# E2 - The Journey Begins
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**[00:02] RYO**
* Since getting into Yokohama*
* Minato Private High School*
**[00:05] RYO**
*on an academic advancement recommendation,*
**[00:08] RYO**
* I've been invited to join their*
* practices until I start high school.*
**[00:14] ALL**
Thank you for having us!
**[00:16] RYO**
* I finally got the chance to*
* meet my idol, Yusa-san.*
**[00:21] RYO**
But...
**[00:27] YUSA**
Middle schoolers!
**[00:28] YUSA**
Whatever you do, you'd better not
get in the way of our practice.
***SIGN*** Episode 2
***SIGN*** The Journey
Begins
***SIGN*** The Journey
Begins
**[02:09] SAKAKI**
C'mon, man, seriously?
**[02:12] SAKAKI**
What the hell was that about?
**[02:12] SIGN**
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**[02:12] SIGN**
Sakaki Shohei
**[02:12] SIGN**
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**[02:12] SIGN**
Kibou Middle School
3rd Year
**[02:15] TAICHI**
That's Yusa Kento?
**[02:17] YUJI**
Talk about a bad attitude.
**[02:18] SIGN**
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**[02:18] SIGN**
Yusa Kento
**[02:18] SIGN**
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**[02:18] SIGN**
Yokohama Minato High School
1st Year
**[02:21] RYO**
*He's so different.*
**[02:24] RYO**
*He's absolutely nothing like I imagined.*
**[02:30] SAKAKI**
Hey, it's good to see you guys again.
**[02:33] TAICHI**
Yeah, it's been a while.
**[02:33] SIGN**
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**[02:33] SIGN**
Higashiyama Yoji
**[02:33] SIGN**
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**[02:33] SIGN**
Momohama Middle School
3rd Year
**[02:33] SIGN**
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**[02:33] SIGN**
Higashiyama Taichi
**[02:33] SIGN**
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**[02:33] SIGN**
Momohama Middle School
3rd Year
**[02:33] RYO**
* Doubles pair, the Higashiyama twins,*
* and singles player, Sakaki-kun.*
**[02:35] YOJI**
The prefectural tourney, wasn't it?
**[02:36] SAKAI**
Sure was.
**[02:38] RYO**
*They're well-known at the prefectural level.*
**[02:39] SIGN**
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**[02:39] SIGN**
Mizushima Ryo
**[02:39] SIGN**
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**[02:39] SIGN**
Nakamachidai Middle School
3rd Year
**[02:41] SAKAKI**
Hey, Mizushima. How have you been?
**[02:43] RYO**
U-Uh, you remember me?
**[02:46] SAKAKI**
Huh? What are you talking about?
**[02:49] SAKAKI**
We've played each other a bunch of times.
**[02:51] RYO**
Kibou Middle School
Kanagawa
**[02:52] RYO**
But I always lost.
**[02:53] RYO**
Kibou Middle School
Kanagawa
**[02:55] SAKAKI**
That's not the point.
**[02:57] YOJI**
Hey.
**[02:59] TAICHI**
Do you guys know him?
**[03:02] SAKAKI**
Nope.
**[03:04] RYO**
He said he was from
Kanazawa Nagisa Middle School.
**[03:04] SIGN**
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**[03:04] SIGN**
Matsuda Koki
**[03:04] SIGN**
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**[03:04] SIGN**
Kanazawa Nagisa Middle School
3rd Year
**[03:06] TAICHI**
I've never seen him before.
**[03:09] YOJI**
Me neither.
**[03:10] SAKAKI**
All right! I'm gonna go talk to him.
**[03:12] EBIHARA**
Middle schoolers.
**[03:14] EBIHARA**
Please come over here.
**[03:17] ALL**
Yes, sir!
**[03:19] SIGN**
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**[03:19] SIGN**
Hongo Kazuki
**[03:19] SIGN**
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**[03:19] SIGN**
Yokohama Minato Badminton Team
Captain
**[03:19] ALL**
One, two, three, four, five,
**[03:21] SIGN**
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**[03:21] SIGN**
Yokokawa Yusuke
**[03:21] SIGN**
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**[03:21] SIGN**
Yokohama Minato Badminton Team
1st Year
**[03:23] ALL**
six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
**[03:27] RYO**
*I'm kind of nervous.*
**[03:27] ALL**
One, two, three, four, five,
**[03:29] EBIHARA**
It's important to relax both
mind and body while stretching.
**[03:31] ALL**
six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
**[03:31] SIGN**
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**[03:31] SIGN**
Ebihara Jin
**[03:31] SIGN**
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**[03:31] SIGN**
Yokohama Minato Badminton Team
Coach
**[03:34] EBIHARA**
Your mind and body are connected.
Focus on getting both warmed up.
**[03:36] ALL**
One, two, three, four, five,
**[03:39] ALL**
six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
**[03:39] RYO**
*Both mind and body?*
**[04:28] EBIHARA**
You boys.
**[04:30] EBIHARA**
You're on that court over there.
**[04:32] ALL**
Yes, sir!
**[04:38] EBIHARA**
You're going to be knocking
down these shuttle tubes.
**[04:44] EBIHARA**
This drill will teach you to hit smashes
straight, with power and accuracy.
**[04:49] EBIHARA**
Yusa-kun.
**[04:55] SAKAKI**
The prince of the
badminton world has arrived.
**[04:59] RYO**
*Back then...*
**[05:03] RYO**
*I couldn't take my eyes off him.*
**[05:06] RYO**
*And now I'm seeing Yusa Kento up close!*
**[05:13] EBIHARA**
He will now demonstrate how to do it.
**[05:16] EBIHARA**
Watch his example closely and
think carefully about what he does.
**[05:20] ALL**
Yes, sir.
**[05:22] RYO**
*Watch closely and think carefully.*
**[05:24] EBIHARA**
Your goal is to knock down all
four tubes within two minutes.
**[06:01] SAKAKI**
Whoa, man. He didn't miss a single one.
**[06:06] YUSA**
I'd like to see you guys do
that after seeing it once.
**[06:10] YUSA**
There's no way you can.
**[06:12] SAKAKI**
What'd you say?!
**[06:14] EBIHARA**
Yusa-kun.
**[06:19] TAICHI**
What's *his* problem?
**[06:20] YOJI**
His attitude really does stink.
**[06:24] SAKAKI**
What a rotten prince.
**[06:26] RYO**
*So this is what he's like, huh?*
**[06:31] EBIHARA**
Okay, who wants to go first?
**[06:33] MATSUDA**
I will.
**[06:45] RYO**
He seems good.
**[06:51] YOJI**
Miss!
**[06:53] TAICHI**
It looked close, though.
**[06:55] EBIHARA**
Yeah, not bad.
**[07:06] RYO**
All right!
**[07:09] TAICHI**
This guy's good.
**[07:11] YOJI**
He sure is!
**[07:16] BOTH**
Yes!
**[07:19] MATSUDA**
Thank you.
**[07:22] SAKAKI**
Three, huh?
**[07:23] RYO**
So close. He just needed one more.
**[07:29] SAKAKI**
Go, go, go!
**[07:31] SAKAKI**
Wait, which one is he?
**[07:34] RYO**
That's Taichi-kun, the older twin.
**[07:36] SAKAKI**
What? I'm impressed you can tell.
**[07:38] RYO**
Oh, uh, it's just a feeling.
**[07:40] SAKAKI**
Huh. Go, Taichi!
**[07:44] EBIHARA**
All right, let's begin.
**[07:49] TAICHI**
Hup!
**[07:54] SAKAKI**
Taichi got two, huh?
**[08:00] YOJI**
Good work!
**[08:01] TAICHI**
Yeah!
**[08:06] SAKAKI**
Taichi and Yoji sure do look alike.
**[08:09] RYO**
You said it.
**[08:11] MATSUDA**
It's like watching a replay.
**[08:17] RYO**
You both got two.
**[08:19] SAKAKI**
Nice work, twins.
**[08:21] SAKAKI**
Ah, but at this rate, that rotten prince'll
be saying, "I knew you couldn't do it."
**[08:27] SAKAKI**
All right! I'm gonna knock down all four!
**[08:30] RYO**
Good luck.
**[08:33] SAKAKI**
I'm ready!
**[08:41] YUSA**
Hah! You're trying too hard.
**[08:44] YUSA**
What are you, a giant fan?
**[08:46] SAKAKI**
That jerk!
**[08:53] TAICHI**
He's hitting it as hard as he can again.
**[08:55] YOJI**
He's way too heated.
**[08:57] RYO**
But watching him feels kind of refreshing.
**[09:00] MATSUDA**
No, he's trying too hard to force it.
**[09:07] EBIHARA**
You need to work on your
control and mentality.
**[09:11] SAKAKI**
Yes, sir. Thank you.
**[09:17] SAKAKI**
That jerk!
**[09:19] SAKAKI**
Damn it!
**[09:21] SAKAKI**
Go on, Mizushima.
**[09:23] SAKAKI**
Avenge me!
**[09:25] RYO**
A-Avenge you?
**[09:27] RYO**
Don't pile so much pressure on me.
**[09:32] RYO**
I'm ready.
**[09:35] RYO**
*Focus.*
**[09:43] SAKAKI**
Don't worry about it, Mizushima!
**[09:50] TAICHI**
He's kinda tense.
**[09:52] YOJI**
You're moving a little stiff!
**[09:54] RYO**
*What was it Yusa-san did earlier?*
**[10:04] RYO**
*No, that's not quite right.*
**[10:11] RYO**
*How did he do it?*
**[10:18] SAKAKI**
Hey, looking good.
**[10:24] RYO**
*Focus.*
**[10:29] RYO**
*What did Yusa-san do?*
**[10:39] ALL**
Yeah!
**[10:42] RYO**
All right!
**[10:46] EBIHARA**
Okay, your two minutes are up.
**[10:51] EBIHARA**
Let's take a five-minute break.
**[10:54] YOKOKAWA**
They seem like a pretty interesting group.
**[11:04] SAKAKI**
Man, this sucks. Nobody got all four.
**[11:09] RYO**
I only got one.
**[11:11] SAKAKI**
I didn't even get a single one!
**[11:14] SAKAKI**
And you seemed to get the
hang of it partway through.
**[11:17] RYO**
You think so?
**[11:18] SAKAKI**
Assuming I'm not wrong, of course.
**[11:22] SAKAKI**
Anyway, seems coming to Yokohama
Minato was the right choice.
**[11:26] RYO**
Huh?
**[11:27] SAKAKI**
Well, y'see, Hojo High tried to recruit me, too.
**[11:30] RYO**
What?
**[11:31] SAKAKI**
But I chose Yokohama Minato because
Ebihara-sensei told me you were coming.
**[11:38] RYO**
What?
**[11:39] SAKAKI**
I want to play doubles with you!
**[11:41] RYO**
What?!
**[11:42] SAKAKI**
My dream is the Inter-High triple crown.
**[11:45] SAKAKI**
I can win the singles by putting in the work
on my own, but I need *you* to win the doubles.
**[11:52] SAKAKI**
I...
**[11:53] SAKAKI**
The way you play badminton... I *love* it!
**[11:56] RYO**
What?
**[11:57] SAKAKI**
I have ever since I first played you.
**[12:00] SAKAKI**
The way you play is special!
You know what I mean, right?!
**[12:03] RYO**
Um, no, not really...
**[12:09] RYO**
*After our break, we practiced nonstop.*
**[12:17] EBIHARA**
That's it for today.
**[12:21] TAICHI**
Crap...
**[12:23] YOJI**
I can't... breathe...
**[12:26] HONGO**
Make sure you guys stretch.
**[12:28] ALL**
Yes, sir.
**[12:30] RYO**
High school... practices
are on... another... level.
**[12:37] SAKAKI**
Mizushima... You're amazing.
**[12:40] RYO**
Huh?
**[12:42] SAKAKI**
You're still standing.
**[12:44] RYO**
Huh? Oh, right.
**[12:46] EBIHARA**
Since today was your first time training
with us, I put together a light practice.
**[12:51] SAKAKI**
Light?
**[12:52] EBIHARA**
Starting tomorrow, we'll be
back to our normal schedule.
**[13:03] BOTH**
Hey, watch where you're splashing!
**[13:06] SAKAKI**
Still, that was a "light" practice?
**[13:09] TAICHI**
Seemed pretty tough to me.
**[13:11] YOJI**
Hey, mind telling us who you are?
**[13:14] MATSUDA**
What?
**[13:15] SAKAKI**
Oh, yeah. Who the hell are you?
**[13:19] MATSUDA**
Who am I?
**[13:21] SAKAKI**
I've played Kanazawa Nagisa,
but I didn't see you on the team.
**[13:26] MATSUDA**
I transferred in at the
start of second semester.
**[13:29] TAICHI**
Transferred in?
**[13:30] YOJI**
From where?
**[13:31] MATSUDA**
Shanghai.
**[13:32] SAKAKI**
Shanghai?! Wait, as in China?
**[13:36] MATSUDA**
My parents had jobs there
until recently.
**[13:38] RYO**
So you started playing...
**[13:40] MATSUDA**
Over there, yeah.
**[13:42] SAKAKI**
Wow, so Ebihara-sensei's information
network stretches all the way to China?
**[13:47] MATSUDA**
No. He and my father are old acquaintances,
**[13:50] MATSUDA**
so he advised me on my future
when I returned to Japan.
**[13:53] SAKAKI**
Oh, huh.
**[13:54] MATSUDA**
The subject of badminton happened
to come up, and he recruited me.
**[13:59] RYO**
Matsuda-kun, did they
offer you a sports rec, too?
**[14:01] MATSUDA**
No, I'll take the entrance
exam if I come here.
**[14:04] MATSUDA**
I haven't decided where
I'm going yet, though.
**[14:06] RYO**
Huh?
**[14:08] MATSUDA**
Nor if I'll join the badminton team.
**[14:11] MATSUDA**
I'm not a fan of older students like him.
**[14:14] SAKAKI**
I know what you mean.
**[14:16] TAICHI**
He had an *awful* attitude!
**[14:17] YOJI**
Right?
**[14:19] RYO**
Yeah. I guess you could say he's a bit
different from what I was expecting.
**[14:23] SAKAKI**
Matsuda, you should play with us!
**[14:25] MATSUDA**
What?
**[14:27] SAKAKI**
Aren't you frustrated? Don't you *hate*
not shutting him up after what he said?
**[14:30] SAKAKI**
Don't ya wanna get back at him somehow?
**[14:32] SAKAKI**
We need you with us to do that.
**[14:37] SAKAKI**
Right? The five of us can work together.
**[14:40] MATSUDA**
I'm not a fan of groups.
**[14:43] MATSUDA**
Well, bye.
**[14:45] ---**
**[14:50] SAKAKI**
The hell? He's no fun.
**[14:54] SAKAKI**
Oh well. It'll be the four of us, then.
**[14:57] TAICHI**
Sakaki-kun, you don't actually
care if there's four of us, do you?
**[15:01] SAKAKI**
Huh?
**[15:01] YOJI**
All you need is Mizushima-kun, right?
**[15:04] SAKAKI**
What?
**[15:05] TAICHI**
We heard you earlier.
**[15:07] YOJI**
When you said you "*loved*" him.
**[15:09] SAKAKI**
What are you talking about? I said
I loved how Mizushima plays badminton.
**[15:13] BOTH**
Yeah, yeah.
**[15:15] SAKAKI**
What's *that* supposed to mean?
**[15:18] TAICHI**
Mizushima-kun, what have you got to say
about Sakaki-kun's passionate feelings?
**[15:21] SAKAKI**
Hey, now, wait a minute...
**[15:23] RYO**
What? Uh, I guess we can start as friends?
**[15:27] SAKAKI**
What kind of answer is *that*?
**[15:40] SAKAKI**
I look forward to playing with you guys.
**[15:44] RYO**
Same.
**[15:45] BOTH**
Yeah.
**[15:52] RYO**
I look forward to playing with you, huh?
**[15:57] RYO**
Shizuo! Hiroto!
**[15:59] SIGN**
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**[15:59] SIGN**
Kadota Hiroto
**[15:59] SIGN**
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**[15:59] SIGN**
Ryo's Friend
**[15:59] SIGN**
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**[15:59] SIGN**
Nakano Shizuo
**[15:59] SIGN**
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**[15:59] SIGN**
Ryo's Friend
**[15:59] BOTH**
Ryo!
**[16:01] RYO**
I see. So you guys were studying
for entrance exams together, huh?
**[16:04] HIROTO**
I'm determined to get into Enayama.
**[16:07] SHIZUO**
Well? How was Yokohama Minato?
**[16:10] RYO**
It was fun.
**[16:12] RYO**
Except...
**[16:16] SHIZUO**
Really? Yusa-san said that?
**[16:18] RYO**
Yeah.
**[16:19] HIROTO**
Hm, I bet it's like how popular idols seem
like totally different people in private.
**[16:24] SHIZUO**
Were you disappointed?
**[16:25] RYO**
Huh? Uh, well, I guess I was a little surprised.
**[16:31] RYO**
But Yusa-san really is amazing.
**[16:34] RYO**
His body's made for it, and
his technique's incredible, too.
**[16:38] RYO**
He's got a broad perspective...
**[16:39] RYO**
And his quick decision-making
is something else...
**[16:41] SHIZOU**
I see. Well, good luck.
**[16:46] RYO**
Thanks. Same to you two.
**[16:49] HIROTO**
Heck yeah.
**[16:53] RIKA**
Huh.
**[16:54] RIKA**
So there are four other guys?
Sounds interesting.
**[16:55] SIGN**
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**[16:55] SIGN**
Mizushima Rika
**[16:55] SIGN**
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**[16:55] SIGN**
Ryo's Sister
**[16:55] TV**
* Render unto Caesar the*
* things that are Caesar's,*
**[16:57] TV**
*and unto God the things that are God's.*
**[16:59] RYO**
I guess.
**[17:01] TV**
*Trick reversal.*
**[17:03] RIKA**
You've taken the first step
towards your ambition.
**[17:05] RYO**
Huh? What does that mean?
**[17:07] RIKA**
Don't let Yusa beat you.
**[17:09] RYO**
Huh?
**[17:10] RIKA**
Yusa sees something you don't.
**[17:13] RIKA**
But eventually, you'll learn to see it, too.
**[17:17] RYO**
What?
**[17:18] RIKA**
Yup. You'll reach the same place someday.
**[17:23] RIKA**
After all...
**[17:25] RIKA**
You're my younger brother!
**[17:37] RYO**
* After that, I felt as if my schedule*
* revolved around Thursdays,*
**[17:42] RYO**
*the day I'd go to Yokohama Minato.*
**[17:47] RYO**
* Despite what Matsuda said,*
* he kept coming every week.*
**[18:11] SIGN**
Matsu
**[18:11] SIGN**
I got in!
**[18:12] SIGN**
Matsu
**[18:12] SIGN**
I got in!
**[18:14] RYO**
Matsuda.
**[18:16] TAICHI**
What's up with this stamp?
**[18:18] YOJI**
It's so girly.
**[18:21] SAKAKI**
All five of us are in.
**[18:23] SIGN**
Matsu
**[18:23] SIGN**
I got in!
**[18:24] SIGN**
Yo
**[18:25] SIGN**
Yo
**[18:25] SIGN**
Tai
**[18:26] SIGN**
Tai
**[18:26] SIGN**
Sakaki
**[18:29] RYO**
*Starting this April,*
**[18:31] RYO**
* the five of us will be part of the*
* Yokohama Minato badminton team.*
**[18:44] SIGN**
Graduation
Ceremony
**[18:44] SIGN**
Yokohama
Nakama-
chidai
Public
Middle
School
**[18:46] RYO**
* And then, the day of my middle*
* school graduation came...*
**[18:50] SIGN**
Ryo-san !!
**[18:50] SIGN**
Ryo-san !!
**[18:50] SIGN**
Ryo-san !!
**[18:50] SIGN**
Congrats on
graduating !!
**[18:50] SIGN**
Congrats on
graduating !!
**[18:50] SIGN**
Congrats on
graduating !!
**[18:51] ALL**
Congrats on graduating!
**[18:53] ALL**
You did it!
**[18:54] SIGN**
Ryo-san !!
**[18:54] SIGN**
Ryo-san !!
**[18:54] SIGN**
Ryo-san !!
**[18:54] SIGN**
Congrats on
graduating !!
**[18:54] SIGN**
Congrats on
graduating !!
**[18:54] SIGN**
Congrats on
graduating !!
**[18:55] ALL**
Thank you for everything!
**[18:57] ALL**
Yeah, thanks for a bunch of stuff!
**[18:59] ALL**
Come hang out sometime!
**[19:07] HIROTO**
Today's the last day we wear these uniforms.
**[19:11] SHIZUO**
Yeah. The three of us will never
practice our footwork together again.
**[19:17] RYO**
But this isn't the end.
**[19:21] RYO**
We'll see each other at
the prefectural tourney.
**[19:24] SHIZUO**
Yeah, Enayama vs. Yokohama Minato.
**[19:27] HIROTO**
Ryo, dude, you'd better play doubles.
**[19:30] HIROTO**
Otherwise you won't get to play us.
**[19:33] RYO**
Doubles, huh?
**[19:35] SAKAKI**
I *love* it!
**[19:39] RYO**
Don't worry, I will.
**[19:42] SHIZUO**
It's a promise.
**[19:44] SHIZUO**
Although, becoming a regular at
Yokohama Minato doesn't sound so easy.
**[20:13] RYO**
Shizuo.
**[20:15] SHIZUO**
Hm?
**[20:16] RYO**
This isn't the end, but this does end today.
**[20:22] RYO**
Badminton's pretty fun, huh?
**[20:26] RYO**
Back then...
**[20:28] RYO**
Thanks for inviting me to
join the badminton team.
**[20:31] SHIZUO**
We were *supposed* to
join the basketball team.
**[20:35] RYO**
For three years, all I did
was play badminton.
**[20:39] RYO**
Badminton was all I had.
**[20:43] RYO**
But because I was with you guys,
**[20:46] RYO**
it was a great three years.
**[20:50] SHIZUO**
Ryo...
**[20:51] HIROTO**
Aw, man. Don't.
**[21:11] RYO**
Well. See you later.
**[21:14] SHIZOU**
Yeah, later.
**[21:16] HIROTO**
Later.
**[21:25] SHIZUO**
Ryo!
**[21:27] SHIZUO**
Focus!
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Next Time
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Next Time
**[23:21] RYO**
I'm finally starting at Yokohama Minato.
**[23:24] RYO**
In addition to us, lots of other new
students are joining the badminton team.
**[23:28] RYO**
It's always encouraging
to have more teammates.
**[23:31] RYO**
What? There are advanced
placement students, too?
**[23:33] RYO**
Their schoolwork can't be easy. Will they
be able to handle that *and* badminton?
**[23:38] RYO**
Though I should probably
stick to worrying about myself.
***SIGN*** Episode 3
***SIGN*** Entering
School
***SIGN*** Entering
School
**[23:41] RYO**
Next time on *LOVE ALL PLAY*
Episode 3: "Entering School."
**[23:45] RYO**
There's a wind blowing
inside me. Push forward!