# 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.*