Brother! You ate my candy bar, didn't you?
Did not!
That's a lie!
Is not!
Now kids, stop fighting.
I'll teach you a game more fun than that.
Wow!
Hey! Wait just a—
Over here!
A legend, huh?
Nonstop Jump Stop
d
deai wa mirai ikusen no kibou All encounters lead to a million future hopes.
e
sora, hatenai shinjitsu made wa tooi The truth's still faraway, as limitless as the sky.
d
meiro no deguchi mada mienakute We haven't found the exit to the maze.
e
hontou no kotae sagashite iru We're searching for the true answer.
d
dakara zettai... So there is no doubt!
e
kurayami no mukou ni mieru hikari no kiseki ga The miraculous lights you can see through the dark...
d
zigzag ni kakenukete kibou e no kiseki wo tsumuideku ...weave a blazing zigzag trail toward hope.
e
kanashimi wa Though sorrow
d
nagareru toki wo tometakutemo wants to stop the flow of time...
e
omoi ya sakebi tsuwaranakutemo Though your feelings and your cries don't reach them...
d
sore demo kokoro ni utsushitsuzukete bokura wa ikiteku We'll still live on, reflecting on it in our hearts,
e
zetsubou wa sou kitto kurikaeshite yuku no ni even though this will just repeat the cycle of despair.
d
nagareru kaze ga tsumetakutemo Though the winds that blow are cold...
e
ikitsuku basho ga mienakutemo Though we can't see where we'll end up...
d
boku wa ima mae wo muki yume no iriguchi de itsuka wa For now, I'm pressing on. Someday, at the entrance to my dream,
e
genkai wo koete yuku we'll surpass all limits.
Next!
Rouge!
Rouge, you're not moving well!
What is it, Rouge?
Next!
Okay!
If you don't feel well, you don't have to keep pushing yourself.
I-I'm fine.
Next!
Slash!
Why are... you here?
A gift for you, my dear.
I'm sure you'll find a use for it.
This...
Well, well if it isn't the Commissioner.
What brings you all the way out here?
Is Eclipse coming along well?
Yes, of course.
An invitation.
To the first OCB league match.
Huh? What is this?
"A Change in Dunk Mask's Play..."
"...caused by the recent match against the idol team Eclipse?" it says...
Hey, Bel.
Has Dan changed at all?
No...
Just some false rumor, right?
Maybe...
"A New Departure for Dan. A Clash of Fate in the Desert."
This guy has always been frighteningly accurate so far...
And it seems like he's been trailing Dan a long time.
Ultimate Bystander, huh?
What if he's some super stalker?
Everybody's looking at us.
It's because of those photos that were spread around.
No reason to let it bother you now.
That kiss was setting a trap for all of you...
I'm your enemy.
Why are you being nice to me?
What's so great about him?!
This is his profile...
Hey Rouge,
on tomorrow's schedule, do you know...
Rouge?
No. Lower your butt more.
Don't follow the ball with your eyes.
Okay, Mr. Dan.
Don't call me Mr. Dan.
Sorry, Mr. Dan.
Good grief. Why do I have to give you a crash course?
I want to get a little nearer to your level so I can help as a reserve!
You can get whoever you want to teach you, but it's up to you whether you can do it.
Didn't someone else teach you, hypocrite?
Shut your face!
But if you ask me, with basketball it's really...
...getting better through just playing.
You'll get better as you play.
Shut up!
The moon person from before...
Moon?
It's been a while, Dan.
Y-You're that jerk who...
A flying leap!
Who are you?!
If either of you can steal the ball from me, I'll tell you.
What?!
Outta the way!
Shit!
Pitiful!
Even though it's two-on-one.
Should I help you out too, Dunk Mask?
It's you, Idol Red!
Who the hell asked you to help?
That's rude! It's Miss Rouge!
Just concentrate on the game.
Thank you!
Shit...
Why you!
Move!
Are you all right, Miss Rouge?!
I'm fine.
Hey, you! You run into someone and can't even say a word to apologize?
S-Sorry about that...
All right, I swear I'll get it this time!
Sweat?
Shit!
This was over before it started.
Mr. Dan! Mr. Dan!
Get a hold of yourself!
Mr. Dan! Mr. Dan! Mr. Dan!
Don't call me Mr. Dan!
Where'd that jerk—!?
Went home.
Shit!
No, more importantly, who was that anyway?
Slash.
Sla...?
There's no one on the moon who doesn't know of Slash.
Is Slash that remarkable a person, then?
The OCB Commissioner, James, holds Slash in reserve as his final weapon.
Despite not yet having officially debuted in the Lunar League, that player is the number one hot topic.
Who cares about a number one pot topping?!
It's clobberin' time next time we cross paths!
So there!
I'm not interested, okay?
I want that back after you wash it.
You better wash it!
Are you okay now? From getting hurt before?
None of your business.
What's that supposed to mean?!
I'm asking because I'm concerned!
Oh yeah, what's wrong with you?
What kind of play was that supposed to be?
Were you just trying to wing it?
I don't know!
I saw I was gonna run into you and then I remembered all this stuff,
and then some weird monsters showed up!
Monsters?
Listen to yourself.
You aren't some little kid.
This is pissing me off!
I don't want to talk to you!
Oh, wait, Mr. Dan!
I'm sorry, Miss Rouge. Excuse us.
Mr. Dan, wait up!
Don't call me Mr. Dan!
Sorry, Mr. Dan!
Slash? Oh, I may have heard that name before...
She said it's a famous name on the moon, so I thought maybe you knew something.
Apparently the Lunar League's most anticipated rookie or something.
Rookie? This Slash is someone young?
Yeah. Maybe about the same age as Dan...
Oh, this is bad.
What are you doing?
Finger exercises to keep me from going senile.
They've been giving me so much trouble lately.
This one?
How did that one go?
...What's the deal?
Alan told us.
We hear you were acting weird.
Tell me.
What did you see on that court? What?
Stop it!
I don't wanna remember!
Are you all right, Dan?
I'm fine, just leave me alone!
Mr. Dan?
I could hear it.
The voice of Dan's foot.
What did it say?
That it doesn't want to remember.
You better make sure you give that back.
Or else I bet she'll never quit nagging.
Of course I will.
No way I'm gonna just walk around with something this girlie.
This isn't good, is it?
I don't want to admit it, but it's a team crisis.
Aww. You finally recognized Dan as a teammate.
What?
So Dan said he didn't want to remember.
And something about monsters...
Then it must be about that, right?
Probably.
About what? If you know something, spit it out!
Well, I mean...
It probably has to do with Coco.
After what happened...
Mine now!
Just you watch, Coco!
Your brother's gonna make the most tripped-out, extreme dunk right here, right now!
You suck so bad!
It hurts!
Coco!
What about her legs? When are they gonna heal, huh?!
We can reassemble the shattered bones.
But there's nothing we can do about the shredded nerves.
Nothing... You mean...
I mean it's no use hoping.
No use?! You call yourself a doctor?!
You better do something, and do it now!
Coco...
Coco, you know...
She's way better than me at basketball,
and she's way cooler than me,
and compared to me... to some punk like me...
she's got such a brilliant future as a player!
Please...
Please!
Don't take basketball away from her...
Ever since, Dan's thrown himself into basketball twice as hard as your average person.
Maybe Dan runs so hard when he plays because he wants to run away from the past.
Miss Sela?
What's wrong with Sela?
I don't know...
But just now I felt a manas of terrible sadness.
"The man of legend, hitting rock bottom!"
"Can his team survive?"
You!
How'd you find this place?
I have a keen nose.
Admit defeat!
Who is it?
Oh, no one!
Dan did sorta wash it with his dirty hands.
It's dirty!
There. You got it back.
It's all damp...
Oh, crap!
Where's Rouge?
The bath.
The toilet.
Well, here's an invitation to a league match.
Training camp starts next week, so please be prepared.
Hey! Keep your hands to yourself!
This place is tiny, I can't help it!
Just be quiet, please!
Jan told me not to meet with you!
Well you didn't have to hide in here too!
I pushed you in and got caught in the moment!
Don't forget I'm here too.
So what're league matches anyway?
Ones hosted by the OCB.
You aren't gonna participate?
Couldn't care less.
Well, you couldn't anyway.
What?!
No way you could take part in matches with some trauma hanging over you.
Bullseye, right?
That's called trauma?
Thought so. Woman's intuition.
Women are amazing.
Women are scary.
If you entered a match with your current skills, you'd be crushed.
Yeah right, stupid! No way!
Oh really? Wanna try going against me again?
You're on!
I'll pound into you how much better I am.
That's my line!
Jan left.
Oh, did we interrupt?
Not at all!
In unison!
Yep! They're totally in love!
I said it's not like that!
Don't copy me!
What?!
Hey, don't just toss your stuff around!
Shut up!
Oh, Rouge...
Man, I'm jealous.
I want to be all lovey-dovey with someone too!
It's all going as planned.
Just watch, I'll pull it off in time for the league match, James.
It's unusual for you to get so involved.
Any reasons?
No, not really.
A legend, huh?
Just winning isn't enough.
If you're going to do something, you should make it as interesting as you can.
Bigfoots would stand out too much.
You're okay with normal one-on-one basketball, right?
The kind doesn't matter, I'm still gonna win!
I need to see Dan's problems with my own eyes.
Go Dan!
Not going to happen!
Shit!
How about trying to use your head more?
Just running doesn't get you anywhere.
Shut up!
He's getting his ass handed to him.
Come back stronger!
Dan! Keep cool!
Wanting to run from your past, huh?
Gotcha!
You think you can beat me like that?
Out of his mech, Dunk Mask is nothing special! How sad!
I'm just getting started!
At this rate I'm gonna win with double—no, triple your score.
It's boring winning so easily!
You're gonna eat those words.
Dan has completely lost sight of his own play.
This is where you show what you're made of, Dan.
What the hell...
Shit, shit, shit!
Hey, isn't that Dunk Mask?
He's playing Rouge from Eclipse!
You okay?
You're all pale.
Shut up.
Ow!
Oww! I'm gonna die!
Die, die, die!
Come on, get a grip...
Just stop it, please!
Rouge!
Now!
A three-pointer!
There, you finally got some points.
Good job, Dan!
Did I imagine them?
You're already dumb, and I bet you were thinking about a bunch of useless stuff.
You like to go just one line too far!
You can't play without rhythm.
Even in music, it gets hard to listen to a fast tempo all the time, right?
It's the silent places tucked in that make a rhythm stand out and give you a good song.
It's the same with basketball. Get it?
No...
Stuff like that's beyond you if you can't read music.
What?!
Oh, you know how? Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti!
Don't make fun of me!
Anyway, the basic idea is, sometimes you should stand still!
Why you...
That's right. Our game isn't over yet, Idol Red!
Game set.
"Signs of resurrection for the man of legend."
"His participation in the OCB league match a possibility?"
I see.
Dan has made it out of a long tunnel.
But why did you tell me about the accident?
Isn't that part of the past you don't want to remember?
Was it all for Dan's sake?
At any rate, I thank you.
You should make sure to come to the OCB league match.
If I feel like it.
Do you... think you'll ever play?
Even wheelchair-bound, you could handle a Bigfoot.
This is my 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.
This is hard on you too.
These are seeds I sowed myself.
Yeah. I hope they grow tall.
Next time: In the Night Before.
NEXT TIME
IN
THE
NIGHT
BEFORE
It's nearly time.
I'm looking forward to that league match.