Chihayafuru Volume 1 Chapter 001
[Cover]
[Spine]
Chihayafuru 1
Suetsugu Yuki
Shueisha
Suetsugu Yuki
Shueisha
[Front Cover]
Suetsugu Yuki
Chihayafuru
1
Chihayafuru
1
[Left Flap]
Even when the gods
Held sway in the ancient days,
I have never heard
That water gleamed with autumn red
As it does in Tatta's stream
Held sway in the ancient days,
I have never heard
That water gleamed with autumn red
As it does in Tatta's stream
[Back Cover]
[Right Flap]
Chihayafuru is a serialized work. I can't explain in words how fun and enjoyable it is to write a serialized manga. I hope you can understand through the manga itself. Let's start!
[Main Body]
Chihaya, a sixth-grader, met Arata, a transfer student from Fukui. Arata was a quiet boy, but he had an unusual gift: competitive karuta. Chihaya felt inspired by Arata's ability to take cards faster and with more concentration than anyone else. However, what Arata couldn't take his eyes from was Chihaya's extraordinary talent.
The curtain finally raises on this story of youth, where ever more dazzling and wholehearted feelings intersect!!
The curtain finally raises on this story of youth, where ever more dazzling and wholehearted feelings intersect!!
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[001-1]
Chihayafuru
1
Suetsugu Yuki
1
Suetsugu Yuki
[002-1]
Poem 1
03
Poem 2
53
Poem 3
85
Poem 4
115
Poem 5
147
[003-1]
Chihayafuru
Poem 1
Poem 1
[004-1]
Sign:
Karuta Festival
[004-2]
Sign:
XXth Queen Match
[005-1]
Chihaya:
Please,
no one breathe.
no one breathe.
[006-1]
Reader:
Chi-
[007-1]
SOUND
SLAM
[008-1]
Chihaya:
Six years ago, Tokyo.
When I hadn't yet discovered my passion.
When I hadn't yet discovered my passion.
[008-2]
Man:
Arata-kun, you forgot your route.
Make sure you check it so you don't deliver to the wrong house. . .
Make sure you check it so you don't deliver to the wrong house. . .
SOUND
KACHAK
Arata:
I've already memorized it.
[008-3]
Man:
You liar, there are 200 addresses!
How could you remember them already?
How could you remember them already?
SOUND
SHAAAAA
Man:
Please don't deliver to the wrong houses!
[008-4]
Arata:
2-chome 5-ku, Fujiwara, Tanaka, Ihara, Hayashi. On the other side of the street, Oosawa, Fujimiya, Yamamoto, Ayase.
Uchimiya-san isn't getting delivery, the Yokota Coop house numbers 101, 103, 202, 203, 204, next to that, Kawaguchi, Nagano.
Uchimiya-san isn't getting delivery, the Yokota Coop house numbers 101, 103, 202, 203, 204, next to that, Kawaguchi, Nagano.
SOUND
HUFF HUFF HUFF
Arata:
In the Tower Apartments, from top to bottom, 3002, 3004, 3007, 2902, 2903, 2906, 2907, 2908, 2801, 2802, 2805, 2807, 2809, 2810, 2701, 2602, 2603.
[008-5]
Arata:
Next is Ayase. . .
SOUND
HUFF
SKREEK
SKREEK
Sign:
Ayase
[009-1]
SOUND
HUFF HUFF
[009-2]
SOUND
HUFF
[009-3]
Arata:
. . .Good mor. . .
SOUND
GRAB
Chihaya:
Thank you!
[009-4]
SOUND
SLAM
[009-6]
Chihaya:
Onee-chan, onee-chan.
You're in the paper!
You're in the paper!
SOUND
SHAKE SHAKE
Chitose:
Nnn. . .
Chihaya:
Look, your picture, too!
[010-1]
Chihaya:
Look, right here!
Paper:
Japan's #1 Pretty Girl
the Grand Prize Winner is
13 years old
the Grand Prize Winner is
13 years old
[010-3]
Chitose:
Give me a break. . .
I didn't even get picked.
I didn't even get picked.
Chihaya:
But it's amazing that you even made it to the top 15.
Can I have this picture?
Can I have this picture?
[010-4]
Chihaya:
Although, it is true that the grand prize winner
has a much nicer figure. . .
has a much nicer figure. . .
Paper:
Daily Sports
4-- Cried
4-- Cried
[010-5]
SOUND
WHACK
[010-6]
Chitose:
You. . .
You always just blurt out whatever you're thinking!
You always just blurt out whatever you're thinking!
Chihaya:
. . .
My sister is a year older than me, and has a temper.
My sister is a year older than me, and has a temper.
[010-7]
Chihaya:
She's really beautiful, and I'm really proud of her.
Girl:
Good morning, Chihaya-chan!
Girl 2:
Chii-chan, I saw the paper!
Chihaya:
Yeah!
Girl:
You're going to get wet.
Chihaya:
I know, it's amazing!
Girl 2:
Your big sister sure is amazing.
Chihaya:
Back then, my dream was for my sister to become #1 in Japan.
[011-1]
Boys:
Whoa, amazing.
She's really there.
[She's tiny, though.]
She's really there.
[She's tiny, though.]
Boy:
Your sister's really pretty.
SOUND
AMAZING
[011-2]
Taichi:
And yet,
even though this is your sister,
you still seem like a guy, Chihaya.
even though this is your sister,
you still seem like a guy, Chihaya.
SOUND
GYAHAHAHA
[011-3]
SOUND
ROAR
Taichi:
Wah!
[011-4]
Taichi:
You wanna go, Chihaya?
You can match me on physical ability, if nothing else.
You can match me on physical ability, if nothing else.
SOUND
SHOVE
Chihaya:
Ah,
sorry.
sorry.
[011-6]
Chihaya:
. . .
SOUND
WHOOSH WHOOSH
Taichi:
What's up, Chihaya?
You don't want to fight?
Hey.
You don't want to fight?
Hey.
[012-1]
Chihaya:
That's the new transfer student. . .
SOUND
SCRAPE
Chihaya:
I've never talked to him,
but I feel like I've seen him somewhere before. . .
but I feel like I've seen him somewhere before. . .
Taichi:
Chihaya,
you shouldn't get involved with him.
you shouldn't get involved with him.
[012-2]
Taichi:
I heard he eats bugs.
Someone from Class 2 saw him.
Someone from Class 2 saw him.
Boy:
And if you talk to him, he doesn't answer.
Boy 2:
And his socks have holes in 'em.
[012-3]
Taichi:
I wish he wasn't in our class.
Chihaya:
. . .
Voice:
Chii-chan.
[012-4]
Chihaya:
Huh?
Dark Haired Girl:
Look.
Light Haired Girl:
Wataya-kun speaks Fukui dialect, right?
We took notes.
But when we ask him to speak Fukui dialect, he won't talk to us.
We took notes.
But when we ask him to speak Fukui dialect, he won't talk to us.
[012-5]
SOUND
KYAHAHAHA
Light Haired Girl:
So we can't take any more notes.
Stingy, don't you think?
Stingy, don't you think?
Notebook:
Record of Wataya-speak
noo noo --> nee nee (Hey, hey)
hoya hoya --> sou sou (That's right)
chikkurisasu --> don't know (To stick into)
shosse --> shiyou ze (Let's ~~)
kazenetsu --> ?? (cold sore)
noo noo --> nee nee (Hey, hey)
hoya hoya --> sou sou (That's right)
chikkurisasu --> don't know (To stick into)
shosse --> shiyou ze (Let's ~~)
kazenetsu --> ?? (cold sore)
[013-1]
Chihaya:
If I was Wataya-kun,
I wouldn't want to talk to people who were taking notes to laugh at me.
I wouldn't want to talk to people who were taking notes to laugh at me.
[013-4]
Light Haired Girl:
Eh. . .
W-We didn't really mean to. . .
Right?
W-We didn't really mean to. . .
Right?
Chihaya:
Oh, really?
Sorry.
Sorry.
Teacher:
Please take your seats.
[013-5]
SOUND
CHATTER CHATTER
Teacher:
Have you all gotten your stickers for memorizing the Hyakunin Isshu?*
TL Note:
100 Poems by 100 Poets. I'll refer to it by the Japanese name for brevity.
Teacher:
Once you've memorized them all, come take the test on them.
Then you can enter the karuta tournament next month.
Then you can enter the karuta tournament next month.
[013-6]
SOUND
CHATTER CHATTER
Kid 1:
No way.
Kid 2:
I still only know 20.
Chihaya:
I can't get over it.
[014-1]
Teacher:
The prize is a library card.
We have to win against Class 2, no matter what!
We have to win against Class 2, no matter what!
Kid:
It's impossible, I'm telling you.
[014-2]
Chihaya:
I can't get over it.
[014-3]
Teacher:
Mashima-kun, you should enter.
You've already memorized all of the poems, right?
You've already memorized all of the poems, right?
Caption:
Sticking up*
TL Note:
In Japan, a character's nose sticking up means he's feeling braggy.
Girl:
So fast.
Card:
Hyakunin Isshu Memorization Card
Boy:
Mashima, you can do anything, can't you?
[014-4]
Chihaya:
I've seen him somewhere.
Somewhere. . .
Somewhere. . .
Teacher:
It's not just Mashima-kun.
[014-5]
Teacher:
Yesterday afternoon, Wataya-kun took the test as well.
He memorized all of the poems at once and passed!
He memorized all of the poems at once and passed!
SOUND
CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP
Teacher:
Let's give him a hand!
[014-6]
Girl:
Ehhh?
Wow.
All at once? Really?
Wow.
All at once? Really?
[014-7]
Card:
Hyakunin Isshu Memor-
Boy:
Whoa.
[014-8]
Chihaya:
Ah!
[014-9]
Chihaya:
You were delivering the paper!
[015-1]
Chihaya:
Yeah, yeah! Now I remember!
Wataya-kun, you delivered the paper to my house this morning, right?
Amazing!
Wataya-kun, you delivered the paper to my house this morning, right?
Amazing!
[015-3]
SOUND
CHATTER
Teacher:
Eh. . .?
Wataya-kun, is that true?
Wataya-kun, is that true?
[015-4]
Teacher:
Elementary school students shouldn't be working.
Do you do this all the time?
Do you do this all the time?
SOUND
CHATTER CHATTER
Arata:
Ah. . .sometimes.
Just when the owner asks me to. . .
Just when the owner asks me to. . .
[015-5]
Arata:
It's only sometimes. . .
SOUND
CHATTER CHATTER
[015-6]
SOUND
CHATTER
Chihaya:
Eh. . .?
Girl:
[Sounds rough.]
[Poor guy.]
[Poor guy.]
[015-7]
Taichi:
Come to think of it,
SOUND
HEH
Taichi:
doesn't he always wear the same pants?
[015-8]
Chihaya:
Eh. . .?
[016-1]
Blackboard:
Lost and Found
Pencil case (blue)
-tebook
handkerchief
Pencil case (blue)
-tebook
handkerchief
[016-2]
~Chitose:
You always just blurt out whatever you're thinking!
[016-4]
SOUND
SHOVE
Arata:
Wah!
[016-5]
Taichi:
Ah, sorry, sorry.
Sorry to ruin your only clothes.
Do you have nothing to wear tomorrow now?
Sorry to ruin your only clothes.
Do you have nothing to wear tomorrow now?
[016-6]
Taichi:
Maybe you can borrow a skirt or something from your mom. . .
SOUND
GRAB
[017-1]
SOUND
KAPOW
[017-2]
Taichi:
What the hell, Chihaya?!
Are you on that bumpkin's side?
[Owowowow]
Are you on that bumpkin's side?
[Owowowow]
Chihaya:
Taichi,
I never thought you were so small-minded.
I never thought you were so small-minded.
[017-3]
Taichi:
Wha. . .
[017-4]
Taichi:
Aren't you on our side?
If you stick up for him, everyone will ignore you too, starting tomorrow!
If you stick up for him, everyone will ignore you too, starting tomorrow!
Chihaya:
I don't care, go ahead.
Taichi:
We really will! Are you okay with that?!
You'll be really lonely!
You'll be really lonely!
Chihaya:
I said I don't care.
[017-5]
Taichi:
. . .
[017-6]
Taichi:
Don't come crying to me later!
SOUND
SHOVE
Taichi:
Remember this!
[017-7]
Arata:
. . .
[018-1]
Chihaya:
Wow. . .
It's really run-down.
It's really run-down.
[018-2]
Arata:
. . .
Chihaya:
[Gasp]
Ah, uh, I mean. . .
I-I'm sorry.
Ah, uh, I mean. . .
I-I'm sorry.
[018-3]
Chihaya:
People are always getting mad at me for saying exactly what I'm thinking.
My sister kicked me for doing it just this morning. . .
My sister kicked me for doing it just this morning. . .
Arata:
. . .
[018-4]
Chihaya:
. . .
[018-5]
Chihaya:
Um. . .you can talk, you know?
I won't take notes or anything.
I won't take notes or anything.
SOUND
WHISPER
[018-7]
Arata:
. . .
. . .Hey.
. . .Hey.
[019-1]
Arata:
Why did you
get the paper this morning. . .?
get the paper this morning. . .?
Chihaya:
He talked!
[019-2]
Chihaya:
He talked!!
My sister was in a beauty pageant, and I wanted to see this article right away.
Look! This girl in the back is my sister!
My sister was in a beauty pageant, and I wanted to see this article right away.
Look! This girl in the back is my sister!
SOUND
WSHH WSHH
Arata:
Heehh. . .that's amazing.
Chihaya:
Isn't she pretty? Isn't it amazing?
[019-3]
Chihaya:
My dream is for her to become #1 in Japan one day.
[019-4]
SOUND
WSHH WSHH
[019-5]
Arata:
You can't call that a dream.
Chihaya:
Huh?
[019-6]
Arata:
If it's not for yourself, it's not a dream.
[020-1]
Arata:
You can't latch on to someone else's.
It's too sad for your sister.
It's too sad for your sister.
[020-2]
Chihaya:
Wh. . .what the hell!
So what's YOUR dream then, Wataya-kun?!
Do you have your own dream?!
So what's YOUR dream then, Wataya-kun?!
Do you have your own dream?!
[020-4]
SOUND
CLATTER
[020-5]
SOUND
KACHUNK
[020-7]
Chihaya:
. . .?
What's this? These are the Hyakunin Isshu, aren't they?
What's this? These are the Hyakunin Isshu, aren't they?
Arata:
Can you play, Ayase-san?
Chihaya:
Can I play?
Our school has a tournament every year.
[Starting in grade 4.]
Our school has a tournament every year.
[Starting in grade 4.]
[021-1]
Arata:
. . .
L-
Let's play!
L-
Let's play!
[021-2]
Chihaya:
Eh? Okay. . .
But there's no one to read.
But there's no one to read.
Arata:
I have a cassette tape!
[021-3]
SOUND
CLATTER CLATTER
Chihaya:
[A cassette tape? In this day and age?]
What?
What?
[021-4]
Chihaya:
Why is he so enthusiastic?
Let's see. . .how does this go?
You put 25 cards into three rows. . .
Let's see. . .how does this go?
You put 25 cards into three rows. . .
[021-5]
Chihaya:
There are one hundred poems, made up of an upper and lower phrase.
You line up the cards, which just have the lower phrase.
You line up the cards, which just have the lower phrase.
[021-6]
Chihaya:
When the upper phrase is read, you take the corresponding lower phrase.
I only remember about 50 of them.
I only remember about 50 of them.
SOUND
GLANCE
Chihaya:
Well, it's just karuta. . .
[021-7]
Chihaya:
That's all. . .
[023-1]
Chihaya:
What's with. . .his gaze. . .?
[023-2]
Arata:
Shall we begin?
Chihaya:
Eh?
O-Okay.
O-Okay.
[023-3]
Tape:
Arashi fuku— (By the wind storm's blast)
[024-1]
SOUND
POW
[024-3]
Chihaya:
It flew!
Arata:
Uh-oh.
Chihaya:
The card flew?!
Arata:
One got stuck again.
[024-4]
Tape:
Nagaraeba— (If I should live long)
SOUND
SMACK
Chihaya:
W-
Wah wah!
Wah wah!
[024-5]
SOUND
SMACK
Chihaya:
W-was karuta
like this?!
like this?!
[025-1]
Chihaya:
He's fast!
Really fast!
Really fast!
[025-2]
Chihaya:
. . .
This is so frustrating.
This is so frustrating.
[025-3]
Chihaya:
So frustrating.
I want to get at least one card.
I want to get at least one card.
[025-4]
Chihaya:
I know the upper phrase for that card.
It's “Se wo hayami
Iwa ni sekaruru
Takigawa no.”
(Though a swift stream is
Divided by a boulder
In its headlong flow)
It's “Se wo hayami
Iwa ni sekaruru
Takigawa no.”
(Though a swift stream is
Divided by a boulder
In its headlong flow)
[025-5]
Chihaya:
If I can just get that one.
SOUND
CLENCH
Chihaya:
If I can just get one card. . .
[026-1]
Tape:
Se— (Though)
[026-2]
SOUND
BAM
[026-3]
Arata:
!!
[026-4]
Arata:
Thank you.
Caption:
A 24-card gap
Chihaya:
. . .
[026-5]
Chihaya:
What's with you?
You're demonically good!
You're demonically good!
Arata:
But you took a card.
Chihaya:
A single card, I was completely defeated!
[026-6]
Arata:
But. . .
I. . .
It was fun!
I. . .
It was fun!
[027-1]
Arata:
Almost everyone in Fukui plays karuta.
But it's not like that in Tokyo.
But it's not like that in Tokyo.
[027-2]
Arata:
I've been playing by myself. . .
Chihaya:
By yourself?
Listening to tapes?
Listening to tapes?
[027-4]
Arata:
People in other countries don't really play karuta. . .
I mean, it's a hard game.
But that means. . .
I mean, it's a hard game.
But that means. . .
[027-5]
Arata:
If you become best in Japan,
that means you're best in the world, right?
that means you're best in the world, right?
[028-1]
Arata:
My dream
is to become a karuta Master.
is to become a karuta Master.
[028-2]
Chihaya:
A Master?
Best in the world?
Best in the world?
[028-3]
Chihaya:
His dream. . .
[028-4]
Arata:
Chihaya. . .
That's a good name.
That's a good name.
Chihaya:
Eh?
Arata:
Look.
[029-1]
Arata:
You can take this card when you hear “Chihaya” from the upper phrase.
I can already see it as “Chihaya.”
I can already see it as “Chihaya.”
[029-2]
Arata:
That's how it looks to me.
[029-3]
Mother:
I'm home. . .
SOUND
SHUT
Mother:
Huh?
[029-4]
Mother:
Oh, Arata!
Your friend?!
No. . .
Your girlfriend?!
Your friend?!
No. . .
Your girlfriend?!
Arata:
Mom. . .
Mother:
Do you want a potato, girlfriend-chan?!
[029-5]
Chihaya:
No,
um. . .
I should be getting home. . .
um. . .
I should be getting home. . .
[029-6]
Mother:
[It wouldn't have taken long to cook.]
[Please come again!]
[Please come again!]
[029-7]
SOUND
SPLASH
[029-8]
Chihaya:
Dream. . .
Dream. . .
He sure
was fast. . .
Dream. . .
He sure
was fast. . .
[030-1]
Chihaya:
A dream, huh. . .?
[030-2]
Voices:
Good morning.
Morning.
Morning.
[030-3]
Chihaya:
Good m. . .
[030-4]
Chihaya:
Huh?
Where's my desk. . .?
Where's my desk. . .?
[030-5]
~Taichi:
Everyone will ignore you too, starting tomorrow!
[030-6]
Chihaya:
. . .
[030-8]
Taichi:
If you quit talking to that weirdo,
SOUND
CLATTER
Taichi:
I'll get everyone to talk to you again.
[031-1]
SOUND
CLATTER
Chihaya:
I'm okay.
Get everyone to talk to Wataya-kun instead, Taichi.
Get everyone to talk to Wataya-kun instead, Taichi.
[031-4]
Taichi:
What the hell, Chihaya?
We all decided as a class to ignore him.
We all decided as a class to ignore him.
[031-5]
Arata:
I-
It's okay, Ayase-san.
It's okay, Ayase-san.
Taichi:
He's short, and poor, and a hillbilly!
[031-6]
Arata:
I'm fine. . .
Chihaya:
But. . .
[031-7]
Chihaya:
Wataya-kun wouldn't lose to anyone here at karuta!
[032-1]
Chihaya:
Right?!
[032-2]
Arata:
. . .
I. . .
I won't let you take
a single card.
I. . .
I won't let you take
a single card.
[032-3]
SOUND
SLAM
[032-4]
Taichi:
All right.
You're on.
If anyone gets a single card from you, you'll be ignored until graduation.
You're on.
If anyone gets a single card from you, you'll be ignored until graduation.
Chihaya:
It was an absurd bet,
but it felt great.
but it felt great.
[033-1]
Chihaya:
There's nothing I can do
that I feel like no one can beat me at.
that I feel like no one can beat me at.
Banner:
Higashioosato Elementary Karuta Tournament
SOUND
SLAM
[033-2]
SOUND
SLAM
[033-4]
Reader:
Yura no to wo— (Like a mariner—)
[033-5]
SOUND
SLAM
[034-1]
Girl:
I couldn't get a single card!
[Wahhh!]
[Wahhh!]
Mother:
What's going on here, sensei?
That boy isn't cheating or anything, is he?!
That boy isn't cheating or anything, is he?!
Teacher:
That's impossible. . .
SOUND
CHATTER CHATTER CHATTER
Girl 2:
[Hey]
Wataya-kun's pretty amazing, isn't he?
Wataya-kun's pretty amazing, isn't he?
Girl 3:
Chii-chan, you knew?
[034-2]
SOUND
SLAM
Someone:
Wah! He took another one!
[034-3]
Chihaya:
He really. . .
[034-4]
Chihaya:
isn't losing to anyone.
[034-5]
Reader:
Su— (The w—)
SOUND
SLAM
[035-1]
Announcer:
Wataya Arata-kun from Grade 6, Class 1,
advances to the finals.
advances to the finals.
SOUND
OHHHHHH
[035-2]
Girl:
Ehhhh?
Wataya-kun is amazing.
Wataya-kun is amazing.
SOUND
CHATTER CHATTER CHATTER
Girl 2:
I always thought he was smart.
Girl 3:
He's going to finish with a perfect score at this rate.
[035-4]
Girl 4:
I wonder if Mashima-kun will be okay.
Girl 5:
He'll be fine. He can do anything.
His dad's a doctor, and his mom is really strict.
She's here to watch him today!
His dad's a doctor, and his mom is really strict.
She's here to watch him today!
[035-5]
Girl 5:
There's no way he'll lose without taking a single card.
[036-1]
Chihaya:
You really are amazing, Wataya-kun!
You'll definitely win with a perfect score!
You'll definitely win with a perfect score!
Arata:
Hmm. . .
But you got a card from me, Ayase-san.
But you got a card from me, Ayase-san.
[036-2]
Chihaya:
[Ahahaha]
That was a fluke!
That was a fluke!
Arata:
I don't think so.
[036-3]
Arata:
I think you probably have
a knack for karuta.
a knack for karuta.
[036-4]
Chihaya:
. . .
A knack for karuta. . .?
A knack for karuta. . .?
[036-5]
SOUND
TAP TAP
Arata:
?
[036-6]
SOUND
PSHHHHHHH
[036-7]
Chihaya:
Hey, Taichi!!
What're you doing?!
What're you doing?!
Taichi:
Isn't Coke delicious?
Drink it and be grateful!
Drink it and be grateful!
[037-1]
SOUND
TMP
[037-2]
Chihaya:
What the heck is he thinking. . .?
Are you okay, Wataya-kun?
Are you okay, Wataya-kun?
SOUND
SPLASH SPLASH
Chihaya:
Ah, I don't have a handkerchief or anything.
[037-3]
Chihaya:
You can wipe your face right here.
Arata:
No, that's okay. . .
[037-4]
SOUND
SECRETIVE
[037-6]
Arata:
H. . .
SOUND
HUFF HUFF
Arata:
Huh?!
My glasses. . .
My glasses. . .
[037-7]
Chihaya:
Eh?!
Taichi!
Taichi!
[038-1]
Taichi:
What, Chihaya?
You traitor.
You traitor.
Chihaya:
Taichi. . .
Have you seen Wataya-kun's glasses?
Have you seen Wataya-kun's glasses?
[038-2]
Taichi:
No.
I've been here this whole time, right?
Right?
I've been here this whole time, right?
Right?
Boy 1:
[Y-]
Boy 2:
[Yeah.]
[038-3]
Chihaya:
. . .
I-
I see. . .
I-
I see. . .
[038-4]
Announcer:
The karuta tournament finals are about to begin.
Please assemble in your assigned rooms.
Please assemble in your assigned rooms.
Taichi:
Oh, Wataya?
Are you okay without your glasses?
I guess they were fake glasses. Pretty cool.
Are you okay without your glasses?
I guess they were fake glasses. Pretty cool.
[038-5]
Arata:
. . .
Caption:
Vision: 0.03
[038-6]
Arata:
Ayase-san. . .
I think Mashima hid my glasses after all. . .
I think Mashima hid my glasses after all. . .
Boy:
[Eh?]
Chihaya:
Taichi is narrow-minded,
but he's not that bad of a person.
[And that's not me.]
but he's not that bad of a person.
[And that's not me.]
[038-8]
Chihaya:
I'll definitely find them.
Wait for me!
Wait for me!
[038-9]
Man:
You're both in the finals, right?
Come in.
Come in.
[039-1]
Banner:
Higashioosato Elementary Karuta Tournament
SOUND
CHATTER CHATTER
[039-3]
Arata:
. . .
Taichi:
You don't have to make such a big show of it.
You can see without getting that close, can't you?
You can see without getting that close, can't you?
[039-4]
Taichi:
Are you trying to set up an excuse for when you lose?
Let me remind you that if you lose a single card, you lose.
Let me remind you that if you lose a single card, you lose.
[039-6]
SOUND
START
[039-7]
Reader:
We shall now begin.
Naniwazu ni
Saku ya kono hana
Fuyu gomori
(By Naniwa Bay, now the flowers bloom, but for winter)
Ima wo harube to
Saku ya kono hana
(Here comes spring, now the flowers bloom.)
Naniwazu ni
Saku ya kono hana
Fuyu gomori
(By Naniwa Bay, now the flowers bloom, but for winter)
Ima wo harube to
Saku ya kono hana
(Here comes spring, now the flowers bloom.)
[040-1]
Reader:
Yamagawa ni
(The dam the winds have built)
Kaze no kaketaru shigarami wa
(in the mountain pass is. . .)
(The dam the winds have built)
Kaze no kaketaru shigarami wa
(in the mountain pass is. . .)
SOUND
SLAM
[040-2]
Taichi:
!
[040-3]
Man:
Ohhh!
Very fast!
Very fast!
SOUND
WAH!
[040-4]
Taichi:
What's with this guy?
I thought he couldn't see!
I thought he couldn't see!
Reader:
Misebaya na
(Let me show him)
(Let me show him)
SOUND
SLAM
[040-5]
Taichi:
It's not that he can see.
He remembers.
He remembers where he put the cards.
He remembers.
He remembers where he put the cards.
[040-6]
Taichi:
Shit. . .
SOUND
SWF
[040-7]
SOUND
SLAM
[040-8]
Reader:
Ah.
Wataya-kun, that's the wrong card.
Wataya-kun, that's the wrong card.
[041-1]
Arata:
!
[041-2]
Reader:
Mashima-kun,
that's the right card.
that's the right card.
Taichi:
Heh heh.
[041-3]
Arata:
The cards. . .
They're moving.
They're moving.
I can't see.
They're moving.
They're moving.
I can't see.
[041-4]
Arata:
I can't see.
[041-5]
Reader:
Wasureji no yukusue made wa katakereba—
(If remembering me in future years will be too difficult for him)
(If remembering me in future years will be too difficult for him)
SOUND
SLAP
Taichi:
Oh!
There it is!
There it is!
[041-6]
Boys:
Ohhh!
SOUND
WA!
Boys:
Mashima finally took one!
[041-7]
Boys:
Nice going, Mashima.
This is only the beginning!
This is only the beginning!
SOUND
WAHHH
Taichi:
Heh heh!
Boys:
Don't lose to that outsider!
[042-1]
Boys:
Hey, Wataya, you really want that library card, don't you?
What a loser!
What a loser!
Voice:
Hey, quiet, you!
Boys:
Quit bragging about how you're so great at karuta.
Go Mashima!
Go Mashima!
[042-2]
Boys:
Finish the outsider!
SOUND
GRIP
[042-3]
~Grandpa:
Arata.
[042-4]
~Grandpa:
Even if you make friends in Tokyo, keep playing karuta.
Grandpa will watch over you.
Grandpa will watch over you.
[042-5]
~Grandpa
Even if you make friends
in Tokyo. . .
in Tokyo. . .
Voice:
Sensei.
[043-1]
Chihaya:
Can I play
SOUND
SHOVE
Chihaya:
in Wataya-kun's place?
[043-2]
Taichi:
?
[043-4]
Reader:
What are you saying, all of a sudden?
Of course not.
Of course not.
Chihaya:
But, sensei, I couldn't find Wataya-kun's glasses. . .
[043-5]
Chihaya:
But I'm
Wataya-kun's best pupil!
Wataya-kun's best pupil!
[044-1]
Reader:
. . .Well. . .
It is a problem that he doesn't have his glasses. . .
It is a problem that he doesn't have his glasses. . .
[044-2]
Taichi:
I'm fine with it.
Chihaya is definitely weaker than him.
Chihaya is definitely weaker than him.
[044-4]
Chihaya:
I'll definitely win for Wataya-kun!
[044-6]
Arata:
. . .
[044-7]
Chihaya:
No. . .
~Arata:
If it's not for yourself, it's not a dream.
Chihaya:
No.
I'm not playing for him.
I'm not playing for him.
[045-1]
Chihaya:
I'm going to
[045-2]
Chihaya:
beat Taichi!
Taichi:
. . .
[045-3]
Girl:
But doesn't Chihaya only know the poems that start with “A” and “N”?
Girl 2:
She knows about half. . .
SOUND
CHATTER CHATTER
[045-4]
Reader:
Nanishi owaba—
(If your name is true)
(If your name is true)
[045-5]
Chihaya:
Chaaaaa!
SOUND
THUD
Taichi:
Wah!
[046-1]
Taichi:
Wh. . .what's with you. . .?
You're not catching a grasshopper!
You're not catching a grasshopper!
Teacher:
[You can't use both hands.]
Chihaya:
Heh heh heh heh heh. . .
[046-2]
~Arata:
You probably have a knack for karuta.
Chihaya:
When I played with Wataya-kun,
Caption:
Upper phrase
Card:
Se wo hayami
Iwa ni sekaruru
Takigawa no.
(Though a swift stream is
Divided by a boulder
In its headlong flow)
Iwa ni sekaruru
Takigawa no.
(Though a swift stream is
Divided by a boulder
In its headlong flow)
Caption:
Lower phrase
Card:
Warete mo sue ni
Awan to zo omou
(Though divided, on it rushes,
And at last unites again.)
Awan to zo omou
(Though divided, on it rushes,
And at last unites again.)
Chihaya:
I just listened for the first syllable of the upper phrase and prepared myself to strike.
[046-3]
Chihaya:
In other words. . .
[046-4]
Chihaya:
Prepare yourself to just remember a few syllables from the upper phrase.
[What was the upper phrase for that poem?]
[I know I've seen it. What is it?]
[What was the upper phrase for that poem?]
[I know I've seen it. What is it?]
Caption:
[Prepared]
Chihaya:
The meaning of the poem doesn't matter!
[046-5]
Chihaya:
And for the cards I don't remember at all—
Taichi:
Ah!
[046-6]
Chihaya:
I'll look at where Taichi's going,
Chaaaa!
and scatter 5 or 6 cards (at random).
Chaaaa!
and scatter 5 or 6 cards (at random).
[047-1]
Taichi:
No fair, Chihaya!
[You hit a bunch of cards!]
[You hit a bunch of cards!]
Teacher:
It's not against the rules.
As long as the card in play gets hit.
As long as the card in play gets hit.
Chihaya:
Heh heh heh heh heh. . .
[047-2]
Teacher:
What the?
That girl's karuta is funny.
[Ahahahaha!]
That girl's karuta is funny.
[Ahahahaha!]
Kids:
. . .
[047-3]
Reader:
Kimi ga tame—
(It is for your sake)
(It is for your sake)
Taichi:
Haru no no ni idete
Wakana tsumu
Waga koromode ni
Yuki wa furi tsutsu
(That I walk the fields in spring,
Gathering green herbs,
While my garment's hanging sleeves
Are speckled with falling snow.)
(0.5 seconds)
Where is it?
Wakana tsumu
Waga koromode ni
Yuki wa furi tsutsu
(That I walk the fields in spring,
Gathering green herbs,
While my garment's hanging sleeves
Are speckled with falling snow.)
(0.5 seconds)
Where is it?
[047-4]
Chihaya:
I won't lose.
Concentrate on Taichi's movements!!
I'm going to win!!
Concentrate on Taichi's movements!!
I'm going to win!!
[047-5]
Arata:
Ayase-san is pushing back.
Mashima is smart,
but her strategy and reflexes are unusually good.
Mashima is smart,
but her strategy and reflexes are unusually good.
[047-6]
Someone:
Chihaya just needs one more card!
[047-7]
Chihaya:
But all the rest are cards I don't know!
SOUND
GONG
Chihaya:
[I should have studied.]
[048-3]
~Arata:
I can already see it
as “Chihaya.”
as “Chihaya.”
[048-4]
~Arata:
That's how it looks to me.
[048-5]
Card:
Chihaya
[048-6]
Chihaya:
Ahhh.
This. . .
This is. . .
This. . .
This is. . .
[049-1]
Reader:
Chihayaburu—
(Even when the gods)
(Even when the gods)
Chihaya:
Karuta vision!
[049-2]
Girl:
She got it!
[049-3]
Arata:
She did it!
[049-4]
Teacher:
Ayase-san, 6th grade, class 1, is the winner!
SOUND
WAAAA!
Chihaya:
Phew. . .
[050-1]
Taichi:
Shit!
SOUND
SLAM
[050-3]
Chihaya:
It was really fun
playing with you, Taichi.
Karuta is fun, isn't it?
playing with you, Taichi.
Karuta is fun, isn't it?
[050-4]
Chihaya:
It wouldn't have been like this if you were playing Wataya-kun.
He's going to become a Master.
He's going to become a Master.
[050-6]
Arata:
Then Ayase-san,
you'll be the Queen.
you'll be the Queen.
[051-1]
Chihaya:
. . .
The Queen?
When it comes to karuta,
The Queen?
When it comes to karuta,
[051-2]
back to manga
Chihaya:
Best in Japan. . .
means best in the world.
means best in the world.