E5 - Be as dear now, those were the good old days
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SIGN High School Championship Tokyo Regional Final Tournament Bracket
SIGN Mizusawa High Homei High Hokuo Academy Shoyo High
[00:02] Ama
The two remaining teams get
to go to Nationals, right?
[00:06] Ama
We don't need to try that hard, then.
[00:10] Retro
How can you say that,
President Amakasu?!
[00:12] Retro
Have you forgotten how we
were humiliated last year?!
[00:14] Retro
We must defeat Mizusawa
and reclaim our trophy!
[00:17] Ama
What? That's too much effort.
[00:20] Ama
Whatever.
[00:22] Ama
We still have our Retrot cards.
[00:26] Ama
Tell us Mizusawa's order so we can win
[00:28] ---
with a minimal amount of effort.
[00:32] Ama
We'll go after those three.
[00:34] A
Mizusawa has one Class B
and two Class C players.
[00:37] B
If we know their order,
we can guarantee three wins.
[00:40] C
Retro's predictions have
never been wrong before.
[00:45] Ama
Well, we're counting on you.
SIGN Retrot
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Verse 5
SIGN Be as
dear now,
those were
the good
old days
[02:18] A
Hey, why are you the only one with
such a responsibility? Are they nuts?
[02:23] A
Are you getting enough rest?
SIGN Oe
Desk
Chihaya
Porky
Mashima
[02:25] A
Well?
[02:30] Tai
What order should we go with?
[02:31] Pork
Not sure.
SIGN It'll help if we can out-think Hokuo.
[02:37] Pork
But it's great that we still go
to Nationals, even if we lose.
[02:41] Pork
Really takes a load off...
[02:42] Chi
What are you talking about?
[02:44] Chi
Our goal is to become
number one in Japan!
[02:46] Chi
To become number one in
Japan, we can never lose!
[02:52] Chi
Hokuo will give us their best shot.
[02:55] Retro
We'll take it back next year!
[02:58] Chi
We get to play a 100% serious match!
[03:03] Kana
Well, it's a good idea to aim high.
[03:07] Pork
I'm a little worried about the
ultimate weapon Retro-kun mentioned.
[03:10] Yuka
Here, drink this.
[03:12] Yuka
Honestly, you can't do
anything without me.
[03:17] Pork
S-Sis?!
[03:20] (Flashback) Yuka
I got a boyfriend recently
who's totally hooked on me!
[03:24] Pork
Retro-kun is her boyfriend?!
[03:27] Pork
Is this the ultimate
weapon he mentioned?!
[03:30] Sumi
Excuse me.
[03:33] Sumi
I went over to scout Hokuo
[03:36] ---
during their semi-final match,
[03:38] Sumi
and I heard their president
talking, since he wasn't playing.
[03:41] Ama
It'll be easy to win against Mizusawa.
[03:44] Ama
I just have to beat Mashima.
[03:46] Ama
We only need three wins.
[03:48] Ama
Any one of our regular starters
[03:50] ---
can beat glasses boy and boobie girl.
[03:53] Chi
Huh? He ignored us?
[03:55] Chi
No way!
[03:56] Chi
They wouldn't be so conservative
in the final match!
[03:58] Tai
No, Chihaya.
[04:01] Tai
This is how the strong schools play.
[04:03] Tai
It makes sense to focus
on securing wins.
[04:05] Tai
If they can guess our order,
they'll use that against us.
[04:09] Tai
That's fine.
[04:12] All
We just need one or two of
us to pull off an upset!
[04:16] (Flashback) Ama
I just have to beat Mashima.
[04:18] Tai
I'm mad now!
[04:20] (Flashback) Ama
Any one of our regular starters
[04:21] (Flashback) ---
can beat glasses boy and boobie girl.
[04:23] Desk
I'll make him regret that!
[04:25] Kana
Boobie girl?!
[04:27] Tai
Our captain wants us to
become number one in Japan!
[04:30] Tai
No trickery!
SIGN Nishida Yusei
Oe Kana
Ayase Chihaya
Komano Tsutomu
Mashima Taichi
[04:32] Tai
Here's the order we'll use!
[04:35] Tsu
Oh, I'll turn in the order.
[04:37] Tai
Yeah, thanks.
[04:43] Pork
Hey! Not again!
SIGN 1 Nishida Yusei
2 Tsukuba Akihiro
3 Ayase Chihaya
4 Komano Tsutomu
5 Mashima Taichi
[04:44] Pork
Why you...
[04:46] Tsu
But Oe-senpai looks a little tired.
[04:50] Pork
That doesn't make it okay
to change anything!
[04:51] Pork
You lost your match earlier!
[04:53] Tsu
But I was getting better as I played.
[04:56] Tsu
I think I can win my next match!
[04:57] Pork
This is not the right way to do it!
[04:59] Tsu
But! But!
[05:00] Tsu
I'll be more useful than someone who's tired—
[05:01] Tai
Enough!
[05:03] Tai
Starting today, the boys in
this club aren't allowed
[05:05] ---
to start sentences with "but"!
[05:07] Both
What?!
SIGN Just the boys?!
[05:08] Tai
We're sticking with a second-year order!
[05:09] Tai
You're a spectator, Tsukuba!
SIGN Good thing I'm a girl.
[05:11] Kana
The president snapped...
[05:14] Chi
Ta-Taichi...
[05:15] Chi
Why are you telling
them not to use "but"?
[05:18] Tai
I've been following that
rule since third grade.
[05:20] Chi
Huh?
[05:22] Mom
Men should never begin a
sentence with the word "but"!
[05:26] Tai
I didn't always agree with my mother,
[05:29] Tai
but she taught me to pay attention
to when I'm making excuses.
[05:33] Chi
I'm a little scared of your mom...
[05:38] Chi
but that's incredible.
[05:40] Chi
Your mom helped you become strong.
SIGN This year, Hokuo is lead by the third-year Class A Amakasu Nayuta.
SIGN The first-year Shiroyama is also in Class A.
[05:52] Pork
A first-year in Class A?
SIGN The other players are in Class B.
[05:55] Pork
Schools with actual coaches
have so much more depth.
[05:59] Pork
Our coach is a science and PE teacher.
[06:15] Mochi
Okay, everyone!
We've reached the final!
[06:17] Mochi
Stay focused!
[06:19] Mochi
To ensure that all the
practice we put in after
[06:22] ---
last year's loss will pay off,
I have an ultimate weapon...
[06:25] Ama
We lost last year because we
[06:27] ---
correctly guessed their order,
but failed to use that advantage.
[06:31] Ama
That won't be an issue this year.
[06:33] Ama
This will be easy.
SIGN Retro's Projected Order Oe (C) - Shiroyama Ayase (A) - Kameda Mashima (B) - Amakasu Nishida (A) - Takuma Komano (C) - Kinashi <- Me
[06:35] Ama
Even if we lose to Ayase and Nishida,
[06:37] ---
we're sure to beat the other three.
[06:38] Ama
After we win with a minimal amount of energy,
[06:40] Ama
the coach will treat us to yakiniku!
[06:42] All
Yeah!
[06:44] Yuka
Fight!
[06:48] A
I will now read the order
for the final match.
[06:52] A
Hokuo Academy, Shiroyama-kun.
[06:54] A
Mizusawa High School, Nishida-kun.
[06:56] Pork
Huh?
[06:57] All
Huh?
[06:58] A
Hokuo Academy, Kameda-kun.
[07:00] A
Mizusawa High School, Oe-san.
[07:03] A
Hokuo Academy, Amakasu-kun.
[07:05] A
Mizusawa High School, Ayase-san.
[07:08] A
Hokuo Academy, Takuma-kun.
[07:10] A
Mizusawa High School, Komano-kun.
[07:13] A
Hokuo Academy, Kinashi-kun.
[07:16] A
Mizusawa High School, Mashima-kun.
[07:18] Tai
What's going on?
[07:20] Tai
They're playing us straight?
[07:23] Ama
Hey, Retro!
[07:25] Ama
What are you thinking?!
[07:27] Ama
Your projected order was
completely different!
[07:29] Mochi
Amakasu-kun, calm down!
[07:30] Ama
What are you trying to pull?!
[07:31] Mochi
Predictions are gonna
be wrong sometimes!
[07:33] Ama
Was your prediction wrong?! Well?!
[07:39] Retro
Why should we use minimal energy?
[07:41] Ama
What?!
[07:42] Retro
Aren't we supposed to be Hokuo Academy?
[07:46] Retro
Our ace against their ace.
[07:48] Retro
Our number two against
their number two.
[07:50] Retro
Isn't that how we should win?!
[07:54] Retro
Hokuo Academy is the
strongest school in Tokyo!
[07:57] Retro
That's what I want to show everyone!
[08:05] Yuka
H-He's so cool!
[08:07] Ama
You're going to cost us this
match because of your pride!
[08:10] Ama
Being good doesn't mean you
have to win straight up!
[08:13] Sudo
Hokuo Academy is the
strongest school in Tokyo?
[08:17] Sudo
Isn't that common sense?
[08:21] Retro
You're late, Sudo-senpai!
[08:23] Sudo
I'm not late.
[08:25] Sudo
I made it just in time.
[08:26] Sudo
Though I would have left if
you hadn't reached the finals.
[08:29] Ama
E-Err, Sudo-senpai? Why are you here?
[08:32] Ama
I didn't know you were
coming to cheer for us.
[08:34] Sudo
I'm not here to cheer for you.
[08:37] Sudo
Mr. Mochida asked me to be
the reader for the final.
[08:43] Chi
Reader?
[08:45] Tsu
Who is that?
[08:46] Kana
The former Hokuo Academy ace, Sudo-san.
[08:49] Kana
He was the runner-up in the individual
tournament of the National Championship.
[08:53] Tsu
Huh?
[08:53] Sumi
Is someone like him allowed
to be the reader?
[08:57] Sudo
Get to your places.
[08:58] Sudo
Hokuo players never dawdle!
[09:04] Ama
How come Retro knew and
I didn't, when I'm in charge,
[09:08] ---
Mr. Mochida?
[09:10] Mochi
Amakasu-kun, you're a good player,
[09:14] ---
but you always want to relax.
[09:17] Mochi
You've given up on becoming
the best in Class A
[09:19] ---
with all these monsters around.
SIGN Sadist
SIGN Monster
SIGN Bear
[09:23] Ama
This is tough... Very tough...
[09:27] Ama
But...
[09:28] All
If we lose, he'll kill us.
[09:32] Chi
Their facial expressions have changed.
[09:34] Chi
He's putting pressure on Hokuo, not us.
[09:39] Chi
Their ultimate weapon...
[09:43] Chi
Ms. Miyauchi?
[09:44] Miya
Sorry to show up right when
you're about to start.
[09:48] Miya
I had the idea to make these yesterday,
[09:50] Miya
and I just put on the finishing touches.
[09:52] Miya
It should be easier for
you to move around now.
[09:58] Chi
Tasuki...
[09:58] Desk
I can move now.
[10:02] Pork
I don't feel as hot now.
[10:04] Rie
You made it just in time.
[10:08] Chi
Ms. Miyauchi...
[10:11] Chi
You might be a science and PE teacher...
[10:14] Chi
You might not know much about karuta...
[10:29] A
Please begin placing your cards.
[10:32] All
Good luck.
[10:36] Retro
You look pretty sharp...
[10:37] Retro
at least on the outside.
[10:40] Retro
However, I'm going to win today.
[10:43] Retro
I will win.
[10:47] Tai
Retro...
[10:50] Retro
...he entered tournaments
in Hiroshima and Kyoto,
[10:53] Retro
and he's still Class B
because he couldn't win.
SIGN Hiroshima Tournament
[10:58] Tai
It's him again!
SIGN Ogura Hundred Poets Competitive Karuta Kyoto Tournament
[11:00] Tai
Not again!
[11:04] Tai
I get sick of his face,
[11:07] Tai
but it was comforting at the same time.
[11:11] Tai
He hasn't given up on himself yet.
[11:14] (Flashback) Chi
Your mom helped you become strong.
[11:18] Tai
Chihaya...
[11:20] Tai
A lot of people have helped
to make me who I am.
[11:23] Tai
Aren't you the same way?
[11:29] Ama
This sucks.
[11:30] Ama
It's so exhausting to play
someone who's intense.
[11:34] Ama
Why can't they learn to take it easy?
[11:37] Ama
This would be a lot easier
if we still had Sudo-senpai,
[11:42] Ama
but he's gone now.
[11:45] Ama
He's gone...
SIGN If you don't pull it together, I'll stab you
[11:48] Ama
...but he's still putting pressure on us.
[11:58] A
Both teams have secured their
places in the national championship.
[12:01] B
They could end up wearing
each other out.
[12:04] C
So why...
[12:05] D
is it so tense?
[12:09] [POEM] Sudo
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[12:12] Chi
His voice is much stronger
than I expected.
[12:16] [POEM] Sudo
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[12:20] Chi
The air conditioner above us is still off,
[12:23] Chi
but it's not as hot now.
[12:26] Chi
Thank you, Ms. Miyauchi.
[12:28] [POEM] Sudo
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[12:31] Chi
They can keep it off.
[12:34] Chi
The only sound I need is...
[12:41] [POEM] N
Waves creep closer...
[12:42] Sumi
They're too fast!
They're both way too fast!
[12:46] Sumi
Who got that one?
[12:47] Sumi
The little Hokuo guy?
[12:50] Hara
Chihaya-chan was looking at the
card on the opponent's side
[12:54] N
that started with the same letter.
[12:56] ---
She was being cautious since
she doesn't know this reader.
[12:59] Chi
I should have gotten that one.
[13:02] Chi
I just need another 3 millimeters.
[13:06] Chi
If my finger had been
right on the corner...
[13:09] Chi
There.
[13:10] Chi
There.
[13:12] Chi
Connect.
[13:14] Chi
Connect.
[13:17] [POEM] N
in my dreams, I creep closer to you
[13:25] [POEM] N
When the misty bridge...
[13:29] Hara
She's lost two of her
best cards in a row.
[13:31] Hara
That boy has good sense.
SIGN Got it
[13:34] Hara
Rather, I guess, he has good reflexes.
SIGN Get back to your seat
SIGN Awesome
[13:38] Hara
A flexible upper body with
a snappy and firm spring...
[13:43] Chi
I need to be sharper.
[13:45] Chi
Here.
[13:46] Chi
Here.
[13:48] Chi
This is the point.
[13:49] Chi
The point I want to reach.
[13:51] Chi
I need to be more accurate!
[13:52] Ama
Are you trying to insult me?
[13:54] Ama
Reviewing your mistakes between cards?
[13:56] Ama
Is this a practice match?
[13:59] Hara
Ah, he makes a good point.
SIGN That's because he's my student
[14:03] Hara
You should focus on the next card
[14:05] ---
instead of the one you just lost.
[14:09] Hara
But I've been telling Chihaya-chan
that for a very long time.
SIGN Because she's my student
[14:15] Chi
Here.
[14:16] ---
Here.
[14:18] Hara
It's okay, Chihaya-chan. Carry on.
[14:21] Hara
You should never dwell
on the past in a match.
[14:25] Chi
Connect...
[14:26] Chi
Connect!
[14:28] [POEM] N
The sound of birds crossing...
[14:32] Pork
Who is this guy? He's weird.
[14:35] Pork
He moves a little slow,
which is throwing me off.
[14:40] Pork
And...
[14:42] Pork
That
[14:43] Pork
hairpin is bugging me!
[14:46] [POEM] N
Nobody wishes to...
[14:47] [POEM] N
After I determined...
[14:51] Kame
You're pretty good.
[14:53] Kame
I thought the boobies
would weigh you down.
[15:01] [POEM] N
is that I have no way
to tell you in person
[15:01] Kana
1, 2, 3, 4.
[15:06] Kana
1, 2, 3, 1.
[15:10] [POEM] N
Said bed was cold as I lay awake
[15:18] [POEM] N
for the night would drag on
when I thought of my beloved
[15:22] Kana
Sudo-san's voice dissipates into the air.
[15:27] [POEM] N
As my love first came...
[15:28] Kana
I can trust him!
[15:30] Kame
Four in a row?
[15:36] Sudo
Excuse me.
[15:37] Kana
I take that back.
[15:39] Hara
Sudo-kun is pretty good.
[15:42] Hara
His rhythm is accurate and
his enunciation is clear.
[15:45] Hara
Did you have him read for his team?
[15:47] Hara
I can't imagine that he was interested
in reading during practice.
[15:51] Mochi
Well, that was the case before
he reached middle school.
[15:57] Sudo
Mr. Mochida.
[15:59] Sudo
I'm going to attend a class for readers.
[16:02] Sudo
I believe that Master
Suo has spent more time
[16:06] ---
studying readers than he has
studying cards or opponents.
[16:10] Mochi
Sudo-kun's strength...
SIGN I'll be the one who crushes the Master
[16:12] Mochi
is drawn from his pride.
[16:15] Mochi
It's odd, but the people
who have the most pride
[16:19] ---
are the ones who work the hardest.
[16:21] Mochi
Looking up every step of the way.
[16:27] Ama
I thought she was faster,
but I guess I was wrong.
[16:30] Ama
I'm already 7 cards up.
[16:32] Ama
This should be a fairly easy win.
[16:38] Ama
But what is she doing?
[16:40] Ama
She's being really sensitive
about her motion...
[16:42] Ama
Focused on her accuracy...
[16:46] Ama
Is she looking at Wakamiya Shinobu?
[16:49] Ama
That's impossible!
[16:51] Ama
I lost by 24 cards last year,
[16:53] Ama
and you lost by 20 cards, too!
[16:56] Ama
She's strong enough to
give you nightmares!
[16:59] Ama
She's out of our reach.
[17:03] Chi
Connect... Connect...
[17:06] Chi
Connect... One more millimeter...
[17:09] Ama
You can keep your eyes
focused on a distant goal,
[17:13] Ama
while you lose the match you're in.
[17:15] [POEM] N
My own sleeves are like...
[17:18] Mochi
Good!
[17:19] Hara
He was fast on that one.
[17:20] Hara
He moved towards "My own home" before
returning to "My own sleeves."
[17:23] Hara
Hokuo's players are pulling ahead.
[17:27] Ama
It was only six months ago that we were
[17:29] ---
experiencing Sudo-san's pressure,
glares, and voice every day.
[17:34] Ama
We're on our home turf when
Sudo-san is the reader!
[17:37] [POEM] N
Feel sorrow wash...
[17:40] Tai
Retro!
[17:41] ---
Why do you always use strange motions?!
[17:43] Yuka
That was cool!
[17:47] Tai
Your fingers are injured and taped up,
[17:49] Tai
but you insist on worming them in!
[17:52] Retro
Win!
[17:53] Retro
Win!
[17:54] Retro
Win!
[17:56] [POEM] N
The sky may hold the same moon
[17:58] Kame
I'm in trouble. Boobie girl is good.
[18:05] Kana
It's our fifth match, but I'm
still able to move well.
[18:07] Kana
Mom made sure that my
sash was tied tight,
[18:10] Kana
and I have the tasuki
made by Ms. Miyauchi.
[18:13] Kana
I tire less easily in a kimono.
[18:16] Kame
Oh, crap.
[18:17] Kame
I'll be in big trouble if
I lose to boobie girl.
[18:20] Kana
You probably wouldn't know,
[18:23] Kana
but a kimono is designed perfectly
[18:25] ---
for a boobie girl to move around!
[18:30] Miya
The more I learn about
competitive karuta,
[18:33] ---
the more magical it seems.
[18:35] Miya
Gender doesn't matter.
[18:38] Miya
Size doesn't matter.
[18:40] Miya
Intelligence and strength don't matter.
[18:43] Miya
Age doesn't matter.
[18:46] [POEM] Sudo
Would this old palace courtyard
and the eaves strewn with weeds
[18:57] Miya
Every poem read sends you
back a thousand years.
[19:01] Miya
How many sports are
capable of such a feat?
[19:08] Both
Thank you very much!
[19:10] Chi
Huh?
[19:11] Shiro
One win for Hokuo!
[19:13] Ama
Yes!
[19:13] Kame
Way to go, Shiroyama!
[19:14] Chi
What?
[19:16] Chi
Porky was crushed?!
SIGN Lost by 13 cards
[19:21] Hara
This is bad.
[19:23] Hara
The first victory in a
team match is critical.
[19:26] Hara
The losing side feels
a lot more pressure.
[19:31] Hara
So even when you're losing,
[19:33] ---
it's important to drag out the match...
[19:37] Hara
Yet he lost this early!
[19:40] Pork
But it's been so long since
I played five matches in a row
[19:42] ---
and my head's starting to spin.
[19:44] Pork
Those circles kept bothering me.
[19:47] Pork
I got distracted every time I saw Sis.
[19:49] Yuka
You're so awesome, Retro-kun!
[19:51] Pork
But...
[19:53] Pork
Not allowed to start
sentences with "But"...
[19:55] Tai
I thought we could count on Nishida...
[19:57] Tai
What about everyone else?
[19:59] Tai
How are Oe-san and Komano doing?
[20:01] Tai
They're in close matches.
[20:02] Tai
What about Chihaya?
[20:03] Tai
Huh?
[20:04] Tai
Chihaya's losing by 5 cards?
[20:06] Tai
Chi—
[20:15] Tai
I'm in a close match myself.
[20:18] Tai
If I speak, it shouldn't be
to ask if she's okay.
[20:22] Tai
It should be to announce
a win for Mizusawa!
[20:26] Pork
You're trying to copy
Wakamiya Shinobu's style,
[20:29] Pork
but you're closer to Suo
Hisashi's style right now.
[20:34] Chi
Porky, I've always wanted to become
something I wasn't close to.
[20:39] Chi
She can accurately and precisely
[20:41] ---
touch an exact point
with her fingertips...
[20:44] Chi
She plays silent karuta...
[20:46] Chi
However, I can't beat Amakasu-san
with my accuracy right now.
[20:52] Chi
It's not easy to be as
good as Shinobu-chan.
[21:00] Desk
You have twenty!
[21:02] Desk
Twenty one-syllable cards!
[21:10] [POEM] N
In the sleepy...
[21:16] Hara
Chihaya-chan, are you...
[21:22] Hara
...trying to use both
of their strengths?