# Season 1
# E1 - The 10th Man
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYDKV0546/the-10th-man)
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**[00:34] Man**
Wait!
**[00:36] Man**
Thief!
**[00:39] Man**
Someone help...
**[00:47] Haiji**
Hey!
**[00:50] Haiji**
You like running?
**[00:53] Kakeru**
Huh?
**[00:55] Haiji**
Do you like running?
**[00:57] Kakeru**
What?
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
***SIGN*** Chikusei-so
**[02:42] Haiji**
This is Nira the dog.
***SIGN*** 201
**[02:44] Haiji**
Let me introduce you.
**[02:45] Haiji**
These are the Jo brothers from room 201.
**[02:48] Haiji**
The older brother's Jotaro.
**[02:50] Jota**
Call me Jota.
**[02:51] Haiji**
The younger brother's Jojiro.
**[02:53] Joji**
I'm Joji.
**[02:54] Both**
Nice to meet you.
***SIGN*** 205
**[02:58] King**
The Karakara-tei public baths!
**[03:00] Haiji**
Sugiyama Takashi from room 205.
**[03:03] Haiji**
He's a third-year business school student.
**[03:04] Haiji**
His nickname is Shindo.
**[03:06] Shindo**
Shindo's written with the
characters for "god" and "child."
**[03:09] Shindo**
Nice to meet you.
**[03:10] Haiji**
Back there is Sakaguchi Yohei of room 205.
**[03:13] Haiji**
He's a sociology student.
**[03:15] Haiji**
Like me, he's a fourth-year.
**[03:17] Shindo**
Call him "King."
**[03:18] King**
1938!
**[03:20] Shindo**
He's the king of trivia.
Self-proclaimed, that is.
***SIGN*** 204 Do Not Enter
**[03:33] Prince**
Don't touch that!
**[03:39] Prince**
It's all exquisitely balanced.
**[03:41] Prince**
I can't be held responsible
for anything that happens.
**[03:43] Haiji**
You heard him.
**[03:45] Haiji**
That's Kashiwazaki Akane of room 204.
**[03:48] Haiji**
He's a second-year literature student.
**[03:50] Haiji**
His nickname is "Prince."
***SIGN*** 104
**[03:56] Haiji**
That's Hirata Akihiro from room 104.
**[03:59] Haiji**
We call him Nico-chan Senpai.
**[04:03] Yuki**
He's a nicotine addict!
**[04:04] Haiji**
He's a third-year science
and engineering student.
**[04:06] Yuki**
How many times do I have to say it?
**[04:06] Haiji**
He was a year above me when I first met him,
**[04:08] Haiji**
but now he's a year behind me.
**[04:09] Yuki**
It stinks! It really, really stinks!
**[04:11] Nico**
Shut up. You're just too high-strung.
***SIGN*** 102
**[04:15] Yuki**
If I sue, there's a
100 percent chance I'll win.
**[04:18] Haiji**
This is Iwakura Yukihiko from room 102.
**[04:21] Haiji**
We call him Yuki.
**[04:22] Yuki**
Are you listening, Nico-chan Senpai?
**[04:22] Haiji**
He's a fourth-year law student
who passed the bar on his first try.
**[04:27] Yuki**
You're smoking another?
**[04:30] Haiji**
This is the landlord, Mr. Tazaki.
**[04:38] Haiji**
This is Musa Kamara, a foreign student.
**[04:40] Haiji**
He's in room 203.
**[04:42] Haiji**
He's a second-year science
and engineering student.
**[04:43] Musa**
Nice to meet you.
**[04:53] Haiji**
Let me know when you're out of the bath.
**[04:55] Haiji**
I'm in room 101.
**[04:59] Kakeru**
He—
**[05:00] Haiji**
Take your time.
**[05:18] Kakeru**
What am I doing?
***SIGN*** The 10th Man
**[05:27] Tazaki**
Where did you find him?
**[05:29] Haiji**
Kurahara Kakeru.
**[05:31] Haiji**
He's a first-year.
**[05:33] Tazaki**
Kurahara?
**[05:36] Tazaki**
I've heard that name before.
**[05:39] Haiji**
Coach...
**[05:40] Tazaki**
Huh?
**[05:42] Haiji**
That's ten.
**[05:47] Tazaki**
You win.
**[05:48] Tazaki**
Fine, then. Do what you want.
**[05:58] Nico**
Come on! You should listen
to your department's seniors!
**[06:03] Nico**
Well? Huh?
**[06:05] Joji**
Keep it down. This place is tiny.
**[06:08] King**
Quit whining. You guys have the biggest room.
**[06:11] Jota**
What?
**[06:12] Jota**
There's two of us in one room.
**[06:15] Nico**
I can't hear you. What was that?
**[06:17] Prince**
But I was about to finish.
**[06:19] Yuki**
Newbie, eat something.
**[06:23] Shindo**
This is your welcoming party.
**[06:25] Yuki**
Since Haiji made it, it's all country cooking.
**[06:30] Shindo**
Where are you from?
**[06:32] Shindo**
I'm from Yamagata.
**[06:34] Kakeru**
Uh...
**[06:36] Shindo**
Oh, you don't have to tell us.
**[06:38] Musa**
I'm from Tanzania.
**[06:40] Musa**
Have you heard of Tanzania?
**[06:43] Kakeru**
Africa?
**[06:44] Musa**
Yeah. Ever been there?
**[06:47] Kakeru**
No.
**[06:49] Shindo**
Most people haven't.
**[06:50] Shindo**
Musa's a government-sponsored
exchange student.
**[06:53] Shindo**
He's smart.
**[06:54] Shindo**
Isn't his Japanese incredible?
**[06:55] Musa**
It's not that good...
**[07:02] Haiji**
Don't, guys!
**[07:03] Haiji**
You're too close!
**[07:05] Both**
To being fully occupied!
**[07:10] Nico**
A toast to our tenth resident!
**[07:15] All**
Cheers!
**[07:22] Nico**
That's good! It stings!
**[07:22] Prince**
You should definitely read it.
**[07:25] Prince**
It's no exaggeration to say it'll
completely change your college life.
**[07:29] Joji**
Really?
**[07:30] Jota**
Let us borrow that comic, then.
**[07:32] Prince**
Buy it yourself.
**[07:34] King**
Why can't I wear my jacket?
**[07:36] Shindo**
You'd stand out as the only one.
**[07:39] King**
Do I really need a suit?
**[07:41] Musa**
No one wears jeans when
they're looking for a job.
**[07:44] Shindo**
King, what did you do for your
coming-of-age ceremony?
**[07:47] King**
Huh? I didn't attend.
**[07:49] Musa**
Did your high school uniform include a blazer?
**[07:52] King**
You're not telling me to wear that, are you?
**[07:55] Nico**
Here.
**[07:57] Nico**
How'd you guys meet?
**[07:58] Kakeru**
Huh?
**[07:59] Nico**
You and Haiji.
**[08:02] Haiji**
You spilled on yourself, Jota.
**[08:05] Haiji**
Hold still.
**[08:07] Haiji**
Stop laughing.
**[08:07] Kakeru**
We ran into each other on the street.
**[08:10] Nico**
Really?
**[08:12] Yuki**
You're Haiji's long-awaited tenth man.
**[08:16] Yuki**
We were worried about who'd show up.
**[08:19] Nico**
We figured he'd bring someone ridiculous.
**[08:23] Yuki**
I'm glad you seem decent.
**[08:28] Jota**
What are you discussing with the newbie?
**[08:31] Joji**
Let us join in.
**[08:32] Nico**
What?
**[08:33] Nico**
We're discussing how to tell you two apart.
**[08:36] Both**
What?
**[08:37] Jota**
Which one am I?
**[08:39] Jota**
Who am I, newbie?
**[08:41] Kakeru**
What?
**[08:42] Yuki**
Get this question right,
and you'll win a can of beer.
**[08:46] Kakeru**
But I'm underage.
**[08:48] King**
I know! Jota!
**[08:50] Both**
Why'd *you* answer the question?
**[08:52] King**
You think I wouldn't answer a quiz question?
**[08:57] Musa**
What's this?
**[08:59] Jota**
Why'd you have to find that, Shindo?
**[09:02] Shindo**
I knew I felt a breeze.
**[09:05] Shindo**
Haiji, they made a hole in the floor.
**[09:09] Jota**
Hush! It's a secret!
**[09:09] Musa**
It's only been ten days since they moved in.
**[09:12] Haiji**
It's fine. Just cover it up with a magazine.
**[09:16] Haiji**
Don't let the landlord find out.
**[09:18] Jota**
All right!
**[09:19] Jota**
Hey, wait! You can't use that issue!
**[09:22] Jota**
I'm saving it forever!
**[09:49] Jota**
You scared me.
**[09:50] Nico**
What was that for?
**[09:53] Haiji**
I know the party's in full swing,
but lend me your ears.
**[09:55] Haiji**
It's important.
**[09:56] Nico**
Is it a girl?
**[09:58] Nico**
You finally got a girlfriend?
**[10:00] Yuki**
We're all ears, Haiji.
**[10:02] Haiji**
It's not that.
**[10:08] Haiji**
Since Kurahara moved in,
there are finally ten of us.
**[10:12] Kakeru**
What? I haven't decided to move in yet.
**[10:14] Nico**
What?
**[10:15] Haiji**
There are exactly ten of us.
**[10:17] Yuki**
You've been saying that ever
since the twins moved in.
**[10:20] Shindo**
"Just one more, just one more..."
**[10:22] Nico**
Those cursed words.
**[10:25] Musa**
You must be glad we filled
the last room surprisingly quickly.
**[10:28] Haiji**
Yeah. It's not enough to just think about it.
**[10:32] Haiji**
You should always state your wishes out loud.
**[10:34] Haiji**
You've got to seize your own destiny.
**[10:37] Nico**
I don't know what you're talking about,
**[10:39] Nico**
but why don't we take a trip somewhere
to celebrate reaching ten?
**[10:43] Yuki**
Good idea.
**[10:45] Nico**
We can stay at an inn and drink sake.
**[10:48] King**
That's not any different from right now.
**[10:52] Haiji**
Take a trip together... Sounds nice.
**[10:55] Nico**
Right? Where should we go?
**[10:57] Haiji**
I know the perfect place.
**[11:00] Yuki**
Where?
**[11:02] Haiji**
Hakone.
**[11:06] King**
Well, yeah, I guess.
**[11:08] Shindo**
They've got hot springs,
and it's easy to get there.
**[11:11] Yuki**
Nice idea, Haiji.
**[11:13] Yuki**
Should we take the train or rent a car?
**[11:15] Haiji**
We won't take a vehicle.
**[11:17] Haiji**
We'll use our legs to get around.
**[11:19] Yuki**
Huh? What?
**[11:21] Haiji**
Let's aim for the top together.
**[11:25] Haiji**
Everyone's seen it at least once on
New Year's while eating rice-cake soup.
**[11:34] Haiji**
Let's run it together.
**[11:37] Haiji**
The Hakone Ekiden.
**[11:51] (Flashback) Bath Man**
You still only get in for a second, Haiji.
**[11:55] (Flashback) Haiji**
It's been three years,
but I still can't get used to the heat.
**[12:00] (Flashback) Bath Man**
So you're a fourth-year now, huh?
**[12:03] (Flashback) Bath Man**
Time flies.
**[12:05] (Flashback) Bath Man**
How's the Chikusei-so?
**[12:08] (Flashback) Haiji**
What do you mean?
**[12:09] (Flashback) Bath Man**
Isn't it obvious?
**[12:11] (Flashback) Bath Man**
"Just one more."
**[12:12] (Flashback) Bath Man**
Your first and final chance
must've arrived, right?
**[12:15] (Flashback) Haiji**
Not yet.
**[12:19] (Flashback) Bath Man**
Well, the new students will be coming soon.
**[12:22] (Flashback) Bath Man**
I'm sure you'll find someone.
***SIGN*** Public Bath
**[12:38] (Flashback) Bath Man**
Your first and final chance must've arrived, right?
**[12:44] (Flashback) Haiji**
Just one more.
**[12:50] (Flashback) Man**
Hey, wait!
**[13:03] (Flashback) Man**
Wait!
**[13:11] (Flashback) Man**
Wait!
**[13:13] (Flashback) Man**
Thief!
**[13:16] (Flashback) Man**
Someone help...
**[13:37] (Flashback) Haiji**
Hey!
**[13:39] (Flashback) Haiji**
You like running?
**[13:42] (Flashback) Kakeru**
Huh?
**[13:43] (Flashback) Haiji**
Do you like running?
**[13:46] (Flashback) Kakeru**
What?
**[13:56] (Flashback) Haiji**
Don't suddenly stop like that.
**[13:58] (Flashback) Haiji**
Let's have a chat.
**[14:00] (Flashback) Kakeru**
What?
**[14:07] (Flashback) Haiji**
Why did you shoplift?
***SIGN*** Tea
**[14:17] (Flashback) Haiji**
I won't call the cops. I promise.
**[14:20] (Flashback) Haiji**
I just want to know who you are.
**[14:24] (Flashback) Haiji**
I'm Kiyose Haiji, a fourth-year
literature student at Kansei University.
**[14:28] (Flashback) Haiji**
Who are you?
**[14:32] (Flashback) Kakeru**
Kurahara Kakeru.
**[14:34] (Flashback) Haiji**
Kurahara...
**[14:36] (Flashback) Haiji**
Where's your home? Do you live around here?
**[14:39] (Flashback) Kakeru**
No, uh... I'm at Kansei University.
**[14:43] (Flashback) Haiji**
You're a Kansei University student?
**[14:45] (Flashback) Haiji**
Which department?
**[14:46] (Flashback) Kakeru**
Seriously, I—
**[14:47] (Flashback) Haiji**
I definitely can't ignore you
if you're an underclassman!
**[14:49] (Flashback) Haiji**
Which department are you in?
**[14:51] (Flashback) Kakeru**
Sociology.
**[14:52] (Flashback) Kakeru**
Can I go now?
**[14:55] (Flashback) Haiji**
Wait.
**[14:57] (Flashback) Kakeru**
What?
**[14:58] (Flashback) Haiji**
Are you broke? What about your allowance?
**[15:02] (Flashback) Kakeru**
I lost my entire apartment
deposit at a mah-jong parlor.
**[15:05] (Flashback) Haiji**
Come to my place.
**[15:07] (Flashback) Kakeru**
What?
**[15:08] (Flashback) Haiji**
I'll show you the apartment where I live.
**[15:10] (Flashback) Haiji**
There's an empty room.
**[15:12] (Flashback) Kakeru**
But I don't have any money.
**[15:14] (Flashback) Haiji**
You can pay when you can.
**[15:16] (Flashback) Haiji**
Trust me. I'll make it work.
**[15:20] (Flashback) Haiji**
We'll start with the convenience store.
**[15:23] (Flashback) Haiji**
Let's go apologize.
**[15:31] (Flashback) Haiji**
This is it.
**[15:32] (Flashback) Haiji**
The Chikusei-so. We call it Aotake.
**[15:36] (Flashback) Haiji**
That's the landlord's house.
We'll go see him later.
***SIGN*** 103
**[15:50] (Flashback) Haiji**
Room 103. This is your room.
**[15:53] (Flashback) Haiji**
There's no curfew.
**[15:55] (Flashback) Haiji**
I'll get you a futon tomorrow, so you'll
have to make do with my blanket tonight.
**[16:06] (Flashback) Haiji**
I'll introduce you to the guys.
**[16:24] (Flashback) Haiji**
Let's run it together.
**[16:26] (Flashback) Haiji**
The Hakone Ekiden.
**[16:33] Shindo**
But, uh... what?
**[16:36] Musa**
What are you talking about?
***SIGN*** Chikusei-so
**[16:44] Jota**
That's the sign out front.
***SIGN*** Kansei University Track and Field Club
***SIGN*** Kansei University
**[16:49] Joji**
"Kansei University Track and Field Club...
***SIGN*** Track and Field Club
***SIGN*** Training Camp
**[16:54] Joji**
...Training Camp?!"
**[16:56] Yuki**
What?!
**[16:57] Prince**
When did you add that?
**[16:59] Haiji**
Does this degradation look recent to you?
**[17:03] Musa**
It was so dirty, we couldn't read it.
**[17:06] Nico**
Hold on, Haiji.
**[17:07] Yuki**
The Ekiden?
**[17:08] Joji**
The marathon?
**[17:10] Jota**
Isn't it a relay race?
**[17:12] Haiji**
This is the Kansei University Track
and Field Club member dorm.
**[17:15] Haiji**
In other words,
**[17:16] Haiji**
you're now members of the
Kansei University Track and Field Club.
**[17:24] All**
What?!
**[17:29] King**
I never signed up for that!
**[17:33] Haiji**
Moving in here signs you up for the club.
**[17:36] Haiji**
Didn't you find it strange
that in this day and age
**[17:38] Haiji**
the rent's 30,000 yen, and we
serve breakfast and dinner?
**[17:41] Shindo**
Isn't this a scam?
**[17:44] Yuki**
How did you not know about this?
**[17:46] Nico**
What?
**[17:46] Yuki**
Haven't you been living here longer than Haiji?
**[17:49] Nico**
But the old man never told me anything.
**[17:54] Yuki**
I can't believe my first job after passing
the bar will be my own civil trial.
**[17:59] Haiji**
Don't bother trying to sue me.
**[18:01] Haiji**
Your rental application
is your club application.
**[18:04] Kakeru**
Are we registered?
**[18:07] Kakeru**
Are we registered with the
Inter-University Athletic Union of Kanto?
**[18:11] Haiji**
Of course we are.
**[18:13] Kakeru**
Who's the coach?
**[18:15] Haiji**
Our landlord, Tazaki Genichiro.
**[18:17] All**
What?!
**[18:18] All**
What?
**[18:19] All**
The old man?
**[18:20] All**
Seriously?
**[18:21] Joji**
But he's so decrepit.
**[18:23] Haiji**
Don't be rude.
**[18:24] Haiji**
The landlord was known as the treasure
of the Japan Association of Athletics.
**[18:28] Haiji**
By the time Tsuburaya Kokichi wrote
his food-based suicide note and died,
**[18:32] Haiji**
the landlord was already considered
Kansei University's great coach.
**[18:38] Yuki**
There's no trace of his incredible nature left.
**[18:41] Jota**
You sure know a lot about him, newbie.
**[18:43] Joji**
What's the Inter-University Athletic...
**[18:46] Prince**
I see.
**[18:47] Prince**
He must mean the
Kanto Gogakuren from *Otokojuku*.
**[18:51] Prince**
With over a thousand members,
they're led by Date Omito.
**[18:55] Shindo**
I don't think that's right.
**[18:56] Kakeru**
We can't.
**[19:00] Kakeru**
Not Hakone.
**[19:01] Kakeru**
There's no way.
**[19:08] Haiji**
No one knows that for sure.
**[19:53] Haiji**
Hey.
**[19:58] Haiji**
Do you run every day?
**[20:02] Haiji**
So do I, while taking Nira for his walk.
**[20:05] Kakeru**
For your health?
**[20:09] Haiji**
No.
**[20:11] Haiji**
Before you ask, I'll tell you.
**[20:14] Haiji**
I injured it in high school.
**[20:16] Haiji**
I'm almost back at full speed.
**[20:18] Haiji**
In six months, I'll be
able to match your pace.
**[20:23] Kakeru**
What are you talking about?
**[20:27] Haiji**
I'm serious.
**[20:32] Haiji**
I'm going to run in the Hakone Ekiden.
**[20:35] Haiji**
Starting today, I'm going
to win over all the guys.
**[20:41] Haiji**
That includes you,
**[20:43] Haiji**
Sendai Josei High School graduate
**[20:45] Haiji**
Kurahara Kakeru.
**[22:40] Narration**
Next time: "The Ogre's Arrival."
***SIGN*** Next Time: The Ogre's Arrival
# E2 - The Ogre's Arrival
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**[00:05] Haiji**
I'm going to run in the Hakone Ekiden.
**[00:08] Haiji**
Starting today, I'm going
to win over all the guys.
**[00:14] Haiji**
That includes you,
**[00:15] Haiji**
Sendai Josei High School graduate,
**[00:17] Haiji**
Kurahara Kakeru.
**[00:27] Kakeru**
Just who are you?
**[00:34] Haiji**
There, there.
**[00:36] Haiji**
You must be hungry.
**[00:37] Haiji**
Let's head back. Time for breakfast.
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
**[02:20] Kakeru**
We can't.
**[02:22] Kakeru**
Not Hakone.
**[02:24] Kakeru**
There's no way.
**[02:27] Haiji**
No one knows that for sure.
**[02:30] Kakeru**
I know.
**[02:32] Kakeru**
The top track and field teams
train every day for years,
**[02:38] Kakeru**
but only a handful of them even qualify.
**[02:42] Kakeru**
That's the kind of race it is.
**[02:45] Blue**
You know a lot about Hakone Ekiden?
**[02:50] Haiji**
Don't worry.
**[02:52] Haiji**
Dreams do come true if you try.
**[02:56] Haiji**
Nico-chan Senpai has
track and field experience.
**[02:59] Yuki**
What?
**[03:00] Haiji**
Yuki made it to a prefectural
kendo tournament with his team.
**[03:03] Haiji**
The twins and King played soccer
for three years in high school.
**[03:08] Haiji**
Shindo used to walk ten kilometers through
the mountains to get to school and back everyday.
**[03:13] King**
That's not a sport.
**[03:16] Haiji**
And Musa has a hidden talent.
**[03:19] Musa**
It's prejudiced to think
black people are fast runners.
**[03:23] Haiji**
I confirmed in the bath
that you've got good muscles.
**[03:27] Musa**
That's why you're always staring at me?
**[03:29] Haiji**
Then there's Kurahara.
**[03:31] Haiji**
I want you guys to see how he runs.
**[03:35] Prince**
Excuse me, but I wasn't included just now.
**[03:40] Prince**
In other words, I don't have to run—
**[03:42] Haiji**
We finally have ten.
**[03:44] Yuki**
Apparently, you're included.
**[04:10] Kakeru**
I'm not going to run with you guys.
***SIGN*** The Ogre's Arrival
**[04:42] Haiji**
Kurahara, there's an open seat there.
**[04:44] Kakeru**
Huh?
**[04:49] Shindo**
Latecomers sit over there.
**[04:52] Haiji**
Have as many helpings as you'd like.
**[04:55] Musa**
Thanks for the food.
**[04:57] Haiji**
You're welcome.
**[05:00] King**
That chair's mine.
***SIGN*** Chikusei-so Cleaning Duty Schedule
**[05:06] Musa**
I'm going to clean the toilets.
**[05:08] All**
Thanks.
**[05:15] Haiji**
I'm going to feed Nira.
**[05:27] Yuki**
No one's going along with Haiji's plan, right?
**[05:32] Nico**
That thing he mentioned yesterday? Yeah, right.
**[05:35] King**
There's no way. Absolutely not.
**[05:37] Purple**
Oh, really? Good.
**[05:40] Blue**
I was going to run away
if you guys said you'd do it.
**[05:45] Shindo**
It's too sudden.
**[05:48] Yuki**
It's a scam.
**[05:49] Nico**
What did Musa say?
**[05:52] Shindo**
Between school and work, he's too busy.
**[05:54] King**
So everyone's against it.
**[05:57] King**
Got it, newbie?
**[06:01] Prince**
But...
**[06:02] Prince**
I doubt he'd just back down.
**[06:06] Prince**
These are the most luxurious dishes
we've been served all month.
**[06:12] Yuki**
He's domesticated us, hasn't he?
**[06:19] Blue**
I know, Kakeru. We're going to school today.
**[06:22] Blue**
Wanna join us?
**[06:22] Kakeru**
Huh?
**[06:23] Purple**
We thought we'd check things out
before the entrance ceremony.
***SIGN*** Kansei University
**[06:33] Blue**
Joji, they've got a soccer club.
**[06:37] Purple**
Yeah, there's about five.
**[06:40] Purple**
I don't know which to join.
**[06:43] Kakeru**
You're going to keep playing soccer?
**[06:45] Blue**
Huh?
**[06:46] Blue**
Well, you heard what Haiji said.
**[06:50] Purple**
That makes it harder to play.
**[06:53] Kakeru**
Who cares if you want to play soccer?
**[06:55] Blue**
It's not that we want to play soccer.
**[06:58] Purple**
The problem is the girls.
**[07:00] Kakeru**
What?
**[07:01] Purple**
Who doesn't love a cute manager?
**[07:03] Blue**
Hey, the futsal team is co-ed!
**[07:05] Purple**
Seriously? Let's go!
***SIGN*** Manga Club
**[07:07] All**
We are the manga club.
**[07:10] All**
We hope you'll consider joining us.
**[07:13] Prince**
We're accepting new members.
**[07:16] Prince**
Want to join the club?
**[07:17] Prince**
In that case, write your name—
**[07:22] Haiji**
You seem energetic.
**[07:24] Prince**
Could you not stand there?
**[07:27] Haiji**
It won't be easy for you to pack,
so I thought I'd tell you first.
**[07:34] Prince**
Pack?
**[07:35] Haiji**
Apparently, you can't stay at Aotake
if you're not on the track and field team.
**[07:41] Haiji**
In other words, if you refuse
to be on the team, you have to move—
**[07:46] Prince**
You're kicking me out?
**[07:48] Haiji**
No, no. Careful how you phrase it.
**[07:51] Haiji**
I'm just saying you can't
live there if you don't ru—
**[07:54] Prince**
You're kicking me out!
**[07:56] Haiji**
I guess you could say that.
**[07:57] Haiji**
It'll cost a fortune to move all that stuff.
**[08:02] Haiji**
But you don't have to leave
if you join the team.
***SIGN*** Placement Office
***SIGN*** Take a Job Fitness Exam
***SIGN*** Eligible subjects
***SIGN*** University students
***SIGN*** Details
***SIGN*** Use your computer to:
***SIGN*** 1) Receive an evaluation 3) Find the right job
***SIGN*** 2) Search for job information 4) Plan your career
***SIGN*** You'll get to experience all four steps in choosing a job.
**[08:15] Haiji**
Looking for a job, huh?
**[08:21] Haiji**
What kind of a job do you want?
**[08:23] King**
Why should I tell you?
**[08:25] Haiji**
Mass media, right?
**[08:27] King**
You already know.
**[08:30] Haiji**
I bet you could talk about
the Ekiden at interviews.
**[08:34] Haiji**
It's not something everyone gets to experience.
**[08:37] Haiji**
It'll help.
**[08:49] Haiji**
There wasn't a Mountain God this year.
***SIGN*** University Ekiden Final Summary
**[08:53] Haiji**
Well, they can't name one every year.
**[08:56] Haiji**
It'd reduce its value.
**[08:59] Shindo**
Um, Haiji. This is the library.
**[09:02] Shindo**
Keep it down.
**[09:03] Haiji**
Shindo, how about where you're from?
**[09:05] Haiji**
Your hometown.
**[09:06] Haiji**
It's pretty mountainous, right?
**[09:08] Haiji**
What's more treacherous? That or Hakone?
**[09:11] Shindo**
I've never compared them...
**[09:13] Haiji**
You haven't been home recently, right?
**[09:15] Haiji**
You ever call home?
**[09:17] Shindo**
Haiji, keep it down.
**[09:19] Haiji**
I'm sure your family
would be delighted if they saw
**[09:24] Haiji**
the son they rarely see
energetically running on TV.
**[09:30] Shindo**
It's time. I gotta go.
**[09:32] Shindo**
Excuse me.
***SIGN*** Chikusei-so
***SIGN*** 102
***SIGN*** 104
**[09:52] Yuki**
Nico-chan Senpai.
**[10:04] Nico**
You robbing me?
**[10:06] Yuki**
No...
**[10:08] Yuki**
Your cigarettes.
**[10:09] Nico**
Huh?
**[10:10] Yuki**
I couldn't smell them.
**[10:13] Nico**
Oh, that's because I was out.
**[10:15] Yuki**
Oh.
**[10:17] Yuki**
Later.
**[10:19] Nico**
Going to the club again?
**[10:20] Nico**
Lawyers sure have got it easy.
**[10:23] Yuki**
You should hurry up and graduate.
**[10:53] Nico**
No way.
**[11:04] Girl**
You should definitely join us.
***SIGN*** Soccer Club
**[11:05] Blue**
Sounds really fun.
**[11:06] Girl**
Right?
**[11:07] Blue**
Maybe I'll join.
**[11:08] Purple**
Seriously?
**[11:10] Haiji**
Well? Think you'll enjoy your student life?
**[11:13] Haiji**
If you're looking for a special-event
club, I can introduce you to one.
**[11:17] Haiji**
It's an option if you're looking
to experience college life.
**[11:22] Haiji**
You sure? You could run.
**[11:25] Haiji**
No one will criticize you.
**[11:38] Kakeru**
If I want to run, I'll run alone.
***SIGN*** Chikusei-so
**[11:56] Yuki**
What?!
**[12:00] Musa**
I'm sorry!
**[12:01] Yuki**
Why are you running?
**[12:03] Musa**
I went to work early after dropping in
on the new student symposium...
***SIGN*** Kobori Butcher Shop
**[12:08] Woman**
Thanks for buying so much.
**[12:11] Haiji**
No, thank you for accommodating me.
**[12:14] Woman**
Oh, it's no problem.
**[12:16] Woman**
Musa always works so hard.
**[12:18] Woman**
And you're a regular. We really appreciate you.
**[12:23] Haiji**
I'm not that special.
**[12:24] Haiji**
Anyway, I'm glad I introduced him to you.
**[12:29] Woman**
He's such a hard worker.
**[12:32] Haiji**
Heard that? Way to go, Musa.
**[12:35] Haiji**
She's complimenting you.
**[12:37] Musa**
Th-Thank you...
**[12:40] Woman**
You've got a great friend.
**[12:43] Woman**
You should be grateful you met him.
**[12:46] Woman**
That's a friend for life.
**[12:47] Haiji**
Hear that, Musa? We're friends for life.
**[12:50] Haiji**
Musa... Musa...
**[12:53] Musa**
He asked me what my plans
were for tomorrow morning,
**[12:56] Musa**
and I responded that I wasn't busy...
**[12:58] Yuki**
He knew you couldn't say no.
**[13:01] King**
He's going after our weaknesses.
**[13:05] Yuki**
What are your excuses?
**[13:08] King**
He said it would help me find a job...
**[13:12] Shindo**
It's good for my health... like weight loss?
**[13:15] Yuki**
What's it really? What deals
did you make with him?
**[13:18] Shindo**
I didn't make a deal!
**[13:20] Shindo**
I really have been gaining weight lately.
**[13:22] Yuki**
Damn! I shouldn't have
let you go off on your own.
**[13:27] Yuki**
Well, at least you're better than these two.
**[13:30] Purple**
It's not fair. Right, Jota?
**[13:33] Blue**
Yeah. We thought everyone
had promised to run in the Ekiden.
**[13:39] Yuki**
Did you listen until
Haiji was finished talking?
**[13:42] Purple**
He said everyone was running.
**[13:46] Blue**
So we said we would, too.
**[13:50] King**
You're getting mites everywhere!
**[13:53] Blue**
But we thought we'd give it a shot, right?
**[13:56] Purple**
Yeah! Did you guys know?
**[13:58] Purple**
Girls love guys who run in the Ekiden!
**[14:01] Yuki**
That's only true of a handful of top finishers!
**[14:08] Yuki**
There's no way we'll even qualify!
**[14:11] Purple**
Huh? What does that mean?
**[14:13] Purple**
You mean we can't just sign up for it?
**[14:15] Yuki**
I don't even feel like explaining it.
**[14:17] Purple**
No way!
**[14:19] Blue**
He said girls would love us!
**[14:21] Purple**
The girls!
**[14:22] Blue**
No one told me that!
**[14:23] Musa**
Are the others okay?
**[14:25] Shindo**
Who's not here?
**[14:27] King**
Nico-chan, Prince, and the newbie.
***SIGN*** 103
**[14:33] Musa**
Kakeru, are you in there?
**[14:35] Musa**
Kakeru.
**[14:37] Shindo**
Maybe he's not back yet.
**[14:43] Tazaki**
I can't believe it broke now.
**[14:48] Prince**
It's a miracle... my heart... didn't stop...
**[14:55] Tazaki**
Sorry, but you can't use
our bathroom until it's fixed.
**[14:57] Tazaki**
There's the Tsuru-no-yu Bathhouse.
**[14:59] Tazaki**
You'll have to go there for a while.
**[15:08] Boy**
This way.
**[15:16] (Flashback) Haiji**
You sure? You could run.
**[15:19] (Flashback) Haiji**
No one will criticize you.
**[15:40] Nico**
It's just for a change of pace.
**[15:42] Nico**
Don't tell the guys at Aotake.
**[15:46] Nico**
Doesn't look like you're going back, though.
**[15:50] Kakeru**
Do you actually want to run?
**[15:52] Nico**
You idiot!
**[15:53] Nico**
I said it's for a change of pace.
**[15:56] Nico**
They're pitch black. There's no way.
**[15:59] Nico**
Besides, I'm not cut out for it.
**[16:04] Nico**
You know a lot about running, right?
**[16:06] Nico**
You ever seen a runner
as rough around the edges as me?
**[16:12] Purple**
Hey, it's them.
**[16:14] Purple**
Hey!
**[16:16] Blue**
The bath's broken!
**[16:20] Nico**
Come with us.
**[16:22] Nico**
I'll take you someplace fun before you leave.
***SIGN*** Tsuru-no-yu
**[16:26] Jo**
I can't do it!
**[16:29] Jo**
That feels great.
**[16:32] Jo**
It's so cool.
**[16:35] Prince**
Hell on earth.
**[16:37] Prince**
That's what we call this place.
**[16:43] Yuki**
You don't often hang out with the newbie.
**[16:50] Jo**
Jota, let's go!
**[16:51] Jo**
Cut that out!
**[16:57] Haiji**
Oh...
**[16:59] Haiji**
You're all here.
**[17:05] Prince**
An ogre has arrived in hell!
**[17:08] Haiji**
What? The landlord's bath broke?
**[17:14] Shindo**
Surely Haiji didn't...
**[17:16] King**
Don't say it. I don't want to think about it.
**[17:20] Haiji**
Well, Kurahara? Nice bathhouse, right?
**[17:22] Haiji**
Everyone else thinks it's too hot, though.
**[17:25] Man**
So do you.
**[17:27] Man**
You're never in for more than a minute.
**[17:30] Haiji**
You're here.
**[17:31] Man**
Oh, excuse me.
**[17:33] Man**
Haiji, are these guys...
**[17:36] Haiji**
Yes. They're the residents of Aotake.
**[17:39] Man**
I see.
**[17:43] Man**
So you've finally got ten.
**[17:44] Kakeru**
No.
**[17:47] Kakeru**
I'm not a resident.
**[17:54] Haiji**
I met him after I left yesterday.
**[17:57] Man**
He's new, huh?
**[17:59] Kakeru**
I said I'm not—
**[18:00] Haiji**
Let's have a contest.
**[18:01] Kakeru**
What?
**[18:02] Haiji**
To see who can stay in the bath longer.
**[18:04] All**
What?
**[18:05] Haiji**
The loser does whatever the winner says.
**[18:11] Yuki**
You don't have to accept his challenge, Kurahara.
**[18:14] Haiji**
If you refuse, I'll assume you're running away.
**[18:17] Haiji**
If you want to run, then run.
I won't keep chasing you.
**[18:20] Haiji**
After all, you're fast...
**[18:22] Haiji**
...when you're running away.
**[18:31] Jo**
It's been three minutes.
**[18:33] Man**
Hey, don't push yourselves too hard.
**[18:39] Haiji**
You heard him.
**[18:43] Kakeru**
Feel free to get out first.
**[18:47] Yuki**
Haiji's tenacity is amazing.
**[18:50] Nico**
He's a fourth-year. It's his last year.
**[18:54] Yuki**
Why are you getting so sentimental?
**[18:57] Yuki**
You're not going to run with him, are you?
**[19:01] Jo**
Four minutes.
**[19:05] Nico**
Yuki, why don't we have our own contest?
**[19:07] Yuki**
Huh?
**[19:08] Nico**
We'll bet on who wins.
**[19:10] Nico**
If you win, I'll do whatever you want.
**[19:13] Yuki**
What? That's not fair.
**[19:17] Nico**
Hurry up.
**[19:24] Yuki**
The newbie, then.
**[19:26] Nico**
Are you even trying to win?
**[19:45] Shindo**
Water! Water, water!
**[19:47] Jo**
Hang in there, guys!
**[19:49] Jo**
Why'd you have to be so stubborn?
**[19:51] King**
Not bad, newbie.
**[19:54] Yuki**
What do we do in the case of a tie?
**[20:08] Nico**
That was disgraceful.
**[20:11] Nico**
He's been waiting a long
time to get all ten guys.
**[20:16] Nico**
I think he's reckless, but I've
been watching him for four years.
**[20:23] Nico**
He always follows through
when he says he'd do something.
**[20:27] Kakeru**
In that case, can I make him give up?
**[20:32] Kakeru**
Can I make him give up?
**[20:36] Nico**
I don't know what happened, but go ahead.
**[20:40] Nico**
It'll make things easier for me.
**[20:42] Prince**
Wait! I've still got time, right?
**[20:46] Haiji**
Sure, but it's better to start packing early.
**[20:51] Haiji**
Right?
**[20:53] Prince**
Someone help!
**[20:55] Prince**
It's an ogre!
**[22:40] Narration**
Next time: "A Single Flower."
***SIGN*** Next Time: A Single Flower
# E3 - A Single Flower
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6XJMKQNR/a-single-flower)
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**[00:06] Haiji**
Open your eyes. You'll get in an accident.
**[00:11] Haiji**
Everyone's here.
**[00:14] Haiji**
Today, we'll try running
to the river in Tamagawa.
**[00:17] Haiji**
I want to determine everyone's level,
**[00:19] Haiji**
so I can plan your practice
schedules for the future.
**[00:21] Haiji**
Keep that in mind.
**[00:24] King**
There won't be a future.
**[00:28] Yuki**
After all that, you're still participating.
**[00:33] Kakeru**
Just for today.
**[00:35] Yuki**
You're some kind of freak, aren't you?
**[00:39] Haiji**
Nothing beats eating after a run.
**[00:41] Haiji**
Let's go.
**[00:43] Prince**
Wait.
**[00:45] Prince**
Wait!
**[00:46] Prince**
Tamagawa? *That* Tamagawa?
***SIGN*** Why
**[00:49] Haiji**
Yeah, that Tamagawa.
**[00:51] Prince**
Isn't that five kilometers away?
**[00:54] Haiji**
Wow! You're really familiar
with the local geography.
**[00:57] Haiji**
Let's go.
**[00:58] Prince**
Wait, wait, wait!
**[01:00] Prince**
That's five kilometers.
**[01:01] Prince**
Five kilometers one way
means ten kilometers round trip.
**[01:06] Prince**
Ten kilometers first thing in the morning?!
**[01:08] Haiji**
If you can shout that much
after waking up, you'll make it.
**[01:11] Haiji**
Come on.
**[01:13] Prince**
What?
**[01:25] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
He's fast.
**[01:28] Haiji**
Start at your own pace.
**[01:31] Haiji**
Come on. Go.
**[01:38] Prince**
Where is your dignity?
**[01:40] Prince**
Where has your human dignity gone?
**[01:44] Prince**
We're allowing ourselves to be
forced to run without objection.
**[01:48] Prince**
Can we really call ourselves people?
**[01:54] Haiji**
Go.
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
**[03:34] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yay. I won.
**[03:37] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What? It was a tie.
**[03:39] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I beat you by a hair.
**[03:49] Shindo**
I'm impressed.
**[03:51] Musa**
This is the first time I've wanted
to go back to my home country.
**[04:08] Haiji**
The theory will come later.
**[04:10] Haiji**
First, your body needs to experience
firsthand how far five kilometers is.
**[04:15] Haiji**
Then, you'll surely...
**[04:20] Prince**
B-Butterfly...
**[04:30] Haiji**
You'll surely be able to run it.
**[04:40] Haiji**
Okay, let's head back.
**[04:42] Haiji**
What's wrong? Breakfast is waiting.
**[04:45] Prince**
I'm going back as a butterfly.
**[04:48] Haiji**
What are you talking about?
You're not making any sense.
**[04:53] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Hey, look.
**[04:55] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Huh?
**[04:56] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
It's Kakeru.
**[04:58] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Is he ever going to stop running?
**[05:06] Kakeru**
Your body gets cold if you just wait.
**[05:09] Haiji**
Yeah.
**[05:14] Kakeru**
Do you understand now
just how stupid your idea is?
**[05:19] Kakeru**
They just ran a mere five kilometers.
**[05:22] Kakeru**
Every section of the Hakone
Ekiden is at least 20 kilometers.
**[05:27] Kakeru**
That's more than quadruple.
**[05:28] Kakeru**
We'll have to race that distance against
runners who have endured intense training.
**[05:38] Kakeru**
We could practice for
ten years and still be behind.
**[05:44] King**
Just how insane is his body?
**[05:47] Haiji**
He's not wrong.
**[05:50] Haiji**
Don't worry. It won't take ten years.
**[05:53] Haiji**
After all, there's less than
ten months until the race.
***SIGN*** A Single Flower
**[06:07] Haiji**
At universities that participate
in the Hakone Ekiden,
**[06:10] Haiji**
everyone runs 5,000 meters
in less than about 14:30 minutes.
**[06:15] Haiji**
We'll consider that one of our goals.
**[06:18] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I have no idea what that looks like.
**[06:21] Yuki**
The simple calculation is less
than three minutes per kilometer.
**[06:24] King**
What?!
**[06:26] King**
One kilometer in the time
it takes to prepare cup noodles?
**[06:29] Prince**
That makes it harder to understand.
**[06:32] Musa**
He means it's inhumanly fast.
**[06:36] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I bet there are lots of guys like
that where you're from, Musa.
**[06:40] Musa**
More prejudice.
**[06:42] Shindo**
My high school's long distance
race was only three kilometers.
**[06:46] Nico**
Well, that's how it is.
**[06:49] Nico**
Thanks for the food.
**[06:50] Haiji**
You're right that it's not
an easy speed to achieve.
**[06:55] Haiji**
But if you don't know what
your goals are, you can't aim for them.
**[06:58] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Knowing's not enough.
**[07:01] Haiji**
If you do the required training, it's different.
**[07:05] Haiji**
We'll limit our focus to Hakone.
**[07:08] Haiji**
That dramatically improves our chances.
**[07:11] Kakeru**
On what basis?
**[07:13] Kakeru**
On what basis are you making those claims?
**[07:18] Haiji**
You don't want breakfast?
**[07:21] Kakeru**
I don't want to owe any favors.
***SIGN*** Day 2
**[07:41] Shindo**
They ran.
**[07:42] Haiji**
I'm going to wake them.
**[07:44] Nico**
Yuki never came home.
**[07:46] Haiji**
Huh?
**[07:47] Nico**
He went clubbing as usual.
**[07:51] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Clubbing sounds nice.
**[07:53] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I bet there are lots of cute girls.
**[07:56] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We'll have to ask him to take us with him.
**[07:58] Haiji**
Give me a minute.
**[08:01] Shindo**
Huh? Hey!
**[08:03] Haiji**
Kurahara!
**[08:33] Hanako**
Whoa!
**[08:36] Kakeru**
Huh?
**[08:47] Hanako**
Whoa...
**[08:48] Hanako**
Haven't done that since grade school.
**[08:53] Hanako**
Are you a Kansei Uni student?
**[08:57] Kakeru**
Yeah.
**[08:58] Hanako**
On the Kansei Uni track and field team?
**[09:00] Kakeru**
Uh...
**[09:02] Hanako**
Haiji.
**[09:04] Hanako**
Are you familiar with Kiyose Haiji?
**[09:06] Kakeru**
Huh?
**[09:31] Hanako**
Hey!
**[09:34] Haiji**
Hey.
**[09:35] Hanako**
Haiji!
**[09:37] Haiji**
What about school?
**[09:39] Hanako**
After this.
**[09:40] Hanako**
I came first thing, but no one was here.
**[09:43] Haiji**
We're still slow.
**[09:45] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Who is that?
**[09:47] Hanako**
I asked him if he was
on the track and field team.
**[09:50] Hanako**
I didn't see anyone else who could be.
**[09:53] Hanako**
I was right.
**[09:54] Kakeru**
I couldn't ignore her.
**[10:03] Musa**
It's the Yaokatsu girl.
**[10:05] Shindo**
What?
**[10:05] Musa**
Yaokatsu. She's the daughter of the
vegetable vendor in the shopping center.
**[10:09] King**
What? Are they dating?
**[10:11] Musa**
I doubt it.
**[10:14] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
A high school girl's a little too young.
**[10:17] Haiji**
Sorry. Let's get back to it.
**[10:20] Hanako**
Guys.
**[10:22] Hanako**
Practice hard.
**[10:26] All**
We will!
**[10:40] Girl**
Oh, wow! Then your future is secure.
**[10:42] Girl**
Really? I'll have to call you
for help if I'm ever on trial.
**[10:46] Yuki**
I'd totally be down.
**[10:48] Girl**
You might be on trial?
**[10:50] Girl**
You never know.
**[10:52] Yuki**
Can I get your number, then?
**[10:55] Girl**
It'd be hilarious if this were a scam.
**[10:58] Yuki**
Of course it isn't.
**[11:00] Haiji**
Then maybe I'll get your number, too.
**[11:02] Yuki**
Huh?
**[11:08] Yuki**
Are you crazy?!
**[11:11] Haiji**
What?!
**[11:13] Haiji**
Sorry. My ears.
**[11:14] Haiji**
It's amazing. I don't know how
you can stay in there for so long.
**[11:18] Yuki**
You're wasting your time!
**[11:19] Haiji**
What?
**[11:20] Yuki**
You're wasting your time!
**[11:22] Yuki**
I don't have any reason to run
or anything to gain from it!
**[11:25] Yuki**
I don't need to create memories
or network with you guys!
**[11:29] Yuki**
This year of freedom
is my well-deserved reward!
**[11:34] Yuki**
I deserve to savor this vacation from life!
**[11:37] Yuki**
You're wasting your time
by trying to convince me!
**[11:40] Yuki**
It's a total waste!
**[11:42] Haiji**
I have a reason.
**[11:44] Haiji**
I can't run in the Hakone
Ekiden without ten members.
**[11:48] Yuki**
I don't exist for your purposes!
**[11:52] Haiji**
You're right.
**[11:53] Haiji**
Naturally, I don't intend to unilaterally
impose my will on you, Yuki.
**[11:58] Yuki**
Then—
**[11:59] Haiji**
I'll be back tomorrow.
**[12:00] Yuki**
What?
**[12:01] Haiji**
I'll come with you.
**[12:03] Haiji**
After all, it's not fair to just
make you accompany me.
**[12:06] Haiji**
It's very important for teammates
to respect and understand one another.
***SIGN*** Day 3
**[12:22] Yuki**
Damn it. I'm finding a way out of this.
**[12:25] Hanako**
Good morning.
**[12:30] Haiji**
She's Yaokatsu's daughter,
Katsuta Hanako.
**[12:33] Haiji**
She'll be helping us sometimes.
**[12:35] Hanako**
I've got school,
**[12:36] Hanako**
so I can only help out early
in the morning and late at night.
**[12:40] Hanako**
It's nice to meet you.
**[12:42] All**
Hey!
***SIGN*** Why
**[12:58] Haiji**
It's a grand sight when everyone's here.
**[13:04] Haiji**
Wait, Kurahara.
**[13:06] Haiji**
I want to time everyone's finish. Help me.
**[13:09] Kakeru**
Why me?
**[13:16] Haiji**
There's no need to go crazy
just because I'm timing you.
**[13:21] Haiji**
I just want data to plan our practices.
**[13:27] Haiji**
That's why I'm timing today's run.
**[13:33] Haiji**
Don't hold back.
**[13:34] Haiji**
I'll tell Hana to keep an eye out for that.
**[13:57] Yuki**
Is that Haiji's girlfriend?
**[14:00] Shindo**
The details are unclear.
**[14:02] Yuki**
Being forced to run is already
a human rights violation,
**[14:06] Yuki**
and now he's showing off his girlfriend?
**[14:08] Yuki**
Just how much does he intend to toy with us?
**[14:11] Musa**
But it's clear now that King
has some hidden potential.
**[14:15] Yuki**
It's sad, though.
**[14:17] Shindo**
Yeah, no matter how you look at it.
**[14:29] Haiji**
Well? I wasn't lying, was I?
**[14:32] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
About what?
**[14:34] Haiji**
The girl.
**[14:37] Haiji**
Work hard, and women will approach you.
**[14:41] Haiji**
It only took three days.
**[14:43] Haiji**
If you keep getting stronger
and attract more attention...
**[14:51] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Haiji, we're sorry.
**[14:54] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We doubted you.
**[14:57] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We thought you were tricking us.
**[15:03] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
But it was true!
**[15:06] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
It's only Yaokatsu's Hana so far,
but as long as we work hard...
**[15:11] Haiji**
That's right. Look!
**[15:15] Haiji**
On the other side of the road
are more women than you can count!
**[15:21] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I'm so glad...
**[15:23] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We decided to attend college...
**[15:29] Yuki**
They've been fooled.
**[15:30] Musa**
They sure have.
**[15:32] Haiji**
Okay! Let's aim for the top!
**[15:36] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What? What if we actually win?
**[15:38] Haiji**
Well, my boy...
**[15:40] Haiji**
You'll have your hands full.
**[15:43] Haiji**
The mountains of Hakone
are the steepest in the world!
**[15:45] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I don't know what that means!
**[15:48] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
But it's so intense!
**[15:50] Haiji**
The mountains of Hakone are?
**[15:51] Both**
The steepest in the world!
**[15:53] Haiji**
The mountains of Hakone are?
**[15:54] Both**
The steepest in the world!
**[15:55] Shindo**
Musa.
**[15:55] Musa**
What?
**[15:57] Shindo**
I'm thinking about continuing a while longer.
**[16:01] Musa**
Huh?
**[16:03] Yuki**
How dare they be fooled so easily?!
**[16:06] Nico**
What about you? I thought you
were going to make him give up.
**[16:10] Nico**
Don't tell me you're on board now.
**[16:13] Kakeru**
Yeah, right.
***SIGN*** Why
**[16:14] Kakeru**
Prince can't even finish properly.
**[16:18] Kakeru**
No one would believe him.
**[16:24] Nico**
Right.
**[16:26] Nico**
So why is he so confident?
**[16:33] Haiji**
Let's head back! Time for breakfast!
***SIGN*** Yaokatsu
**[16:47] Hanako**
Did I do good this morning?
**[16:50] Haiji**
Yeah, it was plenty.
**[16:52] Haiji**
Athletes perform better
in front of an audience.
**[16:56] Hanako**
Huh. It really was fun, though.
**[17:00] Haiji**
That's good.
**[17:02] Haiji**
It's effective, even if all
you're doing is watching.
**[17:05] Hanako**
I hope your dream comes true.
**[17:07] Man**
It will.
**[17:09] Both**
Huh?
**[17:10] Man**
He's been waiting four years.
**[17:11] Man**
You've got some good members, right?
**[17:13] Man**
I heard she couldn't keep up on her bike.
**[17:17] Hanako**
Yeah. He was amazing.
**[17:20] Hanako**
Is Kurahara famous?
**[17:23] Haiji**
I'm not sure.
**[17:25] Man**
Either way, I'm excited.
**[17:27] Man**
Let me know if there's
anything we can do to help.
**[17:32] Haiji**
Thank you.
***SIGN*** Tsuru-no-yu
**[17:38] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What? Qualifier?
**[17:40] Yuki**
Joji, your bubbles.
**[17:42] Nico**
Most people only know about the actual race.
**[17:48] Shindo**
I just learned about it today.
**[17:50] Shindo**
Of the twenty schools that participate
in the Hakone Ekiden,
**[17:53] Shindo**
aside from the ten seeded teams
that qualify the previous year,
**[17:56] Shindo**
they have to participate
in a preliminary qualifier.
**[18:01] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Really?
**[18:04] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Then we'll race in that first.
**[18:07] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
All right!
**[18:09] Prince**
We still don't know if we'll be racing.
**[18:13] Musa**
How many schools participate in the qualifier?
**[18:16] Shindo**
About fifty.
**[18:19] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
So only the top fifth qualify.
**[18:21] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I bet we can do it if we try.
**[18:23] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah. Haiji said we're just getting started.
**[18:26] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We can do it as long as we practice hard.
**[18:30] Kakeru**
It's not that easy.
**[18:34] Kakeru**
How hard do you think they
practice to be in the top fifth?
**[18:40] Kakeru**
And not everyone can
participate in the qualifier.
**[18:44] Kakeru**
Each athlete needs an official record
of finishing 5,000 meters in less than 16:30
**[18:48] Kakeru**
or 10,000 in 30:00.
**[18:54] Prince**
Those are astronomical figures.
**[18:56] Kakeru**
You have to achieve those
records before the qualifier.
**[19:01] Kakeru**
It doesn't matter if you have
a couple of fast guys.
**[19:04] Kakeru**
Everyone has to be running at a high level.
**[19:08] Kakeru**
An amateur who can't even finish
ten kilometers shouldn't be aiming for that.
**[19:13] Kakeru**
Don't you understand how reckless he's being?
**[19:19] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Kinda.
**[19:21] Kakeru**
Then stop wasting your efforts.
**[19:22] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Actually,
**[19:24] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What's your deal, Kakeru?
**[19:26] Kakeru**
What?
**[19:28] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah. What are you afraid of?
**[19:30] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
You're fast.
**[19:32] Kakeru**
What?!
**[19:33] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Maybe you're worried about us,
**[19:36] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
but we're the ones doing the work, so who cares?
**[19:39] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Run with us.
**[19:47] Kakeru**
I don't work well with others.
**[20:11] Haiji**
Where's Kurahara?
**[20:12] Shindo**
He left already.
**[20:14] Musa**
We only ran together for one day.
**[20:17] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Maybe he's mad.
**[20:36] (Flashback) Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Run with us.
**[20:41] Boy**
I knew it.
**[20:53] Boy**
It's been a while, Kurahara.
**[22:40] Narration**
Next time: "Shadows That Don't Fade."
***SIGN*** Next Time: Shadows That Don't Fade
# E4 - Shadows That Don't Fade
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G64PGZPER/shadows-that-dont-fade)
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***SIGN*** Miyagi High School Track and Field Meet
**[00:05] Announcer**
The boys 5,000 meter finals will begin shortly.
***SIGN*** Sendai Josei
High School
**[00:14] Kosuke**
How's your stomach?
**[00:17] Kakeru**
Hanging in there.
**[00:19] Kosuke**
Sorry, but I won't hold back.
***SIGN*** Certain Victory
**[00:40] Coach**
You can do it, Kurahara!
**[00:43] Coach**
Go!
**[00:50] Student**
*Apparently, he wasn't in perfect condition.*
**[00:53] Student**
*What? And he still finished in 13:54?*
**[00:55] Student**
*Isn't he still a second-year?*
**[00:58] Coach**
Disgraceful!
**[00:59] Coach**
Average times like these
are as good as losses!
**[01:03] Coach**
Learn from Kurahara!
**[01:05] All**
Yes, sir.
**[01:07] Coach**
We're going back to the school
and running ten kilometers!
**[01:10] Coach**
The next race has already begun!
**[01:12] Coach**
That's all!
**[01:13] All**
Yes, sir.
**[01:15] Coach**
You don't need to run, Kurahara.
**[01:16] Coach**
Good job.
**[01:18] Kakeru**
Huh?
**[01:19] Kakeru**
But...
**[01:20] Coach**
Hurry it up, boys!
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
**[03:02] Kosuke**
It's been a while, Kurahara.
**[03:05] Kosuke**
I was surprised.
**[03:06] Kosuke**
I ran this course yesterday, too.
**[03:11] Kosuke**
I didn't think you were still running.
**[03:18] Kakeru**
Sakaki...
**[03:22] Kosuke**
Who were those guys you were with?
**[03:27] Kakeru**
It's none of your business.
**[03:29] Kosuke**
Really? Well, I guess it doesn't matter.
**[03:34] Kosuke**
Lucky you.
**[03:36] Kosuke**
You made some friends.
***SIGN*** Shadows That Don't Fade
**[03:46] Professor**
When you analyze this statistical data...
***SIGN*** Pachinko Comeback
***SIGN*** Nanapan
**[04:36] Kakeru**
What are you doing?
**[04:40] Kakeru**
Is that all you can do?
**[04:43] Kakeru**
Is it?
**[04:49] Prince**
Kurahara.
**[04:52] Prince**
What's wrong? You're spacing out.
**[04:55] Kakeru**
It's nothing.
**[04:57] Prince**
He's an underclassman at my dorm.
***SIGN*** Udon/Soba
***SIGN*** Ramen
***SIGN*** Curry Menu Plated Dishes Rice Bowl Menu Griddle Menu
**[05:05] Nerd**
You're wrong!
**[05:07] Nerd**
That's a shallow interpretation!
**[05:08] Nerd**
But the protagonist said so himself.
**[05:11] Nerd**
He can't take it anymore.
**[05:12] Nerd**
You're missing the panel that comes after that!
**[05:16] Nerd**
The author hasn't given up!
**[05:18] Nerd**
You should go home right now
and see for yourself!
**[05:21] Prince**
Passionate, right?
**[05:23] Prince**
We're always like this when it comes to comics.
**[05:27] Prince**
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say
**[05:29] Prince**
everything important we've learned
about life has come from comics.
**[05:32] Prince**
Friendship, hard work, and everything else.
**[05:35] Prince**
It's an enriching experience.
**[05:36] Nerd**
Why don't you join us?
**[05:38] Nerd**
The Comics Club welcomes you.
**[05:41] Prince**
Why don't you begin
your new college life with us?
**[05:45] Kakeru**
But I don't read comics...
**[05:48] Rugby team**
Sir, we'll clear a table for you.
**[06:01] Prince**
No king rules forever.
**[06:03] Prince**
What you really need
is intellect and sensibility.
**[06:08] Yuki**
Huh? Isn't that Prince and the newbie?
**[06:10] Musa**
What?
**[06:11] Yuki**
Did he join the Comics Club?
**[06:13] Yuki**
Whatever.
**[06:15] Yuki**
So, is Shindo serious
about continuing practice?
**[06:20] Musa**
At the very least,
his expression seemed earnest.
**[06:24] Musa**
On top of that, on the way back from jogging,
**[06:26] Musa**
I saw Haiji and Shindo whispering
to each other about club dues.
**[06:33] Musa**
When I looked up "club
dues" in the dictionary...
**[06:36] Yuki**
It's money.
**[06:36] Musa**
Yes! They're talking about money.
**[06:40] Musa**
What am I going to do if
they request money from me?
**[06:44] Yuki**
So you know the word for "request"...
**[06:47] Musa**
The training is hard enough.
**[06:49] Musa**
I can't give them money...
**[06:51] Yuki**
Damn.
**[06:53] Yuki**
As long as it was just Haiji who was
excited about it, we could easily ignore it.
**[06:57] Musa**
The twins are already on board.
**[06:59] Musa**
If he convinces two more people,
the yeses will have the majority.
**[07:07] Prince**
See you at Aotake.
**[07:14] Nerd**
By the way, did anyone buy the newest volume?
**[07:16] Nerd**
**[07:17] (Flashback) Kosuke**
Who were they?
**[07:21] (Flashback) Kosuke**
Those guys you were with.
**[07:24] (Flashback) Kakeru**
It's none of your business.
**[07:26] (Flashback) Kosuke**
Really? Well, I guess it doesn't matter.
**[07:30] (Flashback) Kosuke**
Lucky you.
**[07:33] (Flashback) Kosuke**
You made some friends.
***SIGN*** Everyone's Forest
**[07:55] (Flashback) Coach**
You can do it, Kurahara!
**[07:57] (Flashback) Coach**
It's the home stretch!
**[07:59] (Flashback) Coach**
Go!
**[08:03] (Flashback) Kosuke**
I didn't think you were still running.
**[08:08] (Flashback) Kakeru**
Shut up.
**[08:09] (Flashback) Clerk**
Wait! Thief!
**[08:12] (Flashback) Kosuke**
Who were those guys you were with?
**[08:17] Kakeru**
*Why?*
**[08:18] Kakeru**
*Why couldn't I say anything?*
**[08:20] Kakeru**
*Why?*
**[08:22] (Flashback) Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What are you afraid of?
**[08:24] (Flashback) Twin (Jota or Joji)**
You're fast.
**[08:27] (Flashback) Kakeru**
I'm not scared!
**[08:28] (Flashback) Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Who cares? Run with us.
**[08:31] (Flashback) Kakeru**
I can't!
**[08:34] (Flashback) Haiji**
Hey!
**[08:35] (Flashback) Haiji**
You like running?
**[08:38] (Flashback) Haiji**
Do you like running?
**[08:41] (Flashback) Kakeru**
Don't...
**[08:42] (Flashback) Kakeru**
Don't ask me that!
**[08:59] Hanako**
Cold!
**[09:01] Kakeru**
Sorry.
**[09:03] Hanako**
Really, I'm fine.
**[09:05] Hanako**
If anything, I'm glad you weren't hurt.
**[09:08] Kakeru**
Don't.
**[09:09] Hanako**
You're an important athlete.
**[09:11] Hanako**
Haiji said God might exist, after all.
**[09:16] Hanako**
After meeting you, he said,
"We're no ordinary men."
**[09:21] Hanako**
"We're destined for something great."
**[09:23] Hanako**
He wouldn't stop talking
about running together.
**[09:30] Hanako**
There.
**[09:31] Hanako**
The only thing I understand
is that you're really, really fast.
**[09:41] Kakeru**
That's all.
**[09:44] Kakeru**
I can't do anything but run.
**[09:49] Haiji**
Hey!
**[10:05] Haiji**
I know. Wanna race?
**[10:07] Kakeru**
Huh?
**[10:08] Haiji**
Let's race to Aotake with Nira.
**[10:11] Haiji**
Okay.
**[10:13] Haiji**
Ready...
**[10:14] Kakeru**
Why?
**[10:16] Kakeru**
Why won't you leave me alone?
**[10:18] Kakeru**
If you want to run, you can run by yourself.
**[10:23] Kakeru**
Isn't that what it means to run?
**[10:26] Kakeru**
I'm sorry, but you should give up on me.
**[10:31] Kakeru**
I—
**[10:32] Haiji**
Kurahara.
**[10:35] Haiji**
Even though you run by yourself,
you're not actually alone.
**[10:43] Haiji**
You're always running with someone else.
**[10:49] Kakeru**
I don't understand.
**[10:55] Haiji**
I see.
**[10:56] Haiji**
Okay, Nira.
**[10:57] Haiji**
Ready... go!
**[11:00] Haiji**
You're fast, Nira.
**[11:07] Kakeru**
Someone?
**[11:17] Musa**
You bought shoes?
**[11:18] Shindo**
Yeah. Specialized shoes are better, apparently.
**[11:23] Yuki**
Your attendance has been perfect.
**[11:25] Nico**
So, what?
**[11:27] Yuki**
Nothing.
**[11:29] Haiji**
Everyone's here.
**[11:32] Haiji**
Hana's waiting for us at the finish line today.
**[11:34] King**
What?
***SIGN*** Feeble
**[11:36] Haiji**
Hana will be timing us today.
**[11:38] Haiji**
Do whatever it takes to finish.
**[11:41] Haiji**
Kurahara, you, too.
**[11:44] Haiji**
If we don't all get there,
**[11:46] Haiji**
Hana will be waiting at the
Tamagawa River forever and ever.
**[11:52] Haiji**
I've told her we're starting at exactly six.
**[11:56] Haiji**
30 seconds to go.
**[11:57] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
All right!
**[11:59] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We'll show you what we can do!
**[12:01] Shindo**
Then you guys should get new shoes.
**[12:03] Shindo**
Aren't those basketball shoes?
**[12:05] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Huh? What do you mean?
**[12:07] Shindo**
I'll take you someplace special sometime.
**[12:10] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Why does that sound so indecent?
**[12:13] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I can't take it!
**[12:14] Musa**
See? He's trying to win them over.
**[12:16] Yuki**
Calm down. The twins have
always been on his side.
**[12:20] Haiji**
Eight, seven, six,
**[12:22] Nico**
Good grief.
**[12:22] Haiji**
five, four, three, two, one.
**[12:24] Prince**
What a waste of time.
**[12:28] Haiji**
Go!
**[12:37] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
How is he so fast?
**[12:38] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
It's infuriating!
**[12:39] Haiji**
Don't get thrown off by his pace!
**[12:42] Haiji**
Same thing goes for races!
**[12:43] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Got it!
**[12:46] Haiji**
Prince, I'm extremely moved right now.
**[12:49] Prince**
By what?
**[12:51] Haiji**
In just one week, your pace
has increased substantially.
**[12:55] Haiji**
You have that much aptitude.
**[13:04] Haiji**
Do it, and you'll understand.
**[13:05] Haiji**
Never do it, and you'll never understand.
**[13:08] Prince**
That's from "The Burning Pen"—
**[13:09] Haiji**
Comics taught you
everything that matters, right?
**[13:18] Hanako**
Hey! Over here!
**[13:20] Hanako**
Oh, wow! You're so fast!
**[13:22] Old man**
Ah, to be young.
**[13:25] Kakeru**
Please stop.
**[13:27] Hanako**
Goal!
**[13:29] Hanako**
Wow! 14:53.
**[13:32] Hanako**
Five kilometers in 14:53?
**[13:34] Hanako**
That's fast.
**[13:36] Kosuke**
You holding back, Kurahara?
**[13:39] Kosuke**
Five kilometers in 14:53?
**[13:41] Kosuke**
That time would've been
unthinkable for you in high school.
**[13:45] Hanako**
Who are you?
**[13:47] Kosuke**
I'm Tokyo Sport University
first-year Sakaki Kosuke.
**[13:51] Kosuke**
Who are you? The manager?
**[13:53] Hanako**
I'm not the manager, but...
**[13:56] Kakeru**
She's timing us. We're busy.
**[13:59] Kosuke**
Timing you?
**[14:01] Kosuke**
But no one's coming.
**[14:03] Kosuke**
Oh, I get it. So that's how it is.
**[14:06] Kosuke**
Even you lower your level when
running with such low-level guys.
**[14:13] Kosuke**
I finally understood after contacting the OBs.
**[14:16] Kosuke**
They said you're attending Kansei University.
**[14:19] Kosuke**
Do they even have a track and field team?
**[14:22] Kosuke**
Is this some kind of friendly jogging club?
**[14:24] Kakeru**
Just go!
**[14:29] Kosuke**
You going to hit me again?
**[14:32] Hanako**
What?
**[14:34] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah!
**[14:39] Shindo**
You really should get new shoes.
**[14:42] Shindo**
It's way easier, Musa.
**[14:45] Yuki**
Your time's improving.
**[14:49] Nico**
So, what?
**[14:51] King**
That's odd. Maybe it's because
there was a headwind today.
**[14:55] Hanako**
Then you'd all be running
under the same circumstances.
**[14:57] King**
Right.
**[15:02] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Who's that guy?
**[15:05] Haiji**
Look, Prince!
**[15:06] Haiji**
Your friends are waiting for you!
The heroes of Aotake!
**[15:10] Haiji**
They're waiting for the warrior
named Prince to return!
**[15:15] Yuki**
Sounds like something Prince would enjoy.
**[15:18] Musa**
Haiji's learning.
**[15:20] Haiji**
That's right!
**[15:21] Haiji**
Today, you'll reach an unknown
territory you've never reached before!
**[15:29] Haiji**
You're here!
**[15:43] Hanako**
34:59:28.
**[15:48] Haiji**
Hear that, Prince? 34 minutes.
**[15:50] Haiji**
You broke the 35-minute wall. You did it.
**[15:58] Kosuke**
What is this? A seniors marathon?
**[16:01] Kosuke**
I can walk faster than that.
**[16:08] Kosuke**
What?
**[16:11] Haiji**
You know each other? Where are you from?
**[16:14] Kosuke**
Excuse me, Coach. I'm—
**[16:17] Haiji**
I'm not the coach.
**[16:18] Haiji**
I'm a fourth-year. An athlete.
**[16:20] Kosuke**
Excuse me. I know Kurahara.
**[16:23] Kosuke**
He really helped me out a lot in high school.
**[16:28] Haiji**
You're on the track and field team?
**[16:29] Kosuke**
Yes, on Tokyo Sports Uni's.
**[16:32] Haiji**
Tokyo Sports Uni...
**[16:33] Haiji**
Then we'll see you at the track meet.
**[16:36] Kosuke**
Track meet?
**[16:37] Haiji**
The Tokyo Sports Uni track
meet is at the end of the month.
**[16:42] Kosuke**
Yes, but...
**[16:43] Haiji**
Then we'll see you there.
**[16:44] Nico**
Isn't that enough?
**[16:47] Kosuke**
What? You're going to run at the track meet?
**[16:51] Haiji**
Of course. We can't qualify
without official records.
**[16:55] Musa**
Haiji, stop!
**[16:57] Kosuke**
Qualify?
**[16:58] Yuki**
Don't!
**[17:00] Haiji**
For the Hakone Ekiden.
**[17:09] Kosuke**
What?
**[17:11] Haiji**
To participate in the Hakone Ekiden
qualifier, we need official records.
**[17:15] Haiji**
So we'll run at the meet.
**[17:17] Haiji**
All of us.
**[17:20] Haiji**
Those ten guys are the Kansei
University Hakone Ekiden team.
**[17:26] Kosuke**
Hakone? Is he serious?
**[17:30] Kosuke**
Are you making light of track and field? Huh?
**[17:33] Haiji**
No.
**[17:35] Kosuke**
I'm asking you, Kurahara!
**[17:41] King**
What is that?
**[17:44] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Don't worry.
**[17:45] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
If anything happens...
**[17:49] Hanako**
Whoa...
**[17:50] Kosuke**
Say something.
**[17:53] Kosuke**
Aren't you embarrassed to run at their level?
**[17:56] Yuki**
Our level?
**[18:00] Nico**
If anything, I find it invigorating.
**[18:09] Prince**
This is why I hate them...
**[18:13] Prince**
It's always about levels, winning and losing.
**[18:16] Prince**
They can only describe things on that level.
**[18:20] Shindo**
Prince?
**[18:22] Prince**
I really hate running,
**[18:25] Prince**
but more than that,
**[18:27] Prince**
I hate people who criticize
others for what they do!
**[18:36] Prince**
I'm not sure if these people
are my friends or not.
**[18:39] Yuki**
Hey.
**[18:41] Prince**
But at the very least,
**[18:42] Prince**
they recognize me, my ideas, and my worth.
**[18:50] Prince**
Among them, there is no high or low level.
**[18:54] Prince**
The only thing that matters is who we are!
**[19:00] Prince**
So I...
**[19:05] Haiji**
Prince...
**[19:07] Haiji**
You heard him.
**[19:08] Yuki**
That was quick!
**[19:13] Haiji**
Kakeru will get faster.
**[19:15] Haiji**
Even faster than when you knew him.
**[19:32] Kakeru**
Sakaki!
**[19:39] Kakeru**
We'll meet again.
**[19:48] Nico**
What was that? A declaration of war?
**[19:51] Kakeru**
What?
**[19:52] King**
Didn't you mean he'll pay for this?
**[19:54] Kakeru**
No!
**[19:56] Yuki**
You're the type to provoke
people subconsciously.
**[19:58] Kakeru**
What?!
**[19:58] Musa**
You were cool, though.
**[20:00] Musa**
You, Haiji, and Prince.
**[20:03] Shindo**
We've got a goal for now.
**[20:06] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah! Let's run in this track meet!
**[20:08] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
You just watch us, damn it!
Who cares if we're low level?
**[20:13] Haiji**
Prince is right. You're you.
**[20:16] Haiji**
Do what you want.
**[20:18] Haiji**
So will I.
**[20:21] Haiji**
That's why I'll run with you
and the rest of the guys.
**[20:33] Haiji**
Let's head back. Breakfast is waiting.
**[20:36] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah!
**[20:40] Haiji**
Can you walk?
**[20:41] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Finally, food!
**[20:43] Haiji**
This is the beginning of our adventure!
**[22:40] Narration**
Next time: "The Ones Not Chosen."
***SIGN*** Next Time: The Ones Not Chosen
# E5 - The Ones Not Chosen
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY0X1D926/the-ones-not-chosen)
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***SIGN*** Job Fair Dream Top Co.
***SIGN*** Your choices are unlimited
Now accepting applications
***SIGN*** Your choices are unlimited
Now accepting applications
***SIGN*** Run With The Wind
***SIGN*** Chikusei-so
**[02:18] King**
What a carefree bunch.
**[02:24] [Messenger] Sign**
Inbox
**[02:24] [Messenger] Sign**
AKECHI Co. new graduate hires
Initial screening results
**[02:30] Haiji**
What you said was truly remarkable.
**[02:33] Haiji**
I understand the fondness you have for Aotake.
**[02:38] Prince**
How many times have you said that?
**[02:40] Musa**
I was moved, too.
**[02:42] Musa**
I usually ignore what you say
since you use such difficult Japanese,
**[02:46] Musa**
but I understood exactly
what you said this morning.
**[02:50] Prince**
You've been ignoring me?
**[02:52] Yuki**
He said he wasn't sure
if we were friends, though.
**[02:57] Nico**
Neither are we.
**[02:59] Yuki**
Oh, right.
**[03:00] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
That guy was a jerk, though.
**[03:04] (Flashback) Kosuke**
Aren't you embarrassed to run at their level?
**[03:08] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We have to, at least, beat him.
**[03:12] Kakeru**
Um...
**[03:13] All**
Huh?
**[03:16] Kakeru**
I'm sorry.
**[03:18] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Why?
**[03:19] Kakeru**
Because he...
**[03:21] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
It's not your fault.
**[03:23] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
He's just a jerk.
**[03:25] Nico**
Well, some way or another, they're acquaintances.
**[03:28] Nico**
Don't be too hard on him.
**[03:30] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
That doesn't matter.
**[03:32] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Kakeru's our friend now. Right?
**[03:36] Both**
You're supposed to agree!
**[03:38] Shindo**
Yes!
**[03:40] Haiji**
Yes, Shindo?
**[03:42] Shindo**
I'm gonna try to run in the Hakone Ekiden!
**[03:47] Shindo**
At first, I just thought
my parents would be happy
**[03:50] Shindo**
if they saw me runnin' in the Hakone Ekiden,
**[03:55] Shindo**
but with fast guys like
Haiji and Kakeru around,
**[04:00] Shindo**
I feel like we could actually do it.
**[04:03] Shindo**
But like that guy from the Sport
University said, we're extras.
**[04:08] Shindo**
No, we're a burden to—
**[04:10] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Enough already!
**[04:12] Shindo**
I don't wanna be like that!
**[04:14] Shindo**
We've chosen to stay here, so let's run!
**[04:21] Shindo**
I'll make my own choices of my own free will!
**[04:26] Haiji**
In other words?
**[04:27] Shindo**
I'll make it into the Hakone
Ekiden on my own strength!
**[04:30] Haiji**
Well said!
**[04:32] Shindo**
Thank you!
**[04:33] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah!
**[04:34] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Let's get lots of girls, Shindo!
**[04:38] Shindo**
Huh? But I have a girlfriend.
**[04:40] Both**
What?! You do?
**[04:42] Yuki**
Don't get so excited.
**[04:44] Yuki**
Just so you know, I'm still
opposed to running in the Ekiden!
**[04:49] Yuki**
Quit acting like we'll all be running!
**[04:52] Yuki**
Right, Musa?
**[04:56] Yuki**
Musa!
**[04:57] Musa**
I'll run, too.
**[04:59] Musa**
Shindo's words touched my heart.
**[05:05] Yuki**
You're so moved, you've lost your mind.
**[05:08] Haiji**
Another toast!
**[05:11] Both**
Yeah!
***SIGN*** With all your might
***SIGN*** You can do it
**[05:12] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We won't let anyone beat us!
**[05:14] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We'll get tons of girls!
**[05:16] Shindo**
I'm goin' to Hakone!
**[05:17] Musa**
I'll start by buying shoes!
**[05:19] Nico**
For my health!
**[05:20] Yuki**
You can't peer pressure me!
**[05:22] Prince**
Um, I never said I'd run...
**[05:26] Haiji**
How about you, Kakeru?
**[05:37] Kakeru**
I...
**[05:38] Prince**
I never said I'd run.
**[05:41] Kakeru**
I'd like to become a better speaker.
**[05:45] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What kind of reason is that?
**[05:47] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Are you a comedian?
**[05:47] Haiji**
Then I'll toast to the resolve of my friends!
**[05:50] Prince**
I never said...
**[05:51] Haiji**
The mountains of Hakone...
**[05:53] Prince**
...that I would run.
**[05:53] All**
The steepest in the world!
***SIGN*** The Ones Not Chosen
**[06:02] Musa**
Haiji.
***SIGN*** 4/29 Tokyo Sports Uni track meet!!
**[06:03] Musa**
What is this track meet?
**[06:06] Haiji**
Competitions take place
in the spring and summer.
**[06:09] Haiji**
University- or corporate-sponsored
races are held practically every week.
**[06:15] Haiji**
Track meets are one of them.
**[06:17] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Why do we have to run in that?
**[06:19] Kakeru**
I explained that the other day.
**[06:23] Kakeru**
Not everyone gets to run.
**[06:26] Kakeru**
You have to qualify for the qualifier.
**[06:29] Kakeru**
You need an official record
of 5,000 m in less than 16:30
**[06:32] Kakeru**
or 10,000 m in less than 30:00.
**[06:37] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Oh.
**[06:38] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I only got that you were kinda mad.
**[06:42] Nico**
You'd better learn to be a better speaker.
**[06:45] Musa**
I see. In order to do that,
we'll have to run in track meets.
**[06:50] Haiji**
That's right.
***SIGN*** Kakeru 14:53:54 Joji 16:48:08 Jota 16:50:01 Shindo 18:52:23 Musa 19:01:36 Yuki 19:45:11 Nico-chan 19:50:03 King 20:01:06 Prince 34:59:28
**[06:52] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
So that's why our goal is around 16 minutes.
**[06:55] Yuki**
Looks like you're down to half your numbers.
**[06:58] Prince**
It seems like it'd be faster
to change the flow of time
**[07:01] Prince**
than improve our running ability.
**[07:03] Nico**
Could you extend my deadline, then?
**[07:06] Haiji**
You're doing software development work again?
**[07:12] Haiji**
Naturally, there will be more
than just the one meet in April.
**[07:16] Haiji**
We'll try multiple times in May and June.
**[07:18] Haiji**
We just need to achieve
our target time eventually.
**[07:49] Haiji**
Not going to sleep?
**[07:52] Kakeru**
Are we really running
the Tokyo Sports Uni meet?
**[07:57] Kakeru**
They're no match for them.
**[08:01] Kakeru**
At least wait until May.
**[08:02] Haiji**
What point is there in putting it off?
**[08:06] Kakeru**
They'll just get hurt.
**[08:08] Kakeru**
Why force them to face reality?
**[08:11] Kakeru**
They're amateurs.
**[08:14] Haiji**
Are you sure?
**[08:15] Kakeru**
Huh?
**[08:18] Haiji**
Are only the chosen allowed to participate?
**[08:21] Haiji**
Is that what running is about?
**[08:29] Kakeru**
We're talking about a competitive sport.
**[08:33] Haiji**
You're right.
**[08:36] Haiji**
But that's why we need to face reality.
**[08:39] Haiji**
Otherwise, we can't even try.
**[08:41] Haiji**
Hakone isn't a dream.
**[08:45] Haiji**
It's reality.
**[08:57] Yuki**
What?!
**[08:59] Haiji**
I said we're meeting
outside this evening at five.
**[09:03] Yuki**
But we just got back from running!
**[09:06] Haiji**
The morning jog is a warm-up.
**[09:08] Haiji**
Starting today, we'll start holding
proper practices in the evening.
**[09:12] Haiji**
We're officially starting.
**[09:14] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Are we done with class by then?
**[09:17] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
It's probably fine for us to ditch.
**[09:20] Musa**
Shindo.
**[09:22] Musa**
Could you teach me about shoes later?
**[09:25] Shindo**
Of course.
**[09:26] Yuki**
This is crazy. You're crazy.
**[09:29] Yuki**
You're acting like a track and field team!
**[09:33] All**
But we are.
**[09:36] Yuki**
Say something!
**[09:39] Nico**
Huh? Oh...
**[09:41] King**
I'll pass. I've got a seminar today.
**[09:44] Haiji**
You can't reschedule?
**[09:47] King**
Reschedule?
**[09:48] King**
I'll have to reschedule my entire life, too.
**[09:54] King**
Will you take responsibility for that?
**[09:56] Nico**
I've rescheduled my life like crazy.
**[10:05] Yuki**
What are these? Voodoo dolls?
**[10:09] Nico**
My hands keep looking for cigarettes.
**[10:12] Nico**
I made those while trying to distract myself.
**[10:15] Yuki**
When did you stop smoking?
**[10:18] Yuki**
Don't tell me it was the day
Haiji brought up Hakone.
**[10:22] Nico**
Of course not.
**[10:24] Nico**
It's not easy to quit.
**[10:27] Nico**
It hasn't been a week yet.
**[10:28] Yuki**
That means you've quit for now!
**[10:31] Nico**
Shut up.
**[10:33] Nico**
You should be glad.
**[10:34] Nico**
You used to complain every day.
**[10:38] Yuki**
In other words...
**[10:40] Yuki**
this means you're running, right?
**[10:44] Yuki**
Despite staying up all night
to work all the time,
**[10:46] Yuki**
you're participating in our morning jogs
**[10:49] Yuki**
because you want to run in the Hakone Ekiden.
**[10:53] Nico**
I don't dislike running.
**[10:55] Yuki**
Give me a break!
**[10:58] Yuki**
If you join them...
**[11:01] Nico**
But ability's a different story.
**[11:04] Yuki**
Huh?
**[11:06] Nico**
Don't worry. I'm not taking Haiji seriously.
**[11:11] Nico**
I'm seriously doing it for my health.
**[11:13] Nico**
It's a good opportunity.
**[11:31] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What? Lucky!
**[11:35] Musa**
Aren't they nice?
**[11:36] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Will new shoes make us faster?
**[11:38] Musa**
I'm sure they will.
**[11:41] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
If we want to buy shoes,
we'll have to go drinking less.
**[11:44] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Maybe we can do something short term.
**[11:47] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
A job, huh?
**[11:48] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I don't wanna work...
**[11:50] Shindo**
I'm back.
**[11:51] Both**
Hey.
**[11:53] Musa**
Welcome home.
**[11:53] Shindo**
Sorry. I'll get changed.
**[11:55] Musa**
Third-years have seminars.
**[11:58] Musa**
Must be hard.
**[12:01] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Haiji is with Yuki and Nico-chan Senpai.
**[12:05] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
King's not showing up, after all.
**[12:08] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
He's been freaking out lately.
***SIGN*** 202
**[12:12] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Maybe he's setting his sights too high.
**[12:14] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Who wouldn't?
**[12:17] Musa**
Prince is over there.
**[12:21] Prince**
Between you and me, which
of us do you think is truly free?
**[12:31] Haiji**
We'll leave once Shindo gets here.
**[12:33] Haiji**
Nira, you wanna come?
**[12:36] Haiji**
And Prince.
***SIGN*** Feeble
**[12:37] Prince**
Could you please not treat us
like we're on the same level?
**[12:54] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
This place is kinda dismal.
**[12:56] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Even though we're the track team,
we can't use the university's track.
**[13:01] Haiji**
The university's track is used
by all kinds of teams and clubs.
**[13:05] Haiji**
It's all about the pecking order.
**[13:07] Musa**
Haiji.
**[13:08] Haiji**
Yes, Musa?
**[13:09] Musa**
You said we'd be easing into practice.
**[13:11] Musa**
Does that mean we'll be running slowly?
**[13:15] Haiji**
That's right.
**[13:16] Haiji**
If you suddenly start running,
you'll hurt yourself.
**[13:19] Haiji**
Before practice, we'll start
with a one-hour run.
**[13:21] All**
One hour?!
**[13:23] Prince**
Haiji.
**[13:24] Haiji**
Yes, Prince?
**[13:25] Prince**
Isn't that just practice?
**[13:28] Haiji**
Let's go.
**[13:33] Prince**
That's what you call ignoring someone.
**[13:36] Prince**
You're the only one who understands me.
**[13:39] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Are you *trying* to descend to his level?
**[13:47] Haiji**
We'll do a fixed-pace run.
**[13:49] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What's a fixed-pace run?
**[13:51] Haiji**
It means running at a constant pace.
**[13:54] Haiji**
It's good for endurance training.
**[13:58] Haiji**
Don't push yourselves too hard at first.
**[13:59] Haiji**
Focus on completing the run.
**[14:02] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah!
**[14:04] Haiji**
There's no need to strain
yourselves by running too fast.
**[14:07] Haiji**
Focus on maintaining a pace
you can run at for a long time.
**[14:11] Haiji**
All right, first group.
**[14:13] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah!
**[14:16] Prince**
We're like a real team.
**[14:21] Prince**
You can't be serious.
**[14:23] Prince**
Right, Nira?
**[14:34] Prince**
You're one of them, too?
**[14:37] Yuki**
What's so great about it?
**[14:40] Nico**
Huh?
**[14:41] Yuki**
About running.
**[14:43] Yuki**
I don't get it. I'm an amateur.
**[14:51] Yuki**
As long as I don't,
there's nothing I can do about it.
**[14:56] Yuki**
Don't tell me I'll understand
once I start running.
**[15:03] Haiji**
Second group.
**[15:09] Nico**
Everyone's different.
**[15:14] Nico**
*But in my case...*
**[15:16] Haiji**
Go!
**[15:17] Yuki**
No fair!
**[15:30] Haiji**
*Are only the chosen allowed to participate?*
**[15:39] Haiji**
*Is that what running is about?*
**[15:50] Haiji**
That's all for today.
**[15:53] Haiji**
Tomorrow, we'll incorporate
build-up runs. Keep that in mind.
**[15:56] Yuki**
You're adding more?!
**[15:57] Shindo**
Build-up runs?
**[15:59] Haiji**
It means gradually increasing
your pace to a sprint.
**[16:04] Shindo**
What's the objective of that practice?
**[16:06] Haiji**
Working your heart and lungs.
**[16:09] Haiji**
There's no point unless
you're having trouble breathing.
**[16:12] Shindo**
I see.
**[16:14] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Was Haiji smiling at the end?
**[16:17] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Looked that way to me.
**[16:19] Prince**
He's an ogre.
**[16:21] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Huh?
**[16:24] Prince**
An ogre doesn't understand how people feel.
**[16:28] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Prince, have you lost even more weight?
**[16:32] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Maybe it's my imagination,
but he looks semi-transparent to me.
**[16:37] Prince**
I'm trying to become incorporeal.
**[16:40] Prince**
It's the only way I can exist in this world.
**[16:44] Haiji**
Stand up, Prince.
**[16:46] Haiji**
We're jogging back to Aotake.
**[16:49] Prince**
I'll explain the rest to you tonight.
**[16:52] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
No, thanks.
**[16:53] Yuki**
Despite everything, even
Prince is going along with it.
**[16:57] Nico**
So are you.
**[16:59] Yuki**
You never told me your answer.
**[17:02] Nico**
You're persistent.
**[17:05] Yuki**
Yeah, but...
**[17:09] Nico**
Well, when I'm running...
**[17:12] Nico**
Only when I'm running, I feel clean.
**[17:17] Nico**
Pure white.
**[17:20] Nico**
I can leave all the stuff I'm carrying behind.
**[17:24] Nico**
For just a moment, I feel perfectly clean.
**[17:30] Yuki**
But I'm already clean.
**[17:34] Nico**
You piss me off.
**[17:36] Yuki**
What? That's the reason?
**[17:38] Yuki**
*That's* the reason? Huh?
***SIGN*** 202
**[17:56] [Messenger] Sign**
Inbox
**[17:56] [Messenger] Sign**
From: Dream Top Co. recruiter/NTo: Sakaguchi Yohei
Subject: Regarding initial screening results
Dear Mr. Sakaguchi Yohei,
Thank you for applying for a position
with our business department.
Unfortunately, your school records
did not pass our screening this time.
Good luck with your future endeavors.
Please understand that we cannot answer
any questions regarding the screening results.
Dream Top Co. Recruiter
**[18:19] Both**
What?
**[18:21] Shindo**
How about after this?
**[18:22] Musa**
You're going to keep running?
**[18:24] Shindo**
Yeah. There's not much time before the meet.
**[18:27] Shindo**
Besides, there's something I want to try.
**[18:31] Shindo**
Is it okay if I go jogging tonight?
**[18:34] Haiji**
Of course. Watch out for traffic.
**[18:36] Shindo**
All right.
**[18:38] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Me, too.
**[18:39] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
If Joji's going, so will I.
**[18:41] Musa**
I'll go, too.
**[18:43] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Let's get changed.
**[18:44] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah!
**[18:45] Yuki**
I'll pass. I'm overworked.
**[18:47] Nico**
Sorry, but I'm going to relax, too.
**[18:51] Haiji**
They're becoming independent. That's good.
**[18:55] Shindo**
Where's Prince?
**[18:56] Haiji**
I forgot him in the yard.
**[18:58] Shindo**
He'll catch a cold!
**[19:00] Nico**
How about you? You're not gonna run?
**[19:02] Kakeru**
Huh?
**[19:03] Nico**
It's written all over your face
that you haven't had your fill.
**[19:09] Haiji**
Kakeru.
**[19:11] Haiji**
Help me make dinner.
**[19:14] Kakeru**
Haiji—
**[19:15] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
King, you're home?
**[19:18] King**
Just how much are you guys practicing?
**[19:20] King**
You guys sure have
a weird way of having fun.
**[19:23] King**
I'm hungry. Where's dinner?
**[19:26] Haiji**
Soon. What's up?
**[19:28] Kakeru**
It's nothing.
**[19:30] Haiji**
Okay.
**[19:33] King**
You're lucky to have guys who want to run.
**[19:36] Kakeru**
What?
**[19:37] King**
I'm sure you have plenty of time.
**[19:40] King**
Run as much as you want.
**[19:42] King**
I'm taking a bath!
**[19:51] All**
What?!
**[19:53] Musa**
What? All of us?
**[19:55] Haiji**
Of course.
**[19:57] Haiji**
From now on, you're all forbidden from working.
**[20:00] Haiji**
And get some running clothes.
**[20:03] Haiji**
Prince's denim is out of the question.
**[20:07] Prince**
I've never needed a track
suit before in my life.
**[20:12] Haiji**
You can't wear track suits, either.
**[20:15] Haiji**
Make sure have towels
and bring a change of clothes, too.
**[20:18] Haiji**
Changing your clothes
regularly is an important part
**[20:20] Haiji**
of maintaining your physical condition.
**[20:22] Haiji**
When you're practicing every day,
you won't have time for anything else.
**[20:26] Haiji**
You'll be able to save up more
than enough off your allowances.
**[20:29] Haiji**
And...
**[20:31] King**
Hey!
**[20:34] King**
I'm not doing nothing but practice every day.
**[20:37] King**
Sorry, but I've got my own life to live.
**[20:57] Shindo**
King...
**[22:40] Narration**
Next time: "The Emperor's New Clothes."
# E6 - The Emperor's New Clothes
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY5PKPW0Y/the-emperors-new-clothes)
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**[00:00] King**
Hey!
**[00:03] King**
I'm not doing nothing but practice every day.
**[00:06] King**
Sorry, but I've got my own life to live.
**[00:26] Shindo**
King...
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
**[02:03] King**
Dolgorsürengiin Dagvadorj!
**[02:05] TV**
*Correct.*
**[02:06] King**
Yeah!
**[02:07] Shindo**
King.
**[02:09] Shindo**
Excuse me, King.
**[02:11] King**
Discus throw!
**[02:12] TV**
*Basketball!*
**[02:13] King**
Wrong? I'm telling you, it's discus throw.
**[02:14] TV**
*Incorrect. The correct answer is discus throw.*
**[02:16] Shindo**
Hey...
**[02:17] King**
These entertainers suck at sports questions.
***SIGN*** Unprecedented Stupidity
**[02:20] King**
I'd totally beat them one-on-one.
**[02:23] Shindo**
King.
**[02:24] King**
What?
**[02:25] Shindo**
Sorry, but I'm going for my nighttime jog soon.
**[02:28] King**
See you later.
**[02:33] Shindo**
Are you sure, King?
**[02:35] King**
With what?
**[02:37] Shindo**
If you are, that's fine.
**[02:42] King**
Yeah, yeah. My bad.
**[02:45] King**
If only we had a DVR.
**[02:47] Shindo**
That's not what I meant.
**[02:50] King**
Thank you.
**[02:51] King**
It was a good way to blow off steam.
**[02:54] Shindo**
Will you go jogging tomorrow?
**[03:00] Shindo**
It'd be a good change of pace.
***SIGN*** The Emperor's New Clothes
**[03:12] Musa**
Let's go jogging again tonight.
**[03:14] Joji**
Yeah, let's do it!
**[03:16] Shindo**
Where should we run?
**[03:18] Yuki**
Damn honor-roll students.
**[03:21] Yuki**
Don't blame me if you burn yourselves
out and can't run anymore.
**[03:24] Jota**
You're worried about us?
**[03:26] Musa**
Yuki, you should run with us.
**[03:29] Yuki**
And why would I do such a thing?
**[03:31] Yuki**
Absolutely not. I need my "me time."
**[03:34] Shindo**
How about you, Nico-chan Senpai?
**[03:36] Nico**
Huh? Morning and evening's plenty for me.
**[03:39] Yuki**
That's right. Respect the elderly.
**[03:41] Nico**
What?!
**[03:42] Joji**
But if we don't do well at the track meet,
we can't run in the Hakone Ekiden.
**[03:47] Yuki**
As if you'll get to run in that, idiot.
**[03:50] Yuki**
Hakone's a distant dream.
**[03:54] Hanako**
Hey!
**[03:56] Hanako**
Good morning!
**[03:58] Jota**
Hey!
**[04:00] Haiji**
Hey, it's Hana.
**[04:02] Haiji**
Hana's here.
**[04:06] Hanako**
What? I wanna go on a nighttime jog!
**[04:08] Musa**
Would you like to run with us, Hana?
**[04:11] Hanako**
What? I can't do that. I'll ride my bike.
**[04:14] Jota**
I'm so hyped! We didn't have
a girl manager in high school.
**[04:18] Joji**
Yeah!
**[04:19] Hanako**
What? Really?
**[04:20] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah, totally!
**[04:21] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah, yeah!
**[04:23] King**
I don't have time. I'm heading home.
**[04:26] Haiji**
Let's go together, then.
**[04:32] Yuki**
He's completely closed himself off.
**[04:37] Musa**
You mean King?
**[04:38] Shindo**
Yeah.
**[04:39] Joji**
Is it his job search?
**[04:41] Jota**
What? But I thought the
employment rate was rising.
**[04:46] Yuki**
Maybe it is overall,
**[04:49] Yuki**
but guys who just can't handle it
aren't gonna do well.
**[04:52] Jota**
Yikes.
**[04:54] Shindo**
I'm worried about King,
**[04:56] Shindo**
but we need to do something
about the club budget.
**[05:00] Joji**
We're officially recognized
by the university, right?
**[05:03] Shindo**
Yeah, but...
**[05:05] Jota**
We can't even use the university track.
**[05:10] Tazaki**
We don't have any money.
**[05:12] Tazaki**
If we did, I'd do something
about that run-down apartment.
**[05:17] Haiji**
Of course. Excuse me.
**[05:20] Tazaki**
Since you said you'd do it...
**[05:23] Tazaki**
Since you said you'd do it, I'm allowing it,
**[05:27] Tazaki**
but this world isn't just about
who's fast and who's slow.
**[05:32] Haiji**
Yes, sir.
**[05:34] Tazaki**
Naturally, you need money as well.
**[05:37] Tazaki**
And there's no guarantee your
peers will acknowledge you.
**[05:40] Haiji**
I know that.
**[05:42] Tazaki**
That's also part of running.
**[05:51] Nico**
Don't tell Haiji I'm working. He'll get mad at me.
**[05:55] Nico**
I'm supposed to be older than him, though.
**[06:00] Nico**
So, what do you want?
**[06:03] Kakeru**
What kind of person is Haiji?
**[06:06] Nico**
Haiji?
**[06:08] Kakeru**
You've been living together
since his first year, right?
**[06:11] Nico**
Yeah.
**[06:12] Nico**
What's he like? Exactly what the way he looks.
**[06:16] Kakeru**
How about as a runner?
**[06:21] Nico**
I think Haiji was a good runner.
**[06:24] Nico**
I've never seen him run all-out, though.
**[06:27] Nico**
Apparently, he was told to stop for a while.
**[06:31] Nico**
He must've wanted to run
even though he couldn't.
**[06:34] Nico**
His first year, when I told him
I ran track in high school,
**[06:38] Nico**
his eyes were glittering.
**[06:40] Nico**
It was a pain.
**[06:42] Nico**
I'd completely quit running.
**[06:46] Nico**
It's been four years since then,
and his eyes are still glittering.
**[06:50] Nico**
Surprising, isn't it?
**[06:52] Nico**
It's only gotten worse
since you showed up.
**[06:54] Kakeru**
Even with me on the team, we can't win.
**[06:57] Nico**
I know.
**[06:59] Nico**
I feel bad for Haiji, but I don't think
we can make it to Hakone, either.
**[07:03] Nico**
Well, it should become clear enough
once we run in the track meet.
**[07:09] Yuki**
Are you serious?!
***SIGN*** We're trying to make it to the Hakone Ekiden. The Kansei University Track and Field Team Fan Club is now recruiting!!
**[07:13] Shindo**
As long as we're running, I thought
we could advertise while doing it.
**[07:16] Musa**
We're going to promote ourselves by
wearing these to and from the track
**[07:20] Musa**
and during our morning and nighttime jogs.
**[07:23] Shindo**
We got enough for everyone.
We hope you'll wear them.
**[07:26] Joji**
Let's advertise!
**[07:28] Musa**
Here you go. Here!
**[07:33] Nico**
This isn't going to run when we sweat, is it?
**[07:36] Jota**
I'm sure it'll be fine.
**[07:37] Joji**
It's an oil-based ink.
**[07:39] Shindo**
We want to form a fan club
**[07:41] Shindo**
so we can create an environment
where we can focus on training.
**[07:45] Shindo**
We appreciate your cooperation.
**[07:47] Yuki**
Damn honor-roll students.
**[07:48] Musa**
Is that okay?
**[07:50] Haiji**
Of course. No problems here.
**[07:52] Yuki**
God, these are lame!
**[07:53] Yuki**
What is this? They're so lame!
**[07:56] Jota**
King, welcome home.
**[07:58] Joji**
How'd it go? You land a job?
**[08:04] Nico**
They won't have decided yet.
**[08:07] King**
What are you guys doing?
Is that for a school festival?
**[08:09] Haiji**
Surprisingly, they're not bad. Look.
**[08:18] Joji**
You're slow when it comes
to everything but running.
**[08:21] King**
Not bad. Good luck.
**[08:23] Shindo**
What? But we have practice now.
**[08:25] Musa**
Come with us, King.
**[08:27] King**
Didn't I tell you? I've got my own shit to do.
**[08:31] King**
I'm really busy right now.
**[08:34] Haiji**
Forget about it.
**[08:36] King**
What?
**[08:37] Haiji**
Forget about it and run.
**[08:38] Yuki**
Whoa, whoa.
**[08:40] King**
Like escape from reality?
**[08:42] Haiji**
Tomorrow, the day after, and the day after that...
**[08:45] Haiji**
What you need to do won't ever change.
**[08:47] Haiji**
Reality will always be there in front of you.
**[08:50] Haiji**
So instead of running from it,
why not try running *with* reality?
**[08:56] King**
Will running help me get a job?
**[08:59] Haiji**
I don't know.
**[09:00] Haiji**
But standing still will make you anxious.
**[09:03] Haiji**
I was like that once.
**[09:11] King**
You're such a dreamer.
**[09:15] King**
Haiji, why am I here?
**[09:19] Haiji**
For us.
**[09:23] King**
For you guys?
**[09:25] Haiji**
Yeah. What's wrong with that?
**[09:27] King**
It's *my* life!
**[09:31] Yuki**
I know this guy says some crazy things,
**[09:34] Yuki**
but you shouldn't freak out so much.
**[09:37] Yuki**
It's only April. The battle's just begun.
**[09:41] Joji**
Coming from Yuki...
**[09:43] Jota**
Sounds like sarcasm.
**[09:44] Yuki**
What?
**[09:45] Yuki**
Generally speaking, you could
start looking for a job now and—
**[09:48] Nico**
Enough.
**[09:49] Nico**
At least wear this.
**[09:51] Nico**
We'll all suffer the punishment together.
**[09:53] Shindo**
Punishment?
**[09:54] Shindo**
How is this a punishment?
**[09:56] Nico**
You can decide the rest for yourself.
**[09:58] Nico**
Let's get this over with.
**[09:59] Nico**
The sun's setting.
**[10:07] Haiji**
Don't get the wrong idea.
**[10:09] Haiji**
It's not just you.
**[10:11] Haiji**
I'm here for you guys, too.
**[10:15] King**
That's lip service.
***SIGN*** Mahjong Sasagawa
**[10:43] Customer**
Ron!
**[10:44] Customer**
Reach, tanyao, dora-dora.
**[10:46] Customer**
How many repeats are we gonna play?
**[10:48] Customer**
You'd better get yourself exorcised.
**[11:01] Girl**
What is that? It's crazy.
**[11:03] Girl**
Are they being forced?
**[11:04] Girl**
What do they mean by "Hakone"?
**[11:06] Girl**
Is it a trip?
**[11:08] Plasterer**
You boys hard at work?
**[11:10] Shindo**
Hello.
**[11:11] Plasterer**
A fan club, huh? How do I join?
**[11:14] Shindo**
You want to join?
**[11:16] Plasterer**
Sure. There's no point unless you're first.
**[11:20] Boss**
Musa.
**[11:22] Musa**
Ma'am.
**[11:23] Boss**
I'll join your fan club.
**[11:26] Musa**
I'm delighted to hear that.
**[11:29] Shindo**
Write your name and contact info here.
**[11:31] Plasterer**
If you're gonna do this, you'd better mean it.
**[11:33] Shindo**
Of course!
**[11:35] Both**
Hey!
**[11:36] Joji**
Three people just asked to join over there.
**[11:39] Musa**
Three?
**[11:41] Jota**
It's easier for people to come
talk to us with Hana around.
**[11:44] Joji**
She's our goddess of luck.
**[11:46] Hanako**
Aw, shucks.
**[11:47] Florist**
In that case, maybe I'll join, too.
**[11:51] Both**
Yes, yes!
**[11:52] Both**
Yeah!
***SIGN*** Kansei University Long Distance Track and Field Team Practice Schedule
**[11:56] Joji**
Haiji, what does "CC" stand for?
***SIGN*** Wednesday
**[11:59] Haiji**
It's an abbreviation for cross country.
**[12:02] Musa**
Like running through nature?
**[12:05] Haiji**
That's right.
**[12:05] Haiji**
Starting tomorrow, we'll start
running cross country.
**[12:08] Haiji**
I found the perfect place
two kilometers from here.
**[12:11] Yuki**
When did you have the time to find that?
**[12:13] Shindo**
Huh? Where's King?
**[12:15] Kakeru**
Dunno. I haven't seen
him since we got back.
**[12:18] Haiji**
It's easy on the legs, and
it'll be a good change of pace.
**[12:22] Haiji**
It's nice to run through nature.
**[12:24] Jota**
Really? A change of pace sounds nice.
**[12:27] Jota**
So, what's "CC 2.5 x 6"?
**[12:32] Haiji**
It means six laps of 2.5 kilometers each.
**[12:35] Joji**
Really?
**[12:37] Joji**
Huh? Isn't that...
**[12:39] Both**
15 kilometers?!
**[12:41] Nico**
It's meant to be a change of pace.
**[12:44] Musa**
But Kakeru's running eight laps.
**[12:51] Kakeru**
Sorry, I think.
**[12:53] Joji**
You're the one who has to run it.
**[12:58] Yuki**
This place has totally turned
into the track and field team.
**[13:01] Yuki**
I feel so small.
**[13:03] Haiji**
What are you talking about?
**[13:04] Haiji**
You're keeping up with everyone.
**[13:06] Yuki**
I can tell you're going easy on me, though.
**[13:10] Nico**
You want us to go all-out, then?
**[13:12] Yuki**
You must be joking! There's no way!
**[13:23] Shindo**
King.
**[13:26] Shindo**
Do you want to watch a recording?
**[13:28] King**
Huh?
**[13:29] Shindo**
Of a quiz show. I recorded it.
**[13:32] King**
Ah. I'm good today.
**[13:37] King**
Don't worry about me.
It'll just make things awkward.
**[13:40] Shindo**
Sorry.
**[13:44] King**
How can you take this so seriously?
**[13:46] Shindo**
What?
**[13:47] King**
The Ekiden.
**[13:49] King**
You've never run one before.
**[13:51] Shindo**
Oh, right. I'm not sure.
**[13:54] King**
You don't even understand.
**[13:58] Shindo**
It's because I don't understand.
**[14:00] Shindo**
Rather than being forced to
do it, I felt inspired to try it.
**[14:06] King**
You ever consider just not doing it?
**[14:10] Shindo**
Can't say I have.
**[14:12] King**
You don't have to do it if you don't understand.
**[14:15] Shindo**
I felt like I'd understand once I did.
**[14:20] Shindo**
I haven't tried looking for a job
yet, so I don't understand,
**[14:25] Shindo**
but don't jobs work the same way?
**[14:28] King**
Huh?
**[14:29] Shindo**
Why are you so serious about finding a job?
**[14:33] Shindo**
Because you can't help
how much you love working?
**[14:36] King**
Of course not.
**[14:39] King**
I don't have a job I like.
**[14:42] King**
I don't actually want to work.
**[14:44] King**
I'm just doing it because I have to.
**[14:47] Shindo**
Right? I was the same way
until I started running.
**[14:51] Shindo**
I didn't even like it, but Haiji forced me to.
**[14:55] Shindo**
But once I started running,
I realized something.
**[14:59] Shindo**
It's way more fun to run when you
*choose* to run instead of being forced to.
**[15:07] Shindo**
So I thought I'd give it an earnest shot.
**[15:11] Shindo**
I might come to like running.
**[15:15] Shindo**
I'm not serious about it because I like it.
**[15:18] Shindo**
I thought taking it seriously might make me...
**[15:22] King**
What am I doing getting advice
from an underclassman?
**[15:25] Shindo**
Oh, sorry! That wasn't my intention.
**[15:28] King**
You don't know what you're talking about!
**[15:30] King**
Prodigy, my ass!
**[15:33] Shindo**
I'm sorry! Hey, wait!
**[15:34] King**
You little...
**[15:36] Shindo**
Ow, ow!
**[15:37] King**
Say uncle!
**[15:42] Yuki**
Why am I running first thing in the morning?
**[15:46] Prince**
Should we flee together, Yuki?
**[15:48] Yuki**
They'd catch us. You're too slow.
**[15:51] Prince**
You're right.
**[15:52] Shindo**
King.
**[15:58] King**
We'll suffer the punishment together, right?
**[16:05] Nico**
You're late. Nobody's wearing theirs today.
**[16:09] King**
Seriously?! I'm the only one?!
**[16:11] Yuki**
Now it really is a punishment.
**[16:13] Prince**
And yours is missing a character.
**[16:14] King**
What?!
**[16:15] Prince**
Yours says you want
to go to Hakone Station.
***SIGN*** We're trying to make it to Hakone Station. The Kansei University Track and Field Team Fan Club is now recruiting!!
**[16:18] King**
No way! Where? Where is it?
**[16:20] Joji**
Hey, you're right!
**[16:21] Jota**
What? Is King's the only one?
**[16:23] Musa**
I'm sorry. I wrote yours.
**[16:26] Musa**
What should I do?
**[16:27] Nico**
It's fine. Why not aim for Hakone Station?
**[16:32] King**
Damn it! I'm taking this off!
**[16:33] Shindo**
Wait!
**[16:37] Shindo**
It's okay. I'm wearing mine, too.
***SIGN*** Why?
**[16:42] Yuki**
Damn honor-roll student.
**[16:44] Shindo**
You're running, right?
**[16:49] Haiji**
Let's run.
**[16:51] Haiji**
Run, and you'll forget what you're wearing.
**[16:54] Prince**
Yes. Your attire doesn't matter.
**[16:57] Haiji**
You can't wear denim.
**[16:59] King**
Uh, I... I just forgot.
**[17:03] King**
I forgot I was doing this
to help me get a job.
**[17:07] King**
Quitting partway would only work against me.
**[17:12] King**
What are you all grinning about?!
**[17:15] Haiji**
No reason.
**[17:16] Haiji**
Let's go.
**[17:18] Hanako**
Last lap!
**[17:22] Hanako**
You can do it, guys!
**[17:38] Haiji**
Prince, last lap! Dig deep!
**[17:41] Prince**
Why... do I endure... this suffering...
**[17:50] Hanako**
33:13:13!
**[17:53] Hanako**
Wow, that's more than 1:40
faster than your previous record!
**[18:01] Hanako**
Prince isn't the only one.
**[18:03] Hanako**
Kurahara and Musa's times have improved...
**[18:06] Hanako**
And so have Shindo's, Yuki's,
and everyone else's, too!
**[18:11] Shindo**
Yes. Yes!
**[18:12] King**
I'm really paying for skipping practice.
**[18:15] Yuki**
It was only a few days.
**[18:17] Haiji**
I knew you could do it.
**[18:19] Musa**
Please don't.
**[18:21] Haiji**
Don't forget to cool down, guys.
**[18:23] All**
Okay.
**[18:33] Jota**
Hey, were you just smiling?
**[18:36] Kakeru**
No.
**[18:37] Jota**
Liar. You were totally smiling.
**[18:39] Kakeru**
Stop following me!
**[18:40] Both**
We're gonna follow you!
**[18:41] Kakeru**
You're so obnoxious!
***SIGN*** Chikusei-so
**[18:54] Haiji**
You sure you didn't want to go jogging?
**[18:58] Haiji**
You finally found friends to run with.
**[19:02] Kakeru**
Our paces are different.
**[19:04] Kakeru**
It's hard for me to match theirs.
**[19:06] Haiji**
I see.
**[19:09] Kakeru**
Why did it have to be these guys?
**[19:14] Kakeru**
Remember what you asked me, Haiji?
**[19:16] Kakeru**
You asked if only the chosen
are allowed to run.
**[19:22] Kakeru**
You're right that anyone can just run.
**[19:26] Kakeru**
They can run all they want.
**[19:27] Kakeru**
But is that the kind of running
you're talking about?
**[19:32] Kakeru**
Not everyone can run in the Hakone Ekiden.
**[19:36] Kakeru**
I don't understand.
**[19:37] Kakeru**
What kind of running are you talking about?
**[19:41] Haiji**
That's it, Kakeru.
**[19:43] Kakeru**
What?
**[19:45] Haiji**
I want to know, too. What is running?
**[19:49] Haiji**
What does it mean to run?
**[19:54] Kakeru**
You mean you don't know?
**[19:57] Haiji**
Not yet. I don't have an answer yet.
**[20:01] Haiji**
We just finally started running.
**[20:07] Kakeru**
I'm amazed you were willing to get us involved.
**[20:13] Kakeru**
You finally got them all together.
**[20:16] Kakeru**
If we just keep having a good
time training together,
**[20:18] Kakeru**
they don't have to get hurt.
**[20:21] Haiji**
We can't expect to stay unscathed
if we're going to run at Hakone.
**[20:27] Kakeru**
Reality is harsher than that.
**[20:30] Kakeru**
The track meet could be the end of this team.
**[20:34] Haiji**
I believe they can overcome it.
**[20:41] Haiji**
Do you not need to?
**[20:43] Kakeru**
What?
**[20:45] Haiji**
Prepare.
**[20:47] Haiji**
Reality is harsher than that, right?
**[22:40] Narration**
Next time: "Bear Your Fangs at the Summit."
# E7 - Bear Your Fangs at the Summit
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRDKDN39Y/bear-your-fangs-at-the-summit)
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***SIGN*** Chikusei-so
***SIGN*** 4/29 Tokyo Sport Uni Track Meet!!
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
**[02:08] Yuki**
He's late, isn't he?
**[02:30] Haiji**
Thanks for waiting.
**[02:32] All**
Are you trying to kill us?!
**[02:33] Haiji**
I was nervous since it'd been a while.
**[02:36] Haiji**
I think changing lanes had my heart
pounding harder than the meet.
**[02:41] Haiji**
What's wrong? Get in.
**[02:42] Haiji**
There's not much time.
**[02:43] Nico**
Haiji, are you driving us there?
**[02:47] Haiji**
That was my intention.
**[02:50] Yuki**
Isn't there anyone else here who can drive?!
**[02:56] Haiji**
Come on! Get in.
**[02:56] Yuki**
What's wrong with you guys?!
**[02:58] Haiji**
I've got mine.
**[02:58] Yuki**
Hurry up and get your licenses!
**[03:01] Nico**
Yeah, you, too.
***SIGN*** Bear Your Fangs at the Summit
***SIGN*** Tokyo Sport University
**[03:11] Shindo**
Are you okay, Prince?
**[03:13] Haiji**
That took longer than expected.
**[03:16] Haiji**
I'll check us in.
**[03:18] Haiji**
Everyone else get ready.
**[03:21] Yuki**
How can he say that after driving like he did?
**[03:25] Musa**
One of us needs to get a license
before we train anymore.
**[03:30] Shindo**
Does anyone have a plastic bag?!
**[03:32] Yuki**
Just stick it into some bushes.
**[03:34] King**
We can't do that!
**[03:36] King**
Where's the bathroom?
**[03:38] Kosuke**
I see the friendly jogging
club is as lively as ever.
**[03:43] Kakeru**
*Sakaki.*
**[03:44] Tokyo team**
What's up?
**[03:46] Kosuke**
That's him.
**[03:47] Kosuke**
My high school teammate.
**[03:50] Tokyo team**
That one, huh?
**[03:54] Nico**
Prince, you okay?
**[03:56] Kosuke**
One of you is dropping out already?
**[03:58] Kosuke**
I guess it beats running.
**[04:01] Kosuke**
After all, you'll only embarrass yourselves.
**[04:08] Kosuke**
What? You got a problem?
**[04:12] Kosuke**
Or...
**[04:17] Haiji**
Sorry, but—
**[04:18] Kazuma**
Kiyose?
**[04:25] Kazuma**
Kiyose!
**[04:27] Haiji**
Fujioka.
**[04:29] Tokyo team**
Shit!
**[04:31] Tokyo team**
It's Rikudo University.
**[04:33] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Who's he?
**[04:38] Haiji**
It's been a while.
**[04:39] Kazuma**
Yeah. I didn't think I'd see you.
**[04:42] Kazuma**
Are you running?
**[04:44] Haiji**
Of course.
**[04:46] Kazuma**
You're better now?
**[04:49] Haiji**
Finally.
**[04:54] Kazuma**
Oh, sorry for interrupting your conversation.
**[04:56] Kosuke**
It's fine...
**[04:58] Kazuma**
5000m, right?
**[04:59] Haiji**
Yeah.
**[05:01] Haiji**
I'm excited.
**[05:01] Tokyo team**
It's really him...
**[05:02] Kazuma**
Later.
**[05:02] Haiji**
Yeah.
**[05:09] Yuki**
What army are they part of?
**[05:11] Haiji**
Rikudo University
Fourth-year Fujioka Kazuma.
**[05:15] Haiji**
Remember that name.
**[05:20] Haiji**
Sorry, but we've got to get ready.
**[05:21] Haiji**
You must be busy, too...
**[05:23] Haiji**
with your chores.
**[05:33] Tokyo team**
Hey, don't just stand there! Move, move!
**[05:36] Tokyo team**
Yes, sir!
***SIGN*** Tokyo Sport University
***SIGN*** Athletic Field
**[06:05] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Wow!
**[06:06] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
It's like we're a real track team!
**[06:08] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We *are* a real track team!
**[06:09] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Oh, right!
**[06:10] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
This is so amazing!
**[06:12] Haiji**
Let's get changed and start warming up.
**[06:14] Haiji**
Time's a-wastin'.
**[06:17] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Whoa!
**[06:19] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
These are surprisingly cool!
**[06:21] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Let's take a photo!
**[06:22] Shindo**
I'm freezing. These don't cover much.
**[06:27] King**
Isn't yours a little small?
**[06:30] Nico**
I'm just big.
**[06:37] Yuki**
You're as good as they are, Musa.
**[06:40] Musa**
This is upsetting. This is truly upsetting.
**[06:43] Musa**
I have no redeeming qualities.
**[06:46] Musa**
They've surely come to Japan
in order to devote their lives to running.
**[06:51] Musa**
Their hunger is different.
**[06:53] Musa**
I can't possibly beat them!
**[06:57] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Jota, you look sweet.
**[06:58] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah.
**[06:59] Yuki**
Hey, Musa's in some weird mode.
**[07:02] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
You're right. Musa's making a weird face.
**[07:05] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What? Let me see.
**[07:06] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Look at this!
**[07:07] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
His eyes are sticking out!
**[07:11] Kakeru**
I'm surprised you can read manga right now.
**[07:14] Prince**
It's to lift my spirits.
**[07:16] Prince**
Now is the time to lift my spirits.
**[07:19] Prince**
The stories I write are perfect.
**[07:22] Prince**
In my mind, anyway.
**[07:26] Shindo**
I knew it.
**[07:28] Shindo**
That guy won Section Two last year.
**[07:32] Shindo**
Champion of Hakone and captain of
the Rikudo University team, Fujioka Kazuma.
**[07:37] Shindo**
He's been a key member of Rikudo's
Hakone Ekiden team three years in a row.
**[07:40] Shindo**
He's the pinnacle of college running.
**[07:43] Shindo**
Wow!
**[07:45] King**
What? You mean Haiji knows that guy?
**[07:47] Shindo**
I suppose that's what this means.
**[07:50] Shindo**
Wow! There's a crazy number
of people on the roadside.
**[07:56] Shindo**
Which section do you want to run?
**[07:59] King**
I have no idea.
**[08:03] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah, yeah.
**[08:03] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Take a picture with us.
**[08:05] Nico**
I'm good. Let's just get this over with.
**[08:10] Yuki**
It's okay. You can totally beat them.
**[08:15] Kakeru**
Hey!
**[08:18] Haiji**
I've got your number tags, guys.
**[08:20] Haiji**
Let's head to the track after we get these on.
**[08:23] Haiji**
Huh? What's wrong?
**[08:25] Kakeru**
Nothing.
**[08:41] Kazuma**
Whoops.
**[08:42] Kakeru**
Sorry.
**[08:45] (Flashback) Shindo**
He's the pinnacle of college running.
**[08:51] Kakeru**
Nothing.
***SIGN*** Tokyo Sport University
**[09:00] Announcer**
*All athletes participating in the 5000m race,*
**[09:03] Announcer**
*please gather in front of Gate 1.*
**[09:07] Announcer**
*Once again,*
**[09:08] Announcer**
*all athletes participating in the 5000m race,*
**[09:12] Announcer**
*please gather in front of Gate 1.*
**[09:23] Haiji**
It's true that we need official records,
**[09:26] Haiji**
but first, I want you to feel
what it means to race.
**[09:29] King**
We don't have that kind of time.
**[09:32] Haiji**
It's your first race. Let's all have fun.
**[09:36] Haiji**
Let's go.
**[09:39] Haiji**
Oh, right.
**[09:44] Haiji**
The mountains of Hakone are?
**[09:48] Haiji**
The steepest in the world! Let's go!
**[09:52] Yuki**
Someone answer him.
**[10:00] Kakeru**
Have fun? Aren't you being naïve?
**[10:04] Kakeru**
Sorry, but today, I'll be watching to see...
**[10:08] Kakeru**
just how well the others can run.
**[10:28] Musa**
Hello.
**[10:31] Announcer**
On your marks!
**[10:55] Announcer**
On your marks!
**[11:13] King**
What's your problem?
**[11:32] Spectator**
Wow! He ran ahead.
**[11:34] Spectator**
Boso Uni's Manas, right?
**[11:36] Spectator**
Guys get drawn ahead by
his speed and screw up their pace.
**[11:41] Spectator**
The group's starting to stretch out.
**[11:51] Haiji**
*Do you not need to?*
**[11:54] (Flashback) Haiji**
Reality is harsher than that, right?
**[12:16] Spectator**
Someone's catching up on the outside.
**[12:19] Spectator**
What university is he from?
**[12:20] Spectator**
I don't recognize his uniform.
**[12:24] Spectator**
Says he's from Kansei Uni.
**[12:32] Spectator**
Hey, there's another one!
**[12:38] Spectator**
No, he's being lapped!
**[12:41] Spectator**
You can't be serious!
**[12:42] Spectator**
It's only the second lap!
**[12:44] Student**
He's from Kansei Uni, too.
**[12:46] Student**
They've got a crazy lineup.
**[13:21] Spectator**
Hey, he caught up!
**[13:23] Spectator**
Wow!
**[13:51] Spectator**
They're neck and neck!
**[13:53] Spectator**
Is he challenging Manas?!
**[13:58] Spectator**
It's too soon!
**[14:00] Spectator**
They've got two more laps. Is he suicidal?
**[14:12] Nico**
*He's on another level.*
**[14:29] Student**
Are you all right?
**[14:31] Student**
Would you like to drop out?
**[14:34] Student**
Here. You're dehydrated, right?
**[14:37] Prince**
This is how I always run.
**[14:39] Student**
What?
**[14:44] Prince**
I'm not a hamster.
**[14:46] Prince**
Why do I keep running around
and around and around and...
**[15:06] Kakeru**
*Is this all?*
**[15:09] Kakeru**
*I can do it.*
**[15:20] Kakeru**
*He can go faster?*
**[15:27] Kakeru**
*Don't lose your form.*
**[15:29] Kakeru**
*Speed up your rotations.*
**[15:31] Kakeru**
*Faster!*
**[15:53] All**
It's Fujioka!
**[16:00] Spectator**
He's coming! He's coming!
**[16:05] Spectator**
He's five meters ahead!
**[16:06] Spectator**
You can do it!
**[16:08] Spectator**
Last lap!
**[16:24] Spectator**
Last!
**[16:24] Spectator**
Lap!
**[16:48] Spectator**
Manas is getting ahead!
**[16:49] Spectator**
Fujioka!
**[16:53] Spectator**
Go!
**[17:50] Reporter**
Are you sure you didn't finish too quickly?
**[17:53] Reporter**
You've gotta hold back a little.
**[17:55] Kazuma**
I'm just getting started.
**[17:57] Reporter**
When's your next race?
**[17:58] Kazuma**
I'm focusing on intercollegiate races.
**[17:59] Kazuma**
I'll be skipping future meets.
**[18:03] Reporter**
Now that's some composure.
**[18:04] Reporter**
We're looking forward to it.
**[18:06] Kazuma**
Thank you.
**[18:19] Kazuma**
Kurahara Kakeru.
**[18:24] Kazuma**
I remember that name.
**[18:25] Kazuma**
There was a fast runner
at a high school in Sendai.
**[18:28] Kazuma**
That must've been you.
**[18:31] Kazuma**
It's an interesting team.
One Kiyose would put together.
**[18:35] Haiji**
Last spurt! Dig deep!
**[18:37] Kazuma**
Watch out for him.
**[18:39] Kakeru**
What?
**[18:41] Kazuma**
On Kiyose.
**[18:42] Kazuma**
In top condition, he's better than that.
**[18:47] Kazuma**
Lead the team with him.
**[18:51] Kakeru**
With him?
**[18:53] Kazuma**
Aren't you going for Hakone?
**[19:21] Haiji**
Good job, guys. You did well.
**[19:26] Haiji**
Musa, Joji, and Jota finished
around seventeen minutes.
**[19:30] Haiji**
Shindo and Yuki finished
around eighteen minutes.
**[19:32] Haiji**
Once you're used to races,
you'll reach sixteen minutes eventually.
**[19:37] Haiji**
Nico-chan Senpai and King,
it's well within your grasp, too.
**[19:40] Haiji**
You shouldn't be disappointed.
**[19:43] Yuki**
What about this guy, then?
**[19:46] Yuki**
Not a single other person
finished in thirty minutes.
**[19:49] Yuki**
They nearly forced him to stop running.
**[19:54] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
No one except Kakeru and Haiji
achieved an official record.
**[19:58] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
It's like we can't compete with them.
**[20:01] Prince**
That Tokyo Sport Uni guy called us stupid.
**[20:07] Prince**
Where's their sportsmanship?
**[20:11] Nico**
Well, this is reality.
**[20:14] Kakeru**
We knew this.
**[20:19] Kakeru**
We knew all of this.
**[20:22] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Why do you care? You met the goal.
**[20:25] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah.
**[20:26] Kakeru**
It doesn't matter how good my time is!
**[20:30] Kakeru**
How many times do I have to say it?!
**[20:36] Haiji**
Kakeru.
**[22:40] Narration**
Next time: "Dangerous Character."
***SIGN*** Next time: Dangerous Character
# E8 - TDangerous Character
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY3KM8JXY/dangerous-character)
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**[00:24] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Hey! Welcome back.
**[00:27] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I thought you'd be back before us.
**[00:30] Kakeru**
What are you doing?
**[00:31] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Throwing an after-party.
**[00:32] Kakeru**
Not a review session?
**[00:34] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah, you could call it that.
**[00:36] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Go get changed.
**[00:39] Prince**
All that talk about sportsmanship...
**[00:43] Prince**
In the end, they just play dirty.
**[00:45] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I know. I understand how you feel.
**[00:48] Prince**
Someone elbowed me as soon as we started.
**[00:50] King**
Someone pushed my back.
**[00:52] Prince**
It made me lose all desire to run.
**[00:54] Shindo**
Everyone's desperate to secure a good position.
**[00:58] Prince**
If it's a race for the best time,
**[01:00] Prince**
we should run one at a time
and then compare results.
**[01:04] Yuki**
They can't do that.
**[01:07] Nico**
Kakeru, you don't get it, do you?
**[01:09] Kakeru**
Huh?
**[01:10] Nico**
These complaints.
**[01:12] Nico**
There was no one running near you.
**[01:14] Yuki**
You were running alone.
**[01:16] Kakeru**
That's not true.
**[01:17] King**
I felt bad to be wearing
the same uniform as you.
**[01:21] Musa**
It was fantastic.
**[01:23] Musa**
You finished third in your first race.
**[01:25] Musa**
I heard lots of people asking,
"who was that?" after the race.
**[01:30] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah. Everyone was talking
about you, especially the girls.
**[01:34] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Lucky. I wish I had the girls' attention.
**[01:37] Haiji**
Kakeru.
**[01:39] Haiji**
Good work.
**[01:41] All**
Yeah!
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
**[03:20] Shindo**
How did we do?
**[03:22] Shindo**
How were today's results?
**[03:25] Haiji**
What did you guys think?
**[03:27] King**
He doesn't want to comment.
**[03:29] Musa**
It didn't go as well as I'd hoped.
**[03:31] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
It was fun at first.
**[03:34] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
But I couldn't get the right pace.
**[03:36] Shindo**
It really hurts when there
are winners and losers.
**[03:39] Yuki**
Isn't our goal to achieve official records,
**[03:43] Yuki**
so we can run in the Hakone Ekiden qualifier?
**[03:45] Yuki**
Since none of us did, it was a crushing defeat.
**[03:48] King**
Huh? Didn't Kakeru and Haiji make it?
**[03:51] Yuki**
You don't need to count them.
**[03:53] Shindo**
We should. They're on the team.
**[03:56] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I didn't even beat my personal
record from practice.
**[04:00] Haiji**
Races and practice are different.
**[04:03] Haiji**
If anything, experiencing the
difference was a major achievement.
**[04:08] Haiji**
We'll overcome that in
our upcoming practices, and...
**[04:12] Kakeru**
Running like this...
**[04:15] Kakeru**
We will make it in time running like this?
**[04:18] Haiji**
Of course.
**[04:20] Haiji**
In two weeks, we'll attend
the Kikui Uni track meet.
**[04:24] Haiji**
We'll practice even harder to prepare for it.
**[04:27] Both**
Even harder?!
**[04:28] Haiji**
We'll start on a new training
schedule tomorrow,
**[04:31] Haiji**
increasing both distance and speed.
**[04:33] King**
Can't we have tomorrow off?
**[04:36] Prince**
I agree. You need to cool down after a race.
**[04:40] Haiji**
There's no need to rest an entire day.
**[04:43] Haiji**
Long distance running is
all about practicing every day.
**[04:47] Kakeru**
I don't mind starting right now.
**[04:49] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Right now?
**[04:51] Nico**
I've been drinking.
**[04:53] Kakeru**
I'm saying we should be taking
today's results just that seriously.
**[04:59] Kakeru**
We're running at Hakone, aren't we?
**[05:03] Yuki**
Hey, what's gotten into you?
**[05:06] Shindo**
Don't worry. We all intend to.
**[05:09] Kakeru**
Then what are we doing now?
**[05:11] Kakeru**
A review session?
**[05:13] Kakeru**
This is just a party, isn't it?
**[05:15] Shindo**
I thought it was a review session.
**[05:18] Nico**
Me, too.
**[05:19] Yuki**
You had too much to drink.
**[05:20] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I think this kind of thing is necessary, too.
**[05:23] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah. After all, we're a team.
**[05:26] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We'll practice hard starting tomorrow.
**[05:27] King**
I'm telling you, we should take tomorrow off.
**[05:29] Prince**
I think it's supposed to rain.
**[05:32] Yuki**
Your jeans do absorb a lot of water.
**[05:35] Kakeru**
Don't be ridiculous!
***SIGN*** Dangerous Character
**[05:50] Nico**
It's not that I don't understand how you feel.
**[05:54] Nico**
But I understand how they feel, too.
**[05:57] Nico**
It takes courage to face something head on.
**[06:00] Kakeru**
That's something you should
have by the time you start.
**[06:04] Nico**
Sure, you do.
**[06:07] Nico**
It's amazing that you were
able to compete with Fujioka.
**[06:11] Nico**
You must've been incredible.
**[06:13] Kakeru**
Not at all.
**[06:14] Kakeru**
There was nothing I could
do during that final lap.
**[06:17] Nico**
There was nothing we could
do from our first lap.
**[06:20] Kakeru**
That's why we should be
taking this more seriously.
**[06:22] Nico**
Hey, Kakeru. What should I do?
**[06:25] Kakeru**
Huh?
**[06:27] Nico**
I'm too heavy.
**[06:29] Nico**
Should I shed some flesh or shed some bone?
**[06:32] Kakeru**
Issues of build are—
**[06:34] Nico**
They exist.
**[06:35] Nico**
You know that, don't you?
**[06:39] Nico**
Running today reaffirmed something for me.
**[06:42] Nico**
My body's not suited to long distance.
**[06:45] Nico**
I ran every day,
**[06:46] Nico**
but it was a close race between me
and King, who took some time off.
**[06:50] Kakeru**
Is that why you quit running?
**[06:54] Nico**
In high school, yeah. My coach told me to quit.
**[06:57] Nico**
Oh, I don't resent him for it.
**[06:59] Nico**
If anything, I felt relieved then.
**[07:03] Kakeru**
But that means you were frustrated, right?
**[07:06] Kakeru**
That's why you told me.
**[07:09] Kakeru**
It means you can't give it up.
**[07:13] Nico**
Maybe you're right.
**[07:18] Nico**
I was frustrated, but it's also
the reason I was happy, too.
**[07:23] Nico**
That feeling when you start...
**[07:29] Nico**
I never thought I'd get to taste that again.
**[07:33] Kakeru**
Then you should keep running.
**[07:35] Kakeru**
Let's both give everything we have.
**[07:46] Haiji**
Where's Kakeru?
**[07:47] Musa**
He went ahead without us.
**[07:49] Yuki**
Seriously? So we're back to how we started?
**[07:53] Shindo**
He wants to run at his
own pace starting today.
**[07:56] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Nico-chan Senpai said he wanted
to try running at his own pace
**[07:59] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
during morning practice, too.
**[08:01] King**
What? You sure he didn't just skip?
**[08:09] Hanako**
Kurahara!
**[08:36] Nico**
Shut up!
**[08:37] Nico**
It sounds like this thing
is groaning! It's creepy!
**[08:40] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
But my legs...
**[08:41] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
My butt is cramping.
**[08:44] Both**
You're gonna curse us!
**[08:46] Nico**
You guys don't need to be here.
**[08:48] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah, but we can't move anymore.
**[08:52] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Maybe we can take a bath tomorrow.
**[08:55] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Let's do that.
**[08:56] Nico**
Isn't that what you said yesterday?
**[08:58] Prince**
I found it.
**[09:00] Nico**
A treadmill?
**[09:01] Prince**
Yes.
**[09:02] Prince**
Ugh, but it's expensive.
**[09:05] Nico**
Is *that* what you've been shopping for?
**[09:08] Prince**
Yes. There must be a cheaper one somewhere...
**[09:11] Nico**
Hurry it up. You should go to Yuki's room.
**[09:15] Prince**
He'd never let me in his room.
**[09:18] Nico**
You're right, especially
not if they went with you.
**[09:22] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Jota, right there.
**[09:24] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I'll try the same spot.
**[09:26] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Oh, it's so good.
**[09:28] Nico**
That's gross!
**[09:30] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Why are you in such a bad mood?
**[09:32] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Is it withdrawal?
**[09:34] Nico**
Anyway, Prince, does this
mean you want to run now?
**[09:37] Prince**
No, but he's been pestering us
to practice all the time.
**[09:42] Prince**
I'd like to at least be able
to read comics while I do.
**[09:50] Prince**
This mouse is so hard to use.
**[09:54] Prince**
No, it's not a mouse!
**[09:55] Prince**
What is this?!
**[09:57] Nico**
What? Shut up already.
**[09:59] Prince**
This!
**[10:00] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yikes.
**[10:01] Nico**
It's so I wouldn't accidentally smoke.
**[10:03] Prince**
It's just like Rikiishi!
**[10:04] Nico**
Huh?
**[10:05] Prince**
Are you a fan of Joe?
**[10:07] Nico**
That's not what I was trying to do.
**[10:09] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What's Rikiishi?
**[10:11] Prince**
You don't know, you idiots?
**[10:13] Prince**
He's a boxer. Joe's first,
and greatest, rival.
**[10:18] Prince**
In order to lose weight, he didn't allow
himself to drink a single drop of water.
**[10:22] Prince**
He's a legendary boxer who ultimately
died while standing in the ring.
**[10:26] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Whoa.
**[10:28] Prince**
That's it?!
**[10:29] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What? Nico-chan Senpai, are you okay?
**[10:32] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Don't die while standing
during the Hakone Ekiden.
**[10:36] Nico**
Don't say such ominous things.
**[10:38] Prince**
You've touched my heart.
**[10:40] Nico**
How?
**[10:41] Prince**
I won't be beat!
**[10:42] Prince**
I'm gonna buy a treadmill!
**[10:46] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Finally!
***SIGN*** Add to Cart
**[10:48] Prince**
The buy button is so far...
**[10:53] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Go, go, Prince! Go, go, Prince!
**[10:57] Yuki**
Shut up! Go to the second floor!
**[11:00] Nico**
Stay out of my room!
**[11:25] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Our fixed-pace runs are twice as long.
**[11:28] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
The build-up runs have increased a lot, too.
**[11:31] Haiji**
I considered each of you individually.
**[11:33] Haiji**
We'll increase the intensity
of practice in any way we can.
**[11:38] Musa**
Let's try it. I'm sure we can do it.
**[11:41] Shindo**
Yeah.
**[11:42] Yuki**
Hold on. Is that okay?
**[11:44] Yuki**
Build-up runs are speed training, right?
**[11:48] Yuki**
They're exhausting and hard on your legs.
**[11:54] Yuki**
What?
**[11:54] Shindo**
Yuki, you finally feel like running?
**[11:56] Yuki**
No! I'm just worried about you guys!
**[11:59] Nico**
I knew you cared.
**[12:01] Yuki**
If we injure ourselves, we'll have nothing.
**[12:06] Haiji**
Yuki's right.
**[12:08] Haiji**
Some of you will struggle with build-ups,
**[12:12] Haiji**
so I've incorporated interval runs, as well.
**[12:16] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What?! You're adding more?
**[12:18] King**
Were you listening to what Yuki said?
**[12:20] Kakeru**
Let's do it. We're wasting time.
**[12:22] Haiji**
Let's split into two groups.
**[12:35] Haiji**
You can do it. You've got this, Prince.
**[12:38] Prince**
I can do it?
**[12:40] Prince**
What do you think I can do?
**[12:50] Kakeru**
Run on the left!
***SIGN*** Ugh
**[12:51] Kakeru**
Clear the path!
**[12:53] Prince**
Okay...
**[13:11] Shindo**
What?
**[13:12] Kakeru**
Are you running tonight?
**[13:14] Kakeru**
Are you going jogging tonight?
**[13:17] Shindo**
Oh, uh...
**[13:18] Musa**
We're exhausted from practice today.
**[13:22] Kakeru**
Then, even though we've stepped up
practice, we won't have gained anything.
**[13:27] Musa**
But...
**[13:28] Shindo**
We were jogging at night for other reasons.
**[13:31] Kakeru**
The fan club, right?
Have you been gaining members?
**[13:35] Shindo**
Slowly.
**[13:36] Shindo**
But I'm too exhausted to recruit.
**[13:42] Haiji**
Kakeru, behind you!
**[13:44] Woman**
Hey, watch out!
**[13:48] Haiji**
Be careful.
**[13:49] Haiji**
Practice lasts until we get home.
**[13:52] King**
Teacher says the field trip
lasts until we get home.
**[13:57] Yuki**
You've got energy to spare.
**[13:58] King**
I'm really thinking about quitting today.
**[14:03] Kakeru**
Let's keep going. We shouldn't
quit what we've started.
**[14:10] Musa**
He sure is fast, isn't he?
**[14:15] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Whoa!
**[14:17] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
It's so hot!
**[14:19] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
This is it! This feels great!
**[14:27] Yuki**
The bath is hell,
**[14:29] Yuki**
but the sauna is pretty bad, too.
**[14:32] Haiji**
Don't forget to hydrate.
**[14:37] Yuki**
I'm sure you know, but Nico-chan
Senpai's pushing himself too hard.
**[14:42] Yuki**
Kakeru's egging him on.
**[14:44] Haiji**
Egging him on?
**[14:46] Yuki**
He used to run track.
**[14:49] Yuki**
Having a fast guy tell him he can do it
probably makes him feel like he can.
**[14:53] Yuki**
I think it's dangerous.
**[14:59] Shindo**
What's the hardest part about section 8?
**[15:02] King**
Too easy. The Yugyo-ji Temple Slope.
**[15:04] Shindo**
Correct.
**[15:05] King**
Yeah!
**[15:06] King**
What else? What else you got?
**[15:08] Shindo**
Oh, uh...
**[15:09] Nico**
King seems to be doing well.
**[15:11] Musa**
When he mentioned the Ekiden
in his afternoon interview,
**[15:15] Musa**
it was apparently received very well.
**[15:17] Nico**
It's working for him.
**[15:18] Nico**
Thanks for the food.
**[15:20] Yuki**
That was quick.
Did you get enough to eat?
**[15:23] Nico**
Sure I did.
**[15:25] Nico**
Food tastes better since I stopped smoking.
**[15:36] Haiji**
It's important to let your muscles rest.
**[15:42] Kakeru**
I'm fine. I got plenty of rest this past month.
**[15:57] (Flashback) Kazuma**
Lead the team with him.
**[16:00] (Flashback) Kakeru**
With him?
**[16:01] (Flashback) Kazuma**
Aren't you going for Hakone?
**[16:11] Shindo**
Oh, right. Prince.
**[16:13] Shindo**
The twins told me you
were looking for a treadmill.
**[16:17] Prince**
Yes.
**[16:18] Shindo**
My family's got one they don't use.
**[16:21] Shindo**
I'll have them ship it here.
**[16:23] Both**
What?!
**[16:24] Nico**
You should've said so sooner!
**[16:26] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
That's great, Prince.
**[16:28] Prince**
Is... Is such a miracle possible?!
**[16:32] Shindo**
They're keeping it in the shed.
They were going to throw it away.
**[16:35] Prince**
Oh, god!
**[16:37] Haiji**
What's wrong?
**[16:38] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Nothing. When one door shuts, another opens.
**[16:42] Shindo**
That's not quite right.
**[16:43] Prince**
Oh, God!
***SIGN*** Ogre Shipping
***SIGN*** Chikusei-so
**[16:55] Prince**
My alphabetical order, my alphabetical order...
**[16:58] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
This is surprisingly new.
**[17:00] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
And it's free?
**[17:01] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
You got a great deal, Prince.
**[17:04] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Let's turn it on!
**[17:09] Prince**
I-It's too fast! Slow it down!
**[17:11] Prince**
I can't! I can't!
**[17:12] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Wow! I've never seen Prince move so much!
**[17:14] Prince**
I can't do this!
**[17:15] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Wow! Oh, wow!
**[17:23] Haiji**
What is that sound?
**[17:25] Kakeru**
I'm going to the field.
**[17:27] Kakeru**
Damn it.
**[17:34] Hanako**
You can do it!
**[17:35] Hanako**
Keep it up!
**[17:37] Yuki**
Two weeks until the next meet, huh?
**[17:40] Yuki**
How are you feeling?
**[17:43] Nico**
What is this? An interview?
**[17:44] Nico**
I'm getting into shape right now.
**[17:49] Hanako**
14:50:02.
**[17:50] Yuki**
That's crazy fast.
**[17:52] Haiji**
Okay.
**[17:53] Haiji**
Joji, don't give up!
You can pass him!
**[17:56] Kakeru**
Wait. Are you sure that's right?
**[17:59] Hanako**
Huh?
**[18:00] Kakeru**
50:02? I don't think that's possible.
**[18:05] Hanako**
What? But...
**[18:07] Kakeru**
That's the same as two weeks ago!
**[18:11] Kakeru**
It doesn't make sense!
**[18:12] King**
What's his problem?
**[18:14] Kakeru**
Fine.
**[18:15] Kakeru**
I'll run it again. Time it correctly this time.
**[18:17] Haiji**
Kakeru!
**[18:19] Haiji**
Keep to the schedule.
**[18:21] Haiji**
And Hana's times are accurate.
**[18:26] Kakeru**
Sorry.
**[18:40] Kakeru**
What?
**[18:41] Haiji**
You don't need to run at the next meet.
**[18:44] Haiji**
Only the members who haven't
achieved official records will attend.
**[18:48] Kakeru**
Why?
**[18:50] Kakeru**
Is it because my time hasn't improved?
**[18:53] Kakeru**
In that case, it's better that I run.
**[18:56] Kakeru**
If I run, I can get back in shape.
**[18:58] Haiji**
It's pointless.
**[19:00] Haiji**
You can't see yourself right now.
**[19:06] Kakeru**
Then where can I leave my record?
**[19:10] Haiji**
There's always more track meets.
**[19:12] Haiji**
In the first place, we've
focused our aim on Hakone—
**[19:16] Kakeru**
Are you telling me to waste an entire year?
**[19:20] Kakeru**
It'll all be for nothing
if I don't leave a record.
**[19:25] Haiji**
Are records everything?
**[19:26] Kakeru**
What?
**[19:28] Haiji**
Is running for you all about speed
and abandoning those who fall behind?
**[19:36] Kakeru**
We're competing.
**[19:38] Kakeru**
We're not even guaranteed to run
in the Hakone Ekiden qualifier.
**[19:42] Kakeru**
Matching their half-assed speed
won't make me any faster.
**[19:46] Haiji**
No one here is running half-assed!
**[19:52] Haiji**
Why won't you try to acknowledge
that everyone's trying their best?
**[19:57] Haiji**
Is it because they're slower than you?
**[19:59] Haiji**
Is speed the only thing that matters to you?
**[20:03] Haiji**
Then there's no reason to run.
**[20:05] Haiji**
Ride a bullet train. Ride a plane.
**[20:08] Haiji**
They're faster.
**[20:10] Haiji**
Wake up, Kakeru.
**[20:11] Haiji**
It's not enough to just chase speed.
**[20:15] Haiji**
It's... futile.
**[20:23] Prince**
What?
**[20:25] Prince**
Are you guys fighting?
**[20:26] Haiji**
You weren't sleeping?
**[20:29] Prince**
I got thirsty.
**[20:31] Kakeru**
Excuse me.
**[20:32] Haiji**
Kakeru. We're not done talking.
**[20:36] Kakeru**
Prince.
**[20:40] Kakeru**
If you're only able to achieve
the same time at the next meet,
**[20:46] Kakeru**
will you quit the team?
**[20:51] Prince**
What?
**[20:54] Kakeru**
Please. For the team.
**[22:40] Narration**
Next time: "Mismatched Runners."
***SIGN*** Mismatched Runners
# E9 - Mismatched Runners
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYQWMK22Y/mismatched-runners)
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**[00:03] Haiji**
No one here is running half-assed!
**[00:08] Kakeru**
Excuse me.
**[00:09] Haiji**
Kakeru. We're not done talking.
**[00:12] Kakeru**
Prince.
**[00:16] Kakeru**
If you're only able to achieve
the same time at the next meet,
**[00:22] Kakeru**
will you quit the team?
**[00:27] Prince**
What?
**[00:28] Kakeru**
Please. For the team.
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
**[02:06] Both**
No way!
**[02:08] Jota**
He said that?
**[02:11] Haiji**
That kind of talk is ineffective.
**[02:14] Haiji**
I told you.
**[02:17] Jota**
Is he serious?
**[02:20] Haiji**
It's true that he went too far, though.
**[02:24] Joji**
Well, he is fast.
**[02:27] Haiji**
He also said that because he's
taking running at Hakone seriously.
**[02:33] Haiji**
Prince, you don't need to worry about it,
**[02:35] Haiji**
and I don't want the two of you
to have any weird biases.
**[02:38] Haiji**
Don't tell anyone else.
**[02:40] Both**
Okay.
**[02:42] Jota**
We know he's not a bad guy.
**[02:45] Joji**
But he can be really irritable.
**[02:48] Prince**
I was so upset, I was up all night reading.
**[02:53] Joji**
You mean comics, right.
**[02:55] Prince**
Yes, I mean comics.
***SIGN*** Mismatched Runners
**[03:04] Haiji**
There's rice left over.
**[03:06] Haiji**
Someone besides Kakeru isn't eating.
**[03:09] Prince**
I wonder how it'll actually go.
**[03:12] Prince**
Do you think I can achieve
the required official record?
**[03:18] Haiji**
Your time is improving.
**[03:27] Haiji**
I enjoy running with you. I really do.
**[03:33] Haiji**
Running next to you makes me feel like
I can reconsider what it means to run.
**[03:40] Haiji**
Right foot forward, left foot forward.
**[03:43] Haiji**
Slowly increasing your speed.
**[03:45] Haiji**
You used to walk,
**[03:47] Haiji**
but before you know it,
it looks like you're running.
**[03:51] Haiji**
I'm re-experiencing the excitement of running.
**[03:55] Prince**
I don't think I understand.
**[03:58] Prince**
But I think I understand what
it means to do something together.
**[04:05] Prince**
We read the same comics
together at the same time.
**[04:09] Prince**
We count down to start reading.
**[04:12] Prince**
There's a moment our waves become synchronized.
**[04:17] Prince**
We start turning the page simultaneously.
**[04:23] Prince**
The temperature in our rooms definitely
increases by one—no, two degrees.
**[04:28] Prince**
Even if we don't share our thoughts,
**[04:32] Prince**
it feels like we've thoroughly
discussed the content.
**[04:38] Haiji**
I see.
**[04:40] Haiji**
I don't think I understand.
**[04:42] Prince**
Of course you don't.
***SIGN*** Kansei University
**[04:46] Shindo**
What?
**[04:47] Shindo**
Did he really say that?
**[04:49] Jota**
Didn't he say that to Prince?
**[04:51] Joji**
Yeah. He asked Prince to quit the team.
**[04:56] Jota**
Yeah.
**[04:57] Musa**
Quit the team?
**[05:00] Yuki**
He can't suddenly achieve an official record.
**[05:04] Joji**
Right?
**[05:05] Yuki**
Then it's decided.
**[05:07] Yuki**
Prince is the first dropout.
**[05:10] Musa**
No, wait. Nothing's been decided yet.
**[05:13] Musa**
Haiji would never accept that.
**[05:16] Shindo**
What did Haiji have to say about it?
**[05:19] Jota**
Uh...
**[05:21] Jota**
Don't worry about it.
**[05:23] Joji**
Don't have any weird biases.
**[05:26] Both**
Don't tell anyone else.
**[05:30] Jota**
Wait, wait, wait!
**[05:31] Jota**
Joji, you mentioned it first!
**[05:32] Joji**
It wasn't me! It was you!
**[05:34] Yuki**
You guys are such idiots.
**[05:41] Nico**
You don't have to do
anything to get hungry, huh?
**[05:45] Haiji**
There you are.
**[06:23] Nico**
Stop following me!
**[06:27] Haiji**
You tried to hide in the last
place I'd look for you.
**[06:30] Haiji**
It got a little cold during
the time it took to find you.
**[06:35] Haiji**
Come on. Eat up.
**[06:37] Nico**
I don't want it!
**[06:38] Nico**
It doesn't look good for a grown-ass man
to accept a lunch from another grown-ass man!
**[06:44] Haiji**
Don't worry about how it looks.
My presentation is perfect.
**[06:48] Nico**
That's not what I meant!
**[06:49] Haiji**
I knew something was off.
**[06:52] Haiji**
I could tell not enough rice was missing.
**[06:55] Haiji**
When I checked, I found exactly
one serving hadn't been eaten.
**[06:59] Nico**
You sure are looking closely.
**[07:01] Haiji**
Of course I am.
**[07:02] Haiji**
I consider the volume and nutrition everyone
needs when preparing meals everyday.
**[07:11] Nico**
Seriously?
**[07:13] Haiji**
Seriously.
**[07:15] Nico**
Since when?
**[07:16] Haiji**
Since I started cooking all our meals.
**[07:21] Nico**
That was four years ago.
**[07:24] Haiji**
Has it been that long?
**[07:27] Haiji**
Don't panic.
**[07:30] Haiji**
You don't have to push yourself so hard.
**[07:32] Haiji**
You'll probably get it eventually.
**[07:35] Nico**
You won't say I definitely will, huh?
**[07:38] Haiji**
Eating this will change my point of view.
**[07:42] Haiji**
Come on. At least take
your mind off it with this.
**[07:46] Nico**
You're making it worse.
**[07:52] Jota**
Go, go!
**[07:52] All**
You can do it!
**[07:53] All**
That's it!
**[07:54] All**
You can do it!
**[07:56] Jota**
Oh, wow!
**[07:57] Joji**
Yuki's time has improved a ton.
**[07:59] Shindo**
Everyone's time might improve.
**[08:02] Musa**
Yeah.
**[08:03] Joji**
Bring it home!
**[08:04] All**
A little more!
**[08:05] All**
You can do it!
**[08:07] All**
Yuki, final spurt!
***SIGN*** Kurahara Kakeru 5000m Time
**[08:19] Haiji**
It's going well.
**[08:22] Haiji**
It's only been three weeks,
**[08:25] Haiji**
but because you all stuck
to the training schedule,
**[08:28] Haiji**
we're starting to see results.
**[08:31] Haiji**
Tomorrow's track meet will be a good
opportunity for a second chance.
**[08:36] Haiji**
Right now, we're working hard
to get into the Hakone Ekiden.
**[08:40] Haiji**
Without even one of us, we can't get there.
**[08:42] Haiji**
We don't have any substitutes.
**[08:44] Haiji**
Let's all attend tomorrow's track meet,
so we can all participate together.
**[08:49] Haiji**
I'll now announce the members who will
be participating in tomorrow's track meet.
**[08:53] All**
What?
**[08:54] Jota**
Huh? What? It's not everyone?
**[08:58] Haiji**
It's everyone. We'll all go.
**[09:00] Haiji**
Running isn't everything.
**[09:05] Haiji**
Running in tomorrow's track meet will be Musa,
**[09:09] Haiji**
Shindo,
**[09:10] Haiji**
Jota, Joji,
**[09:12] Haiji**
and Yuki.
**[09:13] Haiji**
Those five.
**[09:16] Haiji**
The remaining members
will be going to the meet, as well.
***SIGN*** Kikui University
***SIGN*** 42nd Kikui University Track and Field Meet
***SIGN*** No
unauthorized
access to field
Kikui University
**[09:52] Jota**
They're not here.
**[09:54] Jota**
What's that strong team called?
**[09:56] Joji**
Rikudo Uni.
**[09:57] Jota**
That's it.
**[09:59] Jota**
I didn't notice at the Tokyo Sport track meet,
**[10:02] Jota**
but matching uniforms are nice.
**[10:06] Jota**
When a bunch of guys wearing the same
color uniform are grouped up together,
**[10:09] Jota**
it makes them look really strong.
**[10:12] Joji**
Yeah. And Rikudo's pure white
uniforms enhance the effect.
**[10:16] Jota**
It's like they're telling everyone
how strong they are.
**[10:20] Jota**
In contrast...
**[10:24] Joji**
When we're not wearing our uniforms,
you can't tell who we are.
**[10:27] Jota**
Yeah.
**[10:30] Haiji**
You five, start jogging.
**[10:33] Haiji**
It won't be as hot as the weather report said.
**[10:36] Haiji**
We've got a chance.
***SIGN*** 42nd Kikui University Track and Field Meet
***SIGN*** No
unauthorized
access to field
Kikui University
**[10:39] Announcer**
All athletes participating in the 5000m race,
**[10:41] Announcer**
please gather at the starting line.
**[10:45] Announcer**
All athletes participating in the 5000m race,
**[10:47] Announcer**
please gather at the starting line.
**[10:51] Shindo**
It's our second time, but I'm still nervous.
**[10:54] Musa**
It's because it's our second time.
**[10:56] Yuki**
Practice should be just as hard.
**[11:00] Musa**
Will we ever get used to this?
**[11:02] Shindo**
We probably shouldn't.
**[11:06] Yuki**
Nicely said.
**[11:07] Jota**
I'm taking the inside.
**[11:09] Joji**
Then I'll create space in front of you.
**[11:11] Joji**
Pass me if you think you've got it.
**[11:14] Jota**
Okay.
**[11:15] Jota**
This kind of feels like a game.
**[11:17] Joji**
Huh? Isn't this a game?
**[11:19] Jota**
No, like a soccer game.
**[11:21] Joji**
Oh, yeah. We used to swap
positions all the time.
**[11:24] Jota**
Our opponents couldn't tell us apart.
**[11:29] Jota**
I think I like games.
**[11:32] Joji**
Me, too.
**[11:34] King**
I'm pretty nervous.
**[11:36] Nico**
They'll be fine. They're the elite team.
**[11:42] Kakeru**
*I'm running. I'm going to run.*
**[11:45] (Flashback) Haiji**
I registered in advance.
**[11:48] (Flashback) Kakeru**
Then what have I been training for?
**[11:51] (Flashback) Haiji**
To run at Hakone.
**[11:52] (Flashback) Haiji**
You already got your official record.
**[11:55] (Flashback) Kakeru**
That's not what this is about!
**[11:57] (Flashback) Kakeru**
You should understand better than anyone
**[12:00] (Flashback) Kakeru**
how it feels not to be able
to run when you want to!
**[12:09] (Flashback) Haiji**
I do understand.
**[12:11] (Flashback) Haiji**
I know you want to run more than anything.
**[12:14] (Flashback) Haiji**
And that you don't see what running is about.
**[12:16] (Flashback) Kakeru**
What?
**[12:18] (Flashback) Haiji**
Stop. Take in the view.
**[12:21] (Flashback) Haiji**
Then slowly start running again.
**[12:24] (Flashback) Haiji**
Be like Prince and Nico-chan Senpai.
***SIGN*** Why?
**[12:37] Prince**
I don't think I've narrowly escaped.
**[12:41] Prince**
If anything, you could say
I've got no way out now.
**[12:45] Kakeru**
That was...
**[12:47] King**
Oh, right. I heard you said something to Prince.
**[12:51] King**
You're a first-year, right?
**[12:53] Nico**
King.
**[12:56] Kakeru**
That was...
**[12:58] Kakeru**
It was the heat of the moment.
**[13:01] Prince**
So you take it back.
**[13:03] Kakeru**
I don't. I'm taking this seriously in my own way.
**[13:08] Nico**
You finally said what's really on your mind.
**[13:14] Nico**
I'm not blaming you.
**[13:20] Prince**
I can't believe I'm watching a track meet.
**[13:22] Prince**
I wouldn't have imagined this a month ago.
**[13:44] King**
Watching them from here
makes you realize how fast they are.
**[13:47] King**
To achieve an official record,
your pace for each lap needs to be...
**[13:51] Nico**
Faster than 1:19.
**[13:56] King**
Last time, running took so much of my energy
**[13:59] King**
that I couldn't afford to worry about my time.
**[14:22] Prince**
They're starting to spread out.
**[14:31] King**
Wow! The twins are hanging on!
**[14:34] Nico**
They might actually do it.
**[14:39] Haiji**
Musa, this is the moment of truth!
**[14:41] Haiji**
Calm down and hold that pace!
**[14:42] King**
How many seconds per lap did you say?
**[14:45] Nico**
Huh? Uh, one minute... um...
**[14:49] Nico**
I forgot.
**[14:50] King**
Hey, you were smug when
you immediately answered earlier!
**[14:53] Nico**
Shut up! It's your fault for not remembering!
**[16:03] All**
Go! Go!
**[16:07] All**
Aotake!
**[16:09] All**
You can do it!
**[16:10] All**
Go!
**[16:12] All**
Aotake!
**[16:13] All**
Keep it up! Keep it up!
**[16:16] Haiji**
Final lap!
**[16:17] Haiji**
Final lap!
**[16:19] Haiji**
Final lap!
**[16:22] Haiji**
Final lap!
**[16:25] All**
Go! Go! Go!
**[16:28] All**
Keep it up!
**[16:59] King**
That was close.
**[17:02] King**
I thought you were gonna make it.
**[17:05] Yuki**
You're unbelievable.
**[17:06] Nico**
Wasn't that your best time, Yuki?
**[17:09] Nico**
You didn't achieve an official result,
but it wasn't bad, at all.
**[17:13] Yuki**
When I think about how I have to run again,
**[17:16] Yuki**
it makes me want to puke.
**[17:19] Haiji**
That was close.
**[17:21] Shindo**
I waited too long during the middle.
**[17:23] Shindo**
I could've gone sooner.
**[17:26] Shindo**
I realized I'm not someone
who can win a sprint.
**[17:31] Haiji**
You sound like a long-distance runner.
**[17:35] Joji**
I laughed.
**[17:39] Jota**
Me, too.
**[17:40] Joji**
During our final lap, Haiji...
**[17:53] Joji**
We couldn't hear what you
were saying, but we saw you.
**[17:58] Jota**
Just as we were thinking,
"Stop! It's embarrassing,"
**[18:01] Jota**
we actually started running faster.
**[18:03] Musa**
I know what you mean.
**[18:05] Musa**
Support is really, truly essential.
**[18:13] Musa**
Just thinking that these two
were saying something to me
**[18:18] Musa**
made my vision blurry.
**[18:21] Musa**
Thank you.
**[18:22] Both**
What?
**[18:24] Musa**
I could see you.
**[18:26] Musa**
You were saying something, weren't you?
**[18:29] Joji**
Musa's got really good eyes.
**[18:32] Jota**
Yeah. He can see Aotake
from the top of the Skytree.
**[18:36] Yuki**
Don't lie.
**[18:39] Prince**
He was calling everyone's names.
**[18:42] Kakeru**
S-So were you.
**[18:45] Prince**
I was just barely speaking.
**[18:47] Prince**
He was shouting.
**[18:49] Kakeru**
That's not fair.
**[18:51] Prince**
I was so embarrassed
to be standing next to him.
**[18:53] Prince**
I didn't know what to do.
**[18:59] Nico**
He's a good guy at heart, too.
**[19:02] Kakeru**
Hey.
**[19:04] Haiji**
Everyone who ran and everyone
who cheered, you guys did a great job.
**[19:10] Haiji**
Because of your efforts,
everyone's times improved considerably.
**[19:13] Haiji**
This is a huge step forward.
**[19:17] Haiji**
We've got our own way
of doing things. Have faith.
**[19:23] Haiji**
We'll have plenty more chances.
**[19:26] Shindo**
Yes, sir!
**[19:27] King**
You scared me.
**[19:29] Yuki**
Well, it's not my style to end on a loss.
**[19:33] Nico**
Oh, yeah? Should we run home, then?
**[19:36] Both**
No way.
**[19:39] Yuki**
I wish I could've been a spectator this time.
**[19:44] All**
Cheers!
**[19:52] Haiji**
How was it?
**[19:53] Kakeru**
Huh?
**[19:54] Haiji**
Watching from the outside.
**[19:56] Haiji**
Did you see anyone running half-assed?
**[20:01] Haiji**
I didn't see anyone.
**[20:04] Haiji**
Everyone was going as hard as they could.
**[20:06] Haiji**
Not just us. Everyone running was.
**[20:14] Kakeru**
I understand what you're trying to say.
**[20:17] Kakeru**
When they failed to achieve official records,
**[20:21] Kakeru**
I was as disappointed as if it were me.
**[20:25] Kakeru**
I felt for the first time the earnestness
of the people cheering around me.
**[20:30] Kakeru**
That's why I understand
what you're trying to say.
**[20:33] Kakeru**
But I still don't think we can do it.
**[20:39] Kakeru**
Even if everyone achieves an official record,
**[20:43] Kakeru**
Hakone is...
**[20:55] Kakeru**
Haiji?
**[20:56] Kakeru**
Haiji!
***SIGN*** Our Speed
**[22:40] Narration**
Next time: "Our Speed."
# E10 - Our Speed
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6J02JP0R/our-speed)
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**[00:25] Doctor**
He's overworked.
**[00:28] Doctor**
He had an anemia attack, but he didn't faint.
**[00:32] Doctor**
He's sleeping.
**[00:33] Shindo**
Sleeping?
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
**[02:14] All**
Thank you.
**[02:22] Yuki**
Being stuck with a syringe didn't wake him up.
**[02:24] Yuki**
He must be really exhausted.
**[02:26] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
It's hard to tell when he actually sleeps.
**[02:29] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I thought he was fine without sleep.
**[02:32] Musa**
It's not just practice.
**[02:34] Musa**
He was doing all the cooking, too.
**[02:39] Kakeru**
It's my fault.
**[02:45] Kakeru**
I made him worry.
**[02:48] Nico**
You know that's not true.
**[02:50] Prince**
I caused him much more concern.
**[02:53] Kakeru**
No, I...
**[02:54] Nico**
It was everyone.
**[02:56] Nico**
All of us can think of something we did.
**[03:07] Yuki**
Coach.
**[03:09] Yuki**
Please stop. It's ominous.
**[03:13] Coach**
I don't know what to do in times like these.
**[03:18] Yuki**
You don't need to do anything.
**[03:23] Shindo**
We should run practice
ourselves tomorrow, right?
**[03:27] Musa**
I agree.
**[03:30] King**
Come to think of it, clerical procedures
like registering for meets
**[03:35] King**
were all Haiji's job, too.
**[03:40] Shindo**
Supervisor-cum-coach-cum-
manager-cum-dorm leader, huh?
**[03:49] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We should at least take turns cooking.
**[03:52] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah. All I can cook is ochazuke, though.
**[03:56] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Me, too. I've only ever boiled pasta.
**[04:00] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Can we survive without Haiji?
**[04:05] Nico**
Why don't you reconcile?
**[04:09] Nico**
I mean you guys.
**[04:11] Nico**
Quit the team if you can't run fast enough?
**[04:14] Nico**
This is no time to be saying that.
**[04:18] Prince**
I'm not the one who suggested it.
**[04:20] Nico**
You're his senior.
**[04:23] Kakeru**
I was just expressing my misgivings.
**[04:26] Nico**
Hey!
**[04:27] Prince**
If that's what you hurled at me,
then you're being a nuisance.
**[04:31] Kakeru**
Earlier, you said you made him worry.
**[04:34] Kakeru**
You are making him worry, aren't you?
**[04:37] Nico**
That's enough!
**[04:42] Nico**
Don't ruin what Haiji entrusted to you.
**[04:46] Both**
You make it sound like he's dead!
**[04:51] Nico**
You guys sure you don't actually get along?
**[05:13] Kakeru**
That's not good enough, Prince.
***SIGN*** Our Speed
**[05:24] Nico**
What? Give me a break.
**[05:28] Shindo**
Please.
**[05:29] Nico**
I can't even be a substitute captain.
**[05:32] King**
We never decided who'd do it.
**[05:35] Musa**
I believe that, as the eldest
and most experienced,
**[05:39] Musa**
you're the most suitable candidate.
**[05:41] Nico**
I just can't. I can't afford
to look after others.
**[05:47] Shindo**
Then... Yuki.
**[05:49] Yuki**
I thought you'd ask.
**[05:51] Yuki**
But I refuse.
***SIGN*** Heart
**[05:53] Prince**
Was that...
**[05:54] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Aw, shucks...
**[05:55] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What are you doing?
**[05:57] Prince**
You mean you don't know about "but I refuse?"
**[06:00] Yuki**
Just so you know, I still don't
think we can make it to Hakone.
**[06:05] Yuki**
I wouldn't know how to lead the team.
**[06:08] King**
You're still saying that?
**[06:10] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
After participating in all these practices?
**[06:12] Yuki**
Shut up. No. Ask someone else.
**[06:15] Shindo**
Then...
**[06:18] Shindo**
Kakeru, how about you?
**[06:19] King**
Hey! What about me?
**[06:21] King**
If you go in order, I'm next.
**[06:23] Shindo**
There's no way you'd want to do it.
**[06:26] King**
I still want to be asked.
**[06:29] King**
Be asked and decline.
**[06:31] King**
Give me the chance to act like your senior.
**[06:34] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I can't respect him, at all.
**[06:37] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah.
**[06:38] Kakeru**
I don't mind.
**[06:41] Prince**
What?
**[06:45] Kakeru**
I may not be gentle.
***SIGN*** Complete and Total Rest
***SIGN*** Joji & Jota
***SIGN*** Plum Ochazuke
***SIGN*** Get well soon!
***SIGN*** I'm sorry for always relying on you for everything! Get well soon. Sugiyama Takashi
***SIGN*** This African mask will protect you from evil! Musa Kamara
***SIGN*** You need to rest!! They said eating meat when you're sick is good for you King
***SIGN*** Sorry. Get some rest!! Sleep well, rest well. Yuki
***SIGN*** Take care. Kurahara
***SIGN*** I'll lend you some of my comics. Kashiwazaki
***SIGN*** Have some porridge! Jota & Joji
**[07:13] Haiji**
Is this torture?
**[07:19] Prince**
You don't have to do this.
**[07:20] Kakeru**
What?
**[07:21] Prince**
You don't have to do what Haiji does.
**[07:25] Kakeru**
If I leave you alone, you'll fall
farther and farther behind.
**[07:28] Kakeru**
Everyone else's pace is increasing.
**[07:30] Kakeru**
Their efforts will be ruined because of you.
**[07:33] Kakeru**
Buck up and take this seriously.
**[07:37] Prince**
Since when have you been fast?
**[07:40] Kakeru**
Huh?
**[07:42] Prince**
Since you were a child?
**[07:43] Prince**
Probably. After all, you're a prodigy.
**[07:45] Kakeru**
That's not true.
**[07:47] Prince**
Then try talking at my speed.
**[07:59] Yuki**
What is this?
**[08:01] Yuki**
Hey, twins!
**[08:03] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What is it?
**[08:04] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We made lots. Eat all you want.
**[08:08] Kakeru**
Why did you start reading comics
as soon as we got home?
**[08:10] Kakeru**
You should get changed first.
**[08:12] Prince**
I need to read the magazine that
came out today by the end of the day.
**[08:14] Kakeru**
Your comics aren't going
anywhere. Get changed.
**[08:17] Prince**
Freshness is everything!
**[08:19] Kakeru**
What?
**[08:21] Hana**
He's right!
**[08:24] Hana**
Freshness is everything!
**[08:27] Hana**
I heard Haiji collapsed,
so I brought you something.
**[08:33] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Hana, perfect timing!
**[08:35] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I missed you!
**[08:38] Hana**
Huh? Uh, um... What?
**[08:40] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Can you cook?
**[08:43] Hana**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Bathroom
**[08:53] Nico**
Musa!
**[08:54] Nico**
Hurry!
**[08:56] Nico**
Hurry up!
***SIGN*** Bathroom
**[09:08] Musa**
S-Save me...
**[09:11] All**
Musa!
**[09:16] Hana**
I-I'm sorry. Maybe it wasn't to their tastes.
**[09:20] Hana**
What do you two think?
**[09:21] Both**
It's good.
**[09:23] Hana**
I'm glad.
**[09:24] Hana**
Whenever I cook at home, everyone says it's good.
**[09:28] Hana**
My dad cries every time he eats it.
**[09:31] Kakeru**
Really?
**[09:38] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
He must be better after a full day of rest.
***SIGN*** Complete and Total Rest
***SIGN*** Joji & Jota
**[09:41] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Excuse the intrusion.
**[09:44] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Haiji?
**[09:47] Yuki**
He vanished?!
**[09:48] Yuki**
How?
**[09:49] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We missed something.
**[09:51] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Unbelievably enough,
**[09:53] Both**
there was a window in his room!
**[09:55] Both**
Oh...
**[09:56] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
In other words, Haiji opened the
window and used it to get outside.
**[10:00] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
His room's on the first floor.
It must've been easy.
**[10:03] Yuki**
We were stupid to let them handle it.
**[10:06] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What? Why?
**[10:08] Nico**
Where did he go?
**[10:09] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I don't know.
**[10:11] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
He finished the ochazuke
we left in his room this morning.
**[10:15] Yuki**
So, he's well enough to eat
and escape through a window?
**[10:18] Nico**
Then he must be fine.
**[10:20] Yuki**
It's over.
**[10:34] Doctor**
You didn't need to come all the way here.
**[10:37] Haiji**
It's fine. Thank you.
**[10:41] Haiji**
Hey. I came to thank him for yesterday.
**[10:44] Doctor**
You're a fine man.
**[10:46] Doctor**
Right?
**[10:47] Haiji**
What? Oh, no.
**[10:56] Haiji**
You totally lost that argument.
**[10:59] Kakeru**
It's no laughing matter.
**[11:01] Haiji**
There's no beating Prince
when it comes to sophistry.
**[11:04] Haiji**
Not that it is.
**[11:08] Haiji**
Try talking at my speed, huh?
**[11:11] Kakeru**
Will he be all right?
**[11:14] Kakeru**
Prince.
**[11:16] Kakeru**
I got a proper look for the first time
today, but he has no form at all.
**[11:21] Kakeru**
He needs to be corrected.
**[11:24] Haiji**
You got a proper look for the first time, huh?
**[11:28] Kakeru**
I...
**[11:30] Haiji**
I'm not criticizing you.
You had your own problems.
**[11:36] Haiji**
But I think he was watching you and
waiting to see when you'd look his way.
**[11:43] Haiji**
You're always facing forwards.
**[11:48] Haiji**
Prince isn't the only one.
**[11:50] Haiji**
Everyone else is running behind you.
**[11:53] Haiji**
Until you turn around, you'll never
see them from where you are.
**[11:59] Haiji**
You won't see who is running where and how.
**[12:19] Haiji**
Let's go home.
**[12:21] Haiji**
I've only had ochazuke to eat today.
**[12:25] Haiji**
I think I might get even more sick.
**[12:44] Nico**
We can finally eat a decent meal.
**[12:47] Haiji**
Sorry for making you guys worry.
**[12:50] Haiji**
Don't be shy. Eat all you want today.
**[12:54] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Haiji!
**[12:55] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Welcome home!
**[12:57] Haiji**
By the way,
**[12:58] Haiji**
I heard Hana made breakfast.
**[13:01] Haiji**
She even brought her own ingredients.
**[13:05] Haiji**
I'd better thank her later.
**[13:08] Haiji**
Huh?
**[13:09] Haiji**
What's wrong, guys?
***SIGN*** 204 Do Not Enter
**[13:16] Prince**
What?
**[13:18] Kakeru**
I said, could you lend me some
comics you recommend?
**[13:25] Kakeru**
No, I—I don't have anything in my room.
**[13:29] Kakeru**
I thought once in a while...
**[13:30] Prince**
Do you mind romance?
**[13:34] Kakeru**
What?
**[13:46] Kakeru**
You're really good at that.
**[13:48] Prince**
Really? It's pretty hard to keep it steady.
**[14:04] Kakeru**
That's it!
**[14:05] Prince**
Huh?
**[14:13] Prince**
You're making fun of me, aren't you?
**[14:15] Kakeru**
No, I'm serious.
**[14:17] Shindo**
What? You're going to run like that?
**[14:19] Musa**
It's dangerous.
**[14:21] Kakeru**
It'll be fine. I just want to try it for a bit.
**[14:24] Haiji**
Then, I'll lead the way.
**[14:26] Kakeru**
Please do.
**[14:29] Kakeru**
That's it. That's it, Prince.
***SIGN*** Hijiki
**[14:31] Kakeru**
Normally, you look down when you read comics.
**[14:36] Kakeru**
But when you're on the treadmill,
**[14:39] Kakeru**
you naturally look forwards
since your comics are in front of you.
**[14:43] Kakeru**
You stand up straighter than
you do when you're just running.
**[14:47] Kakeru**
It brings your center of gravity forwards.
**[14:49] Prince**
What?
**[14:51] Kakeru**
Good pace, right?
**[14:53] Haiji**
Maybe.
**[14:54] Prince**
Then could you turn the pages, too?
**[14:57] Prince**
And could I try something else?
**[15:10] Kakeru**
This is amazing, Prince.
**[15:12] Kakeru**
It's totally different.
**[15:14] Kakeru**
You're totally different.
**[15:16] Prince**
With my bangs out of my face, I can
see what's in front of me a lot better.
**[15:21] Kakeru**
Yes.
**[15:22] Haiji**
What have you been looking at until now?
**[15:25] Kakeru**
Try imagining a comic
in front of you as you run.
**[15:39] Shindo**
There's a lot I'd like to say about that.
**[15:42] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I bet it'd be fun if you
put bells in his hands.
**[15:45] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Why does he do that?
**[15:47] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I know! It's like when he's reading comics!
**[15:50] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Oh!
**[15:51] Kakeru**
Yes. Prince's arms are fixed in a reading
position even when he's running.
**[15:57] Yuki**
Now that I think about it,
I'm amazed he could run like that.
**[16:02] Kakeru**
Since we're not short-distance runners,
**[16:04] Kakeru**
there's no need for sweeping arm movements.
**[16:07] Kakeru**
But I'd like to fix his habit
of holding them in place.
**[16:12] King**
Hey, it's starting to look right.
**[16:16] Kakeru**
"I can't wait to go back to my room and read!"
**[16:18] Kakeru**
Imagine that as you run.
**[16:20] Prince**
I can't wait to go back to my room and read.
**[16:23] Kakeru**
Yes, that's it. Keep it up.
**[16:26] Haiji**
You've got your color back.
**[16:28] Nico**
Huh?
**[16:30] Nico**
I've been eating.
**[16:31] Nico**
I don't want to make you worry unnecessarily.
**[16:34] Haiji**
Thank you.
**[16:36] Nico**
You don't miss a thing.
**[16:38] Nico**
What about them?
You could've intervened anytime.
**[16:42] Nico**
Did you stay out of it because
you knew this would happen?
**[16:45] Haiji**
No way.
**[16:47] Haiji**
I intended to fix things if I had to.
**[16:50] Haiji**
But I didn't think it'd ever really be his
if he'd learned to run that way.
**[16:56] Haiji**
It's truly a fortunate error.
**[16:59] Kakeru**
"I wish I could go back to my room and read!"
**[17:02] Kakeru**
Now you!
**[17:03] Prince**
I wish I could go back to my room and read!
**[17:09] Prince**
Ow...
**[17:32] Haiji**
Go, Prince!
**[17:34] Haiji**
Final spurt!
**[17:46] Shindo**
Prince!
**[17:48] Both**
Prince!
**[18:10] Both**
Whoa!
**[18:12] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
This is amazing.
Is Kakeru going to break 14:30?
**[18:33] Kakeru**
Prince!
**[18:37] Kakeru**
Forward!
**[18:41] Kakeru**
Face forward.
**[18:42] Kakeru**
Forward!
**[18:45] Fan**
Hey! Why's he slowing down?
**[18:48] Fan**
He was going to get a good time, too!
**[18:51] Shindo**
Kakeru...
**[18:55] Kakeru**
Prince!
**[19:00] Prince**
I am... facing forward...
**[19:03] Prince**
You never... shut up!
**[19:07] Prince**
I'm fine.
**[19:12] Prince**
Go!
**[19:24] All**
Prince!
**[19:29] Kakeru**
Prince!
**[19:31] King**
Hey, he might make it.
**[19:33] Yuki**
Yeah, he just might.
**[19:34] Yuki**
You can do it, Prince!
**[19:37] Kakeru**
Prince!
**[19:39] All**
Final spurt!
**[20:02] All**
Yeah!
**[20:07] Kakeru**
Prince!
**[20:10] Kakeru**
You did it. You made it.
**[20:13] Prince**
Don't make such a fuss.
**[20:15] Prince**
I still have a long way to go.
**[20:16] Kakeru**
Yes, you do. You can go much faster.
**[20:19] Prince**
Shut up!
**[20:20] Fan**
What's so great about that?
**[20:24] Fan**
Who knows?
**[20:28] Both**
Yeah! To celebrating breaking 30 minutes...
**[20:32] All**
Ready, and...!
**[22:40] Narration**
Next time: "Overflowing Drops."
***SIGN*** Next time: Overflowing Drops
# E11 - Overflowing Drops
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**[00:16] All**
Final spurt!
**[00:36] All**
Yes!
**[00:39] All**
We got official records!
**[00:43] All**
Yeah!
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
***SIGN*** Tsuru-no-yu
**[02:29] Musa**
Hot! It's hot!
**[02:32] Musa**
Please stop doing that!
**[02:33] Musa**
Hey! Hey!
**[02:37] Musa**
Please stop!
**[02:39] Musa**
We'll get in trouble if we make too much noise!
**[02:40] Haiji**
Everyone's unique.
**[02:44] Haiji**
Naturally, so are runners.
**[02:46] Haiji**
Some are better at running
on the track than on roads.
**[02:49] Haiji**
Some go for sprints while others
excel at managing their pace.
**[02:54] Haiji**
Uphill, downhill. Everyone's
good at something different.
**[02:57] Yuki**
So we shouldn't worry about it?
**[03:00] Yuki**
Uniqueness certainly sounds nice,
**[03:03] Yuki**
but doesn't that mean some people
aren't suited to running at all?
**[03:07] Shindo**
I'm worried.
**[03:12] Haiji**
Times aren't everything.
**[03:14] Yuki**
But isn't that our goal?
**[03:17] Yuki**
We need official records
to run in the Hakone qualifier.
**[03:23] Haiji**
But as long as you feel it's working—
**[03:24] Yuki**
But we're amateurs.
**[03:28] Yuki**
Unless you tell us what's working,
we won't know what is.
**[03:37] Haiji**
True to its name, long distance running
is a battle of endurance.
**[03:40] Haiji**
It's not easy to compare results.
**[03:47] Shindo**
Sorry, but I'm at my limit.
**[03:52] Shindo**
I meant with the water.
***SIGN*** Overflowing Drops
**[04:02] King**
Can we even run in this?
**[04:05] Haiji**
They're not very breatheable,
but we don't have a choice.
**[04:07] Haiji**
Some of you weren't wearing
clothing suitable for rain.
**[04:11] Joji**
We should get proper matching ones already.
**[04:15] Haiji**
It can't be helped. This is temporary.
**[04:17] Haiji**
Let's go.
**[04:23] Haiji**
Sorry, Nira. You need to stay home today.
**[04:34] Yuki**
So hot.
**[04:36] King**
It's so stuffy, this is no different
from getting rained on.
**[04:38] Shindo**
Let's imagine that's the point of this practice.
**[04:46] Jota**
I feel like I just came back from the pool.
**[04:48] Joji**
I know what you mean. I'm exhausted.
**[04:51] Musa**
If you don't dry off, you'll catch a cold.
**[04:54] Jota**
Should we count this as showering today?
**[04:57] Joji**
Yeah, let's.
**[04:58] Musa**
Please go back to your own room!
**[05:01] Both**
Our room leaks when it rains.
**[05:04] Shindo**
I've got first period,
so I'll see you guys later.
**[05:06] Both**
See ya.
**[05:07] Musa**
See you later.
**[05:11] Joji**
Shindo never skips class.
**[05:15] Jota**
Is he okay?
**[05:17] Musa**
What?
**[05:18] Joji**
He seemed pretty depressed
after yesterday's meet.
**[05:22] Joji**
And he's so earnest.
**[05:26] Joji**
But he has a girlfriend, right?
**[05:28] Jota**
Hey, that's right.
**[05:29] Jota**
Who cares, then? He's totally fine.
**[05:32] Joji**
He's so busy. When does
he get to see his girlfriend?
**[05:36] Musa**
Maybe at school.
***SIGN*** Kansei University
**[05:38] Joji**
What? You've seen his girlfriend?
**[05:40] Musa**
Not a single time.
**[05:42] Musa**
I don't think anyone's seen her yet.
**[05:47] Jota**
Maybe Shindo pushed himself so hard...
**[05:50] Joji**
That he imagined a girlfriend
who doesn't exist...
**[05:52] Jota**
Hey, were you waiting long? Sorry.
**[05:55] Joji**
Come on! Don't sulk.
**[06:02] Both**
Yikes!
***SIGN*** Monthly Track and Field Report
***SIGN*** Acupuncture/Massage
***SIGN*** Iimura Chiropractic Clinic
**[06:18] Doctor**
You're protecting the opposite side.
**[06:23] Haiji**
I've been trying to be conscious of it.
**[06:26] Doctor**
Well, once something breaks,
**[06:28] Doctor**
you've got no choice except
to take your time fixing it.
**[06:32] Haiji**
Yes, sir.
***SIGN*** Monthly Track and Field Report
**[06:49] Haiji**
Damn that Fujioka.
***SIGN*** Field Closed Due to Rain
**[06:58] Jota**
Nope. It's closed today.
**[07:01] Shindo**
Should we use the field?
We can focus on just cross country today.
**[07:05] Yuki**
No way.
**[07:06] Yuki**
The mud makes it too hard
to run. I'm against it.
**[07:08] Nico**
You just don't want to get dirty.
**[07:11] Nico**
What should we do?
**[07:13] Kakeru**
Let's run on the roads.
**[07:15] Kakeru**
We just need to watch out for cars.
**[07:17] Haiji**
Yeah. We'll choose the safests course we can.
**[07:20] King**
Let's get this over with
so we can go to Tsuru-no-yu.
**[07:28] Nico**
Nice.
**[07:30] Yuki**
Can't we at least use the club
budget to buy rain coats?
**[07:33] Yuki**
We should be using it in some meaningful way.
**[07:35] Yuki**
They're supposed to be our fan club.
**[07:38] Shindo**
We still only have fifteen members.
**[07:42] Yuki**
That's all?
**[07:43] Shindo**
We still don't have enough
to buy matching track uniforms.
**[07:47] Musa**
We have the support of
everyone at the shopping center,
**[07:51] Musa**
but we need a little more.
**[07:52] King**
If only the Trans America Quiz was still on.
**[07:56] King**
I'd win us some prize money.
**[07:59] Musa**
Perhaps we could win some kind of tournament.
**[08:03] Musa**
After all, we haven't achieved anything.
**[08:06] Yuki**
You're right.
**[08:08] Yuki**
Isn't there some kind of
national event we could run in?
**[08:13] Kakeru**
There is one.
**[08:15] Joji**
What's it called?
**[08:18] Kakeru**
The Inter-College.
**[08:20] Kakeru**
The All-Japan Intercollegiate Championship.
***SIGN*** Kanto Track and Field Intercollegiate Championship
**[08:25] Joji**
Look, I found it.
**[08:27] Musa**
Huh. The Kanto meet was in May.
**[08:32] Haiji**
Did you read Fujioka's article?
**[08:35] Kakeru**
I happen to have.
**[08:39] Haiji**
There were some curious things written in it.
***SIGN*** Fujioka Kazuma Runner Interview
Boulder of a Race
**[08:43] Fujioka**
I ran the race I wanted this time,
**[08:46] Fujioka**
but there are more strong
runners hiding in Kanto.
**[08:50] Fujioka**
I believe they'll be ready by
the time Ekiden season rolls around.
**[08:54] Fujioka**
I'll make sure not to
underestimate them as I wait.
**[09:00] Haiji**
Kakeru,
**[09:01] Haiji**
do you know what the greatest compliment
you can give a long distance runner is?
**[09:06] Kakeru**
Is it to call him fast?
**[09:08] Haiji**
No.
**[09:11] Haiji**
It's to call him strong.
**[09:14] Kakeru**
Strong?
**[09:30] Haiji**
You can't survive long
distances on speed alone.
**[09:35] Haiji**
You hold out through difficult phases
to keep on moving your body forward.
**[09:39] Haiji**
Every day, you have to push
yourself a little harder in practice.
**[09:44] Haiji**
What long distance runners need is strength.
**[09:50] Haiji**
Fujioka is strong, both
as a runner and as a captain.
**[09:56] Haiji**
But Fujioka is Fujioka.
**[09:59] Haiji**
I regret that we weren't able to show
him your abilities at the Inter-College,
**[10:04] Haiji**
but there's no need to panic.
**[10:06] Haiji**
Believe in yourself.
**[10:08] Haiji**
It takes time to become stronger.
**[10:12] Kakeru**
Fujioka's on your mind, too.
**[10:18] Kakeru**
I understand what you're trying to say,
but why are you telling me this now?
**[10:25] Kakeru**
Are you anxious?
**[10:27] Haiji**
Anxious?
***SIGN*** 5000m Best Times Kakeru Joji Jota Shindo Musa Yuki Nico-chan Prince
**[10:28] Kakeru**
Half of our members still haven't
achieved an official record.
**[10:33] Kakeru**
Shindo and Yuki haven't
improved much in a month,
**[10:38] Kakeru**
despite practicing so hard.
**[10:41] Kakeru**
Is that why?
**[10:45] Kakeru**
When Prince's time improved,
I felt like I understood running a little.
**[10:51] Kakeru**
But it's still difficult.
**[10:55] Kakeru**
Honestly, I'm anxious.
**[11:11] Nico**
How's this?
**[11:13] Shindo**
Well...
**[11:15] Shindo**
Could you make this part easier to read?
**[11:17] Nico**
Got it.
**[11:19] Yuki**
A website, huh?
**[11:21] Musa**
We're going to make it so people who live
far away can sign up for the fan club.
**[11:27] Shindo**
We'll never get anywhere just waiting.
**[11:30] Yuki**
And you've got seminars tomorrow, too.
**[11:33] Yuki**
You're truly amazing, Shindo.
**[11:35] Shindo**
What? But you passed the bar exam in one try.
**[11:40] Yuki**
Well, yeah.
**[11:42] Nico**
I'm going to bed.
**[11:43] Nico**
Wake me up if there's
anything you don't understand.
**[11:46] Shindo**
Thank you.
**[11:47] Musa**
Please don't push yourself too hard.
**[11:50] Shindo**
I'm okay, Musa. Good night.
***SIGN*** Chikusei-so
**[12:18] Shindo**
Sorry, I'm late. Sorry.
**[12:27] Shindo**
What?
**[12:29] Girl**
Sorry.
**[12:31] Girl**
After all, it seems like there's something you'd
rather be spending your time on than me.
**[12:36] Shindo**
That's not true.
**[12:37] Girl**
There is, isn't there?
**[12:40] Girl**
There is.
**[12:43] Girl**
So I thought we should break up.
**[12:52] Hana**
Final spurt!
**[12:54] Hana**
You can do it!
**[13:02] Haiji**
That's enough for today. Cool down, everyone.
**[13:05] Shindo**
Excuse me!
**[13:09] Shindo**
Could I run one more?
**[13:15] Shindo**
Just one more.
**[13:17] Shindo**
Please!
**[13:20] Haiji**
Your lap time is increasing. You shouldn't—
**[13:22] Shindo**
Times aren't everything.
Isn't that what you said?
**[13:27] Shindo**
It's true that I want to improve my times,
**[13:29] Shindo**
but more than that,
I just want to run right now!
**[13:33] Shindo**
Just until I'm satisfied. That's all!
**[13:39] Shindo**
Please!
**[13:42] Shindo**
Please!
**[13:55] Yuki**
Me, too.
**[13:56] King**
What?
**[13:57] Musa**
I was just feeling like I could
run some more today, too.
**[14:03] Nico**
Fine, then.
**[14:06] Both**
Me, too.
**[14:11] King**
You're all a bunch of freaks.
**[14:15] Kakeru**
Me, too.
**[14:17] Hana**
I'll record their times.
***SIGN*** Bond
**[14:31] Haiji**
I feel the same way.
**[14:33] Haiji**
I want to run more.
**[14:37] Haiji**
Even though I've been told
not to run, I'm running.
**[14:41] Haiji**
Maybe I'd forgotten to listen to my feelings.
**[14:53] Hana**
Ready, go!
**[15:10] Yuki**
Shindo, the way you run's a little different.
**[15:14] Shindo**
What?
**[15:15] Yuki**
I watched your last lap from behind you.
**[15:19] Yuki**
Your center of gravity or whatever
is different from the other guys.
**[15:25] Yuki**
Especially from guys
who speed ahead like Kakeru.
**[15:29] Shindo**
Really?
**[15:30] Yuki**
I guess everyone does run differently.
**[15:33] Yuki**
It's the first time I'd noticed.
**[15:37] Kakeru**
Imagine raising your center
of gravity a little higher.
**[15:40] Kakeru**
Don't curve your chest.
**[15:42] Prince**
You could be doing this outside.
**[15:44] Yuki**
That's rich coming from you.
**[15:47] Shindo**
Thanks. Would you be willing to help me again?
**[15:50] Kakeru**
Of course.
**[15:51] Shindo**
You, too.
**[15:52] Yuki**
I was just telling you what I noticed.
**[15:57] Kakeru**
You're doing something after this?
**[16:00] Shindo**
I wanted to finish the website today.
**[16:04] Kakeru**
I'll make some tea.
**[16:08] Yuki**
He's starting to become a little sociable.
**[16:13] Yuki**
I've been wondering for a while now.
**[16:16] Yuki**
Is this your home?
**[16:17] Shindo**
Yeah.
**[16:20] Yuki**
What kind of secluded region
does your family live in?
**[16:22] Shindo**
We have roads, you know.
**[16:24] Shindo**
There are roads, but it's faster
to climb the valley to get to school.
**[16:29] Yuki**
Your parents wouldn't drive you?
**[16:31] Shindo**
My family runs a farm, so they're busy in the mornings.
**[16:35] Shindo**
If anything, they needed my help.
**[16:38] Yuki**
If I had a daughter, I'd definitely
make her marry you.
**[16:42] Shindo**
What does that mean?
**[16:44] Yuki**
You've got your shit together.
**[16:47] Shindo**
I don't. Not at all.
**[16:50] Kakeru**
Shindo, you were the first one
to say you wanted to run.
**[16:56] Shindo**
Is that right?
**[16:59] Kakeru**
I'm sorry. I was so sure then that you'd give up.
**[17:04] Shindo**
Well, you know...
**[17:07] Kakeru**
But I was wrong.
**[17:09] Kakeru**
This team never would've formed without you,
**[17:12] Kakeru**
and it can't keep going without you.
**[17:17] Kakeru**
You're strong, Shindo.
***SIGN*** Kansei University Track and Field Team
**[17:20] Shindo**
The ten of us will run in the Hakone Ekiden.
**[17:23] Shindo**
It's nice to dream.
**[17:26] Shindo**
But anyone can just talk about their dreams.
**[17:30] Shindo**
I'm not about that.
Neither is anyone else, right?
**[17:34] Shindo**
If you say you'll do it, do it.
**[17:36] Shindo**
Haiji's the same way.
**[17:39] Shindo**
I'm not strong.
**[17:42] Shindo**
I just do what needs
to be done, no matter what.
**[17:47] Kakeru**
Yes.
**[17:49] Yuki**
You'll definitely get that official record.
**[17:52] Shindo**
This again? But you're normally so cool.
**[17:56] Yuki**
Shut up. I said you'll get it.
**[17:58] Yuki**
Everything I've said would
happen has happened.
**[18:01] Shindo**
Then I'll trust you.
**[18:04] Yuki**
What's that?
**[18:06] Shindo**
Nothing.
**[18:07] Shindo**
Man, working at night isn't good for my eyes!
**[18:11] Yuki**
Seriously?
**[18:38] Musa**
Shindo. Shindo!
**[18:46] Musa**
Shindo, it's morning.
***SIGN*** Member Profiles
***SIGN*** Kiyose Haiji Iwakura Yukihiko Sakaguchi Yohei Hirata Akihiko Sugiyama Takashi
***SIGN*** Kashiwazaki Akane Musa Kamura Jo Taro Jo Jiro Kuraha ra Kakeru
***SIGN*** I'm an Ekiden fan. I saw your website! Please practice hard in preparation for the Hakone Ekiden! You have my support!
**[18:53] Musa**
We got one!
**[18:54] Musa**
We got one, Shindo!
**[18:57] Shindo**
What?
**[18:58] Shindo**
Yuki, Kakeru! Look at this!
**[19:01] Yuki**
What? Let me sleep.
***SIGN*** Yaokatsu
**[19:06] [Messenger] Sign**
Kansei University Track and Field Team
**[19:06] Yaokatsu**
I doubt you'd be able to meet them
even if you went to the university.
**[19:10] Yaokatsu**
Hey, Hanako. Could you run over to Aotake and—
**[19:14] Shindo**
We're running in the Tokyo Sports Uni meet!
**[19:16] Shindo**
Please come out to support us!
**[19:18] Musa**
Please!
**[19:19] All**
We're running in the Tokyo Sports Uni meet!
**[19:23] All**
Please come out to support us!
**[19:25] Yaosho**
Here they come.
**[19:27] Yaosho**
That's the Kansei Uni Track and Field Team.
**[19:31] Hana**
Hey!
**[19:33] All**
It's Hana!
**[19:34] Jota**
Come with us, Hana!
**[19:36] Joji**
Run with us!
**[19:37] Hana**
Okay. I'll follow you on my bike.
***SIGN*** Tokyo Sport University
**[20:03] Haiji**
The mountains of Hakone are?
**[20:05] All**
The steepest in the world! Yeah!
**[20:10] Musa**
You can do it!
**[20:11] Jota**
You got this! You totally got it!
**[20:14] Sakaki**
You still haven't given up.
**[20:17] Kakeru**
Sakaki.
**[20:20] Sakaki**
Try not get in our way.
**[20:23] Sakaki**
Our regular spot's on the line.
**[20:28] Shindo**
Don't worry. We don't intend to compete with you.
**[20:33] Shindo**
Our battle lies elsewhere.
**[20:40] Haiji**
Let's go.
**[22:40] Narration**
Next time: "Summer Prank."
***SIGN*** Next time: Summer Prank
# E12 - Summer Prank
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G69VZ58VY/summer-prank)
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***SIGN*** Tokyo Sport University
**[00:04] Official**
Starting in ten,
**[00:07] Official**
nine, eight,
**[00:09] Official**
seven, six,
**[00:12] Official**
five, four,
**[00:14] Official**
three, two,
**[00:17] Official**
one!
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
**[02:06] Musa**
They're going at a fast pace.
**[02:08] Jota**
Yeah.
**[02:09] Jota**
Over here.
**[02:11] Hanako**
Sorry I couldn't make the start.
**[02:14] Jota**
They just started.
**[02:16] Joji**
Kakeru's in the lead pack.
**[02:19] Hanako**
Wow.
***SIGN*** Summer Prank
**[02:30] Jota**
Isn't Shindo waiting too long?
**[02:34] Joji**
I think it'd be easier if he ran ahead.
**[02:37] Hanako**
What do you mean?
**[02:38] Joji**
He tends to match the pace
of the people around him.
**[02:42] Jota**
It's exhausting trying to match
someone else's pace.
**[02:45] Jota**
I hope he doesn't pay for it later.
**[02:47] Hanako**
Wow! You sound like experts.
**[02:50] Both**
We're hardly experts!
**[02:52] Hanako**
What? Sure you are.
**[03:04] Jota**
Whoa, go!
**[03:05] Jota**
Catch up!
**[03:06] Hanako**
Wow, wow! He's so fast! Wow!
**[03:09] Both**
Kakeru! Go!
**[03:19] Joji**
Shindo moved up!
**[03:21] Musa**
Their pace changed once they swapped places.
**[03:24] Hanako**
Why?
**[03:25] Joji**
It's what they intended all along.
**[03:27] Joji**
Yuki sets the pace for the first half.
**[03:30] Jota**
And Shindo pulls Yuki during the second.
**[03:57] Jota**
They planned their course
knowing they'd get lapped.
**[04:01] Joji**
That must be Yuki's plan.
**[04:04] Musa**
It's so efficient.
**[04:05] Jota**
What's their time?
**[04:21] (Flashback) Haiji**
You like running?
**[04:25] (Flashback) Haiji**
Do you like running?
**[04:34] Joji**
He caught up!
**[04:38] Hanako**
Kakeru! Go!
**[04:42] Fan**
Wow! He's taking on the exchange students.
**[05:25] Fan**
Isn't he a first-year?
**[05:28] Fan**
He's from Kansei. Heard of them?
**[05:30] Fan**
No.
**[05:35] Joji**
Oh, shit!
**[05:36] Joji**
He's crazy!
**[05:38] Musa**
Haiji's next.
**[05:44] Jota**
He's racing Haiji.
**[05:47] Jota**
He's not insolent for nothing.
**[05:51] Musa**
Haiji's moving up.
**[05:56] Hanako**
Haiji!
**[05:57] Joji**
He conserved his energy.
**[05:59] Jota**
Keep it up! Pull ahead!
**[06:10] Haiji**
You did it, Kakeru.
**[06:12] Haiji**
You got your revenge.
**[06:17] Jota**
Shindo, thirty more seconds!
**[06:20] Both**
Final spurt!
**[06:21] Hanako**
Yuki!
**[06:23] Musa**
Shindo, you can do it!
**[06:23] Both**
Go, go, go!
**[06:34] Musa**
You can do it! You can do it!
**[06:34] Joji**
You got this. You got this. You got this.
**[06:35] Jota**
Please, please, please.
**[06:55] All**
Yes!
**[07:21] Haiji**
Nice!
**[07:21] Kakeru**
Yes! Yes!
**[07:22] Yuki**
Hey!
**[07:24] Yuki**
Get off me, it's hot!
**[07:28] Hanako**
Hey.
**[07:36] Mochizuki**
Kansei University is an interesting team.
**[07:40] Mochizuki**
I heard about you from Rikudo's Fujioka.
**[07:43] Mochizuki**
You're hoping to run at Hakone?
**[07:45] Haiji**
Yes.
**[07:48] Mochizuki**
It seems you still have members who
haven't achieved the requisite official record.
**[07:53] Haiji**
That's not a problem.
**[07:55] Haiji**
We have plenty more chances.
**[07:57] Mochizuki**
Yeah.
**[07:59] Mochizuki**
Anyway, you were outstanding.
**[08:02] Mochizuki**
Finishing in that time around this time
of year as a first-year is astounding.
**[08:06] Mochizuki**
Kurahara, huh?
**[08:07] Mochizuki**
Are you Kurahara of Sendai Josei High School?
**[08:15] King**
Hey, he asked you a question.
**[08:17] Haiji**
I'm sorry.
**[08:18] Haiji**
Our friends are waiting.
**[08:21] Haiji**
Let's go.
**[08:24] Mochizuki**
I'll be back to interview you properly.
***SIGN*** Shinjitsu Weekly Mochizuki Shuji
**[08:27] Mochizuki**
I'm Mochizuki of Shinjitsu Weekly magazine.
**[08:30] Haiji**
Excuse us.
**[08:49] Nico**
Hey!
***SIGN*** Chikusei-so
**[08:51] Nico**
Somen's almost ready.
**[08:54] Joji**
I'd rather have air conditioning than noodles...
**[08:57] Jota**
Air conditioning...
**[08:59] Nico**
Quit complaining and bring me a shiso leaf.
**[09:02] Joji**
I thought I'd be glad the rainy season was over.
**[09:05] Jota**
Apparently, this is the hottest
summer in recorded history.
**[09:08] Joji**
I'm amazed we're not dead.
**[09:10] Nico**
If you don't eat, you really will die
during evening practice.
**[09:14] Shindo**
First semester is over.
**[09:15] Musa**
It's summer break, everyone.
**[09:17] Musa**
What are you doing?
**[09:19] Joji**
It's them. The pair that never fails a class.
**[09:24] Jota**
We're destined to end up on
Nico-chan Senpai's side of life.
**[09:28] Nico**
Welcome to my side.
**[09:30] Nico**
Where are the others?
**[09:32] Musa**
I haven't seen them.
**[09:34] Musa**
Haiji's not here either?
**[09:35] Nico**
Nah.
**[09:37] Nico**
Whatever. Let's eat without them.
**[09:39] Kakeru**
We've been eating nothing but somen lately.
**[09:42] Nico**
Who cares? It's too hot to think.
**[09:45] Shindo**
I wish we could go someplace
cool, like Hokkaido.
**[09:52] Both**
Hokkaido?!
**[10:03] Both**
Hokkaido sounds nice.
**[10:09] Haiji**
Hey.
**[10:12] Joji**
Reality just came charging in.
**[10:15] Haiji**
We're escaping from this scorching hell.
**[10:18] Nico**
Escaping?
**[10:20] Haiji**
A training camp!
**[10:21] Haiji**
A summer training camp!
**[10:25] Both**
To Hokkaido?!
**[10:28] Haiji**
To Lake Shirakaba!
**[10:36] Yuki**
Why did you choose the mountains?
**[10:38] Shindo**
The owner of the batting cage
in the shopping center
**[10:43] Shindo**
said we could borrow their villa.
**[10:46] Musa**
And the people at the shopping
center provided us with groceries.
**[10:53] King**
Why does this guy get a seat
when I have to sit in the back?
**[10:57] Jota**
It can't be helped.
**[10:58] Jota**
You're the one who lost rock-paper-scissors.
**[11:01] Haiji**
I'm excited about the lake.
**[11:03] All**
Face forward!pp
**[11:09] Joji**
This is awesome.
**[11:12] Joji**
Even the breeze is starting to feel moist.
**[11:19] Both**
No!
**[11:28] Tazaki**
Escaping the heat, huh?
**[11:31] Tazaki**
But I'm supposed to be the coach...p
**[11:48] Nico**
Well, this is reality.
**[11:52] Haiji**
Let's start by cleaning.
**[11:54] Joji**
Um...
**[11:56] Jota**
Could we wash ourselves off
in the river first?
**[12:03] Musa**
It's cold once the sun goes down.
**[12:05] Haiji**
Okay, it's ready.
**[12:08] Haiji**
All that's left is to mix in the roux.
**[12:10] Yuki**
Curry already? What a cliché.
**[12:12] King**
All that's left is to mix it in?
**[12:14] King**
Then quit putting on airs and mix it in already.
**[12:16] Haiji**
What are you talking about?
**[12:18] Haiji**
We're going for a run before dinner.
**[12:20] All**
What?!
**[12:22] Haiji**
I don't mind having a soup of potatoes
and carrots boiled in plain old water.
**[12:27] Haiji**
You can really enjoy
the flavors of the ingredients.
**[12:30] Haiji**
And of course, I'm the only one
who knows where the roux is.
**[12:35] Haiji**
Hurry up.
**[12:36] Haiji**
You don't want to get attacked
by a bear at night.
***SIGN*** Beware of Wildlife
**[12:38] Yuki**
We're still in hell!
**[12:42] Haiji**
Head down the hill,
and you'll reach the lake.
**[12:46] Haiji**
The lake is 3.8 kilometers around.
**[12:49] Haiji**
You can return to the villa
once you've completed three laps.
**[12:52] All**
Okay.
***SIGN*** Shinanoji Footpath Yashigamine Tateshina Lake Nagano Prefecture Chino City
**[13:00] Jota**
We're here. It's the lake.
**[13:16] (Flashback) Mochizuki**
Kurahara, huh?
**[13:17] (Flashback) Mochizuki**
Are you Kurahara of Sendai Josei High School?
**[13:39] King**
All right!
***SIGN*** Glutamine, vitamin B group, minerals (Ca, Mg, Fe)
***SIGN*** 100% whey protein for building an athlete's body
***SIGN*** Strawberry flavor
**[13:44] Yuki**
Hold on! What are you doing with that?
**[13:47] Haiji**
But you said it was cliché.
**[13:50] Yuki**
Cliché is fine! Cliché is good!
**[13:52] Haiji**
What? Let's just try it.
**[13:53] Kakeru**
Excuse me...
**[13:53] King**
Huh?
**[13:54] Yuki**
I'm telling you, don't do it!
**[13:54] Kakeru**
Aren't we missing something?
**[13:56] Haiji**
What?
**[13:56] King**
What? This should be plenty.
**[13:57] Yuki**
No!
**[13:59] King**
Just how much are you going to eat?
**[14:01] Kakeru**
That's not what I meant.
**[14:02] Kakeru**
I meant, isn't someone missing?
**[14:06] Nico**
I'm exhausted.
**[14:08] Yuki**
Huh? It's not bad.
**[14:11] Joji**
We're out.
**[14:13] Jota**
Curry! Curry!
**[14:19] King**
Musa.
**[14:21] Kakeru**
And Shindo.
**[14:26] Jota**
I can't see anything.
**[14:29] King**
Maybe we shouldn't be wandering around.
**[14:31] Prince**
But it's so cold.
**[14:33] Joji**
What if they've fallen
into a ravine and gotten stuck?
**[14:36] King**
Don't say that.
**[14:38] Yuki**
Do you think they have their phones?
**[14:40] Nico**
Even if they do, they won't have any bars.
**[14:42] Haiji**
Calm down, guys.
**[14:45] Haiji**
Let's split into two groups.
**[14:46] Haiji**
Some of us will stay here, and the rest
of us will use the van to look for them.
**[14:49] All**
I'll stay here.
***SIGN*** Beware of Wildlife
**[14:52] Haiji**
I said two groups.
Why do you all want to stay?
**[14:59] Prince**
What was that?
**[15:02] King**
A wild animal?
**[15:05] Nico**
It's coming closer.
**[15:09] Haiji**
Calm down.
**[15:11] Haiji**
This calls for...
**[15:27] Nico**
They ran into the van.
**[15:33] Musa**
Shindo possesses incredible talents.
**[15:36] Musa**
He easily climbs up steep mountainsides
and uses the stars to find his way.
**[15:41] Shindo**
Aw, shucks.
**[15:42] Yuki**
"Aw shucks"?!
**[15:43] King**
We were worried about you.
**[15:45] King**
I'm honestly mystified you're not injured.
**[15:48] Musa**
I'm sorry.
**[15:50] Shindo**
We found a path on the edge of the lake.
**[15:53] Shindo**
We thought it'd be perfect
for cross country running,
**[15:56] Shindo**
but once we followed it, we got lost...
**[15:57] Haiji**
I'm glad you're all right,
**[15:59] Haiji**
but if this were Hakone, you'd be
disqualified for leaving the course.
**[16:04] Both**
Yes, sir.
**[16:05] Yuki**
Isn't there a lead car?
**[16:07] Shindo**
Oh. Come to think of it...
**[16:09] Shindo**
Right?
**[16:10] Musa**
Yes, I was surprised.
**[16:13] Shindo**
Apparently, Tokyo Sport Uni is here, too.
**[16:16] All**
What?!
**[16:18] Shindo**
We were drawn out of the
bushes towards the light.
**[16:23] Musa**
It was a beautiful building.
**[16:25] Shindo**
They were grilling meat.
**[16:28] Musa**
Entrails, liver, spare ribs, sirloin...
**[16:32] Musa**
I'd recognize that marbling anywhere.
**[16:35] Musa**
That was Japanese black wagyu beef!
**[16:42] Nico**
There's no meat in this.
***SIGN*** Shirakaba Loop
**[16:48] Coach**
Group A, start!
**[16:54] Jota**
I can't believe we ran into them.
**[16:56] Joji**
They're kind of amazing.
**[16:59] Joji**
It's like they're a real track team.
**[17:01] Shindo**
We're a real track team, too.
**[17:03] Coach**
Group B, start!
**[17:05] Coach**
Group C, stand by!
**[17:09] Coach**
Last ones, group D!
**[17:10] Coach**
Don't make them wait!
**[17:23] Musa**
It's difficult to run like this.
**[17:24] Yuki**
Aren't they spreading out more than necessary?
**[17:27] Kakeru**
Our pace is dropping. Let's go faster.
**[17:29] King**
Hey, don't do anything stupid.
**[17:32] Kakeru**
Then why are we holding this training camp?
**[17:35] Haiji**
Everyone, maintain your own pace.
**[17:38] Kakeru**
Haiji!
**[17:39] Haiji**
Didn't you hear me?
**[17:41] Haiji**
I told everyone to maintain their own pace.
**[17:52] Yuki**
Hey!
**[17:53] King**
No one has that much energy in the morning.
**[17:55] Haiji**
I'm worried about him going off
on his own. I'm going with him.
**[17:58] Musa**
Okay.
***SIGN*** Shirakaba Loop
**[18:13] Haiji**
The air is beautiful.
**[18:15] Haiji**
It makes me happy just to breathe.
**[18:19] Haiji**
Don't you agree?
**[18:26] Haiji**
Feel the wind. Maintain your rhythm.
**[18:29] Haiji**
This is training, too.
**[19:10] Haiji**
How childish.
**[19:14] Student**
What?
**[19:15] Student**
We're in the way?
**[19:16] Student**
We aren't getting the way. Right?
**[19:18] Student**
Right.
**[19:20] Student**
They're just picking a fight.
**[19:21] Kosuke**
Let's go. We still have training left to finish.
**[19:25] Haiji**
I understand your position.
**[19:27] Haiji**
I'm not going to talk to your coaches.
**[19:30] Haiji**
I'd just be happy to have your understanding.
**[19:34] Kosuke**
Oh, we understand.
**[19:35] Kosuke**
We're serious about this.
**[19:37] Kosuke**
We don't have time for pleb teams.
**[19:40] Haiji**
Pleb?
**[19:41] Kosuke**
You'll be the center of attention if you run.
**[19:44] Kosuke**
People will talk about you
if you say you want to run.
**[19:46] Kosuke**
I'm talking about plebs
who set unrealistic goals
**[19:50] Kosuke**
on the basis of such shallow thinking.
**[19:53] Student**
Yikes.
**[19:57] Kosuke**
I know. Why don't we race?
**[20:00] Kosuke**
Just us first-years, ten against ten.
**[20:02] Kosuke**
Then you'll see what it means to be serious.
**[20:06] Kakeru**
Race me, then.
**[20:07] Kakeru**
I'm the only one who needs to.
They have nothing to do with this.
**[20:12] Kosuke**
That's how you break a team.
**[20:17] Jota**
Break?
**[20:19] Kosuke**
Get good times, receive attention.
**[20:22] Kosuke**
You don't feel bad about it, do you?
**[20:24] Kosuke**
And you forget about the
sacrifices other people made.
**[20:27] Joji**
What's he talking about?
**[20:29] Haiji**
We won't race you.
**[20:30] Haiji**
There's not much to gain
from racing against children.
**[20:34] Haiji**
Let's head back.
**[20:36] Haiji**
We're wasting time.
**[20:38] Kosuke**
Are you satisfied running
with the friends you finally made?
**[20:44] Kosuke**
Are you satisfied holding hands and
running around with your little friends?!
**[20:54] Haiji**
Kakeru!
***SIGN*** Next time: And Then Start Running
**[22:40] Narration**
Next time: “And Then Start Running.”
# E13 - And Then Start Running
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**[00:13] Coach**
Kurahara?
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
***SIGN*** Shirakaba Loop
**[01:52] Kosuke**
Are you satisfied running
with the friends you finally made?
**[01:56] Kosuke**
Are you satisfied holding hands and
running around with your little friends?!
**[02:05] Haiji**
Kakeru!
**[02:28] Kosuke**
See? You haven't changed.
**[02:31] Kosuke**
You're always ruining someone else's efforts.
**[02:36] Kosuke**
You don't see your teammates!
**[02:39] Nico**
Kakeru.
**[02:40] Kosuke**
I don't know if you're just naturally talented,
**[02:42] Kosuke**
but if you think you alone will
manage somehow, you're wrong!
**[02:48] Haiji**
Kakeru.
**[02:50] Haiji**
Kakeru.
**[02:54] Haiji**
Kakeru!
**[02:58] Haiji**
Don't forget that we're here.
**[03:08] Prince**
What did he do?
**[03:14] Coach**
Hey, what are you doing?
**[03:16] Coach**
Get your stuff on the bus!
**[03:18] All**
Yes, sir!
**[03:25] Haiji**
We'll show you just how serious
we are at the qualifier.
**[03:32] Haiji**
Oh, right.
**[03:35] Haiji**
You first-years will be too busy
with chores to watch the race.
**[03:41] Haiji**
Start by becoming regulars on your team.
**[03:43] Haiji**
Good luck.
***SIGN*** And Then Start Running
**[04:07] Coach**
Your time hasn't even improved by ten seconds!
**[04:10] Coach**
What kind of training have you been doing?
**[04:13] Student**
Sorry!
**[04:14] Coach**
Aren't you a scholarship student?
**[04:16] Coach**
Your only option is to do well at running.
**[04:20] Coach**
Go run ten more kilometers!
**[04:22] Student**
Yes, sir!
**[04:32] Coach**
The same goes for the rest of you.
**[04:33] Coach**
Results are everything for runners.
**[04:36] Coach**
I won't allow any weakness!
**[04:38] All**
Yes, sir!
**[05:00] Coach**
Kurahara.
**[05:01] Coach**
Hey, Kurahara.
**[05:05] Coach**
These men are prefectural officials.
**[05:08] Official**
You won with a huge lead.
**[05:10] Kakeru**
Thank you.
**[05:12] Official**
You must be a top runner nationally, as well.
**[05:14] Official**
You can really see the results
of your coaching.
**[05:17] Coach**
I'm just blessed with talented runners.
**[05:20] Official**
We're looking forward to this year's
prefectural and national races.
**[05:23] Coach**
I hope we can meet your expectations.
**[05:26] Coach**
Apparently, they want me to speak
at a party about fostering athletes.
**[05:31] Coach**
I've asked the coaches to manage
your training schedule, so don't worry.
**[05:35] Kakeru**
Yes, sir.
**[05:35] Coach**
It's all thanks to what you've achieved.
**[05:39] Coach**
Hey, you! Don't walk so slowly!
**[05:43] Coach**
Look sharp!
**[05:44] Coach**
Don't damage Sendai Josei High School's dignity!
**[05:52] Haiji**
We'll be doing high-altitude training.
**[05:53] Haiji**
We'll be able to enjoy the scenery.
**[05:56] Prince**
Seems gentle. Right?
**[05:59] Kakeru**
What?
**[06:00] Prince**
The ground seems like
it'll be gentle on our knees.
**[06:17] Coach**
Your leg hurts?
**[06:20] Coach**
Can't you come up with a better excuse?
**[06:25] Coach**
Everyone has an injury or two
they're working through.
**[06:29] Coach**
Runners improve their times despite them. Run!
**[06:33] Student**
Yes, sir!
**[06:34] Coach**
I'll be cutting everyone who doesn't do well.
**[06:37] Coach**
Prepare yourselves!
**[06:40] Student**
He doesn't get it.
**[06:41] Kosuke**
It can't be helped. He's a first-year.
**[06:44] Student**
Tell him he only needs
to try when he's watching.
**[06:48] Kosuke**
You tell him.
**[06:50] Student**
He won't listen to me.
**[06:51] Student**
After all, he's a scholarship student.
**[07:04] Kakeru**
If you can't do it,
**[07:05] Kakeru**
I don't think you have to run.
**[07:16] Student**
Have you ever suffered an injury?
**[07:22] Student**
Didn't think so.
**[07:34] Hanako**
Hey!
**[07:37] Haiji**
Hey.
**[07:40] Jota**
It's Hana.
**[07:42] Jota**
Hey!
**[07:48] Musa**
I see meat.
**[07:49] Musa**
Those bags are full of meat.
**[07:52] Hanako**
I'll cook dinner tonight!
**[07:57] All**
No, wait!
**[08:01] All**
Wait, wait!
**[08:02] Yuki**
You're on bathroom duty tonight.
**[08:05] Yuki**
Use your head.
**[08:07] Yuki**
Quit surrounding Hana, you sweaty pigs!
**[08:16] Haiji**
What's wrong?
**[08:18] Haiji**
Isn't it a little soon for you to be tired?
**[08:27] All**
Yes!
**[08:28] Yaokatsu**
There's plenty more!
**[08:30] Yaokatsu**
My special crunchy liver and leek
stir fry contains tons of vegetables!
**[08:33] All**
Thanks for the meal!
**[08:37] Yaokatsu**
That's it. They're making me feel great.
**[08:43] (Flashback) Coach**
Do you want to quit the team?
**[08:46] (Flashback) Coach**
Look at all of you.
**[08:48] (Flashback) Coach**
If you can't be useful here,
you won't be useful anywhere.
**[08:53] (Flashback) Coach**
Your life will be decided here.
**[08:56] (Flashback) Coach**
Do you understand that? Do you?
**[08:59] (Flashback) All**
Yes, sir!
**[09:00] (Flashback) Coach**
I don't know how fast you were in the boonies,
**[09:02] (Flashback) Coach**
but here we coach based on years of theory.
**[09:06] (Flashback) Coach**
If you can't keep up, it's because
you're not good enough.
**[09:12] (Flashback) Student**
Yes, sir.
**[09:13] (Flashback) Coach**
I can't hear you!
**[09:14] (Flashback) Coach**
You don't get it, do you?
**[09:17] (Flashback) Student**
Yes, sir!
**[09:19] (Flashback) Coach**
Listen up. Imagine you're racing for your life!
**[09:22] (Flashback) All**
Yes, sir!
**[09:23] (Flashback) Coach**
Don't forget that you're representing
a prestigious school!
**[09:26] (Flashback) All**
Yes, sir!
**[09:27] (Flashback) Coach**
Leave behind those who can't run!
**[09:29] (Flashback) Coach**
We don't have time for them!
**[09:30] (Flashback) All**
Yes, sir!
***SIGN***
**[09:40] (Flashback) Coach**
You can't handle it?
**[09:42] (Flashback) Student**
This year... This time,
I don't think I'll be able to.
**[09:45] (Flashback) Student**
But by next year—
**[09:46] (Flashback) Coach**
You can't close the gap that quickly.
**[09:51] (Flashback) Coach**
Everyone's pouring their blood,
sweat, and tears into practice
**[09:55] (Flashback) Coach**
every day while you're resting.
**[09:58] (Flashback) Coach**
Don't worry.
**[09:59] (Flashback) Coach**
The team will manage without you.
**[10:05] (Flashback) Coach**
Get yourself healed up and find a new path.
**[10:15] (Flashback) Student**
Please! I'm here on a track scholarship!
**[10:20] (Flashback) Student**
If I quit the team, I won't have anything!
**[10:23] (Flashback) Student**
Please let me run! Please!
**[10:25] (Flashback) Student**
Please!
**[10:27] (Flashback) Student**
Please! Please!
**[10:31] (Flashback) Coach**
It's time. Let's get started.
**[10:34] (Flashback) Captain**
Yes, sir. To the track!
**[10:36] (Flashback) All**
Yes, sir!
**[10:40] (Flashback) Student**
Please! Please let me back on the team!
**[10:42] (Flashback) Student**
I'm sorry I got injured! Please!
**[10:46] (Flashback) Student**
Please!
**[10:55] (Flashback) Coach**
I only have time for students who can run.
**[11:00] (Flashback) Coach**
Good luck. You have my support.
**[11:38] (Flashback) Coach**
Kurahara?
**[11:42] Haiji**
Kakeru.
**[11:45] Haiji**
Kakeru.
**[11:46] Haiji**
Kakeru?
**[11:51] Kakeru**
Um...
**[11:52] Joji**
He asked you to lead Group B since
we're splitting into two groups.
**[11:56] Jota**
Quit spacing out.
**[11:58] Kakeru**
Sorry.
**[12:30] Haiji**
You must be cold.
**[12:32] Haiji**
I heated up some milk.
**[12:35] Haiji**
Look at those stars.
**[12:38] Haiji**
It'd be a waste not to see this.
**[12:49] Kakeru**
How much do you know?
**[12:53] Kakeru**
About me.
**[12:54] Haiji**
How much?
**[12:56] Kakeru**
You knew the morning
after I first stayed at Aotake
**[13:02] Kakeru**
that I was from Sendai Josei High School.
**[13:06] Haiji**
Yeah.
**[13:07] Kakeru**
Which means...
**[13:08] Haiji**
A quick search online revealed
just how good a runner you were.
**[13:14] Haiji**
That you were a nationally top-ranked
runner by your second year,
**[13:18] Haiji**
and that your records suddenly
stopped the spring of your third year.
**[13:23] Haiji**
But that's all I know.
**[13:25] Haiji**
There was no need for me
to investigate any further.
**[13:31] Kakeru**
I can't cause the team any more trouble
than I have already.
**[13:37] Kakeru**
I can't control my emotions.
**[13:42] Kakeru**
When that reporter spoke to me,
I felt like I had woken up from a dream.
**[13:47] Kakeru**
I realized no matter
how far I run, I'm still me.
**[13:52] Kakeru**
Haiji, I—
**[13:53] Haiji**
Kakeru.
**[13:56] Haiji**
If you're going to talk, why not tell everyone?
**[14:00] Haiji**
It's okay.
**[14:01] Haiji**
No matter what happens, we're still us.
**[14:08] Hanako**
You're still awake.
**[14:09] Haiji**
Sorry you had to bathe last.
**[14:12] Haiji**
Was the bath dirty?
**[14:13] Hanako**
Not at all.
**[14:14] Hanako**
You cleaned it again for me, didn't you?
**[14:17] Kakeru**
Well, yeah.
**[14:18] Haiji**
Really? You're that considerate?
**[14:21] Kakeru**
Yuki told me to use my head.
**[14:24] Haiji**
Your seniors can teach you
all kinds of things.
**[14:27] Haiji**
By the way...
**[14:29] Haiji**
Kakeru, do you have a girlfriend?
**[14:31] Kakeru**
What?
**[14:32] Hanako**
Seriously? I wanna know!
**[14:35] Kakeru**
O-Of course I don't. Where did that come from?
**[14:39] Haiji**
Well, the night sky was just so pretty.
**[14:44] Hanako**
What does that mean?
**[14:46] Kakeru**
What?
**[14:47] Hanako**
The stars are mad pretty!
**[14:49] Haiji**
Right?
**[14:50] Hanako**
Yeah!
**[14:51] Kakeru**
You'll wake the others!
**[14:52] Haiji**
Look, Hana. A shooting star.
**[15:03] Hanako**
Dad?
**[15:10] Kakeru**
I hated my high school track team.
**[15:15] Kakeru**
My coach's methods,
the stuffy air of that club room...
**[15:20] Kakeru**
I hated it so much, it made me want to puke.
**[15:23] Kakeru**
I broke my coach's nose,
lost my college recommendation,
**[15:28] Kakeru**
and quit the club.
**[15:30] Kakeru**
Since the school wanted to keep it quiet,
they imposed restrictions on the team.
**[15:36] Kakeru**
The summer of my third year,
**[15:39] Kakeru**
none of my classmates
were able to participate in meets.
**[15:47] Kakeru**
Looking back on it,
**[15:49] Kakeru**
what happened to that first-year
was just an opportunity for me
**[15:53] Kakeru**
to release all my pent-up anger
and achieve some self-satisfaction.
**[16:02] Kakeru**
It's no wonder they hate me.
**[16:05] Kakeru**
Because of a moment's decision,
I wasted three years of their effort.
**[16:12] Kakeru**
Especially for Sakaki...
**[16:15] Jota**
I see.
**[16:16] Joji**
That's why he hates you so much.
**[16:18] Kakeru**
It's no wonder he hates me.
**[16:21] Kakeru**
I became unable to see anything but myself.
**[16:27] Kakeru**
That's what I'm afraid of.
**[16:29] Kakeru**
I'm worried I might do something similar again.
**[16:33] Kakeru**
I was nearly unable to stop myself again.
**[16:41] Nico**
You've been hesitant about running
because you were worried about that?
**[16:46] Prince**
But you had a reason, right?
**[16:49] Prince**
A reason you had to do it.
**[16:52] Prince**
It's not good to use violence
against another person, though.
**[16:56] Kakeru**
Yes. That's why...
**[16:58] Yuki**
That's why?
**[17:02] Kakeru**
That's why...
**[17:06] Kakeru**
Before I cause any more trouble for you guys...
**[17:12] Kakeru**
Before that, I...
**[17:13] Yuki**
Hey.
**[17:17] Yuki**
We've already started running.
**[17:19] Nico**
We won't let you bail on us now.
**[17:23] Shindo**
They're right.
**[17:25] Shindo**
If anything, I'm glad to know.
**[17:27] Shindo**
Thanks for telling us.
**[17:29] King**
We more or less already knew that
you tend to act before you speak.
**[17:35] Prince**
If anything, I can't believe
you were worried about that.
**[17:38] Both**
Yeah.
**[17:40] Musa**
Kakeru, I really like you.
**[17:45] Musa**
Don't the rest of you?
**[17:46] Both**
Yeah.
**[17:50] King**
It's hard to say yes when
you're asked face-to-face.
**[17:56] Haiji**
When we first met,
**[17:58] Haiji**
I was captivated by the way you ran.
**[18:03] Haiji**
I was moved.
**[18:05] Haiji**
I couldn't believe someone
could have such pure running form.
**[18:08] Haiji**
I thought you might already
know the answer I was seeking.
**[18:14] Haiji**
What it means to run.
The answer to that question.
**[18:21] Haiji**
But I still haven't found the answer.
**[18:24] Haiji**
The more I run, the more
difficult I realize it is.
**[18:29] Haiji**
Don't you feel the same way?
**[18:32] Jota**
I have fun running with you!
**[18:34] Joji**
Me, too. In fact, I have more fun than Jota!
**[18:38] Jota**
You what?
**[18:39] Joji**
I was just speaking my mind.
**[18:41] Yuki**
Don't ruin the moment!
**[18:44] Both**
Yeah, but...
**[18:45] Haiji**
Me, too.
**[18:46] Haiji**
I enjoy running with you guys,
from the bottom of my heart.
**[18:55] Haiji**
Kakeru, the goal is still far ahead.
**[18:59] Haiji**
Let's go there together.
**[19:20] Yaokatsu**
Hey!
**[19:22] Yaokatsu**
Breakfast is getting cold!
**[19:27] Haiji**
We'll be right there!
**[19:29] Yuki**
All right, that concludes our meeting.
**[19:35] Kakeru**
Sorry.
**[19:37] Haiji**
For what?
**[19:40] Haiji**
You don't need to apologize.
**[19:43] Kakeru**
Thank you for believing in me.
**[19:49] Haiji**
You're welcome.
**[19:53] Kakeru**
I want to run.
**[19:56] Kakeru**
In the Hakone Ekiden with this team!
**[20:02] (Flashback) Haiji**
Let's aim for the top together.
**[20:06] (Flashback) Haiji**
Let's run it together.
**[20:09] (Flashback) Haiji**
The Hakone Ekiden.
**[20:12] Kakeru**
I'm serious!
**[20:13] Kakeru**
Starting now, I'm serious about it!
**[20:19] Kakeru**
Huh?
**[20:21] Haiji**
I can't help it.
**[20:23] Haiji**
Hey, guys. Kakeru's finally
ready to take things seriously.
**[20:27] Haiji**
He said he's serious about
running at Hakone starting now.
**[20:30] Joji**
What? Seriously?
**[20:32] Joji**
I thought we already were.
**[20:34] Jota**
Then what have we been doing until now?
**[20:37] Kakeru**
No, I—
**[20:48] Haiji**
Let's go, Kakeru.
**[20:51] Kakeru**
Yeah.
**[22:40] Narration**
Next time: “You're Not Alone.”
***SIGN*** Next time: You're Not Alone
# E14 - You're Not Alone
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***SIGN*** Hakone Ekiden Memories
***SIGN*** Spun along with the runner's sash
**[00:05] Narration**
* Spun along with the runner's*
* sash are numerous dramas.*
***SIGN*** Numerous dramas
***SIGN*** Dead heats between aces.
**[00:09] Narration**
*Dead heats between aces.*
**[00:11] Narration**
* This is the moment a new legend*
* was born during the second section.*
**[00:16] Narration**
* As temperatures rose during the fourth*
* section, there was an accident.*
**[00:20] Narration**
*A coach's words saved a runner.*
**[00:24] Narration**
*On the steep slopes of Mt. Hakone...*
**[00:27] Haiji**
It's well-edited.
**[00:28] Haiji**
My heart naturally begins to leap.
**[00:31] Haiji**
On January 2nd and 3rd of next year,
we'll be there this time.
**[00:36] Haiji**
Each of us will stand on his own
starting line and wait for the sash.
**[00:41] Haiji**
We'll receive it and
pass it on to the next man.
**[00:44] Haiji**
Passing it on again and again,
we'll eventually meet again at Otemachi.
**[00:49] Haiji**
It will be the Kansei University Long Distance
Track Team's first major accomplishment.
**[00:53] Haiji**
No, it will be the first time in recent history
**[00:56] Haiji**
that a team makes it
to the Ekiden on their first try.
**[01:02] Haiji**
That's all.
**[01:03] Haiji**
Do you guys feel a little closer now...
**[01:07] Haiji**
...to the Hakone Ekiden?
***SIGN*** Volume
***SIGN*** Hakone Ekiden Memories
**[01:25] All**
What's wrong with you? It's too loud!
**[01:26] Haiji**
We're watching it again!
You can never watch this too many times!
**[01:29] All**
Don't talk to me about New Year's!
**[01:31] All**
Summer! It's summer right now!
**[01:34] Haiji**
On January 2nd and 3rd of next year,
we'll be there this time.
**[01:39] Haiji**
Each of us will stand on his own
starting line and wait for—
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
***SIGN*** Recruitment Examination Interview Room
**[03:13] King**
Excuse me.
**[03:16] Interviewer**
You're quite tan.
**[03:17] King**
Yes, sir.
**[03:19] King**
I've been training.
**[03:22] Interviewer**
Training?
**[03:24] King**
I'm hoping to run in the Hakone Ekiden.
**[03:34] King**
Why is he chasing me?
**[03:45] Yuki**
He's like a fish in water.
**[03:47] King**
But we're in the mountains.
**[03:51] Shindo**
We got one.
***SIGN*** Fan Club Formed
**[03:54] Shindo**
That's our 30th fan club application.
**[03:58] Musa**
We've been getting more
since we put up the website.
**[04:01] Shindo**
Yeah.
**[04:02] Musa**
It's because the website you made is so good.
**[04:06] Shindo**
That's not it.
**[04:07] Shindo**
It's because the photos you take are so good.
**[04:18] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Musa...
**[04:20] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We can't keep up with him on the flats.
**[04:25] Nico**
What?
**[04:27] Nico**
There's no way that's true.
**[04:29] Yuki**
I'm serious.
**[04:31] Yuki**
I tried selling them to
a general store, and look.
***SIGN*** Super Popular <3 For Good Luck
Nico Nico Dolls
We're on Social Media
**[04:34] Nico**
Huh.
**[04:35] Yuki**
They're really popular. I'm making a profit.
**[04:38] King**
Nico Nico?
**[04:40] King**
You know it's nico for nicotine, right?
**[04:42] Yuki**
It doesn't matter what they're called.
**[04:45] Yuki**
Do you think you could increase production?
**[04:48] Nico**
It's not like I ever put
much thought into them.
**[04:51] Shindo**
I'll mention them on our website.
**[04:53] Yuki**
Should we do online sales?
**[04:54] Nico**
Do whatever you want.
**[05:06] Yuki**
In other words,
**[05:07] Yuki**
we need to match everyone's strengths
to each 20-kilometer section, right?
**[05:13] Yuki**
A team like ours has no choice
but to focus on that.
**[05:17] Haiji**
Yeah. I'm planning to switch over
to running in 10K races, too.
**[05:21] Haiji**
We need to increase our distance, starting with those
who have achieved the requisite time.
**[05:25] Yuki**
I've been reading a few books
on long distance running.
**[05:28] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Hey.
**[05:30] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We're gonna start lighting them.
**[05:33] Hanako**
Ta-da!
**[05:34] Haiji**
We're coming.
**[05:36] Yuki**
I'd like to understand the goals
of our training schedule better.
**[05:39] Yuki**
I have a few suggestions. Let's talk later.
**[05:42] Haiji**
Got it.
**[05:45] Kakeru**
Yuki understands the scientific
stuff better than I do.
**[05:49] Haiji**
That's why I made him a member.
**[05:53] Kakeru**
Did you really?
**[05:57] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Last spurt!
**[05:59] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Prince, your time improved again!
**[06:06] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Don't you feel like practice is fun?
**[06:09] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah.
**[06:10] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I guess it's because we went through
that hellish Lake Shirakaba experience.
**[06:14] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We're really running, aren't we?
**[06:17] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Maybe we'll run right past
Hakone all the way to Mt. Fuji.
**[06:23] Prince**
There's nothing everyone else
can do that you can't do.
**[06:27] Prince**
Fight on—
**[06:28] King**
What?
**[06:30] King**
Eight 5000-meter runs?
**[06:33] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
That's practically a full marathon!
**[06:35] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I want to go back to Tokyo!
**[06:37] Haiji**
You'll be strong enough
to run back in another week.
**[06:42] Nico**
Don't give me that bullshit.
**[06:44] Yaokatsu**
Don't worry.
**[06:46] Yaokatsu**
We'll be dumping plenty of water on you.
**[06:50] Prince**
Promise me you'll let me
onto the truck before I die.
**[06:53] Hanako**
Good luck.
**[06:55] Haiji**
Go!
**[06:57] Butcher**
Here. It's on the house.
***SIGN*** Fresh Meat
Kobori Butcher Shop
**[07:00] Kakeru**
What? This is too much.
***SIGN*** Kobori Butcher Shop
**[07:02] Butcher**
I heard about you.
**[07:03] Butcher**
You're nationally competitive, right?
**[07:06] Butcher**
You need to keep future stars in your debt.
**[07:35] Doctor**
I'm impressed.
**[07:37] Haiji**
Huh?
**[07:38] Doctor**
You're still growing.
**[07:40] Doctor**
Your muscles feel different.
**[07:44] Doctor**
You must be getting good practice.
**[07:48] Haiji**
Yeah.
**[07:55] Haiji**
Everyone will achieve an official record.
**[07:59] Haiji**
We'll participate in and naturally
make it through the qualifier.
**[08:02] Haiji**
Our only goal is the peak of Hakone.
**[08:05] Prince**
The actual race involves
running back down, though.
**[08:12] Haiji**
We're still on the way there.
**[08:16] Haiji**
We can become even stronger.
**[08:26] Haiji**
The mountains of Hakone are?
**[08:28] All**
The steepest in the world!
**[08:36] All**
Hey, cut that out!
**[08:38] All**
Be careful!
**[08:42] All**
It's falling!
**[08:44] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Here we go!
**[09:01] Yaokatsu**
Damn.
**[09:03] Hanako**
Huh?
**[09:03] Yaokatsu**
Look at how hard they're working.
**[09:05] Yaokatsu**
Don't you want them to make it, no matter what?
**[09:08] Hanako**
Yeah.
**[09:09] Yaokatsu**
But there are plenty of other guys out there
**[09:12] Yaokatsu**
who are working just as hard.
**[09:15] Hanako**
Probably.
**[09:17] Yaokatsu**
It's just running, though. It's insane.
**[09:22] Hanako**
It's kind of frustrating that
all we can do is watch.
**[09:26] Yaokatsu**
Yeah. That's why I said “damn.”
**[09:31] Hanako**
Dad, I want to go to Kansei University.
**[09:37] Hanako**
Say something.
**[09:40] Yaokatsu**
Like what? Damn it?
***SIGN*** You're Not Alone
**[10:11] Haiji**
Want to head up to the summit
before we return to Tokyo?
**[10:14] All**
What?
**[10:15] King**
You want to do more training?
**[10:19] Haiji**
No.
**[10:20] Haiji**
Let's see the view together
to cap off this training camp.
**[10:49] Yuki**
I thought views were something
I'd enjoy once I was old.
**[10:54] King**
I know what you mean.
**[10:55] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
But it's kind of nice.
**[10:58] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah.
**[10:59] Prince**
Have we gotten used to the outdoors?
**[11:02] Shindo**
Is that why?
**[11:04] Kakeru**
It's because we're viewing it together.
**[11:07] Kakeru**
I doubt we'd feel this way
if we viewed it alone.
**[11:14] Musa**
I agree.
**[11:16] Nico**
What feeling are you talking about?
**[11:19] Nico**
You're starting to say
some pretty witty things.
**[11:22] King**
Hey, that's right.
**[11:24] King**
Didn't he say he wanted
to become a better speaker
**[11:26] King**
when we were drinking the other day?
**[11:29] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah, he did.
**[11:31] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I guess people do grow.
**[11:33] Kakeru**
What's wrong with you guys?
**[11:37] Haiji**
We're friends running the same path together.
**[11:42] Haiji**
No one's alone anymore.
**[11:45] Kakeru**
Yeah.
**[11:47] Haiji**
Let's head back. The real battle starts now.
***SIGN*** Dochido University Track Meet
**[12:05] Haiji**
See you at the finish line.
**[12:34] Prince**
*Huh?*
**[12:39] Prince**
*I'm not alone.*
**[12:41] All**
Nico-chan Senpai!
**[12:41] All**
Go!
**[12:43] All**
King!
**[12:43] All**
You can do it!
**[12:49] Hanako**
Go, go, go, go!
**[13:03] Hanako**
Yes!
***SIGN*** Boso University Track
**[13:19] Announcer**
All runners participating in the 5000-meter
race, please gather at the starting line.
**[13:25] Announcer**
All runners participating in the 5000-meter
race, please gather at the starting line.
**[13:27] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
See you later.
**[13:37] Shindo**
We'll block the wind for you.
**[13:39] Prince**
If I can keep up.
**[13:40] Shindo**
You will.
**[13:42] Yuki**
The temperature's cool today.
**[13:44] Yuki**
Your times are good overall.
**[13:46] Yuki**
It's not about the order in which you finish.
**[13:48] Yuki**
It's a race against time. Against yourself.
**[13:51] Prince**
What's this? Have you always been a runner?
**[13:54] Yuki**
Shut up!
**[14:08] Yuki**
Next time, next time!
**[14:09] Yuki**
You've got plenty more chances!
***SIGN*** Yamato University Field
***SIGN*** Yamato University Student Center
**[14:20] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
His times are definitely improving, though.
***SIGN*** Yamato Uni
***SIGN*** September
***SIGN*** Boso Uni
***SIGN*** Yamato Uni
***SIGN*** Tokyo Sport Uni
***SIGN*** October
***SIGN*** Entry Deadline
***SIGN*** Qualifier
***SIGN*** Qualifier
***SIGN*** Entry Deadline
***SIGN*** Tokyo Sport Uni
**[15:03] Prince**
I'm just going for a short run.
**[15:05] Kakeru**
I'll go with you.
**[15:06] Prince**
You don't have to. Aren't you taking a bath?
**[15:08] Kakeru**
I want to run, too.
**[15:10] Kakeru**
I'll go with you.
**[15:13] Prince**
You're a freak, aren't you?
**[15:15] Kakeru**
What?
***SIGN*** Hngh
**[15:17] Prince**
Don't worry. Go on.
**[15:19] Prince**
It's just a short jog.
**[15:54] Musa**
It's something I do occasionally.
**[15:55] Musa**
Doesn't sitting in the water in the dark
make you feel incredibly uneasy?
**[16:01] Musa**
Doing it deliberately makes me
feel like I can reexamine myself.
**[16:05] Musa**
It's like meditating.
**[16:07] Kakeru**
Ah.
**[16:10] Musa**
I see. Prince went running alone?
**[16:13] Kakeru**
Should I have gone with him?
**[16:18] Musa**
Leaving a person alone
can be kindness as well.
**[16:22] Musa**
It's okay. Even if he runs alone, he's not alone.
**[16:27] Kakeru**
Haiji said the same thing.
**[16:29] Musa**
What?
**[16:30] Kakeru**
He told me that a while ago.
**[16:33] Kakeru**
That no matter how much you
run alone, you're not actually alone.
**[16:38] Musa**
Running is fun, isn't it?
**[16:41] Musa**
It's just running, but I've
learned all kinds of things.
**[16:44] Kakeru**
Yeah.
**[16:46] Musa**
Oh, right.
**[16:50] Kakeru**
Huh?
**[16:51] Musa**
Since you're always in the front,
you probably haven't noticed,
**[16:55] Musa**
but recently I made a wonderful discovery.
**[16:57] Kakeru**
A discovery? What is it?
**[17:01] Musa**
What should I do?
**[17:03] Musa**
Oh, how wonderful it is to be young.
**[17:07] Kakeru**
What is it? It's dark, and we're naked.
**[17:11] Musa**
Hey, look.
**[17:12] Musa**
I thought it was a streetlight,
but it's the moon.
**[17:16] Musa**
I caught it in my hands.
**[17:19] Kakeru**
What's going on with you?
***SIGN*** Tokyo Sport University
**[17:46] Prince**
Um, do you have a moment?
**[17:50] Reporter**
You really are interested in them.
**[17:53] Reporter**
They might not even make it
to the qualifier, though.
**[18:00] Kazuma**
Excuse me.
**[18:08] Kazuma**
You're not going to stand with him?
**[18:12] Kazuma**
You don't want to pressure him?
**[18:16] Haiji**
He'll feel it no matter where I am.
**[18:19] Haiji**
How much time do you think
we've spent together?
**[18:24] Kazuma**
I'm jealous of them that
they have you to say that.
**[18:46] Shindo**
Prince! Go, go!
**[18:46] Musa**
Prince! Prince!
**[19:02] (Flashback) Prince**
Um, do you have a moment?
**[19:06] (Flashback) Prince**
If there's something you want to say,
**[19:08] (Flashback) Prince**
you can write it here.
**[19:26] Prince**
*Unbelievable. When they look at me like that...*
***SIGN*** Forward!!
**[19:48] Prince**
*...how could I not...*
**[19:54] Prince**
*...do my best?*
***SIGN*** Forward!!
**[19:56] Prince**
*Forward!*
**[19:57] Prince**
*Forward!*
**[19:59] Prince**
*Forward!*
**[20:01] Prince**
*Forward!*
***SIGN*** Forward!!
**[20:15] Prince**
*Forward!*
**[20:34] All**
Prince!
**[20:36] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Now we all have official records!
**[20:39] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We made it to the qualifier!
***SIGN*** Forward!!
***SIGN*** Next time: Place of Destiny
***SIGN*** Next time: “Place of Destiny.”
# E15 - Place of Destiny
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY0XZ3546/place-of-destiny)
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**[00:12] Tazaki**
Only three of you are running
under thirty minutes.
**[00:17] Tazaki**
I'm impressed you're all
able to run a 10K now, but...
**[00:22] Haiji**
We still have three weeks until the qualifier.
**[00:25] Haiji**
20km is the base distance for cross country,
but none of us will drop out.
**[00:31] Haiji**
On the track, I'm planning to push the build-up
runs we'd been holding back on this spring,
**[00:36] Haiji**
so we can finish the last
thousand meters in 2:50.
**[00:41] Tazaki**
I'm impressed.
**[00:43] Tazaki**
You got a bunch of total
amateurs to the qualifier.
**[00:47] Tazaki**
That's more than good enough
to hold your own coaching lecture.
**[00:52] Haiji**
Making it to the qualifier isn't our goal.
**[00:55] Tazaki**
Well, yeah.
**[01:00] Tazaki**
My legs and hips are shot,
but I still have my experience.
**[01:05] Tazaki**
I'll tell you everything I can.
**[01:09] Tazaki**
Anyway, qualifiers are...
**[01:19] Haiji**
Looks like your legs and hips still work.
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
***SIGN*** Kansei University
**[02:55] Chairman**
Kansei University honors
the spirit of Matsudaira Sadanobu,
***SIGN*** Chairman's Office
**[03:00] Chairman**
who promoted the Kansei Reforms.
**[03:03] Chairman**
We value both academics and athletics.
**[03:08] Both**
Wow! That's us!
**[03:10] Both**
We're in the paper! Yay!
**[03:13] Shindo**
I never thought I'd appear in a newspaper.
***SIGN*** “Aiming For the Top” 10 men take on the Hakone Ekiden
**[03:17] Reporter**
Okay, smile.
**[03:23] Reporter**
Since you haven't
made it through the qualifier,
**[03:26] Reporter**
getting you into the sports
section might be difficult,
**[03:29] Reporter**
but your attempt itself is captivating.
**[03:32] Reporter**
I'll have your story run
in the local news section.
**[03:35] All**
Thank you!
***SIGN*** Yaokatsu
***SIGN*** Chairman's Office
**[03:44] Director**
We're all hoping you'll
make it through the qualifier.
**[03:56] Haiji**
I wish I could run right now.
***SIGN*** Place of Destiny
**[04:03] King**
My parents called.
**[04:05] King**
They saw us in the paper.
**[04:07] King**
They were so excited.
**[04:08] Joji**
So did ours.
**[04:10] Joji**
They yelled at us for throwing peace signs.
**[04:13] Prince**
My parents told me to smile more.
**[04:17] King**
What are your parents like? I can't imagine it.
**[04:21] Prince**
They're normal. Normal,
with faces that look like mine.
**[04:26] Prince**
What do you think my parents are?
**[04:31] Musa**
Everyone's so devoted to their parents.
**[04:33] Musa**
Right?
**[04:34] Yuki**
I guess so.
**[04:39] Shindo**
Actually, we even received
an interview request from Nippon TV.
**[04:42] Both**
T-T-TV?!
**[04:46] Shindo**
I didn't know, but the qualifier
is televised, too.
**[04:50] Shindo**
They even broadcast interviews with
a handful of particularly notable schools.
**[04:57] King**
And we were chosen for that?
**[05:01] Musa**
That's great news.
**[05:04] Shindo**
I haven't responded yet, though.
**[05:06] All**
Why not?!
**[05:07] Shindo**
If the cameras prevented us
from focusing on the race,
**[05:10] Shindo**
we'd be putting the cart before the horse.
**[05:12] King**
Damn honor student!
**[05:13] Jota**
We should accept their offer!
**[05:15] Joji**
I want to be interviewed!
I want to be on TV!
**[05:17] Shindo**
Well, it'll certainly be good
for promoting the team.
**[05:20] Shindo**
What do you think?
**[05:21] Nico**
I don't care either way.
**[05:23] Prince**
Me, neither.
**[05:26] King**
I wonder if they'll send a lady reporter.
**[05:29] Jota**
We'll finally be popular with girls.
**[05:31] Joji**
This is insane, Jota.
**[05:34] Both**
What should we do?
**[05:34] Both**
It's finally happening.
**[05:42] Yuki**
Are you okay with this?
**[05:44] Kakeru**
What?
**[05:45] Yuki**
Won't appearing on TV cause trouble for you?
**[05:53] Yuki**
Sorry. Shouldn't have asked.
**[05:57] Yuki**
They're so young.
**[05:59] Kakeru**
Huh?
**[06:00] Joji**
We're gonna be on TV.
**[06:02] Hanako**
What? That's amazing!
**[06:03] Hanako**
I'll definitely be watching!
**[06:04] Haiji**
Yuki, Shindo, Prince, get ready.
**[06:07] Yuki**
Okay.
**[06:13] Musa**
My “maybe” became a “definitely” today.
**[06:17] Kakeru**
The twins and Hana?
**[06:20] Musa**
Yes.
**[06:21] Musa**
Didn't I tell you I made a discovery
when we were in the bath together?
**[06:27] Musa**
That attitude.
**[06:29] Musa**
That atmosphere.
**[06:31] Musa**
They're definitely those of a woman in love.
**[06:35] Musa**
There's no other reason she'd make that face.
**[06:40] Musa**
Hana definitely loves one of the twins.
**[06:45] Musa**
Youth is beautiful, isn't it?
**[06:49] Haiji**
Kakeru, Musa. Joji, Jota. Let's go.
**[06:52] Both**
Okay.
**[06:53] Hanako**
You got this!
**[06:56] Kakeru**
But which one?
**[07:00] Kakeru**
They're practically the same person.
**[07:04] Musa**
Yes, so it's one or the other.
**[07:21] Both**
It's huge!
**[07:23] Haiji**
The Hakone qualifier starts
at the Self-Defense Force base,
**[07:26] Haiji**
adjacent to Showa Memorial Park.
**[07:30] Haiji**
We'll start by running two laps
around the airstrip and taxiway.
**[07:33] Haiji**
That's about five kilometers.
**[07:36] Haiji**
Then we'll head out
onto the road, pass the station,
**[07:39] Haiji**
and cross under the monorail bridge.
**[07:42] Haiji**
That's about ten kilometers.
**[07:45] Haiji**
The turnaround point is at 11.2 km.
**[07:48] Haiji**
When we return to the park,
we'll have run fifteen kilometers.
**[07:51] Haiji**
We'll run a lap through the hilly park.
**[07:54] Haiji**
The finish line is next to
the Minna-no Harappa Field.
**[07:57] King**
How plain.
**[07:58] King**
I expected the finish line to be flashier.
**[08:00] Haiji**
You'll see the day of the race.
**[08:03] Haiji**
It won't matter if it's plain or flashy anymore.
**[08:10] Shindo**
And they'll announce the results here?
**[08:12] Haiji**
That's right. This is where
our destiny will be decided.
**[08:32] Haiji**
Do you think I'm being soft?
**[08:34] Kakeru**
Huh?
**[08:35] Haiji**
Should I have made them run more?
**[08:38] Haiji**
Before I sleep, while I'm eating,
when I'm in the bathroom.
**[08:43] Haiji**
My doubts are constantly following me.
**[08:45] Haiji**
Should I have imposed
more rules like a stronger school
**[08:48] Haiji**
and forced them to run more?
**[08:54] Kakeru**
You can't force a person to run.
**[08:57] Kakeru**
The only thing that makes
a person run is their own will. Right?
**[09:01] Haiji**
Yeah.
**[09:03] Kakeru**
I was constantly suffering
when I ran during high school.
**[09:08] Kakeru**
I don't ever want to be
restricted like that again.
**[09:11] Kakeru**
This time, I'll run of my own free will.
**[09:13] Kakeru**
Freely, far away, to the end of the world.
**[09:18] Kakeru**
We still have time.
**[09:22] Haiji**
Thanks.
**[09:23] Haiji**
People always want to be strong.
**[09:31] Haiji**
We have two weeks until the qualifier.
**[09:33] Haiji**
It's a battle of concentration now.
**[09:36] Haiji**
We'll need to focus and exercise self-control,
**[09:40] Haiji**
so we can go into the qualifier
in top physical and mental shape.
**[09:44] Haiji**
There's nothing to be afraid of.
**[09:46] Haiji**
We've trained more than enough.
**[09:49] Haiji**
We just need to turn that pressure into
a rasp and polish our minds and bodies.
**[09:54] Haiji**
Imagine yourself running as a beautiful
blade on the day of the qualifier
**[09:59] Haiji**
and diligently polish
yourselves to a fine point.
**[10:05] Yuki**
How poetic.
**[10:07] Shindo**
I understand, though.
**[10:08] Shindo**
We should be like tempered katanas.
**[10:10] Prince**
We'll be screwed if we polish too much
and break before the race, though.
**[10:13] Haiji**
That's right.
**[10:15] Haiji**
Listen to your minds and bodies
and polish carefully.
**[10:19] Haiji**
Competitions are strange things,
and I don't just mean long-distance races.
***SIGN*** Incoming Call Mom
**[10:24] Haiji**
You've done the training.
All that's left is to run.
**[10:27] Haiji**
Or so you'd think, but for some
reason, some runners self-destruct.
**[10:32] Haiji**
Most things we call mistakes are the result
of pressure or weakness of the mind.
**[10:38] Haiji**
No matter how much you practice,
**[10:40] Haiji**
you can't stop the anxiety
from rising to the surface.
**[10:43] Haiji**
No matter how certain you are,
you still can't erase your fear of failure.
**[10:47] Haiji**
The more you polish something,
the more fragile it becomes,
**[10:51] Haiji**
just as a little bit of dust
can ruin a delicate machine.
**[10:57] Haiji**
So we must find strength.
Unwavering strength.
**[11:03] Haiji**
True strength, so we won't
be defeated by ourselves!
**[11:07] All**
Yeah!
**[11:14] Director**
Should you be doing this
two days before the qualifier?
**[11:17] Nico**
This is how we do things.
**[11:19] Shindo**
Today is the last day!
**[11:21] Shindo**
Tomorrow, we'll sit and wait for the next day!
**[11:23] All**
Yeah, yeah!
**[11:24] Haiji**
It's time for a message from our coach.
**[11:27] Tazaki**
Who? Me?
**[11:28] Tazaki**
In that case...
**[11:30] Tazaki**
I'll share my secret to success.
**[11:35] Jota**
Finally!
**[11:36] Joji**
The coach removes the veil!
**[11:41] Tazaki**
Alternate using your left and right feet.
**[11:44] Tazaki**
Do that, and you'll eventually
arrive at the finish line.
**[11:48] Haiji**
Thank you.
**[11:51] All**
That's all?!
**[11:53] King**
When are you going
to start acting like a coach?
**[11:57] Musa**
Wait! Please wait!
**[11:59] Musa**
Wait!
**[12:06] Musa**
He's asleep.
**[12:08] Haiji**
What do you think, though?
**[12:09] Haiji**
You can't say it didn't feel like
it would be no exaggeration
**[12:13] Haiji**
to say he spoke the truth.
**[12:16] Nico**
What the hell are you trying to say?
**[12:20] King**
What is it? A girl?
**[12:21] Yuki**
Sorry.
**[12:23] King**
Just how carefree are you?
**[12:31] Haiji**
Kakeru, could you bring up
some ice from downstairs?
**[12:34] Kakeru**
Okay.
**[12:37] Yuki**
This has nothing to do with you.
**[12:39] Yuki**
Why are you calling now?
**[12:42] Yuki**
You're bothering me. I want to focus.
**[12:45] Yuki**
Bye.
**[12:58] Yuki**
My parents saw the paper.
**[13:00] Kakeru**
Oh.
**[13:02] Yuki**
I haven't seen them in a while.
**[13:10] Yaokatsu**
Here.
**[13:13] Plasterer**
You can't have different track suits forever.
**[13:18] Jota**
Wow!
**[13:20] Yaokatsu**
They're a present from everyone
at the shopping center.
**[13:24] Yaokatsu**
Don't embarrass us.
**[13:26] All**
We won't!
**[13:50] Joji**
Hey!
**[13:51] Joji**
Today, we're taking our first step
towards winning the Hakone Ekiden!
**[13:56] Kakeru**
Win? Win?!
**[14:21] King**
Hey, is he a regular now?
**[14:24] King**
Isn't he a first-year?
**[14:25] Kakeru**
That doesn't matter today.
**[14:28] King**
I see. I guess not.
**[14:32] King**
You can't help but look
at the cheerleaders, huh?
**[14:40] Kakeru**
Yeah.
**[14:43] Hanako**
Haiji said they'd make it if their
combined time was less than 10:12:00.
**[14:48] Plasterer**
That's just over an hour per person.
**[14:52] Butcher**
Isn't it over 20 km?
**[14:54] Butcher**
A full marathon takes over two hours.
**[14:57] Butcher**
They'll have to run like professionals.
**[14:59] Yaokatsu**
That's just over three minutes per kilometer.
**[15:02] Yaokatsu**
There they are.
**[15:05] Haiji**
As you can see, there are no landmarks.
It'll be tough to judge your distance.
**[15:10] Haiji**
The weather's poor, and we
don't know how the race will go,
**[15:13] Haiji**
but don't get dragged along by
runners recklessly charging ahead.
**[15:16] Haiji**
Kakeru and I will run in front.
**[15:18] Haiji**
Stay together and maintain
your own pace in the beginning.
**[15:22] Haiji**
By the time we finish
one lap around the airstrip,
**[15:24] Haiji**
a lot of guys should start to fall behind.
**[15:30] Haiji**
I'll be sending signals during the race.
**[15:33] Haiji**
Don't lose sight of each other.
**[15:37] Haiji**
I'm glad.
**[15:39] Haiji**
I'm glad it's the ten of us.
**[15:42] Haiji**
We wouldn't be here
if anyone had been missing.
**[15:44] Yuki**
Don't make it sound like
the final episode of something.
**[15:46] Joji**
This is the starting line.
**[15:49] Haiji**
You're right.
**[15:51] Yaokatsu**
There are different numbers
of guys wearing uniforms.
**[15:54] Plasterer**
I was wondering about that, too.
**[15:56] Plasterer**
They've got more than ten guys.
**[15:58] Hanako**
A team can register up to
fourteen runners for the qualifier.
**[16:03] Hanako**
Then they'll reduce their numbers
to twelve based on their physical condition.
**[16:07] Butcher**
What? So they calculate your total time
based on your ten fastest runners?
**[16:13] Hanako**
Yeah. Teams with lots of runners
have two runners as insurance.
**[16:18] Yaokatsu**
So this is what they call a numbers game.
**[16:21] Hanako**
It also means Kansei is finished
if a single one of their runners
**[16:25] Hanako**
doesn't make it to the finish line.
**[16:30] Hanako**
It's okay. They'll all come back.
**[16:33] Hanako**
I know it.
**[16:44] Kakeru**
Prince.
**[16:46] Kakeru**
I'll do it.
**[16:49] Prince**
Okay.
**[16:54] Prince**
I'll do the best I can.
**[16:58] Kakeru**
Okay.
**[17:00] Official**
*Runners, please gather at the starting line.*
**[17:04] Official**
* Runners, please gather*
* at the starting line. Gather round.*
**[17:08] Haiji**
Let's go.
**[17:15] Official**
*Line up by school. By school.*
**[17:19] Official**
*Teito Univesity. Saikyo University.*
**[17:23] Official**
*Tokyo Sport University.*
**[17:27] King**
Isn't our starting position
kind of a big handicap?
**[17:30] Haiji**
It's based on performance. We can't complain.
**[17:33] Shindo**
They really are different.
**[17:35] Shindo**
Even if they weren't seeded, the people
who ran at Hakone last year feel different.
**[17:39] Musa**
Yes.
**[17:41] Kakeru**
We're just as good.
**[17:54] Haiji**
I forgot.
**[17:56] Shindo**
Forgot what?
**[18:00] Haiji**
The mountains of Hakone are?
**[18:05] All**
The steepest in the world.
**[18:08] Student**
Starting in thirty seconds.
**[18:17] Student**
Starting in ten,
**[18:18] Student**
nine,
**[18:19] Student**
eight,
**[18:20] Student**
seven,
**[18:21] Student**
six,
**[18:22] Student**
five,
**[18:23] Student**
four,
**[18:24] Student**
three,
**[18:25] Student**
two,
**[18:26] Student**
one.
**[18:38] Hanako**
Go, Kansei University!
**[18:41] All**
Go!
**[18:52] Haiji**
Finish the first five kilometers in 3:10 each.
**[18:54] Haiji**
After that, use your own judgment.
**[19:01] Plasterer**
Just two laps of this makes me feel faint.
**[19:06] Yaokatsu**
Huh? Where's Hanako?
**[19:09] Official**
The runners are starting their second lap!
**[19:11] Official**
Is everyone ready?
**[19:14] Hanako**
Sorry. Excuse me. Sorry.
**[19:26] Hanako**
The lead pack's pace is 2:49!
**[19:33] Hanako**
The lead pack's pace is 2:49!
**[19:36] Hanako**
Don't let them drag you ahead!
**[19:41] Hanako**
Please don't lose...
**[19:59] Haiji**
Go.
**[20:21] Official**
They're coming!
**[20:23] Official**
The second lap is ending!
**[20:55] Hanako**
Haiji!
***SIGN*** Next time: Dreams and Reality
**[22:40] Narration**
Next time: “Dreams and Reality.”
# E16 - Dreams and Reality
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6MEN0N8R/dreams-and-reality)
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**[00:01] Official**
*Line up by school. By school.*
**[00:05] Official**
*Teito Univesity. Saikyo University.*
**[00:09] Official**
*Tokyo Sport University.*
**[00:12] Student**
Starting in ten,
**[00:13] Student**
nine,
**[00:14] Student**
eight,
**[00:15] Student**
seven,
**[00:16] Student**
six,
**[00:17] Student**
five,
**[00:18] Student**
four,
**[00:19] Student**
three,
**[00:20] Student**
two,
**[00:21] Student**
one.
**[00:35] Haiji**
Finish the first five kilometers in 3:10 each.
**[00:37] Haiji**
After that, use your own judgment.
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
**[02:38] Hanako**
Haiji!
**[02:52] Official**
Are you okay?
**[02:53] Official**
Are you hurt? Would you like to drop out?
**[02:58] ---**
You can do it!
**[03:00] ---**
You've got this!
**[03:02] ---**
Don't give up!
**[03:03] Yaokatsu**
Hey, Hanako!
**[03:05] Hanako**
Dad.
**[03:06] Plasterer**
It's Musa and the twins.
**[03:08] Hanako**
What?
**[03:10] Yaokatsu**
The pack's starting to scatter.
***SIGN*** Dreams and Reality
**[03:19] Announcer**
* 581 runners from 49 schools*
* are participating in this year's race.*
**[03:25] Announcer**
* Placing is determined by the total*
* time of a school's top ten finishers.*
**[03:28] Announcer**
* Of the 49 schools, the top ten will compete*
* at the New Year's Hakone Ekiden race.*
**[03:37] Announcer**
* As usual, the exchange*
* students are in the lead.*
**[03:40] Analyst**
I hope the runners behind
them don't get thrown off
**[03:44] Analyst**
and maintain their own pace instead.
**[03:52] Announcer**
*The lead pack seems to have settled in.*
**[03:55] Analyst**
*The level of the qualifier rises every year.*
**[03:58] Analyst**
* We expect to see great*
* individual performances,*
**[04:01] Analyst**
* but in the qualifier, it's all about*
* the depth of a team's roster.*
**[04:06] Announcer**
* Every athlete hopes to finish*
* even one second faster.*
**[04:12] Analyst**
*Indeed.*
***SIGN***
**[04:15] Announcer**
*It's raining steadily now.*
**[04:19] Announcer**
* In the qualifier for the Tokyo-Hakone*
* Collegiate Ekiden Relay Race,*
**[04:23] Announcer**
* the lead runners are approaching*
* the seven-kilometer mark.*
**[04:28] Plasterer**
It's no use. I can't tell where Haiji is.
**[04:31] Plasterer**
He's probably in the lead pack.
**[04:34] Yaokatsu**
He managed to avoid getting
caught up in the fall, right?
**[04:37] Hanako**
Yeah.
**[04:37] Rikudo**
Seriously?
**[04:38] Rikudo**
I don't know.
**[04:39] Rikudo**
The coach is confirming it right now.
**[04:41] Rikudo**
No way... He dropped out?
**[04:52] (Flashback) Haiji**
We'll head out onto the road, pass the station,
**[04:55] (Flashback) Haiji**
and cross under the monorail bridge.
**[04:58] (Flashback) Haiji**
That's about ten kilometers.
**[05:08] Hanako**
Ma'am!
**[05:10] Butcher**
Hana.
**[05:11] Hanako**
Did you see everyone run by?
**[05:14] Butcher**
I caught glimpses of them,
but I didn't see them clearly.
**[05:18] Hanako**
What about Haiji?
**[05:19] Butcher**
Haiji? I haven't seen him.
**[05:22] Butcher**
Did something happen?
**[05:26] Yaokatsu**
There! It's Haiji!
**[05:28] Yaokatsu**
In the lead pack, behind Kakeru!
**[05:41] Haiji**
*They're moving.*
**[05:42] Announcer**
* The exchange students in the lead pack*
* are passing the ten-kilometer mark now.*
**[05:48] Announcer**
*Oka's Kipsuge is still in the front,*
**[05:51] Announcer**
*followed by Yakuo's Muskus and Saikyo's Jomo.*
**[05:54] Announcer**
* Lagging behind are Kofu Academy's*
* Iwanki and Gaien's Ectoba.*
**[06:05] Haiji**
*After ten kilometers, use your own judgment.*
**[06:08] Haiji**
*Good luck.*
**[06:29] Nico**
Hey.
**[06:33] Nico**
Are you watching?
**[06:36] All**
Prince!
**[06:40] Rikudo**
I'm sorry! I'm really sorry!
**[07:02] Announcer**
* Kikui third-year Gunzawa and Tokyo Sport*
* fourth-year Takasugi are sprinting ahead.*
**[07:07] Announcer**
* As if it was planned,*
* the lead pack begins to shift*
**[07:10] Announcer**
*as they pass the ten-kilometer mark.*
**[07:16] Announcer**
* The two schools that tasted the*
* humiliation of losing their seeds last year*
**[07:19] Announcer**
*are trying to get a slight lead on the others.*
**[07:21] Analyst**
*No. Wait a minute.*
**[07:32] Announcer**
*Kansei University.*
**[07:33] Announcer**
* It's Kansei University*
* first-year Kurahara Kakeru.*
**[07:36] Announcer**
* Kansei University first-year*
* Kurahara Kakeru is sticking to—*
**[07:39] Announcer**
*No. Wait.*
**[07:41] Announcer**
*He's pulling ahead.*
**[07:42] Announcer**
* He's beaten the Kikui and Tokyo*
* Sport's burst of speed*
**[07:45] Announcer**
*and is now at the front of the lead pack.*
**[07:49] Announcer**
*Kurahara passed them.*
**[07:50] Announcer**
* Kurahara passed them just*
* before the turnaround point.*
**[08:08] Kakeru**
*More.*
**[08:13] Kakeru**
*More.*
**[08:17] Kakeru**
*More!*
**[08:56] Announcer**
*Kurahara isn't stopping.*
**[08:58] Announcer**
*Kansei University first-year Kurahara Kakeru has passed Gaien second-year Ectoba*
**[09:04] Announcer**
*and is in a dead heat with Johann Iwanki, the monster of Hakone's section two.*
**[09:09] Analyst**
* Muskus and Jomo may be ahead*
* of them now, but they can't relax yet.*
**[09:14] Hanako**
I'm going to someplace
where I can see the finish line.
**[09:17] Yaokatsu**
Be careful!
**[09:45] Fan**
Go! Don't let him beat you!
**[09:46] Fan**
You can catch them!
**[10:07] Hanako**
Excuse me. Sorry.
**[10:17] Hanako**
I saw that guy at the track meet.
**[10:28] Official**
Don't stop.
**[10:29] Official**
Keep moving. Runners, to the field.
**[10:32] Hanako**
Less than an hour.
**[10:34] Hanako**
They're fast.
**[10:36] Fan**
They're here!
**[10:44] Fan**
Wow! He's keeping up with an exchange student!
**[10:47] Fan**
He's up against Iwanki!
**[10:48] Fan**
Keep it up, you two!
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Collegiate Ekiden Relay Race
**[11:26] Official**
The runners are coming.
**[11:28] Official**
Don't stop moving.
**[11:35] Hanako**
Wow...
**[11:36] Hanako**
Wow, wow, wow!
**[11:38] Official**
*Next runners are coming.*
**[13:13] Musa**
King just finished.
**[13:16] Joji**
He's probably in the 120's.
**[13:20] Musa**
Nico-chan Senpai.
**[13:24] Haiji**
Drink some water.
**[13:26] Kakeru**
Where's Prince?
**[13:39] Fan**
You can do it!
**[13:40] Fan**
The finish line's right there!
**[13:41] Fan**
Your teammates are waiting!
**[13:43] Prince**
You don't know that...
**[14:04] Prince**
Sports aren't necessarily beautiful...
**[14:10] Official**
Get them out of here.
**[14:11] Official**
Keep moving them.
**[14:13] Hanako**
Prince!
**[14:14] Hanako**
You're in the 100's!
**[14:16] Hanako**
You beat the 200's!
**[14:23] Yuki**
Hey!
**[14:23] Yuki**
Why didn't you guys record your times?
**[14:26] Nico**
Yuki, the camera's rolling.
**[14:30] Yuki**
It's all information warfare these days!
**[14:33] Yuki**
The race is more or less decided
before they announce the results!
**[14:37] King**
You couldn't care less six months ago.
**[14:41] Haiji**
If we average everyone's standing,
**[14:44] Haiji**
we probably come out around the mid-80's.
**[14:49] Haiji**
That's right on the
borderline of qualification.
**[15:15] Plasterer**
I don't know what to say to them.
**[15:30] Haiji**
You ran well.
**[15:33] Prince**
From far away, you're the only ones
who look like you're having a picnic.
**[15:37] Nico**
You've always got something to say.
**[15:45] Student**
We will now announce the results of the
Tokyo-Hakone Collegiate Ekiden Relay Race.
**[15:53] Joji**
It's time.
**[16:00] Student**
First, Tokyo Sport University.
***SIGN*** Tokyo Sport University 10:09:12
**[16:12] Jota**
Damn.
**[16:14] Haiji**
They're under ten minutes.
**[16:16] Haiji**
It was a high-paced race.
**[16:20] Student**
Second.
**[16:21] Student**
Kofu Academy University.
**[16:25] King**
Seriously? They hesitated between
announcing the rank and school's name.
**[16:31] Student**
Third, Teito University.
**[16:37] Prince**
We already know the results.
They should hurry it up.
**[16:40] Nico**
Whining as soon as you've recovered?
**[16:43] Nico**
You've got a lot of energy.
**[16:45] Student**
Fourth,
**[16:47] Student**
Kikui University.
**[16:52] Shindo**
Well, they've all been regulars so far.
**[16:56] Student**
Fifth.
***SIGN*** Tokyo Academy University
**[16:59] Student**
Tokyo Academy University.
**[17:01] Joji**
Please, please, please, please.
**[17:03] Jota**
Come on, Kansei. Kansei.
**[17:05] Student**
Sixth,
**[17:07] Student**
Saikyo University.
**[17:09] Yuki**
We didn't make it.
**[17:11] Student**
Seventh, Jonan Bunka University.
**[17:18] Student**
Eighth, Shinsei University.
**[17:24] Student**
Ninth, Kanagawa International University.
**[17:31] Student**
Tenth.
***SIGN*** Kansei University
**[17:42] Student**
Kansei University.
**[17:50] All**
Yes!
**[17:54] Musa**
Shindo!
**[17:57] Both**
Yeah!
**[18:05] ---**
All right!
**[18:16] ---**
Haiji!
***SIGN*** Kansei University 10:16:43
**[18:44] Shindo**
It's not a mistake, is it?
**[18:45] Musa**
It says tenth right there.
**[18:49] Yuki**
It's like a TV show.
**[18:50] Nico**
This is reality.
**[18:55] Haiji**
Well, we proved that Hakone wasn't just a dream.
**[19:02] Haiji**
All that's left is to train
and train until we reach the top.
**[19:06] Haiji**
We'll do nothing but practice
again starting tomorrow.
**[19:10] Nico**
Can't we have tomorrow off?
**[19:12] Yuki**
Let us rest!
**[19:13] King**
What more can we do?
**[19:17] Director**
I can't use this footage.
**[19:30] King**
Were you guys nervous getting water?
**[19:31] King**
My heart was pounding.
**[19:32] Yuki**
I know what you mean.
**[19:33] King**
Oh, I know. Let's predict
which sections we'll run.
**[19:37] Nico**
You're getting ahead of yourself.
**[19:39] Shindo**
I'm amazed you can read.
**[19:41] Prince**
I'm rewarding myself.
**[19:44] Haiji**
Guys, the fan club is giving us a gift of meat.
**[19:48] Haiji**
We're grilling meat tonight!
**[19:50] All**
Yeah!
**[19:55] Joji**
Hey, Kakeru.
**[19:58] Hanako**
Kakeru.
**[20:01] Joji**
Haiji said we'd reach the top.
**[20:04] Kakeru**
Just now?
**[20:07] Joji**
Just now, and when he recruited us to run.
**[20:12] Haiji**
Let's aim for the top together!
**[20:16] Jota**
He says it all the time.
**[20:17] Jota**
And each time, I've thought, “yeah!”
**[20:20] Kakeru**
And?
**[20:22] Joji**
When he says top, do you think
he means winning the race?
**[20:28] Jota**
Our total time was 10:16:43.
**[20:33] Jota**
Tokyo Sport, the top finisher in the qualifier,
**[20:35] Jota**
was more than seven minutes faster.
**[20:38] Joji**
Just how fast are the teams
that win the Hakone Ekiden?
**[20:43] Jota**
Can we reach that level through practice?
**[20:49] Jota**
Kakeru, what are we running for?
***SIGN*** Next time: Searching For the Answer
**[22:40] Narration**
Next time: “Searching For the Answer.”
# E17 - Searching for the Answer
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRVD78Z5R/searching-for-the-answer)
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**[00:07] Student**
E-Excuse me.
***SIGN*** Club Application
**[00:11] Student**
We saw your article
in the paper and your website!
**[00:13] Student**
You guys are the best! Please let us join you!
**[00:16] Nico**
Oh, uh... You want to join the team?
**[00:19] Nico**
Wait. Why are you asking me?
**[00:21] Student**
Aren't you the coach?
**[00:24] Nico**
What?
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
**[02:00] Yuki**
You can clear away all the ash you want,
**[02:02] Yuki**
but the road to anti-aging is long. Right?
**[02:06] Nico**
Shut up.
**[02:08] Musa**
I appreciate their enthusiasm, though.
**[02:11] Haiji**
I put up a note.
***SIGN*** To individuals wishing to join the Kansei University Long Distance Track and Field Team The Kansei University Long Distance Track and Field Team is not currently recruiting new members. Please accept our apologies. We appreciate your understanding.
**[02:12] Haiji**
We'll continue rejecting applicants.
**[02:15] Haiji**
Aotake is full right now,
**[02:17] Haiji**
and I don't want to be influenced
by any passing fads.
**[02:20] Haiji**
I don't have time to look after new members,
**[02:23] Haiji**
and I want to focus on the ten of us.
**[02:25] Haiji**
If anyone approaches you at school,
politely turn them down.
**[02:28] All**
Okay.
**[02:31] Shindo**
We're drowning in interview requests, too.
**[02:34] Haiji**
Choose carefully from the offers
and reject as many as you can.
**[02:36] King**
What? But we could be famous.
**[02:39] Nico**
Shouldn't you be looking for a job?
**[02:42] Musa**
I can only assume he's
trying not to think about it.
**[02:45] Shindo**
What about Nippon TV?
**[02:46] Haiji**
We'll continue doing whatever
we started before the qualifier.
**[02:49] Shindo**
Got it. Oh, right.
**[02:51] Shindo**
Can we discuss water station
staff and volunteers later?
**[02:55] Haiji**
Of course.
**[02:56] Haiji**
I'm also thinking about checking
out the course next weekend.
**[03:01] Haiji**
We can't run it, but it's
worth just looking at it.
**[03:05] Haiji**
Keep your schedules open.
**[03:06] King**
Let's go to the hot springs on the way back.
**[03:08] Yuki**
What?
**[03:08] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Question.
**[03:10] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We can't. We have plans that day.
**[03:13] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We're playing soccer with
some friends from language class.
**[03:16] Haiji**
Cancel your plans.
**[03:18] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What? But they won't have enough players.
**[03:20] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We'd be inconveniencing them.
**[03:21] Haiji**
There's still time. Find some substitutes.
**[03:24] Haiji**
Not even professionals
can afford to run unprepared.
**[03:28] Haiji**
Besides, soccer? What if you got injured?
**[03:31] Haiji**
Hakone comes first. Don't forget that.
**[03:34] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Hey, listen.
**[03:35] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Is there any point in obsessing over it?
**[03:42] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
You've been tricking us, haven't you?
**[03:46] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
When you recruited us,
you said we'd aim for the top!
**[03:51] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
That's impossible!
**[03:52] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Just look at our time! It's clear as day!
***SIGN*** Shinsei University 10:15:21 Kanagawa International University 10:16:03 Kansei University 10:16:43 Oka University 10:17:44 Yakuo University 10:19:52
**[03:54] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
No matter how hard we try, we're not
strong enough to beat the seeded teams!
**[03:58] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
It's impossible for us to win!
**[04:01] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
You knew that and wheedled us
anyway, didn't you?
**[04:06] Haiji**
You're right that I said we'd aim for the top.
**[04:10] Haiji**
But—
**[04:10] Both**
See? See?
**[04:13] Musa**
Wait. Calm down.
**[04:15] Musa**
Is it really impossible for us to win
no matter how hard we try?
**[04:19] Yuki**
It's impossible.
**[04:21] Yuki**
The twins are right. Our time proves it.
**[04:24] Nico**
Especially in long distance,
it's rare to see an upset.
**[04:29] Yuki**
Even Rikudo's second team
is way better than us.
**[04:33] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
You guys knew.
**[04:36] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
That's not fair!
**[04:40] Prince**
But, depending on how
you look at it, we're lucky.
**[04:44] Prince**
No matter how fast you are, only a
handful of runners get to run at Hakone.
**[04:50] Prince**
But we made it through the qualifier.
**[04:54] Prince**
We get to run at Hakone, just like we wanted.
**[04:57] Prince**
There are plenty of people
who'd be jealous of that alone.
**[05:01] King**
You're not wrong, but...
**[05:04] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
There's no point if we can't win!
**[05:06] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah! There's no point in competing
when you already know the outcome!
**[05:12] Kakeru**
Then you shouldn't be playing soccer.
**[05:14] Kakeru**
If you want to win, you should be training.
**[05:17] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
You think you're so great.
**[05:19] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We're saying we can't find
the motivation to do that!
**[05:21] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah! How can you say that after
you couldn't respond the other day?
**[05:26] Nico**
Enough, guys.
**[05:29] Kakeru**
If you guys can't run because you can't win,
**[05:33] Kakeru**
will you quit living
because you'll die someday?
**[05:37] Kakeru**
Is that how it is? It is, isn't it?
**[05:39] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What are you trying to say?
**[05:41] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Here he goes again.
**[05:43] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Kakeru's making ridiculous arguments again.
**[05:46] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I'll never die. Never.
**[05:49] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Quibble, quibble. Here comes the quibbler.
**[05:52] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
To be or not to be? That's the question.
**[05:55] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
But I'll never die.
**[05:56] Kakeru**
Listen to me! What are you doing?
**[05:59] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Kakeru the quibbler will never die.
**[06:00] Yuki**
What are we doing right now?
**[06:07] Haiji**
I thought you had a question for me.
**[06:12] Haiji**
You're right that I mentioned the top,
but I didn't mean we'd win.
**[06:18] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What did you mean, then?
**[06:21] Haiji**
I'm searching for that answer, too.
**[06:24] Haiji**
I'm searching for the destination.
**[06:27] Haiji**
What it means to run.
**[06:31] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
This is stupid.
**[06:33] Musa**
Hey, wait.
**[06:35] Yuki**
Kakeru, it's your turn to do the dishes.
**[06:37] Kakeru**
Why?
**[06:38] Nico**
Just because. Learn to keep your cool.
***SIGN*** Searching for the Answer
**[06:57] Shindo**
Haiji.
***SIGN*** Chikusei-so
**[06:59] Shindo**
The twins aren't here.
**[07:01] King**
They actually blew us off.
**[07:03] Kakeru**
I'm sorry.
**[07:05] Kakeru**
It's because I couldn't answer them.
**[07:08] Kakeru**
On the way home from the qualifier,
they asked me why we're running.
**[07:13] Yuki**
Yeah, but it's like not being able to tell
someone what the meaning of life is.
**[07:19] Nico**
Nice quibble.
**[07:23] Kakeru**
We made it through the qualifier.
We're running at Hakone together.
**[07:27] Kakeru**
Maybe we've already achieved
the first goal we set for ourselves.
**[07:31] Kakeru**
But that wasn't the real top.
**[07:35] Kakeru**
I knew that, too.
**[07:37] Kakeru**
After all, I wanted to aim even
higher with you guys.
**[07:41] Kakeru**
But I hesitated to answer them.
**[07:44] Musa**
Kakeru...
**[08:01] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We haven't played soccer in forever.
**[08:04] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah.
**[08:05] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We've just been running this whole time.
**[08:08] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah.
**[08:12] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Do you regret it?
**[08:14] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Choosing this.
**[08:17] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Nah.
**[08:18] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We made these plans first.
**[08:21] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
You're right. We're running at Hakone.
**[08:24] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Now we just have to practice
enough that they won't complain.
**[08:28] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Complain?
**[08:29] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Huh?
**[08:30] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
So who won't complain? Haiji?
**[08:35] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
The guys who didn't qualify?
**[08:38] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Oh...
**[08:41] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I hope everyone shows up soon.
**[08:43] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We got in the habit of waking up early.
**[08:46] Kakeru**
Joji! Jota!
**[08:50] Kakeru**
Let's go!
**[08:52] Both**
Who is that?
**[08:54] Kakeru**
Hakone!
**[08:57] Kakeru**
Everyone's waiting!
**[09:00] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What's he doing?
**[09:01] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Who crashes a soccer game?
**[09:04] Kakeru**
Let's go to Hakone!
**[09:07] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Crap! Let's run!
**[09:09] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
But he's one of the best in the country!
**[09:10] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
He's running at us while smiling!
**[09:13] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Stay away!
**[09:13] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
It's no use! He's catching up!
**[09:14] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Jota! Don't give up!
**[09:33] Nico**
Nicely done.
**[09:34] Yuki**
There's no way you were outrunning him.
**[09:38] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I can't run anymore...
**[09:41] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I don't consent to this...
***SIGN*** Section 1 Starting Line Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo Office
**[09:50] Haiji**
This is the starting line.
**[09:52] Haiji**
The day of the race, the crowds
on the sidewalk will be a hundred deep.
**[09:55] Haiji**
They'll build a huge stage out front,
and cameras will be pointed at the runners.
**[09:58] Haiji**
It's a truly grand occasion.
**[10:00] Nico**
Will we have time to think about that?
**[10:03] Prince**
It's not for the sensitive.
**[10:05] Musa**
The wind between the buildings is fierce.
**[10:07] Shindo**
Our bodies will get cold quickly.
**[10:09] Haiji**
Twenty-one runners will
begin running amidst the crowd,
**[10:12] Haiji**
thinking only of delivering their sash
to their teammate waiting far ahead.
**[10:25] Haiji**
Let's keep moving.
***SIGN*** Section 2 (Section 10) Tsurumi Relay Station
**[10:31] King**
Don't they stop all the traffic here
and turn this into part of the course?
**[10:35] King**
That's amazing.
**[10:36] Yuki**
It's way too much pageantry
for a bunch of college students.
**[10:39] Haiji**
It means it's worth just that much.
**[10:41] Haiji**
Our running should be worthy of that.
**[10:44] Shindo**
Got it.
**[10:47] Prince**
Have you gotten better at driving?
**[10:51] Yuki**
You're right.
**[10:52] King**
I couldn't believe it, but you have, haven't you?
**[10:56] Haiji**
It's not fair for me to only
expect you guys to grow.
**[10:59] Nico**
Hey, cut that out.
**[11:00] Nico**
If you don't keep sucking at driving,
we won't be able to make excuses anymore.
**[11:06] Haiji**
By the way, last year in this section 2,
**[11:08] Haiji**
Kofu's Iwanki and Rikudo's
Fujioka put on a legendary sprint.
**[11:15] King**
The Glorious Section 2, huh?
**[11:16] Musa**
They call it the ace's section.
**[11:18] Haiji**
Kakeru.
**[11:21] Haiji**
Do you want to run it?
**[11:26] Kakeru**
No matter the section,
**[11:28] Kakeru**
as long as there's a road,
I'll run as hard as I can.
**[11:33] Yuki**
Did you hear that?
**[11:35] Yuki**
He said as long as there's a road.
**[11:39] Kakeru**
Was what I said really that weird? Huh?
**[11:43] Yuki**
Oh, no. Your words were encouraging.
***SIGN*** Section 3 (Section 9) Totsuka Relay Station
***SIGN*** Shonan Bridge
**[11:54] King**
Yeesh.
**[11:56] King**
The sea breeze is strong.
**[12:00] Musa**
It feels nice.
**[12:02] Shindo**
Yeah.
***SIGN*** Section 4 (Section 8) Hiratsuka Relay Station
***SIGN*** Section 5 (Section 7) Odawara Relay Station
**[12:09] King**
Hey!
**[12:10] King**
We're finally here.
**[12:23] Nico**
It's steeper than I imagined.
**[12:26] Yuki**
Going up this will be hell,
**[12:28] Yuki**
but this means the downhill
is no joke, either, right?
**[12:31] Haiji**
That's right.
**[12:32] Haiji**
Naturally, the strength of your
legs are important in this section,
**[12:34] Haiji**
but your courage and
intelligence matter, as well.
***SIGN*** National Route 1 Summit Level
**[12:38] King**
Huh?
**[12:40] King**
This is the highest point?
**[12:42] King**
So the finish line isn't at the top.
**[12:47] Haiji**
We're almost at the finish
line of the first half.
**[12:50] Haiji**
Let's enjoy the scenery while we can.
***SIGN*** First Half Finish Line (Section 6 Starting Line) Lake Ashi
**[13:02] Musa**
Beautiful...
**[13:07] Yuki**
This is awesome.
**[13:09] Nico**
The air at Aotake doesn't compare to this.
**[13:12] Yuki**
That was mostly your fault.
**[13:16] Shindo**
I wonder what it'll be like
the day of the race.
**[13:19] King**
There will be screaming crowds, right?
**[13:22] Prince**
Guys.
**[13:27] Prince**
In the parking lot...
**[13:30] Kosuke**
You're so eager. You're
even previewing the course.
**[13:34] Kosuke**
I'm sorry I called you plebs once.
**[13:38] Haiji**
Should you be loafing around here?
**[13:41] Kosuke**
I'm waiting for Group B to arrive.
**[13:44] Kosuke**
I'm in Group A.
**[13:45] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
He's a regular?
**[13:47] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah.
**[13:48] Kosuke**
Oh, yeah. That qualifier.
**[13:50] Kosuke**
It's amazing that you were
neck and neck with Iwanki.
**[13:53] Kosuke**
I bet you could run the real thing right now.
**[13:56] Kakeru**
That's not true.
**[13:58] Kosuke**
So modest.
**[14:00] Yuki**
What are you guys doing?
**[14:03] Kosuke**
You're all here.
**[14:05] Kosuke**
We were just talking...
**[14:08] Kosuke**
...about what I'd do if I were a Kansei runner.
**[14:13] Kosuke**
I mean, no matter how much you
practice, you only have ten runners.
**[14:17] Kosuke**
If even one of you caught a cold...
**[14:23] Kosuke**
And even if you run like crazy
and finish in the top ten,
**[14:29] Kosuke**
your oldest runners will graduate.
**[14:33] Kosuke**
There's no point in earning a seed for
next year if you don't have enough runners.
**[14:39] Kosuke**
Don't you wonder what you're running for?
**[14:45] Kosuke**
It must be hard to stay motivated.
**[14:48] Student**
Hey, Sakaki!
**[14:51] Student**
Group B is here!
**[14:52] Kosuke**
Got it!
**[14:55] Kosuke**
See you somewhere on the course.
**[14:59] Yuki**
You sure you guys aren't
connected by a red string of fate?
**[15:02] Haiji**
In some ways, he's diligent.
**[15:05] Haiji**
Don't mind him.
**[15:06] Haiji**
Consider it progress that no one responded.
**[15:12] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I can't!
**[15:15] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I am bothered!
**[15:16] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Why didn't you talk back to him?
**[15:18] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Tell us why you run!
**[15:22] Haiji**
I told you, I'm searching
for that answer right now.
**[15:32] Haiji**
Let's go somewhere else.
**[15:39] Haiji**
Sakaki was probably trying to say
**[15:42] Haiji**
that improving yourself by competing
against strong runners from strong schools
**[15:46] Haiji**
is how an athlete should be
and is a reason to run.
**[15:51] Haiji**
But is he right?
**[15:53] Haiji**
Can you say what we're doing is wrong?
**[15:58] Haiji**
It's true that we need every one of us.
There's no arguing that.
**[16:03] Haiji**
I don't know what will happen
next year or the year after that.
**[16:06] Haiji**
I'm sure those who empathize
with us will follow.
**[16:09] Haiji**
All I can do is believe in that
and run as hard as I can right now.
**[16:15] Haiji**
So there's no need to respond to him.
**[16:18] Haiji**
All we can do is acknowledge his points
and move forward despite them.
**[16:24] Haiji**
Does that answer your question?
**[16:30] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I don't know.
**[16:31] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
But...
**[16:33] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We like what you have to say.
**[16:39] Nico**
Like, huh?
**[16:41] Prince**
That feels like enough to me.
**[16:43] Yuki**
Don't be swayed by your emotions.
**[16:45] Yuki**
Debate until you're satisfied.
**[16:46] King**
The twins aren't theorists like you.
**[17:10] Hanako**
You had a fight?
**[17:12] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I wouldn't call it a fight.
**[17:14] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I understand what he's trying to say, but...
**[17:16] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I want to accept what he's saying,
but it feels like he tricked us.
**[17:21] Hanako**
I know what you mean. Haiji is so calm.
**[17:24] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah. We missed our opportunity
to return to normal.
**[17:29] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
It's not like we were wrong, right?
**[17:34] Hanako**
I think you should believe him.
**[17:41] Hanako**
He's been patiently thinking for four years.
**[17:44] Hanako**
I can believe him because he's come this far.
**[17:49] Hanako**
Compared to all the time
Haiji has spent on it,
**[17:51] Hanako**
our next two months will fly by in a moment.
**[17:57] Hanako**
And that moment could change your life,
**[18:00] Hanako**
even if you don't understand
anything right now.
**[18:03] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
You're right.
**[18:04] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
The last six months flew by, too.
**[18:07] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
A lot has happened.
**[18:08] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
The qualifier, the training camp,
all the track meets.
**[18:11] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
And we met Hana.
**[18:14] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
She's been a huge help,
like when Haiji collapsed.
**[18:18] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Oh, yeah. I remember that.
**[18:20] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
And she always comes to our practices.
**[18:22] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah. She's a huge help.
**[18:23] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Without Hana, we wouldn't have made it this far.
**[18:25] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
And she's cute.
**[18:31] Shindo**
Hey.
**[18:32] Shindo**
Where did Haiji go?
**[18:35] Prince**
Huh?
**[18:36] Prince**
You're asking me?
**[18:39] Shindo**
I wanted to discuss the roadside
placement of our members.
**[18:42] Shindo**
Oh, and the university's
asking us to turn in our forms.
**[18:46] Shindo**
Whatever. Sorry to have bothered you.
**[18:50] Prince**
That was close.
**[18:52] Prince**
I almost asked if he wanted my help.
**[19:00] Musa**
It's shocking to know we can't win.
**[19:06] Musa**
But I was saved by Haiji's words.
**[19:10] Musa**
All we can do right now
is run as hard as we can.
**[19:12] Musa**
He's right.
***SIGN*** Congratulations Kansei University Long Distance Track and Field Team
**[19:14] Musa**
My anxieties have been
eliminated completely.
**[19:18] Musa**
Is there still something bothering you?
**[19:21] Kakeru**
No. I agree.
**[19:23] Kakeru**
But it's frustrating.
**[19:27] Kakeru**
Sakaki made Jota and Joji anxious,
**[19:32] Kakeru**
but the only thing I can do is run.
**[19:34] Musa**
You're hard on yourself.
**[19:39] Musa**
Previewing the course made me realize
**[19:43] Musa**
that not you or Haiji, but *I* have
to finish some section of it.
**[19:50] Musa**
I have to do what I can do.
**[19:53] Musa**
There are things only you can do.
**[19:57] Musa**
Believe in us and in yourself.
**[20:03] Kakeru**
I will.
***SIGN*** Congratulations Kansei University Long Distance Track and Field Team
**[20:05] Student**
Hey, it's Kansei's Ekiden guys.
**[20:08] Student**
Oh, yeah. They were on the news.
**[20:11] Student**
They've got an exchange student?
**[20:14] Student**
I know. I wish they'd run an all-Japanese team.
**[20:17] Student**
The school's probably paying
for it to promote themselves.
**[20:22] Musa**
What are you going to tell them?
**[20:24] Musa**
I'm fine.
**[20:26] Kakeru**
But... it's ridiculous!
**[20:28] Kakeru**
We're all runners!
**[20:31] Kazuma**
Kurahara.
**[20:37] Kazuma**
It's been a while.
**[20:41] Kakeru**
Fujioka?
***SIGN*** University Hospital
**[20:50] Nurse**
Kiyose. Kiyose Haiji.
**[20:57] Haiji**
Yes.
***SIGN*** Next time: And Then, Morning
***SIGN*** Next time: “And Then, Morning.”
# E18 - And Then, Morning
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**[00:09] Kazuma**
Starting tomorrow, I'm going
to China for high-altitude training.
**[00:13] Kazuma**
I wanted to encourage
Kiyose before leaving Japan,
***SIGN*** Famous Confections
**[00:17] Kazuma**
but I'm still not familiar
with your home base.
**[00:21] Kazuma**
Thanks for the escort.
**[00:23] Musa**
Home base?
**[00:26] (Flashback) Student**
They've got an exchange student?
**[00:28] (Flashback) Student**
I know. I wish they'd run
an all-Japanese team.
**[00:32] (Flashback) Student**
The school's probably paying
for it to promote themselves.
**[00:38] Kazuma**
They're the words of amateurs.
**[00:40] Kazuma**
Don't let them distract you.
**[00:43] Kazuma**
I know how you feel.
**[00:44] Kazuma**
People have always dealt with that criticism.
**[00:47] Kazuma**
There are two reasons
not to let it bother you.
**[00:50] Kazuma**
First, there's the logic that recruiting
an exchange student is unfair.
**[00:56] Kazuma**
What about the Olympics then?
**[00:58] Kazuma**
It's only natural that there's some
difference in individual physical ability.
**[01:02] Kazuma**
Moreover, sports are fair and impartial.
**[01:08] Kazuma**
Those who question its
fairness don't understand
**[01:11] Kazuma**
what it means to compete
in the same sport on the same stage.
**[01:16] Kazuma**
The other reason is that they
think winning is everything.
***SIGN*** Mens Relay — “Spectacular Achievement”
**[01:22] Kazuma**
Is the only thing that matters that
a Japanese person places first?
***SIGN*** New Japanese Record
***SIGN*** Spectacular Achieve in Track and Field
**[01:25] Kazuma**
No. That's not the true
nature of competition.
***SIGN*** Mens 10000m Finals 1 Fujioka Kazuma Rikudo 2 Yamamoto Hayato Kofu Academy 3 Kobayashi Ryutaro Boso 4 Suzuki Riku Manaka 5 Nakagawa Kenta Jonan Bunka 6 Ito Kaito Dochido 7 Takagi Kazuki North Kanto 8 Uemura Akira Akebono
**[01:29] Kazuma**
Even if I finish first,
**[01:32] Kazuma**
if I feel like I've lost to myself,
then it's a loss.
**[01:36] Kazuma**
In this world where times and
standings change at dizzying speeds,
**[01:39] Kazuma**
what determines who's the best?
**[01:43] Kazuma**
Don't we keep running because there are
ideals and goals we value more than that?
**[02:00] Kazuma**
You've gathered good members.
It's his kind of team.
**[02:04] Musa**
Are you and Haiji close?
**[02:07] Kazuma**
We were teammates in high school.
**[02:09] Kazuma**
He was supposed to be wearing
a Rikudo uniform, too.
**[02:12] Both**
What?
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
***SIGN*** — 4 Years Earlier —
***SIGN*** Congratulations Track and Field Team
**[03:59] All**
One, two, three, four.
**[04:01] All**
Five, six, seven, eight.
**[04:04] All**
Two, two, three, four.
**[04:07] All**
Five, six, seven, eight.
**[04:09] All**
Three, two, three, four.
**[04:12] All**
Five, six, seven, eight.
**[04:14] All**
Four, two, three, four—
**[04:17] Haiji**
Those fireflies you hate
so much will be back soon.
**[04:21] Kazuma**
I don't hate them.
**[04:22] Kazuma**
There are just too many around here.
**[04:26] Haiji**
This is our last year. Savor it.
**[04:30] Kazuma**
Let's go together.
**[04:32] Kazuma**
To Rikudo. Then we can—
**[04:35] Haiji**
It's already been decided.
**[04:40] Kazuma**
But you were recruited.
**[04:42] Kazuma**
The care they offer
their athletes is top-class.
**[04:44] Haiji**
I've already spent two years with this leg.
**[04:48] Haiji**
I know my body better than anyone else.
**[04:53] Kazuma**
What did the coach say?
**[04:56] Haiji**
“Be patient.” That's all.
**[05:00] Haiji**
That was a lot of talking for him.
**[05:04] Haiji**
I'm happy about this year, though.
**[05:06] Haiji**
Last year, I didn't get to run
with you once because of PT.
**[05:11] Haiji**
My athletic career may be over, but we—
**[05:13] Kazuma**
It's not over!
**[05:15] Kazuma**
Believe in yourself.
**[05:23] Haiji**
I'm not that strong.
**[05:31] Kazuma**
He should be telling you this himself.
**[05:34] Kazuma**
If he hasn't told you yet, then he probably
doesn't think it's the right time.
**[05:40] Kazuma**
I shouldn't have said anything.
***SIGN*** And Then, Morning
**[05:52] Kakeru**
Haiji isn't back yet.
**[05:56] Kakeru**
He's not answering his phone either.
**[05:58] Kazuma**
I see.
**[06:00] Kakeru**
I'm sorry.
**[06:01] Kazuma**
Then, the next time I'll see
him will be in the new year.
**[06:06] Kazuma**
Good luck to both of us.
**[06:08] Kazuma**
Tell him that.
**[06:10] Kakeru**
I will.
**[06:12] Kazuma**
Oh, this is for you guys.
**[06:14] Kazuma**
Red bean paste. Better than cream, right?
**[06:16] Kakeru**
Oh, yeah. Thank you.
**[06:21] Kazuma**
I'll be waiting at Hakone!
**[06:28] Haiji**
I wish I could've seen him.
**[06:30] Haiji**
What did you talk about with Fujioka?
**[06:32] Kakeru**
What did we...
**[06:34] Haiji**
I was just wondering if you got along.
**[06:36] Kakeru**
More or less. It went fine.
**[06:40] Haiji**
What does that mean?
**[06:42] Kakeru**
Haiji.
**[06:45] Kakeru**
I think I'm finally starting to understand.
**[06:48] Kakeru**
I mean, I don't understand yet.
**[06:51] Haiji**
What are you talking about?
**[06:53] Kakeru**
What it means to be strong.
**[06:56] Kakeru**
You told me about how Fujioka is strong.
**[07:00] Kakeru**
I understand now what you meant.
**[07:02] Kakeru**
He's been pursuing a much higher
level of running than I've been.
**[07:08] Kakeru**
It's hard to explain, but—
**[07:12] Haiji**
You can, too.
**[07:16] Haiji**
Become strong, Kakeru.
**[07:23] Kakeru**
I will.
**[07:25] Haiji**
By the way, I brought Fujioka here once,
**[07:29] Haiji**
but he didn't last ten seconds.
***SIGN*** Tsuru-no-yu
**[07:32] Haiji**
In that regard, I'm stronger than him.
**[07:34] Kakeru**
You two sure are close.
***SIGN*** Race Completion Certificates Issued Here
Saitama Ageo Athletic Field
***SIGN*** Welcome to Ageo
***SIGN*** Welcome to Ageo!
Ageo City Marathon/Ageo City Half Marathon
Sponsors: City of Ageo/Ageo Board of Education/
Ageo Sports Association/Saitama Track and Field Association
**[07:42] Haiji**
The Ageo City Marathon is about
as long as Hakone's sections.
**[07:46] Haiji**
It's the perfect dry run.
**[07:48] Haiji**
Make sure you experience
what it's like to run on city streets
**[07:51] Haiji**
and the tension of a race.
**[07:54] Tazaki**
Anyway, I won't say anything else.
**[07:58] Tazaki**
Go enjoy yourselves.
**[08:00] Nico**
No one's enjoying himself more than you.
**[08:04] Hanako**
Haiji!
**[08:04] Hanako**
They said they want to do
“the mountains of Hakone.”
**[08:08] Jota**
What?
**[08:09] Joji**
What are you talking about, Hana?
**[08:11] Hanako**
Didn't you say hearing
Haiji do that fires you up?
**[08:16] Nico**
Hana's such a good girl.
**[08:18] Yuki**
Yeah.
**[08:20] King**
The twins missed their
opportunity to apologize to Haiji.
**[08:23] Nico**
And she's giving them
a chance to return to normal.
**[08:27] Shindo**
Now we wait for Haiji to come through.
**[08:30] Haiji**
You want to do it?
**[08:33] Haiji**
You guys want to do it that badly?
**[08:38] King**
Kiyose Haiji doesn't play along that easily.
**[08:41] Hanako**
Come on. Put out your hands.
**[08:43] Joji**
Hey!
**[08:44] Jota**
Are you okay?
**[08:45] Jota**
Your face is bright red.
**[08:47] Hanako**
Don't worry about it!
**[08:49] Hanako**
Go ahead!
**[08:51] Haiji**
The mountains of Hakone are?
**[08:53] Hanako**
The steepest in?
**[08:56] Joji**
In the world, right?
**[08:57] Joji**
It's in the world.
**[08:58] Both**
In the world.
**[08:59] Hanako**
Perfect! You can do it!
**[09:03] Kakeru**
Should we not have joined them?
**[09:07] Yuki**
You're pretty bad, too.
**[09:10] Kakeru**
What?
***SIGN*** Ageo City Marathon
***SIGN*** Sendai J High School Track Coach Claims incident with KK is “in the past...” and refuses to speak...
***SIGN*** Reveals Actual Name
**[09:59] King**
Sendai J High School track
coach claims incident with KK
**[10:04] King**
is “in the past” and refuses to speak?
**[10:09] King**
If you weren't going to talk,
don't accept an interview request!
**[10:12] Joji**
J and KK? They're identifying them!
**[10:15] Musa**
Don't let it bother you.
***SIGN*** Chairman's Office
**[10:21] Tazaki**
For this incident...
**[10:24] All**
We're terribly sorry!
**[10:27] [Messenger] Sign**
Incoming Call
Home
**[10:29] Kakeru**
It's me.
**[10:30] Mom**
Are you okay? I read the magazine article.
**[10:34] Mom**
Dad's mad, okay?
Are you sure you're okay?
**[10:39] Mom**
People in the country like to talk.
**[10:42] Mom**
Put yourself in our shoes. Please.
**[10:45] Kakeru**
I know.
**[10:46] Mom**
What are you doing for New Year's?
**[10:49] Kakeru**
I'm not going home.
**[10:50] Mom**
Don't tell me you've made bad friends in—
**[10:53] Kakeru**
I'm running at Hakone!
**[10:59] Yuki**
Sorry. I didn't mean to eavesdrop.
**[11:04] Kakeru**
I don't get along with my parents.
**[11:07] Yuki**
I forgot to tell you before,
but neither do I.
**[11:12] Yuki**
We haven't met once since I started college.
**[11:15] Yuki**
It's not serious.
**[11:17] Yuki**
My mom got remarried. She's living
with a man I don't know very well.
**[11:22] Yuki**
I don't know how close we're supposed to be.
**[11:23] Kakeru**
Oh.
**[11:25] Yuki**
I don't like close relationships,
parents or otherwise.
**[11:29] Yuki**
Everyone's alone.
**[11:32] Yuki**
It's stupid to try to understand others.
**[11:36] Yuki**
But living here's been
throwing me off my pace.
**[11:44] Shindo**
The track team's short distance team
offered to be our water station staff.
**[11:49] Shindo**
It's a first for all of us,
**[11:51] Shindo**
so I'm thinking we should
make time next week to rehearse.
**[11:54] Haiji**
I agree. What about the
shopping center vendors?
**[11:57] Shindo**
I'm having them arrange transportation
and lodging for the athletes,
**[12:00] Shindo**
as well as recording our times.
**[12:02] Shindo**
Also, about the forms we're submitting
to the student association...
**[12:06] King**
What would we do without Shindo?
**[12:09] Musa**
He never accepts my offers for help.
**[12:13] Nico**
Have you been getting enough sleep?
**[12:14] Shindo**
I'm great. This is actually fine for me.
**[12:18] Prince**
At least there wasn't a huge
commotion over the article.
**[12:22] Haiji**
We have our landlord
to thank for handling it quickly.
**[12:25] Haiji**
The school has agreed to wait and see, too.
**[12:28] King**
That guy actually does his job, huh?
**[12:31] Shindo**
He bragged about being
called Tazaki the Beggar.
**[12:35] Nico**
Is that something to brag about?
**[12:37] Yuki**
Thanks for waiting.
**[12:38] Yuki**
I bought liquor.
**[12:40] Both**
Yeah!
**[12:42] Haiji**
Let's gather in the twins' room.
***SIGN*** Merry Christmas
***SIGN*** Kansei University
***SIGN*** January
January 1st
Tuesday
New Year's Day
New Year's Day is the day for planning
It's tomorrow!!!
Yeah!!! I'm so nervous heh heh
We'll be popular tomorrow!!
***SIGN*** Hakone
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
***SIGN*** Kansei University
**[15:14] Haiji**
You'll tire yourself out
if you move too much.
**[15:19] Haiji**
I'll now tell all of you who
I've signed up for each section.
**[15:30] Haiji**
First, section one. Prince.
**[15:33] Prince**
What?
**[15:35] Prince**
Are you trying to throw the race?
**[15:37] Haiji**
I can't imagine anyone else
running section one.
**[15:40] Haiji**
You're the only one who can
stand there so calmly
**[15:42] Haiji**
that you seem almost oblivious,
even with all that attention on you.
**[15:45] Nico**
Is that a compliment?
**[15:47] Haiji**
Naturally, I'm not throwing the race.
**[15:50] Haiji**
I made this line-up to win.
**[15:52] Yuki**
Are you sure?
**[15:53] Yuki**
There have been a lot of fast-paced
developments the past few years.
**[15:58] Haiji**
It's possible this year will be
slow-paced in response to that.
**[16:02] Haiji**
Even if Prince falls behind,
we'll get it back in section two.
**[16:08] Haiji**
Musa, that's your job.
**[16:16] King**
Seriously?
**[16:18] Shindo**
You can do it, Musa.
**[16:20] Musa**
H-Hold on! Kakeru should run that section.
**[16:24] Musa**
Right, Kakeru? Right?
**[16:26] Haiji**
You heard him.
**[16:28] Kakeru**
You can run ten kilometers
in about twenty-nine minutes.
**[16:33] Kakeru**
That's on par with other runners.
**[16:36] Kakeru**
But more than that,
**[16:38] Kakeru**
you've been the most considerate and
encouraging towards the rest of the team.
**[16:42] Kakeru**
I can't imagine anyone but you running it.
**[16:44] Haiji**
That was my thinking, too.
**[16:47] Musa**
Oh, no!
**[16:51] Haiji**
Section three, Jota.
**[16:54] Haiji**
Section four, Joji
**[16:56] Jota**
Isn't section three by the sea?
I love that course.
**[17:00] Joji**
I'll buy you guys some
fish cakes from Ogawara.
**[17:04] Musa**
Their sections sound way more fun.
**[17:07] Shindo**
Accept your fate, Musa.
**[17:10] Haiji**
Section five, Shindo.
**[17:13] Yuki**
No objections.
**[17:16] Haiji**
Section six, Yuki.
**[17:17] Yuki**
Hey, wait!
**[17:18] Yuki**
I'm section six? That's ridiculous.
**[17:21] Haiji**
I've watched how all of you run
for the past ten months.
**[17:25] Haiji**
Your core strength and stable
center of gravity are the best, Yuki.
**[17:29] Haiji**
You're the only one
who can ride down Hakone.
**[17:33] Yuki**
I'm setting you up.
**[17:35] Yuki**
Want something to drink?
**[17:37] Haiji**
Section seven, Nico-chan Senpai.
**[17:39] Haiji**
Section eight, King.
**[17:41] King**
Just like I expected.
**[17:43] Nico**
You were wrong at Musa.
**[17:46] Haiji**
At this point, the runners
will start to scatter.
**[17:49] Haiji**
You might be running alone.
**[17:52] Haiji**
The race for seeds will become intense
during these two important sections.
**[17:55] Haiji**
I know you'll be able to stay
calm and maintain your pace.
**[18:00] King**
You're trying to earn a seeded spot?
**[18:02] Haiji**
Of course. That's why those
sections are important.
**[18:06] Haiji**
The return half's section two,
section nine, Kakeru.
**[18:14] Musa**
I don't see Fujioka.
**[18:17] Haiji**
By last-minute registration, if Rikudo's
Fujioka isn't signed up for the first half,
**[18:23] Haiji**
we'll know Rikudo's strategy
is to wait out the first half
**[18:26] Haiji**
and attack during the second.
**[18:29] Haiji**
Which means...
**[18:31] Kakeru**
Bring it on.
**[18:35] Haiji**
Finally, section ten.
**[18:36] Haiji**
I'll take responsibility
by finishing the race.
**[18:40] Haiji**
Jota, Joji.
**[18:45] Haiji**
I'll show you the top.
**[18:47] Haiji**
No, we'll experience it together.
**[18:50] Haiji**
All of us.
***SIGN*** Hakone
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
**[18:59] Announcer**
Happy New Year.
***SIGN*** January 2nd
**[19:03] Announcer**
The new year arrived quietly this year.
**[19:07] Official**
Runners, get ready to move!
**[19:14] Official**
Coaches, please come to the admin vehicle!
**[19:17] Tazaki**
Now I can die in peace.
**[19:19] Tazaki**
I'll be watching from my box seat.
***SIGN*** Hakone Ekiden
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
***SIGN*** Hakone Ekiden
***SIGN*** Race HQ Vehicle
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
***SIGN*** Kanto Student Association
***SIGN*** Kansei University
**[20:07] Prince**
Thanks.
**[20:10] Official**
One minute to go!
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
**[20:11] Official**
All attendants, please stand back!
**[20:14] Announcer**
The time is 7:59.
**[20:17] Announcer**
The Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip
College Ekiden Race will begin shortly.
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
**[20:23] Announcer**
Which university will write
a new page in history?
**[20:28] Announcer**
Twenty-one runners wearing sashes
will wrap themselves in a gust of wind
**[20:33] Announcer**
as they run down Hakoneji Road.
***SIGN*** Hakone
**[20:35] Announcer**
Will that wind be a headwind or a tailwind?
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
**[20:39] Announcer**
Who will be the first to return to Otemachi?
**[20:43] Announcer**
They are starting now towards honor and glory!
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
**[20:53] Yuki**
Hey!
***SIGN*** Next time: The Moment of Release
**[22:40] Narration**
Next time, “The Moment of Release.”
# E19 - The Moment of Release
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***SIGN*** Hakone
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
**[00:05] Announcer**
The time is 7:59.
**[00:07] Announcer**
The Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip
College Ekiden Race will begin shortly.
***SIGN*** Hakone Ekiden
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
**[00:14] Announcer**
Which university will write
a new page in history?
***SIGN*** Kansei University
**[00:19] Announcer**
Twenty-one runners wearing sashes
will wrap themselves in a gust of wind
**[00:24] Announcer**
as they run down Hakoneji Road.
**[00:26] Announcer**
Will that wind be a headwind or a tailwind?
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
**[00:30] Announcer**
Who will be the first to return to Otemachi?
**[00:34] Announcer**
They are starting now towards honor and glory!
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
***SIGN*** Section 1
**[02:13] Announcer**
The Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip
College Ekiden Race
**[02:15] Announcer**
allows no room for carelessness
once again this year.
**[02:18] Announcer**
The runners have maintained
a slow pace since the start of the race.
**[02:21] Announcer**
They're averaging 3:07 per kilometer
over the first three kilometers.
***SIGN*** Broadcast Car
***SIGN*** Broadcast Car
**[02:26] Announcer**
For the past few years, we'd been seeing
high-paced starts under three minutes.
**[02:30] Announcer**
What do you think of this?
***SIGN*** New Year Sports Special Hakone Ekiden
**[02:32] Analyst**
Everyone's looking for their opportunity.
**[02:35] Analyst**
They rival each other in ability.
***SIGN*** Section 1
**[02:37] Analyst**
More than speed, they must
be emphasizing strategy.
**[02:46] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Come on.
**[02:47] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Run where we can see you, Prince.
**[02:50] Nico**
Wait! He might be doing it on purpose.
**[02:54] Prince**
A windbreak?
**[02:56] Haiji**
That's right.
**[02:57] (Flashback) Haiji**
Each section of the Hakone Ekiden is long.
**[02:59] (Flashback) Haiji**
The situation changes moment to moment.
**[03:02] (Flashback) Haiji**
To ensure you don't fall
behind during the second half,
**[03:05] (Flashback) Haiji**
conserve your stamina during the first.
**[03:07] (Flashback) Haiji**
Use everything you can.
**[03:10] (Flashback) Prince**
Conserve my stamina, huh?
**[03:12] (Flashback) Prince**
I hope I'm allowed to do that.
**[03:15] (Flashback) Haiji**
You will. I'm sure you will.
**[03:22] Prince**
*What is he? A prophet?*
**[03:25] Haiji**
How is he doing?
**[03:26] Tazaki**
*He's doing well.*
**[03:27] Tazaki**
*He's coming up on ten kilometers.*
**[03:29] Tazaki**
It's a truly dry affair.
**[03:32] Tazaki**
This is no different than going for a drive.
**[03:34] Haiji**
*Got it.*
**[03:35] Haiji**
*If you see any change in Prince,*
***SIGN*** Yamanote
**[03:38] Haiji**
could you offer him words of encouragement?
**[03:40] Haiji**
Tell him...
***SIGN*** The Moment of Release
**[03:56] Student**
Kashiwazaki!
**[03:57] Student**
This kilometer's exactly three minutes!
**[03:59] Student**
Keep your pace!
***SIGN*** Rokugo Bridge
**[04:08] Announcer**
*The runners have made it 17 kilometers now.*
**[04:12] Announcer**
* The incline of Rokugo*
* Bridge lies in their path.*
**[04:14] Analyst**
* If they exhaust themselves here,*
* they'll pay for it later.*
**[04:19] Analyst**
*They'll have to stand firm.*
**[04:27] Announcer**
*They're moving! The runners are on the move!*
**[04:29] Announcer**
* The quiet journey so far is being*
* disrupted by major change!*
**[04:31] Announcer**
* Yokohama, Eurasia, Teito, and other*
* universities are increasing their paces!*
**[04:43] Prince**
*But I don't like inclines.*
**[04:55] (Flashback) Haiji**
Even if the runners around
you begin to move, don't panic.
**[04:59] (Flashback) Haiji**
Just keeping up with them until Rokugo
Bridge earns full marks from me.
**[05:03] (Flashback) Haiji**
You'll be able to pass the sash to Musa
without much of a difference in time.
**[05:08] (Flashback) Prince**
I see. The real race is Section 2 and onward.
**[05:11] (Flashback) Haiji**
Are you unhappy with that?
**[05:13] (Flashback) Prince**
Not at all. I'm only an amateur.
**[05:16] (Flashback) Prince**
I'll finish the race quickly, so I
can get back to my comics sooner.
**[05:21] (Flashback) Prince**
That's all.
**[05:27] (Flashback) Prince**
Things might have gotten a little easier.
**[05:29] (Flashback) Haiji**
Prince.
**[05:33] (Flashback) Haiji**
Sorry for forcing you to do this.
**[05:46] Prince**
*If I give up, the race is over.*
**[05:50] Prince**
*All those who succeed have worked hard.*
**[05:55] Prince**
*I am strong!*
***SIGN*** Tsurumi Relay Station
**[06:07] Announcer**
The air at Tsurumi Relay
Station is heating up
**[06:10] Announcer**
as the sashes will be arriving soon.
**[06:13] Announcer**
This year's Section 2 will be a fierce race
**[06:16] Announcer**
featuring athletes running
10,000 meters in 28 minutes.
**[06:19] Announcer**
And we can't discuss Section 2
without mentioning this man:
**[06:23] Announcer**
Iwanki of Kofu Academy.
**[06:26] Announcer**
* We're all very excited to see how*
* he'll run in his fourth Hakone Ekiden.*
**[06:31] Announcer**
* We'll also be watching Kansei*
* University's exchange student, Musa.*
**[06:37] Announcer**
Musa is a truly unique runner.
**[06:40] Announcer**
He's a government-sponsored
engineering student,
**[06:42] Announcer**
who had no running
experience until last spring.
**[06:47] Announcer**
Thank you.
**[06:49] Announcer**
Kansei University is taking on the
Hakone Ekiden with only ten runners,
**[06:51] Announcer**
and each runner is exceptionally unique.
**[07:01] Iwanki**
I enjoyed the qualifier.
**[07:03] Iwanki**
I'm disappointed we won't get to race again.
**[07:07] Kakeru**
Don't worry.
**[07:08] Kakeru**
He won't let you take it easy.
**[07:10] Kakeru**
Not our ace.
**[07:27] Shindo**
Hey, Musa.
**[07:28] Shindo**
I just saw you on TV.
**[07:30] Musa**
*I was surprised.*
**[07:32] Musa**
*Did I look weird?*
**[07:34] Shindo**
Not at all.
**[07:36] Shindo**
Musa, once this is over, let's go see the snow.
**[07:40] Musa**
Snow?
**[07:42] Shindo**
*Yeah. It really snows in my hometown.*
**[07:45] Shindo**
* The world becomes white*
* as far as the eye can see.*
**[07:48] Shindo**
*You've never seen that, have you?*
**[07:50] Musa**
I haven't.
**[07:52] Musa**
* I'll imagine us having*
* a snowball fight while I run.*
**[07:57] Shindo**
Sounds nice.
**[07:58] Shindo**
*Talk to you later.*
**[07:59] Musa**
Later.
**[08:06] Yuki**
You can't afford to be worrying
about the others.
***SIGN*** Section 1 20km Point
**[08:34] Tazaki**
Prince!
**[08:35] Tazaki**
Message for you from Haiji!
**[08:37] Tazaki**
“There's something I never got to tell you!”
**[08:41] Tazaki**
“Come to Tsurumi even if
you have to crawl!” That's all!
**[08:49] (Flashback) Prince**
That's not what I want to hear.
**[08:53] (Flashback) Prince**
Joe and Hanamichi, Ippo and Sakamichi.
**[08:57] (Flashback) Prince**
Sango Jugo, Hinata, and Yawara.
**[09:00] (Flashback) Prince**
Sena, Goro, Tsubasa, Ryoma.
**[09:04] (Flashback) Prince**
It's no use. There's no end to them.
**[09:09] (Flashback) Prince**
I like protagonists, but I also
like the people who lead them.
**[09:14] (Flashback) Prince**
They're all tough, but of course they are.
**[09:18] (Flashback) Prince**
They don't want to be shown kindness.
**[09:22] (Flashback) Prince**
An athlete wants to win.
**[09:36] Announcer**
Totai Uni is the 16th to pass their sash.
**[09:38] Announcer**
They're 40 seconds behind first place.
**[09:40] Official**
Kansei University!
**[09:41] Announcer**
Behind them are Nihonbashi
Tech and Jonan Bunka.
**[09:42] Official**
Kansei University to the relay line!
**[09:54] Prince**
*I hate this.*
**[09:56] Prince**
*I really hate running.*
**[10:01] Prince**
*I got dragged into this*
**[10:04] Prince**
*and suffered for it.*
**[10:08] Prince**
*But if I hadn't run with them...*
**[10:13] Prince**
*If I hadn't made it here...*
**[10:17] Prince**
*I...*
**[10:21] Prince**
*I would've hated myself more!*
**[10:27] Haiji**
Prince!
**[10:32] Musa**
Prince! I'm here!
**[10:36] All**
Prince!
**[10:43] Prince**
*There's someone waiting for me there.*
**[10:47] Prince**
*Just thinking about it makes me so... so...*
**[10:53] Prince**
*I...*
**[10:59] Haiji**
Prince!
**[11:01] Haiji**
I take back what I said.
**[11:04] Haiji**
Prince.
**[11:06] Haiji**
Thank you.
**[11:08] Officials**
Non-participants, stay off the course!
**[11:13] Prince**
I pass.
**[11:17] Both**
Yes!
**[11:19] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Nice!
**[11:22] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah!
***SIGN*** Section 2
**[11:34] Musa**
* The pace sudden quickened*
* as soon as we entered Section 2.*
**[11:39] Musa**
*I have to keep up.*
**[11:42] Musa**
*Prince got the sash this far.*
**[11:45] Musa**
*I promise I'll take it to Totsuka.*
**[11:57] Musa**
*Wow...*
**[12:02] Tazaki**
I told him! I know I did!
**[12:05] Tazaki**
I told him to restrain himself
around the five-kilometer mark!
***SIGN*** Yokohama Station
**[12:09] Tazaki**
Maybe Musa didn't hear me.
**[12:12] Haiji**
Tell him again at ten kilometers.
**[12:14] Haiji**
He's going too fast.
**[12:16] Tazaki**
Got it.
**[12:18] Kakeru**
He's averaging 2:48 per kilometer.
**[12:21] Kakeru**
He won't last until the end.
**[12:23] Haiji**
He got carried away.
***SIGN*** Gontazaka
**[12:42] Musa**
*Why can't I catch up?*
**[12:45] Musa**
*My legs won't move.*
**[12:47] Musa**
*They won't move.*
**[12:48] Student**
Musa! Musa! Musa!
**[12:53] Student**
You're 18th right now.
**[12:55] Student**
There's a cluster of seven up ahead.
**[13:01] (Flashback) Haiji**
People build it up by calling it the
Glorious Section 2, the section of aces,
**[13:04] (Flashback) Haiji**
but don't listen to them.
**[13:06] (Flashback) Haiji**
Plenty of schools think
other sections decide the race.
**[13:11] (Flashback) Haiji**
Let's think of Section 2's 23 kilometers
**[13:12] (Flashback) Haiji**
as one part of a longer race
the ten of us build together.
**[13:16] (Flashback) Musa**
Okay.
**[13:18] (Flashback) Haiji**
Bravely, calmly, and without fail.
**[13:21] (Flashback) Haiji**
Only you can do it.
**[13:25] Musa**
* 18th. In other words,*
* even I could pass two runners.*
**[13:31] Musa**
*Bravely, calmly, and without fail.*
**[13:36] Announcer**
*This is Broadcast Car 2.*
***SIGN*** Section 2
**[13:37] Announcer**
*Iwanki's pace remains constant.*
**[13:39] Announcer**
* Perhaps he exhausted himself*
* competing against Manaka's Inawa,*
**[13:42] Announcer**
*who caught up to Rikudo to reach first place,*
**[13:44] Announcer**
*but he can't catch Tokyo Sport.*
**[13:46] Announcer**
* The burst of speed*
* at the start of the section*
**[13:48] Announcer**
*is throwing off even the strongest athletes.*
**[13:51] King**
Why aren't they showing Musa?
**[13:54] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
It can't be helped.
The race for first is crazy.
**[13:57] King**
Yeah, but don't you wanna see him?
***SIGN*** 1 Manaka 2 Rikudo 3 Boso 4 Tokyo Sport 5 Kofu Academy 6 Yokohama 7 Kino 8 Shinsei 9 Kanagawa 10 Nihonbashi Tech 11 Eurasia 12 Do 13 Jonan Bunka 14 Tokyo Academy 15 Ake 16 Kitakan OP Student Association 17 Kansei 18 Yamato 19 Teito 20 Saikyo
**[14:01] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
King, how's your job hunt coming?
**[14:04] King**
Huh?
**[14:05] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I thought I'd relieve the tension.
**[14:08] King**
Then choose your words more carefully.
**[14:10] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Okay...
**[14:16] King**
I haven't been doing it.
**[14:17] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Huh?
**[14:19] King**
When would I have had the time?
**[14:21] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What? Then what are you going to do?
**[14:25] King**
I don't know!
**[14:28] King**
What are my parents going to say?
**[14:31] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Then why don't you run next year?
**[14:33] King**
I won't be able to look for a job again!
**[14:35] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
You're right.
**[14:39] King**
Next year? Are you...
**[14:43] Official**
Get ready! They're coming!
**[14:45] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Oof.
**[14:47] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
King, wanna warm up together?
***SIGN*** 19km Point
**[14:59] Musa**
*I thought I reduced my pace.*
**[15:09] Musa**
*Running is strange.*
**[15:11] Musa**
*Speed alone isn't enough to win.*
**[15:13] Musa**
*You have opponents and teammates.*
**[15:15] Fan**
You're almost there!
**[15:17] Fan**
You can do it!
**[15:18] Musa**
*Someone's voice gives you strength.*
**[15:21] Musa**
*And that's how I run!*
***SIGN*** Totsuka Relay Point
**[15:34] Announcer**
Kofu Academy's Iwanki leaves four
years of passion on Hakoneji Road
**[15:37] Announcer**
as he arrives at the relay line!
**[15:42] Announcer**
He failed to win his section,
**[15:44] Announcer**
but he displayed his usual
unchanging running style
**[15:46] Announcer**
in a turbulent Section 2, nonetheless.
**[15:59] Haiji**
Marvelous.
**[16:01] Haiji**
You were extremely fortunate
to have been able to run with him.
**[16:05] Kakeru**
Yes. His running is the embodiment of strength.
**[16:09] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Musa!
**[16:21] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Over here!
**[16:25] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Thanks, ace.
**[16:33] King**
Musa!
**[16:34] King**
14th. You were 14th.
**[16:37] King**
You passed seven guys.
**[16:40] King**
Whoa! Whoa!
**[16:43] Announcer**
*The temperature is currently 5.7 degrees.*
**[16:46] Announcer**
* The sunlight and sea breeze, together,*
* chip away at the runners' stamina.*
**[16:52] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*Musa was amazing.*
**[16:54] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*It makes me want to do the same thing.*
**[16:57] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
* King seems to be taking*
* the race seriously, too.*
**[16:59] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*We even locked eyes.*
**[17:02] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
* He practically told me*
* he'd be running next year, too.*
**[17:06] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*Next year, huh?*
**[17:08] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*Sorry, King.*
**[17:10] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*This is probably the end for me.*
**[17:24] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*Joji, my younger brother, is a part of my soul.*
**[17:30] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
* We slept together, played together,*
* and went to school together.*
**[17:34] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*No one could tell us apart.*
**[17:37] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*They seemed troubled when we spoke to them,*
**[17:41] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*and we'd do things to distress them further.*
**[17:47] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*But we're two different people.*
**[17:51] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*I'm Jo Taro. He's Jo Jiro.*
**[17:56] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*We have plenty of differences.*
**[17:58] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
* Favorite foods, the locations of*
* our moles, the girls we've dated.*
**[18:04] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*Our personalities...*
**[18:06] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*...and our talents.*
**[18:09] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*I'm sure of it. Joji's the better runner.*
**[18:13] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
* Even if there's no difference now,*
* Joji will become way faster than me.*
**[18:18] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*He'll see worlds I can't see.*
**[18:21] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*After all, you love to run.*
**[18:26] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*He'd sometimes train by himself before dawn.*
**[18:29] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*How can he run like that?*
**[18:36] (Flashback) Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Bro, can you watch my form?
**[18:40] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
* When we were together, the conversation*
* would always turn to Kakeru.*
**[18:45] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*Joji, you finally found your very own rival.*
**[18:51] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*Your very own goal.*
**[18:53] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*It's time for us to follow different paths.*
**[18:56] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*Go. Follow it far, far away.*
**[18:59] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*It doesn't matter how many years it takes.*
**[19:02] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*Win. Beat Kakeru.*
**[19:04] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*Become a stronger runner than him.*
**[19:07] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*I'll be rooting for you.*
**[19:11] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
* It's finally time for me to release*
* that precious part of my soul.*
**[19:18] Announcer**
* Kansei University first-year*
* and older twin brother, Jo Taro*
**[19:21] Announcer**
*is running with a light step.*
**[19:23] Announcer**
* He's re-passed Tokyo Academy,*
* and even passed Shinsei.*
***SIGN*** Shonan Bridge
**[19:29] Announcer**
* He has Jonan Bunka and*
* Nihonbashi Tech in his sights.*
**[19:34] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*Two more. No...*
**[19:40] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*I'm pumped.*
**[19:42] Hanako**
Jota!
**[19:46] Hanako**
Jota!
**[19:50] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*Hana?*
**[19:53] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*What's she doing here?*
**[19:55] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
* Wasn't she watching*
* the starting line at Otemachi?*
**[19:56] Hanako**
You can do it!
**[20:04] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*Could it be?*
**[20:06] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*No, but—*
**[20:08] Tazaki**
What?
**[20:10] Kakeru**
What's he looking at?
**[20:13] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*Does she like me?*
**[20:17] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
*What? Seriously?!*
**[20:24] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Bro!
**[20:30] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Oh, wow!
**[20:32] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
He's so strong during the actual event.
**[20:35] Announcer**
*Kansei's showing a menacing final spurt.*
**[20:38] Announcer**
* With the explosive sprint*
* of a short-distance runner,*
**[20:41] Announcer**
*he's climbed two ranks.*
**[20:42] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Joji!
**[20:44] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Hey!
**[20:47] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Hana!
**[20:48] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Huh?
**[20:49] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I think...
**[20:54] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
...she likes me.
**[20:57] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Seriously?!
***SIGN*** Congratulations Takashi on Running in the Hakone Ekiden
**[22:40] Narration**
Next time, “Even If I Break.”
***SIGN*** Next time: Even If I Break
# E20 - Even If I Break
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRG573NWR/even-if-i-break)
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**[00:05] Jota**
*Two more. No...*
**[00:12] Jota**
*I'm pumped.*
**[00:13] Hanako**
Jota!
**[00:17] Hanako**
Jota!
**[00:21] Jota**
*Hana?*
**[00:24] Jota**
*What's she doing here?*
**[00:26] Jota**
* Wasn't she watching*
* the starting line at Otemachi?*
**[00:28] Hanako**
You can do it!
**[00:35] Jota**
*Could it be?*
**[00:37] Jota**
*No, but—*
**[00:39] Jota**
*Does she like me?*
**[00:44] Jota**
*What? Seriously?!*
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
**[02:23] Joji**
Bro!
**[02:29] Joji**
Oh, wow!
**[02:31] Joji**
He's so strong during the actual event.
**[02:38] Jota**
Joji!
**[02:39] Joji**
Hey!
**[02:41] Jota**
Hana!
**[02:43] Joji**
Huh?
**[02:44] Jota**
I think...
**[02:49] Jota**
...she likes me.
**[02:52] Joji**
Seriously?!
**[02:57] Joji**
What? But Hana—
**[02:59] Joji**
Seriously?!
**[03:03] Nico**
Come here, you idiot!
***SIGN*** Even If I Break
***SIGN*** Section 4
**[03:10] Announcer**
*Kansei is still catching up.*
**[03:12] Announcer**
*Since finishing last in Section 1,*
**[03:13] Announcer**
* their position has steadily climbed*
* to their current 10th place.*
**[03:16] Announcer**
* At this rate, they might even*
* catch Tokyo Sport in 9th.*
**[03:20] Joji**
*I see.*
**[03:22] Joji**
*Seriously? I see.*
**[03:24] Haiji**
Did Hana herself say that she likes Jota?
**[03:29] Musa**
No, it's not like that.
**[03:31] Musa**
I simply thought she liked one of the twins.
**[03:36] Nico**
Well, he's suddenly assuming she does.
**[03:38] Nico**
He even told Joji.
**[03:42] Yuki**
Why would that idiot agitate
his brother like that?
**[03:45] Nico**
*Hana's on her way to Odawara.*
**[03:48] Yuki**
Who is she? Godzilla?
**[03:50] Musa**
Should we have the coach tell
him Jota's confused about Hana?
**[03:55] Nico**
I've never heard of that kind
of instruction being given before.
**[03:57] Haiji**
I'll make the decision.
**[03:59] Haiji**
Not that I'm happy with it.
**[04:01] [Messenger] Sign**
Section 4
**[04:03] Kakeru**
Run, you idiot!
**[04:08] Joji**
* It doesn't make sense*
* that she likes him, though.*
**[04:12] Joji**
*She was always with the two of us.*
**[04:16] Joji**
*When did she develop feelings for him?*
**[04:19] Joji**
*Maybe he meant as a friend.*
**[04:22] Joji**
*In that case...*
**[04:24] Joji**
*No, in that case, I like Hana as a friend, too.*
**[04:29] Joji**
*Just as a friend.*
**[04:32] Joji**
*Yeah, a friend...*
**[04:40] (Flashback) Joji**
Want some help?
**[04:42] (Flashback) Hana**
Thanks. Joji, could you take out that garbage?
**[04:45] (Flashback) Joji**
Okay.
**[04:48] (Flashback) Joji**
Hey, Hana...
**[04:50] (Flashback) Joji**
How can you tell us apart?
**[04:53] (Flashback) Hana**
What?
**[04:55] (Flashback) Joji**
You didn't have think when you used my name.
**[04:57] (Flashback) Hana**
Oh. No one at Aotake gets you mixed up.
**[05:01] (Flashback) Joji**
Well, yeah.
**[05:03] (Flashback) Hana**
I've never thought about
trying to tell you apart.
**[05:05] (Flashback) Hana**
Since the day I met you,
you were you, and Jota was Jota.
**[05:11] (Flashback) Hana**
You're brothers and best
friends and always together,
**[05:15] (Flashback) Hana**
but what I like about each of you is...
**[05:19] (Flashback) Hana**
Never mind.
**[05:20] (Flashback) Joji**
Hey!
**[05:21] (Flashback) Joji**
We're gonna start lighting fireworks!
**[05:23] (Flashback) Hana**
No way! I'm coming!
**[05:31] Tazaki**
Hey, Joji!
**[05:34] Tazaki**
Are you listening? Answer me!
**[05:37] Joji**
*He's really mad.*
**[05:39] Joji**
*How much did I miss?*
**[05:44] Tazaki**
Jeez.
**[05:45] Tazaki**
I'm not sure what it means, but you
have a message from Kurahara.
**[05:48] Tazaki**
Just listen.
**[05:50] Joji**
*From Kakeru?*
**[05:54] Tazaki**
“If you like her, run.”
**[05:58] Tazaki**
That's all.
**[06:00] Tazaki**
It's what I was told to say.
**[06:04] Joji**
*Who does he think he is?*
**[06:08] Joji**
*But...*
***SIGN*** Odahara Relay Station
**[06:18] Shindo**
He handed me the phone. It's me.
**[06:20] Haiji**
Sounds pretty noisy over there.
**[06:22] Shindo**
Yes. We're all anxious to start.
**[06:27] Haiji**
Shindo.
**[06:34] Yuki**
What'd he say?
**[06:37] Shindo**
That I'd better hydrate.
**[06:40] Kakeru**
It's the same for everyone.
**[06:42] Kakeru**
There's nothing left to say.
***SIGN*** Congratulations Takashi on Running in the Hakone Ekiden
***SIGN*** Certain Victory
**[06:59] Sister**
They're almost at Section 5!
**[07:01] Sister**
He's gonna run!
***SIGN*** It might not be colder than over there. Is everyone there?
***SIGN*** Yeah, everyone's already in front of the TV. Our uncle from Tsuruoka just arrived!
***SIGN*** Kansei University is amazing! Yu said he's rooting for you. I'm starting to feel nervous.
***SIGN*** I'll do my best.
***SIGN*** First place, brother!
***SIGN*** First place, brother!
***SIGN*** Section 4
**[07:18] Announcer**
Rikudo was too slow.
**[07:20] Announcer**
The champions are slowly falling behind.
**[07:23] Announcer**
Currently in first place is Boso's Saito.
**[07:27] Announcer**
Rikudo is also within range of Daiwa in third.
**[07:54] Official**
Saikyo is coming! Saikyo!
**[07:57] Shindo**
I'd better go.
**[07:58] Official**
Tokyo Sport is next!
**[08:00] Official**
Tokyo Sport to the relay line!
**[08:03] Yuki**
But it's Section 5.
**[08:05] Yuki**
Actually, no matter the section—
**[08:07] Official**
Kansei, Kikui! Get ready!
**[08:10] Official**
They're coming at the same time!
**[08:12] Shindo**
It's okay.
**[08:14] Shindo**
I promise I'll make it there.
**[08:32] Shindo**
*No matter what.*
**[08:46] Joji**
Damn it!
**[08:50] Hana**
Joji?
**[08:53] Joji**
Damn it. What did I do?
**[08:56] Joji**
Why couldn't I go faster?
**[09:07] Joji**
He was hot.
**[09:09] Joji**
Hotter than me, and I'd just run Section 4.
**[09:15] Joji**
I knew.
**[09:17] Joji**
I knew I had to get us
as much time as possible,
**[09:22] Joji**
but I...
**[09:24] Yuki**
Raise your head.
**[09:25] Yuki**
He's already running.
**[09:29] Announcer**
*This is Car 3.*
**[09:31] Announcer**
* Kansei's Sugiyama's pace*
* is remaining constant.*
**[09:34] Announcer**
*Kikui's Inagaki is already 500 meters ahead.*
**[09:38] Announcer**
*Kansei has suddenly hit the brakes.*
**[09:42] Sister**
Brother?
**[09:45] Announcer**
* Yokohama and Jonan Bunka*
* are catching up from behind.*
**[09:49] Announcer**
*Will he be able to stay ahead of them?*
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
**[09:53] Analyst**
*No, it's just a matter of time.*
***SIGN*** Section 5
**[09:56] Analyst**
*He seems to be having some kind of problem.*
**[10:48] Fan**
Kansei, you can do it!
**[10:48] Announcer**
*It wouldn't surprise us if he stopped anytime.*
**[10:50] Fan**
You can do it!
**[10:51] Announcer**
* Will he be able to make it over*
* the mountains of Hakone?*
**[11:01] Tazaki**
*Shindo, go is a challenging game.*
**[11:06] Tazaki**
* The stronger you are, the more*
* you value the way you lose.*
**[11:12] Tazaki**
How you recognize your loss and resign is key.
**[11:17] Tazaki**
* No one blames the challenger for*
* resigning or mocks him for running away.*
**[11:23] Tazaki**
If anything, they praise him
for securing an escape route.
**[11:29] Tazaki**
* It's because everyone knows*
* that man was fighting to win*
**[11:33] Tazaki**
*until the very end.*
**[11:48] Tazaki**
*Shindo, raise your hand if you can't keep going.*
**[11:52] Tazaki**
I'll stop you immediately.
**[12:05] Announcer**
* The lead runners are approaching*
* the finish line at Lake Ashi.*
**[12:09] Announcer**
* Their first first-half victory in four*
* years is right before their eyes.*
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
**[12:14] Announcer**
*A new god has descended upon Hakone!*
**[12:17] Announcer**
* Boso second-year Yanase Wataru*
* finishes in a new section record!*
**[12:23] Announcer**
*Boso wins the first half!*
**[12:28] Announcer**
*I'm here with Kansei.*
**[12:29] Announcer**
* Kansei's Coach Tazaki*
* has gotten out of the car.*
**[12:33] Announcer**
*Will he stop Sugiyama and forfeit the race?*
**[12:42] Announcer**
*Oh, no!*
**[12:43] Announcer**
*He's stopped! Sugiyama has finally stopped!*
**[12:50] Tazaki**
That's enough. You did well.
**[13:24] Sister**
No!
**[13:28] Tazaki**
Hey.
**[13:31] Shindo**
Waiting...
**[13:33] Shindo**
They're all waiting for me...
**[13:45] Kakeru**
*Why are we so desperate to keep running?*
**[13:49] Kakeru**
* Why can't we stop doing something*
* so painful and difficult?*
**[13:56] Kakeru**
*For our friends. For our goals. For ourselves.*
**[14:00] Kakeru**
*Stubbornness and pride.*
**[14:03] Kakeru**
*I don't know. I doubt anyone knows.*
**[14:06] Kakeru**
*That's why we can't look away.*
**[14:20] Kakeru**
*That's why it sticks in our hearts.*
**[14:52] Kakeru**
Shindo!
***SIGN*** Ashihara Inn
**[15:07] Announcer**
* Kansei's Sugiyama Takashi is*
* experiencing difficulties in Section 5.*
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
***SIGN*** Hakone – Lake Ashi
**[15:10] Announcer**
* While periodically stopping, he brushes*
* off his coach's attempts to stop him*
**[15:14] Announcer**
*and finishes all 20.7 kilometers of Section 5.*
**[15:18] Announcer**
* Sugiyama is greeted by*
* a continuous wave of cheers*
***SIGN*** First Half 20th – Kansei University
**[15:21] Announcer**
* after demonstrating that he has*
* the strongest will in the country.*
**[15:27] Kakeru**
We've already called your family.
**[15:29] Kakeru**
They said they'd come take care of you,
but we politely declined their offer.
**[15:38] Tazaki**
Shindo finished his section,
but tomorrow will be a difficult battle.
**[15:43] Kakeru**
It won't be!
**[15:47] Tazaki**
Because you'll run?
**[15:50] Tazaki**
I'm glad you're confident, but sometimes
making it to the end isn't good enough.
**[15:56] Tazaki**
Tomorrow, I won't let you boys expose
yourselves to the same kind of danger.
**[16:01] Tazaki**
We'll be fully prepared for tomorrow.
**[16:04] Tazaki**
Switching our focus to that comes first.
**[16:10] Haiji**
Yes, sir.
**[16:12] Kakeru**
I'm sorry.
**[16:16] Tazaki**
Once you've prepared
for tomorrow, call the others.
**[16:20] Tazaki**
You haven't yet, right?
**[16:22] Tazaki**
They must be anxious.
**[16:33] Yuki**
Go ahead.
**[16:36] Prince**
*Nice work.*
**[16:36] Both**
*Shindo!*
**[16:38] King**
*Musa, there's no point in getting any closer!*
**[16:41] Nico**
* You'll be fine as long as*
* you're not dead, Shindo!*
**[16:50] Haiji**
Guys.
**[16:54] Haiji**
You worked hard today.
**[16:56] Haiji**
We'll have more chances tomorrow!
**[17:01] King**
*Yeah!*
**[17:02] Jota**
*Who was that?*
**[17:03] Nico**
*Probably King.*
**[17:05] King**
*What does that mean?*
**[17:06] Yuki**
Shut up. Be quiet.
**[17:08] Haiji**
If you're running tomorrow, stay warm
while you sleep and don't overeat.
**[17:12] Haiji**
That's all.
**[17:13] All**
That's all?!
**[17:15] King**
*Don't you have any more helpful advice?*
**[17:18] Haiji**
No.
**[17:19] Nico**
*Hey!*
**[17:20] Haiji**
It'll be over after tomorrow.
**[17:22] Haiji**
All we can do is focus, so we
can give everything we've got.
**[17:31] Shindo**
Excuse me. Why don't we do that?
**[17:34] Shindo**
The mountains of Hakone are?
**[17:39] Yuki**
I'm sure yours will feel the most authentic.
**[17:42] Kakeru**
Let's do it.
**[17:50] Haiji**
The mountains of Hakone are?
**[17:52] All**
The steepest in the world!
**[18:03] Kakeru**
It might snow tomorrow.
**[18:07] Haiji**
Kakeru.
**[18:09] Haiji**
Was that your parents' idea?
**[18:11] Kakeru**
You mean my name? Yes.
**[18:13] Kakeru**
My father ran track.
**[18:15] Haiji**
Did your father push you towards running, too?
**[18:18] Kakeru**
No. Our communication was never...
**[18:21] Kakeru**
Wait! Why do you ask?
**[18:28] Haiji**
My father is a high school track coach.
**[18:33] Haiji**
I was one of his runners.
**[18:38] Haiji**
He's not a bad person.
He just loves track to a fault.
**[18:42] Haiji**
I didn't have time to think
while under his total supervision,
**[18:45] Haiji**
and I ran every day.
**[18:48] Haiji**
Eventually, I broke.
**[19:28] Haiji**
But...
**[19:30] Haiji**
Unable to run for the first time,
I genuinely wanted to run.
***SIGN*** Chikusei-so
**[19:48] Haiji**
This time, I'll share a dream with
teammates who earnestly want to run.
**[19:54] Haiji**
Whether they're weak or amateurs,
**[19:56] Haiji**
as long as they've got talent and
passion, I'm sure they can run.
**[20:05] Haiji**
For that, I bent everyone to my will.
**[20:15] Kakeru**
We knew there was only ten of us.
**[20:18] Kakeru**
But we're more than ten.
**[20:20] Kakeru**
The shopping center vendors, the university,
and the people far away from us
**[20:24] Kakeru**
are all part of the team.
**[20:26] Kakeru**
No one thinks you forced them to do anything.
**[20:29] Kakeru**
Even if you did, don't forget
that I'm grateful for that.
**[20:35] Kakeru**
Let's run.
**[20:39] Kakeru**
We're going to run the best we ever have.
***SIGN*** Next time: Goodbye, Beautiful World
**[22:40] Narration**
Next time, “Goodbye, Beautiful World.”
# E21 - Goodbye, Beautiful World
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYW4JG0Q6/goodbye-beautiful-world)
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***SIGN*** Kansei University
***SIGN*** Promises of Economic Cooperation
***SIGN*** Boso Uni Wins First Half Racing With Only 10 Members
***SIGN*** Starting in last place Brakes Last place Insufficient members
***SIGN*** Inexperienced Inadequate Strengths and weaknesses
***SIGN*** Difficult race
**[00:25] Shindo**
Good morning.
**[00:29] Yuki**
Go back to bed.
**[00:33] Shindo**
Did it snow overnight?
**[00:36] Yuki**
We're all in the same boat.
**[00:39] Yuki**
Go to sleep.
**[00:42] Yuki**
I'm worried.
**[00:44] Yuki**
Will I trip on the slope?
**[00:46] Yuki**
Will my shoelaces break?
**[00:49] Shindo**
You'll be fine.
**[00:51] Shindo**
You could even win your section.
**[00:54] Yuki**
Can't you be more realistic
in your encouragement?
**[00:57] Shindo**
You always do what you say you'll do.
**[01:02] Shindo**
That goes for both the bar exam
and the Hakone Ekiden.
**[01:05] Yuki**
The exam and the Ekiden are different.
**[01:08] Shindo**
Tell me you'll try to win your section.
**[01:13] Yuki**
Okay, okay.
**[01:15] Yuki**
I'll go for it. I'll try to win.
**[01:16] Yuki**
I promise I'll try.
**[01:18] Shindo**
Good. Then you'll be fine.
**[01:21] Yuki**
If only I could've supported you
like this yesterday...
**[01:25] Shindo**
Huh?
**[01:28] Yuki**
I'm useless.
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
**[03:04] TV**
*There's a 60% chance of rain in Kanto,*
***SIGN*** Utsunomiya 4ºC/Cloudy Yokohama 2ºC/Snow, cloudy later
***SIGN*** Tokyo 3ºC/Snow, rain later Kofu 1ºC/Snow
**[03:07] TV**
*and it's snowing out on the plains.*
**[03:11] TV**
* The current temperature*
* in the city is 2º below zero.*
**[03:14] TV**
*There's a strong northeasterly wind,*
**[03:16] TV**
* and we expect temperatures*
* to remain below 5º this afternoon.*
**[03:20] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Out for a jog? You're up early.
**[03:23] Kakeru**
Where's Haiji?
**[03:24] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
In his room, probably. Why?
**[03:27] Kakeru**
It's unusual for him not
to be running at this time.
**[03:31] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Oh, right...
**[03:32] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
But he's Section 10.
**[03:35] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Prince and Hana said
they're getting ready right now.
**[03:52] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Hana?!
**[03:53] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Wh-Who—
**[03:55] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Who was that guy?!
**[03:57] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We're in a hotel!
**[03:58] Kakeru**
What are you talking about?
**[04:00] Hanako**
He just came out of Haiji's room.
**[04:04] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What?
**[04:07] Haiji**
He's my sports doctor.
**[04:10] Kakeru**
It's your leg, isn't it?
**[04:11] Kakeru**
Did something happen?
How long has it been feeling off?
**[04:14] Haiji**
There's nothing wrong with it.
I was just being careful.
**[04:17] Kakeru**
Haiji!
**[04:19] Haiji**
Focus on yourself.
**[04:21] Haiji**
Aren't you going to run the best you ever have?
***SIGN*** Goodbye, Beautiful World
***SIGN*** New Year Sports Special
Hakone Ekiden
**[04:35] Announcer**
*After finishing second in the first half,*
***SIGN*** Fujioka Kazuma
**[04:37] Announcer**
* it's no surprise that Fujioka*
* Kazuma's running for Rikudo.*
***SIGN*** Kurahara Kakeru
**[04:40] Announcer**
* They must be hoping their captain*
* will lead them to a comeback.*
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race First Half Runners
**[04:45] Tazaki**
Well, that's hardly surprising.
**[04:47] Shindo**
I'll tell the others.
**[04:49] Tazaki**
Sure.
**[04:50] Tazaki**
As far as Rikudo's concerned,
it's all going according to plan.
**[04:56] Prince**
Haiji and I will go to Tsurumi.
**[04:59] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Kakeru and I will go to Totsuka.
**[05:01] Hana**
I'll be waiting at Otemachi.
**[05:04] Haiji**
I look forward to seeing you there.
**[05:11] Official**
*Nine,*
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
**[05:12] Official**
*eight, seven, six,*
**[05:15] Official**
*five,*
**[05:16] Official**
*four,*
**[05:17] Official**
*three,*
**[05:18] Official**
*two, one.*
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
**[05:22] Announcer**
* It's 8:00 AM. Boso Uni, who won*
* the first half, has started.*
**[05:27] Announcer**
* Second place finisher*
* Rikudo will start 1:39 later.*
***SIGN*** Rikudo
**[05:31] Announcer**
* Universities who finished more*
* than ten minutes behind Boso*
***SIGN*** 1 Boso Rikudo Daiwa Kitakan Kino Saikyo Do Yokohama Kofu Academy Nihonbashi Tech Tokyo Sport Manaka Teito Ake Jonan Bunka Kanagawa OP Student Association Eurasia Tokyo Academy Shinsei Kansei
**[05:34] Announcer**
* will be starting together*
* ten minutes from now.*
**[05:38] Announcer**
* This year's simultaneous start*
* includes Eurasia, Tokyo Academy,*
**[05:42] Announcer**
* Shinsei, Kansei, and the*
* Kanto Student Association.*
**[05:48] Haiji**
We finished 11:53 behind Boso.
**[05:52] Haiji**
We may be starting simultaneously
ten minutes later,
**[05:54] Haiji**
but that doesn't erase the 1:53 difference.
**[05:58] Haiji**
Our rank will ultimately be determined
by the sum of our first and second half times.
***SIGN*** Odahara Relay Point
**[06:04] Haiji**
In other words, your apparent position
at the end of the second half
**[06:08] Haiji**
can be different from your time-based rank.
**[06:10] Haiji**
Members running the second half
have to do tedious calculations
**[06:15] Haiji**
while trying to improve their position.
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
**[06:18] Official**
*The simultaneous start is soon!*
**[06:20] Official**
*All teams to the starting line!*
**[06:26] Shindo**
See you in Otemachi!
**[06:29] Yuki**
See you in Otemachi!
**[06:41] Announcer**
*The final five teams have started at once.*
**[06:44] Announcer**
* All 21 runners are now engaged*
* in the battle ending in Otemachi.*
**[06:51] Yuki**
*They're speeding ahead.*
**[06:53] Yuki**
* Can they keep up that pace*
* with today's road conditions?*
***SIGN*** Section 6 Final Entrants
**[06:57] (Flashback) Yuki**
Among Section 6's final entrants,
**[06:59] (Flashback) Yuki**
only Rikudo runs a 28-minute 10k.
**[07:03] (Flashback) Shindo**
You'll be able to keep up with them.
**[07:10] (Flashback) Haiji**
You're the only one
who can ride down Hakone.
**[07:22] Yuki**
*Don't be scared.*
**[07:26] Kakeru**
Five kilometers in 13:45?
**[07:28] Kakeru**
That's too fast.
**[07:29] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
But didn't Haiji say it's normal to run the
five kilometers of Section 6 in thirteen minutes?
**[07:35] Kakeru**
If you're an experienced runner.
**[07:37] Kakeru**
It's not easy to control your speed
on the downhill once you get going.
**[07:42] Kakeru**
If you're not careful, you'll start
running at short-distance speeds.
**[07:47] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Let's trust him.
**[07:50] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
All we can do is trust Yuki.
**[07:52] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Hana said the same thing: “Just trust him.”
**[07:56] Kakeru**
Hana did?
**[07:57] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah. Hana—
**[07:58] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Oh, uh...
**[08:01] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Hana said, uh... what was it?
**[08:04] Kakeru**
We don't have to talk about it.
**[08:07] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What does that mean?
**[08:10] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
H-Hey, listen.
**[08:12] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Just so you know, I like Hana.
**[08:15] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Don't screw it up for me.
**[08:17] Kakeru**
I know.
**[08:18] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What?
**[08:19] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
How do you know?!
**[08:32] Announcer**
* We just received the teams'*
* five-kilometer times.*
***SIGN*** New Years Sports Special
**[08:35] Announcer**
*This is a rather fast pace. Right, Seto-san?*
**[08:38] Announcer**
* Yeah. When it comes to running*
* downhill, you need guts.*
**[08:42] TV**
Manaka and Kansei are on record pace.
**[08:45] TV**
We can't get a broadcast car to them yet.
**[08:47] TV**
Get a bike on Kansei.
**[08:48] TV**
Follow them on the fixed cameras.
**[08:51] Announcer**
* Running downhill is like taking*
* your hands off the handlebars*
**[08:55] Announcer**
*while riding a bike down a steep slope.*
**[08:58] Announcer**
*But if you have the courage and guts for it,*
**[09:01] Announcer**
*you could go for the record.*
**[09:03] Announcer**
* Manaka's Fudemura and Kansei's*
* Iwakura are running particularly quickly.*
**[09:14] Yuki**
* These past five kilometers,*
* I've run each kilometer in 2:45.*
**[09:18] Yuki**
*It's unbelievable.*
**[09:19] Yuki**
*I could never run this fast on a flat track.*
**[09:22] Yuki**
*No one can run that fast.*
**[09:26] Yuki**
*There is one.*
**[09:28] Yuki**
*Oh, right.*
**[09:30] Yuki**
*This is the world Kakeru runs in.*
**[09:33] Yuki**
*Kakeru...*
**[09:35] Yuki**
*Do you always run this fast?*
**[09:41] Yuki**
*If I keep running like this, can I be like you?*
**[09:49] Yuki**
*No, don't!*
**[09:52] Yuki**
*It's too dangerous for me.*
**[09:55] Yuki**
*Today's my last day.*
**[09:57] Yuki**
*I have my own life to live.*
**[10:01] Yuki**
*Hey, Kakeru...*
**[10:05] Yuki**
*Don't go too far.*
**[10:08] Yuki**
* The place you're going is*
* beautiful, but it's too lonely.*
**[10:13] Yuki**
*Too lonely for any living human to endure.*
**[10:23] Yuki**
*Shoot.*
**[10:25] Yuki**
*Focus. Focus, focus.*
**[10:27] Woman**
Yukihiko! Yukihiko!
**[10:29] Girl**
Brother!
**[10:31] All**
You can do it!
**[10:35] (Flashback) Woman**
Yukihiko!
**[10:45] (Flashback) Woman**
Yukihiko, I'm thinking
about getting remarried.
**[10:56] (Flashback) Woman**
And you're going to have a little sister.
**[11:15] Yuki**
*I'm sorry,*
**[11:18] Yuki**
Mom...
**[11:25] Nico**
Yuki!
**[11:40] Nico**
I knew you'd do it!
**[11:46] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yuki!
**[11:48] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
That was amazing!
**[11:49] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
You're amazing, Yuki!
**[11:51] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Two seconds faster, and you would've won!
**[11:53] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Just two seconds!
**[11:56] Yuki**
Two seconds?
**[11:57] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
That's amazing! You're amazing, Yuki!
**[12:02] Yuki**
That two-second gap will never close.
**[12:18] Nico**
It's me.
**[12:20] Nico**
Are you calling to tell me
Section 7's strategy?
**[12:23] Haiji**
No. Just run to your heart's content.
**[12:26] Haiji**
That's all.
**[12:28] Nico**
That's simple.
**[12:29] Haiji**
*Keep a pace of three minutes per kilometer.*
**[12:31] Haiji**
*That would be ideal.*
**[12:33] Nico**
That won't be easy.
**[12:35] Nico**
Roger that.
**[12:36] Haiji**
*Sorry I couldn't let you take it easy.*
**[12:40] Nico**
Haiji, if I wanted to take it easy,
I wouldn't have run.
**[12:45] Nico**
* The same goes for dieting*
* and quitting smoking.*
**[12:48] Nico**
There's no such thing as an easy path.
**[12:50] Nico**
I knew that when I made my decision.
**[12:52] Haiji**
*I understand.*
**[12:53] Nico**
Watch me. Just don't expect too much.
**[13:00] Nico**
*Must be nice...*
**[13:02] Nico**
*...being so skinny.*
**[13:04] Nico**
*If I'd been born that skinny, I—wait...*
**[13:09] Nico**
*I caught up?*
**[13:11] Nico**
*Maybe he's off his game.*
**[13:13] Nico**
*What position am I? What's my time?*
**[13:17] Nico**
*I screwed up. What should I do?*
**[13:19] Nico**
*Should I match his pace?*
**[13:22] Nico**
*Of course he won't make it easy.*
**[13:25] Nico**
*Fine, then. Let's do this.*
**[13:36] Nico**
*Damn, this is fun.*
**[13:39] Nico**
*This is it. This is how I wanted to run.*
**[13:43] (Flashback) Haiji**
Run to your heart's content.
**[13:47] Nico**
*Haiji, you truly are amazing.*
**[13:53] (Flashback) Coach**
Hirata,
**[13:55] (Flashback) Coach**
why don't you give up on
long-distance and try something else?
**[13:59] (Flashback) Coach**
I think you'd be better at a throwing event.
**[14:06] Nico**
*It's not his fault.*
**[14:09] Nico**
* He said that because he'd been*
* observing me carefully.*
**[14:12] Nico**
* Since the numbers decide the race,*
* it's only natural that body type matters.*
**[14:17] Nico**
*But I liked running.*
**[14:22] Nico**
*I wanted to keep running if I could,*
**[14:27] Nico**
*but...*
**[14:30] Nico**
*I lost my passion.*
**[14:40] (Flashback) Nico**
Hey.
**[14:42] (Flashback) Tazaki**
You're not a child anymore.
**[14:44] (Flashback) Tazaki**
Smoke if you want to.
**[14:48] (Flashback) Haiji**
You used to run track?
**[14:54] (Flashback) Nico**
A long time ago.
**[14:56] (Flashback) Haiji**
In high school? What events?
**[14:59] (Flashback) Nico**
I don't remember anymore.
**[15:00] (Flashback) Nico**
Why? Are you a track fan?
**[15:04] (Flashback) Haiji**
I was a runner.
**[15:06] (Flashback) Nico**
What?
**[15:07] (Flashback) Haiji**
Long-distance, throughout
middle and high school.
**[15:09] (Flashback) Nico**
Then why'd you choose Kansei?
**[15:12] (Flashback) Nico**
This isn't a school for running.
**[15:14] (Flashback) Nico**
Why? You slow or something?
**[15:16] (Flashback) Haiji**
Not slow, just weak.
**[15:20] (Flashback) Nico**
What?
**[15:22] (Flashback) Haiji**
I'm weak.
**[15:26] Nico**
*You're not the slightest bit weak.*
**[15:29] Nico**
*No, you've spent four years getting stronger.*
**[15:34] Tazaki**
*Nicotine! Can you hear me, Nicotine?*
**[15:37] Nico**
*That's just my addiction, old man.*
**[15:41] Tazaki**
*You're currently in 13th place.*
**[15:45] Tazaki**
* When you include Kansei's first half time,*
* your current total position is*
**[15:51] Tazaki**
*16th place.*
***SIGN*** Hiratsuka Relay Station
**[15:57] Nico**
*Even after how fast Yuki ran?*
**[16:02] Kosuke**
This year will be your last year at Hakone.
**[16:07] Kosuke**
After all, you won't earn a seed.
**[16:10] Kosuke**
Isn't that good for you, though?
**[16:12] Kosuke**
You don't have to worry next year.
**[16:16] King**
You think we'll take that lying—
**[16:18] Musa**
You don't know that.
**[16:19] Musa**
Tokyo Sport's barely in range for a seed, too.
**[16:24] Kosuke**
I'll pass them all.
**[16:27] Kosuke**
I'll crush everyone in front of me.
**[16:33] Kosuke**
I've been running since middle school,
believing that I'd be standing here.
**[16:38] Kosuke**
You run for fun. You wouldn't understand.
**[16:41] Musa**
It's not for fun!
**[16:44] Musa**
Yesterday, our teammate practically gave
his life to pass along our sash.
**[16:48] Musa**
Who suffers that much for fun?
**[16:50] Musa**
You should know that, but you...
**[16:54] Musa**
Play fair and square.
Show how strong you are by running.
**[16:57] King**
Musa.
**[17:00] Tokyo team**
Sakaki, what are you doing?
**[17:04] King**
Start by trying to have fun.
**[17:06] King**
Our Kiyose tells us all the time
that just being fast isn't enough.
**[17:10] Kosuke**
Lip service.
**[17:12] Kosuke**
Winning is everything.
**[17:20] Nico**
*There's no one here.*
**[17:22] Nico**
*There's no target.*
**[17:25] Nico**
*I don't know where or how I'm running.*
**[17:29] Nico**
*I don't know if I'm fast or slow.*
**[17:31] Nico**
*I don't know anything.*
**[17:32] (Flashback) Haiji**
Keep a pace of three minutes per kilometer.
**[17:34] (Flashback) Haiji**
That would be ideal.
**[17:37] (Flashback) Nico**
Thanks for letting me run again.
**[17:40] (Flashback) Kakeru**
But that means you were frustrated, right?
**[17:42] (Flashback) Kakeru**
That's why you told me.
**[17:44] (Flashback) Kakeru**
It means you can't give it up.
**[17:47] Nico**
*Thanks for telling me the truth.*
**[17:50] Student**
Tenth, Kansei University.
***SIGN*** Kansei University
**[17:52] All**
Yes!
**[17:55] Nico**
*Thanks for running with me.*
**[17:59] Nico**
*This is my last day.*
**[18:01] Nico**
*This world is too beautiful.*
**[18:03] Nico**
*But that's okay.*
**[18:05] Nico**
* My love hasn't changed.*
* Never has, never will.*
**[18:10] Nico**
*I like running.*
**[18:13] Nico**
*I love it.*
**[18:18] Nico**
* I'll leave all my lingering*
* attachments on this road!*
**[18:30] King**
Yeah! Nico-chan Senpai!
**[18:33] King**
Let's do this!
**[18:38] Nico**
Don't lose.
**[18:47] Musa**
You improved our rank!
**[18:48] Musa**
You improved our rank, Nico-chan Senpai!
**[18:56] Nico**
Tastes like iron.
***SIGN*** 1 Boso 2 Rikudo
**[18:58] Announcer**
*Boso remains in first place.*
**[19:00] Announcer**
*They've pulled ahead of Rikudo*
**[19:02] Announcer**
* and, once again, achieved greater than*
* a 1:30 lead by the Hiratsuka Relay Station.*
**[19:15] Kakeru**
Even for Rikudo, not everything
goes according to plan.
**[19:19] Kazuma**
There's no fun in running a race
when you know how it ends,
**[19:22] Kazuma**
but there is an end I'm determined to reach.
**[19:28] Kazuma**
Kurahara, I'm going to break the section record.
**[19:35] Kazuma**
We're obliged to win.
**[19:38] Kazuma**
Athletes, contacts, coaches, facilities, funds.
**[19:43] Kazuma**
Champions in everything, we're expected to win.
**[19:48] Kazuma**
Do you think it's hard?
**[19:50] Kazuma**
You get used to the difficulty, eventually.
**[19:53] Kazuma**
But it's heavy. So heavy.
**[19:56] Kazuma**
The past four years, I've endured
that weight and ran with it...
**[20:03] Kazuma**
...to become even stronger.
**[20:07] Kakeru**
Then I'll break your record.
**[20:10] Kakeru**
You'll probably only be the
record-holder for about ten minutes.
**[20:18] Kazuma**
Rikudo will win!
**[20:21] Kazuma**
At the same time, I will beat
myself and beat you, Kurahara.
**[20:27] Kazuma**
What will you show me?
**[20:34] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Kakeru!
**[20:38] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
King is...
**[20:40] Announcer**
* Tokyo Sport first-year Sakaki Kosuke*
* puts on a tremendous burst of speed.*
**[20:44] Announcer**
* He's pulling ahead of Kansei, who passed*
* their sash before them at Hiratsuka.*
**[20:49] Announcer**
*What a striking debut for this rookie.*
**[20:52] King**
Damn! Damn, damn!
**[20:56] King**
Damn, damn!
**[20:57] King**
Damn, damn!
**[22:40] Narration**
Next time, “Embrace Your Loneliness.”
***SIGN*** Next time: Embrace Your Loneliness
# E22 - Embrace Your Loneliness
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G68DNWK86/embrace-your-loneliness)
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**[00:02] Kazuma**
Rikudo will win!
**[00:03] Kazuma**
At the same time, I will beat
myself and beat you, Kurahara.
**[00:09] Kazuma**
What will you show me?
**[00:17] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Kakeru!
**[00:21] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
King is...
**[00:24] Announcer**
* Tokyo Sport first-year Sakaki Kosuke*
* puts on a tremendous burst of speed.*
**[00:27] Announcer**
* He's pulling ahead of Kansei, who passed*
* their sash before them at Hiratsuka.*
**[00:32] Announcer**
*What a striking debut for this rookie.*
**[00:37] King**
*Damn! Damn, damn!*
**[00:40] King**
*Damn, damn!*
**[00:42] King**
*Damn, damn!*
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
**[02:19] King**
Have you been at it?
**[02:21] King**
Looking for a job, I mean.
**[02:23] Haiji**
Does it look like I have been?
**[02:25] King**
What are you gonna do?
Join a works team?
**[02:29] King**
Are you staying in school?
**[02:32] King**
Then I'll stay, too.
**[02:34] King**
Let's run the Hakone Ekiden next year, too.
**[02:37] Haiji**
King...
**[02:40] Haiji**
I won't be staying in school,
**[02:43] Haiji**
but I haven't thought about the future, either.
**[02:46] Haiji**
Running at the Hakone Ekiden.
It's all I've thought about for a while now.
**[02:51] King**
Of course.
**[02:52] King**
If you told me you had a job lined up,
**[02:56] King**
I'd be pissed.
**[03:00] Haiji**
Section 8 is a hard section.
**[03:02] Haiji**
Even if you're passed, don't let it bother you.
**[03:06] King**
No one's passing me.
**[03:08] Haiji**
The key point is the Yugyoji Temple slope.
***SIGN*** Yugyoji Temple
**[03:10] Haiji**
Save as much stamina as you can for there.
**[03:14] King**
Yugyoji, right?
**[03:17] King**
Question for you:
**[03:19] King**
What is Yugyoji Temple's official name?
**[03:21] Haiji**
King.
**[03:22] Haiji**
I'll help you look for a job.
**[03:24] King**
What? How?
**[03:26] King**
There's no way you can.
**[03:29] King**
How are you gonna do that? Tell me.
**[03:32] Tazaki**
*King.*
**[03:34] Tazaki**
*King!*
**[03:36] Tazaki**
*If you can hear me, give me a sign.*
**[03:41] Tazaki**
* Now breathe deeply*
* and stretch your shoulders.*
**[03:49] Tazaki**
* Haiji called me in a panic*
* because you're going too fast.*
**[03:55] Tazaki**
*I've got a message for you.*
**[03:57] Tazaki**
*“When we meet in Otemachi,*
**[03:59] Tazaki**
*tell me the history of Yugyoji Temple.”*
***SIGN*** Embrace Your Loneliness
***SIGN*** Chikusei-so
**[04:20] (Flashback) Nico**
The first floor's full.
**[04:21] (Flashback) Nico**
Take an empty room on the second.
**[04:23] (Flashback) King**
Okay.
**[04:25] (Flashback) Nico**
We've sure got a lot this year.
**[04:28] (Flashback) King**
Huh?
**[04:28] (Flashback) Nico**
First-years.
**[04:30] (Flashback) Nico**
Some creep with glasses and a guy
who you can't tell what he's thinking.
**[04:36] (Flashback) Haiji**
Can I use the cooking utensils in the kitchen?
**[04:39] (Flashback) Nico**
You're here?
**[04:42] (Flashback) Nico**
You're free to use whatever you want.
**[04:43] (Flashback) Haiji**
Okay.
**[04:45] (Flashback) Nico**
This is the guy who you can't
tell what he's thinking.
**[04:48] (Flashback) Nico**
This guy wants to move in.
**[04:50] (Flashback) Haiji**
Hello. I'm first-year Kiyose Haiji.
**[04:53] (Flashback) Haiji**
I'm a literature student.
**[04:54] (Flashback) King**
I'm Sakaguchi Yohei, sociology student.
**[04:58] (Flashback) King**
I'm a first-year.
**[05:00] (Flashback) Haiji**
Nice to meet you.
**[05:08] (Flashback) King**
You, too.
**[05:09] (Flashback) Nico**
I don't know how long we'll be able
to live here, but enjoy your stay.
**[05:13] (Flashback) Haiji**
Do you want some tea if I make some?
**[05:17] King**
*A cheerful and fun college life.*
**[05:23] King**
* I simply chose that place because*
* I hoped for something like I'd seen on TV.*
**[05:32] King**
*But reality was different.*
**[05:35] King**
*My college life was uneventful.*
**[05:39] King**
* It seems like I'll graduate*
* having done nothing at all.*
**[05:44] King**
*If I was wrong about anything, it was me.*
**[05:49] King**
*I failed to meet my own expectations.*
**[05:53] King**
* Cowardly and proud, but still wanting*
* others to show consideration for me.*
**[06:01] King**
*I hated that about myself.*
**[06:03] King**
* How I acted and how I felt*
* were completely different.*
**[06:12] King**
*He might...*
**[06:15] King**
*Haiji might accept me.*
**[06:20] King**
*I was afraid to think that.*
**[06:27] King**
*After all,*
**[06:30] King**
*he doesn't consider me his best friend.*
**[06:37] King**
*It's no use.*
**[06:39] King**
* No matter where I go or who I'm with,*
* I always feel like the only one out of place.*
**[06:44] King**
* I try to be sociable, but I don't feel*
* like I've opened up to anyone.*
**[06:50] King**
*I try not to show any weakness.*
**[06:52] King**
*I'm the king. Stay away.*
**[06:57] King**
*But no one will approach me if I'm like that.*
**[07:01] King**
*But if I admit I'm lonely, it's over.*
**[07:05] King**
*It's too late to change myself now.*
**[07:07] Student**
Sakaguchi!
**[07:08] Student**
You're thirty seconds behind Tokyo Sport!
**[07:10] Student**
Teito's behind you!
**[07:12] Tazaki**
* That's a good pace.*
* You re-established your rhythm.*
**[07:17] King**
*But...*
**[07:20] King**
*...it's different when I'm running.*
**[07:25] King**
*We don't have a team if anyone's missing.*
**[07:29] King**
*I feel like something's expected of me.*
**[07:32] King**
* We can cast aside our restraint*
* and pride to support one another.*
**[07:37] King**
*But while I'm running, I'm always alone.*
**[07:41] King**
* Released from everything else,*
* I can face myself.*
**[07:47] King**
*When I'm running, I don't need to put on an act.*
**[07:54] King**
*That's right. I'm nobody.*
**[07:59] King**
*And that nobody is the real me.*
**[08:07] Coach**
*You can go faster, Sakaki!*
**[08:10] Coach**
*More, more!*
**[08:12] Announcer**
* First-year Sakaki swings his arms fervently*
* as he pursues the runner in front of him.*
**[08:17] Tazaki**
*It's the fifteen-kilometer mark. This is it.*
**[08:21] Tazaki**
I have a second message from Haiji.
**[08:24] Tazaki**
*“Are you ready to buzz in with your answer?”*
**[08:28] King**
*Haiji.*
***SIGN*** Yugyoji Temple Slope
**[08:35] King**
*Haiji, Hakone...*
**[08:43] King**
*...isn't just* your *dream anymore.*
**[08:48] King**
*It's our dream.*
**[09:00] King**
*It's a nice dream.*
**[09:03] King**
*So nice, I never want to wake up.*
***SIGN*** Yugyoji Temple Slope Section 8 5.5km Remaining
***SIGN*** Totsuka Relay Station
***SIGN*** Section 8 > Section 9
***SIGN*** Time Behind 1st
***SIGN*** Boso Rikudo
***SIGN*** Rikudo/Ueda Fourth-Year >>> Fujioka Fourth-Year
**[09:16] Haiji**
*What's wrong?*
**[09:18] Haiji**
*Are you feeling timid?*
**[09:20] Kakeru**
Not in the slightest.
**[09:21] Kakeru**
How are you doing?
**[09:23] Haiji**
*Sorry, but I feel great.*
**[09:26] Haiji**
* In recent history, no runner greater*
* than Fujioka has been seen*
**[09:28] Haiji**
*in the college long-distance running scene.*
**[09:31] Haiji**
* By competing against him,*
* you'll become even stronger.*
**[09:37] Kakeru**
Are you saying I can't beat him yet?
**[09:41] Haiji**
We ran together for a year.
**[09:45] Haiji**
So I can tell you this:
**[09:48] Haiji**
To me, you are the greatest runner.
**[09:54] Haiji**
*Become stronger, Kakeru.*
**[09:57] Kakeru**
Watch me.
**[10:00] Kakeru**
Watch what you believed in.
**[10:11] Student**
Sakaki!
**[10:13] Announcer**
* Tokyo Sport's Sakaki*
* dropped his pace at the end,*
***SIGN*** Time Behind 1st
Boso ------
Rikudo 0:58
Yamato 6:08
Kikui 8:02
Saikyo 8:17
Kitakan 8:30
Manaka 8:41
Do 9:09
Yokohama 9:34
Kofu 10:42
Top 10 Seeded Schools
Ake 10:52
Tokyo Sport 10:59
***SIGN*** Tokyo Sport/Sakaki First-Year >>> Yasunaga Fourth-Year
**[10:16] Announcer**
* but perseveres to pass*
* along his team's sash.*
**[10:26] (Flashback) Kosuke**
See you somewhere on the course.
**[10:32] Kosuke**
I didn't think we'd actually meet.
**[10:36] Kosuke**
But I'll never acknowledge it.
**[10:38] Kosuke**
Kansei has no future.
**[10:44] Kakeru**
I just want to pass on our sash.
**[10:46] Kakeru**
They're all waiting.
**[10:51] Student**
Sakaki, you did it!
**[10:52] Student**
You placed fifth in your section! Fifth!
**[10:55] Official**
*To the line, Kansei!*
**[10:57] Official**
*Get to the relay line!*
**[10:58] Student**
You did it!
**[11:10] Kakeru**
Joji.
**[11:12] Kakeru**
What does it feel like to fall in love?
**[11:15] Joji**
What?
**[11:18] Kakeru**
It's nice, isn't it?
**[11:22] Kakeru**
I'm in love, too.
**[11:25] Joji**
What? With who?
**[11:28] Kakeru**
King!
**[11:43] King**
We're counting on you.
**[11:45] Kakeru**
I know.
***SIGN*** Kansei University
**[11:51] Joji**
Hey, who is it?
**[11:58] Joji**
Who?!
***SIGN*** Section 9
***SIGN*** Car 2
***SIGN*** Rikudo/Fujioka Kazuma Fourth-Year
**[12:05] Announcer**
* Rikudo's Fujioka completes*
* his first kilometer in 2:48.*
***SIGN*** Section 9
***SIGN*** Car 1
***SIGN*** Boso/Sawachi Kosuke Third-Year
**[12:09] Announcer**
*Boso's Sawachi runs a 2:46.*
**[12:12] Announcer**
* Sawachi is speeding ahead.*
* He's running.*
**[12:15] Announcer**
* They'll be crossing the five-*
* kilometer mark shortly.*
***SIGN*** Section 9
***SIGN*** Car 2
***SIGN*** Kita Kanto/Higure Daiki Third-Year
**[12:23] Announcer**
* Kita Kanto's Higure sprints*
* to finish his first kilometer in 2:45.*
**[12:27] Announcer**
* He's closing in*
* on Saikyo and Kikui.*
***SIGN*** Section 9
***SIGN*** Car 3
***SIGN*** Dochido/Takizawa Tomonori Fourth-Year
**[12:35] Announcer**
* Dochido, Yokohama,*
* and Tokyo Sport,*
**[12:37] Announcer**
* which climbed the rankings*
* during Section 8,*
**[12:40] Announcer**
* are racing for a*
* seeded spot next year.*
**[12:43] Announcer**
* Let's check in on*
* the motorcycle cam next.*
***SIGN*** Kansei University
**[12:57] Fan**
You can do it!
**[13:00] Fan**
You can do it!
**[13:04] Kakeru**
*It's snowing...*
**[13:17] Fan**
You can do it!
**[13:18] Fan**
You can do it!
**[13:26] Kakeru**
*I don't feel anything.*
**[13:30] Kakeru**
*Am I slow?*
**[13:34] Kakeru**
*All those people...*
**[13:40] Kakeru**
*Thank you.*
**[13:44] Kakeru**
*Am I being filmed?*
**[13:46] Kakeru**
*Does that mean I'm running at a good pace?*
**[13:59] Kakeru**
*I'm running on the ground, right?*
***SIGN*** Running Towards Tomorrow
**[14:03] Announcer**
*What incredible speed!*
**[14:05] Announcer**
* Currently running in 13th place*
* is Kansei's Kurahara Kakeru.*
***SIGN*** Section 9
***SIGN*** Car 4
***SIGN*** Kansei/Kurahara Kakeru First-Year
**[14:08] Announcer**
* His first kilometer time*
* is an unbelievable 2:42.*
**[14:12] Announcer**
*The first three kilometers are all downhill.*
**[14:14] Announcer**
*It's easy to go fast.*
***SIGN*** Section 9
***SIGN*** Car 4
***SIGN*** Kansei/Kurahara Kakeru First-Year
**[14:16] Announcer**
* I'm worried he'll throw off*
* his own rhythm by running too fast.*
**[14:20] Haiji**
It's beautiful.
**[14:23] Prince**
Seeing this makes me hate running.
**[14:26] Prince**
My efforts feel futile.
**[14:28] Haiji**
Arrogance is thinking hard work
can solve everything.
**[14:37] Haiji**
But there's more than one goal to aim for.
***SIGN*** Section 9
***SIGN*** Car 4
***SIGN*** Kansei/Kurahara Kakeru First-Year
**[14:41] Haiji**
Everyone is equal here.
We're all even.
**[14:46] Haiji**
We all run the same path,
but we arrive at different finish lines.
**[14:51] Prince**
I hope you're right.
**[14:56] Tazaki**
He's almost at five kilometers.
**[14:58] Tazaki**
Any message?
**[15:00] Tazaki**
*Should I tell him anything?*
**[15:02] Haiji**
I have nothing to tell him.
**[15:04] Haiji**
It's as if he's trying to reach
another dimension by running.
**[15:12] Haiji**
I can't interfere with that.
**[15:14] Haiji**
No one must touch Kakeru.
***SIGN*** Tokaido Line
**[15:24] Nico**
He ran Gontazaka in 2:50.
**[15:26] Nico**
He's a monster.
**[15:28] Musa**
I know because I ran it.
**[15:30] Musa**
No one can keep that up until the end.
**[15:34] Yuki**
He's still got more than 15 kilometers to go.
**[15:36] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Can he not hear the landlord?
**[15:39] Shindo**
I think Haiji's letting him do it.
**[15:46] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Hurry, King!
***SIGN*** Kansei University
**[15:48] King**
Kakeru's so fast, we're not gonna make it!
***SIGN*** Section 9
***SIGN*** Car 4
***SIGN*** Kansei/Kurahara Kakeru First-Year
**[15:50] King**
Show some consideration
for your seniors!
**[16:01] Kakeru**
*I love these sights.*
***SIGN*** You Can Do It
**[16:04] Kakeru**
*It feels like Hakone.*
**[16:08] Kakeru**
*Is the wind keeping the snow from piling up?*
**[16:12] Kakeru**
*Right.*
**[16:13] Kakeru**
*I have to stay calm today.*
**[16:20] Kakeru**
*I feel light.*
**[16:22] Kakeru**
*I need to go faster.*
**[16:26] Kakeru**
*There they are.*
**[16:28] Kakeru**
*They're right there.*
***SIGN*** Section 9
***SIGN*** Car 4
**[16:32] Announcer**
* Kansei's Kurahara instantly passes*
* Akebono and Kofu Academy.*
**[16:37] Announcer**
* He just pulled ahead of Tokyo*
* Sport. He's pulled ahead.*
**[16:42] Announcer**
*He's overtaking everyone.*
**[16:48] Kakeru**
*That probably puts me in tenth.*
**[16:51] Kakeru**
*I've got about 13 kilometers left.*
**[16:54] Kakeru**
* Since Section 10 is 23 kilometers,*
* that's 36 all together.*
**[16:59] Kakeru**
*It's too short.*
**[17:02] Kakeru**
* I could pass everyone*
* if I kept running like this.*
**[17:07] Kakeru**
*Keep running?*
**[17:11] Kakeru**
*Alone, forever?*
**[17:31] (Flashback) Kazuma**
What will you show me?
***SIGN*** Section 9
***SIGN*** Car 2
***SIGN*** Rikudo/Fujioka Kazuma Fourth-Year
**[17:58] Announcer**
* Rikudo's Fujioka has finally*
* caught up to Boso's Sawachi.*
***SIGN*** Section 9
***SIGN*** Car 1
**[18:03] Announcer**
*He passed him. He passed him instantly.*
***SIGN*** 1st Boso/Sawachi Kosuke Fourth-Year 2nd Rikudo/Fujioka Kazuma Fourth-Year
**[18:07] Announcer**
* Reigning champions Rikudo finally*
* make their comeback in Section 9.*
***SIGN*** No watching the Hakone Ekiden from the pedestrian bridge
***SIGN*** Section 10 Expected Time 12:17
**[18:12] Prince**
Kakeru's crazy, but so is he.
**[18:16] Haiji**
They could do it because they're Rikudo.
**[18:19] Haiji**
Each man passed along the sash
**[18:21] [Messenger] Sign**
Section 9
**[18:21] [Messenger] Sign**
Car 1
**[18:22] Haiji**
and trusted Fujioka to make a comeback.
**[18:25] Prince**
It's not something he could've done alone.
**[18:29] Haiji**
But when I think of the guys riding on
Fujioka's shoulders, it makes me tremble.
**[18:35] Haiji**
They must've been under incredible pressure.
**[18:38] Announcer**
Boso's Sawachi is falling behind.
***SIGN*** Section 9
***SIGN*** Car 1
**[18:40] Announcer**
He can't keep up with Fujioka.
**[18:43] Announcer**
He's trying to break the section record.
**[18:45] Haiji**
Of course he is.
**[18:47] Haiji**
Helping his team win isn't
enough to satisfy him.
**[18:52] Haiji**
The man who wants
to pile victory upon victory.
**[18:56] Haiji**
In all respects, he is undoubtedly
the current champion.
**[19:01] Prince**
Current?
**[19:02] Prince**
That's what you said.
**[19:04] Prince**
I can't ignore that.
**[19:16] Kakeru**
*I can catch up.*
**[19:18] Kakeru**
*No, I'll pass them.*
**[19:21] Kakeru**
*I'm already ahead of them.*
**[19:24] Kakeru**
*The real me.*
**[19:42] Student**
Kurahara! Kurahara!
**[19:46] Student**
Rikudo's Fujioka might
break the section record!
**[19:50] Student**
He could break the section record!
**[19:53] Kakeru**
*I'm sure he will.*
**[20:00] Student**
He's inhuman.
**[20:05] Kakeru**
*I don't care about my apparent position.*
**[20:07] Kakeru**
*The real problem is my time.*
**[20:10] Kakeru**
*What's happening?*
**[20:12] Kakeru**
*My field of vision is too broad.*
**[20:14] Kakeru**
*I can't focus.*
**[20:16] Kakeru**
*I feel like I've slowed down again.*
**[20:19] Kakeru**
*How are my legs?*
**[20:21] Kakeru**
*My body? My heart? My lungs?*
**[20:25] Kakeru**
*I can go faster.*
**[20:26] Kakeru**
*I can keep going.*
**[20:28] Kakeru**
*I can keep running.*
**[20:30] Kakeru**
*Accelerate.*
**[20:32] Kakeru**
*You won't beat me!*
***SIGN*** Final episode: In The Wind
**[22:40] Narration**
Final episode, “In The Wind.”
# E23 - In The Wind
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYEX4MZ36/in-the-wind)
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***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
***SIGN*** Tsurumi Relay Station
***SIGN*** Section 9 > Section 10
**[00:03] Announcer**
* The enthusiasm of everyone who's*
* rushed here to Tsurumi Relay Station*
**[00:08] Announcer**
* after Fujioka's Section 9 comeback*
* has reached its peak.*
**[00:13] Announcer**
* Everyone's excited to see how*
* anchor and first-year Minami will run.*
**[00:19] Announcer**
*Rikudo captain Fujioka Kazuma.*
**[00:22] Announcer**
* The unforgettable, record-breaking way*
* he runs is absolute perfection.*
**[00:27] Announcer**
* The undisputed champion of four*
* years demonstrates his full strength*
**[00:31] Announcer**
*as he hands off his team's sash.*
***SIGN*** Rikudo/Fujioka Fourth-Year >>> Minami First-Year
**[00:33] Announcer**
*His time is...*
***SIGN*** Section 9 New Section Record
**[00:35] Announcer**
*1:09:00!*
**[00:37] Announcer**
* Finishing in exactly 1:09:00,*
* he sets a new section record!*
**[00:42] Announcer**
* With his new Section 9 record,*
* he adorns himself with excellence.*
**[00:54] Haiji**
Congratulations. You crushed the competition.
**[00:57] Kazuma**
You don't mean that.
**[01:00] Haiji**
You were strong and steady today.
**[01:04] Haiji**
I could never catch up.
**[01:07] Kazuma**
But Kurahara might.
**[01:11] Kazuma**
Kiyose.
**[01:13] Kazuma**
How far are we meant to go?
**[01:19] Announcer**
*Motorcycle cam here!*
**[01:20] Announcer**
*Does Kurahara have no limits?*
**[01:20] [Messenger] Sign**
Kansei Kurahara Kakeru First-Year
**[01:23] Announcer**
* He appears to be accelerating*
* in the final stages of the section!*
**[01:25] Kazuma**
Is there even a finish line that lies ahead?
**[01:35] Haiji**
But you can't quit.
**[01:38] Haiji**
Right?
**[01:43] Kazuma**
Go have fun.
**[01:50] Haiji**
He'll become even stronger.
**[01:53] Haiji**
Fujioka awakens Kakeru,
and Kakeru spurs on Fujioka.
**[02:02] Haiji**
*But what about me?*
***SIGN*** Run with the Wind
**[03:36] Announcer**
*Daiwa crosses the relay station.*
**[03:38] Announcer**
*Has the team returned to form?*
**[03:40] Announcer**
* The next team to enter*
* the relay station is Kita Kanto.*
***SIGN*** Marunouchi North
**[03:45] Announcer**
*Kita Kanto's Higure climbs three ranks.*
**[03:49] Announcer**
*They'll surely be back next year.*
**[03:52] King**
Is Kakeru not there yet?
**[03:55] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
It's way too soon.
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
**[03:59] Official**
Kansei's coming next!
**[04:01] Fan**
Wasn't Kansei part of the simultaneous start?
**[04:03] Fan**
With ten minutes to make up on the second half...
**[04:04] Prince**
Haiji.
**[04:07] Prince**
I shouldn't be saying this
before it's over, but I had fun.
**[04:13] Haiji**
Did you?
**[04:16] Haiji**
Me, too.
**[04:18] Prince**
So as long as you make it back in one piece...
**[04:25] Prince**
Just kidding.
**[04:26] Prince**
Go ahead. Run as much as you'd like.
**[04:32] Haiji**
I will.
**[04:40] Kakeru**
*I've experienced a runner's high before,*
**[04:43] Kakeru**
*but this is different.*
**[04:47] Kakeru**
*I feel powerless.*
**[04:50] Kakeru**
* I feel comfortable as though*
* I'm dreaming, but also anxious.*
**[04:56] Kakeru**
*My body moves on its own,*
**[04:59] Kakeru**
*leaving my consciousness behind.*
**[05:07] Kakeru**
*Haiji!*
**[05:09] Haiji**
* That night, when you passed*
* before my eyes, I had a thought.*
**[05:14] Haiji**
*“That's my dream right there.”*
**[05:16] Haiji**
*“It's taken shape, and it's running.”*
**[05:19] Haiji**
*You made such an impact, I wanted to scream.*
**[05:21] Haiji**
* What I'd been struggling*
* to achieve was right there.*
**[05:25] Haiji**
*You are the ideal form I never reached.*
**[05:31] Haiji**
*Did you know?*
**[05:32] Haiji**
* When you run, I see a single*
* white line of light at your feet,*
**[05:38] Haiji**
*like a shooting star.*
***SIGN*** In the Wind
**[05:59] Prince**
Kakeru!
**[06:00] Prince**
You did it, Kakeru!
**[06:02] Prince**
You did it!
**[06:04] Announcer**
* Kurahara Kakeru's time*
* is an unbelievable 1:08:59!*
***SIGN*** Kansei Kurahara Kakeru First-Year
***SIGN*** Section 9 New Section Record
**[06:09] Announcer**
*He's broken the section record!*
**[06:11] Announcer**
* Kansei's Kurahara Kakeru breaks*
* Fujioka Kazuma's 1:09:00 record*
**[06:17] Announcer**
*a mere eleven minutes later.*
**[06:19] Announcer**
* The difference is only one second,*
* but it's the biggest shock of the race.*
**[06:24] Announcer**
*Kurahara Kakeru overwrites the section record*
**[06:26] Announcer**
*and goes down in Hakone Ekiden history.*
**[06:31] Announcer**
* This rookie has put the brakes*
* on the happy ending*
**[06:34] Announcer**
*of four-year track champion Fujioka.*
**[06:36] Kazuma**
Happy ending?
**[06:39] Kazuma**
It's not over.
**[06:42] Reporter**
Kurahara, could we get a comment?
**[06:44] Prince**
Kakeru!
**[06:45] Prince**
At least wipe off your sweat, Kakeru!
**[06:47] Kakeru**
We need to get there before Haiji!
**[06:49] Kakeru**
Hurry, Prince!
**[06:50] Prince**
Please stop sprinting!
**[06:53] Kakeru**
Come on! Run!
**[06:55] Prince**
I don't want to run anymore!
***SIGN*** Tsurumi Relay Station
***SIGN*** Section 9 > Section 10
***SIGN*** Rikudo Boso Daiwa Kitakan Manaka Yokohama Dochido Kikui Saikyo Tokyo Sport Top 10 Seeded Schools Akebono Kansei Kofu Academy Nihonbashi Tech Teito Jonan Bunka Eurasia Shinsei Kanagawa Tokyo Academy OP Student Association
**[07:00] Announcer**
*Here are the overall times
at the end of Section 9.*
**[07:02] Announcer**
*First place, Rikudo, 9:53:51.*
**[07:06] Announcer**
*Second place, Boso, 9:55:22.*
**[07:10] Tazaki**
And Kansei's time is 10:06:27.
**[07:15] Tazaki**
Our overall position is 12th.
***SIGN*** 1 Rikudo 2 Boso 3 Daiwa 4 Kitakan 5 Manaka 6 Yokohama 7 Dochido 8 Kikui 9 Saikyo 10 Tokyo Sport Top 10 Seeded Schools 11 Akebono 12 Kansei 13 Kofu Academy 14 Nihonbashi Tech 15 Teito
**[07:18] Tazaki**
To get into the top 10 and earn a seed,
**[07:22] Tazaki**
you'll have to finish 1:02
faster than Tokyo Sport.
**[07:28] Tazaki**
But your target, Tokyo Sport,
is currently running behind you.
**[07:33] Tazaki**
Right now, the numbers are all we can rely on.
**[07:35] Tazaki**
Listen closely: At three kilometers,
Tokyo Sport's one kilometer time was 3:05.
**[07:42] Tazaki**
You're running at a 3:03 pace.
**[07:45] Tazaki**
In other words...
**[07:48] (Flashback) Doctor**
This painkiller is permitted
in-competition.
**[07:53] (Flashback) Doctor**
It will suppress the pain and inflammation.
**[07:56] (Flashback) Doctor**
I can't tell you not to push yourself,
but no matter what happens—
**[08:00] (Flashback) Haiji**
I have teammates who brought me this far.
**[08:04] (Flashback) Haiji**
I'm prepared.
**[08:19] Hanako**
Guys!
**[08:21] All**
Hana!
**[08:23] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Who's a good boy?
**[08:25] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Nira, this is the first time
I've been glad to see you.
**[08:29] Nico**
How could you say that to him?
**[08:31] Hanako**
Huh? Where's Joji?
**[08:32] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Who's a good boy? You're a good boy.
**[08:35] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
You're so cute.
**[08:39] Shindo**
He's on his way here with King.
**[08:41] Hanako**
Oh, I see. I hope he gets here soon.
**[08:44] Hanako**
Joji, too.
**[08:45] Shindo**
Uh, yeah. And King.
**[08:47] Musa**
Hana, I have a question for you. Do you mind?
**[08:52] Shindo**
Tokyo Sport's pace might be slowing.
**[08:55] Yuki**
I'll check.
**[08:56] Hanako**
What?!
***SIGN*** Section 10 10km Point
**[09:04] Tazaki**
Tokyo Sport's pace is slowing.
**[09:07] Tazaki**
Keep it up.
**[09:10] Haiji**
*Sorry for making unreasonable demands.*
**[09:15] Haiji**
* The skies always looked*
* like this back home, too.*
**[09:18] Haiji**
*Always cloudy.*
***SIGN*** Kiyose
**[09:29] (Flashback) Mom**
Honey.
**[09:34] (Flashback) Mom**
Not today.
**[09:36] (Flashback) Dad**
Practice starts on this day every year.
**[09:40] (Flashback) Dad**
He's him.
**[09:42] (Flashback) Dad**
I'm me.
**[09:52] (Flashback) Dad**
Haiji.
**[09:56] (Flashback) Dad**
Don't lose your head.
**[10:13] Haiji**
*I want to run after all.*
**[10:16] Haiji**
*I finally understand.*
**[10:18] Haiji**
* Whether I run or I don't,*
* it hurts just the same.*
**[10:24] Haiji**
* Even if I fail, I want to do what*
* my heart desires here.*
***SIGN*** Kansei University Track and Field Club
**[10:45] (Flashback) Tazaki**
You're a cursed man.
**[10:47] (Flashback) Tazaki**
Wherever you are, it always
becomes the course you'll run.
**[10:52] (Flashback) Tazaki**
You'll need ten teammates first, though.
**[10:55] (Flashback) Haiji**
I'll do it.
**[10:57] (Flashback) Haiji**
I'll create the ultimate team.
**[11:02] Haiji**
*Are you watching, Dad?*
**[11:06] Haiji**
*This is the team I met.*
**[11:12] Announcer**
* Kansei's Kiyose Haiji pulls ahead*
* of Yokohama and increases his pace.*
**[11:17] Announcer**
* He's running to pass on the hope*
* the ten of them built to future generations.*
**[11:21] Haiji**
*They are the ultimate team.*
**[11:23] Haiji**
*The hope I finally seized.*
**[11:28] Haiji**
*I lost hope once.*
**[11:30] Haiji**
* I felt betrayed by myself*
* and the entire world.*
**[11:35] Haiji**
*But I was wrong.*
**[11:37] Haiji**
* Running returned to me in*
* an even more beautiful form.*
**[11:47] Haiji**
*Can one man be so blessed?*
**[11:51] Haiji**
*I'm happy.*
**[11:54] Haiji**
*I could cry.*
**[11:57] Haiji**
*I am truly happy.*
**[12:01] Haiji**
*Even if I can never run again,*
**[12:08] Haiji**
*I love running!*
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
**[12:27] Announcer**
* The temperature in Otemachi,*
* Tokyo is 0.4 degrees.*
**[12:30] Announcer**
* The snow has stopped,*
* but the wind continues to blow.*
**[12:33] Announcer**
* The first runner will be arriving*
* at the Yomiuri HQ finish line shortly.*
**[12:40] Nico**
Pain killers?
**[12:41] Kakeru**
Yes, this morning.
**[12:43] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Should you be saying that?
**[12:45] Prince**
Wouldn't you guys rather know?
**[12:50] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
I knew it. He's sweating too much.
**[12:53] Yuki**
Now that I look closely,
his expression is stiff, too.
**[12:55] King**
He won't listen if we try to stop him now.
**[13:01] Musa**
Tokyo Sport shows no signs
of backing down, either.
**[13:05] Shindo**
Everyone's desperate.
**[13:13] Kakeru**
Let's trust him.
**[13:16] Kakeru**
Haiji will show us
**[13:20] Kakeru**
the ultimate goal we're aiming for.
**[13:37] Announcer**
* Deflecting the pressure*
* from the other schools,*
**[13:39] Announcer**
*Once again, Rikudo rises to the top*
**[13:39] Kazuma**
Minami! Final spurt!
**[13:42] Announcer**
* of the Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip*
* College Ekiden Race.*
**[13:45] Announcer**
*They've won again.*
**[13:47] Announcer**
*This is the power of a champion.*
**[13:49] Announcer**
* They gather around Captain*
* Fujioka to celebrate their victory.*
***SIGN*** Boso
***SIGN*** Daiwa
***SIGN*** Kitakan
***SIGN*** Manaka
***SIGN*** Kansei
***SIGN*** Yokohama
**[14:03] Tazaki**
*Haiji, Yuki calculated an estimate.*
**[14:06] Tazaki**
* At this rate, you'll be six seconds*
* short of Tokyo Sport and tenth place.*
**[14:10] Tazaki**
*Three kilometers remain.*
**[14:11] Tazaki**
*The rest is up to you.*
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
***SIGN*** Kansei
**[15:34] Announcer**
*It's Kansei Uni.*
**[15:35] Announcer**
* Fifth to arrive in Otemachi*
* is first-timer Kansei University.*
**[16:19] Announcer**
* They've achieved an unprecedented*
* fifth place finish with only ten members.*
**[16:24] Announcer**
*They finished last in Section 1, but they steadily climbed the ranks until Section 5,*
**[16:28] Announcer**
* where they fell behind again*
* after a shocking loss of speed.*
**[16:31] Announcer**
* In today's second half, they were*
* part of the simultaneous start.*
**[16:35] Announcer**
* With impressive teamwork and*
* a section record, they overcame adversity.*
**[16:40] Announcer**
*They are a truly miraculous team.*
**[16:43] Announcer**
* Kansei's participation made*
* this an exciting race, indeed.*
**[16:51] Kakeru**
*You asked me once what running is.*
**[16:56] Kakeru**
*You said you wanted to know what it is.*
**[17:00] Kakeru**
*The answer is you.*
**[17:07] Kakeru**
*It's you.*
**[17:22] Announcer**
* Kansei University places*
* a remarkable fifth in the second half.*
**[17:25] Announcer**
* With a time of 5:34:32, they've*
* completed the Tokyo-Hakone race.*
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone
***SIGN*** 8 Kikui 9 Saikyo 10 Kansei
***SIGN*** Top 10 Seeded Schools
***SIGN*** 11 Tokyo Sport
***SIGN*** Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race
**[19:05] Haiji**
Well? Did you get to see the top?
**[19:11] Kakeru**
By the time the cherry blossoms bloomed,
***SIGN*** Demolition Notice Chikusei-so
**[19:14] Kakeru**
the ten of us gathered
at the dilapidated Chikusei-so,
**[19:18] Kakeru**
which was scheduled to be demolished.
**[19:23] Prince**
It's exploitative, where I work.
**[19:25] Shindo**
Just thinking about you working
brings tears to my eyes, Prince.
**[19:29] King**
How about you, Musa?
I'm happy to give you advice.
**[19:31] Musa**
I'm staying in grad school for another year.
**[19:34] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Thanks for waiting.
**[19:36] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
We brought more drinks.
**[19:37] Yuki**
Hey, fourth-years.
**[19:39] Nico**
We came to say our goodbyes.
**[19:42] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
You guys came?
**[19:42] Kakeru**
*Everyone's following their own path.*
***SIGN*** Land of the Gods
***SIGN*** Steepest in the World
**[19:49] Haiji**
Let's drink today, Kakeru.
**[19:52] Kakeru**
Okay.
**[19:54] Kakeru**
*Haiji's begun running a new path, too.*
**[19:59] Nico**
Think it'll work out?
**[20:01] Haiji**
I'm not sure. It is a new team.
**[20:04] King**
But you'd be coaching a works team, right?
**[20:07] King**
Sounds exciting.
**[20:09] Yuki**
Just tell us already. It's been three years.
**[20:13] Shindo**
Yeah, it's been long enough. Which one was it?
**[20:20] Hanako**
No way! Was it written on my face?
**[20:22] Hanako**
Promise me you won't tell anyone!
**[20:25] Musa**
I promise.
**[20:27] Musa**
So, uh... Which is it?
**[20:29] Hanako**
What?
**[20:30] Musa**
Which one do you like, Hana?
**[20:35] Hanako**
Which one?
**[20:42] Musa**
That's between me and Hana.
**[20:46] Prince**
Get him, boys.
**[20:50] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
What are you guys doing?
**[20:53] Haiji**
How's the new team?
**[20:55] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
It's stronger than back then.
**[20:57] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Yeah.
**[20:58] Haiji**
Really?
**[21:01] Kakeru**
You can't go back in time.
**[21:04] Kakeru**
Just as old records are overwritten,
we keep moving forward.
**[21:09] Kakeru**
Sometimes it makes me sad, but that's...
**[21:18] Haiji**
I'm excited for this winter.
**[21:20] Kakeru**
Me, too.
***SIGN*** Chikusei-so
**[21:31] Hanako**
Hey!
**[21:33] Hanako**
It's time! Break's over!
**[21:36] Both**
What? Just a little longer.
**[21:39] Hanako**
You're fourth-years now.
Pull yourselves together.
**[21:44] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
That's my favorite thing about her.
**[21:46] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Hey, we agreed no shenanigans
until after we graduate.
**[21:49] Kakeru**
Let's go.
**[21:51] All**
Yes, sir!
**[21:55] Kakeru**
The wind is blowing.
**[21:57] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
And we defy it by running.
**[22:00] Twin (Jota or Joji)**
Believing the answer we seek lies ahead.
**[22:05] Nico**
What is strength?
**[22:06] King**
What is running?
**[22:08] Yuki**
What is living?
**[22:10] Musa**
It's all beyond the wind.
**[22:12] Shindo**
Hope resides within our hearts.
**[22:15] Prince**
Look. The road is right before your eyes.
**[22:20] Haiji**
So we run again today.
**[22:23] Haiji**
We'll run to the edges of the earth.
**[22:33] Kakeru**
Hey, do you like running?
**[22:36] ---**