E23 - Like a boatsman adrift

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SIGN    Fukui
    Prefecture
    Awara City
SIGN    Awara-Yunomachi Station
     Bus Stop for Eiheiji, Tojinbo, Echizen Matsushima Aquarium
[00:05] Kuri
    Since Murao-kun won the
    Takamatsu Memorial Cup,
[00:09] Kuri
    I thought the age of the
    twin four-eyes was upon us,
[00:12] Kuri
    but Arata-kun's playing well, too.
[00:15] Kuri
    Youth is a force to be reckoned with.
[00:17] Girl
    Coach, you're thinking out loud.
     We can hear everything.
SIGN    Twin
SIGN    Twin Four-Eyes
[00:27] Murao
    Man, you got me.
[00:29] Murao
    Even physically, you're showing
     no signs of weakness now, Arata.
[00:36] Murao
    But when I won the Takamatsu Memorial Cup,
[00:38] Murao
    I guess it wasn't because I exploited
    a physical weakness anyway, huh?
[00:45] Arata
    After that match...
[00:46] Arata
    I couldn't manage to re-focus.
[00:49] Arata
    Taichi...
[00:51] Taichi
    How can I catch up to Arata?
[00:56] Taichi
    How can I win?
[01:00] Arata
    He was really trying to dive deep.
SIGN    the red that is the Tatsuta River
[01:07] Arata
    "Impassionate" ended up not
    being read in that match.
[01:12] Arata
    What would've happened if it was?
[01:15] Arata
    That was the card Taichi was
    targeting the whole time.
[01:20] Arata
    If it had been read,
    could I have defended it?
[01:24] Arata
    Or would Taichi have taken it
    and changed the flow?
[01:31] Arata
    I want to play him again.
[01:32] Arata
    As many times as I can...
[01:36] Shun
    Arata-niichan!
[01:37] Arata
    Shun, stop... that tickles...
[01:40] Arata
    Stop!
[01:41] Kuri
    Shun's gonna be a high schooler soon,
    but he's still such a kid.
[01:46] Shun
    Arata-niichan, Hiro and
    I got into Fujioka East!
[01:51] Shun
    We're going to the same school as you!
[01:54] Shun
    Let's start a karuta club!
[01:57] Arata
    Huh?
SIGN    Chihayafuru 3
SIGN    Chihayafuru 3
SIGN    Verse 23
SIGN    Like a
    boatsman
    adrift
[03:12] Chihaya
    The All Japan Karuta Association's
    unofficial tournament,
[03:15] Chihaya
    the Taichi Cup.
[03:17] Chihaya
    Any karuta player who's willing to celebrate
    Taichi's birthday is allowed to participate.
[03:21] Chihaya
    (All classes welcome.)
[03:23] Chihaya
    We managed to pull together 36 participants.
SIGN    The Taichi Cup
    Star
[03:27] Taichi
    Why is this happening?!
[03:30] Chihaya
    Okay, I will now explain the rules.
[03:33] Chihaya
    First, the format will be a Genpei
    matches between teams of three.
[03:36] Taichi
    Genpei matches?!
[03:38] Chihaya
    However, the goal is not
    just for your team to win,
[03:41] Chihaya
    but also to take the most cards individually.
[03:43] Chihaya
    The player who takes the most cards
    in four matches is the winner.
SIGN    Taichi Cup Rules ・Team lineups will be determined by lottery ・The cards each player takes are counted as that player's points ・You will earn 5 points each time your team wins.
[03:48] Taichi
    This is...
[03:50] Taichi
    They're three-on-three team match-ups,
    and one-on-five battles at the same time.
[03:53] Taichi
    But if my teammates don't play well enough,
    I won't get points for team wins...
[03:57] Taichi
    And if my teammates play too well,
    I won't get enough individual points.
[04:02] Girl
    Question! What's the prize for winning?
[04:05] Chihaya
    We threw around some ideas,
    but we didn't have the budget, so...
[04:08] Chihaya
    The prize is a kiss from Taichi!
SIGN    I don't care what it is. I won't lose!
[04:11] Girl
    Oh, my!
[04:12] Taichi
    W-Wait...
[04:14] Sumire
    Oh, my!
[04:15] Taichi
    Wait!
[04:17] Taichi
    Aren't I the star here?!
[04:19] Taichi
    Why am I the one giving out the prize?!
[04:22] Taichi
    A kiss... is just...
[04:24] Chihaya
    Sorry, Taichi. We really didn't
    have money for anything else.
[04:27] Chihaya
    But...
[04:28] Chihaya
    All these people are here
    because they like you,
[04:30] Chihaya
    so I think a kiss would make them happy!
[04:32] Taichi
    No way! There are some people here
    who definitely wouldn't want that!
[04:32] ---
    I thought this was going
    to be a legit tournament
[04:35] Kanade
    Chihaya-chan, do you have a moment?
[04:37] Chihaya
    Sure.
[04:39] Sumire
    How do we decide the team positions?
[04:40] Chihaya
    We use...
SIGN    Kondo Mirai
[04:43] Chihaya
    these name cards to determine the teams!
SIGN    Kondo Mirai Hirota Takiko Inagaki Noriko
[04:48] Girl
    They're handmade! Cute!
[04:49] Girl
    Did you make them, Chihaya-chan?
SIGN    Suzuki Yuri Harano Miho
[04:54] Chihaya
    We'll shuffle these to decide the teams.
SIGN    First Match Team Lineups
SIGN    Team Pheasant
[05:01] Hiroshi
    We've got a great balance!
[05:03] Machida
    I had nothing else to do, so I came!
SIGN    Team Magpie
[05:05] Nayuta
    I had nothing else to do, so I came!
SIGN    Team Plover
SIGN    Second brother Third brother
SIGN    Team Cuckoo
[05:08] Nishida
    We've got a good balance, too!
SIGN    First Brother
SIGN    Fourth Brother
SIGN    Team Deer
[05:10] Sumire
    Really? You guys?!
SIGN    Who are you?
SIGN    I will take 50
SIGN    Team Katydid
[05:13] Hyuga
    Cheers!
[05:15] Harada
    Taking on new challenges, no matter how old
    you are, is the path to becoming the Master.
[05:20] Harada
    Whatever happens, I won't lose!
SIGN    Team Double-Flowered Cherry Blossom
[05:21] Retro
    I won't lose!
[05:22] Taichi
    The worst teammates I could've gotten!
[05:25] Sudo
    This tournament is a farce.
[05:27] Sudo
    All it's going to do is mess up
     everyone's play styles.
[05:30] Taichi
    S-Sudo-san, you're here, too?!
[05:31] Sudo
    I'm not playing!
[05:33] Sudo
    I refuse to wear this stupid shirt,
    and I don't feel like celebrating your birthday!
SIGN    Thanks, Sudo-kun
[05:36] Sudo
    But Mr. Mochida asked me to come...
[05:40] Sudo
    and be the reader.
[05:43] Taichi
    How did this turn into such a huge deal?!
[05:47] Sudo
    Let's begin.
[05:48] [POEM] Sudo
    Naniwa Bay, now the flower
    blooms, but for winter
[05:53] Chihaya
    The Taichi Cup, a series of Genpei matches
    involving 12 teams and 36 participants.
[05:56] [POEM] Sudo
    Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
SIGN    Grrrr
[06:06] [POEM] Sudo
    Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[06:16] [POEM] Sudo
    So spring ends...
[06:18] [POEM] Sudo
    No more can we hear...
[06:21] Chihaya
    When all 100 cards are in play,
    memorization isn't easy,
[06:24] Chihaya
    and a lot of them read will be out of my reach.
[06:26] Chihaya
    This is nothing like how we usually play.
[06:30] Harada
    Upsy-daisy...
[06:31] Taichi
    This is nothing like how we usually play.
[06:33] Taichi
    Even my allies aren't my allies at all.
[06:41] Both
    We're all rivals.
[06:45] Retro
    This brings back memories.
[06:49] Retro
    I haven't played a Genpei match...
[06:51] Retro
    since then.
[06:54] (Flashback) Retro
    It's Hiro!
[06:55] (Flashback) Retro
    Kinashi Hiro!
[06:56] Retro
    Only five cards...
[07:01] Retro
    Have I changed since then?
[07:07] Taichi
    I'm in the same room we were in back then,
[07:11] Taichi
    surrounded by karuta players.
[07:15] Taichi
    Have I gotten stronger since then?
[07:21] Taichi
    I turned 18 today.
[07:25] Chihaya
    All four matches are complete!
SIGN    Harada Hideo Tsuboguchi Hiroshi Mochida Amakasu Nayuta Mashima Taichi Ayase Chihaya Ishikawa Kaori Sasa Suzuka Nanami Megumi Takei Eita Mori Kenjiro Komano Tsutomu Oe Kanade
SIGN    Match Results Point Totals
    
    
    
    Name 1 2 3 4 Win pts. Total
[07:32] Harada
    I can't believe it!
[07:33] Harada
    Even if you have a high individual score,
    you can miss out due to team win points?!
[07:36] Nishida
    So the final point totals say...
[07:39] Nishida
    it's a tie for first between Ayase
    and Mashima, with 105 each?!
[07:43] Taichi
    Huh?
SIGN    Anxious Nervous
[07:45] Taichi
    S-So... the prize for the winner...
[07:50] Chihaya
    I won't accept a tie!
[07:51] Chihaya
    Taichi, we're having a play-off!
[07:53] Hiroshi
    Okay, we're out of time.
[07:55] Hiroshi
    We only have this place until four.
[07:57] Hiroshi
    You can have your play-off on club time.
[07:59] Mochida
    Right, start cleaning up!
[08:00] All
    Okay!
[08:01] Guy
    That was fun!
[08:01] Girl
    Taichi-niichan was really good!
[08:03] Girl
    I'm so hungry.
[08:03] Girl
    We all need to clean up together.
[08:05] Guy
    Someone grab the vacuum cleaner!
[08:07] Makoto
    I suppose that was a nice change of pace.
[08:09] Makoto
    I hadn't played any matches for a while.
[08:11] Makoto
    Want to get something to eat, Rion?
SIGN    Shoop
    
    
     Thanks!
[08:13] Hyuga
    I do!
[08:14] Makoto
    You...
[08:15] Girl
    Let's all go see the cherry blossoms
    before we leave!
[08:17] Girl
    Join us, Taichi-kun!
[08:21] Taichi
    Everyone, thanks so much
    for doing this today!
[08:25] Girl
    Since our coach is always telling us to
    set goals and have a theme in mind,
[08:31] Girl
    I thought karuta was really
    tough and not much fun.
[08:33] Boy
    Today was ridiculously fun!
[08:35] Girl
    It was a blast!
[08:38] Girl
    I guess there's more than
    one way to play karuta!
[08:40] Boy
    Let's play with weird rules
    like this again sometime!
[08:42] Girl
    Let's take a picture!
[08:50] Taichi
    Have I...
[08:53] Taichi
    managed to get stronger?
[08:56] Guys
    Fight! Fight! Fight!
SIGN    Let's start a competitive karuta club!
    Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 2-9!
[09:19] Chihaya
    Oh... Taichi.
[09:23] Chihaya
    What are you doing here?
[09:25] Chihaya
    There's no practice today, right?
[09:27] Taichi
    I just... wanted to do some studying.
[09:30] Chihaya
    Wow, so studious!
[09:32] Taichi
    What about you?
[09:33] Chihaya
    Well, I'm...
[09:36] Chihaya
    gonna replace these worn-out curtains!
[09:45] Chihaya
    It's too long! Why? How?!
[09:47] Taichi
    It's amazing how you try to do this
    stuff even though you suck at it.
SIGN    Waaaah
[09:51] Chihaya
    Well, the new school year's starting,
[09:53] Chihaya
    and we'll have new members,
    so I wanted to make the club room nice!
SIGN    Probably
[10:12] Chihaya
    Wanna do the Taichi Cup run-off now?!
[10:16] Taichi
    You dork. We don't have to.
[10:17] Chihaya
    Why? Why? Why?!
[10:19] Chihaya
    I played my best...
[10:21] Taichi
    But you know, I never thought
    you'd play so well under those rules.
[10:25] Chihaya
    Well, I realized something.
[10:27] Chihaya
    With those rules, there are no dead cards, right?
[10:30] Chihaya
    So we could lunge at cards without
    holding back. I thought that helped.
[10:34] Chihaya
    I knew you'd be good at it, though.
[10:36] Chihaya
    Most people couldn't deal with
    memorizing all 100 cards.
[10:40] Chihaya
    You were amazing!
[10:44] Taichi
    The Genpei matches we played there...
[10:48] Taichi
    The first team I was part of...
[10:58] Taichi
    When we were in sixth grade...
[10:59] Chihaya
    Huh?
[11:00] Taichi
    We played in the school
    karuta tournament, remember?
[11:03] Chihaya
    Oh, yeah! We did! I remember that!
[11:08] Taichi
    Remember when Arata lost
    his glasses that day?
[11:12] Chihaya
    Oh, that's right! He did!
[11:14] Chihaya
    I really do think a crow took them.
[11:16] Chihaya
    He said he found them in the hallway, though.
[11:19] Taichi
    Actually...
[11:21] Taichi
    I was the one who took them and hid them.
[11:27] Chihaya
    What?! Wait, really?
[11:30] Taichi
    Yeah.
[11:31] Chihaya
    B-But why?!
[11:34] Taichi
    I didn't want to lose to Arata.
[11:40] Chihaya
    T-Taichi... It was you?
[11:43] Chihaya
    That was wrong! It wasn't fair!
[11:45] Taichi
    Yeah.
[11:49] (Flashback) Arata
    Mashima, you're a coward.
[11:55] (Flashback) Taichi
    Don't tell Chihaya.
[11:59] (Flashback) Taichi
    I don't want her to hate me.
[12:05] Taichi
    Yeah.
[12:09] Taichi
    I always... always...
[12:13] Taichi
    wanted to be someone who wasn't a coward.
[12:22] Taichi
    I love you, Chihaya.
[12:39] Chihaya
    Why?
[12:42] Chihaya
    Why, Taichi? Why?
[12:45] Chihaya
    Why did you do everything alone?
[12:48] Chihaya
    Why?
[12:49] Chihaya
    Why?
[12:53] Taichi
    I love you, Chihaya.
[13:07] Taichi
    "I'm just kidding, Chihaya."
[13:10] Taichi
    "That was just a joke."
[13:11] Taichi
    "Just a joke."
[13:14] Taichi
    I love...
[13:17] Taichi
    the fingernails that you never grow out...
[13:21] Taichi
    Your fingers...
[13:23] Taichi
    Your hair...
[13:26] Taichi
    The mouth that you always
    open wide like an idiot...
[13:29] Taichi
    Your face when you laugh...
[13:33] Taichi
    Ever since we were little...
[13:54] Taichi
    But...
[13:57] Taichi
    Not everything about you.
[14:00] Taichi
    I don't like who you become
    when you think about Arata.
[14:05] Chihaya
    Arata said...
[14:10] (Flashback) Arata
    If you want...
[14:11] (Flashback) Arata
    let's play karuta together.
[14:13] Chihaya
    Arata said...
[14:15] (Flashback) Arata
    Let's...
[14:19] (Flashback) Arata
    live our lives together.
[14:24] Guys
    Fight! Fight! Fight!
SIGN    Let's start a competitive karuta club!
    Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 2-9!
[14:36] Teacher
    Hey, you two. You need to head home.
[14:57] Taichi
    Yeah.
[15:07] Taichi
    What the heck am I doing?
[15:11] Taichi
    I never accepted anyone else's feelings, either.
[15:17] Taichi
    I didn't know Chihaya was capable of speaking
    quietly enough to be drowned out by the bell.
[15:25] Taichi
    My game sense sucks, so I couldn't hear you.
SIGN    I do not know where this love will take me
[15:31] Chihaya
    I'm sorry.
[15:48] Both
    Thank you very much.
[16:08] Kanade
    Once the new school year starts
    and proficiency tests are over,
[16:11] Kanade
    it's straight to the entrance ceremony,
    and then club demos.
[16:13] Sumire
    What should we do for
    our club demo this year?
[16:16] Tsukuba
    The fact that we won the national
    championship should be front and center!
[16:19] Nishida
    We don't want the club to seem too competitive.
[16:22] Nishida
    We should make it look fun.
SIGN    Proficiency Test
[16:24] Kanade
    To make people understand why karuta is fun,
[16:26] Kanade
    maybe we need to take a literary approach.
[16:28] Nishida
    You never learn, Kana-chan.
[16:30] Nishida
    We'll just get people who want
    to play bozu mekuri again.
[16:33] Sumire
    As long as we don't push
    President Mashima too hard,
[16:35] Sumire
    we won't get too many fangirls.
[16:36] Nishida
    So let's focus more on the girls...
SIGN    New Class 3-1 Homeroom Teacher Shinkai Taichi
[16:40] Shinkai
    For those who improved their scores
    as well as those who didn't,
[16:44] Shinkai
    these third-year proficiency tests
[16:46] Shinkai
    will be indispensable in guiding
    you through the coming year.
[16:49] Shinkai
    Use them to identify your weaknesses
[16:50] Shinkai
    and make them work for you.
[16:58] Nishida
    Three melon buns and two
    chocolate twist buns, please!
[17:01] Lady
    You need to take in a little more protein!
[17:04] Nishida
    Uh, okay, then a yakisoba b—
SIGN    Here's a hot dog!
SIGN    Porky, you're the only one I can talk to about this...
[17:16] Nishida
    Number one overall in maths and sciences?
[17:19] Nishida
    Whoa, you did it, Desktomu!
SIGN    Is Mashima gonna be okay?
SIGN    Is Mashima gonna be okay?
SIGN    His mom won't make him quit the karuta club, will she?
SIGN    Once-in-a-lifetime
    chance!!
SIGN    Can't stand her
[17:32] Nishida
    W-Well, Desktomu, if that happens,
    the whole club will oppose her!
[17:38] Nishida
    Whether it means going on
    strike or groveling or...
[17:40] Taichi
    Hey, you two.
[17:42] Taichi
    Can I talk to you about something?
SIGN    Club Demonstrations for New Students
    1. Greetings from the head of each year
    2. Introduction of clubs
    Tennis club Soccer club
    Archery club Competitive karuta club
    Mountain climbing club Table tennis club
    Baseball club Broadcasting club
    Badminton club Basketball club
    Gymnastics club Swimming club
[17:48] Kanade
    It'll be fine.
[17:50] Kanade
    Let's just stay calm and follow the script.
[17:52] Sumire
    Right.
SIGN    So beautiful...
[17:56] Chihaya
    Wait... where's Taichi?
[17:59] Miyauchi
    Oh, Ayase-san, one moment.
[18:05] Miyauchi
    I'm sorry to do this right now,
[18:08] Miyauchi
    but I need to revise your script.
SIGN    The Mizusawa Karuta Club was formed three years ago. We have five third-year and two second-year members. Last year, we fought our way through a tough battle to win...
SIGN    The Mizusawa Karuta Club was formed three years ago.
     We have four third-year and two second-year members.
     Last year, we fought our way through a tough battle to win...
SIGN    four third-year
[18:19] Miyauchi
    Mashima-kun submitted a
    request to leave the club.
[18:23] Miyauchi
    He said he wants to focus on
    studying for entrance exams.
[18:29] MC
    And that was the soccer club's demo!
[18:32] Soccer Club Member
    We're looking for a female manager!
[18:33] MC
    Next up is the club that has won the club
    relay at our athletic festival two years in a row,
[18:34] Kanade
    He requested to leave?
[18:37] Sumire
    Mashima-senpai...
[18:39] MC
    the club that leads the school in its
    balance of academics and athletics...
[18:42] MC
    The competitive karuta club!
[18:43] Nishida
    Ayase, we'll take your place!
SIGN    Just stay there!
[18:48] Chihaya
    We're the competitive karuta club!
[18:50] Guy
    She's cute...
[18:50] Girl
    She's gorgeous!
[18:52] Chihaya
    He just described us as
    both academic and athletic,
[18:54] Chihaya
    but if anything, I'd say we're
    lacking a bit on the academic side.
[18:58] Chihaya
    Competitive karuta is a sport that
    emphasizes explosiveness and fast reflexes.
[19:02] Chihaya
    Last year, we actually won
    the national championship.
[19:06] All
    Wow, awesome!
[19:08] Chihaya
    Our six second-year and third-year
    members are still working hard...
[19:25] Crowd
    Huh?
[19:26] Crowd
    What's wrong?
[19:33] Kanade
    I'll continue.
[19:35] Kanade
    The true appeal of competitive karuta
[19:37] Kanade
    is its focus on the Ogura Hundred Poets.
[19:41] Kanade
    Poems that have survived
    for a thousand years,
[19:43] Kanade
    that sing of joy, sorrow, and love...
[19:47] Kanade
    are laid out before you in all their glory.
[19:51] Kanade
    We would love to share their
    magnificence with you.
[20:02] Chihaya
    Taichi!
[20:04] Chihaya
    Taichi!
[20:05] Chihaya
    Don't, Taichi!
[20:07] Chihaya
    Don't do it! Don't quit the club!
[20:09] Chihaya
    Don't do it, Taichi!
[20:11] Chihaya
    Taichi!
[20:38] Taichi
    Chihaya...
[20:40] Taichi
    Do you think...
[20:43] Taichi
    I'm made of stone or something?
[20:58] Taichi
    I can't play karuta.
[21:01] Taichi
    Right now...
[21:03] Taichi
    all hundred cards
[21:06] Taichi
    look pitch-black to me.
[21:12] Taichi
    All of them.
[21:16] Taichi
    All of them.
[21:20] Taichi
    All of them.
SIGN    I do not know where this love will take me