1. In the entire world,
I only hate two things
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2. and those are cockroaches and Jun Yodaka.
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3. If I had to choose
between a roach smoothie
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4. or going to buy cigarettes for Jun Yodaka,
I'd take the smoothie every time.
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5. Jun would probably run his own
errands if he saw Rioh like this.
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6. Well, I think I see the issue.
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7. You're angry that he made it look so easy.
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8. Huh?
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9. I think you resent him so much
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10. because you admire him so strongly.
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11. Admire him?
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12. I...
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13. Huh?
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14. - Um, hey. Wait, what are...
- Now, you just hold on tight!
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15. Coach Hitomi!
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16. Hey, look who's back.
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17. - Huh?
- Heya.
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18. Can we play his song?
Do we still have time?
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19. What is going on here?
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20. Yeah, sure thing. We skipped his turn,
so he can go twice.
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21. Well, good.
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22. Because before he goes,
I would like to skate it once.
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23. SHIRONE'S LESSON
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24. Hold up. What's going on?
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25. Um, Coach Tsukasa's skating?
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26. But, like, I didn't hear why.
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27. I guess it's like a lesson for Rioh.
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28. - Lucky duck.
- Huh?
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29. Watch and learn. That's my Tsukasa.
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30. For real, what the hell is going on here?
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31. Does he even know my choreo?
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32. Most likely, yeah.
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33. He usually only needs to see
a dance once to have it memorized.
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34. Oh.
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35. Here we go.
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36. His crossover is quick!
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37. He reaches top speed crazy fast.
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38. - Oh, wow.
- Whoa.
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39. Aw, I can't skate like that anymore.
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40. Am I hallucinating,
or is he, like, super hot right now?
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41. I had no idea he was this good.
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42. He is good.
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43. He's much better than I expected,
but that's not the shocking part.
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44. Aside from the absence of any jumps,
his skating is exactly like Jun Yodaka's!
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45. Look at that spin.
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46. How is he speeding up?
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47. Smooth, quick, detail-oriented...
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48. His blades lean so far
they catch the lights.
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49. His long limbs cut through the air
so gracefully.
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50. It's beautiful. Magical...
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51. Breathtaking. I love my coach.
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52. Even his fingertips are expressive.
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53. He's so relaxed
but his rhythm is energizing.
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54. He's accelerating
inside the step sequence?
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55. I didn't know you could do that.
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56. Every step and turn
is so deliberate. It's beautiful.
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57. When it comes to pure skating,
he may be better than Jun Yodaka.
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58. Right here is where Rioh
went for the triple Salchow.
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59. And this choreography was probably
meant for jumping, so...
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60. Do or die.
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61. Whoa!
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62. He fell there,
so I'm not positive what comes next.
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63. But Coach Sonidori would probably
follow that jump with a set of turns...
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64. A flying camel spin!
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65. But that's where I fell.
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66. How does he know my choreography?
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67. That takes me back.
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68. Tsukasa has such long legs,
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69. we always added a camel spin
in our routines to really highlight them.
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70. He's good, right? Huh?
Right? Isn't he good?
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71. I, uh...
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72. Ice dancing can be an awful lot
like running a three-legged race on ice.
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73. You have to be perfectly in sync
or you'll fall.
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74. And if there's a difference
in skill level,
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75. you can't even perform
basic steps together.
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76. Coach Tsukasa may have started late,
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77. but he never gave up on bettering
his skills and expanding his talents.
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78. He would sooner die
than let an opportunity pass him by.
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79. He wanted to find his place on the ice,
and take it.
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80. And he succeeded. That tenacity
is what got him to the All-Japans.
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81. He had a thirst for the rink
like no one else.
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82. He accomplished something really amazing
in ice dance.
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83. Wow!
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84. We're out of time.
We have to resurface the ice!
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85. Sorry, everyone.
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86. - Let's get to work, okay?
- What?
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87. Come get a bucket!
Scoops are first come, first served.
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88. - Oh, okay.
- Um, right...
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89. Good work! You all got enough ice?
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90. Double-check where you made
all your good jumps today.
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91. The resurfacer won't get
those deep toe pick scars!
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92. Coach Tsukasa is pretty awesome, huh?
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93. Yeah, I wanna see it again.
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94. Hey, you guys still got ice?
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95. What do you think?
Isn't Coach Tsukasa an amazing dancer?
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96. Well, I only think people who can jump
are amazing, so, whatever.
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97. Really?
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98. Rioh, you thought he was good, didn't you?
You looked totally spellbound by him.
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99. DETERMINED TO MAKE HIM SAY SO
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100. Why are you so loud?
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101. Heya, Coach,
do you mind if I take this bucket away?
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102. No, go on ahead.
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103. Huh?
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104. Uh...
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105. Hey, gang!
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106. They're coming in with the machine!
Time to get off the ice!
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107. - Okay!
- Thank you!
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108. Better go.
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109. Bath time? What do you think?
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110. Mm-hmm!
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111. TRAINING CAMP GOALS
RIOH SONIDORI
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112. Good morning.
Thanks for opening up for us.
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113. Bright and early today as usual.
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114. Yeah, sorry. Never enough hours
in the day, you know.
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115. - Good morning, Coach.
- Oh.
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116. - Hey there, Rioh.
- Mmm.
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117. Um, you won't be able to get on the ice
for, like, another hour at least.
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118. I know.
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119. But I was hoping to catch you before camp.
Figured you'd get here before anyone else.
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120. Here's this.
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121. Hmm?
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122. Hey, hold your head up.
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123. Uh...
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124. Wait, actually, never mind.
Will you put it back down?
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125. Whoa! Come on, Coach.
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126. You gotta keep professional.
You know that.
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127. But I can't! It's so hard when
I got such a great student right here!
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128. MAIN GOAL
SUCCEED TRIPLE-DOUBLE COMBO
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129. Well done. Thank you, Rioh.
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130. Either way, I'm looking forward to
the rest of camp with you.
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131. Thank you for all your help.
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132. Huh?
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133. Did his tire blow out?
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134. Uh, hey, are you all right?
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135. Yep! All good over here.
Don't worry, this isn't even my car!
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136. How does that make it okay?
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137. Oh!
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138. - Oh!
- Oh!
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139. - Hey!
- Hey!
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140. Dude, thank you so much for being here.
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141. Are you kidding? Anything for you.
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142. This place
is way the heck out here though.
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143. Sorry, but you need to leave.
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144. Whoa! Hold on, now. No, he doesn't.
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145. We don't need some drifter hanging around.
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146. What a read.
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147. What? I'm right.
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148. No way. I invited him.
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149. He's a special guest coach
who's here to lead our class today.
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150. This guy's a coach?
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151. Name's Kohaku Shirone!
But feel free to just call me Shiro!
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152. Uh...
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153. - Coach!
- Huh?
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154. Good morning, Coach Tsukasa!
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155. Whoa, who's the greasy-looking punk?
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156. Morning, you two!
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157. Let part two of our training intensive...
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158. - Huh?
- ... begin!
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159. - Mittens, are you done?
- Mm-hmm.
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160. Okay, on three. One, two, three!
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161. Oh, my gosh, we look so cute!
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162. Ballet has long been a secret weapon
for skating.
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163. It can help you build
a super solid foundation.
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164. And so today, we have a guest ballet coach
visiting from Nagoya.
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165. I'm Shirone! Glad to meet you.
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166. Coach Shirone is a really seasoned dancer
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167. who's won a bunch of different
championships all across the country.
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168. Really? I thought he was, like, a punk
from the back streets.
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169. Oh, what are the back streets?
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170. Ah, Coach Tsukasa!
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171. Thanks a lot, buddy.
How'd it go out there?
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172. Well, could have been easier.
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173. He was super pissed.
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174. He couldn't believe you'd been driving it
on the highway in the first place.
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175. Seriously?
That's hilarious!
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176. But aren't you the one who drove it here?
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177. Yeah. But Tsukasa took the fall for me,
so what do I care?
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178. All right! Now who's ready
to get warmed up?
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179. First off, we'll roll our wrists
and ankles, and bend forwards.
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180. Whoa, he's bent so crazy!
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181. I mean, a lot of people can do that.
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182. Wait. Does that mean
you've done ballet before?
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183. A ballet teacher comes out to our club
once a week,
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184. but every other day for me and Hikaru.
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185. Mittens, have you?
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186. I started 'cause they said
it would be good for skating.
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187. But it was frickin' boring, so I quit.
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188. O-Oh.
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189. Now let's get you en bas!
You'll hold your arms down like this.
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190. Imagine a fist under your armpits,
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191. and keep those ballet fingers
nice and elongated!
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192. Stretch 'em out all the way to the nails!
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193. What, like this?
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194. Next is en avant!
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195. Imagine you're holding
a ball in front of you.
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196. - Palms in towards your tummy!
- Uh...
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197. À la seconde.
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198. En haut.
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199. Tendu.
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200. Retiré!
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201. All righty! Now let's
put it all together with music.
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202. Put it to music?
I can't remember all of that.
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203. I'm already lost.
He's moving too fast.
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204. How can they all just do it?
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205. Uh... Uh...
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206. What's her deal?
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207. Why is she staring at me?
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208. What's wrong?
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209. It's totally fine if you got lost.
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210. Okay!
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211. Take a five-minute break, and then
we'll gather back up for a center lesson!
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212. Inori.
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213. - Who cares if you can't do it?
- Hmm?
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214. You can already do
a triple jump just fine.
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215. - You don't need ballet at all.
- I don't?
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216. You're that uninterested?
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217. Do you even know
why we do this in the first place?
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218. I don't care why.
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219. Ballet sucks!
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220. Like, what's even the point of flapping
our arms and legs around like this?
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221. It's stupid.
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222. You know he can hear you, Mittens.
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223. Huh?
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224. Okay, stop pulling.
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225. Did something happen?
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226. I don't know what I'm doing, Coach.
These kids are eating me alive!
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227. Yeah?
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228. But you're so chipper.
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229. Maybe we just switch to
a "ballet is fun" type of thing?
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230. Nah, it's okay. Stick to the plan.
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231. I can, but look at them.
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232. I don't know what to teach these goobers!
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233. It's the stances.
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234. They need to understand
the importance of posture.
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235. Posture!
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237. All right, eyes on me.
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238. Three twists? On the floor?
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239. Wow! That was amazing.
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240. Check out these skills!
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241. You see? When I landed, I still had
these fist-sized spaces under my armpits.
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242. - Hmm.
- Yeah.
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243. Here's the deal.
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244. When you do ballet,
your awareness of your body changes,
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245. and it'll become easier
to control your posture in any situation!
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246. Like during a jump.
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247. Ballet lessons will check
and re-check your stances every day.
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248. Eventually, hitting all those
clean, super-precise angles
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250. And once all that stuff sinks into
your muscle memory,
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252. Then even when you dance expressively,
your posture will stay pretty,
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253. and you're less likely to fall.
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254. What do you think? Cool, huh?
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255. Barre lessons may not be flashy,
but they're crucial for figure skaters.
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256. What did Coach Tsukasa tell him?
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257. Whatever it was, was good.
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258. I didn't choose ballet back then,
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259. and now I'm four years
behind the kids who did.
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260. It makes me feel
like I'm so far behind now.
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261. - This is good.
- Huh?
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262. One more thing to start working on.
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263. Hey, Coach? Is it possible
to practice at home?
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264. - I wanna do ballet every day!
- Oh!
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265. Now, that's the right attitude.
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266. When a skater first lands a new jump,
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267. that doesn't automatically mean
it's ready to go in their program.
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268. That takes fine-tuning. You need
to be deliberate about when and where
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269. you include the jump in your choreography.
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270. Can you shorten your steps
a little? Try that!
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271. And put your arms out in front of you!
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272. Okay!
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273. My posture starts to crumble
because all I think about is landing.
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274. I need to be more aware of my form,
and get those ballet fingers up!
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275. Well done! That was great!
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276. Super clean landing on that double, Inori!
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277. Now we have everything we need
to ace that level six Badge Test!
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278. We got this!
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279. That ballet lesson really helped, huh?
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280. Maybe I shouldn't have
quit ballet the first time I tried,
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281. but I can't go back in time
and change it now. So why worry?
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282. Huh?
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283. I just gotta win
with what I know. That'll show 'em!
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284. That will prove I made the right choice!
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285. She just did a triple Salchow!
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286. That's my girl!
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287. I gotta watch the timing
of my pull-in after liftoff.
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288. And remember what
Coach Akeuraji said to me.
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289. Don't think too hard about it.
It's okay to mess up.
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290. Keep trying. No one's gonna stop you.
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291. A triple-double toe loop combo!
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292. That was amazing!
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293. Yeah! He did it!
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294. I can do it too.
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295. See, that wasn't hard! Easy-peasy!
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296. That's right.
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297. - Once you can land a triple, the momentum...
- Whoa.
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298. actually makes a triple-double combo
pretty simple to pull off.
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299. Coach Tsukasa!
Can I go practice a combo too?
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300. - What?
- I'm gonna do it!
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301. U-Uh...
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302. Well, she didn't nail it
right off the bat...
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303. but who's keeping score?
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305. She stuck with
all the mundane strength training...
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306. and she kept practicing hard.
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307. Hey, I did it!
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308. And she succeeded before camp was over!
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309. Congratulations on making it
to the end of training camp!
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310. And thank your parents
for putting together this barbecue.
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311. Wait! Do you do your hair like that
because you like cats too?
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312. It's more than that.
It's like my whole identity.
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314. Like, oh, my god! It's art!
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315. You think it's art?
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316. Well, I landed a three-two first.
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317. Which means
my Coach Akeuraji is incredible.
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318. I... You... What are you...
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319. Why is Coach Tsukasa
yours all of a sudden?
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320. That's not fair! He's my coach!
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321. I know, but I landed the combo before you.
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322. That doesn't matter! I had him first!
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323. You don't get to hog him, Rioh!
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324. Hey, kids.
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326. Whoa, really?
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327. You're such a child,
getting excited over sparklers.
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328. Hey, Rioh, come on!
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329. Let's go light sparklers together!
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330. Yeah, okay! Be right there!
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331. Well, who's the child now, huh, Rioh?
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333. Throw 'em in this bucket
when they burn out, okay?
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334. Okay!
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336. Yeah? Hey, Inori.
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337. Can we light sparklers together?
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338. - Is that okay?
- Of course.
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339. When camp is over, it'll be time
for the level six Badge Test.
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340. Mm-hmm. In a little bit,
you won't be "behind" anymore.
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341. Once you hit level six,
you'll be a real athlete.
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342. Right up there with the girls
who started when they were five.
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345. I started skating so much later
than everyone else.
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347. All I could feel was,
"I don't want to stay like this forever."
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348. And I think that feeling is
why I worked so hard.
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349. But once I'm level six, I won't need
to feel that way at all anymore.
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350. Like, I can finally tell
the old me I hated so much,
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352. I see.
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353. Wait, is that weird?
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354. That doesn't make sense, huh?
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355. Sorry, I don't really know
how to put it into words.
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356. It's fine! You're not weird at all.
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357. I completely understand.
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359. All the stuff I went through,
the things I hated about myself,
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360. it's all working in my favor now.
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361. Maybe I should tell myself thank you too.
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362. You too, huh?
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363. But, hey, I don't think
you were bad at all before.
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364. You were a hard worker when I met you,
and you're a hard worker now.
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365. That hasn't changed, and you're only
gonna get more amazing from here.
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366. I really am having
so much fun all the time.
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367. I used to get so sad
about all the stuff I couldn't do.
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368. But now I get to do everything,
and it's exciting to get better!
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369. I really enjoy it.
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370. I trust myself now.
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371. I can get up when I fall.
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