9 - The Beauty of Flowers, Bird Steps, and Moon

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SIGN    Silver General
[00:13] Piyo
    You play shogi, too?
[00:15] Takeru
    Sort of. Just for fun, though.
[00:21] Piyo
    Tsume shogi?
[00:26] [SONG] Text
    Bishop
[00:31] Nya
    Mornin'!
[00:33] Nya
    What're you playing this boring game for?
[00:36] Takeru
    Shogi is not boring.
[00:38] Piyo
    It's no game, either.
[00:40] Nya
    I'm... sorry.
[01:02] [SONG] Title
    ETOTAMA
SIGN    Episode 9: The Beauty of Flowers, 
    Bird Steps, and Moon
[02:27] Piyo
    I told you, I won't let a stupid cat like you
[02:30] Piyo
    have your way all the time, stupid cat!
[02:31] Nya
    Don't call me stupid!
[02:33] Piyo
    What's wrong with calling
    a stupid cat "stupid"?
[02:35] Piyo
    Just get out of here!
[02:36] Nya
    I won't! I'm going to join the—
[02:38] Piyo
    The zodiac doesn't need a stupid cat!
[02:40] Piyo
    You'll never be part of it!
[02:42] Nya
    The ETM12 rules say if I get
[02:44] Nya
    all twelve of your Sol/Lull Seals, I can!
[02:47] Piyo
    Oh? Then how many do you have now?
[02:50] Nya
    Mo-tan, Usa-tan, Mei-tan, Shima-tan,
[02:53] Nya
    Key, Inu, Shar-tan, and Uma-tan!
[02:56] Piyo
    You're still missing four.
[02:58] Nya
    It'll be fine!
[02:59] Piyo
    You think you can beat Chu-tan?
[03:01] Piyo
    The strongest of the Eto-shin?
[03:03] Piyo
    How? Do you have a plan?
[03:05] Piyo
    Do you have the confidence?
    Do you have any basis to back that up?
[03:09] Nya
    T-Takeru...
[03:12] Takeru
    Look how dirty it is now...
[03:15] Nya
    Um... Takeru-han?
[03:19] Piyo
    Chu-tan aside, you'll never defeat me.
[03:24] Nya
    I can beat you! Choose your method
    of battle right now, Piyo-tan!
[03:28] Piyo
    Shogi.
[03:29] Nya
    Okay! Let's get the Sol/Lull Seal battle—
[03:31] Takeru
    Don't underestimate shogi.
[03:34] Takeru
    Shogi is the universe.
[03:39] Nya
    Uh...
[03:40] Nya
    Okay, anyway, the Sol/Lull Seal battle—
[03:43] Takeru
    I'm saying...
[03:44] Takeru
    Wait, Nya-tan.
[03:47] Nya
    Why?
[03:49] Takeru
    You don't know anything about shogi yet.
[03:52] Takeru
    You should first play a casual game
[03:55] Takeru
    with Piyo-tan, unbound by rules.
SIGN    King
[04:01] Nya
    I just put these pieces
    of wood on the board?
[04:10] Piyo
    Now, let us begin, Nya-tan-san.
[04:13] Nya
    Huh?! Who are you now?!
SIGN    Eto Rank Master Piyo
[04:17] Piyo
    Eto rank: Master Piyo.
[04:18] Nya
    Who's that?!
[04:20] Takeru
    The game between Master Piyo and
[04:23] Takeru
    Nya-tan will now begin.
[04:25] Piyo
    Wait a moment. The handicap...
[04:28] Takeru
    You're right. She'll need a handicap.
[04:32] [SONG] Text
    Pawn
[04:33] [SONG] Text
    Naked King
[04:33] Takeru
    Naked king and three pawns.
SIGN    Three Pawns
[04:35] Piyo
    Let us play.
[04:37] Nya
    We'll play, all right!
SIGN    King
[04:39] [SONG] Text
    Promoted Pawn
[04:39] Piyo
    Check.
[04:40] Takeru
    Nya-tan has lost this game.
[04:43] Nya
    What?
[04:44] Nya
    Why? How did I lose?
[04:47] Takeru
    When your king is cornered, you lose.
[04:50] Piyo
    This is not worth my time.
[04:52] Piyo
    You can never defeat me with
    that childish mentality.
[04:56] Nya
    Don't lecture me like some bigshot
    over a dumb game like shogi!
[05:01] Takeru
    Nya-tan, shogi is not a "dumb game."
[05:04] Takeru
    Shogi is the universe.
[05:06] Nya
    Sorry, Takeru, you keep saying that,
[05:09] Nya
    but I have no idea what it means.
[05:11] Piyo
    Indeed...
[05:12] Piyo
    Shogi is the universe.
[05:15] Takeru
    Shogi is numbers, flow, and logic.
[05:19] Takeru
    Within that framework,
    energy streams outward,
[05:23] Takeru
    never breaking, always upholding the rules.
[05:26] Takeru
    Just like the universe,
[05:27] Takeru
    still expanding infinitely even now.
[05:32] Piyo
    Shogi is body, mind, and existence itself.
[05:36] Piyo
    It is all living things in
    this world materialized.
[05:40] Piyo
    It is born and grows within us,
[05:43] Piyo
    sometimes changing as we
    battle with ourselves.
[05:46] Piyo
    It is eternal.
[05:48] Piyo
    It only makes sense to liken such a thing to
[05:51] Piyo
    the universe that gave our
    world its beginning.
[05:53] Nya
    Um, um...
[05:55] Nya
    Okay, just take three steps
    and forget everythi—
[05:58] Takeru
    You can't pretend it never happened
[06:00] Takeru
    just because it's turned into a pain.
[06:03] Nya
    I'll make you see that no matter
    what cool things you say,
[06:05] Nya
    you'll forget it instantly anyway!
[06:08] Piyo
    I know that!
[06:10] Piyo
    Once I take three steps, I forget.
[06:13] Piyo
    I forget almost everything.
[06:15] Piyo
    But as is the nature of the rooster clan,
[06:17] Piyo
    only negative emotions remain in me forever,
[06:20] Piyo
    piling higher and higher.
SIGN    King
[06:22] [SONG] Text
    Promoted Pawn
[06:22] Piyo
    When I was about to be engulfed
    by those negative emotions,
[06:25] Piyo
    only shogi could save me.
[06:27] Piyo
    While playing shogi, I can become empty.
[06:30] Piyo
    By playing shogi, I can be myself.
[06:34] Takeru
    I understand how you feel.
[06:36] Nya
    Seriously?!
SIGN    point
[06:41] Nya
    Play me one more time!
[06:43] Piyo
    I refuse.
[06:45] Piyo
    As you are now, you can
    only play useless shogi.
[06:50] Nya
    Takeru! Train me in how to play shogi!
SIGN    Menacing
[06:54] Nya
    I won't lose to that chicken who
    falls flat off the starting line!
[06:57] Piyo
    Interesting.
[06:58] Piyo
    Then, when your training is
    complete, I'll play you again.
[07:01] Piyo
    With our Sol/Lull Seals
    on the line this time.
[07:04] Nya
    All right! I'll be waiting!
[07:11] Nya
    Takeru, train me!
[07:16] Takeru
    Nya-tan, you already know how
    each piece moves, right?
[07:21] Nya
    Of course I do! Perfectly!
[07:23] Inu
    That's a huge shogi board!
[07:25] Dora
    I made it with my Sol/Lull.
[07:27] Dora
    It's my special Shogi
    Master Training Board.
[07:31] Takeru
    Okay, start with the pawn!
[07:32] [SONG] Text
    Pawn
[07:32] Nya
    Pawn!
[07:33] Nya
    Pawn, pawn...
[07:38] Takeru
    The pawn can only move forward
    one space at a time!
[07:41] Key
    Scary...
[07:42] Shima
    Making her learn shogi physically, huh?
[07:44] Uri
    That shogi board is the
    materialization of what happens
[07:46] Uri
    when Takeru-san gets serious,
    expressed through the power of Eto-shin.
SIGN    Rook
[07:50] Takeru
    Next, the rook!
[07:52] Nya
    Hi-meow!
[07:55] Takeru
    The rook can only move up,
    down, left, or right!
SIGN    Bishop
[07:58] Nya
    Hot!
[07:59] Takeru
    The bishop can move any number
    of spaces diagonally!
SIGN    Silver General
[08:02] Nya
    Hot again!
[08:04] Takeru
    Silver can only move one space
    forward or diagonally!
SIGN    Gold General
[08:07] Nya
    Uri!
[08:09] Takeru
    Gold can move one space in any
    direction but diagonally backwards!
SIGN    Knight
[08:12] Nya
    Horse!
[08:13] Takeru
    The knight moves two spaces forward,
    then one space to either left or right!
SIGN    Lance
SIGN    Eek!
[08:17] Nya
    Cow!
[08:18] Takeru
    The lance moves straight ahead!
SIGN    Eek!
[08:21] Takeru
    By the way, kings can move
    one space in any direction!
SIGN    Pant Pant
[08:27] Nya
    Shogi... is terrifying...
SIGN    Pant Pant
[08:30] Takeru
    Have you learned how the pieces move now?
[08:33] Inu
    She's totally learned it.
[08:34] Key
    In the form of trauma.
[08:36] Dora
    So this training is to make
    her learn it physically
[08:38] Dora
    as well as to train her mentally, then?
[08:41] Shima
    Get a little stronger now
    while ya can, Nya-tan.
[08:45] Takeru
    That's it for today!
[08:47] Takeru
    All right, let's begin today's training.
[08:50] Nya
    Okay!
[08:54] Takeru
    Today, we'll use Dora-tan's special
[08:56] Takeru
    Shogi Master Training Screen Door Board
[08:59] Takeru
    to play blindfolded shogi.
[09:01] Nya
    Blindfolded shogi?
[09:03] Takeru
    You play shogi in your head.
[09:06] Takeru
    Picture the shogi board, imagine your hand,
[09:09] Takeru
    and predict the opponent's moves.
[09:10] Nya
    I can't do that!
[09:12] Takeru
    If you can't do this,
    you can never beat Piyo-tan.
[09:17] Nya
    Okay, fine! I'll do it!
[09:19] Nya
    7-6, pawn!
[09:22] Takeru
    Then I'll...
[09:23] Nya
    Where? Where?!
[09:27] Nya
    That's dangerous!
[09:28] Takeru
    That was 8-4, pawn.
[09:30] Takeru
    You need to predict where I'll move
    and dodge it, or you'll be stabbed.
[09:34] Uri
    Yep, yep!
[09:35] Nya
    Are you serious?
[09:36] Nya
    In that case...
[09:37] Nya
    6-8, silver!
[09:40] Takeru
    6-2, silver!
[09:42] Takreu
    That one might have been easy to predict.
[09:45] Nya
    5-6, pawn!
[09:49] Takeru
    That was 5-4, pawn!
[09:55] Nya
    Hey, you boar!
[09:56] Uri
    I just added a little spice to it.
[09:58] Nya
    Don't spice it up without warning!
[10:00] Nya
    And you know, I can't
    think calmly like this!
[10:03] Takeru
    You won't always be in situations
    where you can think calmly!
[10:07] Takeru
    Come on! We're not stopping
    until the sun goes down!
[10:09] Mo
    Nya-tan, you can do it!
SIGN    
    Even a Cat Can Understand! 
    
    
    
    Introduction to Basic Shogi Moves
[10:15] Takeru
    The quickest way to learn how to play shogi
[10:18] Takeru
    is to memorize all the shogi proverbs.
SIGN    Certain Victory
SIGN    Book of Shogi Proverbs
[10:21] Nya
    There are so many complicated words...
[10:24] Takeru
    The strategies themselves are often
    expressed in these proverbs.
[10:28] Takeru
    So you should...
[10:36] Takeru
    I think that's all for today.
SIGN     
    If an Eto-musume collects Sol/Lull Seals from all of the Eto-shin, 
    she will be promoted to Eto-shin. The newly-promoted Eto-shin 
    earns the right to demote one Eto-shin to Eto-musume.
SIGN     
    The Zodiac Precepts protect the chaste souls of the Eto 
    and govern the Eto-shin Selection Festival (ETM12). 
    Any Eto-musume who violates these Precepts 
    will be judged by the Conference of Gods.
[10:51] Nya
    Here I come!
[10:55] Takeru
    Don't give up!
[10:56] Takeru
    Hold on to the powerful
    desire to play shogi!
[11:05] Takeru
    Nya-tan! With a half-hearted attitude,
[11:07] Takeru
    you can't even touch a shogi board!
[11:10] Nya
    One more time! Here I come!
[11:15] Takeru
    You're not feeling it enough!
[11:17] Nya
    I won't lose...
[11:20] Nya
    I won't lose!
[11:23] Takeru
    3-4, pawn!
[11:25] Nya
    6-6, pawn!
[11:26] Takeru
    4-2, silver!
[11:28] Nya
    5-8, silver, right!
SIGN    Book of Shogi Proverbs
[11:44] [SONG] Text
    Amazing!
[11:50] Takeru
    3-2, gold!
[11:52] Takeru
    4-1, king!
[11:54] Takeru
    5-3, gold!
[12:13] ---
    
SIGN    King
SIGN    Please take one
[12:31] Takeru
    Let's go.
[12:33] Nya
    Yeah!
[12:34] Nya
    First off, 2-6, pawn!
[12:38] Takeru
    3-4, pawn!
[12:40] Takeru
    2-5, pawn!
[12:42] Takeru
    3-3, bishop!
[12:44] Nya
    I can tell... I can tell!
[12:47] Nya
    7-6, pawn!
[12:48] Takeru
    The fight's on!
[12:56] Nya
    Your move is 2-2, silver.
[13:00] Takeru
    Well done, Nya-tan!
[13:02] Takeru
    You read my moves perfectly!
[13:06] Nya
    Shogi is all about getting
    into your opponent's head.
[13:10] Nya
    Knowing what your opponent is thinking,
[13:12] Nya
    and how you should fight them...
[13:15] Nya
    To always have an eye on the future.
[13:17] Takeru
    That's how you read their moves.
[13:20] Takeru
    Let's play a game tonight.
[13:22] Nya
    Okay.
[13:24] Inu
    We've been totally left behind, haven't we?
[13:27] Key
    Yeah.
[14:00] Nya
    This is...
[14:12] Takeru
    You've done well to come this far.
[14:13] Nya
    Takeru, shogi is really fun.
[14:17] Takeru
    Nya-tan.
[14:19] Nya
    I was playing
[14:20] Nya
    against myself just now.
[14:23] Takeru
    Yes... That's why shogi is the universe.
[14:26] Takeru
    Your face looks much better,
[14:29] Takeru
    Nya-tan.
[14:31] Both
    Thank you for the game.
[14:33] Key
    Will this really be okay?
[14:35] Uri
    Will what be okay?
[14:36] Inu
    This anime.
[14:40] Mo
    Oh, she's here!
[14:45] Piyo
    It looks like you've made progress.
[14:48] Nya
    It's time to battle!
[14:52] Piyo
    Then let's start the game!
[14:54] [SONG] Text
    Approved
[14:56] Both
    Etotama! Sol/Lull Charge!
SIGN    Rooster                           Cat
[15:14] Nya
    Cat Eto-musume, Nya-tan!
[15:18] Piyo
    Rooster Eto-musume, Piyo-tan!
[15:47] Nya
    Today, I am me, but I am not me.
[15:51] Piyo
    My moves are the moves of motionlessness.
[15:54] Nya
    A pawn is worth a thousand golds.
[15:57] Piyo
    The battle begins with a pawn's sacrifice.
[16:01] Key
    Um...
[16:02] Inu
    What are they talking about?
[16:04] Takeru
    Nya-tan said, "If you get careless because
[16:07] Takeru
    you think I'm a lower rank, you'll lose."
[16:10] Takeru
    And Piyo-tan said,
    "That confidence just because
[16:13] Takeru
    you can play shogi a little now
[16:15] Takeru
    is what will bring about your defeat."
[16:17] InuKey
    Oh...
[16:18] Uri
    They're having a conversation
    with shogi proverbs.
[16:21] Shima
    This has gotten pretty wild.
[16:23] Takeru
    They're starting.
[16:30] Takeru
    Nekodamashi?
SIGN    Nekodamashi
[16:33] Dora
    That's a rather unusual move to start with.
[16:36] Takeru
    No, the nekodamashi isn't
    a tricky move at all.
[16:41] Takeru
    The patterns of moves that could
    begin here are infinite.
[16:44] Nya
    A moment ago, you said your
    moves are motionless.
[16:49] Nya
    My moves are nomadic.
[16:51] Nya
    I allow them to dance as
    freely as they wish.
[16:55] Takeru
    Nya-tan, your moves are building up a flow!
[17:06] Takeru
    This is good! Nya-tan has the advantage!
[17:18] Piyo
    I had thought this might be
[17:20] Piyo
    an interesting game, but...
[17:27] Takeru
    A torisashi now?!
SIGN    Torisashi
[17:28] Key
    What happened?
[17:30] Inu
    I have no idea!
[17:32] Takeru
    That one move by Piyo-tan just
    turned the tide of this game.
[17:35] InuKey
    What?!
[17:36] Shima
    How? What's going on?
[18:01] Piyo
    You were drifting about within
[18:03] Piyo
    the flow that I created.
[18:07] Piyo
    You thought you had arrived
    on the other side,
[18:10] Piyo
    but you were still adrift in the
    midst of this great river.
[18:14] Key
    Is Nya-tan gonna lose?
[18:17] Takeru
    It'll be really difficult to get
    out of her current position.
[18:21] Takeru
    Honestly, in the same position,
    I'd have no plan.
[18:23] All
    What?!
[18:24] Shima
    Well, I dunno what's goin' on,
[18:26] Shima
    but this is turnin' into
    one intense battle.
[18:30] Dora
    Yes, this isn't like Nya-tan at all.
[18:34] Takeru
    I might have been suppressing what's
[18:36] Takeru
    great about Nya-tan...
[18:39] Takeru
    Nya-tan! There's a saying
    I haven't taught you yet!
[18:43] Takeru
    If you learn this proverb too soon,
[18:45] Takeru
    you can never learn to play shogi properly.
[18:48] Takeru
    That's why I didn't tell you.
[18:50] Takeru
    But...
[18:51] Takeru
    You're ready now!
SIGN    A Master
[18:55] Takeru
    A master needs no patterns!
[18:56] [SONG] ---
    Needs No Patterns
[18:59] Takeru
    A shogi master doesn't rely
    on standard patterns alone,
[19:02] Takeru
    but reads and uses many
    unique moves to win!
[19:05] Takeru
    That's what the proverb means.
[19:09] Nya
    A master needs no patterns...
[19:11] Nya
    That's right!
[19:17] Nya
    To walk the magnificent path of the
    past that is standard patterns,
[19:22] Nya
    striving for one's own desired
    destination at its end...
[19:30] Nya
    Is this... a piece of me?
[19:37] Nya
    I felt like
[19:39] Nya
    I was on the verge of
    remembering something...
[19:43] Nya
    I finally understand!
[19:46] Nya
    Shogi is the universe!
[19:48] Nya
    I'll embrace that universe
[19:50] Nya
    and play shogi my way!
[20:01] Nya
    Cat clan secret technique:
SIGN    Nekojarashi
[20:03] Nya
    Nekojarashi!
[20:20] Piyo
    What?
[20:22] Piyo
    What is that?
[20:28] Piyo
    I've lost.
[20:31] Nya
    Thank you for the game.
[20:38] Takeru
    Sh-She won...
[20:41] Takeru
    Nya-tan won!
[20:43] All
    All right!
[20:46] Nya
    M-My feet...
[20:49] Nya
    Th-They're numb...
SIGN    Ache            Ache
SIGN    Rooster
[20:51] Nya
    It hurts! It hurts! It really hurts!
[20:54] Nya
    What is this?! I hate shogi!
[20:56] Nya
    It's boring! It's no fun at all!
[20:58] Nya
    I've had enough! I'll never play it again!
[21:00] Nya
    I'm hungry! I'm having yakiniku
    to celebrate my victory!
SIGN    Step
SIGN    Steps
SIGN    Steps
[21:12] Piyo
    Hey! Why do you have my Sol/Lull Seal?!
[21:16] Nya
    I won it from you in battle!
[21:18] Piyo
    What? That's impossible! Don't lie!
[21:21] Nya
    I'm not lying! I put up a really good fight!
[21:23] Takeru
    Good grief...
[21:23] Piyo
    Stop lying, you stupid cat!
[21:25] Nya
    What'd you say, stupid?!
[21:35] Nya
    I'm gonna go get Takeru!
[21:35] Takeru
    She turned back into the
    old Nya-tan in no time.
[21:37] All
    Okay!
[21:39] Takeru
    I wanted to play one more game with her...
[21:42] Nya
    Takeru, we're ready to start
    cooking the yakiniku!
[21:44] Takeru
    Okay, I'll be right there.
[21:54] Nya
    Okay, now let's go have yakiniku!
[21:56] Nya
    Meat! Meat! Meat!
[22:00] Takeru
    Nya-tan needs no patterns.
SIGN    Next Time
[23:35] Piyo
    Here's the fortune for those born
    in the year of the rooster.
[23:37] Piyo
    Whatever you do, don't hang
    around any stupid cats.
[23:40] Piyo
    That is al—
[23:42] Piyo
    Er... Huh? What was I talking about?
[23:45] Nya
    You took three steps.
[23:47] Takeru
    Next time: Eternal Pervert.
SIGN    Eternal Pervert
SIGN    Remember this until next week!
SIGN    Illustration: Sasaki Mikoi
SIGN    You...  Stupid cat!!!
SIGN    Rooster
SIGN    Cheep Cheep