# 8 - You Will Win No Matter What
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**[00:01] Yu**
I-I'm home.
**[00:11] Kazuki**
Welcome back, Yu.
**[00:13] Miwa**
Yu-kun, good goin' today.
**[00:17] Niko**
Wha?
**[00:18] Niko**
What in the actual hell are you wearing?!
**[00:21] Kazuki**
I believe we said we'd support him.
**[00:24] Miwa**
So we decided to dress in aprons just like him!
**[00:26] Niko**
Say what?
**[00:27] Yu**
How nice of you!
**[00:29] Yu**
You were so bad at housework
before I came here, too!
**[00:38] Kazuki**
I'm afraid... dinner will
take longer than usual.
**[00:42] Miwa**
Y-You can take a shower if ya want.
**[00:45] Niko**
Why're you so committed to making
*this* home-cooked disaster?
**[00:48] Kazuki**
Hah!
**[00:49] Kazuki**
I'd never stoop to serving
takeout or instant meals!
**[00:52] Miwa**
Me neither! Me neither!
**[00:54] Yu**
*You two made this for me?*
**[00:59] Yu**
*This tastes amazing!*
**[01:04] Niko**
Hold on...
**[01:05] Niko**
Did you just assume
everything would go your way?
***SIGN*** Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze
***SIGN*** home.08 You Will Win No Matter What
**[02:44] Niko**
Now they're sulking.
**[02:46] Yu**
Um...
**[02:47] Yu**
Kazuki-san, Miwa-san.
**[02:49] Yu**
If you want, I'll teach you how to cook.
**[02:53] Kazuki**
You presume to teach me?
**[02:55] Miwa**
Stay in your lane.
**[02:56] Yu**
But I don't want all your effort
to go to waste. Right, Niko-san?
**[03:01] Niko**
Huh? Y-Yeah, sure.
**[03:04] Niko**
I probably won't get another
opportunity to taste their cooking.
**[03:08] Yu**
Even Niko-san is excited!
**[03:10] Niko**
I didn't put it that way!
**[03:16] Kazuki**
We boil it for three minutes?
**[03:18] Yu**
Yup.
**[03:19] Yu**
If you memorize the recipe,
there'll be less room for mistakes.
**[03:24] Yu**
Way to go, Kazuki-san! After learning all
those scripts, you're a pro at memorizing!
**[03:28] Kazuki**
O-Of course I am.
**[03:31] Yu**
Miwa-san.
**[03:32] Yu**
It's easier to peel if you move
the vegetable against the knife blade.
**[03:38] Miwa**
Yes, sir.
**[03:44] Miwa**
Sheesh, I only say "sir" to my shogi master!
**[03:48] Yu**
You're extra polite with your master?
**[03:50] Miwa**
I'd never speak casually to him!
**[03:55] Yu**
* Even prodigies work hard*
* at things they're not good at.*
**[04:02] Yu**
*I can't give up either!*
***SIGN*** Pad Krapow with Ground Chicken and Multigrain Rice
**[04:08] All**
It's done!
**[04:11] Niko**
*My favorite dish...*
**[04:14] Niko**
*Did those two really try making this for me?*
**[04:19] Niko**
* Too bad the first attempt*
* was burned beyond recognition.*
**[04:22] Kazuki**
Here.
**[04:24] Kazuki**
Eat up before it gets cold.
**[04:32] Niko**
This is good!
**[04:35] Yu**
Thanks for the meal.
**[04:39] Yu**
Huh?
**[04:41] Yu**
Uh...
**[04:43] Yu**
S-Sorry!
**[04:45] Yu**
*My arm's given out from too much training.*
**[04:49] Miwa**
You're such a klutz. Here.
**[04:54] Yu**
M-Miwa-san?
**[04:55] Miwa**
Here! Go on!
**[05:02] Yu**
This tastes great!
**[05:10] Kazuki**
Yu.
**[05:16] Kazuki**
Here.
**[05:20] Yu**
Y-You too, Kazuki-san?
**[05:27] Yu**
Thank you.
**[05:31] Kazuki**
*We're usually the ones...*
**[05:33] Miwa**
*...who have things given to us.*
**[05:36] Kazuki**
*But being the giver...*
**[05:38] Miwa**
*...feels kinda nice.*
***SIGN*** They've Awakened to Something
**[05:42] Niko**
*I-I've never seen them like this before!*
**[05:46] Yu**
*I'm flattered, but this is a bit embarrassing.*
***SIGN*** Three Days Until The Match
**[05:52] Kazuki**
Good work today.
**[05:54] Kazuki**
Yu. Here's a towel.
**[05:57] Miwa**
Workin' hard, Yu-kun?
**[05:59] Miwa**
Here are some lemon slices
in honey for your fatigue.
**[06:02] Yu**
Thanks a lot, Kazuki-san, Miwa-san.
**[06:06] Niko**
*They're still going at it.*
**[06:06] Kazuki overlap**
You're pretty stiff here.
**[06:08] Miwa overlap**
Open wide!
**[06:08] Niki**
*I'm losing my mind.*
**[06:10] Niko**
Yu!
**[06:12] Niko**
It's getting real late.
We should call it a day.
**[06:15] Yu**
No, Niko-san. I can keep going!
**[06:19] Niko**
Oh, in that case, I'll join you a while longer.
***SIGN*** Two Days Until the Match
**[06:30] Hayato**
*Niko.*
**[06:31] Hayato**
*I hope you grow stronger the next time we meet.*
**[06:35] (Flashback) Niko**
Of course I will, Tatsumi-senpai.
**[06:38] (Flashback) Niko**
Being strong is everything to me.
**[06:41] (Flashback) Niko**
Senpai, I'm not going to your school!
**[06:50] Niko**
Hi, Senpai.
**[06:53] Hayato**
Niko, you...
**[06:56] Hayato**
You've become weak.
**[06:58] Niko**
S-Sorry. I promise to train more.
**[07:01] Hayato**
It's not that.
**[07:02] Hayato**
It's not about karate.
I'm talking about your spirit.
**[07:06] Hayato**
You're relying on someone else's
strength to make a choice.
**[07:09] Hayato**
It's pathetic.
**[07:12] Hayato**
You're not this weak, Niko.
**[07:21] Hayato**
In two days,
**[07:23] Hayato**
I'll defeat Ayase-kun and beat you
back into shape at my school.
**[07:36] Niko**
I see you're actually punching harder.
**[07:39] Yu**
Thanks!
**[07:42] (Flashback) Hayato**
You're relying on someone else's strength.
**[07:44] (Flashback) Hayato**
It's pathetic.
**[07:48] Niko**
Sorry, Yu.
**[07:51] Niko**
You're going through all this grief
because I said something out of character.
**[07:56] Yu**
Out of character?
**[07:57] Niko**
Yeah.
**[07:59] Niko**
I'm the one who's supposed to be stronger.
**[08:03] (Flashback) Hayato**
Niko! Let's be the best
in martial arts together.
**[08:08] (Flashback) Mr. Mikadono**
Focus only on being strong, Niko.
**[08:12] Niko**
* People have always wanted me to be strong,*
* because strength is my talent.*
**[08:18] (Flashback) Buzzcut**
We're counting on you, Captain!
**[08:20] (Flashback) Ponytail**
We know you can do it, Captain!
**[08:23] Niko**
* Everyone sees me as someone*
* they can pin their hopes on.*
**[08:28] Niko**
*Yes, I do want to be strong.*
**[08:32] Niko**
*But... That's not all that I am.*
**[08:38] Niko**
*I do get scared taking on huge guys.*
**[08:41] Niko**
*I do get tempted by cute stuff.*
**[08:44] Hayato**
*You're not this weak, Niko.*
**[08:47] Mr. Mikadono**
*You don't need to be feminine.*
**[08:49] Mr. Mikadono**
*You're far too strong for that.*
**[08:52] Niko**
*So I ended up...*
**[08:55] Niko**
* being someone too indecisive*
* to go either way.*
**[08:59] Niko**
* "Niko Mikadono isn't feminine.*
* That's not the real me."*
**[09:04] Niko**
*That's what I always told myself.*
**[09:09] Niko**
Sorry for getting you mixed up in this, Yu.
**[09:12] Yu**
No, I was the one who
challenged Tatsumi-senpai.
**[09:17] Yu**
But putting that aside...
**[09:20] Yu**
You're "out of character"
far more often than you realize.
**[09:27] Niko**
D-Dumbass!
**[09:30] Niko**
You know that's not true.
**[09:31] Yu**
Is that what you think?
**[09:34] Yu**
When I first met you,
**[09:36] Yu**
I thought you were a real live monster.
**[09:41] Yu**
But you turned out to be prim and proper.
**[09:43] Yu**
And you were curious about beauty and fashion.
**[09:57] Niko**
Cut that out now!
**[09:59] Niko**
I never asked you to watch me like a hawk!
**[10:02] Yu**
Sorry, those things just caught my eye.
**[10:04] Yu**
You're so strong, so it was
like seeing a new side of you.
**[10:09] Niko**
*A new side... of me?*
**[10:13] Niko**
That's the last thing I'd want you to see.
**[10:16] Niko**
It'd be too weird.
**[10:18] Yu**
I never thought it was weird. Not even once.
**[10:23] Yu**
*All* your sides contribute
to making you what you are.
**[10:27] Yu**
There's no wrong or right side to you.
**[10:30] Yu**
Right?
**[10:32] Yu**
You're strong but sometimes vulnerable.
That's the real Niko-san.
**[10:40] Niko**
You jackass!
**[10:46] Niko**
You're...
**[10:49] Niko**
You're the only one...
who would say that about me.
**[10:56] Niko**
I wanna make my own choices
about my own life.
**[11:00] Niko**
At the same time, I want you to help me, too.
**[11:04] Niko**
Honestly...
**[11:06] Niko**
I'm so indecisive.
**[11:13] Yu**
You got it, Niko-san!
**[11:16] Yu**
If that's what you want...
**[11:20] Yu**
Then the two of us will fight him.
**[11:27] Niko**
W-We can't, Yu! That's completely unfair!
**[11:32] Yu**
Leave everything to me.
***SIGN*** Rehearsal in Progress
**[11:35] Actor**
What's wrong with Kazuki-sama?
**[11:38] Actor**
She's unusually nervous, but why?
**[11:42] Kazuki**
*Niko...*
**[11:47] Commentator**
Is it just me, or is Mikadono
rushing her match?
**[11:51] Miwa**
*Yu-kun...*
**[11:53] Miwa**
*Once this is over...*
**[11:54] Kazuki**
*I'm going straight to your match!*
**[11:54] Miwa**
*I'm going straight to your match!*
***SIGN*** Good luck!
***SIGN*** Go get him!
***SIGN*** Mikadono-san!
**[12:02] Hayato**
What's the meaning of this, Niko?
**[12:05] Vice Captain**
Why is Captain Mikadono
standing beside Ayase?
**[12:08] Buzzcut**
I thought he was supposed
to fight Tatsumi-senpai alone.
**[12:12] Hayato**
What? You want another handicap, Ayase-kun?
**[12:15] Yu**
That's right!
**[12:17] Yu**
We want two matches, Tatsumi-senpai.
**[12:21] Yu**
You want Niko-san to come to your
school to become stronger, correct?
**[12:26] Hayato**
Yeah.
**[12:27] Yu**
But if Niko-san wins against you,
then you don't need to recruit her.
**[12:30] Yu**
Therefore, she gets to stay
if either of us beat you!
**[12:36] Vice Captain**
*He's cheap.*
**[12:37] Buzzcut**
*Way too underhanded.*
**[12:41] Hayato**
Fine.
**[12:43] Hayato**
Niko, I'll take you on too.
**[12:46] Yu**
Thank you very much!
***SIGN*** Recording
**[12:48] Yu**
Good, got that on tape.
**[12:51] Student A**
That kid...
**[12:53] Student B**
He made it a two-on-one fight after
banning his opponent's right hand and foot?
**[12:57] Student A**
He's so crooked.
**[12:59] Niko**
Hey, you're turning into the villain.
**[13:02] Yu**
A villain? Fine by me.
**[13:06] Yu**
This is all part of my plan
to protect you, Niko-san.
**[13:11] Niko**
All you do is take cheap shots.
**[13:12] Yu**
Tatsumi-senpai is the top athlete
in high school karate.
**[13:16] Yu**
I'll go first and hurt him enough
to give you an advantage.
**[13:21] Niko**
But that just means
you're the sacrificial lamb.
**[13:26] Yu**
That way, you'll win
no matter what, Niko-san!
**[13:29] Judge**
Starting the first match.
**[13:31] Yu**
Coming!
**[13:45] Vice Captain**
C-Captain?
**[13:50] Niko**
Don't be scared!
**[13:54] Crowd**
What gives?
**[13:55] Crowd**
What's keeping him?
**[13:57] Niko**
Are you leaving or not?
**[13:59] Yu**
Sorry. I thought you were going
to say one more thing.
**[14:03] Niko**
That was it!
**[14:06] Niko**
Now get out there!
**[14:10] Niko**
And good luck.
**[14:12] Yu**
Thanks!
**[14:18] Hayato**
I swear I will take Niko with me, you rat.
**[14:22] Yu**
Call me whatever you want.
**[14:25] Yu**
I'll show you the fruits
of training for a whole week
**[14:28] Yu**
with Niko-san!
**[14:30] Judge**
Begin!
**[14:35] Vice Captain**
Yeah...
**[14:36] Buzzcut**
I don't know what I expected.
**[14:37] Ponytail**
He only trained for a week, after all.
**[14:40] Yu**
Sorry, Niko-san, for losing so horribly.
**[14:43] Niko**
You definitely made the
right choice bringing me too.
**[14:48] Niko**
* For what it's worth, he did*
* do his best for that one week.*
**[14:53] Niko**
Fine. I'll get us out of this mess.
**[14:56] Yu**
Thanks.
**[14:59] Niko**
*Not that I can talk.*
**[15:02] Niko**
* It was only a week ago that Senpai*
* completely trounced me, too.*
**[15:07] Niko**
*If I lose to him again this time...*
**[15:18] Yu**
Niko-san.
**[15:20] Yu**
I'll see you later!
**[15:42] Judge**
We will now hold the match between
Hayato Tatsumi and Niko Mikadono!
**[15:47] Judge**
Begin!
**[15:52] Vice Captain**
Captain Mikadono lands the first hit!
**[15:54] Buzzcut**
She's fast!
**[15:56] Niko**
* His greatest advantage*
* is the long reach of his kicks.*
**[16:00] Niko**
*I have to keep getting close and pound him!*
**[16:07] Vice Captain**
Look!
**[16:08] Vice Captain**
Tatsumi-senpai's completely on the defensive!
**[16:10] Vice Captain**
No boy can match Captain's speed!
**[16:13] Buzzcut**
She may be short,
**[16:14] Buzzcut**
but she combines speed and precision
with conventional karate techniques.
**[16:17] Buzzcut**
That's why we call her
the Thunderbolt of Saika!
**[16:20] Vice Captain**
Who calls her that?
**[16:23] Niko**
*What's going on?*
**[16:24] Niko**
*Why isn't he trying to attack me?*
**[16:27] Niko**
*Instead, he's blocking all my hits.*
**[16:31] Niko**
* It's like he's telling me he knows*
* every move I'll hit him with.*
**[16:38] Vice Captain**
Captain Mikadono!
**[16:39] Ponytail**
A middle punch!
**[16:40] Buzzcut**
Tatsumi-senpai scores a point!
**[16:44] Hayato**
* Niko. I've watched you fight*
* ever since we were kids.*
**[16:49] Hayato**
*Yes, your speed is overwhelming,*
**[16:52] Hayato**
* and your style of karate is dazzling—*
* a textbook example of how to fight.*
**[16:57] Hayato**
* But that is why I know your offensive*
* patterns like the back of my hand.*
**[17:03] Teammate**
Get him!
**[17:04] Teammate**
Captain!
**[17:05] Niko**
I'm still in it!
**[17:06] Hayato**
*You never think to stray from convention.*
**[17:14] All**
Captain!
**[17:17] Hayato**
Niko, you really are honest to a fault.
**[17:28] Judge**
Middle punch! One point!
**[17:30] Ponytail**
If he scores one more point,
our captain loses!
**[17:33] Vice Captain**
There's nothing she can do.
**[17:35] Buzzcut**
Is Tatsumi-senpai really this tough to beat?
**[17:38] Niko**
*My karate's useless against him.*
**[17:42] Hayato**
Niko.
**[17:44] Hayato**
Surely this is enough. Just come with me.
**[17:47] Hayato**
I can't stand seeing you this weak.
**[17:53] Niko**
*Senpai's right.*
**[17:56] Niko**
*I can't look like this much of a loser.*
**[18:00] Niko**
* If I want to be strong, I have no choice*
* but to go to Senpai's...*
**[18:05] Yu**
Niko-san!
**[18:07] Yu**
All together, guys!
**[18:10] Yu**
Niko-san!
***SIGN*** Must Win
***SIGN*** Hold Your Head High
***SIGN*** Hold Your Head High
**[18:11] Yu**
Don't give up!
**[18:14] Vice Captain**
Why're you making us do this?
**[18:16] Yu**
Do you want Niko-san to lose?
**[18:18] Buzzcut**
This'll help her win?
**[18:20] Yu**
Niko-san, you got this!
**[18:22] Niko**
*Damn it, Yu! You're embarrassing both of us!*
**[18:23] Yu overlap**
Let's go, Niko-san!
**[18:26] Yu overlap**
Go get him!
**[18:27] Niko**
*Actually...*
***SIGN*** Gasp Gasp
***SIGN*** Tremble
***SIGN*** Hop Hop
**[18:29] Niko**
* He was always this weird*
* during our training sessions.*
**[18:36] Niko**
* It's not like me to laugh*
* during a match, either.*
**[18:39] (Flashback) Yu**
You're strong but sometimes vulnerable.
That's the real Niko-san.
**[18:47] Niko**
*He's right.*
**[18:50] Niko**
*My real self...*
**[18:53] Niko**
*isn't just one side or the other!*
**[18:56] Hayato**
*Did something just change about her?*
**[19:04] Hayato**
*From the right?*
**[19:06] Hayato**
*You're so easy to read—*
**[19:10] Vice Captain**
An upper kick?
**[19:12] Buzzcut**
Captain!
**[19:13] Hayato**
*A feint? From Niko?!*
**[19:17] Hayato**
*This time...*
**[19:19] Hayato**
*she's going for a straight torso jab!*
**[19:21] Hayato**
*A straightforward hit I can block!*
**[19:28] Both**
A backhanded blow!
**[19:30] Hayato**
Niko?
**[19:33] Yu**
What a power move!
That's the Niko-san we know!
**[19:36] Vice Captain**
No, it's not!
**[19:38] Vice Captain**
I've never seen her do those
tricky moves before in a match!
**[19:42] Vice Captain**
She's so conventional,
she practically wrote the textbook.
**[19:45] Buzzcut**
She used to obsess over
sticking to form during matches.
**[19:50] Yu**
*Niko-san...*
**[19:52] Yu**
*You're smiling.*
**[19:55] Judge**
Captain Mikadono, two points!
**[19:58] Hayato**
*I can't tell what she'll do next.*
**[20:00] Hayato**
*She's definitely changed.*
**[20:06] Kazuki**
*Niko...*
**[20:07] Miwa**
*Niko-chan!*
**[20:11] Hayato**
What's going on, Niko?
**[20:13] Hayato**
This isn't like you at all!
**[20:16] Niko**
This isn't like the me you know?
**[20:27] Niko**
Well, this side of me is me, too!
**[20:45] Judge**
Full points!
**[20:47] Judge**
Winner, Captain Mikadono!
**[20:50] Buzzcut**
A-An upper kick!
**[20:52] Vice Captain**
Captain Mikadono won!
**[20:55] Vice Captain**
She was one hit away from losing!
***SIGN*** Fight!
***SIGN*** My Precious
Fave
***SIGN*** Victory
***SIGN*** Captain
Forever
**[20:57] Buzzcut**
You're amazing, Captain!
**[21:00] Iwayama member**
C-Captain Tatsumi, the top
high school player... just lost?
**[21:07] Niko**
*I won...*
**[21:08] Yu**
Niko-san!
**[21:10] Buzzcut**
Captain!
**[21:15] Niko**
Yu...
**[21:20] Niko**
Thank heavens.
**[21:22] Yu**
Niko-san!
**[21:23] Vice Captain**
Captain?
**[21:29] Yu**
Glad you're here.
**[21:32] Niko**
Yu...
**[21:37] Niko**
G-Glad to be back.
**[21:47] Niko**
*What am I doing? This isn't like me!*
**[21:51] Yu**
Niko-san?
**[21:52] Niko**
Can it.
**[21:55] Niko**
I'm allowed to cry after a win...
once in a while.
**[22:01] Yu**
Sure.
**[22:14] [SONG] Credits**
Translation
Gad Onyeneho
Editing & Typesetting
Geoff Mazzolini
**[22:17] [SONG] Credits**
Subtitle Timing
Krzysztof Kunc
Quality Check
S. Bilyeu
Translation Check
Sriram Gurunathan