E4 - First Flight
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Kanagawa School of Medical Science
Secondary Hospital
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I'll be back to check on
you again this afternoon.
[00:15] ---
Okay, that sounds good.
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Yuka Kurumatani
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Sora
Subject
Dear Mom, are you doing well?
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Dear Mom, are you doing well?
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Time is really flying by.
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It's already been a week
since I started high school.
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Today I have two good pieces
of news to share with you.
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The first is, I grew 0.02 millimeters taller.
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And the second is, I'm going to be playing
in an official basketball game!
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All the older members of the team
here are really nice guys!
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I promise, you don't have
to worry about me at all!
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Rikukaikuu doko ni ikou
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Ahiru no Sora
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Kimi o sasoitai na
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Monogatari wa hajima tterunda
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Okubyou kaze mo recycle
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Mayotteru senaka oshite
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Give and go! Isogou
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Mogutteita honou ga kaodashite
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Kakusenai no sa yume ni mita yume
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Tobenai tsubasa demo
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Bokura wa habataite sora o kanjitai
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Naritai jibun ni naritai
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Ima dekinai koto mo ashita wa wakannai ze
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Waru agaki shiyou
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Happy go ducky!
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Class 1-4
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First Flight
SIGN Chuckie Yasu Momoharu Nabe 2-3 Fast break Rebound Me
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Momoharu is the tallest
and has the highest jump, so he'll play center.
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Yasu has the most offensive ability,
quite literally, so he'll play forward.
[02:50] ---
Hmm...
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But frankly,
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with our current members it doesn't
really make a difference who plays what position.
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If we had at least one more player
with some experience, then...
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Allow me to apologize, teach.
[03:04] ---
The reason I'm late is because it took
a whole night of chatting online with Yu
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before she agreed to go on a date with me.
[03:11] ---
Hanazono...
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You realize you're not a
freshman anymore, right?
[03:15] ---
Oh God, this is a nightmare!
[03:17] ---
I totally spaced we're in a new semester!
[03:19] ---
Who's this joker?
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Teach! Just pretend like this never happened!
[03:21] ---
Doesn't he know afros are out of style?
SIGN BOYS' BASKETBALL TEAM
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You want me to play?
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No way.
[03:27] ---
That's too much effort, man.
[03:30] ---
Besides, I've got a hot
date with Yu next Saturday.
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Then you have nothing to worry about.
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She would never show up in a millio-
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Anyway...
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...it doesn't matter, since
there's no hope of us
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actually playing a solid
game against Maru High.
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That shouldn't make a difference!
It doesn't matter how smoothly it actually goes!
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Because either way, we get to play a legit
five-on-five match out on the court together.
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And that's...
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...enough to get me totally hyped up!
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Don't talk the talk if
you can't walk the walk!
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Wh-what the heck was that for?!
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You won't win me over with sappy
inspirational speeches, Kurt-mad-daddy.
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It's "Kurumatani!"
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Well, it's best not to sweat
the small stuff like that.
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I may be small, but my name isn't!
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More importantly!
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Do me a favor and check this out, would ya?
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What is this, exactly?
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It's the seating chart for your class.
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I'm tasking you with finding
out all the names...
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...and phone numbers for
the students that I marked.
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The circles are cuties!
The flowers are hotties!
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And the triangles are not half bad!
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If you could start from the
flowers that would be great!
[04:35] ---
Um...
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I'm seeing some x's on
here, what do those mean?
[04:40] ---
Oh right, those...
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Those are the little shits who dared to laugh
at my afro this morning!
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I expect you to get me all those deets ASAP.
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Later!
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Cut me some slack...
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I don't have any time to
waste on stuff like this.
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Wait a second, out of the entire class...
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...he identified these specific
few just this morning?
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All right! That's a wrap on practice!
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Now then...
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...time to get down to business.
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What's happening?
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What are they doing?
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It's their post-practice shootout.
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Whoever sinks three free throws
gets to leave for the day.
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But whoever is left until the end
gets stuck with mopping the court
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and also has to prepare the equipment
for tomorrow's practice.
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A-all righty then... I'll see you guys later!
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Get lost already! You damn pipsqueak!
[05:39] ---
They started doing this routine every day.
[05:41] ---
Though, it seems like Momoharu
is always the one getting left behind.
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Sweet!
[05:46] ---
Wow. That actually seems pretty fun.
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I know, right?
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The boys' team has definitely
turned over a new leaf.
[05:52] ---
Hard to believe they took a
liking to the game so quickly.
[05:56] ---
A liking to the game, huh?
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Couldn't we just win by faking our shots
and then throwing elbows at 'em?
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Or maybe we can hit them
with the old Asian Mist.
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For starters, don't forget to rig your sneakers
with steel-toes for the big day.
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I don't think people who actually like the game
would be planning ways to cheat.
[06:17] ---
Hey numbskulls! Quit flapping
your damn gums so much!
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Take it to the locker
room! And keep it there!
[06:23] ---
Dear Mom, tomorrow is finally the day
of the big basketball game!
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The team I'm playing with
is a little different from what I had in mind,
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but they're all amazing in their own ways!
[06:33] ---
Not only is Yasuhara a 2nd Dan in karate,
but he's actually on probation right now.
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And Chuckie says he can tell the model
of any car just from its steering wheel.
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Nabe on the other hand...
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...I guess there's nothing special about him.
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But the most amazing of the bunch
is definitely Momoharu!
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He's really tall and can
jump well over a meter high!
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Right now, our team is
comprised of only 5 members.
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But actually...
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...I think there's one more.
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Who are you writing messages to?
[07:08] ---
Let me guess... it must be your girlfriend?
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Madoka...!
[07:15] ---
I don't have a girlfriend! Nobody like that!
I've never had one in my entire life!
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Okay, sure... I get the point.
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Your mom?
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She's actually really close by...
but I can't see her right now.
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Huh?
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D-don't get the wrong idea!
She's not in the hospital or anything!
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She's as fit as a fiddle! She does barbell lifts
over 100 kilograms every day and drinks protein!
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She even bites back at all
the dogs in our neighborhood!
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Well... uh, it sounds like
she has a lot of mom power.
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So lately I've been...
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...just sending her some progress reports.
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Because... she's the only one who has ever
supported my passion for basketball.
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Whoa there, Sora! What are you doing?
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I can't believe how lucky
that jerk Taguchi is!
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He sucks as a player but he
still got chosen for the team!
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And when I asked the coach why,
he told me it was only because of his height!
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I've been practicing way harder than Taguchi
and he can barely even keep up with my speed!
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Not to mention I can score
more points than him!
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In the end...
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...I never got the chance to
play in even one lousy game!
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Today was my last day on
the junior basketball team!
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I don't need these basketball shoes anymore!
Practice is pointless!
[08:22] ---
I'm through! I'll never
play basketball again!
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If I had been your coach, I'm certain
that I would have made the same call.
[08:31] ---
Oh, come on! Not you too, mom!
[08:33] ---
You can't change the fact that height
is the greatest weapon in basketball.
[08:38] ---
I'm sorry, Sora. But it really just means,
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that your skills aren't refined enough
to win out over Taguchi's height.
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And if that makes you angry...
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...then turn yourself into a player good enough
to blow away anybody taller than you!
[09:03] ---
There's a whole range of things to do,
no matter how short you are.
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Just trust me!
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I see. You have a really great mom.
[09:18] ---
To be honest, I thought
what she was saying was totally crazy.
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But she became a star player by doing exactly that,
so I had no way to refute it.
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If she was able to pull it off,
then it's possible that I could, too.
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Huh?
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My mom used to be a member
of Japan's national team!
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So wait, if your name is Kurumatani...
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...then was your mom THE Yuka Kurumatani?!
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She was an amazing player!
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Why would you hide that from us?!
[09:44] ---
Uh, I was never trying to hide it.
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But anyway, that's why I came
to a decision on that day.
[09:51] ---
It doesn't matter how tall
or tough the opponents I face are,
[09:55] ---
I'm never going to just give up
because of my lack of height.
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I want to prove to everyone tomorrow,
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that even the short people of
the world can play the game.
[10:05] ---
All righty! It looks like
everyone else went home.
[10:07] ---
That means it's time for me
to start shooting some baskets!
[10:14] ---
Hey, Sora?
[10:15] ---
Yeah?
[10:16] ---
Would you mind also sending me some progress
reports, too, like you do for your mom?
[10:21] ---
What?
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I also want to be a supporter...
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...of your passion.
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Okay? So give me your phone number!
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Seriously?!
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What? Is that a problem for you?
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N-not in the slightest!
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Then tell me what it is.
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Um...
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Did you forget?
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Mom...
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N-no! It's just, are you sure about this?
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...please get better soon!
[10:38] ---
I really want to play
basketball with you again!
[10:41] ---
Mom, please get better soon.
I really want to play basketball with you again.
[10:47] ---
He wants to play with me again... eh?
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Whoa...
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All of these guys are so tall.
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I'm confused. I thought Maru High
was just a school full of delinquents.
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Apparently, the members
of their basketball team are the exception.
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And from what I hear,
it's a team that really knows how to play.
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Out of all their members, the point guard
named Tokiwa and the center named Chiba
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are good enough to be considered
the cream of the crop here in Kanagawa.
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Really?!
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Th-that doesn't bode well.
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How can our team compete with that?
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Hey, Chiba!
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Wipe the floor with 'em.
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Run circles around them until
they all go red in the face!
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Make sure they learn
what a real game of basketball is like!
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It's about time! Here come
the douchebags of Kuzu High!
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Go find a toilet to shove your heads into,
you pack of shitsucking flies!
SIGN KUZURYU KUZURYU KUZURYU KUZURYU
[11:46] ---
The hell did you just say?!
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There's no bigger pile
of shit than Kuzu High!
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Oh yeah?! Come say to that to my face, bitch!
[11:53] ---
Knock it off. These idiots
aren't worth our ti-
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I'm gonna shove all your heads up your asses
and turn you into a goddamn centipede!
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Hold up! Momoharu!
[12:01] ---
Stop it!
[12:03] ---
Just calm down, Momoharu!
Get down here and put up or shut up!
SIGN 4 | 2 | 1 | 3
[12:07] ---
I don't see him around.
[12:10] ---
Okay, I want both teams to gather up
around the center circle.
[12:13] ---
All right! Let's do this, guys!
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Hell yeah!
[12:23] ---
Are you sure about this, Sora?
[12:25] ---
The other team seems way too tough
for you guys to handle.
[12:28] ---
Hey! Tinytown!
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Get over here!
[12:30] ---
Coming!
[12:31] ---
Wait a sec, Sora!
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We'll make it work.
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Huh?
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Don't worry...
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TINY
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...I've got a secret plan of attack.
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Kuzuryu
Shinmaruko
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These dudes are even bigger than Chiaki...
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What the hell did these guys
eat to even get this big?
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I'm starting to get
butterflies in my stomach.
[12:55] ---
Hey, Tinytown. Is this usually how
official matches go down?
[13:01] ---
I have no idea! This is the first time
I've actually been in one!
[13:07] ---
Hey, ref. We call timeout.
[13:09] ---
Th-the match hasn't actually started yet.
[13:11] ---
Are you serious, this is your FIRST time?
[13:13] ---
What kind of bullshit have
you been pulling on us?
[13:16] ---
Uh, well, I was always benched
as a sub for my junior team.
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And my middle school didn't even
have a team for me to play on!
[13:22] ---
No basketball team, seriously?
[13:24] ---
That only happens at schools in the boonies
which have like 10 students total.
[13:27] ---
You're close.
[13:28] ---
The total number in my school was 8, not 10!
[13:31] ---
Huh?!
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But enough about that.
[13:34] ---
Let's hurry and get this game going!
[13:41] ---
That explains a lot.
[13:43] ---
No wonder he cares so much about this team.
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Oh! By the way, Momoharu!
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Do you remember all the details
of what we went over yesterday?
[13:50] ---
Yep. Leave it to me.
[13:55] ---
Okay, let's do this!
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Right!
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A secret plan, huh?
[14:00] ---
I wonder what they've got up their sleeve.
[14:04] ---
Hey kid, we meet again.
[14:06] ---
Don't expect to get so lucky this time.
[14:13] ---
He can't even hear me right now.
[14:18] ---
I thought I recognized that face.
You're the younger brother, right?
[14:22] ---
If you're the captain of this team,
then they really must be low-level trash.
[14:26] ---
But you should've at least taught
that squirt the fundamental rule.
[14:30] ---
Basketball is... all about having height!
[14:36] ---
He jumped higher than me?!
[14:40] ---
A fast break, huh?
[14:42] ---
Okay then. Bring it!
[14:48] ---
A three-pointer from the half court line?!
[14:51] ---
Dumbass. That's obviously
just going to be an air ball.
[15:03] ---
It... went right in...
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Did that just happen?
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If you think I can't play just because I'm short,
then you're going to learn to regret it!
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H-he's incredible...
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Kuzuryu
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Shinmaruko
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Scoring the first basket is a huge deal
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because it helps create
momentum for the entire team.
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And after seeing him score a
long distance shot like that,
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the other team will be totally caught off guard
and then thrown off their game.
[15:30] ---
O-oh, it's our ball now.
[15:32] ---
Oh, right.
[15:33] ---
It's a typical strategy
for messing with your opponent mentally,
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but definitely not something
that's pulled off so easily!
[15:39] ---
Those two really are something else!
[15:43] ---
Wow... it went in...
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It's the first time I've ever scored a basket
from that far out!
[15:48] ---
Y-yeah, I wasn't expecting to actually get possession
on that jump ball either...
[15:52] ---
Okay so, what do you think we should do now?
[15:54] ---
Yeah, we really gotta figure that out.
[15:56] ---
That's as far as their secret plan goes?!
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Let's turn this around!
[16:03] ---
We'll score our own basket and then-
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Thanks, sucker!
[16:09] ---
Nice move, Chuckie!
[16:10] ---
Get your act together, man.
[16:15] ---
Is it just me... or are those guys way better
at passing than before?
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I gave them a few pointers.
[16:21] ---
Since they kept whining about
not being able to dribble the ball very well,
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I just told them not to
bother with it at all.
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That's why they're passing the
ball the instant they get it.
[16:33] ---
That's not going to work again.
[16:35] ---
Don't get cocky after just one shot!
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A fake?!
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Another three-pointer!
[16:47] ---
That squirt did it again.
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This can't be real...
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Looking at it objectively
that makes him two-for-two in this match.
[16:55] ---
He might have been right when he said
we'd regret thinking that he couldn't play.
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But I'm not convinced yet,
he's still just a little runt in the end!
[17:04] ---
You're pretty damn good, Tinytown!
[17:07] ---
I think we're gonna owe you a fresh melon bread
from the cafeteria after this!
[17:10] ---
I would love that, thanks!
[17:13] ---
Hot damn. He's the real deal.
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We're gonna wipe that smile
off your face, shrimp!
[17:18] ---
Both of those shots were
total flukes and you know it!
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A kid like him who practices
shooting 1,000 baskets every day,
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knows that those were no flukes.
[17:25] ---
Hell yeah!
[17:27] ---
Let's keep laying on the
pressure until they snap, boys!
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She'll come.
[17:32] ---
She won't.
[17:33] ---
She'll come.
[17:34] ---
She won't.
[17:36] ---
She'll come.
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She won't.
[17:38] ---
She'll come!
[17:39] ---
Sh-sh-sh-she w-w-won't...!
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SAY IT AIN'T SO!
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My darling Yu...
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I really thought you were gonna be the one
who came through for me...
[17:53] ---
Lately, all the guys have
just been playing basketball.
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It's made things pretty damn lonely for me.
[17:59] ---
I bet... that match of theirs
has already gotten started.
[18:09] ---
These 10-minute quarters go
by way faster than you'd think!
[18:12] ---
So we just gotta do this 3 more times, right?
[18:14] ---
Basketball ain't such a tough
sport to play after all!
[18:19] ---
Shinmaruko
[18:19] ---
Kuzuryu
[18:19] ---
We're up at 12 to 9 at the end
of the first quarter, huh?
[18:22] ---
That's pretty damn good.
[18:25] ---
I guess even our sorry asses
can pull through when it counts.
[18:28] ---
Yo, what'd you think?
[18:30] ---
How's it feel being in your first big game?
[18:35] ---
I was so nervous I thought I was gonna choke!
[18:37] ---
There really is a huge difference
between playing and just watching!
[18:41] ---
I wouldn't have guessed he was nervous at all
from how he looked out there.
[18:44] ---
We've got 12 points from 4
of your three-point shots.
[18:46] ---
Those are some impressive numbers, man!
[18:48] ---
Right back at you!
[18:50] ---
You really surprised me with your
reach during that jump ball, Momoharu!
[18:58] ---
We're not doing too hot out
there with only 9 points.
[19:01] ---
That first shot from the half court line
really hit our team where it counts.
[19:05] ---
That's definitely part of it.
[19:08] ---
But I think screwing up the jump ball
at the very start hurt even worse.
[19:11] ---
As far as I'm concerned,
that guy was definitely the MVP of the first quarter.
[19:18] ---
Aw, man. Our break is over already?
[19:21] ---
Let's go give them another ass-whooping.
[19:23] ---
Okay then, time to decide
what our next move is.
[19:27] ---
For the time being, don't you think
we should fortify our defense?
[19:31] ---
Nah. It's better to just let those guys
play however they like.
[19:35] ---
If they get the ball, they'll pass it up
to you so you can keep scoring points.
[19:38] ---
If we make things any more complicated than that,
it could totally backfire on us.
[19:42] ---
But then won't our defense be lacking?
[19:44] ---
Nah.
[19:45] ---
I can handle that side
of things all on my own.
[19:52] ---
I think we've let them
have more than enough fun.
[19:55] ---
We're going to teach them that tall players
dominate the sport of basketball!
[19:58] ---
Let's take it one shot at a time!
[20:02] ---
I see where you're going.
[20:06] ---
How the hell can you pass to somebody
without even looking at them?!
[20:12] ---
Get the hell out of my way, asswipe!
[20:13] ---
Isn't this kind of shit against the rules?
[20:15] ---
What is wrong with this guy?
[20:17] ---
Doesn't he know what a screen is?
[20:20] ---
All right!
[20:23] ---
H-he's huge!
[20:25] ---
This is what it means to be head
and shoulders above the competition!
[20:32] ---
H-him again?!
[20:41] ---
Didn't he... just jump a second ago?
[20:47] ---
It's a counter attack! Pull back!
[20:52] ---
I'm not letting you just take a free shot!
[20:59] ---
There it is!
[21:00] ---
The duck-in!
[21:01] ---
Not on my watch!
[21:05] ---
Dammit! They've got a screen set up!
[21:07] ---
He's going to get by on the left side!
[21:18] ---
Another one!
[21:19] ---
Nice shot, Sora!
[21:21] ---
Keep it up, Tinytown!
[21:23] ---
Why?
[21:24] ---
Sweet moves!
[21:25] ---
Why would he intentionally cut across
to the side I was on?
[21:29] ---
He could have used his
teammate to get away from me,
[21:32] ---
and then shoot a three-pointer
in the open space on the left side.
[21:39] ---
I think I know why.
[21:40] ---
Come on, man. You can play better than that.
[21:44] ---
That settles it.
[21:45] ---
We're putting two defenders on him.
[21:47] ---
I can handle him fine on my own.
[21:49] ---
Huh?
[21:50] ---
Because I just found... his one weakness.
[21:54] ---
Sora Kurumatani.
[21:56] ---
I'm not letting you...
[21:58] ---
...score any more points in this game.
[22:15] ---
Doredake sora o miagetatte
[22:18] ---
Boku wa tobenai to kimi wa itta
[22:21] ---
Ato nankai te o nobaseba
[22:25] ---
Todoku no darou to naita yoru
[22:28] ---
Nigedasu koto ni nareteitte
[22:31] ---
Sore ga yowasa dato shitta ano hi
[22:35] ---
Hajimeyou mata, kyou kara
[22:42] ---
Taisetsu na mono wa itsudemo soba ni atta
[22:48] ---
Bokura wa itsumo hitori janai donna toki mo
[22:54] ---
Toberu sa doko made mo kimi wa
[22:57] ---
Dare yori tataku tataku habataite
[23:01] ---
Nagashita namida no kazu dake
[23:05] ---
Tsuyoku narunda
[23:07] ---
Tsubasa hiroge sekai o megutte
[23:11] ---
Dare mo shiranai mirai o sagasou
[23:14] ---
Zutto, zutto, zutto
[23:19] ---
Aruite yukou saa, issho ni
[23:31] ---
Ahiru no Sora
Next Time: Broken Wings
[23:31] ---
Next time: "Broken Wings."
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