E12 - Samurai vs Knight

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    All right!
[00:03] ---
    Mori and Yanagi won.
    We've got a win and a loss!
[00:07] ---
    Now we're tied.
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    But they're Team France,
    ranked No. 3 in the world.
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    It's not over.
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    We will now start #3 singles
    of France versus Japan.
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    Prince, it's your turn.
[00:34] ---
    France sent out that horseback riding guy?
[00:39] ---
    It's him.
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    Le Prince! Le Prince!
[00:43] ---
    Le Prince! Le Prince!
[00:44] ---
    Wh-What are they saying?
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    "Le Prince." They're
    cheering for their prince.
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    Prince?
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    This is his first time
    competing in this tournament.
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    He's the same age as you.
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    Take the world.
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    That's what you're playing to do.
    Win, even if it kills you.
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    Are you ready?
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    I won't lose a tennis match.
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    "Prince of Ace"
[02:50] ---
    For France,
    Prince Ludwig Chardard.
[02:56] ---
    For Japan,
    Ryoma Echizen.
[02:59] ---
    Ryoma!
[03:01] ---
    It's the squirt's first Team Japan match.
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    You've got this, Echizen!
[03:07] ---
    So you remained in the competition
    as you promised, Le Chapeau.
[03:12] ---
    I didn't do it to keep
    my promise with you.
[03:15] ---
    I thought you were wearing
    a Team USA jacket last time.
[03:22] ---
    Who cares?
[03:23] ---
    You're right. It matters not.
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    You will lose.
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    Sorry, but this isn't horseback tenni--
[03:30] ---
    Hey, are you listening?
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    It matters not.
[03:36] ---
    Cerisier is looking this way and smiling!
[03:39] ---
    She's not looking at you--
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    If she looks upon me with such passion,
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    not only my heart,
    but my whole body will burn up!
[03:49] ---
    Cerisier!
[03:51] ---
    Huh?!
[03:52] ---
    This time, I will make clear which of us
    is the better man for you!
[03:57] ---
    Please watch us.
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    U-Um...
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    After this match, let us gallop
    along the beach at sunset
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    on my dear horse, Blanche Neige!
[04:07] ---
    At the sight of your beautiful smile,
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    the abashed sun will quicken its setting,
[04:12] ---
    and the jealous moon
    will rise to comfort it!
[04:15] ---
    How lovely are your eyes!
[04:17] ---
    How cute is your hair!
[04:22] ---
    You. What is Cerisier's
    favorite flower? Favorite color?
[04:26] ---
    Huh? Uh...
[04:29] ---
    Mm...
[04:32] ---
    Do you not know?!
[04:34] ---
    You're nothing more
    than a pen pal to Cerisier!
[04:38] ---
    That stuff doesn't matter!
[04:40] ---
    M-Maybe white?
[04:42] ---
    This is a rare sight.
[04:44] ---
    Do they know each other, hm?
[04:49] ---
    He's throwing Echizen off balance.
[04:51] ---
    I'll be acquiring some great data.
[04:53] ---
    Ryoma Echizen. Show me
    your new and improved tennis.
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    The best of three sets. Japan to serve.
[05:10] ---
    Echizen's upped his power
    from the last time we saw him!
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    Right on the center service line, too!
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    A return ace.
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    0-15.
[05:23] ---
    Oh? Not bad.
[05:28] ---
    Now a slice serve out wide!
[05:31] ---
    He nailed it!
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    0-30.
[05:35] ---
    That was a nasty angle of return.
[05:38] ---
    Prince Prince has been playing tennis
    on horseback since he was young.
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    The balance required for riding has
    helped him build a solid upper body
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    and a stable core that allows him
    to make hard hits from any stance.
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    --Those fast shots he unleashes from
    his hardened upper body and core...
[05:54] ---
    --0-40.
    --Those fast shots he unleashes from
    his hardened upper body and core...
[05:55] ---
    --Those fast shots he unleashes from
    his hardened upper body and core...
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    Another return ace?!
[05:59] ---
    That's how he can
    always score with one hit.
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    People call him, "The Prince of Ace."
[06:10] ---
    Game, France. 1-0.
[06:12] ---
    It only took 90 seconds.
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    And all four points were return aces!
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    Jerk.
[06:27] ---
    The boy wants to get back at him.
[06:32] ---
    Allez!
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    15-0.
[06:36] ---
    He goes for a return ace
    no matter what stance he's in.
[06:39] ---
    Le Prince! Le Prince!
[06:41] ---
    Le Prince! Le Prince!
[06:46] ---
    Say, Le Chapeau.
[06:48] ---
    That competitive spirit of yours...
[06:51] ---
    I truly despise it.
[07:04] ---
    30-0.
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    Game, France. 2-0.
[07:08] ---
    Game, France. 3-0.
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    Game, France. 4-0.
[07:18] ---
    I can't believe it.
    It only took 90 seconds again.
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    All return aces.
[07:24] ---
    The squirt's getting overpowered.
[07:26] ---
    The quickest match in this tournament
    took 29 minutes and 32 seconds.
[07:31] ---
    A record this prince achieved.
[07:34] ---
    Quickest match...
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    Stop his momentum, brat.
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    Nice! A great serve and volley!
[07:47] ---
    0-15.
[07:49] ---
    What a difficult opponent.
[07:50] ---
    He hits a return ace if you aim
    for either of the two side corners.
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    And if you put angle into your shot,
    he puts twice the angle on it...
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    ...for an intense return ace!
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    0-30.
[08:09] ---
    He'll get another return ace
    if you hit there!
[08:13] ---
    That's the Pinnacle of Mastery.
[08:16] ---
    He's channeled all
    the aura into his legs...
[08:21] ---
    Using the Pinnacle of Mastery,
    he'll prevent his return ace...
[08:28] ---
    That's interesting.
[08:32] ---
    Yes! Struggle with everything you've got!
[08:35] ---
    He has no blind spots at each side, huh?
[08:38] ---
    Le Prince! Le Prince!
[08:40] ---
    Le Prince!
[08:46] ---
    The squirt switched
    the racket to his right hand!
[08:49] ---
    He's ambidextrous?
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    But it doesn't matter which hand he uses.
    There's no escaping the prince's aces.
[09:05] ---
    A Twist Serve!
[09:06] ---
    Nice! Even he couldn't--
[09:10] ---
    What insolence!
[09:16] ---
    Game, France. 5-0.
[09:18] ---
    Le Prince! Le Prince!
[09:21] ---
    The bastard.
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    Ryoma...
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    Cerisier!
[09:31] ---
    If you look at me
    so passionately, I will melt!
[09:39] ---
    Your blushes are sinfully sweet, too!
[09:42] ---
    Echizen's taken some serious damage.
[09:46] ---
    It's not over yet!
[09:48] ---
    Echizen, you haven't gone wild
    enough yet, right? You just haven't!
[10:00] ---
    Koshimae...
[10:06] ---
    Exhausted all your options?
[10:08] ---
    Who, me? This match just got started.
[10:12] ---
    Still got enough in you to banter, I see.
[10:31] ---
    You'd better not lose, Echizen!
[10:33] ---
    Yeah, Koshimae!
[10:35] ---
    Who cares if he's a prince! Crush 'im!
[10:38] ---
    Say, Atobe. If he can't figure out a way
    to counterattack and loses this set...
[10:48] ---
    ...our team's prince will lose.
[10:53] ---
    Hm?
[10:55] ---
    France, to serve.
[10:58] ---
    He's already figured something out.
[11:04] ---
    Down the middle!
[11:05] ---
    It's the same path as the Twist Serve.
[11:08] ---
    Go on, keep trying the same useless thing.
[11:11] ---
    But who just pathetically got the ball hit
    through their legs, Le Chapeau?
[11:16] ---
    It's gonna go through his legs again!
[11:21] ---
    Bingo!
[11:24] ---
    Ryoma returned it!
[11:25] ---
    He didn't score a return ace!
[11:27] ---
    It's the first rally in this match!
[11:30] ---
    He foresaw where the ball would go.
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    Smack down the middle, again!
[11:40] ---
    Bingo, again!
[11:42] ---
    A shot that goes down the middle is
    slower and has a less precise angle,
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    so even that prince
    can't score a return ace.
[11:50] ---
    I see. So Echizen's prevented his
    return aces by hitting down the middle.
[11:58] ---
    Le Chapeau, you figured this out
    from that one shot to your feet?
[12:03] ---
    Very well, but it matters not!
[12:05] ---
    You're simply returning them!
[12:08] ---
    This isn't good. Echizen can only
    return down the middle.
[12:12] ---
    Yes, if he hits to the corner,
    his opponent will instantly score an ace.
[12:28] ---
    He's forced to move from side to side,
[12:30] ---
    but he must return his shots
    to Chardard down the middle.
[12:35] ---
    This puts Echizen at a huge disadvantage.
[12:39] ---
    What is he thinking?
[12:43] ---
    Out of everyone,
    Koshimae hates losing the most!
[12:45] ---
    He'll keep hitting forever!
[12:50] ---
    How foolish. What do you achieve
    by hitting endlessly?
[12:55] ---
    Are you waiting for me to mishit?
[12:57] ---
    If so, that's a reckless bet
    and a foolish plan!
[13:01] ---
    Hey! Your shots are slowing down, Prince.
[13:07] ---
    What did you learn from watching me?
[13:14] ---
    That's the Shining Shot, Destruction!
[13:35] ---
    Koshimae hit a Shining Shot!
[13:39] ---
    No, that's not it.
[13:43] ---
    Echizen hit a Destruction...
[13:45] ---
    That shot might go up
    into the stands. It's dangerous!
[13:49] ---
    So what? No matter what shot,
    I'll hit a return ace!
[13:54] ---
    That's my style of tennis!
[14:05] ---
    40-15.
[14:15] ---
    The ball got lodged into the wall.
[14:18] ---
    The people in the crowd seem unharmed.
[14:21] ---
    I-Is that different
    from Boss's Shining Shot?
[14:25] ---
    It seems so.
[14:28] ---
    The Shining Shot that
    Echizen hit didn't destroy.
[14:33] ---
    It's not Destruction. It's the Light of
    Hope that brings a chance for victory...
[14:37] ---
    Hope.
[14:39] ---
    It's similar to,
    yet the opposite of, Destruction.
[14:44] ---
    I knew this...
[14:48] ---
    ...since back then.
[14:50] ---
    Hope. It's the hope for the future.
[14:56] ---
    He finally scored a point off of him!
[14:59] ---
    All right! Turn the tables on him already!
[15:02] ---
    Did you see that shot?
[15:05] ---
    Yeah, the power didn't spread outward.
[15:09] ---
    Instead, all the power
    was compressed into the ball.
[15:15] ---
    It seems...
[15:19] ---
    ...you've stirred his pride.
[15:25] ---
    Game, France. 6-0.
[15:28] ---
    Le Prince! Le Prince!
[15:30] ---
    Le Prince!
[15:32] ---
    That's our prince. He won't so easily
    let him control the match's momentum.
[15:42] ---
    Oh, man. Ryoma got bagled
    6-0 in the first set?
[15:48] ---
    It's them!
[15:50] ---
    It's Team USA.
[15:52] ---
    He's the one who--
[15:54] ---
    Yeah, the unbelievable dude
    who played tennis on horseback.
[15:58] ---
    Prince Ludwig Chardard.
    From an old royal lineage,
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    he's a leading force of the next
    generation of French tennis athletes.
[16:07] ---
    He can hit a return ace from any stance--
    An unconventional tennis style.
[16:12] ---
    We, the US, have had our eyes
    on him already.
[16:15] ---
    Ryoma got matched with a tough opponent.
[16:19] ---
    It may be a good opportunity
    to see him hit his limits.
[16:23] ---
    Seriously? We get to see
    Ryoma hit his limits?
[16:26] ---
    You don't believe that Ryoma will
    show his limits so easily, huh?
[16:30] ---
    Got that right.
[16:32] ---
    Ryoma Echizen. Right now,
    he's our opponent.
[16:37] ---
    Yeah, we know, Captain Reinhart.
[16:44] ---
    Ryoma.
[16:48] ---
    He switched his racket hand again.
[16:54] ---
    He's gonna stop his return ace
    with a Twist Serve!
[16:57] ---
    At that height down the center,
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    the power and angle make
    a return ace impossible!
[17:05] ---
    Come on!
[17:09] ---
    There it is! Echizen's Hope!
[17:12] ---
    15-0.
[17:13] ---
    All right! Keep that up!
[17:16] ---
    Damn it. These strings are so frail.
[17:20] ---
    Camus. Is there a limit to
    how many rackets I can use?
[17:25] ---
    No, there isn't.
[17:27] ---
    If that's the case...
[17:29] ---
    ...bring all the rackets there are!
[17:32] ---
    Germany! Germany! Germany!
[17:35] ---
    We won all our matches with perfect sets.
[17:37] ---
    But this is no time to relax.
[17:39] ---
    Our next opponent is whoever wins
    the France versus Japan match.
[17:43] ---
    We should expect France
    to have the advantage.
[17:46] ---
    Not to be rude to
    Kunimitsu's home country,
[17:49] ---
    but France is in a different league.
[17:52] ---
    You're freakin' kidding me!
[17:57] ---
    Siegfried. What are you
    so worked up about?
[18:00] ---
    I wanna have a rematch with Japan!
[18:03] ---
    I'll make them feel
    my humiliation 100 times over!
[18:07] ---
    Don't you wanna play them, too,
    Japanese guy?! Hm?
[18:12] ---
    Kunimitsu, you can ignore him.
[18:16] ---
    It doesn't matter if we
    play Japan or France.
[18:21] ---
    I consider this tournament
    my first step toward becoming a pro.
[18:30] ---
    Yes, Kunimitsu. That's how it should be.
[18:37] ---
    Game, Japan. 3-0.
[18:45] ---
    All right!
[18:47] ---
    The squirt's furious counterattack!
[18:49] ---
    How many rackets do you
    plan on breaking?
[18:57] ---
    That prince wants to get a return ace
    on Echizen's Hope at all costs.
[19:02] ---
    He's even letting his serves through
[19:05] ---
    to get as many chances as
    possible to return Hope.
[19:09] ---
    You're pretty stubborn yourself.
[19:11] ---
    Just you wait...
[19:13] ---
    Oh? Go ahead and try.
[19:22] ---
    How about this?!
[19:24] ---
    You can try a bajillion times.
    You're just gonna break your strings.
[19:28] ---
    Damn it! Wrong spot again.
[19:30] ---
    Japan! Japan! Japan!
[19:33] ---
    Game, Japan. 5-0.
[19:38] ---
    He totally cornered
    that Prince of Ace in this set!
[19:43] ---
    No...
[19:50] ---
    Isn't Echizen the one who's been cornered?
[19:56] ---
    What?!
[20:00] ---
    The hole in his racket is smaller.
[20:06] ---
    You have my gratitude, Le Chapeau.
[20:08] ---
    Allez!
[20:11] ---
    I can't rid myself of this humiliation
    until I return your Shining Shot.
[20:15] ---
    You call it "Hope"?
[20:17] ---
    Then I'll shatter your hope
    into a million pieces!
[20:20] ---
    Stop seeing with your eyes.
[20:22] ---
    Feel it! Prince Ludwig Chardard!
[20:25] ---
    Focus solely on the central point
    of the spinning ball!
[20:32] ---
    Right there!
[20:34] ---
    His strings are intact!
[20:41] ---
    He returned Hope!
[20:43] ---
    That kid managed to find its
    super sweet spot so quickly!
[20:49] ---
    I don't believe it!
[20:51] ---
    Did he know where I'd return it?!
[20:57] ---
    Samu...rai?!
[20:59] ---
    A drop volley?
[21:01] ---
    He's unbelievable.
[21:19] ---
    Le Chapeau!
[21:29] ---
    Ryoma...
[21:36] ---
    Ryoma!
[23:10] ---
    Hey, don't just end the match.
[23:14] ---
    It's about to get to the super fun part.
[23:17] ---
    Come on, let's finish this!
[23:19] ---
    Next episode,
    "Samurai vs Knight."
[23:20] ---
    "Samurai vs Knight"
[23:22] ---
    I'm positive I'll win!
[23:24] ---
    "The Prince of Tennis II
    U-17 World Cup
    Extra Segment"
[23:25] ---
    At last, I get to show my friends
    from Japan my song.
[23:25] ---
    "'Amour, Ce Drame'
    Leopold Camus de Charpentier"
[23:29] ---
    I'm here in this segment alone.
    This is revolutionary.
[23:33] ---
    Yes. I may be alone,
    but at the same time, I'm not.
[23:36] ---
    Now, will you sing with me,
    mon amour?
[23:39] ---
    
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