# 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!*