The twelve participating countries have arrived,
Listen to that crowd, the stadium is packed,
It\'s finally started,
The International Junior Youth Tournament,
Our first step on the global stage,
It\'s been three years, I can\'t believe I\'m going to play with Tsubasa again,
Tsubasa,
What?
This is for the Nankatsu win!
Misaki,
Grab it, Misaki,
Misaki,
Thanks, Tsubasa,
FOR MISAKI, LET\'S PAIR UP ON THE JAPAN TEAM, TSUBASA OZORA,
CAPTAIN TSUBASA: JUNIOR YOUTH ARC,
THREE YEARS AGO,
LEADING CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE ARTIST ICHIRO MISAKI EXHIBITION,
MT, BANDAI MT, NORIKURA,
SHIKOKU KARST,
EPISODE 8 I\'M TARO MISAKI,
Misaki,
It\'s the last day and still quite the turnout,
Oh, Mr, Shimonari, my deepest gratitude
for putting on such a generous and wonderful exhibition,
Not at all, my thanks to you for your talented work,
It\'s been awhile, Shimonari,
Oh, Mr, Yamamura,
What splendid works these all are,
Aren\'t they?
Thank you very much,
But you know,,,
You\'ve created such an abundance of mountain paintings from all over Japan,
so why not any of Mt, Fuji?
Misaki, could you please elucidate?
Oh, yes,
Mt, Fuji is the most beautiful mountain in the world,
If I paint it, I need it to be something that I feel lives up to that,
This year I thought I would try and I visited, but,,,
I didn\'t feel confident that I could paint a piece to truly be proud of,
I\'m sure one of these days, you\'ll be able to produce an impressive Mt, Fuji,
When that happens, I will be there to purchase it,
Thank you very much,
By the way, Misaki, have you given any more thought to studying in France?
Yes, I greatly appreciate the offer, but I couldn\'t take Taro with me,
About that, Someone here would like to speak with you,
Me?
This way, please,
Long time no see, Ichiro,
Yumiko!
- All right, defense! - Behind you!
S-Stop him,
Can\'t, he\'s too fast,
Now,
NISHIMINE ES,
Wow, so this is how a national champion plays,
You really are amazing, Misaki,
It\'ll be an easy win over Matsuura ES in the next match,
Please, Misaki, Show us some more moves,
Okay,
Hey, guys,
NISHIMINE ES,
Huh, Mitsuru finally turned up,
Oh yeah,
Sorry I\'m late,
I was at my English conversation class,
Don\'t bother if you\'re that busy,
This guy always skips practice because of cram school and practice tests,
Yeah, we\'ve even had to play with ten people because of him,
But Misaki\'s here now, so you\'re not needed,
What? I wanna play,
Mitsuru!
Mom,
What are you doing in a place like this?
Here she comes,
Your tutor is here and waiting,
But Mom, I\'m gonna learn soccer from Misaki today,
Honestly, the foolishness coming out of your mouth,,,
Never mind, you\'re coming with me, It\'s time to study,
But Mom,
All right, Now that he\'s gone, let\'s get back to practicing,
Yeah!
Okay, see you tomorrow,
- See ya! - Bye,
Misaki, come over to our place,
Your dad\'s still in Tokyo, right?
Oh yeah, thanks,
Here you go,
I really appreciate it,
Don\'t be silly, Eat up,
Oh, thank you,
It\'s just amazing, You and your dad travel all over Japan,
And yet you manage to be the country\'s number one soccer player,
He\'s not just a talented soccer player,
Misaki\'s grades are stellar too,
Mom,
Oh I see, You should really try and be more like Misaki, Kazuo, Isn\'t that right?
Yes, absolutely,
Jeez, I knew I wouldn\'t hear the end of this,
Dad and Mom,
Kazuo\'s mom, Mitsuru\'s mom, Tsubasa\'s mom, Ishizaki\'s mom,
KODAMA DINER
I wonder what my mom is like?
The light,,,
I\'m home, Dad, you\'re here?
Yeah, I just got home,
Taro, have you eaten?
Yeah, I ate at Kazuo\'s family\'s place again,
How was the show?
Oh yeah, It was a big success,
That\'s great,
I\'ve gotta do my homework,
Taro,
Hm? What is it, Dad?
Your mom came to the show today,
Mom?
I was surprised at first, I knew she had remarried five years ago,
It\'s been 11 years since we split up and I haven\'t seen her since,
But why? Why did Mom suddenly,,,
Seems she saw you on TV,
Me?
Yeah, And she says she\'d like to take custody of you,
Huh,,, Wh-What?
I\'ll take care of Taro,
You\'re still young,
You can start over,
I\'ll take Taro and continue to create paintings no one will buy,
Let\'s not meet ever again,
And you, Dad,
What did you say?
Me?
I might,,,
Go to France to study painting,
France?
The offer has been on the table, but I\'ve said no because I can\'t take you with me,
So, you\'re gonna leave me with Mom and go to France?
Dad,
Taro, you\'ve got talent for soccer,
Huh?
But for you to grow that talent,
you need to settle in one place and play,
Dad,
It was like that at Nankatsu,
I wanted you to stay there and play with Tsubasa and the others for a long time,
FOR MISAKI, LET\'S PAIR UP ON THE JAPAN TEAM, TSUBASA OZORA,
But I had to bring you here because of my work,
For 11 years I\'ve taken you from place to place,
You always had to say good bye to your friends,
I,,,
Taro, I may be here with you,
but I\'m incapable of doing anything,,, anything for you,
Dad,
Anything at all,
So, after the game on Saturday,
Dad and I are going to see Mom in Yokohama,
CAPTAIN TSUBASA: JUNIOR YOUTH ARC,
BIRTH DATE APRIL 1 / HEIGHT 166 CM WEIGHT 55 KG / BLOOD TYPE B,
Oh, here he is,
Misaki, we\'ve been waiting,
Okay, Dad, I\'m off,
Okay,
Guys,
This may be the last time
I get to see Taro play in Japan,
It\'s that number 11,
If we mark that transfer student Misaki, then we\'ll win,
Yeah!
Sorry I\'m late, guys,
What\'s he doing here?
Don\'t you have another English class to go to today?
Yeah, But I took it off,
I\'m a member of the Nishimine ES soccer team too,
He says he\'s a member,
You can say that once you\'ve come to practice every day,
You may be right,
Well, nice that you came, but the roster\'s complete,
You can\'t play,
Better get back to class before Mommy gets mad,
Y-Yeah, It\'s okay, I\'ll cheer you guys on from the bench,
NISHIMINE ES MATSUURA ES,
All right teams, let\'s go,
Go!
S-Stop him!
I can\'t, He\'s too fast to mark,
Misaki,
Here, Kazuo,
All right,
Here,
We did it,
Nice centering, Misaki,
NISHIMINE ES MATSUURA ES,
Misaki really is amazing, I wish I could be that good,
End of the first half,
We did it, we did it, We have a three-point lead,
Misaki is amazing,
All right, let\'s keep it going in the second half,
Yeah!
Hey, Kazuo,
Let\'s let Mitsuru play in the second half,
Wh-What?
Why Mitsuru?! Why would we when we don\'t have to?
But Mitsuru took off class for the team,
But,,,
It\'s been so long, but now we can finally win,
I\'m not switching,
Then I\'ll sit out,
Are you serious? If you do that, we\'ll lose,
Then I\'ll sit out,
What?!
I may have sprained my ankle during the match,
Yes, sitting out is a good idea,
Okay, Mitsuru, you\'re in for Koji in the second half,
Yes, sir,
Say thank you to Misaki,
Okay,
Thank you, Misaki,
- No problem, - Mitsuru!
M-Mom,
I knew she\'d turn up,
Back again? What are you doing?
But,,,
Players assemble, second half starts now,
Let\'s go,
Mitsuru,
You can still make it, Go to class,
I\'ll study when I get home, Just let me play,
Wait, Mitsuru!
And who are you?
In soccer, once the match starts, no one is allowed on the pitch,
But, Mitsuru is,,,
It\'ll be fine,
It\'s good to watch your son run around with the other kids from time to time,
Headed your way, Mitsuru,
Oops,
Jeez, what are you doing, Mitsuru?
See that? He\'s not cut out for athletics,
That\'s why I\'m cultivating his talent for study, That\'s a parent\'s duty,
Certainly so, But,,,
Letting a child do what truly makes them happy,
Isn\'t that a parent\'s duty too?
Look, Mitsuru\'s just bubbling, even when he\'s missed the ball,
What?
Mitsuru,
S-Sorry, guys,
Hang in there, Mitsuru, Show us what you got,
Show your mom that you really wanna play,
Then she\'ll get it, I\'m sure,
Okay,
Here,
Good interception,
Mitsuru,,,
Here! Oh!
Where are you kicking?
Nice pass, Mitsuru,
- Huh? - He\'s fast,
Misaki!
Run, Mitsuru,
Okay,
All right, let\'s go, you guys,
Yeah!
We\'re in front of the goal,
Whatever happens I\'m going to match Mitsuru,
Go, center it!
Don\'t turn away, Mitsuru, Dive in!
The ball is your friend,
Okay,
He did it!
He did it, it\'s in!
Wow, he scored,
Way to go, Mitsuru,
Well done,
That was pretty amazing, Mitsuru,
I did it, Mom, I scored a goal,
Goodness, he did it,
Taro,,,
Taro, You\'re really too good for me,
You\'re kind and thoughtful,
You\'re so considerate, You haven\'t even asked me about your mother,
You must\'ve wanted to meet her so bad,
But you\'ll be happy from now on,
You can play soccer without having to move place to place,
And no more good byes to your friends,
What\'s wrong? Tired?
No, I\'m fine,
I think we go a little further up this hill, then we\'re there,
Okay,
YAMAOKA,
Here it is,
Yamaoka,
YAMAOKA SEIJI YUMIKO YOSHIKO,
Yoshiko is the child she has with her current husband,
So, your sister,
Huh, oh yeah,
Yoshiko, be a good girl,
We\'re having company today,
She,,, She\'s exactly how I imagined,
Okay, Taro,
Let\'s go, Dad,
Huh?
It\'s okay, let\'s go, I\'ll go to France too,
Taro?
Because,,, Because, I\'m Taro Misaki,
I\'m not Taro Yamaoka,
I\'m Taro Misaki,
You,,,
You want to come with me, Taro?
Yeah,
That summer, I moved to France and three years later,,,
Tsubasa!
I\'ll be standing on the same pitch with Tsubasa again,
The opening ceremony for the International Junior Youth Tournament
in France has concluded,
and it\'s Japan against Italy in the opening game,
Japan versus Italy, Italy\'s going to win,
They have a tight defense, and Japan doesn\'t stand a chance,
What did you say?
How dare you disrespect Team Japan?
Their player Misaki is better than any soccer player in France,
H-Hey, Azumi,
That\'s right,
Misaki is an amazing player, He went head-to-head with Pierre,
You mean, the Pierre?
Who are you?
We\'re Misaki\'s soccer buddies,
We\'re rooting for France and Japan this tournament,
Really? Thank you,
Taro, you have great friends wherever you go,
I see, you\'ve decided,
Yeah, I\'ll play with Team Japan,
I decided instead of being afraid of failure and regretting not going for it,
it\'d be better to try, and if I fail, then I can regret it later,
Taro,
It may\'ve been three years since I played with the guys,
but I\'ll give it my all the only way I know how,
Better to regret action than to regret inaction,
Are you sure you want me?
It\'s not from me, It came from Matsuyama,
Tsubasa, you\'re the only guy to captain Team Japan,
Matsuyama,
In the second half of the European tour,
you\'re the one who pulled the team together,
Everyone knows that,
It\'s okay, Tsubasa, Matsuyama says so,
No one is going to object,
Guys,,,
Then I\'ll do it,
See, the captain armband looks good on you, Tsubasa,
Sure does,
And one more thing,
Misugi?
He\'s been on the team as a coach,
but I\'ve enrolled him as a player for this tournament,
Hi, guys,
Misugi,
Yeah, Misugi,
Team Japan just got even better,
Now for the roster for our match against Italy,
Nitta and Hyuga, you\'re forwards,
Yes, sir,
Tsubasa, Sawada, Tachibana brothers in midfield,
Yes, sir,
Matsuyama, Ishizaki, Soda, Jito, defenders,
Yes, sir,
Wakashimazu, you\'re goalie,
Huh? Y-Yes, sir,
I\'m trusting you with Japan\'s goal, Wakashimazu,
Wakabayashi,
- Misaki, - Yes, sir,
You haven\'t seen this team play yet,
I want you observing for the first half,
If there\'s an opportunity in the second half, you\'ll go in,
Yes, sir,
As our selected members
and as representatives for all the soccer players in Japan,
we\'re counting on you, the starting lineup,
Wakabayashi,
- That\'s right, - Go for it,
- We\'re counting on you, - Leave it to us,
Let\'s go, guys,
To make it past prelims,
let\'s make it happen against Italy today,
Yeah!
NEXT EPISODE A GREAT JOURNEY