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It's the bottom of the ninth and the score's tied.
Two outs, bases loaded,
and the count is 3-2.
For the Akagi Junior High Baseball Team,
this became our final game.
Game set!
Schools, line up.
Excuse me. Please line up.
Eijun!
I'm sorry.
I couldn't take you guys to nationals!
Eijun...
Ei...
What is this guy on?
A team that can't even catch pop flies or grounders making nationals?
I heard your school's being demolished soon.
Here to make some last-minute memories?
There's no way we were going to lose to a team with a girl!
You gotta be kidding me.
This is our spirit.
The Akagi Junior High Spirit.
Huh?
Take this!
Eijun!
Exceed your limits in the heat of battle
Exceed your limits in the heat of battle
It'll all be decided the moment we collide
It'll all be decided the moment we collide
So let's take our burning hearts as far as we can take them
So let's take our burning hearts as far as we can take them
Start to fight right now
Start to fight right now
I can't wait anymore
I can't wait anymore
We'll face off the moment we meet
We'll face off the moment we meet
You're my rival
You're my rival
And the siren has blared
And the siren has blared
We'd put our instincts to sleep
We'd put our instincts to sleep
But they won't stay silent any longer
But they won't stay silent any longer
Because this is greatest field of them all
Because this is greatest field of them all
Our hearts are rumbling
Our hearts are rumbling
I put my life on the line and sharpen my mind
I put my life on the line and sharpen my mind
And break out of my shell
And break out of my shell
To free myself and my feelings
To free myself and my feelings
So exceed your limits in the heat of battle
So exceed your limits in the heat of battle
The light residing in our eyes
The light residing in our eyes
Will awaken our true selves
Will awaken our true selves
Let's strike out or go all out
Let's strike out or go all out
It'll all be decided the moment we collide
It'll all be decided the moment we collide
So let's take our burning hearts as far as we can take them
So let's take our burning hearts as far as we can take them
The One Pitch
The One Pitch
The One Pitch
You idiot!
Do you have any idea what you've done, Sawamura?!
The other team's coach and families came yelling,
the players scowled at you,
and you slapped them and the umpire twelve times!
Are you really okay finishing your three years of junior high baseball like that?
I understand your anger, Coach.
I'm deeply ashamed for losing to such a team of clowns.
That's not the point!
I'm not talking about the outcome of the game!
I'm talking about your slapfest!
Oh, that?
Of course!
Boy, am I ashamed about that!
And this after all the work you put in as the team captain...
It's hard for me to say this,
but some high schools might not want you now.
I'll be fine.
All I need is a ball and a bat to play baseball.
That's how we've always been doing it.
You really don't get it...
Sawamura.
Principal?
If you like baseball, you must learn to follow the rules.
Violence is never the answer, even if it's for your teammates' sake.
All right.
Well, I think I've repented enough, so see ya!
Hey, come back here, Sawamura!
Oh, it's fine, Mr. Sano.
But...
He wanted people to remember our school before it's demolished.
I am truly proud of him for staying late every day, practicing for that goal.
He made me procure buses to take them to exhibition games,
and he made me treat them all to barbecue for winning.
Knowing I won't have to do that any more is like a dream come true.
He went on a rampage when his teammates were ridiculed.
It was certainly a very "Eijun" way to end things.
In the end, I couldn't win a single game in junior high.
Ei!
Did the coach finally let you go?
Was he super mad?
That'd be an understatement.
I came running out because he wouldn't shut up.
Yeah, that's you, all right!
Won't he still be mad?
Aren't you going to have a hard time finding a high school after that incident?
What are you talking about, Wakana?
What are you going to do, you idiot?
You need to think before you act.
No need to be so worried, guys!
We're all going to the same high school.
I mean, let's keep it real.
Even if the schools merge and ours gets demolished,
we'll still have the same school spirit if we stay together.
We couldn't go to nationals in junior high,
but let's make it a reality in high school.
Ei...
Yeah.
You just wait, nationals!
We're coming to take over!
So...
how do you plan to get in without a recommendation?
The school we're applying to isn't exactly easy to test into, you know?
That brain of yours is our biggest worry too.
You guys have all been studying?
Like any normal person would.
Seriously?
I'm still stuck on fractions in math!
I think you should give up.
Never give up!
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