# E18 - On a Rainy Day Like Today
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY4PK18W6/on-a-rainy-day-like-today)
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"Meisei High School
Return of a Prestigious School"
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"Meisei High School
Touma Tachibana
First time since the summer they became national champions!!"
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"Meisei High School Grade Ten Ace
Tachibana Pitches a No-hitter"
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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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*I see a mirage of a faraway summer day*
* *
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*Friends' voices echo*
* *
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*All these people walking*
*around with eyes downcast*
* *
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*Were boys once too--didn't*
*recognize them, did you?*
* *
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*If I close my eyes tight*
*on the field after the rain*
* *
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*I see the same blue sky*
*I lost myself in that day*
* *
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*Maybe today is what I was looking at then*
* *
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*The heavens so cloudless*
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*Versus, let's face each*
*other under the same sky*
* *
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*Guess what, past boy--I'm fighting hard, too*
* *
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Otomi! It's for you!
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Thanks!
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Hello?
**[02:41] ---**
Right. Yeah. Yeah.
**[02:45] ---**
OK. Got it.
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"Meisei High School Grade Ten Ace
Tachibana Pitches a No-hitter"
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"On a Rainy Day Like Today"
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"Seinan High School Baseball Team
Training Camp"
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He even got a big photo
of him with the article!
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That's what I was telling you!
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A reference record isn't good enough.
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They treat the article
completely differently.
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That's not the only reason
for the significant coverage.
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The public weren't paying attention to them.
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Neither to Meisei as a team or that battery.
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That's added to the size of the article.
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I see.
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Well, of course.
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Even if I did the same, people
expect it so no one would be surprised.
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Don't be so full of yourself.
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At this point, the only one who wouldn't
surprise anyone is Hiroki Mita of Toushu.
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Come on, you should know better.
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I'm the type who excels when being praised.
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Yeah. Being full of himself and
believing he's better than he really is.
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I know it all too well
because I was the same.
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You're right that we're
blood relatives and we look alike,
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but we're not identical
in every sense, are we?
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Yeah. I sincerely hope not.
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First of all, you don't know how to
properly use one of these, do you?
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Oh, right! I'll call Otomi
to congratulate her.
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In our next life, I'll make
sure to live next door to you!
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We'll be childhood friends.
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It's been 30 years since then.
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Huh? She went out?
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But she has the day off
because of Foundation Day, right?
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Huh? Why do I know?
I checked it out on the internet.
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What? That's creepy?
No, this is normal nowadays.
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So, who did Otomi go out with?
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Huh? None of my business?
Don't say that, Mom!
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Hello?
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You don't need to be so much like me.
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A rainy Foundation Day.
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"Meisei High School"
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The schedule being pushed back a day
helps greatly. Especially for Touma's sake.
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Do you plan to use only
Touma all the way to the final?
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It would be ideal to win a game
with the mercy rule somewhere
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to reduce the number
of innings he needs to pitch.
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But we don't have that kind of offense.
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Well, we'll just ride
this as far as we... Huh?
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To the final?
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Yes, to the final.
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No, wait. I'm not expecting
us to make it that far.
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Why not?
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Why not? It's only been four months
since I became manager.
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That's being impudent!
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You have a point.
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Even if we continue winning,
it won't be because of your managing skills.
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You fool! None of that matters!
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It does matter!
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We've got to show Mom!
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Show her how great a leader you are, Dad!
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You did so much during your days as a coach,
but she never came to see a single game!
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She knows absolutely nothing about you!
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She knows a lot about me.
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She sees that I went out to
play ball all day with great passion,
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knowing there was little money
in it and ignoring the family.
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That I was not much of a father.
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Doesn't it frustrate you?
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Why should I be frustrated?
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It was my dream to become Meisei's manager.
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You're wrong.
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Your dream is to take
Meisei to Koshien again!
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Oh. Yeah.
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That's right, Koshien. Yes, Koshien.
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Huh?
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What is it?
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Are you really a great leader?
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Yes?
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You did so much when you were a coach,
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but all you did was develop
a weak team into a regular team.
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Sure, you were popular among club members,
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but they treated you more like a friend,
and didn't necessarily respect you.
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Hold on there.
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Why were you able to become
Meisei's manager in the first place?
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What's this?
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Who contacted you?
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Wait a minute.
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Were there no other candidates?
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Come on!
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Did they draw your name out of a hat?
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That's enough!
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"Punch"
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See you later!
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Otomi! It's for you!
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"Akai"
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Out of my way.
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It's you again.
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Is Ryou not home?
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I don't know.
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I haven't checked yet, so I can't be sure.
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What do you want with him?
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I promised to lend Ryou a book.
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I was going to give it
to him at school tomorrow.
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But I happened to be in the neighborhood.
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You always have too
much time on your hands.
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Ryou! Ryou!
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It doesn't look like he's home.
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I see. Well, excuse me.
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"Toushu High School Baseball Team"
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Hey!
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You said you're classmates
with Ryou, didn't you?
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What about it?
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Then you go to Meisei Junior High.
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Naturally.
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"Toushu High School Baseball Team"
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Why are you wearing a
windbreaker from Toushu High School?
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Oh, this?
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I didn't want the clothes
I just bought to get wet.
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So I borrowed this from my brother.
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Your brother...
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What was it again?
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Yes?
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Your name!
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The name's Mita! So what?
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Mita...
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Hey!
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Come in for some tea.
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What?
**[10:35] ---**
The rain's coming down harder again!
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That's why I told you
to jog in the gymnasium.
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I can't get excited running indoors.
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Hey!
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What is it?
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I forgot to bring a change of clothes.
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Good grief.
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Hang tight. I'll call home and have
Otomi bring you something to change into.
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I'll be right there.
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Hello!
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She went out?
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Yeah? Is that so? OK.
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She says to go get it yourself.
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How fortunate that we live across the street.
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Otomi's not home?
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No.
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I hear she left in the morning.
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In this rain? To do what?
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I hear she's on a date.
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Huh?
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In this rain?
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She's on a date.
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On a rainy day like today?
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She's on a date.
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A rainy Foundation Day.
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Afternoon.
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Thunder?
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Yeah. I hear it, in the distance.
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I've got no choice. I'm going home
to get a change of clothes.
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Do you want to call first?
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Never mind. I have a key.
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I mean, give Otomi a call.
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Don't bother.
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That's the surest way for
a family member to be hated.
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Oh! Lightning!
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Oh boy.
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What's with that expression?
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Try to enjoy this more.
We're having fun, after all.
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This expression has
nothing to do with the score.
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Oh! A perfect split!
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Here you are, Otomi.
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Thank you.
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Hurry and bowl your second roll!
**[13:31] ---**
That's the current distance
between you and Otomi.
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If you can get them closer, go ahead and try!
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So close!
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Dangerously close!
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OK! My turn next.
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Watch me, Otomi.
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OK.
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--This is where I show her that I'm a man!
--What is he doing here?!
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--This is where I show her that I'm a man!
--Oh.
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Boys and girls, do not do what he's doing.
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I was about to leave when he called me.
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He asked me if I happened
to get a call from you.
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So I told him I did.
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Why did you tell him?! We're on a date!
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Huh?
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All right!
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Come on. You asked me
to go bowling with you.
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I was just thinking that
I wanted to get some exercise
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and figured the more the merrier.
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Yay! That was awesome!
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A date?
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I hesitated many times,
afraid that you might say no.
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I finally worked up the
courage to make that phone call.
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Don't underestimate the read
and instincts of a skilled pitcher.
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I know every action you plan to take.
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You need a lot more training
to be able to outwit me.
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Akai.
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Hurry and bowl your second throw!
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I rolled it.
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You left so many pins.
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I'm the type to politely hit the corners.
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Don't compare me to common pitchers
who easily throw it right down the middle.
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Well, I won't even talk
about the first throw.
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I trust you haven't forgotten our promise
that the one with the lowest score
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pays for the games we bowl.
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It's already decided, right?
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I have a handicap of 20,
so you're right about me.
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But since you've been aiming
too much for the corners,
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you've left him with a chance to beat you.
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What? You're kidding.
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--Let's see, if I get a strike
in the last frame, then...
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--I'm sorry.
--Let's see, if I get a strike
in the last frame, then...
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I was being insensitive.
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I'll be careful from now on.
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Oh boy.
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There's no way that
Otomi Tachibana is insensitive.
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I know very well that you meant no harm.
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So you have no need to apologize to some
lonely guy who asks you out to go bowling
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and decides on his own that it's a date!
You mustn't apologize!
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Oh, but the average girl would
have picked up on such things, right?
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I'm sure.
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You're not an average girl.
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Yes?
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You're special. Otomi Tachibana.
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This is where an average girl
would fall for you, right?
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I'm sure.
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You had me worried!
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There's no chance I'll lose unless I miss
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and Akai finishes off
the final frame with strikes!
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Good job! You were finally
able to calculate that!
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Ahem!
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Second throw, coming up!
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Boys and girls, definitely
do not do what she's doing.
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That's the current distance
between me and Otomi.
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Yes!
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I see...
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OK!
**[18:01] ---**
Next, we'll compete at
a batting center, Akai!
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That's not fair!
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Of course, I'll give you a handicap.
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I'll face 130 kph pitches,
and you face 100 kph pitches.
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We'll see which one of us
can get more clear hits.
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Otomi will decide whether
or not they're hits.
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Huh?
**[18:18] ---**
Well?
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I'll do it.
**[18:20] ---**
What?
**[18:21] ---**
OK, then it's decided.
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Now that it's decided,
let's move to our next location.
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I see.
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Otomi received a call from Akai after nine.
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She was invited to go bowling
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and was ready to leave at about 10:30.
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Yeah, I think those times are about right.
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How did she seem at the time?
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Huh?
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A. She seemed to be having fun.
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"A. Having fun"
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B. She seemed unwilling and reluctant.
**[18:55] ---**
"A. Having fun"
"B. Unwilling"
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C. She was so excited,
she began skipping about.
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"A. Having fun"
"B. Unwilling"
"C. Skipping"
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I guess that would be "A."
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But she only said she was going bowling.
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She didn't say anything
about it being a date, right?
**[19:13] ---**
You're right.
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But that has to be a date.
**[19:17] ---**
Don't be so sure. It all has
to do with what she thinks.
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It's not for others to decide.
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So, what was she dressed in?
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A. She was wearing something fancy.
**[19:27] ---**
"A. Wearing something fancy"
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B. No different from what she usually wears.
**[19:30] ---**
"A. Wearing something fancy"
"B. What she usually wears"
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C. A jersey.
**[19:32] ---**
"A. Wearing something fancy"
"B. What she usually wears"
"C. Jersey"
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Let's see...
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See you later!
**[19:40] ---**
Yeah, I'd say no different
from what she usually wears.
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Then no sweat.
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It's raining, so I think that's appropriate.
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Yes, I guess so.
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An outfit for a rainy day.
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And, just as Otomi was about to leave,
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she got a phone call.
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A phone call? From who?
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Oh dear. What was his name?
**[20:04] ---**
He's in Otomi's class and
a member of the baseball team.
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With a funny name.
**[20:08] ---**
Ichiban Natsuno?
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That's it! That boy, that boy!
**[20:13] ---**
Did Otomi tell him?
**[20:15] ---**
That she's on her way
to go bowling with Akai?
**[20:18] ---**
Yes she did. Including when and
where they were meeting and other stuff.
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The phone.
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Right away.
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Hello?
**[20:32] ---**
Yes?
**[20:35] ---**
All right.
**[20:37] ---**
Touma. You're asked to return at once
because meetings are about to begin.
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That was from Souichirou.
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Oops, I forgot. I came
home to get some clothes.
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See you later!
**[20:48] ---**
Goodbye!
**[20:58] ---**
"Soccer Team: Akai (Ryou)"
"Grade Nine"
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Can we add that one as a hit, too?
**[21:09] ---**
Go right ahead.
**[21:25] ---**
How many hits is a home run?
**[21:27] ---**
The number of bases don't matter!
Every hit counts as one hit!
**[21:45] ---**
Give me a break, Soccer Team!
**[23:23] ---**
Next time, on *MIX*.
**[23:25] ---**
Our head of the household,
Eisuke Tachibana, is very mysterious.
**[23:28] ---**
It appears to be true that
he's a businessman...
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...but we already had our detached home
with a yard as far back as I can remember.
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He says he's not interested in promotions...
**[23:37] ---**
...but we have no idea
what he does during the day.
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Not to mention, he drinks beer
and falls asleep every night.
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"Do You Envy Them?"
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But he's able to support four family members.
**[23:44] ---**
Next time, "Do You Envy Them?"
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In a way, I do envy him.
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"To be continued"
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