Dan!
Hey, hey, what were you doing?
I was thinking.
What? You?
Shut up! That's why I was in there!
But why were you in there?
Aren't there better places for thinking?
Like libraries and stuff.
That's not why.
Then why?
It's gotta be a place where you're all squished. Then you can squish the thoughts out...
"Baching"!
Note: Think of it as SFX for a light bulb turning on in your head.
...And you get a thought.
What were you thinking about?
I forgot.
What?! What's the use of that?
Once it goes "baching," it doesn't matter any more!
Wait up, Dan!
Okay! From here to ten buildings down!
Ten of them! Let her rip!
Got it!
You're yellow, K.
Incredible!
Nice going, Dan!
With this you can pay off your debt and still have change left over!
What are you saying?
Never mind change, with this he could go to the Moon and heal Coco's legs!
Hey, Dan, what're you planning?
You're signing with the OCB, right?
Dunno yet.
H-Hey! What's the deal?!
Ordinary citizens playing streetball is illegal.
We arrest on sight!
So where are we supposed to play?
How should I know? Ask an official!
It says, "Bigfoot streetball is prohibited."
What about this one?
"B-F-B V-S St..."
"BFB vs. Street OCB Official Match."
So what's that?
Probably that.
His name is James Lone, the "man with the limbs of God."
Having returned from the Moon, James will write a new chapter in Bigfoot Basketball history!
Abandon the fields, Bigfoots, and come to the city!
This is the most popular sport in the world, Open City Basketball!
OCB. Have high hopes.
Wow. That's who recruited you, Dan!
Sorry for the wait!
Whoa, huge!
But Ganz, how'd you pay?
He's paying, duh!
Mr. Dan's pocket money will cover it, baddabing!
Pay up.
So you're treating.
C'mon, man, joining the OCB is a done deal, right?
OCB. Have high hopes.
Like I know!
You're not gonna eat, Dan?!
But they look so good!
H-Hey! Pay the man, Legend!
What's the meaning of this?!
Bigfoot Basketball is in the middle of league championships, and you choose now to pull out?!
Are you trying to wreck our league, James Lone?!
Yeah, this is tyranny!
Don't think you can get away with it just because the Moon's Executive Council sponsors you!
I am leaving it up to the players themselves to decide whether to join my league or not.
But I must admit I'm surprised...
...at how many actually did!
Be serious!
Well...
T-This is...
Transfer fees for the players.
I think this ends the discussion.
A present for your sister?
How'd you know—?
Is that what you think Coco desires?
God dammit, what the hell was up with that guy?
Keep your handling light, with just your fingertips.
Okay!
Excuse me!
It'll only be a moment!
Please, Jiiya! Just stay still!
How will you make it up to me if Coco learns of my social status?
What are you saying?
On the contrary, if I let slip that you're our Princess,
you could make her immediately useful as your servant.
Princess, why, why are you here in this barbaric town?
How awful it must be for you!
Jiiya.
Yes, milady!
Coco?
Coco. Your brother brought you a present today.
It's a diamond! A diamond.
I could only bring you one today,
but if I sign a contract with this OCB thing,
I can get plenty more!
And then even your legs would be easy...
I think your brother wanted to give you a diamond, Coco.
I don't want it.
What I want from my brother, from Dan, isn't jewels or money.
So what're you gonna do, Dan?
Hell if I know.
Do you intend to steal the open style away from us?
What an unpleasant way to put it.
I'm merely helping out.
Helping out?
My compatriots on the Moon are striving and toiling to establish a new sports culture here on the ground.
What would you do without help from the council?
How kind.
I'll take the rough, uncut jewels you've found and polish them into beautiful diamonds.
You can return to the Moon with a clear conscience.
What?
Your Bianca and Kate...
I see tiny hints of decline in their perfect circles.
Mmm-hmm!
Earthside gravity is too heavy for you.
Go home to the Moon.
That ball-loving bastard!
Here you go, water.
Water?
You've had too much.
Aww...
We've been backed into a corner.
Looks that way.
The Falcon, Cyril, and Raymond... Might as well call this team the BFB All-Stars!
Gonna get their autographs?
As if.
There's no doubt they're gonna do their best to crush us street players.
Why again?
So basically he planned from the start to form his league from hand-picked BFB players.
He figures no matter how loud we howl, we're amateurs.
We can't win against pros.
You'll be crushed, and the new pro team will take your jewels.
It doesn't matter if that was the plan.
So what if they're all-stars, and so what if they've come to crush us...
We're gonna turn the tables and crush them.
Come in!
This is the place? The basketball bar?
Yep!
Pretty nice!
For out in the boonies, anyway.
Good!
They like it.
Oh? So you street players drink in bars like this too?
What?
What're you implying?!
Mama, let me pick up the tab for all the street players here.
You got it.
What's your angle?
Giving amateurs a glimpse of class is part of a pro's job, that's all!
Might want to take a step back, ladies...
Think you can take us, amateur?
Sounds good!
What should we do, Mama?
Nothing we can do right now.
Just watch for a chance and throw water on them or something.
Truly dumb men.
I guess they need a release.
Where did you go off to, Slash?
I played a bit with the little legend.
Legend...
Don't tell me you—
I didn't do anything.
I should hope you didn't.
We can't afford to fail.
Dan JD.
I wonder if he'll actually sign.
He'll sign.
If he's truly a legend, he will.
What, giving up?
Hey, what are you doing?
You'll get caught again!
It's no skin off my nose.
Coco! How're you doing?
Your brother brought you your favorite food.
It's your fault!
It's because you couldn't make the dunk that my legs...
It's your fault!
They're alive.
Even though I've been gone a year.
Of course they are.
Coco fed them every day after you got caught.
She did?
Hey, Coco...
Coco! Your brother's got a good idea!
Look at this piggy bank!
I'm gonna fill it up and use the money to fix your legs!
So cheer up, Coco!
You'll play basketball agai—
Hey, come to think of it,
what happened to Dunk Mask?
Got me.
I went to check his apartment a little while ago,
but the room that was seized had its door just standing open.
And it turned out Dan wasn't there.
I wonder if we still have to do maintenance on Dangan?
I'm telling you, Dan jumped straight into a contract.
The results of today's tryouts don't really matter for him, right?
If it even amounts to tryouts.
But he hasn't given a reply about the contract yet...
Give me your answer during the second round of the tryouts.
Until then, I'll leave these with you.
You can take your time thinking about it.
...is what he said, right?
But faced with a mountain of shinies like that, I guess even Dan couldn't say no!
Destroy!
Another decision!
No, it's a foul.
Foul!
You're still the same, Iceman.
The stream of fouls from the Street Team's No. 117, Iceman Hotty, has thrown the townspeople into an uproar!
Is this really a former BFB player?
According to the papers I have here,
from his days playing regular basketball up until now,
Every team Iceman Hotty joined dropped him for throwing these same Destroy balls.
The situation is bleak.
Open City Basketball OCB League Tryouts; Round Two, seventh match.
The Black Eagles' Falcon Lightwing,
The Fields' Cyril Boluk,
and the Ironbells' Raymond Chris.
Opposing these pros is street team:
Iceman Hotty, the Platinum Hurricane Sela D. Miranda,
and a qualifier from the first round, Allan Naismith!
Compared to the pro team, with smooth movements in everything from dribbling to passwork,
the street team's play has been wild and sloppy!
With every foul and instance of rough play, the referee's whistle echoes!
Just not feelin' it.
They get called on a foul every time they even start to show off!
And also, is "Open City Basketball" really the carved-in-stone official name?
An official says it is, so it must be, right?
But what about Basquash?
The audience is starting to complain.
As expected.
Our OCB may be basketball played in the same streets,
but it's an official thing with a court and rules.
We have no need to grovel before low-class fans who want to think of it like that vulgar streetball.
You understand, Slash?
No sport that has neglected to select and train its fans has ever thrived.
Good, nice one! Go!
Sela, here!
Again?
Ganz, Bel.
Give me a hand.
For what?
A festival!
Festival?
Pretty soon now, maybe...
Ow!
What are you here for?
Oh, nothing.
I just figured it was about time.
What's that supposed to mean?
Haruka and the others seem to have something in mind already.
Not interested.
Sounds like something went "baching."
Maybe we really can't compare to the pros, in the end.
A pass went through!
Go!
Iceman!
Over the line!
Out of bounds... Unable to judge.
What?!
Why are you doing that?
We were lured by these.
Swimsuit photos of the Platinum Hurricane Sela D. Miranda
and the rumored Lunar Bust, Haruka Gracia, in the flesh!
I'm leaving it in your hands, everyone!
Yeah!
You've gotta be kidding!
Not gonna happen!
Destroy!
If that's what you guys want,
then I'm gonna do this in your precious street style too!
Uh-oh, this time Falcon is attacking Iceman!
What will happen to this match?
Iceman!
Hey, you there in the pink!
Raise your hand!
O-Okay!
We're substituting!
Sorry, but I'm taking over the showdown you got going here.
H-Hey...
That's...
WITHIN
OUT OF
Dumbass!
Court? Rules? Referee?
Nothing about this basketball is "open" or "city"!
Iceman!
Sela!
Watch.
This is Basquash!
Like this!
T-This is...
Go for it, Dunk Mask!
Hey! We're getting in on that Basquash too!
Who needs rules?!
Basquash!
They're just amateurs!
We don't need rules!
We're off, Ganz.
There, doesn't this feel way better?
Destroy, destroy, destroy!
Hate me! Hate me more!
That makes it more fun!
Dammit! Don't ignore me—
This is going downhill.
Shall we stop it?
No, leave it.
You won't need to—
What is your reaction, sir?
This is live and on a worldwide relay, by the way.
Foul. Foul.
Shut up!
In the end, it seems you've misjudged the professionals, not to mention the street players!
Is the OCB no more than a Moonsider's pipe dream?
Miyuki! Bring me that ball!
Yeah, yeah! The ball's all ready for you!
Thank you!
What we officials are trying to encourage is neither violence nor crowd-pleasing egotrips, but a sport.
And I'm saying you don't understand that sport!
Officials like that can eat shit!
I'll shit if you want!
That's it!
These cramped, little lines can eat shit!
We don't have bounds!
Yeah, Dunk Mask! Shatter those lines!
Sweet!
Kepple!
Yes, Ma'am!
This...
...is my answer!
The court... disappeared?
Diamonds!
It's raining diamonds!
Did you get that, you bubble-blowing bastard?
I confirm that I've received your answer!
Dunk Mask is banned for life!
Dumbass!
It's no hardship to be banned from a group I never joined!
Oh, that's right.
I forgot one.
Here!
Retreat!
Okay!
I don't acknowledge your basketball!
Nor the balls you throw!
What the hell, you...
Let go! It's just getting good!
Basquash!
Hey! This one's empty!
And then, raising a fresh wind in the hearts of the people, they vanished from the town.
What's going to happen to us now?
We'll be fine! As long as we can make money, it'll work out.
We just have to wait until things die down.
I thought so!
We're getting requests for matches from people all over the world who saw the live feed just now!
Where, where?
How can we have matches with Dan and the others caught by the—
For me, that may have been the first sense of the journey ahead.
Good!
From here on out, we see which wins:
James' official version, or our Basquash!
It's a showdown!
Ready, set...
Basquash!
akiramenai no mo'
I'm not gonna give up.
doumawari da toshite mo
Even if it's the long way around.
tadoritsuku no oops!
I'll get there and go "Oops!"
oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Body rock nani ga machiuketeta to shitemo
Body rock! No matter what you were waiting for...
I won't stop ki o tsuketa hou ga ii kamo ne
...I won't stop! So you might wanna watch out.
Step back. Up in this town, I'm number one girl.
Some days ugokidasu koto tameratte
Some days I hesitate to move.
The next day dakedo wasureru no mo daiji da tte
The next day, but forgetting can be important, too.
arukitsuyoku natte mukaeta today
Kept walking and I'm stronger now to face today.
susundeku no my way
I'll keep going my way.
sono te wo kazashite tsukamu free world
Reach out your hand and grab on to a free world.
I'll show you now baby, baby
sou furu supiido de
that's right, at full speed.
mou junbi okay? tamerawanai de
You're already ready, okay? So, don't hesitate.
"itsuka" ja nai masa ni ima
Not "someday", but right now.
Wake up before too late
The world is mine utagau yochi mo nai
The world is mine— I don't even have room to doubt it.
mizukara no (yourself) naka de (inside) shinogi kezuriau Life
Inside myself (yourself inside) we're both scraping away at life.
"Shut up I don't care what they say" oh! ki ni shinai de
"Shut up I don't care what they say." Oh! Don't worry about it.
aruiteku no my way
I'll keep walking my way.
kono te wo kazashite tsukamu free world
I reach out my hand and grab on to a free world.
I'll show you now baby, baby!
sou furu supiido de
that's right, at full speed.
mou junbi okay? tamerawanai de
You're already ready, okay? So, don't hesitate.
"itsuka" ja nai masa ni ima
Not "someday", but right now.
Wake up before too late.
The journey starts, we're off! Dan, where are you?
He got separated from the group!
The desert is huge!
Next time: Path of Truth!
NEXT TIME:
PATH
OF
TRUTH!
The true path will always show itself!
Where am I?
Where is this?!