Chihayafuru 27

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tl by JinHea

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Logo insert: 27th song

100
- Chihaya’s…

- made 2 consecutive captures!
- The Queen couldn’t do anything!

- Keep attacking.
- The match is turning in my favour.

101
- A chance to send a card! / She’s displayed her resolve.
- Still, look at that difference in cards! / The Queen has 7 left, and her opponent has 23.
- Nothing’s changed.

- But the Queen is a girl in her first year of high school too.

- I wonder which one will break down first?
- Above all, that long haired girl’s been making consecutive captures ever since the second half of the match began. / She’s still got fight in her.

- Well… / rather than saying that she’s still got fight…

102
- Isn’t it more like she’s determined to win? That look in her eyes…

- Chihaya! / Why on earth are you so…
- easy to see through!?

- It’s too late, though. There’s a 16 card difference.
- The Queen will win as long as she plays like usual.
- With that trademark smile…

- Oh!

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- Whoa…

SFX: huff huff

SFX: phew

104
- Kimi ga tame / ha

- Urgh!

- Asaborake—
- Another long shot card!

105
- Ariake no tsuki to
- Aahh!

- Miru made ni—

- The Queen’s smile is back.
Aside: scary
Taichi: Chihaya!

- She can’t keep up…
- Just when the match seemed to be turning in her favour, the long shot cards that she’s bad with keep coming up…

- But, there are only 30 cards left in play.

- Chihaya.

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- Go, Chihaya!
- Shiratsuyu ni—

- Even if it’s impossible with 50 cards…

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- Once it’s down to 30 cards, even Chihaya can lock on to the card she wants to capture more easily.
Aside: A monkey could do it.

- As the match goes on, the ruling letters change…
- and the 1- and 2-syllable cards that Chihaya’s good with increase in number.
Chihaya: My 3rd card…

SFX: huff huff
Chihaya: Oh!

- Because the Queen kept taking cards since the match began…
- I didn’t have to retrieve cards, so there were few opportunities for me to stand up and leave my seat.

SFX: huff huff

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- My body that had stiffened up…

- is moving.

- Ahh, I want to…
- move more freely…
- in the match.

- Even when facing an opponent so strong that my body is paralyzed…
- Move freely…

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- Freely…
- Freely…

- I can’t express it very well, but…

111
- Is this what they call “strong”…?

112
- Thank you very much.
- Thank you very much…

- In the end…
- I could only get 5 cards…

113
- The difference between me and the Queen…
- is 20 cards.

- Fast!
Text above Shinobu: and silent

- Whoa!
- Wakamiya-san, / you’re already finished?

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- That’s just like you.
- How many cards’ difference?

- Tokyo Prefecture, Mizusawa High School, Ayase Chihaya.

- Mizusawa High School, Ayase Chihaya.
- Ayase Chihaya.

- Chihaya.
- Chihaya!
- You won’t get a single card next time!

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Chihaya: Ah…

Chihaya: Um…
Chihaya: Th…
Chihaya: That Snowmaru shirt… / is really cute.

Aside: That character has a name? / Someone actually knows it.

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Taichi: Chihaya!

- Nure nizo nureshi iro ha kawarazu—
Taichi: Oops!
Box: When the last part of a song is being read, walking in the vicinity of the match location is a no-no. That same goes for talking.

- Kokoro ateni—

- What’s this?
- I’m the one feeling down.

- For Chihaya to lose with a difference of 20 cards…
- To think there’s someone that good…

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- Chihaya… / I wonder if she’s okay.
- Mu
- rasame no—

- Chihaya…

- No. She likely…

- went straight to sleep in someplace weird.
Taichi: Whoa! / I knew it! She’s sleep…

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Above arm: Precisely… // in a straight line… // Precision…
Below hand: I have to memorize them perfectly, or else I won’t / make it in time.
- Memorize..
- Memorize…
- Precision...

119
Above arm: Precisely. // Quickly.
- Listen well…
- More…
- Even more…

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- “It’s not like it’s impossible. / Besides, the Queen this year is the same age as us.”
- “Eh!? The same age!?”

- “You’re not serious about this at all, are you? / You’re just saying it because you’ve been influenced by Arata.”

- Against that girl…

- How do I win!?
- How do I win!?

121
- Ahh…
- On this day…

- At this moment, Chihaya’s dream has finally…
- become a tangible dream.

122
- A tangible dream…

Writing: See you in the match next time. / Arata

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- It’s decided!
- An overwhelming victory for Wakamiya-san!

Sudou: Since I’m in my 3rd year… / I thought you’d let me win.

Shinobu: Eheheh.

Shinobu: Sudou-san, you’re strong. / I really thought I was going to lose.

Aside: With a 12 card difference?

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- Ah— So it’s Wakamiya Shinobu’s win. I knew it.
- She’s really strong.
- She’s not in any Karuta Meet, right?
- For real?
Chihaya’s 4 bubbles: mutter // mutter / mutter // mutter
- How were the other levels‘ matches?
- A girl beside us was muttering and waving around. Really scary!

- Chihaya-chan.
Chihaya: mutter // mutter // mutter
- Chihaya-chan. / Chihaya-chan!

Chihaya: Ah! Kana-chan. / How did your match go?
Kana: I lost in the third round. / quite a while ago / You’ve only been watching the A-Level matches, so…

Chihaya: Ah! / That’s right, I’m hungry!!
Kana: Chihaya-chan… / This isn’t the time for that…

Kana: Mashima-kun is… / …playing in the B-Level finals!!

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- Eh!?
Kana: Let’s go cheer him on!

- Tsuyu mo mada hinu maki no hani—

- Kiritachi noboru aki no yuugure—

- Taichi is…
- in the finals.

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- Oto ni kiku—

- Yo wo komete—

- Harada-sensei…

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- “Even if I put the entirety of my youth on the line, I can’t surpass Arata.”

- “Say that after you’ve put it on the line.”

- Harada-sensei…
- Can I really do it?

- Can I really forge ahead…
- through defeat and tears?

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- To where…

- Arata is?