8 - The Badminton I Want to Play

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[00:03] (Flashback) ump
    21-17.
[00:05] (Flashback) ump
    Game set. Nagisa wins!
[00:07] (Flashback) nag
    Yes!
[00:09] (Flashback) girl
    You're amazing, Nagisa.
[00:11] (Flashback) girl
    Most people can't hit that angle.
[00:14] (Flashback) girl
    It's gotta be talent.
[00:16] (Flashback) girl
    She practices a ton, too!
[00:21] (Flashback) riko
    That was really close, Nozomi.
[00:24] (Flashback) riko
    I could barely even follow the shuttle.
[00:28] (Flashback) riko
    You almost had that last smash, too...
[00:36] (Flashback) ishi
    I just can't beat Nagisa, I guess.
[00:46] ishi
    I've got it!
[00:47] kura
    Ishizawa!
[00:48] kura
    Pattern B!
[00:50] kura
    Lob!
[00:51] kura
    Hurry, hurry!
[00:56] kura
    Okay!
[00:58] kura
    Nice! Nice cut, Ishizawa!
[01:01] kura
    Yeah, yeah, yeah!
[01:03] kura
    Keep it going! Just like that!
[01:03] yu
    What a loudmouth of a coach.
[01:05] kura
    Great!
[01:07] riko
    If it keeps up like this, the
    semifinals will be Nozomi and...
[01:12] nagi
    I'm gonna warm up a little.
[01:26] ishi
    Another!
SIGN    #8 "The Badminton I Want to Play"
[03:01] ump
    Your signature.
[03:04] girl
    Good luck in the semis.
[03:08] play
    Though I wish it didn't
    have to end yet for me.
SIGN    Ishizawa
[03:32] miya
    Aragaki-san seems really
    worked up about this.
[03:36] riko
    Ishizawa Nozomi, the girl from
     Zushi Sogo she's facing in the semifinals,
[03:40] riko
    went to the same middle
    school as the two of us.
[03:43] miya
    Old rivals meet again, huh?
[03:46] miya
    Doesn't it get your heart racing?
[03:49] riko
    Rivals?
[03:51] riko
    I suppose you could call them that.
[03:53] miya
    Am I wrong?
[03:57] riko
    In middle school, Nagisa had been favored
    to receive a scholarship to Zushi Sogo.
[04:03] riko
    But...
[04:05] (Flashback) coach
    Ishizawa!
[04:10] riko
    Nozomi was chosen instead.
[04:13] riko
    Nozomi was so well-rounded as a player.
[04:16] riko
    I couldn't compete with her.
[04:19] riko
    But to be honest...
[04:22] riko
    Even from a distance,
[04:24] riko
    I could tell that Nagisa
    was the better player.
[04:29] riko
    Nozomi knew that, too.
[04:39] riko
    I think it hurt Nagisa to see
    Nozomi accepted over her.
[04:44] riko
    And Nozomi also...
[04:47] tachi
    What's wrong?
[04:49] tachi
    Nervous?
[04:50] nag
    Not particularly.
[04:52] tachi
    Whoever wins the semifinals
    goes to nationals.
[04:57] tachi
    It hurts, doesn't it?
[05:02] nagi
    I told you, I'm fine.
[05:04] nagi
    An athlete's career rides on their knees.
[05:07] nagi
    If I decide you're through,
[05:09] nagi
    I'm stopping you right away.
[05:19] girl
    Tough break, huh?
[05:20] girl
    You almost made it to the top four...
[05:23] girl
    Ishizawa really is good, huh?
[05:26] girl
    But she goes to Zushi Sogo,
    so of course she is.
[05:29] girl
    But all she does is follow
    her coach's orders.
[05:37] girl
    The ability to follow directions
    is pretty amazing, too.
[05:40] girl
    You may be right,
[05:42] girl
    but badminton with a backseat
    driver can't be much fun.
[05:48] kura
    Got it? Side to side.
[05:51] kura
    Focus on scattered combinations...
[05:53] kura
    ...to C2 through C4 to make
     Aragaki run side to side.
[05:57] kura
    She'll wear out her knee sooner or later.
[06:01] kura
    Got it?
[06:03] ishi
    Yes, sir.
[06:04] kura
    Put continuous pressure where
    your opponent is weakest.
[06:08] kura
    That's what strategy is.
[06:11] ishi
    Yes, sir.
[06:14] kura
    Why have you come this far?
[06:19] kura
    Win and show me.
[06:21] ishi
    Yes, sir.
[06:29] riko
    Ayano-chan is just amazing...
[06:32] nagi
    Riko. Next.
[06:34] riko
    Oh, sorry...
[06:47] ump
    Play is suspended.
[06:50] coach
    You pulled it?
[06:51] coach
    Yes...
[06:53] coach
    Is there anything else? Can you still play?
[06:55] coach
    Yes...
[06:55] aya
    You need my signature, right?
[06:57] ump
    No, the game's still...
[07:00] aya
    You're through, aren't you?
[07:02] girl
    I'm fine! I can play!
[07:04] aya
    Is there really a point to it, though?
[07:07] aya
    You can't possibly win.
[07:18] ele
    Ayano?
[07:23] ele
    What was that all about?
[07:26] aya
    What do you mean? I won.
[07:28] aya
    I'd have liked to go longer,
    but she forfeited, so...
[07:33] ele
    Why are you acting this way?
[07:35] aya
    This again?
[07:38] ele
    Lately, when you're playing badminton...
[07:42] ele
    You seem so cold.
[07:45] ele
    You're kind of...
[07:46] ele
    ...scary.
[07:49] aya
    That's a selfish thing to say.
[07:53] aya
    You're the one who brought me here, Elena.
[07:57] ele
    I've never played badminton before.
[07:59] ele
    I don't know much about sports, either.
[08:03] ele
    But I think you need to consider
    your opponent's feelings.
[08:08] aya
    Well, I'm not playing
    badminton to make friends.
[08:12] ele
    But the team's important, right?
[08:14] aya
    Look, there's no point in
    doing it if you're not good.
[08:19] ele
    Then what are you getting good for?
[08:33] nagi
    It's been a while.
[08:37] nagi
    Let's both leave here with no regrets.
[08:52] ishi
    Oh, please. You don't even see me.
[08:58] riko
    What's wrong, Elena-chan?
[09:01] ele
    Oh? Um... Well...
[09:04] ele
    I'm a little hungry, I guess!
[09:08] kura
    Go! Go, go, go, Ishizawa!
[09:11] kura
    C! C!
[09:12] kura
    Focus on C!
[09:13] kura
    Make her run! Rotate, C1 through C6!
[09:16] kura
    Wear her down! Wear down her stamina!
[09:18] kura
    Go!
[09:19] kura
    Go, Ishizawa!
[09:20] nagi
    I knew that's what they'd be after.
[09:24] nagi
    But...
[09:32] riko
    It's not over yet! Keep it going!
[09:39] tachi
    Aragaki...
SIGN    Kanagawa Zushi Sogo High School
[09:52] kura
    Great one, Ishizawa!
[09:53] kura
    Shake her! Shake her!
[09:55] kura
    Focus on placement! Placement!
[09:57] yu
    Great job out there, Ayanon!
[09:58] aya
    Bunch of nonsense... Honestly, who cares?
[09:59] yu
    There's a seat next to me if you want to...
[10:03] aya
    Boy, Nagisa-chan is dumb!
[10:07] aya
    Returning all those shots is pointless.
[10:09] aya
    She's getting beaten anyway.
[10:14] ump
    9-7!
[10:15] aya
    See?
[10:17] kura
    Hey, hey, hey!
[10:18] kura
    Focus on C!
[10:19] kura
    Rotate, C1 to C6!
[10:21] kura
    Make her run!
[10:23] kura
    Make her run more!
[10:25] ump
    10-7!
[10:27] riko
    Nagisa... She's acting a
    little strange, isn't she?
[10:30] kura
    That's the way! More!
[10:33] kura
    Make her run more!
[10:37] (Flashback) kura
    Aragaki is finished.
[10:40] (Flashback) kura
    To be frank, she's at risk of
    ending her athletic career.
[10:47] (Flashback) kura
    Despite her height and build,
[10:50] (Flashback) kura
    Aragaki throws herself at every shuttle
    over the net, no matter how difficult.
[10:56] (Flashback) kura
    There are two potential reasons for this.
[10:59] (Flashback) kura
    One is a bad eye for what's
    in and what's out.
[11:02] (Flashback) kura
    The other is...
[11:04] riko
    It's out!
[11:08] (Flashback) kura
    Personality, perhaps?
[11:12] (Flashback) kura
    Either way, the strain Aragaki puts on her
    legs is much greater than yours.
[11:19] ishi
    This nonsense...
[11:22] kura
    Great one! Hang in there, hang in there!
[11:24] ishi
    Even if I don't play that way...
[11:26] ishi
    I can still...
[11:33] ump
    11-8. Interval.
[11:42] kura
    Why didn't you make her run?
[11:46] kura
    Are you going to follow
    my instructions or not?
[11:52] kura
    If you don't reply, I won't
    know if you heard me!
[11:59] kura
    Reply!
[12:09] kura
    Ishizawa.
[12:11] kura
    Reply.
[12:13] ishi
    Y-Yes, sir...
[12:15] kura
    Listen. C2 to C4.
[12:19] kura
    If you want to win, do as you're told.
[12:21] ishi
    Yes, sir.
[12:22] riko
    Nagisa.
[12:24] riko
    Are you having any pain?
[12:26] nagi
    Not especially.
[12:28] riko
    The reason that coach
    wants to make you run...
[12:32] riko
    Is it possible he's not just trying
    to wear down your stamina?
[12:35] nagi
    Dunno.
[12:36] tachi
    You don't have to return those cut smashes.
[12:39] nagi
    Yes, I do!
[12:40] tachi
    Dummy.
[12:42] tachi
    Aragaki, they're trying
    to blow out your knee.
[12:47] nagi
    I know that, but...
[12:53] nagi
    I just...
[13:04] tachi
    Go after the cuts if you want,
[13:07] tachi
    but don't force yourself to run.
[13:09] tachi
    Focus on one or two rallies before.
[13:12] tachi
    Compensate for it in your own
    way to alleviate the burden.
[13:16] nagi
    Compensate for it? How?
[13:19] ump
    One minute over. Please return to the court.
[13:23] nagi
    What a load of crap...
[13:26] riko
    I hope she'll be okay.
[13:29] ump
    11-8. Play.
[13:34] ishi
    I have to win.
[13:38] ishi
    If I lose, I...
[13:41] nagi
    Think.
[13:42] nagi
    What will she send at me?
[13:44] nagi
    One or two rallies before...
[13:46] kura
    Ishizawa! Pattern E! Cross it over!
[13:49] nagi
    Imagine scoring a point,
    and work back from that.
[13:52] kura
    Yes, good! Just like that!
[13:52] nagi
    Get her moving the way I want...
[13:54] ri
    She's anticipating everything.
[13:56] nagi
    Then I'll bring the match up to the net!
[13:59] aya
    Uh-oh.
[14:01] aya
    Bad choice, Nagisa-chan.
[14:05] kura
    Perfect!
[14:07] ele
    So annoying...
[14:08] riko
    Her attack patterns,
    her racket work, her net play...
[14:13] riko
    It's all flawless.
[14:15] ele
    Hey.
[14:16] ele
    Coach, why don't you give Nagisa-senpai
    a few instructions yourself?
[14:20] riko
    Hey, Elena-chan...
[14:21] ele
    But it's not fair if they
    do it and we don't!
[14:25] tachi
    Even if I instructed her now,
[14:27] tachi
    I can't make Aragaki perform
     any better than she makes herself.
[14:31] ele
    Oh, come on...
[14:33] tachi
    In fact, it would just confuse her.
[14:36] riko
    But at this rate, Nagisa's going to...
[14:38] ele
    That's right! She'll lose!
[14:42] nagi
    Damn it.
[14:43] nagi
    I'm still getting run around the court...
[14:45] nagi
    What's "one or two rallies before"
    supposed to mean?
[14:48] nagi
    Thinking about that crap...
[14:50] nagi
    ...isn't making this easier!
[14:53] ishi
    A backhand to the body?
[14:55] nagi
    She doesn't have full control...
[14:58] kura
    Ishizawa! Control!
[15:00] kura
    A2! A2!
[15:02] ishi
    How can a drive have so much power?
[15:05] nagi
    I can torpedo her plan...
[15:09] nagi
    ...with power like mine!
[15:11] ishi
    Too close to the shaft!
[15:12] nagi
    Got it!
[15:13] kura
    Get back! Back court, Ishizawa!
[15:19] ump
    Out!
[15:20] ele
    Yes!
[15:21] riko
    She broke through!
[15:24] tachi
    She finally got things going her way.
[15:27] riko
    Um, what does "one or two
    rallies before" mean?
[15:32] tachi
    It means arranging your shots in a
    way that lets you take initiative.
[15:37] riko
    Well, of course, but...
[15:39] tachi
    She's compensated by using
    brute force, of course.
[15:41] tachi
    But, well, I'm not sure if she's
    thinking that hard about it.
[15:56] kura
    Tempo! Tempo!
[15:57] kura
    Placement! C'mon!
SIGN    Invincible - Kanagawa Zushi Sogo High School
[15:59] kura
    B! B!
[16:01] kura
    Cut!
[16:02] kura
    Control! Control!
[16:07] yu
    Yes! Six straight points!
[16:09] sora
    She's taken a solid lead.
[16:12] hay
    Think she's won it?
[16:14] hay
    That Zushi Sogo girl seems pretty rattled.
[16:19] kura
    What are you doing, idiot?!
[16:21] kura
    You're supposed to be using pattern A now!
[16:23] kura
    Control!
[16:25] kura
    Get it right!
[16:26] yu
    One more point!
[16:29] sora
    I feel sorry for her.
[16:41] kura
    At least return a damned serve!
[16:45] ishi
    If I... lose...
[16:49] ishi
    I...
[16:52] ishi
    What will I have been...
[16:54] ishi
    ...working...
[16:57] ishi
    ...enduring...
[17:00] ishi
    ...bearing it all for?
[17:02] (Flashback) girl
    I'm Tomoda Mai from Ishii Middle School.
[17:07] (Flashback) ishi
    I'm from Totsuka Middle.
    My name is Ishizawa Nozomi.
[17:12] (Flashback) girl
    Totsuka Middle School?
    Wasn't that Aragaki's school?
[17:15] (Flashback) girl
    Is she better than Aragaki?
[17:18] (Flashback) girl
    If she got here on a recommendation,
    I guess she must be good.
[17:25] (Flashback) kura
    You can't put that much
     angle on your kills.
[17:29] (Flashback) kura
    Get it?
[17:30] (Flashback) kura
    It's impossible.
[17:32] (Flashback) kura
    You're not Aragaki!
[17:35] (Flashback) ishi
    Yes, sir.
[17:37] (Flashback) kura
    Lower your center of gravity!
[17:39] (Flashback) kura
    If you want to win, do as I tell you!
[18:05] nagi
    Nozomi!
[18:06] nagi
    Come at me with all you've got!
[18:11] nagi
    Like hell I don't see you.
[18:13] nagi
    I'm bringing all I have to beat you, Nozomi.
[18:20] nagi
    Putting nationals on the line!
[18:32] ishi
    Putting nationals... on the line...
[18:55] ishi
    Yes!
[18:59] kura
    What are you doing, Ishizawa?!
[19:01] kura
    C! C!
[19:02] kura
    Wear her down!
[19:03] kura
    Make her run side to side!
[19:09] nagi
    Hell yeah!
[19:10] ump
    21-17. Aragaki.
[19:16] kura
    What the hell is your problem?!
[19:17] kura
    How many times do I have to tell you?!
[19:19] kura
    Focus on combos from C2 to C4—
[19:21] ishi
    I've...
[19:23] ishi
    I've always blamed everything on you, Coach.
[19:27] ishi
    Thinking, "This isn't the
    badminton I want to play."
[19:31] ishi
    But...
[19:33] ishi
    The badminton I wanted to play...
[19:36] ishi
    When I tried to do it, there was less
    substance to it than I thought.
[19:43] ishi
    So...
[19:45] ishi
    I'm going to work to find it now.
[19:52] ump
    Second game, love-all! Play!
[20:25] ump
    Game! Match won by Aragaki!
[20:28] ump
    21-17!
[20:30] ump
    21-23!
[20:33] ump
    21-9!
[20:57] ishi
    Nagisa.
[20:59] ishi
    That was fun.
[21:10] riko
    Congratulations, Nagisa!
[21:12] riko
    You're going to nationals!
[21:15] nagi
    We still have finals to play.
[21:21] aya
    Nagisa-chan's gotten pretty good.
[21:32] kura
    I lost.
[21:34] tachi
    Thank you very much.
[21:37] kura
    It wasn't Ishizawa who lost.
[21:40] kura
    It was me.
[21:42] kura
    I see now.
[21:45] kura
    When you're dealing with
    children, theory is just...
[21:49] tachi
    I think I understand.
[21:53] kura
    I was too focused on winning, I guess.
[21:57] kura
    This might sound a little
    strange coming from me,
[22:00] kura
    but will Aragaki play her next match?
[22:04] tachi
    Well, it's the finals.
[22:06] kura
    There's nothing wrong with
    respecting your players,
[22:09] kura
    but don't forget to do the right thing,
     even if they hate you for it.
[22:17] con
    I'm on my way, Big Sister!
[22:20] con
    I'm coming to see you!
[22:23] ann
    Doors for the 2nd line train
    to Kawagoe are now closing.
[22:23] yu
    Connie! Our train's this one.