20th Century Boys
	 Volume 3 : Hero With a Guitar
	  Chapter Twenty-Four
	   Showdown

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Chapter 24 : Showdown

Sign: The 169th
	FRIEND CONCERT

Comedians: You know, I have terrible claustrophobia.
	Ohhh, so ya don't like small spaces.

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Comedians: Yup, I cain't breathe 'less I'm in a wide open space, so I went through intensive trainin' to become an astronaut!!
	Oho, so yah went to outer space, the widest openest space of them all.  How wuz it?
	Well, I spent an entire week in this teeny weeny spaceship circling the earth, arouuuund and arouuuund...
	That's purty small, though!!
	DEAL WITH EXPECTATIONS!!

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Audience: WAHAHA

Chapter 24 : Showdown

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Singer: Macadamia

Audience: DAHAHA

Kenji: {W...  what's so funny...?}

Men: How would you like
	How would you like
	How would you like some potato chips with me?

Kenji: {This isn't funny at ALL...}

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Kenji: {Am I the only one missing something...?
	What's wrong with these people...?
	When is...
	When is "Friend" going to show up...?
	I...  I can't do it!!  This place is creeping me out...
	If I stay here any longer, I'll...}

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Singer: Ai!! (Love)
	Rock!!
	Yuuuuu!! (Friendship)

Audience: Ai!!
	Rock!!
	Yuuuuu!!

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Guy: Ai Rock Yuu!!

Girl: Ai Rock Yuu!!

Kenji: {Rock has no definition...
	There's nothing that says this isn't.  But...}

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Singer: Everybody together!!

Kenji: {But...}

Singer: Everybody hold hands!!

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Kenji: {I can't...
	I...}
	I won't call this rock.

Woman: Hey, what's wrong?  You don't seem too happy.

Guy: C'mon, don't be shy, stand up...

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Singer: Hey, everybody!  Listen up!!
	While we're all here having a good time,
	there's a shy person that isn't getting into it!!
	Who could it be?
	It's...
	It's...
	you!!

Nerd: Waaaah!!

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Nerd: W...  what?!  N...  no, stop!!

Singer: Let go of your heart!!  It's rock, shy boy!!

Nerd: Ah...
	Aahhhh...

Audience: Ai!!
	Rock!!
	Yuuuu!!
	Ai!!  Rock!!  Yuuuuu!!
	Ai!!  Rock!!  Yuuuuu!!
	Ai!!  Rock!!  Yuuuuu!!

Nerd: Ai...

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Nerd: Rock...
	Yuuuuuuu!!

Singer: All right, perfect!!  Give it up for our new rockstar here!!
	Hey hey!  I think there's still some more shy boys out there!!
	Youuuuu!!

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Kenji: Huh?
	Wha...
	What...?
	What are you doing?!  Stop it!

Audience: (clap clap clap clap clap)

Singer: Come on, shy boy!!
	Come on!!

Kenji: Stop it!!  Let me go!!
	GET THE FUCK OFF ME!!

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Kenji: Give me the mike.

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Kenji: Gimme the damn mike!!
	LISTEN UP!!

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Kenji: This "Friend" that you all believe in-!!
	Killed one of my old childhood buddies!!
	He released those pathogens in San Francisco...  and then in London!!
	Many many people died!!  And it was all "Friend"'s doing!!

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Kenji: What he wants...!!
	What he's going to do next is...

Friend: What IS next...?
	What's the next place?

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Friend: Kenji-kun.

Singer: IT'S "FRIEND", EVERYBODY!!  GIVE IT UP!!

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