8 - The Truth About Chris Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) [00:00] (Flashback) Chris     A pitcher [00:02] (Flashback) Chris     must stand on the mound [00:05] (Flashback) Chris     with everything on his shoulders,     including the benched players. [00:08] (Flashback) Chris     I would never... [00:10] (Flashback) Chris     want to entrust the three     years we spent here to you. [00:17] (Flashback) Haruno     Here you go. [00:19] (Flashback) Haruno     Chris in third-year asked     me to give it to you. [00:22] (Flashback) Haruno     He said to do it after you     finish your daily menu. SIGN    Today's Menu     10 Hill Sprint, 3x10 Scissor Jump, 2x10 Push Press, 2x10 MB Sit Up Throw, 2x10 Ballistic Lunge, 2x15 Dumbbell Push & Low, 3x10 MB Overhand, 2x15 Lunge & Twist SIGN    The Truth About Chris [02:02] Sawamura     Oh, you've gotta be kidding me! [02:05] Sawamura     Is he trying to kill me? [02:06] Sawamura     You left early, but you     leave me with more training? [02:11] Haruno     A pitcher shouldn't be so emotional! [02:15] Haruno     Aww... [02:16] Haruno     But if you look closely, [02:19] Haruno     it may have a lot of exercises,     but number of reps is pretty small. [02:41] Miyuki     Hey, let's call it a day here. [02:44] Miyuki     You're throwing too much. [02:46] Miyuki     If you keep up this pace,     you won't last until summer. [02:50] Furuya     Can we continue a little bit longer? [02:53] Furuya     Please. [02:55] Miyuki     I can't say no to that     passion in your eyes. SIGN    Learn today. SIGN    Devote every moment. [02:59] Miyuki     Just ten more, then! [03:03] Furuya     Thank you. [03:06] Miyuki     He's like... [03:08] Miyuki     a wolf who was starving to throw. [03:12] Haruno     I thought he always kept his cool, [03:14] Haruno     but I guess even he gets     pretty hot sometimes. SIGN    Seido Spirit Dorm [03:22] Kuramochi     Hey, you're back just in time, Sawamura! [03:27] Sawamura     What are you doing to me? [03:29] Kuramochi     I just got a new game, so let's play! [03:32] Sawamura     Wait... [03:33] Sawamura     I have something I want to ask. SIGN    Today's Menu          10 Hill Sprints, 3x10 Scissors Jump, 2x10 Push Press, 2x10 MB Sit-up Throw,     2x10 Ballistic Lunge, 2x15 Dumbbell Push & Low, 3x10 MB Overhand,     2x10 Lunge & Twist, 2x15 MB One-hand Side, 2x10 Lunge & Twist,     2x15 MB One-hand Side, 2x10 Dumbbell Backswing, 2x10 MB Pitching Throw [03:39] Sawamura     What's an MB Sit-up? [03:42] Kuramochi     What the hell? [03:43] Kuramochi     What's with this training menu? [03:45] Kuramochi     You gonna be a wrestler or something? [03:48] Sawamura     W-Wrestling? [03:50] Sawamura     Freaking Chris! [03:52] Sawamura     I bet he doesn't want     me training for baseball! [03:55] Kuramochi     MB stands for medicine ball. [03:59] Kuramochi     You use it for those exercises. [04:02] Sawamura     Whoa! [04:03] Kuramochi     That's 4 kilos. [04:04] Kuramochi     It'll give you a nice workout. [04:06] Kuramochi     Though this looks more like [04:09] Kuramochi     conditioning for core and inner     muscles to prevent injuries. [04:15] Sawamura     Um... [04:16] Sawamura     Can I borrow this? [04:17] Kuramochi     Sure. SIGN    Unyielding Mind Strengthened Through Strenuous Training [04:32] Kanemaru     What do you want? [04:34] Kanemaru     Do you know what time it— [04:44] Kanemaru     Were you... [04:45] Kanemaru     training this late? [04:47] Sawamura     Chris. [04:49] Sawamura     Can you catch my pitches right now? [04:53] Kanemaru     What are you saying? [04:55] Kanemaru     It's 10:00 at night! [04:56] Kanemaru     Are you crazy? [04:58] Sawamura     I... did everything here. [05:07] Sawamura     You will catch my pitch, right? [05:14] Chris     You think that puts you on our level? [05:19] Chris     364 more days. [05:23] Chris     You do that menu for a year, [05:27] Chris     and then I'll acknowledge you. [05:36] Sawamura     A year? [05:37] Sawamura     A freaking year? [05:39] Sawamura     In a year, you'll already be gone! [05:43] Sawamura     Do you really hate me that much? [05:49] Player1     Good day. [05:52] Player2     Hello. [05:52] Player3     Hello. [05:55] Player4     Good day. [05:58] Sawamura     Hey, wait a minute... [06:00] Sawamura     Unbelievable. [06:02] Sawamura     He's leaving early again today! [06:12] Haruichi     Hey, Eijun! [06:17] Haruichi     Hey! [06:19] Haruichi     Chris in third-year     asked me for a favor. [06:23] Haruichi     Here. [06:24] Haruichi     It's a new menu. [06:32] Sawamura     He'd better be kidding me! [06:35] Sawamura     Like hell I'll actually do this! [06:40] Sawamura     This tire is all I need! [06:43] Sawamura     Let's go, buddy! [06:49] Haruichi     Hey, what are you gonna do     for the Kanto tournament in two days? [06:53] Haruichi     Everyone's required to go. SIGN    I'm SIGN    Not SIGN    Going! [06:59] Haruichi     I see. [07:01] Haruichi     So you don't want to go. [07:04] Haruichi     For now, we can only     watch from the bleachers. [07:08] Haruichi     It doesn't make me feel good either. [07:12] Haruichi     But they're teams we'll be     playing against in the future. [07:17] Haruichi     Might as well get to know them. SIGN     Kanto Tournament, First Match     Seido (Tokyo) ー Yokohama Academy (Kanagawa) [07:43] Guy1     Whoa, Seido's losing! [07:46] Guy2     They're four runs down. [07:48] Guy3     Tanba was pitching well      until the sixth inning. [07:53] Guy2     But the Yokohama Academy batters     had figured him out by the seventh. [07:57] Guy3     If they lose the pitching battle,     they'll lose the game. [08:01] Announcer     Top of the eighth, [08:03] Announcer     Seido High School has called     for a change in players. [08:06] Guy1     Whoa! A pitcher change! [08:09] Guy2     But does Seido have     a pitcher other than Tanba [08:13] Guy2     who can fare well against     Yokohama Academy? [08:15] Announcer     Switching out Tanba for the pitcher, Furuya. [08:21] Guy1     Furuya? [08:23] Guy2     Hey, he's a first-year! [08:25] Guy3     Seriously? [08:27] Guy2     They're putting in a first-year in this situation? [08:30] Guy2     Is Seido giving up the game? [08:33] Haruichi     Wow! [08:35] Haruichi     He really came out. [08:39] YA Coach     Do they take us for idiots? [08:42] YA Coach     They're bringing out     a first-year to the mound? [08:47] YA Coach     Guys! [08:48] YA Coach     Show that rookie what     high school baseball is about! [08:52] YA players     Sir! [08:56] YA1     He's thin. [08:59] YA1     He's not even built yet. [09:02] YA1     You guys have it tough every year. [09:06] Miyuki     Go easy on us. [09:13] Miyuki     Don't be surprised. [09:16] Miyuki     From this day forward, you guys... [09:19] Miyuki     won't forget his name. [09:51] YA Coach     What are you doing? [09:52] YA Coach     He's a first-year! [09:55] YA Coach     Don't swing at those     high fastballs! [10:09] Crowd1     Five strikeouts in a row! [10:12] Crowd2     Unbelievable! [10:13] Crowd2     Seido's got themselves a monster player! [10:16] Crowd1     What junior high is he from? [10:19] Crowd1     I've never heard of a Furuya! [10:21] Crowd2     Finished off the last guy with a strikeout, too! [10:24] Crowds     One more out! [10:26] Crowds     One more out! [10:29] YA Coach     Impossible. [10:30] YA Coach     We're the ones winning the game! [10:33] YA Coach     These guys hit from a pitching     machine every day... [10:38] YA Coach     but they're still     swinging at balls! [10:41] YA Coach     How much pressure... [10:44] YA Coach     does his pitch have? [10:49] Haruichi     It's hard to believe he's     a first-year like us. [10:51] Chris     One of his pitches can      crush a batter's heart. [10:56] Chris     This is the difference between     Furuya's talents and yours. [11:10] Sawamura     You... [11:11] Chris     I told you. [11:12] Chris     You'll never be the ace on this team. [11:17] Chris     As long as he's in your grade. [11:24] Miyuki     His throws are disgusting. [11:27] Miyuki     Gotta say we're lucky     his control is a little off. [11:30] Miyuki     The batters can't figure     out where he's throwing. [11:40] Miyuki     One last guy. [11:41] Miyuki     Just throw the way you want. [11:47] Ota     Furuya's pitching very freely today. [11:50] Ota     Those two will make a good battery. [11:55] Chris     At this rate, for three years, [11:58] Chris     you'll just be his relief pitcher. [12:00] Chris     Or you can quit here, [12:02] Chris     and try to be an ace elsewhere. [12:07] Sawamura     What about you? [12:09] Sawamura     You're a second-string like me. [12:12] Sawamura     Aren't you frustrated that     you lost to a second-year? [12:16] Sawamura     You finish practice so early. [12:20] Sawamura     If you want to go up, don't you have     to practice harder than anyone else? [12:27] Sawamura     You've just given up on getting better! [12:31] Sawamura     I don't want you talking      like you know anything! [12:39] Sawamura     No matter how high the obstacle... [12:41] Sawamura     I never want to be like you! [12:44] Sawamura     I'll never give up on aiming higher! [12:52] Crowd1     There he goes! [12:53] Crowd2     Six strikeouts in a row! [12:55] Crowd3     He's a real beast! [12:58] Crowd1     Seido's got themselves a strong pitcher! [13:01] ---     Seido's gonna be strong this year! [13:05] Ryosuke     Nice pitching! [13:08] Kuramochi     Nice going, kiddo! [13:10] Kuramochi     We can't end the game     like this after your pitching! [13:17] Yuki     Leave the rest to us. [13:20] Yuki     Let's turn this game around! [13:22] Yuki     Yeah! [13:30] Chris     Give up on aiming higher? [13:34] Chris     For the idiot that you are, you're sharp. [13:44] Chris     Don't end up like me... Sawamura. SIGN    Seido Spirit Dorm [13:58] Player1     Today's game was amazing. [14:01] Player2     I had goose bumps     at the bottom of the ninth! [14:05] Player2     We lost, but we were a step away     from taking down Yokohama Academy. [14:10] Player1     I bet we can really go     to nationals this year. [14:13] Player2     Yeah, we'd better train hard, too. [14:14] Player1     Yeah! [14:17] (Flashback) Chris     Don't end up like me... Sawamura. [14:22] Sawamura     He admitted it just like that. [14:24] Sawamura     What's his problem? [14:29] Muto     Hey, Sawamura! [14:31] Muto     What are you doing? [14:32] Muto     You gotta cover the base! [14:36] Muto     What kind of baseball were     you playing in junior high? [14:40] Muto     Baseball's not that easy! [14:42] Sawamura     Sorry. [14:47] Muto     Not there! [14:48] Muto     You gotta cover home plate in this situation! [14:52] Player1     How was he able to join our team? [14:56] Kanemaru     How is an idiot like him in second-string     while we're stuck running? [15:05] Muto     Stop being so lost! [15:14] Player1     Good day. [15:17] Rei     How was it? [15:18] Rei     You said you don't even     watch professional baseball, [15:21] Rei     but have you figured out that     watching is a good way to learn? [15:25] Rei     Baseball is a sport played by nine people. [15:28] Rei     It's not just hitting, running, and defending. [15:31] Rei     There are lots of things to do. [15:34] Rei     I teamed you up with Chris so you      could figure that out sooner. [15:39] Rei     Is he teaching you well? [15:43] Rei     In the next scrimmage,     I want to let you play, [15:47] Rei     but from what I'm seeing,      that might not be possible. [15:51] Miyuki     Rei-chan, I'd like to see the score book     from yesterday's game... [15:57] Sawamura     Look away! [15:58] Sawamura     Don't look at me! I'm ashamed! [16:02] Miyuki     You're awesome! [16:06] Rei     Did I pick the wrong partner? [16:08] Rei     He's not doing very well with Chris. [16:13] Miyuki     Well, there aren't many people     who can get along with him now. [16:18] Rei     Sawamura-kun, you may not know, [16:21] Rei     but he's the most knowledgeable     about baseball on our team. [16:25] Rei     He also has the knack for     discovering players' potentials. [16:29] Sawamura     Even if you tell me that,     he hardly has motivation! [16:33] Sawamura     He left practice early today, too. [16:36] Miyuki     Whoa! You're saying too— [16:37] Sawamura     I! [16:40] Sawamura     I want to pair up with you! [16:42] Sawamura     I still can't forget that sound. [16:45] Sawamura     That sound I heard the first     time I came to this school. [16:49] Sawamura     In that last game, [16:51] Sawamura     I was trying to throw as close     to that moment as I could. [16:55] Miyuki     So that's why he was only     throwing his best pitch. [17:00] Miyuki     Well, don't be so impatient. [17:03] Miyuki     If you do as he says,     you'll definitely be able to improve. [17:07] Sawamura     No way! [17:08] Sawamura     I don't want to pair up with     someone so unmotivated! [17:11] Sawamura     Why is he still on the team? [17:14] Sawamura     If he doesn't like to practice,     he should just quit. [17:24] Miyuki     Everyone understands that     you want to get better. [17:30] Miyuki     Especially after the trials. [17:34] Miyuki     But what you said just now... [17:37] Miyuki     I can't let it slide. [17:41] Rei     Miyuki-kun... [17:44] Miyuki     Ruined my good mood. [17:49] Miyuki     Rei-chan. [17:50] Miyuki     I'm borrowing this. [17:51] Rei     Sure. [18:10] Rei     You can't blame him for getting mad. [18:13] Rei     He's the person who respects     Chris as a catcher the most. [18:20] Rei     In junior high, Miyuki could     never win against one team, [18:23] Rei     and that was the team Chris was on. [18:28] Rei     Chris has a father who was     a star player in the NPB, [18:31] Rei     and his plays that made full use     of everything about baseball [18:34] Rei     promised him a bright future on our team. [18:39] Rei     However, maybe everyone's high hopes were too much pressure for him. [18:45] Rei     He kept playing with an injured     shoulder without anyone noticing. [18:55] Rei     How were we so careless     to miss something so big? SIGN    National Training Center [19:21] Rei     We're here. [19:23] Animal     Next, one-hand rowing. [19:25] Animal     Ten reps. [19:30] Animal     Don't rush. Go slowly. [19:32] Animal     Be conscious of what muscles you're using. [19:35] Animal     Go slow. [19:38] Rei     He ruptured his subscapularis     and pronator teres muscles. [19:45] Rei     On our team, with so many players, [19:47] Rei     being away from the team for a year [19:49] Rei     is the same as quitting the team. [19:52] Rei     Even Coach Kataoka asked him     to support the team as a manager. [20:01] Rei     However, he clung to a small chance, [20:04] Rei     and he never gave up     on finishing as a player. [20:10] Sawamura     You're kidding. [20:17] Sawamura     Are you... [20:19] Sawamura     kidding me? [20:23] Chris     You think that puts you on our level? [20:27] Sawamura     You've just given up on getting better! [20:31] Sawamura     I don't want you talking      like you know anything! [20:36] Sawamura     I didn't know anything,     and told him something so... [20:42] Sawamura     But what the hell? [20:45] Chris     Don't end up like me... Sawamura. [20:49] Rei     Hey, Sawamura-kun! [20:55] Sawamura     Why? [20:56] Sawamura     Why did you let a stupid first-year like me      mouth off to you and not say anything? [21:01] Sawamura     Damn it! Are you kidding me? [21:04] Sawamura     Damn it... [21:07] Sawamura     I look like [21:10] Sawamura     a stupid moron now! [21:16] Sawamura     Maybe I haven't done enough [21:20] Sawamura     compared to what     the third-years have built up, [21:23] Sawamura     but I'm an idiot! [21:25] Sawamura     Words alone aren't gonna     make me understand! [21:37] Sawamura     Maybe it's a waste of time for you     to practice with someone like me. [21:43] Sawamura     But I have an impossible request. [21:48] Sawamura     Please... [21:49] Sawamura     Please... [21:51] Sawamura     Please teach me baseball. [23:35] Chris     Sawamura, you're not like Furuya. [23:39] Chris     You have your own distinctive qualities. [23:41] Chris     Those are what you need to hone. [23:43] Sawamura     What qualities do I have? [23:46] Miyuki     Hey, you've got the wrong idea! [23:48] Miyuki     You need to— [23:49] Miyuki     I can't just stand by and watch! [23:51] Sawamura     Next time on Ace of the Diamond:     With Chagrin In His Heart. SIGN    With Chagrin In His Heart [23:56] Sawamura     Let's win the national title!