E1 - 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...
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[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!