E15 - 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.”