[panting]
[Sekibayashi roars]
[both grunt]
[groans]
-[Sekibayashi groans] -Say goodnight.
[crowd yelling, cheering]
[whimpers]
[Haruo] Master!
There we go. Now you're just like me.
[growls]
[gasps]
[gasps] Huh?
Wha… Uh…
[crowd cheers]
[Muteba grunts]
What the hell are you grinning about, ya bastard?
You had your chance.
Now then, it's my turn!
[mysterious music playing]
[rock music playing]
♪ Mic check, one, two, hey ♪
♪ Now you listen to the sound of a rebel ♪
♪ Of rats running through Under cities and ghettos ♪
♪ A treasure box Always be found at the lower level ♪
♪ And I'm the rat That made a deal with the devil ♪
♪ Call a therapist, he's a bit crazy ♪
♪ No, I'm not pissed Feel free to hate me ♪
♪ But you gotta stop Forcing your opinion on me ♪
♪ I'm here for myself Not to make your day complete ♪
♪ Oh, why ♪
♪ Tell me why, tell me why Do you divide everything into pieces? ♪
♪ Tell me why, tell me why Should I treat you like a princess? ♪
♪ Don't try to judge me I'm not a suspect ♪
♪ It's too much, I refuse to accept it ♪
♪ Imagine why, imagine why ♪
♪ We all bleed the same red ♪
♪ Hey, hey ♪
[music stops]
DIGNITY
[Sayaka exclaims] He's got Muteba in a vice grip!
He slipped up. Going for the eyes again ended up being a huge mistake!
[Muteba] A mistake?
Once maybe.
Twice?
No way! [growls]
-[Muteba grunts] -[Sekibayashi groans]
It's not gonna work on him. Not when you're up that close.
[Muteba grunts]
-[Sekibayashi yells] -[Muteba groans]
[Muteba] Was my detection of his position wrong?
Is it because of my right ear?
No. It's him!
What is he doing to throw me off like this?
[narrator] Pro wrestling has several attacks you want to avoid no matter what.
Being poked in the eyes. Getting kneed in the balls.
Being caught in an awkward position etc.
However…
[Muteba grunts]
…it is never an option for a pro wrestler to dodge an attack,
so they must absorb the blow as safely as possible.
For an eye poke, there are two ways to lessen the effect.
The first is to fall back the moment before an attack
to minimize the damage from the poke.
However, this method is very risky,
and there are only a few wrestlers who can use this strategy successfully.
The second is to trick the opponent into missing
so the blow lands somewhere less devastating.
From an outsider's perspective, this can initially appear
as though the wrestler has missed landing the attack on their opponent.
[Muteba grunts]
[Sekibayashi giggles]
[Sekibayashi] Oh, little mercenary, I hope you don't forget,
in pro-wrestling,
It doesn't matter what you do as long as you don't get caught!
[Muteba groans]
BOTH EARS DESTROYED
[gasps]
[screams]
-[groaning] -[high-pitched ringing]
[Muteba groans]
[Sekibayashi yells]
[grunts]
-[Sekibayashi yells] -[Muteba groans]
Wow, that was a powerful attack!
JERRY TYSON
[muffled] Come on, get up, you bastard!
[grunting]
[gags]
[Sekibayashi yells]
[Sekibayashi laughs]
-[Sekibayashi yells and laughs] -[Muteba groans]
[muffled] On your feet!
[Muteba breathing heavily]
[Sekibayashi laughs]
I'm gonna drag your ass with me all the way down to hell!
[referee] Are you okay, Muteba?
Hey, Muteba! Can you hear me?
-Are you okay? -[Sekibayashi] Whoo!
[Muteba groans]
Go to hell!
[Sekibayashi yells]
[groans]
[Sekibayashi sputters]
I assume right now you can't hear me either, can you?
[sputters]
You know, I think mercenaries double pretty well as actors. [chuckles]
[narrator] Mercenaries and martial artists alike
do have at least one thing in common.
They both try to end their opponents using the least amount of energy.
Put simply, their goal is to put an end to a human life
using as few blows as possible.
[all gasp]
[gagging]
[Sayaka] Whoa! What the hell just happened?
Sekibayashi is regarded to be
one of the strongest martial arts fighters in the world,
but all it took for him to get taken down was a single blow!
[gasps] No!
Why's he still down? It's like… He barely even hit him.
[Wakatsuki] Holy crap! I know that attack. That was…
[narrator] It is known as a heart jab.
An attack where the force of the blow
passes through the opponent's skin and muscles
from under the ribs directly to the heart.
It does not take much energy to inflict maximum damage.
Even a small amount of shock will cause the heart to stop beating,
resulting in the opponent's demise.
This attack leaves no trace of scarring on the body.
Interestingly, it was assassins in ancient China who originated this method.
[Muteba] You're pretty lucky you have good instincts.
It made it easy for me to set you up for this.
[Wakatsuki] His trick ended up working.
I was wondering why he kept trying to poke out his eyes
from the beginning of the round.
The power of that strike took Seki out in a single hit.
If he had used that in round three, then this could have been me.
[Muteba laughs]
[Muteba] Why waste time trying to target various muscle groups
when only one muscle really matters?
Sekibayashi! Are you okay?!
[Muteba] Well, I gotta give you credit.
I never thought I'd have to use the heart jab on ya.
Sorry to treat you like a clown.
You put up a hell of a fight.
[Sekibayashi strains]
-[crowd gasp] -[Muteba] Huh?
[all gasp]
[groans]
Why are you standing back up? Stay down!
See? I knew he wasn't done.
That old man is not gonna be an easy one to beat!
[tense music playing]
[Muteba] What are you trying to do?
Look at you. You can barely stay upright.
Your body is dragging.
[Sekibayashi groans]
-[Sekibayashi breathes heavily] -[Muteba chuckles]
[tense music playing]
[Sekibayashi] You know, I've never seen my parents.
For as long as I can remember,
it's always just been me and my grandmother.
I've done a lot of bad things in my life.
I was just a rabid dog.
I had nothing I cared about losing.
But one day, that all changed.
The day I started pro wrestling.
[narrator] Jun Sekibayashi.
His real name is Junpei Sekibayashi.
He began his career in Super Japan Pro Wrestling at the age of 15.
[Sekibayashi] Huh? I've had enough of your shit, old man!
[groaning]
[narrator] On his first day of training,
he was beaten to within an inch of his life.
He was used to being the top dog,
but for the first time, he found himself completely powerless.
[BabaDozan] Looks like our new guy is a bit of a feisty one.
BABADOZAN SUPER JAPAN PRO WRESTLING
All right, I think I like you, kid.
[Sekibayashi groans]
[BabaDozan] This is an up-front investment.
-[Sekibayashi groans] -[BabaDozan] I think you may have talent.
And I'm gonna finely sculpt you into a professional wrestler.
20 LAPS OF ROPE CLIMBING
[narrator] Every day, his regimen was torturous.
[Sekibayashi grunts]
[narrator] While this method of training may appear to be completely random…
THREE SETS OF 1000 PUSH-UPS ONE HOUR OF BRIDGES
…it is critical to help the fighter build muscle stamina,
which is a necessity for professional wrestlers.
10,000 HINDU SQUATS
SPARRING (NO TIME LIMIT)
Every day without fail, the training continued.
Over and over, again and again.
[Sekibayashi vomits]
[BabaDozan] It's been about six months now since you joined us.
Is the training hard?
[Sekibayashi] I wouldn't call it hard.
-It's hell on earth. -[BabaDozan laughs]
[BabaDozan] Kurachi doesn't exactly know how to pull back.
[Sekibayashi] Yeah. But that doesn't mean I'm gonna quit.
As long as I don't get fired anyway.
[BabaDozan laughs] Okay, I got it.
[Sekibayashi] Huh?
[BabaDozan] I figured out your stage name.
I think we're gonna call you "Hell's Angel."
[Sekibayashi] What? Angel?
[BabaDozan] Yeah, man. You need a ring name.
[Sekibayashi] Okay, sure, but, like, why Hell's Angel though?
[BabaDozan] Huh? Fuck if I know.
[Sekibayashi] What the hell, man? You can't just pull it outta your ass!
[BabaDozan laughs]
[BabaDozan] Come on, don't say that. It's a good name.
Now you just need to make your debut. Work harder!
All right, enough of that. Let's drink!
You're not going home till the sun comes up! [laughs]
[Sekibayashi] Are you serious?
BABADOZAN DEAD STABBED TO DEATH BY THUG
[narrator] And then, just five short days later…
[man 1] Where's Sekibayashi?
[man 2] The nerve of that kid, missing the president's funeral?
I'm not gonna forget this!
[Kurachi] Junpei won't be coming.
If I were to guess, I'd say he's in the dojo.
KARUGO KURACHI SUPER JAPAN PRO WRESTLING
[man 1] And the president was always going out of his way
to play favorites with him!
[Kurachi] Indeed. That dedication to the president is why he's not here.
[Sekibayashi] 12,887. 12,888.
[BabaDozan] Listen to me, Junpei.
If you wanna be a professional wrestler,
you can't ever miss a single day of practice.
I don't care if your parents die.
I don't care if I die!
If you show your sorry face at my funeral,
I'm gonna stuff your ass into a coffin!
[Sekibayashi] 12,894.
[narrator] One year after that day,
the professional wrestler Jun Sekibayashi, also known as "Hell's Angel", came to be.
[somber music playing]
[Sekibayashi] My mentor,
my stablemates,
myself,
and the students I've taken on…
[crowd] Marvelous!
[Sekibayashi] …thank you, pro wrestling.
[crowd] Marvelous!
[Sekibayashi] I'll be madly in love with you for the rest of my life!
[gasps]
[Muteba] This isn't admiration I feel.
[crowd] Marvelous!
[Muteba] It's disgust.
[crowd] Marvelous! Marvelous!
[Muteba] All right.
I'll play along with this, and then I'll end you.
-Don't do it! No! -[crowd] Marvelous! Marvelous! Marvelous!
Goodbye!
[Sekibayashi yells]
[crowd cheers]
[groans]
[Sekibayashi yells]
He body slammed the dude!
There he goes. He's on the counterattack!
[groans]
Yeah!
[growls softly]
[Muteba] I haven't felt like this since I could see!
I wanna face this man as a warrior.
I'm no longer gonna hold back.
I will use everything I have left!
[all gasp]
[gasps]
Hmm.
[whimpers]
Huh?
Uh, Se… Sekibayashi,
you, uh, uh…
[somber music playing]
[narrator] It was obvious to everyone watching,
the battle had already been decided.
[Muteba grunts]
Don't do it! He can't take anymore!
-You can't! Please, no. Don't! -[Muteba grunts]
[somber music continues]
[Muteba grunts]
Was that…
[stammers] That was a… a back throw!
One,
two,
three.
-Huh? -[whimpers]
-[gasps] -Oh!
[Muteba] That's a three count. Match over.
[somber music continues]
I told you.
I actually kinda like pro wrestling.
Out of respect for your spirit, I ended the fight in your style.
This is my way of honoring your courage.
Goodbye, pro wrestler.
Match over.
The winner, Muteba Gizenga!
[crowd cheering]
No!
[whimpers] Master!
[groans]
[Haruo gasps]
You're hurt. Don't move.
Master!
[Haruo sobs]
[Sekibayashi strains]
[crowd] Sekibayashi! Sekibayashi!
[man 1] Way to put up a fight, Seki!
[man 2] You'll get him on January 4th!
[man 3] Sekibayashi, you're not gonna lose again! You'll see!
Haruo,
I can already guess what they're saying about me.
Well…
So tell them this!
Right.
An idiot never puts any thought into what they do until they do it.
You got it?
HELL'S ANGEL, JUN SEKIBAYASHI DEFEATED IN ROUND TWO
[crowd] Sekibayashi!
IWAMI HEAVY INDUSTRIES
[Tomari] Your smell?
Like with your nose?
Yeah. Because both of my ears have been destroyed.
It was like back when I first lost my sight.
I couldn't go through that again.
So I planned ahead,
and I came up with a countermeasure just in case I ever lost my hearing.
[Muteba] I can still smell their sweat and blood.
They can't mask their odor.
I've trained myself to be able to sense movement to some degree
using only my sense of smell.
It's certainly not as accurate as it was to use my hearing, though.
Wow, really? I could've sworn you were using a fake eye or something.
[Muteba] If the match didn't end when it did, I would've had no choice.
Huh?
[Muteba] When he spit blood in my face,
it threw me off.
It splattered under my nose. I lost track of him for a few minutes.
I wasn't able to use my sense of smell.
If I hadn't managed to injure him in the first round as much as I did,
then I expect the battle could've ended very differently.
[scoffs] What the hell are you talking about?
[Tomari] If you aimed for his heart, you could have killed him if you wanted to.
[chuckles]
[Tomari grunts]
You see, these ears, they're damaged, but not completely beyond repair.
If he wanted to, that man could have totally obliterated my hearing.
Killing people isn't something I do for fun.
I don't see a reason to unless it's necessary.
[Tomari] Oh well. A win is a win.
Now I'm the one who controls Gandai,
so I'll sit back and hope the other factions rip each other to pieces!
Yeah!
I can't wait!
Well, repairs are being made right now, so please be patient.
SAW PAING YOROIZUKA
Yeah! I'm warmed up and ready to go!
I don't want to waste a single second that I have here!
Saw, tell us just how excited you are for your match against Kao.
[Saw yells]
If the two of you keep winning your match-ups the way you have been,
I bet you'll face off in the semifinals!
Yeah! So Kaolan isn't allowed to lose.
Well, don't matter if he's allowed. There's no way he's gonna lose.
This is so exciting.
I wanna see that fight!
I'm secretly rooting for you though. Don't tell.
Ha! Yeah, thanks, Sayaka.
Hmm.
[narrator] Two days ago,
right before the tournament began…
[Sanemitsu] What did you say? That wasn't what we agreed to!
SANEMITSU YOROIZUKA VILLAGE OF DAWN CHIEF
I thought we made a promise.
You said if I cooperated that you wouldn't harm the village!
[Hayami chuckles]
KATSUMASA HAYAMI TOYO ELECTRIC POWER CO. DIRECTOR
There's nothing I can do. It's just business, friend.
You know how quickly things can change.
And besides, it's not like I can argue with a government order.
They were the ones
who thought demolishing the village to build a power company was a good idea.
They plan to start the business authorization process
for commandeering the land in the near future.
All of this is just a formality, though.
[Sanemitsu grunts] Katsumasa!
I can't believe that you would stoop to this level.
Fine. Just name your price.
[Hayami] What a silly question.
I want you in the right half of the tournament bracket.
If you want the village to survive,
that's the only way I'm willing to humor the idea.
[Saw] You really wanna threaten the Village of Dawn?
I'm not allowed to lose.
I can't lose, no matter what!
[Sayaka] All right!
We are now in the second half of the third day,
starting round two, Block C.
Fighters, come on out!
Scream! Growl! Roar!
Oh, am I too loud? Who cares?!
I'm going to keep screaming until you all see how strong I am!
He's a hot-headed assassin that comes all the way from Myanmar.
184 cm. and 88 kg.
Eighteen wins and zero losses in the Kengan Tournament.
He has won over 200 billion, 690 million yen!
Affiliated with the Village of Dawn,
The Howling Fighting Spirit,
Saw Paing Yoroizuka!
[Saw roars]
Let's burn it down!
Burn it all down!
Holy shit! Stop screaming. What the hell?
Hmm.
Lightning Spirit Style.
A mysterious assassin backed with over 1,200 years of history,
distill your soul and transform it into lightning!
An aristocrat of love, cutting through the darkness.
179 cm., 77 kg.,
with two wins and zero losses in the Kengan Tournament.
He's won a total of 1,211400,000,000!
Sponsored by the Gold Pleasure Group,
The Lightning God,
Rei Mikazuchi!
[rock music playing]
[crowd cheering]
REI MIKAZUCHI FOR GOLD PLEASURE GROUP
RINO KURAYOSHI
Go get 'em, Rei! You can do it!
[scoffs]
[rock music continues]
[music fades]
[rock music playing]
[music stops]
[narrator] The fighter howled for his family.
The assassin bet it all on romance.
The battle of strength versus speed.
Who will reign supreme?
Next episode, "Suicide Attack."