17 - Just Between Us

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[01:31] bon
    Our Jingu Spiders took the Central League
    pennant for the first time in seven years.
[01:38] bon
    Then, one day in the off season...
[01:41] toku
    Hey, hey, Natsunosuke...
[01:44] toku
    You didn't have to come
    dressed in a three-piece suit...
[01:48] bon
    Well, I know that,
[01:51] bon
    but it was the only formal outfit I had.
[01:54] toku
    It's okay.
[01:55] toku
    Let's go, let's go.
SIGN    It's not even a TV show.
SIGN    Just Between Us
SIGN    It's radio, man.
SIGN    Otowa Radio
SIGN    Performer Green Room
[02:11] sign
    Heya.
SIGN    Tsujimoto Shinji
[02:13] [SONG] sign
    Bunkyo Mops Pitcher
[02:13] sign
    Heya.
SIGN    Genda Kyosuke
SIGN    Osaka Tempters Pitcher
[02:16] sign
    Heya.
[02:18] bon
    It's nice to be here with you today.
[02:21] toku
    It's his first time doing one of these,
[02:24] toku
    so please be kind.
[02:25] gen
    Look at you, all dressed up.
[02:29] bon
    Sorry, but would you mind
    if I hit the can first?
[02:33] tsu
    Go on ahead.
[02:35] tsu
    Go left down the hallway.
    It'll be the last door on the right.
[02:37] bon
    Right, right...
[02:49] bon
    I'm a real bundle of nerves.
[02:50] bon
    I need a little help from alcohol
    to relax me.
[02:59] bon
    Time for the informative
    variety show, Night Off.
[03:01] bon
    It's Matsumoto Hideo's
    "Digging Deeper! Just Between Us!"
[03:06] matsu
    It's 5:40 again tonight.
SIGN    Otowa Radio Announcer
    Matsumoto Hideo
[03:09] matsu
    I'm Matsumoto Hideo!
[03:11] bon
    Matsumoto-san's a popular play-by-play
    announcer during the season.
[03:16] matsu
    It's outta there! A home run!
[03:18] matsu
    But in the off-season,
    when there are no night games,
[03:21] matsu
    he's a radio personality, running a
    lifestyle tips show from the studio.
[03:28] matsu
    My partner today is
    singer-actress Isshiki Aki-chan!
[03:31] shi
    Isshiki Aki here!
[03:33] shi
    Nice to be here!
[03:34] shi
    Nice to have you!
[03:37] matsu
    We have a timely round-table
    today with some special guests.
[03:41] matsu
    "The Setup Men's Climax! Just Between Us!"
[03:46] matsu
    Yeah!
[03:49] matsu
    Let's introduce our guests:
[03:50] matsu
    Pitcher Tsujimoto of the Bunkyo Mops!
[03:52] tsu
    A pleasure.
[03:53] matsu
    Pitcher Genda of the Osaka Tempters!
[03:56] matsu
    Hey there.
[03:58] matsu
    And pitcher Bonda Natsunosuke
    from the Jingu Spiders!
[04:03] bon
    N-Nicetacheema...
[04:07] toku
    Oh, boy.
[04:08] toku
    Natsunosuke's super nervous.
[04:12] matsu
    First, let's look back on
    your pitching this season.
[04:15] matsu
    We'll start with Tsujimoto from the Mops.
[04:18] matsu
    Yes.
[04:19] matsu
    Well, it's a cliché to say it,
[04:20] matsu
    but I'm just pleased I managed to throw
    a full season without getting injured.
[04:25] matsu
    Genda from the Tempters?
[04:27] gen
    Well... ditto, I guess.
[04:30] gen
    But hey,
[04:32] gen
    if I'm making an appearance on
    a show like this in the off-season,
[04:35] gen
    I must've done pretty well for myself.
[04:37] matsu
    What about you, pitcher Bonda of the Spiders?
[04:40] toku
    C'mon, Natsunosuke.
[04:42] toku
    Talk! Manage to talk!
[04:45] bon
    I was doing real good through May
    with twenty mound appearances,
[04:51] bon
    but I got hurt before interleague play
[04:53] bon
    and ended up out of action
    for about four months of the season.
[04:57] toku
    He managed it!
[05:00] take
    Looking good, Natsunosuke!
[05:02] matsu
    That's right!
[05:04] matsu
    You crashed into Demura of the
    Nagoya Wild Ones at second.
[05:09] bon
    Yeah.
[05:09] bon
    I got myself injured because I sucked,
[05:13] bon
    but I didn't think I'd end up out
    of the game for four months.
[05:18] matsu
    But after returning to the majors
    for the season's final stretch,
[05:21] matsu
    you did some great pitching that
    contributed to your team's pennant win!
[05:26] bon
    Is that what you really think, Matsumoto-san?
[05:29] mat
    Huh?
[05:31] mat
    Well, yes, it really is!
[05:33] mat
    What do you think, Tsujimoto, Genda?
[05:37] mat
    How do you think Bonda did?
[05:38] mat
    Well, let's see...
[05:40] mat
    It's true that Bonda-kun was incredible
    after getting back to the majors.
[05:43] mat
    Middle relievers like us internalize the idea
[05:45] mat
    that we need to utilize the ball
    zone more so than the strike zone.
[05:53] mat
    But since coming back to the majors,
[05:57] mat
    I feel like Bonda-kun was really
    sinking his teeth into the strike zone.
[06:02] bon
    I'm not a flamethrower like these two here.
[06:06] bon
    So I'm terrified every time
    I pitch into the strike zone.
[06:10] bon
    I'm just awful.
[06:13] tsu
    I'm sure that's not true.
[06:16] gen
    You had a few truly awesome
    pitches there at the end.
[06:20] bon
    If you're talking about how "the best ability
    is availability" then I'm sorry to say it,
[06:24] bon
    but it's really true.
[06:27] bon
    I'm crap.
[06:28] bon
    I got hurt, after all.
[06:30] mat
    What's going on here?
[06:33] mat
    Don't be so hard on yourself, Bonda-san!
[06:35] toku
    Something seems off
    with Natsunosuke... I think.
[06:41] (Flashback) bon
    Toku-san, Otowa Radio wants me
    to appear on a show.
[06:45] (Flashback) toku
    Oh, I recommended you for that, actually.
[06:49] (Flashback) bon
    But why?
[06:50] (Flashback) toku
    Well, I feel like you really
    earned it this year.
[06:54] (Flashback) toku
    And mass media exposure is important, too.
[06:58] (Flashback) toku
    Getting invited to things like these
[07:00] (Flashback) toku
    can be an important
    motivator for ball players.
[07:03] (Flashback) toku
    "I want to be a player
    who's always in the media."
[07:07] (Flashback) toku
    Because you don't get invited
    unless you contribute.
[07:10] toku
    That's the line I fed him
    to set this up, but...
[07:13] bon
    I mean, consider this:
[07:14] bon
    unlike these two, I have a low contract.
[07:20] tsu
    Um, our contracts aren't
    anything special, actually.
[07:24] bon
    You both have contracts that
    are several times mine, actually.
[07:27] toku
    N-Natsunosuke!
[07:29] take
    What are you doing?!
[07:31] bon
    Someone already getting a crap paycheck
    like me gets thrown out for four months...
[07:37] bon
    Why wouldn't I get desperate once I'm back?
[07:41] toku
    D-Don't say "crap paycheck"!
[07:44] toku
    Not on the air...
[07:46] matsu
    Um... Is Bonda-kun really nervous?
[07:52] bon
    What did I just say?
[07:54] bon
    Did I just say "crap paycheck"?
[07:56] bon
    Did I give voice to the
    internal cry of my soul?
[08:00] bon
    Did I say Tsujimoto-san and Genda-san's
    contracts were several times mine?
[08:03] bon
    What am I saying?!
[08:06] bon
    Unlike me, these two are seriously
    first-rate middle relief pitchers!
[08:13] bon
    Tsujimoto-san made 87 million this season!
[08:17] bon
    Genda-san made 79 million this season!
[08:21] bon
    They both had over seventy mound
    appearances this season.
[08:25] bon
    I only ended up with thirty-one.
[08:28] bon
    There's no question they'll both
    get to 100 million next season!
[08:34] bon
    What am I doing sitting next to these guys?
SIGN    Otowa Radio
[08:38] bon
    U-Um, I mean...
[08:41] bon
    I saw Tsujimoto-san's foreign car in
    the parking lot outside the studio...
[08:49] bon
    I've seen it in Jingu before.
[08:52] bon
    You have more than one foreign car, huh?
[08:58] bon
    It must be nice to make
    almost 90 million a year.
[09:03] bon
    You can buy as many luxury cars as you want!
[09:09] toku
    Natsunosuke!
[09:10] toku
    That inferiority complex... There's
    definitely something wrong with him!
[09:16] bon
    Toku-san and Support Staff
    Manager Takeoka are panicking...
[09:20] bon
    Oh... Oh no...
[09:22] bon
    Did I say something weird again?
[09:25] bon
    Is it because of the whiskey I drank before?
[09:28] bon
    Is it interacting badly with my nerves?
[09:32] bon
    Th-The combination of drunkenness and nerves
[09:35] bon
    is making me say extremely
    embarrassing things!
[09:39] dir
    Toku-chan...
[09:42] dir
    It's hilarious, so we'll let it go!
[09:47] toku
    Stupid director! How can you be so relaxed?
[09:51] matsu
    Well...
[09:52] matsu
    Bonda-san, I'm sure you'll get
    a big contract increase next year.
[09:55] matsu
    You might be able to afford
    a luxury car or two yourself!
[10:00] toku
    Matsumoto-san, don't feed him!
[10:03] toku
    Don't take the bait, Natsunosuke!
    Don't do it!
[10:06] bon
    A-Are you kidding?
[10:08] bon
    No matter how much they raise my contract,
[10:11] bon
    I'll never be able to buy a luxury car!
[10:14] bon
    I only make 18 million!
[10:17] toku
    Don't reveal your contract on the friggin' air!
[10:22] toku
    This guy...
[10:24] toku
    Is he stupid?
[10:25] bon
    There's no way I'll go from 18 million
    all the way up to 70 or 80 million.
[10:30] bon
    Even if it goes up into the 20s,
    I have expenses and taxes.
[10:35] bon
    I definitely won't have that much left over...
[10:38] bon
    I'd get a domestic car
    on installments, at best.
[10:41] gen
    Well, there are a lot of
    foreign cars out there.
[10:44] gen
    I'm sure you'll be able to get one.
[10:46] bon
    Still, as a player with
    few guarantees for the future,
[10:50] bon
    I really should put it in the bank...
[10:53] bon
    I really should put it in the bank...
[10:55] bon
    I really should put it in the bank...
[10:58] bon
    I really should put it in the bank...
[11:02] toku
    Natsunosuke! Don't say that
    penny-pinching stuff out loud!
[11:06] toku
    It sounds too sad!
[11:07] toku
    You're destroying the dreams of the listeners!
[11:10] bon
    Toku-san... Did I say something wrong again?
[11:14] matsu
    Well, Bonda-san, let's set
    that stuff aside for now.
[11:18] matsu
    I want to get to the main event.
[11:19] matsu
    About the Climax Series...
[11:23] bon
    The Climax Series?
[11:27] mat
    Of course, all three of you played
    important roles in the Climax Series, but...
[11:34] bon
    Wait a minute, Matsumoto-san!
[11:36] bon
    I'd like to preface this
    discussion with a statement.
[11:40] mat
    Bonda-san?
[11:42] toku
    Natsunosuke!
[11:43] toku
    What are you going to say now?!
[11:46] bon
    The Japan Series is a Japanese pro ball
    tradition going back seventy years.
[11:52] bon
    But you ever noticed we haven't
    really had it for the past few years?
[12:18] mat
    Japan... hasn't had the Japan Series?
[12:24] toku
    N-Natsunosuke...
[12:26] take
    Where did that come from?!
[12:29] bon
    It's true. The Japan Series is dead.
[12:34] bon
    What?
[12:35] bon
    Um, what exactly... do you mean?
[12:39] bon
    What people're callin' the Japan Series
[12:43] bon
    is more like the Climax Final Finals.
[12:47] bon
    Climax Final Finals?
[12:50] bon
    Yeah.
SIGN    Climax Final Finals
SIGN    Final Stage First Stage
[12:51] sign
    It's a finals between the two teams
    that win the Climax Series.
[12:57] matsu
    Yes, and... that's what we call the Japan Series.
[13:02] bon
    Sure, but that's what I'm saying.
[13:04] take
    I can see where Natsunosuke's going with this!
[13:06] bon
    I think it's only really the Japan Series
[13:10] bon
    if it's the two pennant
    winners playing each other.
[13:12] bon
    So living in this "Climax
    Final Finals" world as we do,
[13:16] bon
    we got years when we got a real Japan
    Series, and years when we don't.
[13:21] take
    Natsunosuke, don't take that
    to its natural conclusion!
[13:24] bon
    So what I'm sayin' is, we didn't
    have a Japan Series this year.
[13:31] toku
    He said it!
[13:35] bon
    But... Maybe it's not that bad.
[13:38] bon
    A world where you don't get
    a Japan Series every year...
[13:43] bon
    It makes the Japan Series more valuable!
[13:48] mat
    We're having a Japan Series
    for the first time in three years!
[13:55] toku
    He's finished!
[13:57] toku
    If you say that stuff on live radio...
[14:00] toku
    You can't remain in this world!
[14:02] toku
    You'll have to retire!
[14:13] bon
    Those gloomy expressions on Toku-san
    and Takeoka-san's faces...
[14:17] bon
    I said something awful again, didn't I?!
[14:20] tsu
    This guy... I thought he was acting strange.
[14:24] tsu
    Is he drunk or something?
[14:27] gen
    In other words...
[14:28] gen
    Bonda-kun, it was the Jingu Spiders
    who won the Central League pennant,
[14:33] gen
    but our second-place Tempters
    beat you in the Climax Series.
[14:38] gen
    So you're saying a team like us
    going to the Japan Series
[14:41] gen
    means it isn't a "real" Japan Series?
[14:46] toku
    In the final stage of the Climax Series,
[14:49] toku
    the Spiders lost to the second-place Tempters,
[14:51] toku
    and the Japan Series was between the Pacific
    League winners, Tokorozawa Jaguars,
[14:55] toku
    and the Osaka Tempters.
[14:58] toku
    In other words, Bonda of the Spiders is mad
    about not making it to the Japan Series...
[15:03] toku
    ...and using a public broadcast
    to criticize the rules of pro baseball!
[15:10] toku
    And Genda of the Tempters
    is really mad about the insult!
[15:14] bon
    G-G-Genda-san, what are you talking about?
[15:21] gen
    Hey! Bonda!
[15:24] matsu
    Oh no!
[15:25] ishi
    No honorific?
[15:26] bon
    Um... Um... Um...
[15:29] bon
    What did I say?
[15:32] toku
    Natsunosuke drank some booze
    to take the edge off his nerves, I bet!
[15:39] tsu
    Genda-san, please calm down!
[15:42] tsu
    Bonda's been drinking.
[15:44] tsu
    You can smell it a little.
[15:46] tsu
    He probably did it to relax for the show,
[15:49] tsu
    but it's totally backfired.
[15:52] bon
    I don't understand... I don't understand...
[15:55] bon
    I don't understand anything!
[15:58] mat
    During the first stage of the
    Central League's Climax Series,
[16:01] mat
    the second-place Tempters beat the third-
    place Bunkyo Mops two games to one.
[16:06] mat
    Though pitcher Tsujimoto
    pitched two no-run innings,
[16:10] mat
    the Mops' hitting just never took off, right?
[16:13] tsu
    Y-Yes, that's true.
[16:16] tsu
    But, hey, what can you do?
[16:19] mat
    The plan was, because you all pitched
    so well in the Climax Series,
[16:23] mat
    we'd look back on some of
    the great pitching you did...
[16:28] bon
    I-I see...
[16:29] bon
    I-I did the best I could, really.
[16:34] man
    Y-Yes, you did.
[16:36] man
    You did very well, Bonda-san.
[16:40] man
    Bonda, during the Climax Series,
    in the final stage,
[16:44] man
    you faced nine men and gave up no hits.
[16:48] bon
    "No hits."
[16:49] bon
    It sounds good when you put it that way, but...
[16:54] (Flashback) ump
    Ball!
[16:56] (Flashback) ump
    That's ball four!
[16:57] (Flashback) ump
    He walks a man in!
SIGN    1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
[17:04] (Flashback) ump
    The Tempters get a run to take the lead!
[17:06] (Flashback) sign
    Tokunaga-san, what do you
    think of Bonda's pitching there?
[17:12] (Flashback) toku
    He threw each pitch as carefully as he can.
[17:17] (Flashback) toku
    It's just... Tano's on fire right now.
[17:20] (Flashback) toku
    I don't think walking in a run here
    is too bad an outcome.
[17:23] (Flashback) toku
    The question is how he handles
    the next batter.
[17:26] toku
    Yeah, that walk was just fine!
[17:28] toku
    If he'd gotten a hit,
    they'd have scored two runs!
[17:32] (Flashback) toku
    A grounder to second!
[17:38] (Flashback) toku
    It's a 4-6-3 double-play!
[17:40] (Flashback) toku
    The top of the inning is over!
[17:42] (Flashback) toku
    Bonda gave up a run here,
[17:46] (Flashback) toku
    but I think we can say his sensible pitching
    kept the damage to a minimum, right?
[17:51] (Flashback) toku
    That's right.
[17:53] (Flashback) toku
    Bonda did what he came out to do.
[17:54] (Flashback) toku
    It's true that the Tempters
    have taken the lead,
[17:57] (Flashback) toku
    but it's a gap they can catch up to easily.
[18:00] bon
    But then our batters...
[18:04] bon
    They were totally shut out by
    the Tempters' pitching staff!
SIGN    1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
[18:11] (Flashback) mat
    The Tempters win!
[18:13] (Flashback) mat
    The Spiders couldn't get a single run!
[18:20] bon
    We lost because of the walk I gave up.
[18:23] mat
    No, that wasn't your fault.
[18:26] mat
    Nobody thinks you dragged
    the Spiders down or anything!
[18:31] bon
    The reactions online
    around that time were...
[18:34] vo
    Bonda's being amazing on Otawa Radio!
[18:37] ---
    Is it his conscience talking?
[18:38] sign
    Bonda's rebelling against pro baseball itself!
[18:40] sign
    Otowa Radio has the most amazing guest on it!
[18:42] ---
    Wow, this is crazy.
[18:44] sign
    Are you kidding me?
[18:46] bon
    Apparently, everyone was talking about it!
[18:49] gen
    Excuse me, but I'd like to go
    back to the previous subject.
[18:53] gen
    Bonda's complaints about
    pro baseball's rules...
[18:58] tsu
    I told you, Genda-san, lay off!
[19:03] gen
    But...
[19:08] toku
    W-We didn't want...
[19:10] toku
    ...to go back...
[19:12] toku
    ...to that...
[19:13] toku
    ...topic...
[19:15] bon
    I'm telling you...
[19:18] bon
    Isn't it clear from my gloomy expression?
[19:22] bon
    I'm frustrated. I'm hurting. I'm sad.
[19:28] bon
    A pathetic man revealing his public
    grudges on a l-live broadcast...
[19:34] bon
    I th... th-th-th...
[19:38] bon
    I thought it would give
    everyone a real fright!
[19:41] bon
    So I made a little joke! A joke!
[19:48] bon
    Shocked you, didn't I, Matsumoto-san?
[19:52] mat
    It was a practical joke?!
[19:55] bon
    And that was entertainer Bonda
    Natsunosuke's radio debut!
[20:00] mat
    Hey, Bonda-kun! Don't do stuff to confuse us!
[20:04] toku
    Natsunosuke!
[20:05] take
    Hell!
[20:06] bon
    Thank goodness! I sobered up at some point!
[20:10] tsu
    Practical joke, my foot!
[20:12] tsu
    Like hell!
[20:14] bon
    And the reactions online were...
SIGN    Die, Bonda!
[20:27] toku
    Darn it.
[20:29] toku
    Takeoka-san got mad and went right home.
[20:33] toku
    I'm never ever putting you
    on the radio again.
[20:38] bon
    I'm sorry.
[20:39] bon
    But...
[20:40] bon
    But giving up the walk-in run that kept
    us from going to the Japan Series
[20:45] bon
    really has been dogging me all this time...
[20:49] toku
    Let's get a drink!
[20:52] toku
    What can you do but drink
    at times like these?
[20:55] toku
    You're paying, of course.
[20:57] bon
    B-But...
[21:00] toku
    What is it?
[21:01] bon
    I'll pass for today.
[21:06] toku
    Yeah, I guess you wouldn't
    be in the mood after that.
[21:10] toku
    Are you genuinely sorry?
[21:16] toku
    Well, then let's get some
    ramen and head home.
[21:19] toku
    Okay...
[21:23] bon
    It was a chilly, painful autumn night.
[21:28] bon
    Money Pitch.
[23:01] bon
    Natsunosuke here!
[23:03] bon
    An older pitcher, Korekawa-san,
    who's leaving for a Kobe ballclub,
[23:07] bon
    joins me at the lunch place where
    my beloved Yuki-chan works.
[23:11] bon
    On TV, they were showing the
    last game of the Japan Series.
[23:16] bon
    Then Korekawa-san starts talking
    to Yuki-chan like they're good friends!
[23:22] bon
    Next time: "Lonely Season."
[23:24] bon
    Seize tomorrow's success and today's money!
SIGN    Lonely Season
[23:27] bon
    Money Pitch!