E8 - Which shines over Mount Mikasa

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[00:11] Chi
    The High School National Ogura Hundred
    Poets Karuta Championship begins.
[00:19] Chi
    We'll win every match
[00:20] Chi
    and become number one in Japan!
SIGN    Chihaya Furu
SIGN    Verse 8
SIGN    Which
    shines
    over
    Mount
    Mikasa
[01:43] Chi
    Wh-Why am I dressed like this?
[01:46] Kana
    You're asking why?
[01:47] Kana
    Did you forget what happened last year?
SIGN    Right, right
[01:50] Kana
    When you suddenly collapsed last year,
[01:53] Kana
    it was because you were overwhelmed
    by the heat and your nerves.
[01:56] Kana
    So this year, we'll make sure
    the heat isn't an issue.
[02:00] Chi
    It's okay.
[02:02] Chi
    I'm not wearing a hakama this year.
[02:04] Kana
    But...
[02:05] Chi
    Plus, this is my second time at Omi Jingu.
[02:10] Chi
    We're back.
[02:13] Chi
    This is our second national championship.
[02:16] Chi
    What kinds of matches will we play?
[02:19] Chi
    How strong are the other teams?
[02:23] Sumi
    Hey, Tsukuba!
[02:24] Sumi
    Stop sneaking pictures of girls!
[02:27] Sumi
    They'll arrest you!
[02:28] Tsu
    Don't insult me!
[02:30] Tsu
    I'm taking pictures of
    the pretty Akita ladies
[02:31] Tsu
    while taking pictures of the karuta
    holy land, the Omi Learning Center!
[02:34] Sumi
    Y-You're not supposed to admit it...
[02:37] Tsu
    Ooh, I've seen this area
    in pictures before!
[02:41] Tsu
    The Master match takes
    place up here every year!
[02:44] Tsu
    Where do they put the TV cameras?!
[02:46] Sumi
    Cut it out already!
[02:49] Chi
    This is the first national championship
    for our first-years.
[02:52] Pork
    Okay, let's all get changed...
[02:55] Pork
    Into the new T-shirts my sister made!
SIGN    Winners
SIGN    Winners
[03:00] Sumi
    Wow!
SIGN    It's got punch!
[03:02] Chi
    So cool!
[03:03] Kana
    That's a lovely blue.
SIGN    Huh? Wait...
SIGN    I can see something in the dots...
SIGN    Second Place
SIGN    Second place...
[03:12] All
    Second place winners?!
[03:13] Pork
    Huh?
[03:17] Yukari
    What did you expect?
[03:19] Yukari
    The champions will be
    Retro-kun's Hokuo.
[03:24] Pork
    Sorry, everyone.
[03:25] Pork
    Let's wear our regular T-shirts.
[03:30] Chi
    All ready.
[03:31] Pork
    Sorry. We ended up having
    to wear our usual T-shirts.
[03:35] Chi
    That's okay. We can focus better
    when we're in familiar gear.
[03:38] Tsu
    Hey, Hanano! Take a picture!
[03:40] Sumi
    Geez, what now?
[03:42] Tsu
    My brothers are waiting at home!
[03:50] Sumi
    "I'm a starter for the national
    championship, of course!"
[03:54] Sumi
    "Your bro's gonna knock them out!"
[03:56] Sumi
    You're lying again!
[03:58] Sumi
    Why would you be a starting member?
[04:00] Pork
    We're heading down!
[04:01] Sumi
    Oh, okay.
[04:07] Tsu
    I want to be a starter!
[04:09] Tsu
    I've given up Second Verse Karuta
[04:11] ---
    to focus on mainstream
    karuta since spring!
[04:14] Tsu
    I've learned a lot at
    the Shiranami society!
[04:17] Tsu
    This time, I'll successfully change the order,
    show my true skill, and become a regular!
[04:23] Sumi
    Tsukuba!
[04:25] Sumi
    The lineups for the first round are up.
[04:28] Tsu
    What? They already chose
    the starting members?
[04:34] Tsu
    Huh?
SIGN    1 Nishida Yusei 2 Oe Kana 3 Ayase Chihaya 4 Mashima Taichi 5 Tsukuba Akihiro
[04:35] Sumi
    What?! Tsukuba's really a starter!
[04:38] Sumi
    That's amazing!
[04:40] Tsu
    Starter...
[04:42] Tai
    The group stage match-ups
    were drawn yesterday,
[04:44] ---
    so Komano and I already came up
    with the order for the first round.
[04:47] Tsu
    Why me? Isn't Komano-senpai a starter?
SIGN    For the National Tournament
SIGN    A month has passed since the Tokyo regional.
SIGN    You've worked very hard.
SIGN    In terms of skill, you're even with me.
SIGN    Don't forget that our goal is to become number one in Japan!
SIGN    While the two rounds in the group stage are taking place,
[05:06] ---
    I'll be scouting the other top schools
SIGN    to prepare for the championship bracket!
SIGN    The five of you have to get us there!
[05:16] Pork
    Does that mean you're not
    playing in the group stage?!
[05:19] Pork
    Are you really okay with that?!
SIGN    Yeah.
SIGN    I'll need Hanano to help me scout.
[05:24] Sumi
    What?
SIGN    Check groups H and I for us.
[05:27] Sumi
    Geez...
[05:29] Sumi
    Fine.
SIGN    I'm impressed.
SIGN    You brought your own notepad.
[05:34] Sumi
    I-It's no big deal...
SIGN    Then I'll show you which room you'll be in.
[05:37] Sumi
    O-Okay.
[05:42] Tsu
    He's so cool...
[05:44] Chi
    Desktomu-kun worked just
    as hard as the rest of us.
[05:47] Chi
    Could I do what he did?
[05:50] Chi
    After putting in so much hard work,
[05:54] Chi
    could I accept that someone
    who started later
[05:57] ---
    had caught up to me?
[06:01] (Flashback) Desk
    If Ayase's serious about her dream for
    us to become number one in Japan,
[06:04] (Flashback) Desk
    we can't flounder around like usual.
[06:06] (Flashback) Desk
    There has to be someone
    in a support role.
[06:32] Retro
    Yo, Eyelashes!
[06:34] Retro
    Should you really be so worked up?
[06:36] Retro
    Isn't tomorrow's individual tournament
[06:38] ---
    and your chance to make
    Class A more important?
[06:42] Tai
    It doesn't matter if I lose
    my first match tomorrow.
[06:47] Tai
    We'll win every match today.
[06:50] Tai
    I want to win...
[06:52] Tai
    together.
[06:53] Pork
    Our opponent's order isn't up yet.
[06:56] Kan
    I believe we were matched up
    with a school from Chiba.
[07:00] Tai
    It's a strange feeling.
[07:02] Tai
    Have I been infected
    by Chihaya's greed?
[07:06] Tai
    I want us to become number
    one in Japan together.
[07:12] Pork
    There it is!
[07:18] Chi
    Is this...
[07:19] Pork
    Don't tell me that...
[07:20] Tsu
    No way...
[07:21] Tai
    Huh?
SIGN    Chiba International School of Information Sciences Napa Payakaroon Rachel Port Anthony Sorb Bak Gyeong-Seo Matt Rowan
[07:35] Sumi
    Um...
[07:36] Sumi
    In group C, I need to
    pay attention to...
[07:39] Sumi
    the First Akashi Girls' School from Hyogo.
[07:42] (Flashback) Desk
    Make sure you pay extra close attention
    to the third-year Ousaka Megumu!
[07:45] Sumi
    Is she really that special?
[07:48] Desk
    She was the west representative
    in last year's Queen match.
[07:51] Desk
    She lost a close match to Yumin,
SIGN    Yumin?
[07:53] ---
    but she's still the strongest
    girl in west Japan.
[07:56] Sumi
    Okay...
[07:59] Sumi
    But how can I tell who's who?
[08:02] Sumi
    For now, I'll put that they're
    all ordinary-looking.
[08:09] Megu
    Oh, excuse me.
[08:12] Sumi
    Sorry!
[08:15] Megu
    I got the quick energy boost you wanted.
[08:17] Nana
    Thanks, Megumu.
[08:18] Sumi
    Megumu?
[08:19] Nana
    I'm so thirsty.
[08:21] Megu
    Here.
[08:24] Nana
    Energy boost...
[08:26] Megu
    Did something run out of power?
[08:28] Nana
    Y-Yeah... Thanks...
[08:30] Sumi
    Ousaka Megumu is ordinary-looking
    and an airhead.
[08:34] A
    Megumu-tan! You're adorable as always!
[08:36] Sumi
    Megumu-tan?!
[08:38] A
    I've got the best seat in the house!
[08:41] B
    Hey, is that a new model?!
[08:44] A
    This guarantees that I'll capture
    Megu-tan's beautiful karuta!
[08:47] Sumi
    She's ordinary-looking,
    an airhead, and popular?!
SIGN    I'm a little
    shocked...
[08:49] Sumi
    Moreover, she's popular
    with old-school freaks!
[08:51] Nana
    The three cameramen with
    glasses are back again.
[08:55] Haya
    We only recently got them to silence
    the shutter sound during matches.
[08:59] Nana
    They're a pain.
[09:01] Megu
    I know. I wish we could dump
    them in an incinerator.
[09:04] All
    Swoon!
[09:05] Sumi
    She's ordinary-looking, an airhead,
    popular, and sharp-tongued?!
[09:15] All
    Swoon! Swoon!
[09:17] Megu
    Okay, let's do the best we can.
[09:20] All
    Yes!
[09:21] Sumi
    I'm so confused,
[09:23] ---
    but there's a lot more to female
    karuta players than meets the eye.
[09:29] Desk
    Groups E and F are in the
    hall by the main office.
[09:32] Desk
    The team that we must watch carefully...
[09:42] Desk
    The team we must watch...
[09:45] Desk
    is last year's champion,
    Fujisaki High School.
[09:49] Desk
    They've won the championship 13 times.
[09:52] Desk
    With over 50 members and a long tradition,
[09:54] ---
    they're the greatest
    obstacle in our path.
[09:57] Desk
    I have to collect as
    much data as I can.
[10:03] Desk
    The first match for group
    B is about to start.
[10:06] Desk
    Will they be okay?
SIGN    Mizusawa
    High
SIGN    Chiba
    International
    High School
    of Information
    Sciences
[10:09] Desk
    Their first opponent,
[10:11] ---
    Chiba International High School of
    Information Sciences, is new to karuta,
[10:15] Desk
    so I couldn't find any data.
[10:18] Desk
    Karuta's never been big in Chiba,
[10:22] Desk
    so it should be easy for them to win.
[10:28] Tsu
    Wh-What should I do?!
[10:30] Tsu
    I've never been so close
    to a foreigner before!
[10:33] Tsu
    What should I do?
[10:35] Pork
    Are we really playing
    against these guys?!
[10:36] Pork
    Can they play karuta?!
[10:38] Pork
    Can they understand Japanese?!
[10:40] Kana
    The foreigners are wearing hakama,
[10:42] Kana
    while we're wearing T-shirts...
[10:44] Kana
    I'm so ashamed!
[10:47] Tai
    What do I do?
[10:48] Tai
    Everyone's thrown off...
[10:50] Tai
    But...
[10:53] Tai
    The biggest question
    is why you're crying!
[10:57] Matt
    It's impressive that there are
     so many people playing karuta.
[11:01] Pak
    No one wears hakama except us,
[11:05] Pak
    but it's lucky to be notable.
[11:07] Anth
    Without hakama, we are the most noticeable.
[11:10] Rach
    That's right!
[11:11] Napa
    Let's make a bet the most card!
[11:14] Chi
    Karuta has become a global
    game like poker and Othello!
[11:22] Tai
    Ignoring Chihaya for now,
    I need to calm the others down.
[11:27] Tai
    Forgive me,
[11:29] Tai
    but your pronunciation is not correct...
[11:32] Tai
    Maybe you can more easily speak
    Japanese than English, can't you?
[11:37] Matt
    I'm so embarrassed now!
[11:39] Matt
    They caught us!
[11:40] Pak
    Who said that we could put pressure
    on them by acting like foreigners?!
[11:43] Pak
    I barely know middle school English!
[11:45] Anth
    It's not my fault!
[11:47] Anth
    I've never left Japan before!
[11:48] Pak
    Was it you?!
[11:49] Rach
    Just so we're clear,
    my English is better than yours!
[11:53] Pak
    Listen to yourself!
[11:55] Pak
    You've never left Chiba before!
[11:56] Rach
    I study hard!
[11:57] Matt
    I study hard, too!
[11:59] Anth
    But your intonation is totally wrong!
[12:00] N
    Quiet down!
[12:02] N
    Please place your cards!
[12:06] Anth
    We grew up in Japan
[12:08] Anth
    and fell in love with karuta.
[12:12] Anth
    Please...
[12:14] All
    Let's have a good match.
[12:26] N
    Two more minutes of memorization time!
[12:31] A
    The media is here?
[12:33] B
    Yes, it's from a local station in Chiba.
[12:36] A
    Ah, The Chiba International High
    School of Information Sciences.
[12:39] A
    They're attracting a lot of attention,
[12:41] A
    since we have foreign high school
    students wearing hakama.
[12:43] C
    Hopefully, it'll be good publicity
    for the tournament.
[12:47] D
    Man, why is their first match
    against a Tokyo school?
[12:51] D
    Those guys are probably strong.
[12:52] D
    The hosts should have put
    more thought into the brackets.
[12:55] D
    I wanted to do a feature like,
    "The blond samurai
[12:57] ---
    forges ahead with karuta!"
SIGN    Finish them
[13:05] Kana
    It's really bugging me...
[13:07] Kana
    It's really bugging me that she's
    wearing her kimono backwards...
[13:12] Chi
    His card placement
[13:14] ---
    is exactly like what I used
    when I first started!
[13:19] Chi
    The cards are lined up in alphabetical
    order by unique syllable!
[13:22] Tai
    My opponent's even better!
[13:25] Tai
    They're lined up in alphabetical
    order by second verse!
[13:27] Tai
    It's so unusual, it's actually
    hard to memorize!
[13:29] N
    Time's up!
[13:33] All
    Thank you for the game.
[13:35] All
    Thank you for the game.
[13:38] [POEM] N
    Naniwa Bay, now the flower
    blooms, but for winter
[13:47] [POEM] N
    Here comes spring,
    now the flower blooms
[13:56] [POEM] N
    Here comes spring,
     now the flower blooms
[14:04] [POEM] N
    Like the sound...
[14:06] Matt
    Yes! I got it!
[14:08] Tsu
    He's big... I-I'm scared...
[14:11] Tsu
    There weren't any black
    people in Hokkaido...
SIGN    He's lying
[14:14] Tsu
    I can't beat him...
[14:19] Pork
    Is he from Vietnam? Thailand? Laos?
[14:23] Pork
    In any case,
[14:25] ---
    his card placement is very methodical.
SIGN    Hundred Poets Competitive Karuta
[14:34] Pork
    Guys, just do what we always do.
[14:38] Pork
    They're just a bunch of karuta lovers.
[14:45] Tsu
    That's impossible!
[14:46] Tsu
    Karuta's difficult and complicated!
[14:50] Tsu
    How could foreigners ever love karuta?!
[14:52] Tsu
    I mean, Japanese people
    don't like it, either...
[15:00] (Flashback) Anth
    We grew up in Japan
[15:02] (Flashback) Anth
    and fell in love with karuta.
[15:05] Chi
    Fell in love...
[15:06] [POEM] N
    the thistle and brush are
    blown by the autumn wind
[15:15] [POEM] N
    Though I prayed...
[15:20] Anth
    She's fast... Really fast.
[15:24] Anth
    So fast that it's scary...
[15:26] Anth
    This is competitive karuta.
[15:30] Anth
    At first, I was willing
    to try anything.
[15:33] Anth
    Tea ceremony, Asian calligraphy,
    flower arrangement...
[15:38] Anth
    Since my physical appearance
    was that of a foreigner,
[15:42] Anth
    I thought I might be able to make
[15:43] ---
    friends if I did something
    really Japanese.
[15:47] Anth
    I first encountered
    karuta in high school.
[15:50] (Flashback) Anth
    You memorize a hundred cards and
    try to take them from each other?
[15:53] (Flashback) Anth
    That sounds so intellectual! So fun!
[15:58] Anth
    But as I became more engrossed
    in competitive karuta...
[16:01] (Flashback) A
    Eh, not interested.
[16:03] (Flashback) B
    No, thanks.
[16:04] (Flashback) C
    He's just a foreigner.
[16:06] Anth
    My Japanese friends grew distant.
[16:14] Anth
    It's okay...
[16:16] Anth
    I know that everyone
    thinks we're strange,
[16:21] Anth
    but it's okay!
[16:24] [POEM] N
    I never asked to be treated colder
    than the winds of Mount Hatsuse
[16:33] [POEM] N
    Swift waters parted by the jagged rocks
[16:35] Rach
    Yes! I got the card!
[16:37] Rach
    This is my favorite poem!
[16:41] Kana
    I'm also a fan of this poem.
[16:42] Rach
    No way!
[16:43] Rach
    I also like this one,
    this one, and this one!
[16:46] Kana
    "Feel love deepen," "The storm will soon,"
     "The hazed field of"...
[16:50] Kana
    They're all love poems.
[16:51] Rach
    You're not taking them from me!
[16:53] [POEM] N
    are joined at river's end
[17:03] [POEM] N
    My own sleeves are like...
[17:16] [POEM] N
    None are left...
[17:17] [POEM] N
    All alone, I step...
[17:19] Pork
    He's got good sense.
[17:21] Pork
    So there are people with good
    karuta sense who aren't Japanese.
[17:27] Pork
    But then there are cards where
    he doesn't move an inch.
[17:30] Pork
    He's a simple player who only
    takes the cards he recognizes.
[17:34] Pork
    His hearing is superb.
[17:37] Pork
    If he learned more about how
    to send and place cards...
[17:41] Pork
    They're free.
[17:44] Pork
    They're showing us how our playing
    style is dictated by competitive karuta.
[17:48] Pork
    They don't adhere to certain
    theories when placing cards.
[17:50] Pork
    They pay extra attention
    to the poems they like.
[17:53] Pork
    They use whatever form they want.
[17:55] Pork
    They're all playing Hundred
    Poets in their own way.
[18:03] Chi
    One card...
[18:06] Chi
    One card at a time, Mizusawa!
[18:08] All
    Yeah!
[18:15] D
    Don't get too excited.
[18:17] D
    Let the Chiba kids have their glory.
[18:20] [POEM] N
    After many, many years...
[18:26] [POEM] N
    A house left to the weeds...
[18:31] D
    Amazing...
[18:32] A
    #36!
[18:34] B
    One moment please!
[18:34] D
    This is beautiful...
[18:35] C
    #17 is over here!
[18:38] D
    They're moving so fast,
[18:40] D
    yet they're moving in unison...
[18:45] Chi
    This is our love for karuta.
[18:50] Chi
    This is the product
[18:53] ---
    of the hard work we put in
[18:56] ---
    every day!
[19:11] Anth
    The best karuta is beautiful to watch.
[19:20] D
    Unfortunately for the Chiba International
    School of Information Sciences,
[19:25] ---
    this tournament ended with the first match...
[19:29] D
    Any comments?
[19:33] D
    U-Uh, any comments?
[19:37] Anth
    I suppose...
[19:39] Anth
    We were put in our place.
SIGN    Er, that's what you want to say?
[19:41] A
    What are you doing?
[19:44] A
    Wait, don't erase that!
[19:45] Tsu
    Sorry, we'll fix it once we're done!
[19:47] A
    Stop!
[20:01] Anth
    Karuta is fun,
[20:03] Anth
    but competitive karuta is amazing.
[20:07] Anth
    We were shown how a good team
    can play competitive karuta.
[20:13] Anth
    We'll do our best to promote karuta
    at our school, improve ourselves,
[20:17] Anth
    and return a better team next year.
[20:35] A
    Bye, Arata.
[20:37] A
    Let me know when you're done
    watching your friends play.
[20:40] Ara
    Thanks, Uncle Motoki!
[20:45] Ara
    I'm a little late.
[20:46] Ara
    Is their first match over?
[20:49] (Flashback) Chi
    Are you going to come tomorrow, Arata?
[20:52] (Flashback) Chi
    What? Just the individual
    tournament in two days?!
[20:55] Ara
    I was lying.
[20:58] Ara
    After I pay my respects, I'll
    go watch Chihaya and Taichi.