# 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.*