[Commie] Ace of the Diamond - 01 srt

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It's the bottom of the ninth and the score's tied.

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Two outs, bases loaded,

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and the count is 3-2.

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For the Akagi Junior High Baseball Team,

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this became our final game.

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Game set!

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Schools, line up.

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Excuse me. Please line up.

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Eijun!

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I'm sorry.

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I couldn't take you guys to nationals!

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Eijun...

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Ei...

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What is this guy on?

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A team that can't even catch pop flies or grounders making nationals?

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I heard your school's being demolished soon.

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Here to make some last-minute memories?

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There's no way we were going to lose to a team with a girl!

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You gotta be kidding me.

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This is our spirit.

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The Akagi Junior High Spirit.

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Huh?

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Take this!

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Eijun!

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Exceed your limits in the heat of battle

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It'll all be decided the moment we collide

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So let's take our burning hearts as far as we can take them

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Start to fight right now

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I can't wait anymore

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We'll face off the moment we meet

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You're my rival

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And the siren has blared

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We'd put our instincts to sleep

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But they won't stay silent any longer

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Because this is greatest field of them all

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Our hearts are rumbling

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I put my life on the line and sharpen my mind

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And break out of my shell

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To free myself and my feelings

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So exceed your limits in the heat of battle

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The light residing in our eyes

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Will awaken our true selves

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Let's strike out or go all out

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It'll all be decided the moment we collide

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So let's take our burning hearts as far as we can take them

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The One Pitch

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You idiot!
The One Pitch

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You idiot!

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Do you have any idea what you've done, Sawamura?!

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The other team's coach and families came yelling,

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the players scowled at you,

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and you slapped them and the umpire twelve times!

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Are you really okay finishing your three years of junior high baseball like that?

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I understand your anger, Coach.

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I'm deeply ashamed for losing to such a team of clowns.

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That's not the point!

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I'm not talking about the outcome of the game!

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I'm talking about your slapfest!

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Oh, that?

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Of course!

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Boy, am I ashamed about that!

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And this after all the work you put in as the team captain...

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It's hard for me to say this,

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but some high schools might not want you now.

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I'll be fine.

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All I need is a ball and a bat to play baseball.

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That's how we've always been doing it.

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You really don't get it...

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Sawamura.

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Principal?

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If you like baseball, you must learn to follow the rules.

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Violence is never the answer, even if it's for your teammates' sake.

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All right.

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Well, I think I've repented enough, so see ya!

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Hey, come back here, Sawamura!

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Oh, it's fine, Mr. Sano.

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But...

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He wanted people to remember our school before it's demolished.

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I am truly proud of him for staying late every day, practicing for that goal.

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He made me procure buses to take them to exhibition games,

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and he made me treat them all to barbecue for winning.

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Knowing I won't have to do that any more is like a dream come true.

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He went on a rampage when his teammates were ridiculed.

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It was certainly a very "Eijun" way to end things.

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In the end, I couldn't win a single game in junior high.

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Ei!

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Did the coach finally let you go?

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Was he super mad?

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That'd be an understatement.

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I came running out because he wouldn't shut up.

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Yeah, that's you, all right!

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Won't he still be mad?

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Aren't you going to have a hard time
 finding a high school after that incident?

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What are you talking about, Wakana?

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What are you going to do, you idiot?

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You need to think before you act.

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No need to be so worried, guys!

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We're all going to the same high school.

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I mean, let's keep it real.

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Even if the schools merge and ours gets demolished,

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we'll still have the same school spirit if we stay together.

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We couldn't go to nationals in junior high,

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but let's make it a reality in high school.

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Ei...

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Yeah.

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You just wait, nationals!

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We're coming to take over!

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So...

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how do you plan to get in without a recommendation?

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The school we're applying to isn't
 exactly easy to test into, you know?

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That brain of yours is our biggest worry too.

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You guys have all been studying?

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Like any normal person would.

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Seriously?

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I'm still stuck on fractions in math!

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I think you should give up.

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Never give up!

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Must
 Win

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Must
 Win

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Eijun!

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Hey, Eijun!

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Someone's here to see you.

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I'm screwed, Grandpa!

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Everyone's flying away, leaving me behind!

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Stop dreaming!

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Now wash up and come downstairs.

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Someone came all the way from Tokyo to see you.

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From Tokyo?

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Nice to meet you.

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You must be Sawamura Eijun.

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Seidou High School Baseball Team
Assistant Manager
Takashima Rei

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Seidou High School Baseball Team
Assistant Manager
Takashima Rei

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I'm the assistant manager of the
Seidou High School Baseball Team.

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My name is Takashima Rei.

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We would love to have you on our team.

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Seidou High School?

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Hey! Seidou High is an extremely famous baseball school that's been to nationals numerous times!

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Is that supposed to be amazing or something?

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You play baseball, yet you've never heard of Seidou?

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Never.

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There are tons of pros on TV who graduated from Seidou.

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It's way more fun to actually play baseball than to watch it on TV.

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Shut your mouth!

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Please excuse my grandson's ignorance.

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No problem.

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But why would such a famous school in Tokyo come here looking for him?

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I was present at the game he played the other day and saw great talent in him.

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But there was an incident after the game...

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Yes, the use of his wrists in his slaps truly represented his ability as a pitcher.

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This is your chance, Eijun!

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Tell her you'll accept the offer before she changes her mind!

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We need to celebrate with a feast tonight.

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What? Hold on...

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Do you have something to say?

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I'm gonna go to Tokyo just to play baseball?

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Besides, I don't want to play baseball in such a stuffy environment.

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Takashima Rei
Takashima Rei
Do you know what you're saying?
Seidou High School Baseball Team
Assistant Manager
Seidou High School Baseball Team
Assistant Manager

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Takashima Rei
Takashima Rei
Do you have any idea how amazing this offer is?
Seidou High School Baseball Team
Assistant Manager
Seidou High School Baseball Team
Assistant Manager

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Takashima Rei
Takashima Rei
Seriously! This is your best bet for high school.
Seidou High School Baseball Team
Assistant Manager
Seidou High School Baseball Team
Assistant Manager

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It's true that this'll be much easier than testing into a school.

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But I'll be chasing after the same dream wherever I go.

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So I'd rather do that with the
 teammates I have here at home.

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E-Eijun...

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I see.

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So, when would you like to pay us a visit?

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Wait—

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We're going to get busier as time goes on, so it would be nice if you could come as soon as possible.

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I-Is she even listening?

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The baseball diamond is a mirror that reflects the players' spirit.

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It's the only place you can find the truth, Sawamura.

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The truth?

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That game...

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That final ball you pitched...

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Bottom of the ninth, two outs, and bases loaded.

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A single hit will cost you the game.

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That pitch wasn't like any pitch you'd made before.

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You raised your right leg without a hint of doubt in you.

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Your form, balanced on one leg, was truly beautiful.

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You displayed your natural ability to avoid a bad outcome after you were driven into a corner.

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Or perhaps it was your pride as a pitcher, but that pitch...

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You threw it instinctively with your heart and soul to take that batter down.

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That last ball I pitched?

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I saw the qualities of a true pitcher when you threw it.

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Emergency Family Meeting

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She's been saying weird things from the start.
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Emergency Family Meeting

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Like the slapping thing too.

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I wonder if she's really from Seidou.

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She sounds suspicious to me.

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Emergency Family Meeting

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Seidou High School Baseball Team
Assistant Manager
Seidou High School Baseball Team
Assistant Manager
Takashima Rei
Takashima Rei

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Anyway, you should come see one of our practices.
Seidou High School Baseball Team
Assistant Manager
Seidou High School Baseball Team
Assistant Manager
Takashima Rei
Takashima Rei

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Seidou High School Baseball Team
Assistant Manager
Seidou High School Baseball Team
Assistant Manager
Takashima Rei
Takashima Rei

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From what I saw,

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you didn't have an actual instructor or rivals who made you strive to improve at your junior high.

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If you are actually aiming to go to nationals,

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you should gain something from seeing a top-level practice.

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Nationals...

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Is it just me

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or did she make fun of my junior high team?

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You'd better be kidding me!

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Very well! I'll take a good look at
your so-called "top level" practice.

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Like it?

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This is our prestigious practice field.

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We have an indoor practice area over there,

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and most of the team members live in the dorms.

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Wow! What is that machine?

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There's so much stuff I've never seen before!

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I-I'm not falling in love or anything!

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I was just caught off guard!

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That so?

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Besides, you don't need all this expensive equipment to play baseball.

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I bet you just gather all the best players from around the nation.

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Which is why it's no surprise that you're good.

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In fact,

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I would hate to lose to a top-tier team that's granted anything they want.

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I won't deny the fact that half of our
players are from outside the prefecture.

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They're here to play baseball abroad, so to speak.

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So you do just invite the good players.

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However,

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this is the age where Japanese high school
baseball is regarded as the best in the world,

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and some scouts come from the major league to invite players to their teams.

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"I want to be the best baseball player ever."

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Fifteen-year-old boys leave home for the purpose of honing their abilities.

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I respect all players who have that determination and aspiration.

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Determination...

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She's right.

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I can feel a sense of tension in the air.

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Kawakami! Are you kidding me?

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You throw like a girl!

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How about you put some feeling behind your pitches?

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You're already tired?

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This is why you can't even make it onto the bench!

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I'm sorry.

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Azuma's at it again.

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He shows no mercy once he gets his eyes on someone.

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If you don't want to get better, then go back home to your mommy!

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We've got plenty of pitchers to replace you!

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I want to get better!

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Then give me your best shot!

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You should take a good look at his batting.

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That's Azuma Kiyokuni, a monster with forty-two home runs in his high school career.

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He's one of the players who'll be drafted this year.

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It's like I'm swinging through air!

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You're gonna make my skills rust like that!

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Kawakami!

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You're done! Get off the mound!

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Someone carry him out!

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Put him in a cardboard box and send him home!

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What's his problem?

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He's gonna play pro ball with a body like that?

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Impossible!

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Look at his belly!

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He looks like an old man!

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Sawamura, stop!

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I bet he's at least forty years old!

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There's no way he's in high school!

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Who in the world...

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is making fun of my cute belly?

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Cute belly?

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I think you mean your fat belly!

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Who is that brat?

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Does he have a death wish?

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Azuma's been trying to lose that weight for a while too.

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Get out of my way!

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S-Stop, Azuma!

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Sawamura, apologize right now.

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A "baseball abroad" program?

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Maybe everyone here has determination and aspiration,

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but just being better doesn't give you the right to trash-talk other people.

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He made fun of his pitches,

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and then told him to go back to his mommy?

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Even if everyone else is fine with it,

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I'm definitely not gonna let it slide.

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You can't play baseball by yourself!

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Did this prestigious school not
teach you that this is a team sport?

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So I'd rather do that with the
 teammates I have here at home.

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So he cherishes his teammates.

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I'm sorry, Azuma.

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He just came from the sticks, so he's
completely clueless about the real world.

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He's a pitcher.

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Do you mind showing him what batting is all about?

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Sure.

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I don't mind at all.

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However,

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I won't let him get off the mound until he begs for mercy.

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Wait a minute!

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I never asked to have a match with some jerk like him.

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Sawamura,

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this is a baseball field.

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If you have something to say,

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you're going to have to say it through baseball.

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Now, go get changed.

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This sounds like a lot of fun.

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Rei,

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can I catch his pitch?

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Who's he?

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Miyuki Kazuya, a catcher.

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Miyuki!

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You're a first year! Don't get cocky!

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Well, excuse me.

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But you've kinda been on a high horse lately,

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so I just thought it'd do you some good to play with us kids to get back to the basics.

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Who's on a high horse?

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Kazuya, be careful what you say!

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He's gonna jump you!

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Miyuki, I'm glad you volunteered.

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His pitches are a bit peculiar.

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Even he himself doesn't even know what he has inside.

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Think you can draw out his potential?

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Wow, big praise.

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You must have high hopes for this kid.

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Damn it.

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What am I even doing?

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I knew I shouldn't've come here.

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Eijun's in Tokyo?

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Ow.

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Wait.

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Is this your first time with the hard ball?

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I didn't know

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that the hard balls were so much firmer and heavier.

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Hey, kid.

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If you're gonna apologize, you'd better do it now.

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Once you get up on the mound,

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there's no place for you to run.

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Who do you think you are anyway?

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You're the one who'll be begging to run away.

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In fact...

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no hard feelings even if I happen to hit you!

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Oh, man! This guy's hilarious!

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Miyuki!

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Nothing's funny here!

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You wanna get hurt?

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Oh, I'm sorry.

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On this day, I threw eleven pitches.

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This day changed my baseball career

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forever.

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We can go wherever we want

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Though the place we truly wish to reach is not on any map

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We can be whatever we want

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We're still only halfway there

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Still the unfinished article
We're still only halfway there

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Still the unfinished article

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We know it's not all about winning or losing

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But we still don't want to lose

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Least of all to ourselves

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It doesn't matter how bright the Sun is

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We should keep our eyes on the ball flying through the air

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Even if all of our hopes

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Are but fleeting dreams
Even if all of our hopes

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Are but fleeting dreams

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Let's look for a diamond in the rough

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Dreams that come true without having to shed any blood, sweat, and tears

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Are not really worth it

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We have all risen to the occasion

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And made the world bear witness to our passion, strength, and dedication

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I have a one-on-one showdown with Azuma.

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He's a monster who's going pro once he graduates.

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But I can't stand a guy who trash-talks his teammates!

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A great pitch won't be born without the battery working as one.

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Just one all-out pitch he throws to Azuma causes a massive shift in his fate.

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Next time on Ace of the Diamond:

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Partner
Partner
Next time
Next time
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Next time on Ace of the Diamond:
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Partner
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Next time
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Next time
"Partner".

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Next time
Let's win the national title!
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Next time
Partner

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