E8 - Turning Point -Flip Flop-
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[00:04] Akito
I missed him! There's a guy behind the wall!
[00:07] Ryusei
What? Where?
[00:08] Nozomi
Point A is wide open!
[00:10] Nozomi
I'll set the eraser, pronto!
[00:12] Nozomi
Gather at A!
[00:19] MC
Carrier down at A!
[00:21] Nozomi
They got me! Someone pick it up!
[00:24] Shun
This isn't good! There's no time!
[00:26] Yu
Let's risk it all on a charge.
[00:28] Shun
Here we go!
[00:29] Yu
I'm going in! Follow me!
[00:32] Yu
They got me!
[00:35] Shun
Where's the eraser?!
[00:36] Ryusei
Wah! We're not gonna make it!
[00:40] MC
And time's up!
[00:42] MC
Flying Manta takes the win!
[00:45] MC
Team Fox One is out in the quarterfinals!
[00:49] Akito
Damn it all!
[00:52] MC
Bit Technica's Xaxxerion Challengers
Stage 1 now has its top eight!
[00:59] Emiko
I guess Fox One's done for.
[01:01] Emiko
They were doing so good, too...
[01:03] Seshiru
Darn it.
[01:04] Seshiru
What a lame way to go out.
[01:07] Emiko
Huh?
[01:08] Emiko
Didn't you want to see Fox One lose, Seshiru?
[01:12] Seshiru
It's even more irritating to watch
them go down like that.
[01:16] Emiko
Really?
[01:18] Seshiru
First they fire my fave,
now they let this happen?
[01:22] Seshiru
You'll pay, Team Fox One!
[02:56] All
Great work today!
[02:56] sign
Episode 8
Turning Point -Flip Flop-
[02:58] Shun
We placed fifteenth in the first
pro league qualifier tournament.
[03:03] Shun
That doesn't get us any points.
[03:06] Nozomi
We'll never make it to the end like this.
[03:08] Nozomi
Only the top twelve teams
get invited to the finals.
[03:12] Nozomi
Fifteenth is out of the question.
[03:14] Akito
What gives? There are two whole
Challengers Stages left!
[03:18] Akito
Each win will score us 200 points.
[03:21] Akito
We just need to take both,
and we've got this!
[03:24] Nozomi
You make it sound so easy.
[03:26] Shun
Winning once will be hard enough.
[03:29] Akito
Then we gotta want it more!
[03:31] Akito
You wanna get Mio-chan her treatment, right?
[03:35] Akito
We gotta really want to make it
to the pro league and strike it rich!
[03:42] Yu
You can't win just by wanting it more.
[03:44] Akito
What?!
[03:45] Yu
Our opponents want it just as bad.
[03:49] Yu
I want Mio to walk again, too.
[03:53] Yu
But it'll take more than that to win.
[03:56] Yu
So we need to think up a real way to win.
[04:01] Shun
Yeah. Thanks, Yu.
[04:05] Yu
Well... I mean, that's just common sense.
[04:20] Nozomi
There you are.
[04:23] Nozomi
Not going home today?
[04:26] Shun
Nozo-nee.
[04:27] Nozomi
You'll collapse again if you work too hard.
[04:30] Nozomi
Have you had dinner?
[04:31] Shun
Yeah, I got some from the kitchen.
[04:34] Nozomi
Curry? And just the roux?!
[04:37] Shun
I hear it helps with focus.
[04:41] Nozomi
Well... okay, I guess.
[04:44] Nozomi
But make sure you get a real meal, okay?
[04:46] Shun
Sure.
[04:50] Nozomi
Um, so...
[04:53] Nozomi
How do you feel now?
[04:56] Shun
About what?
[04:57] Nozomi
About the team.
[04:59] Nozomi
We don't know everyone as well, so...
[05:02] Shun
Ah, yeah. I really like
our new teammate, though.
[05:06] Shun
A little blunt, but so considerate with Mio.
[05:10] Nozomi
Y-Y-Yeah.
[05:13] Shun
A little harsh, but really nice deep down.
[05:16] Shun
You'll see it the more you talk.
[05:18] Nozomi
Is that so?
[05:20] Shun
Daneko's a really fun guy, you know?
[05:24] Shun
I'm never sure if I should use
his handle or his real name.
[05:31] Nozomi
R-Right.
[05:33] Shun
Yu's nice, too.
[05:36] Shun
She's helped our team out so much.
[05:39] Shun
I'm really grateful to have her.
[05:41] Nozomi
Yeah. Me too.
[05:43] Shun
She's always got my back
when I need it in a match.
[05:47] Shun
I just feel like we're in sync.
Like I can trust her.
[05:51] Shun
She's a lot like you.
[05:53] Nozomi
Me?!
[05:54] Shun
Yeah. Like, things just feel better
with her around.
[05:59] Nozomi
What's that supposed to mean?
[06:01] Nozomi
Does it mean he likes me?
[06:04] Nozomi
Or that he likes Yu?!
[06:08] Shun
Oh, here we are.
[06:10] Nozomi
Who's that?
[06:11] sign
Explosion-kun
Hey, Shun
[06:13] Shun
Hey, Explosion-kun.
[06:16] sign
Saw the match
[06:16] Yu
Nice work today.
[06:19] Shun
We placed fifteenth with no points.
[06:21] Shun
It was pretty bad.
[06:22] sign
Get 'em next time
[06:22] Yu
We'll get them next time.
[06:25] Shun
Thanks.
[06:28] Yu
Shun...
[06:28] sign
Do you like the game?
[06:30] Yu
Do you like me?
[06:32] sign
Explosion-kun
Hey, Shun
Saw the match
Get 'em next time
[06:32] sign
Explosion-kun
Hey, Shun
Saw the match
Get 'em next time
Do you like the game?
[06:35] Shun
Yeah, tons.
[06:38] Yu
I like you too.
[06:40] sign
Explosion-kun
Hey, Shun
Saw the match
Get 'em next time
Do you like the game?
[06:40] sign
Explosion-kun
Saw the match
Get 'em next time
Do you like the game?
I like you too
[06:40] Shun
"I like you too"?
[06:42] Yu
Oh crap! Uh...
[06:44] Yu
I... I... I...
[06:46] sign
Explosion-kun
Saw the match
Get 'em next time
Do you like the game?
I like you too
[06:46] sign
Explosion-kun
Do you like the game?
I like you too
tell me what you do
with excess game prizes
Got too many
[06:47] Shun
"I like you too tell me what you do
with excess game prizes. Got too many"?
[06:52] Shun
That was hard to follow.
Sounds like a problem, though.
[06:56] Yu
I managed to muddle through...
[06:58] Shun
I know someone
who knows a lot about that stuff.
[07:00] Shun
Take over.
[07:03] Nozomi
Hey, Explosion-kun?
[07:05] Nozomi
It's me, 656.
[07:06] Yu
What? Nozomi's with him?
[07:09] Nozomi
It's been a while.
[07:11] Nozomi
We haven't spoken before, right?
[07:14] sign
Explosion-kun
[07:15] sign
Explosion-kun
Hey again
[07:16] Nozomi
It's been more than three years, hasn't it?
[07:19] Nozomi
Can you not video chat?
[07:21] sign
Explosion-kun
Hey again
[07:21] sign
Explosion-kun
Hey again
Sorry
[07:22] sign
Explosion-kun
Hey again
Sorry
Mic's broken
[07:23] Nozomi
That's too bad.
[07:26] Nozomi
The rest of the old gang
is working together to go pro.
[07:30] Nozomi
I wish you could join us.
[07:33] sign
Explosion-kun
Hey again
Sorry
Mic's broken
[07:33] sign
Explosion-kun
Hey again
Sorry
Mic's broken
Same
[07:34] sign
Explosion-kun
Hey again
Sorry
Mic's broken
Same
I'm too far away
[07:36] Nozomi
Yeah?
[07:37] Shun
The South Pole, right?
[07:39] Nozomi
What? Really?
[07:41] Shun
Making friends with the polar bears.
[07:43] Shun
And the penguins.
[07:45] Nozomi
That sounds more like a zoo.
[07:47] Shun
Anyway, it's just too far, so—
[07:51] Shun
Crud, I spilled my curry.
[07:52] Nozomi
Jeez, what are you doing?!
[07:55] Nozomi
Take that off! I'll wash it.
[07:57] Shun
It's not a big deal.
[07:59] Nozomi
It is! The stain will set.
Off with it already.
[08:03] Shun
Sorry, Explosion-kun.
[08:04] Shun
Technical difficulties.
[08:06] Nozomi
I swear, you're such a scatterbrain.
[08:09] Nozomi
But I'm glad you're back in touch
with Explosion-kun.
[08:13] Nozomi
I know! Let's all play together again!
[08:19] sign
Explosion-kun
I'm too far away
Sounds good
Let's all play together again
Sounds good
Let's all play together again
[08:25] sign
Explosion-kun
Same
I'm too far away
Sounds good
Let's all play together again
Sounds good
[08:25] sign
Explosion-kun
I'm too far away
Sounds good
Let's all play together again
Sounds good
Let's all play together again
[08:26] sign
Explosion-kun
Sounds good
Let's all play together again
Sounds good
Let's all play together again
[08:28] Shun
Technical difficulties over there too?
[08:31] Shun
Can you hear me, Explosion-kun?
[08:33] sign
Explosion-kun
Sounds good
Let's all play together again
Sounds good
Let's all play together again
[08:35] Shun
Looks like a disconnect.
[08:38] Nozomi
Dang. After all these years...
[08:42] Shun
We can reconnect later.
[08:44] Shun
Let's all play together then.
[08:46] Nozomi
Yeah!
[08:54] Yu
I had him all to myself...
[09:07] Yu
What's wrong with me?
[09:11] Yu
Isn't there any room for me there?
[09:17] Shun
I'm home.
[09:19] Shun
Is Mom at work?
[09:21] Mio
She had an early shift.
[09:23] Mio
She left breakfast.
[09:26] Shun
Did you wash up?
[09:28] Mio
I did.
[09:30] Shun
Want to eat?
[09:31] Mio
Yeah.
[09:32] Mio
Ready.
[09:35] Shun
One, two...
[09:37] Mio
I'm not too heavy?
[09:39] Shun
You've gotten lighter.
[09:40] Mio
Have not. I put on weight.
[09:43] Shun
Maybe I've gotten stronger, then.
[09:45] Shun
I'm hauling stuff at the shop.
[09:49] Shun
What is it?
[09:51] Mio
Your smell.
[09:52] Shun
What? I don't smell!
[09:54] Mio
Your smell. You don't smell
like our laundry detergent.
[09:58] Shun
Oh.
[09:59] Shun
I spilled curry on my shirt,
so Nozo-nee washed it.
[10:06] Shun
How's it look?
[10:07] Mio
It's not out.
[10:10] Mio
The stain isn't out.
[10:12] Shun
U-Uh, I'm pretty sure it is.
[10:15] Mio
Go change so I can clean it.
[10:17] Shun
It's fine. I can't see anything.
[10:19] Mio
I can!
[10:21] Mio
Just get changed!
[10:23] Shun
S-Sure.
[10:26] Mio
How are you feeling?
[10:30] Shun
I guess we still need more practice.
[10:32] Mio
That's not what I meant. How are you feeling?
[10:37] Shun
Oh, I'm fine.
[10:39] Shun
Much better.
[10:40] Mio
Do you want to go pro?
[10:44] Mio
Do you really want
to play esports professionally?
[10:48] Shun
Yeah, I wanna make
lots of money to pay for your—
[10:52] Mio
Not that!
[10:53] Mio
Would you want to go pro if it weren't for me?
[10:58] Shun
Well...
[11:01] Mio
I hope you lose.
[11:04] Shun
What are you saying?
[11:06] Mio
If you lose and can't go pro,
[11:08] Mio
I don't have to go to the hospital.
[11:10] Mio
You could be home more often, too.
[11:14] Shun
Mio...
[11:17] Mio
Just lose.
[11:23] Akito
Aw, damn it! We lost again!
[11:27] Ryusei
What in the world?!
[11:28] Sota
Today's practice opponent
wasn't even especially strong.
[11:35] Nozomi
We'll never get into the pro league
if we can't beat people like this.
[11:39] Sota
But we have to!
[11:41] Sota
I can't pay back the shop's debts if we don't!
[11:43] Seshiro
Seriously, you're pathetic!
[11:47] Seshiro
You're never going to win like that.
[11:50] Emiko
Knock it off, Seshiru.
[11:52] Seshiru
Why the hell are you talking about going pro?
[11:55] Seshiru
A lousy team like yours should just disband!
[11:59] Seshiru
I swear.
[12:00] Seshiru
I watched your match, and you were
way worse than I expected.
[12:04] Sota
Huh? Um, are you customers?
[12:07] Shun
Did we let someone stick around?
[12:09] Yu
Uh-oh.
[12:10] Nozomi
Sorry, but we're closed right now.
[12:13] Seshiru
What kind of esports cafe closes at seven?!
[12:17] Seshiru
Are you even trying to do business?
[12:19] Sota
Well, this area's kinda out of the way...
[12:22] Sota
The really early shops close around four.
[12:26] Seshiru
Then why would you open up
an esports cafe here?!
[12:29] Nozomi
I've wondered the exact same thing.
[12:32] Sota
What?! Aren't you supposed
to be on your father's side?!
[12:35] Nozomi
You're the root of all your own problems.
[12:38] Akito
Yeah, you wouldn't be in debt
if you were doing good business.
[12:40] Seshiru
What a load of crap.
[12:42] Seshiru
This isn't a team worth going into debt for.
[12:46] Sota
Just so you know, this team is how
I'm paying off my debt.
[12:51] Seshiru
What?!
[12:53] Seshiru
Don't tell me...
[12:54] Emiko
Is that why you swapped out
all your team members?
[12:57] Sota
Well, something like that.
[13:00] Ryusei
It's exactly like that, actually.
[13:02] Seshiru
You fired my fave over some stupid debt
[13:05] Seshiru
and replaced him with newbies?!
[13:07] Seshiru
You'll pay for that!
[13:08] Akito
Now wait just a minute.
[13:10] Akito
It's not like the old team won
all that much either.
[13:13] Akito
We made it to the semis in a championship.
[13:17] Akito
Even took a regional tournament.
[13:19] Akito
I'd say we're pretty good!
[13:21] Seshiru
You're terrible!
[13:22] Seshiru
The old Team Fox One was way better!
[13:26] Seshiru
The in-game leader,
the ruggedly handsome Jonathan!
[13:30] Seshiru
The aloof but adorably bashful Show-5!
[13:34] Seshiru
The guy with a boyish air
and a charming smile, Gunta!
[13:38] Seshiru
The charmingly roguish yet feminine Hai-Beam!
[13:42] Seshiru
And the best of all,
my personal fave, Yurukki!
[13:44] sign
Yurukki
[13:47] Seshiru
They had a great balance of quirks
and lots of room to grow.
[13:51] Akito
Hey, we're every bit as quirky over here!
[13:55] Akito
She's sensible on the surface
but hiding her deadly toxin within...
[13:59] Akito
The African poison dart frog
of the esports world, 656!
[14:04] Akito
She's cute when she's quiet
and cutting when she opens her mouth...
[14:09] Akito
Her apartment's a mess...
[14:11] Akito
It's the "too bad about her personality"
girl of esports, Phantom Ninja!
[14:16] Akito
He's our all-too-obvious-at-a-glance
Akiba-dwelling utility man...
[14:21] Akito
The cringiest dude in esports, Daneko!
[14:25] Akito
And the guy whose defining quirk
is his lack of one...
[14:29] Akito
Shun!
[14:31] Akito
Last, the true star of the team...
[14:33] Akito
The future champ...
[14:35] Akito
The all-powerful Zane!
[14:39] Akito
We're a great team with ton of quirky—
[14:42] Nozomi
What was that about a deadly toxin?
[14:44] Yu
Explain the "too bad about
her personality" part.
[14:47] Ryusei
Was that a diss? Were you just dissing me?!
[14:50] Seshiru
What a miserable lot.
[14:53] Seshiru
You ditched my fave for this pack of morons?
[14:57] Shun
Um...
[14:59] Shun
You think we're that bad?
[15:01] Seshiru
You are that bad.
[15:03] Shun
What are we doing wrong?
[15:05] Akito
Hey, Shun! Don't give her the time of day!
[15:08] Shun
Since you're here, I thought she could
give us some constructive criticism.
[15:11] Shun
We've kind of hit a wall.
[15:13] Seshiru
Fine, I'll fill you in.
[15:16] Seshiru
You're quite good as newbies go,
[15:18] Seshiru
but as pros, you've got nothing.
[15:21] Yu
What do you mean?
[15:23] Seshiru
You don't do any of the legwork.
[15:26] Nozomi
Legwork?
[15:28] Seshiru
Everyone does the basic
game practice stuff. Duh.
[15:31] Seshiru
That's the fun part.
[15:33] Seshiru
But pros need more than that to win.
[15:35] Seshiru
You've got to put in the legwork
[15:38] Seshiru
or you'll always be at a disadvantage.
[15:40] Akito
I don't know what you're talking about.
[15:43] Seshiru
Show me your replay footage.
[15:46] Akito
There's a guy behind the wall!
[15:48] Seshiru
What's this?
[15:50] Akito
A wall.
[15:51] Seshiru
And this?
[15:52] Akito
A wall.
[15:54] Seshiru
You called out an enemy "behind the wall."
[15:56] Seshiru
So which one was it?
[15:59] Seshiru
You need a name for every in-game object.
[16:02] Seshiru
Don't just say "the wall."
[16:04] Seshiru
Pro teams use code
for important objects in the game
[16:07] Seshiru
so they're all on the same page.
[16:11] Seshiru
You guys' communication is just miserable.
[16:14] Seshiru
There's no way to know
who's giving orders to who.
[16:18] Seshiru
You haven't done any recon
on the other teams either.
[16:23] Seshiru
You can't read them at all,
so you're losing winnable matches.
[16:28] Akito
We were reading them, though!
[16:30] Akito
Everyone knows you gotta read
the enemy's moves on the fly!
[16:33] Seshiro
That's micro-level reading.
[16:35] Seshiro
You have absolutely no macro game.
[16:37] Nozomi
Micro and macro?
[16:40] Seshiru
It's the difference between
short-term and long-term.
[16:43] Seshiru
Reading a few milliseconds ahead is tactics.
[16:47] Seshiru
Reading seconds and minutes ahead is strategy.
[16:51] Seshiru
You need to do both.
[16:55] Ryusei
I won't hear it!
[16:57] Ryusei
I have been analyzing our opponents
and putting that to use in my playing!
[17:02] Ryusei
I object to being treated this way!
[17:05] Seshiru
Show me your footage, then.
[17:19] Shun
Each time, you jump peek twice,
then come out and get shot.
[17:24] Seshiru
That's your tell.
[17:27] Seshiru
They know if they hear you jump twice,
[17:30] Seshiru
you'll come out right after.
[17:31] Ryusei
The pain!
[17:33] Seshiru
Before you read anyone,
[17:34] Seshiru
you've gotta make sure they can't read you!
[17:38] Shun
I see. That makes sense.
[17:40] Yu
We started as a team of newbies
no one had ever seen before.
[17:44] Yu
But the more we play,
the more data they get on us.
[17:47] Nozomi
Which makes matches harder to win.
[17:50] Seshiru
On the Anatea map, you always go after A.
[17:54] Seshiru
On the Tharanan map, four of you
attack B while one waits on A.
[17:58] Seshiru
Your patterns are way too obvious.
[18:00] Seshiru
You can't beat pros like that!
[18:03] Sota
You're hired!
[18:04] Sota
I hereby appoint you our team coach!
[18:06] Nozomi
Dad!
[18:07] Akito
This again?!
[18:09] Sota
Who else are we gonna get to do it?
[18:11] Sota
Let's write up a contract!
[18:13] Seshiru
I'm not working for you, dumbass.
[18:16] Seshiru
I want to crush Fox One.
[18:19] Sota
Please don't crush us! We're trying so hard!
[18:22] Ryusei
Why are you so obsessed with us?
[18:25] Ryusei
Shouldn't you be following
the team your fave joined?
[18:30] Seshiru
I don't know where he ended up!
[18:33] Seshiru
He closed his livestream and socials,
[18:36] Seshiru
and I can't track him down!
[18:38] Seshiru
If he's dead from the trauma of quitting,
I'm blaming it on you people!
[18:42] Sota
Oh, Yurukki-kun?
[18:44] Sota
He retired, didn't he?
[18:47] Seshiru
Retired?!
[18:49] Nozomi
Yeah, he was having trouble
making it as a pro,
[18:53] Nozomi
so his wife told him to quit
and get a more stable job.
[18:57] Seshiru
Wife?!
[18:58] Seshiru
Yurukki's married?
[19:00] Shun
With a kid, too.
[19:02] Shun
He'd bring 'em by the shop sometimes.
[19:07] Ryusei
This is sad in a lot of ways.
[19:09] Yu
I get it.
[19:10] Yu
The same thing happens to unsuccessful actors.
[19:13] Akito
You're so bitter!
[19:15] Emiko
What's wrong, Seshiru?
[19:17] Seshiru
He had a wife and kid...
[19:19] Seshiru
And I threw so much money at his streams!
[19:23] Emiko
I'm sure he bought lots
of nice things for his kid.
[19:31] Nozomi
All right! They're really going after A!
[19:34] Shun
The data showed that Shining Panda
tends to rush A on this map.
[19:41] Akito
And their Longshot always hides
to the right of the platform!
[19:45] Akito
Hit!
[19:46] Ryusei
That's two jump peeks!
[19:50] MC
The carrier's down at A!
[19:52] Ryusei
Behold the trap of darknyess!
[19:54] Akito
I'll watch the eraser!
[19:56] Nozomi
I'll cover Daneko!
[19:58] Shun
Phantom, slow them down!
[20:01] Shun
I'm coming to you!
[20:02] Yu
Copy!
[20:07] Akito
Hit!
[20:08] Yu
The last two are shooting for A!
[20:10] Nozomi
On my way!
[20:12] Akito
Same here!
[20:13] Ryusei
I'll cover mew from the rear!
[20:15] Yu
Shun!
[20:16] Shun
Copy!
[20:23] MC
Victory!
[20:28] Ryusei
Nya!
[20:30] MC
Team Fox One wins!
[20:32] MC
They advance to the semifinals
of Challengers Stage 2!
[20:32] sign
SEMIFINALS CONTENDER
[20:35] Akito
Heck yeah! We're in the top eight!
[20:38] Sota
We can do this! Keep up that momentum!
[20:40] Nozomi
We did it!
[20:41] Yu
Yeah!
[20:42] Ryusei
All our training paid off!
[20:44] Shun
Not just analyzing the enemy,
[20:47] Shun
but analyzing ourselves objectively
[20:49] Shun
and rethinking our usual attack strategies...
[20:53] Yu
Then reverse-engineering that
to target their weaknesses.
[20:56] Nozomi
It was a challenging process,
[20:58] Nozomi
but realizing it really saved us.
[21:00] Shun
And we owe it all to them.
[21:04] Ryusei
If you're wondering
what happened to the strange duo
[21:08] Ryusei
who burst into Fox One that night...
[21:11] Seshiru
You're doing it all wrong!
[21:14] Seshiru
This map's been patched!
[21:16] Seshiru
Bullets can pass through that wall now!
[21:19] Emiko
Wow, really?
[21:23] Ryusei
They're actually still there.
[23:09] Mio
See? It's gone now.