No, it can't be!
What... What are you saying we did wrong?
Our club has always done things in earnest.
Please take my word for it. It's true!
I am fully aware of that.
Then why are you eliminating our club?
After all we've done,
like fixing up the clubhouse,
keeping the playing field in good order,
taking care of the cute bunnies...
I know.
Playing with the neighborhood kids,
visiting lonely elderly people...
That's outstanding.
Besides that we've done various other volunteer work.
So then why I ask you?
If you really don't understand, then I'll tell you.
Here's the reason why I'm disbanding your club.
It's because you're not the volunteer club.
You're the rugby club!
The War Cry of Excessiveness
Coach! We were wrong!
You were always thinking in our best interests, but we...
Please forgive us!
It's all right.
As long as you understand that, I'm satisfied.
Coach!
Now what are you doing crying?
Come on, let's race toward the setting sun!
Yes, Sir!
Oh, what a great story!
This process by which a band of hopeless losers rises to victory.
This is what fighting spirit is all about.
Is it that fun to watch a group of incompetents win?
Yes, it is.
Seeing weaklings that show signs of promise trying their best makes you want to cheer them on.
It's only natural.
Forgive us for being late.
Sorry we are late.
We had to negotiate with the principal.
The business we called you in for is none other than this.
It's the matter of our rugby club.
Excuse me... Our school has a rugby club?
It does.
Mikihara-kun.
Yes.
Jindai High School's Rugby Club has a tradition of close to fifty years.
Twenty years ago they almost made it to the nationals at the Hanazono Rugby Stadium,
but for over ten years now, they haven't won a single game at any interschool match.
Because their performance is so poor and their enthusiasm for the game is so lacking,
last week at the staff meeting they decided to disband the rugby club.
However, this is in clear violation of the autonomy of the Student Council.
So, I made a deal with the principal, and we settled on one condition.
A condition?
Next week, the rugby club will hold their customary practice match
against the powerhouse of Garasuyama High.
If they win, the principal will reconsider disbanding the club.
If they lose, they'll have to disband immediately.
What are their chances of winning?
They have none.
Up until now Jindai High has played forty-nine matches with Garasuyama High,
and has lost forty-nine times.
Presently, the rugby club has fourteen members.
They need one more member in order to play the game.
So that means they don't even have a chance...
A chance is not something you're given.
It's something you must seize.
After that, it's up to them.
We won!
Well, you're probably right, but...
But I think I'll give them some provisional support.
I've decided to send some help in the form of an extra player
and a team manager from the Student Council.
Huh?
Didn't you hear me?
An extra player and a team manager.
Why does it have to be that way?
Starting tomorrow, I have to chair the Tama District High School Self-Governing Liaison Conference.
A gathering that is five consecutive days of sheer boredom.
If you'd care to take my place, then that would be acceptable.
All right, already...
Mikihara, do you have the items?
Yes, I've prepared them.
A kettle?
An essential item for any female team manager.
There's something else.
While I think you have attractive legs...
What about them?
Your skirt is much too short.
Mikihara, the item.
Yes, here it is.
And what's that?
Those who call themselves female team managers wear sailor suits.
At its shortest, the length of the skirt is fixed at just above the knee.
That's such a biased view...
It is not a biased view.
It's dedication and aesthetics.
Chidori,
are you familiar with the sport called rugby?
Not really...
All I know is that it's just a bunch of sweaty, mud-caked guys engaging in a fierce struggle.
In other words, it's a blood sport.
It seems they use a ball at least.
Oh, I hate this.
Why do you object to this so strongly?
How should I put this...
I bet it's gonna reek in there!
A bunch of big, burly guys crammed inside a messy room...
Rugby Club
I feel like I'd get pregnant just by coming in contact with them.
Really?
Yes, really.
Coming.
Oh, you must be Chidori-san and Sagara-san.
How do you do?
I've heard the news from Hayashimizu-senpai.
I'm the captain, Goda Yu.
Let's all work hard together for the big game next week.
But enough standing around chit-chatting.
Come in. It's a little messy, but...
Uh, um... This IS the rugby club, right?
Yes, that's right.
But... this is...
Do have a seat.
Right now one of the guys is out buying some cake at the bakery in front of the station.
Their gateau chocolat is very good.
Oh, I can't wait!
Rugby, huh?
It must be a peaceful sport.
Something's not right...
Chidori, get down!
Oh, watch out!
Are you all right?
Be careful! it'd be awful if you got hurt.
What's wrong, Goda-kun?
It just gave me a scare, that's all.
This little one just popped up out of nowhere...
A spider?
What should we do, Chidori-san?
It'd be scary to leave it in the room, but it'd be a shame to kill it...
The Rules of Rugby
Hey, aren't you going to practice?
We're making sure nothing dangerous has fallen on the ground.
Oh dear! What a big rock!
Look!
Oh, wow!
Good job finding that.
It would've been simply dreadful if someone fell on such a rock.
Oh, you said it!
Are you ready? Here it comes! Alley oop!
Hey, not so fast!
Do it more slowly. Like this...
How about something like this?
Oh, good. That's good... That's very good...
Okay, one more time... Alley oop!
Great! Nice pass!
What are they doing?
Why, passing practice, of course.
Isn't it obvious?
Huh? What did you say?
You're not going to practice tackling?
Why the heck not?
Because it's dangerous.
Jumping on somebody while they're running...
It's like, so...
We'd slip and fall.
We'd scrape ourselves.
It's so dangerous.
Listen!
If you keep on going like this, you guys'll never get tough!
That's easy for you to say, but this is how we've always done things.
That's why you're always losing!
Come on, shape up!
You're men, aren't you?
Miss Chidori, that remark is inappropriate.
He's right.
Today's society is supposed to have sexual equality!
The attitude that dictates that men and women should behave in certain ways
is a breeding ground for discrimination!
He's right!
Hear, hear!
Ooh, these guys...
Do you guys even have a clue?!
You've got a week left until the practice match!
If you lose to Garasuyama High, your club is no more!
Is that what you want?!
Of course we don't want to be disbanded.
But, we also don't want to hurt people...
You don't have to hurt them, just win the match.
The fate of your club is on the line, so pull yourselves together!
Yes. I can understand where you're coming from.
All right, everyone!
Let's practice scrummaging!
Okay!
Uh... what are you doing?
We're praying for the safety and success of our scrummage practice.
Otherwise we get so insecure...
Oh, I see...
Terminated, terminated.
Your club's terminated for sure!
But we've been giving it our all.
If you're telling me that's your all,
then that makes even the life of a koala look heroic.
Even though they may not look it, koalas are actually bad-tempered creatures.
I could care less about that.
Garasuyama High's Rugby Club!
Say, Missy, there's no point in lecturing these douche bags.
They've got the loser spirit permanently engrained in them.
Yeah, you said it.
Being forced to play them all the time in practice matches was troublesome even for us,
know what I mean?
Yes, I know all too well.
But even that will come to an end next week.
I heard the news. If you lose your next game, your club's disbanded?
So to end their career on a good note, why don't we whip them one last time?
Gee thanks.
Well, it just goes to show you trash'll always be trash no matter what they do.
I like you, Missy.
After this, why don't you come hang out with us somewhere?
Fat chance.
Oh, don't say that.
We'll show you a good time.
Sorry, but I'm not interested in hanging out with gorillas.
Gorilla?
You mean me?
I hear that they're on the verge of extinction in Rwanda because of the civil war there.
And to think that you can find them living here... what a surprise!
Why you little...
Captain!
We're in the middle of a meeting. Go somewhere else.
So you want a piece of me, eh?
No guns!
Say your prayers!
Get back here!
Cut it out!
Knock it off!
I'm telling you to knock it off!
Don't you be messin' with Garasuyama!
I'm against violence...
We're looking forward to the big game, so don't run out on us!
C'mon guys, let's go!
Yeah!
Bleh!
Are you hurt, Chidori?
Nope. Not a scratch.
But I tell you those guys sure have nasty tempers.
Is everyone all right?
What a bunch of hooligans...
What did we ever do to them?
After we so desperately advocated peace...
Yet... yet still they gave us a licking...
At least say, "They hit us."
Chidori-san,
now for the first time I believe I understand the feeling of frustration...
I can't let it end this way.
I...
We want to beat them!
That's right. I feel frustrated too.
I want to win!
I'm glad you guys have gotten a little more positive about this,
but as things go...
Do you want to win that badly?
Of course.
We're human too, you know.
You're serious about winning, right?
Yes, at the rate things are going...
At the rate things are going...
All right,
We want to win!
In that case, I'll train you.
Kana-chan, is this really the right way to go?
I'm pretty sure it's around here...
But are they really undergoing intensive training this deep in the mountains?
There isn't even a place for them to throw a ball.
Tell me about it.
I don't know what they're thinking ditching school for three days...
You worthless scum!
Quit dragging your feet!
Damn, look at yourselves!
You guys are maggots! You are ticks!
You're the lowest form of life in the universe!
Listen up, you dung beetles!
I take pleasure in watching your faces as you suffer!
Panting like old people...ing? You're a disgrace!
If you've got the... I dare you to... off right here right now!
......
Sagara-kun is so crude...
More like does he know what he's saying?
I can't go on...
You again.
In the end, I guess that's as far as your determination goes.
So you can't run any farther?
In that case, why don't you run on back home and go to bed...
clutching the portrait of Matsuura Miki or whoever that you love so much.
Mind you, we're talking about an idol sissies like you fall for.
No doubt she's a hopeless tramp.
Don't you talk smack about my Mikiki!
I'll talk as much smack about her as I want.
Matsuura Miki is a tramp!
If you're going to tell me otherwise, then show me your guts.
Do ten more laps with the log!
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!
"Meccha Weekday"!
That got him going again.
I guess he really loves Matsuura Miki.
Did any of you have any trouble getting here?
No, we didn't...
But you've been saying the crudest things.
Oh, it's this.
Big Sister Mao's Book of Marine Corps-Style Cursing: Recruit Training Edition?
Leave it to her to...
But does it have any effect on them?
That's not a problem.
At the very least, they'll gain confidence and determination.
Their weakness runs deeper than a simple lack of skill.
Well, I suppose you're right, but...
Excuse me, is anyone hungry?
Oh right.
We made you some rice balls.
We made tons of them.
Bonito shavings and salmon and pickled plum...
Hmm...
What's the matter?
Did you already eat lunch?
No...
I'm just wondering whether it would be right to give them food now.
We woke up early just to make them, so don't say you don't need them.
Good point...
Be grateful, ladies!
Your team manager brought you food!
It's been thirty-two hours since your last meal.
Those who are finished can eat!
Thirty-two hours?!
Right now, you pukes are not even human, you got that?
...
Once you've survived my training, then and only then will you become a weapon!
But until then you suckers are nothing but a bunch of...!
I despise and look down on you!
My job is to find the limp... among you and weed them out!
I won't have any stinking... on our team keeping us from victory! Remember that!
You will not laugh! You will not cry!
You are not human beings!
You are killing machines!
If you can't kill, your lives will be worthless!
You'd be nothing but a bunch of... who'd be better off... their meat in the corner!
Do you want to lose on purpose just to stand out?
Pretending it hurts to garner sympathy?
You pathetic loser scum!
The best part of you... ran down the crack of your mama's...
and ended up as a... stain on the mattress!
Quit dragging your feet, you...!
If any of you whine about it,
I will unscrew your head and... down your neck!
That ball is your only girlfriend!
You don't need a Mary Jane with a large backside!
Think of your ball as a wet... and... it as hard as you can!
You're so pretty, Jennifer...
You've got some nice curves, Natalie...
I'll make you sparkle.
Does that make you happy, Alice?
I could die for you, Brittney...
They're talking to their balls...
I've got a really bad feeling about this...
Sagara-san and the others are late.
You sure they didn't run out on us?
I don't think so, but...
Oh! Here they come!
Sousuke!
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Uh... Um, Goda-kun are you all right?
Ma'am! I am all right! Ma'am!
Ma'am?
How nice of you to come and not run away...
so that you can experience pain?
At any rate, today your club will be disbanded.
So you shouldn't be bothered if we send you all to the hospital!
What's the matter?
Are you wussing out on us before we even begin?
You're a bunch of rejects.
Listen up!
We're going to give you a thorough ass-kicking, so say your prayers!
What a strange mood.
Listen up!
As of this moment, you people are no longer maggots!
You are rugger men!
Sir, yes, Sir!
Now you will confront the greatest ordeal!
The critical moment where you either win it all or fall to hell!
How about that?! Sound like fun?!
Sir, yes, Sir!
All right! Prepare for combat!
WHAT IS OUR SPECIALTY, LADIES?!
KILL! KILL! KILL!
WHAT IS OUR GOAL IN THIS GAME?!
KILL! KILL! KILL!
DO WE LOVE OUR SCHOOL? DO WE LOVE THE RUGBY CLUB?
GUNG HO! GUNG HO! GUNG HO!
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO!
That's an amazing war cry!
Looks like they show some promise.
This is some kind of bad brainwashing, isn't it?
I wonder if Sousuke really understands the rules and stuff...
Rot in hell!
Sergeant, Sir! Punt!
What's that?
It's a kick! A kick!
Roger!
All right... who's next?
Step forward!
You're out of the game!
Captain!
Captain, Captain...
The Sergeant showed them a thing or two!
All right, ladies, follow me!
In China they have a saying, "sha yi jing bai," which means...
execute one enemy to warn a hundred...
It appears Sagara-kun's actions, though unintentional,
Penalty Box
had a similar effect.
Oh...
Die!
Drop dead!
Damn! He's still alive.
Scary...
This is definitely not rugby...
And so the fight to retain the Jindai High School Rugby Club drew to an end...
JINDAI
GARASUYAMA
The result was an overwhelming victory for Jindai High.
Garasuyama High, a long-time Hanazono attendee, never recovered from the shock of this defeat.
From then on, they had a long streak of poor performances.
Afterwards, the legend of this match was passed down as
"The Nightmare of Futakotamagawa".
And for a while, in the realm of high school rugby,
Jindai High became synonymous with the word "fear"...
But I wonder if things are better off this way.
A week ago they were saying they didn't want to hurt anyone.
Fighting is always in vain...
Through their actions they taught me this.
Don't you go wrapping this up nicely!
Had enough, you sons of bitches?
Come on, stand up!
We'll whoop your asses again!
Show us what you're made of!
You...
......
You want revenge?
Well, then, get down and suck our raging...!
Preview
The wait is over!
The girl you've all been waiting for finally makes her appearance!
The beautiful Captain Tessa from Sousuke's secret organization is coming to school.
And that would be what they call service for the fans.
Yeah, you're right.
I hear they've been panting for it.
That's not what I meant.
The stress is killing me.
And with that in mind, tune in next time for
"A Goddess Comes to Japan (Part 1: The Suffering)"
A Goddess Comes to Japan
(Part 1: The Suffering)