﻿Miki
What the hell am I doing?
How long is this going to last? I've had enough!
Mai, it's almost time for you to go work
What? Really?
﻿Can you do this?
﻿What?
﻿What else is there? Baseball
﻿You were just looking at this right?
﻿No, I'm not.
But you know...
﻿If you really still want to play baseball then I will support you
﻿It's okay. Thank you, mom.
﻿I'm going to work.
Have a safe trip
Oh uncle. Eh, what are you doing?
﻿I got stuck with a kid I don't know
A kid? What's the situation?
I was worried about him
﻿Besides, uncle, why are you here so early?
Oh, is that Yuto-kun?
﻿You know him?
Yes, he is the child of a regular customer.
﻿Where's your mother? Is she with you?
﻿After buying something, mom was on the phone,
so I came here first.
﻿Does she know you're here?
﻿Yes, she said she'd be here soon
﻿Well then, let's go in first.
﻿Oh, that's good.
﻿The shirt you're wearing has baseballs, I'm going to bat them
That's hilarious!
Round 5 [Battery]
You scared me,
﻿I thought you had abducted him
Hey, you're no better...
﻿Ah, I've finally made it
﻿Saori-san
﻿Mai-chan hello
﻿What are you doing? Mom was worried about you
﻿Hey didn't you say go to the batting center first?
﻿I said so, but I didn't expect you to go first
﻿Hey, come over here.
﻿I'm going to play ball now.
Yeah, we're going to play ball
Who's that guy?
﻿He's a member of the staff here.
﻿Oh, that's great!
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿It's okay, it's okay.
﻿Come here, Yuto.
﻿Don't make trouble for others
﻿I don't mind.
﻿No, no, no, go over there.
﻿Let's go!
﻿Very good! Wow, that was amazing! Great baseball!
Ah, what a pity
﻿Wow, great baseball Yuto!
Such feelings of happiness
﻿Sort of
﻿What do you mean by that?
﻿Don't tell me you're looking at the child waving the bat and see what's bothering him?
﻿No way.
﻿Yuto-kun, there's nothing to worry about him right?
﻿What would you think of an adult who said that to you as a child?
﻿Oh...
﻿What about you, when you were a child?
Any worries?
I did.
﻿My policy when dealing with children is
not to treat the child as a child
﻿That way, you can open your heart and sometimes it's easier to get close to the child.
﻿And women in trouble.
﻿We will come again
Sorry for the trouble I've caused, Mai-chan.
﻿No, thank you for your patronage.
﻿Let's go, Yuto.
﻿You had a good time today too, right?
﻿Hey, uncle!
﻿Hey, Yuto!
﻿Did you see me play?
﻿I was watching
﻿How was it?
﻿You didn't do what I said,
﻿I told you
﻿If you don't hold the bat tighter, you won't be able to hit the ball well.
﻿Really? It's hard. I'll try my best next time.
Yuto let's go. ﻿Excuse me.
﻿You talked to Yuto-kun?
﻿Yes, before you came.
﻿Talking about batting?
Among other things.
﻿Really, Saori-san always looked like she was full of happiness.
﻿No, that mother is burdened with a lot of problems.
﻿Is that so?
﻿She's always going on about how she's so proud of Yuto.
Then why is her son whom she's so proud of, showing this anxious expression?
Eh? Yuto has always been cheerful.
He's faking it
Children also have to live in society,
in which the ones who can guide them correctly
are the parents.
I told you it was strange
﻿I'm disgusted with this negotiation
﻿Anyway, I look like a fool after making all these plans
﻿Right now I'm talking to my partners about it
At the end of the day, I have to move to Nagano
﻿Don't be ridiculous!
﻿It's not ridiculous. Listen to me carefully.
﻿Now is an important transition period for agriculture
﻿Really safe and tasty vegetables
﻿It's a critical time when they're being removed from Japanese tables.
﻿So it is necessary to ensure the distribution of locally grown pesticide-free vegetables...
﻿Mom, the food is getting cold.
﻿What is this really about? It has nothing to do with us, right?
﻿Don't you think Yuto is very cute?
﻿Suddenly, you're taking him to some faraway place.
﻿Mom, can I eat now?
﻿Yes, you can eat.
He has friends here
﻿Let me explain properly again
That's enough! In any case, I am against it
﻿I'm sorry Yuto you finished eating already.
Papa said he's going to be home late again.
What is that idiot thinking...
﻿It's hopeless!
﻿I'm sorry, mom is just frustrated
﻿I'm sorry for what I just said, Yuto.
﻿It's okay, I'm fine.
﻿Goodbye uncle, thank you for your hard work.
Good work
﻿The mother and son who came today
﻿Will definitely come again
They come back regularly. I told you she's a regular.
﻿Yes, that's right.
﻿But...
﻿Did Saori-san seem like she was under a lot of pressure?
﻿I don't believe it.
﻿It's true.
﻿But the law is different this time, right?
﻿You didn't even see Saori-san's batting motion.
﻿I think you're wrong.
﻿No, because I asked Yuto directly.
﻿Uncle, you are very cunning sometimes
﻿What's giving her stress?
Having no choice but to live with someone she is tired of
*baseball definition of the pitcher and catcher of the team
Like in baseball when there is a problem with the battery*
﻿We all have our own problems
﻿Everyone has their own problems
﻿I'm off.
﻿See you tomorrow.
﻿How many times do I have to hear you say that you've sacrificed yourself for me?
﻿Don't torment me with all your ideas.
﻿You're a father, right?
﻿But...
﻿I really feel like I have a good team this time
﻿You're still talking about it?
﻿For example, follow the publicity and recruitment people from big cities.
﻿We're going to miraculously gather the people who can do this project.
﻿It's a team that's fated to be. I think it's going to work.
Stop it and listen to me carefully
﻿Send Yuto to a private elementary school in Tokyo.
﻿He'll grow up in a safe and secure environment.
﻿That's the most realistic course of action. It's for his own good, isn't it?
﻿Is that so?
You need to seriously face reality.
You keep saying "realistic" and "realistic"
﻿Can't I pursue my dreams?
﻿I want to show Yuto how I pursue my dreams.
﻿I think it's better to let Yuto grow up in nature than in a big city.
Why?
﻿I've been repeating this for over a year.
﻿Is it because our ideas are too different?
﻿I'm going to bed.
Yuto
Yuto, I'm sorry, were we disturbing you?
﻿Welcome home papa
I'm home.
Your mum and I are done talking
﻿You and mom go to bed.
﻿Good night.
﻿Come on, Yuto.
﻿Mama...
Yes?
﻿Can we go to the batting center tomorrow?
﻿Yeah, I'll think about it.
﻿Let's go.
﻿I'm sure I can hit a few balls tomorrow.
﻿I'll hit them like that
﻿Then mama will be happy, right?
﻿It's a pity, Yuto. It's okay, keep going
﻿I almost hit it again
﻿Watch the ball well!
﻿What are you doing?
﻿Watch the ball well, Yuto!
﻿You're swinging the bat too late
﻿Come on, Yuto, play well!
﻿You're swinging late again
﻿What are you doing? Come on, Yuto!
﻿Stop it!
The one needing encouragement is you
What?
﻿Hey uncle, she's a customer
That doesn't matter
﻿Do not lay your stress out on the child
What kind of person is he?
﻿He's a retired professional baseball player.
﻿He said he could tell from other people's batting motion, what is troubling them
﻿Last time, Yuto asked me for advice.
﻿How to hit a powerful ball
﻿He wanted me to see how he hit the ball.
If he hit the ball, would it make his mother feel better?
﻿That's what Yuto was thinking.
﻿Because mama only smiles when she's at the batting center
﻿So he wants you to smile at least when you're here.
As for Yuto-kun,
Because you and your husband are fighting all the time,
he feels very guilty.
Yuto
Couples are like the battery in baseball
﻿It's a relationship where you have to work together and cooperate with each other.
﻿I am trying hard to solve the problem.
﻿Saori-san
﻿Our plans for the future are just too different
﻿I do not know how to repair the relationship
﻿Sorry, Yuto.
﻿Let me tell you about my baseball theory.
﻿What?
﻿Life is a baseball.
Baseball field?
Masaya?
﻿What's this?
﻿Why am I baseball caddie?
﻿Tied in the bottom of the 9th inning
﻿The final situation is a complex battle on the bases
﻿If we fail to deal with this situation, this game will be doomed to failure
﻿Whether we can escape from this disaster
﻿It depends on the battery's performance
﻿Listen to me!
﻿Stop it! What are you doing?
Send a message
﻿What now? What kind of message suits this atmosphere?
﻿A simple word to tell her to catch the ball directly
﻿Really?
Hasn't she always been working hard
﻿Where will she get the strength to face this head on?
﻿Go and tell her
Got it.
Uhm...
﻿The coach said that the battery needs to discuss
﻿Let's go to the pitcher's mound and see how it goes.
No way
﻿Unless that person changes his mind, it's not possible...
﻿The pitcher will be a little uneasy at this point.
﻿The guy won't budge.
﻿He won't listen to me.
﻿There's also a player in the bench who's upset.
Yuto
You must be kidding me!
You starting a business with your friends and moving away.
You're an idiot!
﻿I'm not stupid.
﻿I made the choice after careful consideration.
You wouldn't understand
You're too narrow minded
﻿How dare you talk back?
﻿You don't have any business skills.
﻿I believe I do.
Give me a chance
You don't need to try to know the result, you idiot
Umpire, change catcher.
Go for it! Japan
﻿Eh?
Satozaki Tomoya
﻿It's Satozaki!!
Amazing, really!
Hey wait a minute, what is this? I'm in control of this game
﻿You do not just barge in
﻿What kind of ball do you want to throw
﻿That man has played for the Chiba Lotte Marines for 16 years
﻿He led the team in the World Baseball Classic (WBC).
﻿As a catcher and assistant pitcher of the Japanese team
﻿I want to use a straight ball to decide the winner.
﻿Okay, let's do it.
﻿But you have to be responsible for the pitches you throw.
Right.
﻿Bad ball.
﻿Out of bounds.
﻿The next ball is the key to victory.
﻿That's why I told you so.
No. It's good that it happened
﻿What's so good? They made it through.
﻿Look at the pitcher's mound
﻿Life is a long season.
﻿If the battery have the guts to cooperate with each other, they can win in this season.
Satozaki saw this.
So he let him pitch freely.
﻿The catcher as a supporting pitcher
﻿He was ready to be hit by the ball.
﻿Then,
a wife should be patient and let her husband do whatever he wants?
﻿Isn't that too indulgent?
﻿That's not it
The battery have to work together to win the tournament
﻿Look at Satozaki
﻿Remember the results of the match
﻿Think hard about what to do in the future to help the team win
﻿Yes
﻿The goal is to let the family team win, right?
﻿To do this, the catcher must take a long-term view of the game and work with the pitcher.
﻿This one, I'm sure Yuto knows how to answer it
﻿Saori, everything is ready
﻿Thank you for your hard work
﻿Thank you for allowing me to take up this challenge
﻿Because I know you are serious about doing this thing
﻿I will really try
﻿I'll be there for you because we're family.
﻿But in case you fail,
You'll have to take whatever odd jobs you can find to take care of this family
﻿You can't just do whatever you want.
﻿I know.
﻿No matter what I do, I will do my best to protect this family.
﻿And then there's this.
﻿I finally found the perfect school in Nagano.
﻿I heard that the teaching staff here is very strong.
Ehhhh?
﻿Look, Yuto
﻿Do you want to go here to see it?
﻿Well want to go to see
﻿You will make a lot of friends!