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What kind of an excuse is that?
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Huh?
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You would've had more chances
when you got to high school.
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{\an8}It's only natural
that there are people better than you.
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{\an8}But that's not the point.
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That's not the point at all.
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[mellow music playing]
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[exclaims]
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- [Yumeka] Well...
- Ah.
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It's easy to say the right thing
when you're watching from the sidelines.
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Well, sure, but that's what I think!
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Ugh, you're just so annoying!
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I can't stand
that know-it-all look on your face.
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I'm never gonna see Natsu again,
so just let it go!
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You came up to her with your bad attitude.
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You made things ugly.
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{\an8}That's because someone
who wants to win nationals
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{\an8}shouldn't be fooling around!
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She's practicing as much as everyone else!
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[Yumeka] She used to do more than that!
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It was basically all she did!
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Chinatsu is good because she trained
more than everyone else.
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If she slows down now,
she's not gonna win!
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[gasps]
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[Taiki] So she's being like this
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because deep down,
she's worried about Chinatsu?
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- [woman] Ms. Goto?
- Huh?
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Mr. Inomata? Is something wrong?
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No, everything's fine.
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One thing's for sure.
Those two can't go on like this.
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[opening theme music playing]
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BLUE BOX SEASON 2
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EPISODE 28
THEY'RE ONE AND THE SAME
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[bright music playing]
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Morning.
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[yawns]
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Taiki! Pack those side dishes
in the bento box!
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Did you oversleep?
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I stayed up way too late
watching K-dramas.
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What is she? A teenager?
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Where's Chinatsu?
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I sent her on ahead.
The Winter Cup is right around the corner.
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Make sure she gets that bento box.
Leave it in front of the clubroom.
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You got it.
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[Taiki] Chinatsu's bento box...
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GOOD LUCK
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If I wrote a little message,
I wonder if she'd like it.
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Like I would do that.
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I'll give her the biggest piece of meat.
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Lots of vegetables too.
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And the best-looking tamagoyaki.
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{\an8}If you do that, the lid won't close.
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{\an8}You think so?
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[Taiki] I'm heading out!
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[door closes]
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[indistinct chatter]
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Hey, Taiki.
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You're late today.
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I had to drop by the store.
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- [girl 1] Next!
- [girl 2] Okay!
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[panting]
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- And next!
- [girl 3] Okay!
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So basketball has a tournament coming up?
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When one of the clubs
has a tournament game,
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the air in the gym changes.
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Everything is more tense.
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You can feel their nerves
all the way over here.
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Yeah.
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[whistle blows]
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[soft music playing]
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{\an8}I feel it too.
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- Morning.
- Good morning.
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Good morning.
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Anyway...
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See ya later.
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Don't worry about her.
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She may act like that,
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but her rhythmic gymnastics
have never been better.
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It looks like you have way less
of an influence on Hina's life
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than we thought, I guess.
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What are you trying to say?
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[sighs]
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Huh? Whose bento is that?
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Oh, that's mine.
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[gasps]
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[chuckles]
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Chinatsu, we'd better hurry.
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[Chinatsu] Right.
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[bright music playing]
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[girl] Pass!
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- [panting]
- [Nagisa] Go, go, go!
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[Chinatsu] Let's get that point back!
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- [grunts]
- [Nagisa] Nice! Now get back!
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[whistle blows]
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- [Nagisa] We're back in ten minutes!
- [girls] Okay!
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- Yuna.
- Huh?
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You got a sec?
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What is it?
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It's about that play earlier.
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You could've gone for the shot yourself.
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Everyone was focused on guarding Saya.
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You don't have to rush into it,
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but I think it's okay
if you play more aggressively.
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I can go over it with you
either in the mornings or after practice.
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{\an8}Enough!
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I'm sorry, okay?
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I already know I'm not good enough.
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I'm dragging the whole team down.
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{\an8}But Chinatsu,
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you have to stop thinking
everyone can work as hard as you do.
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[gasps]
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Sorry. I'm just stressed out.
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It's fine.
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It's not like I'm perfect either.
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Let's just do our best.
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[soft music playing]
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[young Yumeka] You're here first again?
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Huh?
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Don't you ever wanna skip practice
to do other stuff?
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I can't do that.
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I started later than everyone else.
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If I don't practice
at least an hour more a day,
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I feel like I won't catch up.
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An hour a day multiplied by 24 days
is one full day's worth of practice.
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A year's worth would be... Let's see here...
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It would be, uh...
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There's no time to waste on anything else!
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Saying it is one thing,
doing it is another.
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You pulling that off,
that's your talent, Natsu.
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[soft music continues playing]
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[phone alarm chiming]
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ALARM
STOP - SNOOZE
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You have to stop thinking
everyone can work as hard as you do.
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- [thuds]
- [Taiki] Oh, dang it!
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[Chinatsu chuckles]
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[cheerful music playing]
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Good morning, everybody.
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Morning.
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Morning, Chinatsu.
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I left both your lunches on the table.
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They should be packed nicely today.
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Didn't oversleep this time?
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What do you mean?
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You should be grateful
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that I wake up this early every morning
to see you two off.
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I'm very grateful.
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Yes, thank you so much.
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Good!
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Okay, then who wants a piece of cake?
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You get so carried away.
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[chuckles softly]
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00:10:30,004 --> 00:10:31,463
Hey, Taiki...
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What's up?
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Just curious.
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Have you ever thought about
wanting to skip morning practice?
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If Chinatsu weren't around,
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I think I would've skipped practice
all the time.
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Uh...
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{\an8}Yeah, I definitely have.
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{\an8}My first thought is, "I just wanna sleep."
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But when that happens,
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I try to imagine how I'll feel later.
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And if I'm being honest with myself,
I know I'll regret it.
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I think of how skipping
is only letting myself down.
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That's usually enough
to get me up that day.
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Ah, Taiki, you're too earnest.
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[Taiki] You're one to talk.
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[cheerful music continues playing]
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If she's asking about it,
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I wonder if Chinatsu
ever feels like taking a break too.
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I'm sure she does.
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Her nonstop routine started
because Yumeka was around.
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But she still doesn't take a break.
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That's just like her.
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Yumeka has the wrong idea.
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00:12:11,105 --> 00:12:14,650
It's true that Chinatsu is continuing
to work hard on her own,
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00:12:15,735 --> 00:12:18,029
but that's only because she has a goal.
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00:12:19,322 --> 00:12:21,657
Still, she must be tired.
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00:12:22,658 --> 00:12:27,455
I really wish that
Yumeka had stayed by Chinatsu's side.
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[boy] Where's the girls' basketball team?
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I heard they have a practice game
in the morning.
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- Excuse me.
- Oh.
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00:12:37,173 --> 00:12:39,382
Oh, look. How's it going there, Coach?
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I've got a ticket to the girls'
first Winter Cup game.
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Anyone want it?
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00:12:44,013 --> 00:12:46,139
Eh, my wife bought it,
187
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but she's going back to her parents' house
because her mother hurt her back,
188
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so I've got an extra one.
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It's a good seat,
right next to the basket.
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Me, me, me, me! I want it, sir!
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{\an8}Sure, kid, it's yours.
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- Let's go.
- But don't you have practice that day?
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00:13:00,530 --> 00:13:02,864
Huh? Uh... I, uh...
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It's for a friend, actually.
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In that case, I'll take the ticket.
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00:13:09,163 --> 00:13:10,830
Ahh!
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{\an8}It should go to someone
who's gonna watch, right?
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00:13:13,543 --> 00:13:15,168
{\an8}I don't care either way.
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00:13:15,169 --> 00:13:16,795
No way! You can't have it!
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00:13:16,796 --> 00:13:17,879
Why not?
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00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:21,550
It's more important for me to watch anyway
since I'm in basketball club.
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00:13:21,551 --> 00:13:23,677
I was the one who asked for it first!
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00:13:23,678 --> 00:13:26,097
He never said
it was first come, first serve.
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00:13:26,973 --> 00:13:30,643
{\an8}The last thing I want
is this guy getting close to Chinatsu!
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00:13:31,435 --> 00:13:34,312
{\an8}Well, there's a saying,
"He who strikes first wins."
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00:13:34,313 --> 00:13:38,108
Wow, haven't heard a Japanese expression
like that in forever.
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00:13:38,109 --> 00:13:40,860
[Taiki] He plays the exchange student card
whenever he wants!
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00:13:40,861 --> 00:13:43,863
Hmm. Good luck sorting it all out.
209
00:13:43,864 --> 00:13:46,741
In that case,
why don't we compete to decide?
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00:13:46,742 --> 00:13:50,245
Let's see here. How about if...
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Whoever can last longest
in a shuttle run wins.
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00:13:54,750 --> 00:13:56,126
A shuttle run?
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00:13:56,127 --> 00:13:58,753
There'd be a gap
if we played each other's sports, right?
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00:13:58,754 --> 00:14:00,755
Running would be a lot more fair.
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00:14:00,756 --> 00:14:03,092
After all,
it's just jogging back and forth.
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00:14:04,885 --> 00:14:06,386
Is that fair?
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00:14:06,387 --> 00:14:09,431
Wouldn't a basketball player
have an advantage in endurance?
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00:14:09,432 --> 00:14:11,641
Plus, Matsuoka's a year older.
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00:14:11,642 --> 00:14:15,520
He said he ran ten kilometers a day
when he was in America.
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[boy] No matter how you look at it,
Matsuoka's the favorite.
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00:14:19,442 --> 00:14:20,526
What do you say?
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You're on.
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[female voice on recording]
You will hear a five-second countdown.
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After that, the test will begin.
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00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:32,955
Five seconds to start.
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00:14:33,539 --> 00:14:36,292
Three, two, one.
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Begin.
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[xylophone chiming over speakers]
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[birds chirping]
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[girl] Are we really going back
to school for more practice?
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We already gave it our all
during the scrimmage.
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[Nagisa]
This way, we can review right away.
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00:15:00,107 --> 00:15:03,109
Couldn't they have at least gotten us
a bus back or something?
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00:15:03,110 --> 00:15:05,363
[Nagisa chuckles]
It's not a long way, you know.
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00:15:08,449 --> 00:15:10,450
I'm going to my house
for a change of clothes,
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00:15:10,451 --> 00:15:12,202
and then I'll meet you guys over there.
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00:15:12,203 --> 00:15:13,371
Mmm-hmm. Copy that.
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00:15:23,464 --> 00:15:28,468
KIKUCHI DENTAL CLINIC
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00:15:28,469 --> 00:15:31,721
This is the dentist that Taiki goes to.
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00:15:31,722 --> 00:15:34,392
Look. You're better off not going there.
241
00:15:35,017 --> 00:15:37,185
[woman] Thanks for running our errands.
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[Yumeka] I'll be back in 30 minutes.
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[gasps]
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00:15:41,148 --> 00:15:42,775
I'll see you later...
245
00:15:48,906 --> 00:15:50,407
Oh, Ms. Goto?
246
00:15:50,408 --> 00:15:53,576
Could you also pick up some toilet paper
while you're out?
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00:15:53,577 --> 00:15:54,453
Sure.
248
00:15:58,124 --> 00:15:59,166
Goto?
249
00:16:01,752 --> 00:16:04,171
I thought that your last name was Kido.
250
00:16:05,006 --> 00:16:07,841
My parents got divorced
when I graduated middle school,
251
00:16:07,842 --> 00:16:09,427
so my last name changed.
252
00:16:10,636 --> 00:16:11,971
I had no idea.
253
00:16:13,014 --> 00:16:15,390
It's not exactly uncommon.
254
00:16:15,391 --> 00:16:16,892
{\an8}I didn't think to mention...
255
00:16:19,061 --> 00:16:22,982
{\an8}Wow, Yumeka.
You really don't tell me anything.
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00:16:27,653 --> 00:16:29,655
[xylophone chiming over speakers]
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Do they want that ticket that badly?
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Is it really worth all this running?
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[Haryu] Hmm.
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There must be something more to it.
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[Nishida] What do you mean?
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Your steps are getting sluggish,
aren't they, fanboy?
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Don't know what you're talking about!
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Glad to hear it.
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Because I'm not even
feeling warmed up yet.
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He's totally unfazed.
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[grunts]
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Hey, and while we're at it,
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why don't we say that the loser...
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agrees to give up on pursuing Natsu, hmm?
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There's no way I'd agree to that. [grunts]
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I'm not giving up my feelings
over something this dumb!
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Huh. I see.
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But still...
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I think we can agree
that if you end up losing to me,
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it's gonna look super lame.
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[Chinatsu]
You don't tell me anything, huh?
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[mellow music playing]
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Do you work here part-time?
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I do.
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[Chinatsu] Then Taiki knew too...
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Did you move to another school
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because of what happened
with your parents?
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[Yumeka] It's got nothing to do with that.
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I see.
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That's the kind of thing
I wish you'd told me.
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I know just because I'm your friend,
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that doesn't mean
you have to tell me everything.
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Because I don't know how you feel.
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It is your life. I can't change that.
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{\an8}I can't change that.
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Sorry. I'll let you shop now.
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How was I supposed to tell you?!
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You don't wanna see my weak side.
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Do you, Natsu?
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'Cause then I wouldn't be
your role model anymore.
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[gasps]
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{\an8}And sure,
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{\an8}we had a lot of fun times
back when we were friends.
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I was always that teammate
who could teach you about basketball.
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You depended on me.
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At first, that made me happy.
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But then, somehow,
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I started to lose
my passion for basketball.
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[gasps]
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You're lying.
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I'm not lying.
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[Yumeka's mom] So listen, me and your dad...
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Deep down, I'm not as cool
as you think I am, Chinatsu.
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I often thought about skipping practice.
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And when I realized
that having talent didn't matter,
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I wanted to be done altogether.
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Because the truth is,
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I was the one looking up to you.
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You never wanted to skip practice.
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You just quietly did what you had to do,
and that made you amazing.
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I was embarrassed
by how different I was from you,
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and I started to hate myself.
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How could I tell you something like that?
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[sentimental music playing]
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But her ability to work hard,
I do admire that.
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[young Yumeka] You pulling that off,
that's your talent, Natsu.
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One time, I happened to notice you.
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It was the day after our last game
in middle school...
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and you were practicing all by yourself.
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I was in a slump after we lost,
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only feeling a sense of relief
that it was all over.
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But you...
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I imagined
it must have been really frustrating,
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seeing that you worked so hard
and only to end up disappointed.
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That's why I was so shocked
when I saw you.
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Hanging out with some guy.
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That's not the same determined Natsu
who made me feel like giving up.
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She loves basketball!
She doesn't care about anything else!
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All she does is practice!
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'Cause that's who she is!
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{\an8}You're wrong.
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He's not just some guy.
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It all comes down to one thing.
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When you quit basketball,
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I lost my best friend
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and the one person I could always rely on.
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I was so lonely.
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Winning nationals was such a far-off goal
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that when I started to doubt
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if all this constant practicing
was really worth it or not...
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or when I felt like giving up...
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I had a source of strength.
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It's because I have someone like him
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that I'm able to do my best!
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