E9 - A Toss to the Ace

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[00:02] Hinata
    One more! Give me another!
[00:04] Kage
    Shut up! I know that.
[00:06] Kage
    Here goes.
[00:07] Hinata
    Yeah.
[00:13] Hinata
    Woo! That feels great!
[00:16] (Flashback) Hinata
    I feel the heft of the ball,
     snug in my palm.
[00:20] Hinata
    I love that.
[00:27] Hinata
    All right.
[00:28] Hinata
    We'll use our quick attack against Neko!
[00:32] Asahi
    Neko?
[00:34] Asahi
    A match against Nekoma?
[00:36] Sawa
    It'll be a practice match
     on the last day of Golden Week.
[00:39] Asahi
    Yikes.
[00:40] Sawa
    What do you mean, "yikes"?
    Hey, don't run away!
[00:43] Asahi
    But you're scary when you get mad!
[00:45] Sawa
    I'm not mad right now.
[00:49] Sawa
    Well, Nekoma sounds
     like ancient history to us.
[00:54] Sawa
    Our generation doesn't have the same
    Karasuno-Nekoma rivalry.
[00:59] Sawa
    Although... "Cat vs Crow:
     Battle at the Garbage Dump."
[01:04] Sawa
    We've heard the stories about Neko.
[01:06] ---
    It'll be our first match with them in years.
[01:09] Sawa
    It does pique your interest, doesn't it?
[01:12] Asahi
    But I've lost face with Suga and Nishinoya.
[01:19] Sawa
    You're too much.
[01:21] Sawa
    You're still a wimp in such
    a big body, as usual.
[01:25] Sawa
    What a contrast to Nishinoya.
[01:27] Asa
    Can't you sugarcoat your words a little?
[01:31] Sawa
    Don't worry. Both Suga
    and Nishinoya are fine.
[01:34] Sawa
    Unlike you, they have big hearts.
[01:37] Asa
    Weren't you supposed to be a kind person?
[01:41] Sawa
    I'm kind to everyone, except you.
[01:43] Sawa
    Because you're a wimp.
[01:45] Sawa
    You ditched us for a whole month,
    you complain about your anxiety...
[01:50] Sawa
    but those things don't matter to me.
[01:54] Sawa
    If you still like volleyball,
[01:57] Sawa
    that's reason enough to come back.
[02:01] Sawa
    Oh, yeah.
[02:03] ---
    We've got a guy who
    hopes to become the ace.
[02:12] Asa
    Ouch!
SIGN    Haikyu!!
SIGN    Sakanoshita Shop
[03:45] Keishin
    By the shores of the
    coursing Hirose River,
SIGN    Episode 9: A Toss to the Ace
[03:50] Kei
    memories do not return.
[03:56] Kei
    Amidst the dancing lights of Hayase...
[04:02] Kei
    Wh-What are you doing?
[04:04] Takeda
    I'm sorry. I was checking to see
     if you had any customers.
[04:07] Kei
    You're here about the coaching
    thing again, aren't you?
[04:09] Takeda
    Yes.
[04:12] Kei
    I still like to play.
[04:15] ---
    I even have a local team.
[04:18] Kei
    But I don't want to coach. It's stuffy.
[04:21] Takeda
    I see...
[04:22] Kei
    And I don't want to go
    to that gymnasium, either.
[04:25] Takeda
    D-Do you have bad memories or something?
[04:27] Kei
    The very opposite.
[04:29] ---
    The place is filled with
    fond memories of my youth.
[04:31] Takeda
    Then, why?
[04:34] Kei
    That gym and club room may still be the same,
[04:39] Kei
    but I can never go back.
[04:42] Kei
    It was a limited time with
    its own distinctive feel.
[04:46] ---
    The atmosphere belongs
    to that place and time alone.
[04:50] Takeda
    So it's nostalgia.
[04:52] ---
    How nice.
[04:53] Kei
    Shut up.
[04:55] Kei
    That's why I don't want to go back.
[04:59] Takeda
    Even if Nekoma High School were coming?
[05:02] Takeda
    We're having a practice match
[05:04] ---
    at the end of Golden Week.
    The first match in five years.
[05:06] Kei
    B-But wh-why now?
[05:09] Takeda
    Their coach, Nekomata,
    who was close friends with Coach Ukai,
[05:13] Takeda
    just came out of retirement.
[05:16] Takeda
    When I heard that,
    I requested a practice match.
[05:20] Takeda
    When you were there, Ukai-kun,
[05:21] ---
    wasn't that when the
    Nekoma rivalry was at its peak?
[05:25] Kei
    Yeah.
[05:26] Takeda
    And I hear their coach now was
    Nekoma's setter seven or eight years ago.
[05:35] (Flashback) Nao
    This year is our last chance, Ukai.
[05:38] (Flashback) Nao
    Promise to definitely,
    definitely see us at the nationals.
[05:41] (Flashback) Kei
    Yeah.
[05:43] (Flashback) Kei
    I promise.
[05:45] Takeda
    That was when you were playing, too.
[05:48] ---
    Maybe you know him?
[05:52] Kei
    Hey...
[05:54] Kei
    You trying to agitate me?
[05:56] Takeda
    I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[05:57] Kei
    Are you kidding?
[05:58] ---
    You think I'll fall for such an obvious ploy?
[06:01] Kei
    What time does practice start?
[06:03] Takeda
    I'm sor— Huh?
[06:06] Takeda
    Um...
[06:07] Kei
    Nekoma's coming.
[06:09] ---
    I can't let them see my successors
    in a pitiful state.
[06:11] Kei
    I'm gearing up. Go there and wait.
[06:13] Takeda
    Y-Yes.
[06:14] Kei
    Mom! Mind the store for me.
[06:18] Takeda
    All right.
[06:20] Kei
    Hello, Tatsu-san?
SIGN    Maturing to Greatness
[06:31] Tanaka
    Say, Noya-san.
[06:33] Nishi
    Huh?
[06:34] Tanaka
    What kind of training did you
    do while you were suspended?
[06:38] Nishi
    Hm, mainly block-follow.
[06:41] Nishi
    Training for saving balls
    after they're blocked.
[06:44] Nishi
    I still can't do it well,
    but if I get good at block-follow,
[06:48] Nishi
    you guys can spike with greater confidence.
[06:53] Tanaka
    This guy...
[06:54] Tanaka
    He has a new bruise every time I see him.
[06:58] Tanaka
    Noya-san, are you for real?
    You're such an awesome guy.
[07:01] Nishi
    What're you crying about?
[07:04] Takeda
    Good job, everyone.
[07:05] Sawa
    Huddle up.
[07:08] Takeda
    Let me introduce you.
[07:09] ---
    This is Ukai-kun, who will
    be our coach starting today.
[07:18] Sawa
    C-Coach?
[07:20] ---
    Is this true?
[07:21] Kei
    Only 'til the match against Nekoma.
[07:23] Sawa
    Oh...
[07:25] Tanaka
    But this is the guy from Sakanoshita Shop.
[07:28] ---
    He's really a coach?
[07:29] Takeda
    He's a senpai to all of you.
[07:31] ---
    He's the grandson of Coach Ukai.
[07:33] All
    What?
[07:34] Hinata
    But that's not the name on your store.
[07:39] Kei
    The store's named after
    my mother's side of the family.
[07:42] Kei
    We got no time to waste.
    Let's get started.
[07:44] Kei
    I want to see what you guys are made of.
[07:46] ---
    The game will start at 6:30 PM.
[07:48] Kei
    The opponents have already been invited.
[07:49] Sawa
    Huh? Opponents?
[07:51] Kei
    The Karasuno Neighborhood Association Team.
[08:01] (Flashback) Sawa
    If you still like volleyball,
[08:03] (Flashback) Sawa
    that's reason enough to come back.
[08:12] Kage
    Here goes.
[08:13] Kage
    Okay!
[08:15] Hinata
    Here goes.
[08:17] Kei
    Damn, they're not coming.
[08:19] Kei
    I guess it's impossible
    to get everyone on a weekday.
[08:30] Shimada
    Here.
[08:32] Yama
    Thank you very much.
[08:34] Takinoue
    Hey.
[08:35] Shima
    Hey.
[08:36] Uchizawa
    Wow.
[08:37] Mori
    Brings back memories.
[08:39] Yama
    Um...
[08:42] Shima
    Team Neighborhood Association...
[08:45] Tna
    ...is here!
[08:47] Kei
    Hey, guys, thanks for coming on short notice.
[08:50] Tsuki
    I was expecting geezers from
    a neighborhood association.
[08:54] Yama
    Me, too.
[08:57] Kei
    All right!
[08:58] ---
    Let's get started.
[09:00] Team
    Yeah.
[09:00] Hinata
    It's a match!
[09:03] Kei
    Hey, you. What's the matter?
[09:06] Sawa
    Oh, I'm sorry. He's sort of...
[09:09] Kei
    What? He has a problem? Is he injured?
[09:11] Sawa
    No, it's not that kind of thing...
[09:14] Kei
    What, you're not injured?
[09:16] ---
    Whatever the case,
     I need you on the neighborhood team.
[09:19] Kei
    Their libero has to work,
    so he couldn't make it.
[09:22] Sawa
    Well, then...
[09:27] Kei
    We just need two more.
[09:29] ---
    What should we do?
     You guys still have more guys, right?
[09:31] Hinata
    Hey, it's Asahi-san!
[09:34] Hinata
    Asahi-san!
[09:36] Asahi
    This guy again...
[09:38] Asahi
    I... I... um...
[09:39] Tanaka
    Asahi-san?
[09:40] Kei
    What? You're late?
    Who do you think you are?
[09:42] Kei
    What's your position?
[09:44] Asahi
    Wing spiker...
[09:45] Kei
    We're short on players.
    Hurry and warm up!
[09:49] Kei
    Chop, chop!
[10:15] Kei
    Now we just need a setter.
[10:17] ---
    I wish I could do it,
    but I have to watch the game.
[10:21] Kei
    I need to borrow a setter from you guys.
[10:28] Kage
    Sugawara-san.
[10:31] Kage
    You're not doing this for me, are you?
[10:33] Kage
    If you're stepping down
     so I can step up, I'll refuse.
[10:40] Suga
    Ever since you joined
    the team as official setter,
[10:46] Suga
    I've sort of been relieved.
[10:49] Suga
    The setter is the pillar
    of our team's offense.
[10:52] Suga
    He must be the toughest of everyone.
[10:55] Suga
    But I never felt confident
    about throwing tosses.
[11:00] Suga
    I've been scared
[11:02] ---
    the spikers would repeatedly
    be blocked because of my tosses.
[11:06] Suga
    So I hid behind Kageyama's
    overwhelming abilities,
[11:10] Suga
    and enjoyed the relief.
[11:15] Suga
    When I think of spikes getting blocked...
[11:18] Suga
    It still scares me.
[11:20] Suga
    But...
[11:22] ---
    Let me toss to you again, Asahi.
[11:28] Suga
    That's why I'll be on their team.
[11:30] Suga
    Kageyama.
[11:33] ---
    I won't let you outplay me.
[11:35] Kage
    I won't, either.
[11:37] Suga
    Nishinoya, I'm counting
    on your nice receives.
[11:40] Nishi
    That goes without saying.
[11:44] Sawa
    All right. Let's get ready.
[11:45] Hinata
    Asahi-san's here. Right?
[11:47] Kage
    Yeah. For now, anyway.
SIGN    Karasuno Neighborhood Assoc.
[11:50] All
    Let's play.
[11:54] Sawa
    They definitely have an
    intimidating presence.
[11:56] Takinoue
    Let's do this, high schoolers.
[12:02] Hinata
    It's a battle against the ace...
SIGN    Karasuno Neighborhood Assoc.
[12:21] Shimada
    Nice receive.
[12:26] Taki
    Hey, good one. Nice toss.
[12:29] Suga
    Thank you very much.
[12:31] Hinata
    Sugawara-san's quick attack!
[12:33] Sawa
    Of course. Suga is an
    experienced setter, after all.
[12:37] Tan/Enno
    He looks happy...
[12:39] Nishi
    Suga-san, nice toss!
[12:41] Suga
    Yeah.
[12:42] Suga
    But the neighborhood folks are
    skillfully accommodating me.
[12:47] Suga
    They're veterans, for sure.
[12:49] Taki
    All right.
[12:50] Suga
    My tosses still need a lot of work.
[12:53] Suga
    But, I have to use lots of fast attacks,
[12:56] ---
    and confidently keep building offense.
[12:59] Suga
    Otherwise, the whole match will be
    on the ace's shoulders again.
[13:05] Nishi
    Suga-san, you've become awesome.
[13:07] Suga
    Huh? Really?
[13:09] ---
    That's high praise coming
    from you, Nishinoya.
[13:12] Nishi
    Why's that?
[13:13] Suga
    Oh, well...
[13:16] Asahi
    Suga, you've grown dependable
    in the short time I've been away.
[13:20] Asahi
    And Nishinoya is dependable, as usual.
[13:21] Nishi
    No, seriously, you've become awesome.
[13:24] Asahi
    I, on the other hand,
[13:26] ---
    came moseying back, and am standing
    on the court without a purpose.
[13:30] Asahi
    I feel pathetic.
[13:32] Asahi
    But...
[13:36] Mori
    Nice serve.
[13:37] Uchi
    One more.
[13:40] Asahi
    But...
[13:42] Asahi
    I really do like being here.
[13:49] Taki
    What was that?
[13:50] Hinata
    All right!
[13:50] Kage
    Yes.
[13:52] Uchi
    That was an amazing jump.
[13:54] Shima
    That toss was perfection itself.
[14:00] Sawa
    Nice, Hinata, Kageyama.
[14:02] (Flashback) Hinata
    But now I have this guy tossing to me,
[14:04] (Flashback) ---
    so I can get past any blocker.
[14:06] (Flashback) Hinata
    All the blockers vanish from sight...
[14:09] (Flashback) Hinata
    and the view of the other side
    of the net opens up.
[14:14] Asahi
    The other side of the net...
[14:24] (Flashback) Sawa
    Don't mind.
[14:25] (Flashback) Suga
    One more.
SIGN    68th Prefecture Sporting Competition Volleyball Tournament
SIGN    Karasuno Gymnasium Indoor Sports Arena
SIGN    Date Tech Karasuno
[14:31] (Flashback) Suga
    It's a feint. In front!
[14:32] (Flashback) Tanaka
    Nice, Noya-san.
[14:34] (Flashback) Suga
    Asahi.
SIGN    Iron Wall of Date
    Date Technical High School Volleyball Club Supporters Association
[14:41] (Flashback) Nishi
    Damn.
[14:42] (Flashback) Audience
    He missed, but still, that libero is amazing.
[14:45] (Flashback) Nishi
    I'm sorry. I'll get the next one.
[14:45] (Flashback) Audience2
    Yeah. His skills are amazingly high-level.
[14:48] (Flashback) Audience
    But the offense is weak...
[14:51] Asahi
    Blocked again...
[14:53] ---
    I've lost count of how many
    they've blocked.
[14:56] Asahi
    I kept calling for a toss.
    "Bring it to me."
[14:59] Asahi
    "I will score."
[15:01] ---
    But I've reached the very end.
[15:04] Asahi
    I'm scared to call for a toss.
[15:07] (Flashback) Nishi
    Asahi-san?
[15:08] (Flashback) Suga
    Asahi?
[15:09] (Flashback) Sawa
    Suga, to the right.
[15:11] (Flashback) Suga
    Da-Daichi!
SIGN    Date Tech Karasuno
[15:21] (Flashback) Nishi
    Damn it!
[15:25] (Flashback) Nishi
    I couldn't follow on any of the blocks.
SIGN    Dashing Full Force
[15:31] (Flashback) Asahi
    Why? Why aren't you blaming me?
[15:34] (Flashback) Asahi
    We lost because of me.
[15:36] (Flashback) ---
    No matter how much you followed,
[15:38] (Flashback) ---
    if I can't spike and score, it's all for nothing!
[15:39] (Flashback) Sawa
    Asahi.
[15:44] (Flashback) Nishi
    What do you mean "it's all for nothing"?
[15:47] (Flashback) Nishi
    Then why didn't you call
    for a toss at the end?
[15:51] (Flashback) Nishi
    You were in a position to spike.
[15:54] (Flashback) Suga
    Stop it, Nishinoya.
[15:56] (Flashback) ---
    I was only bringing the ball to Asahi.
    He must've been tired.
[15:58] (Flashback) Asaki
    Toss to me all you want.
[16:00] (Flashback) ---
    I'll never score.
[16:03] (Flashback) Nishi
    You don't know that 'til you spike.
[16:06] (Flashback) Nishi
    Maybe the next one will score!
[16:11] (Flashback) Nishi
    I kept the ball in the air.
[16:13] (Flashback) ---
    It's not your place to give up.
[16:16] (Flashback) Tanaka
    Noya!
[16:18] (Flashback) Nishi
    I'm a libero. I'm the
    cornerstone of the defense,
[16:21] (Flashback) ---
    and the cornerstone of the team!
[16:23] (Flashback) Nishi
    But...
[16:25] (Flashback) ---
    I'm not the one who can score points.
[16:29] (Flashback) Nishi
    I can't attack.
[16:31] (Flashback) ---
    I don't care if your spikes don't score.
[16:34] (Flashback) Nishi
    I would never blame you in the least.
[16:38] (Flashback) Nishi
    But I won't stand for you
    giving up so selfishly.
[16:47] (Flashback) Tanaka
    A-Asahi-san.
[16:48] (Flashback) Suga
    Asahi.
[16:49] (Flashback) Suga
    Wait, Asahi.
[17:00] (Flashback) Nishi
    Why didn't you show up at club yesterday?
[17:04] (Flashback) Nishi
    Soon after New Year,
     it'll be the Inter-High.
[17:09] (Flashback) Asahi
    It's no fun hitting spikes that don't score.
[17:12] Asahi
    What am I saying?
[17:13] ---
    I don't think that at all.
[17:16] (Flashback) Asahi
    You, too. You save the ball,
    but if no one scores,
[17:19] (Flashback) ---
    it's all in vain.
[17:20] Asahi
    Stop it.
[17:22] ---
    Nishinoya isn't a guy that thinks like that.
[17:25] (Flashback) Asahi
    Suga felt responsible every
    time my ball got blocked—
[17:27] (Flashback) Nishi
    Who cares about what others think?!
[17:31] (Flashback) Dean
    Hey, who's shouting?
[17:34] (Flashback) Dean
    Don't make noise in the hall.
[17:37] (Flashback) Nishi
    Asahi-san.
[17:38] (Flashback) Dean
    Hey.
[17:38] (Flashback) Nishi
    Shut up!
[17:42] (Flashback) Dean
    How dare you!
[17:42] (Flashback) Student
    He did that in front of the vice principal.
[17:52] (Flashback) Nishi
    Don't you want to spike and score again?
[17:57] Tanaka
    Nice, Hinata.
[17:59] Hinata
    Thanks!
[18:00] Kage
    Hinata, you serve next.
[18:03] Asahi
    That's what I want.
[18:06] Asahi
    No matter how many times I fail,
[18:09] ---
    I still want to spike.
[18:15] Nishi
    Then, I'm fine.
[18:17] Nishi
    Now that you said that, I'm fine.
[18:28] Nishi
    My job is to keep the ball in play.
    That's all.
[18:32] Enno
    Hinata, nice serve!
[18:35] Taki
    Net in!
[18:36] Shima
    Whoops.
[18:37] Shima
    Sorry! Cover for me.
[18:39] Uchi
    Long-hair guy, you do last.
[18:43] Nishi
    The sky is the domain of spikers.
[18:46] ---
    I can't do battle up there...
[18:50] Kage
    Let's block 'em.
[18:51] Tsuki
    Don't give orders.
[18:53] Tanaka
    Asahi-san, I'm blocking you for real.
[18:56] Nishi
    If I keep the ball in play...
    as long it stays connected...
[18:59] (Flashback) Asahi
    I want to spike again.
[19:02] Nishi
    I know the ace will score for us.
[19:20] Shima
    He saved it.
[19:21] Uchi
    Nice follow.
[19:24] (Flashback) Nishi
    Mainly block-follow.
[19:26] (Flashback) Nishi
    Training in saving balls that get blocked.
[19:28] Tanaka
    Noya-san...
[19:33] Nishi
    Even if the ball bounces off the wall...
[19:35] ---
    I'll keep it in play.
[19:38] Nishi
    So call for a toss again,
[19:42] ---
    ace!
[19:45] Shima
    Cover.
[19:46] Suga
    All right.
[19:47] Suga
    What should I do?
    Who do I toss it to?
[19:49] Suga
    The left is open.
    That might be the best, but...
[19:54] Suga
    If I toss to Asahi and
    he gets blocked again...
[19:57] Kage
    Sugawara-san.
[19:59] Kage
    Give it to him
[20:00] ---
    'til he scores.
[20:02] Tsuki
    You're a total sadist, King.
[20:04] Kage
    What?
[20:06] Suga
    When the going gets rough,
    when the receive is tenuous,
[20:09] Suga
    the last ball is entrusted to the ace.
[20:12] Suga
    I know. I know it,
[20:16] ---
    but Asahi isn't waiting for a toss,
[20:19] Suga
    and I'm putting him on the
    spot against three blockers.
[20:24] Asahi
    The spike...
[20:26] Asahi
    I can spike because the toss goes up.
[20:30] (Flashback) Suga
    Let me toss to you again, Asahi.
[20:36] Asahi
    The toss goes up because
    of the connecting receive.
[20:41] (Flashback) Nishi
    I kept the ball in the air.
[20:43] (Flashback) ---
    It's not your place to give up.
[20:47] Asahi
    I'm not the only one who spikes.
[20:53] Asahi
    Everybody plays his own respective part.
[20:57] Asahi
    And yet, I...
[20:58] (Flashback) Kage
    You don't win alone.
    That's just how it is.
[21:01] (Flashback) Hinata
    That's why everyone calls
    you an ace, Asahi-san.
[21:05] (Flashback) Sawa
    If you still like volleyball...
[21:07] (Flashback) Kage
    Call for a toss again,
[21:10] (Flashback) ---
    ace!
[21:14] Shima
    All right.
[21:15] Suga
    Shimada-san—
[21:16] Asahi
    Suga!
[21:22] Asahi
    One more!
[21:28] Suga
    Ah,
[21:29] ---
    the ace awaits.
[21:32] Suga
    He's calling for a toss.
[21:37] Suga
    A high toss, slightly away from the net.
[21:40] Suga
    The toss, Asahi's specialty,
    which I've tossed to him many times.
[21:46] Suga
    Even if it's just a plain toss,
    give it all you got... carefully...
[21:50] Tsuki
    You're rooting for the
    other team, aren't you?
[21:53] Tsuki
    Well, sorry to say it,
     but I'm blocking them.
[21:54] Kage
    Of course. What's the point of holding back?
[22:02] Asahi
    The dependable guardian behind me...
[22:05] Asahi
    The easy-to-spike tosses he sends me...
[22:08] Asahi
    I lack nothing.
[22:10] Asahi
    I had forgotten such simple,
    obvious things...
[22:15] Asahi
    I'm...
[22:17] ---
    ...not fighting this battle alone.
[22:21] Asahi
    To strike past all obstacles...
[22:39] Asahi
    That's the ace.
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[24:14] Tsuki
    Tanaka-senpai, stop crying
    and block properly.
[24:17] Tanaka
    Jackass, I'm not crying! This is...
[24:20] Tsuki
    Sure. It's sweat, right?
[24:23] Tanaka
    My nose is running!
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[24:24] Tsuki
    Next time on Haikyu!!:
    "Yearning."
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