12 - Ball Game Tournament Time
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The rainy season's finally over!\n
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It's starting to get hot.\n
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The season for outdoor activities.\n
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How about we go have fun somewhere outside?\n
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Sure, what do you want to do?\n
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How about fishing?\n
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Sounds good. What's there to catch right now?\n
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Summer is the season for fresh delinquents.\n
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Let's use Nagisa as bait to catch\nthe ones that try to shake him down\n
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--and fleece them instead!\n--Big haul! Big haul!\n
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I never knew delinquents were seasonal.\n
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What should we do?\n
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--What do you feel like, Nagisa? --Let's see...
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Oh, how about the beach?\n
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Ooh, the beach...\n
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Nice throw, Captain!\n
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"Kunugi"\nNice throw, Captain!\n
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"Baseball Club Captain, Kunugigaoka Junior High"\n"Kazutaka Shindo"\n
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Hey, Sugino, it's you!\n
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Long time no see.\n
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For real?\n
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--Hey, it's you!\n--Sugino!\n
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--Hello!\n--Hey!\n
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Hey, Sugino!\n
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What gives? You should\ncome say hi once in a while.\n
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Nah, it'd be kind of awkward.\n
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You're pitching in next week's\nball game tournament, right?\n
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Oh, I guess it hasn't been\ndecided yet, but I think I'd like to.\n
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We'll be looking forward to it!\n
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Sure thing!\n
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But man, I envy you, Sugino.\n
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You're E Class, so you get\nto goof off every day.\n
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We've got schoolwork and the club, so we're running on fumes.
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Knock it off. That's not nice.\n
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Juggling both schoolwork and\nextracurriculars at a prep school\n
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isn't something you have to do\nunless you're one of the chosen.\n
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Wow, that's incredible.\n
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You make it sound like\nyou're one of the chosen.\n
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That's right, I am.\n
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Don't like it? Then I'll show you\nat the ball game tournament.\n
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There are those chosen to stand\nat the top and those who aren't.\n
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You'll see the huge gap that's already\nopened between us at our age.\n
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*Stand up, bow, lock on! *
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*Stand up, bow, lock on! Oh, yeah *
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*Sensei! Target on *
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*The more the potential, the bigger the hassle *
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*Our dropout mentality goes beyond the extraordinary *
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*We looked like we were nodding off, hidden knives in hand *
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*Stand up, bow, lock on! *
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*Let it go and someone's sure to take care of it *
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*We thought it was someone else's problem... and yet *
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*Mr. Teacher, tell us *
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*Will we, still incomplete *
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*Be able to shoot through *
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*The invincible target that's you? *
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*As long as we keep trying, the odds are 50/50 *
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*Mr. Teacher, look at us *
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*Lost in so many ways *
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*For you more than anyone else *
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*Studying like a house on fire *
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*Our bloodlust alone is our message to you *
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*A self- (let's go) reliant (all out) *
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*Revolution *
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*Oh, yeah! Sensei! Target on *
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"Episode 12: Ball Game Tournament Time"\n
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Mm-hm.\n
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A class versus class\nball game tournament, is it?\n
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Cultivating healthy minds and bodies\nthrough sports--most excellent!\n
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However...\n
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"Ball Game Tournament Year 3 Boys' Baseball"\nWhy is E Class not in the tournament bracket?\n
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E Class doesn't get entered\ninto the tournament.\n
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Due to the splendid reason that\nthere'd be an odd number of teams.\n
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Instead, we have to play in\nthe exhibition game at the end.\n
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The exhibition game?\n
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Basically, it's just a spectacle.\n
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As the entire school looks on,\nwe get pitted against the Baseball Club\n
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and the girls the Girls' Basketball Club.\n
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I see, so it's the same old same old.\n
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Yep.\n
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We aren't sticking around to be laughingstocks.\n
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You guys handle it however you want.\n
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See ya.\n
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Hey, wait! Terasaka!\n
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Sheesh!\n
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If it's baseball, the go-to guy'd be Sugino.\n
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Got any secrets we can use to win?\n
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It's impossible.\n
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Our baseball club is pretty strong.\n
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Especially Shindo, our current team captain.\n
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His powerful fastball\n
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has even gotten the attention\nof the prestigious high schools.\n
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A star pupil and a star athlete--\nit's like, unfair.\n
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But you know...\n
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I want to win, Koro Sensei.\n
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Not just put up a good fight. Win.\n
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I don't want to lose at\nthe sport that I love.\n
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After getting kicked out of the\nBaseball Club and coming to E Class,\n
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my feelings have actually only grown stronger.\n
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I want to team up with these guys and win--\n
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So excited! So excited!\n
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R-Right. You want to play baseball, too.\nI hear you loud and clear.\n
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I've always wanted to be the\nfiery coach in a sports drama.\n
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I won't smack you kids around or anything,\nso instead, I'll flip dinner tables.\n
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You're way too prepared!\n
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Lately, you've grown more articulate\nabout the direction you want to go in.\n
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"I want to kill." "I want to win."\n
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Unwavering, no matter the adversity you face.\n
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To reward that spirit,\nCoach Koro will impart upon you\n
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the training and strategy\nthat will allow you to win!\n
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Whoa-oh! It's a high one!\n
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Center fielder catches it with ease!\nThe game is over!\n
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The winner of the Year 3\nBaseball Tournament is A Class!\n
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Aw, man, we lost.\n
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Let's watch the next match\nto put this behind us.\n
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Guys less talented than us\nsuffering an even worse humiliation!\n
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And now, lastly,\n
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we have the exhibition match between\nClass 3-E and the Baseball Club.\n
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Only the elite with both\nscholastic and athletic ability\n
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can stand above others as one of the chosen.\n
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That's what it means to\nexcel at both pen and sword.\n
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You excelled at neither.\nSomeone who wasn't chosen.\n
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Let's play a tight game!\n
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Yeah!\n
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Whoa, hey, why're they so fired up?\n
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Come to think of it, where's Coach Koro?\nI thought he was going to give us directions.\n
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He's over there.\n
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Mr. Karasuma told him not to\ndraw attention to himself,\n
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so he's using forced perspective\nto look like one of the balls.\n
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He said he'll signal us with\nthe color of his face and stuff.\n
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Like that's not going to give him away!\n
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One! Two! Three!\nOne! Two! Three!\n
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What'd he say?\n
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--Hey, there, Teach!\n--Let me see...\n
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He said, "Win like you're going to kill them."\n
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That's true, we're after a much bigger target.\n
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If we can't win against those chumps,\nwe'll never be able to kill our teacher.\n
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All right!\n
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Let's kill it!\n
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Yeah!\n
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Now, let us give them a taste\n
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of baseball from hell, infused with\nmurderous intent and tentacles!\n
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Now, top of the first inning!\n
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E Class is on offense.\nBatter number one, third baseman, Kimura!\n
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Strike!\n
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But man, that super-junior high pitch sure is fast.\n
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I hear he gets up to 140 kilometers per hour.\n
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What?! 140?!\n
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That's right up there with the pros!\n
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Man, it totally feels like\nwe're a visiting team.\n
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One! Two! Three!\n
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Roger that.\n
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All right! Here we go!\n
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Whoa-oh, the batter's plenty fired up!\n
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We'll get the first three batters\nout to end the top of the first\n
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and in the bottom, we'll score\nten runs and get it called.\n
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--You're a nobody.\n--Now, here's Shindo, with his second pitch.\n
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And he throws!\n
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What?!\n
[07:33] ---
Whoa! A bunt!\n
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--Kimura is the fastest runner in E Class.\n--That went in a nice direction for him!\n
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Catch them by surprise and he\nshould easily make it to first base.\n
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--He's safe! This is unexpected!\n--Yes!\n
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--E Class, no outs, runner on first!\n--Damn! Sneaky bastard...\n
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Batter number two, Shiota.\n
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One! Two! Three!\n
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Whoa! A push bunt!\n
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Damn it!\n
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They may be a powerhouse,\nbut they're still junior high kids.\n
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They can't handle bunts the way pros can.\n
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Aw! He's got nowhere to throw it!\n
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Unbelievable! No outs!\nRunners on first and second!\n
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Wh-What?!\n
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Hey, this game is starting\nto go in a weird direction.\n
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Impossible!\n
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Getting a fastball like Shindo's\n
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to go where you want it to\nis virtually impossible!\n
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--Hah! How do you like that?\n--Batter number three, shortstop, Isogai.\n
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--We've been practicing against that thing. --Batter number three, shortstop, Isogai.
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Pitcher Koro throws 300\nkilometers per hour pitches!\n
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Infielder Koro lays down an\nimpregnable defense with clones!\n
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Please, you get it.\n
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--Oh, no, please, you get it.\n--Will you make it in time?\n
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Catcher Koro destroys your\nfocus by whispering trash-talk.\n
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You were so into it secretly playing\nair guitar behind the school, Mimura.\n
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--I can't take any more.\n--Next up, we study our opponents.\n
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I had Takebayashi spy on them\nfor the last three days.\n
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It was a pain.\n
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"1 Kazutaka Shindo" \n
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Shindo's pitches top out at\n140.5 kilometers per hour.\n
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The fastball and the curveball are all he has.\n
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Even during practice matches,\n90 percent of his pitches were fastballs.\n
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With his powerful fastball,\n
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that's all he needs to win\nat the junior high level.\n
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Yes! Put another way,\n
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we've got this in the bag as long\nas we have that fastball down cold.\n
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So! For our practice from here on out,\n
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I'll throw the same pitches Shindo\nthrows with the exact same form\n
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and throw extra slow, just like Shindo does.\n
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After seeing those pitches from me earlier,\n
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his pitches will look like they're not moving.\n
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Whoa! And another bunt!\n
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Therefore, if it's just bunts, it's possible\nto become amply proficient at it.\n
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I-It's a fair ball!\n
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It's come to a dead stop right on the line!\n
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Batter number three, Isogai, is safe!\n
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Th-The bases are loaded!\n
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No outs! Bases loaded!\n
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M-Maybe Shindo's not\nfeeling well or something?\n
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Batter number four, pitcher, Sugino.\n
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Sugino!\n
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One! Two! Three!\n
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Play ball!\n
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Now, the game resumes.\n
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Whoa-oh! There's that bunting stance again!\n
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Wha...\n
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What is this?\n
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What's up with these guys?\n
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Is what I'm playing right now...\n
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...baseball?\n
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It's true--in terms of sheer power,\nI'm no match for you.\n
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But with a well-aimed strike, even the weak\n
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can take on a gigantic power and bring it...\n
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...down!\n
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He hit it!\n
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The ball is going deep\ninto right center field!\n
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--Following the runner on second base,\n--Third! Third! Third base!\n
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--the runner on first base is also heading for home!\n--Second base, go left! Left!\n
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N-No way...\n
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The hitter Sugino also makes it to third base!\n
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--It's a triple that's cleared the bases!\n--All right!\n
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Wh-What the heck is this?\nThis isn't how it's supposed to go.\n
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\n--E Class has scored the first three runs of the game. Oh?\n
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--This is bad!\n--E Class has scored the first three runs of the game. Oh?\n
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You look rather pale, Mr. Terai.\n
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Perhaps you are not feeling well.\n
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You should go rest right away.\n
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The team members are so worried,\nthey are not able to play their best.\n
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S-Sir! N-No, as you can see, I am perfectly--\n
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I am glad to find you unwell.\n
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Were it not for illness,\n
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no instructor employed at my school\nwould perform so disgracefully.\n
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Ah! As I thought, he has a terrible fever.\n
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Please take Mr. Terai to the nurse's office.\n
[11:08] ---
Yes, sir!\n
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In the meantime, I shall serve as the coach.\n
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Wh-What are you...\n
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Oh, I will merely educate them a little.\n
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Man! That was too bad.\n
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Yeah. We'll get them next time!\n
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I'm sorry. I was the one\nwho dragged us down.\n
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--That's not true.\n--Don't worry about it.\n
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When I saw the bobbing boobs\non those basketball players,\n
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the rage and bloodlust just made\nme see nothing but red and I...\n
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What's up with your animosity\ntowards big boobs?!\n
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But I mean...\n
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Now, then...\n
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I wonder how the boys are doing.\n
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Mr. Principal...\n
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Top of the first inning and the final boss\nalready makes his appearance?\n
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A-According to the information I just received,\n
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Mr. Terai, the coach of the Baseball Club,\n
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had been gravely ill since before the match\n
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and the players were so\nworried for their teacher\n
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that their hearts were not in the game!\n
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The principal couldn't\nstand by and do nothing,\n
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so it seems he will be\ntaking charge immediately!\n
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--Batter number five, second baseman, Maehara.\n--Now, the game resumes!\n
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How will they--\n
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Wh-What in the world is this?!\n
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All players are defending the infield!\n
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\n--I have never seen the defense moved in like this!\n
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--They know that all we've got is the bunt.\n--I have never seen the defense moved in like this!\n
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But they can't do that, right?!\nGetting up close like that?!\n
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According to the rules,\n
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they're free to defend wherever they\nwant as long as it's in fair territory.\n
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It'd be a different story if\nthe umpire made a call against it,\n
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but the teacher acting\nas umpire is on their side.\n
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We can't expect anything from him.\n
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Now, let's reset the flow of this game.\n
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About Sugino of E Class...\n
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It seems he joined a municipal baseball club.\n
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In his own way, he's making an effort.\n
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But what of it?\n
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Everyone makes an effort.\n
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Chosen people such as\nyourselves have a destiny.\n
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In the life ahead of you,\n
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you'll have to trample hundreds,\neven thousands, of people like him\n
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in order to get ahead.\n
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You would be better off not\nthinking of this as baseball.\n
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This is the work of trampling\njust ten of those thousands.\n
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Now, let us begin our work.\n
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Yowch!\n
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He popped it up!\n
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Has the pressure of the\ninfielders gotten to Maehara?!\n
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That's one out now!\n
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--Batter number six, center fielder, Okajima.\n--You've got to be kidding me! You can't get by that with a bunt!\n
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What're we going to do, Coach Koro?!\n
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One! Two! Three!\n
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There's nothing else we can do?!\n
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Strike three! Batter out!\n
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Strike three! Batter out!\n
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--Three outs! Switch!\n--And just like that, they got three out!\n
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The pitcher, Shindo, is completely\nback to his usual form!\n
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Keep it up, Shindo.\n
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All you have to do is\nthrow four-seam fastballs.\n
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Make your movements large and\npitch as though to overpower them.\n
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Yes, sir!\n
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And I will say this again to all of you.\n
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This is not baseball.\n
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This is the work of unilaterally\ngaining ascendancy.\n
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Yes, sir!\n
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We're turning the tables on them!\n
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Yeah!\n
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"Easy to Understand" "Rule Book"\n
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"Easy to Understand" "Rule Book"\nHe, too, is masterful at educating his students.\n
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He has a good memory of his\nstudents' faces and their talents,\n
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and he's exceptional at teaching,\nas well as getting them motivated.\n
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Their methods are very similar.\n
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--And yet, how can they be so different as educators?\n--Come on, inspiration! Come on, inspiration!\n
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This contest of leadership between these two...\n
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I'm a little interested to see how it goes.\n
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I get it now, Karasuma!\nIn other words, with ball and stick, you...\n
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Batter number one, left fielder, Hashimoto.\n
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Play ball!\n
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Sugino of Class E, first pitch. And he throws.\n
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Whoa!\n
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--Strike!\n--Holy smokes!\n
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Don't let them get a hit, Sugino.\n
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I'm not sure any of us can catch\nthe ball, even if it comes our way.\n
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I know.\n
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Try repeating after me.\n
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"I am strong."\n
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"I will wind up big and throw."\n
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I am strong.\n
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I will wind up big and throw.\n
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"I will overpower them."\n
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I will overpower them.\n
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"I will trample them."\n
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I will trample them.\n
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\n--U-Unbelievable! He's struck out two batters in a row!\n
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--Karma.\n--U-Unbelievable! He's struck out two batters in a row!\n
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Don't show up right at my feet, Coach Koro.\n
[15:07] ---
You looking to get stepped on?\n
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The next inning begins\nwith you first up to bat.\n
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How about we try shaking things up\nwith some provocation from you?\n
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Now, top of the second inning!\n
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Still going with the impregnable bunt defense!\n
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Batter number eight, left fielder, Akabane.\n
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\n--What are you doing? Hurry up and get in the batter's box.\n
[15:24] ---
--Hey!\n--What are you doing? Hurry up and get in the batter's box.\n
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Isn't this playing dirty, Mr. Principal?\n
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They're taking up defensive\npositions that clutter up the field,\n
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and the teacher acting as umpire\nhasn't given them any warnings.\n
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Don't you guys think it's weird, too?\n
[15:38] ---
Oh, I get it.\n
[15:40] ---
You guys are morons,\n
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so you don't understand defensive\npositions and stuff, do you?\n
[15:43] ---
Quit whining about\nthe little things, E Class!\n
[15:46] ---
It's an exhibition game! Quit trying to dispute the defense!
[15:49] ---
Don't think it's working, Coach.\n
[15:52] ---
That's perfectly fine.\n
[15:54] ---
The important thing is to speak out,\nand protest loud and clear.\n
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Top of the second inning, E Class\nhelplessly gives up three outs!\n
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He hit it!\n
[16:03] ---
The trajectory's low!\nIt smacked right into the fence!\n
[16:06] ---
--Uh-oh! He couldn't catch it off the bounce!\n--Nice hit!\n
[16:08] ---
Shindo makes it to second base\nwith room to spare! It's a double!\n
[16:11] ---
Thank you, Koro Sensei,\n
[16:13] ---
for helping me educate them.\n
[16:15] ---
The weak, who try to win\nusing nothing but cheap tricks,\n
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and the overwhelmingly strong,\nwho easily overpower them.\n
[16:22] ---
I wonder which the students\nwould rather be like.\n
[16:27] ---
Strike three! Batter out!\n
[16:29] ---
Now, bottom of the third!\nWe've finally come to the end!\n
[16:32] ---
It's the Baseball Club's turn\non offense and that's it!\n
[16:34] ---
Hashimoto.\n
[16:36] ---
Yes, sir!\n
[16:36] ---
Show them how it is done.\n
[16:40] ---
\n--Whoa-oh! A bunt!\n
[16:42] ---
--Damn it!\n--It's E Class's turn to see their share of hell!\n
[16:44] ---
--E Class, this is how bunting is done!
[16:45] ---
--Sorry. --E Class, this is how bunting is done!
[16:46] ---
--It's all good. --E Class, this is how bunting is done!
[16:47] ---
The Baseball Club bunting against amateurs...\n
[16:51] ---
Even the students watching would\nnormally find it unacceptable.\n
[16:54] ---
--But the fact that you did it first\n
[16:56] ---
--Damn it!\n--provided us with proper justification.\n
[16:59] ---
To show you how it's really done.
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No outs! Bases loaded!\nAnd the batter that's up is...\n
[17:04] ---
...our school's superstar! Our pride and joy!\n
[17:07] ---
It's Shindo!\n
[17:10] ---
I'll trample you, Sugino!\n
[17:14] ---
In order to orchestrate\nthis for the final inning,\n
[17:17] ---
I have been building him up\nsince the first inning.\n
[17:20] ---
It will not be a bunt that clinches the game,\n
[17:23] ---
but the swing of the powerful--\nthe star of this game!\n
[17:25] ---
Now, what hand will you play,\n
[17:27] ---
Mr. Homeroom Teacher to these assassins?\n
[17:31] ---
Karma.\n
[17:32] ---
The time has come to put your\nearlier provocation to good use.\n
[17:36] ---
Oh, I get it now.\n
[17:39] ---
I think we have no choice but to walk Shindo.\n
[17:41] ---
Hey, instructions from the coach.\n
[17:44] ---
Now, the game resumes--\n
[17:46] ---
But...\n
[17:48] ---
Th-These tight defensive positions!\n
[17:51] ---
We're clearly defending in positions\nthat would disrupt the batter's focus,\n
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but when you guys did it earlier,\nthe umpire didn't say anything.\n
[18:00] ---
You've got no problems\nwith this, right, Principal?\n
[18:02] ---
Indeed.\n
[18:04] ---
You have thought this through,\nbut that is just a clever trick.\n
[18:07] ---
Feel free.\n
[18:08] ---
Mere changes in defense will not\nrattle those who are chosen.\n
[18:12] ---
Wow, tough talk.\nThen we'll take you at your word.\n
[18:17] ---
T-Talk about close!\n
[18:19] ---
Forget about tight defense!\nThis is point-blank range defense!\n
[18:21] ---
He could hit them with\nhis swing at that distance!\n
[18:24] ---
Don't mind us--swing away, superstar.\nWe won't get in the way of the pitch.\n
[18:30] ---
A worthless bluff.\n
[18:32] ---
Swing away without a care, Shindo.\n
[18:34] ---
Even if you break some bones,\n
[18:36] ---
it will be E Class that gets penalized\nfor obstructing the batter.\n
[18:40] ---
Think they can mock me like this?\n
[18:42] ---
If I swing big and scare them,\n
[18:44] ---
they'll back down for sure!\n
[18:49] ---
Strike!\n
[18:51] ---
They barely moved to dodge him...\n
[18:53] ---
In terms of their nerves of steel and dynamic\nvisual acuity, they're at the top of E Class.\n
[18:58] ---
Simply dodging the bat is\neasier than bunting for them.\n
[19:02] ---
A slow swing like that won't cut it.\n
[19:05] ---
Next time,\n
[19:08] ---
try swinging like you're going to kill us.\n
[19:11] ---
At this point,\n
[19:13] ---
Shindo could no longer physically\nkeep up with the principal's strategy.\n
[19:16] ---
Both the runners and the audience members\n
[19:18] ---
were overwhelmed by this bizarre\nspectacle masquerading as baseball.\n
[19:27] ---
Nagisa!\n
[19:28] ---
--Out!\n--Third base!\n
[19:30] ---
Out!\n
[19:31] ---
Kimura! First base next!\n
[19:33] ---
The runner hasn't run, so no rush!\n
[19:35] ---
Roger that!\n
[19:37] ---
Out!\n
[19:38] ---
A t-triple play--game over.\n
[19:41] ---
Unbelievable... Unbelievable...\n
[19:43] ---
E Class has...\n
[19:44] ---
--You boys are awesome!\n--...won against the Baseball Club!\n
[19:45] ---
--They did it!\n--...won against the Baseball Club!\n
[19:48] ---
What the hell? That was no fun!\n
[19:50] ---
The Baseball Club lost to\nthose E Class nobodies!\n
[19:53] ---
Who the hell loses with that\nkind of difference in firepower?!\n
[19:56] ---
The people who were watching\nprobably have no way of knowing\n
[20:00] ---
about the numerous strategies\n
[20:01] ---
that the two coaches pitted against\neach other behind the scenes.\n
[20:05] ---
Between this and the midterms,\nI'd say I'm at one win and one loss.\n
[20:09] ---
We shall settle this with\nthe upcoming final exams.\n
[20:13] ---
Shindo.\n
[20:16] ---
Sorry for turning it into such a crazy game.\n
[20:20] ---
But I know.\n
[20:22] ---
You're a way stronger\nbaseball player than I am.\n
[20:25] ---
I don't think I won against you\nwith this or anything.\n
[20:30] ---
Then...\n
[20:31] ---
...why did you go to all this trouble to win?\n
[20:34] ---
Weren't you trying to produce real results\nto show that you're stronger than me?\n
[20:40] ---
Nagisa always keeps me company\nwhen I practice my breaking balls.\n
[20:45] ---
And things like Karma and Isogai's reflexes\n
[20:47] ---
and how everyone'd gotten good\nat bunting was amazing, right?\n
[20:51] ---
But without real results to show for it,\nit's hard to get that across.\n
[20:55] ---
Well, what it boils down to is this:\n
[20:57] ---
I wanted to brag a little.\n
[20:59] ---
About my current friends, to my old friends.\n
[21:06] ---
You remember this, Sugino!\n
[21:08] ---
Next time we play will be in high school!\n
[21:10] ---
You got it!\n
[21:11] ---
If Earth's still here by the time we hit high school.
[21:14] ---
What's wrong?\n
[21:15] ---
Nah, it's nothing.\n
[21:42] ---
*The sun shines, leaving a red afterimage *
[21:49] ---
*On the backs of closed eyelids *
[21:55] ---
*With notebook and pen in my leather bag *
[22:01] ---
*C'mon, let's go walking *
[22:06] ---
*I draw and I draw *
[22:10] ---
*But they don't get any neater *
[22:12] ---
*There's nothing wrong with the paint I've chosen *
[22:18] ---
*I still remember the shooting star *
[22:25] ---
*I saw last night--I was waiting for... *
[22:33] ---
*Hello, shooting star *
[22:35] ---
*Hello, shooting star again *
[22:38] ---
*She's been waiting *
[22:39] ---
*That dreaming girl has been here *
[22:44] ---
*All this time, ah ah *
[22:50] ---
*Just like she was that day, ah ah *
[22:55] ---
*Shine again *
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