# E1 - Rocky Puzzle
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY71VPK4Y/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