E1 - First touch

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[00:17] Sign
    Ehime Prefecture Junior High School Tournament
[00:17] Sign
    Men's Soccer
[00:17] Sign
    Preliminaries
[00:17] Sign
    Iyo Newspaper
[00:36] Sawa
    Isn't that Number 10 amazing?
    He always seems to have the ball at his feet.
[00:47] Ashito
    All right!
[00:49] Baishinji 1
    The ball went to their Number 10 again!
[00:52] Baishinji 2
    That guy with the weird hair is our only problem!
[00:54] Baishinji 2
    If we can just stop him...
[01:03] Ashito
    Eat that!
[01:06] Nanami
    A hat-trick!
[01:08] Sawa
    We were down three goals,
    but we're tied now.
[01:10] Futamihama Coach
    If we keep this up, we might actually do it.
[01:10] Sign (Top)
    Futamihama
[01:10] Sign (Bottom)
    Baishinji
[01:13] Futamihama Coach
    If we win, we're in the
    semis of the prelims.
[01:15] Team Assistant
    But Aoi-kun's plays are still so random.
[01:20] Team Assistant
    He doesn't give a hoot about
     positioning or formations.
[01:23] Futamihama Coach
    Yes, well... Why not, right?
     After all, he did score.
[01:28] Ashito
    We can win this!
[01:29] Ashito
    We're gonna win this, guys!
[01:31] Team
    Yeah!
[01:32] Team Member 1
    All right!
[01:33] Team Member 2
    Let's go!
[01:34] Baishinji Gk
    Hey. Your shoe's untied.
[01:38] Ashito
    Ah! It really is. Crap.
[01:41] Baishinji Gk
    Ashito, do you remember me?
[01:45] Baishinji Gk
    We were in the same club in
     Iyo back in grade school.
[01:50] Baishinji Gk
    You weren't welcome on any team
    'cause you were such a ball hog.
[01:56] Baishinji Gk
    You ended up quitting
    that club too, didn't you?
[01:59] Ashito
    Oh, right. I guess that did happen.
[02:02] Ashito
    But as you can see,
    I'm playing for this team now.
[02:05] Ashito
    Let's do our best for another five minutes!
[02:09] Baishinji Gk
    Good for you, dude!
[02:11] Baishinji Gk
    Looks like the soccer team of some podunk
     junior high was willing to take you in.
[02:19] Baishinji Gk
    But man, the way your team plays is so boring.
[02:22] Baishinji Gk
    All they do is pass the ball to you,
    then go hang around in front of the goal.
[02:27] Baishinji Gk
    Is that their idea of fun?
[02:31] Baishinji Gk
    Well, they do look like
     a bunch of simpletons.
[02:34] Baishinji Gk
    If you tell 'em to pass you the ball,
    I'm sure they'll keep on doing it like fools.
[02:42] Baishinji Gk
    You've got those monkeys well-trained, huh?
[02:48] Sign
    Futamihama
[02:48] Sign
    Junior High
[02:48] Sign
    Fan
[02:48] Sign
    Club
[02:48] Sign
    Futamihama
[02:48] Sign
    Shopping District
[02:49] Spectator A
    Man, this is such a good game.
[02:53] Noriko
    Isn't this crowd kinda big for
     a junior high soccer match?
[02:57] ---
    You're doin' great!
[02:57] Spectator B
    Now, now, Noriko-chan. We don't get a lot
    of entertainment in this town, you know.
[03:06] Spectator A
    Oh, wow! He just headbutted him!
[03:08] Spectator B
    Is he nuts?!
[03:16] Sign
    First Touch
[03:17] Noriko
    You told me this was your
    last tournament in junior high,
[03:21] Noriko
    so I even took time off work to
    come watch. Talk about pathetic.
[03:26] Futamihama Coach
    Why do you go and do these kinds
     of things without thinking, Aoi-kun?
[03:31] Futamihama Coach
    Your mother came to watch you play,
    and yet, right in front of her eyes—
[03:35] Ashito
    My... My mom's got nothing to do with it!
[03:40] Sign
    WHAM
[03:45] Futamihama Coach
    Coach Kijima from Dougo Business High
     came to watch the game.
[03:49] Futamihama Coach
    About you getting in
    on a recommendation...
[03:54] Futamihama Coach
    He said, "I must flatly decline."
[03:57] Futamihama Coach
    "I was excited by the prospect of
    gaining such a wonderful forward,"
[04:00] Futamihama Coach
    "but we do not need a
    mentally immature player."
[04:08] Sign
    Game 4
[04:08] Sign
    Futamihama
[04:08] Sign
    Baishinji
[04:18] Hana
    Ehime?! What are you doing there*?
[04:21] Fukuda
    Visiting the family grave.
[04:23] Hana
    Huh?
[04:24] Fukuda
    Things haven't changed at all here.
     Time flows slower in this place.
[04:29] Hana
    Nozomi-san's hopping mad!
    You totally ignored the team schedule.
[04:34] Fukuda
    I left a memo detailing
    everything they need to know.
[04:37] Hana
    That's so not the point!
[04:39] Fukuda
    Are you mad? Yikes, scary.
[04:42] Hana
    Why wouldn't I be mad?!
[04:44] Fukuda
    Calm down, Hana. Now that I'm here...
[04:47] Hana
    You'll get me souvenirs?!
[04:49] Fukuda
    I'll do some work.
[04:51] Hana
    H-Huh? Wait, I still need to talk—
[04:58] Fukuda
    It's been nearly two hours now.
[04:59] Fukuda
    Just how many laps are you going to do?
[05:03] Fukuda
    You should stop now.
[05:08] Ashito
    Who are you?
[05:09] Fukuda
    I've been waiting for you to stop,
     but you just keep going.
[05:13] Fukuda
    You made a big scene at the game,
    and now you're all worked up, right?
[05:17] Fukuda
    But man, you sure are something.
[05:20] Fukuda
    You ran twice as much as the other players,
    yet you still have the energy to—
[05:24] Fukuda
    
[05:31] Futamihama Coach
    Allow me to introduce our
    newest member: Aoi Ashito-kun.
[05:35] Ashito
    My position is "Genius Forward"!
[05:37] Ashito
    I'm only interested in scoring!
[05:40] Ashito
    I am the reincarnation
    of Ronaldo in his prime!
[05:42] Ashito
    That's me!
[05:43] Ashito
    Though Ronaldo's still alive.
[05:45] Sign
    Speechless
[05:45] Ashito
    Always pass me the ball
    and I'll lead you to victory!
[05:50] Ashito
    I am the reincarnation of
     Marco van Basten! That's me!
[05:54] Ashito
    Though Marco van Basten's still alive.
[05:57] Futamihama Coach
    Uh, listen, son...
[05:59] Ashito
    Oh, one more thing, Coach...
[06:01] Ashito
    I don't need tactics.
[06:03] Ashito
    Or rather, I am the tactic.
[06:05] Futamihama Coach
    Um, w-well, uh...
[06:07] Ashito
    That's right. I am the tactic.
[06:09] Ashito
    I said it twice, 'cause it's important.
[06:18] Futamihama A
    Wow, man, this guy's hilarious!
[06:20] Futamihama B
    Our newbie's like the
    main character in a manga!
[06:22] Futamihama C
    We gotta throw him a welcome party.
[06:27] Ashito
    I can't lie about who I am.
    I'm confident, so I say I'm confident.
[06:32] Ashito
    If I don't wanna do something,
    I'll flat out say I don't.
[06:36] Ashito
    That's why I was an outcast
     on every team I joined.
[06:40] Ashito
    But...
[06:41] Ashito
    These guys accepted me for who I am.
[06:45] (Flashback) Baishinji Gk
    They do look like a bunch of simpletons.
[06:55] Ashito
    I guess I fell asleep out in the open...
[07:21] Ashito
    Oh, wow! What was that?
[07:24] Ashito
    The time between taking it on your chest
     and setting off at a run was crazy short!
[07:29] Ashito
    Who the heck are you, old man?
[07:31] Fukuda
    It's just a little trick of mine.
[07:33] Fukuda
    Want me to teach you?
[07:35] Fukuda
    With this skill, you could've scored
     at least three more goals today.
[07:42] Fukuda
    Give it a try.
[07:45] Fukuda
    All wrong!
[07:48] Fukuda
    Don't point your bellybutton toward
    the ball. When you receive the ball,
[07:52] Fukuda
    your bellybutton should be pointed
     the direction you want to run.
[07:56] Fukuda
    In order to maintain your field of vision,
[07:59] Fukuda
    your torso twists when
    you take your first touch.
[08:02] Fukuda
    And from there, you start running.
[08:04] Fukuda
    This is...
[08:10] Fukuda
    "control orientado."
[08:12] Fukuda
    Come over here.
[08:18] Fukuda
    Using only one touch, control
    the ball into one of these circles.
[08:22] Fukuda
    You have to be able to land it
    in any of them without missing.
[08:26] Fukuda
    Oh, and you stand here.
[08:28] Fukuda
    Once the ball's in the circle,
    you've got three steps max to play it.
[08:31] Fukuda
    You won't manage that unless your body's
    facing the right way after your first touch.
[08:38] Ashito
    I got it.
[08:41] Shun
    Ashito's not home yet.
[08:44] Shun
    Right.
[08:44] Sign
    Teacher-
    Guardian
    Notebook
[08:45] Noriko
    Huh? Have you seen my makeup bag?
[08:46] Shun
    Yes.
[08:48] Noriko
    Oh, crap! I'm gonna be late!
[08:51] Shun
    What? All his teammates
     are out looking for him?
[08:54] Shun
    I'm so sorry he's causing
    trouble even after the game.
[08:57] Noriko
    Gotcha!
[08:57] Futamihama Coach
    Oh, no, no...
[08:58] Futamihama Coach
    They all volunteered.
[09:01] Futamihama Coach
    The result was disappointing, for sure,
[09:04] Futamihama Coach
    but this team only started winning
     games after Aoi-kun joined.
[09:08] Futamihama Coach
    Everyone's genuinely grateful to him.
[09:10] Noriko
    Oh, just leave him be, sheesh.
[09:13] Shun
    Mom...
[09:15] Noriko
    I took time out of my day job to go watch him,
    and he resorts to an act of violence.
[09:20] Shun
    Still, Ashito being violent? Why on earth
     would he... It's just so hard to believe.
[09:26] Noriko
    Shun, I'm sorry about this.
[09:28] Noriko
    I know you're tired
    after your part-time job.
[09:31] Shun
    Oh, no, it's totally fine.
[09:34] Noriko
    I made dinner. All you
    have to do is warm it up.
[09:37] Noriko
    Feed it to him when he gets home, will you?
[09:46] Fukuda
    You're so bad at this!
[09:48] Fukuda
    What time is it now?
[09:50] Fukuda
    Hey!
[09:52] Fukuda
    Man, I might not make
    check-in time at the hotel...
[09:58] Ashito
    Sh-Shut up!
[10:00] Ashito
    No one asked you to stay and watch, old man!
[10:05] Ashito
    Dammit! It's so hard!
[10:07] Ashito
    I can get the ball in the circle, but trying*
    to hit it again within three steps...
[10:12] Ashito
    I need to cut out all my extra movements.
[10:16] Fukuda
    That's enough.
[10:17] Fukuda
    Time's up.
[10:20] Fukuda
    Seems like close control
     techniques are beyond you.
[10:24] Fukuda
    Perhaps I was expecting too much...
    At this level, he probably won't make it.
[10:31] Fukuda
    Before I go...
[10:34] Fukuda
    I want you to answer one question.
[10:38] Fukuda
    You made a play today
    that was truly spectacular.
[10:47] Fukuda
    Your team's the one-yen coins.
    The ten-yen coins are the opposition.
[10:51] Fukuda
    This was when you scored
    right before getting sent off.
[10:57] Fukuda
    You suddenly changed direction to here,
[11:00] Fukuda
    picked up the loose ball
     that dropped right here,
[11:03] Fukuda
    then squeezed your shot through
    these defenders to score.
[11:09] Ashito
    Stop bugging me.
[11:11] Fukuda
    You aren't interested in tactics, are you?
[11:14] Fukuda
    You only think about scoring yourself,
    and wildly run around with no plan.
[11:19] Fukuda
    You can't play without
    your team's cooperation.
[11:22] Fukuda
    That's how a brute plays soccer.
[11:26] Fukuda
    And yet...
[11:29] Fukuda
    Somehow, the ball kept coming to you.
[11:34] Ashito
    Ah, dammit!
[11:36] Fukuda
    All match long. It's unfathomable.
[11:40] Fukuda
    It's like the ball's drawn to you, coming
     to the guy who's playing without thinking.
[11:45] Fukuda
    That's why it looked like you
     were the only one on the field.
[11:50] Fukuda
    Your teammates trust you completely,
    so they naturally pass the ball to you.
[11:55] Fukuda
    But their skill levels are pretty low,
    and most of your scoring opportunities...
[12:01] Fukuda
    came from the incredible number
    of loose balls you picked up.
[12:05] Fukuda
    Are you aware of that?
[12:07] Ashito
    I'm trying to concentrate here!
[12:09] Ashito
    Stop talking to me!
[12:10] Fukuda
    Yikes, scary!
[12:17] Gk Dad
    He's been acting strangely since the game.
[12:20] Gk Dad
    So we asked him what the issue was,
    and he said he wanted to come apologize.
[12:25] Baishinji Gk
    Back there, I... I insulted
    Aoi-kun's teammates.
[12:33] Baishinji Gk
    B-But I was just heckling him.
[12:38] Baishinji Gk
    He just held it all in and didn't rise to it.
[12:42] Baishinji Gk
    Aoi-kun was nearly always on the ball,
    and I figured we'd never win with him on the field,
[12:48] Baishinji Gk
    so I wanted to make him hit me!
[12:50] (Flashback) Baishinji Gk
    So your mom can finally afford to
     buy you the gear you need, huh?
[12:55] (Flashback) Baishinji Gk
    I remember how you used to be crazy poor.
[12:58] (Flashback) Baishinji Gk
    Though looking at the state of your cleats,
    it seems like nothing's changed.
[13:03] (Flashback) Baishinji Gk
    Everyone used to say how
    embarrassing playing with you was.
[13:07] (Flashback) Baishinji Gk
    'Cause your mom works at night.
    Know what I'm saying?
[13:14] (Flashback) Ashito
    You're picking a fight with me, aren't you?!
[13:17] (Flashback) Ashito
    Then talk trash me all you want, you hear?!
[13:20] (Flashback) Ashito
    I'm bad, I'm sloppy, I'm brainless...
    There's tons of things you can say about me!
[13:25] (Flashback) Ashito
    But leave my mom outta this, dammit!
[13:28] (Flashback) Ashito
    Leave her out of it!
[13:30] Baishinji Gk
    I'm so sorry!
[13:33] Baishinji Gk
    We won, but I was so ashamed,
    I couldn't bear it...
[13:37] Baishinji Gk
    I'm sorry... I'm sorry!
[13:40] Shun
    Mom...
[13:47] Ashito
    My last goal?
[13:50] Ashito
    If you only look at what was happening
     in the area around the goal, you're right,
[13:54] Ashito
    but in our half, my teammates were spread
    out like this, because everyone was tired.
[13:59] Ashito
    By contrast, our opponent's
    formation was neat and compact.
[14:02] Ashito
    So I kinda figured if I hung around in
    this space here, I could move freely,
[14:06] Ashito
    and worst case, I could
    react to any counterattacks.
[14:10] Ashito
    Then I got the ball,
    and that led to me scoring.
[14:13] Ashito
    A genius play by a genius player.
[14:15] Ashito
    But in reality, it's all thanks to my
    teammates who got the ball to me
[14:20] Ashito
    even though they were exhausted.
[14:22] Ashito
    So it wasn't a "loose ball" at all.
    And it wasn't a coincidence!
[14:26] Ashito
    It was a team goal!
[14:35] Ashito
    I'm short-tempered.
[14:38] Ashito
    I can't do anything unless they let me
     play the way I like on the field.
[14:42] Ashito
    I only think about myself out there.
[14:45] Ashito
    They were the first to accept me for who I am.
[14:49] Ashito
    They reminded me why I play soccer.
[14:56] Ashito
    I love soccer.
[15:00] Ashito
    But that's how we ended up...
[15:12] Ashito
    Wh-What the hell is with you, old man?
[15:14] Ashito
    You're creepy.
[15:20] Ashito
    Where are you going?
[15:21] Fukuda
    I need to go chill for a bit.
     You should go home, too.
[15:32] Fukuda
    Every one of them? That's impossible.
[15:35] Fukuda
    That kid remembered the positions
    of all 22 players on the field!
[16:05] Fukuda
    Man, I slept out here like a backpacker...
[16:22] Fukuda
    No way... He's been at it all night long?
[16:28] Ashito
    Oh, you're up, old man! Look!
[16:30] Ashito
    Since around dawn, I've been unstoppable!
[16:34] Ashito
    Aren't I amazing? Whoa...
[16:42] Fukuda
    You're pretty creepy, too.
[16:49] Fukuda
    I'm the manager of Tokyo City
    Esperion FC Youth, Fukuda Tatsuya.
[16:55] Ashito
    Y-Youth?
[16:57] Fukuda
    Every J.League team has a youth team
     made up of high school-aged players.
[17:02] Fukuda
    I have an ambition, you see.
[17:05] Fukuda
    To have the world in the palm of my
     hand with a team I've put together.
[17:09] Fukuda
    And it won't just be a stepping stone to the
    world stage. Our club will be the world stage.
[17:15] Fukuda
    Barça, Madrid, Manchester, Milan...
[17:18] Fukuda
    We'll crush them all.
[17:21] Fukuda
    And what makes my ambition
     possible... is the youth team.
[17:28] Fukuda
    Come to our tryouts.
    They're in Tokyo in 10 days' time.
[17:33] Fukuda
    Go home and discuss it with your family.
[18:17] Nanami
    I knew it. It is Ashito.
[18:19] Nanami
    He's been practicing here every day lately.
[18:25] Nanami
    Too bad about the tournament,
    but we had fun rooting for you.
[18:29] Nanami
    We got super excited while
     playing our instruments!
[18:32] Sawa
    But what about high school? You missed
     out on that recommendation, didn't you?
[18:42] Ashito
    Wherever I end up, I can still play soccer.
[18:45] Kogure
    Oh, hey there. Good job, new team.
[18:48] Underclassman A
    Oh, Senpai.
[18:50] Kogure
    Hi to you too, Ashito!
[18:52] Kogure
    We took the time to visit these guys,
     so let's play some soccer together!
[18:56] Ashito
    All right! Let's do it!
[19:12] Underclassman B
    You know, Ashito-san's...
    really gotten better... hasn't he?
[19:21] (Flashback) Shun
    An invitation from a youth team in Tokyo?
[19:24] (Flashback) Noriko
    What are you babbling about?!
[19:27] (Flashback) Noriko
    I can't possibly send you to Tokyo!
    How old do you think you are?!
[19:31] (Flashback) Shun
    Mom...
[19:32] (Flashback) Noriko
    You're in junior high.
[19:34] (Flashback) Noriko
    And to play soccer, of all things.
[19:36] (Flashback) Noriko
    Don't you know the
    financial situation we're in?!
[19:42] (Flashback) Noriko
    We don't have that kind of money.
[19:49] Kogure
    I'm sorry your recommendation fell through.
[19:52] Kogure
    But you're going to Futami High
     now, right? With all of us.
[19:57] Kogure
    I'm so happy.
[19:59] Kogure
    Now we have a new goal of taking
     the weakest team ever to nationals.
[20:06] Ashito
    Yeah. You're right.
[20:09] Ashito
    It's a good goal.
[20:14] Ashito
    Huh? Shun?
[20:17] Shun
    You're coming home late these days.
[20:19] Shun
    I'm not working today,
    so I came to pick you up.
[20:25] Shun
    Fukuda Tatsuya, an ex-midfielder who used
     to play for the Japanese national team.
[20:31] Shun
    The guy who gave you that invitation...
    He was an amazing player.
[20:36] Ashito
    Shun?
[20:38] Shun
    He's from Ehime prefecture, though he
    moved away when he was in grade school.
[20:44] Shun
    His playing days were over 10 years ago,
    so it's no wonder you don't know him.
[20:51] Shun
    After graduating from a
    big-name school for soccer,
[20:54] Shun
    he joined J1's Tokyo City Esperion at 18.
[20:58] Shun
    He was a starter by age 20.
[21:00] Shun
    He hit his prime at age 23,
[21:03] Shun
    and went to play in La Liga in Spain,
     the best league in the world.
[21:07] Ashito
    Spain?!
[21:10] Shun
    He was a genius who bloomed early.
    The whole world knew his name.
[21:15] Shun
    That's where my knowledge of him stops.
[21:18] Shun
    From what I remember, he suffered a serious
     injury in the final game of that season.
[21:23] Shun
    He did make a comeback,
    but he never hit the same heights.
[21:27] Shun
    He must have retired not long after.
[21:29] Shun
    I didn't know he became a
     youth team coach, though.
[21:34] Ashito
    Ever since that day, I...
[21:37] Ashito
    I haven't been able to get
     my heart to calm down.
[21:40] Ashito
    What is this?
[21:47] Ashito
    The words of that weird creepy guy keep
    ringing in my ears, no matter what I do.
[21:55] Shun
    You should go.
[21:58] Shun
    Going to those tryouts isn't a big deal.
    Whatever happens after, we'll deal with it.
[22:03] Shun
    Here. Take this.
[22:08] Shun
    It took me quite a few days to save up
     that much. So don't waste it, okay?
[22:12] Shun
    I can be the one to tell Mom.
[22:16] Shun
    Find out for yourself
    what's waiting for you.
[22:23] (Flashback) Fukuda
    Come to our tryouts.
[22:26] (Flashback) Fukuda
    I'll take you... to the world stage.
[24:19] Sign
    Next Episode
[24:19] Sign
    Tokyo City Esperion
[24:19] Sign
    This is a work of fiction, and bears no relation to any actual persons, organizations, or names.
[24:23] Ashito
    The next episode of Aoashi is:
    "Tokyo City Esperion."