E12 - The Road to Best in Japan

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[00:01] C
    Anne-chan!
SIGN    Combined Japan
    High School Cup
[00:11] An
    Thank you.
[00:14] C
    Cool Kurusu!
[00:26] C
    Anne-chan!
[00:29] An
    Cool Kurusu!
[00:34] Comm
    Kurusu Anne sends it in one!
[00:38] Comm
    She's on a mission here.
[00:40] Comm
    How many routes will she
    send before she's satisfied?
[00:43] Comm
    She even one-shots Problem 8,
    which nobody else has even cleared!
[00:47] Nak
    She's good enough to cruise through
    the prelims, but she's going all out.
[00:53] As
    It's awe-inspiring.
[00:55] Comm
    Meanwhile, Group B is on speed climbing.
[00:58] Comm
    Here we have one of the climbers to watch,
     Hanamiya Girls' Uehara Jun.
[01:02] Comm
    As one of the fastest
    speed climbers in Kanto,
[01:05] Comm
    will she be able to break Kokureikan's
    stranglehold on the top spots?
[01:10] Pa
    On your marks.
[01:12] Pa
    Ready.
[01:18] Comm
    Quick!
[01:19] Comm
    Uehara zooms up the wall
    with astounding speed!
[01:23] Comm
    She clocks in at 12.10 seconds.
    That's a great time.
[01:28] J
    I couldn't match Kurusu Anne
    or Takahashi Mimu, huh?
[01:32] Ki
    Even Uehara-senpai couldn't
    beat them in speed?
[01:37] Ku
    Troix!
[01:42] Mas
    Fast and curious!
[01:45] S
    Even the cream of the crop in
    Kanto can't catch Anne-san.
[01:51] C
    Anne-chan! Perfect!
[01:51] Comm
    Kokureikan's Kurusu Anne sends the problem!
[01:54] C
    Cool Kurusu!
[02:00] C
    Anne-chan!
[02:02] (Flashback) K
    I'm going to beat you and win the
    Combined Japan High School Cup!
[02:08] (Flashback) An
    You what?
SIGN    Iwakakeru!
SIGN    Wall 12 The Road to Best in Japan
[02:20] Comm
    Here are the prelim results.
SIGN    #1 Kurusu Anne Kokureikan
    #2 Iwamine Chinari Kurikawa
    #3 Fujita Masumi St. Caterno
    #4 Benibana Hifumi Kokureikan
    #5 Uehara Jun Hanamiya
    #6 Takahashi Mimu Kokureikan
    #7 Kasahara Konomi Hanamiya
    #8 Kumagai Chigusa Kurikawa
    #9 Sugiura Nonoka Hanamiya
    #10 Samura Rina St. Caterno
[02:23] Comm
    The following 20 climbers
    have made it to the finals.
[02:27] N
    Yes! We all made it through in the top ten!
[02:30] K
    But the team rankings...
SIGN    School No. Name Total Points
SIGN    Kokureikan
SIGN    Hanamiya
SIGN    A1 Kurusu Anne A2 Benibana Hifumi A3 Takahashi Mimu
SIGN    E2 Sugiura Nonoka E3 Uehara Jun E4 Kasahara Konomi
[02:33] J
    Kokureikan are way out in front.
[02:36] N
    We're gonna overtake them!
[02:37] J
    Got it.
[02:38] K
    Okay...
[02:41] J
    Konomi?
[02:42] J
    You okay?
[02:44] K
    Yeah.
[02:44] J
    Let's go.
[02:46] K
    Yeah.
[02:47] J
    Whoa!
[02:48] J
    Hey!
[02:49] J
    Uchimura?
[02:50] U
    You didn't have to jump out of your boots...
[02:52] J
    Can you blame her?
[02:54] U
    "This time, I will win."
[02:56] U
    "Let's meet in the finals," I said...
[03:00] U
    But we're going to have to postpone that.
[03:03] U
    You'd better win!
[03:05] U
    Or else you'll have hell to paw...
[03:09] K
    Yeah... I gotta put in everything
    I've worked toward,
[03:13] K
    and make sure I leave with no regrets.
[03:15] J
    Listen, Konomi.
[03:18] Hif
    Are you okay, Anne-san?
[03:20] Hif
    W-Well, it just feels like
    you're going harder than usual.
[03:26] An
    I'm drilling it into their thick skulls.
[03:28] An
    Try as they might, they'll never
    even be fit to lace my boots.
[03:33] An
    Those scrub climbers will
    learn their lessons,
[03:36] An
    and it's gonna hit them so hard
     they'll never feel like climbing again.
[03:41] An
    Oh, but you girls are fine.
[03:43] An
    You're Cool Kurusu in my book.
[03:47] Hif
    Anne-san...
[03:51] Comm
    Whoa!
[03:53] Comm
    Thunderbolts and lightning−very, very
    frightening, just like these finals!
[03:56] As
    What?
[03:57] Comm
    Don't mind me.
[03:59] Comm
    Let's have Nakata-san explain how
    the competitors will be ranked.
[04:04] Nak
    Sure.
[04:06] Nak
    Unlike the prelims, where a climber's
    rankings in each discipline were added up,
[04:10] Nak
    here they'll be multiplied and the
    smaller numbers will come out on top.
SIGN    Speed Bouldering Lead
[04:13] Nak
    As you see onscreen, rather than the
    ones who are average in all three,
[04:16] Nak
    climbers who specialize in even one
    discipline will come out on top.
[04:20] Comm
    I see.
[04:25] Comm
    The Combined Japan High School
    Cup finals are about to begin!
[04:29] Comm
    Climbers will compete in the
    order of speed, bouldering and lead.
[04:33] Comm
    We start with speed−
[04:34] C
    Anne-chan!
[04:36] Comm
    Wow, listen to those cheers.
[04:39] Comm
    It's Kurusu Anne, who stands atop the
    high school girls' climbing world!
[04:43] Comm
    In the prelims, she placed first in each
    discipline and is currently the top individual.
[04:47] Nak
    Kokureikan are the favorites
    to win the team title.
[04:51] Ki
    She's like a star.
[04:52] S
    Not just "like." She is the top
    star of the climbing world.
[04:56] Comm
    She's up against a girl who picked
    up climbing less than a year ago
[04:59] Comm
    but is already attracting major attention,
    Hanamiya Girls' Kasahara Konomi.
[05:04] As
    She's a real hot prospect.
[05:06] Nak
    Hanamiya was the second best
    team in the prelims.
[05:10] Comm
    Oh? Kurusu is approaching Kasahara.
[05:14] Comm
    Is this her way of showing respect
    as a pro? Such a beautiful sight!
[05:18] K
    Can't catch me.
[05:20] K
    You can't catch me.
[05:23] K
    You'll cool, cool, cool
    your heels far behind me.
[05:28] An
    Guys, give Konomi-chan
    a big Cool Kurusu, too!
[05:32] C
    Cool Kurusu!
[05:34] (Flashback) J
    Listen, Konomi.
[05:37] (Flashback) J
    Don't take Kurusu Anne's bait.
[05:40] (Flashback) J
    You'll be fine if you
    remember how you climb.
[05:43] K
    You're right, Jun-chan.
[05:49] Pa
    On your marks.
[05:51] Pa
    Ready.
[05:55] Pa
    Go, go!
[05:57] Pa
    Go, go, go!
[06:01] Pa
    Go, go!
[06:03] Pa
    Go, go!
[06:04] Pa
    Go, go!
[06:06] Pa
    Go!
[06:15] K
    That's my personal best.
[06:17] K
    But...
[06:18] An
    Can't touch me.
[06:20] An
    Can't catch me.
[06:21] An
    Can't chase me.
[06:23] An
    Left in the dust!
[06:26] Comm
    Would you believe it? Kurusu Anne has
    posted another new personal best!
[06:30] An
    Someone once said...
[06:33] An
    "I'm going to beat you and win the
    Combined Japan High School Cup!"
[06:37] An
    Or did I just imagine that?
[06:40] An
    Thank you, everyone!
[06:42] C
    Anne-chan! Cool Kurusu!
[06:57] Comm
    Here are the speed climbing results.
SIGN    #1
     Kurusu Anne
[06:59] Comm
    In first, by a country mile, Kurusu Anne!
SIGN    #2 Takahashi Mimu
[07:02] Comm
    In second, another Kokureikan
    climber, Takahashi Mimu!
SIGN    #3 Fujita Masumi
[07:06] Comm
    In third, St. Caterno's Fujita
    Masumi stamps her authority!
SIGN    #4 Iwamine Chinari
[07:10] Comm
    Kurikawa's Iwamine Chinari slides
    her large frame into fourth place!
SIGN    #5 Uehara Jun
[07:14] Comm
    In fifth, the ever-reliable speedster,
    Hanamiya Girl's Uehara Jun.
[07:19] Comm
    Skipped.
SIGN    #10
     Kasahara Konomi
[07:21] Comm
    Tenth-placed Kasahara Konomi did
    her best, but she seems down!
[07:25] J
    Konomi?
[07:27] K
    Why'd I have to go and say that?
[07:30] J
    What?
[07:31] K
    I told Anne-san I'd beat her and win.
[07:38] J
    Isn't that obvious?
[07:42] J
    Because Hanamiya's gonna win. Am I wrong?
[07:46] K
    Jun-chan...
[07:48] N
    Yeah! We have to win!
[07:52] N
    I mean...
[07:54] N
    I went and declared to Sayo-chin that
    I'd lead the team to victory as vice captain.
[08:00] K
    Uh...
[08:01] J
    You posted a personal best, right?
[08:04] J
    Maybe you couldn't beat Anne, but you
    did your best in your worst discipline.
[08:09] J
    Be proud of yourself.
[08:10] N
    Yeah, yeah.
[08:13] J
    You and Nono-senpai were 10th and 11th.
    That's more than good enough.
[08:17] N
    Yeah.
[08:18] N
    Coming up are bouldering and lead.
    That's where you shine.
[08:22] J
    Konomi.
[08:23] J
    You scaled the wall in your way,
    and now it's our turn to scale ours.
[08:28] N
    Yeah, yeah.
[08:29] N
    I'm gonna overcome this, too.
[08:32] N
    To be best in Japan.
[08:34] J
    To be best in Japan.
[08:36] K
    To be best in Japan.
SIGN    #1 Kurusu Anne
[08:43] Comm
    The competition in bouldering
    was truly heated!
[08:46] Comm
    Kurusu Anne takes first place
    because she used fewer attempts!
SIGN    #2 Iwamine Chinari
[08:50] Comm
    In second is Iwamine Chinari, who made
    full use of her height and reach!
SIGN    #3 Fujita Masumi
[08:54] Comm
    In third, a last of— I mean, a
    blast of tempest, Fujita Masumi!
SIGN    #4 Uehara Jun
[08:58] Comm
    In fourth, Uehara Jun further
    proves she's back for real!
SIGN    #5 Kasahara Konomi
[09:03] Comm
    In fifth, another Hanamiya
    climber, Kasahara Konomi!
SIGN    #6 Kumagai Chigusa
[09:07] Comm
    In sixth, Kumagai Chigusa muscles in.
SIGN    #7 Niijima Kaoru
[09:09] Comm
    In seventh, the zombie, Niijima Kaoru.
SIGN    #8 Sugiura Nonoka
[09:12] Comm
    And in eighth, we have another
    Hanamiya climber, Sugiura Nonoka!
[09:17] Comm
    Hanamiya's on the warpath!
[09:18] Comm
    And now, only lead climbing remains.
[09:20] As
    I can't wait to see what
    they'll show us this time.
[09:24] Nak
    There's something in my eye...
[09:26] Comm
    Well, we've entered observation time.
[09:29] Comm
    In lead, they'll compete on how high they
    can get within the six-minute time limit.
[09:34] As
    Climbers will clip their ropes to
    carabiners set up across the route
[09:38] As
    to secure themselves while climbing.
[09:41] Comm
    If you can clip your rope to the
    topmost carabiner, you finish.
[09:47] Comm
    Too bad! No St. Caterno climbers
     could send the route!
[09:52] Comm
    But they did well.
[09:55] Comm
    Kurikawa High's climbers show
    real drive and strength!
[09:58] Comm
    But they're having a hard time finishing.
[10:01] Comm
    Now we have Iwamine, who rose in
    the rankings after bouldering.
[10:04] Comm
    Even she falls!
[10:05] Comm
    Great effort, though. She scores 32+!
[10:10] Comm
    Takahashi Mimu falls!
[10:12] Comm
    Kokureikan's climbers were steamrolling
    through everything so far,
[10:16] Comm
    but even Benibana Hifumi has fallen!
[10:18] Comm
    Lead climbing is tough!
[10:20] As
    In the Combined Cup,
    stamina plays a key role.
[10:23] As
    Benibana has scored 35,
     and they're currently in the lead.
[10:26] C
    Anne-chan!
[10:28] C
    Cool Kurusu!
[10:28] Comm
    Now, Kokureikan High's final climber
    is the Princess of Climbing, Kurusu Anne!
[10:34] Comm
    Listen to the crowd cheer her on!
[10:36] Comm
    She's had a stranglehold
    on first place so far.
[10:39] Comm
    What kind of show will she put on for us?
[10:42] Comm
    It's said that her strongest
    asset is her stickability.
[10:45] Nak
    Specifically, it's her
    ability to secure each hold.
[10:49] Nak
    But that differs from climber to climber,
    making it highly difficult to define.
[10:54] Nak
    I mean...
[10:55] Comm
    Okay, here we go!
[11:01] Comm
    S-So fast!
[11:03] Comm
    Kurusu's going up like a rocket!
[11:05] Comm
    Wait, she isn't just fast.
[11:07] Comm
    How can she be so stable?
[11:10] Nak
    Exactly. That's part of her stickability.
[11:14] Nak
    Because she secures each hold perfectly,
[11:16] Nak
    she can shift her body weight precisely
    and avoid making reckless moves.
[11:33] Hif
    Anne-san, you can't go that fast...
[11:36] Ki
    Isn't that...
[11:37] S
    Yes, it's the last hold
    Benibana could secure.
[11:45] Comm
    She extends her arm and secures the hold!
[11:48] Nak
    Stickability again.
[11:50] Ki
    It looks like a slippery hold, though.
[11:53] S
    Finger and grip strength.
[11:55] S
    She has the ability to turn holds that are
    barely within her reach into secure ones.
[12:01] N
    Here's the most difficult part.
[12:03] Comm
    A dyno!
[12:08] Comm
    She hangs on!
[12:09] Nak
    Impressive. But...
[12:11] As
    She's moving way too fast
    through this problem.
[12:24] S
    Incredible. She has a perfect
    read on each and every hold.
[12:30] Comm
    Oh?
[12:32] Comm
    Kurusu has come to a halt.
[12:34] Comm
    She's almost to the top!
[12:36] An
    That hold's probably a front sloper.
[12:38] An
    I should go in both hands at once.
[12:48] An
    One last move.
[12:56] An
    The only climber to send
    this route will be me,
[12:59] An
    Cool Kurusu!
[13:07] Comm
    Whoa, Kurusu falls!
[13:10] Nak
    Her dyno fell just a little bit short.
[13:13] Nak
    You'd expect her stickability
    to make up for that...
[13:16] As
    But she seemed to be going full tilt
    through speed, bouldering, and now this.
[13:20] Nak
    Even in a high school
    competition, she goes all out.
[13:23] Nak
    Perhaps she was trying to surpass
    her own physical limits here.
[13:27] Comm
    Right. She scores 40+, which
    puts her comfortably in first.
[13:31] An
    Guys!
[13:32] C
    Anne-chan!
[13:34] C
    Cool Kurusu!
[13:41] N
    Jun joined, Konomin joined,
[13:44] N
    and the Hanamiya Climbing Team
     grew so much.
[13:47] N
    I'm proud of our team.
[13:50] N
    We've done so well to get this far.
[13:52] N
    You two can hold your heads up high.
[13:55] N
    All that's left...
[13:56] N
    is for us to give this team's founder
    and captain who was forced to withdraw,
[14:00] N
    Sayo-chin, the greatest gift of victory!
[14:03] Bo
    Yeah!
[14:04] Ki
    Good luck, Uehara-senpai!
[14:07] Comm
    Hanamiya Girls' Uehara Jun is here.
[14:11] Comm
    She has placed on the podium in speed
    and bouldering competitions before,
[14:15] Comm
    but not in lead, giving the impression
    that it's not her strongest suit.
[14:19] Nak
    That aside, she hadn't entered any
    competitions in the last six months.
[14:23] Comm
    After failing to send any problems
    in the Kanto Bouldering Championships,
[14:27] Comm
    she went into hiding for a while.
[14:32] J
    Watch me, Konomi.
[14:35] J
    I'll prove that my last six
    months weren't for nothing!
[14:41] Comm
    Uehara's dazzling us all
    with her dynamic moves.
[14:44] Nak
    Yes, she's looking good.
[14:46] Comm
    You can't tell she took a break.
[14:48] As
    She may not have entered any competitions,
[14:51] As
    but she must've spent these past
    six months bettering herself.
[15:01] Comm
    You can really sense her inner strength.
[15:04] Nak
    There's zero hesitation in her moves.
[15:06] S
    After that painful experience,
    Jun regained her style of climbing
[15:11] S
    and became better than ever before.
[15:14] Comm
    Kurusu currently holds the top spot.
[15:17] Comm
    How far can Uehara go?
[15:50] Comm
    She falls!
[15:51] Comm
    Too bad!
[15:52] Nak
    If only we could've seen her
    last a little longer.
[15:55] Comm
    But still, she scores 36+! A great effort!
[16:00] J
    I wanted to go higher still...
[16:02] J
    Damn Uchimura.
[16:05] Comm
    Next up is Hanamiya Girls' Sugiura Nonoka!
[16:09] Ki
    Good luck, Sugiura-senpai!
[16:12] S
    Good luck, Nono.
[16:15] N
    I practiced like crazy
    with Sayo-chin for this.
[16:20] N
    I can do this.
[16:21] N
    It's true that tall people with long limbs
    have an advantage in climbing.
[16:27] N
    But even without all that,
[16:30] N
    there must be a way for me to compete!
[16:32] N
    A pied à main really does feel amazing!
[16:36] Comm
    Sugiura's biggest asset
    is her flexibility, huh?
[16:40] As
    Yeah.
[16:41] Nak
    You could mistake her for a gymnast up there.
[16:43] Nak
    However, this route could prove
    quite stressful for a short climber.
[16:52] Ki
    Go, Sugiura-senpai! Go!
[16:56] N
    Stretch!
[17:03] (Flashback) S
    I'm going to work you to
    the bone again today.
[17:08] (Flashback) S
    What do you do when you a
    hold is barely out of reach?
[17:11] (Flashback) N
    I wish I knew!
[17:14] (Flashback) S
    Don't give up. There are options.
[17:17] (Flashback) S
    If you keep practicing grabbing holds
    that you think are out of reach,
[17:21] (Flashback) S
    you'll start to see your range expand.
[17:37] N
    Yes!
[17:43] N
    Ta-dah!
[17:45] Ki
    A-Amazing, Sugiura-senpai!
[17:48] S
    Right? Nono is amazing!
[17:52] Comm
    Look at this! Sugiura hangs in there!
[18:03] Comm
    She's showing real fight!
[18:05] Comm
    She just won't take no for an answer!
[18:08] J
    Nono-senpai...
[18:15] N
    All right!
[18:19] N
    Huh?
[18:20] Comm
    No! What a shame!
[18:23] Comm
    She falls!
[18:25] Comm
    But she scores a 40! An incredible showing!
[18:30] N
    Sayo-chin!
[18:32] N
    All yours now, Konomin.
[18:50] Comm
    And now we have
    Hanamiya Girls' final climber,
[18:53] Comm
    the new star who took the scene by storm,
[18:56] Comm
    the dark horse in this competition,
     Kasahara Konomi!
[19:02] K
    I will climb this, no matter what.
[19:05] Ki
    Good luck, Master!
[19:08] Comm
    So far, she's shown what she's capable
    of in both bouldering and speed.
[19:13] Comm
    I hear Nakata-san's speed climbing
    camp paid big dividends?
[19:17] Nak
    Oh, I don't know about that!
[19:26] K
    All I had in life was puzzle games.
[19:29] K
    But then, I encountered climbing...
[19:32] K
    and broadened my horizons so much.
[19:36] K
    I even made friends,
    teammates who climb with me.
[19:39] K
    Whenever I messed up or got down on myself,
[19:42] K
    Captain, Nono-senpai, and Jun-chan
    dragged me out of the dumps.
[19:48] K
    It's only because they were there
    for me that I made it this far.
[19:55] K
    I've met an opponent who
    I couldn't beat at my best,
[19:58] K
    someone who was way out of my league,
[20:01] K
    and I let her get to me, but...
[20:05] (Flashback) J
    You scaled the wall in your way,
    and now it's our turn to scale ours.
[20:09] (Flashback) N
    I'm gonna overcome this, too.
[20:17] (Flashback) N
    You two can hold your heads up high.
[20:20] (Flashback) All
    To be best in Japan.
[20:26] (Flashback) All
    I'm going to beat you and win the
    Combined Japan High School Cup!
[20:31] All
    Hanamiya will win, I swear it!
[20:34] All
    Those words will not go down as a lie!
[20:38] Ki
    Go, Master!
[21:34] Comm
    She sends it!
SIGN    Individual
    #1 Kurusu Anne Kokureikan
    #2 Kasahara Konomi Hanamiya
    #3 Iwamine Chinari Kurikawa
    #4 Uehara Jun Hanamiya
    #5 Fujita Masumi St. Caterno
    #6 Takahashi Mimu Kokureikan
    #7 Sugiura Nonoka Hanamiya
    #8 Benibana Hifumi Kokureikan
    #9 Kumagai Chigusa Kurikawa
    #10 Samura Rina St. Caterno
SIGN    Team #1 Hanamiya Girls' High School #2 Kokureikan Girls #3 Kurikawa High #4 St. Caterno High
SIGN    Iwakakeru!
[23:35] All
    Best in Japan!