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!