Early in the morning, Kirihito orders the club members to harvest seaweed and do many other strange things, like standing on an unsteady boat to improve their balance. The club members admire Kirihito's methods, but have doubts about his experience and abilities. They eventually confront him. In order to demonstrate his coaching abilities, Kirihito declares that he will have the rookie Mitsuhashi Kei beat the other club members.
Master Yamatokuni told me 
basically the same thing.
.أخبرني المعلّم ياماتوكوني نفس الشيّء
So was in der Art …
El maestro Yamatokuni
me dijo casi lo mismo.
El maestro Yamatokuni
me dijo casi lo mismo.
Le grand maître Yamatokuni
m’avait dit un truc du genre.
Il maestro Yamatokuni 
aveva più o meno gli stessi dubbi.
Lembra bastante o que
o Mestre Yamatokuni me disse.
Мастер Яматокуни... сказал
мне примерно то же самое.