# Season 2
# E1 - The Infamous New Members
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRW439NNY/the-infamous-new-members)
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**[00:04] Txt**
Shigeno
**[00:04] Txt**
Shigeno
***SIGN*** Join the Baseball Team!
All Comers Welcome!
**[00:18] Dai**
All right, done!
**[00:20] Izu**
Oho! "All comers welcome!"
**[00:23] Izu**
You sure are motivated, aren't ya?
**[00:25] Dai**
Of course I am.
**[00:26] Dai**
The day of the entrance ceremony
is the most important.
**[00:29] Dai**
I want to attract as many
new students as possible.
**[00:32] Kao**
Daigo! Come eat your breakfast!
**[00:36] Kao**
You'll be late for school!
**[00:42] Dai**
Coming! Breakfast, breakfast...
**[00:54] Dai**
I'm off!
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Shigeno Daigo
***SIGN*** The Infamous New Members
**[02:42] Txt**
Fuurin Academy Private Middle School
**[02:42] Txt**
Fuurin Academy Private Middle School
**[02:42] Txt**
Fuurin Academy Private Middle School
**[02:44] Txt**
Entrance
**[02:44] Txt**
Ceremony
**[02:45] Nish**
Aw crap. First day and I overslept...
**[02:48] Pri**
* Over the next three years,*
* you will be devoting yourself*
**[02:51] Pri**
* to your studies and*
* to your sporting pursuits.*
**[02:54] Nish**
Oh, here they all are.
**[02:56] Nish**
Hm, where's my seat?
**[02:58] Kam**
Hey!
**[02:59] Kam**
Are you a new student?!
**[03:00] Nish**
Oh, hey, pal. Where's my class sitting?
I don't know which class I'm in yet.
**[03:04] Kam**
Wh-What?! First, you waltz in late,
and then you address a teacher like that?!
**[03:10] Nish**
Oh, you're a teacher? My bad, man.
**[03:13] Kam**
What's your name?
**[03:14] Kam**
How did a boy like you manage to get
into this prestigious school? Answer me!
**[03:18] Kum**
Kamei-sensei!
**[03:20] Kum**
Your seat is in the middle
of the first row! Hurry!
**[03:23] Nish**
'Kay, gotcha. Thanks a bunch.
**[03:25] Kam**
What's wrong with that student?!
No way in hell is he right for this school...
**[03:29] Kum**
He got in on a sports scholarship.
**[03:33] Kam**
A sports scholarship?
**[03:34] Kum**
He's here to bolster the baseball team
and its depleted roster.
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**[03:39] Txt**
Nishina Akira
**[03:39] Kum**
His name is Nishina Akira.
**[03:43] Txt**
Fuurin Academy Private Middle School
**[03:43] Txt**
Fuurin Academy Private Middle School
**[03:43] Txt**
Fuurin Academy Private Middle School
**[03:45] Girl**
Bow! Goodbye!
**[03:48] All**
Goodbye!
**[03:49] Kum**
Oh, I forgot.
**[03:50] Kum**
From today, you're free to go check out
the various clubs and teams.
**[03:53] Kum**
Think hard about which you want to join
and make a decision within the next two weeks.
**[03:58] All**
Yes, ma'am.
**[04:02] Chi**
M-My name is—
**[04:03] Nish**
We did introductions earlier.
**[04:05] Chi**
Huh?
**[04:05] Nis**
Let's go.
**[04:06] Chi**
Class is over?
**[04:07] Nis**
I guess I'll go round up the others, too.
**[04:10] Chi**
All right! Club time! Club time!
**[04:14] Nis**
C'mon, people! Get outta our way.
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Baseball Team
**[04:28] Kan**
Wait, what?! Are you serious, Mutsuko?
**[04:29] Txt**
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Baseball Team
**[04:32] Muts**
Yup. Totally serious.
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Sakura Mutsuko
**[04:35] Muts**
Our adviser, Yamaguchi-sensei, said
a whole bunch of first-years are joining us.
**[04:39] Muts**
Now we finally won't be so short on players!
**[04:42] Kan**
Aw man, really?
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Kandori Seira
**[04:44] Kan**
I'm in trouble, then. If some boys who
can play join, I'll lose my starting spot.
**[04:50] Tao**
'Sup.
**[04:52] Yayo**
Hey.
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Sagara Tao
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Sawa Yayoi
**[04:53] Tao**
Hey, Mutsuko, are you sure you wanna
let those guys play on our field?
**[04:57] Mut**
What?
**[05:01] Nish**
Give us a grounder!
**[05:05] Nish**
Idiot!
**[05:14] Kan**
Hey, you! What are you doing?!
**[05:17] Kan**
We don't maintain this field so
you can mess it up with your games!
**[05:20] Kan**
This field's reserved for the team!
**[05:23] Chi**
For the team, you say?
**[05:24] Chi**
Try again. This is a *baseball* field.
**[05:28] Chi**
You girls are on the softball team, right?
**[05:31] Mut**
We're the baseball team.
**[05:35] Mut**
You got a problem with
girls playing baseball?
**[05:38] Nish**
You've got to be kidding me.
**[05:40] Nish**
I heard there were only six players left on
the team after the majority quit last year,
**[05:45] Nish**
but I didn't expect the Fuurin baseball team
to be a straight-up girls' side.
**[05:50] Nish**
No wonder they went out and headhunted
the best players from the Nanyou Lions.
**[05:58] Tao**
Nanyou? That's a super-strong club.
**[06:00] Yayo**
If it's the *Lions*...
**[06:02] Kan**
S-So *you're* the new recruits
everyone's talking about?
**[06:05] Nish**
Exactly. We all got sports scholarships
to come to this weak school.
**[06:11] Nish**
Good for you, huh? Your school
just became a powerhouse overnight.
**[06:16] Nish**
If you girls are lucky, you might
play outfield, or become managers.
**[06:19] Kan**
No way! I joined because
I thought I'd get to play in games!
**[06:23] Kan**
I won't let first-years hijack our team!
**[06:26] Ume**
Where's our team room?
**[06:28] Chi**
Let's get changed and start practice.
**[06:35] Mut**
Hold on.
**[06:36] Mut**
You haven't done the paperwork to join,
and I haven't given permission for anything.
**[06:41] Nish**
Permission? And who the
hell do you think *you* are?
**[06:44] Mut**
I'm Sakura Mutsuko, the vice-captain.
**[06:47] Mut**
Besides, didn't they teach the Nanyou Lions
how to speak to senior players politely?
**[06:53] Mut**
Manners aren't just for
the baseball field, either...
**[06:56] Tao**
Good job!
**[06:59] Nish**
Don't touch me! You're just the vice-captain!
**[07:02] Nish**
Wait, does this mean the captain's
a girl, too? Gimme a break...
**[07:06] Dai**
What?!
**[07:09] ---**
What the heck is this?!
**[07:11] Txt**
Join the
baseball
team!
**[07:11] Txt**
All
comers
welcome!
**[07:11] Izu**
* I'll be your big sis and*
* teach you everything!*
**[07:12] Txt**
I'll be your big sis
and teach you
everything ♥
**[07:13] Txt**
I'll be your big sis
and teach you
everything ♥
**[07:14] Dai**
My stupid sister!
**[07:16] Txt**
I'll be your big sis
and teach you
everything ♥
**[07:16] Txt**
I'll be your big sis
and teach you
everything ♥
**[07:18] Dai**
Are you guys actually interested
in joining the baseball team?
**[07:21] Nish**
So that's the team room.
**[07:23] Dai**
My name's Shigeno Daigo! I'm in Class 2-C,
and I'm captain of the Fuurin baseball team...
**[07:28] Dai**
Oh, I guess you don't need
to know what class I'm in.
**[07:31] Dai**
Anyone interested in joining,
write your name and class here.
**[07:34] Dai**
And if you put down any previous
experience, and the position you're best at...
**[07:38] Dai**
If you don't have one,
just say where you want to—
**[07:41] Chi**
We're changing, so don't open the door.
**[07:44] Dai**
Huh?
**[07:48] Guy**
Dude, seriously? First, it's all girls,
then the captain comes out and he's a shrimp!
**[07:54] Chi**
This team's so weak,
it could be in an anime.
**[07:57] Guy**
By the way, Nishina,
when's Coach gonna get here?
**[08:00] Nish**
He said he had to wrap
stuff up with the Lions first.
**[08:03] Nish**
It'll be another week or so.
**[08:07] Dai**
Sports scholarships?
**[08:08] Mut**
Yes, all five of them played
for the Nanyou Lions.
**[08:11] Dai**
Nanyou?! That famous school?
**[08:13] Kan**
Yeah! That's why they're so full of themselves
and act like they own the place!
**[08:17] Yayo**
They said us girls should become managers.
**[08:19] Tao**
They think we stink.
**[08:22] Mut**
First impressions are key, Daigo!
They didn't show us any respect.
**[08:27] Mut**
As captain, you need to take them to task!
**[08:31] Nish**
All right, let's do this!
**[08:33] All**
Yeah!
**[08:33] All**
Let's go!
**[08:35] Nish**
Okay, start off with
five laps of base running!
**[08:37] Nish**
And then Warm-up A!
**[08:39] All**
Roger!
**[08:41] Mut**
Hey! Why didn't you say anything?!
**[08:44] Mut**
They just started practice
without even saying a word!
**[08:52] Dai**
Mutsuko. Please take care of
anyone else who shows up to join.
**[08:56] Mut**
Huh? Ah, right. Go give 'em
a dressing-down, captain!
**[09:00] Dai**
No. I'm going to go join in with their routine.
**[09:07] Kan**
What the hell?
**[09:07] Mut**
Daigo!
**[09:08] Yayo**
Well, I didn't expect much.
**[09:09] Tao**
I mean, Daigo confronting
guys like that? Please.
**[09:13] Yayo**
It's stuff like this that makes them cocky.
**[09:15] Kan**
"I'll be your big sis"?
**[09:17] Mut**
They didn't even look at that.
**[09:19] Yayo**
Oh, true.
**[09:20] Tao**
Anyway, up to now, it's just been us,
so it didn't matter who we had as captain.
**[09:26] Tao**
But maybe it's time we rethought
who fills that role. Right, Mutsuko?
**[09:41] Dai**
Yay, I win! I did it! Huh?
**[09:46] Nis**
Moron. It wasn't a race.
**[09:48] Chi**
And anyway, don't just join in with our warm-up.
**[09:51] Dai**
Oh, I'm sorry. I just wanted to experience
what a Nanyou Lions training session is like.
**[09:55] Dai**
Is it okay if I join in?
**[09:58] Chi**
What?
**[09:59] Dai**
I feel like I'd learn a lot from warm-up
routines they do in strong clubs.
**[10:03] Guy**
We don't do anything special.
**[10:06] Dai**
That's fine, too!
**[10:08] Dai**
If I train with you guys,
I'll see how good you are.
**[10:17] Dai**
Ow.
**[10:18] Dai**
What was that for?!
**[10:21] Nish**
So you finally snapped, Captain Shrimpy.
**[10:24] Nish**
I can't stand your fake friendliness
when us first-years are mocking you.
**[10:29] Nish**
See how good we are, my ass! Don't try
to be the bigger person when you suck!
**[10:32] Nish**
When we were with the Lions,
skill was king! Age didn't matter!
**[10:37] Nish**
Once you're on the field,
the best player calls the shots!
**[10:41] Mut**
Hey! What are you doing?!
**[10:43] Mut**
Did they do something?
**[10:44] Dai**
No.
**[10:45] Mut**
Listen up!
**[10:46] Mut**
Once Coach and some useful new
players come in, you'll be benched!
**[10:51] Mut**
If you don't want first-years talking
to you like they're on your level,
**[10:54] Mut**
maybe you should just quit, Mr. *Senior*.
**[10:59] Mut**
All right, time for some stretches!
**[11:01] All**
Okay!
**[11:03] Dai**
I agree!
**[11:06] Dai**
Just because someone's born a year earlier
**[11:08] Dai**
doesn't mean you should kowtow to them
if they have no skill and zero drive.
**[11:12] Dai**
Like you say, on the field,
skill's the thing that matters.
**[11:16] Dai**
So we'll see where everyone's at.
**[11:18] Dai**
It's not fair to talk someone down
without even knowing their skill level.
**[11:21] Nis**
Interesting. Then, let's see
what "skills" you got, shall we?
**[11:26] Nis**
If you have any, that is.
**[11:32] Dai**
Since we're showing off our skills,
our only option is to play a game.
**[11:38] All**
A game?!
**[11:39] Mut**
Are you serious, Daigo?!
**[11:42] Dai**
Totally.
**[12:06] Nis**
If this is all of you, let's begin already.
**[12:08] Dai**
Yeah, let's get to it.
**[12:10] Nis**
I can only see a future where you guys are
packing your bags, bawling your eyes out.
**[12:17] Nis**
All right! Team First-Years will bat last.
The girls' team will bat first.
**[12:22] Kan**
Hey! We're not just girls!
Call us Team Upperclassmen!
**[12:26] Kan**
That guy's so damn irritating...
**[12:29] Mut**
Is this really wise?
**[12:32] Mut**
If we lose, they'll mock us for all eternity.
**[12:37] Dai**
We've got no choice.
They said skill decides everything.
**[12:40] Dai**
Unless we show them our skills and
beat them, they won't listen to us.
**[12:46] Mut**
But they're ex-Lions. *Lions*!
**[12:48] Dai**
It's fine, it's fine.
**[12:50] Dai**
No matter how good their club was,
they were grade schoolers up until recently.
**[12:54] Dai**
If you consider how much progress
we made this year, we'll have no—
**[13:06] Yayo**
Ah...
**[13:07] Tao**
I guess that explains the attitude.
**[13:11] Nis**
All right, we're ready. Play ball!
**[13:18] Nis**
Don't start crying now.
**[13:21] Hiro**
Oh crap, I'm late.
**[13:22] Txt**
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**[13:22] Txt**
Kandori Seira
**[13:23] Txt**
Join the
baseball
team!
**[13:23] Txt**
All
comers
welcome!
**[13:24] Hiro**
I bet the team room is
full of new recruits—
**[13:26] Hiro**
Huh? Nobody's here.
**[13:37] Ume**
Strike two!
**[13:39] Yayo**
That's fast. Wonder what speed it reaches.
**[13:41] Dai**
About 110 kmph, I'd say.
**[13:44] Chi**
I'm bored.
**[13:47] Nish**
As if a girl could even graze this!
**[13:56] Ume**
Out!
**[13:56] Chi**
Hey, now. She actually made contact.
**[13:58] Kita**
Lucky hit.
**[13:59] Tao**
Dang.
**[13:59] Dai**
So close.
**[14:01] Nish**
Guess they do have eyes.
**[14:10] Ume**
Strike.
**[14:11] Mut**
What? That was way high!
**[14:13] Tan**
Shigeno-kun!
**[14:14] Dai**
Tanba-san, you're late.
**[14:16] Tan**
Sorry. I had to do some student council stuff.
**[14:19] Tan**
You having a game to welcome the first-years?
**[14:22] Dai**
"Welcome"? Yeah, I guess we are.
**[14:26] Ume**
Third!
**[14:32] Ume**
Out!
**[14:33] Mut**
They're good.
**[14:34] Tan**
This year's first-years are amazing!
**[14:37] Tan**
I'm so excited!
**[14:41] Ume**
Two outs!
**[14:44] Nis**
*What is this? What's with this team?*
**[14:48] Nis**
*They're just girls. How can they...*
**[14:53] Nis**
*...hit my fastballs?!*
**[15:07] Ume**
Three outs!
**[15:08] Tan**
Rats, so close!
**[15:10] Chi**
Time to switch sides.
**[15:13] Tao**
Aw... Three up, three down, huh?
**[15:15] Txt**
Upperclassmen
**[15:15] Txt**
Brats
**[15:15] Mut**
This is bad. They only had three fielders.
**[15:18] Tao**
We can't give up any runs, Mutsuko!
**[15:21] Mut**
Hey, don't put pressure on me! I haven't
taken the mound in a game before!
**[15:26] Mut**
Daigo...
**[15:27] Dai**
It's fine. I know you can do it.
**[15:33] Dai**
Just look at my mitt and throw, okay?
**[15:37] Mut**
Okay!
**[15:41] Dai**
All right, let's lock this down!
**[15:47] Nis**
No need to hold back! Make 'em afraid!
**[15:50] Guy**
Yeah!
**[15:51] Tan**
Timeout!
**[15:52] Tan**
Timeout! Timeout!
**[15:54] Tan**
It's hard playing without an umpire.
**[15:57] Tan**
I can take over.
**[15:58] Guy**
Who's this old geezer?
**[16:01] Tan**
I'm a third-year, president of the student
council, and a member of this team!
**[16:05] Tan**
And you!
**[16:06] Nish**
A third-year?
**[16:06] Tan**
What kind of attitude is that?!
**[16:07] Chi**
So he's their only actual senior left?
**[16:07] Tan**
You better watch your mouth! You listening?
**[16:11] Tan**
Play!
**[16:21] Kan**
Mutsuko, fight!
**[16:21] Tao**
Bring it!
**[16:36] Tan**
Strike!
**[16:39] All**
Can he not?
**[16:40] Dai**
Nice one!
**[16:43] Tao**
You got this, Mutsuko!
**[16:44] Nis**
Full power, and that's all she's got?
**[16:47] Nis**
Hey, you can close your eyes!
It's like a bonus stage!
**[16:54] Dai**
Third!
**[16:58] Chi**
All right!
**[17:00] Tao**
Damn!
**[17:01] Kan**
Don't worry!
**[17:01] Tao**
You don't say it to yourself!
**[17:03] Nis**
Follow it up!
**[17:04] Dai**
Sawa-san, you don't have to stick to first!
**[17:07] Dai**
The next one's going left,
so second'll be wide open.
**[17:10] Yayo**
'Kay.
**[17:12] Ume**
Seriously?
**[17:12] Chi**
That's a free steal for the runner!
**[17:16] Tan**
Play!
**[17:18] Guy**
Well, I won't say no to that.
**[17:22] Nis**
Back!
**[17:25] Yayo**
Welcome home, master.
**[17:28] Tan**
Out!
**[17:30] Mut**
One out! One out!
**[17:32] Chi**
What are you doing,
falling for a pickoff play?!
**[17:36] Guy**
Sorry.
**[17:37] Nis**
* They pretended not to care about first*
* and secretly put out a sign.*
**[17:41] Nis**
*That rat likes to play dirty, huh?*
**[17:45] Kit**
That's there to be hit!
**[17:53] Tan**
Safe!
**[17:54] Tan**
Yeah!
**[17:55] Chi**
Wait, he only just made it with that hit?
**[17:58] Chi**
That shortstop is good.
**[18:03] Dai**
One out! One out!
**[18:07] Nis**
I thought, with all these girls, you were
just playing at being a baseball team,
**[18:10] Nis**
but you're actually not horrible.
**[18:12] Dai**
Oh? Should we stop, then?
**[18:14] Dai**
If you show your seniors some respect,
we won't insist on finishing this game.
**[18:18] Nis**
Shut your yap.
**[18:19] Nis**
We're going to build the strongest Fuurin
team ever seen, starting with our year!
**[18:25] Nis**
You annoying upperclassmen
are just in our way!
**[18:48] Tan**
Out! Three outs! Change sides!
**[18:51] All**
Yeah! Nice double play!
**[18:53] All**
Let's keep it up!
**[18:54] ---**
Looking good!
**[18:55] Dai**
You're probably wondering why you're not
getting any good hits. I'll explain it to you.
**[19:01] Dai**
I can tell just by looking
that you're all good.
**[19:04] Dai**
But up until recently,
you've been playing little league.
**[19:07] Dai**
The biggest difference between
little league and middle school baseball...
**[19:11] Dai**
The thing you guys just can't deal with...
**[19:15] Dai**
...is breaking balls.
**[19:20] Txt**
Upperclassmen
**[19:20] Txt**
Brats
**[19:20] All**
You got this!
**[19:24] Nis**
*Breaking balls?*
**[19:26] Dai**
All right, bring it!
**[19:28] All**
Knock it out of the park, Daigo!
**[19:30] All**
This inning's ours!
**[19:32] Nis**
*These guys... are treating me like a child!*
**[19:38] Tan**
Ball!
**[19:41] Nis**
* I don't need you to tell me there are breaking*
* balls in middle school! I already know!*
**[19:51] Yayo**
Oh my.
**[19:52] Tao**
What happened?
**[19:52] Chi**
What the hell?
**[19:55] Dai**
You don't have to try so hard
to throw a breaking ball.
**[19:59] Dai**
You're probably not used to the
balls we use in middle school yet,
**[20:02] Dai**
and I guess you only practiced pitching
breaking balls for fun, right?
**[20:06] Dai**
Don't worry about that stuff.
Just show me what you're good at.
**[20:10] Dai**
I wanna see if you've got the
firepower to become our ace.
**[20:14] Nis**
*How dare you talk down to me?!*
**[20:17] Nis**
*Who do you think I am, shrimp?!*
**[20:19] Tan**
Ball!
**[20:20] Dai**
Too much power means
you can't swing your arm.
**[20:22] Dai**
Don't rush the pitch.
**[20:26] Nis**
*Shut up!*
**[20:42] Chi**
Seriously? That's an
inside-the-park home run, isn't it?
**[20:44] Dai**
What are you *doing*, shortstop?! Go get it!
**[20:49] Dai**
You've got to be kidding me!
**[20:50] Dai**
Are you like this in all your games?!
**[20:53] Dai**
Disrespect us all you want, but I will
not tolerate you disrespecting baseball!
**[21:01] Tao**
That was impressive.
**[21:03] Mut**
Daigo...
**[21:08] Dai**
So what shall we do? Want to continue?
**[21:11] Dai**
With your experience,
you must have noticed by now.
**[21:14] Dai**
You prejudged us and assumed we sucked.
**[21:18] Dai**
We don't have the numbers, but our
third-years last year were pretty good,
**[21:23] Dai**
and together with our coach,
they taught us a lot.
**[21:25] Dai**
And while you dismissed them
as losers because they're girls,
**[21:28] Dai**
their training regime was the same
as the boys the entire time.
**[21:31] Dai**
They can go toe-to-toe with your average boy.
**[21:34] Dai**
Especially the two in the middle,
Tao and Sawa-san,
**[21:37] Dai**
who were regulars for Yokohama Little,
and made it to Nationals.
**[21:42] Chi**
Yokohama Little?!
**[21:50] Dai**
Nishina, you could make a good pitcher.
**[21:52] Dai**
The rest of you looked good out there, too.
**[21:57] Dai**
I won't tell you to kowtow
to us upperclassmen,
**[22:00] Dai**
nor do I want to us to pretend
we're the best of friends.
**[22:03] Dai**
The more we compete with each other,
the stronger this team will get.
**[22:07] Dai**
This battle between us isn't over.
It's only just begun.
**[22:12] Dai**
Welcome to the Fuurin baseball team.
**[24:00] Dai**
All right! Along with Nishina and his gang,
we got two more girls from Yokohama Little!
**[24:06] Dai**
The new team's finally coming together!
**[24:09] Mut**
Daigo, I'm not playing pitcher anymore!
**[24:11] Dai**
Huh? Why are you all mad, Mutsuko?
**[24:13] Mut**
It's these new members!
I don't think I can go on like this!
**[24:17] Dai**
Hey, come on...
**[24:19] Mut**
Next time: "That Catcher's Got a Sharp Tongue."
***SIGN*** That Catcher's Got a Sharp Tongue
**[24:22] Dai**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
# E2 - That Catcher's Got a Sharp Tongue
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G64P5WEPR/that-catchers-got-a-sharp-tongue)
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**[00:05] Dai**
Okay, I'm off.
**[00:07] Mom**
Take care.
**[00:11] Dai**
Oh. Morning, Sis.
**[00:13] ---**
Mornin'.
**[00:15] Izu**
You're going out even earlier than usual.
**[00:18] Izu**
You got practice?
**[00:19] Dai**
Yeah. The new first-years have come in,
so it's a busy time for the captain.
**[00:23] Izu**
How many first-years do you have?
**[00:25] Dai**
Five so far.
**[00:27] Dai**
They're all from Nanyou Lions and they're on
sports scholarships, so they're pretty good.
**[00:31] Izu**
Wow, really?
**[00:33] Izu**
That club's famous!
**[00:34] Dai**
And it looks like Nanyou's
coach is joining us, too.
**[00:38] Izu**
The coach, too? Wow, that's great news.
**[00:42] Izu**
As an OG, I was worried
after what happened...
**[00:45] Izu**
But I guess the school hasn't
forgotten about the baseball team.
**[00:51] Dai**
Yeah.
**[00:52] Izu**
I see.
**[00:54] Izu**
Keep it up, Daigo!
**[00:56] Izu**
You're responsible for Fuurin
Middle School's baseball team now!
**[01:01] Dai**
Uh, Sis... you're in high school now.
**[01:05] Dai**
You'll catch cold walking around like that.
**[01:09] Izu**
Oh, my!
**[01:11] Dai**
I'm leaving.
***SIGN*** That Catcher's Got a Sharp Tongue
**[02:47] Dai**
*I leave the house at 6 AM.*
**[02:49] Dai**
* It takes me 30 to 40 minutes to get*
* to Fuurin Middle School by bike.*
**[03:00] Dai**
*In the beginning, it was rough,*
**[03:01] Dai**
* but this low-impact aerobic exercise*
* is the perfect way to warm up.*
**[03:16] Dai**
Wow, it's so early, but you're all here!
**[03:19] Tao**
Morning.
**[03:20] Yayo**
You're late, Daigo.
**[03:22] Yayo**
The first-years are coming today.
**[03:24] Mut**
We can't have the veterans slacking off.
**[03:28] Dai**
Where's Tanba-san?
**[03:31] Dai**
That figures.
**[03:33] Girl**
Hey, I don't mean to be a downer,
**[03:38] Girl**
but do you really think those guys
are gonna show up to morning practice?
**[03:44] Sign**
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**[03:44] Sign**
Fuurin Academy Private Middle School
**[03:48] Sen**
Nishina-kun!
**[03:54] Nis**
Oh, Senpai.
**[03:55] Nis**
G'morning.
**[03:57] Sen**
Don't "g'morning" me!
**[03:59] Sen**
What's your deal?
**[04:00] Sen**
I told you yesterday
we had morning practice today.
**[04:03] Sen**
You better have a good
reason for not coming!
**[04:05] Nis**
Oh, my sincerest apologies. I overslept.
**[04:08] Sen**
As if! None of the first-years showed up!
**[04:12] Sen**
Was shaking hands with
the captain yesterday all for show?!
**[04:16] Sen**
I've had enough of you disrespecting us.
**[04:18] Nis**
You'll find no disrespect here.
**[04:21] Nis**
I'm even talking politely.
**[04:23] Sen**
That's totally not the issue!
**[04:27] Nis**
We just want to work with
a proper coach, is all.
**[04:32] Nis**
We don't wanna risk getting injured
doing drills we can't trust.
**[04:37] Nis**
We won't be at afternoon practice, either.
**[04:39] Nis**
When Coach shows up, so will we.
**[04:42] Txt**
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**[04:42] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[04:42] Txt**
Baseball Team
**[04:43] Dai**
What? They're skipping
afternoon practice, too?
**[04:46] Muts**
He said they'd only listen to their coach.
**[04:48] Muts**
Can you believe those jerks?
**[04:50] Tao**
They're really pushing it...
**[04:52] Yayo**
So much for the cute little
first-year stereotype.
**[04:56] Dai**
Oh, well. If that's their reason,
forcing them won't do anything.
**[04:59] Dai**
We'll just practice by ourselves
until this new coach shows up.
**[05:03] Tai**
You're so soft, Daigo.
**[05:06] Tan**
Is everyone here?
**[05:08] Mut**
Tanba-san?
**[05:10] Tan**
Our adviser, Yamaguchi-sensei,
wants to talk to us.
**[05:13] Dai**
Huh?
**[05:18] Yam**
Is this everyone on the baseball team?
**[05:21] Yam**
And you're the captain?
What was your name again?
**[05:23] Dai**
I-It's Shigeno.
**[05:26] Dai**
*She didn't remember my name.*
**[05:28] Yam**
Well, uh, I haven't been your adviser long,
**[05:32] Yam**
and I don't know all that
much about your team.
**[05:36] Yam**
However, I'm here to pass on some
urgent news from the principal.
**[05:40] Girl**
Urgent?
**[05:41] Yam**
It seems Coach Kunimoto, who was
due to take over in the near future,
**[05:45] Yam**
now won't be able to do so,
for various reasons.
**[05:49] Yam**
We intend to find an external
replacement as quickly as possible,
**[05:54] Yam**
but until then, please try to train
the best you can on your own.
**[06:04] Txt**
Nanshou Monorail
**[06:04] Txt**
Nanshou Monorail
**[06:04] Txt**
Mifune Station
**[06:04] Txt**
Mifune Station
**[06:06] Chi**
No way.
**[06:08] Chi**
I can't believe this is happening.
**[06:10] Chi**
The only reason we even came to this school
is 'cause Coach was coming here, too.
**[06:15] Chi**
What the heck is all this now?!
**[06:17] Guy**
God, shut up. As if we know...
**[06:19] Nis**
Chiba, you've got a smartphone.
**[06:21] Nis**
Call up Coach.
**[06:23] Chi**
Wh-Who, me?
**[06:25] Nis**
Yes, you! Call him!
**[06:27] Chi**
Seriously?
**[06:33] Nis**
And?
**[06:34] Nis**
Not picking up?
**[06:36] Chi**
Uh, no...
**[06:37] Chi**
It's saying this number is no longer in service...
**[06:46] Guy**
That old geezer won't get away with this!
**[06:48] Nish**
He totally stabbed us in the back!
**[06:55] Tao**
Who would've guessed our new coach
would back out at the last minute?
**[06:59] Muts**
They trusted their coach,
and he betrayed them...
**[07:04] Yayo**
I feel kinda sorry for those guys.
**[07:07] Tao**
They got what they deserved,
**[07:08] Tao**
acting all arrogant like that.
**[07:11] Tao**
Serves them right.
**[07:13] Tan**
The problem is, they might just quit now.
**[07:19] Dai**
They won't. They came here
on baseball scholarships.
**[07:24] Dai**
They're not gonna up and quit that easily.
**[07:29] Mut**
Daigo, look!
**[07:30] Mut**
There are people over there.
**[07:32] Mut**
Do you think they're here to join?
**[07:37] Tao**
Chisato! Anita!
**[07:40] Ani**
Senpai!
**[07:42] Muts**
"Senpai"?
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
***SIGN*** Fujii Chisato
**[07:45] Tao**
Fujii Chisato, a former Yokohama Little regular.
**[07:49] Tao**
She plays center field.
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***SIGN*** Tabashima Anita
**[07:52] Tao**
Tabashima Anita,
also a former Yokohama Little regular.
**[07:55] Tao**
She plays catcher.
**[07:57] Dai**
We used to be teammates,
but they joined after us.
**[08:01] Dai**
I told them to come play
middle school baseball with us,
**[08:05] Dai**
instead of jumping to Senior Little League,
where the gap between boys and girls widens.
**[08:09] Ani**
Yes!
**[08:10] Ani**
That's why we came here with big ambitions,
fixin' to give it our all!
**[08:14] Ani**
And since y'all are short on players,
we'll be starters in no time!
**[08:17] Dai**
I s-see...
**[08:19] Muts**
A Kansai accent?
**[08:21] Chis**
Anita moved here from Brazil in the
fourth grade. Her father's from Kansai.
**[08:27] Yayo**
I can definitely vouch for them.
**[08:29] Yayo**
With those scholarship students too,
our team's getting quite a boost.
**[08:34] Kan**
*We now have thirteen on the team.*
**[08:36] Kan**
*Tanba-san and I are guaranteed to get benched.*
**[08:39] Tan**
Great!
**[08:40] Tan**
We've got more girls than boys,
but we'll go far this year!
**[08:43] Kan**
*You shouldn't be so happy!*
**[08:45] Mut**
Hey, Anita, you play catcher, right?
**[08:48] Mut**
You were Yokohama Little's starting catcher?
**[08:50] Ani**
Yes.
**[08:51] Ani**
We went to the national quarters
with me playing catcher.
**[08:55] Ani**
I played cleanup, too.
**[08:58] Ani**
So who's yer starting catcher here?
**[09:03] Dai**
That would be me.
**[09:04] Dai**
My name's Shigeno Daigo.
I'm the captain and the catcher.
**[09:11] Ani**
Oh, boy.
**[09:13] Ani**
What'm I gonna do, Sawa-senpai?
**[09:15] Ani**
I'm 100 percent taking the starting spot
away from the captain.
**[09:19] Ani**
How do I break it to him
without being offensive?
**[09:22] Ani**
Whatta bind!
**[09:24] Tao**
You're already being offensive, Anita.
**[09:27] Dai**
Talk about jumping the gun!
Let's not worry about that yet.
**[09:30] Dai**
There's another first-year who plays catcher, too.
**[09:33] Dai**
You can join practice tomorrow,
and we'll make the call eventually.
**[09:37] Dai**
You can just watch for today.
**[09:43] Ani**
Aw, shucks. The little
fella wriggled out of it.
**[09:47] Ani**
He don't look like much of a captain.
**[09:50] Ani**
Is he really up to it?
**[09:51] Chis**
I wonder...
**[09:52] Chis**
But he's captain ahead of Sawa-san and Sagara-san.
He must have something about him.
**[09:58] Ani**
I s'pose.
**[10:00] Ani**
Well, that starting catcher spot is mine.
I ain't lettin' him take it.
**[10:04] Sign**
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**[10:04] Sign**
Fuurin Academy Private Middle School
**[10:06] Nis**
What'd you say?!
**[10:08] Nis**
You're not joining the baseball team?!
**[10:12] Chi**
Yeah.
**[10:13] Chi**
I talked it over with my family.
**[10:15] Kit**
We're going to play Senior League instead.
**[10:18] Nis**
Now, now, hold on a sec!
**[10:19] Nis**
The school isn't gonna allow that.
**[10:22] Nis**
The whole reason we got accepted here was
on the condition we join the baseball team!
**[10:26] Nis**
Our grades aren't good enough.
They're not going to—
**[10:29] Guy**
Speak for yourself.
**[10:31] Nis**
Huh?
**[10:32] Guy**
You didn't know?
**[10:33] Guy**
The four of us got in by passing
the regular entrance exam.
**[10:38] Guy**
You're the only one
**[10:39] Guy**
who relied on the scholarship to get in
on a huge discount without passing an exam.
**[10:44] Chi**
Sorry, Nishina.
**[10:46] Chi**
But if Coach isn't coming,
**[10:48] Chi**
we've got no reason to play baseball here.
**[10:58] Dai**
So, unfortunately,
**[11:00] Dai**
all the first-year boys
besides Nishina have quit.
**[11:08] Dai**
Six girls. Three boys.
**[11:10] Dai**
We barely have enough to field a team,
but let's do our best with the nine of us!
**[11:21] Nis**
* You gotta be kidding me*
* with this girl-infested team.*
**[11:27] Nis**
* Fine. I'll just show you how good I am during*
* training and take control of this team.*
**[11:39] Dai**
One, two!
**[11:39] All**
One, two!
**[11:40] Dai**
One, two!
**[11:41] All**
One, two!
**[11:42] All**
Two... three...
**[11:49] Dai**
Drop down even further!
**[11:52] Dai**
Five... six... seven...
**[11:57] Dai**
Okay, everyone, take five.
**[12:01] Dai**
Maybe this was a little too intense
for the first-years' first session.
**[12:05] Dai**
But you can tell Anita and Chisato
are from Yokohama Little.
**[12:09] Dai**
You were able to keep up from the start.
**[12:12] Ani**
I don't believe it.
Y'all do this routine every day?
**[12:16] Dai**
A year ago, we weren't able to keep up, either.
**[12:19] Girl**
The physical difference between grade school
and middle school is pretty huge.
**[12:23] Tao**
Speaking of, we got one
ex-grade schooler dying over there.
**[12:28] Nis**
*Seriously?*
**[12:30] Nis**
*There's no way I can keep up with this.*
**[12:35] Chis**
Are you okay?
**[12:36] Nis**
W-Water...
**[12:39] Nis**
Give me...
**[12:41] Yayo**
Here you go.
**[12:44] Nis**
Wh-Wh-What the hell are you doing?!
**[12:46] Yayo**
Ah, that perked you right up.
**[12:49] Dai**
You surprised me, Nishina.
**[12:51] Dai**
I feel bad for you because it must be hard
without your coach and your friends.
**[12:55] Dai**
We're really grateful
you actually showed up to practice.
**[12:59] Tan**
We mean it.
**[13:00] Tan**
If you hadn't come,
we'd only have eight players.
**[13:05] Nis**
Pfft, I d-didn't come to help out you guys.
**[13:11] Dai**
All right.
**[13:12] Dai**
Infielders, outfielders, and the battery
have separate drills,
**[13:17] Dai**
so I'd like to settle
on a provisional lineup.
**[13:20] Dai**
Our candidates for pitcher
are Mutsuko and Nishina.
**[13:24] Dai**
Since we only have nine players,
**[13:26] Dai**
when you're not pitching,
you'll have to play outfield.
**[13:29] Dai**
For the infield, we've got Tanba-san on first.
**[13:32] Dai**
Sawa-san on second.
**[13:34] Dai**
Shortstop: Tao.
**[13:36] Dai**
Third: Kandori.
**[13:38] Dai**
In the outfield, we've got
Chisato at center field.
**[13:41] Dai**
The catchers will be Anita and myself.
**[13:45] Dai**
Again, this is provisional,
so these positions may change.
**[13:50] Dai**
But let's run with it for now—
**[13:52] Ani**
Yo, hold up!
**[13:54] Ani**
What's all this ramblin' about
"provisional" this, "provisional" that?
**[13:58] Ani**
Well, maybe it'll work fine
for the *other* positions...
**[14:02] Ani**
But we oughta nail down
who's the starting catcher
**[14:04] Ani**
and who's the bullpen
catcher now, don'tcha think?
**[14:08] Mut**
Don't be so pushy, Anita.
**[14:11] Mut**
Daigo said yesterday we'd decide all that
once we see how practice goes.
**[14:15] Mut**
Why are you so worked up?
**[14:17] Ani**
You're right, I *am* worked up.
**[14:19] Ani**
We ain't got a coach,
**[14:20] Ani**
so if our captain, Shigeno-senpai,
makes himself the starting catcher,
**[14:25] Ani**
ain't nothin' I can do about it!
**[14:28] Ani**
Besides, why're you takin' this fella's side?
**[14:31] Mut**
What?
**[14:33] Ani**
I always play baseball with the
intention of never losin' to a boy!
**[14:37] Ani**
Any girl who sucks up to boys is my enemy, too!
**[14:40] Txt**
Excuse me?!
***SIGN*** Excuse me?!
**[14:42] Yayo**
Looks like Anita's illness
is flaring up again.
**[14:46] Mut**
Who are you accusing of sucking up?!
**[14:49] Ani**
Oh, boy. So there really are girls
who suck up without realizin'.
**[14:52] Mut**
How dare you! You don't
know the first thing about me!
**[14:54] Nis**
*What's wrong with these two?*
**[14:57] Dai**
All right, all right!
**[15:00] Dai**
Okay, Anita, you can be our starting catcher.
**[15:07] Mut**
H-Hey, hold on, Daigo.
**[15:09] Mut**
You haven't even seen her play yet.
**[15:12] Dai**
Yeah, but if she was the starting catcher for
Yokohama Little, she's gotta be good, right?
**[15:18] Dai**
And she's tall, too.
**[15:21] Dai**
I don't mind as long as
it makes the team stronger.
**[15:25] Dai**
I'm not gonna tie up a position just
because I'm the captain and a senior.
**[15:30] Dai**
Besides, since we don't have a coach,
**[15:33] Dai**
I'll probably have my hands
full managing the team.
**[15:36] Dai**
I also have to oversee fielding
practice, so this works out great.
**[15:39] Dai**
Mutsuko, I'll leave battery
practice to you and Anita.
**[15:44] Ani**
Huh. Our captain ain't as dumb as he looks.
**[15:49] Ani**
All righty. Let's do this!
**[15:51] Ani**
I'm lookin' forward to this.
**[16:04] Dai**
Nice one, shortstop!
**[16:05] Dai**
Next, 5-4-3!
**[16:11] Dai**
Good job!
**[16:15] Dai**
Outfield, to center!
**[16:23] Dai**
Nice one, Chisato!
**[16:26] Yayo**
Her reading of the ball's
trajectory is impeccable.
**[16:34] Ani**
Senpai!
**[16:35] Ani**
Put some mustard on the next one!
**[16:40] Nis**
She's already pitching at full-speed, Anita.
**[16:44] Ani**
Wait, what?
**[16:46] Ani**
That's yer best? For real?
**[16:48] Ani**
These gentle pitches
that nestle in the mitt?
**[16:50] Ani**
How're you even a candidate for pitcher?!
**[16:51] Txt**
Blush
**[16:53] Mut**
Sh-Shut up!
**[16:55] Mut**
I know it myself!
**[16:58] Mut**
It's not like I'm pitching because I want to!
**[17:00] Mut**
We were short on players, so I ended up
pitching by process of elimination!
**[17:05] Ani**
You ain't doin' it 'cause you want to?
**[17:07] Ani**
What garbage is that?
**[17:09] Ani**
If that's true, you should stop pitchin'.
**[17:13] Ani**
The most important thing for
a pitcher is here! Right here!
**[17:17] Ani**
Someone with no heart,
someone that unmotivated,
**[17:20] Ani**
don't belong on the
highest point in the field.
**[17:27] Mut**
What? Are you serious right now?
**[17:30] Mut**
You think I'm going to let some
snot-nosed rookie lecture me?!
**[17:34] Mut**
Screw this!
**[17:39] Dai**
Hey... What are you doing, Mutsuko?
**[17:42] Mut**
I can't play with someone like her.
**[17:45] Mut**
I'm not pitching anymore!
**[17:48] Dai**
B-But why?
**[17:52] Mut**
And let's not forget about *you*!
**[17:54] Mut**
I've lost all respect for you.
**[17:56] Mut**
Disappointed!
**[17:58] Mut**
I'm going home for today!
**[18:04] Dai**
She went home...
**[18:19] (Flashback) Dai**
Sakura, wanna have a go
at pitching tomorrow?
**[18:23] (Flashback) Mut**
Huh? Pitching?
**[18:27] Mom**
Mutsuko?
**[18:29] Mut**
Yes?
**[18:30] Mom**
Shigeno-kun is here.
**[18:31] Mom**
Should I send him up to your room?
**[18:33] Mut**
What? N-No, no! I'll come out!
**[18:40] Mut**
Sorry for making you wait.
**[18:42] Mut**
I was just getting out of the bath.
**[18:44] Dai**
Oh, no problem.
**[18:45] Dai**
I'm sorry for just showing up like this.
**[18:48] Dai**
I was worried because you said you
were quitting pitching and left early.
**[18:53] Dai**
Oh, Anita told me what your fight was about.
**[18:56] Ani**
O-Oh.
**[18:58] Dai**
I ticked her off about it,
but she said she wasn't trying to be mean.
**[19:03] Dai**
She was just surprised because she got
used to catching some crazy fastballs
**[19:07] Dai**
when she was with Yokohama Little.
**[19:13] Mut**
I-It's fine, really.
**[19:14] Mut**
I know she has no filter
because she was raised abroad.
**[19:18] Mut**
But well, she was right.
**[19:21] Mut**
I'm not built to be a pitcher.
**[19:26] Mut**
And we've got Nishina now.
I'll just go into the outfield—
**[19:29] Dai**
That's not true.
**[19:32] Dai**
Nishina can't do it alone.
**[19:34] Dai**
On top of that, we need to develop him
slowly but surely for the future of the team.
**[19:39] Dai**
And, well, Anita hasn't
seen your good side yet.
**[19:44] Dai**
Once she does, I'm sure she'll change her mind.
**[19:48] Dai**
And if she doesn't,
**[19:51] Dai**
she won't be our starting catcher.
**[19:58] Dai**
Anyway, I want you to have a proper
training session with Anita tomorrow.
**[20:04] Dai**
An upperclassman can't throw
in the towel like you did today.
**[20:08] Dai**
It's fine for you two to butt heads.
**[20:10] Dai**
You need to communicate
and understand each other.
**[20:16] Dai**
That's how it was with Hikaru and me.
**[20:21] Dai**
Batteries aren't made overnight.
**[20:24] Dai**
They're a partnership
you have to forge together.
**[20:28] Mut**
Yeah.
**[20:29] Dai**
Let's do our best.
**[20:30] Dai**
You got this, Mutsuko.
**[20:35] Mut**
Thank you, Daigo.
**[20:38] Sign**
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**[20:38] Sign**
Fuurin Academy Private Middle School
**[20:55] Ani**
That's no good. Stop, stop!
**[20:58] Ani**
You ain't got great control to begin with,
**[21:02] Ani**
and after about thirty pitches,
your power and control fall apart completely.
**[21:07] Ani**
You moron. If all you got is fastballs for
the first few innings, yer useless in a game.
**[21:12] Ani**
I don't care if yer from a fancy club
or got in on a scholarship.
**[21:15] Ani**
You hafta start over with the basics!
**[21:19] Nis**
You wanna say that again?!
**[21:21] Mut**
Nishina, calm down!
**[21:22] Nis**
What?! Let go of me!
**[21:25] Nis**
You're pissed at her too, aren't you?!
**[21:28] Mut**
Nope, not really.
**[21:30] Mut**
She's just giving us her honest
assessment as our catcher.
**[21:33] Mut**
So all we can do to shut her up
is pitch in a way she can't criticize.
**[21:39] Mut**
Anita, you ready to catch my pitches now?
**[21:44] Ani**
Sure.
**[21:48] Tan**
Hey, what's wrong?
**[21:49] Dai**
Oh, uh, sorry.
**[21:53] Yam**
Shigeno-kun, do you have a moment?
**[21:56] Dai**
Yamaguchi-sensei.
**[21:58] Dai**
What is it?
**[22:00] Yam**
Right. This is all new to me,
so I sort of forgot about this.
**[22:05] Yam**
I got this a while ago, but I overlooked it.
**[22:09] Txt**
Kanagawa Prefecture Middle School Spring Season Preliminaries (Nippon Junior High School Physical Culture Association)
**[22:09] Txt**
Prefecture East District Bracket
**[22:09] Txt**
Final
**[22:09] Yam**
It looks like we were
entered for something called
**[22:12] Yam**
the Kanagawa Prefecture Middle
School Spring Season Preliminaries.
**[22:19] Yam**
The tournament is in two weeks.
**[22:21] Yam**
Good for you.
You can play in actual games.
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**[24:00] Ani**
Chisato, how d'ya feel 'bout our captain?
**[24:03] Chi**
What do you mean, exactly?
**[24:05] Ani**
We ain't got anyone who can
pitch, but he ain't fixin' it.
**[24:08] Ani**
Does he even care 'bout winnin'?
**[24:10] Ani**
Why the heck is he our captain?
**[24:12] Chi**
I'm sure there must be some
reason why they made him captain.
**[24:17] Ani**
Seriously, I don't get it!
**[24:20] Ani**
Next time: "What's With This Guy?!"
***SIGN*** What's With This Guy?!
**[24:22] Chi**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
# E3 - What's With This Guy?!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G60XPZ4PR/whats-with-this-guy)
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**[00:01] ---**
Do you have a moment?
**[00:02] Dai**
Yamaguchi-sensei.
**[00:04] Yam**
Right. This is all new to me,
so I sort of forgot about this.
**[00:09] Yam**
I got this a while ago, but I overlooked it.
**[00:13] Yam**
It looks like we were
entered for something called
**[00:13] Txt**
Kanagawa Prefecture Middle School Spring Season Preliminaries (Nippon Junior High School Physical Culture Association)
**[00:13] Txt**
Prefecture East District Bracket
**[00:13] Txt**
Final
**[00:16] Yam**
the Kanagawa Prefecture Middle
School Spring Season Preliminaries.
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on Preliminaries (Nippon Junior High School Physical Culture Association)
**[01:52] Txt**
Kanagawa
**[01:52] Txt**
Prefecture
**[01:52] Txt**
Middle
**[01:52] Txt**
School Spring Seas
**[01:52] Txt**
East District
**[01:52] Txt**
Prefecture
**[01:52] Txt**
Bracket
**[01:52] Txt**
Final
**[01:52] Ani**
We've seriously got a tourney in two weeks?
***SIGN*** What's With This Guy?!
**[01:56] Nan**
Oh, right. I guess the first-years wouldn't know.
**[01:59] Nan**
The Japanese National
Youth Baseball Tournament.
**[02:01] Nan**
Also known as the rubber-ball nationals.
**[02:05] Dai**
I didn't think we'd signed up for it
this year, so this is a real surprise.
**[02:10] Mut**
We only just scraped together nine players.
We haven't even had a practice game yet.
**[02:15] Mut**
It's way too early to play in any tournaments.
**[02:17] Mut**
And in just two weeks?
**[02:19] Tan**
Hm, true. We haven't really
practiced as a team yet.
**[02:22] Kan**
With only nine of us,
if one person gets sick, we're out.
**[02:25] Yayo**
So should we back out?
**[02:27] Tai**
No, let's go for it.
**[02:28] Tai**
This is an opportunity.
**[02:29] Chi**
If we do go, are Nishina-kun and
Sakura-senpai our only pitchers?
**[02:33] Ani**
Nishina ain't no good.
**[02:35] Ani**
He's useless.
**[02:37] Yam**
What are you going to do?
**[02:39] Yam**
I don't mind if you choose not to participate.
**[02:42] Yam**
* That way, this tournament*
* won't ruin my precious weekend.*
**[02:46] Dai**
No, of course we'll play in it.
**[02:50] Dai**
We wanted to play some
practice games, anyway.
**[02:53] Dai**
We won't set ourselves
a goal on where we place,
**[02:56] Dai**
but tournament experience
will be invaluable.
**[02:59] Yam**
I s-see.
**[03:00] Dai**
For now, we'll determine
how strong we really are.
**[03:08] Tao**
Back home!
**[03:31] Nis**
Dammit.
**[03:34] Nis**
Why am I the only one who
has to do stamina training?
**[03:38] Ani**
Last one.
**[03:40] Ani**
Down the pipe.
**[03:45] Ani**
Nice ball!
**[03:52] Yayo**
See you later.
**[03:54] All**
Good session today. Bye!
**[03:58] Dai**
Hey, first-years!
**[04:00] Dai**
One of you come help me
with the field covers.
**[04:04] Chi**
Coming!
**[04:06] Ani**
I'll go.
**[04:08] Ani**
Put this away for me.
**[04:09] Nis**
Why do I have to do your part, too—
**[04:12] Nis**
You're ignoring me?!
**[04:17] Dai**
So heavy...
**[04:18] Dai**
Oh, Anita.
**[04:19] Dai**
Grab that end.
**[04:21] Ani**
Senpai, if we're gonna go to this tournament,
**[04:24] Ani**
oughtn't we do somethin'
'bout the pitcher situation?
**[04:27] Dai**
Huh?
**[04:28] Ani**
Nishina ain't gonna be any use to us,
**[04:31] Ani**
and there ain't no tellin' how many
runs Sakura-senpai's gonna give up.
**[04:36] Ani**
She's got good control, and when it comes to
breaking balls, she's got sinkers and sliders.
**[04:41] Ani**
I get why Nishina and the others got
done over, but with just those two,
**[04:45] Ani**
we'll never be the best in the region.
**[04:48] Dai**
Best in the region?
**[04:50] Dai**
As if. We're not aiming *that* high.
**[04:54] Dai**
Come on, grab that end.
**[04:59] Ani**
But if we win two games,
we're in the semi-finals.
**[05:03] Ani**
And if we make the semi-finals,
we play two games on the third day.
**[05:07] Nis**
What's she going on about now?
**[05:10] Chis**
Well... I have a hunch.
**[05:13] Ani**
No matter how you look at it,
we ain't gettin' nowhere with one pitcher.
**[05:17] Ani**
And sweet, delicate Sakura-senpai will only
be at her best for one or two games, tops.
**[05:22] Ani**
The obvious answer is
to find at least one more pitcher.
**[05:27] Ani**
As captain, you need to
think about these things.
**[05:32] Ani**
What's the point of enterin'
a tourney and *not* tryna win it?!
**[05:36] Dai**
No, it'll be fine.
**[05:40] Dai**
I appreciate your enthusiasm.
**[05:43] Dai**
With you guys on board,
we'll put up a decent fight, for sure.
**[05:48] Dai**
But it isn't yet time for us
to be overreaching ourselves.
**[05:53] Dai**
All right, Nishina, Chisato,
help us roll out the sheet.
**[05:56] Chis**
Okay.
**[05:57] Nis**
Sure.
**[05:58] Dai**
Nishina, pull that over there.
**[06:00] Nis**
Yeah, yeah.
**[06:01] Chis**
I'll take this side.
**[06:02] Dai**
Okay.
**[06:04] Dai**
I'm leaving now.
**[06:06] Dai**
Please make sure you lock up.
**[06:08] Chis**
Okay.
**[06:10] Ani**
This team ain't gonna get nowhere!
**[06:12] Ani**
I knew Baby Boy oughtn't
be allowed near the captaincy.
**[06:15] Chis**
"Baby Boy"?
**[06:17] Ani**
He don't care one bit 'bout
winnin' this tournament!
**[06:21] Ani**
And without a coach,
we need a *real* captain to take charge!
**[06:26] Ani**
Instead, we got this loosey-goosey fella
who ain't fit to lead anythin'!
**[06:30] Chis**
You think?
**[06:31] Chis**
I think he's nice. But it's more than that.
He always helps everyone with their drills.
**[06:37] Chis**
He's acting like a "real" captain, if you ask me.
**[06:39] Ani**
Chisato!
**[06:41] Ani**
You should pitch!
**[06:43] Ani**
You pitched for Little,
so I know you can do it.
**[06:46] Chis**
What?
**[06:53] Mut**
I'm exhausted!
**[06:55] Dai**
Good morning!
**[06:56] Mut**
Oh, morning.
**[06:58] Dai**
What's got into you, Mutsuko?
**[07:00] Dai**
Don't you usually take the bus?
**[07:02] Mut**
Huh? Oh, well, you know...
**[07:06] Mut**
I-I thought I'd try to copy
what you do for training.
**[07:12] Mut**
I need to get in shape for the tournament.
**[07:16] Dai**
I see.
**[07:17] Mut**
Wh-What?
**[07:22] Dai**
So how are things with Anita?
**[07:24] Dai**
Think you'll get along?
**[07:26] Mut**
Yeah. No problems so far.
**[07:29] Mut**
She's a really good catcher,
and she praises my good pitches.
**[07:33] Mut**
And it's easy to pitch
to someone her size.
**[07:36] Dai**
I guess I'm too small for
anyone to see the target.
**[07:40] Mut**
Oh, no, I didn't mean it like that!
**[07:43] Mut**
Huh?
**[07:44] Mut**
Someone got here even earlier
than us, and they're pitching.
**[07:47] Mut**
It's not Nishina, is it?
**[07:54] Dai**
Nice ball!
**[07:57] Dai**
That was amazing, Chisato.
**[07:59] Dai**
You're really good.
**[08:00] Chis**
Oh, not really...
**[08:02] Mut**
*Wait, her pitches are way faster than mine!*
**[08:06] Mut**
Fast, ain't they?
**[08:08] Mut**
She was a middle reliever for Yokohama Little.
**[08:12] Mut**
Bet you wanna reconsider your
pitchin' lineup now, don'tcha, Captain?
**[08:17] Dai**
Nope, not really.
**[08:19] Dai**
Sorry, but I don't intend to put a first-year
on the mound in an official tournament.
**[08:24] Dai**
Besides, I'm the captain of this team, not you.
**[08:30] Dai**
I can't entrust the catcher position to
someone who refuses to follow my directions.
**[08:38] Teach**
This formula is very important,
so please commit it to memory.
**[08:43] Teach**
This will be on the test.
**[08:45] (Flashback) Dai**
I can't entrust the catcher position to
someone who refuses to follow my directions.
**[08:52] (Flashback) Dai**
Chisato, do you want to pitch?
**[08:54] (Flashback) Chi**
Oh, uh, no. I just figured I'd warm up
my arm because we seem light on pitchers.
**[09:00] (Flashback) Dai**
I see.
**[09:02] (Flashback) Dai**
Then, let's revisit this
after the tournament.
**[09:04] (Flashback) Dai**
Right now, I need you to focus on your
linchpin position as the center fielder.
**[09:09] (Flashback) Chi**
O-Okay!
**[09:10] (Flashback) Dai**
Anita, you should be concentrating on
building up your battery with Mutsuko.
**[09:15] (Flashback) Dai**
If you go behind my back again, you'll be
switching places with me in the outfield.
**[09:19] (Flashback) Dai**
You got that?
**[09:22] Ani**
*Who's that runt think he is?!*
**[09:24] Ani**
* I was doin' him a favor. Where's he get off,*
* throwin' it back in my face like that?*
**[09:30] (Flashback) Dai**
Okay, Anita, you can be our starting catcher.
**[09:33] Ani**
* Why's a wussy captain who*
* gave up his position to a first-year,*
**[09:37] Ani**
*suddenly actin' like a coach?!*
**[09:40] Ani**
*I ain't acceptin' any of this!*
**[09:43] Yayo**
Huh?
**[09:44] Tao**
You want to know why Daigo's our captain?
**[09:47] Ani**
Yeah. From day one,
it ain't made a lick of sense to me.
**[09:50] Ani**
I mean, Tanba-san's a third-year.
**[09:52] Ani**
Or if you did it on skill,
you two have him beat, hands down.
**[09:57] Ani**
So I wanna know why the heck that
shrimpy Shigeno-senpai's our captain!
**[10:02] Tao**
Because our old coach
gave him the captaincy.
**[10:04] Ani**
Huh? That's the *only* reason?
**[10:06] Yayo**
We were never interested in it, anyway.
**[10:09] Yayo**
You're basically just
a manager by another name.
**[10:12] Tao**
If anything, we're lucky Daigo wanted to do it.
**[10:16] Ani**
So y'all are totally fine
with him bein' captain?
**[10:21] Ani**
With no coach around, he seems pleased
as punch to be tellin' the team what to do,
**[10:26] Ani**
but I'll level with you: I don't wanna
listen to a fella who's worse'n me.
**[10:30] Ani**
An' I can't *stand* that he don't
care 'bout winnin' this tourney!
**[10:34] Yayo**
What's the big rush, Anita?
**[10:38] Yayo**
I mean, I know you hate losing,
but there'll be plenty of other tournaments.
**[10:44] Yayo**
What's got you so riled up?
**[10:47] Yayo**
We'll see after this tournament
how good our captain is.
**[10:52] Yayo**
If we get a bad result,
we can all rethink it.
**[10:56] Ani**
Oh... I see how it is.
**[10:59] Ani**
Fine, then.
**[11:04] Tao**
What's up with her?
**[11:05] Tao**
She's even more intense now
than when we were in Little.
**[11:09] Yayo**
There's something off about her.
**[11:11] Yayo**
The other day, she lied
when she introduced herself.
**[11:14] Tao**
Huh? She lied?
**[11:15] Yayo**
She said she was Yokohama Little's catcher
when they got to the quarters of Nationals.
**[11:23] Yayo**
I looked into it, and that's not quite true.
**[11:25] Tao**
What?!
**[11:32] Ani**
It's so disappointin'.
**[11:33] Ani**
The older players are too
laid back and can't be relied on!
**[11:36] Chis**
Why don't you just let it go?
**[11:38] Chis**
In the upcoming tournament,
let's just focus on our own game.
**[11:42] Ani**
Yeah, you're right.
**[11:44] Ani**
I'll just hafta prop up the
team by makin' all the plays
**[11:47] Ani**
and become the captain in all but name.
**[11:49] Dai**
Anita!
**[11:51] Chis**
Senpai!
**[11:53] Ani**
*Aw, hell. Did he just hear all that?*
**[11:55] Dai**
Sorry about this, but I need you
to come somewhere with me.
**[11:59] Dai**
Chisato, you can go to practice.
**[12:02] Dai**
Oh, and Anita, please change into a tracksuit.
**[12:05] Dai**
We can't go to this place
wearing our school or team uniforms.
**[12:17] Nis**
Are they gonna make me
drag around tires again?
**[12:23] Nis**
What are those two weirdos up to?
**[12:25] Nis**
Captain?
**[12:28] Dai**
Oh, hey, Nishina.
**[12:29] Nis**
Where are you going?
**[12:30] Nis**
Playing hooky?
**[12:31] Ani**
Yeah, right.
**[12:33] Nis**
Hey, whaddaya say to letting
me practice pitching today?
**[12:36] Dai**
Not happening.
**[12:37] Dai**
From now to the tournament, you need
to focus on getting your core fitness up.
**[12:42] Nis**
B-But hold on a minute!
**[12:44] Dai**
End of discussion.
**[12:45] Dai**
We're in a hurry.
**[12:46] Dai**
Let's go, Anita.
**[12:48] Nis**
H-Hey!
**[12:52] Nis**
Damn!
**[12:53] Nis**
I've had it!
**[12:55] Nis**
I'm going home.
**[12:56] Nis**
I don't care.
**[12:59] Tan**
The field isn't that way.
**[13:01] Nis**
I w-was about to—
**[13:03] Tan**
Let's give it our all again today!
**[13:03] ---**
Hey! Let go!
**[13:07] Chis**
Excuse me!
**[13:09] Yayo**
Oh, you're alone?
**[13:11] Tao**
Anita's not with you?
**[13:13] Chis**
Shigeno-senpai whisked her away on a date!
**[13:18] Chis**
Just kidding.
**[13:20] Nan**
That was a joke?!
**[13:22] Chis**
We have no data on the first team we're facing,
**[13:25] Chis**
so they went to do some recon.
**[13:27] Chis**
He said, as she's our catcher,
she should probably tag along.
**[13:31] Yayo**
Huh. He's going that far?
**[13:34] Tao**
I thought he said he didn't really
care about this tournament.
**[13:38] Mut**
I think you might have misunderstood him.
**[13:41] Mut**
He said we shouldn't overreach ourselves,
**[13:44] Mut**
but he never said we're
going out there to lose.
**[13:48] Mut**
He doesn't really show it,
**[13:50] Mut**
but I'm pretty sure he hates
losing more than anyone else.
**[13:54] Sign**
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**[13:54] Sign**
Itsuki Public Middle School
**[13:56] Dai**
We're here.
**[14:00] Dai**
Ah, there they are.
**[14:02] Dai**
What a stroke of luck!
**[14:04] Dai**
They're playing a scrimmage game.
**[14:11] Dai**
Let's watch from here.
**[14:14] Ani**
Why from all the way back here?
**[14:16] Ani**
An' the trees are in the way.
**[14:17] Ani**
We could just go stand behind the back net.
**[14:20] Dai**
Even out here, we don't want
to get caught spying on them.
**[14:24] Dai**
It'd mean a reprimand.
**[14:27] Dai**
Why do you think I asked you
to put on a generic tracksuit?
**[14:31] Dai**
Here, use these to get a better look.
**[14:34] ---**
Uh... But...
**[14:36] Dai**
Don't worry.
**[14:37] Dai**
I've got another pair.
**[14:40] Dai**
Looks like it's an intra-team game.
**[14:44] Dai**
The ones with uniforms must be starters.
**[14:52] Ani**
*What's the deal with this captain?*
**[14:54] Ani**
*I thought he didn't care 'bout winnin',*
**[14:56] Ani**
* but here he is, diligently scoutin'*
* out our first-round opponents!*
**[15:00] Ani**
*I don't get it!*
**[15:01] Ani**
*The heck's goin' on?*
**[15:02] Dai**
Look, Anita.
**[15:06] Dai**
That's Itsuki Middle's ace.
**[15:12] Dai**
Well, probably.
**[15:13] Ani**
No, that's their ace, 100 percent.
**[15:18] Chi**
So what should we do after school?
**[15:22] Chi**
Wanna go to the batting cages again?
**[15:24] Kid**
Nah. Going there every day
puts a dent in the wallet.
**[15:29] Ume**
They should have Senior League practice
on weekdays too, not just on weekends.
**[15:34] Chi**
That's where I get jealous of Nishina.
**[15:37] Chi**
He's got practice every day.
**[15:39] Ume**
And he's a starter already, too.
**[15:41] Chi**
Hey, Nishina.
**[15:42] Chi**
On your all-girl team,
you're gonna be their ace for sure, right?
**[15:46] Nis**
Of course I am!
**[15:48] Guy**
I knew it.
**[15:49] Ume**
But just you wait. We'll be starters
in the Senior League, too!
**[15:54] Chi**
Let's aim for Nationals like
when we played for the Lions.
**[15:57] All**
Yeah!
**[16:06] Nis**
* Those guys are definitely gonna*
* take a step up in the Senior League.*
**[16:10] Nis**
* Should I really let myself*
* rot away in this team?*
**[16:15] Nis**
* The school year only just started.*
* Maybe I should forget the scholarship,*
**[16:18] Nis**
* enter a public school,*
* and play in the Senior League as well?*
**[16:27] Chi**
Wow, a pitching machine!
**[16:30] Ani**
Didn't know we had one of these.
**[16:32] Dai**
Well, this *is* a private school,
and the team was strong in the past.
**[16:36] Tan**
If the machine's out,
**[16:38] Tan**
does that mean Itsuki's
pitcher is pretty fast?
**[16:41] Dai**
Yes.
**[16:42] Dai**
Based on what me and Anita saw,
**[16:45] Dai**
we reckon he pitches
around the 120 kmph mark.
**[16:49] All**
120 kmph?!
**[16:51] Dai**
He doesn't use breaking balls,
so far as we could tell,
**[16:53] Dai**
but if we can't hit those fastballs,
we won't get anywhere.
**[16:57] Yayo**
So we're focusing on batting.
**[16:59] Dai**
Bingo.
**[17:01] Dai**
Everyone! Let's do our best
so we can hit those fastballs!
**[17:04] All**
All right!
**[17:17] Dai**
Next up, Nishina!
**[17:19] Nis**
*What should I do about this tournament?*
**[17:22] Nis**
*They'll struggle without me.*
**[17:24] Nis**
*Oh well. Not my problem.*
**[17:34] Tan**
Okay, here we go!
**[17:37] Dai**
Please!
**[17:40] Nan**
He glanced it!
**[17:41] Tao**
He's got a good swing.
**[17:46] Chis**
Wow! He's really hitting them back.
**[17:49] Mut**
Nobody practices batting more than him.
**[17:52] Nis**
* I didn't get near those balls,*
* and he's just casually...*
**[17:56] Nis**
*If I quit now,*
**[17:57] Nis**
* it'll look like I ran away because*
* I couldn't keep up with him.*
**[18:02] Nis**
*I can't do that!*
**[18:05] Nis**
*First, I'll show him up and then quit!*
**[18:13] Muts**
Who's that?
**[18:14] Muts**
They're not wearing our school's uniform.
**[18:18] Muts**
Hey, you over there!
**[18:23] Sign**
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**[18:23] Sign**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[18:23] Sign**
Itsuki Public Middle School
**[18:23] Coach**
What? Six of their players are girls?
**[18:26] Boy**
Yes.
**[18:26] Boy**
And it seems like they only
have nine players total.
**[18:30] Boy**
Barely enough to field a team.
**[18:32] Coach**
I see.
**[18:33] Boy**
I didn't get to see the pitcher today,
but I'll try to sneak back another time.
**[18:38] Coach**
All right.
**[18:39] Coach**
Please copy today's video
onto the computer.
**[18:50] (Flashback) Ani**
Senpai.
**[18:52] (Flashback) Dai**
Yes?
**[18:53] (Flashback) Ani**
I'm gonna be honest,
I don't get your thinkin' at all.
**[18:56] (Flashback) Dai**
Huh?
**[18:57] (Flashback) Ani**
If you care enough 'bout
winnin' to scout the other team,
**[19:00] (Flashback) Ani**
why don'tcha prep another pitcher?
**[19:03] (Flashback) Ani**
I know it'd be sudden,
but Chisato's got experience.
**[19:08] (Flashback) Ani**
Ain't no harm in lettin'
her practice pitchin' a bit.
**[19:12] (Flashback) Ani**
It'd take some of the pressure
off Sakura-senpai, too.
**[19:15] (Flashback) Ani**
And why *can't* Nishina get up on the
mound, just 'cause he's a first-year?
**[19:20] (Flashback) Ani**
You oughta test him and let him
explore his limits without goin' past 'em.
**[19:26] (Flashback) Dai**
It looks like you still don't
understand your position.
**[19:30] (Flashback) Ani**
Huh?
**[19:31] (Flashback) Dai**
You're also being tested right now.
**[19:35] (Flashback) Dai**
Instead of worrying about
all our pitching options,
**[19:39] (Flashback) Dai**
you should be thinking about how
to win the first game with just Mutsuko.
**[19:43] (Flashback) Dai**
That's why I brought you scouting
with me. Do you understand?
**[19:49] (Flashback) Dai**
I'll spell it out for you.
I think Mutsuko can do it.
**[19:52] (Flashback) Dai**
If they end up hitting her pitches,
that's on you as the catcher.
**[20:00] Ani**
* I ain't ever givin' him*
* the chance to blame me.*
**[20:02] Ani**
* With me callin' the shots,*
* we're gonna shut 'em out.*
**[20:20] Ani**
Nice ball!
**[20:21] Ani**
On the next one,
aim low to the inside.
**[20:28] Mut**
Good work!
**[20:30] Dai**
Yeah, good work!
**[20:32] Mut**
Everyone's really improved.
**[20:34] Dai**
Yeah.
**[20:35] Dai**
Our opponents are scarier than I thought,
**[20:38] Dai**
but with our potential,
winning isn't out of the question.
**[20:41] Mut**
Yeah.
**[20:42] Mut**
I'm ready to get up on the mound the day
after tomorrow and pitch with all I've got.
**[20:46] Dai**
We're counting on you.
**[20:55] Izu**
Hey, how long are you
going to hog that spot?
**[20:58] Dai**
Hey, Sis.
**[20:59] Izu**
You know I want to practice
my pitching too, right?
**[21:03] Dai**
Just give me a little longer.
**[21:05] Dai**
I've got a tournament game
the day after tomorrow.
**[21:07] Izu**
Oh, fine.
**[21:10] Izu**
Maybe I'll be a really nice
big sister and pitch to you.
**[21:13] Dai**
You mean it?!
**[21:15] Dai**
Come on, Sis, let's go!
**[21:17] Izu**
All right, all right.
**[21:18] ---**
Let's go!
**[21:19] Mom**
Dinner's almost ready.
**[21:23] Mom**
Honestly... There are baseball nerds
everywhere you look in this house.
**[21:24] Dai**
Hey! Don't start with a curve ball!
**[21:29] Dai**
Good work, everyone!
**[21:31] Dai**
I'm gonna announce tomorrow's lineup
and hand out your numbers while I'm at it.
**[21:36] Dai**
Batting first, center field, Fujii Chisato.
**[21:39] Chis**
What? I'm leading off?
**[21:40] Yayo**
Chisato. You go, girl.
**[21:42] Dai**
Batting second, shortstop, Sagara Tao.
**[21:44] Tao**
Right.
**[21:46] Tao**
Dang, lost my spot as shock trooper captain.
**[21:49] Dai**
Batting third, second base, Sawa Yayoi.
**[21:51] Tao**
Oh, okay, then.
**[21:53] Dai**
Batting fourth, catcher, Kawashima Anita.
**[21:55] Ani**
Okay!
**[21:57] Dai**
Batting fifth, pitcher, Sakura Mutsuko.
**[21:59] Mut**
In the meat of the order?
**[22:01] Dai**
Batting sixth, third base, Kandori Seira.
**[22:04] Kan**
I'm number six?
**[22:05] Dai**
Batting seventh, right field, Nishina Akira.
**[22:07] Nis**
I-I'm way down the order?
**[22:10] Dai**
Batting eighth, first base, Tanba Hiromu.
**[22:12] Tan**
Got it!
**[22:13] Dai**
And lastly, batting ninth, left field.
**[22:15] Dai**
That'll be me.
**[22:16] Dai**
Let's give it our best tomorrow!
**[22:18] All**
Yeah!
**[22:19] All**
All right!
**[22:24] Dai**
* This will be the true beginning*
* of the new generation*
**[22:27] Dai**
*of the Fuurin Middle baseball team.*
**[24:00] Tosh**
Looks like Daigo-kun's Fuurin team
is finally getting started, Goro-kun.
**[24:04] Gor**
Yeah, and I'm so excited, I wanna
leap onto the field and go wild.
**[24:09] Gor**
Wanna join me, Toshi?
**[24:10] Tosh**
That's just like you.
**[24:11] Tosh**
But how's Daigo-kun handling it?
**[24:14] Gor**
Whatever obstacle he faces,
he'll overcome it.
**[24:17] Gor**
He's already gone through
so much to get here.
***SIGN*** Captain Daigo
**[24:20] Tosh**
Next time: "Captain Daigo."
**[24:22] Gor**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
# E4 - Captain Daigo
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6ME7NJVR/captain-daigo)
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**[00:07] Dai**
Coach!
**[00:09] Coa**
Oh, it's you, Shigeno.
**[00:12] Dai**
The new school year has
filled out our team.
**[00:14] Dai**
Our first tournament starts today.
**[00:18] Dai**
It'll be the litmus test to see
if we can make it as a team.
**[00:22] Dai**
I think I've done what I can as captain
to prepare us, but I'm still full of doubts.
**[00:27] Dai**
We haven't got a replacement coach yet,
**[00:29] Dai**
and I'm making it up as I go along,
so I'm worried how it'll turn out.
**[00:35] Coa**
It's good that you're worried.
**[00:38] Coa**
It's a leader's job to worry,
and to remove those worries.
**[00:42] Coa**
But you can never let them
see it on your face.
**[00:45] Dai**
But...
**[00:46] Dai**
Can someone like me, with very little
experience and skills, really rally a team?
**[00:52] Coa**
You'll be fine.
**[00:55] Coa**
I know you can do it.
***SIGN*** Captain Daigo
**[02:30] Sai**
Yes?
**[02:31] Gor**
* Oh, wow! Is that the voice of the manager*
* of the national team, Satou Toshiya, I hear?*
**[02:38] Gor**
* I'm pretty good at baseball.*
* Please put me on the team!*
**[02:42] Sai**
You're not actually going to show up
and ask to try out, are you, Goro-kun?
**[02:47] Gor**
Hey, that's a great idea.
**[02:49] Gor**
Hey, I'll be your batting
practice pitcher for free.
**[02:53] Sai**
* The frightening thing about*
* that is you actually would.*
**[02:57] Gor**
Well, now that they've got a former
Major League home run king in their dugout,
**[03:00] Gor**
the national team should be fine.
**[03:02] Gor**
*Go wild and show the world what you can do.*
**[03:05] Sai**
Thank you.
**[03:07] Sai**
How's the Shikoku League?
**[03:08] Gor**
It's good. I'm having lots of fun
with a lively bunch of people out here.
**[03:12] Sai**
*Glad to hear it.*
**[03:14] Sai**
Oh, and there's another
tournament starting today.
**[03:19] Sai**
*Led by their new captain, Shigeno Daigo,*
**[03:21] Sai**
* Fuurin Middle's new-look team*
* is making its debut.*
**[03:24] Gor**
Yeah... But I'm not worried.
**[03:28] Gor**
Daigo's got this.
**[03:30] Gor**
He's been working super hard
these past six months.
**[03:34] Sigh**
Fuurin Academy Middle School
**[03:34] Sigh**
Fuurin Academy Middle School
**[03:38] Dai**
Our upperclassmen
got caught shoplifting?!
**[03:41] Mut**
Yes.
**[03:42] Mut**
Nearly all of the second-years were
taken in and suspended from school.
**[03:46] Mut**
Which means they're off
the baseball team, too.
**[03:49] Dai**
You said "nearly all"...
**[03:50] Mut**
I heard it was all the second-years
except for Tanba-san.
**[03:55] Dai**
No way...
**[03:56] Tao**
Ah, there you are!
**[03:58] Mut**
Tao! Yayoi! Have you heard?
**[04:01] Yayo**
We got the gist of it.
**[04:02] Tao**
This is terrible.
**[04:04] Tao**
We'd just started to rebuild
after the third-years retired.
**[04:09] Tan**
So this is all we have left...
**[04:11] Mut**
We haven't picked our
new captain yet, either.
**[04:15] Yayo**
How about you, Tanba-san?
**[04:16] Tan**
Oh, I don't really...
**[04:18] Tan**
I'm also on the Student Council,
and I don't think I'm good enough to be captain...
**[04:26] Dai**
Coach!
**[04:28] Coa**
I'm sure you've all heard
the talk going around by now.
**[04:32] Coa**
Only a negligent coach would let something
of this magnitude happen on his watch.
**[04:37] Coa**
I am truly sorry that I have done this to you.
**[04:40] Coa**
I've taken responsibility and
resigned from my position as coach.
**[04:46] Dai**
You're going too?
**[04:48] Coa**
As for what's left of the team,
**[04:50] Coa**
I've talked to the school,
and you can still use the field for practice.
**[04:57] Coa**
But as far as competitive games go,
**[04:59] Coa**
you won't play in any until next spring,
even if you scrape together enough players.
**[05:06] Coa**
For you, these circumstances are truly harsh.
**[05:09] Coa**
If at all possible,
**[05:11] Coa**
I want you to inherit and
uphold the spirit and tradition
**[05:14] Coa**
of the Fuurin Middle baseball team that
you've been absorbing these past six months.
**[05:19] Coa**
That is my final wish as your coach.
**[05:24] Tan**
Coach!
**[05:26] Tao**
Well, there aren't any other clubs
I want to join, anyway.
**[05:29] Yayo**
Besides, as first-years, we figured
we weren't going to get any game time.
**[05:36] Coa**
My final act as your coach
is to appoint a new captain.
**[05:40] Coa**
Shigeno, I'm entrusting you
with the captaincy.
**[05:45] Dai**
M-Me?
**[05:49] Mut**
*Shigeno-kun?*
**[05:52] Dai**
B-But, uh... Why'd you pick me?
**[05:55] Coa**
Because I think you're
the most suited to the role.
**[05:58] Coa**
But you have a say in this too, of course.
**[06:01] Coa**
Think it over and come to a decision.
**[06:07] Mut**
Shigeno-kun!
**[06:09] Mut**
This is amazing!
You made captain as a first-year!
**[06:13] Dai**
It's not amazing at all.
**[06:14] Dai**
There's basically only first-years left.
**[06:17] Dai**
In terms of skill, Sawa-san and
Tao-san are both better than me.
**[06:21] Dai**
I don't have a clue why he picked me.
**[06:24] Mut**
Really?
**[06:25] Mut**
I think you're a good fit.
**[06:27] Mut**
And we're all right behind you.
**[06:30] Dai**
I haven't decided if I'll do it yet.
**[06:33] Mut**
Hey, Shigeno-kun, wait!
**[06:36] Both**
What?!
**[06:38] Izu**
Almost all the senior players
got kicked out?!
**[06:40] Izu**
And they're making you captain?
**[06:43] Izu**
Shoplifting as a group?
**[06:45] Izu**
Those twerps!
**[06:47] Izu**
I shoulda disciplined them more
when they were first-years!
**[06:51] Mom**
But this is all so sudden.
**[06:54] Mom**
Will you be okay?
**[06:55] Mom**
Captain as a first-year?
That's a lot of responsibility.
**[06:59] Dai**
I'm going to quit the baseball team.
**[07:02] Mom**
Huh?
**[07:03] Izu**
What?!
**[07:04] Dai**
There's no way I can be captain.
**[07:07] Dai**
I'll quit the team and
play Senior League instead.
**[07:10] Izu**
You want to quit?
**[07:13] Izu**
But what'll happen to the team?!
**[07:15] Dai**
We can't play in games, anyway,
**[07:18] Dai**
so it doesn't matter if I'm there or not.
**[07:21] Izu**
The coach appointed you as the new captain.
**[07:24] Izu**
As an OG Fuurin player, I won't
let you betray the team like that!
**[07:29] Dai**
Oh, shut up!
**[07:31] Dai**
You left Fuurin to go to a different
high school, so get off your high horse!
**[07:35] Izu**
Yeah, because there was
no hardball girl's team!
**[07:39] Mom**
Now, you two! No fighting.
**[07:41] Dai**
I joined the team because
I wanted to play baseball the right way.
**[07:46] Dai**
The team played at a high level,
with a solid coach and good senior players.
**[07:49] Dai**
It looked like I could really improve there!
**[07:53] Dai**
And now, all of a sudden, we have
no coach and no senior players,
**[07:57] Dai**
and we're not even allowed to compete.
**[08:00] Dai**
It's unbelievable.
**[08:01] Mom**
I understand where you're coming from,
but you should think it over.
**[08:06] Mom**
It's not just you who has to deal with this.
**[08:09] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[08:09] Txt**
Fuurin Academy Private Middle School
**[08:10] Kan**
Really?
**[08:12] Kan**
The baseball team only
has five members right now?
**[08:15] Kan**
Hey, that means I could
actually become a starter.
**[08:18] Mut**
Right?
**[08:19] Mut**
This is a great chance!
**[08:22] Kan**
Maybe I *should* sign up, then.
**[08:25] Kan**
So, Mutsuko, does it really
help you lose weight?
**[08:27] Mut**
Yeah, totally!
**[08:29] Mut**
It's really great for losing weight!
**[08:31] Kan**
Slenderly Kandori!
**[08:33] Kan**
That could work!
**[08:35] Mut**
*All right! Got one!*
**[08:37] Mut**
Shigeno-kun!
**[08:39] Mut**
It looks like the team's
getting another member.
**[08:42] Mut**
A girl in our class called Kandori.
**[08:45] Mut**
Wait, aren't you coming to practice?
**[08:48] Dai**
No, I've decided to quit the team
and play in the Senior League.
**[08:54] Dai**
Could you let everyone know for me?
**[08:57] Mut**
Shigeno-kun...
**[09:05] Dai**
I thought that was you, Pop.
**[09:07] Dai**
I'm home.
**[09:08] Dad**
Hey, Daigo.
**[09:09] Dad**
Want to play catch after?
**[09:12] Dai**
You're bursting with energy, as usual.
**[09:14] Dad**
I heard the news.
**[09:16] Dad**
The newly-appointed captain
is quitting the team.
**[09:21] Dad**
You sure you wanna do that?
**[09:23] Dai**
Why?
**[09:24] Dai**
You gonna tell me
I'm being irresponsible, too?
**[09:26] Dad**
Nope.
**[09:28] Dad**
Just thought it was a waste, is all.
**[09:30] Dai**
What do you mean?
**[09:32] Dad**
With no coach and no senior players around,
**[09:34] Dad**
you have the freedom to build
a team the way *you* want it.
**[09:38] Dad**
You gonna throw a chance like that away?
**[09:41] Dai**
I never particularly wanted
to make my own team.
**[09:45] Dad**
And there's nothing wrong with joining
a strong team and shooting for a starting spot.
**[09:49] Dad**
But it's way more exciting
to take down stronger teams
**[09:54] Dad**
with a team you built from the ground up.
**[09:56] Dad**
Isn't everyone waiting?
**[10:00] Dad**
For you to make a move, I mean.
**[10:06] Mom**
That's so like Pop to say that.
**[10:08] Mom**
After all, he transferred to a school
with no baseball team and built one there.
**[10:15] Dai**
But why do *I* have to build an
entire team from the ground up?
**[10:20] Dai**
Just so you know, I have absolutely
no intention of copying Po—
**[10:23] Mom**
That's good.
**[10:25] Mom**
You really shouldn't.
**[10:26] Mom**
That man has a sickness that makes him pick
the absolute hardest route in whatever he does.
**[10:31] Mom**
If you start copying him,
your life will become a living hell.
**[10:35] Dai**
O-Oh, really?
**[10:36] Mom**
"Why do I have to do this?"
**[10:39] Mom**
There was someone else who said
that when they made him captain.
**[10:47] Dai**
*Uncle Taiga...*
**[10:49] Tai**
Hey, is that you, Daigo?
**[10:51] Tai**
This *is* a surprise. What's up?
**[10:55] Dai**
*My mom was telling me something...*
**[10:57] Tai**
What'd my sister say?
**[10:59] Dai**
You were captain of the Seishuu Academy
baseball team, right?
**[11:03] Tai**
*Ah, yup, I was.*
**[11:05] Dai**
She said you weren't too excited
about taking the role.
**[11:11] Tai**
Well, yeah.
**[11:13] Tai**
The Seishuu Academy baseball team was
the team of the indomitable ace, Shigeno Goro.
**[11:18] Tai**
When he graduated, we had no hope
of keeping up our winning ways.
**[11:22] Tai**
And I wasn't nearly good enough
to make the guys dream.
**[11:27] Tai**
But then your father said to me:
**[11:32] Tai**
"Even losing in the first round is fine.
Build a team for you guys."
**[11:37] Dai**
*And you said?*
**[11:38] Tai**
Well, I got mad at him for being so idealistic.
**[11:42] Tai**
So I accepted the captaincy out of spite,
dead set on losing in the first round.
**[11:46] Tai**
* Thinking back on it now, though,*
* I'm glad I did it.*
**[11:51] Dai**
Why?
**[11:53] Tai**
Because we overcame so much with that team.
**[11:56] Tai**
It made us a tight-knit group, I guess.
**[12:01] Tai**
* Or maybe I just really*
* loved baseball. Who knows.*
**[12:09] Kan**
Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow.
**[12:12] Mut**
Just a little further.
**[12:16] Tao**
This was really hard for us at first, too.
**[12:19] Mut**
You two managed okay.
**[12:22] Mut**
But it was so hard for me and Shigeno-kun!
**[12:25] Yay**
I remember how we all used
to collapse after practice.
**[12:31] (Flashback) Tan**
Hey!
**[12:32] (Flashback) Tan**
The first-years have to
put away the equipment.
**[12:35] (Flashback) All**
Coming.
**[12:41] (Flashback) Mut**
Let's go, Shigeno-kun.
**[12:42] (Flashback) Dai**
No, I can't.
**[12:46] (Flashback) Mut**
Come on. Stand up!
**[12:52] Mut**
Seventeen!
**[12:55] Kan**
This is a proper downpour!
**[12:57] Tao**
I can't.
**[12:58] Mut**
Let's do thirteen more!
**[13:01] Mut**
Eighteen!
**[13:10] (Flashback) Mom**
I understand where you're coming from,
but you should think it over.
**[13:17] (Flashback) Mom**
It's not just you who has to deal with this.
**[13:20] (Flashback) Tai**
It made us a tight-knit group, I guess.
**[13:24] (Flashback) Gor**
Isn't everyone waiting?
**[13:27] (Flashback) Gor**
For you to make a move, I mean.
**[13:35] Dai**
Pop!
**[13:39] Dad**
Oh, hey, Daigo.
**[13:40] Dad**
What is it?
**[13:42] Dai**
Pop... Please teach me baseball!
**[13:51] Dai**
Please teach me baseball!
**[13:53] Dad**
Huh?
**[13:54] Dai**
Throwing. Catching. Batting. Running.
**[13:57] Dai**
Everything that's important to play it.
**[14:00] Dai**
Coach me on the basics, the drills...
on everything you know!
**[14:05] Dad**
Coach?
**[14:06] Dad**
Come on, give me a break.
**[14:10] Dad**
I'm no good at teaching.
**[14:13] Dai**
I was given the captaincy.
**[14:17] Dai**
I have to push the team forward.
**[14:21] Dai**
But how can I do that
if I'm the worst player?
**[14:26] Dai**
We have talent to spare in our team.
**[14:29] Dai**
If I try really hard...
With everyone's combined efforts,
**[14:32] Dai**
I believe we can drag Fuurin's
baseball team out of the abyss!
**[14:38] Dad**
I see.
**[14:41] Dad**
I guess I can't run away
after putting you up to this.
**[14:46] Dad**
The only way I know how to learn
is through muscle memory.
**[14:49] Dad**
Does that work for you?
**[14:51] Dai**
Yes!
**[14:53] Dad**
Here we go.
**[14:58] Dai**
Ow...
**[15:02] Dad**
Huh? You say something?
**[15:04] Dai**
Oh, uh... it's good we're practicing catching,
**[15:07] Dai**
but isn't suddenly ramping up to
catching a pro's pitches too big a step?
**[15:12] Dad**
What are you talking about?
**[15:13] Dad**
In the pro leagues,
I pitched with my left hand.
**[15:16] Dad**
I only used my right in my Little League days
and when I was fielding.
**[15:21] Dai**
Yeah, but even so...
**[15:23] Dad**
You learned all about catching
from Toshiya, didn't you?
**[15:26] Dad**
Now you just have to catch a load
of fastballs to get more experience.
**[15:31] Dai**
All right, I get it.
**[15:36] Dai**
Huh? Pop?
**[15:41] Dad**
Nope. Don't wanna pitch to you anymore.
**[15:45] Dad**
You're catching them with
a face that says, "If I have to."
**[15:48] Dad**
It totally kills my motivation.
**[15:51] Dai**
My... face?
**[15:53] Dad**
It's the feeling. The feeling!
**[15:55] Dad**
And you haven't even praised
a single one of my pitches!
**[15:59] Dad**
Are my pitches lifeless?
**[16:01] Dad**
Are you thinking these are the pitches of a
decrepit old man with a busted shoulder? Well?!
**[16:06] Dai**
I wasn't thinking tha—
**[16:09] Dai**
Nice ball.
**[16:11] Dad**
What the heck?
**[16:13] Dad**
From the heart or not at all!
**[16:16] Dai**
Nice ball!
**[16:18] Dad**
Right?
**[16:19] Dai**
Nice ball!
**[16:20] Dad**
Nope!
**[16:21] Dai**
Huh?
**[16:22] Dad**
That would've been a ball.
**[16:24] Dad**
I don't want you praising bad pitches.
**[16:27] Dai**
You're just being unreasonable now.
**[16:30] Dad**
'Course I am. Pitchers *are* unreasonable.
**[16:33] Dad**
As my right hand, you need
to know how to control me!
**[16:37] Dad**
Get me hyped up!
**[16:41] Dai**
Nice ball! Great!
**[16:43] Dad**
Yup, that's good.
**[16:50] Dai**
Close. But you've got the speed.
**[16:54] Dai**
Nice one!
**[16:57] Dai**
Almost...
**[16:59] Dai**
Nobody could get near that last one.
**[17:02] Dad**
You got it! Just like that.
**[17:05] Dad**
If the catcher hypes up the pitcher,
**[17:13] Dad**
the pitcher will respond to it.
**[17:22] Dad**
Don't let it past you!
**[17:23] Dad**
Put your life on the line for
your pitcher and stop them.
**[17:26] Dad**
Check out what's going on in the infield
and the outfield, and talk the whole time!
**[17:31] Dad**
You're the only one who sees the entire field.
**[17:35] Dad**
If someone messes up, always
get a clean hit when you're next up.
**[17:38] Dad**
When the captain gets a hit,
the entire team's mood changes.
**[17:46] Dad**
Okay, okay.
**[17:47] Dad**
You tired?
**[17:49] Dad**
O-Of course I am...
**[17:50] Dad**
Right! Starting tomorrow,
you'll do this every morning and evening.
**[17:54] Dai**
What?!
**[17:55] Dad**
The captain has to train
harder than anyone else.
**[17:58] Dad**
Nobody will listen to
a guy who's not training.
**[18:03] Dad**
Chin up!
**[18:05] Dad**
A captain must never look down.
**[18:08] Dai**
Y-Yes, sir!
**[18:11] Tao**
You're starting to get it, Kandori.
**[18:14] Kan**
R-Really?
**[18:17] Yayo**
Shigeno hasn't come for two weeks now.
**[18:21] Mut**
Yeah...
**[18:23] Tao**
Didn't he say he was gonna
go play in the Senior League?
**[18:25] Tao**
Doesn't that mean he quit?
**[18:27] Tao**
Mutsuko, have you heard anything?
**[18:30] Mut**
It looks like he hasn't submitted
an official resignation form yet.
**[18:33] Mut**
I asked him, but I didn't get an answer.
**[18:36] Tan**
If Shigeno quits,
we'll have to pick a new captain.
**[18:41] Yayo**
Hard pass.
**[18:42] Tao**
We can't compete, anyway,
so do we even need one?
**[18:46] Tan**
Of course we do.
**[18:47] Tao**
Then you can do it, for all I care.
**[18:50] Tan**
What's "for all I care" supposed to mean?
**[18:56] Mut**
Shigeno-kun!
**[19:00] Dai**
I'm sorry for being absent for so long.
**[19:03] Dai**
Carrying on in the team...
accepting the captaincy...
**[19:06] Dai**
In my own way, I gave it a lot of thought.
**[19:09] Dai**
I'm a first-year and have zero experience.
**[19:11] Dai**
So my confidence isn't exactly high.
**[19:15] Dai**
I'll be all at sea in every area.
**[19:18] Dai**
But if I'm gonna do this,
**[19:20] Dai**
I want to build a team that's stronger
than any Fuurin team that's come before.
**[19:23] Dai**
With this roster, I know we can do it.
**[19:26] Dai**
Will you all join me in trying?
**[19:31] Mut**
Yes!
**[19:31] Tan**
Yeah.
**[19:32] Tao**
I will.
**[19:33] Yayo**
Glad to be on board.
**[19:35] Kan**
Please.
**[19:38] Dai**
Thank you.
**[19:39] Dai**
One, two.
**[19:40] Dai**
One, two.
**[19:41] Dai**
One, two.
**[19:42] Dai**
One, two.
**[19:44] Kan**
W-Wait up...
**[19:46] Dai**
Fifteen!
**[19:51] Dad**
Safe!
**[20:01] Dai**
All right, next!
**[20:02] Dai**
6-4-3!
**[20:08] Dai**
Okay! 5-4-3!
**[20:14] Kan**
I knew it. I can't do this.
**[20:17] Kan**
This is too much for me.
**[20:19] Kan**
Sawa-san, can you take over hitting?
**[20:22] Saw**
Okay.
**[20:24] Dai**
Kandori, come over here a sec.
**[20:26] Dai**
Let's do a different set of drills
until you get used to this.
**[20:30] Dai**
You and me together.
**[20:32] Kan**
You don't have to do that!
**[20:33] Kan**
I don't want to be a nuisance.
**[20:36] Kan**
I basically only signed up 'cause
the team had so few players.
**[20:40] Dai**
What are you talking about?
**[20:42] Dai**
You're already an important part of this team.
**[20:45] Dai**
You chose our baseball team.
You chose baseball.
**[20:49] Dai**
I want you to be glad you chose to sign up!
**[20:54] Dai**
It doesn't matter how many
new members we get next month.
**[20:58] Dai**
Work hard and make sure you're a starter.
**[21:02] Kan**
Y-Yeah!
**[21:04] Dai**
Okay? I'll throw it slower for now.
**[21:06] Dai**
Try to catch it in front of your body.
**[21:08] Kan**
All right.
**[21:09] Dai**
Here we go.
**[21:10] Dai**
That's it! Just like that!
**[21:12] Kan**
I caught it!
**[21:13] Mut**
Okay! One more!
**[21:15] Tao**
Left field! Coming your way!
**[21:19] Coach**
Don't worry.
**[21:21] Coach**
I know you can do it.
**[21:24] Coach**
You have a strong heart,
and you're kind to others.
**[21:28] Coach**
If you hold your head up high
and fight with optimism and energy,
**[21:32] Coach**
I promise that everyone
will follow your lead.
**[21:35] Coach**
Give it your all.
**[21:37] Dai**
I will.
**[21:39] Dai**
Thank you very much!
**[21:41] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[21:41] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[21:41] Txt**
Fujii
**[21:43] Chi**
I'm leaving now.
**[21:45] Dad**
Oh, Chisato, you've got a game today?
**[21:47] Chi**
Yeah.
**[21:49] Fuji**
If the Dolphins didn't have a practice game,
I'd come cheer for you!
**[21:54] Fuji**
Go get 'em.
**[21:55] Chi**
Okay!
**[21:56] Chi**
You too, Dad. Do your best.
**[21:58] Fuji**
I will, don't you worry.
**[22:01] Fuji**
We got this!
**[22:08] Txt**
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**[22:08] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[22:08] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[22:08] Txt**
Sagara
**[22:21] Nis**
Just you watch.
**[22:21] Txt**
Mifune Baseball Park
**[22:25] Dai**
Let's go!
**[22:27] All**
Yeah!
**[24:00] Yay**
It's finally game day.
**[24:02] Yay**
How are you feeling, Tao?
**[24:03] Tao**
Great, obviously!
**[24:05] Tao**
You are too, right?
**[24:06] Yay**
Yuh-huh.
**[24:07] Yay**
I also feel like their pitcher's
totally looking down on us.
**[24:11] Tao**
That "as if we could lose to
a team full of girls" vibe?
**[24:14] Tao**
It's on!
**[24:16] Yay**
Then, let's show him how we play baseball.
**[24:19] Yay**
Next time: "Girl Power, Baseball-Style."
***SIGN*** Girl Power, Baseball-Style
**[24:22] Yay**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
# E5 - Girl Power, Baseball-Style
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYNV9KNXR/girl-power-baseball-style)
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**[00:27] Titl**
Mifune Baseball Park
**[00:27] Titl**
Mifune Baseball Park
**[00:36] Dai**
All right, let's go!
***SIGN*** Girl Power, Baseball-Style
**[02:15] Mut**
Oh, wow! It's a proper baseball field!
**[02:20] Kan**
We're playing in a place this fancy?
**[02:22] Yayo**
Fancy? This is a regular city baseball field.
**[02:25] Tao**
Is this your first real game, Kandori?
**[02:29] Ani**
What're y'all gettin' so keyed up 'bout?
**[02:32] Chi**
I guess it's been half a year
since their last game.
**[02:36] Dai**
Yeah.
**[02:38] Dai**
We've been counting down the days till
we could put these uniforms on again.
**[02:46] Dai**
They look good on you first-years, too.
**[02:52] Nis**
Wish I could say the same
about the number on my back...
**[02:55] Yam**
I'm the only one who looks
out of place in this thing.
**[03:03] Ump**
Captains.
**[03:04] Dai**
Yes!
**[03:07] Ump**
Rock, paper, scissors.
Winner chooses who bats first.
**[03:09] Har**
Gotcha.
**[03:10] Dai**
*I'll win this and choose to bat second!*
**[03:12] Har**
Rock, paper...
**[03:13] Both**
...scissors!
**[03:16] Dai**
Aw, shoot.
**[03:16] Har**
We'd like to bat second.
**[03:20] Ump**
Each team gets ten minutes'
fielding practice.
**[03:23] Both**
Yes, sir!
**[03:25] Txt**
Fuurin
Academy
**[03:25] Txt**
Itsuki
**[03:33] Ani**
We knew their pitcher was good,
but their defense is tight, too.
**[03:36] Tao**
Looks like they won't give us any freebies.
**[03:40] Dai**
Third!
**[03:50] Yok**
Is this a joke? Their team's a bunch of girls!
**[03:54] Har**
Four... Five... I count six of 'em.
**[03:57] Yok**
Hey, Kobashi, you scouted these guys.
Why didn't you tell us?
**[04:01] Kob**
Well...
**[04:02] Mur**
I told him not to.
**[04:06] Mur**
If you'd known, you wouldn't have
taken them or your game prep seriously.
**[04:10] Mur**
That's why I made him tell you
only what you needed to know.
**[04:18] Dai**
This is our first real game, but if you
treat it like a scrimmage, we'll be fine.
**[04:24] Dai**
Just keep you cool and
play your natural game.
**[04:29] Dai**
Hopefully, we'll win and
be back here tomorrow!
**[04:42] All**
Let's have a good game!
**[04:57] Yok**
*You serious, Coach?*
**[05:00] Yok**
* Putting me in as starting*
* pitcher in this game?*
**[05:04] Yok**
* Against girls, our second-year backup*
* would've been more than enough!*
**[05:21] Ann**
*Top of the first inning.*
**[05:23] Ann**
* Batting first for Fuurin Academy:*
* center field, Fujii-san.*
**[05:27] Chi**
Nice to meet you.
**[05:38] Yok**
*A bow?*
**[05:41] Yok**
*She's so polite!*
**[05:45] Dai**
All right, let's do this!
**[05:50] All**
Keep your eye on the ball!
**[05:52] Yok**
Nice to meet you, too!
**[06:02] Dai**
Nice! Run!
**[06:10] Ump**
Safe!
**[06:16] Mur**
*That idiot. I knew this would happen.*
**[06:20] Mur**
Yokouchi. Take them seriously.
Stop fooling around.
**[06:25] Yok**
Yeah, yeah.
**[06:27] Dai**
Nice, Chisato!
**[06:28] Ani**
All right! No outs, runner on first!
**[06:32] Ann**
*Batting second, shortstop, Sagara-san.*
**[06:36] Tao**
If this were hardball,
that would've busted your knee.
**[06:39] Yok**
*What was that? I was being nice.*
**[06:44] Yok**
* Well, all right. Guess I'll just have to show*
* you the kinda power a man can generate.*
**[06:50] Ump**
Play!
**[06:50] Dai**
Keep us rolling, Tao!
**[06:53] Yok**
* I guess I pushed my luck*
* with that slow pitch.*
**[06:57] Yok**
*Alrighty, then.*
**[07:00] Yok**
*Time to make you tremble!*
**[07:05] Ump**
Strike!
**[07:07] Yoko**
Did ya see that?!
**[07:09] Dai**
All right!
**[07:13] Chi**
I stole a base.
**[07:17] Mur**
That idiot.
**[07:18] Mur**
How can you be *that* oblivious?
**[07:21] Mut**
Daigo, did you throw a sign
to steal a base on his first pitch?
**[07:25] Dai**
No, I didn't.
**[07:28] Dai**
But from our recon, I knew
he was no good at the slide step,
**[07:34] Dai**
so I gave Chisato the green light to go
whenever she feels she can make it.
**[07:43] Yok**
*Oh, so you're the aggressive type, huh?*
**[07:47] Yok**
*Well, whatever. Who cares about runners?*
**[07:54] Yok**
* There's no way a girl can*
* hit my pitches, anyway!*
**[08:02] Yok**
Katahira!
**[08:03] Kat**
Yokouchi!
**[08:07] Ump**
Safe!
**[08:09] Yok**
What? Safe?!
**[08:11] Kat**
Yokouchi, back home!
**[08:13] Yok**
What?
**[08:21] Dai**
Yes!
**[08:22] Mut**
We took the lead!
**[08:23] Mut**
Fuurin Academy
**[08:23] Mut**
Fuurin Academy
**[08:23] Mut**
Itsuki
**[08:28] Ani**
Chisato! Nice running!
**[08:30] Nis**
Nice hit.
**[08:32] Tao**
Wow. Now try sounding less enthusiastic.
**[08:35] Tan**
* We blitzed them and scored*
* a run in the blink of an eye.*
**[08:39] Tan**
*Our starting batters are amazing!*
**[08:42] Mur**
Hara!
**[08:43] Har**
Y-Yes!
**[08:44] Har**
T-Timeout.
**[08:48] Har**
Hey, pull yourself together, Yokouchi.
**[08:50] Har**
Coach is fuming.
**[08:52] Yok**
Can it, will ya? I got this.
**[08:55] Yok**
Their first two batters were
just faster than I expected.
**[08:59] Yok**
But, well, it's not like girls can
play anything but small ball.
**[09:06] Har**
All the same, just don't let your guard down.
**[09:09] Har**
We don't even have one out yet.
**[09:13] Yok**
Okay, okay.
**[09:23] Mur**
* The video we took of them showed me*
* they moved well for a girls' team,*
**[09:29] Mur**
*but I didn't expect this.*
**[09:31] Mur**
* They could barely hit what*
* the pitching machine fired at them,*
**[09:36] Mur**
*but we only ran recon on them for one day.*
**[09:41] Ann**
*Batting third, second base, Sawa-san.*
**[09:45] Mur**
*They* shouldn't *be able to hit Yokouchi's pitches
all that well, but you never know.*
**[09:48] Ump**
Play!
**[09:49] Dai**
Sawa-san, you can hit it!
**[10:04] Yok**
* You didn't even tie up*
* your annoying long hair.*
**[10:08] Yok**
*You should take baseball... more seriously!*
**[10:12] Ump**
Ball!
**[10:15] Ump**
Ball two!
**[10:24] Yok**
*Dammit!*
**[10:39] Yay**
Oh dear. Looks like I cleared the fence.
**[10:43] All**
Yeah!
**[10:46] Mut**
That was amazing! Yayoi's amazing!
**[10:49] Mut**
We've already scored three runs!
**[10:51] Ani**
Aw, man. It got cleaned up before I got my go.
**[10:56] Yam**
*Wait a minute.*
**[10:59] Yam**
*What's going on here?*
**[11:01] Yam**
*Don't tell me we could actually win this...*
**[11:06] Yam**
*That means I'd lose my day off tomorrow, too.*
**[11:11] Yay**
Yay.
**[11:12] Tao**
Nice two-run.
**[11:14] Tao**
That's our Yayoi!
**[11:15] Ani**
Ya total buzzkill.
**[11:20] Yay**
Sorry for cleaning up
and ruining your fun, Anita.
**[11:23] Mut**
Fuurin Academy
**[11:23] Mut**
Fuurin Academy
**[11:23] Mut**
Itsuki
**[11:26] All**
Nice! That was great!
**[11:31] Mura**
Timeout!
**[11:43] Dai**
* Scouting them and practicing with*
* the machine are already paying off.*
**[11:48] Dai**
* But I never believed it'd go*
* this well from the first inning.*
**[11:56] Dai**
*We've got baseball girls you can rely on!*
**[12:05] Txt**
Mifune Baseball Park
**[12:06] Ann**
*Batting fourth, catcher, Kabashima-san.*
**[12:11] Ani**
All right! Bring it!
**[12:19] Ani**
*I'm gonna go big, too.*
**[12:29] Ump**
Strike!
**[12:30] Dai**
Those are hard to hit.
**[12:33] Mut**
He's started aiming his pitches for real.
**[12:40] (Flashback) Mura**
Yokouchi, remember how I stopped you
**[12:43] (Flashback) Mura**
from using breaking balls in
our scrimmage last week?
**[12:48] (Flashback) Yok**
Yes, I remember.
**[12:50] (Flashback) Mura**
I saw two suspicious
figures hanging around.
**[12:55] (Flashback) Mura**
I figured they were scouting us.
**[12:58] (Flashback) Mura**
Why do you think I made you
hide your true abilities?
**[13:02] (Flashback) Mura**
Don't hold back.
**[13:06] Mura**
* As long as you don't throw weak pitches,*
* they won't be able to hit anything.*
**[13:12] Ani**
*It's goin' outside again.*
**[13:14] Ani**
*That's... what I was waitin' for!*
**[13:21] Ump**
Strike three!
**[13:22] Ump**
You're out!
**[13:25] Ani**
*It...*
**[13:26] Ani**
*It curved?!*
**[13:28] Dai**
A-A breaking ball?!
**[13:31] Ann**
*Batting fifth, pitcher, Sakura-san.*
**[13:35] Mut**
Anita...
**[13:37] Ani**
It curved.
**[13:38] Ani**
That pitcher ain't all fastballs.
**[13:41] Mut**
No way!
**[13:48] Ump**
Strike!
**[13:49] Nis**
*What the... How's it bending that much?!*
**[13:54] Ump**
Strike two!
**[13:59] Ump**
Strike three! You're out!
**[14:01] Ann**
*Batting sixth, third base, Kandori-san.*
**[14:06] Ani**
Those were sliders.
Didn't know he could do that.
**[14:12] Ani**
He wasn't throwin' those when we scouted 'em.
**[14:14] Ani**
Guess they musta saw us after all.
**[14:17] Dai**
I'm glad we got three runs right out the gate.
**[14:20] Dai**
With those sliders in the mix,
we won't be hitting much.
**[14:27] Ump**
Strike! You're out!
**[14:29] Ump**
Three outs. Change sides!
**[14:33] Anit**
Whatever!
**[14:36] Anit**
Three runs oughta be enough to win this!
**[14:38] Anit**
Let's do this, Senpai!
**[14:40] Mut**
Right!
**[15:04] Ani**
All right, let's go!
**[15:15] Ani**
Nice ball!
**[15:21] Ann**
*Bottom of the first.*
**[15:23] Ann**
* Batting first for Itsuki Middle School:*
* catcher, Hara-kun.*
**[15:34] Ump**
Play!
**[15:35] Dai**
Okay, let's keep it tight!
**[15:39] Ani**
*It's all on me to hold them off with her pitchin'.*
**[15:42] Ani**
*Time to show off my game callin'!*
**[15:49] Ump**
Dead ball!
**[15:51] Har**
Awesome!
**[15:53] Mut**
Huh?
**[15:55] Yayo**
Oh, hm. Good start.
**[15:57] Tao**
Let's reset and go!
**[16:03] Ani**
*What the heck?*
**[16:07] Yok**
Hey, take your cap off when
you hit someone. Your cap!
**[16:11] Yok**
Don't you have any manners?
**[16:13] Mut**
I-I'm very sorry!
**[16:15] Nis**
Damn, those guys are annoying.
**[16:18] Ann**
*Batting second, center field, Takei-kun.*
**[16:22] Ump**
Play!
**[16:24] Ani**
*She was fine while warmin' up.*
**[16:27] Ani**
*Is she that nervous?*
**[16:33] Ump**
Ball!
**[16:34] Yok**
Yeah, nice!
**[16:37] Ump**
Ball two!
**[16:39] Ump**
Ball three!
**[16:46] Ani**
*This is real bad.*
**[16:48] Ani**
* Control was her only strength.*
* What's she playin' at?*
**[16:51] Mut**
*What?*
**[16:52] Mut**
*Why isn't it going where I want it to go?*
**[16:57] Mut**
*And why's the plate so freaking far away?!*
**[17:08] Ump**
Ball! Four balls!
**[17:13] Ani**
Timeout!
**[17:14] Ump**
Timeout!
**[17:19] Ani**
What's goin' on?
Ya gotta pull yerself together!
**[17:22] Ani**
We did so well, buildin' up a three-run lead!
**[17:25] Ani**
What is it? Ya nervous or somethin'?
**[17:27] Mut**
I-I'm sorry.
**[17:29] Mut**
I don't know what's going on, either.
**[17:32] Yay**
It's fine. Don't sweat it.
**[17:33] Yay**
This is our first real game.
It's natural to be nervous.
**[17:37] Tao**
Stop screeching, Anita.
**[17:40] Ani**
What?!
**[17:41] Ani**
I-I ain't sayin' it 'cause I'm angry!
**[17:44] Ani**
I'm just sayin' we gotta focus!
**[17:46] Tan**
Anyway, Sakura, just let them hit!
**[17:49] Kan**
Y-Yeah. Trust your teammates behind you.
**[17:52] Dai**
May I?
**[17:54] Mut**
Daigo?
**[18:03] Mut**
Wh-What are you doing?
**[18:05] Dai**
Hm... let's see...
**[18:07] Dai**
Around here, I guess?
**[18:11] Dai**
I'm sure you're nervous too,
**[18:13] Dai**
but maybe the issue with your
control is the height of the mound.
**[18:20] Dai**
I checked before the game.
The mound's a bit taller here.
**[18:24] Ani**
What?
**[18:26] Dai**
Pitchers are delicate, right?
**[18:28] Dai**
The bullpen and the mound
at our school are quite low,
**[18:32] Dai**
since they get used every day.
**[18:35] Ump**
Are you done yet? Hurry it up.
**[18:37] Dai**
Ah, I'm sorry!
**[18:40] Dai**
I've flattened it a bit, so it should
be closer to what you're used to.
**[18:44] Dai**
If it's not enough, dig some more.
**[18:46] Mut**
R-Right.
**[18:47] Dai**
You might get a warning
if you overdo it, though.
**[18:51] Nis**
*Her nerves are getting to her.*
**[18:52] Nis**
*Looks like I might be up on the mound soon.*
**[18:59] Chi**
* Our captain went all the way over*
* to the mound from left field.*
**[19:03] Ann**
*Batting third, shortstop, Kobashi-kun.*
**[19:07] Ump**
Play!
**[19:11] Ani**
*The height of the mound?*
**[19:14] Ani**
*Are ya serious?*
**[19:29] Ump**
Strike!
**[19:31] Mut**
It went in?
**[19:37] Mut**
*Seriously?*
**[19:41] Ump**
Strike!
**[19:42] Kat**
She's starting... to get strikes now.
**[19:45] Yok**
So what?
**[19:46] Yok**
Even if her control is on the money,
those slow-ass balls are easy to hit.
**[19:52] Yok**
See?
**[20:00] Ump**
Out!
**[20:01] Ump**
Yes, a double play!
**[20:09] Dai**
*She's finally on top of her nerves.*
**[20:13] (Flashback) Dai**
Close!
**[20:24] (Flashback) Dai**
A bit lower!
**[20:28] (Flashback) Gor**
I know, I know!
**[20:31] (Flashback) Gor**
Wait a sec!
**[20:34] (Flashback) Dai**
Uh, Pop?
**[20:39] (Flashback) Gor**
All right. Check this out.
**[20:53] (Flashback) Dai**
Nice ball!
**[20:55] (Flashback) Dai**
Were you adjusting the mound just now?
**[20:59] (Flashback) Gor**
Yeah, it was a bit higher than I'm used to.
**[21:04] (Flashback) Gor**
I dug down a bit where I put my pivot leg.
**[21:06] (Flashback) Dai**
I see. So even you care about
little things like that, huh?
**[21:13] (Flashback) Gor**
You numbskull.
Pitchers are delicate creatures!
**[21:17] (Flashback) Gor**
Listen, if your pitcher ever has
difficulties finding their groove,
**[21:21] (Flashback) Gor**
try checking things like this, too.
**[21:25] Dai**
*Thanks, Pop. Your advice really helped.*
**[21:36] Kob**
I'm sorry. I didn't get a good hit.
**[21:39] Mur**
What were you looking at
when you scouted this team?
**[21:43] Mur**
"Fuurin Middle's female pitcher
only has decent control,
**[21:48] Mur**
so it'll be a walk in the park"?
**[21:51] Mur**
You didn't even realize
you didn't get a good hit
**[21:53] Mur**
because she *made* you hit it like that.
**[22:07] Ump**
Out!
**[22:08] Yok**
Huh?
**[22:11] Mut**
Fuurin Academy
**[22:11] Mut**
Fuurin Academy
**[22:11] Mut**
Itsuki
**[22:11] Ump**
Three outs! Change sides!
**[22:13] Dai**
Nice, Mutsuko!
**[24:00] Dai**
We can't hit those sliders.
**[24:02] Dai**
This is bad.
**[24:03] Dai**
We have to come up with a strategy!
**[24:05] Tan**
O-Oh, right.
**[24:07] Dai**
Tanba-san? Is something wrong?
**[24:09] Tan**
When I'm under pressure,
I fall apart in offense and defense.
**[24:14] Tan**
Are we going to lose again because of me?
**[24:16] Tan**
Ball, don't come my way!
**[24:18] Dai**
Tanba-san, please calm down!
**[24:20] Dai**
Next time: "Backup."
***SIGN*** Backup
**[24:22] Tan**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
# E6 - Backup
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**[00:02] Dai**
Nice! Run!
**[00:10] Yok**
* There's no way a girl can*
* hit my pitches, anyway!*
**[00:18] Yok**
Katahira!
**[00:20] Kat**
Yokouchi!
**[00:24] Ump**
Safe!
**[00:25] Pitch**
What? Safe?!
**[00:28] Kat**
Yokouchi, back home!
**[00:30] Yok**
What?
**[00:36] Tao**
Heya.
**[00:38] Dai**
Yes!
**[00:39] Mut**
We took the lead!
**[00:40] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[00:40] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[00:40] Txt**
Itsuki
**[00:45] Yok**
*Dammit!*
**[00:57] Mut**
Fuurin Academy
**[00:57] Mut**
Fuurin Academy
**[00:57] Mut**
Itsuki
**[01:03] Coa**
* As long as you don't throw weak pitches,*
* they won't be able to hit anything.*
**[01:09] Ani**
*It's goin' outside again.*
**[01:11] Ani**
*That's... what I was waitin' for!*
**[01:18] Ump**
Strike three!
**[01:19] Ump**
You're out!
**[01:21] Ani**
*It...*
**[01:23] Ani**
*It curved?!*
**[01:25] Dai**
A-A breaking ball?!
**[01:32] Ump**
Strike!
**[01:36] Ump**
Strike three! You're out!
**[01:39] Dai**
I'm glad we got three runs right out the gate.
**[01:42] Dai**
With those sliders in the mix,
we won't be hitting much.
**[01:49] Ump**
Strike! You're out!
**[01:51] Ump**
Three outs. Change sides!
**[02:01] Ump**
Dead ball!
**[02:04] Mut**
Huh?
**[02:09] Ump**
Ball two!
**[02:11] Ump**
Ball three!
**[02:18] Ump**
Ball! Four balls!
**[02:28] Mut**
Wh-What are you doing?
**[02:30] Dai**
Around here, I guess?
**[02:37] Dai**
I'm sure you're nervous too,
**[02:39] Dai**
but maybe the issue with your
control is the height of the mound.
**[02:45] Dai**
I checked before the game.
The mound's a bit taller here.
**[02:50] Ani**
What?
**[02:51] Ump**
Play!
**[02:56] Ani**
*The height of the mound?*
**[02:59] Ani**
*Are ya serious?*
**[03:13] Ump**
Strike!
**[03:16] Mut**
It went in?
**[03:21] Mut**
*Seriously?*
**[03:24] Ump**
Strike!
**[03:25] Kat**
She's starting... to get strikes now.
**[03:30] ---**
All right!
**[03:38] Ump**
Out!
**[03:39] Mut**
Yes, a double play!
***SIGN*** Backup
**[05:14] Ump**
Three outs! Change sides!
**[05:17] Mut**
Fuurin Academy
**[05:17] Mut**
Fuurin Academy
**[05:17] Mut**
Itsuki
**[05:17] Chi**
We did it! We made it through.
**[05:20] Dai**
Nice job, Mutsuko.
**[05:22] Mut**
Yeah!
**[05:23] Nish**
What was *that* about?
**[05:24] Nish**
After that timeout,
your control suddenly improved.
**[05:29] Mut**
It's all thanks to Daigo.
**[05:31] Mut**
He suggested adjusting
the height of the mound.
**[05:34] Mut**
That made my pivot leg more stable,
making it easier to pitch.
**[05:37] Nis**
That's all?!
**[05:38] Dai**
You say that like it's minor, but the
pitching motion starts with the pivot leg.
**[05:43] Dai**
If something feels off when you pivot,
it affects everything.
**[05:46] Dai**
That's why I give you exercises that'll
bulk up your core, since your control is weak.
**[05:52] Dai**
If you don't even know that much,
you've still got a long way to go as a pitcher.
**[05:56] Nis**
What'd you say?!
**[05:57] Chi**
Hey, come on now.
You're leading off the inning, Nishina-kun.
**[06:00] Nis**
Oh, uh, right.
**[06:02] Nis**
Thank you.
**[06:04] Dai**
Okay, so Kandori and Anita, you two
are the base coaches this inning.
**[06:08] Dai**
Okay!
**[06:11] Ura**
Hey, man, I thought we came here to
check out Itsuki's ace. What's the deal?
**[06:16] Andy**
I never imagined Yokouchi would
give up three runs in the first inning.
**[06:20] Ura**
When Sakura started, it didn't look good
for her, but she pulled herself together.
**[06:21] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[06:21] Txt**
Urabe Hayato
**[06:21] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[06:21] Txt**
Suzuki Andy
**[06:24] Ura**
Fuurin might be girl-heavy,
but their defense is solid.
**[06:27] Andy**
Yeah. I wonder which way this game will turn.
**[06:31] Ann**
*Batting seventh, right field, Nishina-kun.*
**[06:33] Nis**
All right, let's go.
**[06:36] Ump**
Play!
**[06:38] Guy**
*Finally. A guy at the plate.*
**[06:41] Guy**
* A guy who's been pushed down*
* the order by girls, though.*
**[06:45] Guy**
*He must be a total loser!*
**[06:50] Ump**
Strike!
**[06:52] Ani**
*How the heck did ya know, Shigeno-senpai?*
**[06:55] Ani**
*How* could *ya have known
that was the problem?*
**[06:58] Ani**
* Yer advice got Sakura-senpai*
* back on her feet again.*
**[07:02] Ani**
* Ya made me look like*
* some know-nothin' catcher!*
**[07:11] Ump**
Strike. You're out!
**[07:14] Ann**
*Batting eighth, first base, Tanba-kun.*
**[07:19] Ump**
Strike!
**[07:22] Shi**
*There are no openings to exploit, huh?*
**[07:25] Shi**
* Our players have never*
* even seen a slider like that,*
**[07:29] Shi**
* and his fastballs are so on the money,*
* the strikeouts will come thick and fast.*
**[07:37] Ump**
Strike!
**[07:39] Dai**
*But... we can't just roll over and give up.*
**[07:43] Dai**
* Going forward, we'll face tons of pitchers*
* with breaking balls in their arsenal.*
**[07:49] Ump**
Strike! You're out!
**[07:51] Ann**
*Batting ninth, left field, Shigeno-kun.*
**[07:55] Tan**
No way I'm hitting those.
**[07:56] Shi**
Tanba-san.
**[07:57] Shi**
Let's pick at least one of
those pitches to swing at.
**[08:01] Shi**
You never know. You might get lucky.
**[08:05] Tan**
Oh, y-you're right.
**[08:07] Tan**
Sorry.
**[08:08] Yay**
Since scoring those runs early on,
we've had five consecutive strikeouts.
**[08:12] Tao**
Huh? Seriously?
**[08:14] Mut**
It's worse than that.
Nobody's even brushed the ball.
**[08:19] Yok**
* Looks like I don't have to worry*
* about giving up any more runs.*
**[08:22] Yok**
* I'll finish this up real quick so we can*
* turn the tide and come out on top.*
**[08:34] Ump**
Strike!
**[08:51] Yok**
*You can't touch me.*
**[08:56] Ump**
Strike two!
**[08:59] Mura**
* I'd say, out of all of their batters,*
* this 9th hitter has the sharpest swing.*
**[09:09] Ump**
Ball!
**[09:11] Tao**
Nice, nice! Good eye!
**[09:15] Ump**
Ball!
**[09:16] Ump**
Two balls, two strikes!
**[09:18] Dai**
*That was close.*
**[09:20] Har**
*This guy doesn't swing at borderline pitches.*
**[09:23] Har**
* In that case, let's end this with*
* a slider into the strike zone.*
**[09:26] Yok**
*Gotcha.*
**[09:41] Ump**
Foul ball!
**[09:44] Mut**
He made contact!
**[09:49] Guy**
Seriously?
**[09:53] Guy**
*Don't look so smug!*
**[09:57] Ump**
Foul!
**[09:59] Tao**
He hit it again!
**[10:09] Ump**
Strike!
**[10:10] Ump**
You're out!
**[10:13] Mut**
So close!
**[10:14] Ump**
Three outs!
**[10:16] Ump**
Change sides!
**[10:20] Mut**
You were so close!
**[10:21] Mut**
You really got a read on that slider.
**[10:24] Dai**
That last one was dead straight.
**[10:26] Dai**
I couldn't react and foul it off.
**[10:29] Tan**
I couldn't swing earlier
because of my nerves.
**[10:32] Tan**
Next time, I'll go all-out too, Captain.
**[10:35] Dai**
Yes, please do!
**[10:37] Mut**
Fuurin Academy
**[10:37] Mut**
Fuurin Academy
**[10:37] Mut**
Itsuki
**[10:51] Ump**
Out!
**[10:53] Tai**
Nice pitching!
**[10:54] Nan**
Two outs! Two outs!
**[10:56] Ann**
*Batting seventh, first base, Katahira-kun.*
**[10:59] Kat**
Let's go!
**[11:01] Ani**
*This team don't know how to bat.*
**[11:04] Ani**
* They're swingin' at all*
* her sliders and sinkers.*
**[11:12] Kan**
*Here it comes!*
**[11:22] Ump**
Out!
**[11:25] Guys**
Seriously?
**[11:26] Guys**
The hell?! That arm is nuts!
**[11:27] Guys**
That was scary fast!
**[11:31] Coach**
* I told my guys to go after the breaking balls,*
* but her pitches are clean and targeted.*
**[11:37] Coach**
* Getting hits against*
* this team won't be easy.*
**[11:40] Coach**
* Which means we need at least*
* one run on the board before Fuurin*
**[11:44] Coach**
*gets used to Yokouchi's pitches.*
**[11:45] Mut**
Fuurin Academy
**[11:45] Mut**
Fuurin Academy
**[11:45] Mut**
Itsuki
**[11:52] Ani**
* They oughta've figured out by now*
* that she's got two kindsa pitches.*
**[11:58] Ani**
* They'll pick 'n' choose what to swing at*
* when they go thru' the order again.*
**[12:02] Guy**
Hello.
**[12:05] Guy**
Bring it!
**[12:06] Mut**
* In the first, I gifted them a walk,*
* but since then, it's been a no-hit game.*
**[12:12] Mut**
* I was worried my pitching*
* wouldn't be good enough...*
**[12:18] Ump**
Strike!
**[12:20] Mut**
*...but maybe it is after all!*
**[12:26] Mut**
Catcher!
**[12:28] Ani**
I got it!
**[12:30] Ump**
Out!
**[12:32] Guy**
I'm sorry.
**[12:33] Guy**
I thought I aimed for the bottom
of the ball with that swing.
**[12:36] Mur**
What did you expect?
**[12:38] Mur**
If you hit the bottom
of a fastball, it pops up.
**[12:41] Mur**
They've started throwing fastballs
the second time down the order.
**[12:47] Mur**
Fuurin's battery is pretty slick.
**[12:49] Ani**
Nice pitchin'!
**[12:51] Ura**
Looks like Sakura's found her groove.
**[12:53] Andy**
Yeah. But who knows if she can
keep this up the whole game.
**[13:00] Dai**
*Keep it up, Mutsuko.*
**[13:04] Mut**
First!
**[13:05] Mut**
Got it!
**[13:13] Ump**
Safe!
**[13:14] Guy**
Yeah!
**[13:17] Mut**
Don't worry about it!
**[13:18] Tan**
I-I'm sorry.
**[13:20] Ann**
*Batting fourth, pitcher, Yokouchi-kun.*
**[13:21] Yok**
Yes!
**[13:22] Yok**
Okay, bring it!
**[13:24] Yok**
*Damn...*
**[13:26] Yok**
* I can't let myself be beaten by a girl,*
* even if she is kinda cute!*
**[13:38] Tao**
Second!
**[13:48] Dai**
Tanba-san...
**[14:02] Tsu**
Tanba-san!
**[14:04] Tsu**
Hello? Tanba-san!
**[14:05] Tsu**
Tanba-senpai!
**[14:08] Tsu**
Are you all right?
**[14:10] Tan**
I-I'm sorry.
**[14:11] Tan**
That double play would've ended the inning.
**[14:13] Ani**
What're ya playin' at?
**[14:15] Ani**
No more back-to-back errors, y'hear?
**[14:18] Dai**
*This is bad.*
**[14:20] Dai**
*Tanba-san's worries are coming to pass...*
**[14:24] Ann**
*Batting fifth, third base, Kagaya-kun.*
**[14:24] Ani**
Let's keep it tight!
**[14:27] Guys**
Get 'em!
**[14:29] Guys**
Hit it!
**[14:33] Kag**
Okay, let's go!
**[14:35] Coach**
* Looks like their first baseman*
* is the weak link in their defence.*
**[14:39] Coach**
*I want runners on second and third at least.*
**[14:48] Yok**
*Aw, rats.*
**[14:49] Yok**
*Did I get too much on it?*
**[14:52] Ani**
Third!
**[14:57] Tan**
* It was the final game*
* last year's team played in.*
**[15:00] Tan**
* A make-or-break game*
* to qualify for Regionals.*
**[15:04] (Flashback) Guy**
Third!
**[15:06] Tan**
*All right!*
**[15:07] Tan**
*We win!*
**[15:09] Tan**
* We're finally realizing our dreams*
* of making it to Regionals!*
**[15:28] (Flashback) Dai**
Throwing yips?
**[15:30] (Flashback) Tan**
You saw it from the stands too, right?
**[15:33] (Flashback) Dai**
Yeah...
**[15:35] (Flashback) Tan**
Ever since then, at crunch moments,
my throwing deserts me.
**[15:40] (Flashback) Tan**
I'll be fine in practice, but in a game,
my body seizes up and I can't throw straight.
**[15:47] (Flashback) Tan**
That's why I'm asking you
to please take me off first.
**[15:51] (Flashback) Tan**
I won't lose it for the team
if I'm in the outfield.
**[15:54] (Flashback) Tan**
Please, Shigeno!
**[15:56] (Flashback) Dai**
Not happening.
**[15:58] (Flashback) Dai**
We'll overcome your yips one throw at a time.
**[16:01] (Flashback) Dai**
You can't just try and live with it.
**[16:13] Kan**
Ow, ow, ow.
**[16:20] (Flashback) Dai**
It's all right.
**[16:23] (Flashback) Dai**
Throwing errors aren't a big deal.
**[16:28] (Flashback) Dai**
We'll back you up as much as we can.
**[16:33] Guys**
For real?
**[16:34] Guys**
That left fielder got there fast!
**[16:47] Ump**
Out!
**[16:51] Tao**
Yes, yes, yes!
**[16:52] Mut**
Nice one, Daigo!
**[16:54] Tan**
*Shigeno...*
**[16:57] Dai**
Okay, okay!
**[16:58] Dai**
That's two outs now! Two outs!
**[17:03] Andy**
That throw just now...
**[17:05] Hon**
Shigeno's arm has improved a lot.
**[17:09] Ann**
*Batting sixth, right field, Fujioka-kun.*
**[17:14] Yok**
Fujioka!
**[17:15] Yok**
We've still got a chance!
**[17:24] Mut**
Tanba-san!
**[17:29] Ump**
Out!
**[17:30] Ump**
Three outs!
**[17:31] Ump**
Change sides!
**[17:33] Dai**
Tanba-san!
**[17:35] Dai**
Nice play!
**[17:36] Tan**
Yeah!
**[17:40] And**
Shigeno's play brought that first
baseman back from the brink.
**[17:43] Ura**
Yeah.
**[17:48] (Flashback) Coa**
Foul, foul!
**[17:53] Ura**
*Stop it.*
**[17:56] (Flashback) Coa**
Foul.
**[17:58] Ura**
*Just stop, already!*
**[17:59] Ura**
*Why are you still fighting so hard?!*
**[18:02] Ura**
*We already know they've won!*
**[18:04] Ura**
*Just let the game end already!*
**[18:06] (Flashback) Coa**
Ball!
**[18:07] (Flashback) Coa**
Ball four!
**[18:10] Hon**
That side of him hasn't changed one bit.
**[18:13] Andi**
Huh?
**[18:14] Hon**
You really don't want
a guy like him as your rival.
**[18:19] Andi**
Yeah.
**[18:23] Tan**
Here's our chance!
**[18:25] Chi**
Go, Shigeno-senpai!
**[18:32] Tao**
It's gone!
**[18:33] Tao**
Keep going, keep going!
**[18:41] Ump**
Safe! Safe!
**[18:43] Girls**
All right!
**[18:45] Girls**
Not bad, Captain!
**[18:59] You**
*Th-This can't be happening!*
**[19:02] You**
*We can't lose to a team full of girls!*
**[19:19] Ump**
Out!
**[19:20] Ump**
That's game!
**[19:29] Girls**
Awesome!
**[19:34] Teach**
I mean, really?
**[19:35] Teach**
Why the hell are they winning?
**[19:37] Mut**
Itsuki
**[19:37] Mut**
Fuurin Academy
**[19:37] Mut**
Fuurin Academy
**[19:37] Ura**
They beat Itsuki, who're always in the semis,
in a called game after six?
**[19:42] Andi**
Sakura did pretty well.
**[19:44] Andi**
I don't know if she'll be pitching next game,
**[19:47] Andi**
but if we're their opponents,
they won't get such an easy ride.
**[19:50] Ura**
You said it.
**[19:51] Coa**
Urabe! Andy!
**[19:53] Coa**
We're going.
**[19:54] Ura**
Yes, sir.
**[19:56] Ura**
Who woulda guessed we'd be going up
against Shigeno and his team here?
**[19:59] Andi**
Before that, we have to make it through
our game. Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
**[20:04] Ura**
Yeah, yeah, I know.
**[20:05] Mut**
Fuurin Academy
**[20:05] Mut**
Fuurin Academy
**[20:05] Mut**
Itsuki
**[20:11] Dai**
Our next opponent will be either
Seiwa Middle or Koutou Middle.
**[20:11] Dai**
Yanagawa
**[20:11] Dai**
Yanagawa
**[20:11] Dai**
Itsuki
**[20:11] Dai**
Itsuki
**[20:11] Dai**
Fuurin
**[20:11] Dai**
Fuurin
**[20:11] Dai**
Koutou
**[20:11] Dai**
Koutou
**[20:11] Dai**
Seiwa
**[20:11] Dai**
Seiwa
**[20:15] Dai**
Urabe and Andy play for Seiwa.
**[20:19] Dai**
No surprise that, even as second-years,
they're pivotal to their team.
**[20:19] Dai**
Moriguchi
**[20:19] Dai**
Miyada
**[20:19] Dai**
Urabe
**[20:19] Dai**
Suzuki
**[20:19] Dai**
Takahata
**[20:19] Dai**
Hirai
**[20:19] Dai**
Seiwa
**[20:23] Ani**
Ah, I figured ya'd be up here.
**[20:27] Dai**
Huh? What are you two still doing here?
I said you could go home.
**[20:30] Ani**
And why the heck didya do that?
**[20:32] Ani**
If ya were plannin' on scoutin' out
the other teams, you shoulda told us.
**[20:36] Ani**
That's jus' selfish, Captain!
**[20:38] Mut**
That's right! *Really* selfish, Captain.
**[20:41] Dai**
Oh, uh, I just figured you two would be tired.
**[20:44] Txt**
Koutou
**[20:44] Txt**
Seiwa
**[20:45] Ump**
Play!
**[20:46] All**
Let's go!
**[20:49] Dai**
Urabe's their ace, but he's on third.
**[20:53] Dai**
Their number 11 is their starting pitcher today,
**[20:55] Dai**
so there's a high chance Urabe
will pitch against us tomorrow.
**[20:59] Mut**
Doesn't that mean we won't
get to see him pitch today?
**[21:03] Mut**
He's gotten really tall, though.
**[21:05] Ani**
What's this? You know this fella?
**[21:07] Mut**
Yeah. We used to be teammates
back in grade school.
**[21:12] Ani**
Oh, that reminds me, Shigeno-senpai.
**[21:13] Ani**
Who's gonna start for us tomorrow?
**[21:16] Dai**
I know it means pitching back-to-back
games, but Mutsuko's on the mound.
**[21:19] Dai**
We only needed seventy pitches today.
**[21:21] Dai**
You'll be okay, right?
**[21:22] Mut**
Yup! I've got more in the tank.
**[21:25] Mut**
And if we win,
**[21:26] Mut**
I'll pitch in the semi-final and the final
the next day, and any game after that!
**[21:31] Ani**
Ya ain't allowed to pitch
twice on the same day.
**[21:36] Dai**
Well, we'll worry about day three
if we make it through tomorrow.
**[21:53] Ump**
Strike! You're out!
**[21:56] Txt**
Koutou
**[21:56] Txt**
Seiwa
**[21:56] Ump**
And that's game.
**[21:59] Dai**
Ten to two.
**[22:00] Dai**
They called it in the fifth.
**[22:02] Ani**
Waste o' time.
**[22:03] Ani**
It ain't like Seiwa was strong.
**[22:05] Ani**
The other team was jus' weak, makin' error
after error, so we ain't learned a thing.
**[22:09] Dai**
No, their opponents *were* weak, for sure,
but there's more to it than that.
**[22:14] Dai**
Hits
**[22:14] Dai**
Steals
**[22:14] Dai**
Sacrifices
**[22:14] Dai**
Walks
**[22:15] Dai**
In just four innings,
**[22:17] Dai**
they stole eleven times and sacrificed
seven times. That's not normal.
**[22:21] Mut**
What do you mean?
**[22:24] Dai**
Seiwa plays hit-and-run, small ball baseball!
**[24:00] Dai**
If we want to beat Seiwa,
we have to stop them in their tracks.
**[24:03] Mut**
I'm not all that good at pickoffs, though...
**[24:08] Mut**
That's why we're doing special training.
**[24:09] Mut**
We only have one day, but let's give it a go.
**[24:12] Mut**
Give it a go, huh?
**[24:15] Mut**
This brings back memories of when
I first started practicing pitching.
***SIGN*** Mutsuko's Special Training
**[24:20] Dai**
Next time: "Mutsuko's Special Training."
**[24:22] Mut**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
# E7 - Mutsuko's Special Training
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYXJPDG06/mutsukos-special-training)
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Baseball Team
**[00:01] Tao**
Seriously, what the hell?
**[00:03] Tao**
I was chilling out at home after the game.
Why are we all back here again?
**[00:07] Kan**
Seems our second round opponents
tomorrow, Seiwa Middle, are crazy good.
**[00:12] Kan**
They beat Koutou Middle 10-2
in a game called after the fifth.
**[00:16] Tao**
Wow.
**[00:17] Tao**
I thought Koutou and Seiwa
were supposed to be evenly matched.
**[00:21] Yay**
I heard they found a coach who
knows his stuff a few years back.
**[00:25] Yay**
They scored ten runs, but their playstyle
revolves entirely around small ball.
**[00:31] Tao**
Small ball?
**[02:03] Dai**
Seiwa Middle are
stronger than I anticipated.
***SIGN*** Mutsuko's Special Training
**[02:07] Dai**
I called you all here so we can come up
with ways to deal with their offense.
**[02:10] Dai**
In particular, their base stealing.
**[02:13] Nis**
Base stealing?
**[02:16] Dai**
The main focus of their batters
will be getting runners on base.
**[02:21] Dai**
And once on base, they'll attempt
to steal at every opportunity.
**[02:25] Dai**
Bunts will be a factor, too.
**[02:26] Dai**
As soon as they see any kind of opening,
they'll try to advance the runners.
**[02:29] Dai**
Aside from their cleanup,
they're all fast runners.
**[02:32] Tao**
You sure the other team's catcher
wasn't just bad?
**[02:35] Yay**
That's totally a thing. If the catcher sucks,
you can steal bases for fun.
**[02:40] Chi**
I don't think Anita will
give them such an easy ride.
**[02:44] Ani**
Darn tootin'!
**[02:46] Ani**
I tol' him straight up my arm'd stop 'em
runnin' as freely as they did in that game.
**[02:50] Ani**
But Cap's still insistin'
we practice stoppin' 'em.
**[02:53] Dai**
The catcher's arm isn't the only thing
that prevents base stealing.
**[02:57] Dai**
The pitcher needs to do
slide steps and pickoffs.
**[03:00] Dai**
The catcher can't do it alone.
**[03:03] Mut**
Pickoffs aren't something
I'm comfortable with yet.
**[03:07] Mut**
I have my hands full just
pitching at the batter.
**[03:10] Tan**
Okay, then.
**[03:11] Tan**
If that's how it is, it's best we practice.
**[03:14] Tan**
After all, pickoffs are an
important part of my basework.
**[03:16] Kan**
Oh, yeah.
**[03:18] Yay**
Well, we're all already here, so might as well.
**[03:21] Tao**
Yeah.
**[03:22] Dai**
We don't have a lot of time,
so I don't know how far we'll get,
**[03:25] Dai**
but let's give it a go.
**[03:27] Mut**
*Give it a go, huh?*
**[03:31] Dai**
All right. Let's start
with first base pickoffs.
**[03:35] Dai**
Chisato, pretend you're on the
opposing team and try stealing a base.
**[03:39] Chi**
Roger.
**[03:41] Dai**
Mutsuko and Anita, do everything
you can to stop Chisato from stealing.
**[03:46] Chi**
We're starting with runners?
**[03:48] Dai**
Yeah, we won't have time otherwise.
**[03:51] Dai**
All right. Play!
**[03:55] Dai**
Balk!
**[03:56] Mut**
Huh?
**[03:57] Dai**
No good. You can't stop halfway on
a pickoff attempt if your foot's on the rubber.
**[04:03] Mut**
My foot's *not* on it. I moved it off.
**[04:05] Dai**
If you don't release,
**[04:06] Dai**
you have to step way back from
the rubber or a balk gets called.
**[04:10] Dai**
You didn't do that just then, so you
should've committed to throwing it to first.
**[04:15] Dai**
All right, let's go again.
**[04:17] Mut**
R-Right...
**[04:20] Mut**
*This is hard.*
**[04:21] Mut**
* It's super hard concentrating on the runner*
* and slide stepping and all that junk...*
**[04:29] Dai**
Balk!
**[04:30] Mut**
Again?!
**[04:31] Dai**
Not "again." A balk's a balk whenever it's called.
**[04:35] Dai**
When you step out with your left foot,
**[04:37] Dai**
you have to point it at
first base, but you didn't.
**[04:42] Dai**
You rushed your throw
and only twisted from the waist.
**[04:45] Dai**
And what's more, your swivel was too slow.
**[04:48] Dai**
Chisato strolled back to first.
**[04:51] Dai**
If you throw like that, you'll embolden
the runners, and they'll take bigger leads.
**[04:55] Dai**
You need to speed it up.
**[04:57] Dai**
All right. Again.
**[04:58] Mut**
*What a nag.*
**[05:00] Mut**
*I'm trying my best here...*
**[05:05] Dai**
Balk!
**[05:05] Mut**
Huh?
**[05:07] Chi**
Heya.
**[05:09] Dai**
Your glove didn't come to a stop.
**[05:11] Dai**
In the set position, a balk's called if your
glove doesn't come to a complete stop.
**[05:17] Dai**
All right. Again!
**[05:19] Mut**
*And there we have it.*
**[05:20] Mut**
* When Daigo says, "let's give it a go,"*
* it's never a casual training session.*
***SIGN*** Six Months Ago
**[05:28] Dai**
Since the baseball team is just us six now,
**[05:31] Dai**
I'd like to preliminarily decide positions
so we can run defense drills and so on.
**[05:37] Dai**
First, Tanba-san. You were a starter on
third last year, so I'd like you to stay there.
**[05:42] Tan**
S-Sure.
**[05:43] Yay**
I'll take second.
**[05:45] Yay**
Shortstop for me, then.
**[05:46] Mut**
Ooh! Outfield for me please!
**[05:48] Kan**
Anywhere's fine as long as I get game-time.
**[05:52] Tao**
First base is free.
**[05:54] Kan**
Th-Then, first it is!
**[05:59] Mut**
Pitcher?
**[06:01] Dai**
Yeah. We don't have a pitcher right now, you see.
**[06:05] Mut**
Well, yeah, but I'm sure one of
the new sign-ups in spring will want to pitch.
**[06:11] Dai**
Spring's way too late.
**[06:13] Dai**
We won't know if we can
throw them straight into a game,
**[06:15] Dai**
so we need to train up at least
one pitcher from our current roster.
**[06:22] Dai**
Based on skill, I think either Tao
or Sawa-san will be our best bet.
**[06:28] Dai**
They're both talented, so I think
they'd pick it up quite quickly.
**[06:32] Tao**
Excuse me? No way am I gonna pitch!
**[06:35] Dai**
Huh?
**[06:36] Tao**
Since Little League,
I've only ever played shortstop!
**[06:40] Tao**
I have zero interest in
playing any other position.
**[06:43] Dai**
Right... Sawa-san, what about—
**[06:45] Tao**
Nope and nope!
**[06:46] Tao**
You can't split up the Yayoi-Tao
middle-infielder dream team.
**[06:50] Yay**
Sorry, Shigeno.
**[06:52] Yay**
I also have zero interest in pitching.
**[06:57] Mut**
Shigeno-kun!
**[06:59] Mut**
Did Tao and Yayoi agree to pitch?
**[07:02] Dai**
Nope. Both said no.
**[07:04] Mut**
So what are we going to do?
**[07:06] Dai**
Well, I can't force anyone into doing it.
**[07:09] Dai**
Oh well. Guess it's back
to the drawing board.
**[07:12] Dai**
Second!
**[07:18] Dai**
Okay!
**[07:19] Dai**
First!
**[07:20] Kan**
Bring it on!
**[07:27] Tao**
Whoa! Kandori, that's some arm you've got!
**[07:31] Kan**
You think so?
**[07:32] Yay**
First isn't the place for an arm like that.
**[07:34] Tan**
Oh, how about third, then?
**[07:38] Kan**
Third, huh? That sounds kinda cool...
**[07:43] Dai**
Forget bases for now.
Can you throw a fastball at me?
**[07:47] Kan**
M-Me? Pitch? Really?
**[07:50] Mut**
Kan-chan as a pitcher, huh?
I never even considered her.
**[07:53] Tao**
With your arm, pitching might
suit you down to the ground.
**[07:56] Kan**
Uh, r-right.
**[07:59] Kan**
Here I go!
**[08:01] Dai**
Okay!
**[08:08] Dai**
*Not bad.*
**[08:10] Dai**
Good. Keep 'em coming!
**[08:14] Kan**
Uh, okay.
**[08:30] All**
Dead already?
**[08:33] Dai**
Maybe I was being a bit unreasonable...
**[08:41] Kan**
Too much, too much.
**[08:46] Dai**
Good work today.
**[08:47] Mut**
Yeah, you too. Good work.
**[08:51] Dai**
Hey, Sakura.
**[08:54] Dai**
How do you feel about
pitching from tomorrow?
**[08:57] Dai**
You have amazing control...
when we play catch.
**[09:03] Mut**
Yikes, you're asking *me* now?
**[09:05] Mut**
What is this? Eenie, meenie, miney, moe?
**[09:09] Dai**
I didn't realize it until now, but I think
you'd take to pitching quite easily.
**[09:18] Mut**
N-No way! Not happening!
**[09:20] Mut**
My throws are slow, and all eyes are
on you when you're on the mound!
**[09:23] Mut**
Just get Tao or Yayoi to do it!
Or maybe get Kan-chan to train up a bit...
**[09:27] Mut**
Whatever you do,
there's absolutely no *way* I can do it!
**[09:39] (Flashback) Dai**
Just give it a go.
**[09:40] (Flashback) Dai**
I'll help you out.
**[09:43] (Flashback) Dai**
If you want, you can throw as many pitches
as you like at me every single day.
**[09:52] Mut**
Me... pitching...
**[09:57] Dai**
Since it's your first time,
let's give it a go and see how we do.
**[10:02] Mut**
*Give it a go, huh?*
**[10:05] Mut**
All right.
**[10:12] Dai**
*She has good form.*
**[10:21] Dai**
Okay, nice ball!
**[10:25] Mut**
Uh, right!
**[10:27] Tao**
What's going on here?
First Kandori, then Mutsuko.
**[10:31] Tao**
Shigeno's kind of all over the place.
**[10:33] Yay**
This might not be a bad idea, though.
**[10:35] Kan**
I like third better, I think.
**[10:44] Dai**
Sakura.
**[10:45] Dai**
Try to consciously transfer more of your
weight to your front leg as you throw.
**[10:50] Mut**
Okay, I'll try!
**[10:59] Mut**
*Wait, wasn't this meant to be casual?*
**[11:05] Mut**
I need... a breather.
**[11:07] Dai**
We can call it a day there.
**[11:10] Dai**
Your core's pretty weak.
**[11:13] Dai**
Daily runs every morning and
after practice should fix that.
**[11:18] Mut**
What?!
**[11:45] Dai**
This is your first time
pitching to a batter,
**[11:48] Dai**
but just aim for my mitt like always.
**[11:50] Mut**
Right!
**[11:56] Tao**
Whoa! That was real nice!
**[12:02] Tao**
High to the inside this time!
You've got good control, Mutsuko!
**[12:09] Dai**
Don't just admire them.
**[12:10] Dai**
This is batting practice too, you know.
You're meant to try and hit them.
**[12:14] Tao**
Oh, I have permission to hit them?
**[12:39] Dai**
Okay, nice pitching.
**[12:41] Mut**
What was "nice" about *that*?!
They hit every single one!
**[12:44] Mut**
It's pretty obvious I'm not
cut out to be a pitcher.
**[12:48] Dai**
Yeah, but you were only throwing fastballs.
**[12:50] Dai**
That's why we're going to add
more weapons to your arsenal.
**[12:52] Mut**
What?
**[12:54] Dai**
Can you come over to my house tomorrow?
It's Saturday and all.
**[12:58] Txt**
Shigeno
**[12:58] Txt**
Shigeno
**[13:04] Dai**
What's with that outfit?
**[13:06] Mut**
Huh? Well, uh, I mean,
you told me not to wear a skirt.
**[13:10] Dai**
Well, whatever. Get on over here.
**[13:14] Mut**
Wait, didn't you have a pool here before?
**[13:18] Dai**
Yeah, but we got rid of it
so we'd have more room to practice.
**[13:22] Mut**
Wow.
**[13:23] Mut**
*I swear, rich people...*
**[13:25] Izu**
Good to see you!
**[13:27] Mut**
H-Hello!
**[13:29] Izu**
We haven't properly met yet, have we?
**[13:31] Izu**
I'm Izumi, Daigo's big sis and
former Fuurin Middle baseball player.
**[13:35] Izu**
Thank you for looking out for my brother.
**[13:38] Mut**
O-Oh, no problem.
**[13:39] Mut**
My name is Sakura Mutsuko.
**[13:41] Mut**
I've heard so much about you
from Tanba-san and the others.
**[13:45] Mut**
I'm a big fan!
**[13:48] Izu**
Stop, you're embarrassing me.
**[13:49] Izu**
I guess, unlike my bro,
*I* didn't drag the team down.
**[13:54] Dai**
I wanted you to learn
how to throw breaking balls.
**[13:58] Dai**
I figured seeing them up
close was the easiest way.
**[14:00] Dai**
Breaking balls?
**[14:04] Dai**
Pay attention to how the ball moves.
**[14:05] Mut**
Okay.
**[14:08] Izu**
Here it comes.
**[14:15] Mut**
A-Amazing! It curved!
**[14:17] Dai**
That was a slider.
**[14:19] Dai**
This is the weapon that will
make your fastballs shine.
**[14:22] Mut**
Yeah, I wanna learn how
to do that. Please teach me!
**[14:25] Mut**
Put your middle finger on the stitching.
**[14:27] Mut**
Yeah, like that.
**[14:29] Mut**
Don't twist. Slice it like... this.
**[14:32] Mut**
Don't twist, slice.
**[14:34] Dai**
Okay! Now you give it a try.
**[14:41] Dai**
Great! That curved.
**[14:44] Mut**
Really? Awesome!
**[14:45] Izu**
Hey, good pitch.
**[14:47] Izu**
For a first go, that was
excellent, Mutsuko-chan.
**[14:50] Mut**
Thank you so much!
**[14:57] Izu**
Nice, Mutsuko-chan!
**[15:00] Izu**
Good, Mutsuko-chan!
**[15:05] Izu**
That's it, Mutsuko!
**[15:08] Izu**
Good, Mutsuko!
**[15:15] Mut**
I-I'm sorry, Shigeno-kun! Are you okay?!
**[15:17] Dai**
That was awesome, Mutsuko!
**[15:19] Dai**
That slider just now was *perfect*!
**[15:22] Dai**
You've come on leaps and bounds.
Let's keep this up!
**[15:25] Dai**
I'll catch all your pitches.
**[15:29] Mut**
Okay!
**[15:31] Kao**
Okay, time to take a break
and have some tea.
**[15:34] Izu**
Good luck with that. Those two can't
hear you. They're totally in the zone.
**[15:38] Kao**
Oh, my.
**[15:40] Dai**
You're only using your hand
and trying to force it to curve.
**[15:43] Dai**
Try using your arm more.
**[15:45] Kao**
Aw, don't they look so cute together?
**[15:48] Izu**
Yeah. You picked up on those vibes too?
**[15:51] Izu**
And you know something?
**[15:52] Izu**
I get the feeling, if anything,
Mutsuko-chan's the one who's interested.
**[15:56] Kao**
Oh, really? And what about Daigo?
**[15:58] Izu**
He's useless. He's totally oblivious.
**[16:01] Kao**
Oh, boy.
**[16:03] Kao**
Like father, like son.
**[16:15] Dai**
Nice ball!
**[16:16] Izu**
I didn't think you'd pick it up this quickly.
**[16:19] Izu**
You're a natural at pitching, Mutsuko-chan!
**[16:22] Mut**
You think so?!
**[16:24] Izu**
Yep. You might become their trusty ace yet.
**[16:27] Mut**
Yay!
**[16:29] Dai**
Well, it's not game-ready just yet.
**[16:32] Izu**
That depends entirely on you.
**[16:35] Dai**
Ow.
**[16:40] Dai**
All right. Should we get back to it?
**[16:43] Izu**
This is another kind of grip.
**[16:46] Mut**
That one looks difficult.
**[16:48] Izu**
With how you pitch, I think
you'll actually find it pretty easy.
**[16:51] Dai**
Sis, what are you showing her?
**[16:54] Izu**
The sinker. I mean, I think it's time
she learned another breaking ball.
**[16:59] Dai**
Hold on. It's too soon.
She only just learned the slider.
**[17:03] Izu**
Why? It's better to have more
weapons at your disposal.
**[17:07] Dai**
That's true, but breaking balls already
put a strain on the shoulder and elbow.
**[17:12] Izu**
That's why I'm showing her the pitches
that put the least strain on those areas.
**[17:16] Dai**
Instead of learning them all at once,
it's better to get them down pat, one by one.
**[17:21] Izu**
You don't have time for that.
**[17:24] Izu**
You want to use them in the spring, right?
**[17:24] Mut**
Um, Shigeno-kun?
**[17:26] Dai**
I've made my own calculations!
**[17:29] Izu**
Okay, then let's hear them!
**[17:31] Dai**
It's none of your business!
**[17:32] Mut**
Shigeno-kun, I...
**[17:33] Izu**
Ah, but you're not a pitcher!
Mutsuko-chan's the one pitching!
**[17:38] Dai**
There are things the catcher
can see more clearly!
**[17:40] Mut**
Please stop, Shigeno-kun.
**[17:41] Izu**
I'm telling you it's not
your place to decide!
**[17:44] Dai**
I'm the captain of the Fuurin baseball team!
**[17:45] Mut**
Shigeno-kun.
**[17:47] Mut**
Shigeno!
**[17:49] Izu**
Yeah?
**[17:49] Dai**
What is it?
**[17:50] Mut**
Um, uh...
**[17:52] Izu**
See? She's all flustered because of you!
**[17:54] Dai**
Huh?! It's because you're going overboard!
**[17:57] Dai**
Teaching her stuff we didn't even ask for!
**[17:57] Mut**
*They're both called Shigeno...*
**[17:59] Izu**
Who do you think you are?! You're just Daigo!
**[18:02] Dai**
What the hell does that mean?
**[18:03] Dai**
Anyway, you're butting in
where you don't belong!
**[18:03] Mut**
Da... Da... Da...
**[18:06] Mut**
Shut the hell up, Daigo!
**[18:07] Dai**
No, you shut up!
**[18:09] Mut**
Daigo!
**[18:13] Izu**
*Oh, wow. She called him by his first name?*
**[18:17] Mut**
U-Um, I... want to be useful
sooner rather than later,
**[18:22] Mut**
so I'd like to learn the sinker.
**[18:24] Mut**
Okay, Daigo?
**[18:28] Mut**
*I used his first name for the first time.*
**[18:31] Dai**
Oh, really? Well, if you're
all right with it, let's get to it!
**[18:40] Izu**
*Yup, thought so.*
**[18:42] Izu**
* It's classic Daigo, failing to notice how*
* much this girl's heart is pounding.*
**[18:51] Dai**
Nice ball!
**[18:52] Dai**
You're getting into your groove, Mutsuko!
**[18:54] Sign**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[18:54] Sign**
Fuurin Academy Private Middle School
**[19:00] Dai**
All right!
**[19:06] Tao**
Mutsuko's pitching is evolving fast.
**[19:10] Yay**
If you add breaking balls to her precision,
nobody's getting a clean hit.
**[19:14] Kan**
Is that "Coach" Shigeno's doing?
**[19:17] Mut**
Hey, Daigo.
**[19:19] Mut**
How were my sliders today?
**[19:21] Mut**
I tried holding on
to the ball a bit longer.
**[19:25] Dai**
Yeah, I think that'll
increase their precision.
**[19:29] Muts**
You think so too?
**[19:39] Tao**
Good work, Daigo.
**[19:40] Yay**
See you, Daigo.
**[19:42] Kan**
We're off, Daigo.
**[19:44] Dai**
What's that about?
**[19:46] Tan**
All the girls are calling Shigeno
by his first name now.
**[19:49] Tan**
Do they think he's a mascot?
**[19:54] Mut**
It made me happy that I was able
to get Tao and Yayoi out today.
**[19:58] Dai**
Once your accuracy with breaking balls
improves, you'll get even more outs.
**[20:03] Mut**
But if someone amazing
joins the team in the spring,
**[20:07] Mut**
I won't be pitching anymore.
**[20:10] Dai**
You're honestly worried about that?
**[20:14] Dai**
In no time at all, your pitching
has improved by a crazy amount.
**[20:18] Dai**
I believe in your abilities, Mutsuko.
And anyway, I consider you Fuurin's ace now.
**[20:25] Mut**
*He keeps calling me Mutsuko...*
**[20:28] Mut**
Okay!
**[20:32] Dai**
See you tomorrow.
**[20:33] Mut**
See you, Daigo.
**[20:39] Dai**
Mutsuko, when did you start
calling me by my first name?
**[20:43] Dai**
The other girls do it now, too...
**[20:46] Dai**
Well, not that it matters.
**[20:48] Dai**
See ya!
**[20:50] Mut**
You only just realized *now*?!
**[20:59] Chi**
Heya.
**[21:01] Dai**
All right. Again!
**[21:03] Mut**
Again?!
**[21:04] Ani**
Senpai, she ain't gettin'
it perfect by tomorrow.
**[21:08] Ani**
All this'll do is make us
self-destruct 'cause we're focusin'
**[21:11] Ani**
on the runner an' forgettin' 'bout the batter!
**[21:13] Nis**
Yeah. As a pitcher, I agree with what she said.
**[21:17] Nis**
It's impossible to learn quick pickoffs
and slide steps in one day.
**[21:23] Nis**
Someone who's never pitched
before wouldn't understand.
**[21:26] Dai**
I never said this was going to be easy.
**[21:30] Dai**
But as we're up against a running team,
I want to take the fight to them!
**[21:36] Dai**
If we can't shackle Seiwa's runners,
we will lose tomorrow.
**[21:41] Dai**
We still have time.
**[21:43] Dai**
You can never be fully prepared,
**[21:46] Dai**
but if there's still stuff we can do,
I want to do it before we take them on!
**[21:53] Mut**
It's all good. Let's get on with it already, Daigo.
**[21:56] Mut**
The sun's starting to go down.
**[21:59] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[21:59] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[21:59] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[21:59] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[21:59] Txt**
Mifune Seiwa Middle School
**[21:59] Txt**
Mifune Seiwa Middle School
**[22:03] And**
Okay, last one. We'll call it a day after.
**[22:06] Ura**
What, stopping already?
**[22:08] And**
I don't want to wear us both out.
**[22:10] And**
Let's go into tomorrow's game
firing on all cylinders.
**[22:15] Ura**
Gotcha.
**[22:17] Ura**
* Shigeno has hardly grown at all*
* since our little league days.*
**[22:21] Ura**
*But me?*
**[22:25] Ura**
*I'm not the same guy I was back then.*
**[24:01] Ura**
Hey, Andy, who do we play
after we beat Fuurin?
**[24:04] And**
What's that, Urabe? You think we've already won?
**[24:07] Ura**
They won't even get near my pitches.
**[24:10] And**
Before that, our small ball might throw them
off their game and make them self-destruct.
**[24:16] Ura**
See? You're confident we're gonna win, too.
**[24:19] And**
Next time: "Extreme Small Ball."
***SIGN*** Extreme Small Ball
**[24:22] And**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
# E8 - Extreme Small Ball
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6790DXVY/extreme-small-ball)
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**[00:01] Dai**
All right. Let's start
with first base pickoffs.
**[00:03] Dai**
Chisato, pretend you're on the
opposing team and try stealing a base.
**[00:08] Chi**
Roger.
**[00:10] Dai**
Mutsuko and Anita, do everything
you can to stop Chisato from stealing.
**[00:15] Chi**
We're starting with runners?
**[00:17] Dai**
Yeah, we won't have time otherwise.
**[00:19] Dai**
All right. Play!
**[00:24] Dai**
Balk!
**[00:25] Mut**
Huh?
**[00:26] Dai**
No good. You can't stop halfway on
a pickoff attempt if your foot's on the rubber.
**[00:36] Dai**
Balk!
**[00:36] Mut**
Again?!
**[00:38] Dai**
You need to speed it up.
**[00:39] Dai**
All right. Again.
**[00:41] Mut**
*What a nag.*
**[00:43] Mut**
*I'm trying my best here...*
**[00:47] Dai**
Balk!
**[00:48] Mut**
Huh?
**[00:50] Chi**
Heya.
**[00:52] Dai**
Your glove didn't come to a stop.
**[00:54] Dai**
In the set position, a balk's called if your
glove doesn't come to a complete stop.
**[01:03] Chi**
Heya.
**[01:05] Dai**
All right. Again!
**[01:06] Mut**
Again?!
**[01:08] Ani**
Senpai, she ain't gettin'
it perfect by tomorrow.
**[01:11] Ani**
All this'll do is make us
self-destruct 'cause we're focusin'
**[01:15] Ani**
on the runner an' forgettin' 'bout the batter!
**[01:17] Nis**
Yeah. As a pitcher, I agree with what she said.
**[01:21] Nis**
It's impossible to learn quick pickoffs
and slide steps in one day.
**[01:27] Nis**
Someone who's never pitched
before wouldn't understand.
**[01:30] Dai**
I never said this was going to be easy.
**[01:34] Dai**
But as we're up against a running team,
I want to take the fight to them!
**[01:40] Dai**
If we can't shackle Seiwa's runners,
we will lose tomorrow.
**[01:45] Dai**
We still have time.
**[01:46] Dai**
You can never be fully prepared,
**[01:49] Dai**
but if there's still stuff we can do,
I want to do it before we take them on!
**[01:57] Mut**
It's all good. Let's get on with it already, Daigo.
**[03:34] ---**
Yanagigawa
**[03:34] ---**
Atsumori
***SIGN*** Extreme Small Ball
**[03:41] Mut**
Sorry I'm late, everyone!
**[03:44] Dai**
Hey, ace! What time d'ya call this?
**[03:49] Mut**
I'm so sorry.
**[03:50] Mut**
I got stuck in traffic.
**[03:52] Tan**
Wait, Shigeno isn't with you?
**[03:55] Mut**
Huh? Uh, no, Daigo isn't with me...
**[03:58] ---**
What?!
**[04:00] Yay**
Oh, boy. Maybe Daigo's goofed this one.
**[04:02] Tao**
Yikes. Does this mean we have to forfeit?
**[04:06] Yam**
*Do I smell the sweet scent of a forfeit?*
**[04:08] Yam**
*Day off, here I come!*
**[04:10] Mut**
Sensei, could you call
Daigo's house for us, please?
**[04:14] Yam**
Oh, uh, right.
**[04:16] Ani**
What the heck's he playin' at?
**[04:18] Ani**
An' he's always actin' so high 'n' mighty...
**[04:20] Dai**
Hey!
**[04:25] Mut**
Daigo?!
**[04:28] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[04:28] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[04:28] Txt**
Seiwa
**[04:29] Dai**
Sorry, my bad.
**[04:30] Dai**
I got here early, so I ended up
watching the game before ours.
**[04:33] Mut**
Jeez. Don't scare us like that, Daigo.
**[04:37] Ani**
*The game before ours?*
**[04:38] Ani**
* The winner of that game is who*
* we're playin' next if we win today.*
**[04:42] Ani**
* He ain't figured out our pitchin' options yet,*
* but he's aimin' to win this all the same.*
**[04:56] Nis**
Uh-oh. That's some fastball he's got.
**[04:58] Yay**
I didn't know Seiwa had a power pitcher.
**[05:01] Ani**
If he's got breakin' balls too,
we're in deep trouble.
**[05:04] Mut**
Urabe-kun's improved a whole lot.
**[05:07] Mut**
We can't afford to let them score.
**[05:10] Dai**
Well, we hardly know
anything about his game,
**[05:13] Dai**
so we should be patient at the plate
and make him throw a lot in the early going.
**[05:17] Dai**
This may end up as a low-scoring game,
**[05:19] Dai**
so every run scored and
every run saved is crucial!
**[05:23] All**
Right!
**[05:25] Ump**
Line up!
**[05:28] Ump**
Bow!
**[05:30] All**
Let's have a good game!
**[05:31] Txt**
Seiwa
**[05:31] Txt**
Moriguchi
**[05:31] Txt**
Miyata
**[05:31] Txt**
Urabe
**[05:32] Ann**
*Batting first, second base, Moriguchi-kun.*
**[05:36] Ump**
Play ball!
**[05:44] Team**
Go, Moriguchi!
**[05:47] Ani**
* The speed of this team's*
* a real pain in the butt.*
**[05:50] Ani**
*We hafta stop their leadoff from gettin' on base.*
**[05:53] Ani**
*Please, Sakura-senpai.*
**[05:55] Ani**
*Don't let this game be as far as we get.*
**[06:03] Ump**
Ball!
**[06:06] Ump**
Strike!
**[06:08] Ump**
Strike!
**[06:12] Ani**
*We got 'im cornered.*
**[06:13] Ani**
* Or more likely, he's tryna get a read*
* on us and ain't interested in swingin'.*
**[06:18] Ani**
*But it takes a lotta nerve and game sense*
**[06:21] Ani**
* to wait till yer back's to*
* the wall before ya swing.*
**[06:24] Ani**
* It ain't somethin' ya can do unless*
* ya got a good eye and a good swing.*
**[06:29] Ani**
*Let's try to paint the black.*
**[06:36] Ump**
Foul!
**[06:39] Ump**
Ball!
**[06:39] Ani**
*I figured this game'd be a chore...*
**[06:41] Ump**
Ball!
**[06:42] Guys**
Nice one, Moriguchi!
**[06:46] Ani**
*...but it looks like we're gonna be here a while.*
**[06:51] Ump**
Ball!
**[06:53] Ump**
Ball four!
**[06:59] Mut**
*Aw, man.*
**[07:01] Mut**
* I was supposed to stop him*
* from getting on base.*
**[07:04] Ann**
*Batting second, center field, Miyata-kun.*
**[07:15] Ani**
*They're at it already, Senpai!*
**[07:17] Ani**
*Let's counter 'em with our own speed!*
**[07:20] (Flashback) Mut**
Huh? What do you mean, "don't do pickoffs"?
**[07:24] (Flashback) Ani**
Whaddaya talkin' 'bout?!
**[07:25] (Flashback) Ani**
Ya made us stay an' practice till this late an'
*now* yer tellin' us: "Yeah, don't bother, 'kay?"
**[07:29] (Flashback) Ani**
Pfeh! Is this a joke?
**[07:31] (Flashback) Mut**
So you're saying my pickoffs
aren't good enough, is that it?
**[07:35] (Flashback) Dai**
No, that's not what I'm saying.
**[07:37] (Flashback) Dai**
Even though we were limited on time,
your pickoffs are pretty fast now.
**[07:41] (Flashback) Ani**
So what's the problem?!
**[07:42] (Flashback) Sai**
The more pickoff attempts you make,
the easier it is for the opponent to run.
**[07:46] (Flashback) Sai**
Going for pickoffs all the time
will get us nowhere.
**[07:49] (Flashback) Mut**
Could you please start making sense, Daigo?
**[07:52] (Flashback) Dai**
When stealing a base,
**[07:54] (Flashback) Dai**
you need to size up the pitcher and
judge how much you can get away with.
**[07:59] (Flashback) Dai**
What I mean is, they have no idea how
quick your pickoffs are, or your technique.
**[08:05] (Flashback) Dai**
Since they're an experienced small ball team,
**[08:07] (Flashback) Dai**
they shouldn't try anything
before they've figured all that out.
**[08:12] Ani**
*What?!*
**[08:13] Ani**
*He's already goin' for it!*
**[08:15] Ump**
Ball!
**[08:21] Ani**
*Was it a feint?*
**[08:23] (Flashback) Dai**
Basically, the more pickoffs you do,
the more the runners get a read on your game.
**[08:29] (Flashback) Dai**
At the start of the game, you want
to give away as little as possible.
**[08:33] Ura**
*Sakura didn't attempt the pickoff.*
**[08:36] Ura**
*But she must know we're a running team.*
**[08:40] Ura**
* That woman on their bench*
* couldn't look less like a coach.*
**[08:45] Ura**
* So is it Fuurin's catcher*
* who's calling the shots?*
**[08:49] Ura**
* Or is it Shigeno,*
* who's listed as their captain?*
**[08:57] Ump**
Strike!
**[08:59] Andi**
She's not going for the pickoff.
**[09:01] Andi**
Even Moriguchi can't steal like that.
**[09:05] Coach**
Then we'll make her throw one.
**[09:19] Mut**
Huh?
**[09:22] Ani**
Seriously?!
**[09:24] Ani**
That's a crazy long lead!
**[09:27] Tai**
Wow. They're really messing with us.
**[09:30] Mut**
*He told me not to attempt any pickoffs...*
**[09:32] Mut**
* But if we get an out from it...*
* it'd be silly not to, right?!*
**[09:37] Ump**
Safe!
**[09:39] Mut**
He ain't out?
**[09:41] Coach**
*Now you've seen our "super lead."*
**[09:43] Coach**
*At first glance, it's a guaranteed out,*
**[09:45] Coach**
* but when your focus is getting back on base,*
* even a lead longer than five meters is doable.*
**[09:50] Coach**
* It's no good for stealing, because the runner*
* bolts back at the first sign of movement,*
**[09:55] Coach**
*but it puts pressure on the battery,*
**[09:57] Coach**
*and it's a great way to rattle your opponent.*
**[10:01] Girl**
Just ignore him, Mutsuko!
Focus on the batter!
**[10:04] Tao**
Yeah! Just let them hit!
**[10:06] Ura**
* If only it was that simple.*
* That's easy for the fielders to say.*
**[10:16] Ump**
Ball!
**[10:18] Ump**
Ball!
**[10:20] Ump**
Ball!
**[10:22] Ump**
Ball four!
**[10:24] Ura**
* Unless the pitcher's really thick-skinned,*
* that just won't fly.*
**[10:30] Kids**
No outs! Runners on first and second!
**[10:33] Ann**
*Batting third, pitcher, Urabe-kun.*
**[10:37] Dai**
*This is bad.*
**[10:38] Dai**
*We're already in a tight spot.*
**[10:42] Coa**
Okay! Let's go, let's go!
**[10:45] Ani**
*No outs. Runners on first an' second.*
**[10:47] Ani**
*What's this small ball team gonna try next?*
**[10:50] Ump**
Play!
**[10:51] Ani**
* At this rate, we're gonna get rolled.*
* I hafta do somethin'!*
**[10:55] (Flashback) Dai**
That said, I don't think we can
afford to forget pickoffs entirely.
**[11:01] (Flashback) Dai**
The important thing is to pick your moment.
**[11:04] (Flashback) Ani**
Pick your moment?
**[11:06] (Flashback) Dai**
Yes. For example, the second baseman
stands a little way from their base,
**[11:11] (Flashback) Dai**
so it entices the runner on second
to take a bigger lead, right?
**[11:14] (Flashback) Dai**
But the distance from the catcher
to third base is quite short,
**[11:18] (Flashback) Dai**
so stealing third's harder
than stealing second,
**[11:20] (Flashback) Dai**
which means, if we can force them to take
shorter leads, baserunning won't be so easy.
**[11:25] (Flashback) Dai**
To put your opponent on guard
so they shorten their leads,
**[11:28] (Flashback) Dai**
you need to show them you're
prepared to attempt a pickoff.
**[11:34] Ump**
Safe!
**[11:37] Dai**
*That's good.*
**[11:38] Dai**
*This team won't give up easily.*
**[11:41] Dai**
* If we play this right, there's a chance*
* we can get a double play here.*
**[11:44] Coa**
*This team's pretty good.*
**[11:47] Coa**
* They've come up with a strategy*
* to counter our small ball.*
**[11:53] Ump**
Ball!
**[11:55] Coa**
* But the more caution you exercise,*
* the more you play into our hands.*
**[11:59] Coa**
* We've been meticulously cultivating*
* this style of play for two years now,*
**[12:03] Coa**
*with the third-years at its heart.*
**[12:06] Coa**
*It's not just about the speed,*
**[12:08] Coa**
* but the heightened skill and awareness*
* that comes with aiming for the next base.*
**[12:11] Coa**
* With this baserunning revolution,*
* our players have started seeing returns.*
**[12:18] Ump**
Ball!
**[12:21] Coa**
*And now they've realized...*
**[12:23] Coa**
* Being fast on your feet*
* cuts your opponents deep.*
**[12:28] Nis**
Come on now...
**[12:30] Dai**
Mutsuko...
**[12:34] Coa**
* They're still middle schoolers. They find it*
* a struggle just to hit and pitch straight.*
**[12:38] Coa**
*With runners drawing their attention,*
**[12:41] Coa**
* it's only natural for the*
* pitcher to lose their rhythm.*
**[12:44] Coa**
*We haven't stolen a single base yet,*
**[12:47] Coa**
* but they've scared*
* themselves into this position.*
**[12:50] Ani**
*Don't fall to pieces, Senpai!*
**[12:53] Ani**
* Ya gotta know ya can't just*
* worry 'bout 'em stealin'!*
**[12:59] Ump**
Ball!
**[13:03] Ump**
Ball!
**[13:04] Ump**
Ball four!
**[13:06] Team**
All right!
**[13:07] Team**
No outs, bases loaded!
**[13:09] Ann**
*Batting fourth, catcher, Suzuki-kun.*
**[13:13] Ani**
*Ya see now? This is what I was sayin' yesterday.*
**[13:17] Ani**
* Like I told ya, get Sakura-senpai worryin'*
* 'bout the runners an' she'll self-destruct.*
**[13:21] Dai**
Anita!
**[13:23] Dai**
Let's step out and take a—
**[13:27] Ump**
Play!
**[13:27] Ani**
Time—
**[13:29] Yay**
Oh boy.
**[13:36] Mut**
*I need to throw a strike...*
**[13:39] Mut**
*A strike!*
**[13:40] Ani**
*We ain't got no choice.*
**[13:42] Ani**
*I'm callin' a timeout after this pitch.*
**[13:44] Mut**
*I have to throw... a strike!*
**[13:53] Dai**
Right field!
**[13:58] Ani**
*They got us.*
**[14:02] Ure**
That's our first run.
**[14:03] Ure**
Right on time.
**[14:05] Coa**
Go!
**[14:12] Coa**
What?!
**[14:13] Mor**
For real?!
**[14:21] Ump**
Safe!
**[14:23] Tan**
Second!
**[14:24] Ani**
I don't think so!
**[14:26] Tan**
All right! He's cornered!
**[14:30] Dai**
Back home!
**[14:36] Ump**
Safe!
**[14:55] Ump**
Strike! You're out!
**[14:59] Ump**
Out!
**[15:01] Ump**
Three outs!
**[15:02] Ump**
Change sides!
**[15:03] Mut**
We did it!
**[15:05] Ura**
A strikeout double-play?
**[15:08] Ura**
I wanted to bag us another run.
**[15:10] And**
That was close.
**[15:11] And**
That catcher's got a decent arm.
**[15:14] Coa**
I told you to run so we could see her arm,
and burn our baserunning into their minds.
**[15:19] Coa**
Two runs without
a base hit is very good.
**[15:21] Coa**
Now, focus on your pitching.
**[15:24] Both**
Yes, sir.
**[15:25] Tao**
Dang. They're way too cocky.
**[15:28] Chi**
Nice job, Anita.
**[15:30] Ani**
Well, at least they're gonna
think twice 'bout stealin' now.
**[15:33] Ani**
Sakura-senpai, ya can stop
gettin' yerself so worked up.
**[15:37] Ani**
I'll cut 'em all down to size,
so stop worryin' an' just pitch.
**[15:41] Ani**
We can't help ya if ya start
workin' yerself up into a panic.
**[15:46] Nis**
Hey, Anita!
**[15:47] Nis**
What the hell was that play earlier?!
**[15:50] Ani**
Huh?
**[15:51] Nis**
Don't just "huh?" me!
**[15:53] Nis**
I'm talking about that
close play on their first run!
**[15:56] Nis**
I threw you a laser beam,
straight as an arrow!
**[16:01] Nis**
But you didn't think I'd throw anything
half as good, so you switched off!
**[16:05] Ani**
As if. I'd never switch off on a play!
**[16:08] Ani**
Where do ya get off, accusin' me like that?
**[16:10] Nis**
'Cause it's true!
**[16:12] Nis**
You were in front of the
plate when you caught it,
**[16:14] Nis**
meaning you were too slow
retiring the runner.
**[16:18] Nis**
You totally underestimated
my throw back to home!
**[16:20] Nis**
And what's more, half of
Sakura-senpai's walks were your fault!
**[16:25] Ani**
What?
**[16:26] Nis**
You got her to paint the
corners from the first ball,
**[16:28] Nis**
before she had time to find her groove.
**[16:32] Nis**
Everyone could see the batters
were watching her pitches,
**[16:35] Nis**
so you should've got her to
throw strikes and cornered 'em.
**[16:38] Nis**
How stupid are you?!
**[16:40] Ani**
What did ya say?!
**[16:41] Ani**
Ya don't know the first thing 'bout signalin'!
**[16:44] Tan**
Hey, Nishina!
**[16:46] Tan**
Base coach. You're our base coach.
**[16:49] Nis**
I don't know the finer details, sure.
**[16:51] Nis**
But even from the outfield, I could tell.
**[16:54] Nis**
You made life seriously
tough for your pitcher.
**[17:05] Ann**
*Bottom of the first.*
**[17:07] Ann**
*Fuurin Academy to bat.*
**[17:10] Ann**
*Batting first, center field, Fujii-san.*
**[17:13] Dai**
All right, time to strike back!
**[17:15] Dai**
Let's change gear and get some hits!
**[17:17] Dai**
Knock them out!
**[17:23] (Flashback) Ura**
Say what? You got into Fuurin?!
**[17:26] (Flashback) Dai**
Yeah.
**[17:27] (Flashback) Andi**
For real? Their baseball team's
supposed to be pretty strong right now.
**[17:32] (Flashback) Ura**
I heard they got themselves a coach
who knows his stuff a few years back.
**[17:35] (Flashback) Dai**
Yeah, after hearing my
sister talk about him,
**[17:38] (Flashback) Dai**
I decided I wanted him to train me too.
**[17:40] (Flashback) Dai**
The baseball team even has their own field,
**[17:44] (Flashback) Dai**
so I took my studies seriously for once.
**[17:47] (Flashback) Ura**
Damn, man, I'm jealous.
**[17:49] (Flashback) Ura**
Must be nice to have the smarts and
the money to go to a private school.
**[17:53] (Flashback) Andi**
And what's more, Sakura's going there too.
**[17:56] (Flashback) Ura**
What?!
**[17:57] (Flashback) Ura**
Are you freakin' kidding me?!
**[18:00] (Flashback) Ura**
How can the world be *this* unfair?!
**[18:02] (Flashback) Dai**
Wh-What did *I* do?
**[18:05] (Flashback) Andi**
I guess we'll eventually face
off in the district playoffs.
**[18:12] (Flashback) Andi**
Let's all do our best.
**[18:14] (Flashback) Ura**
We won't hold back when we face you.
**[18:17] (Flashback) Dai**
Yeah.
**[18:20] Ump**
Play!
**[18:29] Ump**
Strike!
**[18:30] Tai**
Wow. That's seriously fast.
**[18:39] Ump**
Strike!
**[18:41] Dai**
Huh? What was *that*?
**[18:43] Chi**
It's like it just dropped out of the air!
**[18:45] Dai**
A 12-6 curve, huh?
**[18:50] Ump**
Strike!
**[18:51] Ump**
Batter out!
**[18:52] Chi**
I didn't realize a curveball
could break down like that.
**[18:55] Chi**
And they can be fast *or* slow. This is bad.
**[19:06] Ump**
Strike! You're out!
**[19:10] Tai**
You can't get the timing right on those.
**[19:13] Tai**
And he has amazing control.
**[19:17] Nis**
*Wow, this guy's incredible.*
**[19:20] Nis**
*I wish I could throw a curveball like that.*
**[19:23] Ann**
*Batting third, second base, Sawa-san.*
**[19:28] Andi**
*They were really strong up until last year.*
**[19:30] Andi**
* But once they lost their coach,*
* the girls became their top batters.*
**[19:35] Andi**
*Shigeno's not what I expected, either.*
**[19:41] Ump**
Strike!
**[19:43] Andi**
*No matter how good these girls are,*
**[19:45] Andi**
*hitting Urabe's pitches won't be easy.*
**[19:49] Ump**
Timeout! Timeout!
**[19:50] Ump**
Fuurin's next batter needs
to get into the on-deck circle!
**[19:55] Chi**
Anita!
**[19:57] Chi**
Anita!
**[20:00] Ani**
Oh. I'm up.
**[20:09] Ump**
Play!
**[20:15] Nis**
* You were in front of the*
* plate when you caught it,*
**[20:17] Nis**
* meaning you were too slow*
* retiring the runner.*
**[20:21] Nis**
* And what's more, half of*
* Sakura-senpai's walks were your fault!*
**[20:26] Ani**
*He was right 'bout all of it.*
**[20:28] Ani**
* I also missed our chance to*
* regroup by callin' a timeout.*
**[20:33] Ani**
* They scored a second run 'cause*
* I didn't see the runner on third*
**[20:36] Ani**
* when I fell for the decoy*
* run of the runner on first.*
**[20:40] (Flashback) Dai**
You're also being tested right now.
**[20:43] (Flashback) Dai**
I'll spell it out for you.
I think Mutsuko can do it.
**[20:47] (Flashback) Dai**
If they end up hitting her pitches,
that's on you as the catcher.
**[20:54] Ani**
* I didn't do everythin' in my power,*
* an' now they've scored two runs against us.*
**[21:05] Ura**
What?!
**[21:07] Chi**
Yes! Into center field!
**[21:09] Team**
Nice one, Yayoi!
**[21:11] Ani**
*I flunked the test.*
**[21:13] Ani**
* It's jus' like before. This proves it.*
* I'm a total failure as a catcher.*
**[21:34] Dai**
You're not concentrating.
**[21:35] Dai**
Is your mind on something
other than batting?
**[21:38] Ani**
Oh, uh, no...
**[21:40] Dai**
I'm relieved.
**[21:41] Ani**
Huh?
**[21:42] Dai**
You're not a catcher if your mind's not
always on defense and game-calling.
**[21:47] Dai**
You're more delicate than
I thought. That's a good thing.
**[21:53] Dai**
You can't use the bat to erase
the errors we made on defense,
**[21:57] Dai**
but you *can* use it to cancel
out the runs they took from us.
**[22:00] Dai**
If you get the chance to help
the pitcher out with your bat,
**[22:04] Dai**
it'd be a shame to let it pass you by
because you're beating yourself up.
**[22:19] Ann**
*Batting fourth, catcher, Kabashima-san.*
**[24:00] Ani**
I'm sorry, Sakura-senpai.
**[24:02] Ani**
S'all my fault they got two runs on the board.
**[24:05] Mut**
Don't get so down on yourself.
**[24:06] Mut**
We can make up for those errors.
**[24:09] Mut**
You have your own strengths, Anita.
**[24:11] Ani**
I'll pay 'em back for those runs, just ya watch!
**[24:14] Ani**
I ain't throwin' in the towel
like I did back in Little League!
**[24:17] Mut**
Back in Little League? Did something happen?
***SIGN*** No Freakin' Way!
**[24:20] Ani**
Next time: "No Freakin' Way!"
**[24:22] Anit**
Run to the stage of yer dreams!
# E9 - No Freakin' Way!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY8DE748Y/no-freakin-way)
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**[00:01] Ani**
*Please, Sakura-senpai.*
**[00:02] Ani**
*Don't let this game be as far as we get.*
**[00:05] Ump**
Ball!
**[00:06] Ani**
*Let's try to paint the black.*
**[00:13] Ump**
Ball!
**[00:15] Ump**
Ball!
**[00:18] Ump**
Ball!
**[00:20] Ump**
Ball four!
**[00:26] Mut**
Huh?
**[00:30] Ani**
Seriously?!
**[00:32] Ani**
That's a crazy long lead!
**[00:34] Tai**
Wow. They're really messing with us.
**[00:37] Mut**
*He told me not to attempt any pickoffs...*
**[00:40] Mut**
* But if we get an out from it...*
* it'd be silly not to, right?!*
**[00:45] Ump**
Safe!
**[00:47] Mut**
He ain't out?
**[00:52] Ump**
Ball.
**[00:54] Ump**
Ball!
**[00:56] Ump**
Ball!
**[00:58] Ump**
Ball four!
**[01:02] Dai**
*This is bad.*
**[01:03] Dai**
*We're already in a tight spot.*
**[01:05] Ani**
*Don't fall to pieces, Senpai!*
**[01:08] Ani**
* Ya gotta know ya can't just*
* worry 'bout 'em stealin'!*
**[01:14] Ump**
Ball!
**[01:15] Ump**
Ball four!
**[01:20] Dai**
Anita!
**[01:22] Dai**
Let's step out and take a—
**[01:26] Ump**
Play!
**[01:26] ---**
Time—
**[01:28] Yay**
Oh boy.
**[01:31] Mut**
*I need to throw a strike...*
**[01:40] Coa**
Go!
**[01:45] Coa**
What?!
**[01:46] Mor**
For real?!
**[01:53] Ump**
Safe!
**[01:55] Tan**
Second!
**[01:56] Ani**
I don't think so!
**[01:58] Tan**
All right! He's cornered!
**[02:02] Dai**
Back home!
**[02:08] Ump**
Safe!
**[02:13] Nis**
What the hell was that play earlier?!
**[02:17] Nis**
You totally underestimated
my throw back to home!
**[02:19] Nis**
And what's more, half of
Sakura-senpai's walks were your fault!
**[02:24] Nis**
You got her to paint the
corners from the first ball,
**[02:26] Nis**
before she had time to find her groove.
**[02:30] Nis**
Everyone could see the batters
were watching her pitches,
**[02:33] Nis**
so you should've got her to
throw strikes and cornered 'em.
**[02:36] Nis**
How stupid are you?!
**[02:38] Nis**
You made life seriously
tough for your pitcher.
***SIGN*** No Freakin' Way!
**[04:16] Ann**
*Batting fourth, catcher, Kabashima-san.*
**[04:18] Txt**
Seiwa
**[04:18] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[04:18] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[04:21] Ump**
Play!
**[04:23] Ani**
* I'm gonna redeem myself with the bat*
* an' make up for givin' away runs.*
**[04:29] Andy**
* Their 3-hole got a read on*
* Urabe's curveball after one swing.*
**[04:34] Andy**
* We might have two outs, but don't go*
* underestimating their cleanup, Urabe.*
**[04:46] Kan**
Nice swing!
**[04:47] Chi**
You can do it!
**[04:49] Dai**
You can hit that pitch!
**[04:50] Tao**
Oh, that reminds me, Chisato.
**[04:53] Chi**
Huh?
**[04:54] Girl**
Back when you guys joined,
**[04:56] Girl**
didn't Anita say she was the cleanup hitter
**[04:59] Girl**
and starting catcher for Yokohama Little?
**[05:03] Chi**
Right.
**[05:04] Girl**
But that's not true, is it?
**[05:11] Ump**
Ball!
**[05:14] Chi**
Well, maybe not *completely* true,
but it's not untrue, either.
**[05:17] Chi**
She wore the number five,
and was our starting catcher in games.
**[05:21] Chi**
That is, up until the spring
tournament in sixth grade.
**[05:27] Ani**
*I hafta do somethin'.*
**[05:29] Ani**
* I've been entrusted with*
* cleanup duties for this team.*
**[05:32] Ani**
* It ain't like back then,*
* when I wasn't even given a chance to bat!*
**[05:37] (Flashback) Ani**
N-Number 12? I thought I was gonna be number 2.
**[05:42] (Flashback) Coa**
For the summer tournament,
Ishizaka will wear the mask.
**[05:47] (Flashback) Coa**
You must've noticed how much
he's improved recently.
**[05:52] (Flashback) Coa**
But you're our backup catcher and pinch hitter,
so I still need you game-ready.
**[06:03] (Flashback) Ani**
But that... That ain't fair!
**[06:08] Ump**
Strike!
**[06:11] Chi**
At the final tournament, Anita's spot was
taken by her rival from the same grade.
**[06:18] Chi**
When she joined the team,
she towered over the boys,
**[06:21] Chi**
with power and speed to match,
**[06:23] Chi**
but by sixth grade,
the boys had caught up with her.
**[06:28] Chi**
Her last year at Little was spent on the bench,
**[06:31] Chi**
and she didn't get the chance
to showcase her skills.
**[06:35] Chi**
She was pretty down about it.
**[06:42] (Flashback) Ani**
Huh?
**[06:43] (Flashback) Ani**
Baseball at Fuurin Middle?
**[06:46] (Flashback) Chi**
Yeah! Our seniors, Sawa-san
and Sagara-san, are there too.
**[06:50] (Flashback) Chi**
Plus, I heard they're short
on players right now.
**[06:53] (Flashback) Chi**
So let's go to Fuurin Middle together.
**[06:56] (Flashback) Ani**
I'm done with baseball.
**[06:59] (Flashback) Chi**
Huh?
**[07:01] (Flashback) Ani**
It's a boys' sport.
**[07:03] (Flashback) Ani**
Don't matter how hard a girl tries,
she's always gonna lose out to a boy.
**[07:06] (Flashback) Ani**
Total waste o' time.
**[07:09] (Flashback) Ani**
I'm gonna play some other sport.
One where they separate girls and boys.
**[07:22] (Flashback) Chi**
I don't believe you, Anita!
**[07:24] (Flashback) Chi**
You're done with baseball?
**[07:26] (Flashback) Chi**
You're quitting baseball just
because a guy beat you one time?
**[07:30] (Flashback) Ani**
One time?!
**[07:32] (Flashback) Ani**
S'easy for *you* to say, Chisato!
**[07:34] (Flashback) Ani**
*You* were a starter right to the end!
**[07:36] (Flashback) Ani**
But in my case—
**[07:37] (Flashback) Chi**
I want to keep playing baseball!
**[07:40] (Flashback) Chi**
I want to play baseball with you again!
**[07:45] (Flashback) Ani**
Chisato...
**[07:47] (Flashback) Chi**
It's not like you to blame losing
your spot on being a girl.
**[07:54] (Flashback) Chi**
Give it another shot, together with me!
**[07:58] Andy**
*Shackled.*
**[07:59] Ura**
*I jammed her good!*
**[08:02] (Flashback) Chi**
Let's challenge ourselves at Fuurin.
**[08:06] (Flashback) Chi**
We'll take it to the boys
and see how far we get!
**[08:15] Dai**
Run, Anita!
**[08:23] Yay**
She just did that.
**[08:24] Nis**
No way.
**[08:30] All**
All right!
**[08:32] All**
We caught up!
**[08:37] Dai**
Nice one!
**[08:38] Ani**
Yay!
**[08:39] Chi**
Nice home run!
**[08:42] Ani**
Yeah!
**[08:46] Ura**
Dammit.
**[08:48] Andy**
That was unexpected.
**[08:49] Andy**
You'd jammed her, but it still
flew all the way to the stands.
**[08:53] Ura**
I must've underestimated them
on some level 'cause they're girls.
**[08:57] Ura**
Damn.
**[08:57] Ura**
I won't let them score again!
**[08:59] Ura**
We're aiming for the Regionals.
We can't afford to stumble here.
**[09:05] Andy**
Draw a line under it, man.
**[09:07] Andy**
Sakura's up next.
**[09:08] Andy**
Keep your cool and be careful.
**[09:12] Ura**
Yeah, yeah, I *know*.
**[09:20] Ump**
Strike three!
**[09:21] Ump**
You're out!
**[09:23] Txt**
Seiwa
**[09:23] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[09:23] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[09:23] Dai**
All right! Tied game, tied game!
**[09:26] Dai**
Let's really focus and keep this tight!
**[09:28] All**
Yeah!
**[09:31] Ani**
Senpai?
**[09:33] Dai**
What is it?
**[09:34] Ani**
Y'all sure ya want me
to keep wearin' the mask?
**[09:39] Ani**
I might mess up again like last inning.
**[09:43] Ani**
When ya said I was bein' tested, ain't that
the sorta thing ya were worried 'bout?
**[09:49] Ani**
My coach back at Little tol' me somethin'...
**[09:53] (Flashback) Ani**
But that... That ain't fair!
**[09:55] (Flashback) Ani**
*S'obvious* I'm a zillion
times better'n him!
**[09:58] (Flashback) Ani**
Why'm I bein' made to sit on the bench?!
**[10:00] (Flashback) Ani**
Please explain yer decision!
**[10:03] (Flashback) Coa**
I didn't want to have to say this,
**[10:06] (Flashback) Coa**
but I'll give it to you straight.
**[10:08] (Flashback) Coa**
Someone with your personality
will never make a good catcher.
**[10:15] Ani**
He tol' me I'd struggle if I didn't
become an alert, attentive shot-caller
**[10:20] Ani**
with good situational awareness.
**[10:22] Ani**
I got hella mad at the time,
**[10:24] Ani**
but looks like Coach called it right.
**[10:27] Ani**
So that's why...
**[10:29] Dai**
I understand.
**[10:30] Dai**
We can discuss it some other time.
**[10:33] Dai**
But for now, you'll have to see this game out.
**[10:38] Dai**
Truth is, I hurt my shoulder
a while back, so I can't take over.
**[10:42] Both**
What?!
**[10:43] Ann**
* Bottom of the second.*
* Seiwa Middle to bat.*
**[10:47] Ann**
*Batting sixth, left field, Hirai-kun.*
**[10:50] Ump**
Play!
**[10:52] Ani**
*Seriously?*
**[10:56] Ani**
*So I'm... the only catcher on the team right now?*
**[11:03] Ani**
Third!
**[11:09] Ump**
Out!
**[11:10] Ani**
Nice one, third!
**[11:14] Ann**
*Batting seventh, right field, Terahara-kun.*
**[11:28] Ani**
Mine!
**[11:32] Ump**
Safe!
**[11:34] Nis**
Damn, even their lower order is fast.
**[11:37] Ura**
All right!
**[11:38] Ura**
Let's pay 'em back for what they did!
**[11:40] Andy**
Keep us rolling!
**[11:41] Ani**
I'm sorry.
**[11:43] Ani**
I prob'ly oughta left that one to you.
**[11:48] Mut**
Jeez, how long are you going to keep moping?
**[11:51] Mut**
I'm more than happy pitching to you
**[11:54] Mut**
and Daigo can't take your place,
so you'll just have to get on with it.
**[11:57] Mut**
A catcher needs to be able
to shake it off and go again.
**[12:00] Mut**
Believe in yourself!
**[12:03] Ann**
*Batting eighth, shortstop, Saito-kun.*
**[12:07] Ump**
Play!
**[12:12] Ani**
*She's right.*
**[12:13] Ani**
* Why'm I gettin' myself so worked up*
* when I'm a total idiot?*
**[12:16] Coach**
* We've figured out her tells.*
* We've seen enough to know their game.*
**[12:23] Coach**
*Go!*
**[12:25] Tao**
He's running!
**[12:28] Ura**
All right!
**[12:29] Ura**
A perfect steal.
**[12:30] Ani**
*Ya can't jus' change yer personality.*
**[12:33] Ani**
* If ya make errors,*
* ya just hafta correct 'em!*
**[12:36] Ani**
* Right now, I'm the one who*
* has to be Fuurin's pivot!*
**[12:47] Ump**
Out!
**[12:48] All**
What?!
**[12:49] Chi**
Bullseye.
**[12:51] Tan**
Wow. Got him.
**[12:54] Ani**
*Jus' ya try to run! See how far ya get!*
**[13:04] Txt**
Seiwa
**[13:04] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[13:04] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[13:18] Ump**
Safe!
**[13:20] Ann**
*Batting fourth, catcher, Suzuki-kun.*
**[13:28] Ura**
*You're telling me not to run?*
**[13:30] Ura**
*It's the top of the third.*
**[13:31] Ura**
*We're tied at 2-2.*
**[13:33] Ura**
*Two outs and I'm on first.*
**[13:34] Ura**
*Andy, our cleanup, is at bat!*
**[13:36] Ura**
* Did that failed steal*
* before spook you, Coach?*
**[13:42] Ura**
* We whittle the other team down*
* with our speed. It's how we play.*
**[13:44] Ura**
* It's not like you to go all cautious*
* just 'cause we messed up a steal.*
**[13:51] Ump**
Ball!
**[13:53] Ura**
*Let me run on the next one, Coach.*
**[13:57] Ura**
*Huh?*
**[13:57] Ump**
Out!
**[13:58] Ump**
Three outs!
**[13:59] Ump**
Change sides!
**[14:01] All**
All right!
**[14:06] Ura**
*Damn.*
**[14:07] Ura**
*They got me.*
**[14:08] Ura**
* 'Cause Andy's left-handed, she was in*
* my blind spot and I let my guard down.*
**[14:13] Ura**
* I didn't think she'd try*
* a pickoff while crouching!*
**[14:17] Coa**
You idiot!
**[14:18] Coa**
I bet you were thinking about
why I didn't sign for you to steal!
**[14:21] Ura**
A-As if I'd do that...
**[14:24] Dai**
Anita, nice one!
**[14:26] Ani**
'Bout yer pitchin' jus' now...
I think we oughta go even higher.
**[14:31] Mut**
And get them used to that, yeah? Gotcha.
**[14:34] Mut**
I think we should hit them
with some waste pitches, too.
**[14:37] Ani**
I'll rethink our pitchin' variations.
**[14:42] Txt**
Seiwa
**[14:42] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[14:42] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[14:43] Txt**
Seiwa
**[14:43] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[14:43] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[14:44] Txt**
Seiwa
**[14:44] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[14:44] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[14:45] Ann**
*Bottom of the third.*
**[14:47] Ann**
*Fuurin Middle School to bat.*
**[14:49] Ann**
*Batting ninth, left field, Shigeno-kun.*
**[14:57] Ump**
Strike!
**[14:59] Dai**
* They feel even faster when*
* you're in the batter's box.*
**[15:05] Ump**
Strike!
**[15:07] Ump**
Strike three!
**[15:09] Ump**
You're out!
**[15:13] Dai**
*I won't let you off so easily next time.*
**[16:25] Ani**
*Man, yer annoyin'.*
**[16:27] Ani**
* Ya plan on foulin' every*
* awkward pitch we throw at ya?*
**[16:30] Ani**
* If that's how ya wanna play,*
* let's show ya a high fastball.*
**[16:39] Ump**
Ball!
**[16:40] Ani**
*Next up, a low slider to the inside!*
**[16:48] Mut**
Center!
**[16:51] Ani**
All righty!
**[16:52] Ani**
One out!
**[17:03] Ump**
Strike three!
**[17:04] Ump**
You're out!
**[17:10] Txt**
Seiwa
**[17:10] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[17:10] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[17:29] Ump**
Strike three!
**[17:30] Ump**
You're out!
**[17:31] Ura**
*Yes!*
**[17:32] Ura**
*No way am I gonna let you find your groove.*
**[17:35] Txt**
Seiwa
**[17:35] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[17:35] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[17:36] Ann**
*Top of the sixth.*
**[17:38] Ann**
*Seiwa Middle to bat.*
**[17:40] Ann**
*Batting first, second base, Moriguchi-kun.*
**[17:43] Dai**
*Just two innings left...*
**[17:45] Dai**
*Both teams are back to the top of the order.*
**[17:47] Dai**
* The top and bottom of the*
* sixth will be pivotal in this game.*
**[17:53] Ani**
Let's clean this up!
**[17:55] Ura**
I seriously didn't think Sakura's mob would
make us dig this deep so late in the game.
**[18:00] And**
Go, Moriguchi!
Let's do it this inning!
**[18:07] All**
Right!
**[18:15] Ura**
All right! Extra bases!
**[18:18] Chi**
Oh no. This is really bad.
**[18:22] Dai**
To third! To third!
**[18:30] Ura**
Run for home, Moriguchi!
**[18:32] Mut**
Anita!
**[18:34] Ani**
Y-Ya gotta be kiddin'!
**[18:38] Tan**
Kabashima!
**[18:40] Ani**
There ain't no time!
**[18:41] Ani**
I'll do it myself!
**[18:53] Ump**
S-Safe! Safe!
**[18:57] All**
Yeah! We took the lead!
**[19:02] Kan**
I'm so sorry.
**[19:03] Kan**
If I hadn't dropped the ball...
**[19:05] Ani**
Nah, I fumbled it jus' like you did.
**[19:08] Saw**
Well, that's down to how that guy slides.
**[19:11] Saw**
He doesn't slow down at all,
so the glove can easily get knocked away.
**[19:14] Mut**
Don't worry about it!
**[19:16] Tao**
Yeah, they're only one run ahead.
The game's still wide open.
**[19:23] Ann**
*Batting second, center field, Miyata-kun.*
**[19:26] Ura**
Keep us rolling, Miyata!
**[19:30] Mut**
* They've started figuring me out*
* the third time down the order.*
**[19:34] Mut**
* If I let up now,*
* they'll hit it long again!*
**[19:40] Ump**
Ball!
**[19:50] Ani**
Ah, my bad!
**[19:54] Ani**
*What the heck?*
**[19:55] Ani**
*My wrist feels funny.*
**[19:58] Ani**
*Did I hurt it in that close play earlier?*
**[20:07] All**
All right!
**[20:08] All**
You got it!
**[20:10] All**
Nice batting!
**[20:13] Dai**
* I can see back-to-back pitching*
* is catching up with Mutsuko.*
**[20:16] Ann**
*Batting third, pitcher, Urabe-kun.*
**[20:20] Guy**
All right, go for broke, Urabe!
**[20:24] Mut**
* Judging from Urabe-kun's pitching,*
* we can't afford to let them get any more runs.*
**[20:31] Mut**
*I need to stop him!*
**[20:41] Mut**
Anita!
**[20:44] Saw**
Second!
**[20:52] Nis**
What the hell are you doing?!
**[20:58] And**
*All right! Runners on first and third!*
**[21:01] Ura**
Close call.
**[21:04] Dai**
Anita?
**[21:09] Mut**
Anita!
**[21:12] Ump**
Timeout! Timeout!
**[21:14] Ani**
It hurts.
**[21:15] Dai**
You hurt your wrist?
**[21:17] Ani**
Y-Yeah...
**[21:18] Ani**
I'm sorry it happened now,
of all times...
**[21:23] Ump**
If she's hurt bad, you won't be able to continue.
**[21:27] Ump**
You only have nine players,
which means you have no substitutes,
**[21:31] Ump**
and if you can't field another catcher,
you've got no choice but to forfeit the game.
**[21:35] Ump**
Do you understand?
**[21:37] Ani**
F-Forfeit the game?!
**[21:40] Ani**
Stop bein' silly!
**[21:41] Ani**
See? I'm fine! Totally fine!
**[21:44] Ani**
So let's jus' resume the game!
**[21:46] Ani**
Ouch!
**[21:49] Ump**
You can't play.
**[21:50] Ump**
I'll go talk to your coach.
**[21:54] Ani**
No!
**[21:56] Ani**
There's no freakin' way
we're losin' like this!
**[22:01] Dai**
Umpire!
**[22:06] Dai**
In that case, I'll switch
from left field to catcher.
**[22:11] Dai**
If she moves into the outfield,
can we finish the game without forfeiting?
**[22:19] Ump**
You?
**[22:20] Dai**
Yes.
**[22:23] Dai**
I will be the catcher.
**[24:00] Ani**
Shigeno-senpai's playin' catcher now?
**[24:02] Ani**
Was that stuff 'bout his shoulder all lies?
**[24:04] Ani**
Wonder what his shot-callin's like...
**[24:06] Nis**
Who gives a rat's ass?!
**[24:08] Nis**
Just let me pitch already!
**[24:10] Ani**
Sakura-senpai's gettin' doggone tired, too.
**[24:13] Ani**
How's he gonna turn this around?
**[24:15] Ani**
I can't wait to find out.
**[24:16] Nis**
I'm telling you, put me on the mound!
**[24:18] Nis**
Hey! Don't ignore me!
**[24:20] Ani**
Next time: "That Old Daigo Magic?"
***SIGN*** That Old Daigo Magic?
**[24:22] Nis**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
# E10 - That Old Daigo Magic?
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYQW157EY/that-old-daigo-magic)
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**[00:00] Txt**
Seiwa
**[00:00] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[00:00] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[00:01] Ann**
*Top of the sixth.*
**[00:02] Ann**
*Seiwa Middle to bat.*
**[00:05] Ann**
*Batting first, second base, Moriguchi-kun.*
**[00:08] Dai**
*Just two innings left...*
**[00:10] Dai**
*Both teams are back to the top of the order.*
**[00:12] Dai**
* The top and bottom of the*
* sixth will be pivotal in this game.*
**[00:18] Ani**
Let's clean this up!
**[00:20] And**
Go, Moriguchi!
Let's do it this inning!
**[00:27] All**
Right!
**[00:36] Ura**
All right! Extra bases!
**[00:38] Chi**
Oh no. This is really bad.
**[00:42] Dai**
To third! To third!
**[01:06] Ump**
S-Safe! Safe!
**[01:10] All**
Yeah! We took the lead!
**[01:18] Mut**
*We can't afford to let them get any more runs.*
**[01:21] Mut**
*I need to stop him!*
**[01:31] Mut**
Anita!
**[01:34] Saw**
Second!
**[01:45] And**
All right! Runners on first and third!
**[01:47] Mut**
Anita!
**[01:49] Ump**
If she's hurt bad, you won't be able to continue.
**[01:54] Ump**
You only have nine players,
which means you have no substitutes,
**[01:57] Ump**
and if you can't field another catcher,
you've got no choice but to forfeit the game.
**[02:02] Ump**
Do you understand?
**[02:06] Ani**
No!
**[02:07] Ani**
There's no freakin' way
we're losin' like this!
**[02:12] Dai**
Umpire!
**[02:17] Dai**
In that case, I'll switch
from left field to catcher.
**[02:24] Dai**
I will be the catcher.
***SIGN*** That Old Daigo Magic?
**[04:05] Dai**
Okay, Anita, take it all off.
**[04:07] Ani**
Uh...
**[04:08] Dai**
Hurry it up.
**[04:09] Dai**
Protector and leg guards. Off.
**[04:10] Ani**
Oh, right, those.
**[04:12] Mut**
What else would he have meant?
**[04:14] Ann**
*Field change for Fuurin Academy.*
**[04:14] Mut**
Fujii
**[04:14] Mut**
Sagara
**[04:14] Mut**
Sawa
**[04:14] Mut**
Kabashima
**[04:14] Mut**
Sakura
**[04:14] Mut**
Kandori
**[04:14] Mut**
Nishina
**[04:14] Mut**
Tanba
**[04:14] Mut**
Shigeno
**[04:16] Mut**
Fujii
**[04:16] Mut**
Sagara
**[04:16] Mut**
Sawa
**[04:16] Mut**
Kabashima
**[04:16] Mut**
Sakura
**[04:16] Mut**
Kandori
**[04:16] Mut**
Nishina
**[04:16] Mut**
Tanba
**[04:16] Mut**
Shigeno
**[04:17] Mut**
Fujii
**[04:17] Mut**
Sagara
**[04:17] Mut**
Sawa
**[04:17] Mut**
Kabashima
**[04:17] Mut**
Sakura
**[04:17] Mut**
Kandori
**[04:17] Mut**
Nishina
**[04:17] Mut**
Tanba
**[04:17] Mut**
Shigeno
**[04:18] Ann**
* Catcher Kabashima-san*
* moves to left field.*
**[04:18] Mut**
Fujii
**[04:18] Mut**
Sagara
**[04:18] Mut**
Sawa
**[04:18] Mut**
Kabashima
**[04:18] Mut**
Sakura
**[04:18] Mut**
Kandori
**[04:18] Mut**
Nishina
**[04:18] Mut**
Tanba
**[04:18] Mut**
Shigeno
**[04:21] Ann**
* Left fielder Shigeno-kun*
* moves to catcher.*
**[04:26] Ani**
Uh...
**[04:28] Ani**
But yer injured too, ain't ya? Yer shoulder...
**[04:32] (Flashback) Dai**
Truth is, I hurt my shoulder
a while back, so I can't take over.
**[04:36] Ani**
Sorry for makin' ya do this in yer condition.
**[04:38] Dai**
Why are you standing around, Anita?
**[04:40] Dai**
Have you taped up your wrist?
**[04:42] Dai**
You're covering left field.
**[04:45] Dai**
Sawa-san!
**[04:46] Dai**
Please tape up Anita's wrist!
**[04:48] Saw**
'Kay.
**[04:52] Ump**
Pitching warm up. You get two pitches.
**[04:55] Ura**
* With their catcher injured,*
* Shigeno's wearing the mask, huh?*
**[04:58] Ura**
* But since he's behind her in the pecking order,*
* I guess that means he's not as good as her.*
**[05:04] Ura**
*Still, we can't let our guard down.*
**[05:06] Ura**
* He might be a shrimp,*
* but he knows the game inside out.*
**[05:12] Mut**
Seriously, Daigo?
**[05:14] Mut**
That lie about injuring your shoulder
was painfully transparent.
**[05:20] Dai**
Oh, you saw through that?
**[05:22] Mut**
Of course I did.
**[05:23] Mut**
But why'd you even say that?
**[05:25] Mut**
I wanted to get Anita in the
right headspace for catching.
**[05:28] Mut**
It looks like it did the trick.
**[05:31] Mut**
Well, I guess you're right.
**[05:33] Dai**
Anyway...
**[05:38] Dai**
Sorry we kept you waiting.
**[05:40] Ann**
*Batting fourth, catcher, Suzuki-kun.*
**[05:45] Nis**
* They got another run.*
* No outs, runners on first and third.*
**[05:48] Nis**
* And now, an injured player.*
* This has "defeat" written all over it.*
**[05:53] Nis**
*All 'cause they won't let me pitch.*
**[05:55] Ump**
Play!
**[05:59] Coa**
*Runners, stay put.*
**[06:01] Coa**
* If Urabe steals, and leaves*
* first open, they'll walk Andy.*
**[06:07] Coa**
* If we just let Andy swing, he'll bring*
* home the runner on third for sure.*
**[06:14] Ura**
What?!
**[06:15] Coa**
They're walking him?!
**[06:21] Saw**
Seriously?
**[06:23] Tao**
It's not like first is open...
**[06:30] (Flashback) Mut**
What? Intentionally walk him?
**[06:33] (Flashback) Dai**
Yeah.
**[06:34] (Flashback) Dai**
If they score another run, that's it for us.
**[06:38] (Flashback) Dai**
Bases loaded isn't that different
than first and third.
**[06:41] (Flashback) Dai**
Andy's the kind of guy who'll bring the runner
home even if it results in a double play.
**[06:47] (Flashback) Dai**
Best we just avoid taking him on, period.
**[06:51] Nis**
You're kidding me.
**[06:52] Nis**
Sure, he's their cleanup,
but this is the chicken way out.
**[06:56] Coa**
* They're doing the worst*
* possible thing for us here.*
**[07:00] Ura**
* You're goin' for a mighty*
* risky play there, Shigeno.*
**[07:05] Ump**
Ball four!
**[07:09] Dai**
Okay!
**[07:15] (Flashback) Mut**
B-But...
**[07:17] (Flashback) Mut**
With bases loaded,
I might force a run.
**[07:19] (Flashback) Mut**
Loading them on purpose...
**[07:20] (Flashback) Dai**
Don't sweat it.
**[07:22] (Flashback) Dai**
Since the three in the first,
you haven't walked anyone else.
**[07:26] (Flashback) Dai**
And anyway, I'd argue they only got those runs
by exploiting weaknesses in our defense.
**[07:33] Ann**
*Batting fifth, first base, Takahata-kun.*
**[07:37] (Flashback) Dai**
You and Anita have seriously
done an amazing job so far.
**[07:42] (Flashback) Dai**
I know you must be tired from
pitching yesterday and today,
**[07:46] (Flashback) Dai**
but keep it up till we're out of this bind,
then we can let our batting do the rest.
**[08:01] Ump**
Out!
**[08:04] Ump**
Out!
**[08:06] Mut**
All *right*! A 1-2-3 double play!
**[08:10] Tai**
Nice, battery!
**[08:12] Ura**
Th-That could *not* have gone any worse!
**[08:16] Dai**
Two outs!
**[08:19] Ani**
* Sakura-senpai was lookin' dog-tired before.*
* Where'd this second wind come from?*
**[08:24] Ani**
*What's goin' on? What kinda magic* is *this?*
**[08:28] Ani**
* And wait a minute...*
* Ain't his shoulder s'posed to be hurt?*
**[08:31] Ann**
*Batting sixth, left field, Hirai-kun.*
**[08:34] Ura**
Hirai, you gotta step up here!
**[08:36] Ura**
Just saying "These things happen" won't cut it
if we don't score after loading the bases.
**[08:44] Ump**
Out!
**[08:45] Txt**
Seiwa
**[08:45] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[08:45] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[08:46] Ump**
Three outs!
**[08:47] Ump**
Change sides!
**[08:49] Mut**
Daigo!
**[08:52] All**
Nice!
**[08:53] All**
Nice catch!
**[08:56] Ura**
Dammit.
**[08:57] Ura**
We took the lead, but that inning's
left a bad taste in our mouth.
**[09:02] Ura**
I can't believe Shigeno's gamble paid off.
**[09:07] Ann**
*Bottom of the sixth.*
**[09:08] Ann**
*Fuurin Academy to bat.*
**[09:11] Ann**
*Batting ninth, catcher, Shigeno-kun.*
**[09:15] Andy**
Don't let Shigeno get on base.
**[09:18] Andy**
If we don't disrupt their momentum,
we'll be in big trouble.
**[09:21] Ura**
Yeah, I know.
**[09:23] Ura**
Shigeno in particular.
**[09:25] Ump**
Play!
**[09:44] Ump**
Strike!
**[09:45] Ump**
You're out!
**[09:46] Txt**
Seiwa
**[09:46] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[09:46] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[09:47] Ump**
That's game.
**[09:56] Tea**
You guys all did so well.
**[09:59] Tea**
You lost, sure, but you should
hold your heads up high.
**[10:02] Tea**
After all, they say fortune is fickle.
**[10:05] Tea**
You get knocked down, you get back up again!
**[10:07] Tea**
That's the essence of youth!
**[10:08] Tea**
Fight hard for the win again next time!
**[10:10] All**
Sensei!
**[10:11] All**
Sensei!
**[10:19] Coa**
*It's finally over.*
**[10:21] Coa**
* I was afraid I was gonna*
* lose all three of my days off.*
**[10:24] Ump**
Foul!
**[10:29] Kan**
Are you all right, Sensei?
**[10:31] Coa**
Oh, uh, yeah, I-I'm fine.
**[10:34] Ump**
Ball!
**[10:37] Coa**
I guess it was a dream.
**[10:39] Coa**
The game's not over yet.
**[10:42] Coa**
Huh?
**[10:43] Coa**
It looks like the other
team has taken the lead!
**[10:54] Ump**
Foul!
**[10:57] Ani**
Nice, nice! That's his tenth pitch!
**[10:58] Tao**
You're going strong!
**[11:00] Nis**
Captain, you *gotta* get on base!
**[11:03] Ura**
Dammit.
**[11:04] Andy**
*Shigeno's annoying.*
**[11:06] Andy**
*He's dragging it out, looking for the walk.*
**[11:14] Dai**
* I'm first up this inning at #9,*
* with our best batters up next.*
**[11:18] Dai**
* We have to seize the moment*
* and turn this game around!*
**[11:21] Andy**
Center!
**[11:24] Ump**
Out!
**[11:29] Dai**
Crap.
**[11:30] Ura**
Nice, center!
**[11:33] Chi**
And that was a good hit too.
**[11:35] Ann**
*Batting first, center field, Fujii-san.*
**[11:40] Ura**
*All right.*
**[11:41] Ura**
*Just five more outs.*
**[11:47] Ump**
Ball!
**[11:51] (Flashback) Dai**
Since last inning, his curveballs
have stopped finding the zone.
**[11:54] (Flashback) Dai**
So let's target his fastball
and hit for contact!
**[12:05] Chi**
All right!
**[12:09] Ump**
Out!
**[12:10] Mut**
Aw, man.
**[12:12] Ura**
*All righty! Four to go.*
**[12:16] Tai**
We're staring down the barrel, huh?
**[12:19] Ann**
*Batting second, shortstop, Sagara-san.*
**[12:25] Tai**
*Two outs, no runners.*
**[12:28] Tai**
*I've got no choice but to go big!*
**[12:33] Ani**
Go!
**[12:34] Chi**
Get outta here!
**[12:40] Ump**
Three outs. Change sides!
**[12:52] Dai**
* I wasn't able to build the*
* momentum we needed...*
**[12:55] Mut**
Don't worry!
**[12:56] Mut**
We're not done yet!
**[13:00] Mut**
What are you doing, Daigo?
**[13:02] Mut**
Why don't you have your gear on yet?
**[13:04] Dai**
Ah, sorry!
**[13:06] Ann**
*Top of the seventh.*
**[13:08] Ann**
*Seiwa Middle to bat.*
**[13:10] Ann**
*Batting seventh, right field, Terahara-kun.*
**[13:13] Dai**
I'm sorry!
**[13:15] Ump**
Play!
**[13:18] Dai**
*I messed up our flow by not getting on base.*
**[13:25] Ump**
Strike!
**[13:26] Dai**
*Sawa-san's up in the last, which is good,*
**[13:29] Dai**
*but Anita's hurt her wrist,*
**[13:32] Dai**
*so it's not looking good for us.*
**[13:34] Txt**
Seiwa
**[13:34] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[13:34] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[13:35] Dai**
* I wanted us to get some*
* more games under our belt,*
**[13:38] Dai**
* but it seems one win is the best*
* a rookie team with no coach can manage.*
**[13:52] Ump**
Hit by pitch!
**[13:54] Mut**
I-I'm very sorry!
**[13:57] Ura**
All right. Another runner on base!
**[14:00] Dai**
*Oh no...*
**[14:01] Dai**
*Mutsuko's even more tired than last inning.*
**[14:04] Ann**
*Batting eighth, shortstop, Saito-kun.*
**[14:07] Dai**
*What should I do?*
**[14:09] Dai**
*Mutsuko's pitched back-to-back games.*
**[14:11] Dai**
* Should I switch her out*
* for Nishina, for her sake?*
**[14:19] Dai**
Left!
**[14:22] Ani**
I got it!
**[14:32] Ura**
It got through!
**[14:33] Chi**
No way!
**[14:36] Mori**
Go! Keep running!
**[14:47] Seiwa**
Sweet. An insurance run.
**[14:50] Dai**
T-Two runs behind...
**[14:54] Tai**
You went in too hard, Anita.
**[14:56] Tai**
There's no need to go rushing in when
there are no outs and a runner on first.
**[15:00] Ani**
S-Sorry!
**[15:02] Ani**
It's 'cause I ain't played left field before.
**[15:06] Nis**
You big idiot.
**[15:08] Nis**
We survive bases loaded without
giving up a run, and this dunce does *that*.
**[15:12] Txt**
Seiwa
**[15:12] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[15:12] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[15:16] Ump**
Ball!
**[15:23] Dai**
*Mutsuko's at her limit.*
**[15:25] Dai**
* I want to swap her out, but I didn't*
* get Nishina to warm up his arm at all.*
**[15:30] Dai**
*This is all my fault!*
**[15:36] Ump**
Ball three!
**[15:37] Ura**
Nice!
**[15:39] Kan**
You can do it, Mutsuko!
**[15:52] Ump**
Ball!
**[15:54] Ump**
Ball four!
**[15:57] Dai**
Mutsuko!
**[15:59] Dai**
Timeout!
**[16:02] Dai**
Mutsuko!
**[16:03] Mut**
I-I'm fine, I'm fine.
**[16:06] Mut**
I just slipped, that's all.
**[16:10] Tan**
Sh-Shigeno... Sakura can't keep this up.
**[16:13] Dai**
I know.
**[16:16] Dai**
Thank you, Mutsuko.
**[16:18] Dai**
You did great, pitching for so long.
**[16:20] Dai**
I wasn't planning on putting a first-year
on the mound in this tournament,
**[16:24] Dai**
but I can't just let you
destroy yourself out there.
**[16:29] Dai**
Umpire, we're changing pitchers.
**[16:31] Nis**
Oh boy...
**[16:33] Nis**
He's flapping his gums again.
**[16:35] Nis**
This whole game's gone turtle.
**[16:37] Nis**
We lost because he didn't make
me the ace from the outset.
**[16:41] Nis**
You can't win if your captain's a moron.
**[16:43] Saw**
Nishina.
**[16:45] Saw**
They're calling for you, Nishina.
**[16:47] Saw**
They want you to pitch.
**[16:51] Nis**
What?!
**[16:52] Nis**
For real?!
**[16:55] Saw**
So they're letting him pitch now, huh?
**[16:58] Nis**
Just what I was waiting for!
**[17:02] Mut**
Thanks for taking over.
**[17:03] Nis**
Okay. I got this.
**[17:06] Dai**
I'm sorry, Nishina.
**[17:08] Dai**
I really should've got you to warm up
your arm when we were on offense.
**[17:13] Dai**
It's my fault you have to go in cold.
**[17:17] Dai**
Just start with some light throws
so you don't strain your arm.
**[17:21] Dai**
We're already two runs behind,
so it's fine if they get hits.
**[17:24] Dai**
Don't push yourself too hard.
**[17:26] Nis**
Oh, you don't have to worry about me.
**[17:30] Nis**
Five pitches is all it takes for me to warm up.
**[17:36] Andy**
They switched pitchers.
**[17:38] Ura**
I wonder what this guy's pitches are like.
**[17:49] Ann**
*Batting first, second base, Moriguchi-kun.*
**[17:51] Ump**
Play!
**[17:53] Andy**
Those pitches aren't anything special!
**[17:55] Ura**
Go! Go!
**[17:57] Dai**
* No outs, runners first and second.*
* Top of the order.*
**[18:00] Dai**
*For now, let's watch out for bunts.*
**[18:06] Nis**
*"Those pitches aren't anything special"?*
**[18:10] Nis**
*'Course they weren't. I was just warming up.*
**[18:19] Ump**
Strike!
**[18:20] Ura**
Damn!
**[18:21] Ura**
That's fast.
**[18:23] Saw**
Huh. I don't remember
his pitches being *that* fast.
**[18:29] Dai**
* His speed and ball rotation*
* have improved a lot*
**[18:31] Dai**
* since the introductory*
* game we had a month ago.*
**[18:34] Dai**
* Is Nishina's physical training*
* already paying off?*
**[18:41] Ump**
Hit by pitch!
**[18:43] Nis**
Oops?
**[18:46] And**
Sweet! Bases loaded with no outs again!
**[18:50] Ura**
Seriously? You got speed and nothing else!
**[18:53] Tao**
How do you even screw up that fast?
**[18:57] Nis**
I'm all about the drama, so I put myself
in perilous situations on purpose.
**[19:01] Ann**
*Batting second, center field, Miyata-kun.*
**[19:05] Ura**
* Even with that fastball,*
* he's their relief pitcher for a reason.*
**[19:09] Ura**
*I guess he's all speed, no control.*
**[19:12] Ump**
Play!
**[19:13] Mut**
Nishina, keep your head!
**[19:17] Ump**
Ball!
**[19:18] Kan**
Let's go! Let's go!
**[19:20] Dai**
*I guess this was just too sudden.*
**[19:23] Dai**
* He's not physically or*
* mentally ready for pitching.*
**[19:31] Miy**
Stop. Stop!
**[19:34] Miy**
Close call.
**[19:36] Tan**
Nice one, Shigeno!
**[19:39] Shi**
Timeout, please.
**[19:40] Ani**
*Aw heck.*
**[19:42] Ani**
*We're fallin' to pieces 'cause of me.*
**[19:50] Ura**
Just give it up, Shigeno.
**[19:52] Ura**
You put up a good fight for a team with
only nine players, most of them girls.
**[19:57] Shi**
Your rhythm's kinda off.
**[19:59] Nis**
Huh?
**[20:00] Shi**
Maybe try the windup instead of the set.
Should make it easier to find your rhythm.
**[20:07] Shi**
The bases are loaded.
There's nowhere for the runners to go.
**[20:10] Shi**
Remember what it was like in the bullpen
and try pitching without rushing.
**[20:14] Nis**
But...
**[20:16] Shi**
It'll be okay.
**[20:18] Shi**
Your core's more stable, and your
pitches are already way better.
**[20:22] Shi**
They won't be able to hit your fastballs,
**[20:25] Shi**
even if they're down the pipe.
**[20:26] Shi**
Just trust in yourself
and throw it at my mitt.
**[20:33] Ump**
Play!
**[20:43] Saw**
Huh?
**[20:46] Ura**
What?
**[20:49] Andy**
He's not pitching from the set anymore.
**[20:51] Coa**
Right. Wait, did that fix his pitching?
**[20:57] Ump**
Strike two!
**[21:07] Ump**
Strike three!
**[21:09] Nis**
Hell yeah!
**[21:13] Dai**
Nice pitch!
**[21:18] Saw**
Not bad, kid.
**[21:20] Mut**
One out!
**[21:23] Ann**
*Batting third, pitcher, Urabe-kun.*
**[21:25] Ura**
Dammit.
**[21:28] Coa**
A squeeze won't work
with those fastballs.
**[21:31] Coa**
I'll just have to rely on the meat
of our order to get a hit.
**[21:37] Ump**
Strike! You're out!
**[21:39] Nis**
Hell yeah!
**[21:40] Ura**
I-I couldn't get near 'em.
**[21:43] Tan**
Yeah!
**[21:44] Mut**
Two outs!
**[21:45] Ani**
This fella ain't bad after all.
**[21:48] Ann**
*Batting fourth, catcher, Suzuki-kun.*
**[21:51] Dai**
*Just one more.*
**[21:53] Dai**
*If they're only two ahead, there's still hope!*
**[21:56] Ump**
Strike!
**[22:00] Dai**
*Please, Nishina!*
**[22:02] Dai**
*Please get us through this!*
**[22:04] Ura**
Andy, finish it!
**[22:11] Ump**
Strike! You're out!
**[22:13] Mut**
All right! We survived!
**[22:17] Txt**
Seiwa
**[22:17] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[22:17] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[22:18] Dai**
We have three outs left.
**[22:21] Dai**
It's only two runs.
We can make that up in one go!
**[22:23] Dai**
Fuurin, fight!
**[22:26] All**
Yeah!
**[24:00] Dai**
It's the last inning and
they're two runs ahead.
**[24:02] Txt**
Seiwa
**[24:02] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[24:02] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[24:02] Dai**
Urabe has thwarted me all the way,
**[24:06] Dai**
but this time, I'm gonna finish it with my bat!
**[24:10] Ura**
It ends here, Shigeno.
**[24:11] Ura**
I know we go way back,
but that doesn't matter now.
**[24:14] Ura**
We're the team that's gonna win
and progress to Regionals!
**[24:17] Dai**
I'm *definitely* hitting this!
**[24:19] Ura**
I'll *never* let you hit it!
**[24:20] Dai**
Next time: "Last Inning."
***SIGN*** Last Inning
**[24:22] Ura**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
# E11 - Last Inning
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**[00:01] Shi**
Your rhythm's kinda off.
**[00:02] Nis**
Huh?
**[00:03] Shi**
Maybe try the windup instead of the set.
Should make it easier to find your rhythm.
**[00:09] Shi**
It'll be okay.
**[00:11] Shi**
They won't be able to hit your fastballs,
**[00:13] Shi**
even if they're down the pipe.
**[00:15] Shi**
Just trust in yourself
and throw it at my mitt.
**[00:24] Ump**
Strike three!
**[00:26] Nis**
Hell yeah!
**[00:27] Dai**
Yeah!
**[00:29] Ani**
This fella ain't bad after all.
**[00:31] Dai**
*Just one more.*
**[00:33] Dai**
*If they're only two ahead, there's still hope!*
**[00:35] Dai**
*Please, Nishina!*
**[00:38] Dai**
*Please get us through this!*
**[00:39] Ura**
Andy, finish it!
**[00:46] Ump**
Strike! You're out!
**[00:49] Mut**
All right! We survived!
**[02:23] Dai**
We have three outs left.
**[02:25] Dai**
It's only two runs.
We can make that up in one go!
**[02:28] Dai**
Let's not give up until the very end!
**[02:31] Dai**
Fuurin, fight!
***SIGN*** Last Inning
**[02:33] Txt**
Seiwa
**[02:33] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[02:33] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[02:33] All**
Yeah!
**[02:40] Ann**
*Bottom of the seventh.*
**[02:41] Ann**
*Fuurin Academy to bat.*
**[02:44] Ann**
*Batting third, second base, Sawa-san.*
**[02:49] Kan**
Get on base! On base!
**[02:51] Mut**
Come on, Yayoi!
**[03:00] Ump**
Play!
**[03:01] Ura**
*Three more outs.*
**[03:04] And**
* We'll win this and move on to*
* tomorrow's semifinal and final.*
**[03:17] Ump**
Strike!
**[03:19] Coa**
* Good. Looks like Urabe's kicked*
* it up a notch for the last inning.*
**[03:35] Kan**
All right!
**[03:40] Mut**
We got a runner on base with no outs!
**[03:42] Ann**
*Batting fourth, left field, Kabashima-san.*
**[03:48] Chi**
Anita!
**[03:50] Chi**
Go for it!
**[03:59] Kan**
Oh, yeah. Anita's right hand is injured.
**[04:04] Dai**
Yeah.
**[04:09] Ump**
Strike!
**[04:17] Ani**
* My wrist's hurtin', but now ain't*
* the time to be thinkin' 'bout that.*
**[04:24] Ani**
* Startin' with the two runs*
* in the first innin',*
**[04:26] Ani**
* them takin' the lead, and then*
* widenin' the gap even more...*
**[04:30] Ani**
*All of that was my fault!*
**[04:33] Ump**
Strike two!
**[04:35] Dai**
Both pitches went inside.
**[04:38] Dai**
If one went outside, she'd have
a chance to adjust and swing one-handed,
**[04:42] Dai**
so they're aiming inside, where it's hard
for Anita because of her injured hand!
**[04:53] Nis**
There's no way she can hit those.
**[04:56] Dai**
* Her only chance is to gamble*
* and go all-in on one swing.*
**[04:59] Dai**
*But right now...*
**[05:00] Dai**
* I don't know if Anita's capable of picking up*
* on the battery focusing down her inside.*
**[05:08] Andy**
*Don't hold back, Urabe.*
**[05:14] Ani**
*If that's how yer gonna play it...*
**[05:25] Ani**
Now it's right over the plate!
**[05:33] Tan**
She did it!
**[05:34] Nis**
Oh, man! So close!
**[05:36] Dai**
Keep going!
**[05:41] Nis**
All right!
**[05:42] Nis**
No outs, runners on second and third!
**[05:45] Dai**
*Anita came up with a plan after all.*
**[05:48] Dai**
* Her right hand's banged up pretty bad,*
* but that was an amazing hit!*
**[05:54] Ani**
Let's keep it going!
**[05:56] Ann**
*Batting fifth, right field, Sakura-san.*
**[06:00] Coa**
This is insane.
**[06:01] Coa**
One good hit and we're tied?!
**[06:06] Dai**
*Don't squeeze.*
**[06:07] Dai**
*Put the ball in play and bring a runner home.*
**[06:10] Ump**
Play!
**[06:13] Ura**
Dammit.
**[06:17] Ura**
*We can't afford to lose in this round!*
**[06:23] Ura**
* We set our goals for this year*
* way higher than this!*
**[06:27] Ump**
Strike!
**[06:29] Ura**
*If we lose to this random co-ed team,*
**[06:34] Ura**
*there's no way we'll beat Eihou!*
**[06:39] Ump**
Strike!
**[06:39] Ump**
You're out!
**[06:49] Mut**
I'm sorry...
**[06:51] Ann**
*Batting sixth, third base, Kandori-san.*
**[06:55] Dai**
Calm down, Kandori!
**[06:57] Nis**
Like that's gonna help.
**[06:59] Nis**
Someone please tell me why
she's higher in the lineup than me.
**[07:12] Dai**
Kandori...
**[07:18] Ura**
Yes!
**[07:19] Ump**
Strike three! You're out!
**[07:21] Mut**
I'm so sorry.
**[07:22] Kan**
We squandered our chance.
**[07:27] Ann**
*Batting seventh, pitcher, Nishina-kun.*
**[07:34] Ani**
Nishina!
**[07:36] Chi**
Get us something!
**[07:38] Dai**
*Please, Nishina.*
**[07:43] Ura**
*Just one more!*
**[07:44] Ura**
*If I get you out, it's over!*
**[07:49] Ani**
He got it!
**[07:51] Dai**
Fall in!
**[07:54] Ump**
Foul!
**[07:59] Dai**
So close!
**[08:01] Nis**
*Damn. That woulda been perfect.*
**[08:09] Tan**
*P-Please!*
**[08:10] Tan**
* If nothing else, let Nishina*
* tie the game for us!*
**[08:16] Ump**
Ball!
**[08:17] Tan**
* Actually, I wouldn't even mind*
* if the game ended with Nishina.*
**[08:21] Tan**
* Anything but me being the*
* last in to bat in this game!*
**[08:28] Ump**
Ball!
**[08:29] Andy**
*We don't need to fight this guy.*
**[08:34] Andy**
* We've struck the next guy out twice in a row.*
* We're guaranteed to get him out again.*
**[08:39] Saw**
I guess that hit before spooked them?
**[08:43] Chi**
First base is open, too.
**[08:47] Ani**
But ol' Tanba's up next.
**[08:50] Ump**
Ball three!
**[08:52] Nis**
Come on, you coward!
**[08:54] Nis**
Throw me a strike!
**[08:58] Ura**
*Shut up!*
**[08:59] Ura**
* Doing whatever it takes*
* to win is not cowardice!*
**[09:03] Ump**
Ball four!
**[09:04] Andy**
*Yes, correct call.*
**[09:08] Nis**
Dammit.
**[09:10] Tai**
Shoulda got it on the first pitch.
**[09:12] Tai**
Mr. Hasn't-Got-It.
**[09:16] Ann**
*Batting eighth, first base, Tanba-kun.*
**[09:25] Mut**
Is he... doing the robot?
**[09:27] Kan**
I don't think this is going to work.
**[09:30] Mut**
Daigo! Shouldn't you call a
timeout and go calm him down?
**[09:34] Mut**
He's going to end the game
without doing anything.
**[10:02] Ura**
* Yamazaki pitched yesterday.*
* Why's he warming up?*
**[10:07] Ura**
*Why do they want him to get ready?!*
**[10:15] Ump**
Ball!
**[10:19] Ura**
*I'm the ace, Coach!*
**[10:22] Ura**
*Is that how much faith you have in me?!*
**[10:27] Ump**
Ball!
**[10:29] Andy**
*What's wrong, Urabe?*
**[10:32] Ani**
Nice, nice!
**[10:34] Ani**
Good eye, Tanba-senpai!
**[10:37] Dai**
* He's nervous, but he's*
* still seeing them clearly.*
**[10:41] Ump**
Ball!
**[10:43] Dai**
* You might not have overcome the trauma*
* of losing that game for the team.*
**[10:49] Dai**
*But you're not that Tanba-san anymore.*
**[10:59] (Flashback) Dai**
Tanba-san.
**[11:00] (Flashback) Dai**
Let's pick at least one of
those pitches to swing at.
**[11:03] (Flashback) Dai**
You never know. You might get lucky.
**[11:21] Tan**
I can't believe it!
**[11:25] Ura**
*All right! We win!*
**[11:27] Ura**
*Suck on this!*
**[11:29] Andy**
Urabe!
**[11:36] Ump**
Safe!
**[11:37] Ump**
Safe!
**[11:43] Both**
Yes!
**[11:44] Kan**
4-3!
**[11:45] Kan**
We got one run back!
**[11:47] Ani**
It's a miracle.
**[11:48] Chi**
Nice one, Senpai!
**[11:50] Nis**
So that's a Mr. Has-Got-It.
**[11:56] Saw**
Looks like the tides are turning our way.
**[12:06] Txt**
Nishina
**[12:06] Txt**
Tanba
**[12:06] Txt**
Shigeno
**[12:07] Ann**
*Batting ninth, catcher, Shigeno-kun.*
**[12:15] Ura**
*Shi-ge-no!*
**[12:19] Dai**
*Looks like it's you and me, Urabe!*
**[12:34] Dai**
*Last inning.*
**[12:37] Ura**
*4-3.*
**[12:43] Mut**
*Two outs, bases loaded.*
**[12:46] Mut**
Hit it, Daigo!
**[12:50] Ura**
*I don't think so!*
**[12:58] Ura**
*Shigeno!*
**[13:23] Dai**
*Urabe!*
**[13:25] (Flashback) Dai**
I'm sorry.
**[13:28] (Flashback) Ura**
I don't need apologies.
**[13:30] (Flashback) Ura**
Just keep learning the ropes.
**[13:32] (Flashback) Ura**
As catcher, you've got so much
to do and to think about,
**[13:35] (Flashback) Ura**
you don't have time to get down on yourself.
**[13:39] Dai**
*I'm* definitely *hitting this!*
**[13:41] Ura**
*I'll* never *let you hit it!*
**[13:53] And**
*This is bad.*
**[13:55] And**
* His timing is good,*
* and he's got a precise swing.*
**[13:59] And**
* He got in a good hit to*
* center field last time, too.*
**[14:02] And**
* Coming at him with*
* fastballs is too dangerous.*
**[14:05] And**
*It doesn't have to be in the strike zone.*
**[14:06] And**
*Just mess up his timing with a curveball.*
**[14:09] And**
*What?!*
**[14:11] Ura**
*I won't let you hit it!*
**[14:16] Ump**
Foul!
**[14:17] Mut**
That was so close!
**[14:19] Andy**
Timeout!
**[14:21] Ump**
Timeout!
**[14:28] Ani**
*He's got a good swing.*
**[14:30] Ani**
* How much d'ya hafta swing*
* a bat to get a swing like that?*
**[14:36] Ani**
* I've been doubtin' Shigeno-senpai*
* ever since I joined the team.*
**[14:43] Ani**
* How could the smallest guy*
* on the team be captain?*
**[14:48] Ani**
* He handed the startin'*
* catcher position to me,*
**[14:51] Ani**
* so I figured he was captain in name only,*
* with zero confidence or skill.*
**[15:00] Ani**
*I could'na been more wrong.*
**[15:07] Ump**
Play!
**[15:08] Ani**
*Shigeno-senpai...*
**[15:12] Ani**
*As a catcher...*
**[15:19] Ani**
*As a captain...*
**[15:23] Ani**
* He's always thinkin' 'bout the*
* next step for the team as a whole!*
**[15:38] Ump**
Foul! Foul!
**[15:40] Nis**
So *close*.
**[15:49] (Flashback) Ura**
Dammit. Why are they readying Yamazaki?
**[15:51] (Flashback) Andy**
We may have two outs, but bases
are loaded and we're only one ahead.
**[15:55] (Flashback) Andy**
Considering this may go into extra innings,
**[15:57] (Flashback) Andy**
it's only natural Coach wants
our relief pitcher ready to play.
**[16:02] (Flashback) Andy**
It's not that Coach doesn't have faith in you.
**[16:05] (Flashback) Andy**
I understand you really wanting to get
Shigeno out, but you need to cool it.
**[16:12] (Flashback) Andy**
You get it, right?
**[16:13] (Flashback) Andy**
Shigeno's got a read on your fastballs.
**[16:16] (Flashback) Andy**
It doesn't matter if you throw balls,
just pitch him some nice curveballs.
**[16:20] (Flashback) Andy**
If you keep throwing the same pitch,
he will hit it.
**[16:23] (Flashback) Ura**
But I can't control the curveballs.
**[16:27] (Flashback) Ura**
We can't afford a wild pitch
when the bases are loaded.
**[16:32] (Flashback) Andy**
I won't let them past me!
**[16:34] (Flashback) Andy**
I promise I'll stop them!
**[16:35] (Flashback) Andy**
So stop worrying and throw
the best curveballs you can!
**[16:42] Andy**
* Since I told him that, the accuracy*
* and spin on his curveballs has come back.*
**[16:45] Andy**
*Another one.*
**[16:46] Andy**
*Shigeno's not ready for your curveballs.*
**[16:57] Mut**
*Daigo!*
**[17:14] Ura**
Get it, Moriguchi!
**[17:20] Mut**
We did it!
**[17:22] Mut**
We caught up!
**[17:25] Ura**
Back home!
**[17:58] Ump**
Safe!
**[18:11] Ump**
Bow!
**[18:12] Both**
Good game!
**[18:20] Dai**
Urabe...
**[18:28] Andy**
Please give him space, Shigeno.
**[18:35] Dai**
Sorry.
**[18:50] Ura**
I'm really sorry, Coach.
**[18:53] Ura**
You were readying Yamazaki,
but they got a hit before he could come in.
**[18:59] Coa**
Don't sweat it.
**[19:01] Ura**
But, sir...
**[19:03] Coa**
Whatever happened,
**[19:05] Coa**
I was never going to swap out my ace
until the seventh inning wrapped up.
**[19:15] Coa**
I know this is hard to take.
**[19:17] Coa**
But next summer will
roll around soon enough.
**[19:21] Coa**
Let's get stronger so we can
pay them back next time.
**[19:25] Both**
Y-Yes, sir!
**[19:29] Txt**
Mifune Baseball Park
**[19:29] Txt**
Mifune Baseball Park
**[19:30] Teac**
But boy, what a surprise.
**[19:34] Teac**
I didn't think you'd make a comeback.
**[19:37] Teac**
Congratulations. This is so great.
**[19:41] Teac**
Now we can come back here again tomorrow.
**[19:45] Tao**
Could she sound any less enthusiastic?
**[19:50] Dai**
All right, then, Sensei.
**[19:51] Dai**
We'll see you again tomorrow.
**[19:53] Dai**
We're sticking around for the next game,
but you can go on home.
**[19:58] Dai**
Thanks for everything.
**[19:59] Princ**
Oh, really? Bye, then.
**[20:01] Nis**
Look at her go!
**[20:05] Mut**
Hey, Daigo, why are we watching the next game?
**[20:07] Dai**
Huh?
**[20:09] Mut**
You already watched our
next opponent early this morning.
**[20:15] Dai**
Oh, right.
**[20:18] Dai**
Our next opponent.
**[20:22] Txt**
Tokumei
**[20:22] Txt**
Tokumei
**[20:22] Txt**
Atsumori
**[20:22] Txt**
Atsumori
**[20:22] Txt**
Haragase
**[20:22] Txt**
Haragase
**[20:22] Txt**
Nishi-
Minato
**[20:22] Txt**
Nishi-
Minato
**[20:22] Txt**
Nakahama
**[20:22] Txt**
Nakahama
**[20:22] Txt**
Yanagawa
**[20:22] Txt**
Yanagawa
**[20:22] Txt**
Itsuki
**[20:22] Txt**
Itsuki
**[20:22] Txt**
Fuurin
**[20:22] Txt**
Fuurin
**[20:22] Txt**
Koutou
**[20:22] Txt**
Koutou
**[20:22] Txt**
Seiwa
**[20:22] Txt**
Seiwa
**[20:22] Txt**
Finals
**[20:22] Txt**
Eihou
**[20:22] Txt**
Eihou
**[20:22] Txt**
Minami
Satoyama
**[20:22] Txt**
Minami
Satoyama
**[20:22] Txt**
Nishigaura
**[20:22] Txt**
Nishigaura
**[20:22] Txt**
Fujimihara
**[20:22] Txt**
Fujimihara
**[20:22] Txt**
Kawaeda
**[20:22] Txt**
Kawaeda
**[20:22] Txt**
Daio
**[20:22] Txt**
Daio
**[20:22] Dai**
The team I want to check out now
is our opponent after that.
**[20:26] Dai**
If we beat Yamagawa Middle,
**[20:28] Dai**
our final game will probably be
against this team, Eihou Academy.
**[20:28] Txt**
Daio
**[20:28] Txt**
Tokumei
**[20:28] Txt**
Tokumei
**[20:28] Txt**
Atsumori
**[20:28] Txt**
Atsumori
**[20:28] Txt**
Haragase
**[20:28] Txt**
Haragase
**[20:28] Txt**
Nishi-
Minato
**[20:28] Txt**
Nishi-
Minato
**[20:28] Txt**
Nakahama
**[20:28] Txt**
Nakahama
**[20:28] Txt**
Yanagawa
**[20:28] Txt**
Yanagawa
**[20:28] Txt**
Itsuki
**[20:28] Txt**
Itsuki
**[20:28] Txt**
Fuurin
**[20:28] Txt**
Fuurin
**[20:28] Txt**
Finals
**[20:28] Txt**
Eihou
**[20:28] Txt**
Eihou
**[20:28] Txt**
Minami
Satoyama
**[20:28] Txt**
Minami
Satoyama
**[20:28] Txt**
Nishigaura
**[20:28] Txt**
Nishigaura
**[20:28] Txt**
Fujimihara
**[20:28] Txt**
Fujimihara
**[20:28] Txt**
Kawaeda
**[20:28] Txt**
Kawaeda
**[20:28] Txt**
Daio
**[20:30] Txt**
Minami
Satoyama
**[20:30] Txt**
Minami
Satoyama
**[20:30] Txt**
Daio
**[20:30] Txt**
Daio
**[20:30] Txt**
Tokumei
**[20:30] Txt**
Tokumei
**[20:30] Txt**
Atsumori
**[20:30] Txt**
Atsumori
**[20:30] Txt**
Haragase
**[20:30] Txt**
Haragase
**[20:30] Txt**
Nishi-
Minato
**[20:30] Txt**
Nishi-
Minato
**[20:30] Txt**
Nakahama
**[20:30] Txt**
Nakahama
**[20:30] Txt**
Yanagawa
**[20:30] Txt**
Yanagawa
**[20:30] Txt**
Itsuki
**[20:30] Txt**
Itsuki
**[20:30] Txt**
Finals
**[20:30] Txt**
Eihou
**[20:30] Txt**
Nishigaura
**[20:30] Txt**
Nishigaura
**[20:30] Txt**
Fujimihara
**[20:30] Txt**
Fujimihara
**[20:30] Txt**
Kawaeda
**[20:30] Txt**
Kawaeda
**[20:37] Tao**
Eihou?
**[20:39] Tao**
C'mon, Daigo, what's the point of watching them?
**[20:42] Tao**
You *do* know they're district
champs every year, right?
**[20:47] Dai**
Of course. That's why we're
going to check them out.
**[20:55] Dai**
From what I saw this morning,
**[20:56] Dai**
we have a good chance
of beating Yanagawa Middle.
**[21:01] Dai**
To be honest, they're quite a bit weaker
than Itsuki Middle and Seiwa Middle,
**[21:05] Dai**
and we already beat them.
**[21:07] Dai**
They won't be a difficult opponent.
**[21:09] Dai**
Since it's all but guaranteed
that Eihou will make it to the final,
**[21:13] Dai**
we will have to fight them
right around this time tomorrow,
**[21:17] Dai**
Even if it's a game we can't win,
I'd like to put up the best fight we can.
**[21:25] Txt**
Fujimihara
**[21:25] Txt**
Fujimihara
**[21:25] Txt**
Eihou Academy
**[21:25] Txt**
Eihou Academy
**[21:28] Ann**
*Top of the first.*
**[21:30] Ann**
*Fujimihara Middle to bat.*
**[21:32] Ann**
*Batting first, right field, Fukazawa-kun.*
**[21:36] Dai**
Where are Tao and the others?
**[21:38] Mut**
They said they needed the bathroom.
**[21:41] Kan**
All three of them?
**[21:44] Dai**
*So that's Eihou's ace, huh?*
**[21:48] Dai**
*He sure is tall.*
**[22:00] Ump**
Strike!
**[22:01] Ani**
That was fast as spit! Unbelievable!
**[22:03] Ani**
That had to be around 140 kmph!
**[22:05] Dai**
* Right. So that's why they're*
* back-to-back district champs.*
**[22:10] Chi**
Um...
**[22:12] Chi**
So, uh... Sagara-senpai
and Sawa-senpai went home.
**[22:17] Chi**
They said, "Good luck, Daigo-kyun."
**[24:00] Izu**
Mutsuko-chan, congrats on winning
your second-round game!
**[24:03] Mut**
It's all thanks to the breaking
balls you taught me, Izumi-senpai!
**[24:06] Izu**
But can tomorrow's semi-finals
even go ahead in this weather?
**[24:10] Mut**
We've all got to think about tomorrow.
**[24:13] Mut**
As the pitcher, I've got my own doubts...
**[24:15] Izu**
C'mon! Chin up!
**[24:17] Izu**
Hey, Daigo! You're the captain! Say something!
***SIGN*** Cloudy, Then Rainy?
**[24:20] Mut**
Next time: "Cloudy, Then Rainy?"
**[24:22] Izu**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
# E12 - Cloudy, Then Rainy?
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**[00:05] Ump**
Safe!
**[00:13] Txt**
Fuurin
**[00:13] Txt**
Fuurin
**[00:13] Txt**
Finals
**[00:13] Txt**
Eihou
**[00:13] Txt**
Eihou
**[00:13] Txt**
Minami
Satoyama
**[00:13] Txt**
Minami
Satoyama
**[00:13] Txt**
Nishigaura
**[00:13] Txt**
Nishigaura
**[00:13] Txt**
Fujimihara
**[00:13] Txt**
Fujimihara
**[00:13] Txt**
Kawaeda
**[00:13] Txt**
Kawaeda
**[00:13] Txt**
Daio
**[00:13] Txt**
Daio
**[00:13] Txt**
Tokumei
**[00:13] Txt**
Tokumei
**[00:13] Txt**
Atsumori
**[00:13] Txt**
Atsumori
**[00:13] Txt**
Haragase
**[00:13] Txt**
Haragase
**[00:13] Txt**
Nishi-
Minato
**[00:13] Txt**
Nishi-
Minato
**[00:13] Txt**
Nakahama
**[00:13] Txt**
Nakahama
**[00:13] Txt**
Yanagawa
**[00:13] Txt**
Yanagawa
**[00:13] Txt**
Itsuki
**[00:13] Txt**
Itsuki
**[00:13] Dai**
The team I want to check out now
is our opponent after that.
**[00:14] Txt**
Fuurin
**[00:14] Txt**
Fuurin
**[00:15] Txt**
Minami
Satoyama
**[00:15] Txt**
Minami
Satoyama
**[00:15] Txt**
Finals
**[00:15] Txt**
Eihou
**[00:15] Txt**
Nishigaura
**[00:15] Txt**
Nishigaura
**[00:15] Txt**
Fujimihara
**[00:15] Txt**
Fujimihara
**[00:15] Txt**
Kawaeda
**[00:15] Txt**
Kawaeda
**[00:15] Txt**
Daio
**[00:15] Txt**
Daio
**[00:15] Txt**
Tokumei
**[00:15] Txt**
Tokumei
**[00:15] Txt**
Atsumori
**[00:15] Txt**
Atsumori
**[00:15] Txt**
Haragase
**[00:15] Txt**
Haragase
**[00:15] Txt**
Nishi-
Minato
**[00:15] Txt**
Nishi-
Minato
**[00:15] Txt**
Nakahama
**[00:15] Txt**
Nakahama
**[00:15] Txt**
Yanagawa
**[00:15] Txt**
Yanagawa
**[00:15] Txt**
Itsuki
**[00:15] Txt**
Itsuki
**[00:16] Dai**
This team, Eihou Academy.
**[01:52] Txt**
Fujimihara
**[01:52] Txt**
Fujimihara
**[01:52] Txt**
Eihou Academy
**[01:52] Txt**
Eihou Academy
***SIGN*** Cloudy, Then Rainy?
**[02:02] Chi**
Um...
**[02:04] Chi**
So, uh... Sagara-senpai
and Sawa-senpai went home.
**[02:08] Chi**
They said, "Good luck, Daigo-kyun."
**[02:12] Ani**
They went home?
**[02:14] Ani**
How come?!
**[02:15] Chi**
Who knows.
**[02:16] Ani**
I'm goin' after 'em.
**[02:18] Mut**
Anita.
**[02:20] Mut**
It's fine.
**[02:21] Mut**
Let's just concentrate on the game.
**[02:28] Dai**
*Eihou's ace, Jitou.*
**[02:40] Dai**
*140 kmph is a bit of an exaggeration,*
**[02:42] Dai**
* but his fastballs are consistently*
* over the 130 kmph mark.*
**[02:49] Dai**
* He's several notches faster than Yokouchi*
* and Urabe, and we did fastball drills for them.*
**[02:56] Nis**
Guess there's a reason these guys
are the team to beat in our district.
**[03:00] Dai**
Yeah, their offense packs a punch, too.
**[03:12] Dai**
*They get hits all the way down the order.*
**[03:15] Txt**
Fujimihara
**[03:15] Txt**
Fujimihara
**[03:15] Txt**
Eihou Academy
**[03:15] Txt**
Eihou Academy
**[03:16] Dai**
* I wanted to check out their batters some more,*
* but what I saw depressed me too much.*
**[03:21] Ump**
Bow!
**[03:22] All**
Thank you!
**[03:25] Chi**
They're so strong.
**[03:26] Kan**
We're going to get destroyed.
**[03:29] Mut**
No wonder Tao and Yayoi just left like that.
**[03:32] Mut**
Beating them is impossible.
**[03:35] Ani**
Looks 'bout right.
**[03:37] Ani**
S'obvious we were gonna run into this
kinda hurdle on our way to Regionals.
**[03:40] Ani**
Beatin' them'll be worth it.
**[03:42] Nis**
Gonna be fun.
**[03:44] Nis**
I'm looking forward to seeing
how far my pitching gets us.
**[03:50] Dai**
You guys are right.
**[03:52] Dai**
Looks like we've got no choice but to
put Nishina on the mound in the final.
**[03:55] Dai**
Problem is, who will we get to
pitch in our semifinal game?
**[04:02] Txt**
Fujimihara
**[04:02] Txt**
Fujimihara
**[04:02] Txt**
Eihou Academy
**[04:02] Txt**
Eihou Academy
**[04:02] Dai**
I think you'd do fine against
Yanagawa Middle, Mutsuko,
**[04:05] Dai**
but it'd be your third game in three days.
**[04:08] Dai**
Pitching a complete game when
you're already exhausted is a tough ask,
**[04:12] Dai**
and I don't want you to overdo it.
**[04:14] Ani**
So what's the plan?
**[04:18] Dai**
Chisato.
**[04:19] Dai**
You pitched for Yokohama Little, right?
**[04:23] Dai**
I want you and Mutsuko to get us through
tomorrow's game with Yanagawa.
**[04:27] Chi**
Are you sure I'm up for it?
**[04:29] Dai**
Yes. I'm counting on you.
**[04:31] Chi**
All right.
**[04:33] Dai**
Great.
**[04:34] Dai**
How about we go back to school now
and you can show me your pitching?
**[04:38] Chi**
Right now?
**[04:39] Tan**
Hey, Shigeno.
**[04:41] Tan**
We just finished a game.
Fujii's probably tired.
**[04:43] Tan**
You shouldn't go overboard.
**[04:45] Dai**
It's true we don't need to push
ourselves hard for the next game,
**[04:49] Dai**
but we've got a chance of facing Eihou,
so I want to give it all we've got.
**[04:52] Dai**
Is it too much?
**[04:53] Chi**
No, I'll go.
**[04:56] Mut**
I-I'm coming too!
**[04:57] Dai**
Yeah, okay. It might be
better if you're there.
**[05:01] Nis**
I bet you want to check out
my hyper-speed pitches, too.
**[05:04] Dai**
Yup.
**[05:05] Dai**
As you are now, you don't
stand a chance against Eihou.
**[05:10] Txt**
Mifune Baseball Park
**[05:10] Dai**
All right, anyone not heading back
to school is done for the day.
**[05:14] Dai**
Good job, everyone!
**[05:15] All**
Good job!
**[05:15] Tan**
Get some rest, guys.
**[05:17] Kan**
Okay.
**[05:19] Ani**
Captain!
**[05:21] Ani**
I oughta be the one goin' back
to school an' catchin' their pitches.
**[05:25] Ani**
I'm sorry.
**[05:26] Dai**
Don't sweat it.
**[05:28] Dai**
Right now, getting over your
injury is your top priority.
**[05:30] Dai**
Hurry up and get it checked out.
**[05:34] Ani**
Then, I'll leave it to ya, Captain.
**[05:37] Chi**
Hey! You're getting left behind!
**[05:41] Dai**
Coming!
**[05:43] Dai**
Later, Anita.
**[05:48] Ani**
Ouch...
**[05:53] Ani**
* I'm injured, so I can't go practice*
* with 'em, even though I wanna.*
**[05:57] Ani**
* But there ain't anythin' wrong*
* with Sagara-senpai or Sawa-senpai,*
**[06:00] Ani**
* so why'd they go home instead*
* of watchin' Eihou's game with us?*
**[06:03] Txt**
Team
**[06:03] Txt**
Yoshisawa Little
**[06:03] Txt**
Yokohama Little
**[06:03] Txt**
Team
**[06:03] Txt**
Yoshisawa Little
**[06:03] Txt**
Yokohama Little
**[06:13] (Flashback) Chi**
Yes!
**[06:14] (Flashback) Chi**
We've got someone on first!
**[06:15] (Flashback) Ani**
This is still anyone's game.
**[06:24] (Flashback) Chi**
A-All right!
**[06:28] (Flashback) Tao**
Dang, looks like you stole my spotlight.
**[06:30] (Flashback) Yay**
Couldn't have done it without your setup.
**[06:34] Ani**
* I've admired those two*
* ever since I was in Little.*
**[06:38] Ani**
* Both of 'em were already doin' amazin' things*
* even before I started wearin' the mask.*
**[06:44] Ani**
*Please lemme keep admirin' you forever...*
**[06:52] Yay**
D'you think that was a bit mean,
running out on Daigo?
**[06:55] Tao**
Not even a little.
**[06:56] Tao**
His relentless can-do attitude
is honestly exhausting at times.
**[07:01] Tao**
There's no way we can beat Eihou, anyway.
**[07:04] Yay**
What if they all went back to school
to practice after the Eihou game?
**[07:07] Tao**
Nah, surely not.
**[07:09] Tao**
Oh, wait, that actually does sound
like something Daigo would suggest.
**[07:13] Tao**
Jeez, it's not like a few random practice
sessions are the answer to everything.
**[07:17] Tao**
Especially for you, Yayoi—
**[07:24] Yay**
Well, I'm not letting baseball eat into
my downtime after a game on a weekend.
**[07:28] Tao**
Right?
**[07:30] Tao**
I mean, I like baseball. I really do.
But don't you wonder sometimes?
**[07:34] Tao**
If this is all our middle
school years are about?
**[07:37] Yay**
Meaning?
**[07:39] Tao**
This is our youth, you know? Our youth!
**[07:41] Tao**
At this rate, it'll be three years later,
and all we'll have done
**[07:44] Tao**
is sweat our asses off on the field,
chasing a white ball around!
**[07:48] Yay**
I think getting sweaty on a baseball field
and chasing a white ball around
**[07:51] Yay**
is exactly what adults call "youth."
**[07:54] Tao**
What?
**[07:56] Yay**
But the "youth" you're talking about
is something like that, right?
**[08:00] Girl**
Say "Ah."
**[08:00] Guy**
Ah.
**[08:02] Tao**
I can't go to high school and admit
to people I've never had a boyfriend!
**[08:07] Yay**
I get where you're coming from.
**[08:09] Yay**
Wouldn't it be nice to be like Mutsuko
and have a crush on someone on our team?
**[08:14] Tao**
Right... Wait, what did you just say?
**[08:17] Yay**
Don't tell me you haven't noticed.
**[08:20] Tao**
Who is it?
**[08:21] Tao**
Daigo?
**[08:21] Tao**
Nishina?
**[08:22] Yay**
Hey now, what happened to Tanba-san?
**[08:25] Tao**
No way it's him.
**[08:29] Dai**
Okay!
**[08:30] Dai**
Let's go.
**[08:31] Mut**
Okay.
**[08:37] Dai**
That was nice!
**[08:43] Nis**
Huh. Those are pretty fast.
**[08:46] Nis**
Not nearly as fast as mine, of course.
**[08:49] Nis**
But probably faster than—
**[08:50] Mut**
Hm?
**[08:51] Nis**
Oh, nothing.
**[08:56] Dai**
Looking good!
**[08:58] Dai**
By the way, can you throw any breaking balls?
**[09:02] Chi**
I'm not sure, but I'll give it a try.
**[09:06] Mut**
That's a bit mean of Daigo.
**[09:08] Mut**
Chisato's a first-year. She can't
just casually throw breaking balls.
**[09:13] Mut**
After all, grade schoolers
are banned from using them.
**[09:18] Dai**
Nice ball!
**[09:20] Mut**
A slider?
**[09:22] Nis**
Breaking balls are only
banned in rubber-ball.
**[09:25] Nis**
But she played Little League.
**[09:28] Dai**
I liked that slider!
**[09:30] Dai**
Your control was good, too.
We can really use these!
**[09:33] Chi**
Oh, really?
**[09:35] Chi**
I'm so happy!
**[09:36] Chi**
Thank you!
**[09:38] Nis**
I think Fujii just secured
the starting pitcher spot.
**[09:42] Nis**
What? I was just saying.
**[09:44] Mut**
Good work today.
**[09:47] Mut**
Hey, Daigo! I'm pretty tired, so I'm heading home.
**[09:51] Dai**
Uh, okay. Good job today.
**[09:54] Mut**
Good luck, Chisato.
**[09:56] Chi**
I'll try!
**[10:05] (Flashback) Mut**
Pitcher?
**[10:07] (Flashback) Dai**
Yeah. We don't have a pitcher right now, you see.
**[10:11] (Flashback) Mut**
Well, yeah, but I'm sure one of
the new sign-ups in spring will want to pitch.
**[10:17] (Flashback) Dai**
Spring's way too late.
**[10:19] (Flashback) Dai**
We won't know if we can
throw them straight into a game,
**[10:21] (Flashback) Dai**
so we need to train up at least
one pitcher from our current roster.
**[10:28] Mut**
See? Good pitchers signed up after all.
**[10:44] Izu**
Ack, I'm soaked through.
**[10:46] Izu**
I didn't know it was gonna rain today.
**[10:50] Mut**
Izumi-senpai?
**[10:53] Izu**
Hi!
**[11:02] Izu**
Well, isn't this a crazy coincidence!
**[11:04] Mut**
Right?
**[11:06] Izu**
Are you coming back from a game?
**[11:08] Izu**
Your second game was today, wasn't it?
**[11:10] Mut**
Yes.
**[11:11] Izu**
So how'd it go?
**[11:13] Mut**
We won.
**[11:14] Mut**
It was really close, but still...
**[11:15] Izu**
Wow, that's awesome!
**[11:18] Izu**
So is it the semi-finals tomorrow?
**[11:20] Mut**
Yeah, looks like.
**[11:21] Izu**
The fact you made it this far
with your useless captain
**[11:25] Izu**
means the ace must be rock solid.
**[11:27] Mut**
Oh, no...
**[11:28] Mut**
Besides, it's all thanks to you.
**[11:31] Mut**
You taught me how to throw breaking balls.
**[11:33] Izu**
You were a quick learner,
so teaching you was fun for me too.
**[11:39] (Flashback) Izu**
Put your middle finger on the stitching.
**[11:41] (Flashback) Izu**
Yeah, like that.
**[11:42] (Flashback) Izu**
Don't twist. Slice it like... this.
**[11:45] (Flashback) Mut**
Don't twist, slice.
**[11:48] Mut**
Since then, I've also learned
how to do pickoff attempts.
**[11:51] Mut**
There are so many things a pitcher
needs to learn. It's a bit overwhelming.
**[11:57] Izu**
But still fun, right?
**[11:58] Mut**
Yes!
**[12:04] Mut**
Which is why I'd really like
to be pitching all the time.
**[12:10] Mut**
Today, I ran out of steam
in the middle of the game,
**[12:13] Mut**
and tomorrow, another girl
might be the starting pitcher.
**[12:19] Izu**
Mutsuko-chan, tomorrow would
be your third day in a row, right?
**[12:22] Izu**
Then, it's totally normal.
**[12:29] Mut**
I suppose.
**[12:33] Izu**
I bet you feel a strong sense
of responsibility for the team.
**[12:39] Mut**
Huh?
**[12:40] Izu**
You're a bit like Daigo in that way.
**[12:44] Izu**
Heh, I guess that's a bit of an insult,
comparing you to him.
**[12:59] Izu**
I thought this was gonna be a shower,
but doesn't look like it's stopping.
**[13:05] Izu**
Here you go.
**[13:06] Izu**
You can use this umbrella, if you like.
**[13:08] Izu**
I'll just sprint home.
**[13:10] Mut**
Oh, I couldn't!
**[13:12] Mut**
You should take it!
**[13:14] Mut**
I'll be fine. I'll run home.
**[13:16] Izu**
Daigo would be super mad if I let his ace
catch a cold the day before the semi-finals.
**[13:24] Izu**
Take it.
**[13:26] Izu**
See ya.
**[13:27] Izu**
Good luck tomorrow.
**[13:44] Nis**
The rain's getting even worse.
**[13:47] Dai**
No signs of it letting up.
**[13:49] Dai**
Let's call it a day.
**[13:50] Nis**
Huh? Seriously?
**[13:52] Chi**
Okay.
**[13:53] Chi**
I'm off, then.
**[13:54] Nis**
H-Hey! I haven't thrown a single pitch yet!
**[13:59] Dai**
That's too bad.
**[14:00] Dai**
Let's get going before we catch a chill.
**[14:03] Nis**
What the hell?!
**[14:04] Nis**
This rain won't dampen my pitching spirit!
**[14:08] Nis**
Okay, you win this round, rain.
**[14:14] Nis**
*Man, the weather forecast was way off.*
**[14:20] Kids**
Nishina?
**[14:23] Chib**
You on your way home?
**[14:24] Nis**
Yeah.
**[14:25] Nis**
You guys just finished practice, too?
**[14:27] Chib**
Yeah, more or less.
**[14:28] Ume**
So are you still on that all-girls' team?
**[14:32] Nis**
Yeah, more or less.
**[14:33] Fuji**
You ain't got it easy, huh?
**[14:36] Nis**
What about you?
**[14:37] Nis**
How are you doing in Senior League?
**[14:39] Nis**
You all starters yet?
**[14:41] Chib**
Are you really in any position
to worry about us?
**[14:44] Chib**
I heard, y'know.
**[14:45] Chib**
I know they still haven't let you pitch
in your girls' rubber-ball team.
**[14:50] Nis**
C'mon, dude, your info's outta date.
**[14:52] Nis**
They want me to be the
starting pitcher in the final.
**[14:55] Nis**
Against Eihou, no less.
**[14:58] Nis**
Looks like those fools finally
realized how good I really am.
**[15:02] Nis**
This is the beginning of my saga!
**[15:05] Chib**
Huh?
**[15:06] Kit**
Looks like you're having a good time.
**[15:09] Ume**
You've really meshed with that team, huh.
**[15:12] Nis**
Totally the opposite.
They're meshing with me!
**[15:17] Sign**
Hayashida Chiropractor
**[15:17] Sign**
Hayashida Chiropractor
**[15:17] Nurse**
Take care.
**[15:18] Ani**
Thank you.
**[15:22] Ani**
*One week for it to fully heal.*
**[15:25] Ani**
*I'm happy as heck it's only a light sprain.*
**[15:28] Ani**
* The doc told me I oughtn't play tomorrow,*
* but that ain't a luxury I can afford.*
**[15:36] Ani**
Seriously? It's rainin'?!
**[15:38] Ani**
Aw man, this sucks. I ain't got an umbrella.
**[15:43] Ani**
No, wait, this is great!
**[15:45] Ani**
If the game gets postponed
to next week 'cause of the rain,
**[15:48] Ani**
my wrist'll be all healed up by then!
**[15:50] Ani**
Rain harder!
**[15:52] Ani**
Postpone the game!
**[15:54] Tao**
Wow, I never knew Mutsuko
had a thing for Daigo.
**[15:58] Yay**
Seriously, are you blind?
**[16:00] Yay**
It's pretty obvious just by looking at them.
**[16:04] Yay**
Oh. It's raining.
**[16:06] Tao**
Ah. Wonder if they'll
postpone tomorrow's game.
**[16:09] Tao**
Not that it matters when we play Eihou.
The result will be the same.
**[16:14] Tao**
Hey, Yayoi, do you have an umbrella?
**[16:17] Yay**
Just a folding one.
**[16:19] Tao**
That's some top-tier girl skills!
**[16:21] Tao**
Can we share it to the station?
**[16:28] Txt**
Batting Center
Mifune Dome
**[16:28] Txt**
Batting Center
Mifune Dome
**[16:36] Kan**
This time!
**[16:38] Kan**
*I can't keep holding the team back!*
**[16:45] Kan**
This time!
**[16:47] Txt**
Batting Center
Mifune Dome
**[16:47] Txt**
Batting Center
Mifune Dome
**[16:48] Kan**
This time!
**[17:00] (Flashback) Mut**
First!
**[17:11] Tan**
*I'm the only third-year on the team.*
**[17:13] Tan**
* I can't let the younger guys see this*
* pathetic version of me anymore.*
**[17:20] Dad**
I'm home!
**[17:21] Chi**
Welcome back.
**[17:23] Dad**
So how'd it go, Chisato?
**[17:26] Chi**
Oh, we won.
**[17:28] Chi**
And our semi-final opponent looks beatable,
**[17:31] Chi**
so we'll probably make the final.
**[17:34] Chi**
And tomorrow, I'm going to pitch as well.
**[17:41] Dad**
That's fantastic!
**[17:42] Dad**
I'll definitely be there to cheer you on.
**[17:45] Chi**
But don't you have a Dolphins game tomorrow?
**[17:48] Dad**
Oh, yeah, that's right.
**[17:50] Dad**
I should be able to make it to the final, though.
**[17:53] Dad**
Wait for me on the mound, Chisato.
**[17:56] Chi**
I think they're getting someone
else to pitch in the final.
**[18:01] Dad**
That's fine, too!
**[18:02] Dad**
All right! Let's go winjoy some pork
cutlet rice bowl to bring you luck!
**[18:06] Mom**
I just finished making dinner.
I fried up some ginger pork.
**[18:10] Mom**
What did you say you
were going to go eat?
**[18:12] Dad**
I-It was a joke!
**[18:14] Dad**
You make the best food, Miho.
**[18:21] Chi**
Hang in there, Dad.
**[18:35] Mom**
So I heard you won again.
**[18:38] Mom**
You're on a roll.
**[18:39] Mom**
Maybe I'll come watch your game tomorrow.
**[18:41] Dai**
You don't have to.
**[18:43] Dai**
This next game is going to be
more of a test run, anyway.
**[18:46] Izu**
I'll give you credit for making
it this far with that team.
**[18:50] Izu**
But are you on top of it?
**[18:52] Dai**
On top of what?
**[18:53] Izu**
The mental side.
**[18:55] Izu**
Especially with your ace.
**[18:57] Izu**
You're the captain, so it's your job
to keep on top of these things.
**[19:01] Dai**
Our ace?
**[19:02] Dai**
Something up with Mutsuko?
**[19:05] Izu**
You really don't have the slightest clue?
**[19:11] Dai**
Pitching two games in a row
has really tired her out,
**[19:13] Dai**
so I decided to use two
pitchers in tomorrow's game.
**[19:16] Dai**
But that's for her sake too.
**[19:18] Izu**
Even if it's for her, you have to
consider how delicate a girl's heart is!
**[19:24] Mom**
It might not be in Mutsuko-chan's
interest to say too much.
**[19:28] Mom**
Daigo is just as dense as his father.
**[19:32] Izu**
You're right.
**[19:33] Izu**
It was foolish of me to try.
**[19:36] Dai**
Huh?
**[19:39] Tv**
* And now, the weather for the*
* Kantou Koushinetsu area.*
**[19:43] Tv**
* Intermittent showers will continue*
* through the night and into the early hours.*
**[19:48] Tv**
* But the rain will clear up by morning,*
* and we should see some sun in the afternoon.*
**[19:53] Dai**
* The field will be in bad shape.*
* I wonder if they'll cancel the game.*
**[19:57] Dai**
* Considering Anita's injury and Mutsuko's*
* fatigue, that might work out better for us.*
**[20:05] Mom**
Izumi, can you get that?
**[20:07] Izu**
Sure.
**[20:11] Izu**
Oh, actually, I think I need
the toilet, like right now.
**[20:14] Izu**
Daigo, can you get it?
**[20:16] Dai**
What?
**[20:19] Dai**
Hello?
**[20:21] Dai**
Mutsuko?
**[20:23] Dai**
What are you doing here this late?
**[20:25] Mut**
I ran into Izumi-senpai earlier,
**[20:28] Mut**
and she lent me this.
**[20:30] Mut**
I wanted to return it as soon as possible.
**[20:33] Dai**
You could've just given it to me tomorrow.
**[20:36] Mut**
Well, I guess, but...
**[20:40] Dai**
I'm glad I got a chance to see you, though.
**[20:45] Dai**
You looked so tired earlier.
I'm relieved you're looking better.
**[20:49] Mut**
*Oh, that's what he meant.*
**[20:53] Mut**
Well, see you tomorrow.
**[20:55] Dai**
Yeah. Later.
**[21:03] Izu**
What is wrong with you?!
**[21:04] Izu**
Walk her home this instant!
**[21:05] Mom**
That's right, Daigo!
**[21:12] Mut**
I kinda feel bad.
**[21:14] Mut**
Now you're walking me home.
**[21:16] Dai**
Oh, no, it's not a problem.
**[21:22] Both**
You know...
**[21:22] Both**
You know...
**[21:26] Dai**
Oh, sorry. Go ahead.
**[21:29] Mut**
It wasn't important.
What were you going to say?
**[21:34] Dai**
No, I was just thinking...
**[21:40] Dai**
I hope it doesn't stop raining.
**[21:47] Mut**
Yeah.
**[24:00] Nis**
This is bad. The ground's so soggy,
it's just one error after the other!
**[24:04] Nis**
This game's gonna be tough, Sekitori-senpai.
**[24:06] Kan**
It's "Kandori," not "Sekitori." I'm not a sumo.
**[24:08] Nis**
Anyway, why are all
the girls getting so tense?
**[24:11] Nis**
What's going on?
**[24:12] Kan**
Girls have a lot to worry about, okay?
**[24:14] Nis**
Like what? How to season your sumo stew?
**[24:17] Kan**
That'll go down sumooth!
Wait, that's not a Sekitori's job!
**[24:18] Nis**
Aren't you a Kandori?!
***SIGN*** Semi-Finals Time!
**[24:20] Nis**
Next time: "Semi-Finals Time!"
**[24:22] Kan**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
# E13 - Semi-Finals Time!
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**[00:07] Mut**
Yes! It's going to get canceled for sure!
**[00:09] Mut**
By next week, I'll have my energy back,
so Chisato won't take my place on the mound!
**[00:15] Txt**
Shigeno Daigo
**[00:18] Mut**
Ah, it's Daigo.
**[00:20] Mut**
Hello?
**[00:21] Mut**
Good morning!
**[00:23] Mut**
What?
**[00:25] Mut**
The game's going ahead?!
***SIGN*** Semi-Finals Time!
**[01:58] Tea**
The organizers of the tournament said
this rain isn't enough for them to cancel.
**[02:03] Tea**
Apparently, it's supposed
to let up around noon.
**[02:06] Tao**
So why can't we wait for it
to stop and then play?
**[02:09] Tea**
I'll leave the rest to you, Shigeno-kun.
**[02:11] Dai**
Right.
**[02:13] Dai**
These conditions aren't the best,
but it's the same for both teams.
**[02:17] Dai**
It would've been nice to
have some time to rest up,
**[02:21] Dai**
but let's get fired up
and do our best out there.
**[02:23] Txt**
Mifune Baseball Park
**[02:24] Dai**
Okay, time for today's batting lineup.
**[02:27] Dai**
Leadoff to third will
stay the same as before:
**[02:30] Dai**
Chisato, Tao, and Sawa-san.
**[02:33] Dai**
Since Anita's wrist is injured, I'll play
cleanup and wear the mask today.
**[02:40] Saw**
That's some load you're carrying, captain.
**[02:43] Dai**
Since he did well last time out,
batting fifth, Nishina, right field.
**[02:45] Nis**
Yeah, there it is!
**[02:48] Dai**
Batting sixth, Anita, left field.
**[02:51] Dai**
Batting seventh, Tanba-san, first base.
**[02:54] Tan**
Got it.
**[02:55] Dai**
Batting eighth, Kandori, third base.
**[02:57] Nis**
The questionable 6-hole has
finally dropped down the order.
**[03:04] Mut**
*I guess Chisato will be pitching first.*
**[03:07] Mut**
*Well, after yesterday's pitching practice,*
**[03:10] Mut**
* it's obvious it'll be either*
* her or Nishina on the mound.*
**[03:14] Dai**
Batting ninth and last, Mutsuko,
so she won't have to bat so much.
**[03:18] Dai**
And naturally, she's our starting pitcher.
**[03:21] Dai**
All right, let's go!
**[03:23] Mut**
Huh?!
**[03:27] Txt**
Yanagawa
**[03:27] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[03:27] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[03:32] Guy**
All right.
**[03:33] Guy**
Oops.
**[03:36] Guy**
Sorry!
**[03:39] Nis**
I see how it is.
**[03:41] Tan**
I'm surprised this team managed to win twice.
**[03:45] Ani**
Ain't this a sign that
they've got a good pitcher?
**[03:48] Dai**
Nope. Their #1 and #10 were pitching yesterday...
**[03:55] Dai**
...and it was like that.
**[03:56] Tao**
So slow!
**[03:57] Nis**
Looks like this'll be an easy win.
**[04:00] Tan**
No. We can't let our guard down.
**[04:02] Tan**
If we're just going on speed,
our ace isn't any faster.
**[04:07] Dai**
It seems the luck of the
draw got them this far,
**[04:10] Dai**
but underestimating them could be fatal.
**[04:12] Dai**
Let's keep our heads, get a clean win,
**[04:15] Dai**
and progress to the final this afternoon.
**[04:17] Ump**
Line up!
**[04:19] Ump**
Bow!
**[04:20] All**
Good luck!
**[04:29] (Flashback) Mut**
H-Hold up, Daigo.
**[04:32] (Flashback) Dai**
Huh?
**[04:33] (Flashback) Mut**
Why are you putting me in from the start?
**[04:36] (Flashback) Mut**
I thought you'd put
Chisato on the mound first,
**[04:38] (Flashback) Mut**
since I'm tired from
pitching two days in a row.
**[04:41] (Flashback) Dai**
I never said I'd do that.
**[04:43] (Flashback) Dai**
What I said was we'd get both
of you pitching against Yanagawa.
**[04:48] (Flashback) Dai**
I don't know how much your body
was able to recover in just one night.
**[04:52] (Flashback) Dai**
You'll pitch from the start, but as soon
as fatigue sets in, we'll switch to Chisato.
**[04:57] (Flashback) Dai**
I'll keep an eye out for that as well.
**[04:59] (Flashback) Mut**
B-But Chisato's pitches are way faster,
and she has experience...
**[05:05] (Flashback) Dai**
Pitching isn't about how fast
you can throw it, Mutsuko.
**[05:12] Ann**
*First inning, Yanagawa Middle to bat.*
**[05:12] Txt**
Yanagawa
**[05:12] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[05:12] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[05:16] Ann**
*Batting first, shortstop, Hasegawa-kun.*
**[05:20] Ump**
Play ball!
**[05:22] (Flashback) Dai**
The most important thing
in pitching is control,
**[05:25] (Flashback) Dai**
and the mental strength to
maintain that control at all times.
**[05:29] Ump**
Strike!
**[05:31] (Flashback) Dai**
You have a firm handle on both.
**[05:38] Ump**
Foul!
**[05:40] (Flashback) Dai**
Chisato may be experienced,
but she's a middle relief pitcher.
**[05:43] (Flashback) Dai**
We have no idea about her stamina,
or how she performs as a starting pitcher.
**[05:47] (Flashback) Dai**
But we do know that, despite everything,
you've gotten us through the last two games,
**[05:52] (Flashback) Dai**
and you're getting better and better.
**[05:57] (Flashback) Dai**
Navigating tight spots and keeping it
together in your very first tournament
**[06:02] (Flashback) Dai**
requires a lot of mental strength.
**[06:04] (Flashback) Dai**
Have more faith in yourself, Mutsuko.
**[06:11] Ump**
Strike three! Out!
**[06:14] Dai**
Nice one!
**[06:19] Saw**
Well, look at you, little miss chirpy.
**[06:21] Tao**
Looking good, Mutsu!
**[06:23] Ann**
*Batting second, right field, Tanimura-kun.*
**[06:24] Ani**
*Yer one tough cookie, Senpai.*
**[06:32] Ump**
Strike! You're out!
**[06:35] Saw**
Two outs!
**[06:37] Chi**
Huh. Doesn't look like I'm needed, after all.
**[06:40] Ann**
*Batting third, left field, Nakamori-kun.*
**[06:45] Coa**
*Well, luck got us this far,*
**[06:48] Coa**
*but I guess when you get to the semi-finals,*
**[06:50] Coa**
* you won't face a team nice*
* enough to give you gimmes.*
**[06:56] Ump**
Strike!
**[06:59] Dai**
*Mutsuko's in good form.*
**[07:02] Dai**
* I guess she's the type of pitcher who recovers*
* quickly and gets better the more she pitches.*
**[07:05] Mut**
*I can do this.*
**[07:07] Mut**
* I don't feel tired at all and against*
* these guys, I can win this by myself!*
**[07:13] Tao**
Got it!
**[07:15] Tao**
Huh?
**[07:19] Ump**
Safe!
**[07:20] Tao**
Sorry, my bad.
**[07:22] Mut**
It's okay.
**[07:25] Ann**
*Batting fourth, third base, Kimura-kun.*
**[07:34] Dai**
Second!
**[07:38] Nis**
Hey, c'mon! What the hell are you doing?
**[07:42] Kim**
All right! Two outs, first and third!
**[07:43] Coa**
*Looks like our team hasn't run out of luck yet.*
**[07:47] Saw**
I'm sorry, Mutsuko.
**[07:49] Mut**
It's fine, don't worry!
**[07:51] Ann**
*Batting fifth, second base, Sakai-kun.*
**[07:55] Dai**
* Both made errors even though*
* they're usually good in the field.*
**[08:00] Dai**
* The rain's making the*
* ball behave differently,*
**[08:02] Dai**
*which makes bad hops more likely.*
**[08:05] Dai**
* The ground's pretty messed up because*
* of both teams' drills before the game.*
**[08:09] Dai**
*This is bad.*
**[08:15] All**
Got it!
**[08:19] Yay**
Uh-oh.
**[08:19] Yay**
Seriously?
**[08:20] Boy**
Yeah! We took the lead!
**[08:24] Yay**
We all thought we had it, huh?
**[08:25] Chi**
I'm sorry.
**[08:27] Chi**
Next time that happens,
I'll make sure I get to it.
**[08:30] Tao**
Sounds good!
**[08:32] Ann**
*Batting sixth, first base, Takanashi-kun.*
**[08:34] Tao**
Two outs!
**[08:35] Coa**
Runners on first and third again!
**[08:37] Txt**
Yanagawa
**[08:37] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[08:37] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[08:38] Mut**
*This can't be happening!*
**[08:40] Mut**
*I'm pitching well,*
**[08:42] Mut**
*so why is it going down like this?*
**[08:45] Ump**
Ball!
**[08:47] Ump**
Ball!
**[08:55] Ump**
Ball!
**[08:57] Mut**
*Seriously, what's going on?*
**[08:59] Mut**
* The ball's wet from the rain and*
* I'm having trouble controlling it!*
**[09:03] Dai**
Mutsuko! Use the rosin bag!
**[09:06] Dai**
It's in your back pocket!
**[09:08] Dai**
It'll stop it from slipping!
**[09:09] Mut**
*Ah! I forgot all about that.*
**[09:13] Mut**
*I've never really used it before.*
**[09:22] Ump**
Play!
**[09:23] Nis**
Come on. Get it together.
**[09:26] Ani**
Ya got this, Senpai!
**[09:29] Mut**
*Good luck, Mutsuko.*
**[09:35] Ump**
Strike!
**[09:37] Ump**
Strike two!
**[09:40] Ump**
You're out!
**[09:41] Ump**
Three outs!
**[09:44] Dai**
Awesome!
**[09:45] Dai**
Nice pitching!
**[09:47] Dai**
* She needed rosin, but she got us out of that*
* tight spot with three consecutive strikes.*
**[09:52] Mut**
Yeah, let's turn it around from here!
**[09:53] Dai**
* Her ability to self-correct*
* and her guts on the mound*
**[09:56] Dai**
*may be way better than even I was expecting.*
**[10:00] Saw**
We're lucky we've got Mutsuko, huh?
**[10:03] Tao**
You said it. Our errors were
about to cost us a ton of runs.
**[10:08] Ani**
Senpai.
**[10:12] Saw**
What's up, Anita?
**[10:14] Ani**
Oh, uh, y-ya know,
yer the linchpin of our defense,
**[10:19] Ani**
so ya gotta tighten up
an' be a bit more solid.
**[10:22] Tao**
We already know that.
**[10:24] Tao**
But what can we do?
**[10:25] Tao**
The ground conditions are really bad.
**[10:27] Saw**
Sorry about that. We'll be more careful.
**[10:29] Saw**
That run was totally on us.
**[10:35] Ann**
*Bottom of the first.*
**[10:36] Ann**
*Fuurin Academy to bat.*
**[10:39] Ann**
*Batting first, center field, Fujii-san.*
**[10:42] Nis**
All right! Go!
**[10:44] Nis**
Against this loser pitcher,
one run is nothing!
**[10:48] Mut**
Hey!
**[10:49] Mut**
You'll get us a warning from the umpire.
**[10:51] Ump**
Play!
**[10:59] Ump**
Strike!
**[11:05] (Flashback) Tao**
Hm? Did you say something, Anita?
**[11:07] (Flashback) Ani**
I'm talkin' 'bout yesterday, ya know?
**[11:10] (Flashback) Ani**
Shigeno-senpai wanted us
to watch Eihou's game.
**[11:15] (Flashback) Ani**
So why'd y'all split?
**[11:17] (Flashback) Tao**
Hm? What's wrong?
**[11:19] (Flashback) Tao**
Are you mad we left, Anita?
**[11:22] (Flashback) Ani**
W-Well, I ain't exactly mad...
**[11:25] (Flashback) Tao**
I mean, maybe it wasn't fair on
Daigo AKA Mr. Overenthusiastic,
**[11:29] (Flashback) Tao**
but we thought watching
Eihou's game was pretty pointless.
**[11:39] Nis**
Yes!
**[11:40] Mut**
Nice batting!
**[11:42] Ann**
*Batting second, shortstop, Sagara-san.*
**[11:45] (Flashback) Ani**
Wh-Whaddaya mean, "pointless"?
**[11:48] (Flashback) Tao**
Well, you know...
**[11:52] (Flashback) Tao**
We're girls, after all.
**[11:54] (Flashback) Tao**
I mean, competing with the boys?
We should drop it while we can laugh it off.
**[11:58] (Flashback) Saw**
To be honest, the thought of
playing Eihou does nothing for me.
**[12:02] (Flashback) Saw**
They're gonna demolish us
and make us feel pathetic.
**[12:09] Ump**
Out!
**[12:11] Ump**
Out!
**[12:19] Tao**
Huh. Maybe that was a ball after all.
**[12:22] Nis**
Ya think?! Pay attention, you doofus!
**[12:28] Guy**
Got it!
**[12:30] Ump**
Out!
**[12:31] Ump**
Three outs! Change sides!
**[12:32] Txt**
Yanagawa
**[12:32] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[12:32] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[12:35] Saw**
Those pitches are *so* slow.
It's hard to get a good hit.
**[12:39] Tao**
They're so weak, they go nowhere
even when you do hit them.
**[12:43] Dai**
Hey, you two.
**[12:45] Dai**
Both the ones you swung at were balls.
**[12:48] Dai**
I know it's tempting to swing
when they're that slow,
**[12:50] Dai**
but pick your moment.
**[12:52] Tao**
Yeah, you're right.
**[12:54] Saw**
Sorry, my bad.
**[12:58] Ani**
*Those errors earlier...*
**[12:59] Ani**
*It ain't the rain that caused 'em.*
**[13:02] Ani**
* Those two couldn't care less*
* 'bout winnin' this game!*
**[13:07] Ani**
*I remember what they said.*
**[13:09] (Flashback) Tao**
We should drop it while we can laugh it off.
**[13:13] (Flashback) Saw**
They're going to demolish us
and make us feel pathetic.
**[13:17] Ani**
*An' they meant it, too.*
**[13:20] Ani**
* If the backbone of our*
* team has that attitude,*
**[13:22] Ani**
* we ain't even gonna win the*
* games we should be winnin'!*
**[13:43] Ann**
*Batting second, shortstop, Sagara-san.*
**[13:46] Dai**
*This is bad.*
**[13:48] Dai**
*Only two innings left.*
**[13:50] Dai**
* With a pitcher like that,*
* I figured runs would come easy.*
**[13:53] Dai**
* I never imagined we'd have no*
* runs on the board by the fifth.*
**[13:56] Mut**
Tao! Go get 'em!
**[13:59] Dai**
Ah, we can do that.
**[14:00] Dai**
You need to sit on the bench and rest up
as much as you can while we're batting.
**[14:05] Mut**
I'm fine, really.
**[14:07] Mut**
If we don't score some runs, we're going to lose!
**[14:10] Mut**
This isn't the time to space out in the back.
**[14:12] Mut**
Tao! You can do this!
**[14:15] Ani**
* Sakura-senpai's on her third straight game*
* pitchin' an' she's still goin' strong.*
**[14:22] Ani**
* This is the innin' where the top*
* of the order needs to do somethin'!*
**[14:31] Dai**
All right!
**[14:34] Ump**
Out!
**[14:35] Tao**
Dang. That was a good hit, too.
**[14:40] Ann**
*Batting third, second base, Sawa-san.*
**[14:44] Dai**
*I thought Tao would make that for sure...*
**[14:48] Dai**
*This is really bad.*
**[14:49] Dai**
*We need to do something this inning.*
**[14:51] Dai**
*Or we'll have our backs to the wall.*
**[14:54] Tao**
Sorry I couldn't get on base.
**[14:56] Tao**
It would've made it through
if it wasn't such a swamp out there.
**[15:00] Ani**
So why didn't you start
runnin' sooner, Sagara-senpai?
**[15:09] Ani**
'Course ya won't make it if ya wait till
it bounces off his glove to start runnin'.
**[15:13] Ani**
Are ya really fine with losin' this game?
**[15:17] Ani**
Sakura-senpai's givin' it
all she's got out there.
**[15:21] Ani**
Don't that mean anythin' to you?!
**[15:24] Ump**
Ball!
**[15:28] Tao**
You think Yayoi and me aren't giving it our
all 'cause of what we said earlier, Anita?
**[15:34] Ani**
Well, what'm I s'posed to think?!
**[15:37] Ani**
Yer makin' errors and swingin' too early!
**[15:40] Dai**
*What's going on?*
**[15:42] Mut**
Hang on, Anita.
**[15:44] Mut**
You were slow to start running because
your foot slipped on the mud, right?
**[15:48] Tao**
Yeah.
**[15:50] Mut**
I heard what they said too,
but I figured it was just a joke.
**[15:54] Mut**
I can't imagine either of them
wanting to lose on purpose.
**[15:57] Ani**
If they ain't ready to give it everythin'
to win, it amounts to the same thing!
**[16:01] Nis**
What are you girls on about?
**[16:03] Chi**
It doesn't matter.
**[16:04] Chi**
Just some girls' locker room talk.
**[16:07] Ani**
I'm sayin' it don't *look* like
you're givin' it your all out there!
**[16:10] Tao**
What?
**[16:11] Tao**
You've got some nerve saying
that when you've got no proof!
**[16:14] Ani**
Proof? Oh, there's proof.
**[16:17] Ani**
Plenty o' proof!
**[16:18] Ani**
You ain't done jack against
this crazy weak opponent!
**[16:23] Ani**
If you'd at least done *somethin'*...
**[16:34] Dai**
It's gone!
**[16:36] Chi**
Oh, yeah!
**[16:37] Mut**
Yes!
**[16:44] Mut**
We caught up!
**[16:49] Tao**
There. We did something.
**[16:50] Tao**
Now, stop accusing people
of throwing the game.
**[16:54] Ann**
*Batting fourth, catcher, Shigeno-kun.*
**[16:57] Dai**
*All right.*
**[16:59] Dai**
*We'll get it done this inning.*
**[17:04] Nis**
Sweet!
**[17:05] Nis**
Way to go, Daigo!
**[17:07] Ann**
*Batting fifth, right field, Nishina-kun.*
**[17:11] Nis**
I'm going to finish this myself!
**[17:13] Nis**
Ow!
**[17:14] Ump**
Hit by pitch!
**[17:15] Nis**
Hey, were you *that* afraid of my swing?!
**[17:16] Chi**
Yay!
**[17:17] Tao**
Rejoice.
**[17:18] Mut**
Now our chances are even better!
**[17:20] Coa**
Timeout.
**[17:21] Coa**
We're changing pitchers.
**[17:24] Ann**
*Field change for Yanagawa Middle.*
**[17:27] Ann**
* Pitcher Oyama-kun is*
* replaced by Fukuzawa-kun.*
**[17:30] Tan**
Hey, it looks like I might be up soon,
so can you two take over as base coaches?
**[17:34] Tao**
Sure. I'll take first base.
**[17:36] Tao**
Yayoi, can you take third?
**[17:39] Saw**
Okay.
**[17:43] Mut**
He's a left-hander like you, Chisato.
**[17:46] Chi**
Doesn't seem like he's any
faster than their starting pitcher.
**[17:50] Ann**
*Batting sixth, left field, Kabashima-san.*
**[17:55] Ump**
Play!
**[17:58] Ani**
* Tied game, one out,*
* runners on first an' second.*
**[18:01] Ani**
* After confrontin' 'em like that,*
* I can't afford to waste this.*
**[18:09] Ani**
*Ripe for the hittin'!*
**[18:15] Ump**
Strike!
**[18:16] Ani**
Huh?
**[18:17] Dai**
They're moving, Anita!
**[18:20] Dai**
Keep your eye on the ball!
**[18:21] Chi**
Hit it, hit it, Anita!
**[18:23] Ani**
*It curved.*
**[18:25] Ani**
* He hid that curveball*
* when he was warmin' up.*
**[18:28] Ani**
*I've caught Chisato's pitches before...*
**[18:33] Ani**
* But I ain't got a whole lotta experience*
* hittin' left-handed pitches.*
**[18:37] Ani**
*S'too late to realize that now!*
**[18:44] Nis**
Weak.
**[18:47] Fuku**
Shortstop!
**[18:59] Ump**
Out!
**[19:03] Dai**
Hey— Anita, are you okay?
**[19:06] Dai**
You seriously dived
head-first on a day like this?
**[19:15] Ani**
I'm sorry.
**[19:17] Ani**
That was pathetic.
**[19:24] Ann**
*Batting seventh, first base, Tanba-kun.*
**[19:28] Mut**
Hang in there, Tanba-san!
**[19:32] Nis**
So, thanks to Anita screwing up her hit,
it's up to our hopeless 7-hole and 8-hole.
**[19:41] Tan**
*Th-They're walking me?*
**[19:43] Ump**
Ball!
**[19:43] Chi**
I guess it's because first is open.
**[19:46] Mut**
He does also look like
the biggest baseball nut.
**[19:49] Tan**
*Thank god!*
**[19:52] Ump**
Ball!
**[19:53] Ump**
Ball four.
**[19:55] Nis**
Wow-ee. So now sumo girl is up?
**[19:59] Ann**
*Batting eighth, third base, Kandori-san.*
**[20:02] Nis**
Hey, Shigeno!
**[20:04] Nis**
I mean, captain!
**[20:05] Nis**
Timeout! Timeout!
**[20:06] Dai**
Excuse me! Timeout!
**[20:08] Ump**
Timeout!
**[20:09] Dai**
What's up, Nishina?
**[20:10] Dai**
Is something wrong?
**[20:11] Nis**
You have to ask?
Are you even paying attention?!
**[20:14] Nis**
What's Sekitori gonna do here?
**[20:17] Nis**
All she'll do is strike out.
**[20:19] Nis**
Do something!
**[20:20] Dai**
S-Sekitori?
**[20:22] Dai**
Oh, you mean Kandori.
**[20:24] Dai**
There's no need to do anything.
**[20:25] Nis**
What?
**[20:27] Dai**
Don't worry.
**[20:28] Dai**
You can count on Kandori in this at-bat.
**[20:30] Nis**
What?
**[20:34] Ump**
Are you done?
**[20:35] Dai**
Ah, I'm sorry!
**[20:36] Dai**
We're ready.
**[20:39] Chi**
Hey, Anita, your face is covered in dirt!
**[20:42] Chi**
You should go wash it.
**[20:43] Ani**
Huh? What?
**[20:45] Ani**
Is it that dirty?
**[20:47] Ump**
Play!
**[20:58] (Flashback) Dai**
When she was new to the team,
she couldn't hit anything in the cages.
**[21:04] (Flashback) Dai**
But then, we tried a left-handed machine
and found she could hit those really well.
**[21:18] Ani**
Huh?
**[21:19] Ani**
Oh?
**[21:27] (Flashback) Dai**
You make fun of her
because you haven't seen it,
**[21:30] (Flashback) Dai**
but against left-handed
pitchers, she's a real machine.
**[21:40] Kan**
All right.
**[21:44] Nis**
Seriously?
**[21:47] (Flashback) Dai**
Despite being a left-handed batter,
she's a southpaw killer.
**[21:57] (Flashback) Dai**
And none of us could figure out why.
**[22:04] Txt**
Yanagawa
**[22:04] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[22:04] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[22:16] Ump**
That's game.
**[22:26] All**
Thank you!
**[24:00] Dai**
Huh?
**[24:01] Dai**
Isn't that Mayuwara Michiru-chan?
**[24:04] Dai**
What's she doing on this team?
**[24:06] Dai**
I guess she continued playing
in the rubber-ball leagues?
**[24:08] Mich**
It's been a while, Shigeno-kun.
**[24:11] Mich**
I've decided to take the crown
with this team, with these people.
**[24:16] Mich**
I don't care who I go up
against, I won't lose.
**[24:19] Dai**
Next time: "An Unexpected Reunion."
***SIGN*** An Unexpected Reunion
**[24:21] Mich**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
# E14 - An Unexpected Reunion
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**[00:05] Dai**
We lost...
**[00:06] Mut**
No...
**[00:08] Ani**
The tournament's over for us...
**[00:19] Tea**
Let the tears flow.
**[00:20] Tea**
Let it all out.
**[00:22] Tea**
It's okay to cry when you're upset.
**[00:24] Tea**
Cry your heart out, and then you can
rise again tomorrow with a smile!
**[00:30] All**
Sensei!
**[00:32] All**
Sensei!
**[00:40] Yam**
* Thank goodness their run*
* ended in the morning!*
**[00:43] Yam**
* The rain's stopped too, so maybe I'll finally*
* get to go shopping this afternoon.*
**[00:48] Dai**
Sensei.
**[00:50] Dai**
Yamaguchi-sensei.
**[00:52] Mut**
Uh, yes?
**[00:53] Txt**
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**[00:53] Txt**
Sakura Mutsuko
**[00:53] Txt**
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**[00:53] Txt**
Shigeno Daigo
**[00:54] Mut**
The game's over.
**[00:56] Dai**
We're sorry. We won again.
**[00:59] Tea**
Oh, right. Impressive.
**[01:01] Tea**
So... we're in the final?
**[01:03] Dai**
Yes, we'll watch Eihou's game
while we eat lunch,
**[01:07] Dai**
then it's the final this afternoon.
**[01:09] Yam**
G-Got it.
**[01:13] Dai**
Please don't go home.
**[01:15] Yam**
*Crap. He knows I couldn't care less.*
**[02:49] Nis**
Man, I seriously didn't see that one coming.
***SIGN*** An Unexpected Reunion
**[02:51] Nis**
I mean, Sekitori causing the upset?
**[02:54] Nis**
Who knew this mystery heavy
hitter was a southpaw killer?
**[02:57] Nis**
Even the Yokozuna Deliberation Committee
wouldn't have foreseen that one.
**[03:01] Kan**
My name's not Sekitori! It's Kandori!
**[03:01] Txt**
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**[03:01] Txt**
Kandori Seira
**[03:03] Kan**
And stop working in sumo
references at every opportunity!
**[03:10] Dai**
It's Eihou.
**[03:12] Coa**
Oh, it's the Fuurin team.
**[03:14] Coa**
Nice game. We were watching.
Congrats on getting to the final.
**[03:18] Dai**
Oh, uh, thank you very much.
**[03:21] Coa**
Doing that with only nine players,
six of whom are girls, is quite something.
**[03:25] Coa**
Amazing, even.
**[03:26] Coa**
Are you the captain?
**[03:28] Dai**
Yes.
**[03:30] Coa**
I heard Fuurin didn't have a coach,
**[03:33] Coa**
which makes getting to the
final even more impressive.
**[03:36] Coa**
We still have to get through
our semi-final game,
**[03:39] Coa**
but if we win, I look forward
to a good game against you guys.
**[03:42] Dai**
R-Right! We're looking forward to it, too!
**[03:45] Coa**
Well, we'd better get going.
**[03:47] Dai**
Bye!
**[03:49] Tao**
That coach was friendly, wasn't he?
**[03:51] Tao**
I expected the coach of a
powerhouse to be much scarier.
**[03:54] Yay**
He's the Jekyll and Hyde type, silly.
Nice off the field, total hard-ass in training.
**[03:58] Tao**
Yikes, scary.
**[04:00] Chi**
It's nice the rain stopped, though.
**[04:03] Ani**
Woulda been much nicer
if it'd stopped a bit sooner.
**[04:07] All**
Good luck!
**[04:09] Txt**
Oobi
**[04:09] Txt**
Eihou Academy
**[04:09] Txt**
Eihou Academy
**[04:10] Mut**
Where are the guys?
**[04:12] Mut**
The game's about to start.
**[04:14] Kan**
And it's not like guys need more
than five minutes to change.
**[04:17] Ani**
Probably in the restroom.
**[04:19] Tan**
Sorry about that.
**[04:21] Mut**
Huh? Where are Daigo and Nishina?
**[04:21] Txt**
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**[04:21] Txt**
Tanba Hiromu
**[04:23] Mut**
They said they were going outside the park
to practice for a bit, since the rain's stopped.
**[04:29] Mut**
Apparently, that's more important
than watching another Eihou game.
**[04:34] Dai**
Yeah, this patch of dirt will do.
Try pitching from here.
**[04:38] Nis**
Why? It's still two hours till the game.
**[04:41] Nis**
It's way too early to warm up.
**[04:44] Dai**
This isn't a warm-up.
**[04:46] Dai**
We're going to hatch a plan
to rein in Eihou's batters.
**[04:50] Dai**
Since it was raining yesterday,
I didn't get to see your pitches.
**[04:55] Dai**
Your fastballs are great, but that
won't be enough to beat Eihou.
**[04:59] Dai**
A pitcher needs another type of pitch
to make his fastballs more effective.
**[05:03] Nis**
Another type?
**[05:05] Dai**
It can just be for show.
**[05:06] Dai**
Let's find a breaking ball you're
comfortable with before the game begins.
**[05:10] Txt**
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**[05:10] Txt**
Nishina Akira
**[05:11] Nis**
A-Are you serious?
**[05:17] Dai**
Okay, let's start with a slider.
**[05:28] Dai**
G-Good. Well, we've confirmed
that it breaks.
**[05:32] Dai**
Let's try that one more time.
**[05:35] Nis**
Here we... go!
**[05:40] Dai**
Okay! Okay!
**[05:41] Dai**
Let's forget sliders for now
and try a curveball.
**[05:48] Mut**
Doesn't this seem... a bit weird?
**[05:51] Ump**
Strike!
**[05:52] Tao**
Yeah, something's off, all right.
**[05:54] Yayo**
Maybe we should go fetch Professor Daigo.
**[06:02] Nis**
Oh, huh. You're not wearing your cup, Senpai?
**[06:06] Mut**
Oh, there you are, Daigo!
**[06:09] Mut**
Daigo, you gotta come see this!
**[06:11] Dai**
I-I'm currently dealing with a pain
girls wouldn't understand...
**[06:16] Mut**
Eihou's about to lose to Oobi, a no-name team!
**[06:21] Txt**
Oobi
**[06:21] Txt**
Eihou Academy
**[06:21] Txt**
Eihou Academy
**[06:22] Dai**
Wait, 2-0? And Eihou's only had one hit?
**[06:26] Nis**
What's going on here?
**[06:28] Nis**
Oobi Middle is a public school that
always loses in the first or second round.
**[06:34] Dai**
*Does this mean Oobi's got a good pitcher?*
**[06:41] Ump**
Strike!
**[06:43] Nis**
Their starting pitcher's
small but that's fast.
**[06:47] Mut**
That isn't their starting pitcher.
That's the reliever.
**[06:51] Mut**
Their first pitcher is
the guy playing shortstop.
**[06:55] Mut**
He also has a fastball that's no joke,
and he didn't give up a run in three innings.
**[07:00] Mut**
With that catcher who got two RBIs,
**[07:04] Mut**
those three make up an elite trio who used to
play with Yayoi and Tao on Yokohama Little.
**[07:09] Nis**
What?
**[07:11] Ump**
You're out!
**[07:13] Dai**
An elite trio from Yokohama Little?
**[07:16] Dai**
Wouldn't they usually
join a local hardball team?
**[07:20] Dai**
Why are they playing
middle school rubber-ball?
**[07:23] Txt**
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**[07:23] Txt**
Uozumi
**[07:23] Mut**
Did you notice the *other* thing
on the scoreboard, Daigo?
**[07:27] Mut**
Check out the name of Oobi's 2-hole.
**[07:31] Txt**
Oobi
**[07:31] Txt**
Idemitsu
**[07:31] Txt**
Mayumura
**[07:31] Txt**
Seko
**[07:31] Txt**
Uozumi
**[07:31] Txt**
Hayazaka
**[07:31] Txt**
Hada
**[07:31] Txt**
Miura
**[07:31] Txt**
Yamamuro
**[07:31] Txt**
Kouda
**[07:31] Ann**
*Field change for Oobi Middle.*
**[07:35] Txt**
Mayumura
**[07:35] Txt**
Mayumura
**[07:36] Ann**
* Second base Mayumura-san is taking*
* over from pitcher Idemitsu-kun.*
**[07:43] Ann**
*Idemitsu-kun moves to second base.*
**[07:45] Txt**
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**[07:45] Txt**
Mayumura Michiru
**[07:49] Dai**
M-Michiru-chan?!
**[07:51] (Flashback) Mic**
Could you be Shigeno Daigo-kun?
**[07:56] (Flashback) Dai**
U-Uh, yeah, I am.
**[07:59] (Flashback) Mic**
I-It's so nice to meet you!
**[08:01] (Flashback) Mic**
My name's Mayumura Michiru,
and I'm Touto Boys' pitcher!
**[08:07] (Flashback) Mic**
The pitching style I've adored the most...
**[08:12] (Flashback) Mic**
...is the left-handed overhead
Shigeno Goro throws!
**[08:20] Nis**
Mayumura? Does that mean she's the
girl half of Touto Boys' Mayumura twins?
**[08:26] Nis**
Can't be. I heard the Mayumura
twins joined Yokohama Senior.
**[08:36] Ump**
Strike! Out!
**[08:38] Mut**
Hey, why don't we take a seat?
**[08:41] Nis**
R-Right...
**[08:43] Ann**
*Bottom of the sixth, Oobi Middle to bat.*
**[08:46] Txt**
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**[08:46] Txt**
Idemitsu
**[08:47] Ann**
*Batting first, second base, Idemitsu-kun.*
**[08:49] Irir**
Bring it!
**[08:54] Coa**
* I didn't expect us to have such*
* a tough game in the prelims.*
**[09:02] Ann**
*Batting second, pitcher, Mayumura-san.*
**[09:08] Cat**
First!
**[09:11] Ump**
Out!
**[09:12] Ann**
*Batting third, shortstop, Seko-kun.*
**[09:12] Txt**
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**[09:12] Txt**
Seko
**[09:16] Coa**
* The top of their order are using*
* this pattern to score again.*
**[09:19] Coa**
*Jitou, hang in there!*
**[09:24] All**
Yeah, nice!
**[09:27] Ann**
*Batting fourth, catcher, Uozumi-kun.*
**[09:31] Jit**
*This is ridiculous.*
**[09:32] Jit**
* They're swinging at my*
* pitches like they're nothing.*
**[09:35] Jit**
*Who the hell...*
**[09:37] Jit**
*...are these guys?!*
**[09:58] Ump**
Strike! You're out!
**[10:00] Ump**
That's game!
**[10:03] Ani**
What the heck is this team?
**[10:03] Txt**
Eihou Academy
**[10:03] Txt**
Eihou Academy
**[10:03] Txt**
Eihou Academy
**[10:03] Txt**
Oobi
**[10:03] Txt**
Oobi
**[10:03] Txt**
Eihou
Academy
**[10:03] Txt**
Eihou
Academy
**[10:03] Txt**
Eihou
Academy
**[10:03] Txt**
Kanno
**[10:03] Txt**
Kawaai
**[10:03] Txt**
Jitou
**[10:03] Txt**
Sone
**[10:03] Txt**
Ishibashi
**[10:03] Txt**
Mizuto
**[10:03] Txt**
Nakazuka
**[10:03] Txt**
Kajihara
**[10:03] Txt**
Kushida
**[10:03] Txt**
Yamamoto
**[10:03] Txt**
Hirono
**[10:03] Txt**
Ooshima
**[10:03] Txt**
Tanaka
**[10:03] Txt**
Oobi
**[10:03] Txt**
Idemitsu
**[10:03] Txt**
Mayumura
**[10:03] Txt**
Seko
**[10:03] Txt**
Uozumi
**[10:03] Txt**
Hayazaka
**[10:03] Txt**
Hada
**[10:03] Txt**
Miura
**[10:03] Txt**
Yamamuro
**[10:03] Txt**
Kouda
**[10:04] Ani**
Seriously, those four jus'
beat Eihou by themselves.
**[10:08] Yay**
Idemitsu, Seko, Uozumi,
and Mayumura Jr., huh?
**[10:13] Tao**
It's not like they caused an upset.
They just came in under the radar.
**[10:17] Tao**
It really isn't a surprise they beat Eihou.
**[10:21] Tao**
Our chances of beating them are zero.
**[10:33] Dai**
*Michiru-chan...*
**[10:35] Dai**
* I didn't expect to be facing*
* off against you so soon.*
**[10:39] Dai**
*It's just like Hikaru said.*
**[10:43] (Flashback) Hik**
Thanks for coming, Daigo-kun.
I'm glad I got to see you.
**[10:47] (Flashback) Dai**
Yeah, me too.
**[10:50] Hik**
Next time, let's meet on the field...
**[10:51] Txt**
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**[10:51] Txt**
Satou Hikaru
**[10:52] Hik**
...is what I want to say, but let me heal up first.
**[10:57] (Flashback) Dai**
Hikaru...
**[10:58] (Flashback) Hik**
But I'm going to join my middle school
baseball team and make a comeback.
**[11:04] (Flashback) Dai**
Yeah.
**[11:05] (Flashback) Dai**
But since you're in Gunma and I'm in Kanagawa,
we're not exactly gonna see each other.
**[11:10] (Flashback) Hik**
That's not true.
**[11:12] (Flashback) Hik**
Sure, we're in different prefectures,
**[11:14] (Flashback) Hik**
but if we keep winning, we'll see each other
at the Kanto Regionals or at Nationals.
**[11:18] (Flashback) Hik**
We might end up becoming rivals, though.
**[11:21] (Flashback) Dai**
Yeah. You're right.
**[11:24] (Flashback) Hik**
As long as we keep playing
baseball, we *will* meet again.
**[11:28] (Flashback) Hik**
And it's not just us.
**[11:32] (Flashback) Hik**
Mutsuko-chan, Urabe-kun, Andy,
and the Mayumura twins...
**[11:37] (Flashback) Hik**
As long as we love baseball and
keep playing it under the same sky,
**[11:41] (Flashback) Hik**
we're guaranteed to meet again.
**[11:45] (Flashback) Hik**
So let's carry on loving baseball forever.
**[11:49] (Flashback) Dai**
Yeah!
**[11:50] (Flashback) Hik**
And then, we'll get there.
**[11:52] (Flashback) Dai**
Yeah, we'll form...
**[11:58] Both**
...our invincible battery!
**[12:02] Dai**
* As long as we carry on loving*
* baseball under the same sky,*
**[12:05] Dai**
*we're guaranteed to meet again, huh?*
**[12:12] Mut**
*How long are you going to stare at her for?*
**[12:17] Mic**
*It's been a while, Shigeno-kun.*
**[12:20] Mic**
*I didn't expect to run into you in the final,*
**[12:23] Mic**
* but unfortunately for you,*
* we won't hold back.*
**[12:26] Mic**
* I'm going to keep moving*
* forward with my teammates.*
**[12:30] Txt**
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**[12:30] Txt**
1 year ago —
**[12:31] Txt**
1 year ago —
**[12:33] Txt**
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**[12:33] Txt**
Yokohama Senior Training Ground
**[12:34] Yam**
I'm Yamamoto Nobuyuki, first-year.
**[12:36] Yam**
Nice to meet you!
**[12:38] Coa**
Okay, next.
**[12:40] Mic**
I'm Mayumura Michiru, first-year.
**[12:43] Mic**
I pitched for the rubber-ball team, Touto Boys.
**[12:47] Mic**
Nice to meet you!
**[12:49] Uoz**
A girl joining Senior
League from rubber-ball?
**[12:53] Sei**
Mayumura? That's Mayumura Ken's daughter,
I think. You know, the ex-Major Leaguer?
**[12:59] Ide**
Well, I bet she'll find out just how hard
real baseball is and run home crying.
**[13:06] Guy**
What are you aiming at?
**[13:10] Ide**
What do ya think? My slider's
gotten even better, hasn't it?
**[13:14] Uoz**
I guess.
**[13:16] Sei**
What are you pitching for?
You're in the outfield.
**[13:20] Ide**
I'm just messing about, chill.
**[13:22] Ide**
Anyway, switching to pitcher in
Senior League sounds like a plan.
**[13:26] Ide**
That way, me being a leftie might pay off.
**[13:28] ---**
What?
**[13:31] Sei**
Looks like my fastball's faster than yours.
**[13:34] Sei**
I think I'd make a better pitcher.
**[13:36] Ide**
Huh? But you're a shortstop.
**[13:38] Ide**
Uozumi, come with me.
**[13:40] Ide**
Come catch Mayumura's pitches.
**[13:43] Uoz**
Yes, sir.
**[13:47] Coa**
Okay, let's see it.
**[13:49] Ide**
All right, let's see the
rubber-ball ace's pitches.
**[14:09] Sei**
They're fast.
**[14:12] Uzo**
*They're not just fastballs, either.*
**[14:14] Uzo**
* She's got a variety of pitches,*
* and her control's good, too.*
**[14:21] Zei**
I never expected her to be that good.
**[14:24] Zei**
Now you've seen that, it's probably best
you forget about becoming a pitcher.
**[14:28] Ide**
Shut up.
**[14:30] Ide**
Same goes for you.
**[14:31] Uzo**
Hm, I'm not so sure about that.
**[14:34] Uzo**
Mayumura and you guys have different styles,
so if you pitched one after another,
**[14:38] Uzo**
you'd keep the other team's batters
off-balance the entire game.
**[14:42] Ide**
You really believe that?
**[14:43] Sei**
I see. Sounds like that
could be quite interesting.
**[14:53] Ide**
We go to the same school?
**[14:55] Uoz**
Looks like.
**[15:02] Coa**
All right, next.
**[15:04] Ide**
Thanks!
**[15:05] Mic**
Bring it!
**[15:13] Mic**
Thanks!
**[15:16] ---**
Next.
**[15:26] Sei**
Thanks.
**[15:27] Coa**
Next!
**[15:28] Mic**
Ready!
**[15:43] Mic**
Thanks!
**[15:47] Uoz**
Ready!
**[15:58] Txt**
Oobi Middle School
**[15:58] Txt**
Oobi Middle School
**[15:58] Txt**
Oobi Middle School
**[15:59] Ide**
What's her deal?
**[16:01] Ide**
It's not just her pitching. Her batting,
her fielding... She's perfect at everything.
**[16:05] Ide**
How's that even possible?
**[16:06] Ide**
Was she really playing rubber-ball?
**[16:09] Sei**
It's true.
**[16:10] Sei**
The Touto Boys' Mayumura twins were famous.
**[16:14] Uoz**
Just admit it.
**[16:16] Uoz**
We were wrong to underestimate her.
**[16:21] Mic**
Hey, you guys.
**[16:26] Mic**
Our next practice is on the
south field. Where is it exactly?
**[16:31] Mic**
You used it a lot when you
were in Yokohama Little, right?
**[16:36] Uoz**
Yeah, it's about 500 meters
from our usual field.
**[16:40] Sei**
It's a straight shot. You can't miss it.
**[16:44] Mic**
I see. Thank you.
**[16:46] Uoz**
Mayumura.
**[16:49] Uoz**
Why did you switch from
rubber-ball to Senior League?
**[16:53] Mic**
Because I felt like I'd get a truer
baseball experience, I guess.
**[17:02] All**
Yokohama.
**[17:04] All**
Fight! Yeah! Fight! Yeah!
**[17:06] All**
Yokohama.
**[17:07] All**
Fight! Yeah! Fight! Yeah!
**[17:13] Guy**
Yeah, you got this!
**[17:18] Mic**
Crap!
**[17:21] ---**
Out!
**[17:29] Sei**
Hey, let's hit the batting
cages after school.
**[17:31] Uoz**
Okay, let's have another homerun battle.
**[17:34] Ide**
Only if you bat right-handed.
**[17:39] Mic**
You guys always wash up here, don't you?
**[17:42] Ide**
Hey, don't make it sound
like we're driftwood.
**[17:44] Ide**
There's just no one else here
to talk about baseball with.
**[17:48] Mic**
Huh.
**[17:50] Uoz**
We were talking about hitting
the batting cages on our way home.
**[17:53] Uoz**
Wanna tag along?
**[17:55] Mic**
That's unexpected.
**[17:57] Mic**
I figured you thought I sucked
because I used to play rubber-ball.
**[18:00] Uoz**
Yeah, we did.
**[18:03] Uoz**
Until we saw you pitch, that is.
**[18:06] Ide**
I mean, you can't deny your own eyes.
**[18:08] Sei**
Exactly.
**[18:13] Ide**
Man, it must be nice, though.
**[18:15] Ide**
Your ex-Major League dad
is coaching you, right?
**[18:18] Mic**
Nope, I haven't learned
a single thing from my dad.
**[18:24] Uoz**
Oh, really?
**[18:26] Sei**
But isn't it nice to have someone
you want to emulate so close by?
**[18:30] Mic**
The pitcher I want to
emulate is Shigeno Goro!
**[18:34] Mic**
That's been true since
the day I started playing.
**[18:36] Uoz**
Shigeno Goro? That's unexpected.
**[18:39] Ide**
Wait, shouldn't it still be your
dad who inspired you to play?
**[18:52] Uoz**
Nice ball!
**[18:54] Ide**
Michiru's making some serious sounds.
**[18:56] Sei**
I think she got faster again.
**[18:59] Cao**
Michiru, can I have a word?
**[19:02] Mic**
Yes?
**[19:06] Mic**
What do you mean, Coach?
**[19:08] Coa**
I know you've worked really hard
this last year since you joined us.
**[19:13] Coa**
But you're a girl.
**[19:16] Coa**
Basically, I don't consider
you an asset to the team.
**[19:21] Mic**
You don't consider me... an asset?
**[19:25] Coa**
You might be on the same level as the
boys right now, but it won't stay that way.
**[19:29] Coa**
From here on out, the guys
will pull ahead of you physically.
**[19:34] Coa**
That's just the way it is.
**[19:37] Mic**
No...
**[19:39] Coa**
I'm sorry, Michiru.
**[19:50] Wat**
Is it true you quit Yokohama Senior?
**[19:54] Mic**
Wataru.
**[19:57] Mic**
You heard about that, huh?
**[20:00] Mic**
I was told I'm not an asset.
What other choice did I have?
**[20:04] Wat**
Are you going to quit baseball completely?
**[20:08] Wat**
There are ways to continue playing,
like going back to rubber-ball.
**[20:13] Mic**
I can't think right now... about anything.
**[20:17] Txt**
Oobi Middle School
**[20:17] Txt**
Oobi Middle School
**[20:17] Txt**
Oobi Middle School
**[20:39] Uoz**
Michiru!
**[20:42] Ide**
You look bored.
**[20:47] Uoz**
Wanna play baseball with us again?
**[20:50] Ide**
Let's play rubber-ball, win everything,
**[20:52] Ide**
and show that coach just how wrong he was!
**[20:56] Mic**
You're kidding, right?
**[20:57] Mic**
You left Senior?
**[21:00] Mic**
Really?
**[21:01] Mic**
Why would you do that?!
**[21:03] Ide**
We just told you. To play baseball with you.
**[21:08] Mic**
There was no reason for you guys to quit too!
**[21:11] Mic**
You should go rejoin right now!
**[21:13] Mic**
We don't want to.
**[21:15] Mic**
We already made up our
minds to play rubber-ball.
**[21:20] Mic**
What? Why?
**[21:23] Uoz**
You said it yourself.
**[21:24] Sei**
We felt this way, we'd get "a truer baseball
experience." That was it, wasn't it?
**[21:29] Ide**
You're not gonna change our minds.
**[21:31] Ide**
We have no intention of playing baseball
on a team you're not a part of.
**[21:39] Mic**
You guys...
**[21:43] Mic**
You're so stupid.
**[21:49] Mic**
Thank you.
**[21:54] Uoz**
What's wrong, Michiru?
**[21:56] Uoz**
You know him?
**[21:57] Mic**
Oh, uh, yeah. Kinda.
**[22:00] Uoz**
I see.
**[22:04] Mic**
*I won't lose!*
**[22:07] Dai**
*I can't lose!*
**[22:10] Mic**
* I need to repay those three*
* for what they did for me,*
**[22:13] Mic**
* going as far as leaving*
* Senior to be on my team.*
**[22:16] Dai**
* As captain, in order to make Fuurin*
* Middle's baseball team the best team ever,*
**[22:21] Dai**
*and to see Hikaru again, I need to do this!*
**[22:27] Both**
*I'm going to win!*
**[22:27] Both**
*I'm going to win!*
**[24:00] Dai**
Oobi Middle's good. With their ironclad
defense, getting runs won't be easy.
**[24:04] Nis**
Okay. So I just need to use my monstrous
speed to get a perfect shutout, yeah?
**[24:09] Dai**
The problems will come mid-game,
when stamina starts running low.
**[24:12] Dai**
Just rely on our fielders and throw strikes.
**[24:15] Nis**
Don't ya worry, they won't hit
a thing, so the fielders can relax.
***SIGN*** Torn Feelings
**[24:20] Dai**
Next time: "Torn Feelings."
**[24:22] Nis**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
# E15 - Torn Feelings
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**[00:00] Txt**
Oobi
**[00:00] Txt**
Eihou Academy
**[00:00] Txt**
Eihou Academy
**[00:01] Dai**
Wait, 2-0? And Eihou's only had one hit?
**[00:05] Nis**
What's going on here?
**[00:07] Nis**
Oobi Middle is a public school that
always loses in the first or second round.
**[00:12] Dai**
Does this mean Oobi's got a good pitcher?
**[00:19] Ump**
Strike!
**[00:22] Nis**
Their starting pitcher's
small but that's fast.
**[00:25] Mut**
That isn't their starting pitcher.
That's the reliever.
**[00:30] Mut**
Their first pitcher is
the guy playing shortstop.
**[00:33] Mut**
He also has a fastball that's no joke,
and he didn't give up a run in three innings.
**[00:38] Mut**
With that catcher who got two RBIs,
**[00:42] Mut**
those three make up an elite trio who used to
play with Yayoi and Tao on Yokohama Little.
**[00:48] Nis**
What?
**[00:50] Ump**
You're out!
**[00:52] Dai**
An elite trio from Yokohama Little?
**[00:54] Dai**
Wouldn't they usually
join a local hardball team?
**[00:59] Dai**
Why are they playing
middle school rubber-ball?
**[01:02] Mut**
Did you notice the *other* thing
on the scoreboard, Daigo?
**[01:05] Mut**
Check out the name of Oobi's 2-hole.
**[01:09] Txt**
Oobi
**[01:09] Txt**
Idemitsu
**[01:09] Txt**
Mayumura
**[01:09] Txt**
Seko
**[01:09] Txt**
Uozumi
**[01:09] Txt**
Hayazaka
**[01:09] Txt**
Haneda
**[01:09] Txt**
Miura
**[01:09] Txt**
Yamamuro
**[01:09] Txt**
Kouda
**[01:13] Txt**
Mayumura
**[01:13] Txt**
Mayumura
**[01:15] Dai**
M-Michiru-chan?!
**[01:23] Coa**
I didn't expect us to have such
a tough game in the prelims.
**[01:31] Ann**
*Batting second, pitcher, Mayumura-san.*
**[01:38] Cat**
First!
**[01:41] Ump**
Out!
**[01:42] Ann**
*Batting third, shortstop, Seko-kun.*
**[01:48] All**
Yeah, nice!
**[01:51] Ann**
*Batting fourth, catcher, Uozumi-kun.*
**[01:55] Jit**
*This is ridiculous.*
**[01:56] Jit**
* They're swinging at my*
* pitches like they're nothing.*
**[01:59] Jit**
*Who the hell...*
**[02:01] Jit**
*...are these guys?!*
**[02:15] Ani**
Those four jus' beat Eihou by themselves.
**[02:17] Tao**
It really isn't a surprise they beat Eihou.
**[03:56] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[03:56] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[03:56] Txt**
Oobi
**[03:58] Dai**
Turns out we're playing
Oobi Middle, not Eihou.
***SIGN*** Torn Feelings
**[04:02] Dai**
They defeated Eihou, so they're
a strong team, no doubt about it.
**[04:06] Dai**
But we also got this far in our
very first tournament on merit.
**[04:10] Dai**
If we keep on believing and don't get
intimidated, we have a shot at winning.
**[04:14] Dai**
Let's win this and go to regionals!
**[04:19] Ann**
*On defense for Oobi Middle:*
**[04:22] Ann**
*Pitcher, Seko-kun.*
**[04:24] Ann**
*Catcher, Uozumi-kun.*
**[04:26] Txt**
Yamamuro
**[04:26] Txt**
Seko
**[04:26] Txt**
Oobi
**[04:26] Txt**
Idemitsu
**[04:26] Txt**
Mayumura
**[04:26] Txt**
Uozumi
**[04:26] Txt**
Hayazaka
**[04:26] Txt**
Haneda
**[04:26] Txt**
Miura
**[04:26] Txt**
Kouda
**[04:27] Txt**
Yamamuro
**[04:27] Ann**
*First base, Haneda-kun.*
**[04:29] Txt**
Seko
**[04:29] Ann**
*Second base, Idemitsu-kun.*
**[04:31] Ann**
*Third base, Hayasaka-kun.*
**[04:34] Ann**
*Shortstop, Mayumura-san.*
**[04:36] Txt**
Miura
**[04:36] Txt**
Uozumi
**[04:36] Txt**
Hayasaka
**[04:36] Txt**
Haneda
**[04:36] Txt**
Yamamuro
**[04:36] Txt**
Kouda
**[04:36] Ann**
*Left field, Kouda-kun.*
**[04:38] Txt**
Miura
**[04:39] Ann**
*Center field, Yamamuro-kun.*
**[04:41] Ann**
*Right field, Miura-kun.*
**[04:44] Ann**
*Top of the first, Fuurin Academy to bat.*
**[04:47] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[04:47] Txt**
Fujii Chisato
**[04:47] Ann**
*Batting first, center field, Fujii-san.*
**[04:51] Ump**
Play ball!
**[04:54] Dai**
*Michiru-chan...*
**[04:57] (Flashback) Yay**
Idemitsu, Seko, Uozumi,
and Mayumura Jr., huh?
**[05:02] (Flashback) Tao**
Our chances of beating them are zero.
**[05:06] Yay**
You noticed 'em yet, Daigo?
**[05:08] Yay**
Their unorthodox second
baseman and shortstop.
**[05:11] Dai**
Huh? What do you mean?
**[05:18] Ump**
Strike!
**[05:20] Dai**
Oh, man! I didn't spot that before.
**[05:23] Dai**
They're both lefties!
**[05:26] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[05:26] Txt**
Kabashima Anita
**[05:27] Ani**
It's true!
**[05:30] Ump**
Strike two!
**[05:32] Mut**
Huh? Wh-What? Is there something
wrong with playing lefties there?
**[05:37] Dai**
Basically, the baseball playbook
says you don't play lefties there.
**[05:41] Mut**
Huh?
**[05:42] Dai**
On second and third, and at shortstop,
a right-hander's throwing motion to first
**[05:46] Dai**
is way, *way* faster than
a lefty's, so it's just logical.
**[05:50] Dai**
If you're left-handed, even securing
a difficult ball near second or third
**[05:55] Dai**
requires you to turn your whole
body so you can throw to first,
**[05:58] Dai**
which obviously takes longer.
**[06:00] Mut**
Now that you mention it...
**[06:03] Dai**
Between short and third.
**[06:09] Ump**
Out!
**[06:11] Ani**
She's fast!
**[06:12] Mut**
How can she be that accurate while spinning?!
**[06:16] Dai**
*I see now.*
**[06:17] Dai**
* Even if you're left-handed, when you're as*
* good as that, it cancels out the downsides.*
**[06:22] Dai**
* More importantly, they've got their*
* four best players up the middle.*
**[06:26] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[06:26] Txt**
Sagara Tao
**[06:27] Ann**
*Batting second, shortstop, Sagara-san.*
**[06:39] Nis**
A drag bunt!
**[06:44] Ump**
Out!
**[06:46] Dai**
* It was a good idea to target the other fielders,*
* but they were ready for it.*
**[06:51] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[06:51] Txt**
Sawa Yayoi
**[06:51] Ann**
*Batting third, second base, Sawa-san.*
**[07:00] Ump**
Out!
**[07:02] Ump**
Three outs. Change sides!
**[07:06] Uoz**
You haven't lost your touch, Sawa.
**[07:08] Uoz**
For girls, you and Tao have
got some killer baseball instincts.
**[07:12] Uoz**
I knew you guys'd make the final.
**[07:15] Uoz**
But this is as far as you get.
After all, we're here this year.
**[07:27] Uoz**
Huh. That's pretty good. Is he Fuurin's ace?
**[07:31] Sek**
Nope, he wears the number 9,
and he's not their ace, either.
**[07:35] Sek**
Their ace is out in right field.
She pitched yesterday and earlier.
**[07:38] Sek**
Hm, a girl, huh?
**[07:40] Sek**
Well, she might be their ace,
but she's no Michiru.
**[07:42] Sek**
They only got this far by
being the least worst team.
**[07:45] Sek**
Anyway, she won't pitch this game
because of pitch count restrictions.
**[07:49] Mic**
So what pitches has that number 9 got?
**[07:52] Sek**
Beats me.
**[07:53] Sek**
He might've pitched at some point,
but I left early, so I didn't see it.
**[08:00] Ide**
Well, whatever. We don't need
to go recon crazy at district level.
**[08:03] Ide**
You only need in-depth data when the
opposing team's actually worth scouting.
**[08:08] Ann**
*Bottom of the first, Oobi to bat.*
**[08:12] Ann**
*Batting first, second base, Idemitsu-kun.*
**[08:12] Dai**
Let's keep it tight!
**[08:16] Ump**
Play!
**[08:21] Ump**
Strike!
**[08:24] Yam**
That's fast!
**[08:30] Dai**
*Breaking balls are difficult.*
**[08:32] Dai**
* With his control, we won't even*
* be able to use them as decoys.*
**[08:39] Ump**
Strike two!
**[08:44] (Flashback) Dai**
Sorry, let's just give up on breaking balls.
**[08:47] (Flashback) Nis**
Huh?
**[08:48] (Flashback) Dai**
These guys were strong
enough to beat Eihou.
**[08:50] (Flashback) Dai**
We're not gonna beat them with
a gimmick you barely practiced.
**[08:55] (Flashback) Dai**
Let's just come out firing and see
how far your fastballs can take us!
**[09:06] Ump**
You're out.
**[09:08] Nis**
Hell yeah!
**[09:10] Dai**
Nice one!
**[09:12] Ann**
*Batting second, shortstop, Mayumura-san.*
**[09:20] Uoz**
What are you playing at?
Struck out in three pitches?
**[09:24] Ide**
There's something weird about his pitches.
**[09:30] Ump**
Strike!
**[09:33] Ump**
Strike two!
**[09:35] Tao**
Not bad, wild punk.
**[09:37] Mut**
* So fast. It's obvious Nishina*
* was our ace-in-waiting all along.*
**[09:49] Ump**
Strike! You're out!
**[09:53] Ani**
All right! Nice pitchin'!
**[09:56] Sek**
Come on now, what's wrong with you two?
**[09:59] Mit**
We're in trouble. They're faster
than they look from the sidelines.
**[10:04] Ann**
*Batting third, pitcher, Seko-kun.*
**[10:08] Dai**
*Nice, Nishina.*
**[10:09] Dai**
* He's throwing better than I expected,*
* and these pitches will do real damage.*
**[10:19] Ump**
You're out! Change sides!
**[10:21] Nis**
Hell yeah!
**[10:25] Uoz**
This is unexpected.
**[10:27] Uoz**
Turns out there are some
live wires in rubber-ball.
**[10:31] Uoz**
Looks like we're in for a fun game.
**[10:35] Txt**
Mifune Baseball Park
**[10:35] Txt**
Mifune Baseball Park
**[10:38] Kao**
Yikes, I'm super late!
**[10:39] Txt**
Mifune Baseball Park
**[10:39] Txt**
Mifune Baseball Park
**[10:42] Kao**
The final's already started!
**[10:47] Fuj**
Crap, I'm crazy late.
**[10:48] Txt**
Mifune Baseball Park
**[10:48] Txt**
Mifune Baseball Park
**[10:50] Kao**
Wait... Fujii-kun?
**[10:52] Fuj**
Oh, hey, Kaoru-chan!
**[10:54] Kao**
Why are you here? Come to cheer
on Mutsuko-chan and Daigo?
**[10:57] Fuj**
Well, that's one reason, but...
**[11:05] Fuj**
See the leadoff playing center field?
**[11:06] Txt**
Fuurin
Academy
**[11:06] Txt**
Fuurin
Academy
**[11:06] Txt**
Fujii
**[11:06] Txt**
Sagara
**[11:06] Txt**
Sawa
**[11:06] Txt**
Shigeno
**[11:06] Txt**
Nishina
**[11:06] Txt**
Kabashima
**[11:06] Txt**
Tanba
**[11:08] Fuj**
That's our youngest!
**[11:11] Kao**
Really?! Hm... Chisato-chan, wasn't it?
**[11:14] Fuj**
Yup.
**[11:16] Kao**
Daigo didn't mention that.
**[11:18] Fuj**
I reckon Daigo must've known...
**[11:21] Kao**
Why didn't you tell me before?
**[11:24] Fuj**
I was planning on telling you when I saw you.
**[11:28] Kao**
Well, anyway, we'd better find a place to sit.
**[11:31] Fuj**
Why so far back? Let's go down to the front.
**[11:34] Kao**
Daigo gets angry and embarrassed
whenever I show up to watch him.
**[11:40] Fuj**
Ah, the wonders of puberty.
**[11:51] Ump**
Out!
**[11:53] Mut**
Unlucky.
**[11:58] Nis**
Dammit.
**[12:01] Ump**
Three outs! Change sides!
**[12:02] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[12:02] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[12:02] Txt**
Oobi
**[12:09] Ump**
Out!
**[12:13] Ump**
Three outs! Change sides!
**[12:16] Tao**
Hey, it's going all right.
**[12:16] Dai**
*Sweet, we can match them!*
**[12:19] Dai**
* Nishina's in great form, so if we can*
* just eke out a run and pull ahead...*
**[12:34] Mut**
No!
**[12:37] Dai**
*Uh, all right, maybe next inning.*
**[12:48] Ann**
*Batting seventh, right field, Miura-kun.*
**[12:57] Ump**
Strike! You're out!
**[12:59] Nish**
Hell yeah!
**[13:02] Mic**
Impressive. We haven't got a single hit yet.
**[13:05] Ide**
What's more, everyone other
than Uozumi struck out.
**[13:09] Uoz**
Well, there's no need to worry.
**[13:11] Uoz**
He's pitching full speed against the bottom
of our order when it's not necessary.
**[13:15] Ump**
You're out!
**[13:19] Uoz**
He can't pitch in top gear forever.
He'll run out of steam soon.
**[13:24] Uoz**
Kouda!
**[13:30] Ump**
Play!
**[13:32] Nis**
What'd you just whisper to him, huh?!
**[13:35] Ump**
Ball!
**[13:37] Mic**
What did you tell him?
**[13:39] Uoz**
Oh, I just told him not to swing.
**[13:42] Ump**
Ball!
**[13:52] Ump**
Ball! Ball four!
**[13:58] Yay**
Oh, boy.
**[13:59] Tao**
There goes his perfect game.
**[14:03] Dai**
*Not good. He's starting to miss the zone more.*
**[14:09] Ump**
Ball!
**[14:12] Ump**
Ball!
**[14:17] Ump**
Ball four!
**[14:22] Dai**
T-Timeout!
**[14:24] Mut**
Yikes.
**[14:25] Tao**
He runs out of juice fast, this guy.
**[14:28] Ani**
Pull it together, will ya?!
**[14:34] Uoz**
* We were aiming to nail them next inning,*
* but it looks like our chance has come early.*
**[14:40] Ann**
*Batting second, shortstop, Mayumura-san.*
**[14:52] Uoz**
* From two outs to consecutive walks,*
* with the top of the order at bat.*
**[14:55] Uoz**
* He went too hard and ran out*
* of gas after three innings.*
**[14:59] Uoz**
* We can probably score*
* three runs this inning.*
**[15:06] Ump**
Strike!
**[15:08] Ump**
*He's sacrificing his speed for more control?*
**[15:14] (Flashback) Dai**
Your pitches got faster, but you don't have
the stamina to pitch a whole game yet.
**[15:20] (Flashback) Dai**
And I was so in awe of your power,
I didn't think to warn you to take it easy
**[15:24] (Flashback) Dai**
against their weaker
batters to pace yourself.
**[15:27] (Flashback) Dai**
For now, we'll have to ease up on the
speed and focus on getting some strikes.
**[15:31] (Flashback) Dai**
Otherwise, we'll walk them to victory.
**[15:33] (Flashback) Dai**
They might connect with them,
but that doesn't mean guaranteed hits.
**[15:38] (Flashback) Dai**
You've got seven teammates
behind you, backing you up.
**[15:47] Nis**
Right field!
**[15:49] Mic**
*Damn, I got a bad connection.*
**[15:52] Dai**
Nice! Go get it, Mutsuko!
**[15:58] Uoz**
Okay! Run!
**[16:05] Kou**
We took the lead!
**[16:07] Chi**
Senpai, I got it!
**[16:08] Mut**
I'm sorry!
**[16:10] Ide**
That's two!
**[16:12] Coa**
Stop, stop!
**[16:14] Ide**
All right! Two runs ahead!
**[16:18] Nis**
What was that about having
seven teammates behind me?
**[16:22] Mut**
I'm sorry. I slipped on the wet grass.
**[16:26] Chi**
Don't worry about it.
**[16:28] Ann**
*Batting third, pitcher, Seko-kun.*
**[16:32] Uoz**
*We've had some luck, but it's going to plan so far.*
**[16:35] Uoz**
* You can't keep us four quiet*
* with that style of pitching.*
**[16:39] Nis**
* Damn. If right field had got that one,*
* we woulda changed sides.*
**[16:47] Dai**
To first!
**[16:51] Ump**
Ou—
**[16:52] Ump**
S-Safe!
**[16:53] Ump**
Safe!
**[16:54] ---**
All right! Three ahead!
**[16:59] Tan**
I'm s-sorry.
**[17:01] Dai**
T-Timeout!
**[17:05] Dai**
We can't do anything about those
three runs. Let's put them behind us.
**[17:07] Dai**
They made clean contact,
and our fielders are giving it their all, too.
**[17:12] Dai**
Anyway, their cleanup's dangerous,
**[17:14] Dai**
so let's paint the corners,
and if we walk him, that's okay.
**[17:17] Dai**
Even with runners on first and second,
taking on their 5-hole and below
**[17:21] Dai**
is way less risky.
**[17:22] Nis**
Right...
**[17:24] Tao**
Three runs, huh? I knew
we couldn't beat these guys.
**[17:29] Ann**
*Batting fourth, catcher, Uozumi-kun.*
**[17:33] Ide**
Feel free to kill 'em stone dead here!
**[17:40] Dai**
*It's in the strike zone!*
**[17:52] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[17:52] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[17:52] Txt**
Oobi
**[17:54] Tan**
Two runs...
**[17:56] Yay**
Oh, boy.
**[17:57] Ani**
It's 5-0.
**[18:02] Dai**
*I told him to paint the corners...*
**[18:04] Dai**
*Nishina's already out of it mentally.*
**[18:09] Ann**
*Batting fifth, third base, Hayazaka-kun.*
**[18:12] Ide**
Five runs, huh? We got more than I expected.
**[18:15] Uoz**
Hey, Idemitsu, what are you doing?
**[18:17] Uoz**
Go to the bullpen.
**[18:18] Ide**
Huh?
**[18:19] Ide**
Don't worry so much.
My arm warms up in no time.
**[18:23] Uoz**
What?
**[18:27] Ide**
Okay, okay. I hear ya.
**[18:35] Ump**
Hit by pitch!
**[18:38] Dai**
Timeout!
**[18:42] Dai**
Pull yourself together, Nishina!
**[18:44] Dai**
It's the bottom of their order,
and we only need one more out.
**[18:47] Dai**
Sew this inning up already.
**[18:48] Nis**
Switch me out.
**[18:50] Dai**
Huh?
**[18:50] Nis**
It doesn't matter who takes over.
**[18:52] Nis**
I don't wanna go through the motions
for a game that's already lost.
**[18:56] Nis**
Switch me out already.
**[19:01] Ump**
Are you done yet?
**[19:05] Dai**
I won't do that.
**[19:06] Dai**
You *will* see this inning out!
**[19:12] Nis**
Hey! What's *that* supposed to mean?!
**[19:14] Nis**
Don't screw with me!
**[19:15] Nis**
You tryna make me the scapegoat here?!
**[19:23] Dai**
We don't have another pitcher ready!
**[19:26] Dai**
Besides, the game isn't over yet, and
there's too many innings left to just give up!
**[19:29] Dai**
A starting pitcher doesn't throw in the
towel just because they got a bloody nose!
**[19:35] Yay**
What was that?
**[19:36] Tao**
Wow, Daigo the Buddha just lost it!
**[19:38] Uoz**
Hm? Infighting?
**[19:41] Ann**
*Batting sixth, first base, Haneda-kun.*
**[19:44] Ump**
Play!
**[19:48] Ump**
*The hell? What's* he *getting pissed about?*
**[19:52] Ump**
*I only asked to be switched out!*
**[19:55] Ump**
Ball!
**[20:00] Ump**
Ball!
**[20:10] Ump**
Strike!
**[20:17] Tan**
Nice, nice!
**[20:21] Ump**
Ball!
**[20:24] Mut**
Nishina! You got this!
**[20:33] Ump**
Foul!
**[20:37] (Flashback) Dai**
The game isn't over yet, and there's
too many innings left to just give up!
**[20:40] (Flashback) Dai**
A starting pitcher doesn't throw in the
towel just because they got a bloody nose!
**[20:45] Nis**
*You little twerp!*
**[20:57] Nis**
*Why am I the one being yelled at?*
**[21:00] Nis**
* If you wanna yell at someone,*
* yell at those guys.*
**[21:09] Nis**
*If those guys...*
**[21:15] Nis**
*If those guys...*
**[21:19] Nis**
*...hadn't dragged me down...*
**[21:22] Nis**
*...we woulda changed sides already!*
**[21:31] Uoz**
Nice! That's going through!
**[22:11] Ump**
Out!
**[22:15] Dai**
Nice pitching.
**[22:16] Dai**
All right, let's shift gears and do this.
**[22:19] Chi**
That was amazing, Senpai!
**[24:00] Tao**
So 5-0, huh?
**[24:01] Tao**
This game's dead and buried, isn't it?
**[24:04] Yay**
Everybody seems to be hanging
on for dear life, though.
**[24:07] Tao**
But their ace, Mayumura, will get up
on the mound at some point, right?
**[24:12] Tao**
There's no way we can hit her pitches.
**[24:14] Yay**
"No way," huh?
**[24:16] Yay**
Hey, Tao. You sure you're okay with that?
**[24:19] Tao**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Reconnected Feelings
**[24:20] Tao**
Next time: "Reconnected Feelings."
**[24:22] Yay**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
# E16 - Reconnected Feelings
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY9V4K5WR/reconnected-feelings)
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**[00:00] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[00:00] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[00:00] Txt**
Oobi
**[00:01] Ann**
*Field change for Oobi Middle.*
**[00:05] Ann**
* Idemitsu-kun is taking over*
* from pitcher Seko-kun.*
**[00:10] Ann**
* Seko-kun moves to shortstop.*
* Mayumura-san moves to second.*
**[00:15] Tan**
What? A pitcher change after three
innings when he was on for a no-hitter?
**[00:20] Ani**
Jus' like against Eihou, they're splittin' the
pitchin' duties by doin' three innings each.
**[00:28] Dai**
*Splitting the pitching, huh?*
**[00:30] Dai**
* If every three innings, they switch*
* to a pitcher we haven't seen before,*
**[00:34] Dai**
* it gives us zero time to*
* get used to their pitching.*
**[00:39] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[00:39] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[00:39] Txt**
Oobi
**[00:40] Dai**
* Four innings left. I really want to*
* claw some of that back at least,*
**[00:44] Dai**
*but it's gonna be tough.*
**[02:16] Ann**
*Batting first, center field, Fujii-san.*
**[02:20] Fuj**
Yeah! Chisato! Make 'em suffer!
***SIGN*** Reconnected Feelings
**[02:33] Ump**
Strike!
**[02:41] Ump**
Strike two!
**[02:47] Ump**
Strike! You're out!
**[02:50] Fuj**
No, these things happen!
**[02:52] Fuj**
Just focus on the next one! The next one!
**[02:55] Kao**
We get it, so maybe just sit
back down and watch, yeah?
**[02:58] Chi**
What *was* that? There's no way
I can hit a slider like that.
**[03:01] Dai**
Chisato, go to the bullpen
and start warming up with Anita.
**[03:06] Chi**
Huh?
**[03:07] Dai**
Nishina's reached his limit, so we'll switch
you in for the bottom of the inning.
**[03:11] Chi**
Oh, uh, sure!
**[03:14] Ani**
Yer gettin' switched out. Ya okay with that?
**[03:17] Nis**
Shut up.
**[03:18] Nis**
I gave up five runs. What else was he gonna do?
**[03:30] Ump**
Out!
**[03:32] Ump**
Oh, wow.
**[03:35] Ump**
Strike! Out!
**[03:37] Ump**
Three outs. Change sides.
**[03:43] Dai**
*Th-They're strong.*
**[03:45] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[03:45] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[03:45] Txt**
Oobi
**[03:46] Dai**
*I don't see any way we can win...*
**[03:49] Mut**
Daigo! Change sides.
**[03:52] Dai**
Oh, uh, right.
**[03:56] Ann**
*Field change for Fuurin Academy.*
**[04:00] Ann**
* Center fielder Fujii-san is taking*
* over from pitcher Nishina-kun.*
**[04:06] Ann**
*Nishina-kun moves to center field.*
**[04:10] Mic**
They switched him out.
**[04:11] Ide**
I think she used to be a relief
pitcher for Yokohama Little, too.
**[04:16] Dai**
I didn't really want to throw you in
when you've barely had any prep time,
**[04:20] Dai**
but we've got no choice.
**[04:21] Dai**
Anyway, just throw strikes and try to
get us through the remaining innings.
**[04:26] Chi**
Yes, sir! I'll do my best!
**[04:31] Ann**
*Batting seventh, right field, Miura-kun.*
**[04:35] Ump**
Play!
**[04:38] Dai**
* Seems like she's got zero nerves.*
* I wonder if she'll be okay...*
**[04:50] Ump**
Three outs. Change sides.
**[04:55] Fuj**
Heck, yeah! That's my daughter!
**[04:58] Kao**
Amazing...
**[05:03] Dai**
That was seriously great, Chisato!
**[05:05] Dai**
I already liked what I saw in practice,
but I didn't know you were *that* good!
**[05:09] Chi**
Oh, it was nothing, really.
It was the bottom of their order.
**[05:12] Chi**
Besides, my stamina's not great either,
so don't expect too much from me.
**[05:18] Nis**
*Did she just say "either"?*
**[05:20] Chi**
Anyway, it's time we got a run on the board.
**[05:23] Chi**
We haven't even registered a hit yet.
**[05:26] Dai**
Uh, right.
**[05:28] Nis**
Don't get cocky just 'cause
you made it through one inning!
**[05:31] Mut**
Being a starting pitcher is
a *lot* harder in *so* many ways!
**[05:35] Chi**
Excuse me?
**[05:37] Ann**
*Top of the fifth, Fuurin Academy to bat.*
**[05:41] Ann**
*Batting fourth, catcher, Shigeno-kun.*
**[05:47] Dai**
*She's right. We still haven't gotten a hit.*
**[05:54] Ump**
Strike!
**[06:02] Ump**
Strike two!
**[06:04] Dai**
* There's no way I can hit a slider*
* this sharp on my first look at it.*
**[06:13] Dai**
*There's no way...*
**[06:17] Dai**
*But if the captain gives up, it's all over!*
**[06:24] Ump**
Foul!
**[06:29] Dai**
* I won't let you get a perfect*
* game with relief pitchers!*
**[06:34] Ump**
Ball!
**[06:36] Ani**
Nice, Senpai! A full count!
**[06:39] Mut**
Hang in there!
**[06:43] Ide**
So annoying.
**[06:48] Ump**
Foul!
**[06:50] Sek**
It's still a perfect game, Idemitsu!
**[06:52] Sek**
Don't walk him!
**[06:56] Mit**
* It looks like he hasn't inherited*
* his father's talent for baseball,*
**[07:00] Mit**
* but Shigeno-kun's always had*
* the same air about him.*
**[07:11] Ump**
Ball! Ball four!
**[07:14] Mut**
Yeah, good eye!
**[07:15] Ani**
We got a runner!
**[07:19] Ide**
*Damn.*
**[07:20] Ann**
*Batting fifth, center field, Nishina-kun.*
**[07:23] Nis**
Let's do this!
**[07:25] Ani**
Yer lookin' up for this.
**[07:26] Nis**
'Course I am! I'm gonna go big and
bag us two runs to get us rolling!
**[07:32] Tao**
Whew, thank goodness. They won't
get a perfect game now.
**[07:36] Tao**
That woulda been embarrassing.
**[07:38] Dai**
It's not over yet. We'll get a hit next,
then avoid the shutout.
**[07:42] Dai**
After that, there may be
even more to come, you know?
**[07:47] Ump**
Play!
**[07:51] (Flashback) Dai**
We don't have another pitcher ready!
**[07:54] (Flashback) Dai**
Besides, the game isn't over yet, and
there's too many innings left to just give up!
**[07:57] (Flashback) Dai**
A starting pitcher doesn't throw in the
towel just because they got a bloody nose!
**[08:01] Nis**
*Damn it all.*
**[08:04] Nis**
*They got those five runs off me.*
**[08:06] Nis**
*I have to get them back with my bat!*
**[08:11] Nis**
* Damn! His fastball's plenty quick,*
* and he's got sliders in the mix as well?*
**[08:18] Dai**
You can do it! Relax!
**[08:21] Nis**
*Anita's next up, huh?*
**[08:24] Nis**
*What I need to do above all else right now...*
**[08:26] Nis**
*...is advance the runner!*
**[08:36] Uoz**
First!
**[08:38] Ump**
Out!
**[08:41] Mut**
Nice bunt!
**[08:43] Ide**
Why? We coulda got him out at second.
**[08:46] Uoz**
We're five runs up.
We don't have to take risks.
**[08:49] Uoz**
If we mess up and allow more runners on base,
we'll be playing right into their hands.
**[08:53] Ann**
*Batting sixth, left field, Kabashima-san.*
**[08:57] Ani**
* Nishina was all set to slug it,*
* but he went for a bunt instead?*
**[09:05] Ump**
Strike!
**[09:07] Ani**
* We can't jus' roll over*
* and let it end like this!*
**[09:12] Ani**
*One run.*
**[09:14] Ani**
* I hafta get Shigeno-senpai*
* home, no matter what!*
**[09:20] Uoz**
Second!
**[09:24] Mut**
It didn't go through!
**[09:26] Dai**
* No, but from that angle,*
* a leftie can't throw it to first in time—*
**[09:33] Ump**
Out!
**[09:36] Tao**
So close. I thought that
was gonna be our first hit.
**[09:40] Ani**
You gotta be kiddin' me! No way
was that a middle school play!
**[09:44] Uoz**
Nice, Michiru!
**[09:46] Ide**
Phew, I thought our no-no was toast.
**[09:50] Ann**
*Batting seventh, first base, Tanba-kun.*
**[09:54] Yay**
And Tanba-san's up now...
**[09:57] Yay**
Looks like Nishina's bunt was for nothing.
**[10:03] Dai**
Tanba-san, pick one to swing at!
**[10:05] Dai**
It'll be fine! You can do this!
**[10:07] Dai**
Just relax!
**[10:12] Nis**
* Oh, yeah, Kandori the*
* southpaw killer is up after him.*
**[10:16] Nis**
*If Tanba can keep us rolling...*
**[10:21] Ani**
He kept us rollin'!
**[10:23] Chi**
Not that he did anything, but still!
**[10:26] Uoz**
Timeout!
**[10:29] Uoz**
Yo, man, what's wrong?
**[10:31] Ide**
Well, I tried catching that ball earlier
with my left hand and it hit my finger.
**[10:37] Uoz**
So is your finger okay?
**[10:40] Ide**
It's nothing to worry about.
It's just a bit numb, that's all.
**[10:45] Ide**
I'll take out their 8-hole and that'll be that.
**[10:48] Ann**
*Batting eighth, third base, Kandori-san.*
**[10:55] Dai**
*Two outs, runners on first and third.*
**[10:58] Dai**
*Top of the fifth, 0-5 down.*
**[11:00] Dai**
* We still haven't gotten a hit,*
* but this is our first real chance.*
**[11:04] Dai**
* With Kandori the southpaw killer*
* at bat, something might happen.*
**[11:11] Ump**
Ball!
**[11:14] Uoz**
* That Idemitsu... Is he still feeling*
* the effects of the ball hitting his hand?*
**[11:19] Uoz**
*Considering the strikeout earlier,*
**[11:22] Uoz**
* I doubt their 8-hole can get*
* anything on Idemitsu's fastball.*
**[11:27] Uoz**
* But we should play it safe*
* and go for a slider, anyway.*
**[11:35] Ump**
Ball!
**[11:36] Nis**
Yeah, all right!
**[11:37] Ani**
Nice, nice, nice!
**[11:39] Ani**
The pitcher's lost it!
**[11:41] Mic**
What are you doing, Idemitsu?
Get it in the strike zone already!
**[11:45] Ide**
*Can it.*
**[11:47] Ide**
* I haven't got the feeling*
* back in my fingertips yet.*
**[11:50] Uoz**
*He's having trouble with breaking balls.*
**[11:53] Uoz**
* We've got no choice.*
* We can't walk their 8-hole here.*
**[11:57] Uoz**
*Fastball!*
**[12:02] Ump**
Strike!
**[12:04] Tao**
That's one you have to hit.
**[12:09] Ump**
Strike two!
**[12:11] Ump**
Come on.
**[12:12] Ani**
You gotta swing, Senpai!
**[12:13] Nis**
She can't see those pitches.
**[12:16] Dai**
*Even if she's good against southpaws,*
**[12:18] Dai**
* I guess a pitcher at that level*
* is just too fast for her.*
**[12:22] Ide**
Finish her!
**[12:27] Uoz**
Second!
**[12:37] Nis**
She dropped it!
**[12:38] Dai**
Kandori, run!
**[12:42] Uoz**
It's behind you, Michiru!
**[12:52] Kan**
And I'm dead.
**[13:01] Ump**
Safe!
**[13:03] All**
Yeah!
**[13:05] Mut**
Nice, Kan-chan!
**[13:07] Yay**
That's our southpaw killer for you.
**[13:09] Tao**
Hey, are you okay, Kandori?
**[13:12] Kan**
I'm fine, I'm fine.
**[13:15] Tao**
You did great.
**[13:16] Tao**
You let two strikes go by, so I was
convinced you couldn't swing.
**[13:21] Kan**
Well, he was pitching more balls,
so I figured he was struggling.
**[13:26] Kan**
And at five runs down,
a base on balls is better, right?
**[13:32] Tao**
Nice.
**[13:35] Ide**
Damn! The no-no and shutout relay bit the dust.
**[13:39] Ide**
I never expected her to get so much on that.
**[13:43] Uoz**
It's no good. If you still can't throw
sliders, we'll switch Michiru in.
**[13:48] Ide**
What? Is this some bad joke?!
I haven't even pitched two full innings!
**[13:54] Ide**
That makes it look like
they got the better of me!
**[13:57] Uoz**
Stop getting so hung up on your stupid pride!
**[14:00] Uoz**
If you can't hit top form because
you're shaking off an injury,
**[14:03] Uoz**
we don't know what might happen.
**[14:05] Uoz**
If their 9-hole up next gets on base,
they're back to the top of their order.
**[14:10] Uoz**
If they manage to claw back all those runs,
will *you* take responsibility for that?
**[14:15] Uoz**
Didn't we decide to take the
middle school rubber-ball crown?
**[14:19] Uoz**
We don't have time to stumble even
once against this kind of opponent.
**[14:25] Uoz**
Oh well. I don't want to put Michiru
on the mound without warming up first.
**[14:31] Uoz**
Shut this 9-hole down.
**[14:33] Uoz**
If you don't, we're switching to Michiru.
**[14:37] Ann**
*Batting ninth, right field, Sakura-san.*
**[14:43] Ani**
Keep us rollin', Senpai!
**[14:45] Ide**
*Like hell you will!*
**[14:47] Ump**
Ball!
**[14:49] Ani**
Nice, nice, nice!
**[14:51] Dai**
* She's been giving it her all*
* out in right field this game.*
**[14:54] Dai**
* After pitching three games back-to-back,*
* including the whole of today's early game,*
**[14:58] Dai**
* Mutsuko must be totally drained,*
* physically and emotionally.*
**[15:11] Ump**
Are you okay?
**[15:12] Mut**
Oh gosh, that was embarrassing.
**[15:27] Ump**
Foul!
**[15:28] Mut**
*I touched it!*
**[15:32] Ump**
Foul!
**[15:34] Uoz**
* This is annoying.*
* She's waiting for his fastballs.*
**[15:38] Uoz**
*In that case, let's go for a slider.*
**[15:43] Uoz**
*We only have one ball so far.*
**[15:45] Uoz**
*If this is a ball too, it won't matter,*
**[15:47] Uoz**
*and if it's a strike, she won't get near it.*
**[15:49] Uoz**
* Since she's got her back to the wall,*
* she'll swing at it, anyway!*
**[15:56] Mut**
*Aw man, he threw a slider!*
**[16:00] Uoz**
Crap!
**[16:02] Dai**
An uncaught third strike! Run!
**[16:04] Mut**
Seriously?!
**[16:12] Mut**
*O-Oh no!*
**[16:13] Mut**
*My leg's cramping!*
**[16:34] Ump**
Safe! Safe!
**[16:36] Ani**
Heck yeah!
**[16:37] Dai**
Can't stop this train, and it's bases loaded!
**[16:41] Mut**
I-I'm so relieved...
**[16:47] Ani**
Senpai! You need ta get on deck.
I'll take over as base coach!
**[16:51] Tao**
Right.
**[16:56] Ide**
I'm getting swapped out for that? Really?
**[17:00] Mic**
Uozumi, you should've had that one.
**[17:02] Uoz**
All right, all right. You get one more chance.
**[17:06] Uoz**
You have to stop them scoring!
**[17:08] ---**
*Batting first, pitcher, Fujii-san.*
**[17:15] Dai**
*Mutsuko...*
**[17:17] Ide**
*Dammit!*
**[17:18] Ide**
*Don't get so cocky, losers!*
**[17:24] Ide**
Wha—
**[17:25] Dai**
All right! We got another run back!
**[17:28] Nis**
No, no, no, no!
**[17:31] Dai**
It's 2-5! Three runs in it!
**[17:33] Chi**
Yay!
**[17:35] Kao**
She's got good sense.
I wonder who she takes after.
**[17:38] Fuj**
What's *that* supposed to mean?
**[17:41] Uoz**
Well, you won't stop an ex-Yokohama
Little player with fastballs.
**[17:47] Uoz**
Michiru!
**[17:49] Ann**
*Field change for Oobi Middle.*
**[17:53] Ann**
* Mayumura-san is taking over*
* from pitcher Idemitsu-kun.*
**[18:03] Uoz**
* I never dreamed we'd have to put*
* you up on the mound in the fifth.*
**[18:07] (Flashback) Uoz**
I know your arm isn't warmed
up yet. You going to be okay?
**[18:12] (Flashback) Mic**
I didn't think you'd feel
the need to ask me that.
**[18:15] (Flashback) Mic**
As if these guys could hit my pitches.
**[18:18] (Flashback) Mic**
These guys chickened out of
joining Senior League. I didn't.
**[18:23] Dai**
*So Michiru-chan's their trump card, huh?*
**[18:27] Dai**
Tao.
**[18:28] Dai**
Do you know what pitches Mayumura has?
**[18:30] Dai**
From the game earlier, it looked
like she had sliders, curveballs,
**[18:34] Dai**
and something like a changeup.
**[18:37] Tao**
Yeah, yeah, I know. I was watching, too.
**[18:41] Yay**
Her fastballs are fast as hell
and she's got variety.
**[18:44] Tao**
It'll be impossible to do
anything first time up.
**[18:48] Dai**
*The momentum's with us this inning.*
**[18:52] Dai**
*Please don't let it ebb away, Tao.*
**[18:54] Ann**
*Batting second, shortstop, Sagara-san.*
**[18:57] Ump**
Play!
**[19:02] Ump**
Ball!
**[19:04] Ani**
Okay! Yer seein' 'em!
**[19:09] Ump**
Strike!
**[19:30] Txt**
Girl's Bathroom
**[19:32] (Flashback) Yay**
Oh, yeah, did you hear, Tao?
**[19:34] (Flashback) Tao**
Hear what?
**[19:35] (Flashback) Yay**
Mayumura Michiru apparently
gave Senior League a go, too.
**[19:40] (Flashback) Tao**
What? Seriously?
**[19:42] (Flashback) Yay**
Yup, intel from Nishina.
**[19:44] (Flashback) Tao**
Wow, that's impressive.
**[19:46] (Flashback) Tao**
Sure, even boys have to be
good to make it in, but for a girl,
**[19:49] (Flashback) Tao**
it's impossible without crazy
determination and a body to back it up.
**[19:54] Ump**
Strike two!
**[19:56] (Flashback) Yay**
It's a pain in the butt.
**[19:57] (Flashback) Yay**
Both Daigo and Anita get super serious
when we take on these try-hards.
**[20:04] (Flashback) Yay**
A real pain in the butt.
They all get their uniforms so dirty...
**[20:09] (Flashback) Yay**
And ours are all white...
**[20:13] (Flashback) Yay**
You know, Tao...
**[20:15] (Flashback) Yay**
We might not be able to do
anything against the boys,
**[20:22] (Flashback) Yay**
but don't you just get irritated
when another girl beats you?
**[20:29] Tao**
*Uh-oh.*
**[20:30] Tao**
*Oh no, a grounder to shortstop.*
**[20:51] (Flashback) Mut**
We're all muddy again.
**[20:53] (Flashback) Tao**
Just like every day.
**[20:55] Ten1**
Wow, our new uniforms are so cute!
**[20:58] Ten2**
It looks so good on you!
**[21:00] Ten1**
You too! You look super cute.
**[21:02] Ten2**
Thank you!
**[21:06] (Flashback) Mut**
Good work.
**[21:08] (Flashback) Mut**
I got so dirty again today.
**[21:11] (Flashback) Mut**
Huh? Tao, you're super clean!
**[21:15] (Flashback) Tao**
If you're really good, you don't get dirty.
**[21:21] Ani**
Run hard! Sagara-senpai!
**[21:31] Ump**
Out!
**[21:32] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[21:32] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[21:32] Txt**
Oobi
**[21:33] Ump**
Three outs! Change sides!
**[21:44] Ani**
Senpai...
**[21:52] Tao**
Don't jump to any conclusions, okay?
**[21:55] Tao**
It's not like I've been
taking it easy up till now.
**[21:59] Tao**
Headfirst slides don't make you any faster,
you can get hurt, and there's no real upside.
**[22:07] Tao**
I just wanted to get my uniform
as dirty as everyone else's.
**[22:22] Dai**
Okay, we got two runs back!
**[22:24] Dai**
The momentum's with us!
**[22:27] Dai**
The real fight starts here!
**[24:00] Fuj**
All right! Just three runs behind!
**[24:02] Fuj**
Stand your ground, Chisato!
**[24:03] Fuj**
Your dad's here for you!
**[24:05] Kao**
Hey, Fujii-kun, you're way too loud.
**[24:08] Fuj**
But Chisato has no experience
as a long reliever!
**[24:11] Fuj**
Ah, if only there was another pitcher!
**[24:14] Kao**
Chisato-chan's trying her best on the mound!
**[24:16] Kao**
We have to get a run somehow!
**[24:18] Kao**
Make something happen, Daigo!
***SIGN*** The Unexpected Pitcher
**[24:20] Fuj**
Next time: "The Unexpected Pitcher"!
**[24:22] Kao**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
# E17 - The Unexpected Pitcher
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**[00:05] Ump**
Out!
**[00:12] Tao**
Don't jump to any conclusions, okay?
**[00:15] Tao**
It's not like I've been
taking it easy up till now.
**[00:20] Tao**
Headfirst slides don't make you any faster,
you can get hurt, and there's no real upside.
**[00:26] Tao**
I just wanted to get my uniform
as dirty as everyone else's.
**[02:08] Dai**
Okay, we got two runs back!
***SIGN*** The Unexpected Pitcher
**[02:11] Dai**
The momentum's with us!
**[02:12] Dai**
The real fight starts here!
**[02:14] All**
Yeah!
**[02:19] Ide**
We're three runs ahead.
**[02:21] Sek**
I didn't expect them to narrow the gap.
**[02:24] Mic**
We need to disrupt their rhythm here
before they build up a real head of steam.
**[02:29] Uoz**
Yeah.
**[02:40] Fuj**
Oh! She's pitching this inning, too?!
**[02:43] Fuj**
You got this, Chisato!
**[02:45] Kao**
So Chisato-chan can even
play as a long reliever?
**[02:49] Fuj**
Hm, well, I don't think
she's done it all that much before,
**[02:53] Fuj**
but it should be a piece
of cake for my Chisato.
**[02:56] Fuj**
She's got real talent and excels
at anything she turns her hand to!
**[03:00] Kao**
Huh.
**[03:02] Fuj**
No, I mean it.
**[03:03] Fuj**
She takes after me in that regard!
**[03:04] Ann**
*Bottom of the fifth.*
**[03:06] Kao**
Sorry, what?
**[03:06] Ann**
*Oobi Middle to bat.*
**[03:06] Fuj**
You got this, Chisato!
**[03:08] Ann**
*Batting first, second base, Idemitsu-kun.*
**[03:12] Dai**
* We faced the bottom*
* of their order last inning,*
**[03:14] Dai**
* but we've cycled back*
* to the top for this inning.*
**[03:17] Ump**
Play!
**[03:19] Dai**
*Please get us through this somehow, Chisato!*
**[03:28] Sek**
Nice, Idemitsu!
**[03:29] Uoz**
Follow it up, Michiru!
**[03:37] Dai**
* This is bad. It's early in the inning*
* and Chisato hasn't found her form yet.*
**[03:42] Dai**
* But we just started*
* believing we can catch up.*
**[03:49] Dai**
* There's no way we can let them*
* pull further ahead this inning.*
**[03:52] Ani**
Chisato, focus!
**[03:58] Ump**
Ball!
**[04:00] Ide**
Hey, lead, lead, lead!
**[04:05] Ump**
Ball two!
**[04:08] Dai**
*She can't get it in the strike zone.*
**[04:10] Dai**
Senpai.
**[04:13] Dai**
Timeout.
**[04:17] Dai**
What's up? Is something wrong?
**[04:19] Chi**
I'm sorry, I didn't want to say this,
**[04:23] Chi**
but I'm way too tired to pitch.
**[04:27] Chi**
Maybe it's because
I haven't pitched in ages,
**[04:29] Chi**
but my grip strength suddenly
deserted me this inning.
**[04:32] Dai**
H-Hold on a sec! Don't do this to me, Chisato!
**[04:36] Dai**
We don't have any other pitchers!
**[04:38] Yay**
What's going on?
**[04:39] Tao**
I guess Chisato could only
handle being a short reliever.
**[04:44] Dai**
You can focus solely on your control.
Please, just get us through this inning.
**[04:50] Dai**
I'll come up with a plan for beyond that,
like putting Nishina in again or something.
**[04:54] Chi**
Huh? Uh, all right.
**[05:00] Ump**
Play!
**[05:02] Chi**
*That's easier said than done, though.*
**[05:10] Ump**
Foul!
**[05:14] Chi**
See? I told you.
**[05:17] Upz**
They're out of pitchers, huh?
**[05:19] Upz**
Fujii can't pitch two innings.
**[05:24] Ump**
Ball three!
**[05:26] Chi**
This blows!
**[05:28] Ump**
Ball! Ball four!
**[05:32] Kao**
It looks like Chisato-chan's
reached her limit.
**[05:35] Fuj**
Are you okay, Chisato? You got
tired between innings, didn't you?
**[05:39] Fuj**
You poor thing.
**[05:42] Fuj**
Hey, Daigo! Why are you forcing
her to be a long reliever?!
**[05:46] Kao**
You literally just said she takes
after you and can do *anything*...
**[05:55] Dai**
*Chisato can't go on like this.*
**[05:57] Dai**
I-I'm sorry. We need a timeout, please.
**[06:01] Ump**
Timeout!
**[06:03] Yay**
Daigo.
**[06:06] Yay**
Want me to pitch?
**[06:09] Dai**
Huh?
**[06:11] Dai**
Huh?!
**[06:12] Dai**
You want to pitch, Sawa-san?!
**[06:13] Yay**
What's with that reaction?
It's not like I've never pitched before.
**[06:19] Dai**
Really?
**[06:21] Dai**
But you never mentioned that when
we were choosing positions way back.
**[06:26] (Flashback) Yay**
I'll take second.
**[06:27] (Flashback) Tao**
Shortstop for me, then.
**[06:30] Yay**
Well, pitcher's the most tiring position,
and it's a heck of a lot of responsibility.
**[06:34] Yay**
Why would I volunteer for that?
**[06:34] Txt**
be1\fs18\bord4\b1\shad0\an8\pos(85.333,30)\3c&H75EDFC&\c&H021E24&\i1}That's* your reason?
**[06:34] Txt**
be1\fs18\bord4\b1\shad0\an8\3c&H75EDFC&\c&H021E24&\pos(548,199.333)\i1}That's* your reason?
**[06:34] Txt**
be1\fs18\bord4\b1\shad0\an8\3c&H75EDFC&\c&H021E24&\pos(103.333,222)\i1}That's* your reason?
**[06:37] Dai**
**That's *your reason?*
**[06:40] Dai**
But are you sure about this?
**[06:43] Dai**
You haven't pitched in a long time, right?
**[06:45] Dai**
And you haven't warmed up your arm.
Isn't that jumping in at the deep end?
**[06:49] Yay**
Deep end or not, I gotta do something
to get that glum look off your face.
**[06:58] Yay**
I may not have pitched in a while,
**[07:01] Yay**
but that doesn't mean
I can't find the strike zone.
**[07:05] Yay**
Well, I'll see what I can do.
**[07:09] Ann**
*Field change for Fuurin Academy.*
**[07:14] Ann**
*Sawa-san moves from second base to pitcher.*
**[07:15] Nis**
A switch?
**[07:17] Ann**
*Fujii-san moves from pitcher to second base.*
**[07:22] Uoz**
What? Did she say Sawa?
**[07:27] Uoz**
Can she even still pitch?
**[07:36] Tao**
Yayoi.
**[07:38] Tao**
Hey, you're not serious, right? I mean, you—
**[07:42] Yay**
Shush.
**[07:44] Yay**
Daigo will hear you.
**[07:47] Yay**
He won't shut up if he finds out,
so you can't tell him.
**[07:56] Dai**
Last one!
**[08:03] Dai**
*They're pretty good.*
**[08:05] Dai**
* The speed's decent and*
* the control's not bad, either.*
**[08:09] Ann**
*Batting third, shortstop, Seko-kun.*
**[08:13] Yay**
Oh, I'm sorry. Gimme a sec.
**[08:19] Ump**
What's going on? Please hurry it up.
**[08:23] Yay**
Right. I'm ready now.
**[08:27] Ump**
Play!
**[08:55] Ump**
Strike!
**[08:58] Mic**
No way... That was fast.
**[09:01] Uoz**
*You gotta be kidding.*
**[09:02] Uoz**
* Her pitches look even more intense now,*
* despite what happened.*
**[09:07] Mut**
Incredible.
**[09:09] Tao**
*You... You don't have to go overboard, Yayoi.*
**[09:18] Ump**
Foul!
**[09:20] Dai**
*Is this real?*
**[09:22] Dai**
*Sawa-san could pitch like this all along?*
**[09:25] Dai**
*Why didn't she tell me?*
**[09:29] Ump**
Ball!
**[09:30] Sek**
*She's only thrown fastballs so far.*
**[09:33] Sek**
* I remember, even back then,*
* she was already pitching breaking balls.*
**[09:42] Ump**
Foul!
**[09:46] Yay**
* Not bad, Sekocchi. Fastballs*
* aren't enough against you.*
**[09:51] Yay**
Daigo!
**[09:54] Ump**
Timeout!
**[09:58] Mic**
* She has an arm like that and*
* didn't even try out for Senior?*
**[10:11] Mic**
* Now it's even clearer that I can't afford*
* to lose to these ambitionless time-wasters.*
**[10:16] Dai**
Huh? You can throw breaking balls too?
**[10:20] Yay**
Yep.
**[10:21] Yay**
So you can call my pitches.
**[10:23] Yay**
Curveballs, shootballs, sliders...
**[10:25] Yay**
I can throw whatever you want.
**[10:28] Dai**
But I've never seen you throw any of those.
**[10:31] Dai**
I don't know which one I should pick.
**[10:34] Dai**
What pitch do you feel
most comfortable with?
**[10:43] Ump**
Play!
**[10:45] (Flashback) Yay**
The one I feel most comfortable with?
**[10:49] (Flashback) Yay**
I guess that'd be...
**[11:09] (Flashback) Yay**
...the forkball.
**[11:11] Ump**
You're out!
**[11:14] Ani**
Heck yeah!
**[11:16] Mut**
What was that just now?
**[11:18] Mut**
A forkball?
**[11:22] Yay**
One out, you guys!
**[11:26] Sek**
I expected another fastball,
but it nosedived.
**[11:30] Dai**
* I heard rubber-ball forkballs*
* didn't sink all that sharply.*
**[11:34] Dai**
*Sawa-san, you're something else!*
**[11:36] Ann**
*Batting fourth, catcher, Uozumi-kun.*
**[11:40] Ann**
*So you've still got it, huh, Sawa?*
**[11:42] Ann**
* We might've been evenly matched*
* back then, but not now.*
**[11:46] Ann**
* I refuse to accept that any girl other*
* than Michiru is up to my standard!*
**[11:51] Ump**
Strike!
**[11:53] Tao**
*Another breaking ball? And a forkball, too.*
**[11:56] Tao**
*That's the worst choice of pitch, Yayoi!*
**[12:01] Ump**
Foul!
**[12:03] Uoz**
*We need some more runs.*
**[12:05] Uoz**
* If we don't score any runs here,*
* the momentum will be with them.*
**[12:10] Uoz**
*We absolutely must...*
**[12:13] Uoz**
*...get more runs!*
**[12:27] Mic**
Yes, it went through!
**[12:35] Ump**
Out!
**[12:37] Dai**
Yes! We survived!
**[12:39] Yay**
Nice double play, Tao!
**[12:44] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[12:44] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[12:44] Txt**
Oobi
**[12:47] Uoz**
Damn, we got nothing.
**[12:59] Yay**
Thanks. You're a lifesaver.
**[13:02] Tao**
Yeah, I saved you. Because I want
you to pitch as little as possible.
**[13:12] Mut**
Yayoi, that was amazing!
**[13:14] Mut**
Why'd you wait till now to pitch for us
when you have an arm like that?
**[13:19] Nis**
Yeah, seriously. Not cool, man.
**[13:22] Nis**
You probably woulda been
made ace on the spot.
**[13:25] Yay**
Nah, no way. I just rode my luck
and it all worked out this time.
**[13:29] Mut**
That wasn't riding your luck!
**[13:32] Chi**
I guess Sawa-senpai's okay, then?
**[13:32] Mut**
You'll make me mad,
saying stuff like that, Yayoi!
**[13:35] Ani**
I gotta say, the way that forkball
sank was pretty darn brutal.
**[13:41] Uoz**
Two innings left.
**[13:42] Uoz**
This inning with Sawa and the meat
of their order is our biggest challenge.
**[13:46] Uoz**
Nice and steady, Michiru.
**[13:49] Mic**
I know.
**[13:51] Ann**
*Batting third, pitcher, Sawa-san.*
**[13:53] Dai**
Let's go! We're on fire!
**[14:03] Ump**
Strike!
**[14:06] Yay**
* Looks like she's not gonna*
* give me any easy fastballs.*
**[14:11] Yay**
*Then, I'll have to swing...*
**[14:13] Yay**
*...when she tries to rack up the count...*
**[14:21] Yay**
*...with a breaking ball!*
**[14:29] All**
Yeah!
**[14:31] Tao**
Nice batting!
**[14:34] Tao**
*Damn you, Sawa.*
**[14:35] Tao**
* She managed to hit Michiru's*
* slider on her first swing!*
**[14:39] Tao**
*That was crazy good. Now, it's my turn.*
**[14:42] Kao**
Isn't that the first time the first
batter in the inning got a base hit?
**[14:47] Fuj**
Yeah. The game's turning in our favor!
**[14:50] Fuj**
Keep it going, Daigo!
**[14:52] Txt**
Pop
**[14:54] Kao**
*Bah, why's that idiot ignoring his messages?*
**[14:57] Kao**
* The game's almost over! Is he really*
* gonna miss this all-important final?!*
**[15:02] Kao**
*Batting fourth, catcher, Shigeno-kun.*
**[15:05] Mut**
You got this, Daigo!
**[15:08] Ani**
Keep us motorin'!
**[15:12] Ump**
Strike!
**[15:14] Dai**
*So fast!*
**[15:15] Dai**
* But Sawa-san and the others*
* got us to this point...*
**[15:22] Ump**
Strike two!
**[15:26] Dai**
*I need to do this...*
**[15:29] Dai**
*...and set up something big!*
**[15:37] Ump**
Out!
**[15:38] Ump**
Out!
**[15:41] Ani**
Aw, heck no! A double play?
**[15:44] Fuj**
Gah! Seriously? A double play?!
**[15:48] Nis**
Well, damn. You serious, captain?
**[15:54] Dai**
Sorry.
**[15:59] Nis**
H-Hey! Don't go getting all depressed!
**[16:02] Nis**
I'll smash one outta the park
and create a chance for us!
**[16:05] Dai**
Please do.
**[16:10] Ump**
Strike three! You're out!
**[16:21] Dai**
* Why was I so hasty to get*
* something on that slider?*
**[16:27] Dai**
*The captain can't waste a chance like that.*
**[16:31] Mut**
Daigo!
**[16:32] Mut**
Why are you spacing out?
**[16:34] Mut**
You shouldn't keep the pitcher waiting.
**[16:37] Dai**
Oh, uh, right.
**[16:47] Ump**
Out!
**[16:51] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[16:51] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[16:51] Txt**
Oobi
**[16:54] Ani**
Nice pitchin', Senpai.
**[16:56] Yay**
Thanks.
**[16:58] Uoz**
Okay, it's the last inning!
**[17:00] Uoz**
Let's get these next three
out and go to Regionals!
**[17:04] Txt**
Sagara
**[17:04] Txt**
Sawa
**[17:04] Txt**
Shigeno
**[17:04] Txt**
Nishina
**[17:04] Txt**
Kabashima
**[17:04] Txt**
Tanba
**[17:04] Txt**
Kandori
**[17:04] Txt**
Sakura
**[17:05] Ann**
*Top of the seventh.*
**[17:07] Ann**
*Fuurin Academy to bat.*
**[17:09] Mic**
*Right. Three up, three down to end this.*
**[17:11] Ann**
*Batting sixth, left field, Kabashima-san.*
**[17:17] Mic**
* For my own sake, and for the guys*
* who quit Senior to play alongside me,*
**[17:21] Mic**
*I'll take the middle school rubber-ball crown!*
**[17:23] Tao**
Go get 'em!
**[17:25] Mut**
Please, Anita!
**[17:28] Nis**
You hafta get on base, Anita!
**[17:30] Nis**
We still have a chance here!
**[17:39] Fuj**
Yes!
**[17:40] Kao**
It went through!
**[17:45] Chi**
Yes! We got a runner!
**[17:47] Tao**
Nice batting!
**[17:48] Mut**
We can get those three runs easy!
**[17:51] Mic**
*Who on earth are these girls?*
**[17:55] Mic**
*How can they hit my pitches so easily?!*
**[17:58] Uoz**
* Calm down, Michiru. The only ones*
* with skill are the ex-Little players.*
**[18:03] Ann**
*Batting seventh, first base, Tanba-kun.*
**[18:07] Uoz**
* Get their bottom three*
* batters out and it's over!*
**[18:12] Ani**
Tanba! Ya'd better do this!
**[18:15] Nis**
Hey, he's two years older than you.
**[18:23] Ump**
Strike three! You're out!
**[18:27] Tan**
Sorry.
**[18:29] Kan**
No worries!
**[18:33] Kan**
Leave it to me.
**[18:36] Nis**
Oh, yeah, southpaws are her specialty!
**[18:39] Ani**
She might actually pull somethin' off again!
**[18:50] Ump**
Out!
**[18:55] Mic**
*One to go.*
**[18:57] Ann**
*Batting ninth, right field, Sakura-san.*
**[19:06] Mut**
*I'm not giving up!*
**[19:14] Mut**
*I don't want to lose!*
**[19:19] Mut**
*So fast...*
**[19:21] Mut**
*But...*
**[19:23] Mut**
*...I want a hit!*
**[19:25] Ump**
Foul!
**[19:26] Ani**
Good swing! That'll get ya a hit!
**[19:30] Ump**
Foul!
**[19:34] Ump**
Foul!
**[19:37] Ump**
Foul!
**[19:40] Mut**
*I swear... I'm going to get you!*
**[19:44] Mic**
*So annoying!*
**[19:46] Ump**
Foul!
**[19:54] Kan**
Mutsu! You can do it!
**[19:56] Tao**
Stay tough!
**[20:02] Ump**
Foul!
**[20:03] ---**
Mutsuko...
**[20:08] (Flashback) Mut**
Come on, pull yourself together.
**[20:10] (Flashback) Mut**
This game's not over yet.
**[20:12] (Flashback) Dai**
Y-Yeah...
**[20:14] (Flashback) Mut**
Is it the double play earlier
that's getting you down?
**[20:18] (Flashback) Dai**
No, I just can't face you guys
when you've been working so hard.
**[20:23] (Flashback) Dai**
Not after the captain and cleanup
wrecked the team's chances.
**[20:29] (Flashback) Mut**
How dense are you?
**[20:36] (Flashback) Mut**
Here.
**[20:37] (Flashback) Mut**
You're the one who's been
working the hardest up to now.
**[20:41] (Flashback) Mut**
As our catcher and our captain,
you've been carrying us this whole time.
**[20:46] (Flashback) Mut**
So why beat yourself up
over one measly double play?
**[20:52] (Flashback) Mut**
We're your team, Daigo.
**[20:55] (Flashback) Mut**
So chin up!
**[20:58] Dai**
Mutsuko! Keep us alive!
**[21:06] Mic**
All right!
**[21:15] Uoz**
What?!
**[21:17] Tao**
Yeah!
**[21:19] Yay**
Stop, stop!
**[21:32] Dai**
*Nice, Mutsuko!*
**[21:33] Dai**
*Two outs, runners on first and third!*
**[21:35] Dai**
*Our chances are much better now!*
**[21:39] Uoz**
*Dammit.*
**[21:40] Uoz**
*What a time to make an error.*
**[21:43] Mic**
*So you're gonna make me struggle for this, huh?*
**[21:48] Mic**
*But this ends now.*
**[21:57] Mic**
*I* will *win this game with my pitching!*
**[22:13] Gor**
Three runs behind and
two outs in the last inning?
**[22:16] Gor**
Well, isn't this fun?
**[22:23] Gor**
I call this the starting line
in baseball, Daigo!
**[24:00] Mic**
How?
**[24:01] Mic**
Even boys can't get good hits on my pitches.
**[24:04] Mic**
What is it with these girls?!
**[24:06] Yay**
I wonder why...
**[24:07] Yay**
I wasn't planning on trying this hard.
**[24:10] Mic**
I know...
**[24:11] Mic**
I know this will be the only time
I get to play alongside these guys!
**[24:16] Yay**
Captain, we've come this far. We gotta win!
**[24:18] Yay**
Let's kick it up a notch!
**[24:20] Yay**
Next time: "We've Come This Far."
***SIGN*** We've Come This Far
**[24:22] Mic**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
# E18 - We've Come This Far
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**[00:01] Dai**
* Our team, the Fuurin Academy middle school*
* baseball team, made it to the district finals.*
**[00:01] Txt**
Oobi
**[00:01] Txt**
Oobi
**[00:01] Txt**
Eihou Academy
**[00:01] Txt**
Eihou Academy
**[00:05] Txt**
Mayumura
**[00:05] Txt**
Mayumura
**[00:07] Dai**
* There we met Oobi Middle's team,*
* who count a certain Mayumura Michiru-chan*
**[00:10] Dai**
* and three elite ex-Yokohama Little*
* players among their ranks.*
**[00:18] Dai**
*The third inning.*
**[00:19] Dai**
* Despite a good start, our starting*
* pitcher, Nishina, quickly flagged,*
**[00:22] Dai**
* and due to some follow-up errors,*
* we gave away five runs...*
**[00:23] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[00:23] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[00:23] Txt**
Oobi
**[00:26] Dai**
*...handing them a giant lead.*
**[00:30] (Flashback) Ump**
Three outs! Change sides!
**[00:34] Dai**
* We hadn't managed*
* a single hit in four innings,*
**[00:37] Dai**
*but thanks to everybody's determination,*
**[00:41] Dai**
* Kandori and Chisato's RBI hits*
* netted us two runs.*
**[00:47] Dai**
* After that, Oobi Middle's ace,*
* Mayumura Michiru,*
**[00:51] Dai**
* got up on the mound in*
* the middle of the fifth,*
**[00:54] Dai**
* and the game turned into*
* a pitchers' duel between her*
**[00:56] Dai**
* and our unexpected*
* volunteer reliever, Sawa-san.*
**[01:00] Dai**
* The score stayed at 5-2 as*
* we entered the final inning.*
**[01:00] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[01:00] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[01:00] Txt**
Oobi
**[01:07] (Flashback) Ump**
Foul!
**[01:09] (Flashback) Ump**
Foul!
**[01:09] (Flashback) Dai**
Mutsuko! Keep us alive!
**[01:13] Dai**
* A hair away from losing, Mutsuko*
* forced the other team into an error.*
**[01:19] Dai**
* It's the top of the seventh,*
* two outs, runners on first and third.*
**[01:23] Dai**
*We won't give up!*
**[01:25] Dai**
* We're going to capitalize on this*
* chance and turn this game around!*
***SIGN*** We've Come This Far
**[03:06] Nis**
By the skin of our teeth!
**[03:09] Chi**
Two outs, with runners on first and third!
**[03:12] Tai**
Lucky!
**[03:14] Tai**
Y'know, other than those four seniors,
Oobi Middle's not all that hot.
**[03:19] Mut**
Thank goodness!
**[03:21] Ani**
Ya got this!
**[03:21] Ann**
*Batting first, second base, Fujii-san.*
**[03:27] Fuj**
Get 'em, Chisato!
**[03:37] Tan**
Keep it up! Keep it up!
**[03:39] Ani**
Chisato!
**[03:41] Uoz**
* Fujii won't hit a home run,*
* but we should ditch going high.*
**[03:51] Ump**
Ball.
**[03:56] Mich**
Rude!
**[04:00] Ani**
Ya got this! Ya got this!
**[04:04] Ump**
Ball! Ball four!
**[04:07] Dai**
All right! Chisato's on base!
**[04:09] Kan**
Bases loaded!
**[04:12] Yay**
Tanba-san, take over for me by the base.
**[04:15] Yay**
I'm up next.
**[04:16] Tan**
R-Right!
**[04:19] Yay**
One big last job for you, huh?
**[04:21] Yay**
I'm counting on you, Tao.
**[04:23] Tao**
Yeah...
**[04:25] Tao**
I'll let you have the honor of cleaning it up.
**[04:36] Mich**
*I don't believe this.*
**[04:37] Mich**
*What is it with these girls?*
**[04:43] Dai**
All right!
**[04:44] Dai**
It went through!
**[04:47] Kan**
5-3!
**[04:51] Tan**
Keep going, keep going!
**[04:54] Mut**
*My legs... I can't....*
**[04:58] Dai**
Mutsuko?!
**[05:09] Ump**
Safe!
**[05:10] All**
Hell yeah!
**[05:12] Dai**
Nice one, Tao!
**[05:15] Tao**
Right?!
**[05:17] Nis**
Just one run in it!
**[05:18] Nis**
With runners on second and third!
**[05:23] Dai**
Mutsuko?!
**[05:25] Dai**
Wh-What's wrong?! Are you okay?!
**[05:27] Mut**
I-I'm fine!
**[05:29] Mut**
My left leg just cramped up a little.
**[05:32] Mut**
It'll probably be fine in a bit.
**[05:36] Ani**
Senpai!
**[05:44] Mich**
I don't believe this.
**[05:46] Mich**
In rubber-ball, even the boys
haven't gotten good hits on my pitches.
**[05:51] Mich**
What is it with these girls?
**[05:53] Mich**
Why does this team have all these girls?
**[05:54] Uoz**
Hey, Michiru!
**[05:55] Uoz**
Hey!
**[05:56] Uoz**
Hey!
**[05:58] Uoz**
Pull yourself together, Michiru!
They haven't caught up yet!
**[06:02] Uoz**
First base is open.
**[06:03] Uoz**
Sawa's too dangerous, so just walk her
and face off against Shigeno.
**[06:08] Mich**
Huh? Why should I?!
**[06:09] Mich**
I promise I'll get her out! Let me take her on!
**[06:12] Uoz**
Michiru!
**[06:14] Uoz**
You need to calm down.
**[06:15] Uoz**
If you don't agree to it,
I'll put Seko in instead.
**[06:19] Uoz**
Is that what you want?
**[06:21] Mich**
Fine.
**[06:27] Ann**
*Batting third, pitcher, Sawa-san.*
**[06:31] Tao**
Wrap it up, Yayoi!
**[06:34] Ani**
Walkin' her?!
**[06:35] Mut**
They want a showdown with Daigo?
**[06:41] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[06:41] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[06:41] Txt**
Oobi
**[06:42] Ump**
Ball four!
**[06:46] Ann**
*Batting fourth, catcher, Shigeno-kun.*
**[06:51] Yay**
Aren't you up next?
**[07:07] Ump**
Foul!
**[07:11] Ani**
Ya got this! Ya got this!
**[07:14] Ump**
Ball!
**[07:17] Ump**
Strike!
**[07:29] Mich**
*Wait, that's...*
**[07:30] Mich**
*Mr. Shigeno?!*
**[07:36] Mich**
*My idol...*
**[07:39] Mich**
*My ideal pitcher!*
**[07:42] Mich**
* A daring left-handed*
* overhand pitch like yours...*
**[07:50] Uoz**
*Michiru, don't tell me you're...*
**[07:52] Uoz**
* That's the secret weapon we're saving*
* for the toughest teams at Regionals.*
**[07:58] Mich**
*We don't have that luxury anymore.*
**[08:01] Mich**
* We're already facing*
* a tough team here and now!*
**[08:05] Dai**
*An overhand pitch?*
**[08:11] Ump**
Ball!
**[08:13] Mich**
*Did you see that?*
**[08:15] Mich**
*This is my real fastball!*
**[08:18] Mut**
I-It's so fast...
**[08:20] Ani**
She still had an overhand
like that up her sleeve?
**[08:24] Mut**
* That was her ace in the hole*
* back in Touto Boys, too.*
**[08:26] Mut**
*That overhand pitch...*
**[08:28] Dai**
*So you've been saving it until now.*
**[08:31] Dai**
* That's some next-level power,*
* compared to the sidearm.*
**[08:34] Dai**
*But...*
**[08:35] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[08:35] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[08:35] Txt**
Oobi
**[08:35] Dai**
*We just need one run to tie.*
**[08:38] Dai**
*If I don't do something now, it's game over!*
**[08:41] Uoz**
* He didn't see it missing the zone.*
* He just couldn't swing.*
**[08:45] Uoz**
*Finish this, Michiru.*
**[08:46] Uoz**
*There's no way he can hit that pitch!*
**[08:52] Ump**
Foul!
**[08:54] Mich**
*He got his bat on it?!*
**[09:01] Dai**
*I have to believe in the work I've put in.*
**[09:19] Dai**
* I have to, for everyone who's followed me*
* this far and believed in me as their captain!*
**[09:37] Chi**
Nice, Daigo!
**[09:38] Tai**
You got this!
**[09:40] Mut**
Good luck!
**[09:45] Ump**
Foul!
**[09:49] Mich**
*Not bad, Shigeno Junior.*
**[09:52] Ide**
Don't give up, Michiru!
**[09:53] Sek**
Your pitches are on fire!
**[09:58] Mich**
*That's right.*
**[10:00] Mich**
*Back then, my hopes and dreams were dashed.*
**[10:03] Mich**
* My passion for baseball*
* was almost snuffed out.*
**[10:08] Ump**
Ball!
**[10:13] Ump**
Foul!
**[10:15] Uoz**
Keep it up, Michiru!
**[10:22] Mich**
*They brought me back from the edge.*
**[10:27] Mich**
*They even quit Senior to keep my dream alive.*
**[10:34] Mich**
*I know...*
**[10:35] Mich**
* I know this will be the only time*
* I get to play with and against the guys!*
**[10:42] Mich**
* That's why I want to use this chance*
* and get to the very top... with this team!*
**[10:57] Mut**
Yes!
**[10:59] Ani**
It went through!
**[11:03] Nis**
We're tied!
**[11:04] Uoz**
Back home!
**[11:12] Ump**
Safe!
**[11:17] All**
We took the lead!
**[11:22] Yay**
Nice one, Daigo!
**[11:33] Fuj**
Hell yeah! Awesome!
**[11:34] Fuj**
This is incredible! They took the lead!
**[11:37] Mom**
This is crazy! Are they seriously
gonna go to Regionals?
**[11:40] Fuj**
Wow, Daigo's come a heck of
a long way since his Dolphins days.
**[11:45] Fuj**
Who would've ever thought he'd hit one
of Mayumura Michiru's crazy fastballs?
**[11:49] Fuj**
Must be your DNA, Kaoru-chan.
**[11:52] Mom**
Yeah, no.
**[11:55] Mom**
I keep texting the source of the baseball DNA,
but he refuses to read his messages.
**[12:03] Fuj**
Huh?
**[12:04] Fuj**
Hey, Shigeno!
**[12:06] Fuj**
Over here, over here!
**[12:11] Shig**
Hey, what's Fujii doing with my wife?!
**[12:14] Shig**
Don't tell me you got together while I was away...
**[12:16] Mom**
You dumbass!
**[12:18] Txt**
Fuurin
Academy
**[12:18] Txt**
Fuurin
Academy
**[12:18] Txt**
Fujii
**[12:18] Txt**
Sagara
**[12:18] Txt**
Sawa
**[12:18] Txt**
Shigeno
**[12:18] Txt**
Nishina
**[12:18] Txt**
Kabashima
**[12:18] Txt**
Tanba
**[12:18] Txt**
Kandori
**[12:18] Mom**
He's here cheering his own daughter on!
**[12:21] Mom**
Chisato-chan, the leadoff.
**[12:22] Shig**
Oh, really?
**[12:23] Fuj**
Yup, really.
**[12:25] Shi**
By the way, why are you sitting so far back?
**[12:28] Mom**
Because Daigo didn't want me to come,
so I don't want him to see me.
**[12:33] Mom**
He said this tourney was just a trial run,
so it wasn't important enough to watch.
**[12:37] Shig**
A trial run, huh?
**[12:39] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[12:39] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[12:39] Txt**
Oobi
**[12:39] Shig**
It's one hell of a game for a "trial run."
**[12:44] Ump**
Strike!
**[12:45] Ump**
Three outs. Change sides.
**[12:48] Dai**
All right, let's keep our lead and win this!
**[12:51] All**
All right!
**[12:56] Dai**
Mutsuko, is your leg all right?
**[12:58] Mut**
Yup, it's fine.
**[13:00] Mut**
I'd go out there even if I had to crawl.
**[13:02] Mut**
If we make it through this inning,
we're going to Regionals!
**[13:05] Mut**
Come on, let's take our positions.
**[13:17] Ann**
*Bottom of the seventh, Oobi Middle to bat.*
**[13:21] Ann**
*Batting eighth, center field, Yamamuro-kun.*
**[13:26] Uoz**
Michiru!
**[13:28] Uoz**
Keep your head up!
**[13:29] Uoz**
It's not over yet!
**[13:39] Fujj**
Nice!
**[13:41] Ann**
*Batting ninth, left field, Kouda-kun.*
**[13:44] Tao**
* Those are good pitches*
* you're throwing, Yayoi.*
**[13:47] Tao**
*I hope we can get to the end like this.*
**[13:58] Ump**
Out!
**[13:58] Yay**
Nice one, Chisato!
**[14:00] Dai**
Two outs!
**[14:01] Shig**
Huh. Unlike her father, who was a sieve
on second, the daughter's actually good.
**[14:07] Fuj**
I'm in a good mood, so I'll let that go.
**[14:10] Mom**
Just one more out!
**[14:12] Ann**
*Batting first, second base, Idemitsu-kun.*
**[14:14] Coa**
Get on base, Idemitsu!
**[14:16] Dai**
*Just one more out.*
**[14:18] Ani**
*One more out...*
**[14:19] Mut**
*...and we're off to Regionals.*
**[14:21] Nis**
*This is nuts.*
**[14:29] Ump**
Hit by pitch!
**[14:30] Uoz**
Yes! He's on base!
**[14:31] Ann**
*Batting second, pitcher, Mayumura-san.*
**[14:35] Yay**
Oh, whoops! My bad.
**[14:39] Shig**
You know, I just noticed
something pretty extraordinary.
**[14:42] Fuj**
Hm?
**[14:43] Mom**
Huh?
**[14:44] Shig**
This Mayumura girl...
**[14:46] Shig**
Is she *that* Mayumura's daughter?!
**[14:49] Fuj**
Are you for real?
**[14:50] Mom**
Of course she is.
**[14:52] Mom**
This is the older twin, Michiru-chan.
**[14:54] Mom**
She's been over to our house a couple of times.
**[14:56] Shig**
Seriously?!
**[14:58] Shig**
Well, I guess that explains her nice form.
**[15:03] Mom**
Yeah, guess so.
**[15:04] Mom**
But you know, the pitcher she really
looks up to isn't Mayumura-kun,
**[15:09] Mom**
but someone by the name of Shigeno Goro.
**[15:12] Shig**
Huh?
**[15:17] Ump**
Ball!
**[15:18] Coa**
Good! Keep your eye on the ball, Michiru!
**[15:21] Coa**
Their pitcher's losing it!
**[15:23] Mut**
Yayoi, keep it up!
**[15:25] Dai**
*She hasn't pitched in a long time.*
**[15:28] Dai**
* It's only natural she'd start*
* flagging in her third inning.*
**[15:31] Dai**
*Just one more out needed.*
**[15:32] Dai**
*Come on, Sawa-san!*
**[15:35] Ump**
Strike!
**[15:37] Dai**
Good!
**[15:38] Mich**
* She missed two sliders,*
* so she got a strike with a fastball.*
**[15:42] Coa**
Come on, Michiru!
**[15:47] Mich**
* They sacrificed playing in Senior to play*
* middle school rubber-ball with me.*
**[15:56] Mich**
*I won't...*
**[15:59] Mich**
*...let another girl get in our way!*
**[16:05] Dai**
Nishina!
**[16:09] Uoz**
Run!
**[16:13] Dai**
Back home!
**[16:18] Ump**
Safe!
**[16:21] Uoz**
Yeah!
**[16:21] Uoz**
We caught up!
**[16:24] Dai**
Timeout.
**[16:26] Dai**
* She had time to make it to third on that*
* close play, but she stopped on second?*
**[16:32] Yay**
Wow, that girl's really good.
**[16:35] Yay**
She waited for a fastball and hit it plumb.
**[16:38] Dai**
The next hit's game over.
**[16:39] Dai**
Let's walk the next batter and duke it out
with their cleanup. It'll be easier to defend.
**[16:44] Yay**
Face off against Uozumi, huh?
**[16:46] Yay**
That's another kind of dangerous,
but it might be better.
**[16:49] Tao**
Yayoi!
**[16:54] Tao**
Yayoi, you're done.
**[16:56] Tao**
You can't control your breaking balls,
and your fastballs aren't sharp, either.
**[17:01] Tao**
You should really stop now,
**[17:03] Tao**
before it ends up like that time in Little
when you couldn't pitch anymore!
**[17:07] Dai**
Like that time in Little?
**[17:10] ---**
What?
**[17:11] Chi**
*Ah. The cat's out the bag.*
**[17:13] Dai**
So when you said you hadn't
pitched in a while, you meant...
**[17:20] Tao**
While pitching for Little,
**[17:21] Tao**
Yayoi hurt her elbow and the doctor
banned her from pitching altogether.
**[17:27] Dai**
Oh no...
**[17:28] Yay**
So what now?
**[17:30] Yay**
You gonna switch me with Nishina, who hasn't
warmed up, at this make-or-break moment?
**[17:38] Yay**
My elbow's completely healed since then.
**[17:41] Yay**
The doctor confirmed it as well.
**[17:42] Tao**
Huh?
**[17:44] (Flashback) Doc**
It's healed a lot in one year.
**[17:47] (Flashback) Doc**
I'd say it's fine now.
**[17:49] (Flashback) Doc**
You can even pitch again.
**[17:52] (Flashback) Doc**
But just make sure you don't overdo it.
**[17:55] (Flashback) Doc**
There is still a chance you could reinjure it.
**[18:01] Yay**
I'm sorry. I should have told you.
**[18:03] Tao**
But still!
**[18:04] Yay**
I'm telling you, it's fine.
**[18:06] Yay**
You guys think elbow pain is just
a minor inconvenience, don't you?
**[18:09] Yay**
If it was really hurting,
I wouldn't even be able to pitch.
**[18:13] Tao**
So it really healed up?
**[18:16] Tao**
I just don't want to see
you like that ever again.
**[18:21] Dai**
Sawa-san...
**[18:22] Yay**
You're not supposed to make a face like that.
**[18:25] Yay**
I'm fine. I just got a little tired.
**[18:28] Yay**
Let's kick it up a notch!
**[18:29] Yay**
We've come this far, so let's go win it, captain!
**[18:37] Tao**
Yayoi...
**[19:02] Dai**
Okay!
**[19:08] Ump**
Ball four.
**[19:10] Ann**
*Batting fourth, catcher, Uozumi-kun.*
**[19:17] Uoz**
*Michiru, you...*
**[19:19] Mic**
*You get it, right?*
**[19:21] Mic**
* I stopped at second*
* so they had to face you head-on.*
**[19:25] Mic**
You have to finish this, Uozumi!
**[19:27] Mic**
Walk us off!
**[19:35] Fuj**
Nice one, Daigo!
**[19:37] Mom**
He did well to stop that!
**[19:38] Fuj**
Daigo's seriously gotten a whole lot better.
**[19:41] Fuj**
In Dolphins, he was basically a total
beginner with zero motivation.
**[19:46] Fuj**
Me and Kaoru-chan were saying earlier
how amazing the Shigeno Goro DNA is.
**[19:56] Ump**
Ball!
**[19:58] Shig**
I'm not so sure about that.
**[20:01] Shig**
It wouldn't be fair on him
to say it's all in his genes.
**[20:04] Shig**
He's been training like crazy this past year.
**[20:08] Shig**
You know I went to play in the
Shikoku League as a player-coach, right?
**[20:14] Fuj**
Sure.
**[20:15] Shig**
I've played Major League, and NPB...
in Taiwan, and Central America...
**[20:19] Shig**
All the time, I just wanted to play.
**[20:21] Shig**
But when retirement finally
reared its head last year,
**[20:24] Shig**
the only reason I even considered a second
career as a coach was all thanks to him.
**[20:30] Fuj**
Huh?
**[20:31] Ump**
Foul!
**[20:32] Mom**
Did you know that most of the second-years
got kicked off Fuurin's team last year
**[20:37] Mom**
due to a shoplifting incident?
**[20:39] Fuj**
What? Seriously?!
**[20:42] Mom**
The coach felt responsible,
**[20:44] Mom**
so he resigned and the club
was put on a half-year hiatus.
**[20:49] Mom**
Up until then, the team had been strong.
Our daughter, Izumi, played for them too.
**[20:53] Mom**
Then, all of a sudden, the first-years
didn't have any older players or even a coach.
**[20:58] Fuj**
Are you kidding me?!
**[20:59] Fuj**
Chisato didn't tell me about any of that!
**[21:02] Mom**
She might not even know herself.
**[21:04] Ump**
Ball.
**[21:05] Shig**
Around that time, I was
also pretty directionless.
**[21:08] (Flashback) Dai**
Pop... Please teach me baseball!
**[21:13] Shig**
I'd never seen him looking
so determined before.
**[21:25] Ump**
Foul!
**[21:27] All**
Nice!
**[21:28] All**
Come on!
**[21:29] All**
You got this!
**[21:31] All**
Sawa-senpai, go!
**[21:37] Kan**
Let's do this!
**[21:38] Dai**
Hang in there, Yayoi!
**[21:42] Yay**
*I wasn't planning on trying this hard.*
**[21:46] Yay**
*But I can't help it!*
**[21:49] Izo**
*It's a forkball!*
**[21:56] Ump**
Foul! Foul!
**[21:58] Kao**
Aw man!
**[21:58] Shig**
At first, I turned him down.
**[22:00] Fuj**
Huh?
**[22:01] Shig**
But he was so serious.
**[22:05] Dai**
* If I try hard enough,*
* and I get everyone's help,*
**[22:08] Dai**
* I think the Fuurin baseball team can*
* crawl out of this dark hole we're in.*
**[22:18] Dai**
Mutsuko!
**[24:01] Dai**
This one play's going to decide it all.
**[24:03] Dai**
Whether we win and go to Regionals,
and then on to Nationals!
**[24:06] Tao**
You know, Daigo, it's good to be enthusiastic,
but you should let us have weekends off.
**[24:11] Dai**
You'll never toughen up with that attitude!
**[24:14] Dai**
I want us to go even higher!
**[24:16] Tao**
Were you even listening to me?!
**[24:19] Dai**
Next time: "Nice Game!"
***SIGN*** Nice Game!
**[24:20] Tao**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
# E19 - Nice Game!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRJ05M34Y/nice-game)
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Oobi
**[00:09] Dai**
Mutsuko!
**[00:35] Dai**
We lost.
**[02:07] Izu**
I'm home!
***SIGN*** Nice Game!
**[02:14] Dad**
Izumi!
**[02:15] Izu**
Pop? You're home?
**[02:17] Dad**
Hm? Is that a bad thing?
**[02:19] Dad**
All righty! Let's go play catch before dinner!
**[02:22] Dad**
C'mon, let's play!
**[02:23] Izu**
What? Are you serious?
**[02:26] Izu**
I've got cram school, and I wanna shower—
**[02:28] Izu**
Huh?!
**[02:28] Dad**
So you're just giving up on these precious
fleeting moments of direct communication
**[02:32] Dad**
we get as parent and child?!
Is this the "rebellious teens"?!
**[02:36] Izu**
You didn't have to start bawling.
**[02:38] Izu**
I'll play, but only for a bit.
**[02:40] Izu**
Sheesh. You play baseball all year round, yet
you still wanna play catch when you get home.
**[02:46] Dad**
It's like I said...
**[02:47] Dad**
It's my way of communicating
with my precious daughter and son.
**[02:54] Dad**
Got ya!
**[02:54] Izu**
Hey!
**[02:57] Dad**
The angle of the glove is
key when catching there.
**[02:59] Dad**
Tingles, doesn't it?
**[02:59] Izu**
Oh, come on!
**[03:01] Izu**
Hey, that reminds me.
It was Daigo's district final today.
**[03:04] Izu**
Do you know what the final score was?
**[03:07] Dad**
I went and watched.
**[03:11] Dad**
They lost to a walk-off home run.
**[03:13] Izu**
Oh. I see.
**[03:15] Dad**
But they put up a really good
fight against a strong team.
**[03:19] Dad**
A lot's happened at Fuurin
since you graduated.
**[03:23] Dad**
Without a coach, and in their first real
tournament, your successors did well.
**[03:29] Dad**
But this is just the start
of his baseball career.
**[03:35] Mom**
These baseball nuts...
**[03:40] Mom**
And we're done.
**[03:42] Mom**
Izumi, please set the table.
**[03:43] Izu**
Coming.
**[03:45] Izu**
Wow, that looks amazing.
**[03:47] Dai**
I'm home.
**[03:52] Mom**
Welcome back!
**[03:53] Mom**
You must be really hungry.
**[03:55] Mom**
Dinner's ready.
**[03:56] Dai**
I don't want any.
**[03:57] Dai**
I'm not hungry.
**[04:01] Izu**
He went on about this tourney being
a trial run, and now he's acting like that?
**[04:04] Izu**
He couldn't be more down if he tried.
**[04:06] Mom**
Well, it's only natural.
**[04:08] Mom**
They were so close to
winning the Districts, after all.
**[04:19] Dai**
*Ah, this is bad.*
**[04:20] Dai**
*That hurt way too much.*
**[04:33] Dai**
*This handwriting...*
**[04:37] Dai**
*He came and saw my game?*
**[04:40] Dai**
Pop...
**[04:43] Dai**
Mom!
**[04:44] Dai**
Hey, Mom!
**[04:47] Dai**
Mom!
**[04:49] Mom**
What is it?
**[04:51] Dai**
I just realized I'm actually starving.
**[04:54] Dai**
So I was wondering what was for dinner.
**[04:56] Mom**
Didn't you say you weren't hungry?
**[04:59] Izu**
That's what I heard.
**[05:00] Dai**
Oh, I was just a little...
**[05:05] Dai**
You're really not gonna let me eat?!
**[05:08] Mom**
Of course I will.
**[05:09] Izu**
Don't start crying.
**[05:11] Mom**
Look!
**[05:12] Dai**
Wow!
**[05:13] Mom**
Tonight, it's hamburg
steak in a demi-glace sauce!
**[05:15] Mom**
I even added Pop's portion
to yours, so it's humongous!
**[05:18] Dai**
No kidding!
**[05:20] Dai**
Wait, so he left already?
**[05:21] Mom**
Yeah...
**[05:22] Izu**
He never changes. By now, he should
already be in the air on his way to Kochi.
**[05:26] Dai**
Oh, right.
**[05:27] Mom**
He just jumped up all of
a sudden and said he was off.
**[05:29] Mom**
When I asked him about dinner,
he told me to give you his portion.
**[05:33] Izu**
Ah, so that's why.
**[05:35] Mom**
You don't have to eat it all.
Don't make yourself sick.
**[05:38] Dai**
Right.
**[05:39] Dai**
Let's eat!
**[05:42] Dad**
*Give it your all, Daigo.*
***SIGN*** Mid-Terms
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**[06:01] Yay**
How'd your tests go?
**[06:04] Tao**
Huh? We really gonna talk about that?
**[06:06] Ani**
I was still in game mode 'cause
that tourney was so damn intense.
**[06:09] Ani**
An' my right hand hurts still,
so I could barely write.
**[06:12] Chi**
You just didn't know the answers, did you?
**[06:15] Tao**
It's bad. My grades have dropped so hard,
my homeroom teacher wanted a word with me.
**[06:20] Kan**
Same here.
**[06:21] Yay**
We started morning practice as second-years,
so it's nonstop baseball.
**[06:24] Tao**
We're a prep school, but I was told I won't
make it into the high school at this rate...
**[06:29] Kan**
I got told the same.
**[06:31] Nis**
Hey! Hurry up and get changed already!
**[06:34] Nis**
Stop turning the team room into
a girls' locker room just so you can chat!
**[06:38] Tao**
Oh, shut up.
**[06:39] Tao**
It's first come, first serve,
so quit your whining!
**[06:41] Tao**
Besides, guys can change out there.
**[06:45] Tan**
Yup, that's what I'm doing.
**[06:46] Nis**
Hey, you're older than them!
**[06:48] Nis**
Tell them off!
**[06:49] Nan**
We need to be nice to these delicate girls.
**[06:52] Nis**
What part of that is "delicate"?!
**[06:54] Yay**
Shut your mouth!
**[06:55] Yay**
If you don't like it, get here as early as Daigo!
**[06:58] Dai**
So this is our first practice
since the tournament a week ago.
**[07:01] Dai**
Has everyone managed to recover?
**[07:04] Chi**
Yeah, we're good.
**[07:05] Ani**
My mental fatigue's still...
**[07:07] Dai**
Then, starting today, we crank it up!
**[07:09] Chi**
Wow, totally ignored.
**[07:11] Dai**
Anyway, I'll announce our next goals
and upcoming schedule.
**[07:16] Dai**
Our next competition is the national
middle school rubber-ball tournament,
**[07:19] Dai**
AKA the middle school nationals.
**[07:21] Dai**
Prelims start in about two months, in July.
**[07:23] Mut**
Two months? That's so soon!
**[07:25] Dai**
Our goal is clear:
**[07:27] Dai**
bag the title of district champs that
eluded us this time, and go to Regionals.
**[07:31] All**
One, two, three, four! Fight! Fight! Fight!
**[07:31] Dai**
I know the tournament
result was disappointing,
**[07:34] Dai**
but our potential was there for all to see.
**[07:37] Dai**
With this team, I have no
doubt we can win next time.
**[07:41] Dai**
That's why I ask you to be even
more focused in our training sessions.
**[07:47] Dai**
Let's go get our revenge!
**[07:54] Tao**
I'm exhausted!
**[07:57] Tao**
When did we start again?
**[07:59] Yay**
Practice started after the test,
so at, like, 1:30 pm?
**[08:02] Tao**
Wait, 1:30 pm?!
**[08:04] Tao**
That means it's been four hours! *Four* hours!
**[08:06] Tao**
Don't you think that's overdoing it a bit?
**[08:08] Tao**
I wanted to *cut down* on practice 'cause of
my falling grades... How'd this even happen?
**[08:13] Chi**
I guess we all had time to kill today.
**[08:15] Yay**
Well, why don't you go talk to Daigo about it?
**[08:20] Tao**
Hey, Daigo—
**[08:21] Dai**
Good job today!
**[08:22] Dai**
I already told the other two,
but from tomorrow,
**[08:24] Dai**
we'll start practicing Saturdays too,
so make sure you're all here by 8 am.
**[08:29] Tao**
What? You want to practice on our days off, too?!
**[08:31] Tao**
Let us have our weekends at least.
**[08:33] Tao**
Say it ain't so, Daigo!
**[08:35] Dai**
There's only nine of us,
**[08:37] Dai**
so no matter how efficient we are,
there's never enough time.
**[08:40] Dai**
For training, they say it should be quality
over quantity, but we're not at that level yet.
**[08:44] Dai**
I know it's hard, but we have
to keep pushing through.
**[08:47] Dai**
We'll never reach the next level
if we don't step it up.
**[08:51] Dai**
I know you all have it in you.
**[08:53] Ani**
Yeah. Yer totally right, Captain!
**[08:56] Ani**
I agree, 100 percent!
**[08:57] Ani**
S'now or never, I say!
**[08:59] Ani**
This time, we're gonna smash Mayumura
Michiru and go to Regionals!
**[09:03] Ani**
Let's show her a girls' team can
become strong enough to beat her!
**[09:07] Dai**
Oh, that reminds me.
**[09:08] Chi**
Ignored again!
**[09:09] Dai**
Sawa-san.
**[09:10] Dai**
I know there are concerns about
your elbow, but if there's no pain,
**[09:13] Dai**
I'd like you to pitch again.
**[09:15] Dai**
Just as a closer would be enough.
**[09:21] Dai**
Would you mind training with that in mind?
**[09:26] Yay**
Okay.
**[09:28] Tao**
Are you sure you're fine with it, Yayoi?
**[09:30] Tao**
With pitching again, I mean?
**[09:33] Yay**
Well...
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Mild Apple
Cider Vinegar
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Cider Vinegar
**[09:35] Yay**
It'll probably be fine.
**[09:37] Yay**
And there isn't any pain right now.
**[09:40] Yay**
Sorry I didn't tell you.
**[09:42] Yay**
But I really wasn't
planning on pitching again.
**[09:44] Tao**
I know that.
**[09:47] Tao**
But to pitch in games, you'll need to
pitch hundreds of times in the bullpen.
**[09:52] Tao**
You have to get into it again.
**[09:54] Tao**
Can't be good for your elbow.
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**[09:56] Tao**
I wonder if Daigo even understands that.
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Mild Apple
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Mild Apple
Cider Vinegar
**[10:00] Yay**
Well, I guess our captain can get
a little overzealous sometimes.
**[10:04] Yay**
But I can also understand it after
we lost in such a painful way.
**[10:09] Tao**
Maybe I'll boycott tomorrow's practice.
**[10:12] Yay**
Huh?
**[10:13] Txt**
Shigeno
**[10:13] Txt**
Shigeno
**[10:17] Dai**
One, two!
**[10:19] Dai**
One, two, three, four!
**[10:20] Dai**
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fuurin!
**[10:23] Dai**
Two! Two!
**[10:24] Dai**
Two, two, three, four!
**[10:25] Dai**
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fuurin!
**[10:29] Dai**
What's wrong?
**[10:31] Dai**
You need to be able to keep
up with this kind of pace.
**[10:33] Kan**
Yeah, sorry.
**[10:34] Kan**
I've just been having
knee pain since yesterday.
**[10:37] Dai**
You might be overweight.
**[10:41] Dai**
You know, Kan-chan, you're really athletic,
**[10:43] Dai**
so I bet you'd move a lot
better if you toned up a bit.
**[10:47] Dai**
Let's see... Your weight loss
goal for this month is five kilos.
**[10:52] Dai**
Good luck!
**[10:53] Kan**
Five... Five *kilos*?!
**[10:55] Dai**
Thirty-five...
**[10:58] Dai**
Thirty... six...
**[10:59] Tao**
Mornin'.
**[11:02] Yay**
Sorry, our bad. We overslept.
**[11:05] Nis**
Hey, nice of you to actually show up!
**[11:07] Nis**
You guys must be royalty or something.
**[11:09] Yay**
This first-year is totally
treating us like equals.
**[11:11] Yay**
Sorry.
**[11:12] Ani**
Ain't good enough, Senpai.
**[11:14] Ani**
Ya can't show up late for our first
weekend practice. It's a morale killer.
**[11:17] Ani**
Keep that in mind.
**[11:18] Tao**
Hey, we already said we're sorry!
**[11:21] Dai**
Okay, okay.
**[11:23] Dai**
I was worried you were sick or something,
so I'm glad you're both fine.
**[11:26] Dai**
Just make sure you're on time next time.
**[11:28] Yay**
Gotcha.
**[11:33] (Flashback) Tao**
Hey, come on now...
**[11:35] (Flashback) Yay**
Morning.
**[11:37] (Flashback) Tao**
Yayoi, why are you coming to pick me up?
**[11:41] (Flashback) Yay**
Let's go.
**[11:42] (Flashback) Tao**
No way.
**[11:43] (Flashback) Tao**
I told you, I refuse to practice on our days off.
**[11:46] (Flashback) Yay**
Oh, stop. Come on, go get ready.
**[11:50] (Flashback) Yay**
I don't feel like it either, and I definitely
don't feel in the mood for a hard session...
**[11:53] (Flashback) Yay**
But Daigo's so motivated, we should
at least try to get swept up in his excitement.
**[11:58] (Flashback) Yay**
It's not like you were studying, anyway.
**[12:05] Tao**
*For crying out loud.*
**[12:08] Tao**
* I didn't come here to get*
* covered in mud every day.*
**[12:13] Tao**
* If I was so concerned about getting*
* to the top, I would've gone to Senior League.*
**[12:18] Tao**
* I came to Fuurin because*
* it was the right level of casual.*
**[12:21] Tao**
*This guy's just trying way too hard!*
**[12:25] Tao**
* And now he wants Yayoi up on the mound,*
* even though her elbow's a ticking time-bomb.*
**[12:30] Tao**
*That's my biggest problem with all this!*
**[12:42] Kan**
I'm so tired!
**[12:43] Kan**
My body's hurting from head to toe.
**[12:46] Chi**
Is this going to be our routine from now on?
**[12:49] Mut**
W-Well, I think our bodies will get used to it.
**[12:51] Ani**
Ain't nothin' else we can do.
This is the bare minimum.
**[12:54] Ani**
Other strong teams do this
Saturday *and* Sunday.
**[12:57] Ani**
If we wanna beat 'em, as girls,
we need to do even more.
**[13:01] Ani**
You slack off, you lose.
**[13:04] Yay**
I just hope we don't crash and burn.
**[13:06] Yay**
Girls trying to keep up with the pace
of guys will eventually get crushed.
**[13:10] Yay**
We only have nine players,
so if one of us gets injured, it's over.
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**[13:15] Nis**
See that? Us guys change quickly, don't we?
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**[13:19] Chi**
Oh, wow, he's bragging about changing now.
**[13:23] Tao**
I wanna change and go home already.
**[13:25] Chi**
I want to go take a shower.
**[13:28] Dai**
Oh, excuse me.
**[13:31] Dai**
We're meeting again tomorrow at 8 am.
**[13:33] Dai**
Please don't be late.
**[13:41] Dai**
Thanks for dinner.
**[13:42] Mom**
What? You're done already?
**[13:44] Mom**
Don't you want any more?
**[13:45] Dai**
No, thanks.
**[13:46] Dai**
I'm getting up early tomorrow.
**[13:55] Izu**
Looks like he's really hammering
the team practice sessions.
**[13:58] Izu**
Back when I was on the team,
we had weekend practice too,
**[14:00] Izu**
but it was either Saturday
or Sunday, not both.
**[14:03] Mom**
It just shows how hard
he took that last loss.
**[14:07] Izu**
It's one thing if he wants to
train by himself every day.
**[14:10] Izu**
But I'm surprised the team's not up in arms.
**[14:15] Mom**
I think he's doing it with them in mind.
**[14:18] Mom**
I'm pretty sure a certain Shigeno Goro
beat all the important stuff into him.
**[14:22] Izu**
I just hope he hasn't forgotten it.
**[14:39] Mut**
Daigo.
**[14:41] Dai**
Mutsuko!
**[14:45] Dai**
What did you want to talk about?
**[14:49] Mut**
Well, you see...
**[14:54] Mut**
Don't you think we're
practicing a little too much?
**[14:59] Mut**
I-I'm not saying we should just take it easy,
**[15:03] Mut**
but Tao has a point. If we keep going
at the pace of yesterday and today,
**[15:07] Mut**
eventually someone's going to get injured.
**[15:10] Mut**
And with only nine players,
it's kinda reckless.
**[15:20] Dai**
I don't think it's all that reckless.
***SIGN*** Baseball notes
***SIGN*** Fuurin Middle
Baseball Team
**[15:23] Dai**
I did a lot of research on the routines of
strong schools. This is a normal pace for them.
**[15:27] Mut**
B-But Kan-chan was complaining
about her knees hurting.
**[15:30] Mut**
And isn't making Yayoi go
in the bullpen dangerous?
**[15:34] Mut**
We all want to get better, sure,
**[15:37] Mut**
but if one of us gets injured and
we can't compete, it's all for nothing.
**[15:41] Mut**
Maybe Sunday to recover would—
**[15:42] Dai**
Fine!
**[15:44] Dai**
Go ahead and tell them that
anyone who wants a rest can have one.
**[15:47] Dai**
But I'll be there tomorrow.
**[15:48] Dai**
Anyone who complains about this tiny amount
won't be of any use in the long term, anyway.
**[15:53] Dai**
Tell them they can quit for all I care!
**[15:59] Mut**
Daigo!
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**[16:19] Chi**
Chiyo, you can use the bath now.
**[16:22] Chiyo**
Your phone buzzed.
**[16:35] Txt**
Occupied
**[16:35] Chi**
Uh, Sawa-senpai, did you get the message, too?
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**[16:39] Chi**
The one from Sakura-senpai.
**[16:41] Yay**
Yeah, I got it last night.
**[16:45] Yay**
"From here on out, anyone who doesn't
want to come to practice, doesn't have to."
**[16:48] Yay**
"Anyone who complains about this tiny
amount of practice can quit for all I care."
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From here on out, anyone who
doesn't want to come to practice,
doesn't have to.
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From here on out, anyone who
doesn't want to come to practice,
doesn't have to.
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Anyone who complains about this
tiny amount of practice can quit
for all I care.
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Anyone who complains about this
tiny amount of practice can quit
for all I care.
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Anyone who complains about this
tiny amount of practice can quit
for all I care.
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From Captain Shigeno Daigo
**[16:52] Yay**
"From Captain Shigeno Daigo."
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From Captain Shigeno Daigo
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From Captain Shigeno Daigo
**[16:55] Chi**
Did we make him mad?
**[16:56] Kan**
As if anyone would ditch
after a message like that.
**[16:59] Ani**
We're bein' tested.
**[17:01] Ani**
I ain't namin' names, but he got mad 'cause
someone ain't happy with the schedule.
**[17:05] Ani**
You talking about me, Anita?
**[17:07] Ani**
I, uh, no—
**[17:09] Yay**
Tao.
**[17:10] Yay**
I didn't come get you today,
so I'm glad you showed up.
**[17:13] Yay**
I thought you might no-show.
**[17:15] Tao**
Honestly, at first, I considered staying home.
**[17:18] Tao**
But then I decided I wasn't
gonna be driven out quietly.
**[17:21] Tao**
I came here to throw down with Daigo.
**[17:23] Ani**
Th-Throw down?
**[17:26] Ani**
How long are ya gonna
keep makin' lame excuses?
**[17:29] Ani**
Ya talk 'bout injuries, an' how
we only have nine players,
**[17:31] Ani**
but they're all jus' excuses to skip practice!
**[17:33] Ani**
I'm on our captain's side on this one—
**[17:35] Nis**
You're still not done?! We wan—
**[17:36] Ani**
Get out!
**[17:39] Tao**
Tell me.
**[17:41] Tao**
What's up with your right hand?
**[17:43] Tao**
You still can't take off this brace.
**[17:46] Tao**
It's never going to heal!
**[17:50] Tao**
I'm saying there's such a thing as overworking.
**[17:54] Tao**
Yayoi's elbow blew out when
we were in Little because of it.
**[17:58] Tao**
I never want to see
something like that again.
**[18:01] Tao**
Daigo's got total tunnel vision right now.
**[18:09] Mut**
I-I've got terrible news.
**[18:11] Mut**
I just heard from his mom.
**[18:13] Mut**
D-Daigo's...
**[18:16] Tao**
No way...
**[18:48] Txt**
Shigeno
**[18:48] Txt**
Shigeno
**[18:49] Mom**
Thanks for coming over.
**[18:51] Mut**
No problem.
**[18:52] Mom**
The day before yesterday, he had a fever,
**[18:55] Mom**
but he's well enough to
go back to school tomorrow.
**[18:57] Mut**
Really? Thank goodness.
**[19:00] Mom**
He's upstairs.
**[19:01] Mut**
Okay. Thanks.
**[19:07] Mut**
*Um... Are you okay, Daigo?*
**[19:09] Mut**
*No... Yo, Daigo!*
**[19:11] Mut**
*No, I should just be my normal self.*
**[19:15] Mut**
Daigo—
**[19:15] Mut**
What?
**[19:18] Dai**
Oh, Mutsuko?
**[19:20] Mut**
Don't "Oh, Mutsuko?" me!
**[19:22] Mut**
What in the world are you doing?
**[19:24] Dai**
It's fine, really. Look, I'm—
**[19:25] Mut**
Put that down!
**[19:28] Mut**
Jeez.
**[19:29] Mut**
We were so worried about you.
**[19:32] Mut**
We were told you were
taken away in an ambulance.
**[19:34] Dai**
Well, I collapsed on a Sunday,
so all the clinics around here were closed.
**[19:39] Dai**
How's everyone doing?
**[19:41] Mut**
Everyone's fine, like always.
**[19:43] Mut**
We had practice today like usual.
**[19:45] Dai**
I see.
**[19:48] Mut**
But we weren't all that
efficient without you there.
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**[19:52] Mut**
I'm also not used to leading
and telling people what to do.
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**[19:58] Dai**
I... need to apologize to everyone.
**[20:01] Dai**
Tao was right.
**[20:03] Dai**
I was so upset about losing the tournament,
I lost sight of everything else.
**[20:07] Dai**
I got myself into a frenzy because we
only have two months till the next one.
**[20:11] Dai**
She even pointed out that someone was
bound to crack if we kept up that pace,
**[20:16] Dai**
and as it turns out, the first
person to collapse was me.
**[20:19] Dai**
I'm such an idiot.
**[20:25] Dai**
I'm a failure as a captain.
**[20:28] Txt**
You don't have time
to mope around, Daigo!
**[20:28] Txt**
You don't have time
to mope around, Daigo!
**[20:28] Txt**
Summer's just around the corner!
**[20:28] Txt**
Nice
game!
**[20:28] Txt**
Summer's just around the corner!
**[20:33] Mut**
You know, these past few days
practicing without you, we all realized...
**[20:39] Txt**
Nice
game!
**[20:39] Txt**
Summer's just around the corner!
**[20:39] Txt**
You don't have time
to mope around, Daigo!
**[20:39] Mut**
You make the training plans,
manage our schedules, instruct us,
**[20:43] Txt**
Nice
game!
**[20:43] Txt**
Summer's just around the corner!
**[20:43] Txt**
You don't have time
to mope around, Daigo!
**[20:43] Mut**
and hit balls for fielding
practice while giving us advice.
**[20:47] Txt**
Nice
game!
**[20:47] Txt**
Summer's just around the corner!
**[20:47] Txt**
You don't have time
to mope around, Daigo!
**[20:48] Mut**
And as the catcher,
you catch pitches in the bullpen.
**[20:50] Txt**
Nice
game!
**[20:50] Txt**
Summer's just around the corner!
**[20:50] Txt**
You don't have time
to mope around, Daigo!
**[20:51] Mut**
Because you do all that, you do
extra training at home by yourself.
**[20:56] Mut**
And the balls...
**[20:58] Dai**
Balls?
**[20:59] Mut**
Yeah.
**[21:00] Mut**
I remembered you took it on
yourself to wash them on weekends.
**[21:06] Mut**
But you can't do that if
we've got weekend practice.
**[21:08] Mut**
So we decided we'd all chip in.
**[21:10] Mut**
For the first time, we realized just how much
work you'd been putting in this whole time.
**[21:15] Mut**
And how it's not surprising you collapsed.
**[21:18] Mut**
That's why we decided, from now on,
everyone's going to help out.
**[21:25] Mut**
Summer's just around the corner!
**[21:27] Mut**
Let's all work together and
have more "nice games"!
**[21:32] Mut**
You're not a failure at all.
**[21:34] Mut**
Please keep being our captain.
**[21:39] Nis**
Hey! It's here! This is it!
**[21:46] Mut**
Hey, Daigo, look!
**[21:50] Chi**
There he is.
**[21:53] Tan**
Shigeno!
**[21:53] Nis**
Heya!
**[21:54] Kan**
Captain!
**[21:55] Chi**
Captain.
**[21:56] Yay**
'Sup.
**[21:57] Ani**
Yer lookin' well.
**[21:58] Tao**
Hey, Daigo!
**[22:00] Tao**
We can't practice without you.
**[22:03] Tao**
You'd better be at school tomorrow!
**[22:10] Dai**
Okay.
**[22:15] Mom**
Let's wait a little.
**[22:19] Mom**
He seriously is a baseball nut.
**[22:20] Izu**
I'm the baseball nut's older sister.
**[22:22] Mom**
Well, I'm the baseball nut's mother.
**[22:25] Txt**
Nice
game!
**[22:25] Txt**
Summer's just around the corner!
**[22:25] Txt**
You don't have time
to mope around, Daigo!
**[22:27] (Flashback) Txt**
Nice game!
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**[24:06] Tao**
Wait a sec! I think the "who" matters a lot!
**[24:08] Ani**
Hey, I know.
**[24:09] Ani**
I heard Chisato's older sister
used to play baseball.
**[24:11] Chi**
Welcome, welcome to the baseball team!
**[24:14] Ani**
Yeah, right!
**[24:15] Tao**
Isn't that the mushroom?
**[24:16] Ani**
Who the heck's the mushroom?!
**[24:18] Tao**
Next time: "A New Member?"
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**[24:20] Ani**
Run to the stage of yer dreams!
# E20 - A New Member?
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**[00:03] All**
You can do it!
**[00:06] Guya**
Are you kidding me? C'mon now...
**[00:08] Txt**
Saikyou
**[00:08] Txt**
Fuurin
**[00:09] Guyb**
What's even happening here?
**[00:13] Guya**
It's the last inning,
and they've led the whole game.
**[00:17] Guyb**
On top of that...
**[00:19] Chi**
Senpai, this is your chance!
**[00:22] Mut**
Hit it, Daigo!
**[00:24] Guya**
...we're getting schooled by
a team that fielded six girls!
**[00:33] Ani**
Heck yeah!
**[00:34] Chi**
Another run!
**[00:35] Mut**
Daigo!
**[00:37] Mut**
Nice batting!
**[02:12] Ump**
Strike!
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**[02:13] Dai**
Two outs! Two outs!
**[02:17] Dai**
* It's been four months since*
* I collapsed from overdoing it.*
**[02:21] Dai**
* After that, I reviewed our*
* overloaded training regimen,*
**[02:25] Dai**
*talked it over with everyone,*
**[02:26] Dai**
* and bit by bit, got us to a place where we*
* could strengthen on a sustainable schedule.*
**[02:32] Dai**
* We also decided against*
* putting Sawa-san on the mound,*
**[02:34] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[02:34] Txt**
Fuurin Academy
**[02:34] Txt**
Eihou Academy
**[02:34] Txt**
Eihou Academy
**[02:35] Dai**
* and went into the summer tournament*
* with the same lineup as in spring.*
**[02:46] Ump**
Strike!
**[02:48] Dai**
* Unfortunately, we drew Eihou in*
* the first round and bit the dust.*
**[02:52] Dai**
* It was extra sad for Tanba-san because,*
* as a third-year, it was his last summer,*
**[02:56] Dai**
*but that's how our tournament ended.*
**[03:00] Dai**
* Of course, it would've*
* been nice if we'd won more,*
**[03:03] Dai**
* but our overall goal was to*
* make it to regionals next year,*
**[03:09] Dai**
*so it didn't faze us too much.*
**[03:12] Tao**
One more!
**[03:14] Chi**
You got this!
**[03:16] Dai**
*Now that we're down to eight players,*
**[03:18] Dai**
* we can't compete in official games*
* until we get new recruits in the spring.*
**[03:23] Dai**
* Because we're a prep school, Tanba-san didn't*
* have entrance exams, so he agreed to help out.*
**[03:27] Dai**
* Right now, we're improving by*
* playing scrimmages every weekend*
**[03:31] Dai**
*in preparation for spring.*
**[03:36] Mut**
Tanba-san!
**[03:39] Ump**
Out!
**[03:40] Mut**
We did it!
**[03:51] Dai**
*Our helper got hurt...*
**[03:54] Dai**
It'll take two months to heal?!
**[03:56] Tan**
I'm so sorry.
**[03:58] Tan**
I wasn't really able to
contribute as a player,
**[04:01] Tan**
so I wanted to at least be of some
use to you before I graduate, but...
**[04:04] Dai**
No, we're the ones who should be sorry.
**[04:08] Dai**
We're really grateful you
helped us out for this long.
**[04:11] Dai**
Thank you so much.
**[04:17] Tao**
What are we gonna do, Daigo?
**[04:19] Tao**
With eight of us, we can't even play scrimmages
until new players show up in the spring.
**[04:25] Dai**
We'll just have to find someone
who already goes to this school.
**[04:28] Dai**
Do you know anyone?
**[04:30] Tao**
'Course I don't. It's fall already,
for crying out loud.
**[04:33] Mut**
And honestly, it's not like
we can just take *anyone*.
**[04:37] Ani**
Nishina.
**[04:39] Ani**
What 'bout yer friends?
**[04:41] Ani**
*You* know. Those four guys
ya showed up with in April.
**[04:45] Nis**
Huh?
**[04:46] Nis**
Ain't happening.
**[04:48] Nis**
They're in Senior League.
**[04:50] Ani**
Yeah, but it's jus' for
scrimmages on the weekend.
**[04:54] Nis**
How dumb are you?
**[04:55] Nis**
In Senior League, they have
practice and games on weekends.
**[04:58] Nis**
There's no way they'd have time.
**[05:00] Yay**
Man, this is gonna be tough.
**[05:03] Chi**
Um, Senpai...
**[05:05] Dai**
Yeah?
**[05:06] Dai**
My older sister happens to go to this school.
Maybe we should try asking her?
**[05:16] Dai**
I didn't even know Chisato *had* an older sister,
let alone that she goes to our school.
**[05:21] Dai**
Yeah.
**[05:22] Dai**
It was a shock finding out
Chisato is Coach Fujii's daughter,
**[05:28] Dai**
and now we find out her
sister's the same age as us...
**[05:31] Dai**
How many more surprises is the
Fujii family going to spring on us?
**[05:35] Dai**
Yeah, for real.
**[05:37] Dai**
Oh, I should've asked if her sister
also played for Yokohama Little.
**[05:42] Dai**
If she did, we might even
be able to rely on her skills.
**[05:45] Mut**
You're right.
**[05:46] Txt**
Year 2 Class A
**[05:46] Txt**
Year 2 Class A
**[05:47] Mut**
Did she say Class A?
**[05:49] Dai**
Yup.
**[05:51] Dai**
Oh, excuse me.
**[05:52] Girl**
Yes?
**[05:53] Dai**
Is there a Fujii Chiyo-san in this class?
**[05:56] Girl**
Uh, yeah, she's in this class,
but she isn't in there right now.
**[06:01] Girl**
She always spends her
lunch break in the library.
**[06:06] Dai**
Excuse me.
**[06:08] Dai**
Are you... Fujii Chiyo-san?
**[06:11] Dai**
Chisato's older sister?
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**[06:14] Chiy**
Yes, that's correct.
**[06:17] Chiy**
Can I help you?
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**[06:19] Chiy**
What? The baseball team? Me?
**[06:23] Dai**
Y-Yes. We're in a bind because
we don't have enough players.
**[06:27] Dai**
Which means we can't play in any games.
**[06:29] Dai**
And Chisato-chan mentioned she
had an older sister, so that's why...
**[06:33] Chiy**
Chisato told you?
**[06:35] Chiy**
Ah, now I see.
**[06:37] Dai**
Please join.
**[06:38] Dai**
It doesn't matter if it's only on a trial basis.
**[06:41] Dai**
Just give it a try, yeah?
**[06:46] Chiy**
I'm sorry.
**[06:48] Chiy**
Unlike my sister,
I am not the least bit athletic.
**[06:53] Both**
*She... She's huge!*
**[07:00] Dai**
B-By the way, which club are you in right now?
**[07:05] Chiy**
Why would you even ask that question?
**[07:07] Chiy**
Please don't bother me again.
**[07:12] Mut**
Talk about unapproachable, huh?
**[07:15] Mut**
It looks like she's completely
on the liberal arts track.
**[07:18] Mut**
And if she's not athletic,
there's nothing we can do.
**[07:20] Dai**
She had a nice body.
**[07:22] Mut**
What?!
**[07:23] Dai**
Such a shame that big frame
of hers is going to waste.
**[07:26] Mut**
Oh, right, that.
**[07:28] Dai**
Besides, there's no way Chisato's
older sister isn't athletic!
**[07:32] Dai**
I'm sure she could do it if she tried!
**[07:34] Dai**
I'll have to do whatever
it takes to seduce her!
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**[07:38] Txt**
Occupied
**[07:38] Chi**
Oh, no luck, huh?
**[07:41] Chi**
Yeah, she refused point-blank.
Said she wasn't athletic.
**[07:45] Chi**
Oh, figures.
**[07:47] Ani**
Didya jus' say "figures"?
**[07:49] Ani**
Yer the one who recommended her.
**[07:51] Chi**
Hm, well, somewhere along the line,
Chiyo turned into a complete homebody.
**[07:56] Chi**
When we were little, she used
to play baseball with Dad and me.
**[08:01] Chi**
As she got older, she quit baseball,
**[08:04] Chi**
but still did swimming classes
and went to tennis school.
**[08:08] Chi**
That's why I think she's not
as unathletic as she claims.
**[08:11] Kan**
So your sister used to play baseball?
**[08:14] Yay**
Why'd she stop?
**[08:16] Chi**
Hm, I wonder...
**[08:18] Chi**
I never asked.
**[08:20] Tao**
You don't really take an
interest in people, do you?
**[08:23] Mut**
But Daigo hasn't given up yet.
**[08:26] Mut**
He kind of fell in love... with her body.
**[08:29] All**
Say what?!
**[08:31] Txt**
Art Room
**[08:31] Txt**
Art Room
**[08:36] Txt**
Hey, who's that?
**[08:40] Txt**
He keeps peering in. It's creeping me out.
**[08:47] Chiy**
What do you want?
**[08:48] Dai**
O-Oh, hi!
**[08:50] Chiy**
I thought I told you to stop bothering me.
**[08:52] Chiy**
Did you go snooping to
find out I was in the art club?
**[08:56] Chiy**
That's really creepy.
**[08:58] Dai**
Oh, uh, no. I just checked out every
liberal arts club until I found you.
**[09:02] Dai**
Hey, your painting's really
good! Is this your hobby?
**[09:05] Chiy**
That's none of your business!
**[09:08] Chiy**
I don't care what you say,
I'm not joining the baseball team!
**[09:12] Dai**
I'm begging you!
**[09:13] Dai**
Please come just one time,
even if it's only to watch!
**[09:17] Dai**
I'm in awe of that big body of yours!
**[09:22] Chiy**
I don't care!
**[09:23] Dai**
Huh?
**[09:24] Nis**
C'mon, dude, no girl on the
planet likes being called big.
**[09:29] Dai**
Nishina!
**[09:30] Nis**
They told me to come get you 'cause
we can't practice without our captain.
**[09:34] Nis**
Took me ages to find you.
**[09:36] Dai**
Oh, sorry.
**[09:38] Nis**
It doesn't matter that it's
Chisato's sister. Just give it up.
**[09:42] Nis**
Besides, there's no way it'll work
out if you force someone to join.
**[09:47] Dai**
B-But...
**[09:54] Chiy**
*H-He's so handsome!*
**[09:58] Nis**
Anyway, what are you doing,
adding more girls to our team?
**[10:01] Dai**
I'm desperate because there's nobody else!
**[10:05] Dai**
With eight players, we won't be able to play
anyone until new students join in the spring.
**[10:09] Nis**
Oh, about that. I did some
asking around during lunch.
**[10:15] Nis**
Apparently, Chiba's been hung
out to dry in Senior League,
**[10:19] Nis**
so he said he wouldn't mind
seeing what kinda setup we've got.
**[10:25] Dai**
Really?!
**[10:29] Dai**
Uh, which one was Chiba again?
**[10:35] Chi**
Hey. Is the captain here?
**[10:41] Ani**
Our captain ain't here right now.
**[10:44] Ani**
But forget that. Who are *you*?
**[10:46] Chi**
Oh, right. You weren't here then,
so you don't know who I am.
**[10:52] Chi**
I'm Chiba Takumi. I was
playing for Kawasaki Seniors,
**[10:55] Chi**
but Nishina told me you didn't have
enough players, so I'm here now.
**[10:59] Chi**
Hope you're grateful.
**[11:13] Chi**
Ah, you're home, Chiyo.
**[11:15] Chi**
Oh, the bath's free. I'm done.
**[11:18] Chiy**
Chisato, you recommended me
for the baseball team, didn't you?
**[11:23] Chi**
Yeah, I did. After all,
you used to play baseball before.
**[11:28] Chi**
And you don't really care about art club
since you only go once or twice a week.
**[11:32] Chi**
So I thought there was
a chance you might join.
**[11:35] Chi**
Was it a bother?
**[11:37] Chiy**
Y-You know, you're just so—
**[11:39] Chi**
Oh! We were a player short,
**[11:42] Chi**
but a first-year just joined,
so we're okay for now.
**[11:46] Chi**
He said he'd join in with practice tomorrow.
**[11:49] Chiy**
Whatever.
**[11:50] Chiy**
Oh, yeah. There's this handsome
player with a tan on your team, right?
**[11:56] Chi**
You mean Anita?
**[11:57] Chiy**
No, that's your tomboy friend!
**[12:00] Chiy**
I'm talking about a boy! A *boy*!
**[12:02] Chi**
Oh, you mean Nishina?
**[12:04] Chi**
I'm not sure I'd call him handsome, though.
**[12:07] Chi**
What about him?
**[12:09] Chiy**
O-Oh, nothing.
**[12:19] Chiy**
*Nishina-kun, huh?*
**[12:22] (Flashback) Nis**
No girl on the planet likes being called big.
**[12:26] Chiy**
*Unlike that irritating captain,*
**[12:30] Chiy**
*he was kind and handsome.*
**[12:35] Chiy**
* Anyway, I knew Chisato*
* never really understood...*
**[12:41] Chiy**
*...why I ended up quitting baseball.*
**[12:46] Chib**
All right, bring it!
**[12:58] Chi**
He's good!
**[12:59] Ani**
Ya can tell he got in on a baseball ticket.
**[13:01] Yay**
We've got ourselves a player.
**[13:03] Dai**
All right, we'll do some batting next!
**[13:06] Chib**
Got it!
**[13:08] Nis**
Chiba, did you improve again?
**[13:11] Chib**
You betcha.
**[13:12] Nish**
But if you got hung out to dry,
**[13:15] Nish**
the overall level in Senior
League must be crazy high.
**[13:18] Chib**
Oh, that? I wasn't benched
because I couldn't cut it.
**[13:23] Nis**
Huh?
**[13:24] Chib**
The coach there basically refuses to field
first-years, however good they are.
**[13:30] Chib**
But here, there's no annoying coach,
the level's not all that high,
**[13:34] Chib**
so it looks like I can just have fun.
**[13:42] Chib**
Uh, what? I expected Nishina
to have taken your spot by now.
**[13:46] Chib**
Oh well. Feel free to try and
get me out with your best pitch.
**[13:51] Dai**
Wait, where's your helmet?
**[13:53] Chib**
Huh?
**[13:54] Chib**
I don't need one. I mean, it's a rubber ball.
**[13:57] Chib**
I played in Senior League where we used
leather ones. This is like playing house.
**[14:04] Ani**
Amazin' how much half a year
of Senior League can bloat an ego.
**[14:08] Tao**
Kids that age are like that.
**[14:11] Mut**
* This first-year's just*
* as arrogant as last time.*
**[14:15] Mut**
*I don't really want him on the team.*
**[14:21] Chib**
H-Huh. Looks like it curves
more than the last time I saw it.
**[14:25] Dai**
Timeout.
**[14:27] Dai**
You can't do that, Mutsuko. You're meant to let
him hit it, not throw breaking balls at him.
**[14:33] Mut**
But he said to give him my best pitch.
**[14:36] Mut**
He's looking down on me.
**[14:38] Dai**
You can't let him provoke you!
**[14:40] Dai**
Officially, we're putting
him through his paces,
**[14:43] Dai**
but in reality, we just want him to
feel good so he joins the team for sure.
**[14:48] Mut**
Oh, right.
**[14:51] Ani**
What're they whisperin' 'bout?
**[14:53] Tao**
Probably telling her to humor him.
**[14:55] Mut**
*Fine, I'll let him hit it. Happy?!*
**[15:03] Dai**
Well, as you all saw,
he definitely doesn't lack for skill,
**[15:10] Dai**
so starting today, Chiba-kun
will officially be joining the team.
**[15:15] Chib**
I came here from the boring
sausage fest that was Senior
**[15:18] Chib**
because I was told this
team was a babe paradise.
**[15:22] Chib**
So I look forward to you all
cheering and swooning for me.
**[15:25] Kan**
That's sexual harassment!
**[15:26] Ani**
He called us babes.
**[15:27] Tao**
Oh, gosh, were you talking about *me*?
**[15:30] Mut**
*He totally looks down on all of us.*
**[15:33] Chib**
So, captain, what's my position?
**[15:36] Dai**
Oh, right. First's open at the moment,
**[15:39] Dai**
but let's keep the long-term
picture in mind and think it over.
**[15:42] Dai**
After all, you only just joined today.
**[15:44] Chib**
What is there to think about?
**[15:46] Chib**
You just saw how good I am.
**[15:49] Chib**
Yo, who's the shortstop?
**[15:51] Tao**
I am. Why?
**[15:53] Chib**
Oh, it's you?
**[15:54] Chib**
I remember seeing you in the spring.
**[15:57] Chib**
I remember thinking you were good for a girl.
**[16:00] Chib**
Emphasis on "for a girl."
**[16:05] Nis**
H-Hey now, what's got into you, Chiba?
**[16:07] Nis**
I thought you said you
just wanted to have fun.
**[16:09] Chb**
You saw how good my
defense was earlier, right?
**[16:12] Chb**
So you get it, don't you?
**[16:14] Chb**
You *will* let me play shortstop, won't you?
**[16:27] Tao**
Dream on!
**[16:29] Tao**
Positions are something you take. You don't
get them without a fight, mushroom head!
**[16:34] Tao**
Take it from me if you can, mush for brains!
**[16:38] Chi**
Mushroom just got served!
**[16:44] Txt**
Art Club
**[16:44] Txt**
Art Club
**[16:45] Txt**
Art Club
**[16:45] Txt**
Art Club
**[16:45] Txt**
Art Club
**[16:45] Txt**
Art Club
**[16:45] Txt**
Art Club
**[16:45] Txt**
Art Club
**[16:57] Chib**
I'm so freakin' tired.
**[17:00] Chib**
You didn't tell me we had practice at 6:30.
**[17:03] Chib**
Seriously, what is this?
**[17:11] Chib**
Hey, Nishina, when did you get so serious?
**[17:15] Chib**
You used to be the one who always complained
about morning practice and stuff.
**[17:19] Chib**
You've changed.
**[17:22] Chib**
There's no scary coach or seniors there,
so nobody's gonna yell at you.
**[17:27] Nis**
Shut up!
**[17:28] Nis**
How will you get better at baseball
if you don't go to morning practice?!
**[17:33] Nis**
And anyway, doing stuff based on whether
someone's gonna yell at you or not?
**[17:37] Nis**
We're not babies anymore.
Stop being a waste of space.
**[17:42] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[17:42] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[17:42] Txt**
Baseball Team
**[17:42] Txt**
Occupied
**[17:43] Ani**
Oh yeah, Chisato, what
happened with yer sister?
**[17:48] Ani**
The captain said he ain't givin' up yet.
**[17:50] Ani**
S'there any chance she'll join?
**[17:53] Chi**
Nah. I mean, he said it's fine
because we've got the mushroom now.
**[17:58] Ani**
What?
**[17:59] Chi**
What do you mean "What?"?
**[18:01] Ani**
Well, honestly...
**[18:03] Ani**
I don't care who joins, as long
as it ain't that dang mushroom.
**[18:06] Ani**
That freakin' mushroom thinks we're a joke!
**[18:09] Ani**
He pisses me off! I don't wanna
play baseball with a fella like that!
**[18:13] Ani**
Our captain ain't gonna say nothin'
'cause he ups the headcount, but—
**[18:15] Nish**
Wait, Chiba! It says occupied!
**[18:17] Chib**
Mornin!
**[18:20] Ani**
Whaddaya think yer doin'?!
**[18:34] Dai**
Chiba-kun, why are you walking?
**[18:36] Dai**
Run!
**[18:38] Chib**
I'm tired.
**[18:39] Chib**
Besides, my body doesn't function this early.
**[18:43] Chib**
And the leg she kicked earlier
for no reason hurts too.
**[18:47] Ani**
'Cause you were peepin' on us!
**[18:49] Chib**
And anyway, we can just do
this kind of training at home.
**[18:53] Chib**
Let's break out the balls.
**[18:55] Chib**
This is just like the
training they did at Senior.
**[18:57] Tao**
Quit your whining!
**[18:59] Tao**
We've been doing this routine forever.
**[19:02] Tao**
This doesn't even count as a warm-up for us.
**[19:06] Tao**
If you've got a problem, quit.
**[19:11] Dai**
Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold up!
**[19:12] Dai**
Come on, it's only Chiba-kun's
second day. He's just not used to it yet.
**[19:17] Dai**
And it looks like his leg hurts.
**[19:19] Dai**
Anyway, that's the warm-up done!
**[19:21] Dai**
Let's do some fly ball practice!
**[19:29] Dai**
Next, shortstop!
**[19:38] Chib**
Bring it!
**[19:40] Tao**
This is nothing!
**[19:42] Yay**
They're both good.
**[19:45] Chi**
It's hard to say who's better.
**[19:47] Txt**
Year 2 Class C
**[19:47] Txt**
Year 2 Class C
**[19:48] Mut**
Hey, Daigo.
**[19:50] Mut**
About Chiba-kun...
**[19:53] Mut**
I know we're in a weak position, but aren't
you letting him get away with too much?
**[19:56] Dai**
What?
**[19:57] Mut**
I mean, it's true he's plugging a gap,
and I'm grateful he's doing that...
**[20:02] Mut**
But when he disrupts the team's energy like
he did this morning, you have to tell him off.
**[20:06] Mut**
Tao stepped in this morning,
**[20:09] Mut**
but it should really be
the captain who does it.
**[20:12] Mut**
Basically, he thinks we're a joke!
**[20:16] Dai**
Yeah, but if I annoy him so much he quits
right after joining, that wouldn't be good.
**[20:22] Dai**
He still has his pride from Senior,
**[20:24] Dai**
so we should just let that
kind of statement slide.
**[20:27] Mut**
What?!
**[20:29] Dai**
Besides, thanks to Chiba-kun's
provocative style,
**[20:34] Dai**
Tao's more motivated than ever.
**[20:38] Dai**
It's good to have some stimulation, you know?
**[20:40] Dai**
Harmony alone does not a team make.
**[20:45] Yam**
Shigeno-kun.
**[20:47] Dai**
Y-Yamaguchi-sensei.
**[20:49] Yam**
I forgot to give you this.
**[20:52] Dai**
Oh, the list of practice
games I asked you about!
**[20:55] Dai**
Thank you! So how did it go?
**[20:59] Yam**
It was a bust, to be honest. Lots of refusals.
**[21:02] Dai**
Oh, I see.
**[21:04] Dai**
*I guess that makes sense.*
**[21:05] Dai**
* I limited it to strong schools this time,*
* knowing they'd probably say no.*
**[21:10] Yam**
But there was one school
that agreed to a game.
**[21:15] Txt**
Tsujidou Academy Middle School
**[21:15] Txt**
Tsujidou Academy Middle School
**[21:15] Dai**
Tsujidou Middle accepted!
**[21:21] Ani**
That mushroom pisses me off so much!
**[21:24] Chi**
You're holding a grudge, huh?
**[21:26] Ani**
'Course I am!
**[21:27] Ani**
He almost saw us changin'!
**[21:30] Ani**
I bet he opened the door knowin' the
occupied sign meant we were in there.
**[21:34] Ani**
We seriously need to get some more players.
**[21:37] Ani**
If only we had someone else, we wouldn't
hafta suck up to that sucker.
**[21:43] Chi**
Chiyo?
**[21:45] Ani**
Huh? That's yer sister?
**[21:47] Chi**
Chiyo!
**[21:49] Chi**
What are you doing here?
This is the first-years' floor.
**[21:52] Chiy**
Oh, uh, nothing. I was just passing through.
**[21:57] Chi**
Huh? Chiyo!
**[22:00] Nis**
Hey, over here!
**[22:03] Nis**
Got it! Watch this!
**[22:05] Frie**
Nice shot!
**[22:06] Chi**
Oh, I get it now.
**[22:08] Chi**
Chiyo likes Nishina.
**[22:12] Chi**
Tick.
**[22:13] Chi**
Tick.
**[22:14] Chi**
Tick.
**[22:16] Chi**
Ding!
**[22:17] Chi**
Anita, I just had a great idea!
**[22:20] Ani**
Huh?
**[22:21] Chi**
Chiyo might just join the
baseball team, after all.
**[24:00] Chi**
Ah, what a surprise! My sister
might be joining the baseball team!
**[24:04] Chi**
What will you do, Nishina?
**[24:05] Nis**
It has nothing to do with me.
**[24:07] Nis**
Besides, we have to focus on our practice
game with the powerhouse known as Tsujidou.
**[24:11] Chi**
Oh, wow! My sister's even
going to play in a game!
**[24:15] Chi**
Maybe she'll try hard for a certain someone!
**[24:17] Nis**
F-For real? Who's the certain someone?
***SIGN*** Lock On!
**[24:20] Chi**
Next time: "Lock On!"
**[24:22] Nis**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
# E21 - Lock On!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYVD01Z5Y/lock-on)
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**[00:00] Sign**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[00:00] Sign**
Fuurin Academy Private Middle School
**[00:02] Guy**
What have we got next?
**[00:03] Guy2**
English. And we've got a quiz.
**[00:06] Guy**
What? Seriously?
**[00:07] Guy**
Nishina, did you study?
**[00:08] Nis**
You know me. I *obviously* totally did...
**[00:12] Nis**
...absolutely nothing for it.
**[00:15] Nis**
As if I could study after practice.
**[00:21] Guy**
Huh?
**[00:22] Guy**
What's wrong?
**[00:23] Nis**
Oh, nothing!
**[00:24] Nis**
Nothing at all!
***SIGN*** I wanna speak to ya
***SIGN*** before practice after school
***SIGN*** Meet me in the
***SIGN*** inner courtyard
***SIGN*** Anita
**[00:30] Note**
* "I wanna speak to ya before*
* practice after school."*
**[00:34] Note**
*"Meet me in the inner courtyard."*
***SIGN*** Lock On!
**[02:08] Nis**
*Why would Anita want to talk to me?*
**[02:11] Nis**
*Don't tell me she's....*
**[02:13] (Flashback) Ani**
I've always had a thing for you!
**[02:17] Nis**
*Oh boy, that'll cause issues for the team.*
**[02:21] Chi**
Oh, he's here.
**[02:24] Ani**
Sorry for callin' ya out here.
**[02:26] Nis**
What's going on?
**[02:27] Nis**
What's she doing here?
**[02:29] Nis**
Oh, I get it.
**[02:31] Nis**
Girls get embarrassed about this stuff.
**[02:33] Nis**
But you know, we're only
first-years in middle school.
**[02:36] Nis**
And you gotta think how it'd affect the team...
**[02:39] Nis**
Then again, I don't hate that you're into me.
**[02:43] Ani**
Huh? What the heck are ya babblin' 'bout?
**[02:46] Ani**
As if there's anythin' 'bout *you*
I'd fall in love with.
**[02:49] Nis**
Huh?
**[02:49] Ani**
But there *is* a girl with weird taste
who totally digs ya.
**[02:53] Nis**
What?
**[02:54] Chi**
It looks like my older sister
is pretty interested in you.
**[03:00] Nis**
A-Are you serious?
**[03:03] Nis**
But what's that got to do with anything?
**[03:05] Ani**
We're still short on players.
**[03:07] Ani**
Meanin' that mushroom ya recruited
spits on us, knowin' we can't do jack.
**[03:12] Ani**
The captain won't chew him out 'cause of that.
**[03:15] Ani**
That's why we absolutely
hafta get another player.
**[03:18] Ani**
Ya might be able to convince
Chisato's big sis to join.
**[03:22] Ani**
We're beggin' ya, Nishina!
**[03:25] Txt**
Staff Room
**[03:26] Sis**
Excuse me.
**[03:34] Nis**
*Are those two serious?*
**[03:38] Nis**
* I mean, they're right, a cocky*
* Chiba is a danger to the team,*
**[03:40] Nis**
*and the more players we have, the better...*
**[03:41] Txt**
Art Room
**[03:47] Nis**
* But I don't like the idea of taking*
* advantage of someone's feelings.*
**[03:51] Teach**
Excuse me.
**[03:52] Nis**
Y-Yes?
**[03:54] Teach**
Do you need something from the art club?
**[03:56] Nis**
Oh, uh, actually... I was hoping
I could talk to Fujii who's in the art club.
**[04:01] Nis**
Fujii-san?
**[04:02] Nis**
Oh, as a matter of fact, she just handed me
the paperwork to transfer to another club.
**[04:08] Nis**
She said she was quitting the art club
**[04:10] Nis**
so she could join the baseball team.
**[04:13] Chiy**
My name is Fujii Chiyo. I'm going
to be the baseball team's new manager.
**[04:18] Chiy**
I look forward to working with you.
**[04:19] All**
What?!
**[04:22] Mut**
R-Really?
**[04:23] Chiy**
Yes.
**[04:24] Chiy**
I watched your practice sessions from afar
the past few days and made up my mind.
**[04:28] Chiy**
Seeing you all training so hard, I wondered
if I could help you out in some way.
**[04:33] Ani**
What's goin' on here?
**[04:35] Chi**
Maybe Nishina missed her?
**[04:37] Dai**
Ah, well, there's so much to do, we'd be
very grateful to have you as our manager...
**[04:43] Dai**
But how about joining as a player?
**[04:45] Chiy**
I'm afraid I'll have to decline that offer.
**[04:47] Chiy**
Like I said before, I really don't think
I'm athletic enough to play baseball.
**[04:53] Nis**
What? Seriously?
**[04:57] Nis**
Are you really joining the baseball team?
**[05:00] Chiy**
Ah, so anyway, I'll go change now.
**[05:05] Ani**
Yup, but she's joinin' as our manager.
**[05:08] Chi**
I didn't expect her to join
without any prompting.
**[05:11] Ani**
She's *seriously* got her
sights set on ya, Nishina.
**[05:18] Chiy**
*So I've joined.*
**[05:19] Chiy**
* Even though I thought I'd never*
* get involved with baseball again.*
**[05:24] Chiy**
*Even though I've been avoiding it since then.*
**[05:28] Chiy**
* I was never all that*
* interested in boys, either.*
**[05:32] Chiy**
*And now I'm here for a younger boy!*
**[05:35] All**
Fuurin! Fight! Fight!
**[05:50] All**
Good work, everyone!
**[05:55] Fuj**
I'm exhausted.
**[05:57] Mut**
It's your first day.
It must've been tough to keep up.
**[05:59] Chi**
Well, for you, that was a good effort, Chiyo.
**[06:03] Dai**
Having a manager really makes a difference.
**[06:06] Dai**
With you helping us, everybody's
training was a lot more effective.
**[06:12] Dai**
Thank you.
**[06:14] Chiy**
* I'm sorry, Captain. I'm only here*
* because of my impure thoughts.*
**[06:18] Dai**
Your next task is to tidy up
the field with the first-years.
**[06:22] Chiy**
*There's more?!*
**[06:26] Yay**
I'm still wondering why she suddenly
wanted to become our manager.
**[06:30] Tao**
I mean, Chisato probably
talked her into it, right?
**[06:34] Dai**
Hey, everyone.
**[06:36] Dai**
I wanted to talk to you all
while you're washing up.
**[06:38] Dai**
We have a practice game
lined up this weekend
**[06:41] Dai**
against Tsujidou Middle,
a powerhouse from the region's south.
**[06:44] Dai**
I'm glad we've got enough people to play.
**[06:46] Mut**
Huh? We're going up against a team that strong?
**[06:48] Saw**
The mushroom only just joined.
**[06:50] Saw**
Isn't it too early?
**[06:51] Dai**
But I wanna see what Chiba-kun can do.
**[06:55] Dai**
I have to decide between him
and Tao for the position.
**[06:57] Dai**
I'm thinking of starting
Chiba-kun at shortstop.
**[07:03] Txt**
Fujii
**[07:04] Chiy**
*It's no good.*
**[07:05] Chiy**
*I need sleep.*
**[07:07] Chiy**
*I haven't worked myself this hard in a while.*
**[07:10] Dad**
Chiyo!
**[07:12] Chiy**
Dad?
**[07:13] Dad**
I heard the news!
**[07:14] Dad**
You joined the baseball team!
**[07:16] Dad**
What's got into you?
**[07:18] Dad**
Oh, but you've made me one happy father!
**[07:20] Dad**
I thought you hated baseball after
quitting so suddenly back in grade school.
**[07:26] Chiy**
I mean, I'm just the mana—
**[07:28] Dad**
Good luck!
**[07:30] Dad**
Fuurin is crazy short on players,
**[07:32] Dad**
so if you work hard, you'll all
get the chance to play in games!
**[07:35] Dad**
Listen to Daigo and enjoy
your youth to the fullest!
**[07:39] Chi**
No, Dad, I'm saying I am—
**[07:41] Dad**
All right!
**[07:42] Dad**
Tonight, I'm breaking out the booze!
**[07:44] Dad**
It's time to celebrate!
**[07:54] Chiy**
Chisato, this is all *your* doing, isn't it?!
**[07:56] Chiy**
You didn't even tell Dad that I'm the manager!
**[08:00] Chi**
Hm? Is that what you wanted me to do?
**[08:02] Chi**
If I'd told him you'd joined the team as
our manager to chase a boy you like,
**[08:08] Chi**
he probably would've died of shock.
**[08:12] Fuj**
Wh-What are you talking about?
**[08:14] Fuj**
I'm not like that!
**[08:15] Fuj**
I don't even know him!
**[08:17] Chi**
Oh, but it's *so* obvious, Sis.
**[08:19] Chi**
It's Nishina, right?
**[08:20] Chi**
You lurve Nishina, don't you?
**[08:22] Chi**
Shut up!
**[08:24] Chi**
You don't know the first thing about me!
**[08:26] Chi**
Why do you always make that smug
"I did something!" expression?!
**[08:29] Chi**
I really *hate* that about you!
**[08:35] Chi**
"I did something!" expression? I don't get it.
**[08:39] Chi**
Is there a smug "I didn't do
something!" expression, too?
**[08:43] Fuj**
Just get out!
**[08:46] Dai**
What?
**[08:47] Dai**
Chiba-kun went home?
**[08:49] Nis**
Yeah.
**[08:49] Nis**
He said his stomach was hurting,
so he went home when the bell rang.
**[08:53] Dai**
I hope he's okay.
**[08:55] Dai**
I hope he doesn't have a cold.
The game's in two days.
**[09:00] Tao**
Maybe he ate some poisonous mushrooms.
**[09:03] Yay**
That's cannibalism.
**[09:04] Ani**
He's fakin' it, for sure.
**[09:06] Ani**
He knew we'd be doin' weights indoors
'cause of the rain, so that moron split.
**[09:11] Chi**
Yup, probably.
**[09:12] Chi**
He was late for practice this morning, too.
**[09:15] Mut**
See, Daigo? He's taking more and more
liberties because you're so soft on him!
**[09:19] Dai**
I mean, we don't have any
proof that he's faking it.
**[09:22] Dai**
I'll get in touch with him
later because I'm worried.
**[09:25] All**
Good job, everyone.
**[09:29] Tai**
Huh? Where're Daigo and the others?
**[09:32] Saw**
They already left.
**[09:34] Saw**
The mushroom wasn't picking up his phone,
**[09:36] Saw**
so they went over to his house.
**[09:38] Tao**
Yikes, that means he faked it for sure.
**[09:41] Tao**
I think even Saint Daigo
can't let this one slide.
**[09:45] Saw**
Daigo wanted to try the
mushroom out in the practice game.
**[09:50] Saw**
But in my opinion, it's pointless
until he fixes his attitude.
**[09:55] Saw**
I'm also ticked off about him
pitting you two against each other.
**[10:02] Tao**
What's this, Yayoi? Are you worried for me?
**[10:06] Tao**
Don't worry. There's *no way* that guy's
taking shortstop away from me!
**[10:13] Fuj**
Vice captain, I have covered
the infield with the tarpaulin.
**[10:18] Mut**
Right. Thanks.
**[10:19] Mut**
And you don't have to be
so formal. We're the same age.
**[10:22] Mut**
As for calling me "vice captain"...
**[10:25] Fuj**
Oh, right.
**[10:28] Mut**
But I was really surprised.
**[10:29] ---**
Excuse me?
**[10:30] Mut**
You pretty much kept up
with our training regimen.
**[10:33] Mut**
So you must be fit after all.
**[10:36] Fuj**
Well, I did tennis and swimming
back in grade school, so...
**[10:41] Mut**
You said you were unathletic before,
but is that really true?
**[10:45] Mut**
From the way you move,
I really don't get that impression.
**[10:49] Mut**
I heard you played baseball with your
father and sister back in grade school.
**[10:54] Mut**
And according to Chisato,
you're not unathletic at all.
**[10:59] Mut**
She said she didn't know
why you quit baseball.
**[11:01] Mut**
So why did you?
**[11:06] Man**
*Yes?*
**[11:08] Dai**
Oh, hello, we're on the
Fuurin Middle baseball team.
**[11:12] Dai**
We wondered if Chiba-kun was in.
**[11:14] Guy**
*Huh?*
**[11:15] Guy**
*Oh, you're my brother's teammates?*
**[11:17] Guy**
*Takumi's in the hospital.*
**[11:19] Nis**
What?
**[11:19] Nis**
Th-The hospital?
**[11:22] Guy**
* I just heard back from him. Apparently,*
* they're keeping him there for a week.*
**[11:34] All**
Appendicitis?!
**[11:36] Dai**
Which means Chiba-kun won't
be playing in our next game.
**[11:41] Ani**
So what're we gonna do now?
**[11:43] Kan**
We can't field enough players.
**[11:45] Dai**
Well, there is *one* way we can solve that.
**[11:51] Chiy**
What?
**[11:52] Chiy**
N-No, it's not happening!
**[11:54] Dai**
I'm begging you!
**[11:55] Dai**
You can be in the outfield. Just please play!
**[11:58] Chiy**
B-But...
**[12:00] Mut**
Practice games are so important!
**[12:02] Mut**
If we don't play this one,
who knows when our next one will be!
**[12:05] Chis**
Please, Chiyo!
**[12:07] Chiy**
Yeah, but...
**[12:09] Ani**
Ya can jus' stand there!
**[12:11] Ani**
Please!
**[12:13] Nis**
Hey now, aren't you going a bit overboard?
**[12:15] Ani**
Ya oughta ask her too!
**[12:17] Nis**
Huh?
**[12:18] Chi**
Yeah, come on!
**[12:19] Chi**
You want my sister to play, right?
**[12:21] Nis**
Huh? I... Well, I...
**[12:29] Txt**
Fuu
**[12:35] Chiy**
How did this happen?
**[12:37] Chiy**
Am I really going to play in the game?
**[12:40] Txt**
Fuu
**[12:41] (Flashback) Chi**
You want my sister to play, right?
**[12:43] (Flashback) Nis**
Huh? I... Well, I...
**[12:47] (Flashback) Nis**
I mean, you already joined the club, right?
**[12:51] (Flashback) Nis**
It'd be great if you did just
a *touch* more and gave it a shot.
**[12:57] Txt**
Fuu
**[13:07] Chiy**
*I don't want to be a burden on everyone.*
**[13:09] Chiy**
*I don't want him to be disappointed!*
**[13:12] (Flashback) Nis**
Just a touch. A tiny chunk. Chiyo.
**[13:22] (Flashback) Chi**
Hey, Sis.
**[13:25] (Flashback) Chi**
How long are you gonna stay
on there? They're for babies!
**[13:28] (Flashback) Chi**
Let's play catch! Come on, let's play!
**[13:32] (Flashback) Chiy**
But I wanted to play on the swing...
**[13:35] (Flashback) Chi**
Oh, come on, this is much better!
It's baseball! Let's play baseball!
**[13:40] (Flashback) Chi**
Dad said I should get you to
teach me when he's at work.
**[13:46] (Flashback) Chi**
I want to get good like you, Sis!
**[13:50] (Flashback) Chi**
If I get good, I can start training with
the Dolphins when I get to third grade!
**[13:59] (Flashback) Chi**
Here we go!
**[14:01] (Flashback) Chiy**
I-Isn't this too close?
**[14:02] (Flashback) Chi**
It's fine, it's fine!
**[14:04] (Flashback) Chi**
I'm younger than you.
**[14:20] Chiy**
*I think I just had a really awful dream.*
**[14:26] Chi**
Are you all right, Chiyo?
**[14:28] Chiy**
Oh, I'm fine.
**[14:30] Chi**
Were you still sleeping?
You need to hurry up and get ready.
**[14:33] Chi**
It's our practice game
with that other school today.
**[14:37] Txt**
Fuu
**[14:37] Txt**
rin
**[14:38] Ani**
I ain't heard of this Tsujidou.
**[14:40] Ani**
Are they good?
**[14:42] Mut**
They're a new private school
that opened three years ago,
**[14:45] Mut**
so they haven't achieved a lot yet,
**[14:48] Mut**
but it looks like they've
gotten really strong lately.
**[14:50] Mut**
Especially in the last fall tournament.
**[14:53] Mut**
They went all the way to
regionals and placed second.
**[14:59] Yay**
Playing a team like that doesn't make sense.
**[15:01] Tao**
Why didn't you just say no?
**[15:03] Ani**
The mushroom's in hospital.
**[15:05] Ani**
And we're fieldin' our green manager
jus' to make this game happen?
**[15:09] Ani**
We're gonna lose so hard!
**[15:12] Dai**
Well, I asked all the major names to
play us because it'd be an education,
**[15:19] Dai**
but none of them said yes.
**[15:21] Dai**
Then, out of the blue, this school agreed.
**[15:24] Dai**
It would've been a waste to cancel.
**[15:26] Ani**
That's all ya can say?
**[15:28] Dai**
I am a little worried about
putting Chiyo out in left field,
**[15:32] Dai**
but judging from yesterday's practice,
**[15:34] Dai**
her experience at junior level means
she can handle simple fly balls.
**[15:40] Dai**
W-Well, let's just use this opportunity to
check out one of the top teams in our region.
**[15:45] Dai**
We should just aim at preventing
the game being called.
**[15:49] Ani**
This ain't funny.
**[15:51] Ani**
That mushroom's freakin' useless.
**[15:56] Wom**
How are you feeling after the op?
**[15:59] Mush**
I feel really good. Great, even.
**[16:00] Mush**
That jello dessert was pretty good.
**[16:03] Mush**
Oh, and could I get a coke or something?
**[16:06] Nurse**
Not happening!
**[16:08] Ani**
This school's pretty fancy, ain't it?
**[16:11] Mut**
It's brand-new, and it's a prep school for
the adjoining high school, just like ours.
**[16:15] Chi**
A field just for the baseball team!
**[16:18] Dai**
It's huge!
**[16:20] Mut**
They're playing a game.
**[16:22] Dai**
It's not intra-team, either.
That's a different school's uniform.
**[16:26] Chi**
Look.
**[16:28] Txt**
North Sayama
**[16:28] Txt**
North Sayama
**[16:28] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[16:28] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[16:28] Yay**
Seems like a pretty good contest.
**[16:31] Ani**
North Sayama?
**[16:32] Ani**
Ain't Sayama a Saitama school?!
**[16:35] Yay**
So they came all the way from
Saitama to play this team?
**[16:39] Nis**
I guess they've gotten strong enough
for others to want to play them.
**[16:42] Yam**
Oh, there you are!
**[16:45] Dai**
Hi.
**[16:46] Dai**
Oh, Yamaguchi-sensei.
**[16:48] Yay**
She's here too, huh?
**[16:50] Dai**
Thank you for coming on your day off.
**[16:52] Tao**
You could've skipped this one, you know.
**[16:54] Yam**
The adviser has to accompany
the team to practice games.
**[16:59] Yam**
It's one of the rules.
**[17:01] Yam**
This game will be over soon.
**[17:03] Yam**
They said we should warm up out here
somewhere until our game starts at 11.
**[17:08] Dai**
All right.
**[17:10] Yam**
Oh, and they have a special rule in place.
**[17:14] Dai**
Huh?
**[17:15] Mut**
A special rule?
**[17:17] Yam**
It looks like each team gets an assigned
handicap based on their strength.
**[17:22] Dai**
A handicap?
**[17:23] Txt**
North Sayama
**[17:23] Txt**
North Sayama
**[17:23] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[17:23] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[17:24] Yam**
North Sayama were given those five
runs in the first inning as a handicap.
**[17:30] Dai**
Y-You say it depends on the team's strength?
So how many runs will we start with?
**[17:36] Yam**
Not sure. They said they'd write it
on the scoreboard at the start of the game.
**[17:41] Ump**
Bow!
**[17:43] All**
Let's have a good game!
**[17:46] Txt**
Fuurin
**[17:46] Txt**
Fuurin
**[17:46] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[17:46] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[17:47] Dai**
I didn't expect them to
treat us like total losers.
**[17:51] Dai**
We *really* need to show them now!
**[17:55] Cat**
Let's do this!
**[17:56] Ann**
* Batting first, center field,*
* Fujii Chisato-san.*
**[18:00] Ani**
This is how they treat their
guests? It's freakin' rude.
**[18:04] Fuj**
Aren't they being nice?
**[18:07] Fuj**
We're guests and we have a lot of girls,
so they're giving us this on the house.
**[18:10] Saw**
Oh, so this is like Ladies' Night?
**[18:13] Ani**
Must be nice bein' that dense.
**[18:16] Dai**
* So they think they can beat us even*
* when we start with a ten-run lead?*
**[18:22] Ump**
Play ball!
**[18:24] Dai**
*We'll make them regret doing that.*
**[18:27] Dai**
* Not only will we stop them winning,*
* we'll beat them by eleven runs!*
**[18:38] Ump**
Strike! You're out!
**[18:39] Ump**
Three outs!
**[18:40] Ump**
Change sides!
**[18:41] Ump**
H-Huh?
**[18:43] Dai**
A-All right! We're ten runs ahead!
**[18:45] Ani**
So we're relyin' on the handicap?
**[18:49] Chi**
We're switching now, Chiyo.
**[18:50] Chi**
R-Right.
**[18:52] Fuj**
*This is bad.*
**[18:54] Fuj**
*I just hope a ball doesn't come my way.*
**[18:57] Fuj**
*This is basically my first real game ever!*
**[19:01] Guy**
Hurry up, will you?
**[19:03] Guy**
If you're already on two outs,
at least have your shin guards on!
**[19:06] Guy**
Idiot!
**[19:07] Dai**
Ah, I-I'm sorry!
**[19:10] Dai**
*I got yelled at.*
**[19:12] Oka**
Must be rough only having nine players.
**[19:17] Ino**
What's up with this team anyway, Coach?
**[19:20] Ino**
Not only are they short on players,
with no backup catcher,
**[19:23] Ino**
but of the nine players they
do have, seven are girls.
**[19:26] Ino**
And looking at their recent record,
they didn't even make it through the prelims.
**[19:32] Ino**
What's the point in playing a team like this?
**[19:36] Coa**
I'd like to know the answer to that myself.
**[19:39] Coa**
You'll have to ask the head coach,
who arranged this game.
**[19:42] Coa**
Maybe the ten-run handicap wasn't enough.
**[19:43] Ann**
*Batting first, second base, Tokugawa-kun.*
**[19:46] Txt**
Fuurin
**[19:46] Txt**
Fuurin
**[19:46] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[19:46] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[19:47] (Flashback) Dai**
We've got Nishina, so just
cut loose in the first inning.
**[19:51] (Flashback) Dai**
It'll be fine.
**[19:52] (Flashback) Dai**
If you throw your regular pitches, they won't
hit them easily, no matter how good they are.
**[19:57] (Flashback) Dai**
I'm worried about Anita on first
**[19:59] (Flashback) Dai**
and Chiyo out in left field,
**[20:02] (Flashback) Dai**
but in the past six months,
all of us have improved.
**[20:06] (Flashback) Dai**
Let's show them Fuurin's Girl Power!
**[20:10] (Flashback) Dai**
We'll make them sorry for
handing us that ten-run lead!
**[20:14] Ump**
Strike!
**[20:16] Guy**
That was a nice throw for a girl.
**[20:19] Guy2**
She's got nice form.
**[20:23] Ump**
Ball.
**[20:25] Ump**
Ball.
**[20:26] Guy**
She might lack control, though.
**[20:30] Ump**
Strike!
**[20:36] Guy**
Yeah! A hit!
**[20:42] Ump**
S-Safe!
**[20:44] All**
Yes!
**[20:44] All**
Nice running!
**[20:47] Tao**
Tch.
**[20:47] Kan**
That wasn't out?
**[20:50] Dai**
Don't worry about it!
**[20:52] Guy**
That shortstop's pretty good.
**[20:54] Guy2**
Even Tokugawa at top speed barely made it.
**[20:57] Ann**
*Batting second, right field, Takada-kun.*
**[21:01] Mut**
*Don't rush.*
**[21:06] Ump**
Safe!
**[21:07] Dai**
*You're doing good, Mutsuko.*
**[21:09] Dai**
*Nice and calm.*
**[21:12] Ump**
Strike!
**[21:15] Mut**
*So that I don't disgrace my ace number,*
**[21:17] Mut**
* I've upped my pitching speed*
* by more than 5 kmph.*
**[21:20] Mut**
*Gaining five kilos sucks, though.*
**[21:22] Mut**
*We can't fear teams like these...*
**[21:25] Mut**
*...if we want to make it to regionals!*
**[21:33] Ump**
All right!
**[21:38] Ump**
Out!
**[21:40] Mut**
Nice, Yayoi!
**[21:41] Dai**
Nice double play!
**[21:45] All**
Yay.
**[21:46] Dai**
Two outs!
**[21:50] Ann**
*Batting third, catcher, Inoue-kun.*
**[22:00] All**
Good job!
**[22:01] All**
This time it's a hit!
**[22:05] Chi**
Too bad!
**[22:08] Ump**
Three outs!
**[22:09] Ino**
What?!
**[22:11] Dai**
Nice, Chisato!
**[22:12] Mut**
Yes!
**[22:14] Txt**
Fuurin
**[22:14] Txt**
Fuurin
**[22:14] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[22:14] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[22:15] Coa**
*I see.*
**[22:16] Coa**
* Looks like playing them*
* wasn't a complete mistake.*
**[22:21] All**
Good one.
**[22:23] All**
That was amazing.
**[22:24] Chiy**
*Chisato's one thing...*
**[22:26] Chiy**
*But* all *of these guys are really good!*
**[24:00] Chi**
You can do this!
**[24:01] Chi**
You can hit it, Chiyo!
**[24:03] Chiy**
I-I can't!
**[24:04] Chiy**
It's too high a level for me. I don't
understand how you can all hit those pitches.
**[24:09] Chi**
There's a secret method to it.
**[24:11] Chi**
You can hit them too!
**[24:12] Chiy**
No, I'm not like you, Chisato!
**[24:15] Chiy**
I'm only here to make up the numbers.
**[24:17] Chi**
Don't say that!
***SIGN*** You Disappoint Me!
**[24:20] Chi**
Next time: "You Disappoint Me!"
**[24:22] Chiy**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
# E22 - You Disappoint Me!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6EXN4J9R/you-disappoint-me)
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**[00:01] Txt**
Fuurin
**[00:01] Txt**
Fuurin
**[00:01] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[00:01] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[00:01] Dai**
A handicap?
**[00:04] Dai**
* So they think they can beat us even*
* when we start with a ten-run lead?*
**[00:10] Ump**
Play ball!
**[00:12] Dai**
*We'll make them regret doing that.*
**[00:16] Dai**
* Not only will we stop them winning,*
* we'll beat them by eleven runs!*
**[00:24] Team**
All right!
**[00:30] Ump**
Out!
**[00:32] Mut**
Nice, Yayoi!
**[00:33] Dai**
Nice double play!
**[00:36] All**
Yay.
**[00:43] Tsuj**
This time it's a hit!
**[00:48] Chi**
Too bad!
**[00:50] Ump**
Three outs!
**[00:51] Kid**
What?!
**[00:53] Dai**
Nice, Chisato!
**[00:55] Mut**
Yes!
**[00:56] Txt**
Fuurin
**[00:56] Txt**
Fuurin
**[00:56] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[00:56] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[00:57] Coa**
*I see.*
**[00:59] Coa**
* Looks like playing them*
* wasn't a complete mistake.*
**[01:06] Chiy**
*Chisato's one thing...*
**[01:08] Chiy**
*But* all *of these guys are really good!*
**[02:42] Txt**
Fuurin
**[02:42] Txt**
Fuurin
**[02:42] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[02:42] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[02:42] Ann**
*Top of the second.*
***SIGN*** You Disappoint Me!
**[02:44] Ann**
*Batting fourth, catcher, Shigeno-kun.*
**[02:47] Inoe**
* We seriously didn't score*
* a single run in the first?*
**[02:50] Inoe**
*I'm not too worried about their pitcher,*
**[02:53] Inoe**
* but their defense is a lot*
* better than I expected.*
**[02:56] Inoe**
*Looks like we need to focus a little.*
**[03:07] Ump**
Fair!
**[03:08] Mut**
Awesome!
**[03:09] Kan**
Nice batting!
**[03:10] Chi**
Yay, a double!
**[03:13] Kid**
Seriously?
**[03:15] Pitch**
*He hit Oka's slider like it was child's play.*
**[03:19] Pitch**
*Did he anticipate it?*
**[03:21] Ann**
*Batting fifth, first base, Kabashima-san.*
**[03:25] Dai**
Keep us rolling, Anita!
**[03:32] Ump**
Foul!
**[03:34] Cat**
*So that's it.*
**[03:35] Cat**
*She tried to hit the first slider too.*
**[03:39] Cat**
* I guess after the strikeouts last inning,*
* they're only swinging at sliders.*
**[03:43] Cat**
*In that case...*
**[03:44] Cat**
*we'll just switch to fastballs!*
**[03:53] Cat**
What?!
**[03:58] Tao**
Keep going!
**[04:01] Ani**
Uh, what?
**[04:02] Coa**
It's a home run.
**[04:04] Coa**
We have a house rule that any ball
that hits the fence is a home run.
**[04:09] Kan**
All right!
**[04:10] Nis**
We pulled two runs ahead on our own!
**[04:13] Oka**
A girl... hit it all the way to the fence...
**[04:17] All**
Nice!
**[04:18] All**
Good job!
**[04:20] Guy**
Hey now... They're scoring before
we've even overturned their handicap.
**[04:23] Oka**
What happened, Inoue?
**[04:25] Oka**
I threw a fastball like you signaled,
and she hit it sweet!
**[04:28] Ino**
M-My bad.
**[04:30] Ino**
I thought she was waiting for a slider...
**[04:33] Ino**
What's going on?
**[04:35] Ann**
*Batting sixth, right field, Nishina-kun.*
**[04:39] Chi**
We're not done yet!
**[04:41] Dai**
Let's keep it goin'!
**[04:46] Ump**
Ball!
**[04:47] Ino**
* I don't get it. They're not picking*
* just one type of pitch to swing at?*
**[04:51] Ani**
Nice!
**[04:52] Ani**
Good eye, good eye!
**[04:53] Chi**
Hit it, Nishina!
**[04:58] Chi**
Just getting flustered won't
get you closer to him, Chiyo.
**[05:02] Chi**
You have to yell: "Go, Nishina-kyun!"
**[05:05] Chiy**
Be quiet, you!
**[05:09] Ump**
Foul!
**[05:12] Dai**
You got this, you got this!
**[05:14] Dai**
You can do it!
**[05:20] Mut**
*You're something else, Daigo.*
**[05:22] Mut**
* It only took you one inning of watching*
* from the bench to figure out their pitching.*
**[05:27] (Flashback) Dai**
Their secret weapon is a fast slider
that's almost as quick as a fastball.
**[05:33] (Flashback) Dai**
We were sitting ducks in the first inning
because that slider messed us up.
**[05:37] (Flashback) Dai**
But this pitcher has a tell
when he throws a slider.
**[05:41] (Flashback) Dai**
It's pretty common among pitchers
when they first learn the slider.
**[05:45] (Flashback) Dai**
They focus so much on making it curve,
**[05:46] (Flashback) Dai**
they can't help releasing
lower than for a fastball.
**[05:52] (Flashback) Dai**
Once you know that, you can pick which pitch
you swing at: the sliders or the fastballs.
**[05:56] (Flashback) Dai**
Just pick whichever one works
for you and swing at them!
**[06:01] Kan**
He hit it!
**[06:02] Ani**
Sweet!
**[06:04] Chi**
We're not stopping!
**[06:07] Bei**
*What the hell is this team?*
**[06:09] Tao**
Nice hit.
**[06:11] Tao**
You got that slider good.
**[06:13] Nis**
Of course I did.
**[06:15] Nis**
Don't lump me in with
your lame strikeout trio.
**[06:18] Tao**
You only hit it because of
Daigo's advice, you little brat!
**[06:22] Tao**
I'm gonna twist your nose off
and stuff it down your throat!
**[06:26] Chi**
He got a hit, but he's still in trouble.
**[06:29] Ann**
*Batting seventh, pitcher, Sakura-san.*
**[06:33] Dai**
* We've scored two runs,*
* and we're piling on the pressure.*
**[06:35] Dai**
* Swinging free risks a double play,*
* but our weaker batters are up next.*
**[06:39] Dai**
*Let's just go for a hit.*
**[06:40] Ump**
Play!
**[06:41] Oka**
*Damn! What's going on here?!*
**[06:44] Oka**
* This inning, they're hitting my fastballs*
* and my sliders like they're nothing!*
**[06:50] Mut**
*If he releases high, it's a fastball.*
**[06:52] Mut**
*If he releases low, it's a slider.*
**[06:57] Ump**
Ball.
**[06:59] Dai**
Nice!
**[07:00] Ani**
That's good, Senpai!
**[07:02] Ani**
Good eye, good eye!
**[07:04] Mut**
*Nope! I can't tell what's coming at all!*
**[07:11] Ump**
Strike!
**[07:14] Mut**
* I guess his arm did move*
* a little differently that time.*
**[07:18] Mut**
* I should see it clearly after*
* a couple more times at bat.*
**[07:20] Mut**
* I can't believe Daigo and the others*
* could read it on their first time up!*
**[07:26] Ump**
Ball!
**[07:29] Ump**
Strike!
**[07:31] Mut**
*Wait...*
**[07:36] Mut**
*I think I see it now!*
**[07:41] Ump**
Out!
**[07:45] Mut**
Well, seeing a pitch and hitting it
are two different things, you know.
**[07:48] Dai**
That was pretty okay.
**[07:50] Dai**
Nearly in the sweet spot...
**[07:52] Ann**
*Batting eighth, third base, Kandori-san.*
**[07:56] Ump**
You're out!
**[07:58] Ann**
*Batting ninth, left field, Fujii Chiyo-san.*
**[07:58] Ani**
Two outs after gettin' a runner.
That's the bottom of the order for ya.
**[08:07] Chi**
Hey, Chiyo...
**[08:08] Chi**
It's your turn to bat. You're up now.
**[08:11] Chiy**
Huh?
**[08:12] Chiy**
Yeah... Okay...
**[08:18] Kan**
What's going on?
**[08:19] Kan**
She looked white as a ghost. Is she okay?
**[08:22] Mut**
No, I think she's totally not okay...
**[08:24] Dai**
We basically only did
defense drills yesterday.
**[08:28] Dai**
Well, just having her at the plate is enough.
**[08:31] Dai**
I don't expect her to get a hit.
**[08:33] Ump**
Play!
**[08:35] Cat**
*What's up with this girl?*
**[08:37] Cat**
*Her legs are literally shaking.*
**[08:39] Cat**
* Her stance and grip make her*
* look like a complete beginner.*
**[08:42] Tao**
Chiyo, you got this!
**[08:45] Nis**
Yeah, I don't think so.
**[08:51] Ump**
Strike!
**[08:53] Ani**
Oh, wow.
**[08:54] Ani**
Well, I guess it's kinda scary at first.
**[09:01] Chiy**
*She's watching.*
**[09:04] Chiy**
* Chisato's watching me be*
* pathetic and laughing at me.*
**[09:10] Chiy**
*I knew it. I should've refused to play.*
**[09:17] Chiy**
* I quit baseball because*
* I had zero talent for it.*
**[09:20] Chiy**
*So how could I ever hit these pitches?!*
**[09:24] Ump**
Strike two!
**[09:28] Chiy**
*It was too cruel.*
**[09:30] Chiy**
* I was born first and got*
* my glove and my bat first.*
**[09:36] Chiy**
* But my little sister*
* surpassed me in an instant.*
**[09:39] Chiy**
* Even as a child, I could sense Dad*
* shifting his focus onto Chisato.*
**[09:51] Chiy**
*That's right. That's why I quit.*
**[09:55] Chiy**
*So what am I even doing here?*
**[09:58] Ani**
The heck? She ain't gonna hit it
standin' that far from the plate.
**[10:04] Ump**
Ball.
**[10:05] Chiy**
* It doesn't matter.*
* I'm just here to fill the roster.*
**[10:08] Chiy**
*This is enough.*
**[10:11] Chiy**
* I'd look even more pathetic*
* if I actually tried doing something.*
**[10:15] Chiy**
*You know... I should just abandon the game...*
**[10:20] Chiy**
*...like I did back then.*
**[10:25] Chi**
Chiyo!
**[10:27] Chi**
You *know* there's no way
you'll hit anything standing there!
**[10:31] Chi**
Is this a joke to you?
**[10:34] Chi**
I saw you last night!
**[10:36] Chi**
You were doing practice swings!
**[10:38] Chi**
Why'd you even do them, then?
**[10:40] Chi**
It made me happy when I saw you
taking baseball seriously again,
**[10:45] Chi**
so what is this?!
**[10:47] Chi**
Even if you're only making up the numbers,
**[10:49] Chi**
I can't believe you'd actually
treat baseball like a joke!
**[10:53] Chi**
You disappoint me!
**[10:54] Chi**
It's embarrassing!
**[10:57] Chiy**
*Chisato...*
**[11:00] Dai**
Chiyo, the game is still live!
**[11:03] Oku**
Stop chatting in the middle of a game!
**[11:06] Ump**
Ball!
**[11:07] Ump**
Two balls, two strikes.
**[11:24] Ino**
What?
**[11:29] Ump**
Foul!
**[11:29] Yay**
Unlucky. A whisker away.
**[11:31] Ani**
No freakin' way. She hit it!
**[11:33] Mut**
That was super close!
**[11:34] Mut**
You can hit this!
**[11:36] Ino**
Close call. That came outta nowhere.
**[11:39] Ino**
Don't be careless, Oka!
**[11:46] Chiy**
* I finally got a good pitch to aim at,*
* but I couldn't make it count.*
**[11:51] Chi**
Shigeno-senpai, please call a timeout.
**[11:54] Shig**
T-Timeout!
**[11:58] Chi**
Chiyo, you didn't listen to
his advice earlier, did you?
**[12:01] Chi**
About that pitcher's tell.
**[12:05] Chiy**
Um, no...
**[12:06] Chiy**
Anyway, even if I had, it wouldn't
do a klutz like me any good.
**[12:11] Chi**
That's just not true!
**[12:13] Chi**
I never thought you were as
unathletic as you said you were!
**[12:17] Chi**
I also don't get why you quit baseball
when you could've gotten so good at it!
**[12:22] Chi**
You just have too little faith in yourself!
**[12:27] Coa**
Hey, you're taking too long!
**[12:29] Dai**
U-Uh, right! Sorry!
**[12:33] Chi**
Chiyo, take these.
**[12:38] Chi**
It's better if you wear these batting gloves.
**[12:41] Chi**
I've got another pair.
**[12:45] Chiy**
Thank you.
**[12:49] Ani**
Well?
**[12:50] Dai**
I told her about the pitcher's tell,
**[12:53] Dai**
but it's not like a beginner
can handle a slider,
**[12:56] Dai**
so I told her to just swing
as hard as she can at the fastballs.
**[13:00] Dai**
But I doubt they'll throw
another fastball now.
**[13:05] Ino**
*Her form...*
**[13:11] Ump**
Ball!
**[13:13] Ump**
Three and two!
**[13:15] Ani**
Did ya see that?
**[13:15] Dai**
She read it after one bit of advice?!
**[13:18] Nis**
Nah, doubt it. She just couldn't swing.
**[13:21] Chi**
Nice one, Chiyo!
**[13:23] Chi**
Good eye!
**[13:25] (Flashback) Chi**
I never thought you were as
unathletic as you said you were!
**[13:29] (Flashback) Chi**
You just have too little faith in yourself!
**[13:32] Chiy**
*Those were all just lies.*
**[13:38] Chiy**
*Trying to butter me up...*
**[13:42] Chiy**
* I won't let you sweet-talk me*
* into playing baseball again*
**[13:45] Chiy**
*just because you're short on players!*
**[13:48] Guy**
Second!
**[13:55] Ani**
Heck yeah!
**[13:56] Mut**
He missed the catch!
**[13:58] Chiy**
No way...
**[14:01] Nis**
She hit it? Whoa.
**[14:02] Mut**
We went from two outs to another big chance!
**[14:06] Dai**
Anita. Kan-chan.
**[14:07] Dai**
Relieve the base coaches.
**[14:09] Both**
Okay.
**[14:10] Chi**
See? What did I say?
**[14:13] Chi**
You think an "unathletic person"
can hit a slider without training?
**[14:16] Chi**
Sounds more like a genius to me.
**[14:22] Ann**
*Batting first, center field, Fujii Chisato-san.*
**[14:26] Ino**
*Dammit.*
**[14:27] Ino**
*What's going on here?*
**[14:29] Ump**
Ball!
**[14:31] Coa**
He's no good.
**[14:34] Coa**
Hey, Mario.
**[14:37] Coa**
Mario!
**[14:38] Coa**
Get ready.
**[14:47] Coa**
Warm up your arm, Mario.
**[15:00] All**
Yes!
**[15:01] Txt**
Fuurin
**[15:01] Txt**
Fuurin
**[15:01] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[15:01] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[15:01] Nis**
Yes, 13 runs!
**[15:04] Yay**
Well, it's three, really.
**[15:10] Coa**
No phones on the bench.
How many times do I have to tell you?
**[15:13] Mar**
Oh, my bad.
**[15:16] Mar**
I was just reviewing my form
in the previous game.
**[15:20] Mar**
I don't want to pitch
'cause I'm done for the day.
**[15:24] Coa**
*So he* did *hear me. He was just ignoring me.*
**[15:27] Ann**
*Batting second, shortstop, Sagara-san.*
**[15:34] Mar**
Oh, huh. We gave up three runs, somehow.
**[15:38] Coa**
Oka's no good to us in his current state.
Go pitch before the game gets away from us.
**[15:44] Mar**
But that wasn't the plan.
**[15:45] Mar**
Y'know, Coach, if I bust
my arm, you'll get fired.
**[15:49] Coa**
You only pitched one inning!
**[15:51] Coa**
Just get out there!
**[15:54] Ump**
Ball!
**[15:54] Ump**
Ball four!
**[15:56] Tao**
Boring.
**[15:58] All**
All right!
**[15:58] All**
Bases loaded!
**[16:00] Yay**
Oh man, talk about pressure...
**[16:03] Oka**
Dammit. What the hell is going on here?!
**[16:06] Ino**
Nothing's working. That's just how it is.
**[16:16] Oka**
Mario?
**[16:18] Coa**
Timeout!
**[16:21] Ani**
What's this?
**[16:22] Ani**
Their battery took a timeout
and now they're takin' another?
**[16:29] Nis**
They're taking years. Stop wasting time.
**[16:32] Mut**
We were on a roll!
**[16:34] Dai**
They're buying time for
the pitcher in the bullpen.
**[16:37] Dai**
They'll probably switch pitchers now.
**[16:39] Coa**
We're switching pitchers.
**[16:41] Coa**
Mario!
**[16:57] Nis**
H-He's huge!
**[16:58] Yay**
He seems special in that unique uniform.
**[17:03] Mar**
Thanks for buying me some time.
**[17:06] Oka**
Um, I'm sorry, Mario.
**[17:08] Oka**
You were done for the day,
but because I'm having an off-day...
**[17:11] Oka**
It's rough with bases loaded,
but please get us out of it.
**[17:16] Mar**
An off-day?
**[17:18] Mar**
That's how good Oka is on a *good* day.
**[17:20] Mar**
He still hasn't realized that?
**[17:21] Ino**
Hey! He's your senior!
**[17:24] Mar**
He probably got his ass handed
to him 'cause his tell is so obvious.
**[17:27] Mar**
His control's all over the place,
**[17:29] Mar**
which is why he's on the B-Team
even though he's a second-year.
**[17:32] Mar**
And Inoue-san, please make
sure you catch my miracle balls.
**[17:36] Mar**
You're a second-year who also yo-yos between the B-Team and A-Team.
**[17:44] Dai**
A southpaw, huh?
**[17:46] Dai**
His pitches look pretty fast.
**[17:49] Kan**
You think he's their ace?
**[17:51] Tao**
Probably.
**[17:52] Tao**
What a stupid look,
giving us a ten-run handicap,
**[17:55] Tao**
then panicking and putting in their ace.
**[17:58] Ump**
Play!
**[18:03] Mar**
*This team's basically all girls.*
**[18:06] Mar**
*People who mess up against this team...*
**[18:09] Mar**
*...should just quit baseball!*
**[18:14] Yay**
Ouchy, that really hurt!
**[18:17] Ump**
Hit by pitch!
**[18:22] Nis**
Sweet! A forced run!
**[18:25] Dai**
14 runs!
**[18:27] Yay**
Hey, kid.
**[18:29] Yay**
Were you checking out my butt
when you threw that?
**[18:32] Mar**
Wha— No, I wasn't!
**[18:33] Ann**
*Batting fourth, catcher, Shigeno-kun.*
**[18:37] Dai**
*It's hard to tell because it hit Sawa-san,*
**[18:40] Dai**
* but the fact she couldn't dodge it*
* in time means it must've been fast.*
**[18:44] Yay**
Man, my butt hurts.
**[18:47] Dai**
*I need to hit before he sorts out his control.*
**[18:57] Mar**
I have no interest in guys' asses.
**[19:01] Mar**
Oh, and by the way, I'm just getting warmed up.
**[19:11] Ump**
Strike two!
**[19:13] Chi**
Wow, those are so fast.
**[19:15] Mut**
Wh-What *is* that?
**[19:17] Mut**
I've never seen anything like it.
**[19:20] Yay**
No wonder my butt still hurts.
**[19:23] Coa**
* Mario's a southpaw who can pitch*
* at 130 kmph with a rubber ball.*
**[19:29] Coa**
* And he's only a first-year in middle school.*
* He's got frightening potential.*
**[19:33] Coa**
*These kids won't even be able to graze it.*
**[19:38] Ump**
Foul!
**[19:42] Dai**
That's Dai-chan for ya.
**[20:03] Ino**
*What the hell?*
**[20:04] Ino**
* Don't insist on fastballs*
* just because he grazed it.*
**[20:11] Mar**
*Not bad, short stuff.*
**[20:17] Ani**
That's good, that's good!
**[20:18] Mut**
Yer timin' is gettin' better!
**[20:21] Mar**
*This guy's really pissing me off.*
**[20:23] Mar**
* Getting cheered on by cuties*
* on a battlefield for men?*
**[20:27] Mar**
*I'm so damn jealous, you little brat!*
**[20:33] Ump**
Foul!
**[20:34] Coa**
Inoue!
**[20:36] Ino**
T-Timeout!
**[20:38] Ino**
Hey, Mario, you need to listen
and stop pitching fastballs.
**[20:42] Ino**
Stop being so petty and
throw a breaking ball already.
**[20:45] Mar**
I'm not being petty.
**[20:48] Mar**
I'm just worried 'cause the bases are loaded.
**[20:51] Mar**
I mean, you might let my
Mario-balls go past you, y'know?
**[20:55] Ino**
D-Don't look down on me!
**[20:57] Ino**
Of course I'll catch them!
Just trust me and throw them!
**[21:00] Mar**
Hm, if you say so...
**[21:03] Ino**
Don't look at the ball! Look at me!
**[21:06] Dai**
* So far, he's shaken off every sign*
* and only pitched fastballs.*
**[21:10] Dai**
*He'll start throwing breaking balls now.*
**[21:13] Ump**
Play.
**[21:14] Mar**
*Oh, fine then.*
**[21:16] Mar**
* My arm's warmed up now,*
* so why don't I give you a taste?*
**[21:21] Mar**
*Of my...*
**[21:23] Mar**
*...miracle Mario-balls!*
**[21:27] Dai**
*A fastball!*
**[21:34] Dai**
*No, it's not!*
**[21:43] Guy**
Not an uncaught third strike!
**[21:45] Mar**
That idiot! He let it past him after all!
**[21:48] Chi**
Whoosh!
**[21:49] Mar**
First!
**[21:51] Ump**
Out!
**[21:54] Chi**
That was impressive.
**[21:56] Txt**
Fuurin
**[21:56] Txt**
Fuurin
**[21:56] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[21:56] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[21:56] Ump**
Three outs!
**[21:57] Ump**
Change sides!
**[22:00] Mar**
So about that...
**[22:02] Ino**
I-I'm sorry.
**[22:03] Ino**
I'll definitely get the next one.
**[22:05] Ino**
I'll stop it for sure.
**[22:06] Mut**
D-Didn't that one just
suddenly change course?
**[22:09] Dai**
Yeah.
**[22:11] Dai**
What *was* that?
**[22:13] Dai**
It came down like a forkball,
but went off at an angle like a slider.
**[22:19] Dai**
This is bad news.
**[22:21] Dai**
I doubt we'll be scoring any
more runs against that pitcher.
**[22:25] Dai**
We need to bring our best defense!
**[24:00] Mut**
I need to pitch to the end by myself.
**[24:03] Mut**
I'm Fuurin Middle's ace!
**[24:05] Dai**
I don't believe it.
**[24:06] Dai**
We've been playing their B-Team up to now?!
**[24:07] Txt**
Fuurin
**[24:07] Txt**
Fuurin
**[24:07] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[24:07] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[24:08] Dai**
So what kind of baseball
does their regular team play?
**[24:12] Mut**
This is what our region's
best players look like?
**[24:15] Mut**
They're too good for us!
**[24:16] Dai**
We're not going to give up.
**[24:18] Dai**
There's got to be *some* way for us to win.
***SIGN*** A Storm Brewing
**[24:20] Dai**
Next time: "A Storm Brewing!"
**[24:22] Chiy**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
# E23 - A Storm Brewing
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRP5K0VKR/a-storm-brewing)
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**[00:00] Ump**
Play!
**[00:01] Mar**
*Oh, fine then.*
**[00:03] Mar**
* My arm's warmed up now,*
* so why don't I give you a taste?*
**[00:08] Mar**
*Of my...*
**[00:10] Mar**
*...miracle Mario-balls!*
**[00:14] Dai**
*A fastball!*
**[00:21] Dai**
*No, it's not!*
***SIGN*** A Storm Brewing
**[02:11] Ump**
Strike!
**[02:12] Ump**
You're out!
**[02:13] Txt**
Fuurin
**[02:13] Txt**
Fuurin
**[02:13] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[02:13] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[02:17] Mut**
* It looks like we won't get any*
* more runs against that pitcher,*
**[02:20] Mut**
* but we've gone two innings*
* without them scoring.*
**[02:24] Mut**
* Right now, it's 14-0, so if I limit them*
* to four runs max in the next two innings,*
**[02:29] Mut**
*the game gets called in our favor.*
**[02:36] Ump**
Out!
**[02:37] Mut**
*All right!*
**[02:38] Mut**
*Just five more outs and the game gets called!*
**[02:40] Mut**
*If we take this nice and steady, we can win!*
**[02:43] Ann**
*Batting eighth, shortstop, Hagiwara-kun.*
**[02:47] Coa**
What are you all playing at?!
**[02:49] Coa**
If we don't score five runs in the next
two innings, the game will be called!
**[02:53] Kid**
**You're *the one who gave them
that crazy handicap.*
**[02:59] Mut**
Right field!
**[03:02] Mut**
All right!
**[03:03] Dai**
That's two outs!
**[03:05] Ann**
*Batting ninth, pitcher, Kunitomo-kun.*
**[03:09] Mar**
I'm sorry about this.
**[03:12] Mar**
Sure, he didn't know you,
but even so, it was rude of Coach
**[03:17] Mar**
to give a ten-run lead to a team
that plays the game right.
**[03:20] Dai**
Oh, uh, it's fine...
**[03:22] Mar**
But given how many girls are on your team,
it's sorta understandable...
**[03:27] Mar**
Problem is, the team you're
walking all over right now
**[03:32] Mar**
is mostly made up of backup players
and first-years. It's our B-Team.
**[03:40] Kid**
Whoa!
**[03:41] Kid**
Hell yeah!
**[03:44] Mar**
Look at that!
**[03:45] Mar**
Keep us rolling, scrubs!
**[03:47] Dai**
*Mostly backup players and first-years?*
**[03:50] Dai**
*We haven't been playing their starters?*
**[03:59] Mut**
*A bunt?*
**[04:01] Dai**
Third!
**[04:03] Dai**
Wait, don't!
**[04:04] Dai**
You won't make it!
**[04:05] Ump**
Safe!
**[04:08] Mar**
* Damn, if she'd thrown it,*
* I coulda bolted for home.*
**[04:10] Ani**
Runners on first and third!
**[04:12] Yay**
We're leading by 14 runs,
so does it really matter?
**[04:16] Coa**
* Thanks to Mario,*
* we're finally getting somewhere.*
**[04:19] Coa**
* Even as the B-Team, they're useless if they*
* can't crush a pitcher like her the second time.*
**[04:27] Dai**
Left!
**[04:28] Mut**
Great! Just what I was going for!
**[04:37] Mar**
Lucky!
**[04:38] Play**
That's one run back!
**[04:40] Chi**
Um, you could've caught that, you know, Chiyo.
**[04:44] Chiy**
I-I'm sorry.
**[04:48] Ann**
*Batting third, catcher, Inoue-kun.*
**[04:51] Dai**
*This is bad.*
**[04:52] Dai**
*We can't do anything about Chiyo's fielding...*
**[04:55] Dai**
*But they're reading Mutsuko's pitches now.*
**[04:57] Coa**
Okay, keep us rolling, Inoue!
**[05:04] Coa**
The head coach?
**[05:07] ---**
* The A-Team's game ended early,*
* so we're on our way back.*
**[05:07] Txt/Hc**
Coach
**[05:07] Txt/Hc**
The A-Team's game ended early
so we're on our way back
**[05:07] Txt/Hc**
We'll be there soon,
so vacate the field.
**[05:10] ---**
*We'll be there soon, so vacate the field.*
**[05:13] Txt**
Fuurin
**[05:13] Txt**
Fuurin
**[05:13] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[05:13] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[05:17] Ump**
Play!
**[05:18] Mut**
* Daigo told me I could go all out*
* since I've got Nishina as backup.*
**[05:24] Mut**
* But as the ace, I have to get*
* through this game by myself!*
**[05:30] Mut**
First!
**[05:33] Dai**
Mutsuko!
**[05:38] Mut**
No!
**[05:39] Ump**
Safe!
**[05:40] Dai**
Home!
**[05:44] Ump**
Safe!
**[05:45] Txt**
Fuurin
**[05:45] Txt**
Fuurin
**[05:45] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[05:45] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[05:45] Guy**
Yeah, that's two!
**[05:48] Mut**
Don't worry about it.
**[05:49] Ani**
I-I'm sorry.
**[05:52] Dai**
* Anita's not used to being on first,*
* so she made an error too. This is bad.*
**[05:56] Coa**
Timeout!
**[05:58] Coa**
Can I speak to whoever's
in charge of your team?
**[06:06] Dai**
Ah, sorry! I'm the captain. Will I do?
**[06:10] Mut**
What's this?
**[06:11] Yay**
What's going on?
**[06:13] Dai**
What?!
**[06:14] Dai**
You want to end the game *now*?!
**[06:16] Coa**
There's been a schedule change,
so we no longer have use of the field.
**[06:22] Coa**
Well, we'll chalk this up as a win for
you guys, so you can head off now.
**[06:29] Coa**
The game's over!
**[06:30] Coa**
The A-Team will be back any minute,
so prep the field for them!
**[06:34] Mar**
For real, Coach?
**[06:36] Mar**
It was just getting good.
**[06:38] Coa**
You guys took too long to get into gear!
**[06:40] Txt**
Fuurin
**[06:40] Txt**
Fuurin
**[06:40] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[06:40] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[06:41] Coa**
Wipe that off!
**[06:42] Coa**
If the head coach sees
that score, I'll be in trouble!
**[06:45] Coa**
Pretty up the scorebook too!
Make it, uh, 14-10 or something.
**[06:49] Ino**
*Falsify the score?!*
**[06:50] Dai**
Wait, hold on a minute.
**[06:53] Dai**
If something came up and
the game has to end now, that's fine,
**[06:56] Dai**
but could you at least let us know when
we can play our next practice game?
**[07:00] Coa**
What?
**[07:01] Dai**
It was agreed that we'd play
each other again if we won.
**[07:07] Coa**
* He's getting cocky because*
* they were in the lead.*
**[07:10] Coa**
*Playing them again won't do us any good.*
**[07:14] Coa**
Yeah, sure, sounds fine.
Maybe next year in the spring or something.
**[07:18] Dai**
Next *year*?!
**[07:19] Coac**
That ain't no way to treat our guests...
**[07:23] Coac**
...Yoneyama.
**[07:27] Coa**
B-Boss!
**[07:28] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[07:28] Txt**
Head
Coach
**[07:28] Txt**
Kunitomo
**[07:31] All**
"B-Boss"?
**[07:33] Yay**
He looks like a character.
**[07:34] Kan**
Scary!
**[07:35] Tao**
Uh, like... an underworld boss?
**[07:42] Kun**
You been tamperin' with the scores, Yoneyama?
**[07:45] Kun**
Why'd ya give 'em such
a big handicap to start with?
**[07:48] Coa**
W-Well, because...
**[07:50] Kun**
Well, whatever.
**[07:51] Kun**
Ending the game here ain't polite.
**[07:57] Kun**
I apologize to our guests from Fuurin for
pittin' ya against our B-Team of first-years.
**[08:03] Kun**
Starting now...
**[08:05] Kun**
we'll treat ya right and field
our best players against you.
**[08:13] Kun**
We'll just pick up from
where you guys left off.
**[08:16] Kun**
That all right?
**[08:17] Dai**
Y-Yes, sir.
**[08:18] Kan**
Hold up! Are you serious?
**[08:20] Kan**
So, up to now, we've been
playing their backup players?
**[08:23] Yay**
Looks like it.
**[08:25] Tao**
That's why we managed to
keep pace with them before.
**[08:28] Tao**
Makes sense.
**[08:31] Dai**
Are you okay, Mutsuko?
**[08:33] Dai**
We've still got a big lead. It's their A-Team,
but let's plow on and not worry about that.
**[08:36] Mut**
Yeah.
**[08:41] Dai**
Nishina, something wrong?
**[08:43] Nis**
Oh, uh, no...
**[08:47] Nis**
*Is this for real?*
**[08:48] Nis**
* I'd been wondering where*
* he ended up after that.*
**[08:52] (Flashback) Yama**
It seems Coach Kunitomo, who was
due to take over in the near future,
**[08:56] (Flashback) Yama**
now won't be able to do so,
for various reasons.
**[09:01] Nis**
* And now I find out... he's just*
* coaching at another middle school!*
**[09:09] Ann**
* Batter change. Yoshii-kun*
* switches out for Ashley-kun.*
**[09:15] Ani**
Huh? First, we get "Mario," an' now
there's another foreign name?
**[09:19] Mut**
*Look who's talking.*
**[09:21] Yay**
So what is this now, the World Series?
**[09:25] Tao**
Finally, a hot batter!
**[09:28] Dai**
*So these are their starters.*
**[09:31] Dai**
* This is the real Tsujidou,*
* the strongest team in the prefecture.*
**[09:36] Dai**
*How good are they really?*
**[09:39] Ump**
Play!
**[09:44] Ump**
Strike!
**[09:46] Kac**
Huh. What d'you think?
**[09:47] Rui**
Not too bad, I guess.
**[09:50] Kac**
The girl on second is my type.
**[09:51] Mas**
Really?
**[09:53] Mas**
The shortstop's fine, too.
**[09:55] Hir**
Okay, the center fielder for me.
**[09:56] Kac**
You can have the chick on third.
**[09:59] Rui**
But you know, I'm not really a fan of this...
**[10:02] Rui**
Bullying these girls just ain't right.
**[10:12] Kac**
Nice! Three-run homer!
**[10:16] Txt**
Fuurin
**[10:16] Txt**
Fuurin
**[10:16] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[10:16] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[10:16] Mas**
All right. At least the game
can't be called next inning.
**[10:20] Hir**
Nice, Ash!
**[10:22] Yay**
Don't sweat it!
**[10:24] Yay**
Our earlier errors cost us those runs.
Let's reset and do this!
**[10:28] Ann**
*Batting fifth, pinch hitter, Etou-kun.*
**[10:32] Dai**
*What's going on?*
**[10:34] Dai**
* He hadn't seen Mutsuko's low outside slider*
* before and still slugged it out of the park.*
**[10:44] Kid**
We're on a roll!
**[10:47] Kid**
Now they're only eight ahead.
**[10:49] Tao**
This is bad.
**[10:53] Coa**
That's the A-Team for you! At this rate,
we'll make up those eight runs in no time.
**[10:57] Coa**
By the way, Boss, why'd you arrange
a practice game with these losers?
**[11:01] Coa**
It's been years since Fuurin had a strong team.
**[11:04] Kuni**
There's a kid I coached before I came here
on their roster. I wondered how he was doin'.
**[11:09] Coa**
A kid you coached?
**[11:13] Ump**
Ball four!
**[11:15] Kid**
Hey, hey! The pitcher's shakin' like a leaf!
**[11:19] Ann**
*Batting seventh, pinch hitter, Kaji-kun.*
**[11:28] Mut**
*It's no use. I can't contain them.*
**[11:30] Mut**
*These guys... hit differently!*
**[11:39] Mut**
*Ouch!*
**[11:47] Dai**
Mutsuko!
**[11:50] Mar**
See, this is what I was talking about.
**[11:53] Kid**
It's dangerous for girls to play against boys.
**[11:59] Dai**
Mutsuko! Are you okay?
**[12:01] Dai**
Where did it hit you?
**[12:03] Dai**
Mutsuko? Mutsuko!
**[12:16] Kuni**
You all right?
**[12:17] Kuni**
It might be a rubber ball,
but it hit you dead on.
**[12:20] Kuni**
Right on your pivot leg, too,
so don't go pushin' yourself.
**[12:22] Mut**
I'm fine, thank you.
**[12:24] Yay**
Are you sure?
**[12:26] Dai**
It's only a practice game,
so shouldn't we play it safe?
**[12:29] Dai**
Why don't you just switch with Nishina?
**[12:33] Mut**
I said I was fine, really.
**[12:35] Mut**
Come on, everyone, back to your places.
**[12:37] Dai**
Mutsuko...
**[12:39] Mut**
I get it.
**[12:41] Mut**
It's not just my ankle.
My pitches aren't good enough.
**[12:47] Mut**
But Nishina still has to warm up.
**[12:50] Mut**
We need one more out this inning.
**[12:53] Mut**
I'll get it for us.
**[12:57] Dai**
All right.
**[12:58] Rui**
She's carrying on?
**[13:00] Mas**
How tenacious.
**[13:01] Txt**
Fuurin
**[13:01] Txt**
Fuurin
**[13:01] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[13:01] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[13:02] Rui**
Looks like this is the inning we catch up.
**[13:07] Ump**
Ball!
**[13:14] Ump**
Ball!
**[13:15] Tao**
Let him hit, let him hit!
**[13:18] Chiy**
* If only I'd caught that fly ball.*
* This inning would've been over.*
**[13:26] Ump**
Hit by pitch!
**[13:28] Kids**
Yes, bases loaded!
**[13:30] Kids**
We're not done yet!
**[13:41] Mut**
*I can't get that last out.*
**[13:43] Mut**
*This is so frustrating!*
**[13:45] Ann**
*Batting ninth, pitcher, Kunitomo-kun.*
**[14:00] Mut**
Nishina?
**[14:02] Nis**
Senpai, you can't keep going with that leg.
**[14:04] Nis**
I'll pitch.
**[14:14] Dai**
Our pitcher is switching
with our right fielder.
**[14:20] (Flashback) Nis**
I mean to say, *please* let me pitch.
**[14:23] (Flashback) Nis**
I'm super pissed off right now.
**[14:28] (Flashback) Nis**
Tsujidou's head coach over there
**[14:31] (Flashback) Nis**
is the same Kunitomo who was meant
to come to our school in the spring.
**[14:35] (Flashback) All**
What?!
**[14:38] Ump**
Play!
**[14:39] (Flashback) Nis**
And that kid Mario is also a Kunitomo,
so he's probably his son.
**[14:44] (Flashback) Nis**
I don't know what his reasons were,
**[14:46] (Flashback) Nis**
but this guy betrayed us, then shamelessly
agreed to a practice game against us.
**[14:52] (Flashback) Nis**
I'm done with him playing us for fools.
**[14:55] (Flashback) Nis**
I can't just keep taking it
when he's gone this far!
**[15:02] Ump**
Strike!
**[15:11] Chiy**
*Nishina-kun, do your best!*
**[15:16] Ump**
Strike!
**[15:21] Guy**
This guy's fast.
**[15:23] Guy2**
Unlike that girl's pitches.
**[15:25] Dai**
*All right, we've cornered him.*
**[15:27] Dai**
* Let's tempt him with a pitch*
* outside the strike zone.*
**[15:30] Nis**
*I'm not the person you knew a year ago.*
**[15:34] Nis**
*I'll make you regret turning your back on me!*
**[15:39] Dai**
Left!
**[15:42] Nis**
*Oh no! It's all over!*
**[15:46] Chi**
Chiyo!
**[15:48] Chiyo**
Get it!
**[15:55] Ani**
No way!
**[15:57] Dai**
Yes!
**[15:58] Nis**
For real?
**[16:00] Ump**
Out!
**[16:01] Ump**
Three outs. Change sides!
**[16:07] Kand**
Nice catch!
**[16:08] Tao**
Good job, Chiyo!
**[16:11] Nis**
You saved us, Chiyo.
**[16:18] Coa**
Limited to six runs, huh?
**[16:20] Coa**
I would've liked two or three more.
**[16:22] Kuni**
Yoneyama.
**[16:23] Coa**
Yes?
**[16:24] Kuni**
Inoue will probably be fine,
**[16:27] Kuni**
but I can't get a feel for this team.
**[16:29] Kuni**
Get Sakaguchi out here, just in case.
**[16:31] Kuni**
He should be in the computer lab.
**[16:36] Ump**
Strike!
**[16:38] Dai**
*We're still eight runs ahead,*
**[16:41] Dai**
* but if it wasn't for the handicap,*
* they would've overtaken us and it'd be 6-4 now.*
**[16:45] Dai**
*Mario's pitches are fast, and I don't
even* know *what that breaking ball is.*
**[16:50] Dai**
* And their A-Team's batting*
* skills are also next level.*
**[16:54] Dai**
*They're definitely not a team we can beat.*
**[16:57] Dai**
* I don't know how much of that is their*
* coach's doing in the last six months...*
**[17:07] Ani**
Oh, right! Kan-chan's a southpaw killer!
**[17:12] Ump**
Out!
**[17:14] Tao**
A right grounder?!
**[17:16] Ani**
Too slow!
**[17:18] Ann**
*Batting ninth, left field, Fujii Chiyo-san.*
**[17:23] Dai**
*But we're not going to give up!*
**[17:26] Dai**
* Even if we need the handicap to do it,*
* a win means we play them again.*
**[17:28] Dai**
* And if we play strong teams,*
* our team can get stronger, too!*
**[17:34] Ump**
Ball four!
**[17:36] Ino**
Time!
**[17:38] Mar**
Stay there!
**[17:40] Mar**
I know already, so leave me alone!
**[17:42] Mar**
I don't need your advice!
**[17:44] Rui**
*That clown. He's letting it get to him.*
**[17:47] Rui**
* He may have a big frame, but he's still*
* just a kid. That's my little brother for you.*
**[17:55] Ump**
Safe!
**[17:56] Kan**
Nice!
**[17:57] Dai**
One out, runners on first and second!
**[18:00] Ann**
*Batting second, shortstop, Sagara-san.*
**[18:03] Tao**
That odd couple is doing well.
**[18:05] Coa**
Boss, should I warm up?
**[18:07] Coa**
Mario's slipping into bad habits again.
**[18:12] Ump**
Ball!
**[18:14] Kuni**
No. Sakaguchi's comin'. That should be enough.
**[18:16] Kuni**
He'll straighten him out.
***SIGN*** Room
**[18:21] Coa**
Hey, Sakaguchi.
**[18:22] Coa**
The head coach asked for you.
**[18:24] Coa**
We might need you in this
practice game, so get out here.
**[18:27] Sak**
Can I just have a minute more?
**[18:29] Sak**
I'm almost done inputting
the data from our last game.
**[18:33] Coa**
Okay, but make it quick.
**[18:34] Sak**
I will.
**[18:49] Both**
All right!
**[18:49] Both**
Yes!
**[18:50] Obi**
Mario! You gotta cover!
**[18:55] Kuni**
Ya gotta laugh. Just a textbook
example of him workin' himself up.
**[19:00] Ani**
One out, bases loaded!
**[19:01] Dai**
Keep it up!
**[19:03] Ino**
*I don't care anymore.*
**[19:05] Ino**
* He refuses timeouts. He only throws*
* fastballs. Go ahead and self-destruct.*
**[19:09] Obi**
Chill out, Mario!
**[19:11] Dai**
*Okay.*
**[19:12] Dai**
* Two more runs, and the mercy*
* rule comes into play again.*
**[19:15] Dai**
* As long as he doesn't throw his*
* miracle ball, we can do this.*
**[19:19] Ump**
Ball!
**[19:23] Ump**
Ball!
**[19:25] Coa**
Boss, he'll completely fall apart
if you don't switch him out.
**[19:28] Coa**
Don't you think it's too early to put Mario in
an A-Team uniform when he's still a first-year?
**[19:33] Kuni**
It's fine.
**[19:34] Kuni**
No better time to bully him
than a practice game.
**[19:37] Kuni**
You'd have a point if it was any other player,
but he's my son. I won't go easy on him.
**[19:42] Kuni**
If he's gonna fall apart,
the sooner the better.
**[19:48] Ani**
She got it!
**[19:50] Ump**
Out!
**[19:53] Ani**
But it was good enough for a sacrifice fly!
**[19:55] Kan**
Chiyo's running!
**[19:57] Ani**
She didn't tag up?!
**[19:59] Ash**
Third!
**[20:00] Chiyo**
No!
**[20:02] Ump**
S-Safe!
**[20:04] Nis**
That was close.
**[20:05] Chi**
Chiyo, did you forget
how to play baseball?
**[20:09] Chiy**
S-Sorry.
**[20:11] Yay**
*I thought that was outta here.*
**[20:15] Kuni**
*She's a good hitter, that one.*
**[20:17] Ann**
*Batting fourth, catcher, Shigeno-kun.*
**[20:21] Dai**
*Wait a minute. Now I get it.*
**[20:24] Dai**
* The reason he isn't*
* throwing those breaking balls*
**[20:26] Dai**
* is probably because the*
* catcher can't catch them!*
**[20:30] Dai**
* Drop it a few more times*
* and we'd figure it out.*
**[20:32] Dai**
* With runners on base,*
* it's an even riskier option.*
**[20:38] Dai**
* If he just keeps throwing it*
* down the pipe, we're not scared!*
**[20:43] Ump**
Foul!
**[20:45] Hik**
Huh. He's got a nice swing.
**[20:49] Kuni**
Oh, you're here.
**[20:50] Kuni**
Timeout!
**[20:51] Kuni**
Field change.
**[20:53] Kuni**
Catcher Inoue switches with Sakaguchi.
**[20:56] Dai**
Changing the catcher?
**[20:58] Nin**
What?
**[20:59] Ani**
He's probably the starter.
**[21:01] Tao**
I guess the catcher was
the only one still in white.
**[21:08] Mut**
Sakaguchi?
**[21:11] Hik**
Good work, Inocchi.
**[21:13] Ino**
Th-Thanks. Good luck.
**[21:25] Dai**
H-Hikaru?
**[21:27] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[21:27] Txt**
Sakaguchi Hikaru
**[21:28] Hik**
It's been a long time.
**[21:29] Hik**
You're looking well, Daigo-kun.
**[21:31] Dai**
Huh?
**[21:32] Dai**
What are you doing here, Hikaru?
**[21:34] Mut**
I thought that was him!
**[21:36] Tao**
You know him?
**[21:37] Mut**
Yeah!
**[21:38] Mut**
We played Little League together.
**[21:40] Mut**
But then he moved to Gunma.
**[21:43] Hik**
A lot's happened.
**[21:45] Hik**
I came back here in my
first year of middle school.
**[21:48] Dai**
I-I see.
**[21:49] Dai**
But it's great to see you're all better now!
**[21:52] Dai**
I never would've guessed
you'd become a catcher.
**[21:57] Hik**
Yeah...
**[21:59] Hik**
I can't pitch anymore, you see.
**[22:02] Hik**
Because of that injury.
**[22:05] Coa**
Hey! Stop yakking and start playing already!
**[22:08] Hik**
Oh, sorry about that.
**[22:20] Dai**
*He can't pitch anymore...*
**[22:26] Dai**
*...because of that injury.*
**[24:00] Mut**
Hikaru-kun is at Tsujidou?!
**[24:03] Tao**
Hikaru-kun! We finally got
ourselves a real prince!
**[24:08] Mut**
Don't be so laid back.
**[24:10] Mut**
They're in a completely different league!
**[24:12] Tao**
This might be the only time
everyone gets to play together.
**[24:16] Mut**
Huh? What do you mean, "the only time"?
***SIGN*** Cinderella's Magic
**[24:18] Tao**
Next time: "Cinderella's Magic."
**[24:21] Mut**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
# E24 - Cinderella's Magic
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR4PZXJ8Y/cinderellas-magic)
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**[00:06] ---**
H-Hikaru...
**[00:09] Hik**
It's been a long time.
**[00:10] Hik**
You're looking well, Daigo-kun.
**[00:15] Dai**
*He can't pitch anymore...*
**[00:20] Dai**
*...because of that injury.*
***SIGN*** Cinderella's Magic
**[02:01] Mut**
* So I guess Sakaguchi must be*
* his mother's maiden name.*
**[02:06] Mut**
* He's gotten taller and*
* doesn't wear glasses now.*
**[02:09] Mut**
*But it's definitely him.*
**[02:13] Mut**
Huh? What is it?
**[02:14] Tao**
Hey, Mutsu. You said you used
to be friends with that guy?
**[02:17] Tao**
His name's Sakaguchi-kun, right?
**[02:20] Tao**
You need to introduce us afterwards!
**[02:22] Tao**
I think we'd make a wonderful couple!
**[02:24] Mut**
Excuse me?
**[02:30] Hik**
I won't let you hit.
**[02:33] Ump**
Play!
**[02:34] Coa**
Boss, has Sakaguchi ever
caught any of Mario's pitches?
**[02:38] Kun**
Hm, well, this is actually Mario's A-Team debut.
**[02:43] Kun**
So it's his first time catching for him.
**[02:45] Ino**
*This is ridiculous.*
**[02:46] Ino**
* Sure, as an A-Team regular,*
* Hikaru is a better catcher than me,*
**[02:50] Ino**
* but there's no way he'll catch*
* those Mario-balls on his first try.*
**[02:53] Ump**
Ball!
**[02:59] (Flashback) Mar**
Huh? What'd you say?
**[03:01] (Flashback) Hik**
I don't care if they're "Mario-balls"
or whatever, but don't throw them.
**[03:06] (Flashback) Hik**
Just throw fastballs.
**[03:08] (Flashback) Mar**
I was throwin' fastballs 'cause Inoue
can't catch anythin' else, and they got hits!
**[03:12] (Flashback) Mar**
As the A-Team catcher,
you should catch 'em just fine, right?!
**[03:15] (Flashback) Hik**
So it's Inoue's fault you went to pieces?
**[03:18] (Flashback) Hik**
No, it was your own fault.
**[03:22] (Flashback) Hik**
Catchers aren't babysitters.
**[03:25] (Flashback) Hik**
Stop being a baby.
**[03:29] Ump**
Ball!
**[03:30] Ump**
Two balls, one strike!
**[03:32] Guy**
Nice, Hikaru!
**[03:34] Coa**
What are they doing?
**[03:35] Coa**
We switched in Sakaguchi,
but nothing's changed!
**[03:37] Mar**
*What the hell is this?*
**[03:39] Mar**
*How can the A-Team catcher be so crap?*
**[03:42] Mar**
* He acts all high 'n' mighty, but he's just*
* scared my Mario-balls'll be too hot to handle.*
**[03:46] Mar**
*Well, screw you.*
**[03:48] Mar**
*I'm gonna...*
**[03:51] Mar**
*...embarrass you!*
**[03:54] Ino**
It's a Mario-ball!
**[04:00] Mar**
*He... He caught it?!*
**[04:01] Ump**
Strike!
**[04:03] Ino**
*Seriously?*
**[04:05] Hik**
Timeout.
**[04:06] Ump**
Timeout!
**[04:09] Mar**
*O-Oh crap!*
**[04:11] Mar**
*He's gonna kill me!*
**[04:14] Hik**
That was a good breaking ball.
**[04:16] Hik**
Your form wasn't shaky, and with that
trajectory, they won't get any easy hits.
**[04:21] Hik**
And what's more,
**[04:22] Hik**
your bad personality trait of not cowing to
a senior catcher makes you pitcher material.
**[04:28] Hik**
But your days are numbered if you're
already relying on that breaking ball.
**[04:33] Hik**
Your number one weapon is your fastball
with either topspin or backspin, isn't it?
**[04:44] Ump**
Count: two balls, two strikes.
**[04:46] Ump**
Play!
**[04:47] (Flashback) Hik**
Think about when your control went to pot.
**[04:49] (Flashback) Hik**
How you wavered when
the count went against you.
**[04:51] (Flashback) Hik**
How you allowed them to hit.
**[04:53] (Flashback) Hik**
It was probably your mental
game that let you down.
**[04:57] (Flashback) Hik**
Infuse your fastball with your spirit!
**[04:58] (Flashback) Hik**
That breaking ball is nothing
more than Mario-ball #2.
**[05:02] (Flashback) Hik**
A fastball thrown with your abilities...
**[05:04] (Flashback) Hik**
...is the real Mario-ball #1!
**[05:08] Ump**
Strike! You're out!
**[05:10] Mar**
Hell yeah!
**[05:20] Txt**
Fuurin
**[05:20] Txt**
Fuurin
**[05:20] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[05:20] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[05:23] Tao**
Guess we didn't score any runs.
**[05:24] Chiy**
I'm sorry. If only I'd tagged up...
**[05:29] Mut**
Daigo, what's wrong?
**[05:32] (Flashback) Hik**
I'm going to join my middle school
baseball team and make a comeback!
**[05:37] (Flashback) Hik**
So...
**[05:40] (Flashback) Hik**
Let's meet up again someday and
form the strongest battery ever!
**[05:46] Mut**
Hello? Daigo!
**[05:49] Dai**
Oh, uh, right. We're changing sides.
**[05:54] Kid**
Their cleanup's an acquaintance of yours?
**[05:56] Hik**
Acquaintance? Yeah, that's about right.
**[06:00] Coa**
All right, top of the order with our starters.
**[06:02] Coa**
Go overturn this eight-run gap.
**[06:04] All**
Yes, sir!
**[06:12] Ann**
*Batting first, shortstop, Kunitomo Luigi-kun.*
**[06:19] Mut**
*I wonder if Daigo's all right.*
**[06:21] Mut**
*He doesn't seem himself.*
**[06:23] Mut**
*Did something happen between them?*
**[06:25] Ump**
Play!
**[06:27] Ani**
Nishina!
**[06:29] Ani**
Yer pitches're good!
**[06:30] Ani**
Ain't nothin' to be scared of!
**[06:32] Ani**
We're still leadin'!
**[06:34] Ani**
Attack!
**[06:35] Lui**
Huh?
**[06:36] Ump**
Strike!
**[06:37] Kid**
You're over-rotating, Luigi!
**[06:39] Kid2**
No need to go big!
**[06:40] Ryuu**
Annoying ass.
**[06:41] Ryuu**
I'm gunning to be the
number one power hitter!
**[06:47] Dai**
I got it!
**[07:00] Ump**
Safe!
**[07:01] Nis**
Y-You said you had it!
**[07:04] Dai**
Oh, whoops, my bad.
**[07:07] Kid**
And there it is!
Luigi slugs it into the infield!
**[07:10] Hir**
Nice almost-hit!
**[07:12] Ryu**
Shut up!
**[07:15] Ann**
*Batting second, center field, Katsuno-kun.*
**[07:19] Ump**
Play!
**[07:24] Ani**
*He ain't takin' a lead.*
**[07:25] Nis**
*I guess he's not going to steal.*
**[07:32] Yay**
He's running!
**[07:32] Nis**
What?!
**[07:37] Ump**
Safe!
**[07:39] Tao**
H-Hey!
**[07:40] Ryu**
Oh, whoopsie.
**[07:45] Ryu**
Someone, help!
**[07:46] Ryu**
This girl's beating me up
while pretending to tag me out!
**[07:49] Ump**
One ball, no strikes.
**[07:51] Dai**
*I can't believe he stole with zero lead.*
**[07:54] Dai**
*How embarrassing.*
**[07:56] Nis**
*Damn, he tricked us.*
**[07:58] Nis**
* I figured he wasn't gonna run,*
* so I didn't do a slide step.*
**[08:07] Dai**
Second!
**[08:09] Ryu**
Whew, close one.
**[08:11] Tao**
*What the hell are you doing, Daigo?*
**[08:13] Tao**
*I signaled for a pickoff. Don't just miss it!*
**[08:16] Dai**
*Crap. Did I miss that?*
**[08:19] Dai**
* If we'd thrown when she signaled,*
* it would've been close.*
**[08:27] Ryu**
Hey, hey! Hey, hey!
**[08:29] Ani**
We still got the lead!
**[08:30] Ani**
The runner don't matter. Ignore him!
**[08:32] Yay**
*Something's up with you, Daigo.*
**[08:34] Yay**
* You're not giving out detailed instructions,*
* and you're not shouting to us.*
**[08:40] Ump**
Ball!
**[08:41] Mar**
He's so green, lettin' his
rhythm get disrupted like that.
**[08:45] Ino**
*Look who's talking.*
**[08:47] Rui**
Hey, hey!
**[08:48] Tao**
Shut up!
**[08:52] Ump**
Ball!
**[08:52] Ump**
Ball four!
**[08:54] Kid**
Yes, runners on first and second!
**[08:57] Ann**
*Batting third, catcher, Sakaguchi-kun.*
**[09:03] Hik**
You getting distracted?
**[09:05] Hik**
Don't worry so much about me
not being a pitcher anymore.
**[09:09] Hik**
It's not like it was your fault.
**[09:12] Hik**
And anyway, even if I could still pitch,
**[09:15] Hik**
I wouldn't want to be in a battery with you.
**[09:18] Hik**
Not when you're this mediocre.
**[09:20] Dai**
M-Mediocre?
**[09:26] Hik**
Well, I'm sure you're doing the best you can.
**[09:34] Nis**
*Screw this.*
**[09:35] Nis**
* I'm not gonna let them kick*
* my ass in front of that old fart!*
**[09:40] Ump**
Ball!
**[09:41] Hik**
My dad told me you played
baseball over at Fuurin Middle.
**[09:45] Hik**
I felt for you when I heard your team got
suspended for six months over that scandal.
**[09:51] Hik**
Seriously, you're so unlucky.
**[09:53] Dai**
Will you just shut up?!
We're in the middle of a game!
**[09:55] Hik**
But even so, I was really disappointed in you.
**[10:01] Tao**
He's running!
**[10:02] Hik**
I thought, "Why's he playing
house in this environment?"
**[10:10] Ump**
Safe!
**[10:11] Guys**
Heck yeah! Double steal!
**[10:13] Kaj**
That's our Luigi! Perfect setup!
**[10:16] Hik**
Not only did your throw to third
take nearly three seconds,
**[10:19] Hik**
you also didn't throw to the optimal spot.
**[10:22] Hik**
What on earth have you been doing
these last two years, Daigo-kun?
**[10:27] Hik**
While I went through hell
to rehabilitate myself
**[10:29] Hik**
and gave everything to
become a starter for Tsujidou,
**[10:33] Hik**
you were busy collecting
girlfriends, by the looks of it.
**[10:38] Hik**
It's really disappointing to see
Shigeno Goro's son slacking off like this.
**[10:50] Mar**
There it goes!
**[10:52] Lui**
A perfect three-run homer!
**[10:54] Hir**
Now we're only five behind!
**[11:01] Hik**
Just kidding!
**[11:04] Hik**
Enjoy your girl party.
**[11:11] Txt**
Fuurin
**[11:11] Txt**
Fuurin
**[11:11] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[11:11] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[11:12] Dai**
*I don't know...*
**[11:15] Dai**
*...what happened after that.*
**[11:24] Dai**
*And before it registered...*
**[11:35] Ump**
Strike three!
**[11:36] Ump**
You're out!
**[11:39] Dai**
*...the game was over.*
**[11:42] Txt**
Fuurin
**[11:42] Txt**
Fuurin
**[11:42] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[11:42] Txt**
Tsujidou
**[11:45] Hik**
Want to know why I became a catcher?
**[11:49] Hik**
I decided to follow in my dad's footsteps
and play catcher in the major leagues.
**[11:54] Hik**
So I think you and I are
just in different worlds now.
**[12:08] Chib**
Wh-What?!
**[12:10] Chib**
You're saying Kunitomo
is now Tsujidou's coach?
**[12:14] Chib**
Ow...
**[12:16] Nis**
Hm? Were you so shocked
you made your wound reopen?
**[12:20] Nis**
But yeah, I was really surprised.
**[12:22] Nis**
That old jackass is coaching
at the school his two sons go to.
**[12:27] Nis**
I got all pissed and took to the mound,
**[12:29] Nis**
but halfway through, their A-Team
showed up and pulverized us.
**[12:33] Nis**
They slaughtered us 20-14.
**[12:35] Chi**
Wait, 20-14? But that means
you guys scored 14 runs.
**[12:39] Nis**
No, we were given a 10-run handicap,
so the real score was 20-4.
**[12:46] Nis**
Instead of getting revenge,
I just got embarrassed some more.
**[12:50] Nis**
It's totally his fault that
we're on this all-girls team,
**[12:54] Nis**
but he still went out of his
way to grind us into the dirt.
**[12:58] Chis**
Excuse us.
**[13:00] Tao**
Yo.
**[13:01] Chis**
Hey, he's alive.
**[13:03] Chib**
Wh-What? You came too?
**[13:06] Tao**
I mean, we *are* teammates.
Of course we'd come check on you.
**[13:09] Ani**
Today's practice was canceled,
so we had nothin' better to do.
**[13:14] Chi**
Tao-senpai and the others
immediately said "hard pass" to coming.
**[13:17] Chi**
To be honest, I wanted to go shopping, but...
**[13:20] Chib**
Did you come here to bully me?
**[13:23] Tao**
So when do you think you'll be out?
**[13:25] Chib**
Oh, probably the day after tomorrow.
**[13:28] Chib**
But it'll likely be another month
till I can come to practice again.
**[13:32] Chiy**
Huh? That long?
**[13:33] Nis**
He's lying.
**[13:34] Nis**
Earlier, the doctor said he
shouldn't need more than a week.
**[13:38] Ani**
Y'all better be prepared.
**[13:41] Ani**
After that humiliatin' loss yesterday,
the captain's gonna be harder'n ever on us.
**[13:47] Ani**
Today's day off is the calm before the storm.
**[13:50] Ani**
Well, since it was frustratin' for
us too, I actually welcome it.
**[14:00] Mut**
You still just want to be our manager?
**[14:02] Chiy**
Yes, if that's all right.
**[14:08] Mut**
But why, Chiyo?
**[14:09] Mut**
Wouldn't you rather play?
**[14:10] Mut**
You got a base hit, made an amazing play,
**[14:13] Mut**
and I think you'd be
a great addition to the team!
**[14:15] Chiy**
But I only managed those things once.
**[14:18] Chiy**
Towards the end, I was
making error after error.
**[14:21] Chiy**
I basically just held everyone back.
**[14:22] Chi**
Everyone, you say?
**[14:24] Chi**
Don't you mean you held
a *certain someone* back?
**[14:28] Chiy**
Put a sock in it, Sis!
**[14:31] Chiy**
Don't make me flick your forehead!
I know it's your weakness!
**[14:33] Chi**
Not the forehead!
**[14:37] Chiy**
Chiba-kun will be back soon,
so I'm fine with a supporting role.
**[14:42] Chiy**
I'll go get things ready for practice now.
**[14:47] Nis**
Huh? How come you're in sweats?
**[14:51] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[14:51] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[14:51] Txt**
Baseball Team
**[14:51] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[14:51] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[14:51] Txt**
Baseball Team
**[14:51] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[14:51] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[14:51] Txt**
Baseball Team
**[14:52] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[14:52] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[14:52] Txt**
Baseball Team
**[14:54] Chi**
She said she'd rather be the manager than
the one who sucks and holds the team back.
**[14:59] Nis**
What?
**[15:02] Kan**
Daigo's late, isn't he?
**[15:04] Ani**
What's goin' on? I figured he'd be
workin' us to the bone from first light.
**[15:08] Yay**
Should we just start?
**[15:10] Kan**
I think we should wait.
**[15:11] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[15:11] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[15:11] Txt**
Baseball Team
**[15:13] Mut**
It's time, so let's get started.
We'll do our regular warm-up.
**[15:17] Mut**
One more time!
**[15:21] Mut**
What are you doing? You should've had that!
**[15:24] Mut**
You're moving too slow
and tiring too quickly!
**[15:26] Yay**
Yikes. Scary.
**[15:28] Tao**
Looks like Daigo isn't
our only drill sergeant.
**[15:32] Nis**
All right.
**[15:33] Nis**
You can get in position, Anita!
**[15:34] Ani**
What?
**[15:35] Ani**
Ya musta pitched around
100 balls the other day.
**[15:38] Ani**
Stick to makin' light adjustments today.
We oughta wait for the captain to instruct us.
**[15:42] Nis**
I'm fine, so just crouch down
already! 100 balls is nothing!
**[15:48] Ani**
Jeez!
**[15:50] Ani**
Well, I get how ya feel, though.
**[15:53] Nis**
*I get why he chose them over us.*
**[15:59] Nis**
*But don't go thinking that decision...*
**[16:03] Nis**
*...broke me!*
**[16:05] Nis**
* See, just making it to regionals was too*
* small a goal for me to get properly fired up!*
**[16:15] Mut**
Daigo?
**[16:18] Ani**
Captain?
**[16:19] Dai**
Morning!
**[16:20] Yay**
You're definitely not early.
**[16:22] Tao**
Since when does the captain
roll in 30 minutes late?
**[16:25] Dai**
Sorry, sorry. I overslept.
**[16:28] Mut**
Th-That's pretty rare for you.
**[16:31] Dai**
Is it?
**[16:32] Mut**
You've got to be more careful.
**[16:35] Dai**
Huh?
**[16:35] Mut**
After that huge loss, all of us shook it off
and showed up to morning practice.
**[16:40] Mut**
So why aren't you running to
get here when you're late?
**[16:43] Mut**
You didn't contact anyone, either.
**[16:45] Mut**
Daigo. Are you listening to me?
**[16:47] Dai**
Oh, come on.
**[16:49] Dai**
What's the big deal, Mutsuko?
**[16:51] Dai**
You're so scary.
**[16:54] Mut**
Daigo?
**[16:55] Dai**
This is a club, right? Let's just have fun.
**[16:59] Mut**
Huh?
**[17:01] ---**
Have fun?
**[17:03] Mut**
We *are* having fun.
**[17:05] Mut**
But after Tsujidou blew us away,
we were all obviously upset.
**[17:09] Mut**
We know we've got to try harder.
That's why we have morning practice.
**[17:12] Mut**
And you show up late—
**[17:13] Dai**
Cram it.
**[17:14] Mut**
Huh?
**[17:15] Dai**
So what if I'm late?
**[17:18] Dai**
In fact, I've been pushing
us too hard up to now.
**[17:21] Dai**
Every day, baseball this, baseball that, team
this, team that. We were like mindless idiots.
**[17:26] Mut**
Huh?
**[17:27] Dai**
We're students, which
means we also have to study.
**[17:31] Dai**
We have to sleep well, eat well,
and relax. Enjoy our youth, basically.
**[17:34] Dai**
It's not like we're baseball pros.
**[17:37] Dai**
Once I'm warmed up, I'll take over
hitting for fielding practice.
**[17:39] Mut**
J-Just a minute, Daigo!
**[17:41] Mut**
What are you saying all of a sudden?!
**[17:43] Mut**
Was losing to Tsujidou such a shock,
you've lost all motivation?
**[17:46] Mut**
So what, because we didn't stand
a chance, you're doing a 180 now?
**[17:50] Dai**
I'm not doing a 180. I just think
we don't need to go insane over it.
**[17:55] Dai**
Our goal doesn't need to be any higher
than making it to regionals, that's all.
**[18:03] Txt**
Music Room
**[18:12] Ani**
Sakura-senpai, yer thinkin' it too, aren't ya?
**[18:14] Ani**
S'jus' plain weird.
**[18:17] Ani**
Ya listenin', Senpai?
**[18:18] Mut**
Oh, uh, yeah.
**[18:19] Ani**
How're we meant to keep our morale up if our
captain's like that? What happened to him?
**[18:23] Chi**
I mean, Tsujidou *was* seriously good.
**[18:26] Chi**
I don't think there's
anything we can do about it.
**[18:29] Tao**
He said he wanted to carry on like
before. What's wrong with that?
**[18:32] Tao**
I was relieved with how calm he was about it.
**[18:35] Tao**
It would've been worse if he'd said
beating Tsujidou was our new goal.
**[18:39] Tao**
Nishina will probably be mad
'cause their coach betrayed him,
**[18:43] Tao**
but because of that,
we've got our team of girls,
**[18:46] Tao**
so if anything, I'd say, "Thanks, dude."
**[18:48] Ani**
So yer sayin' yer fine
with that humiliatin' loss?!
**[18:52] Tao**
I don't feel humiliated.
**[18:54] Tao**
I mean, we were playing against men.
**[19:00] Tao**
You saw their physique,
their hits, and their speed, right?
**[19:05] Tao**
Those weren't boys anymore. They were men.
**[19:10] Tao**
Daigo's just being realistic.
**[19:12] Tao**
It'd be cruel to ask more from us, and he
understands we don't have more to give.
**[19:18] Tao**
The time when we can go toe to toe with
the boys is at an end. The party's over.
**[19:23] Tao**
The clock struck midnight a long time ago.
**[19:27] Tao**
Cinderella's magic spell...
**[19:31] Tao**
...has broken.
**[19:36] Ani**
Bye. I'm leavin' early.
**[19:37] Chi**
I'll go on ahead, Chiyo.
**[19:39] Chiy**
Good job today.
**[19:40] Mut**
Good job!
**[19:42] Mut**
Hey, do you know where Daigo is?
**[19:44] Chiy**
Oh, he was the first to leave.
**[19:46] Chiy**
He asked if we could lock up.
**[19:49] Nis**
Say no to crunching at club.
Say yes to the reformed work style.
**[19:53] Nis**
Or whatever.
**[19:55] Nis**
If Shigeno-senpai's given up 'cause
he doesn't want you girls getting hurt,
**[19:58] Nis**
the first thing to do is
tell him what you want, no?
**[20:01] Nis**
Not that I know anything about Cinderella.
**[20:04] Mut**
Y-You heard us earlier?
**[20:07] Nis**
You can hear everything through the window.
**[20:09] Nis**
Anyway, if we just carry on like before,
we won't even scratch Tsujidou.
**[20:15] Nis**
Saying that, I don't know how it is for you girls.
**[20:18] Nis**
Oh, by the way, I wanted to ask
a favor, since you're the vice-captain.
**[20:21] Mut**
Yes?
**[20:22] Nis**
The sun's going down earlier now,
and practice isn't long enough.
**[20:26] Nis**
Please ask if we can use the floodlights.
**[20:28] Mut**
The lights?
**[20:29] Nis**
The captain was talking about
studying and youth and stuff like that,
**[20:33] Nis**
but all I have is baseball.
**[20:35] Nis**
I wanna stay later and practice,
even if it's just me.
**[20:38] Nis**
Thanks.
**[20:45] Chiy**
Nishina-kun is really motivated.
**[20:47] Mut**
Yeah. I understand
where he's coming from.
**[20:50] Mut**
I bet Anita would agree to stay later, too.
**[20:52] Chiy**
And what about you?
**[20:54] Mut**
Huh?
**[20:56] Mut**
Yeah...
**[20:57] Mut**
I was also upset about losing,
**[21:00] Mut**
but I can see Tao's point too.
**[21:03] Mut**
We've been practicing as much
as we thought we could handle,
**[21:07] Mut**
but against Tsujidou, we stood no chance.
**[21:12] Mut**
It makes you wonder if, as girls,
we *have* reached our limit.
**[21:16] Mut**
If we intensify our practices,
someone might get hurt.
**[21:20] Mut**
We're already short on players, so any
injury would rule us out of tournaments.
**[21:24] Mut**
And what's more...
**[21:26] Mut**
I might be the one who was
the most affected emotionally.
**[21:32] Chiy**
Huh?
**[21:33] Mut**
I couldn't get a single player
from Tsujidou's A-Team out.
**[21:39] Mut**
They hit back-to-back home runs.
**[21:41] Mut**
As the vice-captain, I put up a front
and tried to keep morale high.
**[21:46] Mut**
But if Daigo and Tao say we
should just carry on like before,
**[21:49] Mut**
who am I to say otherwise?
**[21:51] Mut**
I can't say anything!
**[21:52] Mut**
Not when I'm this weak!
**[21:56] Txt**
Dream
**[22:02] Izu**
I'm home... Huh?
**[22:04] Mom**
Welcome back, Izumi.
**[22:06] Izu**
Hey, Mom, did Daigo come home early?
**[22:09] Mom**
Yeah. He was very slow going
to morning practice, too.
**[22:12] Mom**
Something's up with him.
**[22:16] Izu**
I mean, he's a teenager now.
He's probably got a lot going on.
**[24:00] Chi**
It's "friends," yeah?
**[24:02] Ani**
It's "hard work," 'n' "guts"!
**[24:04] Kan**
It's "diet" and uh...
**[24:06] Chiy**
"Adoration," I think?
**[24:07] Yay**
There's no one word for it.
**[24:09] Tao**
The good times and the bad.
**[24:12] Mut**
Because we've got baseball.
**[24:14] Chi**
Yeah!
**[24:14] Ani**
That's right!
**[24:15] Tao**
Because we've got baseball!
**[24:17] Yay**
That's why...
**[24:17] Mut**
Next time:
**[24:18] All**
"...With You Again!"
**[24:20] Mut**
All together now:
**[24:21] Mut**
Run to the stage of your dreams!
***SIGN*** ...With You Again
# E25 - ...With You Again!
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**[00:02] Txt**
Fuurin Academy Private Middle School
**[00:02] Txt**
Fuurin Academy Private Middle School
**[00:02] Txt**
Fuurin Academy Private Middle School
**[00:17] Chi**
Here.
**[00:19] Kan**
Batting's open.
**[00:20] Kan**
Who's next?
**[00:22] Nis**
Me, me! I'll do some!
**[00:25] Nis**
Thank you, Anita.
**[00:26] Ani**
Sakura-senpai!
**[00:28] Ani**
The bullpen's open now!
**[00:30] Mut**
Oh, I'm good for now.
**[00:32] Mut**
Why don't you bat, too?
**[00:34] Ani**
Huh? Ya ain't gonna pitch?
**[00:38] Nis**
Bring it on!
***SIGN*** ...With You Again!
**[02:25] Dai**
Huh?
**[02:26] Dai**
Permission to use the floodlights?
**[02:28] Mut**
Y-Yeah.
**[02:29] Mut**
Nishina wants to stay later
to practice some more.
**[02:32] Mut**
The sun's going down earlier and earlier,
and Anita would probably join him, too.
**[02:38] Dai**
Why? I said we could just carry on like before.
**[02:43] Dai**
Increasing training time
without a plan won't do the trick.
**[02:47] Dai**
You can't just do that.
**[02:49] Mut**
Uh, yeah, but it's only for
people who want to stay later.
**[02:53] Mut**
Nobody's forcing them—
**[02:54] Dai**
I'm against it.
**[02:55] Dai**
Everyone else will feel peer-pressured
into staying behind.
**[02:59] Dai**
Besides, if we leave someone
like Nishina to his own devices,
**[03:02] Dai**
he might overdo it and injure himself.
**[03:07] Dai**
You need to shut that kind of
talk down right away, Mutsuko.
**[03:10] Mut**
What's *that* mean?
**[03:12] Mut**
Then *you* tell them that to their faces.
**[03:14] Mut**
I'm not doing it.
**[03:15] Mut**
Both Nishina and Anita
genuinely want to aim higher.
**[03:19] Mut**
Blocking them from
practicing more is cruel!
**[03:25] Dai**
What is this?
**[03:27] Dai**
What do you want?
**[03:32] Dai**
I...
**[03:34] Dai**
I only had the best of intentions!
**[03:36] Dai**
This whole time, I gave
everything I had... for the team!
**[03:43] Dai**
I did... everything I could...
**[03:48] Dai**
What should I have done differently?!
**[03:52] Mut**
Wai— Daigo!
**[04:00] Mut**
Daigo?
**[04:04] Mut**
Daigo!
**[04:06] Txt**
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**[04:06] Txt**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[04:06] Txt**
Baseball Team
**[04:15] Txt**
Nurse's Office
**[04:20] Yama**
Sakura-san.
**[04:22] Yama**
We've contacted his mother.
**[04:24] Yama**
You can go back to class now.
**[04:26] Mut**
Yes, ma'am.
**[04:27] Txt**
Nurse's Office
**[04:41] (Flashback) Dai**
I...
**[04:43] (Flashback) Dai**
I only had the best of intentions!
**[04:46] (Flashback) Dai**
This whole time, I gave
everything I had... for the team!
**[04:52] (Flashback) Dai**
What should I have done differently?!
***SIGN*** Mifune Public Hospital
***SIGN*** Mifune Public Hospital
***SIGN*** Mifune
Public
***SIGN*** Hospital
***SIGN*** Mifune
Public
***SIGN*** Hospital
**[05:01] Kao**
Thank you very much.
**[05:04] Doc**
Ma'am, could I have a word with just you?
**[05:06] Kao**
Oh, sure.
**[05:07] Kao**
Just wait right here.
**[05:09] Kao**
Okay.
**[05:11] Tv**
*And next up, the weather.*
**[05:14] Doc**
Your son seems to have suffered
an emotional breakdown.
**[05:19] Doc**
He must have been dealing
with a lot of anxiety or stress.
**[05:23] Kao**
Stress?
**[05:24] Doc**
It'd be best if a family member asks him
what's weighing so heavily on his heart.
**[05:30] Dai**
*Showers in the afternoon, huh?*
**[05:33] Dai**
*What should I do for our indoor drills?*
**[05:39] Dad**
What's this?
**[05:40] Dad**
You look pretty healthy to me.
**[05:45] Dad**
Found ya, Mr. Bunks Off Early.
**[05:48] Dad**
Bang!
**[05:53] Kan**
What? Mutsuko?
**[05:56] Kan**
She went to the hospital to check on Daigo.
**[05:59] Chi**
Oh, I see.
**[06:01] Chi**
I was a little worried.
**[06:03] Chi**
I'm worried for our captain, too, but I was
wondering if our vice-captain was okay.
**[06:08] Kan**
Uh, you don't have to
hide like that, you know.
**[06:11] Kan**
It's lunch break, so you look super suspicious.
**[06:14] Chi**
Oh. Sorry.
**[06:16] Kan**
I know what you mean, though.
**[06:21] Kan**
I've noticed for a while now.
**[06:24] Kan**
Muttsu hasn't pitched at all
since the Tsujidou game.
**[06:31] Kao**
*Weighing heavy on his heart, huh?*
**[06:34] Kao**
* He's not the type to talk*
* about what's bothering him.*
**[06:37] Momo**
Kaoru-san?
**[06:39] Kao**
Mom? And Dad, too!
**[06:41] Kao**
What are you doing here?
**[06:43] Hide**
Oh, Goro filled us in on what happened.
**[06:46] Momo**
About Dai-chan collapsing.
**[06:48] Kao**
Oh, um, I'm sorry we made you worry like that.
**[06:51] Kao**
* Jeez, that idiot! I told him not*
* to make a big deal out of it!*
**[06:55] Hide**
So how is Daigo?
**[06:56] Momo**
How is he doing?
**[06:58] Kao**
He's calmed down now and is doing fine.
**[07:01] Momo**
That's great.
**[07:02] Hide**
Where is he?
**[07:04] Kao**
Huh? Daigo?
***SIGN*** Pop
***SIGN*** Teeheehee
***SIGN*** I've taken our son
**[07:08] Kao**
*Teeheehee.*
**[07:09] Kao**
*I've taken our son.*
**[07:11] Txt**
Finding yourself after 40
**[07:11] Txt**
Second career & life
**[07:11] Kao**
That's what he said.
**[07:12] Hide**
That's Goro for you.
**[07:14] Momo**
I wonder if he's trying to cheer him up.
**[07:16] Kao**
I wonder...
**[07:18] Hide**
Guess ol' Gram and Gramps aren't needed here.
**[07:20] Kao**
I'm sorry!
**[07:22] Mut**
Excuse me...
**[07:23] Kao**
Mutsuko-chan!
**[07:26] Mut**
I hope I'm not interrupting.
**[07:29] Hide**
Not at all. Right?
**[07:30] ---**
Right.
**[07:31] Momo**
Are you a friend of Dai-chan's?
**[07:33] Mut**
Yes. I'm the vice-captain of
our team. My name's Sakura.
**[07:36] Hide**
I'm Daigo's pop's father.
**[07:39] Momo**
His grandfather and grandmother.
**[07:42] Momo**
We'll see you later, Kaoru-san.
**[07:44] Kao**
Thanks for coming.
**[07:46] Momo**
Bye-bye!
**[07:48] Kao**
It looks like Daigo was hyperventilating.
**[07:51] Kao**
They said an emotional trigger caused it.
**[07:54] Mut**
Emotional?
**[07:56] Mut**
We were talking about
the team when he collapsed.
**[07:59] Mut**
Maybe I said something I shouldn't have.
**[08:01] Kao**
Oh, no, Daigo's problem is with himself.
**[08:04] Kao**
Don't blame yourself.
**[08:05] Mut**
But he's in this state
because our team is so weak.
**[08:12] Mut**
Ever since that huge loss to Tsujidou,
the team's been shaky.
**[08:18] Mut**
Oh, and Hikaru-kun was at Tsujidou, too...
**[08:21] Kao**
Hikaru-kun?
**[08:23] Sing**
♫ I've got a dream only I can see ♫
**[08:28] Sing**
♫ A man gets lost on the way ♫
**[08:33] Sing**
♫ Chasing that huge dream ♫
**[08:35] Dai**
Oh, come on. Stop singing that
random song over and over, will you?
**[08:41] Dai**
Anyway, you didn't have to come
all the way home from Kochi
**[08:44] Dai**
just because I felt a little sick.
**[08:46] Gor**
You bonehead.
**[08:48] Gor**
I rushed home 'cause your mother
told me my sweet son had collapsed!
**[08:53] Gor**
Anyway, I'm glad you're all right.
**[08:56] Gor**
But hyperventilating... Doesn't that
mean it's an emotional problem?
**[09:00] Gor**
Something happen?
**[09:03] Dai**
Not really.
**[09:05] Dai**
Anyway, you don't have to take me home.
Drive me back to school.
**[09:08] Dai**
I still have class.
**[09:10] Txt**
Restaurant
**[09:10] Txt**
Restaurant
**[09:10] Gor**
I see.
**[09:11] Gor**
I bet you haven't had lunch yet, though.
**[09:14] Dai**
Huh?
**[09:14] Txt**
Restaurant
**[09:14] Txt**
Restaurant
**[09:15] Dai**
It's fine. I'm not hungry!
**[09:17] Gor**
How are you gonna get
big if you don't eat, dork?
**[09:21] Gor**
See, when I was your age,
**[09:23] Gor**
they even had these weird high schools where
the entrance exam was to wolf down five meals.
**[09:28] Dai**
Hey, Pop, this isn't the way to my school.
**[09:30] Gor**
♫ Oh oh oh huge dream! ♫
**[09:33] Dai**
Not this song again!
**[09:35] Sign**
Shichikai
Batting Center
**[09:39] Gor**
You're opening up way too fast!
**[09:41] Gor**
You need to make a wall! A wall!
**[09:43] Dai**
*Why'd we come to the batting cages?*
***SIGN*** Kaoru
***SIGN*** I've reported you,
kidnapper!!
***SIGN*** So about Daigo,
the doc thinks it's some
kind of psychological issue.
**[09:48] Dai**
*I've reported you, kidnapper!*
**[09:51] Dai**
*So, about Daigo...*
**[10:06] Dai**
I said I want to go back to school!
**[10:07] Sign**
Shichikai
Batting Center
**[10:10] Dai**
So why are we going to play catch now?
**[10:12] Gor**
Oh, come on. After you bat, you catch!
**[10:15] Gor**
It's the natural flow of things!
**[10:17] Gor**
Or is it the other way around?
**[10:18] Gor**
Well, it's fine either way!
**[10:20] Gor**
♫ Huge dream... ♫
**[10:22] Dai**
I said enough with the singing!
**[10:25] Dai**
You know what? Fine.
**[10:26] Dai**
I'll just run back to school.
**[10:29] Gor**
Hey, now.
**[10:30] Gor**
How many kilometers is your school from here?
**[10:32] Gor**
Class will be over.
**[10:34] Dai**
I've got practice today.
**[10:37] Gor**
Say what? But I thought
you were done with all that?
**[10:41] Gor**
I thought you'd decided to have fun
playing casual baseball with the girls.
**[10:46] Gor**
I'm only going by the text I got from
your mom, so I don't know all the details,
**[10:51] Gor**
but I hear you got demolished. By Hikaru.
**[10:55] Gor**
He's really something, huh? From wheelchair
to comeback trail in just two years.
**[10:59] Gor**
And he's a catcher, just like his dad.
And he wears the #3 shirt.
**[11:03] Gor**
He must've really pushed himself.
**[11:06] Dai**
As if pushing yourself is all it takes.
**[11:09] Dai**
Unlike *some* disappointing son, he's a genius!
**[11:13] Gor**
Hey, now. Why can't you just be happy for him?
**[11:17] Gor**
He's your friend, right?
**[11:18] Gor**
Why begrudge him for making
a comeback after a bad injury?
**[11:21] Dai**
I *was* happy for him!
**[11:23] Dai**
But then he started
provoking me and mocking me!
**[11:26] Dai**
Saying stuff like I was soft,
playing house with the girls,
**[11:28] Dai**
and that we were in different worlds now.
**[11:31] Dai**
Saying he had to stop pitching
because of that injury!
**[11:36] Dai**
Then, they completely wiped the floor with us.
**[11:39] Dai**
So how the hell *can* I be happy for him?!
**[11:47] Dai**
The girls are giving everything they've got.
But we're short on players and guidance.
**[11:52] Dai**
We can't beat a team of Tsujidou's
caliber with what we've got.
**[11:56] Dai**
So I've accepted it.
**[11:58] Dai**
Not all of us can play baseball like you
or Hikaru, with our sights set at the very top.
**[12:03] Dai**
If we can't reach the summit of Mount Fuji,
**[12:04] Dai**
we've got no hope of climbing Mount Everest!
**[12:14] Txt**
Fuurin Academy Private Middle School
**[12:14] Txt**
Fuurin Academy Private Middle School
**[12:14] Txt**
Fuurin Academy Private Middle School
**[12:18] Ani**
Ya can't jus' suppress your feelings of wantin'
to play baseball to yer heart's content.
**[12:23] Ani**
It'll wreck yer body.
**[12:25] Ani**
That's what made Shigeno-senpai collapse.
**[12:30] Chi**
You remember what Tao-senpai said, right?
**[12:33] Chi**
She said the magic spell had broken.
**[12:35] Ani**
Right, that stuff 'bout Cinderella.
**[12:37] Ani**
What's with that "magic" crap, anyways?!
**[12:39] Ani**
I ain't ever had no magic helpin' me out.
**[12:42] Chi**
It wasn't like Cinderella, but for me,
**[12:45] Chi**
I started playing baseball
because I saw Chiyo doing it.
**[12:48] Chi**
Then, I started playing with you, Anita,
**[12:50] Chi**
and I've only ever had
good times playing baseball.
**[12:52] Chi**
That feels like magic to me.
**[12:56] Chi**
A spell you and Chiyo cast on me.
**[12:59] Ani**
Me? On you?
**[13:01] Chi**
Yeah!
**[13:01] Chi**
A spell that made me like
baseball more and more!
**[13:05] Ani**
I guess yer right.
**[13:06] Ani**
There was that time I almost quit, but ya
cast a magic spell to make me keep going.
**[13:11] Chi**
Right?
**[13:12] Chi**
And... bam!
**[13:15] Chi**
I just cast it again.
**[13:18] Ani**
It's workin'! It's workin'!
**[13:20] Nis**
I was wondering who was being so loud.
**[13:25] Nis**
What are you doing?
**[13:26] Chi**
Magic!
**[13:28] Ani**
Play baseball!
**[13:29] Nis**
I don't need any magic.
**[13:32] Nis**
I'm gonna get better and
get my revenge on Tsujidou!
**[13:37] Ani**
The spell totally worked on him.
**[13:39] Chi**
It was super effective.
**[13:41] Nis**
Cinderella? More like
Cinder-hella not defeated!
**[13:44] Chi**
Was that supposed to be a joke?
**[13:49] Tao**
You know, I was thinking...
**[13:51] Yay**
Hm?
**[13:52] Tao**
About how we just randomly
started playing baseball.
**[13:56] Yay**
Yeah, guess it was random.
**[13:57] Tao**
And we didn't really think
in terms of guys or girls.
**[14:02] Yay**
But we always got stared
at by the other teams.
**[14:05] Tao**
Yeah, it was always, "Oh my god, girls!"
**[14:09] Yay**
They didn't know anything about us, I guess.
**[14:11] Tao**
The guys on our team didn't care,
'cause they already knew what we were about.
**[14:16] Yay**
Those were simpler times.
**[14:20] Tao**
I wonder if Daigo really understands
what we're going through.
**[14:32] Tao**
What happens to Cinderella, again?
After the magic wears off, I mean.
**[14:35] Yay**
Huh?
**[14:38] Dai**
* I said I'd run there, but it's*
* probably like ten kilometers.*
**[14:42] Dai**
*Should I go back and get him to drive me?*
**[14:45] Dai**
Oh, hey, Pop!
**[14:47] Dai**
Could you... Could you give me a ride?
**[14:50] Dai**
This'll take too long.
**[14:52] Gor**
My son, if a man declares
something, he sticks to it.
**[14:57] Gor**
Wait up.
**[15:00] Gor**
Get in. I'll drive you to school.
Just hang out with me first.
**[15:09] Dai**
So we're playing catch after all?
**[15:13] Gor**
You haven't done anything wrong.
**[15:16] Dai**
Huh?
**[15:17] Gor**
You did a great job as captain, getting
this far with a team that's got no coach.
**[15:22] Gor**
And given you had barely enough players,
your team did great keeping up.
**[15:25] Gor**
That's no easy feat.
**[15:28] Gor**
So don't hang your head, Daigo.
**[15:30] Gor**
It's not your fault, and it's not the
girls' fault if your team's hit a glass ceiling.
**[15:37] Dai**
You saying that won't change anything.
**[15:41] Dai**
We can't get to the next level.
**[15:44] Dad**
What? So you're just giving up?
**[15:46] Dad**
That's no fun.
**[15:47] Dad**
It's not a question of "can" or "can't."
It's "Will you do it or won't you?"
**[15:50] Dad**
Those are your only choices
**[15:52] Dad**
when you really love something.
**[15:56] Dad**
That's how Hikaru clawed his way back, right?
**[15:59] Dai**
Hikaru...
**[16:01] Dad**
He had friends and rivals, and this exciting
dream called baseball he wanted to go back to.
**[16:06] Dad**
That's why he pushed himself so hard.
**[16:08] Dad**
With nothing but this love
tightly clenched in his fist.
**[16:12] Dai**
A love... for baseball...
**[16:15] Dad**
You two feel the same way
about baseball, you and Hikaru.
**[16:20] Dad**
You feel it here. Your heart's
telling you it's not enough.
**[16:24] Dad**
It's screaming that it wants to play baseball
**[16:26] Dad**
more seriously, to the
point that you collapsed!
**[16:35] Kids**
It's club time!
**[16:37] Kan**
I can't believe you went all the
way there and just missed him.
**[16:41] Mut**
Yeah, but part of me thinks
it's a good thing I didn't see him.
**[16:47] Mut**
I wouldn't know what to say to Daigo, anyway.
**[16:51] Mut**
He collapsed from the
mental strain he was under.
**[16:54] Mut**
I can't just say, "It'll be okay!" or "We'll try harder!"
**[16:58] Kan**
Mutsuko...
**[17:04] Chiy**
I think it's okay to say that.
**[17:07] Mut**
Huh?
**[17:09] Chiy**
I think a team only comes together when you
let your true feelings smash into each other.
**[17:14] Chiy**
The captain probably feels the same way.
That's why he let his feelings smash into you.
**[17:20] Chiy**
Oh, uh, that's just how I read it. I'm sorry.
**[17:24] Mut**
No, I think you're right.
**[17:28] Mut**
I was so down, I didn't even notice
how much Daigo was suffering.
**[17:35] Mut**
Out of everyone on the team,
I was the most blind to it.
**[17:38] Kan**
Hey, come on now!
**[17:39] Kan**
If *you* get that down on yourself,
how depressed should *I* be?!
**[17:43] Kan**
And anyway, we're all feeling low,
**[17:46] Kan**
and we all hate it!
**[17:48] Kan**
Say that to the captain.
**[17:50] Kan**
Actually, I want to tell him myself.
**[17:52] Chiy**
I-I think it's okay to say that.
**[17:55] Mut**
All right.
**[17:56] Mut**
Let's go say that to Daigo!
**[18:01] Gor**
Smash 'em!
**[18:02] Gor**
When everybody smashes their feelings
about baseball into each other,
**[18:06] Gor**
that's when you have a team!
**[18:19] Dai**
Pop, I'm going.
**[18:25] Dad**
*That was a good throw, Daigo.*
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**[18:37] Ani**
What?!
**[18:38] Ani**
Today's practice is canceled?
**[18:40] Chi**
Really?
**[18:41] Tao**
I think it's fine.
**[18:43] Tao**
Daigo left early. Mutsuko's
gang are off doing something.
**[18:46] Tao**
And it's raining.
**[18:47] Ani**
Nope, nuh-uh. Sakura-senpai
said she'd jus' be a little late,
**[18:50] Ani**
plus we can do our rainy day drills!
**[18:52] Tao**
It can be voluntary, then.
**[18:54] Tao**
See you later.
**[18:55] Ani**
What?!
**[18:56] Ani**
Senpai, wait!
**[18:58] Ani**
That means ya get even less practice time in!
**[19:01] Ani**
You've let yer motivation hit the floor!
**[19:04] Tao**
Hey, Anita...
**[19:06] Tao**
Don't you get it?
**[19:07] Tao**
It's our fault Daigo collapsed.
**[19:11] Tao**
We talked about how risky
it was to up our training.
**[19:14] Tao**
Before motivation comes into it,
our bodies are the problem.
**[19:18] Yay**
That's what was eating at Daigo.
**[19:21] Yay**
The gap between the ideal
world and the real world.
**[19:23] Tao**
There's no way we can stop Cinderella's clock.
**[19:27] Yay**
Magic's one thing, but I don't want to stand
around waiting for some charming prince.
**[19:32] Tao**
Later.
**[19:36] Ani**
What was that 'bout?
**[19:38] Ani**
I'm dumb, so I didn't get a single thing
they were talkin' 'bout.
**[19:43] Chi**
Here, Anita, your shoes.
**[19:45] Ani**
Thanks.
**[19:48] Chi**
So they don't want to wait for a prince?
**[19:52] Nis**
Hey!
**[19:53] Nis**
The seniors just went home!
**[19:55] Nis**
What's going on?
**[19:56] Chi**
I got it!
**[19:59] Chi**
So here it is. Whisper, whisper, whisper.
**[20:01] Ani**
Yer right!
**[20:02] Ani**
'Kay, let's go!
**[20:05] Dai**
*It's really starting to come down.*
**[20:09] Coa**
Today, we have a very special guest coach.
Shigeno Izumi used to be a Dolphins player.
**[20:15] Coa**
But in this rain, we won't be able to train.
**[20:19] Izu**
Sorry, everyone!
**[20:21] Izu**
So which one of you brought this
rain with them? Or maybe it was me?
**[20:26] Izu**
Oh, it's Daigo.
**[20:27] Fuj**
So it is.
**[20:29] Coa**
What's he doing?
**[20:31] Coa**
Daigo!
**[20:32] Fuj**
He can't hear you.
**[20:35] Coa**
That's fine.
**[20:36] Coa**
*Keep going, Daigo.*
**[20:38] Coa**
All right! Let's ignore the
rain and practice anyway!
**[20:47] Txt**
Shigeno
**[20:47] Txt**
Shigeno
**[22:08] All**
Daigo!
**[22:30] Dai**
You guys...
**[22:37] Tao**
Hey, Daigo, if you're gonna collapse
'cause you're worrying about us,
**[22:42] Tao**
stop holding back and
unleash what you've got!
**[22:45] Yay**
After Cinderella's magic spell faded,
she was no longer scared of anything!
**[22:50] Yay**
You got that, Daigo?
**[22:52] Kan**
I'm definitely no Cinderella.
**[22:55] Kan**
I suffer, I get hurt,
I get scared, I get embarrassed.
**[22:58] Kan**
But because it's fun,
I love being here with you all!
**[23:02] Ani**
Collapsin' is fine!
**[23:04] Ani**
Collapse with everythin' ya got,
then get up with everythin' ya got!
**[23:07] Ani**
Jus' get up as many times as you need!
**[23:10] Chi**
My dream is to become a wizard.
**[23:14] Chi**
A baseball wizard!
**[23:16] Nis**
I seriously don't know
what the hell is going on,
**[23:19] Nis**
but if we're gonna get covered in mud,
**[23:21] Nis**
let's do it in our uniforms!
**[23:23] Chiy**
Um, well, if Fuurin Middle ever gets a team bus,
**[23:27] Chiy**
I want it to be a pumpkin carriage!
**[23:29] Chi**
Chiyo, that was weird.
**[23:32] Tao**
Are we stuck with Cinderella forever?
**[23:36] Mut**
Daigo, everyone's already said their piece.
**[23:40] Mut**
I don't have anything special
to add, so I'll just say...
**[23:43] Mut**
I hope we can all keep
playing baseball together!
**[23:52] Dai**
Yeah!
**[23:55] Dai**
Fuurin!
**[23:57] Dai**
Yeah!
**[24:09] Dai**
*Let's play ball once more!*
**[24:24] Txt**
From the Fuurin Middle Baseball Team (Kanagawa Prefecture)
**[24:24] Txt**
From the Fuurin Middle Baseball Team (Kanagawa Prefecture)
**[24:24] Txt**
Welcoming new members!?
**[24:24] Txt**
Welcoming new members!?
**[24:24] Txt**
Welcoming new members!?