Chihayafuru 32

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tl by JinHea

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Logo insert: 32nd song

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- Mizusawa High School Karuta Club

Arrow: captain
- Aside from their Captain…

- The other 4 have all advanced to the Finals.

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- To think…
- something like this would happen…

- Where should I look?
- Who do I root for?
- As their Captain, what should I do?

SFX: fsshh

- I’ll go out and take a breather… / while it’s still memorization time…

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- Hyoro-kun!?

- Hy… Hyoro-kun… / you were competing too…
- How did it go? / Are you with the other Hokuou people?

- Don’t even ask!

- I was up against Mashima again in the first round and lost by 3 cards…
- Even though the game flow was totally going my way!
- That was a textbook example of winning the battle but losing the war!!

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- Amakusa-senpai and them went back as soon as they could, but…
- I lost, so I’m going back—
- I…

- I’m going to…
- steal anything I can from those who won!

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- The East Japan qualifiers for the Meijin Tournament is next month.
- This might be my last chance to advance in rank.
- I’ll win. / I will win.

- …and that…
- is sure to be what Mashima’s thinking.

- I’m not that interested in the Meijin Tournament…
- but…

- I can’t let Mashima get ahead of me!

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- I…

- …respect Kana-chan.
- Her Karuta’s courteousness…
- tenacity…

- Those qualities show in her numbers.
- She averages 0.6 faults per match. / Ayase averages 3.2 per match.
- 74% of practice matches result in a come-back win.

- On the other hand, her small stature means she cannot mount a powerful attack no matter what…
- and her disposition tends to overly focus on defence…

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- I know Kana-chan.
- I can win.

- Everyone competing in the finals with rank advancement on the line…
- This development won’t happen ever again.

- I have to see this…
- with my own eyes.
- Nani wazu ni— / Sakuya kono hana fuyu gomori—
- Ima wo harube to sakuya kono hana—

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- Aimite no—

- Wabi nureba—

- Impossible. / Impossible.
- I’m not understanding either one of these matches.

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- I want to watch them properly though. What do I do~~~
- Who took that one just now!? / Who!?
Aside: Geez—
- Quit moving!

- Huh?

- Kana-chan…
- Her waist isn’t drooping…

- The result of muscle training?
- But that’s too quick…

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- Could it be…

- the hakama!?

- Koisucho—

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SFX: rise

- I beg your pardon.
- Thank you very much.

SFX: tup tup

SFX: ah! / fsh

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- Come to think of it…
- this is my first time really watching Kana-chan play a match in hakama.
- Wow.

- Those tinny-tinny movements are so precise!
Arrow pointing to “tinny-tinny”: limited vocabulary

Flashback panel 1: going to retrieve the card
Flashback panel 2: A one two— / three four—
- Completely different from me.

- When wearing kimono, always maintain good posture…
- Hold your stomach taut…

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- As if a board has been inserted between your stomach and spine…

- My obi…

- “I want to wear kimono, but it’s a hassle.
- I don’t like how the obi’s really tight—“
- I wonder why…
- kimono – the obi – is disliked…

- Sabishisa ni—

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- Kana-chan…
- successfully attacked without reserve!?

- The obi is…
- supporting me.

- It reinforces…
- my centre.

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SFX: haa

SFX: haa

- Fukukara ni—

- Yes!!

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- A satisfying capture!
SFX: haa haa
- I was really quick!! / just now

- Well… / not as fast as Chihaya, though.

- She’s not watching.

- Mashima is looking over here…

- “Hyoro…! I’ll win, so watch me!”
- “That way, you’ll count as runner-up.”

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- Don’t get conceited!
Bold text: geargh—!
- If it’s going by actual ability, I’d be first place! Not runner up!!

- So beautiful…
Across from that: How lovely… / If you can move like that in it, I want to wear one too…
Below: Kimono really is nice. / No doubt.

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- Chihaya-chan is a very pretty girl, but… / that doesn’t change even when she wears western clothing.

- Kanade is by no means a beauty, but…
- she knows how to BORROW THE KIMONO’S POWER.

- She’s the REAL advertisement for Ooe Traditional Clothing.
Arrow: Catalogue

- As a woman…

- one must be beautiful.

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- Even in battle.

- tup

- Even her card-handling is beautiful.
Bubble: tup
- Graceful—
- Even though her hands are quite plump…

- “Kana-chan’s attacks become more successful when she wears hakama.”
- write / write
Thick brackets: making mental notes
- “She reaches 100% when wearing hakama.”

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- Alright!
Booklet: Kana-chan info
- fwap!!

- While we practice together like that every day…
- a new side to her surfaces during matches. It’s amazing.

- But…
- the usual Kana-chan is sure to be there too.

- In a match…
- between Kana-chan and me…
- there is a card that I’ll always take, without fail.

- Ooe yama—

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Bold SFX: d- / do—oom
Rieko SFX: flap flap—

Komano SFX: phew—
- It’s no theory.
- Just as Ayase gets worked up about “Chiha”…
- Kana-chan thinks of the “Ooe” card as her own.
- Since she’s Ooe-san.

- That was a shock…

SFX: glance
- Moreover…

- Aki no tano—
- Ah!
- Kana-chan tends to check “Araza” after “Ooe” is read out…
- and her reaction to other cards is slowed.

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Top card arrow: daughter
Card: Koshikibu no Naishi / ooe yama / ikuno no michi no / tohokereba / mada fumi mo mizu / ama no hashidate
Arrow: mother
Card: Izumi Shikibu / arazaramu / konoyo no hoka no / omohide ni / ima hito tabi no / afukoto mo gana
- Because Izumi Shikibu and Koshikibu no Naishi are mother and daughter.

- Desk-kun is keeping his cool.
- He stopped Kana-chan’s winning streak!

SFX: glance
- Kana-chan’s way of confirming the cards…

SFX: glance
- is different from the others, who decide based on sound alone.

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- After Ariwara no Narihira is read, she checks Chuunagon Yukihira (because they’re brothers).
- After Seishou Nagon is read, she checks Kiyohara no Motosuke (because they’re father and daughter),
- and then she checks Murasaki Shikibu (because they’re rivals?).
- Kana-chan values the cards’ meanings and background.

- But…
- in the end, competitive Karuta is all about “sound”.

- Everyone is listening to the sound…

- just the sound—
Sign: Use prohibited while competition is in progress

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- I’m the same.
- Konu hito wo—

- Uh!

- No! I faulted!
- I’m bad at distinguishing “konu” from “kono”~~~

- Even if I consider sound to be important…
- Desk-kun’s awesome!!
- He was able to react right after “ko”—
- there’s no way I can be like Ayase!!

SFX: phew—
- So… / which card will Kana-chan send!?

Card: Fushi no taka / neni yuki ha / furitsutsu

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- Kana-chan…
- when sending a “ta” card, why do you send “tago” first?

- If it was me, I’d send “tachi”.
- Isn’t it easy to distinguish if it’s “chi”?

- My ears aren’t as good as Chihaya-chan’s, so…
- “Taka”, “Taki”, “Tago”, “Tachi”, “Tare” and “Tama” are all difficult for me.

- But… / I feel that big things have magnetism…

Card: Yamabe no Akahito / Tago no ura ni / uchi idete mireba / shirotahe no / fuji no takane ni / yuki ha furitsutsu
- (original song) / The bay of freshly planted rice fields, / Go amongst them and look, pure white / snow falls upon the formidable peak.

- Formidable peak.

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- The formidable…
- image’s…
- magnetism…

- Tago no ura ni—

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- There was no sound.
- No wasted movement.
- Directly…

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- I’m not here to root for anyone.
- I’m not here as their captain.

- “I’m going to steal anything I can!”
- I’m doing that too.

- I’m doing that too!

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- Meanwhile, next to them—

- A FIERCE BATTLE IS BEING WAGED. Though only Hyoro-kun is watching.