WEBVTT 00:12.690 --> 00:16.660 ONE toki wo koete 00:12.690 --> 00:16.660 ONE passing through time 00:16.990 --> 00:24.540 tokihanatta mihatenu yumetachi 00:16.990 --> 00:24.540 freed from unfinished dreams 00:24.830 --> 00:28.630 LOVE poketto no naka 00:24.830 --> 00:28.630 LOVE inside my pocket. 00:29.170 --> 00:36.680 marumeta chizu ima, hirogeyukou 00:29.170 --> 00:36.680 I'm ready to unfurl my rolled-up map. 00:37.260 --> 00:43.220 Kidou ni noseta kodou kimi ni todoketai 00:37.260 --> 00:43.220 The beat drums on perfectly, and I want to show you 00:43.390 --> 00:49.060 togireru koto no nai ai de sasaeatte 00:43.390 --> 00:49.060 my unflinching, unwavering dedication. 00:49.150 --> 00:54.900 I FIND BREAKTHROUGH ashita e mukai 00:49.150 --> 00:54.900 I FIND BREAKTHROUGH, running towards tomorrow 00:54.990 --> 01:00.780 yami wo kakete asayake wo ukete 00:54.990 --> 01:00.780 racing against the darkness, bathing in the rising sun! 01:01.280 --> 01:07.080 I'M JUST DREAMER komayoi nagara 01:01.280 --> 01:07.080 I'M JUST DREAMER hanging out, goofing around. 01:07.210 --> 01:13.130 mitsuketanda mamoru beki mono wo 01:07.210 --> 01:13.130 I finally realized what I'm here to protect. 01:13.300 --> 01:17.510 arata na hikari motome... 01:13.300 --> 01:17.510 Searching for that new light, 01:21.810 --> 01:25.050 Half-Second Bodyguards! 01:31.310 --> 01:33.530 Sakuraba! 01:34.680 --> 01:36.840 Sakuraba! 01:38.320 --> 01:41.560 Why are there so many girls at a district game? 01:42.430 --> 01:45.500 They're here to see Ojo's Sakuraba. Look! 01:46.800 --> 01:48.940 Oh, the celebrity. 01:51.480 --> 01:52.870 Sakuraba! 01:53.930 --> 01:55.500 Please look at our camera! 01:57.740 --> 02:02.180 Even so, Ojo has a whole lot of players. 02:02.810 --> 02:05.420 Yup. They're a famous school, after all. 02:18.780 --> 02:20.340 That guy's amazing! 02:20.700 --> 02:24.990 Oh yeah, remember how I told you about Ojo's MVP, Seijuro Shin? 02:25.460 --> 02:27.050 He's an incredible player. 02:29.230 --> 02:30.090 That's enough! 02:30.090 --> 02:30.960 Time for one last light meal. 02:31.700 --> 02:35.920 Make sure you get plenty of carbs and vitamin C! 02:39.160 --> 02:40.540 Aren't you gonna eat, Shin? 02:42.120 --> 02:45.160 I consume all the nutrition my body requires on a fixed schedule. 02:47.850 --> 02:49.430 You always say that. 02:50.290 --> 02:51.290 Well, more for me! 02:55.850 --> 02:58.900 Hi, Sakuraba! 02:59.290 --> 03:00.530 Sakuraba! 02:59.850 --> 03:02.640 Hello, Sakuraba. 03:03.960 --> 03:04.990 Mr. President? 03:05.740 --> 03:07.970 What do I always say, Sakuraba? 03:09.780 --> 03:13.540 Make sure you wear your sponsor's hat whenever there're TV cameras around. 03:15.730 --> 03:17.590 One more, Sakuraba. 03:18.550 --> 03:20.890 You should wear a sticker on your helmet, too! 03:28.680 --> 03:29.620 And then- 03:38.290 --> 03:40.050 The crowd's going wild, wouldn't you say? 03:40.510 --> 03:44.400 Everyone's cheering on "Ace Sakuraba's team," the Ojo White Knights. 03:46.490 --> 03:49.210 They're not really MY team... 03:50.090 --> 03:51.890 Our REAL ace is- 03:51.890 --> 03:55.210 Aww, you're just being modest! How adorable! 03:56.860 --> 03:59.010 He's got it rough, as usual. 04:04.230 --> 04:05.380 I figured they'd show up! 04:06.750 --> 04:11.510 The Shinryuji Nagas, the other half of Kanto's "top two powerhouses!" 04:12.460 --> 04:15.000 We can't afford to look incompetent in front of them! 04:17.530 --> 04:18.870 Right, now put your pants on. 04:19.370 --> 04:21.350 Make sure you record every move Shin makes. 04:22.060 --> 04:24.040 Roger. What about Sakuraba? 04:24.360 --> 04:28.570 You lamewad, no one cares about Jari Productions' poster boy. 04:31.780 --> 04:34.480 Today's game's got a whole different premise from the last one. 04:35.090 --> 04:38.290 THAT was playing house, THIS is war! 04:38.560 --> 04:40.310 Yeah, Shin's gonna be playing, isn't he? 04:40.810 --> 04:42.140 I kinda wanna go home... 04:42.520 --> 04:46.550 Man, I don't even wanna think about last year's scrimmage! 04:47.330 --> 04:49.240 Did something happen last year? 04:49.770 --> 04:52.560 Two of our borrowed players ended up with broken bones. 04:54.910 --> 04:55.520 Broken bones...? 04:57.880 --> 04:59.130 Everyone relax. 05:00.400 --> 05:02.700 Eyeshield 21 will carry the ball. 05:02.970 --> 05:05.030 He'll be the one taking all of Shin's tackles. 05:05.310 --> 05:06.280 Oh yeah! 05:06.280 --> 05:07.670 Now I feel better! 05:07.670 --> 05:09.610 If anyone's gonna break a bone, it'll be him! 05:20.790 --> 05:23.720 No way, no way! I gotta run! 05:23.970 --> 05:26.260 That's right, we just have to give it 110%! 05:26.720 --> 05:31.850 It'd be pretty pathetic if we just gave up right after the team finally won a game. 05:32.280 --> 05:35.270 With Eyeshield on our side, things will work out somehow. 05:43.820 --> 05:46.070 Huh? Sena? 05:44.520 --> 05:47.030 Went to buy tapes. -Sena 05:47.030 --> 05:48.120 If you want good cake, try- 05:48.120 --> 05:50.640 Hey, where'd Manajerk run off to? 05:51.860 --> 05:53.520 Sena? Hmm? 05:54.140 --> 05:55.850 You did NOT just call him a "jerk." 05:56.650 --> 05:59.130 Sena went to buy video tapes! 05:59.790 --> 06:01.650 Don't talk about him like he's slacking off! 06:02.300 --> 06:03.500 Video tapes? 06:04.460 --> 06:05.940 That little punk... 06:07.010 --> 06:08.440 He ran away! 06:09.790 --> 06:10.850 Cerberus! 06:18.020 --> 06:22.150 Hunt that cowardly Manajerk down! 06:34.520 --> 06:35.490 Found him already? 06:36.850 --> 06:38.000 It's Eyeshield! 06:38.330 --> 06:40.210 That's a pretty elaborate entrance! 06:43.200 --> 06:44.340 We've been waiting for you! 06:44.850 --> 06:47.460 Go teach the White Knights a lesson! 06:48.740 --> 06:51.790 Sena, we thought you went home. 06:52.430 --> 06:58.180 No... I figured it'd be really bad to run away after everyone was finally motivated... 06:59.400 --> 07:03.690 In reality I'm just a gopher and a newbie... A bogus hero. 07:04.430 --> 07:05.720 But I'll try as hard as I can. 07:06.080 --> 07:06.750 Sena... 07:08.360 --> 07:09.920 C'mon huddle up. 07:10.360 --> 07:12.860 What?! Why're you mad at me now?! 07:13.700 --> 07:15.610 He's trying to get you pumped up. 07:16.910 --> 07:17.700 Uhh... 07:19.720 --> 07:20.230 How'd it go? 07:20.840 --> 07:22.030 Knights, knights! 07:22.030 --> 07:27.380 Oh! We swear here... on our... pride as knights... to win? 07:28.040 --> 07:32.420 We didn't come here to... fight our enemies... 07:33.040 --> 07:34.430 We came to defeat them! 07:34.430 --> 07:37.430 We ain't here to defeat our enemies. 07:38.200 --> 07:39.680 We're here to murder 'em! 07:39.680 --> 07:42.870 Glory on the kingdom! 07:44.060 --> 07:46.270 Rip their heads off, ya-ha! 07:46.270 --> 07:47.440 YA-HA! 08:01.680 --> 08:04.370 Yeah, this isn't gonna go like the Koigahama game. 08:07.150 --> 08:07.600 Hmm? 08:10.940 --> 08:12.260 Shin's on the bench? 08:12.870 --> 08:14.820 Guess it's because they're playing Deimon... 08:14.820 --> 08:17.320 For real? Then why're we even here? 08:18.450 --> 08:19.140 This's our chance. 08:19.780 --> 08:21.090 Eyeshield 21! 08:22.850 --> 08:25.040 Everyone in the stands is writing us off. 08:25.590 --> 08:27.450 So it's your time to shine! 08:31.460 --> 08:32.860 Grow a pair! 08:39.250 --> 08:40.280 It's okay... 08:40.280 --> 08:42.830 Set, hut, hut, HUT! 08:47.720 --> 08:48.830 Run! 09:02.680 --> 09:04.070 They've already surrounded me! 09:22.240 --> 09:23.830 Don't let 'em get it! 09:31.220 --> 09:32.390 Hold them! 09:42.400 --> 09:43.920 Football clinic! 09:45.040 --> 09:48.030 What's Kurita's position? 09:51.800 --> 09:52.680 A lineman! 09:53.150 --> 09:59.350 He holds off the enemy defenders and opens a path for the offense! Ya-ha! 10:12.000 --> 10:14.630 They almost intercepted it, you moron! 10:14.630 --> 10:16.090 I-I'm sorry. 10:17.040 --> 10:18.300 Inter-what? 10:18.910 --> 10:20.120 Intercepted. 10:20.700 --> 10:26.060 If Ojo had caught the ball before it hit the ground, their team would get to go on offense. 10:27.650 --> 10:28.920 The one with the eye shield... 10:30.540 --> 10:34.430 He's the one who scored the winning touchdown against Koigahama. 10:35.890 --> 10:36.910 What do you two think? 10:37.610 --> 10:41.950 Huh? He's, uhh... really fast, I guess? 10:42.430 --> 10:43.130 That's it? 10:45.310 --> 10:46.910 What about you, Shin? 10:48.170 --> 10:50.400 I can't discern everything from one play, 10:51.060 --> 10:53.420 but I'd wager he's a flag football player. 10:54.170 --> 10:56.600 He's formed his own style after many years with no coach. 10:59.380 --> 11:00.130 Those cuts... 11:01.590 --> 11:03.740 You can't learn that overnight. 11:04.560 --> 11:05.900 He can't be new to the sport. 11:07.480 --> 11:10.430 But I sense trepidation in his running. 11:11.290 --> 11:13.500 He's noticeably afraid of being tackled. 11:15.020 --> 11:17.760 There's a difference between dodging your opponent and running from him. 11:18.730 --> 11:20.780 I don't believe he poses a threat to us yet. 11:21.560 --> 11:25.120 He got all that from just one play... Impressive, as always. 11:26.970 --> 11:29.500 What makes you say he didn't have a coach? 11:30.080 --> 11:32.030 He has no idea how to carry the ball. 11:33.040 --> 11:37.000 How have you been carrying the ball when you run? 11:37.000 --> 11:39.650 Well, like this- 11:39.650 --> 11:42.010 You pinhead, you don't even know how to hold the ball?! 11:42.920 --> 11:43.720 Watch. 11:44.880 --> 11:48.350 Put the end between your fingers, and tuck it into your armpit! 11:50.190 --> 11:51.360 End between my fingers... 11:52.660 --> 11:54.080 Tuck it in my armpit. 12:00.970 --> 12:03.150 Agon, what do you think of that one? 12:03.150 --> 12:05.600 Even jobbers like the Devil Bats have a diamond in the rough... 12:05.850 --> 12:08.120 Great legs... Dynamite thighs... 12:09.130 --> 12:10.030 Wish they were mine. 12:11.440 --> 12:15.910 I can tell even with those pants on. 12:16.600 --> 12:18.000 And those hips- 12:18.500 --> 12:19.820 Who have you been looking at?! 12:20.280 --> 12:22.800 Yeah, yeah, Eyeshield, right? 12:23.580 --> 12:27.480 A loser team recruited a knock-kneed amateur with decent speed. 12:28.050 --> 12:29.140 Nothing more, nothing less. 12:29.850 --> 12:33.350 With no one decent on their line, he isn't even worth worrying about. 12:34.280 --> 12:35.830 Now what is this "line?" 12:36.410 --> 12:39.800 The front row of players who shield the runners. 12:40.450 --> 12:45.480 Basically, without a solid line you'll never get anywhere, no matter how fast you are. 12:46.980 --> 12:49.070 Same play as before. 12:49.070 --> 12:51.970 Eyeshield 21 will run around the line on the right. 12:52.920 --> 12:55.710 And you line-GIRLS better block for him! 12:56.410 --> 12:57.820 That's easy for you to say... 12:58.590 --> 13:00.010 They're so much better than us... 13:00.250 --> 13:03.150 I don't expect perfect blocking. 13:03.650 --> 13:04.570 Half a second! 13:05.560 --> 13:09.660 Each of you has to hold your assigned man off for half a second. 13:10.170 --> 13:11.030 That's enough time... 13:12.930 --> 13:14.850 ...for Eyeshield 21 to break through! 13:15.220 --> 13:17.500 N-No way! 13:33.620 --> 13:35.930 Th-They'll kill me! 13:40.100 --> 13:41.580 Sena, Sena! 13:41.580 --> 13:42.270 Kurita? 13:43.010 --> 13:45.950 The White Knights' defense is arguably the best in the nation. 13:46.550 --> 13:48.630 Trying to get past them all alone would be really tough on you. 13:50.080 --> 13:54.020 Just think of us linemen and Ishimaru as your shields. 13:54.720 --> 13:56.890 We'll be the shields that protect you! 13:57.300 --> 13:59.140 That way you can run without worrying! 13:59.140 --> 14:00.380 Sh-Shields? 14:01.200 --> 14:04.150 Kurita and the line... are shields? 14:15.590 --> 14:18.080 Set, hut, HUT! 14:21.640 --> 14:23.950 It sounds nice, but they're still scary! 14:30.990 --> 14:33.490 The spikes really worked last time... 14:34.370 --> 14:37.180 They don't slip at all, and it feels really safe. 14:38.250 --> 14:39.810 Like my legs are armored. 14:41.990 --> 14:43.710 Now I know how to hold the ball. 14:46.410 --> 14:48.790 And everyone is my shield. 14:53.200 --> 14:53.700 I can do this! 14:56.470 --> 14:57.580 Charge! 15:05.970 --> 15:06.660 Double team?! 15:11.590 --> 15:14.330 His running... The fear has vanished! 15:20.120 --> 15:20.740 I... 15:22.330 --> 15:23.650 I trust you all! 15:23.650 --> 15:25.670 30 yards to the goal! 15:28.510 --> 15:30.800 It's pointless now... If he slips through... 15:36.160 --> 15:38.580 ...there'll be no way to stop his speed. 15:39.230 --> 15:40.290 He's at the 20! 15:42.390 --> 15:43.030 The 10! 15:48.110 --> 15:50.770 Touchdown, ya-ha! 15:56.790 --> 15:57.970 Sena! 16:08.400 --> 16:11.620 We have the lead against the White-Freakin'-Knights! 16:11.620 --> 16:12.900 That ruled! 16:13.300 --> 16:16.410 You got past all those guys by yourself! This guy rocks! 16:17.380 --> 16:20.420 Oh yeah, if I don't change my voice they'll find me out... 16:22.710 --> 16:25.440 No, we made this touchdown together. 16:25.900 --> 16:29.590 If I didn't have you all blocking for me, I'd never have made it to the goal. 16:32.660 --> 16:34.040 They're really getting into it. 16:34.940 --> 16:40.110 That's right, I made it because I had them... because I had my shields! 16:41.260 --> 16:43.560 We've just bore witness to a completely unexpected event! 16:44.000 --> 16:45.820 In the opening minutes of the game, 16:45.820 --> 16:49.480 the relatively unknown Deimon Devil Bats have somehow taken the lead! 16:51.940 --> 16:53.320 This is ridiculous! 16:53.660 --> 16:56.300 How could we be in this situation against DEIMON?! 16:56.800 --> 16:57.300 Coach. 16:57.920 --> 16:59.150 I made a mistake. 17:01.360 --> 17:06.340 He appears to have the speed to run the 40-yard in approximately 4.6 seconds, 17:06.340 --> 17:07.720 and makes those superhuman cuts... 17:08.520 --> 17:13.870 I now believe he's undergone years of special training to develop explosive running power. 17:15.170 --> 17:20.510 Awesome... That Eyeshield person has never even been tackled once! 17:21.180 --> 17:26.480 I wish Sena could see this! How someone that small fights so hard! 17:27.170 --> 17:28.620 Time for the extra point. 17:28.920 --> 17:30.690 Extra point? 17:31.100 --> 17:34.310 It's like a bonus round after you score a touchdown. 17:35.230 --> 17:37.220 If you kick the ball through the goal posts, it's one point. 17:37.580 --> 17:39.700 If you score another touchdown, it's two. 17:41.760 --> 17:42.650 C'mon. 17:43.040 --> 17:45.370 We don't have a kicker, so I handle the kicks. 17:45.980 --> 17:48.960 But all I can do is kick the living crap out of the ball. 17:49.370 --> 17:50.360 It won't go in. 17:51.310 --> 17:52.280 Which means... 17:54.990 --> 17:55.840 Set... 17:58.260 --> 18:01.470 This is no good, Otawara is confused. 18:01.920 --> 18:03.640 Hut, hut, HUT! 18:09.270 --> 18:11.880 Kick? Run? Run? Kick? 18:11.880 --> 18:13.300 Stop thinking, Otawara! 18:14.400 --> 18:16.440 Lunkheads like you are only there to smash through! 18:18.130 --> 18:19.270 Yeah! 18:19.590 --> 18:20.950 I'll just crush 'em! 18:24.420 --> 18:25.050 They're running! 18:31.700 --> 18:32.470 It's him! 18:38.480 --> 18:40.730 Eyeshield, that's enough, get out! 18:46.710 --> 18:51.220 Ah well, we were never gonna force our way into the end zone with this team anyway. 18:53.430 --> 18:57.460 If that guy tackles me, he'll squash me like a bug! 18:58.370 --> 19:00.720 The Devil Bats lead 6-0! 19:01.200 --> 19:02.950 Here comes their kickoff! 19:11.080 --> 19:12.880 Well, that's that. 19:13.830 --> 19:16.040 Okay, we're on defense, huddle up! 19:16.940 --> 19:20.810 Defense... That means I won't get tackled any more. 19:21.510 --> 19:23.200 Everyone pay attention. 19:23.730 --> 19:27.300 With our amateur defense, there's no way we'll stop the White Knights. 19:27.700 --> 19:30.470 There's a 100% chance of failure, against their pass AND their run. 19:32.850 --> 19:33.350 Huh? 19:33.660 --> 19:34.160 Huh? 19:34.490 --> 19:35.150 Huh? 19:35.740 --> 19:38.150 So, Eyeshield 21... 19:39.170 --> 19:39.670 What? 19:45.070 --> 19:47.770 No way! That's insane! 19:47.770 --> 19:49.060 Insane's what we need! 19:49.470 --> 19:51.040 There're no coincidences in football. 19:51.920 --> 19:55.290 If you wanna land a lucky punch, you gotta work for it. 19:56.040 --> 19:58.250 You got it, Eyeshield 21? 20:03.990 --> 20:05.310 This can't be happening! 20:08.390 --> 20:11.020 Me mo kuramu you na hard days 20:08.390 --> 20:11.020 When the hard days leave my head spinning 20:11.390 --> 20:14.100 First down mo ubaezu ni time out 20:11.390 --> 20:14.100 and we can't even get a first down, I call a time out. 20:14.520 --> 20:17.650 Sherbert-jou ni tokedashita taiyou 20:14.520 --> 20:17.650 The blazing sun looks like melted sherbert, 20:17.730 --> 20:20.230 Nomihosu no sa I am a loser 20:17.730 --> 20:20.230 and I'm a loser who's gonna drink it up. 20:20.860 --> 20:23.530 Dare no shizu mo ukenai to 20:20.860 --> 20:23.530 I don't take orders from anyone, 20:23.860 --> 20:26.780 Hashiritsuzukeru like a rolling stone 20:23.860 --> 20:26.780 I just keep running like a rolling stone. 20:26.860 --> 20:29.950 Dare mo ga ikiru tame no reason 20:26.860 --> 20:29.950 The more you think about your reason for living, 20:30.030 --> 20:33.080 kangaeru hodo ni meikyuu no sa so blue 20:30.030 --> 20:33.080 the more it seems like you're trapped in a maze so blue. 20:33.200 --> 20:35.580 Moteamashiteru passion 20:33.200 --> 20:35.580 So much passion, I can't keep it in. 20:36.250 --> 20:38.830 Nuritsubusareta question 20:36.250 --> 20:38.830 I've whited out all the questions. 20:39.250 --> 20:41.880 Shinjitsu wa maru de ficion 20:39.250 --> 20:41.880 The truth is total fiction. 20:50.390 --> 20:56.440 Jidai to iu mei no machine ni matagatte 20:50.390 --> 20:56.440 Balancing on those machines we call "generations." 21:02.780 --> 21:09.780 Inochigakete no bakageta game to ikigatte 21:02.780 --> 21:09.780 I live to risk my life playing this stupid game. 21:24.090 --> 21:26.040 Yay, Sena made a touchdown! 21:26.320 --> 21:30.840 But there's no time to relax, because Ojo's Seijuro Shin's about to come in! 21:30.840 --> 21:34.260 Eyeshield 21, I respect your speed. However... 21:34.620 --> 21:36.860 Can Sena make it past him? 21:37.390 --> 21:42.490 Next time on Eyeshield 21: The Pierce of the Spear Tackle! Ya-ha! 21:54.430 --> 21:57.900 I've been wondering, what's all this "hut, hut" business? 21:58.330 --> 22:00.940 That's how they signal the start of the play! 22:01.350 --> 22:01.930 Signal? 22:02.300 --> 22:06.910 Yes. The team decides beforehand how many times they'll say "hut" before moving. 22:07.620 --> 22:08.550 I get it! 22:08.920 --> 22:10.800 Man, you really don't know anything... 22:12.150 --> 22:13.840 Ooh, Sakuraba! 22:14.380 --> 22:15.060 Ugh.