Title: ルーキーズ Rūkīzu (Rookies)
English Title: Rookies
Episode 01: The heated battle begins between delinquents and their new teacher!
Kawato Kōichi: "Dreams are formed from disappointments. Humans become happy when they achieve their dreams." according to French writer Henry de Montherlant.
Kawato Kōichi: "The sparrows never know the ambitions of the swans." The little bird cannot imagine what goes on in the big bird's mind.
Kawato Kōichi: Small-minded men cannot understand the ambitions of great men. The size of your ambition is a measure of how big of a man you are.
Kawato Kōichi: Hands are interesting, indeed. If you clench it, it's a fist. If you open it, it's a palm. Your palm signifies your heart. I believe someday you will open your fist by yourself.
Episode 02: Believe in your dreams!
Aniya Keīchi: No matter how much effort we put into it, there are things that are out of reach.
Kawato Kōichi: "When a petty person is idle, he turns evil." A flawed person has a lot of free time to do bad things. In other words, if you have a goal to aim for, you won't have time to do bad things. That's why dreams are important.
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Kawato Kōichi: Do what you love with all your strength.
Episode 03: Things worth protecting until the end
Kawato Kōichi: There is no useless effort.
Episode 04: Starting from rock-bottom
Kawato Kōichi: What's important is the courage to make a step forward.
Kawato Kōichi: "When others do it once, I will do it a hundred times." It means when others do it once, you work on it a hundred times more and you'll surely improve. Everything depends on the effort you make.
Kawato Kōichi: "Heaven's net casts wide. Though its meshes are coarse, nothing slips through." (Lao Tzu)
Kawato Kōichi: "Believe others, and others will believe you. When people believe each other, there will be respect towards each other and themselves." by Fukuzawa Yuichi
Episode 05: If you lose, it's all over... And then, the last man!
Episode 06: Tonight the second chapter starts: A miraculous victory!? And then, a tearful departure...
Kawato Kōichi: "Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict." by William Ellery Channing
Episode 07: Unforgivable defeat
Kawato Kōichi: "Random opportunity is less important than venue, venue is less important than social ability." by Meng Zi (Mencius) It means that no matter what you do, self is the most important thing.
Kawato Kōichi: "Go without doubt, and defeat even the gods."
Episode 08: A far-off dream... A victory for tomorrow
Episode 09: Sordid pride
Kawato Kōichi: God helps those who help themselves.
Episode 10: Final Chapter, Part 1: The last summer... And then...
Kawato Kōichi: The way to forge a new path is with confidence and courage.
Episode 11: Final Chapter, Part 2: Farewell to a most beloved teacher...
Mikoshiba Toru: "We have to rely on our confidence and courage to overcome these obstacles." by Kawato Kōichi
Kawato Kōichi: Because of your confidence and courage, you were able to overcome these obstacles.
Kawato Kōichi: A person filled with cowardice and hesitation would not be able to do anything. Why is that? It's because he can only see the impossible.
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Kawato Kōichi: You guys struggled and obtained the greatest reward: potential.
