E3 - The Final Test Begins

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[00:01] Fukuda
    I will now announce the 11 players
    who will move on to the final stage.
[00:04] Fukuda
    Fukatsu Hoichi.
[00:06] Fukuda
    Lee Jong Suk.
[00:08] Fukuda
    Kakita Toui.
[00:09] Fukuda
    Nakano Junnosuke.
[00:11] Fukuda
    Hasegawa Yudai.
[00:13] Fukuda
    Soda Kensho.
[00:14] Fukuda
    Izumi Mamoru.
[00:15] Fukuda
    Ohtomo Eisaku.
[00:17] Fukuda
    Kaneda Akinori.
[00:18] Fukuda
    Tachibana Soichiro.
[00:20] Tachibana
    Yes, sir.
[00:22] Fukuda
    And last but not least...
[00:31] Noriko
    Sorry, Shun, can you grab that?
[00:33] Shun
    Oh, sure.
[00:37] Ashito
    I did it.
[00:39] Ashito
    I-I made the cut to the final stage
    of assessment. Shun, I made the cut!
[00:44] Shun
    Good job!
[00:46] Ashito
    I can't believe it, Shun!
[00:49] Shun
    You made it this far, so go ace this test.
[00:53] Shun
    I'm the one who taught you how to play soccer.
[00:56] Shun
    You gotta raise my stock, you hear?
[01:00] Ashito
    Thank you, Shun.
[02:36] Announcement (Hotta)
    The final stage will
    commence in 30 minutes.
[02:40] Ashito
    Hey.
[02:42] Ashito
    Do you guys wanna chat?
[02:42] Sign
    The Final Test Begins
[02:44] Ashito
    Uh...
[02:45] Ashito
    Only if you want to, I mean.
[02:47] Ashito
    Since 11 of us made the cut,
[02:50] Ashito
    I'm guessing this final stage
    will be an 11-on-11 match.
[02:54] Ashito
    It'll be all of us against
    another team of 11, right? So...
[02:58] Ashito
    I... I think we should get to
    know each other a little...
[03:06] Ashito
    H-Hey! Wh-What's up with you all?
[03:08] Ashito
    I mustered up all the
    courage I have to ask that!
[03:13] Ashito
    Ohtomo?
[03:14] Ohtomo
    I don't wanna be alone until the
     final stage starts, so let's chat.
[03:18] Ohtomo
    Let's chat about love.
[03:20] Tachibana
    All right.
[03:21] Ohtomo
    The word "love" is...
[03:22] Tachibana
    Let's chat.
[03:23] Tachibana
    I'm interested in you.
[03:25] Ashito
    Huh?
[03:26] Nakano
    I-I am, too.
[03:30] Fukatsu
    I want in.
[03:38] Ashito
    A-All righty, then!
[03:42] Ashito
    Uh, we could play Truth or Dare...
[03:44] Ohtomo
    You suggested chatting without
    thinking what to chat about?
[03:47] Ohtomo
    Oh, fine. I'll start.
[03:49] Ohtomo
    Everyone say what playing style you prefer.
     Like what kind of passes you want.
[03:56] Tsukishima
    What's going on?
[03:57] Hotta
    Looks like the candidates
    are coming up with a plan.
[04:00] Tsukishima
    That's good.
[04:04] Nakano
    Those are the kind of passes I want.
[04:07] Ashito
    You're all so picky.
[04:09] Ohtomo
    Look who's talking!
[04:12] Nakano
    We all want to get signed.
[04:14] Kaneda
    Well, obviously.
[04:16] Nakano
    To tell you the truth, I think this is my
    last chance... at becoming a pro player.
[04:26] Ashito
    O-Oh, c'mon, you're exaggerating...
[04:29] Ohtomo
    Mine, too.
[04:31] Ohtomo
    I know what level I'm at.
[04:33] Ohtomo
    We have to ace these tryouts if we
    want to make it onto the youth team.
[04:38] Ohtomo
    Out of those hoping to go pro,
    we're the also-rans.
[04:42] Ohtomo
    If I end up joining my
    high school soccer team,
[04:45] Ohtomo
    I'll do the usual thing of playing for
     three years before retiring like everyone else.
[04:48] Ohtomo
    That's the future in store for me.
    But is it really what I want?
[04:53] Ohtomo
    I decided I'd change it, even
    if it calls for drastic measures.
[04:58] Ohtomo
    Tachibana, I'm sure you've
    got a different outlook on it.
[05:01] Ohtomo
    You might still get promoted
    to your club's youth team.
[05:05] Tachibana
    No...
[05:06] Tachibana
    I haven't improved as a player in years.
[05:10] Tachibana
    I've grown complacent
    at the club I grew up in,
[05:14] Tachibana
    and I can feel myself losing
     my competitive edge.
[05:19] Tachibana
    I came here today to snap myself out of it.
[05:23] Tachibana
    If I don't make it as a pro, my life is over.
[05:31] Ashito
    Huh. I've never really given any
    serious thought to going pro.
[05:38] Ashito
    You're all amazing.
[05:40] Ashito
    I mean it. I've never played
    at such a high level in my life.
[05:48] Ashito
    None of you are "also-rans."
[05:51] Ashito
    It's me saying this, so there ain't no mistake!
[05:53] Ashito
    I'm so pumped I get to play
    soccer with all of you again!
[06:02] Fukuda
    Sorry for the wait. Here are
     your final stage opponents.
[06:06] Fukuda
    Allow me to introduce...
[06:11] Fukuda
    The Tokyo City Esperion Youth.
[06:14] Takasugi
    We look forward to a good match.
[06:16] Tokyo Ce Youth
    Let's have a good one.
[06:18] Spectator
    What's the manager thinking?
[06:21] Ohtomo
    S-Seriously?
[06:23] Izumi
    H-Hold on a sec!
[06:26] Izumi
    These guys are on a whole other level
    in terms of physique and skills.
[06:30] Izumi
    This is meant to be a test, but we
    can't show our true skills against them!
[06:37] Fukuda
    You can't play against players
     who are better than you?
[06:42] Fukuda
    You're trying to overcome the
    wall that is the youth team.
[06:46] Fukuda
    Which means going up against these guys.
[06:50] Fukuda
    So go do it.
[06:52] Fukuda
    Straightforward enough, right?
[06:55] Lee
    This is ridiculous.
[06:59] Tachibana
    So this is the Esperion Youth...
[07:03] Tachibana
    I saw them play in the final
    of last year's J-Youth Cup.
[07:07] Tachibana
    The skill on display was
    beyond anything I was expecting.
[07:10] Tachibana
    It was way above the level
    of regular high-school soccer.
[07:14] Tachibana
    With all my heart, I long
    to play that kind of soccer.
[07:24] (Flashback) Fukuda
    I have an ambition, you see.
[07:35] Fukuda
    Oh, one more thing.
[07:37] Fukuda
    At some point during the game,
    I'm going to tell you all something.
[07:41] Fukuda
    It won't be an instruction or anything.
    Just lend me your ears.
[07:52] Fukatsu
    The crowd's still buzzing.
[07:54] Kaneko
    It's hard to concentrate.
[07:56] Ashito
    Let's go win.
[07:59] Ashito
    We can do it.
[08:01] Tachibana
    I'm with Aoi.
[08:03] Tachibana
    Hear me out.
[08:05] Tachibana
    I've seen a bunch of them
     in the Under-15 league.
[08:08] Tachibana
    Most of them are first-years in high school.
[08:11] Tachibana
    Which means they're only one year above us.
[08:14] Tachibana
    I believe we have a shot.
[08:18] Akutsu
    Fukuda-san.
[08:20] Fukuda
    Hm? What's up, Akutsu?
[08:23] Akutsu
    If possible, I'd like to play, too.
[08:28] Fukuda
    Where's this coming from?
[08:30] Ashito
    Exactly! Let's do this!
[08:32] Ashito
    If we can beat these guys,
    they'll have no excuse!
[08:36] Ashito
    They'll have to sign us all up!
[08:39] Akutsu
    There seems to be some misunderstanding
     about who exactly we are.
[08:45] Tachibana
    I think our best bet is a 3-5-2 formation,
     with Aoi and Kaneda as the two up front.
[08:50] Tachibana
    I'll play in the pocket.
[08:52] Kaneda
    Aoi, can I play on the right?
[08:55] Ashito
    Sure! Whatever works!
[08:57] Tachibana
    Anyone opposed to Hasegawa
    being our holding midfielder?
[09:01] Lee
    I'll command the back line.
[09:04] Tachibana
    Okay.
[09:05] Tachibana
    I'd like the defenders to limit how much
    they go forward and just focus on defense.
[09:08] Tachibana
    How's that sound?
[09:09] Nakano
    Okay.
[09:10] Ashito
    Great, we're set! Let's go!
[09:18] Ashito
    They're still chatting? Hurry it up already.
[09:22] Akutsu
    Hey, what happened to your cleats?
[09:25] Ashito
    Huh? Oh...
[09:27] Ashito
    They're, uh...
[09:29] Ashito
    I guess you could say they're a little well-worn,
    but they're actually quite comfy.
[09:35] Akutsu
    I'm Akutsu, a first-year on Esperion Youth.
[09:38] Akutsu
    Nice to meet you.
[09:40] Ashito
    I'm Aoi Ashito from Ehime. Right back at ya.
[09:47] Ashito
    What a polite, well-mannered guy.
[09:49] Ashito
    I pictured the youth team as elites,
    and he's exactly that.
[10:04] Tachibana
    Huh? What's this?
[10:06] Tachibana
    There's a huge space there all of a sudden.
[10:09] Tachibana
    Is it a trap? But...
[10:13] Ashito
    Ohtomo, hey!
[10:19] Ashito
    No pressure, no marking...
    I'm slicing through them like it's nothing.
[10:23] Ohtomo
    Aoi!
[10:28] Hana
    Ah! So close!
[10:31] Spectator (Haruta Midori)
    Huh? It only took three of them
     to break through their lines...
[10:43] Izumi
    Ohtomo!
[10:46] Spectator A
    He passed it in behind again!
[10:50] Hana
    So close again!
[11:01] Spectator A
    What the heck are you guys doing?
[11:03] Spectator B
    Shame on you!
[11:04] Spectator C
    The youth team's supposed
     to be their inspiration!
[11:08] Spectator C
    You're losing to the candidates!
[11:14] Hotta
    Are you all right?
[11:15] Ohtomo
    Sorry. I got overexcited and
     gave myself a nosebleed.
[11:21] Tachibana
    Are they going easy on us?
[11:24] Tachibana
    No...
[11:27] Kaneda
    They must be the benchwarmers.
[11:33] Akutsu
    Can you all do it?
[11:35] Taira
    Okay.
[11:36] Matsunaga
    No problem.
[11:42] Akutsu
    Everyone's ready.
[11:44] Akutsu
    That was faster than I thought.
[12:03] Kaneda
    They might be in the youth team,
    but they're not doing so hot today, huh?
[12:07] Kaneda
    Let's do this!
[12:13] Hasegawa
    Go, No. 10!
[12:14] Hasegawa
    Break through down the wing!
[12:16] Ashito
    Only one defender to beat.
[12:18] Ashito
    If I can get past him,
    I'll be at the goal!
[12:20] Ashito
    If I use that first-touch technique
    old man Fukuda taught me...
[12:24] Ashito
    and land the ball right there*,
     he won't have time to react.
[12:30] Ashito
    Huh? He got back already?
[12:37] Nakano
    Huh?
[12:38] Ohtomo
    What?
[12:53] Lee
    Stop them!
[12:55] Lee
    What are you doing?!
[12:56] Ashito
    Their passes are... crazy accurate!
[13:00] Ashito
    They're moving the ball around with only
    one-touch passes and minimal dribbling!
[13:08] Fukuda
    Awesome, right?
[13:09] Fukuda
    Is it beyond you since you
    don't play soccer, Hana?
[13:13] Fukuda
    One-touch passing.
[13:16] Fukuda
    It's a technique for passing between
     teammates using only one touch.
[13:21] Fukuda
    If you do it right, you can bear down on
    the other team's goal at formidable speed.
[13:25] Fukuda
    But this style of play requires everyone
    involved to have exceptional positioning,
[13:29] Fukuda
    passing, and the ability to
    calculate where the space will be.
[13:34] Fukuda
    In other words, in order
    to execute it successfully,
[13:37] Fukuda
    all 11 of them must share a perfect mental
    map of the route the ball is going to take.
[13:41] Ohtomo
    Unbelievable.
[13:45] Ashito
    Snap out of it, you guys!
[13:47] Ashito
    Gettin' outplayed like this ain't no fun!
[13:53] Ashito
    For real this time!
[13:56] Ashito
    Take it down, and...
[14:07] Spectator (Haruta Midori)
    The first half is over!
[14:10] Ashito
    I took the ball down and he just...
    kicked it as soon as it landed.
[14:16] Ashito
    Which means he knew precisely*
    where I was trying to place it.
[14:21] Ashito
    This guy...
[14:23] Akutsu
    Hey, about your cleats.
[14:27] Akutsu
    Can't you afford new ones?
[14:32] Ashito
    S-So what if I can't?!
[14:36] Akutsu
    I heard you came from quite far away.
    Who paid for your trip?
[14:44] (Flashback) Shun
    Find out for yourself
    what's waiting for you.
[14:55] Akutsu
    Utterly talentless. What a pity.
[14:59] Ashito
    Huh?!
[15:00] Akutsu
    Not you.
[15:02] Akutsu
    The people around you.
[15:09] Akutsu
    People with no talent going on
    about effort and challenges...
[15:12] Akutsu
    It doesn't make anyone happy.
[15:15] Akutsu
    You wanna have fun playing
    soccer, right? You're...
[15:19] Akutsu
    ...a piece of trash. Go home.
[15:23] Akutsu
    This isn't the place for the likes of you.
[15:31] Fukuda
    Akutsu, you weren't running
     your mouth again, were you?
[15:37] Tachibana
    Why didn't they do that
    one-touch passing from the start?
[15:41] Kaneda
    Do you think they did it to mock us?
[15:44] Tachibana
    Maybe they were showing off for the crowd.
[15:48] Ohtomo
    But it was incredible, wasn't it?
[15:53] Kaneda
    Hey, Lee!
[15:54] Kaneda
    Hasegawa!
[15:55] Kaneda
    All of you! You joining in on
    this team meeting or what?!
[16:02] Ohtomo
    Hey, there. Haven't seen
    you since the Inter-High.
[16:04] Ohtomo
    I'm Ohtomo Eisaku. You remember me, right?
[16:07] Ohtomo
    Unless you manage to put your skills
    to full use today, we're all going down.
[16:15] Ohtomo
    I don't want it to end like this.
[16:28] Ashito
    H-Hey! Hold on a sec! Why are you treating me?
[16:32] Hana
    Don't underestimate me
    just 'cause I'm a cutie.
[16:35] Hana
    Leave it to me. Stopping
    nosebleeds is a piece of cake.
[16:44] Ashito
    Who exactly is she again?
[16:47] Ashito
    She mentioned something
    about being the old man's sister.
[16:57] (Flashback) Akutsu
    What a pity.
[16:59] (Flashback) Akutsu
    The people around you.
[17:07] Ashito
    Whoa!
[17:07] Hana
    Hey, don't move!
[17:09] Ashito
    You're too close! Way too close!
[17:18] Hana
    Does Akutsu-kun bother you?
[17:20] Ashito
    Wh-What's his deal?
[17:24] Hana
    He's sca-a-ry.
[17:26] Hana
    We have plenty of elite-level
    players, but he's an outlaw.
[17:31] Hana
    He's only a first-year,
    but he's already a starter.
[17:35] Hana
    Plus, he's the only one who made
     it in through last year's tryouts.
[17:46] Ashito
    He was in the same position I am now.
[17:48] Ashito
    Who are you to say if I have talent or not?
[17:53] Ashito
    You just watch me!
[17:55] Tachibana
    The second half's starting!
    I'm determined to pass these tryouts.
[17:58] Tachibana
    Let's go pitch ourselves the best we can!
[18:00] All
    Hell yeah!
[18:03] Fukuda
    Wow. That huddle looks
    bigger than it did before.
[18:25] Ashito
    That was like running into an iron wall.
[18:27] Ashito
    This guy's core strength is crazy.
[18:30] Sign (Top)
    Candidates
[18:30] Sign (Bottom)
    Youth
[18:34] Reporter A
    We're five minutes into the second half.
[18:37] Sekiya
    They haven't done anything difficult like
    the one-touch passing in the first half.
[18:41] Sekiya
    They've kept it simple.
[18:43] Sekiya
    However...
[18:49] Haruta Midori
    The Youth's got some skillful players!
[18:52] Ohtomo
    What the heck is going on here?
[18:54] Ohtomo
    They're totally different from what
    they were like at the start of the game.
[18:59] Kaneda
    Dammit!
[19:01] Akutsu
    Back to me, Yuma!
[19:03] Ashito
    Come on!
[19:05] Hotta
    Play on!
[19:10] Tsukishima
    Kaneda-kun's a bit of a hothead, huh?
[19:13] Hotta
    Corner kick.
[19:14] Ohtomo
    N-Nice stop, goalie! Great job!
[19:19] Akutsu
    You're all absolutely useless.
[19:23] Ashito
    If you could play like this, why didn't
     you do so from the beginning?
[19:29] Akutsu
    It just took us a while to get used to stuff.
[19:33] Akutsu
    Hey, just before the second half kicked off,
[19:36] Akutsu
    you all stood around in a circle, clapping.
[19:39] Akutsu
    What was that all about?
[19:42] Akutsu
    Aren't you supposed to be rivals?
     You make me wanna puke.
[19:47] Ashito
    Is that how you passed last year's tryouts?
[19:51] Ashito
    Good to know.
[19:54] Ashito
    But it doesn't mean you have
     to be a douchebag to get in.
[20:02] Ashito
    Hey, all of you!
[20:03] Ashito
    Don't make those faces!
[20:05] Ashito
    It's a set play! We've gotta defend, y'hear?
[20:08] Ashito
    Who's marking who?
[20:10] Ashito
    Who's on this guy? And that guy?
[20:12] Ohtomo
    A-Aoi...
[20:14] Ashito
    After we defend, I'll go score some goals!
[20:17] Ashito
    Help me out with that! I can't do it
     unless you get the ball to me!
[20:22] Ohtomo
    Hey, he's right.
[20:24] Ohtomo
    We all knew the Youth would be strong.
[20:26] Ohtomo
    We were bound to give up a few goals.
[20:28] Tachibana
    Yeah! What's important is to
    keep calm and play our game!
[20:32] Nakano
    Let's do it! We won't give up till the very end!
[20:38] Ohtomo
    Aoi, over there!
[20:38] Tachibana
    Clear it!
[20:40] Ashito
    Yeah!
[20:46] Ashito
    Akutsu...
[20:56] Akutsu
    I-I'm sorry!
[20:57] Akutsu
    I lost my balance in midair.
[21:00] Akutsu
    I-I'm so sorry! Are you all right?
[21:03] Ashito
    I'm... fine...
[21:13] Hotta
    Are you okay? Let's get you off the field.
[21:19] Ashito
    Won't you give me a hand, Senpai?
[21:25] Ashito
    I ain't got time to be lying around.
[21:33] Ohtomo
    Y-You sure you're okay, Aoi?
[21:35] Hana
    I'll patch you up. Come off the field.
[21:37] Ashito
    Never mind that. Just let me score.
[21:41] Ashito
    Score...
[21:43] Ashito
    I can't let it end like this...
[21:45] Ashito
    I can't go back to Ehime like this!
[21:50] Ohtomo
    Well, it's not like we can let an
    out-of-towner steal the show anyway, right?
[21:55] Ashito
    What was that?!
[22:02] Date
    Hey, Fukuda...
[22:03] Date
    You're not really going to pick
     now to tell them, are you?
[22:06] Fukuda
    The time has come to tell them, Nozomi.
[22:13] Fukuda
    Uh... Listen up, candidates.
[22:17] Fukuda
    In this game, I purposefully
    handicapped the youth team.
[22:22] Fukuda
    Except for the goalie, everyone's playing
    a position they've never played before.
[22:27] Fukuda
    In other words...
[22:29] Fukuda
    they're all playing out of position.
[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] Ohtomo
    The next episode of Aoashi is: "CROW."