E20 - The Cresting Waves Almost Look Like Clouds in the Skies

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[00:01] Both
    Thank you very much.
[00:03] Taichi
    Okay. We'll take a fifteen minute break
    before we start the second round.
[00:08] Nishida
    Man, I'm starving.
[00:10] Kanade
    Chihaya-chan, I'm heading to the fountain.
    If anything comes up...
[00:18] Chihaya
    When I play against Kana-chan,
    I can move back seven lines.
[00:22] Chihaya
    Same when I play Desktomu-kun.
[00:24] Chihaya
    Porky and Taichi are stronger now,
[00:27] Chihaya
    but I don't want to rush myself,
[00:29] Chihaya
    so I'll move back three lines.
[00:33] Chihaya
    Three-syllable timing...
    Four-syllable timing...
[00:37] [POEM] Chihaya
    So the flower pe—
[00:38] [POEM] Chihaya
    So the flower has...
[00:42] [POEM] Chihaya
    The storm blasts...
SIGN    to set the Tatsuta River ablaze
[00:50] Chihaya
    Timing is important,
[00:53] Chihaya
    but you also need to have control.
[00:56] Chihaya
    Still...
[01:01] Chihaya
    How do I get rid of that left hand?
[01:06] Chihaya
    What do I have besides my speed?
SIGN    If she used 1/10 of that focus on studying,
SIGN    her grades wouldn't be fifth from the bottom in our grade.
SIGN    Chihaya Furu
SIGN    Verse 20
SIGN    The Cresting
    Waves
     Almost
     Look Like
    Clouds in
    the Skies
[02:46] Miya
    I heard that you'll be
    participating in the tournament
[02:48] ---
    on Sunday in Kawaguchi.
[02:50] Chihaya
    Yes, I'll do my best!
[02:51] Miya
    I cannot allow you to go.
[02:54] Chihaya
    What?!
[02:55] Chihaya
    Wh-Why not, Sensei?!
[02:56] Chihaya
    The Yoshino Tournament is the
[02:58] ---
    last major tournament before
    the Master/Queen qualifiers!
[03:00] Chihaya
    Everyone will be participating as-
[03:01] Miya
    What day is the Monday
    following the tournament?
[03:06] Chihaya
    Marine Day?
[03:06] Miya
    The first day of exams!
[03:09] Miya
    At this rate, you're
    going to be held back!
[03:11] Chihaya
    What? Seriously? For real?
[03:14] Miya
    I realize that you are
    dedicated to karuta,
[03:18] Miya
    but you need to start
    thinking about your future.
[03:24] Chihaya
    My future...
SIGN    Queen
SIGN    East Qualifier
SIGN    Shinobu-chan
SIGN    Yoshino Tournament
SIGN    What's recently been on her mind
SIGN    Food
SIGN    The new
    Daddy Bear
SIGN    Future
SIGN    First appearance
[03:28] Miya
    So I found a tutor for you.
[03:33] Miya
    He'll go over every one of your courses
[03:34] ---
    with you in the next two days.
[03:37] Chihaya
    Don't do this, Desktomu-kun!
SIGN    Call me "Tutor".
[03:40] Nishida
    T-Tutor...
[03:42] Nishida
    Please teach me...
[03:44] Nishida
    I'm on the verge of failing
    English and Math...
[03:46] Kanade
    What about the Yoshino
    Tournament tomorrow?
[03:50] Taichi
    I'll be going.
[03:52] Taichi
    Yoshino only has brackets
    for Class A and Class B,
[03:55] ---
    so I'll go by myself.
[03:57] Taichi
    If we aren't going to practice today,
[03:59] ---
    I'll head over to the Shiranami Society.
[04:01] Nishida
    Hey, Mashima.
[04:02] Nishida
    You placed second at Nationals
[04:05] ---
    and the Saitama tournament, right?
[04:07] Nishida
    Normally, you're allowed to advance
[04:08] ---
    to Class A if you've
    placed second twice.
[04:11] Nishida
    Have you asked the
    Shiranami Society coach?
[04:14] Taichi
    He said that I had to
    win a tournament first.
[04:17] Nishida
    You too? That's harsh.
[04:20] Nishida
    Our society's the same.
[04:23] Nishida
    So when I told everyone I won...
[04:28] (Flashback) Person A
    It's awesome, Yusei!
[04:30] (Flashback) Nishida
    It was all thanks to Coach and the
    other players at this society.
[04:31] (Flashback) ---
    Idiot!
[04:33] (Flashback) Coach
    Don't make me mad, boy!
[04:35] (Flashback) Coach
    Your friends are the reason the old you,
[04:39] (Flashback) ---
    who hates to lose, is back!
[04:41] (Flashback) Coach
    Isn't that right?!
[04:46] Taichi
    I can only advance if I win,
    so that's what I'll have to do.
[04:49] Taichi
    I'm off then.
[04:54] Nishida
    Yoshino Tournament...
[04:56] Kanade
    If he wants to play in this
    year's Eastern qualifier...
[04:59] Tsutomu
    If he wants to make Class A this year...
[05:01] Chihaya
    This is his last chance!
SIGN    It's too late to try to learn anything!
SIGN    So memorize! Memorize!
SIGN    Treat this like a match and memorize hard!
[05:14] Nishida
    But I'll forget it
    all before the test.
[05:21] Taichi
    I made it past the second round!
[05:25] Taichi
    I'm on a roll today.
[05:28] Taichi
    Okay...
[05:30] Taichi
    Starting with the next round,
[05:31] ---
    my matches will be in the same room
[05:32] ---
    as the Class A matches.
[05:34] Harada
    Eyebrows.
[05:36] Harada
    You're winning games.
[05:38] Taichi
    How are you doing, Dr. Harada?
[05:40] Harada
    I'm winning, of course.
[05:42] Harada
    I'm playing the best karuta I can, today.
[05:45] Harada
    The strongest Class A players all participate
[05:48] ---
    in the Yoshino Tournament to
    prepare for the Master Qualifiers.
[05:51] Harada
    There are players from
    Kansai and Kyushu here.
[05:54] Harada
    It's an excellent chance to see how
    you match up against the best.
[05:58] Taichi
    Everyone's preparing for
    the Master qualifiers...
[06:01] Taichi
    So am I.
[06:03] Harada
    That reminds me.
    Have you run into him yet?
[06:05] Taichi
    Huh?
[06:15] Taichi
    Huh?
SIGN    Hey, hasn't Ayase been in the restroom a while?
[06:30] Nishida
    Number two.
    That or she fell asleep.
SIGN    Forgot to put my phone on vibrate.
[06:38] [Messenger] [SIGN]
    Sorry, Tutor.
    I'm going to cheer for Taichi.
    -Chihaya
SIGN    That fool!
[06:40] Nishida
    Huh?
[06:50] Harada
    Kuriyama-kun!
[06:51] Kuri
    Harada-kun!
[06:52] Harada
    It's been ages since the last
    time you came to Kanto!
[06:56] Kuri
    My knees have been killing me,
[06:58] Kuri
    but I had to come along
[07:00] ---
    since so many of our
    players are participating.
[07:01] Arata
    Mr. Kuriyama and Dr. Harada
[07:03] Harada
    You need to get those knees patched up
[07:03] ---
    have been rivals since they were young.
[07:04] ---
    so you can play karuta again.
[07:06] Taichi
    Mr. Kuriyama?
[07:06] Kuri
    I know!
[07:07] Harada
    We need to watch our health.
[07:07] Arata
    He's the director of the Nagumo Society,
    where I'm registered.
[07:10] Kuri
    Absolutely.
[07:11] Harada
    Once this is over...
[07:14] Person A
    The third round for Class A
    and Class B will begin soon.
[07:17] Person A
    Please move to your assigned seats.
[07:20] Arata
    Taichi, hold on.
[07:24] Arata
    Here.
[07:28] Arata
    I guess I was mistaken.
[07:32] Arata
    I thought you would be in the
    Class A tournament today.
[07:38] Arata
    Pass that on to Chihaya,
     if she needs it.
SIGN    Wataya Arata
[07:50] Taichi
    Arata...
[07:52] Taichi
    Arata... is here.
[07:56] Chihaya
    Wait! Wait up!
[07:58] [POEM] Reader
    Here comes spring,
    now the flower blooms
[08:08] Chihaya
    Made it.
[08:11] Chihaya
    Wrong direction!
[08:12] Chihaya
    Wait! Open up!
[08:12] Chihaya
    This is the wrong way!
[08:17] [Messenger] [SIGN]
    Desktomu-kun
[08:17] [Messenger] [SIGN]
    You realize that you're running
    away from your responsibilities.
    -From your tutor
[08:20] Chihaya
    He's so calm when he's angry!
[08:28] Chihaya
    What am I doing?
[08:30] Chihaya
    I'm getting nowhere with
    studying or karuta.
[08:34] Chihaya
    I don't know what I should do.
[08:39] Chihaya
    Yet, what if Taichi is all
    alone when he wins or loses?
[08:51] Chihaya
    I can't let that happen!
[09:09] Chihaya
    Taichi!
[09:11] Chihaya
    Well? Are you doing well?
[09:12] Chihaya
    What round is it?
[09:14] Taichi
    I lost in the third round.
[09:19] Chihaya
    R-Really...
[09:21] Taichi
    Chihaya.
[09:26] Taichi
    Arata is playing.
SIGN    for there is no one else out here
[09:30] Chihaya
    Huh?
[09:43] [POEM] Reader
    As I wait for someone
    who will never come,
SIGN    Wataya Arata
[09:54] [POEM] Reader
    my body burns like the seaweed
    drying on the shores of Matsuho
[10:04] [POEM] Reader
    Long last we meet...
[10:13] Harada
    Mine!
[10:15] Both
    Thank you very much!
[10:17] Harada
    I won my game by 11 cards to
    make it to the semifinals.
[10:20] Harada
    I'm feeling it today!
[10:23] Harada
    Chihaya-chan is here?
[11:00] [POEM] Reader
    When I must hide...
[11:01] [POEM] Reader
    Would the mountain cherry blossoms...
[11:03] [POEM] Reader
    When the misty bridge...
[11:06] [POEM] Reader
    When winds send waves...
[11:24] Taichi
    I lost in the third round.
[11:29] Taichi
    It's not Arata's fault.
[11:33] Taichi
    But...
[11:36] Taichi
    But...
[11:52] Chihaya
    Taichi...
[11:55] Chihaya
    It happened, Taichi!
[11:58] Chihaya
    It happened!
[12:04] Taichi
    Arata's going to come back,
[12:07] Taichi
    so we have to become stronger
    and wait for his return.
[12:16] Chihaya
    Taichi...
[12:17] Chihaya
    It happened!
[12:20] Taichi
    Part of me didn't want to see him here,
[12:24] Taichi
    but deep down, I'm celebrating.
[12:33] Taichi
    He's back.
[12:35] Taichi
    Arata's back.
[12:44] Arata
    He's good. Really good.
[12:48] Arata
    Tsuboguchi Hiroshi-san,
    from the Shiranami Society.
[12:53] Tsuboguchi
    One more card!
    One more card!
[12:57] Tsuboguchi
    Give me "For the"!
[12:58] Tsuboguchi
    "For the"!
[12:58] Tsuboguchi
    It's gotta be "For the"!
[12:59] Tsuboguchi
    "For the"! "For the"! "For the"! "For the"!
[13:03] Arata
    I can sense Dr. Harada behind him.
[13:07] [POEM] Reader
    leaving a hovering mist
    above the trees and grass
[13:17] [POEM] Reader
    For the cold nights...
[13:25] Arata
    Thank you very much.
[13:27] Tsuboguchi
    Thank you very much.
[13:29] Tsuboguchi
    I got the card? Terrific.
[13:32] Tsuboguchi
    But that was pure luck...
[13:35] Tsuboguchi
    I chose a card and moved before
    I heard the first syllable.
[13:37] Tsuboguchi
    Yet he still almost got there first.
[13:40] Tsuboguchi
    I would have lost if either of the
    other two cards had been read.
[13:54] Reader
    The semifinals will
    begin in ten minutes.
[14:01] Taichi
    You're too slow.
[14:04] Taichi
    Hiroshi-san is our ace.
[14:07] Taichi
    He's not going to lose to someone who
    hasn't played in eighteen months.
[14:16] Taichi
    Chihaya, you need to-
[14:18] Chihaya
    Why did he go for that card?
[14:19] Chihaya
    How does he stay still when
    a dead card is read?
[14:21] Chihaya
    What is his thinking process
    for sending cards?
[14:24] Chihaya
    What? Why? How?
[14:25] Taichi
    Hey, Chihaya.
[14:30] Arata
    Huh? What?
[14:31] Chihaya
    Sit down.
[14:50] Arata
    Oh.
[14:52] Arata
    We aren't even playing,
     and you're already fired up.
[15:10] Kanade
    Chihaya-chan!
[15:12] Kanade
    What are you doing?
[15:14] Chihaya
    Huh? Huh?
    You came, Kana-chan?
[15:15] Kanade
    We all wanted to cheer
    for the president,
SIGN    A disguise?
[15:18] Chihaya
    I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[15:18] Kanade
    yet Desktomu-kun agreed
    to help you study!
[15:19] Kuri
    Arata-kun,
[15:21] ---
    go grab your fourth place award.
[15:22] Kanade
    Then you ran off by yourself!
[15:23] Kuri
    We'll leave after that.
[15:25] Arata
    Okay.
[15:26] Arata
    You're leaving?
[15:28] Arata
    Nobody from the Nagumo Society is left,
[15:31] ---
    and we drove here.
[15:33] Arata
    If we leave now,
[15:34] ---
    it'll be the middle of the
    night when we reach Fukui.
[15:37] Taichi
    Then you can give this to her yourself.
[15:40] Taichi
    Your cell phone number.
[15:42] Taichi
    Don't make me decide
    if she needs it or not.
[15:48] Kanade
    We're going back to school now!
[15:49] Chihaya
    What? Already?
[15:50] Kanade
    Of course!
[15:51] Chihaya
    Right away?! Really?!
[15:53] Arata
    Well, I wasn't sure...
[15:55] Taichi
    About what?
[15:57] Arata
    I'm no longer here,
[16:00] Arata
    so I didn't know if the two
    of you were a couple now.
[16:08] Taichi
    No, definitely not.
[16:10] Arata
    Really?
[16:11] Taichi
    You're actually pretty
    sensitive about that stuff.
[16:20] Arata
    I'm no longer here...
[16:24] Kanade
    Hey, don't space out!
[16:25] Kanade
    You can't afford to
    waste a single second!
[16:27] Kanade
    Read your textbook!
[16:29] Kanade
    That's not on the test!
[16:30] Kanade
    Start from page 92 for Classic Lit.!
SIGN    The Tale of Genji Lady Murasaki Shikibu
[16:37] [POEM] Reader
    Long last we meet...
[16:40] Chihaya
    Long last we meet...
[16:42] Kanade
    You mean Lady Murasaki Shikibu?
[16:47] Chihaya
    It seems to fit Arata.
[16:49] Chihaya
    Whenever I get to meet him,
    he has to leave right away.
[16:52] Chihaya
    It sounds like a love poem,
[16:55] Chihaya
    But this poem is about a girl who
    was her childhood friend, right?
[16:58] Chihaya
    It fits perfectly.
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
[17:05] Kanade
    It sounds like a love poem...
[17:15] Kanade
    No swinging on the train!
[17:19] Chihaya
    It was like water...
[17:22] Chihaya
    flowing around me.
[17:25] Chihaya
    Like I was gulping down soft water.
[17:38] Chihaya
    T-Tutor...
[17:40] Chihaya
    Sorry about running off.
SIGN    Kana-chan sent a message to let us know how Mashima did.
[17:52] Chihaya
    Oh, yeah.
    He lost in the third round.
SIGN    Was he depressed?
[17:57] Chihaya
    Um, er...
SIGN    Mashima spends most of his time on karuta,
SIGN    but he always has the top test scores in our grade.
SIGN    If he doesn't, he'll have to quit the karuta club.
SIGN    You have to do the things you don't want to do,
SIGN    before you can do the things you truly want to do.
[18:21] Chihaya
    I'm very sorry!
     I'm going to study hard now!
[18:24] Nishida
    I've mastered English already.
[18:26] Chihaya
    I can catch up!
[18:29] Reader
    Excuse me, we close at 7.
[18:34] Miya
    I'll lock up for you.
[18:37] Reader
    Ms. Miyauchi...
[18:40] Miya
    I'll keep an eye on them.
[18:53] Harada
    I realize that I also lost,
     but how could you lose
[18:55] ---
    by 11 cards?!
[18:57] Tsuboguchi
    Well, I felt so content after
    my match with Wataya-kun.
[19:00] Harada
    Aren't you mad?!
[19:01] Tsuboguchi
    Well, I know my limits.
[19:03] Taichi
    How was your match against Arata?
[19:07] Tsuboguchi
    I hated it.
     Really hated it.
[19:10] Tsuboguchi
    He was clearly thinking
    through every move,
[19:12] ---
    but I couldn't tell what he was thinking.
[19:15] Tsuboguchi
    Having said that,
[19:18] Tsuboguchi
    Master Suo wouldn't bat
    an eye against him.
[19:22] Taichi
    Master...
[19:24] Taichi
    He mentioned the Master
[19:26] ---
    while talking about a player in his
[19:29] ---
    first year of high school who just made Class A.
[19:32] Tsuboguchi
    I'm going this way.
[19:33] Tsuboguchi
    Bye.
[19:34] Taichi
    Hiroshi-san is looking ahead
    to the Master qualifier.
[19:39] Taichi
    I should have watched them play.
[19:44] Taichi
    I should have watched from
    the very beginning.
[19:50] Harada
    Eyebrows.
[19:53] Taichi
    Yes?
[19:55] Harada
    I've been thinking.
[19:56] ---
    You placed second in two Class B
    tournaments this summer, correct?
[20:01] Harada
    If we go by the official standards,
[20:03] ---
    you're qualified to be in Class A.
[20:08] Harada
    This would break the
    Shiranami Society rule,
[20:11] ---
    but would you like me to promote you
[20:12] ---
    to Class A so you can
    play in the East qualifier?
[20:16] Harada
    Chihaya-chan and Glasses are
    waiting for you in Class A.
[20:24] Taichi
    Promote?
[20:25] Reader
    An empty train is passing
    through platform 2.
[20:27] Harada
    Frustration will not last forever.
[20:31] Harada
    Nobody can keep on going
    without some measure
[20:35] Harada
    of reward.
[20:41] Taichi
    Please don't do that, Doctor.
[20:43] Taichi
    That's not like you.
[20:45] Harada
    What?
[20:46] Taichi
    Doctor, I'm not so much
    focused on making Class A
[20:53] Taichi
    as I'm focused on becoming
    someone who doesn't run away.
[21:02] Kuri
    Arata-kun's sound asleep.
[21:07] Kuri
    He was nervous about
    meeting his old friends,
[21:11] Kuri
    but I guess it was worth the trip.
[21:16] Chihaya
    Drink...
[21:19] Chihaya
    Gulp it all down.