E15 - 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.