# E1 - I Want to Backflip!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GN7UDWDP1/i-want-to-backflip)
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**[00:53] Futa**
* It was the start of another*
* blazing hot summer.*
**[01:01] Sign**
Summer Tournament
Sendai
**[01:05] Futa**
* That moment we all yearn*
* for when we're young...*
**[01:08] Futa**
* Giving everything you have and*
* pushing yourself to the limit*
**[01:12] Futa**
*for one brief flash of glory.*
**[01:13] Futa**
*This was one such blazing hot summer.*
**[01:27] Futa**
*It's over...*
**[01:29] Team**
We're heading out, Futaba.
**[01:48] Futa**
*Three straight years on the bench.*
**[02:03] Futa**
*I-Is that some kind of ritual?*
**[02:05] ---**
Guys.
**[02:08] Shi**
It's time.
**[02:09] Shi**
Have fun out there, like always.
**[02:11] Nan**
You said it!
**[02:12] Nan**
Let's do this, guys!
**[02:14] Wat**
Yah!
**[02:14] On**
Let's get it done!
**[02:16] Nana**
Watari, watch your finishing pose.
**[02:18] Wat**
Yah.
**[02:19] Kizu**
And your handstand posture, Onagawa.
**[02:21] Ona**
No worries there.
**[02:22] Wata**
Time to show our stuff.
**[02:23] Nana**
Don't just show it. Keep it aligned.
**[02:26] Wata**
Right.
**[02:31] Futa**
Music?
**[03:09] Sign**
70th Miyagi Prefecture Inter-High Athletics Tournament
Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics
**[03:09] Futa**
"Miyagi Prefecture Inter-High
Athletics Tournament."
**[03:12] Futa**
"Men's rhythmic gymnastics"?
**[03:15] Futa**
Boys do rhythmic gymnastics, too?
**[03:37] Futa**
They're the boys I saw before...
**[03:37] Ann**
*Competing ninth:
Soshukan Private High School.*
**[03:51] Nana**
Ready!
**[07:19] Futa**
Incredible.
**[07:21] Futa**
Incredible... Just incredible!
**[07:24] Sign**
70th Miyagi Prefecture Inter-High Athletics Tournament
Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics
Soshukan High School
**[07:26] Futa**
Soshukan High School...
**[07:28] Sign**
70th Miyagi Prefecture Inter-High Athletics Tournament
Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics
**[07:28] Sign**
Soshukan High School
**[07:29] Sign**
70th Miyagi Prefecture Inter-High Athletics Tournament
Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics
**[07:29] Sign**
Soshukan High School
**[07:29] Sign**
Score
**[07:31] Sign**
70th Miyagi Prefecture Inter-High Athletics Tournament
Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics
**[07:32] Sign**
Sendai Tokuou
Akiu Daiei Institute
Kurihara City Third
Matsushima Minami
Tendo Daitoku
Miyagi Korin Academy
Taga Chuo Institute
Minami Ootaki
**[07:33] Sign**
Sendai Tokuou
Akiu Daiei Institute
Kurihara City Third
Matsushima Minami
Tendo Daitoku
Miyagi Korin Academy
Taga Chuo Institute
Soshukan
Minami Ootaki
**[07:38] Futa**
Why is their score so low?
**[07:41] Mi**
Actually, that's high.
**[07:43] Mi**
To score fifteen with only four members...
**[07:46] Mashi**
Ao High, huh? Not bad at all.
**[07:49] Futa**
B-But they lost, didn't they?
**[07:51] Mashi**
First time watching men's rhythmic gymnastics?
**[07:53] Futa**
Y-Yes...
**[07:55] Mashi**
Men's rhythmic gymnastics groups
are supposed to have six people.
**[07:59] Mashi**
You can compete with as few as four,
**[08:01] Mashi**
but you're docked a point and a half
for each missing member.
**[08:04] Futa**
Is that a lot?
**[08:06] Mashi**
Well, a perfect score would be twenty.
**[08:09] Mi**
Men's rhythmic gymnastics
routines are graded by deductions.
**[08:12] Mi**
You start with max points
and lose some for each mistake.
**[08:15] Futa**
So for them to still score over fifteen...
**[08:18] Sign**
Kurihara City Third
Matsushima Minami
Tendo Daitoku
Miyagi Korin Academy
Taga Chuo Institute
Soshukan
Minami Ootaki
**[08:19] Futa**
That *is* incredible!
**[08:22] Taka**
We're up against Sendai Tokuou
for regionals, then.
**[08:25] Riku**
Sounds boring.
**[08:27] Riku**
You're more interested in Ao High, I'll bet.
**[08:30] Taka**
Let's go.
**[08:32] Ann**
*We will now be holding the awards ceremony.*
**[08:36] Ann**
*All competitors, please return to the
arena in accordance with instructions.*
**[08:38] Mashi**
Let's go, Misa-pon.
**[10:10] Mashi**
Backflip!!
**[10:15] Mi**
Men's rhythmic gymnastics?
**[10:17] Ayu**
Huh, I didn't know that was a thing.
**[10:19] Futa**
Yeah, it was really something.
**[10:21] Futa**
I never knew the human body
could move like that!
**[10:24] Ayu**
Oh, yeah?
**[10:26] Yoshi**
Speaking of, I heard somewhere
**[10:27] Yoshi**
that it's especially popular
here in the Tohoku region.
**[10:32] Futa**
I still thought the Ao High
guys were the best...
**[10:38] All**
Let's eat!
**[10:40] Ayu**
Did you make Shotaro's
gyoza bigger than ours?
**[10:42] Mi**
Sho-chan's worn out from his game today.
**[10:45] Ayu**
From warming the bench, you mean?
**[10:48] Yoshi**
I'm sorry it ended the way it did,
**[10:50] Yoshi**
but I'm glad your time
on the team was drama-free.
**[10:52] Yoshi**
Now you can focus on entrance exams.
**[10:53] Ayu**
Do you know where you're applying yet?
**[10:56] Futa**
Well, as far as my grades are concerned...
**[10:59] Yoshi**
Is there anywhere you *want* to go?
**[11:01] Futa**
Anywhere I want to go?
**[11:02] Yoshi**
Yeah. Where do you want to go?
**[11:05] Yoshi**
It's important to do what you want.
**[11:07] Ayu**
And what if that's *not* going to school?
**[11:09] Mi**
He's saying to give it some thought.
**[11:13] Futa**
What I want to do...
**[11:17] Sign**
Daitokai
**[11:17] Sign**
Kojien
Fifth Ed.
**[11:17] Sign**
Iwanami Dictionary
**[11:17] Sign**
Shin Meikai Dictionary
**[11:17] Sign**
Daijirin
Third Ed.
**[11:18] Sign**
Kairin High School
**[11:18] Sign**
Be healthy
and study hard
**[11:18] Sign**
Soshukan
High School
**[11:27] Futa**
What I want to do... Where I want to go...
**[11:48] Futa**
Wait... What?
**[11:51] Mi**
Sho-chan! Better get going,
or you'll miss the entrance ceremony!
**[11:54] Ayu**
I'm off!
**[11:56] Mi**
Hey! Don't run with food in your mouth!
**[12:02] Sign**
Soshukan Private High School
Entrance Ceremony
**[12:11] Pri**
The world around us is unpredictable,
**[12:14] Pri**
but one thing that is certain
**[12:16] Pri**
is the fact that you must forge
your own path to the future.
**[12:19] Sign**
Recruit new members
**[12:19] Sign**
TWO OF THEM
**[12:19] Sign**
Go get 'em*!!*
**[12:19] Sign**
Goal
**[12:20] Nana**
Okay, our goal is to bag
at least two new members!
**[12:22] Wata**
Yah!
**[12:23] Chi**
Are you sure about this, Shichigahama?
**[12:26] Nana**
If we wait until classes start, the other
clubs'll snatch up the best recruits!
**[12:30] Jo**
Of course they will.
**[12:32] Jo**
Most student athletes are here
for the baseball and soccer clubs.
**[12:38] Wata**
Basketball an' volleyball are
gettin' good these days, too.
**[12:41] Jo**
I know, right?
**[12:42] Nana**
Enough with the bad attitudes!
**[12:44] Nana**
We gotta make it to the Inter-High
**[12:46] Nana**
and prove that Ao High's a place
for men's rhythmic gymnastics!
**[12:50] Nana**
And to do that, we need six members!
**[12:54] Wata**
Yah!
**[12:54] Jo**
I know, but still...
**[12:58] Sign**
Come backflip with us!
The men's rhythmic gymnastics club
is now recruiting!!
Join us and...
- Learn how to do a backflip!
- Hang with a group of nice senpais!
- Learn how to do a backflip!
- Live your dream club life!
- Learn how to do a backflip!
Beginners welcome! First session is all watching!
We practice in the gym after school.
Anyone seeking to apply, come to the men's
rhythmic gymnastics club room in the club annex
at lunch or after school!
**[12:58] Uri**
Here.
**[12:59] Jo**
Huh? What's the meaning of this, manager?
**[13:01] Kura**
Each of you has to give out one hundred.
**[13:03] Kura**
Get it done.
**[13:04] Wata**
Anyone here seein' that I got extra?
**[13:08] Nana**
Hey, here they come!
**[13:10] Nana**
Let's go!
**[13:11] Nana**
Hey, you! You look like you're in shape!
**[13:15] Chi**
Well, that's our captain.
**[13:15] Nana**
Well? Wanna try men's rhythmic gymnastics?
**[13:17] Jo**
Unstoppable once he's
made up his mind. Like always.
**[13:20] Nana**
You, too!
**[13:21] Jo**
Now, let's get out there!
**[13:23] Wata**
Yah!
**[13:24] Man**
What's that all about?
**[13:25] Man**
Did he say men's rhythmic gymnastics?
**[13:26] Man**
They're really champing at the bit, huh?
**[13:28] Man**
What club are you gonna join?
**[13:33] Jo**
Wanna try men's rhythmic gymnastics?
**[13:35] Jo**
Doesn't get much cooler
than continuous backflips!
**[13:38] Jo**
Well? Wanna join us?
**[13:39] Chi**
Onagawa! You're supposed to recruit *guys*!
**[13:41] Wata**
Ya sonsa bitches!
**[13:43] Wata**
Too good to accept a flyer
from yer senpai, are ya?
**[13:46] Wata**
Huh?!
**[13:47] Chi**
Stop that.
**[13:57] Futa**
*Wh-Wh-What do I do? I'm n-n-not ready...*
**[14:01] Mi**
I'd like to join.
**[14:05] Chi**
Wh-What'd you say?
**[14:07] Mi**
I'd like to join the men's
rhythmic gymnastics club.
**[14:19] Nana**
Got one!
**[14:21] Nana**
Glad to have you!
**[14:22] Nana**
You mean it?
**[14:23] Nana**
Welcome!
**[14:24] Nana**
Good to meetcha!
**[14:27] Futa**
*Now it's even more awkward...*
**[14:33] Sign**
Men's
Rhythmic
Gymnastics
Club
**[14:37] Sign**
Men's Rhythmic
Gymnastics Club
**[14:40] Sign**
Club Application
(Teacher Copy)
**[14:40] Sign**
April 7th, 2022
**[14:40] Sign**
Class 1-B, Student no. 33 Ryoya Misato
**[14:40] Kuri**
Ryoya Misato?
**[14:43] Nana**
What's up, Kurikoma?
**[14:47] Sign**
Rising Star: Natori Fourth Junior High's Ace,
Ryoya Misato, Takes Second Place
Ranks second in individuals at the 37th National Junior
Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament
**[14:47] Kuri**
He finished second in the the 37th National
Junior Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament
**[14:51] Kuri**
in individuals.
**[14:53] Kuri**
*That* Ryoya Misato.
**[14:56] Sign**
Men's
Rhythmic
Gymnastics
Club
**[14:59] Kuri**
I thought you looked familiar.
**[14:59] Sign**
Recruit new members
**[14:59] Sign**
TWO OF THEM
**[14:59] Sign**
Go get 'em*!!*
**[14:59] Sign**
Goal
**[15:02] Nana**
Misato? Natori Fourth Junior High's ace?
**[15:05] Chi**
So what brings you to our school?
**[15:07] Ona**
Yeah, really.
**[15:08] Ona**
Why not pick a halfway decent—
**[15:10] Nana**
Onagawa.
**[15:12] Nana**
You talkin' about Ao High
like it's *not* decent?
**[15:15] Ona**
I'm sorry, Captain!
**[15:17] Ona**
Lay off the looming a little!
**[15:17] Misa**
You have some skill.
**[15:19] Misa**
Although, Senpai, while your handstand
**[15:23] Misa**
looked perfectly proper
at last year's prefecturals,
**[15:26] Misa**
you dropped your elbows.
**[15:28] Misa**
A 0.05 point deduction.
**[15:31] Wat**
Watch yer mouth with yer senpai, punk!
**[15:33] Mi**
You were unsteady in two movements
and threw the team off balance.
**[15:37] Wata**
I'm so sorry!
**[15:39] Chi**
It's fine, Watari. We're all good now.
**[15:42] Chi**
It seems you have a good eye.
**[15:44] Nana**
But we only do group competitions.
**[15:46] Mi**
That's perfect.
**[15:48] Nana**
Great! That makes five!
**[15:50] Nana**
One more and we're Inter-High bound!
**[15:53] Chi**
Nice!
**[15:53] Futa**
*I can't follow up an all-star recruit...*
**[15:57] Futa**
*What should I do?*
**[15:58] Uri**
I'll let Shusaku know.
**[15:59] Nana**
Sounds good.
**[16:00] Sign**
Men's
Rhythmic
Gymnastics
Club
**[16:09] ---**
Um...
**[16:12] Kuri**
Intruder detected.
**[16:13] Futa**
What? No—
**[16:14] Sign**
Men's
Rhythmic
Gymnastics
Club
**[16:15] Nana**
What do we have here, Kurikoma?
**[16:16] Futa**
Um, I...
**[16:18] Wata**
You here to raid us?!
**[16:19] Futa**
I d-don't want any trouble...
**[16:23] Futa**
I... I just... er...
**[16:23] Sign**
Men's
Rhythmic
Gymnastics
Club
**[16:25] Misa**
I know you.
**[16:27] Chi**
Is he a friend of yours?
**[16:28] Misa**
We watched last year's
prefectural tournament together.
**[16:30] Ona**
So we have another hopeful, do we?
**[16:33] Futa**
Huh? Er, I...
**[16:35] Nana**
Fine by me. You can watch our first session.
**[16:38] Futa**
R-Right...
**[16:43] Nana**
Let's start with introductions.
**[16:46] Nana**
Third-year. Captain Masamune Shichigahama.
**[16:50] Nana**
Vice Captain Keisuke Tsukidate.
Also a third-year. It's a pleasure!
**[16:55] Ona**
Third-year Nagayoshi Onagawa.
Nice to meet you.
**[16:58] Wata**
Second-year Kotaro Watari!
**[17:00] Mi**
I'm Ryoya Misato.
**[17:02] Futa**
I am Shotaro Futaba!
**[17:03] Nana**
I know you just joined us, Misato,
but we expect you to keep up.
**[17:06] Misa**
Understood.
**[17:07] Chi**
Don't worry. You're just here
to get a feel for things.
**[17:11] Futa**
Okay.
**[17:12] Shi**
Hey there.
**[17:13] ---**
Heya.
**[17:13] ---**
Hi!
**[17:14] Shi**
Hey.
**[17:15] Shi**
Hello.
**[17:15] Shi**
H-Hello...
**[17:17] Shi**
So Misato-kun's our new recruit,
**[17:19] Shi**
and Futaba-kun's just watching for today?
**[17:21] Shi**
I'm Shusaku Shida, the men's
rhythmic gymnastics club coach.
**[17:25] Kura**
I'm the manager. Second-year Asao Kurikoma.
**[17:28] Shi**
A pleasure to meet you both.
**[17:30] All**
One, two! One, two! One, two! One, two!
**[17:43] Futa**
These are interesting warm-up exercises...
**[17:46] Chi**
They're isolation stretches.
**[17:49] Chi**
You're pretty flexible, you know?
**[17:50] Futa**
Am I?
**[17:51] Chi**
Yeah. You're a natural
for rhythmic gymnastics.
**[17:56] Chi**
Any previous sports experience?
**[17:57] Futa**
A little swimming, soccer, and baseball.
**[18:00] Chi**
That's perfect.
**[18:02] Chi**
The full-body conditioning from swimming,
**[18:04] Chi**
the balance from soccer,
**[18:06] Chi**
and the muscle training
and agility from baseball
**[18:08] Chi**
will all come in handy
in rhythmic gymnastics.
**[18:11] Futa**
Really?
**[18:13] Ona**
Okay, Misato, let's move on to tumbling.
**[18:15] Misa**
Sure.
**[18:15] Futa**
What's tumbling?
**[18:18] Chi**
A series of leaps and rolls
across the floor or mat.
**[18:26] Ona**
That's an ace for you.
**[18:30] Shi**
Misato-kun.
**[18:32] Shi**
I want a round-off into
a salto backwards layout,
**[18:34] Shi**
a half twist, and a forward salto.
**[18:38] Misa**
Understood.
**[19:02] Futa**
Incredible...
**[19:03] Chi**
Futaba-kun, want to
try some arabesques?
**[19:06] Futa**
S-Sure.
**[19:08] Nana**
He's got good posture.
**[19:09] Shi**
I like what I'm seeing.
**[19:12] Shi**
Misato-kun is good too, but...
**[19:17] Kuri**
Good abdominal strength.
**[19:19] Nana**
He might be cut out for this.
**[19:21] Shi**
"A knack is nice,"
**[19:23] Shi**
"but enjoyment is everything."
**[19:25] Shi**
My wife says that all the time!
**[19:27] Nana**
Y-Your... wife, huh?
**[19:31] Nana**
So, what do you think?
**[19:32] Futa**
O-Oh, well...
**[19:35] Futa**
I still don't really know.
**[19:37] Nana**
You've been interested
in the sport for a while, right?
**[19:40] Futa**
The first time I saw it was your
tournament performance last year.
**[19:44] Chi**
Too bad we lost that one.
**[19:46] Uta**
B-But you were awesome!
**[19:48] Uta**
You soared so high and moved so fast!
**[19:51] Uta**
I could hardly believe my eyes!
**[19:53] Uta**
And watching you backflip,
then backflip all together...
**[19:57] Uta**
It was just the coolest.
**[19:59] Uta**
It really made me wish I could do it, too.
**[20:04] Nana**
Then let's try a backflip!
**[20:06] Futa**
What? Isn't it a little soon?
**[20:08] Nana**
Don't sweat it! Just come with me.
**[20:11] Nana**
Ready?
**[20:12] Nana**
Throw yourself up like *vwoosh*!
**[20:14] Nana**
Then it's *oomph* with your hips,
and your legs go *bam*!
**[20:17] Nana**
Then at the end, your arms go *bwash*!
**[20:19] Futa**
*Huh?*
**[20:20] Chi**
I don't think that's helping.
**[20:22] Nana**
You don't?
**[20:23] Nana**
Anyway, let's give it a try.
**[20:24] Futa**
O-Okay.
**[20:29] Chi**
Hey, now...
**[20:30] Nana**
Try more *pow* with you chest.
**[20:31] Futa**
My chest?
**[20:33] Nana**
Help me out, Tsukidate.
**[20:35] Ts**
Yeah, sure.
**[20:36] Nana**
We'll hold you up,
so jump as high as you can.
**[20:39] Futa**
Right!
**[20:42] Tsu**
You okay?
**[20:44] Futa**
I guess I can't really do it yet.
**[20:58] Futa**
*He's sticking his chest out proud...*
**[21:05] Futa**
What Misato-kun just did...
**[21:07] Futa**
Is that what you meant
by going *pow* with your chest?
**[21:10] Nana**
Wanna call it a day?
**[21:12] Futa**
No! Let's keep going!
**[21:18] Nana**
Okay! One more time!
**[21:20] Futa**
Right!
**[21:21] Futa**
Commit to it. Don't be afraid.
**[21:23] Futa**
Right!
**[21:24] Nana**
Focus on your chest.
**[21:25] Futa**
Right!
**[21:29] Tsu**
Okay, looking good.
**[21:30] Tsu**
I think you have the form down.
**[21:33] Nana**
Wanna try it once without help?
**[21:35] Futa**
Yes!
**[21:38] Futa**
*I've never felt this way before.*
**[21:41] Futa**
* I've always gone where people*
* invited me, just going with the flow...*
**[21:45] Futa**
*But I've never pursued an interest so avidly.*
**[21:49] Futa**
* Even if I lost, even if I never*
* became a regular, I didn't mind.*
**[21:54] Futa**
*But now... I want to soar.*
**[21:57] Futa**
*I'm dying to learn how!*
**[22:00] Futa**
*Is it because I chose this?*
**[22:02] Futa**
* Because it's the first time*
* I've decided what I want to do?*
**[22:06] Futa**
*Where I want to go... What I want to do...*
**[22:09] Futa**
*I really, truly...*
**[22:17] Futa**
*I want to backflip!*
**[22:21] Futa**
*My body's rising into the air.*
**[22:24] Futa**
*I've never felt so light before.*
**[22:27] Futa**
*And as everything spins around me...*
**[22:34] Futa**
*It's like the world is opening up before me!*
**[22:40] All**
Heck yeah!
**[22:42] Kuri**
Cool.
**[22:43] Misa**
Not half bad.
**[22:49] Futa**
I'm joining...
**[22:51] Futa**
I'm joining the rhythmic gymnastics club!