17 - Just Between Us Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) [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!