E22 - Just as My Beauty Has Faded

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[00:03] Chihaya
    Doctor! Big news!
[00:05] Harada
    What?! Yamamoto Yumi-san?!
[00:07] Chihaya
    Yes! My next opponent
    is Yamamoto Yumi-san!
[00:11] Harada
    You're really playing against
    Yamamoto Yumi-san?!
[00:13] Harada
    From the Suihoku society?!
[00:14] Chihaya
    Yes!
[00:14] Chihaya
    Yamamoto Yumi-san!
[00:16] Chihaya
    Doctor, what should I do?!
[00:18] Harada
    Yamamoto Yumi-san...
[00:20] Harada
    You've got bad luck, Chihaya-chan.
[00:23] Harada
    Okay, let's try this.
[00:24] Harada
    Yamamoto...
[00:25] Taichi
    Excuse me, who is Yamamoto-san?
SIGN    Ayase Chihaya
[00:29] Harada
    Yamamoto Yumi.
SIGN    Yamamoto Yumi
[00:31] Harada
    The previous Queen.
SIGN    Chihaya Furu
SIGN    Verse 22
SIGN    Just
    As
     My
     Beauty
     Has
     Faded
[01:52] Chihaya
    G-Good luck!
[01:56] Yumi
    Ayase Chihaya-san...
[01:58] Yumi
    She's just as pretty as everyone said.
[02:01] Yumi
    She's nothing like me,
    with my plain looks and name.
[02:06] Yumi
    I'm already sick of her.
[02:08] Yumi
    Why are her eyes shining?
[02:11] Yumi
    That just makes it harder.
[02:12] Reader
    We will now proceed with fifteen minutes
[02:15] ---
    of memorization time for the second round.
[02:16] Reader
    You have until 11:17 by that clock.
[02:26] Yumi
    Why did I enter this tournament again?
[02:32] Chihaya
    I'm playing the previous
    Queen, Yamamoto Yumi-san.
[02:35] Chihaya
    Th-This is...
[02:40] Chihaya
    Five one-syllable cards on her side?!
[02:42] Chihaya
    Seven three-syllable cards!
[02:44] Chihaya
    Everything else is a two-syllable card!
[02:46] Chihaya
    I can attack like crazy!
[02:49] Chihaya
    Luck is on my side!
[03:03] Chihaya
    I missed the Queen match this year,
[03:06] (Flashback) Chihaya
    but I saw last year's at Dr. Harada's house.
[03:09] (Flashback) Reader
    Miss Yamamoto, congratulations
    on your first Queen title.
[03:13] (Flashback) Reader
    Your moment of glory comes in
    your last year of college.
[03:15] (Flashback) Reader
    How do you feel right now?
[03:20] (Flashback) Yumi
    Coach Kitano...
[03:23] (Flashback) Harada
    I really hate Kitano, but he
    has a model student here!
[03:28] (Flashback) Harada
    When you kids become Master or Queen,
[03:30] (Flashback) ---
    make sure you call my name!
[03:33] Chihaya
    I don't really remember
    how the match went.
[03:37] Chihaya
    Just that she absolutely
    refused to give up.
[03:41] Chihaya
    That she called her teacher's name.
[03:43] Chihaya
    Her tears.
[03:46] Chihaya
    A posture that took years to perfect.
[03:50] Chihaya
    And the calluses to show for it.
[03:52] Chihaya
    She worked hard to make
    her dream come true.
[03:55] Harada
    The previous Queen is strong,
[03:58] Harada
    but you've learned when to
    give yourself the go sign.
[04:02] Harada
    You can control a match
    against the previous queen.
SIGN    Is that Ayase's opponent?
SIGN    I've seen her before at the Suihoku society,
SIGN    but I've never seen her practice.
[04:20] Kanade
    She has an office job,
    so we're on different schedules.
[04:24] Taichi
    Nishida, you've been
    in the Suihoku society
[04:26] ---
    since you were little,
     so you should know.
[04:28] Taichi
    What's Yamamoto Yuri-san like?
[04:32] Taichi
    Wait, what?!
[04:33] Nishida
    102, 103, 104...
[04:36] Nishida
    I was burned...
[04:38] Nishida
    Lost by 20 cards...
[04:40] Kanade
    He hasn't recovered from the shock
[04:42] ---
    of losing to Sudo-san from Hokuo.
[04:44] Taichi
    Hey, Nishida. You okay?
[04:47] Nishida
    This was the first time
    I ever met a real sadist.
[04:52] Sudo
    It's too bad I don't get to eat you
[04:54] ---
    after roasting you in a karuta match,
[04:57] Sudo
    since it'd be bad for my health.
[04:59] Nishida
    I can't believe Ayase actually beat him.
[05:02] Nishida
    I'm scared. Class A is scary.
[05:04] Nishida
    There are all these monsters
    that I can't beat!
[05:07] Taichi
    There, there.
[05:08] Taichi
    By the way, what's Yamamoto
    Yuri-san's karuta like?
[05:11] Nishida
    Yamamoto Yumi! Yumin!
[05:13] Taichi
    Huh? Sorry.
[05:15] Taichi
    Wait, Yumin?
[05:17] Nishida
    Yumin's playing style is
    persistent and stubborn.
[05:21] Nishida
    After she became Queen,
    she settled down a bit,
[05:26] Nishida
    but the real Yumin is...
[05:28] Kita
    Idiot!
[05:30] Kita
    Stop talking with that Shiranami
    boy and come over here!
[05:33] Kita
    Kana-chan and Komano-kun, too!
[05:35] ---
    You're with us now!
[05:36] Both
    Huh?
[05:37] Kita
    Cheer for Yumin!
[05:39] Kita
    Watch her reclaim the title of Queen!
[05:43] Kita
    Cheer her on!
[05:45] Nishida
    Coach...
[05:47] [POEM] Reader
    Naniwa Bay, now the flower
    blooms, but for winter
[05:55] [POEM] Reader
    Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[05:56] Person A
    It's starting to get warm
    now that the sun is out.
[05:59] Person A
    We'll need to take a
    break to air out the room.
[06:01] Person A
    The players won't last much longer.
[06:05] [POEM] Reader
    Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[06:14] [POEM] Reader
    May the scarlet kadsuras of Mount
    Afusaka live up to their name
[06:22] Chihaya
    Her swing is compact and measured.
[06:24] Chihaya
    Her body knows how far away each card is.
[06:27] Chihaya
    I'm impressed.
[06:33] Chihaya
    Even the air feels too warm.
[06:36] (Flashback) Harada
    The heat works against
    us in this tournament.
[06:39] Chihaya
    You're absolutely right, Doctor!
[06:41] Chihaya
    But... I like it.
[06:45] Chihaya
    Normal people can never join us here.
[06:47] Chihaya
    The players are all in Class A.
[06:50] Chihaya
    Every little sound matters.
[06:52] Chihaya
    We all understand how important sound is.
[06:52] [POEM] Reader
    and allow us this secret rendezvous
[06:55] Chihaya
    Top-class readers are used for
    the Master and Queen qualifiers,
[07:01] [POEM] Reader
    The hazy early morning light
    comes not from the moon
[07:04] Chihaya
    and I'm playing against the previous Queen!
[07:08] Chihaya
    This is fun!
[07:09] Taichi
    She got it!
[07:10] Nishida
    Nice!
[07:15] Chihaya
    Stay on the attack!
[07:17] [POEM] Chihaya
    My fear is not...
[07:18] Chihaya
    Attack!
[07:19] [POEM] Reader
    After I determined...
[07:20] Chihaya
    Attack!
SIGN    Three in a row!
[07:22] Kanade
    She even managed to win
    a three-syllable card!
[07:24] Taichi
    She hasn't committed any faults today.
[07:27] Taichi
    She's on a roll!
[07:28] Nishida
    Huh?
[07:32] Kita
    You're still in good shape, Yumin!
[07:34] Kita
    You can win!
[07:35] Kita
    It's time to get stubborn!
[07:40] Yumi
    This girl is in high school,
    much like the Queen.
[07:44] Yumi
    Young, beautiful, and talented at karuta.
[07:48] Yumi
    God is so unfair.
[07:52] Yumi
    All I have is karuta.
[07:59] Yumi
    Karuta has been my life
    since I was a child.
[08:03] Yumi
    And yet...
[08:08] Yumi
    After working ten years to
    earn the title of Queen,
[08:11] Yumi
    I lost that title to Wakamiya
    Shinobu a year later.
[08:15] Yumi
    A fifteen-year-old was able to
    prevent me from playing my karuta.
[08:20] Yumi
    She's probably forgotten
    about me already.
[08:26] Yumi
    That's how strong she was.
[08:31] Yumi
    If I win here, I still have
    to face her in the end...
[08:37] Yumi
    I can't win...
[08:40] Person A
    It's so hot... I'm dying...
[08:43] Person B
    Hey, look at the condensation.
[08:45] Person C
    How hot is it inside?
[08:50] Kita
    Why does the window have to fog up?!
[08:53] Kita
    Yumin won't be able to see us!
[08:56] Kita
    You can still stage a comeback, Yumin!
[08:59] Kita
    You can win!
[09:00] [POEM] Reader
    is that I have no way
    to tell you in person
[09:09] [POEM] Reader
    While I sigh and lament how the one
    I love does not feel the same,
[09:10] Nishida
    Four in a row for Ayase!
[09:12] Nishida
    You were so close, Yumin!
[09:22] Chihaya
    Huh?
[09:28] Chihaya
    Why did she smile?
[09:32] Chihaya
    She's played karuta all her life,
[09:35] Chihaya
    yet she's leaning back.
[09:37] Chihaya
    She isn't following through on her swing.
[09:40] Chihaya
    The previous Queen...
[09:41] Chihaya
    Someone who achieved her dream...
[09:44] Chihaya
    ...is losing her passion?
[09:48] Person A
    What's wrong with Yumin?
[09:49] Person A
    Will she be okay?
[09:50] Kita
    Of course she will!
[09:52] Kita
    Yumin's tenacity is about to kick in!
[10:00] (Flashback) Kita
    It was an unfortunate ending.
[10:02] (Flashback) Kita
    You haven't been practicing as
    much because you have a job now.
[10:07] (Flashback) Kita
    Yumin, you can avenge yourself
    against Wakamiya next year.
[10:10] (Flashback) Kita
    Eighth place in the national tournament?
[10:13] (Flashback) ---
    That's a pity.
[10:14] (Flashback) Kita
    I know you could have placed higher.
[10:16] (Flashback) Kita
    What's wrong, Yumin?
[10:17] (Flashback) Kita
    You lost in the second round
    of the Kanezawa tournament?
[10:20] (Flashback) Kita
    Yumin, it just wasn't your day!
[10:23] (Flashback) Kita
    Don't worry.
[10:24] (Flashback) Kita
    In terms of skill, you're number one!
[10:27] (Flashback) Yumi
    Yes, I'll try my best.
[10:35] Nishida
    She's tired.
[10:37] Nishida
    Not tired of losing.
[10:40] Nishida
    She's tired of failing
    to meet expectations.
[10:50] Chihaya
    It's so hot in this room,
[10:52] Chihaya
    but her soul is growing colder.
[10:57] (Flashback) Harada
    Chihaya-chan, you've learned when
    to give yourself the go sign.
[11:06] Chihaya
    Dr. Harada...
[11:08] Chihaya
    I won't let a person who's given
    up take a single card off me!
SIGN    The condensation's so bad that we can't see inside.
[11:23] Kanade
    It must be really hot in there.
[11:26] Kanade
    I wonder if Chihaya-chan is okay.
[11:30] Taichi
    Hang in there, Chihaya!
[11:32] Nishida
    Yumin...
[11:38] Kita
    I can't see anything!
[11:40] Kita
    The window's so fogged up
    that I can't see a thing!
[11:42] Person A
    Coach Kitano, you have to stay quiet!
[11:46] Kita
    Idiot.
[11:56] Yumi
    Huh?
[11:57] [POEM] Reader
    Long last we meet...
[11:59] Yumi
    That was a dead card.
[12:00] [POEM] Reader
    When the misty bridge...
[12:03] Yumi
    Why is she swinging so
    hard on a dead card?
[12:09] [POEM] Reader
    Gust of wind...
[12:12] (Flashback) Nishida
    Five in a row for Ayase!
[12:14] (Flashback) Nishida
    Yumin!
[12:15] (Flashback) Yumi
    She's going hard after every card?
[12:17] (Flashback) Yumi
    Why?
[12:19] (Flashback) Yumi
    She was being careful before.
[12:21] (Flashback) Yumi
    It's like she thinks she
    can dominate this match.
[12:28] (Flashback) Yumi
    Dominate?
[12:32] Person A
    It's getting hard to see.
[12:33] Person B
    Is it really that much hotter inside?
[12:37] Person C
    Can we get someone to wipe
    the windows from the inside?
SIGN    Class A matches are incredible.
[12:45] Kanade
    Yes,
[12:46] Kanade
    but I'm a little sad.
SIGN    Huh?
[12:51] Kanade
    I mean...
[12:53] Kanade
    Nobody is actually
    listening to the poems.
SIGN    That...
SIGN    might be true.
[13:00] Kanade
    But...
[13:03] [POEM] Reader
    The emotions experienced
    after a long-awaited reunion
[13:10] [POEM] Reader
    banish any lingering memories of the past
[13:17] Kanade
    Her voice is so clear!
[13:20] Kanade
    Like there isn't a glass
    window between us.
[13:23] Kanade
    Because she's reading poetry...
[13:25] Kanade
    Poetry can transcend any barrier.
SIGN    Readers are pretty amazing.
SIGN    They have ranks and exams.
SIGN    There are less than ten special readers
[13:39] ---
    qualified for the Master match.
[13:42] Kanade
    Special readers...
[13:44] Kanade
    How hard is it to become one?
[13:52] Kanade
    Chihaya-chan...
[13:54] Kanade
    Listen to the poems.
[13:56] Yumi
    She thinks that her victory is in sight.
[13:59] Yumi
    What's with them?
    First, Wakamiya Shinobu, now, this girl...
[14:03] Yumi
    They expect every player to
    be oozing with confidence.
[14:06] Yumi
    I lost my confidence a long time ago!
[14:09] Yumi
    But that's why I understand now.
[14:12] Yumi
    You can't let your passion take over.
[14:16] [POEM] Reader
    Impassioned was your...
[14:20] Taichi
    She went for "Impassionate"
    instead of "Impassioned was"!
[14:23] Taichi
    Did Chihaya hear wrong?
SIGN    And she touched a card on the opponent's side
[14:28] ---
    while the correct one was on her own!
SIGN    It's a double fault!
[14:32] Kanade
    Chihaya-chan...
[14:33] Kita
    I can't see!
    I can't see a thing!
[14:37] Chihaya
    What am I doing?
[14:42] Yumi
    She made a mistake.
[14:44] Yumi
    Pathetic.
[14:46] Yumi
    The previous Queen needs her
    opponents to make mistakes.
SIGN    the red that is the Tatsuta River
[14:51] Yumi
    From a 7 card lead to a 4 card lead.
[14:54] Yumi
    I've played hundreds
    of matches, so I know.
[14:57] Yumi
    The match will be determined here.
[15:00] Chihaya
    What am I doing?
[15:02] Chihaya
    How could I make a mistake now?
[15:04] Chihaya
    How could I mess up "Impassionate"?
[15:06] Chihaya
    Why?
[15:08] Yumi
    I still have a chance.
[15:11] Yumi
    I can do this.
[15:20] Person A
    Ki-Kitano-san!
[15:22] Person A
    You can't open a window during the match!
[15:24] Kita
    Fool!
[15:25] Kita
    If it's too hot, they're
    going to suffocate!
[15:28] Kita
    You have to let some air in
[15:30] Kita
    or the players will keep suffering!
[15:32] Person A
    You're not supposed to do
    anything without permission!
[15:34] Kita
    I don't give a damn!
     Wipe the windows!
[15:37] Harada
    Coach Kitano...
[15:39] Chihaya
    That feels so good.
[15:41] Yumi
    You just helped my opponent recover.
[15:45] Person A
    Come on, Kitano-san! That's enough!
[15:48] Kita
    You're still in good shape!
[15:50] Kita
    Play your own karuta!
[15:54] Person A
    Enough already!
[15:56] Person A
    I'm going to close the window.
[15:58] Kita
    If you don't want me to
    open the window again,
[15:59] ---
    you better wipe it every ten minutes!
[16:03] Yumi
    Coach Kitano...
[16:05] Person A
    My own karuta...
[16:06] Person B
    Yes, my own karuta...
[16:08] Person C
    My own karuta...
[16:09] Yumi
    He just helped every simple-minded
    player in the room.
[16:13] Chihaya
    My own karuta...
[16:18] Yumi
    My own karuta.
[16:21] (Flashback) Kita
    Next time, you can avenge
    yourself against Wakamiya.
[16:24] (Flashback) Kita
    You should be excited, Yumin.
[16:27] (Flashback) Kita
    You get to be a challenger again!
[16:33] Chihaya
    My own karuta.
[16:41] Chihaya
    My own...
[16:43] Chihaya
    The karuta that comes from all the
    practice I've done with everyone.
[16:47] Chihaya
    I'm going to play...
[16:49] Yumi
    My own karuta!
[16:50] [POEM] Reader
    Alas, another autumn has passed in vain
[17:00] [POEM] Reader
    I know that my heart is all aflutter
[17:01] Chihaya
    Yes! Got it!
[17:02] Yumi
    What? Please wait.
[17:05] Yumi
    I believe that card is mine.
[17:07] Chihaya
    Huh?
[17:10] Chihaya
    But I'm the one who hit it...
[17:12] Yumi
    You may have knocked it away,
[17:14] Yumi
    but my pinky touched it first.
[17:18] Yumi
    Like this.
[17:18] Chihaya
    Huh?
[17:20] Yumi
    You just happened to knock it away.
[17:23] Chihaya
    B-But...
[17:25] Yumi
    Are you sure you touched it first?
[17:28] Yumi
    I saw everything happen.
[17:29] Yumi
    My pinky was on the edge of the card.
[17:33] Chihaya
    But, um...
[17:34] Chihaya
    I think I was first...
[17:36] Yumi
    After that, you knocked
    the card away from above.
[17:40] Yumi
    Watch.
[17:41] Yumi
    This is what happened.
[17:42] Chihaya
    U-Um...
[17:45] Chihaya
    Then you can take it...
[17:49] Taichi
    What was that?
[17:51] Nishida
    Sh-She's back!
[17:53] Nishida
    The legendary Contest Yumi!
[17:58] Taichi
    Contest Yumi?
[17:59] Nishida
    Yeah.
[18:01] Nishida
    She's known for contesting every close call
    with absolute confidence.
SIGN    I touched it first. I'm positive!
[18:08] Nishida
    While she's arguing, everyone
    else has to stop playing,
[18:12] Nishida
    so most people frown upon her habit.
[18:15] Nishida
    She stopped because it was
    unfitting for the Queen.
[18:21] Yumi
    That doesn't matter anymore.
[18:23] Yumi
    I'm just a challenger now.
[18:25] Chihaya
    Th-This makes it harder...
[18:29] Yumi
    Your right hand is on the playing field.
[18:32] Chihaya
    Huh?
[18:33] Chihaya
    Oh, I'm sorry!
[18:35] Chihaya
    She's making it harder.
[18:37] Chihaya
    Focus... Focus!
[18:40] Chihaya
    It might be harder, but I still have
    to focus on taking the cards I can!
[18:44] Chihaya
    There are plenty of my
    sweet cards on the field!
[18:47] [POEM] Reader
    and by no fault of mine
[18:56] [POEM] Reader
    Swift waters parted...
[19:02] Kita
    Yes!
[19:03] Nishida
    She did it!
[19:04] Yumi
    You seem to be confused.
[19:11] Yumi
    I'm supposed to keep one-syllable
    cards on my own side.
[19:18] Chihaya
    "I won't let her take a
    single card off me."
[19:21] Chihaya
    Why would I think that?
[19:25] Chihaya
    I'm playing against the previous queen!
[19:38] [POEM] Reader
    No matter where...
[19:40] [POEM] Reader
    For the cold nights...
[19:43] Taichi
    Karuta is scary...
[19:46] Taichi
    Chihaya has lost all of her confidence.
[19:50] Taichi
    She's freezing up and making mistakes.
[19:52] Taichi
    I didn't realize that mental
    strength was so important.
[19:56] Taichi
    Mental strength.
[20:00] Taichi
    How badly you want it...
[20:05] Chihaya
    Yes!
[20:05] Yumi
    Please wait.
[20:07] Yumi
    I touched that card before you did.
[20:09] Chihaya
    What?
[20:10] Yumi
    Look, I hit it here.
[20:12] Person A
    That pair keeps arguing.
[20:14] Person B
    The match will never end.
[20:17] Nishida
    Don't worry about it, Yumin.
[20:19] Nishida
    People will remember your
    tendency to contest cards,
[20:22] Nishida
    but your karuta happens to
    be that much more refined,
[20:26] ---
    that much more accurate.
[20:28] Nishida
    Everyone here knows how difficult
    it is to get to that point.
[20:36] [POEM] Reader
    I hide in the mountains, only to
    hear the haunting cry of a deer
[20:42] Nishida
    You can do it!
[20:44] Kita
    Yumin!
[20:47] [POEM] Reader
    None are left...
[20:53] Kita
    You did it, Yumin!
[21:00] Yumi
    Thank you very much.
[21:06] Yumi
    Thank you very much.