E4 - Convince Him

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SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN    Kenjo High School
[00:01] Umpire
    Play ball!
SIGN    Amada
SIGN    Kenjo
[00:16] Ooyama
    Kenjo High's really
    broken away from the pack.
[00:20] Ooyama
    All while they're still trying out
     their new club members...
[00:24] Imagawa
    They don't look much like
    new club members to me.
[00:27] Imagawa
    It's their expressions and attitude.
[00:30] Ooyama
    More talent hand-picked by Coach Komiyama
     from his assistant manager days?
[00:35] Imagawa
    Reliable team development shaped by a keen
    eye, a gregarious personality, and leadership.
[00:41] Imagawa
    High school baseball really is
    all about the manager, huh?
[00:44] Ooyama
    Idiot!
[00:46] Ooyama
    If this sport was that basic and simple,
    no one would get excited about it!
[00:53] Imagawa
    Even so...
[00:57] Imagawa
    They really don't look like new members.
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 70
SIGN    Meisei High School
[01:05] Imagawa
    See?
[01:07] Imagawa
    Now those are new club members.
[01:10] Ooyama
    You think that's worth smiling about?
SIGN    1986 68th Koshien
    National High School
     Tournament
    Champions
    Meisei High School
SIGN    Meisei
SIGN    High School
SIGN    ~ Our Second Summer, Beyond the Sky ~
SIGN    Punch
SIGN    We're a-coming!
    Koshien
    Meisei High Baseball Team
[02:46] Ooyama
    Natsuno's pretty much the only
    new player with any promise.
[02:50] Natsuno
    Here!
[02:52] Ooyama
    Of the returning members,
    Nishiki's fielding is impressive,
[02:56] Ooyama
    but he hasn't done much in the batter's box.
[03:01] Ooyama
    And as for our would-be sluggers,
[03:04] Ooyama
    they just swing at everything,
    hoping to make contact.
[03:08] Ooyama
    Pitching and fielding aside,
[03:11] Ooyama
    the gap in offense between us
    and Kenjo is clear as day.
[03:16] Imagawa
    What about the manager gap?
[03:18] Ooyama
    And what about the weight gap
    between Kenjo's first baseman and you?!
[03:23] Ooyama
    I bet you gained weight
    while you were laid up, too.
[03:26] Imagawa
    Oh, come on. Of course I didn't.
[03:28] Ooyama
    Hey, first-year! Bring some scales over here!
[03:31] Imagawa
    I'm running some laps!
[03:42] Touma
    As long as you're not asking for consistency,
    they're pretty intimidating, huh?
[03:47] Souichirou
    Yeah, I guess.
[03:51] Touma
    What's up, Nishiki?
[03:53] Nishiki
    Huh?
[03:57] Nishiki
    I thought I caught a glimpse of
    Coach Kuroyanagi over there.
[04:02] Touma
    Coach Kuroyanagi?
[04:04] Touma
    The guy you punched out who managed our
    junior high team? That Coach Kuroyanagi?
[04:10] Nishiki
    Yeah.
[04:11] Nishiki
    The guy I punched out who managed our
     junior high team. That Coach Kuroyanagi.
[04:16] Touma
    It's gotta be mistaken identity.
[04:19] Touma
    That Coach Kuroyanagi you punched out
     who managed our junior high team
[04:23] Touma
    is living in Hokkaido now,
    helping out on his wife's family farm.
[04:31] Nishiki
    Mistaken identity, huh?
[04:33] Touma
    Yeah, the guy you punched—
[04:35] Souichirou
    The guy you're about to punch out who's
     the ace of your senior high team is leaving.
[04:40] Touma
    Ow! Ow! Let me go!
[04:42] Touma
    I was just doing a bit!
[05:01] Imagawa
    Mistaken identity, huh?
[05:10] Yoshiko
    Otomi!
[05:11] Yoshiko
    Isn't Akai coming to practice today?
[05:16] Tennis Club A
    Oh, didn't you hear?
[05:18] Tennis Club A
    Akai hasn't joined the soccer club.
[05:22] Otomi
    How come?
[05:23] Tennis Club A
    We're not really sure, either.
[05:26] Tennis Club B
    Right?
[05:28] Haruka
    Hey, Otomi!
[05:30] Otomi
    Oh, Haruka!
[05:32] Otomi
    Hello.
[05:34] Haruka
    Say, Otomi... Club-wise, you're in band, right?
[05:39] Haruka
    Oh, um... Do you know any girls
    who haven't picked a club yet,
[05:43] Haruka
    and might want to join the
    rhythmic gymnastics team?
[05:46] Otomi
    Not sure.
[05:47] Otomi
    I'll ask around, though.
[05:49] Haruka
    You mean it?
[05:50] Haruka
    Take this, then. I made up flyers.
SIGN    Rhythmic Gymnastics
SIGN    Beginners Welcome!
SIGN    So fun!
SIGN    Club Location: Gym Building
[05:56] Haruka
    Actually, never mind.
[06:00] Otomi
    Huh?
[06:02] Haruka
    See you, Otomi!
[06:05] Yoshiko
    She's weird, isn't she?
[06:07] Otomi
    Yeah.
[06:08] Yoshiko
    Pretty, though.
[06:10] Otomi
    Yeah.
[06:18] Mayumi
    Oh, for heaven's sake! All this rain lately...
SIGN    Punch
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 70
SIGN    Meisei High School
[06:35] Imagawa
    Where's Nikaidou?
[06:38] Student A
    He's absent today.
[06:40] Imagawa
    Oh, yeah?
[06:41] Imagawa
    You'll do, then.
[06:44] Student A
    For what?
[06:45] Imagawa
    Can I borrow some lunch money?
[06:47] Student A
    Excuse me?
[07:01] Tomohito
    Well?
[07:03] Touma
    Seems fine to me.
[07:05] Tomohito
    Just fine?
[07:08] Touma
    Batting's your specialty, though, right?
[07:11] Tomohito
    I'm family.
[07:13] Touma
    So?
[07:18] Touma
    You're too soft on him? Or too hard?
[07:42] Tomohito
    I heard you guys aren't
    related by blood, either.
[07:50] Touma
    So?
[08:04] Imagawa
    Where's Nikaidou?
[08:06] Student A
    He's absent again today.
[08:08] Imagawa
    Oh, yeah?
[08:10] Imagawa
    I wanted to give back the lunch
    money I borrowed last week.
[08:14] Imagawa
    Well, whatever.
[08:16] Student A
    Hey! You borrowed lunch
    money from me yesterday!
[08:22] Imagawa
    Well, whatever.
[08:24] Student A
    Hey!
[08:28] Arisa
    Hey! You!
[08:30] Arisa
    You really put one over on me!
[08:33] Otomi
    Huh?
[08:34] Arisa
    I became the soccer club's caretaker
    because you said Akai had joined!
[08:39] Otomi
    Huh.
[08:40] Arisa
    And boy, do you owe me!
[08:42] Arisa
    The pledge I signed means I have
    to stick with it for at least a month!
[08:47] Otomi
    Did I say Akai had joined the soccer club?
[08:51] Arisa
    Nonomiya!
[08:53] Nonomiya
    Coming.
SIGN    Playback
[08:58] Arisa
    Hey, Tachibana.
    Akai joined the soccer club, right?
[09:02] Otomi
    Oh, I don't know. But I bet...
[09:05] Nonomiya
    ...he totally did!
    Akai did join the soccer club!
[09:08] Arisa
    Ironclad proof, don't you agree?
[09:11] Otomi
    But the voice changed halfway.
[09:14] Arisa
    Are you claiming I forged it?
[09:16] Arisa
    That's defamation, and I'll take you to court.
[09:19] Nonomiya
    He totally did!
    Akai did join the soccer club!
[09:22] Arisa
    The point is, just tell him to
    join the soccer club already!
[09:27] Otomi
    Why me?
[09:29] Nonomiya
    Why do you think? It'd be way more
    effective coming from you than from Ari—
[09:34] Arisa
    Look, just go tell him already! Got it?
[09:52] Otomi
    It might be a little too late for that.
[09:54] Arisa
    Huh?
[09:59] Club
    Meisei! Meisei!
[10:02] Club
    Fight! Fight!
[10:12] Touma
    He joined the baseball team today.
[10:15] Touma
    The younger Akai.
[10:17] Otomi
    Yeah, looks like.
[10:19] Touma
    You're not surprised?
[10:21] Otomi
    I kind of figured he would.
[10:25] (Flashback) Tomohito
    I heard you guys aren't
    related by blood, either.
[10:36] Otomi
    What is it?
[10:38] Touma
    Oh, nothing.
[10:43] (Flashback) Tomohito
    He hated being compared to me,
[10:47] (Flashback) Tomohito
    so he didn't play baseball in junior high.
[10:52] (Flashback) Tomohito
    Because despite how much he loved baseball,
    he felt he couldn't beat me, I guess.
[10:58] (Flashback) Touma
    You more talented or something?
[11:00] (Flashback) Tomohito
    No way.
[11:03] (Flashback) Tomohito
    But when all he could do was crawl,
    I was standing and walking around.
[11:09] (Flashback) Tomohito
    When you're little,
    that one-year difference is huge.
[11:16] (Flashback) Tomohito
    And he hated me so much, he forgot that.
[11:24] (Flashback) Touma
    What happened?
[11:28] (Flashback) Tomohito
    A dog.
[11:29] (Flashback) Touma
    A dog?
[11:34] Touma
    Hey!
[11:36] Touma
    Don't interrupt the flashback,
     you rotten mutt!
[11:39] Otomi
    Hey!
[11:41] Otomi
    You'll pay if anything happens to Punch, Tou!
SIGN    ~ Our Second Summer, Beyond the Sky ~
SIGN    ~ Our Second Summer, Beyond the Sky ~
[12:10] (Flashback) Tomohito
    That dog was a birthday present
    to Ryou from our parents.
[12:17] (Flashback) Tomohito
    Walking it every day was his job,
[12:20] (Flashback) Tomohito
    and his greatest joy in life.
SIGN    Ryou
SIGN    Field
    Trip
[13:10] (Flashback) Tomohito
    "How do I explain this to Ryou?"
[13:13] (Flashback) Tomohito
    "How do I apologize to him?"
[13:15] (Flashback) Tomohito
    While I was racking my brain,
     crying my eyes out,
[13:19] (Flashback) Tomohito
    I ended up so exhausted,
    I accidentally fell asleep.
[13:25] (Flashback) Tomohito
    What woke me up was the sound of
    Ryou crying and swinging a bat around,
[13:30] (Flashback) Tomohito
    and a pain in my head.
[13:35] (Flashback) Tomohito
    I'd missed my chance to apologize.
[13:39] (Flashback) Tomohito
    And after that, I started ignoring him.
[13:43] (Flashback) Tomohito
    At the same time, he changed.
[13:48] (Flashback) Tomohito
    The boy who had been a shy weakling,
    always hiding behind me...
[13:58] (Flashback) Tomohito
    Make me the villain and convince him.
[14:01] (Flashback) Tomohito
    I vouch for his skill.
[14:06] (Flashback) Touma
    Why?
[14:08] (Flashback) Tomohito
    Because the way siblings grow is
    by butting heads with each other.
[14:13] (Flashback) Tomohito
    And because Meisei won't be
    a worthy rival without him.
[14:22] (Flashback) Touma
    Akai.
[14:24] (Flashback) Touma
    Don't regret it later, all right?
[14:34] Souichirou
    Flashback finally over?
[14:37] Souichirou
    Go take your bath already.
[14:39] Touma
    Sure thing, sibling.
[14:51] Touma
    I figured it'd be that song.
[14:54] Touma
    My at-bat theme.
[15:01] Touma
    ♫ It's no use. I thought
    I'd try facing forward to cry ♫
[15:06] Touma
    ♫ Youth leaves a bruise
    on the heart, doesn't it? ♫
[15:13] Touma
    ♫ When you know each other too well,
    the feelings never really get through ♫
[15:19] Touma
    H-Huh? What? Hit the wrong note there.
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 70
SIGN    Meisei High School
[15:29] Imagawa
    Where's Nikaidou?
[15:31] Student A
    He's absent again today.
[15:34] Imagawa
    Oh, yeah?
[15:36] Imagawa
    Hang on! Isn't that kinda weird?!
[15:45] Nikaidou
    Sorry you had to come out here.
[15:47] Imagawa
    Oh. No problem.
[15:53] Imagawa
    He'd apparently been in and out
    of hospital for the last six months.
[15:58] Imagawa
    They say he was prepared for the worst
    when he first checked in for tests,
[16:04] Imagawa
    laid a firm foundation
     and a solid path forward
[16:07] Imagawa
    for the next five years for his
    trusted workers and close family,
[16:13] Imagawa
    got the perfect successor in place,
[16:17] Imagawa
    ate everything he wanted to eat,
    saw everyone he wanted to see,
[16:21] Imagawa
    then in the end,
    passed away without suffering.
SIGN    Regulation Baseball Club
[16:26] Touma
    So?
[16:28] Touma
    You started talking about
    his dad at some point...
[16:32] Touma
    But before that, you'd been making a whole
    thing about Nikaidou himself dying, right?
[16:38] Imagawa
    Oh, uh, well... That was just...
[16:41] Imagawa
    He'd been absent for so long,
    I got worried and called,
[16:46] Imagawa
    but I couldn't get through to
    his cell or his home phone...
[16:50] Imagawa
    And, well...
[16:52] Imagawa
    You said it, too, right?
[16:54] Imagawa
    You saw him entering the hospital on the sly!
[16:58] Touma
    Yeah, never thought he'd
    be visiting his dad there.
[17:01] Imagawa
    You said it, too, right?
[17:03] Imagawa
    You said he'd seemed tired lately,
    like he could drop dead any minute!
[17:07] Souichirou
    I never said he could drop dead.
[17:11] Imagawa
    P-Point is...
[17:12] Imagawa
    Last night, I finally got
    through to his home phone,
[17:16] Imagawa
    and his mom picked up and started bawling.
[17:19] Imagawa
    She said "He passed away
    last night," so I was sure...
[17:24] Imagawa
    It's not like anyone told me
    his dad was in the hospital!
[17:27] Touma
    But since you spread the unconfirmed rumor,
     we're getting called liars, too. Right?
[17:33] Souichirou
    Yeah.
[17:34] Souichirou
    Still, it's hard to feel relieved
     when the news is what it is.
[17:40] Touma
    Yeah.
[17:43] Imagawa
    No worries.
[17:45] Imagawa
    He's capable of handling it now.
[17:49] Imagawa
    Oh, that's right.
[17:52] Imagawa
    His dad apparently had faith to the end...
[17:55] Imagawa
    That Meisei would make it to Koshien.
[18:01] Touma
    An annoying last request, huh?
[18:15] Natsuno
    Not as easy to hit as those dead
    balls in the batting cage, huh?
[18:18] Natsuno
    You don't know the pitch type
    and the speed beforehand, either!
[18:23] Natsuno
    Too bad, baby boy Akai!
[18:25] Ooyama
    Natsuno! This is batting practice!
[18:28] Natsuno
    Right!
[18:29] Natsuno
    Here comes an outside slider!
[18:33] Touma
    An inside fastball?
[18:37] Natsuno
    An outside fastball!
[18:39] Souichirou
    A forkball.
[18:43] Haruka
    He's clearly reading the man, not the ball.
[18:47] Touma
    Not surprising when the man's
    that transparent and predictable.
[18:50] Souichirou
    But...
[18:51] Souichirou
    He's skilled enough that hits shouldn't
    be that easy, even if you can read him.
[18:58] (Flashback) Tomohito
    I vouch for his skill.
[19:02] Touma
    So how does the manager want to use him?
[19:06] Haruka
    Center field and lead-off, he said.
[19:09] Haruka
    He's got speed and strength.
[19:12] Touma
    C'mon now. Even then, it seems a little soon.
[19:15] Souichirou
    No, it might do the trick.
[19:18] Souichirou
    Though, I guess it's more a sign
    of the shallow talent pool
[19:21] Souichirou
    versus what you'd get
    at a more famous school.
[19:24] Haruka
    Exactly.
[19:27] Haruka
    Which means no one's allowed to get hurt.
[19:30] Haruka
    I'll be running strict checks
    on everyone's condition.
[19:34] Touma & Souichirou
    Yes, ma'am.
[19:37] Touma & Souichirou
    Huh?
[19:39] Yoshiko
    Otomi.
[19:42] Yoshiko
    Where's the rhythmic gymnastics club?
[19:46] Tennis Club A
    Oh, didn't you hear?
[19:49] Tennis Club A
    The rhythmic gymnastics club shut down.
[19:52] Otomi
    Shut down?
[19:53] Tennis Club B
    They already had barely enough members,
[19:56] Tennis Club B
    and they apparently couldn't
    get any new ones this year.
[20:02] (Flashback) Haruka
    Actually, never mind.
[20:07] Otomi
    Huh?
[20:18] Souichirou
    Center field and lead-off.
[20:20] Touma
    Not bad.
[20:35] Otomi
    Akai was very vivacious today.
[20:38] Otomi
    He looked good in that uniform,
    and I think his expression's changed, too.
[20:44] Otomi
    Did he always look that handsome?
[20:46] Otomi
    Wow, I'm seeing him in a whole new light.
[20:49] Souichirou
    You heard her.
[20:51] Touma
    Seems fine to me.
[20:52] Eisuke
    Don't retreat, Touma!
[20:54] Eisuke
    Stay in the fight!
    Take Meisei High to Koshien!
[21:03] Souichirou
    Didn't you hear your dad's last request?
SIGN    Punch
SIGN    Punch
[21:05] Touma
    He's just asleep!
SIGN    Punch
SIGN    Punch
SIGN    Punch
SIGN    Punch
SIGN    Meisei
SIGN    High School
[21:09] Narrator
    The regulation baseball club
    at Meisei High School.
SIGN    1986 68th Koshien
    
    National High School
    
    Tournament
    Champions
    Meisei High School
[21:13] Narrator
    The shallow ones who
    initially joined last summer
[21:16] Narrator
    during the semifinals hubbub
    dropped out quickly,
[21:20] Narrator
    bringing the final club member total to 28.
[21:25] Manager
    Manager: Gorou Ooyama, age 44.
[21:28] Manager
    Supervising teacher: Fumio Hosono, age 50.
[21:32] Manager
    Assistant manager: Takashi Toyama, age 37.
[21:37] Narrator
    Two female caretakers...
[21:39] Narrator
    Plus...
[21:41] Narrator
    one returnee.
SIGN    We're a-coming!
    Koshien
    Meisei High Baseball Team
[21:44] Narrator
    We're a-coming, Koshien!
[23:22] Narrator
    No one knows the reason he came to this city.
[23:29] Narrator
    Not even he knows why he came to this city.
[23:35] Narrator
    He observes the Meisei
    High School baseball team.
[23:39] Narrator
    Next time on MIX*: "What's Up,
    Scary Stranger?" is the name of our story.*
SIGN    What's Up, Scary Stranger?
SIGN    What's Up, Scary Stranger?