H2 Volume 1 Chapter 1 My Youth - Page 5 - (Ch. 1) My Youth Announcer: My! Kunimi now has the 27th batter in a row backed into a corner! Bottom of the 9th, 2 outs. That's right, folks! This is-! A perfect game! One more batter until it's a perfect game! - Page 6 - - Page 7 - (Ch. 1) My Youth - Page 8 - Announcer: Will Kunimi decide it with this pitch? He winds, and throws! - Page 9 - Passionate Baseball Manga - The End - Page 10 - Mother: Cough, cough! Hiro, what in the world are you burning?! Hiro: My youth. Mother: Well... I'd really much rather you burned those porno magazines under your bed, first... You know. Hiro: Those... are my life. - Page 11 - [That's right... The time when pro and high school baseball were the only things that got any attention is over now.] [Judging from the front page of the sports newspapers, it's all about sumo and horse racing these days.] [Meanwhile, baseball's popularity has been heading straight down.] [That's right...] [From now on...] Sign: Amamiya Books Sales Clerk: Sir, sir. I have what you're looking for right here. - Page 12 - Hiro: WHOA! Don't get in my way. Retard! Hikari: Yeah, yeah. And I don't have the time to play around with you either, Hiro. Take it easy. Hey Mom, take over the store for me. - Page 13 - Hiro: Meeting up with Hideo? Hikari: Yup, gonna see a movie. Hiro: In those clothes? Hikari: Why do you say that? Hiro: Isn't that skirt a little too short? Hikari: Oh, think so? Bye bye! [That's right...] [From now on...] - Page 14 - Hideo: Hiro's looking at sports manuals? Sign: Open Hikari: Wonder what he's gonna pick. Hideo: With his reflexes, no matter what he picks, he'll be ahead of the crowd. Yeah, if he doesn't find something to replace it soon, he'll have no baseball anymore, and then he'll just be a regular old pervert. Hikari: What a shame. Hideo: It's more than just a shame! There were countless high schools, in AND out of the prefecture, that wanted to grab him. All the baseball experts were looking forward to see where we'd graduate to. - Page 15 - Hikari: And this Senkawa High School that Hiro's going to doesn't have a baseball team? Hideo: Right. He chose it that way. So he wouldn't have any lingering affections for it. Hikari: Well, I'm surprised he gave it up. It's not as though his elbow is totally ruined yet. Hideo: If he keeps throwing, his arm'll bust in three months. That's what the doctor said, so what are you gonna do? Hikari: But if it was you, Hide-chan, you'd play until it busted. Wouldn't you? Hideo: Because I'm stupid. Hikari: Hiro's... stupid, too. - Page 16 - Hideo: No! I'm grateful to him. It's thanks to him that I can go out on these dates together with you. Hikari: Well, it's time for the movie. Let's go. [Anyhow...] - Page 17 - [We are 15...] [And on our short spring break...] [Between middle school and high school...] (Note: The Japanese school year ends at spring break and begins again afterwards.) Sign: Senkawa Private Senior High School [And, a 3 year teenage drama, prepared on all the stages.] [It all started with that page turning.] - Page 18 - [Yeah.] Hiro: Huh? Wha? Owwwwww. Girl: Kya! Oh, I'm so sorry! - Page 19 - Girl: I let my hand slip without thinking. Are you okay, are you hurt? Kya! I'm sorry! Hiro: Uh, no... Girl: Don't worry, I just bought these, haven't worn them, so they're perfectly clean! Hiro (bummer) Girl: Huh? Hiro: Nah, it's okay. I'm not hurt. No need to worry. Girl: I'm really very sorry. - Page 20 - Girl: Kya! Please forgive me! Hiro: What a total scatterbrain. But pretty cute, too. Noda: Hirooooo! Hiro: Yo! If it isn't Noda, the catcher who made up a battery with me in middle school, then hurt his back and quit baseball. Noda: Who are you explaining that to? - Page 21 - Noda: I just sent in my application, for the swim team. Hiro: The swim team? Is that okay, with your back? Noda: Swimming is the best when it comes to rehabilitation. Especially the butterfly. Hiro: The butterfly? I can't possibly imagine how that could be good for your back... Noda: The doctor said so, must be true. What about you, Hiro? Hiro: That's obvious. What's a sport that won't place any burden on my elbow, and is even more popular than baseball among the high school crowd? Noda: Uhhhhh... Hiro: Don't give me any stupid jokes. Noda: Soccer. Hiro: Right! Soccer. Check it out. I bought the manuals, and I've been studying them. - Page 22 - Hiro: Can you believe the guy who writes this stuff?! - Page 23 - Hiro: Koga Haruka... hm. Yow! Haruka: Kya! I'm sorry! - Page 24 - Haruka: Oh, you're that boy I... Hiro: Gimme a break. You took the wrong bag, remember?! Haruka: Huh? Hiro: Here. Haruka: Oh, don't worry, I just bought those, so they're nice and clean. Sign: Baton Club Hiro: Sheesh! Book: Miraculous SOCCER Haruka: Are you on the soccer team? Hiro: Not yet. I'm just on my way to sign up. - Page 25 - Haruka: Soccer's very popular now. Hiro: Isn't it? Haruka: But I like baseball more. Did you know that we don't have a baseball team at this school? Hiro: Oh, nice. Bye. Haruka: Sorry about all that. Kya! Hiro: Yeah, a total scatterbrain, all right. But pretty cute, too. - Page 26 - [Meiwa Daiichi Senior High School] - Page 27 - Player: Coach! I never heard of any new recruits getting to take free batting right away! Coach: This one's special. Player: But we've got 80 other players here!! - Page 28 - - Page 29 - Coach: Want me to make him polish your spikes? Player: Ehe. - Page 30 - - Page 31 - Captain: Hey, you. New guy. Hiro: Yeah. Akagi: What's your name? Hiro: Kunimi Hiro. Akagi: Kunimi, huh? Lemme tell you, you are far from adorable. Hiro: Huh? Akagi: Usually you new recruits are collapsed half-dead, after running like that. The reason us older guys can preach to you so much, is because we make it easier by wearing you out this way. Look! They're so adorable. - Page 32 - Akagi: That's enough! You're just in the way. Sit over there. HEY FIRST-YEARS! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?! - Page 33 - Akagi: And what the hell is that? What's that ball doing here?! Baseball Players: Oh, we, we're sorry! We'll pick it up right away. Akagi: Don't come over here with your filthy spikes! Players: Yow! Sorry, sorry. Sorry to bother you. - Page 34 - Hiro: I thought we didn't have a baseball team here... Akagi: It ain't a team. It's the baseball club. A bunch of losers playing in their backyards. They can hardly catch as it is. Hiro: Baseball club... - Chapter 1 Owari -