1. Do you know about this bridge?Copy !req
2. They call it the “Bridge of Tears.”Copy !req
3. The road towards the world of pro boxing shall be hard times and suffering.Copy !req
4. You might shed even more tears than thus far.Copy !req
5. But...Copy !req
6. they won't be the tears of a loser.Copy !req
7. So, Joe, let's grit our teeth together.Copy !req
8. And let's cross this Bridge of Tears in the opposite direction!Copy !req
9. Joe...Copy !req
10. They call it the “Bridge of Tears.”Copy !req
11. Where men's dreams are shattered by life.Copy !req
12. And when they are exhausted with life,Copy !req
13. all those sorts of men flow here to Slum Town.Copy !req
14. They cross over this sad bridge with tears in their eyes.Copy !req
15. The first time I crossed this bridge...Copy !req
16. I remember that the wind was fairly strong.Copy !req
17. But I never thought that I would live here.Copy !req
18. I was just looking for a place to eat.Copy !req
19. After the wind died down and I came to,Copy !req
20. I was planning to head somewhere more decent, wherever my legs took me.Copy !req
21. If it hadn't happened...Copy !req
22. You drunk!Copy !req
23. We don't have any free booze to give you!Copy !req
24. That was the first time I met uncle Danpei.Copy !req
25. Back then, Uncle was a perfect example of life's gutter-dwellers.Copy !req
26. I hated his type more than anything.Copy !req
27. Hold it there, boy.Copy !req
28. Can you lend me some money?Copy !req
29. Don't touch me!Copy !req
30. What'd you say!Copy !req
31. You...Copy !req
32. Don't mess with me.Copy !req
33. Son of a...Copy !req
34. Stop right there!Copy !req
35. You have good form!Copy !req
36. Then he held my arms down tightly,Copy !req
37. and asked, "You want to do boxing?"Copy !req
38. He said it so clearly, you would hardly think he was the leech of society.Copy !req
39. That was my first encounter with Uncle,Copy !req
40. and my first taste of boxing.Copy !req
41. Cross the Bridge of Tears in the opposite direction?Copy !req
42. It does sound nice, uncle.Copy !req
43. Just the man I was looking for.Copy !req
44. I just wanted to see how you were doing after leaving juvenile prison.Copy !req
45. You have nerve to drop by in the middle of the night.Copy !req
46. Eh, Mr. Guerilla?Copy !req
47. Come on. I'd take any risk to see how a fellow inmate was doing.Copy !req
48. Night or day don't matter.Copy !req
49. Especially with you!Copy !req
50. Whether it was just courage out of ignorance or a strong nerve...Copy !req
51. You quite honestly impressed us.Copy !req
52. Mister... I'll join you today.Copy !req
53. Please forgive us!Copy !req
54. What about you, runt?Copy !req
55. Although it is presumptuous to name myself, having been asked...Copy !req
56. I-Idiot!Copy !req
57. I was born not knowing my parents,Copy !req
58. and I've lived alone as long as I can remember.Copy !req
59. My punch has been strong since I was a child.Copy !req
60. No one would dispute that!Copy !req
61. On top of all that I've been sent to this island.Copy !req
62. I'm the renegade, the lone wolf, Yabuki Joe!Copy !req
63. That's about it. Any questions?Copy !req
64. Mister, please forgive this idiot!Copy !req
65. The Juvenile prison was so rough that even Nishi, boss of the holding facility, was afraid.Copy !req
66. You were the first and last man to arrive with such indifference.Copy !req
67. You were a fine stray dog.Copy !req
68. What is it?Copy !req
69. Nothing.Copy !req
70. What's wrong?Copy !req
71. I'm a little disappointed that the same Joe is a pet here.Copy !req
72. A pet!Copy !req
73. Yes. To think that you would bandage me up.Copy !req
74. You're not acting like yourself.Copy !req
75. Now that you've a place to sleep comfortably, you've a leash on you!Copy !req
76. Don't you think there's something wrong with that?Copy !req
77. Seems like I'm right.Copy !req
78. G-Guerilla!Copy !req
79. Don't you get it?Copy !req
80. "Go for it, Joe!"Copy !req
81. "Joe, Champion of Tomorrow!"Copy !req
82. And all the congratulatory nonsense.Copy !req
83. With all this nice treatment, you've become their little pet!Copy !req
84. A stray dog doesn't live in one place and receive compassion.Copy !req
85. Eh? Somewhere along the line, you stopped being one.Copy !req
86. I feel that when you did, you stopped being yourself.Copy !req
87. I really was truly happy last night.Copy !req
88. Nishi, Sachi, Tarou, Kinoko, and uncle Danpei...Copy !req
89. And everyone in Slum Town gave me such warm looks.Copy !req
90. It was the first time it ever happened to me.Copy !req
91. And it felt wonderful.Copy !req
92. Come on, have a drink!Copy !req
93. Oopsie...Copy !req
94. Delicious!Copy !req
95. Isn't it?Copy !req
96. Are you trying to rain on my parade, Guerilla?Copy !req
97. Don't threaten me, Joe.Copy !req
98. I'm not trying to rain on your parade.Copy !req
99. But how long do you think it'll last?Copy !req
100. Won't it all just go out like a firework?Copy !req
101. That's what I thought, at least.Copy !req
102. And that's why I've been travelling around.Copy !req
103. As a stray dog, I'll not be upset if it all goes away.Copy !req
104. And if I'm betrayed, I'll not be left heartbroken.Copy !req
105. You've been chained down, Joe.Copy !req
106. You've been bound hand and foot with these chains.Copy !req
107. A stray dog loses its freedom when it's chained.Copy !req
108. However...Copy !req
109. When you're like me, wandering around Japan with a guitar in hand,Copy !req
110. you can really feel the freedom of a stray dog.Copy !req
111. Isn't that how men like us are supposed to live?Copy !req
112. That's what I think.Copy !req
113. You'd better hide.Copy !req
114. Use the ladder.Copy !req
115. Thanks!Copy !req
116. A stray dog?Copy !req
117. I'm opening up!Copy !req
118. Whoa, that's bright!Copy !req
119. Uh, are you alone?Copy !req
120. No.Copy !req
121. Uncle and my friend are sleeping upstairs.Copy !req
122. Upstairs?Copy !req
123. What do you want this late?Copy !req
124. Oh, we have reports that a criminal is on the loose in the area.Copy !req
125. That must be troublesome, officer.Copy !req
126. You said it. It's not what I want to deal with this late.Copy !req
127. Well, be careful.Copy !req
128. Guerilla, you're safe now.Copy !req
129. Thanks.Copy !req
130. So...Copy !req
131. Being on the run is how a stray dog lives?Copy !req
132. I wouldn't say I'm on the run.Copy !req
133. The pigs just decided to chase me around.Copy !req
134. Well if you want to lie low for a few days, there's an abandoned bunkhouse on the sandbank by the river.Copy !req
135. A sandbank? That sounds good.Copy !req
136. It should be fine if you're suggesting it. I'll go there.Copy !req
137. Yes.Copy !req
138. But you know...Copy !req
139. I wouldn't say this place is top-class, but it must be easy living here.Copy !req
140. Even good old Nishi is fast asleep up there.Copy !req
141. Just go.Copy !req
142. I'll meet you there soon.Copy !req
143. You better bring food with you. I'll expect that much from you.Copy !req
144. A stray dog's lifestyle?Copy !req
145. A stray dog's lifestyle?Copy !req
146. Ever since I was little, I've always lived the way I wanted.Copy !req
147. Ready!Copy !req
148. That idiot!Copy !req
149. Where is he going?Copy !req
150. What's going on, Joe?Copy !req
151. Ouch...Copy !req
152. After I escaped from the orphanage,Copy !req
153. I started wandering across the nation, from Hokkaido to Kyushu.Copy !req
154. For a small biy like me to survive...Copy !req
155. I had to find food without depending on others.Copy !req
156. At the end of that road came the juvenile prison.Copy !req
157. Within those cold, boring cells,Copy !req
158. I received boxing instruction from Uncle.Copy !req
159. Now that I think back,Copy !req
160. it was a great source of comfort in my loneliness.Copy !req
161. Yabuki. Letter for you.Copy !req
162. For the Sake of Tomorrow #1: Left Jab.Copy !req
163. What is this!Copy !req
164. For the Sake of Tomorrow #2: Straight Right.Copy !req
165. It was about that time...Copy !req
166. that I met him.Copy !req
167. His name was...Copy !req
168. Rikiishi Toru.Copy !req
169. The pigs are stampeding!Copy !req
170. What's going on!Copy !req
171. Out, out, out, out of my way!Copy !req
172. His name was Rikiishi Toru.Copy !req
173. He always stood in my way.Copy !req
174. Get out of the way!Copy !req
175. Move!Copy !req
176. Rikiishi...Copy !req
177. Most of the men slammed in the juvenile prison are just ordinary stray dogs...Copy !req
178. But he alone was a fine dog who loved boxing.Copy !req
179. Compared to him, you're a stray dog through and through.Copy !req
180. And so, the first time you stood in the prison's ring with Rikiishi...Copy !req
181. the first time you put on the gloves...Copy !req
182. Rikiishi was a fallen boxer who could have been the champ,Copy !req
183. while you were a scarred brawler.Copy !req
184. The gap between your skills seemed obvious.Copy !req
185. Way to go! Get him!Copy !req
186. He did it! He's down!Copy !req
187. 1!Copy !req
188. 2!Copy !req
189. 3!Copy !req
190. Bring it.Copy !req
191. But with strong tenacity...Copy !req
192. you managed to pull off a draw.Copy !req
193. The Cross Counter.Copy !req
194. That sent a chill down everyone's spines.Copy !req
195. It was such a cool move.Copy !req
196. Compared to that, you're in a really pathetic state.Copy !req
197. Oh, these heavy iron chains...Copy !req
198. What do you know?Copy !req
199. What do you mean by that?Copy !req
200. I'm sure you saw my match with Aoyama.Copy !req
201. Back then, I realised...Copy !req
202. And you saw...Copy !req
203. When I started defending like a pathetic turtle...Copy !req
204. That was...Copy !req
205. after I had been beat down again and again by Aoyama.Copy !req
206. It was something I learned naturally.Copy !req
207. Boxing defences, footwork, the clinch, the swayback, ducking.Copy !req
208. Boxing defences, footwork, the clinch, the swayback, ducking.Copy !req
209. Boxing defences, footwork, the clinch, the swayback, ducking.Copy !req
210. Boxing defences, footwork, the clinch, the swayback, ducking.Copy !req
211. Boxing defences, footwork, the clinch, the swayback, ducking.Copy !req
212. Defence makes use of the chance created while attacking.Copy !req
213. I fell in love with the endless depth and breadth of boxing.Copy !req
214. I just couldn't help it.Copy !req
215. Joe...Copy !req
216. I'm sorry...Copy !req
217. I just wanted to teach you the importance of defence...Copy !req
218. Well, take care.Copy !req
219. I will settle down here, and start my training tomorrow.Copy !req
220. In that run-down shack under the bridge?Copy !req
221. As you're chained down and whining like a dog?Copy !req
222. Give it up. That's not you.Copy !req
223. Come on. Join me on my journey.Copy !req
224. Then a life of freedom will be ours.Copy !req
225. How about it, Joe?Copy !req
226. Give it up, Guerilla.Copy !req
227. If you know all about that lifestyle, why are you inviting me?Copy !req
228. If you're a stray dog, why don't you run off alone, like a stray dog should?Copy !req
229. You know you can't live up to your smooth talking,Copy !req
230. so you've come to find someone who would run away with you.Copy !req
231. Sorry, but there's someone I must beat at all costs.Copy !req
232. Rikiishi Toru.Copy !req
233. Until I defeat him...Copy !req
234. I can never be free.Copy !req
235. Well...Copy !req
236. Suppose I should go.Copy !req
237. I'm envious, man.Copy !req
238. You can bare your fangs with all your might.Copy !req
239. You're a true stray dog.Copy !req
240. You bare your fangs and bite down on something.Copy !req
241. That's the sign of a true stray dog.Copy !req
242. I don't know when we'll meet again,Copy !req
243. but I intend to become a true stray dog by then.Copy !req
244. I don't know where he'll be, but I will find...Copy !req
245. my own Rikiishi Toru!Copy !req
246. "Let's cross the Bridge of Tears in the opposite direction."Copy !req
247. Today, Joe starts afresh.Copy !req
248. Joe has begun training to become a pro.Copy !req
249. But my Tange Boxing Gym doesn't have a professional license.Copy !req
250. Now, for Joe, who is blocked by the greatest wall in his path,Copy !req
251. which way is tomorrow!Copy !req