# 24 - Clockwork
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**[00:13] C1**
Yeah, Furuya.
**[00:14] C1**
He's a first-year pitcher for Seido.
**[00:16] C2**
He's a real monster!
**[00:22] E1**
He's nothing special.
**[00:25] E1**
He just throws as hard as
he can without any pacing.
**[00:29] E1**
The baseball of this country
that I admired...
**[00:32] E1**
...was at a much more
intricate and high level.
***SIGN*** Clockwork
**[02:14] Mi**
Let's stay focused!
**[02:17] Is**
Let's go!
**[02:18] Ka**
Let's do this!
***SIGN*** Murata East Seido
**[02:20] C1**
They're up by eight runs
after four innings?
**[02:23] C2**
Damn, they're strong.
**[02:25] C2**
Is this gonna be another called game?
**[02:29] C3**
Hey, Shun.
**[02:30] C3**
You're not watching any more?
**[02:34] C4**
It's easy to figure out
a pitcher who just throws fast.
**[02:40] C4**
What I'm worried about is
**[02:42] C4**
their strong batter line-up,
**[02:45] C4**
their closing second-year pitcher,
**[02:48] C4**
and the third-year ace
who has yet to show.
***SIGN*** Sawamura's cry for attention ends in vain . . .
**[02:58] Mi**
Furuya!
**[03:00] Mi**
What are you looking at?
**[03:01] Mi**
Hurry up and throw!
**[03:04] Mi**
You've got too much power, right?
**[03:07] Mi**
I'll let you throw as many as you want.
**[03:09] Mi**
Here.
**[03:14] C1**
That pitcher's a monster!
**[03:16] C1**
He throws at full strength,
even at the bullpen?
**[03:22] C2**
He's been striking out almost every batter,
**[03:25] C2**
but he's still not satisfied?
**[03:32] Mi**
The ball's too high!
**[03:34] Mi**
You need to throw more
carefully and lower!
**[03:37] Fu**
*He's been more strict as of late...*
**[03:42] Mi**
*He didn't play many games in junior high,*
**[03:46] Mi**
* so he doesn't know*
* the value of a single pitch.*
**[03:50] Mi**
*But this is a win or lose tournament.*
**[03:54] Mi**
* It's too late to realize*
* after the fact, Furuya.*
**[03:58] Sa**
If you're not gonna work, switch with me!
**[04:01] Fu**
I will.
**[04:02] Mi**
Sawamura, leave him alone!
**[04:04] Sa**
But I'm overflowing with ardor!
**[04:07] Mi**
Then you can keep shouting
until you lose your voice.
**[04:10] Ha**
* Looks like it's a tough job*
* to keep these two in check.*
**[04:24] C1**
A two-run home run
into the back screen!
**[04:26] Ha**
Yay! That was a home run!
**[04:29] Um**
Up by ten runs in five innings!
**[04:32] Fu**
It's a called game!
**[04:33] Na**
Captain Yuki!
**[04:37] Is**
That's rare.
**[04:38] Is**
You don't usually go for home runs.
**[04:40] Yu**
I want to give the pitchers
as much rest as possible.
**[04:44] Yu**
I'm glad that went in.
**[04:47] Is**
You're too perfect, Captain.
**[04:52] Sa**
We're done in five innings again?
**[04:55] Mi**
*So this is the job of our team captain.*
**[05:00] Mi**
*He's acting more and more like it lately.*
**[05:03] Mi**
*Though he's still really bad at shogi.*
***SIGN*** Murata East Seido
**[05:07] Um**
Okay.
**[05:09] Um**
Bow!
**[05:10] EE**
Thank you!
**[05:11] Sa**
Great job on your three
years of high school!
**[05:19] C1**
Good luck next game!
**[05:21] C2**
We'll come to cheer you on again!
**[05:24] GG**
Miyuki-kun!
**[05:27] Sa**
Official games are something else...
**[05:29] Ha**
The summer tournament is special.
**[05:32] Ka**
Good. You're all here.
**[05:34] Ka**
After you finish stretching,
**[05:36] Ka**
grab lunch at the bleachers.
**[05:38] PP**
Yes, sir!
**[05:39] Ka**
We're all staying...
**[05:41] Ka**
...to watch the next game.
***SIGN*** Three-Round, Three-Game Tournament Seido－Tomurata Higashi Tochigusa－Toyamato Higashi Tokamiyama－Akikawa
**[05:44] Ka**
The team that wins...
**[05:45] Ka**
...will be our next opponent.
**[06:00] Mi**
Take a good look at
Akikawa Academy's pitcher.
**[06:03] Mi**
He has something you guys don't have.
**[06:07] Ch**
An exchange student from Taiwan,
**[06:10] Ch**
Shunshin Yeung, second-year.
**[06:14] Sa**
He's not Japanese?
**[06:16] Ch**
He originally came to learn Japanese,
**[06:19] Ch**
but he was introduced to Japanese baseball and fell in love with it.
**[06:25] Ch**
He stays later than anyone at practice,
**[06:27] Ch**
and he studies more than anyone
to make Japanese baseball his own.
**[06:31] Ch**
He has hunger.
**[06:34] Ch**
He has that untouchable aura
**[06:36] Ch**
and amazing control
from his everyday practice.
**[06:39] Ch**
People call him...
**[06:42] Ch**
...Clockwork.
**[06:48] Sa**
Clockwork?
**[06:51] E1**
*That was close.*
**[06:52] E1**
*He threw right in my face.*
**[06:59] P1**
The ball.
**[07:01] E1**
D-Damn.
**[07:03] E1**
He's not going to apologize
to me about that pitch?
**[07:06] E1**
*You've gotta be kidding me.*
**[07:11] E1**
*Way to the outside?*
**[07:18] E1**
*Th-The same place again?*
**[07:24] E1**
*Where next?*
**[07:25] E1**
*In? Out?*
**[07:29] Um**
Strike! Batter out!
**[07:33] E1**
*Three pitches in the same place?*
**[07:39] P1**
*That was one ball outside the strike zone.*
**[07:45] P1**
* Not even an idiot would throw*
* three pitches to the same place.*
**[07:53] Um**
Game set!
**[07:57] Yu**
3-0.
**[07:58] Yu**
They defended their early-game runs.
**[08:01] Yu**
After they scored, the fielders
started playing differently.
**[08:06] Is**
Yeah, controlling in and out
**[08:09] Is**
and keeping the pitch low.
**[08:12] Is**
The other team only got five hits.
**[08:15] Is**
Just shows how much faith
the team has in him.
**[08:19] Sa**
*Faith?*
**[08:21] Fu**
It's so hot.
**[08:23] Is**
The game's three days
from now, on a Wednesday.
**[08:26] Is**
And this one isn't going to be so easy.
***SIGN*** Seido Spirit Dorm
**[08:32] Ch**
Their ace, Yeung, doesn't
throw many breaking balls,
**[08:36] Ch**
but he's thrown curveballs
and forkballs to get the strikes.
**[08:41] Ch**
His speed is only around 130 km/h,
**[08:44] Ch**
but what we need to worry about
is his clockwork-like control.
**[08:49] Ch**
From in-high to out-low,
**[08:52] Ch**
and out-high to in-low.
**[08:55] Ch**
He uses the diagonal very well
to keep the batters guessing.
**[09:00] Ch**
He'll probably never throw
anything near the middle.
**[09:08] Ch**
The key to beating him will be
how well you can stick to your swings
**[09:11] Ch**
without being tossed about
by his pitching to the corners.
**[09:17] Ka**
Swinging with hesitation will only
give more confidence to the pitcher.
**[09:22] Ka**
No matter what he throws,
swing without hesitation.
**[09:25] Ka**
You must remember that.
**[09:28] Ka**
One more thing.
**[09:29] Ka**
To put damage on a clever pitcher like him,
**[09:33] Ka**
we need speed and bunts.
***SIGN*** Seido Spirit Dorm
**[09:37] Ka**
You two can put pressure
on him by getting on base.
**[09:42] KR**
Yes, sir!
**[09:57] C1**
Wow! Amazing!
**[09:59] C2**
Feels good just watching.
**[10:01] C1**
They don't just practice swinging big.
**[10:03] C1**
They also practice the dull plays, too.
**[10:05] C2**
They scored massively two games in a row.
**[10:09] C2**
I'm sure their next opponents are scared.
**[10:11] C1**
Look at the captain, Yuki-kun.
**[10:14] C1**
He has a special air.
**[10:15] C1**
There are scouts from
pro teams here, too. Right?
**[10:20] C1**
I heard he's not
interested in that at all.
**[10:23] C1**
He probably has his hands full
**[10:25] C1**
trying to lead the team to the nationals.
**[10:30] C3**
Wow! So many reporters.
**[10:32] C3**
I didn't know Seido
was the talk of the town.
**[10:35] C4**
Owada, no need to state the obvious.
**[10:39] C4**
Under the guidance of
Head Coach Kataoka,
**[10:41] C4**
will they finally regain
their prestigious fame?
**[10:43] C4**
This is a team with many
things to write about.
**[10:49] C4**
What's that look?
***SIGN*** Will First-Year Become Savior for Prestigious School Seido?
**[10:52] C3**
There's also the Kazuya Miyuki boy
you wrote about last year.
**[10:57] C3**
I'm his fan!
**[10:59] C3**
His glasses fit so well!
**[11:01] C4**
You just have a fetish for glasses.
**[11:04] C3**
Glasses conquer all!
**[11:06] C4**
Well, everyone's here to look at
the monster, first-year pitcher.
**[11:12] C4**
We're going to the bullpen, too.
**[11:13] C3**
O-Okay!
**[11:19] Ka**
Sawamura!
**[11:20] Ka**
Where are you throwing?
**[11:21] Ka**
Are you trying to hit me?
**[11:22] Sa**
My bad!
**[11:24] Ch**
Thank you, Kanemaru.
**[11:26] Ch**
For volunteering to do this tough job.
**[11:30] Ka**
Not at all.
**[11:31] Ka**
It'll be better practice
if a batter is standing here.
**[11:35] Ka**
Not to mention seven out of the nine
Akikawa batters are lefties.
**[11:35] Sa**
Like this?
**[11:39] Ka**
He might be asked
to pitch, since he's a lefty.
**[11:40] Sa**
Like this?
**[11:43] Sa**
Like this!
**[11:44] Ka**
Though I'm sure the possibility
is close to none.
**[11:48] Ka**
Come at me, Sawamura!
**[11:50] Ka**
I'm not afraid of your pitch at all!
**[11:55] Sa**
Kanemaru.
**[11:57] Sa**
Here I come!
**[11:58] Sa**
Right to the inside!
**[12:03] Ka**
You threw that one on purpose!
**[12:05] Sa**
I'm sorry.
**[12:06] C1**
He has an interesting form.
**[12:08] C2**
That must've hurt.
**[12:13] Mi**
Nice ball!
**[12:16] C1**
In the bullpen, it's just Kawakami-kun
and the first-year Sawamura-kun...
**[12:22] C1**
The ace, Tanba-kun, is throwing
into the net with the coach.
**[12:26] C1**
We're only at Round 3,
but the ace hasn't thrown a single time.
**[12:31] C1**
I wonder if the rumors
of his injuries are true.
**[12:34] C2**
Who knows.
**[12:35] C2**
If that's the case,
**[12:36] C2**
it'll be another hard
summer without their ace.
**[12:41] C2**
Even if Furuya-kun can throw
really fast, he's still a first-year.
**[12:46] C1**
Oh? Now that you mention it,
**[12:48] C1**
where is the famous,
monster, first-year pitcher?
**[12:57] Mi**
*He...*
**[12:58] Mi**
* He's taking a nap,*
* and he's not even hiding?*
**[13:02] Mi**
*Even I can't laugh seeing this.*
**[13:05] Mi**
Wake up!
***SIGN*** Learn Today
***SIGN*** Devote Every Moment
**[13:08] Mi**
You'd better be done with running.
**[13:12] Fu**
I am.
**[13:13] Mi**
Get out here!
**[13:15] Mi**
You need to pitch in the bullpen.
**[13:16] Fu**
No, it's hot today.
**[13:19] Fu**
I'll be there in a little while.
**[13:21] Mi**
Of course it's hot!
**[13:23] Mi**
It's summer!
**[13:26] Mi**
*Is he going to be okay?*
**[13:28] Mi**
*We're in the middle of a tournament.*
**[13:32] Mi**
You didn't finish
your meal yesterday, either.
**[13:35] Mi**
If you don't eat right,
you're not gonna last.
**[13:41] Mi**
This year, the summer
is going to be hotter than usual,
**[13:45] Mi**
so you'd better get used to...
**[13:49] Mi**
*Summer?*
**[13:53] Mi**
*That's right.*
**[13:54] Mi**
*He just came from Hokkaido this year.*
**[13:58] Mi**
*To him, it's the first summer in Tokyo.*
**[14:06] Mi**
*Could it be...*
**[14:07] Mi**
*...his body isn't used to this temperature?*
**[14:18] C1**
Wow! It's fast!
**[14:19] C1**
And that sound.
**[14:21] C1**
Sounds heavy.
**[14:23] Mi**
*He has power in his pitch.*
**[14:28] Mi**
* Looks like his gear changes*
* when he holds a ball.*
**[14:34] Mi**
All right,
**[14:35] Mi**
let's call it a day.
**[14:38] Fu**
I can still pitch.
**[14:40] Mi**
It's fine.
**[14:41] Mi**
Just cool down and be done.
**[14:44] C1**
Wait! He's already done?
**[14:46] C1**
He's only made around ten throws.
**[14:50] C2**
Well, we're in the middle
of the tournament,
**[14:52] C2**
so maybe they just verified his pitch.
**[14:55] C1**
I see.
**[14:56] ---**
All right!
**[15:01] Sa**
Damn it!
**[15:02] Sa**
That was a ball by a hair!
**[15:04] C1**
But some people seem to have
a different schedule, despite the tournament.
**[15:09] C2**
Well, he is interesting. That's for sure.
**[15:12] C2**
* How will Akikawa face Seido*
* with so many pitchers?*
**[15:17] C1**
Akikawa has someone I like, too.
**[15:19] C1**
Glasses!
**[15:22] C2**
We're reporting on Akikawa tomorrow.
**[15:24] C2**
And don't get the wrong idea.
**[15:26] C2**
Let's go.
***SIGN*** Tokyo Nerima-ku Akikawa Academy
**[15:37] P1**
Don't run away!
**[15:38] P2**
Like hell I will.
**[15:40] P2**
Bring it!
**[15:42] P1**
Here it is.
**[15:58] P2**
Crap!
**[15:59] P2**
That's 160 km/h?
**[16:01] P3**
I'll die!
**[16:02] P3**
I'll die if that hits me!
**[16:04] P4**
I'm up next.
**[16:05] P2**
Stand a little back.
**[16:07] C1**
Batting practice with the machine
set to the highest speed?
**[16:11] C1**
Is this a countermeasure
to Furuya-kun, Head Coach Ogata?
**[16:17] PC**
You know...
**[16:18] PC**
They can't hit a pitch like that on the fly.
**[16:22] PC**
The goal is to adjust their eyes.
**[16:25] PC**
You know...
**[16:26] PC**
All the opponent teams
**[16:28] PC**
were swinging at
Furuya-kun's high balls.
**[16:35] PC**
You know...
**[16:36] PC**
If they can stay calm and see the ball...
**[16:40] PC**
You know...
**[16:42] PC**
No matter how fast a kid can throw,
**[16:44] PC**
it won't be faster than 160 km/h.
**[16:49] PC**
You know...
**[16:51] C1**
I see!
**[16:52] C1**
The coach's speaking habit: "You know."
**[16:54] C2**
Don't put that down!
**[16:59] P1**
Next, out low.
**[17:02] P2**
Bring it!
**[17:10] P1**
Sorry, that went in a little.
**[17:13] P1**
Next, inside middle.
**[17:20] P2**
Shoot.
**[17:22] P2**
I messed that up!
**[17:24] P1**
Don't worry.
**[17:26] P1**
I'll throw it again, same place.
**[17:28] C1**
What?
**[17:29] C1**
The ace is throwing for batting practice?
**[17:33] PC**
You know...
**[17:34] PC**
Shunshin doesn't throw in the bullpen.
**[17:39] PC**
Ball control is nurtured in games.
**[17:43] PC**
This is a practice method
he came up with on his own.
**[17:48] PC**
He throws about 200
pitches every day.
**[17:52] PC**
Next, anywhere.
**[17:55] P1**
All right! Let's do this!
**[17:58] P1**
*In or out?*
**[18:00] P1**
*Which is it?*
**[18:05] P1**
Damn it!
**[18:06] P1**
Right down the middle!
**[18:09] P2**
You suck!
**[18:10] P1**
Don't laugh!
**[18:13] C1**
* A serious one-on-one*
* in batting practice.*
**[18:18] C2**
*Glasses!*
**[18:20] PC**
You know...
**[18:21] PC**
We used to lose after
the first game, until last year.
**[18:26] PC**
It's about how effectively
we can practice with limited time.
**[18:31] PC**
Shunshin has honed his control
through batting practice,
**[18:35] PC**
and the batters thoroughly practice
the pitches they have difficulties with.
**[18:39] PC**
Just a lone pitcher
**[18:41] PC**
has changed our weak team
into what you see now.
**[18:47] C1**
I see.
**[18:49] C1**
His clockwork-like pitching comes from
**[18:52] C1**
an environment like this.
**[18:59] C1**
Why is Yeung-kun playing baseball in Japan?
**[19:04] PC**
You know...
**[19:05] PC**
This is something I heard from his parents,
**[19:11] PC**
but it all started when he saw Japanese
professional baseball back in Taiwan.
**[19:17] PC**
He was mesmerized by the plays on TV.
**[19:20] PC**
What moved him even more
**[19:23] PC**
was a Taiwanese player playing
on a Japanese team.
**[19:29] PC**
But...
**[19:31] TV**
Strike out!
**[19:33] TV**
What's up with Lin?
**[19:34] TV**
That's his fifth consecutive strikeout!
**[19:37] TV**
His glory from last year
is nowhere to be seen!
**[19:40] TV**
He's having a tough time
hitting the inside pitches.
**[19:44] PC**
The Japanese pitcher
**[19:46] PC**
analyzed and took advantage
of the opponent's weakness.
**[19:51] PC**
Inside Shunshin, those mixed feelings
**[19:55] PC**
eventually turned into
respect for Japanese baseball.
**[20:04] PC**
Our high school has had a long
relationship with high schools in Taiwan.
**[20:09] PC**
But Shunshin is actually officially
here as a language exchange student.
**[20:15] C1**
A language exchange student?
**[20:17] PC**
Yes.
**[20:18] PC**
But everyone, including myself,
**[20:22] PC**
have been moved by his
sincerity toward baseball.
**[20:26] C2**
Shunshin Yeung.
**[20:29] C2**
Doesn't sound like he's all
clockwork like people seem to say.
**[20:32] PC**
Yes.
**[20:33] PC**
I don't know many people
with so much passion.
**[20:38] C1**
I wonder what's going
on inside his head.
**[20:45] P1**
Next, inside middle.
**[20:48] P1**
* I wanted to do everything*
* I could to play baseball in Japan.*
**[20:54] P1**
*This pitch...*
**[20:57] P1**
* ...goes to my parents*
* who sent me here.*
**[21:05] P1**
*This pitch...*
**[21:07] P1**
*...goes to my Japanese father*
**[21:09] P1**
*who supports me in various ways.*
**[21:17] P1**
*And this pitch...*
**[21:21] P1**
...goes to my teammates
who've played with me so far.
**[21:28] P2**
Damn!
**[21:29] P2**
That was outside!
**[21:35] C1**
Wow.
**[21:36] C1**
It's batting practice, but he's
very thorough with every pitch.
**[21:41] C2**
* At first, it looks like*
* a one-man team led by Yeung-kun.*
**[21:45] C2**
* But the other players are also*
* enjoying baseball to the fullest.*
**[21:50] C2**
* A team like this will be quite formidable*
* once they pick up momentum.*
**[21:57] C2**
* They have more than a small*
* chance to beat Seido.*
**[23:35] Sa**
Round 4 starts tomorrow!
**[23:36] Sa**
We're up against Shunshin
Yeung's Akikawa Academy!
**[23:39] Ka**
Sawamura, I'll stand in the batter's box.
**[23:41] Ka**
Show me what you can do.
**[23:43] Sa**
Aye, General!
**[23:44] Ka**
Who's a general?
**[23:45] Sh**
Seido's starter is a first-year.
**[23:47] Sh**
We can take full advantage of that.
**[23:49] Mi**
Akikawa makes their move
the moment the game begins.
**[23:52] Mi**
Next time on *Ace of the Diamond*:
Anti-Furuya Strategy.
***SIGN*** Anti-Furuya Strategy
**[23:56] Mi**
Let's win the national title!