E8 - As friends and strangers

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SIGN    Chihayafuru 3
SIGN    Chihayafuru 3
[01:11] Michiru
    The Golden Pavilion.
[01:12] Michiru
    Its official name is Rokuonji.
[01:15] Michiru
    It's most famous for its reliquary
    shrine built by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu,
[01:18] Michiru
    and is a World Heritage Site.
[01:20] Girl
    It's gold...
[01:21] Girl
    It's gold...
[01:22] Guy
    I didn't know it was that gold.
[01:24] Guy
    So gold.
[01:25] Nishida
    I'm getting serious Sukhavati vibes...
[01:27] Michiru
    Chi-chan, let's take a picture together!
[01:31] Michiru
    Chi-chan?
[01:33] Chihaya
    I thought about it all night,
[01:35] Chihaya
    and only one answer came to me.
[01:37] Michiru
    Chi-chan?
[01:39] (Flashback) Tsutomu
    This is his only chance to get
    as far as he can with karuta.
[01:43] Chihaya
    I had no idea, Taichi.
[01:46] Chihaya
    I never knew you were serious
    about becoming the Master.
SIGN    Favorite Cushion
[01:52] Harada
    I never realized...
[01:55] Harada
    Eyelashes was so serious about becoming
    the Master that he'd skip his class trip.
[02:02] Lady
    Dr. Harada, please stop swinging so hard!
[02:05] Lady
    You're making taxis stop!
[02:06] Lady
    I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[02:09] Harada
    He's just like me!
SIGN    Verse 8
SIGN    As
    friends
     and
    strangers
[02:18] Guy
    Dr. Harada's going for it again this year?
[02:20] Kitano
    He's crazy.
[02:23] Kitano
    Why is a 57-year-old man
    so gung-ho about this?
SIGN    Master/Queen
    East Japan Qualifiers
SIGN    Otsuka Karuta
     Memorial Hall
SIGN    Aim for Master
SIGN    Arashi
[02:38] Sane
    Aw, you're embarrassing me, Mayu-tan.
[02:41] Sane
    I know I've risen up the ranks
     faster than anyone else recently,
[02:44] Sane
    but it's too soon for me to be Master!
[02:46] Mayu
    That's not true at all, Akkun!
[02:48] Retro
    All that separated victory from defeat in
    the Yoshino Tournament was that fault early on!
SIGN    Skreeeee
[02:52] Retro
    My skill surpasses his!
SIGN    Unnnngh
[02:54] Retro
    All that separated victory from
    defeat was that fault early on!
[02:57] Retro
    My skill surpasses his!
[02:59] Retro
    Damn it! I was supposed to catch up to
    Mashima in Class A by these qualifiers!
SIGN    Krrrrgh
[03:09] Sudo
    Excuse me.
[03:12] Sudo
    I applied to enter the qualifiers,
    but I'd like to withdraw.
SIGN    Whaaaat?!
[03:17] Retro
    Sudo-san, what are you saying?!
[03:19] Sudo
    Just what you heard.
[03:20] Retro
    You can't be serious about withdrawing!
[03:23] (Flashback) Sudo
    Whichever one of us loses first has to skip
    the Master qualifiers in two weeks.
[03:28] Koki
    No!
[03:29] Nayuta
    If you don't participate, what'll happen
    to the Hokuo Society's morale?!
[03:32] Kameda
    It'll plummet in a free fall!
[03:35] Sudo
    Shut up. Just do your best by yourselves.
[03:37] Machida
    We can't do our best if you're not there!
[03:40] Taichi
    You don't have to withdraw, Sudo-san.
[03:42] Taichi
    Take part.
SIGN    Excuse me?
[03:42] Machida
    Sudo-kun... Sudo-kun...
[03:43] Sudo
    Don't be dumb! I may break promises,
    but I won't owe anyone over a bet!
[03:48] Taichi
    It's not about that...
[03:50] Sudo
    I refuse! I absolutely refuse!
[03:52] Sudo
    I will never owe anyone anything!
[03:54] Sudo
    Ugh, you're so annoying!
[03:55] Taichi
    Then just yield to me if we're matched up.
[04:03] Sudo
    I didn't bring my shirt, though.
[04:06] Koki
    You can use mine!
[04:08] Nayuta
    No, mine!
[04:08] Kameda
    Use mine!
[04:09] Retro
    Mashima...
[04:11] Retro
    He just picked up a hell of a joker.
SIGN    Hokuo
[04:15] Sudo
    Mashima...
[04:17] Sudo
    There's no point in this
     if you lose before facing me.
[04:20] Sudo
    Don't underestimate the East Japan Qualifiers.
[04:27] Sakura
    Makoto.
[04:28] Sakura
    Why are you here?
     You have exams to study for.
[04:30] Makoto
    Well, Rion, Cheers, and Eromu
    are all playing...
[04:34] Sakura
    Emuro-kun, you have exams, too.
    Why are you here?
[04:38] Eromu
    Please don't ask questions
    you know the answer to.
[04:40] Eromu
    I want to see Coach Sakurazawa in
    the Queen qualifiers up close.
[04:45] Eromu
    Both her karuta and her boobs
    are still going strong!
[04:49] Aki
    Mommy! Mommy!
[04:51] Dad
    Aki! Mommy's feeding Jin right now!
[04:51] Aki
    Wake up, Mommy!
[04:54] Aki
    But she's asleep!
[04:58] Haruka
    Jin, are you full now?
[05:02] Haruka
    I'll go and win. See you next at lunch.
[05:06] Rion
    What? Ayase-san missed this
    for her class trip?!
[05:09] Rion
    But Mizusawa's club president is here?!
[05:15] Tsukuba
    So this is the Karuta Memorial Hall...
[05:18] Sumire
    You want to watch from outside? Why?
[05:20] Tsukuba
    Well, because it's already
    full of participants...
[05:25] Mom
    T-Taichi?!
[05:28] Mom
    I was wondering which library he was going to...
[05:33] Mom
    Taichi!
[05:36] Lady
    We will now draw the match-ups
    for the East Japan Qualifiers.
SIGN    Master/Queen West Japan Qualifiers
SIGN    Omi Jingu Learning Center
[05:42] Guy
    I wonder how the qualifiers are
    going to play out this year.
[05:45] Guy
    The young players, both male and female,
    have been making waves lately.
[05:49] Guy
    We need the Nagumo Society's Murao-kun
    to complete his comeback, don't we?
[05:53] Guy
    Nah, as long as someone brings down
    the current Master, I don't care who wins.
[05:59] Yoshioka
    Personally, I think it'll
    be Wataya Arata-kun.
SIGN    All Japan Senior High School Cultural Federation
    Karuta Division
    Yoshioka Hirokazu
[06:04] Lady
    That goes without saying, Mr. Yoshioka.
[06:07] Lady
    The traces of Master Wataya are
    increasingly visible in him.
[06:13] Guy
    Master Wataya was fond of the Monk Saigyo.
[06:16] Guy
    He had an intellectual side.
[06:18] Guy
    And his strength when he and Sato Kiyohiko
    were competing as the top two...
[06:23] Guy
    He wasn't just fast.
[06:25] Guy
    He had grace and power, too.
[06:28] Yoshioka
    I'm sure he'll live up to our expectations.
[06:35] Murao
    What's wrong, Arata?
[06:37] Arata
    N-Nothing.
[06:40] Arata
    I know what did it.
SIGN    Mom sent this
[06:42] Arata
    It was the huge plate of katsuo sandwiches
    with katsuobushi that Yuu made this morning.
[06:48] Arata
    Damn, I ate too much of something
    I shouldn't have eaten at all.
[06:51] Arata
    Gotta get to the bathroom...
SIGN    Mashima Taichi
[07:01] Arata
    Taichi?!
[07:03] (Flashback) Chihaya
    We're going to Kyoto for our class trip!
[07:06] Arata
    Chihaya said they had their class trip!
[07:10] Arata
    Does this mean...
[07:13] Arata
    Taichi's serious about trying
    to become the Master?
[07:16] (Flashback) Taichi
    It was mostly Chihaya being so pushy.
[07:19] Arata
    I didn't think he was that serious.
[07:22] Arata
    I thought he was just playing
    because Chihaya was.
[07:29] Mashita
    Hey! You need to turn off
    your engine! Quickly!
[07:34] Shinobu
    Chairman Mashita, you sure like
    helping people out, don't you?
[07:38] Arata
    Shinobu-chan?
[07:39] Shinobu
    You gave him not only my phone number,
     but my address, too?
[07:43] Mashita
    I-I'm sorry...
[07:45] Shinobu
    It was a heck of a shock when
    he showed up at my house!
SIGN    Sorry!
[07:48] Mashita
    Knowing you, I figured you'd just
    send him packing anyway...
[07:52] Mashita
    But I guess even you couldn't resist
    being swept up in the Master's pace.
[08:01] Arata
    Master Suo?!
[08:04] Shinobu
    Oh, what a funny joke.
[08:07] Shinobu
    I liked the side—
[08:08] Shinobu
    Never mind.
[08:10] Guy
    She wanted to ride in the side car.
[08:11] Guy
    She wanted to try the side car.
[08:12] Girl
    In the side car...
[08:13] Guy
    Side car...
[08:15] Arata
    Still...
[08:17] Arata
    What are the Master and Queen doing
    at the West Japan qualifiers?
[08:23] Suo
    Here.
[08:25] Suo
    Are you in Class A?
[08:28] Guy
    Uh, yes...
[08:29] Suo
    Then here.
[08:30] Suo
    And you?
[08:31] Girl
    I-I'm Class A...
[08:32] Guy
    Master Suo's handing out sweets again!
[08:33] Suo
    Here.
[08:34] Suo
    Here.
[08:34] Arata
    So that's Suo Hisashi...
[08:37] Arata
    I've seen him on TV several times,
    but this is the first time in person.
[08:41] Arata
    I remember...
[08:42] Arata
    When Suo-san first became the Master,
    I was watching with Grandpa.
[08:47] (Flashback) Arata
    Hey, Grandpa, what's the Master match like?
[08:50] (Flashback) Arata
    Do even you get nervous?
[08:52] (Flashback) Hajime
    Not at all.
[08:54] (Flashback) TV
    The new Master is college student Suo Hisashi.
[08:58] (Flashback) Arata
    I heard he only started
    playing karuta in college.
[09:02] (Flashback) Arata
    I guess there are geniuses with
    amazing game sense out there.
[09:10] Arata
    "When you eventually challenge for the throne,
[09:15] Arata
    you'll probably be facing that new Master."
[09:19] Mashita
    Suo-kun, what brings you here?
[09:22] Suo
    Chairman, would you like a dorayaki?
[09:24] Mashita
    What? Sorry, you'll have to speak up!
[09:27] Suo
    Chairman, would you like a dorayaki?
[09:30] Mashita
    Speak up! My hearing's
    not so good, you know!
[09:34] Suo
    I said in that interview that there
    are 28 one-syllable cards for me,
[09:40] Suo
    but I counted again recently,
    and there were 27.
SIGN    Get a hold of yourself!
[09:44] Mashita
    What? 27?
[09:46] Suo
    I think I'll finally be able to earn the credit
     for the German class I kept failing,
[09:50] Suo
    so I should finally graduate this year.
[09:52] Mashita
    That's great! Well done! Congrats!
    Do you have a job lined up?
[09:56] Suo
    The place where I've been working
    part-time said they'd hire me.
SIGN    Oh, yeah?
[10:00] Suo
    So...
[10:02] Suo
    After I win my fifth consecutive title,
     I'm going to retire.
[10:08] Arata
    What?
[10:10] Arata
    The Master... is retiring?
[10:14] Mashita
    Hallelujah!
[10:17] All
    After his fifth consecutive win?
SIGN    Fine Confections Kogetsuan
SIGN    Clench
[10:23] Suo
    Kyoko-tan!
[10:25] Suo
    Kyoko-tan is the reader for
     the West Japan qualifiers this year!
[10:30] Suo
    It must be fate!
[10:34] Guy
    I guess he can speak loudly.
[10:37] Shinobu
    Despite how noisy and crowded this place is,
[10:39] Shinobu
    he still picked up her voice
    from that far away.
[10:42] Shinobu
    And he's talking about retiring?
[10:45] Guy
    Is he mocking us?!
[10:47] Guy
    Cocky bastard!
[10:48] Guy
    Talking like a five-peat is guaranteed!
[10:50] Guy
    I won't let him quit while he's ahead!
[11:20] Arata
    That I'd become the Master
    was my promise to Grandpa.
[11:26] Arata
    It has nothing to do with my dream.
[11:32] Arata
    Let's do this.
[11:41] Suo
    Shinobu-chan, is he your friend?
[11:45] Shinobu
    Just a river in my way.
[11:56] Yoshioka
    No one in his age group is
    a match for him anymore.
SIGN    Why'd he send a card?
[12:06] Shinobu
    Arata got that one!
[12:13] Yoshioka
    He never argues.
[12:15] Yoshioka
    And that posture came
    straight from Master Wataya.
[12:21] (Flashback) Murao
    I can tell you're not
    envisioning your own victory.
[12:26] Arata
    Envision...
[12:29] Arata
    Envision...
[12:31] Arata
    Envision my victory...
[12:34] Yoshioka
    His focus is refreshing.
[12:37] Yoshioka
    No wonder we expect so much of him...
[12:41] Yoshioka
    when we can see Master Wataya
    in that young, slender body.
[12:52] Arata
    It's noon already...
[12:54] Arata
    I wonder how the East qualifier's going.
[12:58] Arata
    How's Taichi doing?
SIGN    Eek!
[13:03] Arata
    Er... S-Suo-san?
[13:05] Suo
    Hello. I watched your match.
[13:08] Arata
    He's as quiet as the rumors say...
[13:11] Suo
    You're very good.
[13:13] Arata
    Huh? N-No, I'm not...
[13:15] Suo
    You'll be the Master one day.
[13:18] Arata
    The Master? No, I really...
[13:21] Suo
    But you won't be the next Master.
[13:27] Suo
    Watching you doesn't excite me.
[13:35] Suo
    Bye-bye.
[13:39] Michiru
    Chi-chan, where are you?!
[13:42] Chihaya
    Meanwhile, the main character was
    lost on the Golden Pavilion grounds.
[13:47] All
    Thank you for the game.
SIGN    You're so great!
[13:52] Retro
    M-Mashima and Gotokuji Saneatsu?!
SIGN    Skreeee
[13:56] Retro
    I want both of them to lose,
    but one of them has to win!
[14:05] Taichi
    What am I doing?
[14:08] Taichi
    I wonder if everyone here
[14:11] Taichi
    wants to be the Master.
[14:15] Sane
    I'm gonna do this! I'm gonna do this!
SIGN    Darling's on the attack!
[14:18] Retro
    Mashima...
[14:23] Taichi
    What is it I want to become so badly
[14:28] Taichi
    that I'd miss my class trip?
[14:30] Mom
    Taichi!
[14:33] Mom
    The Master and Queen qualifiers? What?!
[14:37] Mom
    I didn't know you had a stupid goal
    like wanting to be the Master of karuta!
[14:40] Mom
    I don't believe it!
[14:42] (Flashback) Mom
    My son has a fever.
[14:45] Mom
    You even made your mother tell a lie!
[14:50] Sumire
    She said "Taichi."
[14:52] Sumire
    Is she Mashima-senpai's mother?
[14:55] Mom
    You there.
[14:56] Sumire
    Huh?
[14:57] Mom
    What time will this match end?
[14:59] Sumire
    In about an hour...
[15:01] Mom
    An hour?!
[15:03] Mom
    I can't wait around here for an hour!
[15:04] Tsukuba
    Um, please quiet down.
    There's a match going on.
[15:08] Sumire
    Actually, we're members of
    Mashima-senpai's club.
[15:12] Mom
    What?
[15:13] Mom
    You two are in the karuta club?
[15:16] Sumire
    Y-Yes! We'll be here
    watching the entire time,
[15:19] Sumire
    so maybe we could contact you
    when it's about to end?
[15:22] Mom
    Huh?
[15:24] Mom
    Good idea.
[15:26] Mom
    I'm going to get some tea. I appreciate it.
[15:31] Tsukuba
    Nishida-senpai did say...
[15:35] Tsukuba
    that Mashima-senpai had a scary mom who'd
    make him quit the club if his grades dropped.
[15:41] Sumire
    Tsukuba...
[15:43] Sumire
    I think this is my chance.
[15:45] Tsukuba
    Huh?
[15:46] Sumire
    If you want to bring down the general,
    shoot his horse first.
[15:50] Sumire
    Was that the saying?
[15:52] Sumire
    This is my chance to get
    his mother to like me!
SIGN    Huh?
[15:55] Sumire
    A shortcut to my true goal!
[16:00] Hyuga
    My name is Hyuga Yoshihiko.
[16:02] Hyuga
    I give my all every day
    to make girls like me.
SIGN    Nice!
SIGN    You cut your hair?
[16:04] Hyuga
    My observant eye notices when a girl has
    cut her bangs one centimeter shorter!
[16:07] Hyuga
    If the blackboard is dirty,
    that's my chance!
SIGN    Creepy...
[16:10] Hyuga
    I'm diligent enough to
    volunteer for hard work!
[16:12] Hyuga
    All this potential!
[16:14] Hyuga
    At Fujisaki, being good at karuta
    makes you attractive!
SIGN    (Note) It doesn't work on bears
[16:20] Makoto
    I will defeat the jerk who defeated Rion!
[16:26] Sakura
    My students are getting nowhere this year.
SIGN    Won
SIGN    Lost in the first round
[16:29] Sakura
    Why did they even come here?
SIGN    Won
[16:32] Sakura
    Inokuma-san won, unsurprisingly.
[16:34] Sakura
    What about Rion?
[16:38] Sakura
    Rion, how'd it go?
[16:41] Rion
    I... I won.
[16:52] Sumire
    Mashima-senpai's match
    will be over soon, too.
[16:54] Sumire
    Time to send that message.
[16:57] Sumire
    It's crucial that I get
    his mother to like me!
[17:01] [Messenger] ---
    Mashima-senpai's Mother
[17:01] Sumire
    Even Mashima-senpai can't spend
    his whole life playing karuta.
[17:06] Sumire
    I'm sorr—
[17:31] Taichi
    Win for Mashima, by eleven cards.
[17:34] Sumire
    Mashima-senpai?
[17:36] Retro
    Y-You won, Mashima?
[17:38] Retro
    Of course you did! That old dude's
     just been getting by on beginner's luck!
[17:41] Retro
    It's weird that I lost to him!
[17:43] Taichi
    That's for sure.
SIGN    Why did I lose to that kid?
[17:46] Taichi
    Every card you send him,
    he sends right back.
[17:49] Taichi
    It's clear he's only
    thinking about himself.
[17:52] Taichi
    You can tell which cards
    he's going for, too.
[17:55] Taichi
    I know you're better than that!
[17:57] Taichi
    Don't lose to someone like that!
[18:10] Taichi
    Why did I have to say all that?
[18:14] Taichi
    The next match...
[18:17] Taichi
    Hurry up and start the next match.
[18:27] Retro
    You're wrong.
[18:29] Retro
    You're wrong.
[18:31] Retro
    I lost because I'm not a good player.
[18:36] Retro
    Because I can't admit that
    I'm just not that good.
[18:48] Tsukuba
    They've started. Are you sure...
[18:51] Tsukuba
    you don't need to contact Senpai's mom?
[19:03] Mom
    Hey, you! What's going on?
[19:05] Mom
    You didn't contact me, so I came to see—
[19:16] Mom
    Move.
[19:17] Sumire
    I-I won't!
[19:18] Mom
    Huh?
[19:19] Sumire
    I won't move!
[19:21] Mom
    You know that karuta and this "Master"
    nonsense won't get him anywhere in life!
[19:26] Mom
    He's so stuck on a silly game
    he can only play for so long!
[19:31] Sumire
    But he might play for the rest of his life!
[19:35] Taichi
    Win for Mashima, by six cards.
[19:37] Tsukuba
    Senpai...
[19:39] Tsukuba
    U-Um, you shouldn't go outside right now.
[19:48] Sumire
    Mashima-senpai...
[19:51] Sumire
    Senpai...
[19:53] (Flashback) Taichi
    We're getting three wins, guys.
[19:55] [POEM] Reader
    Impassionate gods
[19:56] (Flashback) Taichi
    It's about taking 10 cards
    from your opponent.
[19:58] (Flashback) Taichi
    And keeping 15 of your own!
[20:00] (Flashback) Taichi
    I'm here to practice.
[20:02] (Flashback) Taichi
    Thank you for the game.
[20:06] Sumire
    He's working hard to be
    what he wants to be!
[20:12] Mom
    Wh-What are you saying?
[20:14] Mom
    You're making no sense!
SIGN    What are you saying in the
    Mecca of karuta?
SIGN    Is this lady looking for a fight?
[20:33] Girl
    We will now draw the match-ups for round 3.
SIGN    Mizusawa
[20:39] Guy
    Who's looking good this year?
[20:41] Guy
    Sudo-kun from Hokuo is playing well.
[20:43] Guy
    He's improved.
[20:44] Guy
    What about Tamaru-kun?
    I had high hopes for him.
[20:46] Guy
    Tsuboguchi-san's been winning, too.
[20:48] Guy
    But the one who's improved the most
    has to be Koishikawa-kun of KU.
SIGN    Koishikawa Shusaku
[20:54] Guy
    Whoever's matched up with
    him is out of luck.
SIGN    Koishikawa Shusaku Mashima Taichi
SIGN    Mizusawa
[21:03] (Flashback) Arata
    Mashima, you're a coward.
[21:10] Taichi
    I want to be someone who isn't me.
[21:16] Taichi
    But...
[21:19] Taichi
    I still want to be me.