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Major 4th Season Episode 20 Kohn

You did it! We finally made a comeback!

How is it, Shigeno? Will you be able to pitch another inning?

Of course.

I originally pitched full games from start to finish, after all.

No matter what match or inning it is, I'm always ready to pitch!

Just you wait, Junior!

I'll definitely strike you out!

Strike out!

The match is over!

The Bats made an amazing comeback, and won the first match!

But what incredible pitching Goro Shigeno has displayed...

Out of 9 outs, 8 were strikeouts!

I see.

Who'd have imagined that he transferred to Memphis.

Interesting.

This time for sure, I will stop your breath.

Get out of here!

It's the semifinal of the playoffs.

The match between the Bats and the Sharks...

The Bats, who are leading the game, enter the upper half of the 9th inning!

And on the mound stands Shigeno!

Will he be able to suppress the last batter?

We're counting on you, Shigeno!

Just one more.

Just take out one more and we'll advance to the finals!

Come!

Shigeno!

Here I go!

Strike!

Strike!

Strike out!

Game set!

Oh yeah!

The match is over!

The Bats defeat the Sharks with 3 wins and 2 losses!

They advance to the final of the playoffs!

The leading star in the Bats is Shigeno, who has been a great closing pitcher in every winning match.

He was the motivating power that carried the Bats to the finals!

And so,

us Bats...

went to the battlefield,

where we would play against...

the Oklahoma Falcons, who had also won their semifinals.

So that's how it was.

So you...

were that dead idiot dad's son.

Wh-

What was that?

What did you just say!?

Try to say that again!!

I'll say it as many times as you want.

Who'd think that the son of the idiotic player who died from having a Dead Ball hit his head...

would come to America, to play baseball?

No wonder why I can't feel an ounce of talent in you, you third rate pitcher.

Hurry up and return to Japan and die playing pretend-baseball just like your father.

I'll beat you to death!

I won't forgive you!

I'll never forgive...

anyone who makes fun of my dad!

What's the matter, Shigeno?

It's nothing.

Rather than worrying about me, you should take this chance and rest your body, old man.

Gibson Jr...

The semifinal of the playoffs with the Bats versus the Sharks was a never ending pitcher battle...

However, taking the plate in the 8th inning, Shigeno...

pitching for two innings once again, struck out four players and showed excellent pitching overall, a true winning pitcher.

Memphis Bats advance to the finals.

Continuing on, the next semifinal in the playoffs--

Where are you going, Joe?

Honda Jr...

To think he'd be Memphis' closer...

Interesting!

The suffering I've had to go through, that began on that day, 12 years ago...

I'll let you feel it too!

Those hellish days!

That day...

as dad was playing in Japan...

Honda Shigeharu died at dad's hand because he couldn't dodge the dead ball.

Give him back!

Give my daddy...

back!

Sorry, boy.

Papa...

Get out of my sight!

Dear.

That was an accident.

You don't have to act that way...

Shut up!

I did something that I can't undo to Honda...and to Honda's Junior...

I'll stay in Japan.

For the sake of the Japanese fans' who've lost the great player Honda Shigeharu... as well.

I want to fill that hole as best as I can.

Strike out!

Gibson strikes out three players right off the bat!

What a wonderful start of the match he's made, starting player, Gibson!

What kind of play will he show today?

Okay, you're doing great, Papa!

Do your best!

What is it, Mama?

Aren't you going to cheer for Papa?

Dear...

Please.

Let's return home to America.

I can't do that.

Please think a little bit about the children too!

I'm sorry.

I have to pitch here in Japan.

For the Japanese fans...

and for Honda Junior as well.

Why must you...

go so far...

There, there.

What are you doing?

Your dad killed someone, right?

What!?

Help! Murderer!

You're wrong!

Papa isn't a murderer!

You're wrong!

Papa isn't a murderer!

He's not...!

Don't badmouth my dad!

Don't badmouth my dad!

And then...

because of the Honda father and son...

our family was...

Divorce?

What's a divorce?

It means that papa and mama will live in different places.

We won't be a family anymore.

You and papa will stay in Japan...

and Mama and Melissa will return home to America.

No!

I don't like that!

That's strange!

Why do we all have to be seperated?

Why!?

Mama can't get used to the Japanese lifestyle...

She tried her best, but...

there were a lot of things that she didn't agree with papa about.

Then papa just has to return to America, right?

You can play baseball in America and things'll work out, right?

I can't do that.

Papa has to... atone for the sin that Papa's mistake caused here in Japan.

Why...

Does Papa think the Honda's are more important than his family?

Mama...

Melissa...!

In the end, Dad chose...

to continue playing baseball in Japan.

Our family became seperated...

And then...!

Mother and Melissa...

who had returned to America...

died in an accident.

Come.

Junior.

Put your flowers here too.

Junior.

It's your fault...

The ones who killed Mama and Melissa...

was you and Honda!

Since then, I've never had a conversation with Dad again.

And then...

the day after that Major All Star Game...

I enlisted in the Little League, and earnestly devoted myself to baseball.

To crush my dad...

with the very baseball he loves!

Just a little more.

Just a little bit.

I'll knock out Honda Jr and rise to the Majors!

And then...

I'll crush my dad!

It's like they're all changed people now that they're so pumped up!

I'm getting a really good feeling from this.

That's natural, winning the League Championship is right before our eyes!

Well, just watch.

We'll show you the greatest show!

Hey!

Garett!

Get into the batter's box!

I'll work you really hard!

Just having a strong batter like Gibson Jr. as his opponent...

makes him this pumped up.

Thanks for your efforts.

Tomorrow, our battle against the Falcons will finally begin.

The mass media all write that the Falcons will be the sure Championship winner, but we won't let them win that easily!

Show those who underestimate us the spirit of the Bats!

YEAH!

Mister Shigeno.

Can I get your autograph?

Eh... autograph?

Okay, okay! No problem!

I'm happy! I didn't know that I had fans in Oklahoma as well...

Idiot, who would want your autograph?

"Idiot, who would want your autograph?"

What's your problem, you bastard!?

Making a fool of someone like that!

Don't screw with me!

Why you... what are you laughing at!?

No, rather, don't laugh!

I'm surprised, Shigeno.

You've really gotten good at speaking english, haven't you?

Who?

Geez, how cruel, to forget me.

Who was it that saved you when you were lost at the roadside half a year ago?

Ahh!

Ginumacchi!

Wow, it's really been a long time!

That hurts! Stop it!

How have you been?

Hey, Shigeno!

We're leaving!

Sorry.

You guys leave first.

I'll be back soon.

You're amazing, Shigeno.

I was surprised when I heard that you got fired from the Salmons, but...

Now you're right in front of the Majors, and the Bats' closer!

Well, I guess.

Well, it's been a bit tough getting here, but I've managed somehow.

I see.

Anyway, what's up?

Why are you here in Oklahoma, Ginumacchi?

Well, that is...

I know that your team is going to play against the Falcons tomorrow...

Oh, is that it? You missed me that much?

Stupid, that's not it.

Is something wrong?

W-Well, how should I say...

While going home to Japan from Dallas, I just dropped by here on the way.

Ah, I see. The season's already over, after all.

Of course you'd want to go home to Japan.

The food here's not bad either, but...

I'd really like to eat some Japanese food periodically.

Even if you've gotten better at English,

you still suck at using a knife and fork.

That doesn't matter.

As long as I can manage to eat it's okay.

I'm happy that you're still the same old you.

Continue to do your best in the future as well, Shigeno.

What's this?

You're being so formal, it's creeping me out.

Shigeno.

I won't...

be coming back to America again.

That's why...

I want you to do your best.

What's the meaning of this?

Why won't you be returning to America?

I got fired.

It happened at the end of the season.

Hey, there's no reason for you to make such a face.

B-But...!

B-But...!

It's fine.

The problem was, that becoming a pro isn't that easy.

I went there without being good enouh, and almost immediately after joining the Single A...

I reopened my old knee wound...by a fine play to home base.

Even in the matches afterwards...

I couldn't produce the results I wanted.

I swore that in this last year...

I would produce results that both my parents and I...

would be satisfied with, and made this my last chance.

But unfortunately...

it didn't go well.

W-Wait a minute, Ginumacchi!

It didn't work out because of your injury, right?

If you only heal your injury...

you could still do it, you don't know for sure!

Don't give up!

It's fine.

I've struggled with this enough already.

If you're a man...

you've got to know when it's time to make a decision.

Thank you, Shigeno.

I'm praying from the bottom of my heart that you can fulfill the dream of playing in the Majors...

that was too far away for me to reach.

Gibson Jr.!

My stomach hurts!

He's going to the Majors?

Don't make me laugh.

How could a third rate pitcher like him go to the Majors?

By the way...

You should hurry up and go back to Japan too!

What was that!?

Hey.

We're leaving.

Huh?

Y-Yeah.

Not only a third rate father, but also a third rate friend.

If I eat sitting next to losers...

I'll become a loser as well!

Wait up, damnit!

Shigeno!

Stop with this nonsense!

What kind of grudge do you have against me that lets you make fun of my dad and now my friend!?

If it wasn't just before the match, I would beat you up!

I've got grudges...

mountains of them.

To you... and to your old man as well!

Stop it, Shigeno!

Hey, Joe!

L-Let's hurry out of here!

What's the matter...

with this guy...

Later.

Losers.

Just you watch, idiot!

Which one of us is a loser...

I'll show you which one it is with my own hands tomorrow!

Oh?

That's quite the confidence. Interesting.

Then, how about making a bet?

A bet?

If I get struck out by you just once in this series...

then I will go to Japan...

and put my hands together and apologize in front of your old man's grave!

But in reverse...

If I hit just one homerun off your pitches...

then you will get out of America immediately!

How about it?

With the the way your mouth was running earlier...

you should be able to take it on.

D-Don't do it, Shigeno!

D-Don't do it, Shigeno!

Don't be provoked by him into falling for this!

That sounds interesting.

I accept your bet! Gibson Jr.!

The battle where we both put our pride on stake has begun!

Junior...

I'll make sure to strike you out...

and make you kneel down...

in front of dad's grave!

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