E13 - 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?
SIGN    Master and Queen Challenger Playoffs Sponsored by the National Karuta Association
[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.