01x07 - Fight to Win

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CAGE

Kame-chan?

Kame-chan?

Kame-chan?

Kame-chan!

You're up next, right?

Sorry. I spaced out.

Well, let's do this.

Othello-kun.

Finally.

Togame-san, we've been waiting for this!

Get him!

k*ll him!

Those are some intense cheers.

Nothing compared to those before

Finish him with one punch!

Sakura-san!

Be careful out there!

Don't die, okay?

It's in your hands.

Sakura.

Go talk your heart out.

Fighting is a type of communication,

Sakura-kun.

I don't know if that's even possible

Still

It's not just the usual excitement

I get from facing a strong opponent

I don't know what this feeling is called

But well

I wish you luck on your fight tomorrow!

I did tell him to

"leave it to us," after all.

Let's get this started.

There's no need to rush.

Doing things fast

isn't necessarily a bad thing

but it can leave a lot to be desired,

don't you think?

This time, especially

I'd like to thoroughly enjoy this.

Sakura, I know that

you can put up quite a fight

after watching you fight two days ago.

But Togame is able to keep the devotees

of power, Shishitoren, under his control.

That means he has the power to back it up.

Although you said you wanted to take

it slow, you sure know how to move fast.

Huh? You call this fast?

I'll toy with you slowly with this speed.

Bring it on.

I'll play along with your little game.

Sakura-san's got his hands full

just dodging his attacks

Well, Togame and Tomiyama

have always been Shishitoren's best.

That means

He's on a whole different level

from the earlier three.

Well, I think his opponent

would understand that best.

He got him!

You've already matched up

to my speed, huh?

You catch on fast, don't you?

Say, Othello-kun

you called me lame

back at the tunnel, didn't you?

That comment really pissed me off.

And that includes the way you talk!

Way to go, Togame-san!

Beat his a*s!

He's as damn strong as always!

Kame-chan! Kame-chan!

Huh? That's all you got?

You're way more lame to me right now.

The only people allowed to say

whatever they want and act all c*ck

are those with the power to back it up.

You're only so smug because you've

wormed your way in with the strong.

Like how everything will fall silent

after you break the wind chime

you can't talk any crap

when you're by yourself.

Hey now.

I'm still talki

Yeah, you're right!

Only those with power

are allowed to have freedom!

And if you don't have any power,

you can't push for what you believe in!

But in your eyes that's what I look like?

As the person

I hate the most.

In that case

I can't lose to you, even if it kills me.

What happened to that kid all of a sudden?

I knew that Sakura-san was strong, but

I didn't know he was this strong!

Come on, what's wrong?

If you lose to me

that means you're wrong!

If we apply that whole devotee crap

you scumbags so obsess about

isn't that right?

Don't get ahead of yourself.

You little brat!

Devotee crap?

You don't know anything about Shishitoren!

Everyone in this room always

has their eyes on the top.

They swore to stand

for what they believe in

That's what it means to be

a devotee of power.

Compared to you hero-wannabes

the weight of our power is far heavier!

He won't be able to stand up!

Now you know how strong Togame-san is!

Sakura-san, no way

Not yet.

Like I said

You aren't doin'

what you're preachin'.

You better change your g*dd*mn

name to "Our Little Bully Club"!

Stop talking.

I'd never lose to scumbags

who'd beat up a guy who's already down

Not to scumbags who'd chase around

an innocent middle school kid

Never!

What's that?

I never heard about that.

I see.

So that's why you two were there?

Give me a second.

To be frank, I did find it odd.

Why would Furin trespass

on our turf for no reason?

What did you two do back there?

Answer me.

We saw an unfamiliar middle school kid,

so we thought we'd play with him a bit

But Saruwatari was the one

who suggested it first.

Aw, Kame-chan!

Forget about those two,

and get back to the fight!

Things were just getting good!

Sorry about that.

Thanks for waiting.

Let's continue.

Oh, wow!

You took them all down by yourself?

You're strong!

What do you say? Will you join our team?

Huh?

What are you sa

Our team's name is Shishitoren!

No, I mean

I just joined myself,

but I'm sure you'll like it!

Wait, hold on a minu

Come with me!

I'll introduce you to everyone!

That's how I met Choji.

Do you know what "devotees of power"

actually means?

Hey, hey! Kame-chan! Kame-chan!

You hear me? Do you know what it means?

Yeah, I heard you and I know.

They told me when I joined.

So, so!

It means a vow not to succumb

to anyone and to push ourselves!

You really never listen

to other people, huh?

They say power is

what we use to attain freedom!

The newbies that recently joined

are really something else!

Yeah, I heard about them!

They raided Zinc on their own

and beat them to a plump, right?

Everyone's talking about them.

We're back!

We beat the crap out of them

for you, Numa-chan!

Thanks.

You guys seriously raided them?

You two are amazing.

HMPH

I got my eyes set on being

the freest person here, after all!

I'm losing now!

When we first joined the team,

they taught us that

power is a means to be free, right?

So he's saying that the strongest

person would be the most free.

Right?

Yup, yup!

Being the freest person

sounds fun, doesn't it?

I'm competing with Kame-chan

to see who'll get there first!

You should all join us! Let's all race!

Back then, Choji was really strong

and was enjoying his life

more than anyone else.

He was the very embodiment

of our devotion.

He was like the sun.

Choji called it a race.

But I never intended to race with him.

I had always found it difficult

to hang out with other people

but when I was with Choji,

I was able to blend in with everyone.

It was fun.

It really did feel

like we'd attained freedom.

If Choji could become our leader

I was certain that the team

would grow into something even better.

Or so I thought.

Choji?

What's the matter?

-Come inside with everyone

-Hey, Kame-chan.

I've reached the top, haven't I?

Yeah.

The top is someone who's

the strongest and the most free, right?

Yeah.

But it's not fun at all

So I had an idea

I just have to make the whole team

just as strong as I am.

Oh, so you want to train everyone, right?

I think that's a great idea.

Let's tell everyone insi-

Tomiyama-san! Togame-san!

Zinc attacked him just now.

Zinc? Them again?

Let's go, Choji

You came back after getting

your a*s handed to you?

Don't do that.

You won't get stronger that way.

You can't be free that way.

It's not fun.

The weak

have no place in Shishitoren.

Isn't that right,

Kame-chan?

Why?

What makes you think so?

-Doing that won't make anyone stro

-I'm the leader, right?

I'm the strongest one around.

I'm free.

I won't submit to anyone.

I decide things around here.

If you won't listen, then leave.

Fine.

But

I'll be the one to tell everyone

about your plans, Choji.

I'll be the one to rip off their skins.

So, Choji

Please keep smiling with everyone.

I decided to take the fall.

The sun has to be loved by everyone.

Even if it means tying everyone down

with this power to attain freedom

I will preserve the current Shishitoren.

Until the sun

shows itself again.

Are you serious?

You're kidding me!

You aren't going all-out, aren't you?

-Huh? That's not wh

-You aren't even trying to hit me.

And you're not even trying

to dodge my kicks.

Just what the hell are you trying to do?

Yeah, really

just what am I trying to do?

The sound of the impact

from Togame-san's geta

was nothing like you'd expect

coming from wood.

From how it felt

when he hit me on the head,

it doesn't seem to have any metal inside.

You can tell from that?

Well, I've got my head hit with

numerous stuff before, after all.

-For example

-For example?

-This.

-This?

Or this.

This too?

And even this!

So scary