E7 - We'll Make a Promise! Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) [00:10] Saki     Nothing beats a cold drink after a hot bath! [00:13] Saki     Ryo-chan, you're back? [00:16] Mis     Sako-chan. [00:18] Sako     What? [00:20] Ryo     We need to talk. [01:48] ---     Backflip!! [01:56] Sho     We made it through prefecturals     with a second place finish. [02:00] Sho     Now we get to soar together a while longer. [02:07] Sho     We still get to soar... [02:07] Sign     Certificate of Merit     Second Place [02:10] Sho     We get to soar! [02:12] Sho     Yes! [02:13] Wat     Whatcha yesin' about, eh? [02:16] Shi     Quit grinning and get working. [02:18] Sho     R-Right... [02:19] Shi     Huh? Onagawa? [02:22] Sho     Onagawa-senpai? [02:25] Shi     Still kicking yourself     over that mistake yesterday? [02:28] Shi     Just practice a little and— [02:29] Ona     Gosh! [02:30] Ona     We took second at prefecturals,     but still no love from the ladies! [02:34] All     Huh? [02:35] Ono     I was hoping for a little more... [02:37] Ono     "Second place at prefecturals?     That's awesome!" [02:39] Ono     "Won't you teach me how to do     men's rhythmic gymnastics?" [02:42] Ono     But it's all coming up dry! [02:45] Shi     So that's the problem, huh? [02:47] Wat     I get it, though. [02:49] Tsu     You do, huh? [02:50] Sho     But what can you do? [02:54] Shi     Morning, everyone. [02:56] Sho     Coach! And Misato-kun? [02:58] Shi     What brings you here at this hour? [03:01] Shi     He called me late last night. [03:04] Shi     He said he wants to stay at the dorm. [03:06] ---     What?! [03:07] Sho     Misato-kun at the dorm with us? [03:09] Ona     Well, well! [03:11] Ona     Can't bear to be without us, huh? [03:14] Ona     Lonely Little Ace. [03:16] Mis     Don't call me that. [03:19] Mis     The prefectural tournament made it clear. [03:21] Mis     We need significant     improvement to beat Shiro High. [03:27] Mis     I really want to go to the Inter-High. [03:29] Mis     That means we need to get better. [03:33] Mis     And not just as individuals. As a group! [03:36] Shi     Okay! Then let's burn even hotter! [03:40] Tsu     Indeed. [03:41] Sho     Yeah! [03:41] Wat     Yah! [03:42] Sho     You don't have to get home, Misato-kun? [03:45] Mis     I will on weekends. [03:46] Shi     Then the rest is up to you, Captain. [03:49] Shi     Right! [03:50] Wat     It oughta go without saying... [03:53] Wat     but we've got a chore wheel system 'round here [03:55] Wat     for cookin', laundry, and cleanin'. [03:58] Wat     You're gonna start by showin' us     what you can do in the kitchen... [04:02] Wat     Misato! [04:13] All     Let's eat! [04:15] All     So good! [04:24] Kuri     Even his cleanup is flawless. [04:27] Ona     What are you now, Perfect Ace? [04:29] Mis     Don't call me that. [04:33] Shi     Well, we've had grub and we got Misato. [04:36] Shi     Time to practice— [04:36] Tsu     Hold it. [04:39] Tsu     Captain. Everyone. [04:40] Tsu     Aren't we forgetting something? [04:42] Kuri     Prefecturals are over.     And two weeks from now... [04:45] Sign     MI [04:46] ---     DT [04:46] ---     ER [04:46] ---     MS [04:47] All     It's midterms! [04:47] Sign     MIDTERMS [04:48] Wat     Oh, crap! Oh, hell! [04:50] Shi     I totally forgot! [04:52] Ona     I wasn't thinking! [04:53] Sho     I haven't studied at all... [04:55] Kuri     Activities are on hold until afterward. [04:58] Tsu     We need to make good on our promise     to our coach for another year. [05:01] Mis     What promise? [05:02] Kuri     If even one of us receives a failing grade, [05:04] Kuri     we're all barred from the     Sekiou University gym for the year. [05:08] Tsu     In other words... [05:09] Sho     What?! [05:10] Sho     We won't be able to use the mat? [05:13] Mis     What? [05:15] Tsu     The captain, Onagawa,     and Watari always scrape by. [05:19] Sho     Huh? Then what about you two? [05:23] Both     Not a problem. [05:25] Tsu     What about you, Shotaro? [05:28] Sho     My English is dicey... [05:30] Tsu     Okay. And you, Misato? [05:33] Tsu     Did you struggle anywhere in junior high? [05:34] Mis     Never. [05:36] Tsu     Great. [05:37] Tsu     You help Shotaro with English, then. [05:39] ---     What? [05:40] Tsu     All right! I'll handle     Shichigahama and Onagawa. [05:40] ---     Er, wait... [05:43] Tsu     Manager, you take care of Watari. [05:46] Tsu     Okay, everyone, do your best     and get us to the Inter-High! [05:46] Sign     Certificate of Merit     Second Place [05:48] All     Right! [05:49] ---     Yah! [05:49] ---     Sure. [05:51] Shi     Uh... "team"? "Understand"? [05:55] Shi     Darn it! [05:56] Shi     A man don't need English to make sasakama! [05:58] Tsu     Sasashichi might expand abroad someday. [06:02] Shi     Good point! [06:03] Shi     What's "sasakama" in English? [06:06] Tsu     I... I don't know. [06:09] Shi     Sa... Sasa... [06:09] Ona     Endless: without end,     continuing forever. [06:10] Tsu     Well, that's not going to be on the test... [06:13] Ona     Finally: at last, in the end. [06:16] Tsu     Onagawa, you memorized vocabulary! [06:20] Ona     These words all appear     in Tan Tan Girls lyrics. [06:23] Ona     Thank you, Ma-chan. [06:27] Shi     Here it is! [06:28] Shi     Sasa is "bamboo grass"! [06:29] Ona     Ma-chan! Ma-chan! Ma-chan! [06:30] Shi     Maybe I'll need English some day after all! [06:32] Man     I-I'll have yer head! [06:34] Bun     Stay back, Matsuo-anego! [06:36] Man     Die! Gragh! [06:38] Bun     What gang sent you?! [06:40] Man     Shaddup! [06:42] Kuri     What are you studying now? [06:44] Wat     Kanji. [06:53] Sign     INTIMIDATE DOMINATE ESCALATE TERRITORY [06:57] Sign     CONFISCATE [06:59] Sho     "I made a big flag..." Um... [07:04] Mis     Flutter. [07:05] Sho     Oh! Th-Thanks. [07:07] Sho     "...flutter. It was built by the     sign of the person who..." [07:14] Mis     Approached. [07:15] Sho     Wait, Misato-kun, how do you know all this? [07:19] Mis     I've memorized that part. [07:22] Sho     Misato-kun, you really are per— [07:24] Mis     —fect? Don't say that. [07:30] Sho     Huh? Where is everyone? [07:33] Mis     Out there. [07:36] Sign     D          O          R          M [07:39] Shi     Workin' the brain sure makes a man hungry... [07:44] Tsu     I don't think yours got much of a workout. [07:47] Tsu     How's studying going for you, Shotaro? [07:49] Sho     Um... [07:53] Mis     Could you make way, Futaba? [07:56] Sho     Misato-kun, is that... [07:58] Mis     Dinner. [08:01] Shi     How considerate of you, Misato. [08:03] Shi     Rice balls! [08:05] Mis     I made plenty. There are more in the kitchen. [08:07] Sho     Wow, they look great! [08:11] Wat     Now this sates my hunger! [08:15] Sho     Are other teams forbidden from     using the facilities if they fail classes? [08:21] Ona     Doubt it. [08:23] Shi     I made a promise to the coach when we     formed the men's rhythmic gymnastics club. [08:27] Mis     That's right. [08:28] Mis     You said something about him     making a place for you... [08:32] Mis     Did you mean the team? [08:35] Ona     Yep! [08:36] Sho     But the coach was the ace of     Hakumei University, wasn't he? [08:40] Tsu     He was indeed a superlative athlete. [08:43] Tsu     So much so that if he'd stayed in the game, [08:45] Tsu     they say he could've changed the history     of men's rhythmic gymnastics. [08:49] ---     What? [08:49] Sign     Men's     Rhythmic     Gymnastics     Club [08:53] Sign     Soshukan High School [08:53] Kuri     Shusaku. [09:07] Kuri     Shusaku. [09:10] Kuri     Dinner. [09:11] Shi     Oh, is it that time already? [09:13] Shi     Thanks. [09:15] Kuri     Misato-kun made them. [09:17] Shi     They look great! [09:20] Kuri     You seem absorbed. [09:22] Shi     Yeah, I'm having so much     fun watching them go. [09:26] Kuri     You've been more like     your old self lately. [09:30] Shi     What? No way! [09:32] Shi     Does my face look all intense and mean? [09:35] Shi     My old self, huh? Can't say I'm a fan... [09:39] (Flashback) Mab     First-years, gather 'round! [09:40] (Flashback) All     Yes, sir! [09:42] (Flashback) Mab     We're changing up the practice regime. [09:44] (Flashback) All     No way! [09:45] (Flashback) All     I'm dead. [09:46] (Flashback) Mab     What was that?! [09:46] Sign     GO FOR IT     Unity! Bonding!! [09:47] (Flashback) All     Y-Yes, sir! [09:49] (Flashback) Shi     You're wasting your time, Mabuchi-senpai. [09:52] (Flashback) Shi     Competition requires wholehearted devotion. [09:55] (Flashback) Shi     If they can't give you that,     it doesn't matter what you teach them. [09:59] (Flashback) Mab     Shida... [10:01] (Flashback) Shi     And it bugs me to waste time     on these bottom-feeding dregs. [10:07] (Flashback) Boy     Hey, that's a little much! [10:08] (Flashback) Boy     We're doing our best! [10:11] (Flashback) Mab     Hey! [10:19] (Flashback) Shu     Your best, huh? [10:22] Sho     If he was that great, why did he quit? [10:22] Sign     Men's     Rhythmic     Gymnastics     Club Dorm [10:24] Shi     I heard he injured himself     the day before the tournament. [10:27] Ona     He hid it and competed anyway. [10:37] (Flashback) Mab     Shida! Shida! [10:41] (Flashback) Mab     Why didn't you tell me you were hurt? [10:45] (Flashback) Shi     Because the here and now is all that matters. [10:48] (Flashback) Shi     I perform without thought for the future. [10:52] (Flashback) Shi     I only live in the moment. [10:54] (Flashback) Mab     And this is where that got you. [10:58] (Flashback) Shi     I'm going to soar again. [11:13] Sub     You should be able     to go about your daily life. [11:17] Sub     But you'll never compete again. [11:20] Sub     I'd recommend finding a     profession outside of athletics. [11:26] Sub     You're still young, so you have time. [11:31] (Flashback) Shi     Damn it... [11:32] (Flashback) Shi     Damn it. [11:41] (Flashback) Rei     Congratulations on your discharge. [11:43] (Flashback) Shi     Thanks. [11:45] (Flashback) Rei     What are you going to do now? [11:47] (Flashback) Shi     Dunno. Guess I'll wander aimlessly here. [11:50] (Flashback) Shi     Or go back to Japan     and wander aimlessly there. [11:53] (Flashback) Shi     I don't have any plans for the future,     so I guess I'll just do whatever. [12:00] (Flashback) Rei     Look at you walking! [12:04] (Flashback) Rei     You're walking, Shida-san. [12:06] (Flashback) Shi     What does that matter? [12:09] (Flashback) Rei     You worked hard to be     on your own two feet again. [12:12] (Flashback) Rei     If you hadn't put in the effort,     you wouldn't even be standing here. [12:15] (Flashback) Rei     Please don't diminish your hard work. [12:19] (Flashback) Rei     It might take you to an even brighter future. [12:26] (Flashback) Dad     Married? [12:27] (Flashback) Dad     Who to? [12:29] (Flashback) Mom     Someone she met in Germany. [12:30] (Flashback) Mom     Shusaku Shida, I think? [12:34] (Flashback) Mom     She said he used to do     gymnastics at Shiro University. [12:37] (Flashback) Mom     Or... was it rhythmic gymnastics? [12:39] (Flashback) ---     Huh. [12:40] (Flashback) Dad     I didn't know men did rhythmic gymnastics. [12:43] (Flashback) Mom     Apparently they do. [12:44] (Flashback) Mom     Asao, you'll be coming with us to meet him. [12:47] (Flashback) Mom     What do you want to wear? [12:48] (Flashback) Mom     Any ideas? [12:50] (Flashback) Mom     Are you listening, Asao? [12:59] (Flashback) Shi     Hello, Asao-chan.     It's a pleasure to meet you. [13:06] (Flashback) Kuri     You're different. [13:08] (Flashback) Kuri     You don't do rhythmic gymnastics any more? [13:10] (Flashback) Shi     Not as an athlete. [13:13] (Flashback) Shi     But I'm thinking of becoming a coach. [13:16] (Flashback) Man     Shida? Oh, from Shiro University? [13:19] (Flashback) Man     I've got all the help I need. [13:23] (Flashback) Man     We don't have enough members for a team. [13:26] (Flashback) Man     Sorry, but you'll have to look elsewhere. [13:29] (Flashback) Man     Jeez, that was Shida-senpai again! [13:33] (Flashback) Mab     Sorry, but Shiro University and     Shiro High both have enough help. [13:38] (Flashback) Mab     If I find anything, I'll let you know. [13:41] (Flashback) Shi     Okay. Thank you. [13:44] (Flashback) Shi     I appreciate it. [13:46] (Flashback) Man     I know Mabuchi-senpai asked     and all, but that guy... [13:50] (Flashback) Man     When I think back on      everything he said to me... [13:53] (Flashback) Man     I doubt he wants to work     for "dregs" like us anyway. [14:01] Mab     You found a job? Where? [14:03] (Flashback) Shi     Ao High. [14:05] (Flashback) Shi     Soshukan Private High School! [14:08] Mab     Does Ao High even have     a men's rhythmic gymnastics team? [14:10] (Flashback) Shi     They don't. [14:12] (Flashback) Shi     I'll be teaching English and     advising the newspaper club. [14:15] (Flashback) Shi     Thank you for all your help. [14:18] (Flashback) Shi     See you. [15:03] (Flashback) Shi     Ow, ow, ow... [15:04] (Flashback) Shi     Yeah, go figure... [15:06] (Flashback) Kids     Whoa! Awesome! [15:07] (Flashback) Kids     That was so cool! [15:08] (Flashback) Kids     Teach me how to do that! [15:10] (Flashback) Kids     Me too, me too! [15:11] (Flashback) Kids     You're like a superhero! [15:13] (Flashback) Kids     So cool! [15:16] Sign     Men's     Rhythmic     Gymnastics     Club Dorm [15:16] Sho     And that's when he taught you     to do backflips, right? [15:20] Shi     Yeah. [15:21] Shi     Then Tsukidate and Onagawa joined up. [15:24] Tsu     When the Inter-High was held in     Aomori, he took us to see it. [15:28] Tsu     Seeing our first group routine...     That was incredible! [15:34] Sign     TSURUYA [15:34] Sign     T     A     K     O     Y     A     K     I [15:34] (Flashback) Shi     Have you all decided which     high schools you'll attend? [15:37] (Flashback) Shi     Actually... [15:40] (Flashback) Shi     We'd like to go where you teach, Shida-san! [15:43] (Flashback) Shi     And we'd like to do     group rhythmic gymnastics! [15:47] (Flashback) ---     What? [15:48] (Flashback) Shi     But Ao High doesn't have a      men's rhythmic gymnastics team... [15:52] (Flashback) Shi     Um... [15:54] (Flashback) Shi     What about a different school? [15:55] (Flashback) Shi     I know! Maybe Sendai Tokuou? [15:58] (Flashback) Shi     If you'd like, we can sit in sometime. [16:00] (Flashback) Ona     Let's just form a team, then. An MRG club. [16:06] (Flashback) Ona     We'll start a men's rhythmic     gymnastics team at Ao High! [16:09] (Flashback) Shi     Come on, man... [16:10] (Flashback) Tsu     Take this seriously. [16:12] (Flashback) Ona     But it's the only way! [16:16] (Flashback) Shi     Of course... [16:18] (Flashback) Shi     Of course! That's just it! [16:20] (Flashback) Shi     Shida-san? [16:21] (Flashback) Shi     I'll make a place for you to belong. [16:23] (Flashback) Shi     I'll start the men's rhythmic gymnastics club! [16:28] (Flashback) All     Right! [16:29] (Flashback) Ona     See? Told ya so! [16:32] (Flashback) Tsu     Onagawa got us this time. [16:35] (Flashback) Head     What? A men's rhythmic gymnastics club? [16:37] (Flashback) Shi     Yes. I have all the materials. [16:40] (Flashback) Shi     Please give them a look. [16:43] (Flashback) Shi     I don't know why I didn't realize it sooner. [16:46] (Flashback) Shi     I suppose I still wasn't facing reality. [16:50] (Flashback) Shi     It's the same arrogance     I felt during my ace days. [16:53] (Flashback) Shi     I was so sure that someone     would reach out to me... [16:56] (Flashback) Shi     That there was a place I'd be welcomed... [17:00] (Flashback) Shi     But that wasn't the case. [17:03] (Flashback) Shi     I needed to make it for myself. [17:05] (Flashback) Rei     Sounds like you're having fun. [17:09] (Flashback) Shi     Head Teacher! [17:10] (Flashback) Shi     Did you watch the videos I gave you? [17:12] (Flashback) Man     Of course not. [17:14] (Flashback) Shi     Why not? [17:15] (Flashback) Man     There's no need. [17:17] (Flashback) Shi     You can't understand the appeal of men's     rhythmic gymnastics without watching those! [17:22] (Flashback) Man     What's the point? [17:24] (Flashback) Man     I already know a club like that won't bring     anything worthwhile to our school. [17:28] (Flashback) Man     Just give up. [17:31] (Flashback) Shi     Head Teacher! [17:49] (Flashback) Shi     And real men's rhythmic     gymnastics is even better. [17:53] (Flashback) Shi     It's five, ten... a hundred times      more powerful and beautiful! [17:58] (Flashback) Shi     Please, at least watch them! [18:00] (Flashback) Shi     Watch and decide for yourself! [18:03] (Flashback) Shi     Please! [18:05] Sign     Principal's Office [18:05] (Flashback) Prin     The copious materials you brought [18:08] (Flashback) Prin     have shown me the basics     of men's rhythmic gymnastics. [18:11] (Flashback) Prin     But the dorms are filled with other teams. [18:14] (Flashback) Shi     I'll take a warehouse or a spare room. [18:17] (Flashback) Pri     You need a specialized mat, don't you? [18:19] (Flashback) Pri     We don't have the budget for that. [18:22] (Flashback) Shi     We'll borrow the one at Sekiou University. [18:25] (Flashback) Pri     Oh? You know someone     who can get you in there? [18:35] (Flashback) Mab     Very well. [18:36] (Flashback) Mab     I'll put in a good word     at Sekiou University for you. [18:42] (Flashback) Shi     Senpai. [18:43] (Flashback) Shi     Why are you willing to go so far for me? [18:48] (Flashback) Mab     You're not a prodigy, you know? [18:51] (Flashback) Mab     I know how hard you worked     to get where you were. [18:54] (Flashback) Mab     What you felt was genuine. [18:57] (Flashback) Mab     Of course, your obnoxiousness     was the real deal, too. [19:00] (Flashback) Mab     But I could ask you the same     question... Why go this far? [19:04] (Flashback) Shi     With these boys, I think... [19:08] (Flashback) Shi     I think I can soar again. [19:18] (Flashback) Ona     All right! [19:19] Sign     Men's     Rhythmic     Gymnastics     Club [19:21] (Flashback) Ona     We did it! [19:22] (Flashback) Ona     Yeah! [19:23] Sign     Sekiou University [19:29] (Flashback) Ona     This feels pretty great! [19:32] (Flashback) Shi     Shida-san... [19:33] (Flashback) Shi     I mean, Coach! [19:36] (Flashback) Shi     We'll make a promise, too! [19:38] (Flashback) Shi     We're gonna take you to the Inter-High! [19:43] (Flashback) Shi     Sure. [19:44] (Flashback) Shi     We'll all study hard, too! [19:46] (Flashback) Shi     We won't fail one subject! [19:48] (Flashback) Shi     If we do, you can bar us from      using this gym for a year! [19:53] (Flashback) Shi     You're sure? [19:55] (Flashback) Shi     Yes! A man keeps his word! [19:58] (Flashback) Shi     Then do it, Shichigahama-kun... [20:02] (Flashback) Shi     Captain! [20:05] (Flashback) Shi     Yes, sir! [20:06] Shi     And that's why we can't fail a single test. [20:09] Sho     I'm going to go study! [20:13] Mis     I have a question. [20:16] Shi     What? [20:17] Mis     The details of your story just now [20:19] Mis     suggest it wasn't the coach      who proposed the deal. [20:23] Fb     We won't fail one subject! [20:24] Fb     If we do, you can bar us from     using this gym for a year! [20:34] Shi     You know, come to think of it... [20:38] Sign     SQUEEZE SQUEEZE SQUEEZE SQUEEZE SQUEEZE [20:38] Ona     Don't tell me you're just now     realizing what you did! [20:41] Tsu     Shichigahama! [20:41] Sign     GRIND GRIND GRIND GRIND GRIND GRIND GRIND [20:44] Ona     This is all your fault! [20:44] Sign     SHRED SHRED SHRED SHRED SHRED SHRED [20:45] Wat     You'll pay! At long last, you will pay! [20:49] Mis     That's a relief. Bye. [20:51] Sho     Wait! You're leaving, Misato-kun? [20:53] Sho     After throwing that grenade?! [20:55] Tsu     I thought something was weird! [20:57] Tsu     The coach would never make us promise that! [20:59] Shi     What do you want from me?! [21:00] Shi     After all the coach did for us,     any man would've promised that! [21:02] Both     Would not! [21:08] Sho     But we still worked hard, and in the end... [21:11] Shi     Coach! We all passed all our tests! [21:15] Shi     Good. Let's get started, then. [21:18] All     Yes, sir! [21:20] Sho     We're soaring again today!