E16 - Wait for the Emperor's 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