E1 - Rocky Puzzle

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[00:09] Konomi
    You solve a wall as
    though it were a puzzle.
[00:13] Konomi
    That's the sport of climbing.
[00:17] Comms
    Japan's Noguchi Akiyo has two minutes left.
[00:21] K
    How will you choose to climb?
[00:23] Comm
    She takes another look at the wall.
[00:25] Comm
    What adjustments will she make?
[00:27] K
    You set your mind to the task...
[00:36] K
    Clearing one obstacle at a time,
    thinking ahead, and doing it your way is fun.
[00:41] K
    But the best feeling of all
[00:44] K
    is the one you get when you solve
    that puzzle and reach the goal.
[00:51] Comm
    Noguchi Akiyo sends the route with ease!
[00:55] Comm
    Next up is another Japanese entrant,
[00:58] Comm
    Kasahara Konomi!
SIGN    Iwakakeru!
[02:56] K
    Hmm... I'd better pick a club
     to join soon, but...
[03:00] K
    I just don't know what I wanna do.
[03:02] K
    Anyone who does has probably
    joined one already.
[03:07] K
    I'm, uh, probably not cut out
    for any of the cultural clubs.
[03:12] K
    Which leaves...
[03:13] K
    The sports teams?
[03:15] G
    Let me hear your voice!
[03:16] G
    Yeah!
[03:18] G
    One, two!
[03:18] G
    One, two!
[03:19] G
    Three, four!
[03:20] G
    Ten, two!
[03:21] G
    Five, six!
[03:22] G
    Three, ten!
[03:23] G
    Seven, eight!
[03:23] G
    Nine, ten!
[03:24] K
    Yeah... That vibe's not for me.
[03:24] G
    To the top!
[03:25] G
    One more time!
[03:28] K
    What now?
SIGN    Wall 1: Rocky Puzzle
[03:45] K
    This looks fun.
[03:49] Jun
    Hands off!
[03:50] K
    Huh? U-Uh, sorry!
[03:52] J
    Didn't you see the notice?
    Only members can touch the wall.
SIGN    No touching the walls unless
     you're a member ♥ - Climbing Team
[03:56] K
    O-Oh... Sorry about that.
[04:00] K
    I haven't touched anything yet.
[04:24] J
    Interested?
[04:27] J
    Come with me.
[04:29] K
    Hey, wait!
[04:32] K
    Uh...
[04:33] J
    Do you have any sport climbing experience?
[04:36] K
    Huh? Sport... what?
[04:38] J
    I have to start there?
[04:40] J
    Sport climbing involves scaling
    artificial rock faces like these
[04:45] J
    in three schools of competition:
    bouldering, lead, and speed.
[04:50] J
    It's a competitive form of rock climbing.
[04:53] K
    Boulder in?
[04:55] K
    Lead? Speed?
[05:00] J
    Anyway, just try climbing it for now.
[05:04] K
    Oh, okay.
[05:06] K
    Uh, feels like I've joined on trial already.
    I don't know about this...
[05:11] K
    I've never done any climbing before.
[05:18] J
    Not happening, huh?
[05:26] K
    Whoa, this is actually pretty fun!
    I'm getting higher and higher!
[05:30] K
    Okay, which one next?
[05:35] K
    I can't reach it!
[05:39] K
    Well, then...
[05:44] J
    Did you just try a lunge?
[05:48] K
    A lunge?
[05:49] J
    It's a dynamic move where you jump to grab
    a hold that's out of your reach.
[05:54] J
    Dynos are advanced techniques that
    beginners could never pull off.
[05:58] K
    Advanced, huh?
[06:00] J
    So, are you gonna keep going?
[06:02] K
    Oh, yeah. Climbing is pretty fun.
[06:05] J
    "Pretty"?
[06:06] K
    Also, this might be right up my alley!
    Maybe I have a natural gift for this?
[06:13] J
    Okay. This time...
[06:14] J
    Try climbing using only the yellow holds.
[06:17] K
    Got it!
[06:21] J
    The different hold colors
    indicate a route's difficulty.
[06:24] J
    Yellow is for beginners, by the way.
[06:26] K
    Beginners?!
[06:29] K
    This rock has lousy grip.
[06:32] K
    It's too slippery.
[06:34] K
    And the foothold's too tiny!
[06:44] J
    Is it any fun?
[06:46] J
    Plenty of people try
    rock climbing out of curiosity.
[06:51] J
    They mistake it for one of those
    playthings at a park or something.
[06:54] J
    Sport climbing ain't a game, y'know.
[06:57] K
    S-Sorry.
[06:59] J
    Are you satisfied now?
[07:22] K
    Let me have another go.
[07:26] Nonoka
    Is Jun going to be our only new member?
[07:30] Sayo
    Looks like it.
[07:32] N
    It was just last year that you
    and I formed this team, Sayo-chin.
[07:35] N
    We were the only ones in it, too.
[07:37] N
    I was hoping we'd get a whole
    bunch of new members this year!
[07:41] S
    Oh, we'll be fine.
[07:42] S
    Jun has experience,
    and we have three members now.
[07:45] S
    We can officially compete as a team.
[07:48] N
    Jun's such a hardass. She doesn't let anyone
    join for fun 'cause they won't last.
[07:52] S
    Well, you know she's right.
[07:58] S
    What are you doing?
[08:00] N
    But there's still a chance people might join!
[08:03] S
    That's true.
[08:05] N
    I'm trying to look more
    dignif-eyed for the newbies.
[08:10] S
    It won't work, Nono.
    That facade will slip soon enough.
[08:14] N
    Look, Sayo-chin,
    first impressions are everything.
[08:19] J
    Yeah. Use your right hand to grab hold.
[08:28] N
    Who's that girl?
[08:30] J
    Oh, Captain and Nono-senpai.
[08:33] N
    Is that your friend?
    Is she an experienced climber?
[08:36] J
    No, she's a total beginner who
    just picked it up moments ago.
[08:40] J
    She couldn't even handle a 5.9 at first,
[08:44] J
    but I gave her pointers each
    time she fell, and here we are.
[08:47] N
    Wait, isn't that hold she's on now a 5.11?!
[08:51] J
    Yeah. She's actually climbing an
    intermediate route with those twigs for arms.
[08:56] S
    That isn't anything to be surprised about.
[08:58] S
    What matters is adjusting
    your body to the holds.
[09:01] S
    You only need enough arm and grip strength
    to handle your weight with both arms.
[09:07] S
    Your mentality is far more important—
[09:09] S
    whether you find pleasure in
    solving routes decides everything.
[09:11] K
    Okay, I get it now!
[09:14] K
    I just need to use my first knuckles
    for the slightly curved rocks,
[09:19] K
    and I deal with tiny
    footholds with my toes.
[09:23] K
    Each hold in climbing has a "right"
    way to maneuver your body.
[09:27] K
    There is a solution for everything!
[09:29] K
    And this is a game where you look for them...
[09:32] K
    Yeah, this is a puzzle made up of rocks!
[09:41] J
    Is she thinking of trying another lunge?!
[09:43] J
    No way she can do it at that angle!
[09:49] K
    I made it!
[09:55] K
    Aw, it didn't work.
[10:00] K
    Oh, I wouldn't have needed to jump
    if I'd placed my foot there.
[10:06] K
    Please let me climb one more time.
[10:09] S
    You should take a break.
[10:12] S
    Your arms need to rest.
[10:15] S
    I'm Yotsuba Sayo, the captain.
[10:18] N
    And I'm Sugiura Nonoka.
[10:21] N
    Nice to meetcha.
[10:22] N
    This here is Jun. She's a first-year, like you.
[10:26] K
    A first-year?!
[10:28] S
    And you are?
[10:29] K
    Oh, uh... I'm Kasahara Konomi, a first-year.
[10:34] S
    All right, Konomi-san.
    You want to join, don't you?
[10:37] S
    Welcome to the Hanamiya High
     Climbing Team.
[10:40] K
    Yes! Thanks for having me!
[10:44] N
    Hooray! Now we have four members!
[10:47] N
    Double last year! Double!
[10:50] S
    You had a wonderful look
    on your face, Konomi-san.
[10:53] S
    I trust you enjoyed climbing?
[10:55] K
    I did.
[10:56] K
    It was super fun trying to figure out all
    the different ways to climb this wall.
[11:01] K
    I wanted to clear this thing like a game!
[11:04] J
    A game?!
[11:05] J
    So you don't understand a thing!
[11:08] J
    I told you, these aren't playthings!
[11:11] K
    I know. I wasn't implying that.
[11:13] J
    If you...
[11:15] J
    If you really wanna take up sport climbing,
    if you want to join this team,
[11:20] J
    you'll have to beat me in a race to do it.
[11:22] K
    What? Beat you?
[11:25] N
    There she goes again.
     And there goes another potential member.
[11:29] K
    W-Wait, beat you? I've never
    even done this before.
[11:33] K
    That was my first time.
    I don't even think I'm doing it right.
[11:36] K
    There's no way I can just beat you in a race!
[11:40] J
    Duh. That's why I'll give you a handicap.
[11:43] J
    Use your head a little.
[11:45] K
    Uh, but...
[11:48] J
    Don't you wanna join the team?
[11:53] N
    Hey, shouldn't we stop them?
[11:56] S
    Hmm...
[11:57] K
    Uh, I'm not sure why we're doing this,
[12:01] K
    but she seems serious about it.
[12:03] K
    She seriously wants to compete with me,
    someone she barely even knows.
[12:08] K
    I have to respond to her challenge
    in kind and take this seriously, too.
[12:14] K
    I understand. Let's do this.
[12:19] S
    The race will be tomorrow, then.
    We need to get things ready.
[12:23] K
    Got it.
[12:27] S
    Since you two will be racing,
[12:30] S
    we set up two identical walls for you to climb.
[12:33] S
    The rules are simple.
    Whoever sends the route first wins.
[12:36] S
    However, Jun will have to do it on sight.
[12:39] K
    On sight?
[12:41] S
    She won't get any time to observe the route.
[12:43] S
    Also, her start will be
    delayed by two minutes.
[12:46] J
    Got it.
[12:47] S
    And, as much as it pains me, Konomi-san,
    you can't join if you lose.
[12:52] K
    Okay.
[12:53] J
    And if I lose, I'll quit the team.
[12:56] K
    Huh? You don't have to!
[12:57] J
    What, do you seriously think you'll win?
[13:02] J
    If you're hesitating, get lost.
[13:04] J
    I'm not about to race a girl
    who's not here to win.
[13:07] K
    I'll give it my all, so I can join the team.
[13:10] S
    Okay, let's begin.
[13:12] N
    Either way, we're not getting
    more than one new member?
[13:15] S
    Begin observation!
[13:19] K
    Not many holds, so it's not about
    following one color this time.
[13:22] K
    But this makes things simpler.
[13:25] N
    Don't you think these terms are just sad?
[13:28] N
    Also, why does Jun's hardass mode
    seem even worse than usual?
[13:32] S
    Does it?
[13:34] S
    Konomi-san, begin.
[13:41] Bo
    A foot swap!
[13:43] S
    For a beginner, she sure
    has the basics down pat.
[13:47] N
    Her body must be supple,
[13:49] N
    but I think she's being a bit slow.
[13:52] S
    Two minutes passed. Jun, you may begin.
[14:01] N
    So quick!
[14:02] S
    There's no hesitation in
    her moves. That's our Jun.
[14:05] S
    Once she gets a good read on the route,
    she's faster than anyone.
[14:08] N
    She's going to be Hanamiya's speedster!
[14:15] J
    Climbing's not just a game.
[14:18] J
    You can't treat it as one.
[14:20] J
    Practice, technique, and experience
    make all the difference in this sport.
[14:25] J
    I won't let you take it lightly
    just because you aren't useless at it!
[14:30] J
    I've had nothing but climbing on
    my mind ever since I was little.
[14:33] J
    I had no interest in anything else.
[14:36] J
    I kept trying to climb higher, climb better,
[14:41] J
    kept pushing myself toward loftier goals,
[14:45] J
    and cleared each new hurdle
    in my way one step at a time.
[14:48] J
    I loved doing it, and it gave
    me a wealth of experience.
[14:53] J
    I live in a world beginner's
    luck can never reach.
[14:57] K
    I can't join the team if I lose?
[14:59] K
    That's so absurd. I don't
    even have any experience.
[15:02] K
    But I'd hate to lose this game nonetheless.
[15:06] K
    Video games were my life.
[15:09] K
    I had no interest in anything else.
[15:11] K
    I even won several puzzle game championships.
SIGN    Evaluation
[15:16] K
    But if I'd kept at it,
SIGN    Ranking
SIGN    498th out of 512
[15:18] K
    I wouldn't have made it into any
    high school, let alone my preference.
[15:21] K
    I'd have ended up as a person who
    couldn't do anything but game.
[15:25] K
    I thought, "I need to change!
    I need to move on from games!"
[15:29] K
    I crammed like crazy and
    somehow made it into Hanamiya.
[15:34] K
    And once I started high school, I wanted
    to find something new to immerse myself in.
[15:40] K
    I've found it now!
    Sport climbing can be my obsession!
[15:45] J
    A girl who tried climbing
    out of curiosity and found it "fun"
[15:49] J
    could never understand what
    this sport is really about.
[15:52] K
    I obviously can't win this race. I only
    tried climbing for the first time yesterday.
[15:56] K
    But I'm still gonna give this
    race everything I've got!
[16:00] J
    My victory is assured. I've given
    sport climbing everything I've got.
[16:04] J
    You'll see the difference that makes.
[16:07] S
    What's wrong, Nonoka?
[16:10] N
    You know...
[16:11] N
    Watching them climb all fired up
[16:15] N
    is making me wanna climb so bad!
[16:18] N
    My body's moving on its own!
[16:21] S
    What in the world?
[16:23] S
    We're here to oversee their race.
[16:26] S
    Besides, what happened to acting
    like a dignified senior?
[16:29] N
    Urk. Sayo-chin... She's such
    perfect captaincy material.
[16:36] N
    A heel hook... At least her
    body knows what it wants.
[16:39] S
    Oh? Konomi-san took the left route.
[16:47] J
    She took the left route?
[16:50] J
    I thought she'd be better
    than that, but I guess not.
[16:55] J
    This wall splits into two separate
    routes at the center hold.
[16:59] J
    The route to the left appears to have
    several easy holds but, in the middle,
[17:04] J
    it has a massive gap between two holds.
[17:07] J
    Captain... You sure set one nasty problem.
[17:11] N
    Sayo-chin, is Konomi-chan
    gonna be okay on that route?
[17:18] K
    Yeah, I knew it.
[17:20] K
    This wall is forked, and the route
    I picked is easier to climb.
[17:25] K
    But...
[17:27] K
    That rock up there will be hard to reach.
[17:43] J
    Wha...
[17:44] N
    She's laybacking?!
[17:45] S
    Wow, that girl...
[17:50] K
    Almost there...
[17:56] K
    Got it! I cleared the most difficult hurdle!
[17:59] J
    She actually managed to
    solve that complex crux?
[18:02] S
    That confirms it.
[18:04] S
    Konomi-san's eyes have the ability
    to pick out the right moves.
[18:08] S
    Given just how many
    permutations are possible,
[18:11] S
    it's highly difficult to zero in
    on the correct sequence of moves.
[18:15] S
    Normally, you'd need to scale countless walls
[18:17] S
    and build up experience to develop
    that skill, but she has it.
[18:21] S
    Konomi-san... What exactly is your deal?
[18:26] K
    It's going well.
[18:27] K
    I've been able to climb exactly
    as I envisioned at the start.
[18:33] J
    Wait, this hold...
[18:34] J
    Did I mess up my routing?
[18:37] N
    Jun's really slowed down.
[18:40] S
    That route has a bunch of
    awkward holds toward the top.
[18:44] N
    Konomi-chan's catching up!
[18:50] J
    Why, that little...
[18:51] K
    I can do this!
[18:53] S
    The two routes converge toward the same goal.
[18:56] S
    The holds become identical along the way, too.
[18:59] J
    I won't lose! That can't happen!
[19:02] K
    I can climb all the way up to the goal.
[19:05] K
    I can 100% this!
[19:08] K
    Goal!
[19:21] N
    A-A tie?!
[19:23] S
    No. It was close,
[19:25] S
    but Jun got there first.
[19:34] S
    Jun has won the race.
[19:37] K
    Right.
[19:39] K
    Aw, I lost.
[19:41] K
    Not really surprising, but...
[19:45] K
    I can't join the climbing team now.
[19:51] J
    That girl...
[19:54] K
    I know a deal's a deal,
    but I wanna keep climbing more.
[20:00] J
    Hey!
[20:02] J
    You...
[20:09] J
    You solved a crux that I couldn't solve.
[20:13] J
    Next time!
[20:15] J
    Next time, I'll win by a huge margin!
[20:18] J
    Our battle will continue until then!
[20:20] J
    So, make sure you work on your skills
[20:23] J
    as part of our team!
[20:26] K
    You mean I can join?
[20:29] J
    Yeah, if you want to.
[20:31] K
    Thanks, Jun-chan!
[20:33] J
    "Jun-chan"?!
[20:34] J
    Look, I don't mind how you talk to
    me since we're both first-years,
[20:36] J
    but why call me that?
[20:37] K
    I don't know your full name.
[20:39] J
    Uehara Jun!
[20:40] K
    Uehara-chan, then.
[20:41] J
    You what?!
[20:43] S
    Hey, you two.
[20:44] S
    Good race.
[20:45] N
    Well done.
[20:46] S
    Sorry you had to deal with Jun's
    little hazing ritual, Konomi-san.
[20:50] J
    Hazing?!
[20:51] S
    I also wanted to see what
     you were capable of, though.
[20:55] S
    Is it true you've never climbed before?
[20:58] K
    It is.
[20:59] S
    Your body seems really flexible.
    Did you practice anything before?
[21:03] K
    O-Oh, I did ballet when I was little.
[21:06] N
    No wonder!
[21:08] S
    Also, the way you lay out
    your moves is very precise.
[21:12] S
    It's almost like you're a veteran.
[21:14] S
    Why is that?
[21:15] K
    Huh? Er...
[21:17] K
    Probably because I was a
    gamer back in middle school.
[21:21] All
    A gamer?
[21:22] K
    Yes. A hardcore one.
[21:24] All
    Hardcore?
[21:25] K
    Yeah.
[21:26] K
    I don't know if that's why,
    but I came to see these walls as a puzzle.
[21:30] K
    Working through the different
    combinations was really satisfying
[21:33] K
    and making steady progress was super fun!
[21:36] S
    Excellent. You'll do perfectly.
[21:39] S
    You'll make a trusty fourth member and help
    our bid to win the upcoming competition.
[21:44] K
    Sure! I'll do my best...
[21:46] K
    Wait, a competition?
[21:48] S
    Correct.
[21:49] K
    I have so much to learn, though.
[21:51] K
    When is this competition?
[21:54] S
    Tomorrow.
[21:56] K
    Tomorrow, eh?
[21:59] K
    What?!
[22:00] K
    Tomorrow?!
SIGN    Iwakakeru
SIGN    Wall 2: Believe in Yourself