3 - She Was Perfect

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[00:03] (Flashback) ele
    Seventy-two...
[00:05] (Flashback) ele
    Seventy-three...
[00:06] (Flashback) ele
    Seventy-four...
[00:12] (Flashback) aya
    How many times was that?!
[00:15] (Flashback) ele
    Seventy... five?
[00:18] (Flashback) aya
    New record!
[00:20] (Flashback) aya
    Let's go!
[00:22] (Flashback) ele
    Four...
[00:24] (Flashback) ele
    Five...
[00:25] (Flashback) ele
    Six...
[00:34] (Flashback) aya
    Please! One more!
[00:37] (Flashback) chi
    No.
[00:38] (Flashback) chi
    You promised we'd stop after
    the next time you dropped it.
[00:41] (Flashback) chi
    Aw! Just one more time! Please! C'mon!
[00:47] (Flashback) girl
    It had me just bawling!
[00:50] (Flashback) girl
    Can you even make a bad medical drama?
[00:54] (Flashback) ele
    Go on without me, okay?
[00:58] (Flashback) ele
    Ayano... I heard you quit
    the badminton club.
[01:03] (Flashback) aya
    No one's good enough.
[01:06] (Flashback) aya
    It's okay.
[01:07] (Flashback) aya
    Mom said I should quit.
[01:11] (Flashback) aya
    There's gonna be a girl called
    Kaoruko on my new team.
[01:15] (Flashback) aya
    She's really good! I can't wait!
[01:35] (Flashback) ele
    Octo-octo...
[01:48] (Flashback) ele
    Your mom left?
[01:57] (Flashback) ele
    Ayano, you're trying for Kitakomachi, too?
[01:59] (Flashback) aya
    Yeah. I wanna go to school with you, Elena.
[02:05] (Flashback) ele
    You're not gonna play badminton anymore?
[02:10] (Flashback) aya
    I think there's gotta be way
    more fun stuff out there!
[02:18] (Flashback) aya
    Elena... I'll be waiting outside, okay?
[02:24] (Flashback) nori
    You two are pretty close, huh?
[02:28] (Flashback) nori
    But wow! Did you see that
    smash Ayano-san made before?
[02:31] (Flashback) nori
    So amazing!
[02:34] (Flashback) nori
    I actually squeed when I saw it!
[02:37] (Flashback) ele
    Oh... really?
[02:40] (Flashback) nori
    When I see stuff like that, I start
    to think I could fall for a girlー
[02:42] (Flashback) ele
    Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
[02:46] (Flashback) ele
    Sorry, Noriko.
[02:47] (Flashback) ele
    I'm not joining the tennis club after all.
[02:50] (Flashback) ele
    Ayano, come over here!
[02:54] (Flashback) aya
    Wait, Elena!
[03:02] (Flashback) aya
    Are you...
[03:04] (Flashback) ele
    I really think you should
    be playing badminton.
SIGN    #3 She Was Perfect
[04:49] ele
    Morning!
[04:53] ele
    Miyako-sensei said we have to have
    them in by the end of the week.
[04:57] aya
    But I haven't made up my mind yeｔ—
[05:05] ele
    What's wrong, Noriko?
[05:10] nori
    We'd planned to go to a movie.
    And he just canceled...
[05:14] ele
    Huh? I thought you were
    after Saionji-senpai...
[05:17] nori
    Yeah? The text is from him.
[05:19] ele
    That's fast! You're dating already?
[05:22] nori
    I was gonna tell him I liked him today...
[05:25] nori
    I failed to seal the deal.
[05:28] nori
    You two want to go instead?
[05:30] nori
    I've got reserved seats...
[05:32] ele
    No way!
[05:33] ele
    We have club today, remember?
[05:42] ara
    Keep it up, Yu!
[05:43] ara
    Ten seconds left!
[05:52] ara
    Okay!
[05:53] ara
    Ten minute break!
[05:55] ara
    Okay!
[05:56] miy
    I think Aragaki-san's
    turned over a new leaf.
[05:59] tachi
    At that age, the smallest thing
    can throw you off your game,
[06:02] tachi
    but you can rocket back just as quickly.
[06:05] tachi
    I remember those days myself.
[06:08] miya
    Thanks to you, Tachibana-kun,
     we can practice for real again!
[06:12] miya
    Everything's great!
[06:14] tachi
    No, there's one other
    person I'm worried about.
[06:23] ri
    Hey, Hanesaki-san.
[06:25] ri
    Is it true you've been playing
    badminton since elementary school?
[06:29] aya
    No...
[06:30] ri
    Since kindergarten, then?
[06:35] aya
    I think since I was two or—
[06:39] yu
    Wow, you've got great legs.
[06:42] yu
    Like they were born that way!
[06:46] yu
    Now the arms! Wow, big muscles!
[06:50] [SONG] sign
    Today's schedule:
    Running: 5 minutes
    Stretches
    Dashes
    Footwork
    Shadow Drills: 1 minute x 3 hits
    Basic Shots
    Practice Matches (free)
[07:17] ara
    Ten minute break!
[07:30] yu
    Oh crud!
[07:32] yu
    Fifteen times.
[07:36] yu
    Ayano-chan!
[07:38] yu
    Here!
[07:39] yu
    Last place treats first place to a drink!
[07:42] yu
    That's a Kitakomachi rule!
[07:54] yu
    44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50...
[07:59] ha
    She sure is great at this!
[08:01] ha
    Like, on a totally different level...
[08:04] yu
    Aw... sixty-one!
[08:07] ha
    If she went for it,
     she could keep it up forever.
[08:11] aya
    Elena?
[08:18] girl
    I relied on you too much, Masao-kun.
[08:21] girl
    I need to change...
    That's why we had to break up!
[08:26] man
    But when I was away from you,
    that's when I learned...
[08:29] man
    I like having you rely on me!
[08:34] ele
    Thanks for putting up with me
    after I called out of nowhere.
[08:39] nori
    Wasn't that a great movie?
[08:41] nori
    I love it when a woman wraps
    a man around her finger!
[08:56] nori
    A text!
[08:58] nori
    He wants to know if I want to grab dinner...
[09:00] ele
    Saionji-senpai?
[09:02] nori
    Yeah. It's pretty bare-bones. No emojis.
[09:07] nori
    Oh, what to do?
[09:09] ele
    Just go.
[09:11] ele
    I planned to eat at home anyway.
[09:14] nori
    I just knew we'd be
    great friends, Fujisawa-san!
[09:39] ara
    Manag—Fujisawa?
[09:46] ele
    I was a little worried she might
    not fit in there without me.
[09:54] ele
    But everyone's been so welcoming,
[09:57] ele
    I thought she could stand on her own.
[09:59] ele
    It's been rough on me, too.
[10:01] ara
    Why did Hanesaki quit badminton?
[10:06] ara
    I heard you were childhood friends, so...
[10:15] ara
    During the junior nationals,
    she was perfect.
[10:20] ara
    On a totally different level
    than she's playing on now.
[10:29] ele
    Leave it to me! I'll figure it out.
[10:33] ara
    No, this is more than a manager can handle.
[10:39] ele
    I should be going.
[10:46] sasa
    Hey! I found it!
[10:49] tachi
    After stretches, we'll do mini-matches.
[10:51] tachi
    Everyone find a partner!
[10:53] kao
    Might I join in, perchance?
[10:58] kao
    And I believe I'll play with... her!
[11:08] sasa
    Kaoruko-chan! W-Wait!
[11:12] kao
    What a musty old gym.
[11:15] tachi
    Do you want to join the club or something?
[11:19] kao
    Little in the way of training equipment...
[11:21] kao
    Hardly an ideal environment, is it?
[11:24] tachi
    Excuse me, but we're practicing.
[11:26] tachi
    If you're going to be a nuisance, leave.
[11:28] kao
    Did you call me a nuisance?!
[11:33] kao
    What's come over me?
[11:35] kao
    Who is this cool older man?
[11:41] ara
    Serigaya Kaoruko.
[11:43] ara
    She's a first-year, but she's already
    been named the ace at Konan High School.
[11:48] tachi
    Konan?
[11:49] tachi
    They've got a pretty
    strong team, don't they?
[11:51] tachi
    What's she doing here?
[11:53] kao
    Come on. Get ready.
[11:55] kao
    I won't move an inch until
    you agree to play me.
[12:31] yu
    She's really putting Ayano-chan
    through her paces.
[12:39] tachi
    She's predicting Hanesaki's moves and
    mixing up her attacks based on that.
[12:44] ara
    She's been proficient in psychological
    warfare since middle school.
[12:47] ara
    She knows how to set her opponent up.
[12:49] ara
    And on top of that,
    her technique has only improved.
[13:04] kao
    How truly unsightly.
[13:06] kao
    I came here to observe an old rival, but...
[13:11] kao
    I'm so disappointed.
[13:14] kao
    Hanesaki-san...
[13:16] kao
    Don't forget, you can't beat me.
[13:19] sasa
    Wait, Kaoruko-chan!
    You can't cut across the lawn!
[13:23] tachi
    Hanesaki, you let her dictate
    the pace of the match.
[13:26] tachi
    Next time, you should be more assertve—
[13:28] tachi
    H-Hey...
[13:31] ele
    Wait, Ayano!
[13:35] ele
    Ayano! What's the matter?
[13:39] aya
    I'm quitting the badminton club.
[13:42] ele
    Oh, come on!
[13:44] ele
    I'm staying in, okay?
[13:48] ele
    We should both do our best!
[13:50] aya
    No, thanks.
[13:54] aya
    You can stay, but I'm quitting.
SIGN    < Club Submission Form >
[14:09] riko
    Hanesaki-san didn't come to school today.
[14:12] tachi
    What about our manager?
[14:14] riko
    I don't know.
[14:17] tachi
    Izumi, you handle practice today.
[14:21] tachi
    Aragaki!
[14:26] ara
    Look, she has to motivate herself.
[14:28] ara
    Forcing her to play won't
    do anyone any good.
[14:31] tachi
    Don't be like that.
[14:32] tachi
    Aren't you the team captain?
[14:34] tachi
    Is this the place?
SIGN    Confectionery
    Founded Kaei 6
    Hane-ya Sakihana-do
[14:38] tachi
    Founded in the sixth year of the Kaei era?
[14:41] ara
    That's 1853.
[14:43] ara
    One hundred and sixty years ago.
[14:46] tachi
    Wow. I didn't know you were so smart.
[14:55] woman
    I am Ayano's grandmother, Cho.
[14:58] man
    I'm her grandfather, Masashi.
[15:06] man
    Ayano has not yet returned home.
[15:10] tachi
    Did she go to school today?
[15:12] gf
    I may know where she's gone.
[15:16] gf
    It has to do with badminton, doesn't it?
[15:21] gf
    Like mother, like daughter...
    both so awkward.
[15:24] tachi
    Excuse me.
[15:28] gf
    That is Ayano's mother.
[15:31] tachi
    Shindo... Uchika?
SIGN    Japanese National Badminton Tournament 10 Straight Wins
SIGN    Celebrating ten straight wins at the Japanese nationals Shindo Uchika
[15:36] gm
    Her mother pursued badminton
    like a woman possessed.
[15:41] tachi
    Hanesaki's mother was... Shindo Uchika?
[15:46] ara
    She won the Japanese nationals
    ten times in a row?
SIGN    Celebrating ten straight wins at the Japanese nationals Shindo Uchika
[15:54] ele
    Octo-octo...
[15:56] ele
    "I was heading to school,
     but I couldn't bring myself to go."
[16:02] ele
    "I couldn't just go home,
     so I'm killing time here." Right?
[16:06] aya
    That's mean.
[16:08] ele
    When you know someone since childhood,
     you learn a few things.
[16:12] ele
    Did you know that weird girl
    who came in yesterday?
[16:16] aya
    In middle school, she gave me a cold.
[16:19] ele
    A cold?
[16:23] (Flashback) aya
    What is it, Kaoruko-chan?
[16:27] (Flashback) kao
    Our big match is coming up.
[16:31] (Flashback) kao
    But I caught a cold.
[16:34] (Flashback) kao
    I need to play you...
[16:37] (Flashback) kao
    ...in a match...
[16:40] (Flashback) kao
    ...on even terms!
[16:53] (Flashback) kao
    Eat it!
[16:59] (Flashback) kao
    I reign triumphant!
[17:03] (Flashback) kao
    I've defeated you on even terms!
[17:08] (Flashback) kao
    You have been defeated!
[17:18] (Flashback) aya
    Mom...
[17:20] (Flashback) aya
    Don't go...
[17:24] gf
    Uchika-san hasn't been back since.
[17:32] aya
    Mom left because I lost to Kaoruko-chan.
[17:38] ele
    But that's no reason to
    quit badminton, is it?
[17:43] ele
    You used to love it so much.
[17:53] ele
    I mean, it's your life.
[17:55] ele
    You can separate your mom from
    the idea of badminton.
[17:59] aya
    I worked hard and kept winning.
[18:02] aya
    I thought that if I got good enough,
     Mom would come back.
[18:07] aya
    I believed that, and...
[18:09] ele
    Ayano...
[18:11] aya
    And I kept winning!
[18:18] (Flashback) ref
    Game. Match won by Hanesaki.
SIGN    Hanesaki Ayano
    
    Hanesaki Ayano
    
    Hanesaki Ayano
SIGN    Shindo Uchika Takes on a New Challenge
SIGN    The prodigy raised by the queen finally takes her crown
[18:50] aya
    I don't have a reason to
    play badminton anymore.
[19:15] (Flashback) aya
    New record!
[19:28] ele
    Aragaki-senpai, I need to ask a favor.
[19:42] ele
    Octo-octo...
[19:45] ele
    You need to go to school, okay?
[19:49] ara
    Hanesaki...
[19:50] ara
    You can quit badminton if you want to.
[19:53] ara
    But ever since that match,
     I've been practicing to beat you.
[19:59] ara
    Please, play one last set with me.
[20:03] aya
    Look... that's none of my business.
[20:06] ele
    Ayano, I've been watching you play badminton
    in your mother's class since we were kids.
[20:15] ele
    Do you know what I was
    thinking while you did?
[20:19] aya
    No...
[20:20] ele
    I felt... left out.
[20:25] ele
    Lately, too... I've felt a little left out,
[20:27] ele
    watching the Bad Club
    girls fawning over you.
[20:31] ele
    But... even so!
[20:36] ele
    I still think you should
    be playing badminton.
[20:41] ara
    No need to go to the gym, I'd say.
[20:45] ara
    We can do it here.
[20:56] ara
    1-Love.
[21:04] ara
    Wow, the wind really gets in the way, huh?
[21:13] ara
    Hey!
[21:15] aya
    That one was out.
[21:16] ara
    Who cares?
[21:19] ara
    Hey, where are you hitting it?
[21:20] aya
    But you said...
[21:23] (Flashback) ara
    Why me?
[21:26] (Flashback) ele
    Because you're the same.
[21:30] (Flashback) ele
    Despite all the things you've said,
[21:32] (Flashback) ele
    you're crazy in love
    with badminton, aren't you?
[21:39] (Flashback) ele
    I know Ayano is, too.
[21:42] (Flashback) ele
    I mean, neither of you
    are all that complicated.
[21:49] ele
    I always envied you.
[21:53] ele
    In elementary school, in middle school...
[21:56] ele
    I always thought, I don't have anything
    I can devote myself to like that.
[22:02] ele
    Because when you're
    playing badminton, Ayano...
[22:05] ele
    You look like you're having so much fun!
[22:15] (Flashback) aya
    I love badminton!
[22:32] ele
    How'd you manage that one?
[22:39] ara
    I used to play in the park
    like this when I was a kid.
[22:44] ara
    It was so much fun.
[22:52] tachi
    I've never seen a playground
    with a squid in it...
[22:56] riko
    But that's what Fujisawa-san told Nagisa.
[23:00] yu
    Over there?
[23:02] ha
    Isn't that an octopus?
[23:05] ara
    Hurry it up!
[23:07] aya
    But Nagisa-chan, you got it
    stuck in a tree last time.
[23:11] ara
    Because I returned your shot!
[23:13] ara
    There!
[23:14] aya
    Hey, no fair!
[23:16] yu
    Let us join in!
[23:17] ha
    Me, too!
[23:21] yu
    C'mon, let's split up into teams and play!
[23:24] nagi
    You still have practice!
[23:26] yu
    Still?!
[23:28] ara
    You didn't even bring your rackets.
[23:30] yu
    I can just borrow yours!
    C'mon, we came all this way!
[23:31] tachi
    Oh, boy...
[23:36] ---
    Keep it going!
SIGN    < Club Submission Form >
    Year: 1 Class: 4
    Name: Fujisawa Elena
    I hereby ask to join the badminton club.
SIGN    < Club Submission Form >
    Year: 1 Class: 4
    Name: Hanesaki Ayano
    I hereby ask to join the badminton club.