Bubble (バブル)

Mer…

maid?

Whoa!

- - Let's get it, BB!

-Show some hustle! -Get the flag!

Yo, yo, I'm on your six. Catch me if you can!

- -

All right, gimme your best bet. Who do you think is gonna win this?

- -Huh?

Team BB. They've won 37 out of 42 of these.

Still, you never really know.

They're on the Denki Ninja's home turf.

If they screw up and fall in an Antlion Pit,

it's game over.

Hey, um…

What is it, newbie?

I'm still not 100 percent on how all these rules work.

What?

All right, dude, try to keep up.

Tokyo Battlekour is a five-on-five game

where teams bet on the outcome of a parkour match.

You're out if you fall into the ocean.

But the lucky team that captures the flag, wins.

But, um, isn't going all out like that kinda dangerous, though?

- Hell yeah it's dangerous. -Huh.

All the kids here are just idiots whose only purpose is to play this game.

On the other hand, I guess you can argue

that all this brouhaha keeps Tokyo a safe city.

I hope you like eating my dust, slowpoke ninja!

Catch ya later!

Jammer! Block Route C. Stop the short BB kid.

Oh, why thank you.

Where is Hibiki?

Where is he always?

Doing whatever the heck he wants.

Well, Tokyo Battlekour does value independence.

And that's fine and all, but this is a five-on-five game.

If one player is missing…

He's cornered at Pitch 14.

These guys just don't know when to quit.

Stray bubble challenge!

Oh! You idiot!

Whoa!

- -

Usagi, hang on!

Uh-oh!

Oh, no! Antlion Pit!

BB fall! We need rescue.

Let's get going.

What? We won't make it. Whoa!

Oh!

What were you thinking, Usagi?

The problem is, he wasn't thinking.

The only one who can hop stray bubbles in an away game…

is that guy.

Oh!

He's here.

Oh?

- -

Ah!

-What was that? He's awesome! -

Whoa!

- -

Huh?

Hey!

Don't leave me here!

- -

- -

You're kidding! Hell of a route!

He's so fast!

- -

Hm?

Whoa!

And the winner is, the Blue Blazes!

Damn it! I can't believe they lost!

That was totally mind-blowing.

Oh, shit! Now they're gonna get our rice.

Looks like you guys need more training.

We'll be taking home our gasoline.

Hey, Hibiki!

Why did you leave me there like that?

That jump you did back there. It just showed off your recklessness.

Uh… But I did it the other day!

- And it was only by chance. -Uh…

You need more fear.

Bastard!

Come on. Let's do the usual.

Can't remember the last time Hibiki joined in in one of these.

With our blue blazes…

We're gonna burn it all down!

Yeah!

Lame.

I'm exhausted.

This game is totally murder to my heart.

Why do they pull all these stunts?

Well, that's the whole reason we're here, isn't it?

Huh?

-Hey! -

That was a good decision,

not to jump the crack on the Shohei bridge.

- -Thank you, sir!

You keep practicing hard now.

JAPAN COAST GUARD REIYO

All right!

We got a whole month's worth of rice, everyone!

And what have we here? It's beer, baby!

Yeah, you wish! Maybe try a juice box, kiddo.

-I'll be taking that, if you don't mind. -Oh.

-Minor. -

Hey, Makoto, where are you going? Wait!

Let's have a drink together, what do you say?

Give it up. Clearly, she's not into you.

We're just her research subjects.

He's right, you know. She's here observing the gravity anomaly.

Oh, sweet! Calling dibs on this snack! Ah!

Hey! Didn't I say don't open that box without asking?

I give up!

Where the heck are your manners, huh?

Didn't your parents teach you anything?

I didn't have parents!

Just like everyone else here!

-Would you knock it off already? -Oh!

You startled me!

I guess surprising you is a non-starter.

Why were you even trying to?

- -

Hey! Give those back! Not cool!

Forget it.

Why do you sulk out here looking all gloomy?

Give 'em back.

Hm.

So, what was that out there today?

What do you mean?

The move you rescued Usagi with.

If you had fallen into the Antlion Pit…

I wouldn't.

Keep up the dangerous moves, and I'll have to report it to HQ.

Then you'd all be tossed out on your butts.

Is that what you want?

I'm going to leave someday.

But I can't right now.

I can hear it.

What?

Wait! Hibiki!

- -

- Got away, huh? -Huh?

Hey, Shin, get this.

Hibiki said he could hear songs from the tower again.

Hmm.

Five years ago…

bubbles fell all over the world.

The bubbles had mysterious powers,

and their arrival brought about pandemonium.

OPERATION TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED

Soon after…

A huge explosion of uncertain origin occurred in the center of Tokyo.

Tokyo became ground zero,

and was enclosed in a gigantic bubble.

Even after the bubbles stopped falling elsewhere in the world…

the phenomenon continued solely in the center of Tokyo.

By the time the accumulated bubbles surrounding the area

burst and turned into water…

Tokyo was no longer the capital of Japan.

Scientists from across the globe came to do research in Tokyo,

but none were able to determine the cause of the Bubble-fall Phenomenon.