Train service has been suspended for the rest of the day.
（アナウンス）本日 運転再開の 見込みは立っておりません
繰り返します…
I repeat...
Adjustment Window
（零(れい)）歩きだすと—
When I start walking,
歩きだす
he starts walking.
立ち止まると—
When I stop,
立ち止まる
he stops.
僕のあとを 静かに—
It's like a god
神さまがついてくる
is quietly following me.
Among the freshly blooming dandelions
And the droplets of water which couldn't quite become snow
I thought I could make out a face stained with tears
So I offered my umbrella without a second thought
Is going left or right correct?
The path ended before I could really decide
But surely the right call is the one which spares that special someone
From any painful experiences
So with a little courage, take that plunge forward
If everything's all crooked, take an oblique path
As long as you're moving forward, you'll find the light
Like those little birds that huddle together and cry out in unison
We'll definitely ring in the start of a new season
And so spring will embrace us once more
We'll splash paint on some new pages
We became fast friends, we enjoyed some good food
We might've even argued a little
But we carry those little moments in our hearts
As reasons which compel us toward a future that can't possibly be mistaken
No matter how many times we find ourselves lost among sunlit trees
Today has been carried here by the winds on a one-way ticket
That blooms into a perfect day
White Storm (Part 4) Continued
（零）え〜っと… それじゃ
Um...
Well then...
（宗谷(そうや)）ありがとう
Thank you.
助かった
I appreciate the help.
はい 桐山(きりやま)です
Hello? Kiriyama here.
Hey! It's me.
（神宮寺(じんぐうじ)）よう 俺だ 俺
Chairman Jinguuji
お前 大丈夫か？
Are you okay?
会長？
Chairman?
Owww...
地元の後援会とスポンサーたちと 朝まで飲んでて 今起きたら…
I was drinking until morning with the local support group and sponsors, and I just woke up.
I heard the bullet train's shut down because of the typhoon.
（神宮寺） 台風で新幹線止まったって聞いてさ
Are you okay?
大丈夫か？ 今どこにいる？
Where are you?
In Sendai.
（零）仙台(せんだい)です 運転は再開しないみたいで
It seems the train won't be back in service today.
I see.
そうか あ〜…
Also...
それでだな 同じ新幹線にだな…
On the same bullet train as you...
あ〜 そ… その…
U-Um...
あっ 宗谷さんですか？
You mean Souya?
大丈夫です 今一緒です
He's fine.
I'm with him right now.
（神宮寺） オオッ… そうか お前と一緒か
Really?!
He's with you?
泊まる所は見つかったか？
So you found a place to stay?
Yes.
（零）あっ はい 仙台の駅の近くの盛泉(せいせん)インに
It's the Seisen Inn near Sendai Station.
（神宮寺）なら良かった …で—
Good to hear.
So if you're with him, then...
お前と一緒にいるってことは…
そうか…
Yeah.
聞こえてないんだな？
He can't hear.
White Storm (Part 4) Continued
White Storm (Part 5)
（零）あの…
Um...
いつからなんですか？
When did it start?
ああ… そうだな 長(なげ)えな
Let's see.
It's been a long time.
（神宮寺） 10年ちょい前くらいからだ
Just over ten years.
Throughout the years,
もうずっと—
“聞こえる”と“聞こえない”を 行ったり来たりしている
there are times when he can hear and times when he can't.
医者に行っても原因は分からねえ
He's been to doctors, but they can't find the cause.
Stress is the best they can come up with no matter how many tests they run.
“ストレスだ”と繰り返すばかりで どうにもならん
それに あいつも あいつでな
And he being who he is,
最初のころは 病院にも通ってたんだが
he went to the doctor regularly at first,
“静かで 面倒くさくなくていい” とか言いだしやがって
but then he started saying he didn't mind the silence.
But...
そんな…
そんなこと言ったって 困るじゃないですか
Even though he said that, it can't be easy for him.
だって…
I mean...
（零）“人と話すときとか”と 言いかけて—
I started to say, "When he talks to people,"
朝の盛岡(もりおか)のホームが浮かんだ
but then I remembered what had happened this morning in Morioka.
あまり 他人と行動しているのを 見たことがない
I've never really seen him interacting with other people.
笑って誰かと話しているところも
Nor have I seen him laughing and talking with people.
記憶の中の この人は いつも ひとりだ
In my memories,
he's always alone.
あれは いつのころだ？
When was that?
It was a children's tournament.
確か 子供大会で 初めて優勝した小学校の…
The first time I won in the elementary school division.
だとしたら…
If that's right...
だとしたら あのころには…
If that's right, then by then...
もう…
he'd already...
（零）あの… このことは…
Um, does anyone else...
Yeah, well, the people who play against him a lot.
（神宮寺）ああ まあ しょっちゅう対局で当たるヤツはな
…とはいっても 宗谷に会えるヤツなんざ—
That being said, the only people who go up against him are the challengers in title matches.
タイトル戦で 直接 当たれる挑戦者くらいだから—
That only leaves a handful of people.
そう何人もいねえんだがな
Well, he wasn't especially trying to hide it,
（神宮寺） まあ 別段 隠す気もないようだが
but there are some drawbacks to it, so when I told him to keep quiet about it...
不利な部分もなくはないから 黙っとけって言ったら…
（宗谷）秒読み前に 終わらせればいいんでしょう？
I just have to finish the match before the countdown, right?
特に問題はないのでは？
Then there shouldn't be any problems, right?
（神宮寺）…とか言いやがるし
...that was his response.
なあ もう… こっちは 心配してんのに のんきなもんだよ
Jeez, I'm tying myself up in knots over this, but he doesn't have a care in the world.
I mean, he's always been that kind of a person.
まあ 本人—
ずっと昔から あの調子の人間だし
So even when he says something that's incoherent,
とんちんかんなこと 言ったとしても—
I-I'm sorry!
people let it slide because he was like that even before.
そらまあ もともと そうだったから 結構 まかり通ってきちまったのよ
Oh no! Your suit!
まあ 対局前後の挨拶や質問なんて—
As for the reception and Q&A before and after matches, they tend to be similar in terms of order and content.
順番も内容も 大抵 似たり寄ったりだからさ
It's ironic that as he became better and better at shogi,
皮肉なもんで 将棋さえ鬼のように強ければ—
少々 イカれてるふうに 見えたとしても—
people would look at him like he was a little crazy,
かえって周りは “さすが天才”とか—
but they'd chalk it up to the eccentricity of a genius, and they'd even have fun with their mistaken notion.
勝手に解釈して 盛り上がってくれたりしてな
Well, if he's in his room now, I'm sure he'll sleep through until morning.
まあ もう部屋に入ったんなら—
あいつは朝まで眠ってるはずだ
（神宮寺）もう放っといても大丈夫
He'll be fine if you leave him alone.
でも 正直 助かった
But to be honest, you were a big help.
I was nervous about him walking around in the rain, looking for a hotel.
この雨の中 ホテル探して 歩き回ってんじゃないかって—
もうヒヤヒヤした
このあと すぐに玉将(ぎょくしょう)戦の 七番勝負が控えているからな
Right after this, he's got a best-of-seven in the King Tournament.
お前が拾ってくれて本当に良かった
So you were a godsend taking him with you like that.
しかし 桐山 前も京都で思ったんだが
But listen, Kiriyama.
I thought this back in Kyoto too.
Like with Shimada.
島田(しまだ)んときさ
お前は 何つうか ホントに面倒見のいいヤツだな
You were—how can I put it— really good at looking after people.
Are you really a modern kid?
ホントに現代っ子？
Have you been lying to us about being born in the 90s?
平成(へいせい)生まれとか ホントはウソなんじゃねえの？
I bet you're really an obliging middle-aged mother on the inside.
ホントは 中身 世話好きのオカンなんじゃないの？
I'm 18.
18です…
And one more thing. It was an entertaining match.
あとな 面白い対局だった
You and Souya had a normal, mutual understanding of each other.
お前 宗谷と 普通に意思の疎通 図れてて
（神宮寺）なんか笑った
He kind of smiled.
（零）翌朝 目が覚めると台風は過ぎていて…
When I woke up the next morning, the typhoon had passed.
（零）えっ？ あの… 会計は…
Huh?
Um, what about my bill?
The man you came in with, Mr. Souya, has paid for your stay.
（フロント）ご宿泊の代金は—
ご一緒に入られた宗谷さまが お支払いになられましたので
（零）外に出ると…
When I went outside,
仙台の空には まるで—
Sendai's sky was a vast, fake-looking blue, as if it were a giant canvas painted by a child.
子供が絵の具で塗ったような でたらめに青い空が広がっていた
（零）現実感が まるでなかった
It didn't feel real at all.
昨日までの あの嵐が 夢の中のことのように 遠く思えた
Yesterday's storm seemed far away, as if it'd happened in a dream.
あの雨の中 ２人で確かに一緒に歩いたのに…
Even though I'm certain the two of us walked together in the rain.
（零）その日は ３時間目から授業に出たけれど
I went to school starting at third period that day,
疲れが出たせいか 授業の声も 教室のざわめきも—
and maybe it was because I was tired, but the teacher's voice and usual classroom commotion
ぼんやりと遠くて よく頭に入ってこなかった
seemed vaguely distant, so it didn't really get through to me.
なのに…
And yet,
あの場所で聞いた駒音だけが…
the sound of the pieces from that match...
どうしても…
kept ringing in my head...
鳴りやまなくて…
and wouldn't go away.
Shogi Hall
（三角(みすみ)）あっ… （重田(しげた)）うん？
（三角）よう 桐山 大変だったみたいだな 台風
Hey, Kiriyama.
I heard how rough that typhoon was for you.
（三角）桐山？
Kiriyama?
何だ？ ボ〜ッとして
What's with him?
He's in a daze.
He's probably tired, going straight to school after he got back.
（重田）仙台から そのまま学校で 疲れたんじゃね？
You know, he probably had P.E.
学校って ほら 体育の授業とかあるじゃん
That takes energy.
体力いるよね
Office
どうしても…
I just couldn't...
ずっと ずっと…
get that sound...
out of my head.
鳴りやまなくて…
White Storm (Part 5)
Restart
（ひなた）お姉ちゃん
Sis,
Kiriyama says he can't come over today either because he has to prepare for a match tomorrow.
桐山君 今日も あしたの対局の 予習があるから来れないって
Inbox
Kiriyama Rei
Thank you for the invite
I have to prepare for a match tomorrow, so I can't come over today.
（あかり）まあ 残念！
Oh, that's too bad.
角煮が こんなにも トロットロに煮えたというのに？
Even though this braised pork came out really tender?
（ひなた）そう！ 自慢の半熟たまごが—
That's right!
Even though my specialty soft-boiled eggs have been soaking in the pork's salty-sweet sauce?
こんなにも 角煮の甘辛いタレで—
染み染みに なっているというのに？
Ploop
Yes!
（あかり）そう！ この川本(かわもと)家の英知を結集し—
What's waiting for him are flavorful, marinated soft-boiled eggs,
数々の失敗を経て 研究の末に探し当てた—
created with the ultimate soft-boiled eggs,
from the minds of the Kawamoto family's wisdom, only discovered after dozens of failures!
この究極の半熟たまごで作った—
うまみたっぷりの煮卵が 待っているというのに？
ハァ〜ッ…
Melty
All so we could have a reliably slurried soft-boiled egg to put on the table!
6 min
7 min
8 min
9 min
（あかり･ひなた） 常に安定したとろみの半熟たまごを 食卓へ のせるために—
6 min
7 min
8 min
9 min
Does he have any idea how much time went into perfecting that?
6 min
7 min
8 min
9 min
我々が 一体 どれだけの研究を 重ねてきたか！
9 min
I've got it!
6 min
7 min
8 min
9 min
分かりました お姉ちゃん！
9 min
Sis, it's eight minutes!
８分です！
Got it.
分かったわ！ ８分ね！
Eight minutes, huh?
Medium eggs, taken right out of the fridge, in boiling water for eight minutes!
Medium eggs
Taken right out of the fridge
In boiling water for eight minutes
Caught up in the excitement
Fffgggrr
Caught up in the excitement
Mwaaarr
Caught up in the excitement
The Kawamoto Family's Manual for Perfect Soft-Boiled Eggs
Take your eggs right out of the refrigerator
Since we're often in a hurry, it's faster to take them out of the fridge and put them straight into the pot.
Make a small hole in the bottom of the egg
Ta-daa
The flat part is the bottom
*A tool for poking holes in eggs
*Poking a hole in it reduces the chances of the egg cracking in the pot
*You can also use a thumbtack.
Boil the eggs for eight minutes
Roll
*For about the first two minutes, lightly roll them around with chopsticks (The yolk will come to the center!)
Cool them off in cold water
Ssssss
*If you don't, the inside will continue to cook
（あかり･ひなた）川本家 半熟たまご 絶対成功マニュアル！
The Kawamoto Family's Manual for Perfect Soft-Boiled Eggs!
（ひなた）“１ 冷蔵庫から 出したての卵を用意”
Step one: take your eggs right out of the refrigerator.
Since we're often in a hurry, it's faster to take them out of the fridge and put them straight into the pot.
（あかり） 急いでるときは 冷蔵庫から出して すぐ ゆでることが多いですよね
Step two: make a small hole in the bottom of the egg.
（ひなた）“２ 卵の底に 小さい穴を開ける”
The flat part is the bottom
The flat part is the bottom.
Ta-daa
（モモ）卵穴開け器！
A tool for poking holes in eggs!
Poking a hole in it reduces the chances of the egg cracking in the pot.
*Poking a hole in it reduces the chances of the egg cracking in the pot
You can also use a thumbtack!
*You can also use a thumbtack.
R
o
l
Step three: boil the eggs for eight minutes.
（ひなた） 〝３ 沸騰したお湯で ８分 ゆでる〞
For about the first two minutes, lightly roll them around with chopsticks!
*For about the first two minutes, lightly roll them around with chopsticks!
The yolk will come to the center!
(The yolk will come to the center!)
Ssssss
（ひなた） “４ お水に取って冷ます”
Step four: cool them off in cold water.
If you don't, the inside will continue to cook!
*If you don't, the inside will continue to cook
Mmmm!
With curry
In stew
Mmmm!
これで いつだって—
Mmmm!
The result is a life with reliable soft-boiled eggs!
安定した 半熟たまごライフが！
In potato salad
As is, on top of rice
Sob
It took so long to perfect.
長かった…
Eggs that returned to room temperature
Eggs right from the refrigerator
今までの固さのバラつきは…
We couldn't get the hardness to be consistent
6 min
because we had eggs that returned to room temperature and eggs right from the refrigerator.
7 min
8 min
9 min
6 min
7 min
8 min
9 min
この２つをゴッチャに していたせいだったなんて…
Having both mixed up the level of hardness!
But now...
そして！
Baaam
この度 町内会の福引きで当たった—
we have the power of a new pressure cooker,
Baaam
which we won in a neighborhood association drawing recently!
ニュー圧力鍋の威力たるや…
How could I have wasted all that time, effort, and high gas bills on endless stove-cooking?
*Sampling
ホント 今までの あの延々 煮込む ガス代と時間と労力は何だったの？
Weeping
I had no idea that we could be eating juicy braised pork in just 20 minutes!
たった20分で こんなトロットロの 角煮が食べられるなんて…
Spellbound
（あかり）しかも この豚バラ 100グラム なんと58円
And this pork belly is only 58 yen per 100 grams.
Piping hot
I was able to buy one kilogram for 580 yen!
Piping hot
１キロ買って580円
Piping hot
For 580 yen, we can eat as much as we like!
Piping hot
For 580 yen, we can eat as much as we like!
Rich
Tender and shiny
Thank you for the food!
（あかり･ひなた･モモ） いっただっきま〜す！
Pork belly over rice is the best!
（ひなた）豚バラのせ丼 最高〜！
（モモ）ウ〜ン！
お… おいしい
D-Delicious!
How could that four-eyes miss out on something so good?
こんなおいしい物があるときに—
あのメガネさんったら いないだなんて…
It's a crying shame!
（あかり･ひなた）かわいそすぎる （モモ）ウ〜ン！
（あかり） でも また作ったげればいいわね
But we can make it again.
And maybe next time it'll be even better.
（ひなた）次は もっともっと おいしく作れるかもしれないしね
Yummy!
Yummy
ハッ… あっ そうだ！
I just remembered!
ちほちゃんからね 写真来たんだよ
I got a photo from Chiho!
These puppies are just adorable!
子犬の！ すごい かわいいの！
Oh, let me see!
（あかり）えっ？ 見せて見せて！
（ひなた） ハナちゃんの赤ちゃんなんだよ
They're Hana's babies!
You can tell how fluffy they are!
モッコモコのモフモフなの
There's five of them!
５匹！ 会うの すっごい楽しみ！
I can't wait to see them in person!
（島田）桐山…
Kiriyama.
（島田）桐山
Kiriyama.
桐山
Kiriyama!
Hey, Kiriyama!
おい 桐山！
（島田）ンンッ… この…
You little...
（島田）桐山 貴様…
Kiriyama, you bastard!
Oh, g-good morning, Shimada.
Grit
おはようございます 島田さん…
Grit
Aftereffect of the shock
ゲームしながら歩いてる小学生か お前は！
What are you, a little kid playing a video game while walking around?
I'm confiscating this!
没収すっぞ！ …つうか 棋譜！
I mean, match records?
White
Souya Touji
楽しかったろう？
It was fun, wasn't it?
Huh?
（島田）宗谷との対局
Your match with Souya.
（島田）また会いたくなるだろう？
You want to see him again, right?
盤の前で
Across the board.
分かるよ
I know how it is.
Shogi Hall
（島田）そうだ…
Oh yeah.
二海堂(にかいどう) 退院したぞ
Nikaidou is out of the hospital.
Nikaidou?
（零）二海堂… （島田）ああ
Yeah.
He'll make it to the first qualifying round for the King Tournament in two days.
多分 あさっての玉将戦の １次予選から復帰だ
What?!
えっ！ 二海堂 もう体は大丈夫なんですか？
Nikaidou is okay already?!
Shogi Hall
あと退院して すぐ そんな… 大丈夫なんでしょうか？
He's playing right after being discharged from the hospital? Will he be okay?
（島田）ちょっと のぞきに来てやってくんないか？
Why don't you drop in on him?
Even though this is his first year being promoted to C1 from the class-promotion matches,
順位戦のほうも Ｃ１に上がって 初めての年なのに
he already has two black stars from forfeiting two matches.
もう不戦敗で黒星が２つだ
意気込んでたから 多分 気落ちしてると思ってな
He was really enthusiastic about it before, so I imagine he's depressed now.
You play ten matches per year to decide your class.
（零） 順位戦は １年をかけて10局を戦う
There are 34 people in Class C1.
俺たちのいるＣ１は34名
毎年 その中のトップ２人が昇級
Every year, the two with the most wins are promoted.
The people in the bottom 20% get a demotion point.
５人に１人の割合で 成績下位者に降級点がつき—
If a player gets two demotion points, they're demoted.
その降級点が２つになると 降級となる
（二海堂）勝ったぞ 最終局！
I won the final match!
So I'll be Class C1 next season, just like you!
これで来期は お前と同じＣ１だ！
途中で負けんなよ
Don't lose along the way!
俺と お前で 伝説を作るんだからな！
Because you and I are going to create a legend!
（島田） まだ体も本調子じゃないだろうしな
I'm sure he hasn't fully recovered yet,
お前の顔見たら ちょっと 元気出るんじゃないかと思ってな
but just seeing you again would probably cheer him up a bit.
（零）二海堂…
Nikaidou.
どんなに気落ちしてるだろう…
He must be so discouraged.
あんなに張り切ってたのに…
He was in such high spirits before.
Take better care of your shogi, and yourself!
もっと自分の将棋を—
自分を大切にしてくれ！
（零）僕は あのとき あの言葉で自分を取り戻せたのに…
I made a comeback because of those words he said to me.
（三角）あれ？ 桐山 どうしたの （零）あっ…
Huh? What are you doing here, Kiriyama?
（三角） 今日 対局じゃないんじゃない？
You don't have a match today, do you?
Oh, no.
（零） あっ はい… ちょっと その…
I just, um, you know...
Shogi Hall
Unkaku Room
（零）長いな…
This is taking a while.
体 大丈夫なのかな？
Are you holding up,
二海堂…
Nikaidou?
（青野(あおの)）負けました… （零）ハッ…
I lost.
（青野） ダ〜ッ！ くそ！ このクソガキ！
Damn it!
You little brat!
心配とかすんじゃなかった！ ダ〜ッ！ も〜う！
I never should've worried about you!
Ugh, jeez!
Nikaidou was awesome!
すげえよ 二海堂！
Right out of the hospital and he beats Aono, 8-dan!
こんなときに あの野郎 青野八段に勝っちまった！
（三角）一手損角換わりで ７九玉と指しやがった
He played K-7i after a one-turn loss bishop exchange!
新手(しんて)だよ！
That's a new method!
（青野）なるほど…
I see.
If you place the king at 7i here,
ここで７九玉と指しておけば—
then my rook can't do anything.
飛車が 立ち行かなくなる…
カ〜ッ！ お前(めえ) 病院で ず〜っと これ考えてたのかよ？
Were you thinking about this when you were in the hospital?
ク〜ッ！ こんちきしょう！ そうか ７九玉か！
Damn it!
I see! K-7i, huh?
Pat
I carried you that day and laid you down, then ran all over the place looking for Hanaoka.
Pat
It'll be okay, Nikaidou!
Pat
Really nice guy
Pat
（青野）あんときゃ 俺はよ お前 担いで 寝かせて—
Pat
It'll be okay, Nikaidou!
Pat
The ambulance will be here any minute!
Pat
The ambulance will be here any minute!
Pat
花岡(はなおか)さん捜して 走り回って すっげえ心配したんだぜ！
Pat
Hold on!
Pat
Hold on!
Pat
I was so worried about you!
Pat
I'll go find your butler!
Pat
I'll go find your butler!
Pat
But now this?
なのに これかよ！
Yes, sir!
Thank you for taking care of me that day!
Yes, sir!
（二海堂）その節は 本当に ありがとうございました！
Yes, sir!
…で 付きますかね？
So, what do you think?
Do you think they'll name that move after me?
この手 俺の名前付きますかね？
させるか こんちきしょう！
Not if I have any say in it!
俺が研究し直して すぐに対策をぶち上げてやる！
I'll study it and come up with countermeasures!
Yell
Dazed
Yell
あっ 桐山！
Kiriyama!
Dazed
見ててくれたのか？ 俺の美技を
Did you see my awesome move?
ずっと… ずっと考えてたんだ 今日 やっと実戦で試せた
I've been thinking about that for the longest time!
And I finally got the chance to try it out today!
普通に ７八金とか２四歩とかじゃなく—
Instead of the usual G-7h or P-2d,
the attack will go smoother with K-7i!
７九玉なら 攻めをうまく いなせるんだ！
What do you think?
なあ 付くかな？ 俺の名前付くかな？
Will they name it after me?
やっぱ “二海堂ワクチン”かな？
Maybe the "Nikaidou Vaccine"?
It's been my aspiration to create a technique that'll leave my name on it!
憧れなんだよ 自分の名前の入った技を残すのが！
気落ちしてるかもしれないから
I imagine he's depressed now.
What?!
What are you laughing at?
What?!
（二海堂）なんで そこで笑う？ （零）フフフッ…
What?!
（二海堂） な… 何だ？ 何がおかしい 桐山！
What?
What's so funny, Kiriyama?!
Restart
Surrounded by a landscape on the verge of permanent stasis
I found myself searching for something
I took up a mask to make my pitifully weak self appear stable
And donned it boldly
The sound of my frozen footsteps as I walked along the river
Was easily overpowered by the roar of a passing train
Yet I kept chanting "I just gotta take another step" to myself
Over and over again
Can you hear me proclaiming that I'm standing right here?
Even in bare feet I can go wherever the hell I want
I don't know where I might find myself at the end
I can't begin to guess, but I can just ink in
A new landscape to suit me as I go
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（島田）でも 来てくれて助かったよ
But it really helped that you came.
Of course I'll do my best with the demo board commentary!
（二海堂） もちろん頑張りますよ 大盤解説
I'm thrilled to see all of you again this year.
（柳原(やなぎはら)） 今年も会えてうれしいよ ありがとう みんな！
Thank you, everyone!
Wh-What is this?
（零）こ… これは…
I want it.
（島田）俺は欲しいよ
I'll bite into anything I can.
何に かじりついたとしても
My first title!
初タイトルが
Illustration: Tori Miki
（二海堂） 二海堂晴信(はるのぶ) 完全復活！
Nikaidou Harunobu is totally back!
Take this! It's the Nikaidou Vaccine!
食らえ これが 〝二海堂ワクチン〞だ！