# E19 - The Moment of Release
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRW493MQY/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