# E18 - Naruko's Determination
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**[00:06] Teshima**
Why is the Kumamoto Daiichi
team that passed us scattered?
**[00:13] Teshima**
Did something happen to the lead pack?
**[00:16] Kaburagi**
Maybe Kumamoto Daiichi got
exhausted and fell behind.
**[00:18] Kaburagi**
Either way, it's not a problem.
**[00:20] Kaburagi**
As long as Hakone Academy and Kyoto Fushimi
are up ahead, Onoda-san can still fight.
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
***SIGN*** LINE.18 Naruko's Determination
**[02:11] Doubashi**
Team Sohoku was supposed to have
fallen behind on the first climb.
**[02:17] Doubashi**
I've never seen anyone come back
after taking a beating like that.
**[02:20] Doubashi**
And...
**[02:22] Doubashi**
What are you doing back there, orange?
**[02:25] Kaburagi**
I've got God on my side, pig!
**[02:31] Kaburagi**
We caught up to Hakone Academy
and Kyoto Fushimi!
**[02:34] Kaburagi**
Now we're back to square one!
**[02:35] Kaburagi**
Yeah!
**[02:39] Manami**
Square one...
**[02:43] Sakamichi**
I caught up, Manami-kun!
**[02:46] Manami**
Hey. You came, Sakamichi-kun.
**[02:48] Sakamichi**
I got permission to go ahead of the group.
**[02:52] Sakamichi**
They told me to compete
for the mountain result.
**[02:54] Sakamichi**
We can race.
**[02:56] Sakamichi**
Let's go, Manami-kun,
**[02:58] Sakamichi**
to the very top of that mountain!
**[03:04] Yamaguchi**
He climbed back up here to race?
**[03:07] Yamaguchi**
And he can afford to enjoy that
competition at the Inter-High?
**[03:11] Yamaguchi**
It's too bad, though.
**[03:13] Yamaguchi**
Under these circumstances...
**[03:16] Manami**
Sorry, Sakamichi-kun.
**[03:17] Sakamichi**
Huh?
**[03:19] Manami**
We probably can't fight.
**[03:22] Sakamichi**
What? But it's okay.
**[03:25] Sakamichi**
I even got permission.
**[03:27] Sakamichi**
They let me conserve my energy for this.
**[03:29] Manami**
That first-year just said
we're back to square one,
**[03:33] Manami**
meaning you caught up to the lead pack
**[03:34] Manami**
with all your members, and we're
back to our starting condition.
**[03:39] Manami**
But right now...
**[03:41] Manami**
Unfortunately, we're not back
to square one, Sakamichi-kun.
**[03:50] Teshima**
Have you noticed, Imaizumi?
**[03:52] Imaizumi**
Yes, sir.
**[03:52] Aoyagi**
Junta!
**[03:53] Teshima**
Yeah, I know.
**[03:55] Kaburagi**
What's wrong?
**[03:56] Kaburagi**
We caught up to the lead pack.
**[03:58] Kaburagi**
Don't we just need to let Onoda-san go now?
**[04:01] Teshima**
You idiot. Look closely, Kaburagi.
**[04:04] Teshima**
Count the number of guys from each team.
**[04:07] Kaburagi**
Huh?
**[04:08] Teshima**
There isn't enough of them.
**[04:09] Teshima**
This isn't the lead pack!
**[04:12] Kaburagi**
What?
**[04:13] Kaburagi**
Which means... they're farther ahead?
**[04:15] Kaburagi**
There are guys even farther ahead than this?
**[04:18] Teshima**
Hakone Academy is missing two.
**[04:19] Teshima**
Kyoto Fushimi is missing three.
**[04:21] Teshima**
At the very least, there are
five riders in the lead!
**[04:25] Teshima**
And among them are Shinkai,
Ashikiba, and Midousuji.
**[04:29] Teshima**
Some of their teams' strongest members.
**[04:31] Teshima**
Both teams have already made their move.
**[04:36] Manami**
The race spans hours,
**[04:39] Manami**
but a few minutes or even seconds
of missed timing can prevent
**[04:43] Manami**
things from going as planned.
**[04:45] Manami**
You don't get to do what you
should've been able to do.
**[04:47] Manami**
That's road racing, isn't it?
**[04:50] Sakamichi**
Huh? What are you talking about, Manami...
**[04:52] Manami**
It's okay.
**[04:53] Manami**
I'm sure the opposite will happen eventually.
**[04:57] Teshima**
Are you ready to go now, Imaizumi?
**[05:00] Imaizumi**
Yes, sir!
**[05:01] Teshima**
Onoda!
**[05:02] Sakamichi**
Y-Yes?
**[05:03] Teshima**
I'm changing your orders!
**[05:05] Sakamichi**
Huh?
**[05:06] Teshima**
The situation is different
from what we expected.
**[05:08] Teshima**
The lead pack has already made its
move far sooner than we anticipated.
**[05:13] Teshima**
We've completely fallen behind!
**[05:21] Sakamichi**
Imaizumi-kun's moving up?
**[05:24] Teshima**
You and Imaizumi race up Mount Haruna
**[05:27] Teshima**
and do whatever it takes to
catch up to the lead pack!
**[05:29] Sakamichi**
The lead pack? With Imaizumi-kun?
**[05:32] Sakamichi**
Huh?
**[05:33] Sakamichi**
Manami-kun...
**[05:35] Teshima**
Go, Onoda!
**[05:41] Teshima**
O... noda...
**[05:48] Sakamichi**
S-Sorry.
**[05:51] Sakamichi**
No, I know. Sorry.
**[05:53] Sakamichi**
I know...
**[05:55] (Flashback) Manami**
That's road racing, isn't it?
**[06:00] Teshima**
Onoda...
**[06:00] Imaizumi**
Onoda...
**[06:02] Manami**
Sakamichi-kun...
**[06:07] Teshima**
Can you do it, Onoda?
**[06:08] Sakamichi**
Yes, sir!
**[06:10] Sakamichi**
Sorry, Manami-kun.
**[06:12] Sakamichi**
I... I...
**[06:17] Sakamichi**
I'm going!
**[06:23] Manami**
Yeah, I know.
**[06:27] Manami**
You'll give up everything
you've built up for your goal.
**[06:32] Manami**
And you have to make that
decision in an instant.
**[06:35] Manami**
But every difficult decision you make
**[06:41] Manami**
makes a person stronger.
**[06:45] Manami**
Good grief. If you keep getting stronger,
**[06:49] Manami**
I'll just be more excited for our next race.
**[06:53] Doubashi**
Get up there and pull, Manami.
**[06:55] Doubashi**
It's your job to take us
to the top of the mountain.
**[06:58] Manami**
I know, Bashi-kun.
**[07:02] Sakamichi**
Wait, Imaizumi-kun.
**[07:04] Imaizumi**
You came, Onoda.
**[07:06] Imaizumi**
I'm sure Teshima-san explained
the situation to you.
**[07:08] Sakamichi**
Yeah.
**[07:09] Imaizumi**
Right now, the only thing we can do
**[07:11] Imaizumi**
is to keep on pedaling and
catch up to the lead pack.
**[07:14] Sakamichi**
Yeah.
**[07:15] Imaizumi**
Onoda!
**[07:16] Sakamichi**
What?
**[07:17] Imaizumi**
I'm sorry you didn't get to race.
**[07:23] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
I want to race against Manami Sangaku-kun.
**[07:26] Imaizumi**
I heard you make your
small request in person.
**[07:32] Imaizumi**
You seemed so happy conserving your
energy while we caught up to the front.
**[07:40] Sakamichi**
It's fine. I always wanted
to ride for the team.
**[07:43] Sakamichi**
I can race next time.
**[07:47] Sakamichi**
But if I can be honest, I am disappointed.
**[07:55] Imaizumi**
It's all right. There's always next time.
**[08:00] Imaizumi**
The race isn't over yet.
**[08:03] Imaizumi**
You've saved me countless times.
**[08:06] Sakamichi**
What? Saved you?
**[08:08] Sakamichi**
But I haven't done anything.
**[08:09] Imaizumi**
Until now and during this race,
you've saved me countless times.
**[08:13] Imaizumi**
Just now, too.
**[08:14] Sakamichi**
Huh? Just now?
**[08:17] Imaizumi**
So let me know the next time
you want to do something.
**[08:21] Imaizumi**
I'll do everything I can to
create that opportunity for you.
**[08:26] Sakamichi**
Sure, thanks.
**[08:28] Imaizumi**
Let's focus on the present for now.
**[08:30] Imaizumi**
We'll go as fast as we can, Onoda!
**[08:32] Sakamichi**
Got it, Imaizumi-kun!
**[08:34] Kaburagi**
Hold on!
**[08:35] Kaburagi**
Wait a minute, Teshima-san.
**[08:37] Kaburagi**
This doesn't seem right.
**[08:39] Kaburagi**
Does everyone want the
mountain result that badly?
**[08:41] Kaburagi**
Isn't sending #11 and #111 way
too much for the mountain result?
**[08:46] Teshima**
Kaburagi, you still haven't noticed?
**[08:50] Teshima**
The second day's course layout
is a little bit special.
**[08:54] Kaburagi**
Huh?
**[08:56] Teshima**
If you look closely at the
course map, you can imagine it.
**[08:59] Teshima**
I wasn't expecting them to make
their move this soon, though.
**[09:03] Teshima**
Kyoto Fushimi moved so early
because they're going for it.
**[09:07] Teshima**
And Hakone Academy sent their ace because
they don't want it taken from them.
**[09:12] Teshima**
Today, on the second day, up ahead...
***SIGN*** Day 2
Mountain Line
**[09:15] Teshima**
the mountain line and
finish line are close together.
**[09:19] Teshima**
The guys ahead of us aren't
going for the mountain result.
**[09:23] Teshima**
They're going for what's
past that: the finish line!
**[09:29] Aya**
If the mountain and finish
line are close together,
**[09:32] Aya**
that means we can cheer for them at
both if we get there early, right?
**[09:35] Aya**
That's good news for us, Miki.
**[09:40] Aya**
Huh? Did I say something wrong?
**[09:43] Miki**
No. In road racing,
**[09:46] Miki**
when the mountain and finish line are
close together, it changes your strategy.
**[09:51] Aya**
Miki has that serious look in her eyes again!
**[09:53] Aya**
Uh, but we're in the mountains.
**[09:56] Aya**
Can't our four-eyes work really hard
**[09:58] Aya**
and beat those Kyoto whatever
guys who went on ahead?
**[10:02] Miki**
It's not like that.
**[10:03] Aya**
Huh?
**[10:04] Miki**
If every team near the
front sends their climbers,
**[10:07] Miki**
it'll become a race for the
mountain line, like usual.
**[10:10] Miki**
But if just one team sends their ace,
then the other teams will have to follow suit.
**[10:16] Miki**
Normally, they'd be too exhausted from the
mountain race to go for the finish line.
**[10:20] Miki**
But with today's course layout,
**[10:24] Miki**
they could do it.
**[10:25] Midousuji**
More, more!
**[10:28] Midousuji**
Pull harder, Kiriya-kun!
**[10:33] Midousuji**
Keep going until we pull
ahead of the pests behind us!
**[10:42] Shinkai**
Kyoto Fushimi accelerated again.
**[10:45] Ashikiba**
They're trying to maintain the gap they
established when they first jumped ahead.
**[10:51] Ashikiba**
No, they're trying to widen it.
**[10:53] Ashikiba**
Yuto, don't let them pull ahead.
**[10:56] Shinkai**
I know.
**[10:59] Ashikiba**
Kyoto Fushimi probably plans
to push their climber, Kiriya,
**[11:03] Ashikiba**
who's pulling right now, to the
limit before discarding him.
**[11:07] Shinkai**
Their climber...
**[11:09] Shinkai**
They're sacrificing him?
**[11:11] Shinkai**
That's insane.
**[11:14] Kiriya**
Mizu... Mizuta-san,
my legs are at their limit.
**[11:18] Kiriya**
I can't breathe, either.
**[11:19] Kiriya**
Please switch with me!
**[11:20] Mizuta**
What?
**[11:23] Mizuta**
We've got a plan, so you know...
**[11:27] Kirita**
Please switch with me!
**[11:29] Kiriya**
At this rate, I'll have to
drop out of the Inter-High!
**[11:32] Mizuta**
Just power through it.
**[11:34] Midousuji**
Kiriya-kun, you can complain all you
want once you get off your bike.
**[11:42] Midousuji**
You have two choices.
**[11:45] Midousuji**
Either keep pulling until
you can't and collapse,
**[11:49] Midousuji**
or give up, get off your bike,
and wait for the recovery car.
**[11:55] Midousuji**
Which will it be?
**[11:56] Mizuta**
There's only one choice!
**[11:58] Kiriya**
What? Which?
**[12:00] Kiriya**
In any case, I want to
stay in the Inter-High!
**[12:07] Midousuji**
We pulled ahead.
**[12:09] Midousuji**
And we jumped ahead at the ideal moment.
**[12:13] Midousuji**
In that moment,
**[12:14] Midousuji**
by letting the heedless Kumamoto Daiichi
get between us and the pests,
**[12:21] Midousuji**
we made them drop their guard.
**[12:24] (Flashback) Kuroda**
Hey, Manami!
**[12:27] (Flashback) Ise**
Kumamoto Daiichi's just getting started.
**[12:30] (Flashback) Ise**
Fujiwara, I'm counting on
you to take the mountains.
**[12:33] (Flashback) Fujiwara**
Yes, sir.
**[12:34] Midousuji**
And then...
**[12:38] (Flashback) Izumida**
Kyoto Fushimi?
**[12:39] (Flashback) Izumida**
Yuki!
**[12:41] (Flashback) Ise**
What?
**[12:42] (Flashback) Fujiwara**
Ise-san, Kyoto Fushimi's getting ahead!
**[12:44] (Flashback) Fujiwara**
When did they go?
**[12:45] (Flashback) Ise**
But we're still in the mountains.
**[12:47] (Flashback) Ise**
Why did they send their ace?
**[12:50] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
Yuto, let's go!
**[12:51] (Flashback) Shinkai**
Yes, Ashikiba-san!
**[12:53] (Flashback) Fujiwara**
Ise-san, Hakone Academy's next.
**[12:55] (Flashback) Ise**
What?
**[12:56] (Flashback) Kuroda**
Doubashi, we're going after them!
**[12:58] (Flashback) Doubashi**
Yeah!
**[12:59] (Flashback) Kumadai**
What's going on?
**[13:00] (Flashback) Kumadai**
Kyoto Fushimi is...
**[13:01] (Flashback) Kurdao**
You're in the way, Kumamoto Daiichi!
**[13:02] (Flashback) Kumadai**
Whoa! Why's Hakone Academy
suddenly accelerating?
**[13:06] (Flashback) Kumadai**
It's dangerous. The climbers are about to—
**[13:08] (Flashback) Kuroda**
Look around you! Move, idiots!
**[13:11] Kuroda**
* Did he deliberately let Kumamoto Daiichi*
* in so he could use them as a shield?*
**[13:18] (Flashback) Kuroda**
Take Manami and Touichirou with you!
**[13:21] (Flashback) Kuroda**
Damn it! We won't make it in time!
**[13:23] (Flashback) Kuroda**
He's too good at road racing!
**[13:26] (Flashback) Fujiwara**
What should we do, Ise-san?
**[13:28] (Flashback) Ise**
We'll go after them. Accelerate!
**[13:30] (Flashback) Kumadai**
What? But my legs...
**[13:33] (Flashback) Ise**
Why are they sending their aces now?
**[13:36] (Flashback) Ise**
Aren't we going to race
for the mountain line?
**[13:42] Ise**
The only ones left are you and me, Fujiwara.
**[13:47] Ise**
We've fallen behind the lead pack,
and our team is scattered.
**[13:50] Ise**
I'm sorry...
**[13:51] Fujiwara**
That's enough, Ise-san.
**[13:54] Fujiwara**
In any case, let's go for
the finish line together.
**[13:56] Ise**
Fujiwara...
**[13:58] Fujiwara**
Anyway, strength matters in those situations,
**[14:01] Fujiwara**
but I guess animal instincts
are important, too.
**[14:05] Ise**
You mean him?
**[14:06] Fujiwara**
He was the only one who seemed
to be struggling alone,
**[14:10] Fujiwara**
but he saw through Kyoto Fushimi's
plan and stuck right behind them.
**[14:14] Fujiwara**
I felt some kind of tenacity
coming off of him.
**[14:18] Fujiwara**
The man who raced for yesterday's
finish line and placed second.
**[14:22] Fujiwara**
Sohoku's red bean, Naruko Shoukichi!
**[14:27] Fan**
The lead pack's here!
**[14:28] Fan**
Three from Kyoto Fushimi!
**[14:30] Fan**
Two from Hakone Academy
slightly behind them!
**[14:32] Fan**
No, look closer!
**[14:34] Fan**
He's so small, I didn't notice!
**[14:36] Fan**
There's one guy following them!
**[14:37] Fan**
It's Sohoku's #3, the climbing sprinter,
Naruko the Red!
**[14:41] Naruko**
Hey, don't call me small!
**[14:43] Naruko**
Say you didn't notice me
because I'm so fast instead!
**[14:46] Fan**
He snapped back at me while racing...
**[14:48] Fan**
He's amazing.
**[14:53] Midousuji**
Naruko...
**[14:55] Midousuji**
He's the only one who understood
what I was trying to do.
**[15:01] Midousuji**
His desire for victory, his obsession,
**[15:04] Midousuji**
and his wild instincts...
**[15:06] Midousuji**
First yesterday, and now this.
**[15:09] Midousuji**
You really aren't gross!
**[15:14] Naruko**
I won't let them get away, that's all.
**[15:17] Naruko**
Not you, not victory!
**[15:19] Kiriya**
I-I'm at my limit.
**[15:22] Kiriya**
My vision's turning white.
**[15:23] Kiriya**
Captain, Midousuji-kun!
**[15:26] Kiriya**
I wanted to see the third day's
finish line with my own... eyes...
**[15:31] Midousuji**
There's no point in just
seeing the finish line.
**[15:36] Midousuji**
Come on. We're lighter now.
**[15:38] Midousuji**
Accelerate, Mizuta-kun. Let's go even faster.
**[15:42] Mizuta**
G-Got it.
**[15:43] Midousuji**
Climb, climb, climb, climb!
**[15:47] Midousuji**
Keep climbing until we completely
pull ahead of Hakone Academy!
**[15:52] Mizuta**
O-Okay!
**[15:54] Mizuta**
Will he discard me when
he's done with me, too?
**[15:57] Mizuta**
No. No, no, no.
**[15:58] Mizuta**
There's no way.
**[16:00] Mizuta**
I'm the captain.
**[16:03] Naruko**
Hey, purple seaweed.
**[16:05] Naruko**
Why don't you give your
assist a little praise?
**[16:08] Naruko**
#115 worked crazy hard for you.
**[16:11] Midousuji**
What? Praise?
**[16:13] Midousuji**
What's that?
**[16:15] Midousuji**
"Thanks. Good job. I appreciate it."
**[16:19] Midousuji**
What meaning do those words have?
**[16:24] Midousuji**
After being self-satisfied
over what little work you did,
**[16:27] Midousuji**
why would you want praise
from others on top of that?
**[16:31] Midousuji**
There's a side to everyone
that's invisible to others.
**[16:35] Midousuji**
If you're not polishing what's inside,
then what are you doing?
**[16:39] Midousuji**
This is why he gets exhausted so quickly.
**[16:44] Midousuji**
All you need in road racing
is your own strength!
**[16:51] Midousuji**
And, Naruko, you must be
nearing your limit, too.
**[16:57] Midousuji**
You can fall back now.
**[17:00] Midousuji**
Just keeping up with us
must put you at your limit.
**[17:03] Midousuji**
Both your legs and your mental strength.
**[17:05] Mizuta**
Huh? Is that right, #3?
**[17:08] Mizuta**
I see.
**[17:09] Midousuji**
You did well to catch up
to the front by yourself.
**[17:13] Midousuji**
You even withstood my Zakus'
unimpressive attack.
**[17:17] Midousuji**
But there's always a price to pay.
**[17:23] Midousuji**
Though I'm sure you're experiencing
that right now with your own body!
**[17:27] Naruko**
I don't know what you're talking about.
**[17:29] Naruko**
Since I'm such a genius, I might
just make it to the finish line.
**[17:35] Midousuji**
I'm letting you trail behind us like a
goldfish turd because we're not enemies.
**[17:42] Midousuji**
It's because I know you'll
fall on this climb.
**[17:51] Midousuji**
But don't worry.
**[17:53] Midousuji**
I'll tell you that you did a good job
and heap praise on you at the end!
**[18:01] Midousuji**
Phase 37!
**[18:03] Midousuji**
Accelerate, Zaku!
**[18:05] Midousuji**
Shake off Sohoku's Naruko!
**[18:07] Mizuta**
Yeah!
**[18:08] Naruko**
He's right. I'm almost at my limit.
**[18:11] Naruko**
But I made it this far!
**[18:13] Naruko**
I left the hotshot and Onoda behind.
**[18:15] Naruko**
I abandoned my team and came alone!
**[18:19] Naruko**
So I can't just let them leave me behind!
**[18:23] Naruko**
I'll show them!
**[18:24] Naruko**
This is the flashy man from Naniwa's
ultimate, original sprint climb!
**[18:30] Mizuta**
He still had that much strength left?
**[18:35] Mizuta**
What?
**[18:36] Mizuta**
Hey! You're in the way! Move!
**[18:37] Naruko**
I'm doing it on purpose!
**[18:42] Midousuji**
This is nonsense, Naruko.
**[18:44] Midousuji**
Even if you slow us down, you're just
making Hakone Academy happy behind us.
**[18:50] Midousuji**
Mizuta-kun, slip past him and get ahead!
**[18:53] Mizuta**
G-Got it!
**[18:55] Naruko**
I told you, I'm blocking you!
**[18:57] Midousuji**
What do you think you're doing?
**[18:59] Midousuji**
Is this some kind of friendship thing?
**[19:01] Midousuji**
Are you trying to help them?
**[19:03] Midousuji**
Yesterday, you lost to Hakone Academy's
two-meter-tall man because of your reach!
**[19:08] Naruko**
Absolutely not.
**[19:11] Naruko**
But if there's anything I can do with
what little strength I have left,
**[19:15] Naruko**
it's slow down the lead pack!
**[19:17] Midousuji**
But why on earth are you
doing something so stupid?
**[19:22] Naruko**
Maybe it's my imagination, but I
get the feeling someone's trying.
**[19:27] Naruko**
Someone wearing this jersey
is climbing up toward us!
**[19:30] Midousuji**
Climbing?
**[19:32] Midousuji**
That yellow jersey?
**[19:35] Midousuji**
It really is your imagination.
**[19:37] Midousuji**
You overestimate your teammates.
**[19:40] Midousuji**
Didn't you choose to leave them behind?
**[19:44] Midousuji**
They're probably crying right now.
**[19:47] Midousuji**
They must resent you.
**[19:49] Midousuji**
They must've begged you not to go.
**[19:51] Midousuji**
What you're doing right now is repenting,
so you can justify your own actions!
**[19:58] Mizuta**
Ouch...
**[19:59] Midousuji**
Now pass him, Mizuta-kun.
**[20:02] Midousuji**
He's so far past his limit,
he's started imagining things.
**[20:07] Mizuta**
G-Got it.
**[20:09] Naruko**
Repenting? Imagining things?
**[20:11] Naruko**
Limit?
**[20:12] Naruko**
I'll pour hot sauce over those
things and eat them!
**[20:22] Mizuta**
But he's so unsteady on his bike!
**[20:25] Naruko**
I have to slow you down.
**[20:27] Naruko**
Someone's coming.
**[20:28] Naruko**
I have to slow you down until they get here.
**[20:31] Mizuta**
Damn it! I'll pull ahead of you!
**[20:36] Naruko**
Come...
**[20:37] Naruko**
Come on!
**[20:40] Mizuta**
How much strength does he have left?
**[20:43] Midousuji**
Come? Who are you talking to?
**[20:46] Midousuji**
Who is it that you believe in so much
that you think he's coming?
**[20:52] Midousuji**
There must be someone
specific you're imagining.
**[20:56] Midousuji**
That's why you're so determined.
**[20:59] Midousuji**
Who is it?
**[21:01] Naruko**
Hot...
**[21:03] Naruko**
Hot?
**[21:04] Mizuta**
Hey, we're asking you a question here!
**[21:07] Naruko**
You idiots! I believe in him?
**[21:11] Naruko**
I'm sure he'll come. Seriously.
**[21:14] Naruko**
I hate people like him more than anything.
**[21:17] Naruko**
People who think they're hot stuff!
**[21:18] Mizuta**
What? He really has gone crazy
from overexerting himself.
**[21:21] Midousuji**
Stop wasting your time, Naruko!
**[21:26] Naruko**
Come...
**[21:27] Naruko**
Come on!
**[23:04] Kuroda**
You awake, Manami?
**[23:05] Manami**
Kuroda-san, Ashikiba-san... What's going on?
**[23:08] Kuroda**
Don't give me that, oddball.
**[23:12] Kuroda**
Quit skipping practice to sleep.
**[23:13] Manami**
Oh, heh heh...
**[23:15] Ashikiba**
The wind does feel nice, though.
**[23:18] Manami**
Doesn't it?
**[23:19] Manami**
Ashikiba-san, why don't you join me?
**[23:21] Ashikiba**
Sure.
**[23:22] Kuroda**
Huh?
**[23:22] Manami**
Arakita-san used this spot all the time.
**[23:26] Manami**
Kuroda-san, why don't you join us?
**[23:27] Kuroda**
Really?
**[23:32] Ashikiba**
Good night...
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