E24 - When winds send waves crashing

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SIGN    Minamoto no Shigeyuki When winds send waves crashing against the rocks in vain, I recall how my own efforts were in vain
[00:01] Chihaya
    Echoing...
[00:03] Chihaya
    It keeps echoing around in my head.
[00:06] (Flashback) Taichi
    I love you.
[00:09] (Flashback) Taichi
    Do you think...
[00:10] (Flashback) Taichi
    I'm made of stone or something?
SIGN    Verse 24
SIGN    When winds
    send waves
    crashing
SIGN    Class 3-9 Homeroom Teacher Koda Yoshio
[00:24] Koda
    I know you said you want to
    be a high school teacher,
[00:27] Koda
    but if the main reason for that is because
    you want to be a club advisor...
[00:33] Koda
    Frankly, I'm not sure you could handle
    the job with a motive like that.
[00:36] Koda
    Teaching is a tremendously
    complex profession.
[00:39] Koda
    Have you ever considered how difficult
     it is to deal with real people?
[00:44] Chihaya
    U-Uh...
[00:45] Koda
    I mean, being a teacher has made me such a
    lady-killer that female students scare me now!
SIGN    Just when I thought he was giving sound advice...
[00:51] Koda
    Being loved and being hated
    are two sides of the same coin!
[00:55] Koda
    Well, you can always be a regular officer worker
    even with a teaching certification.
[00:59] Koda
    And you don't have to go to teachers college.
    You could get a literature degree and then...
SIGN    The Mashima Residence
[01:10] Taichi
    I'm home.
[01:10] Mom
    Taichi!
SIGN    Proficiency Test Results Class 3-1 Mashima Taichi
[01:11] Mom
    What's the meaning of this?!
    Why aren't you number one?!
[01:14] Mom
    Were you slacking off on the
    first test of your third year?!
[01:17] Mom
    What have I always told you?
[01:18] Mom
    You're the type to hold things in,
    so you need to exhale constantly!
[01:23] Mom
    Focus on breathing everything out...
[01:26] Taichi
    I quit the karuta club,
[01:29] Taichi
    so the next one will be better.
[01:32] Mom
    Huh?
[01:34] Miyauchi
    Mashima-kun, the president and central
    pillar of the karuta club...
[01:38] (Flashback) Taichi
    I've decided to quit.
[01:40] Miyauchi
    I can't believe he quit the club.
[01:42] Nishida
    You traitor! I always knew
    you were that kind of guy!
SIGN    Maybe I should concentrate on my studies, too...
[01:47] Sumire
    I'm quitting, too.
[01:48] Chihaya
    Why?! Why?! I'm bringing
    him back! Why, Taichi?!
[01:50] Tsukuba
    What do we do? What do we do?
[01:51] Kanade
    What can we do? What can we do?
[01:53] Miyauchi
    And this is the time of year when
    new members join... What will we do?
SIGN    Competitive Karuta Club Seeking New Members
SIGN    Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 3-9!
[01:57] Miyuchi
    What will we...
[02:00] Miyauchi
    Everyo—
[02:03] Sumire
    I'm second-year Hanano Sumire, and I'll
    be in charge of guiding all of you.
[02:06] Sumire
    I'd like to thank all of you first-years
    for your interest in joining.
[02:11] Sumire
    Our third-years have entrance
    exams to study for,
[02:14] Sumire
    and I'm sure some of you are beginners,
[02:17] Sumire
    so I'll provide guidance and
    explanations of the basics.
[02:17] Miyauchi
    When did Hanano-san become so reliable?!
[02:20] Tsukuba
    Why you?! I'll do the
    guiding and explaining!
[02:22] Sumire
    Shut up, Tsukuba!
[02:24] Sumire
    I'm quitting, too!
[02:26] Kanade
    I was sure that was what she'd say...
[02:29] Nishida
    We're not even needed here.
[02:31] (Flashback) Taichi
    Take care of the karuta club after I quit.
[02:35] (Flashback) Taichi
    Please.
SIGN    Hara Miku Class D
SIGN    And maybe because we stressed that we were national champions,
SIGN    Hashidate Sota Class D
SIGN    we got a great balance of new members, two boys and two girls!
SIGN    Namida Togo Beginner
[02:43] Midori
    I'm Tamaru Midori from Class 1-5!
SIGN    Tamaru Midori Class A
[02:45] Midori
    You know how some people make it
    to Class A on sheer momentum?
[02:49] Midori
    I guess that's what I did!
[02:49] Nishida
    The Tamaru sister?!
[02:50] Midori
    Oh, I don't have much experience,
    but I'm in Class A!
SIGN    What?! At our school?!
[02:55] (Flashback) Taichi
    I love...
[02:58] (Flashback) Taichi
    the fingernails that you never grow out...
[03:01] (Flashback) Taichi
    I love... I love... I love...
[03:08] (Flashback) Taichi
    I can't play karuta.
[03:11] (Flashback) Taichi
    All hundred cards
[03:14] (Flashback) Taichi
    look pitch-black to me.
[03:15] [POEM] Kanade
    When winds send waves crashing...
[03:43] Chihaya
    Mr. F-Fukasaku...
[03:46] Fukasaku
    Yes?
[03:46] Chihaya
    Mr. Fukasaku... Th-The "When winds send" poem...
[03:51] Fukasaku
    The one by Minamoto no Shigeyuki?
[03:54] Chihaya
    Y-Yes. That poem...
SIGN    Minamoto no Shigeyuki When winds send waves crashing against the rocks in vain, I recall how my own efforts were in vain
[03:59] Chihaya
    I-I...
[04:02] Chihaya
    I...
[04:04] Chihaya
    was the rock.
[04:05] Chihaya
    I was the rock, and I...
    c-crushed them into pieces.
[04:11] Chihaya
    Taichi's feelings... all these years...
[04:14] Chihaya
    All that time, I... I...
[04:20] Fukasaku
    "When the winds are at their strongest,
[04:22] Fukasaku
    the waves crash into the rocks,
    only to fall apart themselves.
[04:28] Fukasaku
    Just like those waves, my own heart
    is in danger of breaking apart,
[04:32] Fukasaku
    as I continue to pine endlessly for you."
[04:36] Fukasaku
    The Hundred Poets are truly
    remarkable, aren't they?
[04:40] Chihaya
    Huh?
[04:41] Fukasaku
    They give you the words,
    the metaphors, to express yourself.
[04:45] Fukasaku
    I thought it was the coming of spring
[04:48] Fukasaku
    that made you seem so blurry
    around the edges of late.
[04:55] Fukasaku
    You seem about to fall
    apart yourself, but...
[04:59] Fukasaku
    perhaps the Hundred Poets have
    been holding you together.
[05:03] Fukasaku
    Oh, dear...
[05:07] Fukasaku
    Thank you.
SIGN    Essential Modern & Classical Literature Problems 2013
[05:08] Chihaya
    B-But... Mr. Fukasaku...
[05:12] Chihaya
    I'm scared of karuta now...
[05:14] Chihaya
    I-I can't play!
[05:24] Fukasaku
    Learn something.
[05:26] Fukasaku
    It doesn't matter what.
[05:29] Fukasaku
    Just learn something.
[05:33] (Flashback) Guy
    Your aptitude test results
    will come back soon.
[05:35] (Flashback) Guy
    Tomorrow will be the opening
    ceremony and orientation for...
[05:37] (Flashback) Guy
    Don't worry. We have a great
    med school placement course.
[05:41] Girls
    Squee!
[05:41] Girl
    Hi. Taking the entry test today?
[05:44] Taichi
    Uh, yeah.
[05:44] Girl
    Me, too. So we'll have
    the same orientation. Literature?
[05:47] Taichi
    Science.
[05:48] Girl
    I heard he's applying to med school.
[05:50] Girl
    What branch of medicine?
[05:51] Girl
    They're so attentive to lesson schedules here.
    It makes it even harder to choose.
[05:54] Girl
    English Grammar B...
[05:55] Girl
    I want to go for a high-level class.
[05:57] Girl
    Yeah? Wow!
[05:58] Taichi
    Nobody here's talking about
[05:58] Girl
    Isn't the break room here gorgeous?
[06:00] Taichi
    stuff like school clubs
[06:03] Taichi
    or karuta.
[06:09] Girl
    Over here, sir!
[06:11] Girl
    Me, too!
[06:12] Girl
    Mr. Suo!
[06:17] Suo
    Huh?
[06:19] Suo
    Are you...
[06:21] Suo
    in Class A?
SIGN    Impassionate gods have never seen
     the red that is the Tatsuta River
    
     Like a boatsman adrift at the
    mouth of the Yura, I do not know
    where this love will take me
SIGN    Fukui Prefecture
    Awara City
SIGN    Fujioka East High School
[06:31] Kanno
    Let's see... You want to
    start a karuta club?
[06:34] Kanno
    You can only start a club if you
    have at least five members.
SIGN    Jeez!
[06:37] Shun
    Man, how did I know you would say that?
[06:39] Hiro
    It happens in manga all the time!
SIGN    You just won't get any funding
[06:42] Kanno
    But you can still enter tournaments
    with just the three of you.
[06:46] Shun
    That's too lax.
SIGN    Matsubayashi Shun (16) Older brother, born in April Class B
[06:48] Shun
    I know we have the right to enter
    the high school championship,
[06:51] Shun
    but we can't be so lax about it.
SIGN    Matsubayashi Hiro (15) Younger brother, born in March Class B
[06:52] Hiro
    I think it'd be fine.
[06:54] Hiro
    There were only four schools in
    the Fukui tournament last year.
[06:57] Hiro
    I bet the three of us could win.
[06:59] Hiro
    We could practice with the Nagumo Society.
[07:02] Hiro
    Arata-niichan would be able to concentrate
    on individual tournaments, too.
[07:05] Shun
    Yeah, since your main focus is
    individual tournaments,
[07:08] Shun
    and the Master match.
[07:12] Girl
    Who's entering the Hyogo
    and Sagamino tournaments?
[07:15] Guy
    Who's going to Hiroshima in May?
[07:17] Murao
    There's so much to do. I might
    miss the Fukui tournament.
[07:21] Murao
    I have to handle the administrative side.
[07:23] Kuri
    You can't! Nagumo has to win
    all the local tournaments!
[07:26] Guy
    I'll take over as administrator for Kyoto!
[07:29] Murao
    Make sure you enter whatever
    tournaments you can, Arata.
[07:32] Murao
    I'll do my best as an administrator for
    the high school championship again.
[07:36] Murao
    You really don't have a very long time
    to be just a karuta player.
[07:40] Murao
    I've played long enough to know.
SIGN    Awaraonsen Station
[07:42] Murao
    So do everything you want to do now.
[07:46] Arata
    I have people protecting me,
[07:48] Arata
    helping me.
[07:52] (Flashback) Chihaya
    Don't say that you're not
    interested in teams!
[08:00] Shun
    Huh? Arata-niichan?
[08:03] Arata
    Sorry to interrupt your lunch.
[08:05] Arata
    I'm Wataya Arata from Class 3-2.
[08:09] Arata
    I'm here to recruit members for
    our competitive karuta club.
[08:12] Girl
    Huh?
[08:14] Arata
    We're still an association for now,
[08:15] Arata
    but we're seeking members to
    participate in team matches.
[08:18] Arata
    Anyone who did their best to memorize
    the hundred poems as a kid,
[08:21] Arata
    anyone who ever took a card at a school
    tournament and had fun doing it...
[08:25] Arata
    If you work hard for the next three months,
[08:27] Arata
    you'll be able to compete
    with Class A players.
[08:30] Arata
    I want to build a karuta club
    that can play to win
[08:33] Arata
    at the high school championship
    at the end of July.
[08:37] Arata
    You can talk to Matsubayashi Shun
    for more details.
[08:41] Shun
    Huh? Me?!
[08:45] Arata
    Excuse me!
[08:46] Guy
    Now he's gone to Class 2.
[08:48] Girl
    He's going all-out.
[08:49] Guy
    A national championship, though?
[08:50] Girl
    I don't know...
[08:51] Guy
    Not possible.
[08:52] Shun
    I-It is possible!
[08:54] Shun
    The winner last year was a Tokyo school
[08:56] Shun
    whose karuta club had only
    been active for two years!
[08:59] Girl
    I was in a karuta society
    when I was little.
[09:02] Girl
    Me, too!
[09:03] Guy
    I'm a ranked player.
[09:04] Girl
    That third-year was kind of hot, wasn't he?
[09:05] Shun
    There are people here who've played.
[09:07] Shun
    But I didn't expect Arata-niichan
    to be so serious about this...
[09:11] Guy
    Was that Wataya?
[09:12] Guy
    What the heck is he doing?
[09:14] Guy
    He was trying to recruit
    people last year, too.
[09:14] Arata
    The third-year classrooms are tough...
[09:16] Arata
    Too tough for me.
[09:19] Yuu
    What are you doing, Arata?
    And now, of all times?
[09:22] Arata
    Yuu...
[09:22] Yuu
    You're a third-year now. You don't
    have time to start a new club.
[09:26] Yuu
    You expect to find members to
    play in team tournaments now?
[09:31] Arata
    I don't know.
[09:33] Arata
    But right now...
[09:36] Arata
    I feel like I have to build a team.
[09:43] Arata
    When my grandpa was still alive,
[09:46] Arata
    you helped us out a lot, remember?
[09:49] Arata
    To me, we were a team.
[09:54] Arata
    Thanks, Yuu.
[09:57] Yuu
    A team...
[10:00] Arata
    What others have done for me...
[10:02] Yuu
    A team...
[10:05] Arata
    And what I want to do...
[10:08] Yuu
    If...
[10:09] Yuu
    If you don't get anyone else, I'll joi—
[10:17] Arata
    A-Any of you have the
    hundred poems memorized?
[10:20] Guy
    I-I do.
[10:21] Girl
    I think so.
[10:22] Arata
    Any of you know the unique syllables?
[10:24] Both
    I do!
[10:25] Girl
    I think so!
[10:26] Arata
    A-Any of you love karuta?
[10:28] Guy
    Uh...
[10:29] Girl
    I-I'm not sure, but you
    really seem to love it.
[10:35] Shun
    We already have people wanting to join?!
[10:37] Hiro
    Crap! It'll be a battle to
    decide who the starters are!
[10:40] Arata
    I have to gather the wind toward me.
[10:43] Arata
    Like Chihaya and Taichi did.
[10:46] Arata
    I can do this, too.
SIGN    Fukui Prefectural Fujioka East High School
[10:49] Arata
    This is Fukui, after all.
SIGN    So you started a karuta club? Now?
[10:52] Kuri
    I went ahead and arranged some
    practice matches for you!
[10:54] Arata
    What?
[10:56] Kanno
    Wataya...
[10:57] Kanno
    What the heck kind of
    connections do you have?
SIGN    May
SIGN    Shizuoka Prefecture Fujisaki High School
[11:00] Arata
    Thank you for letting us participate in
    this joint practice with you today!
[11:05] Arata
    We're the Fukui Prefectural Fujioka
    East High School Karuta Club,
SIGN    Worn out from driving for four hours
SIGN    Don't fall asleep
[11:08] Arata
    and I'm third-year Wataya Arata!
[11:10] Guy
    Wow, so that's Wataya Arata?
[11:12] Guy
    I saw him on Nico!
[11:13] Girl
    So that's him?
[11:14] Guy
    He's crazy good, right?
[11:15] Sakura
    Welcome, Wataya-kun.
[11:17] Sakura
    We'll be sure take a real
    close look at your game today.
[11:20] Arata
    Coach Sakurazawa...
[11:22] Arata
    Sorry to impose when regional
    preliminaries are coming up.
[11:25] Sakura
    It's all right. We do this often.
[11:28] Sakura
    The kids from Hokuo in Tokyo
    were here just last week.
[11:32] Sakura
    Speaking of which, you're friends with
    the kids in Mizusawa's club, aren't you?
[11:36] Arata
    Oh... I am.
[11:38] Sakura
    Did you hear, then?
[11:40] Sakura
    One of the Hokuo kids told me...
SIGN    Salute
[11:42] (Flashback) Retro
    With Ayase and Mashima gone,
    Mizusawa's karuta club is no match for us!
[11:47] Sakura
    Mashima-kun and Ayase-san
    quit their karuta club.
[11:52] Arata
    Chihaya and Taichi...
[11:54] Arata
    quit the karuta club?
[11:57] Arata
    That can't be right... Those two quit?
[12:02] Arata
    It can't be...
[12:03] Rion
    Excuse me...
[12:05] Rion
    Could you place your cards, please?
[12:08] Arata
    Oh... Sorry.
[12:11] Arata
    Focus. I'm playing a match.
[12:14] Arata
    I can tell just by looking at her layout
[12:17] Arata
    that she's confident in her game sense.
[12:20] [POEM] Reader
    So the flower has wilted...
[12:21] [POEM] Reader
    For the cold nights...
[12:22] Arata
    She's fast.
[12:23] Arata
    The two multi-syllable "For you, I"
    cards are still in play,
[12:25] Arata
    but she didn't even hesitate.
[12:27] Arata
    She really is confident.
[12:32] Arata
    Right.
[12:34] Arata
    Let's do this just like always.
[12:36] Hyuga
    All right, Rion! Two in a row!
    That's the way!
[12:38] Hyuga
    Okay, guys, we'll get the next
    one, too! Ride this wave!
[12:40] Hyuga
    Don't feel bad, Motoki!
SIGN    You didn't get two in a row...
[12:42] Arata
    What?
[12:42] Hyuga
    All right, we're doing great, guys!
[12:44] Hyuga
    Keep taking cards, one at a time! Fight!
[12:46] All
    Fight!
[12:51] Rion
    Rain, Silent, Look, Swift, Feel sorrow,
    Would this, Would the, Since I, After I...
[12:53] [POEM] Reader
    Rain takes longer...
[12:58] Arata
    Stop. I need to focus.
[13:01] Arata
    Just like always...
[13:02] Hyuga
    Yay! You're awesome, Rion!
SIGN    Yay!
[13:04] [POEM] Reader
    A house left to the weeds...
[13:07] Risa
    Fujisaki really is strong, huh?
SIGN    Matsubayashi Hiro Matsubayashi Shun Mochizuki Chiemi Yamamoto Risa Won by 2 cards Lost by 8 cards Lost by 15 cards Lost by 13 cards
[13:10] Risa
    And we don't have much experience
    with actual matches.
[13:13] Chiemi
    Even Matsubayashi-kun lost, though.
[13:15] Chiemi
    And he's a Class B Nagumo Society member.
SIGN    I lost to Cheers...
[13:18] Hiro
    Arata-niichan...
SIGN    Wataya Arata Won by 7 cards
[13:19] Hiro
    What should we do in the afternoon?
[13:21] Arata
    Is it true that they quit?
[13:24] [Messenger] ---
    Compose Message
    To: Mashima Taichi, Ayase Chihaya
    Subject: I started a karuta club
[13:24] Arata
    I need to at least find that out for sure.
[13:27] Arata
    If it's true, that would mean
    they're feeling really lost right now.
[13:31] Arata
    Chihaya and Taichi both.
[13:33] Hyuga
    Cheers, Wataya-kun!
SIGN    Damn it!
[13:35] Arata
    His karuta is surprisingly
    aggressive and heavy.
SIGN    Nnngh
SIGN    Nnnngh
[13:42] Rion
    Okay...
[13:43] Rion
    Okay! One card!
[13:44] Rion
    Let's take one card at a time!
[13:47] Sakura
    You need to be louder, Rion.
[13:50] Sakura
    It looks like we'll manage, though.
[13:53] Sakura
    Unfortunately, Fujisaki currently lacks students
    who have both talent and leadership.
[14:00] Sakura
    Rion is better at karuta,
[14:02] Sakura
    but Cheers has better leadership ability.
SIGN    That's why I'm president!
[14:05] Sakura
    If there's no one who can keep
    an eye on the team as a whole
[14:07] Sakura
    while also playing great karuta,
[14:10] Sakura
    then we need to have double leaders.
SIGN    Nnnnnnngh
[14:12] Sakura
    To face excessively strong
    players like Wataya-kun,
[14:15] Sakura
    one should be an egoist
    who prioritizes to winning,
[14:17] Rion
    Miyagawa-san, good job taking that one!
[14:18] Sakura
    while the other should be a leader
    who'll call out loudly to the others.
[14:19] Rion
    Akira-kun, you'll get the next one!
SIGN    Not that she's doing that...
[14:21] Sakura
    Mizusawa was a team with an extreme
    egoist and an extreme leader.
[14:27] Sakura
    I'm not that kid from Hokuo...
[14:28] Retro
    I'm Retro!
SIGN    I'm Retro!
[14:29] Sakura
    But I wonder how Mizusawa will fare
    without the two of them.
[14:32] All
    Thank you for the game.
[14:33] Hyuga
    I lost... Wataya-kun was too good...
SIGN    Hyuga Yoshihiko
    Lost by 12 cards
SIGN    Ugh...
[14:35] Girl
    Cheers-senpai pulled his own hair so
    much, it went back to being straight.
[14:39] Girl
    Don't worry. He'll curl
    it back up soon enough.
[14:40] Shun
    All of us except Arata-niichan
    got clobbered!
SIGN    Mochizuki Chiemi Tsuchiya Kenichi Matsubayashi Hiro Matsubayashi Shun
    Lost by 10 cards Lost by 15 cards Lost by 5 cards Lost by 7 cards
[14:44] Arata
    H-How?
[14:46] Arata
    I'm not surprised about the rest,
[14:47] Arata
    but Shun and Hiro are good
    enough to be in Class A.
[14:51] Sakura
    Miyagawa-san, what was the
    main problem in your match?
[14:51] Arata
    Yet they went down so easily...
[14:53] Miyagawa
    I didn't memorize well enough, which slowed
    my attacks on the opponent's side.
[14:57] Sakura
    And you, Kawashima-kun?
[14:58] Kawashima
    My double fault halfway
    through messed me up.
[15:00] Sakura
    What messed you up was failing
    to move on from it.
[15:02] Sakura
    Hyuga-kun?
[15:03] Girl
    He went to curl his hair.
[15:05] Sakura
    Is he stupid?
[15:06] Sakura
    All of you, take notes on this
    for your future selves.
[15:10] Sakura
    The third match will begin
    in fifteen minutes.
[15:12] All
    Yes, ma'am!
[15:13] Arata
    An adviser who gives solid guidance...
[15:16] Arata
    That's not all, though.
[15:18] Arata
    They're taking notes on other
    players' shortcomings.
[15:19] Hyuga
    Sorry I'm late!
SIGN    Curly
[15:20] Sakura
    Are you stupid?
[15:23] (Flashback) Sakura
    It's on you to make sure that we don't
    lose a single match next summer.
[15:27] Rion
    After Coach Sakurazawa gave me
    that vote of confidence,
[15:30] Rion
    I'm stuck sharing responsibility with Cheers...
[15:33] Rion
    Hey.
[15:34] Rion
    Did you learn anything from
    your match with Wataya-kun?
[15:36] Hyuga
    Nope, nothing. I'm not good enough
    to get anything like that from him.
[15:40] Hyuga
    But we can still win as a club.
[15:41] Hyuga
    We'll all win this next one! Cheers!
[15:44] All
    Right!
SIGN    Third Match
[15:48] Arata
    Coach Sakurazawa keeps putting
    me up against third-years.
[15:54] Arata
    I'm the only third-year in Fujioka East's club.
[15:56] Arata
    It's my job to keep an eye on
    the others and encourage them.
[16:01] Arata
    Should I talk to them?
[16:03] Arata
    I've never tried rallying cries before...
SIGN    Let's go?
    Let's do this?
[16:05] Arata
    What should I say?
[16:07] Arata
    Can I even do it when I never have before?
SIGN    Ahem
[16:10] [POEM] Reader
    The storm blasts autumn leaves...
[16:12] Rion
    If I beat Wataya-kun,
[16:14] Rion
    it would be the best boost
    I could give this team.
[16:17] Rion
    I have to focus on winning!
[16:21] Arata
    When up against someone
    with good game sense,
[16:24] Arata
    in a way, it comes down to speed.
[16:26] Arata
    I need to focus, and yet...
[16:28] Arata
    Rallying cries?
SIGN    I never asked to be treated colder than the winds of Mount Hatsuse
[16:30] Arata
    Watching my team?
[16:31] Arata
    How much attention can
    I afford to give them?
[16:34] Arata
    If I lose too, it won't even matter.
[16:36] Hiro
    W-We lost that one, but we'll get 'em next time!
[16:40] Shun
    Huh? Hiro, are you talking to yourself?
[16:42] Shun
    Huh? Huh?
[16:45] Shun
    That was a rallying cry?!
[16:46] Chiemi
    No one could tell! If you're
    gonna do that, be louder!
[16:50] Arata
    Oh, right...
[16:52] Arata
    These guys are thinking about the team, too.
[16:55] Arata
    I thought I needed to do something,
    but I was wrong.
[17:00] Arata
    Okay...
[17:01] Arata
    I'm not used to talking in a match,
    but I'm going to practice now.
[17:07] Arata
    Fujioka East, let's talk to each other!
[17:09] Chiemi
    Right!
[17:09] Shun
    Y-Yeah!
[17:09] Hiro
    Let's do it!
[17:09] Risa
    O-Okay!
[17:10] Both
    They're all over the place.
SIGN    Wataya-kun's not
    very loud, either
[17:12] Arata
    Sorry, we were all over the place,
    so can we try again?
SIGN    You're doing it over?
[17:15] Arata
    We'll come together on "All right."
[17:17] Both
    "All right"?
[17:18] Arata
    That's the go-to for stuff like this, right?
[17:21] Arata
    Let's do this, Fujioka East!
[17:23] All
    Right!
[17:25] Arata
    Oh, it kinda feels like we're a team.
SIGN    I told them to use "All right"...
[17:28] Arata
    But talking to each other is just
    one of the things we need.
[17:31] Arata
    There are lots more things that
    are important for a team.
[17:34] Arata
    We'll have to learn how to
    stretch before matches, too.
[17:37] Sakura
    He's even more sincere about
    this than I realized.
[17:41] Sakura
    He's good enough to be considered
    the strongest high school player,
[17:44] Sakura
    but he's reverting to a beginner's
    perspective in order to play as a team.
[17:48] Sakura
    Why go that far to play in team matches?
[17:51] Sakura
    It's the Master match you
    should be working toward.
[17:54] Sakura
    Why?
[17:56] Arata
    There's so much more
[17:59] Arata
    that I need to learn to help this team.
[18:08] Arata
    We want to thank all of you at
    Fujisaki for letting us join you.
[18:11] Arata
    We've learned a lot from this.
[18:13] Sakura
    Let's face off again at the nationals.
[18:15] Kanno
    Coach Sakurazawa, we brought this for you.
[18:16] Sakura
    We wish you the best
    at your regional preliminary.
[18:20] Shun
    Fujisaki really is a good team!
SIGN    They really do have 50 members!
[18:22] Hiro
    They have a good coach, above all!
[18:24] Kanno
    I agree with that!
[18:27] Arata
    I need to start with rallying cries.
[18:29] Arata
    They can change the flow of a match.
[18:32] Arata
    Then there's our team composition,
    deciding our order...
[18:34] Arata
    These are all things I've
    never thought about before.
[18:37] Arata
    I'm glad we came to Shizuoka.
[18:40] Arata
    That's the kind of thing
    I need to say to them!
[18:43] Arata
    E-Everyone...
[18:50] Arata
    Was Mizusawa like this at first, too?
[18:54] Arata
    And they beat Fujisaki like that?
[18:57] Arata
    That's hard to believe.
    How did they practice?
[19:01] Arata
    That's an incredible thing, Taichi, Chihaya.
[19:06] Sakura
    They quit their karuta club.
[19:10] Arata
    What happened?
[19:13] Arata
    What happened?
[19:16] Arata
    What happened?
[19:18] Arata
    Why am I always
[19:20] Arata
    so far away?
[19:22] Kanno
    No! Don't you fall asleep
    on me too, Wataya!
[19:24] Kanno
    Don't leave me alone!
[19:25] Arata
    I'm awake!
[19:31] Yuu
    Why a team?
[19:34] Arata
    I don't know.
[19:35] Arata
    But I feel like I have to build a team.
[19:44] Shun
    Why didn't you wake us up, Mr. Kanno?!
[19:46] Shun
    We almost missed it!
[19:48] Kanno
    You already saw it on the way here.
[19:49] Hiro
    But the sunset's different!
[19:51] Risa
    It's so pretty!
[19:51] Kenichi
    And red!
[19:52] Chiemi
    Did you get a picture? Send it to me!
[19:54] Kenichi
    I gotta show my parents!
[19:58] [Messenger] ---
    Look, Arata. These are my teammates.
    Come watch us at Omi Jingu! -Chihaya
[19:59] Arata
    I was pretty late starting my team.
[20:04] Arata
    I have to return what Chihaya
    and Taichi gave to me.
[20:08] Arata
    I want to see the same
    scenery with them again.
SIGN    Impassionate gods have never seen the red that is the Tatsuta River Like a boatsman adrift at the mouth of the Yura, I do not know where this love will take me
[20:17] Koda
    Ayase is in the library on a day off?
SIGN    Anxious
SIGN    Anxious Anxious
SIGN    Ancient Civilizations and the Universe
[20:20] Miyauchi
    I'm so worried, I can't watch!
[20:25] Fukasaku
    She has more power than
    she knows what to do with.
SIGN    Whoa... Bottoms up...
SIGN    Gasp
[20:34] Guy
    Wrong pipe.
[20:36] Guy
    Yep.
[20:39] Chihaya
    It's not enough.
[20:40] Chihaya
    No matter how much I drink...
[20:43] Chihaya
    No matter how much I study...
[20:54] Chihaya
    Suddenly, like an explosion,
[20:56] Chihaya
    the words Taichi said to me in
    our first year came back to me.
[21:02] (Flashback) Taichi
    Arata will come back someday for sure.
[21:04] (Flashback) Taichi
    Let's get stronger and wait for his return.
[21:04] [Messenger] ---
    New Message
    
    16:41
    From: Wataya Arata
    I made a karuta club
[21:04] [Messenger] ---
    Hope to see you at Omi Jingu
[21:07] [Messenger] ---
    New Message
    
    16:41
    From: Wataya Arata
    I made a karuta club
    
    
    
    Hope to see you at Omi Jingu
[21:13] Suo
    What's wrong?
[21:15] Taichi
    Nothing.
[21:19] Taichi
    I'm coming.
SIGN    Wataya Arata
    To: Mashima Taichi, Ayase Chihaya
    Subject: I made a karuta club
    Body: Hope to see you at Omi Jingu
[21:22] Arata
    Taichi will come back someday for sure.
[21:25] Arata
    Let's get stronger and wait for his return.
SIGN    Chihayafuru 3