E19 - The Approaching Peak Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) SIGN    Yowamushi Pedal SIGN    LINE.19 The Approaching Peak [01:37] Sakamichi     We still can't see the lead pack. [01:39] Imaizumi     Yeah. [01:40] Sakamichi     Or Naruko-kun. [01:41] Imaizumi     Yeah. [01:42] Imaizumi     Where and what is he doing? [01:45] Imaizumi     We just passed the Kumamoto Daiichi     guys that just barely made it out. [01:49] Imaizumi     We should've caught up by now. [01:51] Sakamichi     But I don't see them. [01:53] Imaizumi     Did you make it to the front? [01:55] Imaizumi     Does that mean you're fighting alone? [02:00] Imaizumi     Onoda, I'll help pull. [02:03] Imaizumi     Let's go faster. [02:04] Sakamichi     Y-You can't! Fall back! [02:07] Sakamichi     You're the ace, Imaizumi-kun! [02:09] Sakamichi     You've been letting me conserve     my strength until now! [02:11] Sakamichi     It's okay! I'll pull! [02:16] Imaizumi     I may be our ace, but I'm only half a man. [02:19] Sakamichi     Huh? [02:21] Imaizumi     Until we started today, I thought     I was a full-fledged ace. [02:25] Imaizumi     But during today's race, I came     to the painful realization [02:29] Imaizumi     that I'm still only half a man. [02:31] Imaizumi     I couldn't help my teammates. [02:32] Imaizumi     I said awful things to my senior. [02:35] Imaizumi     My spirit broke immediately. [02:37] (Flashback) Imaizumi     Recover faster, Teshima-san! [02:40] (Flashback) Imaizumi     Aren't you a climber? [02:45] (Flashback) Imaizumi     Why are you smiling? [02:49] Imaizumi     What was that sound? [02:52] Imaizumi     But... [02:53] Imaizumi     While I'm still a long way away from     being a super ace like Kinjou-san, [02:59] Imaizumi     I'm trying. Let me pull for now. [03:01] Imaizumi     I'm not mature enough to sit     back without doing anything. [03:07] Sakamichi     Imaizumi-kun... [03:10] Imaizumi     Onoda, you truly have saved me. [03:15] (Flashback) Sakamichi     Kaburagi-kun and Aoyagi-san     have just rejoined the team! [03:20] Imaizumi     In this precarious situation,     we got five of our members together. [03:24] Imaizumi     Just like Onoda said. [03:28] (Flashback) Sakamichi     Um, Imaizumi-kun. [03:30] (Flashback) Sakamichi     Aoyagi-san and Kaburagi-kun rejoined the team. [03:33] (Flashback) Imaizumi     Y-Yeah, you're right. That's great. [03:36] (Flashback) Imaizumi     They're amazing. [03:39] (Flashback) Sakamichi     Now that there's five of us, I think     we can catch up to Kumamoto Daiichi. [03:43] (Flashback) Sakamichi     And maybe even reach the     lead pack where Naruko-kun is. [03:46] (Flashback) Imaizumi     Y-Yeah, maybe. [03:48] (Flashback) Sakamichi     It's all thanks to you. [03:52] Imaizumi     Thanks to me? [03:54] Imaizumi     He's not making sense again. [03:57] Imaizumi     I made an irremediable mistake. [04:01] (Flashback) Sakamichi     I've actually been thinking. [04:04] (Flashback) Sakamichi     If you trace events back far enough, [04:06] (Flashback) Sakamichi     sometimes you realize it actually     started with someone small, you know? [04:10] (Flashback) Sakamichi     It's about that. [04:11] (Flashback) Sakamichi     The two of them rejoined the team when     Teshima-san was coming up from behind [04:17] (Flashback) Sakamichi     and Hakone Academy was leaving,     during the first mountain. [04:21] (Flashback) Sakamichi     I think it's because [04:23] (Flashback) Sakamichi     you decided that we should wait. [04:28] (Flashback) Sakamichi     Wait, what? A-Am I wrong? [04:32] (Flashback) Sakamichi     Sorry. [04:34] Imaizumi     Was that the right decision? [04:39] Imaizumi     Is that the reason Aoyagi-san     and Kaburagi caught up? [04:43] Imaizumi     The reason there are five of us here now? [04:48] Imaizumi     Onoda, how many times [04:55] Imaizumi     are you going to save me? [04:58] Imaizumi     Onoda! You saved me! [05:01] Sakamichi     Huh? [05:02] Imaizumi     You can't know if you've made the right     decision until you've seen the results. [05:06] Imaizumi     That's what you were trying to say. [05:08] Imaizumi     If that's the case, then I'll      work as hard as I can. [05:11] Imaizumi     It's my only option! [05:13] Imaizumi     We'll accelerate as quickly     as we can while rotating. [05:15] Imaizumi     Together, we'll catch up to     the lead pack! To Naruko! [05:20] Sakamichi     Yeah! SIGN    Mountain Line SIGN    Mountain Line SIGN    Mountain Line [05:28] Toudou     I see. [05:29] Hakogaku 1     Yes. Uh, we just got word     from the club members below. [05:34] Hakogaku 1     Ashikiba-san and Shinkai-kun are     going after Kyoto Fushimi's ace. [05:39] Hakogaku 1     Unfortunately, the race for the      finish line has... already started... [05:45] Hakogaku 1     I-I'm sorry. [05:47] Hakogaku 1     You came all the way out     here to see the race, too. [05:51] Toudou     What are you apologizing for? It's no matter. [05:55] Toudou     That's just how road races are. [06:00] Toudou     So you didn't get to go, Manami. [06:04] Toudou     I know you. [06:05] Toudou     I'm sure you searched repeatedly [06:08] Toudou     for opportunities to race against four-eyes. [06:11] Toudou     It couldn't be helped. [06:13] Toudou     But the race isn't over yet. [06:16] Toudou     You'll have other opportunities. [06:18] Hakogaku 1     Wh-Where are you going, Toudou-san? SIGN    Elevation [06:24] Toudou     I came all the way here. [06:26] Toudou     I'm heading down to the finish line      to watch the race from there. [06:33] Toudou     It's a bit too sad to see a mountain line      race that isn't led by a climber. [06:39] Hakogaku 1     His aura is incredible. [06:42] Hakogaku 2     That's the Mountain God,     the legendary Toudou-san. [06:46] Hakogaku 2     I actually spoke to him. [06:50] Toudou     Hakone Academy has won all     the number tags so far. [06:54] Toudou     Since Izumida took the sprint,     they've gained even more momentum. [06:58] Toudou     But there are other powerful teams     who won't take that lying down. [07:03] Toudou     They'll do whatever it takes to win. [07:07] Toudou     This finish line won't be easily taken. [07:11] Toudou     Kyoto Fushimi and Sohoku will     make desperate plays for it, too. [07:18] Yuto     Approaching Kyoto Fushimi. [07:20] Yuto     We might be able to catch up. [07:22] Midousuji     Move! [07:23] Yuto     The redhead in front of     them is slowing them down. [07:26] Ashikiba     Keep going. [07:27] Ashikiba     Don't let your guard down until we catch up. [07:30] Ashikiba     Or even after we do. [07:32] Ashikiba     There's three more kilometers     to the mountain line. SIGN    Road Race*     Distance to Day 2      Mountain Checkpoint [07:35] Ashikiba     Don't slow your pace, Yuto! [07:37] Yuto     Yes, sir! [07:38] Mizuta     Hakone Academy is getting      closer, Midousuji-kun! [07:41] Midousuji     Move, Naruko! [07:44] Naruko     You stop, you purple seaweed! [07:47] Mizuta     Hakone Academy is getting closer! [07:49] Midousuji     They're not coming!      Your teammates aren't coming! [07:54] Midousuji     It's just a delusion! [07:57] Midousuji     A wish that won't come true! [07:59] Naruko     Someone will come!      I have a feeling they will. [08:04] Naruko     It'll be real close and down to the wire, [08:08] Naruko     but someone who doesn't think     he's hot stuff will come! [08:14] Midousuji     Fine! [08:15] Midousuji     There's no getting through to you with words. [08:19] Naruko     Come. [08:20] Midousuji     I'll have to use my body to make you [08:23] Midousuji     understand! [08:31] Midousuji     Bodies and bikes touch all the time while     jockeying for position during a race. [08:38] Midousuji     And I can't afford to spend all     my time entertaining your [08:42] Midousuji     pointless determination and     retaliatory spirit, Naruko! [08:49] Mizuto     #3, Naruko! [08:52] Mizuto     He hit the guard rail... [08:54] Mizuto     He fell! We did it! [08:57] Midousuji     Don't worry. He was at his limit, after all. [09:02] Midousuji     He would've fallen either way. [09:04] Midousuji     It was just a matter whether it was ten seconds     from now or thirty seconds from now. [09:08] Naruko     Come on, Sohoku. Damn it. [09:12] Naruko     Wait up, Midousuji. [09:15] Yuto     Kyoto Fushimi's #111 forced     Sohoku out of his way. [09:20] Yuto     Sohoku's #3 is falling. [09:23] Yuto     He did everything he could, but Sohoku is... [09:26] Ashikiba     Sohoku's Naruko... [09:28] Naruko     I did my job. [09:32] Naruko     I stuck to them, defended Sohoku's jersey, [09:37] Naruko     and held them back until I reached my limit! [09:44] Naruko     So come. [09:48] Naruko     Come! [09:50] Naruko     Come on, hotshot! [10:12] Imaizumi     Naruko! [10:16] Naruko     How long were you gonna     make me wait, hotshot? [10:24] Naruko     I'm tagging out! [10:29] Mizuta     S-So... [10:31] Mizuta     Two Sohoku riders caught up! [10:35] Ashikiba     Sohoku's Imaizumi... SIGN    Road Race     Distance to Day 2      Mountain Checkpoint [10:41] Fan A     Two Sohoku riders caught up with two     kilometers remaining to the mountain line! [10:46] Midousuji     You... You're Crackizumi. [10:50] Midousuji     I thought you cracked     with a grunt and a gasp. [10:55] Midousuji     You're supposed to have fallen behind! [10:58] Imaizumi     I'm still only half a man. [11:01] Imaizumi     I can't even move forward without help. [11:04] Imaizumi     I can't make it this far     on my strength alone. [11:07] Imaizumi     So I'll say it. [11:10] Imaizumi     In order to inspire myself. [11:13] Imaizumi     In order to accept that weighty     responsibility on these shoulders. [11:17] Imaizumi     Ashikiba-san... [11:19] Imaizumi     Midousuji... [11:21] Imaizumi     Allow me to reiterate. I am... [11:26] Imaizumi     Sohoku's ace. [11:37] Midousuji     What's with this guy? [11:38] Midousuji     I know he cracked at the first peak. [11:44] Midousuji     Crack, crack, crack, crack, [11:45] Midousuji     crack, crack, crack, crack. [11:47] Midousuji     So why? How did he do it? [11:50] Midousuji     Crack! [11:52] Sakamichi     Imaizumi-kun, how's Naruko-kun? [11:54] Imaizumi     He's fine. There was still life in his eyes. [11:57] Imaizumi     Teshima-san and the others will pick him up. [12:01] Imaizumi     He's pushed himself to his limit. [12:04] Imaizumi     Thanks to you, we caught up, Naruko. [12:07] Imaizumi     You were supremely flashy! [12:11] Sakamichi     Yeah! [12:12] Imaizumi     We'd better do our job, too. [12:15] Imaizumi     We're carrying his and the team's hopes. [12:18] Imaizumi     Let's go, Onoda! [12:19] Imaizumi     We'll take our jerseys     to the finish line first! [12:22] Sakamichi     Yeah! [12:27] Midousuji     What are you doing? [12:29] Midousuji     Another fly caught up. [12:32] Midousuji     Why are you casually cycling? [12:35] Midousuji     Come on. [12:37] Midousuji     Pull ahead of them, Mizuta! [12:41] Mizuta     G-Got it! [12:42] Midousuji     It doesn't matter if your body falls apart! [12:47] Mizuta     Y-Yeah? [12:47] Yuto     Ace assistant #112 is accelerating! [12:50] Ashikiba     Don't let them pull ahead, Yuto! [12:52] Mizuta     Hold on. Wait, Midousuji-kun. [12:55] Mizuta     I thought I heard you say     it's fine if I fall apart. [12:58] Mizuta     I-I'm the captain. [13:00] Mizuta     I'm your talented launching pad. [13:02] Mizuta     You're not thinking of disposing of me     here like you did with Kiriya, are you? [13:11] Midousuji     Mizuta-kun, you're still saying     that this late in the game? [13:18] Mizuta     Huh? [13:20] Yuto     Kyoto Fushimi's pace is falling! [13:23] Yuto     We may be able to catch up to them now! [13:26] Midousuji     Mizuta-kun, you... [13:29] Mizuta     Yeah? [13:29] Midousuji     The reason I have you pull so hard... [13:33] Mizuta     Yes? SIGN    Road Race     Distance to Day 2      Mountain Checkpoint [13:36] Midousuji     ...is for that. [13:38] Mizuta     Huh? What? [13:39] Midousuji     If you keep pulling me up     this slope at full power, [13:47] Midousuji     you'll be the King of the Mountain. [13:50] Mizuta     What? SIGN    Mountain     Line SIGN    Mountain     Line [13:55] Mizuta     No way! What? [13:56] Mizuta     King of the Mountain? [13:58] Mizuta     Me? I'll have beaten Hakone Academy      and Sohoku to be the [14:02] Mizuta     Inter-High's King of the Mountain? [14:06] Yuto     They suddenly raised their pace again! [14:08] Mizuta     I'm glad I stayed on the     team for three years! [14:11] Mizuta     The Inter-High's King of the Mountain! [14:14] Girl     You're amazing, Mizuta-kun. [14:17] Mizuta     Me, Mizuta Nobuyuki! [14:21] Mizuta     Despite everything you say, you really     do care about me, Midousuji-kun! [14:26] Midousuji     I'll use everything I can to win. [14:31] Midousuji     Go, Zaku! [14:33] Midousuji     Show me your limit! [14:39] Yuto     The lead they got earlier     is really hurting us! [14:41] Yuto     We're so close, but we can't close the gap! [14:44] Yuto     They're trying to hold this     lead to the finish line! [14:47] Yuto     After the mountain line     is downhills and flats. [14:50] Yuto     It'll be hard to close the gap there. SIGN    Road Race*     Distance to Day 2      Mountain Checkpoint [14:52] Yuto     We have to catch up to them in the mountains. [14:55] Yuto     Otherwise, the finish line... [14:57] Yuto     What should we do, Ashikiba-san? [15:01] Yuto     What is this rising pressure? [15:05] Ashikiba     That's... [15:07] Imaizumi     We have to catch up in the mountains. [15:12] Imaizumi     It's a 1,500-meter climb to the peak. [15:16] Imaizumi     Can you do it, Onoda? [15:18] Sakamichi     Yeah. [15:20] Yuto     The Mountain King! [15:21] Ashikiba     Onoda Sakamichi! [15:23] Sakamichi     Because Naruko-kun left by himself     and worked so hard on his own, [15:29] Sakamichi     we made it this far! [15:31] Sakamichi     I'll pedal as hard as I can! [15:35] Yuto     He caught up in an instant! [15:38] Yuto     Who is this guy? [15:40] Yuto     He's way faster than during our     race in the mountains earlier! [15:45] Midousuji     Who's catching up? [15:48] Midousuji     Is it you, Sakamichi? [15:58] Naruko     Did you see that, Midousuji? [16:00] Naruko     That was Naruko's Ultimate     Flashy Miracle High Five! [16:05] Naruko     I just came up with the name. [16:09] Yuto     The Mountain King is so fast! [16:11] Midousuji     He's trying to catch up? [16:12] Midousuji     With 1,400 meters remaining to the peak? [16:20] Midousuji     Are you going to destroy my lead, Sakamichi? [16:28] Midousuji     He's getting closer. [16:30] Midousuji     The little engine that's     pulling me will overheat soon. [16:35] Midousuji     Then I'll switch to my legs, the main engine. [16:40] Midousuji     How long will he last? [16:42] Midousuji     I have to make him last until the     very last second by tricking him. [16:46] Midousuji     Mizuta-kun, there are lots     of people at the peak. [16:51] Mizuta     Huh? [16:52] Midousuji     They're here to see you ride. [16:54] Midousuji     To see you become King of the Mountain. [16:58] Midousuji     So you should go faster. [17:03] Midousuji     Push your limits. [17:04] Mizuta     King of the Mountain! [17:05] Fan B     Go! [17:06] Fan C     You can do it! [17:07] Fan D     Look! Kyoto Fushimi's first! [17:09] Fan E     It's third-year Mizuta! [17:11] Mizuta     What? Someone said my name! [17:13] Mizuta     I'm excited! I'm so excited! [17:19] Ashikiba     We're falling behind, Yuto! [17:21] Ashikiba     We'll use the group in front of us. [17:22] Ashikiba     Get behind Sohoku. [17:24] Ashikiba     We'll stick behind them and     catch up to the front together. [17:27] Ashikiba     Hurry! [17:29] Yuto     Mountain King... [17:30] Yuto     He's definitely riding faster than he was     during our first race in the mountains. [17:36] Yuto     Was he holding back? Is this the     true strength of the Mountain King? [17:41] Yuto     Do guys like him exist? [17:43] Yuto     Guys who ride faster when they're asked to [17:45] Yuto     than when they're racing for their own pride? [17:50] Ashikiba     Yuto! [17:51] Yuto     Y-Yes, sir. Sorry, Ashikiba-san. [17:56] Yuto     I entered the Inter-High so I could     race against the Mountain King. [18:01] Yuto     I thought I could beat him. I thought I did. [18:04] Yuto     I have to beat him, [18:08] Yuto     because I'm Shinkai Yuto. [18:11] Yuto     Because I'm not Shinkai Hayato. [18:14] Ashikiba     If you don't stop thinking,     we'll get left behind, Yuto! [18:18] Ashikiba     We're still on the climb. [18:19] Ashikiba     But... [18:21] Ashikiba     the finish line is just ahead! [18:23] Yuto     The finish line... [18:25] Yuto     That's right. Shoot. [18:27] Yuto     We're almost at the finish line. [18:28] Yuto     Sorry! [18:30] Fan F     One more kilometer to the peak! [18:32] Fan G     Who's going to become King of the Mountain? [18:34] Fan G     There's no telling anymore! [18:36] Fan H     Isn't this the race for the finish line? [18:38] Fan I     #1 is pulling the three guys behind him! [18:42] Fan J     Amazing! [18:43] Fan K     Tag #1... [18:45] Fan K     He's the one who raced up Mt. Fuji first to     lead Chiba's Sohoku to victory last year! [18:52] Fan K     That's Onoda Sakamichi! [18:55] Sakamichi     It's hard, but I'll catch up to the front [18:57] Sakamichi     with our ace Imaizumi-kun in tow. [19:01] Sakamichi     As a climber, that's my job. [19:06] Sakamichi     Are you watching, Makishima-san? [19:10] Sakamichi     Kinjou-san said you were in Japan. [19:13] Sakamichi     If you're watching somewhere— [19:16] Sakamichi     No, if you read in the news later     that we worked really hard, [19:24] Sakamichi     just that would make me happy. [19:28] Fan N     He's almost caught up! [19:30] Fan O     Damn, Sohoku's amazing! [19:32] Fan P     Kyoto Fushimi, don't be beaten! [19:33] Fan Q     Hakone Academy! [19:37] Makishima     I left the others at the finish line [19:40] Makishima     to come to the mountains alone,      and here you are. [19:43] Makishima     Why do you always work so     hard that I feel embarrassed? [19:52] Makishima     You're physically small,     but you're huge, Onoda. [19:57] Makishima     Keep it up, Sakamichi. [20:01] Makishima     Stay on your path. [20:04] Sakamichi     It was hard. It took some time. [20:09] Imaizumi     He really is amazing. SIGN    Road Race*     Distance to Day 2      Mountain Checkpoint [20:13] Sakamichi     But at 500 meters remaining, [20:17] Sakamichi     we caught up to the front! [20:19] Fan R     Sohoku and Hakone Academy     caught up to Kyoto Fushimi! [20:23] Fan S     Amazing! Damn! [20:34] Sakamichi     We caught up. [20:40] Imaizumi     Thanks, Sakamichi. [20:43] Sakamichi     Sure. [20:46] Fan T     Look! Sohoku's rotating Onoda back     and sending someone else ahead! [20:52] Fan U     It's tag #2, their ace, Imaizumi! [20:55] Fan V     He's neck and neck with Kyoto Fushimi's ace! [20:59] Imaizumi     Come on, Midousuji.      Attack whenever you're ready. [21:02] Imaizumi     I'll stop all your attempts. [21:06] Midousuji     What? What? [21:08] Midousuji     What is this? [21:10] Midousuji     What is this pressure? [21:12] Midousuji     He's just Crackizumi! [21:17] Midousuji     O-Over here, too. [21:19] Midousuji     Shinkai's little brother! [21:21] Yuto     We're ready, too. [21:23] Yuto     We'll stop you. [21:25] Midousuji     And behind him is [21:29] Midousuji     their ace, Ashikiba! [21:35] Midousuji     My only remaining option is... [23:12] Sakamichi     Metamorphose... [23:15] Sakamichi     Princess, Princess. [23:17] Yuto     Mountain King? [23:19] Yuto     You're interested in this kind of thing? [23:21] Sakamichi     He's so close! [23:22] Yuto     Mountain King, do you have feminine desires? [23:26] Yuto     Does it make your heart pound? [23:28] Sakamichi     What? [23:30] Sakamichi     Shinkai-kun, do you like anime? [23:35] Yuto     He's so close! SIGN    NEXT LINE King of the Mountain SIGN    This is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations appearing in this work are fictional. In this work, characters sometimes engage in dangerous activities. While riding bicycles on actual roads, please follow all traffic laws and ride safely. SIGN    Don't miss the next episode