# E6 - Naruko VS Midousuji
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**[00:05] Midousuji**
Shall we race?
**[00:09] Naruko**
M-Midousuji? Kyoto Fushimi's ace?
**[00:13] Midousuji**
Since it's a 600-meter track, how does
a ten-lap, six-kilometer race sound?
**[00:20] Naruko**
Sure. It's my last race.
**[00:22] Naruko**
Give me everything you've got.
**[00:24] Midousuji**
But it wouldn't be fun to just race.
**[00:31] Midousuji**
Why don't we each bet something important?
**[00:35] Mob 1**
That's Naruko, the sprinter from
national champion Sohoku,
**[00:39] Mob 1**
and Kyoto Fushimi's first-year ace Midousuji!
**[00:42] Mob 2**
And they're about to have a sprint showdown?
**[00:44] Mob 3**
Seriously? I can't believe we
get to watch that race here!
**[00:49] Naruko**
If I win the next race,
I'll keep riding as a sprinter.
**[00:53] Naruko**
If I lose...
**[00:56] Naruko**
I'll quit sprinting!
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
**[02:33] Midousuji**
You'll quit sprinting?
***SIGN*** RIDE.06 Naruko VS Midousuji
**[02:38] Midousuji**
You, the sprinter?
**[02:40] Naruko**
Yeah, what do you think?
**[02:42] Naruko**
This race just got really
interesting, didn't it?
**[02:48] Midousuji**
Gross!
**[02:50] Midousuji**
He's serious. This guy must be an idiot.
**[02:53] Midousuji**
He actually bet something important to him.
**[02:55] Midousuji**
But such purity can only
be found in serious races.
**[03:02] Midousuji**
Gross, gross!
**[03:04] Midousuji**
Fine. My heart hasn't beat
this hard in a while.
**[03:09] Midousuji**
This is exactly the kind of
competition I was looking for.
**[03:14] Midousuji**
Mizuta-kun, Yamaguchi-kun...
**[03:20] Midousuji**
If I lose this race, the five of you
can ride in next year's Inter-High.
**[03:28] Midousuji**
I'll put on a yellow jersey and
do everything I can to help
**[03:34] Midousuji**
reigning champions Sohoku for three days.
***SIGN*** Sohoku High
Bicycle Racing Club
**[03:44] Both**
Yes, sir.
**[03:47] Naruko**
He's serious.
**[03:49] Midousuji**
Of course, if that ever happened, my head
would split in two. I couldn't do it.
**[03:57] Midousuji**
So I have to win here.
**[04:01] Naruko**
I heard you were lying in the first aid
tent at the Inter-High for a long time.
**[04:06] Naruko**
Did all that sleep leave you out of shape?
**[04:09] Midousuji**
I was just resting.
**[04:12] Midousuji**
I can't do anything if the vessel
carrying my soul is a wreck.
**[04:17] Midousuji**
Thanks to that, I recovered.
Gradually, I recovered.
**[04:22] Midousuji**
Now, I'm even more flawless than before.
**[04:26] Mob 1**
They're coming around the turn!
**[04:28] Mob 2**
They're passing under the fire hydrant sign!
**[04:30] Mob 1**
Their ten-lap sprint...
**[04:32] Mob 2**
...is starting!
**[04:45] Mob 1**
Kyoto Fushimi's accelerating!
**[04:47] Mob 2**
How can he lean so far forward while dancing?
**[04:49] Mob 2**
He's so fast!
**[04:50] Naruko**
Midousuji!
**[04:51] Mob 2**
But there's a turn coming up!
**[04:54] Mob 1**
If he goes that fast into
the turn, he'll fall!
**[04:57] Naruko**
He won't fall.
**[04:58] Naruko**
He rounds corners with
full-throttle dive banks!
**[05:06] Mob 4**
How can he turn at that speed?
**[05:08] Mob 5**
Sohoku's falling behind!
**[05:11] Naruko**
He's fast. He's first-rate.
**[05:12] Naruko**
But I'm falling behind? Are they joking?
**[05:17] Naruko**
They can't be serious!
**[05:23] Naruko**
You going somewhere?
**[05:24] Naruko**
You seem to be in a hurry.
**[05:26] Naruko**
Are you holding back a poop?
**[05:29] Midousuji**
Sohoku sprinter, are you
talking about yourself?
**[05:33] Midousuji**
You're pedaling as fast as you can.
**[05:36] Mob 1**
Whoa!
**[05:37] Mob 1**
What? They finished two laps
in the time I finished one!
**[05:41] Naruko**
Show me what you've really got!
**[05:44] Midousuji**
No, you.
**[05:46] Daitsubu**
They're so fast.
**[05:47] Kakimoto**
What's wrong with them?
**[05:49] Kakimoto**
Was Naruko holding back when he raced us?
**[05:52] Ishigaki**
They're both pushing each other forward.
**[05:54] Both**
What?
**[05:55] Ishigaki**
Both their ability and competitive spirit.
**[05:58] Daitsubu**
Kyoto Fushimi third-year...
**[06:01] Kakimoto**
...Ishigaki!
**[06:03] Ishigaki**
Will you make your next breakthrough in
this race against Naruko-kun, Midousuji?
**[06:14] Midousuji**
That's right.
**[06:15] Midousuji**
This is exactly the kind of
competition I was looking for.
**[06:21] Mob 2**
Sohoku's pulling ahead!
**[06:23] Naruko**
You're too slow, Turtle-suji.
**[06:26] Midousuji**
That's not something you should
say when you're drenched in sweat,
**[06:29] Midousuji**
you chicken-headed bean!
**[06:32] Midousuji**
Fall!
**[06:33] Naruko**
Shut up!
**[06:34] Midousuji**
Fall!
**[06:35] Naruko**
No, you fall!
**[06:37] Midousuji**
Fall!
**[06:38] Naruko**
Idiot!
**[06:39] Kakimoto**
Second lap!
**[06:49] Daitsubu**
Third lap!
**[06:52] Midousuji**
Fall!
**[06:54] Naruko**
I'm not falling, seaweed!
**[06:56] Mob 2**
They're running into each other...
**[06:58] Mob 3**
As they pass us!
**[06:59] Midousuji**
Fourth lap!
**[07:01] Midousuji**
You want to keep going?
**[07:03] Midousuji**
This race is about to become
so back-breakingly intense,
**[07:07] Midousuji**
you'll wish you'd dropped out now.
**[07:09] Naruko**
Thanks. That's exactly what I'm looking for.
**[07:12] Naruko**
Make it as hard as you can.
**[07:15] Midousuji**
You must be stupid.
**[07:16] Midousuji**
Why'd you scream about seaweed?
**[07:17] Naruko**
That's you.
**[07:19] Naruko**
You're long and drift around everywhere!
**[07:23] Kakimoto**
They're changing positions
as they ride with dizzying speed!
**[07:25] Mob 1**
They've gotten even faster on this lap!
**[07:28] Mob 2**
Will this race be a draw?
**[07:35] Midousuji**
Seaweed!
**[07:36] Naruko**
Watching him ride from behind
sends chills down my spine.
**[07:39] Naruko**
All my hair's standing on end.
**[07:43] Naruko**
He's different from everyone
else I've ridden against.
**[07:48] Naruko**
He has no doubts. He's decisive.
**[07:52] Naruko**
It's like he's carving away everything
unnecessary with a knife or something.
**[07:58] Naruko**
He only rides to move forward!
**[08:03] Naruko**
His style has changed!
**[08:07] Midousuji**
Seaweed!
**[08:09] Naruko**
He's stronger than he was at the Inter-High!
**[08:12] Daitsubu**
Fifth lap!
**[08:17] Midousuji**
You've been speaking less.
**[08:24] Midousuji**
After becoming the champions of the
Inter-High and hugging each other,
**[08:28] Midousuji**
praising each other,
congratulating each other,
**[08:31] Midousuji**
and discussing how important
your friends are...
**[08:34] Midousuji**
Are you sure you didn't forget to practice?
**[08:40] Naruko**
You're right. I may have forgotten.
**[08:49] Mob 1**
Sohoku's Naruko pulled
ahead of him in the turn!
**[08:52] Mob 2**
He's trying to keep Kyoto Fushimi in check!
**[08:56] Naruko**
Keep you in check? I wouldn't do that.
**[08:59] Naruko**
I'm the Sprinter of Naniwa!
**[09:02] Naruko**
I always aim to be flashy!
**[09:04] Naruko**
Playtime is over!
**[09:07] Naruko**
I'm pulling ahead!
**[09:09] Kakimoto**
Sixth lap!
**[09:12] Midousuji**
He jumped ahead. Was that
not as fast as he could go?
**[09:15] Midousuji**
That acceleration's the real thing.
**[09:17] Midousuji**
This technique, this heartbeat,
this wariness, this pressure.
**[09:21] Midousuji**
He's no ordinary chicken-head!
**[09:26] Mob 1**
Kyoto Fushimi's falling behind!
**[09:29] Midousuji**
So he's been observing me until now?
**[09:34] Midousuji**
Me? Observing me?
**[09:37] Midousuji**
He's been appraising me?
**[09:41] Midousuji**
And he jumped ahead because
he thought he could win?
**[09:45] Naruko**
I can win.
**[09:47] Naruko**
You were right. I did forget to practice.
**[09:51] Naruko**
After all, our team had a bear with
a giant attitude and body on it.
**[09:55] Naruko**
Because I was anxious to beat him,
I didn't have a chance to rest!
**[10:00] Naruko**
And partway through, a super-fast
but silent mole popped up, too.
**[10:05] Naruko**
Unfortunately for you, Midousuji,
since the Inter-High,
**[10:10] Naruko**
I've gotten stronger not during practice,
but during actual races!
**[10:14] Naruko**
Sorry. That told me everything
I needed to know.
**[10:17] Naruko**
I'm the faster sprinter.
**[10:20] Naruko**
I'll show you just how fast
the genius Naruko can sprint!
**[10:32] Mob 1**
He's so fast!
**[10:33] Mob 2**
Sohoku's been riding exceptionally
fast since he jumped ahead!
**[10:37] Naruko**
This is how fast the genius Naruko sprints!
**[10:44] Daitsubu**
They're starting their seventh lap.
**[10:46] Daitsubu**
There's four laps to go.
**[10:47] Kakimoto**
Kyoto Fushimi's falling behind.
**[10:51] Mizuta**
If Midousuji-kun loses, only five of
us will ride at next year's Inter-High.
**[10:59] Mizuta**
Anything goes in an unofficial race.
**[11:02] Mizuta**
No one said it had to be one-on-one.
**[11:04] Mizuta**
I'm going to go help Midousuji-kun.
**[11:07] Ishigaki**
You don't need to go, Nobu.
**[11:11] Mizuta**
Are you sure it's okay for you
to call me Nobu, Ishigaki-san?
**[11:16] Mizuta**
Midousuji-kun told us to call each
other by our numbers or use honorifics.
**[11:21] Ishigaki**
It's fine. I retired from the club.
**[11:25] Ishigaki**
I'll call you whatever I want, Nobuyuki.
**[11:28] Mizuta**
What do you mean, we don't
have to go help him?
**[11:32] Ishigaki**
He's been waiting for this moment.
**[11:36] Ishigaki**
For someone as physically and mentally
strong as he is to accept his challenge.
**[11:44] Ishigaki**
He's become too strong. No one
can challenge him anymore.
**[11:50] Ishigaki**
Since the Inter-High ended,
his riding style has changed.
**[11:54] Mizuta**
Really? It looks the same to me.
**[11:57] Ishigaki**
No, he's started carefully considering
and treating each practice and each race.
**[12:05] Ishigaki**
He's always been that way,
but it's like he's honed it.
**[12:08] Ishigaki**
Like he's searching for something.
**[12:11] Ishigaki**
It seemed to me like he was waiting for
something to break him out of his shell.
**[12:16] Ishigaki**
He's the one in control of this race.
**[12:21] Ishigaki**
Just as an insect breaks through its
exoskeleton to become stronger and larger,
**[12:27] Ishigaki**
he's trying to shed his skin, too.
**[12:34] Midousuji**
I wanted competition.
**[12:39] Midousuji**
Win or lose... I can't lose.
**[12:43] Midousuji**
Something important.
**[12:54] Midousuji**
Something that's only born
from this kind of intensity.
**[12:59] Midousuji**
This is the shock I was looking for.
**[13:04] Midousuji**
It's time to fly.
**[13:11] Midousuji**
Just as insects metamorphose and
take flight in search of life
**[13:15] Midousuji**
when an area becomes overpopulated...
**[13:19] Midousuji**
To achieve my next victory...
**[13:25] Midousuji**
I will fly, too!
**[13:32] Mizuta**
A battle cry? Midousuji-kun!
**[13:34] Ishigaki**
Midousuji, is this your next form?
**[13:50] Kakimoto**
Eighth lap!
**[13:52] Daitsubu**
What the hell is that?
**[13:54] Mob 1**
He stretched his back straight forward!
**[13:55] Mob 2**
His form is so strange, but...
**[13:58] Mob 2**
He's fast!
**[14:00] Kakimoto**
He's trying to catch up with
less than 1.8 kilometers to go.
**[14:04] Kakimoto**
But he's almost half a lap behind.
**[14:07] Mob 2**
Can he do that?
**[14:14] Ishigaki**
Midousuji...
**[14:16] Sign**
Kyoto
Fushimi
High
***SIGN*** Bicycle Racing Club
**[14:19] (Flashback) Club 1**
Good work.
**[14:21] (Flashback) Midousuji**
It's no good.
**[14:24] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
What's wrong, Midousuji?
**[14:27] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
I know your time wasn't
good today, but it happens.
**[14:31] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
You rode incredibly at
this year's Inter-High.
**[14:36] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
You're the pride of the team.
**[14:38] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
You don't need to be so hard on yourself.
**[14:42] (Flashback) Midousuji**
It's not a physical burden.
**[14:45] (Flashback) Midousuji**
I can't move onto the next stage like this.
**[14:48] (Flashback) Midousuji**
It's something different.
**[14:51] (Flashback) Midousuji**
Something mental, as well.
**[14:54] (Flashback) Midousuji**
Something back-breaking...
**[14:57] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
You've been wearing those while you practice?
**[15:00] (Flashback) Ishigaki**
Midousuji...
**[15:00] (Flashback) Midousuji**
A race...
**[15:04] Ishigaki**
*He can't hear me.*
**[15:07] (Flashback) Midousuji**
Living creatures only evolve under
truly difficult circumstances.
**[15:15] Ishigaki**
It's fine. Don't look back.
**[15:19] Ishigaki**
Keep chasing after the new form you see.
**[15:31] Naruko**
He's getting closer.
**[15:33] Kakimoto**
Two laps left!
**[15:36] Mob 1**
Sohoku's riding ahead!
**[15:37] Mob 2**
He's going to make it!
**[15:39] Naruko**
It's not my imagination.
**[15:44] Naruko**
He's coming.
**[15:46] Naruko**
Interesting.
**[15:48] Naruko**
I'm impressed, Midousuji.
**[15:50] Naruko**
You still had that much potential left?
**[15:53] Naruko**
But I won't let you catch up!
**[16:00] Naruko**
What is he doing?
**[16:04] Naruko**
He's different. I can feel it.
**[16:07] Naruko**
My fingers are shaking.
**[16:09] Naruko**
What kind of ridiculous pressure is this?
**[16:12] Naruko**
Hey, wait! I'm not letting you catch me!
**[16:16] Naruko**
I'm the fastest, flashiest man on the track!
**[16:18] Naruko**
The Speedman of Naniwa, Naruko Shoukichi!
**[16:24] Naruko**
No way!
**[16:26] Naruko**
What kind of crazy form is that?
I've never seen anything like it.
**[16:29] Naruko**
Has he been...
**[16:34] Midousuji**
Oh, you're behind me now, bean?
**[16:40] Midousuji**
I'm facing downwards, so I didn't notice.
**[16:45] Midousuji**
That's not good. I can't go
fast unless I face forward.
**[16:50] Kakimoto**
One more lap!
**[16:52] Mob 1**
Kyoto Fushimi's ahead of Sohoku!
**[16:56] Midousuji**
You seem desperate, bean.
**[16:59] Midousuji**
But I can see it.
**[17:02] Midousuji**
I can see myself raising my hands in victory!
**[17:08] Naruko**
Crap!
**[17:10] Naruko**
My nose is bleeding.
**[17:12] Daitsubu**
Naruko...
**[17:14] Kakimoto**
Honestly, I want Naruko to win.
**[17:18] Kakimoto**
The way he stretched for the
finish line was the real deal.
**[17:22] Daitsubu**
Me, too. He's a pure sprinter.
**[17:25] Daitsubu**
And the third time's the charm.
**[17:31] Daitsubu**
Naruko, you can do it!
**[17:38] Naruko**
What is this? I was supposed
to pull ahead and win.
**[17:42] Naruko**
But he caught up.
**[17:44] Naruko**
He caught up and passed me.
**[17:47] Naruko**
Why is Idiot-suji riding so far ahead of me?
**[17:51] Naruko**
I'm the one who knows this track!
**[17:54] Naruko**
I'm the genius sprinter of Naniwa!
**[17:56] Naruko**
I...
**[18:01] Naruko**
...always win, no matter the circumstances!
**[18:08] Naruko**
Road races are make-or-break!
**[18:10] Naruko**
You only get one shot!
**[18:13] Naruko**
The are two possible results: win or lose.
**[18:16] Naruko**
I'll give everything I've got
and put my life on the line!
**[18:20] Naruko**
I'll bet everything and put it all out there!
**[18:24] Naruko**
Win or lose...
**[18:26] Naruko**
That's why I'm on fire!
**[18:29] Daitsubu**
He caught up on the straight!
**[18:31] Naruko**
He's fast. We're going so fast,
my nose is bleeding.
**[18:34] Naruko**
Honestly, my heart and muscles are screaming.
**[18:38] Naruko**
He's evolved during this race.
**[18:42] Naruko**
Right here. Unbelievably!
**[18:44] Naruko**
But so what? I'll win!
**[18:48] Naruko**
I'll do everything I can and win!
**[18:52] Mob 1**
He threw away his water bottle!
**[18:54] Kakimoto**
He's making himself lighter for the sprint!
**[18:58] Daitsubu**
He zipped up his jersey to
reduce his wind resistance!
**[19:04] Mizuta**
He even threw away his saddle!
**[19:07] Naruko**
I will win!
**[19:08] Daitsubu**
He's made himself as light as possible!
**[19:10] Kakimoto**
I don't believe it.
**[19:11] Kakimoto**
He's determined to win.
**[19:14] Naruko**
I'm Naruko Shoukichi!
**[19:18] Daitsubu**
They're entering the last turn!
**[19:20] Naruko**
When will I go, if not now?
**[19:23] Kakimoto**
One hundred and twenty meters left!
**[19:27] (Flashback) Naruko**
If I lose, I'll quit sprinting.
**[19:30] Naruko**
I can't quit! Sprinting is my way of life!
**[19:34] Naruko**
My pride!
**[19:37] Midousuji**
Bean, bean...
**[19:40] Midousuji**
You're not a bean.
**[19:42] Midousuji**
You're a chicken-headed turtle.
**[19:56] Midousuji**
I did it.
**[19:57] Midousuji**
If I lost here, no matter
how cutting-edge the change,
**[19:59] Midousuji**
it couldn't be called an evolution.
**[20:04] Midousuji**
But I won. I am victorious.
**[20:07] Midousuji**
I did it.
**[20:10] Midousuji**
I achieved my next form.
**[20:17] Naruko**
In my hometown of Osaka,
on a track I've ridden to death,
**[20:24] Naruko**
I gave everything I had until
my nose bled, and I lost.
**[20:30] Naruko**
Damn it!
**[20:33] Naruko**
I'm always the loser!
**[20:35] Naruko**
Idiot! Moron! I wish I could die!
**[20:39] Kakimoto**
Naruko...
**[20:40] Daitsubu**
Don't.
**[20:43] Midousuji**
Aren't you going to quit, sprinter?
**[20:46] Midousuji**
That's what you said before we started.
**[20:50] Naruko**
Yeah, I'll quit.
**[20:53] Naruko**
A man never goes back on his word.
**[21:01] Midousuji**
Sohoku has lost one of its feathers.
**[21:05] Midousuji**
And they just became champions, too.
**[21:08] Ishigaki**
Naruko-kun might come back to race again.
**[21:14] Midousuji**
What? What does that mean?
**[21:18] Ishigaki**
Midousuji...
**[21:20] Ishigaki**
Frustration makes people stronger.
***SIGN*** Ishigaki Koutarou (9 Years Old)
**[23:21] Ishigaki**
There it is.
**[23:24] Ishigaki**
Patience, patience.
**[23:29] Midousuji**
Gross!
**[23:33] Ishigaki**
Was that you?
**[23:35] Midousuji**
What?
***SIGN*** NEXT RIDE The Last Meet
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