This lineup might actually be able to win the team event.
I'm sorry.
We weren't strong enough this time.
Idiots. That's not what I meant.
He's right. Those first-years still have a lot to learn.
But it's possible they have something we don't.
We're counting on you.
Do it for us, too.
Yes, sir!
Winning the Inter-High team event is Hishikawa-kun and the others'...
No, it was the dream of all of Yokohama Minato's alumni.
Hey.
Yeah.
We'll get even stronger as we continue to work towards their dream.
Oh, and incidentally, Yusa-san found out who my sister was...
Anyway, you really are Mizushima Rika's brother, aren't ya?
Brother?
Oh, yeah! Come to think of it, you're a fan of Mizushima Rika, right?
He's her brother? Rika-san's brother?
Did you guys know, too?!
Episode 10
Why didn't you tell me?
T-Tell you what?
That you're Rika-san's younger brother.
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Yusa Kento
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Yokohama Minato High School 2nd Year
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Mizushima Ryo
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Yokohama Minato High School 1st Year
Well... because it's personal.
How much do you know?
How much? Uh...
Even Yusa gets it. He came up to me and asked
if I'd go on a date with him if he won the triple crown.
I don't know anything.
You little shit!
C'mon, man, that's enough.
You! If only you weren't Rika-san's younger brother!
You wouldn't be throttling him like that if he wasn't.
Day 3 of the Training Camp
Today's the third day of our training camp.
Your bodies are probably feeling the strain by now.
Take extra care not to get hurt.
Yes, sir.
Once you're all warmed up, we'll start on the basic training schedule.
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Ebihara Jin
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Yokohama Minato Badminton Team Coach
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Hishikawa Shinichi
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Yokohama Minato alumnus & Sokyo Uni 1st Year
First-years, you're running laps first.
Yes, sir.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
Hey guys!
Good morning!
Rika-san?
Oh, you're here, Hishikawa? Why are you looking at me like that?
Don't try to put the squeeze on me.
I heard you let slip to Yusa that Ryo and I are siblings.
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Mizushima Rika
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Ryo's Sister
I was seeing how long it'd take him to realize.
That Yusa's got terrible taste in women.
Ebihara-sensei.
A gift from my mom. It's jelly.
Oh, gosh, thank you.
Say hello to your mother for me.
How's Ryo doing?
He's a rather interesting player.
Rika-san...
You didn't win the triple crown.
Well, a promise is a promise. That's that, I guess.
No, wait! Give me one more year!
Next year, I'll win it!
Sure.
Singles, doubles, and the team event.
If you win all three, I'll go on a date with you.
But won't that be difficult? Didn't you lose the team event again this year?
I...
We'll all get stronger. I'll whip them into shape.
Don't disappoint me by going easy on Ryo just because he's my brother.
Akira!
Last half lap! Finish strong!
Nice work!
Nice work.
Yay.
Ryo!
Gulp! It's my sister.
You here to see me?
Obviously not.
What did you come here for?
Oh, I had something I had to do.
Overcoming hardship will instill you with confidence. Good luck, guys.
Yes, ma'am!
Sis, that was kind of creepy.
You got a problem?
Uh, no.
Yokohama Minato High School
I'll be at the library.
Okay. Let's meet up again later.
Wait, Ayumi.
Look. Matsuda-kun's hitting on that hot girl.
What? Say it ain't so! No!
But man, I'm so jealous of Mizushima for having a sister like you.
Is he hitting on her?
Ayumi.
Maybe you should go do something about it.
Invite him to watch the fireworks or something.
Should I wear a yukata for that? Wait, you mean just the two of us?
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Sakurai Hana
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Yokohama Minato High School 1st Year
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Fujiwara Saori
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Yokohama Minato High School 1st Year
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Kamishiro Ayumi
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Yokohama Minato High School 1st Year
Well, of course.
Wait a minute!
You'll come with me, right?
What? You want it to be one guy, three girls?
Just pick one out of that bunch to invite along.
Nah, I don't wanna hang out with some random guy.
Right?
Uh, yeah.
Oh, we get along great.
Right, Mizushima?
To the Inter-High!!
Champions
Listen up while you're getting ready.
Like always, we'll play ranking matches to determine our lineup
for the newbie tournament in November.
Yusa-kun and Yokokawa-kun won't be competing in the newbie tournament.
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Sakaki Shohei
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Yokohama Minato High School 1st Year
They'll begin working on a different training schedule to prepare for nationals.
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Yokokawa Yusuke
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New Yokohama Minato Badminton Team Captain
That means there are more spots available for the rest of you.
Try your hardest to seize this opportunity.
All right!
This'll be our newbie tournament debut!
That doubles spot's as good as ours.
The question is how many matches we'll win once we're there, Taichi.
Right side.
Yes!
Matsuda-kun!
Wow!
Damn it.
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Matsuda Koki
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Yokohama Minato High School 1st Year
Yes!
Impressive, aren't they?
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Higashiyama Taichi
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Yokohama Minato High School 1st Year
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Higashiyama Yoji
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Yokohama Minato High School 1st Year
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Uchida Akira
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Yokohama Minato High School 1st Year
It's like they're finally waking up.
We're just as good.
Thank you.
Sir.
Could I play against them for a bit?
Hey, first-years.
Come and get me, one at a time.
No way!
Hey!
You came crashing back down to Earth pretty quickly.
He's still so much better than us.
This is just like the Pillow of Kantan.
The what now?
"Prosperity is fleeting."
Can't you just speak plainly?
Sorry.
Beating Yusa-san sure ain't easy.
But Matsuda-kun and Mizushima-kun are starting to put up a pretty good fight.
Anything else would be out of the question.
I intend to be #1 in the rankings and play in the newbie tournament.
Hey now. As long as I'm around, that won't be easy.
What have you got to do with the #1 spot?
Hey! Now you've done it!
We...
I want to get revenge on Hojo in the doubles.
And there's still one more doubles spot.
With my strength and your stubbornness, we're unstoppable.
You think I'm stubborn?
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Us first-years should take over the newbie tournament.
It'd be nice if you two had a team name.
You know, like the Higashiyama Twins or Team Watagashi.
Higashiyama Twins
Team Watagashi
(Cotton Candy)
Well, if "Watanabe and Higashino" becomes "Watagashi..."
Then, "Mizushima and Sakaki" would be...
Team Mizukaki (Webbed Feet).
Mizu?
Kaki?
Like a frog?
Ribbit, ribbit!
You'll toad-ally turn things around.
Never mind. Forget I said it.
Let's go! The toad-ally miraculous Team Mizukaki can overturn any lead!
He liked it, huh?
Sorry!
I'm sorry, too.
Sakaki.
He won't make it in time.
It ain't easy playing like this. It's like I'm being forced to adapt to Mizushima's game.
Has playing doubles always been this difficult?
I can't predict how Sakaki will move.
But you guys aren't adding one plus one and getting two.
Why aren't we getting two when there's two of us?
What are those two doing?
What's going on over there?
I wonder what's wrong.
Are you okay?
What do you mean?
Hold up a second.
Right, let's assign sides.
I'll cover the right half, you cover the left half.
What? Will that work?
Sure it will! We're both good at singles.
I'm sure that'll come through if we play like it's singles.
Okay, got it.
Maybe you should start by not gazing into each other's eyes.
It's not going very well, is it?
What are you going to do about it?
We'll practice like crazy!
We'll get better once we get used to each other's game. Right?
Yeah.
But the ranking matches are just around the corner.
For starters, stop splitting the court in half and acting like this is singles.
Learn from the Higashiyama twins and try some different techniques.
Yes, sir.
It's not easy to explain how we play.
I'll cover Taichi when I think he's going to hit the shuttle.
And I'll get it if I think Yoji won't.
How are you making those decisions?
By feel, maybe?
How do we go about learning how to do things by feel?
To be honest, I don't get why you can't.
We were able to do it from the start.
This isn't helping.
I see. You two are in sync with each other because you go everywhere together.
Maybe try that, even if it's only during the training camp.
Actually, I was thinking about asking if I could change rooms today.
How come?
Leave him.
He's not a kid.
Sakaki's probably tired, too.
He spends a lot of time helping other people.
Really?
He looks after his siblings at home.
He even helps out at his family's restaurant after practice.
I couldn't do that.
Huh. You know a lot about him.
Oh, no, I just go to eat there often.
Oh, right. Their place is good, huh?
Yeah.
Hey, what do you think we should do?
About what?
Maybe I'm not cut out to play doubles.
You're more suited to it than me, since I've never cared about it.
Why are you playing doubles in the first place?
Why?
Because Sakaki said he wanted to play with me.
That kind of made me happy.
And besides, I have to play doubles.
I made a promise to my middle school friends.
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Nakano Shizuo
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Enayama High School 1st Year
We're really looking forward to playing against you.
Yeah.
Oh. Right.
The newbie tournament's coming up. You'd better be there.
You play doubles, right?
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Kadota Hiroto
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Enayama High School 1st Year
You'll be playing us, then. That's a promise.
Later. We've got practice now.
You'd better not skip it!
It's a promise!
We said we'd face each other at the newbie tournament.
A promise, huh?
Final Day of the Training Camp
I got cocky because I got good enough to trade blows with Yusa-san.
That won't work in doubles.
Damn it. They keep targeting me.
On a doubles team, the weaker player will always be targeted by the other team.
I want to set up a smash for Sakaki.
I have to add one plus one and get more than two!
I wanna play in the newbie tourney with Mizushima.
I thought having Mizushima return everything so I can smash would be great.
He can even get that back?
Hit it, Sakaki!
I had to get that one.
What the hell am I doing?
I've been left behind!
Sakaki?
Wait, Sakaki!
Let him go.
You can do him that favor.
Crap.
Damn it. What am I, a burden?
Huh? Taking a break?
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Isshiki Haruto
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Yokohama Minato High School 1st Year
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Nonomura Satoru
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Yokohama Minato High School 1st Year
Here again? Don't you have anything else to do?
I'm here doing club stuff. I came to print some photos.
Take a look. I struggled to get this shot from directly overhead.
So you don't have anything else to do?
Don't be absurd. There's a cutie on the kendo team I'm here to ask out.
If I don't ask her now, I won't have anyone to go out with over summer vacation.
You're switching to her after the girl on the track team dumped you, right?
She didn't dump me!
We just both weren't feeling it. It was an amicable breakup.
Did something happen, Sakaki?
Huh?
No. Why?
You looked really angry just now.
Oh.
Having issues with someone?
No, with doubles. Our compatibility.
If it's not working, why not just end the partnership and try something else?
I'm no expert, though.
Sakaki.
Come over here.
Sorry for leaving without saying a word.
It's fine.
More importantly, let's talk about your doubles team.
What do you both think about while you're playing?
Uh, well...
Unlike in singles, I guess I think about making the best moves possible
while adapting to my partner's game.
Hm. While adapting to your partner's game, huh?
What about you, Sakaki?
I...
What is it?
I'm the one who asked Mizushima to play doubles.
I've been saying we both need to work hard, but...
I'm sorry, Mizushima. It was only me who needed to work harder.
Sir, I don't think Mizushima will make it to the newbie tourney if he plays with me.
What do you mean?
I'm the one with the problem.
I think Mizushima can do better if he teams up with someone else.
Why would you say that now?
It'll be better for you. The sooner, the better.
But...
Mizushima, are you saying you want to play doubles with me, no matter what?
Yeah.
Don't lie to me!
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Next Time
Oh, yikes! Is Team Mizukaki really going to disband?
Are they okay? I'm so worried about them.
But I should worry about our summer, too.
Our precious childhood summer might end with nothing memorable happening at all!
Hey, Matsuda's phone is ringing. Very suspicious.
Next time on LOVE ALL PLAY Episode 11: "Fireworks."
Episode 11
Fireworks
Wait, a girl invited you to watch the fireworks with her? You traitor!