# E3 - The Two Juniors
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**[00:18] Fuj**
You idiot! Where are you aiming at?!
**[00:19] Hik**
Oh, dear. I've done it again.
**[00:21] Dai**
H-Hey! Are you just messing around?
**[00:24] Dai**
First, you miss an easy fly ball,
**[00:26] Dai**
then you have a strong arm,
but your control is non-existent!
**[00:29] Dai**
Weren't you playing in the
American little leagues?!
**[00:32] Hik**
Huh? This is the first time
I've ever played baseball.
**[00:36] Dai**
*What?!*
**[02:11] Dai**
Y-Your first time playing baseball?!
***SIGN*** The Two Juniors
**[02:19] Hik**
Yes. I play baseball for the first time.
**[02:22] Hik**
Okay?
**[02:24] Dai**
I don't believe you!
**[02:25] Dai**
You're Satou Toshiya's son.
**[02:29] Dai**
There's no way that's true!
**[02:33] Guy**
Hey, you over there!
**[02:35] Guy**
Get back to your positions!
**[02:37] ---**
Y-Yes, sorry!
**[02:38] Kid**
We're in the middle of a game, for Pete's sake.
**[02:42] Tas**
That error came at a bad time.
**[02:46] Kid**
Yeah. Satou's mistake has cost us three runs.
***SIGN*** Team
***SIGN*** Guts
***SIGN*** Dolphins
**[02:51] Kid**
Do you think it's possible
he's terrible at baseball?
**[02:54] Tas**
It's possible.
**[02:56] Tas**
He's got quite an arm, though.
**[02:59] Tas**
There aren't many sixth graders who can
throw a ball from outfield to the bench.
**[03:04] Kid**
Guess he's inherited his father's good arm.
**[03:07] Kid**
The same can't be said for Daigo.
**[03:10] Tas**
I told you to not say things like that.
**[03:11] Kid**
Sorry, sorry.
**[03:12] Ump**
Strike! Batter out!
**[03:15] Dai**
* Could this really be his*
* first time playing baseball?*
**[03:19] Dai**
* Sure, he made a complete hash of*
* what should've been a basic play.*
**[03:23] Dai**
*That throw back, though...*
**[03:26] Dai**
* He's certainly got more*
* natural talent than I do.*
**[03:30] Kid**
Right field!
**[03:31] Dai**
Got it!
**[03:34] Ump**
Out!
**[03:36] Hik**
Nice catch.
**[03:41] Kid**
What?!
**[03:42] Kid**
This is your first time playing baseball?!
**[03:44] Hik**
Yes.
**[03:47] Hik**
In America, I played soccer,
basketball, and tennis.
**[03:50] Hik**
I played whatever sport was in-season,
**[03:53] Hik**
but the nearest I got to baseball
was playing catch with my dad.
**[03:56] Fuj**
Are you serious?!
**[03:57] Hik**
He said I could take up baseball whenever,
so I should try other sports while young.
**[04:03] Hik**
That's what they do over there, anyway.
**[04:06] Hik**
But in Japan, you have a custom of picking
one sports team in middle school, right?
**[04:12] Hik**
That's why I decided to take this
opportunity to give baseball a try.
**[04:16] Kid**
Give it... a try?
**[04:18] Tas**
I see.
**[04:19] Tas**
That explains all those errors.
**[04:21] Tas**
Our bad for assuming you were experienced
just because you're Satou's son.
**[04:25] Hik**
Don't worry about it.
**[04:26] Ump**
All right, who's up to bat?
**[04:30] Tas**
The previous inning ended with Daigo,
so that means it's...
**[04:33] Kim**
Satou's next, sir.
**[04:34] Kim**
He subbed in for me, the leadoff.
**[04:36] Hik**
Huh? Me?
**[04:37] Tas**
Yes. It's your first ever at bat.
**[04:40] Hik**
All right!
**[04:41] Hik**
Time to do some batting!
**[04:42] Dai**
Hey! Your helmet!
**[04:45] Hik**
Thank you.
**[04:47] Ump**
Play ball!
**[04:59] Ump**
Strike!
**[05:01] Kid**
What kind of swing was that?
**[05:03] Kid2**
Hey, don't laugh.
**[05:04] Kid2**
He's never played before. He can't help it.
**[05:06] Hik**
Huh?
**[05:11] Ump**
Strike two!
**[05:15] Tas**
He's never gonna hit it like that.
**[05:18] Tas**
Time out!
**[05:20] Tas**
Hey, Satou.
**[05:21] Tas**
Let me take a look at your grip.
**[05:24] Tas**
I knew it. That's the wrong way around.
**[05:26] Tas**
That's a left-hander's grip.
**[05:28] Hik**
"Wrong way around"?
**[05:31] Tas**
A right-handed batter holds it like this.
**[05:33] Tas**
Like this.
**[05:34] Hik**
Uh-huh.
**[05:37] Hik**
I see.
**[05:39] Hik**
No wonder it seemed
hard to swing it like that.
**[05:42] Ump**
Play ball!
**[05:43] Pitch**
*Seriously?*
**[05:45] Pitch**
* The Dolphins have a complete*
* novice on their team.*
**[05:55] Dai**
No way! He got a hit
off his first proper swing!
**[05:59] Hik**
Yes! I hit it! I hit it!
**[06:00] Tas**
Hey! Run to first!
**[06:04] Guy**
Out!
**[06:06] Hik**
Isn't it weird to be called out
when I got a hit?
**[06:09] Kid**
The only thing that's weird here is *you!*
**[06:10] Dai**
*D-Damn him.*
**[06:12] Dai**
*He ended up getting out,*
**[06:14] Dai**
* but he got a hit like it was nothing!*
* I've only ever done that in my dreams!*
**[06:18] Tas**
* He middled it as soon as*
* I showed him how to hold the bat?*
**[06:22] Tas**
*Is this what a real second coming is like?*
**[06:26] Kao**
Final inning.
**[06:28] Kao**
One out, runners on first and third.
**[06:30] Kao**
Things are looking bleak.
**[06:37] Both**
Daigo!
**[06:39] Dai**
No! I'm not going to make it.
**[06:51] Guy**
To first! The runner jumped the gun!
**[06:55] Ump**
And he's out!
**[06:57] Kao**
Yes!
**[06:58] Kao**
A double play!
**[07:01] Hik**
Yup, I'm getting the hang of it now.
**[07:04] Hik**
Baseball's surprisingly easy,
isn't it, Daigo-kun?
**[07:11] Kao**
* Daigo's team now has*
* one last chance on offense.*
**[07:13] Kao**
*I have to watch the finale up close.*
**[07:16] Kao**
* That kid in center field*
* has an incredible throw.*
**[07:19] Kao**
*He looked like a total novice at first...*
**[07:28] Kao**
*That man...*
**[07:29] Kao**
*Could it be...*
**[07:36] Kao**
It *is* Toshi-kun!
**[07:38] Kao**
But what's he doing here?
**[07:39] Kao**
Toshi-kun!
**[07:40] Kao**
Watch out!
**[07:41] Kao**
Huh?
**[07:51] Kao**
Out!
**[07:54] Fuj**
So unlucky.
**[07:55] Kid2**
Final inning. Two outs.
Only one more chance.
**[07:58] Kid2**
Looks like we're gonna lose this one.
**[08:01] Dai**
*It's finally over.*
**[08:03] Dai**
*I'm only here to make up the numbers,*
**[08:05] Dai**
* so I guess I won't have to*
* play baseball anymore.*
**[08:11] Dai**
* We're both "seconds", but there's*
* such a wide gap between us.*
**[08:15] Dai**
* In his first at bat, he got*
* a hit like it was child's play.*
**[08:18] Dai**
*He can already track fly balls.*
**[08:20] Dai**
*And he has a monster of an arm.*
**[08:23] Dai**
*He's what I wanted to be.*
**[08:25] Dai**
*He's the kind of "second" I wanted to be.*
**[08:30] Hik**
So you're not taking up baseball again?
**[08:33] Hik**
We're both "seconds", and we're in
the same year at the same school.
**[08:37] Hik**
Personally, I'd get a kick out
of playing here with you.
**[08:41] Hik**
But baseball doesn't make you happy, does it?
**[08:45] Dai**
No, I'm not happy.
**[08:47] Dai**
If I was a talented "second"
like you, I'd probably be happy.
**[08:51] Hik**
I wonder about that...
**[08:53] Hik**
Having talent and enjoying a
sport are two different things.
**[08:59] Hik**
Truth is, I gave baseball a try today,
but I don't find it particularly fun yet.
**[09:04] Dai**
What?!
**[09:10] Ump**
Safe!
**[09:11] Kid**
Lucky!
**[09:12] Kid**
We got a runner on base!
**[09:14] Hik**
Do you think everyone here has
the talents you're talking about?
**[09:18] Hik**
Even if they don't, they look happy to me.
**[09:22] Kat**
All right! It's not over yet!
**[09:24] Nag**
Keep it going, Matsuda!
**[09:26] Dai**
Yeah, but they're not "seconds."
**[09:29] Dai**
There isn't hype about them
every time they play baseball.
**[09:33] Dai**
Nobody's comparing them to their fathers,
**[09:35] Dai**
and they won't get an inferiority
complex over their lack of talent!
**[09:41] Ump**
Ball.
**[09:43] Hik**
Oh, I get it now.
**[09:44] Hik**
You never really cared
about playing baseball...
**[09:48] Hik**
You just wanted baseball to make you
famous, like it did your father.
**[09:53] Hik**
Of course your lack of talent
would make you want to quit.
**[09:57] Tas**
Hey, Daigo!
**[09:59] Tas**
You're up next.
**[10:00] Tas**
Hurry up and get ready.
**[10:02] Dai**
O-Okay.
**[10:08] Ump**
Dead ball!
**[10:12] Kid**
Yeah, but Daigo's up next.
**[10:15] Kid2**
It's over. We've got
the awful junior at the plate!
**[10:17] Fuj**
Hey!
**[10:18] Hik**
What's wrong with you guys?!
**[10:20] Hik**
Can't you cheer him on
like any other guy?
**[10:22] Hik**
It's because of teammates like you
that Daigo quit in the first place!
**[10:27] Hik**
Hit it, Daigo!
**[10:28] Hik**
I know you hate it!
**[10:29] Hik**
The least you can do is get one last hit
**[10:32] Hik**
and silence me, those guys,
and everyone else!
**[10:46] Ump**
Play ball!
**[10:50] Ump**
Ball.
**[10:52] (Flashback) Hik**
You never really cared
about playing baseball...
**[10:56] (Flashback) Hik**
You just wanted baseball to make you
famous, like it did your father.
**[11:01] Dai**
* Where does he get off,*
* mouthing off like that?*
**[11:04] Dai**
*It's not about being famous.*
**[11:07] Dai**
*This is something I really wanted!*
**[11:10] Dai**
* I really wanted to be a*
* cool player, just like Pop!*
**[11:15] Dai**
*I couldn't enjoy it despite having no talent!*
**[11:18] Dai**
*My love for baseball wasn't that shallow!*
**[11:26] Hik**
Daigo, run!
**[11:27] Dai**
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!
**[11:40] Ump**
Safe!
**[11:41] All**
Alright!
**[11:42] Mats**
Daigo kept the inning alive!
**[11:43] Nag**
Bases loaded!
**[11:44] Girl**
Yes!
**[11:45] Girl**
There it is! His first hit!
**[11:50] Dai**
No...
**[11:51] Dai**
I don't want this graze that barely
qualifies as a hit to be my first hit.
**[12:01] Dai**
* That was a seriously questionable*
* and awkward first hit,*
**[12:05] Dai**
*but everyone seems really happy about it.*
**[12:09] Fuj**
We're counting on you, Satou!
**[12:13] Hik**
I've got this.
**[12:15] Hik**
I cost the team three runs with my glove,
so I need to get them all back with my bat.
**[12:23] Ump**
Play ball!
**[12:34] Ump**
Strike.
**[12:38] Tas**
Hey, that was way high!
**[12:39] Fuj**
Why did you swing at it?
**[12:44] Cat**
* Is it possible that he's not even trying*
* to judge if it'll be a ball or a strike?*
**[12:50] Cat**
* I mean, he didn't even*
* know how to hold a bat.*
**[12:52] Cat**
*So it's totally possible.*
**[12:55] Cat**
*Don't throw strikes.*
**[12:57] Cat**
*Keep it outside.*
**[13:03] Ump**
Strike two.
**[13:05] Fuj**
What is he doing?!
**[13:07] Tas**
He doesn't know what the strike zone is.
**[13:10] Dai**
*I knew it.*
**[13:11] Dai**
*I called it correctly.*
**[13:13] Tas**
Time out!
**[13:15] Dai**
*Hey, now. This can't be happening...*
**[13:18] Dai**
*Yup, he's explaining zones.*
**[13:21] Dai**
* He really doesn't know anything about*
* baseball despite being a pro's son.*
**[13:28] Fuj**
And?
**[13:29] Tas**
Just as we thought. He didn't know.
**[13:32] Tas**
Anyway, I've explained zones to him now.
**[13:36] Sat**
*I see. So if you ignore the balls*
**[13:39] Sat**
* and only swing at strikes,*
* you've got a better chance of getting a hit.*
**[13:43] Sat**
*Where was it again?*
**[13:45] Sat**
* The height is between chest and knees,*
* and the width is the width of the plate.*
**[13:50] Sat**
*Pitches in this area are strikes.*
**[13:53] Sat**
Play ball!
**[13:55] Kid**
*Does he know about the strike zone now?*
**[13:57] Pitch**
* Whatever. If I pitch to the corners,*
* he's bound to swing.*
**[14:04] Ump**
Ball!
**[14:06] Cat**
*His first take, huh?*
**[14:08] Cat**
*Nah, he just couldn't swing.*
**[14:14] Ump**
Ball!
**[14:16] Dai**
*This guy...*
**[14:17] Dai**
* Does he really know where his*
* strike zone is to the last inch now?*
**[14:20] Cat**
*What's with this guy?*
**[14:22] Cat**
* That one was close to being a strike,*
* and he didn't move a muscle.*
**[14:26] Cat**
*It's a 2-2 count.*
**[14:28] Cat**
*Bases loaded.*
**[14:29] Cat**
*We can't afford to fall behind in the count.*
**[14:32] Cat**
* Oh, well. We've gotta go*
* right at him with a strike!*
**[14:45] Fuj**
That's gone long!
**[14:47] Tas**
Move it!
**[14:50] Dai**
*What the hell was that hit?*
**[14:54] Fuj**
First run.
**[14:56] Fuj**
Now, we're even!
**[14:59] Coach**
Go for home, Daigo!
**[15:02] Dai**
*That rookie isn't normal!*
**[15:04] Kid**
All right! We're gonna win!
**[15:06] ---**
Go!
**[15:07] Kao**
Daigo!
**[15:10] Dai**
*If I make it to home, we win.*
**[15:29] Ump**
Out!
**[15:32] Ump**
And that's game!
**[15:41] Kao**
So it was a tie. Big deal.
**[15:44] Kao**
The manager took the blame
for letting you play in sneakers.
**[15:53] Kao**
B-Besides, you really gave it
everything you had out there!
**[15:56] Kao**
You got your first hit, and you
made a number of good plays!
**[15:59] Kao**
It's been a while since I've
gotten so into a game like that.
**[16:03] Kao**
It made me appreciate
baseball all over again!
**[16:07] Kao**
Don't you see, Daigo?
**[16:08] Kao**
You've gotta take what you're feeling now
and pour it back into your baseba—
**[16:10] Dai**
Not gonna happen.
**[16:13] Dai**
If you were trying to make me consider
playing again by putting me in that game.
**[16:20] Dai**
Well, it looks like your
plan completely backfired!
**[16:22] Dai**
Satou Toshiya's son helped me
give up on baseball once and for all!
**[16:32] Dai**
Hey! What the hell?!
**[16:36] Dai**
You said if I played in that game,
you'd buy me a new console!
**[16:40] Kao**
I told you already. I'll only buy it
if you take up baseball again.
**[16:43] Kao**
You can't just spend all day playing games.
**[16:46] Izu**
Jeez, they're so loud.
**[16:48] Dai**
That's so unfair!
**[16:50] Dai**
You deceived me just
so I'd play in that game!
**[16:54] Kao**
Yes, I did. If I hadn't said that,
you wouldn't have gone!
**[16:57] Kao**
Besides, you've also been deceiving us.
**[17:01] Dai**
Wh-What are you talking about?
**[17:03] Kao**
Izumi told me all about it.
**[17:04] Kao**
How you've been pretending to study hard so
you can take the Fuurin Academy entrance,
**[17:08] Kao**
but in reality, you have no
intention of going there.
**[17:13] Izu**
What are you guys fighting about
this early in the morning?
**[17:16] Dai**
Shut up, you gossiping old hag!
**[17:19] Izu**
What?
**[17:20] Dai**
All right, fine! Whatever! You liar!
**[17:28] Izu**
Did something happen?
**[17:31] Izu**
Ah, okay. So Satou Toshiya's son
was at yesterday's game.
**[17:35] Kao**
Yes.
**[17:36] Kao**
And despite being a complete novice,
he displayed some impressive skills.
**[17:40] Kao**
Which people might
attribute to his lineage.
**[17:42] Izu**
So Birdbrain compared himself to this guy
and got upset about it?
**[17:45] Izu**
What an idiot.
**[17:48] Kao**
But at this rate, he might
really quit baseball.
**[17:53] Dai**
What the hell, man?!
**[17:54] Dai**
She totally went back on her word!
**[17:57] Dai**
A promise is a promise!
**[18:02] Hik**
And then came epic face plant...
**[18:05] Rit**
That's hilarious!
**[18:09] (Flashback) Hik**
And then came the epic face plant...
**[18:16] Hik**
Good morning, Daigo-kun.
**[18:18] Dai**
You guys...
**[18:19] Hik**
Oh, we happen to live near each other,
so we walk the same route to school.
**[18:24] Hik**
Right?
**[18:25] Rit**
Y-Yeah.
**[18:26] Dai**
Who cares about that?
**[18:31] Dai**
I'm sorry for my "epic face plant"!
**[18:33] Dai**
I'm glad you guys find it so funny that
I'm a complete failure as a "second"!
**[18:38] Dai**
You guys are just horrible!
**[18:43] Hik**
Daigo-kun?
**[18:45] Rit**
What was that about?
**[18:48] Dai**
*This is the worst.*
**[18:50] Dai**
*I can't put my trust in anything anymore.*
**[18:53] Dai**
* Thanks to baseball,*
* I can't even see my future.*
**[18:58] Dai**
*Ah, man, I want to play the rest of my game.*
**[19:04] (Flashback) Kao**
I'll buy it for you if you play baseball.
**[19:07] Dai**
*No, no, no!*
**[19:08] Dai**
*I can't possibly play baseball just for that!*
**[19:11] Dai**
*Thanks to* that *guy, my standing
is even worse than before!*
**[19:17] Dai**
* I never, ever want to play*
* baseball with that guy again!*
**[19:22] Tea**
What's the matter, Shigeno-kun?
**[19:24] Dai**
Ah, it's nothing.
**[19:26] Dai**
Go to the nurse if you're ill.
**[19:27] Dai**
I'm fine, really!
**[19:32] Rit**
Shigeno-kun?
**[19:48] Rit**
Hey!
**[19:52] Rit**
I-It's not like I really want
to talk to you, either.
**[19:56] Rit**
But Satou-kun asked me to.
**[20:01] Rit**
He was telling me about how he fell
during sports day one time at his old school.
**[20:05] Rit**
He thinks you might have misinterpreted it
and thought he was talking about you.
**[20:12] Rit**
Don't be a jerk.
**[20:13] Rit**
I might hate you, but I don't make
fun of people behind their backs.
**[20:19] Dai**
Really?
**[20:22] Rit**
Oh, yeah, another thing
on the baseball front...
**[20:26] Rit**
Satou-kun said he won't
be joining the Dolphins.
**[20:29] Rit**
He asked me to tell you
he won't be taking up baseball.
**[20:32] Dai**
What?!
**[20:36] Hik**
I'll take out the trash, so you guys can go.
**[20:39] Girl**
Thanks, Satou-kun!
**[20:41] Gir2**
See you!
**[20:42] Girl**
Bye!
**[20:43] Girl**
Satou-kun's nice, isn't he?
**[20:52] Hik**
Daigo-kun?
**[20:54] Hik**
What's up?
**[20:56] Hik**
If it's about this morning,
I already told Sakura-sa—
**[20:58] Dai**
Yeah, she told me. Water under the bridge.
**[21:01] Dai**
More importantly, are you serious
about not playing baseball?!
**[21:07] Hik**
Deadly serious.
**[21:09] Hik**
I tried baseball for the
first time yesterday,
**[21:11] Hik**
and it really did nothing for me.
**[21:16] Hik**
I mean, it's just boring.
**[21:17] Hik**
On defense, the ball rarely comes to you,
**[21:20] Hik**
and on offense, you've gotta wait
for like eight other guys to bat.
**[21:24] Dai**
What are you talking about?
**[21:26] Dai**
You have so much talent! What's your issue?!
**[21:28] Dai**
It'd clearly be a total waste!
**[21:30] Hik**
A waste?
**[21:33] Hik**
What are *you* talking about?
Are you some kind of scout now?
**[21:37] Dai**
Shut up!
**[21:39] Dai**
I'm telling you to stop screwing around!
**[21:44] Dai**
You can hit well, throw well,
and defend well.
**[21:47] Dai**
You have every single thing that
I'd give anything to have myself.
**[21:52] Dai**
You can make all those cool plays...
**[21:56] Dai**
So don't you dare say that it's boring!
**[22:01] Dai**
Don't you dare...
**[22:03] Hik**
Daigo-kun, you really like baseball, don't you?
**[22:07] Hik**
For my part, I really don't
understand why you quit.
**[22:10] Hik**
I mean, you really love baseball, don't you?
**[22:16] Hik**
Okay, let's play baseball together.
**[22:19] Hik**
If you return to the Dolphins,
**[22:22] Hik**
I'll try to figure out the appeal of
baseball by playing some more.
**[22:25] Dai**
What?!
**[22:27] Dai**
Where did that come from?!
**[24:00] Dai**
Why?
**[24:02] Dai**
Why do I, the talentless wonder,
**[24:03] Dai**
have to tag along with
Mr. Talented to play baseball?!
**[24:07] Dai**
And we're already being pitted against
the Dolphins' starting battery.
**[24:12] Dai**
This is moving way too fast.
**[24:14] Dai**
Can I even survive this?
**[24:16] Dai**
Next time: "The Talent of Loving Baseball".
***SIGN*** The Talent of Loving Baseball
**[24:19] Dai**
Run to the stage of your dreams!