# 11 - Because I Love Badminton
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**[00:06] aya**
*What have I...*
**[00:11] (Flashback) aya**
Mom...
**[00:13] (Flashback) aya**
Don't go...
**[00:15] aya**
*...been playing badminton for?*
**[00:26] nagi**
*What am I playing badminton for?*
***SIGN*** The prodigy raised by the queen finally takes her crown
***SIGN*** In a distant foreign country
**[02:16] cho**
You both have such healthy appetites.
***SIGN*** #11 "Because I Love Badminton"
**[02:20] cho**
But then, you're so active, and
you're in your growth spurt.
**[02:23] uchi**
Oh, no. My growth has stopped!
**[02:26] cho**
You'll always be a child to me, Uchika-shan.
**[02:31] aya**
I'm done.
**[02:33] uchi**
Oh, there's cake in the fridge!
**[02:38] cho**
You two aren't speaking at all, are you?
**[02:42] uchi**
No, but...
**[02:44] uchi**
Well, she does have a match coming up.
**[02:47] uchi**
Thank you for the meal!
**[02:54] uchi**
Can I come in?
**[03:03] uchi**
Before, you wanted my acknowledgment.
**[03:07] uchi**
You wanted to be with me.
**[03:09] uchi**
That's why you played badminton.
**[03:12] uchi**
But now you can play badminton without me.
**[03:17] uchi**
That's why I came back.
**[03:29] yu**
She seems pretty on edge.
**[03:31] riko**
Well, it's only three days to the finals.
**[03:34] yu**
That's true.
**[03:36] yu**
After all, she's playing...
**[03:39] yu**
Ayanon's been spacing out
a lot these days...
**[03:43] ri**
Yeah. I've seen her like that several times.
**[03:50] yu**
What's she thinking about?
**[03:53] hay**
'Sup!
**[03:55] yu**
Hayama-senpai?!
**[03:56] hay**
H-Hey...
**[03:58] yu**
And Gaku-senpai!
**[04:01] yu**
Don't you need to study for entrance exams?
**[04:04] hay**
Well... Izumi would need to study, too!
**[04:07] riko**
Well, that's true.
**[04:09] riko**
I was just hoping I could help out
**[04:11] riko**
as a practice partner or something.
**[04:13] hay**
I guess that's sorta why we're here, too.
**[04:16] hay**
Right?
**[04:17] riko**
Well, Isehara's smart enough to be
in the class top ten anyway, so...
**[04:23] sora**
What about Hayama-senpai?
**[04:25] riko**
R-Right...
**[04:30] yu**
Is he that bad?
**[04:32] riko**
W-Well...
**[04:34] riko**
You wouldn't be in the *bottom* ten, right?
**[04:36] hay**
Of course not!
**[04:38] sora**
Then, would you be in the bottom twenty?
**[04:46] hay**
Shut up!
**[04:47] hay**
I do it because I love it, okay?
**[04:49] aya**
Hey!
**[04:51] aya**
Would you play me?
**[04:53] hay**
Me?
**[05:02] yu**
Hayama-senpai seems more in-the-groove
than he was during his match.
**[05:06] sora**
He does.
**[05:07] sora**
But even more than that, Ayanon's defense...
**[05:11] riko**
She was trained by Shindo Uchika,
**[05:14] riko**
the ten-time-straight
national champion, after all.
**[05:28] sora**
21-5.
**[05:35] aya**
Huh?
**[05:36] aya**
You don't want to play the second set?
**[05:39] nagi**
You've done enough, Hanesaki.
**[05:43] aya**
Aw, but he said he came
here to play badminton.
**[05:49] aya**
Well, do you wanna play me
instead, Nagisa-chan?
**[05:54] nagi**
Let's save it for the finals.
**[06:00] aya**
You sound more relaxed about it.
***SIGN*** Two days to the finals!
**[07:14] yu**
Sora-chan! You always put
yours backward, huh?
**[07:23] riko**
It's tomorrow already, huh?
**[07:25] riko**
Both of you, get a lot of rest today, okay?
**[07:29] aya**
'Kay!
**[07:31] aya**
Though I doubt we're gonna
get to three sets, anyway...
**[07:35] nagi**
See you.
**[07:44] riko**
Hey!
**[07:45] riko**
I told you to rest!
**[07:48] nagi**
Riko?
**[07:49] taka**
Boobs!
**[07:50] yu**
So big!
**[07:52] kita**
I want a piggy-back ride!
**[07:53] riko**
Stop it, Masako! Takako! Kitaro!
**[07:53] kita**
I want to ride!
**[07:58] riko**
A grasshopper!
**[08:00] riko**
It went that way!
**[08:02] riko**
Catch it!
**[08:03] riko**
Wait for me, guys!
**[08:10] riko**
Almost time for the finals, huh?
**[08:15] riko**
I'm rooting for you. Do your best.
**[08:18] nagi**
Yeah.
**[08:18] yu**
Big Sis! Hurry!
**[08:24] nagi**
Listen, Riko...
**[08:27] nagi**
I...
**[08:30] nagi**
Never mind.
**[08:32] nagi**
I'm off!
**[08:37] taka**
Big Sis!
**[08:38] taka**
Mako fell asleep!
**[08:45] ri**
Let's go home.
**[09:13] aya**
*What have I...*
**[09:27] aya**
*...been playing badminton for?*
**[09:34] uchi**
We sure played a lot together, didn't we?
**[09:37] uchi**
The rule was that when
it lands, it's over.
**[09:39] uchi**
But you'd shout, "One more time!"
and start crying.
**[09:42] uchi**
Takes you back, doesn't it?
**[09:43] aya**
What have you been playing badminton for?
**[09:46] uchi**
Me?
**[09:49] uchi**
I play badminton because I love it.
**[09:54] aya**
Ah.
***SIGN*** VS Konan High School
**[10:04] ump**
*On my right, Hanesaki Ayano.*
**[10:07] ump**
*On my left, Serigaya Kaoruko.*
**[10:10] ump**
*Serigaya to serve.*
**[10:12] ump**
*Love-all. Play!*
***SIGN*** 2018 All Japan High School Athletics Tournament Kanagawa Prefecture Preliminaries Finals Badminton Girls Singles Venue
**[10:53] yu**
There are more people here than I expected.
**[10:55] riko**
The finals are the only thing left.
**[10:58] yuu**
Riko.
**[10:59] ri**
Yuka!
**[11:01] ri**
You came!
**[11:03] yuu**
They wouldn't stop nagging me
to come cheer her on.
**[11:06] tomo**
Hey! That's not fair!
**[11:08] megu**
Yeah! All we did was
mention the day and time!
**[11:15] yuu**
By the way, I heard Nagisa's opponent
is a new student at our school.
**[11:20] ay**
Heya!
**[11:21] yuu**
Um...
**[11:23] aya**
I'm Hanesaki Ayano, and I'll
be playing Nagisa-chan.
**[11:26] aya**
Nice to meet you!
**[11:28] yuu**
I don't know about calling
your club senpai "-chan."
**[11:32] yuu**
Where is she, anyway?
**[11:57] miya**
I really messed up!
**[12:00] miya**
I should've gotten iced coffee instead.
**[12:02] miya**
It's almost August, after all.
**[12:05] miya**
Did you ever imagine a
finals pairing like this?
**[12:09] tachi**
No. I genuinely didn't expect
Aragaki to come this far so easily.
**[12:16] miya**
I really am glad I asked
you to coach, Kentaro-kun!
**[12:20] tachi**
Well, it's not about me.
**[12:22] tachi**
She's really worked hard.
**[12:25] tachi**
In these three months,
**[12:27] tachi**
she's gotten so much stronger
than I could have imagined.
**[12:30] miya**
You mean, her game's gotten better?
**[12:33] tachi**
That's part of it, but...
**[12:36] tachi**
I mainly mean her mental state.
**[12:38] tachi**
Lately, I feel how high her capacity is.
**[12:46] miya**
What about Ayano-chan?
**[12:50] tachi**
I had a feeling she'd make it this far.
**[12:53] tachi**
And she's certainly throwing
herself into the game...
**[12:57] tachi**
I guess she really does have a special gift.
**[13:02] miya**
Kentaro-kun.
**[13:04] miya**
You're always focused on
how you should work hard,
**[13:07] miya**
but it's odd how you don't
do the same to others.
**[13:11] miya**
You've coached Nagisa-chan with
that hard-work approach.
**[13:18] miya**
But you need to coach
Ayano-chan the same way.
**[13:22] miya**
No one's good at badminton from
the moment they pick up a racket.
**[13:27] miya**
You can't draw such a hard line
between effort and talent.
**[13:33] miya**
The Ayano-chan we see today has put in
the effort *she* needs, day after day,
**[13:38] miya**
in order to do what she does.
**[13:41] miya**
In that way, she's just like Nagisa-chan.
**[13:50] yu**
Ayanon.
**[13:51] yu**
Want to play me?
**[13:53] aya**
No, thanks.
**[13:57] ri**
Want to move on to smashes?
**[14:00] nagi**
No, I'm done for now.
**[14:03] nagi**
I don't want to show her too much.
**[14:10] riko**
Both of you, do your best, okay?
**[14:12] nagi**
Sure.
**[14:14] yu**
You work hard, too, Ayanon!
**[14:16] aya**
I don't need your concern.
**[14:17] yu**
Um, I didn't really mean it like...
**[14:20] aya**
It's not like encouragement
makes you play any better.
**[14:23] aya**
Wait. Will encouragement
help cheer up Nagisa-chan?
**[14:28] aya**
Then I guess you'd all better encourage her!
**[14:33] aya**
At least then, she might give me a decent—
**[14:35] ele**
Ayano, come here a minute.
**[14:44] ele**
Why are you saying those things?
**[14:45] ele**
They're trying to encourage you.
**[14:47] ele**
Why can't you be gracious and accept it?
**[14:50] aya**
I hate that stuff.
**[14:52] aya**
The whole "we're all buddies" act.
**[14:56] ele**
Are you having fun playing
badminton this way?
**[15:03] ele**
Ayano, what are you fighting for?
**[15:07] aya**
My mom's come home.
**[15:11] aya**
She said the reason she abandoned
me was to make me better!
**[15:16] aya**
Isn't that funny?
**[15:18] aya**
I feel so silly about
withdrawing like I did.
**[15:21] aya**
Now that I think of it, I'm so glad
I kept playing badminton!
**[15:25] aya**
Because back then, Mom abandoned me,
**[15:29] aya**
But this time, I can abandon Mom.
**[15:35] ele**
It's my fault.
**[15:38] ele**
Because I brought you to the badminton club.
***SIGN*** Kanagawa Prefecture Preliminaries A summer of challenge in shining wind
**[16:03] riko**
Nagisa? It's time.
**[16:05] nagi**
I'm going to win.
**[16:08] nagi**
I'm going to defeat myself.
**[16:18] riko**
*Nagisa...*
**[16:20] riko**
* You're no longer the person*
* you were back then.*
**[16:41] nagi**
You had that same expression
back then, didn't you?
**[16:46] aya**
Why do you play badminton, Nagisa-chan?
**[16:50] nagi**
Because—
**[16:50] aya**
Because you love badminton, right?
**[16:56] aya**
You people, I swear...
**[17:01] ann**
* The Kanagawa Prefecture Girls'*
* Singles Finals will now commence.*
**[17:06] ann**
* From Kitakomachi High School,*
* first-year Hanesaki Ayano-san.*
**[17:10] ann**
* Also from Kitakomachi High School,*
* third-year Aragaki Nagisa-san.*
**[17:16] nagi**
Hanesaki.
**[17:19] nagi**
Let's have some fun.
**[17:33] riko**
Don't push it too hard, okay?
**[17:41] ump**
Players to the court.
**[17:42] miya**
Is something wrong?
**[17:43] ele**
No.
**[17:45] ump**
On my right,
**[17:46] ump**
Hanesaki Ayano, Kitakomachi High School.
**[17:49] ump**
On my left,
**[17:50] ump**
Aragaki Nagisa, Kitakomachi High School.
**[17:53] ump**
Hanesaki to serve.
**[18:03] nagi**
* Back then, it wasn't just*
* that you were strong.*
**[18:08] nagi**
*I was too weak...*
**[18:11] nagi**
*...in spirit!*
**[18:13] ump**
Love-all. Play!
**[18:22] nagi**
* First, she'll make me*
* pick up some low shots,*
**[18:24] nagi**
* reading the trajectory from*
* the angle of my racket.*
**[18:27] kao**
Hanesaki-san, the master of condescension,
is playing cautiously.
**[18:33] kao**
She'll start by using lobs to send
her opponent to the rear court.
**[18:36] kao**
That will even out the rally's initiative.
**[18:40] nagi**
*It's okay. I'm staying calm.*
**[18:42] nagi**
*I see it.*
**[18:44] nagi**
*The entire court...*
**[18:45] nagi**
*I feel it!*
**[18:51] ump**
1-love.
**[18:54] hay**
A really quiet start, huh?
**[18:57] gaku**
But scoring that first point is
significant, psychologically.
**[19:01] kao**
She'd grown uncertain.
**[19:03] kao**
Hanesaki-san is the type who plans out
her match while observing her opponent.
**[19:08] kao**
She was probably hoping for a game
against an aggressive Aragaki-san.
**[19:13] kao**
But Aragaki-san realized that.
**[19:17] nagi**
* That should put the idea of*
* diagonal shots into her head.*
**[19:22] nagi**
* I want to get as far as*
* I can without using smashes.*
**[19:27] nagi**
*The minute her eyes adjust to my smashes,*
**[19:31] nagi**
*the game is basically over.*
**[19:33] nagi**
*So...*
**[19:34] yu**
A smash?!
**[19:37] sora**
No.
**[19:37] yu**
A cut?!
**[19:38] nagi**
* I'll use cuts and drops to*
* constantly keep her off-balance!*
**[19:42] kao**
She likely wants to keep
Hanesaki in the rear court.
**[19:47] nagi**
*She's on her guard...*
**[19:49] nagi**
*...for a smash at point-blank range.*
**[19:52] nagi**
The more she drives her opponent
back while she moves forward,
**[19:55] nagi**
the more Hanesaki-san is in control.
**[19:57] nagi**
The more they maintain a
back-and-forth from the midcourt,
**[20:01] nagi**
the more Aragaki-san is in control.
**[20:03] nagi**
From Hanesaki-san's point of view,
**[20:05] nagi**
the main question is when to move forward.
**[20:08] nagi**
A simple arrangement would
be a series of repeated shots
**[20:11] nagi**
to the rear court to focus her
opponent's attention there,
**[20:14] nagi**
then use a cut presented as a smash...
**[20:17] nagi**
...to catch her off guard, paralyzing her.
**[20:20] nagi**
That would be ideal.
**[20:21] nagi**
She would get perfectly good
ace shots that way,
**[20:24] nagi**
and by making her opponent lift up low shots,
**[20:26] nagi**
Hanesaki-san can create a
match where she's in control.
**[20:29] nagi**
* But you can't go with the*
* simple arrangement, can you?*
**[20:32] nagi**
* Because you never know when*
* I'll throw in a smash.*
**[20:36] nagi**
* So your mind has started*
* making the game complicated.*
**[20:39] nagi**
* It's filling up with more*
* options than you need!*
**[20:43] aya**
*A smash!*
**[20:45] aya**
*She threw me off...*
**[20:46] nagi**
*And what's producing all those options...*
**[20:49] nagi**
*...is your uncertainty!*
**[20:50] aya**
*A smash?*
**[20:51] aya**
*A cut?*
**[20:58] nagi**
Yes!
**[21:01] ump**
2-love.
**[21:02] hay**
That was completely unexpected.
**[21:04] gaku**
Yeah.
**[21:33] ele**
It's been a while.
**[21:35] uchi**
Um...
**[21:36] ele**
I'm Fujisawa Elena.
**[21:38] ele**
I've been Ayano's friend since kindergarten.
**[21:41] uchi**
Oh!
**[21:43] uchi**
Elena-chan, it has been a while!
**[21:49] ele**
Um... It might seem a little weird,
me coming to you now...
**[22:00] ele**
I want to talk to you about Ayano.
**[22:09] nagi**
*That went great.*
**[22:10] nagi**
* But those first two had*
* the element of surprise.*
**[22:13] nagi**
*The real trouble is yet to come.*
**[22:18] aya**
I didn't expect such sneaky
badminton from you, Nagisa-chan.
**[22:25] aya**
You don't want me to see your smash?