E4 - Nobody wishes to see 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.) 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!