13 - You're in the First-String

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[00:01] (Flashback) Za
    I think it's my duty to finish you off.
[00:05] (Flashback) Za
    Eh, Chris?
[00:07] (Flashback) Ch
    Z-Zaizen...
[00:13] Sa
    I...
[00:16] Sa
    haven't done...
[00:18] Sa
    anything for Chris-senpai yet!
SIGN    You're in the First-String
[01:54] Sa
    I'll shut him down, no matter what!
[01:58] Is
    Zaizen...
[01:59] Is
    Naoyuki Zaizen!
[02:02] Is
    He struck me out every at-bat once
    in a game back in middle school.
[02:06] Yu
    Yeah,
[02:08] Yu
    he used to be untouchable.
[02:10] Ku
    Seriously?
[02:11] Ku
    Neither of you could touch him?
[02:13] Ku
    What kind of monster is he?
[02:16] Fu
    Why is a big shot like
    that playing pinch hitter?
[02:19] Za
    We met once at a hospital, didn't we?
[02:24] Za
    How's your shoulder been since then?
[02:29] Ch
    I see.
[02:31] Ch
    They were actually coming after me.
[02:35] Ch
    One out and runners
    on first and third.
[02:37] Ch
    What's their strategy?
[02:39] Ch
    Go long or pull off a squeeze bunt?
[02:42] Ch
    Or make the runners run
[02:44] Ch
    to toy with me?
[02:48] Ch
    Damn it! I'm ashamed.
[02:51] Ch
    I knew I couldn't play the way I used to.
[02:56] Sa
    Chris-senpai!
[03:00] Sa
    Let's focus on the batter!
[03:05] Mi
    Well said.
[03:09] Sa
    Balls are gonna come flying to you,
[03:10] Sa
    so I'm counting on you guys!
[03:12] Ma
    Not again!
[03:14] Ha
    Okay!
[03:15] Ha
    It's what you're best at!
[03:19] Sa
    Let's go!
[03:23] Za
    Bring it on!
[03:24] Za
    You're way too exciting, kiddo!
[03:27] Za
    That does it!
[03:28] Za
    I'll make you cry!
[03:29] Za
    You'd better be ready!
[03:32] Ch
    What a guy...
[03:34] Ch
    He's more calm than
    I am in this pinch.
[03:38] Ch
    Don't underestimate him, Zaizen.
[03:42] Ch
    His pitch isn't that easy to hit.
[03:47] EC
    That idiot.
[03:49] EC
    He ignored me and called himself up to bat.
[03:56] Za
    God damn it.
[03:58] Za
    I'm so irritated.
[04:00] Za
    That first-year with sparkles in his eyes
[04:03] Za
    and how much faith you
    have in him pisses me off!
[04:12] Za
    Focus on the batter?
[04:14] Za
    You idiot!
[04:15] Za
    Squeeze bunt off the bat?
[04:24] Za
    A bounce pitch?
[04:27] C1
    A wild pitch?
[04:44] Um
    Out!
[04:46] C1
    Squeeze bunt failed!
[04:47] C2
    Didn't that bounce pitch go wild?
[04:50] C3
    It basically turned into a wasted pitch!
[04:53] C1
    Hats off to the catcher!
[04:55] Za
    Th-They saw through our signs?
[04:58] Za
    No. No way.
[05:00] Za
    That pitcher?
[05:04] Mi
    What a kid he is.
[05:07] Mi
    It's just like that time.
[05:11] Mi
    The moment he saw the bat position,
[05:13] Mi
    he threw the ball into the ground.
[05:16] Mi
    An adjustment that's only possible
[05:19] Mi
    with a strong lower half
    and his unique pitching form.
[05:23] Mi
    Not to mention...
[05:25] Mi
    He has unwavering faith
[05:27] Mi
    that Chris-senpai will stop
    anything he throws.
[05:30] Sa
    I'm sorry.
[05:32] Sa
    I just instinctively...
[05:34] Ch
    Seriously...
[05:35] Ch
    You try catching something like that.
[05:40] Ch
    But it wasn't bad judgment.
[05:48] Is
    Looks like they actually
    make a pretty good pair.
[05:53] Ku
    Though I'm sure Chris-senpai
    is having a rough time.
[05:55] Ha
    Yep.
[05:56] Ha
    Eijun-kun never ceases to amuse me.
[05:59] Mi
    It's such a waste that
    this is a second-string game.
[06:02] Mi
    Wouldn't you say, Furuya?
[06:04] Fu
    I just want to pitch in a game.
[06:07] An
    Not bad, crazy boy.
[06:10] Ch
    The runner advanced,
    but there are two outs now.
[06:14] Ch
    You can focus on the batter
    without any distraction.
[06:18] Ch
    Give me your best pitch.
[06:22] Sa
    Yes, sir!
[06:23] Sa
    Let's all go to the first-string together!
[06:31] C1
    How many fouls is he going to hit?
[06:34] C2
    He's really fighting it out.
[06:37] Za
    Freaking kid.
[06:39] Za
    You throw really disgusting wavy balls!
[06:43] Ch
    His control's still rough,
[06:46] Ch
    but he's starting to get strikes consistently.
[06:49] Ch
    It's a battle of wills, Sawamura.
[06:54] Ot
    The batter is struggling
    just to make contact!
[06:59] Ot
    Are his pitches really that hard to hit?
[07:05] Ha
    I wonder how his ball moves.
[07:07] Ha
    I really want see it from the batter's box.
[07:11] Is
    Well, look at him now.
[07:12] Is
    I bet he got conceited
    and slacked off during practice.
[07:15] Is
    He used to be better in middle school.
[07:20] Za
    Damn it.
[07:24] Za
    I still have it.
[07:26] Za
    I know I do.
[07:29] Za
    This can't be my end.
[07:31] Za
    Damn it.
[07:34] Ch
    His legs...
[07:37] E1
    Zaizen...
[07:39] E2
    Zaizen...
[07:43] EC
    Our ace and cleanup from his first year...
[07:46] EC
    I had so much hope for his talent.
[07:50] EC
    Originally,
[07:52] EC
    you would've been the
    highlight of this summer...
[07:57] EC
    But you tore the ligament in your right knee.
[08:00] EC
    If only that accident hadn't happened
[08:03] EC
    in the prelims last summer.
[08:09] Um
    Foul!
[08:10] Sa
    That was close!
[08:12] E1
    Nice! Your timing's right!
[08:14] E2
    You've got this, Zaizen!
[08:16] E3
    Zaizen!
[08:19] Za
    Stop getting so hot
    over this pathetic game.
[08:22] Za
    You guys are all so petty.
[08:26] Za
    I guess I need to take you to the nationals.
[08:32] Ch
    Zaizen...
[08:36] (Flashback) Za
    Hey, Chris.
[08:40] (Flashback) Za
    Which school are you going to attend?
[08:43] (Flashback) Za
    If you and I team up,
[08:45] (Flashback) Za
    we could easily take the nationals.
[08:47] (Flashback) Ch
    I've already decided on going to Seido.
[08:51] (Flashback) Za
    I could never go somewhere that far away.
[08:54] (Flashback) Za
    I'll be going to Kokudokan nearby.
[08:57] (Flashback) Ch
    Then it looks like we'll be
    in different districts.
[09:00] (Flashback) Za
    Yeah.
[09:01] (Flashback) Za
    So we'll only be seeing
    each other at the nationals.
[09:12] (Flashback) Za
    Don't let me down, Chris.
[09:16] (Flashback) Ch
    I won't.
[09:17] (Flashback) Ch
    But don't let me down, Zaizen.
[09:20] Za
    Man, I'm so lame.
[09:22] Za
    All that talk, and I can barely play a game.
[09:27] Ch
    Yeah, likewise.
[09:31] Za
    Don't give boring signs to the pitcher
    and run away from this fight.
[09:35] Ch
    Don't worry.
[09:37] Ch
    I don't even know what he'll throw.
[09:41] Za
    What the hell?
[09:42] Za
    Bring it on,
[09:43] Za
    you random kid!
SIGN    Kokudokan Seido
[09:49] Sa
    This is my last inning of this game.
[09:58] (Flashback) Sa
    Please teach me baseball.
[10:03] Ch
    Give me your best pitch.
[10:10] Ch
    The old pitching form!
[10:13] Sa
    I've only been pitching for three innings,
[10:17] Sa
    but was I able to show Chris-senpai...
[10:20] Sa
    that I've improved, even a little?
[10:25] Sa
    Was I able to get even a little bit closer...
[10:32] Sa
    to the crown, the ace number,
    that's still miles away?
[10:42] Za
    Bring it on!
[10:45] Sa
    For now, I'll just throw
    my best pitch into his mitt!
[11:05] Ch
    Your original form of raising your
    knee high and your new wall form...
[11:11] Ch
    You completed your own
    style at the very end.
[11:16] Ch
    Nice throw!
[11:21] Sa
    I just got a compliment from Chris-senpai!
[11:24] Sa
    I've done it!
[11:26] Ha
    That's your priority?
[11:27] Ot
    Six walks in three innings.
[11:31] Ot
    By overcoming one pinch
    after another,
[11:33] Ot
    he gave up no runs and no hits.
[11:37] Ot
    What kind of pitching is this?
[11:41] Ma
    Stop screaming already!
[11:46] Is
    What a crazy form.
[11:49] Ma
    I wonder if I can hit that.
[11:50] Ku
    Gotta spar with him later,
[11:52] Ku
    so he doesn't get overconfident.
[11:54] Ka
    He really did it...
[11:58] Mi
    Wow! He's really amusing.
[12:00] Mi
    He's an idiot, and I can't even
    begin to imagine what he'll do.
[12:04] Mi
    If you don't get serious,
    he'll catch up fast.
[12:09] Fu
    Not even once...
[12:13] Fu
    have I thought...
[12:15] Fu
    I was better than him.
[12:19] Fu
    Can I...
[12:20] Fu
    change my personal menu
    to running and start now?
[12:27] Mi
    Yeah, run!
[12:28] Mi
    Run till you die!
[12:30] Mi
    You have zero endurance.
[12:33] Mi
    And you're ignoring me again!
[12:35] E1
    Zaizen!
[12:36] E2
    Zaizen!
[12:38] Za
    Stop huddling around
    with that stupid look.
[12:41] Za
    You guys are really petty.
[12:45] Za
    The game's just getting started.
[12:49] Za
    Hurry up and get in the field, you idiots.
[12:56] Ma
    Stop crying already!
[12:58] Sa
    I'm gonna do it!
[13:00] Sa
    Gonna work really hard!
[13:02] Ma
    I get it, but walk on your own!
[13:07] Ka
    You're done for today, Sawamura.
[13:10] Ka
    Play some catch, then ice your shoulder.
SIGN    Kokudokan Seido
[13:13] Sa
    But what about our offense
    at the bottom of the inning?
[13:17] Sa
    Or am I no good to you anymore?
[13:19] Ka
    You're done. Period.
[13:22] Ka
    Chris,
[13:23] Ka
    you're done, too.
[13:26] Ka
    Okay?
[13:33] Ch
    Yes, sir.
[13:35] Ch
    Thank you very much.
[13:38] Ka
    Makihara.
[13:40] Ka
    Saito.
[13:41] Ka
    Kuwata.
[13:43] Ka
    You start this inning.
[13:45] Ka
    Go wild.
[13:47] 3p
    Yes, sir!
[13:51] 3p
    Hey!
[13:52] Ma
    Nakata!
[13:53] Sa
    Bring us to the batter's box!
[13:55] Ku
    You don't wanna know
    what'll happen if you don't!
[14:13] Ku
    Only two spots open in the first-string.
[14:16] Ku
    I wonder who the coach will take.
[14:19] Ku
    The combat-ready,
[14:21] Ku
    the veteran,
[14:22] Ku
    or a diamond in the rough?
[14:28] Is
    Not like they'll be regular
    starters even if they come up.
[14:32] Is
    That's when the real battle begins.
[14:34] Ku
    No doubt about that.
[14:36] Is
    The pre-summer training camp of hell.
[14:40] Is
    It's not something we can avoid.
[14:43] Is
    We have no time to worry about those guys.
[14:46] Is
    Let's go back to practice.
[14:54] Mi
    The coach decides who to take.
[15:05] Mi
    But...
[15:06] Mi
    Personally speaking, I want...
[15:15] Ot
    You've already made your choice?
[15:17] Ot
    You know who to take?
SIGN    Kokudokan Seido
[15:19] Ka
    Yes.
[15:20] Ka
    The summer battle's already begun.
[15:23] Ka
    I can't spend time selecting two people.
[15:26] Ka
    Gather everyone immediately.
[15:46] Sa
    Hmm...
[15:48] Sa
    Why are we here?
[15:51] Ka
    I will now announce the players
    moving up to the first-string.
[15:55] Sa
    Right, first-string.
[16:01] Sa
    Now?
[16:03] Ka
    Based on the past scrimmages,
[16:05] Ka
    I have chosen these people personally.
[16:09] Ka
    The two people I call
[16:11] Ka
    will need to carry
    the weight of our school name.
[16:14] Ka
    Those who are not called,
[16:16] Ka
    I'd like you
[16:18] Ka
    to support the first-string
    this month until summer starts.
[16:22] Sa
    Only two?
[16:25] Ha
    Wow! I'm nervous.
[16:32] Ka
    The new first-string players...
[16:35] Ka
    are first-year, Haruichi Kominato,
[16:39] Ka
    and another first-year,
    Eijun Sawamura.
[16:45] Ka
    That is all.
[16:53] Sa
    Wait a minute...
[16:56] Sa
    What about Chris-senpai?
[17:02] Ka
    Totaling twenty first-string players,
    we'll play through the summer.
[17:07] Ka
    You may now leave to get rest
    for practice starting tomorrow.
[17:11] Ka
    Third-years who weren't
    chosen, please stay.
[17:26] Ku
    Hey!
[17:29] Ku
    Don't stand there looking lost.
[17:33] Ku
    Let's go.
[17:43] Ka
    You've all worked really hard
[17:45] Ka
    these past two years.
[17:49] Ka
    Practice was tough.
[17:50] Ka
    Competition was fierce.
[17:52] Ka
    Pain and frustration followed
    you everywhere you went.
[17:57] Ka
    But you didn't quit.
[18:02] Ka
    You stuck with
    me till the very end.
[18:09] Ka
    Don't ever stop...
[18:11] Ka
    making me so proud.
[18:20] Ma
    I was ready for this.
[18:22] Ma
    Even if I wasn't chosen...
[18:25] Sa
    I swore...
[18:27] Sa
    not to regret anything.
[18:31] Ku
    Still...
[18:32] Ku
    It... sucks.
[18:40] Ma
    This is where
[18:42] Ma
    our summer... ends.
[19:19] Ka
    Chris.
[19:23] Ka
    There's a path for you out
    there as a baseball player.
[19:29] Ka
    So first, focus on completely
    healing your shoulder.
[19:33] Ka
    With that in mind,
[19:35] Ka
    I want you to support the catchers
    like Miyuki and Miyauchi.
[19:38] Ka
    I'd also like you to watch
    over all the pitchers.
[19:41] Ka
    Can you do that?
[19:52] Ch
    Am I really the right guy?
[19:55] Ch
    My coaching may be stricter
    than yours, Head Coach.
[20:01] Ka
    Yeah.
[20:02] Ka
    Take care of them.
[20:04] Ka
    And everyone else!
[20:05] Ka
    I'd like you to support the first-string
    team as fellow Seido players.
[20:08] 3Y
    Yes, sir!
[20:09] 3Y
    Of course, sir!
[20:13] Ch
    I have no regrets.
[20:15] Ch
    In my last moments,
[20:18] Ch
    I was able to receive the best pitch...
[20:22] Ch
    I've ever had as a player.
[20:26] Sa
    Why?
[20:28] Sa
    Why was I chosen?
[20:31] Sa
    I only pitched well today
[20:33] Sa
    because Chris-senpai was there.
[20:36] Sa
    He's the one who's amazing!
[20:39] Sa
    He drew out my potential.
[20:49] Yu
    What are you gonna do out there?
[20:53] Yu
    Resign?
[21:00] Yu
    No matter what anyone says,
[21:03] Yu
    you were acknowledged
    by our head coach.
[21:06] Yu
    That you have what it takes.
[21:09] Yu
    You were chosen.
[21:11] Yu
    What are you gonna tell
    those who weren't?
[21:18] Yu
    There's only one thing we can do.
[21:22] Yu
    We have to get stronger,
[21:25] Yu
    so we can fight for those who can't!
[21:33] Mi
    Now...
[21:35] Mi
    You don't have any time to look back.
[21:38] Mi
    Not just you...
[21:40] Mi
    Me, too.
[21:47] Mi
    I'm going to fight till the very end.
[21:50] Mi
    The fight Chris-senpai couldn't.
[21:54] Mi
    This goes for both of us.
[21:56] Mi
    So get stronger.
[22:00] Mi
    Stronger.
[23:35] Sa
    I'm in the first-string?
[23:37] Sa
    Why me and not Chris-senpai?
[23:40] Ku
    How long are you gonna
    mope about this?
[23:42] Ku
    If you don't straighten up soon,
    I'll kick you into the ground!
[23:44] Sa
    But!
[23:45] Mi
    Ignoring his inner conflicts,
    the training camp begins.
[23:48] Mi
    Can Sawamura survive the
    unimaginably merciless practice?
[23:52] Sa
    Next time on Ace of the Diamond:
    Training Camp Begins!
SIGN    Training Camp Begins!
[23:56] Sa
    Let's win the national title!
[23:58] ---