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S-Sis, I'll... I'll seriously p-practice soft tennis.

Sister!

Run and keep running!

hashiraba hashire

走らば走れっ

Let's do our best!

seiippai

せいいっぱい

I want to shine! Do you?

hikaritaine doudai

光りたいね…どうだい?

It's a tennis morning!

tenipan mooningu

テニぱん モーニング

We'll hit them if we carry on

arukeba ataru

歩けば当たる

mou ippon

もういっぽん

One more!

Hit

utte

打って

Run

otte

追って

Hit

utte

打って

Run

otte

追って

So it begins

hajimaru yo

はじまるーよ!!

One

wan

わん

Two

tsuu

つー

Approach

apuroochi

あぷろーち

It's burning up

moeyo

燃えよ

My play!

maipurei

マイプレイ

I put my all into my balls

ikkyuunyuukon

一球入魂

It's not just about hitting the balls!

pashikon

パシコン

pashikon

パシコン

pashikon da

パシコン、だ

Do your best!

ganbatte yo

がんばってよ

If you feel that's not enough

tarinai kigashitara

足りない気がしたら

Do your best!

ganbatte yo

がんばってよ

Just do more and more!

motto motto da

もっともっと、だ

Monday

mandei

まんでい

Friday

furaidei

ふらいでい

Fly

tobe yo

飛べよ

My miracle ball!

mai makyuu

マイ魔球

I'm one with the ball

isshin doutai

一心同体

Where are your pinnies?

zekken

ゼッケン

zekken

ゼッケン

zekken wa

ゼッケン、は?

Even if you try your best

ganbatte mo

がんばっても

You just can't win it alone

hitori ja kimaranai yo

ひとりじゃ決まらないよ

"Wanna play?" "Yeah, let's play!"

yaro yaro

「やろ？」「やろ！」

Whether they're cold times

samui toki mo

寒い時も

Or hot times

atsui toki mo

暑い時も

It doesn't matter at all

sonna no wa doudemo ii

そんなのはどうでもいい

Just keep getting up!

nankai demo tachiagare

何回でも立ち上がれっ

Luck is a skill, y'know!

un mo sainou desho

運も才能でしょ?

itta mon gachi

言ったもん勝ち!

Take a chance and say it

It's so amazing

nante migoto na

なんてみごとな

It's untouchable

antacchaburu

あんたっちゃぶる

Our youth is like our balls

seishun wa booru mitai ni

青春はボールみたいに

It rolls and rolls

korogacchatte

転がっちゃって

It can take us anywhere

docchi datte ikeru

どっちだって行ける

It's so easy

kantan ni

簡単に

To take a new direction!

hikkurikaeru yo

ひっくり返るよ

Remember the everyday

datte itsumo no

だっていつもの

Unbelievable things

anbiribaburu

あんびりばぶる

Even if our passion is just delusional

jounetsu ga mousou da to shitemo

情熱が妄想だとしても

We love it!

daisuki

大スキ

Yes, we do!

daisuki

大スキ

I enthusiastically

harikitte

はりきって

Hit an overhead!

overhead

オーバヘッド

Yes

haai

「はーい」

Run!

走ろう

Yes!

hai

hashirou

Run!

hashirou

走ろう

Go! Go!

ike ike

いけ いけ

Let's go!

rettsu goo

れっつごー

Tennis!

tenishu

てにしゅ

Tennis!

tenishu

てにしゅ

Let's do it!

yaro yaro

やろやろ

Game 10

New Trouble

Game Set!

Game count: three-two.

Winner: Asuna-Kotone pair!

Yay, we won!

It feels like everyone is really excited about the upcoming tournament.

Only Chitose-san is the same as always.

No way!

Eli-chan, sorry for making you referee.

It is okay.

I am happy to see everyone play.

Hey, Eli.

Do you... want to play doubles too?

It's a pity if you aren't enjoying soft tennis while you could.

Doubles...?

It's settled!

Yes.

Soft Tennis

Soft Tennis

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Soft Tennis

Soft Tennis

Soft Tennis

Soft Tennis

Soft Tennis

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Soft Tennis

Soft Tennis

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Soft Tennis

Soft Tennis

Soft Tennis

Soft Tennis

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Soft Tennis

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Soft Tennis

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Soft Tennis

Won't you club your way into the Soft Tennis Club?!

Club Intervention

Aim and strike the ball!

You deserve a thousand deaths... if you don't play soft tennis with us!

Everyone is working so hard for me.

Really, thank you.

But,

is this what they call "canvassing"?

This is our tur—

Do not continue.

She keeps looking this way.

Could she be wanting to join the club?

All right. Then, I will gently greet her.

Um...

Target acquired!

I-It really is impossible... Sis!

Just give up, little girl. Stop trying to escape and join us!

She jumped into the river!

That's how you plan to escape?!

No! You're wrong, Kotone-chan!

She only fell into the river because of this!

Huh?! And she still acted like all's well?!

She's not even a swimmer!

S-Sorry for making you worry about me.

We're also sorry.

We wanted to lay down the beat too much.

U-Um... You kept glancing over at us,

so do you actually want to join our club?

That's... Not I...

My... older sister...

Your sister?

What about her?

Does she want to join the club?

No, that's not it.

Sis wanted me to play soft tennis.

I don't get what you said at all.

Is your sister a student at our school?

Yes... She's a second year in Shiradama Middle, but...

only if she were still alive.

I see. A traffic accident two years ago...

Yes.

My sister loved soft tennis.

On that fateful day, she was rushing to a tournament.

I-I always thought balls were our friends

and would definitely protect my sister.

But soft tennis balls are too small; they can't even work as shock absorbers.

Sis...

Oh, boy...

M-My name is Yayoi. Hiragishi Yayoi.

Shiradama Middle 1st Year,

Hiragishi Yayoi

Yayoi-chan, let's seriously train for soft tennis together!

For your sister!

Y-Yes, please take care of me.

Yayoi-chan, you've played soft tennis before?!

Yes. Even though I said that, I only practiced a little bit with my sister during elementary school.

You've been playing since elementary school? That's rare.

Still, it's a big help.

The tournament is coming up.

Now we won't have to teach you the basics.

More important, being an experienced soft tennis player will be very helpful.

Right |

Right |

This, from the most useless member...

Let's start practicing!

Come on!

Nyaa

Ah!

Nyaa

Wait~~

Hey, Yayoi. Have you really played tennis before?

It was three years ago, during second grade.

So... You're basically...

I see.

Do you have a preferred way of playing or anything—

Like a boxer!

Hey, what was that? Not everyone can move like that!

No... I normally can't either.

To be honest, I've been seeing spirits since I was young.

I can only reflexively dodge when a ghost appears.

Do you know where my body is?

Do you know where my body is?

There are spirits on the ball court?!

Ah, it's here again.

Where?! Where?!

A-Anyway, let's practice first. Practice!

Yes!

Stand up! Stand up, Yayoi!

You can't follow in your sister's footsteps at all if you stay down!

I can't do it.

In the end, I'm just like a clumsy and stupid turtle!

Idiot!

Only... Only you following your sister's path can give it meaning!

Wh-What?

Only she following her sister's path can give it meaning?

Not at all!

Talking like you know everything...

Of course, only I will follow my path, idiot!

What's wrong with her?! Is she schizophrenic?!

C-Could it be a messiah complex?

She's not even cosplaying!

This is it! This feeling!

This kind of wild excitement feels the best!

I... I love... I love..

I love soft tennis!

Th-That's really...

That's really... nice.

H-Hey, Yayoi, did you bump into something strange?

Yayoi?

Don't lump me together with her.

I'm Uzuki!

The self-proclaimed genius soft tennis player, Hiragishi Uzuki.

The sister of a clumsy and stupid turtle!

Yayoi's sister,

Hiragishi Uzuki (Died as 12 years old)

T-The sister...

What's going on?

Sis came out again!

Sorry for frightening you.

I'll explain everything.

My sister Uzuki really died two years ago.

But her spirit lingers behind, in my body.

She was about to play against her rival in an important tournament,

just before the accident happened.

My sister's regret is too strong.

She won't be able to rest until she has a final match with that person.

I see. So that's it.

But Sis has a limited time outside.

I have to do something, somehow.

Th-That's really tough...

You seem to be bad at sports...

Also, this is my sister's message to all of you:

Message?

Bring me to the finals, even if it kills you.

If you dare refuse,

I'll make you all suffer in the afterlife.

That's what she said.

I-Is it all right, Eli-chan?

Teaming up with Yayoi-chan?

It is no problem. We have to help each other in times of trouble.

And helping each other is what being a pair is all about.

Yayoi, we are a pair now.

Let's fight together from now on, three-as-one.

Yes!

How nice of her...

All right. Next, I'll hand out the test papers from last week's quiz.

Aida sixty points, Inoue forty-five points, Itou eighty points.

Why does she have to read out the scores?

It's probably her hobby.

'Zabeth, ninety-three points.

Here. Applaud.

Everyone should learn from 'Zabeth.

'Zabeth.

Continuing... Harukaze.

Here!

Oh, nice answer.

Not at all.

As a reward, I'll add another five points.

Yes!

D-Don't mind it.

All right! I'm number one!

So fast! You're amazing, Kotone-chan!

You even outran the boys!

When it comes to physical tests, I'm unbeatable!

Talking about tests... Study sessions for the midterms begin on Monday.

Learning for tests? Don't be silly, I don't care.

I usually don't study anyway.

And cramming before tests? How can I do something that pathetic?

Besides, I only come to school for club activities.

Learning is secondary!

Tests are only based on luck. Nothing to be scared of!

Here's the order from above:

If you fail even one test in the midterms, you can't take part in the tournament.

Oh my...

That's how it is.

Woah

Oh my...

Oh my...

That's how it is.

Woah

I-Impossible!

Is this how they treat people who gave their all to soft tennis?

Too cruel! This is too cruel!

God is dead.

I didn't learn anything at all in class!

Why?!

God is dead.

That's the obvious reason.

You got what you deserved.

This is the greatest crisis the Shiradama Middle Soft Tennis Club has ever faced.

Therefore, I proclaim we shall hold an emergency study session somewhere tomorrow.

Everyone, this is the time to display our unity!

Yes, we can!

Yes, we can!

Yes, we can!

That translates to: "Yes, we can!"

Yes, we can!

You're doing it wrong, you know?

That's why I said you can't use my room!

Too bad, no one else wants to give us a room.

Think of this as part of your job.

Mishi, you can just relax properly while—

As if I could relax at all.

Kotone-chan,

please wash these too.

All right.

These... These... are Mishi's bo-box...

Mishi... wore—

Kurusu

Say, Kurusu-chan, you normally don't wear those, do you?

Mm, that's right.

Just bought them for 100¥

So he wears briefs.

How's it going, Hiragishi? You feeling comfortable in the soft tennis club yet?

Yes, everyone treats me really nice.

I see. I heard you just transferred schools.

Isn't it tough without any close friends around?

No.

Please don't think of me like that.

I'm actually really good at making friends.

That's great.

Even though, most of my friends don't have any corporeal bodies.

A few of them are in this room too.

Huh? Coach?

Lapun!

What are all these?

Amazing!

They're just trophies I won in the past.

I didn't have anywhere to put them, so I just stuffed them all in there.

Our goals are treated like this...

Although, they really are useless.

Not completely true.

Some of them have their uses.

Look.

It's useful to grow chili at home.

What are our goals...

This is the photo I gave Mishi!

Looks well taken care of.

Eli, come help me with this.

Yes! I am coming.

That's more like it.

My heart has finally calmed down.

Coach, I found this in the closet.

Is this the racket you used?

Oh, so that's where I put it.

But the strings are really loose.

Can one play this way?

Of course.

You might actually say I became the champion because of it.

Power or speed... I don't have strengths like that.

If I had a skill...

it'd be my nimble hands.

I wanted to fight strong people from all over the country with just that,

so I needed more ball variations to confuse my opponents.

Even though it's a really hard to control racket,

when I became used to it,

I had an infinite number of ball variations at my fingertips.

Well, there's various ways to play tennis.

It feels like we heard a pretty nice story.

That's the way to reach the top!

I'll quickly loosen my strings once I get home!

I was talking about expressing your personality.

Listen to other people first.

If I have a skill, then it has to be my Ero-charisma!

Wrong

My goal has to be using my pheromones on the other players.

My erotic appeal and beauty... Using all kinds of passionate moves to seduce the audience.

The sounds from the audience animating me!

Finally, ascending to...

nude tennis!

How many hurdles do I have to jump to reach my goal... That's the question.

Asuna-chan's been touched by the coach's words.

Wrong.

So, today's main event...

Let us begin the study session!

Begin!

You two have to review almost every subject.

Ah~~ how embarassing.

I am going to review Japanese.

I-I'm not good with social studies.

Kurusu, what are you doi—

The Six Codes

The Six Codes

Eating chips and studying law!

That's not studying for the exam at all!

The next tournament will be my last.

Making sure everyone gets there is my duty as Club President.

Ask me if you don't know about something,

Let's join the tournament together!

Quick, this question!

It's depending on you now, Chitose-san!

Mm, leave it to me!

2 Hours later

Well, there's always next year.

What? You're going to study all night in my house?!

Don't be silly.

Children have to sleep at home.

It's obvious. I have my own private life...

Tonight, it's only the two of us... Masako.

Although, I shouldn't stop students from studying.

Everybody should work hard till tomorrow!

Yes!

All right, let's go!

I can't do it any more!

The more I study, the less I know!

Kotone-chan, hang in there, keep fighting.

I can't fight anymore.

It's true that not making progress after learning this much can discourage you quite a bit.

If you can't even get past this, then you won't stand a chance in the tournament.

So sad.

Shut up, you drunkard!

What's up? It's so crowded today.

Shiki-sempai?

What? It's you guys.

Former Soft Tennis Club President,

Nishioka Shiki (High School, 1st Year)

Why're so many people here?

What about you? Why are you—

I'm here to cook for that drunkard.

Th-Their relationship is at the point where she comes to his house to cook, which means...

Calm down, Kotone-chan!

That's right. We only told Chitose.

Cousins?!

That's how it is.

If I leave him as drunk as he is, he'll eat just about anything, you see?

So I have to show up like today from time to time.

See?

That's great, Kotone-chan!

What're you talking about? I wasn't...

You didn't change at all.

Midterms, huh?

Those two are the only ones in danger.

You've got it right.

Let me see the textbooks.

You're going to teach us?

No way.

Women have to rely on

their sixth sense!

Remember all the places I marked down just now.

I wouldn't bother with the rest.

Our fate depends on your sixth sense.

Nice work...

So...

Still, I'm really surprised.

Yeah.

We didn't think she'd be right with every one of them.

I extended my arms up high

takaku takaku ude wo nobashita

高く高く腕を伸ばした

Knowing that they wouldn't reach

todokanai koto kurai wakatteru kedo

届かないことくらいわかってるけど

I might be a crybaby

nakimushi dakedo sonna jibun mo

泣き虫だけどそんな自分も

But I just can't hate myself, so I'm still here

kirai ni wa narenakute mada koko ni iru

キライにはなれなくてまだココに居る

I dream about a tomorrow that I see far away

aa kogareta ashita wa mada tooku de

ああ 焦がれた明日はまだ遠くで

It's smiling, beckoning

waratte iru temaneki shinagara

笑っている 手招きしながら

Count 1 2 3 and raise up your heels

ichi ni san kazoe kakato wo agete miru

123 数えかかとを上げてみる

Do it a little more, then just a little more

mou sukoshi sou ato sukoshi kurikaeshite wa

もう少し そうあと少し 繰り返しては

If I take a breath as deep as I can

dekiru dake ookiku iki wo shite

出来るだけ大きく息をして

And imagine myself flying in the skies

sora wo tobu imeeji wo sureba

空を飛ぶイメージをすれば

Then I can go anywhere!

doko e datte ikeru yo hora ne

どこへだって行けるよほらね

I'm still dreaming of that one day when I might be able to fly

itsuka toberu kana nante yume minagara

いつか飛べるかな なんて夢見ながら

Hello, I'm Yayoi.

I'm Elizabeth.

Next week we seem to have swimsuits and panty-shots.

This is Japan's tranquility and elegance.

You on the left have to say, "Be sure to watch it."

Where? Where is that?

Game 11

Travel

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