E4 - Captain Daigo

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[00:07] Dai
    Coach!
[00:09] Coa
    Oh, it's you, Shigeno.
[00:12] Dai
    The new school year has
    filled out our team.
[00:14] Dai
    Our first tournament starts today.
[00:18] Dai
    It'll be the litmus test to see
    if we can make it as a team.
[00:22] Dai
    I think I've done what I can as captain
    to prepare us, but I'm still full of doubts.
[00:27] Dai
    We haven't got a replacement coach yet,
[00:29] Dai
    and I'm making it up as I go along,
    so I'm worried how it'll turn out.
[00:35] Coa
    It's good that you're worried.
[00:38] Coa
    It's a leader's job to worry,
    and to remove those worries.
[00:42] Coa
    But you can never let them
    see it on your face.
[00:45] Dai
    But...
[00:46] Dai
    Can someone like me, with very little
    experience and skills, really rally a team?
[00:52] Coa
    You'll be fine.
[00:55] Coa
    I know you can do it.
SIGN    Captain Daigo
[02:30] Sai
    Yes?
[02:31] Gor
    Oh, wow! Is that the voice of the manager
    of the national team, Satou Toshiya, I hear?
[02:38] Gor
    I'm pretty good at baseball.
    Please put me on the team!
[02:42] Sai
    You're not actually going to show up
    and ask to try out, are you, Goro-kun?
[02:47] Gor
    Hey, that's a great idea.
[02:49] Gor
    Hey, I'll be your batting
    practice pitcher for free.
[02:53] Sai
    The frightening thing about
    that is you actually would.
[02:57] Gor
    Well, now that they've got a former
    Major League home run king in their dugout,
[03:00] Gor
    the national team should be fine.
[03:02] Gor
    Go wild and show the world what you can do.
[03:05] Sai
    Thank you.
[03:07] Sai
    How's the Shikoku League?
[03:08] Gor
    It's good. I'm having lots of fun
    with a lively bunch of people out here.
[03:12] Sai
    Glad to hear it.
[03:14] Sai
    Oh, and there's another
    tournament starting today.
[03:19] Sai
    Led by their new captain, Shigeno Daigo,
[03:21] Sai
    Fuurin Middle's new-look team
    is making its debut.
[03:24] Gor
    Yeah... But I'm not worried.
[03:28] Gor
    Daigo's got this.
[03:30] Gor
    He's been working super hard
    these past six months.
[03:34] Sigh
    Fuurin Academy Middle School
[03:34] Sigh
    Fuurin Academy Middle School
[03:38] Dai
    Our upperclassmen
    got caught shoplifting?!
[03:41] Mut
    Yes.
[03:42] Mut
    Nearly all of the second-years were
    taken in and suspended from school.
[03:46] Mut
    Which means they're off
    the baseball team, too.
[03:49] Dai
    You said "nearly all"...
[03:50] Mut
    I heard it was all the second-years
    except for Tanba-san.
[03:55] Dai
    No way...
[03:56] Tao
    Ah, there you are!
[03:58] Mut
    Tao! Yayoi! Have you heard?
[04:01] Yayo
    We got the gist of it.
[04:02] Tao
    This is terrible.
[04:04] Tao
    We'd just started to rebuild
    after the third-years retired.
[04:09] Tan
    So this is all we have left...
[04:11] Mut
    We haven't picked our
    new captain yet, either.
[04:15] Yayo
    How about you, Tanba-san?
[04:16] Tan
    Oh, I don't really...
[04:18] Tan
    I'm also on the Student Council,
    and I don't think I'm good enough to be captain...
[04:26] Dai
    Coach!
[04:28] Coa
    I'm sure you've all heard
    the talk going around by now.
[04:32] Coa
    Only a negligent coach would let something
    of this magnitude happen on his watch.
[04:37] Coa
    I am truly sorry that I have done this to you.
[04:40] Coa
    I've taken responsibility and
    resigned from my position as coach.
[04:46] Dai
    You're going too?
[04:48] Coa
    As for what's left of the team,
[04:50] Coa
    I've talked to the school,
    and you can still use the field for practice.
[04:57] Coa
    But as far as competitive games go,
[04:59] Coa
    you won't play in any until next spring,
    even if you scrape together enough players.
[05:06] Coa
    For you, these circumstances are truly harsh.
[05:09] Coa
    If at all possible,
[05:11] Coa
    I want you to inherit and
    uphold the spirit and tradition
[05:14] Coa
    of the Fuurin Middle baseball team that
    you've been absorbing these past six months.
[05:19] Coa
    That is my final wish as your coach.
[05:24] Tan
    Coach!
[05:26] Tao
    Well, there aren't any other clubs
    I want to join, anyway.
[05:29] Yayo
    Besides, as first-years, we figured
    we weren't going to get any game time.
[05:36] Coa
    My final act as your coach
    is to appoint a new captain.
[05:40] Coa
    Shigeno, I'm entrusting you
    with the captaincy.
[05:45] Dai
    M-Me?
[05:49] Mut
    Shigeno-kun?
[05:52] Dai
    B-But, uh... Why'd you pick me?
[05:55] Coa
    Because I think you're
    the most suited to the role.
[05:58] Coa
    But you have a say in this too, of course.
[06:01] Coa
    Think it over and come to a decision.
[06:07] Mut
    Shigeno-kun!
[06:09] Mut
    This is amazing!
    You made captain as a first-year!
[06:13] Dai
    It's not amazing at all.
[06:14] Dai
    There's basically only first-years left.
[06:17] Dai
    In terms of skill, Sawa-san and
    Tao-san are both better than me.
[06:21] Dai
    I don't have a clue why he picked me.
[06:24] Mut
    Really?
[06:25] Mut
    I think you're a good fit.
[06:27] Mut
    And we're all right behind you.
[06:30] Dai
    I haven't decided if I'll do it yet.
[06:33] Mut
    Hey, Shigeno-kun, wait!
[06:36] Both
    What?!
[06:38] Izu
    Almost all the senior players
    got kicked out?!
[06:40] Izu
    And they're making you captain?
[06:43] Izu
    Shoplifting as a group?
[06:45] Izu
    Those twerps!
[06:47] Izu
    I shoulda disciplined them more
    when they were first-years!
[06:51] Mom
    But this is all so sudden.
[06:54] Mom
    Will you be okay?
[06:55] Mom
    Captain as a first-year?
    That's a lot of responsibility.
[06:59] Dai
    I'm going to quit the baseball team.
[07:02] Mom
    Huh?
[07:03] Izu
    What?!
[07:04] Dai
    There's no way I can be captain.
[07:07] Dai
    I'll quit the team and
    play Senior League instead.
[07:10] Izu
    You want to quit?
[07:13] Izu
    But what'll happen to the team?!
[07:15] Dai
    We can't play in games, anyway,
[07:18] Dai
    so it doesn't matter if I'm there or not.
[07:21] Izu
    The coach appointed you as the new captain.
[07:24] Izu
    As an OG Fuurin player, I won't
    let you betray the team like that!
[07:29] Dai
    Oh, shut up!
[07:31] Dai
    You left Fuurin to go to a different
    high school, so get off your high horse!
[07:35] Izu
    Yeah, because there was
    no hardball girl's team!
[07:39] Mom
    Now, you two! No fighting.
[07:41] Dai
    I joined the team because
    I wanted to play baseball the right way.
[07:46] Dai
    The team played at a high level,
    with a solid coach and good senior players.
[07:49] Dai
    It looked like I could really improve there!
[07:53] Dai
    And now, all of a sudden, we have
    no coach and no senior players,
[07:57] Dai
    and we're not even allowed to compete.
[08:00] Dai
    It's unbelievable.
[08:01] Mom
    I understand where you're coming from,
    but you should think it over.
[08:06] Mom
    It's not just you who has to deal with this.
[08:09] Txt
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[08:09] Txt
    Fuurin Academy Private Middle School
[08:10] Kan
    Really?
[08:12] Kan
    The baseball team only
    has five members right now?
[08:15] Kan
    Hey, that means I could
    actually become a starter.
[08:18] Mut
    Right?
[08:19] Mut
    This is a great chance!
[08:22] Kan
    Maybe I should sign up, then.
[08:25] Kan
    So, Mutsuko, does it really
    help you lose weight?
[08:27] Mut
    Yeah, totally!
[08:29] Mut
    It's really great for losing weight!
[08:31] Kan
    Slenderly Kandori!
[08:33] Kan
    That could work!
[08:35] Mut
    All right! Got one!
[08:37] Mut
    Shigeno-kun!
[08:39] Mut
    It looks like the team's
    getting another member.
[08:42] Mut
    A girl in our class called Kandori.
[08:45] Mut
    Wait, aren't you coming to practice?
[08:48] Dai
    No, I've decided to quit the team
    and play in the Senior League.
[08:54] Dai
    Could you let everyone know for me?
[08:57] Mut
    Shigeno-kun...
[09:05] Dai
    I thought that was you, Pop.
[09:07] Dai
    I'm home.
[09:08] Dad
    Hey, Daigo.
[09:09] Dad
    Want to play catch after?
[09:12] Dai
    You're bursting with energy, as usual.
[09:14] Dad
    I heard the news.
[09:16] Dad
    The newly-appointed captain
    is quitting the team.
[09:21] Dad
    You sure you wanna do that?
[09:23] Dai
    Why?
[09:24] Dai
    You gonna tell me
    I'm being irresponsible, too?
[09:26] Dad
    Nope.
[09:28] Dad
    Just thought it was a waste, is all.
[09:30] Dai
    What do you mean?
[09:32] Dad
    With no coach and no senior players around,
[09:34] Dad
    you have the freedom to build
    a team the way you want it.
[09:38] Dad
    You gonna throw a chance like that away?
[09:41] Dai
    I never particularly wanted
    to make my own team.
[09:45] Dad
    And there's nothing wrong with joining
    a strong team and shooting for a starting spot.
[09:49] Dad
    But it's way more exciting
    to take down stronger teams
[09:54] Dad
    with a team you built from the ground up.
[09:56] Dad
    Isn't everyone waiting?
[10:00] Dad
    For you to make a move, I mean.
[10:06] Mom
    That's so like Pop to say that.
[10:08] Mom
    After all, he transferred to a school
    with no baseball team and built one there.
[10:15] Dai
    But why do I have to build an
    entire team from the ground up?
[10:20] Dai
    Just so you know, I have absolutely
    no intention of copying Po—
[10:23] Mom
    That's good.
[10:25] Mom
    You really shouldn't.
[10:26] Mom
    That man has a sickness that makes him pick
    the absolute hardest route in whatever he does.
[10:31] Mom
    If you start copying him,
    your life will become a living hell.
[10:35] Dai
    O-Oh, really?
[10:36] Mom
    "Why do I have to do this?"
[10:39] Mom
    There was someone else who said
    that when they made him captain.
[10:47] Dai
    Uncle Taiga...
[10:49] Tai
    Hey, is that you, Daigo?
[10:51] Tai
    This is a surprise. What's up?
[10:55] Dai
    My mom was telling me something...
[10:57] Tai
    What'd my sister say?
[10:59] Dai
    You were captain of the Seishuu Academy
    baseball team, right?
[11:03] Tai
    Ah, yup, I was.
[11:05] Dai
    She said you weren't too excited
    about taking the role.
[11:11] Tai
    Well, yeah.
[11:13] Tai
    The Seishuu Academy baseball team was
    the team of the indomitable ace, Shigeno Goro.
[11:18] Tai
    When he graduated, we had no hope
    of keeping up our winning ways.
[11:22] Tai
    And I wasn't nearly good enough
    to make the guys dream.
[11:27] Tai
    But then your father said to me:
[11:32] Tai
    "Even losing in the first round is fine.
    Build a team for you guys."
[11:37] Dai
    And you said?
[11:38] Tai
    Well, I got mad at him for being so idealistic.
[11:42] Tai
    So I accepted the captaincy out of spite,
    dead set on losing in the first round.
[11:46] Tai
    Thinking back on it now, though,
    I'm glad I did it.
[11:51] Dai
    Why?
[11:53] Tai
    Because we overcame so much with that team.
[11:56] Tai
    It made us a tight-knit group, I guess.
[12:01] Tai
    Or maybe I just really
    loved baseball. Who knows.
[12:09] Kan
    Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow.
[12:12] Mut
    Just a little further.
[12:16] Tao
    This was really hard for us at first, too.
[12:19] Mut
    You two managed okay.
[12:22] Mut
    But it was so hard for me and Shigeno-kun!
[12:25] Yay
    I remember how we all used
    to collapse after practice.
[12:31] (Flashback) Tan
    Hey!
[12:32] (Flashback) Tan
    The first-years have to
    put away the equipment.
[12:35] (Flashback) All
    Coming.
[12:41] (Flashback) Mut
    Let's go, Shigeno-kun.
[12:42] (Flashback) Dai
    No, I can't.
[12:46] (Flashback) Mut
    Come on. Stand up!
[12:52] Mut
    Seventeen!
[12:55] Kan
    This is a proper downpour!
[12:57] Tao
    I can't.
[12:58] Mut
    Let's do thirteen more!
[13:01] Mut
    Eighteen!
[13:10] (Flashback) Mom
    I understand where you're coming from,
    but you should think it over.
[13:17] (Flashback) Mom
    It's not just you who has to deal with this.
[13:20] (Flashback) Tai
    It made us a tight-knit group, I guess.
[13:24] (Flashback) Gor
    Isn't everyone waiting?
[13:27] (Flashback) Gor
    For you to make a move, I mean.
[13:35] Dai
    Pop!
[13:39] Dad
    Oh, hey, Daigo.
[13:40] Dad
    What is it?
[13:42] Dai
    Pop... Please teach me baseball!
[13:51] Dai
    Please teach me baseball!
[13:53] Dad
    Huh?
[13:54] Dai
    Throwing. Catching. Batting. Running.
[13:57] Dai
    Everything that's important to play it.
[14:00] Dai
    Coach me on the basics, the drills...
    on everything you know!
[14:05] Dad
    Coach?
[14:06] Dad
    Come on, give me a break.
[14:10] Dad
    I'm no good at teaching.
[14:13] Dai
    I was given the captaincy.
[14:17] Dai
    I have to push the team forward.
[14:21] Dai
    But how can I do that
    if I'm the worst player?
[14:26] Dai
    We have talent to spare in our team.
[14:29] Dai
    If I try really hard...
    With everyone's combined efforts,
[14:32] Dai
    I believe we can drag Fuurin's
    baseball team out of the abyss!
[14:38] Dad
    I see.
[14:41] Dad
    I guess I can't run away
    after putting you up to this.
[14:46] Dad
    The only way I know how to learn
    is through muscle memory.
[14:49] Dad
    Does that work for you?
[14:51] Dai
    Yes!
[14:53] Dad
    Here we go.
[14:58] Dai
    Ow...
[15:02] Dad
    Huh? You say something?
[15:04] Dai
    Oh, uh... it's good we're practicing catching,
[15:07] Dai
    but isn't suddenly ramping up to
    catching a pro's pitches too big a step?
[15:12] Dad
    What are you talking about?
[15:13] Dad
    In the pro leagues,
    I pitched with my left hand.
[15:16] Dad
    I only used my right in my Little League days
    and when I was fielding.
[15:21] Dai
    Yeah, but even so...
[15:23] Dad
    You learned all about catching
    from Toshiya, didn't you?
[15:26] Dad
    Now you just have to catch a load
    of fastballs to get more experience.
[15:31] Dai
    All right, I get it.
[15:36] Dai
    Huh? Pop?
[15:41] Dad
    Nope. Don't wanna pitch to you anymore.
[15:45] Dad
    You're catching them with
    a face that says, "If I have to."
[15:48] Dad
    It totally kills my motivation.
[15:51] Dai
    My... face?
[15:53] Dad
    It's the feeling. The feeling!
[15:55] Dad
    And you haven't even praised
    a single one of my pitches!
[15:59] Dad
    Are my pitches lifeless?
[16:01] Dad
    Are you thinking these are the pitches of a
    decrepit old man with a busted shoulder? Well?!
[16:06] Dai
    I wasn't thinking tha—
[16:09] Dai
    Nice ball.
[16:11] Dad
    What the heck?
[16:13] Dad
    From the heart or not at all!
[16:16] Dai
    Nice ball!
[16:18] Dad
    Right?
[16:19] Dai
    Nice ball!
[16:20] Dad
    Nope!
[16:21] Dai
    Huh?
[16:22] Dad
    That would've been a ball.
[16:24] Dad
    I don't want you praising bad pitches.
[16:27] Dai
    You're just being unreasonable now.
[16:30] Dad
    'Course I am. Pitchers are unreasonable.
[16:33] Dad
    As my right hand, you need
    to know how to control me!
[16:37] Dad
    Get me hyped up!
[16:41] Dai
    Nice ball! Great!
[16:43] Dad
    Yup, that's good.
[16:50] Dai
    Close. But you've got the speed.
[16:54] Dai
    Nice one!
[16:57] Dai
    Almost...
[16:59] Dai
    Nobody could get near that last one.
[17:02] Dad
    You got it! Just like that.
[17:05] Dad
    If the catcher hypes up the pitcher,
[17:13] Dad
    the pitcher will respond to it.
[17:22] Dad
    Don't let it past you!
[17:23] Dad
    Put your life on the line for
    your pitcher and stop them.
[17:26] Dad
    Check out what's going on in the infield
    and the outfield, and talk the whole time!
[17:31] Dad
    You're the only one who sees the entire field.
[17:35] Dad
    If someone messes up, always
     get a clean hit when you're next up.
[17:38] Dad
    When the captain gets a hit,
    the entire team's mood changes.
[17:46] Dad
    Okay, okay.
[17:47] Dad
    You tired?
[17:49] Dad
    O-Of course I am...
[17:50] Dad
    Right! Starting tomorrow,
    you'll do this every morning and evening.
[17:54] Dai
    What?!
[17:55] Dad
    The captain has to train
    harder than anyone else.
[17:58] Dad
    Nobody will listen to
    a guy who's not training.
[18:03] Dad
    Chin up!
[18:05] Dad
    A captain must never look down.
[18:08] Dai
    Y-Yes, sir!
[18:11] Tao
    You're starting to get it, Kandori.
[18:14] Kan
    R-Really?
[18:17] Yayo
    Shigeno hasn't come for two weeks now.
[18:21] Mut
    Yeah...
[18:23] Tao
    Didn't he say he was gonna
    go play in the Senior League?
[18:25] Tao
    Doesn't that mean he quit?
[18:27] Tao
    Mutsuko, have you heard anything?
[18:30] Mut
    It looks like he hasn't submitted
    an official resignation form yet.
[18:33] Mut
    I asked him, but I didn't get an answer.
[18:36] Tan
    If Shigeno quits,
    we'll have to pick a new captain.
[18:41] Yayo
    Hard pass.
[18:42] Tao
    We can't compete, anyway,
    so do we even need one?
[18:46] Tan
    Of course we do.
[18:47] Tao
    Then you can do it, for all I care.
[18:50] Tan
    What's "for all I care" supposed to mean?
[18:56] Mut
    Shigeno-kun!
[19:00] Dai
    I'm sorry for being absent for so long.
[19:03] Dai
    Carrying on in the team...
    accepting the captaincy...
[19:06] Dai
    In my own way, I gave it a lot of thought.
[19:09] Dai
    I'm a first-year and have zero experience.
[19:11] Dai
    So my confidence isn't exactly high.
[19:15] Dai
    I'll be all at sea in every area.
[19:18] Dai
    But if I'm gonna do this,
[19:20] Dai
    I want to build a team that's stronger
    than any Fuurin team that's come before.
[19:23] Dai
    With this roster, I know we can do it.
[19:26] Dai
    Will you all join me in trying?
[19:31] Mut
    Yes!
[19:31] Tan
    Yeah.
[19:32] Tao
    I will.
[19:33] Yayo
    Glad to be on board.
[19:35] Kan
    Please.
[19:38] Dai
    Thank you.
[19:39] Dai
    One, two.
[19:40] Dai
    One, two.
[19:41] Dai
    One, two.
[19:42] Dai
    One, two.
[19:44] Kan
    W-Wait up...
[19:46] Dai
    Fifteen!
[19:51] Dad
    Safe!
[20:01] Dai
    All right, next!
[20:02] Dai
    6-4-3!
[20:08] Dai
    Okay! 5-4-3!
[20:14] Kan
    I knew it. I can't do this.
[20:17] Kan
    This is too much for me.
[20:19] Kan
    Sawa-san, can you take over hitting?
[20:22] Saw
    Okay.
[20:24] Dai
    Kandori, come over here a sec.
[20:26] Dai
    Let's do a different set of drills
     until you get used to this.
[20:30] Dai
    You and me together.
[20:32] Kan
    You don't have to do that!
[20:33] Kan
    I don't want to be a nuisance.
[20:36] Kan
    I basically only signed up 'cause
    the team had so few players.
[20:40] Dai
    What are you talking about?
[20:42] Dai
    You're already an important part of this team.
[20:45] Dai
    You chose our baseball team.
    You chose baseball.
[20:49] Dai
    I want you to be glad you chose to sign up!
[20:54] Dai
    It doesn't matter how many
    new members we get next month.
[20:58] Dai
    Work hard and make sure you're a starter.
[21:02] Kan
    Y-Yeah!
[21:04] Dai
    Okay? I'll throw it slower for now.
[21:06] Dai
    Try to catch it in front of your body.
[21:08] Kan
    All right.
[21:09] Dai
    Here we go.
[21:10] Dai
    That's it! Just like that!
[21:12] Kan
    I caught it!
[21:13] Mut
    Okay! One more!
[21:15] Tao
    Left field! Coming your way!
[21:19] Coach
    Don't worry.
[21:21] Coach
    I know you can do it.
[21:24] Coach
    You have a strong heart,
    and you're kind to others.
[21:28] Coach
    If you hold your head up high
    and fight with optimism and energy,
[21:32] Coach
    I promise that everyone
    will follow your lead.
[21:35] Coach
    Give it your all.
[21:37] Dai
    I will.
[21:39] Dai
    Thank you very much!
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    Fujii
[21:43] Chi
    I'm leaving now.
[21:45] Dad
    Oh, Chisato, you've got a game today?
[21:47] Chi
    Yeah.
[21:49] Fuji
    If the Dolphins didn't have a practice game,
    I'd come cheer for you!
[21:54] Fuji
    Go get 'em.
[21:55] Chi
    Okay!
[21:56] Chi
    You too, Dad. Do your best.
[21:58] Fuji
    I will, don't you worry.
[22:01] Fuji
    We got this!
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    Sagara
[22:21] Nis
    Just you watch.
[22:21] Txt
    Mifune Baseball Park
[22:25] Dai
    Let's go!
[22:27] All
    Yeah!
[24:00] Yay
    It's finally game day.
[24:02] Yay
    How are you feeling, Tao?
[24:03] Tao
    Great, obviously!
[24:05] Tao
    You are too, right?
[24:06] Yay
    Yuh-huh.
[24:07] Yay
    I also feel like their pitcher's
     totally looking down on us.
[24:11] Tao
    That "as if we could lose to
    a team full of girls" vibe?
[24:14] Tao
    It's on!
[24:16] Yay
    Then, let's show him how we play baseball.
[24:19] Yay
    Next time: "Girl Power, Baseball-Style."
SIGN    Girl Power, Baseball-Style
[24:22] Yay
    Run to the stage of your dreams!