E5 - The Ones Not Chosen

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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."