# E8 - Rugby and Chess
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***SIGN*** National Middle School Chess Championship
The Grand Cup
**[00:17] All**
Impressive.
**[00:18] All**
Not bad at all.
**[00:20] Announcer**
* The runner-up in the middle school*
* competition is Arimura Rinto-kun.*
**[00:27] Announcer**
*And the winner is...*
**[00:30] Announcer**
*Asamiya Riku-kun.*
**[00:35] Student**
I heard he only took up
chess less than a year ago.
**[00:38] Student**
Seriously?
**[00:40] Student**
Serial champ Arimura
got beaten by a beginner?
**[00:45] Arimura**
You were strong, Asamiya-kun.
**[00:47] Arimura**
I hate to admit it, but I lost.
**[00:55] Riku**
Yeah.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 s 100 0 100 100 0 100 c
***SIGN*** Rugby and Chess
**[02:46] LEFT**
Shikuniyama
**[02:46] RIGHT**
Kinosaka
**[02:54] Tori**
Shikuniyama... lost?
**[03:06] Horyu**
Shikuniyama controlled the pace
of the game in the first half.
**[03:09] Rando**
Kinosaka went for brute force,
but Shikuniyama soaked up everything.
**[03:14] Rando**
That's Shimabara-san's specialty.
**[03:17] LEFT**
Shikuniyama
**[03:17] RIGHT**
Kinosaka
**[03:18] Rando**
They even had a lead.
**[03:19] Oguma**
But... they didn't get far enough ahead.
**[03:23] Akira**
It was that guy.
**[03:25] Akira**
He scored all their points by himself.
**[03:34] Shotani**
Kinosaka's captain, Tenkawa Shogo.
**[03:37] Shotani**
He breezed past three guys in one move.
**[03:40] Tori**
Yeah. I thought he was a one-man team, but...
**[03:45] Riku**
Things changed in the second half.
**[03:47] Riku**
Power remained their focus,
**[03:49] Riku**
but their gameplan suddenly
became a lot more precise.
**[03:52] Rando**
They snuffed out all their attacks,
even after they changed up their tactics.
**[03:58] Riku**
It's like they were able to read minds...
**[04:11] Arimura**
Hey. It's been a while.
**[04:17] Arimura**
I knew you wouldn't remember me.
**[04:19] Arimura**
In that case...
**[04:27] Arimura**
I'll reintroduce myself properly one day.
**[04:31] Arimura**
Later.
**[04:47] Shotani**
Rikkun, you still thinking about that thing?
**[04:53] Riku**
I feel like I've seen it before.
**[04:57] Shotani**
Let me take a look.
**[05:00] Shotani**
Let's see here...
**[05:08] Riku**
I feel like I recognize him, too.
**[05:12] Shotani**
There's something written on it.
**[05:14] Shotani**
"Grand Cup Runner-up..." I think?
**[05:17] Shotani**
Grand Cup
Runner-up
**[05:19] Shotani**
What's up? Did you just remember something?
**[05:25] Riku**
Arimura... Rinto...
**[05:29] Riku**
I played him back when I played chess.
**[05:34] Akira**
What's that guy doing on a rugby field?
**[05:38] Riku**
How would I know the answer to that?
**[05:41] Riku**
Kinosaka
**[05:41] Riku**
Soran
**[05:42] Riku**
More importantly, Kinosaka...
**[05:44] Riku**
At this rate, we'll face
them in the semifinals.
**[05:47] Riku**
We need a strategy to counter them.
**[05:49] Horyu**
Has Kinosaka always been this strong?
**[05:52] Tori**
No, they were total unknowns before.
**[05:55] Tori**
This might even be their
first time at the tournament.
**[05:58] Shotani**
Hey, wait...
**[05:59] Shotani**
Isn't Kinosaka basically
a hive of delinquents?
**[06:04] Tori**
Oh, yeah! Come to think of it,
**[06:07] Tori**
I heard it's full of problem kids
who keep getting trouble into trouble.
**[06:11] Shotani**
No wonder they never
made it to a tournament.
**[06:15] Horyu**
So why this year?
**[06:18] Shotani**
Maybe Rikkun's acquaintance
had something to do with it.
**[06:21] Tori**
Or it could have been the captain
who transformed the team... maybe?
**[06:26] Akira**
Tenkawa Shogo, huh?
**[06:30] Riku**
He might even be stronger than you.
**[06:34] Akira**
We won't know that until we face him.
**[06:41] Riku**
Soran
**[06:41] Riku**
Soran
**[06:41] Riku**
Soran
**[06:42] Riku**
Soran
**[06:42] Riku**
Soran
**[06:43] Riku**
Soran
**[06:43] Riku**
Soran
**[06:44] Riku**
Soran
**[06:44] Riku**
Soran
**[06:45] Riku**
Soran
**[06:45] Riku**
Soran
**[06:46] Riku**
Soran
**[06:46] LEFT**
Kinosaka
**[06:46] RIGHT**
Soran
**[06:47] Tori**
If we win this next game,
we're in the final.
**[06:51] Tori**
Let's go win it! Give it all you've got!
**[06:54] All**
Yeah!
**[06:57] Tori**
Listen up. There's no need
for us to change our style.
**[07:11] Riku**
Arimura...
**[07:13] Arimura**
Looks like you remembered my name.
**[07:18] Riku**
What do you want?
**[07:21] Arimura**
I'm just here to do some reminiscing.
**[07:23] Arimura**
Oh, this is for you.
**[07:29] Horyu**
Oh, uh, thank you.
**[07:32] Tori**
Hey, what's going on?
**[07:35] Arimura**
Captain Fuyuhara, can I have
a word with Haruma-kun in private?
**[07:40] Riku**
I don't mind.
**[07:44] Tori**
We're in the middle of practice.
Just keep it brief, okay?
**[07:48] Arimura**
Thank you. Let's go over there.
**[07:52] Tenkawa**
You sure about this?
**[07:53] Arimura**
It'll be fine. You stay here, Tenkawa-kun.
**[08:02] Arimura**
It's been a while, Asamiya Riku-kun.
**[08:08] Riku**
It's Haruma now.
**[08:11] Riku**
Why are you even here?
**[08:16] Riku**
You're a chess player.
**[08:18] Riku**
What are you doing on
Kinosaka's rugby team?
**[08:21] Riku**
Answer me!
**[08:32] Arimura**
Oh, I'm sorry. I don't mean any harm.
**[08:37] Arimura**
After all, I'm more surprised than anyone.
**[08:40] Arimura**
I suppose we should start
with how you and I first met.
**[08:50] Arimura**
You defeated your opponent in the
final of the chess tournament easily.
**[08:55] Arimura**
I was that opponent.
**[08:57] Arimura**
What stayed with me more than my defeat
was your expression.
**[09:03] Arimura**
I wondered how you could look at me
with so little emotion.
**[09:14] Arimura**
Then it hit me.
**[09:16] Arimura**
I'd failed to make any kind of
impression on you whatsoever.
**[09:21] Arimura**
I was frustrated.
**[09:23] Arimura**
My desire to defeat you verged on desperate.
**[09:28] Arimura**
But... I couldn't beat you.
**[09:33] Arimura**
You never once looked at my face.
**[09:43] Arimura**
And then... one day...
you just disappeared.
**[09:49] Arimura**
It was so sudden.
**[09:51] Arimura**
I searched for you.
**[09:55] Arimura**
That's when I found out who you really were.
**[10:04] Arimura**
The son of a celebrated rugby legend:
**[10:09] Arimura**
Asamiya Riku.
**[10:21] Akira**
Yo.
**[10:22] Akira**
If you're not doing anything, let's play.
**[10:43] Arimura**
The son of a celebrated rugby legend:
**[10:47] Arimura**
Asamiya Riku.
**[10:51] Arimura**
You quit rugby because of your physical
shortcomings and took up chess instead.
**[10:57] Arimura**
But chess could never replace rugby for you.
**[11:03] Arimura**
Am I right?
**[11:04] Riku**
Enough talk about me.
**[11:06] Riku**
What I want to know is why *you're* here.
**[11:10] Arimura**
Because of you.
**[11:13] Arimura**
Because you became a god.
**[11:18] Riku**
What?
**[11:19] Arimura**
You tasted bitter defeat.
**[11:22] Arimura**
Despair overwhelmed you, and you died.
**[11:26] Arimura**
But then... you got... right back up again.
**[11:31] Arimura**
You came back from the dead!
**[11:34] Arimura**
In other words, you became a god.
**[11:39] Riku**
*What's wrong with this guy?*
**[11:43] Riku**
I'm not a god.
**[11:46] Riku**
Sorry, but talk to someone else.
There's nothing I can do for you.
**[11:50] Arimura**
Oh, you don't have to *do* anything.
**[11:53] Arimura**
I came here to surpass you.
**[11:59] Arimura**
Back when you were dead,
I didn't stand a chance against you.
**[12:04] Arimura**
Since then, I've admired you from afar.
You've been my target.
**[12:09] Arimura**
Here, on the rugby field...
**[12:12] Arimura**
In the place that sets your soul aflame...
**[12:16] Arimura**
That's where I want to surpass Asamiya Riku.
**[12:23] Riku**
I don't know what you're babbling about.
**[12:27] Riku**
But I will tell you this...
**[12:30] Riku**
If you intend to stand in our way,
we'll show no mercy.
**[12:33] Arimura**
Yes! That's what I wanted to see!
**[12:36] Arimura**
The fire burning in your eyes!
**[12:39] Arimura**
A side of you I've never seen before!
**[12:42] Arimura**
I will... surpass you!
**[12:48] Horyu**
Riku-san!
**[12:49] Horyu**
Come quickly!
**[12:51] Horyu**
It's Akira-san!
**[12:58] Shotani**
Rikkun, you're back.
**[13:01] Shotani**
You've gotta stop Akkun.
**[13:03] Riku**
What happened?
**[13:05] Tori**
Akira picked a fight.
**[13:07] Tori**
He insisted on doing a one-on-one.
**[13:10] Tori**
I keep telling him not to cause trouble,
but he never listens.
**[13:20] Arimura**
Tenkawa-kun, accept his challenge.
**[13:23] Tenkawa**
You sure?
**[13:25] Arimura**
Watching Soran practice without showing
what we can do wouldn't be fair.
**[13:30] Arimura**
So if it's all right with them...
**[13:33] Riku**
There's no need for this.
**[13:34] Riku**
Don't engage in a pointless contest.
**[13:36] Akira**
They said they were okay with it.
**[13:39] Riku**
Don't give our next opponent the
chance to get the measure of you.
**[13:44] Akira**
Why not? At least let me
take one shot at beating him.
**[13:50] Tori**
Okay, just one go.
**[13:53] Akira**
Yeah! That's the spirit!
**[13:57] Riku**
But Captain!
**[13:59] Tori**
You're wasting your breath.
You know he won't listen.
**[14:06] Tori**
If he breaks through, Akira wins.
**[14:08] Tori**
If Akira's brought down, Tenkawa wins.
**[14:11] Tori**
Got it?
**[14:12] Akira**
Yeah.
**[14:14] Tenkawa**
Fine by me.
**[14:16] Tori**
Okay. Just don't hurt yourselves.
**[14:26] Akira**
I like that look in your eyes.
**[14:29] Akira**
Your one and only thought is
about how you're gonna stop me.
**[14:36] Akira**
But you know what?!
**[14:42] Akira**
You're wide open!
**[14:48] Tenkawa**
Gotta admit, you've got passion.
**[15:09] Horyu**
Akira-san... lost?
**[15:14] Tenkawa**
Arimura, let's go.
**[15:16] Arimura**
Sure thing.
**[15:22] Arimura**
Oh, Riku-kun. See you on the field.
**[15:37] Akira**
I lost...
**[15:43] Riku**
You don't look scared of him.
**[15:46] Akira**
The exact opposite.
**[15:49] Akira**
I'll become stronger by gobbling
him up and spitting him out.
**[15:55] Akira**
Tenkawa Shogo. He's my next prey.
**[16:05] Tori**
Tenkawa Shogo, huh?
**[16:08] Rando**
I can't believe how good he was.
**[16:11] Oguma**
He cleaned Kariya out with one arm.
**[16:15] Horyu**
He's strong.
**[16:17] Shotani**
But what are we going to do?
**[16:19] Shotani**
If Akkun can't beat him,
it'll be a really tough game, won't it?
**[16:25] Akira**
Don't sweat it. I'll beat him next time.
**[16:30] Shotani**
That's the spirit, Akkun.
Ever the optimist.
**[16:34] Riku**
But you're right.
It probably will be a struggle.
**[16:38] Akira**
You think I can't beat him?
Is that what you're saying?
**[16:43] Riku**
Of course I don't think that.
**[16:46] Riku**
I'll come up with a way to counter them.
**[16:48] Riku**
We're going to annihilate Kinosaka.
**[16:52] Tori**
You're right! There's no way we can lose now!
**[16:56] Rando**
Yeah, man.
**[16:57] Oguma**
Yup.
**[16:59] Shotani**
Too true. We're strong now, aren't we?
**[17:02] Horyu**
And we've been training hard.
**[17:04] Akira**
And I've gotta pay him back for earlier.
**[17:09] Tori**
All right! Let's beat Kinosaka
and go to the finals!
**[17:15] All**
Yeah!
**[17:21] Akira**
Hey, Riku.
**[17:25] Riku**
Akira...
**[17:27] Riku**
Why are you looking so happy?
**[17:28] Akira**
Isn't it obvious?
**[17:30] Akira**
Tenkawa Shogo. I'm excited I get to play him.
**[17:36] Riku**
But you lost to him today.
You're resilient, aren't you?
**[17:40] Akira**
He's my next prey, after all.
**[17:44] Riku**
The fact of the matter is,
**[17:47] Riku**
if you don't beat Tenkawa,
we haven't got a hope of winning.
**[18:00] Riku**
You're the only one strong enough
to withstand his physicality, Akira.
**[18:06] Akira**
I like the sound of that.
This guy's worth hunting.
**[18:11] Akira**
And what about you?
**[18:14] Akira**
Think you can handle Arimura?
**[18:17] Riku**
Honestly, I can't say for certain...
**[18:24] Riku**
But I'll come up with something.
**[18:27] Riku**
We have to beat Kinosaka
and go to the finals.
**[18:32] Akira**
What did you and Arimura talk about earlier?
**[18:37] Riku**
Nothing important.
**[18:39] Riku**
We just had a brief chat about the past.
**[18:42] Akira**
Something about chess, right?
**[18:46] Riku**
I used to play him a lot
in chess tournaments.
**[18:51] Riku**
We talked about that.
**[18:52] Akira**
Really? About how you used
to beat him, I'm guessing?
**[18:57] Riku**
Yeah. I never lost to him. Not even once.
**[19:02] Akira**
Not bad.
**[19:03] Akira**
Then we'll be fine against Kinosaka, too.
**[19:09] Riku**
It's not that simple.
**[19:12] Riku**
I mean, like chess,
rugby is a game of strategy, sure.
**[19:21] Riku**
But rugby and chess aren't the same.
**[19:27] Riku**
It'll take more than just
my own strength to win.
**[19:32] Riku**
It'll be tough out there.
**[19:35] Akira**
What are you talking about?
**[19:36] Akira**
Isn't that why I'm here?
**[19:39] Riku**
What?
**[19:40] Akira**
Didn't I tell you before that
I needed you in my corner?
**[19:46] Akira**
And you need me too, right?
**[19:50] (Flashback) Riku**
I will put a collar on you!
**[19:55] Akira**
Isn't that why you put a collar on me?
**[20:01] Riku**
You're right.
**[20:03] Riku**
Let's prove to them that my tactics
and your athleticism can beat them.
**[20:10] Akira**
Sounds good. Bring it on!
**[21:55] Akira**
You and that Arimura guy
are kinda similar, huh?
**[21:57] Riku**
I'm not that crazy.
**[21:59] Akira**
If you say so.
**[22:01] Riku**
Next time:
**[22:01] Both**
m 0 0 s 100 0 100 100 0 100 c
**[22:01] Both**
Pawns and Teammates
**[22:01] Both**
"Pawns and Teammates."
**[22:03] Akira**
He's my prey!
***SIGN*** Try Knights
***SIGN*** Rugby Lesson!
**[22:05] Both**
Try Knights!
**[22:06] Ohata**
Rugby Lesson!
***SIGN*** Knock-on
***SIGN*** Knock-on
**[22:08] Ogama**
This time, we're talking about knock-ons.
**[22:10] Ohata**
A knock-on is when a player
drops the ball forward,
**[22:14] Ohata**
resulting in a penalty to the other team.
**[22:16] Oguma**
Or when they whack the ball
forward with their hands or arms.
**[22:20] Horyu**
Or when the ball moves forward
after striking their hands or arms.
**[22:24] Oguma**
If the ball touches the ground or
another player before they can grab it again,
**[22:29] Oguma**
that's also a knock-on, so be careful.
**[22:32] Ohata**
It's a basic error in rugby, so don't forget.