WEBVTT 00:02.600 --> 00:03.120 You're all benched! 00:03.780 --> 00:06.590 I don't need people who refuse to follow my directions! 00:06.940 --> 00:09.410 I... I can stop Eyeshield. 00:09.900 --> 00:11.660 Please, give me one last chance! 00:12.760 --> 00:15.630 If I can't hold him back... 00:17.220 --> 00:18.170 I'll quit the team! 00:21.550 --> 00:24.410 You don't get... anymore chances... 00:26.640 --> 00:28.170 W-What's the meaning of this?! 00:29.710 --> 00:30.890 We're asking you, too! 00:31.700 --> 00:33.180 Please let Panther play! 00:33.180 --> 00:35.610 Please trust us as a team! 00:35.900 --> 00:36.420 Please! 00:36.860 --> 00:37.860 Give us a chance! 00:37.860 --> 00:39.280 Please let Panther play! 00:39.910 --> 00:40.540 Fine... 00:43.210 --> 00:45.460 For this game, and only this game... 00:48.880 --> 00:50.420 Stop Eyeshield at all costs. 00:51.360 --> 00:52.680 That's your only role! 00:54.690 --> 00:55.190 Yes, sir! 00:56.150 --> 00:57.510 Moonsault formation! 00:58.070 --> 01:00.580 Run fast and free like you were on the moon, Panther! 01:02.920 --> 01:04.480 Moonsault formation? 01:17.200 --> 01:21.130 ONE toki wo koete 01:17.200 --> 01:21.130 ONE passing through time 01:21.470 --> 01:29.040 tokihanatta mihatenu yumetachi 01:21.470 --> 01:29.040 freed from unfinished dreams 01:29.310 --> 01:33.110 LOVE poketto no naka 01:29.310 --> 01:33.110 LOVE inside my pocket. 01:33.640 --> 01:41.150 marumeta chizu ima, hirogeyukou 01:33.640 --> 01:41.150 I'm ready to unfurl my rolled-up map. 01:41.750 --> 01:47.690 Kidou ni noseta kodou kimi ni todoketai 01:41.750 --> 01:47.690 The beat drums on perfectly, and I want to show you 01:47.860 --> 01:53.560 togireru koto no nai ai de sasaeatte 01:47.860 --> 01:53.560 my unflinching, unwavering dedication. 01:53.630 --> 01:59.400 I FIND BREAKTHROUGH ashita e mukai 01:53.630 --> 01:59.400 I FIND BREAKTHROUGH, running towards tomorrow 01:59.470 --> 02:05.280 yami wo kakete asayake wo ukete 01:59.470 --> 02:05.280 racing against the darkness, bathing in the rising sun! 02:05.780 --> 02:11.580 I'M JUST DREAMER komayoi nagara 02:05.780 --> 02:11.580 I'M JUST DREAMER hanging out, goofing around. 02:11.680 --> 02:17.590 mitsuketanda mamoru beki mono wo 02:11.680 --> 02:17.590 I finally realized what I'm here to protect. 02:17.760 --> 02:21.990 arata na hikari motome... 02:17.760 --> 02:21.990 Searching for that new light, 02:27.370 --> 02:29.230 A Real Beast! 02:31.880 --> 02:34.050 Deimon leads 26-21! 02:34.560 --> 02:36.740 Can the Aliens turn things back in their favor? 02:41.210 --> 02:41.780 That's- 02:47.310 --> 02:48.800 What the heck are they doing? 02:49.250 --> 02:51.560 Is this their Moonsault formation? 02:52.710 --> 02:53.710 They've got it all planned out. 02:56.910 --> 02:59.720 They're gonna unlock the cage and release Panther into the wild. 03:01.730 --> 03:03.000 Ya-ha! 03:03.660 --> 03:06.400 Deimon kicks off and the game resumes! 03:12.300 --> 03:14.180 Panther's got it, stop him! 03:20.930 --> 03:22.550 Komusubi, we've gotta get him! 03:22.910 --> 03:24.460 Go for it, Panther! 03:24.970 --> 03:26.760 Show 'em what your legs can do! 03:29.630 --> 03:30.160 He's so fast! 03:59.390 --> 04:01.460 He ran... right though them! 04:01.880 --> 04:03.560 W-What was that?! 04:03.990 --> 04:06.440 Who is he?! There aren't any records... 04:23.200 --> 04:24.930 Such light feet! 04:25.190 --> 04:26.860 Ah, we've finally received some data! 04:27.290 --> 04:31.210 He's known as "Panther, the man with the Zero-G legs!" 04:31.710 --> 04:34.270 Unbelievable... Who is that guy? 04:38.350 --> 04:39.330 Someone special. 04:42.700 --> 04:43.990 Watch me go, Grandma. 04:44.540 --> 04:48.080 I'm running down the field wearing an Aliens uniform! 04:48.910 --> 04:51.070 Tackle him, Eyeshield 21! 04:51.390 --> 04:53.440 You're the last line of defense! 04:54.910 --> 04:57.080 Bring it, Eyeshield 21! 04:57.440 --> 04:58.880 Get ready, Panther! 05:01.110 --> 05:05.220 And there it is! Eyeshield 21's patented explosive speed burst! 05:07.100 --> 05:08.890 It's nothing like when I run alone. 05:10.710 --> 05:13.100 I have a powerful foe charging in to crush me! 05:13.830 --> 05:16.010 THIS is football! 05:18.090 --> 05:20.890 I'm playing football! 05:32.670 --> 05:34.650 I've never felt anything like this... 05:35.760 --> 05:39.270 The spirit-crushing depression of watching your opponent pull away, 05:39.760 --> 05:40.980 even as you run at your top speed. 05:43.480 --> 05:44.870 Touchdown! 05:52.120 --> 05:54.730 E-Even Sena couldn't catch him... 05:55.000 --> 05:57.490 What incredible legs... 06:00.130 --> 06:00.760 It was inevitable. 06:02.240 --> 06:05.460 Eyeshield 21 can only hit his top speed in small bursts. 06:07.010 --> 06:11.330 On the other hand, that boy maintains his top speed while simultaneously avoiding tackles 06:12.180 --> 06:13.890 by using his gravity-defying light step. 06:15.240 --> 06:16.930 The extra point is no good! 06:16.930 --> 06:18.590 But the Aliens have begun their counter-attack! 06:19.080 --> 06:20.970 It's pure innate athleticism. 06:21.760 --> 06:23.600 He was born with that gift. 06:24.740 --> 06:26.420 Born to be a sprinter. 06:28.280 --> 06:30.700 I was born to be a sprinter! 06:31.680 --> 06:33.810 Don't matter who comes after me, I never lose! 06:34.650 --> 06:37.510 Hate to say it, but none of the other guys'll ever even get a shot. 06:42.340 --> 06:46.060 That's the reason I never used Panther... 06:47.350 --> 06:52.940 Was I using that one little act of disobedience as an excuse? 06:54.680 --> 06:56.040 Did I subconsciously resent him all this time... 06:56.490 --> 07:01.120 Because he's a natural sprinter, like Morgan? 07:01.820 --> 07:04.000 Ah, we've got the replay. 07:05.260 --> 07:06.040 Here it is. 07:06.370 --> 07:08.240 Komusubi came in for the tackle first. 07:08.600 --> 07:11.180 He made a small cut at the last possible moment and slipped by. 07:11.180 --> 07:12.530 And then the same thing for Kurita. 07:13.100 --> 07:16.590 Thus, he originally appeared to simply pass straight through them! 07:17.260 --> 07:20.430 His movements are completely different from Eyeshield's sharp cuts. 07:20.930 --> 07:22.360 You could even call him the polar opposite of Eyeshield! 07:23.350 --> 07:24.170 A one-point gap, 07:25.160 --> 07:25.890 with nine minutes to go. 07:27.590 --> 07:28.650 The game's just getting started! 07:30.060 --> 07:32.550 Set, hut, hut! 07:36.370 --> 07:37.800 Sweep him! 07:46.630 --> 07:48.080 Panther makes the block! 07:48.390 --> 07:51.010 The Devil Bats' sweep has been swept away! 07:51.690 --> 07:53.920 Panther's a great defenseman, too! 07:54.220 --> 07:55.560 He's too fast for me to avoid! 07:58.840 --> 08:01.710 Okay, the real problem is the Aliens' offense. 08:02.120 --> 08:04.240 They're more than just the Shuttle Pass now. 08:04.850 --> 08:07.710 The Shuttle Pass and Panther's run... 08:08.600 --> 08:09.640 Which do we defend against- 08:10.210 --> 08:12.840 What do you think?! Both! 08:18.000 --> 08:21.740 The Shuttle Pass lands, and the Aliens gain 20 yards! 08:22.810 --> 08:24.480 Aaaaargh! 08:23.240 --> 08:26.120 I can't focus on the pass with Panther out here. 08:34.420 --> 08:37.500 Again! Panther shoots through like an arrow in flight! 08:43.490 --> 08:45.290 And it's now a man-to-man showdown! 09:03.880 --> 09:07.310 Panther scores the touchdown! Eyeshield has failed! 09:07.870 --> 09:10.770 The NASA Aliens extend their lead to seven points! 09:11.350 --> 09:13.060 We managed to stop the extra point, but... 09:14.190 --> 09:17.490 I was so full of myself... To think I WANTED to face Panther... 09:20.240 --> 09:24.500 His legs are as flexible as a whip, and his steps as light as a feather! 09:25.100 --> 09:27.790 Can anyone bring Panther down?! 09:32.440 --> 09:34.170 Football Clinic! 09:35.490 --> 09:38.460 What is an "interception?" 09:42.610 --> 09:46.410 When the defense catches a pass in midair. 09:46.710 --> 09:50.250 It's a big play that puts the defense back on offense! Ya-ha! 09:52.400 --> 09:57.810 Panther! Panther! Panther! 10:04.920 --> 10:07.630 Eyeshield is stuffed again! 10:14.190 --> 10:14.710 His arm. 10:15.900 --> 10:18.090 Panther gets through by using his arm. 10:19.360 --> 10:22.830 That's how he makes those small cuts without losing speed! 10:28.810 --> 10:30.330 Their muscle compositions are too different. 10:31.660 --> 10:34.940 That man's running style comes from his limbs being tough, but supple. 10:35.990 --> 10:37.670 It's impossible to imitate. 10:38.560 --> 10:40.650 So it's something innate to him... 10:41.270 --> 10:43.660 In other words, Deimon is in a tough spot. 10:45.020 --> 10:46.930 We humans are not born with equal ability. 10:48.050 --> 10:49.330 There is always a barrier... 10:49.990 --> 10:51.500 ...that effort alone can't overcome. 10:52.140 --> 10:52.930 Amazing! 10:52.930 --> 10:54.240 Morgan is incredible! 10:56.400 --> 10:58.450 The MVP of the Armadillos! 10:58.740 --> 11:03.050 That's what a natural-born sprinter can really do! 11:04.670 --> 11:06.680 Panther must be having the time of his life. 11:07.420 --> 11:11.010 He's just happy to be out there, playing football again. 11:14.980 --> 11:16.610 Happy... 11:17.080 --> 11:17.830 How long has it been...? 11:19.780 --> 11:23.720 The last time football was fun was in my school days... 11:25.540 --> 11:26.360 I'll show you... 11:27.190 --> 11:28.450 I'll create the ultimate team, 11:28.910 --> 11:31.240 one without a single superstar! 11:32.160 --> 11:34.170 A systematic, methodical team. 11:34.870 --> 11:38.680 One full of faithful pawns who follow their coach's plans! 11:39.520 --> 11:42.320 I thought the Aliens were the epitome of that ideal. 11:45.950 --> 11:48.560 Eyeshield is caught again! 11:48.900 --> 11:51.460 Can Deimon close the seven-point gap?! 11:52.290 --> 11:53.450 Just two minutes... 11:54.370 --> 11:56.140 They must all be exhausted. 11:57.050 --> 11:58.670 It's getting to be too much. 11:59.100 --> 12:03.040 Hey! Remember, we can't go back to America unless we win by ten! 12:03.970 --> 12:04.640 It's all good! 12:05.420 --> 12:06.160 Coach Apollo! 12:08.310 --> 12:11.140 I'm stopping Eyeshield, just like you told me to! 12:11.620 --> 12:12.480 Go ahead, give me another order! 12:13.940 --> 12:20.080 So, Coach, do you know why Panther never quit, even though you wouldn't let him play? 12:24.020 --> 12:27.530 Actually he gave us all a big lecture about you. 12:30.570 --> 12:34.610 If you're not gonna stand up for yourself, the rest of us will chew the coach out for you! 12:35.370 --> 12:38.780 Yeah, it's messed up that he just makes you the ball boy! 12:39.080 --> 12:43.640 You only disobeyed him once, it's not that big a deal! 12:43.640 --> 12:46.140 If we all talk to him, he'll have to listen! 12:47.910 --> 12:49.450 H-Hey, hold up, guys! 12:50.080 --> 12:53.920 Coach Apollo will... Look, if I'm really good, he'll use me, I know it! 12:54.510 --> 12:57.130 I'm just not there yet. 12:57.490 --> 12:58.810 Yeah right! 12:58.810 --> 12:59.830 Yeah right! 13:00.100 --> 13:03.610 If you don't ever play, you'll never make it in the pros! 13:05.140 --> 13:09.570 Panther's dream is to make the pros and so his grandmother can have an easier life. 13:10.660 --> 13:12.670 He decided to play football... 13:13.760 --> 13:17.840 ...after watching a famous, respected player from his hometown team in action. 13:19.150 --> 13:21.540 A second-string running back who put in three times the effort of his teammates: 13:21.870 --> 13:22.960 Leonard Apollo. 13:24.350 --> 13:29.840 No matter how badly you treated him, to Panther, you've always been a man worthy of great respect! 13:37.110 --> 13:39.300 What's the plan, Coach? 13:39.960 --> 13:43.070 Kee... Keep it up. 13:45.260 --> 13:45.760 Yes sir! 13:47.230 --> 13:49.150 Set, hut, hut! 13:49.150 --> 13:51.930 Big and useful! 13:51.930 --> 13:53.070 I'm the real deal. 13:59.270 --> 14:00.480 Nail him! 14:00.480 --> 14:01.230 Panther! 14:02.100 --> 14:05.260 It's not just Panther... They're ALL having fun. 14:06.410 --> 14:09.460 My ideal football team... 14:12.980 --> 14:14.450 ...might just be complete. 14:26.040 --> 14:28.280 It's no good... I can't beat him. 14:29.650 --> 14:30.380 Is he done? 14:32.080 --> 14:33.160 Your running's pretty cool. 14:35.330 --> 14:37.590 But you're not using your full power. 14:38.500 --> 14:39.940 I'm gonna be the greatest running back in history. 14:40.830 --> 14:44.800 So I have to hit guys like Seijuro Shin and Eyeshield... 14:46.440 --> 14:47.280 ...with all I've got! 14:49.850 --> 14:53.090 You sure you're trying your hardest against me? 14:55.470 --> 14:56.010 That's right... 14:56.970 --> 15:00.800 Panther came all the way from America to face me. 15:01.540 --> 15:03.150 I have to give it 100%! 15:07.010 --> 15:08.910 I want to beat Shin, too. 15:09.960 --> 15:12.190 I may not be able to run like you, Panther... 15:13.310 --> 15:14.900 ...but I still want to win, with my own style! 15:17.840 --> 15:18.900 Now you're talking! 15:19.760 --> 15:23.800 Less than a minute left! Both teams muster all their remaining strength! 15:24.160 --> 15:25.980 Heads up, butt-monkey! 15:31.080 --> 15:32.430 GO! 15:33.180 --> 15:34.380 He intercepted it! 15:35.200 --> 15:37.350 Panther rushes towards another touchdown! 15:41.160 --> 15:43.170 Everyone's wiped out! 15:43.800 --> 15:47.010 A touchdown here and we win by 14 points! 15:48.540 --> 15:49.290 I have to stop him. 15:59.590 --> 16:02.920 No good... When he uses his arm... 16:06.270 --> 16:06.770 His arm? 16:07.840 --> 16:09.170 How could he push me like that? 16:10.400 --> 16:13.080 He's got both hands wrapped around the ball... 16:15.760 --> 16:16.460 I get it! 16:17.180 --> 16:18.770 He leaves himself vulnerable during that brief moment he pushes off, 16:18.770 --> 16:20.650 because he has to take one hand off the ball! 16:21.550 --> 16:24.580 He's a black panther, released from his cage for the first time. 16:25.420 --> 16:26.940 He doesn't understand the real wilderness. 16:28.350 --> 16:30.710 Eyeshield's running, developed from years of being a gopher... 16:31.370 --> 16:33.180 ...is the REAL beast. 16:36.890 --> 16:38.520 Even a timid herbivore, when backed into a corner... 16:39.040 --> 16:42.180 ...can momentarily gain unimaginable power. 16:43.880 --> 16:44.380 I won. 16:54.030 --> 16:54.530 Now! 17:04.680 --> 17:06.260 THAT is Eyeshield 21! 17:07.230 --> 17:08.580 Instantly hitting the 4.2 second level... 17:09.400 --> 17:10.210 The world of lightspeed! 17:38.310 --> 17:39.310 I refuse to lose! 17:52.480 --> 17:54.020 Touchdown! 18:02.160 --> 18:04.510 H-Huh? 18:16.850 --> 18:18.460 Nuts! 18:20.090 --> 18:22.000 W-What was the final score? 18:25.650 --> 18:27.030 Game over! 18:28.260 --> 18:35.130 Deimon went for a two-point conversion on their final play, but the Muscle Barrier fended them off. 18:36.600 --> 18:38.970 They didn't stand a chance without Eyeshield. 18:39.500 --> 18:42.310 We can only wonder why they didn't try to tie it with a kick. 18:43.070 --> 18:45.520 Ah yes, perhaps because Deimon doesn't have a kicker? 18:48.630 --> 18:49.900 Even that one-point loss is miraculous. 18:50.860 --> 18:53.590 In their current state, Deimon never stood a chance in the first place. 18:55.340 --> 18:59.150 But that new batch of players made some great strides in that game. 19:00.120 --> 19:01.630 Perhaps that was Hiruma's aim? 19:04.340 --> 19:05.580 Eyeshield 21. 19:10.370 --> 19:11.970 You beat me at the end. 19:13.090 --> 19:13.880 Panther... 19:22.880 --> 19:23.800 Nice game. 19:36.660 --> 19:40.170 Coming in at the last moment gave me too much of an advantage. 19:41.360 --> 19:42.990 Next time we'll start on even ground. 19:45.060 --> 19:46.520 And you won't get past me again! 19:54.440 --> 20:00.820 Naze jibun dake ga kizu tsuku to nageku 19:54.440 --> 20:00.820 Why are you upset? Do you think you're the only one who hurts? 20:01.350 --> 20:08.060 tada hito wa dare mo fuzoroina kakera 20:01.350 --> 20:08.060 Because each and every one of us is just a single, splintered fragment. 20:08.530 --> 20:15.070 Mirai wa kimatta basho bakari ja nai 20:08.530 --> 20:15.070 Our future isn't a single place that all roads lead to... 20:15.600 --> 20:20.870 Hikari ga sasu michi ga aru kara 20:15.600 --> 20:20.870 The light will always illuminate new paths. 20:21.570 --> 20:25.140 Blaze away ima baze away sugu 20:21.570 --> 20:25.140 Blaze away Go blaze away towards 20:25.140 --> 20:30.110 Blaze away tobira no mukou e 20:25.140 --> 20:30.110 Blaze away what lies beyond the door. 20:30.380 --> 20:35.090 Saa toki wa umarekawaru 20:30.380 --> 20:35.090 Our time will be born anew. 20:35.690 --> 20:39.190 Blaze away ima blaze away ima 20:35.690 --> 20:39.190 Blaze away right blaze away now 20:39.190 --> 20:44.430 Blaze away dekiru koto ga aru 20:39.190 --> 20:44.430 Blaze away you have a unique purpose. 20:44.660 --> 20:49.870 Tatoe hitotsu shikanakutemo 20:44.660 --> 20:49.870 Even if it's just one thing. 20:49.930 --> 20:53.400 Blaze away ima blaze away ima 20:49.930 --> 20:53.400 Blaze away right blaze away now 20:53.400 --> 20:58.710 Blaze away kakenukete yukou 20:53.400 --> 20:58.710 Blaze away dash straight through! 20:58.840 --> 21:06.280 Kagi wa tokareteru sono te ni ima 20:58.840 --> 21:06.280 You've opened the lock with your own hands. 21:10.270 --> 21:13.560 Yay! We're finally in America! 21:13.560 --> 21:15.670 So why're you freaking out, Sena? 21:15.670 --> 21:19.130 I'm in deep trouble, we lost Cerberus at the airport! 21:19.130 --> 21:22.250 If he's on the loose, he'll eat all the meat in America! 21:22.840 --> 21:28.390 Next time on Eyeshield 21: Take Back Cerberus! Ya-ha! 21:40.560 --> 21:43.190 I hate to break up this tender moment, 21:43.810 --> 21:45.570 but you're gonna keep your end of the bargain. 21:48.080 --> 21:50.060 Our passports! 21:51.990 --> 21:53.460 And what about you?! 21:53.860 --> 21:55.630 You all have to leave Japan immediately, remember?! 21:56.080 --> 22:00.510 Ah, yes. I guess you don't need your plane tickets home anymore, right? 22:01.100 --> 22:03.270 D-Don't tell us! 22:03.580 --> 22:07.320 Ya-ha! We're getting special training in America! 22:10.110 --> 22:13.600 Seriously?! Training in America?!