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When I move the gearstick
forward, it's no problem.
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Probably because I'm using
my shoulder, not my elbow.
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But when I try to pull it back,
the pain's too much to bear.
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That's gonna make first to second,
and second to third tough.
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I may have to go straight
from first to third gear.
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What about third to fourth?
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It hurts a bit, but since it's a simple
pulling motion, I can cope with it.
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What about steering?
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No problems there.
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Since my right arm's helping out,
there's less of a burden on the left elbow.
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The thing is, Kanata, to keep up with
the pedal shifters with the 86's H-pattern,
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you need your godlike ability to quick shift.
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If you can't do that or even use
second gear, you don't stand a chance.
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Okuyama-san, let's retire the car.
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If he makes his elbow worse,
it'll be a bigger problem.
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That's not for us to decide.
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Whatever we say ultimately doesn't matter.
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He's the only one who can
tell how badly he's hurting.
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That's why it's your call to make.
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We'll happily abide by whatever you decide.
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Mister Okuyama. It's a relief to hear that.
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I don't really know what kind of performance
I can put in until I actually start racing.
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I'd intended to race, no matter what.
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Once I'm on the starting grid,
no matter who passes me or how bad it hurts,
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I intend to see it through to the end.
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MF Ghost
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m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
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A Bitter
Decision
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It's now less than five minutes
until the scheduled start time.
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And although it happens every time,
the mix of anxiety and anticipation
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before the countdown is really intoxicating.
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Today's the big day, Akiyama-san.
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What do you think we should
look out for in today's race?
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Hm, let's see...
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I'm personally curious about the
performance of our two rookies.
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I sense unpredictable potential
from Moroboshi-kun starting in eighth.
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Then, there's Katagiri Kanata starting
in third. Those are my two to watch.
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If it gets too much, you can pull out, Kanata.
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It takes courage to retire from a race, too.
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Oh, and another thing: you can't do that.
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Having two charms in the car
is a taboo in Japan.
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You don't want the two gods fighting, do you?
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Wow, mistake.
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Could you put this one in my bag, then?
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Got it.
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His last two races were pretty incredible.
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And I feel he's the type to show his true
potential in a race rather than qualifying.
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He has enough firepower to potentially
threaten the reigning king, Beckenbauer.
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I'm sure the fans are looking forward to
the Stuttgart Slayer losing his cool for once.
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I'm completely with you on that.
Katagiri Kanata never fails to disappoint.
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I can understand why
they're saying that, but...
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Yeah, it's rough to hear,
under the circumstances.
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Here's hoping Ren's god will protect me.
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And so, we're 15 seconds from the start.
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What happened yesterday
was 100% my fault.
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I'm sorry, Kanata.
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You must think I'm awful.
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The 12 creeps out of the gate.
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I want to apologize properly
when this race is over.
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Please don't hate me.
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If you disliked me, I'd turn into
a beat-up, dried-up pile of lint.
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Darkness swallows up the
Godly Fifteen, one after another.
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And bringing up the rear, the 7 car...
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has cleared the gate!
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The lead group exits the tunnel!
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The 2 has passed the 86, gaining a place!
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Did you screw up your gear shift?
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Does that even happen
to a driver on your level?
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And now, Ishigami in the 1
is breathing down the 86's neck!
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Will he make it past?
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No, he doesn't!
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The 86 enters the turn
at incredibly high speed!
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We're seeing sparks fly already in the Black
and White section at the start of this race!
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When you redline in first gear before jumping
to third, the tachometer drops to 3,000 revs.
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But if you're not over 4,500 revs,
your acceleration suffers.
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He's going to be a sitting duck
for that fleet of monster cars.
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That's how it is when
you can't use second gear.
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You get passed like you're standing still.
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That's gotta be rough.
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The 1 attempts to overtake once more
on the Midnight Straight.
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His 500hp flat-six is
really asserting itself!
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The cars in fourth and fifth swap
positions as the 1 overtakes the 86.
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Whoa! But the 86 bites back
with some late braking!
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That's absurd. Eau Rouge is coming up.
Is he trying to commit suicide?
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The 86 regains the ground it lost.
Now this is intense.
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Katagiri Kanata is truly impressive.
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It's easy to see how determined he is
not to give up a place without a fight.
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I love that kind of attitude.
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We're finally seeing a dogfight
between the 86 and last year's champion.
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This battle honestly feels
like it symbolizes something,
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given the season so far has been all about
the emergence of new challengers.
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The lead group is bearing down
on the switchback.
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They leave the toll road and embark
upon the first half of the inland route.
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Whoa! The 1 swerves around
the 86 and pulls away.
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Is this really the Manazuru race?
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It's infamous for its lack of overtaking,
so this is really unprecedented.
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What the hell was that?
He slowed right down out of the blue.
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I nearly rear-ended him.
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There's something off about the 86.
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How so?
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It's like there's a delay
when accelerating out of first gear.
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It may be some kind of issue.
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The first thing that springs
to mind is gearbox trouble.
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It's possible he's unable to use second gear.
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If I stay in third and fourth up here,
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I can maintain a pace that will keep me
in front of the Lamborghini.
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But the pain in my elbow...
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Now the race has started, I'm tensing up
and clenching when I don't mean to.
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The leaders are zooming past
the old Manazuru Station.
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They hang a right onto the peninsula.
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Leading the way is Beckenbauer.
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Sawatari Koki's in second.
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Akaba Kaito's third.
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Ishigami Fujin is fourth.
Katagiri Kanata is fifth.
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Oishi Daigo's in sixth.
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Yanagida Takuya's seventh, Moroboshi
Sena's eighth, and Sakmoto Yudai's ninth.
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Maezono Kazuhiro's in tenth.
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Yashio Kakeru is 11th.
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Aiba Shun is 12th.
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Kitahara Nozomi is 13th.
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Jackson Taylor is 14th,
and Otani Yosuke is 15th.
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What are you doing, 86?
You're not looking so sharp today.
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The Ferrari and the Porsche
are getting away because of you.
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But I can't pass due to
how narrow the roads are.
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That's the Peninsula for you.
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Koki to booth. Where's the 86 right now?
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Something's off. He keeps falling back.
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The commentary crew think
it might be gearbox trouble.
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The gearbox? Unlikely.
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He's got an H-pattern with three pedals.
Those don't just break out of the blue.
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Don't give me that baloney!
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So what's going on?
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My whole strategy was to use you as
a distraction for this German pain in the ass.
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You're the only one explosive enough
to give this smug jerk a scare.
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So get up here already, Kanata Rivington.
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MF Ghost
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MF Ghost
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MF Ghost
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MF Ghost
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MF Ghost
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MF Ghost
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MF Ghost
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MF Ghost
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MF Ghost
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Ah, he got me.
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Aiba in the 9 has been overtaken!
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The Godly Fifteen zip through the woods
in the center of Manzuru peninsula,
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though the lead group is nearly out
and tacking the seaside section next.
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You look kind of down, Ren-chan.
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Kyoko-san?
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Did you get into a fight
with your "housemate"?
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H-How did you know that?
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Well, you make it pretty obvious.
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What was the fight about?
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Well...
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It was all my fault.
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I got jealous over basically nothing.
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That's hilarious!
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Love it. Oh, to be young again.
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And the 12 car...
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launches out of the Unisei hairpin curve!
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The gap between the lead group and
the mid-pack seems less than expected.
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That's because the leader, Beckenbauer,
isn't trying particularly hard to get away.
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He's confident he can pace himself and
maintain a decent gap to the drivers behind.
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He never takes unnecessary risks.
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His race management style is
to make winning an inevitability.
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I personally don't find that method
very interesting, though.
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Whoa! And the 13's going for it!
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Someone up ahead is braking early.
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This is my chance to gain some positions.
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They're side by side and
neither driver is backing down.
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They round Miyamae corner.
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The 13 is ahead by half a wheel...
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And he completes the pass!
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The 13's now up into ninth!
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All right, question time for Number Seven.
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Have you been worried about anything lately?
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The biggest thing I'm worried about is
I might still be too mentally immature.
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Or that I'm not grown up enough.
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I'm worried I might upset people by
saying careless things. And I hate it.
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Sometimes, I realize after the fact
and beat myself up about it.
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I want to be more considerate
of other people's feelings.
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Booth to Daigo.
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Daigo here.
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We're hearing the 86 has transmission
trouble and can't use second gear.
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Does that match what you're seeing?
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I can't tell. It seems like
he's driving normally to me.
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He's not accelerating too well uphill,
but wasn't the 86 always like that?
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When you exit the hilly residential
section, drop down into first.
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Let's assume the 86 will slow up
and use that chance to overtake him.
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Over.
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He drove the Peninsula section
perfectly in qualifying.
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But ironically, this will be the
toughest stretch for Katagiri-kun today.
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Because nearly all of the Peninsula
section is taken in second and third.
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The fact it looks like he's driving normally
is a sign something crazy is going on.
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Here. At the T-point corner.
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Seriously? He really did slow down?
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He put up that much of a fight
with no second gear?
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Katagiri Kanata is an absolute beast.
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Oishi in the 3 sneaks around Katagiri
Kanata in the 86 and gains a position.
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Katagiri Kanata must be reeling as he slips
back on the peninsula he dominated before!
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Ogata here. Are you okay?
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No problem. Over.
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Based on what we just saw,
I'm pretty sure the 86 can't use second gear.
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But it's remarkable.
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If you asked me to drive this peninsula
without second gear, I'd be at a real loss.
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It's easy talking about using third
to compensate for no second gear,
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but executing it means a battle
against a crippling lack of torque.
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If anything, this gearbox trouble is showing
off Katagiri Kanata's skills more than ever.
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And the lead group is
through the switchback.
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Next up, it's the second half
of the inland route.
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Will Yanagida in the 6 get past?
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He slips by the 86 as it slows!
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I feel bad about passing you like this,
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but our cornering duel
will have to wait until next time.
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Damn, he got him.
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Maybe staying in first would've been better.
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Ogata here.
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You all right, Kanata?
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No problem. Over.
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All he's been saying for
a while now is "No problem."
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There's no life in his voice at all.
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His elbow must be seriously hurting.
So bad he's having trouble responding.
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But...
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The 885's closing in on the 86 now!
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We're seeing the beginnings of a duel
between these two rookies for seventh.
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Talk about scary.
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The 6 managed to pass him,
but now, he's closing in on it again.
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And the 86 makes his move!
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Say what?
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That hurt real bad.
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A high-speed curve overlooking a cliff.
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A wheel out of line could lead
to a bumpy trip into Sagami Bay!
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Considering the timing of it, I can only think
Yanagida-kun wasn't expecting that move.
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But the 6 isn't giving up without a fight.
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They enter the tunnel side by side!
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But which of these cornering wizards
is going to come out on top?
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Damn. If I don't do something
about this lateral G,
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I won't get even half of my 800hp.
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And it's still a dead heat
as they exit the tunnel!
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The width of the course
gets cut in half up ahead.
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They cannot keep this up!
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What will happen? This is turning
into a real race of chicken!
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The 6 is on the outside,
meaning he's forced to back out!
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The 86 is back up in sixth place!
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No one imagined we'd see this many position
changes, given Manazuru's reputation.
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And it's the 86 that's
in the eye of the storm!
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He's pulling this off using
only third and fourth gear?
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That's some damn good driving,
Katagiri Kanata.
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Just what I'd expect from the other guy
out here who's inherited Gunma pride.
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This is my third race alongside Kanata,
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and he's surprising me more today
than he ever has before.
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As far as his talents as a racing driver go...
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His fancy technique is really eye-catching,
but that's not what makes him.
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It's the strength of his heart.
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His utter refusal to give up.
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Coupled with his competitive spirit,
they are the foundation of his talents.
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Katagiri Kanata having an advantage
in the technical sections
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has become the accepted theory...
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...but I've never subscribed to that.
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I'd say the truth is, in the past two races,
he struggled with an underpowered car,
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so he had trouble keeping up with
his rivals through higher-speed sections,
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forcing him to go aggressive
on the downhill parts.
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I'd say the wider the range of speeds in a race,
the more Katagiri Kanata stands out.
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That becomes clear when
you look back at today's race.
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He's been going on the attack at risky
points that other drivers would balk at.
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If you think about it, it's odd to assume someone
who received such an advanced education
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would only specialize in low-speed sections.
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Katagiri Kanata is, to be blunt, fast,
no matter what bit of road he's driving on.
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The lead group hits Eau Rouge
one after another.
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He still isn't here yet?
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Was that Kanata just now?
What's he doing this far down?
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Kanata.
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Ogata here. Are you okay, Kanata?
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No problem.
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Over.
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What the hell has happened to you, Kanata?
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I'm going on ahead, brother.
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Do you mind if I talk
about Fujiwara for a bit?
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This is the most meaningful
last-place finish in MFG history.
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And we need to see it through.
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I'll say it. When this race
is over, I'll tell him.
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And Katagiri Kanata
falls even further back!
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He's gonna come last.
It must feel awful, Kanata.
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Dr. Takahashi, the patient
has taken a turn for the worst.
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Understood. I'll be right there.
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Ogata-san. It's time for revenge.
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All the cars that passed me...
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I need to pass them again...
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before this race ends.
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Over.