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tl by JinHea
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- June. [linked] Amidst the rainy season.
- 14th song
- National Karuta Championship Tournament, High School Division – Tokyo Preliminaries.
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- 14th song
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- Wh… who’s that? [linked] A campaign girl?
- So thin! So tall!
Chihaya aside: A one-two- / three-four—
- Is that her? The beauty from Mizusawa High everyone’s talking about…
- Are we supposed to compete wearing hakama!?
- Think about it. [linked] Both the Meijin and Queen matches require the donning of hakama.
Paper: Lounge / Please be considerate of one another when using this room.
- It doesn’t hurt to accustom oneself to it.
Nishida: I don’t wanna— It’s not like I’m aiming for the Meijin title anyway—
Aside: Don’t wanna / don’t wanna—
Komano: No other high school is wearing them, you know!?
Kana: What are you saying!?
Kana: Meatbun-kun.
Kana: Desk-kun.
Kana: Compared to the school uniform or gym outfits, this suits the both of you much better!
Kana: It’s like a touring theatre troupe, or Shichi-go-san…!! [NB. Shichi-go-san is a Japanese festival held to celebrate children turning 7, 5, and 3 years old.]
- Ehh—
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Paper: National Karuta Championship / High School Divisio / Tokyo Preli
Taichi: Ooe-san’s business sense… [linked] is not to be underestimated…
Aside: and Chihaya’s the model…
Box: The Karuta Championship Tournament will be held at Shiga’s Omi Jingu [NB. A shinto shrine] in July.
- Basically, one team representing each prefecture will be able to participate.
- And Tokyo, with its large number of entries, is…
- ...one of the country’s few places where competition is fierce.
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Taichi: Chihaya, why’re you zoning out? [linked] The opening ceremony will begin soon.
Chihaya: Isn’t this amazing, Taichi?
Chihaya: Everyone here plays Karuta.
Chihaya: They’re all Karuta maniacs!
Taichi: Nah. [linked] I doubt that there’s anyone more of a maniac than you…
Aside: You’re being rude to everyone.
Bold text: Alright!
Chihaya: I gotta text Arata.
Taichi: You… [linked] You’ve been texting him a lot since your birthday, but have you ever gotten a reply?
Chihaya: Never, actually. I’m pretty surprised. [linked] But I’m sending them anyway.
Chihaya: I wonder why he texted that to you? [linked] He should have my number too. [aside] I wrote it on memos and letters to him.
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- Received text / Taichi, sorry about before. Tell Chihaya happy birthday for me. / Wataya Arata
- I know why.
- Kacha [linked] kacha
- Somehow,
- somewhere along the way,
- we began to think
Taichi: Sorry. [linked] No pictures please.
- that Chihaya “belongs to both of us”.
Aside: E-excuse us.
- Taichi’s been acting odd recently.
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- He’s changed…
- without my noticing.
- I see you’re using an incomprehensible method to attract attention, as usual.
- I didn’t expect you to enter the group competition. [linked] Chihaya.
Aside: waist pouch
Chihaya: Ah! Hyoro-kun?
Hyoro: Eh!?
Hyoro: Wait? That reaction just now, you forgot about me!?
Aside: waist pouch
Chihaya: I forgot, but I remember now!!
Hyoro: What did you say!?
Bold text: Long time no see—
Chihaya: [aside] Wow— [normal text] Hyoro-kun’s school is competing too? [linked] We’re rivals!!
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Hyoro: Rivals?
Hyoro: Such a foolish thing coming from a newly formed Karuta club. You’re really putting me on the spot.
- We, Hokuou Gakuen, are a school with a tradition of Karuta. [linked] We’ve participated in the National Tournament 5 years running.
- Of the 5 people who’re competing, 2 are A-Level.
Chihaya: Eh…
- 2 are A-Level!?
- Awesome team, right? [linked] To tell the truth, I’m also one of 8 who were selected to sign up within just 1 year…
Chihaya: My team’s amazing too!
Chihaya: We’ll beat the likes of you without breaking a sweat!
- Nwha’d you sayyy!?
- What should I do?
- I knew it’d be like this, but…
- what should I do?
- Only 1 team can go to the National Tournament!
- Ah, [linked] Chihaya-chan.
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Chihaya: Wah— Kana-chaaaaan!
Kana: What’re you all worked up about?
Chihaya: Y’see—
Kana: That’s no good, Chihaya-chan.
Chihaya: Eh…
Kana: A woman, [linked] whether she’s cleaning the floors or putting out futons to dry, must always conduct herself with grace.
Kana: Naturally, the same goes for when she’s battling!
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- 12 schools are competing. [linked] After the preliminary leagues is the tournament.
- It’s good that we’re not up against Hokuou Gakuen. [linked] In any case, we can advance if 3 out of the 5 of us win our matches.
- I got through that gruelling overnight trip. [linked] And I stayed up all night yesterday practicing.
- I should have improved.
- Out of all these people, the one who loves traditional song the most is me!!
- I want to win.
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Paper
: Match / First round // Team name / Mizusawa High School // Order / Name // Mashima Taichi // Nishida Yuusei // Ayase Chihaya // Komano Tsutomu // Ooe Kanade
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- What’s with that school? [linked] Aren’t they going a bit overboard?
- They said, [linked] “Both the Meijin and Queen matches require the donning of hakama, so we have to become accustomed to it.”
- No way, that’s impossible! [linked] If they knew how strong the current Queen is, they wouldn’t say th—
- Ama
- tsu
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- Kaze—
Box: The card is retrieved by the person who got it.
- Eh?
- Eh?
Chihaya: Ah!
Chihaya: No good.
Chihaya: Gracefully! Gracefully!
- We’ll win
- and go to the National Tournament
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- as a team!
- Ehh!?
- Ayase-san won already?
- Mashima and Meatbun-kun won too!?
- Are the opponents that weak!?
Chihaya aside: good luck / good luck
Komano: Ah!
- Despite practicing so much…
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- I’m completely unable to get cards the way I want to.
Paper top: B Lea
Left to right: Eikou Daifuzoku High School / Mizusawa High School / Shuuryuukan
Top down: Eikou Daifuzoku High School / Mizusawa High School / Shuuryuukan
- How do I put this…
Taichi: The opponet Komano faced was probably Eikou’s strongest player. [linked] You were just unlucky.
- Eh?
Komano: R…really?
Nishida: Yup, yup. Who you face is really a matter of luck.
Nishida: Mashima, I know you said it’d be better to have Ayase in the middle of our lineup, but [linked] shouldn’t we put more thought into it when we go up against strong opponents?
Taichi: Hmm…
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Taichi: I wonder if Hokuou’s lineup will be dictated by theory? [linked] Who could the two A-Levels be?
Nishida: Only me, you and Ayase have to win. [linked] We’ll have Kana-chan and Desk-kun face the two A-Levels…
Kana: That reminds me, where’s Chihaya-chan?
Nishida: She’s over there. Texting [linked] like her life depends on it.
Kana: Again? [linked] She’s doing that a lot lately.
Nishida: Is it that guy? [linked] Wataya Arata?
Taichi: Ah…
Kana: Who is he?
Nishida: The one who taught Ayase Karuta. [linked] He’s really strong.
Nishida: He’s in Fukui now, though.
Nishida: Ayase wants to see him again at the National Tournament.
Nishida: That’s probably why she formed this club.
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Kana: The…
Kana: The river flows rapidly, divided briefly by boulders… [NB. I translated this as Kana’s referencing Chihaya and Arata’s situation]
Nishida: I reckon she just wants to face strong opponets, since she’s crazy about Karuta…
Taichi: Let’s get going. [linked] Time for round 2.
Kana: Is the team from Shuuryuukan strong?
Nishida: They look pumped up and raring to go, [linked] but you just take it easy, Kana-chan…
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Paper: Arrangement Chart (Komano Tsutomu)
- Vm
- Vm
Box: Round 2 against Shuuryuukan
- Nani wazuni— sakuya kono hana fuyu gomori—
- Ima wo haru beto sakuya kono hana—
- Ima wo haru beto sakuya kono hana—
- Taki
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Chihaya: Whoa, sorry.
Komano: Eh?
Komano: Ah!
Chihaya: Sorry, sorry, I used too much strength…
Komano: Ah…
- Thank you very much.
Komano: Eh!?
- Ah, Kana-chan won!
- Her first victory!
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Chihaya aside: Good luck / Desk-kun / Good luck
- Wasureji no—
- Ah…
- Thank you very much.
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Kana: It’s…
Kana: my first victory!!
Chihaya: That’s amazing, Kana-chan! [linked] Congrats!
Nishida: Shuuryuukan really put the pressure on us guys. [linked] Even I thought I was gonna lose. [aside] Their faces were scary
Taichi aside: Yup yup
Kana: Today was my first time feeling like I can “attack”. [linked] Being able to take cards in my opponent’s lower right section that I’ve had my eye on feels really good.
Chihaya: I know, right?
Nishida: We’ve made it through the preliminaries. [linked] 2 more wins in the tournament and we’ll make the cut, right? [aside] We just might be able to go.
Taichi aside: That’s a miserly bento…
- But it’s all over if we lose even one round.
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- We can’t let our guard down.
- Our lineup is vital. [linked] The 3 of us absolutely cannot let the opponent take all our cards.
- Our next opponent, Tomihara West High, has just one super-strong player.
- Then we’ll have Desk-kun play against that one.
Chihaya: I don’t really get all the logic behind determining the lineup...
- Chihaya-chan!
Komano: Um, can I...
Komano: …leave now? It’s not like you need me.
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- Eh!?
Kana: What’re you saying, Desk-kun?
Nishida: We DO need you.
Bold text: Iiidiot
Komano: Cos… [linked] You have a good chance of winning even without me.
Komano: Besides, I haven’t won even once…
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Kana: Uh…
Kana: Oh, was that it? [linked] You don’t have to worry…
Komano: Don’t be too pleased with yourself just cos you scored a win off of someone who went easy on you!
Kana: Eh…
Nishida: Desk, what’s wrong with you?
Komano: She may be having fun playing, but Ooe-san
Komano: was only recruited so you’d have enough people to participate in the National Tournament!
Komano: Anyone would’ve done. [linked] Even if it’s not Ooe-san,
Komano: even if it’s not me…
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Chihaya: You’re…
Chihaya: You’re wrong, Desk-kun…
Komano: I’m not wrong! You want to participate in the National Tournament, don’t you?
Komano: There’s someone you want to meet at there, right!?
Komano: That’s all you think about!
Komano: Anyway, I’ll be going home now.
Komano: Tests are coming up, [linked] and I didn’t sleep yesterday.
Taichi: …Komano.
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Taichi: You can sit out on one round and one round only.
Taichi: You’ll participate in the final round.
Taichi: It’s an order from your club president.
- Mizusawa High School, please make your way over.
- It’s time for the tournament.
Chihaya: N…
Chihaya: No, Taichi, why!? [linked] Have Desk-kun participate in this match too!
Chihaya: The 5 of us are a team!
Taichi: You think he can get cards feeling the way he does right now?
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Nishida: I agree. Best to leave someone like that alone.
Taichi: It’s not Komano’s fault.
Taichi: We’re still…
Taichi: …playing Karuta with the mindset that it’s an “individual battle”.
Taichi: We haven’t become a real team yet.
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Taichi: Anyhow, win and advance to the final round. [linked] The 4 of us MUST get 3 or more wins
Taichi: so that Komano will compete with us once more.
- Mizusawa High School, I’ll be reading out the lineup.
Taichi: Chihaya,
Taichi: You’re the only one [linked] who cannot lose.
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