E7 - But for Autumn's Coming

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[00:03] [POEM] Reader
    In order to restore my faith in this world,
SIGN    Let's start a competitive karuta club!
    Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 1-2!!
[00:19] [POEM] Reader
    I have learned to both love
    and hate my fellow man
[00:28] [POEM] Reader
    Swift waters parted by the jagged rocks
[00:32] [POEM] Reader
    are joined at river's end
[00:49] [POEM] Reader
    Waves creep closer to the Suminoe shore...
[00:59] [POEM] Reader
    in my dreams, I creep closer to you
[01:06] [POEM] Reader
    Like the sound...
[01:13] [POEM] Reader
    After many, many years...
[01:18] [POEM] Reader
    Look for the sound...
[01:24] Taichi
    I can't beat Chihaya to the
    first-syllable cards.
[01:29] Taichi
    Reassess the situation...
[01:31] Taichi
    "Would this" was already read so
    I can take "Would the" on the "Would."
[01:34] Taichi
    "My only thought as I" and "My only thought as the"
    are both still in play, so I'll have to be careful there.
[01:39] Taichi
    "So the flower petals" was already read,
    so I can take "So the flower has" after "flower."
[01:43] Taichi
    "Though my" was already read,
    so I can take "Though I" after "Though."
[01:45] Taichi
    For "While it pains", "While it may" was read,
    but "While it brings" wasn't, so I'll have to pay attention.
[01:50] Taichi
    For "The hazy early morning light",
    "The hazy early morning mist" was already read,
[01:55] Taichi
    so on "The hazy", I'll move towards
    "The hazy field" on the opponent's side.
[01:57] Taichi
    "In the" and "In order to" have already been read,
[01:59] Taichi
    so I can take "In order for" on "In."
[02:02] [POEM] Reader
    but instead you see a pale
    moon in the dawn sky
[02:08] [POEM] Reader
    In order for us to find our way home,
SIGN    the plum blossoms still smell the same
    would I rather never seen her again?
[02:18] Taichi
    Chihaya doesn't know how to make adjustments
    based on which cards have been taken.
[02:22] Taichi
    I reacted first...
[02:25] Taichi
    But...
[02:26] Taichi
    I couldn't take the card...
SIGN    Chihaya Furu
SIGN    Verse 7
SIGN    But for
    Autumn's
     Coming
[03:42] Both
    Thank you very much.
[03:51] Kanade
    You're so good, Chihaya-chan!
[03:52] Chihaya
    I see...
[03:53] Chihaya
    I should have passed you the "I know" card,
[03:55] Chihaya
    and then I should have waited before-
[03:57] Kanade
    Chihaya-chan?!
[03:59] Taichi
    Oh, don't worry.
[04:00] Taichi
    She just fell asleep.
[04:01] Kanade
    J-Just like that?
[04:07] Taichi
    She just bulls her way through a match
    by relying on her fast reflex time,
[04:10] Taichi
    and I still can't beat her.
[04:12] Kanade
    What does that mean?
[04:15] Taichi
    In karuta, it refers to the speed
[04:17] ---
    at which someone reacts to a card being read.
[04:20] Taichi
    Some people say it's
[04:21] ---
    the most important quality
    a karuta player can have.
[04:24] Taichi
    She was born with it.
[04:26] Taichi
    Chihaya's karuta is driven
    by that innate ability.
[04:30] Taichi
    Unfortunately, I don't have
    anything like that.
[04:33] Kanade
    Amazing!
[04:34] Kanade
    Then it's actually possible
    for Chihaya-chan to play in
[04:36] ---
    the Queen match wearing
    a hakama from our store!
[04:39] Kanade
    On national TV!
[04:42] Kanade
    What do you think about this one?
[04:43] Kanade
    Or would the violet one be better?
[04:44] Taichi
    Uh, wait...
[04:45] Taichi
    There are plenty of
    better players in Class A.
[04:47] Kanade
    This one looks better,
     but I should choose this one
[04:50] Kanade
    if I want people to understand
    how wonderful kimono are.
[04:52] Kanade
    Wait, this...
[04:52] Taichi
    Chihaya and I are on completely different skill levels.
[04:56] Taichi
    I have no interest in becoming a Master,
    so I don't mind losing.
[05:01] Taichi
    But...
[05:03] Taichi
    If he were here...
[05:11] Taichi
    If Chihaya were to practice
    with Arata instead of me,
[05:18] Taichi
    would she become a better player?
[05:27] Chihaya
    I forgot!
[05:29] Chihaya
    I'm gonna go do some scouting!
[05:32] Kanade
    Scouting? For a fourth member?
[05:35] Taichi
    You have someone in mind?
[05:37] Chihaya
    The second-smartest person in our
    grade, after Mashima Taichi,
[05:40] Chihaya
    Desktomu-kun, who happens to be in my class!
[05:42] Both
    Huh?
[05:44] Chihaya
    You two can practice!
[05:48] Kanade
    Oh.
[05:50] Kanade
    We need five members before we
    can become an official club.
[06:02] (Flashback) Teacher
    If you don't have enough members,
    you can't be a club!
[06:08] Chihaya
    Two more to go!
[06:10] Person A
    I'm heading out then!
[06:11] Person B
    Sure, thanks!
[06:13] Person A
    Bye-bye!
[06:22] Person A
    Doesn't he creep you out?
[06:23] Person A
    School's over and he's still studying.
[06:25] Person A
    Look at that Tsutomu-kun...
[06:26] Person A
    I mean Desktomu-kun.
[06:28] Person B
    He only leaves his desk
    to go to the restroom.
[06:31] Person B
    Doesn't he look like a jelly bean?
[06:41] Tsutomu
    I don't like school.
[06:44] Tsutomu
    There are too many judgmental fools.
[06:48] Tsutomu
    Okay, solved that problem.
[06:51] Tsutomu
    However, I like to study.
[06:54] Tsutomu
    The harder I work, the higher
    our class's average scores are.
[06:57] Tsutomu
    I'm willing to help out those fools.
[07:05] Person A
    But it's kinda sad when he's
[07:07] ---
    glued to his desk all day and
    only second in our grade.
[07:10] Person B
    I know.
[07:11] Person B
    When you put it that way,
[07:12] ---
    Mashima-kun from Class 1 is really something.
[07:15] Person B
    He doesn't study much,
    yet he's top of the class!
[07:18] Person C
    I wish we could arrange a trade.
[07:20] Person B
    I'd rather have a number one stud
    than number two Desktomu-kun.
[07:23] Person C
    I know, right?
[07:25] Person D
    Is he upset?
[07:26] Person C
    Nah, no way...
[07:27] Person D
    Really?
[07:31] Chihaya
    Heya! I'm Ayase Chihaya!
[07:33] Chihaya
    I'm here to scout you!
[07:35] Chihaya
    Let's play karuta together
    in the karuta club!
[07:40] Chihaya
    Consider this a bribe.
[07:48] Chihaya
    Hey, Komano-kun. You're the second-smartest
    person in our grade, right?!
[07:53] Chihaya
    I've heard that karuta is a
    great sport for smart people!
[07:56] Chihaya
    If you join, we'll have four members
[07:58] ---
    and be one member closer to
    becoming an official club!
[08:00] Chihaya
    It doesn't matter if you
    don't have any experience!
SIGN    I don't understand.
[08:07] Chihaya
    Oh, karuta as in Hundred Poets.
SIGN    Is there any point to playing karuta?
SIGN    Can you become number one by playing karuta?
[08:17] Chihaya
    Um...
SIGN    There's no such thing as professional karuta, is there?
SIGN    It's just a game, right?
SIGN    Why should I play this game?
SIGN    Will it help me with my studies?
SIGN    Is there any benefit for me?
[08:31] Chihaya
    I don't care about your excuses!
[08:33] Chihaya
    Stop griping and play a game!
SIGN    Jam Bread
[08:44] Taichi
    The field of play is supposed
    to be 87 centimeters wide.
[08:47] Taichi
    You can use your elbow plus or minus
    a number of cards as a reference,
[08:53] Taichi
    so remember how many cards
    it takes to get you to 87.
SIGN    Hey! This is embarrassing!
[08:58] Chihaya
    Shut up! Just come inside!
[09:01] Kanade
    Huh?
[09:04] Chihaya
    Hey, guys!
[09:06] Chihaya
    Let's teach him how fun karuta can be!
[09:10] Taichi
    Huh?
SIGN    Don't be ridiculous!
SIGN    You dragged me all the way here by force!
[09:18] Chihaya
    But!
SIGN    I understand.
SIGN    The karuta club is short on members, yes?
SIGN    So you just need to bolster head count.
SIGN    Look elsewhere, if you don't care who joins.
[09:30] Chihaya
    You've got it wrong.
[09:31] Chihaya
    I do care who joins!
SIGN    Liar.
[09:35] Chihaya
    I'm telling the truth!
[09:36] Chihaya
    Just play a game!
[09:38] Chihaya
    I promise that you'll be hooked!
SIGN    I'm busy!
SIGN    If I had time to play karuta, I would be studying instead!
[09:44] Chihaya
    Komano-kun, you want to
    become smarter, right?
SIGN    Huh?
[09:48] Chihaya
    Karuta is a mental game.
[09:51] Chihaya
    First, you have to memorize
    the positions of the cards.
[09:53] Chihaya
    The fastest people can memorize all
    of them in five- no, three minutes!
[09:57] Chihaya
    Stronger memorization skills will
    help you with your studies!
SIGN    Memorize the positions? Of every card?
[10:04] Chihaya
    Uh-huh.
SIGN    Liar!
[10:06] Chihaya
    I'm not lying!
[10:07] Chihaya
    This is the most basic step!
[10:09] Kanade
    No grace...
[10:12] Chihaya
    I'll show you right now!
SIGN    Wait!
SIGN    Hey, wait!
SIGN    Why me?
[10:19] Chihaya
    Taichi, let's play!
[10:20] Taichi
    Wait, what?
SIGN    Huh?
[10:23] Chihaya
    Hurry up!
[10:25] Taichi
    Fine then.
[10:33] Tsutomu
    Mashima Taichi...
[10:35] Tsutomu
    He's had the top score
    on every monthly test.
[10:39] Chihaya
    The players get memorization
    time, so hold on.
[10:43] Chihaya
    The match will begin in 15 minutes.
SIGN    W-Wait...
[10:47] Chihaya
    Huh?
SIGN    Memorization is the most basic step, right?
SIGN    If karuta players all have excellent memory,
SIGN    you should be able to play with the cards flipped over!
[11:00] Chihaya
    What?!
[11:02] Chihaya
    This isn't Concentration!
[11:04] Chihaya
    Plus, the cards get moved around.
[11:05] Chihaya
    It's impossible!
SIGN    I knew it.
SIGN    So you're given memorization time, and you still can't do it.
SIGN    Nothing impressive about that.
SIGN    Goodbye.
[11:15] Chihaya
    Wait! Don't leave!
[11:17] Chihaya
    We'll give it a try, so wait!
[11:19] Taichi
    Chihaya!
[11:20] Taichi
    Who is this annoying brat?
[11:23] Chihaya
    You're the one who said that we
    should look for someone smart!
[11:26] Tsutomu
    Someone smart?
[11:28] Taichi
    But I've never played karuta
    with the cards flipped over.
[11:32] Chihaya
    Same here!
[11:34] Chihaya
    But I can't back down now!
SIGN    Mizusawa
[11:37] Kanade
    Very well.
[11:38] Kanade
    I will play in your stead!
[11:40] Taichi
    It's okay, Oe-san.
[11:44] Taichi
    Chihaya, let's give it a try.
[11:47] Chihaya
    Huh? Is it okay, Taichi?
[11:49] Taichi
    We won't know where the cards are
    if you send them all flying,
[11:52] ---
    so control yourself.
[11:55] Chihaya
    Uh-huh.
[12:04] Chihaya
    Would the, May you, A night,
[12:06] Chihaya
    As friends, My only thought as the,
     Impassionate,
[12:08] Chihaya
    In order for, My own home, The emotions,
[12:11] Chihaya
    A mountain stream, So spring nights,
     The storm will,
[12:13] Chihaya
    As the first, Impassioned was, As my
[12:15] Chihaya
    The autumn paddy, I know, The sight,
[12:17] Chihaya
    No more, So the flower petals, A house,
[12:19] Kanade
    Memorization time is over.
[12:19] Chihaya
    While some, May the scarlet, Since I...
[12:22] Kanade
    Please flip the cards over.
[12:29] Tsutomu
    They won't be able to play flipped karuta.
[12:33] Tsutomu
    It's impossible to memorize the positions
[12:36] ---
    for all of those cards in 15 minutes.
SIGN    Impossible...
[12:43] Kanade
    Let's begin.
[12:51] [POEM] Reader
    Naniwa Bay, now the flower blooms,
     but for winter
[13:00] [POEM] Reader
    Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[13:09] [POEM] Reader
    Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[13:20] [POEM] Reader
    May the time spent in our one night together
[13:24] Kanade
    "Bring a life..."
[13:26] Kanade
    It's the right card!
[13:28] [POEM] Reader
    While some dodge the famous waves of
    Takashi shore to avoid getting wet,
[13:31] Kanade
    "I deflect your..."
[13:32] Kanade
    It's right!
[13:36] Taichi
    Our memory is still fresh at the beginning.
[13:40] Taichi
    The cards may be flipped over,
    but we should be able to find most of them.
[13:43] Taichi
    The problem is later when the cards
    start getting passed around.
[13:47] Taichi
    It all comes down to concentration.
[13:51] [POEM] Reader
    I deflect your artful words
    to keep my sleeves dry
[14:00] [POEM] Reader
    My own home is a retreat lying
    southeast of the capital
[14:06] Kanade
    That's the right card.
[14:08] Chihaya
    Now I'm mad.
[14:11] Chihaya
    I memorized that card.
[14:15] [POEM] Taichi
    Chihaya doesn't have her usual edge.
[14:19] [POEM] Taichi
    She's not as confident.
[14:21] [POEM] Taichi
    It's because her memorization skills are still lacking.
[14:27] Taichi
    I-I can beat Chihaya...
[14:33] Chihaya
    Um, that one is "So spring ends"...
[14:37] Chihaya
    Then it's "No more, As friends,
    While it brings, As my, None are."
[14:42] Taichi
    I'm going to move a card.
[14:44] Chihaya
    Huh?
[14:44] Chihaya
    What?!
[14:45] Chihaya
    Hold on! Hold on!
[14:48] Chihaya
    What was that card?!
[14:57] [POEM] Reader
    where I can hide from the
    troubles of this world
[15:08] [POEM] Reader
    A mountain village grows...
[15:10] [POEM] Reader
    Swift waters parted...
SIGN    are joined at river's end
[15:20] Chihaya
    This isn't the Taichi I'm
    used to practicing against.
[15:42] [POEM] Reader
    are joined at river's end
[15:52] [POEM] Reader
    May you never forget your...
[15:55] [POEM] Reader
    Impassioned was your promise of salvation
[15:58] Chihaya
    He was guarding both cards!
[15:59] Chihaya
    We're over halfway through and he can still
    remember the positions of the cards!
[16:03] [POEM] Reader
    May the time we spend
    apart from one another be
[16:08] Kanade
    I-It's right!
[16:10] [POEM] Reader
    as short-lived as the reeds of Naniwa Bay
[16:17] (Flashback) Taichi
    I have no interest in becoming a Master,
     so I don't mind losing...
[16:23] (Flashback) Taichi
    I don't mind losing...
[16:25] [POEM] Reader
    As the first frost has fallen,
[16:30] Taichi
    I definitely hate to lose!
[16:38] (Flashback) Taichi
    Chihaya!
[16:43] Taichi
    I'm the one sitting across
    from you right now!
[16:55] Kanade
    He did it!
[17:00] Taichi
    Thank you very much.
[17:03] Chihaya
    Thank you very much.
[17:12] Chihaya
    I'm so mad...
[17:25] Taichi
    I win.
[17:41] Taichi
    Wait.
[17:45] Taichi
    You're just going to leave without
    a word after that match?
[17:50] Taichi
    Oh, er...
[17:52] Taichi
    What's your name?
[17:55] Tsutomu
    Why...
[17:57] ---
    do people like him exist?
[18:02] Taichi
    Ah, hey!
[18:04] Tsutomu
    He has friends, talent...
[18:08] (Flashback) Person A
    Whose are those? Desktomu-kun's?
[18:10] (Flashback) Person B
    They're perfect!
[18:12] (Flashback) Person C
    Lemme see!
[18:13] (Flashback) Person D
    Me too!
[18:15] (Flashback) Person A
    Thanks, Desktomu-kun!
[18:18] (Flashback) Person A
    Make sure you get the top
    score on the next test.
[18:23] Tsutomu
    The top score...
[18:26] Tsutomu
    Become number one...
[18:29] Tsutomu
    Win...
[18:33] Tsutomu
    But I know...
[18:36] Tsutomu
    Even if I do become number one,
[18:38] Tsutomu
    they'll never let me in their circle.
[18:47] Taichi
    Hey, if you're a little interested now,
    why not join the karuta club?
SIGN    I can't play karuta...
SIGN    I don't have the talent!
SIGN    I'm not like you!
SIGN    All I can do is study!
SIGN    I belong behind my desk!
[19:20] (Flashback) Mom
    Focus on contests that you can win.
[19:22] (Flashback) Taichi
    I could spend my entire youth on karuta
[19:25] (Flashback) Taichi
    without ever becoming better than Arata.
[19:46] Taichi
    I don't have any talent for karuta either.
[19:51] Taichi
    It's tough, but I still play!
[19:53] Taichi
    I keep losing, but I still play!
[19:56] Taichi
    Because when I win...
[20:00] Taichi
    I feel so happy!
[20:06] Taichi
    Okay, that was lame.
[20:12] Taichi
    But...
[20:14] Taichi
    Instead of a karuta genius,
    I would rather have our new member
[20:17] ---
    be someone who puts
    in effort on the tatami.
SIGN    Wh-What are you talking about?
SIGN    Tatami? Karuta? That doesn't make any sense at all!
SIGN    Man, look at my desk...
[20:38] Taichi
    I see.
[20:40] ---
    Sorry about that.
[20:52] (Flashback) Taichi
    It's tough, but I still play!
[20:56] (Flashback) Taichi
    I keep losing, but I still play!