# E5 - 3 Seconds Less
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**[00:01] Kuroda**
Go, Takuto.
**[00:03] Kuroda**
You carried such anguish and pain,
such hopes to make it this far.
**[00:09] Ashikiba**
I'm racing to repay all the people
**[00:13] Ashikiba**
who called me the ace!
**[00:18] Fan I**
He's huge!
**[00:20] Fan J**
He's fast!
**[00:22] Ashikiba**
I am strong!
**[00:24] Ashikiba**
I'm catching up!
**[00:26] Ashikiba**
I'm catching up to the guys in front!
**[00:30] Kuroda**
Switch with me, Takuto!
**[00:33] Fan K**
Hakone Academy's Kuroda moved to the front!
**[00:35] Fan**
Go, Kuroda!
**[00:38] Kuroda**
I'll show you how I pull!
**[00:40] Kuroda**
This is Hakone Academy's final effort!
**[00:42] Kuroda**
Bend, Cat Legs!
**[00:46] Fan S**
The leaders have crossed the 400 meter line!
**[00:50] Fan T**
Sohoku's Naruko is in front!
**[00:52] Midousuji**
He refuses to let me have it.
**[00:57] Midousuji**
Then I don't have a choice.
**[01:00] Midousuji**
I'll have to fly before the finish line!
**[01:05] Fan T**
The others have crossed the 400-meter line!
**[01:08] Fan U**
Go, Hakone Academy!
**[01:11] Kuroda**
We're chasing as fast as we can,
but they're going at top speed, too.
**[01:15] Kuroda**
It's not that easy to close this gap.
**[01:17] Kuroda**
But! But!
**[01:20] Kuroda**
It's not easy, but...
**[01:23] Kuroda**
There's nothing I can't do!
**[01:34] Fan V**
Just 300 meters remaining!
**[01:35] Fan V**
They're closing the gap!
**[01:37] Fan W**
Will they stay ahead? Will they catch up?
**[01:39] Midousuji**
I already said they can't catch up.
**[01:43] Midousuji**
Actually, if the course were straight,
they might have.
**[01:54] Midousuji**
But there's a difficult corner leading
the course from National Route 120
**[02:02] Midousuji**
to the first day's finish line
at the large parking lot.
**[02:05] Midousuji**
Two of them.
**[02:10] Naruko**
I'm entering the corner first!
**[02:13] Naruko**
I can see it.
**[02:15] Naruko**
It's the finish line gate!
**[02:19] Midousuji**
Time to fly.
**[02:23] Midousuji**
When insects have oversaturated an area...
**[02:32] Midousuji**
They metamorphosize wings,
so they can fly to new locations!
**[02:40] Naruko**
We're in the middle of a corner, Midousuji!
**[02:43] Naruko**
You're going to do that here?
**[02:46] Ashikiba**
They entered the corner ahead of us!
**[02:48] Kuroda**
Shut up and follow me, Takuto!
**[02:51] Kuroda**
I'm glad there are two corners
before the finish line.
**[02:57] Kuroda**
Takuto! You were right!
**[03:00] Kuroda**
Hakone Academy has nothing left to lose!
**[03:04] Kuroda**
We're charging in at full speed!
**[03:06] Ashikiba**
Yeah!
**[03:08] Kuroda**
I'll show you...
**[03:10] Kuroda**
My super-close cornering!
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
**[04:45] Fan 1**
The two leaders are rounding the corner!
***SIGN*** LINE.05 3 Seconds Less
**[04:48] Fan**
Kyoto Fushimi!
**[04:49] Fan**
Sohoku!
**[04:50] Fan 2**
There are 250 meters to the finish line!
**[04:52] Fan 3**
Sohoku's Naruko is cornering so sharply!
**[04:57] Fan 4**
He just hit the wall!
**[04:58] Fan 4**
He's standing and pedaling as hard as he can!
**[05:00] Fan 7**
His form is beautiful!
**[05:02] Fan 8**
Kyoto Fushimi's right behind him!
**[05:05] Fan 9**
What is that?
**[05:07] Fan 9**
His back is perfectly straight!
**[05:21] Fan 12**
Huh?
**[05:23] Fan 12**
On his back...
**[05:25] Fan 13**
He had insect-like wings!
**[05:34] Fan 14**
They're neck and neck!
**[05:36] Fan 15**
He's so fast!
**[05:40] Naruko**
It's his "Flying Ride!"
**[05:42] Naruko**
This is really fast.
**[05:46] Naruko**
I know it well.
**[05:49] Naruko**
It made my nose bleed!
**[05:53] Naruko**
It's fast, but...
**[05:56] Naruko**
The same situation, the same opponent...
**[06:00] Naruko**
And now we're at the
Inter-High's finish line.
**[06:02] Naruko**
If I lose now, I'm not a real man!
**[06:06] Naruko**
I'm the flashiest man in Naniwa,
Naruko Shoukichi!
**[06:12] Fan 16**
Sohoku moved ahead!
**[06:13] Fan 16**
He's riding on determination!
**[06:19] Fan 17**
Kyoto Fushimi's keeping up!
**[06:21] Midousuji**
Where are you going, Naruko?
**[06:24] Midousuji**
Naru-Naru-Naru-Naruko!
**[06:28] Midousuji**
Do you have another special
technique to use? Buzz.
**[06:32] Naruko**
Sorry, but no.
**[06:35] Nuarko**
But I've trained.
**[06:37] Naruko**
Ever since I lost to you, I've trained!
**[06:40] Naruko**
For this day, I honed my body!
**[06:47] Naruko**
The finish line sprint I'm about
to show you is common enough.
**[06:52] Midousuji**
Buzz, buzz...
**[06:54] Naruko**
Sway your bike, put your weight on it,
and give everything you've got.
**[06:59] Naruko**
There's nothing special about it.
**[07:02] Midousuji**
Buzz...
**[07:03] Naruko**
But!
**[07:04] Naruko**
It's the sprint being done by this body,
which I've honed to perfection!
**[07:09] Midousuji**
Buzz!
**[07:11] Naruko**
Watch closely.
**[07:13] Naruko**
In the second half of this finish line sprint,
I'll get even faster...
**[07:18] Naruko**
Like a roller coaster!
**[07:20] Midousuji**
Huh?
**[07:23] Midousuji**
So you do have one! Buzz!
**[07:26] Fan 18**
The two leaders are
entering the final corner!
**[07:29] Fan 19**
One they clear this...
**[07:32] Fan 19**
It's the finish line!
**[07:34] Naruko**
One hundred and fifty meters left!
**[07:43] Fan A**
Hakone Academy's cornering is crazy!
**[07:46] Fan B**
His shoulder scraped against the wall!
**[07:48] Fan C**
Huh? Blood?
**[07:51] Kuroda**
We shaved off half a second on that corner!
**[07:55] Kuroda**
My shoulder's cut and bleeding?
**[07:57] Kuroda**
That doesn't matter!
**[07:59] Kuroda**
I'll catch up!
**[08:01] Kuroda**
I'll catch up to them!
**[08:03] Kuroda**
I have to!
**[08:05] Kuroda**
I'll shave off half a second
on the next corner!
**[08:09] Kuroda**
No, more! I can do it!
**[08:13] Ashikiba**
Yuki-chan...
**[08:15] Ashikiba**
I know how you're feeling.
**[08:19] Ashikiba**
It's giving me chills.
**[08:21] Ashikiba**
I'm about to cry.
**[08:23] Ashikiba**
But I won't!
**[08:28] Ashikiba**
Because I'm wearing #1!
**[08:32] Ashikiba**
I am strong!
**[08:35] Kuroda**
Takuto! Once we're out of
the final corner, move up!
**[08:38] Kuroda**
We'll shave off two seconds!
**[08:40] Kuroda**
Then I'll push your back
to shave off one more!
**[08:45] Kuroda**
The rest is up to you.
**[08:49] Kuroda**
The deliveryman's job ends there.
**[08:52] Kuroda**
Don't look back, Takuto.
**[09:00] Fan**
The others have entered the final corner!
**[09:04] Fan**
They're charging in at that speed?
**[09:07] Kuroda**
We'll do it! I know we can!
**[09:10] Kuroda**
We have to shave off three
seconds to catch up!
**[09:15] Fan**
His shoulder's hitting the wall!
**[09:18] Kuroda**
More...
**[09:20] Kuroda**
More!
**[09:22] Kuroda**
You can shave off more...
**[09:25] Kuroda**
Kuroda Yukinari!
**[09:32] Kuroda**
Don't go wild!
**[09:33] Kuroda**
We're almost there.
**[09:35] Kuroda**
One second!
**[09:38] Fan**
His helmet's hitting the wall!
**[09:40] Kuroda**
Two seconds!
**[09:44] Imaizumi**
Crap!
**[09:46] Imaizumi**
Before I could think,
my body reacted instinctively.
**[09:52] Imaizumi**
If we keep moving as a group,
we'll be in danger.
**[09:58] Kuroda**
Now! Go, Takuto!
**[10:04] Kuroda**
Take the last second with you, Takuto!
**[10:12] Kuroda**
Three seconds!
**[10:14] Kuroda**
Shake them off!
**[10:17] Fan**
Hakone Academy's ace is going!
**[10:27] Fan**
He fell!
**[10:34] Kuroda**
I did it.
**[10:37] Kuroda**
Now go, Takuto.
**[10:45] Kuroda**
Don't look back.
**[10:47] Ashikiba**
I'd never look back, Yuki-chan.
**[10:51] Ashikiba**
You... You pushed my back.
**[10:55] Ashikiba**
And I... I know what I have to do!
**[11:02] Fan**
It's 100 meters to the finish line!
**[11:04] Fan**
Hakone Academy caught up to the
front in the eleventh hour!
**[11:09] Midousuji**
Caught up?
**[11:10] Midousuji**
You seem desperate, Wobbly Academy.
**[11:13] Midousuji**
Wobbly caught up?
**[11:16] Midousuji**
Watch closely, you blind fans.
**[11:20] Midousuji**
He's still three meters behind!
**[11:24] Fan**
There's 80 meters left!
**[11:26] Ashikiba**
I will...
**[11:29] Ashikiba**
Wobbly!
**[11:31] Ashikiba**
...stay ahead and win!
**[11:34] Naruko**
Hakone Academy? There's more of them.
**[11:38] Naruko**
More fans behind me to watch
just how amazing I am!
**[11:46] Fan**
Sohoku's accelerating!
**[11:48] Fan**
What a sprint!
**[11:50] Fan**
There's 70 meters left!
**[11:52] Naruko**
I can see the finish line!
**[11:54] Naruko**
Here I come!
**[11:55] Naruko**
I call it the Naruko Special
Roller Coaster Sprint!
**[12:03] Fan**
He's fast!
**[12:04] Fan**
He's accelerating like a roller coaster!
**[12:07] Naruko**
I'll definitely win!
**[12:10] Ashikiba**
Midousuji... Naruko...
**[12:14] Ashikiba**
I've never lost a sprint from here.
**[12:23] Fan**
They're all sprinting for the finish!
**[12:25] Fan**
There's 60 meters left!
**[12:35] Fan**
Go, Kyoto Fushimi!
**[12:37] Fan**
Sohoku!
**[12:38] Fan**
Hakone Academy!
**[12:40] Fan 20**
There's 60 meters to the finish line!
***SIGN*** Hakone Academy
**[12:48] Hakogaku**
Ashikiba-san!
**[12:51] Sign**
Kyoto Fushimi
**[12:51] Kyofushi**
Midousuji-san!
***SIGN*** Sohoku
**[12:54] Sadatoki**
Naruko-san!
**[12:57] Naruko**
Let me reach the finish line!
**[13:03] Fan 21**
Kyoto Fushimi, Sohoku, and
Hakone Academy are all-out sprinting!
**[13:08] Fan 22**
The finish line's gate is
right before their eyes!
**[13:12] Midousuji**
Guh-ross!
**[13:16] Midousuji**
Mine!
**[13:18] Midousuji**
Mine, mine, mine, mine!
**[13:22] Midousuji**
Move, move, move, move!
**[13:26] Midousuji**
Mine!
**[13:28] Midousuji**
You pests!
**[13:31] Midousuji**
Mine!
**[13:34] Midousuji**
I want only victory!
**[13:41] Fan 23**
#111 is so gross!
**[13:44] Fan 23**
No way!
**[13:45] Midousuji**
I don't need anything else!
**[13:48] Midousuji**
Mine!
**[13:52] Naruko**
Win!
**[13:53] Naruko**
I'll win!
**[13:55] Naruko**
Win, win, win, win!
**[14:03] Naruko**
I crawled back up from the
ground for this very moment!
**[14:17] Naruko**
I threw away what was most important
to me and made it this far!
**[14:27] Naruko**
My arms are numb?
**[14:29] Naruko**
My muscles are screaming?
**[14:32] Naruko**
So what?
**[14:34] Naruko**
I'll roll them up...
**[14:36] Naruko**
...like takoyaki and eat them!
**[14:40] Naruko**
Watch this, fans!
**[14:43] Naruko**
Onoda-kun!
**[14:44] Naruko**
You, too, hotshot!
**[14:47] Naruko**
This is how a flashy man lives!
**[14:52] Fan 24**
Sohoku caught up to Kyoto Fushimi!
**[14:55] Midousuji**
Mine?
**[14:58] Naruko**
I told you!
**[15:00] Naruko**
It gets faster in the second half!
**[15:03] Midousuji**
Roller mine?
**[15:05] Fan 25**
Thirty meters left!
**[15:07] Fan 26**
So fast!
**[15:08] Fan 27**
How fast are they going?
**[15:11] Ashikiba**
I'll win it, Yuki-chan!
**[15:15] Hakogaku 1**
Third? He just barely can't catch up?
**[15:18] Hakogaku 2**
Ashikiba-san, after them!
**[15:22] Ashikiba**
I should be exhausted, but my body
**[15:27] Ashikiba**
is full of strength!
**[15:31] Ashikiba**
We have nothing left to lose!
**[15:35] Ashikiba**
I am strong.
**[15:37] Ashikiba**
I am strong.
**[15:39] Ashikiba**
I am strong!
**[15:41] Ashikiba**
I am strong!
**[15:43] Ashikiba**
I am strong!
**[15:46] Fan 28**
Hakone Academy's ace's sprint is amazing!
**[15:49] Fan 29**
His huge body is accelerating rapidly!
**[15:52] Fan 30**
Hakone Academy's catching up!
**[15:54] Fan 31**
He's nearly caught them!
**[15:56] Ashikiba**
I am strong!
**[15:58] Naruko**
Win!
**[16:00] Midousuji**
Mine!
**[16:04] Sugimoto**
Excuse me!
**[16:06] Koga**
Let us through!
**[16:08] Koga**
What's going on?
**[16:10] Sugimoto**
There are three of them, neck and neck!
**[16:25] Fan 32**
The finish line!
**[16:27] Fan 33**
There are 20 meters left!
**[16:29] Hakogaku 3**
Ashikiba-san!
**[16:31] Hakogaku 4**
Pedal!
**[16:37] Fan 33**
Now 10 meters!
**[16:38] Kyofushi 1**
Midousuji-san!
**[16:40] Kyofushi 2**
Go!
**[16:42] Midousuji**
Mine!
**[16:45] Sadatoki**
Naruko-san!
**[16:49] Sadatoki**
Fight!
**[16:56] Imaizumi**
Take it, Naruko!
**[16:59] Naruko**
Win!
**[17:01] Sadatoki**
Go!
**[17:08] Midousuji**
Victory!
**[17:11] Ashikiba**
I am strong!
**[18:11] Midousuji**
Victory!
**[18:14] Naruko**
Win!
**[18:16] Ashikiba**
I am strong!
**[18:37] Announcer**
The finish line of the
first day of the Inter-High...
**[18:49] Announcer**
...is claimed by Hakone
Academy's Ashikiba Takuto!
**[19:20] Fan 34**
He barely won!
**[19:21] Fan 35**
Hakone Academy is amazing!
**[19:23] Hakogaku 3**
There it is!
**[19:25] Hakogaku 3**
He's raising both of his arms in victory!
**[19:27] Hakogaku 4**
The strongest wings ever,
which signal Hakone Academy's supremacy!
**[19:31] Announcer**
In second place...
**[19:34] Naruko**
What an idiot. Second place...
**[19:40] Midousuji**
...is meaningless.
***SIGN*** Headquarters
**[19:48] Staff 1**
This is...
**[19:49] Staff 1**
I've never seen this before.
**[19:51] Staff 2**
This year's race might be
as wild as last year's.
***SIGN*** Place
***SIGN*** Rider
***SIGN*** Ashikiba Takuto
**[19:57] Announcer**
Second place is a tie!
**[19:59] Announcer**
Chiba Sohoku's Naruko Shoukichi and
Kyoto Fushimi's Midousuji Akira!
**[20:05] Sadatoki**
Naruko-san!
**[20:08] Sugimoto**
Naruko!
**[20:09] Naruko**
Damn, damn, damn!
**[20:16] Naruko**
Damn it!
**[20:19] Naruko**
I'm an idiot! An idiot!
**[20:24] Naruko**
Damn it!
**[20:25] Sugimoto**
In one of the Inter-High's
three battles for the finish line,
**[20:29] Sugimoto**
he finished a close second.
**[20:31] Sugimoto**
I can't imagine how frustrating that is.
**[20:35] Announcer**
In fourth place is Chiba Sohoku's
Imaizumi Shunsuke.
**[20:41] Imaizumi**
Naruko.
**[20:45] Kyofushi 2**
G-Good work.
**[21:00] Midousuji**
Mine!
**[21:05] Staff 3**
Hey, are you okay?
**[21:06] Staff 3**
Hey, you! Hey!
**[21:09] Kuroda**
You did it, Takuto.
**[21:13] Announcer**
The winner is Hakone Academy's #11,
third-year and ace Ashikiba Takuto!
**[21:21] Hakogaku**
Good job!
**[21:23] Hakogaku**
Good job!
**[23:04] Ashikiba**
Good morning, Yuki-chan.
**[23:06] Kuroda**
Hey. Morning.
**[23:31] Ashikiba**
Jun-chan...
**[23:32] Kuroda**
Huh?
***SIGN*** NEXT LINE Sohoku Shaken
**[23:38] Kuroda**
What?
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***SIGN*** Mura