E3 - Episode 3
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[00:05] ---
This is far enough.
[00:07] ---
I can carry it up to your place.
Since it's part of the deal.
[00:11] ---
You're so persistent.
[00:12] ---
So? What about you guys?
[00:15] ---
Uh...
[00:22] ---
Can I help?
[00:23] ---
No, you'll be in the way.
[00:26] ---
The meat was on sale today.
Do you guys want some?
[00:31] ---
This looks incredible, Katsuragi.
[00:33] ---
It's good. This is tons better
than the stuff we have at home.
[00:37] ---
Thanks for the meal.
[00:44] ---
Delicious.
[00:46] ---
I get kinda grumpy if I cook when I'm hungry.
[00:49] ---
Then let me handle shopping--
[00:50] ---
It's fine, whatever.
[00:52] ---
Um, Kanako Mitsue?
Why aren't you going home?
[00:55] ---
It's just one floor down. Who cares?
[00:59] ---
So good.
[01:00] ---
--Hey, Toma.
--Hmm?
[01:02] ---
In soft tennis doubles,
there's a front player and...
[01:05] ---
Back player.
[01:06] ---
Hmm.
[01:07] ---
In doubles, the roles of playing front
and back are split between two people.
[01:12] ---
We call those two players a pair.
[01:16] ---
So what's the role of front and back?
[01:18] ---
The rear reads the game
and acts as the play maker.
[01:21] ---
The front strikes when's there's a chance.
[01:23] ---
The player combination must be
pretty important then.
[01:27] ---
It's just a system for players who
aren't good enough to play alone.
[01:31] ---
Mitsue...
[01:34] ---
I'm home! I got off of work early today!
[01:38] ---
Huh? Uh...
[01:41] ---
Maki? We have guests?
[01:43] ---
Welcome home.
[01:44] ---
I made dinner. There's some for you, too.
[01:47] ---
Whoa, it looks yummy!
Hello, I'm Maki's mother!
[01:53] ---
I'm Toma Shinjo.
[01:55] ---
Nice to meet you. I'm Yuta Asuka.
[01:57] ---
I stayed for dinner, ma'am.
[02:00] ---
Even Kanako's here!
[02:01] ---
Thanks so much for getting
along with Maki, everyone!
[02:05] ---
We're not elementary schoolers.
[02:08] ---
Really? You and Toma were together
until your first year of elementary?
[02:13] ---
I went to a different school though.
[02:15] ---
Me, too.
[02:17] ---
I think it's about time for us to get going.
[02:19] ---
All right. Take care going home.
[02:22] ---
Come and play anytime!
[02:24] ---
Sure.
[02:26] ---
"Stars Align"
[02:31] ---
"Shijo Minami"
[02:32] ---
Soft tennis matches are
typically one-set matches.
[02:33] ---
Soft tennis matches are
typically one-set matches.
[02:33] ---
"Episode 3"
[02:35] ---
A set is played as a best of three, five,
or seven games. Always an odd number.
[02:38] ---
A set is played as a best of three, five,
or seven games. Always an odd number.
[02:40] ---
You win a game by scoring four points first.
[02:43] ---
So in a three-game match, you win
the match if you win two games first.
[02:48] ---
In other words, all you have to do
is win the majority.
[02:52] ---
Taiyo, let's do this!
[02:54] ---
--Please, stop it!
[02:55] ---
--Are you guys children?
--Please, stop it!
[02:56] ---
Stretch!
[02:57] ---
--Watch it! This place is too cramped
to be screwing around!
[02:59] ---
--Hmm? Huh? Ameno isn't here today?
--Watch it! This place is too cramped
to be screwing around!
[03:01] ---
--Hmm? Huh? Ameno isn't here today?
--It's not my fault, it's Shingo!
[03:04] ---
--Oh. Itsuki will join us later.
--It's not my fault, it's Shingo!
[03:06] ---
Hmm? He busy with something?
[03:09] ---
Kinda.
[03:17] ---
Practice match? All of us?
[03:19] ---
Won't a match be the best way to
teach Maki the basics and rules?
[03:24] ---
Sure, but is a beginner like him
really ready for a match?
[03:28] ---
I think Katsuragi will be just fine.
[03:31] ---
Huh?
[03:32] ---
He's surprisingly good at soft tennis.
[03:37] ---
You play front and I'll play back.
[03:39] ---
You got it.
[03:40] ---
Also, tuck your shirt into
your shorts before the match.
[03:43] ---
Huh? What for?
[03:45] ---
Because those are soft tennis rules.
[03:48] ---
Oh?
[03:50] ---
He's playing a match now...
[03:54] ---
Service side: Toma Shinjo and Maki Katsuragi.
[03:58] ---
Return side: Taiyo Ishigami
and Shingo Takenouchi.
[04:01] ---
Aim at his feet for the return.
[04:03] ---
Seriously?
[04:04] ---
Don't hold back! Nail it right at him!
[04:08] ---
Three-game match! Play ball!
[04:17] ---
Right in front of Katsuragi...
[04:22] ---
Huh?
[04:30] ---
Nice volley.
[04:31] ---
That's what you call a volley?
[04:33] ---
Yeah, just like that.
[04:35] ---
Oh, my. They just got played by a beginner.
[04:38] ---
Pathetic. Are they stupid?
[04:42] ---
Bring it on!
[04:52] ---
--Huh?
--What the?
[04:54] ---
He's an idiot!
[04:57] ---
Hey. I get to serve next, right?
[05:01] ---
Y-Yeah, right.
[05:06] ---
For the first serve,
I'm supposed to hit it hard?
[05:23] ---
For real?!
[05:26] ---
That went well.
[05:28] ---
Nice serve.
[05:30] ---
3-0!
[05:33] ---
Fault!
[05:34] ---
Careful on your second serve.
[05:37] ---
Got it.
[05:40] ---
Like this?
[05:43] ---
Take this!
[05:47] ---
What?!
[05:54] ---
--Game!
--Taiyo, you've gotta get that!
[05:57] ---
Sorry.
[05:58] ---
Shingo, there's no way he could've.
[06:01] ---
Tsk!
[06:02] ---
Change sides!
[06:04] ---
Is he seriously a beginner?
[06:06] ---
He's just sharp, that's all.
[06:10] ---
Probably...
[06:15] ---
2-0!
[06:17] ---
It's a bad idea to let him get full of himself.
[06:21] ---
Especially people like him.
[06:28] ---
Game, set!
[06:29] ---
With a game score of 2-0,
Shinjo/Katsuragi pair wins!
[06:34] ---
Yeah!
[06:35] ---
Huh, it's over? Katsuragi's team won?
[06:40] ---
Was that any good?
[06:41] ---
Yeah.
[06:42] ---
But you might wanna work on
getting to the net faster.
[06:46] ---
Yeah? I'll do that then.
[06:51] ---
What?
[06:52] ---
That was pathetic.
[06:53] ---
You little...!
[06:54] ---
--Please don't, Shingo!
--Huh?!
[06:56] ---
There's no fighting during club!
[06:59] ---
You stupid?
[07:00] ---
Hit every single ball straight towards him.
[07:03] ---
Don't you think that's mean?
[07:05] ---
We're just exploiting the opponent's weakness.
[07:16] ---
Come on, rush forward!
[07:18] ---
Gotcha!
[07:27] ---
Nice volley.
[07:29] ---
Thanks.
[07:30] ---
He's pissing me off.
[07:32] ---
--Rintaro!
--Huh? Right...
[07:35] ---
0-1!
[07:38] ---
Tsk!
[07:42] ---
You little pest!
[07:49] ---
Nice volley.
[07:56] ---
Yeah!
[07:57] ---
They scored again...
[08:04] ---
G-Game, set!
[08:06] ---
With a game score of 2-0,
Shinjo/Katsuragi pair wins!
[08:14] ---
Katsuragi's amazing.
[08:18] ---
Is it just me, or did they win again?
[08:22] ---
It's about time to knock him down a notch.
[08:40] ---
Itsuki aimed right at him.
[08:44] ---
Getting hit by a soft tennis ball
isn't gonna kill you.
[08:48] ---
0-1!
[08:55] ---
Whoa...
[09:02] ---
Katsuragi!
[09:03] ---
Don't!
[09:05] ---
They're in a match.
[09:10] ---
Remember what I said?
[09:12] ---
That's gonna give you a nice welt.
[09:15] ---
They're aiming right for him.
Are they newbie hazing?
[09:19] ---
Hey, what should I have done?
[09:21] ---
Your positioning wasn't decisive enough.
[09:23] ---
In times like that, drop back to the baseline.
[09:26] ---
All right.
[09:27] ---
Positions change with the flow of the game.
[09:30] ---
The front always has to be on top of that.
[09:33] ---
Sounds like a pain.
[09:35] ---
0-2!
[09:47] ---
What's that?
[09:48] ---
He's running all over.
[09:51] ---
Would you stay still?!
[09:54] ---
You're too hard to hit!
[09:58] ---
For real?
[10:01] ---
Nice volley!
[10:02] ---
Thank you.
[10:05] ---
Gah, so many blisters.
[10:08] ---
Even during our match, you can tell
he's getting better and better.
[10:12] ---
Quit praising the enemy.
[10:15] ---
He's not an enemy.
[10:16] ---
Huh?
[10:17] ---
He's a club member, too.
[10:34] ---
Game, set!
[10:35] ---
With a game score of 2-0,
Shinjo/Katsuragi pair wins!
[10:39] ---
Are you serious? They won again?
[10:42] ---
What's with him?
[10:44] ---
He's too good!
[10:45] ---
You're incredible, Katsuragi!
With you, we can win!
[10:48] ---
Huh?
[10:51] ---
You guys are plain awful.
[10:53] ---
Huh?
[10:54] ---
What have you been doing till now?
[10:56] ---
Excuse me?! Just because you won a few--
[10:58] ---
Argh!
[11:06] ---
Maki's completely right.
[11:09] ---
What have you been doing?
[11:11] ---
How the hell do you lose to someone
who's never played tennis?!
[11:15] ---
You guys are plain awful!
[11:17] ---
Either that or plain idiots!
[11:19] ---
But Shinjo, but everyone's trying
the best that they can!
[11:23] ---
If this is the result of
you guys trying your best,
[11:27] ---
you'll never be good at anything!
[11:29] ---
That's not...
[11:31] ---
Enough.
[11:32] ---
I don't care anymore.
[11:36] ---
Shinjo...
[11:38] ---
He's got a shorter temper
than you'd expect from him.
[11:42] ---
What now?
[11:58] ---
You're early.
[12:00] ---
What about club?
[12:01] ---
I left for the day.
[12:03] ---
You left practice to come home? Just you?
[12:08] ---
What's wrong with you?
[12:11] ---
Aren't you ever going to try?
[12:13] ---
I am trying. With all I've got...
[12:18] ---
It's more or less like this.
[12:20] ---
It's their personalities and play styles.
[12:23] ---
I'll make a clean copy for you tonight.
[12:25] ---
Thank you, Yuta.... and vice president.
[12:29] ---
Rintaro is fine, Katsuragi.
[12:31] ---
Say, Rintaro... Who decided
the pairs we have now?
[12:35] ---
We decided on our own.
[12:39] ---
Our advisor was fine with it, too.
[12:42] ---
To be frank, they're not pairs
made with tennis in mind.
[12:45] ---
It's pairs of leaders and lackeys.
[12:48] ---
Uh, that's a mean way of putting it.
[12:51] ---
But it's the truth, right?
[12:53] ---
You think so?
[12:55] ---
--Okay.
--Huh?
[12:57] ---
I think I get it now.
[12:59] ---
Enough, at least.
[13:08] ---
Toma, did practice finish early today?
[13:11] ---
What about you and work?
[13:13] ---
Same as you, I think.
[13:15] ---
You ditched it then.
[13:18] ---
I finally realized today
how utterly pointless it is.
[13:23] ---
The club is awful because of me, the captain.
[13:26] ---
They're bad because I'm worthless.
[13:28] ---
I don't think that's true at all, all right?
[13:31] ---
Even Mom tells me that. How worthless I am.
[13:35] ---
Come on, come on! Quit pouting
and sit yourself up!
[13:39] ---
Would you cut it out, Ryoma?! Sheesh...
[13:43] ---
It's all right.
[13:44] ---
Huh?
[13:45] ---
Parents and their children
aren't always going to get along.
[13:48] ---
So it's not your fault, Toma.
[13:51] ---
You're just not so compatible... with Mom.
[13:55] ---
It's not your fault.
[13:57] ---
One!
[14:00] ---
Two!
[14:03] ---
Three!
[14:06] ---
Four!
[14:08] ---
--Think Captain will come?
--Five!
[14:10] ---
Probably not.
[14:11] ---
--I wonder if he's still upset?
--Six!
[14:13] ---
--It'd be weirder if he wasn't upset.
[14:14] ---
--It'd be weirder if he wasn't upset.
--Seven!
[14:16] ---
I don't know about that.
[14:18] ---
By the way, where's that visor chump?!
[14:21] ---
--Namie!
--Okay!
[14:23] ---
Kei, right!
[14:25] ---
Why are you watching the girls practice?
[14:28] ---
Just because.
[14:31] ---
Is one of them a girl you like?
[14:33] ---
Go die.
[14:34] ---
Kei, front!
[14:35] ---
Okay!
[14:37] ---
I see how it is...
[14:50] ---
Leaving again today?
[14:56] ---
I'm fed up with it.
[15:00] ---
But don't you love soft tennis?
[15:09] ---
What the hell are we even doing?
[15:11] ---
We're taking a break.
[15:13] ---
We've a club on the verge of disbanding
with a captain that's sick of us.
[15:18] ---
I just saw him changing in
the locker room a bit earlier.
[15:22] ---
I think that's one fairy tale
that's not coming true, Nao.
[15:26] ---
Look, it's the soft tennis club. How pitiful.
[15:30] ---
I heard you guys are so awful,
you can't use the tennis courts.
[15:34] ---
Talk about a rubbish club.
[15:36] ---
And you're in the go-home club,
so leave already.
[15:39] ---
Is that Ameno? You're in the soft tennis club?!
[15:42] ---
Get lost, Nakao.
[15:45] ---
His sister's the vice captain of the girls' club
and they say she's amazing.
[15:49] ---
Yeah? The one who's paired
with that super dark third year?
[15:52] ---
Compared to her, you're all so laughably weak.
[15:59] ---
You need to learn when to shut up.
[16:01] ---
You know they don't have a mother
at home? Their parents got divorced.
[16:05] ---
Really? Man, so sad!
[16:07] ---
That's why their place is a total trash house.
[16:10] ---
Thing is, you've never been to my house.
[16:13] ---
I can tell without ever going.
Just by looking at you.
[16:36] ---
What are you doing?!
[16:37] ---
Shoot! Taiyo, help out!
[16:39] ---
Huh? R-Right!
[16:41] ---
Did that cut his head?
[16:42] ---
Here. Hold a towel against the wound.
[16:45] ---
It hurts!
[16:46] ---
Take him to the infirmary!
[16:48] ---
Right. Shingo?
[16:49] ---
Come on, stand up.
[16:50] ---
Itsuki, you okay?
[16:53] ---
Yeah.
[16:54] ---
Nothing he says matters,
so don't let it bother you.
[16:58] ---
It will bother him.
[17:00] ---
Just hearing it pissed me off.
[17:03] ---
Katsuragi?
[17:04] ---
Because I'm the same.
Though I only have a mom at home.
[17:08] ---
What?
[17:09] ---
Huh?
[17:10] ---
But still, don't hit people with a racket.
[17:14] ---
It's a waste to break it.
[17:16] ---
Huh?
[17:20] ---
No fighting allowed. You know that, right?
[17:24] ---
And well, if you do end up in a fight,
you can't use weapons. Ever.
[17:29] ---
Luckily, the wound wasn't anything that serious,
[17:32] ---
but the thing with cuts on the head
is they bleed all over the place.
[17:37] ---
It'll surprise you.
[17:39] ---
I'm the one who hit him,
so this was entirely my fault.
[17:43] ---
Yeah. Though it's pretty
straightforward you hit him,
[17:46] ---
it's also despicable how he
teased you over your family situation.
[17:51] ---
Sensei...
[17:52] ---
They need to understand the things
they say can deeply hurt people.
[17:58] ---
Here. Candy?
[18:01] ---
The reason Itsuki refuses to change
with us is because you're here.
[18:06] ---
But it's not because he hates you, Katsuragi.
[18:09] ---
I think it's just because he doesn't want you
to see the burn scars on his back.
[18:14] ---
Burn scars?
[18:16] ---
Yeah, some pretty bad ones.
[18:18] ---
Not many in school even know about it.
[18:21] ---
Us club members already knew,
but not you until now.
[18:26] ---
You're right.
[18:28] ---
When Itsuki was something like
one year old, his mother...
[19:08] ---
His mom was dazed and out of it,
[19:10] ---
and they found her
sitting right next to Itsuki.
[19:14] ---
Some neighbors who heard his cries
came and took him to the hospital.
[19:18] ---
But enough time had passed
that his scars were permanent.
[19:23] ---
It's not that he avoids changing around
people so they don't see his scars.
[19:28] ---
He just doesn't like being asked
where he got 'em from.
[19:32] ---
That's all.
[19:34] ---
To admit your mom poured
boiling water on you...
[19:38] ---
Will there ever come a day
when I can forgive myself?
[19:38] ---
That's tough to say.
[19:45] ---
Sorry to put you through that.
[19:49] ---
Just between us, after you hit him,
I totally thought he deserved it.
[19:50] ---
Until now, I've been punishing myself,
carrying that burden without saying a word
[19:54] ---
You're so bad.
[19:55] ---
Yup, I'm bad.
[20:03] ---
My sister...
[20:04] ---
I'll hurry on home. Later!
[20:06] ---
Like a tropical fish thrown into
a fresh-water tank
[20:06] ---
Yeah.
[20:09] ---
Goodbye, Ameno!
[20:11] ---
Bye-bye, Rintaro.
[20:15] ---
I heard what happened from Mr. Sakurai.
[20:17] ---
Yeah?
[20:19] ---
You can't be hitting people.
[20:19] ---
It's waving its tail fin,
but it's not as if it's swimming
[20:20] ---
I know.
[20:22] ---
You should've just
headbutted him or something.
[20:25] ---
I know.
[20:30] ---
Just floundering as it drowns
[20:33] ---
Faintly heard from the distant sea
[20:34] ---
Coming home?
[20:35] ---
Yeah.
[20:36] ---
The crashing waves are not some dream
[20:39] ---
It's your turn for dinner.
[20:41] ---
And if with my ears I listen carefully
[20:41] ---
What do you want? I can go buy ingredients.
[20:44] ---
Fried chicken.
[20:45] ---
Again? What else besides fried chicken?
[20:48] ---
I can hear the whales
singing together a song of joy
[20:49] ---
Fried chicken!
[20:57] ---
Toma.
[21:00] ---
What?
[21:01] ---
I kinda got a call from Maki.
[21:03] ---
Huh?
[21:04] ---
He's on the phone.
[21:08] ---
"Maki Katsuragi"
[21:12] ---
Hello?
[21:13] ---
If the boys' soft tennis club gets disbanded,
[21:16] ---
I won't get my money.
[21:18] ---
What?
[21:19] ---
That's a problem for me, so...
[21:22] ---
So you're not allowed to
quit the soft tennis club.
[21:27] ---
Absolutely not. No way.
[21:30] ---
Don't even think you can quit.
[21:32] ---
Absolutely not.
[21:34] ---
I won't allow it. I won't permit it.
I won't acknowledge it.
[21:44] ---
You, me, and the others are better together.
[21:48] ---
We need to stick together.
[21:58] ---
All right.
[22:00] ---
I'll be there tomorrow.
[22:01] ---
Good. We'll be waiting.
[22:04] ---
Later.
[22:17] ---
I'm sorry, guys.
[22:19] ---
Ever since finding that sky
we've yearned to soar through
[22:19] ---
I skipped for three days, but I want
to come back and practice today.
[22:23] ---
I'm sorry for the selfish things I said.
[22:26] ---
Will you all forgive me?
[22:28] ---
Our hearts have been drawn to the future
[22:29] ---
I suppose I'll forgive you.
[22:31] ---
Don't act cocky. You've skipped
practice tons of times.
[22:34] ---
Have I now?
[22:35] ---
You're King Forgetful.
[22:37] ---
You little...!
[22:38] ---
Stretch!
[22:40] ---
The image grows with each hope and fear
[22:40] ---
--Shingo!
--Shingo, violence is bad.
[22:42] ---
--Shingo, violence is bad.
[22:43] ---
I don't wanna hear it from you.
[22:45] ---
Oh, okay.
[22:46] ---
Itsuki let that go past him?
[22:47] ---
Tears and smiles come pouring out,
regardless of emotion
[22:49] ---
The kid's got some guts.
[22:51] ---
What do you mean?
[22:52] ---
It's almost dizzying
[22:52] ---
It's not like Itsuki to do that.
[22:53] ---
Makes us wanna break the cage
of this confined, empty life and run away
[22:54] ---
Hey, guys, can you listen up?
[23:01] ---
Ever since the wings to fly
unfurled from our backs
[23:11] ---
Our hearts have faced the future
[23:15] ---
We wanna soar freely though skies far and wide
[23:25] ---
Hey, don't keep us locked up
[23:29] ---
No matter how hard we flap our wings
[23:33] ---
We can't reach like this
[23:36] ---
When we're inside a cage
[23:48] ---
I figured out why you're so awful.
[23:50] ---
What?!
[23:51] ---
--You little...!
--What do you mean?
[23:52] ---
--Katsuragi...
--We are?
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Your pair combinations are what's bad.
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We just have to change them up. All of them.
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Our pairs?
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"Stars Align"
"Look forward to next week!"
"Hmm" "Tasty"
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