Takara Fansubs Translation: Shippothekit
Takara Fansubs Encoding: Bader
Look up at the stars
An infinite number of scattered lights
Floating above the ring
Today rainbow-coloured sweat will fly
It's not bright tonight! My life
At this moment is only small
Like a lit firework
Our red faces flare up
I don't understand tonight! Now I'm
Suited for this lonely smell
Hit the waves and break them
Things like kindness have no meaning
He's the Eastern champion but in bantamweight!
Clobber him good!
That's it! Charge, Kenmochi!
He's not? What an idiot!
Kim's punch connects! Kenmochi is hit!
You will defend your champion title against Joe Yabuki.
Are you confident?
Do you know that hard puncher, Yabuki, is nicknamed Joe the Deadly?
Manager Gen, what do you think about Yabuki?
I know that Yabuki is a very strong boxer.
But Kim will be able to overcome him.
You will see that in three weeks.
Episode 20: My Bantamweight... Weight Loss Challenge
Asia Boxing Club
President.
President Otaka. Wake up!
What? What happened?
Kim's washing his hands. Look...
His hands? So? Everyone washes their hands.
Nothing to bother me about!
President... He's been washing his hands for an hour now.
What?
And he's making noise with the water,
it's keeping us awake.
He's got a weird look on his face. It's creepy.
Isn't it weird, President?
Come on...
You're making a lot of noise and it's keeping us awake.
Hey, Mr. Kim!
Someone help!
Kim, stop!
Stop, Kim! Stop! Let go!
You alright, President Otaka?
What is this, the circus?
Forgive him.
It's his routine before each fight.
He's trying to wash off the blood.
Blood?
I don't see any blood!
True. But he sees it.
The blood that covers his hands is impossible to wash off.
Joe! Where were you?
What? You're still up?
Jerk! You disappeared after the match!
I was looking for you. I almost missed the last train!
Yeah, sorry about that.
I needed to think.
So, I took a long walk.
Did the fight with Kim make you question yourself?
I understand.
It's true, he conducted the fight to perfection.
Against an opponent two categories above him,
he didn't receive any critical punch.
He always kept a good distance
and dealt an effective punch at the perfect moment.
And finished the match with an exemplary K.O.
A boxer questions himself when he sees it.
In three weeks...
Yes, that's it.
That's what I was thinking about.
I wanted to solve it on my own, without telling you about it.
But three weeks...
I don't think I'll be ready in that short of time.
What are you talking about, Joe?
I tried to do it my own way. But, I have to stop being conceited.
The deadline is in 3 weeks.
Come see, Gramps.
You're gonna laugh so hard.
No! It's impossible...
Still...
Even without the weight of my clothes, I still weigh at least 60 kg.
What?
Since when have you...
It gets worse. As soon as I lose a little,
my weight rises to the higher class.
I've done everything I can think of to reach the weight.
Basically, I'm not just fighting against Dragon Kim,
I'm fighting against my weight too.
I didn't know.
But now I know why you've
avoided eating with me for a while now.
You're suffering... Because of that.
I should've realized! I'm so stupid!
I don't believe it!
All I paid attention to was the parties from the TV station,
and here I neglected the most important thing...
I'm a horrible manager.
Don't say that. It's not your fault, Gramps.
Yoko told me I was still growing.
I just need to lose enough to get down to the max limit of bantamweight.
Otherwise, it's bye-bye title!
Gramps, I decided to tell you everything,
because you're the only one I can count on.
Please, Gramps.
I need the advice of an experienced man.
Well, it's late.
Tomorrow we'll start the great diet operation!
Good night. I'm counting on you, Gramps.
It won't work at all, Gramps!
What?
If I eat all that, I'll gain weight.
Don't worry. It's the minimum for one day.
The minimum calories!
No! I don't want to eat that much!
Shut up!
If you don't eat this then soon you won't even be able to hit the punching bag.
I can eat all that...
and yet in the last fifteen days I've eaten half that amount.
What?
I'll eat half.
Time to eat!
This is what I was afraid of...
He made superhuman efforts, alone.
Gramps, do you know a way to lose
two or three kg at once?
There's no way to do that, unfortunately.
Why are you in a hurry, kids?
What? What's happened?
This way!
What? Why are you yelling?
It's weird! My Joe has gone mad!
What?
Gramps, where've you been?
At the federation about the match against Kim.
Hurry, to the gym!
What is this smoke?
It's steam!
Yabuki's inside and it's locked.
What!?
He's nailed boards on the windows.
Joe, what are you doing? Open up!
Open up, I said!
Joe, open up! Open up, I said!
Joe!
Ah, it's hot!
Open the door, Joe!
Hey...
My sauna house is great.
Stop mumbling and open up!
You'll turn into smoked salmon!
Oh yeah... I closed the door...
-Nishi! -Yes?
Break down the door or Joe's going to die!
Okay!
Out of the way, Gramps!
Hey, Noriko. It's been a while.
Joe!
Hey!
Everything's fine. It's nothing
I slipped, that's all.
Let's see!
I don't believe it...
It hasn't budged.
Well! Since eating less has no effect,
I won't eat anything then.
Well done, Joe...
I congratulate you for making such an effort alone.
The time has come for me to give you a tip that I learned during my career.
Great! I've been waiting for this, Gramps. I'm ready for it!
Listen, it's not very complicated.
Cancel the title match against Kim,
and become a featherweight boxer, a category above.
What?
Despite all your efforts, look at the results.
You'll have to lose your bones if you want to lose more weight.
Basically, it's time to resign yourself.
Quit without regrets.
Resign? Quit? Don't make me laugh.
What a joke!
No. I refuse.
With your punch you can box in the featherweight class perfectly
or even in lightweight!
You're growing and it's more natural that way.
No!
If you keep going like this, you're going to die
before you even fight!
Want to scare everyone like you did today?
Yabuki!
No! No one can convince me.
I know that you've tried very hard in secret.
And I know very well that you will do what you want, in the end of it all.
That's why, Joe...
That's why I've decided
to do anything to stop your plans!
I understand. I can't count on you after all.
- Yabuki! - Joe!
Joe!
Ow!
You'll sleep downstairs from now on.
What?
Hey, Joe! You're taking this too far!
Joe!
Joe, answer me at least!
It's already noon.
I didn't hear you this morning.
Can you not talk anymore or what?
Or are you dead?
Joe, you idiot!
Show yourself, Joe! Stop this nonsense,
or you're gonna make me mad!
Gramps, here you go.
-I've brought a ladder. - Good.
Sorry, Noriko, for meddling in everything.
There you are! I see you.
Joe, do you know what this is?
That's right, tomato sandwiches. You like them, right?
Noriko, the Hayashi's daughter, made them for you.
And with them, fresh tomato juice.
Well, I'll leave them here.
See you soon!
Come on, everyone out.
If we stay, he'll hesitate.
- Come. - Okay.
Noriko.
Noriko...
Yes! What is it, Yabuki?
I'm sorry. I know you made them for me
but I can't eat them.
Sorry.
Joe! You idiot!
Hey, Joe! This is eel. It smells good, eh?
So stop being stubborn
and you'll be able to eat good things too.
It's been 4 days already...
And Joe's still not eating.
Nishi the Mammoth taught me one thing:
eating nothing is hard,
but the worst thing about fasting is not drinking.
He said some boxers stooped to drinking water from toilets.
But Joe wouldn't do that!
Gramps, here's a nice steak to grill.
That smells good.
What? A steak?
Thank you, Nishi. How nice.
Agh... I fell asleep...
Oh no!
I grew 6 cm in one year...
The weight followed.
Geez... It's cruel to be growing still.
What are you doing, Joe?
Gramps.
What are you going to do with a dirty tangerine peel?
Peel?
You're drooling over an old tangerine skin.
I see that you're at the bitter end of fasting.
Here, eat.
I brought you some tangerines.
And...
I also brought plenty of water.
You've given us enough trouble.
Stop it, now.
I'm not telling you to stop boxing.
You've passed from bantamweight into featherweight.
Everything will be fine. Understand, Joe?
Gramps, bantamweight is the category... of Wolf, Carlos and José.
And also Rikiishi's.
To fight against me,
Rikiishi was 2 categories above me
and fasted at the risk of his life.
He did everything to descend to that class.
You see...
You see, Gramps...
The bantamweight category is important to me!
So I can't... I can't give up!
Joe!
Joe! Where are you going?!
Joe!
Sad memories are hidden by your shoulders
You are walking alone in life
Now sweet comfort
Shouldn't hurt your back
Bitter tears overflow
Just pretend you don't notice
Bitter tears overflow
Just pretend you don't notice