Hello everybody
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Oh Natsuha, good work.
Please take care of me.
Even though you all know each other, please do a self-introduction.
Yes.
First Year Student Natsuha Mai
I am the pitcher for the Nenima Hornets
My goal is to reach the Nationals
Whether or not we are a newly established high school,
or a first year, it has nothing to do with that.
We will claim the championship in three years time.
Calm down.
This is your first day on the team.
Apologies
Alright well done
My goal is to reach the Nationals
Hey Akimoto,
we're only doing self-introductions.
﻿I am Akimoto Miki from West Tokyo Red Phoenix
﻿I will not lose to Natsuha-san in leading the team forward
﻿You kids!
﻿Good, good!
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTERFINALS
﻿Mai
﻿It's my fault
﻿I let them score the point
﻿Even if that were so,
it's because I,
didn't use our chance.
﻿It's okay.
With the two of you here,
we'll be able to make it next year.
﻿Next summer,
we're definitely have our revenge.
We must help our team win the championship.
﻿Okay.
﻿
ROUND 8 [TEAM LEADER]
﻿Let's introduce our guests for the Batting Showdown.
﻿The new national idol group New Center's 27, Kanzaki Hina-chan
﻿and Minamikawa-san!
﻿Hello, I'm Kanzaki Hina.
﻿So cute!
Hi everyone!
﻿Hello!
﻿Hello, I'm Minamikawa.
You're not cute* at all, so *Cute is Kawaii in Japanese - MinamiKAWA sounds like he is cute
Not cute!
﻿Please don't consider yourself in the same league as her, OK?
﻿It's like a mascot.
﻿Oh, I see, that's OK.
﻿Anyway, Hina is here with us now.
Eh, Hina-can, were you listening to us?
﻿Of course I'm listening.
﻿Kanzaki is here and full of energy!
﻿Please take care of me!
Ah, so cute.
What do you think Hina-chan?
﻿Ah, Hina very good.
Amazing.
﻿Kanzaki is really super cute
Is she famous?
Eh? You don't know?
27 was a popular national group some time ago.
﻿I do not know.
﻿The previous lead singer Maeshima Asami now make a lot of money as an actress
Is she very strong?
Ah, this is not like baseball.
﻿Then after that girl quit the group,
they found a new lead singer,
and that's Hina-chan.
For instance, is there any group member who plays sports?
Eh... I don't really know
How can you not know?
﻿Are you okay? You're the lead singer right?
You lead the group forward, don't you?
It's completely okay. Really?
Anyway, back to the point
﻿Let's start the batting duel.
﻿Then let's go.
﻿Let's go.
﻿It hit him right in the middle.
﻿Oh, my God.
﻿It didn't hurt at all.
﻿Don't lie.
﻿It definitely hurts like hell.
﻿It must have hurt like hell.
﻿As I said, you're making a fool of yourself.
﻿The staff is talking about you.
﻿I know about this.
As I understand it,
I have to increase my presence as much as possible.
Being polite alone will not survive.
Asami's withdrawal from the group has put us in a pinch.
We need to make these live appearances count.
﻿So if I can increase my own popularity,
the popularity of the group is also increased.
﻿Then why is the popularity of the group so low?
﻿This can not be blamed on me
﻿Because the life span of an idol is not long
﻿I'm sorry for your trouble.
﻿We are also looking forward to the broadcast.
﻿Thank you.
﻿It really hurts, doesn't it?
﻿No, it doesn't hurt.
﻿Really? Really doesn't hurt?
It's all in good fun.
It must hurt like hell.
﻿It doesn't hurt. Yes it does.
﻿It's no trouble at all.
Excuse me, sorry for the trouble Kanzaki caused for everyone.
﻿No, no, she's cute, isn't she?
﻿I don't think she caused any trouble.
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿Then we should go.
﻿I'll leave now.
﻿Thank you... Thank you.
Eh, ah, uhm...
Is she OK?
﻿Don't worry about her.
Once again, sorry.
﻿I'll leave now.
﻿The popularity of the group...
﻿I don't give a damn!
﻿She's venting.
﻿Well, it's obvious.
﻿Thank you for your hard work.
Hey.
﻿Yes! Eh? Are you talking to me?
When you hear the words 27,
who comes to your mind first?
Eh, I see,
﻿I'm sure it's Maejima.
﻿Asami has quit.
But people still think about her.
Naturally the leader is now you, Hina-san
﻿It's definitely me, right?
As a founding member you have always been very popular
﻿Right?
﻿But the group is not so popular now.
However, I've been doing well personally.
﻿Why do I have to be criticized if I'm so popular?
﻿My popularity is something that everyone recognizes.
Not everyone.
﻿I don't know you.
﻿And I don't know Maeshima either.
﻿And I don't know any of these "Twenty-seven"* people. *He is pronouncing this in Japanese, everyone else says in Katakana/English
﻿Talking about "Twenty-seven" to me is a just a number...
﻿Uncle! Stop talking please.
﻿I don't know which guy replaced which guy and I don't know what is this about.
﻿I don't understand
So you don't know these idols, but don't be offensive.
﻿That's why I can listen to you without prejudice.
﻿You're in trouble, right?
[Negative social media comments about Hina]
They can say whatever they want.
﻿Even if they say that...
﻿I have my own situation too.
﻿It's hard, isn't it?
﻿Idols have to keep up their youthfulness.
The feeling is that you can't keep doing this forever.
﻿I don't care if I'm suddenly assigned to be the leader of the group.
﻿I don't care what happens to the group
﻿How about I quit the group and go solo?
Would that really be a good thing?
﻿Who knows? Anyway, I'm tired
"﻿I don't care what happens to the group."
﻿How can you say that?
﻿What?
﻿My friend did not run away from any situation
﻿As the person who leads everyone,
solved any difficulties,
and even got hurt.
﻿What are you talking about?
﻿I don't understand
﻿The truth is that our competition should have continued
﻿You and me are not alike.
Not a coward like you.
﻿I'm not a coward.
﻿I've done my job well.
﻿You're just running away from the group, aren't you?
﻿It will be too late to regret when you lose it.
Don't you understand the importance of having teammates who work together?
﻿Shut up! Of course I do.
﻿You don't understand.
﻿What do you know? I don't have to hear from you.
[Oh no, here it comes!]
﻿Then, do you want to hear my baseball theory?
Huh? Baseball theory?
﻿Life is a baseball.
Fu.....
﻿Fu....., Fu......
﻿It's Furuta!!!
*Furuta Atsuya
﻿What is this? What is going on?
﻿Furuta! It's Furuta! Furuta!
﻿That's Furuta
The two of you calm down!
﻿This is the fantasy world of Uncle
﻿Fantasy world
﻿And I am here today as a Coach
Coach?
Eh? Then...
The Manager is
him
﻿Kowa-san, you will hit the ball better if you aim here.
Yes.
Go. Yes.
﻿Watch the game
﻿As a team this is the first game after the retirement of Maeshima Asami.
It's the second half of the game, the score is 1-0 and it's a tense situation.
﻿Finally in this inning, with no one out and a man on base.
Now it is a very critical game situation where we need to get one point to tie.
Nice batting.
﻿This is the key moment for the whole team.
﻿In this situation, the leader needs to do his best to guide everyone
Player 4 - Center fielder, Kanzaki
﻿Asami is no longer here, you take over this responsibility.
﻿I'll do it, OK?
﻿Kanzaki!
﻿Don't think about the home run at this time, just connect the lineup properly.
﻿I'll show you a great home run.
﻿Ready!
﻿Out of bounds!
Strike two!
﻿What the hell?
﻿Is she okay?
It's up to her now.
﻿It's a pain in the ass to be the leader.
﻿I can just hit a home run as a 4th pitcher
Strike three. Batter out.
Player 5 - Catcher, ﻿Furuta
You just batted with zero points huh.
﻿That was a fluke.
﻿I'm usually a good hitter.
﻿I also made a lot of scores.
﻿Is it really a case of chance?
﻿In this situation, you had to do what you didn't want to do.
﻿You usually do not make any contribution, right?
﻿I do contribute.
﻿I will not lose to other idols.
﻿But will the team not lose?
﻿It can't be helped that our group is weak now.
﻿Your scope of responsibility is really small, eh?
What's with that guy? Is he really the manager?
That guy Furuta,
After 29 years of playing,
standing on the court as a player on the field,
and on the bench to direct the team.
This man is both a player and a coach.
Ball one.
Now way, he can't be both.
﻿Out of bounds
You think so?
﻿Out of bounds.
Ball two.
﻿Out of bounds.
Ball 3
﻿Bad ball 4
﻿Good
﻿What's so great about it? It's not a hit.
﻿That increases the chance of scoring.
Nicely played, walking to base with 4 balls.
﻿"What can the team do to win?"
﻿"What can I do for the team?"
That's what he's always thinking about.
Even though he has great wisdom, he has to play under great pressure.
Come, let's tie the score!
﻿This game is very critical, it's up to you now.
﻿In that kind of pressure, all the time from personal practice is not enough.
Strike one.
﻿Good ball, keep going.
﻿Mentally drained and physically injuries,
personal performance may also decline.
That was great. We got 2 outs, we got 2 outs.
﻿Why would you want to do this?
﻿It's better for you as a team leader to ask him directly, isn't it?
﻿Why do you want to do this? Please tell me.
﻿I just want my favorite team to win.
﻿Favorite team
﻿Yes because I am Furuta of the Swallows
*Furuta was a Player-Manager of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows team
Your joy is doubled when your favourite team wins, right?
Don't you like your own team?
Think hard about this point.
﻿Come on, come on!
﻿Please take care of me.
﻿Everyone listen. I really like our group.
﻿So please work together to make this tour a success.
﻿Okay, let's go!
Hina-san is so cool!
﻿Sorry to come so suddenly.
﻿I have some things to say to you no matter what.
Did you know? Our team had a game today.
﻿How did it go?
﻿We won.
﻿But it was really tough.
﻿This is only the second round of the game.
At this rate, we'll lose the second game.
As much as I hate to admit it, we really need you.
﻿Mai, let's stop this nonsense and come back to play baseball.
﻿Sorry I can't play any more.
﻿Why?
Miki would never admit defeat.
﻿It's not because of that.
﻿I've tried many times but it's always weird when playing.
﻿I don't know how to play anymore.
﻿Could it be Impingement Syndrome?
﻿And...
﻿How can I still hit the ball by myself when Miki is in that situation?
﻿Good shot!
﻿Don't give up, don't give up.
﻿Next? Who is it?
﻿Okay, let's play one more ball.
﻿Wait a minute, Mai. Let's call it a day, or else we will overexercise.
﻿What are you talking about?
If we don't hurry up, then all the effort will be wasted.
Have you forgotten that feeling of regret last summer?
﻿Everyone was devastated.
I have to say this, or we will lose again.
Mai, that's enough.
Miki?
﻿How can you say that?
﻿It's hard for everyone to say anything, so I'll do it.
﻿Recently, your vision has become more narrow.
﻿What do you mean?
﻿You should know that we have not forgotten the regret.
﻿But you only focus on eliminating your own regrets and training hard.
﻿And forcing the people around you.
﻿No one will follow you now.
﻿You're so full of yourself, Miki.
﻿Why don't you say that after you actually hit the ball?
﻿Hey Mai!
﻿Why, why does Miki hate me?
﻿I'm so angry.
I know I'm right. Am I not right for wanting to win?
﻿Why don't you understand me?
Are you alright?
﻿Miki!
Akimoto!
﻿Is Miki okay?
﻿Come here.