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Sumo...

Battles waged in a ring by those wearing mawashi belts since ancient times in Japan.

It is one of the few combat sports without weight classes.

Thus, larger and heavier student sumo wrestlers have a distinct advantage.

Among them...

Those with the potential to reach the rank of yokozuna...

receive the name of a sword from the national treasures as their moniker.

Bout 3 "The Kusanagi Sword"

So this is it...

Yes.

This is one of the top high schools for sumo wrestling: Eiga University High School.

W-We can't just jump straight into practice bouts against Eiga!

It's already been arranged.

W-Wait, Tsuji!

Eiga University High School

I can't wait to see how strong the wrestlers are here!

Eiga University High School Sumo Club

We're really having practice bouts here?!

Of course we are. If we want to make it to the national tournament,

a weak school like ours must test itself against a nationally-ranked school.

He was serious about going to nationals, after all?

It looks like you plan to enter a tournament,

but as you are now, you will almost certainly lose in the first round.

What did you say?!

He doesn't know who he's talking to.

But don't worry.

I will take you to nationals.

Who are you to talk to us like that?

Gojo Yuma. Third-year.

Accomplished at karate. Winner of the Kanto Tournament.

Kunisaki Chihiro. Second-year.

National wrestling champion.

Yeah! I guess everybody's heard of me!

Ozeki Shinya. Third-year. Club captain.

No experience of official bouts,

but has a honed physique, thanks to a quiet dedication to training.

Y-You learned all about us?

U-Um, I'm Mitsuhashi Kei. I'm a first-year.

Have you ever played a sport before?

I know it's not much, but I've played flute since I was six!

And Ushio Hinomaru.

Kirihito, what are you doing here?

Ushio, is this a friend of yours?

Tsuji Kirihito. First-year.

Starting today, I will be supervising the Odachi High School sumo club.

And who made you boss?

Do you even know the first thing about sumo?

I'm not taking orders from no beginner!

Hey, dude, you're a beginner, yourself.

Um, I've never heard of a student being a club supervisor before...

You left out the most important bit of info again, Kirihito.

You're always doing that.

H-How do you two know each other?

In elementary school,

Kirihito and I did sumo at the same dojo.

So you do sumo too, Tsuji?

No, I...

Oh, so you just talk big.

I guarantee that Dachi High will make it to nationals.

To that end, we're having practice bouts with Eiga University High School next week.

E-Eiga High?!

Are they strong?

Th-They're more than just strong.

They're the toughest school in the Kanto region.

They finished second in the inter-high last year.

They're a major powerhouse!

For real?

Sounds like it'll be a riot.

U-Um...

I d-don't need to compete, do I?

A team must consist of five wrestlers.

Which means you have to.

B-But...

I've only... been doing sumo for a week.

And anyway!

Why are you making Yuma carry so much stuff?!

W-We're carrying bags, too.

What's in here, anyway?

Chiba's specialty.

Chiba Handachi

Real

Yachimata Taste

Peanuts

Peanuts. They're souvenirs.

You don't need this many!

By the way, what are you doing here?

W-Well...

Because she's into her brother, duh.

Why, you!

A-And why are you setting everything up?

I never agreed to letting you be our club supervisor!

Yomoda-san.

Oh, we've been expecting you.

This is their captain, Yomoda-san.

Thanks for having us.

Thanks for coming.

Ah, this guy...

He seems pretty nice.

Huh? Oh, yeah...

I was worried about what kind of people you'd get at a sumo powerhouse.

Y-Yuma's... in his u-underwear!

Reina-san, it's not underwear. We're wearing mawashi belts.

Why are you doing sumo, anyway?!

I can't stand to see you embarrassed like this!

Then, go home.

No! Not unless you come with me!

Do what you like.

Okay, start warming up.

Wait...

Are these guys really high schoolers?

They're not nice at all!

They've all got seriously impressive bods.

Yeah. That's a powerhouse for you!

I've never heard of Odachi High School.

Who's the little guy? A grade schooler?

And that one's scrawny as hell. Are they making fun of sumo?

National treasure: Onimaru Kunitsuna...

Yuma!

Spirit!

Spirit!

N-Not happening...

Spirit!

Captain, who are these guys?

Hm, well...

They're too strong for us.

Dammit!

Was that...

So he's at Eiga High!

It's been ages! I'll go say hi to him.

I'm sorry.

Mitsuhashi-kun...

I'll just have to go and win, then.

Here comes my grand debut to the world of sumo!

Spirit!

What kind of move was that?

Is he a wrestler?

Power!

W-Wow.

He's strong.

Yes! High five! High five!

Shut up! You're in the way!

M-More importantly, it's Ushio's turn now.

We're counting on you, Ushio—

Huh?

Ushio? Where are you, Ushio?!

Sosuke.

Sosuke!

What is it, Shun?

Hinomaru's here.

Hinomaru? Who's that?

Let's go, Sosuke.

We're having practice bouts.

Shun.

You realize I'm not taking part, right?

Sosuke!

I'm going home for the day.

H-Hey!

Oh, excuse me.

My fault. I wasn't looking where I was going.

Hinomaru-kun.

Kuze... Sosuke.

Kuze...

You go to this school?

National treasure: Kusanagi Sword.

Odachi High School?

Never heard of it.

They haven't been in any official matches yet.

But this team is going to make it to the national tournament.

Well, we could, but...

Practice bouts would benefit Eiga High, too.

How, exactly?

National treasure: Onimaru Kunitsuna.

Ushio Hinomaru is on our team.

The elementary school yokozuna?

I heard he didn't grow in middle school and quit sumo for good.

He hasn't quit.

And he's a lot stronger now.

He's on his way to being a high school yokozuna...

No, a professional yokozuna.

If anyone can motivate your guy, it's Hinomaru.

The slumbering national treasure, the Kusanagi Sword:

Kuze Sosuke.

Some say Eiga High's team has no star wrestler this year.

To win the inter-high this time around, you're going to need Kuze.

Who's that?

Sosuke faced Hinomaru in the elementary school tournament.

So you still refuse to compete in bouts?

Right.

What do we have here? So that's Yokozuna Yamatokuni's son, huh?

He's got a strong body.

But I've heard the other one is strong, too.

Spirit!

Bring a stretcher!

Quickly!

No bouts at all?

But lots of kids get hurt doing sumo.

He just needs to learn restraint.

Our son is indeed exceptional.

But if his prodigious talent means we must teach him to show restraint in the ring,

I'd rather he never has another bout as a student.

Hey, Kuze!

How long are you going to let your father's words hold you back?

I was an elementary school yokozuna.

But I've always felt like I've never faced a truly strong opponent.

Kusanagi Sword! Fight me!

I cannot defy my father.

Fight me, Hinomaru!

Shun.

Sosuke, don't you feel insulted by what he just said?

Tch. Fine. I'll show you a fight that will restore your courage.

Who's that guy? He's teensy-weensy.

He's no taller than Hotaru here.

It's Kei. My name's Mitsuhashi Kei.

But if he's in Eiga High's sumo club, that means he's no regular high schooler.

Correct. He's Kariya Shun, a first-year.

He was the middle school lightweight champion.

Lightweight?

Does sumo even have weight classes?

There are a lot of amateur sumo tournaments that do.

But the inter-high and the pro league Hinomaru wants to compete in are openweight.

Does that mean smaller guys have no chance in openweight bouts?

No, even in openweight, Kariya Shun made it to the national quarterfinals last year.

He was also hindered by his small stature in middle school.

But unlike Hinomaru, he was able to taste success sooner

because he responded differently to their mutual stumbling block.

For Hinomaru, who has focused on facing large, powerful sumo wrestlers,

Kariya is a difficult opponent.

Ushio Hinomaru...

Your yokozuna-style sumo...

I admired it.

You attacked head-on and forced your opponent into submission.

I abandoned that style in order to win!

Spirit!

He's low!

He's going in low on Hinomaru!

That's what he did when he won the lightweight class.

He intends to use that style to conquer all before him.

He's determined.

He pushed him back up!

Wow! He's surging forward so that Hinomaru can't get a hold of his mawashi belt.

Hinomaru picked him up!

Now!

The moment he arches his back and extends his knees...

...I'll cut him down!

An outside leg trip!

He was waiting for it.

He's going down!

He's not falling!

Demon Wheel!

He withstood it!

Twisting

Twisting under

Twisting underarm

Twisting underarm throw

Demon Storm!

Demon

Storm

Demon

Demon

Storm

Storm

He withstood that one, too?!

He can't use his Demon Wheel, and his Demon Storm wasn't strong enough to end it.

Demon Wheel and Demon Storm...

If they don't work on their own,

I'll use them together!

Hundred

Hundred

Demon

Hundred

Demon

Take

Demon

Hundred Demon Takedown!

Take

Down

Take

Down

Down

Kuze!

I'm standing right here.

I'm gonna be a yokozuna at the very top of professional sumo!

How long are you gonna just be the son of a yokozuna?!

A yokozuna's... son?

Sosuke!

You're strong, Hinomaru.

But you're about to smack into a wall.

And that wall is Kuze Sosuke, because you just woke a sleeping giant!

Spirit!

Hinomaru was sent flying by that collision!

H-How can he hit so hard?!

Th-That grip...

For him to become this merciless...

He's prepared to break his arm to win!

The pain would make most people try to pull away.

But he moved in closer and forced him to release!

Father...

Our son is exceptional.

There's one right here!

A mighty sapling!

A counter forearm thrust?!

They're chest-to-chest!

The next attack..

...will decide the winner!

Hundred Demon Takedown

Hundred Demon Takedown!

Great Serpent Cleaver

Great Serpent Cleaver!

Hey!

Uh-oh.

What do you think you're doing in here?!

I guess it's over.

Yomoda, the yokozuna let his son join on the condition

he wouldn't compete in any bouts.

Don't go behind my back!

Wh-What a somber mood...

Ushio...

Today is the first time I've disobeyed my father.

As a yokozuna, his word is absolute.

So why'd you do it?

I'm not sure.

I just wanted to sumo wrestle him.

Or in other words,

he got your blood pumping.

If the fight had continued, I would've...

Oh, come on. Quit brooding.

You did your stupid "head-on" yokozuna-style sumo today.

But that style suits you.

I'm going to teach you

how to win while being stupid.

Wh-What did you say?

This is how you tie a mawashi belt.

I see.

Done.

Yuma, let's go!

The Great Serpent Cleaver...

I didn't need to see that!

Next Bout "Dachi High's Fifth Member"