# E18 - Water Gate Dive
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G8WUNM4NW/water-gate-dive)
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**[00:04] Sakamichi**
I bounced.
**[00:05] Sakamichi**
There was a bump in the puddle.
I didn't notice!
**[00:14] Sakamichi**
Oh, no!
**[00:15] Sakamichi**
Calm down, calm down.
**[00:19] Sakamichi**
Don't lose control.
**[00:22] Sakamichi**
I have to go.
**[00:25] Sakamichi**
To the front, with Imaizumi-kun.
**[00:31] Sakamichi**
Imaizumi-kun!
**[00:32] Imaizumi**
Don't worry, Onoda.
**[00:35] Imaizumi**
We'll catch up to him soon,
and then pass him.
**[00:39] Imaizumi**
So follow me.
**[00:44] Imaizumi**
Do whatever you can to keep up.
**[00:47] Imaizumi**
Whether it's 100 meters or
10 centimeters before the finish line,
**[00:54] Imaizumi**
pass Midousuji.
**[00:57] Imaizumi**
Our flashy red teammate used the last
of his strength to bring us here.
**[01:06] Imaizumi**
His nonsensical pipe dream
**[01:09] Imaizumi**
of a three-way finish makes
you laugh, doesn't it?
**[01:14] Imaizumi**
So let's do it together, you and I.
**[01:17] Imaizumi**
Sohoku will finish first and second.
**[01:21] Sakamichi**
A one-two finish for Sohoku...
**[01:25] (Flashback) Naruko**
I think it'd feel amazing
**[01:29] (Flashback) Naruko**
if we finished first all
three days together.
**[01:36] Sakamichi**
Our promise to Naruko-kun...
**[01:41] Sakamichi**
Yeah...
**[01:43] Sakamichi**
Yeah.
**[01:45] Sakamichi**
Got it.
**[01:47] Imaizumi**
Let's go. I'll pass Midousuji ahead of us.
**[01:50] Imaizumi**
I'll ride in the lead.
**[01:53] Sakamichi**
So...
**[01:55] Sakamichi**
I need to reach the front.
**[01:58] Sakamichi**
Calm down, calm down.
**[02:01] Fan A**
He's coming this way!
**[02:02] Sakamichi**
Calm down!
**[02:05] Sakamichi**
It calmed down!
**[02:07] Fan B**
That was some crazy cornering!
**[02:10] Fan C**
Did he just drift on a bike?
**[02:12] Fan D**
That couldn't have been on purpose.
**[02:14] Fan A**
But that boy was amazing.
**[02:17] Fan A**
He was looking forward and riding
straight ahead as hard as he could.
**[02:21] Fan A**
Watching him gives me courage.
**[02:25] Sakamichi**
Both Imaizumi-kun and Midousuji-kun are fast.
**[02:28] Sakamichi**
I'm chasing after them as fast
as I can, but I'm falling behind.
**[02:32] Sakamichi**
The way they're riding down this challenging
rainy downhill so quickly is impressive.
**[02:38] Sakamichi**
But I heard the rain robs your
body of heat and stamina.
**[02:43] Sakamichi**
The anxiety-inducing surface
of the road stresses you out.
**[02:47] Sakamichi**
Not only that, but we've been riding for
three days, and this is the final peak.
**[02:52] Sakamichi**
The two riding in the front...
**[02:55] Sakamichi**
must be pretty exhausted.
**[02:58] Imaizumi**
We're almost there.
**[02:59] Midousuji**
We're almost there.
**[03:00] Both**
To the end of the downhill.
**[03:03] Imaizumi**
Midousuji, if you're tired,
feel free to brake and fall back.
**[03:07] Midousuji**
Why don't you go ahead, Groanizumi?
**[03:10] Midousuji**
Go on, fall back.
**[03:11] Imaizumi**
I trust you're keeping up, Sakamichi.
**[03:15] Imaizumi**
Let's go. Sohoku's finishing
first and second.
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
***SIGN*** Water Gate Dive
**[04:52] Midousuji**
There.
**[04:53] Imaizumi**
I see it.
**[04:54] Both**
The moment of truth.
**[04:56] Imaizumi**
Once we're there, before he acts...
**[04:58] Midousuji**
Before he gets a chance...
**[05:00] Imaizumi**
Definitely.
**[05:02] Midousuji**
Without a doubt.
**[05:03] Both**
I'll attack.
**[05:06] Midousuji**
Gross!
**[05:12] Imaizumi**
There's a puddle covering the road.
**[05:15] Imaizumi**
Not only that, but it's pretty big.
**[05:18] Imaizumi**
There's a puddle blocking
the start of the climb.
**[05:23] Imaizumi**
Is the drain backed up?
**[05:25] Imaizumi**
Is all the rainwater from this sudden
downpour putting it over capacity?
**[05:30] Imaizumi**
There's a huge puddle at the
critical point on the course.
**[05:34] Imaizumi**
But you'd never suggest we safely and
slowly cross it, right, Midousuji?
**[05:41] Midousuji**
Of course not.
**[05:45] Midousuji**
We're in the middle of the race.
**[05:47] Midousuji**
Doesn't this make it more interesting?
**[05:49] Midousuji**
It's the perfect thing for the end of a
race when we're running on fumes.
**[05:56] Midousuji**
Into the puddle...
**[05:58] Imaizumi**
We'll dive at full speed.
**[06:00] Midousuji**
How deep is it?
**[06:03] Midousuji**
Too deep, and the water
resistance will stop our bikes.
**[06:08] Midousuji**
We want to cross the shallowest point.
**[06:11] Midousuji**
But the depth varies across the puddle.
**[06:15] Midousuji**
Is the inside shallowest?
**[06:17] Midousuji**
Is the outside shallowest?
**[06:19] Midousuji**
Or is the middle?
***SIGN*** MIDDLE
**[06:22] Midousuji**
Cornering theory calls for taking
the shortest route on the inside.
**[06:28] Midousuji**
But that doesn't apply now.
**[06:33] Midousuji**
Not only that, but because of the
muddy rainwater that's accumulated,
**[06:38] Midousuji**
we can't visually discern the
road's surface condition.
**[06:47] Midousuji**
Didn't I say you need luck?
**[06:50] Midousuji**
Luck, luck, luck, luck...
**[06:55] Midousuji**
Whoever's luckier will win.
**[07:01] Midousuji**
Now dive into the water gate of fate.
**[07:05] Imaizumi**
I'll trust my fate to the
heavens and charge in.
**[07:12] Midousuji**
Groanizumi got ahead.
**[07:14] Midousuji**
How are you so spirited?
**[07:17] Fan E**
Sohoku moved up!
**[07:19] Fan F**
He's charging in at full speed!
**[07:20] Fan E**
He's trying to brute force his way through!
**[07:22] Fan F**
Will he be okay?
**[07:23] Fan G**
I got stuck down there earlier,
and it was pretty deep!
**[07:29] Midousuji**
Why are you so spirited?
**[07:36] Midousuji**
He fell for it.
**[07:41] Fan F**
What?
**[07:42] Fan E**
Kyoto Fushimi shifted to
the edge of the course!
**[07:45] Midousuji**
This is why everyone still
calls you Chirpizumi.
**[07:51] Midousuji**
You need to be more observant.
**[07:55] Midousuji**
You need to search more desperately
for the path to victory.
**[08:02] Midousuji**
Charge right in, Chirpizumi. Just like that.
**[08:06] Midousuji**
You'll drown in that puddle, unable to fly.
**[08:11] Imaizumi**
Wait.
**[08:13] Imaizumi**
Trust the heavens and charge in?
**[08:17] Imaizumi**
Would he do something like that?
**[08:20] (Flashback) Midousuji**
Underhanded?
**[08:23] (Flashback) Midousuji**
You shouldn't be blaming others.
**[08:26] (Flashback) Midousuji**
That's what you call unjustified resentment.
**[08:30] (Flashback) Midousuji**
You're a nasty, nasty person.
**[08:36] Imaizumi**
He's so chatty and cunning.
**[08:39] Imaizumi**
Would he...
**[08:41] (Flashback) Midousuji**
Now dive into the water gate of fate.
**[08:46] Imaizumi**
...dive in?
**[08:48] Imaizumi**
Did he entice me into
charging into the puddle?
**[08:52] Imaizumi**
In that case,
**[08:54] Imaizumi**
is there some other strategy to cross this
puddle that only he instantly identified?
**[09:02] Imaizumi**
The drain cover.
**[09:04] Imaizumi**
It was practically invisible under the grass,
**[09:07] Imaizumi**
but there's a covered gutter
on the left side of this road.
**[09:11] Imaizumi**
We have no idea what the road's surface
condition is like under the water.
**[09:16] Imaizumi**
The safest route through
this puddle dive is...
**[09:20] Imaizumi**
on top of the drain cover
on the outside of the turn.
**[09:25] Fan H**
They're both charging into the puddle!
**[09:27] Fan H**
Sohoku's crossing the middle!
Kyoto Fushimi's right on the edge!
**[09:32] Imaizumi**
**[09:33] Midousuji**
Groanizumi, you have to throw
away your preconceptions.
**[09:39] Midousuji**
Like your preconception that you have
to charge straight into a puddle.
**[09:47] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
But you'd never suggest we safely and
slowly cross it, right, Midousuji?
**[09:53] Midousuji**
I threw away mine and searched.
**[09:56] Midousuji**
Desperately honing my senses,
all the nerves in my body...
**[10:02] Midousuji**
Is there any other way through this puddle?
**[10:05] Midousuji**
A certain method that minimizes damage?
**[10:14] Midousuji**
That's how I found the drain
cover hidden beneath the grass.
**[10:19] Imaizumi**
He got me.
**[10:21] Imaizumi**
He fell back momentarily
so he could change course.
**[10:28] Fan I**
Look! That spray is all
the water he's displacing!
**[10:32] Fan I**
The rider with the smaller spray
is facing less resistance.
**[10:35] Fan I**
He's following the better route.
**[10:40] Imaizumi**
Damn, the water's deep.
**[10:42] Imaizumi**
About half my wheels are submerged.
**[10:44] Imaizumi**
The water resistance is
weighing down my bike.
**[10:47] Imaizumi**
My pedaling legs won't listen to me.
**[10:54] Imaizumi**
My legs...
**[10:56] Imaizumi**
But don't stop, Imaizumi Shunsuke.
**[11:00] Fan J**
Sohoku's heading towards Kyoto Fushimi!
**[11:06] Midousuji**
Groanizumi forced his way over.
**[11:08] Midousuji**
Is he trying to stick to me?
**[11:10] Imaizumi**
Midousuji!
**[11:12] Fan H**
Now that I think about it,
riding through water is really risky.
**[11:17] Fan H**
You can't see anything.
**[11:19] Fan H**
Worst case, you could get a flat.
**[11:22] Fan I**
Yeah, which means their luck is being tested.
**[11:28] Imaizumi**
I taste iron in my mouth.
**[11:34] Midousuji**
Groanizumi!
**[11:35] Imaizumi**
Midousuji!
**[11:45] Fan K**
Sohoku lifted his bike onto the drain cover!
**[11:50] Fan K**
He's on!
**[11:53] Imaizumi**
I told you, this is our last contest.
**[11:58] Imaizumi**
Let's tear each other apart.
**[12:00] Fan L**
Sohoku's right behind Kyoto Fushimi!
**[12:04] Imaizumi**
Move. I'm riding in front.
**[12:09] Midousuji**
You're trying to pass me on
this narrow drain cover?
**[12:14] Imaizumi**
The luck you mentioned is definitely real.
**[12:19] Imaizumi**
Lucky and unlucky are real concepts.
**[12:24] Imaizumi**
But it's not determined from the start.
**[12:28] Imaizumi**
And it never falls into your lap.
**[12:31] Imaizumi**
So I'll go and get it,
**[12:34] Imaizumi**
with all my strength, no matter
how uncool I look, by brute force.
**[12:40] Imaizumi**
Using strength beyond my limits.
**[12:44] Fan M**
Sohoku forced his shoulder in!
**[12:47] Fan N**
He's passing Kyoto Fushimi!
He's exiting the puddle!
**[12:52] Fan O**
On the third and final day of the Inter-High,
the first rider to enter the final climb...
**[12:58] Fan P**
...is Sohoku's ace and #2, Imaizumi Shunsuke!
**[13:07] Fan Q**
Sohoku's so fast!
**[13:08] Fan R**
He's insanely spirited!
**[13:11] Fan P**
He's still accelerating on the climb!
**[13:13] Fan O**
The gap between Sohoku and
Kyoto Fushimi is widening!
**[13:17] Midousuji**
What? Weakizumi is strong?
**[13:20] Midousuji**
Groanizumi is strong? What?
**[13:24] Midousuji**
That's impossible.
**[13:29] Fan S**
Kyoto Fushimi's chasing him!
**[13:30] Fan T**
He hasn't given up!
**[13:33] Midousuji**
My legs... They're screaming...
**[13:38] Midousuji**
So, what? It doesn't matter.
**[13:42] Fan U**
Sohoku's accelerating again!
**[13:44] Fan V**
He's trying to leave Kyoto Fushimi behind!
**[13:48] Midousuji**
Groan, groan, Groanizumi!
**[13:51] Midousuji**
He's trying to leave me behind?
**[13:54] Midousuji**
Do you really think the
flooded end of the downhill
**[13:57] Midousuji**
was the deciding moment of our contest?
**[14:01] Midousuji**
Groanizumi!
**[14:04] Midousuji**
Gross!
**[14:07] Imaizumi**
This is the end. I'll pull
ahead completely here.
**[14:12] Imaizumi**
That puddle was the deciding
moment of our contest.
**[14:16] Imaizumi**
Throw off the limiter!
**[14:19] Imaizumi**
Going beyond my limits is seriously tough,
**[14:23] Imaizumi**
so grant me strength...
**[14:26] Imaizumi**
Teshima-san.
**[14:27] Imaizumi**
Aoyagi-san.
**[14:29] Imaizumi**
Kaburagi.
**[14:30] Imaizumi**
Onoda.
**[14:34] Imaizumi**
Naruko.
**[14:35] Imaizumi**
One last bit of strength.
**[14:40] Imaizumi**
This is my second Inter-High.
**[14:42] Imaizumi**
I've still got so much to learn.
**[14:45] Imaizumi**
I struggled through this race.
**[14:47] Imaizumi**
I'm grateful I'm allowed to ride
here with this jersey on my back.
**[14:52] Imaizumi**
So I'll beat all challengers!
**[14:57] Imaizumi**
That's what an ace does!
**[15:00] Fan W**
Sohoku's accelerating at full speed!
**[15:02] Fan V**
He's rapidly climbing the final hill!
**[15:07] Fan W**
Kyoto Fushimi's chasing him!
**[15:08] Fan V**
Yeah, but he's fallen behind!
**[15:11] Midousuji**
Groan, groan, groan.
**[15:14] Midousuji**
There's no way I can lose
to weak little Groanizumi.
**[15:20] Midousuji**
Not me.
**[15:22] Midousuji**
Not me!
**[15:24] Midousuji**
Extend your arms. Seek it.
**[15:27] Midousuji**
Extend arms from your pores.
**[15:30] Midousuji**
Extend, extend, extend them all...
**[15:34] Midousuji**
and seize it.
**[15:46] (Flashback) Midousuji Mom**
There's a proper way to catch fireflies.
**[15:50] (Flashback) Midousuji Mom**
Like this, so you don't crush them.
**[15:53] (Flashback) Midousuji Mom**
Gently.
**[15:55] (Flashback) Midousuji Mom**
That goes for everything.
**[15:58] (Flashback) Midousuji Mom**
Everything precious should be held gently.
**[16:03] Midousuji**
Precious? My body?
**[16:07] Midousuji**
No, it's victory.
**[16:11] Midousuji**
Victory, victory.
**[16:14] Midousuji**
It's victory!
**[16:30] (Flashback) Midousuji Mom**
You've got more scrapes again.
**[16:36] (Flashback) Midousuji Mom**
Akira, take good care of your body.
**[16:41] (Flashback) Midousuji Mom**
You're a hard worker,
**[16:44] (Flashback) Midousuji Mom**
so I worry about you a little.
**[16:50] Midousuji**
You don't need to worry about me.
**[16:59] Midousuji**
I'm falling? Here?
**[17:05] Midousuji**
That's impossible. I'm almost there.
**[17:12] Midousuji**
I'll pedal until I've reached
my limit and pass everyone.
**[17:21] Midousuji**
Pass everyone...
**[17:24] Midousuji**
and win.
**[17:31] Midousuji**
Seize victory...
**[17:35] Fan X**
He fell!
**[17:36] Fan Y**
That's Kyoto Fushimi's #111!
**[17:42] Fan Z**
He was magnificent.
**[17:47] (Flashback) Midousuji**
Open, hole.
**[17:52] (Flashback) Midousuji**
Open, come on.
**[17:58] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
Move, Midousuji.
**[18:02] (Flashback) Midousuji**
Gross.
**[18:05] Fan Z**
Last year he raced with
two colored number tags.
**[18:09] Fan Z**
Spectators trembled at how hard he fought.
**[18:14] Fan Z**
At the three-kilometer marker, he
collapsed and dropped out of the race.
**[18:20] Fan Z**
This year,
***SIGN*** Road Race
Distance Remaining
**[18:22] Fan Z**
he fell 100 meters closer to the finish line.
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
***SIGN*** First-aid Tent
**[18:35] Kyofushi**
Excuse me.
**[18:37] Kyofushi**
Yamaguchi-san, Funatsu-san.
**[18:40] Funatsu**
What? Midousuji fell?
**[18:42] Kyofushi**
Yes, they just announced it.
**[18:44] Funatsu**
He fell? But I just heard
he was riding at the front.
**[18:48] Funatsu**
Did he slip?
**[18:50] Kyofushi**
No, we don't know why yet.
**[18:53] Funatsu**
But we completed all his phases, too.
**[18:57] Yamaguchi**
I see. Midousuji didn't make it to the end.
**[19:02] (Flashback) Midousuji**
In order to ensure the third day
goes advantageously for us,
**[19:05] (Flashback) Midousuji**
I need you to complete this phase.
**[19:09] (Flashback) Midousuji**
It's all riding on your shoulders,
Yamaguchi-kun.
**[19:17] Yamaguchi**
We had our misunderstandings,
but maybe trying to win alone...
**[19:25] Yamaguchi**
* Why does he keep making*
* unreasonable requests?*
**[19:30] Yamaguchi**
* It's unreasonable!*
* Unreasonable! Unreasonable!*
**[19:37] Yamaguchi**
Maybe we made the most
unreasonable request of him.
**[19:45] Yamaguchi**
He was incredible at
practice and won yesterday.
**[19:49] Yamaguchi**
He's superhuman.
**[19:51] Yamaguchi**
I thought we could count
on him to do anything.
**[19:55] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
Yama, you have to be
Midousuji's conscience.
**[20:00] Yamaguchi**
I should've been watching
Midousuji more closely
**[20:09] Yamaguchi**
because he always pushes
himself to the limit.
**[20:15] Yamaguchi**
Ishigaki-san, is that what you meant?
**[20:19] Yamaguchi**
On the day of your graduation,
you asked me to stay by his side.
**[20:33] Midousuji**
Sakamichi...
**[20:41] Sakamichi**
Sorry, Midousuji-kun.
**[20:44] Midousuji**
Gross. Sorry? What?
**[20:49] Midousuji**
Why did you look at me like that?
**[20:52] Midousuji**
Were you going to stop because
you were worried about me?
**[20:58] Midousuji**
During a race?
**[21:03] Midousuji**
You're extraordinary in every way, Sakamichi.
**[21:13] Midousuji**
The rain finally stopped.
**[21:20] Imaizumi**
The rain stopped.
**[21:23] Imaizumi**
I pulled ahead completely.
**[21:27] Imaizumi**
All right.
**[21:30] Imaizumi**
I'm glad my legs lasted.
**[21:33] Imaizumi**
I really was at my limit.
**[21:36] Imaizumi**
I just passed the three-kilometer marker.
**[21:39] Imaizumi**
I'm almost there.
**[21:42] Imaizumi**
My legs are shot, but I can maintain
this pace to the final gate.
**[21:45] Imaizumi**
I see more spectators.
**[21:48] Imaizumi**
The finish line is close.
**[21:52] Imaizumi**
This is crazy. I've won lots of races before,
but the Inter-High is on another level.
**[22:00] Imaizumi**
My heart is pounding.
**[22:03] Imaizumi**
Let's go, Imaizumi Shunsuke.
**[22:06] Imaizumi**
I'll deliver this jersey to...
**[22:10] Imaizumi**
What? Someone's catching up
from behind. Who is it?
**[22:15] Imaizumi**
It's...
**[22:20] Imaizumi**
Onoda!
**[22:22] Sakamichi**
Imaizumi-kun.
**[22:24] Imaizumi**
Seriously?
**[22:25] Sakamichi**
I caught up.
**[22:28] Imaizumi**
You're amazing, Sakamichi.
**[22:30] Sakamichi**
Sorry I took so long.
**[22:33] Sakamichi**
I did my best to keep up,
**[22:36] Sakamichi**
but the rain gave me a lot of trouble.
**[22:39] Sakamichi**
The course was badly flooded at
the bottom of the final climb.
**[22:44] Sakamichi**
It slowed me down.
**[22:46] Imaizumi**
You made it in time.
**[22:51] Imaizumi**
Good job catching up.
You're the best, Sakamichi.
**[22:57] Imaizumi**
Let's go.
**[22:58] Imaizumi**
Sohoku's finishing first and second.
**[23:01] Sakamichi**
Yeah.
**[23:04] Midousuji**
But Sakamichi, your hesitation will
invite a fate you can't escape.
***SIGN*** Final Orders