E3 - But from the crystal white snow of Yoshino

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[00:00] [POEM] Reader
    ...spring, now the flower blooms
SIGN    Yoshino
     Tournament
SIGN    Round 2
SIGN    Registered Architects 1st Class License Course 31st National Competitive Karuta Tokyo Yoshino Tournament KK Modern Ballet Studio
[00:05] Guy
    This year's competition is
    way more heated than usual.
[00:08] Guy
    We have all the big names,
    but also youngsters on the rise.
[00:11] Woman
    High schoolers sure are formidable.
[00:14] Guy
    I wonder who's going to win.
[00:15] Guy
    The Nagumo Society's gonna go places.
[00:17] Guy
    Yeah, but the one drawing
    the most attention is...
[00:25] Guy
    Inokuma Haruka, grade 6,
[00:27] Guy
    the former queen returning from maternity
    leave, who once won four years in a row.
[00:31] Guy
    And her eyes are still huge!
[00:33] Guy
    Scary huge!
SIGN    Chihayafuru 3
SIGN    Chihayafuru 3
[01:45] Haruka
    Aki! Jin!
[01:47] Haruka
    Mommy won!
SIGN    Verse 3
SIGN    But from
    the crystal
     white
     snow of
    Yoshino
[01:49] Haruka
    Sorry I had a little trouble.
[01:50] Jin
    Mama! Mama!
[01:51] Haruka
    Hungry, Jin?
[01:53] Haruka
    Just a second...
[01:56] Sakura
    It's impressive that you can play
    karuta with a baby still nursing.
[02:00] Haruka
    Sakurazawa-san!
[02:02] Sakura
    You stopped wearing contacts?
[02:03] Haruka
    I wasn't taking good care of them,
    so the doctor said to stop.
[02:07] Sakura
    You're breastfeeding now? Right here?
[02:09] Haruka
    I manage surprisingly well with the kid.
[02:11] Haruka
    I even feed him during my fifteen-minute
    memorization time at practice.
[02:15] Haruka
    Come on, Jin! Eat fast!
[02:18] Haruka
    Guzzle it down!
[02:21] Sakura
    It really takes passion
    to come back to the game.
[02:25] [POEM] Reader
    The fall wind parts the wispy clouds
[02:29] Both
    Thank you very much.
[02:38] Kanade
    Chihaya-chan, you won!
SIGN    It's lunchtime.
[02:40] Nishida
    We've got chocolate.
[02:41] Chihaya
    Thanks!
[02:44] Kanade
    How'd the second round go?
[02:46] Chihaya
    Well, he touched "While the"
    when it was "While I"
[02:49] Chihaya
    and didn't attack on "Would this,"
    so it felt like I slid into the win.
[02:51] Nishida
    Slid into it?
SIGN    How's your right hand?
[02:55] Chihaya
    My right hand...
[02:58] Nishida
    She fell asleep!
[03:00] Kanade
    Chihaya-chan, you're going to fall!
SIGN    She always does this.
SIGN    Just let her sleep.
[03:05] Nishida
    Ayase's right hand isn't
    back to full strength yet.
[03:09] Nishida
    Her swings didn't have their
    usual force and strength.
[03:12] Nishida
    I guess that's to be expected
    so soon after surgery.
[03:17] Kanade
    Where's President Mashima, anyway?
[03:33] Arata
    What song is that?
[03:35] Taichi
    A-Arata!
[03:37] Arata
    Sorry to interrupt your break.
    I heard you humming.
[03:40] Taichi
    I-It's...
[03:42] [SONG] ---
    Mizusawa High
    School Song
    Lyrics: Karuta Inochi
[03:42] [SONG] ---
    1.
    The bells ring in the streets of Mizuha
    For this brilliant house of learning
    Hope is far in the distance
    We hold the will to win in our hearts
    As Mizusawa High walks forth
    
    2.
    These days of vibrant beauty
    With clear skies over this house of learning
    Nurturing friendships that will last forever
    So now we sing with pride
    Of our alma mater, Mizusawa High
[03:42] Taichi
    It's just our school song.
[03:45] Arata
    I get it.
[03:46] Taichi
    You do?!
[03:48] Arata
    When you're playing multiple matches,
[03:50] Arata
    you have to get creative
     to reset your memory.
[03:53] Arata
    I always do math exercises.
[03:55] Taichi
    Y-Yeah?
[03:57] Taichi
    What about memorization
    during matches, then?
[04:00] Arata
    Huh?
[04:01] Taichi
    How do you do it?
[04:03] Arata
    Well...
[04:05] Arata
    Starting with the one-syllable cards,
    I look over all 50 three or four times.
[04:10] Arata
    The rest is predicting strategies—
[04:12] Arata
    how the hands will move
    and how the layout could change.
[04:15] Taichi
    Exactly! The cards are in different
    places by the end, right?
[04:19] Arata
    Yep.
[04:20] Arata
    So when they move,
[04:21] Arata
    I forget the initial layout
    and memorize the current one.
[04:24] Taichi
    Huh?!
[04:25] Taichi
    Y-You can actually do that?
[04:27] Arata
    Yeah. When I try to update
    what I've already memorized,
[04:31] Arata
    I just get lost.
[04:33] Taichi
    Huh...
[04:35] Taichi
    Oh, this feels weird...
[04:39] Taichi
    There's so much I want
    to talk to Arata about.
[04:43] Taichi
    So many things... through karuta.
[04:47] Arata
    Taichi.
[04:49] Arata
    You know, um... I mean...
[04:53] Arata
    Was it hard to start a karuta club?
[04:57] Taichi
    Huh?
[04:58] Arata
    I talked to some people, and the Nagumo
    Society gained some new members,
[05:03] Arata
    but no one wants to play at school.
[05:06] Arata
    I'd like to get at least five
    members, like Mizusawa.
[05:09] Arata
    If I could get four, or even just three,
    we could play in team matches...
[05:15] Taichi
    Team matches?
[05:19] Taichi
    He wants to play team matches, too?
[05:24] Taichi
    It was mostly Chihaya being so pushy
    that brought our club together.
[05:28] Taichi
    There was no trick to it.
[05:30] Arata
    So it was Chihaya... Makes sense.
[05:33] Arata
    Chihaya's pretty amazing.
[05:37] Taichi
    I thought you were focusing
    solely on a Master match.
[05:43] Taichi
    Guess you're feeling confident.
[05:49] Taichi
    What's my problem?
[05:52] Taichi
    What's my problem?
[05:58] Taichi
    What is my problem?!
[06:05] Lady
    We will now decide the
    third round match-ups.
[06:08] Taichi
    I can't get all worked up.
[06:10] Taichi
    Think of all those ugly matches
    where I lost to myself!
[06:15] Taichi
    But it's no use.
SIGN    Ichikawa Yuuna
SIGN    Mashima Taichi
[06:20] Taichi
    I don't think I could face Arata
    in a match and not get worked up.
[06:26] Taichi
    Individual matches may be team matches,
[06:29] Taichi
    but I'm...
[06:30] Taichi
    too preoccupied with my own issues.
[06:40] Miyauchi
    Hanano-san!
[06:42] Miyauchi
    Sorry I'm late. How's everyone doing?
[06:45] Sumire
    We're winning, Ms. Miyauchi!
[06:46] Sumire
    The fourth round is next!
[06:48] Nishida
    Ayase's not in peak form,
[06:51] Nishida
    but she's somehow managing to squeak through.
[06:53] Sumire
    Mashima-senpai's doing his best, too!
[06:55] Nishida
    He's had unusually good
    luck with his match-ups.
[06:58] Miyauchi
    I see.
[07:01] Lady
    We will be deciding the match-ups shortly.
[07:04] Miyauchi
    Ms. Sakurazawa!
[07:08] Miyauchi
    I hear you helped my students
    during summer vacation.
[07:11] Miyauchu
    I wanted to thank you.
[07:13] Sakura
    No, I should thank you.
[07:15] Sakura
    They're very promising students.
[07:17] Sakura
    I learned a great deal from them.
[07:19] Miyauchi
    If I may ask, you're an experienced
    karuta player, correct?
[07:24] Sakura
    Yes, that's right.
[07:25] Miyauchi
    I'm embarrassed to admit it,
[07:27] Miyauchi
    but this is my second year
    as a karuta club adviser,
[07:29] Miyauchi
    and I haven't even memorized
    the hundred poems.
[07:32] Miyauchi
    I'm more scientific-minded, you see,
    so it's not my strong suit...
[07:36] Miyauchi
    I have no hope of giving
    them guidance in karuta.
[07:38] Miyauchi
    All I can really do is
    protect their club room.
[07:40] Sakura
    I see...
[07:43] Miyauchi
    So...
[07:48] Miyauchi
    Do you think Ayase has what
    it takes to be the Queen?
[07:57] Chihaya
    Coach Harada and Hiroshi-san
    have been winning so far.
[08:01] Chihaya
    Taichi, too.
[08:03] Chihaya
    Taichi's amazing.
[08:05] Chihaya
    It's his first Class A tournament...
[08:09] Chihaya
    And I...
[08:11] Lady
    We have the match-ups for the fourth round.
[08:13] Lady
    Please be sure to take a look.
SIGN    Yamamoto Yumi
    (Suihoku Society)
SIGN    Wataya Arata
    (Fukui Nagumo Society)
SIGN    Tachikawa Ririka
    (Sendai Fuyuki Society)
SIGN    Harada Hidehiro
    (Shiranami Society)
SIGN    . Sudo Akita Yamashiro Rion
    (Hokuo Karuta Society) (Fujisaki High School)
SIGN    Shiroyama Koki
    (Hokuo Karuta Society)
SIGN    Mashima Taichi
    (Shiranami Society)
SIGN    Mashima Taichi
    (Shiranami Society)
SIGN    Shiroyama Koki
    (Hokuo Karuta Society)
SIGN    Sudo Akita Yamashiro Rion
    (Hokuo Karuta Society) (Fujisaki High School)
SIGN    Tachikawa Ririka Yamamoto Yumi
    (Sendai Fuyuki Society) (Suihoku Society)
SIGN    Harada Hidehiro
    (Shiranami Society)
SIGN    Wataya Arata
    (Fukui Nagumo Society)
SIGN    That's the round of 16 for you!
[08:23] Nishida
    This is getting intense!
[08:25] Kanade
    Who's Chihaya-chan playing?
SIGN    Kotoki-in University
    Karuta Society
[08:28] Nishida
    The runner-up Master, Takemura, grade 6!
[08:31] Kanade
    I remember him. He was soundly
    defeated by Master Suo.
[08:36] Nishida
    He came all the way from Shikoku?
[08:41] Makoto
    Rion...
[08:43] Sudo
    I remember you.
[08:46] Sudo
    Your game sense is incredible, but...
[08:49] Sudo
    when your rhythm is broken, you lose focus.
[08:53] Sudo
    My favorite prey.
[08:58] Taichi
    You know, I've always wondered...
[09:01] Taichi
    Why do you always wear those curly hairpins?
[09:04] Koki
    Oh, you noticed? It's pretty creepy, right?
[09:07] Koki
    I tend to move around like this
    a lot. Makes you dizzy, right?
[09:11] Koki
    Hey, wait...
[09:14] Koki
    One on each side might be even creepier!
[09:17] Koki
    What do you think? What do you think?
[09:19] Taichi
    I have the luck of the draw today!
[09:25] Tsutomu
    Which one? Which match should I focus on?
[09:28] Nishida
    Yumin, Mashima, and Ayase
    are all in separate matches.
[09:31] Nishida
    What do I do?!
[09:32] Nishida
    What?
[09:34] Nishida
    K-Kana-chan?
[09:36] Kanade
    I have no idea who I should
    cheer for, either.
[09:40] Kanade
    But that's why...
[09:43] Kanade
    Full-time reader Igarashi Osamu, grade 7.
[09:46] Kanade
    A top reader, and the one whose voice
    is on the CDs we use in practice.
[09:52] Kanade
    His rhythm is precise,
[09:53] Kanade
    and his voice has a resonance and
    inflection that women can't replicate.
[09:57] Kanade
    This will be a learning experience.
[10:02] Kanade
    A stopwatch?!
SIGN    Taking notes
[10:04] Kanade
    His precise rhythm is backed
    by precise self-verification!
SIGN    Tweet, tweet
[10:07] Kanade
    This will be an amazing learning experience!
[10:08] [Messenger] ---
    Tweet
[10:08] [Messenger] ---
    Igarashi Osamu
    At the Yoshino Tournament.
     I'll be reading, so more later.
     My throat's in great shape.
    I'll do my best (^o^)
[10:17] Chihaya
    I only saw the match on TV,
[10:20] Chihaya
    and even I was discouraged when
    I saw how strong Master Suo was.
[10:26] Chihaya
    But...
[10:28] Chihaya
    But still...
[10:31] Nishida
    Ayase, you need to get back on your feet!
[10:33] Tsutomu
    Come on, Mashima!
[10:35] Sumire
    Mashima-senpai!
[10:36] Lady
    It's time.
[10:42] [POEM] Osamu
    Naniwa Bay, now the flower
    blooms, but for winter
[10:52] [POEM] Osamu
    Here comes spring,
    now the flower blooms
[10:52] Kanade
    This resonance... Such powerful waves!
[10:56] Kanade
    They reach every last
    corner of this huge room!
[10:59] Kanade
    He's amazing!
[11:01] [POEM] Osamu
    Here comes spring,
    now the flower blooms
[11:12] [POEM] Osamu
    My life means nothing...
[11:14] [POEM] Osamu
    A mountain stream dips...
[11:16] Nishida
    Takemura-san still goes after
    cards like a heavy tank.
[11:20] Nishida
    His sweeping attacks
    make girls in particular flinch.
[11:25] Nishida
    Ayase, you're swinging too much!
[11:28] Nishida
    Calm down!
[11:32] [POEM] Reader
    May I live to see...
[11:35] [POEM] Reader
    Gust of wind...
[11:37] Take
    Damn!
[11:38] Nishida
    Huh?
[11:39] Nishida
    That's one of her best cards, but there
    was hardly any force to her grab.
[11:42] Nishida
    But she still got it...
[11:46] Guy
    You! Keep it down!
[11:48] Chihaya
    Oh! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[11:53] Chihaya
    Ms. Miyauchi's tasuki...
[11:59] Sakura
    Ms. Miyauchi...
[12:01] Sakura
    Why did you ask me that question?
[12:04] Sakura
    If she could be Queen, I mean.
[12:09] Miyauchi
    She loves karuta.
[12:11] Miyauchi
    I knew that already, but then I
    came to see how serious she was.
[12:16] Miyauchi
    Her grades at school are below average.
[12:19] Miyauchi
    No, just barely above poor.
[12:21] Miyauchi
    She always says her best subject is PE.
[12:24] Miyauchi
    I'm so worried for her future...
[12:27] Miyauchi
    But you can't be a professional karuta player.
[12:32] Miyauchi
    I want to know what I can do to help her.
SIGN    Fourth Future Plans Questionnaire Year 2 Class 9 Name: Ayase Chihaya College | Department | Reasons First Choice: How do I become a high school teacher? Reasons: I want to be a karuta club adviser
[12:42] Miyauchi
    I want to encourage her
    to pursue her dreams...
[12:44] Miyauchi
    Her dream of being the Queen,
    and her dream for the future.
[12:53] Nishida
    Wait, no!
[12:55] Nishida
    It's not that she's lost her force!
[12:58] Nishida
    She's just not using excessive
    strength anymore,
[13:01] Nishida
    since she was resting her
    right arm for so long!
[13:09] Chihaya
    Shinobu-chan...
[13:11] Chihaya
    It's just beyond here, right?
[13:15] Chihaya
    The truth of silent karuta...
[13:22] [POEM] Osamu
    The fall paddy shacks have rough thatching
[13:24] Lady
    He leaned so far forward
    to put pressure on her!
[13:27] Guy
    He doesn't want to let Ririka-chan
    play karuta her own way.
[13:30] Guy
    Using full strength against a kid...
[13:32] [POEM] Osamu
    My only thought as the boat
    takes me out to sea is that
[13:36] Yumi
    I'm fairly certain I touched the card first.
[13:43] Arata
    It's all yours.
[13:45] Yumi
    He doesn't argue at all.
[13:47] Yumi
    He strives to play clean
[13:49] Yumi
    and avoids using excess energy.
[13:52] Yumi
    But did you know that giving no
    response at all uses energy, too?
[13:56] [POEM] Osamu
    Swift waters parted...
[13:58] Sumire
    Mashima-senpai did it!
[14:00] Tsutomu
    He's gotten faster with
    the one-syllable cards!
[14:02] [POEM] Osamu
    The tail feathers...
[14:04] [POEM] Osamu
    My fear is not...
[14:07] Koki
    Right, then...
[14:08] Taichi
    What's going on with him?
[14:10] Taichi
    His hands are slow, and he
    doesn't seem all that athletic.
[14:14] Taichi
    But...
[14:16] Taichi
    If I don't do everything perfectly,
    he takes the card.
[14:20] Taichi
    Perfectly...
[14:25] Sudo
    Must be rough.
[14:27] Rion
    Huh?
[14:27] Sudo
    It's harder to hear when
    you're tired, right?
[14:31] Sudo
    It must be rough having so many
    mental and physical weaknesses.
[14:37] Sakura
    It's her fourth match.
[14:38] Sakura
    When it's been six hours since
    the start of the event,
SIGN    Man, I want to take her place...
[14:41] Sakura
    the condition of each player starts to vary.
[14:45] Sakura
    Some hit their first peak of exhaustion.
[14:48] Sakura
    Some get tired of memorizing and lose focus.
[14:51] Sakura
    Some finish warming up and
    start to move better.
[14:55] Sakura
    Some finally adjust to their
    kimono or right hand.
[15:02] Nishida
    She's not wasting any movements!
[15:05] Nishida
    Her hand-eye coordination is getting better.
[15:07] Nishida
    There's no way she even realizes it.
[15:10] Nishida
    She doesn't, but practicing with
    her left hand all that time
[15:14] Nishida
    resulted in mirroring her
    body and attack positions.
[15:18] Nishida
    Going after her old weak spots, her own
    left side and the opponent's right,
[15:22] Nishida
    broadened her awareness of
    where her right hand is going!
[15:27] Sakura
    You have plenty of stamina, Ayase-san.
[15:30] [POEM] Osamu
    while snow falls upon my sleeves
[15:37] Sakura
    Some keep getting better as the day goes on,
[15:40] Sakura
    and...
SIGN    the red that is the Tatsuta River
[15:42] [POEM] Osamu
    Impassionate gods have never seen
[15:56] Chihaya
    This is the wrong one.
[15:57] Chihaya
    Who had "Impassionate" number 7?
[15:59] Haruka
    Who had "Impassionate" number 11—
[16:01] Both
    Oh.
[16:02] Haruka
    Thanks.
[16:03] Chihaya
    Thank you.
[16:05] Sakura
    Their cards collided.
SIGN    the red that is the Tatsuta River
[16:09] Sakura
    They both took "Impassionate"
    with the same speed.
[16:13] Haruka
    This really is rough.
[16:15] Haruka
    I haven't played any official
    matches in so long.
[16:17] Haruka
    My boobs are getting tight, too.
    Why'd they have to be so productive?
[16:21] Haruka
    But I'm finally in tune now.
[16:25] Sakura
    And some finally complete their
    ear tuning in the fourth match.
[16:30] Aki
    You can do it, Mom!
[16:32] [POEM] Osamu
    I feel that my love...
[16:34] [POEM] Osamu
    Note that though...
[16:36] Kuri
    That's the former Queen
    Inokuma, grade 6, for you.
[16:39] Kitano
    If not for those two maternity leaves,
    she'd have kept her streak going.
[16:42] Kitano
    Is she back in action?
[16:44] Sakura
    Inokuma, grade 6...
[16:46] Sakura
    Five years younger than me, and my rival.
[16:49] Sakura
    I challenged her four times,
[16:51] Sakura
    but I couldn't win once.
[16:54] (Flashback) Sakura
    How did you get so good?
[16:56] (Flashback) Haruka
    Oh, I can take cards because
    I hear well, that's all.
[17:00] (Flashback) Haruka
    If you can hear better,
    you can take them, too!
[17:03] Sakura
    She's a different sort
    of genius than Suo-san:
[17:06] Sakura
    the honest, up-front type.
[17:10] Taichi
    This is not going to end well.
[17:13] Taichi
    I thought his overall
    movements were too heavy,
[17:16] Taichi
    but since his hands are slow,
    he just doesn't need to stop himself.
[17:20] Taichi
    This is bad.
    He's grabbing everything with precision.
[17:25] Sudo
    Crush Mashima.
[17:27] Sudo
    Drain his stamina and energy.
[17:32] Koki
    Sudo-san...
[17:33] Koki
    Make sure Sudo-san wins!
[17:36] Koki
    Make him do that condescending laugh of his!
SIGN    Keh-heh-heh
[17:39] Taichi
    He's doing this for his team, too...
[18:00] Taichi
    I know how you feel.
[18:04] Taichi
    It's nice to have a senpai, isn't it?
[18:11] [POEM] Osamu
    Feel love deepen...
[18:13] Taichi
    He's typically slow, right?
[18:17] Taichi
    So I just need to cover
    my cards or block him.
[18:21] Taichi
    I don't need to take every card perfectly.
[18:23] Taichi
    My body feels lighter!
[18:29] Sudo
    I'm not as far ahead as I thought I'd be.
[18:32] Sudo
    Even though she's exhausted...
[18:34] Makoto
    That narrow-eyes jerk!
    I'll clobber him myself someday!
[18:35] [POEM] Osamu
    ...the troubles of this world
[18:43] [POEM] Osamu
    All alone...
[18:51] Sudo
    How can she still take
    her best cards so quickly?
[18:56] Rion
    Some people hear more clearly
[18:58] Rion
    the more tired they are!
[19:02] Rion
    I don't care about being Queen.
[19:04] Rion
    I just want to get my rice and
    defend Fujisaki's reputation.
[19:09] Rion
    But...
[19:10] Rion
    But...
[19:12] (Flashback) Chihaya
    Yama-chan! Let's have some good games!
[19:16] (Flashback) Chihaya
    That means we're practicing
    for the Queen match!
[19:26] Both
    Thank you very much.
[19:29] Sudo
    I'm beat...
[19:30] Sudo
    What the hell was that? She's just a girl!
SIGN    Throb
[19:44] Kuri
    Yes! Arata-kun did it!
[19:46] Both
    Thank you very much.
[19:48] Kitano
    You almost had it, Yumin.
[19:50] Kitano
    But it doesn't matter.
    The real fight is in two weeks.
[19:53] Kitano
    So what was Wataya Arata like?
[19:56] Yumi
    I got the sense that he's still young.
[19:59] Yumi
    If I could have argued
    about four more cards,
SIGN    Inexplicably fatigued
[20:02] Yumi
    I could have thrown him
    off his pace completely.
[20:06] Arata
    Chihaya...
[20:08] Arata
    Takemura-san...
[20:09] Take
    After I lost so bad in the Master match,
[20:12] Take
    I couldn't play karuta for half a year.
[20:15] (Flashback) Guy
    I saw you on TV! I hope
    you try again someday!
[20:18] (Flashback) Guy
    I'll be looking forward to it!
[20:20] Take
    Half a year...
[20:23] Take
    What was I doing for half a year?!
[20:27] Take
    Half a year is all it takes for such
    a talented young player to show up!
[20:34] Take
    Damn it!
[20:36] Nishida
    She did it!
[20:38] Nishida
    The quarterfinalists have been decided!
[20:40] Guy
    The Shiranami Society still
    has four players continuing!
[20:42] Lady
    And the Nagumo Society has two!
[20:44] Guy
    The Shiranami Society has the edge!
[20:45] Guy
    The high school kids have
    been amazing this year.
[20:48] Lady
    We will now decide the
    quarterfinal match-ups.
[20:48] Lady
    How's this going to end?
[20:50] Kanade
    The Prez won, too!
SIGN    He won!
[20:54] Sakura
    Part of it is up to fate and the times,
[20:58] Sakura
    so I don't know if Ayase-san
    can become Queen, but...
SIGN    Ayase Chihaya
SIGN    Harada
    Hidehiro
SIGN    Ba-dump
SIGN    Oho?
[21:06] Lady
    Oh, you're from the same society.
[21:08] Lady
    I'll draw again.
[21:10] Chihaya
    Will it be Sudo-san, Murao-san...
[21:14] Chihaya
    or Arata?
SIGN    Harada Hidehiro Ayase Chihaya
SIGN    Inokuma Haruka
[21:25] Sakura
    There's someone she'll have to defeat first.