Chihayafuru 25

*Only for use by Lazy Ass Scans

tl by JinHea

37
Logo insert: 25th song

38
- B-Level, second match round.
- Please confirm your match-up and be seated according to your number.

Taichi: Ah. / A default win.
Box: In a tournament where only the winners advance, in order to adjust the matches, default wins are quite common.

Nishida: Mashima, that’s sly! / You’re gonna go watch the D-Level matches and cheer on Kana-chan, aren’t you?!
Taichi: Why does it have to be Kana-chan?

39
Taichi: Umm.
Taichi: Chihaya’s opponent is…

Below 7: Wakamiya Shinobu
Below 8: Ayase Chihaya

Taichi: Wakamiya Shinobu…?

40
- Chihaya is…
- …competing against the Queen!
Sign: National High School Division Ogura Hyakunin Is

41
- Vvvvvvvmm
Both boxes have: 20x zoom

- Vvvvvvvvvvmm

- Miyoshino no—
Miyauchi: Ahh!

- Too fast!
- I can’t make head or tail of what’s happening!

42
Miyauchi: But…
Miyauchi: even I know that…

- the number of cards in Ayase-san’s territory has yet to decrease.

- Oo

- -e yama—

43
- So…

- fast!!
- What was that?!

44
- Chihaya was quicker to move when the card was read out.
- She heard “Oo” and aimed for “Ooke” in her opponent’s territory.

- Even when it turned out to be “Ooe” from her own territory, she was in the perfect pose to return for it.

- However…

- the Queen didn’t move…
- until she had heard up to “Ooe”, the ruling-letter.

Taichi: No way…
Taichi: How could she have made it in time?

- Despite moving only after she’d heard…
- Straight toward…

46
- This development again?
- Wakamiya Shinobu really is in a class of her own.
- A 10 card gap already?
- I pity her opponent.

- Pretty soon that girl’s gonna lose her will to fight too, huh—?

- Ah! / Sorry.

- Chihaya…
- If it’s a card she has her eye on, she should be able to get it with a speed that by no means loses out to the Queen’s.

- However…

- There are still around 40 cards in play.
- She can’t possibly keep her eye on all of them.

47
- But the Queen can?

- Calm down.
SFX: huff huff
- Calm down.

- Even the Queen isn’t flawless.
- Take “Naniwae” and “Naniwaga” over there…

48
- “Nanishi” has been read so those two can be taken at “Nani”, yet she hasn’t separated them.
Harada: Unbelievable! / I can’t believe you didn’t separate it as soon as possible!

- Target acquired.

- Get them.
- Get them.
- I’ll get both of them at once!

- Chihaya…
- You’re an open book.

49
- Wasura ruru—

- Arima yama—

Taichi: Ahh you idiot!!
Taichi: It’s because you’re too gung-ho about the cards you’re targeting!

- But…

- You really want that first card, right?
- You haven’t lost your will to fight, right?

50
- Show everyone your Aggressive Karuta, Chihaya!

- hff
- hff

- hff
- hff
- Na

- Ni
- There!

52
Miyauchi: Hey, Mashima-kun. / Which one of them got it just now? / I couldn’t see it very well.
Taichi: Ah, yes.

Miyauchi: There are times when even the players are unsure, right? / What happens then?
Taichi: Well, in those cases… / the players either reach an agreement between themselves, or they listen to the referee’s ruling…

53
Taichi: But…

Taichi: The more advanced the player…
Taichi: the better they are able to see.

- I…

- made my move, intending to get those 2 cards.
- But…

- the Queen…
- just now…
- went for that one point with precision.

54
- Chihaya-chan…
- attack.

55
- Rather than defending your own territory…
- I’d rather you remain ever vigilant of the depths of your opponent’s territory.

- Harada-sensei…
- what should I do?

- Even though I’m attacking…
- Even though it’s the only thing I can do…

56
Shinobu: Daddy Bear!?

Shinobu: Pardon me.
Chihaya: Eh!?
Chihaya: Huh!? / She means this shirt?

Chihaya: Come to think of it, the Queen’s shirt…
Chihaya: that’s Snowmaru!!

57
- Snowmaru! The sole Official Shop is based in Osaka, so it can only be purchased through mail-order.
Arrow: This is my charm point.
- When the bucket’s taken off, a topknot is revealed! It’s a super cute character!

SFX: Ah!
Chihaya: No, no. / Concentrate on the match, the match.

Chihaya: That’s right…

- She’s the Queen, but…
Shinobu: Not good.
- she’s a 16 year old girl like me.
Shinobu: Focus.

58
- I CAN win this.
Shinobu: Focus…

- Yo

59
- no
- A five syllable card.
- Covering hand.
- na / ka

- yo

60
- Eh!?

61
- Huh?
- W-Wow.
- Did you see that?

Miyauchi: Hey, Mashima-kun, what was that? / That move was odd, right? / Was the card taken from Ayase-san again?
Taichi: U-um, you see…

Taichi: Chihaya had “Yononakayo” in her territory and the Queen had “Yononakaha”… / The ruling letters are long, so both sides used a move called “covering hand”.
Miyauchi: Covering hand?

62
External text: [asterix] 2 cards that have the same first 5 syllables such as “Kimigatame” and “Asaborake”. Because the card can only be gotten after hearing the 6th syllable, it easily turns into a battle of technique.
Miyauchi: They don’t know if the sound after “Yononaka” would be “ha” or “yo”… / so until that syllable is read, each player covers their own card so that the other can’t take it. That is called “covering hand”.
Miyauchi: S-so there’s something like that!
Box: Without touching the card, cover it.

Taichi: Chihaya is bad with Long Shot Cards…
Taichi: so she covered her own “Yononakayo”…
Taichi: and the Queen also covered her own “Yononakaha”.

Taichi: The card was Chihaya’s “Yononakayo”. / So Chihaya just had to press her own card.
Taichi: However—

63
Taichi: Before Chihaya could press the card…
Taichi: the Queen’s hand…
Taichi: through the tiniest of gaps…

65
- Even in terms of technique, Wakamiya Shinobu is superior.
- It’ll end with that girl unable to get even one card off the Queen.

- This is what you’d call a public execution.
- I do NOT want to go up against her.

Taichi: Chihaya?

- “Pretty soon that girl’s gonna lose her will to fight too, huh—?”

- I can’t do it.

66
- I can’t…
- imagine myself winning.