E9 - But I Cannot Hide

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SIGN    Ms. Miyauchi,
    We have 5 Karuta Club Members!! (Introductions)
    President 1-2 Ayase Chihaya (I'm going to become a Queen!)
    Vice President 1-1 Mashima Taichi (Class B jack of all trades.)
    Secretary 1-2 Komachi Tsutomu (A very smart rookie.)
    Equipment Manager 1-8 Nishida Yusei (The roundest player in Class B.)
    Treasurer 1-6 Oe Kanade (A very reliable fan of classical poetry.)
     Thank you very much!
[00:06] Miya
    You have five members, so you want me
[00:07] ---
    to officially sanction the Karuta Club.
[00:11] Chihaya
    Yes! Please!
[00:14] Miya
    Hmm...
[00:25] Miya
    Very well.
[00:26] Chihaya
    Yay!
[00:28] Miya
    However, change the president
    to someone other than Ayase-san.
[00:32] Chihaya
    Huh?!
[00:33] Miya
    I'll serve as the advisor for now.
[00:35] Miya
    Okay, dismissed.
[00:39] Chihaya
    Why can't I be the club president?
SIGN    Well, I think she made a wise decision.
[00:44] Kanade
    Speaking of which,
    who should be the club president?
[00:47] Nishida
    Let Mashima do it.
[00:49] Taichi
    Huh? Me?
[00:50] Kanade
    That makes sense.
SIGN    I'm okay with it.
[00:54] Taichi
    Then that makes Chihaya...
[00:55] Chihaya
    Okay! I'll be the captain!
[00:59] All
    Captain?
SIGN    Chihaya Furu
SIGN    Treasurer Notes
[02:13] Kanade
    Our budget is 3,000 yen?
[02:15] Kanade
    There won't be anything
    left after we buy cards.
[02:22] Taichi
    Any suggestions about
    how we should practice?
[02:26] Nishida
    Mashima and I can take
    turns playing with Ayase.
[02:30] Nishida
    The person who isn't playing
[02:32] ---
    can teach Kana-chan and Desktomu-kun.
SIGN    My name is Tsutomu, Porky.
[02:37] Nishida
    Desktomu.
SIGN    Porky.
[02:39] Nishida
    Desktomu.
SIGN    Porky.
[02:40] Taichi
    That should be fine.
[02:42] Taichi
    Chihaya is Class A,
     so she'll be on a different regimen.
[02:46] Kanade
    Um, is Class A really so special?
[02:50] Taichi
    It certainly is.
[02:52] Taichi
    Players start in Class E.
[02:54] Taichi
    You have to win tournaments
    and work your way up.
[02:57] Taichi
    By the way, Nishida and I are Class B.
[02:59] Nishida
    It depends on which society you belong to,
[03:02] Nishida
    but to reach Class A,
     you need to place
[03:05] ---
    first or second in two tournaments.
[03:07] Kanade
    Oh? Really?
[03:10] Chihaya
    Okay!
[03:11] Chihaya
    Today, I get Kana-chan and Desktomu-kun!
[03:16] Taichi
    You want to play against Komano and Oe-san?
[03:19] Chihaya
    Yep!
[03:20] Taichi
    Are you crazy?
[03:21] Taichi
    Beginners aren't going to learn anything
    by playing someone in class A!
[03:25] Chihaya
    But we're gonna play!
[03:26] Kanade
    Huh?
[03:26] Taichi
    It won't be any fun for them!
[03:28] Chihaya
    But we're gonna play!
[03:29] Taichi
    There's no point!
[03:31] Chihaya
    Does the president or the
    captain have more say?!
[03:34] All
    Uh, good question...
SIGN    Verse 9
SIGN    But I
     Cannot
     Hide
[03:39] [POEM] Taichi
    Here comes spring,
    now the flower blooms
[03:49] [POEM] Taichi
    Here comes spring,
    now the flower blooms
[03:57] [POEM] Taichi
    While some dodge the famous waves...
[04:00] [POEM] Taichi
    Like the sound of...
SIGN    She's fast!
[04:03] Nishida
    Wait, she's not gonna go easy on her?
[04:05] [POEM] Taichi
    the thistle and brush are
    blown by the autumn wind
[04:12] [POEM] Taichi
    All alone, I step...
[04:25] Kanade
    Chihaya-chan, this won't work.
[04:29] Kanade
    The gap between us is too big.
[04:34] Chihaya
    Kana-chan.
[04:36] Chihaya
    When I played karuta for
    the very first time,
[04:39] Chihaya
    my opponent was someone who
    was incredibly strong.
[04:43] Chihaya
    If he had gone easy on me,
[04:46] Chihaya
    I wouldn't love karuta the way I do now.
[04:51] Chihaya
    So, I'm not going to go easy on you.
[04:53] Chihaya
    I'm going to try my hardest,
[04:55] Chihaya
    because I need you guys to become stronger.
[04:58] Chihaya
    This summer,
     the five of us will
[05:00] ---
    participate as a team in
    the national tournament!
[05:09] Nishida
    Omi Jingu?
SIGN    What's that?
[05:14] Nishida
    Every July, there's a tournament
    at the Omi Jingu shrine
[05:17] ---
    in the Shiga Prefecture
[05:19] ---
    to determine the best high
    school karuta players in Japan.
[05:22] Nishida
    It's considered the Koshien of karuta.
[05:25] Chihaya
    First, we need to win the Tokyo regionals!
[05:27] Chihaya
    After that, we'll be in
    the national tournament!
SIGN    Win... National tournament...
[05:33] Kanade
    Um, how many schools will be
    participating in the Tokyo regionals?
[05:38] Chihaya
    A whole bunch.
[05:39] Chihaya
    Tokyo is a competitive region!
SIGN    W-We can't make nationals.
SIGN    We just started playing.
[05:48] Chihaya
    It'll be fine!
[05:50] Chihaya
    I'm going to play real matches
[05:51] ---
    against Desktomu-kun and Kana-chan every day!
[05:54] Chihaya
    You better get ready!
[06:00] Taichi
    Are you sure about this, Chihaya?
[06:02] Chihaya
    Huh? What do you mean?
[06:04] Taichi
    The tournament.
[06:06] Taichi
    If you're playing Komano
    and Oe-san every day,
[06:09] Taichi
    you won't have any time
    for serious practice.
[06:10] Chihaya
    Oh, that.
[06:12] Chihaya
    I'll be fine in that department.
[06:14] Taichi
    How will you be fine?
[06:16] Taichi
    Don't you want to win the
    individual tournament?
[06:19] Chihaya
    Yeah.
[06:20] Taichi
    Don't worry about the club.
[06:21] Taichi
    You should be practicing
    at the Shiranami Society.
[06:24] Taichi
    Nishida and I will take
    care of the two rookies.
[06:29] Chihaya
    Taichi.
[06:31] Taichi
    Huh?
[06:32] Chihaya
    Do you remember when
     the two of us and Arata
SIGN    Team Chihaya Furu
[06:41] ---
    played in a team match for the first time?
[06:49] Taichi
    I get it.
[06:56] Taichi
    Positioning is key.
SIGN    Positioning?
[06:59] Taichi
    Yes, when you're placing the
    cards on your side of the field.
[07:03] Nishida
    It's impossible to memorize the position
[07:05] ---
    of every card perfectly every match, right?
SIGN    If my name were sullied by such a brief tryst
[07:07] Kanade
    I already came up with a
    method for placing cards.
[07:10] Kanade
    I'll put my favorite cards
    to the lower right.
[07:14] Taichi
    But, while putting the "So spring ends" and
[07:18] ---
    "So spring nights" cards together
    makes it easier for you,
[07:21] Taichi
    you're also making it
    easier for your opponent.
[07:24] Taichi
    Oh, I'm not saying that this is a bad thing.
[07:26] Taichi
    It's fine if you have faster
    reflexes than your opponent.
[07:30] Taichi
    The idea is to keep practicing
    until you've learned
[07:34] ---
    the positions that are easiest.
[07:39] Chihaya
    The most important thing is experience!
[07:40] Chihaya
    Let's play a match!
SIGN    Wait.
[07:42] Chihaya
    Huh?
SIGN    I'm left-handed, so I should place my favorite cards to my left?
SIGN    Isn't that too simple?
SIGN    Are there any theories about how to position the long shot cards?
SIGN    There are sixteen cards which begin with "The"...
[07:54] Kanade
    Please teach me more
    about how to place my cards well!
[07:58] Kanade
    I don't want to lose to
    someone who joined after me!
[08:03] [POEM] Nishida
    be as dear now,
    those were the good old days
[08:11] [POEM] Nishida
    So the flower petals are...
[08:14] [POEM] Nishida
    Since the dew atop...
[08:17] [POEM] Nishida
    After many, many years...
[08:20] [POEM] Nishida
    My own home is...
[08:23] [POEM] Nishida
    I hear the beating of cloth...
SIGN    Huh? A dead card?
SIGN    Sorry...
[08:31] Chihaya
    You don't need to apologize.
[08:33] Chihaya
    Failure is part of the experience!
[08:37] [POEM] Nishida
    While it brings me no joy...
[08:42] Kanade
    I-I took a card...
SIGN    and I have yet to visit Amanohashidate or read my mother's letters
[08:46] Kanade
    My first card.
[08:49] Chihaya
    That was great, Kana-chan!
[08:50] Nishida
    Nice job!
[08:51] Kanade
    I'm so happy!
[08:53] Kanade
    I promised myself that
    I would take this card today!
[08:59] Nishida
    That's great!
[09:02] Chihaya
    Arata, I have people to play with now.
[09:07] Chihaya
    I'm not alone.
[09:10] Chihaya
    I'm helping to pass on
    what you passed to me.
[09:19] Miya
    The school is already closed!
[09:21] Miya
    Go home already!
[09:24] Nishida
    Man, we don't have enough time to practice.
SIGN    There's only enough time for two matches after classes end?
[09:30] Kanade
    I need more time!
[09:32] Nishida
    You won't be able to
    build up any stamina, either.
[09:34] Nishida
    In tournaments, you sometimes have
    to play at least four matches in one day.
[09:39] Chihaya
    The Shiranami Society
     held a two-day camp
[09:40] ---
    at Lake Kawaguchi over the summer.
[09:44] Chihaya
    That was to help us build stamina.
[09:48] All
    Camp?
[09:51] Chihaya
    Yes, a camp.
SIGN    I like the sound of that!
SIGN    Let's hold one!
[09:55] Kanade
    We have a long weekend coming
    up because of Founder's Day!
[09:58] Nishida
    That's great!
[09:59] Chihaya
    But where do we go?
SIGN    We need a place where we can stay overnight and play karuta.
[10:06] Nishida
    There are only three weeks until the tournament.
[10:08] Nishida
    It makes more sense to just practice
[10:09] ---
    instead of wasting time looking
    for a good place for a camp.
[10:12] Taichi
    We can try to use lunch and nights
    to make up the difference.
[10:17] Chihaya
    That's true.
[10:18] Chihaya
    I can't think of a place nearby where
    everybody could stay overnight.
[10:24] Chihaya
    Oh!
[10:26] Taichi
    Hmm?
[10:30] Chihaya
    It was a stroke of luck that Taichi's
    parents are in Kobe for a wedding.
[10:35] Chihaya
    With Founder's Day,
     we can play karuta all weekend!
[10:40] Taichi
    There's an empty room and extra futons,
[10:43] Taichi
    but are you seriously going
    to spend the night here?
[10:46] Chihaya
    Of course. I'm the captain.
[10:51] Chihaya
    That's right!
[10:52] Chihaya
    Show me your room
     before everyone gets here!
[10:55] Taichi
    Huh?
[10:56] Chihaya
    We used to play games there.
[10:59] Chihaya
    Do you have a new big TV or something?
[11:02] Chihaya
    Let me see!
[11:05] Taichi
    Now look here...
[11:10] Taichi
    You shouldn't be running
    to a guy's room like that.
[11:14] Taichi
    I'm not gonna let you in.
[11:37] Nishida
    Mashima...
[11:39] Nishida
    For the first time in my life,
     I feel like we live in a class society.
[11:43] Taichi
    What are you talking about?
[11:45] Taichi
    Anyway, did you buy it?
[11:48] Nishida
    You bet.
[11:51] Kanade
    I'm really excited about this camp.
[11:54] Nishida
    What are we having for dinner?
SIGN    How about a test of courage?
[11:57] Nishida
    I like the sound of that!
[11:58] Nishida
    Is there a graveyard nearby?
SIGN    These are all Mashima's?
[12:04] Chihaya
    Yep!
[12:05] Kanade
    Eiken Grade Pre-1, violin,
    horse riding, skiing...
[12:10] Kanade
    That's amazing.
[12:12] Taichi
    Oh, my parents made me
    take all kinds of lessons.
[12:16] Taichi
    Man, why did Chihaya have
    to show them those?
[12:20] Nishida
    Oh, is this your mom?
[12:22] Kanade
    She's beautiful.
[12:24] Chihaya
    Uh-huh, but I don't really
    like Taichi's mom.
[12:29] Kanade
    Huh?
[12:30] Chihaya
    She gets mad when he doesn't win.
[12:32] Chihaya
    I called her "Mrs. Pressure."
[12:38] Taichi
    Aren't you here to practice?!
[12:43] Chihaya
    I have an announcement to make.
[12:45] Chihaya
    The goal of the first Mizusawa High
    School Karuta Club camp is...
[12:50] Chihaya
    to play 15 matches today and tomorrow!
[12:54] Nishida
    F-Fifteen?!
SIGN    Match Schedule (Day One) Reader: Taichi Desktomu-kun vs Kana-chan Chihaya vs Porky Reader: Porky Desktomu-kun vs Chihaya Taichi vs Kana-chan Reader: Chihaya Desktomu-kun vs Taichi Porky vs Kana-chan Reader: Taichi Desktomu-kun vs Porky Kana-chan vs Chihaya Reader: Porky Chihaya vs Taichi Desktomu-kun vs Kana-chan Reader: Chihaya Desktomu-kun vs Porky Kana-chan vs Taichi
[12:55] Chihaya
    I made a schedule!
[12:58] Kanade
    Ch-Chihaya-chan, um...
[13:00] Kanade
    Desktomu-kun and I don't get any breaks...
[13:03] Chihaya
    Yup. The most important thing
    right now is to play matches.
[13:07] Chihaya
    Stay focused in every match!
[13:11] Chihaya
    Kana-chan, your swing is too big!
[13:15] Chihaya
    You aren't using the form I taught you!
[13:18] Chihaya
    Desktomu-kun, you should use
    a thrust for that card!
[13:20] Chihaya
    Stay focused!
[13:23] Chihaya
    I want you to become better!
[13:26] Chihaya
    I want to help you win!
[13:30] Chihaya
    I want you to win!
SIGN    Match Schedule (Day One)
    Reader: Taichi Desktomu-kun vs Kana-chan Chihaya vs Porky
    Reader: Porky Desktomu-kun vs Chihaya Taichi vs Kana-chan
    Reader: Chihaya Desktomu-kun vs Taichi Porky vs Kana-chan
    Reader: Taichi Desktomu-kun vs Porky Kana-chan vs Chihaya
    Reader: Porky Chihaya vs Taichi Desktomu-kun vs Kana-chan
    Reader: Chihaya Desktomu-kun vs Porky Kana-chan vs Taichi
[13:33] Chihaya
    For now, we have to practice!
[13:42] Chihaya
    Um, next is Desktomu-kun vs
    Porky and Kana-chan vs...
[13:46] Taichi
    Chihaya.
[13:47] Chihaya
    Huh?
[13:48] Taichi
    Let's call it a day.
[13:49] Chihaya
    Why? We've only played five matches!
[13:53] Taichi
    Look.
[13:56] [POEM] Kanade
    May I live to see the day when
[14:04] [POEM] Kanade
    I long for the agony I feel now
[14:11] Taichi
    They're both spent.
[14:13] Chihaya
    But it'll be just as hard in a tournament.
[14:17] Chihaya
    That's why we have to keep practicing!
[14:18] Taichi
    Chihaya!
[14:19] Taichi
    Do you want to break people
    who are trying their best?
[14:25] Taichi
    That's enough for today.
[14:35] Nishida
    That hit the spot!
[14:37] Nishida
    I'm so glad that Mashima is the president!
[14:44] Nishida
    Huh? You guys aren't eating?
SIGN    I have no appetite.
[14:50] Kanade
    Same here.
[14:52] Kanade
    Although, we have to eat
    something or we won't last!
[14:57] Kanade
    Desktomu-kun!
[14:59] Kanade
    Let's do our best to eat something!
[15:01] Kanade
    We have to practice more tomorrow!
[15:04] Kanade
    Desktomu-kun!
[15:08] Chihaya
    Kana-chan, we have to escape!
[15:09] Kanade
    Huh?
[15:10] Chihaya
    Just hide!
[15:17] Taichi
    M-M—
[15:19] Taichi
    Mom?
[15:20] Mom
    Oh, Taichi. You're having friends over?
[15:23] Taichi
    I thought you were staying overnight!
[15:26] Mom
    Rika suddenly said that
    she wanted to go home.
[15:29] Rika
    No point in me staying if
    we weren't going to USJ!
[15:33] Mom
    Rika is so fickle.
[15:34] Chihaya
    Whew, that was close...
[15:36] Chihaya
    Let's grab our shoes and go to my house.
[15:39] Chihaya
    Mrs. Pressure would never
    let girls stay overnight.
[15:45] Chihaya
    Kana-chan?
[16:07] Taichi
    Do you want to break people
    who are trying their best?
[16:15] Chihaya
    Now that I think about it,
    people always used to tell me...
[16:19] Chihaya
    that I was blind to
    everything but karuta.
[16:26] Chihaya
    I'm no good.
[16:31] Chihaya
    No good at all.
[16:35] Chihaya
    Huh?
[16:38] Chihaya
    Wh-What?!
[16:42] Kanade
    Come with me, Chihaya-chan!
[16:43] Kanade
    Huh?
[16:44] Kanade
    Hurry!
[16:46] Chihaya
    W-Wait, Kana-chan?!
[16:51] Chihaya
    What is it, Kana-chan?!
[16:53] Chihaya
    Where are we going in the
    middle of the night?!
[16:57] Chihaya
    Hey, Kana-chan!
[17:01] Chihaya
    Wait, how far are we going?!
[17:03] Nishida
    Hey!
[17:05] All
    Hey, over here!
[17:09] Chihaya
    Taichi? And everyone else!
[17:14] Nishida
    Sorry about calling you out here so late,
[17:18] Nishida
    but we had something to tell you, Captain.
[17:24] Chihaya
    Wait! Let me go first!
[17:27] Chihaya
    Sorry about today!
[17:28] Nishida
    Huh?
[17:31] Chihaya
    I needed to pay more attention.
[17:34] Chihaya
    Everyone was trying their best,
    but I kept pushing you too hard.
[17:39] Chihaya
    I'm really sorry!
[17:44] Nishida
    I don't see any problem
    with what you were doing.
[17:48] Chihaya
    Huh?
[17:49] Nishida
    You just happen to be a pushy person.
[17:52] Nishida
    Doesn't hurt to have one of those around.
[17:56] Chihaya
    Porky...
[17:57] Kanade
    That's right!
[17:59] Kanade
    We have to work hard because
    you're so earnest about karuta!
[18:05] Chihaya
    Kana-chan...
SIGN    I feel the same way!
SIGN    I still have much to learn,
SIGN    but I have a feeling that I'll grow to love karuta.
[18:14] Chihaya
    Desktomu-kun...
[18:18] Chihaya
    Anyway...
SIGN    Chihaya
[18:25] All
    Happy birthday!
[18:31] Nishida
    Now eat this quick,
[18:32] Nishida
    before Mashima's mom finishes her bath!
[18:35] Taichi
    Crap! I forgot to bring a knife!
SIGN    Oh, these are spoons!
[18:39] Nishida
    Man, just eat it whole!
[18:41] Kanade
    That's bad manners!
[18:42] Nishida
    Oh, this is mine!
[18:44] Taichi
    Oh! Chihaya, here's the nameplate!
SIGN    Hurry up!
[18:47] Nishida
    Delicious! What's this yellow stuff?!
SIGN    That's mine!
[18:51] Kanade
    Hurry and eat, Chihaya-chan.
[19:04] Taichi
    Chihaya, as long as you
    have a smile on your face,
[19:07] ---
    karuta will always be fun.
[19:10] Taichi
    That's the truth, Captain.
[19:19] Chihaya
    I really like the tart crust.
[19:21] Chihaya
    Can I peel off the edge?
[19:24] Kanade
    Sure.
[19:25] Both
    What?!
[19:26] Kanade
    It's her birthday,
    so she can do what she wants!
[19:29] Chihaya
    Yay! I'll help myself then!
[19:34] Chihaya
    It's so good!
[19:36] Nishida
    Anyway, Mashima's mom is a little scary.
[19:39] Nishida
    Somebody should go lock her in the bathroom.
SIGN    Not me.
[19:43] Chihaya
    Not me.
[19:44] Kanade
    Me either.
[19:53] Taichi
    From an unknown number?
[20:07] Chihaya
    Taichi!
[20:11] Chihaya
    I'll give you the last bit of crust!
[20:13] Chihaya
    Just kidding! It's all mine!
[20:22] Nishida
    Seriously, Mashima's mom really scared me.
[20:37] Taichi
    There was a message.
[20:40] Chihaya
    Huh?
[20:41] Chihaya
    Ow!
[20:45] Kanade
    Oh, a shooting star!
SIGN    Huh?
[20:48] Nishida
    Where?!
[20:49] Kanade
    I've never seen one before!
[20:57] [Messenger] [SIGN]
    Taichi, sorry about before.
    Tell Chihaya happy birthday for me.
    Wataya Arata
[20:58] Chihaya
    Sweet sixteen...
[21:04] [Messenger] [SIGN]
    Wataya Arata
[21:11] Chihaya
    Today is the best birthday ever!
[21:17] Kanade
    Oh, look! Another one!
SIGN    What?!
[21:19] Nishida
    Where is it?!
[21:21] Kanade
    Oh, it was so pretty.
SIGN    I missed it again!