# E1 - Meisei's Ace
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY4PXW986/meiseis-ace)
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Strike! You're out!
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On their first ever trip to
the tournament, Meisei is champion!
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The team's ace, Tatsuya Uesugi,
has pitched the entire game!
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"1986 68th Koshien
National High School Tournament
Champions Meisei High School"
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It has been 30 years
since the glory of that summer.
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The Meisei baseball team
that became champions
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on their first tournament is returning.
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Not your ordinary battery in the same grade,
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these brothers and their
younger sister have adventures
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in this story of love and youthful days.
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Their goal is the same.
Get to the Koshien Tournament!
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"Meisei High School"
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That championship happened only once.
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Many summers have followed...
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...but Meisei High School
would never make it to Koshien again.
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Squat, Kou!
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You're the one who
should be squatting, Sou!
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Can't you do what
your older brother says?!
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Ha!
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Big brother?
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We share the same birthday.
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You've seen the mother-child handbook.
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I was born ten minutes earlier.
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I don't trust that information.
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My hospital might've just been lazy
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and slow when I was being born.
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Maybe your hospital was impatient and
had the habit of writing down earlier times.
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Who knows if the clocks
in the hospitals were accurate?
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Whether you accept it or not,
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the public sees me as the
older brother and you the younger.
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Shut up!
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Huh?
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Ow!
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You guys! You're trespassing again!
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Hey, stop! Brats!
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"Meisei High School"
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This story is about Meisei High School,
**[05:41] ---**
champions on their first trip
to Koshien 30 years ago.
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"Meisei's Ace"
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"Tachibana"
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How fortunate. It's stopped raining.
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Spring vacation is over.
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Darn. It's way too short!
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Don't blame me.
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Make the...
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...vacation longer!
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I'm telling you it's not my fault!
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Hey! What are you doing?!
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I'm doing this!
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Hey! What?!
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Cut it out!
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*You* cut it out!
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Ah!
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This boy is main character number one.
Touma Tachibana. Thirteen years old.
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"Touma Tachibana"
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This one is main character number two.
Souichirou Tachibana. Thirteen years old.
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"Souichirou Tachibana"
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Come on. Have your breakfast
and leave, or you'll be late.
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And she is the brothers' little sister:
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Otomi Tachibana. Twelve years old.
Main character number three.
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"Otomi Tachibana"
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Sou. And you too, Tou.
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OK, got it, Otomi.
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Stop calling me that.
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Why?
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You make me sound like your father!
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Oh!
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"Tou" can also mean father!
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"Tou"
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"Tou"
"Tou"
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That's right.
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Don't worry.
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No one'll think you had me as
your daughter when you were one.
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Of course not.
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Why aren't you getting ready?
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Otomi's entrance ceremony
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is tomorrow!
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Mother. Mayumi Tachibana.
Thirty-eight years old.
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"Mayumi Tachibana"
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Wow. Otomi is finally
entering junior high school.
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She's grown to be a fine lady. Hm!
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Father. Eisuke Tachibana.
Forty-one years old.
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"Eisuke Tachibana"
**[08:33] ---**
Hey, Dad! Stop touching
my school uniform like that!
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You mustn't!
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Meow!
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So there you have it.
I'll see you at school tomorrow. Seniors.
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I'm leaving!
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Me too!
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The high school is only one minute away.
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"Meisei High School"
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Two more years of patience.
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After leaving home,
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walk halfway around the high school grounds
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and cross one street, then you
arrive at Meisei Junior High School.
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It makes no difference if we go
right or left around the High School.
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"Meisei Junior High School"
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It's really not far enough to complain.
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It's a straight path if we walk
through the High School grounds.
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Most of the students
commute by train, bus, or bicycle.
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Not to mention,
this light takes forever to change.
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Are you listening? Hey!
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--Hm?
--Hm?
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"Daisuke Nikaidou"
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Have a good day.
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Good morning!
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A new school year,
but the unlikable ones are still unlikable.
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We need longer vacations.
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Otomi.
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What?
**[10:27] ---**
Will you help me clean the storeroom?
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Why suddenly today?
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Only because it came to mind today.
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I guess I can.
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Good.
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I was hoping to go
and see the baseball team.
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Nikaidou.
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It's time.
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Yes. Then I'll be leaving, manager.
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Yeah. Good work.
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Exactly one hour today, too.
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OK. You guys.
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The new school year begins tomorrow.
We'll have new students wanting to join.
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Get your bodies back into
shape after that long spring break.
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Yes, sir!
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You guys.
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Captain.
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Can't do it today.
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"Tadashi Imagawa"
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I know that.
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I'm home!
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You're early.
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They're not gonna overwork us from day one.
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Throw any pitches today?
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No. Because the manager
was there the whole time.
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I'm glad I didn't...
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Hm?
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...go see you practice.
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What's that about?
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How about Sou?
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He's on a date.
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He doesn't miss a beat from day one.
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What is it?
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Want something to drink?
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Sure.
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You interested in baseball?
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Hm?
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Miss Tachibana... right?
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You're...?
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Ichiban Natsuno!
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"Ichiban Natsuno"
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Oh! Yes, of course!
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I remember only the fact
I thought your name was funny.
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That's mean.
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Personally, I really like my name.
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Ichiban means No. 1, the team ace!
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And Natsu means summer!
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So it is my destiny to pitch
at the summer Koshien.
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So you won't pitch at the spring Koshien?
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Ah, well, that's a different issue...
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Are you joining the baseball team?
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It's my destiny.
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Good luck.
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I understand it's pretty tough.
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What's tough?
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Is that person our ace pitcher?
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Huh?
**[14:27] ---**
Yeah. That's Nikaidou. He's in ninth grade.
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Oh.
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It doesn't look like
I'll have to wait a year to be No. 1.
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Oops! I was talking to myself.
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You speak so clearly
for someone talking to himself.
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Do you want to become a pitcher?
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Yes!
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Ichiban Natsuno! The ace of the summer!
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I'm destined to take the mound
at the summer Koshien!
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So you won't pitch at the spring Koshien?
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Huh? Ah, that's a different issue...
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Ah.
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"Tachibana"
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Tachibana?
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Yeah. I'm Touma Tachibana,
in eighth grade. Good to meet you.
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Well, in any case,
Koshien is a high school tournament.
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So don't rush it. Take it slow.
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I don't know about that ace pitcher,
but that catcher is good.
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That's Souichirou Tachibana, in eighth grade.
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Tachibana?
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Are you brothers?
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Yeah.
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But you two don't look alike, for twins.
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Who said we were twins?
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Huh? But...
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Oh, I get it.
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You were born almost a year
apart in the same grade year!
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We share the same birthday.
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Huh?
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New members, gather here!
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Yes!
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I'm Kuroyanagi, the manager.
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Let's start with you
showing me how good you are.
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Those wanting to be a pitcher, step forward.
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Yes!
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Yes!
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Y-Yes!
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Tachibana. Catch for them.
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Five pitches per person should be enough.
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Yes.
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Oh... I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
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Come on! Don't be so nervous!
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I'm sorry!
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Next!
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OK, next!
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Yes!
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Ichiban Natsuno! Here I go!
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Huh?
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He's pretty good.
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Not bad.
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I'm throwing you a slider next!
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OK, that's enough.
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Natsuno!
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Yes!
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The outfield seems to suit you the best.
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Take your position there.
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Pardon?!
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Manager. I'm leaving now.
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Right. Good work.
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Pardon?
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That's the expression anyone would make.
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I guess.
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What is that manager thinking?!
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"Next day"
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I told you.
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It's pretty tough.
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Oh! Come to think of it!
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The Tachibana brothers
on the baseball team...
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They're my brothers.
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They're in the same grade with the same
birthday but aren't twins?
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How can that be?
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Oh. That's because--
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Otomi!
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Yoshiko.
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My mom says you can come
and get the puppy whenever you want.
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Huh?! Really?!
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Hey! Wait!
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You haven't finished explaining.
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Manager. I'm leaving now.
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Yeah. Good work.
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Does our ace pitcher
always leave alone early?
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Yeah. After about an hour. Every day.
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What a carefree club this is.
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I guess. Both our team and the
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High School baseball team have
gotten used to being weak.
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But the team's been to Koshien before, right?
The High School team?
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"1986 68th Koshien
National High School Tournament
Champions Meisei High School"
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A long, long, long time ago. And only once.
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Huh?
**[19:52] ---**
Oops.
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Ugh!
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Darn. I should've done more
research before selecting schools.
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Touma.
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Hm?
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I hear the manager won't be back for a while.
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Roger that.
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Huh?
**[20:18] ---**
What about the Tachibana who isn't a catcher?
**[20:22] ---**
Oh. He's been our regular
third baseman since seventh grade.
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Oh.
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What position did you say he plays?
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Third base.
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--I'm home!
--I'm home!
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I'm thirsty. Huh?
**[21:24] ---**
What's this?
**[21:26] ---**
Oh, that.
**[21:28] ---**
We found it when cleaning the storeroom.
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Maybe it belongs to Dad.
**[21:39] ---**
Nope.
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This isn't Dad's.
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Now, this uniform.
Who does this No. 1 belong to?
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Next time, on Mix.
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Hey. Who is the big brother?
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Hm? You can be him.
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No, you be the big brother.
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No, you.
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--You. You. You.
--You. You.
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Then I'll be him.
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Why you?!
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Next time, "I'm Big Brother,
and You're Little Brother."
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"Name: Punch"
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"I'm Big Brother and You're Little Brother"
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They're both big brothers to me!
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"To be continued"
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