# 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?