As the second half begins, Tsubasa dribbles ahead!
Tsubasa!
Tsubasa, when you see the goal, shoot!
Okay, Roberto,
Wakabayashi, Misaki, watch me!
This is my Drive Shot!
It takes off!
EPISODE 42: TSUBASA THE PHOENIX,
As soon as he enters Hirado\'s side, he\'s preparing to shoot!
Have you lost it, Tsubasa?! ,
Are you panicking?!
Shooting from there would be meaningless,
Th-this is,,,
So, you\'ll use it now, Tsubasa
your still imperfect,,,
- Drive Shot! - Drive Shot!
He\'s taking a long shot with everything he\'s got!
Hatayama, there\'s no need to get so worked up, y\'know,
It doesn\'t matter how strong a shot is if it can\'t find its target, ,
What?! ,
It,,, it\'s in!
It\'s finally in!
You did it!
You finally did it!
Well done, Tsubasa!
Hooray!
Yes!
You\'ve finally scored with your Drive Shot, Tsubasa!
Drive Shot,,,?
It looked like Tsubasa\'s shot would sail over the goalpost,
but thanks to the sharp spin on the ball, it sank right in!
It pierced into the net!
So you finally did it,,,
Yes,
The Drive Shot is amazing!
Tsubasa!
He did it! He did it!
Tsubasa,,,
He has finally perfected the Drive Shot he\'s tried countless times in this tournament,
Damn it! That was just a fluke, y\'know!
A shot like that can only be a fluke, y\'know,,,
It\'s barely been a minute since the start of the second half,
Hirado have conceded a goal for the first time in this tournament,
That drive spin was amazing,
Can a ball just fall like that?
I wouldn\'t just call that falling,
It literally dove!
The ball hastily lunged into the net from high above, ,
Tsubasa,,,
It was like a bird, spreading its wings in the sky before diving to catch its prey,
That\'s what Tsubasa Ozora\'s Drive Shot is,
So far, his attempts were hit or miss, but this time, he had to score at all costs,
Despite all the added pressure, Tsubasa Ozora persevered and was able to reveal his true skills,
He was able to overcome the handicap of his shoulder injury, rising from the ashes like a phoenix,
You really are a remarkable man,
Yahoo!
So you finally did it, Tsubasa!
Awesome! You\'re awesome, Tsubasa!
Nankatsu steals the ball,
After taking a goal from Hirado, Nankatsu proceed to attack Hirado\'s side,
Hirado\'s Sano intercepts the ball once again,
Crap!
His distraction with Tsubasa costs him the ball!
Tsubasa!
And it\'s passed to Tsubasa!
Their combination play was perfectly executed!
Tsubasa turns away and fires an immediate long shot!
What!?
It\'s in!
The goalkeeper can\'t even move a muscle,
It\'s another Drive Shot!
The second goal from Tsubasa!
Nice shot, Tsubasa!
We need two more goal to turn this around,
We\'re 3 minutes into the second half,
Thanks to Tsubasa\'s second Drive Shot, the lead has been whittled down to one,
Tsubasa Ozora is the superstar of middle school football!
Despite his injuries, he is showing his tenacity for victory,
Just two more,,,
Even if I permanently mess up my shoulder or leg here, I\'ll definitely score these last two goals!
That\'s the Tsubasa I know,
Mastering such an amazing shot,,,
It\'s the very definition of a perfect long shot,
While I was sidelined these last two years, Tsubasa managed to improve this much,,,
I\'m happy, Tsubasa,
I didn\'t know you\'d mastered such a shot,
But I, too, have my own super shot, sleeping in my this right leg of mine,,,
Oh boy,,, I really want to see Tsubasa Ozora\'s Drive Shot go against Kojiro Hyuga\'s Tiger Shot,
During Toho\'s first match, I saw that shot of yours while I was near the bench,
So, I dubbed it the "Tiger Shot",
Tiger Shot,,,
It\'s got a nice ring to it, doesn\'t it? ,
Ah, I should introduce myself,
I\'m Tajima, from Toto Sports,
Nice to meet you,
TSUBASA OZORA DRIVE SHOT IS COMPLETE!
Our headline is ready,
Well, it\'ll go to waste if Nankatsu loses, though,,,
Make sure you win, Tsubasa! ,
Hirado\'s lead over Nankatsu is down to one!
Surprisingly, their defender Jito stands at the center circle,
I\'m coming, y\'know!
The game resumes,
Sano leaves the ball to Jito, and dashes to Nankatsu\'s goal,
I\'ll take him!
What?!
Jito doesn\'t even budge!
The hell\'s with that strength,,,?!
Sano swiftly advances to the goal,
Sano shakes off his markers,
Here we go, Sano,
Our combination play is invincible, y\'know!
We\'ll get back every goal we conceded, y\'know!
Jito\'s special bullet pass,
You won\'t have it your way!
Izawa blocks it with his whole body!
What?!
Izawa!
Don\'t let Izawa\'s sacrifice go to waste! ,
We\'ll mark the hell out of this guy! ,
Damn it! Then I\'ll just have to do it myself, y\'know!
Morisaki, stand your ground! This one\'s also got backspin on it!
What!?
Got it, Tsubasa!
Don\'t give them any openings! We\'ll keep marking Sano!
Yeah!
The ball rebounds backwards!
My combination play with the Captain is invincible,,,!
He got it!
Morisaki firmly catches it,
Nice one, Morisaki!
Our combination play,,,
Did you see that?
You can\'t fool us twice with the same old trick!
Nankatsu\'s defense has become stronger too,
Here!
Damn it all! ,
The ball is quickly sent forward to #10, Tsubasa,
Will Tsubasa proceed to fire another Drive Shot right away?!
I won\'t let you!
Jito goes to block the Drive Shot,
Go!
I saw a splash!
The ball goes out the sideline,
Jito!
Looks like Jito took Tsubasa\'s shot directly into his face,
The game is stopped for him to receive treatment,
Are you okay, Jito?
Captain!
I thought this game was over in the first half, but that\'s Nankatsu for you, y\'know,,,
Cutting my brow open with a single shot—me, who can take all kinds of punches in a brawl,,,
Your Drive Shot is awfully strong,
Bravo,,, Bravo, y\'know, Tsubasa Ozora!
But this is what I\'ve been hoping for all this time,
The greater my opponent is, the more value there is in crushing them,
You heard our Captain,
The real match starts now, ,
The game resumes with Nankatsu\'s throw-in,
Here I go!
Be careful!
He\'s gonna send it to in front of the goal!
We\'ll score this one with our headers!
Yeah!
Their numbers don\'t matter; There\'s only one ball!
I won\'t lose a battle of height, y\'know!
What?!
All right!
Here I go, Tsubasa!
The ball is sent to Tsubasa!
The four Nankatsu players in front of the goal were all decoys!
Tsubasa!
As long as we don\'t stop that Drive Shot, we have no guarantee of winning this game! ,
Sano is marking Tsubasa!
But Tsubasa\'s focus is on the ball—and the goal!
Go!
- Drive Shot! - Drive Shot!
Sano flies into the air!
Sano!
The ball is still in the game,
Tsubasa runs to the loose ball,
Since the start of the half, we\'ve felt his intense obsession with scoring,
God damn it!
Tsubasa is getting ready for his fifth Drive Shot today!
Tsubasa! If you use Drive Shot any more
,
Tsubasa is getting ready for his fifth Drive Shot today!
Jito rushes to the block him!
Whoa! Jito takes the Drive Shot head on with his body!
But even Jito\'s giant body is sent flying!
Hirado tenaciously protects their goal!
They won\'t let their opponent tie so easily,
Tsubasa runs toward the loose ball once again,
Not yet!
My Drive Shot is not defeated yet!
The Drive Shot Roberto taught me is invincible!
It\'s a sixth—and third in a row—Drive Shot!
Like hell, would I let you catch up with us!
Jito goes to fend this off again!
He really shows his fighting spirit on defense!
He stopped!
But,,, This is,,,
G,,, Goal! It\'s 3-3, the game is tied!
Even though Jito successfully stopped the Drive Shot, he was pushed past the goal line,
Good job, Tsubasa!
You did it, Tsubasa!
I failed, y\'know, ,
Tsubasa pressed forward with his three shots and finally managed to send Jito, the giant, flying,
It\'s the tying goal, bringing them to 3-3,
He\'s accomplished a hat-trick with his Drive Shot!
It\'s tied, we\'ve caught up,
Just one more left,
Just one more goal,
,
Tsubasa!
Wha-,
Tsubasa!
Did he run himself dry after taking a sixth Drive Shot?
Tsubasa is on the ground once again,
One more goal,
I have to score just one more,
Damn it,
The game is even,
It\'s not like we\'ve lost, y\'know!
Tsubasa,,,
Tsubasa!
So the game is tied, huh,,,?
Tsubasa!
Sorry guys,
I\'m a really pitiful sight for a captain, aren\'t I,,,?
I keep pathetically falling onto the ground, over and over,,,
The hell are you on about, Tsubasa?!
Why would you say you\'re pitiful?!
Even after scoring three goals yourself,,, ,
Look, Tsubasa, come on and take a breather,
We\'ll definitely stop them from scoring again,
We still have time to make a comeback,
We will work ourselves dry while you recover,
Sure,
Thanks, guys,
Bring it on, Nankatsu!
The showdown starts now,
Sano,,,
Damn, though,,, Two Drive Shots taken, huh?
This hurts more way more than any kick I\'ve ever taken in a brawl,
Now that Hirado\'s given up their lead, how will they stir themselves back into this game?
The match resumes with Hirado\'s kick off,
We\'re merely back where we started,
Here I come, Nankatsu!
As Hirado\'s forward, I will score the game-winning goal!
Go for it, Hirado! ,
It\'s just a tie!
Kisugi and Taki are easily dribbled past!
It seems their movements are still sluggish in the second half,
Even Tsubasa looks absolutely exhausted after taking a sixth Drive Shot,
I won\'t let you go any further!
In these circumstances, is he the one they will depend on?
Which one of them will win this face-off?
Wha-,
Ishizaki steals the ball!
I still have plenty left in the tank!
It won\'t go as you planned!
We don\'t plan on relying on Jito and Sano forever!
We are also members of Hirado!
Whoa!
Huh?!
Ishizaki loses the ball,
Guys,,,
This is thanks to you, Jito,
Huh?
It was because you started playing football seriously that the others were able to make it this far,
So far, that they can challenge the reigning champions, Nankatsu,
You know, it takes at least 11 people to have a football team,
Yeah,,, you\'re damn right, y\'know,
Time is running out this second half,
The next goal is sure to decide the winner of this match,
Send it here, y\'know! ,
Jito is quickly advancing to the front line!
There are five minutes left!
The ball is sent to Jito,
But the pass is much too high!
Here I go!
Sano goes up for a direct Overhead Kick!
It\'s Tsubasa!
Tsubasa jumps with all he\'s got!
Thank you, Tsubasa! ,
Morisaki makes a diving catch!
They stopped it!
Nankatsu stopped them!
Come, Morisaki!
Throw it! ,
Tsubasa!
The ball reaches Tsubasa now,
Damn it all!
Turn back!
Four minutes left!
It\'s a counter-attack for Nankatsu!
Go, Tsubasa!
In the end, it all comes down to you!
One more!
One more shot will decide the score,
I will run until I can see the goal!
Tsubasa\'s dribbling speed is about as fast as his full sprint,
It really feels like he was born to play football, after all!
Go for it, Tsubasa!
Tsubasa is so, so fast!
No one in Hirado is able to catch up!
I see it now,
It\'s the goal!
So you\'ll go for another Drive Shot, even with all of your injuries, Tsubasa Ozora?
If that\'s the case, then I will take as many of them as I can head on,
until you finally run yourself dry, y\'know!
Guys, you\'ve let me rest more than enough,
So this time, I will score the winner!
I will stop you before you can shoot!
What a quick swing!
Bring it, Tsubasa!
What happened to Tsubasa?
He\'s staggering!
Tsubasa!
What?!
It\'s no good,
I\'m out of strength,,,
So you\'ve run out of gas, huh, Tsubasa?!
Tsubasa!
Tsubasa,
Trust them,
That\'s right, Tsubasa,
Isn\'t football played with 11 people?
Misaki, Wakabayashi,,,
Exactly as they say, Tsubasa,
You can\'t play football by yourself,
Roberto!
Tsubasa!
I\'m counting on you,,, Kisugi, Taki,
Let\'s go! This is our last chance!
We\'ll drill this ball we got from Tsubasa into the goal for sure!
If it\'s just them two, that\'s good news!
We can intercept their passes easily, ,
We won\'t let you make a fool out of us anymore!
Let\'s go, Kisugi!
Sure!
They easily put together a string of great one-two passes,
They are perfectly in sync!
Well, of course!
We\'ve formed a duo since elementary school!
We may not be able to match Misaki and Tsubasa\'s Golden Duo,
but we certainly shine in our way!
I will send you flying once again!
As if I\'d let that happen again!
What?! ,
The former scorer of Shutetsu, Teppei Kisugi, is the scorer of Nankatsu now!
It\'s in! Goal!
Hell yeah, Kisugi!
He did it!
It\'s decided,
Nankatsu has,,,
There\'s just one minute left,
Nankatsu finally make their comeback,
Taki and Kisugi were the ones to score the fourth goal!
That\'s right, football is played with 11 people,
You\'ve got to trust your friends,
Kisugi, Taki,
Thank you!
It was a piece of cake!
You guys did a great job on defense too!
He had his share in the goal!
Tsubasa is really cool!
Oh you,,, Let\'s not forget to cheer for Kisugi and Taki too!
We have to defend for one more minute,
Go!
The match ends here!
It\'s 4-3!
Nankatsu win the game after a very close call!
Despite the many hardships, they take their seat in the best 4 for a third year in a row!
Two matches from their first three consecutive championships ever,
We won!
Looks like it\'ll be Nankatsu after all,
Yeah,
So you\'ve won, Tsubasa, ,
You frickin\' did it, Tsubasa!
It would\'ve sucked if you\'d lost just as you perfected your Drive Shot,
You did it, Tsubasa,
,
Hirado did a real good job cornering the reigning champion Nankatsu this badly for a first-time contender,
However, Tsubasa\'s Drive Shot, which tied the game single-handedly,
was the real highlight of the game,
The game winner came from a brilliant combination play between Kisugi and Taki,
They truly came together as a unit and made their way into the semi-finals,
In the end, Nankatsu\'s teamwork saw them through to victory,
Now we both have one more game to go, Tsubasa,
Damn it, ,
Damn it,,,
Damn it!
This loss was a long time coming, y\'know,,,
Losing really hurts, But, I feel strangely refreshed, y\'know,
Get on your feet, Sano,
Captain,
Don\'t cry,
You have one more year to go, y\'know,
Make sure you come here next year too and win this time!
Yes!
Tsubasa Ozora,,,
It was supposed to be a one year journey for me,
But now I don\'t think I can quit playing football until I\'ve defeated you, y\'know,
Before today, you were just a brawler,,,
I\'m really proud of your growth, Hiroshi,
There are those who win and advance, and also those who lose and are eliminated,
In this tournament, held with 47 teams from all around the nation,
finally, the four best teams have been determined,
The previous champions, Nankatsu Middle School, representing Shizuoka,
Furano Middle School, representing Hokkaido,
Meiwa Higashi Middle School, representing the Saitama Prefecture,
Toho Academy, representing Tokyo,
Tomorrow, these four teams will battle, with a seat at the grand finals at stake,
COMING UP, EPISODE 42: FIERCE TIGER LIGHTS THE FIRE
Ai! Ai! Ai!
Moeru you ni hitori demo
ikiteyukeru to usobuite hashiritsudzukete
unubore no morosa wo kimi wa shitteta no ni
kokoro made uchinomaresareta kono yoru ni
kimi no koe sagasu
kono yowasa ga nikui yo
ima sugu torimodoshi ni ikanakya
baka darou?
Ai,
Kizudarake no ai wo shinjite
nagareochita namida sae mo tsuyosa e to kaete
ai,
Kizudarake no ai da to shite mo
bokura no sekai wo tomoshiteru
kono ai mo ichido taritomo
hanasanai,
Love! Love! Love!
I keep running, lying to myself
that I can live alone, though the loneliness makes me burn ,
You knew how fragile my self-conceit makes me,
In this night that even shattered my heart
I hate how weak I am
yearning for your voice
"I\'ve got to get you back right now!"
I\'m stupid, right?
Love!
Believing in my scarred love
I will turn these shedded tears into strength,
Love!
Even though it is a scarred love
it lightens up our world
I will not let go of this love
for a single moment!
Chotto are mi na ace ga tooru
suguremono zo to machijû sawagu
chô-chô samba, zigzag samba
aitsu no uwasa de chamba mo hashiru
sore ni tsukete mo ore-tacha nan na no
ball hitotsu ni kiri-kiri mai sa,
Dash, dash, dash! Kick and dash!
Itsuka kimeru ze inazuma shoot
son toki ore ga super hero sa,
Dash, dash, dash! Kick and dash!
Moete seishun kakenukero,
Hey, look over there at the ace passing through,
He\'s the best, and the whole town cheers him on,
Butterfly samba, zig-zag samba,
Even little old ladies go around talking about him,
So, even if we have him, who are we?
The ball spins round and round,
Dash, dash, dash! Kick and dash!
One day, I\'ll score with a lightning shot!
When that happens, I\'ll become a super hero!
Dash, dash, dash! Kick and dash!
This fierce youth is on the field!