# E26 - The Stripped Mask! Hermit's True Identity!
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Let's go to the field
of sea with the tailwind
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Raise the sails high up in the sky
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We're adventurers
who have the same hearts
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Much faster and at full speed
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I will manage to catch any waves
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Go over the clouds and go under
the rainbow, our world will be there
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Yahoo! Let's give a cheer and go!
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To far and away
**[01:09] ---**
Yahoo! We will just stay on this road
that leads to what's beyond this sea
**[01:31] ---**
Gotcha!
**[01:36] ---**
It's over.
**[01:53] ---**
What?
**[01:56] ---**
I'm not going down until you leave!
**[02:01] ---**
Just like you have your pride...
**[02:04] ---**
...I have my principles!
**[02:08] ---**
What's up with this guy?
**[02:15] ---**
So you just refuse to
attack me no matter what, huh?
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Is it because I'm a woman?
**[02:19] ---**
That's right. I will not
raise a hand against a woman!
**[02:22] ---**
Aww! You're a pain in the ass!
I'll let you go, so let me pass!
**[02:27] ---**
I refuse that, too!
**[02:28] ---**
I will not let you pass
until Miu-san's play is over,
**[02:30] ---**
even if I have to die!
**[02:38] ---**
Do you like that cow tits?
**[02:42] ---**
N-No! It's not like I love her or I
want to date her or anything like that!
**[02:46] ---**
It's more like I have a little crush
on her and I just look up to her...
**[02:51] ---**
--Oh, that was cold.
--Oh, that was cold.
**[02:55] ---**
Jeez! Dealing with this guy always
throws me off! Let's get out of here!
**[03:00] ---**
What? Are you sure? I thought
you were going to destroy Furinji.
**[03:04] ---**
This guy's pure idiocy made
me lose the desire to fight her!
**[03:10] ---**
So, that kid...
Kenichi Shirahama, was it?
**[03:14] ---**
Yes.
**[03:15] ---**
He's in Class 1-E of our school.
**[03:18] ---**
Oh, boy...
**[03:24] ---**
I have a special alien power
that allows me to melt into the wall
**[03:27] ---**
and leave no trace of myself.
**[03:31] ---**
Kenichi Shirahama, huh?
He's a funny kid.
**[03:35] ---**
I guess I've managed to
drive her away somehow...
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It's the play that Miu-san
has been looking forward to.
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I'd never let her ruin it!
**[03:41] ---**
But it also means that
I've saved the kissing scene
**[03:44] ---**
for Miu-san and Tanimoto-kun...
**[03:47] ---**
What am I doing?
**[03:50] ---**
What would I do if she really hooked up
with Tanimoto-kun because of this?!
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H-He's a clown! That's a real clown!
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O Romeo!
**[04:02] ---**
"Romeo and Juliet"
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I come to you.
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Magnificent!
**[04:25] ---**
The first year students
this year are fantastic!
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Wanna use this?
**[04:30] ---**
Y-You idiot! It's just that
the spot lights are too bright!
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Hey.
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Shut up! I'm not crying!
**[04:37] ---**
Apachai hasn't come back
since he went to the bathroom.
**[04:43] ---**
What do I do with him?
Because he's never been to school,
**[04:47] ---**
he must've been very curious
about the unfamiliar surroundings.
**[04:49] ---**
He sure can be a pain sometimes.
I've got a bad feeling about this.
**[04:53] ---**
I'll go and look for him.
**[04:58] ---**
Who's that?
**[04:59] ---**
A pro-wrestler?
**[05:00] ---**
Hey, it's a pretty big school.
**[05:03] ---**
Well, I should be able to find
him quickly since he stands out.
**[05:07] ---**
Apapapa...
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Huh? There he is.
**[05:12] ---**
--He's giant!
--He's so fast!
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Go, Apachai! One more
basket and we're ahead!
**[05:18] ---**
Are you sure that helper
is really your student?
**[05:23] ---**
Of course!
H-He's an exchange student.
**[05:25] ---**
Apachai! It's not good!
We're out of time!
**[05:30] ---**
N-No, Apachai!
That's the opponent's goal!
**[05:33] ---**
Apa!!
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Aww! My dream for my tiny, weak team
to win its first practice match...
**[05:40] ---**
I-It's over...
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Seriously, he can make
friends with anyone really fast.
**[05:45] ---**
Yabadabadoo!
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Apa!
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C-Come-from-behind win!
**[05:56] ---**
Our first victory!
**[05:58] ---**
--We did it!
--You're awesome, Apachai!
--Who are you exactly?
**[06:03] ---**
Hey, Apachai! Let's go back!
**[06:06] ---**
--Oh, that's Sakaki!
--We finally won!
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--I have to go now.
--Stop crying, Captain!
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Pretend that you're the ball,
then you'll get better at your game.
**[06:15] ---**
Apachai-san!
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Don't worry! I'm sure you
can win again, even without me!
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Okay!
**[06:22] ---**
As an aside, after this game,
the Koryo High School basketball club
**[06:26] ---**
became a monster team that competes
for the national championships.
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And the name of
"the Mysterious Giant Apachai"
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was forevermore handed
down as the team's legend.
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It was wonderful, Miu.
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I really appreciate
that everyone came to see it.
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Dress... It's nice...
**[06:45] ---**
But the fact that my performance went so
well was because of Tanimoto-san's lead.
**[06:51] ---**
Huh? Do you know them, Furinji-san?
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Oh, uh, right. They're my relatives.
**[06:58] ---**
Great. Nice to meet you. I'm Tanimoto.
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You did a wonderful job
as well, Tanimoto-kun.
**[07:03] ---**
Although it was a bit unfortunate.
**[07:05] ---**
What?
**[07:06] ---**
It would've been a perfect play
if you didn't hate performing.
**[07:10] ---**
Well, it is indeed unfortunate.
**[07:14] ---**
Tanimoto-kun! This is for you!
**[07:17] ---**
Wow, thanks! These are
cosmos, aren't they?
**[07:20] ---**
My sister loves these flowers.
**[07:23] ---**
Well, I guess we should get going.
**[07:25] ---**
Okay.
**[07:34] ---**
I guess the play is over by now!
**[07:37] ---**
Miu-san's gonna hate me
for this! I'm hopeless!
**[07:42] ---**
Why am I always so clumsy?
**[08:01] ---**
Wh-Why did you do that?
**[08:03] ---**
How could you do
that to the flowers?
**[08:05] ---**
You saw it, huh?
**[08:07] ---**
I hate flowers because
they die quickly.
**[08:11] ---**
What's going on? Tanimoto-kun
seems so different from usual!
**[08:15] ---**
I hate acting very much, too.
**[08:17] ---**
What? Then why are
you in the drama club?
**[08:20] ---**
Hmph, it's for practice.
Practice to deceive others.
**[08:24] ---**
In the public, I have to play
the role of an excellent student.
**[08:29] ---**
The ability to gain sympathy
is a part of the kingcraft art.
**[08:34] ---**
I'm sure you're like me, too.
**[08:35] ---**
It's tiring to play the role
of the man of justice, isn't it?
**[08:39] ---**
Acting is not for you.
**[08:41] ---**
But I'm not...
**[08:43] ---**
I'm annoyed by the fact that your
popularity at school has gone up lately.
**[08:48] ---**
This school is my test ground.
Don't mess it up for me.
**[08:52] ---**
But it's okay. Your popularity at
school has already hit the bottom.
**[08:57] ---**
And it seems that I have captured
the heart of the popular Miu Furinji.
**[09:02] ---**
What in the world
are you talking about?
**[09:04] ---**
I am being myself! I'm not acting!
**[09:06] ---**
Don't lie!
Everyone's always acting a part!
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I don't know what you're
trying to do, but I am me.
**[09:27] ---**
Annoying bastard...
**[09:37] ---**
M-Miu-san!
**[09:40] ---**
After all the practice I've done,
you didn't even show up!
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So she is mad!
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Just like Tanimoto-kun said,
Miu-san's heart has already been...
**[09:50] ---**
I-I'm sorry.
**[09:52] ---**
Just joking!
**[09:53] ---**
What?
**[09:54] ---**
You fought in order to
save the play, didn't you?
**[09:58] ---**
I really appreciate that.
**[10:02] ---**
Look at all the scratches!
Do they hurt at all?
**[10:05] ---**
Uh, well...
**[10:06] ---**
How did you know about what happened
between the Ragnarok and me?
**[10:10] ---**
Huh? Well...
**[10:11] ---**
Niijima-san told me about it.
**[10:14] ---**
Oh, boy... I sure have gotten soft.
**[10:20] ---**
Anyway, Miu's performance
was pretty good, huh?
**[10:22] ---**
Right, right.
**[10:23] ---**
It was too hard for me to understand.
**[10:26] ---**
Now we've got Miu's favorite anmitsu.
Why don't we go home?
**[10:34] ---**
Wh-What's up with that
scary-looking gang?
**[10:37] ---**
If they ever set their eyes
on you, they'll get you.
**[10:39] ---**
They'll definitely get you.
**[10:45] ---**
Hey, that's Kenichi and Miu!
**[10:49] ---**
What the hell? They sure
are taking a long way home.
**[10:54] ---**
Ken-chan, you did it! Good for you!
**[10:57] ---**
Hey, Keni--
**[10:58] ---**
There, there. Let's not do anything
tasteless now. We should just go home.
**[11:05] ---**
Of course not! Even if
it's a part of acting,
**[11:09] ---**
I'll be too shy to
actually do such a thing...
**[11:12] ---**
What? So, you and Tanimoto-kun
really didn't... you know, k-kiss?
**[11:20] ---**
You only pretended that you did?
**[11:21] ---**
Yesss! Thank goodness!
**[11:29] ---**
I've been wondering about this
for a while, but Kenichi-san, you--
**[11:33] ---**
What?
**[11:34] ---**
You have a particular
fondness for that badge?
**[11:37] ---**
Huh?
**[11:39] ---**
Uh, well... This? Yeah, I guess so.
**[11:43] ---**
That's the yin and yang from
Chinese Taoist philosophy.
**[11:48] ---**
Hmm... is that what it's called?
**[11:51] ---**
A long time ago, I switched this
with a badge with a kitty on it,
**[11:54] ---**
at the neighborhood candy store.
**[11:55] ---**
It's been so long, I don't really
remember a lot about it though.
**[11:58] ---**
But I've been wearing it
for no particular reason.
**[12:00] ---**
I see. It's a cool badge.
**[12:02] ---**
So, what kind of meaning does it have?
**[12:05] ---**
To put it simply,
**[12:07] ---**
the idea is that
everything in the world
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is based on the forces
of "yin" and "yang."
**[12:13] ---**
Light, positive force and movement
are represented by the "yin,"
**[12:16] ---**
and the darkness, negative force
**[12:18] ---**
and silence,
are represented by the "yang."
**[12:21] ---**
I see.
**[12:23] ---**
Oh, but there's a small
white circle inside the black.
**[12:28] ---**
You noticed a good point!
**[12:30] ---**
You noticed a good point!
**[12:30] ---**
"Wood" "Fire" "Earth" "Gold" "Water"
**[12:31] ---**
Basically it means that
there's light in the darkness,
**[12:33] ---**
and there's darkness
even in the light.
**[12:36] ---**
Nothing is perfect, and everything
is always interconnected.
**[12:40] ---**
I see. I guess it's true.
**[12:43] ---**
Even that evil Niijima does something
good every once in a while.
**[12:47] ---**
Yin and yang, huh?
Tanimoto-kun, what's going on with you?
**[12:57] ---**
Hey Kensei,
what are you doing? Let's go!
**[12:59] ---**
I thought they might kiss or something.
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Look out!
**[13:38] ---**
Are you Ragnarok?
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Hermit.
**[13:41] ---**
Hermit... The sixth greatest fist of
the Ragnarok, who attacked Niijima!
**[13:45] ---**
He's pretty good! Be careful!
**[14:06] ---**
Kenichi-san!
**[14:18] ---**
Oww...
**[14:19] ---**
You're tough, aren't you?
**[14:21] ---**
Answer me while you can still talk.
**[14:24] ---**
The name of your master
is Sogetsu Ma, correct?
**[14:26] ---**
N-No, it's not!
**[14:28] ---**
There's a man named "Ma"
among my masters,
**[14:30] ---**
but his name isn't "Sogetsu"!
It's "Kensei"!
**[14:33] ---**
Miu, what's going on?
**[14:35] ---**
Kenichi-san has been pursued
by the Ragnarok's master!
**[14:38] ---**
Oh, that's true!
They're on the top of the bus!
**[14:41] ---**
He caught me off guard
and I was too late to react.
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What should we do?
I don't think Kenichi-san,
**[14:46] ---**
as it stands right now,
is any match for the guy.
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"Anmitsu"
**[14:50] ---**
It's nothing but a kids' fight.
**[14:52] ---**
I'm sure he'll come home
when he gets hungry.
**[14:54] ---**
Now, let's go home
and have some anmitsu.
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Does it really look
like a kids' fight to you?!
**[15:00] ---**
Don't worry. Those two nosey
people have been following them.
**[15:05] ---**
What?
**[15:12] ---**
Look at this.
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So you're concerned about your
beloved disciple too, Sakaki-don?
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But you know, you shouldn't
butt into your disciple's fight.
**[15:19] ---**
D-Don't be stupid! I just suddenly
felt like running a marathon.
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And at an incredible speed, too!
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You're a terrible liar.
**[15:28] ---**
But, how come you're not
chasing them on your motorcycle?
**[15:31] ---**
It'll take me forever to start
the engine on that piece of crap!
**[15:34] ---**
After all, it's older than me, you know.
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I could've sworn that I saw
the characteristics of my master,
**[15:42] ---**
Sogetsu Ma, in your offensive moves.
**[15:45] ---**
But I guess I was wrong.
**[15:47] ---**
Why are you doing this?
Is this an order from the Ragnarok?
**[15:51] ---**
Why would you even risk
your life to do stuff like this?
**[15:54] ---**
I get so irritated by you!
Look at those untainted eyes of yours!
**[15:58] ---**
You seriously believe that
there's justice in this world!
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I've always played the part of some
character! So that I could live!
**[16:06] ---**
The one, who's grown up
in comfort all his life,
**[16:08] ---**
tells me that the martial arts
are for the sake of justice?
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Give me a break!
**[16:13] ---**
Don't tell me you are--
**[16:14] ---**
I have been playing
a role in my life;
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to prepare to become the supreme
ruler of both the visible world,
**[16:18] ---**
and the underground world!
**[16:20] ---**
Y-You are...
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...Tanimoto-kun!
**[16:25] ---**
He's gonna get me!
**[16:29] ---**
He did that flip on the bus?
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I was going to wait to kill you
until you got a little stronger,
**[16:38] ---**
but I guess this is it.
**[16:40] ---**
Your martial arts training is incomplete.
**[16:42] ---**
You may have been trained by masters,
**[16:44] ---**
but the bottom line is that
you're nothing but an amateur.
**[16:47] ---**
I'll show you the real Chinese kung fu!
**[16:51] ---**
I'll show you the fists of the ruler!
**[16:53] ---**
He's good... He's better than anyone
I've ever fought against before...
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This is almost like fighting
against the masters of Ryozanpaku!
**[17:01] ---**
Where did I go wrong with my life?
**[17:03] ---**
What's up with this situation anyway?
We're on top of the bus for god's sake!
**[17:06] ---**
Not only that, this is a moving bus!
**[17:08] ---**
Tanimoto-kun, let's just get off this bus!
**[17:11] ---**
At this rate we'll both fall and die!
**[17:19] ---**
Dragon Palm Strike!
**[17:25] ---**
What? That was Piguaquan!
**[17:27] ---**
And it was a pretty
advanced kung-fu movement!
**[17:29] ---**
"Piguaquan"? Is that some
kind of dangerous martial art?
**[17:31] ---**
It's one of the most practical
fighting styles in Chinese kung fu!
**[17:36] ---**
One uses both arms
like they were whips,
**[17:38] ---**
and defeats the opponent before
he has a chance to counterattack.
**[17:41] ---**
It is indeed a masterly martial art!
**[17:47] ---**
I-Incredible strikes!
He dented the metal roof with it!
**[17:51] ---**
What are his arms made of anyway?
**[17:54] ---**
I can see he's also
trained to send "chi" energy
**[17:56] ---**
to his arms and
turn his fists hard as steel!
**[17:59] ---**
This is a problem!
**[18:01] ---**
"Igonfu"
**[18:07] ---**
Sakaki-don!
**[18:08] ---**
I know! A master isn't supposed to
butt into his disciple's fight, right?
**[18:12] ---**
At this rate--
**[18:13] ---**
Damn it!
**[18:17] ---**
Die! Explosive Thunderbird Head Strike!
**[18:31] ---**
Hey! Come on! It's dangerous
to go for the back of the head!
**[18:35] ---**
And you didn't even hold back!
**[18:37] ---**
What's the deal with this guy?
**[18:40] ---**
You're the first guy, who didn't
collapse after getting hit by it!
**[18:43] ---**
I see you've trained your
neck to be strong and flexible.
**[18:46] ---**
You'd better thank your
masters for your life!
**[18:51] ---**
That was a nice thing to say!
**[18:52] ---**
Don't praise him!
**[18:54] ---**
I yield to no one when it
comes to taking a beating!
**[18:58] ---**
But that one hit was
truly intended to kill me!
**[19:04] ---**
Let me tell you this one more time.
**[19:06] ---**
It has nothing to do with Ragnarok.
**[19:08] ---**
I will kill you simply
because I don't like you.
**[19:11] ---**
To me, Ragnarok is nothing
but a temporary place to be!
**[19:15] ---**
It's all just practice for me to rule
the underground world eventually!
**[19:19] ---**
Tell me something!
**[19:20] ---**
What part of this is an act?
I thought we had become friends!
**[19:29] ---**
All of it, you fool! It's all
been a lie from the very beginning!
**[19:34] ---**
I was the one responsible for setting up
those guys to attack the drama club.
**[19:38] ---**
And I was also responsible
for getting rid of them.
**[19:42] ---**
And I got closer to Miu Furinji,
**[19:43] ---**
as a way to become more
popular in the visible world.
**[19:48] ---**
"Friends," you said?
Don't make me laugh!
**[19:51] ---**
A ruler always seeks solitude
and aims for the top!
**[19:55] ---**
That's a lie!
**[19:56] ---**
What?
**[19:57] ---**
You're lying!
**[19:58] ---**
I don't know why you think that way,
but I can tell you this for sure.
**[20:03] ---**
It's a lie that you're seeking solitude!
**[20:05] ---**
Even when you asked me
to help the drama club,
**[20:08] ---**
even when you asked me
to be your friend,
**[20:11] ---**
I saw a sad light deep in your eyes!
**[20:14] ---**
They were just like
my eyes in the past!
**[20:17] ---**
The eyes of loneliness!
**[20:19] ---**
You need friends!
**[20:24] ---**
You're strange.
**[20:26] ---**
Let's just stop this.
**[20:28] ---**
At least, let's get off this bus.
**[20:30] ---**
Sure.
**[20:33] ---**
Get off!
**[20:39] ---**
You moron! What are
you doing, falling for that?
**[20:42] ---**
You softy!
**[20:44] ---**
Tanimoto-kun!
**[20:50] ---**
You fooled me again.
**[20:52] ---**
But when I'm this close,
the force of your strikes is half!
**[20:55] ---**
That goes for your wrist, too!
**[21:00] ---**
With your wrist?
**[21:02] ---**
Now, an opponent with a strong neck
would be able to withstand that hit.
**[21:06] ---**
That's because you can't
put full force into the hit
**[21:08] ---**
because you're extremely
close to the opponent.
**[21:10] ---**
And your opponent would
be thinking the same thing.
**[21:12] ---**
However, that's exactly
what you'd want to happen.
**[21:20] ---**
What was that? A very
powerful hit came from nowhere!
**[21:24] ---**
The secret is this form.
**[21:26] ---**
Once your hand is placed
against your opponent's chin,
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you use your other
hand to strike the elbow.
**[21:30] ---**
The force of two hands is now
behind the one hand that's in contact.
**[21:34] ---**
Moreover, since your hand is already
in contact with your opponent's chin,
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he isn't able to dodge the second hit.
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Take this! Master Ma's secret technique!
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That bastard! How could he do
this to our precious disciple?
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I'm gonna make him pay for this!
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Stop it, Master Sakaki!
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Huh?
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He's right. Don't be childish.
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I have a feeling that I have
to be the one who defeats him!
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Kenichi...
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Kensei, it sure is nice to
see your disciple grow up, eh?
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Right, right.
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Knock it down with a high speed
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Open a new path, run through it
with the brand new days in your hand
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Don't look back, get a chance
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There is no choice
but to go on step by step
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Turn the pain into strength
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Don't be afraid! Let's start from here
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Go all out! You don't need a goal
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With the passionate soul that
soars through the sky, yeah, yeah
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Come on, dance!
Being ordinary isn't enough
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Unlock your dream!
It sure will be a bright tomorrow
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That's right! Let it all
hang out until you reach there
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Come on Ken-chan, I'll buy you
some ramen, so just go home!
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I refuse!
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This is a personal issue for me.
It doesn't concern my disciple.
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I said, I'm not going home! I'm not!
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Ken-chan, you sure are stubborn...
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There's no guarantee that
you'll get out of this alive.
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I hope you're ready for this.
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As your disciple, it's only
natural to stick with my master!
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No matter what happens,
I will remain by your side.
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