# E4 - Five Men's Resolve
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**[00:00] Midousuji**
Just three kilometers left.
**[00:02] Midousuji**
I'll take the finish line alone.
**[00:05] Fan A**
Kyoto Fushimi's in the lead!
**[00:07] Fan B**
Wow, seriously?
**[00:09] Fan C**
Kyoto Fushimi's #111, Midousuji,
is the first to come up the hill!
**[00:14] Midousuji**
At least, I was supposed to.
**[00:17] Fan A**
And behind him is...
**[00:18] Midousuji**
But you're the only one who
didn't take his eyes off me...
**[00:26] Midousuji**
You chicken-headed bean!
**[00:29] Naruko**
You should be thanking me, Midousuji.
**[00:31] Naruko**
I thought you'd be bored traveling
alone, so I tagged along.
**[00:34] ---**
Sohoku's in second! It's Naruko!
**[00:37] ---**
He's keeping up with Midousuji by himself!
**[00:40] Naruko**
He shifted up.
**[00:46] Naruko**
This guy...
**[00:47] Naruko**
He's stronger than he was last winter!
**[00:50] Naruko**
That massive pressure was real!
**[00:53] Midousuji**
Oh, right.
**[00:55] Midousuji**
Chicken-head, as a special treat,
I'll show you something special.
**[01:01] Midousuji**
I still have something special up my sleeve.
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
***SIGN*** Inter-High Road Race
***SIGN*** LINE.04 Five Men's Resolve
**[02:44] Sadatoki**
Things are buzzing over here.
**[02:46] Sadatoki**
Sawada-kun and Gorizo-kun
saved us spots to watch the finish.
***SIGN*** Sohoku High School
**[02:51] Sada**
We did it!
**[02:52] Gorizo**
At high speed!
**[02:53] Sadatoki**
Bro, when will you get here?
**[02:56] Sadatoki**
Oh, how was the race?
**[02:57] Sadatoki**
We took the school bus.
**[02:59] Sugimoto**
Listen, Sadatoki.
**[03:01] Sadatoki**
Sounds like the leaders will be here soon.
**[03:03] Sawada**
We'll be waiting!
**[03:04] Gorizo**
Keep up the pace, please!
**[03:07] Koga**
This is third-year Koga.
**[03:08] Koga**
Sadatoki, listen closely.
**[03:10] Koga**
The support car is stuck in
a traffic jam at Irohazaka.
**[03:15] Koga**
After taking the spare bikes to the
feed zone and handing off supplies,
**[03:19] Koga**
we were fortunate enough to
be picked up by the news car.
***SIGN*** News Car
**[03:23] Koga**
We're on our way there now,
but I don't know if we'll make it in time.
**[03:27] Koga**
You first-years who are there will
have to support Sohoku alone.
**[03:31] Sadatoki**
What?
**[03:32] Sawada**
Koga-san, are you serious?
**[03:33] Gorizo**
But we're first-years!
**[03:35] Gorizo**
This is our first Inter-High!
**[03:37] Koga**
Sawada and Gorizo,
you and the other first-years
**[03:40] Koga**
will prepare to receive our
riders after the finish line.
**[03:42] Koga**
Give them ice water, towels,
and water bottles.
**[03:44] Sawada**
Y-Yes, sir!
**[03:46] Gorizo**
High speed!
**[03:48] Koga**
Sadatoki, you'll cheer for them.
**[03:51] Sadatoki**
Huh? Cheer?
**[03:53] Koga**
Our riders are giving everything they have.
**[03:55] Koga**
At the very, very end, they draw strength
from their teammates' support.
**[04:01] Koga**
Help them win with your voice!
**[04:02] Koga**
With your cheers!
**[04:04] Sadatoki**
B-But, I...
**[04:07] Koga**
No buts! Do it!
**[04:09] Koga**
You're the only one who can!
**[04:11] Koga**
It's an important job.
**[04:13] Koga**
Push them with your voice.
**[04:16] Koga**
Make sure your voice isn't
drowned out by the others.
**[04:18] Sugimoto**
It's okay, Sadatoki.
**[04:20] Sugimoto**
You can do it. I know you can.
**[04:23] Sugimoto**
Your brother knows you can.
**[04:24] Sugimoto**
It's okay. Your voice is
louder than the others.
**[04:32] Sadatoki**
I can do it.
**[04:34] Sadatoki**
I can do it.
**[04:36] Sadatoki**
I can...
**[04:40] ---**
For everyone...
**[04:42] Sadatoki**
Understood!
**[04:45] Sadatoki**
Sohoku, fight!
***SIGN*** Tadokoro Bread
**[05:01] Tadokoro**
We made it! The leaders aren't here yet!
**[05:03] Tadokoro**
What did you think of my driving?
**[05:05] Tadokoro**
Looks like we'll get to see
the finish, Makishima, Kinjou.
**[05:10] Makishima**
I-It sucks.
**[05:12] Makishima**
My flight was six hours late,
and then that crazy car ride...
**[05:17] Kinjou**
Y-You took a road that wasn't on the map.
**[05:21] Kinjou**
I'm impressed, Tadokoro.
**[05:23] Makishima**
Don't feel like you have to compliment him.
**[05:26] Makishima**
So, this where it is this year.
**[05:29] Kinjou**
Yeah. Nikkou City, Tochigi Prefecture.
**[05:32] Kinjou**
On the northwest side of Lake Chuzenji
**[05:34] Kinjou**
is Senjougahara, a marsh stretching across
the terrain at 1,400 meters above sea level.
**[05:39] Kinjou**
The eruptions of Mount Nantaisan formed a lake
**[05:42] Kinjou**
that became a marsh over
a long period of time.
**[05:45] Kinjou**
National Route 120 cuts through Senjougahara.
**[05:50] Kinjou**
And the Sanbonmatsu Park
parking lot gate is
**[05:54] Kinjou**
the finish line of day one of
the Tochigi Inter-High.
**[06:00] Makishima**
I haven't felt this tension
and anticipation in a while.
**[06:04] Tadokoro**
Yeah. I can't get enough of this atmosphere.
**[06:07] Tadokoro**
Just thinking about it
sends chills down my spine.
**[06:09] Tadokoro**
You can really feel that unique
sensation of the Inter-High.
**[06:14] Kinjou**
You're right.
**[06:17] Makishima**
So, who's going to be first?
**[06:22] Kinjou**
Imaizumi, as the ace?
**[06:25] Tadokoro**
You might be surprised.
**[06:28] Tadokoro**
It could be that little red bean.
**[06:33] Fan A**
They're entering the flat
before the finish line!
**[06:36] Fan B**
Kyoto Fushimi removed some kind of tape!
**[06:38] Naruko**
Midousuji's playing the ace up his sleeve!
**[06:42] Midousuji**
Unleashing both legs.
**[06:44] Midousuji**
This is the trump card
I've been saving until now.
**[06:53] Midousuji**
You still haven't fallen,
chicken-headed bean!
**[06:57] Naruko**
The road's wide enough!
**[06:59] Naruko**
Stay away from me, Gross-suji!
**[07:01] Naruko**
I'm on fire now, Midousuji!
**[07:03] Naruko**
My blood is boiling!
**[07:05] Midousuji**
Then maybe you should go to
the hospital, chicken-head!
**[07:10] Naruko**
I'll go to any hospital,
as long as it's red and flashy!
**[07:15] Midousuji**
Chicken-head...
**[07:17] Midousuji**
This little bean has gotten stronger.
**[07:21] Midousuji**
He improved his climbing, but he
hasn't gotten slower on the flats.
**[07:24] Midousuji**
If anything, it feels like he's applying
his climbing muscles to the flats.
**[07:31] Midousuji**
Not bad.
**[07:32] Midousuji**
Come to think of it, Ishigaki-kun
mentioned something last winter.
**[07:36] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
Naruko-kun might return to racing.
**[07:42] (Flashback) Midousuji**
Huh? What makes you say that?
**[07:46] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
Midousuji, disappointment
makes people stronger.
**[07:53] Midousuji**
Bring it on.
**[07:54] Midousuji**
I'll overthrow your strength and
wrest the victory from your hands.
**[07:59] Both**
One kilometer left!
**[08:02] Naruko**
I'm getting chills.
My hair's standing on end.
**[08:05] Naruko**
I'm in a make-or-break race with Midousuji
**[08:09] Naruko**
on the flat before the
Inter-High's finish line.
**[08:11] Naruko**
A thousand meters remain!
**[08:13] Naruko**
Tons of fans are watching!
**[08:16] Naruko**
If this isn't flashy...
**[08:19] Naruko**
I don't know what is!
**[08:21] Fan**
There are 900 meters left!
**[08:23] Fan**
Kyoto Fushimi is pulling ahead!
**[08:25] Naruko**
Good, Midousuji. This is the best.
**[08:28] Naruko**
I'm burning up. Let's do this.
**[08:31] Naruko**
Let's put our lives on the line!
**[08:37] Fan**
He's so fast! Sohoku's keeping up!
**[08:40] Fan**
They're seriously amazing!
**[08:41] Fan**
I can feel their spirit from over here!
**[08:44] Fan**
So it's come down to those two.
**[08:56] Fan**
The next three have made it up the hill!
**[09:01] Kuroda**
How far behind are we?
**[09:03] Kuroda**
Three-hundred and fifty meters.
**[09:05] Imaizumi**
We're so far behind.
**[09:07] Imaizumi**
It'll be hard to catch up from here.
**[09:11] Imaizumi**
But Naruko's with him.
**[09:13] Imaizumi**
This isn't a bad development for Sohoku!
**[09:17] Kuroda**
Damn it.
**[09:18] Kuroda**
All the pride Hakone Academy has built up...
**[09:21] Kuroda**
Was our riding not good enough?
**[09:25] Kuroda**
I got our ace this far.
**[09:27] Kuroda**
Me, the Black Cat Deliveryman.
**[09:30] Kuroda**
And because of just one stupid
mistake, the finish line...
**[09:34] Kuroda**
If you've got time to think, ride, Yukinori!
**[09:38] Kuroda**
Let's go, Takuto!
**[09:42] Ashikiba**
It's okay, Yuki-chan.
**[09:44] Kuroda**
Huh?
**[09:46] Ashikiba**
The two of us can't close this gap.
**[09:49] Ashikiba**
Even if the two of you pull,
we'll never catch up.
**[09:53] Ashikiba**
But with the three of us,
we may be able to reach them.
**[10:00] Ashikiba**
There's no point if the ace doesn't
save his strength for the finish line.
**[10:04] Ashikiba**
But unless you're in front of the finish line,
there's nothing to race for.
**[10:11] Ashikiba**
I'll pull.
**[10:13] Ashikiba**
We... Hakone Academy has
nothing left to lose!
**[10:25] Imaizumi**
Hakone Academy's ace Ashikiba-san
is making his move!
**[10:32] Imaizumi**
Their ace moved to the front.
**[10:34] Imaizumi**
He's helping us catch up
to Midousuji and Naruko.
**[10:40] Imaizumi**
He's fast. He's huge.
**[10:42] Imaizumi**
He towers over me,
and I'm 180 centimeters tall.
**[10:46] Imaizumi**
Standing at 202 centimeters,
he's the tallest man at the race.
**[10:50] Imaizumi**
His wind pressure is incredible.
**[10:52] Kuroda**
Takuto, is there classical
music playing inside your head?
**[10:58] Ashikiba**
Yes.
**[11:00] Ashikiba**
The clichéd Ninth!
**[11:03] Ashikiba**
The Ninth Symphony!
**[11:09] Kuroda**
Keep it up, Takuto!
**[11:12] Fan A**
They're catching up!
**[11:14] Fan B**
Hakone Academy's ace is pulling!
**[11:16] Fan C**
Only Sohoku and Kyoto Fushimi
have riders in the lead group!
**[11:20] Fan D**
Will they catch up?
**[11:21] Fan E**
Their rotation has increased their speed...
**[11:25] Fan F**
But there's only one kilometer left!
**[11:28] Ashikiba**
We'll catch up. We'll catch up.
**[11:31] Ashikiba**
We're slowly closing the gap.
**[11:33] Ashikiba**
Yuki-chan carried me this
far so I could rest.
**[11:37] Ashikiba**
The classical music is playing.
**[11:39] Ashikiba**
My heart is pounding.
**[11:41] Ashikiba**
I never thought I'd get to be in the Inter-High,
but here I am turning my pedals.
**[11:47] Ashikiba**
On top of that, I'm wearing
Hakone Academy's #1 tag.
**[11:52] Ashikiba**
Me, the team's best laundry boy!
***SIGN*** Club Chores
**[11:57] (Flashback) Fukutomi**
What do you want to be?
**[12:02] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
The best ri...
**[12:07] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
...rider.
**[12:10] (Flashback) Shinkai**
What do you like?
**[12:13] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
The piano.
**[12:14] (Flashback) Shinkai**
Good.
**[12:15] (Flashback) Shinkai**
Use that to ride.
**[12:17] (Flashback) Shinkai**
Let it push you forward.
**[12:19] Ashikiba**
I finally achieved something.
**[12:23] Ashikiba**
But...
**[12:25] Ashikiba**
*No way. No way.*
**[12:29] Ashikiba**
*Why can't I win?*
**[12:32] Ashikiba**
*I'm wearing a jersey.*
**[12:33] Ashikiba**
*I promised Fukutomi-san I would win.*
**[12:39] Ashikiba**
In that moment, unable to understand
the situation, my brain got a flat tire.
**[12:45] Ashikiba**
I tried to reset everything.
**[12:49] Ashikiba**
I was racing to repay their kindness.
**[12:54] Ashikiba**
But I couldn't think anymore.
**[12:58] (Flashback) Fan**
He's riding backward! Watch out!
**[13:02] Ashikiba**
I betrayed their expectations.
**[13:05] (Flashback) Fukutomi**
I'm placing you on house arrest indefinitely.
**[13:07] (Flashback) Fukutomi**
I'm not letting you race.
**[13:10] (Flashback) Fukutomi**
You won't race at the Inter-High, either.
**[13:12] (Flashback) Ashikiba**
I'm sorry.
**[13:15] Ashikiba**
It was a dizzying three years.
**[13:18] Ashikiba**
A less than laudable three years.
**[13:22] Ashikiba**
"Riding backward on the course."
**[13:23] Ashikiba**
"Indefinitely suspended from racing."
**[13:26] Ashikiba**
I screwed up.
**[13:29] Ashikiba**
But my teammates supported me.
**[13:32] Ashikiba**
My seniors forgave me.
**[13:36] (Flashback) Fukutomi**
Ashikiba, the race for the finish is
both a physical and mental battle.
**[13:43] (Flashback) Fukutomi**
Tell yourself over and over
that you are the ace.
**[13:49] (Flashback) Fukutomi**
That you are strong.
**[13:53] Ashikiba**
I am strong!
**[13:55] Ashikiba**
So these limbs, this body, this number tag...
**[14:00] Ashikiba**
This opportunity doesn't belong to me!
**[14:04] Kuroda**
Go, Takuto.
**[14:06] Kuroda**
You carried such anguish and pain,
such hopes to make it this far.
**[14:13] Ashikiba**
I'm racing to repay all the people
**[14:17] Ashikiba**
who called me the ace!
**[14:23] Fan G**
It's the Hakone Academy ace
Ashikiba's Metronome Dancing!
**[14:27] Fan H**
The way he swings his giant body
back and forth is like a metronome!
**[14:33] Fan I**
He's huge!
**[14:34] Fan J**
He's fast!
**[14:36] Ashikiba**
I am strong!
**[14:39] Ashikiba**
I'm catching up!
**[14:40] Ashikiba**
I'm catching up to the guys in front!
**[14:44] Kuroda**
Switch with me, Takuto!
**[14:47] Fan K**
Hakone Academy's Kuroda moved to the front!
**[14:50] Fan**
Go, Kuroda!
**[14:52] Kuroda**
I'll show you how I pull!
**[14:54] Kuroda**
This is Hakone Academy's final effort!
**[14:56] Kuroda**
Bend, Cat Legs!
**[15:02] Kuroda**
We'll catch up!
**[15:03] Kuroda**
Kyoto's Midousuji and Sohoku's Naruko!
**[15:09] Imaizumi**
Take it, Naruko!
**[15:11] Ashikiba**
I have to...
**[15:12] Kuroda**
...catch up!
**[15:13] Nuarko**
It's almost...
**[15:14] Midousuji**
...the finish line!
**[15:16] Fan L**
The trailing three are chasing after them!
**[15:19] Fan M**
They have the two in front in their sights!
**[15:21] Fan N**
Is it a five-man finish line sprint?
**[15:24] Fan O**
There are three behind and two in front!
**[15:26] Fan O**
They have the numbers advantage!
**[15:28] Fan P**
Maybe if there were a thousand
meters left, but the finish line...
**[15:35] Fan P**
...is 500 meters ahead!
**[15:36] Fan P**
They're at a disadvantage!
**[15:41] Midousuji**
The running finish.
**[15:42] Midousuji**
You're wasting your time, Hakone Academy.
**[15:45] Midousuji**
Even if you pool your efforts
and work your muscles,
**[15:51] Midousuji**
this margin at 500 meters remaining...
**[15:57] Midousuji**
...was always part of my calculations!
**[16:02] Midousuji**
This chicken-head was the only
thing I didn't account for.
**[16:08] Naruko**
Why are you staring at me
like that, Midousuji?
**[16:12] Naruko**
We're at the finish line.
**[16:13] Naruko**
Determination, full power, flashiness...
**[16:16] Naruko**
Even men fall for my flashiness!
**[16:18] Naruko**
Have you fallen for me, too, Midousuji?
**[16:21] Midousuji**
I was just exercising my eyes,
since they were stinging from all your red,
**[16:27] Midousuji**
chicken-head!
**[16:29] Midousuji**
Gross!
**[16:32] Midousuji**
You're determined to interfere
with my victory, aren't you?
**[16:35] Naruko**
I'm not just interfering! I'm going to win!
**[16:38] Midousuji**
You're in the way! Move!
**[16:40] Naruko**
You're in the way, idiot!
**[16:43] Fan Q**
They're crashing into each
other before the finish line?
**[16:45] Fan R**
Wow!
**[16:47] Midousuji**
You're strong.
**[16:50] Midousuji**
You really are amazing.
**[16:55] Midousuji**
Every time I race against you,
I have the same thought.
**[17:01] Midousuji**
If you had stayed in Kansai for high school
and joined Kyoto Fushimi with me...
**[17:09] Midousuji**
If we'd been on the same team—and maybe
it's weird for me to say this now...
**[17:16] Midousuji**
But I always think of how we could've
been the best of friends, Naruko-kun.
**[17:25] Midousuji**
Don't you agree?
**[17:29] Midousuji**
The two of us...
**[17:32] Naruko**
You finished telling lies, Midousuji?
**[17:36] Naruko**
Is this bluff an attempt to distract me
with warm fuzzy feelings
**[17:39] Naruko**
and kill your opponent's tension
before the finish line?
**[17:43] Naruko**
You'll do anything to win.
**[17:46] Naruko**
You really are something, Midousuji.
**[17:48] Naruko**
But you won't fool me!
**[17:50] Naruko**
You don't think we'd be best friends!
**[17:56] Midousuji**
You're right! Not in the slightest!
**[17:59] Midousuji**
I've never even considered it!
**[18:03] Imaizumi**
So that's what you meant, Naruko.
**[18:06] Imaizumi**
The day you returned from Osaka,
you said you raced someone.
**[18:13] Sohoku**
Wow, takoyaki.
**[18:13] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
Who did you race against?
**[18:15] (Flashback) Naruko**
Nobody, really.
**[18:16] (Flashback) Naruko**
It wasn't someone you know.
**[18:18] Sakamichi**
Thanks for the food.
**[18:19] Imaizumi**
But your opponent was...
**[18:23] Imaizumi**
Midousuji!
**[18:26] Imaizumi**
That's why you kept your eyes on him
**[18:28] Imaizumi**
during the confusion earlier
and raced after him.
**[18:33] Imaizumi**
And now you're side by side,
racing for the finish line.
**[18:37] Imaizumi**
You should've told me if it
was that important, Naruko.
**[18:43] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
I'm the one who told you
to become an all-rounder!
**[18:47] (Flashback) Naruko**
I made the decision!
**[18:49] (Flashback) Naruko**
Let's race, hotshot.
**[18:51] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
What?
**[18:52] (Flashback) Naruko**
We'll pull ahead of Hakone Academy
before the finish line.
**[18:55] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
I see.
**[18:55] (Flashback) Naruko**
Whoever crosses the finish
line first is the ace!
**[18:59] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
Bring it on!
**[19:01] Imaizumi**
So that's how it is.
**[19:04] Imaizumi**
Go, Naruko.
**[19:06] Imaizumi**
If I catch up to you just
before the finish line...
**[19:12] Imaizumi**
I'll push your back as hard as I can!
**[19:17] Imaizumi**
Today, you're the ace, Naruko!
**[19:20] Imaizumi**
Take the finish line!
**[19:22] Fan S**
The leaders have crossed the 400 meter line!
**[19:25] Fan T**
Sohoku's Naruko is in front!
**[19:28] Midousuji**
He refuses to let me have it.
**[19:33] Midousuji**
Then I don't have a choice.
**[19:36] Midousuji**
I'll have to fly before the finish line!
**[19:41] Naruko**
Fly?
**[19:43] Naruko**
Is Midousuji breaking out
his true trump card?
**[19:48] Fan T**
The others have crossed the 400-meter line!
**[19:50] Fan U**
Go, Hakone Academy!
**[19:54] Kuroda**
We're chasing as fast as we can,
but they're going at top speed, too.
**[19:57] Kuroda**
It's not that easy to close this gap.
**[20:00] Kuroda**
But! But!
**[20:02] Kuroda**
It's not easy, but...
**[20:06] Kuroda**
There's nothing I can't do!
**[20:16] Fan V**
Just 300 meters remaining!
**[20:17] Fan V**
They're closing the gap!
**[20:19] Fan W**
Will they stay ahead? Will they catch up?
**[20:22] Midousuji**
I already said they can't catch up.
**[20:25] Midousuji**
Actually, if the course were straight,
they might have.
**[20:36] Midousuji**
But there's a difficult corner leading
the course from National Route 120
**[20:40] Midousuji**
to the first day's finish line
at the large parking lot.
**[20:47] Midousuji**
Two of them.
**[20:52] Naruko**
I'm entering the corner first!
**[20:56] Naruko**
I can see it.
**[20:58] Naruko**
It's the finish line gate!
**[21:01] Midousuji**
Time to fly.
**[21:05] Midousuji**
When insects have oversaturated an area...
**[21:14] Midousuji**
They metamorphosize wings,
so they can fly to new locations!
**[21:22] Naruko**
We're in the middle of a corner, Midousuji!
**[21:25] Naruko**
You're going to do that here?
**[21:29] Midousuji**
This... is my...
**[21:34] Midousuji**
Metamorphosis!
**[23:13] Tadokoro**
Makishima's late.
**[23:16] Kinjou**
Yeah.
**[23:19] Tadokoro**
It's hot.
**[23:22] Kinjou**
Yeah.
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**[23:29] Tadokoro**
Kinjou, have you gotten tanner?
**[23:32] Kinjou**
You think so?
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