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[bell tolling]

[female voice] You chose the same player, so you'll draw lots to decide.

Now, each captain, take a ball from the drawing box.

Whoever draws the ball marked Final Draft will win and draft their chosen player.

[tense music playing]

[music intensifies]

[music builds to crescendo, fades]

[competitors applaud]

-Welcome. -Thank you.

[dramatic music playing]

[music ends]

[tense music playing]

[Yuya] That moment was so frustrating.

I really think he's the type of athlete who can come out on top,

no matter what the event is.

[Katsuma] I mean, I was relieved.

In terms of overall balance for a team,

Kurihara was someone I'd hoped to compete with from the start.

[female voice] At this time, the leader who lost his first choice

must make a new selection.

Yuya Shozui's

first-round selection is

Atsushi Arai.

[competitors applaud]

[Atsushi] Let's do this.

[Yuya] The reason I picked Atsushi first is because as an athlete,

he has incredible ability and insane potential.

So I didn't hesitate at all.

I thought, "He's not picking Itoi?"

Even in the sauna, Shozui was saying

he wanted to be on the same team as him.

So I was honestly shocked.

[music fades]

[female voice] Round Two.

Yuya Shozui selects

Kazuhiro Goya.

Katsuma Yonemura selects…

Yoshio Itoi.

[Yuya exhales forcefully]

I did not see that coming at all.

I was kind of worried that he might try to select all of the rugby players first.

So I tried to be proactive and prevent that.

[Katsuma] Welcome.

[Takashi] All right!

I was pretty sure one of us would pick him,

so I thought I should pick him early on.

[Yuya] To be honest, I'd planned on selecting Itoi for my team.

I underestimated the strategy

that went into the order of our selections.

I was pretty frustrated with myself.

[female voice] Round Three.

Yuya Shozui selects…

Koji Tokuda.

Katsuma Yonemura selects

Kenta Tsukamoto.

[electronic dance music playing]

Okay.

Thank you.

-[Katsuma] Welcome. -[Kenta] Let's do this.

Let's go crazy!

[Yuya] They've got a solid lineup.

No, we'll be fine.

-[female voice] Round Four. -We're good.

Yuya Shozui selects Ryosuke Miyaguni.

Katsuma Yonemura selects Ryudai Onikura.

I swear I won't let you down.

-[music fades] -[female voice] And now Round Five.

I will announce the final two picks.

Anyone who is not selected will be eliminated from the competition.

The final picks

for Round Five.

Yuya Shozui selects…

Hozumi Hasegawa.

Katsuma Yonemura selects…

Hozumi Hasegawa.

[sniffs]

You chose the same player and will draw lots to decide.

I've got the worst luck.

[competitors applaud]

-Thank you. Glad to be here. -Glad you're on our team. Welcome.

[female voice] The leader who lost his first pick

will now choose his last teammate from those remaining.

[Yuya] I didn't expect to struggle so much with my last pick.

It was hard to write the name down.

[stirring music playing]

NAOTO HAYASAKA

[Naoto] I've been thinking I'd like to start my own gym for kids.

I wanna inspire kids to train for the Olympics,

to achieve what I could not.

Let's win it.

Yes, we definitely will.

Let's do everything we can to win.

FORMER STREET WORKOUT ATHLETE

[Masato] After I retired, I tried a lot of things,

but I couldn't find a good fit.

I mean, not many people even know about the sport,

so I'm hoping I can make an impact here

and maybe find a new path forward.

[Ryudai] Careful, it's cold.

-That's crazy No way! -[Takashi] Whoa, insane.

-[stunned exclamations] -Cool.

-[Ryudai] Antigravity. -[Katsuma] Incredible.

[Kazuhiro] No way.

That's so awesome.

MASAYUKI SHIMOKAWA

[Masayuki] I'm entering this competition as a kabaddi athlete.

I want to beat other athletes who come from more well-known sports.

I want the chance to show how amazing kabaddi players can be.

It has some elements that are similar to sports like rugby.

-I can squat roughly 170 kilos. -Seriously?

-I did not expect that. -That's how strong kabaddi players are.

And I'm committed to winning for my family.

I don't want to exit Final Draft this early. I wanna make it to the end.

I want them to see what I'm capable of.

I'll do my best.

[music builds to crescendo, fades]

[female voice] For Round Five, Yuya Shozui selects…

Masayuki Shimokawa.

[Masayuki exhales deeply]

Thank you.

[female voice] Those who were not chosen for a team are now eliminated.

NAOTO HAYASAKA, 29 ELIMINATED

ELIMINATED

[somber music playing]

[Yuya] If it were up to me,

I would've wanted all 14 of us to continue fighting together.

As fellow athletes who gave everything to this competition,

I have deep respect for both of you.

The rest of us

will carry forth your spirits and give it our all.

[Katsuma] This is where we part ways.

If I win, I'll be calling you,

so we can all have some drinks together.

No matter who wins, I promise that we'll all celebrate.

Thank you. Appreciate you both.

I mean, of course, I'd say I'm pretty frustrated about this.

It's true that we're both eliminated,

but I also feel like we can leave with our heads held high.

Being able to make it this far, alongside elite athletes like yourselves,

has been such an honor.

Yeah. Please do your best until the very end.

[female voice] The draft is complete.

The two teams will face off

in the next challenge of the competition.

Please make your way to the arena.

[Koji exhales deeply]

[music fades]

[Atsushi] Wow, coming back here makes me nervous.

-No doubt. -Here we go.

-[Yuya] The tension, right? -[Atsushi] Everyone's getting tense.

[Yuya] I feel reassured by them.

Everyone on my team has a lot of power,

but I'd say this team can handle speed-based challenges as well.

[tense music playing]

[Takashi groans]

[Kenta] Wow.

[Katsuma] Our team has the strongest competitors.

[Yoshio] For sure.

[Kenta] We're totally all about power.

[Hozumi] We're super strong, yeah. Absolutely.

[Takashi] That's what we've anticipated.

No matter what, the next one's gonna be a power challenge.

That's some wishful thinking, right, Kenta?

[all laughing]

[pulsing beeping]

[Yoshio] Here it comes.

[female voice] The next challenge is the Orange Stage.

Orange?

[female voice] This stage will test your unity.

[Takashi] Unity.

-[Koji] Unity. -[Yoshio] Because we're in teams?

[tense music playing]

[female voice] Everyone, proceed to the stage.

-[Yoshio] It's time. Let's do it. -[Katsuma] Bring it on!

[Koji] Let's go!

-[tense music playing] -[Takashi] Oh!

-So that's what it is. -[Ryudai] Wow!

So this is it.

-[Takashi] Okay. -[Koji] Wow!

[Takashi] Let's do this.

-[Kenta] Looks good, looks good. -[Takashi] I get it.

-This is awesome. -[Koji] What's happening?

-What the hell is this? -[Kazuhiro] This all looks really heavy.

-[Ryudai] Jeez. Yeah, that looks heavy. -[Koji] What is this?!

[Kenta] When I saw two big piles of sandbags,

I thought, "Yes! Finally!"

"The time has arrived to show how strong I am."

[Yoshio] Yeah, I mean, that made me nervous.

I was like, "What's gonna happen?"

Whoa, crazy. They look heavy.

-What's that? -We're stacking and climbing them?

[female voice] In the Orange Stage,

your unity will be put to the test by

stacking sandbags.

Stacking sandbags?

-[Yuya] Oh, we're building a platform. -[Yoshio] No way!

-[Takashi] This is insane. -[Yuya] This looks pretty crazy.

[energetic dance music playing]

[female voice] You will carry sandbags, each one weighing 45 pounds.

You must stack all of the sandbags in order to climb to the top of the wall.

[Yuya] This is a real game of strength, yeah?

[Ryudai] So we have to build a staircase?

We gotta stack a lot of bags.

We'll need to stack them to reach the highest level.

-Ugh, that looks so hard. -[Koji] That's pretty high.

[female voice] To finish the challenge, each team will also need to carry

a 130-pound black sandbag up to the highest level.

The first team to have all members hit the buttons together wins.

And all six members of the losing team will be eliminated.

[Yuya] That's brutal!

[Katsuma] This is the perfect chance to knock out a bunch of rivals at once.

[Kenta] Six people will be eliminated in this challenge.

It's a huge deal.

[Koji] I might actually pull this off.

I thought my team stood a good chance of winning this one.

[female voice] Each team selects two members

who will start the challenge.

After three minutes, two more will join.

Three minutes after that, another two will join.

Ah, so that's how it works.

The guys with more endurance should go first.

[female voice] In addition to your strengths as individual athletes,

you must demonstrate unity as a team to succeed.

-[exhales forcefully] -[music fades]

I've always played individual sports.

Competing as a team is something I haven't done

since I was a kid in middle school.

I'm not quite sure how it'll go.

The opposing team probably thinks they've already won this one.

Overall, the guys on their team have good mobility.

And the top-ranked guys,

Shozui, Goya, and Arai,

they almost certainly have an advantage.

[Kazuhiro] Knowing what we're up against and seeing the expressions on their faces,

I already know we can win.

I think it's better if those two start first.

Okay.

Then we'll be lifting the sandbags to the higher levels.

It's best to carry as few bags as possible.

[Yuya] And then keep stacking them up there.

That's the best way to do it, yeah?

I think that Koji and I

are probably the most strength-focused members of the team,

so I'm confident.

This is exactly what I was hoping for.

In football, I was always in a position to offer

a strong foundation and steady base of support.

This stage will showcase my abilities.

It's crucial not to let them fall. We can't let them fall.

All of our members come from team sports.

I think we're gonna be pretty well-coordinated in that sense.

I believe that we can win this.

So who should we pick as the first two guys?

Whoever has good stamina and can lift the most weight.

The first two members are going to have the toughest job for sure.

They're out there the whole time. Anyone concerned about their stamina

should definitely go last. Save their turn for the end.

That's right.

[Hozumi] Kurihara was the one who ended up leading our team.

I imagine he's done some strategizing before.

Kurihara's presence as a leader

has been a big help to everyone on the team, myself included.

So the role of the first two people

is just to bring them all over to the wall.

Then people who have fresh legs can come in later,

and they can stack them up the walls like that.

That'll be faster and more efficient.

It's all about figuring out what your limit will be

for each challenge.

[Yoshio] First of all,

we'll need a considerable amount of sandbags,

and a good strategy.

[Takashi] I was one of the first athletes picked

during the first round of the draft.

So I believe my role here is to ensure that our team wins.

I mean, we're at a huge disadvantage,

but ultimately, the best athletes thrive in adversity.

[female voice] The next competition will begin shortly.

[Katsuma] Bring it on!

[female voice] Will the first two members of each team

take your positions at the starting line?

[tense music playing]

The Orange Stage testing each team's unity will now begin.

-[music fades] -[beeping]

[buzzing]

-[Takashi] Let's do this! -[Ryudai] Go!

[Takashi] Come on. Go, go, go.

[Kazuhiro] Nice job, Shozui!

[Ryudai] This is pretty tough.

[energetic dance music playing]

TAKASHI KURIHARA, 37

FORMER JAPANESE AMERICAN FOOTBALL TEAM MEMBER

KOJI TOKUDA, 36 FORMER AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER/COMEDIAN

[Ryudai] I knew this was going to be tough.

Ultimately, it was more about grip strength

than arm strength.

I was like, "How long is this gonna take?"

[Kazuhiro] Looks like they're bringing them over for now.

[Takashi] First, Oni and I will carry as much as we can.

Not lining them up.

Because we'll waste time if we don't have enough sandbags.

[Koji] Our plan is to try and reach the goal

with the least number of bags.

I think that will be the difference maker.

Up you go!

[Hozumi] You got this!

[Koji] I'll grab some more.

[Yuya] It's getting tough to carry two at the same time.

[Kazuhiro] No, no, just one at a time is fine.

[female voice] The first three minutes are almost over.

-The second pair is about to start. -All right, here we go.

-[Ryosuke] Let's go? -[Kenta] This is gonna be a long battle.

[beeping]

[buzzing]

[dynamic dance music playing]

-[Ryosuke] It's falling. -[Kazuhiro] Nice!

[Yoshio] Go!

Keep going!

KAZUHIRO GOYA, 31 - FORMER JAPAN NATIONAL RUGBY SEVENS TEAM MEMBER

[Kazuhiro] I'm heading up.

[Koji] Goya's role is to stack as many sandbags as possible

up onto the second level.

The others hadn't brought up any to the first level yet,

so we thought we had a chance to pull ahead.

[music fades]

RYOSUKE MIYAGUNI, 32 FORMER PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER

KATSUMA YONEMURA, 28 FORMER JUDO ATHLETE

[Yoshio] Go! Don't stop!

[Takashi] The two athletes with the greatest stamina

are coming in now.

And their role is actually the simplest of all.

They just keep carrying bags nonstop and nothing else.

That's their only role.

[Hozumi] I wanna be like a diligent worker ant,

carrying the sandbags for as long as possible.

[Koji] Shozui.

-This one. -[Yuya] Okay.

-[Koji] Ready, lift. -[Yuya] We got this.

[both straining]

[female voice] Team Shozui has reached the first level with their black sandbag.

[tense music playing]

[Kazuhiro] Someone lift them to the upper level! Lift them up!

-[Atsushi] Go, Shozui! -[Kazuhiro] To the upper level!

-Stack the sandbags for now. -[Koji] Okay.

[Kazuhiro] I'm going down.

[Yoshio] Okay.

[Yuya] Seriously, this feels endless.

-[Kenta] Kuri, how's it going? -We need one more person here.

-[Kenta] Let me take over. -[Takashi] Next set.

[Kenta] I was like, "Oh no, we're gonna lose at this rate."

So I wanted to be our final weapon.

I just wanted them to see that I could be a game changer.

[female voice] You are nearing the six-minute mark.

The third pair is about to start.

[beeping]

[buzzing]

-I'm okay. Go, go, go, go, go! -Yep.

-[Koji] Try harder! -[Yuya] Try harder!

Oni, I'm gonna lift this up real quick.

Can you pull the bag up the rest of the way?

Okay.

[female voice] Team Yonemura has reached the first level with their black sandbag.

-[dramatic music playing] -[Takashi] Get them up for now.

The third wave will be our strongest guys.

It'll be Itoi and Kenta.

They're just gonna lift all the sandbags stacked on the first floor

straight up to the next level. That's the strategy.

[Atsushi] That's fast.

ATSUSHI ARAI, 30, FORMER MEMBER OF THE JAPAN NATIONAL WATER POLO TEAM

[Yuya] We're doing good. This is a good pace.

MASAYUKI SHIMOKAWA, 35 - FORMER MEMBER OF THE JAPAN NATIONAL KABADDI TEAM

[Ryudai] Someone get up here! Someone get up here!

[Takashi] Itoi, jump up there. Itoi, now, now, now.

-[Ryudai] Itoi, now! -[Takashi] Kenta, one more push.

[music fades]

[Yoshio] I mean, I just wanted to make use of the fact

that I was the tallest on the team.

So I just focused entirely on lifting the sandbags up. Yeah.

-[Takashi] Hey, hey, hey! -[Kenta] Wow, great pace!

Yone, you're doing great. Nice!

[Kazuhiro] We might not make it.

-Itoi's crushing it! -[Atsushi] That's insane!

[suspenseful music playing]

[Kazuhiro] Sorry, Shozui.

Okay.

[panting]

Oh man. This one's heavy.

[Takashi] This is football strategy.

It's all about roles.

You don't worry about anything outside of your role.

-[Ryudai] Okay. -Oni, get up there.

[Ryudai] Yes. I'm going up.

HOZUMI HASEGAWA, 43 FORMER BOXING WORLD CHAMPION

[Hozumi] My role was just to carry as many sandbags as possible.

It was exhausting, but I never stopped.

[Koji] At one point, they started to pick up the pace,

and I panicked.

-[Atsushi] No, no, no! Crap. -[Yuya] This is really bad.

-[Koji] We need one more up top? -[Yuya] We need more.

-[Koji] How we doing? -No, bring more. Keep going.

-[Koji] Okay. Thank you. -[Yuya] I'll head up for now.

-We're good. We're good. -[Koji] Okay.

[Yuya] Keep it steady.

Coming up.

-[Yuya] You good? -Wait a sec.

My back hurts.

Should I switch in?

[Kazuhiro] You've been doing this the whole time.

[Yuya] But this part's easier.

[music fades]

Come here for a sec.

Hold it like this.

Ready, lift.

[Ryudai] Okay. On three, yeah?

One, two, and three! Okay.

[Kazuhiro] Ready, lift.

I'll give it one pull. You climb up there.

[Takashi] Here we go. Ready, lift.

Okay!

[female voice] Team Yonemura has reached level two

with their black sandbag.

Go!

[female voice] Team Shozui has reached level two

with their black sandbag.

[dramatic music playing]

[Yuya] This is endless.

[Kenta] Sorry.

[Takashi] Hang in there.

We can't lose.

This one's heavy.

[Kenta] Come on, come on.

Never give up.

Kenta.

[Katsuma] All right!

Keep it up!

-[Takashi] Yone, Yone, Yone. -[Katsuma] Yes!

-Give him a hand. -[Katsuma] Got it!

Shozui and I are different in terms of physical build,

and I kinda felt like some of my team members

might have actually preferred to be on Shozui's team.

That was sort of in the back of my mind.

[Koji] Hey, are we short on sandbags?

[Ryosuke] Sandbags? Yeah, we need more.

-[Koji] Need one more person. -[Yuya] I'm going!

[Kazuhiro] Just like that. Keep going. I got it.

[Yuya] Okay.

♪ Faded lights, all the cheers have died ♪

♪ I look back and now I dream… ♪

[Yuya] I'll win even if it kills me.

I'm completely confident in the team I chose

and in myself.

I have to win. Otherwise, it's meaningless.

[Ryudai] Final push, come on!

-[Takashi] We're good, right? -Let's go!

♪ I feel the rush of blood Going over my head ♪

[Ryudai] I'll grab it from here.

[Hozumi] Thank you.

Wait a second. Should we just drag it for now?

♪ There's no more going back And I'm… ♪

[Yuya] Come on, come on.

-[Koji] Keep going! -[Atsushi] Not yet!

[Kazuhiuro] You've got this!

-Everyone, bring them over here. -[Yuya] Okay!

Going up? Okay.

Time to go up!

-Almost there. -[Takashi] Hold on.

-Just a second. -[Ryudai] Okay.

Ready, lift.

[female voice] Team Yonemura has carried their black sandbag

to the third level.

[Ryudai] Get up here!

[Yoshio] No, we got this!

-Come on, lift the black one. -[Kazuhiro] Now the black one.

[Atsushi] Not yet. Still need a base.

We just have to climb. Everyone, jump up.

[Katsuma] Come on, let's go, let's go!

-[Ryudai] We just have to climb! -[Katsuma] Go, go! Let's go! Yes!

[Takashi] Come on!

[competitors cheering]

[competitors] Yes! Yes! Yes!

[Ryudai] Hell yeah!

-[Kenta] Amazing! -[Takashi] Easy!

[Kenta] This is crazy.

[Katsuma] Yes!

[Ryudai] Yeah!

Yeah!

Three, two, one!

Yeah!

-We did it! -[loud buzzing tone]

[Team Yonemura cheering]

Bring it in everyone. You all crushed it.

[cheering]

Great work, everyone! Amazing!

[Kenta] Very nice!

[somber music playing]

No way.

-[Takashi] Great teamwork. -[Kenta] Amazing work, everyone.

You never stopped.

[Takashi] You were incredible, Hasegawa. Sai, amazing, you never let up.

Damn it.

[Takashi] I mean, it was the strategy.

I mean, looking back, I think maybe they had better communication.

I mean, they seemed to communicate what they needed

better than us.

[sighs]

[Atsushi] Even in my career,

I mean,

it's not like I won every time I competed.

So this was just another loss for me, I guess.

Oh man.

[female voice] All members of Team Shozui have been eliminated.

We'll now hear a few words from each captain.

Well, to put it bluntly, I'm frustrated.

Um, I had a lot of confidence in this team,

and I went into it trusting we could win.

I think there are tough battles ahead in this competition.

But keep fighting,

and don't give up. So thank you so much.

Everyone's… passion,

I've seen so much of it throughout this competition.

And we're honored to bring that same spirit, that fight,

to crown a champion that's undeniable.

Thank you.

[music fades]

Oh man.

This is so frustrating.

It's frustrating.

[Atsushi] To know that this is all coming to an end…

[Kazuhiro] It's kind of sad.

This is so tough.

[pulsing beeping]

[female voice] Attention. Your Final Draft is not over yet.

What?

-Seriously? -[Koji] What does that mean?

What's that mean?

[mysterious music playing]

[Ryudai] We lost a lot of competitors, didn't we?

[female voice] No points were added. Today's challenge was a team competition.

The contestants who are first, second, and third in the standings

retain their ranking.

That means I'm still dead last.

[female voice] However, we've prepared a meal

in honor of your efforts.

-You'll be rewarded with a barbecue. -[Katsuma] Oh!

[female voice] Please enjoy this meal together.

-All together? -All together?

-That's awesome. -A victory celebration.

-All together. -That's really great.

Thank God!

-[Ryudai] Good for you, Kenta. -[Kenta] It's my first time.

-[Ryudai] Protein for the muscles. -[Yoshio] Ah, it's been a long time.

-[Takashi] Welcome, Kenta! -[Kenta] Ah yeah!

-[Ryudai] Your first time here? -[Kenta] First time.

-So this is the high scorers' place. -[Hozumi] This is amazing.

Whoa! Meat!

[Katsuma] This is the best! That's crazy.

[Takashi] Nice, nice, nice.

-[Ryudai] Insane. -[Takashi] The smell is nice too.

[Kenta] Anyone mind if I dig into this?

Thank you!

[uplifting dance music playing]

-[Yoshio] Should we start? -[Ryudai] Yeah.

-Oh, he's just going for it alone. -This is insane!

Is it good?

[moans with pleasure]

-So good! -[Yoshio] I wanna eat it.

-[Takashi] Looks really good. -[Ryudai] It's gotta be.

Damn, so good.

[Kenta] Seriously, it's amazing.

[Takashi] The best I've had here.

-Wow, so tender! -Yeah, it's tender.

-Really tender. -[Kenta] Delicious.

So good!

It was all strategy.

-Today's win, I mean. -Definitely a strategy win.

[Hozumi] Strategy was everything.

If there were nationals for that, we'd do well.

We'd go pretty far, yeah? Makes you wanna face other teams.

[Katsuma] I mean, I feel like our team approach

worked out so well in the end.

I'd been talking with Hozumi about it the whole time.

We both come from individual sports.

But supporting each other, contributing as individuals,

and winning as a team, that was just so satisfying.

[Kenta] Hozumi tried to climb the wall with the bag.

[Yoshio] What an epic story.

[Takashi] It'll definitely be worth telling someday.

-[Ryudai] So much fun. -[Takashi] Really fun.

I mean, I'm just so grateful. If I'd given up on that mountain,

I would have missed out on that great experience.

[Takashi] You were the last one through?

-[Kenta] Yeah. -[Takashi] Good for you.

[Kenta] I'm so glad I pushed through, even with my nose running.

-[Takashi] Impressive. -I used to play rugby for a long time.

And when I couldn't play anymore, I switched to bodybuilding.

It was just something I found by chance.

But bodybuilding isn't a reliable way to earn a living, long term at least.

When it comes to displaying your body,

your physique usually tends to peak when you're in your twenties.

Once that peak passes, when you get into your thirties or beyond,

to be honest,

it feels like the next stage of your life is pretty unclear.

You know, I think it's pretty tough for all athletes

to transition into a second career.

[emotional music playing]

And if you think too much about what's next

during your active career,

you end up neglecting your sport.

-Kuri, you have a family too, right? -Yes, yes.

[Kenta] You'll always have a family to be concerned about, to support and protect.

Do you feel like that's a big part of what you have to worry about?

It's a smaller league, so even if you're playing professionally,

you can never earn the kind of money that athletes earn in the bigger leagues.

The earning potential is limited.

No matter how successful you are, there's a cap.

So, even as I was playing professionally,

I had to work a job on the side in case I had to quit someday.

I had to survive.

And then I just kept training and honing my skills as an athlete,

which ultimately led me to bobsledding.

I'd become a stronger athlete compared to

when I played football during college.

At that time, I was in my late twenties to early thirties.

That's when I was actually at my physical peak as an athlete.

If I had reached that peak in my college years,

18 to 22,

I think my life would have been different, and I regret that.

I thought, "You know,

I don't want young athletes to have the same experience."

So, in order to produce NFL-caliber Japanese players,

I thought I would provide a higher level of training

to support the next generation of players from Japan.

That's when I retired from my active career.

And that's my story.

I went through my own version of that.

When I retired,

I had this strange feeling.

I wanted to change and do something completely different.

So now I'm in my second year at the company.

-Mm. -Oh! That's amazing.

-I mean, my boss is younger than me. -[Takashi] Wow.

[Katsuma] In that environment,

well, there are

lots of moments when I have to… bite my tongue.

But I have a family too.

You know, I've chosen that path in life,

so I wanna become truly independent as soon as possible

to make life easier for them.

So come in for haircuts.

[Yoshio] Wow, I wanna go.

-I promise I'll go at least once. -I wanna go! I'm definitely going.

[Takashi] I'll go once for sure.

In terms of changes, Oni also entered a totally different… line of work.

I mean, I imagine being an actor is really different from being an athlete.

-[Yoshio] That's true. -Yeah, totally.

The reason I got into acting was because,

during my pro-boxing years,

I got cast in a boxing movie that was being shot in China.

The opportunity

felt a little random, to be honest.

I knew I wanted to be independent and do something like Kuri is doing,

become a trainer or something like that.

I thought about whether I should get certified

and look for work,

or challenge myself to do something totally new with my life.

I thought about what would make my life more interesting

and chose a new challenge.

Yeah. You know, I feel like you've had more experience than me,

and listening to you talk about them makes me think.

Right now, there's something I wanna do.

It's something I can make a living doing.

But at any point, it could end.

And if something comes up, like it did for you guys,

and I wanna do something new,

I'm sure it might make me happy.

But the question is whether the new thing would make me money.

That's a whole different story, you know?

Actually, I think it's rare to find something you're passionate about.

It might sound strange to say it's hard,

but it's not easy finding something you love to do.

-[Kenta] I agree with you -I mean…

Like, if you just do something you're good at,

it might eventually become something you like to do.

-[Yoshio] Ah. Like, over time? -[Hozumi] Yeah, over time.

I feel like that's one way you could approach thinking about it.

I knew a boxer,

he was diagnosed with a brain injury, and after that, he couldn't box anymore.

He had to retire.

And it all happened fast. He didn't know what to do.

But a friend of his said

maybe he should try running a rice ball shop,

just to give it a shot, you know, and see if he likes it.

And after a while, he started to enjoy it.

And within a year,

he decided he wanted to make his rice ball shop the best in Japan.

It became his passion.

So, you know, if you just start with something you're good at,

it could turn into your passion, and that would be really great.

[Kenta] Mm.

When I decided to come here and compete,

I honestly didn't expect

that this would end up being so meaningful.

This is a deep conversation.

[Kenta] At first, I was just like,

"Of course I wanna win that 30 million yen prize."

Not anymore?

-No, I mean-- -Yeah, he doesn't want it now.

I still want the 30 million.

I'm just saying that having this conversation with you all

has been so great.

I mean…

Like, maybe today added another layer for you.

-Yeah. -Because today was about teamwork.

That's true.

Before today's challenge, Itoi quietly said,

"You know, I think this experience is gonna be worth way more

than just 30 million yen."

-Yeah, it should be worth 60 million. -[laughter]

Yeah, double. Double.

Why 60 million though?

But seriously, though, when he said that, that really hit home with me.

Getting to hear that kind of wisdom

and just being able to talk to you as an equal,

I think that makes me incredibly fortunate. Yeah.

Thank you so much, Final Draft!

-[Hozumi] Way to wrap it up, Sai. -[Takashi] Come on, Kenta.

To the sky! Throwing it to the stars!

We're not done yet, and we're still going.

-[Yoshio] More to come. -[Kenta] Thanks so much!

-[Hozumi] Let's fight hard tomorrow! -[Katsuma] Thank you.

It's so cold again tonight.

Yeah, it's freezing.

-Tonight is especially cold, isn't it? -Yeah, it's gotten colder.

-[Hozumi] Freezing temps. -[Kenta] Whoa.

-[Hozumi] Well then. -[Kenta] Good night.

[all say "good night"]

I have to sleep in a tent again?

I mean, I've only stayed in tents this whole time.

What?

What's this?

What's this? Creepy.

The hell is this?

Huh?

Wait a sec.

What?

What?

[dramatic music playing]

Whoa! No way!

Give me a break.

"You may withdraw from Final Draft

and drop out of the game with a portion of the 30 million yen."

"You will leave with three million yen."

"If you wish, tomorrow morning, when the bell rings,

please come to the entrance of the campsite."

Three million yen…

Damn, this is awful!

Oh man, that's what this is all about. I get it now.

♪ Faded lights, all the cheers have died ♪

♪ I look back ♪

-♪ And now I dream another ♪ -[bell tolling]

♪ Now I’m here, I’m not a shadow no more ♪

♪ Chasing echoes Of a life I used to know ♪

♪ I feel the rush of blood Going over my head ♪

♪ There’s no more going back Ahead I’m led by fire ♪

♪ I feel my heart pumping And I’m filled with dread ♪

♪ There’s no more going back Ahead I’m led by fire ♪

[music fades]