# 7 - Sting Before You're Stung!
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**[00:01] Ho**
Welcome to the second day of the Summer
Tournament West Kyushu Qualifiers!
***SIGN*** Shitou Suisan 2nd Year
***SIGN*** Ganeko Mayu
***SIGN*** Kairyou Academy 2nd Year
***SIGN*** Inui Saki
**[00:05] Ho**
The thirty-first match has just ended!
***SIGN*** Kairyou Academy 2nd Year
***SIGN*** Inui Saki
**[00:08] Ho**
The star of mighty Shitou Suisan, Ganeko Mayu,
**[00:08] Oko**
Milady!
**[00:12] Ho**
was just defeated by Kairyou Academy's
Inui, in her first tournament appearance!
**[00:17] Ho**
That means the final will feature this
tournament's fastest speeder, Inui,
***SIGN*** Kairyou Academy 2nd Year
***SIGN*** Inui Saki
***SIGN*** Takafuji Academy 3rd Year
***SIGN*** Shindo Kazunari
**[00:21] Ho**
taking on the King of Kings, Shindo!
**[00:25] Ho**
Will Inui's speed prove
effective against Shindo?
**[00:36] Mas**
Really, Asuka-senpai was so amazing!
**[00:40] Mas**
For a moment, I actually
thought she might win!
**[00:43] Mi**
Yeah...
**[00:46] Mas**
You were so close, too, Misaki-senpai!
**[00:49] Mas**
The two of you were seriously awesome!
**[00:54] Mi**
Yeah, I guess.
**[00:57] Mi**
I did my best.
**[01:00] Mi**
I put up a great fight against Shindo-san.
***SIGN*** Episode Seven:
"Sting Before You're Stung!"
**[02:45] Ir**
Good day, madam.
**[02:48] Ir**
It's a honor to meet you.
**[02:50] Ir**
My name is Irina Avalon.
**[02:54] Aoi**
You're from Kairyou, right?
**[02:56] Ir**
Yes.
**[02:57] Ir**
Second of Inui Saki.
**[03:00] Aoi**
So you're the one who coached her?
**[03:02] Ir**
Yes.
**[03:04] Ir**
Saki and I started FC after being
inspired by Kagami Aoi.
**[03:12] Ir**
Please watch the next match.
**[03:14] Ir**
We will have something interesting in store.
**[03:24] G**
That match was incredible!
**[03:26] G**
I'd never seen anyone do consecutive
air kick turns before!
**[03:29] G**
How do you time them?
**[03:31] G**
How do you normally train?
**[03:33] G**
Are you really a beginner?
**[03:36] A**
Er...
**[03:37] Mad**
Wow, she's suddenly the center of attention.
**[03:40] R**
But of course. She did make Captain Shindo
get serious, if only for a moment.
**[03:46] Mas**
I know, right?
**[03:47] Mad**
Why are *you* puffing your chest out?
**[03:55] H**
Hard luck, Misaki.
**[03:59] H**
The manner in which you took
it to a dogfight was great.
**[04:02] H**
One more push might've changed everything.
**[04:08] Mi**
He's right, isn't he?
**[04:11] Mi**
Yeah.
**[04:15] PA**
*The final will begin shortly.*
**[04:32] G**
On your marks...
**[04:36] G**
Set!
**[04:40] Ho**
The final match has just begun!
**[04:42] Ho**
A conventional start, with Inui
making a beeline for the buoy
**[04:44] Ho**
and Shindo taking a shortcut
to the second line.
**[04:47] Mas**
Inui-san really is crazy quick.
**[04:49] Mas**
There's no telling how this match will go.
**[04:52] Mi**
Well, I think it's gonna
be a one-sided contest.
**[04:55] Mad**
Really?
**[04:57] Mi**
I mean, Inui's speed is the only
thing she's got going for her.
**[05:00] Mi**
Shindo-san should be able
to brush her off with ease.
**[05:05] G**
Point to Inui! 0-1!
**[05:08] Ho**
Inui grabs the initiative
with the first point.
**[05:10] Ho**
Now, how will the defending champion respond?
**[05:20] Oko**
Talk about fast, yeesh.
**[05:23] Mayu**
She got me with that sudden elevation, too.
**[05:33] G**
Point to Shindo!
**[05:35] Ho**
That didn't take long. Shindo
has already evened the score.
**[05:41] G**
Point to Shindo! 2-1!
**[05:43] Sh**
That's the King for you.
**[05:44] ---**
He's showing off his royal spirit and muscles.
**[05:46] A**
He took the lead from behind!
**[05:49] R**
Way to go, Captain!
**[05:50] R**
Show them that Takafuji isn't
called a powerhouse for nothing!
**[05:57] Ho**
Oh man, they're way up in the sky!
**[05:59] Ho**
The two of them have chased each other
to quite an unbelievable altitude!
**[06:03] Mad**
Whoa, they're more than 200 meters high now.
**[06:06] Mas**
Are they gonna race into space?
**[06:08] Mad**
Quit spacing out.
**[06:12] Ir**
Now, Saki.
**[06:14] Sa**
Okay, Irina.
**[06:25] Ho**
Inui's going after the third buoy,
**[06:28] ---**
but Shindo keeps blocking her path.
**[06:30] Ho**
Can she get past him and take the buoy,
**[06:32] ---**
or will Shindo turn this into a dogfight?
**[06:36] Mas**
Right now, Shindo-san's
in the driver's seat.
**[06:39] Mi**
Yeah. He's heading her off every time.
**[06:43] A**
Amazing.
**[06:45] Mi**
Right? Nothing less from Shindo-san.
**[06:47] A**
You're wrong.
**[06:49] Mi**
What do you mean?
**[06:51] A**
Inui-san's the one who's amazing.
**[06:54] Mi**
No way. He's in the lead.
**[06:57] Mi**
And he keeps cutting her off before
she can get to the third buoy.
**[07:01] A**
That's just because she's forcing him to.
**[07:04] Mi**
What the hell?
**[07:06] Aoi**
Kurashina's right.
**[07:09] H**
Although Shindo-san may be heading her off,
**[07:12] H**
Inui's countering that with a
steady and deliberate descent.
**[07:15] H**
If he continues trying to block her path...
**[07:18] Aoi**
...he'll eventually be
forced down to the surface.
**[07:21] Aoi**
And if that happens, he'll
be at a clear disadvantage.
**[07:24] Mi**
M-Maybe it's just a coincidence?
**[07:25] Mi**
It could've just turned out that way
while he was chasing her around.
**[07:29] H**
Knowing Shindo-san, that's impossible.
**[07:34] Mad**
L-Look at him...
**[07:37] Mi**
It can't be.
**[07:42] R**
C-Captain?!
**[07:43] Ho**
Shindo seemed to have Inui under control,
**[07:47] Ho**
but he gave up the fight and
moved on to the next line!
**[07:50] Mi**
He bailed?
**[07:53] G**
Point to Inui! 2-2!
**[07:56] Ho**
Now the score is tied!
**[08:01] Ho**
Oh, are they having another race to the top?
**[08:05] Mi**
Not this again!
**[08:07] Ir**
Saki...
**[08:08] Sa**
Okay, Irina.
**[08:17] R**
It's the second line all over again.
**[08:19] Ri**
He's being steered downwards.
**[08:22] H**
This doesn't look good.
**[08:23] H**
He's being utterly controlled.
**[08:25] Mi**
Controlled?
**[08:27] H**
Inui never planned on taking
the buoys or dogfighting.
**[08:31] H**
The only thing on her mind was to
control and dominate her opponent!
**[08:35] Mi**
"Dominate"? What's that even supposed to mean?
**[08:37] Mi**
Isn't Flying Circus all about touching
the buoys or your opponent's back?
**[08:46] R**
* Captain! At this rate, you'll be*
* helpless to fend off another point!*
**[08:57] Ho**
A vertical air kick turn to turn the tide!
**[09:00] Mi**
Now he can get above...
**[09:06] Aoi**
*If FC were to be dominated by tactics counter to the spirit of the game,*
**[09:10] Aoi**
*its evolution would crash headlong into a brick wall*
**[09:13] Aoi**
*and it would meet its demise as a major sport.*
**[09:17] Aoi**
*That's why I decided to seal
away* that *tactic forevermore.*
**[09:35] Mi**
He's using the recoil to take the buoy!
**[09:37] Mi**
He's got this!
**[09:39] Ir**
End it, Saki.
**[09:41] Sa**
Okay, Irina.
**[09:57] G**
This match is over!
**[09:58] G**
Inui wins!
**[10:02] Ho**
In what can only be called
a bizarre end to the final,
**[10:05] Ho**
Inui Saki emerges victorious!
**[10:08] Ho**
She has taken out reigning champion
Shindo in an upset for the ages!
**[10:16] Mi**
No way, Shindo-san...
**[10:19] A**
Incredible!
**[10:22] Mi**
Asuka?
**[10:24] A**
Wasn't that simply incredible?
**[10:27] A**
So this is Flying Circus, too.
**[10:31] Mi**
* How can she be beaming like*
* that after what we saw?*
**[10:37] Mi**
*I...*
**[10:38] Mi**
*I just don't understand.*
***SIGN*** All-Japan Flying Circus Summer Tournament West Kyushu Qualifiers
***SIGN*** Ganeko Mayu
***SIGN*** Inui Saki
***SIGN*** Shindo Kazunari
**[10:49] Mad**
Where's Misaki?
**[10:50] Mas**
She left. Said she was beat.
**[10:54] Mad**
Jeez. She really does march
to the beat of her own drum.
**[10:57] [SONG] Sign**
All-Japan Flying Circus
Summer Tournament
West Kyushu Qualifiers
**[11:01] Ir**
"Birdcage."
**[11:03] Ir**
That is the name we came up
with for our beautiful FC move.
**[11:09] Aoi**
Your play style? "Beautiful"?
**[11:13] Ir**
A tactic to dominate opponents completely.
**[11:17] Ir**
The beautiful brand of FC you created.
**[11:22] Ir**
Let us meet again.
**[11:24] Ir**
Good-bye.
**[11:28] Aoi**
Guess I have yet to fully atone for
the sin of dabbling in the forbidden.
**[11:44] MGM**
Misaki...
**[11:46] MGM**
Are ya done with your homework?
**[11:48] Mi**
Nah, not yet.
**[11:50] MGM**
I'm glad you're helpin' out,
**[11:54] MGM**
but summer break's endin' soon.
**[11:56] MGM**
You gotta get ready to go back to school.
**[11:59] Mi**
Got it.
**[12:01] MGM**
By the way, didn't you have some
school-related plans for today?
**[12:05] Mi**
Nah. I've got nothing.
**[12:08] MGM**
That so.
**[12:10] MGM**
All right, then.
**[12:18] A**
I'm Kurashina Asuka! Here I go!
**[12:25] Sh**
Good.
**[12:26] Sh**
Nice spirit there, Kurashina.
**[12:28] Sh**
I'm gonna jump, too!
**[12:29] Sh**
It's all about spirit!
**[12:34] A**
J-Jellyfish!
**[12:35] A**
There's a jellyfish by my feet!
**[12:37] A**
It's really slimy!
**[12:38] A**
Help! I'm scared!
**[12:40] Sh**
All you need to deal with
jellyfish venom is spirit.
**[12:42] Sh**
In fact...
**[12:43] Sh**
Sting before you're stung.
**[12:46] Mad**
Make sure you don't get hurt, you two!
**[12:49] Mad**
Sheesh...
**[12:50] Mas**
I wish Misaki-senpai had come.
**[12:56] Mas**
I would've been able to
see her in a swimsuit.
**[13:01] (Flashback) Mi**
Mashiro!
**[13:05] Mas**
Misaki-senpai!
**[13:07] Mad**
What can ya do? She said
something suddenly came up.
**[13:14] Haruki**
The meat should be ready soon.
**[13:16] H**
Yeah.
**[13:17] H**
Oh, Madoka. Could you get everyone?
**[13:20] Mad**
Sure!
**[13:21] Ri**
I'm waiting for meat!
**[13:22] H**
Well, wait just a bit longer.
**[13:26] A**
The meat is great too,
**[13:28] ---**
but so's the shrimp and squid.
**[13:30] Mad**
We owe Satouin-san big time.
**[13:33] Ri**
Yeah.
**[13:34] Ri**
Since she couldn't make it,
**[13:36] ---**
she had the Satou Group send
us the best seafood possible.
**[13:40] Mas**
"Satou Group"...?
**[13:42] Mad**
Always the enigma, that Satouin-san.
**[13:45] H**
Thank you for coming too, Shirase-san.
You even brought us meat.
**[13:48] Haruki**
You guys put up a great fight
in the summer tournament.
**[13:51] Haruki**
This is the least we could
do to show our appreciation.
**[13:54] Haruki**
Besides...
**[13:55] Imo**
We were told today was an important day.
**[13:59] Mad**
"Important...
**[14:01] Mas**
...day"?
**[14:02] Sh**
That's right!
**[14:04] Sh**
Today, I want to inform
you of a major decision
**[14:06] ---**
concerning Kunahama High's FC team.
**[14:10] Sh**
I'm a lucky, lucky man.
**[14:12] Sh**
After spending so long alone,
**[14:13] Sh**
I got to participate in the
tournament with you guys,
**[14:15] ---**
and even had a decent showing.
**[14:16] Sh**
However, my dream of victory in the
regionals has yet to be fulfilled!
**[14:21] Sh**
So I want you guys to make it come true.
**[14:27] A**
Understood!
**[14:29] A**
I want to make the captain's dream come true!
**[14:32] Mas**
Knowing you, Asuka-senpai,
you could actually win!
**[14:36] Haruki**
After how well you guys did
in the summer tournament,
**[14:38] Haruki**
it might not be a mere pipe dream.
**[14:41] Imo**
I agree.
**[14:43] Mad**
In that case, please stay on as coach
until the end of the fall tournament.
**[14:47] H**
O-Okay...
**[14:48] A**
All right! Let's all win together!
**[14:52] H**
Sure.
**[14:53] H**
Guys...
**[14:54] H**
Although practice might get tough
as the fall tournament draws closer,
**[14:58] H**
always have fun flying.
**[15:00] H**
Please don't forget that.
**[15:02] A**
Got it!
**[15:03] Sh**
Shall we have Kurashina
succeed me as captain, then?
**[15:07] A**
Sir, I have a question!
**[15:09] Sh**
Okay, shoot.
**[15:10] A**
What does a captain do?
**[15:14] Sh**
Anybody else?
**[15:18] Mad**
You leave me no choice!
**[15:20] Mad**
I graciously volunteer
to be the next captain.
**[15:26] Mad**
I'm taking over as main heroine!
**[15:30] Sh**
All in favor of Madoka taking
over as captain, say, "Aye."
**[15:32] All**
Aye...
**[15:33] Mad**
H-Hey! Aren't you guys being
a bit too blasé about this?
**[15:36] Mad**
Aren't these things supposed
to be done with more fanfare?
**[15:39] Mas**
Please get me some meat, new Captain.
**[15:41] A**
Me too, please.
**[15:42] Mad**
Apathetic! Way too apathetic!
**[15:44] Mas**
Hurry up with the meat!
**[15:46] Mad**
Oh, here you go—
**[15:47] Mad**
Wait, no!
**[16:20] [Messenger] Sign**
I'm sad we couldn't hang out today. (>_<)
Let's do our best in the fall tournament!
**[16:33] Mas**
What? Misaki-senpai went out?
**[16:37] MGM**
Oh, you hadn't heard?
**[16:39] MGM**
She said this morning that she
was going to Fukuru Island.
**[16:43] Mas**
Oh...
**[16:45] Mas**
And here I came to give her
a surprise udon delivery.
**[16:49] Mas**
Darn it.
**[16:54] Kid**
Whoa, it's Shito-kun!
**[16:56] Kid**
He's so scary!
**[16:58] Kid**
I'm not scared at all.
**[17:02] Kid**
Come on, don't cry.
**[17:04] Kid**
There!
**[17:05] Kid**
No!
**[17:06] Kid**
Stop crying, c'mon!
**[17:08] Kid**
Stop it, bro!
**[17:09] Att**
Thank you very much!
**[17:12] Mi**
What am I doing?
**[17:15] Mi**
I had one of these already.
**[17:29] Mi**
Why'd I get soba?
**[17:31] Mi**
What am I doing?
**[17:32] TV**
*It's time for this week's Shito Channel news!*
**[17:36] TV**
* This year's Flying Circus Regional*
* Qualifiers caused quite the stir*
**[17:38] TV**
* as the defending champion was defeated*
* by a player making her first appearance.*
**[17:43] TV**
*She carried that momentum into the All-Japans as well, emerging victorious*
**[17:46] TV**
*and attracting widespread attention!*
**[17:47] Girl**
Did you hear about that?
**[17:48] Girl**
Apparently Shindo-senpai lost to a newcomer.
**[17:51] Girl**
For real? I don't believe it!
**[17:53] Girl**
I heard that she goes to Kairyou Academy.
**[17:58] Girl**
I didn't know Kairyou had such a wunderkind.
**[18:06] Mi**
Ugh, it's raining.
**[18:09] Mi**
I can't fly home now.
**[18:11] Mi**
Guess I'll just take the ferry.
***SIGN*** Archipelago Bus Transport
***SIGN*** Iron Mall
**[18:21] Mi**
This isn't gonna let up anytime soon.
**[18:32] Kaz**
It's you.
**[18:42] Kaz**
First time since the summer tourney, huh?
**[18:45] Mi**
Yes.
**[18:47] Kaz**
Here shopping?
**[18:49] Mi**
Yeah, since summer break's ending and all.
**[18:52] Kaz**
Summer break?
**[18:53] Kaz**
Oh, right. It's summer break right now.
**[18:57] Mi**
Did you come here to shop too?
**[19:00] Kaz**
Yeah, to buy running gear
and some supplements.
**[19:03] Mi**
Running gear?
**[19:05] Mi**
Don't tell me you're switching
to track and field.
**[19:09] Kaz**
No way.
**[19:10] Kaz**
It's for FC, of course.
**[19:12] Mi**
For FC?
**[19:14] Kaz**
College players are way ahead
of us in terms of physique.
**[19:19] Kaz**
So I figured I should build up
my body by the time I graduate.
**[19:31] Mi**
How?
**[19:34] Mi**
How can you be that positive?
**[19:37] Mi**
After how you lost...
**[19:42] Mi**
I'm sorry! That was rude of me!
**[19:45] Kaz**
Nah, it's okay.
**[19:47] Kaz**
That match did come as a shock to me, too.
**[19:51] Kaz**
I got scared, as it felt like everything
I'd done had been dismissed out of hand.
**[19:54] Mi**
If you got scared, then why?
**[19:57] Kaz**
Because the fear of losing something
shows that you enjoy it.
**[20:03] Kaz**
That match made me realize
that FC is a sport in which
**[20:07] Kaz**
a play style that was effective up to
last year could stop working at any moment—
**[20:11] Kaz**
a sport in which everything can change overnight.
**[20:14] Kaz**
And being able to experience that
first-hand is awesome, don't you think?
**[20:20] Kaz**
Change can be scary.
**[20:21] Kaz**
But if you can overcome that,
**[20:23] ---**
you can have a whole lot of fun.
**[20:24] Mi**
Is that really fun?
**[20:28] Kaz**
If I ever stop finding it fun,
**[20:30] Kaz**
I'll quit.
**[20:34] Mi**
Right...
**[20:51] Kaz**
Aren't you getting on?
**[20:53] Mi**
Oh, I just remembered
something else I had to buy.
**[20:56] Mi**
I'll take the next bus.
**[20:57] Kaz**
Oh, okay. Later.
**[21:20] A**
It's finally the start of a new term!
**[21:23] A**
Time for practice!
**[21:24] H**
You seem full of spirit, Asuka.
**[21:26] A**
I am!
**[21:27] A**
I want to fly so badly, I
can hardly control myself!
**[21:29] Mas**
Good morning!
**[21:31] Mas**
Wait, what?
**[21:33] Mas**
Isn't Misaki-senpai here yet?
**[21:35] H**
Wasn't she with you?
**[21:36] Mas**
Her grandmother told me she left early today,
**[21:39] Mas**
so I thought she'd be here already.
**[21:47] H**
What's wrong, Madoka?
**[21:48] Mad**
Never mind me! This is awful!
**[21:50] Mas**
Jeez, what is it?
**[21:52] H**
What's got you so agitated?
***SIGN*** Notice of Withdrawal Flying Circus Team Tobisawa Misaki For personal reasons.
**[21:55] A**
Wha—
**[21:56] Mas**
N-No way...
**[21:57] Mas**
What?
**[21:58] Mas**
W-Wait, what?
**[22:00] Mas**
Y-Y-You're kidding, right?
**[22:04] Mad**
What do we do?
**[22:09] A**
Misaki-chan...
**[22:12] [SONG] Sign**
To Be Continued
***SIGN*** Preview
**[23:47] Mi**
Asuka!
**[23:47] A**
Misaki-chan...
**[23:48] Mas**
Misaki-senpai!
**[23:50] Mi**
I... can't fly anymore.
***SIGN*** Episode Eight: "I... Can't Fly Anymore."