E21 - But its legacy continues to spread

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[00:03] [POEM] N
    Gust of wind...
[00:04] Yu
    Yes!
[00:07] [POEM] N
    The sound of birds crossing...
[00:13] Chi
    What do I do?
[00:15] Chi
    I can hear everything.
[00:17] Chi
    I can hear the sound,
[00:20] Chi
    but my body, my left hand won't...
SIGN    Chihaya Furu
SIGN    Episode 21
SIGN    But 
    its 
    legacy 
    continues 
    to 
    spread
[01:34] [POEM] N
    awakens the guards of
    Suma Gate at night
[01:44] [POEM] N
    My life means nothing...
[01:46] Chi
    She's swinging at multiple cards?
[01:48] [POEM] N
    In order to restore...
[01:50] Chi
    She hit seven cards there.
SIGN    She counts as a man
[01:53] Chi
    Porky was right.
SIGN    Strong swing!
[01:55] Chi
    She's powerful!
[01:57] Chi
    Calm down.
[01:59] Chi
    The match has just begun.
[02:08] Chi
    My reach and pivot point
    are completely different.
[02:16] Yu
    I feel bad about her injury,
[02:19] Yu
    but she thinks she'll win with her left hand?
[02:20] Yu
    That's absurd.
[02:23] Yu
    This is my chance
[02:26] Yu
    to avenge our loss yesterday!
[02:29] Chi
    My stance is towards the other side.
[02:30] Chi
    My center of gravity is on the other side.
[02:32] Chi
    I usually put my weight on my left knee,
[02:34] Chi
    but now it's on the right.
[02:38] Chi
    I can't think too much about it!
[02:42] Chi
    Use a natural stance.
[02:43] [POEM] N
    After many, many years...
[02:45] Chi
    My hand will reach.
[02:47] Chi
    I just have to swing!
[02:53] [POEM] N
    now bloom inside the nine-fold palace
[03:03] [POEM] N
    For you, I head out to the fields...
[03:05] Yu
    Yes!  Yes!  Yes!
[03:06] Chi
    It won't work...
[03:07] Chi
    I've never practiced covering
    with my left hand...
[03:11] Miya
    Those girls are very similar.
    They're both easy to read.
[03:13] [POEM] N
    while snow falls upon my sleeves
[03:22] [POEM] N
    The hazed early dawn
[03:23] Chi
    A multi-syllable card
    on the opponent's side!
[03:24] Chi
    She covered!
[03:25] [POEM] N
    mist over the Kawagiri River
[03:27] Chi
    Huh?
[03:27] Chi
    Wait, I touched it?
SIGN    Who got it?!
[03:29] Chi
    Was Yuube-san faster?
[03:32] Yu
    You won that card!
SIGN    Honest
[03:37] Chi
    I've never thought about
    how to use my left hand,
[03:40] ---
    or how to approach the card with it.
[03:44] Chi
    How do left-handed players
    see a right-handed cover?
[03:50] Chi
    Yuube-san just lost "The hazed
    early dawn mist" on the outside,
[03:54] Chi
    but she has another multi-syllable
    card, "My only thought as I,"
[03:56] ---
    at her lower right.
[03:58] Chi
    Right-handed players only know
[04:00] ---
    how to play against other
    right-handed players.
[04:02] [POEM] N
    ...nets in the shallows
[04:03] Chi
    But for a left-handed player...
[04:08] [POEM] N
    My only thought as I am put out 
    to sea is to ask the fishermen
[04:10] Chi
    It's open to take!
[04:12] Yu
    I lost two cards the same way...
[04:15] Miya
    Ayase-san's doing a wonderful job.
SIGN    Is she actually left-handed?
[04:17] Miya
    She's winning multi-syllable
    cards she's struggled with.
[04:19] Chi
    I can do this.
[04:21] Chi
    I can do this!
[04:24] Yu
    I can come back.
[04:26] [POEM] N
    So spring ends...
[04:26] Yu
    Attack to come back!
[04:28] Chi
    Huh?
[04:29] [POEM] N
    Would the mountain cherry blossoms...
[04:32] Chi
    What?
[04:33] [POEM] N
    When winds send waves...
[04:36] Chi
    I have no problem taking
    cards on the opponent's side.
[04:39] Chi
    So why
[04:41] Chi
    doesn't my body move when it's on my side?
[04:46] Chi
    What's going on?
[04:48] Chi
    It feels like riding a bike with
    the brakes held down halfway.
[04:52] Ara
    Thank you very much.
[04:54] Ara
    Thank you very much.
[04:56] Mako
    Their match is already over?!
[04:57] Ama
    How?!
[04:58] Ama
    There haven't been 25 cards read yet.
[05:02] Ama
    He won by 27 cards?!
[05:04] Ama
    He was perfect, plus he got his
    opponent to commit two faults?!
[05:08] A
    What the hell?
[05:09] A
    How does that even work?
[05:13] [POEM] N
    May the scarlet kadsuras...
[05:17] B
    The Queen is next to finish.
[05:19] C
    She won by a perfect 25-0 score.
[05:23] Ara
    What about Chihaya?
[05:26] Ara
    What kind of karuta does Chihaya play?
[05:31] Ara
    How does Chihaya
[05:33] Ara
    play karuta now?
[05:36] Ara
    Huh?
[05:38] Ara
    Her right hand's injured?
[05:39] Ara
    She's using her left hand?!
[05:41] [POEM] N
    Impassioned was your promise...
[05:43] [POEM] N
    My own sleeves are like...
[05:46] Chi
    Why?
[05:47] Chi
    I can take cards on the opponent's side,
[05:49] ---
    so why can't I take them from my own side?
[05:51] Chi
    If I were using my right hand,
    I could take these without thinking.
[05:54] Chi
    Why is a brake holding me back?
[05:57] Ara
    That's crazy, Chihaya.
[05:58] Ara
    Karuta isn't that simple.
[06:01] [POEM] N
    Said bed was cold as I lay awake
[06:05] Ara
    You've gotten used to taking
    cards from your own side
[06:07] ---
    without any thought.
[06:10] Ara
    Your cards are placed for
    a right-handed player.
[06:14] Yu
    I'm 10 cards up now.
[06:16] Yu
    She'll probably give up soon.
[06:19] Yu
    Most players would give up after
    injuring their right hand.
[06:22] Yu
    You worked hard to get here.
[06:25] Yu
    You put on a performance worthy of
    the captain of the team champions.
[06:29] Chi
    I should have just played
    with my right hand.
[06:32] Chi
    I would have been able to
    last one match at least.
[06:37] Chi
    No.
[06:39] Chi
    If I only get one match
    to use my right hand,
[06:42] Chi
    I should save it for Arata!
[06:42] [POEM] N
    for the night would drag on
    when I thought of my beloved
[06:52] [POEM] N
    In the sleepy spring sunlight,
[06:54] Ara
    She attacks the opponent's side quickly!
[07:10] Chi
    Um, excuse me.
[07:11] Chi
    Can I move my cards?
[07:13] Yu
    Uh, sure...
[07:19] Yu
    Sh-She moved all of them?
[07:27] Ara
    She flipped her cards around?
[07:31] Ara
    I've never seen this before.
[07:34] Chi
    I have to win until I play Arata!
[07:37] A
    Wait.
[07:38] A
    It's bad manners to move
    so many cards at one time.
[07:42] Chi
    Of course.  I'm sorry.
[07:45] Yu
    It's fine.  Leave them.
[07:47] Chi
    Huh?
[07:49] Yu
    Leave them in that order.
[07:51] Yu
    She's playing with the handicap
    of having to use her left hand.
[07:54] Yu
    Compared to that, shuffling
    her cards around is nothing.
[07:57] Chi
    She's so manly!
[08:00] Chi
    Thank you very much!
[08:02] Yu
    But I have no idea how this helps.
SIGN    Redo my memorization...
[08:06] Yu
    If she's trying to confuse me,
    she'll end up hurting herself.
[08:09] Yu
    It's suicidal to mess around
    with your card positioning.
[08:17] Chi
    This is a gamble.
[08:19] Chi
    Don't think.
[08:23] Chi
    Do what I usually do,
[08:25] Chi
    only with my left hand.
[08:28] [POEM] N
    a whirlwind of flower petals descends
[08:41] [POEM] N
    Rain takes longer...
[08:44] Chi
    I did it!  Just like normal!
[08:48] Chi
    Everything's normal, just flipped!
[08:53] [POEM] N
    The storm blasts...
[08:55] [POEM] N
    Note that though we may be...
[08:57] Yu
    Why is she suddenly so much faster?
[08:59] Yu
    Why?
[09:00] Ara
    I see.
[09:02] Ara
    Instead of taking cards from this
    direction to that direction,
[09:06] Ara
    she's taking them from that
    direction to this direction.
[09:10] Ara
    It's less confusing if you just
    mirror your normal motions.
[09:15] Ara
    The flow has changed since
    she moved her cards.
[09:17] Ara
    This will be tough for her opponent.
[09:19] Miya
    Amazing, Ayase-san!
[09:24] Yu
    Please wait.
[09:47] Yu
    Excuse me.
[09:49] Yu
    I can't lose to her.
[09:51] Yu
    No matter who my opponent is.
[09:53] [POEM] N
    The sky may hold the same moon
[09:57] Miya
    She sent Ayase-san's hand flying!
[09:59] Ara
    The headband girl recovered.
[10:03] Ara
    She has a powerful swing.
[10:05] Ara
    She goes for the card in front
    as well as the one that's read.
[10:09] Ara
    She even knocks away her
    opponent's hand at times.
[10:12] Miya
    That's playing rough!
[10:14] Chi
    Yuube-san didn't hit my hand away.
[10:17] Chi
    She passed through the
    opening I left her.
[10:20] Chi
    Amazing...
[10:22] Yu
    Don't panic.  Stay calm.
[10:25] Yu
    This fall, I'll be aiming to
    become Queen with Megumu!
[10:38] Chi
    I can't win with weak attacks.
[10:40] Chi
    If I hesitate, I'll lose the card.
[10:42] Chi
    Focus.
[10:46] Chi
    Focus.
[10:48] Ara
    Chihaya...
[10:51] Ara
    She's playing hard with her left hand.
[10:54] Ara
    Having fun...
[10:57] Ara
    Now that I think about it,
[10:59] Ara
    Chihaya took her first card
    from me with her left hand.
[11:05] Ara
    Must be fun...
[11:07] Ara
    Playing karuta with Chihaya must be fun.
[11:14] Both
    Thank you very much.
SIGN    Shock
[11:16] Chi
    Yes, I eked out a win.
[11:19] Chi
    Ayase: won by 2 cards.
[11:21] A
    Okay.
[11:22] Yu
    Don't get the wrong idea!
[11:24] Yu
    I didn't lose to you!
[11:26] Yu
    I lost because my memorization
    wasn't good enough!
[11:29] Yu
    I'll work on my memorization
    by studying for college exams,
[11:31] Yu
    so I'll be back!
[11:35] Chi
    She even treats college exam prep
    as preparation for karuta!
SIGN    Marvelous...
[11:39] Ara
    Chihaya.
[11:41] Ara
    That was incredible, Chihaya.
[11:43] Ara
    You won with your left hand.
[11:44] Ara
    That was incredible!
[11:49] (Flashback) Arata
    I believe that you have
    the talent for Karuta.
[12:09] A
    We will now announce the
    pairings for the second round.
[12:11] A
    Please check the chart and sit
    at your assigned position.
[12:15] Pork
    Hey, Ayase.
[12:17] Pork
    You survived the first round?
[12:19] ChiI
    Yep, you too?
[12:20] Pork
    Oh, yeah!
[12:22] Pork
    I avenged Tsukuba!
[12:24] Pork
    Ayase, I feel like I can't lose today.
SIGN    Nishida Yusei
    vs.
     Wataya Arata
SIGN    Shock
SIGN    Kaneko Natsumi vs.  Ayase Chihaya
[12:33] Chi
    Kaneko-san from Akita.
[12:36] Chi
    I didn't get paired against Arata again.
[12:38] Ara
    Chihaya, see you later.
[12:40] ---
    S-Sure.
[12:49] Chi
    Can I reach him?
[12:52] Chi
    Or is he still out of reach?
[12:56] Chi
    I want to know.
[13:01] Pork
    I'm not crazy about karuta
    the way Ayase is.
[13:04] Pork
    I prefer to avoid playing
    stronger players.
[13:08] Pork
    I'll take all the easy wins I can get.
[13:12] Pork
    But...
[13:22] Pork
    But...
[13:31] Pork
    I have to go back to being
    crazy about karuta.
[13:33] [POEM] N
    Naniwa Bay, now the flower 
    blooms, but for winter
[13:34] Pork
    When I'm up against you...
[13:40] Miya
    Komano-kun and Oe-san won
    their first round matches.
[13:42] Miya
    Tsukuba-kun won with a bye.
[13:48] Miya
    Hanano-san won?!  Amazing!
[13:50] Miya
    Everyone's doing great!
[13:53] [POEM] N
    to tell the people in the capital
    that I make for the islands
SIGN    You're not supposed to make any  sound when a card is being read.
[14:02] [POEM] N
    May my sighs be blamed upon the moon,
[14:10] Miya
    They're so into the match.
[14:12] Miya
    These parents must care
    very much about their child.
[14:15] Mom
    Arata!
[14:17] (Flashback) Ara
    Mom, Dad...
[14:19] (Flashback) Ara
    If I win the high school tournament,
    I have a favor to ask.
[14:25] (Flashback) Ara
    I want you to let me attend
    a university in Tokyo.
[14:30] Dad
    Arata...
[14:31] Dad
    Most scholarship offers will
    come from private schools.
[14:34] Dad
    It would take 4,000,000 yen in the
[14:35] ---
    first year to cover registration,
    tuition, and living expenses!
[14:38] Mom
    You're smart enough to attend
    a local public university!
[14:41] Both
    Lose your match!
[14:42] Both
    Lose your match!
[14:45] [POEM] N
    May I see you never forget...
[14:49] Both
    Hang in there, chubby kid!
[14:55] Pork
    I'm no longer the kid I used to be.
[14:58] Kita
    Yusei, you should work on game
    awareness instead of game sense.
[15:03] Kita
    With your mastery of
    the basics, you can do it.
[15:06] Kita
    Make assumptions about the places
    where cards will be read earlier.
[15:10] Kita
    I'll teach you how it works.
[15:12] Kita
    You'll learn how to take
    control of any match!
[15:17] Dad
    You rock, chubby kid!
[15:19] Mom
    Way to go!
[15:21] Ara
    Amazing...
[15:23] Ara
    He's following a methodology.
[15:25] Ara
    I can see his training in his playing style.
[15:28] Ara
    The presence of his coach in his play...
[15:30] Ara
    Chihaya's high school is really special.
[15:34] Ara
    They have different types
    of karuta players.
[15:39] Ara
    That's amazing.
[15:43] [POEM] N
    When the misty bridge...
[15:48] A
    He's fast!
[15:49] B
    What was that?
[15:51] [POEM] N
    ...is nearly past
[15:57] [POEM] N
    So the flower petals are scattered...
[15:59] Pork
    He went from his own lower
    right to his own upper left.
[16:05] [POEM] N
    ...withers and wilts
[16:10] [POEM] N
    Nothing can be worse...
[16:13] Pork
    He crossed again!
    Three different points this time!
[16:21] Mom
    Arata, why are you participating in
    the high school tournament this year?
[16:24] Mom
    Couldn't you wait until next year
    when you're a third-year?
[16:28] Ara
    Why this year?
[16:29] Ara
    If I get into a school early by recommendation,
    it'll be easier for me to focus.
[16:36] (Flashback) Ara
    On the Master Challenger
    tournament in the fall
[16:38] (Flashback) Ara
    and the Master match in the winter.
[16:41] Pork
    Why?
[16:44] Pork
    Why is he so much better than me?
[16:50] Pork
    I've played karuta since I was little.
[16:54] Pork
    I've practiced hard the whole time.
[16:57] Pork
    What's the difference?
[17:01] Pork
    Ayase...
[17:03] Pork
    If I injured my favored
    hand, I would forfeit.
[17:08] Pork
    It must have hurt when she was
    playing in the final yesterday,
[17:13] Pork
    but all she cared about was
    winning the team championship.
[17:21] Pork
    Desktomu-kun and Hanano worked hard
    to collect data on the other teams.
[17:28] (Flashback) Kana
    One win for Pizusawa!
[17:30] Pork
    Kana-chan secured a victory
[17:32] ---
    right after my loss in the
    semifinal to ease the pressure.
[17:37] (Flashback) Tsu
    I'm not doing this for attention!
[17:39] (Flashback) Tsu
    But I'm here!
[17:41] Pork
    Tsukuba kept appealing to
    us for a chance to play.
[17:47] (Flashback) Tai
    Three wins.
[17:49] (Flashback) Tai
    We're getting three wins, guys.
[17:52] Pork
    Mashima never gave up.
[17:55] Pork
    That's why we were able to win.
[18:04] Pork
    What did I do?
[18:14] Pork
    I can at least...
[18:17] Pork
    I can at least refuse to give up!
[18:30] Pork
    Don't give up!
[18:32] Pork
    Don't give up!
[18:33] Pork
    Don't give up!
[18:46] Both
    Thank you very much.
[19:02] Ara
    Are all the players at Mizusawa like this?
[19:05] Ara
    You played five matches yesterday,
[19:07] Ara
    yet you're still playing your heart out.
[19:12] Pork
    You bet.
[19:15] Pork
    I don't play anywhere as
    hard as the other members.
[19:19] Pork
    Mashima, Desktomu-kun, Kana-chan,
    Ayase, and the first-years
[19:23] ---
    are all playing harder!
[19:29] Pork
    Damn...
[19:39] Pork
    Don't forget how he swung from
    his lower left to his upper right.
[19:45] Pork
    Damn!  Damn!
[19:48] Pork
    Don't forget how he attacked
    from his opponent's upper left
[19:52] ---
    to his opponent's lower right in a line.
[19:54] Pork
    This is why I hate strong players!
[19:59] Pork
    They make me want to beat them!
[20:03] Pork
    They make me want to work harder!
[20:05] Miya
    Ayase-san did it!  She's
    through the second round!
[20:09] Both
    Thank you very much.
[20:12] Chi
    I did it.  I made it to the Top 8.
SIGN    Snore
[20:24] Chi
    This takes a lot more
    concentration than normal,
[20:29] Chi
    but I have to do this.
[20:31] A
    We will now announce the
    pairings for the third round.
[20:34] Chi
    I have to use my left hand
[20:37] ---
    until I get to play Arata.
SIGN    Ayase Chihaya
SIGN    Ayase Chihaya
SIGN    Wakamiya Shinobu