E21 - To restore my faith

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[00:04] Chihaya
    He's staying behind alone to play
    in the Takamatsu Memorial Cup?!
[00:07] Chihaya
    Taichi's getting the jump on me again!
[00:22] Kanade
    Ch-Chihaya-chan...
SIGN    Skree!
[00:23] Chihaya
    Why?!
[00:24] Chihaya
    Why didn't he say anything?!
    Why'd he go alone?!
[00:27] Chihaya
    Why?! Why?!
[00:37] Chihaya
    He...
[00:39] Chihaya
    He's Taichi. Of course
    he couldn't tell me.
[00:43] Chihaya
    Taichi got the jump on me!
[00:46] (Flashback) Taichi
    I'm here to practice.
[00:47] (Flashback) Sumire
    Practice?!
[00:48] (Flashback) Sumire
    Why?!
[00:52] Kanade
    Exactly. He couldn't tell you
    because it's who he is.
[00:56] Kanade
    But if you rationalize it like that,
    you'll stop thinking.
[01:00] Kanade
    So keep thinking, Chihaya-chan.
[01:03] Kanade
    Think about why he does this.
[01:08] Chihaya
    Why...
[01:10] Chihaya
    Why? Why, why?
[01:13] Chihaya
    Why does Taichi always go off on his own?
SIGN    Chihayafuru 3
SIGN    Chihayafuru 3
SIGN    Verse 21
SIGN    To restore
    my faith
[02:36] Guy
    Mashima-sama, yes?
    We've been expecting you.
[02:44] TV
    We'll see stormy weather across
    Japan starting tomorrow...
SIGN    High
[02:48] TV
    In the Master and Queen karuta matches
    that were held today,
[02:52] TV
    Wakamiya Shinobu-san,
    a high schooler from Kyoto,
[02:54] TV
    successfully defended her crown as Queen
    in her third consecutive title win.
SIGN    Still the Best Competitive Karuta Player in Japan
    The Queen Wins Her Third Consecutive Title!!
[02:59] Taichi
    How should I fight?
[03:01] Shinobu
    I'm kind of looking forward to
    next year's Queen match.
[03:05] Taichi
    How should I fight?
SIGN    Karuta
SIGN    Master retracts his retirement declaration!! Wins fifth consecutive title!!
[03:07] Suo
    Okay. I'll give you one
    more year... for free.
[03:13] Taichi
    I can't even think about next year.
[03:16] Arata
    I'll come here to beat you!
[03:20] Taichi
    Dr. Harada is my mentor.
[03:24] Taichi
    I should have been the one to say that.
[03:51] Taichi
    I don't think I could face Arata
    and keep a cool head.
[03:57] Taichi
    How should I fight?
[03:59] Taichi
    Against Arata...
[04:02] Taichi
    Against myself?
SIGN    January 11th
SIGN    Otsuka Karuta Memorial Hall, Tokyo
SIGN    New Year's Karuta Tournament  (Classes A, B, C)
SIGN    Class D Tournament Held at Bunkyo Sports Center
[04:13] Nishida
    Dang, Mashima's entered in this one, too.
[04:16] Nishida
    It was so he could play in either?
    He really had all the bases covered.
SIGN    Rich, too...
[04:20] Nishida
    He's a lot more serious
    about karuta than I realized.
SIGN    Both have entry fees
[04:25] Nishida
    Kana-chan's serious, too!
    A kimono so early in the new year!
SIGN    So serious!
[04:29] Kanade
    It's because it's so early in the new year!
SIGN    And here's another one who's serious...
[04:40] Kanade
    In my mind,
[04:42] Kanade
    "last year" ended with the
    Master and Queen matches,
[04:45] Kanade
    and "this year" starts with
    the New Year's Tournament.
SIGN    Oh, I get that!
[04:50] Nishida
    Me, too!
SIGN    Ayase Chihaya
[04:51] Kanade
    We'll be in our third year of high school soon.
[04:54] Kanade
    Our last year.
[04:57] Kanade
    Everything is too precious to waste.
[04:59] Kanade
    Every match, every moment,
[05:02] Kanade
    is too precious not to take seriously.
[05:06] Tsukuba
    Oe-senpai's right!
SIGN    Here for support
[05:08] Sumire
    Why are you in a kimono, too?!
[05:10] Tsukuba
    Not that you're any match for me,
    since you're in Class D.
[05:12] Sumire
    Huh?!
[05:12] Tsukuba
    To secure my position as the next
    president of the Mizusawa Karuta Club,
[05:17] Tsukuba
    I'm going to win today
    and advance to Class B!
SIGN    You can do it, bro!!
SIGN    Here for 
    support
[05:20] Sumire
    The next president?!
[05:23] Sumire
    The next president...
[05:26] Sumire
    That's right. Our club won't
    stay the same forever.
[05:30] Sumire
    It's going to change.
[05:32] Sumire
    We'll all go our separate ways, just like today...
[05:40] Chihaya
    Why?
[05:42] Chihaya
    Why, Taichi?
[05:45] Chihaya
    Why?
[05:46] Chihaya
    Taichi is...
[05:48] Chihaya
    Why?
[05:49] Chihaya
    ...fighting his own battles.
[05:52] Chihaya
    Why?
[05:53] Chihaya
    Why?
[05:57] Chihaya
    I'll have to go into this without answers.
[05:59] Guy
    Class A competitors will now be
    matched up. Gather, please.
[06:03] Chihaya
    I'll fight my own battles.
[06:08] Guy
    Class B competitors,
[06:09] Guy
    please take your assigned seats.
SIGN    This is the year!  Class A
[06:10] Retro
    I'll fight my own battles!
SIGN    Retro-kun?!
[06:12] Nishida
    I haven't seen you in ages!
SIGN    Same Day  Shiga Prefecture  Omi Jingu
SIGN    Takamatsu Memorial Cup  at the Learning Center
[06:18] Lady
    That's him! The one we saw on Nico!
[06:21] Lady
    Oh!
[06:22] Lady
    I saw that! What he said
    was pretty crazy, huh?
[06:24] Lady
    You know who he is, right?
    The grandson of Eternal Master Wataya!
[06:29] Yoshika
    Oh, Wataya-kun, Wataya-kun!
[06:31] Arata
    Mr. Yoshioka.
[06:32] Yoshioka
    You really surprised me yesterday.
[06:35] Yoshioka
    I've never seen you so proactive.
[06:39] Yoshioka
    You can't afford to lose
    any tournaments now, huh?
SIGN    Bluuuuush
[06:46] Arata
    Right... Right...
[06:50] Yoshioka
    I know you're a strong player,
[06:52] Yoshioka
    and I believe you have room to grow, too.
[06:55] Yoshioka
    As long as you maintain the fortitude
    to win one match at a time,
[06:57] Yoshioka
    you'll make it.
[06:59] Yoshioka
    Go get 'em.
[07:03] Yoshioka
    Oh...
[07:04] Yoshioka
    If there's anything I hope for,
[07:06] Yoshioka
    it's that you have someone
    like Sato Kiyohiko, grade 9.
[07:09] Arata
    Huh?
[07:22] Taichi
    I'm the only one who stayed.
[07:29] Taichi
    I'm looking forward to today.
[07:33] Taichi
    There's a reason why I...
[07:36] Arata
    ...can't...
[07:38] Retro
    ...lose!
[07:40] Retro
    To become, in my vast popularity,
    the (obvious choice for the) next club president!
SIGN    Retro can probably do it
SIGN    Probably
SIGN    This is the year! 
    Class A
[07:47] Retro
    But I'm still Class B.
[07:48] Retro
    I have the skill, but bad luck
    has thwarted my rise to Class A!
[07:52] Tamaru
    Oh, I got that one, right?
[07:54] Retro
    Huh? Er, but...
[07:55] Tamaru
    No, I think I touched it
    faster from this angle.
[07:59] Retro
    Huh? Which one?
[08:00] Tamaru
    Oh, we're starting there?
[08:02] Tamaru
    You couldn't tell? Oh, okay.
[08:04] Tamaru
    Never mind, then.
SIGN    Confused...
SIGN    This is the year!  Class A
[08:10] Tamaru
    Uh...
[08:11] Chihaya
    Huh? What?
[08:13] Tamaru
    Oh, uh... just... hmm...
[08:17] Tamaru
    Yeah, never mind.
[08:19] Tamaru
    We can sort all that out later.
    Let's just keep going.
[08:22] Lady
    The Tamaru siblings are
    as annoying as ever.
[08:25] Guy
    They'd be good enough if
    they just played normally.
[08:27] Guy
    Isn't that what makes them so strong?
[08:29] Guy
    It ticks you off and throws you off-pace.
[08:32] Chihaya
    He's an unusual type...
[08:34] Tamaru
    Oh, sorry.
[08:36] Tamaru
    Does the way I move my cards
    make it hard to play?
[08:38] Tamaru
    Sorry. I get that a lot.
[08:43] Chihaya
    No, it's fine.
[08:47] Tamaru
    What? She's such a frail girl, and yet...
[08:52] Tamaru
    her core is sturdier than mine?
[08:55] [POEM] Reader
    After I determined...
[08:56] Tamaru
    And light!
[09:00] Chihaya
    The sight of Shinobu-chan crumbling to pieces,
[09:03] Chihaya
    and when she recovered...
[09:06] Chihaya
    Dr. Harada's passion,
[09:09] Chihaya
    and Suo-san's strength...
[09:12] Chihaya
    Arata's determination,
[09:15] Chihaya
    and Taichi's challenge...
[09:18] Chihaya
    By clashing together, they change.
[09:21] Chihaya
    Can I make my own beginning, too?
[09:28] Chihaya
    I forgot my tasuki again!
[09:30] Chihaya
    Ms. Miyauchi's tasuki!
[09:36] Chihaya
    A new year, a new day...
[09:50] Sumire
    Mashima-senpai's the only
    one who's not here.
[09:53] Sumire
    I wonder why... A new year has begun...
[09:59] Sumire
    But it's the end that I'm more concerned about.
SIGN    Omi Learning Center
[10:07] Guy
    Master Suo!
[10:08] Suo
    Excuse me. I was hoping I could
    have my trophy sent home.
[10:12] Guy
    Oh... Head to the staff room.
[10:15] Guy
    The Takamatsu Memorial Cup's
    going on right now,
[10:17] Guy
    so be quiet, okay?
[10:19] Guy
    Man, the Nagumo Society's tough! That's just nasty!
[10:22] Guy
    Four of them have made it to the quarters.
[10:25] Guy
    We're drawing the fourth round match-ups.
SIGN    Murao Shinichi 
    
    
     Yuikawa Momo
[10:37] (Flashback) Suo
    Okay. I'll give you one
    more year... for free.
[10:42] Suo
    A one-year extension.
SIGN    Mashima Taichi
SIGN    Wataya Arata
[10:50] Suo
    In one year,
[10:53] Suo
    364 days later...
[11:03] Suo
    who's going to have the last laugh?
SIGN    Mashima Taichi    Wataya Arata
SIGN    Nagumo Society
[11:17] Guy
    The Nagumo Society's black T-shirts
SIGN    Hehehehehe
[11:20] Guy
    look pretty intimidating
    in a scenario like this.
[11:22] Guy
    Is everyone except the black-shirts
    gonna end up eliminated?
[11:35] Taichi
    I can't look him in the eye.
[11:38] Taichi
    Damn it.
[11:40] Taichi
    I know I need to keep a cool head, but I'm...
[11:43] Taichi
    Arata's looking at me.
[11:45] Taichi
    He's acting normal.
[11:47] Taichi
    Damn it.
[11:49] Murao
    Arata, you had an even number, right?
[11:51] Murao
    You should be on the side nearest the wall.
[11:54] Arata
    Huh?
[11:55] Arata
    Oh... Sorry. I got mixed up.
[11:58] Taichi
    Same.
[12:09] Guy
    Please place your cards.
[12:16] Guy
    The Master!
[12:17] Guy
    What's he doing here?
[12:21] Taichi
    I've seen this before...
SIGN    Wataya Arata's Preferred Layout
[12:26] (Flashback) Taichi
    Arata's card layout?
[12:28] (Flashback) Taichi
    I'm supposed to be a virtual Arata?
[12:37] (Flashback) Tsutomu
    One's trying to be Suo Hisashi,
    and one's trying to be Wataya Arata.
[12:51] Suo
    Are those two... friends?
[13:01] (Flashback) Arata
    Let's play karuta!
[13:08] Arata
    No, that was mine!
[13:09] Taichi
    I took that one!
[13:10] Arata
    No way! I swept that one!
[13:12] Kuri
    That's unusual. Arata-kun is arguing.
[13:15] Taichi
    I swept it, too!
[13:17] Arata
    Well, I touched it first!
[13:19] Arata
    Anyway,
[13:20] Arata
    even if we hit it at the
    same time, I get the card!
[13:25] Suo
    Oh?
[13:27] Suo
    He moved for his opponent's
    lower right side,
[13:30] Suo
    then changed course to the opponent's left.
[13:33] Suo
    Then he got him to agree that
    they hit it at the same time.
[13:37] Suo
    Yeah, anyone would find him
    annoying to play against.
[13:41] Suo
    He's definitely a Shiranami Society member.
[13:44] Suo
    That's definitely Dr. Harada's offensive karuta.
[13:49] Taichi
    I can't let him take even one card easily.
[13:52] Taichi
    I have to play dirty karuta against Arata.
[13:55] Taichi
    Pressure him to fight hard against
    someone he sees as beneath him...
[14:08] [POEM] Reader
    Long last we meet...
[14:10] Kuri
    Oh, nice one.
[14:20] (Flashback) Chihaya
    ...like flowing water.
[14:22] Taichi
    He was like this when he played
    the Queen in the summer, too.
[14:25] Taichi
    That face...
[14:29] Taichi
    That aura...
[14:31] Arata
    Right... Take them like that, move like this.
[14:34] Arata
    I can visualize it.
[14:36] Arata
    Send "As this," cross over between
    "Would the" and "Would this"...
[14:40] Arata
    More...
[14:42] Arata
    Maybe I...
[14:44] Arata
    always looked down on Taichi in karuta.
[14:50] Arata
    I thought it'd be difficult
    to play against Taichi.
[14:55] Arata
    But it's like I can feel
    my heart growing bigger.
[15:02] Arata
    I'm that happy!
[15:04] Yoshioka
    Atta boy!
[15:11] [POEM] Reader
    Would the mountain cherry blossoms...
[15:15] Kuri
    His opponent used a cross
    against him, too?!
[15:18] Kuri
    Wait, no.
[15:20] Kuri
    He was covering "Would this" to block him,
[15:22] Kuri
    which killed the speed
    of Arata-kun's swing.
[15:25] Kuri
    He then went on to swipe "Would the" away.
[15:28] Suo
    He set out to defeat his cross.
[15:38] Taichi
    Arata, did you...
[15:41] Taichi
    say something to Chihaya back in the fall?
[15:47] Arata
    Uh... Yeah. I did.
SIGN    the red that is the Tatsuta River
[15:59] Taichi
    I see.
[16:03] (Flashback) Chihaya
    I play offensive karuta
[16:05] (Flashback) Chihaya
    The more I want a card,
    the faster I let it go.
[16:08] (Flashback) Chihaya
    Then I go in determined to take it.
[16:26] Tamaru
    Oh, shoot! I was just testing
    my luck! Is this okay?!
SIGN    Class B Winner
SIGN    I didn't mean to do that
[16:29] Tamaru
    Is it okay for me to win?!
[16:31] Guy
    The Tamaru sister won in Class B? For real?
[16:35] Guy
    She's gonna be even more insufferable now.
[16:37] Guy
    Those other guys need to get it together!
[16:50] Retro
    "In order to... "
[16:52] Yuka
    Huh?
[16:53] Retro
    "In order to restore my
    faith in this world... "
[16:58] Yuka
    Huh?
SIGN    Emperor Gotoba  In order to restore my faith in this world,  I have learned to both love and hate my fellow man
[17:00] Retro
    The last card that was taken from me today.
[17:03] Retro
    It's exactly how I feel right now...
[17:06] Retro
    What a miserable poem for
    Emperor Gotoba to leave behind...
[17:10] Retro
    You've gotta keep this a secret,
[17:12] Retro
    but all of the "In" cards
    are my worst ones.
[17:15] Retro
    Not only the ones that start with "In," but
    the ones with "in" in the second verse, too!
[17:19] Retro
    They always confuse me for a second,
    and there are so many of them...
[17:23] Retro
    I've been doing this for
    ten years, and still...
[17:27] Retro
    I'm not cut out to play karuta!
SIGN    Class A Finals
[17:35] Retro
    I wanted to be a club president
[17:37] Retro
    who had talent and could be trusted,
    just like Sudo-san...
[17:53] Yuka
    Retro-kun, did you know?
[17:55] Retro
    Huh?
[17:57] Yuka
    Emperor Gotoba's poem is number 99,
[18:00] Yuka
    and his son, Emperor Juntoku,
    wrote number 100.
SIGN    Emperor Juntoku  Would this old palace courtyard and the eaves strewn  with weeds be as dear now, those were the good old days
[18:04] Yuka
    It's the last poem in the Hundred Poets,
[18:07] Yuka
    and it's packed with deep, genuine feelings
    about the end of noble society.
[18:13] [POEM] Kanade
    Weeping ferns grow on the roof of the
    once-prosperous imperial palace.
[18:18] [POEM] Kanade
    Memories of the good old days, too dear and
    numerous to recollect, are yet brought to mind.
[18:24] Yuka
    Do you understand?
[18:26] Yuka
    It's nothing like your petty frustration
    over being stuck in Class B!
SIGN    Shock
[18:33] Guy
    Hey, Retro.
[18:34] Guy
    Retro-senpai.
[18:35] Guy
    What're you doing?
[18:37] Guy
    Sudo-senpai's gonna kill you if
    you're not in there to root for him.
[18:40] Guy
    He said he's gonna treat us all later.
[18:42] Guy
    If he wins, it'll be yakiniku,
    and if he loses, it's beef bowls.
[18:46] Retro
    I'm sorry, guys... I lost...
[18:50] Retro
    I'm the next club president,
    and I'm still in Class B...
[18:52] Both
    Huh?
[18:54] Guy
    That doesn't matter.
[18:55] Guy
    I mean, you in Class A?
[18:57] Guy
    We never expected that.
SIGN    Shock
[19:01] Guy
    Let's go!
[19:02] Guy
    Think we'll get yakiniku?
[19:03] Guy
    Maybe beef bowls...
[19:05] Retro
    Meat... If I eat some meat...
[19:08] Yuka
    Maybe what I said was mean,
    but I won't let go of his hand.
[19:13] Yuka
    Up we go!
[19:16] Yuka
    What should I make next time?
[19:18] Yuka
    Actually, what prefecture will
    the next tournament be in?
[19:22] Yuka
    It's like I'm on tour!
[19:33] Sudo
    When was the last time I played Ayase?
[19:36] Sudo
    Quite a while?
[19:40] Sudo
    Was it then? Tch, what a lousy memory.
[19:46] Sudo
    Back then, she was relying on game sense
    and only cared about taking cards quickly.
[19:50] Sudo
    But now, she's grown in a lot of ways.
[19:54] Sudo
    She's grown, and yet...
SIGN    Ahhh!
[20:03] Sudo
    Crap! Damn it!
[20:07] Sudo
    Thank you very much.
[20:09] Chihaya
    Th-Th...
[20:11] Chihaya
    Thank you very much.
[20:16] Sudo
    I had a feeling about it before...
[20:18] Sudo
    But you really can make yourself totally empty.
[20:22] Sudo
    Even when you keep
    absorbing stuff from around you...
[20:25] Sudo
    How do you do it?
[20:28] Sudo
    I guess sounds resonate
    better in emptiness.
SIGN    Zzzz
[20:40] Sudo
    Hey!
[21:02] Suo
    Want one?
SIGN    January 11th  Bunkyo  New Year's  Karuta Tournament
SIGN    Winner  Ayase Chihaya
SIGN    Omi Jingu Takamatsu  Memorial Cup  Runner-Up  Wataya Arata
SIGN    Winner  Murao Shinichi
SIGN    4th Prize (Quarterfinalist)
SIGN    Mashima Taichi