# E2 - Pre-World Cup Kicks Off!
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In today's exhibition matches, Germany,
the reigning champions, will play Japan?
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I feel bad for your home team.
Playing Germany right off the bat.
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You got picked to represent Japan!
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I'm playing for the USA.
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Shorty!
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Still missing Japan?
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Not really.
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Ryoma, are you okay? You seem down.
**[00:38] ---**
Got a stomachache?
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I couldn't be better.
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Never mind the other teams.
We just need do our best and win.
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Even if it's just an exhibition match.
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Yeah, I know.
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Ryoma, you're in the lineup to play today.
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Okay.
**[01:03] ---**
Today's the day!
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I'm tingling with excitement!
**[01:07] ---**
Kin, you'll tire yourself out
before we even arrive.
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Will Tanegashima arrive in time
for the main matches?
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He's coming by boat.
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He hates riding on planes, as you know.
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The pairs for today's matches will be
a high schooler and a middle schooler?
**[01:24] ---**
Yeah.
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I'd like to team up with Atobe.
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No, thanks.
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I'd love to pair with Prince Kimi.
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Prince Kimi! Work it out
so I can pair with Byodoin, will you?
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Hello, Prince Kimi?
**[01:39] ---**
Hey, Prince Kimi!
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--Hello? Prince Kimi!
--Be quiet!
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--Hey!
--Be quiet!
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Do you want to go home?
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No way I'm going home!
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I see it! It's the World Cup venue!
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The teams from the other
countries are flooding in.
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Yeah.
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Switzerland and Australia, the home team,
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Greece...
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...and France.
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Let's go, boys!
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It's time.
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All righty then. Let's go, Shorty.
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Yup.
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The world's ours for the taking. Win.
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That's all.
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Yeah!
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"Pre-World Cup Kicks Off!"
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Pre-U-17 World Cup exhibition
match: Germany versus Japan.
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Welcome in both teams!
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First, here's Team Japan!
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Next, nine-time winners of the World Cup,
the defending champions...
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...Team Germany!
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Nobody's interested in Japan, I see.
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Whoa, that's Volk!
He's a pro tennis player!
**[05:02] ---**
Wow, it's really him!
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Tezuka...
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Exhibition match:
USA versus Republic of Tube!
**[05:26] ---**
That's really him in Team Germany, hm?
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That exasperatingly calm expression...
He hasn't changed.
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Yeah, but Tezuka's aura
has grown even stronger.
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I never thought we'd be
opponents like this.
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We will now start the first match.
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Get out there and be the first to die.
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Oh man, I'm nervous.
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We get to make the initial attack
against the world.
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Let's go feel what it's like
to play the world.
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Wait, Siegfried.
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What is it, Q･P?
**[06:09] ---**
It would be advantageous to ask
Tezuka regarding Team Japan.
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He was present at
the Team Japan training camp.
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He's not German. You think he'd give
honest info on Team Japan?
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Stop that, Siegfried.
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No, no, no! It's useless!
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First match.
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From Germany:
Michael Bismarck, Elmar Siegfried.
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From Japan: Duke Watanabe, Shusuke Fuji.
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Germany! Germany! Germany!
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The best of one set match.
Germany to serve!
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Hey, Japanese kid.
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Just pray that your little friends
don't hate tennis after I'm--
**[07:08] ---**
Duke Home Run.
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0-15.
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Is that what you wanted, Boss?
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He changed the mood of
the whole arena with one shot.
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All right! We threw the first punch
against Germany, the champs!
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Mister Home Run scored!
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Well, well.
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I wasn't expecting you to help much.
You can just stay in that corner.
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Tut-tut. I can win this match on my own.
**[07:43] ---**
He's serious, huh?
**[07:45] ---**
Yes.
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That power of yours is a nuisance.
**[07:50] ---**
But partners with strong personalities
break down more easily.
**[07:57] ---**
For instance, with this
vacillating no-spin shot,
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I'll simply make you miss
the super sweet spot,
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inhibiting your Duke Home Run.
You'll be forced into defense.
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Tut-tut. You can't win
unless you can attack!
**[08:12] ---**
Fuji's running to the net?
**[08:14] ---**
Why doesn't he use his Triple Counter...
His Bear Drop?
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Back then, I swore
to do three things, Tezuka.
**[08:24] ---**
Shusuke Fuji can be reborn!
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0-30.
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He returned a smash with a smash.
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Critical Wind: Hollyhock Blizzard.
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I no longer play defensive tennis.
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Tut-tut.
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Fuji ran up to the net again!
**[08:51] ---**
He really isn't using
his Triple Counters?!
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This is my new playing style.
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Hollyhock Blizzard!
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Game, Japan. 1-0.
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What an astonishing feat.
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Returning a smash with a smash?
He must be a prodigy.
**[09:09] ---**
Fuji prides himself in his counters. I'm
surprised he's playing so aggressively.
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This differs greatly from
our data on Team Japan.
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He's like a wholly different player.
**[09:20] ---**
What in the world happened to him?
**[09:24] ---**
Fuji...
**[09:26] ---**
Tezuka, before you left for
Germany to become a pro,
**[09:31] ---**
I challenged you to a match.
**[09:33] ---**
I knew I couldn't win,
but I challenged you...
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...intending to quit tennis
after you defeated me.
**[09:43] ---**
Goodbye, Kunimitsu Tezuka.
**[09:48] ---**
Why, Fuji?!
**[09:55] ---**
This is pointless. There's no way
you can beat Tezuka right now.
**[10:13] ---**
T-Tezuka, how come?
**[10:15] ---**
Why did you quit mid-match?
**[10:17] ---**
Don't you feel bad for Fuji?
Finish your match--
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I won't play Fuji anymore as he is now.
**[10:35] ---**
Fuji...
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I bet Fuji can see Tezuka.
**[11:23] ---**
Until now, you've been my guide.
**[11:27] ---**
It's thanks to you
that I've come this far.
**[11:30] ---**
Because you were always there
to guide me to the right path.
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And now you're going to Germany
to become a pro?
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I have no vision for tennis;
there's no meaning in it for me.
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Now I'll no longer have a guide, either!
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I thought that if I suffered a
humiliating loss, I'd come to hate tennis.
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But...
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...you won't let me quit tennis, huh?
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Fuji...
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...you must find your own path.
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Tezuka...
**[12:12] ---**
You abandoned the match because
you didn't want to be my guide?
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You did it for my sake, since I've
always depended on you too much.
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You're always one step ahead of me.
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In that case, I'll go
one step further than that!
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Game and match...
**[12:44] ---**
...Shusuke Fuji.
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Thank you, Kunimitsu Tezuka.
**[13:12] ---**
Game to Japan. 5-5.
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Tut-tut. They beat us again.
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Fuji did it.
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He's moving well.
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We showed them, Boss!
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The show's just getting started.
Right, Duke?
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Can I go wild now, Boss?
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Play... ball!
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What the heck is he doing?!
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How shameless.
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He's so funny!
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0-15.
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Wow!
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Even if you managed to hit that,
it'd crush your racket!
**[13:57] ---**
Duke was formerly known as "Destroyer."
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Game to Japan. 6-5.
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Good work, Ryoma.
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I barely worked up a sweat.
**[14:15] ---**
It's 'cause you guys dominated
and barely got worked up.
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They were just weak. It's not my fault.
**[14:25] ---**
At this rate, Ralph and I won't get
a turn to play in the main matches.
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The main matches
won't pan out like today's.
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We'll be up against the world's best.
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Go, Mister Destroyer!
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All right! They've got this!
**[14:42] ---**
Not yet.
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Nice, Fuji!
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You're up, Siegfried!
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A smash!
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It's Fuji's Hollyhock Blizzard!
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I got to thoroughly study
your play habits.
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Along with your humiliation!
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He was outmaneuvered!
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Duke can get it!
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Too bad! All your Home Runs
will go out from that angle!
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Duke Bunt.
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Duke has a fundamentally
gentle play style.
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You did good, Siegfried!
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Triple Counter, White Dragon.
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Fuji...
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I've been waiting
all this time for the real you.
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Until the main matches.
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Game and match, Japan!
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--All right!
--Amazing!
**[16:03] ---**
Got our first win against Germany! Yes!
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We will now continue to the second match.
**[16:09] ---**
You two are next. Go experience Hell.
**[16:14] ---**
Will I be a fitting partner for him?
**[16:17] ---**
Everything you say gets on my nerves.
**[16:19] ---**
Did Japan win even a single game?
**[16:22] ---**
Germany has never lost a single match,
even in the exhibition.
**[16:26] ---**
Whoa, Japan beat Germany
in the first match!
**[16:32] ---**
Seriously? They beat Germany?
**[16:34] ---**
Japan's pretty good, Ryoma.
**[16:36] ---**
I guess Germany's no big deal.
**[16:39] ---**
Just say it as it is.
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Whatever.
**[16:42] ---**
Well, as the champs,
Germany won't take this sitting down.
**[16:47] ---**
Q･P! Q･P! Q･P!
**[16:52] ---**
Why is the crowd so excited?
**[16:55] ---**
With all these eyes on me, I might not be
able to show even a tenth of my strength.
**[17:01] ---**
Why are they chanting about Kewpie Mayo?
**[17:04] ---**
Maybe 'cause he'll fry his
opponents in three minutes?
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Q･P. It stands for "Quality of Perfect."
**[17:11] ---**
Because of that nickname,
he made it his legal name.
**[17:15] ---**
His real name and birthplace are unknown.
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He's received elite tennis training
since he was a baby.
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Cream of the crop at his tennis academy.
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He's the brains behind Team Germany.
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They say he's the greatest masterpiece
of German Tennis Academy.
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We're in huge trouble!
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Team Germany is fired up to win
their 10th World Cup.
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Go, Kunimitsu.
**[17:41] ---**
Yes, sir.
**[17:43] ---**
Tezuka!
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Thanks for leading everyone here, Atobe.
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Hm? An arrogant thing to say.
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Second match.
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For Germany: Q･P, Kunimitsu Tezuka.
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For Japan: Kanata Irie, Keigo Atobe.
**[18:01] ---**
Q･P from Team Germany is playing.
**[18:04] ---**
They're really going for it.
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They won't give up another win.
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And? Who's his partner?
**[18:09] ---**
Kunimitsu Tezuka.
**[18:27] ---**
What's wrong, Atobe?
**[18:30] ---**
How long will you kneel there for?
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Germany! Germany! Germany!
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Is this how strong you've become?
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Atobe...
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What are you doing, Keigo Atobe?!
**[19:07] ---**
Accelerate your evolution?!
Stop kidding yourself!
**[19:15] ---**
I...
**[19:21] ---**
Game and match, Germany.
**[19:25] ---**
I suppose there was no need
to use a tenth of my strength.
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It's thanks to you, Kunimitsu.
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This is... This is the world.
**[19:37] ---**
Germany won 6-0.
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Thought so.
**[19:43] ---**
Germany! Germany! Germany!
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Wait! Where are you going, Atobe?!
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Atobe! The matches aren't over!
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Wait!
**[20:03] ---**
I discovered what I'm lacking.
**[20:08] ---**
I see. Then go.
**[20:17] ---**
Damn it! We're still evenly tied 1-1.
**[20:20] ---**
Let's beat them in this last match!
**[20:23] ---**
Volk! Volk! Volk!
**[20:27] ---**
Volk's playing an exhibition match?!
**[20:29] ---**
Looks like we've angered Germany.
**[20:32] ---**
Jurgen Borisovich Volk,
nicknamed the "Philosopher for Victory."
**[20:38] ---**
He turned pro last year
and remains undefeated.
**[20:41] ---**
Whoa, what?! Volk from
Team Germany's actually playing.
**[20:45] ---**
Volk?
**[20:46] ---**
Oh man, Germany really wants
to destroy Japan.
**[20:50] ---**
I'm going to watch the Germany match.
**[20:52] ---**
Oh, scouting them out?
**[20:54] ---**
Ryoma, you should come, too.
**[20:56] ---**
No, I don't need to.
**[20:58] ---**
Ralph, he's a contrary kid,
so direct orders won't work.
**[21:04] ---**
Let's go. You still don't know
what the world is like.
**[21:09] ---**
Or how Japan will play facing the world.
**[21:14] ---**
Volk! Volk! Volk!
**[21:23] ---**
Allow me to play.
**[21:26] ---**
Do as you wish.
**[21:28] ---**
Which of us should play?
**[21:31] ---**
Hey, guys...
**[21:35] ---**
...will you let me play?
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The next doubles pair
is Tokugawa and Yukimura.
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An interesting pair.
**[23:15] ---**
What? Yukimura lost his five senses?
**[23:18] ---**
Next time,
"A Moment Ahead in the Future."
**[23:19] ---**
"A Moment Ahead in the Future"
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Yukimura, do you remember our match?
**[23:25] ---**
"The Prince of Tennis II
U-17 World Cup"
"Extra Segment"
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Tezuka, you did great.
**[23:25] ---**
"'Waga Yume no Daisho'
Kunimitsu Tezuka"
**[23:27] ---**
Yeah, it was a meaningful match.
**[23:29] ---**
What was going through your head
during the match?
**[23:32] ---**
I can't tell you that.
**[23:34] ---**
You can figure it out if you listen
carefully to this character song--
**[23:37] ---**
Fuji, not another word.
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