The finals of the Shizuoka prefecture had finally started,
Just as the match started,
the ball was stolen by the Otomo Quartet,
They passed the ball to Nitta, but Tsubasa stood in his way,
An \'ace vs, Ace\' showdown erupts early in the match!
After a tight clash, with Tsubasa taking the ball after struggling,
his attacks are shut down by the Quartet and its dogged defense,
This match could end with Nankatsu losing, y\'know, ,
As Nagasaki representative Hiroshi Jito and Katagiri from the Japanese National Football Federation foresee a possible loss for Nankatsu,
Nitta tries to make that prediction into reality, and performs his Falcon Shot,
Take this! Falcon Shot! ,
Despite not making it into the goal, Tsubasa,
feeling the power of the shot first-hand, was fired up,
Non-Trap Running Volley! ,
Tsubasa scores a magnificent goal to open the score!
Ending the first half on a 1-0 score,
the match moves into to its turbulent second half!
DRESSING ROOM A NANKATSU MIDDLE SCHOOL - WAITING ROOM,
All right, everybody did a good job,
Coach, what\'s that?
Our Manager\'s hand-made lemon slices in honey, ,
- Oh yeah! That\'s generous of her, ,
Keep this up in the second half too,
Yes, sir!
I\'m sorry, I wasn\'t able to protect our goal,
No, it\'s not just your fault,
It\'s true that Tsubasa is a level above the rest, ,
Damn it! I couldn\'t even score one goal,
Don\'t panic, Nitta, ,
They\'ll come at us the same way they did in the first half,
We\'ll also do the same,
We defend and you score, that\'s how Otomo is,
This is our best and only option,
We\'re counting on you, Nitta,
Yes,
But as I\'ve discovered this first half,
I can\'t dribble past Tsubasa in a one-on-one,
So, what can I do?
If,,,
EPISODE 31: FALCON VS, TSUBASA,
The awaited second half of action begins, and 30 minutes remain,
There\'s no choice,
Let\'s go!
With them being behind, they\'re fired up now!
Stay sharp and move!
Yeah!
There\'s no other choice!
Can Otomo Middle School turn the score around this half?
Nitta runs towards the goal,
But this strategy hasn\'t worked that well so far for them,
It\'s on, Nitta,
Because Nankatsu\'s ace Tsubasa continues to personally mark him,
Damn you, Tsubasa!
But regardless, we will still pass to Nitta!
With my speed, I can outrun his mark,
But, if I trap the ball, I won\'t have a chance to shoot,,,
Oh! Did Nitta try to shoot without trapping the ball?
But his timing is off, and the ball flies out of bounds,
Nitta!
Nitta! ,
Hey, hey! It\'s impossible for you to move like Tsubasa!
You\'re 10 years too early to be trying that shot!
I know that, I know that better than all of you think you do,
But this is the only way to be able to score against Nankatsu, Against Tsubasa,
What\'s up with him? Trying a high level shot he\'s never practiced,
I don\'t know,
But, no matter what, we will pass the ball to him,
There\'s nothing else we can do!
Nankatsu\'s Taki resumes the match with a throw-in,
Iwami!
I got it!
Nishio!
Otomo with a swift interception!
The second half has lit a fire inside Otomo\'s players,
All right!
Niita speeds up to break away from his mark!
Nitta!
Nitta and the Otomo Quartet are syncing together perfectly!
Again, Nitta tries a forceful non-trap shot!
But once again, it was in vain,
It might be too hard for him,
Despite Nitta\'s pedigree, a difficult skill like a non-trap shot
might be too much to ask from a middle schooler,
Nitta,
This guy,,,
Now we can\'t predict how it will end!
How what will end?
The timing of that shot was far better than the first,
There\'s the distinct possibility that before this half ends,,,
There\'s no other choice,,,
To use the long pass that goes over you,,,
I must perfect this, my Non-Trap Running Volley Falcon Shot,
I have no other choice but to do it!
Otomo cuts another pass!
And a long pass is sent forward again to Nitta!
Being marked by Tsubasa, Nitta uses his speed to create separation,
The main point is in the timing!
This time, for sure,,,!
He goes for a direct shot!
Oh no, it barely misses!
After three diligent tries to score a straight goal,
he\'s blown them all!
I\'m not wrong!
Nitta\'s timing on these shots keeps improving,
If this keeps going, it could spell disaster,
You\'re one hell of a guy, Shun Nitta,
In a limited time, and within a match,
he\'s been working to master that shot,
He might be rough,
but he has a wonderful instinct for football,
And thanks to the Otomo Quartet\'s efforts, Nankatsu\'s offense has been completely shut down,
As a result, Tsubasa was supposed to be in the defensive half of the team,
yet he\'s been able to do nothing but mark Nitta,
Even with the lead in Nankatsu\'s hands,
they\'re the ones constantly being pushed,
If Nitta somehow manages to master that shot,
Nankatsu\'s victory will fall apart,
I hate that Nitta guy,
Calm down, Kumi,
What do you mean, "calm down"? ,
He keeps getting past Tsubasa\'s mark,
and that\'s pissing me off! ,
Don\'t you think so too, Sanae?
Well, that\'s just how a match is,
Sanae, you are just too sympathetic, ,
They\'ll be fine, Tsubasa and the others, ,
Isn\'t Nankatsu passionate? ,
Y-yeah,,,
I\'m not jealous or anything, y\'know! ,
But even though Otomo has Nankatsu\'s offense shut down,
the fact that they only have Nitta on offense is sad,
If someone else could join Nitta on offense, then by now,
they\'d have probably scored three times,
Unsurprisingly, it just shows the team power required for football,
Yeah, And team power is something that we, Toho Academy, excel in,
That\'s why, even if Nankatsu has Tsubasa,
we will be the ones to conquer the nationals this year,
What?
Nankatsu\'s captain Tsubasa, who had been doggedly marking Nitta the entire time,
goes on the attack for the first time this half!
To stop these passes from constantly being sent to Nitta, I have no choice but to attack,
Also, we desperately need to score another goal to stay safe,
He\'s here!
Tsubasa!
He dribbles past the opponent\'s midfield!
All right, keep going Tsubasa!
This is the usual Nankatsu!
Take that!
Tsubasa, instead of pushing through,
sends the ball to the right!
The ball is for Taki!
Taki!
We\'re all too familiar with your touchline dribble and centering strategy! ,
Well, you never know what else may come, ,
What?!
All right! Good work, Taki!
Taki, instead of moving up the sidelines,
cuts towards the goal!
I\'m counting on you, Kisugi!
All right! I\'ve got it!
It\'s in front of the goal!
Come!
Kisugi shoots!
Oh, it\'s been caught! The keeper makes a fine play!
Nice catch, Ichijo!
Nankatsu\'s first chance in the second half ends in failure!
Take that!
Damn it! And we attacked well, there,,,
When Tsubasa goes into offense,
a rhythm forms in between the players,
But Otomo swiftly goes on the counter attack!
Take that, Nitta!
Get the timing right!
Timing! Timing!
Oh, the timing feels right!
This is bad!
Oh no! It hit his hand!
Nankatsu\'s defender Oda is called for a hand ball!
Oh, man,
This is a chance!
Nitta seemed to be about 80% right on the timing,
But the ball swerved to the right,
and this hit Oda squarely in the arm!
Nankatsu\'s in a pinch!
This is a chance for a direct free kick!
All right! I can go for a Falcon Shot without anyone marking me!
Nitta,,, Surely, he\'ll directly go for goal, here,
Don\'t leave any wide gaps!
Everybody, get a lot more closer! Don\'t let anything through!
Yeah!
The front wall will block his path,
The left is covered by Morisaki,
and I\'m covering the right side,
Tsubasa, maybe Nitta will try a pass instead of shooting,
No, I\'m sure he\'ll attempt to shoot on goal,
I\'m counting on you, Nitta,
Yes,
Will Otomo bet on Nitta\'s shooting,
or will they come up with a different plan?
Let\'s go!
Oh! Urabe runs forward to the ball!
What?
Nitta!
He does not shoot!
As expected, Nitta takes the kick!
Eat this! Falcon Shot!
Eat this!
Falcon Shot!
Nitta shoots straight ahead!
We blocked it!
That\'s it!
(But that hit has opened a hole in Nankatsu\'s wall!
Crap! Was that what he was after?!
You did it!
Go, Nitta!
I\'ve got this!
I won\'t let you score!
Go!
That move,,,!
Take my second Falcon Shot!
Tsubasa clears it with his head!
Tsubasa!
What?!
Otomo Middle School still couldn\'t score!
That was Wakashimazu\'s move! ,
Nice clear, Tsubasa!
Your defensive skills are also great, Tsubasa Ozora,
Great!
Tsubasa is just so cool,
It can\'t be,,,
My Falcon Shot,,,
That shot was perfect,
How could he block it?
All right,
Otomo is discouraged,
It\'s up to you, Izawa!
Get that ball!
Got it!
Crap! Fall back!
Tsubasa goes on the offensive without a moment\'s delay!
Nakao! Hiraoka! Don\'t let Nankatsu get that ball!
I won\'t lose a heading showdown!
Tsubasa!
Izawa wins the matchup!
Nice, Izawa!
With this, Tsubasa goes on the attack!
All right! Let\'s do this!
They\'re emulating Otomo\'s play style!
This is Nankatsu\'s counter attack!
Get back guys, hurry up!
Go, Tsubasa!
Keep running straight to the goal like that!
If we concede a goal now and fall 2 goals behind,
we\'ll have no shot left at winning!
But if I can just somehow steal the ball from Tsubasa now,
there\'s no one marking Nitta,,,!
I can turn this absolute crisis into an absolute chance!
Urabe,,,
Make sure to get that ball from Tsubasa!
Yeah!
Tsubasa\'s attack is fast,
Only Otomo\'s Quartet has been able to keep up with his speed!
This time for sure,,,
Tsubasa,,,
I\'ll break through!
We\'ll stop him! I\'ll go first!
Tsubasa flings the ball with a chip kick!
What?!
He gets past Kishida who was the closest to him!
You won\'t go any further!
I\'m next!
He deftly avoids his second opponent!
Tsubasa,,,!
Will he be able to evade a third opponent from above?
Like hell I\'d let you!
What?!
He dribbles past the third from below!
With a snap judgment, Tsubasa grounds the ball and sends it just ahead, breaking free!
Damn you, Tsubasa, it\'s in this kind of moment that you really work your magic,
Just one more,,,
Urabe is challenging Tsubasa to the loose ball!
Captain!
A tenacious sliding tackle from Urabe!
They get there simultaneously!
The ball is deflected up into the air, as though possessed!
All right!
Tsubasa runs to where the ball is falling!
Damn it!
We\'ll definitely stop him!
We can\'t let him shoot!
It will be the end for us if he scores now!
A final effort from the Otomo Quartet!
However, Tsubasa\'s shot is faster than they are!
His golden right leg breaks free just a second faster!
Ichijo!
It\'s up to you now!
He got it!
A diving catch from Ichijo!
He did it!
That was cool, Ichijo!
They barely got to it, didn\'t they?
When the Otomo Quartet went to stop Tsubasa\'s shot,
for just a split second, their feet managed to touch the ball,
That\'s how they managed to weaken Tsubasa\'s shot,
That\'s what you\'d call Otomo Middle School\'s ferocity, y\'know,
Otomo Middle School used the full extent of their defense\'s power to block Tsubasa\'s attack!
Oh, come on,,,
That was unfortunate, Right, Sanae?
We still have plenty of time,
I know, right, And we are in the lead,
But we mustn\'t let our guards down!
You don\'t know what will happen till the end,
Come on, Ichijo!
This is our chance!
Okay!
Oh no!
Ichijo sends the ball to Urabe,,,
Nitta!
And he sends it to Nitta, who\'s wide open!
The predicament\'s turned into a big chance!
They are sure to score if Nitta can get to this,
Tsubasa\'s won\'t be back to mark him in time!
We did it!
We\'ll finally score one!
It\'s all you, Nitta!
You can make it even if you trap the ball,
Ichijo,,,
And everyone,,,
I\'m grateful to you for stopping that last attack,,,
However, even though I\'m unmarked, I won\'t let this ball touch the ground,
I\'ll directly score one!
Nitta!
Go!
Non-Trap Running Volley Falcon Shot for you! ,
It\'s in! Goal!
They are tied!
Goalkeeper Morisaki and Nankatsu\'s defenders couldn\'t do so much as react!
A-amazing,,,
He got that one in,,,
What will we do? The score\'s tied,
I did it,,,
I did it!
I have finally mastered it!
My Non-Trap Running Volley Falcon Shot! ,
That bastard,,,
You finally did it!
In the 10th minute of the second half, Otomo Middle School finally tie the score at 1-1,
Go, go, Otomo!
You were great, Nitta!
We\'ll get the lead, just like that!
Now, even if Tsubasa\'s marking him, we can score so long as we get the ball to Nitta!
Keep scoring, Nitta!
Otomo Middle Schhol is fired up after catching up to Nankatsu,
The match has suddenly become very interesting!
Nitta,,, What a guy you are,,,!
Damn it!
It\'s not like we\'ve lost yet,
That\'s right! The real match starts now!
Stop acting like you\'ve won, Otomo!
Yeah! We\'re aiming for our third consecutive win at the Nationals!
Like hell we\'d lose here!
Tsubasa, let\'s go for the counter attack!
Guys,,,
Okay! If they score on you, you score back! That\'s the basic principle of football! ,
Let\'s go, guys!
Yeah!
Nankatsu refuse to lose, right?
Of course they do, It starts for real now, Isn\'t that right, Sanae?
Yeah,
It\'s a tie, What will you do, Tsubasa?
Will you keep marking Nitta like you\'ve done so far?
Or will you,,,
If they score against you, you score back,
Nitta, this time I\'ll go and score one against you!
Guys, don\'t you lose in spirit,
Nankatsu prepare their counter attack as their opponent\'s caught up!
Let\'s go, Kisugi!
Yeah!
We\'re attacking, guys!
We\'ll get the lead once again, ,
Yeah,
Let\'s go! A good offense can be the best defense!
If Tsubasa comes attacking, the ball as good as ours!
Just quickly get the ball and send it to Nitta!
Yeah!
Let\'s go, Izawa!
Kisugi!
Taki!
We\'ve got a good attacking formation in the second half,
We\'ll break through the Otomo Quartet this time!
As one would expect, when Tsubasa joins the attack,
Izawa, Kisugi and Taki, who are already skilled to begin with, can move around freely,
Damn it! We easily could get the ball from them until now!
Great! Otomo\'s defense is crumbling down!
We\'ll directly aim for their goal!
Yeah, we\'ll pretend to do so,,, but pass the ball!
What?!
After breaking their opponent\'s defense line down,
Nankatsu once more sends to ball to their playmaker, Tsubasa!
Tsubasa sends a direct pass in front of the goal,
After sending that pass, he starts running too!
He makes a pass and go!
Kisugi gets the ball down with his head and sends it to the running Tsubasa,
Oh no!
I\'ll score,
Even if I\'m a midfielder, I\'m Nankatsu\'s playmaker,
I\'m also their ace striker!
A true ace striker always turns every single chance into a goal!
Go, Tsubasa!
Goal!
Tsubasa\'s splendid middle shot!
This time, goalkeeper Ichijo couldn\'t move a muscle,
All right!
Nankatsu is in the lead with one goal again!
Yes! He did it, he did it, he did it!
You\'re great!
Sanae,,,
I-I can\'t shake that old habit of mine off, ,
Great, great, Tsubasa!
Otomo Middle School really shouldn\'t have let this boy take a shot!
Tsubasa changed positions to midfielder in middle school after being
a center forward during his elementary school days,
Still, while his number of shots declined,
his accuracy is as high as ever,
In his 3rd year of participation in this tournament, he actually boasts a 87% rate of his shots becoming goals!
Guys, don\'t let your guard down,
This one goal was important, but it\'s still a single goal lead,
We\'ll keep on protecting it!
Yeah!
COMING UP, EPISODE 32: OVERTHROW TSUBASA! HYUGA VS, MISUGI
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!