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EPISODE 46: THE KICK-OFF OF THE CENTURY,
Here, I brought your jerseys!
Wow!
Blue lines on white,,,
Our home jerseys really are the best for our final match, after all,
Yes!
We washed them all properly, so do your best tomorrow!
Yeah! You can count on us!
Only one match stands in the way of the V3 we\'ve dreamt of,,,
You\'re right,
I really wish Tsubasa was in top form, at least just for the final match,
Oh, right,
So, Tsubasa is staying at the hospital tonight,
Nakazawa, wake up early tomorrow and bring him his jersey!
Y-yes, ,
"I\'ll keep it short,
Mr, Makoto Kitazume, coach of Toho Academy,
I am writing this letter to ask a favor from you,
Coach Kitazume, please let Kojiro Hyuga play in the final game,
I can only assume you\'ve not allowed him to play
because he put his team aside and came to see me in Okinawa all by himself,
But, can\'t you forgive him? Just this once?
I was the one who urged him to come,"
Come in,
Hmm,,,? ,
Coach,
We\'ve all discussed and decided on this together,
Keeping that in mind, please listen to us,
Please, let Captain Hyuga play in tomorrow\'s final,
If you refuse to comply with our request,
we will,,,
Captain,,,?
Captain!
Hyuga!
Coach,
Take this, ,
CHALLENGE LETTER
Th-this is,,,
Hyuga!
Captain!
CHALLENGE LETTER
Tonight, at 8 p,m,, I\'ll be waiting for you at Toho Football Club\'s pitch, Kojiro Hyuga,
"Tonight, at 8 p,m,, I\'ll be waiting for you at Toho Football Club\'s pitch,"
Is Hyuga really intending to have a duel with him? ,
Captain,,,!
Really, I\'d rather be found dead than like this,,,
But,
I should tell you now,
this is as low as I can go,
I\'m begging you!
Please let me play in the match!
Raise your head, Hyuga,
I have always coached football teams based on my convictions,
I have never once betrayed those convictions,
That is my pride, the foundations on which my coaching is built,
And in staying true to those convictions, I cannot let you play in this match! ,
Got it?!
Hyuga,,,
I see,,,
I don\'t really know or care about your convictions;
so, then there\'s nothing else left to do!
I will definitely play!
Even if I have to beat you up, I\'ll force my way into that match!
You don\'t own Toho!
I won\'t just let you do as you please! ,
The only one who\'s been doing as they\'ve pleased here is you! ,
Damn it!
Wait, Captain!
Coach, you stop too!
You guys,,,
It\'s as you see, coach!
Please let Hyuga play in this match!
It\'s true; Our Captain left the team without your permission,
But in Okinawa, all in preparation for our match against Nankatsu,
just to take Nankatsu down,
he has trained more intensely than any of us!
We\'re begging you, Coach!
Please, you have to let our Captain play!
Coach, please!
You guys,,,
You\'d all go this far for Hyuga,,,?
Somebody bring a ball here,
Hyuga, you just said that I didn\'t own Toho, right?
However, I am the coach, and I make the decisions, here,
And as things stand, even without you there, Toho have made their way through to the finals,
The driving force behind this success are our forward, Sorimachi,
our midfielder, Sawada,
and our goalkeeper, Wakashimazu,
If you can steal a goal from these three,
Hyuga,
then I\'ll let you play in the game,
You won\'t go back on this promise, will you?
However! If those three go easy on you because you\'re their friend,
I won\'t let you play!
You can\'t fool these eyes of mine,
Got it, you lot?
Y-yes!
We really can\'t fool our coach,
Blow the whistle!
Yes!
Let\'s go!
Okay!
Here I come, Hyuga!
Coach Kira has shown me the way,
and helped me realize how naive I was,
Kojiro! You have to fight with your body in football!
No matter what happens, don\'t you abandon your fighting spirit!
Okay!
Fighting spirit!
He beat that into me! Engraved it into my bones!
To respond to Coach Kira\'s expectations,
who has set me straight again,
I shall play in that match!
In my last summer, I found this amidst the typhoon, on the sandy beaches of northern Okinawa!
- Tiger,,, - Tiger,,,
Shot!
What?!
I couldn\'t see it! Not at all!
It\'s not what you think!
I wasn\'t going easy on him!
That shot was just so fast, that I,,,
I couldn\'t even react!
I will announce the starting members
for tomorrow\'s match against Nankatsu!
Goalkeeper: Wakashimazu,
Your response?
Y-yes!
Defenders: Imai,
Yes!
Kawabe,
Yes!
Takashima,
Yes!
Furuta,
Yes!
Midfielders: Shimano,
Yes!
Koike,
Yes!
Matsuki,
Yes!
Sawada,
Yes!
And the forwards: On the right wing, Sorimachi,
Yes!
And on the left wing,,,
Kojiro Hyuga!
Yes! ,
And then, finally, the dawn breaks on the day of the grand final,
TOHO ACADEMY CHAIRMAN ,
NAOKI MIZAWA,
Can you please tell me your reason?
A reason?
RESIGNATION NOTICE
My reason for quitting is the fact that I\'ll have Kojiro Hyuga play in today\'s match,
Wha,,,
Until now, I\'ve coached according to my own convictions,
But I\'ve bent those convictions and promised to let Hyuga play in this match,
In other words, I have become a failure as a coach,
I\'ll take responsibility for that,
and quit coaching Toho Academy,
Coach Kitazume,,,
But rest assured,
If I\'m letting Kojiro Hyuga play, it\'s for Toho Academy\'s victory,
Listen to me, everyone!
I want you to give it everything you\'ve got and make even more noise in today\'s match,
Our cheers are surely getting through to the players,
Nankatsu will definitely emerge victorious today!
Yeah!
NAKATA HOSPITAL
,
Doctor, how is Tsubasa?
Well, if he pushes himself too far and hurts himself again,
it could cast a shadow on Tsubasa\'s football career for the rest of his life,
If we care about his future, I should stop him, as his doctor,
I understand what you\'re saying,
What is Tsubasa\'s opinion on this?
Eh,,,
Doctor, even if you tell me it\'s impossible, I\'ll still play in tomorrow\'s match,
But, you would be putting your career as a football player in danger,,,
Hyuga is sure to play,
I can only respond in kind,
I see,
Then, please, let him play, ,
If Tsubasa says he\'ll play, just let him play,
Even if they lose when he plays,
even if he can\'t become the #1 football player in the world due to getting hurt this match,
Tsubasa isn\'t the kind of boy who\'d have any regrets over choosing to play in this match, ,
Mrs, Ozora,,,
Good morning!
Oh, Sanae,,,
I brought Tsubasa\'s jersey,
You did? Thank you!
You\'re so strong, Mrs, Ozora,
If it were me, I wouldn\'t let him play if his injuries were that bad,
Sanae,,,
Good morning, everyone!
Tsubasa!
Hey!
Doctor, it\'s about time to put on the tape for the match, Please!
O-okay,,,
Hey, Tsubasa!
Are you ready?
Oh, it\'s you guys! ,
Tsubasa! Today is our last official match as middle schoolers!
Let\'s gather up for this final match, and go out onto that field, together!
Tsubasa!
Guys,,,
Tsubasa,
Here, take this,
Okay,
Thanks!
She\'s so lucky,,,
I wish I could be next to Tsubasa,
just like that,
even if it\'s only for once, this summer,,,
No, I can\'t! What am I thinking?!
Yukari! Please, hit me!
What,,,?
What the hell are you going on about?
,
They\'re here!
Toho is here!
TOHO ACADEMY
10,15: ARRIVAL AT THE STADIUM
And here comes Nankatsu!
NANKATSU MIDDLE SCHOOL
10,17: ARRIVAL AT THE STADIUM
This is my last official match in Japan,
and also my last one as a middle schooler,
It\'s also the match where I\'ll say farewell to everyone,
,
Do your best, do your best, Nankatsu!
Fight, fight, Toho!
Whoa, that\'s one hell of a crowd,
It\'ll be hard to find a seat,
Matsuyama!
We\'re over here!
Oh, Misugi and Yayoi!
Thanks,
(That was a close one, yesterday, ,
Yeah, and I was able to play without leaving any regrets,
I\'m satisfied, in a way,
Are you the only one who stayed behind?
Yeah,
Coach told me I ought to watch this match for future reference,
Also, if I\'d gone back with them,,,
Captain, why did you go after her to the airport?
What did you two talk about?
Hey, hey! So you like Yoshiko too, right, Matsuyama?!
it\'d end up like this for sure,
You two are really lucky, having been together all this time,,,
Huh?
TOHO ACADEMY TOKYO
Excuse me, ,
You must be Toho Academy\'s Coach Kitazume,
Have you read my letter?
My name is Kozo Kira,
Kira, you say?
It\'s just as you see, ,
Please, I beg you, let Kojiro play in today\'s match!
Coach Kira!
Mr, Kira,
Please, raise your head,
I will absolutely not, not unless I hear he will play today,
Don\'t worry,
Hyuga will be playing the full match today,
Wha-,
Is that true?!
Yes,
Last night, Hyuga did the exact same thing you are doing right now,
Kojiro,,,
Coach,,, ,
Now, both teams have come on to the pitch for the pre-game warm up,
Nankatsu!
Tsubasa!
Hyuga, you\'d better play today!
I will announce the starting players for both teams now,
Nankatsu MS, representing Shizuoka Prefecture, will wear their white jerseys,
Morisaki as goalkeeper,
Nakazato, Oda, Takasugi and Ishizaki as defenders,
Heh,
For the midfielders, Tsubasa Ozora,,,
So he will play today too, eh?
Good job! Don\'t mind the injury!
It wouldn\'t be fun without you!
God, look how popular he is,
- We feel kinda out of place here! ,
Must be fun and nice to be the popular guy!
And now: Toho Academy, representing Tokyo, will wear their black jerseys,
Wakashimazu as goalkeeper,
Furuta, Kawade, Imai and Takashima as defenders,
Sawada, Koike, Shimada and Matsuki as midfielders,
Forwards will be Sorimachi
and Hyuga,
Is Hyuga playing?
We were waiting for you, Toho\'s Ace!
Just listen to the loud cheering,
This huge audience was desperately waiting for Hyuga to play in a match!
Hyuga!
So, you made it,
I\'ll do it,
I will take the championship for sure!
Finishing their warm ups, both teams are heading to the locker rooms,
TOHO ACADEMY TOKYO
Captain,,,!
Were you really wearing a sweatshirt under your jersey, in this heat?
I wasn\'t exactly sitting on the bench doing nothing, you know,
I\'ve made my preparations for this blazing sun,
This amount of heat won\'t exhaust me,
In this match, the hotter it gets, the more of an advantage I\'ll have,
Captain!
His muscles look even stronger, even after such a short period of time,
Hyuga really came back with a body like tempered steel,
RESIGNATION NOTICE ,
All right, boys, listen up,
Be confident!
You can definitely win with your current strength,
It\'s high time we dethroned Nankatsu!
We\'ll return to Toho Academy with the championship pennant!
Yes, sir!
Yeah, this year we will do it!
I think I\'ll worry about this after the match,
NANKATSU MIDDLE SCHOOL SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE
I won\'t waste my time with trivialities,
All you need to do is play like you always do, ,
Yes, sir!
Tsubasa, do you have anything else to add as the captain?
Yes, sir,
I am really glad that I was admitted to Nankatsu MS
and that I was able to play football with you guys for the past three years,
In our last match today, after coming all the way here,,, let\'s win!
Let\'s win and make our V3 dream into reality!
Yeah!
It\'s on, guys!
Nankatsu, it\'s time!
Sure,
Okay, let\'s go guys!
Yes, sir!
Tsubasa,
Take this,
Sure,
This is my last match as Nankatsu\'s captain,
I will complete my middle school football career undefeated,
and this time, I\'ll go to Roberto\'s country, Brazil!
TOHO ACADEMY TOKYO
Toho, it\'s time!
Let\'s get going, guys!
Yeah!
We will do it!
Dethrone Nankatsu! ,
That\'s it!
If you think about it, all of them are my cute little players,
Good job on enduring my tough training this long,
How\'s your condition, Tsubasa?
It\'s okay,
I\'ll do my best, even if I get hurt in the process, ,
Now, that\'s the spirit,
Doctor!
I will take care of you after the match, ,
You\'re going to play anyway, so give it everything you\'ve got!
The National Middle School Football Tournament\'s final match is about to start,
Both teams are making their appearance,
Big bro!
It\'s Nankatsu MS, representing Shizuoka, against Toho Academy, representing Tokyo,
NAGASAKI HIRADO MS
It\'s been the same final match these past three years,
I am sure both teams will show us many great plays - OSAKA AZUMAICHI MS,
In these 60 minutes of the match, leaving us unable to divert our eyes - AKITA TACHIBANA HOUSEHOLD,
As they start with their best members,
WAKASHIMAZU HOUSEHOLD
Dear, are you really going to take football away from Ken if he loses?
That was the condition I let him play under until now,
Ken is on the pitch every match, fully aware of this,
The ball goes to Toho Academy with the coin toss,
It\'s been a while since I\'ve been on the pitch,
Please, guys, lend me your strength,
The first year of middle school\'s tournament,,,
Tsubasa shoots with an overhead kick!
Nankatsu get their first championship!
Last year,,,
Let\'s go!
Sure!
In that tournament too,,,
It\'s in!
Nankatsu accomplish their V2, reigning over the country!
I refuse to lose any more, Tsubasa,
I will return the shame I\'ve felt these past 3 years,
with this last match of my middle school—and student—life,
The match will start at noon,
The fateful moment is closing in!
5,4,3,2,1,0!
The match finally begins!
The whistle for the match of the century rings loud and clear!
Let\'s go, guys!
Yeah!
Hyuga is already getting ready to shoot at the center circle!
What?!
Here he comes,
He is coming right from the start!
I was right to stay in the back!
Eat this, Nankatsu!
This is my,,,
Tiger Shot!
It\'s fast!
Hyuga\'s long shot rips ahead towards Nankatsu\'s goal on a low trajectory!
It smashes into the post!
The goalkeeper, Morisaki, is dumbfounded right now, unable to move an inch!
Crap!
The ball is punctured!
What an amazing shot!
That\'s Hyuga for you!
Big bro!
Such power in it,,,
Did Hyuga come up with a terrific shot in such a short amount of time,,,?
Damn!
The final match has started in a shocking way!
Kojiro Hyuga, The Ferocious Tiger, makes his triumphant return!
COMING UP, EPISODE 47: A FATEFUL SHOWDOWN, ONCE AGAIN
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!