E11 - Tokyo Metropolis League Match 1 - Seikyo High School

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[00:02] Taira
    You all need to stop this nonsense.
[00:05] Taira
    Today is the first official
    game for the B team,
[00:08] Taira
    the opening of the Tokyo Metropolis League.
[00:10] Taira
    Man, your behavior this past week
    is bringing down the team's morale.
[00:15] Taira
    Honestly, your opponent is not that strong.
SIGN    Aoi
SIGN    Fujimiya
SIGN    Tachibana
SIGN    Kuroda
SIGN    Taira
SIGN    Ohtomo
SIGN    Asari
SIGN    Nagano
SIGN    Isshiki
SIGN    Takeshima
SIGN    Nikaido
SIGN    Sub
    Shima
    Myojin Saito
    Togashi Kuwata
    Numazu Roan
[00:19] Taira
    But at this rate, we might
    very well let a win go. Man...
[01:57] Sign
    Tokyo Metropolis League Match 1 - Seikyo High School
[01:58] Ohtomo
    Ever since that incident,
    the animosity between us and Asari
[02:02] Ohtomo
    sort of spread through the
    rest of the first-years...
[02:04] Ohtomo
    But talk about Asari!
[02:06] Ohtomo
    Man, he is so unhappy that Ashito
    was chosen to be a starter.
[02:11] (Flashback) Asari
    Because you stole their spot...
[02:14] Ohtomo
    I just can't let go of what he said!
[02:19] Tachibana
    I feel the same way.
[02:20] Tachibana
    But can we play a match feeling like this?
[02:25] (Flashback) Date
    Why were Kuroda and Asari mad at you?
[02:30] (Flashback) Date
    Find the answer to that.
[02:33] (Flashback) Date
    If you can't do that,
[02:36] (Flashback) Date
    I won't field you in a match
    for the next three months.
[02:40] Ashito/I
    I haven't solved anything yet.
[02:44] Ashito/I
    But all I can do now is play!
[02:47] Fukuda
    Jeez, I told you I'd come home.
[02:51] Fukuda
    When? Of course when I have time to do it.
[02:55] Fukuda
    You don't know when to stop, do you?
[02:57] Fukuda
    Are you my mother?
[02:59] Ashito
    Old man! I mean, Manager Fukuda.
[03:01] Fukuda
    Oh, what's up, Ashito?
[03:03] Ashito
    Is that Hana on the phone?
[03:06] Fukuda
    Yeah. It's Hana.
[03:08] Fukuda
    Wait, are you and Hana close or something?
[03:12] Ashito
    Can you hold up your receiver for me to talk?
[03:15] Fukuda
    "Receiver"? Oh, like this?
[03:19] Ashito
    Hey, I'm following your mean plan.
[03:22] Sign
    Hana
[03:24] Ashito
    And... I'm off to play in a match!
[03:26] Ashito
    As a starter right off the bat!
    My official debut!
[03:29] Ashito
    As expected from the reincarnation
    of Ferenc Puskás!
[03:32] Ashito
    My caliber is extraordinary!
[03:33] Sign
    Hana
[03:36] Ashito
    You may come cheer for me.
[03:39] Ashito
    That is all!
[03:47] Fukuda
    Ashito.
[03:49] Fukuda
    How are you feeling today?
[03:51] Fukuda
    Think you can win?
[03:54] Ashito
    I've never had to think so
    much about a game before.
[03:58] Ashito
    But we'll win!
[04:00] Fukuda
    How?
[04:02] Ashito
    I'll score goals.
[04:05] Fukuda
    I'm going to say something obvious here.
[04:09] Fukuda
    In soccer, you can't do anything by yourself.
[04:12] Fukuda
    More so than you think.
[04:15] Fukuda
    And that's exactly why it's so fun to play.
[04:22] Sign
    Main Ground Today's Schedule
[04:22] Sign
    Youth B
[04:22] Sign
    Seikyo High School
[04:22] Sign
    Information
[04:22] Sign
    Tokyo Metropolitan League, Match 1
[04:23] Kaneko
    Hmm, Esperion Youth B...
[04:27] Kaneko
    Team B?
[04:29] Kaneko
    Jeez, a second team?!
[04:31] Kaneko
    Oh man, what do I do?!
[04:33] Kaneko
    I was told to photograph
    the future Japanese National Team!
[04:37] Kaneko
    Sekiya-san is going to have my hide...
[04:39] Seikyo Players
    Seikyo! Let's go, Seikyo!
[04:41] Kaneko
    Oh, I'm on the opponent's side...
[04:43] ---
    
[04:45] Kaneko
    Unlike a flashy cheer for a high school team,
[04:47] Kaneko
    the youth team doesn't have much of
    a following, so they're easy to spot.
[04:50] Kaneko
    The youth team is...
[04:53] Kaneko
    Yup, there they are.
[04:56] Kaneko
    By the way, is what you said earlier true?
[04:59] Kaneko
    Are there good players in the second team?
[05:02] Kaneko
    Do you know a lot about Esperion?
[05:05] Kaneko
    Hey, you...
[05:07] Kaneko
    You're very cute and kind, but...
[05:11] Kaneko
    Your face looks super scary.
[05:13] Seikyo Bench B
    Despite being the B team,
    aren't they supposed to be elite players?
[05:16] Seikyo Bench B
    They're not that great.
[05:18] Seikyo Bench A
    What a disappointment, huh?
[05:25] Ohtomo/I
    Why did you cut in, Takeshima?!
[05:27] Ohtomo/I
    I wanted to pass it to the front!
[05:31] Takeshima/I
    No one's coming to follow up?!
[05:35] Taira
    Left side! Watch out!
[05:43] Taira
    Why did you all shy away?!
[05:47] Seikyo Bench A
    Nice goal!
[05:50] Taira
    You idiots!
[05:59] Hana
    Thirty-five minutes into the first half,
     the score's zero to three...
[06:06] Nagano
    Absolutely pathetic!
[06:08] Nagano
    We may be the B team, but we're
    still wearing Esperion uniforms!
[06:13] Asari
    We're doing what we're supposed to.
[06:18] Ohtomo
    So tell me, Asari.
    By "we," who exactly are you referring to?
[06:24] Ohtomo
    We're all out of sync today!
[06:27] Ohtomo
    Are you trying to blame everything
    on us, the tryouts players?!
[06:30] Asari
    No, I'm not!
[06:32] Taira
    Stop it!
[06:33] Taira
    I'm so disappointed in all of you.
[06:36] Taira
    You carried the bad air you had in
    the practice right into the game.
[06:40] Taira
    You made careless errors
    and gave up three goals.
[06:44] Taira
    The problem isn't even your soccer, brats!
[06:47] Taira
    Aren't you here to become
    professional players?
[06:49] Taira
    Right now, you don't have an
    shred of professionalism in you!
[06:54] Ashito/I
    My assignment...
[06:55] Ashito/I
    I still have no idea!
[06:58] Ashito/I
    In the first half, I tried
    to be on the defensive,
[07:00] Ashito/I
    which was fricking uncomfortable
    and fricking boring.
[07:01] Ashito/I
    I also tried less dribbling and
    more passing to the others,
[07:04] Ashito/I
    even though it was fricking boring.
[07:06] Ashito/I
    I did my share of boring stuff
    anyone could have done.
[07:11] Ashito/I
    Man, I'm amazed at my skills
    to do anything and everything!
[07:15] Ashito/I
    After all, I'm a genius!
[07:18] Ashito/I
    But I don't get it!
[07:20] Ashito/I
    What Asari and Kuroda want
    isn't anything like that.
[07:24] Ashito/I
    Because they still won't even
    look in my direction.
[07:29] Ashito/I
    Look at me!
[07:31] Ashito/I
    Don't you get it?!
[07:33] Ashito/I
    If we don't work together,
    we'll end up losing!
[07:39] Taira
    Coach Nozomi, please switch them out with
     some of the second and third-years.
[07:45] Taira
    We can't make a play like this.
[07:47] Taira
    In particular, Aoi, Kuroda, and Asari on the
    left line are not functioning at all.
[07:56] Taira
    I fully realize I am overstepping here,
[07:59] Taira
    but I don't want to lose!
[08:01] Date
    Very well.
[08:02] Ashito
    Wait...
[08:04] (Flashback) Date
    If you can't complete the assignment...
[08:07] Ashito
    Hold on...
[08:08] Date
    Togashi, go in for Isshiki at
    center back for the second half.
[08:13] ---
    
[08:14] Taira
    Wh-What are you saying?!
[08:16] Nagano
    When things are already messy as is,
    you plan to add Togashi in the mix?
[08:20] Togashi
    I'm not so sure about it myself.
[08:22] Togashi
    I don't feel I can go and score three goals
     with these promoted players.
[08:28] Togashi
    They're more interested in
    protecting their elite status
[08:30] Togashi
    and cheap sense of pride
    over winning the game.
[08:35] Togashi
    Those who grew up in the academy
    haven't changed much.
[08:39] Takeshima
    You bastard!
[08:40] Takeshima
    Say it one more time!
[08:42] Ashito
    Togashi!
[08:45] Ashito
    That's not true.
[08:48] Togashi
    Come again?
[08:49] Ashito
    It's true that we're not in sync.
[08:52] Ashito
    We aren't communicating.
[08:55] Ashito
    But somehow, I know this to be true:
[08:59] Ashito
    Everyone's doing the best they can.
[09:02] Ashito
    None of us here is stupid enough
    to think there's anything
[09:04] Ashito
    more important than winning.
[09:06] Ashito
    At least we have that in common.
[09:13] Date
    Clean up whatever is festering.
[09:17] Date
    I won't give you any more matches.
[09:19] Date
    So use this one.
[09:22] Date
    In the 45 minutes of the second half,
    throw yourselves at each other.
[09:26] Date
    It may cause a chemical reaction,
    or you may self-destruct.
[09:31] Date
    If you do, then that's all you really had.
[09:34] Date
    You can go and do training runs until summer.
[09:46] Kuroda
    Thanks.
[09:52] Nagano
    A-Are you serious?!
[09:55] Nagano
    The defenders are four,
    five... six at the back?!
[09:59] Nagano
    The half-backs are mostly
    positioned as defenders, as well.
[10:02] Nagano
    Who knew they'd dare to fall back that much?
[10:05] Taira
    They're focusing on the defensive,
    without regard to appearances.
[10:07] Seikyo Bench A
    That's right! All you gotta do is win!
[10:10] Seikyo Bench B
    You got this! You can beat the youth team!
[10:14] Taira
    Aoi, Kuroda, Asari!
[10:17] Taira
    You'd better know what you're doing.
[10:19] Taira
    Work it out as soon as possible.
[10:21] Taira
    The line you three are creating
    is utterly useless right now.
[10:26] Ashito/I
    The line we three are creating?
[10:30] (Flashback) Date
    Why did only those two get mad?
[10:34] Ashito/I
    Now that I think about it, back then...
[10:37] Ashito/I
    The thing that only the three of us shared,
    not the other players...
[10:44] Ashito/I
    We were on the same line.
[10:47] Ashito/I
    What is this feeling?
[10:51] Ashito/I
    Something is about to connect.
[10:55] Ashito/I
    What's happening?!
[11:12] Hana
    An unusual level of defense...
[11:14] Kaneko
    But it seems to be working really well.
[11:17] Kaneko
    And they don't have anyone to bust it open.
[11:20] Kaneko
    A second team is a second team...
[11:30] Nagano
    Oh, come on!
[11:31] Nagano
    I didn't hit him!
[11:32] Nagano
    Don't give me...
[11:33] Taira
    Hey!
[11:33] Referee
    Watch your mouth.
[11:35] Referee
    Your play is getting rough
    because you're desperate.
[11:38] Referee
    If you don't tone it down,
    I'll have to give you a card.
[11:40] Nagano
    Dammit!
[11:42] Asari
    Hey.
[11:43] Seikyo 6
    Hm?
[11:44] Asari
    Have you no shame?
[11:46] Asari
    Focusing so blatantly on the defense...
[11:49] Asari
    There's no fun in it.
[11:50] Asari
    Come on, bring it on.
[11:53] Seikyo 6
    True, this is no fun.
[11:56] Seikyo 6
    But everyone understands why it's necessary.
[11:59] Seikyo 6
    We refuse to lose to you, the youth team!
[12:05] Sign (Top)
    Esperion B
[12:05] Sign (Bottom)
    Seikyo High
[12:14] Asari
    What? You're weirding me out.
[12:16] Ashito
    Asari... You're... a master at overlapping!
[12:23] Asari
    Huh?
[12:24] Ashito
    You're a defender, right?
[12:26] Ashito
    You just came back from
    the front of the goal.
[12:30] Ashito
    That's right.
[12:31] Ashito
    You are somehow always behind me!
[12:37] Taira
    Hey, come back, you all!
[12:41] Ashito
    And... And Kuroda is...
[12:46] Ashito
    always positioning himself to
    be in between me and Asari...
[12:53] Togashi
    Don't tell me you were leisurely
    observing our teammates.
[12:58] Togashi
    We only have 30 minutes left.
[13:00] Ashito
    I noticed right away!
[13:02] Ashito
    As soon as I started paying attention,
    I could see what they were doing.
[13:06] Ohtomo
    I mean, you, Asari, and Kuroda are on
    the same line, so it's kinda obvious.
[13:12] Ashito
    No, that's not all!
[13:15] Ashito
    And even if it is...
[13:21] Ohtomo
    Hey, are you gonna be okay, Ashito?
[13:25] Ashito
    Ohtomo, Togashi...
[13:28] Togashi
    Huh?
[13:30] Ashito
    All this time, I've been thinking,
[13:33] Ashito
    "Why don't they get
    the play I'm trying to make?"
[13:38] Ashito
    "Why aren't they looking at me?" But...
[13:43] Ashito
    I didn't even see what was
    right in front of my eyes.
[13:48] Ashito
    Maybe I was the one who
    wasn't looking at them?
[13:52] Tsukishima
    Let's switch them out, Nozomi-san.
[13:55] Tsukishima
    If we don't, it will affect
    their morale in the future.
[13:58] Tsukishima
    Aoi and Asari especially
    need to be called back.
[14:03] Date
    Five more minutes.
[14:05] Date
    Give me five more minutes to observe them.
[14:08] Taira
    Asari, return it to the center!
[14:10] Taira
    You'll be surrounded!
[14:11] Taira
    Asari!
[14:13] Ashito/I
    Asari, Kuroda, and I are at an
    equal distance most of the time.
[14:20] Ashito/I
    If I get the ball and run with
    it without even looking around,
[14:25] Ashito/I
    they try and catch up with me. That's why.
[14:29] Ashito/I
    I can't quite make sense
    of what that means yet.
[14:34] Ashito/I
    But Kuroda is over there right now.
[14:38] Ashito/I
    If I were in Asari's place,
    where would I want me to be?
[14:57] Ashito/I
    I-It went through!
[15:01] Asari
    Aoi! Go cover him!
[15:06] Seikyo Bench A
    All right, a goal kick!
[15:09] Seikyo Bench B
    Too bad, youth team!
[15:11] Seikyo Bench B
    The ball finally went through
    for you, but no good!
[15:13] Seikyo Bench A
    You got lucky, but it won't happen again!
[15:23] Tsukishima
    That was another mistake by Aoi.
[15:26] Tsukishima
    The ball went through nice and clean,
    but he just stood there and did nothing.
[15:33] Tsukishima
    Aoi's performance today is lackluster.
[15:36] Tsukishima
    It's been five minutes, Nozomi-san.
[15:37] Tsukishima
    Let's switch him out.
[15:39] Date
    It is you who are lackluster today.
[15:42] Date
    You're the one who always tells me to
    think and see outside of the theory.
[15:47] Date
    You're a hard-core Fukuda fanatic,
[15:50] Date
    but I guess you're rattled because
     our opponents have three goals on us?
[15:57] Date
    We have 30 minutes to go.
[16:01] Date
    I'm expecting to see
    something exciting today.
[16:10] Asari/I
    For a second, I got my hopes up for you again.
[16:15] Asari/I
    Since the way you positioned
    yourself just now...
[16:17] Asari/I
    and the one-touch pass
    to Kuroda were perfect!
[16:20] Asari/I
    But seeing how you couldn't
    even go in to cover,
[16:24] Asari/I
    you still don't understand anything!
[16:27] Asari/I
    Esperion's soccer isn't so easy to keep up
    for a newbie who doesn't know anything...
[16:43] Kuroda
    Asari!
[16:49] Hana
    For those three...
[16:51] Kaneko
    Hm?
[16:52] Hana
    The three players on the left wing...
[16:57] Seikyo Bench A
    Oh, come on!
[16:59] Seikyo Bench A
    Why are you three passing the
    ball back and forth between you?
[17:02] Seikyo Bench A
    Are you trying to kill time when
    we're three points ahead of you?
[17:06] Kaneko
    Oh, I see!
[17:08] Kaneko
    Is one of those three your
    boyfriend, by any chance?
[17:11] Kaneko
    I know! It's the cute one with blonde hair!
[17:15] Hana
    I can't quite put it into words.
[17:18] Hana/I
    But all of a sudden, something
    shifted with those three.
[17:24] Ashito/I
    I'm sorry, Kuroda!
[17:25] Ashito/I
    Earlier, all I could think of
    was how Asari was feeling,
[17:29] Ashito/I
    and I didn't think of what you needed!
[17:32] Ashito/I
    Pass, and then immediately go to
    cover the receiver, am I right?
[17:41] Seikyo 10
    You're returning the ball to him again?
[17:45] Ashito/I
    If I were Kuroda, where do I want me to be?
[17:50] Tachibana
    Ashito! The other side!
[17:54] Togashi
    Ashito! I'm behind you, give it to me!
[17:56] Ashito/I
    I'm sorry, Tachibana, Togashi!
[17:59] Ashito/I
    Let me focus on the movements
    of Asari and Kuroda!
[18:02] Ashito/I
    Right now, I don't know why,
[18:05] Ashito/I
    but a voice in my head is telling
    me that it's what I have to do!
[18:11] Hana
    Oh, I see.
[18:14] Hana
    Those three... They're looking
    each other in the eye.
[18:19] Hana
    They're talking with their eyes right now.
[18:24] Taira
    Go for a shot, Aoi!
[18:26] Ashito/I
    I can do a middle-range shot... right now!
[18:45] Taira
    Well done!
[18:47] Taira
    It was a perfect play to
    break them up, Aoi, Asari!
[18:50] Taira
    One goal to start!
[18:52] Seikyo 6
    Don't worry!
[18:53] Seikyo 6
    We're still up by two goals!
[18:55] Seikyo 6
    Let's defend for another
    15 minutes, and we'll win!
[18:59] Seikyo 23/I
    "Don't worry"?
[19:00] Seikyo 23/I
    Is that really true?
[19:02] Seikyo 10/I
    I had no idea what was happening.
[19:04] Seikyo 10/I
    We have so many of us on defense,
    yet they perfectly broke us up.
[19:10] Seikyo 10/I
    With only those three...
[19:12] Taira
    Come on, get back quickly!
[19:16] Asari
    You had a shot.
[19:18] Asari
    Why did you pass the ball to me?
[19:21] Ashito
    I want to know that myself.
[19:31] Ashito/I
    That's right. I had a shot then.
[19:36] Ashito/I
    I did, but unconsciously,
    I passed the ball to Asari.
[19:40] Ashito/I
    Until now, I would have definitely
    gone for the shot myself.
[19:45] Ashito/I
    Because I don't want to compromise
    my pride as a forward.
[19:50] Ashito/I
    Then why did I...
[20:00] Date/I
    That's right.
[20:02] (Flashback) Ashito
    Teach me how to play soccer!
[20:07] Date/I
    You're here because you
    want to change, aren't you?
[20:12] Ashito/I
    I see!
[20:14] Ashito/I
    Right now, I'm learning how to play soccer!
[20:18] Togashi
    Ashito!
[20:20] Seikyo 10
    Watch out! They're coming in from the side!
[20:28] Kaneko
    Like you said, something interesting
    is happening with those three.
[20:33] Kaneko
    They're making eye contact,
[20:35] Kaneko
    almost incessantly,
    to communicate with each other.
[20:40] Kaneko
    In sports like soccer where
    situations can change in a second,
[20:43] Kaneko
    you rarely have time to
    bark out instructions.
[20:46] Kaneko
    In which case, the most
    effective method is...
[20:49] Hana
    Eye contact.
[20:51] Kaneko
    When Hans Ooft became general manager
     of the Japan National team,
[20:54] Kaneko
    he ingrained that most basic of
    the basics into his players.
[20:59] Kaneko
    And yet, even professional players
    haven't necessarily mastered it.
[21:04] Kaneko
    Simply looking at each other's
    eyes won't work.
[21:07] Kaneko
    There has to be a mutual understanding.
[21:12] Kaneko
    In that sense, those three
    have an ideal relationship.
[21:21] Ashito/I
    Asari, I need you to run in!
[21:26] Ashito
    Okay!
[21:28] Seikyo 3
    I won't let you!
[21:35] Ashito/I
    Now I'm getting it.
[21:37] Ashito/I
    Three. This number is what really matters.
[21:42] Ashito/I
    It can't be one or two.
[21:44] Ashito/I
    Soccer is a sport where three
    people carry the ball forward!
[21:51] Kaneko
    But what's most intriguing is...
[21:53] Kaneko
    What clicked for them so suddenly?
[21:58] Kaneko
    Yeah! This is so exciting!
[22:01] Ashito
    To Kuroda!
[22:05] Ashito/I
    No matter how tight the defense might be,
[22:07] Ashito/I
    when three people who share the same mind
    go at it, there's bound to be a gap!
[24:19] Sign
    Next Episode
[24:19] Sign (Bottom)
    This is a work of fiction, and bears no relation to any actual persons, organizations, or names.
[24:23] Kuribayashi
    The next episode of Aoashi is: "EAGLE EYE."