E1 - First touch Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) [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."