E5 - Hard Work and Talent

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[00:01] (Flashback) Pa
    Next, we have a speech from the
    new students' representative,
[00:06] (Flashback) Pa
    Yotsuba Sayo.
[00:07] (Flashback) S
    Yes, sir.
[00:21] (Flashback) N
    She's so pretty!
[00:28] (Flashback) N
    She's hurt?
[00:39] (Flashback) N
    Climbing?
[00:40] (Flashback) S
    Yes. My dream is to participate
    in the world championships
[00:44] (Flashback) S
    and make climbing more popular everywhere.
[00:53] (Flashback) S
    Nono!
[00:54] (Flashback) S
    You can do it!
[00:56] (Flashback) N
    Almost... there!
[01:01] (Flashback) N
    I made it!
[01:06] (Flashback) N
    Yay! I sent it for the first time!
[01:09] (Flashback) S
    You did it, Nono!
[01:21] N
    All right!
[01:22] Pa
    Sugiura sends the route!
SIGN    Kanto Bouldering Championship
SIGN    Iwakakeru!
SIGN    Wall 5 Hard Work and Talent
[03:01] N
    You know what?
[03:04] N
    I think I might bomb this competition.
[03:07] K
    Huh...
[03:09] K
    Huh?!
[03:10] K
    Nono-san?
[03:12] N
    So...
[03:15] N
    If I do, we'll be counting on you.
[03:18] K
    Wh-What are you saying?
[03:20] K
    You're a much better climber than me!
[03:23] K
    I'll be a complete non-factor
    in the team championship!
[03:26] N
    J-Just kidding!
[03:28] N
    Sorry.
[03:30] N
    I guess I'm nervous.
[03:33] N
    Did I scare you?
[03:36] Comm
    Uchimura falls!
[03:38] U
    Grr!
[03:40] U
    What is with this slab?
[03:42] U
    That last hold is way too far!
[03:45] Comm
    As the routesetter, what do you
    make of that fall, Nakada-san?
[03:48] Naka
    Hmm... I think she jumped a little early.
[03:52] Naka
    You have to maintain your balance and
    place your foot on the volume to the left,
[03:56] Naka
    then raise your arms and perform a dyno.
[03:58] Naka
    That's the perfect move sequence
    to solve this problem.
[04:01] Naka
    Since I'm the one who set this problem,
[04:04] Naka
    I know that is the only
    sequence that can send it.
[04:11] U
    I should wait until I see someone
    else send this problem before I retry.
[04:17] Comm
    Whoa, here comes one of the
    favorites to win this competition.
[04:20] Comm
    We're about to see Fujita Masumi in action!
[04:23] Comm
    How will she tackle this problem,
    which no competitors have sent yet?
[04:35] Comm
    Fast! She's way too fast!
[04:37] Comm
    Fujita's moves are a blur! It's like we're
    watching a speed climbing competition!
[04:41] Comm
    She's reached the zone hold
    in just a few seconds!
[04:44] Comm
    Will she finish things off here?
[04:47] Naka
    Hmph. Is she going to jump?
[04:49] Naka
    How hasty, my girl.
[04:53] Naka
    That is the wrong move to make.
[04:58] (Flashback) Pa
    Get set!
[05:05] Naka
    What?!
[05:07] Comm
    She's got it!
[05:08] Comm
    Fujita Masumi has done it in one go!
[05:11] Comm
    Is it any surprise she's a favorite?
[05:13] Mas
    Hell yeah!
[05:15] Naka
    What an incredible display of core
    strength and leaping ability!
[05:19] Cater
    Amazing, Captain Masumin!
[05:21] Cater
    Killer!
[05:22] Kur
    Impressive, as always.
[05:23] Mas
    Thank you, everyone.
[05:25] K
    What the heck was that double dyno?
[05:28] N
    That's Fujita Masumi for you.
[05:30] N
    Her climbing is characterized by her
    absurd explosiveness and vertical...
[05:33] Mas
    I'm going to try to send everything
    in my way. Follow my lead, girls.
[05:37] All
    Yeah!
[05:37] N
    ...which has given her the
    moniker of Black Panther.
[05:42] Ki
    Dad, there are so many climbers.
[05:45] Ki
    And they're all climbing at once.
[05:47] G
    Yes. These prelims will decide the top 20,
     who will proceed to the semifinals.
[05:54] Ki
    I don't really understand the rules.
[05:57] G
    Competitive bouldering is a
    sport where climbers compete
[06:00] G
    over how many routes they can
    finish within the time limit.
[06:03] Ki
    There are eight routes in total here.
[06:06] Ki
    If two people send the same number,
    how are they ranked?
[06:10] G
    In that case, the next benchmark is
[06:13] G
    how many zones they've reached.
[06:15] Ki
    Then, apart from sending, grabbing
    those bonus holds is important, too?
[06:20] G
    Verily!
[06:25] Ki
    Dad, you seem to be enjoying yourself today.
[06:30] G
    The rankings are determined by...
SIGN    Routes sent ↓
SIGN    Zones reached ↓
SIGN    Attempts needed to send routes ↓
SIGN    Attempts needed to reach zones
[06:32] G
    routes sent, zones reached,
[06:35] G
    attempts needed to send routes,
    and attempts needed to reach zones.
[06:40] G
    Even if you fall, you can line up again
    and try each problem up to five times.
[06:46] Ki
    But lining up again will eat up a lot of time.
[06:49] G
    It does.
[06:51] G
    How well you observe the field and use your
    time effectively is the key to victory.
[06:57] Comm
    This problem involves a overhang.
[06:59] Comm
    It seems pretty demanding.
    How will Kumagai climb this?
[07:03] Bear
    There is only one thing I consider
    to be a major factor...
[07:06] Bear
    and that is strength!
[07:10] Comm
    Wow! She's unbelievably strong!
[07:12] Comm
    She's getting higher and higher
    using only her upper body!
[07:15] Naka
    Isn't she going to use those edge holds?
[07:17] Naka
    That's the graceful way to climb!
[07:20] Comm
    And sent! Talk about powerful climbing!
[07:24] Comm
    Give it up for the Muscle Maxima'am,
    Kumagai Chigusa!
[07:28] Chig
    Strength is power!
[07:33] Ku
    A gentle curve that rejects
    being trampled on.
[07:37] Ku
    But it is helpless before me.
[07:40] Ku
    Un,
[07:41] Ku
    deux,
[07:42] Ku
    relevé!
[07:44] Ku
    Un,
[07:45] Ku
    deux,
[07:46] Ku
    arabesque!
[07:49] Comm
    Sent! Ooba mesmerizes with
    her exquisite balance!
[07:53] Nak
    That's our Ballerina of Rock.
[07:55] Nak
    Believe it or not, ballet and climbing
    have a lot of common factors.
[07:58] Nak
    Form, precise leg movements,
    and use of the hips to name a few.
[08:04] Kur
    To me, this problem was as
    basic as The Cupid Variation.
[08:11] S
    From what I can see, the pocket
    on top is pretty tricky.
[08:15] S
    It's likely that I won't be able to
    stabilize myself if I dyno to it,
[08:19] S
    so I should shift my body
    weight right, and...
[08:24] S
    Nice! Got it!
[08:26] Comm
    Smooth! Yotsuba made good use
    of toeholds to secure the top hold!
[08:31] Naka
    The Princess of Lead does it again.
[08:33] Naka
    Even in bouldering, her decision-making
    at altitude remains unmatched.
[08:37] Comm
    We're seeing more and more
    climbers send routes in one go.
[08:40] Naka
    Prelims or not, these problems
    are certainly not easy.
[08:44] Naka
    It just goes to show the
    amount of talent we have here.
[08:49] Nii
    Where there is a will, there is a way.
    Just one more move to finish.
[08:52] Nii
    There!
[08:53] Nii
    I did...
[08:54] Nii
    it?
[08:56] Nii
    Why?!
[08:57] Comm
    Whoa, Niijima?
[08:59] Comm
    It's not recognized as a send unless
    you get both hands on that hold.
[09:03] Nii
    Darn.
[09:05] U
    What are mew doing, Senpai?!
[09:08] K
    An incline with several sloper holds.
[09:10] K
    Judging by the people who went
    before me, the crux is...
[09:14] K
    the hold four hands up.
[09:16] (Flashback) S
    Top climbers conquer walls twice.
[09:19] (Flashback) S
    Once on sight, and once with their bodies.
[09:23] K
    Well, I've conquered it in mind already.
[09:26] K
    That leaves...
[09:27] Comm
    Nobody has sent this problem yet.
[09:30] Comm
    The next one to attempt it is
    Hanamiya Girls' first-year,
[09:33] Comm
    Kasahara Konomi!
[09:35] K
    Next up is the hold that
    dropped a bunch of people,
[09:38] K
    the blue sloper three hands up.
[09:41] K
    Okay, yeah, it's slippery!
[09:43] K
    I need to stabilize myself quickly!
[09:45] K
    Next,
[09:46] K
    I'll do a pied à main with my left leg,
[09:49] K
    and match the blue sloper.
[09:50] K
    Then, use the left heel hook to...
[09:54] Comm
    Kasahara reaches the zone hold!
[09:57] K
    Bless the shoes Asuka-san picked out for me.
[10:00] K
    They feel perfect!
[10:02] Comm
    But going from here to
    the goal will be tough.
[10:05] Comm
    Some climbers reached the top hold,
[10:08] Comm
    but none of them could grab it
    and stabilize themselves.
[10:11] K
    Bad grips at this incline
    are a terrible combo.
[10:15] K
    It makes you want to close the distance
    to the top hold with a do-or-die dyno.
[10:20] K
    No, stay calm. Replay the sequence
    in your mind one more time.
[10:26] K
    Perform another pied à main
    with the left leg.
[10:30] K
    And then...
[10:31] Comm
    Kasahara's matching that sloper?!
[10:34] K
    This hold is nothing!
[10:37] K
    Nothing compared to that crimper
    in the Anti-Monkey's second crux!
[10:45] K
    Keep both hands on the prize!
[10:47] Comm
    Sent!
[10:48] K
    Yes!
[10:49] Comm
    Sent in one! She becomes the
    first to send the problem!
[10:53] Naka
    That means she solved that
    crux all on her own.
[10:57] Naka
    Can she one-shot any problem
    with enough time to observe?
[11:02] Naka
    She's a true on-sight climber.
[11:05] Naka
    She has wonderful analytic skills
    and climbs with practical precision.
[11:08] Naka
    Kasahara Konomi, just what is your deal?
[11:11] Ki
    Master did it!
[11:13] N
    Wow, Konomin. I can't
    believe you sent it in one.
[11:17] Ku
    I thought Uehara-san was the only
    Hanamiya first-year to watch out for.
[11:21] Maru
    I'll go through my data later, I'll have to!
[11:23] Nii
    A powerful foe has shown up.
[11:27] Mas
    And she's a first-year?
[11:29] Kur
    Oh? Interesting gal,
    that Kasahara Konomi-chan.
[11:35] ---
    Our next climber is Hanamiya Girls'
    second-year Sugiura Nono!
[11:39] K
    You can do it, Nono-san!
[11:42] N
    Watching Konomin's one-shot
    gave me lots of confidence.
[11:47] N
    I'm gonna go all-out, okay?
[11:53] N
    One, two...
[11:56] N
    three!
[12:03] Comm
    She's quickly pulling herself up high.
[12:05] Comm
    Sugiura reaches the zone hold!
[12:08] ---
    Okay, looking good.
[12:10] N
    Now...
[12:11] N
    I just need to corner this thing,
    and I'll reach the top hold for sure!
[12:20] N
    Now for the left foot.
[12:23] N
    Okay!
[12:24] N
    Gotcha! The goal is right there.
[12:29] N
    I can't reach it?
[12:31] N
    But then, I can just...
[12:33] K
    Nice!
[12:34] K
    A dropknee to a back-and-foot!
[12:36] N
    That should do it!
[12:41] N
    Why can't I reach it?
    This should be the right sequence!
[12:46] N
    In the final problem of an
    important tournament last year,
[12:49] N
    I just couldn't grab the first hold
    and spent four whole minutes dynoing.
[12:55] N
    I've spent the last half a year trying to
    make sure that would never happen again!
[13:01] S
    Nono, please hang in there.
[13:07] N
    Get there... get there...
[13:10] N
    Get there! Get there!
[13:12] N
    Get me there!
[13:17] S
    Nono!
[13:19] Comm
    Oh no! Sugiura falls just one step away!
[13:25] N
    Why? Why can't I get to it?
[13:33] Comm
    Whoa! Here comes Iwamine Chinari,
    this competition's odds-on favorite!
[13:42] Comm
    She already has a finished
    route under her belt.
[13:45] Comm
    How will she choose to attack this wall?
[13:56] Comm
    Incredible! Her reach is every
    bit as long as it looks!
[14:01] Naka
    This problem's second hold needs
    to be tackled like Sugiura did it.
[14:05] Naka
    It usually can't be reached without
    building up some momentum,
[14:07] Naka
    but Iwamine can reach it just
    by lifting her leg up a little.
[14:11] Naka
    Her climbing is misleading.
[14:14] Naka
    It makes any problem look easy to solve!
[14:16] Kuma
    The way she inches up the wall,
    even with her reach,
[14:20] Kuma
    evokes the image of a spider
    approaching prey trapped in its web.
[14:24] Kuma
    That's why she's the Climbing Spider,
    Iwamine Chinari!
[14:27] Comm
    I see. So height is a real advantage
    in bouldering, isn't it?
[14:32] Naka
    No, that's a mistaken generalization.
[14:36] Naka
    If anything, the longer your reach,
    the more your body sways in dynos,
[14:41] Naka
    and when holds are bunched up close,
    your body makes it hard to position yourself.
[14:46] Naka
    This is where things will start
    to get difficult for Iwamine.
[14:50] Naka
    How will she do this?
[14:54] Chin
    Ladies, let me get a good look
[14:56] Chin
    at your adorable faces being
    struck with wonder and swooning.
[15:03] Naka
    What?!
[15:04] Comm
    S-Sent! We have just witnessed
    the most audacious of moves!
[15:09] Naka
    I didn't set this problem
    to be solved with that crap!
[15:13] Comm
    She grabbed the top hold without
    even entering the corner!
[15:17] Comm
    Unbelievable reach!
[15:18] Comm
    Unbelievable height!
[15:20] N
    No way. I couldn't reach
    it even with cornering...
[15:24] K
    Nono-san?
[15:27] N
    Well, on to the next one.
[15:29] N
    We haven't lost just yet.
[15:32] N
    I'll definitely send the next one.
[15:34] N
    Watch me, Konomin.
[15:36] K
    R-Right.
[15:37] N
    Okay, let's do this!
[15:41] Comm
    As time goes on,
[15:43] Comm
    it becomes clear what the problems
    involve and how difficult they are.
[15:46] Naka
    The climbers need to identify
    which routes they can climb now.
[15:51] Maru
    I know this, I do.
[15:53] Maru
    This lemon-shaped volume is similar
    to a hold in the Rockaround Rock gym.
[15:58] Maru
    To improve my team's chances of victory,
    I ran around and collected
[16:02] Maru
    all kinds of climbing data,
    which is all stored in my brain!
[16:06] Comm
    Satou finishes the route!
[16:08] Maru
    I did it, I did!
[16:10] Naka
    Very nice. A beautiful climb,
    just as I envisioned.
[16:14] Maru
    I shall show what the
     Lackey Data Climber can do, I daresay!
[16:20] J
    This sloper's slippery.
[16:23] J
    The top hold is right there...
[16:25] J
    The edge up next looks awkward, too.
[16:28] J
    What now?
[16:29] J
    You can't grab that edge
    with your fingers.
[16:32] J
    The top hold is right there!
[16:33] J
    My physical ability is top-notch.
[16:35] J
    Go for a do-or-die jump!
[16:38] J
    Don't take the easy way out,
[16:40] J
    Jun!
[16:43] J
    It's not great! But...
[16:45] J
    The crimps in outdoor rock faces
    have prepared me for this!
[16:52] J
    Hell yeah!
[16:54] Comm
    Hanamiya's speedster,
    Uehara, sends the route!
[16:57] Naka
    Given her skills, one could say
    she's taking it slow and steady.
[17:04] Ri
    Hear me, Caterno teammates.
[17:07] Ri
    Watch my ordinary-as-hell moves,
[17:09] Ri
    steal my techniques, and walk over my corpse.
[17:13] Ri
    I'm Samura Rina, Caterno's
    Crimson Stormtrooper.
[17:18] Ri
    My moves may be ordinary,
[17:20] Ri
    but I'm on fire when I climb!
[17:23] Comm
    Samura finishes the route!
[17:27] Naka
    Her moves may be conservative, but her
    climbing is determined and passionate.
[17:32] Cater
    Boss!
[17:33] Cater
    You're the flamin' best!
[17:36] Comm
    Time is running out.
[17:39] Comm
    From here on, a single attempt could
    shake up the rankings in a big way.
[17:42] U
    Why does this queue have such a long tail?
[17:45] U
    I don't have time for this!
[17:47] Nii
    Oh no!
[17:49] Comm
    Five, four, three, two, one...
SIGN    Kanto Bouldering Championship
[17:55] Comm
    With that, the girls' prelims
    are officially over!
[18:00] ---
    Seven sends? Way to go, Captain!
[18:02] S
    Thank you.
[18:03] S
    But you were way more impressive,
    Konomi-san.
[18:06] S
    You finished four routes
    in your first appearance.
[18:08] K
    Oh, uh, I just managed to squeeze
    one more in right at the end.
[18:12] J
    The top 20 qualify for the semis.
[18:15] J
    You have a chance with four sends.
[18:18] K
    I don't know...
[18:22] Comm
    The final results have been updated.
SIGN    Rank
SIGN    Name
SIGN    #1 Iwamine Chinari
SIGN    #2 Fujita Masumi
[18:28] Comm
    The two climbers who sent every
    route finish first and second!
[18:31] Chin
    I fell once.
SIGN    #3 Kumagai Chigusa
SIGN    #4 Yotsuba Sayo
SIGN    #7 Samura Rina
SIGN    #10 Uehara Jun
[18:37] S
    Nicely done, Jun.
[18:39] J
    Thank you.
[18:41] Kur
    I-I'm not on there...
[18:42] Ri
    Five sends and six zones,
    right? You're top 20, easy.
[18:46] K
    Now we get ranks 11-20.
[18:49] K
    The cutoff for the semis!
[18:51] Maru
    Please, Satou Maruno... Satou Maruno!
[18:54] U
    Come on, come on.
[18:58] K
    Rank 20? That means...
SIGN    #20 Kasahara Konomi
[19:02] J
    Awesome, Konomi! All that training paid off!
[19:05] Maru
    I did it! It's my first time
    clearing prelims, it is!
[19:11] J
    You okay?
SIGN    #23 Sugiura Nonoka
[19:21] K
    Nono-san!
[19:24] S
    Give us a bit.
[19:31] S
    They say short people have a disadvantage
    in bouldering, and they're not wrong,
[19:36] S
    but I feel like those prelim
    problems leaned into it too much.
[19:41] S
    Sheesh. It makes you want to slap
    the routesetter in the face, huh?
[19:46] N
    Sayo-chin.
[19:47] S
    How many times have we
    competed at this venue now?
[19:51] S
    And each time you lose, you come here.
[19:55] S
    You haven't changed at all since our
    first tournament together, Nono.
[19:59] N
    You haven't changed at all, either.
[20:04] N
    Whenever I'm down, you're with me
     and trying to cheer me up.
[20:09] S
    Oh? I wasn't aware of that.
[20:12] (Flashback) N
    Climbing?
[20:13] (Flashback) S
    My dream is...
[20:15] N
    Ever since that day, we've both
    given climbing our all together.
[20:20] N
    And when we made it to high school,
    Hanamiya's Director,
[20:23] N
    your father, made it possible to
    get a club up and running at once.
[20:28] S
    We've been climbing together,
     hoping to be the best in Japan someday.
[20:33] S
    I couldn't have done it alone.
[20:36] S
    It's only because you're here
    that I've made it this far.
[20:41] N
    Thanks, Sayo-chin.
[20:43] N
    But...
[20:46] N
    Deep down, I really...
[20:49] N
    Time and time again,
     I've felt that with my height,
[20:53] N
    I'm not cut out for bouldering.
[20:56] N
    But complaining about that
    won't solve anything,
[21:00] N
    so I tried to never say it out loud.
[21:03] N
    But today... after that competition...
[21:11] N
    Why did I have to be so tiny?
[21:15] N
    I work so hard every day...
    I even drink so much milk!
[21:21] S
    Nono...
[21:27] N
    I hate this so much!
[21:30] N
    And Konomin did so well for us!
    I wanted to shine out there, too!
[21:36] S
    It's okay. There's always next time.
[21:39] S
    You can show everyone what
    you're capable of next time.
[21:57] J
    Let's go.
[21:58] K
    Yeah.
SIGN    Iwakakeru!
SIGN    Wall 6: Unbelievable?