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Kita High got knocked out in the first round?

Getting beat 0-3...

That's gotta hurt.

I'm sorry...

Tenma, snap out of it.

You're still in the individual tournament.

And you can compete next year, too.

But next year...

You guys won't be here!

None of you are pathetic!

You guys, the school, my brother...

You are all my pride and joy!

And I wanted to show the world that!

Dammit...

I had no idea you felt that way.

We all did the best we could.

But it wasn't enough.

All that's left is disappointment.

People might say we'll one day look back on this as a beautiful memory.

But I don't believe a word of it.

Dammit!

Losing so badly can be tough to take.

But that pain shows how earnest your efforts were.

Victory is preferable, but there is value in facing up to a loss.

Use this defeat to grow as warriors.

Team Tournament

Round 2

Match over. Odachi, on the east side, wins 3-0.

They're one amazing team.

They're not the complete package, but they've got momentum.

We'd better not underestimate them.

Yeah, they're really something.

Honestly, though, I'm tired of seeing people like them.

They gather momentum, win a few, then act like they're gonna go all the way.

They sometimes even become national treasures.

But eating guys like them for breakfast is how we've won six on the trot.

Right?

Right.

Inter High

Day 2

Team Tournament

Round 3

Team tournament: Round 3.

On the east side, Kabutoyama High School.

Bout 17 "The One Loved by the Sumo Gods"

On the west side, Odachi High School.

Yes!

Yes!

They went three-for-three in the third round, too!

With their momentum from yesterday plus Hinomaru back in action, they're unstoppable!

That injured left arm of his doesn't seem to be holding him back at all.

Odachi's going all the way!

Fourth bout. On the east side, Yamada-kun.

Huh?

Didn't we already win? Why are there more bouts?

On the west side, Kunisaki-kun.

From today, they have to fight all five bouts in each round.

He got behind him!

Four in a row!

Okay, get out there and enjoy your debut in the national spotlight!

Fifth bout. On the east side, Sato-kun.

On the west side, Mitsuhashi-kun.

Isn't he a little scrawny?

I saw this guy in the prefecture prelims.

He leaps up after the initial charge.

This guy's crafty! Be careful!

Spirit!

No tricks this time.

Leaping's useless if you know what's coming.

He sucks!

Mitsuhashi...

Mitsuhashi...

I'm fine.

I've decided to win with a change-up.

Why are you yawning? Didn't you get any sleep?

I couldn't stop watching film of the Nagoya Tournament.

Daikeisho almost won.

How?

Japanese sumo wrestlers weak now.

Jino, Mongolian wrestler, strong.

Yeah, yeah, you made your point.

That's why we're here, right? To get stronger.

Kusanagi...

Dojikiri.

Dojikiri, huh? I don't really like that name.

After all, Kusanagi sounds way cooler.

Guess it just shows how much more they expect of you...

Son of Yamatokuni, the last Japanese yokozuna.

You can't bring your father or your moniker into the sumo ring.

You're in there all by yourself.

Tennoji-san, I will...

enter the ring with the weight of being the son of a yokozuna on my shoulders.

This year's Inter High is a thrill a minute.

On the east side, Tottori Hakuro High School.

Here comes Hakuro.

The invincible champions are up.

First bout. On the east side, Enoki-kun.

Spirit!

What kind of move was that?

That was an aikido move.

Sumo's all about knocking your opponent off-balance.

He's only 174 cm tall, and he doesn't have a large frame.

So he uses aikido, which targets an opponent's center of gravity regardless of size.

Hakuro's wrestlers use any technique they see fit.

I ended up choosing Hakuro because the team's full of colorful characters.

Colorful?

They have technicians like Enoki-san...

Second bout.

On the east side, Shuto-kun.

...and fighters who are all about brute strength.

I get it now. Colorful characters, indeed.

Every year, lots of interesting sumo wrestlers come to our school.

International students from Mongolia

give the team even more variety.

It motivates us to compete.

I'm glad I'm part of Hakuro.

I say that from the bottom of my heart.

They've opened up the practice area. Let's go check it out.

Before that, let's get some grub!

Wow, even Hakuro's might doesn't scare you, does it?

Sada.

You're heading over to the practice area?

Mind if we join you?

Don't look so wary.

We actually took a trip out to Tottori after the prelims.

Tottori? You mean...

How's about, for dessert, we recount our experiences taking on Hakuro?

The 32 qualifying competitors will now contest

the final rounds of the individual tournament.

Sumo School

Practice Area

Okay, I think it's about time we got started.

"The Ishi High – Dachi High Joint Sparring Session to Take Down Hakuro."

Yay!

I never agreed to this!

They're our enemies!

Why are we helping them out?

He's got a point. We're a rival team.

Why are you helping us?

Because this will benefit Ishi High, of course.

Benefit?

New Captain Mamiya will explain the details!

You're such a punk for making me do the annoying bit...

It's true that this might help Dachi High get stronger.

But if you push them, you'll make Hakuro dig deep,

so we'll see more of what they've got, which will help us when we face them.

So that's your plan.

You benefited from training with Kunisaki, didn't you, Sada?

Yeah, I can't deny it.

I stole everything I could from Kunisaki-san when we sparred.

If that's what you're after, don't expect us to thank you.

We don't have any reason to refuse.

I still don't like the idea of giving Dachi High more opportunities to celebrate!

You got that right.

Your team was pathetic not so long ago.

Ozeki was your only member, and he always lost in the first round.

And now, you guys are basking in the national spotlight.

That's incredible.

The hatred we feel for you as our rivals is matched by the respect we have for your sumo.

We aren't helping you solely for our own benefit.

We're cheering you on, Dachi High.

You want me to be a stand-in for Tennoji?

Your physique is closest to his.

It should help Ushio-kun visualize him.

Okay, I hear you.

No one's forcing you to do this, Araki.

Yeah, don't help them if you don't want to.

I don't want to be left out.

Having a stand-in for Tennoji will definitely help.

This will help them develop even more.

But...

We can't start thinking only Hakuro stands between us and the crown.

So he's here, too.

Eiga University High School's...

Kuze Sosuke.

The son of a yokozuna.

He's at the age where he wants to defy his parents.

Looks to me like...

he's got the same bearing as you did at your peak.

What do you think, Yamatokuni?

I hear he plans to join the pro league after he becomes high school yokozuna.

The fact that it doesn't come across as a joke is scary.

I'm a sucker for my son.

I thought there wouldn't be anyone his age who could challenge him.

That is, until I came here.

The individual tournament, semifinal.

On the east side, Tennoji-kun.

On the west side, Kuze-kun.

I get the feeling...

...the future of professional sumo is bright.

Wh-Why is everyone so excited?

This is the equivalent of a fight between yokozuna.

Undefeated in official bouts, and treading the path of a champion.

The son of a great yokozuna.

Facing a battle-hardened king of conquerors.

This duel will decide who's best.

Spirit!

Truth be told, I'd rather these two didn't fight each other.

I'm having a premonition.

This battle will produce an even more fearsome monster.

Wondering what's happening...

...in their bout?

They've left you in their wake.

And that's not all. This battle may put you even further behind.

So, tomorrow, how are you going to beat the guy

you threw everything at yesterday to no avail?

Just like you taught me, I've been thinking it over.

Ever since the moment I lost.

Even going all-out against him, I wasn't able to see the limit of Tennoji's strength.

But thanks to everyone here, I've realized something.

I have an inner strength that I haven't managed to tap into yet.

Sada, let's have a bout.

No holding back.

I'm gonna take another step forward

in order to get closer to them!

Let's see what you've got.

You're the one best suited to finding your own style of sumo.

Now, show me...

The new and improved Hinomaru sumo!

A leg technique?

I expected Tennoji to be more composed.

Why's he being so erratic?

Tennoji has two faces.

When we sparred in Tottori, I got to see both of them.

One face is the style he uses to make sure he doesn't lose.

He sees what his opponent does

and picks a strategy that will give him an advantage.

He researches his opponent thoroughly,

and fights in a way that plays the percentage game.

As a result, he's undefeated in his high school sumo career.

But two years ago,

when he went up against upperclassmen and wrestlers stronger than him,

he showed a different face:

A style he uses to win.

I like to counterattack, and have more of a defensive style.

That's why I tried to make Tennoji go on the offensive.

The array of attacks he rained down on me was absolutely brutal.

Even thinking back on it sends chills down my spine.

So this is the champion,

Dojikiri.

In his bout with Onimaru...

No, he didn't waver in any of his bouts.

Is Sosuke really going to lose?

As far as I know,

Tennoji Shido is the strongest sumo wrestler competing in high school sumo.

However... no one in that arena...

not even me, someone who's fought him...

knows the true limits of Kuze Sosuke's strength.

Yamatokuni?

What is this? My blood should be boiling.

And yet, I feel so calm.

That comparison to Yamatokuni is starting to come true!

He's not like Hinomaru or Tennoji.

He's frighteningly quiet during the bout,

and his eyes reveal an unwavering strength.

A look of total serenity.

Attacking creates openings.

My brother calls that a weakness,

but when he used to abandon defense and fought only on instinct...

He was much scarier back then!

No matter who wins, my path is laid out in front of me.

Keep on doing things that excite me, Ushio Hinomaru!

Let's go!

Sada!

Thank you!

They've moved apart.

No holding back now.

This will be their second

and probably final head-on charge!

Kusanagi came off best!

They were evenly matched on the first charge!

Tennoji's strength brought out the beast within Sosuke!

He went low?!

I awakened the beast?

Not at all!

The beast has awoken for me!

That's the super-low attack my brother perfected

when he was short like Ushio-kun.

Only he can pull it off, because he used to be so short.

Its intensity... is boundless!

It's working! He's taking too many hits.

Every strike from the champion...

is chipping away at Sosuke.

Those years when I was shorter than everyone else has made me strong.

This battle will have the same effect.

It will make me the strongest!

I must battle a clone of Yamatokuni, the greatest yokozuna of the Heisei era.

This is another trial that the sumo gods have arranged for me!

He grabbed him!

Tennoji has the advantage!

So I'll overcome it!

I will wear the rope that tells everyone I've defeated the legendary yokozuna, Yamatokuni!

What a fearsome competitor...

Even in the face of his opponent's incredible pressure,

he's still thinking about how he can win using his ideal sumo.

It's...

My right hand is on his belt.

This is the strongest form I have inherited from my father, Yamatokuni.

For me, the sumo gods are part of Yamatokuni's fighting style!

I've given up on defense.

I was prepared to let him get his hand on my belt.

I'm going to win and continue down the path to becoming the strongest!

An arm lock throw...

...and an overarm throw!

At the same time!

Six Point Torso Slice!

Great Serpent Cleaver!

Did the sumo gods turn their gaze away from him?

He's far too small to do sumo.

His spirit, body, and technique all have room to grow.

But, in that moment, I saw...

a light surrounding Hinomaru that will drive away...

the sumo gods!

Incredible.

That might do it.

Yeah.

Looks like it paid off.

Kirihito.

Coach, what happened between Tennoji and Kuze?

The winner was...

A yokozuna is...

the only person permitted to wear a sacred rope on their body.

They are divine objects.

Tennoji Shido was indeed loved by the gods.

Kuze Sosuke AKA Kusanagi was not.

It is as a god,

an embodiment of the divine,

that he reigns over the sumo ring.

Well, we figured this was a possibility.

We were planning to beat Tennoji, Kuze and all the rest, anyway!

I lost again!

Damn! One more game!

Hinomaru, you suck at this.

Hey, Yuma, cut the cards better!

I hope you're not doing anything underhanded!

Of course not.

This card game won't be over till Ushio wins.

H-Hey, no peeking!

Ah, loosen up, dude!

The finals are tomorrow, but they don't seem the least bit nervous.

Is this really okay?

It's fine. If they were nervous now, they wouldn't last until tomorrow.

And, anyway...

There's no need to worry about their mental state anymore.

You always got so worked up, saying you wouldn't lose, wouldn't fold...

But now...

I'm glad you chose Dachi High, Hinomaru.

Time for bed!

It's getting late.

All right!

Let's head to bed, too.

Turn off the light while you're up.

Okay.

Thanks.

What are you on about now?

Seriously.

Guys, let's win tomorrow!

Yeah!

This is the first time we've bathed together.

We're all butt naked!

This isn't so different from usual, though.

Coach, aren't you getting in?

It's dangerous for me to stay in too long.

Kunisaki!

You jerk!

Knock it off, you—

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