# E48 - The Straight Story
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If you want me to teach you how,
then just be honest and say so.
**[00:05] ---**
No way!
**[00:06] ---**
What's going on?
**[00:08] ---**
Apparently, he couldn't get
a single shot to go in during practice today.
**[00:12] ---**
It's because he's trying to look cool
and only shoot with one hand.
**[00:14] ---**
Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!
**[00:17] ---**
Not sure why, but he says it's embarrassing
to have his mom teach him anything.
**[00:21] ---**
Miho told me that I was laaaaame!
**[00:30] ---**
That's the way! Look at you, getting it done!
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I'm home!
**[00:36] ---**
Hey, guess what?
Today I only missed 4 shots at practice!
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Everybody was so shocked!
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So Mom, once we finish dinner can you-
**[00:46] ---**
What happened?
**[00:48] ---**
Sora! Hurry upstairs and find something warm
we can wrap your mom in.
**[00:51] ---**
We're going to the hospital right now.
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Way to go!
**[01:08] ---**
He scored!
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Ahiru no Sora
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Nanairo no niji ga umareta asa
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Tori tachi wa hane o hirogete yuku
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Kotae nante doko ni mo nai kara sa
**[01:42] ---**
Sore o egaki ni yukou
**[01:45] ---**
Feel it
**[01:48] ---**
Feel it
**[01:53] ---**
Utsukushiki hane o motsu kimi wa
**[01:56] ---**
Taiyou o mezashi tobu no darou
**[02:00] ---**
Matataki no sono shunkan ni sekai o
**[02:03] ---**
Kaeru koto mo dekiru to shinjite
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Bokura wa toumei na kokoro de umareta hazu sa
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Yogoreta kutsu de habatakunda
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Arch o egaku youni
**[02:22] ---**
Ashita no sora ga kieteshimau sono mae ni
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Kanashimi no yoru o koete umarekawarunda
**[02:41] ---**
The Straight Story
**[02:48] ---**
Something bothering you?
**[02:49] ---**
Yeah.
**[02:51] ---**
Off in the distance...
the clouds seem to be getting darker.
**[02:54] ---**
Oh.
**[02:55] ---**
Yeah, looks like it might rain.
**[02:57] ---**
Summer came so fast! It's crazy
because it feels like the prelims just ended yesterday.
**[03:02] ---**
I was so surprised. I had no idea
you were on a basketball team, too, Tsukasa.
**[03:06] ---**
You don't really look
like much of a sportsman.
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I get that a lot.
**[03:11] ---**
And the fact that you're
here right now means...
**[03:13] ---**
Yep, my team lost in the very first round.
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It's a repeat of what happened last year.
**[03:19] ---**
Despite what you may think,
we're all pretty dedicated to the sport.
**[03:22] ---**
Our opponents were just too good.
**[03:24] ---**
What team did you have to face?
**[03:26] ---**
Kitasumi. They're absolute monsters
on the court, you know.
**[03:30] ---**
But actually, even Kitasumi
ended up losing later on.
**[03:33] ---**
The ones going to the inter-high
are Sho Academy and...
**[03:36] ---**
Yokohama Taiei.
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Oh yeah! That's the place.
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Don't you ever feel, like, they're different from us?
The people who strive for that sort of thing.
**[03:48] ---**
It honestly makes me think that our idea
of "dedication"... is way off somehow.
**[03:59] ---**
Yeah... I know exactly what you mean.
**[04:08] ---**
There's a long, straight road
that just stretches on and on.
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The finish line is out of sight.
In fact, it might not even exist.
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Some people sprint onwards at top speed.
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Some people walk at a leisurely pace.
Some people come to a stop.
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Some people never even start.
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I'm certain that until very recently,
I was one of those people who were running.
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But then I lost my way.
I started to feel insecure about it all.
**[04:35] ---**
Maybe the reason the sky feels so small to me now
isn't just because of the buildings.
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Heeeere... we go!
**[04:45] ---**
Sweet, an open shot!
**[04:46] ---**
Two-handed?
**[04:52] ---**
Uh, time for defense!
**[04:53] ---**
Offense! Offense! Offense! Offense!
**[04:54] ---**
That was close! So close, Nabe!
**[04:56] ---**
It was the exact opposite of close.
**[05:00] ---**
I can't blame my fatigue on that one.
**[05:03] ---**
I KNEW that he was going to drive by me.
**[05:07] ---**
But I couldn't see it.
He just slipped by me like it was nothing.
**[05:11] ---**
It would make sense if I had
been facing Kite or Taro...
**[05:14] ---**
No, that's besides the point.
**[05:18] ---**
It was conceited of me to think that we were
on an equal level just because we're the same size.
**[05:23] ---**
Defensive foul! Black #7!
**[05:25] ---**
That #7 is on his third foul now.
**[05:27] ---**
Gah, that stupid runt!
**[05:32] ---**
So next summer...
**[05:33] ---**
let's fight again with the
inter-high on the line.
**[05:38] ---**
In other words, he was saying
that we're not ready for a real fight yet.
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We've got a long road ahead of us.
It feels so far... so very far...
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Yokohama Taiei
Kuzuryu
**[05:53] ---**
There's 8 minutes left and we need 28 points.
That's nearing the realm of impossible.
**[05:57] ---**
This is the time to either put up or shut up.
**[06:00] ---**
Hey, bro!
**[06:00] ---**
Defense! Defense! Defense! Defense!
**[06:01] ---**
Give me more passes just like that last one.
**[06:04] ---**
Send the ball my way as much as you can.
**[06:09] ---**
Man, this team is just full of screwballs.
And I can't think of anyone more reliable!
**[06:14] ---**
A'ight!
**[06:17] ---**
They threw it from inside
to the outside again!
**[06:18] ---**
Kite...
**[06:21] ---**
Using that same pattern
ain't gonna do you any good.
**[06:24] ---**
There's no way I'm letting
you get open for a shot!
**[06:30] ---**
Hyou!
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So fast!
**[06:35] ---**
No, Hyou's just too slow.
**[06:40] ---**
That kid must've dropped his knees.
**[06:44] ---**
It's in! The shot counts!
**[06:46] ---**
"Dropped his knees"?
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It's an old martial arts technique.
**[06:50] ---**
Instead of bending your knees to build strength
for a jump, you go loose and let your body drop.
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The motion starts and ends in a split second,
so it can seem like you're just hesitating.
**[06:59] ---**
I bet Hyou didn't even realize
when that kid started to actually make his shot.
**[07:04] ---**
There's no way he had somebody teach him that
technique, and it's not something pulled off so easily.
**[07:10] ---**
So it's either something he did
by accident under pressure, or else...
**[07:14] ---**
he just has an innate sense for it.
**[07:18] ---**
Amazing.
**[07:19] ---**
I can't believe there's someone aside
from Hyou who can make a shot like that.
**[07:25] ---**
Excuse me, Nanao.
**[07:27] ---**
We need as much advantage in the paint
as we can get right now. I'm going in.
**[07:31] ---**
Shigeyoshi...
**[07:33] ---**
We can keep doing man-to-man for our defense.
**[07:35] ---**
But...
**[07:36] ---**
It's okay. I've taken a long enough break.
**[07:38] ---**
I can last for the remaining 7 minutes.
**[07:40] ---**
Hey, Mokichi.
**[07:43] ---**
Go show 'em that you can be a man.
**[07:46] ---**
You know... my gender is male.
**[07:51] ---**
Gotta admit, you scared
me with that last one.
**[07:53] ---**
Huh?
**[07:55] ---**
You were using the exact same technique
that Yohito taught to me.
**[07:59] ---**
What the hell are you blabbing about, Fuwa?!
Pass the ball!
**[08:07] ---**
Does it really piss you off THAT much
to find someone your own age who's better than you?
**[08:12] ---**
I don't wanna admit it.
But reality is staring me in the face right now.
**[08:17] ---**
Embrace it.
**[08:18] ---**
If I just embrace it and move on, then all that's left for me
is to charge ahead on that straight road.
**[08:27] ---**
Damn this smug little freshman!
**[08:29] ---**
I'm through letting you
sink anymore shots, punk!
**[08:33] ---**
He stopped it! What a badass block!
**[08:36] ---**
There's more to me than just rebounds!
**[08:38] ---**
Just watch and I'll show you
the reason I live on the court!
**[08:42] ---**
Black #4! Two free-throws!
**[08:44] ---**
A FOUL, SERIOUSLY?!
**[08:47] ---**
Ah, here comes the backup.
**[08:49] ---**
Man, I did a whole lot of nothing again...
**[08:52] ---**
Yo, beanstalk.
**[08:54] ---**
You're not very useful to us judging by
those 4 points you scored in the first quarter.
**[08:58] ---**
If you're here to drag us down,
then stay on the damn bench.
**[09:02] ---**
Oops, sorry.
**[09:04] ---**
I already know. I don't need you
to make it any more clearer to me.
**[09:10] ---**
Okay! Nice shot!
**[09:12] ---**
Way to go, Fuwa!
**[09:15] ---**
I know fully well!
**[09:20] ---**
We've got a chance! Grab it!
**[09:25] ---**
Shit, this can't be happening right now!
**[09:27] ---**
Captain!
**[09:30] ---**
Nice rebound!
**[09:32] ---**
What the hell? What is this guy made out of?!
**[09:37] ---**
You should've dunked that, you bonehead!
**[09:40] ---**
Uh oh!
**[09:42] ---**
Not good... I let my guard down!
**[09:44] ---**
That was a nice block.
**[09:46] ---**
It's because our guy was too busy
goofing around! That big idiot!
**[09:49] ---**
I got it!
**[09:50] ---**
Good, pass it here!
**[09:54] ---**
Man, how slow on the uptake
can he be? Damn turtle.
**[09:58] ---**
We got a good chance at a fast break,
but there's nobody to lead the charge.
**[10:03] ---**
It's tough out here without
the shrimp around.
**[10:06] ---**
Makes me wanna cry.
**[10:11] ---**
What was that?
**[10:13] ---**
Huh? Is he just giving up?
**[10:15] ---**
No, it's going in.
**[10:19] ---**
It went in! It's a three!
**[10:24] ---**
Timeout! Yokohama Taiei High School!
**[10:27] ---**
If you think we've got this in the bag
then you're wrong. Quit slacking off out there!
**[10:31] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[10:33] ---**
Slow it down.
**[10:34] ---**
Rather than making this a game of speed,
we need to focus on hitting them in the paint.
**[10:38] ---**
Shift to half-court offense.
Make it work, Yozan.
**[10:42] ---**
I'm putting in one of our centers.
**[10:51] ---**
Awesome...
**[10:52] ---**
I never thought I'd get my chance so quickly.
**[10:56] ---**
Listen up. Just go out there
and stick to the stuff you normally do.
**[11:00] ---**
I don't expect you to be capable
of doing everything right from the start.
**[11:02] ---**
You and Yakku are going to attack them
right under the basket together.
**[11:06] ---**
Yakku, cover him as best you can.
**[11:07] ---**
Roger.
**[11:09] ---**
What are you getting so
nervous for, you little turd?
**[11:11] ---**
Hurry up and get out there already!
**[11:14] ---**
If the other team catches up
and makes fools of us 'cuz of you,
**[11:17] ---**
then I'm gonna turn all the freshmen
into coneheads like you.
**[11:21] ---**
Get up here, Mineta! It's
not too late to back out!
**[11:24] ---**
We can't trust you with our futures at stake!
**[11:27] ---**
Shut your faces!
**[11:30] ---**
I'm wearing the Taiei uniform
that I've admired for so long...
**[11:33] ---**
I grabbed it! The thread of hope!
**[11:36] ---**
YOKOHAMA CITY WEST HIGH SCHOOL
**[11:36] ---**
Please take this, Mineta.
I want you to read it!
**[11:46] ---**
Offense! Offense! Offense! Offense!
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Go Mineta!
**[11:54] ---**
Get on defense! We're gonna stop 'em!
**[11:55] ---**
YOKOHAMA WEST
**[12:05] ---**
Wasn't that Shirai from class 4?
**[12:07] ---**
Huh? You turned her down? What a waste.
**[12:10] ---**
Someone already stole my heart.
**[12:15] ---**
Akiyoshi!
**[12:19] ---**
I heard the news!
You made the prefectural tourney? Congrats.
**[12:23] ---**
Um, yeah. Thank you. Good
luck to the girls' team.
**[12:26] ---**
Oh, sure. We'll try hard!
**[12:29] ---**
Um, so, Akiyoshi. Are you gonna keep
playing basketball in high school?
**[12:33] ---**
Huh? Well, gosh... I dunno.
**[12:37] ---**
I'm not very good.
**[12:39] ---**
That's not true at all! You're
plenty good, Akiyoshi!
**[12:42] ---**
I guarantee it.
**[12:44] ---**
Thank you!
**[12:46] ---**
My heart was aflutter.
**[12:50] ---**
She was my very first love.
**[12:54] ---**
Shigeyoshi...
**[12:56] ---**
You and I have already fought once before.
**[12:59] ---**
Back in middle school!
**[13:01] ---**
Rebou-
**[13:03] ---**
He scored! Nice shot!
**[13:05] ---**
Yokohama Taiei
Kuzuryu
**[13:08] ---**
Looks like you know how to make
some pretty clever shots!
**[13:11] ---**
Did you honestly think I'd say that?
**[13:13] ---**
Don't you dare make any more
chickenshit shots, punk.
**[13:16] ---**
Right! I'll go face him head on!
**[13:23] ---**
This reminds me, I noticed you had actually put Mineta's
name on the practice match roster once before.
**[13:29] ---**
Although, I guess you took him off
after that incident where he briefly quit.
**[13:34] ---**
He's not the type of center
that I like to see on the court, but...
**[13:37] ---**
with a player like Yakuma on our team,
there are uses for more tricky players like Mineta.
**[13:46] ---**
Nice defense!
**[13:48] ---**
Shit! I'm not letting you go!
**[13:50] ---**
Yozan!
**[14:08] ---**
All right!
**[14:09] ---**
That was a really good pass just now.
**[14:12] ---**
You rarely ever see those sorts of plays
in high school basketball.
**[14:16] ---**
I get the feeling the triple threat of Kamiki,
Fuwa and Mineta is gonna be pretty useful in the future.
**[14:24] ---**
Shigeyoshi!
**[14:27] ---**
Huh? There's someone you're interested in?
**[14:30] ---**
Yeah... although I haven't
actually spoken to him yet.
**[14:33] ---**
His name is Shigeyoshi from Saijo Middle.
**[14:37] ---**
He's on the team that you guys
are playing against today, Mineta.
**[14:42] ---**
Son of a bitch! Dammit! Dammit!
**[14:45] ---**
Just watch! I'm gonna crush him into dust!
**[14:50] ---**
Saijo
Yokohama West
**[14:52] ---**
We got crushed into dust...
**[14:54] ---**
The game is over!
**[14:56] ---**
It wasn't even a contest.
I barely scored 8 points.
**[15:00] ---**
It was a total shut out.
**[15:04] ---**
But what frustrated me the most...
wasn't the thing with Akiyoshi.
**[15:07] ---**
Shigeyoshi, what the hell
was that out there?!
**[15:10] ---**
That guy put up an incredible defense
that I could only break through 4 times.
**[15:14] ---**
Yet somehow his seniors and coach
were all getting mad at him?!
**[15:23] ---**
You've got some slick moves
for being a munchkin!
**[15:25] ---**
Shut up.
**[15:26] ---**
Take that!
**[15:28] ---**
Whoa! Go, Mineta!
**[15:33] ---**
I'm gonna pay you back in full...
for the humiliation I felt!
**[15:37] ---**
Foul! White #29!
**[15:39] ---**
Right...
**[15:40] ---**
That was a close one, Mineta!
**[15:42] ---**
Nice moves! Nice effort!
**[15:45] ---**
Another freshman. He relies more on tact
than power and he seems pretty speedy.
**[15:51] ---**
This guy has a lot of skill.
**[15:53] ---**
When did I play him? And where?
**[15:57] ---**
A player of his caliber is definitely someone
that I would remember.
**[16:01] ---**
Ever since then, I've practiced like hell!
**[16:05] ---**
"Since then"?
***SIGN*** MIDDLE SCHOOL PREFECTURAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
**[16:07] ---**
The first match of last
year's prefectural tourney.
***SIGN*** MIDDLE SCHOOL PREFECTURAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
**[16:09] ---**
Saijo
Yokohama West
**[16:10] ---**
It was like God had blessed me
with a bit of luck. No, it was fate.
**[16:15] ---**
I knew this was my chance
to reclaim the honor I lost to you before.
**[16:19] ---**
But then... you weren't even there!
**[16:24] ---**
What the hell were you doing, dammit?!
**[16:27] ---**
Oh, I see.
**[16:30] ---**
This is yet another guy who
just charged straight down the path.
**[16:34] ---**
It's another example of the gap being filled
while I had stopped...
**[16:41] ---**
Charging! Black #12!
**[16:43] ---**
That's their fourth.
One more and they'll have five team fouls!
**[16:51] ---**
Player substitution for
Yokohama Taiei High School!
**[16:56] ---**
And here I thought this was finally my chance
to play together with him...
**[17:00] ---**
What do you think, Sei? How's the other team?
**[17:02] ---**
Nothing special. They lost
in the first round of the prelims, right?
**[17:06] ---**
They don't seem any better or worse
than the average team.
**[17:10] ---**
I won't deny that they have
something resembling potential,
**[17:13] ---**
but they have horrible
balance as an overall team.
**[17:15] ---**
This is just what their
advisor Mr. Satsuki told me,
**[17:18] ---**
but they're apparently dead set
on winning the inter-high next year.
**[17:22] ---**
Okay.
**[17:23] ---**
Nothing else to say?
**[17:24] ---**
They're free to try, if they want.
**[17:28] ---**
What do you think their odds are, Yohito?
**[17:31] ---**
I'd like to say it's not outside the realm of possibility,
but frankly that's just not realistic.
**[17:36] ---**
However...
**[17:38] ---**
If I were the coach of Kuzu High's team,
**[17:40] ---**
I'm confident that I could have them ready
to face a team like ours in under a year for sure.
**[17:48] ---**
Defensive foul!
**[17:49] ---**
Crap!
**[17:50] ---**
That was Momoharu's fourth foul!
**[17:54] ---**
Five team fouls...
**[17:55] ---**
Sorry.
**[17:57] ---**
Shake it off. There's 3 minutes left.
**[17:59] ---**
You have to hold out for that long.
**[18:01] ---**
If we have to take you off the court,
then we are 100% screwed.
**[18:05] ---**
Shit.
**[18:06] ---**
Oh. This means free-throws, right?
**[18:08] ---**
Yes. From now on, it'll be free-throws
for them whenever we foul.
**[18:13] ---**
Hanazono...
**[18:17] ---**
He scored both of them!
**[18:20] ---**
Now we're up to a 29-point lead!
**[18:22] ---**
Looks like the only time they gave Taiei
a swift kick in the ass was the end of the third quarter.
**[18:27] ---**
Taiei didn't use any senior players,
but Kuzu still managed to score 70 points against them.
**[18:30] ---**
You've gotta give 'em credit for that.
**[18:32] ---**
Kuzu doesn't have any seniors. So the question now
is how much they can catch up with a year of practice.
**[18:40] ---**
Looks like it's physically impossible
for Kuzu to catch up to Taiei at this point...
**[18:55] ---**
A three!
**[18:57] ---**
Tetsuo! Get ready to sub in.
**[19:01] ---**
He's gotten enough time.
**[19:04] ---**
Player substitution for Yokohama Taiei!
**[19:07] ---**
You did a pretty solid job.
**[19:09] ---**
My opinion of you has changed a bit.
**[19:10] ---**
Damn... I know I could do even more.
**[19:17] ---**
Excuse me, Mr. Principal. Was the agreement that
they could form a new team only if they won this match?
**[19:22] ---**
No, it actually isn't a problem if they lose, so long as a
teacher steps up who is willing to serve as their advisor.
**[19:29] ---**
But given this situation...
**[19:31] ---**
I believe it might cause some internal conflict
in the team if that were to happen.
**[19:34] ---**
Yokohama Taiei
**[19:34] ---**
Kuzuryu
**[19:35] ---**
For better or worse, the
other team proved too strong.
**[19:39] ---**
There's a little under 3 minutes
left. We can't catch up.
**[19:43] ---**
You all are going to have to make them
understand your passion for basketball.
**[19:48] ---**
Miracles don't happen in basketball.
**[19:51] ---**
This whole mess is my fault for going
and accepting a match against a team like Taiei.
**[19:54] ---**
No...
**[19:55] ---**
It's not about winning or losing.
**[19:57] ---**
All of the guys have done their absolute best. I believe
there MUST be a teacher who has acknowledged them.
**[20:02] ---**
But what worries me is that the players might have
a different impression from those of us off the court.
**[20:07] ---**
Even if one of the teachers is willing to step up,
I'm not so sure the guys will accept that they deserve it...
**[20:12] ---**
Right, Kurumatani?
**[20:16] ---**
Defense! Defense! Defense! Defense!
**[20:20] ---**
Yo.
**[20:21] ---**
There's 3 whole minutes left.
Don't you dare start taking it easy.
**[20:26] ---**
That's just what I was
about to say to you, dude!
**[20:31] ---**
They can struggle,
but there's no comeback on the horizon now.
**[20:35] ---**
Which means he can use the remaining time
to play as freely as he wants.
**[20:38] ---**
At least, that's what I'd do.
**[20:43] ---**
Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
**[20:46] ---**
He's totally raring for a fight.
**[20:49] ---**
It's weird but I know his moves
like I know the back of my hand.
**[20:53] ---**
It's almost like I'm watching
myself back in middle school.
**[21:00] ---**
Okay!
**[21:02] ---**
Hold up. That's not the kind
of player you are, is it?!
**[21:09] ---**
That idiot.
**[21:10] ---**
A three!
**[21:12] ---**
He's got a one-track mind that only thinks about
scoring points when the ball is in his hands, eh?
**[21:16] ---**
But to be frank, that's
not entirely a bad thing.
**[21:20] ---**
So long as those shots that he makes aren't for himself,
but rather for the team as a whole.
**[21:26] ---**
Hell yeah!
**[21:31] ---**
Have you noticed it yet, Hyou?
**[21:32] ---**
You're not there yet.
**[21:34] ---**
The team known as Taiei
still isn't riding upon your shoulders!
**[21:39] ---**
Hey.
**[21:41] ---**
You can't just rest on
the bench forever, fool.
**[21:44] ---**
That other shrimp got the better of you,
but quit pretending like that means everything is over.
**[21:48] ---**
I can't do anything out here
by myself. Give me a hand.
**[21:52] ---**
Kite...
**[21:54] ---**
Offense! Offense! Offense! Offense!
**[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
**[22:37] ---**
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
**[23:14] ---**
Step 1! Shouri o mark shite
**[23:16] ---**
Step 2! Image wakasete
**[23:19] ---**
Step 3! Tada zenryoku de penerate
**[23:30] ---**
Ahiru no Sora
Next Time: The Last Period