# 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!