Reigning champions Nankatsu finally catch up during the second half,
They\'ve scored an important goal thanks to the center-back Takasugi\'s efforts,
Can Nankatsu keep this up and turn the tables?
On the other hand, we have the first time contender Azumaichi MS putting up a great show despite being caught up!
Can they maintain the tie and go to the penalty shootout?
You fool,
A tie is out of the question,
We\'ll win and show you!
There are just 10 minutes left in the second half,
The match will be decided by just one more goal!
Soda won\'t let it end like this,
EPISODE 36: EACH ONE\'S RESOLUTION ,
The game resumes!
All right, everyone go!
Yeah!
Despite having focused on defense so far, all Azumaichi players move onto the offensive!
Come at us if you will!
Both teams struggle to break away with the ball in the midfield!
Soda himself continues to closely mark Tsubasa!
Azumaichi fiercely attacks!
However, Nankatsu fights back!
The game is about to reach its climax!
Don\'t lose, Nankatsu!
Go, Azumaichi!
Nankatsu just stole the ball!
All right, is Tsubasa open,,,
Come on, Iwami!
Okay!
Nankatsu gets the ball to Izawa,
Will he make the game instead of Tsubasa?
Go, Taki!
Izawa decides to use Taki in the front lines,
I won\'t let this through!
What?!
It\'s my turn now!
Guys, fall back!
Azumaichi\'s attack comes in like waves!
But Kisugi cuts in!
Tsubasa!
Still, Tsubasa remains closely marked by Soda!
Neither team is able to find an opening, and time continues ticking away!
We just have 5 minutes left!
Here!
Ishizaki clears the loose ball,
Azumaichi\'s attack has once again been blocked,
The real game starts now! Let\'s go!
Oh no!
Soda leaves his mark on Tsubasa and chases after the cleared ball!
Soda is closing in on the ball!
But here\'s Nankatsu\'s Taki, challenging him for it!
Taki, I\'m counting on you!
All right!
Eat this!
Razor Tackle!
Soda steals the ball and proceeds to attack by himself!
It feels like Azumaichi\'s about to score!
Morisaki, he\'s gonna shoot!
Watch out for his shot\'s spin!
Got it!
Tsubasa,,,
Your Drive Shot is still incomplete,
However, my Razor Shot is 100% complete!
And this razor works both ways!
We\'ve got this game!
Morisaki, the other way!
Jump to the opposite side this time!
Soda fires away his Razor Shot, which has already scored once!
The way the ball spins now is different,
It\'s headed to the left!
It\'s a Reverse Razor Shot!
H-he caught it!
Morisaki firmly catches it this time,
That\'s a great save!
Morisaki!
You did it! Nice catch!
All right! Come on, Morisaki!
Okay! Tsubasa!
Since Soda has come forward to attack, Tsubasa is completely unmarked!
All right!
Azumaichi staged an attack with all of its players, which has left them flat-footed on defense!
Crap! Go back!
Go, Tsubasa!
Tsubasa is unmarked for the first time in this match,
He\'s playing freely for the first time this game!
Tsubasa, your leg,,,
I\'m unmarked,
If I can\'t score now, there\'s no way we\'ll get our V3!
Tsubasa beats the last defender, and heads straight to the goal!
It\'s useless, no one can stop him now!
Goal!
It\'s Tsubasa\'s first goal in this tournament!
And it\'s a goal for the win!
All right!
I did it!
Nankatsu gets ahead!
In the eleventh hour, right before the game ends, Captain Tsubasa scores the last-minute goal that may lift his team to victory!
You did it, Tsubasa!
We have the lead!
You made us worry for nothing!
You went ahead and did it, Tsubasa!
Well, everything should be fine with this,
How did he know?
I haven\'t used my Reverse Razor Shot in the prelims,,,
I hadn\'t even used it once,,, And yet,,,
The final whistle blows!
Azumaichi fought until the very end, but unfortunately for them, time is up!
The score is 2-1!
The reigning champion, Nankatsu MS clears the first game with some struggles, and advances to the second game,
Whew,,,! We somehow got this first game,
Azumachi won\'t see results for their efforts,
But they\'ve put up a good fight against Nankatsu,
Well done, boys,
It can\'t be helped,
You did well as the Osaka representative, Soda,
Tsubasa Ozora,,, You really can\'t leave him unmarked, y\'know,
You\'re right,
If Soda kept on marking Tsubasa instead of trying to take the lead,
this game might have remained a tie,
Well, it looks like it\'ll be us who beat Nankatsu,
Yeah,
Tsubasa,
Soda,,,
How did you read my Reverse Razor Shot?
Good question, If Tsubasa didn\'t tell me what to do, I probably wouldn\'t get that one,
It might just be a hunch on my part,
when I looked at the angle between your pivot foot and shooting foot, I just knew,
You "just knew",,,
You see, I\'m having a hard time with curving the ball,
I see,
I\'ll most likely be unable to do it, so perfect your Drive Shot,
I\'m sure you can do it,
Sure,
Also, is your leg okay?
His leg? Did something happen, Tsubasa? ,
Tsubasa hurt his left leg a little, Really?
It\'s okay,
It\'s always acted up a bit, anyway, ,
Well, that\'s fine, then,
You have completely defeated us, Make sure you become the champions, Nankatsu,
Yeah, just trust us,
Well then,,, See you again, Tsubasa,
Damn it! We just lost!
Don\'t just feel down and cry, guys,
Let\'s go home with our heads held high!
Soda,,,
Makoto Soda,,,
I thought he was a pain in the ass, but it looks like he\'s actually a pretty cool guy,
Nankatsu won, but they had a hard time,
You\'re right,
Can we acknowledge Soda, who marked Tsubasa, as a rival?
You have a point,
So, about that shot Tsubasa fired,,,
Did he aim for it? Or was it just,,,
Of course that was intentional,
It\'s the Drive Shot that Tsubasa is in the process of developing right now,
Drive Shot?
Yes, If he were to 100% complete that shot, we could use Tsubasa in the Japanese National Team right now,
There\'s no doubt about it,
This is clearly a Drive Shot that we see in South America, especially in Brazil,
That shot is hard, even for the pros,
Mastering that one in his 3rd year of middle school, albeit slowly,,,
Tsubasa Ozora really is a guy people should fear,
5 minutes of the second half have passed,
It\'s the first match of the National Middle School Football Tournament
between Tokyo\'s Toho Academy and Nara\'s Matsukami MS!
Fight! Fight! Toho!
Go! Go! Matsukami! Get behind them!
The score is still at a deadlock at 0-0 even in this second half,
Along with Nankatsu MS, Toho Academy are one of the contenders for the champion\'s title in this tournament,
Despite controlling the game so far, their scoring power isn\'t enough, and the game remains scoreless,
Their ace\'s absence does show,
Kojiro Hyuga is simply sitting on the bench and has yet to set his foot on the pitch,
Is it an injury?
Or are they resting him for now while letting the younger players gain experience, like in the prelims?
Some unexpected events took place before the tournament,
but we still don\'t know the full details,
Brother,,,
Kojiro\'s not playing,
For now, Hyuga is observing the game from the bench,
Their opponent Matsukami MS are known for their defense, and have been persistent thus far,
They leave no ground for Toho,
They just stole the ball!
There\'s no way we\'d lose to Toho when Hyuga\'s not playing,
We\'ll score the first goal and drag Hyuga onto the pitch! ,
Time for Matsukami\'s counter-attack!
Go!
All right!
Goalkeeper Wakashimazu tightly catches the ball!
He\'s the #1 middle school keeper for a reason,
He won\'t easily yield a goal,
Okay, Takeshi!
Now it\'s Toho\'s turn to counter-attack!
Sorimachi!
That\'s the place!
He did it!
A perfect shot from Sorimachi, who is playing instead of Hyuga in this one-top formation!
And Sawada sent a superb cross his way, That was a textbook assist!
Well, even when Hyuga\'s not playing, Toho is simply strong,
What do I write?
That they\'re saving Hyuga for later? ,
Or should I go with the injury story?
Ever since Coach Kitazume said that he wouldn\'t be using Hyuga, he\'s kept going "no comment",
Not much we can do, Maybe we should just put Sorimachi, Sawada and Wakashimazu in the headline,
Coach says that he won\'t let Hyuga play, but we can\'t become champions without him,
Particularly, we can\'t beat Nankatsu,
For now, let\'s get to the finals,
We have to keep winning with our own strength without our captain until then,
Toho Academy attacks once again!
Let\'s score again!
Yeah!
A perfect pass from Sawada,
Sorimachi traps it with his chest and,,,
He shoots!
- W-what?! - ,
Goal!
Toho Academy easily scores their second goal,
The score\'s 2-0!
Hey, did you get that?
Of course! Sorimachi\'s second goal, right?
You idiot, not that one!
I was talking about Hyuga\'s shot!
What? ,
I\'m going back to the club house,
Hyuga,,,
— SAITAMA WORLD STADIUM,,,
— BAY COAST STADIUM,,,
It\'s the second day of the National Middle School Football Tournament,
The first matches of the tournament are being held at each stadium since early this morning,
They said Hyuga went missing, but it just looks like he\'s riding the bench for now,
Rumor has it that he might be injured,
Nankatsu had a rough time yesterday, didn\'t they?
I heard that Soda of the Azumachi MS did a great job,
Now shoot it!
Is Tsubasa\'s leg okay?
I just hope it will somehow work out after he rests today,
Yeah,
All we can do is pray that it will work out,
But man, Tsubasa is sure cold,
To think he\'d keep his leg\'s condition hidden from us,,,
Yeah, you said it,
Now, now,
Tsubasa was being considerate; He didn\'t want us to worry in the middle of the match,
I know that much, but,,,
Now we have another reason to try and not burden him any more than we already do, ,
It\'s our turn to do the work,
Yeah, you are right,
All right!
Let\'s get Nankatsu\'s third victory with our strength! ,
Yeah!
Tsubasa being injured actually helped them boost their morale,
Yup, it is all good,
There are no problems with the bone,
How is your leg doing now?
After a day of rest, the pain really isn\'t much,
It was indeed a mild sprain,
But as you\'ve said, it looks like your leg tends to catch this kind of injury,
so be careful about that,
Sure,
You should play your next match with taping applied,
Do not force yourself today and take a break from practice,
Understood,
Take care,
Thank you very much, sir,
Thanks a lot,
Whew, no matter how many times I visit, I am still not fond of hospitals,
Wasn\'t that great though, Tsubasa?
It wasn\'t anything serious,
Yup,
During such a time, not being able to play in matches due to injury as the captain would be disastrous,
You all worked so hard after all,
It\'s all thanks to your efforts, manager,
Now you are saying things you don\'t even believe,
,
Such a big park,
It\'s Sunday today, so there are lots of people, ,
Oh, I know! If I can\'t practice today anyway, we should go watch the matches
between Nishikigaoka MS and Ozusan MS, and see who our next opponent might be next match,
Manabu has gone to scout, anyway,
If we hurry, we might even be able to see Furano\'s match before that,
Sure,
Okay, let\'s go!
Wai-,
Tsubasa!
Geez, running around with a sprain,,,
Oh, where is the captain? ,
He\'s not on the pitch,
Coach, Hyuga isn\'t here yet,
Hyuga won\'t be coming,
For 3rd graders, this is their last tournament,
As Hyuga won\'t be playing in this tournament, he has no need to practice here,
That\'s why I told him it\'s okay not to come, ,
No way!
Coach, we can\'t become champions without Hyuga!
He is right, coach,
Shut your mouth!
Do you mean to defy me as well?!
All you need to do is to follow my orders!
Wakashimazu, from now, until the tournament is over, you will be the team\'s captain,
Got it?
C-Coach,,,
Hyuga
,
He is surrounded by three near the end of the game, but he is not yielding the ball!
What a great,,,
I\'m back!
Big bro!
I hope you guys have been well?
Kojiro!
Matsuyama keeps the ball all by himself!
That\'s the place!
Matsuyama draws his opponents\' focus and makes a pass!
Take it!
Good!
Furano keep connecting their passes,
What brilliant teamwork!
Furano\'s members are doing a solid job this year, having further polished their team play,
It seems that they are blowing their gentle wind in this tournament too!
Captain!
Yes!
Their captain, Matsuyama scored at the last part!
It\'s 6-0!
They\'ve done it!
It was worth coming all the way here from Hokkaido,
The match ends here!
It\'s 6-0,
Hokkaido representatives Furano MS have beaten the Okayama representatives Sakucho MS, with their excellent teamwork!
Furano advances to the second round,
We can deduce from this match that Furano might be the third force after Nankatsu and Toho, squarely in the race for the championship,
All right guys, let\'s keep this up and take the championship pennant back to Hokkaido with us this year!
Yeah!
The next match between Kanagawa\'s Nishikigaoka MS and Kochi\'s Ozusan MS will be held at 11:30,
Ah, looks like we didn\'t make it in time for Furano\'s match,
Is your leg okay after running that much, Tsubasa?
Oh, I just forgot about that!
Oh, you,,,! ,"
There he is! ,
Manabu! ,
Huh?
Oh, Tsubasa!
How\'s your leg doing?
It\'s all good,
Nothing serious,
Is that so?
So how was Furano? ,
Oh yeah, they were strong after all,
They\'ve gotten stronger since last year, for sure,
They will be a big obstacle in our path to victory,
I see,
As for Nishikigaoka and Ozusan, they\'re opponents we can\'t be laid back against, whichever may advance,
They won\'t let us win this national tournament so easily I guess,
No matter who I have to face, I won\'t lose,
I will make my way through this undefeated and go to Brazil,
Tsubasa, what are you even doing here?
Teacher\'s gone so far and given you such an opportunity,,,
You two should have spent more time by yourselves, ,
Oh! I detect Tsubasa over there! ,
You guys came too?
Yeah,
Morning practice was over,
We\'re here to do our part of scouting,
So, how was it Tsubasa? ,
Yup, everything was fine,
We aren\'t talking about your leg here,,,
You two were alone, right?
You held hands at least, yeah? ,
With Manager, I mean,
So how was it?
Were things good between you and Tsubasa?
Nothing happened,
My dear seniors, what are you talking about?
All of them are so curious, ,
Huh?
You are quitting Toho Academy?
I had a little spar with our coach,
It seems my scholarship will be revoked,
When that happens, considering that Toho is a private school,
it will be like telling us poor people to quit,
That\'s not fair, big bro!
It\'s okay,
After that, I will return back to the middle school here and I will work after I graduate,
But Kojiro, you won\'t be able to focus the football you love this way,,,
It can\'t be helped,
My school football life will end in middle school,
I might not be able to put as much time into football as I\'ve done until now,
but I can play football by myself, too,
I will play football while I work,
Kojiro,
It\'s fine if you are trying to make me quit,
but in return,,,
In return, I will fight against Tsubasa and defeat him with this right leg of mine no matter what happens!
COMING UP, EPISODE 37: SKYLAB HURRICANE!
Ai! Ai! Ai!
Moeru you ni hitori demo
ikiteyukeru to usobuite hashiritsudzukete
unubore no morosa wo kimi wa shitteta na 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!