12 - The Reason Behind Aoyama-kun's Choice

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[00:02] zai
    Hey, those men are back again.
[00:06] tsu
    Well, if you think about it,
    Aoyama is a national age-group player.
[00:10] sak
    It's not surprising they'd
     show up to scout him.
[00:13] yos
    That means there's no guarantee
    he'll be with us to the end.
[00:17] zai
    Aoyama might leave...
[00:29] sak
    Zaizen. Hey, Zaizen.
[00:32] tsu
    Our days of dreaming about reaching
    Nationals might be numbered.
[00:37] yos
    He only came here because
    he liked the toilets.
[00:41] tsu
    If he's going to a pro youth club,
    he'll have no reason to remain with us.
SIGN    #12
SIGN    The Reason Behind Aoyama-kun's Choice
[00:54] zai
    Hey, Aoyama!
[00:57] zai
    We need to talk.
[01:00] zai
    Are you going to join a youth club?
[01:07] zai
    Those scouts were here again.
[01:10] zai
    I don't want to be blunt,
    but everybody's relying on you.
[01:14] zai
    You're our team's—
[01:16] kid
    Look! It's Aoyama-san,
    the youth national player!
[01:19] kid2
    Seriously?
[01:20] kid2
    It's true! Oh, my god!
[01:22] kid
    I always keep an eye out for your matches!
[01:24] kid
    Can we get your autograph?
[01:27] zai
    You're our team's...
[01:31] zai
    ...biggest hope.
[01:36] kid
    Wow, even his autograph is amazing!
[01:40] kid
    I'm going to treasure this forever!
[01:42] zai
    Just kidding.
[01:44] kid
    We actually got one!
[01:44] zai
    Aoyama!
[01:45] kid
    Yeah!
[01:46] kid
    So lucky!
[01:48] zai
    You should play where
    you can shine the most.
[01:53] zai
    But...
[01:55] zai
    Let's do our best tomorrow.
[02:15] (Flashback) zai
    Mother!
[02:17] (Flashback) mom
    What is it?
[02:20] (Flashback) zai
    Please come to my next soccer match.
[02:24] (Flashback) zai
    I'm going to score a goal
    for you as a present!
[02:33] dad
    Let's get going.
[02:35] zai
    Yes, Daddy.
[02:38] dad
    You have your match now, don't you?
[02:40] zai
    Yes.
[02:47] zai
    Mother, I promise that
    we will win today's match!
SIGN    Inter-High
    Tokyo City
    First Preliminaries
[02:56] tsu
    "You eleven knights who are
    gathered on this holy ground..."
SIGN    Thanks to its
    ongoing popularity,
    Season 2 of the
    anime is greenlit!
[02:59] tsu
    "I am going to join the battle as well!"
[03:01] tsu
    "Let's save the world together!"
[03:03] tsu
    For some reason, I feel like this
    week's chapter is cheering us on!
[03:08] tsu
    I can feel the power!
[03:19] mok
    Is Aoyama-kun really going to quit our team?
[03:25] zai
    No clue! I have no idea what he's thinking.
[03:30] zai
    Just like her...
[03:34] mok
    Huh?
[03:35] zai
    Oh, nothing.
[03:40] sak
    She's pretty.
[03:41] tad
    Is that your mom?
[03:43] zai
    What the hell, you guys?
    What is it to you?!
[03:46] tsu
    Don't be so shy and introduce us.
[03:49] tad
    Are you into older women?
[03:50] zai
    That's my mother!
[03:52] zai
    Besides, my mother's long...
[03:57] sak
    Zaizen?
[04:01] miw
    Listen up! Time for the pre-match meeting!
[04:05] miw
    Let's review what we know
    about today's opponent.
[04:08] tsu
    What do you make of Zaizen's reaction?
[04:10] yos
    He had a pretty serious look on his face.
[04:12] sak
    Actually, I happened to see something
    when I was walking my dog this morning.
[04:18] sak
    Zaizen was paying his respects
    at a grave with his father.
[04:23] tad
    Wait, does that mean today's
     the day Zaizen's mom...
[04:26] tsu
    ...passed away?
[04:27] yos
    Really?
[04:29] miw
    Hey, guys!
[04:30] miw
    Be quiet! Anyway, moving on.
[04:33] miw
    Our opponent, Kuraishi High School,
    has two powerful center backs.
[04:39] miw
    They're a team whose rise is
    built on an ironclad defense.
[04:42] miw
    In order to breach their defense,
[04:46] miw
    we need you to shine
    as brightly as you can, Kaocchi.
[04:55] miw
    Kaocchi?
[04:57] zai
    Y-Yes!
[04:58] miw
    Pull it together, everyone.
    Let's go win another match!
[05:02] all
    Yes, ma'am!
[05:16] sak
    Captain!
[05:17] ish
    Yeah!
[05:21] sak
    Where's Zaizen?
[05:22] tsu
    He went to the bathroom.
[05:23] sak
    Good, because...
[05:25] mor
    Today's the anniversary...
[05:26] ish
    ...of Zaizen's mom's death?
[05:28] ish
    Why didn't he say something?
[05:29] sat
    Yeah, how come?
[05:30] ish
    There's only one thing we can do.
[05:33] ish
    Provide support for Zaizen!
[05:35] sak
    We'll send everything his way...
[05:36] tsu
    ...and help him score...
[05:37] yos
    ...to cheer him up!
[05:39] ish
    Our team will win.
[05:40] tad
    And we'll advance from the preliminaries!
[05:41] ume
    Sounds good. I bet his mother
    would like that, too.
[05:49] zai
    Sorry for making you all wait.
[05:53] all
    All right!
[05:55] ish
    That's my cue as captain!
[05:58] ish
    Fujimi—
[05:58] ume
    Victory at any cost!
[06:01] ume
    Fujimi High!
[06:03] all
    Fight!
[06:06] tad
    All right, I'm pumped!
[06:08] tsu
    I can taste victory already.
[06:12] ish
    Huh? I haven't said anything yet...
[06:19] tad
    There's the cross!
[06:21] sak
    It looks good!
[06:29] ito
    With your build, I bet you're
    pretty confident in the air.
[06:34] ito
    But quite frankly, you've got
    no chance when you're facing us.
[06:38] zai
    Bastard.
[06:41] tach
    No wonder those center backs are called
    the "Double Wall of Kuraishi High."
[06:46] koz
    They're both physically strong,
    and they cover a wide range on the pitch.
[06:50] ibu
    Hm...
[06:51] tak
    Well, I could easily obliterate them.
[06:57] tad
    Aoyama!
[06:59] ric
    Their defense is quick to hound him!
[07:00] koz
    Their anti-Aoyama strategy's good, too!
[07:03] ric
    They have a good defense.
[07:07] ric
    He was pushed out of it again!
[07:11] koz
    A long ball!
[07:13] ish
    Oh no!
[07:16] zai
    Dammit!
[07:20] no9
    Gotcha!
[07:24] ric
    They executed that counter perfectly!
[07:26] tak
    So Kuraishi High School has taken the lead.
[07:30] ito
    This match is as good as ours.
[07:32] tak
    Kuraishi High School has won every
    match so far without conceding.
[07:37] tak
    Even scoring one goal won't be easy.
SIGN    Fujimi
SIGN    Kuraishi
[07:41] ito
    It's good that we took the lead
    in the first half, but...
[07:44] hor
    I would have liked to get
    another one or two goals.
[07:47] ito
    We need to be extra careful
    of Aoyama in the second half.
[08:01] kid
    Ow!
[08:03] mom
    Kazu-kun!
[08:05] mom
    You scraped your leg.
    We need to rinse it off.
[08:10] zai
    She was always into something.
[08:14] zai
    Once she caught the bug for it,
    she was blind to everything else.
[08:18] zai
    Because of that, it was always Jeeves
    who took me to and from kindergarten.
[08:22] zai
    But I was glad to just have her around.
[08:26] (Flashback) zai
    Mother! I got into the starting eleven
    for the next match!
[08:37] (Flashback) zai
    Jeeves, where's Mother?
[08:41] (Flashback) jee
    Young Master Kaoru...
[08:44] (Flashback) jee
    Your mother has gone to a faraway place.
[08:55] zai
    Once this match is over, Aoyama will also...
[08:58] zai
    Dammit!
[09:00] zai
    We will win today's match!
[09:03] zai
    That will be my parting gift
    to her and Aoyama!
[09:08] mac
    Congratulations! You're a winner!
[09:12] zai
    What the hell's going on?
[09:15] zai
    This is too much! You're broken, yo!
SIGN    Zaizen Shiori
SIGN    I'm Kaoru's mother
SIGN    Shoot for victory at Nationals!
SIGN    Fujimi High School Eleven
[09:28] zai
    Dwelling on it won't help!
[09:30] ish
    Zaizen!
[09:30] zai
    Right now, I need to focus on the game!
[09:40] miw
    Jeez, what are you doing?
[09:43] sak
    Zaizen, back pass!
[09:45] zai
    Crap!
[09:47] miw
    I'm counting on your aerial prowess
    to get past that defensive wall!
[09:53] ref
    Corner to Kuraishi High School!
[09:58] all
    Kuraishi scores!
[10:03] zai
    Crap!
[10:04] mok
    That's Kuraishi High School's second goal.
[10:14] mok
    I can't believe Aoyama-kun's
    pushing forward this early in the game.
[10:18] miw
    He must be feeling the heat, too.
[10:21] ish
    Their closing down is almost instant!
[10:23] zai
    Aoyama, pass it to me! That's too risky!
[10:28] tad
    I guess he took one touch too many.
[10:32] zai
    Even for you, that was reckless!
[10:37] zai
    What?
[10:40] aoy
    It would have been pointless to
    pass to you in your current state.
[10:44] zai
    What?
[10:45] ish
    The ball!
[10:47] (Flashback) kid
    Zaizen, the ball!
[10:57] (Flashback) zai
    I missed?
[11:01] (Flashback) zai
    Why aren't you here...
[11:03] (Flashback) zai
    ...Mother?
[11:05] ish
    Zaizen!
[11:09] zai
    Crap!
[11:13] ish
    We've been caught upfield. Fall back!
[11:17] zai
    Damn, what's wrong with me?!
[11:20] kur
    Go for the counter!
[11:22] ito
    All right, good!
[11:25] ito
    The most dangerous thing
    about their team is
[11:27] ito
    Aoyama's explosive offense
    in the last five minutes.
[11:31] ito
    The key is how far ahead
    we are by that point.
[11:35] ito
    We can't relax with a mere two-goal lead!
[11:41] ito
    A three-goal lead will do it, though!
[11:44] zai
    Not on my watch!
[11:46] itou
    This is checkmate!
[11:49] zai
    Oh no!
[11:51] ito
    Got it!
[12:12] ric
    Aoyama put his body on the line to stop it!
[12:16] tak
    Hmph, Fujimi High School barely survived.
[12:20] sak
    That was amazing, Aoyama!
[12:21] tsu
    You saved us!
[12:25] zai
    Hey! Are you okay?!
[12:27] aoy
    Stay away.
[12:29] sak
    Hey, those stains...
[12:33] tsu
    You can't play like that.
[12:36] zai
    It's my fault.
[12:39] zai
    It's because I screwed up.
[12:40] aoy
    Zaizen-san.
[12:43] aoy
    If you don't want to win,
    please get yourself substituted.
[12:49] (Flashback) zai
    Let's do our best tomorrow.
[12:55] zai
    Are you kidding me, Aoyama?
[13:03] zai
    I am...
[13:08] zai
    ...not leaving this game!
[13:16] tad
    How stupid do you have to be
    to headbutt the goalpost?!
[13:20] zai
    Let go of me!
[13:21] ish
    All right, just calm down!
[13:26] hor
    Is his head okay? In all senses of the word.
[13:29] ito
    Forget about the idiotic headbutter.
[13:31] ito
    What's huge is that Aoyama being
    dirty has rendered him sluggish.
[13:36] ito
    We have this match in the bag.
[13:39] mok
    Aoyama-kun, if you're that dirty...
[13:43] zai
    Listen up!
[13:47] zai
    Fujimi High School is
    not just Aoyama's team.
[13:54] zai
    Damn that Aoyama.
[13:56] (Flashback) aoy
    If you don't want to win,
    please get yourself substituted.
[14:02] zai
    I don't want to win?
[14:05] zai
    Of course I want...
[14:09] zai
    ...to win!
[14:14] ito
    This guy!
[14:16] hor
    Too bad.
[14:18] mok
    They took it!
[14:20] ito
    Now that Aoyama's sluggish,
    this is our chance!
[14:23] ish
    A counterattack's coming!
[14:26] hor
    This is the end!
[14:39] zai
    How do you like that?!
[14:43] guy
    He stopped their counter with his face!
[14:45] guy2
    He's got guts!
[14:48] miw
    Looks like you got over whatever
    was bothering you, Kaocchi!
[14:51] zai
    Ow.
[14:54] aoy
    Your soccer is so dirty.
[14:59] zai
    You moron.
[15:02] zai
    This sort of stuff is my job.
[15:07] zai
    Let's win this match.
[15:09] aoy
    Of course.
[15:20] ric
    They keep passing the ball around
    to chip away at Fujimi's stamina.
[15:24] tak
    This is the extent of this team's abilities
    when their ace, Aoyama, isn't performing.
[15:31] koz
    There're less than ten minutes left.
    They intend to let the clock run down.
[15:36] ric
    At this rate, Fujimi will lose.
[15:39] zai
    Damn it all!
[15:42] zai
    We need to score right now!
[15:45] zai
    So I won't let them tell me
    they're at their limit!
[15:49] zai
    My legs are like this,
[15:51] zai
    and my head's fuzzy from being oxygen
    deprived because I've run around too much.
[15:55] guy
    Itou-san!
[15:59] zai
    But you know what?
[16:01] zai
    Compared to when I was moping around,
[16:04] zai
    this is a lot better!
[16:06] ito
    Son of a...
[16:07] sak
    Nice, Zaizen!
[16:09] ish
    Time for us to counter!
[16:11] itou
    Stop their number 5!
[16:14] guy
    Die!
[16:17] tad
    I won't let you stop me so easily!
[16:22] tad
    Captain!
[16:24] ish
    Too far!
[16:25] yos
    He can't make that!
[16:28] tsu
    That idiot!
[16:30] sak
    That was our only chance!
[16:35] zai
    Aoyama!
[16:35] ito
    I thought he couldn't move!
[16:38] miw
    It's the last five minutes!
[16:46] hor
    I'm still on you!
[16:56] hor
    Where are you aiming?
[16:57] hor
    There's nobody over there!
[17:00] miw
    Kaocchi!
[17:05] zai
    This ball...
[17:07] zai
    I will make it count!
[17:13] zai
    My leg!
[17:20] zai
    After we've come so far?!
[17:22] aoy
    Zaizen-san.
[17:26] all
    Zaizen!
[17:27] ume
    Zaizen-san.
[17:28] all
    Zaizen!
[17:29] all
    Zaizen!
[17:34] zai
    Mother!
[17:40] mom
    You can do it, Kaoru!
SIGN    Fujimi
SIGN    Kuraishi
[18:07] tac
    Fujimi High won again, huh?
[18:16] ibu
    Par for the course, no?
[18:18] ric
    I just remembered our
     first training match.
[18:23] mom
    Show me your leg already!
[18:25] zai
    It's fine. I just pulled a muscle.
[18:28] zai
    Anyway, why'd you bother showing up now?
[18:32] ish
    Haven't we seen that person before?
[18:35] tad
    Wasn't she in the picture Zaizen had?
[18:42] tsu
    Zaizen's mom?!
[18:45] mom
    Yes?
[18:46] yos
    She's fit as a fiddle!
[18:48] sak
    Then why'd you visit the graveyard
    this morning? Talk about misleading!
[18:52] zai
    That was to honor our ancestors.
[18:54] zai
    Dadd—I mean, Father only
    had time to go this morning.
[18:58] tsu
    Give us back the energy we wasted on
    being worried about you! You idiot!
[19:02] zai
    What are you even talking about?!
[19:04] mom
    I'm relieved to see you having fun.
[19:08] zai
    After all this time? I don't care if you
    were volunteering or whatever!
[19:12] zai
    Where have you been this whole time?
[19:16] mom
    At first, I meant to come back straight away.
[19:22] mom
    But before I knew it, it had been five years.
[19:25] zai
    You're always like this!
[19:28] mom
    I came to see you score a goal today.
[19:35] mom
    I was really watching.
[19:39] (Flashback) zai
    I'm going to score a goal
    for you as a present!
[19:53] mom
    A present five years in the making.
[19:57] zai
    You remembered.
[20:02] zai
    You're so late, Mother.
[20:12] jee
    Madam, I've come to pick you up!
[20:24] mom
    Okay, I'm off to Brazil now.
[20:31] mom
    Bye!
[20:32] zai
    Mother!
[20:37] zai
    Mother...
[20:55] zai
    Aoyama.
[20:59] zai
    What are you going to do about the team?
[21:01] zai
    You're joining a youth club, right?
[21:05] aoy
    I'm not, though.
[21:06] zai
    Really?!
[21:11] (Flashback) man
    It seems you don't understand
    your own position here.
[21:17] (Flashback) man
    You're already carrying the future
    of Japanese soccer on your shoulders.
[21:22] (Flashback) man
    Why is a player who's going to be
    the jewel in Japan's crown
[21:25] (Flashback) man
    not playing for a renowned school
    or a youth club,
[21:31] (Flashback) man
    instead of here at Fujimi High School?
[21:38] aoy
    I...
[21:41] aoy
    ...like white uniforms.
[21:45] mok
    The white of cleanliness!
[21:48] team
    Clean! Clean! A-o-ya-ma!
[21:52] mok
    Aoyama-kun likes white.
[21:55] team
    He li-kes wh-i-te!
[22:02] all
    Are you kidding us?!
[23:18] zai
    Picking a team based on the uniform
[23:21] zai
    is so idiotic that I'm mad at
    myself for being worried.
[23:27] zai
    You damn germaphobic, whimsical fool.