E4 - A Whirlwind of Flower Petals Descends
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[00:03] Dad
Okay!
[00:04] Dad
That should be all of the large boxes!
[00:06] Mom
Let's go say "goodbye" to the landlord.
[00:08] Dad
Yeah!
SIGN Team Chihaya Furu
[00:19] Chihaya
The next time we meet will
be at the nationals!
[00:24] Arata
Yeah.
[00:25] Chihaya
Watch me become a Class A player!
[00:28] Chihaya
You won't beat me next time!
[00:29] Arata
Yeah.
[00:30] Taichi
I'm going to become a Master.
[00:33] Chihaya
I'll be the Queen!
[00:42] Arata
Guess this is it.
[00:44] Chihaya
Promise!
[00:45] Chihaya
We'll meet again when we
become Class A players!
[00:50] Arata
Yeah.
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN A Whirlwind
of Flower
Petals
Descends
SIGN Verse 4
[02:35] Taichi
Chihaya, this is our stop!
[02:51] Taichi
Were you daydreaming or something?
[02:55] Chihaya
Hey, have you been in touch with Arata?
[02:59] Taichi
No.
[03:01] Chihaya
I see.
[03:04] Chihaya
Arata must be incredibly strong now, right?
[03:09] Chihaya
Do you think we'll see him at this
year's Omi Jingu tournament?
[03:12] Taichi
What do you mean?
[03:13] Taichi
You want to play against Arata
in the national tournament?
[03:18] Chihaya
Uh-huh.
[03:20] Taichi
What class are you right now, anyway?
[03:23] Chihaya
I made Class B in the
tournament during spring break.
[03:26] Taichi
At this rate, it'll take you another
three years to make Class A.
[03:30] Taichi
Why don't you just stick with track?
[03:32] Taichi
Instead of hanging around in
Class B for three more years...
[03:37] Taichi
What was that for?!
[03:40] Taichi
You're just as violent
as you used to be.
[03:44] Girl
Ta-kun!
[03:47] Girl
You're late!
[03:49] Girl
I came all the way here
to show you my uniform!
[03:51] Taichi
Sorry.
SIGN She calls him Ta-kun?
[03:53] Chihaya
Ta-kun?
[03:54] Girl
Wanna go somewhere?
[04:00] Chihaya
Taichi!
[04:03] Chihaya
If I win the tournament on
Sunday and make Class A,
[04:07] Chihaya
you have to help me
start a karuta club!
[04:09] Taichi
Wh-What are you talking about?
[04:12] Taichi
Do you have any idea how hard it
is to make Class A in Tokyo?
[04:14] Chihaya
Promise!
[04:15] Taichi
Hey, wait!
[04:15] Girl
Umm, who is she, Ta-kun?
[04:18] Taichi
Hey!
[04:24] Chihaya
I'll make him pay for getting
himself a girlfriend!
[04:29] Chihaya
I need to tell somebody! Anybody!
[04:31] Chihaya
She was calling Taichi "Ta-kun"!
[04:35] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Wataya Arata - Home in Fukui
[04:41] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Wataya Arata - Home in Fukui
SIGN Bunkyo City
Otsuka Karuta Memorial Hall
[04:56] Taichi
And here I am.
[04:58] Taichi
I couldn't forget.
[05:08] Harada
Eye! Eye! Eye!
[05:10] Harada
Eyebrows!
[05:11] Taichi
Dr. Harada, I can't believe
you actually recognized me.
[05:14] Harada
You've grown so big!
[05:16] Harada
Are your armpits and
pubes all bushy now?
[05:19] Harada
But not as bushy as your eyebrows?
[05:22] Person A
Excuse me.
[05:24] Person A
Could you be quiet while
they're memorizing the cards.
[05:26] Harada
Oh, my bad.
[05:27] Harada
You already started.
[05:30] Harada
I see. You're here to
cheer for Chihaya-chan.
[05:33] Taichi
Yeah, I guess.
[05:39] Taichi
Looks pretty tense in there.
[05:42] Taichi
They have to win if they want
to advance to the next class.
[05:45] Harada
Yes, it's especially hard
on the Class B players.
[05:48] Harada
There are many strong players
who spend years in Class B
[05:50] ---
because they can't rack up enough wins.
[05:54] Harada
Everyone's trying as hard as they
can to reach the next level.
[05:57] (Flashback) Chihaya
If I win the tournament
and make Class A,
[06:00] (Flashback) Chihaya
you have to help me
start a karuta club!
[06:02] Taichi
It's gonna take you a
while to make Class A.
[06:13] Harada
Eyebrows, I heard that you're in the
same high school as Chihaya-chan?
[06:17] Taichi
Yes.
[06:19] Harada
There isn't a karuta club, is there?
[06:22] Harada
You should come practice
with the Shiranami Society.
[06:25] Taichi
No...
[06:25] Taichi
Well, I'm thinking about
joining the soccer team.
SIGN Please be quiet during matches
[06:29] Harada
Eyebrows!
[06:31] Harada
You don't want to turn into
a two-timing bastard
[06:33] Harada
or you'll never become a Master!
[06:37] Taichi
Stop it.
[06:39] Taichi
That's not my goal.
[06:44] Taichi
Doctor...
[06:46] Taichi
I played karuta in middle school.
[06:49] Taichi
It was just a small club, though.
[06:51] Taichi
I practiced and became
better little by little,
[06:56] Taichi
but I always knew, deep down,
[07:01] Taichi
that I could spend my
entire youth on karuta
[07:05] Taichi
without ever becoming
better than Arata.
[07:09] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[07:15] Harada
They're starting.
[07:16] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[07:24] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[07:31] [POEM] Reader
So spring ends...
[07:36] Harada
Yes!
[07:37] Taichi
Why is she yelling?
[07:39] Taichi
Did you teach her to do that?
[07:41] Harada
Not under normal circumstances,
[07:43] Harada
but I gave her a few tips since
she wanted to win so badly.
[07:47] Harada
If someone challenges her,
she's supposed to complain
[07:51] ---
loud enough that everyone in the room can hear.
[07:53] [POEM] Reader
The hazy early morning light comes not from the moon
[07:55] Harada
The point is to overwhelm her opponent.
[07:58] Taichi
Is she really so obsessed with winning?
[08:02] Harada
When Chihaya-chan entered middle school...
[08:22] (Flashback) Harada
Why track?
[08:25] (Flashback) ---
There a reason for choosing that.
[08:31] (Flashback) Chihaya
You know how you're supposed to start
running when you hear the starter pistol fire?
[08:34] (Flashback) Chihaya
It reminds me of karuta.
[08:36] (Flashback) Harada
Huh?
[08:38] (Flashback) Chihaya
It'll also help me get in shape.
[08:40] (Flashback) Chihaya
Everything is for karuta.
[08:46] Harada
"Spend your entire youth
without becoming stronger"?
[08:51] Harada
Eyebrows,
[08:53] Harada
hold that thought for now.
[08:58] [POEM] Reader
The night was young...
[09:01] Harada
Yes!
[09:02] Harada
She's made it past the third round!
[09:04] Chihaya
Thank you very much.
[09:08] Person A
Thank you very much.
[09:10] Chihaya
I apologize for raising my
voice during the match.
[09:23] Taichi
What?
[09:24] Taichi
An okay sign?
[09:25] Harada
That's the chocolate sign.
[09:27] Taichi
Chocolate sign?
[09:28] Harada
Eyebrows, run down to
the convenience store
[09:30] ---
and buy some chocolate!
[09:31] Taichi
Huh? What?
[09:32] Harada
Hurry! Go!
SIGN Temporarily Closed
Sorry!!
[09:42] Taichi
I don't believe this.
[09:44] Taichi
"Convenience" my foot!
[09:46] Taichi
Are there any other shops around here?
[09:51] Taichi
Go-Godi—
SIGN Temporarily Closed
Sorry!!
SIGN Temporarily Closed
Sorry!!
[10:04] Person A
Welcome!
[10:12] Taichi
Hey!
[10:13] Taichi
Savor them, will you?!
[10:14] Taichi
Don't eat three of them at once!
[10:17] Chihaya
These are good, Taichi.
[10:19] Chihaya
So many different flavors!
[10:23] Harada
Karuta tournaments are
long and grueling.
[10:26] Harada
You have to memorize the
positions of fifty cards,
[10:28] ---
then forget them.
[10:30] Harada
Memorize, then forget.
[10:33] Harada
The longest tournaments require
you to play seven matches,
[10:36] ---
from morning till night,
before there can be a winner.
[10:40] Harada
Your brain will burn through
the sugar in your body,
[10:42] Harada
and you can lose up to three kilograms.
[10:45] Harada
So players eat chocolate
to recharge themselves.
[10:48] Harada
Right, Chihaya-chan?
[10:51] Taichi
Anyway, you've gotten a lot better.
[10:54] Taichi
I was actually surprised.
[10:57] Taichi
Huh?
[10:58] Taichi
She's already asleep?!
[11:01] Harada
What's scary is that Chihaya-chan
sleeps with her eyes open,
SIGN Open
[11:06] Harada
but that's what I like about her.
[11:20] Chihaya
You're so kind, Taichi.
[11:23] Taichi
I-I'm just making sure that nobody
has to see your ugly mug.
[11:26] Harada
You're so kind...
[11:37] Chihaya
Taichi.
[11:38] Taichi
Hmm?
[11:40] Chihaya
Sorry about forcing you into
making a karuta club with me.
[11:45] Chihaya
But watch.
[11:47] Chihaya
I'm going to win, so watch me.
[11:54] Harada
Eyebrows, we're allowed to
watch the final match inside.
[11:58] Taichi
I'll pass.
I can't do anything if I'm inside.
[12:02] Harada
Then I'll join you outside.
[12:06] Harada
I'm already sick of looking at
her opponent, Yasuda-kun's face.
[12:10] Harada
However, he will be a formidable foe.
[12:12] Harada
He has the ability, but he's been
stuck in Class B for three years.
[12:16] Harada
He's fired up this time.
[12:18] Harada
I dare say that his card
positioning is perfect.
[12:21] Person A
Yasuda-san's gonna win this.
[12:23] Person B
I don't see him losing to some
random high school girl.
[12:26] Person C
Just look at the way he's
spreading out the cards
[12:28] ---
that start with the same syllables.
[12:30] Person D
How many cards will he beat her by?
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
SIGN Team Chihayafuru
[12:41] Chihaya
Please be there for me.
[12:46] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[12:53] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[12:58] Chihaya
Okay.
[12:59] Chihaya
Let's do this.
[13:01] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[13:08] [POEM] Reader
In order to restore...
[13:13] [POEM] Reader
The emotions experienced
after a long-awaited reunion
[13:22] [POEM] Reader
Im—
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[13:26] [POEM] Reader
—passioned vows exchanged
over many a tear shed to last
SIGN until the day waves crash over Mount Suenomatsu
[13:40] Taichi
As soon as he heard "Im,"
he went for the
[13:42] ---
"Impassionate gods" card
on the opposite side.
[13:44] Taichi
Once he heard it was "Impassioned vows",
[13:46] ---
he switched to the correct
card on his own side.
[13:49] Harada
Yasuda-kun is known for
his precise aggression.
[13:52] Harada
He's putting pressure on Chihaya-chan,
since she usually starts slow.
[13:57] Taichi
Chihaya.
[14:00] Yasuda
I know you well, Ayase Chihaya-chan.
[14:04] Yasuda
"Impassionate" is your best card.
[14:08] Yasuda
Once I've taken away
your favorite card,
[14:11] Yasuda
it will be easy to break
your 15-year-old spirit.
[14:14] [POEM] Reader
until the day waves crash
over Mount Suenomatsu
[14:16] Yasuda
But I don't want to look her in the eyes.
[14:22] [POEM] Reader
Since I could not hide...
[14:25] Taichi
Yes! She took a card from
the opponent's side!
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[14:40] Taichi
Doctor, she gave him
the "Chihaya" card.
[14:43] Harada
It makes perfect sense, Eyebrows.
[14:45] Taichi
Huh?
[14:46] Harada
I teach aggressive karuta.
[14:49] Harada
The objective is to take cards
from the opponent's side.
[14:53] Taichi
But isn't it risky to give
a strong opponent her best card?
[14:57] Harada
That's the one card Chihaya-chan
will always win.
[15:05] Chihaya
I'm going to win,
so watch over me,
[15:07] Chihaya
Taichi,
[15:08] Chihaya
Arata!
[15:09] [POEM] Reader
All alone...
[15:11] Person A
That was fast!
[15:12] Person B
Wow.
[15:16] [POEM] Reader
Would the mountain...
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[15:22] Chihaya
He passed it back!
[15:28] [POEM] Reader
As the first frost...
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[15:33] [POEM] Reader
My fear is that you...
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[15:49] Taichi
They keep passing around
the "Chihaya" card.
[15:53] Harada
Yasuda-kun is being really stubborn.
[15:56] Harada
I guess he doesn't want to let
Chihaya-chan have an advantage.
[15:59] [POEM] Reader
The sight of the lonely...
[16:01] Person A
Such intensity!
[16:03] Person B
That girl is holding her
own against Yasuda-san!
[16:12] [POEM] Reader
While autumn leaves...
[16:15] [POEM] Reader
I feel that my...
[16:17] Taichi
He took another card!
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[16:23] Taichi
Chihaya...
[16:31] Taichi
Huh?
[16:33] Chihaya
He's good.
[16:34] Chihaya
And that's not all...
[16:37] Chihaya
He truly loves karuta!
[16:42] [POEM] Reader
Since the dew atop...
[16:45] [POEM] Reader
For you, I would have given...
[16:50] [POEM] Reader
A mountain village...
[16:59] Taichi
It looks fun.
[17:01] Taichi
It looks like you're
having fun, Chihaya.
[17:06] Taichi
Is it because you're
the one who's playing?
[17:10] Taichi
Was it fun because we were the
ones you were playing with?
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[17:32] [POEM] Reader
are joined at river's end
[17:42] [POEM] Reader
Impassionate gods...
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[18:06] Taichi
She beat him!
[18:12] Chihaya
Thank you very much!
[18:14] Yasuda
Thank you very much.
[18:30] Chihaya
Let's play!
[18:32] Chihaya
Let's play karuta, Taichi!
[18:34] Chihaya
Let's play!
[18:37] Chihaya
We can improve together!
[18:42] Chihaya
If we have each other,
we can become strong!
[18:56] Chihaya
Okay. Stay right here, Taichi.
[18:58] Taichi
Huh?
[19:04] Chihaya
It's okay for me to
call Arata now, right?
[19:07] Taichi
Huh?
[19:09] Chihaya
I have to tell him that I made Class A.
[19:19] Chihaya
Arata...
[19:27] Chihaya
Arata, guess what?
[19:29] Chihaya
I...
[19:33] Chihaya
Listen up, Arata.
[19:35] Chihaya
I...
[19:40] Arata
Hello, this is Wataya.
[19:42] Chihaya
Arata?!
[19:43] Chihaya
It's me, Chihaya!
[19:45] Chihaya
Ayase Chihaya!
[19:46] Chihaya
Taichi's also here!
[19:47] Chihaya
I made Class A today!
[19:50] Chihaya
I worked so hard!
[19:52] Chihaya
There are so many things...
[19:54] Chihaya
Taichi and I are at
the same high school!
[19:56] Chihaya
He got himself a girlfriend
who calls him Ta-kun!
[19:59] Chihaya
Can you believe it?
[20:00] Chihaya
Oh, Dr. Harada's doing great!
[20:03] Chihaya
...I have to tell you, Arata.
[20:09] Chihaya
Hey, Arata...
[20:12] Chihaya
How strong are you now?
[20:20] Arata
Could you stop?
[20:25] Arata
Sorry, but don't call me again.
[20:28] Arata
I stopped playing karuta.
[20:32] Chihaya
Huh?
[20:38] Taichi
What did Arata say?
[20:42] Taichi
Hey, Chihaya?
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[20:45] (Flashback) Arata
My dream is to become
[20:48] (Flashback) Arata
a karuta Master.
[20:50] (Flashback) Arata
I-I won't let anyone take
a single card off me.
[20:54] (Flashback) Arata
I wouldn't show mercy if I
were playing a 5-year-old.
[20:57] (Flashback) Arata
Thank you for playing karuta with me!
[21:00] (Flashback) Arata
Chihaya, Taichi...
[21:03] (Flashback) Arata
I stopped playing karuta.
[21:11] Chihaya
I always thought that the three
of us would be reunited.
[21:17] Chihaya
I thought that we would never change.