E23 - The Night is Nearly Past

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[00:01] [POEM] Reader
    None are left who know me
[00:10] Yumi
    Thank you very much.
[00:12] Yumi
    Thank you very much.
[00:18] [POEM] Reader
    Impassionate gods...
SIGN    Chihaya Furu
SIGN    Verse 23
SIGN    The
    Night
    Is
    Nearly
    Past
[01:37] Yumi
    Yamamoto Yumi: won by four cards.
[01:39] Kita
    Yumin!
[01:41] Kita
    You're well on your way to
    reclaiming the title of Queen!
SIGN    Great Expectations
[01:45] Kita
    Get plenty of rest!
[01:47] Kita
    You'll have to play four more matches
    before you reach the final!
[01:50] Yumi
    So much pressure...
[01:53] Yumi
    But if there weren't any expectations,
[01:55] ---
    I would have run away already.
[02:08] Taichi
    Chihaya!
[02:11] Yumi
    I won't run away.
[02:13] Taichi
    What are you doing? Get out of there!
[02:17] Kanade
    Please come out, Chihaya-chan!
SIGN    Ayase, I have chocolate for you!
[02:20] Nishida
    Sorry about cheering for
    Yumin the whole time!
[02:24] Sudo
    Cheer up.
[02:26] Sudo
    I've heard that beautiful
    girls look better bald.
[02:30] Sudo
    I'll leave my e-mail address,
    so send me an "after" picture.
[02:35] Taichi
    Sudo-san...
[02:36] Taichi
    We'll shave our heads, so spare Chihaya!
[02:40] Sudo
    What?
[02:41] Kanade
    I'm willing to cut my hair really short!
[02:43] Nishida
    You stay out of it, Kana-chan!
[02:45] Harada
    What's that?
[02:48] Harada
    Whoever loses first has
    to shave their head?
[02:51] Harada
    Chihaya-chan's so stupid.
[02:53] Nishida
    We know! Our captain is stupid!
[02:56] Harada
    Then Sudo-kun, if I beat you,
    the bet is off.
[03:02] Sudo
    I don't believe that you're my
    opponent in the third round.
[03:07] Harada
    Are you planning on losing?
[03:09] Harada
    If not, we'll run into
    each other at some point.
[03:13] Sudo
    You better not lose before we play.
[03:15] Harada
    Worry more about yourself.
[03:18] Kanade
    H-He's so cool!
[03:20] Both
    What?!
[03:22] Nishida
    No, I'll shave my head!
SIGN    Me, too!
[03:23] Nishida
    I said it first!
SIGN    I probably look fine with a shaved head, so I'll do it!
[03:27] Nishida
    I'll look better than you will!
[03:30] Nishida
    I-Is she asleep?
[03:33] Nishida
    Isn't that what normally happens?
[03:35] Nishida
    It's been an hour.
SIGN    It's possible.
[03:39] Taichi
    You can go back downstairs, Nishida.
[03:42] Taichi
    You need to cheer for Yamamoto-san.
[03:45] Taichi
    I'll stay here, so Oe-san
    and Komano can also go.
[03:48] Kanade
    We'll stay here with you-
[04:04] Taichi
    She isn't asleep.
[04:10] Taichi
    She can't sleep now.
[04:25] Taichi
    Chihaya, Arata says he's won his
    third round match.
[04:31] Taichi
    I'm mail buddies with Arata now.
[04:36] Taichi
    I was going to give you his address
    once the qualifiers were over.
[04:41] Taichi
    I'm not lying.
[04:45] [Messenger] [SIGN]
    Got through the third round.
     How's Chihaya doing?
[04:45] Taichi
    He's really amazing.
[05:02] Kanade
    Dr. Harada and Sudo-san both won,
[05:04] Kanade
    and they're playing each
    other in the fourth round!
[05:06] Kanade
    We have to go cheer for him!
[05:12] Taichi
    Chihaya, come out.
[05:15] Taichi
    Let's go cheer him on.
[05:19] Taichi
    Chihaya.
[05:23] Taichi
    I know how much it hurts to
    lose after trying your best.
[05:27] Taichi
    You don't want to face anyone.
[05:31] Taichi
    I know how it feels,
[05:33] Taichi
    but my words won't be able to reach her.
[05:37] Taichi
    Only Arata can help her.
[05:48] Chihaya
    What are you doing?!
[05:51] Chihaya
    You have to go watch
    Dr. Harada and Sudo-san play!
[05:56] Chihaya
    Next year, they'll be
    your rivals in Class A!
[05:59] Chihaya
    You have to go watch them
    play, not cheer them on!
[06:04] Kanade
    Chihaya-chan.
[06:06] Kanade
    The prez stayed behind because
    he was worried about you.
[06:09] Chihaya
    Oh, that's right.
[06:11] Chihaya
    Sorry.
[06:14] Chihaya
    Sorry.
[06:15] Chihaya
    Let's go, Taichi.
[06:20] Taichi
    Yeah, I'm hopeless...
[06:26] Taichi
    Hopelessly in love.
SIGN    Sudo Akita
SIGN    Harada Hidehiro
[06:31] Harada
    Yes!
[06:35] Kita
    He's so loud.
[06:41] Sudo
    His knees are starting to give.
[06:43] Sudo
    I should go easy on him
    since he's getting old.
[06:47] Sudo
    Except, I'm not in a position to do that.
[06:54] Chihaya
    I didn't want her to contest every card,
[06:56] ---
    so I started moving
    faster than I needed to.
[07:00] Chihaya
    That was a tactic I never knew about.
[07:04] Taichi
    Aren't you cold?
[07:05] Taichi
    Put this on.
[07:06] Chihaya
    Huh? It's okay.
[07:08] Taichi
    You look like you're cold, so put it on.
[07:17] Chihaya
    Everyone was cheering
    watching outside, right?
[07:21] Chihaya
    Weren't you cold?
[07:22] Kanade
    It was pretty warm during the day.
[07:26] Chihaya
    They were standing outside
    the entire time.
[07:33] Chihaya
    Thank you.
[07:35] Chihaya
    Sorry.
[07:39] Chihaya
    I lost because I was
    too focused on myself.
[07:46] Kanade
    He did it!
[07:47] Taichi
    Dr. Harada!
[07:53] Sudo
    I lost by three cards.
[07:55] Sudo
    He's not human...
[07:57] Sudo
    He's an intelligent bear.
SIGN    Roar
[08:00] Taichi
    Dr. Harada!
[08:01] Nishida
    Thank you for saving Ayase's hair!
[08:04] Harada
    Hmm? What are you talking about?
[08:06] Nishida
    Huh?
[08:08] Harada
    Oh!
[08:10] Taichi
    He only cared about his own victory.
[08:12] Taichi
    He never changes.
[08:18] Harada
    Chihaya-chan, you didn't thank
    your opponent after the match.
[08:24] Harada
    That was wrong of you.
[08:26] Harada
    No matter how upset you are,
[08:28] ---
    you must thank your opponent.
[08:32] Chihaya
    Yes, sir!
[08:33] Person A
    The semi-finals will
    begin in ten minutes.
[08:35] Person A
    Will the players will please step inside.
[08:37] Harada
    Oh, it's time.
[08:40] Harada
    Only two more wins...
[08:44] Harada
    Two more wins...
[08:55] Chihaya
    Dr. Harada lost a close
    match in the semi-finals.
[09:00] Chihaya
    The Eastern finalists this year
    are Tsuboguchi Hiroshi
[09:03] Chihaya
    from the Shiranami society
    for the Master match,
[09:08] Chihaya
    and Yamamoto Yumi from the Suihoku
    society for the Queen match.
[09:13] Chihaya
    In one month,
[09:14] ---
    they'll be playing a
    best-of-three match
[09:18] Chihaya
    against the Western finalists
[09:20] ---
    for the right to challenge
    the Master and Queen in January.
[09:25] Chihaya
    Kanai-san...
[09:28] Kanai
    See you next year, rival.
[09:31] Chihaya
    The long day is finally over,
[09:33] Chihaya
    and the rest of us will spend
    the next year as losers.
[09:44] Chihaya
    What?
[09:46] Wata
    I see you every morning here,
[09:49] Wata
    and you're seriously cute.
[09:52] Wata
    Interested in going out with me?
[09:56] Kanade
    You should turn him down!
[09:57] Chihaya
    What? Just like that?
[09:59] Kanade
    Of course.
[10:00] Kanade
    It's a boy from a different school
    who knows nothing about you.
[10:03] Chihaya
    But, but!
[10:04] Chihaya
    It's the first time anyone's
    ever asked me out!
[10:06] Chihaya
    If I let this chance slip away,
    I might not get another one!
[10:09] Nishida
    The first time?
[10:11] Nishida
    That's beauty in vain.
SIGN    But after spending all this time with her,
[10:15] ---
    she doesn't even seem
    that beautiful anymore.
[10:17] Kanade
    I'm pretty sure that the reason nobody
[10:19] ---
    from our school approaches her
[10:20] ---
    is because she's always with Mashima-kun.
[10:23] Nishida
    Why?
[10:25] Taichi
    Go ahead and give it a shot.
[10:28] Chihaya
    Taichi?
[10:29] Taichi
    You need to experience it for yourself.
[10:32] Taichi
    It won't work.
[10:34] Chihaya
    Huh?
[10:35] Taichi
    You can't go out with a guy who
    hasn't seen you play karuta.
[10:41] Chihaya
    Oh...
[10:43] Chihaya
    But I'm already getting a bunch
    of e-mails and phone calls...
[10:46] Kanade
    You gave him your number?!
[10:52] Taichi
    I blocked his number.
[10:53] Chihaya
    Huh?
[10:54] Taichi
    Starting tomorrow,
[10:56] ---
    wake up early and ride
    the same train as me.
[11:00] Kanade
    In the Tentoku Imperial Court Poetry Contest
SIGN    Mibu no Tadami
    
    As my love first came to realization,
    word had already spread
SIGN    Taira no Kanemori
    
    Since I could not hide my love,
    people would always ask if
    I was pining for someone
[11:02] ---
    that was held by Emperor Murakami in 960,
[11:06] Kanade
    there were two poems that
    were especially beautiful.
[11:10] Kanade
    As I watch the prez,
    those poems come to mind.
[11:13] Kanade
    Poems about a love that
    cannot be concealed.
[11:17] Kanade
    The nincompoops in our
    club have no clue!
SIGN    nin
SIGN    I've never blocked anyone before
SIGN    com
SIGN    Me either
SIGN    poop
SIGN    Goodbye, Watanabe-kun...
[11:20] Kanade
    But I understand, prez!
[11:23] [Messenger] [SIGN]
    Wataya Arata - Cell
     Wataya Arata - Fukui Home
[11:26] Chihaya
    I haven't been able to bring
    myself to send him an e-mail.
[11:27] [Messenger] [SIGN]
    Wataya Arata - Cell
     Wataya Arata - Fukui Home
[11:29] Chihaya
    Taichi even gave me his address...
[11:34] Chihaya
    Arata lost in the fourth
    round of the Western qualifier.
[11:40] Chihaya
    How does he feel right now?
[11:42] Chihaya
    How upset is he?
[11:45] Chihaya
    There are so many things I
    want to talk to him about.
[11:50] Arata
    I need more...
[11:51] Arata
    More practice, more effort, more time!
[11:56] Arata
    I was away for too long.
[11:58] Arata
    I shouldn't have stopped playing
    karuta for a single day!
[12:02] Arata
    Thank you very much.
[12:04] Arata
    Takemura-san, the Western finalist,
    wasn't especially good,
[12:10] Arata
    but he had the momentum of ranking
    in four tournaments this year,
[12:13] Arata
    plus the stamina to last six matches.
[12:16] Arata
    The qualifiers are as
    serious as it gets.
[12:19] Arata
    I'll have to treat every practice
    match like a real one.
[12:23] Person A
    Let's begin the third match.
[12:27] Person A
    Oh, Daisuke-kun.
[12:28] Person A
    You're playing Arata-kun next.
[12:30] Daisuke
    What? I don't wanna
    play him. He's scary.
[12:34] Daisuke
    Scary!
[12:36] Person A
    Coach, there isn't anyone
    left for Wataya-kun to play.
[12:40] Kuri
    And Murao-kun didn't show up again.
[12:47] Murao
    What is it?
[12:48] Murao
    You here to tell me to come practice?
[12:51] Arata
    Yes.
[12:52] Murao
    That's not like you.
[12:55] Murao
    You never used to stick your
    nose where it didn't belong.
[12:58] Murao
    After all, you're the one who quit
    karuta for a year and a half.
[13:01] Murao
    Yet, now you're telling
    me I need to practice?
[13:06] Murao
    I know you want to get better,
[13:09] ---
    but I can't help you practice.
[13:11] Murao
    Say "hi" to everyone at the
    Nagumo society for me.
[13:14] Arata
    I...
[13:18] Arata
    I regret it.
[13:21] Arata
    I regret running away from karuta.
[13:24] Arata
    You can't...
[13:26] Arata
    You can't spend too much time
    away from karuta, Murao-san!
[13:29] Arata
    You'll lose your chance
    to become Master!
[13:33] Murao
    S-Scary...
SIGN    Shiver
[13:36] Murao
    You really scare me.
[13:38] Murao
    The point of karuta is to become Master?
[13:44] Murao
    I can no longer play
    karuta at that level.
[13:48] Murao
    Let me know if you ever
    want to play for fun.
[13:52] Murao
    Good night.
[14:01] Arata
    It's not like me
[14:03] Arata
    to stick my nose in...
[14:10] Arata
    I'll be back.
[14:17] Chihaya
    Kana-chan, you look happy.
[14:19] Kanade
    That's because there's finally
    a match in formal dress!
[14:27] Chihaya
    The Tokyo Otsuka Karuta Memorial Hall.
[14:30] Chihaya
    Where the Master and Queen
    challenger matches are held
[14:33] ---
    between the East and West finalists.
[14:36] Chihaya
    The matches are best-of-three
    and the players wear hakama.
[14:40] Chihaya
    The first player to achieve two wins
[14:41] ---
    earns the right to challenge
[14:43] ---
    the Master or Queen at Omi Jingu in January.
SIGN    Master/Queen Challenger Final
    Hosted by the National Karuta Association
[14:50] Chihaya
    I can't help but think...
[14:54] Chihaya
    If I hadn't lost my cool,
[14:57] ---
    I would be sitting there right now.
[15:04] Tsuboguchi
    I won the East qualifier
    because Dr. Harada tired out
[15:09] ---
    Kotegawa-kun in the semi-final for me.
SIGN    Grunt
[15:15] Tsuboguchi
    Watch me play, Doctor.
SIGN    Best of luck
[15:32] Chihaya
    Don't be too arrogant.
[15:35] Chihaya
    Could I have been sitting there
    if I tried a little harder?
SIGN    Master/Queen Challenger Final
[15:39] Chihaya
    The players there represent
    East and West Japan.
[15:42] Person A
    We will now begin!
[15:44] Chihaya
    They're representing us!
[15:46] [POEM] Reader
    Here comes spring...
[16:09] Daisuke
    I'm scared!
[16:11] Arata
    Thank you very much.
[16:13] Daisuke
    Thank you very much.
[16:17] Daisuke
    Arata-niichan.
[16:19] Daisuke
    I'll become stronger!
[16:23] Daisuke
    I'll do my best!
[16:25] Daisuke
    I'll keep playing until I'm sick of it!
[16:28] Daisuke
    Okay?
[16:31] Kuri
    We have our challengers!
[16:33] Kuri
    The challenger for Master
    is Takemura-kun.
[16:35] Kuri
    The challenger for Queen
    is Yamamoto Yumi-san.
[16:39] Tsuboguchi
    That was tough!
[16:41] Tsuboguchi
    Seriously, three games
    against the same opponent?
[16:45] Tsuboguchi
    Takemura-san is
    like an armored tank!
[16:49] Tsuboguchi
    It's so hot.
[16:50] Tsuboguchi
    Can I take this thing off yet?
[16:52] Tsuboguchi
    It's completely soaked with sweat.
[17:03] (Flashback) Tsuboguchi
    The Shiranami society dream
[17:06] (Flashback) Tsuboguchi
    is to produce a Master one day!
[17:29] Chihaya
    It hurts!
[17:33] Chihaya
    It hurts!
[17:35] Chihaya
    I want to be able to look back one day
[17:38] ---
    and say it was all worth it.
[17:43] Horikawa
    I'm worried about you, Chi-chan.
[17:45] Chihaya
    Huh?
[17:46] Chihaya
    I'll be fine, Michiru-chan!
[17:48] Chihaya
    I placed 290th on the second term exam!
[17:50] Horikawa
    I'm not talking about school.
[17:52] Chihaya
    Huh?
[17:53] Horikawa
    Chi-chan, you're spending
    all of your time on karuta.
[17:56] Horikawa
    Aren't there other
    things you need to do?
[17:59] Horikawa
    Like making friends?
[18:01] Horikawa
    Anyway, take this.
SIGN    Class 1-2 End of Second Term PARTY
    Time: 12/24 6:00 PM
    At the "Italian Kitchen" next to Shinjuku Station
    Entry Fee: 2,500 yen
    Drink bar
    Hosts: Horikawa and Matsuda
[18:05] Chihaya
    A party on Christmas Eve?
[18:08] Horikawa
    You don't have any plans, right?
[18:10] Chihaya
    I do. I'll be practicing karuta.
[18:12] Horikawa
    Okay, Ayase-san's coming!
[18:14] Horikawa
    So is Komano-kun!
[18:16] Taichi
    Oh, our class is also having a party.
[18:18] Kanade
    Class 6 will be having a hot
    pot party on Christmas.
[18:20] Nishida
    Our class is going bowling.
[18:24] Taichi
    Then we'll take December 24th off.
SIGN    Ooh
[18:29] Person A
    Ayase-san, that outfit's so cute!
[18:31] Person B
    What do you want to drink?
[18:31] Person C
    Your sister's a model, right?
[18:32] Person D
    I'm so glad I came!
    Can I take a picture?
[18:34] Person E
    She's so cute!
[18:34] Person F
    Her legs are so long!
[18:35] Person G
    Her face is tiny!
[18:36] Person H
    Come on in!
[18:38] Person A
    So, the karuta club is working hard.
[18:41] Person B
    Oh, we're in the mountain climbing club.
[18:44] Person B
    We're a boring club with
    only a few members,
[18:46] Person B
    but the karuta club inspires
    us to do the best we can!
[18:49] Person B
    We compete to see who can
    put up tents faster!
[18:53] Chihaya
    Oh, that sounds fun.
[18:55] Person B
    When we practice in the courtyard,
[18:56] ---
    people give us funny looks.
[18:58] Person A
    Speaking of which,
[18:59] ---
    Matsuda is the only male member
    in the tea ceremony club.
[19:02] Person C
    What's wrong with that?
    I get free snacks.
[19:07] Kanade
    There are important rules to
    follow for a seafood hot pot.
SIGN    Turkey
[19:13] Taichi
    I heard that this was a class party,
[19:16] Taichi
    so why am I the only guy here?!
SIGN    Ayase!
SIGN    I got to talk to a bunch of girls!
SIGN    Though, they were just asking me about Mashima.
[19:24] Chihaya
    Oh, that's great!
SIGN    You look like you're having fun.
[19:28] Chihaya
    Yep, there were a bunch of classmates
[19:31] ---
    I never really talked with before.
[19:34] Chihaya
    Oh, but...
[19:36] Chihaya
    I would be having more fun if the
    other club members were here.
SIGN    I read in a book once...
SIGN    When you find yourself wishing that a certain person was also here,
SIGN    that person is like family to you.
SIGN    Regardless of how long or well you know them.
[20:00] Chihaya
    If you wish that someone
    was also here...
[20:04] Person A
    Who's joining in the karaoke?!
[20:05] Person B
    It's Christmas Eve, so the
    bars will all be packed!
[20:12] Arata
    Hello? This is Wataya.
[20:17] Arata
    Who is it?
[20:22] Arata
    Chihaya?
[20:24] Arata
    Sorry, I'm at the Nagumo society
    Christmas party right now.
[20:28] Person A
    Coach Kuriyama is belly dancing!
[20:31] Arata
    It's Chihaya, right?
[20:33] Arata
    Chihaya?
[20:36] (Flashback) Kanade
    The "misty bridge of magpie feathers"
[20:39] (Flashback) ---
    spanned the river of stars which
    separated Orihime and Hikoboshi,
[20:44] (Flashback) Kanade
    so the bridge brought them together.
[20:50] Chihaya
    Arata.
[20:51] Horikawa
    Chi-chan, hurry up!
[20:53] Chihaya
    Cell phones are incredible
[20:57] Chihaya
    like the misty bridge!
[21:00] Arata
    Huh?
[21:01] Chihaya
    I'm glad I got to hear your voice!
[21:03] Chihaya
    Bye!
[21:08] Arata
    Bridge?
[21:13] [POEM] Chihaya
    When the misty bridge of magpie
    feathers comes into sight,
[21:19] [POEM] Chihaya
    the night is nearly past