E9 - 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.
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[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.
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[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.
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[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!
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[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
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[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
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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."