E17 - World Offers No Escape Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) [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.