He's not just talk.*
**[16:35] Taichi**
*Dr. Harada's trying to physically show us...*
**[16:38] Taichi**
*the real deal.*
**[16:47] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Dr. Harada, I think I figured it out!
**[16:51] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Suo-san's weakness!
**[16:54] Arata**
* Jeez... The stream's been showing*
* nothing but the Queen match.*
**[16:58] Arata**
*What's happening in the Master match?*
**[17:01] Arata**
*I'm concerned about Shinobu-chan, of course,*
***SIGN*** Mamakuma...! How's this gonna end? This is too hot lolol Ooooooh! You can do it!
**[17:04] Arata**
*but it seems like she's back on her feet.*
**[17:07] Uozumi**
Queen Wakamiya's play in the early going
is calm and collected.
**[17:11] Uozumi**
She's wearing tasuki in this third match.
**[17:13] Uozumi**
Which card will she send?
**[17:16] Uozumi**
She's taking her time deciding.
**[17:21] Shinobu**
*Got it.*
***SIGN*** the stag cries longingly for the doe
***SIGN*** Inokuma's side
***SIGN*** Wakamiya's side
**[17:27] Sakura**
"While autumn."
***SIGN*** While autumn
**[17:28] Sakura**
* Theoretically, she'd want to send "While some"*
* or "While it brings" from her left side.*
***SIGN*** While some While autumn
***SIGN*** While it Brings While some While autumn
**[17:34] Sakura**
* Several of her choices of cards*
* to send have been unique.*
**[17:37] Sakura**
*The way she seems to talk to them, too...*
**[17:41] Sakura**
*The art?!*
**[17:42] Sakura**
* She's making these connections*
* based on the card art?*
***SIGN*** Lady Kii
While some dodge the famous
waves of Takashi shore to avoid
getting wet, I deflect your artful
words to keep my sleeves dry
***SIGN*** Lady Koshikibu
While it brings me no joy,
the road beyond Mount Oe is too long,
and I have yet to visit Amanohashidate
or read my mother's letters
**[17:46] Sakura**
* It does seem like Lady Koshikibu and*
* Lady Kii would get along well...*
***SIGN*** Men are just awful
***SIGN*** I wish they
wouldn't
mock women
so much
***SIGN*** Sarumaru Dayu
While autumn leaves crunch under deer
footsteps, the stag cries longingly for the doe
**[17:51] Sakura**
*Sarumaru Dayu is from a different age, too.*
***SIGN*** Ugh...
**[17:54] Sakura**
*It makes sense he'd be sent.*
**[18:03] Uozumi**
That was fast! The Queen took that
with her typical precision!
**[18:06] Kyoko**
It seems she's back on her game.
**[18:09] Sakura**
*If I were a card,*
**[18:12] Sakura**
* I'd want to be taken with that*
* kind of clean precision.*
**[18:16] Sakura**
* Sharp, yet gentle, so it*
* doesn't even make a sound...*
**[18:21] Momo**
Coach Sakurazawa?
***SIGN*** Put this on your board, please
**[18:24] Sakura**
Sorry.
**[18:26] Sakura**
*I'm such a fool, taking so long*
**[18:29] Sakura**
* to realize how different I am*
* from the people who become Queen...*
**[18:33] Sakura**
* Wakamiya-san, how long have you spent*
* playing among those cards?*
**[18:38] Sakura**
*How lonely were you?*
**[18:41] Yukihira**
You can send me.
I'll come right back to you.
**[18:44] Ryosen**
No! I can't bear it! No!
**[18:46] Sudawara**
I can live no matter where I am.
**[18:48] Henjo**
I don't care what we do, but I want
to be near Komachi-chan sometimes!
**[18:51] Koshikibu**
Men really are useless!
**[18:52] Sei**
They sure are.
**[18:53] Tenji**
You're all so noisy.
***SIGN*** Ignored...
**[18:54] Izumi**
I miss you so much, I could die...
***SIGN*** What's wrong? Inokuma-san doesn't look so good Truuuuuue This is a great match
**[19:04] Uncle**
You have such passion.
**[19:06] Uncle**
I guess if you'd won one more match,
you'd be the one sitting there.
**[19:10] Uncle**
But didn't the Master say
he'd retire after this tournament?
**[19:14] Uncle**
That'll make next year a little easier.
**[19:17] Uozumi**
*While the Queen match has remained close,*
**[19:19] Uozumi**
*in the Master match, Harada has 17 cards,*
**[19:22] Uozumi**
* and the Master has 23 cards,*
* giving Harada a 6-card lead.*
***SIGN*** Too scary The brown bear's amazing!!! Uuueeeegh So cooooool He just looks so powerful
**[19:27] Arata**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[19:29] Arata**
* He's left the Master's side a mess*
* with his attacks and the cards he's sent,*
**[19:32] Arata**
*as well as his own by moving cards.*
**[19:35] Arata**
* It's a desperate strategy*
* with no room for error.*
**[19:37] Arata**
*But...*
**[19:39] Arata**
*His focus is intense.*
**[19:42] Harada**
*Attack.*
**[19:44] Harada**
I'm moving my cards.
**[19:46] Harada**
*Confuse.*
**[19:47] Harada**
*Attack.*
**[19:48] Harada**
*Confuse.*
**[19:49] Harada**
*Attack.*
**[19:50] Harada**
*Confuse.*
**[19:54] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Dr. Harada, I think the Master's weakness
**[19:58] (Flashback) Chihaya**
is his eyes.
**[20:00] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I thought he just had poor vision at first,
**[20:04] (Flashback) Chihaya**
but it's not that.
**[20:06] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I can't really explain it,
**[20:09] (Flashback) Chihaya**
but it's like he can't see things
at the edges of his vision.
**[20:17] Harada**
*I spent so long thinking about it.*
**[20:19] Harada**
*How should I fight you?*
**[20:22] Harada**
*His eyes are his weakness...*
**[20:23] Harada**
*How should I fight you?*
***SIGN*** Clinical
Ophthalmology
***SIGN*** Neuro-Ophthalmology
**[20:26] Harada**
*His eyes are his weakness...*
**[20:28] Harada**
*But you're the strongest Master yet.*
**[20:32] Harada**
*So long as I'm sitting in this seat,*
**[20:34] Harada**
* I will take advantage of*
* all your idiosyncrasies.*
**[20:39] Harada**
*I've studied your placement.*
**[20:42] Harada**
* Send cards that are likely to be*
* placed on the right or left edges.*
**[20:46] Harada**
* Move cards frequently,*
* and don't let him narrow down his targets.*
**[20:50] Harada**
*The answer I found was...*
**[20:54] Harada**
*To play karuta that no one likes!*
**[20:56] Harada**
*To attack!*
**[21:10] Harada**
*Unlike you,*
**[21:13] Harada**
*I have someone I want to please.*
**[21:17] Harada**
*I'll be taking the Master's throne!*
***SIGN*** Nostalgic Theme Parks of the World
**[21:26] TV**
*...Ferris wheel is still...*
***SIGN*** Fly the Friendly Skies
***SIGN*** Today's Weather
**[21:28] TV**
*...enjoying a break in the weather,*
***SIGN*** Ohagi
**[21:29] TV**
*but clouds coming from the west this evening...*
**[21:33] Grandma**
The broadcast still hasn't started?
# E19 - Bring a life of everlasting love
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYW434ZG6/bring-a-life-of-everlasting-love)
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**[00:00] Uozumi**
Harada, grade 6, has been attacking
fiercely from the get-go.
**[00:02] Uozumi**
His momentum is strong!
**[00:04] Harada**
*I'll be taking the Master's throne!*
**[00:09] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[00:12] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[00:14] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I think the Master's weakness
**[00:18] (Flashback) Chihaya**
is his eyes.
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Nagasaki Prefecture
***SIGN*** Omura City
***SIGN*** Verse 19
***SIGN*** Bring a
life of
everlasting
love
**[01:35] Tadashi**
I'm home.
**[01:36] Tadashi**
Man, that was a rough time.
**[01:38] Tadashi**
I went looking for Mr. Imamichi,
but got dragged into a fire brigade party.
**[01:43] Tadashi**
But I know how to watch stuff on Nico now!
**[01:46] Tadashi**
Aunt Yukiko? I'm back!
**[01:49] Yukiko**
Tadashi, I couldn't find
the karuta match on BS.
**[01:51] Tadashi**
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
**[01:53] Yukiko**
Maybe a cord came loose somewhere?
**[01:56] Yukiko**
BS is satellite, right?
Did it crash or something?
**[01:59] Tadashi**
No, it didn't!
**[02:01] Yukiko**
Is Hisashi's Master match not happening?
**[02:03] Tadashi**
It is!
**[02:05] Tadashi**
See? Right here.
**[02:07] Tadashi**
You can see it on the computer this year.
**[02:09] Yukiko**
Huh?
**[02:10] Tadashi**
See? Hisashi's right there.
***SIGN*** This is pretty funny It'd be interesting to know what he's thinking Is the Master scared? lololololololololol Eeek Go, Harada-san!!!!!
***SIGN*** Hang in there, Master I love you I love you I can't read his expression I prefer Harada-san Love his whiskers I love Suo-san!!!!♥ Love him I love you!!
**[02:18] Yukiko**
Here, Hisashi! I have ohagi and daifuku!
**[02:21] Yukiko**
Dumplings, too!
**[02:22] Tadashi**
Don't say it like you're making
offerings at a grave.
**[02:24] Uozumi**
I've heard that Master Suo paid you
a personal visit, Yamashiro-san.
**[02:30] Uozumi**
What did you talk about?
**[02:31] Kyoko**
That was before Suo-san became the Master.
**[02:36] Kyoko**
He asked to make a recording of my reading.
**[02:40] Kanade**
What? Of all one hundred poems?
**[02:42] Kyoko**
I had never seen anyone
as insistent as he was.
***SIGN*** Daifuku
**[02:46] (Flashback) Suo**
Please let me record you reading.
**[02:51] Kyoko**
He had passion, but I couldn't
discern his motive.
**[02:55] Kyoko**
It didn't seem as though
he particularly liked karuta.
**[02:59] Kyoko**
So I asked him...
**[03:02] (Flashback) Kyoko**
Why do you play karuta?
***SIGN*** Munch
***SIGN*** Munch
***SIGN*** Munch Munch Munch Munch Munch
***SIGN*** Munch Munch Munch Munch
***SIGN*** Empty
**[03:12] (Flashback) Suo**
I'm sorry... I ate the entire box.
***SIGN*** I wasn't paying attention
**[03:14] (Flashback) Kyoko**
It's all right.
***SIGN*** The way you eat
remidns me of someone
**[03:16] (Flashback) Kyoko**
So, why do you play karuta?
**[03:22] Kyoko**
He said he hoped that in karuta,
he could make something of himself.
**[03:32] Suo**
*Twenty years ago...*
**[03:35] Suo**
* I was taken from my probably deadbeat parents*
* and brought to the main family home,*
**[03:40] Suo**
*which was big, but entirely hollow.*
**[03:49] (Flashback) Boy**
Want some toramaki?
**[03:51] (Flashback) Boy**
Or steamed bread?
**[03:52] (Flashback) Girl**
There's castella cake, too.
**[03:55] (Flashback) Boy**
Tadashi-niichan, you took too many!
**[03:57] (Flashback) Tadashi**
I let you read my manga!
**[03:58] Girl**
I will protect this world!
Precure Expecto Patronum!
**[04:01] (Flashback) Girl**
You're mixing up a bunch of things there, Keiko.
**[04:03] Girl**
Hisashi, let's play Othello!
**[04:05] Suo**
* Home was filled with many*
* aunts, uncles, and cousins,*
**[04:08] Suo**
*and it was always lively and noisy.*
**[04:10] (Flashback) Yukiko**
Hey, kids!
**[04:12] Yukiko**
Come help me pick blueberries!
***SIGN*** Make Learning Fun Guide to Insects
**[04:13] (Flashback) Kid**
Later!
**[04:14] Girl**
Later!
**[04:14] Kid**
Later!
**[04:16] Suo**
*But...*
**[04:21] (Flashback) Yukiko**
Hisashi, you came!
**[04:25] Suo**
*Yukiko-chan...*
**[04:27] (Flashback) Suo**
You work part-time at the sweets factory
**[04:30] (Flashback) Suo**
and help out in the fields, too.
**[04:32] (Flashback) Suo**
Isn't it hard?
**[04:33] (Flashback) Yukiko**
Well, I have to work.
**[04:35] (Flashback) Yukiko**
I'm an old lady with no kids,
and a divorcee at that.
**[04:40] (Flashback) Yukiko**
I'll give you the biggest one I found today.
**[04:45] Suo**
*Somehow...*
**[04:47] (Flashback) Yukiko**
Don't read books in the dark!
**[04:50] (Flashback) Yukiko**
Hisashi, you're holding it too close!
**[04:51] (Flashback) Yukiko**
Make sure you brush well!
**[04:53] (Flashback) Yukiko**
For three minutes!
**[04:53] Suo**
*Even in that big house...*
**[04:58] (Flashback) Boy**
Wow! Check out the fireworks! Awesome!
***SIGN*** Boat of the Spirits
***SIGN*** Namo Amitabhaya Buddhaya
***SIGN*** Suo Family
**[05:01] (Flashback) Tadashi**
Let's go!
**[05:07] Suo**
*Yukiko-chan was less like family...*
**[05:10] (Flashback) Yukiko**
Be careful.
**[05:11] (Flashback) Yukiko**
The Lantern Festival here is very loud.
**[05:13] (Flashback) Yukiko**
It's bad for your ears.
**[05:15] Suo**
*...and more like my caretaker.*
**[05:21] Suo**
*Yukiko-chan had poor eyesight.*
**[05:23] (Flashback) Yukiko**
For goodness' sake, Tadashi!
**[05:25] (Flashback) Tadashi**
Sorry!
**[05:26] (Flashback) Tadashi**
I won it in a lottery! How cool is that?
**[05:29] Suo**
* Her illness causes her field of vision*
* to shrink with time,*
**[05:31] Suo**
*eventually leading to blindness.*
**[05:34] Suo**
*She was important to me...*
**[05:38] Suo**
*But I didn't see it as my concern.*
***SIGN*** Card that was read
***SIGN*** What the heck was that?!
**[05:42] Kitano**
*They both missed!*
**[05:44] Kitano**
* Damn that Harada... I can't believe*
* how often his swings miss!*
***SIGN*** Damn, that was fast So fast lolololol Whoa Swing and a miss lololololol Yesss lololololol That force lololol lololololol Too much force lololol Whoooa...
**[05:48] Arata**
*He followed up well, though.*
**[05:52] Chihaya**
* Suo-san missed a few swings*
* when I played with him, too.*
**[05:57] Harada**
*If his eyes are his weakness,*
**[05:59] Harada**
*a few mistakes are going to be inevitable.*
**[06:03] Harada**
* But he's worse than I am at*
* following up after such errors.*
**[06:06] Harada**
* That's what happens when*
* you're not trying hard enough.*
**[06:09] Harada**
*I won't lose!*
**[06:12] Suo**
*Wow. He's really pushing.*
**[06:14] Suo**
*You want it that badly, Dr. Harada?*
***SIGN*** Nnnngh
**[06:20] Suo**
*Dr. Harada's great.*
**[06:22] Suo**
*He's exciting.*
**[06:25] Suo**
*You want to be Master that badly?*
**[06:28] Uozumi**
With 12 and 20 cards,
the differential is now 8 cards.
**[06:31] Uozumi**
Harada, grade 6, is leading
as we approach the midpoint.
***SIGN*** Admired piano teacher
Took piano for a year
***SIGN*** Admired tennis team senpai
Played tennis for a year
**[06:36] Suo**
* She let me try lots of*
* different things in school,*
***SIGN*** Swimming (etc.)
***SIGN*** Table Tennis (etc.)
**[06:39] Suo**
*but I was just satisfactory at all of them.*
**[06:42] Suo**
*I excelled at my studies, though.*
**[06:44] (Flashback) Girl**
I can't believe you're going
to Tokyo U, Hisashi!
**[06:47] (Flashback) Guy**
I hope you'll find some girls who like you!
**[06:49] (Flashback) Tadashi**
Don't eat too many sweets.
**[06:51] (Flashback) Yukiko**
Hisashi, whatever you decide to do...
**[06:55] (Flashback) Yukiko**
Just be sure to make something of yourself.
**[07:05] Hisashi**
*"Hold books at a distance when reading."*
**[07:08] Hisashi**
*"Brush your teeth well."*
**[07:11] Hisashi**
*"Protect your ears from loud noises."*
**[07:17] (Flashback) Girl**
Hey, are you interested
in the Hundred Poets?
***SIGN*** Karuta Club
Have you heard of
competitive karuta?
**[07:21] (Flashback) Girl**
Do you have a favorite poem?
**[07:23] (Flashback) Girl**
My favorite is "The emotions experienced."
**[07:26] (Flashback) Girl**
It's a love poem.
**[07:28] Suo**
*My bride...*
**[07:29] Suo**
* Since I've always been adaptable,*
* I got good at it pretty quickly.*
**[07:33] (Flashback) Guy**
He's good.
**[07:35] (Flashback) Guy**
He made Class A in a yearr?
**[07:37] (Flashback) Girl**
Suo-kun, I got a boyfriend!
**[07:40] Suo**
*D'oh!*
**[07:41] Suo**
*Divorce...*
**[07:42] (Flashback) Girl**
He's a fourth-year at WU.
***SIGN*** Simplified Eye Chart (use at 3m)
**[07:52] (Flashback) Suo**
Yes, I've heard of it.
**[07:55] (Flashback) Suo**
My aunt has the same disease.
**[07:58] (Flashback) Doctor**
It's said that half of the cause is genetics.
**[08:02] (Flashback) Doctor**
You should avoid bright lights and
wear sunglasses when outside.
**[08:06] Suo**
* It's a disease that causes the photo-receptor*
* cells to age faster than the body.*
**[08:11] Suo**
* What you can see narrows from the periphery*
* to the center of your field of vision.*
**[08:17] Suo**
* It progresses slowly and*
* can end in blindness.*
**[08:22] Suo**
*Senpai, that poem...*
***SIGN*** Fujiwara no Atsutada The emotions experienced after a long-awaited reunion banish any lingering memories of the past
**[08:24] Suo**
* is a poem about knowledge that can*
* fill you with either light or darkness.*
**[08:33] Suo**
*I see...*
**[08:35] Suo**
*What now, then?*
**[08:36] Suo**
*How should I live my life?*
**[08:38] (Flashback) Yukiko**
Just be sure to make something of yourself.
**[08:41] Suo**
*How can I make something of myself?*
**[08:45] Suo**
* As a man who's going to*
* go blind someday, what can I do?*
**[08:53] [POEM] Komine**
Swift waters parted by the jagged rocks
***SIGN*** are joined at river's end
**[08:58] Chihaya**
* The opponent's lower right side that*
* Dr. Harada's been targeting...*
**[09:01] Kitano**
* That was too fast! He moved*
* before it was even read!*
**[09:04] Kitano**
*Isn't that a false start?!*
**[09:05] Judge**
* It's the right card, though!*
* The Master knew what it was!*
**[09:10] Harada**
* He knew from the air expelled*
* before any sound was made...*
**[09:13] [POEM] Komine**
No more can we hear the
sounds of the waterfall
**[09:15] Uozumi**
Master Suo is starting to bounce back.
**[09:18] Uozumi**
What's changed since the first half?
**[09:20] Kyoko**
As more cards are read,
**[09:22] Kyoko**
it lowers the time taken to reach
the unique syllables of the remaining cards.
**[09:26] Kyoko**
Technique plays a bigger role
the longer it takes to reach them.
**[09:31] Kyoko**
But later in the game,
when they start to come quicker,
**[09:33] Kyoko**
is when Master Suo has the advantage.
**[09:37] Harada**
*I know that.*
**[09:38] Harada**
* That's why I turned on*
* the turbo in the first half.*
**[09:42] Harada**
*I won't let him catch up!*
**[09:43] [POEM] Komine**
Feel sorrow wash over me
when I see the moon,
***SIGN*** though autumn is not mine alone
**[09:53] Suo**
*"Game sense" is a remarkable little phrase.*
**[09:57] Suo**
* It felt as if the sound was a shining*
* light in complete darkness.*
**[10:02] Suo**
*I sense a different light from each one.*
**[10:07] Suo**
* The world where that was more*
* important than anything*
***SIGN*** 53rd Queen Match
**[10:10] Suo**
*was competitive karuta.*
***SIGN*** Master and Queen Matches
**[10:12] Suo**
* This is it. This is where*
* I'll become number one.*
***SIGN*** 55th Master Match
**[10:16] Suo**
*This is where I'll make something of myself!*
**[10:20] Suo**
*But...*
**[10:21] (Flashback) Girl**
No way! He's too strong for me!
**[10:24] (Flashback) Boy**
I don't wanna play him!
**[10:25] (Flashback) Guy**
You're the Master.
Isn't playing with us boring for you?
**[10:28] (Flashback) Suo**
Yeah...
***SIGN*** Has brown hair now
**[10:28] (Flashback) Guy**
He agreed! Harsh!
**[10:32] Suo**
* Then I'll try to win by*
* 20 cards instead of 25.*
**[10:37] Suo**
*Boring.*
**[10:39] Suo**
*I'll try winning by 17 today.*
**[10:41] Suo**
*Boring.*
**[10:42] Suo**
* Okay, I'll make my opponent*
* commit four faults today.*
**[10:47] Suo**
*Boring.*
**[10:49] Suo**
*It's not that I like karuta.*
**[10:52] Suo**
*I'm hollow.*
**[10:55] Suo**
*I have to feed on other people's passion.*
**[10:59] Suo**
*I'm hollow.*
**[11:01] Uozumi**
Master Suo's taken control!
**[11:03] Uozumi**
He took three cards in a row and,
following a dead card, just took his fourth!
**[11:06] Uozumi**
The gap is shrinking!
**[11:08] Uozumi**
His speed is incredible!
**[11:10] Kitano**
*Harada...*
**[11:19] Suo**
*I have to feed on other people's passion...*
**[11:24] Suo**
*if I want to keep going.*
**[11:26] [POEM] Komine**
The storm blasts autumn leaves...
**[11:28] Sudo**
*He guarded it!*
**[11:29] Hiroshi**
*Smooth!*
**[11:31] Sudo**
*Again!*
**[11:37] Harada**
* I bet you expect me to get*
* caught up in your pace.*
**[11:40] Harada**
* I bet you think that speed and*
* game sense are everything.*
**[11:46] Harada**
* The fact that you're the Master*
* makes the game of karuta cry.*
**[11:50] Harada**
*I won't back down!*
**[11:51] Harada**
*I'll be the one to perform your last rites!*
**[11:59] Uozumi**
The Master has 10, and Harada 9.
**[12:02] Uozumi**
The Master has made a fierce comeback.
**[12:04] Uozumi**
He's nearly evened the score.
**[12:06] Uozumi**
Does Harada, grade 6,
have the strength to fight him off?
**[12:11] [POEM] Komine**
Would the mountain cherry blossoms...
**[12:13] [POEM] Komine**
Since the dew...
**[12:15] Taichi**
*He's in trouble.*
**[12:17] Taichi**
* He's hurting now that the*
* two-syllable cards are one-syllable.*
**[12:20] Taichi**
* This is how the Master*
* plays when he's serious!*
**[12:22] (Flashback) Suo**
After I win my fifth consecutive title,
I'm going to retire.
**[12:27] Uozumi**
The Master takes the lead for
the first time this match.
**[12:30] Uozumi**
Can he widen it even further?
**[12:32] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[12:36] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[12:39] Harada**
* If you ask me, your karuta*
* style is very simplistic.*
**[12:42] Harada**
* You're just fortifying your own side*
* with cards that are easy for you to take.*
**[12:48] Harada**
*That's why...*
**[12:49] [POEM] Komine**
As the first frost...
**[12:50] Kitano**
*His hand was low on that cover! Smart!*
**[12:52] Kitano**
*That's normal, though...*
**[12:54] [POEM] Komine**
The hazed early dawn light comes not...
**[12:55] Harada**
* Even with my offensive style,*
* defending against you is easy!*
**[12:58] Sumire**
*He attacked, then pulled back and covered!*
**[13:00] Tsukuba**
*Just like always!*
**[13:03] Chihaya**
* Being in a tight spot makes*
* it all the more important*
**[13:08] Chihaya**
*to stick to the basics.*
**[13:10] Harada**
*Memorize thoroughly.*
**[13:12] Harada**
* Confirm and re-confirm the cards*
* whose unique syllables have changed.*
**[13:15] Harada**
*Confirm as many times as time allows!*
**[13:18] Harada**
* Take that card this way. Move toward*
* that card this way to take it.*
**[13:22] Harada**
*And...*
**[13:23] Harada**
*Chant millions of times over the words...*
**[13:25] Harada**
*"Be read!"*
**[13:30] Guy**
*Oh, man, so close! The Master got that one?*
**[13:33] Guy**
*It would've been amazing if he'd taken it!*
**[13:35] Guy**
*He really came close, though.*
**[13:36] Chihaya**
*He lost it by a hair!*
**[13:40] Suo**
*I'm impressed, Dr. Harada.*
**[13:43] Suo**
* You still have so much mental and*
* physical strength in the fourth match.*
**[13:47] Harada**
*You haven't noticed, Suo-kun?*
**[13:51] Harada**
* You've stopped paying attention to how*
* many cards are left in the Queen match.*
**[13:55] Harada**
* Instead of moving in annoying ways*
* that make me mess up,*
**[13:58] Harada**
*you're focusing on taking cards.*
**[14:02] Harada**
*And instead of holding down cards to take them,*
**[14:05] Harada**
*you're taking them with a sweep.*
**[14:07] [POEM] Komine**
I wish I could show the
people how my sleeves
**[14:10] Uozumi**
Oh! His swing missed again!
**[14:12] Uozumi**
Harada doesn't miss a
beat in picking it up.
**[14:17] Kitano**
*The Master's getting tired!*
**[14:21] Harada**
* This is the first time you've gone*
* four rounds in a Master match.*
**[14:24] Harada**
* This is much harder on you*
* than it is on me!*
**[14:30] Harada**
*It's certainly hard on me, too...*
**[14:33] Harada**
* But to earn points for*
* the Shiranami Society,*
**[14:36] Harada**
* I've played five or even six*
* matches in a row at tournaments,*
**[14:39] Harada**
*for as long as I could keep winning.*
***SIGN*** bring a life of everlasting love
**[14:54] Uozumi**
Harada, grade 6, sends
"May the time spent."
**[14:57] Kyoko**
"May the time we" hasn't been read yet,
**[15:00] Kyoko**
and "May the scarlet" is also still in play.
**[15:02] Kyoko**
He should want to keep that card close
to himself so he can protect it.
***SIGN*** bring a life of everlasting love
**[15:06] Kyoko**
We should keep a close eye on the cards
Dr. Harada sends at this late stage.
**[15:13] Suo**
*A card with a chance of going unread*
**[15:16] Suo**
*in the event of a luck-of-the-draw...*
***SIGN*** bring a life of everlasting love
**[15:20] Suo**
*A card that would normally never be sent...*
**[15:28] [POEM] Komine**
While it pains me...
**[15:29] Uozumi**
A cross!
**[15:30] Uozumi**
He cleanly crossed over to "While it pains"
from "While the" on the first syllable!
**[15:35] Harada**
* Suo-kun, that card is just*
* noise to you, isn't it?*
**[15:43] Suo**
*Wait...*
**[15:45] Suo**
*I might be in danger... a little.*
**[15:55] Harada**
*I want to focus.*
**[16:01] Harada**
*I want to focus. Me.*
**[16:07] Harada**
*Memorize...*
**[16:09] Harada**
*Memorize one more time...*
**[16:13] Harada**
*Focus...*
**[16:17] Harada**
*Memorize...*
**[16:20] Harada**
*Focus...*
**[16:24] All**
*A cushion?!*
***SIGN*** Like nothing
***SIGN*** even happened
**[16:36] (Flashback) Harada**
I'm gonna become Master first!
**[16:38] (Flashback) Kitano**
You idiot! It's gonna be me!
**[16:40] (Flashback) Harada**
No, me!
**[16:41] (Flashback) Kitano**
Don't be dumb! It's obviously gonna be me!
**[16:44] (Flashback) Harada**
I'm better!
**[16:45] (Flashback) Kitano**
No, I am!
**[16:46] (Flashback) Harada**
I am!
**[16:47] Kitano**
*I am!*
**[16:47] Harada**
*I am!*
**[16:48] Kitano**
*I am!*
**[16:49] Harada**
*I am!*
**[16:52] Kitano**
*You are.*
**[16:57] Uozumi**
*Um, ah...*
***SIGN*** lololol A cushion!!!?? Is that allowed? Oh, it switched to the Queen match It just flew in lololol Hilarious It's the Queen match Who the heck is that? lolololololololololol The Queen match lololololololololololololol Who's that old dude lololol What brought that on? lolol lololololololololol A cushion just flew in lolololololol
**[16:59] Uozumi**
* Oh! The Queen match is*
* reaching its climax as well.*
**[17:04] Uncle**
Arata?
**[17:05] Arata**
Sorry, Uncle! I'm borrowing your tablet!
**[17:08] Uncle**
Huh?
**[17:09] Uozumi**
Queen Wakamiya has two cards left,
**[17:12] Uozumi**
and Challenger Inokuma has five.
**[17:14] Uozumi**
The Queen switched to offensive
mode partway through,
**[17:16] Uozumi**
and now leads as we near the end.
**[17:18] Sakura**
* The idea that Wakamiya-san sees*
* the pictures on the cards as her friends*
**[17:23] Sakura**
*does explain several things.*
**[17:26] Sakura**
* Somewhere in the middle,*
* they must have started calling to her.*
***SIGN*** Come over here, too!
**[17:35] Shinobu**
*But...*
***SIGN*** I beseech them to wait for the Emperor's return before falling
***SIGN*** I like this married woman, too!
***SIGN*** Lord Teishin
While the autumn leaves of Mount Ogura would never understand human emotion, I beseech them to wait for the Emperor's return before falling
**[17:40] Uozumi**
Inokuma-san hasn't let her
concentration break, either.
**[17:43] Uozumi**
She's not letting her chance to reclaim
the title of Queen slip away!
**[17:45] Uozumi**
We won't know how this match
will end until it's done!
**[17:49] Shinobu**
*I figured as much, Inokuma-san.*
**[17:51] Shinobu**
*The cards seem to like you, too.*
***SIGN*** Alas, another autumn
has passed in vain
***SIGN*** may the wind bring
clouds to extend their stay
***SIGN*** a whirlwind of flower
petals descends
**[17:54] Shinobu**
*They're all antsy.*
***SIGN*** What shall I do?
***SIGN*** What shall I do?
***SIGN*** Oh, dear...
**[18:01] Shinobu**
*They're very fickle, you know.*
**[18:06] Shinobu**
*There's no guarantee they'll take my side.*
**[18:09] Shinobu**
* I can't let it come down*
* to luck of the draw.*
**[18:13] Shinobu**
*Still, this is fun.*
**[18:16] Shinobu**
*Not like the second match at all.*
**[18:20] Shinobu**
*I feel lighter, and so do my shoulders.*
**[18:31] Haruka**
* I want to be at my strongest*
* in the current moment.*
**[18:35] (Flashback) Aki**
Queen!
**[18:38] Haruka**
*I want to be a queen.*
**[18:41] Haruka**
*It's there.*
**[18:43] Haruka**
*It's right within my reach...*
**[18:45] Haruka**
*The queen's throne!*
**[19:02] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[19:04] Uozumi**
In the very end,
**[19:05] Uozumi**
Inokuma committed a fault!
**[19:08] Uozumi**
*The double fault ends the match.*
**[19:12] Sakura**
*A double fault at a time like this...*
**[19:15] Uozumi**
Zero to four...
**[19:16] Uozumi**
This was an ending nobody expected,
wasn't it, Yamashiro-san?
**[19:19] Kyoko**
Yes.
**[19:20] Kyoko**
It's somewhat of a shame after
they were so evenly matched,
**[19:23] Kyoko**
but that last card Wakamiya-san took
**[19:26] Kyoko**
was a particularly splendid move.
**[19:29] Kyoko**
Since she's left-handed, that card
was the farthest away from her,
**[19:33] Kyoko**
yet she moved straight toward it.
**[19:37] Uozumi**
The title of Queen is granted
to Wakamiya-san once again!
**[19:53] Shinobu**
Inokuma-san...
**[19:55] Shinobu**
Please count the cards.
**[19:59] Shinobu**
They like you. That's why
they let you take them.
**[20:08] Chihaya**
*Shinobu-chan...*
**[20:14] Uozumi**
The Queen match has ended,
cementing Queen Wakamiya's three-peat!
***SIGN*** Is he in trouble? The Master must be stressing now The second half's getting hot again What'll happen? What'll happen? Hang in there, Harada-san
**[20:20] Uozumi**
* Let's take a look at the Master*
* match as it continu—*
**[20:25] Arata**
*Eh? What? What happened?!*
**[20:27] Arata**
*A tunnel? Seriously?!*
**[20:31] [POEM] Komine**
Impassioned was your...
**[20:32] Both**
*Dr. Harada guarded it!*
**[20:34] Both**
*He guarded it!*
**[20:37] Suo**
* Whenever I try to take something on his side,*
* I can't get through his defense.*
***SIGN*** bring a life of everlasting love
**[20:41] Suo**
*But I want to send this...*
**[20:44] Harada**
*Do you know why?*
**[20:47] Harada**
*Because your karuta is too simplistic.*
**[20:50] Harada**
* Because you keep sending me*
* your worst cards!*
***SIGN*** My heart's pounding What's gonna Hang in there, bear The Master's I'm getting nervous
**[20:54] Uozumi**
*Unbelievable! It's a luck—*
**[20:55] Arata**
*It's back!*
**[20:57] Arata**
*What? Again?!*
**[20:58] Arata**
*Luck?! Did she just say "luck"?!*
**[21:00] Arata**
*Luck?!*
***SIGN*** May the time we May the time spent May the scarlet As my Since I
**[21:07] Taichi**
* There are five cards that*
* haven't been read yet.*
**[21:10] Taichi**
* "Since I," "As my," "May the scarlet,"*
* "May the time spent," and "May the time we."*
**[21:15] Taichi**
*And the ones still on the field are...*
**[21:17] Taichi**
*"May the scarlet" and "May the time spent."*
# E20 - May the scarlet kadsuras
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6QW1W916/may-the-scarlet-kadsuras)
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**[00:01] Director**
Get the camera back on the match.
Front and center.
***SIGN*** Broadcast Van
**[00:03] Director**
Get one on the reader, too. That's it.
**[00:07] Director**
Zoom in on each player.
**[00:08] Director**
Master first, then challenger.
**[00:13] Director**
I don't know much about karuta,
**[00:17] Director**
but I know this is a really
important, critical stage.
***SIGN*** and allow us this secret rendezvous
***SIGN*** bring a life of everlasting love
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Verse 20
***SIGN*** May the
scarlet
kadsuras
**[01:51] Guy**
I can't believe Harada-san
has the Master in check!
**[01:54] Guy**
Just one more card, and he'll
have the three wins he needs.
**[01:57] Guy**
Even if he loses, there's still the fifth match.
**[01:59] Guy**
The Master's got his back to the wall.
**[02:01] Guy**
Is Suo-kun finally going down?
**[02:03] Guy**
What a relief! That weirdo
was such a headache.
**[02:07] Guy**
But then again...
**[02:11] Guy**
There's no doubt Master Harada
would be quite a headache, too...
***SIGN*** Now that I have this, I'm not giving it to anyone!!
**[02:23] Harada**
*The only cards left are "Since I," "As my,"*
**[02:26] Harada**
* "May the time we," "May the time*
* spent," and "May the scarlet."*
**[02:32] Harada**
*Think hard.*
**[02:35] Harada**
*I definitely have a feeling that*
***SIGN*** bring a life of everlasting love
**[02:37] Harada**
* the "May the time spent"*
* I sent to Suo-kun won't be read.*
**[02:40] Harada**
*But...*
***SIGN*** and allow us this secret rendezvous
**[02:41] Harada**
*The "May the scarlet" that I still have...*
**[02:44] [POEM] Komine**
May the scarlet kadsuras...
**[02:46] Harada**
* ...is the card I took to win our*
* luck-of-the-draw in the first match.*
**[02:52] Harada**
*Would the same thing happen twice?*
***SIGN*** Minister of the Right Sanjo May the scarlet kadsuras of Mount Afusaka live up to their name and allow us this secret rendezvous
**[02:55] Harada**
*It's the card known as the Master's card*
***SIGN*** Master
**[02:58] Harada**
* because it contains the two characters*
* in the word for "Master."*
**[03:01] Harada**
* Is my desire to be the Master*
* making me believe that it will be read?*
**[03:08] Harada**
* And "May the time spent" and*
* "May the time we" aside,*
**[03:12] Harada**
* could Master Suo recognize "May the scarlet"*
* on the "the" and come after it?*
**[03:21] Harada**
Excuse me.
***SIGN*** Swoosh...
***SIGN*** Gulp
**[03:34] Chihaya**
* That thing Dr. Harada used*
* to do all the time...*
***SIGN*** Gulp
**[03:38] Harada**
* I've been through a lot*
* of things in my life.*
**[03:41] Harada**
*Of course I have a lot to think about.*
**[03:44] Kitano**
* He seriously has no regard*
* for the rules at all!*
**[03:46] Kitano**
*What a disgrace!*
***SIGN*** bring a life of everlasting love
**[03:48] Harada**
* It's in karuta's nature*
* to have a lot going on.*
**[03:50] Harada**
*No matter what kind of feeling I have,*
***SIGN*** and allow us this secret rendezvous
**[03:53] Harada**
* either card is just as likely to*
* be read in a luck-of-the-draw.*
**[03:58] Harada**
Sorry about that.
**[04:03] Harada**
*So let's just take all of it in...*
**[04:06] Harada**
*and have a good time here,*
**[04:08] Harada**
*Suo-kun.*
**[04:14] [POEM] Komine**
I beseech them to wait for the
Emperor's return before falling
**[04:23] [POEM] Komine**
Since I could not hide my love,
**[04:27] Chihaya**
*Dead card...*
**[04:28] Taichi**
*The Master...*
**[04:30] Taichi**
*didn't even move.*
**[04:32] Harada**
*But what...*
**[04:34] Harada**
*did I just sense coming this way?*
**[04:37] Chihaya**
Taichi, Taichi. I think we can
move up to the front.
**[04:40] Chihaya**
There's some space.
**[04:42] Kitano**
*Harada has the advantage with his two wins?*
**[04:45] Kitano**
*Does he really?*
**[04:47] Kitano**
* Given his physical condition, he might*
* not make it through a fifth match.*
**[04:50] Kitano**
*He's the one with his back to the wall!*
**[04:54] Kitano**
*If he doesn't take the win here,*
**[04:56] Kitano**
*his chances of becoming the Master are...*
**[05:00] [POEM] Komine**
As my love first...
**[05:01] Chihaya**
*Again... the Master didn't move.*
**[05:04] Chihaya**
*How can he be so calm about this?*
**[05:06] Chihaya**
*Is he that confident in his hearing?*
**[05:09] Harada**
*Still, he's moving this way.*
**[05:12] Harada**
*His heart...*
***SIGN*** and allow us this secret rendezvous
**[05:14] Harada**
*His heart is with this card.*
***SIGN*** and allow us this secret rendezvous
**[05:20] Harada**
* This must mean I'm not the only*
* one fixated on being the Master.*
**[05:33] Harada**
*It's me.*
**[05:35] (Flashback) Harada**
Being on the receiving end of
that help makes me stronger!
**[05:39] Harada**
*It has to be me.*
***SIGN*** and allow us this secret rendezvous
**[05:43] [POEM] Komine**
May the...
**[05:47] [POEM] Komine**
...time we spend apart from one another be
***SIGN*** and allow us this secret rendezvous
**[05:55] Harada**
*Fault...*
**[05:58] Judge**
The winner of the fourth Master match,
by two cards, is Master Suo.
**[06:04] Guy**
*That was close!*
**[06:04] Guy**
*Harada-san almost had it!*
**[06:06] Guy**
*I can't believe he faulted...*
**[06:08] Taichi**
*Did Suo-san actually... now, of all times...*
**[06:14] Taichi**
* use his usual style and lure*
* Dr. Harada into messing up?*
***SIGN*** Attendant to Empress Koka May the time spent in our one night together bring a life of everlasting love
***SIGN*** Minister of the Right Sanjo May the scarlet kadsuras of Mount Afusaka live up to their name and allow us this secret rendezvous
**[06:29] Komine**
*Card 99 was "May the scarlet,"*
**[06:32] Komine**
*and card 100 was "May the time spent"...*
**[06:35] Komine**
*This is what it came down to?*
***SIGN*** and allow us this secret rendezvous
**[06:38] Komine**
* Harada-san is to be commended for guessing*
* that "May the scarlet" would come first,*
***SIGN*** bring a life of everlasting love
**[06:43] Komine**
* as is the Master for knowing he would*
* lose if he simply protected his card*
**[06:47] Komine**
*and turning the situation around.*
**[06:50] Guy**
The fifth match will begin
in twenty minutes.
**[06:54] Lady**
Twenty minutes?
**[06:55] Guy**
Can Dr. Harada's knees handle that?
**[06:58] Chihaya**
I'm going out for some fresh air.
**[07:06] Mom**
Shinobu!
**[07:07] Mom**
It's time for your interview
about defending your title!
**[07:10] Mom**
What are you doing? And you
still have your tasuki on!
**[07:16] Mom**
You can just give them a
quick greeting like always.
**[07:20] Shinobu**
What happened in the Master match?
**[07:22] Mom**
I'm not sure...
**[07:23] Guy**
Numbered tickets for the fifth
match are distributed here.
**[07:26] Shinobu**
If they're having a fifth match,
that means the Master won.
**[07:30] Shinobu**
Where were you even looking, Mom?
**[07:32] Mom**
I don't care about that.
**[07:34] Mom**
And I know you don't, either.
**[07:38] Mom**
Goodness, what an unsightly tasuki.
**[07:42] Mom**
Let's make sure you have
a proper one next time.
**[08:00] Chihaya**
*Why...*
**[08:02] Chihaya**
*Why couldn't I have been born male?*
**[08:06] Chihaya**
*I want... I want to teach him a lesson.*
**[08:10] Chihaya**
*I want to beat him.*
**[08:11] Chihaya**
* I can't accept the fact that*
* someone like him is the Master!*
**[08:15] Chihaya**
*The idea that he's the strongest person*
**[08:18] Chihaya**
*in the entire world of the karuta I love!*
**[08:22] Lady**
* Now, let's hear Wakamiya-san's*
* impressions of the Queen match,*
**[08:25] Lady**
*where she just defended her title.*
**[08:28] Lady**
*Congratulations!*
**[08:30] Shinobu**
*Thank you.*
**[08:32] Lady**
You did drop your first ever round
in a Queen match.
**[08:35] Shinobu**
That's true.
**[08:37] Nishida**
Another mindless comment with
no thought put into it!
**[08:41] Nishida**
I'll never forget her comments
after playing Yumin!
**[08:44] Shinobu**
* Inokuma Haruka-san has a strength that*
* makes me glad I played against her.*
**[08:52] Shinobu**
That one loss was tough...
**[08:59] Shinobu**
But it's like you announcers always say.
**[09:01] Lady**
Huh?
**[09:02] Shinobu**
Every victory is thanks to
the people beside you.
**[09:05] Lady**
You've said that every year yourself...
**[09:08] Shinobu**
I was just winging it.
**[09:10] All**
Huh?!
**[09:11] Shinobu**
This year, I did feel a bit like I won
because of who was beside me.
**[09:21] Shinobu**
I'm kind of looking forward to
next year's Queen match.
**[09:28] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Let's play karuta again!
**[09:30] (Flashback) Shinobu**
When?
**[09:31] (Flashback) Chihaya**
The Queen match!
**[09:38] Chihaya**
*The one I have to fight*
**[09:41] Chihaya**
* is the one other player who's the*
* strongest in the world of the karuta I love.*
**[09:46] Chihaya**
*That's all.*
**[09:49] Chihaya**
*That's all I need!*
**[09:51] Taichi**
Chihaya?
**[09:53] Chihaya**
*As for the Master,*
**[10:00] Chihaya**
*I can leave him to...*
**[10:08] Taichi**
Arata?!
**[10:09] Chihaya**
Don't you have a cold?
**[10:09] Arata**
I do!
**[10:12] Taichi**
Are you okay? Shouldn't you be resting?
**[10:20] Arata**
I came to ask you, Chihaya...
**[10:22] Arata**
for your answer.
**[10:24] Chihaya**
My answer?
**[10:25] Chihaya**
I can't... I can't answer you yet, Arata.
**[10:29] Taichi**
Damn it, Arata, don't sneak
around behind my back!
**[10:35] Arata**
Where's Dr. Harada?!
**[10:36] Taichi**
Sleeping in his green room!
**[10:37] Chihaya**
Wanna go?!
**[10:41] Both**
Sob, sob...
***SIGN*** Master
Suo
Hisashi's
Green
Room
***SIGN*** He finally finished them!!
**[11:13] Suo**
Anyone have a hair tie?
**[11:15] Girl**
Huh?
**[11:16] Girl**
Uh...
**[11:17] Girl**
I do!
**[11:19] Suo**
Thanks.
**[11:21] Suo**
I'm using the washroom, too.
***SIGN*** Challenger
Harada
Hideo's
Green
Room
**[11:38] Chihaya**
There are plenty of numbered tickets
left for the Urayasu room.
**[11:41] Arata**
I'll watch it downstairs.
**[11:42] Chihaya**
But why? You came all this way.
**[11:44] Arata**
I mean—
**[11:51] Arata**
I'll watch it downstairs.
**[11:55] Chihaya**
How do you think the fifth match will go?
**[11:57] Arata**
It depends on Dr. Harada's
condition and spirit.
**[12:00] Chihaya**
And his knees...
**[12:01] Taichi**
If the Master plays lazily,
like he did in the first two matches...
***SIGN*** Omi Jingu
**[12:07] Guy**
Competitors, please assemble in the hall.
***SIGN*** Master
Tournament
Fifth
Match
***SIGN*** Final Round
**[12:27] Harada**
You look a lot younger
without the whiskers.
**[12:31] Harada**
I forgot you were only 26.
**[12:35] Harada**
I envy you.
**[12:49] Chihaya**
* Five matches in ten hours,*
* starting at 10:00 AM...*
**[12:53] Chihaya**
* Even the people who were just*
* watching started to burn out*
**[12:57] Chihaya**
*as the cards were read one after another,*
**[13:01] Chihaya**
*but Dr. Harada never gave up.*
**[13:04] Uozumi**
Master Suo looks quite
different from earlier.
***SIGN*** Fifth Match Commentary
**[13:08] Uozumi**
Part of it is that he's shaved, but also...
**[13:11] Kitano**
I don't like this at all.
***SIGN*** Is the Master gonna run away with the win? The Master's finally getting serious in the fifth match?! The Master looks like a different person now!! What'll happen? Who's gonna win?? Don't lose, bear! So polite... Harada-saaaaaan! Don't loooooose!! Good luck, Master
**[13:14] Kitano**
Impolite guys aren't scary.
**[13:18] Kitano**
They'll always get careless.
**[13:20] Kitano**
But...
**[13:22] Kitano**
People who behave politely
are harder to deal with.
**[13:26] Kitano**
A show of respect is also a show of fear.
**[13:28] Kinano**
Suo-kun won't be showing Harada
any further weakness.
***SIGN*** What's the differential now? What'd he do with his whiskers lolol The Master's so fast Is he finally gonna finish this now?
**[13:32] Kitano**
Just look at his bearing.
**[13:35] Kitano**
It looks like Harada has made
the Master truly be the Master.
**[13:42] Harada**
*It's not over yet.*
**[13:44] Harada**
* I still have a chance. If I just*
* play each card carefully...*
**[13:51] Harada**
* I'll get closer than anyone*
* to where you currently are!*
**[13:55] Harada**
* What kind of karuta will you play in*
* the last stages of the fifth match?*
**[14:00] Harada**
*I'll figure it out!*
**[14:03] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada...*
**[14:05] Suo**
*You can't.*
**[14:08] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada, I...*
**[14:11] Harada**
*What sort of person are you?*
**[14:13] Harada**
*What can you do, and what can't you do?*
**[14:17] Chihaya**
*I got hurt by Suo-san's words,*
**[14:20] Chihaya**
*so I ran and tattled to you about his eyes.*
**[14:24] Chihaya**
* Every thought of Suo-san has been*
* accompanied by dark feelings.*
**[14:29] Uozumi**
Harada, grade 6, is playing well.
**[14:31] Uozumi**
He's really hanging in there.
**[14:34] [POEM] Komine**
Rain takes longer...
**[14:35] Chihaya**
Harada, grade 6, defended
a one-syllable card!
**[14:39] Harada**
*Did you think I wouldn't notice?*
**[14:42] Harada**
*You reacted on "-in takes."*
**[14:45] Harada**
* When you start to get tired,*
* your game sense falters.*
**[14:54] Harada**
*If only I were still young, too...*
**[15:00] Chihaya**
* Dr. Harada is facing every*
* moment of this fight head-on.*
**[15:07] Harada**
*But it's fine.*
**[15:10] Harada**
* Someone young will take*
* what's happened today...*
***SIGN*** I long for the agony I feel now
**[15:17] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[15:20] Harada**
*...and make it work for them.*
**[15:26] Judge**
The winner of the fifth match,
by twelve cards, is Master Suo.
**[15:32] Judge**
With three wins and two losses,
Master Suo has defended his title.
**[15:39] Guy**
So the Master is still Suo-kun...
**[15:42] Guy**
That really kept me on edge, though.
**[15:44] Guy**
But the Master's retiring now, right?
**[15:47] Guy**
That's a relief.
**[15:48] Taichi**
*A relief... That's true.*
**[15:53] Taichi**
* Even Dr. Harada's tenacity*
* couldn't knock him off his throne.*
**[15:58] Taichi**
*He'd better...*
**[16:00] Taichi**
*become a legend of the past sooner than later.*
**[16:04] Wife**
You must be tired after all that, dear.
**[16:07] Harada**
Well... yeah. I'm tired, all right.
**[16:13] Harada**
Sorry, I couldn't become the Master.
**[16:17] Wife**
I don't need any of that.
***SIGN*** Shock
**[16:20] Wife**
I've never once wished for that.
**[16:26] Wife**
What I wanted was to see you smile.
**[16:29] Wife**
Nothing more.
**[16:34] Lady**
We will now interview the Master.
**[16:36] Lady**
Congratulations on your
fifth consecutive win.
**[16:39] Suo**
Thank you.
**[16:40] Lady**
Your win streak was snapped today,
**[16:43] Lady**
and you were taken all the way
to the final round.
**[16:46] Lady**
How do you feel?
**[16:51] Suo**
I'm tired.
**[16:52] Lady**
And your impressions after
facing Harada-san?
**[16:57] Suo**
I'm tired.
**[16:59] Lady**
Um, can you be more specific?
**[17:05] Suo**
*It was fun.*
**[17:07] Suo**
*Playing karuta was fun.*
**[17:19] Suo**
*It was fun.*
**[17:22] Lady**
You declared that you would retire
after your fifth consecutive win.
**[17:25] Lady**
Is that still how you feel?
**[17:31] (Flashback) Yukiko**
Just be sure to make
something of yourself.
**[17:36] Suo**
Yes...
**[17:38] Suo**
It is.
**[17:39] Suo**
My retirement—
**[17:41] Arata**
Master!
**[17:44] Guy**
You... Wait a—
**[17:45] Arata**
Master!
**[17:49] Hiroshi**
What are you doing, Wataya-kun?! Come on!
**[17:52] Arata**
Wait!
**[17:52] Hiroshi**
He's being interviewed!
It's a live broadcast!
**[17:54] Arata**
But... Master...
**[17:55] Arata**
Master...
**[17:56] Arata**
Suo-san!
**[17:57] Hiroshi**
Wataya-kun!
**[17:58] Arata**
Don't quit, Suo-san!
**[18:00] Arata**
Don't quit!
**[18:01] Arata**
Stay the Master!
**[18:05] Arata**
I'll come here to beat you!
**[18:17] Suo**
Okay. I'll give you one
more year... for free.
***SIGN*** Gasp
***SIGN*** ...still in it! For real? Wooooow For free? For free lolol Oooooh Who's the kid? Aaaaaand he's still in the game Is this a shonen manga now?
**[18:58] Sakura**
So it's finally over.
**[19:00] Haruka**
Thanks for everything, Sakurazawa-san.
**[19:04] Sakura**
I didn't do anything.
**[19:08] Haruka**
I really think the baby
inside me now is a girl.
**[19:13] Haruka**
I prayed to god earlier.
**[19:15] Haruka**
"Even if it means I have a boy,
please let me win."
**[19:19] Haruka**
If you want to call it silly,
just don't say anything.
**[19:21] Haruka**
You can't imagine the resolve it takes
to be a mother of three boys.
**[19:27] Haruka**
But since I lost...
**[19:29] Haruka**
my challenge ends here.
**[19:32] Kyoko**
My, Inokuma-san! You're expecting?
**[19:35] Kyoko**
Your third?
**[19:36] Kyoko**
Are you feeling all right?
**[19:38] Kyoko**
Goodness, dear, you pushed yourself
so hard! You're so tough!
**[19:42] Haruka**
Yes, I guess I managed...
**[19:44] Kyoko**
So will you be going on
maternity leave again?
**[19:47] Kyoko**
My, you will certainly be busy!
**[19:51] Haruka**
I'm not sure I'll make it back, though...
**[19:56] Kyoko**
I thought so when the Queen
lost the second match too,
**[20:01] Kyoko**
but when you get to be my age,
**[20:04] Kyoko**
when a young person stops and stands still,
you see it as them planting a seed.
**[20:10] Kyoko**
From my perspective, you are still young.
**[20:15] Kyoko**
You will come back.
**[20:33] Chihaya**
Quick! Hurry up!
***SIGN*** If we miss the next Nozomi, we won't get home until really late!
**[20:38] Nishida**
Wait! Food! Souvenirs!
**[20:40] Kanade**
You can buy those on the train!
**[20:43] Nishida**
Man, what an intense day this was.
**[20:45] Nishida**
I'm exhausted just from watching.
**[20:48] Nishida**
I feel bad for Dr. Harada,
**[20:50] Nishida**
but so much crazy stuff happened,
like the Master calling off his retirement!
**[20:57] Nishida**
Chow time!
***SIGN*** !noos ooT
**[20:58] Kanade**
You're eating that already?
**[21:00] Nishida**
Yep. I'm gonna eat one at
each station we stop at.
**[21:02] Nishida**
The first one's for Kyoto!
**[21:04] Chihaya**
Wait, why isn't Taichi here?
**[21:07] Chihaya**
He was with us at the station...
**[21:10] Chihaya**
Did he miss the train?!
**[21:10] Nishida**
Goof.
***SIGN*** Goof, indeed.
**[21:12] Kanade**
Actually...
**[21:13] Kanade**
He told me earlier.
**[21:16] Kanade**
He's staying behind to play in the
Takamatsu Memorial Cup tomorrow.
**[21:23] Chihaya**
*Taichi's getting the jump on me!*
# E21 - To restore my faith
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR0XPX19Y/to-restore-my-faith)
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**[00:04] Chihaya**
* He's staying behind alone to play*
* in the Takamatsu Memorial Cup?!*
**[00:07] Chihaya**
*Taichi's getting the jump on me again!*
**[00:22] Kanade**
Ch-Chihaya-chan...
***SIGN*** Skree!
**[00:23] Chihaya**
*Why?!*
**[00:24] Chihaya**
* Why didn't he say anything?!*
* Why'd he go alone?!*
**[00:27] Chihaya**
*Why?! Why?!*
**[00:37] Chihaya**
He...
**[00:39] Chihaya**
He's Taichi. Of course
he couldn't tell me.
**[00:43] Chihaya**
Taichi got the jump on me!
**[00:46] (Flashback) Taichi**
I'm here to practice.
**[00:47] (Flashback) Sumire**
Practice?!
**[00:48] (Flashback) Sumire**
Why?!
**[00:52] Kanade**
Exactly. He couldn't tell you
because it's who he is.
**[00:56] Kanade**
But if you rationalize it like that,
you'll stop thinking.
**[01:00] Kanade**
So keep thinking, Chihaya-chan.
**[01:03] Kanade**
Think about why he does this.
**[01:08] Chihaya**
*Why...*
**[01:10] Chihaya**
*Why? Why, why?*
**[01:13] Chihaya**
*Why does Taichi always go off on his own?*
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Verse 21
***SIGN*** To restore
my faith
**[02:36] Guy**
Mashima-sama, yes?
We've been expecting you.
**[02:44] TV**
* We'll see stormy weather across*
* Japan starting tomorrow...*
***SIGN*** High
**[02:48] TV**
* In the Master and Queen karuta matches*
* that were held today,*
**[02:52] TV**
* Wakamiya Shinobu-san,*
* a high schooler from Kyoto,*
**[02:54] TV**
* successfully defended her crown as Queen*
* in her third consecutive title win.*
***SIGN*** Still the Best Competitive Karuta Player in Japan
The Queen Wins Her Third Consecutive Title!!
**[02:59] Taichi**
*How should I fight?*
**[03:01] Shinobu**
* I'm kind of looking forward to*
* next year's Queen match.*
**[03:05] Taichi**
*How should I fight?*
***SIGN*** Karuta
***SIGN*** Master retracts his retirement declaration!! Wins fifth consecutive title!!
**[03:07] Suo**
* Okay. I'll give you one*
* more year... for free.*
**[03:13] Taichi**
*I can't even think about next year.*
**[03:16] Arata**
I'll come here to beat you!
**[03:20] Taichi**
*Dr. Harada is* my *mentor.*
**[03:24] Taichi**
*I should have been the one to say that.*
**[03:51] Taichi**
* I don't think I could face Arata*
* and keep a cool head.*
**[03:57] Taichi**
*How should I fight?*
**[03:59] Taichi**
*Against Arata...*
**[04:02] Taichi**
*Against myself?*
***SIGN*** January 11th
***SIGN*** Otsuka Karuta Memorial Hall, Tokyo
***SIGN*** New Year's Karuta Tournament (Classes A, B, C)
***SIGN*** Class D Tournament Held at Bunkyo Sports Center
**[04:13] Nishida**
Dang, Mashima's entered in this one, too.
**[04:16] Nishida**
It was so he could play in either?
He really had all the bases covered.
***SIGN*** Rich, too...
**[04:20] Nishida**
He's a lot more serious
about karuta than I realized.
***SIGN*** Both have entry fees
**[04:25] Nishida**
Kana-chan's serious, too!
A kimono so early in the new year!
***SIGN*** So serious!
**[04:29] Kanade**
It's *because* it's so early in the new year!
***SIGN*** And here's another one who's serious...
**[04:40] Kanade**
In my mind,
**[04:42] Kanade**
"last year" ended with the
Master and Queen matches,
**[04:45] Kanade**
and "this year" starts with
the New Year's Tournament.
***SIGN*** Oh, I get that!
**[04:50] Nishida**
Me, too!
***SIGN*** Ayase Chihaya
**[04:51] Kanade**
We'll be in our third year of high school soon.
**[04:54] Kanade**
Our last year.
**[04:57] Kanade**
Everything is too precious to waste.
**[04:59] Kanade**
Every match, every moment,
**[05:02] Kanade**
is too precious not to take seriously.
**[05:06] Tsukuba**
Oe-senpai's right!
***SIGN*** Here for support
**[05:08] Sumire**
Why are you in a kimono, too?!
**[05:10] Tsukuba**
Not that you're any match for me,
since you're in Class D.
**[05:12] Sumire**
Huh?!
**[05:12] Tsukuba**
To secure my position as the next
president of the Mizusawa Karuta Club,
**[05:17] Tsukuba**
I'm going to win today
and advance to Class B!
***SIGN*** You can do it, bro!!
***SIGN*** Here for
support
**[05:20] Sumire**
The next president?!
**[05:23] Sumire**
*The next president...*
**[05:26] Sumire**
* That's right. Our club won't*
* stay the same forever.*
**[05:30] Sumire**
*It's going to change.*
**[05:32] Sumire**
*We'll all go our separate ways, just like today...*
**[05:40] Chihaya**
*Why?*
**[05:42] Chihaya**
*Why, Taichi?*
**[05:45] Chihaya**
*Why?*
**[05:46] Chihaya**
*Taichi is...*
**[05:48] Chihaya**
*Why?*
**[05:49] Chihaya**
*...fighting his own battles.*
**[05:52] Chihaya**
*Why?*
**[05:53] Chihaya**
*Why?*
**[05:57] Chihaya**
*I'll have to go into this without answers.*
**[05:59] Guy**
Class A competitors will now be
matched up. Gather, please.
**[06:03] Chihaya**
*I'll fight my own battles.*
**[06:08] Guy**
Class B competitors,
**[06:09] Guy**
please take your assigned seats.
***SIGN*** This is the year! Class A
**[06:10] Retro**
*I'll fight my own battles!*
***SIGN*** Retro-kun?!
**[06:12] Nishida**
I haven't seen you in ages!
***SIGN*** Same Day Shiga Prefecture Omi Jingu
***SIGN*** Takamatsu Memorial Cup at the Learning Center
**[06:18] Lady**
That's him! The one we saw on Nico!
**[06:21] Lady**
Oh!
**[06:22] Lady**
I saw that! What he said
was pretty crazy, huh?
**[06:24] Lady**
You know who he is, right?
The grandson of Eternal Master Wataya!
**[06:29] Yoshika**
Oh, Wataya-kun, Wataya-kun!
**[06:31] Arata**
Mr. Yoshioka.
**[06:32] Yoshioka**
You really surprised me yesterday.
**[06:35] Yoshioka**
I've never seen you so proactive.
**[06:39] Yoshioka**
You can't afford to lose
any tournaments now, huh?
***SIGN*** Bluuuuush
**[06:46] Arata**
Right... Right...
**[06:50] Yoshioka**
I know you're a strong player,
**[06:52] Yoshioka**
and I believe you have room to grow, too.
**[06:55] Yoshioka**
As long as you maintain the fortitude
to win one match at a time,
**[06:57] Yoshioka**
you'll make it.
**[06:59] Yoshioka**
Go get 'em.
**[07:03] Yoshioka**
Oh...
**[07:04] Yoshioka**
If there's anything I hope for,
**[07:06] Yoshioka**
it's that you have someone
like Sato Kiyohiko, grade 9.
**[07:09] Arata**
Huh?
**[07:22] Taichi**
I'm the only one who stayed.
**[07:29] Taichi**
I'm looking forward to today.
**[07:33] Taichi**
*There's a reason why I...*
**[07:36] Arata**
*...can't...*
**[07:38] Retro**
*...lose!*
**[07:40] Retro**
* To become, in my vast popularity,*
* the (obvious choice for the) next club president!*
***SIGN*** Retro can probably do it
***SIGN*** Probably
***SIGN*** This is the year!
Class A
**[07:47] Retro**
*But I'm still Class B.*
**[07:48] Retro**
* I have the skill, but bad luck*
* has thwarted my rise to Class A!*
**[07:52] Tamaru**
Oh, I got that one, right?
**[07:54] Retro**
Huh? Er, but...
**[07:55] Tamaru**
No, I think I touched it
faster from this angle.
**[07:59] Retro**
Huh? Which one?
**[08:00] Tamaru**
Oh, we're starting there?
**[08:02] Tamaru**
You couldn't tell? Oh, okay.
**[08:04] Tamaru**
Never mind, then.
***SIGN*** Confused...
***SIGN*** This is the year! Class A
**[08:10] Tamaru**
Uh...
**[08:11] Chihaya**
Huh? What?
**[08:13] Tamaru**
Oh, uh... just... hmm...
**[08:17] Tamaru**
Yeah, never mind.
**[08:19] Tamaru**
We can sort all that out later.
Let's just keep going.
**[08:22] Lady**
* The Tamaru siblings are*
* as annoying as ever.*
**[08:25] Guy**
* They'd be good enough if*
* they just played normally.*
**[08:27] Guy**
*Isn't that what makes them so strong?*
**[08:29] Guy**
*It ticks you off and throws you off-pace.*
**[08:32] Chihaya**
*He's an unusual type...*
**[08:34] Tamaru**
Oh, sorry.
**[08:36] Tamaru**
Does the way I move my cards
make it hard to play?
**[08:38] Tamaru**
Sorry. I get that a lot.
**[08:43] Chihaya**
No, it's fine.
**[08:47] Tamaru**
*What? She's such a frail girl, and yet...*
**[08:52] Tamaru**
*her core is sturdier than mine?*
**[08:55] [POEM] Reader**
After I determined...
**[08:56] Tamaru**
*And light!*
**[09:00] Chihaya**
*The sight of Shinobu-chan crumbling to pieces,*
**[09:03] Chihaya**
*and when she recovered...*
**[09:06] Chihaya**
*Dr. Harada's passion,*
**[09:09] Chihaya**
*and Suo-san's strength...*
**[09:12] Chihaya**
*Arata's determination,*
**[09:15] Chihaya**
*and Taichi's challenge...*
**[09:18] Chihaya**
*By clashing together, they change.*
**[09:21] Chihaya**
*Can I make my own beginning, too?*
**[09:28] Chihaya**
*I forgot my tasuki again!*
**[09:30] Chihaya**
*Ms. Miyauchi's tasuki!*
**[09:36] Chihaya**
*A new year, a new day...*
**[09:50] Sumire**
* Mashima-senpai's the only*
* one who's not here.*
**[09:53] Sumire**
*I wonder why... A new year has begun...*
**[09:59] Sumire**
*But it's the end that I'm more concerned about.*
***SIGN*** Omi Learning Center
**[10:07] Guy**
Master Suo!
**[10:08] Suo**
Excuse me. I was hoping I could
have my trophy sent home.
**[10:12] Guy**
Oh... Head to the staff room.
**[10:15] Guy**
The Takamatsu Memorial Cup's
going on right now,
**[10:17] Guy**
so be quiet, okay?
**[10:19] Guy**
Man, the Nagumo Society's tough! That's just nasty!
**[10:22] Guy**
Four of them have made it to the quarters.
**[10:25] Guy**
We're drawing the fourth round match-ups.
***SIGN*** Murao Shinichi
Yuikawa Momo
**[10:37] (Flashback) Suo**
Okay. I'll give you one
more year... for free.
**[10:42] Suo**
*A one-year extension.*
***SIGN*** Mashima Taichi
***SIGN*** Wataya Arata
**[10:50] Suo**
*In one year,*
**[10:53] Suo**
*364 days later...*
**[11:03] Suo**
*who's going to have the last laugh?*
***SIGN*** Mashima Taichi Wataya Arata
***SIGN*** Nagumo Society
**[11:17] Guy**
The Nagumo Society's black T-shirts
***SIGN*** Hehehehehe
**[11:20] Guy**
look pretty intimidating
in a scenario like this.
**[11:22] Guy**
Is everyone except the black-shirts
gonna end up eliminated?
**[11:35] Taichi**
*I can't look him in the eye.*
**[11:38] Taichi**
*Damn it.*
**[11:40] Taichi**
*I know I need to keep a cool head, but I'm...*
**[11:43] Taichi**
*Arata's looking at me.*
**[11:45] Taichi**
*He's acting normal.*
**[11:47] Taichi**
*Damn it.*
**[11:49] Murao**
Arata, you had an even number, right?
**[11:51] Murao**
You should be on the side nearest the wall.
**[11:54] Arata**
Huh?
**[11:55] Arata**
Oh... Sorry. I got mixed up.
**[11:58] Taichi**
Same.
**[12:09] Guy**
Please place your cards.
**[12:16] Guy**
*The Master!*
**[12:17] Guy**
*What's he doing here?*
**[12:21] Taichi**
*I've seen this before...*
***SIGN*** Wataya Arata's Preferred Layout
**[12:26] (Flashback) Taichi**
Arata's card layout?
**[12:28] (Flashback) Taichi**
I'm supposed to be a virtual Arata?
**[12:37] (Flashback) Tsutomu**
One's trying to be Suo Hisashi,
and one's trying to be Wataya Arata.
**[12:51] Suo**
*Are those two... friends?*
**[13:01] (Flashback) Arata**
Let's play karuta!
**[13:08] Arata**
No, that was mine!
**[13:09] Taichi**
I took that one!
**[13:10] Arata**
No way! I swept that one!
**[13:12] Kuri**
*That's unusual. Arata-kun is arguing.*
**[13:15] Taichi**
I swept it, too!
**[13:17] Arata**
Well, I touched it first!
**[13:19] Arata**
Anyway,
**[13:20] Arata**
even if we hit it at the
same time, I get the card!
**[13:25] Suo**
*Oh?*
**[13:27] Suo**
* He moved for his opponent's*
* lower right side,*
**[13:30] Suo**
*then changed course to the opponent's left.*
**[13:33] Suo**
* Then he got him to agree that*
* they hit it at the same time.*
**[13:37] Suo**
* Yeah, anyone would find him*
* annoying to play against.*
**[13:41] Suo**
*He's definitely a Shiranami Society member.*
**[13:44] Suo**
*That's definitely Dr. Harada's offensive karuta.*
**[13:49] Taichi**
*I can't let him take even one card easily.*
**[13:52] Taichi**
*I have to play dirty karuta against Arata.*
**[13:55] Taichi**
* Pressure him to fight hard against*
* someone he sees as beneath him...*
**[14:08] [POEM] Reader**
Long last we meet...
**[14:10] Kuri**
*Oh, nice one.*
**[14:20] (Flashback) Chihaya**
...like flowing water.
**[14:22] Taichi**
* He was like this when he played*
* the Queen in the summer, too.*
**[14:25] Taichi**
*That face...*
**[14:29] Taichi**
*That aura...*
**[14:31] Arata**
*Right... Take them like that, move like this.*
**[14:34] Arata**
*I can visualize it.*
**[14:36] Arata**
* Send "As this," cross over between*
* "Would the" and "Would this"...*
**[14:40] Arata**
*More...*
**[14:42] Arata**
*Maybe I...*
**[14:44] Arata**
*always looked down on Taichi in karuta.*
**[14:50] Arata**
* I thought it'd be difficult*
* to play against Taichi.*
**[14:55] Arata**
* But it's like I can feel*
* my heart growing bigger.*
**[15:02] Arata**
*I'm that happy!*
**[15:04] Yoshioka**
*Atta boy!*
**[15:11] [POEM] Reader**
Would the mountain cherry blossoms...
**[15:15] Kuri**
* His opponent used a cross*
* against him, too?!*
**[15:18] Kuri**
*Wait, no.*
**[15:20] Kuri**
*He was covering "Would this" to block him,*
**[15:22] Kuri**
* which killed the speed*
* of Arata-kun's swing.*
**[15:25] Kuri**
*He then went on to swipe "Would the" away.*
**[15:28] Suo**
*He set out to defeat his cross.*
**[15:38] Taichi**
Arata, did you...
**[15:41] Taichi**
say something to Chihaya back in the fall?
**[15:47] Arata**
Uh... Yeah. I did.
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[15:59] Taichi**
I see.
**[16:03] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I play offensive karuta
**[16:05] (Flashback) Chihaya**
The more I want a card,
the faster I let it go.
**[16:08] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Then I go in determined to take it.
**[16:26] Tamaru**
Oh, shoot! I was just testing
my luck! Is this okay?!
***SIGN*** Class B Winner
***SIGN*** I didn't mean to do that
**[16:29] Tamaru**
Is it okay for me to win?!
**[16:31] Guy**
The Tamaru sister won in Class B? For real?
**[16:35] Guy**
She's gonna be even more insufferable now.
**[16:37] Guy**
Those other guys need to get it together!
**[16:50] Retro**
"In order to... "
**[16:52] Yuka**
Huh?
**[16:53] Retro**
"In order to restore my
faith in this world... "
**[16:58] Yuka**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Emperor Gotoba In order to restore my faith in this world, I have learned to both love and hate my fellow man
**[17:00] Retro**
The last card that was taken from me today.
**[17:03] Retro**
It's exactly how I feel right now...
**[17:06] Retro**
What a miserable poem for
Emperor Gotoba to leave behind...
**[17:10] Retro**
You've gotta keep this a secret,
**[17:12] Retro**
but all of the "In" cards
are my worst ones.
**[17:15] Retro**
Not only the ones that start with "In," but
the ones with "in" in the second verse, too!
**[17:19] Retro**
They always confuse me for a second,
and there are so many of them...
**[17:23] Retro**
* I've been doing this for*
* ten years, and still...*
**[17:27] Retro**
I'm not cut out to play karuta!
***SIGN*** Class A Finals
**[17:35] Retro**
I wanted to be a club president
**[17:37] Retro**
who had talent and could be trusted,
just like Sudo-san...
**[17:53] Yuka**
Retro-kun, did you know?
**[17:55] Retro**
Huh?
**[17:57] Yuka**
Emperor Gotoba's poem is number 99,
**[18:00] Yuka**
and his son, Emperor Juntoku,
wrote number 100.
***SIGN*** Emperor Juntoku Would this old palace courtyard and the eaves strewn with weeds be as dear now, those were the good old days
**[18:04] Yuka**
It's the last poem in the Hundred Poets,
**[18:07] Yuka**
and it's packed with deep, genuine feelings
about the end of noble society.
**[18:13] [POEM] Kanade**
Weeping ferns grow on the roof of the
once-prosperous imperial palace.
**[18:18] [POEM] Kanade**
Memories of the good old days, too dear and
numerous to recollect, are yet brought to mind.
**[18:24] Yuka**
Do you understand?
**[18:26] Yuka**
It's nothing like your petty frustration
over being stuck in Class B!
***SIGN*** Shock
**[18:33] Guy**
Hey, Retro.
**[18:34] Guy**
Retro-senpai.
**[18:35] Guy**
What're you doing?
**[18:37] Guy**
Sudo-senpai's gonna kill you if
you're not in there to root for him.
**[18:40] Guy**
He said he's gonna treat us all later.
**[18:42] Guy**
If he wins, it'll be yakiniku,
and if he loses, it's beef bowls.
**[18:46] Retro**
I'm sorry, guys... I lost...
**[18:50] Retro**
I'm the next club president,
and I'm still in Class B...
**[18:52] Both**
Huh?
**[18:54] Guy**
That doesn't matter.
**[18:55] Guy**
I mean, you in Class A?
**[18:57] Guy**
We never expected that.
***SIGN*** Shock
**[19:01] Guy**
Let's go!
**[19:02] Guy**
Think we'll get yakiniku?
**[19:03] Guy**
Maybe beef bowls...
**[19:05] Retro**
Meat... If I eat some meat...
**[19:08] Yuka**
* Maybe what I said was mean,*
* but I won't let go of his hand.*
**[19:13] Yuka**
Up we go!
**[19:16] Yuka**
What should I make next time?
**[19:18] Yuka**
Actually, what prefecture will
the next tournament be in?
**[19:22] Yuka**
It's like I'm on tour!
**[19:33] Sudo**
*When was the last time I played Ayase?*
**[19:36] Sudo**
*Quite a while?*
**[19:40] Sudo**
*Was it then? Tch, what a lousy memory.*
**[19:46] Sudo**
* Back then, she was relying on game sense*
* and only cared about taking cards quickly.*
**[19:50] Sudo**
*But now, she's grown in a lot of ways.*
**[19:54] Sudo**
*She's grown, and yet...*
***SIGN*** Ahhh!
**[20:03] Sudo**
*Crap! Damn it!*
**[20:07] Sudo**
Thank you very much.
**[20:09] Chihaya**
Th-Th...
**[20:11] Chihaya**
Thank you very much.
**[20:16] Sudo**
I had a feeling about it before...
**[20:18] Sudo**
But you really can make yourself totally empty.
**[20:22] Sudo**
Even when you keep
absorbing stuff from around you...
**[20:25] Sudo**
How do you do it?
**[20:28] Sudo**
I guess sounds resonate
better in emptiness.
***SIGN*** Zzzz
**[20:40] Sudo**
Hey!
**[21:02] Suo**
Want one?
***SIGN*** January 11th Bunkyo New Year's Karuta Tournament
***SIGN*** Winner Ayase Chihaya
***SIGN*** Omi Jingu Takamatsu Memorial Cup Runner-Up Wataya Arata
***SIGN*** Winner Murao Shinichi
***SIGN*** 4th Prize (Quarterfinalist)
***SIGN*** Mashima Taichi
# E22 - Just as my beauty has faded
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**[00:00] Fuka**
This concludes the material that will
be covered on the final exam...
**[00:05] Fuka**
I wish you all the best of luck.
**[00:08] Nishida**
What're you doing, Ayase?
**[00:10] Nishida**
That's not gonna be on the test.
**[00:13] Nishida**
You've been top of your game
in karuta since that last win.
**[00:16] Nishida**
Mashima should be the only one
feeling all gloomy.
**[00:19] Nishida**
I think losing to Wataya Arata and getting
fourth prize is pretty darn good, myself...
**[00:25] Chihaya**
*Taichi...*
**[00:29] [POEM] Chihaya**
In the sleepy...
**[00:31] [POEM] Chihaya**
Said bed was cold...
**[00:34] Chihaya**
*It looks like he's just... playing karuta.*
**[00:38] Chihaya**
*Taichi...*
**[00:40] Chihaya**
* Why did you enter*
* the Takamatsu Memorial Cup alone?*
**[00:44] Chihaya**
*What happened in your match with Arata?*
**[00:47] Chihaya**
*I'm so close to you all the time,*
**[00:49] Chihaya**
* so why can't I ask you*
* these things anymore?*
***SIGN*** Do Not Open!
Girls Changing Inside
Don't you dare!! Don't!
**[00:59] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan, Hanano-san...
**[01:02] Kanade**
Don't you feel like we need to do
something about the mood around here?
**[01:07] Kanade**
Finals are coming up, the summer
tournament's still far off,
**[01:10] Kanade**
and the president's feeling down.
**[01:12] Kanade**
We should do something.
**[01:14] Sumire**
L-Like what?
**[01:16] Chihaya**
And how?
**[01:18] Kanade**
I-It needs to be something fun.
**[01:22] Kanade**
February...
**[01:23] Kanade**
is when Valentine's Day is!
**[01:25] Kanade**
We girls should all make chocolates
**[01:26] Kanade**
to bring this club's vitality back!
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Verse 22
***SIGN*** Just
as my
beauty
has
faded
**[02:44] Dad**
Something smells good!
**[02:47] Dad**
What're you up to, Chihaya?
**[02:48] Chihaya**
Don't come in here, Dad!
**[02:50] Dad**
O-Okay... Good luck, then.
***SIGN*** Chocolate Recipes Starting with the Most Delicious Bases
**[02:52] Chihaya**
"Enrobe the balls of ganache."
**[02:55] Chihaya**
Enrobe them? Like this?
**[02:57] Kanade**
Roll the ganache into
balls in your hands...
**[02:59] Chihaya**
Enrobe...
***SIGN*** It started out this big
***SIGN*** Melted Off
**[03:03] ---**
Roll...
***SIGN*** Dissolved to Nothing
**[03:08] Chihaya**
What now?!
**[03:10] Chihaya**
We're gonna run out of ingredients
before Sumire-chan gets here!
**[03:13] Kanade**
Hanano-san did say she'd
be about an hour late!
**[03:16] Kanade**
I'll go buy chocolate bars
from the convenience store!
**[03:18] Sumire**
What are you two doing?
**[03:20] Sumire**
I told you not to start before I got here!
**[03:26] Sumire**
I've been making chocolates
since I was in second grade.
**[03:29] Sumire**
I make tons of it to give
my friends every year,
**[03:32] Sumire**
so I have plenty of wrapping
and other tools, too.
**[03:34] Sumire**
You can ask me anything.
***SIGN*** Such a girl!!
***SIGN*** All I can cook is rice...
**[03:36] Sumire**
In fact, I'd venture to say that
chocolate-making for beginners
**[03:39] Sumire**
is all about making something far removed
from chocolate and *presenting* it as chocolate.
**[03:44] Chihaya**
What does that mean?
**[03:45] Sumire**
If a beginner just melts chocolate bars
and reforms them into different shapes,
**[03:50] Sumire**
you can't temper it, so it'll just
separate and drop in quality.
***SIGN*** Te... Temper ...?
**[03:53] Sumire**
If you stick close to the original chocolate,
**[03:55] Sumire**
it'll never match up to the
stuff you can buy in stores.
**[03:58] Sumire**
In my experience, the best chocolates
that leave the best impression
**[04:01] Sumire**
are the ones made with flour and cocoa!
**[04:04] Kanade**
Flour and cocoa?
**[04:05] Chihaya**
Not chocolate?
**[04:06] Sumire**
Today we'll be making chocolate waffles,
cocoa marshmallows,
**[04:11] Sumire**
and black cocoa shortbread cookies.
**[04:13] Sumire**
They're filling, perfect for boys,
and don't need refrigeration.
**[04:17] Kanade**
* Wow... Hanano-san really does*
* calculate everything in life!*
**[04:22] Sumire**
Ayase-senpai!
**[04:23] Sumire**
Proportions are everything in baking,
so measure properly!
**[04:26] Kanade**
* I didn't know sweets and Valentines*
* could make someone shine so bright!*
***SIGN*** Oe-senpai, you need
to measure, too!
**[04:30] Three**
Let's start the Valentine's cooking!
***SIGN*** Valentine's Cooking!!
***SIGN*** Knead the dough well to produce plenty of gluten
***SIGN*** Add the butter in three separate portions and knead well to make it shine
***SIGN*** Chocolate Waffles
***SIGN*** Let the dough rise to 1.5x the original size
***SIGN*** Add chocolate chips and fold
***SIGN*** After proofing, cook on low heat
***SIGN*** 3-4 minutes on both sides
**[04:44] Chihaya**
W-W...
**[04:45] Chihaya**
Wow!
**[04:46] Chihaya**
It's so good!
***SIGN*** Smells great!
**[04:47] Sumire**
No eating! We're moving on!
***SIGN*** Mix corn syrup, sugar, cocoa, and water in a small pan, warm to 125°C, then add gelatin
***SIGN*** Break up egg whites in a bowl over ice water, add sugar and beat until stiff peaks form
***SIGN*** Cocoa Marshmallows
***SIGN*** Combine the two mixtures and beat at high speed with a handheld mixer
**[04:53] Chihaya**
Handheld mixers are incredible!
**[04:55] Sumire**
I bet you could manage with your
hands alone, Ayase-senpai.
***SIGN*** Pour into a mold and allow to set gradually
***SIGN*** You can make a box out of baking sheets, too.
***SIGN*** Cut into small pieces with a knife coated in corn starch
***SIGN*** Black Cocoa Shortbread Cookies
**[05:02] Chihaya**
They're so good!
**[05:03] Kanade**
And so cute!
**[05:04] Kanade**
Hanano-san, you're amazing!
**[05:05] Chihaya**
The boys are going to be so happy!
***SIGN*** Cocoa Marshmallows
**[05:10] Sumire**
I wonder what kind of chocolate
Mashima-senpai likes.
***SIGN*** Black
Cocoa
Shortbread
Cookies
***SIGN*** Chocolate
Waffles
**[05:13] Kanade**
I can't even imagine.
**[05:15] Kanade**
Do you know, Chihaya-chan?
**[05:16] Chihaya**
Oh, Taichi?
**[05:18] Chihaya**
He got tons of chocolates
every year as a kid, so...
***SIGN*** Fermented Squid Guts
**[05:22] Chihaya**
He'd probably be happier to
get fermented squid guts!
**[05:27] Sumire**
Are you serious?!
**[05:28] Sumire**
Everything we just did was a total waste, then!
**[05:30] Chihaya**
Oh... Sorry.
**[05:32] Kanade**
There are lots of boys like that, though.
**[05:35] Kanade**
Should we make some fermented squid guts?
**[05:36] Sumire**
What?!
**[05:37] Sumire**
Right here? Right now?
Fermented squid guts?!
**[05:39] Sumire**
Cocoa and fermented squid guts?!
**[05:41] Chihaya**
Nah, no way!
**[05:43] Sumire**
Obviously not! Even a nice
guy like him would barf!
**[05:47] Kanade**
The ribbons are so cute.
**[05:49] Sumire**
If we're all eating them together in the
club room, why not prepare it as a picnic?
**[05:52] Chihaya**
Good idea! Let's have fun with it!
**[05:54] Chihaya**
Lots of fun!
**[05:55] Kanade**
I like that color!
**[05:58] Sumire**
*Even a nice guy like him...*
**[06:02] Chihaya**
*Someone so nice,*
**[06:05] Chihaya**
*so strong,*
**[06:08] Chihaya**
*who tries so hard...*
**[06:15] Chihaya**
This...
**[06:17] Chihaya**
This is fun.
**[06:20] Chihaya**
Doing things together
with everyone is fun...
**[06:25] Chihaya**
So why?
**[06:27] Chihaya**
Why...
**[06:30] Chihaya**
does Taichi seem so stressed out?
**[06:33] Chihaya**
So in pain?
**[06:36] Chihaya**
S... Sm...
**[06:40] Chihaya**
Smile...
**[06:42] Chihaya**
I want you to smile!
**[06:51] Sumire**
Thanks for having us.
**[06:53] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan, make sure you don't
forget to bring them tomorrow.
**[06:56] Chihaya**
Okay.
**[06:58] Kanade**
It's pretty late, but I'm glad
we got everything done.
**[07:03] Kanade**
Hanano-san, is that...
**[07:05] Kanade**
Couverture chocolate, the kind they say
has a 100 percent chance of success?!
**[07:09] Sumire**
Oh...
**[07:11] Sumire**
Th-This is, um...
**[07:14] Kanade**
Were you late because you were buying that?
**[07:17] Kanade**
Chocolates for real love?
**[07:20] Kanade**
You're giving him those
instead of homemade ones?
**[07:24] Sumire**
W-Well, they say it has a
100 percent chance of success...
**[07:29] Sumire**
*Chance of success?*
**[07:32] Sumire**
*I know I don't even have one.*
**[07:34] Sumire**
*I know it's zero... but still...*
**[07:41] Kanade**
No matter what you give him,
even if it's not on Valentine's Day,
**[07:47] Kanade**
I think you can get your feelings
across whenever you want.
**[07:51] Kanade**
Karuta was so far removed from you,
but you've worked hard at it this entire year.
**[07:56] Kanade**
Your feelings have already taken shape.
***SIGN*** Bubaigawara Station
**[08:01] Kanade**
I'm headed this way. Bye, Hanano-san.
**[08:04] Sumire**
Bye.
**[08:10] Kanade**
* Everyone's thinking about you*
* on various levels,*
**[08:14] Kanade**
*so President... President...*
**[08:17] Kanade**
*Please cheer up.*
**[08:19] Taichi**
Thanks... a lot.
**[08:21] Girl**
Take mine too, Senpai!
**[08:22] Girl**
Mine, too!
**[08:23] Girl**
Please accept mine!
***SIGN*** He gets that many during every break.
**[08:25] Nishida**
Mashima's been down lately,
but I'm having trouble sympathizing.
***SIGN*** Badump Badump
**[08:29] Sumire**
*I can't catch him alone...*
**[08:31] Girls**
Senpai!
***SIGN*** Badump Badump
**[08:32] Sumire**
*I can't catch him alone!*
**[08:33] Girl**
Eat these!
***SIGN*** Badump Badump
**[08:35] Sumire**
*I can't catch him alone!*
**[08:38] Sumire**
*Hot guys...*
**[08:40] Sumire**
*are never alone...*
**[08:42] Guy**
Crap! There's the bell!
**[08:45] Sumire**
* I don't absolutely have*
* to give him these today.*
**[08:48] Sumire**
*I'll see him after school in the club room,*
**[08:51] Sumire**
*and I have no chance, anyway.*
**[08:53] Sumire**
*And he already knows how I feel...*
**[09:05] Sumire**
Mashima-senpai!
**[09:08] Sumire**
Here!
***SIGN*** Heavy
**[09:14] Taichi**
Wha—
**[09:15] Taichi**
H-Huh?
***SIGN*** Fermented Squid Guts
**[09:18] Taichi**
Huh?
**[09:26] Sumire**
I like you, Senpai!
**[09:28] Sumire**
I really like you!
**[09:34] Sumire**
I want you
**[09:36] Sumire**
to tell the person you like
how you feel, too!
**[09:39] Sumire**
Please tell them!
**[10:09] Teacher**
Hey! Get to your classroom!
**[10:17] Sumire**
*Senpai... My dear Senpai...*
**[10:20] Sumire**
*I love you.*
**[10:21] (Flashback) Chihaya**
I want you to smile!
**[10:25] Sumire**
*I know*
**[10:26] Sumire**
*Ayase-senpai does, too.*
**[10:28] Sumire**
*I know it!*
***SIGN*** Competitive
Karuta Club
New members always welcome!
***SIGN*** Karuta Club Chocolate Festival
***SIGN*** Karuta Club Chocolate Festival
**[10:39] Nishida**
Wh-Wh-What is all this?!
**[10:41] Nishida**
What's going on in our sacred club room?!
**[10:45] Sumire**
Oh, will you leave, then?
**[10:46] Tsukuba**
No!
**[10:47] Tsukuba**
In fact, I'm calling my brothers!
**[10:48] Chihaya**
Kana-chan, Sumire-chan, and I made them yesterday.
***SIGN*** They're homemade?!
**[10:52] Nishida**
Awesome!
**[10:53] Kanade**
Hanano-san's amazingly good at it.
**[10:55] Kanade**
She brought all kinds of really
heavy tools for us to use.
**[10:57] Taichi**
Yeah?
**[10:59] Nishida**
I couldn't even picture
Hanano cooking rice!
**[11:02] Tsukuba**
She's the type that can only
make sweets! Totally!
**[11:04] Sumire**
Yeah, that's right. So what?
**[11:08] Chihaya**
*Smile.*
**[11:10] Chihaya**
*Smile, Taichi.*
**[11:12] Chihaya**
*Smile, everyone!*
**[11:15] Chihaya**
So today we're taking a break from karuta.
**[11:17] Chihaya**
We have chocolate waffles,
**[11:19] Chihaya**
cocoa marshmallows, and black
cocoa shortbread cookies!
***SIGN*** They were delicious♥ But you made too many♥ Dad
**[11:29] Chihaya**
* Our tremendous failure of a*
* Valentine's Day ended...*
**[11:31] Chihaya**
Dad!
**[11:32] Dad**
Chihaya! Thanks so much for the chocolates!
**[11:35] Dad**
I know it's early, but I bought
you something in return!
***SIGN*** It's the night of
February 14th,
but still!
**[11:36] Chihaya**
D... Da...
**[11:38] Chihaya**
D-Da...
**[11:38] Dad**
I got some for your friends, too!
**[11:41] Chihaya**
*And now it's March.*
**[11:47] Sumire**
Oe-senpai, I've been thinking
about some things.
**[11:51] Sumire**
What do you think about lash extensions?
**[11:53] Kanade**
What do you mean?
**[11:55] Sumire**
You know, eyelash extensions.
**[11:56] Sumire**
They're transplanted directly
into your eyelashes.
**[11:59] Kanade**
Transplanted?!
**[12:00] Sumire**
But if you only have three
eyelashes to begin with,
***SIGN*** Her commitment to beauty is intense...
**[12:02] Sumire**
it'd just give you three
or four times as many...
**[12:05] Sumire**
I also have some eyelash growth serum.
**[12:08] Sumire**
I'll bring it next time.
**[12:13] Chihaya**
I need to ask you two something.
**[12:16] Chihaya**
*Spring.*
**[12:18] Chihaya**
* The season when everything*
* moves up one stage.*
***SIGN*** Shizuoka Prefecture
***SIGN*** Fujisaki High School Graduation Ceremony
**[12:21] Girls**
Makoto-senpai!
***SIGN*** Beautiful Boobs
Collection
**[12:23] Girl**
Eromu-senpai, let me take a picture!
**[12:24] Girl**
Masata-senpai!
**[12:24] Girl**
Kanata-senpai!
**[12:25] Girl**
Mitsuki-senpai!
**[12:26] Girl**
Pose for us!
**[12:26] Girl**
Come visit the karuta club again!
**[12:28] Girl**
Senpai, look over here!
**[12:29] Girl**
Look this way, please!
**[12:30] Girl**
Emuro-senpai, don't do
that with your hands!
**[12:32] Girl**
Cheers, you're in the way!
**[12:32] Rion**
E-Everyone, don't stand here.
**[12:33] Girl**
Your hair's curled too tight!
**[12:33] Girl**
That's too forced!
**[12:35] Rion**
You're blocking the way...
**[12:37] Girl**
Makoto-senpai!
**[12:37] Rion**
People!
**[12:40] Makoto**
Say...
**[12:41] Makoto**
I thought the karuta club we created
was more beautiful than this.
**[12:50] Makoto**
What are you going to do, Rion?
**[12:51] Rion**
Huh?
**[12:52] Makoto**
I'm going to college in Tokyo,
and I'll be living on my own.
**[12:56] Rion**
Oh...
**[12:57] Makoto**
I mean, like, which karuta
tournaments will you be in?
**[13:01] Makoto**
West or east?
**[13:01] Rion**
Oh, excuse me. I got a message.
**[13:04] Makoto**
Both are pretty easy to get
to from Shizuoka, right?
**[13:07] Makoto**
So it doesn't matter which ones you go with...
**[13:09] Makoto**
But if possible, I hope you pick Tokyo.
**[13:12] Makoto**
Then it'll be easy for us to see—
***SIGN*** Ayase-san?
**[13:14] Rion**
That's true... For starters, I'll go
to the eastern tournament in April.
**[13:17] Makoto**
Y-Yeah? Well, why not, right?
***SIGN*** I wonder where this is...
***SIGN*** Tokyo
***SIGN*** Homei High School
Graduation Ceremony
**[13:21] Teacher**
You're so composed, Mr. Tsuboguchi...
***SIGN*** Year 3
homeroom
teacher
**[13:24] Hiroshi**
Well, if I were a class teacher for third-years,
I might cry, too.
**[13:28] Hiroshi**
Most of the kids in my karuta
club were second-years,
***SIGN*** Homei High School Karuta Club
**[13:32] Hiroshi**
so I guess next year is when I'll cry.
**[13:34] Teacher**
That's true. All of the current
generation graduates next year.
***SIGN*** Since the school added
more courses aimed at
boys, there are currently
only eight first-year girls!
It's projected there'll be
ten next year and 250 boys...
**[13:39] Teacher**
Soon enough, there won't be a single
girl left in the karuta club.
**[13:44] [Messenger] ---**
New Message
Chihaya-chan
***SIGN*** Tokyo
***SIGN*** Hokuo Academy
Graduation Ceremony
**[13:46] Nayuta**
Whew, thank goodness!
***SIGN*** Congratulations on Graduating
**[13:49] Nayuta**
I won't be flicked in the
forehead by Sudo-san anymore!
**[13:52] Nayuta**
That's honestly what's
on my mind right now.
***SIGN*** Hokuo Academy Karuta Club Farewell Party
**[13:55] Nayuta**
If I'm being even more honest,
**[13:56] Nayuta**
I don't know if I'll keep
playing karuta in college.
**[13:59] Nayuta**
Being in a karuta club
at an all-boys school,
**[14:01] Nayuta**
I've constantly been asked,
"Why the karuta club?"
**[14:03] Guy**
I get that!
**[14:05] Nayuta**
I've been playing since seventh grade,
and I'm tired of explaining myself.
**[14:09] Nayuta**
I feel like I've done all I could, anyway.
**[14:11] Nayuta**
I guess you could say I've seen my limits.
**[14:19] Nayuta**
But...
**[14:20] Nayuta**
Hokuo's capable of so much more!
**[14:23] Nayuta**
It always has been!
**[14:25] Nayuta**
And that...
**[14:27] Nayuta**
makes me feel really frustrated.
**[14:29] Nayuta**
With the third-years gone, Shiroyama
is the only Class A player left.
**[14:34] Nayuta**
Retro, as the new president,
you might be feeling a lot of pressure...
**[14:38] Nayuta**
But your passion and pride
**[14:43] Nayuta**
are unmatched in all of Tokyo, all of Japan.
Everyone here knows that.
**[14:47] Nayuta**
So knock 'em dead!
**[14:52] Guy**
S-Someone, get some water!
**[14:54] Guy**
Wait, not a drink! He might need an IV!
**[14:56] Guy**
Retro won't stop crying! He's gonna dry up!
**[14:59] [Messenger] ---**
Incoming Message Ayase Chihaya
***SIGN*** Tokyo Mizusawa High School
**[15:02] Miyauchi**
I've just handed out
**[15:04] Miyauchi**
the results of this school year's
final term exams.
**[15:07] Miyauchi**
In April, you'll start studying
for college entrance exams.
***SIGN*** Year: 2 Class: 1 Number: 10 Name: Komano Tsutomu Class Rank | Science Curriculum Rank
**[15:11] Miyauchi**
But don't jump the gun just yet.
**[15:14] Miyauchi**
Only when study becomes a habit
can you call yourself an "exam student."
**[15:19] Miyauchi**
You study, ask questions,
gain an understanding, and practice.
**[15:24] Miyauchi**
Has this become habitual for you?
**[15:27] Miyauchi**
Have you taken an interest in society?
**[15:29] Miyauchi**
College entrance exams test
not only textbook knowledge,
**[15:32] Miyauchi**
but everything you've
learned in your lives.
**[15:37] Chihaya**
Everything in my life?!
**[15:39] Chihaya**
Yikes...
**[15:41] Chihaya**
Th-The Empress said that as
Class 1's homeroom teacher!
**[15:44] Taichi**
You think so?
***SIGN*** The advanced placement class...
**[15:45] Chihaya**
She wouldn't say that to Class 9!
**[15:48] Taichi**
Kind of makes you think it'll be impossible
to balance studying and club stuff, huh?
***SIGN*** Bubaigawara Station
**[15:55] Chihaya**
Let's think about that
when we're third-years!
**[15:57] Taichi**
You're not even listening, are you?
**[15:59] Chihaya**
For starters, on the first Saturday in April,
we'll go see the cherry blossoms!
**[16:03] Taichi**
Huh? Cherry blossoms?
**[16:04] Chihaya**
I'm gonna visit the bookstore
before going home!
**[16:06] Taichi**
Er, then I'll come with—
**[16:07] Chihaya**
Don't! I'm buying a book
I can't tell anyone about!
**[16:12] Hiroshi**
Eyelashes?
**[16:14] Taichi**
Hiroshi-san?
**[16:15] Taichi**
Huh? Hiroshi-san?
**[16:19] Taichi**
Wait, wait, wait!
**[16:20] Taichi**
This isn't right, Hiroshi-san!
***SIGN*** Took
off his
uniform
necktie
**[16:22] Hiroshi**
What's not? Kids come to izakaya
all the time nowadays.
**[16:25] Hiroshi**
Keep me company.
**[16:27] Hiroshi**
Here! Cheers!
***SIGN*** *Ordered 5 glasses to start
**[16:29] Hiroshi**
Hurry up and turn twenty, would you?
***SIGN*** °Drinks them all to start
***SIGN*** More!
**[16:37] Hiroshi**
Whew... I've been wanting to
ask this for a long time.
**[16:42] Hiroshi**
How'd your match with Wataya-kun go?
**[16:54] Miyauchi**
*Everything you've learned in your lives...*
**[17:00] Taichi**
It was like being an exam student.
**[17:04] Hiroshi**
What does that mean?
**[17:06] (Flashback) Miyauchi**
He studies, asks questions,
gains an understanding, and practices.
**[17:12] (Flashback) Miyauchi**
This has become habitual for him.
**[17:16] Taichi**
It was like he'd spent his
entire life preparing
**[17:20] Taichi**
in order to become the Master...
**[17:24] Taichi**
And like he was enjoying it.
**[17:28] (Flashback) Chihaya**
He's gonna be the Master!
**[17:34] Waitress**
Here you go.
**[17:38] Hiroshi**
You're really something, Eyelashes.
**[17:40] Hiroshi**
You think the two of you
are that different,
**[17:43] Hiroshi**
but you can still feel frustrated.
**[17:48] Hiroshi**
Sorry to make you keep me company.
**[17:51] Taichi**
It's okay.
**[17:52] Hiroshi**
I should've tried to talk to you sooner.
**[17:54] Taichi**
No, it's not a problem.
**[17:57] Taichi**
Goodnight.
**[18:00] Hiroshi**
Chihaya-chan asked me.
**[18:05] Hiroshi**
She asked me to get you to talk.
**[18:13] Taichi**
I bet she just wanted to
know about Arata, right?
**[18:17] Hiroshi**
That's what you think? You sure are dumb.
**[18:21] Hiroshi**
Goodnight.
**[18:25] Girl**
You're so lucky!
***SIGN*** March 14th Class Duty Yuino Yamai
**[18:27] Girl**
You got a gift in return for
Valentine's Day? A wallet?
**[18:29] Sumire**
Wow, must be nice to have a boyfriend.
**[18:32] Girl**
You still haven't given up
on Mashima-senpai, Sumire?
**[18:35] Girl**
It's never gonna happen.
**[18:36] Girl**
Plenty of fish in the sea.
**[18:37] Girl**
I mean, a guy with his looks named
"Taichi"? It just feels wrong.
**[18:40] Girl**
Yeah, it means "the fattest"!
**[18:42] Sumire**
What's wrong with being fat?!
**[18:45] Sumire**
S-S-Senpai!
**[18:46] Sumire**
I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
**[18:48] Taichi**
Nah, I've wondered why I got stuck with
this name ever since I was a kid.
**[18:52] Sumire**
Taichi's a great name! It's totally fine!
***SIGN*** I figured a mom like her would've come up with a flashier name
**[18:55] Taichi**
Here.
**[18:56] Taichi**
It's not much, but it's in return
for the fermented squid guts.
**[19:01] Taichi**
Thanks.
**[19:03] Sumire**
*I really like you!*
**[19:05] Sumire**
*I want you*
**[19:06] Sumire**
* to tell the person you like*
* how you feel, too!*
**[19:10] Taichi**
I think... I'm gonna go tell her.
**[19:14] Sumire**
What?! Tell her what?!
**[19:16] Taichi**
What... you...
**[19:16] Sumire**
Right now?!
**[19:17] Taichi**
Well, not this very—
**[19:18] Sumire**
Don't do it!
**[19:19] Taichi**
Huh?
**[19:20] Sumire**
J-Just wait two more weeks!
**[19:21] Taichi**
Huh?
**[19:22] Sumire**
I-I need to go see Oe-senpai!
**[19:24] Sumire**
I promised to give her
eyelash growth serum!
***SIGN*** You can't tell her right now!
**[19:25] Taichi**
Huh?!
**[19:26] Sumire**
Just wait two weeks, please!
***SIGN*** Don't! Don't you dare!
**[19:28] Taichi**
Eyelash growth?
**[19:30] Sumire**
Sorry I'm late!
**[19:31] Kanade**
You certainly are late, Hanano-san!
**[19:33] Kanade**
We need to be in the club room getting
ready every day of spring break!
**[19:35] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan's been working hard, too.
***SIGN*** As fast as an old-school flip phone allows
**[19:37] Kanade**
She's gotten really fast
at typing messages!
**[19:40] Chihaya**
Mr. Mochida said we can borrow cards from
the High School Cultural Federation if we ask.
**[19:44] Chihaya**
I sent messages out to everyone.
**[19:45] Chihaya**
I asked Porky's sister to
make T-shirts for us, too.
**[19:49] Chihaya**
Kana-chan, how much should we make
the entry fee to even out the budget?
**[19:52] Kanade**
Just a second. I'm almost
done working it out.
**[19:56] Sumire**
Oe-senpai, here.
**[19:58] Kanade**
Huh?
**[19:58] Sumire**
The eyelash growth serum.
**[20:00] Kanade**
Huh?!
**[20:01] Sumire**
It works okay-ish, but I don't need it anymore.
**[20:08] (Flashback) Taichi**
I think... I'm gonna go tell her.
**[20:15] Sumire**
*I wanted to be pretty.*
**[20:18] Sumire**
*I wanted to be pretty...*
**[20:21] Sumire**
*But I was wrong.*
**[20:24] Sumire**
Okay! I'm ready to work, too!
**[20:27] Nishida**
Make a roster!
**[20:28] Sumire**
Give me the data!
**[20:30] Kanade**
Who made this design for the T-shirts?!
**[20:33] Nishida**
My sister's already started making them!
**[20:36] Sumire**
*That's not what it means to like someone.*
**[20:37] Nishida**
This design's fine, right?
**[20:39] Kanade**
What?!
**[20:40] Sumire**
*It's greedy, tenacious, and...*
**[20:42] Chihaya**
*I want to make Taichi happy!*
**[20:45] Taichi**
So where are we going to
look at cherry blossoms?
**[20:48] Taichi**
Where should we reserve a spot?
**[20:51] Chihaya**
Put this T-shirt on, Taichi!
**[20:52] Taichi**
Huh? What the heck is—
**[20:56] Chihaya**
* Because I didn't fulfill my goal on Valentine's*
* Day, my desire grew even more intense.*
***SIGN*** Fuchu City Katamachi Cultural Center
**[21:01] Taichi**
Wait, this is...
**[21:03] Chihaya**
Taichi, today's your birthday, right?
**[21:06] Chihaya**
Happy birthday!
**[21:11] Chihaya**
*On April 2nd,*
**[21:13] Chihaya**
* at the Fuchu City Katamachi Cultural*
* Center in Bubaigawara...*
***SIGN*** The Taichi Cup
**[21:19] Chihaya**
* the volunteer-operated Taichi Cup*
* is about to begin.*
***SIGN*** The Taichi Cup
Star
**[21:26] Taichi**
*What... the... heck?!*
# E23 - Like a boatsman adrift
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR7909716/like-a-boatsman-adrift)
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***SIGN*** Fukui
Prefecture
Awara City
***SIGN*** Awara-Yunomachi Station
Bus Stop for Eiheiji, Tojinbo, Echizen Matsushima Aquarium
**[00:05] Kuri**
Since Murao-kun won the
Takamatsu Memorial Cup,
**[00:09] Kuri**
I thought the age of the
twin four-eyes was upon us,
**[00:12] Kuri**
but Arata-kun's playing well, too.
**[00:15] Kuri**
Youth is a force to be reckoned with.
**[00:17] Girl**
Coach, you're thinking out loud.
We can hear everything.
***SIGN*** Twin
***SIGN*** Twin Four-Eyes
**[00:27] Murao**
Man, you got me.
**[00:29] Murao**
Even physically, you're showing
no signs of weakness now, Arata.
**[00:36] Murao**
But when I won the Takamatsu Memorial Cup,
**[00:38] Murao**
I guess it wasn't because I exploited
a physical weakness anyway, huh?
**[00:45] Arata**
*After that match...*
**[00:46] Arata**
*I couldn't manage to re-focus.*
**[00:49] Arata**
*Taichi...*
**[00:51] Taichi**
*How can I catch up to Arata?*
**[00:56] Taichi**
*How can I win?*
**[01:00] Arata**
*He was really trying to dive deep.*
***SIGN*** the red that is the Tatsuta River
**[01:07] Arata**
* "Impassionate" ended up not*
* being read in that match.*
**[01:12] Arata**
*What would've happened if it was?*
**[01:15] Arata**
* That was the card Taichi was*
* targeting the whole time.*
**[01:20] Arata**
* If it had been read,*
* could I have defended it?*
**[01:24] Arata**
* Or would Taichi have taken it*
* and changed the flow?*
**[01:31] Arata**
*I want to play him again.*
**[01:32] Arata**
*As many times as I can...*
**[01:36] Shun**
Arata-niichan!
**[01:37] Arata**
Shun, stop... that tickles...
**[01:40] Arata**
Stop!
**[01:41] Kuri**
Shun's gonna be a high schooler soon,
but he's still such a kid.
**[01:46] Shun**
Arata-niichan, Hiro and
I got into Fujioka East!
**[01:51] Shun**
We're going to the same school as you!
**[01:54] Shun**
Let's start a karuta club!
**[01:57] Arata**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
***SIGN*** Verse 23
***SIGN*** Like a
boatsman
adrift
**[03:12] Chihaya**
* The All Japan Karuta Association's*
* unofficial tournament,*
**[03:15] Chihaya**
*the Taichi Cup.*
**[03:17] Chihaya**
* Any karuta player who's willing to celebrate*
* Taichi's birthday is allowed to participate.*
**[03:21] Chihaya**
*(All classes welcome.)*
**[03:23] Chihaya**
*We managed to pull together 36 participants.*
***SIGN*** The Taichi Cup
Star
**[03:27] Taichi**
*Why is this happening?!*
**[03:30] Chihaya**
Okay, I will now explain the rules.
**[03:33] Chihaya**
First, the format will be a Genpei
matches between teams of three.
**[03:36] Taichi**
*Genpei matches?!*
**[03:38] Chihaya**
However, the goal is not
just for your team to win,
**[03:41] Chihaya**
but also to take the most cards individually.
**[03:43] Chihaya**
The player who takes the most cards
in four matches is the winner.
***SIGN*** Taichi Cup Rules ・Team lineups will be determined by lottery ・The cards each player takes are counted as that player's points ・You will earn 5 points each time your team wins.
**[03:48] Taichi**
*This is...*
**[03:50] Taichi**
* They're three-on-three team match-ups,*
* and one-on-five battles at the same time.*
**[03:53] Taichi**
* But if my teammates don't play well enough,*
* I won't get points for team wins...*
**[03:57] Taichi**
* And if my teammates play too well,*
* I won't get enough individual points.*
**[04:02] Girl**
Question! What's the prize for winning?
**[04:05] Chihaya**
We threw around some ideas,
but we didn't have the budget, so...
**[04:08] Chihaya**
The prize is a kiss from Taichi!
***SIGN*** I don't care what it is. I won't lose!
**[04:11] Girl**
Oh, my!
**[04:12] Taichi**
*W-Wait...*
**[04:14] Sumire**
Oh, my!
**[04:15] Taichi**
*Wait!*
**[04:17] Taichi**
*Aren't I the star here?!*
**[04:19] Taichi**
*Why am I the one giving out the prize?!*
**[04:22] Taichi**
*A kiss... is just...*
**[04:24] Chihaya**
Sorry, Taichi. We really didn't
have money for anything else.
**[04:27] Chihaya**
But...
**[04:28] Chihaya**
All these people are here
because they like you,
**[04:30] Chihaya**
so I think a kiss would make them happy!
**[04:32] Taichi**
* No way! There are some people here*
* who definitely wouldn't want that!*
**[04:32] ---**
* I thought this was going*
* to be a legit tournament*
**[04:35] Kanade**
Chihaya-chan, do you have a moment?
**[04:37] Chihaya**
Sure.
**[04:39] Sumire**
How do we decide the team positions?
**[04:40] Chihaya**
We use...
***SIGN*** Kondo Mirai
**[04:43] Chihaya**
these name cards to determine the teams!
***SIGN*** Kondo Mirai Hirota Takiko Inagaki Noriko
**[04:48] Girl**
They're handmade! Cute!
**[04:49] Girl**
Did you make them, Chihaya-chan?
***SIGN*** Suzuki Yuri Harano Miho
**[04:54] Chihaya**
We'll shuffle these to decide the teams.
***SIGN*** First Match Team Lineups
***SIGN*** Team Pheasant
**[05:01] Hiroshi**
We've got a great balance!
**[05:03] Machida**
I had nothing else to do, so I came!
***SIGN*** Team Magpie
**[05:05] Nayuta**
I had nothing else to do, so I came!
***SIGN*** Team Plover
***SIGN*** Second brother Third brother
***SIGN*** Team Cuckoo
**[05:08] Nishida**
We've got a good balance, too!
***SIGN*** First Brother
***SIGN*** Fourth Brother
***SIGN*** Team Deer
**[05:10] Sumire**
Really? You guys?!
***SIGN*** Who are you?
***SIGN*** I will take 50
***SIGN*** Team Katydid
**[05:13] Hyuga**
Cheers!
**[05:15] Harada**
Taking on new challenges, no matter how old
you are, is the path to becoming the Master.
**[05:20] Harada**
Whatever happens, I won't lose!
***SIGN*** Team Double-Flowered Cherry Blossom
**[05:21] Retro**
I won't lose!
**[05:22] Taichi**
*The worst teammates I could've gotten!*
**[05:25] Sudo**
This tournament is a farce.
**[05:27] Sudo**
All it's going to do is mess up
everyone's play styles.
**[05:30] Taichi**
S-Sudo-san, you're here, too?!
**[05:31] Sudo**
I'm not playing!
**[05:33] Sudo**
I refuse to wear this stupid shirt,
and I don't feel like celebrating your birthday!
***SIGN*** Thanks, Sudo-kun
**[05:36] Sudo**
But Mr. Mochida asked me to come...
**[05:40] Sudo**
and be the reader.
**[05:43] Taichi**
*How did this turn into such a huge deal?!*
**[05:47] Sudo**
Let's begin.
**[05:48] [POEM] Sudo**
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
**[05:53] Chihaya**
* The Taichi Cup, a series of Genpei matches*
* involving 12 teams and 36 participants.*
**[05:56] [POEM] Sudo**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
***SIGN*** Grrrr
**[06:06] [POEM] Sudo**
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
**[06:16] [POEM] Sudo**
So spring ends...
**[06:18] [POEM] Sudo**
No more can we hear...
**[06:21] Chihaya**
* When all 100 cards are in play,*
* memorization isn't easy,*
**[06:24] Chihaya**
*and a lot of them read will be out of my reach.*
**[06:26] Chihaya**
*This is nothing like how we usually play.*
**[06:30] Harada**
Upsy-daisy...
**[06:31] Taichi**
*This is nothing like how we usually play.*
**[06:33] Taichi**
*Even my allies aren't my allies at all.*
**[06:41] Both**
*We're all rivals.*
**[06:45] Retro**
This brings back memories.
**[06:49] Retro**
I haven't played a Genpei match...
**[06:51] Retro**
since then.
**[06:54] (Flashback) Retro**
It's Hiro!
**[06:55] (Flashback) Retro**
Kinashi Hiro!
**[06:56] Retro**
Only five cards...
**[07:01] Retro**
Have I changed since then?
**[07:07] Taichi**
*I'm in the same room we were in back then,*
**[07:11] Taichi**
*surrounded by karuta players.*
**[07:15] Taichi**
*Have I gotten stronger since then?*
**[07:21] Taichi**
*I turned 18 today.*
**[07:25] Chihaya**
All four matches are complete!
***SIGN*** Harada Hideo Tsuboguchi Hiroshi Mochida Amakasu Nayuta Mashima Taichi Ayase Chihaya Ishikawa Kaori Sasa Suzuka Nanami Megumi Takei Eita Mori Kenjiro Komano Tsutomu Oe Kanade
***SIGN*** Match Results Point Totals
Name 1 2 3 4 Win pts. Total
**[07:32] Harada**
I can't believe it!
**[07:33] Harada**
Even if you have a high individual score,
you can miss out due to team win points?!
**[07:36] Nishida**
So the final point totals say...
**[07:39] Nishida**
it's a tie for first between Ayase
and Mashima, with 105 each?!
**[07:43] Taichi**
*Huh?*
***SIGN*** Anxious Nervous
**[07:45] Taichi**
*S-So... the prize for the winner...*
**[07:50] Chihaya**
I won't accept a tie!
**[07:51] Chihaya**
Taichi, we're having a play-off!
**[07:53] Hiroshi**
Okay, we're out of time.
**[07:55] Hiroshi**
We only have this place until four.
**[07:57] Hiroshi**
You can have your play-off on club time.
**[07:59] Mochida**
Right, start cleaning up!
**[08:00] All**
Okay!
**[08:01] Guy**
That was fun!
**[08:01] Girl**
Taichi-niichan was really good!
**[08:03] Girl**
I'm so hungry.
**[08:03] Girl**
We all need to clean up together.
**[08:05] Guy**
Someone grab the vacuum cleaner!
**[08:07] Makoto**
I suppose that was a nice change of pace.
**[08:09] Makoto**
I hadn't played any matches for a while.
**[08:11] Makoto**
Want to get something to eat, Rion?
***SIGN*** Shoop
Thanks!
**[08:13] Hyuga**
I do!
**[08:14] Makoto**
You...
**[08:15] Girl**
Let's all go see the cherry blossoms
before we leave!
**[08:17] Girl**
Join us, Taichi-kun!
**[08:21] Taichi**
Everyone, thanks so much
for doing this today!
**[08:25] Girl**
Since our coach is always telling us to
set goals and have a theme in mind,
**[08:31] Girl**
I thought karuta was really
tough and not much fun.
**[08:33] Boy**
Today was ridiculously fun!
**[08:35] Girl**
It was a blast!
**[08:38] Girl**
I guess there's more than
one way to play karuta!
**[08:40] Boy**
Let's play with weird rules
like this again sometime!
**[08:42] Girl**
Let's take a picture!
**[08:50] Taichi**
*Have I...*
**[08:53] Taichi**
*managed to get stronger?*
**[08:56] Guys**
Fight! Fight! Fight!
***SIGN*** Let's start a competitive karuta club!
Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 2-9!
**[09:19] Chihaya**
Oh... Taichi.
**[09:23] Chihaya**
What are you doing here?
**[09:25] Chihaya**
There's no practice today, right?
**[09:27] Taichi**
I just... wanted to do some studying.
**[09:30] Chihaya**
Wow, so studious!
**[09:32] Taichi**
What about you?
**[09:33] Chihaya**
Well, I'm...
**[09:36] Chihaya**
gonna replace these worn-out curtains!
**[09:45] Chihaya**
It's too long! Why? How?!
**[09:47] Taichi**
It's amazing how you try to do this
stuff even though you suck at it.
***SIGN*** Waaaah
**[09:51] Chihaya**
Well, the new school year's starting,
**[09:53] Chihaya**
and we'll have new members,
so I wanted to make the club room nice!
***SIGN*** Probably
**[10:12] Chihaya**
Wanna do the Taichi Cup run-off now?!
**[10:16] Taichi**
You dork. We don't have to.
**[10:17] Chihaya**
Why? Why? Why?!
**[10:19] Chihaya**
I played my best...
**[10:21] Taichi**
But you know, I never thought
you'd play so well under those rules.
**[10:25] Chihaya**
Well, I realized something.
**[10:27] Chihaya**
With those rules, there are no dead cards, right?
**[10:30] Chihaya**
So we could lunge at cards without
holding back. I thought that helped.
**[10:34] Chihaya**
I knew you'd be good at it, though.
**[10:36] Chihaya**
Most people couldn't deal with
memorizing all 100 cards.
**[10:40] Chihaya**
You were amazing!
**[10:44] Taichi**
*The Genpei matches we played there...*
**[10:48] Taichi**
*The first team I was part of...*
**[10:58] Taichi**
When we were in sixth grade...
**[10:59] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[11:00] Taichi**
We played in the school
karuta tournament, remember?
**[11:03] Chihaya**
Oh, yeah! We did! I remember that!
**[11:08] Taichi**
Remember when Arata lost
his glasses that day?
**[11:12] Chihaya**
Oh, that's right! He did!
**[11:14] Chihaya**
I really do think a crow took them.
**[11:16] Chihaya**
He said he found them in the hallway, though.
**[11:19] Taichi**
Actually...
**[11:21] Taichi**
I was the one who took them and hid them.
**[11:27] Chihaya**
What?! Wait, really?
**[11:30] Taichi**
Yeah.
**[11:31] Chihaya**
B-But why?!
**[11:34] Taichi**
I didn't want to lose to Arata.
**[11:40] Chihaya**
T-Taichi... It was you?
**[11:43] Chihaya**
That was wrong! It wasn't fair!
**[11:45] Taichi**
Yeah.
**[11:49] (Flashback) Arata**
Mashima, you're a coward.
**[11:55] (Flashback) Taichi**
Don't tell Chihaya.
**[11:59] (Flashback) Taichi**
I don't want her to hate me.
**[12:05] Taichi**
Yeah.
**[12:09] Taichi**
I always... always...
**[12:13] Taichi**
wanted to be someone who wasn't a coward.
**[12:22] Taichi**
I love you, Chihaya.
**[12:39] Chihaya**
*Why?*
**[12:42] Chihaya**
*Why, Taichi? Why?*
**[12:45] Chihaya**
*Why did you do everything alone?*
**[12:48] Chihaya**
*Why?*
**[12:49] Chihaya**
*Why?*
**[12:53] Taichi**
*I love you, Chihaya.*
**[13:07] Taichi**
*"I'm just kidding, Chihaya."*
**[13:10] Taichi**
*"That was just a joke."*
**[13:11] Taichi**
*"Just a joke."*
**[13:14] Taichi**
I love...
**[13:17] Taichi**
the fingernails that you never grow out...
**[13:21] Taichi**
Your fingers...
**[13:23] Taichi**
Your hair...
**[13:26] Taichi**
The mouth that you always
open wide like an idiot...
**[13:29] Taichi**
Your face when you laugh...
**[13:33] Taichi**
Ever since we were little...
**[13:54] Taichi**
*But...*
**[13:57] Taichi**
*Not everything about you.*
**[14:00] Taichi**
* I don't like who you become*
* when you think about Arata.*
**[14:05] Chihaya**
*Arata said...*
**[14:10] (Flashback) Arata**
If you want...
**[14:11] (Flashback) Arata**
let's play karuta together.
**[14:13] Chihaya**
*Arata said...*
**[14:15] (Flashback) Arata**
Let's...
**[14:19] (Flashback) Arata**
live our lives together.
**[14:24] Guys**
Fight! Fight! Fight!
***SIGN*** Let's start a competitive karuta club!
Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 2-9!
**[14:36] Teacher**
Hey, you two. You need to head home.
**[14:57] Taichi**
Yeah.
**[15:07] Taichi**
*What the heck am I doing?*
**[15:11] Taichi**
*I never accepted anyone else's feelings, either.*
**[15:17] Taichi**
* I didn't know Chihaya was capable of speaking*
* quietly enough to be drowned out by the bell.*
**[15:25] Taichi**
*My game sense sucks, so I couldn't hear you.*
***SIGN*** I do not know where this love will take me
**[15:31] Chihaya**
I'm sorry.
**[15:48] Both**
Thank you very much.
**[16:08] Kanade**
Once the new school year starts
and proficiency tests are over,
**[16:11] Kanade**
it's straight to the entrance ceremony,
and then club demos.
**[16:13] Sumire**
What should we do for
our club demo this year?
**[16:16] Tsukuba**
The fact that we won the national
championship should be front and center!
**[16:19] Nishida**
We don't want the club to seem *too* competitive.
**[16:22] Nishida**
We should make it look fun.
***SIGN*** Proficiency Test
**[16:24] Kanade**
To make people understand why karuta is fun,
**[16:26] Kanade**
maybe we need to take a literary approach.
**[16:28] Nishida**
You never learn, Kana-chan.
**[16:30] Nishida**
We'll just get people who want
to play bozu mekuri again.
**[16:33] Sumire**
As long as we don't push
President Mashima too hard,
**[16:35] Sumire**
we won't get too many fangirls.
**[16:36] Nishida**
So let's focus more on the girls...
***SIGN*** New Class 3-1 Homeroom Teacher Shinkai Taichi
**[16:40] Shinkai**
For those who improved their scores
as well as those who didn't,
**[16:44] Shinkai**
these third-year proficiency tests
**[16:46] Shinkai**
will be indispensable in guiding
you through the coming year.
**[16:49] Shinkai**
Use them to identify your weaknesses
**[16:50] Shinkai**
and make them work for you.
**[16:58] Nishida**
Three melon buns and two
chocolate twist buns, please!
**[17:01] Lady**
You need to take in a little more protein!
**[17:04] Nishida**
Uh, okay, then a yakisoba b—
***SIGN*** Here's a hot dog!
***SIGN*** Porky, you're the only one I can talk to about this...
**[17:16] Nishida**
Number one overall in maths and sciences?
**[17:19] Nishida**
Whoa, you did it, Desktomu!
***SIGN*** Is Mashima gonna be okay?
***SIGN*** Is Mashima gonna be okay?
***SIGN*** His mom won't make him quit the karuta club, will she?
***SIGN*** Once-in-a-lifetime
chance!!
***SIGN*** Can't stand her
**[17:32] Nishida**
W-Well, Desktomu, if that happens,
the whole club will oppose her!
**[17:38] Nishida**
Whether it means going on
strike or groveling or...
**[17:40] Taichi**
Hey, you two.
**[17:42] Taichi**
Can I talk to you about something?
***SIGN*** Club Demonstrations for New Students
1. Greetings from the head of each year
2. Introduction of clubs
Tennis club Soccer club
Archery club Competitive karuta club
Mountain climbing club Table tennis club
Baseball club Broadcasting club
Badminton club Basketball club
Gymnastics club Swimming club
**[17:48] Kanade**
It'll be fine.
**[17:50] Kanade**
Let's just stay calm and follow the script.
**[17:52] Sumire**
Right.
***SIGN*** So beautiful...
**[17:56] Chihaya**
Wait... where's Taichi?
**[17:59] Miyauchi**
Oh, Ayase-san, one moment.
**[18:05] Miyauchi**
I'm sorry to do this right now,
**[18:08] Miyauchi**
but I need to revise your script.
***SIGN*** The Mizusawa Karuta Club was formed three years ago. We have five third-year and two second-year members. Last year, we fought our way through a tough battle to win...
***SIGN*** The Mizusawa Karuta Club was formed three years ago.
We have four third-year and two second-year members.
Last year, we fought our way through a tough battle to win...
***SIGN*** four third-year
**[18:19] Miyauchi**
Mashima-kun submitted a
request to leave the club.
**[18:23] Miyauchi**
He said he wants to focus on
studying for entrance exams.
**[18:29] MC**
And that was the soccer club's demo!
**[18:32] Soccer Club Member**
We're looking for a female manager!
**[18:33] MC**
Next up is the club that has won the club
relay at our athletic festival two years in a row,
**[18:34] Kanade**
*He requested to leave?*
**[18:37] Sumire**
Mashima-senpai...
**[18:39] MC**
the club that leads the school in its
balance of academics and athletics...
**[18:42] MC**
The competitive karuta club!
**[18:43] Nishida**
Ayase, we'll take your place!
***SIGN*** Just stay there!
**[18:48] Chihaya**
We're the competitive karuta club!
**[18:50] Guy**
She's cute...
**[18:50] Girl**
She's gorgeous!
**[18:52] Chihaya**
He just described us as
both academic and athletic,
**[18:54] Chihaya**
but if anything, I'd say we're
lacking a bit on the academic side.
**[18:58] Chihaya**
Competitive karuta is a sport that
emphasizes explosiveness and fast reflexes.
**[19:02] Chihaya**
Last year, we actually won
the national championship.
**[19:06] All**
Wow, awesome!
**[19:08] Chihaya**
Our six second-year and third-year
members are still working hard...
**[19:25] Crowd**
Huh?
**[19:26] Crowd**
What's wrong?
**[19:33] Kanade**
I'll continue.
**[19:35] Kanade**
The true appeal of competitive karuta
**[19:37] Kanade**
is its focus on the Ogura Hundred Poets.
**[19:41] Kanade**
Poems that have survived
for a thousand years,
**[19:43] Kanade**
that sing of joy, sorrow, and love...
**[19:47] Kanade**
are laid out before you in all their glory.
**[19:51] Kanade**
We would love to share their
magnificence with you.
**[20:02] Chihaya**
Taichi!
**[20:04] Chihaya**
Taichi!
**[20:05] Chihaya**
Don't, Taichi!
**[20:07] Chihaya**
Don't do it! Don't quit the club!
**[20:09] Chihaya**
Don't do it, Taichi!
**[20:11] Chihaya**
Taichi!
**[20:38] Taichi**
Chihaya...
**[20:40] Taichi**
Do you think...
**[20:43] Taichi**
I'm made of stone or something?
**[20:58] Taichi**
I can't play karuta.
**[21:01] Taichi**
Right now...
**[21:03] Taichi**
all hundred cards
**[21:06] Taichi**
look pitch-black to me.
**[21:12] Taichi**
All of them.
**[21:16] Taichi**
All of them.
**[21:20] Taichi**
All of them.
***SIGN*** I do not know where this love will take me
# E24 - When winds send waves crashing
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***SIGN*** Minamoto no Shigeyuki When winds send waves crashing against the rocks in vain, I recall how my own efforts were in vain
**[00:01] Chihaya**
*Echoing...*
**[00:03] Chihaya**
*It keeps echoing around in my head.*
**[00:06] (Flashback) Taichi**
I love you.
**[00:09] (Flashback) Taichi**
Do you think...
**[00:10] (Flashback) Taichi**
I'm made of stone or something?
***SIGN*** Verse 24
***SIGN*** When winds
send waves
crashing
***SIGN*** Class 3-9 Homeroom Teacher Koda Yoshio
**[00:24] Koda**
I know you said you want to
be a high school teacher,
**[00:27] Koda**
but if the main reason for that is because
you want to be a club advisor...
**[00:33] Koda**
Frankly, I'm not sure you could handle
the job with a motive like that.
**[00:36] Koda**
Teaching is a tremendously
complex profession.
**[00:39] Koda**
Have you ever considered how difficult
it is to deal with real people?
**[00:44] Chihaya**
U-Uh...
**[00:45] Koda**
I mean, being a teacher has made me such a
lady-killer that female students scare me now!
***SIGN*** Just when I thought he was giving sound advice...
**[00:51] Koda**
Being loved and being hated
are two sides of the same coin!
**[00:55] Koda**
Well, you can always be a regular officer worker
even with a teaching certification.
**[00:59] Koda**
And you don't have to go to teachers college.
You could get a literature degree and then...
***SIGN*** The Mashima Residence
**[01:10] Taichi**
I'm home.
**[01:10] Mom**
Taichi!
***SIGN*** Proficiency Test Results Class 3-1 Mashima Taichi
**[01:11] Mom**
What's the meaning of this?!
Why aren't you number one?!
**[01:14] Mom**
Were you slacking off on the
first test of your third year?!
**[01:17] Mom**
What have I always told you?
**[01:18] Mom**
You're the type to hold things in,
so you need to exhale constantly!
**[01:23] Mom**
Focus on breathing everything out...
**[01:26] Taichi**
I quit the karuta club,
**[01:29] Taichi**
so the next one will be better.
**[01:32] Mom**
Huh?
**[01:34] Miyauchi**
* Mashima-kun, the president and central*
* pillar of the karuta club...*
**[01:38] (Flashback) Taichi**
I've decided to quit.
**[01:40] Miyauchi**
*I can't believe he quit the club.*
**[01:42] Nishida**
You traitor! I always knew
you were that kind of guy!
***SIGN*** Maybe I should concentrate on my studies, too...
**[01:47] Sumire**
I'm quitting, too.
**[01:48] Chihaya**
Why?! Why?! I'm bringing
him back! Why, Taichi?!
**[01:50] Tsukuba**
What do we do? What do we do?
**[01:51] Kanade**
What can we do? What can we do?
**[01:53] Miyauchi**
* And this is the time of year when*
* new members join... What will we do?*
***SIGN*** Competitive Karuta Club Seeking New Members
***SIGN*** Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 3-9!
**[01:57] Miyuchi**
*What will we...*
**[02:00] Miyauchi**
Everyo—
**[02:03] Sumire**
I'm second-year Hanano Sumire, and I'll
be in charge of guiding all of you.
**[02:06] Sumire**
I'd like to thank all of you first-years
for your interest in joining.
**[02:11] Sumire**
Our third-years have entrance
exams to study for,
**[02:14] Sumire**
and I'm sure some of you are beginners,
**[02:17] Sumire**
so I'll provide guidance and
explanations of the basics.
**[02:17] Miyauchi**
*When did Hanano-san become so reliable?!*
**[02:20] Tsukuba**
Why you?! I'll do the
guiding and explaining!
**[02:22] Sumire**
Shut up, Tsukuba!
**[02:24] Sumire**
I'm quitting, too!
**[02:26] Kanade**
*I was sure that was what she'd say...*
**[02:29] Nishida**
*We're not even needed here.*
**[02:31] (Flashback) Taichi**
Take care of the karuta club after I quit.
**[02:35] (Flashback) Taichi**
Please.
***SIGN*** Hara Miku Class D
***SIGN*** And maybe because we stressed that we were national champions,
***SIGN*** Hashidate Sota Class D
***SIGN*** we got a great balance of new members, two boys and two girls!
***SIGN*** Namida Togo Beginner
**[02:43] Midori**
I'm Tamaru Midori from Class 1-5!
***SIGN*** Tamaru Midori Class A
**[02:45] Midori**
You know how some people make it
to Class A on sheer momentum?
**[02:49] Midori**
I guess that's what I did!
**[02:49] Nishida**
*The Tamaru sister?!*
**[02:50] Midori**
Oh, I don't have much experience,
but I'm in Class A!
***SIGN*** What?! At our school?!
**[02:55] (Flashback) Taichi**
I love...
**[02:58] (Flashback) Taichi**
the fingernails that you never grow out...
**[03:01] (Flashback) Taichi**
I love... I love... I love...
**[03:08] (Flashback) Taichi**
I can't play karuta.
**[03:11] (Flashback) Taichi**
All hundred cards
**[03:14] (Flashback) Taichi**
look pitch-black to me.
**[03:15] [POEM] Kanade**
When winds send waves crashing...
**[03:43] Chihaya**
Mr. F-Fukasaku...
**[03:46] Fukasaku**
Yes?
**[03:46] Chihaya**
Mr. Fukasaku... Th-The "When winds send" poem...
**[03:51] Fukasaku**
The one by Minamoto no Shigeyuki?
**[03:54] Chihaya**
Y-Yes. That poem...
***SIGN*** Minamoto no Shigeyuki When winds send waves crashing against the rocks in vain, I recall how my own efforts were in vain
**[03:59] Chihaya**
I-I...
**[04:02] Chihaya**
I...
**[04:04] Chihaya**
was the rock.
**[04:05] Chihaya**
I was the rock, and I...
c-crushed them into pieces.
**[04:11] Chihaya**
Taichi's feelings... all these years...
**[04:14] Chihaya**
All that time, I... I...
**[04:20] Fukasaku**
"When the winds are at their strongest,
**[04:22] Fukasaku**
the waves crash into the rocks,
only to fall apart themselves.
**[04:28] Fukasaku**
Just like those waves, my own heart
is in danger of breaking apart,
**[04:32] Fukasaku**
as I continue to pine endlessly for you."
**[04:36] Fukasaku**
The Hundred Poets are truly
remarkable, aren't they?
**[04:40] Chihaya**
Huh?
**[04:41] Fukasaku**
They give you the words,
the metaphors, to express yourself.
**[04:45] Fukasaku**
I thought it was the coming of spring
**[04:48] Fukasaku**
that made you seem so blurry
around the edges of late.
**[04:55] Fukasaku**
You seem about to fall
apart yourself, but...
**[04:59] Fukasaku**
perhaps the Hundred Poets have
been holding you together.
**[05:03] Fukasaku**
Oh, dear...
**[05:07] Fukasaku**
Thank you.
***SIGN*** Essential Modern & Classical Literature Problems 2013
**[05:08] Chihaya**
B-But... Mr. Fukasaku...
**[05:12] Chihaya**
I'm scared of karuta now...
**[05:14] Chihaya**
I-I can't play!
**[05:24] Fukasaku**
Learn something.
**[05:26] Fukasaku**
It doesn't matter what.
**[05:29] Fukasaku**
Just learn something.
**[05:33] (Flashback) Guy**
Your aptitude test results
will come back soon.
**[05:35] (Flashback) Guy**
Tomorrow will be the opening
ceremony and orientation for...
**[05:37] (Flashback) Guy**
Don't worry. We have a great
med school placement course.
**[05:41] Girls**
Squee!
**[05:41] Girl**
Hi. Taking the entry test today?
**[05:44] Taichi**
Uh, yeah.
**[05:44] Girl**
Me, too. So we'll have
the same orientation. Literature?
**[05:47] Taichi**
Science.
**[05:48] Girl**
I heard he's applying to med school.
**[05:50] Girl**
What branch of medicine?
**[05:51] Girl**
They're so attentive to lesson schedules here.
It makes it even harder to choose.
**[05:54] Girl**
English Grammar B...
**[05:55] Girl**
I want to go for a high-level class.
**[05:57] Girl**
Yeah? Wow!
**[05:58] Taichi**
*Nobody here's talking about*
**[05:58] Girl**
Isn't the break room here gorgeous?
**[06:00] Taichi**
*stuff like school clubs*
**[06:03] Taichi**
*or karuta.*
**[06:09] Girl**
Over here, sir!
**[06:11] Girl**
Me, too!
**[06:12] Girl**
Mr. Suo!
**[06:17] Suo**
Huh?
**[06:19] Suo**
Are you...
**[06:21] Suo**
in Class A?
***SIGN*** Impassionate gods have never seen
the red that is the Tatsuta River
Like a boatsman adrift at the
mouth of the Yura, I do not know
where this love will take me
***SIGN*** Fukui Prefecture
Awara City
***SIGN*** Fujioka East High School
**[06:31] Kanno**
Let's see... You want to
start a karuta club?
**[06:34] Kanno**
You can only start a club if you
have at least five members.
***SIGN*** Jeez!
**[06:37] Shun**
Man, how did I know you would say that?
**[06:39] Hiro**
It happens in manga all the time!
***SIGN*** You just won't get any funding
**[06:42] Kanno**
But you can still enter tournaments
with just the three of you.
**[06:46] Shun**
That's too lax.
***SIGN*** Matsubayashi Shun (16) Older brother, born in April Class B
**[06:48] Shun**
I know we have the right to enter
the high school championship,
**[06:51] Shun**
but we can't be so lax about it.
***SIGN*** Matsubayashi Hiro (15) Younger brother, born in March Class B
**[06:52] Hiro**
I think it'd be fine.
**[06:54] Hiro**
There were only four schools in
the Fukui tournament last year.
**[06:57] Hiro**
I bet the three of us could win.
**[06:59] Hiro**
We could practice with the Nagumo Society.
**[07:02] Hiro**
Arata-niichan would be able to concentrate
on individual tournaments, too.
**[07:05] Shun**
Yeah, since your main focus is
individual tournaments,
**[07:08] Shun**
and the Master match.
**[07:12] Girl**
Who's entering the Hyogo
and Sagamino tournaments?
**[07:15] Guy**
Who's going to Hiroshima in May?
**[07:17] Murao**
There's so much to do. I might
miss the Fukui tournament.
**[07:21] Murao**
I have to handle the administrative side.
**[07:23] Kuri**
You can't! Nagumo has to win
all the local tournaments!
**[07:26] Guy**
I'll take over as administrator for Kyoto!
**[07:29] Murao**
Make sure you enter whatever
tournaments you can, Arata.
**[07:32] Murao**
I'll do my best as an administrator for
the high school championship again.
**[07:36] Murao**
You really don't have a very long time
to be just a karuta player.
**[07:40] Murao**
I've played long enough to know.
***SIGN*** Awaraonsen Station
**[07:42] Murao**
*So do everything you want to do now.*
**[07:46] Arata**
*I have people protecting me,*
**[07:48] Arata**
*helping me.*
**[07:52] (Flashback) Chihaya**
Don't say that you're not
interested in teams!
**[08:00] Shun**
Huh? Arata-niichan?
**[08:03] Arata**
Sorry to interrupt your lunch.
**[08:05] Arata**
I'm Wataya Arata from Class 3-2.
**[08:09] Arata**
I'm here to recruit members for
our competitive karuta club.
**[08:12] Girl**
Huh?
**[08:14] Arata**
We're still an association for now,
**[08:15] Arata**
but we're seeking members to
participate in team matches.
**[08:18] Arata**
Anyone who did their best to memorize
the hundred poems as a kid,
**[08:21] Arata**
anyone who ever took a card at a school
tournament and had fun doing it...
**[08:25] Arata**
If you work hard for the next three months,
**[08:27] Arata**
you'll be able to compete
with Class A players.
**[08:30] Arata**
I want to build a karuta club
that can play to win
**[08:33] Arata**
at the high school championship
at the end of July.
**[08:37] Arata**
You can talk to Matsubayashi Shun
for more details.
**[08:41] Shun**
Huh? Me?!
**[08:45] Arata**
Excuse me!
**[08:46] Guy**
Now he's gone to Class 2.
**[08:48] Girl**
He's going all-out.
**[08:49] Guy**
A national championship, though?
**[08:50] Girl**
I don't know...
**[08:51] Guy**
Not possible.
**[08:52] Shun**
I-It *is* possible!
**[08:54] Shun**
The winner last year was a Tokyo school
**[08:56] Shun**
whose karuta club had only
been active for two years!
**[08:59] Girl**
I was in a karuta society
when I was little.
**[09:02] Girl**
Me, too!
**[09:03] Guy**
I'm a ranked player.
**[09:04] Girl**
That third-year was kind of hot, wasn't he?
**[09:05] Shun**
*There are people here who've played.*
**[09:07] Shun**
* But I didn't expect Arata-niichan*
* to be so serious about this...*
**[09:11] Guy**
Was that Wataya?
**[09:12] Guy**
What the heck is he doing?
**[09:14] Guy**
He was trying to recruit
people last year, too.
**[09:14] Arata**
*The third-year classrooms are tough...*
**[09:16] Arata**
*Too tough for me.*
**[09:19] Yuu**
What are you doing, Arata?
And now, of all times?
**[09:22] Arata**
Yuu...
**[09:22] Yuu**
You're a third-year now. You don't
have time to start a new club.
**[09:26] Yuu**
You expect to find members to
play in team tournaments *now*?
**[09:31] Arata**
I don't know.
**[09:33] Arata**
But right now...
**[09:36] Arata**
I feel like I have to build a team.
**[09:43] Arata**
When my grandpa was still alive,
**[09:46] Arata**
you helped us out a lot, remember?
**[09:49] Arata**
To me, we were a team.
**[09:54] Arata**
Thanks, Yuu.
**[09:57] Yuu**
*A team...*
**[10:00] Arata**
What others have done for me...
**[10:02] Yuu**
*A team...*
**[10:05] Arata**
And what I want to do...
**[10:08] Yuu**
If...
**[10:09] Yuu**
If you don't get anyone else, I'll joi—
**[10:17] Arata**
A-Any of you have the
hundred poems memorized?
**[10:20] Guy**
I-I do.
**[10:21] Girl**
I think so.
**[10:22] Arata**
Any of you know the unique syllables?
**[10:24] Both**
I do!
**[10:25] Girl**
I think so!
**[10:26] Arata**
A-Any of you love karuta?
**[10:28] Guy**
Uh...
**[10:29] Girl**
I-I'm not sure, but you
really seem to love it.
**[10:35] Shun**
We already have people wanting to join?!
**[10:37] Hiro**
Crap! It'll be a battle to
decide who the starters are!
**[10:40] Arata**
*I have to gather the wind toward me.*
**[10:43] Arata**
*Like Chihaya and Taichi did.*
**[10:46] Arata**
*I can do this, too.*
***SIGN*** Fukui Prefectural Fujioka East High School
**[10:49] Arata**
*This is Fukui, after all.*
***SIGN*** So you started a karuta club? Now?
**[10:52] Kuri**
I went ahead and arranged some
practice matches for you!
**[10:54] Arata**
What?
**[10:56] Kanno**
Wataya...
**[10:57] Kanno**
What the heck kind of
connections do you have?
***SIGN*** May
***SIGN*** Shizuoka Prefecture Fujisaki High School
**[11:00] Arata**
Thank you for letting us participate in
this joint practice with you today!
**[11:05] Arata**
We're the Fukui Prefectural Fujioka
East High School Karuta Club,
***SIGN*** Worn out from driving for four hours
***SIGN*** Don't fall asleep
**[11:08] Arata**
and I'm third-year Wataya Arata!
**[11:10] Guy**
Wow, so that's Wataya Arata?
**[11:12] Guy**
I saw him on Nico!
**[11:13] Girl**
So that's him?
**[11:14] Guy**
He's crazy good, right?
**[11:15] Sakura**
Welcome, Wataya-kun.
**[11:17] Sakura**
We'll be sure take a real
close look at your game today.
**[11:20] Arata**
Coach Sakurazawa...
**[11:22] Arata**
Sorry to impose when regional
preliminaries are coming up.
**[11:25] Sakura**
It's all right. We do this often.
**[11:28] Sakura**
The kids from Hokuo in Tokyo
were here just last week.
**[11:32] Sakura**
Speaking of which, you're friends with
the kids in Mizusawa's club, aren't you?
**[11:36] Arata**
Oh... I am.
**[11:38] Sakura**
Did you hear, then?
**[11:40] Sakura**
One of the Hokuo kids told me...
***SIGN*** Salute
**[11:42] (Flashback) Retro**
With Ayase and Mashima gone,
Mizusawa's karuta club is no match for us!
**[11:47] Sakura**
Mashima-kun and Ayase-san
quit their karuta club.
**[11:52] Arata**
*Chihaya and Taichi...*
**[11:54] Arata**
*quit the karuta club?*
**[11:57] Arata**
*That can't be right... Those two quit?*
**[12:02] Arata**
*It can't be...*
**[12:03] Rion**
Excuse me...
**[12:05] Rion**
Could you place your cards, please?
**[12:08] Arata**
Oh... Sorry.
**[12:11] Arata**
*Focus. I'm playing a match.*
**[12:14] Arata**
*I can tell just by looking at her layout*
**[12:17] Arata**
*that she's confident in her game sense.*
**[12:20] [POEM] Reader**
So the flower has wilted...
**[12:21] [POEM] Reader**
For the cold nights...
**[12:22] Arata**
*She's fast.*
**[12:23] Arata**
* The two multi-syllable "For you, I"*
* cards are still in play,*
**[12:25] Arata**
*but she didn't even hesitate.*
**[12:27] Arata**
*She really is confident.*
**[12:32] Arata**
*Right.*
**[12:34] Arata**
*Let's do this just like always.*
**[12:36] Hyuga**
All right, Rion! Two in a row!
That's the way!
**[12:38] Hyuga**
Okay, guys, we'll get the next
one, too! Ride this wave!
**[12:40] Hyuga**
Don't feel bad, Motoki!
***SIGN*** You didn't get two in a row...
**[12:42] Arata**
What?
**[12:42] Hyuga**
All right, we're doing great, guys!
**[12:44] Hyuga**
Keep taking cards, one at a time! Fight!
**[12:46] All**
Fight!
**[12:51] Rion**
Rain, Silent, Look, Swift, Feel sorrow,
Would this, Would the, Since I, After I...
**[12:53] [POEM] Reader**
Rain takes longer...
**[12:58] Arata**
*Stop. I need to focus.*
**[13:01] Arata**
*Just like always...*
**[13:02] Hyuga**
Yay! You're awesome, Rion!
***SIGN*** Yay!
**[13:04] [POEM] Reader**
A house left to the weeds...
**[13:07] Risa**
Fujisaki really is strong, huh?
***SIGN*** Matsubayashi Hiro Matsubayashi Shun Mochizuki Chiemi Yamamoto Risa Won by 2 cards Lost by 8 cards Lost by 15 cards Lost by 13 cards
**[13:10] Risa**
And we don't have much experience
with actual matches.
**[13:13] Chiemi**
Even Matsubayashi-kun lost, though.
**[13:15] Chiemi**
And he's a Class B Nagumo Society member.
***SIGN*** I lost to Cheers...
**[13:18] Hiro**
Arata-niichan...
***SIGN*** Wataya Arata Won by 7 cards
**[13:19] Hiro**
What should we do in the afternoon?
**[13:21] Arata**
*Is it true that they quit?*
**[13:24] [Messenger] ---**
Compose Message
To: Mashima Taichi, Ayase Chihaya
Subject: I started a karuta club
**[13:24] Arata**
*I need to at least find that out for sure.*
**[13:27] Arata**
* If it's true, that would mean*
* they're feeling really lost right now.*
**[13:31] Arata**
*Chihaya and Taichi both.*
**[13:33] Hyuga**
Cheers, Wataya-kun!
***SIGN*** Damn it!
**[13:35] Arata**
* His karuta is surprisingly*
* aggressive and heavy.*
***SIGN*** Nnngh
***SIGN*** Nnnngh
**[13:42] Rion**
Okay...
**[13:43] Rion**
Okay! One card!
**[13:44] Rion**
Let's take one card at a time!
**[13:47] Sakura**
*You need to be louder, Rion.*
**[13:50] Sakura**
*It looks like we'll manage, though.*
**[13:53] Sakura**
* Unfortunately, Fujisaki currently lacks students*
* who have both talent and leadership.*
**[14:00] Sakura**
*Rion is better at karuta,*
**[14:02] Sakura**
*but Cheers has better leadership ability.*
***SIGN*** That's why I'm president!
**[14:05] Sakura**
* If there's no one who can keep*
* an eye on the team as a whole*
**[14:07] Sakura**
*while also playing great karuta,*
**[14:10] Sakura**
*then we need to have double leaders.*
***SIGN*** Nnnnnnngh
**[14:12] Sakura**
* To face excessively strong*
* players like Wataya-kun,*
**[14:15] Sakura**
* one should be an egoist*
* who prioritizes to winning,*
**[14:17] Rion**
Miyagawa-san, good job taking that one!
**[14:18] Sakura**
* while the other should be a leader*
* who'll call out loudly to the others.*
**[14:19] Rion**
Akira-kun, you'll get the next one!
***SIGN*** Not that she's doing that...
**[14:21] Sakura**
* Mizusawa was a team with an extreme*
* egoist and an extreme leader.*
**[14:27] Sakura**
*I'm not that kid from Hokuo...*
**[14:28] Retro**
I'm Retro!
***SIGN*** I'm Retro!
**[14:29] Sakura**
* But I wonder how Mizusawa will fare*
* without the two of them.*
**[14:32] All**
Thank you for the game.
**[14:33] Hyuga**
I lost... Wataya-kun was too good...
***SIGN*** Hyuga Yoshihiko
Lost by 12 cards
***SIGN*** Ugh...
**[14:35] Girl**
Cheers-senpai pulled his own hair so
much, it went back to being straight.
**[14:39] Girl**
Don't worry. He'll curl
it back up soon enough.
**[14:40] Shun**
All of us except Arata-niichan
got clobbered!
***SIGN*** Mochizuki Chiemi Tsuchiya Kenichi Matsubayashi Hiro Matsubayashi Shun
Lost by 10 cards Lost by 15 cards Lost by 5 cards Lost by 7 cards
**[14:44] Arata**
*H-How?*
**[14:46] Arata**
*I'm not surprised about the rest,*
**[14:47] Arata**
* but Shun and Hiro are good*
* enough to be in Class A.*
**[14:51] Sakura**
Miyagawa-san, what was the
main problem in your match?
**[14:51] Arata**
*Yet they went down so easily...*
**[14:53] Miyagawa**
I didn't memorize well enough, which slowed
my attacks on the opponent's side.
**[14:57] Sakura**
And you, Kawashima-kun?
**[14:58] Kawashima**
My double fault halfway
through messed me up.
**[15:00] Sakura**
What messed you up was failing
to move on from it.
**[15:02] Sakura**
Hyuga-kun?
**[15:03] Girl**
He went to curl his hair.
**[15:05] Sakura**
Is he stupid?
**[15:06] Sakura**
All of you, take notes on this
for your future selves.
**[15:10] Sakura**
The third match will begin
in fifteen minutes.
**[15:12] All**
Yes, ma'am!
**[15:13] Arata**
*An adviser who gives solid guidance...*
**[15:16] Arata**
*That's not all, though.*
**[15:18] Arata**
* They're taking notes on other*
* players' shortcomings.*
**[15:19] Hyuga**
Sorry I'm late!
***SIGN*** Curly
**[15:20] Sakura**
Are you stupid?
**[15:23] (Flashback) Sakura**
It's on you to make sure that we don't
lose a single match next summer.
**[15:27] Rion**
* After Coach Sakurazawa gave me*
* that vote of confidence,*
**[15:30] Rion**
*I'm stuck sharing responsibility with Cheers...*
**[15:33] Rion**
Hey.
**[15:34] Rion**
Did you learn anything from
your match with Wataya-kun?
**[15:36] Hyuga**
Nope, nothing. I'm not good enough
to get anything like that from him.
**[15:40] Hyuga**
But we can still win as a club.
**[15:41] Hyuga**
We'll all win this next one! Cheers!
**[15:44] All**
Right!
***SIGN*** Third Match
**[15:48] Arata**
* Coach Sakurazawa keeps putting*
* me up against third-years.*
**[15:54] Arata**
*I'm the only third-year in Fujioka East's club.*
**[15:56] Arata**
* It's my job to keep an eye on*
* the others and encourage them.*
**[16:01] Arata**
*Should I talk to them?*
**[16:03] Arata**
*I've never tried rallying cries before...*
***SIGN*** Let's go?
Let's do this?
**[16:05] Arata**
*What should I say?*
**[16:07] Arata**
*Can I even do it when I never have before?*
***SIGN*** Ahem
**[16:10] [POEM] Reader**
The storm blasts autumn leaves...
**[16:12] Rion**
*If I beat Wataya-kun,*
**[16:14] Rion**
* it would be the best boost*
* I could give this team.*
**[16:17] Rion**
*I have to focus on winning!*
**[16:21] Arata**
* When up against someone*
* with good game sense,*
**[16:24] Arata**
*in a way, it comes down to speed.*
**[16:26] Arata**
*I need to focus, and yet...*
**[16:28] Arata**
*Rallying cries?*
***SIGN*** I never asked to be treated colder than the winds of Mount Hatsuse
**[16:30] Arata**
*Watching my team?*
**[16:31] Arata**
* How much attention can*
* I afford to give them?*
**[16:34] Arata**
*If I lose too, it won't even matter.*
**[16:36] Hiro**
W-We lost that one, but we'll get 'em next time!
**[16:40] Shun**
Huh? Hiro, are you talking to yourself?
**[16:42] Shun**
Huh? Huh?
**[16:45] Shun**
*That was a rallying cry?!*
**[16:46] Chiemi**
* No one could tell! If you're*
* gonna do that, be louder!*
**[16:50] Arata**
*Oh, right...*
**[16:52] Arata**
*These guys are thinking about the team, too.*
**[16:55] Arata**
* I thought I needed to do something,*
* but I was wrong.*
**[17:00] Arata**
*Okay...*
**[17:01] Arata**
I'm not used to talking in a match,
but I'm going to practice now.
**[17:07] Arata**
Fujioka East, let's talk to each other!
**[17:09] Chiemi**
Right!
**[17:09] Shun**
Y-Yeah!
**[17:09] Hiro**
Let's do it!
**[17:09] Risa**
O-Okay!
**[17:10] Both**
*They're all over the place.*
***SIGN*** Wataya-kun's not
very loud, either
**[17:12] Arata**
Sorry, we were all over the place,
so can we try again?
***SIGN*** You're doing it over?
**[17:15] Arata**
We'll come together on "All right."
**[17:17] Both**
"All right"?
**[17:18] Arata**
That's the go-to for stuff like this, right?
**[17:21] Arata**
Let's do this, Fujioka East!
**[17:23] All**
Right!
**[17:25] Arata**
*Oh, it kinda feels like we're a team.*
***SIGN*** I told them to use "All right"...
**[17:28] Arata**
* But talking to each other is just*
* one of the things we need.*
**[17:31] Arata**
* There are lots more things that*
* are important for a team.*
**[17:34] Arata**
* We'll have to learn how to*
* stretch before matches, too.*
**[17:37] Sakura**
* He's even more sincere about*
* this than I realized.*
**[17:41] Sakura**
* He's good enough to be considered*
* the strongest high school player,*
**[17:44] Sakura**
* but he's reverting to a beginner's*
* perspective in order to play as a team.*
**[17:48] Sakura**
*Why go that far to play in team matches?*
**[17:51] Sakura**
* It's the Master match you*
* should be working toward.*
**[17:54] Sakura**
*Why?*
**[17:56] Arata**
*There's so much more*
**[17:59] Arata**
*that I need to learn to help this team.*
**[18:08] Arata**
We want to thank all of you at
Fujisaki for letting us join you.
**[18:11] Arata**
We've learned a lot from this.
**[18:13] Sakura**
Let's face off again at the nationals.
**[18:15] Kanno**
Coach Sakurazawa, we brought this for you.
**[18:16] Sakura**
We wish you the best
at your regional preliminary.
**[18:20] Shun**
Fujisaki really is a good team!
***SIGN*** They really do have 50 members!
**[18:22] Hiro**
They have a good coach, above all!
**[18:24] Kanno**
I agree with that!
**[18:27] Arata**
*I need to start with rallying cries.*
**[18:29] Arata**
*They can change the flow of a match.*
**[18:32] Arata**
* Then there's our team composition,*
* deciding our order...*
**[18:34] Arata**
* These are all things I've*
* never thought about before.*
**[18:37] Arata**
*I'm glad we came to Shizuoka.*
**[18:40] Arata**
* That's the kind of thing*
* I need to say to them!*
**[18:43] Arata**
E-Everyone...
**[18:50] Arata**
*Was Mizusawa like this at first, too?*
**[18:54] Arata**
*And they beat Fujisaki like that?*
**[18:57] Arata**
* That's hard to believe.*
* How did they practice?*
**[19:01] Arata**
*That's an incredible thing, Taichi, Chihaya.*
**[19:06] Sakura**
*They quit their karuta club.*
**[19:10] Arata**
*What happened?*
**[19:13] Arata**
*What happened?*
**[19:16] Arata**
*What happened?*
**[19:18] Arata**
*Why am I always*
**[19:20] Arata**
*so far away?*
**[19:22] Kanno**
No! Don't you fall asleep
on me too, Wataya!
**[19:24] Kanno**
Don't leave me alone!
**[19:25] Arata**
I'm awake!
**[19:31] Yuu**
*Why a team?*
**[19:34] Arata**
*I don't know.*
**[19:35] Arata**
*But I feel like I have to build a team.*
**[19:44] Shun**
Why didn't you wake us up, Mr. Kanno?!
**[19:46] Shun**
We almost missed it!
**[19:48] Kanno**
You already saw it on the way here.
**[19:49] Hiro**
But the sunset's different!
**[19:51] Risa**
It's so pretty!
**[19:51] Kenichi**
And red!
**[19:52] Chiemi**
Did you get a picture? Send it to me!
**[19:54] Kenichi**
I gotta show my parents!
**[19:58] [Messenger] ---**
Look, Arata. These are my teammates.
Come watch us at Omi Jingu! -Chihaya
**[19:59] Arata**
*I was pretty late starting my team.*
**[20:04] Arata**
* I have to return what Chihaya*
* and Taichi gave to me.*
**[20:08] Arata**
* I want to see the same*
* scenery with them again.*
***SIGN*** Impassionate gods have never seen the red that is the Tatsuta River Like a boatsman adrift at the mouth of the Yura, I do not know where this love will take me
**[20:17] Koda**
*Ayase is in the library on a day off?*
***SIGN*** Anxious
***SIGN*** Anxious Anxious
***SIGN*** Ancient Civilizations and the Universe
**[20:20] Miyauchi**
*I'm so worried, I can't watch!*
**[20:25] Fukasaku**
She has more power than
she knows what to do with.
***SIGN*** Whoa... Bottoms up...
***SIGN*** Gasp
**[20:34] Guy**
Wrong pipe.
**[20:36] Guy**
Yep.
**[20:39] Chihaya**
*It's not enough.*
**[20:40] Chihaya**
*No matter how much I drink...*
**[20:43] Chihaya**
*No matter how much I study...*
**[20:54] Chihaya**
*Suddenly, like an explosion,*
**[20:56] Chihaya**
* the words Taichi said to me in*
* our first year came back to me.*
**[21:02] (Flashback) Taichi**
Arata will come back someday for sure.
**[21:04] (Flashback) Taichi**
Let's get stronger and wait for his return.
**[21:04] [Messenger] ---**
New Message
16:41
From: Wataya Arata
I made a karuta club
**[21:04] [Messenger] ---**
Hope to see you at Omi Jingu
**[21:07] [Messenger] ---**
New Message
16:41
From: Wataya Arata
I made a karuta club
Hope to see you at Omi Jingu
**[21:13] Suo**
What's wrong?
**[21:15] Taichi**
Nothing.
**[21:19] Taichi**
I'm coming.
***SIGN*** Wataya Arata
To: Mashima Taichi, Ayase Chihaya
Subject: I made a karuta club
Body: Hope to see you at Omi Jingu
**[21:22] Arata**
*Taichi will come back someday for sure.*
**[21:25] Arata**
*Let's get stronger and wait for his return.*
***SIGN*** Chihayafuru 3
# E-EX - Behind the Scenes of Chihayafuru
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY8DEQ5GY/behind-the-scenes-of-chihayafuru)
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**[00:02] ---**
Chihayafuru tells the story of Chihaya,
**[00:05] ---**
a high school girl who dreams of
becoming the Queen of Karuta,
**[00:08] ---**
a traditional Japanese card game.
**[00:10] ---**
She forms the karuta club in school
**[00:12] ---**
and together with
her two childhood friends,
**[00:15] ---**
Their journey begins.
**[00:19] ---**
Everyone here
**[00:21] ---**
is a karuta lover
through and through!
**[00:26] ---**
I'm Toshio Nakatani of Nippon TV.
**[00:29] ---**
I'm the producer for Chihayafuru.
**[00:33] ---**
Television network producers are in
charge of the broadcast time slot,
**[00:40] ---**
funding, making necessary adjustments,
**[00:45] ---**
decisions involving the original
work, and rights to the title,
**[00:49] ---**
as well as the production side and staffing.
**[00:55] ---**
All of that is my job as the producer.
**[01:02] ---**
Um... How does this work?
**[01:05] ---**
Line up 25 cards in 3 rows.
**[01:09] ---**
When the first verse
of a poem is read,
**[01:11] ---**
you grab the card
with the second verse.
**[01:14] ---**
My name is Morio Asaka. I've been
directing Chihayafuru since season 1.
**[01:19] ---**
These are the episode 1 storyboards...
well, half of the episode.
**[01:24] ---**
I draw them myself, as the director,
**[01:30] ---**
but I can't do them all myself, so it's
divided up among some other staff, too.
**[01:37] ---**
And when they're finished, I check
them and make revisions as needed.
**[01:44] ---**
Well, the storyboards are sort of
like the blueprint for the episode.
**[01:50] ---**
They indicate how the scenes should
be acted out, using these layouts.
**[01:54] ---**
They indicate how the scenes should
be acted out, using these layouts.
**[01:57] ---**
We have the layout of the overall image,
**[01:59] ---**
camerawork directions, acting directions...
**[02:02] ---**
And these are the lines.
**[02:03] ---**
And this also indicates how
many seconds each cut is.
**[02:08] ---**
Of course, the final video
won't look exactly like this,
**[02:12] ---**
but the animators create the art,
layouts, and key frames,
**[02:17] ---**
which are then cleaned up for the final
product. Same for the backgrounds.
**[02:22] ---**
I doubt we'll ever
see each other again.
**[02:28] ---**
Why?
**[02:31] ---**
As long as we have karuta,
**[02:33] ---**
we'll see each other again, right?
**[02:40] ---**
As long as we keep playing,
we'll see each other again!
**[02:42] ---**
I just know it!
**[02:44] ---**
Doing this job, I've gotten
all kinds of questions,
**[02:51] ---**
and I wonder how many people realize that ultimately
it's still just people drawing with pencils.
**[02:57] ---**
That's one thing that doesn't
change with digital.
**[03:00] ---**
I don't think so.
**[03:01] ---**
But working on Chihayafuru 3, we do have some
people who work primarily in digital now...
**[03:09] ---**
The thing is, it doesn't look as good.
**[03:12] ---**
It doesn't?
**[03:14] ---**
Yeah. I think so.
**[03:15] ---**
Lines that are drawn digitally... granted,
individual execution is a factor, too,
**[03:23] ---**
but it still doesn't look as good as when
Hamada or Imamura do it with a pencil.
**[03:28] ---**
You mentioned Hamada, you've been
teamed with him a lot, right?
**[03:34] ---**
That's true, yes.
**[03:36] ---**
That was the case on Sakura and Nana.
**[03:39] ---**
Is there a part of you that
prefers to always work with him?
**[03:43] ---**
There are other talented artists out there,
**[03:45] ---**
but Hamada is an amazing
artist, and can work quickly,
**[03:56] ---**
I'm Kunihiko Hamada.
**[03:58] ---**
My job is to do final artistic
revisions on the video.
**[04:08] ---**
We start with what's called storyboards.
**[04:15] ---**
Directions for what we should
do are written on these.
**[04:19] ---**
Like here, in shot 280...
**[04:22] ---**
This is how Chihaya's face is drawn.
**[04:24] ---**
The key animator consults with the producer
**[04:27] ---**
about how to create the art based on this.
**[04:30] ---**
And this is the resulting drawing.
**[04:32] ---**
Then we trace over that
to make the animation.
**[04:36] ---**
We scan this, then add
colors and backgrounds,
**[04:40] ---**
Then we check it over within the video,
**[04:45] ---**
and if there's anything that needs
revision, it comes back to me,
**[04:50] ---**
and I fix it.
**[04:57] ---**
Why do they use those two cards?
**[04:59] ---**
Well, because...
**[05:01] ---**
I can understand
"The fall paddy shacks,"
**[05:04] ---**
since Emperor Tenji wrote it and
he's enshrined at Omi Jingu.
**[05:06] ---**
Yeah, and "May the scarlet..."
**[05:07] ---**
The first characters in its first and second
verse form "meijin," the word for "Master."
**[05:14] ---**
This contains a cut of
animation from the opening.
**[05:18] ---**
So it's got the layouts, the
key frames, the animation...
**[05:22] ---**
So it's got the layouts, the
key frames, the animation...
**[05:24] ---**
Here's the timing sheet.
**[05:26] ---**
And how much footage does this cover?
**[05:28] ---**
Six seconds worth.
**[05:29] ---**
So this much art for
six seconds of footage?
**[05:30] ---**
So this much art for
six seconds of footage?
**[05:34] ---**
That's right.
**[05:35] ---**
And here's the storyboard.
**[05:38] ---**
So this is what gives you the outline?
**[05:41] ---**
From the moment Chihaya
sends the karuta flying,
**[05:45] ---**
the camera turns around her face...
**[05:49] ---**
the camera turns around her face...
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We put a lot of effort into that.
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Here we have the poses...
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And the white pages you see here
were done by our key animators,
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while the blue ones were done by our
animation director, Hamada, at my direction.
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And based on that Hamada, does the art.
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Once that's done, we've got the layout.
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Then, based on that...
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We have the key frames.
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It's really something.
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So these are the frames
for the key animation.
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In terms of the timing sheet...
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This is where the key frames are.
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The ones you can see that have
circles. Those are all key frames.
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And you'll see some with dots,
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those are where we'll have animators handle
the in-between frames for those sections.
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And once all the animation is
drawn up, we get this chunk here.
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And once all the animation is
drawn up, we get this chunk here.
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Something unique is that the eyes are
being done on a separate set of cels.
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And the reason we're doing that
is to make the hair transparent.
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So we have the eyes done separately and then layer
them, and they're visible through the hair.
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So we have the eyes done separately and then layer
them, and they're visible through the hair.
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It's a gorgeous cut of animation.
**[07:29] ---**
It is.
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And you can see here, the
cards in front of Chihaya...
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Those will be done in 3D, and animated.
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Based on the layout, we'll have
a CG animator handle that part,
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and, ultimately, it's all composited
together for the final product.
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And this is just for the movement in the
foreground, of Chihaya and these people,
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without the actual background, right?
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That's right.
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And then at the very end of the
process, it's all put together.
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Right.
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And you did the storyboard
for this part, right?'
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Right, I drew that.
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So this is his art.
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And when you draw it, you're anticipating the
eyes being done on a different layer, right?
**[08:17] ---**
That's right, yes.
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So then based on that, comes the art from the
key artists, that you give direction on...
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Hamada does the corrections on that, and
then comes the in-between animation,
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and then another corrective pass.
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All those people for
six seconds of footage.
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That's a good point.
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Karuta is a traditional
Japanese card game
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which involves 3 people:
The reader and the two players.
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The reader reads from
an old Japanese waka poem
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from a collection of poems
called "Ogura Hyakunin Isshu."
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While the reader reads the poem,
on the ground there are cards
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called "torifuda" which has the finishing
phrases of the said poems written.
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called "torifuda" which has the finishing
phrases of the said poems written.
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Now, while the reader
is reading the poems,
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The players must search
quickly the torifudas and literally
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slap away the cards that corresponds
with the final phrase of the poem.
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The world of karuta is
just really interesting.
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And it's a setting that didn't
have a lot of notoriety.
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So depicting that in an anime for the first
time, raising its profile in the world,
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and being able to depict the kind of depths it
has was a fascinating part about working on it.
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Right.
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And when we went to first check out
karuta competitions for Chihayafuru,
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there weren't a lot of players,
or people in the audience.
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But then thanks to Chihaya, a lot
more people are participating, right?
**[09:44] ---**
Well, the original manga
is a big factor there, too,
**[09:46] ---**
Of course.
**[09:47] ---**
But when the anime started airing, the amount of people
competing at the high school level really jumped.
**[09:52] ---**
Right?
**[09:53] ---**
It's pretty remarkable how much
has changed from when we started.
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Yeah, you're right about that.
**[09:58] ---**
They might call me greedy...
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But the title of Queen is
what I've been striving for.
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After I heard you say...
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Yeah, y'know, I don't think either of us
approached it being as simple just a karuta story.
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I don't even think the readers of the
manga think that it's just a karuta manga.
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There are elements of romance
at the core, and human drama,
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along with sort of a down to
Earth self-improvement element.
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And the fact that it takes place
in the world of karuta is just
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the stage that it plays out on. I think
that's part of the reason people like it.
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When we went to Omi Jingu, one thing
that really stuck in my memory...
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I remember that.
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There was a player who was
crying when they lost.
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Just collapsed while crying...
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and that drove home to me how karuta is the
embodiment of your whole life for these people.
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I think that goes for Chihayafuru
too, the romance is through karuta,
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the self improvement is through karuta,
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karuta is how everything is expressed.
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So getting the depiction of karuta right is a
big part in the entire story coming together.
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Like how when Sumire is trying to romance
Taichi, karuta is her path to doing it.
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While it brings me no joy...
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I-I took a card...
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My first card.
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That was great, Kana-chan!
**[11:40] ---**
Nice job!
**[11:42] ---**
I'm so happy!
**[11:44] ---**
Well, our goal now is to improve
the quality as much as possible,
**[11:52] ---**
so even at this moment, we're
working our hardest on retakes.
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We're doing our best to create a
product worthy of showing to you,
**[12:05] ---**
so I hope you'll look forward to seeing it.
**[12:11] ---**
Arata, I have people
to play with now.
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I'm not alone.
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I'm helping to pass on
what you passed to me.