E18 - The Plum Blossoms Still Smell the Same 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] [POEM] Reader     during my forlorn years in this world SIGN    Saitama Hundred Poets Tournament [00:09] Taichi     We appreciate all your help, Mrs. Oe. [00:13] Mom     Please! Call me Rieko! [00:16] Nishida     Kana-chan, do we really have to     wear hakama for every tournament? [00:20] Kanade     Of course! [00:22] Kanade     It's a Mizusawa High School     Karuta Club tradition. [00:24] Nishida     What? SIGN    In that case, [00:27] ---     I should probably learn how     to put one on by myself. [00:32] Both     Desktomu-kun! [00:33] Kanade     Oe Traditional Clothing [00:34] ---     offers lessons for wearing hakama! [00:36] Mom     Oe Traditional Clothing offers a new line [00:39] ---     of cotton hakama for competitive karuta! SIGN    Er, u-uh... [00:47] Chihaya     This will be my first official     match after making Class A [00:50] ---     that isn't limited to high schoolers. [00:54] Taichi     First, you need to win! [00:55] Taichi     After that, your goal is to win the     whole thing so you can advance in rank! [00:58] Taichi     Let's get serious! [00:59] Nishida     Yeah! SIGN    Mashima, you're fired up. [01:03] Kanade     So am I. [01:04] Nishida     Me too! [01:09] Kanade     Are you nervous, Chihaya-chan? [01:11] Kanade     Shouldn't you be used to     playing in tournaments? [01:13] Chihaya     K-Kana-chan, I feel like [01:15] ---     a rookie out of high school in     his first major league game! [01:18] Kanade     Huh? [01:24] Chihaya     Class A is completely different     from the lower classes. [01:29] Chihaya     This is what I've always wanted: [01:33] Chihaya     to play in a Class A tournament. SIGN    Chihaya Furu SIGN    Verse 18 SIGN    The      Plum      Blossoms      Still     Smell      the      Same [02:57] Chihaya     My first Class A match... [03:00] (Flashback) Harada     Chihaya-chan, stop taking     cards with your speed. [03:05] Chihaya     This will lead me to the Queen... [03:09] Chihaya     but I need to win my first match. [03:10] Sakura     Oh, that's a pretty hakama. [03:12] Chihaya     Huh? [03:13] Sakura     I love how colorful your hakama is. [03:16] Chihaya     Thank you very much... [03:19] Sakura     If I were a little younger, [03:22] ---     I would love to wear a colorful hakama. [03:25] Chihaya     Y-You look adorable! [03:27] Sakura     I know. [03:29] Chihaya     She knows. Oh... [03:32] [POEM] Reader     Naniwa Bay, now the flower      blooms, but for winter [03:36] Chihaya     My opponent in the first round. [03:38] Chihaya     Kanai Sakura-san. [03:41] Chihaya     I can't let my nerves     get the better of me. [03:41] [POEM] Reader     Here comes spring,     now the flower blooms [03:43] Chihaya     Stay calm. [03:47] Chihaya     Today, my goal is to not move too fast [03:51] ---     and not make faults. [03:52] [POEM] Reader     Here comes spring,     now the flower blooms [03:54] Chihaya     Play a balanced style     that allows me to take [03:57] ---     cards from both sides     of the opponent's field. [04:01] [POEM] Reader     When I must hide these burning feelings, [04:09] Chihaya     I screwed up! I totally screwed up! [04:11] Sakura     Wow, you're so fast. [04:14] Sakura     Young people have such     excellent reflexes. [04:17] Sakura     I can't keep up. [04:24] [POEM] Reader     I feel as though my body is     on fire with Ibuki mugwort [04:33] [POEM] Reader     Though my hatred... [04:34] Chihaya     Ah! That's the wrong card! A fault! [04:37] Sakura     Wow, [04:39] ---     you really have fast reflexes. [04:42] Sakura     People with fast reflexes tend to mix up [04:46] ---     similar-sounding first syllables. [04:48] Sakura     Lucky me. [04:51] Chihaya     I see. [04:52] ---     She's right. [04:54] Chihaya     Fast reflexes and sharp ears     can be powerful tools, [04:58] Chihaya     but they can also cause mistakes. [05:01] (Flashback) Harada     Stop concentrating on speed. [05:04] Chihaya     That's why Dr. Harada told me to stop. [05:07] [POEM] Reader     While it pains me... [05:08] Sakura     Lucky me! [05:09] [POEM] Reader     The tail feathers of... [05:10] Sakura     Lucky me! [05:12] [POEM] Reader     I wish I could show... [05:13] Sakura     Lucky me! [05:14] Sakura     You let me take another card. SIGN    and I have yet to visit Amanohashidate or read my mother's letters [05:20] Chihaya     I'm having trouble attacking her... [05:22] Chihaya     Why? [05:26] Sakura     Lucky me! [05:28] Sakura     I get to play a girl who only has speed. [05:31] Chihaya     Why did she have to say that? [05:34] Chihaya     My goal today was to not move too fast. [05:36] [POEM] Reader     have been soaked red with tears of blood [05:45] [POEM] Reader     Would this old palace courtyard... [05:47] Chihaya     A dead card! [05:53] [POEM] Reader     be as dear now, those     were the good old days [06:02] [POEM] Reader     Since I could not hide my love, [06:03] Chihaya     Dead card! [06:08] [POEM] Reader     Impassioned vows exchanged... [06:10] Chihaya     Again? [06:11] [POEM] Reader     Look for the sound... [06:11] Chihaya     Another dead card! [06:13] [POEM] Reader     I know that my heart... [06:17] Chihaya     Five dead cards in a row. [06:19] [POEM] Reader     and by no fault of mine [06:28] [POEM] Reader     Nobody wishes to see the     beautiful cherry blossoms [06:34] Chihaya     The next card has to be one in play. [06:39] Chihaya     The next card... [06:42] Chihaya     The next card... [06:43] Chihaya     I really want to move! [06:43] [POEM] Reader     covered by the smoky mountain fog [06:53] [POEM] Reader     So the flower has wilted during [06:55] Chihaya     Seven dead cards in a row! [06:55] ---     the long spring rains, just     as my beauty has faded [06:57] Chihaya     A fault... [06:59] Sakura     You couldn't hold yourself back, huh? [07:01] Sakura     Lucky me. [07:02] Sakura     Then I'll send you SIGN    the red that is the Tatsuta River [07:05] Sakura     this card. [07:09] Chihaya     She sent me the "Impassionate gods" card... [07:17] Chihaya     I can do this! [07:18] Chihaya     I'm gonna take the next card. [07:19] [POEM] Reader     While it brings me no joy... [07:21] Chihaya     Take the next card! [07:22] Chihaya     Take the next card! [07:29] Sakura     I'm in luck again. [07:35] Chihaya     I should have been able     to take that card. [07:37] Chihaya     If I'd been ready to move back from [07:39] ---     "While it may" to "While it brings"... [07:41] Chihaya     I have faster reflexes! [07:45] Chihaya     Stay calm... [07:47] Chihaya     This may be my first Class A match, [07:49] Chihaya     but I can't lose! [07:53] Chihaya     If I'm not the strongest     female Class A player, [07:55] ---     I don't even get to challenge the Queen! [08:00] Chihaya     If I lose here, I can never     take on Shinobu-chan! [08:05] Sakura     This is no fun. [08:07] Chihaya     Huh? [08:08] Sakura     Ayase-san, it feels like you're     only playing against the cards. SIGN    it is as though pearls have been strung across the autumn plain [08:17] Chihaya     She sent me "Since the," which is a [08:19] ---     one-syllable card now because [08:20] ---     "Since I could" not hide has been read. [08:22] Chihaya     I was hoping to take     that card from her... [08:26] Chihaya     She's so hard to play against... [08:30] Chihaya     She's making it hard for     me to play against her? [08:33] Chihaya     Right, she also sent "Impassionate." [08:36] Chihaya     The opponent's right side     doesn't have many cards left. [08:43] Chihaya     Her cards are positioned     to prevent me from [08:44] ---     using my speed effectively. [08:46] (Flashback) Sakura     Wow, you really have fast reflexes. [08:48] (Flashback) Sakura     Ayase-san, it feels like you're     only playing against the cards. [08:53] Chihaya     She addresses me by name [08:55] ---     and watches how I play. 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. [08:59] (Flashback) Tsutomu     But you have trouble with     three-syllable cards, [09:01] (Flashback) Tsutomu     so I would place those cards in [09:03] (Flashback) ---     region B and constantly attack them. [09:07] (Flashback) Tsutomu     I'm sure you'll come up against people [09:09] (Flashback) ---     who use these strategies. [09:14] Chihaya     Excuse me. [09:19] Chihaya     I have a habit of going for every card [09:21] ---     as though it were a one-syllable card. [09:24] Chihaya     That's why I end up using too much force. [09:28] Chihaya     In that case, I should     move back my start line. [09:32] Chihaya     Just a little bit. [09:41] Chihaya     Find the position that [09:42] ---     lets me take the lead at the goal line! [09:48] Sakura     Oh, she moved back? [09:49] Sakura     She was on the edge of     the boundary before. [09:53] Sakura     Ten centimeters? [09:54] Sakura     No, she moved back fifteen centimeters. [09:58] Sakura     Can she still reach the cards? [10:01] Sakura     She must have a plan.     I love it! [10:04] Sakura     Youth is a wonderful thing! [10:08] [POEM] Reader     Said night was young when     the false rooster's crow [10:11] Chihaya     Whoa! A dead card! [10:14] Chihaya     That was close. [10:16] Chihaya     But I can reach the farthest     row on both sides. [10:19] Sakura     Her arm is so long. [10:20] Sakura     She can easily reach     any spot on the field. [10:23] Sakura     If she finds her rhythm... [10:27] Sakura     I'm moving a card. [10:28] Chihaya     Huh? [10:32] Chihaya     She moved "Said bed" as soon [10:34] ---     as it became a one-syllable card! [10:35] Sakura     Keep worrying your pretty little head. [10:39] Sakura     So innocent and cute! [10:41] [POEM] Reader     I feel as though I am... [10:42] Sakura     Lucky me. [10:44] [POEM] Reader     The emotions experienced... [10:46] Sakura     I have to take the cards     that are there for me. [10:50] Chihaya     The cards that are there for her? [10:52] Chihaya     Is this all part of her plan?! SIGN    She finally noticed... [10:59] Chihaya     Her karuta has something that mine lacks. [11:03] Chihaya     I need to watch her play. [11:05] Chihaya     Figure out what Sakura-san     has that I don't. [11:09] Chihaya     The way she's been watching me play. [11:17] [POEM] Reader     banish any lingering memories of the past [11:26] [POEM] Reader     My fear is not of... [11:33] Sakura     Oh. [11:35] Sakura     We used the same three-syllable     timing to take the card, [11:40] Sakura     But since we touched it at the same time, [11:42] Sakura     it's mine. [11:47] Chihaya     Three-syllable timing... [11:50] Chihaya     Timing... [11:52] Chihaya     Timing! [11:54] Chihaya     There's another way to play karuta! [11:57] Chihaya     A way that doesn't rely on speed! [12:00] Chihaya     The way Sakura-san plays! [12:07] [POEM] Reader     In order for us to find our way home, [12:14] Both     Thank you very much. [12:19] Chihaya     I lost by six cards... [12:26] Chihaya     Kanai Sakura-san! [12:30] Chihaya     Oh! [12:33] Sakura     Yes? [12:34] Chihaya     Th-They're adorable! [12:35] Sakura     I know. [12:36] Chihaya     So she knows. Oh... [12:41] Chihaya     Thank you very much for your help today! [12:46] Chihaya     I'll do my best to become a player     that doesn't rely on speed! [12:49] Chihaya     I want to become Queen! [12:53] Sakura     Oh, dear. So do I. [12:56] Chihaya     Huh? [12:58] Sakura     Does it sound strange coming from [12:59] ---     an old lady who's been     playing karuta for 35 years? [13:01] Chihaya     35 years?! [13:03] Sakura     20 years ago, I was much cuter [13:06] ---     and considered a karuta idol like you. SIGN    Not a karuta idol SIGN    Not a karuta idol [13:11] Sakura     I've never won any major tournaments, [13:14] ---     and no matter how hard I try, [13:16] ---     I keep losing to younger players. [13:20] Sakura     But I love karuta. [13:25] Sakura     I still dream about becoming Queen. [13:29] Tsubaki     What? Then I also want to become Queen! [13:32] Kaede     Me too! [13:34] Sakura     Oh? That makes us rivals then. [13:37] Sakura     I'll see you at the East qualifier. [13:47] Chihaya     And so, I had just lost     my first Class A match, [13:53] Chihaya     yet I had no idea that I was [13:55] ---     about to experience the     worst moment of my life. [14:02] Chihaya     The Class B final is     between Taichi and Porky! [14:07] Chihaya     The Class D final is between [14:08] ---     Desktomu-kun and Kana-chan! [14:11] Chihaya     The other four members of     the Mizusawa karuta club [14:14] ---     trumped their captain     by reaching the finals! [14:16] Chihaya     Wh-Who do I... [14:17] ---     Which match do I watch?! [14:19] Chihaya     Who do I root for?! [14:20] Chihaya     What should I do as their captain?! [14:24] Chihaya     Retro-kun! [14:25] Chihaya     Y-You were in this tournament. [14:27] Chihaya     How did you do? [14:28] Hiro     I didn't do anything! [14:31] Hiro     I ran into Mashima in the first round [14:33] ---     and lost by three cards... [14:35] Hiro     I had all the momentum! [14:37] Hiro     This is what it means to win     the battle, but lose the war! [14:41] Chihaya     What about the other Hokuo members? [14:43] Hiro     Amakasu-senpai and the     others already left. [14:46] Amakasu     I lost, so I'm leaving. [14:49] Hiro     I'm going to take whatever     I can from the winners! [15:00] Nishida     Next month is the East Master qualifier. [15:04] Nishida     This may be my last chance     to advance in rank. [15:06] Nishida     I have to win here! [15:10] Nishida     I bet that's what Mashima's     thinking right now. [15:13] Nishida     I'm not too interested     in the Master final, [15:16] Nishida     but I can't let Mashima beat me! [15:22] Tsutomu     I admire Kana-chan. [15:26] Tsutomu     Her elegant playing     style, her tenacity... [15:30] Tsutomu     and she has the stats to show for it. [15:33] Tsutomu     She averages 0.6 faults a match. [15:35] Tsutomu     During practice, she comes     back to win 74% of the time. [15:38] Tsutomu     Due to her size, [15:40] ---     she rarely goes on the attack. [15:43] Tsutomu     Her personality makes her     more defense-minded. [15:46] Tsutomu     Gulp. [15:48] Tsutomu     I know Kana-chan! [15:50] Tsutomu     I can beat her! [15:51] [POEM] Reader     Naniwa Bay, now the flower     blooms, but for winter [15:59] Chihaya     Everybody's playing against [16:00] ---     each other for a chance     to advance in rank. [16:01] [POEM] Reader     Here comes spring,     now the flower blooms [16:02] Chihaya     This will never happen again. [16:05] Chihaya     I have to serve as their witness! [16:12] [POEM] Reader     Here comes spring,     now the flower blooms [16:20] [POEM] Reader     The emotions experienced... [16:22] Chihaya     Huh? What? [16:23] [POEM] Reader     My life means nothing... [16:25] Chihaya     What? What?! [16:26] Chihaya     This is impossible! [16:27] Chihaya     I have no idea what's     going on in either match! [16:29] Chihaya     Who got that card?!      Who got it?! [16:31] Hiro     Can you calm down? [16:33] Chihaya     I want to watch them play! [16:37] Chihaya     Huh? Kana-chan... [16:40] Chihaya     She isn't sitting back the     way she does in practice. [16:43] Chihaya     Has her exercise paid off? [16:44] [POEM] Reader     I will not cast myself into Naniwa Bay, [16:45] Chihaya     But she just started... [16:48] Chihaya     Is it because of the hakama?! [16:48] [POEM] ---     but I will risk my life to see you again [16:53] [POEM] Reader     As my love first came to realization, [17:09] Kanade     Excuse me. [17:16] Chihaya     Oh! [17:18] Chihaya     Now that I think about it, [17:20] ---     this is the first time     I've watched Kana-chan [17:22] ---     play in a hakama. [17:23] Mom     When wearing a kimono, [17:26] ---     you must maintain proper posture [17:27] ---     and suck your stomach in, [17:29] Mom     as though you have a board     running down your spine. [17:33] Kanade     My obi helps to support me. [17:37] [POEM] Reader     All alone, I step outside     my house seeking comfort, [17:40] Kanade     It helps to strengthen my center! [17:52] Person A     How lovely. [17:53] Person B     Kimonos are so beautiful. [17:55] Person C     She's so pretty. [17:56] Mom     Chihaya-chan is very beautiful, [17:59] Mom     but she's beautiful no     matter what she wears. [18:01] Mom     Kanade isn't necessarily beautiful, [18:04] ---     but she knows how to use a kimono. [18:07] Mom     She is the true poster girl     for Oe Traditional Clothing! [18:11] Tsutomu     Kana-chan attacks better when     she's wearing a hakama. [18:14] Tsutomu     She can play 100% when     she's wearing a hakama. [18:17] Tsutomu     I practice with her every day, [18:20] Tsutomu     and I can still learn new things [18:21] ---     about her in a real match. [18:23] Tsutomu     Still, the normal Kana-chan is there. [18:28] Tsutomu     There is one card that I can     always take against Kana-chan. [18:32] [POEM] Reader     While it brings me no joy... [18:38] Tsutomu     It's quite simple. [18:39] Tsutomu     Ayase cares about the "Impassionate" card, [18:42] Tsutomu     and similarly, Kana-chan believes that the [18:43] ---     "While it brings" card belongs to her, [18:45] [POEM] Reader     and I have yet to visit Amanohashidate     or read my mother's letters [18:45] Tsutomu     because her name is Oe. [18:48] Tsutomu     Plus... [18:50] Tsutomu     Whenever "While it brings" is read, [18:52] ---     her attention is drawn to "The storm will." [18:54] [POEM] Reader     The autumn paddy shacks... [18:57] Tsutomu     Which delays her response     to the other cards. [19:01] Tsutomu     Because Lady Izumi Shikibu     and Koshikibu no Naishi SIGN    Daughter SIGN    Koshikibu no Naishi          While it brings me no joy, the     road beyond Mount Oe is too long     and I have yet to visit Amanohashidate     or read my mother's letters SIGN    Mother SIGN    Lady Izumi Shikibu          The storm will soon carry     me to the afterlife,     so I wish for a memory     of you to take with me [19:03] ---     were mother and daughter. [19:05] Chihaya     Desktomu-kun is really calm. [19:07] Chihaya     He understands Kana-chan's karuta. [19:10] Tsutomu     Kana-chan doesn't     recognize cards just by syllables [19:13] ---     the way other players do. SIGN    Ariwara no Narihira          Impassionate gods have never seen     the red that is the Tatsuta River SIGN    Brothers SIGN    Ariwara no Yukihira          Note that though we may     be apart, if I am to hear     that you pine for me as the Inaba     mountain pines, I shall return to you [19:17] Tsutomu     When Ariwara no Narihira's card is read, [19:19] ---     she looks for his brother, Yukihira. SIGN    Lady Sei Shonagon          Said night was young when     the false rooster's crow     but the gates of Afusaka remained shut SIGN    Father and Daughter [19:21] Tsutomu     When Lady Sei Shonagon is read, SIGN    Kiyohara no Motosuke          Impassioned vows exchanged     over many a tear shed to last     until the day waves crash     over Mount Suenomatsu SIGN    Rivals [19:23] ---     she looks for Kiyohara no Motosuke, SIGN    Lady Murasaki Shikibu          Long last we meet, only for     me to leave hurriedly,     for I could not recognize you, like     the moon hidden behind the clouds SIGN    as well as Lady Murasaki Shibu. [19:27] Tsutomu     Kana-chan values the meaning [19:28] ---     and history behind every card, [19:31] Tsutomu     but the syllables are what     matter in competitive karuta. [19:35] [POEM] Reader     As I wait for someone... [19:38] Tsutomu     I screwed up! [19:39] Tsutomu     A fault! [19:40] Tsutomu     I have trouble differentiating     between "As I" and "As this". [19:43] Tsutomu     My focus is on the syllables, [19:45] ---     but my hearing isn't as good as Ayase's! [19:47] Chihaya     Desktomu-kun reacted as     soon as "As" was read. [19:53] Chihaya     Which card will Kana-chan send? [19:59] Chihaya     Huh? SIGN    I can look up and see the     snowy cap of Mt. Fuji [20:01] (Flashback) Chihaya     Kana-chan, why is "No matter" always [20:04] (Flashback) ---     the first "No" card you send? [20:06] (Flashback) Chihaya     I would send "Note that" first, [20:09] (Flashback) Chihaya     since it sounds different     from the others. [20:11] (Flashback) Kanade     My hearing isn't as good as yours, [20:14] (Flashback) Kanade     so "Nobody", "No more", "No matter", [20:16] (Flashback) ---     "Note that", "None are," and "Nothing" [20:18] (Flashback) ---     are all difficult for me. [20:20] (Flashback) Kanade     But the bigger something is,     the easier it is to notice. [20:26] [POEM] Chihaya     No matter where I stand     on the shores of Tago, [20:31] [POEM] Chihaya     I can look up and see the     snowy cap of Mt. Fuji [20:35] Chihaya     She's drawn to the image [20:38] ---     of Mt. Fuji! [20:39] [POEM] Reader     No matter where I stand     on the shores of Tago, [20:46] Chihaya     I didn't hear a thing. [20:49] Chihaya     Her motion was flawless. [20:52] Chihaya     Straight as an arrow... [20:56] Chihaya     I'm not here to cheer them on. [20:58] Chihaya     I'm not here as their captain. [21:01] Chihaya     I'm going to take whatever     I can from them! [21:14] Chihaya     Meanwhile, there was another     intense match going on, [21:18] Chihaya     but only Retro-kun was watching!