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22 - Meijin vs. Meijin

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[00:01] ---
    I never imagined that
    the boys you fought in Tokyo...
[00:04] ---
    ...would defeat Aila Jyrkiäinen
    and advance to the final round.
[00:10] ---
    Did you foresee this?
[00:11] ---
    I'm not that all-knowing.
[00:15] ---
    But working all night reminds me
    of being at the Gunpla Academy.
[00:20] ---
    It was hard as hell.
[00:23] ---
    Even in my dreams,
[00:24] ---
    I still recall the second Meijin's words...
[00:28] ---
    "Gunpla Battle is all about victory."
[00:31] ---
    "Even if the opponent is
    your friend or sibling,"
[00:34] ---
    "you must push them
    out of your way to win."
[00:39] ---
    Thanks to my severe experience
    at the Gunpla Academy,
[00:43] ---
    I succeeded as a builder.
[00:46] ---
    I'm grateful to the second Meijin.
[00:48] ---
    Of course, I'm grateful to him too.
[00:51] ---
    For being a bad example.
[00:54] ---
    A bad example? What do you mean?
[00:56] ---
    Our semifinals opponent is...
[00:59] ---
    ...Sir John Ayers Mackenzie,
    representing the UK.
[01:01] ---
    Y-Yeah.
[01:03] ---
    He's 78 years old,
[01:05] ---
    the oldest contestant
    in the tournament.
[01:08] ---
    And...
[01:09] ---
    a veteran fighter who fought
    deadly battles with the second Meijin.
[01:14] ---
    Commodore Mackenzie!
[01:16] ---
    Oh, Lieutenant Ral.
[01:19] ---
    Long time no see.
[01:20] ---
    Congratulations on
    advancing to the semifinals.
[01:23] ---
    My opponent is the third Meijin.
[01:26] ---
    I must have a fateful
    connection with Meijins.
[01:33] ---
    M-My heart...!
[01:34] ---
    Commodore?! Hang in there!
[01:38] ---
    Commodore!
[01:41] ---
    I covered up my weakness by acting tough
    Tsuyogari no uragawa ni yowasa wo kakushiteta
[01:46] ---
    But I won't run away anymore
    Nigenai yo korekara wa
[01:49] ---
    Let's fly once again into the sky
    Mou ichido ano sora e
[01:53] ---
    I built, destroyed, and built again
    Tsukuriagetemo kowashite mata tsukutte
[01:56] ---
    Hundreds of times (Again and again!)
    Nanbyakukai mo (Again and again!)
[01:59] ---
    But I knew what it felt like to lose
    Demo makeru itami ni naresugiteta
[02:03] ---
    I wanted to be recognized, spinning my wheels
    Mitomeraretakute karamawatte
[02:07] ---
    Even if I was just acting tough
    Tsuyogari miseta tokoro de
[02:09] ---
    But that just made me feel empty, you know?
    Sore ja jibun ga munashikunaru dake ja nai?
[02:15] ---
    Uh, let's go! (It's time to wake up!)
    Uh ikouka (It’s time to wake up!)
[02:17] ---
    Open your eyes, your strength is clear!
    Me wo samashina tsuyosa wa meikaku
[02:20] ---
    Break through destiny (Fight for yourself!)
    Sadame nante kowase (Fight for yourself!)
[02:22] ---
    Don't look away (Fly again!)
    Me sorasuna (Fly again!)
[02:25] ---
    When you wish to become stronger,
    Tsuyoku naritai to negau koto de
[02:30] ---
    Your wings that once trembled...
    Furueteta hane wa
[02:32] ---
    ...will cut through the darkness
    Yami wo kirisaiteku
[02:36] ---
    I won't be afraid, with you by my side
    Kimi ga iru kara mo kowakunai yo
[02:42] ---
    I grasp your hand in mine
    Sono te nigitte
[02:46] ---
    Because you told me...
    Yowasa datte
[02:47] ---
    ...that my weakness is my strength
    Kimi no tsuyosa to oshiete kureta kara
[02:53] ---
    I was able to stand up again
    Boku wa mata tachiagareta
[02:57] ---
    For you, I'll overcome all pain
    Kimi no tame nara donna itami mo koete
[03:04] ---
    GUNDAM BUILD FIGHTERS
    For you, I'll overcome all pain
    Kimi no tame nara donna itami mo koete
[03:04] ---
    GUNDAM BUILD FIGHTERS
    Let's start now, and fly into the sky once again
    Koko kara mou ichido ano sora e
[03:06] ---
    Let's start now, and fly into the sky once again
    Koko kara mou ichido ano sora e
[03:12] ---
    Sei. Reiji.
[03:14] ---
    We brought you lunch
    that we made together.
[03:17] ---
    I thought you'd be fed up with
    the meals in the players' village.
[03:21] ---
    Th-Thanks.
[03:24] ---
    What's wrong?
[03:25] ---
    U-Um...
[03:27] ---
    Wow!!
[03:29] ---
    Is that a "Japanese bento?!"
[03:34] ---
    I'm starving!
[03:36] ---
    Thank you.
[03:41] ---
    Sh-She has nowhere else to go,
[03:42] ---
    so she suddenly moved in yesterday!
[03:44] ---
    No way!
[03:46] ---
    Yeah, she can't stay here.
[03:48] ---
    After all, you're going out
    with China, right?
[03:53] ---
    I-I didn't mean it that way... We're not...!
[03:57] ---
    The rice balls are yummy!
[03:58] ---
    And she's just eating!
    And she's just eating!
[04:00] ---
    This is all chaos!
[04:04] ---
    Episode 22
    Meijin vs Meijin
[04:09] ---
    Boys and girls in the same room?
[04:11] ---
    I can't allow that!
[04:13] ---
    So until the tournament ends,
[04:17] ---
    Aila will stay at
    the inn where I'm staying.
[04:21] ---
    And after that...
[04:23] ---
    I'll stay at Sei's house.
[04:25] ---
    What? Our house?
[04:27] ---
    Yeah. Reiji said if I had
    nowhere to go, I could stay at Sei's.
[04:32] ---
    Reiji.
[04:33] ---
    Why didn't you ask me first?
[04:36] ---
    Why not, Sei's mom?
[04:39] ---
    I'm sorry. If it's too much trouble...
[04:45] ---
    I'm going to stay with you, then.
[04:47] ---
    Why do you say that?
[04:49] ---
    Take responsibility for your own words!
[04:53] ---
    It's no good.
[04:54] ---
    My home is in Arian.
[04:58] ---
    Arian?
[04:59] ---
    Apparently Arian is the name
    of a country in another world.
[05:03] ---
    Reiji is a prince there, right?
[05:07] ---
    Huh?
[05:08] ---
    Is that true?
[05:10] ---
    Impressed?
[05:15] ---
    Why don't you believe me?!
[05:21] ---
    Why don't you stay at the inn, too?
[05:23] ---
    Are you sure?
[05:25] ---
    The more, the merrier.
[05:30] ---
    Sheesh. Why does
    everyone laugh about it?
[05:33] ---
    So...
[05:34] ---
    What's your real story?
[05:36] ---
    Like I told you.
[05:41] ---
    Nils?
[05:43] ---
    I'm sorry to interrupt you.
[05:45] ---
    What do you want?
[05:47] ---
    I'd like to ask Reiji a favor.
[05:50] ---
    Me?
[05:53] ---
    What is it?
[05:54] ---
    Reiji, during yesterday's battle...
[06:00] ---
    What's that light?!
[06:01] ---
    What caused that phenomenon?
[06:04] ---
    What, that?
[06:06] ---
    This rock glowed.
[06:10] ---
    That's...
[06:12] ---
    Would you please lend me
    that gem for a little while?
[06:18] ---
    No problem.
[06:20] ---
    Thanks, Reiji.
[06:22] ---
    Does that gem...
[06:24] ---
    ...have something to do with the secret of the
    Plavsky particle that you're looking for?
[06:29] ---
    I can't tell until I analyze it,
[06:32] ---
    but I think it's possible.
[06:40] ---
    Grandpa!
[06:42] ---
    Julian?
[06:43] ---
    Lieutenant!
[06:45] ---
    Long time no see.
[06:46] ---
    J-Julian...
[06:49] ---
    Grandpa!
[06:50] ---
    Sorry I'm late.
[06:52] ---
    No, thank you for coming all this way.
[06:55] ---
    Sorry for the trouble.
[06:59] ---
    I'm relieved to see you're okay.
[07:03] ---
    I saw the championship on the news.
[07:06] ---
    You've made it to the semifinals.
[07:08] ---
    This is my first opportunity
    in my 78 years of life.
[07:13] ---
    But my next opponent is the Meijin.
[07:19] ---
    The Meijin?!
[07:20] ---
    Someone was chosen to be
    the third generation?
[07:23] ---
    Yes.
[07:24] ---
    And he's too strong for me...
[07:30] ---
    Grandpa!
[07:31] ---
    J-Julian...
[07:33] ---
    I don't have much time left.
[07:35] ---
    Don't say that.
[07:38] ---
    Please take this.
[07:41] ---
    Fight in my place.
[07:44] ---
    Grandpa, I quit Gunpla Battle.
[07:48] ---
    This is my last wish.
[07:51] ---
    Please.
[07:53] ---
    Julian.
[07:54] ---
    Win victory and honor
    for me and the Mackenzies!
[08:03] ---
    Grandpa?
[08:05] ---
    Grandpa!
[08:07] ---
    Please let him rest.
[08:14] ---
    This is unfair, Grandpa.
[08:17] ---
    If you ask me like that,
    I can't decline your request.
[08:21] ---
    And the battle is tomorrow.
[08:23] ---
    I don't even know
    what Gunpla I'll use...
[08:35] ---
    This Gunpla is...!
[08:40] ---
    Are you sure, Commodore?
[08:43] ---
    You just deceived your grandson.
[08:45] ---
    Whether it's wrong or right,
[08:47] ---
    I'm not good enough
    to defeat the Meijin.
[08:51] ---
    But Julian will...
[08:55] ---
    My grandson will...!
[08:56] ---
    You're persistent, as always.
[08:59] ---
    I just assessed the battlefield.
[09:04] ---
    I-I had no idea...
[09:07] ---
    You have no family,
    nor the means to earn money.
[09:11] ---
    You played Gunpla Battle to survive.
[09:14] ---
    I have a weakness for stories like that!
[09:19] ---
    Aila, you can stay at my house
    until you find someplace to live.
[09:24] ---
    Really?!
[09:25] ---
    Yeah!
[09:27] ---
    Besides, if you come to my house,
[09:29] ---
    you can be with Reiji.
[09:31] ---
    Wh-What?!
[09:35] ---
    What do you mean "what?"
[09:36] ---
    How cute.
[09:42] ---
    Grandpa always intended
    to give me this machine.
[09:48] ---
    But it's been three years.
[09:50] ---
    Can I do it?
[09:52] ---
    Are you looking for an opponent?
[09:55] ---
    Who are you?
[09:56] ---
    I'm Mao Yasaka, best 16
    in the World Tournament.
[10:01] ---
    If you like, shall I be your opponent?
[10:04] ---
    Is that okay?
[10:05] ---
    I haven't battled for a while,
    so I can't wait to fight!
[10:09] ---
    Thanks.
[10:11] ---
    But what's that Gunpla?
[10:14] ---
    The joints are worn out.
[10:16] ---
    I've used it for a long time.
[10:22] ---
    Are you ready?
[10:23] ---
    Yeah, I'm all set.
[10:26] ---
    I need to blow off some steam.
[10:31] ---
    So I'm playing in earnest!
[10:37] ---
    It's no good.
[10:39] ---
    With my limited equipment,
[10:41] ---
    I can't get much data on this gem.
[10:44] ---
    I'll have to ask my professor...
[10:45] ---
    ...to get me some help from
    this country's research institutes.
[10:49] ---
    Battle ended.
[10:53] ---
    A free battle?
[10:57] ---
    Th-That's...!
[11:00] ---
    The Gundam X Maoh!
[11:02] ---
    Mao! What happened to you?
[11:05] ---
    T-Too strong...
[11:07] ---
    What?
[11:10] ---
    That Gunpla is a monster.
[11:15] ---
    We got it working for now, but...
[11:17] ---
    ...it's only 80 percent complete.
[11:20] ---
    This will do.
[11:22] ---
    With this machine's potential,
    I could manage as it is.
[11:25] ---
    Chief Allan.
[11:26] ---
    Your opponent in the semifinals
    has changed their fighter.
[11:30] ---
    What?
[11:32] ---
    What's his name?
[11:33] ---
    His registry name is Julian Mackenzie.
[11:37] ---
    Julian?!
[11:38] ---
    Julian Mackenzie?!
[11:41] ---
    Kawaguchi...!
[11:42] ---
    Allan, in tomorrow's semifinals,
[11:47] ---
    we might lose.
[11:54] ---
    It's a mess.
[11:55] ---
    I can't believe any fighter
    could hurt Mao's Gunpla so much.
[12:00] ---
    Who the heck did it?
[12:02] ---
    Someone called Julian.
[12:05] ---
    He told me he's fighting
    in the semifinals tomorrow.
[12:08] ---
    In the semifinals?
[12:10] ---
    Which means that person
    must be Yuuki's opponent.
[12:16] ---
    Julian Mackenzie.
[12:19] ---
    He was the head student of the first class...
[12:22] ---
    ...at the Gunpla Academy, an elite
    training institution for Gunpla builders.
[12:25] ---
    Even people with world-level ability
    had trouble getting in.
[12:30] ---
    With his genius building skills,
[12:32] ---
    he was the closest to being the next Meijin.
[12:36] ---
    Yeah.
[12:37] ---
    I also thought he was worthy
    of being the third Meijin.
[12:42] ---
    But he suddenly quit the Academy,
[12:46] ---
    and disappeared from
    the Gunpla Battle scene.
[12:49] ---
    Three years later,
    the genius has returned.
[12:54] ---
    Kawaguchi, how many times
    did you fight him at the Academy?
[12:58] ---
    Seven times.
[13:00] ---
    The results?
[13:03] ---
    Zero wins, seven losses.
[13:06] ---
    Total defeat.
[13:09] ---
    Is it true, Lieutenant?!
[13:11] ---
    Yeah.
[13:12] ---
    The third Meijin Kawaguchi is...
[13:15] ---
    ...Tatsuya Yuuki.
[13:16] ---
    He's that youngster you
    looked after at the Gunpla Academy.
[13:21] ---
    No way...
[13:23] ---
    He loved Gunpla so much.
[13:26] ---
    Now he's inherited the Meijin name
    and the fiendish pursuit of victory?
[13:31] ---
    Why?
[13:33] ---
    Why, Tatsuya?
[13:38] ---
    Julian!
[13:42] ---
    Why did you quit the Academy?!
[13:45] ---
    I entered this academy
    to enjoy Gunpla.
[13:49] ---
    I couldn't live my life
    like the second Meijin,
[13:53] ---
    trampling friends and
    making enemies in order to win.
[13:59] ---
    You can think that I ran away.
[14:05] ---
    Julian.
[14:07] ---
    You quit Gunpla
    to protect your affection for it.
[14:11] ---
    But I want to find my own way...
[14:15] ---
    ...to keep my love for Gunpla.
[14:22] ---
    Tatsuya.
[14:24] ---
    Have you been captured
    by the second Meijin's ideology?
[14:29] ---
    Wallowing in carnage,
    seeking only victory...
[14:36] ---
    We now begin match two
    of the semifinals.
[14:41] ---
    He's the one Mao told us about.
[14:43] ---
    Yeah.
[14:44] ---
    Mr. Julian Mackenzie.
[14:47] ---
    Tatsuya.
[14:51] ---
    Julian.
[14:54] ---
    I made a promise to Grandpa.
[14:56] ---
    Suddenly, you've become
    my greatest obstacle.
[14:58] ---
    But more than that,
[14:59] ---
    I want to know why
    you became the third Meijin.
[15:03] ---
    I'll overcome you!
[15:05] ---
    Beginning Plavsky particle dispersal.
[15:14] ---
    Field 2, Desert.
[15:21] ---
    Yuuki brought a new Gunpla!
[15:25] ---
    It's a remodeled Gundam Exia.
[15:28] ---
    A third-generation mobile suit developed by
    the private armed organization, Celestial Being.
[15:33] ---
    Battle start.
[15:37] ---
    Meijin Kawaguchi,
    Amazing Exia, here I come!
[15:46] ---
    That's Julian's own machine,
    the Gundam F91 Imagine!
[16:13] ---
    They're not moving.
[16:14] ---
    No, they are.
[16:16] ---
    What?
[16:17] ---
    They've traded blows
    in their minds countless times.
[16:21] ---
    It's so intense I'm getting
    goose bumps all over.
[16:28] ---
    The Exia is on the move!
[16:30] ---
    Julian Mackenzie's F91 Imagine
    is supposedly invincible.
[16:39] ---
    But it's still an old Gunpla
    made three years ago!
[16:50] ---
    Darn!
[16:55] ---
    One machine turned into three?!
[16:57] ---
    They're just afterimages with mass.
[17:02] ---
    When the F91 moves at high speed,
[17:04] ---
    the Gunpla's paint peels off
    and creates afterimages.
[17:08] ---
    That's why it seemed to split.
[17:10] ---
    I saw this a long time ago.
[17:13] ---
    This is why Julian was called
    worthy of being the next Meijin.
[17:16] ---
    It's the "Back Jet Stream!"
[17:23] ---
    You've improved, Tatsuya!
[17:29] ---
    And you haven't lost your edge!
[17:42] ---
    Tatsuya!
[17:44] ---
    Why did you take on the name?
[17:46] ---
    Have you yielded to
    the second Meijin's ideology?!
[17:48] ---
    I'd never do it for such a reason!
[17:55] ---
    If you have another one,
    then show me.
[17:58] ---
    Your belief!
[18:00] ---
    Your determination!
[18:02] ---
    He's coming!
[18:03] ---
    Allan, I'm resigning as Meijin for now.
[18:06] ---
    What?!
[18:07] ---
    I'll overcome him as Tatsuya Yuuki!
[18:11] ---
    By doing so, I'll become
    the Meijin I'm aiming for!
[18:26] ---
    Gotcha!
[18:29] ---
    Darn!
[18:37] ---
    Back Jet Stream!
[18:40] ---
    Turn bright red, Exia!
[18:44] ---
    Trans-Am!
[19:42] ---
    Tatsuya!
[19:49] ---
    Darn!
[19:52] ---
    This is my...
[19:55] ---
    ...determination!
[20:03] ---
    He met all my attacks.
[20:07] ---
    This isn't the fighting style
    of the second Meijin.
[20:12] ---
    Tatsuya.
[20:13] ---
    You dared to become a Meijin, in order to
    transform Gunpla into what it should be?
[20:20] ---
    That's your determination?
[20:27] ---
    Battle ended.
[20:31] ---
    It was a splendid battle.
[20:33] ---
    Wow!
[20:35] ---
    Reiji is going to fight
    someone that strong?
[20:38] ---
    It's so exciting, Sei.
[20:40] ---
    That guy's our opponent
    in the final round!
[20:44] ---
    That was pretty reckless.
    The Trans-Am hadn't been adjusted yet.
[20:48] ---
    It was the only way to win.
[20:54] ---
    I'm completely defeated, Tatsuya.
[20:56] ---
    No,
[20:58] ---
    Meijin Kawaguchi the Third.
[21:02] ---
    Without these sunglasses,
[21:04] ---
    I'd have been shot down.
[21:06] ---
    You should thank the Meijin's costume.
[21:09] ---
    Julian, won't you come back to Gunpla?
[21:14] ---
    It was going to be a one-time thing,
    but that seems unlikely.
[21:18] ---
    I can't stay away
    from something this fun.
[21:23] ---
    Meijin, let's battle again someday.
[21:28] ---
    Of course.
[21:34] ---
    Julian will play Gunpla again...
[21:38] ---
    I should thank the third Meijin for that.
[21:42] ---
    Hey, Sei, what's Trans-Am?
[21:45] ---
    It's a system that temporarily
    triples your particle emission.
[21:49] ---
    But once it's used up,
    the machine's performance plummets.
[21:53] ---
    Sure sounds like a last resort.
[21:56] ---
    We'll counter it with the RG system!
[21:58] ---
    And then we'll win!
[22:01] ---
    We're gonna win the World Tournament!
    We're gonna win the World Tournament!
[22:19] ---
    I was nibbling potato chips and it hit me
    Poteto chippusu tabetetara futo omotta
[22:22] ---
    (Hold dear my days)
[22:25] ---
    How many years have I been eating the same thing?
    Nanjuunen onaji mon tabetsuzuketeirun darou
[22:29] ---
    (Fight your fears)
[22:31] ---
    People tell me I need to act my age
    Mou otona nandakara tte iu kedo
[22:34] ---
    (I go my way)
[22:37] ---
    But it's not like I can turn against something I love
    Suki na mono wo kirai ni nareru wake nado nainda
[22:41] ---
    (Normal life)
[22:42] ---
    I put all my energy into childish things
    Taai nai koto mo zenryoku toukyuu
[22:47] ---
    Doesn't matter if you're young or old,
    Muchuu ni nareru kodomo mo
[22:51] ---
    you can lose yourself in something
    Otona mo kankei nai
[22:54] ---
    Let's keep on walking at the same rhythm
    Kawaranai rizumu de arukitsuzukete yukou
[23:00] ---
    True, our stride is a little longer now
    Maa hohaba wa sukoshi dake ookiku natta keredo
[23:06] ---
    The sunset from back then colors our skies today
    Ano hi no yuuhi wa kyou mo sora wo someyuku
[23:12] ---
    I want to be a fool tomorrow,
    Nee ashita mo gojuunengo mo
[23:15] ---
    and even 50 years from now
    Baka yattetainda
[23:18] ---
    The short-pants spirit goes on
    Tsuzuite yuku hanpan supirit
[23:21] ---
    Let's whistle a tune and head home
    Kuchibue fuite kaerou
[23:26] ---
    The never-ending short-pants spirit
    Never-ending hanpan supirit
[23:29] ---
    Our childhood will go on forever
    Owaranai childhood
[23:43] ---
    My deduction was right after all.
[23:46] ---
    The gem that Reiji wears
    is a Plavsky particle crystal!
[23:54] ---
    Next Episode
[23:55] ---
    I love Gundam.
[23:57] ---
    I love Gunpla Battle!
[23:58] ---
    That's why I have so many friends now.
[24:00] ---
    Next episode, "Gunpla Eve."
[24:01] ---
    Next Episode
    Gunpla Eve
[24:01] ---
    Next episode, "Gunpla Eve."
[24:02] ---
    If only now would last forever.