Original subtitles

[beep]

[tense music playing]

[beep]

-[loud buzzing tone] -Wait. Why?

-[loud buzzing tone] -No way. Really?

Thirty million yen, right?

Oh, I wanna win so bad!

[loud buzzing tone]

[female voice] Three players eliminated.

[beep]

One more person will be eliminated.

[beep]

[beep]

TOMOE TAMURA, 34

FORMER MEMBER OF THE JAPAN NATIONAL ULTIMATE FRISBEE TEAM

[beep]

[beep]

YOSUKE KASHIWAGI, 36

FORMER JAPAN NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM MEMBER

[beep]

[music fades]

[female voice] Forty reps.

[beep]

[beep]

[loud buzzing tone]

At this point, four athletes have been eliminated.

YOSUKE KASHIWAGI ELIMINATED

[somber music playing]

That pushed me to my limit. My abs failed me.

To be honest, I was relieved

when the fourth person was eliminated from the competition.

[Yoshio] I feel pretty bad for them. It seems so cruel.

But tomorrow it might be me.

[dramatic music playing]

20 ATHLETES REMAINING

[female voice] All remaining athletes,

continue to do sit-ups until you max out.

The more sit-ups you do,

the more points you'll earn.

[beep]

KOUZI, 35 MARTIAL ARTS FIGHTER

[beep]

[loud buzzing tone]

[Kouzi] From the start, I tried to not work too hard.

And my plan worked.

I was conserving as much energy as possible.

They were only eliminating four.

I don't understand why anyone would try harder

than they needed to stay in it.

I say, "Fake it til you make it."

[beep]

19 ATHLETES REMAINING

[beep]

[beep]

[beep]

[beep]

[beep]

[loud buzzing tone]

TOMOE TAMURA 48 REPS

RYOSUKE MIYAGUNI, 32 FORMER PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER

49 REPS

[beep]

17 ATHLETES REMAINING

[beep]

[beep]

KAZUHIRO GOYA, 31

FORMER JAPAN NATIONAL RUGBY SEVENS TEAM MEMBER

[beep]

I played in two consecutive Olympic Games.

To be honest, when I announced my retirement,

I thought, "Maybe it's not time to quit yet."

So I'd like to make it as far as possible in Final Draft,

to make a comeback and get some closure.

When I heard the prize was 30 million,

I got a lot more motivated.

We're a three-person family right now, but we have another baby on the way

and would like to buy a house.

[beep]

[female voice] Seventy reps.

[beep]

[beep]

KENTA TSUKAMOTO, 29 FORMER BODYBUILDER

[beep]

MASATO, 31 FORMER STREET WORKOUT ATHLETE

[beep]

[grunts]

[loud buzzing tone]

73 REPS

[beep]

16 ATHLETES REMAINING

[beep]

[loud buzzing tone]

74 REPS

NAOTO HAYASAKA, 28

[Naoto] I'm representing gymnastics,

and people would expect that gymnasts are really good at sit-ups,

so I need to do well.

[beep]

15 ATHLETES REMAINING

[female voice] Eighty reps.

[beep]

MASAYUKI SHIMOKAWA, 35

FORMER MEMBER OF THE JAPAN NATIONAL KABADDI TEAM

[beep]

-Damn it! -[Kouzi] You can do it. One more.

-[beep] -Ugh, I can't.

[loud buzzing tone]

MASAYUKI SHIMOKAWA, 81 REPS

KAHO MITA, 27 FORMER TRAMPOLINE ATHLETE - 81 REPS

RYUDAI ONIKURA, 30 FORMER AMATEUR BOXER

[beep]

[agonized groan]

Hozumi was on my left,

and I tried to keep up with his pace. Couldn't fall behind.

HOZUMI HASEGAWA, 43

The two of us are champions.

And champions have to be built different than the rest of the competition.

[beep]

[beep]

[agonized groan]

-[beep] -[loud buzzing tone]

RYUDAI ONIKURA 85 REPS

[groans]

[high-pitched groan]

[beep]

12 ATHLETES REMAINING

ERI TOSAKA, 31

[beep]

[Eri] I had never competed against men before.

I felt like if I tried and didn't win,

people would think, "Well, naturally the men are going to beat the women."

And I wanted to show them

that I was better than they'd expected me to be.

I'm the only mom in the competition,

and I would like to use the prize money

for my family, to be able to purchase a condominium.

[beep]

[beep]

[female voice] One hundred.

-Whoo! -[Ryosuke] Let's go!

[Ryudai] Come on!

AKIRA KAJI, 44

-Go, Kaji! -[groans]

[beep]

FORMER JAPAN NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM MEMBER

[beep]

[beep]

Ugh, damn.

-[beep] -Come on!

[loud buzzing tone]

Oh my God.

AKIRA KAJI 103 REPS

[Akira] After I slid down,

I looked to see who was left, and I saw that among the women,

Tosaka was still going.

Tosaka was in front of me during the mountain climbing as well.

I didn't feel great about that.

[Koji] Seriously, next to me was Itoi, and on the other side was Kurihara.

I was surrounded by supermen,

so I felt like I looked terrible by comparison.

I'm sure I stuck out like a sore thumb.

YOSHIO ITOI, 43

[Yoshio] Never lose to yourself. I think that's important.

TAKASHI KURIHARA, 37

[Takashi] This is a challenge where I feel confident.

I should finish in first.

-[Yu] Eri, go! -[beep]

[Eri] I heard people saying, "You got this! You got this!"

And hearing them cheer me on from below really motivated me

in the final stretch.

[beep]

11 ATHLETES REMAINING

-[Ruyudai] Let's go, Hozumi! -[Hozumi] Yes.

[beep]

[beep]

[female voice] One hundred twenty reps.

-[groans] -[competitors shout encouragement]

[beep]

[loud buzzing tone]

[Eri] Man, that was tough. My body just gave up on me.

Yeah, I mean, I think I did well.

[beep]

10 ATHLETES REMAINING

-[screeches] -[Ryudai] Itoi!

-Itoi, let's go! -[Kenta] Keep going!

-Oh no! -[Akira] You got this, Itoi!

[beep]

-[female voice] One hundred fifty reps. -You've got this.

-[clapping] -[beep]

[loud buzzing tone]

KATSUMA YONEMURA, 28

-[agonized groan] -[loud buzzing tone]

YOSHIO ITOI, 149 REPS

[Akira] Nice try.

KATSUMA YONEMURA, 28 150 REPS

[beep]

8 ATHLETES REMAINING

[female voice] One hundred sixty.

-[dramatic music playing] -[beep]

[beep]

KOJI TOKUDA, 36 FORMER AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER

[beep]

[beep]

[beep]

[Akira] Let's go.

One more, do it, do it, do it!

[beep]

Come on, hang in there.

-[female voice] One hundred seventy. -[competitors shout encouragement]

[beep]

-[Tomoe] Go for it! -[Akira] You got this!

[Tomoe] One more, one more! Go!

-[beep] -[groans]

[loud buzzing tone]

NAOTO HAYASAKA, 170 REPS

[Naoto] I was aiming for 200 but only did 170. I'm disappointed.

But the people still in it were impressive.

[beep]

7 ATHLETES REMAINING

-I think I missed it! -[Akira] Get it! You're good.

[Sari] Come on, you got it!

[beep]

-[Yoshio] Damn, that's good. Shozui! -[Eri] Shozui, go for it!

YUYA SHOZUI, 28

[beep]

FORMER PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER

[Akira] Okay, okay, okay! You got it.

[beep]

YOSHITO OKUBO, 42

[Eri] Keep going!

[Kaho] Don't stop!

-[Akira] You can do it! -[beep]

[Yu] Keep going, fight! Come on!

[beep]

[female voice] Two hundred reps.

[Goson] Keep fighting! Come on, you got it!

[Eri] Go for it!

[Naoto] Hozumi and Okubo are in their forties

and were doing, like, 200-and-something reps.

Honestly, I thought they were absolute beasts.

You got it, Hozumi!

[beep]

Champion!

[beep]

[agonized groan]

[competitors shout encouragement]

[Eri] You can do it!

[Yu] One more, one more, one more!

[agonized grunt]

[beep]

[female voice] Two hundred forty reps.

-[beep] -[competitors shouting encouragement]

[grunts]

[beep]

[agonized groan]

[loud buzzing tone]

YOSHITO OKUBO, 241 REPS

Ugh, I'm dead!

[beep]

[Ryudai] All right, nice work!

6 ATHLETES REMAINING

[beep]

[agonized grunt]

[female voice] Two hundred fifty reps.

[Akira] Two-fifty, okay!

[beep]

[beep]

Last time, I finished in first, so I wanted to do it again.

I just feel like this is an opportunity

to show everyone how strong water polo athletes actually are.

This is how I plan to use the prize money.

I operate a personal training gym right now,

so I'd like to use the money to expand.

[beep]

[grunts, groans]

[beep]

[beep]

[Ryudai] Come on, this is the 12th round. The 12th round.

-It's the 12th round, man! -[Sari] Keep going!

-[Ryudai] We're all in this together! -[Eri] You got this!

-Come on, come on! -[Ryudai] We've got your back!

[loud buzzing tone]

HOZUMI HASEGAWA, 288 REPS

Nice work, man. You're a beast. That was amazing.

[Hozumi] When I finished the challenge and slid down, Onikura came over.

He held out his hands for me, and everyone congratulated me.

They said, "That was amazing. Nice work."

That made me feel good.

[beep]

[Tomoe] Come on, come on!

5 ATHLETES REMAINING

Hit that button!

[beep]

-There you go! Nice! -[Sari] Nice!

-[beep] -[Tomoe] Come on, get it! Nice! Nice!

[Sari] Come on, you got it!

[beep]

[female voice] Three hundred reps.

-[beep] -[Koji] I'm dying!

-[Tomoe] You can do it! You can do it! -[shrieks, grunts]

-[beep] -[loud buzzing tone]

KOJI TOKUDA, 300 REPS

Ugh, damn it.

[beep]

-[female voice] Three hundred twenty reps. -[competitors cheering]

[Takashi] I'm representing football, so I have to outlast them.

[beep]

[female voice] Three hundred fifty reps.

-[Yoshio] Go! -[Eri] Keep going!

[Yuya] Every challenge, I'm giving my all.

-[Yoshio] You can do it! -[Yuya] I'm gonna win it all.

[beep]

[female voice] Three hundred eighty reps.

[Akira] Come on, come on, come on!

ATSUSHI ARAI, 30

FORMER MEMBER OF THE JAPAN NATIONAL WATER POLO TEAM

-[beep] -[grunting]

[beep]

[beep]

[beep]

-[female voice] Four hundred reps. -[cheering]

[beep]

[Tomoe] Incredible!

[beep]

[Yuya] I just wanted to go until my body gave up.

I just thought about gaining as many points as possible.

-[beep] -[Yoshito] Go!

[female voice] Four hundred twenty reps.

[Eri] Come on!

-[beep] -[grunt]

[female voice] Four hundred forty reps.

-[Eri] Keep going! -[Goson] You can do it!

-[Naoto] Let's go. -[Ryudai] Keep going!

[beep]

-[beep] -I can't anymore.

-[Yosuke] Go! -[Masayuki] Keep going!

[Eri] One more. You got it!

-[beep] -[groans]

[Yoshio] Come on! Come on!

-[female voice] Four hundred sixty reps. -[beep]

[loud buzzing tone]

-[Goson] I think he's done. -[groans]

ATSUSHI ARAI, 459 REPS

I was disappointed.

But I went way past my limit, I think.

[beep]

3 ATHLETES REMAINING

[beep]

[Tomoe] Keep going!

[Kazuhiro] The guys on either side of me were tough.

Seriously,

I just had no idea

that Shozui's abs were so strong.

[Takashi] No one was sliding down.

I mean, seriously,

no one was letting up.

Yeah, I kept thinking, "Are we still going?"

[beep]

[Takashi] "How long's this gonna last?"

[beep]

[competitors shout encouragement]

[beep]

[Tomoe] Come on, you got it.

[beep]

[competitors cheering]

-[beep] -[agonized grunt]

[Masayuki] Yeah, let's go!

[beep]

[beep]

-[Yosuke] Nice! You can do it. -[Koji] Getting tough.

[beep]

[beep]

-[loud buzzing tone] -[Takashi] I can't.

[groans]

TAKASHI KURIHARA 497 REPS

-[Yoshio] That was amazing! -[Koji] Nice!

-[Yoshio] Incredible. -[Koji] Great.

Nice!

I think I was lying on the floor for a long time. I couldn't stand up.

[chuckling]

Seriously. My body had reached its limit.

[beep]

2 ATHLETES REMAINING

[Akira] Nice, nice!

-[beep] -Keep it up!

Okay, let's go, Shozui!

Come on! Let's go!

[beep]

[competitors shout encouragement]

[beep]

[Tomoe] Come on, come on, let's go!

[competitors applaud]

-[beep] -[Akira] Okay, let's go, let's go!

This is the hardest part for both of you. Hang in there! Let's go!

[beep]

[Tomoe] Nice, nice, nice.

[beep]

[competitors groan]

-[competitors groan] -[loud buzzing tone]

KAZUHIRO GOYA, 31 528 REPS

[sweeping orchestral music playing]

[Kazuhiro] I heard I did over 500, but I couldn't remember much after that.

I didn't know how many reps I did.

I just felt like I had to keep pushing the button.

After I slid down,

Kurihara immediately ran over to me, and he said, "Great job."

I almost cried when he did that.

-Sports brings out the best in all of us. -[music fades]

But, you know, I don't wanna do sit-ups anymore.

-[Ryudai] Shozui, let's go! -[beep]

1 ATHLETE REMAINING

[competitors shouting encouragement]

-[beep] -[dramatic music playing]

[beep]

Shozui. I mean, he is incredible.

It was so inspiring to see a baseball player

performing at such an elite physical level.

[Ryudai] I didn't know that baseball players had such strong abs.

He's just an absolute beast.

[beep]

[beep]

[competitors cheering]

[beep]

-[competitors cheering] -[agonized grunt]

[cheering, shouting encouragement]

[loud buzzing tone]

[groans wearily]

[Yuya] Damn it.

-[Kazuhiro] Nice job! -[Yuya] So tough.

-I can't believe it. -Just incredible, man.

♪ Faded lights All the cheers have died ♪

[Yuya] Thank you.

That was tough.

-That was amazing. -Thank you.

Incredible.

[female voice] The first place winner

of the Pink Stage

is Yuya Shozui.

Yes!

♪ I feel the rush of blood Going over my head ♪

I feel amazing!

♪ There’s no more going back Ahead, I’m led by fire ♪

[Koji] Show us your abs!

-Damn. -[Koji] So tough!

Amazing!

Amazing! Look at that. Incredible!

♪ Ahead, I'm led by fire ♪

-Wow! -Whoa!

Nice!

[Yuya] I've endured so much in my life to make it here, to this moment.

It's nice knowing it was not in vain. Everything I've been through,

since I started playing as a student,

has had a profound effect on me.

Yeah.

[music fades]

[Yosuke] Well,

I had an amazing time meeting you all.

To be honest, coming into this, I didn't feel confident in my abilities.

I was thrilled to get this amazing opportunity.

Having people from so many different sports

gather in one place to take on these challenges

made this competition incredible.

Please, don't give up.

As a tennis player, you're always playing one-on-one.

And I've never had an opportunity like this

to be able to compete on this level

with so many amazing athletes, who fought with such tenacity.

We really pushed each other. I was so inspired by you all today,

by what I saw.

[sniffles]

I felt like

I wasn't able to fully compete on that same level

when I was playing tennis professionally.

I truly admire an athlete's determination, and I admire you all today.

To be completely honest,

all I wanted was to keep going in this competition

and to keep competing against you all, but in the end,

I wasn't strong enough.

I'll have to accept that my time here was short.

But this competition has inspired me to work even harder.

It gave me a lot of courage.

So thank you for that.

[female voice] Will the four eliminated athletes

please exit the room?

-Thank you. -Thank you.

-Thank you. -Don't give up!

[Yu] Thank you.

Do your best.

-Do your best. -[Goson] Do your best. Thank you.

[somber music playing]

[music fades]

-[Akira] What's going on here? -[Eri] Weird.

[Akira] Seriously?

[pulsing beeping]

[female voice] This is…

[eerie music playing]

…the campsite,

where you will all live together

while you continue to participate in Final Draft.

Moving forward,

and depending on the total points you have earned

from the competition so far,

you will be divided into two groups.

Your high or low scores will affect your meals and lodging.

-[Akira] Seriously? -[Eri] Eh?!

Even meals?

[female voice] Today, those ranked first to tenth

will be in the high-scoring group.

-[Yoshio] Huh? -So how does this work?

[Ryudai] What's going on? Huh?

Weird. This does not sound good. Sounds complicated.

[female voice] In first, Yuya Shozui.

Yes.

[female voice] In second,

Kazuhiro Goya.

Thank you. Thank you.

[female voice] In third,

Atsushi Arai.

Nice.

-You're in a good position. -Yeah, nice, nice.

[Yuya] Whoa.

-[Koji] Wow. -[Ryudai] Whoa!

-Look at this. -[Kazuhiro] Amazing.

[Ryudai] It's pretty good.

-[Atsushi] How cool is this? -[Ryudai] Incredible.

-[Yoshio] Wow, a pool? -[Koji] A pool!

This is fantastic!

[competitors cheering]

This is unreal!

[Yoshio] Look at the rooms. They're amazing!

[Koji] Wanna go in?

Open!

Oh wow!

This is awesome.

[Takashi] This is amazing.

-Wow! -[Koji] Okay, this is great.

[Takashi] Glad I did my best.

-[Koji] Yeah, yeah. -[Takashi] It's warm.

-[Hozumi] Wow, it's warm! -[Masayuki] It's warm.

-It's warm. -[Masayuki] This is amazing.

It must be heated.

It's fully equipped with a heater and everything. This is amazing.

-[Hozumi] We can sleep comfortably. -It's like a hotel.

[Hozumi] It's perfectly firm.

-[Yoshio] Ah, it's warm! -[Yuya laughs]

[Yoshio] It's so warm in here!

-Damn, it's so comfy! -We earned it.

I'm excited to be in the same room as Itoi.

[yells triumphantly]

[yells triumphantly]

-Glad we won. -Glad we won.

[Atsushi chuckles]

Okay, so I wanna keep living like this.

I don't know about the low scorers,

but I bet they have sleeping bags or something.

Sleeping bags?

-[Masato] Really? -[Kaho] This isn't that great.

-[Akira] Come on. -[Masato] Is this it?

-[Masato] This is tiny. -[Akira] I can't believe it.

-[Kaho] So small. -[Akira] Seriously.

[Kaho] I can't believe this.

-[Eri] It looks cold! -[Akira] Women in the three-bed.

Okay, the ladies will take the three-person room.

Yeah, but it's dangerous, so maybe I should join them.

-[laughter] -[Kenta] No, no, no, no, no, no.

I'm so curious to see what it's like inside those tents.

[Kouzi] Here we go!

[Kenta] I can't even sit. [laughs]

[Kouzi] We're supposed to sleep in sleeping bags.

-We can't fit in these. -I'll be falling out of this.

-I won't even be able to roll over. -No way.

-This is terrible. -[laughs]

-The other guys, all they did was sit-ups. -[laughs]

So narrow!

[laughs]

I won't be able to compete tomorrow after sleeping in here.

-At least we're not outside. -That's true.

-We have a room. -Yeah. Absolutely.

It's not bad.

[Eri] Yeah, yeah. I'm okay with this.

But we haven't seen the other team's.

-I don't wanna see their tents. -Oh, no, no, no.

The floor is so hard!

Is this a blanket?

This isn't a blanket. It's a throw.

Oh!

But… it's kinda warm underneath.

Like some kind of heater.

Okay, that's nice.

I'm just speaking my thoughts out loud.

[bell ringing]

[female voice] Attention, everyone Dinner is ready.

Will the high scorers please gather by the poolside?

[Koji] A poolside meal sounds good.

-[Yoshio] Look at this! -[Masayuki] Looks great! So good!

-[Yuya] Let's eat! -[Hozumi] This is awesome.

[Ryudai] Super fancy.

[Hozumi] Eel? There's even crab!

-[Katsuma] Amazing! -[Koji] This is for the high scorers.

-[Hozumi] T-bone steaks. -[Koji] T-bone.

-Ah, there's eel! -[Katsuma] Eel?

[Takashi] Eel? Awesome!

-[Atsushi] Red king crab. -[Ryudai] Crab is awesome.

[Takashi] I love red king crab.

-[Katsuma] Mind-blowing. -[Yoshio] Perfect!

[Atsushi] I hope we get to keep enjoying all this.

-Let's all do our best. -[Koji] Agreed!

-Let's eat! -[all] Let's eat!

[Koji] I'm so happy.

-It's good. -[Koji] Wow.

Ah, the meat is so tender.

Mmm! It's super tender.

Itoi, you look good with crab. A big crab suits you.

Tasty!

[Eri] I'm so hungry.

-[Yoshito] I'm starving. -[bell ringing]

[female voice] Attention, everyone. Dinner is ready.

Low scorers, please return to the main area of camp.

[Tomoe] Her voice, I don't like it.

"Low scorers"?

-The "low scorers." -The "low scorers."

I hate her name for us.

-"Low scorers." -The "low…"

[indistinct chatter, laughter]

-This is it, huh? -This?

That's it?

That's it?

[indistinct chatter, laughter]

[Kouzi] Onsen tamago?

-They put chicken tenders in it. -[Akira] Oh, I understand now.

I thought this was tonjiru, but this is just seaweed!

[laughter]

No way!

This is too funny.

[Eri] It's simple.

-[Yoshito] This is it for dinner? -[Akira] Looks like it.

-Not the best. -[Naoto] There's not much here.

You again, Little Rhino?

[Akira] Rhino?

[Kenta] Kouzi said I looked like a rhino.

-[Kouzi] Little Rhino. -[Kenta] Yes.

Little Rhino, could you say something?

Okay, everyone, put your hands together.

[Tomoe] Yes, okay.

Let's get to the high scorers group and eat delicious meals.

-Let's eat. -[all] Let's eat!

-[Tomoe] This is fun though. -[Masato] It's great.

I can only move up from here.

Oh, this soup tastes good.

-This is good. -[Eri] I feel like it's good.

[Naoto] It's surprisingly good, actually. I'm starting to like it.

[bell ringing]

[female voice] Attention. The Call Room will now be open.

-[Ryudai] Call Room? -[Kazuhiro] What's the Call Room?

[female voice] Throughout the rest of the competition,

you can talk to family and friends for 30 minutes once a day.

-[Katsuma] Family? -[Yuya] Thirty minutes?

[Kazuhiro] That's great.

Hi.

WIFE: HONAMI

How are you doing?

You're working hard. How was it?

I'm first in the rankings.

Ooh!

And honestly, it's making me feel even more grateful,

for all of the support you've given me throughout

the competition so far.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

I think of this as something the two of us are doing together.

I mean, I feel like there's been plenty of stuff

that must have worried or annoyed you.

When you were cut from the team and didn't know what to do.

-I didn't know what to do. -[poignant music playing]

I worked part-time as a mover

and worked like crazy under the scorching sun

to earn 10,000 yen.

Yeah, that's right.

And because of that hard work,

when someone does something for you,

you feel a different sense of gratitude because you've been there.

Well, tomorrow,

I'll win again. And soon I'll say,

"I won the 30 million."

You'll say that?

Just you wait.

I have no doubts. You're a man of your word,

so if you decide that you're definitely going to win,

I'm certain that you'll make it happen.

And, in the meantime,

I hope that you're able to enjoy the moment

while you focus on what you hope to accomplish.

Mm.

-Eme. -[music fades]

I feel like you've gotten bigger somehow.

WIFE: RUNA ELDEST DAUGHTER: EME

[Kazahiro, Runa chuckle]

I miss you both.

It's been tough so far.

There were times

when I thought about giving up, to be honest.

But in those moments, I just tried to picture your faces.

I am so grateful

to hear your voices

for the first time in a while. It makes me want to try even harder.

The prize is substantial if I can make it until the end.

-How much? -30 million yen.

Wow, that's awesome.

I know, right?

A vacation would be nice.

But we also need a bigger house for our next baby.

Yes, we do.

I want you to see that I gave it my all one more time,

and Eme hasn't seen that.

-Mm. -So I want her to see how Daddy does.

Mm.

I want her to see

how hard her dad is trying to win that prize money for her.

Yeah. I've seen you compete in the Olympics and stuff,

but of course, I want our daughter, Eme,

and the baby who's on the way to see how their daddy represented himself

and all rugby players.

It'll be great to tell them how you kept pushing yourself

and how you kept taking on new challenges.

[poignant music playing]

Thank you.

[sniffles]

Anyway, I thought I want to give it everything I have,

for our family, you know?

So keep believing in me

and wait for me to come home with the

30 million yen.

-Yeah. -Eme!

Say, "Do your best."

Do your best.

Thank you.

[Kazuhiro, Runa chuckle]

[sniffles]

[sobs]

[sniffles]

[music fades]

[Kazuhiro] Oh!

[Yuya] This is amazing.

Oh my God!

Thank you.

[grunts]

[Yuya] Places that have neppashi are crazy.

A neppashi? I was a neppashi once.

-[Yuya] No way. You're lying! -Seriously. When I was 18.

-[Yuya] Seriously? -[Hozumi] Yes.

-[Yuya] No. Were you really? -[Hozumi] Yes.

I'd say "I'm gonna start a Finnish-style löyly."

What?!

That would have been a sight. I wish I'd seen it.

-[Hozumi] It was great. -[laughs]

Was it 570 times?

About that much. Toward the end, I started losing track.

[Hozumi] That's crazy. Legendary stuff.

Ah, this feels good.

The bath is too cold to get in.

-Totally. But I'll give it a try anyway. -Really?

-[Yuya] If it's too cold, I'll say. -Okay.

-[Hozumi] It's that cold? -Yes.

[Yuya] Ah, this is great.

But for real, for about two or three months,

my wife did everything she could

to help me manage my meals and when I ate.

[Hozumi] I see.

And she ate the same food that I ate, which was extremely limited.

-She ate your diet? -Yes.

So when I get home, we're gonna eat what we want.

-Going in? -[Hozumi] One more time.

[man groans]

[Kouzi] Damn, it's still really cold.

-[Kenta] Oh man, it's cold! -[Kouzi] It's colder on the inside.

You know, today…

I figured it out today, Kouzi.

I feel like guys like you are super popular with women.

On the one hand, you play the field a lot,

but on the other hand, you're also a true gentleman.

-You're pretty crafty. -[female voice] It is time to go to bed.

Please get plenty of rest in preparation for tomorrow.

Shut up. I'll decide what time I go to bed.

-I forgot about my birthday. -Huh?

It's tomorrow.

Seriously? It's tomorrow?

-Yeah. -What?!

I'm gonna be 29.

Ugh, 30 is around the corner.

-Good night. -Sleep well.

-All right. -[both groan]

-Amazing. -It hurts.

Ugh, it hurts.

-My abs hurt. -[chuckles]

Shall we sleep?

[inspirational music playing]

-[Hozumi] Good morning! -Good morning.

[Masayuki] Morning.

-[Koji] Wow. -[Takashi] Oh, it looks good.

-[Koji] Wow, there's a lot of fruit. -[Hozumi] Luxurious.

-[Atsushi] Even breakfast is great. -[Koji] Looks good.

Oh my gosh, looks good.

-[Takashi] Eggs. -[Koji] What's with these egg rolls?!

-It was cozy last night. -[Koji] Yeah, it's been great.

-[Takashi] It was good. -[Koji] The heater worked too.

-Do you think that… -[music stops]

…the other guys got breakfast?

-No breakfast? -You think they will?

The way that they placed the food is careless.

-[Tomoe] They have bananas. -[Eri] Milk has protein.

[Naoto] Oh, they have milk.

-[Eri] Salted rice balls. -[Kenta] No side dishes?

Let's see what they put in the miso soup. What are the ingredients?

-Eggs. That's all I want right now. -Let's open this up.

[all] Oh!

-[Yoshito] Pretty good. -[Kenta] We can be happy just with this.

[laughter]

-[Masato] Looks good. -[Tomoe] Something to make us feel good.

[Akira] What do you think the high scorers got to eat?

[Kouzi] Something great.

-Crab and T-bone steaks, apparently. -Crab?

-Crab? -[Masato] T-bone steaks and--

[Kenta] T-bone steaks?

[all chuckling]

-[Kenta] It's that different? -But they're all old geezers.

-[Kenta] So it all evens out. -[laughter]

[pulsing beeping]

[female voice] Attention. At this time,

put yourselves into groups.

Whoa!

-[Eri] What? -Really?

What?

Ask someone to join your group,

and form groups of four before the next competition begins.

[Akira] What does she mean?

It's teams?

-Wow. For real? -[Kazuhiro] Team competition?

Groups?

Groups of four?

Wait. Any four?

There are 20 people,

so there will be five groups of four people, right?

I wonder what the competition is.

[Atsushi] That's tough.

We don't even know what kind of competition it's gonna be.

So it would be better to combine various attributes,

like combining upper body strength with leg strength.

Yeah, it might be better to have a balanced team, for sure.

-[Akira] Look who's here. -[Koji] Have you decided?

[Akira] They're here.

-Have you divided up? -[Yoshito] We haven't decided.

[Koji] I can't decide.

We don't know what the competition is.

[Atsushi] Without knowing what the competition will be,

I want to be on a team with people

who are currently ranked the highest.

Team up?

[Atsushi] I want to team up with Shozui.

-Should we add a woman to our team? -[Kazuhiro] Tosaka.

-Eri. -[Atsushi] Eri.

-[Kazuhiro] Join us. -Me?

-[Atsushi] Eri, what do you say? -You want me?

We're the same age, so…

Goya and Arai are the same age as I am,

so I think it will be easier for us to communicate with each other.

I was excited about competing with Hozumi Hasegawa.

I respect him a lot.

-Hozumi, will you team up with me? -Shall we?

-Let's go, Onikura. -Really?!

Itoi.

-Itoi! -Let's go!

-[competitors cheering] -[Kenta] We've agreed upon our four.

[Yoshio] I'm sure there's going to be a competition soon

that will need a lot of strength. That's why I thought,

"Okay, there's Kenta."

"That guy is about as strong as it gets." Yeah.

[bell tolling]

[female voice] The time has come.

When you have agreed on your group of four,

please proceed to the arena.

[pounding electronic music playing]

[music stops]

This room again.

-[Yoshio] And here we are. -[Kenta] Here we are again.

[Akira] We've been in this room before.

But this is good, don't you think? I'd say we're pretty balanced.

-[Kouzi] Yes. -As a team.

[Akira] A good balance.

-[pounding electronic music playing] -[Katsuma] Hi, guys.

-[competitors] Ah! -[Yoshio] Hey!

All right.

-Let's do this! -[music stops]

-[energetic rock music playing] -[competitors yell playfully]

Kuri is really well-balanced.

Koji is super strong.

And I have explosive speed.

I knew that all of us would make a great team.

[pounding electronic music playing]

[Takashi] Hey, hey, hey, hey! Look who it is.

[competitors applaud]

[Atsushi] Oh, so it's that kind of team.

[Akira] They have a woman too.

We'll have a hard time if the challenge requires agility.

-[Koji] You're right. -[Yoshio] A balance competition.

-[Katsuma] You'd have great balance. -[Koji] We wouldn't do well with balance.

[Akira] Oh, it's the boxing team. They're gonna box. They're boxers.

[Yoshio] Ugh, seriously?

[energetic rock music playing]

The reason we included Hayasaka…

-Hayasaka. -Hayasaka.

Gymnastics?

Yeah, it's his birthday, so I think he'll work even harder.

Hayasaka, wanna team up with us?

I was glad they chose me.

I let it slip that it was my birthday. I was surprised he remembered I said that.

He's a world champion, but he's such a nice guy.

I thought it was amazing.

I think our whole team is pretty explosive.

[Akira] And here we are.

Look at this squad. Incredible. Yes.

-[Yoshito] This team is so strong. -[Koji] Wow, what a team.

-Look at them, -[Hozumi] They're all great.

-[Koji] Strong team. -[Hozumi] Intimidating.

They're covering all angles.

A balanced team.

[Takashi] All the athletes who had the top scores

in the first competition have teamed up,

so that team is the strongest. Yeah.

[pulsing beeping]

[female voice] The next challenge is the Blue Stage.

This stage will test your judgment.

-Oh, our judgment. -Our judgment.

What's that mean?

So it's not about strength?

Judgment?

[female voice] Please proceed to the stage.

-[Koji] Let's do this. -[Katsuma] Let's go!

[tense music playing]

[competitor whoops]

[music fades]

-[Kouzi] Huh? -[Kenta] What?

[Yoshio] What?

-[menacing music playing] -[Kouzi] Ooh!

What is this?

-[Kouzi] What's going on? -[Hozumi] Wait, what?

No way.

-[Takashi] Whoa. -[Akira] Wait. What?

-[Takashi] I don't get it. -[Akira] What's that?

Damn, my heart is pounding like crazy. It won't stop.

-[Kazuhiro] I'm getting nervous. -Damn. What is this?

[female voice] Now we will test your judgment.

In the Blue Stage, your challenge will be…

[suspenseful music playing]

…the monkey bars.

-[Kazuhiro] No way. -Monkey bars?

[Yoshio] Crazy.

I think this is gonna be tough.

It'll be toughest for those carrying the most weight.

It's not a strength-focused competition at all.

Once again, I'm at a disadvantage.

How will it test our judgment?

This involves judgment?

[female voice] In the first half,

each competitor will advance on a separate course.

Halfway through,

the courses will merge,

and you'll cross monkey bars in a circle.

In the second half, there will be three types of courses.

Your arm strength and agility will be tested in the Seesaw Course.

Your shoulder strength will be tested in the Pedal Course.

Your agility will help you regain ground in the Tarzan Course.

Consider your options,

and choose the course where you will excel.

How you judge your abilities,

will play a major role in the outcome of this challenge.

Also, if at any point you fall,

you can rejoin the competition by climbing the rope ladder.

Finally, your ranking will be determined by how much time it takes you

to finish this challenge,

so aim to reach the goal quickly.

The gymnasts will rock this.

Seriously, this is built for gymnasts.

I'm excited.

Finally, it's something I'm good at.

I've actually competed on the horizontal bars before,

so I feel pretty confident.

Masato also has a ton of upper body strength.

This challenge seems like something I'd be good at.

I think I can succeed here.

I am super confident, yeah.

[female voice] In this stage,

you'll be competing against…

those you grouped up with.

[Akira] What?

[Yoshito] That's how it's gonna be.

So we're not a team?

So we're just competing against each other?

This is cruel.

We're up against each other.

It's a shame to be eliminating our group members.

[female voice] The first three competitors to finish will move on.

The last one to finish will be eliminated.

Please demonstrate good judgment in your abilities.

Your future depends on split-second decisions.

-So that's how this is gonna go. -It's so cruel.

[Hozumi] Onikura, Hayasaka, and Mita.

I think these three are pretty elite in terms of their explosive power,

so I might've joined the wrong team.

-Hey, Yone. -Yone.

-We have Yone. -Come on, stop!

[Koji] Yone.

It's a challenge I'll be good at.

In judo, we start by grabbing the opponent's judogi

in order to land a move.

So our grip strength is very important. I think I might be pretty good at this.

I'm aiming for a number one ranking.

This is gonna be tough.

"It's gonna be like that?" is how I felt.

I thought I joined an amazing team,

but it turns out it was the worst team I could have joined.

[female voice] Furthermore, in this next stage,

of the 15 athletes who survive,

whoever finishes with the slowest time

will be eliminated.

-[Atsushi] Brutal. -That's six total.

Six of us?

[Naoto] Fourteen move on.

♪ I feel the rush of blood Going over my head ♪

[female voice] The first round is about to begin.

♪ There's no more going back Ahead… ♪

Kenta Tsukamoto,

Yoshio Itoi,

Akira Kaji,

and Kouzi.

[Akira] I'm not confident.

In soccer, you primarily use your legs. You don't use your arms much, you know?

But two on my team are a little heavier.

Itoi and Tsukamoto.

I wanna go faster than them, and I think I have a chance.

I want to advance, whatever it takes.

[Kouzi] I have to advance since I'm lighter.

Among the four of us, I'm sure I'm the lightest.

If I do my best, it'll mean kicking Sai out of the competition.

I'm gonna miss him, poor guy.

Baby Sai, little Sai.

I like that guy. He's like a brother to me.

I don't see any way that Sai can win at this.

[Kenta] Well, for me, this competition is gonna be critical.

If I lose at this stage, I'll be super disappointed.

Everyone is thinking, "Kenta is at a huge disadvantage."

I wanna prove them wrong.

[Yoshio] I'm pretty nervous.

But I just have to do it. That's it.

I'll give it my all!

[female voice] At the sound of the buzzer, begin.

-♪ I feel my heart pumping ♪ -[beeping]

♪ And I'm filled with dread ♪

[buzzing]

♪ There’s no more going back Ahead, I’m led by fire ♪

-[Koji] Wow, Itoi. -[Atsushi] He's skipping every two rungs.

-[Koji] His arms are long! -[Masayuki] His arms are so long.

-[Naoto] He's huge! -[Koji] He's massive.

Whoa!

-[Eri] What?! -[Yuya] What's going on?

[tense music playing]

[music stops]