I finally have the right to say this.
Today, I'll make you say you're glad I was the one who made it to the final.
And...
Yusa-san. I will beat you.
Fine.
I'll crush you so badly, you'll think you couldn't beat me in a hundred years!
Mizushima!
Mizushima-kun!
You'd better beat him.
You're treating us if you lose.
Ice cream and yakiniku.
Non-conveyor belt sushi.
Guys...
I'll win. I promise I'll win.
National High School Sports Tournament Takamatsunomiya Memorial Cup
National Badminton Championship
\hBadminton Tournament
National High School Sports Tournament Takamatsunomiya Memorial Cup
National Badminton Championship
\hBadminton Tournament
National High School Sports Tournament Takamatsunomiya Memorial Cup
National Badminton Championship
\hBadminton Tournament
Supremacy
Yokohama High School Badminton Team
Push Forward
Yokohama High School
Parents Association
Episode 24
LOVE ALL PLAY
I-I don't know who to cheer for.
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Kobayashi Masakazu
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Yokohama Minato High School 3rd Year
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Shiba Rintaro
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Yokohama Minato High School 1st Year
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Ichinose Shunsuke
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Yokohama Minato High School 1st Year
Mizushima, you've got this!
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Higashiyama Yoji
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Yokohama Minato High School 2nd Year
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Higashiyama Taichi
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Yokohama Minato High School 2nd Year
Show that third-year you can beat him!
Huh?
Yusacchi, go get that triple crown!
What?
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Sakaki Shohei
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Yokohama Minato High School 2nd Year
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Matsuda Koki
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Yokohama Minato High School 2nd Year
Focus!
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Sakurai Hana
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Yokohama Minato Badminton Team Manager
Mizushima-kun!
Ryo... Yusa...
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Mizushima Rika
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Ryo's Sister
The day has finally come...
for me to face the person I've been chasing after for years.
Mizushima Ryo
Yokohama Minato High School
On my right is Mizushima Ryo-kun of Yokohama Minato High School.
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Mizushima Ryo
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Yokohama Minato High School 2nd Year
Yusa Kento
Yokohama Minato High School
On my left is Yusa Kento-kun of Yokohama Minato High School.
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Yusa Kento
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Yokohama Minato High School 3rd Year
Mizushima-kun to serve.
Love all. Play.
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Kamishiro Ayumi
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Yokohama Minato High School 2nd Year
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Fujiwara Saori
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Yokohama Minato High School 2nd Year
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Nonomura Satoru
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Yokohama Minato High School 2nd Year
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Isshiki Haruto
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Yokohama Minato High School 2nd Year
There's his signature 400 kmph smash.
He's attacking already.
I can tell from that shot that Yusa-san's trying to rush this match.
He's likely still tired from his doubles match.
In that case, I'll go for long rallies.
I knew it. He's rushing his attacks.
I thought it'd be one-sided, but they're pretty evenly matched.
They both know how the other plays.
Mizushima's doing a good job of holding on.
Yeah.
That's it. First, don't give him any opportunities to attack.
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Uchida Akira
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Yokohama Minato High School 2nd Year
Keep your shots as low and as deep as possible.
Yusa Kento
Yokohama Minato
(Kana- \hgawa)
Yokohama Minato
(Kana- \hgawa)
Mizushima Ryo
11-10. Interval.
Yes!
Mizushima's leading at the interval!
Wow!
Well? Do you think you can do it?
For now, yeah.
But Yusa-san's play usually improves as the match progresses.
I know. That's why I'm going to target his right leg.
What?
Yusa-san was slow to move to the right earlier.
He's probably injured it in the past.
I see...
Very well. In that case, use as much of the court as possible and make him run.
Don't give him a second to rest.
Right.
Target him. Go after him harder.
You've changed, Mizushima-kun.
Yusa-san's hitting his stride.
Yeah.
I'll keep moving him around the court.
Did Mizushima figure it out?
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Hishikawa Shinichi
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Yokohama Minato alumnus & Sokyo Uni 2nd Year
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Yokokawa Yusuke
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Yokohama Minato Badminton Team Captain
Probably.
You're protecting your right foot.
Until now, Ebihara-sensei's the only person who noticed it.
He injured it in middle school, right?
I'd heard it was fully healed.
Yeah. But when things get tough, he still has a habit of protecting it.
What?
Really?
So Mizushima's trying to delay Yusa-san's start.
So does that mean Ryo's going to win?
Well, we don't know yet.
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Ebihara Jin
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Yokohama Minato Badminton Team Coach
Yusa Kento
Yokohama Minato
(Kana- \hgawa)
Yokohama Minato
(Kana- \hgawa)
Mizushima Ryo
This is my chance.
He's pushing himself more than he needs to.
Yusa Kento
Yokohama Minato
(Kana- \hgawa)
Yokohama Minato
(Kana- \hgawa)
Mizushima Ryo
That's game. First game won by Yusa-kun of Yokohama Minato High School, 21-19.
He was so close!
Hey, take a look at Mizushima.
Huh?
Mizushima-kun...
Ryo...
I've never played in such an exhilarating match before.
Right.
Left.
Front.
And back.
Fake a smash, then slice it.
To the back again.
All right!
15 all.
18-15.
Three points in a row.
No way.
He trod on the tiger's tail. But this is where it really begins.
It's all right. I've got more stamina than him.
This kid...
Yusa-san's movements are...
20, game point, 19.
Yes!
That's game. Second game won by Mizushima-kun of Yokohama Minato High School.
Ryo!
Yay! Yay! Yay!
All right!
Wow! Mizushima won the second game!
I can't believe he went after his weakness so relentlessly.
Well, you need to be even more determined to make your opponent suffer.
That's badminton.
Push forward.
Which way is this match gonna go?
Who's going to win?
If Mizushima weren't my opponent, I'd be praising him right now.
He's the ultimate challenger, isn't he?
I'm jealous.
He doesn't have to play against himself.
But I still have things I have to do.
Mizushima, there's still something important you lack.
Ryo... Yusa...
Love all. Play.
Wow, it only took Yusa-san two minutes to switch gears.
This is where Yusa-san really comes into his own.
I can't keep just playing defensively.
What?
He returned that with a drive?
Gotcha!
What?
He countered it.
I managed to return it?
I-Incredible.
From that stance?
Those guys...
They're pushing each other to grow.
What is this feeling? My body feels so light.
First time?
I've experienced that before.
What was that?
This game is mine.
Say whatever you want. Take this!
Bring it on!
Champions
Yokohama High School Badminton Team
Champions
Yokohama High School Badminton Team
Visitor
Great work in the Inter-High final.
Visitor
It was an intense match. Both of you played so impressively.
Visitor
Yusa-kun, you plan to compete internationally in the future, yes?
Yes.
Yusa-kun has been chosen for the junior national team.
You have too, right?
Huh? Oh, uh, actually...
Mizushima-kun has been asked to play at the training camp for the first time.
I see. That must be exciting.
That was truly a high-level game, both technically and mentally.
I appreciate it.
After all, not everyone can seize the wind.
What?
Talent, hard work, and luck.
And more than anything, rising on the updraft takes great determination.
Only the most determined can seize the wind.
I see. Yusa-kun, could we get a comment from you?
Sure. Well, I doubt I'll ever forget that match.
And you, Mizushima-kun?
Uh, u-um...
What? It's gone.
I even wrote something down, too!
Visitor
Could we get one last picture?
U-Uh, sure!
We're expecting great things from you, new team ace.
Wait, huh? What are you guys doing?
Sakurai-san, too?
U-Um, I was just wondering what the interview was like.
Sakaki, your hair.
He was hoping they'd take a photo of him, too.
He's been checking himself out in the mirror since this morning.
Mirror, mirror on the wall!
Hey, cut that out!
Later.
Yusa-san!
That day...
Eat this!
Bring it on!
Yusa Kento
Yokohama Minato
(Kana- \hgawa)
Yokohama Minato
(Kana- \hgawa)
Mizushima Ryo
Game and match won by Yusa-kun of Yokohama Minato High School.
Mizushima, for you, that was pretty decent play.
There must've been something I could've done.
We're expecting great things from you, new team ace.
That meant he hopes I win the next one as the new team ace, right?
I wanted to win.
I wanted to win so I could give back to the others.
But...
Will you come to Yokohama Minato?
Whoever I play, they're getting crushed!
Ryo, focus!
I love the way you play badminton!
What do you really want to do? Say it out loud.
Don't lie to me!
Sakaki, will you play doubles with me?
My body feels light.
I made a promise to Shizuo and Hiroto.
It's up to you to carry the singles side of things.
You and I are different.
You're a stranger to the world of competition.
You're spending your adolescence the right way.
Your true strength is your ability to enjoy badminton more than anyone else.
You'd better beat him.
You're treating us if you lose.
Mizushima, if there's anything you lack,
it's the memory of a crushing defeat in a match you were passionate about.
Just as winning has meaning, so too does losing.
Only those who have experienced a meaningful defeat
are truly determined to win next time around.
It's up to you to carry Yokohama Minato now.
1 Year Later
We're finally here!
National High School Sports Tournament
Takamatsunomiya Memorial Cup National Badminton Championship
Badminton Tournament
Yonezawa beef and Claude Blanchet pears!
Ah, taste that sweet air.
Nonomura, let's take some pictures.
Hey, come on. You're not little kids.
Hey, it's Hana.
Ayumi-chan. Saori.
We found some time between summer courses to come out here.
I'm so glad. Thank you.
Hey, where's my Matsuda-kun?
He's warming up right now. You'd better not bother him.
So? Has anything happened between you and Mizushima on this trip?
What?
We know you've liked Mizushima for a while.
Yeah, I like the way he plays badminton.
Ah. I'll talk to you guys later. Say hi to Isshiki-kun and Nonomura-kun for me.
Jeez, she's so clueless.
You think so?
Huh?
Let's go, winning streak.
Why are you pretending you don't know us?
Why are you dressed like that?
I just got back from Guam.
And I went to meet her at the airport.
Come on, use your heads.
You guys stand out enough already.
So how's Mizushima doing?
I don't know. I moved out to live on my own.
What? Really?
Huh?
Hm?
Yeah, so it's been a while since I last saw my parents, too.
Oh, really?
Oh, shut up. I'll disband our doubles team.
Miyagi-senpai!
You can do it!
I see they're still acting like they're the kings around here.
Let's see if they can get revenge for the Kanto tournament.
I'm not so sure.
Considering the cheers, things don't look so good for our old school.
Mizushima!
Matsuda-kun, you can do it!
Ryo!
You've got this!
Look at him.
Yusa-san. Sis. I'm still not in any position to say I'll play internationally,
but in the past year, I've cried over injuries and struggled through slumps
to make it this far.
I couldn't have done it alone.
We made it here by supporting each other.
So today, I'll call the wind to me.
Love all. Play!