E23 - 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!