# E17 - It Really is Special, isn't It?
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***SIGN*** Ice
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***SIGN*** Ice
***SIGN*** Ice
***SIGN*** Ice
***SIGN*** Festival
***SIGN*** ~ Our Second Summer, Beyond the Sky ~
**[02:24] Eisuke**
You okay?
**[02:26] Mystery Man**
Oh, just twisted my ankle
a little. I'll be fine.
**[02:32] Eisuke**
Well, take care.
**[02:52] Nishimura's Dad**
Okay, let's go over it, just to be sure.
**[02:56] Nishimura**
Go over it?
**[02:59] Nishimura's Dad**
Yeah. Just to be sure.
***SIGN*** National High School Baseball Championships
***SIGN*** East Tokyo
Division
***SIGN*** Kenjo
***SIGN*** Houkaidai Ni
***SIGN*** Shirayama
***SIGN*** Toushu
***SIGN*** Kenjo
***SIGN*** Houkaidai Ni
***SIGN*** Shirayama
***SIGN*** Toushu
***SIGN*** Seinan
***SIGN*** Akanodai
***SIGN*** Meisei High
***SIGN*** Saijo
**[03:02] Nishimura's Dad**
We now know the quarterfinal lineup
**[03:05] Nishimura's Dad**
of the National High School Baseball
Championships, East Tokyo Division.
***SIGN*** National High School Baseball Championships
***SIGN*** Seinan
***SIGN*** Akanodai
***SIGN*** Meisei High
**[03:10] Nishimura's Dad**
Only seeded schools remain.
**[03:13] Nishimura's Dad**
It's almost a little *too* predictable.
**[03:15] Nishimura**
The final will be predictable, too.
It'll be Seinan vs. Kenjo.
**[03:19] Nishimura**
And in the eyes of the people,
Kenjo's the favorite,
**[03:23] Nishimura**
so if they wanna see an upset,
that's the one we'll get.
***SIGN*** Akanodai
***SIGN*** Meisei High
***SIGN*** National High School Baseball Championships
***SIGN*** Seinan
**[03:27] Nishimura's Dad**
Apparently, the game they
want to see is Meisei vs. Kenjo.
***SIGN*** East Tokyo Division Final 8 Decided!
***SIGN*** Extraordinary Cleanup Batter Akai
***SIGN*** Kenjo
***SIGN*** Kenjo
***SIGN*** All Eyes on This Sibling Battery!
***SIGN*** Meisei
High
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***SIGN*** East
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School
Baseball
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***SIGN*** Houkaidai
Ni
***SIGN*** Toushu
***SIGN*** Seinan
***SIGN*** Meisei
High
***SIGN*** Hayashi
Family
Grave
***SIGN*** Hayashi
Family
Grave
***SIGN*** Sawai Family Grave
**[03:52] Ooyama**
Hey, fancy meeting you here.
**[04:00] Eisuke**
I bet Sawai's laughing at us.
**[04:04] Eisuke**
Over how we got so worked up about
a "fateful match" of our own making.
***SIGN*** Sawai Family Grave
**[04:09] Ooyama**
My bad.
**[04:11] Senbongi**
I'm sure there's some meaning to
any match-up if you go back far enough.
**[04:18] Eisuke**
True. We've been doing this
for a hundred years, after all.
**[04:23] Ooyama**
High school baseball, huh?
**[04:26] Ooyama**
People might get mad at me
for treating it as special, but...
**[04:28] Ooyama**
When you think about it,
it really is special, isn't it?
**[04:41] Ooyama**
What's up?
**[04:42] Eisuke**
You hear it, don't you?
**[04:46] Eisuke**
That favorite phrase of his,
whispered among the cicadas.
**[04:51] Ooyama**
Whose?
**[04:52] Eisuke**
The favorite phrase of Keiichi Sawai.
**[05:01] Eisuke**
"Let's go... Let's go... to Koshien..."
**[05:06] Ooyama**
Hey, I do hear it!
**[05:10] Eisuke**
Right?
**[05:11] Ooyama**
But that's not Sawai's voice.
**[05:15] Ooyama**
It's your lousy ventriloquist act!
**[05:19] Eisuke**
I've been rumbled, huh?
**[05:20] Ooyama**
Take this! And this! And this!
**[05:27] (Flashback) Sawai**
Let's go to Koshien.
**[05:36] Senbongi**
I heard you, Sawai-san.
**[05:55] Komiyama**
Looks like what the people want
is a Meisei vs. Kenjo final.
**[06:01] Ookuma**
Nah.
**[06:04] Ookuma**
What the people want is Meisei vs. Sumi Tech.
**[06:10] Ookuma**
That match is legendary.
**[06:23] Ookuma**
To all the middle-aged men
who lived through that summer,
**[06:26] Ookuma**
including the ones writing
those articles, anyway.
**[06:33] Ookuma**
Kenjo, huh?
**[06:35] Ookuma**
Why'd they change their name again?
**[06:38] Komiyama**
Because they dropped their
industrial arts program, I assume.
**[06:42] Ookuma**
Oh, right.
**[06:44] Komiyama**
A Meisei vs. Sumi Tech final, huh?
**[06:49] Ookuma**
Doesn't seem too likely, of course.
**[06:53] Ookuma**
The people and the media
have an unjustly low opinion...
**[06:58] Ookuma**
of both Seinan and
their manager, Nishimura.
**[07:04] Kita**
An unjustly low opinion, huh?
**[07:08] Tomohito**
I agree.
***SIGN*** Meisei High School
**[07:18] Imagawa**
Here.
**[07:20] Touma**
What's that?
**[07:21] Imagawa**
Provisions from Nikaidou.
**[07:23] Imagawa**
Take it to Otomi to help with her cold.
**[07:27] Touma**
She said she's all better now, though.
**[07:30] Imagawa**
Just do it.
**[07:31] Imagawa**
You're not training with
the rest of us today, anyway.
**[07:34] Imagawa**
Put in a little face time
and see how she's doing.
**[07:38] Touma**
Fine.
**[07:40] Touma**
See ya.
**[07:43] Nikaidou**
I don't remember giving a watermelon.
**[07:49] Imagawa**
Souichirou's idea.
**[07:53] Imagawa**
Apparently, part of Touma's
indispensable post-win ritual
**[07:57] Imagawa**
is going over the scorebook with Otomi
and explaining the match results in detail.
**[08:05] Imagawa**
She's right there across the street, but they
don't see each other much during tourneys.
**[08:10] Imagawa**
So we had to give him an excuse.
**[08:18] Nikaidou**
Good on Souichirou.
He cares about his little brother.
**[08:21] Imagawa**
Nah. He cares about his little sister.
**[08:25] Nikaidou**
Either way, it's a more positive
relationship than you'd expect.
**[08:29] Nikaidou**
Family really is an inscrutable thing.
**[08:37] Imagawa**
Hey, you're not gonna watch practice?
**[08:40] Nikaidou**
You don't want me to buy
watermelon for the rest of you?
**[08:45] Imagawa**
I wish you all the best.
**[09:01] Narrator**
*Let's go over it, just to be sure.*
**[09:03] Narrator**
* Meisei's baseball team needs*
* three more wins to reach Koshien.*
**[09:08] Touma**
Anyone want watermelon?
**[09:21] Lady**
Otomi! Otomi!
**[09:24] Lady**
You'd better watch out.
**[09:26] Otomi**
What?
**[09:28] Lady**
A shifty-looking guy on a bicycle has been
doing laps around here, looking for you.
**[09:35] Otomi**
A shifty-looking guy on a bicycle?
**[09:38] Lady**
Just don't go down
any dark alleys, all right?
**[09:43] Otomi**
I won't. Thanks.
**[09:47] Lady**
We'll be closing to cheer on your
brothers' next match, by the way.
**[09:52] Otomi**
Thanks. Please do.
**[10:08] Sasaki**
Mr. Harada!
**[10:14] Sasaki**
I *knew* it was you!
**[10:15] Sasaki**
It's been so long!
**[10:17] Sasaki**
How have you been?
**[10:21] Sasaki's Daughter**
C'mon, Dad. We're gonna be late.
**[10:24] Sasaki**
Right, right.
**[10:25] Sasaki**
Let's catch up sometime soon, Mr. Harada!
**[10:31] Sasaki**
Later!
**[10:36] Man A**
Sure. See you.
**[10:49] Otomi**
Weird.
**[10:50] Nishimura**
Otomi!
**[10:54] Man A**
Hey!
**[11:03] Nishimura**
I just happened to be passing by!
Fancy meeting you here!
**[11:08] Otomi**
The shifty-looking guy
on a bicycle appears.
**[11:15] Harada**
Nishimura...
**[11:20] Otomi**
Oh? You two know each other?
**[11:23] Harada**
Yeah. We're classmates, right?
**[11:26] Nishimura**
What? Hell freaking no!
**[11:30] Nishimura**
Don't act surprised, old man.
**[11:32] Nishimura**
What the hell is wrong with you?
**[11:34] Otomi**
Oh, I remember.
**[11:35] Otomi**
You guys played catch before, right?
**[11:39] Nishimura**
If you can even call that "catch."
**[11:44] Nishimura**
Is he an ex-boxer or something?
**[11:46] Otomi**
Dunno.
**[11:48] Nishimura**
"Dunno"? Haven't you asked him?
**[11:51] Otomi**
Asking him doesn't do any good.
**[11:55] Harada**
So we're really not classmates, Nishimura?
**[11:59] Nishimura**
Shut up, old man!
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**[12:22] Touma & Koma**
One, two! One, two!
**[12:29] Koma**
A shifty-looking guy on
a bicycle is watching us.
**[12:35] Touma**
Nishimura?
**[12:38] Touma**
Need something?
**[12:41] Nishimura**
Just dropping by since
I was in the neighborhood.
**[12:44] Nishimura**
I was worried you might not
last long enough to play Seinan.
**[12:48] Mayumi**
Nishimura! Did you manage to find Otomi?
**[12:52] Nishimura**
O-Oh, yes!
**[12:54] Nishimura**
She had to go to band practice, though.
**[13:14] Nishimura**
Saijo's a pretty tough opponent, you know.
**[13:19] Nishimura**
They don't have a monster batter
like Akai in their lineup,
**[13:23] Nishimura**
but every batter is one to watch out for.
**[13:27] Touma**
What are you even doing here?
**[13:29] Nishimura**
You pitching back-to-back?
**[13:35] Natsuno**
First!
**[13:38] Nishimura**
Or are you gonna go as
far as you can with him?
**[13:43] Touma**
That's up to the manager to decide.
**[13:45] Nishimura**
I really can't have you guys losing yet.
**[13:50] Nishimura**
I gotta show my dad
the semifinal against Meisei
**[13:53] Nishimura**
that he missed out on in his
third summer of high school,
**[13:56] Nishimura**
and which he always kept pestering
me about when I was growing up.
**[14:02] Nishimura**
Seinan's gonna win this one, of course.
**[14:15] Nishimura**
What a waste.
**[14:19] Haruka**
Touma!
**[14:23] Haruka**
Mind humoring the newspaper
club with an interview?
**[14:27] Touma**
Sure.
**[14:41] Tsuda**
Okay. Let's all take a break.
**[14:44] Yoshiko**
Boy, it's hot.
**[14:48] Yoshiko**
Otomi, c'mere a minute!
**[14:51] Otomi**
Hm?
**[14:58] Nishimura**
You get it now?
**[15:00] Natsuno**
Can we go through it one more time?
**[15:01] Nishimura**
Like I said...
**[15:08] Touma**
What's that guy doing now?
**[15:14] Imagawa**
Nishimura says he and Natsuno
have similar pitching styles,
**[15:18] Imagawa**
so he can see all the things he's messing up.
**[15:23] Imagawa**
He just watched and grumbled for a while,
**[15:26] Imagawa**
but he kept getting annoyed, and finally...
**[15:30] Nishimura**
It's *all* wrong! Are you even watching?
**[15:33] Touma**
You don't think he's giving him
bad advice to sabotage us, do you?
**[15:38] Imagawa**
If there was any sign of that,
Souichirou wouldn't allow it.
**[15:50] Haruka**
"A boy who just loves baseball"
is a good expression.
***SIGN*** Dad
***SIGN*** Cell Phone
**[15:59] Touma**
Nishimura! Your dad's calling you!
**[16:03] Nishimura**
Crap.
**[16:05] Nishimura**
Get it now? Just remember
those twelve simple points.
**[16:10] Natsuno**
"Just" twelve?
**[16:19] Ooyama**
Wasn't that Nishimura from Seinan?
**[16:22] Souichirou**
It must be his appearance and attitude.
**[16:27] Souichirou**
A pitcher like that really
deserves more attention.
**[16:33] Tsuda**
Okay! Take your seats!
**[16:36] Kids**
Yes, ma'am.
**[16:37] Tsuda**
Let's start from the top again.
**[16:40] Tsuda**
Ready?
**[16:41] Tsuda**
Imagine you're in the Alps stands
at Koshien and focus.
**[16:46] Tsuda**
Three, four...
***SIGN*** Meiji
Jingu
Baseball
Stadium
***SIGN*** Meiji
Jingu
Baseball
Stadium
***SIGN*** Meiji
Jingu
Baseball
Stadium
***SIGN*** Meiji
Jingu
Baseball
Stadium
***SIGN*** Meiji
Jingu
Baseball
Stadium
***SIGN*** Meiji
Jingu
Baseball
Stadium
***SIGN*** Meiji Jingu Baseball Stadium
**[16:53] Narrator**
* The National High School*
* Baseball Championships.*
**[16:57] Narrator**
*The East Tokyo Division quarterfinals.*
***SIGN*** DRAGON
**[17:01] Narrator**
*Highlights.*
**[17:02] Customer A**
Just the highlights?
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**[17:04] Customer A**
Hey now. Isn't that a giveaway
that nothing surprising will happen?
**[17:09] Customer B**
Right?
**[17:10] Mystery Man**
You'd think that, wouldn't you?
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**[17:14] Mystery Man**
But the motto of that particular author is:
"Meet their hopes. Betray their expectations."
**[17:20] Mystery Man**
It's at times like these that
caution is most required.
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***SIGN*** Kenjo
***SIGN*** Houkaidai Ni
***SIGN*** 1st
***SIGN*** 2nd
***SIGN*** 3rd
***SIGN*** 4th
**[17:28] Narrator**
*Kenjo vs. Houkaidai Ni.*
**[17:32] Colorcaster**
*Another walk.*
**[17:35] Colorcaster**
*Even with no runners on base,*
**[17:37] Colorcaster**
* these pitchers won't even*
* try throwing a strike to Akai.*
**[17:43] Colorcaster**
* He's been on base three times,*
* all from intentional walks.*
**[17:47] Colorcaster**
* Houkaidai Ni High's bench has studiously*
* avoided pitching to this stellar cleanup.*
**[17:52] Colorcaster**
* But for their ace pitcher, Gotou,*
* who struggles with runners on base,*
**[17:58] Colorcaster**
*is this really the ideal strategy?*
**[18:01] Colorcaster**
* Even without Akai, Kenjo has a strong lineup,*
* with numerous hitters averaging over .400.*
**[18:09] Colorcaster**
*The result...*
***SIGN*** Kenjo
***SIGN*** Houkaidai Ni
***SIGN*** 1st
***SIGN*** 2nd
***SIGN*** 3rd
***SIGN*** 4th
***SIGN*** 5th
***SIGN*** 6th
***SIGN*** 7th
**[18:14] Colorcaster**
* The game has become extremely one-sided,*
* with victory all but clinched in the seventh.*
**[18:19] Colorcaster**
*Akai's fourth at-bat.*
**[18:23] Colorcaster**
*He throws a strike...*
**[18:29] Colorcaster**
* And it's into the lower deck*
* of the right field stands!*
**[18:31] Colorcaster**
*The favorites have no weak spots!*
**[18:34] Colorcaster**
* It was a match that truly*
* showed off Kenjo's strengths.*
***SIGN*** Kenjo
***SIGN*** Houkaidai Ni
***SIGN*** (Called in the 7th)
**[18:38] Narrator**
*Next, Shirayama vs. Toushu.*
**[18:42] Colorcaster**
*Last year, Toushu High won the whole summer.*
***SIGN*** 4th
***SIGN*** 5th
***SIGN*** 6th
***SIGN*** 7th
***SIGN*** 8th
**[18:46] Colorcaster**
* They're feeling the loss*
* of their wonder ace, Mita,*
**[18:50] Colorcaster**
* and they've had close game*
* after close game.*
**[18:52] Colorcaster**
* And in this one, they've gone*
* into extra innings tied at 3-3.*
**[18:55] Colorcaster**
*But...*
**[19:01] Colorcaster**
* This year's Toushu team*
* performs best under pressure.*
**[19:06] Colorcaster**
* Last year's champions gain*
* momentum with a walkoff.*
**[19:10] Colorcaster**
*A troublesome opponent for Kenjo stays in.*
***SIGN*** Shirayama
***SIGN*** Toushu
***SIGN*** (Walkoff in the 10th)
**[19:14] Colorcaster**
*We can't wait to see that semifinal.*
**[19:17] Narrator**
*Seinan vs. Akanodai.*
**[19:22] Colorcaster**
* Watch this. Seinan's number one, Nishimura,*
* takes to the mound in the eighth.*
**[19:31] Colorcaster**
* Incredible. A perfect save.*
* Six consecutive strikeouts.*
**[19:36] Colorcaster**
*The only son of veteran manager, Nishimura,*
**[19:38] Colorcaster**
* whose dislike of the media and interviews*
* is legendary: Takumi Nishimura.*
**[19:43] Colorcaster**
* Those who recall the manager's playing days*
* know their looks and form are identical.*
**[19:48] Colorcaster**
*Seinan High got to the final last year,*
**[19:53] Colorcaster**
* and they've made it to*
* the semifinals once more.*
**[19:57] Nishimura**
Huh? That's all you have to say?!
***SIGN*** Seinan
***SIGN*** Akanodai
**[20:00] Colorcaster**
*And now, to find out who Seinan will face.*
**[20:04] Narrator**
*Meisei High vs. Saijo.*
**[20:16] Colorcaster**
* Meisei's starting pitcher, Natsuno,*
* struggles with his control out of the gate,*
**[20:20] Colorcaster**
*giving Saijo a promising two-run lead.*
**[20:25] Colorcaster**
* But Meisei's bats have*
* the long ball working this game.*
**[20:29] Colorcaster**
* Batting fifth, Nangou ties things up*
* with a two-run big fly.*
**[20:31] Colorcaster**
* Batting seventh,*
* Koma homers to take the lead.*
**[20:34] Colorcaster**
* Batting fourth, Imagawa goes deep*
* for a three-run shot.*
**[20:36] Colorcaster**
* The Meisei lottery trio*
* put six runs on the board.*
**[20:40] Colorcaster**
*And Natsuno on the mound steps it up, too.*
**[20:43] Natsuno**
Okay, I get it now.
**[20:45] Natsuno**
Like this!
**[20:47] Souichirou**
*That's it.*
**[20:50] Colorcaster**
* From the second onward,*
* his breaking ball movement*
**[20:52] Colorcaster**
* and his control make him*
* seem like a different person.*
**[20:57] Colorcaster**
*And in the seventh...*
**[21:00] Colorcaster**
* An error from the lottery*
* gives up a third run.*
**[21:04] Colorcaster**
*But he pitches eight innings,*
***SIGN*** Meisei
***SIGN*** Saijo
***SIGN*** 1st
***SIGN*** 2nd
***SIGN*** 3rd
***SIGN*** 4th
***SIGN*** 5th
***SIGN*** 6th
***SIGN*** 7th
***SIGN*** 8th
***SIGN*** 9th
**[21:05] Colorcaster**
* with a line of six hits, three walks,*
* and three runs, two of them earned.*
**[21:17] Colorcaster**
* Ace Touma Tachibana closes out*
* the ninth to win the game.*
***SIGN*** DRAGON
***SIGN*** Meisei High
***SIGN*** Saijo
**[21:25] Customer A**
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**[21:27] Customer A**
It all went how you'd expect it to!
**[21:30] Customer B**
Hey, old man!
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**[21:36] Customer B**
Hey, where's the guy who was sitting there?
**[21:40] Masaki**
Beats me.
***SIGN*** DRAGON
**[21:43] Narrator**
*Next up: the semifinals!*
**[21:46] Narrator**
*Beat the shifty-looking guy on a bicycle!*
**[23:21] Narrator**
*A rival. An opponent you want to beat.*
**[23:25] Narrator**
* Through mutual encouragement,*
* seek your own goals.*
**[23:28] Narrator**
*Hit each other with everything you've got.*
**[23:32] Narrator**
*With the next stage in mind, play ball!*
**[23:36] Narrator**
*Next time on* MIX*: "Who Is That?"
is the name of our story.*
***SIGN*** Who Is That?
***SIGN*** Who Is That?