Attack it, Lightning! (Lightning / Jin Ji Ba Shan Dian / 进击吧，闪电)

The 1997 World Fencing Championship Men's Fencing Individual Finals

are about to begin.

Competing for the championship and their honor today

are the Dream Team and Dawn of a New Era.

The competitors are making their entrance.

From the Dream Team, Zhao Zhenyu.

Dawn of a New Era's Yang Yan has also arrived.

You can do it. You have to win.

Originally the captain of the Chinese Fencing Team,

last month, announced that he would be leaving the Chinese Dream Team

to join Dawn of a New Era, creating a great controversy.

The referee will now announce the competitors.

You should apologize to the nation.

I have a clear conscience. - Your conscience is clear?

You dare to say your consciense is clear when you betrayed your country?!

There's no point in talking about this. Let's compete.

Get ready.

Sword check.

En garde!

Prêts? (Ready?)

Allez! (Fence!)

That's great. Keep it up.

Use your strength to attack!

Zhao Zhenyu's style this match feels unfamiliar.

Previously, he relied on his defense; but today, he makes continuous attacks.

Has he gotten fired up after meeting his former rival?

On the other hand, Yang Yan has taken a defensive stance and isn't attacking much.

Does he perhaps feel a sense of guilt?

Zhao Zhenyu is currently in the lead, but Yang Yan has been countering his attacks one by one.

Yang Yan seems to be hurt.

Senior!

Hurry. - Senior!

Help him up. Careful.

What's wrong with you, Senior?

Senior. Senior!

The victor is Zhao Zhenyu.

That was the last time

I saw Senior.

Attack It, Lightening!

Episode 1

Leng Zifeng, you'd better put on some protective gear! I might cripple you!

Protective gear? I only need one minute to knock you down.

Leng Zifeng, fistfighting star, his punches are fast as lightning

Looking down on me? Get over here.

I promise I won't kill you.

Dempsey Roll! (signature move of protagonist in Hajime no Ippo, based off of real-life boxer Jack Dempsey's technique)

Stop shaking. Aren't you dizzy?

Li Hu, heir of the Traditional Fistfight Dojo, best buddy of Leng Zifeng

This manga should only be used for reference.

If you use all your energy to spin around like that, you'll just annoy your opponent and they'll beat you up worse.

Don't cry. Get up.

You're always reading that old book.

If someone didn't know, they'd think you were studying the Sunflower Manual. (a secret book of martial arts from The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by Jin Yong)

That's right. It's just that you practiced too rotten.

Watch. I'll let you take a look

at the true Dempsey Roll.

That's cool.

Yeah, it's the killing move I've prepared for boxing champion Tiger.

Everyone's waiting to watch Tiger beat you up

like a punching bag.

I'm afraid they'll be disappointed.

Whether he's champion Tiger or Eagle, or a world boxing champion,

once I'm in the ring, I don't plan to lose.

Tate Britain (art museum).

Zhao Yihong Zhao Zhenyu's daughter fencing ability: -100

Zhao Yihong

Today, we'll be righting wrongs and getting our revenge.

You lost to Bai Wushuang. Not me!

Haven't you heard the saying? A son pays his father's debts, and a younger sister pays her elder sister's debts.

I've only heard that elder brothers should show affection, younger brothers should show respect, and the world will be united.

Don't talk so much. Today I'll get back on you

for losing to Bai Wushuang.

Bai Wushuang Zhao Zhenyu's adopted daughter fencing ability: +1000

Come on

Sis, the girls you beat are picking a fight with me again.

They lost the competition and they're trying to take it out on me.

If you have any resentments toward me, let's take care of it on the fencing strip.

If you dare bother my little sister again, I'll repay it twofold.

Bai Wushuang, I'll definitely win over you in the next contest.

Just wait.

Even if you tried for 10 years you'd never win over my sister.

Enough, Yiyi. Are you okay? (Yiyi is her nickname for her sister)

I'm fine.

I'm sorry. I caused you trouble yet again.

It's fine. You have to pick a soft persimmon to eat.

You're a hard persimmon that would break their teeth off.

If someone were to find out that fencing champion Zhao Zhenyu's daughter

didn't retaliate when she was bullied, how embarrassing would that be?

Hey, if people were to find out that the champion's daughter was so weak, that would be even worse.

Though it's a bit irresponsible, I'll leave the Zhao fencing reputation

for you to handle.

I hope the recruitment of new students today will go smoothly.

If we can get one or two skilled fencers, then Uncle won't have to worry anymore.

Let's leave.

Shao Kang, you're up soon, aren't you?

Thank you, Teacher.

Next, Shao Kang.

You're the junior high fencing champion, Shao Kang?

Yes

Have you decided?

Student Shao Kang, before you answer this question

I hope you'll prudently evaluate your decision.

We welcome you to the Zhenyu Fencing Team.

Your skills will increase greatly while you're here.

Although you were once the team captain of the Chinese sabre team,

it seems that Zhenyu Academy's sabre team

has already failed to win a City Games title for four consecutive years.

Shao Kang, Aosheng Academy has a strong and formidable lineup.

We've won the past five City Games. Doesn't this record fire you up?

Whether it's breaking a string of losses or continuing a winning streak,

I find both to be great challenges.

You have to carefully consider it. The decision you make now will have influence on your future.

Zhenyu Academy focuses on sabre fencing.

All of our resources go into this event.

Last year's female champion, Bai Wushuang, studies with us.

Bai Wushuang?

The hero of the junior high females, Bai Wushuang, has always been a targer I admired.

Even if her skills were added to the men's team, they wouldn't be lacking in any way.

I actually forgot about this. Thankfully, Instructor Zhao reminded me.

Since Bai Wushuang is at Zhenyu Academy,

then I'll choose Aosheng Academy.

Zhao Zhenyu President of Zhenyu Academy

Aosheng Academy welcomes you.

Ran Shaoqiang President of Aosheng Academy

Why?

Because last week,

I received ten thousand stabs of pain.

Bai Wushuang

Wushang, I like you.

I started liking you a long time ago. Be my girlfriend?

But... I only like fencing.

I like fencing too. Just think about it.

I like the feeling of having someone cheering you on from the floor when you're competing.

Doesn't that make you feel better?

Why would I feel better if there's someone there?

When you compete, noone can help you anyway.

Unless they're an Olympic champion.

They can help analyze tactics and offer suggestions.

That would help calm me.

Olympic champion?

Congratulations, Senior. This year's recruitment has been a loss for you again.

Of course, it's not strange. If you can't even train your own daughter properly,

How can you teach other's kids well?

I suggest you dissolve Zhenyu's sabre team.

Aosheng Academy gladly welcomes transfer applications

from Zhenyu's épée and foil fencers.

Don't let it get to your head just because you have a youth world champion.

Don't forget that there's an athlete stronger than Shao Kang named Deng Erhao.

I'll be sure to recruit Deng Erhao to Zhenyu.

We won't necessarily lose at the City Games.

If Deng Erhao enlists at Zhenyu Academy,

then this year's City Games will actually be interesting.

Deng Erhao Gifted fencing master studying in France

Hello. Uncle Zhao?

Erhao

You've been overseas for so long. Don't you think it's time to return?

We need to step towards our goal of becoming a national champion.

Returning for a short while is also okay.

Then we'll practice together and share the experience of being overseas.

Besides you haven't seen Wushuang and Yiyi for a while.

Do you think Erhao will agree, Sis?

That's difficult to say. Don't block my way.

An athlete always wants to meet their match.

Erhao's skills already surpassed everyone in the nation several years ago.

To get him to come back, there would have to be an opponent he acknowledged.

That's great. I'll use my force to pass the International English Language Test,

submit my application to an English school,

and then there will only be the English Channel between Erhao and me.

If he comes back now, then won't we become like the separated lovers, the Cowherd and the Weaving Maid?

Weaving Maid Zhao. - Yeah?

Since you're secretly on love with Erhao, you shouldn't give up fencing.

You know Erhao is crazy about fencing. He doesn't care about anything else.

If you don't practice fencing, how will you have anything to talk with him about? How will you touch his heart?

It's not that I don't understand anything about fencing. I'm just not interested in it.

Moreover, if you want a donkey to run, you have to give him something tasty.

If there's no Erhao, I don't have any motivation.

If I take a whip and flick the foolish donkey's bottom,

it will also start running.

Alright, let's eat.

Everyone has different goals. It's good that Yi Yi knows where her ambition lies.

Though she gave up after all those years of hard training,

But to be able to do what you like is also good.

Right! I'm going to become a famous architect.

No matter how talented you are

you can only brag once you've gotten an acceptance letter.

Our Yi Yi has always been chasing after Erhao.

She won't even let him go when he leaves the country.

Others might think you were a debt collector.

Collecting a love debt.

What was that call about? It's so rare to see somebody call you.

This New Year I will go back to China for training

Go back to China?

Are you going to give up the training in Italy?

I'm just going back for a while.