Manager!
Can you please bring that thing we\'ve been talking about?
Yes,
It\'s a familiar taste, It\'s the stamina drink my wife made with milk and honey that she\'s so proud of, ,
Make sure you drink up! Take it to the match!
Yes!
This really gets us going before a match, We couldn\'t do it without this drink, coach! ,
You really think so?
Here you go, Matsuyama,
Okay, thank you!
By the way, this is the last tournament where you\'ll be taking care of us, Right, Fujisawa?
Yeah,,,
Man, it\'s cold,
When it snows while you\'re dressed in thick clothes, you end up sweating and feeling even colder,
Here, Matsuyama, Oda, Take these,
Wipe your sweat with this,
Thank you,
It\'s warm!
Yoshiko warmed them up for you in front of the stove,
You did? You\'re so thoughtful,
Yoshiko Fujisawa will be moving to the US in the second term, due to her father\'s work,
As your final memory before you transfer, I\'ll show you how we become the national champions,
Yeah,
Come on, give me some!
Oh, sorry,
Don\'t run out of stamina during the game because of this heat,
After all, we\'re not used to such sultry weather,
It\'ll be all right, coach,
No one has gotten worn out so far, and everybody\'s been improving their track record,
You\'re right,
Moreover, we also have this stamina drink your beautiful wife made for us,
You little bastard,,,
But guys, the more we win and advance, the stronger our opponents get,
Don\'t let your guard down,
Today\'s opponent, Minamiuwa, is a good team with a well-balanced offense and defense,
FW, TAKEI,
CAPTAIN, ISHIDA,
Pay particular attention to their captain Ishida\'s technique, and their center forward Takei\'s powerful headers,
Yes!
All right! If we win, we\'ll practically be set up to play against Nankatsu,
To get there, we must completely break Minamiuwa down!
Yeah!
Yoshiko,,,
Can\'t you open up to Matsuyama and say that you love him?
If you can\'t do it today, then
,
EPISODE 40: FURANO GOES TO WAR,
It\'s the second game of the quarter finals of the National Middle School Football Tournament,
The match between Toho Academy and Chubu MS is about to end,
Toho makes their first-year player, Sawada, the center of their offense today as well,
He\'s really in a period of rapid growth!
As Toho piles up their victories, Sawada keeps on improving his skills,
Take it!
Yeah!
Center forward Sorimachi takes on Hyuga\'s role as he\'s sitting on the bench,
He\'s completely in sync with Sawada,
It\'s perfect!
Sorimachi scores a third goal in the waning minutes, like a killing blow!
FURANO MIDDLE SCHOOL HOKKAIDO
Even if Hyuga\'s not there, Toho\'s offensive power absolutely does not decrease!
What\'s wrong, Hyuga?
You\'re sitting on the bench,,, why don\'t you go out and play?
But Chubu doesn\'t give up!
They keep doggedly attacking Toho\'s goal,
However, Toho has this man,
The man with a clean sheet on him, Ken Wakashimazu!
No one has scored against him yet this tournament,
He\'s also the substitute captain,
Bring it on,,,!
He gets the ball up high in front of the goal,
What?
Wakashimazu easily catches it,
It\'s useless,
We can\'t beat him in the air too,
The game ends!
We did it! We won!
We\'re in the best four!
3-0!
Toho Academy has won!
And Wakashimazu keeps a clean sheet through his fourth game!
We did it!
Just one more game to go until the finals,
Every player in Toho does their best to make up for Hyuga\'s absence,
They keep honing their skills,
What kind of team will they be if they add the powered-up Hyuga there?
They are sure to be a fearsome and strong team,
All right! We\'re up next!
Yeah!
Matsuyama, wait a second,
What is it?
Yoshiko,,,
What\'s the matter? Do you need me?
Come on, Yoshiko!
Yeah,
Captain! ,
What are you doing?
Hurry up!
Okay, I\'m coming!
Hey, what is it?
D-do your best and win today too!
O-okay,,,
Was that all?
Yes,
Of course I will win,
What was that even about?
All right! Here we go, guys!
Yeah!
Oh, you,,,
I\'m okay with this,
After all, Matsuyama is only thinking about how to win this match right now,
Let\'s go, Furano!
Fight, Furano!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
They\'re shouting as loudly as always,
Furano Eleven, representing Hokkaido!
Good luck, good luck, Furano!
Their opponent, Minamiuwa MS from Ehime, are silently waiting for them,
All good,
We\'ll defeat Furano and be among the best four,
Then we\'ll play against the previous champion, Nankatsu,
This is the third quarter-final match with the semi-finals at stake:
Furano MS vs, Minamiuwa MS,
The game starts!
Furano gets the ball first,
All right, We\'ll score the first goal today, too,
Yeah!
Bring it on, Matsuyama!
Minamiuwa\'s captain Ishida goes to check him!
Is it a one-on-one fight between the captains right off the bat?
Here, Wakamatsu!
Are you afraid of going up against me?
I\'m not afraid of you or anything,
But football is a team sport, That\'s about it,
Are you sure about that?
It sounds better if you say you trust your friends,
but doesn\'t that actually mean that you have no confidence in your ball controlling skills?
Minamiuwa performs a skillful pass cut this time,
Okay, come on!
Without a moment\'s delay, they send the ball to their captain, Ishida,
I\'ll do this in one go!
Fall back, everyone!
Ishida is known for his technique, and he attacks with a solo dribble,
Furano goes to mark him under Matsuyama\'s command,
However, Minamiuwa immediately covers his sides,
Ishida!
Ishida breaks through the middle!
Furano thought he\'d pass the ball, letting him break through!
Damn it! He is looking down on us!
Go!
However, Ishida cuts it short in front of the goal,
Is this just a desperate tactic to evade Matsuyama\'s tackle?
He just sent the ball up high?!
Okay!
Here I go!
A player is running in from the sidelines!
It\'s Minamiuwa\'s center forward, Takei!
Good! Go for it, Takei!
What?!
Takei jumps!
This is an aerial duel between him and the goalkeeper,
Goal!
Minamiuwa opens the score,
Takei wins this duel!
They got ahead of Furano first? ,
You did it, Takei!
You bet I did,
Them being a championship contender means nothing to me!
This is an unexpected development!
It\'s the first time in this tournament that Furano gave up the first goal,
Matsuyama,,,
Despite being seen as the underdogs, Minamiuwa takes the initiative!
How will Furano get back on their feet after this?
Please win, Matsuyama, Please,,,
Furano gathers their spirits back and attacks,
What?!
All right!
Minamiuwa cuts the pass again,
Once more! Let\'s score another one!
Did that first goal boost their morale?
Minamiuwa\'s got some nice moves,
Guys! Don\'t panic just because we lost the first goal,
Just calm down and show them the results of our training!
Yeah!
Okay!
I wonder if Furano\'s mood has changed after Matsuyama\'s words,
This time, they cut the pass,
For you, captain!
All right!
They are completely reading through our passing at the moment,
If that\'s so,,,
Then I\'ll do it myself!
Matsuyama dashes for the opposing goal!
He\'s showing off his smooth ball-keeping skills!
Crap! He didn\'t go for a pass!
Will Matsuyama keep it and and shoot?
That\'s Matsuyama for you,
Too bad, I knew you\'d try to do this!
I won\'t let you shoot!
Just when we thought he was going to shoot, Matsuyama ends up sending a pass!
What?!
Oda! Assist for you! ,
Ball gets to the unmarked Oda!
Okay! I\'ve got this!
Oda takes aim and shoots!
He misses!
What?!
I got lucky,
Don\'t mind! Don\'t mind!
Don\'t sweat it, Stuff like that happens,
I\'m sorry,
Looks like lady luck is on our side,
All right, let\'s go for another goal!
It\'s a chance for Minamiuwa,
Ishida sends the ball towards the goal,
Do you really think we\'d fall for the same trick?
Do not underestimate,
Furano MS!
This time, all the defenders stop the attack,
Nice defense!
Furano protects their goal this time,
Whew, That was pretty dangerous, ,
Furano is having an unexpectedly hard time,
Minamiuwa, huh,,,
This must be what they call a "dark horse",,, ,
That\'s right,
We need to be careful too,
Damn it!
The first half ends here,
What are you dawdling around for?
1-0!
It ends with Minamiuwa leading the score by one goal,
Let\'s go, We should start warming up too,
Yeah,
We don\'t want to struggle against a dark horse,
Oh no! At this rate, we\'ll lose,,,
Yeah,
What do you mean, "yeah"?! ,
Yoshiko, if we lose, you\'ll be leaving Matsuyama today forever!
Got it, Yoshiko?
Your dad is waiting for us in the US,
I\'m sorry, We were going to join him right after the first term ended, but—,
You\'ve worked hard as a manager so far, so I understand you wanting the see them until the final match, but,,,
I will leave right away if we lose,
I guess that\'ll be all right,
Yes,
Matsuyama
,
MINAMIUWA MIDDLE SCHOOL EHIME PREFECTURE
All right,
Excellent work in the first half guys,
The weather will get much hotter,
Our opponent is going to get exhausted,
Stick to the plan, Show no weakness!
Yes, sir!
We\'ll get another one in second half and win,
Yeah,
FURANO MIDDLE SCHOOL HOKKAIDO PREFECTURE
Sorry, this one\'s on me,
If I\'d scored that one,,,
Don\'t sweat over it, Oda,
Yeah,
Just work hard in the second half,
Sure,
There\'s still 30 minutes left,
Let\'s calm down and continue,
We can\'t do anything about the goal we conceded,
First, we have to tie the game,
If we do that, we can establish our rhythm and win,
Have confidence, guys!
Yes, sir!
Damn!
If we\'re already struggling at this point, there is no way we\'ll become champions,
Don\'t lose!
The sun shines even brighter now and it\'s about 36°C degrees now,
It will be a battle against the heat, as well,
The second half is finally starting,
I believe in you, Matsuyama,
I believe in you,
Minamiuwa is attacking aggressively!
They are aiming for a second goal,
Here we go!
We will score another and finish this match off,
Don\'t lose your wits!
We won\'t allow a second one no matter what!
Minamiuwa is a fine team indeed,
It\'s no coincidence that they were able to keep this game at 1-0 so far,
But of course,
Minamiuwa is the strongest team I\'ve coached in my career,
They came at the top in Shikoku, and now this team will dominate in the National Tournament,
A precise attack from Minamiuwa!
On the other hand, has Hokkaido\'s Furano,
who aren\'t used to this heat, started to lose their stamina?
Do your best!
Grit your teeth, guys!
What\'s wrong, Matsuyama?
Weren\'t you going to pay me back?!
Damn it!
If we concede the second goal, it\'s all over,
We are the ones who know this most!
He got the ball!
The keystone of the team, Furano\'s captain Matsuyama!
He finally manages to steal the ball!
He brings up the ball by himself!
He is dubbed as the player with the best ball control in this tournament,
Kaneda!
His pass accuracy is also second to none!
Truly, he\'s the commander of Furano, Hikaru Matsuyama!
Matsuyama!
Nice pass!
Read their passes!
We need to stop them!
Take it!
A rare long pass from Furano, which usually relies on short passes,
It\'s bad, turn back!
Tighten the front of the goal!
I\'ll send a cross before you can!
It\'s a superb cross!
The ball is sent to Oda!
This time,,,!
It\'s right to the keeper!
That\'s a tough one,
Oda missed another chance to score,
Now it makes two,
Oda,,, ,
All right, send it before it\'s late!
Matsuyama won\'t be able to return!
A counter-attack from Minamiuwa!
Guys, I\'m counting on you!
God, I beg you,
Let them win,
It\'s too cruel to Yoshiko and Matsuyama to be apart like this,
Takei is marked,
Then,,,
Time to shoot!
Ishida went for a long shot suddenly,
He catches it!
The goalkeeper makes a great play!
It\'s an outstanding save from Kato,
Come on, Kato!
It\'s about time we stop showing them such a slugfest!
Do you really think Furano can lose to such a team?!
Captain,,,!
Matsuyama!
Captain!
Kato, who protected his goal with an excellent play,
sends a long pass to his captain, Matsuyama,
All right!
Can Furano catch up with them and take the lead?!
Only ten minutes remain in the match,
Follow the captain\'s lead, guys!
It\'s just as captain says!
Are we going to lose against these guys?!
He is right!
We can\'t afford to lose here!
Follow the captain\'s lead!
Th-this is,,,
Furano attacks with all of their players!
They all run, aiming for the goal!
They\'ve sure got a lot of spirit left,
You can really see Furano values teamwork above all else,,,
Everyone\'s united with a single command from Matsuyama,
Matsuyama,,,
Don\'t panic, guys!
We still have 10 minutes!
If we keep reading their passes, Furano can\'t score a goal against us!
Yeah,,,
Matsuyama,,,
Damn it,,,
I won\'t lose to guys like these!
Hey, football club!
Your time\'s up, It\'s our turn to use the gymnasium,
Okay!
All right! We\'ll just clean the front the goal and keep practising,
Yes!
Here!
Damn it,,,
We can\'t practice like this,
Damn it all!
There\'s no way we\'ll lose to guys who play
on the ground, on bare earth year-round!
Matsuyama doesn\'t even pass before firing off a long, long shot!
What?!
It\'s our captain\'s special shot!
It\'s a sharp shot that looks like it\'s crawling on the ground!
Minamiuwa, who\'s been reading their passing so far, is completely fooled!
Goal!
A long shot with all of Matsuyama\'s strength behind it!
Furano finally ties the game!
Unlike you, we had to keep on practicing, even in those circumstances,
We\'ll show you our determination— We who have worked through the snow!
That\'s the kind of shot he can fire with power built through training on difficult ground,
That\'s what you call a Northern Country Shot!
You did it, captain!
We caught up!
We did it, Yoshiko! We have caught up!
Yeah!
That was an awesome shot,
Matsuyama\'s been hiding that kind of fighting spirit,,,
Still, that long shot that crawls on the ground,,,
It\'s terribly powerful,
He can fire a shot like that because he\'s been strengthening his lower body in a snowy land, right?
Yeah, And the others successfully positioned themselves to receive a pass,
forcing the defense to be unable to focus solely on Matsuyama,
It\'s as if they scored that tying goal with all eleven players,
You still need another goal, Matsuyama,
Furano\'s riding the tide after tying the game,
They cut the pass!
Watch out!
Matsuyama can do more than pass!
He can also dribble and fire long shots! ,
The others can only pass the ball!
Read their pass course!
Kaneda breaks through with his dribbles,
What?
This is a complete attack that incorporates the basics of football, dribbling and passing,
Guys,,, ,
Furano\'s guys looked exhausted, but it seems they are doing just fine,
No, They\'re all battling through fatigue now, ,
And Matsuyama\'s the one who\'s holding everyone together,
Guys, keep fighting!
The ball gets to Matsuyama once again, right in front of Minamiuwa\'s goal!
I won\'t let you score again!
Ishida, I\'ll take you on personally just like you wished!
Matsuyama\'s at it!
He\'s planning to get past Ishida the Technician all by himself!
Matsuyama! ,
You think you can get past me?
I sure do!
He got past him!
Matsuyama clearly wins this fight between captains!
Ishida was passed,,, He lost in terms of ball technique,,,
There\'s no one to mark Matsuyama in front of the goal!
It\'s a huge chance!
Take this!
What?
Captain!
This one\'s yours, Oda! ,
You are Furano\'s center forward!
He\'s right, Just shoot, Oda!
Do it like you always do during practice!
Captain,,,
Everyone,,,
Even though I failed you twice today, you,,,
Damn it!
I can\'t call myself a man if I don\'t score here!
Go!
It\'s in!
The third time\'s the charm, and this time, he makes sure to splendidly convert this chance!
I,,, I did it!
Furano turns the tables!
They\'re in the lead, 2-1!
All is good,
Damn it,,,
They got ahead of us!
The final whistle is blown and the match is over!
Minamiuwa MS finally runs out of strength and Furano finds a place for themselves among the best four with this comeback win!
We won!
All right! Nankatsu\'s next!
And we\'ll get Toho in the final!
So you won, Matsuyama,,,
Just what you\'d expect from the persistent Furano,
That last goal,,,
Matsuyama could have easily scored that himself,
But, he deliberately sent a pass to Oda, who was in bad form today,
Matsuyama,,,
Your belief in your teammates runs that deep, huh,,,?
We won! We won, Yoshiko!
Yeah,,, I\'m so glad!
Manager!
We won today too!
Matsuyama,,,
Fujisawa,,,
Your final memory with us will be what you wish for,
,
COMING UP; EPISODE 41: THE FEARSOME DARK HORSE
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!