E9 - New Sohoku, Start!

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SIGN    Sohoku High School
[00:06] Sakamichi
    Princess, princess, princess.
[00:08] Sakamichi
    I love, love, love you.
[00:11] Sakamichi
    I'd better do my best.
[00:13] Sakamichi
    Starting today, I'm a second-year.
[00:15] Sakamichi
    Princess, princess. Twinkle, twinkle.
[00:18] Sakamichi
    As long as I have you and all my friends...
SIGN    Chiba Prefecture, Sohoku High School
    Entrance Ceremony
[00:22] Sugimoto
    For a while there I was worried
    what was going to happen.
[00:25] Sugimoto
    You had a sweltering 38-degree
    fever on the day of the exam.
[00:28] Sugimoto
    You had your backup private school,
[00:30] Sugimoto
    but I believed that you
    would pass spectacularly...
[00:35] Sugimoto
    my brother, Sadatoki!
[00:37] Sadatoki
    Yeah, Bro.
[00:39] Sugimoto
    Don't cry, Sadatoki. Congratulations.
[00:43] Sadatoki
    Yeah.
[00:44] Both
    Long live the Sugimoto family!
[00:46] Sadatoki
    Now we can ride together.
[00:49] Sugimoto
    That's right. At the Inter-High, too.
[00:51] Sadatoki
    The Inter...
[00:53] Sadatoki
    Really?
[00:54] Sugimoto
    What? Uh, yeah.
[00:57] Sugimoto
    You should always aim high.
[01:00] Sadatoki
    Yeah.
[01:02] Sadatoki
    I should get going, Bro.
[01:09] Sugimoto
    You'll make it... as long as
    you believe and work hard.
[01:18] Sugimoto
    Honestly, I think it'll be difficult.
[01:21] Sugimoto
    But I'll do it.
SIGN    Yowamushi Pedal
SIGN    RIDE.09 New Sohoku, Start!
SIGN    Congratulations Bicycle Racing Club, Inter-High Champions
    Congratulations Onoda Sakamichi, General Classification Champion
[03:05] Kaburagi
    I'll make national champions Sohoku's
    bicycle club stronger by joining it.
[03:12] Kaburagi
    Right, Danchiku?
[03:15] Danchiku
    I...
[03:15] Kaburagi
    What? Did you say something?
[03:18] Danchiku
    Sorry.
[03:20] Danchiku
    I'm nervous about my first day of high school
    and can't think of anything to say.
[03:23] Danchiku
    Where's the bathroom?
[03:26] Kaburagi
    Hey, the school building's that way!
[03:29] Kaburagi
    They showed us during the new student tour!
[03:33] Kaburagi
    I heard a bicycle.
[03:35] Kaburagi
    They're coming from the rear gate.
[03:41] Kaburagi
    A bicycle racing helmet.
[03:43] Kaburagi
    And those round glasses. That's...
[03:47] Sakamichi
    Princess, princess, princess.
[03:49] Sakamichi
    I love, love, love you.
[03:49] Kaburagi
    A mommy bike, huh?
[03:50] Sakamichi
    Princess, princess. Twinkle, twinkle.
[03:52] Kaburagi
    That's all? He scared me for nothing.
[03:53] Sakamichi
    As long as I have you and all
    my friends, I'm invincible.
[03:55] Kaburagi
    He's singing a strange song.
SIGN    Congratulations Bicycle Racing Club, Inter-High Champions
    Congratulations Onoda Sakamichi, General Classification Champion
[04:01] Sakamichi
    A banner? With my name on it?
[04:11] Sakamichi
    There we go.
[04:13] Kaburagi
    Since you were surprised
    to see that banner...
[04:17] Kaburagi
    Does that make you a first-year?
[04:19] Sakamichi
    What?
[04:20] Kaburagi
    That's the name of cycling superstar
    and Sohoku second-year Onoda-senpai.
[04:27] Kaburagi
    If you've got the guts to wear that helmet,
    you should remember his name.
[04:31] Kaburagi
    He's the one who won the Inter-High.
[04:34] Sakamichi
    The characters are so big...
[04:36] Kaburagi
    Right!
[04:36] Kaburagi
    He is a huge man. His scale, that is.
[04:41] Kaburagi
    And I will surpass him.
[04:46] Sakamichi
    The Kimanyu I got yesterday!
[04:49] Kaburagi
    Hey! Listen to me, mommy bike boy!
[04:55] Danchiku
    He rode up this slope on a mommy bike?
[05:02] Sakamichi
    G-Good morning.
[05:05] Aya
    He's here.
[05:06] Miki
    Good morning, Onoda-kun.
[05:08] Miki
    Did you see the banners?
[05:09] Miki
    Amazing, aren't they?
[05:11] Miki
    Let's all take a picture in front
    of them together later.
[05:14] Miki
    With you in the middle.
[05:15] Sakamichi
    Huh? What?
[05:16] Sakamichi
    Oh, no, no, no...
[05:18] Aya
    Are you nervous about being in a new class?
[05:21] Aya
    Pull yourself together.
    You're a national champion.
[05:24] Sakamichi
    No, no, no...
[05:25] Imaizumi
    You should take the picture.
[05:28] Sakamichi
    Imaizumi-kun...
[05:30] Imaizumi
    Chances like that don't come along often.
[05:32] Sakamichi
    Imaizumi-kun's in my new second-year class.
[05:37] Sakamichi
    Okay, then. Maybe I'll
    take one if you say so.
[05:42] Naruko
    Hold up, hold up!
[05:45] Naruko
    Aren't you guys forgetting someone?
[05:47] Naruko
    The flashiest and most important man!
[05:49] Naruko
    You can't take a photo without me.
[05:54] Sakamichi
    Naruko-kun?
[05:57] Naruko
    The genius Speedman of Naniwa,
    Naruko Shoukichi of Class 2-3.
[06:04] Naruko
    I asked the teachers to
    put us in the same class.
[06:08] Naruko
    But it was a near miss. I'm in Class 3.
[06:11] Imaizumi
    Did you really do that?
[06:13] Naruko
    What do you think of my hair?
[06:14] Naruko
    I wanted to look like a
    bullet shooting forward.
[06:17] Naruko
    Cool, right? Flashy, right?
[06:19] Naruko
    It's the new Naruko.
[06:23] Naruko
    Hey, what are you doing?
[06:24] Naruko
    It's back to normal!
[06:26] Imaizumi
    Before you started wasting time on your hair,
[06:29] Imaizumi
    were you doing what you have to do?
[06:36] Naruko
    Don't think I came back from
    Osaka unscathed that day.
[06:42] Sakamichi
    Since the day he returned from riding
    in some kind of race in Osaka...
[06:48] Sakamichi
    Even I can tell Naruko-kun's focus
[06:51] Sakamichi
    during practice has changed.
[06:55] Sakamichi
    Tremendously so.
[06:56] Naruko
    I'll show you just how much of a genius I am.
[07:00] Naruko
    You just wait for the real
    new Naruko Shoukichi.
[07:03] Naruko
    It's still in development.
[07:06] Naruko
    And when it's finished,
    it'll scare the crap out of you.
[07:11] Imaizumi
    Really? Will your development be finished
    in time for the summer's Inter-High?
[07:16] Naruko
    Oh, easily.
[07:19] Naruko
    Although if it were you,
    it'd probably take until winter.
[07:22] Aya
    Those two sure are close.
[07:25] Miki
    I know.
[07:26] Both
    No, we're not!
SIGN    Sohoku
    Bicycle
    Racing
     Club
[07:40] Teshima
    We first knocked on the door to
    this room exactly two years ago.
[07:45] Teshima
    Time has passed, and we're now seniors.
[07:49] Teshima
    We'll welcome new first-years to
    the team and make it even stronger.
[07:56] Teshima
    Honestly, it'll be a difficult year.
[08:00] Teshima
    But we have to do it for the sake of
    what the upperclassmen left behind.
[08:06] Teshima
    Every day, every second, is a battle.
[08:10] Teshima
    We'll build ourselves up all
    to win at the Inter-High.
[08:17] Teshima
    But there will be times
    when we're discouraged.
[08:20] Teshima
    We won't be able to talk to our juniors.
[08:22] Teshima
    When that happens...
[08:26] Teshima
    Let's return to our roots.
[08:28] Aoyagi
    This glove...
SIGN    Certain
[08:32] Teshima
    Aoyagi!
SIGN    Victory
[08:33] Aoyagi
    Junta!
[08:36] Teshima
    As long as we're together,
    there's nothing we can't do!
[08:39] Teshima
    Let's go, Aoyagi!
[08:40] Aoyagi
    Got it, Junta!
SIGN    Club Application
[08:43] Kaburagi
    I'm Kaburagi Issa. This is Danchiku Ryuhou.
[08:48] Kaburagi
    On our first day of school,
    we'd like to join the club.
[08:51] Teshima
    You're new recruits numbers one and two.
[08:57] Kaburagi
    As you can see, he's nervous.
[08:59] Danchiku
    N-Nice to meet you.
[09:03] Teshima
    You must be really nervous.
    You're leaning slightly.
[09:07] Kaburagi
    I have a request.
[09:11] Teshima
    What is it?
[09:14] Teshima
    We got a lot in just three days.
[09:18] Teshima
    Could you pass me that envelope?
SIGN    Club Application
    Class 1-1, Sugimoto Sadatoki
[09:21] Teshima
    Sugimoto's brother submitted
    an application, too.
[09:25] Teshima
    Thanks.
SIGN    1) Onoda Sakamichi 2) Imaizumi Shunsuke 3) Naruko Shoukichi 4) Aoyagi Hajime 5) Teshima Junta
[09:28] Aoyagi
    Who'll be sixth on the Inter-High team?
[09:30] Teshima
    We'll see.
[09:38] Imaizumi
    Looks like you're doing as you were told.
[09:40] Imaizumi
    Ten minutes before class,
    20 minutes at lunch.
[09:45] Imaizumi
    It's pretty different, isn't it?
[09:47] Imaizumi
    Your muscles will remember
    what the burden feels like.
[09:50] Imaizumi
    Rather than practicing with a heavy load,
[09:53] Imaizumi
    you'll learn more through frequent practice.
[09:57] Imaizumi
    That's your style, Sugimoto.
[10:02] Sugimoto
    Thank you, Imaizumi.
[10:03] Sugimoto
    Since I'm an experienced rider,
    I knew I couldn't go easy on myself.
[10:09] Imaizumi
    I'm just giving you hints.
[10:11] Imaizumi
    You're the one who has to do it.
[10:13] Imaizumi
    You don't need to thank me.
[10:16] Imaizumi
    I was surprised when you came to me at the
    end of last year and begged me to teach
[10:19] Imaizumi
    you how to become stronger, though.
[10:22] Sugimoto
    I'm serious about this.
[10:25] Sugimoto
    I saw what Onoda did at the Inter-High and
    how everyone in the team believes in him.
[10:30] Sugimoto
    Even when they were battered,
    they never gave up.
[10:34] Sugimoto
    Anyone would be inspired by that.
[10:37] Sugimoto
    After all, I'm still a
    member of the Sohoku team.
[10:42] Imaizumi
    That side of you is still annoying.
[10:45] Sugimoto
    Besides, my brother is joining the team.
[10:48] Sugimoto
    I want to stay ahead of him.
    I can't let him beat me.
[10:52] Sugimoto
    I should be a role model for him.
[10:59] Sugimoto
    Imaizumi...
[11:00] Sugimoto
    What do you think?
    Have I gotten any stronger?
[11:05] Imaizumi
    You haven't noticed?
[11:08] Imaizumi
    You are getting stronger, one step at a time.
[11:17] Teshima
    Line up! This year's goal
    is a repeat championship!
[11:20] All
    Yes, sir!
[11:22] Teshima
    We'll be setting our sights
    on this summer's Inter-High!
[11:25] Teshima
    If you want to become a
    regular, first-years, rise up!
[11:28] Teshima
    We'll give chances to the strong!
[11:30] All
    Yes, sir!
SIGN    Japan National Interscholastic Athletic Meet
    Inter-High Road Race
    Boys' Competition Champion
[11:31] Teshima
    Don't forget! Carve it into your hearts!
[11:34] Teshima
    We are champions!
[11:38] All
    Yes, sir!
[11:41] Teshima
    For three weeks,
[11:42] Teshima
    the first-years will practice by themselves.
[11:45] Teshima
    Whether or not you'll be chosen to join
    our practice will depend on the results
[11:49] Teshima
    of the first-year race three weeks from now.
SIGN    Three Weeks Later
[12:01] Teshima
    Kanzaki-san.
[12:03] Toji
    Hey, Teshima.
[12:05] Teshima
    We appreciate you helping us again this year.
[12:07] Toji
    This time of year has
    rolled around again, huh?
[12:11] Toji
    They all look so nervous.
[12:14] Toji
    Any interesting guys?
[12:16] Teshima
    Yes, a few.
[12:20] Sugimoto
    Teshima-san...
[12:21] Sugimoto
    I'd like to talk to you.
[12:25] Sugimoto
    I'll do better than third place this year.
[12:27] Sugimoto
    I want to become stronger, too.
[12:29] Sugimoto
    Let me ride in the first-year race.
[12:35] Teshima
    The first-year race will start in 20 minutes.
[12:39] Teshima
    Has everyone memorized the course?
[12:41] All
    Yes, sir!
[12:42] Teshima
    There are a lot of traffic
    signals in the city stage.
[12:45] Teshima
    Ride carefully.
[12:46] All
    Yes, sir!
[12:48] Sohoku A
    I'm so nervous, I think I'm
    going to forget the course.
[12:50] Sohoku B
    Huh? Where's my helmet?
[12:52] Sohoku C
    It must be in the club room.
    There was one in there.
[12:53] Sakamichi
    The first-year race is about to start.
[12:57] Sakamichi
    I'm not going to be riding,
    but I can sense how nervous they all are.
[13:02] Sakamichi
    I'm anxious to watch them, too.
[13:05] Sakamichi
    Oh, right.
[13:09] (Flashback) Sakamichi
    Starting tomorrow,
    we're second-years, Onoda-kun.
[13:11] (Flashback) Sakamichi
    Huh?
[13:13] (Flashback) Naruko
    Since we practiced over spring break,
    there isn't really a clear distinction.
[13:18] (Flashback) Naruko
    But tomorrow is the opening ceremony.
    We'll become second-years.
[13:21] (Flashback) Sakamichi
    Yeah.
[13:22] (Flashback) Naruko
    Even though nothing seems to have
    changed, we'll have juniors.
[13:27] (Flashback) Naruko
    Some of our seniors have left, too.
[13:30] (Flashback) Sakamichi
    Yeah.
[13:33] (Flashback) Naruko
    We can't stay on the bottom forever.
[13:36] (Flashback) Naruko
    We'll have to look after
    them and lift them up.
[13:39] (Flashback) Naruko
    We'll have to cheer them up
    when they're feeling down,
[13:42] (Flashback) Naruko
    and praise them when they do well.
[13:44] (Flashback) Naruko
    Just like our seniors did for us.
[13:49] (Flashback) Naruko
    Oh, right. Onoda-kun, this is your first
    time being a second-year in a club, right?
[13:55] (Flashback) Sakamichi
    Yeah.
[13:56] (Flashback) Naruko
    Then let me tell you something.
[13:58] (Flashback) Naruko
    I was in a club during middle school, too.
[14:02] (Flashback) Naruko
    Even though you can thank your seniors,
    you can't do for them what they did for you.
[14:08] (Flashback) Naruko
    So pass on their kindness to your juniors.
[14:12] Sakamichi
    My juniors...
[14:14] (Flashback) Naruko
    That's how your feelings pass
    from one guy to another.
[14:21] Sakamichi
    To my juniors.
[14:26] Sakamichi
    D-Despite what he said, during the three
    weeks leading up to the first-year race...
[14:33] (Flashback) Sakamichi
    Are you a first-year?
[14:35] (Flashback) Sakamichi
    I'm second-year Onoda.
[14:36] (Flashback) Sakamichi
    If there's anything you don't know, just ask.
[14:40] (Flashback) Sakamichi
    You! Just ask!
[14:49] (Flashback) Sohoku
    Oh, no! Did we make him mad?
[14:51] Sakamichi
    I failed to act like a senior!
[14:56] Sakamichi
    Naruko-kun's talking smoothly
    with the first-years.
[15:00] Sakamichi
    I have to do something.
[15:04] Sakamichi
    I know. Their backs.
[15:06] Sakamichi
    I can energize them by
    slapping them on the back.
[15:11] Sohoku A
    Sorry, sorry!
[15:12] Sohoku B
    What did you do?
[15:15] Sakamichi
    Oh, it's not... um...
[15:16] Sakamichi
    This isn't good. They're afraid of me.
[15:20] Sakamichi
    You had a speck of dust on your shoulder!
[15:24] Sakamichi
    Y-You... dust.
[15:27] Sakamichi
    Piece of dust.
[15:30] Sohoku B
    Onoda-san is terrifying!
[15:32] Sakamichi
    No!
[15:35] Teshima
    You seem to be having fun, Onoda.
[15:39] Sakamichi
    T-Teshima-san...
[15:40] Teshima
    Want to give it a try?
[15:42] Sakamichi
    Huh? Try what?
[15:44] Teshima
    Thed starter.
[15:47] Teshima
    Kinjou-san did it last year, remember?
[15:49] Sakamichi
    Oh, I couldn't.
[15:51] Sakamichi
    It's an important responsibility.
[15:53] Sakamichi
    That's the captain's job.
[15:55] Teshima
    Everyone's expecting great things from you.
[15:56] Teshima
    During these three weeks, rumors about
    you have spread among the first-years.
[16:01] Sakamichi
    I knew it.
[16:03] Sakamichi
    Do they think I'm weird?
[16:04] Teshima
    You're the living legend
    of the first-year race.
[16:07] Sakamichi
    What?
[16:09] Teshima
    You won the first-year race's
    mountain stage as a beginner
[16:13] Teshima
    and rose to the level of the
    Inter-High in the blink of an eye.
[16:16] Teshima
    You're the man who won the general
    classification for Sohoku.
[16:19] Teshima
    You understand what it means
    for you to be the starter.
[16:23] Imaizumi
    Just so you know...
[16:25] Imaizumi
    All the first-years ask
    are questions about you.
[16:29] Sakamichi
    What?
[16:30] Imaizumi
    The first-years don't talk to
    you because you're too amazing.
[16:35] Imaizumi
    So only you can do it.
[16:37] Imaizumi
    Raise their spirits.
[16:41] Imaizumi
    Show them how you feel.
[16:44] Sakamichi
    How I feel...
[16:48] Sohoku
    It's Onoda-san.
[16:50] Sohoku
    Onoda-san is starting the race?
[16:53] Sakamichi
    Everyone!
[16:54] All
    Yes, sir!
[16:57] Sakamichi
    Do your best.
[16:59] Sakamichi
    Good luck.
[17:00] Sohoku B
    Yes, sir!
[17:01] Sakamichi
    Good luck.
[17:02] Sohoku C
    I'll do my very best!
[17:03] Sakamichi
    Good luck.
[17:05] Sakamichi
    Good luck.
[17:06] Sadatoki
    Thank you, Onoda-san.
[17:10] Naruko
    He's got them really excited.
[17:12] Imaizumi
    That idiot. It's already past time.
[17:21] Sakamichi
    Did I even imagine that day...
[17:25] Sakamichi
    That I would meet Kanzaki-san,
    Imaizumi-kun, and Naruko-kun?
[17:30] Sakamichi
    That this race I participated in
    right after joining the club...
[17:34] Sakamichi
    That first step
[17:36] Sakamichi
    would lead me to such an expansive world?
[17:40] Sakamichi
    So to all the first-years...
[17:44] Sakamichi
    The first-year welcoming race
[17:49] Sakamichi
    will now begin!
[17:53] Sakamichi
    Good luck.
[17:57] Sakamichi
    Sugimoto-kun?
[17:58] Sugimoto
    Teshima-san gave me permission
    to ride in the race.
[18:03] Sugimoto
    I'm going to take first and
    become Sohoku's sixth man.
[18:09] Sakamichi
    What?
[18:12] Sakamichi
    Teshima-san, Sugimoto-kun is...
[18:16] Teshima
    Yeah, I gave him permission.
[18:18] Sakamichi
    He said he was going to become the
    sixth man of the Inter-High team.
[18:23] Teshima
    I saw that in his eyes.
    That's why I gave him permission.
[18:29] Imaizumi
    How could you not,
    after seeing that serious face?
[18:34] Naruko
    Sugimoto's an interesting guy.
[18:35] Naruko
    Naturally, he must be aiming for first.
[18:37] Sakamichi
    That's what he said.
[18:38] Naruko
    Declaring he'll win a
    race against his juniors?
[18:41] Naruko
    It may seem easy, but it's not.
[18:44] Naruko
    But he must know that.
    After all, he's an experienced rider.
[18:53] Sugimoto
    The city stage has a lot of traffic lights,
    so we'll take it slow here.
[18:57] Sugimoto
    My second first-year race has started.
[19:02] Sugimoto
    There's no turning back now.
[19:05] Sugimoto
    I'm a second-year, too.
    I'll show them what I can do.
[19:09] Sugimoto
    I'll win my first race ever.
[19:12] Sugimoto
    This is how I'll win.
[19:14] Sugimoto
    My style favors long rides, so I'll take
    the lead partway through the race, and...
[19:17] Gori
    Senpai!
[19:20] Sawada
    Don't you think we're going too slow?
[19:22] Sugita
    Sawada, Gorizo...
[19:24] Gori
    I'll switch with you.
[19:26] Sawada
    Me, too.
[19:27] Sugimoto
    Wait! Go slower!
[19:29] Sugimoto
    We're still in the city!
[19:41] Sugimoto
    There's no passing until
    we reach the rice paddies!
[19:43] Sugimoto
    Didn't you see that signal? Stop!
[19:47] Sawada
    We saw it, but we're riding fast
    anyway to pull away from the pack.
[19:53] Sawada
    Senpai, don't you want to win, too?
[19:58] Sugimoto
    I...
[19:59] Sawada
    The three of us can rotate
    until the finish line.
[20:04] Sawada
    No one's watching.
[20:08] Sawada
    Come on, Senpai.
[20:12] Sugimoto
    I desperately want to win.
[20:19] Sugimoto
    But I reject your offer.
[20:21] Sugimoto
    No matter what, I never break the rules.
[20:27] Sugimoto
    Now reduce your speed
    and wait for the others.
[20:31] Naruko
    Sawada and Gorizo will be
    the first to make a move.
[20:34] Naruko
    But they're cunning.
[20:38] Naruko
    I hope Sugimoto doesn't
    accept any shady offers.
[20:40] Imaizumi
    Don't worry about him.
[20:42] Imaizumi
    He's more serious than he looks.
[20:49] Imaizumi
    Although whether or not he'll win
    is a different matter entirely.
[20:56] Sugimoto
    Once we cross the bridge,
    the real race will start.
[21:01] Sugimoto
    What?
[21:04] Teshima
    The favorites in this race should
    be making their move now.
[21:11] (Flashback) Kaburagi
    I have a request.
[21:14] (Flashback) Teshima
    What is it?
[21:15] (Flashback) Kaburagi
    I heard you hold a first-year race.
[21:19] (Flashback) Teshima
    Yeah.
[21:21] (Flashback) Kaburagi
    If Danchiku and I take first and second,
[21:24] (Flashback) Kaburagi
    can you guarantee we'll
    be on the Inter-High team?
[21:29] (Flashback) Teshima
    Sure, I promise.
[21:31] (Flashback) Teshima
    You're on the team if you
    finish first and second.
[21:37] Sugimoto
    Kaburagi and Danchiku...
[21:39] Sugimoto
    They're fast!
[23:14] Naruko
    We're finally second-years.
[23:17] Sakamichi
    I hope I can talk to the first-years.
[23:20] Naruko
    We're counting on you, Onoda-senpai.
[23:24] Sakamichi
    L-Leave it to me, Naruko-senpai.
[23:29] Imaizumi
    What are guys doing? Hurry up and eat.
[23:31] Both
    Sorry, Imaizumi-senpai.
[23:35] Imaizumi
    Okay.
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