The Master and Queen matches have begun. Harada faces Suo fully prepared, thanks to the Shiranami Society's support. The Queen match is between the current Queen and a former Queen: Shinobu versus Inokuma. Master Suo, having declared that he'll retire after his fifth consecutive win, appears as relaxed as ever, and Shinobu enters in a heavy, long-sleeved kimono provided by her grandmother.
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May it be that I find The hazed early dawn light comes not from the moon But from the crystal white snow of Yoshino Nobody wishes to see Mount Amanokagu Tatsuta River Ablaze The storm blasts As friends and strangers I recall how my own efforts were in vain Scarlet kadsuras Leaving a hovering mist above the trees and grass So the flower petals are scattered like the snow by the passing storm Yet it is I who withers and wilts The emotions experienced As helpless autumn leaves are caught against the flow Takes me away in haste As my sleeves are wet with dew The storm will soon carry me Bring a life of everlasting love May the scarlet kadsuras To restore my faith Just as my beauty has faded Like a boatsman adrift When winds send waves crashing
May it be that I find The hazed early dawn light comes not from the moon But from the crystal white snow of Yoshino Nobody wishes to see Mount Amanokagu Tatsuta River Ablaze The storm blasts As friends and strangers I recall how my own efforts were in vain Scarlet kadsuras Leaving a hovering mist above the trees and grass So the flower petals are scattered like the snow by the passing storm Yet it is I who withers and wilts The emotions experienced As helpless autumn leaves are caught against the flow Takes me away in haste As my sleeves are wet with dew The storm will soon carry me Bring a life of everlasting love May the scarlet kadsuras To restore my faith Just as my beauty has faded Like a boatsman adrift When winds send waves crashing