E3 - But from the crystal white snow of Yoshino Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) [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.