# 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!