E40 - STOP & GO
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Yokohama Taiei
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I can't hear you, freshmen!
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Yokohama Taiei High School.
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Within 3 years after Yohito
Sakamaki became coach,
SIGN Congratulations
volleyball team
for getting to nationals
SIGN Congratulations basketball team for getting to nationals
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the basketball team grew strong enough
to dominate the Kanagawa championships.
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This year also marks the team's 3rd trip
to the national inter-high.
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All right! Last 10 laps!
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What are you doing, Mineta?! Keep moving!
[00:34] ---
You okay? C'mon, get yourself together.
[00:37] ---
O-okay.
[00:38] ---
Yakku, let him do it on his own!
[00:40] ---
Roger!
[00:42] ---
Hey, where did that little snot get off to?
[00:44] ---
Who?
[00:46] ---
You know who I mean!
[00:47] ---
I'm gonna die... I'm gonna die...
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The only one with hair that stands out enough
to notice when he's gone.
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Fuwa!
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Don't think you can just keep
skipping out like this! Get out here!
[01:03] ---
The practice regimen here
is unbelievably brutal.
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There's never an end
to the number of students who try and escape.
[01:09] ---
Seal! Seal!
[01:10] ---
You gotta put on more pressure!
[01:12] ---
The other side is wide open!
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The center has to hustle! Get moving!
[01:19] ---
So cool!
[01:22] ---
He's just like a swan.
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I haven't had a chance to talk with him yet.
[01:29] ---
I gotta work harder to earn his attention.
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Practice is intense, the rules are harsh,
and the seniors terrifying.
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Man, Japanese high schools are crazy!
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Then just leave if you don't like it.
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Nobody will bother to stop your sorry ass.
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What? I dare you to say that again!
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Hey, quit it.
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Huh? That reminds me, where's Yozan?
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Oh, that's easy. The usual place.
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Doing extra practice.
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Gotta hand it to him, he's determined.
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He's never missed even one practice session.
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But he's so short, it's kinda pointless...
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Do not put
basketball shoes in
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Detergent
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Ugh, my body feels totally shattered.
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I just wanna drop dead!
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Yokohama West
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I was like a hero back in middle school.
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But here, I'm at the very
bottom of the totem pole.
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I really wanna get out on the court
and play with Shiraishi.
SIGN Don't leave stuff on top of
the washing machines!
It may fall!
SIGN Do NOT put
too much
detergent in!!
SIGN Trash goes in the
garbage can only
[02:34] ---
Well, just practicing with a team like Taiei
will make me good no matter what!
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Oh, hello!
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Um, I can take care of that...
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If just being here was enough to make us good,
then nobody would struggle.
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Go to your room and pack up your things.
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Detergent
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You can't hack it. Just quit right now.
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Detergent
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By the way, Mr. Sakamaki.
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I see there are practice matches
scheduled for the 19th and 20th.
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But the seniors have guidance counseling
on the afternoon of the 19th, no?
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GREEN
TEA
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Over half of them won't be able
to participate in the game.
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Dried
squid
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Yep, I'm aware.
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There's a little something I'm
interested in testing out.
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Oh?
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For the game against Kuzu High,
we'll use a team of only freshmen and sophomores.
[03:29] ---
Really? But wait, I'm pretty sure
that Kuzu High's center is 2 meters tall.
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It'd be a waste not to take
advantage of that opportunity!
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We're not playing against Kuzu High
because of their height.
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Huh...? What does that mean?
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But why?!
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Hey, what happened?
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Why are you quitting?
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Mineta!
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Whatever, I'm done.
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I already felt like I was at my limit.
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I'm leaving my basketball shoes behind,
so anybody can feel free to use them.
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What's your deal? We came
all this way together, man.
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At least give us a reason! Mineta!
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I wondered what all the fuss
could be at this late hour.
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Yohito.
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A voluntary resignation.
That's what this is, right?
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Mineta.
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Okay. Well it's too dark now,
so wait until tomorrow to head home.
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Hold on! You at least have
to hear what his reason is!
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That's just a waste of time.
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Because I keep close tabs
on everyone individually during practice.
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And that includes you, Mineta.
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You've found where your
limit is. Isn't that right?
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Dude, we gotta stop him before it's too late!
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Then you go do it!
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Just let him quit.
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Nothing better than less
rivals to compete with.
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What?
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Yozan...
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If you've got something to
say, then let's hear it.
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Like you can talk, you're not even
on anybody's radar as a rival.
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What can you even do
in this game with your short stature?
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That's what I want to say to him,
but I can't manage to open my mouth.
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The sheer tenacity I feel coming off him
is enough to shut down any words...
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The time is currently 6:40 A.M.
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Now we'll take a moment
to check today's forecast.
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What the-?
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You're skipping AGAIN?
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No, it's not like that! I've just had
a killer stomachache all morning and... owowowow!
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And what's your excuse, Mineta?
[05:55] ---
Oh, well...
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I've decided to quit the basketball team.
[06:02] ---
No way. That's a total waste!
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You've got the height, so don't quit!
[06:07] ---
I'm happy to hear you say that.
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You're amazing, Fuwa.
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Even though you skip out on practice,
you still get a uniform.
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Yeah, well, that's 'cuz
I'm a genius and stuff.
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I don't need to bother with any practice.
[06:22] ---
Shiraishi really gave it to me straight.
[06:25] ---
He said I couldn't hack it.
[06:27] ---
I was shocked, but thinking about it logically,
he might be right.
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It takes everything I have just to keep up.
And I always feel like I'm stuck at my limit.
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You don't gotta bother keeping
up with anybody, dude.
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Huh?
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I can't speak for anybody else.
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But to me, skill means everything.
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And I've got zero interest in players
that only know how to thrive in a team like this.
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Because Taiei ain't my final destination.
[07:01] ---
I think... that I made the right decision.
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They all live in an entirely different world from me.
We're too far apart.
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Thank you for everything.
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I'm just an ordinary guy.
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See ya.
[07:16] ---
Bye-bye.
[07:18] ---
No one is trying to stop me...
[07:20] ---
Hey, wait a second.
[07:25] ---
These are a waste of
space, so take them home.
[07:28] ---
You "cherished" them, didn't you?
[07:38] ---
Mineta really did quit
in the end. It's a shame.
[07:41] ---
You actually had some expectations
for him, didn't you?
[07:44] ---
Freshmen at his height are
pretty indispensable, I'd say.
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It wouldn't be too late to go and stop him.
[07:50] ---
If he was the type to stay just because
someone told him to,
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then I'd have even less use for him.
[07:57] ---
Okay, I'm in.
[08:02] ---
Shit, I can't back down
after that humiliation!
[08:06] ---
I was such a dumbass
for ever looking up to someone like him!
[08:09] ---
You've sure got some nice sneakers.
Too bad you SUCK at basketball.
[08:12] ---
A product of Mineta's imagination
[08:15] ---
He's just one of those
dishonest snobs who is so
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full of himself that he
became a HUGE asshole!
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The most vicious hate is born
from the greatest admiration!
[08:22] ---
I'm gonna drop the hammer of vengeance
right on top of him!
[08:26] ---
I'll stuff these straight to the
tips of his basketball shoes!
[08:33] ---
The hell are those? They reek!
[08:35] ---
Worn out basketball shoes?
[08:37] ---
Bunch of cheapskates.
Why would anybody hold on to them for so long?
[08:43] ---
Wait a second.
[08:45] ---
Thinking about it, they
can't be that old, right?
[08:50] ---
These... and these, too...
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They're all models that just recently
got introduced on the market.
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Can basketball shoes really get
THIS beat up in just a few months time?!
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Yeah, well, that's 'cuz
I'm a genius and stuff.
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Nothing better than less
rivals to compete with.
[09:15] ---
These are a waste of
space, so take them home.
[09:18] ---
You "cherished" them, didn't you?
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What the hell am I doing?
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What the hell was I thinking?!
[09:35] ---
Whenever people come up against a wall
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like this, aspirations and ideals
don't really help at all.
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Although everybody has to move past it,
everybody does so by going around it.
[09:45] ---
Yozan, keep your head up!
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No disparity actually exists
between those who leave and those who stay.
[09:57] ---
E-excuse me!
[10:00] ---
I've changed my mind about quitting!
[10:03] ---
Mineta?
[10:04] ---
His head is so pointy...
[10:11] ---
All right, starting today the freshmen will join in
the same practice as everyone else!
[10:15] ---
Anybody too tired will get left behind!
[10:17] ---
Yes, sir!
[10:19] ---
Stop or keep on going.
It's as simple as that!
[10:26] ---
C'mon, you've been sleeping for long enough!
[10:29] ---
Wha...? did I seriously pass out?!
[10:32] ---
God, I am so lame. Did I come back
just to embarrass myself?
[10:37] ---
It's... cold!
[10:42] ---
So you do know how to hustle.
[10:44] ---
Huh?
[10:49] ---
You should've just been serious
about it from the start.
[10:52] ---
Conehead.
[10:53] ---
Huh?
[10:56] ---
Wait, so then, he's been watching me...
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...this entire time?
[11:01] ---
Th-thank you very much!
[11:07] ---
Yozan!
[11:13] ---
Damn.
[11:14] ---
"Damn"?
[11:15] ---
Son of a bitch!
[11:16] ---
You seem really ticked off
today, Yakku. What's wrong?
[11:19] ---
Some smartass shoved bananas
down my basketball shoes.
[11:22] ---
I'm gonna find 'em and
rip their damn head off!
[11:25] ---
I got the wrong shoes.
[11:36] ---
Hey, Madorin.
[11:39] ---
We've got another mixer
planned after exams are over.
[11:42] ---
No thank you.
[11:44] ---
I've kinda decided that I'm
really not cut out for those.
[11:47] ---
Why's that?
[11:48] ---
Tsukasa and those other guys
were awfully kind, weren't they?
[11:51] ---
Yeah, they were good guys.
[11:53] ---
But the girls' basketball team
is about to get really busy.
[11:56] ---
Boo.
[11:58] ---
The truth is I may actually have wanted
to see them again.
[12:02] ---
But a part of me didn't want to admit that,
[12:05] ---
and deep down I was relieved by the fact
that I never got any messages from them.
[12:32] ---
We're so sorry!
[12:33] ---
What are you apologizing for?!
[12:36] ---
Because we're just totally
ordinary high schoolers!
[12:39] ---
We couldn't even put up a fight
against Maru High, Kitasumi or Shinjo.
[12:42] ---
So there's no way we're gonna
be able to win this one.
[12:45] ---
I don't wanna hear any of that kind of talk
before we even try!
[12:48] ---
Yes. There's still a chance for us.
[12:51] ---
I'm going to have you play
totally different positions from the Shinjo match.
[13:03] ---
You want Kite to play shooting guard?
[13:06] ---
I think you know what that means, Natsume.
[13:08] ---
The selfish playstyle that you always use
isn't going to work at all against Taiei.
[13:17] ---
You make it sound easy.
If I could change it up then I already would have.
[13:22] ---
In any case, the moves
that you make on the court
[13:25] ---
and how we put those moves to use
will be very critical factors in this match.
[13:29] ---
In addition to that,
[13:30] ---
Chiaki's innate passing sense
and wide field of vision.
[13:33] ---
We need to utilize those to enhance
our game near the basket.
[13:36] ---
With Kurumatani serving
as point guard, he'll need
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to exert as much control
over the game as he can.
[13:42] ---
And because stamina
is our greatest weakness right now,
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we'll have to rely on Nabe
and the others to fill in when needed.
[13:48] ---
Finally, Momoharu will have to prove
[13:50] ---
that he's capable of uniting
and sustaining the team as its captain.
[13:54] ---
The odds of us winning are slim.
[13:57] ---
But they are definitely greater than zero.
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I'm certain that we can pull off a miracle!
[14:11] ---
That's weird.
[14:12] ---
I thought for sure I could do it
by using my usual shooting style.
[14:16] ---
Maybe it's because I'm not fully killing
the momentum when I come off the drive.
[14:20] ---
This is a crucial move for
shorter players like me.
[14:23] ---
I absolutely have to make
it part of my repertoire!
[14:26] ---
Even if it doesn't change much...
[14:29] ---
...I have to be as useful
to the team as possible!
[14:35] ---
I can get the ball in if I take it slow,
[14:37] ---
but that totally defeats the purpose!
[14:40] ---
Taro is always so absurdly quick out on the court.
How exactly does he shoot this?
[14:52] ---
Pardon the intrusion!
[14:57] ---
Please, Taro. I need you to
teach me one of your skills!
[15:01] ---
Maybe when pigs fly, sure.
[15:03] ---
Please, I'm begging you!
[15:05] ---
Quit it! You're so annoying!
[15:07] ---
Are you brain dead?
[15:08] ---
There's not a ramen shop owner on Earth
that would share the secrets of their own broth!
[15:12] ---
Well, I don't own a ramen shop,
so I wouldn't know anything about that...
[15:16] ---
Ugh, just kill me!
[15:17] ---
I absolutely HATE dealing
with hardheads like you!
[15:20] ---
What a surprise. You're Kurumatani
from Kuzuryu High School, if I remember right.
[15:24] ---
Yeah, thanks for having me.
[15:26] ---
It must've been a long trip.
[15:27] ---
Nobody invited you to come!
[15:29] ---
You must want Taro
to teach you his pull-up jumper, yes?
[15:33] ---
Um, that's right.
[15:35] ---
But how'd you know?
[15:37] ---
Considering your playstyle,
that's really the only move of Taro's
[15:41] ---
that would make sense for you to learn.
[15:42] ---
Oh...
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Although even if he was willing to teach it,
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it's not something you can
pick up in just a day.
[15:49] ---
Our next match is one that
we absolutely cannot lose.
[15:52] ---
So I want to do everything I possibly can.
[15:59] ---
Please instruct me, Master Taro!
[16:03] ---
Meh.
[16:04] ---
Not happening.
[16:07] ---
My skills belong entirely to me.
[16:09] ---
Only I can pull them off.
[16:12] ---
Get that through your head and get lost.
[16:14] ---
Well, I do sympathize with the
[16:16] ---
fact that you don't have a
proper coach down at Kuzu High.
[16:19] ---
But Taro actually makes a fair point.
[16:21] ---
Show no mercy to the enemy.
[16:23] ---
In other words, that means Taro views
all of you as his rivals.
[16:28] ---
Head on home. We're done
with practice for today.
[16:33] ---
Thanks. Sorry to have bothered you.
[16:34] ---
Sure. Be safe on your way home.
[16:38] ---
What the heck was I even thinking?
[16:40] ---
It's only natural for him to say no.
[16:42] ---
I gotta stop being so naiv-
[16:43] ---
Alrighty then! Guess I'll
just do some free practice!
[16:46] ---
Okay! All you freshmen gotta stay longer!
[16:48] ---
What?!
[16:56] ---
Check this!
[17:04] ---
Taking a closer look,
I really appreciate how amazing that move is.
[17:08] ---
How high he jumps and his timing
on letting go of the ball...
[17:11] ---
none of it is consistent at all!
[17:14] ---
And yet...
[17:15] ---
...the shots go in.
[17:19] ---
He intentionally avoids making full use
of his innate jump skill
[17:22] ---
to pour everything he has
into shooting quickly!
[17:25] ---
Taro fully understands
how his own shortness affects the game.
[17:29] ---
And there's strength in that.
[17:42] ---
He came back again.
He really doesn't know when to quit.
[17:45] ---
How many times has he shown up now?
[17:48] ---
Listen, Kite. I'll admit you have
a great sense for the game.
[17:52] ---
But that's the only thing you've got.
[17:55] ---
Too much confidence and
not enough real skill.
[17:58] ---
Guys like you never learn how to improve.
[18:00] ---
Plus, you've lost way too much weight.
[18:02] ---
It makes you easy to push around.
[18:04] ---
Weighing less doesn't actually
make you faster, dude.
[18:07] ---
Not to mention...
[18:08] ---
Greased
Lightning
[18:10] ---
Despite everything I said,
he actually terrified me.
[18:14] ---
Let's continue. One more shot.
[18:17] ---
How can someone so undeveloped
get to this level at such an early age?!
[18:23] ---
We're at a different school
every damn day to use a court.
[18:26] ---
It's like we've become a
traveling circus or somethin'.
[18:29] ---
That's enough! I don't
want to hear complaints!
[18:53] ---
Regarding our team practice...
[18:56] ---
I think it's about time that you came
and joined the rest of us.
[19:01] ---
The problem is that right now,
I'm facing a wall that I need to overcome.
[19:05] ---
So when are you finally going to overcome it?
[19:08] ---
We're all waiting, so hurry it up.
[19:12] ---
Quit harping on me!
[19:14] ---
I think we all have to achieve
the same goal right now.
[19:19] ---
Becoming better... than we were yesterday.
[19:40] ---
You want to shoot three-pointers?
[19:43] ---
Is that something I can manage, ya think?
[19:45] ---
Uh, well, I'm not really
sure one way or the other...
[19:49] ---
Back when we played Shinjo,
[19:51] ---
there were 2 times
that I got left totally open by my defender.
[19:54] ---
But I couldn't do a single damn thing.
[19:58] ---
I imagined myself snapping up
a pass someone made to me,
[20:01] ---
then pumping a good fake
before shaking the defense with a drive.
[20:04] ---
And then nailing my own shot!
[20:07] ---
I've been playing out scenarios like that
in my head ever since.
[20:10] ---
And even just imagining that is enough
to make my hands sweaty.
[20:15] ---
I'm a total weirdo, huh?
[20:17] ---
Nabe...
[20:18] ---
You're not alone, I do that all the time.
[20:23] ---
Let's go for it, Nabe!
[20:25] ---
It's okay! I guarantee you'll
learn how to nail a three!
[20:28] ---
Oh, great!
[20:41] ---
Make it look like you're going for a drive,
but then doing a roll into a fadeaway.
[20:45] ---
That's the first time you've
tried a mixup like that.
[20:48] ---
After all the times you couldn't even score,
[20:50] ---
your desperation finally gave you
a flash of inspiration, eh?
[20:53] ---
But you know, that's also
a perfectly fine strategy.
[20:57] ---
I don't get why you're so obsessed
with trying to blow past your opponent.
[21:00] ---
Because scoring points is
what matters most in the end.
[21:02] ---
Considering you couldn't
even score on me before,
[21:05] ---
I'd say this one basket
alone makes you the winner.
[21:09] ---
So don't come back again.
[21:12] ---
You handled that well.
[21:13] ---
He's the most persistent kid I've ever seen.
[21:16] ---
Although it was from the outside,
he actually did manage to score a shot on Karasawa.
[21:20] ---
"That's also perfectly fine," huh?
[21:23] ---
Thinking back on everything...
[21:25] ---
It was actually ME who promised
to take THEM to the inter-high.
[21:31] ---
And the whole reason I couldn't live up to that
was 'cuz I'm still green.
[21:36] ---
Becoming better... than we were yesterday.
[21:44] ---
Hey, Mr. Karasawa.
[21:47] ---
I know my body still has
the muscle memory for it.
[21:50] ---
My skills belong entirely to me.
[21:53] ---
Only I can pull them off.
[21:55] ---
Something that only I can pull off...
[21:57] ---
...must exist on the court!
[22:17] ---
Egaita yume tsukamu no wa
[22:22] ---
Kantan janaitte wakatteru kedo
[22:27] ---
Saisho kara muri datte dakyou shiteru
[22:32] ---
Hito no me hikari wa mienai
[22:38] ---
Miageru sora no kousei tachi wa
[22:43] ---
Itsumo inochi o moyashite hikatteru
[22:48] ---
Boku ni datte
[22:50] ---
Taiyou runner kokoro o kanzen nenshou
[22:55] ---
Goal e kakumei no hikari hanatsu yo
[23:01] ---
Last rei byou sore made
kekka nante wakaranai sa
[23:07] ---
Akireru hodo onore o
koete hashiritsuzukeru yo
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Step 1! Shouri o mark shite
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Step 2! Image wakasete
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Step 3! Tada zenryoku de penerate
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Ahiru no Sora
Challenger
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Next episode: "Challenger."
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