16 - Celebrate! The League Pennant!

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[01:33] (Flashback) bon
    I've been wanting to say for a long time....
[01:35] (Flashback) bon
    This is what makes you such a softy!
[01:39] (Flashback) bon
    Until your child is born?
[01:42] (Flashback) bon
    So after that, you're okay
    being sent to the minors?
[01:45] (Flashback) bon
    It shouldn't matter
    if your kid is born or not.
[01:49] (Flashback) bon
    You should want to stay in the majors forever!
[01:52] (Flashback) bon
    You're playing baseball for your family?
[01:54] (Flashback) bon
    Don't make me laugh!
[01:56] (Flashback) bon
    Baseball is a thing
    you should play for yourself!
[02:00] bon
    I guess my scolding worked,
[02:02] bon
    because Itsuki suddenly
    started hitting the next day.
[02:06] bon
    A game-tying two-run home run.
[02:10] bon
    In the next game, he hit a three-run
    homer to give us the lead!
SIGN    Sports Morning
SIGN    Lucky Boy Itsuki Roppa Spiders move to first!!
[02:19] sign
    And in the three-game series
    against the Setouchi Carnabeats...
[02:23] sign
    He hit up a storm!
[02:27] sign
    Then after he put those runs on the board,
[02:30] sign
    I held down the game,
[02:32] sign
    and we won three in a row!
[02:34] sign
    Itsuki's broken out,
SIGN    Doyo Sports The Spiders Find Themselves a Reliable Son!
SIGN    11 for 20 in eight games!! Remaining in 1st Place Recruited out of high school four years ago, Itsuki Roppa Breaks Out!
[02:36] sign
    with eight hits, one homer, and eight RBIs
    in twelve at bats in three games!
SIGN    Spiders
SIGN    Tempters
[02:40] [SONG] sign
    Mops
SIGN    GB
[02:41] sign
    The team's in first place
    with ten games to play!
SIGN    Celebrate! The League Pennant!
[02:52] take
    Hey there, man of the hour.
[02:55] take
    When we get back to Tokyo,
[02:56] take
    a bunch of media outlets want to
    interview you at the clubhouse.
[02:59] take
    It shouldn't take up much of your time.
[03:04] itsu
    Takeoka-san, I'm sorry.
[03:06] itsu
    Please cancel it.
[03:08] take
    Huh? You have something to do?
[03:10] itsu
    I'm sorry to be rude, but I
    want to focus on my game...
[03:14] itsu
    Or I guess I could say
    I just want to rest for today.
[03:17] take
    I see. Well, it is what it is.
[03:21] bon
    On Monday, when we got back
    from the away series...
[03:26] bon
    Take me to Ebisu.
[03:33] bon
    I have the day off!
SIGN    Business Hotel Yamato
[04:00] itsu
    Ever since Bonda chewed me out in the Dome...
[04:04] (Flashback) fb
    This is what makes you such a softy!
[04:07] itsu
    I haven't been home. I've been
    sleeping here every night.
[04:11] itsu
    It's only been six days
    since I started living here,
[04:14] itsu
    but it's got me hitting like
    a demon in the clutch!
[04:17] itsu
    What Bonda said definitely
    gave me motivation,
[04:20] itsu
    but leaving my house in
    Saitama to be all alone...
[04:24] itsu
    This environment where I can
    just analyze myself in peace...
[04:27] itsu
    I think that's part of what's helping me hit.
[04:31] itsu
    But is it time I finally went home?
[04:34] itsu
    I left my near-term wife to come here!
[04:38] itsu
    Hiroshi...
[04:41] itsu
    I think so! I'll go home, just for today!
[04:44] itsu
    I've got a giant pile of laundry, anyway!
[04:46] itsu
    I need to see her face just for one day!
[04:50] itsu
    But I'm afraid that if I go home,
    it's going to end my hitting streak...
[04:56] itsu
    Am I only able to hit because
    I'm facing this battle alone?
[05:03] bon
    Please turn left at the next light.
[05:06] bon
    Right.
[05:08] dri
    What?
[05:10] bon
    I-Itsuki?!
[05:12] bon
    S-Stop! Stop! I'll get off here!
[05:19] bon
    Itsuki!
[05:23] itsu
    B-Bonda?
[05:25] bon
    What are you doing here?
[05:27] itsu
    Oh, w-well...
[05:29] itsu
    What are you doing here?
[05:32] bon
    I saw you leaving that business hotel,
    so I got out of my taxi in a hurry!
[05:37] bon
    My house is in the area.
[05:39] itsu
    Oh... I see...
[05:42] bon
    You didn't go straight home
    to Saitama from Tokyo Station?
[05:46] itsu
    The truth is... I've been staying
    there since six days ago.
[05:50] bon
    What? Six days ago?
[05:52] itsu
    I commuted to our Dome games from there.
[05:56] bon
    Then since that day?
[05:58] itsu
    But I've had all I can stand.
    I'm getting homesick.
[06:02] itsu
    I'm going home just for today.
[06:04] itsu
    See you.
[06:15] itsu
    Actually, maybe I won't.
[06:18] itsu
    If I go home and see my family's faces,
[06:22] itsu
    I think it might break this
    tension inside of me.
[06:25] bon
    What? What are you talking about?!
[06:28] bon
    I get it! It's because of what I said!
[06:32] bon
    Hey, listen...
[06:33] bon
    I understand why you'd
    want to harden your heart
[06:35] bon
    and play ball from a hotel
    instead of going home,
[06:39] bon
    but if that's all it is, I think it's
    okay to go home for a day.
[06:43] itsu
    Bonda...
[06:45] bon
    And the reason you started hitting
    isn't because you hardened your heart.
[06:49] bon
    It's because you stopped swinging for
    the fences and aimed for line drives.
[06:53] bon
    Your swing's more level now,
    and that's been the key.
[06:57] itsu
    Y-You think?!
[06:59] itsu
    So I just have to keep swinging that way?
[07:01] bon
    Yeah, I think so.
[07:03] bon
    Anyway, just go home for a day.
[07:06] itsu
    R-Right!
[07:08] itsu
    I-I get it! Thanks!
[07:17] [SONG] sign
    Piyopiyo Honpo
[07:20] wife
    Roppa-kun!
[07:22] wife
    Sonny boy!
[07:23] itsu
    Yui!
[07:24] itsu
    Dad! Mom!
[07:27] itsu
    Hiroshi! Papa's home!
[07:30] wife
    You have Hiroshi kicking so hard!
[07:33] wife
    He's going to break right through my tummy!
[07:35] dad
    Sonny boy, you've been amazing!
[07:38] dad
    The workers, our relatives...
    They're all just delighted!
[07:49] itsu
    Yeah, nothing beats family after all!
[07:53] bon
    But the next day,
[07:55] bon
    Roppa's hitting streak screeched to a halt!
[08:00] itsu
    Why?!
[08:01] itsu
    Why can't I hit anymore?!
[08:15] bon
    What is it, Itsuki?
[08:17] itsu
    Bonda...
[08:18] itsu
    Why can't I hit anymore?
[08:22] bon
    Y-You...
[08:26] bon
    You can't figure it out unless
    a pitcher like me tells you?
[08:29] itsu
    Well, n-no...
[08:31] bon
    Y-You really don't know?
[08:33] bon
    Y-Yeah...
[08:35] bon
    You've been hitting well, so they studied you!
[08:38] itsu
    S-Studied? M-Me?
[08:42] itsu
    There's no way! I've only had a few at bats!
[08:46] bon
    Those scouting scorers
    in the majors are sharp.
[08:49] bon
    They probably spent that three-game series
    against Hiroshima stripping you naked.
[08:53] itsu
    N-Naked? They can do that?
[08:56] bon
    It's possible in the majors!
[08:58] itsu
    Then they know my weakness? What is it?!
[09:01] bon
    How the heck am I supposed to know?
[09:05] bon
    But it means the opposing teams
    have got their eye on you already!
[09:12] bon
    If you can't get over this,
    you'll never put up any real numbers.
[09:16] itsu
    R-Real numbers?
[09:21] bon
    Hey, Itsuki...
[09:22] bon
    Don't give me that "I never thought
    about that before" expression...
[09:30] bon
    Itsuki Roppa's slump continued.
[09:34] bon
    By contrast, I—the guy who came up from
    the minors with him—was on a hot streak!
[09:38] bon
    I'd pitched in nine games
    and gotten seven holds.
[09:42] bon
    Since I started pitching again, we'd had
    eleven wins, six losses, and one tie.
[09:46] bon
    It's clear that I was seriously contributing!
[09:50] tan
    Here we go!
[09:52] tan
    As I thought, Natsunosuke is an
    indispensable part of our team!
[09:56] ko
    Yes!
[09:57] itsu
    Is this the difference between me,
[09:59] itsu
    and Bonda, who's had real
    major-league experience?
[10:02] itsu
    I can feel the "wall of the majors"
    so clearly right now!
SIGN    Spiders
SIGN    Tempters
[10:06] [SONG] sign
    Mops
SIGN    GB
[10:06] bon
    Then after a few losing series,
    the third-place Mops fell out of the running.
[10:11] bon
    The pennant would come
    down to us or the Tempters!
SIGN    Sports Morning
    Spiders Tempters
    Will it be Koshien?
    Will it be Jingu?
    Showdown!!
[10:15] bon
    All that was left was a two-game
    showdown between our two teams!
SIGN    Doyo Sports Showdown for the Top!! Jingu or Koshien?
[10:19] bon
    Today we'd play at Jingu,
[10:21] bon
    and tomorrow we'd move
    to Koshien for the final game!
[10:26] bon
    If we even tie today, we clinch the pennant!
[10:29] bon
    But if we lose today and have
    to go to Koshien tomorrow,
[10:31] bon
    we'll be at a real disadvantage!
    That away game is trouble!
[10:34] bon
    We need to seal the deal today,
    with our home field advantage!
[10:39] bon
    Heya!
[10:40] itsu
    Morning.
[10:44] bon
    This'll be our last time taking
    a taxi to the ballpark together, huh?
[10:48] itsu
    I can't believe the manager let me
    stay in the majors to the end.
[10:52] bon
    If it comes down to the wire,
    you'll get a chance to hit, too.
[10:55] itsu
    Hey, Bonda...
[10:57] itsu
    Could you give me a tongue-lashing
    like you did the other day?
[11:00] itsu
    What?
[11:01] itsu
    Then... Then maybe I'll start hitting again.
[11:04] bon
    This guy. Why's he gotta be so soft?
[11:12] bon
    Hello? Oh, Dad...
[11:16] bon
    What? Hiroshi was born?!
[11:18] bon
    Wh-Where's Yui? When did
    you go to the hospital?
[11:21] bon
    Why didn't you call me?!
[11:24] dad
    Her water broke at 4:00 this morning.
SIGN    Operation Room
[11:26] dad
    I decided not to call.
[11:28] dad
    They had to do the C-section, and the
    surgery ended up being a bit tricky.
[11:33] dad
    Yui's doing fine, but Hiroshi
    was born not breathing.
[11:38] itsu
    Hiroshi's in the ICU?!
[11:40] bon
    What?!
[11:42] dad
    Don't worry!
[11:44] dad
    The doctor's experienced. He says
    babies like these usually make it.
[11:47] itsu
    N-No way!
[11:48] itsu
    But he was born not breathing, wasn't he?!
[11:51] itsu
    How do they know he'll make it?!
[11:54] itsu
    I... I'm coming home right now!
[11:56] dad
    You idiot!
[11:57] dad
    You dunderhead!
[11:59] dad
    A pro baseball player shouldn't be talking
    about coming home on the day of a match!
[12:02] itsu
    Y-You don't want me to come home?
[12:05] itsu
    But isn't that why you called me?!
[12:07] bon
    What? What?
[12:09] dad
    The doctor says he can be saved!
[12:12] dad
    So you go out there and fight, Itsuki Roppa!
[12:14] itsu
    You want me to fight?!
[12:15] itsu
    This is the situation where
    I feel least like fighting!
[12:19] itsu
    You know that, don't you?!
[12:21] dad
    This is why we call you a softy!
[12:24] dad
    Itsuki Roppa's job is to swing the bat!
[12:27] itsu
    Dad!
[12:31] ann
    The game that will decide
    the pennant race is about to get started!
[12:36] ann
    If the Spiders tie or win today,
    they'll clinch the pennant!
[12:39] ann
    But if the Tempters win,
[12:41] ann
    they'll go to Koshien tomorrow for
    the last game to determine the pennant!
[12:49] itsu
    Mom and Dad wouldn't
    answer my calls after that.
[12:52] itsu
    And now that I'm on the bench,
[12:55] itsu
    I have no way of contacting the outside world.
[12:59] itsu
    What happened to Hiroshi?
[13:01] itsu
    Yui got cut open, too...
[13:04] itsu
    Is she in a lot of pain?
[13:07] itsu
    I can't be playing baseball right now!
[13:09] itsu
    My heart's going to break out of my chest!
[13:11] itsu
    To be honest, thoughts like
    "the pennant's on the line today"
[13:14] itsu
    and "if we lose today,
    we'll be in Osaka tomorrow"
[13:17] itsu
    are the furthest things from my mind!
[13:20] itsu
    Hiroshi's the only thing I can think about!
[13:38] yama
    Well, we're not ones to talk,
[13:40] yama
    but there sure is a lot of
    pressure on the Tempters, huh?
[13:43] yama
    My heart is beating like a drum, of course.
[13:46] bon
    This is what Kozato-san said during
    warmups at Kobushi Stadium:
[13:50] (Flashback) bon
    In this dead heat for the pennant,
[13:53] (Flashback) bon
    since coming back to the majors,
    you've pitched in ten games with seven holds.
[13:58] (Flashback) bon
    And you gave up no runs in
    eleven and a third innings.
[14:01] (Flashback) ko
    If we end up clinching this thing,
[14:04] (Flashback) ko
    we'll all know you really contributed to it.
[14:08] (Flashback) ko
    To be honest, you're the man in
    the bullpen that the manager trusts most.
[14:14] (Flashback) ko
    If things are looking good today,
[14:16] (Flashback) ko
    we'll let you throw before the closer, Segawa.
[14:19] (Flashback) bon
    Y-You mean, the 8th inning?
[14:21] (Flashback) ko
    Yes!
[14:23] bon
    I really have been on fire
    since I got back in the majors.
[14:26] bon
    Right now, I'm doing my job.
[14:28] bon
    I'm doing my job with the pennant at stake!
[14:39] ann
    Probably due to the anxiety and pressure,
    neither team is hitting well.
SIGN    1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
[14:43] ann
    It's a scoreless game at the end of the 7th!
[14:48] sako
    Natsunosuke, it's the 8th.
    You'll be pitching as planned.
[14:51] bon
    Right!
[14:54] ann
    Pitcher: Bonda.
[14:58] ann
    The Spiders have made the first move, eh?
[15:01] ann
    Color Commentator Tokunaga-san?
[15:03] toku
    Yes, because Bonda is the middle
    reliever the Spiders trust most.
[15:08] toku
    They'll have Bonda pitch in the 8th,
    followed by the closer, Segawa, in the 9th.
[15:13] toku
    They're placing their bets on their hitters
    in the bottom of the 8th and the 9th.
[15:18] toku
    Eight years in the pros. Bonda Natsunosuke,
    a pitcher who makes 18 million yen per year.
[15:26] bon
    This is a crucial moment, with one of
    baseball's biggest prizes at stake,
[15:30] bon
    and he's been trusted to take the mound!
[15:53] ann
    This one's big!
[15:59] ann
    Gone! It's outta here!
[16:05] ann
    The Tempters take the lead
    with a stunning home run!
[16:09] ann
    Poor Bonda!
[16:12] bon
    Wh-Wh-What have I done?!
SIGN    1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
[16:26] koz
    What will we do, Manager?
[16:29] bon
    I retired the rest of the hitters, but...
[16:31] bon
    Is this how my life will always turn out?
[16:34] bon
    After coming back to the majors,
    I was pitching great.
[16:37] bon
    I contributed so much to the pennant race.
[16:40] bon
    But now, at the most important time...
[16:42] bon
    I got up on that mound,
    and there was so much pressure...
[16:45] bon
    Maybe I just can't cut it. I'm second-rate.
[16:48] bon
    The pressure totally got to me.
[16:51] bon
    When we go to Koshien tomorrow,
    that huge crowd is going to break our team!
SIGN    Scapegoat
[16:57] bon
    Then I'll be the scapegoat!
[17:01] sign
    He hit it!
[17:05] bon
    I-Itsuki...
[17:06] bon
    Was he brought out to pinch hit?
[17:09] bon
    But what's the cheering all about?
[17:13] ann
    In the bottom of the 9th, pinch hitter
    Itsuki hits the game-tying home run!
[17:18] ann
    It's anybody's game again!
SIGN    1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
[17:23] bon
    The game went into extra innings,
[17:25] bon
    and it became an all-out war between
    the pitching staffs of both clubs.
SIGN    10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
[17:30] ann
    The Spiders seal the pennant with a tie!
[17:35] ann
    The players are storming the mound!
[17:37] ann
    The Spiders' first title in seven years!
[17:45] shi
    We did it!
[17:46] ono
    Senpai!
[17:48] ann
    Manager Tanabe slowly, slowly heads
    for the mound, relishing every moment!
[17:55] ann
    Now they're throwing him into the air!
[17:57] ann
    Three times, four times, five times,
    he flies through the air!
[18:02] bon
    I... I feel so conflicted...
[18:05] ann
    This pennant race remained tangled
    to the very end, but they took it all!
[18:09] toku
    Great job, Natsunosuke!
[18:09] ann
    Congratulations!
    Congratulations, Jingu Spiders!
[18:11] toku
    Shibuya, Yukio! Congratulations!
[18:13] toku
    As your senpai, I couldn't be happier!
[18:18] ann
    We'll get Manager Tanabe's thoughts
    on the title win in a moment.
[18:22] rep
    Itsuki is the real MVP!
[18:24] rep
    Get a comment from Itsuki!
[18:26] rep
    Forget that! Interview them together!
[18:29] rep
    Itsuki?
[18:30] itsu
    A ph-phone...
[18:32] itsu
    Let me borrow a phone!
[18:40] itsu
    D-Dad! You finally picked up!
[18:43] dad
    You idiot!
[18:44] dad
    What kind of player makes a call while
    his manager's having his victory interview?!
[18:49] dad
    We have TVs in the hospital, you know!
[18:52] dad
    We all saw it!
[18:53] itsu
    H-How's Hiroshi?!
[18:55] dad
    I told you he was likely to pull through!
[18:59] dad
    Everything went fine!
[19:01] itsu
    You mean it, Dad?!
[19:03] dad
    The doctor assured us he's fine.
[19:06] dad
    There's nothing left to worry about.
[19:08] dad
    He's sleeping in the ICU right now.
[19:12] itsu
    H-H-Hiroshi!
[19:16] dad
    Sonny boy. You did well,
    fighting against yourself.
[19:21] dad
    You really did it!
[19:23] dad
    Three cheers for the Spiders!
[19:25] dad
    Three cheers for Itsuki Roppa!
[19:28] mom
    Dear!
[19:29] tan
    Today's big hero is Itsuki, clearly!
[19:35] wife
    Roppa-kun did it!
SIGN    Central Hospital
[19:48] bon
    So that's Itsuki Junior, eh?
[19:51] itsu
    They took the tubes out this morning.
[19:53] bon
    That day in the taxi, you really scared me!
[19:57] itsu
    Thanks for everything, Bonda.
[19:59] bon
    I should be the one thanking you.
[20:01] bon
    You saved me.
[20:03] itsu
    Listen up, Bonda.
[20:06] itsu
    I-I gotta confess.
[20:08] itsu
    The reason I could hit that day...
[20:11] itsu
    All the players on both benches that day
    were fighting with nerves and pressure.
[20:18] itsu
    But there was just one player
    who couldn't think about the game.
[20:22] itsu
    That was me.
[20:24] itsu
    It's sort of pathetic, but all I
    could think about was my kid.
[20:28] itsu
    "If we don't clinch it today,
    it's the Koshien tomorrow" and such...
[20:31] itsu
    I wasn't thinking about any of that.
[20:34] itsu
    I was worried about my private life,
[20:37] itsu
    so I felt no pressure at all about the game.
[20:39] itsu
    Because I wasn't thinking about
    how the game was going at all!
[20:44] itsu
    That's why I could hit!
[20:47] itsu
    That's the unvarnished truth!
[20:50] itsu
    I'm not a hero!
[20:52] itsu
    I'm a failure as a pro baseball player!
[20:55] bon
    Y-You son of a...
[20:56] bon
    Are you being honest, humble, or what?
[21:00] bon
    Who the hell cares about that?!
[21:02] bon
    Itsuki Roppa!
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    Thank you! You saved me!
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    If we'd lost the pennant because of me,
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    I might've never recovered from that!
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    Thank you, thank you!
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    It's great to have a peer around, huh?
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    He saved me from becoming a scapegoat,
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    so those tears were real!
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    Natsunosuke here.
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    Boy, this is really bad!
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    I had to do a live broadcast on radio,
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    but I had a drink before
    the show to loosen me up!
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    Then, on the show, I ended up
    accidentally criticizing the Japan Series!
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    The studio went crazy! What'll I do?
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    Next episode: "Just Between Us."
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    Seize tomorrow's success and today's money!
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