E4 - Nobody wishes to see

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SIGN    Chihayafuru 3
SIGN    Chihayafuru 3
SIGN    Verse 4
SIGN    Nobody
    wishes
    to see
SIGN    Yoshino
     Tournament
SIGN    Quarterfinals
SIGN    Tsuboguchi Hiroshi vs. Wataya Arata
[01:23] Hiroshi
    I'm playing Wataya-kun again?
[01:25] Hiroshi
    No! Please, no!
SIGN    Barely won last year
[01:27] Harada
    It's been a long time, Murao-kun.
SIGN    Murao Shinichi vs. Harada Hideo
[01:29] Murao
    It's good to see you again, Dr. Harada.
[01:32] Kuri
    The Nagumo Society versus
    the Shiranami Society.
[01:34] Kuri
    This is a prelude to
    the Master tournament qualifiers.
[01:37] Kuri
    Murao-kun, Arata-kun,
    beat them into submission!
SIGN    Who are Ayase and Mashima playing?
SIGN    Mashima's up against Sudo-san?!
SIGN    Mashima Taichi vs. Sudo Akihito
[01:53] Sudo
    Oh, you're still in it?
[01:55] Sudo
    Lucky me.
[01:56] Nishida
    That means Ayase's playing...
SIGN    Ayase Chihaya vs. Inokuma Haruka
[02:04] Kanade
    Chihaya-chan's next opponent is a mother?
SIGN    With two kids, no less.
SIGN    You think she's good?
[02:13] Nishida
    Ayase!
[02:15] Nishida
    Keep calm!
[02:16] Nishida
    When you get to the quarterfinals,
     anyone you play is gonna be tough!
[02:19] Nishida
    Just stay calm and play your own way!
[02:22] Nishida
    Don't think of her as a former Queen
    with four straight wins!
[02:25] Chihaya
    Former Queen?
[02:27] Chihaya
    Wow, really?
[02:30] Nishida
    "Really"?
[02:34] Nishida
    It's frightening that she didn't know!
[02:36] Kitano
    Yumin, don't miss this.
[02:39] Kitano
    Inokuma-san is sure to be
    in the Queen qualifiers.
[02:42] Yumi
    I don't want to be matched against her.
[02:45] Kitano
    No kidding, fool! Nobody does!
[02:47] Kanade
    H-How good is she, exactly?
[02:50] Nishida
    I've only seen her in videos myself,
[02:53] Nishida
    but her game plan is highly unique.
[02:55] Nishida
    She's kinda like Wakamiya Shinobu,
    but with better game sense.
SIGN    What? Better game sense?!
[03:00] Taichi
    Can I make it through a match with Sudo-san?
[03:04] Taichi
    Once he's sure his opponent ranks below him,
[03:06] Taichi
    he arranges his cards in ways
    that seem to tease them
[03:08] Taichi
    and uses his words to mess with them.
[03:12] Taichi
    I need to keep it together.
    This is my chance to make the semis.
[03:16] Taichi
    Keep it together...
[03:21] Harada
    Feels like a team match, doesn't it?
[03:23] Harada
    Four Shiranami Society players
    made it to the quarterfinals.
[03:27] Harada
    That's a first!
[03:29] Harada
    This is a four-on-four
    team match in every way!
[03:34] Harada
    And of course, our goal is...
[03:36] Harada
    four wins for the Shiranami Society!
[03:42] Kitano
    That Harada still has no class whatsoever.
[03:44] Kitano
    He made sure everyone would
    hear him say that.
[03:47] Sakura
    Dr. Harada is trying to give the impression
    that the Shiranami Society has the momentum.
[03:52] Kuri
    This is no big deal.
[03:53] Murao
    Arata, let's both win two more matches
    and meet in the final.
[03:59] Kuri
    The Nagumo Society has just as much momentum!
[04:04] Kitano
    They're all a bunch of fools!
[04:05] Kitano
    Both the Nagumo Society and
    the Shiranami Society!
[04:08] Kitano
    The real battle is the Master and Queen
    qualifiers in two weeks.
[04:12] Kitano
    Keep your eyes peeled, Yumin.
[04:14] Kitano
    Where'd Yusei go?
[04:17] Kitano
    The Suihoku Society's watching closely to
    learn every last detail about the opposition.
[04:21] Kitano
    We're the smartest ones here.
[04:23] Kitano
    The one to watch is definitely
    Inokuma, grade 6.
[04:26] Kitano
    Has she returned to her former self,
    the one who was Queen?
[04:29] Kitano
    If she has, there's no scarier opponent.
[04:32] Guy
    Is she going to make a full comeback?
[04:34] Guy
    A noteworthy high school player
    will be a good test for her.
[04:38] All
    Hang in there!
[04:41] Chihaya
    A team match with the
    Shiranami Society, huh?
[04:46] Dad
    We'll be outside.
[04:56] Haruka
    The reader is a member of
    the Hiroshima Karuta Association,
[04:59] Haruka
    full-time reader Hirota Koichiro, grade 6.
[05:03] Kanade
    What a treat!
[05:04] Guy
    Two minutes of memorization time remaining.
[05:08] Hiroshi
    Chihaya-chan's playing Inokuma-san...
[05:11] Harada
    How far will she make it?
[05:14] Harada
    There's not much she'll learn from this,
    but she will gain rare, valuable experience.
[05:21] Taichi
    Even with Chihaya playing
    right next to me...
[05:24] Sudo
    Is "Impassionate" your best card, too?
[05:27] Sudo
    I should probably move it, then.
[05:29] Sudo
    Over here? No, maybe over here...
[05:32] Taichi
    I'm preoccupied enough with my own match!
[05:35] Harada
    Oops.
[05:37] Hiroshi
    Can't get distracted.
[05:38] Both
    I need to focus on the lion in front of me!
[05:42] Taichi
    Right. I'm not the club president today.
[05:46] Guy
    We will now begin.
[05:48] All
    Thank you for the game.
[05:49] All
    Thank you for the game.
[05:54] [POEM] Hirota
    Naniwa Bay, now the flower
    blooms, but for winter
[06:04] [POEM] Hirota
    Here comes spring,
    now the flower blooms
[06:12] Taichi
    Preoccupied is fine. I just have to do this.
[06:14] [POEM] Hirota
    Here comes spring,
    now the flower blooms
[06:24] [POEM] Hirota
    Look for the sound of the cuckoo
[06:29] [POEM] Hirota
    In the sleepy spring sunlight,
[06:33] Lady
    She got two in a row?
[06:35] Guy
    She's not just taking cards with speed alone,
    unlike so many youngsters!
[06:38] Guy
    She's being careful,
[06:40] Guy
    and her movements are sharp.
[06:44] (Flashback) Rion
    I think I listen for whether
    the sound is high or low.
[06:49] Chihaya
    The pitch...
[06:51] Chihaya
    High...
[06:53] Chihaya
    Low...
[06:54] Chihaya
    High...
[06:55] Chihaya
    Low...
[06:57] Chihaya
    High...
[06:58] Chihaya
    Low...
[06:59] [POEM] Hirota
    A house left to the weeds
    welcomes no visitors
[07:02] Kitano
    Maybe what we'll be seeing today
    isn't Inokuma Haruka's comeback,
[07:07] Kitano
    but a new generation's takeover!
[07:12] [POEM] Hirota
    The sight of the lonely moon...
[07:14] Chihaya
    A fault...
[07:16] Chihaya
    That's a full-time reader for you.
[07:18] Chihaya
    The differences in pitch are so subtle.
[07:21] [POEM] Hirota
    Feel sorrow wash...
[07:23] [POEM] Hirota
    Though I prayed...
[07:24] Guy
    Inokuma-san got her back!
[07:27] [POEM] Hirota
    My fear is that you will forget
    your promise to never forget me,
[07:33] Sakura
    The mood doesn't lie,
    irresponsible as it is.
[07:39] Sakura
    It's filled with expectation for
    the bright shine of a new star.
[07:45] Sakura
    It really takes passion
    to come back to the game.
[07:49] [POEM] Hirota
    so I would prefer to die now
    while I am still happy
[07:59] [POEM] Hirota
    The sky is the road home...
[08:03] [POEM] Hirota
    The fall wind parts...
[08:08] Chihaya
    It's hard to discern the pitch for "The" cards,
[08:10] Chihaya
    yet she could hear it?
[08:13] Haruka
    A new star... who's in high school?
[08:16] Haruka
    She's trying hard to discern the pitch,
[08:19] Haruka
    but there's so much more to it.
[08:22] Haruka
    There are many qualities to a sound.
[08:25] Haruka
    High and low, strong and weak,
[08:29] Haruka
    feminine and masculine, soft and sharp...
[08:33] Haruka
    Whether the reader is from
    the east or the west...
[08:34] [POEM] Hirota
    clear and bright
[08:40] [POEM] Hirota
    After I determined to abandon
    my love, my only regret
[08:43] Guy
    She's fast!
[08:49] Sakura
    Her ears... are picking it up now.
[08:52] Sakura
    They're remembering what
    competitive karuta is.
[08:55] Sakura
    Not only that...
[08:57] Chihaya
    Huh?
[08:58] Chihaya
    Wha... What?!
[09:05] Sakura
    Normally, as you take more cards,
[09:08] Sakura
    you'd move your remaining
    cards toward the outside.
[09:11] Sakura
    But she almost never rearranges her cards,
[09:15] Sakura
    leaving them all over the place.
[09:17] Sakura
    It's her unique play style.
[09:21] Sakura
    You can't swipe whole rows to take a card.
[09:24] Sakura
    It forces you to go for only
    the exact card you want.
[09:29] Haruka
    Sakurazawa-san,
[09:31] Haruka
    is this what you would call "passion"?
[09:35] Guy
    D-Dang, Inokuma-san is really good!
[09:38] Guy
    She's just as good as she was
    before her maternity leave!
[09:40] Guy
    I thought she'd already peaked...
[09:42] Lady
    And she was away
    from the game so long, too...
[09:44] Aki
    Daddy, where's Mommy?
[09:46] Dad
    Oh, Aki, you woke up?
[09:49] Dad
    Mommy's in the middle of a match.
[09:52] Guy
    It looks like...
[09:54] Lady
    She's actually looking to
    take back the Queen title?
[09:59] Haruka
    I know I'm being greedy.
[10:02] Aki
    Mommy! Where are you?!
[10:05] Haruka
    But I want to show—
[10:14] Haruka
    prove to one and all—
[10:16] Haruka
    that I'm just coming into my prime!
[10:26] Harada
    That's him: the Nagumo Society's
    cleanup man, Murao-kun.
[10:30] Harada
    He didn't have much of a presence at first,
[10:32] Harada
    but his hours of practice, and the players
    he's practiced with, are paying off.
[10:36] Girl
    Dr. Harada's down by ten already...
[10:39] Harada
    He's a tough opponent.
[10:44] Girl
    These kids...
[10:50] Guy
    H-He's fast!
[10:53] Guy
    Not because his game sense is perfect,
    but because of his insane acceleration!
[10:58] Hiroshi
    This is why I hate playing high schoolers.
[11:02] Hiroshi
    He's improved even more since last year.
[11:06] Guy
    Lots of matches worth watching
    this time around...
[11:10] Kitano
    I thought the young players' efforts
    would stand out above all.
[11:13] Kitano
    But Inokuma's stealing the show!
[11:21] Chihaya
    I can't attack her side.
    Her defense is too solid.
[11:25] Chihaya
    Not only can she discern sounds
    accurately, but her card placement...
[11:29] Chihaya
    That's only advantageous
    for the one who always
[11:31] Chihaya
    puts all the cards in the same spots,
    and practices that way for years.
[11:34] Chihaya
    It's only advantageous for her.
[11:37] Nishida
    Ayase...
[11:38] Kanade
    Darn it! I want to watch President Mashima's
    match too, but there's only one of me!
[11:47] Kanade
    Hanano-san...
[11:49] Sumire
    Mashima-senpai...
[11:54] Sumire
    I still don't know much about
    the finer points of karuta,
[11:58] Sumire
    but...
[12:00] Sudo
    Wait, did you really get that?
[12:02] Taichi
    Huh?
[12:03] Sudo
    Okay, then. If that's what you think.
[12:06] Sudo
    Keep it.
[12:08] Sudo
    Huh, so you couldn't see it...
[12:13] Sumire
    But...
[12:14] Sumire
    Mashima-senpai's karuta has changed
    since the individual tournament
[12:17] Sumire
    at the High School Championship.
[12:21] Nishida
    Scary!
[12:22] Mochida
    There's Sudo-kun's aggressive,
    offensive karuta! Good!
[12:27] Sudo
    Hey...
[12:29] Sudo
    I'm not sure I'd believe it,
[12:31] Sudo
    but are you in love with Ayase?
[12:42] Taichi
    He's hard to play against.
[12:44] Taichi
    His karuta is so aggressive, it's scary...
[12:48] Taichi
    But it's just an act.
    He's pushed to his limits, too.
[12:53] Taichi
    That's what I'm gonna tell myself.
[12:57] Tsutomu
    Mashima...
[12:58] Taichi
    Relax.
[13:01] Taichi
    Relax.
[13:03] Taichi
    My opponent is strong, and that's why...
[13:06] Taichi
    I have to test this.
[13:08] Taichi
    I have to!
[13:09] [POEM] Hirota
    When winds blow oak leaves...
[13:13] Sudo
    He's starting to cover
    the three-syllable cards.
[13:15] Sudo
    And he's doing it by swinging through,
    not just holding them down.
[13:19] Sakura
    Mashima-kun was consciously trying to
    move quickly at the training camp, too.
[13:24] Sakura
    He also practiced covering cards,
    even those with few unique syllables.
[13:28] Sakura
    That's Emuro-kun's specialty.
[13:31] Taichi
    Test it...
[13:34] Taichi
    Test what I've practiced,
[13:37] Taichi
    and test myself.
[13:42] Sudo
    Now this is interesting!
SIGN    Harada 19 - 10 Murao
SIGN    Wataya 12 - 17 Tsuboguchi
SIGN    Sudo 12 - 17 Mashima
SIGN    Ayase 16 - 13 Inokuma
[14:01] Guy
    All four of the Shiranami
    players are at a disadvantage.
[14:04] Guy
    It was all going too well.
[14:06] Guy
    Are they going to keep slipping?
[14:08] Chihaya
    Amazing...
[14:11] Chihaya
    It's amazing, Yama-chan.
[14:14] Chihaya
    There's far more depth
    to the world of sound!
[14:18] [POEM] Hirota
    Impassioned was your...
[14:20] Chihaya
    She took—
[14:21] Harada
    Got there in time!
[14:31] Kitano
    "Got there in time"? What kind
    of thing is that to yell out?!
[14:35] Kitano
    He has the worst etiquette of anyone here!
[14:38] Yumi
    That's Dr. Harada's typical
    style of intimidation.
[14:41] Yumi
    Will it work on Murao-san?
[14:46] Hiroshi
    Dr. Harada's "Got there in time"...
[14:49] Hiroshi
    He targeted his opponent's
    "Impassioned vows"
[14:51] Hiroshi
    and got back to his own
    "Impassioned was" in time!
[14:56] Harada
    Attack.
[14:58] All
    Attack!
[14:59] [POEM] Hirota
    Alas, another autumn has passed in vain
[15:07] Chihaya
    My weapon for attacking...
[15:09] [POEM] Hirota
    For you, I head out to the
    fields to pick spring greens
[15:12] Nishida
    She did it!
[15:14] Nishida
    She took a multi-syllable card by
    aiming for the gap under her hand!
[15:16] Nishida
    She actually pulled it off
    against a former Queen!
SIGN    the red that is the Tatsuta River
[15:26] Kitano
    What?!
[15:27] Kitano
    She's sending "Impassionate" to Inokuma's
    side, despite her tight defense?!
[15:31] Kitano
    Even if this is offensive karuta, just how
    offensive can the Shiranami Society be?!
SIGN    the red that is the Tatsuta River
[15:43] [POEM] Hirota
    while snow falls upon my sleeves
[15:51] Chihaya
    They might call me reckless...
[15:53] Chihaya
    They might call me greedy...
[15:56] Chihaya
    But the title of Queen is
    what I've been striving for.
[16:00] [POEM] Hirota
    After I heard you say...
[16:03] All
    Who got that one?!
[16:05] Chihaya
    S...
[16:07] Chihaya
    Stalemate! You can have it!
SIGN    Stalemate: When both touch the
    card at the same time
[16:11] Nishida
    You're supposed to argue for it
    when that happens, you idiot!
SIGN    when I should have gone to sleep instead
[16:14] Chihaya
    Right here. I'll connect right here.
[16:18] Chihaya
    Right here.
[16:21] Chihaya
    On this corner.
[16:22] Nishida
    Ayase may be an idiot,
[16:25] Nishida
    but she's aiming to take cards directly,
    even with that tricky placement!
[16:36] Chihaya
    A single point.
[16:41] Chihaya
    When you're playing karuta to become Queen,
    you aim for a single point.
[16:45] [POEM] Hirota
    A night spent waiting until the
    moon began to set in the west
[16:49] Chihaya
    I just barely missed it again.
[16:53] Haruka
    Getting close isn't enough against her...
    I have to take it instantly!
[17:01] Sakura
    Inokuma-san's breathing is...
[17:03] [POEM] Hirota
    when I should have gone to sleep instead
[17:13] [POEM] Hirota
    Impassionate gods have never seen
SIGN    the red that is the Tatsuta River
[17:17] Guy
    Who got that one?!
[17:18] Nishida
    Another stalemate?!
[17:26] Sakura
    She lost it!
[17:28] Sakura
    She really lost one!
[17:31] Sakura
    And it was "Impassionate"!
[17:36] Sakura
    The card I was never able to take from her!
[17:39] Kitano
    It's difficult to improve your
    game sense and your ears.
[17:44] Kitano
    But...
[17:45] Nishida
    With direct takes and multi-syllable cards,
    it all comes down to practice.
[17:50] Nishida
    And I don't know anyone who
    practices more than Ayase!
[17:59] Arata
    I can't seem to widen the gap.
[18:01] Arata
    He's picking up cards so carefully.
[18:03] Arata
    Is this how Tsuboguchi-san
    has always played karuta?
SIGN    You can do it
[18:08] Takei
    You can do it, Coach!
[18:11] Hiroshi
    I'm the karuta club advisor
    at Homei High School.
[18:14] Hiroshi
    I practice three hours every single day.
[18:17] Hiroshi
    I've led my students in tons of tournaments.
[18:19] Hiroshi
    I definitely slacked more in college
    than I do now!
[18:23] Hiroshi
    Playing with those kids gave me
    a chance to relearn the basics.
[18:28] Hiroshi
    You're not the only one who's gotten better!
SIGN    I deflect your artful words to keep my sleeves dry
[18:35] Kid
    Yes!
[18:36] Kid
    Sudo-senpai's pull-back after
    reaching forward is in great form!
[18:39] Mochida
    Nice!
[18:40] Mochida
    Sudo-kun is like a Japanese katana.
[18:42] Mochida
    It's said that they cut better
    when pulled rather than thrusted.
[18:46] Mochida
    And I forged him into one!
[18:49] Sudo
    I can't pull away, though.
[18:51] Sudo
    He's actually gotten more
    relaxed in the second half.
[18:56] Taichi
    "May my sighs" and "May the scarlet"
    are still three-syllable cards.
SIGN    May the scarlet May my sighs
[18:59] Taichi
    I'll cover both of them to take them.
[19:01] Taichi
    I really want to take "Said
    bed" and "Like the,"
SIGN    Like the Said bed
[19:04] Taichi
    but other cards that start
    the same are still in play.
[19:06] Taichi
    I need to be careful.
[19:07] Taichi
    "Would this" is the only
    "Would" card in the field,
SIGN    Would this
[19:10] Taichi
    but "Would the" hasn't been read yet.
SIGN    Would this Would the
[19:12] Taichi
    Be careful with those, too.
SIGN    My fear is not My life My fear is that My only thought as the My only thought as I My own sleeves My own home
[19:13] Taichi
    "My own home," "My own sleeves,"
    "My only thought as I,"
[19:16] Taichi
    "My only thought as the," "My
    fear is that," "My life"...
[19:18] Taichi
    Yeah, "My fear is not" is
    definitely one-syllable now.
[19:21] Taichi
    I'll keep an eye out for that one.
[19:23] Taichi
    It'll be tough to defend one-syllable
    cards from Sudo-san's speed.
[19:27] Taichi
    I can sacrifice them.
[19:29] [POEM] Hirota
    The storm will soon carry
    me to the afterlife,
[19:30] Sudo
    Crap! Dead card!
[19:34] Taichi
    Sudo-san is getting really tired!
SIGN    So he says
    to make
     himself
    feel better
[19:39] Sudo
    Excuse me.
[19:44] Retro
    Thank you very much!
[19:46] Retro
    Thank you very much!
[19:52] Kid
    Retro won in Class B?!
[19:54] Kid
    Wow!
[19:55] Kid
    I didn't even know he was still in it...
[20:00] Mochida
    Sit down!
[20:04] Sudo
    Sorry about that.
SIGN    Go! Class A
[20:16] Taichi
    I can't...
[20:17] Both
    ...be bested by Retro!
[20:19] Guy
    Wow... None of these matches
    are ending up one-sided.
[20:23] Guy
    Even Dr. Harada has closed the gap.
[20:30] Dad
    No, Aki! Don't go in there! Aki!
[20:55] Harada
    This is a four-on-four team match!
[21:00] Chihaya
    Dr. Harada...
[21:04] Chihaya
    It feels like I don't have any enemies here.
[21:08] Chihaya
    This is fun...
[21:12] Chihaya
    So much fun...
[21:15] Chihaya
    It's such fun karuta that every last
    bit of us is coming out into the open.
[21:21] Chihaya
    Everyone here
[21:23] Chihaya
    is a karuta lover through and through!