E17 - 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!