Takara Fansubs Translation: Shippothekit
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I dreamed of you
Hearing the memories
It was of my youth
That you sang
Midnight blues
Hey hey hey blues
Just like junkie blues
Your shout will tremble the human heart
He's been hurt, crazy lazy blues
Midnight blues
Let me hear it!
Hey hey hey blues
Still rollin' the blues
Your heat is unforgettable
José Mendoza Leaves the Izu Training Camp for Tokyo
Fierce Training in the Ring at the Shiraki Club!
Yabuki Begins an Intense Training Program
Good. He'll be here soon...
Let's go, Joe! A sprint!
Okay!
Episode 42: A Shock... Yoko's Premonition
What powerful blows! The ground is shaking!
Hey champ, time's up!
You seem fine!
You're in as good a shape as ever.
You could even get in the ring right now and go a full 20 rounds.
I'd like to invite you to dinner this evening.
My grandfather would like to meet you.
With pleasure.
By the way, Dr. Kininski...
Why are you avoiding to speak to me?
The purpose of this visit to Japan was José's health.
But you promised to give me the answer I've been waiting for.
It's been two weeks since you arrived.
Why are you avoiding the subject?
Miss Yoko, I've not reached a conclusion.
I've already told you.
I have to examine him and get more information.
I cannot reach a conclusion on the basis of a presumption.
I understand.
But I must be informed about everything, even your presumption.
Please, doctor!
Your silence since you arrived in Japan
was enough to understand everything, really.
But I want to hear everything!
I need to face the reality of it.
I beg you, doctor! Tell me the truth.
Miss Yoko,
what is the nature of your relationship with Joe Yabuki?
I understand.
I'm not sure.
But I'll tell you everything.
I remind you though that it's just a presumption.
Even if I'm 99% sure,
there's still a 1% chance to change the situation.
At 99%, I presume that he has punch-drunk syndrome.
At the most advanced stage.
Thank you, doctor.
Now, tell me what I can do
to save him with that 1% of hope.
There's only one thing you can do: give me the chance to examine him.
Very well.
Hello, Tange Boxing Club.
Oh, hello!
Yes, he's here.
Joe, telephone! It's Miss Yoko!
Coming.
What are you doing? You could have come to the club instead of waiting here.
Did you complete your training schedule today?
I'm at the end! I'm going to sleep.
Good. Then you can go for a ride.
- You want to go for a drive? - Yes, please, if you'd like to.
Please, get in.
Let's go full speed on the highway,
get a bit of air.
Okay.
José's training at your club, isn't he?
Did he send you to find me?
What?
José's waiting for me...
Isn't he?
No. I wanted to go for a drive with you.
Hey, is this a joke or what?
Does it bother you that I wanted to go driving?
Is your training going well?
Try the coffee.
I will.
What a surprise! Dr. Kininski!
Oh, Miss Yoko!
I haven't seen you since Las Vegas. How are you?
And you, Miss Yoko!
Doctor, you know him, don't you?
Joe Yabuki. You met him before the match with José.
Oh! Joe Yabuki!
The doctor is visiting Japan to accompany the champion.
It's a pleasure to see you again!
José's doctor?
Yes, but not just for José. Of all the successive champions.
When it comes to a boxer's health...
He's the greatest expert, isn't that right?
I remember. When Carlos come to my match
you talked about him.
Carlos is suffering from receiving too many punches,
from a number of boxers.
He has the typical symptoms of punch-drunk syndrome.
Fortunately, I know an expert on punch-drunk syndrome:
Dr. Kininski of the University of Hawaii.
If this doctor examined Carlos,
there could still be hope of his recovery.
What does this great doctor want with me?
Nothing, we met here by chance...
Oh, of course!
"By chance", yes...
I have to be up for 5 am tomorrow morning. I'll be heading home now.
Yabuki, wait a minute!
We could talk a bit with Dr. Kininski...
There's two things I don't like without trying them:
asparagus and doctors.
That was a nice drive.
Wait, Yabuki!
No matter. We'll have another chance.
Excuse me.
Yabuki, I'll come with you!
To the Bridge of Tears in Sanya.
Only 5 km to go!
No, it's breakfast! The champion will see no one!
Tell him that Suga is here.
I asked Miss Yoko for an interview with him.
Let him come in.
Pardon me.
Can I continue eating?
Of course.
I'd like to know your opinion on two subjects.
I'll be frank.
First: They say that you avoid seeing
The Crownless King, Carlos Rivera.
Second: You were able to K.O. Carlos
because Yabuki had already weakened him.
I'll await your comment.
Those rumors must have really damaged your pride.
You are wrong. It takes more than stupid rumors to damage my pride.
Okay, champion. I look forward to seeing your next bout.
Thank you.
To tell you the truth,
it took me a long time to conclude that it was probably
punch-drunk syndrome.
Because when watching the match,
I saw no sign to doubt his health.
One of the characteristics of punch-drunk syndrome
is that the symptoms rarely appear
when a boxer is tense and concentrating.
Especially a progressing boxer, like Joe Yabuki.
But when a subject is relaxed,
we can see the symptoms discreetly appear.
The more they get into the ring and are tense,
the more the disease will affect them.
Miss Yoko, you must get me to him right away.
Yes, I know.
It will at least increase
the certainty of my presumption from 99 to 100%.
I have news to tell you.
This is Carlos Rivera's x-ray...
Bridge of Tears
Yes, hello... Yes! One moment please!
Boss, it's for you!
- Coming. - Okay.
- A call for Gramps? - Who is it?
Miss Shiraki, from the Shiraki Gym.
Oh, okay.
Hello, Mr. Tange. It's Shiraki calling.
Actually... Gramps isn't here, sorry.
Yabuki?
What do you want? I'm listening.
I just wanted to ask him a favour for your own good.
But it's better to tell you.
Do you have time to see me?
I'd like you to see someone.
Who's that?
You saw him at the airport, Dr. Kininski.
I already told you, I don't like doctors.
Well, I'll let you go. Bye.
Yabuki!
Joe! What did she want to say to me?
It was nothing. I took care of it.
Oh really? That's nice of you.
Don't mention it.
Kono! Get in the ring! We're sparring!
Okay!
Good evening, Yoko.
Sorry I'm back so late...
You seem tired.
Want me to keep you company?
Yes. For a bit...
One day I told you that Yabuki had lost his fierce nature.
Do you remember?
Yes.
He had vigor and wasted his energy on anything.
I say that because
his voracity and his energy made him the Eastern champion.
He became a star, and gradually
I thought the end of his career was approaching
But I was wrong to think that.
The transformation was caused by punch-drunk syndrome, is that it?
Yes.
Why didn't I realize it sooner?
I made him fight Harimao!
That only worsened his disease! What idiocy!
It's not your fault, Yoko.
You mustn't regret. You did what you thought best.
The important thing, Yoko, is what you will do now.
I know. I know, Grandfather.
There's something else
that I must tell you.
It's very important news.
Yes? Tange Gym.
Yes! One moment, please.
Is it for me?
No, for Joe.
They asked for you if he wasn't home.
Who is it?
It's Miss Shiraki.
Please, Kono,
tell her that we're out training, okay?
I'm sorry, but they're...
Let's go, Gramps. Training! Training!
Are you sure? What if it's important?
Think about it, Gramps.
José is at their gym.
We shouldn't be associating with the owner of their club.
She's on the side of the enemy.
We shouldn't be doing this!
You've got a point but...
Don't you understand? Listen, Gramps,
don't answer her calls anymore before the match.
We need to be careful.
But we've known her for so long...
Shut up! I said it bothers me! I'm fighting José, remember?
Alright, Joe.
If you insist it that much, then I won't talk to her.
Good.
Sir, telephone!
Who is it?
The Shiraki Gym!
Should I tell her that you're out?
- Quit asking me if you already know! - But this is the third time today.
- Shut up! I'm training! - Alright.
I'm sorry but...
I can take a message if you want.
She's here again today.
In the rain too...
José may be at the Shiraki Gym but still...
I don't think she deserves to be treated like this.
She can do what she wants. It doesn't matter to me.
You could make some kind of an effort.
And you, Gramps,
you're my trainer, I want you to keep away from her.
I couldn't face her anyways.
I've lied to her and hidden because of you.
I'd be too ashamed.
A lady shouldn't be out in the cold. It's bad for their beauty.
Thank you.
Well, I'm going to go run a bit.
When she watches me, it keeps me from training.
Yoko!
Were you able to talk to Yabuki?
No.
That's strange.
I could say something to the federation if you like.
If I explain the situation, they could find a solution.
No, Grandfather.
This is my responsibility.
As long as there is no agreement, I won't give up.
I'm sure that...
Carlos wouldn't give up
or Rikiishi...
Hey, Kono! Where is he? Where's Joe?
Here's here. I think he's in the bathroom...
I've been looking for you everywhere.
Since you refused to see her,
she sent this by express.
Since it was meant for me too, I've already read it.
It's not good.
There's some really bad news in it.
"In order to give you this information I've obtained,
I've sent you this letter by express.
We all had the same theory.
But we were wrong.
You'll find with this letter the x-ray that Dr. Kininski provided.
It proves that it wasn't you, Yabuki,
who disabled Carlos Rivera.
In the x-ray, his temple is fractured irremediably.
This can only be the result of one blow:
the corkscrew punch.
By turning the wrist, it doubles the damage.
A sophisticated technique like that creates this kind of fracture.
I think that you have already guessed.
The video of your match with Carlos
shows that you didn't hit him in the temple.
You never gave him a single corkscrew punch.
On the other hand, Mendoza's punch that K.O.'d Carlos,
was a corkscrew punch, right in the temple."
Do you understand, Joe?
Your defeat of Carlos was the only thing
making you feel superior to José.
But it wasn't you!
It was José who ruined Carlos!
Made me feel superior?
I never felt superior to José.
Hey!
Joe! Joe, say something!
"Also, Yabuki,
there's something else that I'd like you to know.
But I would prefer to talk to you face-to-face.
Please,
let me see you as soon as possible."
Yabuki, it's Miss Shiraki!
Hang up.
Tomorrow is tomorrow, the sun will rise
Your yesterdays can't be returned to again
The river's path is unknown
There will be calms and waterfalls
But until you see the ocean
The current will keep on going