# 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.*