1 - Incredible Talent!

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SIGN    Six Months Ago
[00:45] ara
    What have I been doing this for?
[00:58] ara
    What's the reason I've come this far?
[01:20] (Flashback) ref
    Out.
SIGN    JOC Junior Olympics National Junior Badminton Players Tournament Chart
SIGN    Hanesaki Ayano
SIGN    Aragaki Nagisa
[01:45] ara
    I hit it and I hit it, but
    it keeps coming back...
[02:04] (Flashback) ri
    It's in bounds!
[02:09] ara
    And in that moment, I...
[02:20] (Flashback) ref
    21-Love.
[02:22] (Flashback) ref
    Match won by Hanesaki.
[02:35] ara
    What am I playing badminton for?
SIGN    The prodigy raised by the queen finally takes her crown
SIGN    In a distant foreign country
[02:50] (Flashback) aya
    What am I...?
[02:55] (Flashback) aya
    What am I playing badminton for?
SIGN    #1 Incredible Talent!
[04:42] aya
    Elena, I'm so glad we got
     into the same school.
[04:46] aya
    You're actually pretty smart, Elena.
[04:48] ele
    What do you mean, "actually?"
[04:53] ele
    But I'm seriously lacking
    in prospects here...
[04:57] aya
    Yeah...
[04:58] ele
    I thought you weren't
    interested in boys, Ayano.
[05:02] aya
    I'm happy enough just
    being in class with you.
[05:07] ele
    Sheesh. Now that we're in high school,
    you need to be a little more independent—
[05:10] nori
    Excuse me.
[05:11] nori
    It was Fujisawa-san and
    Hanesaki-san, wasn't it?
[05:15] nori
    My name is Miyura Noriko.
[05:18] ele
    Nice to meet you.
[05:19] nori
    Did you two come from the same middle school?
[05:22] ele
    I wish it was just that. We've been
    in the same class since kindergarten.
[05:25] ele
    I'm sick to death of it.
[05:26] aya
    Hey, don't be like that...
[05:29] nori
    Have you chosen your club yet?
[05:32] ele
    I might not join a club.
[05:34] ele
    There's nothing I especially want to do.
[05:36] aya
    Same here.
[05:37] nori
    Why don't you join the tennis club?
[05:40] ele
    I've never played before. So it would
    be a little weird to start now...
[05:45] nori
    Second-year in the boys' tennis
    club, Saionji Akifumi.
[05:49] nori
    Not only did he represent the
    prefecture as a first-year last year,
[05:52] nori
    but he's so attractive, he's already
    signed with a big talent agency.
[05:55] nori
    And he's in the top 100 in
    the national mock exams.
[05:57] nori
    What's the point of being female if
    you can't land someone like that?
[06:02] nori
    Right?
[06:04] ele
    You're a lot more man-hungry
    than you look...
[06:07] nori
    What do you think, Hanesaki-san?
[06:09] aya
    What about you, Elena?
[06:11] ele
    I keep saying, you should do
    something that's more "you."
[06:14] aya
    But...
[06:16] sign
    Badminton Club
    Let's get to nationals!!
    We practice Monday
    through Saturday!
    Visit us in the gym!
    Beginners welcome!
    Tournaments and Events
[06:16] sign
    Boys: The few but mighty!!
    Let's badminton together!!
     Girls: Taking everyone,
    experienced to beginners!
    Our captain went
    to the Inter-High!
[06:17] aya
    There's a badminton club, right?
[06:21] nori
    I'd advise against that.
[06:24] ele
    Why?
[06:26] nori
    They're apparently being terrorized...
[06:29] ara
    Hey, pick that up!
[06:31] nori
    ...by their team captain, Aragaki.
[06:33] ara
    Next!
[06:37] ara
    What the hell is wrong with you?!
[06:39] ara
    Get up! You can't improve
    if you're laying on the floor.
[06:48] ara
    You're not especially talented, after all.
[06:58] ha
    She's as strict as ever.
[07:01] ha
    Gaku, let's play a rally.
[07:05] yu
    This is going too far.
[07:08] yu
    Don't you agree, Riko?
[07:10] girl
    Hey...
[07:12] ri
    Yes?
[07:13] girl
    I think we might check
    out some other clubs...
[07:16] ri
    You don't want to watch a little longer?
[07:18] ri
    We're about to have a demonstration match.
[07:20] girl
    We just don't have much time.
[07:22] girl
    Same here.
[07:23] girl
    Thanks for having us, though!
[07:29] boy
    That scared the hell out of me!
[07:33] bi
    Aragaki-san is so desperate
    to make the team better.
[07:37] bi
    I wish I could be a better advisor,
[07:39] bi
    but I'm such a coward, and I know
    so little about badminton.
[07:42] bi
    Aragaki-san ends up shouldering
    all the burden...
[07:45] ri
    No, I'm sure that's not all—
[07:47] bi
    But leave it all to me!
[07:49] bi
    I've employed a secret weapon!
[07:51] ri
    A secret weapon?
[07:52] bi
    Yep! Just you wait and see!
[08:02] ri
    Game and set to Saionji.
[08:12] ri
    Saionji-senpai!
[08:14] ri
    Have a towel.
[08:16] ri
    Have a drink.
[08:17] ri
    You did so great!
[08:20] ele
    He's like an idol.
[08:21] nori
    Isn't it exciting?
[08:24] nori
    Saionji-senpai!
[08:27] boy
    Our captain lost to a
     second-year in a love game.
[08:30] boy
    Sucks to be him.
[08:32] boy
    But Saionji's just that much better.
[08:35] boy
    Makes me wonder why
    I even bother with tennis.
SIGN    We are the buddy-buddy Bad Club!
[09:00] yu
    Riko.
[09:04] ri
    Yes?
[09:06] yu
    What do you think?
[09:09] riko
    About what?
[09:10] yu
    About Nagisa, of course!
[09:18] yu
    That practice... She was just
    taking her anger out on us.
[09:24] ri
    Don't be like that.
[09:27] shi
    Come on, guys! Calm down a little!
[09:30] yu
    You shut up.
[09:31] shi
    Sorry!
[09:37] riko
    I'll give it a little while longer.
[09:40] riko
    You know how Nagisa is feeling, don't you?
[09:44] yu
    Still, there's only so
    much a person can take.
[09:51] shi
    Great job today!
[09:53] ara
    Sure.
[09:57] yu
    Let's go.
SIGN    Welcome, New Students～!
[10:34] riko
    Nagisa.
[10:36] riko
    You've been a little too hard
    on them lately, haven't you?
[10:42] riko
    We're not getting any new club members.
    We might even lose the ones we have...
[10:47] ara
    Did someone say something?
[10:51] ara
    If we want to win, we have to practice.
[10:54] ara
    We're not natural talents.
[10:56] ara
    We have to put the effort in.
[10:59] ri
    I know, but...
[11:00] ara
    It's true!
[11:03] ara
    I'm going to beat her.
[11:06] ara
    If I can't, then what's the point?
[11:17] ara
    I'm going to string my racket.
[11:27] aya
    Sorry I'm late!
[11:31] ele
    Took you long enough.
[11:33] aya
    Sorry!
[11:34] ele
    I need you to stick with me all day.
[11:37] ele
    I've got a lot of places I need to go.
[11:38] aya
    Sure!
[11:39] ele
    Okay, let's go.
[11:42] ri
    Aren't you...
[11:45] ri
    Nothing. Sorry.
[11:49] ele
    You know her?
[11:50] aya
    Nah.
[11:52] aya
    Hey, are you really gonna
    join the tennis club?
[11:54] ele
    Why not? There were plenty
    of hotties there.
[11:57] ele
    Wanna come along?
[11:58] aya
    Hmm...
[11:59] ele
    Come on, let's do it!
SIGN    New Message
SIGN    To: Nagisa
SIGN    On the way home, I saw the girl from the nationals who
[12:28] bi
    What's taking him so long?
[12:50] ara
    Remember, you're a third-year.
[12:53] ara
    What kind of example are you
    setting for the underclassmen?
[12:55] yu
    Stop taking your anger out on me.
[13:04] ara
    What is that supposed to mean?
[13:10] yu
    I think you already know.
[13:14] ri
    Hey, wait a minute...
[13:21] ara
    If you don't care about getting better,
[13:25] ara
    just quit.
[13:30] yu
    I can't do this anymore.
[13:32] ri
    Yuka! Wait!
[13:35] ha
    Wow, they're not looking good at all.
[13:38] shi
    I know that!
[13:42] ha
    What's with her?
[13:45] ha
    Talk about taking your
    anger out on someone...
[13:56] riko
    Nagisa, are you sure about this?
[13:58] ara
    Anyone who won't put
     in the work should quit.
[14:01] ara
    If they're not cut out for badminton...
[14:07] riko
    We can't all do this like you can, Nagisa.
[14:14] ara
    Does that go for you, too?
[14:16] ara
    If that's how you feel, Riko...
[14:20] ara
    You should quit, too.
[14:53] boy
    Hey, looking good!
[14:56] girl
    Saionji-senpai!
[14:58] girl
    He's so super hot!
[15:00] girl
    The president can't even keep up!
[15:03] girl
    Hey! He can hear you!
[15:03] girl
    One more! You can do it!
[15:05] man
    Now that's a beautiful sight!
[15:08] ele
    Oh, sorry!
[15:35] ref
    30-Love.
[15:37] sai
    Can we be done yet?
[15:40] cap
    One more.
[15:42] cap
    You haven't gotten serious yet.
[15:45] sai
    Some people don't know when to quit.
[15:52] aya
    Hey, let's quit already...
[15:55] ele
    How come? It's fun!
[15:59] ele
    Wow, you're good at this.
[16:02] aya
    Elena...
[16:03] ara
    What's she doing here?
[16:06] ara
    Why is she playing tennis?
[16:15] sai
    If that's what you want, I'll get serious.
[16:18] ele
    Okay!
[16:20] ele
    Huh?
[16:22] ele
    Sorry about that.
[16:23] ele
    I'll get it.
[16:28] nori
    Elena-san!
[16:37] ref
    In.
[16:43] (Flashback) ara
    What am I playing badminton for?
[16:58] ele
    Th-Thanks.
[16:59] boy
    You!
[17:04] man
    This is...
[17:06] ele
    Don't you touch her!
[17:08] ele
    You freak! What the heck was that?
[17:10] man
    Y-You got the wrong idea!
[17:13] man
    A-Are you left-handed?
[17:16] ele
    What the hell kind of question is that?
[17:17] ele
    Some kind of new pick-up line?
[17:19] man
    No, please, hear me out.
[17:21] ele
    This is not appropriate
    behavior for a teacher!
[17:24] ele
    I'll report you to the board of education!
[17:25] man
    I'm not a teacher, though!
[17:28] ele
    Then that's even worse!
[17:30] ele
    I'm calling the police, you big, weird perv!
[17:31] man
    It's not like that!
[17:34] man
    Could I convince you to
    join the badminton club?
[17:45] man
    You used to play badminton, didn't you?
[17:49] man
    You have a healed-over blister on
    the base of your left ring finger.
[17:52] man
    Hey! You!
[17:57] ele
    Ayano...
[18:27] ara
    When I lost that match,
[18:29] ara
    I felt like the world was rejecting me.
[18:33] ara
    That all the badminton I'd played...
[18:37] ara
    That all my efforts...
[18:38] ara
    They were all for nothing.
[18:40] ara
    And I didn't want to accept it.
[18:43] ara
    I thought I just needed to practice more.
[18:47] ara
    That's why I said all that
    high-and-mighty stuff.
[18:52] ara
    But when I looked at that girl...
[18:57] ara
    I felt so scared...
[19:05] ara
    I'm the one who's not cut out for this.
[19:11] ara
    I...
[19:13] riko
    It's okay.
[19:15] ara
    I blame other people...
[19:18] ara
    ...for the things I can't do.
[19:23] riko
    It's okay, really.
[19:52] all
    Three, four, five, six!
[19:55] all
    Seven, eight, nine, ten!
[19:56] ha
    Not many of them left, are there?
[19:58] gaku
    Are you talking about us?
[19:58] riko
    One, two, three, four!
[20:00] riko
    Louder!
[20:01] riko
    Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!
[20:07] riko
    Now, quad stretches!
[20:10] riko
    One, two, three, four!
[20:13] riko
    Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!
[20:17] bi
    Okay, everyone! Come over here a minute!
[20:21] bi
    I'm about to introduce my secret weapon!
[20:25] riko
    Secret weapon? The one
    you mentioned yesterday?
[20:29] riko
    Okay, come on in!
[20:37] riko
    The future criminal.
[20:38] tachi
    I am not!
[20:41] tachi
    I'm Tachibana Kentaro. Nice to meet you.
[20:43] bi
    Tachibana-kun here is a
    badminton club alumnus!
[20:47] bi
    He's even played in the Olympics!
[20:50] nagi
    The Olympics?
[20:52] gaku
    I've never heard of you before, though.
[20:54] tachi
    To be precise, I didn't actually play.
[20:57] tachi
    I was selected to play,
[20:59] tachi
    but I blew out my knee and had to quit.
[21:05] tachi
    But I'm going to bounce back
    from that failure by producing,
[21:07] tachi
    here at Kitakomachi High
    School's badminton club,
[21:11] tachi
    a gold medalist!
[21:15] nagi
    A gold medalist in what?
[21:18] tachi
    What do you think? The Olympics!
[21:21] ha
    The Olympics?
[21:22] tachi
    Although I must admit,
    your club looks pretty small...
[21:25] aya
    Stop it!
[21:27] ele
    Just come along!
[21:29] ele
    No!
[21:32] ele
    Come on!
[21:34] ele
    Hello there!
[21:37] ele
    Hurry up! You're doing this!
[21:39] tachi
    You're...
[21:42] aya
    Elena... Why?
[21:45] ele
    I really think you should
    be playing badminton.
[21:51] ele
    I mean...
[21:52] ele
    You're crazy talented!
[21:56] ele
    If you keep running away,
    you'll never move forward.
[22:04] tachi
    That's right. You have talent!
[22:06] ele
    The pervert!
[22:08] tachi
    I am not! I'm the coach here!
[22:11] tachi
    Anyway, the spring in your legs,
[22:14] tachi
    your kinetic vision,
[22:16] tachi
    the suppleness of your wrist,
[22:18] tachi
    and the fact that you're left-handed...
[22:20] tachi
    You have all the natural elements
    that can't be won through effort.
[22:23] tachi
    You should definitely be playing badminton.
[22:26] aya
    Please stop.
[22:29] aya
    I'm not going to change my mind.
[22:31] ele
    Why don't we have a match, then?
[22:33] aya
    A match?
[22:34] ele
    You know, that thing they do!
[22:36] ele
    "If I lose, I'll give up on you. If I win,
    you'll join the club!" Like that.
[22:42] nagi
    Like in a shonen manga?
[22:44] ha
    Yeah.
[22:45] ele
    So, who's the best person in the club?
[22:51] ele
    No one?
[22:52] ele
    You do seem like a small club...
    Don't you want a new player?
[22:57] ele
    Oh? Are you afraid of losing?
[23:01] ele
    I mean, she is pretty good,
    and she's only a first-year...
[23:03] aya
    Stop it! I don't want to play badminton!
[23:07] aya
    It's pointless!
[23:09] tachi
    Come on.
[23:10] tachi
    You have so much talent, you could
    be world-class if you tried!
[23:14] aya
    But it's just a sport, right?
[23:16] tachi
    Hey, don't be like that...
[23:19] aya
    So playing badminton in a club is pointless.
[23:26] riko
    It's not pointless at all!
[23:29] riko
    It's not pointless...
[23:34] riko
    Working your fingers to the bone...
[23:38] riko
    Wanting so badly to win!
[23:42] riko
    It's not pointless at all...
[23:45] aya
    You don't have to get so mad...
[23:46] ara
    Let's play.
[23:51] ara
    You and me.
[23:53] ara
    Let's play!