1. Instead of trying to jump, imagine
you're folding your skating leg up.Copy !req
2. - Make sense?
- Yeah, I'll give it a shot.Copy !req
3. She's airborne!Copy !req
4. She's still spinning!Copy !req
5. With no traveling?Copy !req
6. That was unbelievable.Copy !req
7. She chose the right dessert!Copy !req
8. Inori.Copy !req
9. JUNIOR WOMEN'SCopy !req
10. Wake up. Your sister's skating next.Copy !req
11. I'm worried. What if she falls?Copy !req
12. It's all right.
Your sister performs well under pressure.Copy !req
13. She'll be just fine.Copy !req
14. I remember my mother's heartbeat
pounding in my ear.Copy !req
15. Mine was pounding, too.Copy !req
16. I was scared for her,
skating on the slippery ice,Copy !req
17. in front of all those people.Copy !req
18. But thenCopy !req
19. she was so light on her feet.Copy !req
20. She was so graceful,
all of my worry just melted away.Copy !req
21. What would I have to do?Copy !req
22. How can I make it so people want to
believe in me like that?Copy !req
23. She danced so effortlessly and beautifully
over that pure, white iceCopy !req
24. in a dress made out of stardust.Copy !req
25. That's when I fell in love
with figure skating.Copy !req
26. Every part of me
was bursting with excitement!Copy !req
27. Maybe some day, I could be that beautiful.Copy !req
28. Inori!Copy !req
29. Oh, Inori!Copy !req
30. Nori!Copy !req
31. Your favorite sister is here
to wake you up!Copy !req
32. - Oh, Mika—
- Smoochie-smooch!Copy !req
33. Whoa!Copy !req
34. Mom!Copy !req
35. Special delivery!Copy !req
36. Don't kick the door open with your feet!Copy !req
37. Orange juice time.Copy !req
38. Oh, sis. You scared me, I forgot
you came back from Canada last night.Copy !req
39. What? You forgot? The nerve.Copy !req
40. I turned down a whole modeling gig
for my friend's magazineCopy !req
41. so I could come watch your meet,
I'll have you know!Copy !req
42. Are you modeling again?Copy !req
43. You're supposed to be studying
when you study abroad.Copy !req
44. I know, I'm doing that, too!Copy !req
45. Is that your costume?Copy !req
46. Man, does that take me back.Copy !req
47. Seeing this kinda makes me miss it.Copy !req
48. Hey Nori! Come try it on!Copy !req
49. Not too tight, is it?
How's it fit underneath your arms?Copy !req
50. No, it's good. Thank you, Mom.Copy !req
51. You're so good at tailoring.
It fits her perfectly.Copy !req
52. It had better,
I was up late enough working on it.Copy !req
53. Your father's gonna take you
over there today,Copy !req
54. I need to lie down for a little while.Copy !req
55. Oh. Are you feeling okay?Copy !req
56. Yeah, yeah.Copy !req
57. Just a quick nap,
I'll be there by the time the doors open.Copy !req
58. See you when you get back.Copy !req
59. - What? Wait, am I just dropping her off?
- What?Copy !req
60. I can fake sick and skip my meeting.Copy !req
61. You absolutely will not.Copy !req
62. I told you that you should request
a vacation day before it was too late.Copy !req
63. Yeah, but I didn't think
they would let me!Copy !req
64. We're in the middle of presentations and—Copy !req
65. Mom seems like she's a having fun time.Copy !req
66. She does.Copy !req
67. That was fun?Copy !req
68. It's 'cause
you're back to visit, Mika.Copy !req
69. What? No it's not!Copy !req
70. She's excited to see you compete
this afternoon, you giant doofus.Copy !req
71. Huh?Copy !req
72. When I got in last night,Copy !req
73. she didn't say,
"Welcome back" or "How's Canada?"Copy !req
74. She was ready to talk about you
before anything else.Copy !req
75. Did she really?Copy !req
76. Yep! She said you're passionate
and that you've been working really hard.Copy !req
77. She's super excited to watch you skate
in your tournament today.Copy !req
78. COMPETITION NAGOYA'S MEIKOH CUPCopy !req
79. I'd better go.Copy !req
80. - 'Kay.
- Hey, break a leg!Copy !req
81. Well, I'll see you out there, eh?Copy !req
82. Bye!Copy !req
83. It's time!Copy !req
84. And now that I'm alone,
I'm suddenly feeling super nervous.Copy !req
85. Huh?Copy !req
86. Mittens...Copy !req
87. I think I saw that
she's skating in the group after me...Copy !req
88. And I'm gonna win no matter what.Copy !req
89. And all those adults you rely on
won't make a difference.Copy !req
90. I'll never lose to the likes of you!Copy !req
91. I wonder if we'll go back to talking
like before after the competition is over.Copy !req
92. - Ah, there she is!
- Huh?Copy !req
93. Time to get warmed up! Ready to go?Copy !req
94. Yes.Copy !req
95. That's crazy. Your gestures are loud.Copy !req
96. How much longer?Copy !req
97. They just finished group one,
and two's on their way out now.Copy !req
98. Is this right?
She's the last up in group two?Copy !req
99. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
100. They drew lots yesterday. She was
so afraid she was going to draw first.Copy !req
101. That's every skater's nightmare,
I suppose.Copy !req
102. Anything but first. Anything but first!Copy !req
103. Just pick one.Copy !req
104. Seems like she's still a nervous nellie.Copy !req
105. She is.Copy !req
106. But she knows it, and that might be
one of my favorite things about her.Copy !req
107. When I was skating,
my coach would always tell me,Copy !req
108. "The only way you'll ever get any stronger
is if you know your own weaknesses."Copy !req
109. Skaters in Preliminary
group two, you may begin practicing.Copy !req
110. You have four minutes.Copy !req
111. The judging actually
starts here, during the warm-up.Copy !req
112. While the skaters do their laps
and practice their tricks,Copy !req
113. the judges are already making notes,Copy !req
114. evaluating the athletes' skills,
the quality of their individual elements...Copy !req
115. The skating order of
the athletes in group two is as follows.Copy !req
116. Number seven,
Saki Hiiragi from Meijo Crown FSC.Copy !req
117. How is she?Copy !req
118. Looking good. Really pushing on the ice.Copy !req
119. Number ten,
Hime Sakurai from Meijo Crown FSC.Copy !req
120. Number 11,
Minako Sakashiro from Meikoh Wind FSC.Copy !req
121. Number 12,
Inori Yuitsuka from Lux Higashiyama FSC.Copy !req
122. - Ready, and...
- Huh?Copy !req
123. Go, go, Inori! Go, go!Copy !req
124. You got this!Copy !req
125. All right!Copy !req
126. Check the direction I'm gliding, and axel!Copy !req
127. Inori.Copy !req
128. - Are you hurt or anything?
- N-No.Copy !req
129. Howa's ice has a different texture than
what we're used to at our rink in Osu,Copy !req
130. so maybe's that's throwing you off.Copy !req
131. Take deep a breath,
and we'll run your jumps in order.Copy !req
132. Okay.Copy !req
133. Two minutes to go. I have to land these.Copy !req
134. Why can't I?Copy !req
135. One minute left in the warm-up period.Copy !req
136. That looked rough.
Are you sure you're not hurt?Copy !req
137. I'm fine.Copy !req
138. I'm glad to hear that.Copy !req
139. That first fall is gonna pull her
in a bad direction.Copy !req
140. Well, we still have some time
before the real thing.Copy !req
141. I can check your form later, but go ahead
and try your flying sit spin for me, yeah?Copy !req
142. On it.Copy !req
143. She almost never fails this one
at home. It comes so naturally to her.Copy !req
144. Come on, Inori. I know you got it.
Let's end practice on a high note.Copy !req
145. No! Her timing is off.Copy !req
146. This ends the warm-up period.Copy !req
147. Athletes, please exit the rink
and be seated.Copy !req
148. All right! Very nice. See, you got it.Copy !req
149. So, earlier when...Copy !req
150. You just mistimed when you need
to pull your arms back in.Copy !req
151. As long as you're not hurt,
that's the only thing you need to change.Copy !req
152. Yeah. 'Kay.Copy !req
153. Huh?Copy !req
154. I feel that.
I'd be down on myself after that too.Copy !req
155. Okay! Lets keep practicing in here
till you get more comfortable.Copy !req
156. I want you to imagine that
you're out on the ice.Copy !req
157. - Um...
- Huh?Copy !req
158. Coach Tsukasa.Copy !req
159. Ms. Yuitsuka.Copy !req
160. Pardon me.
I need to speak to you for a moment.Copy !req
161. Change the jumps?Copy !req
162. Yes. To easy ones
that she can land reliably.Copy !req
163. The hard stuff in her program
is only there because she can do it.Copy !req
164. And she's always been
able to land single jumps.Copy !req
165. Well, she's not landing them anymore!Copy !req
166. Well, that's...Copy !req
167. To be honest I don't see any reason
for her to be competingCopy !req
168. at all in the first place.Copy !req
169. Respectfully, I disagree.Copy !req
170. Competitions like this are gonna help her
advance faster, and the points from—Copy !req
171. Wait! Advance faster into doing what?Copy !req
172. She's already in the fifth grade.
What use is advancing?Copy !req
173. Inori has finally found something
she can pour herself into.Copy !req
174. She's never had that before!
She's always struggled.Copy !req
175. And if something goes wrong, I just...Copy !req
176. I don't want her to think
she's failed at skating, too...Copy !req
177. She's doing it again,
trying to cover for me.Copy !req
178. She tried to stop me from figure skatingCopy !req
179. before I even started
because she was worried about me,Copy !req
180. so I wouldn't get hurt
when I eventually fail.Copy !req
181. Either way,
she's done when she hits middle school.Copy !req
182. She's finally having fun with something,
so why do we need to make her compete?Copy !req
183. I'm not making her!Copy !req
184. Your daughter is...Copy !req
185. She's so...Copy !req
186. Coach doesn't know
what to say either.Copy !req
187. I'm hurting them 'cause I can't do it.
'Cause I can't change.Copy !req
188. Look! Isn't she beautiful?Copy !req
189. Huh?Copy !req
190. Yeah! Pretty dress.
I wanna learn figure skating too.Copy !req
191. No.Copy !req
192. It's not that I can't change.
It's that I haven't yet.Copy !req
193. But I'm already different from before.Copy !req
194. I wanted to stop being that way,
stop being so embarrassed of myself.Copy !req
195. I wanted something that was mine.Copy !req
196. And now, I have my skates on,
and a beautiful dress.Copy !req
197. And I'm about to stand on the stage
I always dreamed of.Copy !req
198. I'm not the same.Copy !req
199. Yeah, I'm already a figure skater,Copy !req
200. just like the ones
I've always looked up to!Copy !req
201. Like I said...Copy !req
202. Mom.Copy !req
203. Inori.Copy !req
204. - I'll be okay. I actually want to do this.
- Sweetheart.Copy !req
205. I know it's easy to mess up
on all the hard stuff.Copy !req
206. I know I won't win all the time.Copy !req
207. There's a lot I can't do yet,
but I still want to try.Copy !req
208. Because more than anything,Copy !req
209. I want to be a medalist.Copy !req
210. I want to be an athlete
that you can be proud of.Copy !req
211. I want you to think that
I'm good at something.Copy !req
212. And I want you
to see me do something I like.Copy !req
213. So watch me. I'm gonna do my best
to be graceful today.Copy !req
214. Just because I'm wearing skates
that doesn't mean I can land a jump.Copy !req
215. And the fact that I can skate
isn't what makes me special.Copy !req
216. It was never the skating that was so cool.Copy !req
217. It was my sister, the skater, all along.Copy !req
218. She made figure skating special.Copy !req
219. And now it's my turn!Copy !req
220. Hey! Where have you been?
Any longer, and you would've missed Nori.Copy !req
221. Uh...Copy !req
222. What?Copy !req
223. Oh, you want these?Copy !req
224. Um... I'm sorry I said
I wanted to be a medalistCopy !req
225. when I haven't even actually competed
in anything yet.Copy !req
226. Oh, it's fine. Hmm?Copy !req
227. I'm getting really nervous, Coach.Copy !req
228. I worked so hard for this.Copy !req
229. But I keep thinking
"what if I mess it all up?"Copy !req
230. - Listen to me.
- Hmm?Copy !req
231. You don't have to be afraid of falling.Copy !req
232. If you do, you get back up
like nothing happened.Copy !req
233. You don't have to be good at competing.
And it's okay to be anxious.Copy !req
234. I'm not gonna be upset,
even if you mess up the whole thing.Copy !req
235. We'll just go back to square one
and we'll try again.Copy !req
236. I'm here to help you
no matter how you place today.Copy !req
237. Do you hear me?Copy !req
238. Minako Sakashiro's score
is 9.8. She is currently in second place.Copy !req
239. - Now knock 'em dead out there!
- Yeah!Copy !req
240. - Go, Inori!
- Come on!Copy !req
241. You can do it!Copy !req
242. Number 12, Inori Yuitsuka
from Lux Higashiyama FSC.Copy !req
243. First jump.Copy !req
244. A single axel.Copy !req
245. Yes! She's back on her feet!Copy !req
246. Next,Copy !req
247. a single loop.Copy !req
248. She should get extra points for that one!Copy !req
249. Connect my stroke to the off leg
as I switch feet,Copy !req
250. stay up so I don't slow down, and turn!Copy !req
251. Lutz!Copy !req
252. Axel!Copy !req
253. That's definitely worth extra!Copy !req
254. Like 500 billion extra!Copy !req
255. I'm doing what I always wanted.Copy !req
256. And It feels exactly like what I imagined!Copy !req
257. It's so fun!Copy !req
258. She fell right
at the start but she's not giving up!Copy !req
259. And the showstopper...Copy !req
260. Flying sit spin!Copy !req
261. Yes! Her tuck is perfect!Copy !req
262. We've played all our cards, now.Copy !req
263. All that's left...Copy !req
264. Oh, she's fast.Copy !req
265. Too fast.Copy !req
266. A broken leg sit spin?Copy !req
267. Huh? When did you teach her that one?Copy !req
268. I didn't.Copy !req
269. I only showed her once.Copy !req
270. It's not anyone else's fault
if I can't do something.Copy !req
271. It's up to me to change.Copy !req
272. By trying again. And again. And again!Copy !req
273. She opened with a fall...Copy !req
274. but to the very end,
all she thought about was winning.Copy !req
275. Now I bow to the judges
and the audience.Copy !req
276. Wasn't that good?Copy !req
277. I wanna learn figure skating too.Copy !req
278. How? How have I
never really seen my own daughter?Copy !req
279. I never saw how strong she is.Copy !req
280. Strong enough to pick herself up
and keep going.Copy !req
281. There's nothing
you could have done.Copy !req
282. You and your husband both work.Copy !req
283. It's not like you have time
to look over her homework.Copy !req
284. I've been so afraid
of getting myself hurt.Copy !req
285. Mom!Copy !req
286. You wanna go find Nori?Copy !req
287. Coach Tsukasa.Copy !req
288. Sorry.Copy !req
289. You said it was okay to fall,
so I thought I'd go ahead and try it.Copy !req
290. Huh?Copy !req
291. Nori.Copy !req
292. Huh?Copy !req
293. Mika! Mom!Copy !req
294. Were you guys watching?Copy !req
295. I did really good, huh?Copy !req
296. Huh?Copy !req
297. Mom, were you crying?Copy !req
298. Inori.Copy !req
299. Tell me. What kind of medalist
do you want to be?Copy !req
300. Um... An Olympian...Copy !req
301. If that's what you want, okay.Copy !req
302. Huh?Copy !req
303. I couldn't take my eyes off of you.
You were wonderful, Inori.Copy !req
304. You've found a lot of things
that weren't for you,Copy !req
305. so you worked harder
than anyone else instead.Copy !req
306. You've worked so hard, my baby.Copy !req
307. I did work hard.Copy !req
308. You shouldn't have had to do that alone.Copy !req
309. I'm sorry I didn't encourage you.Copy !req
310. I'm sorry I decided
so many things for you.Copy !req
311. And as your mom,
I'll do anything to support your dreams.Copy !req
312. Mom.Copy !req
313. Inori Yuitsuka's score is 12.64.Copy !req
314. She is currently in first place.Copy !req