# E22 - As Ever
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***SIGN*** ~ Our Second Summer, Beyond the Sky ~
**[01:45] Narrator**
*The East Tokyo Championship final.*
***SIGN*** Natsuno
***SIGN*** Tachibana T
**[02:22] Souichirou**
Don't wave.
**[02:25] Souichirou**
That wasn't some great play.
You were just slow to start running.
**[02:30] Souichirou**
Focus on the game.
***SIGN*** Kenjo
***SIGN*** Meisei
***SIGN*** 1st
***SIGN*** 2nd
***SIGN*** 3rd
***SIGN*** 4th
***SIGN*** 5th
***SIGN*** 6th
**[02:46] Touma**
Let me pitch.
**[02:51] Ooyama**
You can't hold off the Kenjo
order in your current state.
**[02:55] Ooyama**
Those aren't my words.
**[02:57] Ooyama**
That's what Souichirou said.
**[03:01] Ooyama**
The guy who knows you better than anyone.
**[03:06] Touma**
But if I take the mound, they might be
all sympathetic and go easy on me.
**[03:14] Touma**
The Kenjo order, I mean.
**[03:20] Ooyama**
Is that what you want?
**[03:24] Ooyama**
Is that the game you want your father to see?
**[03:56] Touma**
Seems like you're the same as ever.
**[04:01] Souichirou**
It's not my first time losing a father.
**[04:09] Souichirou**
And...
**[04:12] Souichirou**
It's not like he was my real father.
**[04:25] Umpire**
Three outs! Change!
**[04:32] Souichirou**
It's time, Natsuno.
**[04:34] Natsuno**
Uh, right.
**[04:45] Umpire**
Play ball!
***SIGN*** DRAGON
**[04:58] Ooyama**
Natsuno pitched really well.
**[05:01] Masaki**
Yeah.
**[05:03] Masaki**
That Kenjo order got double digit hits,
but only scored three runs in nine innings.
**[05:09] Masaki**
That's amazing work.
**[05:12] Ooyama**
Natsuno pitched really well.
**[05:21] Ooyama**
But we lost.
***SIGN*** Kenjo
***SIGN*** Meisei
***SIGN*** 1st
***SIGN*** 2nd
***SIGN*** 3rd
***SIGN*** 4th
***SIGN*** 5th
***SIGN*** 6th
***SIGN*** 7th
***SIGN*** 8th
***SIGN*** 9th
**[05:27] Ooyama**
I didn't shed a single tear, though.
**[05:31] Ooyama**
I'd cried 'em all out the day before.
**[05:40] Ooyama**
I think I might've been the one
least focused on the game.
**[05:47] Ooyama**
Right, shop master?
**[05:49] Masaki**
Don't "Right, shop master?" me.
**[05:52] Masaki**
You haven't ordered anything!
You're drinking beer you brought in!
***SIGN*** DRAGON
**[05:58] Ooyama**
I've been drinking so much lately that Haruka
finally had enough and banned it last week,
**[06:04] Ooyama**
so I can't drink at home.
**[06:06] Masaki**
I don't care!
**[06:07] Ooyama**
Oh, come on!
There's no need to shout so loud!
**[06:11] Haruka**
Same to you, Dad.
**[06:15] Ooyama**
Oh, shop master.
**[06:17] Ooyama**
Could I have a coffee?
**[06:18] Haruka**
Oh, honestly. You're really
going to ruin your health.
**[06:22] Ooyama**
Forgive me, daughter!
**[06:24] Ooyama**
I'll cut back after
the 49-day mourning period.
**[06:27] Ooyama**
So please... I promise!
**[06:29] Haruka**
"Cut back"? Not "quit"?
**[06:32] Ooyama**
Please understand.
**[06:35] Ooyama**
I *have* to drink.
**[06:49] Haruka**
But...
**[06:50] Haruka**
Touma and the others can't drink.
**[06:53] Haruka**
I wonder what they should do.
**[07:01] Masaki**
Speaking of which...
**[07:05] Masaki**
He's the only one left now.
**[07:09] Masaki**
The only one in that house
not related by blood.
**[07:16] Otomi**
Tou's not back yet?
**[07:19] Mayumi**
Oh, he called earlier.
**[07:22] Mayumi**
He's over at Mr. Harada's.
**[07:26] Otomi**
Mr. Harada's?
**[07:28] Otomi**
Oh, right, right. That Mr. Harada.
**[07:32] Souichirou**
I'm hungry.
**[07:33] Souichirou**
Let's eat already.
**[07:35] Otomi**
Hey, Sou!
**[07:39] Souichirou**
Did you make this gyoza, Otomi?
**[07:43] Otomi**
Not just the gyoza.
**[07:46] Otomi**
The beef and potato stew, the boiled
spinach in soy sauce, *and* the pork miso.
**[07:51] Mayumi**
Thank you.
**[07:53] Mayumi**
Otomi's been such a big help.
**[08:02] Souichirou**
Maybe we should wait
till Touma gets back, then.
**[08:07] Otomi**
Hey, hold up! What are you implying there?
**[08:10] Souichirou**
Oh, nothing.
**[08:12] Otomi**
No, come on, tell me!
**[08:14] Mayumi**
Now, now...
**[08:22] Touma**
I'm back.
**[08:31] (Flashback) Eisuke**
Um, excuse me!
**[08:34] (Flashback) Eisuke**
I think I might be lost.
**[08:38] (Flashback) Eisuke**
Which way is it to Koshien again?
**[08:42] (Flashback) Eisuke**
Oh, it's that way? Thanks so much.
**[08:46] Touma**
*No...*
**[08:50] (Flashback) Eisuke**
Gotta go!
**[08:51] Touma**
*It's not that way!*
**[08:53] Touma**
*Don't go!*
**[08:55] Touma**
*Come back!*
***SIGN*** Meisen Silk
from Isesaki
***SIGN*** Meisen Silk
from Isesaki
**[09:04] Teacher**
No, *you* come back to geography class.
**[09:08] Touma**
Understood.
**[09:21] Nikaidou**
Well? How's your ace been?
**[09:26] Imagawa**
Same as ever.
**[09:30] Imagawa**
Though, since it's a new team,
I've only looked in now and then.
**[09:35] Imagawa**
But his pitching's as good as ever.
**[09:38] Nikaidou**
I see.
**[09:40] Imagawa**
Sorry I couldn't keep my promise
to take us to Koshien.
**[09:45] Nikaidou**
You never made a promise like that.
**[09:49] Imagawa**
Wait, I didn't?
**[09:51] Nikaidou**
You don't have anyone to
apologize to. Hold your head high.
**[09:56] Nikaidou**
Is Souichirou the new captain?
**[09:59] Imagawa**
Yeah.
**[10:00] Imagawa**
Though, he's essentially been
the captain this whole time.
**[10:06] Nikaidou**
Yeah, I suppose.
**[10:08] Imagawa**
You didn't have to agree.
**[10:12] Nikaidou**
If that hadn't happened...
**[10:16] Nikaidou**
Just...
**[10:20] Nikaidou**
"If only," you know?
**[10:38] Otomi**
Can I help you?
**[10:42] Arisa**
It's nothing.
**[10:44] Otomi**
Did I look down?
**[10:48] Arisa**
Why would I care?
**[10:58] Komiyama**
Rain, huh?
**[11:10] Narrator**
*The quarterfinals of Koshien.*
**[11:13] Narrator**
* From the very start of the match,*
* the rain poured down.*
**[11:24] Narrator**
* An error by the shortstop slipping in*
* the mud resulted in Kenjo giving up the lead.*
**[11:32] Narrator**
* Trailing by that run, it was Kenjo*
* to bat at the top of the eighth.*
**[11:36] Narrator**
*One out, runners on first and second.*
***SIGN*** Hayashi
***SIGN*** Akai
***SIGN*** Yamada
**[11:50] Narrator**
*Just then...*
**[11:57] Komiyama**
Whoops.
**[11:58] Komiyama**
Sorry.
**[12:01] Komiyama**
Keep practicing.
**[12:03] Players**
Yes, sir.
**[12:10] Hayashi**
Poor thing.
**[12:11] Hayashi**
This bucket gets kicked every time it rains.
**[12:16] Kita**
"If only," you know?
**[12:19] Yamaji**
Well, it's a damn frustrating way to lose.
**[12:23] Hayashi**
Yeah, it's a hell of a way to lose.
**[12:26] Kita**
You idiots. As if there's
a non-frustrating way to lose.
**[12:30] Kita**
Right, Akai?
**[12:43] Akai**
Yeah.
**[12:46] Akai**
If losing at baseball doesn't frustrate you,
you're better off not playing.
***SIGN*** ~ Our Second Summer, Beyond the Sky ~
***SIGN*** ~ Our Second Summer, Beyond the Sky ~
**[13:11] Club**
See you later!
**[13:13] Club**
Good work.
**[13:13] Club**
Later!
**[13:20] Touma**
Sou!
**[13:22] Touma**
I'm gonna go hang out at Koma's for a bit.
Let Mom know I won't be back for dinner.
**[13:30] Souichirou**
Want us to make you
some rice balls, at least?
**[13:32] Touma**
Nah, we're gonna get ramen.
**[13:35] Touma**
Well, later. Let's go, Koma.
**[13:38] Koma**
Sure thing.
**[13:41] Touma**
Hey, Haruka. Later.
**[13:43] Koma**
Later.
**[13:44] Haruka**
Great work today.
**[13:57] Haruka**
Well, that's good to see.
**[14:00] Haruka**
Seems like he's as cheerful as ever.
**[14:02] Haruka**
Good to see.
**[14:04] Souichirou**
No.
**[14:07] Souichirou**
He's not the same as ever.
**[14:11] Souichirou**
If he was,
**[14:12] Souichirou**
he wouldn't have forgotten
that today is Mom's birthday.
***SIGN*** Meisei High School
**[14:27] Narrator**
* When it was "just one more" until Koshien*
* for the Meisei High baseball club,*
**[14:35] Narrator**
*one street away...*
***SIGN*** Punch
**[14:43] Souichirou**
Otomi.
**[14:45] Souichirou**
He's gonna be late if you don't wake him up.
**[14:51] Otomi**
Oh, you're right.
**[14:58] Otomi**
Tou—
**[14:59] Otomi**
Oh, oh, oh!
**[15:02] Touma**
What are you doing?
**[15:05] Otomi**
I came to wake you up
so you wouldn't oversleep!
**[15:09] Otomi**
You'd better hurry or you'll be late.
**[15:17] Touma**
Oh, right. Thanks.
**[15:28] Souichirou**
You'd better eat that up quick.
**[15:30] Touma**
You can go on without me.
**[15:33] Souichirou**
Yeah, that was the plan.
**[15:36] Souichirou**
Let's go, Otomi.
**[15:42] Otomi**
See you later, Tou.
**[15:44] Touma**
Later.
**[15:57] Mayumi**
Oh. Would you like more coffee?
**[16:00] Touma**
No, I'm fine.
**[16:01] Mayumi**
All right. Then, I'll go do the laundry.
**[16:34] Narrator**
*That day...*
**[16:37] Narrator**
*he collapsed in the Jingu Stadium bathroom.*
**[16:45] Narrator**
*And then...*
**[16:51] Narrator**
* Because he wasn't carrying*
* any form of identification,*
**[16:56] Narrator**
* the family only learned*
* about it that evening.*
**[17:06] Narrator**
*The cause of death was a heart attack.*
**[17:11] Narrator**
* His yearly company physical*
* always came back with nothing amiss.*
**[17:16] Narrator**
* He was the picture of health*
* for a middle-aged man.*
**[17:20] Touma**
So what the hell happened?
**[17:29] Touma**
Oh.
**[17:40] Haruka**
Touma's been late a lot lately.
**[17:44] Souichirou**
Dad's been showing up in his dreams,
meaning his sleep's been restless.
**[17:49] Souichirou**
He was moaning in his sleep again last night.
**[17:53] Haruka**
Is he okay?
**[17:54] Souichirou**
Dunno.
**[17:56] Souichirou**
I mean, it's not my job to worry about him.
**[18:03] Otomi**
No problem!
**[18:13] Teacher B**
What's no problem, Miss Tachibana?
**[18:18] Otomi**
No problems? You don't
need to go see the nurse?
**[18:22] Teacher B**
Okay, let's start class.
***SIGN*** DRAGON
**[18:30] Editor**
So what now?
**[18:35] Editor**
Going to play dumb again?
**[18:37] Adachi**
What do you mean, "again"?
**[18:40] Editor**
As in, "A second time. Repeatedly."
**[18:44] Adachi**
Oh, well...
**[18:48] Adachi**
I'm not really sure.
**[18:51] Editor**
You're just playing dumb, right?
**[18:53] Adachi**
What do you mean, "just"?
**[18:56] Editor**
As in, "Simply put.
When it comes down to it."
**[19:06] Harada**
This shop never gets any
respectable customers, does it?
**[19:11] Masaki**
You're one to talk!
**[19:25] Nishiki**
Why do you look so disappointed?
**[19:31] Natsuno**
Oh, it's just...
**[19:33] Natsuno**
I thought it might be my chance
to steal the ace's number.
**[19:41] Natsuno**
He really is something else.
**[19:44] Nishiki**
There's no need to rush. Next autumn,
you'll be wearing the ace's number for sure.
**[19:51] Natsuno**
Yup. It's just a good thing
we're not in the same grade.
**[19:57] Ooyama**
Souichirou!
**[20:16] Ooyama**
Okay, pitch away!
**[20:18] Touma**
What about Souichirou?
**[20:20] Ooyama**
I asked him to coach
the prospective catchers.
**[20:27] Ooyama**
We've gotta train up a backup catcher.
**[20:31] Ooyama**
Just in case something happens to Souichirou.
**[20:35] Touma**
That's asking for trouble.
**[20:41] Ooyama**
Yeah, you're right.
That's not like me, is it?
**[20:46] Ooyama**
Your father often said to me...
**[20:50] Ooyama**
"Your greatest weapon is
your boundless optimism."
**[20:57] Ooyama**
All right, I get it.
**[20:59] Ooyama**
Let's forget that.
**[21:01] Ooyama**
What am I saying, "just in case"?
That's asking for trouble.
**[21:05] Ooyama**
Hey, Souichirou! Get back here!
**[21:10] Touma**
Um, that's not what I meant.
**[21:20] Touma**
Is our manager okay?
**[21:23] Haruka**
He's just not used to his
sudden alcohol-free life yet.
**[21:29] Haruka**
It's okay. It'll be back in time
for the fall tournament.
**[21:33] Haruka**
His personality and his alcohol.
**[21:35] Touma**
Fall tournament?
**[21:38] Haruka**
Yeah. Fall tournament.
**[21:45] Touma**
Oh, right. The fall tournament.
**[23:22] Narrator**
*The season is fall.*
**[23:24] Narrator**
*Little by little, bit by bit...*
**[23:28] Narrator**
* To fill the void, they reach out to*
* each other. Call out to each other.*
**[23:34] Narrator**
*Because that's what it means to be human.*
**[23:38] Narrator**
*Next time on* MIX*: "No."
is the name of our story.*
***SIGN*** No.
***SIGN*** No.