# 67 - The Kick
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**[00:01] Mi**
*August.*
***SIGN*** Seido Baseball
**[00:02] Mi**
* Our game results so far,*
* including the second-string games,*
**[00:05] Mi**
*have been 8 wins and 4 losses.*
**[00:07] Mi**
* We have more wins,*
* but we lack scoring power,*
**[00:11] Mi**
*and all the games have been close.*
**[00:13] Mi**
*However, the poor results...*
**[00:16] Mi**
* ...gave the first-years hope*
* to make the first-string.*
**[00:20] Mi**
* The hungry first-years are also*
* pushing the second-years to strive.*
**[00:24] Mi**
*The overall atmosphere isn't actually bad.*
**[00:25] Sa**
Let's get in the bullpen!
**[00:27] [SONG] On-screen**
Saturday: Chiba at Seido
Sunday: Arita at Seido
**[00:28] Mi**
* We only have three more*
* practice games left in the summer.*
**[00:32] Mi**
*We need something.*
**[00:34] Mi**
*Something that'll ignite the team.*
**[00:38] Ot**
What?
**[00:39] Ot**
You accepted the offer?
**[00:41] Ka**
Yes.
**[00:42] Ot**
Why?
**[00:43] Ot**
It was a sudden request from them.
**[00:46] Ot**
You could've declined!
**[00:48] Ot**
Especially since we could be
playing against them in the fall!
**[00:52] Oc**
*Why are you so worried?*
**[00:54] Ka**
What every team wants more than
a win right now is experience.
**[00:58] Ka**
If we may end up fighting
them in a tournament,
**[01:01] Ka**
all the more reason to play them.
**[01:03] Ot**
But...
**[01:08] Ka**
There's no better opponent...
***SIGN*** Yakushi
**[01:13] Ka**
...to see where they're at right now.
***SIGN*** The Kick
***SIGN*** August 27, Practice Game:
***SIGN*** Seido (W. Tokyo) vs Chiba Shodai (Chiba)
***SIGN*** Seido Chiba
**[02:58] Um**
Strike! Batter out!
**[03:01] CC**
Seriously?
**[03:02] CC**
He's only a first-year?
**[03:22] Ka**
When's the last time
those three scored together?
**[03:26] S1**
A while ago.
**[03:27] Sa**
At least you scored!
**[03:28] Ma**
Shut up!
**[03:38] Mi**
*I haven't felt this good in a while.*
**[03:42] Ku**
Way to go!
**[03:43] S1**
About time you showed something!
**[03:46] Oc**
This team has some explosive power.
**[03:49] Ka**
Yes.
**[03:50] Ka**
Our players are, by no means, bad.
**[03:54] Ot**
*The batters didn't look that good before.*
**[03:58] Ot**
*What happened?*
**[04:01] (Flashback) Mi**
A practice game with Yakushi?
**[04:04] (Flashback) Ka**
Yes.
**[04:04] (Flashback) Ka**
It was a sudden request from them,
**[04:07] (Flashback) Ka**
and I've decided to accept.
**[04:15] (Flashback) Ha**
Eijun-kun.
**[04:16] (Flashback) Ha**
You've got yourself an early rematch.
**[04:21] (Flashback) Sa**
Hot!
**[04:23] (Flashback) Ka**
Against Chiba, Furuya
and Sawamura will pitch.
**[04:27] (Flashback) Ka**
Against Arita, Kawakami will pitch.
**[04:30] (Flashback) Ka**
As the final game of the summer break,
**[04:32] (Flashback) Ka**
I'll use every player
I can for the Yakushi game.
**[04:36] (Flashback) Ka**
Everyone, be prepared.
**[04:38] (Flashback) SS**
Yes, sir!
**[04:40] (Flashback) Ka**
Damn! I want to play against Yakushi, too.
**[04:43] (Flashback) S1**
Yeah, since their team's
made up of mostly first-years.
**[04:47] (Flashback) S1**
It'll depends on whether we can
show off before the Yakushi game.
**[04:50] (Flashback) Ka**
Yeah.
**[04:52] (Flashback) Ka**
If we can impress the coach,
**[04:53] (Flashback) Ka**
maybe he'll use us.
**[04:55] (Flashback) Ka**
Let's make some good plays.
**[04:58] (Flashback) S1**
Yeah.
**[05:01] S2**
Whoa! An RBI hit!
**[05:04] S2**
Todo got another hit!
**[05:07] Ka**
*Damn.*
***SIGN*** Seido Chiba
**[05:11] S1**
Right?
**[05:12] S2**
Shut up!
**[05:14] Ka**
Furuya.
**[05:15] Ka**
You're in left field for the sixth inning.
**[05:17] [SONG] On-screen**
Shocked
**[05:18] Ka**
Sawamura.
**[05:19] Ka**
You're going in next inning.
**[05:20] Sa**
Yes, sir!
**[05:22] Mi**
Sawamura, what's your theme for today?
**[05:25] Sa**
Theme?
**[05:27] Sa**
My theme is freedom!
**[05:29] Mi**
I know you've never been good at control,
**[05:32] Mi**
so I won't ask for too much,
**[05:34] Mi**
but you've had way too
many wide pitches lately.
**[05:38] Mi**
You have a unique form, so you're
doing well in the practice games,
**[05:42] Mi**
but it's not going to work
against you-know-who.
**[05:54] Mi**
Anyway, look at my mitt carefully,
and pitch with confidence!
**[05:57] Mi**
Winning is important,
**[05:59] Mi**
but we're more worried about technique.
**[06:01] Fu**
Like pitching an entire—
**[06:02] Sa**
Yes, sir!
**[06:03] Sa**
My theme will be a challenge for freedom!
***SIGN*** Seido High School Practice Field
**[06:05] Mi**
Say what?
**[06:06] Sa**
I'm sorry!
**[06:08] Ot**
Could the game against Yakushi
be raising their motivation?
**[06:13] Ot**
Looks like I was worried over nothing.
**[06:17] Sa**
Let's go!
**[06:18] Ku**
Don't give away any free walks!
**[06:22] Ka**
They're excited to test their strengths.
**[06:25] Ka**
They want to know where they're at.
**[06:34] Re**
I don't know why they
wanted to play against us,
**[06:40] Re**
but these kids are all equipped
with strong hearts to take them head-on.
***SIGN*** Tokyo Suginami-ku, Yakushi High School
**[07:03] C1**
Two homers in a row?
**[07:04] C2**
Who is this kid?
**[07:05] C3**
That ball flew so fast!
**[07:08] YC**
Raichi!
**[07:09] YC**
Did you touch the base?
**[07:15] O1**
Oh, damn!
**[07:16] Y1**
How does he forget to touch the base?
**[07:19] Y2**
He lost a home run once because of it.
**[07:27] YC**
Nice! Very nice!
**[07:30] YC**
*Looks like his leg's doing fine.*
**[07:32] YC**
Sanada, rest for today.
**[07:36] YC**
Prepare for tomorrow.
**[07:39] YC**
I never expected they'd say yes.
**[07:42] YC**
Let's pay them back for our loss
this summer tenfold!
**[07:48] Ra**
Furuya, Sawamura, Kawakami, and...
**[07:52] Ra**
...Tanba!
**[07:54] Ra**
I'll destroy you all!
**[07:57] YC**
Tanba's already gone!
**[08:02] S1**
Game one against Chiba Shodai.
**[08:04] S1**
6-2 with Furuya and Sawamura.
**[08:07] S1**
And Team B also fought well afterward, but...
**[08:11] S1**
Anyway, you guys still pitched well.
**[08:15] S2**
Sorry.
**[08:16] S3**
If we'd won, it would've been our tenth win.
**[08:19] S1**
Don't fret it.
**[08:21] S4**
He's sleeping!
**[08:22] S1**
Let's win both games tomorrow
and end the break on a good note.
**[08:31] Mi**
Looks like you know very well
what your problem was today, Sawamura.
***SIGN*** 2 Outs Runners on 2nd and 3rd
**[08:42] (Flashback) C1**
His form is unique,
**[08:46] (Flashback) C1**
but his actual pitch is nothing
compared to the last guy.
**[08:51] (Flashback) C1**
I just need to tap it.
**[08:54] (Flashback) Mi**
First base is open, and we have some runs.
**[08:56] (Flashback) Mi**
Inside pitch, Sawamura.
**[09:12] (Flashback) C1**
Run! Run!
**[09:14] Mi**
It was an outside pitch.
**[09:16] Mi**
Luckily, they jammed a pitch later,
and we got away,
**[09:20] Mi**
but against Yakushi,
it won't be that easy.
**[09:27] Mi**
Furuya, you need to practice pitching
when there are runners.
**[09:31] S1**
He's awake!
**[09:32] Mi**
Kawakami, you need to practice
baiting with your low pitches.
**[09:36] Mi**
I have a lot I want to try,
**[09:38] Mi**
but we have two more games
during the break.
**[09:41] Mi**
Let's go win them
like they're the real deal.
**[09:53] Oc**
* Someone is always*
* swinging his bat somewhere.*
**[09:58] Oc**
* You can't create this kind*
* of atmosphere overnight.*
**[10:06] Oc**
* Did they learn from*
* the previous generations?*
***SIGN*** August 28
***SIGN*** Arita Seido
***SIGN*** Game 1: Arita (Chiba) vs Seido (W. Tokyo)
**[10:22] Ha**
Two outs! Two outs!
**[10:24] Ku**
We've got your back, Nori!
**[10:33] C1**
Hey, nice save!
**[10:35] C2**
Younger Kominato!
**[10:38] C2**
It really helps the pitcher
when he can make saves like that.
**[10:42] C1**
Looks like Ryosuke's brother
is doing a good job filling his shoes.
**[10:46] C2**
No way.
**[10:47] C2**
He's still a first-year.
**[10:48] C2**
He needs to get way better.
**[10:50] C3**
Kawakami's not at his best,
**[10:53] C3**
but the team's looking pretty good.
**[10:56] Ka**
Kawakami, rest after this inning.
**[10:58] Ka**
You're gonna pitch again next game.
**[11:01] Ka**
Yes, sir!
**[11:02] Ot**
Nice, Kawakami!
**[11:04] Ka**
Kawashima, you're going in next!
**[11:06] S1**
Yes, sir!
**[11:07] Ka**
Kaneda, you get ready, too!
**[11:08] S1**
Yes, sir!
**[11:11] Sa**
No! Not like that!
**[11:12] Sa**
Harder!
**[11:15] Sa**
I could stretch on my own better!
**[11:18] Fu**
Ow! That hurts!
**[11:21] Y1**
Wow! They have two fields!
**[11:23] Y2**
With such a huge practice area,
you could practice all you want.
**[11:30] Y3**
Hey.
**[11:31] Y3**
Since you're here, you guys
are pitching against us, right?
**[11:37] Y3**
Who's going first?
**[11:43] Y3**
Which is it?!
**[11:49] Ra**
I'll smash you either way!
**[11:52] Y3**
Don't stand in front of me! Move!
**[11:54] Y4**
Bow before walking on the field!
**[11:56] Sa**
Yo.
**[11:57] Sa**
How many wins during the break?
**[12:01] Sa**
If we win today, it'll be
our twentieth consecutive win!
**[12:04] Fu**
Are you bragging?
**[12:07] Ra**
I got one off each of you last time,
**[12:09] Ra**
so I'll get five off each of you today!
**[12:11] Y1**
That's a lot of runs!
**[12:13] Y2**
You won't get that many chances.
**[12:14] Ra**
Let's play!
**[12:15] Ra**
Let's play now!
**[12:18] Y3**
Calm down!
**[12:20] Y3**
Are you a dog or something?
**[12:21] Sa**
Well, see you later.
**[12:23] Sa**
Let's go all out.
**[12:28] Sa**
Furuya!
**[12:29] Sa**
How many consecutive wins are we at now?
**[12:31] Fu**
I forget.
**[12:32] Sa**
This is so frustrating!
**[12:35] Ka**
Thank you for coming all this way today.
**[12:40] Ya**
Not at all.
**[12:41] Ya**
We asked for the game, after all.
**[12:47] Ya**
Let's have a fun game.
**[12:51] C1**
Yakushi, as in *the* Yakushi?
**[12:54] C2**
I heard it was decided, like, yesterday.
**[12:56] C3**
Are you serious?
**[12:57] C3**
I'm so glad I came today!
**[13:02] Ha**
We might be playing them in the fall.
**[13:04] Ha**
Is this okay?
**[13:06] M1**
The game itself is more important
than the outcome.
**[13:10] M1**
Everyone's up for the game,
**[13:11] M1**
so I think it'll be fine.
**[13:21] Ka**
From the fourth inning,
Furuya will move to the left.
**[13:23] Ka**
Then Sawamura and Kawakami
will pitch, in that order.
**[13:27] Sa**
Yes, sir!
**[13:29] Fu**
I get to start.
**[13:31] Ka**
You got the starting roster.
**[13:33] Ka**
Go put your name in that spot for good.
**[13:36] To**
I'll just have to do my best.
**[13:38] Oc**
* He's using almost everyone*
* who just played a game.*
**[13:42] Oc**
*He's really going after a win here.*
**[13:51] YC**
*We don't need to test out the waters.*
**[13:54] YC**
* We just tackle head-on,*
* and the stronger team will win.*
**[13:59] Um**
Line up!
***SIGN*** August 28, 1:00 PM,
***SIGN*** Seido (W. Tokyo) vs Yakushi (W. Tokyo)
***SIGN*** Seido Yakushi
**[14:10] Y1**
Last pitch!
**[14:16] Ka**
Hey, didn't he play first base
in the summer tournament?
**[14:16] Sa**
Starter...
**[14:20] To**
That catcher was playing outfield, too.
**[14:24] Sa**
Don't get too tense, Miss-shima.
**[14:28] Sa**
I'm ready to go anytime.
**[14:30] Y1**
I won't need your help!
**[14:32] Y1**
And don't call me "Miss-shima"!
**[14:34] Sa**
Pitchers don't get mad so easily, Miss-shima!
**[14:39] Ra**
We'll take back whatever we lose!
**[14:41] Ra**
Go ahead and take a beating, Miss-shima!
**[14:43] Ra**
Let's go!
**[14:45] Y1**
Shut up!
**[14:45] Y1**
Don't say that before I pitch!
**[14:47] Y1**
And don't call me "Miss-shima"!
**[14:50] Ku**
* Even in the new team,*
* Sanada isn't starting?*
**[14:54] Ku**
*But...*
**[14:56] Ku**
*...he's undoubtedly the ace.*
**[15:01] Ku**
*Gotta drag him out as soon as we can.*
**[15:05] Um**
Play!
**[15:10] Y1**
*He's gonna bunt, Raichi.*
**[15:15] Y1**
*Okay.*
**[15:17] Y1**
*I get it.*
**[15:18] Ku**
*I got two hits last game.*
**[15:22] Ku**
*I'll get aggressive today.*
**[15:25] Y1**
* I made a secret oath to myself*
* when I joined this school.*
**[15:29] Y1**
*There's only value in a real goal.*
**[15:33] Y1**
*Ace and cleanup...*
**[15:36] Y1**
*I'll take them both!*
**[15:42] Y1**
What?
**[15:43] Sa**
Yes! Right to center field!
**[15:45] Ka**
Nice hit, Kuramochi-senpai!
**[15:51] Y1**
Hide-san, hurry!
**[15:52] Y2**
He's going for second!
**[15:54] Y2**
Seriously?
**[15:55] Y2**
In your dreams!
**[16:00] Y3**
He took second with that hit?
**[16:02] Y3**
He didn't even pause for it.
**[16:06] Sa**
He's on a roll today.
**[16:08] YC**
That was a good one.
**[16:10] Ku**
*I'm in a scoring position now.*
**[16:13] Ku**
*What's the plan, younger brother?*
**[16:20] Y1**
*Was that pitch a little weak?*
**[16:24] Y1**
*Damn.*
**[16:26] Y1**
*Looks like I'm a long way from being the ace!*
**[16:31] To**
A bunt?
**[16:32] Ka**
That's good!
**[16:33] Ka**
Didn't know he could do that, too!
**[16:55] Ra**
One out, Miss-shima!
**[16:58] Y1**
*That was luck!*
**[16:59] Y2**
*Pure fluke!*
**[17:00] Sa**
*He has way more errors than great saves.*
**[17:05] Ku**
*That was crazy acceleration.*
**[17:09] Ha**
It was a pretty good idea,
**[17:10] Ha**
but do it like this!
**[17:11] Ha**
Like this! Like this! Like this!
**[17:16] Oc**
*One out and a runner on third.*
**[17:19] Oc**
* It's the first inning,*
* but he could squeeze bunt here.*
**[17:28] Ma**
Let's go!
**[17:30] Um**
Strike! Batter out!
**[17:36] Ma**
*They were all forkballs.*
**[17:39] C1**
A strikeout?
**[17:40] C2**
That's two outs already.
**[17:42] C3**
Way too stiff, Maezono!
**[17:49] Ma**
That forkball drops quite a bit.
**[17:52] Mi**
Yeah.
**[17:53] Mi**
It's fast, too.
**[17:55] Y1**
Two outs!
**[17:58] Mi**
*Even with a runner on third,*
**[18:00] Mi**
*they're pitching low breaking balls.*
**[18:02] Mi**
*They make a pretty good battery.*
**[18:06] Mi**
*Ideally, I want to score off his forkball,*
**[18:09] Mi**
*but I shouldn't be greedy.*
**[18:11] Mi**
*Let's hit a clean one into the center.*
**[18:18] Y1**
*Damn.*
**[18:21] Y1**
*He's got presence.*
**[18:23] Y1**
*Looks good, too.*
**[18:26] C1**
Let's go, Miyuki!
**[18:28] C2**
You're not a cleanup if you can't hit here!
**[18:31] Sa**
Can he do it?
**[18:32] Sa**
Can he become a true leader?
**[18:35] Y1**
*We're getting aggressive, right, Yuta?*
**[18:38] Y2**
*Of course.*
**[18:43] Y2**
*I'm always getting aggressive!*
**[18:56] Y1**
*Shoot.*
**[19:00] C1**
A passed ball on the first pitch!
**[19:01] C2**
An easy run for Seido!
**[19:04] YC**
What's done is done!
**[19:06] YC**
Switch gears, battery!
**[19:08] YC**
And make up for it with your bat!
**[19:11] YY**
Yes, sir!
**[19:12] Ra**
What's done is done!
**[19:15] Ra**
Switch gears, battery!
**[19:16] Y1**
Shut your face, dumbass!
**[19:19] Mi**
*They haven't changed their ways, at all.*
**[19:27] C1**
A fly to first?
**[19:29] C2**
He never gets better.
**[19:31] Mi**
*I aimed for it too much.*
**[19:33] Sa**
He never hits without a runner!
**[19:35] C1**
He doesn't hit at all now.
***SIGN*** Seido Yakushi
**[19:39] C1**
Only one run this inning.
**[19:41] C2**
Thanks to their error.
**[19:43] C1**
The real game starts now.
**[19:45] C2**
How well can they hold Yakushi down?
**[19:48] Ku**
Let's go!
**[19:57] Ka**
What do you need?
**[20:02] Fu**
Can I pitch until the end of this game?
**[20:10] Fu**
My assignment is to get the stamina
to pitch many innings.
**[20:14] Fu**
Three isn't enough.
**[20:21] Fu**
Please.
**[20:21] Ka**
No.
**[20:23] Ka**
Pitching nine innings?
**[20:26] Ka**
Getting even one more out
for the team is much more important!
**[20:31] Ka**
This isn't a game just for you.
**[20:39] Ka**
But...
**[20:40] Ka**
Depending on how well you pitch,
I may give you more innings.
**[20:49] Mi**
* Is his idea of an ace to be the one*
* to pitch all nine innings?*
**[20:55] Mi**
Let's go!
**[20:57] Ku**
Man, you're hilarious!
**[20:59] Ku**
Your expression doesn't change,
but it's obvious what you're thinking!
**[21:02] Oc**
Nine innings by himself.
**[21:04] Oc**
How reliable.
**[21:06] Oc**
He must have a lot of confidence
and resolve to say that.
**[21:10] Ka**
Yes.
**[21:11] Ka**
I'm always surprised by him, as well.
**[21:14] Ka**
He has a lot of attachment to the mound.
**[21:37] Um**
Strike! Batter out!
**[21:41] C1**
There it is!
**[21:42] C2**
Two strikeouts in a row!
**[21:44] C3**
Going all out from the start again!
**[21:47] YC**
*What a lucky opportunity we have.*
**[21:51] YC**
*They're not hiding anything against us.*
**[21:57] YC**
Be thankful when you're batting, boys.
**[23:36] YC**
Hey, how about some action, Akiba?
**[23:39] Ha**
Furuya-kun's in the zone!
**[23:40] Na**
Nice pitch!
**[23:42] Mi**
His experience in the summer
tournament really helped.
**[23:45] Mi**
He has more faith in his pitch
and is much more relaxed.
**[23:48] Ku**
He's really improving.
**[23:50] Sa**
Furuya, I won't lose!
**[23:52] Mi**
Next time on *Ace of the Diamond*:
The Ace Title.
***SIGN*** The Ace Title
**[23:55] Fu**
I won't let anyone else take the mound.