E6 - Unbelievable Ability

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[00:12] Mas
    In the prelims,
[00:14] Mas
    Iwamine-san finished first
[00:15] Mas
    and I finished second.
[00:17] Mas
    Given the point gap between us and Kurikawa,
[00:19] Mas
    I absolutely have to beat
    her in the semifinals.
[00:24] Mas
    But can I?
[00:26] Mas
    No, don't be negative! I will win!
[00:30] Mas
    I have to live up to the team's
    expectations, or else...
[00:46] Mas
    No!
[00:47] Mas
    I don't want to disappoint them!
    I don't want to repeat my past mistakes!
[00:51] Mas
    I've simply got to win!
[00:53] Mas
    I never wanna go through that again!
[01:01] Mas
    I can't let them see me like this.
[01:03] Mas
    Not when I exude so much
    swagger in the public eye.
[01:07] Mas
    But, deep down, I'm just a coward who's
    trembling inside whenever she competes.
SIGN    Iwakakeru!
SIGN    Wall 6             Unbelievable Ability
[02:43] N
    Go, go, Konomin!
[02:47] K
    Wh-What brought this on, Nono-san?
[02:49] N
    You mean my outfit?
[02:51] N
    Isn't it obvious?
[02:53] N
    I'm your cheerleading squad!
[02:55] N
    By the way... I'm sorry, Konomin.
[02:57] N
    You had to see me cut
     a sorry figure yesterday.
[03:00] K
    No, you didn't.
[03:01] N
    I may have bombed out,
    but as a member of the Hanamiya team,
[03:05] N
    I'll be fighting with you
    out there in spirit.
[03:08] N
    I want to see you kill it.
[03:10] N
    Later. I'll be cheering
    you on from the stands.
[03:13] K
    R-Right...
[03:14] S
    I'd say she's got 60 percent
    of her energy back,
[03:18] S
    though I'm sure she's still
    feeling down about it.
[03:21] S
    So, it's our job to bring her back up to 100.
[03:26] S
    Understand?
[03:27] Bo
    Loud and clear.
[03:29] J
    Go harder, please.
[03:30] K
    Okay, got it.
[03:32] K
    Hup.
[03:36] K
    Say, Jun-chan.
[03:38] K
    St. Caterno's Fujita-san's been
    practicing this whole time.
[03:41] K
    Shouldn't she ease up a little?
[03:44] J
    She'll be fine.
[03:45] J
    Look at Captain. She's been running nonstop.
[03:47] K
    I know...
[03:49] K
    I wonder what Iwamine-san's listening to.
[03:51] J
    Why don't you go ask her?
[03:52] K
    Uh, I'd rather not.
[03:54] K
    Meanwhile, that girl's studying or something.
[03:57] J
    Must have college entrance exams.
[03:58] K
    And what about her?
SIGN    mwahaha
[03:59] J
    Don't ask me.
[04:01] K
    Must be photosynthesis!
[04:02] J
    You can't be serious.
[04:04] Ku
    May I have a moment?
[04:05] Ku
    I didn't expect you to be good
    enough to reach the semifinals,
[04:09] Ku
    but I suppose that's what a former prima
    at a powerhouse ballet school can do.
[04:13] Ku
    I'm not one to talk, given I don't 
    have that much climbing experience,
[04:17] Ku
    but you started in high school, right?
[04:20] K
    Yeah. It's only been around two months or so.
[04:22] Ku
    Wha...
[04:24] Ku
    Surely I am better than you, then.
[04:28] Ku
    E-Even if you were a superior ballerina,
    I have the upper hand in climbing, and...
[04:35] Ku
    St. Caterno is clearly the stronger team!
[04:40] Ku
    Well, you're doing what you can as
    a team with a mere four members.
[04:44] Ku
    I remember that tiny girl from yesterday...
[04:46] J
    Hey!
[04:47] K
    We don't have four members.
[04:49] K
    There may be four of us,
    but together we are one.
[04:52] K
    We're all doing our own thing,
    but none of us are going it alone.
[04:56] K
    Captain Sayo, Nono-senpai, and Jun-chan...
[04:59] K
    When they're there with me,
[05:01] K
    it gives me an incredible boost of strength.
[05:05] K
    It makes me want to aim higher. 
    It makes me want to climb higher.
[05:12] K
    I know I can go as far as
     I want with the Hanamiya team.
[05:16] K
    I can scale any wall in my way.
[05:18] K
    I can't explain it. It's just how I feel.
[05:22] K
    Is it weird?
[05:23] Ku
    What? The Kasahara Konomi I knew
    always projected a frailty of sorts.
[05:30] Ku
    But this girl I see now...
[05:37] Ku
    I wasn't wrong to see her as my role model.
[05:40] Ku
    Is that so? Well, it'll make
    victory all the sweeter.
[05:47] J
    What's her problem?
[05:48] J
    Anyway, you did mention doing ballet before,
[05:51] J
    but not that you were a prima.
[05:52] K
    It's not a big deal.
[05:54] K
    It's just kind of been part
    of my life since I was three.
[05:58] J
    Huh? She seemed to be holding
    a grudge over it, though.
[06:04] F
    Anne-chan!
[06:06] A
    Cool Kurusu.
[06:08] F
    Cool Kurusu!
[06:11] As
    Nono-chan?
[06:13] N
    Asu-neesan!
[06:16] Comms
    The Kanto Bouldering Championships
    girls' semifinals are about to begin.
[06:20] Comms
    I'm joined on commentary
    by routesetter Nakata-san.
[06:23] ---
    Glad to be here.
[06:24] N
    What brings you here?
[06:26] As
    I helped set the routes for the semis.
[06:29] N
    Huh? Really?
[06:31] As
    Good to see you again, Juzo-san.
[06:35] As
    I believe it's our first
    time meeting, Kiku-chan.
[06:37] N
    Huh.
[06:38] As
    I'm Fujimura Asuka,
    and I run a climbing goods store.
[06:41] As
    Nice to meetcha.
[06:45] Comms
    What's the matter?
[06:47] Nak
    Oh, nothing. Just that I produced
    works of art for the semifinals, too.
[06:52] N
    I wasn't expecting you to
    be the routesetter for this.
[06:56] As
    I only helped a little.
[06:58] As
    Anyway, the level of competition
    has skyrocketed lately.
[07:01] As
    I knew we were getting better rookies
    by the year, but this is awesome.
[07:05] N
    Sure is.
[07:06] As
    Well, the semis and finals follow
    the conveyor belt system.
[07:10] As
    Who knows how that will affect the climbers?
[07:12] Ki
    What do you mean, conveyor belt system?
[07:15] N
    It's called that because the climbers
    appear to be on a conveyor belt.
[07:18] Ki
    Is that so?
[07:21] N
    You get five minutes to attempt the
    first wall, then a five-minute break.
[07:24] N
    Then five minutes for the second, another
    five-minute break, and so on and so forth.
[07:29] As
    Also, it goes in ascending
    order of the prelim standings.
[07:33] As
    Everyone goes in order,
    attempting the four walls set for them.
[07:35] G
    Unlike a timed session, the climbers
     have to stay in an isolation area.
[07:40] G
    They aren't allowed to see
    what the others are doing.
[07:43] G
    In other words,
[07:44] G
    it naturally calls for
    acute on-sighting ability.
[07:49] As
    On-sighting requires experience,
[07:52] As
    decision-making ability,
    and the physical ability to back that up...
[07:55] N
    But the most important of all
[07:57] N
    is the analytic skills needed
    to quickly find the right route.
[08:01] Ki
    Th-Then...
[08:04] N
    Exactly.
[08:05] Comms
    We are ready for the girls'
    semifinals to begin.
[08:08] Comms
    Up first, we have the promising
    rookie Kasahara Konomi!
[08:12] Nak
    Judging from her performance in the prelims,
    these rules should suit her better.
[08:21] K
    Nono-san...
[08:23] K
    Wish me luck!
[08:25] Comms
    She impressed us all by making
    the semifinals as a rookie.
[08:29] Comms
    What kind of moves will
    she show us this time?
[08:33] K
    A flat wall that needs
    balance and coordination.
[08:37] K
    No inclines puts it right down my alley.
[08:41] K
    Picture it...
[08:42] K
    Picture yourself climbing
[08:44] K
    and use that image to solve this problem!
[08:59] K
    Urk... That crimp two hands up sucks.
[09:02] K
    But crimping it will limit
    the options for my next move,
[09:05] K
    so I'll try to open-hand it.
[09:08] K
    The crux... has to be the
    lead-up to the zone hold.
[09:11] K
    That sequence needs perfect coordination.
    Gotta make sure I don't swing off.
[09:17] N
    Good luck, Konomin.
[09:24] As
    It's easy to tell because I've
    watched her climb from up close.
[09:28] As
    She's got a real knack for this.
[09:30] N
    Yeah.
[09:30] As
    But these walls will be
    difficult for her to send.
[09:34] Ki
    Why?
[09:36] As
    The reason is simple:
[09:38] As
    their sheer difficulty.
[09:40] As
    The semifinal routes are meant to
    eliminate all but six finalists,
[09:44] As
    so they're designed to be just barely
    possible for the top climbers to send.
[09:52] N
    Looking good, Konomin! You can do this!
[09:54] Ki
    Master!
[09:55] As
    The shoes I picked are doing their job,
[09:58] As
    but this is where things get tough.
[10:01] As
    These problems are in a different league,
    difficulty-wise, than the prelims' were.
[10:04] As
    I'm sure we'll see a bunch of climbers
    who can't even send one of them.
[10:07] N
    It'll be fine, Asu-neesan. Just you watch.
[10:16] As
    But hasn't it only been a couple of
    months since she picked up climbing?
[10:19] As
    It's virtually impossible for her to send...
[10:35] Comms
    She...
[10:36] Comms
    She sends it in one!
[10:37] Comms
    Can you believe it?!
[10:41] Ku
    Wh-What's with these loud cheers?
[10:44] Ku
    No way...
[10:45] S
    Sounds like Konomi-san sent it.
[10:50] J
    Did she do it?
[10:53] K
    Yes!
[10:55] As
    H-How?
[10:58] N
    That's just our Konomin, Asu-neesan.
[11:02] Nak
    On-sighting the very first problem
    in the semis that easily?
[11:05] Nak
    You truly are special, Kasahara Konomi!
[11:08] Nak
    She can't be judged as a
    mere rookie at this point.
[11:12] Nak
    We're witnessing the birth
    of climbing's new star...
[11:15] Nak
    Or should I say, invader?
[11:20] An
    Cool, Kurusu.
[11:24] An
    Kasahara Konomi from Hanamiya Girls', eh?
[11:28] An
    She's a cool Kurusutomer, isn't she?
[11:31] Hif
    Y-Yeah.
[11:34] Ri
    These cheers... It was probably a one-shot.
[11:37] Maru
    If the 20th-ranked Kasahara-san one-shot it,
[11:41] Maru
    we can't afford to fail Problem A, we can't.
[11:46] S
    Jun.
[11:47] J
    She did it.
[11:48] S
    We have to do our best to keep up.
[11:51] Comms
    Our next climber is Satou
    Maruno from Kurikawa High.
[11:55] Maru
    But flip that around, and the
    fact that she one-shot it
[12:00] Maru
    means it can't have been all that difficult.
[12:03] Maru
    I'll one-shot it too, I will!
[12:07] Maru
    This crimp is pretty hard to grasp.
[12:11] Maru
    And this third hold is easy
    to swing off, it is.
[12:14] Maru
    What do I do?
[12:17] Maru
    So, this is a semifinal problem...
[12:20] Maru
    It's several levels above
    the prelims, it is!
[12:25] Maru
    I'm not done yet.
[12:28] Comms
    Oh, dear!
[12:29] Comms
    Satou has yet to even secure the zone,
[12:32] Comms
    but her time is up!
[12:35] Maru
    M-Miss Kashahara shent this thing in one?!
[12:39] As
    Now that's more like it. That's
    how it's normally supposed to go!
[12:43] N
    Yeah, well, Konomin isn't normal.
[12:46] Comm
    Next up, we have Kasahara
    attempting Problem B.
[12:49] Comm
    Over at Problem A,
[12:51] Comm
    we have Matsuhashi High's Niijima.
[12:54] Nii
    Always be a challenger.
[12:57] Comm
    This competition is her first
    time clearing the prelims.
[13:00] Comm
    She used several attempts in the prelims.
[13:03] Comm
    What does she have in store for us?
[13:14] Comm
    Whoa, and that ends her first try already.
[13:17] Nii
    Wow, the very second hand is tough.
[13:20] Nii
    But where there's a will, there's a way.
[13:27] Nii
    Again!
[13:33] Nii
    I'm not done.
[13:34] Ki
    She's already on her fourth attempt.
[13:37] Ki
    That's gotta be rough.
[13:39] As
    Yeah.
[13:40] As
    But she's getting higher with every attempt.
[13:45] As
    Hell...
[13:48] Nii
    This time!
[13:49] As
    She's absurdly quick to pick
    herself up and try again.
[13:55] U
    Niijima-senpai is usually slow and clumsy,
[13:57] U
    but she recovers abnormally quickly.
[14:01] U
    It's why she can make a
    high number of attempts.
[14:03] Nii
    I won't give up.
[14:08] U
    With each attempt,
[14:10] U
    she gets higher and higher...
[14:13] U
    until she reaches the top!
[14:15] Nii
    Where there's a will, there's a way.
[14:17] Nii
    Dreams do come true.
[14:20] U
    The way she climbs, falls, and climbs again
[14:23] U
    makes her look like a zombie!
    Even death can't keep her down!
[14:29] U
    That's Zombie Niijima!
[14:31] U
    I'm on her team, and even
    I can barely handle this.
[14:34] U
    But...
[14:38] Nii
    Never give up.
[14:40] Nii
    It's not over until it's over.
[14:43] U
    She doesn't fare well in prelims cause she
    can't immediately retry after a fall,
[14:47] U
    but she might have a real
    chance in these semis!
[14:51] U
    Did she do it?
[14:54] Nak
    I-Incredible!
[14:56] Comm
    I... I can't believe my eyes.
[15:00] Nii
    Dreams... huh?
[15:02] U
    What the fur are you
    doing all the way there?!
[15:05] Comm
    Kasahara Konomi sends it in one again!
[15:07] Comm
    What is her deal?!
[15:09] Ri
    Again?
[15:11] Ku
    That's some wild cheering.
[15:12] Ku
    I think it's Matsuhashi High's
    Niijima Kaoru right now.
[15:15] Ku
    Her, and... Kasahara Konomi on Problem B.
SIGN    Isolation  Area 1
[15:23] K
    That volume two hands up...
[15:26] K
    I should push into it a little...
[15:28] J
    Konomi?
[15:29] K
    And then for the edge foothold...
[15:30] J
    Hey, you okay?
[15:33] K
    Oh, Jun-chan. What's up?
[15:35] J
    Uh, well...
[15:37] J
    Are you tired?
[15:38] K
    Nah, not at all.
[15:40] J
    That's good.
[15:41] J
    You should still relax your body.
[15:44] K
    I know, don't worry! I feel like
    I can keep climbing forever today!
[15:48] J
    Uh... Look, just rest up
    for these five minutes.
[15:52] J
    At least wipe your sweat off.
[15:54] K
    Oh, right.
[15:56] K
    I forgot I wanted to do that.
[16:00] Comm
    Next, Hanamiya's Kasahara
    Konomi attempts Problem C,
[16:03] Comm
    Matsuhashi's Niijima
    Kaoru attempts Problem B,
[16:07] Comm
    and at Problem A, we have
    St. Caterno's Ooba Kurea.
[16:11] Ku
    Kasahara Konomi...
[16:40] K
    Picture it.
[16:42] K
    Picture yourself solving this problem.
[16:52] Digik
    Installation is finished.
[16:54] Digik
    Ready. Game start.
[16:57] Comm
    Attempting Problem A now is Prelims Rank 16,
[17:00] Comm
    ex-ballet dancer Ooba Kurea.
[17:02] Ku
    Those cheers rang out pretty
    quickly for Problem A.
[17:06] Ku
    Which means...
[17:08] Ku
    Kasahara-san one-shot it.
[17:11] Ku
    And when the second wave came,
    Kasahara-san was on Problem B.
[17:16] Ku
    Niijima-san couldn't have
    sent Problem A in one.
[17:19] Ku
    More likely...
[17:20] Ku
    Another Kasahara one-shot.
[17:26] Ku
    I can't be outdone, then. I must send
    this in one with poise and grace.
[17:31] Nii
    Dreams come true!
[17:36] Ku
    This crimp has a pretty flimsy grip.
[17:38] Ku
    The footholds are no better.
[17:39] Ku
    That said, my exquisite sense of
    balance will make this easy...
[17:45] Ku
    Huh? Why is that hold angled that way?
[17:48] Ku
    Do I have to jump?
[17:49] Ku
    When I'm practically stuck to the wall?
[17:52] Ku
    Only when climbing do I actually realize
[17:54] Ku
    how hard the next hold is to really secure.
[17:58] Ku
    And she one-shot it? No...
[18:02] Ku
    How is that possible?
[18:06] Comm
    Ooba falls!
[18:08] Ku
    Oh, for the love of...
    There goes the one-shot.
[18:11] Ku
    I have to bounce back from this,
    no matter what!
[18:14] Comm
    Did Ooba slip just now? How unlike her.
[18:22] K
    An overhang with an incline
    almost as steep as a roof...
[18:25] K
    This type of wall is my worst nightmare,
    because it needs so much physical strength.
[18:30] K
    Do I put both feet on the volume
    and do a sit start of sorts?
[18:34] K
    No, that's not right.
[18:35] K
    If I do that, it'll put the
    third pocket just out of reach.
[18:39] K
    Instead, I should deadpoint the nearby
    pocket and turn away from the volume.
[18:44] K
    Okay, next hold...
[18:47] Comm
    The others are already on their
    second and third attempts,
[18:51] Comm
    but Kasahara remains rooted to the spot.
[18:53] Comm
    We saw this when she attempted
    Problems A and B, too.
[18:56] Comm
    Her style is to take her time analyzing
    the route before sending it in one.
[19:00] Comm
    She climbs in a completely different
    manner to the other competitors.
[19:04] Ki
    I knew Master's analytic skills 
    were good, but not this good.
[19:09] Ki
    Uh... is she mumbling to herself?
[19:11] N
    Oh, man.
[19:13] N
    That gave me a start the
    first time I saw it, too.
[19:17] N
    But you know what?
[19:18] N
    Konomin is super good when she
    gets in the zone like this!
[19:25] K
    And to finish it off, it's crucial
    to do a toe hook with my right foot.
[19:30] K
    That'll let me reach the
    top hold with my left hand.
[19:33] K
    Okay, I solved it.
[19:34] K
    Now I just have to trace
    that solution with my body.
[19:38] Comm
    Kasahara finally makes her move.
    Will she be able to climb as she envisioned?
[19:41] As
    The observation process is only mental,
    at the end of the day.
[19:44] As
    The actual climb is a whole
    different can of worms.
[19:46] As
    If you have time, making several
    attempts like the others are doing
[19:51] As
    and familiarizing your body with
    the route is the better option.
[19:54] Ki
    But Master's one-shot both problems so far.
[19:57] Ki
    She's climbing like she's made
    countless attempts already.
[20:00] As
    That's what makes it so impressive.
[20:02] As
    She solves the problems in her
    mind with insane precision.
[20:05] K
    I was desperate to do well in
    these semis after making it here,
[20:10] K
    but that doesn't matter right now!
[20:14] K
    I'm having so much fun!
[20:15] K
    Unlike the prelims, you can't glean
    any information from other climbers.
[20:19] K
    And I had no idea solving problems
    with no beta was this fun.
[20:24] K
    I mean, in my eyes, these on-sighting walls
[20:27] K
    are like brand-new puzzles
    designed just for me!
[20:39] K
    And if they're puzzles, I gotta solve them.
[20:41] K
    I gotta clear them all the way!
[20:49] Ku
    No way.
[20:50] Ku
    She one-shot three routes in a row?
[21:00] Ku
    This is it. I must send it this time.
[21:03] Ku
    If I keep falling, I'll...
[21:09] Ku
    Why?
[21:10] Ku
    Why can you climb these walls, but not I?
[21:15] Ku
    I refuse to accept this sacrilege!
[21:29] Ku
    Eek!
[21:33] Comm
    And that's time up!
[21:35] Comm
    Ooba couldn't finish solving the problem!
[21:42] Ku
    What is going on?
SIGN    Iwakakeru!
SIGN    Wall 7: Failure of a Climber