E17 - World Offers No Escape

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[00:00] Chihaya
    Huh?
SIGN    Mizusawa High School Athletic Festival
[00:03] Reader
    It's time for the main event in the
[00:04] ---
    second half of the Mizusawa
    High School Athletic Festival!
[00:06] Reader
    The finals for the club relay!
[00:09] Reader
    We have six teams who won their
    way through the prelims,
[00:11] Reader
    including the favorite, the track team,
[00:13] ---
    as well as the speedy
    baseball and soccer teams!
[00:16] Reader
    Our Nationals-bound tennis team
[00:19] ---
    has also shown their ability to run!
[00:21] Reader
    You'll want to watch the basketball team
[00:22] ---
    as they use a ball for their baton!
[00:24] Reader
    However, all eyes will be on the
SIGN    Karuta Club
[00:26] ---
    non-athletic Karuta club,
[00:28] ---
    which has managed to sneak in to sixth!
SIGN    the red that is the Tatsuta River
[00:32] Person A
    On your marks.
[00:37] Person A
    Set.
[00:46] Reader
    How can this be?!
[00:47] Reader
    The Karuta club had the best start!
[00:50] Reader
    They already have a considerable lead!
[00:52] Reader
    But the track team is also fast!
[00:55] Reader
    Taichi!
[00:57] Reader
    Their second runners take over
    at almost the exact same time!
[01:00] Person A
    Mashima-kun!
[01:02] Reader
    The second runner for the
    Karuta club is just as fast!
[01:04] Reader
    They're neck and neck
    with the track team!
[01:06] Reader
    What's this?
[01:07] Reader
    The basketball team and soccer
    team have dropped their batons!
[01:09] Reader
    The tennis team and baseball
    team are also having trouble!
[01:11] Reader
    Meanwhile, the track team and Karuta club
[01:13] ---
    are on their third runners!
[01:17] Reader
    The cheers are deafening!
[01:20] Reader
    Hang in there, Karuta club!
[01:22] Reader
    Oh! But the fourth runner
    is falling behind!
[01:25] Reader
    The baseball team and soccer
    team have caught up!
[01:27] Reader
    And now each team turns to their anchor!
[01:30] Reader
    He's fast! Surprisingly fast!
[01:33] Reader
    Who said this team wasn't athletic?!
[01:35] Reader
    They're clearly athletes!
[01:39] Reader
    Oh, no!
[01:40] Reader
    The track team lost their baton!
[01:42] Reader
    Our favorite has fallen in the last leg!
[01:45] Reader
    Nobody could have seen this coming!
[01:47] Reader
    As our runners turn the final corner,
[01:49] ---
    the baseball team and
    Karuta club are in the lead!
[01:51] Reader
    Can the Karuta club stage a comeback!
[01:52] Reader
    Will the baseball team
    hold onto its lead?!
[01:54] Reader
    Who will be our winner?!
SIGN    Recruiting new members
[02:00] Reader
    Incredible! The Karuta club has won!
SIGN    Chihaya Furu
SIGN    Verse 17
SIGN    World
    Offers
     No
     Escape
[03:21] Chihaya
    Nobody's coming...
[03:23] Chihaya
    We worked so hard to win.
[03:25] Chihaya
    To get everyone's attention...
[03:27] Kanade
    Chihaya-chan, a girl shouldn't
    lie on the floor.
[03:29] Chihaya
    But...
[03:31] Kanade
    Some people came to watch us play,
[03:34] Kanade
    but they left because
    it looked too hard.
SIGN    We came in first, but it was mostly luck.
SIGN    I was slow.
[03:44] Kanade
    What are you talking about?
[03:46] Kanade
    You were fast!
[03:48] Kanade
    Our summer training really helped!
SIGN    You think so?
[03:53] Taichi
    Hey, guys.
    We finished our research.
[03:56] Taichi
    Looking at the tournaments near Tokyo,
[03:59] Taichi
    we have the Saitama tournament
    in late September
[04:01] ---
    and the Kawaguchi tournament
    in early October.
[04:04] Taichi
    There's also the East
    Master/Queen qualifier
[04:09] ---
    for Class A and higher players in late October.
[04:15] Chihaya
    The Eastern qualifier...
[04:17] Chihaya
    for deciding the East
    representative to challenge
[04:20] ---
    the Queen next January.
[04:23] Chihaya
    The most important
    tournament every year.
[04:26] Taichi
    Chihaya needs to play
[04:27] ---
    more matches to get experience.
[04:30] Taichi
    Nishida and I need to win
    a Class B tournament
[04:33] ---
    so we can make Class A.
[04:35] Nishida
    Okay!
[04:35] Taichi
    Oe-san and Komano,
     you'll need some Class D wins,
[04:39] ---
    so you can start moving up.
[04:42] Taichi
    Then we should all focus
    on our individual g-
[04:46] Taichi
    Oh, excuse me for a second.
[04:49] Taichi
    Yeah.
[04:51] Taichi
    Yeah.
[04:56] Taichi
    Okay, fine.
[04:58] Taichi
    Let's break up.
[05:02] Taichi
    Then we should all focus
    on our individual goals!
[05:04] All
    What?!
SIGN    No luck with girls
SIGN    Prez! What was that?!
SIGN    No luck
    with guys
[05:07] Chihaya
    Didn't even bat an eye!
SIGN    No luck with girls
[05:09] Nishida
    It took him a second to dump her!
SIGN    No luck with guys
[05:11] Kanade
    I never knew you had a girlfriend!
[05:16] Taichi
    Let's practice.
[05:19] Chihaya
    It was the girl who called him "Ta-kun"!
[05:26] Taichi
    Arata...
[05:29] Taichi
    Will Arata...
[05:31] ---
    be in the Western qualifier?
[05:36] [POEM] Kanade
    people would always ask if
    I was pining for someone
[05:45] [POEM] Kanade
    After I determined...
[05:47] Taichi
    I can make it in time!
[05:48] [POEM] Kanade
    In the sleepy...
[05:51] Taichi
    Make Class A before October...
SIGN    a whirlwind of flower petals descends
[05:55] Taichi
    ...so I can play in the Eastern qualifier!
[05:59] Both
    Thank you very much.
[06:01] Both
    Thank you very much.
[06:04] Taichi
    Okay, let's take a ten minute break
[06:07] ---
    before we get one more match in today.
[06:12] Tsutomu
    The training we did over the summer
[06:15] Chihaya
    Mizusawa Fight!
[06:15] Tsutomu
    was hard, but fun.
[06:16] All
    On!
[06:16] Chihaya
    Fight!
[06:17] All
    On!
[06:17] Chihaya
    Fight!
[06:18] All
    On!
[06:18] Chihaya
    Mizusawa!
[06:20] Tsutomu
    Especially compared to
    last summer, when I spent
[06:22] ---
    all my time studying alone.
[06:26] Tsutomu
    But...
[06:28] Tsutomu
    Even though I trained as
    hard as everyone else,
[06:31] Tsutomu
    I'm still small and can't build muscle.
[06:39] Chihaya
    Kana-chan.
[06:41] Chihaya
    When you have time,
    you should do sit-ups
[06:43] ---
    and back extensions at home.
[06:44] Kanade
    Huh?
[06:45] Chihaya
    I noticed something
[06:46] ---
    after watching all those
    matches at nationals.
[06:50] Chihaya
    When girls and thinner boys play Karuta,
[06:51] ---
    they tend to sit back,
[06:53] Chihaya
    so you end up only
    using your upper body.
[06:55] Chihaya
    It's probably because your muscles aren't
[06:59] ---
    strong enough to support your weight.
[07:02] Kanade
    I've been training at home,
[07:05] ---
    but it hasn't really helped.
[07:07] Chihaya
    Don't worry!
[07:08] Chihaya
    You just have to keep working at it!
[07:10] Chihaya
    I need to go to the restroom.
[07:25] Kanade
    What is it, Desktomu-kun?
SIGN    Oh, you're working hard on your swing.
[07:32] Kanade
    I've been thinking.
[07:33] Kanade
    I can't beat Chihaya-chan and the other
[07:36] ---
    members at cards that are farther away,
[07:39] Kanade
    but I can win the cards that
    are closer by bringing them in.
[07:42] Kanade
    If I can move in a straight line
[07:43] ---
    to the cards that are farther away,
[07:45] Kanade
    I'll be in a position to take advantage
[07:47] ---
    of my opponent's mistakes.
[07:55] Kanade
    It won't matter if I'm
    not athletic enough.
[07:57] Kanade
    After the athletic festival,
[07:59] ---
    everyone was saying
    that Karuta was a sport,
[08:01] Kanade
    but I consider Karuta an art.
[08:04] Kanade
    Because men and women
    can compete against
[08:07] ---
    each other in Karuta.
[08:12] Kanade
    I won't let you beat me, Desktomu-kun.
[08:18] (Flashback) Person A
    This isn't happening!
[08:19] (Flashback) Person B
    I don't get Karuta at all!
[08:23] Tsutomu
    I'm glad I chose to
    give Karuta a chance.
[08:28] Tsutomu
    I can change.
[08:30] ---
    I know it.
[08:32] Tsutomu
    And not just physically or mentally...
[08:47] Taichi
    Hey, is there a point to this exercise?
[08:49] Chihaya
    I'm not sure, but don't stop!
[08:50] Chihaya
    I need to hone my reflexes if I'm going
[08:52] ---
    to put up a fight against
    the Queen, I think...
[08:58] Taichi
    Too slow!
[09:02] Chihaya
    Straight to the card...
[09:05] Chihaya
    How can I learn to do
    what Shinobu-chan does?
[09:07] Taichi
    Hey, I'm going to the tournament
[09:09] ---
    in Kanazawa this weekend.
[09:12] Taichi
    Wanna come along?
[09:12] Chihaya
    Huh? Kanazawa?
[09:14] Chihaya
    Wasn't it in Saitama?
[09:15] Taichi
    The Saitama tournament is next weekend.
[09:18] Taichi
    There's another tournament
[09:19] ---
    before that one in Kanazawa,
     for Class A and B players.
[09:21] Chihaya
    I'm coming! I'm coming!
[09:23] Chihaya
    Is Kanazawa really far away?
[09:25] Chihaya
    How much will it cost?
[09:27] Taichi
    It's 8,000 yen if you
    take a one-way, overnight bus.
[09:29] Taichi
    Add in the participation fee,
    and it's around 20,000.
[09:32] Taichi
    Well, I doubt anyone
     else can afford it.
[09:35] Taichi
    I'll go by myself.
[09:36] Chihaya
    No fair!
[09:37] Chihaya
    That's no fair, Taichi!
[09:38] Taichi
    I'll buy you a souvenir.
[09:41] Chihaya
    Lucky you. Kanazawa, huh?
[09:46] Chihaya
    That's near Fukui...
[10:16] Person A
    Mommy!
[10:17] Mom
    Don't look.
[10:19] Taichi
    Impressive.
[10:23] Taichi
    I hate myself for being so sneaky.
[10:28] ---
    For doing whatever it takes
[10:32] Taichi
    to become better at
    Karuta before everyone else.
[10:36] Taichi
    For trying to go on a
    trip with Chihaya.
[10:44] Chihaya
    Chihaya.
[10:46] Chihaya
    What?
[10:48] Taichi
    I'm...
[10:55] Taichi
    I'm going to make Class A.
[11:04] Taichi
    Good luck.
[11:05] Nishida
    Good luck.
[11:07] Taichi
    Hmm?
[11:08] Both
    Huh?
[11:09] Both
    What?!
[11:10] Taichi
    What are you doing, Nishida?!
[11:11] Nishida
    What about you?!
[11:12] ---
    You never said anything about this!
[11:13] Person A
    Over there! Keep it down!
[11:15] Taichi
    There was someone else just as sneaky!
[11:18] Taichi
    Why are you here?
[11:20] Nishida
    A senpai from my Karuta
    society invited me,
[11:22] ---
    so I have dibs.
[11:23] Taichi
    Dibs? That's bull!
[11:25] Nishida
    What about you?
[11:27] Taichi
    Took a plane.
[11:28] Nishida
    Stupid rich boy!
[11:30] Nishida
    So you're trying to reach Class A first!
[11:32] Taichi
    So are you!
[11:34] Taichi
    No, I need to focus on my match.
[11:37] Taichi
    Concentrate...
[11:38] Person A
    We will now begin memorization time.
[11:42] [POEM] Reader
    Here comes spring,
    now the flower blooms
[11:52] [POEM] Reader
    Here comes spring,
    now the flower blooms
[11:55] Taichi
    Win.
[11:58] Taichi
    I have to win!
[12:01] [POEM] Reader
    Like a boatsman adrift...
[12:02] Taichi
    H-He's fast!
[12:04] [POEM] Reader
    While autumn leaves crunch...
[12:06] [POEM] Reader
    Since I could not hide...
[12:08] [POEM] Reader
    Impassionate gods...
SIGN    the red that is the Tatsuta River
[12:19] Person A
    Chihaya-chan has really improved.
[12:22] Person A
    Her match against the
    Queen must have helped.
[12:25] Person A
    You'll notice once you play against her.
[12:26] Person A
    She's much faster now.
[12:28] Person A
    Her opponents aren't even
    close on her sweet cards.
[12:30] Person A
    She can give the Queen a run
    for her money on those.
[12:36] Chihaya
    I still see her in my dreams.
[12:40] Chihaya
    I need to match her speed, her edge!
[12:44] [POEM] Reader
    Impassioned vows exchanged
    over many a tear shed to last
SIGN    when I should have gone to sleep instead
[12:45] Chihaya
    Oh! Oops!
[12:48] Person A
    Ow, that's a fault.
[12:50] Person A
    That's where the "Impassionate"
    card was before.
[12:52] Person A
    Chihaya-chan hasn't been able
    to cut down on her mistakes.
[12:55] Person A
    She's too concerned about
    the "Impassion—" cards.
[13:00] Both
    Thank you very much.
[13:03] Chihaya
    I was doing okay for a while,
[13:06] Chihaya
    but I ended up losing to you
    in the end, Hiroshi-san.
[13:09] Hiro
    You may be fast, Chihaya-chan,
[13:11] ---
    but you don't scare me.
[13:13] Chihaya
    Huh?
[13:21] Harada
    Chihaya-chan, stop taking
    cards with your speed.
SIGN    The 1st Career Survey
    First Choice
    Second Choice
SIGN    Queen
[13:42] Miya
    The survey is due on Thursday.
[13:45] Miya
    We have materials in the career
    guidance office, so drop by.
[13:49] Miya
    This is your own future,
    so think very carefully!
[13:52] All
    Yes, ma'am!
SIGN    Kana-chan, you'll be going
[13:54] ---
    to a university that has
    classical literature, right?
SIGN    Oe Traditional
     Clothing
[13:57] Kanade
    I know what I want to major in,
[13:59] ---
    but I'm not sure which
     university I want to go to.
[14:02] Kanade
    Is Chihaya-chan acting like that
    because of the survey?
SIGN    Beats me...
SIGN    What's wrong with them?
[14:12] Kanade
    Beats me...
[14:14] Nishida
    Brutal...
[14:15] Nishida
    Qualifying for Class A is brutal!
[14:18] Nishida
    Ayase! Get out of the
    corner and play me!
[14:20] Taichi
    Hey! That's no fair!
[14:22] Taichi
    I have to play strong
    opponents to get better!
[14:25] Nishida
    Come on! Let's play!
[14:27] Chihaya
    Uh-huh...
[14:29] Nishida
    Huh?
[14:30] Taichi
    What's wrong, Chihaya?
[14:33] Nishida
    Did something happen?
[14:35] Kanade
    Chihaya-chan?
[14:38] (Flashback) Harada
    Chihaya-chan, stop taking
    cards with your speed.
[14:42] (Flashback) Chihaya
    Huh?
[14:42] (Flashback) Chihaya
    What do you mean, Dr. Harada?
[14:45] (Flashback) Chihaya
    I can't win without my speed.
[14:47] (Flashback) Harada
    Chihaya-chan, what did you think
    about the Queen's Karuta?
[14:52] (Flashback) Chihaya
    She was super fast!
[14:53] (Flashback) Chihaya
    I couldn't believe how fast she was!
[14:55] (Flashback) Harada
    Anything else?
[14:57] (Flashback) Chihaya
    She was accurate!
[14:58] (Flashback) Chihaya
    Like she was always aiming for
    a certain spot on the card!
[15:00] (Flashback) Chihaya
    But she was still fast!
[15:04] (Flashback) Chihaya
    Every player wishes they
    could have her speed...
[15:08] (Flashback) Harada
    You don't have to be fast.
[15:12] (Flashback) Harada
    Chihaya-chan, how many
    sweet cards do you have?
[15:14] (Flashback) Harada
    Five? Ten?
[15:17] (Flashback) Harada
    It doesn't matter if you can
    take a few cards really fast.
[15:20] (Flashback) Harada
    If you lose all of the other
    cards, you lose the match.
[15:24] (Flashback) Harada
    Stop concentrating on speed.
[15:27] (Flashback) Chihaya
    Huh?
[15:30] Taichi
    That's what Dr. Harada said?
[15:32] Nishida
    What does Ayase have,
     if you take away her speed?
[15:36] Nishida
    She doesn't use any strategy.
[15:38] Taichi
    So your sharp senses are
    actually hurting you.
[15:42] Taichi
    Hey, Chihaya.
[15:47] Taichi
    Is she actually trying
    to think this through?
[15:49] Taichi
    Usually, when she runs
    into a difficult problem,
[15:53] Taichi
    she gives up within ten seconds!
[15:55] Nishida
    I look too.
[15:56] Chihaya
    I don't get it.
[15:58] Chihaya
    Why shouldn't I take cards fast?
[16:01] Chihaya
    What is he talking about?
SIGN    The next round is Nishida vs. Mashima
[16:07] ---
    and Ayase vs. me, right?
[16:09] ---
    Let's begin.
[16:11] [POEM] Kanade
    Here comes spring,
    now the flower blooms
[16:17] [POEM] Kanade
    Impassionate gods...
[16:19] Nishida
    That's the problem!
[16:20] Nishida
    He's talking about how
    you move too fast!
[16:22] Chihaya
    Oh, he means this?
[16:23] Nishida
    Seriously, none of the
[16:24] ---
    other Impassion cards have been read yet.
[16:27] Chihaya
    My body kinda moves by itself...
[16:29] Taichi
    Primal instinct.
[16:31] Kanade
    Are you finished?
[16:33] Kanade
    I'm going to read the next card.
[16:35] [POEM] Kanade
    the red that is the Tatsuta River
[16:43] [POEM] Kanade
    In order to restore my faith...
[16:46] [POEM] Kanade
    My own sleeves are like...
[16:51] [POEM] Kanade
    Look for the sound...
[16:59] Chihaya
    A 15-card win! Good!
SIGN    Today, there were 6 B cards, 10 C cards.
SIGN    And 0 A and D cards.
[17:07] Chihaya
    What's that?
SIGN    The distribution of the cards I've won against you
SIGN    over the course of the 28 matches
SIGN    Vs. Ayase
    Ayase
    Komano
    
    1) The "Impassionate" card in my right middle row is taken by Ayase.
    She sends "The sound of people" from her right lower row to my right lower row.
    2) I take "In order to" from her right middle row.
    "In order for" is on my side and Ayase was focused on taking that card from me.
    I send "I feel as" from my right middle side to her right middle side.
[17:13] ---
    we played in August and September.
SIGN    One percent of the cards I take come from region A on the opponent's side.
SIGN    Sixty-seven percent come from region B on the opponent side.
SIGN    Thirty-two percent come from region C on my side.
SIGN    Zero percent come from region D on my side.
[17:27] Nishida
    What?!
[17:28] Nishida
    You've been keeping track of all that?!
[17:32] Chihaya
    That means I win almost all
    of the cards in A and D!
SIGN    But that also means that
[17:38] ---
    I'm able to take a considerable
[17:40] ---
    number of cards from B and C.
SIGN    I can't take any one-syllable cards from you,
SIGN    but you have trouble with three-syllable cards.
SIGN    So I would place them in C, where you are weak,
[17:52] ---
    and constantly attack your left side.
SIGN    I'm sure you come up against people
[18:00] ---
    who use these strategies.
[18:02] Nishida
    Hey, what about me?
     Show me mine!
SIGN    Not for nothing.
[18:06] Nishida
    You hog!
[18:08] Harada
    It doesn't matter if you can
    take a few cards really fast.
[18:10] Harada
    If you lose all of the other
    cards, you lose the match.
[18:16] Kanade
    Chihaya-chan, you
    commit a lot of faults.
[18:18] Chihaya
    Huh?
[18:20] Kanade
    You gamble because you want
    to take a card faster.
[18:24] Kanade
    For example, take "May the time
    spent" and "May the time we."
[18:27] Chihaya
    Oh, a lot of people have
    trouble with those.
[18:30] Chihaya
    Since the poems are also similar!
[18:33] Kanade
    Silence!
[18:35] Kanade
    "May the time we" is #19.
[18:37] Kanade
    "May the time spent" is #88.
[18:39] Kanade
    They're separated by two
    hundred years of history!
[18:42] All
    Years?!
[18:50] [POEM] Kanade
    May the time we spend
    apart from one another be
[18:56] [POEM] Kanade
    as short-lived as the
    reeds of Naniwa Bay
[19:04] [POEM] Kanade
    May the time spent in
    our one night together
[19:09] [POEM] Kanade
    bring a life of everlasting love
[19:13] Kanade
    Both poems were written by women,
[19:15] ---
    and they describe similar situations.
[19:17] Kanade
    I find it moving that
[19:19] ---
    two women separated by 200 years
[19:21] ---
    would express themselves in similar ways,
[19:26] Kanade
    but that's not important right now.
[19:29] Kanade
    Chihaya-chan.
[19:31] Kanade
    You told me that the
[19:32] ---
    "Impassionate" card looks
    bright red to you.
[19:36] Kanade
    "May the time we,"
    from the 10th century,
[19:39] ---
    refers to the withered green
    reeds of Naniwa Bay in winter.
[19:44] Kanade
    "May the time spent,"
    from the 12th century,
[19:47] ---
    refers to the new green reeds
    of Naniwa Bay in spring.
[19:50] Kanade
    That's how I picture it.
[19:52] Kanade
    Or you could say that
[19:53] ---
    the Naniwa Bay in #88 had
    more prostitutes at the time,
[20:00] Kanade
    so the card should be rich green.
[20:03] Chihaya
    Kana-chan...
[20:05] Chihaya
    You really love poetry.
[20:09] Kanade
    In my mind, Karuta is about
    the meanings of the poems.
[20:15] Chihaya
    I was sad,
[20:19] Chihaya
    because, for me,
    Karuta was about speed.
[20:33] Person A
    Goodbye, Ms. Miyauchi.
[20:35] Miya
    Yes, goodbye.
[20:40] Miya
    What?
[20:42] Miya
    Ayase-san is in the library?
[20:45] Miya
    Do they keep manga in there?
[20:49] Miya
    Ayase-san, you haven't turned
    in your career survey yet.
[20:53] Miya
    Hurry up and...
SIGN    Interpretation of Hundred Poets
[21:16] Chihaya
    Speed isn't enough.
[21:19] Chihaya
    I need to learn from Desktomu-kun.
[21:21] Chihaya
    I need to learn from Kana-chan.