# E39 - FIGHT FOR ROCK FOR LIFE
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Ahiru no Sora
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Yo, Mokichi!
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What's up?
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How should I put this...
I, uh, need your advice on something.
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Your role on the team?
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Yasu's kind of left me in the dust lately
with how good he's gotten.
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And in the last match Chucky managed
to get 2 of those assist things... or whatever.
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So I'm at a loss.
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I have no idea what it is that
I can bring to the table.
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Right now, I just wanna find a way
to become useful to the team. Ya know?
**[02:09] ---**
What do you think? Is there any position left
that Kuzu High still needs to be filled?
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This is just my selfish opinion...
but speaking as the team's center...
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I would like for us to have
one more outside player.
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So, uh, what kinda player is that?
**[02:40] ---**
Sawa's made two baskets in a row now!
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Yokohama Taiei
Shinmaruko
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Since all of Shinmaruko's players
seem like muscleheads,
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I figured they were just a brute force team,
but they've actually got a solid long-range game.
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Indeed. Although the school
itself isn't well-known,
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their team definitely has the potential
to compete on the national level.
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They've gotten more decisive on offense
since I saw them at the Kanto tourney prelims.
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I guess they really practiced hard to build up
this new wealth of confidence.
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It comes as no surprise,
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but it's easy to tell that
both teams are very good.
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Yeah, especially when compared
to regional prelim flunkies like us.
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I just can't figure it out.
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Why would a team as strong as Yokohama Taiei
request to have a practice match with us?
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You're going to play them?
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Yes, but I'm sure they're only going to use
their freshmen players against us.
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Oh really?
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Then I guess that means
all the rumors were true.
**[03:28] ---**
What rumors?
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Apparently that team always aims to complete
300 games in the span of a year.
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W-wait, 300?!
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And I bet you, they don't half-ass any of them
by simply sending out their rookies.
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Just how strong is this guy?!
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Time out! Yokohama Taiei High School!
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We're totally off rhythm!
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So I'm rethinking our defensive matchups.
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Yakku, I want you on #4.
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I need you to hold him off.
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Wait, that's not fair!
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That gorilla has a whole 10
centimeters of height on me!
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Fine, you wanna get benched?
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I shouldn't have to keep telling you this.
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Basketball isn't about
what you can or can't do.
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It's about what you're WILLING to do.
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B-based on your experience, Takahashi...
does Taiei really seem that formidable?
***SIGN*** Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival
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Huh? You're asking me?
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Um, yes.
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Well, let's see...
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If you're asking whether their players
are good or not, I'd have to say they are.
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But Taiei's strength is what
I would describe as "explosive."
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"Explosive," meaning what?
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Meaning that their skills as an actual "team"
are pretty piss poor.
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Then, does that mean
we actually have a chance at beating them?!
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Only in your dreams, kid!
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That being said, as a fellow
player of the sport...
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...I wanna believe that
nothing is impossible.
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At the very least, the explosive power
that your team used against us
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was enough to totally
scare the shit outta me.
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They just won't let us keep the lead, huh?
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Yeah, well, no team ever won a game
by making themselves easy to beat.
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You can play however you want, Tokiwa.
I'm leaving it up to you.
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If I remember right, this
guy can also shoot threes.
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I can't let him slip too far away from me.
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Totally rock solid.
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This guy really knows how to play defense.
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Hey!
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Now we're talking!
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That pass flew right below the basket!
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What a fastball!
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Okay, time for defense! Let's hold them off!
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I heard his name is Tokiwa!
Isn't he, like, super cool?
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He's right up my alley for sure!
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It went in!
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Ouch...
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Nice one.
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I was so close.
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Huh?
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I though for sure I could draw a foul.
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An ace point guard, huh?
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Even with all of their players
in the 2 meter range,
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I doubt Maru High would have advanced this far
without him in their ranks.
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But inversely, this is the
only year that he and Chiba
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can both be on the team, which
makes it their last chance.
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He got totally free!
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Somebody caught up!
**[06:39] ---**
When the hell did that old
fart get right behind me?!
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There it is! The first dunk of the game!
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Hell yeah!
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Player substitution!
Yokohama Taiei High School!
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To be honest, there's a player here today
who I wanted Chiaki to get a look at.
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Must be him, right?
**[07:03] ---**
Sei Shiraishi.
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He plays small forward at 183 centimeters tall
and a weight of 71 kilograms.
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Small forward? But then why Chiaki?
**[07:14] ---**
Because from now on, I'm thinking about...
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...having Chiaki play the exact same position
as that #10 out there.
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Quit rocking the boat
and just play point guard, ya bastard!
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Nice pass.
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They payed them back with a dunk!
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Shiraishi is a point forward.
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It's exactly like it sounds: he's a forward
who takes on the job of the point guard.
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To put it more simply, he's a point guard
who does all of his work close to the basket.
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Plus, he's an all-rounder who can score all the points
that a forward is expected to deliver.
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Shiraishi... despite only
being in his 2nd year,
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his skills are already on par
with those at the national level.
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I've been a coach at both middle
and high school for a long time,
**[08:11] ---**
but I've never met another player
who is as stoic as Shiraishi.
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Okay next, I want all of you to set
a future goal for yourselves.
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For example, becoming a
certain type of player,
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or anything else that's directly
related to basketball.
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You're first, Yamamoto.
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Uh, yes, sir!
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I'd like to, um, well... get
better at handling the ball!
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Is that all you've got?
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That's nothing to write home about!
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I'm going to get into Sho Academy
and become champion of the inter-high!
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You're so cool, Yamada!
Always aiming for the top!
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And how about you?
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Shiraishi?
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Personally...
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I would like...
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...to become an NBA player.
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Shinmaruko
Yokohama Taiei
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Nice, Shiraishi!
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That puts us in the lead!
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The idea of a point guard who also serves
as forward sounds great in theory,
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but it's not accomplished
so easily in reality.
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The most fundamental skill
is perfect decision making,
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that's the kind of power that
leads a team to victory.
**[09:22] ---**
So you're saying... Chiaki could be
that kind of point forward?!
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That one's named Shiraishi!
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Oh my, but it's so hard to pass up on Tokiwa!
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Then go for them both!
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Like, OMG! Why's it so dark?
Is that you Takashi? Stop teasing me!
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So, this is Yokohama Taiei.
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I'd say the one who holds
the key to victory... is me.
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You want to come to this high school?
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Well, I'd be happy to have you, but...
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...we don't do child's play.
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Our training regimen doesn't even compare
to other schools.
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And we've had a large number of members
outright quit the team.
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It's not some happy-go-lucky club
like you have in middle school.
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That's what I want.
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I don't play basketball just
to show off and screw around.
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I want to climb...
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...straight to the top
as quickly as possible.
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In goes another one!
**[10:18] ---**
The game's momentum has completely shifted
ever since Shiraishi came onto the court.
**[10:22] ---**
That guy is still just a sophomore, yeah?
**[10:23] ---**
And I hear he played point
guard back in middle school.
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Really?
**[10:27] ---**
So during that one year period...
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...what kind of trial did he
overcome to get this good?
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Shiraishi has developed his skills
at an insane rate during the past year.
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What exactly did you teach
him to make that happen?
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I haven't taught Shiraishi a single thing.
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Huh?
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He's always had a ton
of competitive drive pent up inside.
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And all it took was one sentence
to make him let it loose.
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"If you wanna win, then go
score the points yourself."
**[10:56] ---**
Oh, looks like they've
changed their matchups.
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Now it's a totally legit battle between aces.
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Is he gonna pass or go for a jumper?
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Defensive foul! Black #11!
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I only touched the ball, you know?
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He scored both of them!
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Listen Chiba, you just need to pretend
like you're coming to help me.
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Only follow through when he
actually drives to the inside.
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I swear I'll put a stop to him!
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Let's score one!
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Make this possession count!
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I swear, this guy never ceases to amaze me.
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Tanabata
Hiratsuka
Shonan
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He's persistent!
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C'mon, Tokiwa...
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Has he always been that
good at playing defense?
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A steal!
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A double team!
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Talent, huh?
**[12:12] ---**
Some say that talent and height
are one in the same in basketball.
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But coming all the way here
makes it clear to me once again...
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...just how ordinary I really am!
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Defensive foul! Basket counts! 1 free-throw!
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Shinmaruko
Yokohama Taiei
**[12:33] ---**
Sweet move, Chiba!
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Damn straight!
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I may be ordinary, but I crawled my way up
this far through teamwork!
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I won't let this be the end of us!
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Got it?
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The last 5 minutes is where
we'll drop ‘em dead!
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I don't need any shitty
passes from you right now!
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All I want is you to score!
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Okay! Get out there!
**[12:52] ---**
Hoo boy! I LOVE that sort of encouragement.
**[13:18] ---**
He went from behind the basket!
**[13:22] ---**
Shinmaruko
Yokohama Taiei
**[13:25] ---**
It's like the ball got sucked in by the net!
**[13:28] ---**
How'd he do that?! And what's with the hair?
**[13:31] ---**
It says #15 is named Hyou Fuwa.
**[13:33] ---**
He's apparently still just a freshman!
**[13:36] ---**
A freshman? He's seriously
the same age as me?
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A player of that caliber is unprecedented,
even for the likes of Taiei.
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He slipped past!
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It's 2-on-1 now!
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That punk, he ain't the type to pass.
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It may look like he's just
recklessly swinging his body weight around,
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but he's actually putting his tough muscles
and flexible body to good use.
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The fact is, nobody makes
it this far on talent alone.
**[14:15] ---**
That one was Chiba's 4th foul.
**[14:17] ---**
And that also puts them at 4 team fouls!
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Checkmate. I guess.
**[14:21] ---**
Only 4 minutes left now.
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If they just benched him for a little while,
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we could use that time to totally run away with it.
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Hey, Chiba!
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I know.
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Don't sweat it, we continue as-is.
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Coach!
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No, we can't afford a substitution.
**[14:37] ---**
Taking Chiba out now
would only play into the other team's hand.
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He knows that perfectly well, himself.
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Since he's the captain of this team.
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I'm leaving everything up to him!
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Listen up, this is it! This
the real end of it all!
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Don't any of you dare give up
until the very last millisecond!
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If you let your feet stop for even a second,
I'll bowl you over!
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Right!
**[15:00] ---**
Chiba...
**[15:01] ---**
This is something that only people
who've experienced it can really understand, but...
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Wearing the #4 on a jersey
is the heaviest burden
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that a player can have in the
entire sport of basketball.
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They have to lead the
team with their skills,
**[15:13] ---**
and become the pillar that holds
everyone together mentally.
**[15:17] ---**
Despite being behind and
with 4 fouls right now,
**[15:20] ---**
no one on that team is showing
any signs of anxiety.
**[15:22] ---**
Because the entire team's trust
is riding on that tiny little number on his back.
**[15:28] ---**
Taking the position of captain...
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...comes with that kind of responsibility.
**[15:32] ---**
Chiba...
**[15:37] ---**
It's a 9-point game now!
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Shinmaruko
Yokohama Taiei
**[15:43] ---**
Even at a third-rate school
full of ugly mugs like me,
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there was an excellent coach and teammates
who I could trust.
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Finding that much alone was a real miracle.
**[15:53] ---**
But despite that, I'm still trying
to wrestle my way into the inter-high.
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I don't bat an eye when people give it to me straight
and say that it's a pipe dream.
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But all I really want, is the right
to keep playing on the court for a few months longer!
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Go, Chiba!
**[16:16] ---**
It's not over yet.
**[16:20] ---**
I refuse to let everything
come to an end here!
**[16:22] ---**
Defense! Defense! Defense! Defense!
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Yokohama Taiei
Shinmaruko
**[17:07] ---**
Maru High... they lost.
**[17:15] ---**
National High School Athletics Championship
**[17:15] ---**
Shit... and just like that...
**[17:19] ---**
It's all over.... for real.
**[17:32] ---**
Quit looking like somebody just died!
**[17:36] ---**
We did every damn thing we
could! I've got no regrets!
**[17:39] ---**
Or are you telling me that somebody here
is regretting their performance today?
**[17:44] ---**
Uh... no.
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Then hold your heads high.
**[17:48] ---**
We're the #4 team in all
of Kanagawa Prefecture.
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Yes, sir!
**[17:58] ---**
Everybody always tells themselves
the exact same thing.
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"It was a good match."
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"We put everything we had into it."
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"We have absolutely nothing to regret."
**[18:10] ---**
But all that bravado gets left behind,
the instant that they step off the court!
**[18:23] ---**
Yo.
**[18:28] ---**
Why did you go to some
no-name school like Shinmaruko?
**[18:32] ---**
Someone with your skills could've made it in
to a way better school for sure.
**[18:36] ---**
Because I never planned
on playing basketball in high school.
**[18:40] ---**
The reason I found myself standing back
on the court again,
**[18:42] ---**
was because our captain
was really persistent about recruiting me.
**[18:47] ---**
But now, a fire has been lit inside of me.
**[18:50] ---**
And so I just can't bring
myself to stop here.
**[18:55] ---**
We're gonna eat you alive next time!
**[19:09] ---**
Although it's just a practice match,
I didn't expect to be playing him again so soon.
**[19:18] ---**
I swear I'm gonna wipe
the floor with your ass!
**[19:24] ---**
Shit! Taiei is really damn strong!
**[19:26] ---**
Nabe, you bastard!
**[19:28] ---**
Make sure you don't forget anything.
**[19:30] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[19:32] ---**
Yo, Chib-
**[19:33] ---**
Hello, Chiba!
**[19:36] ---**
My name is Wada and I'm the basketball coach
at Johoku University.
**[19:39] ---**
I'd like to talk with you for a bit.
**[19:42] ---**
Are you... scouting me?
**[19:45] ---**
For real?
**[19:47] ---**
Sorry, but he respectfully
declines your offer.
**[19:49] ---**
Why the hell should I?!
**[19:50] ---**
Takahashi! Kojima!
**[19:52] ---**
Where do you get off deciding MY future?
**[19:55] ---**
Takahashi and I are prepurring
to go to Seishu University.
**[19:58] ---**
Huh?
**[19:59] ---**
We want you to come, man.
Let's play together!
**[20:04] ---**
But Seishu doesn't even
have a basketball team.
**[20:07] ---**
We know. That's exactly why we're going.
**[20:10] ---**
That's just totally asinine! Who does that?!
**[20:12] ---**
Besides, why the hell should
I play with you two clowns?!
**[20:15] ---**
What? You know them's fighting words.
**[20:17] ---**
Don't tell me...
**[20:19] ---**
Are you still upset about
what happened with Micchan?
**[20:23] ---**
Well now, who is Micchan?
**[20:25] ---**
The girl that Chiba liked
back in elementary school.
**[20:28] ---**
But it turns out that she
already had a crush on me.
**[20:30] ---**
JUST SHUT UP ALREADY!
**[20:33] ---**
We need you with us, Chiba. Seriously.
**[20:36] ---**
Let's go start a revolution together!
**[20:45] ---**
Let's get going, Nanao.
**[20:46] ---**
Huh? Don't you want to talk to them?
**[20:48] ---**
Nah.
**[20:50] ---**
They may have have lost the match,
**[20:52] ---**
but just like he told me, I got to see
the unique way that Chiba "rocked" the court.
**[20:57] ---**
It really inspired me to want to become
more of a player like him and the others someday.
**[21:03] ---**
Thank you very much!
**[21:05] ---**
Just so you know, I'm definitely not smart enough
to get into any college.
**[21:09] ---**
But... I was thinking about
continuing to play basketball somewhere.
**[21:14] ---**
Anyways, I'll consider it.
**[21:17] ---**
Chiba, will you also give
some thought to my offer?
**[21:20] ---**
Yes, thank you.
**[21:23] ---**
Being trusted, huh? I'm jealous of him.
**[21:30] ---**
Okay then, time to go home and...
**[21:32] ---**
It was an amazing game, huh, Kurumatani?
**[21:34] ---**
Tell me, what did you think
after seeing Taiei play?
**[21:37] ---**
They came here to watch, too?
**[21:39] ---**
Well...
**[21:40] ---**
I'm relieved since they seem pretty normal.
**[21:43] ---**
Whaaaaaat?!
**[21:45] ---**
Really, Kurumatani?
**[21:47] ---**
Yeah, like, literally.
**[21:49] ---**
Because I seriously thought
they were a team full of aliens or something.
**[21:52] ---**
Huh?
**[21:53] ---**
At the very least we have Mokichi, which means
our team has some advantage on the inside.
**[21:58] ---**
And while that #10 on Taiei
is a really amazing player,
**[22:02] ---**
I think his skills as a point guard
are actually inferior to Chiaki's.
**[22:06] ---**
Even when it comes to playing defense,
we have experience
**[22:10] ---**
dealing with guys far more
incredible than that.
**[22:13] ---**
Nothing I saw today compares to something
like Taro's pull-up jumper.
**[22:18] ---**
W-well, I dunno about that.
**[22:20] ---**
I could say the same for that
guy with the orange hair.
**[22:23] ---**
I mean, I can't deny he surprised me
in more ways than one.
**[22:26] ---**
But our team has a way more
impressive forward than him, yeah?
**[22:30] ---**
Everything I saw today pales in
comparison to the shock I had from
**[22:33] ---**
watching Kite play for the first time.
**[22:35] ---**
Even his hairstyle leaves a stronger impact!
**[22:38] ---**
I won't hesitate to take my own shots.
**[22:41] ---**
Even if I miss or even if they block me...
**[22:43] ---**
I'll just keep shooting endlessly!
**[22:47] ---**
Because as long as Momoharu is under the basket,
then there's nothing to fear!
**[22:52] ---**
We won't lose. The basketball team
will be revived no matter what!
**[23:02] ---**
Sure is tough when people expect
so much from me like that.
**[23:07] ---**
Kite... you came, too?
**[23:09] ---**
If Taiei were that easy to beat,
then we wouldn't have so many problems.
**[23:14] ---**
And I'm not sure I agree
with his assessment of you.
**[23:17] ---**
I really hope you can keep
your shit together... Captain.
**[23:30] ---**
Ahiru no Sora
**[23:31] ---**
Next episode: "Stop & Go."