10 - The Backhand Grip Is Like This

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[00:01] nagi
    I started badminton really
    early in elementary school.
[00:10] nagi
    It was frustrating.
[00:13] nagi
    It was sometimes painful.
[00:15] nagi
    But it was fun.
[00:19] nagi
    "I'll become the best in Japan."
[00:21] nagi
    "I'll play on the world stage."
[00:24] nagi
    That's what I thought.
SIGN    Hanesaki Ayano Aragaki Nagisa
[00:27] nagi
    But...
[00:31] sign
    No matter how I hit it...
[00:33] nagi
    No matter where I sent it...
[00:34] nagi
    The shuttle never landed on her court.
[00:44] nagi
    She was overpowering.
[00:52] aya
    I'm back.
[00:57] uchi
    Welcome back, Ayano.
[01:07] uchi
    Though really, I guess I'm
    the one who just got back...
[01:20] uchi
    I hear you qualified for the Inter-High.
[01:42] gm
    Uchika-shan...
[01:46] gm
    You and Ayano have had a deep connection...
[01:49] gm
    ...through badminton for a long, long time.
[01:55] gm
    Won't you consider coming home?
[02:05] uchi
    I wonder if she's gotten good.
[02:08] uchi
    While I was gone...
[02:12] uchi
    Has she really gotten good?
SIGN    #10 "The Backhand Grip Is Like This"
[03:52] yu
    They seem kind of... intense.
[03:58] aya
    Dang it...
[04:00] aya
    17-14.
[04:02] tachi
    That was close!
[04:04] ri
    Coach Tachibana was an
    Olympic hopeful, right?
[04:09] ri
    But I wonder why Ayano-chan...
[04:12] ri
    ...suddenly wants to play him.
[04:29] yu
    21-17. Game, Coach Tachibana.
[04:33] tachi
    Boy, playing you is exhausting...
[04:37] aya
    One more game.
[04:38] tachi
    Nope.
[04:39] tachi
    I'm getting too old for this.
[04:42] aya
    No fair! You can't just run off!
[04:44] aya
    C'mon, let's play!
[04:49] aya
    How about you?
[04:51] aya
    Let's play. It'll be a dry run for the finals.
[05:00] aya
    It's hard to get real practice
    against anyone else, you know?
[05:03] aya
    I bet you want to play me, too, Nagisa-chan.
[05:08] ri
    W-Wait a minute...
[05:10] ri
    You don't have to play each other yet!
[05:13] aya
    Riko-chan, you're so uptight!
[05:16] aya
    It's just practice.
[05:19] riko
    I know that.
[05:20] riko
    But...
[05:23] tachi
    Hey, everyone, over here!
[05:27] riko
    Let's go!
[05:36] tachi
    The boys' prelims are tomorrow.
[05:39] tachi
    Hayama, Isehara, this is
    your final tournament.
[05:42] tachi
    Give it your best.
[05:44] tachi
    Okay.
[05:44] tachi
    Okay.
[05:47] ri
    Give it your best!
[05:50] hay
    Gotta say, getting paired against
    one of last year's final four...
[05:53] hay
    I'm pretty unlucky!
[05:55] tachi
    You never know what'll happen in a match.
[05:58] tachi
    Just give him the best you have.
[06:00] hay
    Okay!
[06:01] hay
    Gaku, let's meet in the finals.
[06:04] gaku
    That's not possible.
[06:05] gaku
    We're in the same bracket.
    We'd meet in the semis.
[06:08] hay
    I know that!
[06:10] hay
    You've got no sense of humor...
[06:13] hay
    Don't take everything
    literally! It's just a joke!
[06:31] riko
    S-Still, it's amazing for two girls from
    our school to be the finalists, huh?
[06:36] yu
    Yeah!
[06:37] yu
    And it means they're both
    going to nationals!
[06:40] riko
    I just hope it's a good match.
[06:44] aya
    That might be tough.
[06:47] aya
    I mean, we all know that Nagisa-chan...
[06:50] aya
    ...doesn't stand a chance
    against me now, right?
[06:57] riko
    Y-You won't know that until you play...
[07:12] riko
    Nagisa... Um...
[07:14] nagi
    I'm gonna stop by the gym teacher's office.
[07:16] nagi
    Head on without me.
[07:24] aya
    Aw, no fun.
[07:38] nagi
    Excuse me.
[07:40] tachi
    Hey.
[07:44] nagi
    What is it?
[07:47] mi
    How's your knee feeling?
[07:50] nagi
    It's a little tense, but it isn't
    affecting me on the court.
[07:55] tachi
    You're already going to the Inter-High.
[07:58] tachi
    You don't need to push yourself.
[08:00] nagi
    Are you telling me to forfeit?
[08:02] tachi
    You can wait to face Hanesaki
    on the national stage.
[08:06] nagi
    There's no guarantee we'll get matched up.
[08:08] tachi
    If you keep winning,
    you'll face her eventually.
[08:11] tachi
    You're both capable of going that far.
[08:15] tachi
    Don't get so fixated on every single match.
[08:17] tachi
    Think about your future.
[08:24] tachi
    Well, give it a few days' thought.
[08:27] tachi
    Boy, am I hungry!
[08:31] tachi
    Well, see you later!
[08:37] miya
    I've told you before,
    but he went really far.
[08:41] nagi
    He was in the running
    for the Olympics, right?
[08:46] miya
    His knee was hurting, too.
[08:48] miya
    There was a big international match...
[08:51] miya
    But he was a shoe-in for the Olympics,
[08:53] miya
    so he chose not to participate,
    for his own health.
SIGN    Winner Mr. Tachibana Kentaro For winning the 50th All Japan High School Kanagawa Prefecture Men's Badminton Singles Preliminaries, you are hereby presented with this award.
[08:56] miya
    Then another Japanese player
    came out with a surprise win.
[09:02] miya
    The slot went to that player instead.
[09:05] miya
    That's when he retired.
[09:08] nagi
    You mean...
[09:10] nagi
    He was so worried about his knee,
    he let his chance slip away?
[09:14] nagi
    Then...
[09:14] miya
    He's been through that same awful thing,
[09:17] miya
    and he's still telling you to be careful.
[09:22] miya
    I think he understands how
    you feel better than anyone.
[09:26] miya
    Try to understand, that's where
    his advice is coming from.
[09:36] riko
    What did Coach Tachibana want to talk about?
[09:39] nagi
    My knee.
[09:41] riko
    I see.
[09:50] riko
    If you have a choice,
    I think you shouldn't play.
[09:56] riko
    Besides... Ayano-chan has been acting
    more and more strangely these days.
[10:01] riko
    I guess I don't really want
    you two to play each other.
[10:12] riko
    Sorry. I know it's still your choice.
[10:16] riko
    Forget what I said.
[10:41] uchi
    I see!
[10:43] uchi
    She was really good, then?
[10:47] uchi
    Oh, I know that.
[10:55] uchi
    Leave it to me.
[10:57] uchi
    I'll be in touch soon.
[11:00] uchi
    Godnat, Connie.
SIGN    2018 All Japan High School Athletics Tournament Kanagawa Prefecture Preliminaries Badminton Boys' Singles Venue
[11:14] nagi
    Yes!
[11:16] yu
    Gaku-senpai's on fire, huh?
[11:18] sora
    Yeah.
[11:19] sora
    Isehara-kun!
[11:21] sora
    Give it your best!
[11:23] sora
    Gakkun! Fight!
[11:27] hay
    Those girls don't go to our school.
[11:31] riko
    He got some fan letters earlier, too.
[11:35] hay
    For real?!
[11:36] yu
    Gaku-senpai's really handsome, after all.
[11:40] hay
    I guess... Yeah, he's pretty good-looking.
[11:45] hay
    Nice smash!
[11:46] hay
    Get another point on that board!
SIGN    Venue: Kanagawa Prefectural Gymnasium Isehara Gaku 1st Match 2nd Match
[11:54] miya
    Isehara-kun.
[11:55] miya
    Keep it up. See if you can conserve
    energy through your second match, too!
[11:58] gaku
    Okay.
[11:59] ele
    Gakkun, fight!
[12:02] sora
    Big brother.
[12:05] sora
    Don't get cocky, okay?
[12:11] ele
    Was he... being cocky?
[12:14] riko
    No clue.
[12:16] tachi
    Follow in Isehara's footsteps, Hayama.
[12:19] hay
    Sure.
[12:22] mie
    Do your best!
[12:25] tachi
    Hey now, where's your usual passion?
[12:28] tachi
    I'll check you out in the early game.
[12:31] tachi
    If you hit him hard and get him flustered
    early, you can open things up.
[12:35] hay
    Sure.
[12:36] riko
    After coming this far, what can
    you do but give it your best?
[12:39] nagi
    He made it to the final four last
    year, but he's still a second-year.
[12:43] nagi
    If you do your best and hang in there—
[12:44] yu
    You don't have to fight so hard!
[12:48] yu
    You don't have to fight so hard anymore!
[12:59] tachi
    H-Hey! Ebina?
[13:03] nagi
    Did I say something strange?
[13:06] ri
    I don't know...
[13:09] hay
    Wh-What the heck?
[13:11] hay
    I didn't...
[13:30] nagi
    Yu.
[13:32] nagi
    Sit here.
[13:43] ump
    On my right, Hosoi Shun.
[13:46] ump
    On my left, Hayama Yukiteru.
[13:48] ump
    Hosoi to serve. Love-all. Play!
[14:03] riko
    Nice one!
[14:07] hay
    Yeah!
[14:07] mie
    It's going great!
[14:09] riko
    He's really moving!
[14:19] riko
    Yes!
[14:20] riko
    He's got luck on his side, too!
[14:22] nagi
    He might just do this!
[14:30] hoso
    Damn it...
[14:32] gaku
    Yes!
[14:32] miya
    Keep it up, keep it up!
[14:34] riko
    His opponent is flustered.
[14:36] riko
    He should widen the gap as much as possible.
[14:49] gaku
    He got it!
[14:50] nagi
    Now!
[14:52] hay
    It's out.
[14:58] hoso
    Yeah! Got one!
[15:01] ri
    Wasn't that out?
[15:03] nagi
    No, it was on the line.
[15:05] nagi
    Now, the real match begins.
SIGN    Hosoi Shun - Toho High School
SIGN    Kitakomachi High School - Hayama Yukiteru
[15:17] ump
    Out.
[15:21] hoso
    Yeah! Got one!
[15:23] sora
    His voice gets under my skin.
[15:26] nagi
    Don't sweat it! Hang in there!
[15:29] ele
    His opponent's really good.
[15:31] tachi
    There's a reason he reached
    final four in his first year.
[15:35] ele
    Do your best, Hayama-senpai!
[15:37] ele
    Fight!
[15:41] nagi
    Don't sweat it!
[15:43] riko
    You're still in this!
[15:45] gaku
    Don't give up!
[15:47] nagi
    Keep calm!
[15:52] hay
    Damn! I gotta change this momentum.
[15:57] hay
    Yes!
[16:06] ump
    In!
[16:07] hoso
    Yeah!
[16:09] riko
    He got it in.
[16:11] gaku
    Yukiteru! Keep your feet moving! Go, go!
[16:15] riko
    What's wrong?
[16:17] yu
    Bathroom break.
[16:24] tachi
    Your opponent's tired, too.
[16:26] tachi
    You gotta hang in there.
[16:28] hay
    He sure is good, though!
[16:36] gaku
    Well, I should get to my match.
[16:38] sora
    Good luck, big brother!
[16:39] miya
    Fight!
[16:40] gaku
    Sure.
[16:54] hay
    Look at him, posturing.
[17:00] hay
    You've got your third match next, right?
[17:02] hay
    I know you can make it... to nationals.
[17:06] (Flashback) hay
    The backhand grip is like this.
[17:13] (Flashback) hay
    Great!
[17:14] (Flashback) hay
    Raise your index finger a little more.
[17:16] (Flashback) gaku
    Like this?
[17:17] (Flashback) hay
    Yeah, yeah!
[17:19] (Flashback) hay
    Now I'll teach you how to serve!
[17:21] (Flashback) hay
    First off, there's a short
    serve and a long serve.
[17:37] (Flashback) coach
    Isehara!
[17:39] (Flashback) coach
    What was that all about?
[17:40] (Flashback) coach
    I told you to hit a round-the-head,
    not a high backhand!
[17:44] (Flashback) coach
    If you get in the habit of taking
    it easy, you'll never get far!
[17:46] (Flashback) gaku
    Okay.
[17:47] (Flashback) coach
    Also, you're changing the direction
    your racket faces too early.
[17:50] (Flashback) coach
    You need to hold it until the last second,
    or you won't beat strong opponents.
[17:55] (Flashback) coach
    Your eye line, too.
[17:57] (Flashback) coach
    If you always look in the direction
    you want the shuttle to go...
[18:01] hay
    No matter what you tried,
[18:03] hay
    you always picked it up right away...
[18:06] hay
    I'm kind of a clod, so I just
    couldn't get the knack.
[18:09] riko
    He's getting tired!
[18:10] hay
    I thought, "I guess you've got talent."
[18:10] miya
    Move, move!
[18:14] hay
    But... I have it, too.
[18:17] hay
    A talent called bullheadedness!
[18:24] nagi
    What's wrong?
[18:28] nagi
    Did something happen with you and Hayama?
[18:47] yu
    Senpai...
[18:50] yu
    He was in the park
    practicing on the way home.
[18:55] yu
    I knew he was working hard, so...
[19:01] yu
    But when I saw him working
    so hard on badminton, I...
[19:06] yu
    For some reason, I felt so frustrated...
[19:11] yu
    It was painful.
[19:17] hos
    Oh, yeah!
[19:26] ump
    Game.
[19:27] ump
    Match won by Hosoi.
[19:30] ump
    21-17, 21-13.
[19:33] hos
    Thanks!
[19:37] hay
    Thanks!
SIGN    Boys Third Round (Quarterfinals)
SIGN    Isehara Gaku
[20:08] hay
    Too bad, huh?
[20:11] gaku
    I'm going to keep it up in college.
[20:14] gaku
    Badminton... I had thought
    this would be the end of it,
[20:19] gaku
    but now I want to keep it up a bit longer.
[20:23] hay
    Sounds like a good idea to me.
[20:38] hay
    Hey, is this usually the way you take home?
[20:41] yu
    No.
[20:48] hay
    Thank you.
[20:57] hay
    It feels strange to do this when it's over.
[20:59] yu
    Hayama-senpai!
[21:00] hay
    Wh-What?!
[21:02] yu
    I... I liked you!
[21:05] hay
    For real?!
[21:06] yu
    But I don't know if I do anymore.
[21:10] yu
    I realized...
[21:12] yu
    The reason I wanted to
    encourage you might be...
[21:16] yu
    ...because you showed me the
    point of playing badminton.
[21:22] yu
    Um, it's hard to explain.
[21:24] yu
    Um... I really have no talent at badminton,
[21:29] yu
    so I thought there was
    no point in playing it.
[21:32] yu
    But you showed me that that doesn't matter.
[21:35] yu
    That the struggle itself means something.
[21:37] yu
    That that made it cool...
[21:40] yu
    Do you think that means I like you?
[21:44] hay
    Um...
[21:46] hay
    I think it might mean you like badminton.
[21:49] yu
    Oh! I see, was that it?
[21:53] yu
    Thanks a lot!
[21:55] hay
    S-Sure...
[21:56] yu
    See you later!
[22:03] hay
    Maybe I'll keep it up, too.
[22:12] riko
    21-14.
[22:13] riko
    Ayano-chan.
[22:15] aya
    Thanks.
[22:16] sora
    Thank you... very much.
[22:20] aya
    Wanna play?
[22:22] aya
    I bet you won't. Your
    knee seems pretty wrecked.
[22:26] aya
    Not that your knee would
    make the real difference.
[22:34] nag
    I'm playing in the finals.
[22:38] tachi
    There's no need to rise to
    Hanesaki's provocations.
[22:43] nagi
    When I lost to her in the All-Japan Juniors,
[22:46] nagi
    it's because I gave up in the end
    and stopped chasing the shuttle.
[22:51] nagi
    In that moment... I lost to myself.
[22:56] nagi
    Fighting her means fighting
    the person I was back then.
[23:03] tachi
    Well, I figured you'd say that.
[23:09] nagi
    But I won't push myself
    past what I can take.
[23:13] nagi
    So please, coach me!
[23:17] tachi
    Give it your best.
[23:19] miya
    I'll be rooting for you.
[23:44] uchi
    I hear you played Connie.
[23:50] uchi
    Once this tournament is over,
[23:53] uchi
    why not leave Japan with me?