# E4 - Powerhouse Climbers
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**[00:04] K**
*Muscles are an embodiment of love.*
**[00:08] K**
*Muscles are a manifestation of dreams.*
**[00:12] K**
* Working out daily develops your*
* love along with your muscles,*
**[00:17] K**
*and fosters your dreams.*
**[00:20] K**
*Muscles must be made with love and dreams.*
**[00:24] K**
* And so, the more swole one becomes,*
* the nicer they become...*
**[00:37] K**
No!
**[00:45] S**
She seems to be having a bad dream.
**[00:47] J**
Should I wake her?
**[00:48] K**
Urk... the muscles... the muscles!
**[00:52] All**
"Muscles"?
**[00:53] K**
I can't eat any more!
**[00:56] S**
This could be fun.
**[00:57] N**
Let's see where this goes.
**[01:01] K**
Oh man, I slept well!
I feel so much better!
**[01:04] J**
*Did* you sleep well?
**[01:05] K**
Yup!
**[01:06] J**
It sure didn't seem that way.
**[01:08] K**
Huh? Oh, I did have a dream.
**[01:10] N**
How'd it go?
**[01:12] K**
I got too jacked and couldn't
hold all the muscle,
**[01:12] K**
Macho!
**[01:14] K**
and then Nono-san started trying
to feed me a ton of konjac.
**[01:15] N**
Konjac!
**[01:18] N**
Me?!
**[01:19] K**
What's more, the captain had
hidden protein bars in it.
**[01:23] S**
Doesn't look very hidden.
**[01:24] K**
Macho!
**[01:24] K**
Then, I got even more jacked and was
primed to win a bodybuilding competition,
**[01:30] K**
but Jun-chan showed up.
**[01:31] J**
I what?
**[01:32] K**
She won and I finished runner-up.
**[01:35] J**
Could you not involve me in your nightmares?
**[01:45] J**
Think you can send the
Anti-Monkey Rock this time?
**[01:49] K**
I don't know if I've gotten strong enough
in the past month and a half,
**[01:55] K**
but all I'm thinking about is
climbing with everything I've got.
***SIGN*** Iwakakeru!
***SIGN*** Wall 4 Powerhouse Climbers
**[03:29] S**
Juzo-san, thank you for coaching us again.
**[03:32] All**
Thank you!
**[03:33] G**
Pleasure's all mine.
**[03:35] Ki**
Master...
**[03:36] N**
Let's put down the mats, then.
**[03:37] K**
Hello, Kiku-chan.
**[03:38] S**
Good idea.
**[03:38] K**
How've you been?
**[03:39] J**
Got it.
**[03:39] Ki**
G-Good.
**[03:41] Ki**
Master,
**[03:43] Ki**
did you think about what I said last time?
**[03:47] (Flashback) Ki**
Climb rocks and become
a true free climber with me.
**[03:52] K**
Sorry I couldn't answer you that day.
**[03:56] K**
But I will today.
**[03:58] K**
Wait for me atop the Anti-Monkey Rock.
**[04:00] Ki**
Okay. Good luck, Master.
**[04:03] K**
Thanks. I'll do my best.
**[04:06] G**
She has a fine aura about her.
**[04:09] Ki**
She does.
**[04:16] N**
Go, Konomin!
**[04:17] S**
Good luck, Konomi-san!
**[04:33] K**
*Time for the first crux.*
**[04:35] K**
*Sloper to crimp.*
**[04:38] K**
* First, swing my right leg*
* and secure my footing.*
**[04:42] K**
*Slowly raise my body...*
**[04:45] K**
* Grab the smooth sloper hold,*
* shift my body right...*
**[04:49] K**
*and pull myself up again.*
**[04:56] N**
Nailed the first crux!
**[04:58] S**
She's looking good.
**[04:59] J**
But here comes the second crux.
**[05:10] J**
* She needs to grab the upper part of*
* this crack to stabilize herself.*
**[05:17] K**
*I'm still scared.*
**[05:19] K**
*My hands are shaking again.*
**[05:26] K**
*But...*
**[05:28] K**
*I trained so hard with the team*
**[05:31] K**
*so I could reach out in this moment!*
**[05:38] N**
She's got it!
**[05:39] J**
No, not yet!
**[05:40] J**
She's still on the lower part of that
crack. She needs to go one higher.
**[05:43] K**
*Almost there... Just a little higher.*
**[05:47] K**
It hurts!
**[05:54] K**
It's okay. I believe.
**[05:57] K**
I believe in my mind, my body,
**[06:00] K**
*in my right hand!*
**[06:06] N**
Sh...
**[06:07] N**
She secured herself.
**[06:09] J**
Good job, Konomi!
**[06:10] J**
Take a deep breath and go left to... the...
**[06:16] K**
*That felt so good!*
**[06:18] Ki**
Is she smiling?
**[06:20] G**
Looks like she's learned
how to deal with the fear.
**[06:25] J**
Captain?
**[06:26] S**
Juzo-san's right.
**[06:28] S**
It's easy to dismiss fear as a bad thing,
but it's a crucial warning sign.
**[06:34] S**
Climbers who don't feel fear tend to use
sloppy moves and mess up needlessly.
**[06:39] S**
Recklessness isn't a true
sign of a strong mind.
**[06:43] S**
What is, however, is being fully aware
of the risks and still having fun,
**[06:49] S**
which takes real mental toughness.
**[07:08] N**
She did it!
**[07:09] J**
Hell yeah!
**[07:11] G**
Konomi-kun will make a fine climber.
**[07:25] K**
So pretty.
**[07:27] K**
It's not even that high up, so why...?
**[07:31] Ki**
The Anti-Monkey Rock
**[07:33] Ki**
is said to be the gateway to hard bouldering.
**[07:37] Ki**
You did it, Master.
**[07:40] K**
I get why you're so hooked
on rock climbing now.
**[07:42] K**
This view made it really obvious.
**[07:46] Ki**
Really?
**[07:47] Ki**
You'll join me, then...
**[07:49] K**
Sorry, Kiku-chan.
**[07:51] K**
I can't accept your offer.
**[07:55] K**
I have a dream of my own,
**[07:56] K**
to be the best in Japan.
**[07:59] K**
I couldn't have taken in this view if the
Hanamiya team hadn't helped me practice.
**[08:05] K**
But you know what, Kiku-chan?
**[08:07] K**
I value our friendship and don't
want us to drift apart over this.
**[08:11] K**
So, please come watch
**[08:13] K**
the Kanto Bouldering Championship next week.
**[08:18] K**
You showed me how fun rock climbing can be.
**[08:22] K**
I want to do the same for you,
except with sport climbing.
**[08:27] K**
Just like rock faces have their appeal,
competitive climbing has its own...
**[08:31] Ki**
You don't have to, Master. I'm fine
just knowing how good rock faces are.
**[08:36] K**
B-But Kiku-chan...
**[08:38] Ki**
I'm good, really.
**[08:39] K**
Uh, but...
**[08:40] Ki**
I'm good.
**[08:42] K**
B-But... But... But...
**[08:47] K**
A student has to come cheer
for their master, no?!
**[08:51] K**
...no...no...
**[08:54] N**
You called?
**[08:55] K**
Yeah, I'm your venerable master, you hear?!
**[08:58] K**
It is natural that you should
come cheer me on, you hear?!
**[09:01] K**
Such is the nature of a master-student
relationship, my dear!
**[09:04] K**
You'll show up, you hear?!
**[09:07] Ki**
Master, you're talking weird.
**[09:12] Ki**
Super weird.
**[09:13] K**
Wh-What's that supposed to mean?
**[09:15] Ki**
Got it, Master.
**[09:18] Ki**
I'll cheer you on at the
venue as your student.
**[09:22] Ki**
I don't think I'll be very loud, but I'll try.
**[09:25] Ki**
Also, I can't say if I'll develop
an interest in competitive climbing.
**[09:29] K**
It's okay! That's perfectly fine by me!
**[09:34] N**
Man, Konomin, you gave me goosebumps.
**[09:36] K**
Thank you.
**[09:38] J**
Well, slow and steady and all that.
**[09:41] N**
Hello? Weren't you the one
fist pumping like crazy?
**[09:44] J**
I-I would never!
**[09:46] N**
You totally were!
**[09:48] K**
Really?
**[09:49] J**
Again, I wasn't.
**[09:49] S**
* Adding an outdoor rock face to the practice*
* schedule paid off spectacularly.*
**[09:50] N**
She went all like, "boom!"
**[09:52] J**
Nobody asked for a demonstration!
**[09:54] S**
*Yeah, now we can compete.*
**[09:58] K**
Huh? No practice today?
**[10:00] K**
But the competition's soon, isn't it?
**[10:03] S**
Instead, we're all going on a little outing.
**[10:05] K**
Another outdoor rock face?
**[10:10] N**
Wrong, Konomin!
**[10:12] N**
Our goal today isn't to grind levels!
***SIGN*** Yes No
***SIGN*** Equip now?
**[10:15] N**
We're upgrading our gear before
the boss battle, so to speak!
**[10:19] K**
Where are we gonna go for weapons?!
**[10:24] K**
Here?
**[10:25] S**
This is Rockaround Rock.
**[10:27] S**
One of the biggest climbing gyms in Japan,
and a climbing goods store.
**[10:31] N**
Hollo!
**[10:35] A**
Welcome, ladies.
**[10:37] N**
Here I am, Asu-neesan.
**[10:39] K**
Huh? They're sisters?
**[10:42] J**
I don't think so.
**[10:43] A**
Want a feel? It's been a while.
**[10:45] N**
Nah, I'm good.
**[10:47] K**
"A feel"?
**[10:48] J**
Yeah... I got felt up a lot.
**[10:52] A**
How about you, Yotsuba-chan? Let me
see if your measurements have changed.
**[10:55] S**
Maybe some other day.
**[10:57] S**
Konomi-san will be getting naked today.
**[11:01] K**
N-Na...
**[11:01] A**
Oh, a new member?
**[11:03] K**
N-Nice to meet you! I'm Kasahara Konomi!
**[11:06] A**
The name's Fujimura Asuka.
**[11:08] A**
I'm a competitive climber
and I work the shop here.
**[11:11] K**
R-Right...
**[11:12] A**
Shall we get right to it, then?
**[11:14] ---**
U-Uh...
**[11:17] N**
It's just to check your shoe size.
**[11:18] K**
A-Ah.
***SIGN*** Away
***SIGN*** Currently helping a customer
**[11:21] K**
You want me to take off my socks, too?
**[11:23] A**
Of course. It's gotta be your naked feet.
**[11:25] K**
Why "naked" and not "bare"?
**[11:28] A**
Huh?
**[11:29] K**
Oh, nothing.
**[11:30] A**
Soles play a crucial role in bouldering,
**[11:33] A**
so you feel them directly to check.
**[11:37] A**
These feet are lovely. Not arched
too high and not too wide.
**[11:47] K**
Wait, what?!
**[11:48] K**
D-Don't put my feet on your face!
**[11:50] A**
Relax. This helps identify
the contour of your sole.
**[11:55] A**
It's the most accurate method.
Of course, it takes lots of experience.
**[11:59] A**
You should be okay with a tight fit.
**[12:03] A**
Downturned should be good.
**[12:04] K**
D-Down... what?
***SIGN*** Flat
***SIGN*** Downturned
**[12:06] A**
Climbing shoes have two kinds
of soles: flat and downturned.
***SIGN*** Flat
**[12:12] A**
Flat soles are comfortable
**[12:14] A**
and don't strain your feet much,
so they're recommended to beginners.
***SIGN*** Downturned
**[12:18] A**
Downturned soles give
you more grip around your toes,
**[12:22] A**
so they're good for sharp inclines.
**[12:25] A**
After feeling you up, I think this
would be the best fit for you.
**[12:29] A**
It's gotta be this one!
**[12:32] A**
Go ahead and try them on.
**[12:34] K**
Okay!
**[12:36] K**
Wow, these are *tight*.
**[12:39] K**
Will they really work?
**[12:46] K**
What the heck?
**[12:48] K**
I feel so light.
**[12:52] K**
* They latch on tight to every hold,*
* be it with the toes or the heel!*
**[12:55] A**
How do you like 'em?
**[12:56] A**
Downturned shoes let you "grab"
holds instead of stepping on them.
**[13:00] A**
They should be perfect for you.
**[13:01] K**
*Amazing.*
**[13:03] N**
You can make the best
choice with just a feel.
**[13:05] N**
They don't call you the Shoemeister
Fujimura Asuka for nothing.
**[13:07] N**
This is my bread and butter.
**[13:09] N**
I've felt up way more naked
feet than you can imagine.
**[13:13] K**
* With these shoes, I can get*
* to holds I couldn't before.*
**[13:18] K**
*I can take routes I could see but not climb!*
**[13:21] K**
*With these,*
**[13:29] K**
*I can keep climbing forever!*
**[13:36] A**
Whaddaya say, Konomi-chan?
**[13:38] A**
Want to try some other pairs?
**[13:40] K**
I can grab that one hold with these.
**[13:43] K**
Wow, it'd be so easy to do a heel hook.
**[13:46] K**
Even tough climbs seem so easy now.
**[13:48] A**
Oh? I see now.
**[13:50] A**
No wonder she's such a quick learner.
**[13:53] A**
By the way, Yotsuba-chan...
**[13:55] A**
There's a new model out for the thing now.
**[13:57] A**
Want to try it?
**[13:58] S**
A new model?
**[14:00] A**
The shoes elite climbers all swear by.
**[14:06] Ri**
Almost there.
**[14:14] Ri**
So, what do you think our
chances are, Masumin?
**[14:21] M**
Hard to say. We're up
against formidable foes,
**[14:25] M**
but that's exactly what
makes this so worthwhile.
**[14:29] M**
We are the St. Caterno Girls' Climbing Team.
**[14:33] M**
We overwhelm the formidable
with every fiber of our being!
**[14:36] All**
Yeah!
**[14:54] K**
Dad, I'm ready.
**[14:56] G**
Is that so?
**[15:00] G**
Shall we go, then?
**[15:16] J**
Yeah, you're pretty nervous.
**[15:18] K**
O-Of course I am!
**[15:20] K**
Unlike last time, I've actually
practiced a lot for this!
**[15:24] K**
My heart's about to explode!
**[15:26] Ki**
You're nervous, Master?
**[15:28] K**
Kiku-chan!
**[15:30] Ki**
Hello, Master.
**[15:31] K**
You came!
**[15:33] Ki**
Yeah.
**[15:34] K**
And Juzo-san?
**[15:35] Ki**
There.
**[15:37] G**
Hello, girls.
**[15:39] All**
Whomst?!
**[15:40] S**
Hello, Juzo-san.
**[15:43] G**
All the best. I'll be rooting for you.
**[15:46] All**
Thank you, Juzo-san!
**[15:49] Ki**
Well, Master? Dad's a hunk
clean-shaven, too, isn't he?
**[15:53] K**
Y-Yeah...
**[15:55] Ki**
Wanna marry him?
**[15:56] K**
I don't!
**[16:00] K**
Juzo-san looked nothing like
he does when he's climbing.
**[16:04] J**
He's a different person clean-shaven.
**[16:06] K**
He's so handsome. His suit
looked great on him, too.
**[16:09] U**
Talk about calm and compawsed!
**[16:12] U**
Checking out men before a tourney?
**[16:14] U**
Hanamiya? More like Hunkamania, amirite?
**[16:19] J**
I admire your ability to always
be obnoxious, Uchimura.
**[16:23] J**
Did you forget how you got
owned in lead last time?
**[16:26] U**
Wha... What did mew say?
Don't make it sound like...
**[16:29] Niijima**
Stop, Akane-chan.
**[16:31] Niijima**
You mustn't be so aggressive.
**[16:34] Niijima**
I apologize if Akane-chan offended you.
**[16:38] J**
Oh, no.
**[16:39] U**
Hey, Niijima-senpai!
**[16:41] Nii**
We at Matsuhashi High live by the
motto of, "Climb your dreams"!
**[16:46] Nii**
We'll soar to our goals fair and square.
Good luck beating us.
**[16:51] U**
"Climb your dreams," my ass.
**[16:54] U**
It's mewningless without winning.
**[16:56] Chin**
I have to agree there.
**[16:59] U**
Right? All that effurrrt
just to lose would be...
**[17:04] Chin**
Top of the morning to you, Hanamiya ladies.
**[17:07] Chin**
And also...
**[17:09] Chin**
U-chi-mu-ra-san!
**[17:13] U**
Gah! Iwamine Chinari... san!
**[17:17] U**
Eek!
**[17:19] Nii**
Where are you going, Akane-chan?
**[17:24] S**
Hello, Iwamine-san,
and everyone from Kurikawa High.
**[17:28] S**
How motivated are you to win today,
as one of the favorites?
**[17:31] Chin**
Motivated?
**[17:33] Chin**
Not very. At all.
**[17:35] Chin**
Oh, but perhaps,
**[17:37] Chin**
you ladies might be?
**[17:40] Someone**
Nah, not really.
**[17:41] Mar**
I am, forsooth!
**[17:42] Mar**
I am Kurikawa's Satou Maruno.
**[17:45] Mar**
I have watched all of
Hanamiya's exploits, I have!
**[17:49] Mar**
However!
**[17:50] Mar**
Since Kurikawa's taking part,
your exploits will be patched, I daresay!
**[17:56] Chin**
Well said! Attagirl, Maruno!
**[17:59] Mar**
Thank you kindly, Cap'n Iwamine.
**[18:02] K**
Mother and daughter?
**[18:03] J**
Yeah, right.
**[18:05] Chin**
As Maruno says,
**[18:07] Chin**
since Kurikawa's participating, we'll be
taking all the top spots in the prelims.
**[18:13] Chin**
I may even get to see your adorable faces
**[18:17] Chin**
twisted in agony by the end of today.
**[18:20] M**
I don't know about that.
**[18:23] Chin**
My.
**[18:25] Chin**
Hello there, Fujita Masumi-san.
**[18:28] M**
Hello, Iwamine-san.
**[18:30] M**
Have you forgotten about St. Caterno?
**[18:35] M**
Hello, Yotsuba-san.
**[18:37] S**
Hello, Fujita-san.
**[18:44] N**
W-Wow, all of the
Three Climbing Dames are here!
**[18:47] K**
C-Climbing Dames?
**[18:49] N**
Yeah.
**[18:50] N**
It's a name for three girls from our generation
**[18:54] N**
who are head and shoulders above the rest.
**[18:57] N**
Fujita Masumi, St. Caterno Girls'.
**[19:00] N**
Iwamine Chinari, Kurikawa High.
**[19:04] N**
And our captain, Yotsuba Sayo!
**[19:09] M**
Sure, Kurikawa is a strong team.
**[19:12] M**
Your confidence certainly isn't misplaced.
**[19:16] M**
That said,
**[19:17] M**
the walls mercilessly slam down conceit.
**[19:21] M**
That's the kind of sport climbing is.
**[19:23] M**
What I'm saying is,
**[19:26] M**
comp... compu...
**[19:28] Ri**
Complacency is fatal.
**[19:29] M**
Complacency is fatal!
**[19:31] M**
If you're gonna be that way,
we'll just do the thing.
**[19:34] K**
Wh-What does that even *mean?*
**[19:36] J**
Don't ask me.
**[19:38] Ku**
Captain Masumin, I'm afraid you
aren't getting through to them.
**[19:43] Pa**
The opening ceremony will begin soon.
**[19:45] M**
Oh, it's time.
**[19:45] Pa**
All participants are requested to
head to their assigned positions.
**[19:48] M**
See you all by the wall!
**[19:52] Chin**
I suppose I should be heading back, as well.
**[19:55] S**
See you, Iwamine-san.
**[19:56] Mar**
Kurikawa will be the one to win, I daresay!
**[20:00] J**
What's wrong? Still nervous?
**[20:02] K**
I don't know how to react to all
these larger-than-life people.
**[20:05] J**
Yeah, they're all weirdos.
**[20:11] N**
Konomin, are you gonna be okay?
**[20:17] J**
Ultimately, we'll be facing the wall,
not them.
**[20:22] J**
We'll be battling ourselves.
**[20:26] J**
Just follow your own brand of climbing.
**[20:28] K**
My own brand...
**[20:31] J**
You're a lot more confident
after all that training, right?
**[20:36] J**
You'll be fine as long
as you don't forget it.
**[20:38] K**
You're right, Jun-chan.
That takes a load off my mind.
**[20:42] J**
Good.
**[20:43] S**
Shall we get going, then?
**[20:46] All**
Yeah.
**[20:47] S**
Hanamiya High Climbing Team,
**[20:49] S**
aim for victory.
**[20:52] S**
Let's climb!
**[20:58] Fan**
U-Um...
**[21:00] Fan**
You're Kurusu Anne-san, right?
**[21:00] Fan**
It's Anne! So cute!
**[21:02] Fan**
Can we get an autograph?
**[21:04] Hi**
Not now, please.
**[21:06] An**
Sure! I'm always cool, Kurusu!
**[21:14] Ku**
Long time no see.
**[21:16] Ku**
I never imagined we would reunite here,
**[21:19] Ku**
Kasahara Konomi.
**[21:21] K**
You're from St. Caterno...
**[21:24] Ku**
Well, I don't blame you
for not recognizing me.
**[21:28] Ku**
Back then, I was but a little
girl who wanted to be you.
**[21:32] Ku**
Or, should I say, a quadrille
who wanted to be an étoile?
**[21:36] K**
Wait...
**[21:38] Ku**
Precisely.
**[21:39] Ku**
I'm Ooba Kurea, and I went to
the same ballet school as you.
**[21:43] Ku**
You certainly had a far better
piqué turn than me.
**[21:48] Ku**
But in climbing, *I'm* better than you!
**[21:51] Ku**
On the walls, *I'm* the star!
**[21:54] Ku**
Here, all you're good for
**[21:56] Ku**
is to be part of the corps de ballet.
***SIGN*** Iwakakeru!
***SIGN*** Wall 5: Hard Work and Talent