E22 - He Loves His Sister

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    East Tokyo Tournament semifinal, game one.
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    "Meiji Jingu Stadium"
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    Meisei versus Toushu.
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    The super high-schooler, left-handed
    ace pitcher, Hiroki Mita of Toushu.
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    The pro baseball scouts are watching closely.
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    And of course, he hasn't
    allowed a run in this tournament.
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    Together with its powerful lineup,
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    this flawless team has their eyes
    set on the national championship.
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    Each and every one
    with their respective thoughts...
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    Him, too?
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    The fateful game is about to begin!
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    Play ball!
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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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    Strike!
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    One saving grace in this game
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    is that everyone in our lineup has
    faced that absolute ace once before.
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    The batter's mentality changes greatly
    between the first and second encounters.
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    His fastball...
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    ...and his wicked breaking balls.
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    We all know exactly what to expect from him.
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    As expected.
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    "He Loves His Sister"
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    He's throwing heat from the outset.
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    Because their manager has no intention
    of having him pitch a complete game.
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    To prepare for the final,
    they want to build a significant lead
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    in the early innings so they can pull him.
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    I see.
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    He has struck out the side.
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    The stands applaud in appreciation
    of Hiroki Mita's great pitching!
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    "Color commentator: Hyouri (51 years old)"
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    "Play-by-play: Mori" "Twelfth Year"
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    Oh, excuse me.
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    Now, things are starting to get interesting.
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    I'm sure that's got pitcher
    Tachibana all fired up.
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    I'll bet he'll show us
    some incredible pitching.
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    He's been receiving
    all this attention, after all.
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    Yes, yes.
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    Toushu High School is up to bat.
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    Batting first, second baseman Maeba.
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    When we get four runs,
    you can come out of the game, Mita.
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    Which could be as soon as the next inning.
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    Have you forgotten?
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    Our batting lineup has never
    scored a run against that pitcher.
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    He's...
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    ...struck out the side!
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    Did he pitch like that before?
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    It seems that being different
    from a practice game to an official game
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    doesn't only apply to our lineup.
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    In any case, I'll do my best
    until we get four runs.
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    Ah, yeah...
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    Yay!
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    Hey!
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    Thanks.
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    Thank you.
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    He's looking great!
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    He's totally inconsistent.
    Even more than usual.
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    Huh?
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    His pitching form and swing of his arm are
    consistent, but the velocity on his fastball...
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    Inconsistent?
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    Which makes it tough to catch,
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    but worse for anyone trying to hit it.
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    Yeah.
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    Strike three! You're out!
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    Strike three! You're out!
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    Not as much as facing him, though. Right?
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    Yeah.
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    "Meisei"
    "Toushu"
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    That's six straight strikeouts.
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    It's unusual to see the always cool
    Mita going all out from the beginning!
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    He's simply overpowering the Meisei batters!
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    Not really. He's no different
    from the Mita we usually see.
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    It looks that way because he's
    that much better against their batters.
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    It's Tachibana, though,
    who needs to watch out.
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    Things went a bit too well
    for him at the start of the game.
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    He mustn't get overconfident.
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    Especially since the batter he's facing...
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    Tani, batting fourth,
    with an aggressive swing.
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    This one's headed for the stands!
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    I got it.
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    Must be the wind.
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    No, there's absolutely no wind.
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    Fukabori, batting fifth,
    hits the third pitch, a ground out to first.
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    He avoided the trap.
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    I was hoping he'd continue
    going for strikeouts,
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    but I had forgotten about that catcher.
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    That battery, they're both
    still in tenth grade, right?
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    In any case, I'll do
    my best until we get four runs.
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    Ah, yeah...
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    "Meisei"
    "Toushu"
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    He pitched like a different person
    in the second inning.
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    I promised him that he can pitch however
    he wants to just for the first inning.
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    If he gets provoked into
    pitching like that guy,
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    he'll be the first to run out of gas.
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    The physical strength of
    a senior and tenth grader differ,
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    not to mention, he's the
    unrivaled Hiroki Mita.
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    Right, Manager?
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    Hm?
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    They're expecting today
    to be the hottest day all year.
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    The challenge from here on is how
    to keep Touma's pitch count down,
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    so he can pitch more innings.
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    Right, Manager?
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    Hm? Oh, yes, you're right.
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    Huh? Before the game someone said,
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    "We have no plan! Go for broke!"
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    I wonder where that old man went?
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    I don't know what you're talking about.
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    Foul!
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    Batting eighth, right fielder Koma.
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    Foul!
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    It looks like he's not too keen
    on making the hitter hit into outs.
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    Even if he takes something off his fastball
    or breaking ball, there's still great movement,
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    so even if the pitch hits the bat,
    the ball doesn't travel forward.
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    On the other hand, my pitches...
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    You're saying my balls have no movement?!
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    Nobody said such a thing!
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    Foul!
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    The trick of making the Toushu
    lineup hit into outs is only possible
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    because of Souichirou's lead
    and your great control,
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    precisely delivering the
    ball where he wants it.
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    Well, thank you.
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    What I want to know is,
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    is your great control when you don't
    try to throw too hard a natural talent?
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    Yes!
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    One meter from the plate. The catcher
    picks it up with his bare hand, and...
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    Two outs.
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    Yay. How'd you like that?
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    I put a stop to the run
    of consecutive strikeouts.
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    Is your carefree attitude
    also a natural talent?
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    Yes?
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    Three outs and Toushu is up next.
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    "Meisei"
    "Toushu"
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    "Meisei"
    "Toushu"
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    This heat from early morning is abnormal.
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    It's even hotter on the mound, isn't it?
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    Yeah.
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    But no matter how hot it is,
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    I would've loved to take the mound just once.
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    Wearing Meisei's number 1 uniform.
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    Sorry about that. It's all my dad's fault.
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    Is that guy really my son?
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    Sou has hardly had to
    move his catcher's mitt.
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    I did not have the confidence to
    maintain control of my pitches to the end.
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    Maybe it's because he had Sou
    to play catch with since he was little.
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    I wonder about that.
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    When they played catch,
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    it was like fighting, throwing the ball as
    hard as they could against each other.
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    In fact, it would often
    turn into a real fight.
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    When that happened,
    they'd stop playing for weeks.
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    And then every time...
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    Every time?
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    Want to rest a bit, Otomi?!
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    I'm all right!
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    Come on! Throw it!
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    Strike!
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    He can pitch like this too, can he?
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    He's just like you, Mita.
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    He loves his sister. Always has.
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    But with me...
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    We used to always fight.
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    Where are you throwing it?!
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    Shut up!
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    What do you wish to do?
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    Please go.
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    Oh? Wait a moment.
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    Quietly... Quietly...
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    What a terrible parent.
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    Her sons are battling it out in a game
    with a trip to the finals on the line.
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    Yet she won't even go
    to the stadium to cheer them on.
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    I came in here assured
    that there would be no one home.
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    Darn it! Then a change of plans!
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    Were you planning to rob from an empty home?
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    You are a burglar, aren't you?
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    What if I am?!
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    Oh, hello, ma'am.
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    He says he's a burglar.
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    "Nagisa Tsukikage"
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    You were a great help. I am truly grateful.
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    It was nothing.
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    Oh, by the way...
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    Does the baseball team here
    have a day off from practice today?
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    Huh?
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    "Punch"
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    Three outs!
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    Touma Tachibana posts
    another scoreless inning.
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    "Meisei"
    "Toushu"
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    East Tokyo Tournament semifinal, game one.
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    Meisei High School versus Toushu High School.
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    After five innings,
    the game is tied at zero-zero.
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    Huh?
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    This is a semifinal game, right?
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    They did say so.
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    Of the East Tokyo Tournament where
    well over one hundred high schools compete.
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    It appears that way.
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    Why are they still playing?
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    I wonder.
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    To this point, each team
    has been limited to only one hit.
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    Yes?
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    They may each have one hit,
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    but Toushu's hit was
    cleanly hit into center field.
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    Meisei's was weakly hit, but just
    happened to drift over the infielder.
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    I wonder about grouping
    them together simply as hits.
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    A cleanly hit ball...
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    ...breaks through to center field.
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    Yes!
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    What just happened?
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    Without looking at the ball, he relied
    solely on timing his swing to the fastball.
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    The ball just happened to meet his swing.
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    Of course, if it wasn't for his quick swing,
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    it would've been a different result.
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    An all-important runner on base
    with no outs. So naturally...
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    ...no matter what it takes...
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    ...get the runner in scoring position!
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    But that's easier said than done.
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    Of course it's not easy.
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    Mita's not a pitcher who you can
    easily lay a sacrifice bunt against.
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    Also, even if they did get
    the ball on the ground,
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    the players covering first
    and third will be quick to dash in.
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    I must say, these two players
    are excellent at handling the ball!
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    Hitting second, second baseman Murotani.
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    The infielders are back
    to their regular positions.
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    Because it's two outs.
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    Who bunts the best on our team?
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    I'd say that would be Murotani.
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    I agree.
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    But there are two outs.
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    So what?
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    He bunts here!
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    Not expecting it, third baseman
    Kaga reacts a little late.
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    But he makes up for it with his quick play.
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    He grabs it with his bare hand
    and throws an arrow to first base.
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    That's the excellent ball handling
    I'm talking about.
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    But he throws off the mark,
    pulling the first baseman's foot off the bag!
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    Safe!
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    And who is the most
    reliable batter on our team?
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    Me, I guess. Being the cleanup batter.
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    "Ha ha"
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    Hitting third, catcher Souichirou Tachibana.
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    But in his two at-bats so far,
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    he has struck out swinging both times.
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    That's exactly why we can count on him here.
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    This boy looks like he'd
    be popular among the girls.
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    He's my son, after all.
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    Oh?
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    Foul!
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    The crowd is stunned.
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    He got all of that ball, but it barely
    drifted to the right of the right foul pole.
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    The Meisei dugout express their frustration.
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    Among them is the gorgeous
    scorekeeper Haruka Ooyama,
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    who is the talk of the internet.
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    She's cuter than a pop idol.
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    She's my daughter, after all.
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    Huh?! Which would mean...
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    He's my husband.
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    Oh, my...
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    You've been swinging and
    missing the pitches thrown to that spot,
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    all so you'd have a chance here, I see.
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    Huh? What might you be talking about?
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    What an annoying tenth grader.
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    I agree.
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    Three outs and to the bottom of the inning.
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    He finally showed me one
    of his seriously thrown pitches.
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    And that wore off some
    of the enemy's physical strength.
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    This boy's pretty handsome, too.
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    Yes. He's my son.
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    Would you cut that out?!
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    Huh?
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    Next time, on MIX.
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    We're now in the middle innings of the game!
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    It'll be a difficult task to get
    a run off of that monster.
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    You're right.
[23:31] ---
    This tense pitchers' duel.
    We can't let them score first.
[23:34] ---
    You're right.
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    Still, what is it with this heat?
    I'm getting dizzy.
[23:38] ---
    You're right.
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    Wait! Before you know it,
    one out with runners on first and third?!
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    "It's a Matter of Time"
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    Y-You're right!
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    Next time, "It's a Matter of Time."
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    That comical figure will also be there.
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    "To be continued"
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