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4 - Moment of Earnest

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    Alarm - tap to snooze >>
    slide to stop alarm
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    Morning.
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    Good morning!
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    Here, it's French toast!
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    It's red...
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    You said you didn't need lunch,
    so I decided to put more effort into breakfast!
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    Put more effort... looks like that's nothing
    more than adding pizza sauce...

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    Time to eat!
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    Otosaka house Secret!
    Pizza sauce
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    It already has sugar in it, and has the
    extra sweetness from the pizza sauce!

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    Eh? Did it taste strange?
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    Oh, no, it's fine. Seems like
    I'm not feeling too well.
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    Can it be that you caught a cold?
    Maybe you should stay home from school?
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    It's not that bad. I'm sorry
    I'm making you worry...
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    Are you really all right?
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    I'm totally fine!
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    Thank you for this meal.
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    You really do look pale!
    You should take the day off today!
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    No, no, there are no real
    issues with my condition.
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    How should I seal away that pizza sauce...
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    Hoshinoumi Academy
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    Episode 4
    Moment of Earnest
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    Hey, hey, I got amazing news!
    
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    Apparently Yusa Nishimori is
    transferring into our school!
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    Eh? You mean THE Yusarin?
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    That can't be. This isn't
    an art school or anything...
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    But, if she's the real
    thing, I'd be so happy!
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    Nothing less from our Yusarin!
    Everyone is so worked up about this already!
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    When she actually shows up,
    how much of a riot will there be?
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    I'm troubled just thinking about it....
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    Quiet!
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    -You there! Sit down!
    -Hey, is that...
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    Over here.
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    Now, she is a transfer student
    who will be your classmate starting today.
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    Go introduce yourself.
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    I'm Yusa Kurobane, known as Yusarin!
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    Quiet! Quiet!
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    You there! Sit down!
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    And you there, stop dancing!
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    Even in a place like this,
    she calls herself Yusarin?

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    So your real name is Kurobane?
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    Heh, you didn't even know that?
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    I may not be able to attend school
    on some days due to work,
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    but I'd like to really enjoy high
    school life with all of you!
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    It's a pleasure to meet all of you!
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    Yusarin! Yusarin! Yusarin! Yusarin!
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    -Quiet down!
    -Yusarin! Yusarin! Yusarin! Yusarin!
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    -Oh, brother...
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    -Yusarin! Yusarin! Yusarin! Yusarin!
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    -Kurobane, your seat is
    right there. Go sit down.
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    Nice to meet you.
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    Yes! I'm sure I will trouble you a lot,
    but it's nice to meet you!
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    What's with her?
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    She's so rude.
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    She's so not friendly.
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    Why did you transfer here?
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    I pre-ordered your new single!
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    Me, too! It's such a great song!
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    I always watched Move Asa!
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    Me, too! Me, too!
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    Will you be my friend?
    Can we start by exchanging mail addresses--
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    You bastard, what are you saying
    so suddenly? Don't leave us out of this!
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    This much can't hurt!
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    Now, now, both of you, be nice to each other!
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    Can it be? Is she really going to do that?
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    Eh? Do what?
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    Making up! Making up!
    Making up with a magic spell!
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    There it is! Yusarin's magic spell series, #13!
    The spell for making up!
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    There. The two of you have made up now!
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    Yeah, sorry about that.
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    No, I was in the wrong...
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    What is that so-called magic spell series?
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    Yusa had been a regular cast member
    of the morning information show "Movement Asa!"
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    also known as Move Asa.
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    After the day's fortunes, towards
    the viewers who had bad luck,
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    Yusa sent various magic spells.
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    Series #13? Just how many are there?
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    There are 64! But, two of them
    actually overlap, so there really are only 63...
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    Such a turn-off!
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    Oh, will the helper appear before us again?
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    Yes.
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    Ouch! What's up with that,
    student council president?
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    Kurobane, I'd like you to come with us
    immediately to the student council room.
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    That's too cruel, student council president!
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    Let's go!
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    Sure!
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    Yusa, that magic spell earlier - series #13,
    the spell for making up... it was marvelous!
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    Amazing! You knew about
    it in that much detail?
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    Yes. I checked out the show the whole time
    while you were a part of it.
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    Wow! Thank you so much!
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    You're such a fanboy...
    such a turn-off, Takajo.

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    And, well... what are we going to do here?
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    A helper will show up.
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    However, we need you to prepare
    mentally so you aren't
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    surprised by his unusual guise.
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    Rest assured, he's one of
    us. He will never harm you.
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    The ability is... telekinesis.
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    Um, so in the end, what just went on here?
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    A guy with a special ability is there,
    and his power is telekinesis.
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    That guy found you in the same manner.
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    Wow, that's amazing!
    Yusarin here is going to do her best! Yeah!
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    You may not realize it, but you can
    get possessed by spirits and have pyrokinesis.

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    You're a lot more amazing than this guy...
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    The location is a school, huh...
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    This is... let's se... Kannai Academy.
    All right! Bingo!
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    Eh? What is?
[07:22] ---
    This is a sports newspaper from last week!
    I had my eyes on this guy!
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    Three perfect games in a row!
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    "With sharp knuckle-balls,
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    no doubt this super-high-school level
    pitcher will join the pro league!"
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    The next day, I went and watched them practice.
    Everyone should look at this.
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    Playing now...
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    Strike!
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    Oh, that's some curve ball!
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    He's like major league caliber.
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    But, just hold on.
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    Now, watch some footage where
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    we get a close-up of the
    pitcher's throwing hand.
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    There. Take a look. Isn't something strange?
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    What is?
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    His grip is that of a straight ball.
    Every ball is like that.
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    Knuckle balls are supposed to be
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    balls that move irregularly by holding
    the ball rotation as much as possible.
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    The basic knuckle ball is thrown by putting
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    your index and middle fingers
    against the ball like this.
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    How you hold a ball for a straight pitch
    makes the ball rotate,
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    and it will never make the ball shake
    as much as it just did.
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    You're quite knowledged...
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    In the end, he's using telekinesis
    to move the ball around right after throwing it?
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    Yes.
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    Wow, that's amazing in its own way!
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    Does she get any of this?
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    It will be bad if we can't get a hold of him
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    before the qualifiers for
    going to Koushien starts.
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    Let's head there right away.
[08:41] ---
    Eh? What about class?
[08:43] ---
    It's all right. No matter how we act,
    
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    as long as you are part
    of the student council...
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    ...there are no demerits towards
    your grades or your school report.
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    I-I see...
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    We're from the Hoshinoumi
    Academy student council.
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    What do you want? We're practicing right now.
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    I'm sorry!
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    Eh? Yusa Nishimori?
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    Please ignore her, and for now
    listen to what I have to say.
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    What is it...?
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    I'll be blunt here.
    Do you use telekinesis to throw knuckle balls?
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    Telekinesis? As in supernatural powers?
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    Of course I don't have such a thing.
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    Are you some occult research club
    instead of the student council?
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    All right, listen closely.
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    That power is like a disease
    that is only around during puberty.
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    Even if you were aiming to be a pro,
    by then, your powers will be gone.
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    Not only that, but if someone notices
    that you have powers,
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    you will be captured.
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    And, your body will become
    one that can never play baseball again.
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    So, from here on,
    please don't use that special ability of yours.
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    Be captured? By whom?
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    By scientists who are researching
    people with abilities, just like you.
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    And you want me to believe
    such an idiotic thing?
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    Fine. Then, keep looking at me.
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    What?
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    Do you believe me now?
[10:04] ---
    You really are a sore loser, aren't you?
[10:07] ---
    How about we make a whole roast out of him?
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    Hey!
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    Oh, no, sorry...
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    Don't show off in a place like this!
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    Oh, Yusarin's saliva!
[10:19] ---
    No... this would be Misa's saliva...
    I'm troubled at how I should react!
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    Such a turn-off!
[10:25] ---
    Getting back to the main discussion....
    So, what will it be in the end?
[10:25] ---
    But no, this is... this has
    to be... Yusarin's saliva...
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    No, wait... in the first place...
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    Then, how about we face
    each other in baseball?
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    Our baseball team versus
    your baseball team.
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    If we win, do as we say.
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    All right. And if we win,
    don't have anything to do with me ever again.
[10:47] ---
    Yes. But still, you'll never become
    a professional baseball player.
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    I don't understand what drives you so far.
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    I want to go to Koushien Stadium. That's all.
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    Understood. Next Sunday at 3:00PM,
    at our school courtyard. How about it?
[11:05] ---
    Yes. I don't have problems with that.
[11:11] ---
    What's wrong, Arifumi?
[11:15] ---
    So someone that can hit
    that knuckle ball exists in our baseball team?
[11:20] ---
    We'll be using special abilities ourselves,
    so it will be all right.
[11:22] ---
    I see. What kind of abilities
    do these people have?
[11:25] ---
    No, our baseball team, despite
    having several people
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    with potential, has no one that
    can use a special ability.
[11:31] ---
    Then, how do we...
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    We're still around.
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    We're all a part of this?
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    If not, we won't be able to win.
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    Besides, if it's on our school courtyard,
    it wouldn't turn into a riot.
[11:45] ---
    Well, that was the appropriate move.
[11:47] ---
    Heh.... This gets me burning up
    for the first time in a while.
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    Don't you burn anything!
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    Bow!
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    Let's have a good game!
[12:04] ---
    Let's all do our best!
[12:05] ---
    Our opposing team has girls in it, huh?
    
[12:08] ---
    There's no way they'd be
    able to hit your ball.
[12:11] ---
    What meaning is there in
    a this game to begin with?
[12:13] ---
    It's for the future, Takato...
[12:18] ---
    I see. If you say so, let's do it.
[12:21] ---
    If you lose, I'm smacking all your asses
    with a baseball bat!
[12:23] ---
    All right, here we go! Yeah!
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    Yeah!
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    Smacking asses with a bat...
[12:28] ---
    that sounds like what the
    previous generation does.
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    Play ball!
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    All right!
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    They can't even hit our pitcher's ball?
    The opponents have horrible batters...
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    Is that so?
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    Hey!
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    I'm being serious here, though this
    
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    was such a sudden game to play.
     What kinda talk is that?
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    It's the truth.
[12:51] ---
    You jackass, I'll just abandon this game!
[12:54] ---
    I'd be troubled by that.
    Please keep pitching.
[12:56] ---
    Then properly think before you talk!
[12:58] ---
    Kurobane, please go ahead.
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    Okay!
[13:02] ---
    Magic spell, magic spell!
[13:07] ---
    Calming down with this magic spell!
[13:10] ---
    There it is! Yusarin's magic spell series, #9!
    
[13:13] ---
    The spell for calming down!
[13:15] ---
    There. Now he is calm!
[13:19] ---
    Such a turn-off!
[13:30] ---
    Strike! Batter's out!
[13:33] ---
    That's a real knuckle ball...
    
[13:34] ---
    there's no way we can
    hit something like that.
[13:36] ---
    Smacking my ass with a bat,
    or whatever else, do what you'd like.
[13:38] ---
    But it's pretty amazing that pitches like that
    are consistently caught.
[13:43] ---
    Even the catcher is super-high-school level, huh...
    
[13:45] ---
    there's no way we can win this.
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    Kannai Academy
    Hoshinoumi Academy
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    We just need one run...
    if the two of us can score one run,

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    we can win as long as the two of us
    protect that one run lead!

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    Not good!
[14:05] ---
    So they went after Yusa after all.
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    Misa, on the other hand, has
    athletic reflexes, I guess!

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    Dammit, Yusa's shoulders are so weak!
[14:19] ---
    I see.... She can make the right decision,
    but she can't physically keep up.

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    Strike! Batter's out!
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    Out!
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    Ball four!
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    Not looking good...
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    Out!
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    Safe!
[15:03] ---
    This is our biggest crisis...
[15:05] ---
    We should use abilities as well.
[15:08] ---
    Specifically, how?
[15:09] ---
    You need to take over the opponent's batter.
[15:12] ---
    And the last two batters for them
    will listlessly swing their bats.
[15:17] ---
    And you, just throw outside of the strike zone.
    
[15:19] ---
    Just be careful to not throw a wild pitch.
[15:21] ---
    S-Sure...
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    Then, I'm counting on you.
[15:25] ---
    Play!
[15:28] ---
    I have to use my powers
    for something like this?

[15:35] ---
    Strike!
[15:37] ---
    Why?
[15:37] ---
    Hey, you...
[15:43] ---
    Strike two!
[15:44] ---
    Are you all right?
[15:46] ---
    Yeah, I'm totally fine.
[15:48] ---
    It's two outs with the next guy...
[15:52] ---
    Arifumi... If you want to be
    that thorough in winning this thing...

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    Catcher!
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    Safe!
[16:07] ---
    Takato...
[16:10] ---
    What was safe?
[16:11] ---
    I didn't think that far...
[16:13] ---
    Did he steal home base?
[16:14] ---
    Dammit! Dammit, dammit!
[16:17] ---
    We can't win this one.
[16:20] ---
    Strike! Batter's out!
[16:22] ---
    Just make sure to hit the ball when you bunt.
    
[16:25] ---
    Then, use your ability
    to run past first base.
[16:29] ---
    Will they be able to see me do so?
[16:31] ---
    I'll record the evidence with
    a super-high-speed camera.
[16:34] ---
    Got it.
[16:42] ---
    Strike!
[16:44] ---
    Strike two!
[16:46] ---
    If I screw up the next one, I'll be out...
[16:50] ---
    Now, one more guy...
[16:58] ---
    All right!
[17:04] ---
    See, he's touched first base.
[17:07] ---
    Come on now, it's safe! It's safe, isn't it?
[17:10] ---
    ....Safe!
[17:12] ---
    What just happened?
[17:14] ---
    Well done! We will not be
    wasting your sacrifice.
[17:17] ---
    Someone, I need a pinch runner!
[17:20] ---
    Yusa is weak, but I'll use
    my own game sense to hit the ball!

[17:31] ---
    All right!
[17:32] ---
    Wow, that was like Ichiro.
[17:34] ---
    And now it's your turn
    at bat, what will you do?
[17:37] ---
    After my sacrifice bunt succeeds,
    one base hit and it's a walk-off.
[17:42] ---
    I can't hit that with my ability!
[17:44] ---
    How about you go face things
    head-on every so often?
[17:48] ---
    Yu Otosaka, the fiend of cheating on tests.
[18:01] ---
    Please hit!
[18:09] ---
    -Dammit, against guys like this...
    -First base!
[18:12] ---
    Out!
[18:16] ---
    In a scene like this, I
    have to face this head-on?

[18:19] ---
    Lead, lead, lead...
[18:23] ---
    Strike!
[18:26] ---
    Strike two!
[18:27] ---
    Dammit!
[18:35] ---
    Foul!
[18:37] ---
    I finally was able to hit...
[18:41] ---
    Foul!
[18:43] ---
    Foul!
[18:45] ---
    Foul!
[18:48] ---
    His timing is starting to inch closer...
    

[18:49] ---
    I guess I'll move it a bit
    more for the next one.

[19:02] ---
    Dammit... it's all over...
[19:04] ---
    It's not over! Run!
[19:06] ---
    Head to first base, the catcher fumbled!
[19:10] ---
    Safe!
[19:11] ---
    We can do this! I have the game sense!
[19:14] ---
    Takato!
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    Safe!
[19:29] ---
    Game set!
[19:32] ---
    Did you see that? My game sense?
[19:37] ---
    That was amazing, Yusarin!
[19:39] ---
    Did we win?
[19:40] ---
    Yes, we won.
[19:44] ---
    We won, huh...
[19:46] ---
    All right.
[19:48] ---
    Wait... why am I getting so happy
    about something like this?

[19:55] ---
    We were victorious.
    Please never use that ability ever again.
[20:02] ---
    I'm just an ordinary pitcher...
    but Takato, the catcher, is different.
[20:08] ---
    He's a catcher that really deserves
    to be in the spotlight.
[20:11] ---
    The two of us have played together
    as a battery for a long time now.
[20:14] ---
    He knew that the baseball
    team at our school was weak,
[20:17] ---
    but still, he chose to pair up with me.
[20:21] ---
    That's why I wanted to take him,
    even if it meant using this strange power...
[20:26] ---
    to that big stage where
    even the pros would notice.
[20:30] ---
    So instead of personal gain,
    you were using your ability for your friendship.
[20:34] ---
    Yeah.
[20:36] ---
    We won today's game by cheating.
[20:39] ---
    But, you have been cheating
    while pitching this whole time.
[20:43] ---
    But, people who properly
    watch are out there.
[20:45] ---
    Even if you don't cheat.
[20:47] ---
    In college, or in the business leagues,
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    you can keep watch over him as his best friend.
[20:55] ---
    Someday, you will be able to brag
    that "he is my best friend."
[21:00] ---
    I'm sure of it. It will be all right.
[21:05] ---
    Yeah...
[21:08] ---
    And a small experiment.
    Can you try taking over his body?
[21:12] ---
    Eh? Why?
[21:14] ---
    As I said, it's a small experiment.
[21:16] ---
    That's not something you
    say to your test subject.
[21:18] ---
    He is the test subject, so don't worry.
[21:22] ---
    Fine...
[21:31] ---
    Whoa! What the...?
[21:33] ---
    Thank you very much.
[21:35] ---
    No, it wasn't anything much...
    but did you figure something out?
[21:39] ---
    I am not sure for now.
[21:41] ---
    Just going to see how things go for a while.
[21:45] ---
    I beg you!
[21:46] ---
    I hope that for dinner,
    she didn't use any of that pizza sauce!
[21:50] ---
    I'm bac--
[21:51] ---
    A secret recipe of the Otosaka house -
    a cream stew full of broccoli!
[21:56] ---
    It's red...
[21:58] ---
    Cream stew is supposed to be white...
[22:00] ---
    That is why it's a secret
    recipe of the Otosaka house!
[22:03] ---
    Just as I thought...
[22:05] ---
    What do I believe in, you ask?
    Of course, I have to believe in myself!

[22:10] ---
    The power to believe,
    the power to challenge.

[22:11] ---
    Oh, it's a new commercial from Yusarin!
    And it's Haro-haro's new song!
[22:14] ---
    Now accepting enrollment
    for summer classes at Shinkou Seminars!

[22:16] ---
    Oh, that reminds me, did Yusarin
    really transfer to your school?
[22:19] ---
    Huh? Yeah...
[22:21] ---
    That is something really amazing!
[22:28] ---
    Oh, brother...
[22:29] ---