E24 - Cinderella's 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?
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Baseball Team
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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
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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
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