# E8 - Teshima's Orders
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***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
***SIGN*** Teshima's Orders
**[01:32] Naruko**
What do you mean, Onoda won't be
our mountain ace on the third day?
**[01:38] (Flashback) Naruko**
Onoda-kun is last year's champion!
**[01:40] (Flashback) Naruko**
He beat Manami in the mountains
at the end of that race.
**[01:44] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
I can't accept this decision, either.
**[01:46] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
I'd understand if Onoda wasn't doing well.
**[01:49] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
But he's fine.
**[01:51] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
I made sure he'd be in peak
condition during the Inter-High.
**[01:55] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
Yeah, I appreciate it.
**[01:58] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
I'm doing better than ever.
**[02:01] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
But if that's the decision Teshima-san
made after giving it a lot of thought,
**[02:05] (Flashback) Sakamichi**
then I'll accept those orders.
**[02:07] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
Onoda...
**[02:09] (Flashback) Teshima**
I'm having you step down
**[02:11] (Flashback) Teshima**
because I expect we'll face circumstances
that will force you to anyway.
**[02:17] (Flashback) Teshima**
By the time we enter the final
mountains on the third day,
**[02:21] (Flashback) Teshima**
Hakone Academy will be well-prepared.
**[02:24] (Flashback) Teshima**
And it'll probably be Manami
who gives us the most trouble.
**[02:30] (Flashback) Teshima**
He was Hakone Academy's
first ever first-year regular
**[02:34] (Flashback) Teshima**
and a finalist at last year's Inter-High.
**[02:36] (Flashback) Teshima**
Rumor is he's even stronger this year.
**[02:40] (Flashback) Teshima**
Manami will be launched from
their rock-solid position
**[02:43] (Flashback) Teshima**
and race straight to the finish line.
**[02:47] (Flashback) Teshima**
That's the worst possible
scenario I can think of.
**[02:51] Sakamichi**
*Manami-kun...*
**[02:53] Sakamichi**
* Can I beat Manami-kun now*
* that he's even stronger?*
**[02:57] Sakamichi**
*I...*
**[03:00] Sakamichi**
*There's a road leading to the finish line.*
**[03:03] Sakamichi**
*A slope climbing up into the sky.*
**[03:05] Sakamichi**
*There's no telling what will happen there.*
**[03:08] Sakamichi**
*Everyone rides as hard as they can*
**[03:11] Sakamichi**
* toward a totally undecided*
* blank slate of a future.*
**[03:16] Sakamichi**
* If I got to race against a stronger*
* Manami-kun and was able to keep up, then I...*
**[03:24] Sakamichi**
*I would be really happy.*
**[03:27] (Flashback) Teshima**
For Sohoku,
**[03:29] (Flashback) Teshima**
it's best for us to take down Manami early.
**[03:32] Naruko**
*Take him down...*
**[03:33] Imaizumi**
*...early.*
**[03:34] (Flashback) Teshima**
We'll make the first attack once
we enter the final mountains.
**[03:38] (Flashback) Teshima**
When we catch up to them,
we'll send one attacker.
**[03:43] (Flashback) Teshima**
They'll send someone after him.
**[03:45] (Flashback) Teshima**
We'll pull him at full speed, keep him
in check, and exhaust his legs.
**[03:51] (Flashback) Teshima**
But the third day's mountains are long.
**[03:54] (Flashback) Teshima**
Whoever makes the first attack will
become exhausted before the end,
**[03:57] (Flashback) Teshima**
be passed by the team,
**[03:59] (Flashback) Teshima**
and stop pedaling because he doesn't have
the stamina to even reach the finish line.
**[04:04] (Flashback) Teshima**
One of us will drop out of the race and
take one of our opponents down with him.
**[04:07] (Flashback) Teshima**
That will be our first
attack in the mountains.
**[04:10] Sakamichi**
*Drop out...*
**[04:11] (Flashback) Teshima**
The only person who can lure Manami
and take him down is you, Onoda.
**[04:20] (Flashback) Teshima**
Tomorrow, if what I'm expecting happens...
**[04:25] Teshima**
*Can you do it, Onoda?*
**[04:27] Sakamichi**
*Yes, sir!*
**[04:28] Teshima**
It's the race official's car.
**[04:29] Teshima**
The lead pack must be close.
**[04:31] Imaizumi**
Let's swap, Naruko.
**[04:32] Naruko**
Go get 'em, hotshot.
**[04:33] Imaizumi**
You don't have to tell me twice.
**[04:40] Teshima**
Let's swap, Imaizumi.
**[04:42] Imaizumi**
Yes, sir.
**[04:42] Teshima**
I can't be the only one not
pulling when I'm making the
**[04:46] Teshima**
second-years pull and asked
Onoda drop out of the race.
**[04:49] Teshima**
Show yourselves, Hakone Academy.
**[04:51] Teshima**
Let me see you around this corner.
**[04:55] Teshima**
Show yourselves, Hakone Academy!
**[05:05] Teshima**
I see them.
**[05:07] Kuroda**
Sohoku's here?
**[05:09] Teshima**
We've come crawling back up from
the depths of despair, Kuroda.
**[05:13] Ashikiba**
Jun-chan...
**[05:15] Teshima**
It's just as I expected.
**[05:16] Teshima**
Onoda, save your strength
for our first attack.
**[05:20] Sakamichi**
Yes, sir.
**[05:21] Teshima**
Naruko, Imaizumi...
**[05:22] Imaizumi**
Yes, sir.
**[05:23] Naruko**
Yes, sir.
**[05:24] Teshima**
Thank you.
**[05:27] Teshima**
I would've stopped pedaling
if not for your hope.
**[05:31] Teshima**
I'll bring us next to Hakone Academy.
**[05:33] Teshima**
I'll pull at full speed.
**[05:36] Teshima**
I'm sorry.
**[05:37] Teshima**
After that, it'll be up to you
three to reach the finish line.
**[05:44] Makishima**
You think they're starting the
race for the finish line about now?
**[05:48] Kinjou**
Yeah.
***SIGN*** Tadokoro Bread
**[05:49] Makishima**
At 1,700 meters, it's cool
even during the summer.
**[05:54] Kinjou**
Yeah.
**[05:55] Makishima**
By the way, Kinjou...
**[05:57] Makishima**
You think Teshima Junta, the man
you appointed Captain of Sohoku,
**[06:02] Makishima**
will make it up here?
**[06:07] Makishima**
Through the hot spring town of Kusatsu and
**[06:09] Makishima**
the endlessly zig-zagging road,
all the way up here...
**[06:16] Kinjou**
Will Teshima make it, huh?
**[06:18] Tadokoro**
He will.
**[06:20] Tadokoro**
I trained Teshima and Aoyagi.
**[06:23] Tadokoro**
They've got more guts than anyone.
**[06:29] Tadokoro**
That's what I hope, anyway.
**[06:32] Tadokoro**
It'll probably be tough, though.
**[06:35] Makishima**
Yeah.
**[06:36] Tadokoro**
He's got guts, but his legs are average.
**[06:40] Kinjou**
Unfortunately, Tadokoro's right.
**[06:43] Makishima**
You need something exceptional
to survive at the Inter-High,
**[06:48] Makishima**
and Teshima lacks that.
**[06:50] Makishima**
Then why'd you choose Teshima to be captain
**[06:55] Makishima**
if he's an average guy
who can't make it up here?
**[06:59] Makishima**
I know he's injured,
**[07:01] Makishima**
but you could've made Koga captain instead.
**[07:04] Makishima**
He might've made it up here.
**[07:07] Kinjou**
It's true that Teshima is weak and ordinary.
**[07:10] Kinjou**
He often said so himself.
**[07:12] Kinjou**
"I'm at the bottom. I'm a low-level player."
**[07:17] Kinjou**
But Teshima continued
working hard regardless.
**[07:20] Kinjou**
He used every minute and
every second carefully
**[07:23] Kinjou**
and struggled to climb higher many times.
**[07:26] Kinjou**
Last year, by reeling in a thin
thread of hope, Sohoku won.
**[07:31] Kinjou**
We reached the top.
**[07:34] Kinjou**
But those who achieve the
highest result in competition
**[07:38] Kinjou**
always pay for it in the form of stagnation.
**[07:43] Kinjou**
The satisfaction of reaching the highest
level diffuses the winner's tension.
**[07:48] Kinjou**
He becomes weak and uncertain
about which way to proceed.
**[07:52] Kinjou**
Sohoku won. What the new generation
needs now more than anything else
**[07:57] Kinjou**
is the strength to push even farther.
**[08:02] Kinjou**
The mental strength to keep putting
**[08:04] Kinjou**
one foot in front of the other
no matter the circumstances.
**[08:07] Kinjou**
A powerful heart that never
loses sight of its goals.
**[08:10] Kinjou**
And he had that in spades.
**[08:13] Kinjou**
That's why I chose him.
**[08:15] Kinjou**
There are sights that can
only be seen from the bottom.
**[08:19] Kinjou**
The hunger to break through stalemates
and shatter preconceptions.
**[08:25] Makishima**
Yeah.
**[08:26] Kinjou**
And the efforts of an ordinary man
**[08:29] Kinjou**
become a vibration that resonates
through the other players.
**[08:33] Kinjou**
It becomes the strength
that pushes them forward.
**[08:38] Makishima**
Kinjou, wouldn't that be the
special something you mentioned
**[08:42] Makishima**
that everyone needs to
survive until this point?
**[08:52] Teshima**
Come on, body. Don't start screaming now.
**[08:57] Teshima**
Fight, Junta.
**[08:58] Teshima**
This is your last Inter-High!
**[09:02] Imaizumi**
We're catching up to Hakone Academy.
**[09:04] Sakamichi**
Teshima-san...
**[09:07] Naruko**
Hey, what'd you mean when you
said the rest is up to us?
**[09:11] Naruko**
It'd be better for us
to take turns pulling—
**[09:13] Teshima**
Rest for now. You'll need your strength.
**[09:17] Teshima**
That's an order.
**[09:18] Teshima**
Naruko, Imaizumi...
**[09:21] Teshima**
Our opponents have an advantage
from Izumida pulling.
**[09:25] Teshima**
If our whole team is
exhausted when we catch up,
**[09:28] Teshima**
we'll be beaten by an immediate attack.
**[09:30] Teshima**
One of us has to pull for the team.
**[09:34] Teshima**
And it has to be me.
**[09:37] Teshima**
So, heart, keep on pumping until then.
**[09:52] Yuuto**
What's with this guy?
**[09:59] Imaizumi**
Incredible. He's...
**[10:02] Naruko**
Crap. What is this?
**[10:04] Naruko**
My hands are startin' to shake.
**[10:06] Sakamichi**
I can feel Teshima-san's
passionate vibrations
**[10:10] Sakamichi**
from his determination to
move forward no matter what.
**[10:13] Yuuto**
Kuroda-san, I'm not sure what's going on,
but they've nearly caught up.
**[10:18] Kuroda**
Yuuto, the two of us will pull together.
**[10:21] Yuuto**
Yes, sir.
**[10:23] Ashikiba**
Yuki-chan, can I make
just one selfish demand?
**[10:28] Ashikiba**
Let me pull.
**[10:29] Kuroda**
Takuto...
**[10:31] Ashikiba**
I was trying to stay calm, but after
seeing Jun-chan ride like that,
**[10:36] Ashikiba**
I can't contain it anymore.
**[10:41] Ashikiba**
Let's race, Jun-chan.
**[10:43] Teshima**
Shikiba...
**[10:45] Ashikiba**
Your vibrations are reaching me.
**[10:48] Ashikiba**
The classical music has already
begun playing in my head.
**[10:53] Ashikiba**
It's cliché, but it's the Ninth.
**[10:55] Imaizumi**
Ashikiba-san...
**[10:57] Naruko**
...stood up!
**[10:58] Sakamichi**
He's moving up!
**[11:00] Teshima**
He's three meters ahead.
**[11:03] Teshima**
Is he challenging me to a race?
**[11:05] Teshima**
Seriously?
**[11:07] Teshima**
I'm trying to complete
my last job for the team
**[11:11] Teshima**
by bringing them next to Hakone Academy.
**[11:17] Ashikiba**
That's it, Jun-chan!
**[11:19] Ashikiba**
That's the vibration!
**[11:20] Ashikiba**
Let's race!
**[11:22] Teshima**
What situation do you see that makes
you say that, Ashikiba?
**[11:26] Imaizumi**
Situation?
**[11:28] Imaizumi**
We're currently trying to
catch up to Hakone Academy.
**[11:32] Imaizumi**
Things are going as we expected.
**[11:33] Imaizumi**
The one difference is that their ace,
Ashikiba-san, is trying to pull ahead.
**[11:39] Imaizumi**
What will Hakone Academy do?
**[11:41] Imaizumi**
They probably weren't expecting
Ashikiba-san to jump ahead here.
**[11:46] Imaizumi**
If their ace leaves their team now,
**[11:49] Imaizumi**
the race after this point
will change dramatically.
**[11:52] Imaizumi**
And this situation was brought about by him.
**[11:56] Imaizumi**
Which means...
**[12:03] Teshima**
What are you doing, Imaizumi?
**[12:05] Imaizumi**
Do you still have the will
and strength left to fight?
**[12:08] Teshima**
What?
**[12:09] Imaizumi**
Conserve your strength in the
back as much as possible.
**[12:12] Imaizumi**
And prepare yourself for the
biggest moment of this Inter-High.
**[12:17] Teshima**
Prepare myself?
**[12:18] Imaizumi**
Hakone Academy is attacking.
**[12:21] Teshima**
They're attacking first?
**[12:24] Naruko**
I agree with hotshot.
**[12:26] Teshima**
You, too?
**[12:28] Naruko**
They're comin'. It's gonna be a strong one.
**[12:32] Teshima**
Could it be?
**[12:34] Teshima**
Now?
**[12:37] Teshima**
They're sending their ace, Ashikiba, now?
**[12:43] Imaizumi**
You're the one who created
this situation, Teshima-san.
**[12:48] Imaizumi**
Your self-sacrifice moved everyone around you,
including Hakone Academy's ace.
**[12:55] Teshima**
I did?
**[12:57] Sakamichi**
Sometimes it's hardest to notice
when you're the one doing it.
**[13:04] Imaizumi**
You're the only one who
can stop Ashikiba-san now.
**[13:07] Teshima**
*I'll *stop him?
**[13:10] Sakamichi**
Please.
**[13:11] Naruko**
We're countin' on you.
**[13:13] Imaizumi**
Go.
**[13:14] All**
Sohoku captain and climber, Teshima Junta!
**[13:21] Teshima**
They're making crazy demands.
**[13:23] Teshima**
This can't be happening.
Shikiba, I'm getting to race against you?
**[13:29] Teshima**
Bicycle racing is fantastic.
**[13:32] Teshima**
We're at the front of the Inter-High.
**[13:36] Ashikiba**
Jun-chan!
**[13:37] Teshima**
Shikiba!
**[13:38] Ashikiba**
You came! Oh, you came. I'm so happy.
**[13:42] Ashikiba**
Let's race!
**[13:44] Teshima**
My third-year and final Inter-High
**[13:46] Teshima**
is shaping up to be the most difficult
last time I'll ever face.
**[13:50] Teshima**
Yeah, let's do it. I'm ready.
***SIGN*** Yowamushi Pedal
**[14:02] Fan A**
The front is here!
**[14:04] Fan B**
From Hakone Academy,
it's the first day's winner,
**[14:06] Fan B**
wearing the red mountain tags
from the second day.
**[14:09] Fan B**
He's the unstoppable and
towering ace, Ashikiba Takuto.
**[14:12] Fan C**
Racing against him is Sohoku's #5
and captain, Teshima Junta, a climber.
**[14:18] Fan A**
Teshima's racing for Sohoku, huh?
**[14:20] Fan B**
Teshima lacks an impressive record,
**[14:24] Fan B**
but he narrowly lost the
first day's mountain battle.
**[14:28] Fan C**
An uncrowned man,
someone who's never won a title,
**[14:32] Fan C**
is going to beat Hakone Academy's ace.
**[14:34] Fan C**
Maybe that's their plan for sending #5.
**[14:38] Ashikiba**
I'm glad you came.
**[14:41] Ashikiba**
How do you feel right now, Jun-chan?
**[14:45] Ashikiba**
As for me...
**[14:47] Ashikiba**
I...
**[14:51] Ashikiba**
I feel amazing!
**[14:53] Teshima**
Metronome Dancing!
**[14:55] Teshima**
You're doing that already? Hold on.
**[14:58] Teshima**
Wait, Shikiba!
**[15:01] Teshima**
My legs feel so heavy...
**[15:04] Teshima**
But move!
**[15:08] Ashikiba**
That's it. This is so thrilling.
**[15:12] Ashikiba**
Let's go again, Jun-chan.
**[15:14] Teshima**
Seriously?
**[15:16] Teshima**
My heart's about to stop.
**[15:18] Teshima**
Take a break, Shikiba.
**[15:27] Kuroda**
What's wrong, Sohoku? Are you giving up
the race because things have gotten tough?
**[15:32] Kuroda**
I'm surprised you sent Teshima.
**[15:35] Kuroda**
Did his miraculous second-place
finish at Irohazaka on the first day
**[15:38] Kuroda**
make you hope for more?
**[15:39] Kuroda**
But don't they call it a miracle
because it'll never happen again?
**[15:45] Kuroda**
From here, it's roughly
15 kilometers to the finish line.
**[15:48] Kuroda**
If one of the two guys who left can't keep up,
the other will take the finish line.
**[15:55] Kuroda**
The race will end without us doing our jobs.
**[15:59] Imaizumi**
We sent Teshima-san so that wouldn't happen.
**[16:04] Kuroda**
Sorry, but Teshima doesn't have
the strength to stop our Ashikiba.
**[16:09] Imaizumi**
I doubt he does.
**[16:12] Imaizumi**
But he'll stop him.
**[16:14] Kuroda**
Is that a riddle? How's he going to stop him?
**[16:18] Kuroda**
I'm saying Teshima doesn't stand a chance.
**[16:21] Sakamichi**
Excuse me.
**[16:22] Kuroda**
What?
**[16:24] Sakamichi**
Um, well...
**[16:26] Sakamichi**
The reason we sent Teshima-san
is because he's... very, uh...
**[16:33] Sakamichi**
He's very hard-working.
**[16:34] Kuroda**
Hard-working?
**[16:37] Kuroda**
I was wondering what you'd say.
**[16:39] Kuroda**
You think hard work and effort
are enough to succeed?
**[16:42] Kuroda**
Do you, Onoda-kun?
**[16:44] Sakamichi**
Um, but Teshima-san has worked
really hard this past year.
**[16:52] Sakamichi**
He tirelessly built up his
strength little by little.
**[16:56] Sakamichi**
I thought it was amazing.
**[17:00] Sakamichi**
Couldn't you call the ability to
gradually build up your efforts talent?
**[17:08] Teshima**
Are you laughing at me for
jumping ahead, Kuroda?
**[17:12] Teshima**
I'm sure you are.
**[17:14] Teshima**
Until a moment ago, I was pulling
my team at full strength,
**[17:18] Teshima**
with the intention of dropping out.
**[17:21] Teshima**
But...
**[17:25] Teshima**
an unexpected road opened in front of me.
**[17:29] Teshima**
Just as I was about to
collapse from exhaustion...
**[17:32] (Flashback) Imaizumi**
Do you still have the will
and strength left to fight?
**[17:36] Teshima**
For a moment, I thought,
"Why now, when I'm exhausted?"
**[17:41] Teshima**
"I would've gladly rushed ahead
if it weren't right now."
**[17:45] Teshima**
But I turned my pedals
because it happened now.
**[17:50] Teshima**
Only when you've pushed yourself to
the limit and steeled your resolve
**[17:56] Teshima**
does the next door open.
**[17:59] Teshima**
So move forward
without hesitation, Teshima Junta.
**[18:03] Teshima**
Wait, Shikiba!
**[18:04] Teshima**
Let's ride together for a little longer.
**[18:07] Ashikiba**
Jun-chan! Incredible! You truly are amazing.
**[18:11] Teshima**
Wouldn't want to waste the opportunity.
**[18:13] Teshima**
Shikiba, I hadn't answered
your question yet...
***SIGN*** Certain
**[18:17] Teshima**
about how I feel.
**[18:19] Teshima**
I should be exhausted, so I wonder why...
**[18:22] Teshima**
It's strange.
**[18:24] Teshima**
I feel strength welling up inside me.
**[18:27] Teshima**
I feel great, too.
**[18:29] Ashikiba**
Jun-chan...
***SIGN*** Road Race Distance to Mountain Line 4km Remaining
**[18:33] Announcer**
On the final day of the boys' bicycle
road race in the final mountains,
**[18:36] Announcer**
two riders have jumped ahead.
***SIGN*** Staff Office
**[18:39] Announcer**
One is Sohoku High School third-year
and #5, Teshima Junta.
**[18:45] Higashido**
What?
**[18:46] Masuda**
Hey, don't suddenly stop like that.
**[18:49] Announcer**
Teshima has fallen behind slightly.
**[18:51] Masuda**
Teshima? From class four?
**[18:55] Higashido**
Yeah, that's him.
**[18:56] Announcer**
But Teshima is hanging in there.
**[18:56] Masuda**
You're friends with him, right, Higashido?
**[18:59] Masuda**
Didn't you say you were going
to Tochigi the other day?
**[19:01] Higashido**
Yeah.
**[19:03] Higashido**
I spoke with him briefly
before the race started.
**[19:06] Announcer**
Teshima is sticking behind
Hakone Academy's number 11.
**[19:07] Higashido**
Wow, Teshima. You're playing
a big part at the Inter-High,
**[19:12] Higashido**
where the country's best riders gather.
**[19:14] Higashido**
It makes me shiver.
**[19:16] Announcer**
Meanwhile, Hakone Academy
has strength to spare.
**[19:17] Higashido**
You've seized an opportunity.
**[19:19] Announcer**
He's riding so effortlessly.
**[19:20] Higashido**
I'll say it again.
**[19:21] Announcer**
All 202 centimeters of
#11 Ashikiba are swaying.
**[19:22] Higashido**
You're the star of Minami Middle School.
**[19:26] Higashido**
Ashikiba?
**[19:27] Girl B**
Who?
**[19:29] Higashido**
Ashikiba...
**[19:30] Higashido**
He was so slow and nice in middle school.
**[19:35] Higashido**
Are Shikiba and Teshima battling each other?
**[19:39] Higashido**
Those two from Minami Middle School are
taking each other on at the great Inter-High?
**[19:44] Higashido**
Amazing.
**[19:46] Higashido**
You can do it.
**[19:47] Higashido**
Good luck, both of you!
**[19:55] Teshima**
This is rough. I'm struggling.
**[19:57] Teshima**
But I feel strangely calm.
**[20:01] Teshima**
This is a huge race.
**[20:03] Teshima**
I'm shouldering a heavy
responsibility for my team.
**[20:06] Teshima**
It's the final mountains of the
third day of the Inter-High.
**[20:10] Teshima**
But my body is responding.
**[20:12] Teshima**
The wavelength feels good.
**[20:13] Teshima**
It's probably because I'm
racing against you, Shikiba.
**[20:18] Teshima**
Our rhythms are synced.
**[20:23] Ashikiba**
I feel the same way, Jun-chan.
**[20:27] Teshima**
What?
**[20:31] Ashikiba**
I can feel it.
**[20:33] Ashikiba**
Sorry. My senses are keen right now.
**[20:41] Teshima**
He's no ordinary man after all.
**[20:44] Teshima**
Just making eye contact with
him gives me pins and needles.
**[20:48] Ashikiba**
I'm strong when I get like this.
**[20:51] Teshima**
He unleashed his senses.
**[20:53] Teshima**
He was never a logical rider.
He rides based on feel.
**[20:58] Teshima**
People generally tease him for
being air-headed and not listening,
**[21:02] Teshima**
but that's just because his
interest is out of alignment.
**[21:06] Teshima**
Once he's set his sights on something
and his senses are tuned in,
**[21:09] Teshima**
he performs unbelievably well.
**[21:13] Teshima**
He's been this way since middle school.
**[21:16] Teshima**
He was strong once he got going.
**[21:19] Teshima**
He's not lying.
**[21:20] Teshima**
He's probably fairly strong right now.
**[21:25] Teshima**
Shall we race for real?
**[21:28] Ashikiba**
Isn't that why you came?
**[21:31] Ashikiba**
Let's do it for real.
**[21:33] Ashikiba**
You're strong. I want to try it.
**[21:36] Teshima**
Don't overestimate me.
**[21:38] Teshima**
I lost to you last year at Minegayama.
**[21:42] Teshima**
Everyone says I've got average legs.
**[21:47] Teshima**
But it hasn't made me spineless.
**[21:49] Teshima**
I am who I am now knowing that.
**[21:53] Teshima**
I want to believe the path
I've traveled and the goals
**[21:57] Teshima**
I've worked toward weren't wrong.
**[21:59] Teshima**
So I want to prove that by
fighting and beating you.
**[22:05] Teshima**
What's an ordinary climber,
**[22:06] Teshima**
a #5 like me doing picking a
fight with Hakone Academy's ace?
**[22:11] Teshima**
I know I wouldn't be able
to contain my laughter
**[22:14] Teshima**
if I calmed down and thought about it.
**[22:16] Teshima**
But we stand in the same ring.
**[22:19] Teshima**
I'm on this side of the
road at the Inter-High.
**[22:22] Teshima**
I have the right.
**[22:24] Teshima**
From another perspective,
this is an opportunity.
**[22:27] Teshima**
For the rest of my life,
**[22:30] Teshima**
I'll probably never have
another opportunity to ride
**[22:32] Teshima**
at the front of a big race with you.
**[22:35] Teshima**
I consider this a miracle.
**[22:37] Teshima**
So I'm riding this miracle
all the way to the end.
**[22:41] Teshima**
After all, miracles hardly ever happen,
no matter how hard you wish for them,
**[22:48] Teshima**
but when it rains, it pours.
**[22:50] Teshima**
Isn't that how it works?
**[22:56] Ashikiba**
I like the way you think.
***SIGN*** Road Race Distance to Mountain Line 3km Remaining
**[23:02] Teshima**
Why don't we race the remaining three
kilometers to the mountain result line?
**[23:06] Ashikiba**
The mountain result line...
**[23:08] Teshima**
Don't you think it's fitting
for a race between us?
**[23:12] Teshima**
It's just like it was then...
**[23:15] Teshima**
when we raced in middle
school on the same team.
***SIGN*** Transfer Student