H2 Volume 1 Chapter 3 Go for the Ryogoku-kokugikan - Page 62 - (Ch. 3) Go for the Ryogoku-kokugikan - Page 63 - Soccer Player: HE SHOOTS! HE SCORES!! - Page 64 - Soccer Player: GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLL! Hiro: What a noisy guy. Other Guy: He's not just noisy. That's Kine Ryutaro. The ace striker from Kitano Middle School, who made it to the prefecture semifinals last year. Hiro: Wow. Guys: He jumped right out ahead of all the other first-years. An instant regular, no doubt about it. Ah, I'm so jealous. Akagi: Hey, mediocre first-years! Stop chattering and get back to pulling weeds! Guys: Gotcha! - Page 65 - Akagi: Hey, long-distance specialist Kunimi, go run and buy me a can of coffee. Players: Oh, me too. Me too, me too. I want Oolong tea. Suntory. I want Itoen. Asahi. Kine: Hey, wait up. Make mine a can of coffee too. [Yup, he's not just noisy...] - Page 66 - [In the space of a short spring break...] [I went from a glorious upperclassman to a lowly first-year.] Hiro: Yeesh, this is heavy. Shit! Have your fun for now. - Page 67 - Guy: What the hell do you call that?! A mosquito could stop that swing! Girl: Be quiet! You have nothing to do with this, so butt out! - Page 68 - Kine: I can't stand to watch this. Come on, Koga. Ditch this pitiful excuse for a baseball club and be the manager for the soccer team. Go to the Kokuritsu (National) with me. Hiro: {Kokuritsu?} Sign: Go for the RYOGOKU-KOKUGIKAN Hiro Hiro: {Kokuritsu-ryogoku-kokugikan...? (National Both Countries Sport Stadium)} Haruka: Leave me alone! I like the Koshien better. Kine: And how are you going to the Koshien with a baseball club that doesn't even have its own field? - Page 69 - Haruka: We'll work hard to become a team. (Note: The club is simply a "baseball lover's club". It's not the official school team.) Kine: Haha! You don't know anything. It doesn't matter how hard you try at this school. Am I right, guys? Haruka: What do you mean? Players: Oh no, it's okay. The Koshien isn't that big of a deal for us. We just like baseball... yeah. Playing another baseball club twice a month on the city field is good enough. Yeah. Kine: That's right, there's no way a serious baseball team would play you guys. - Page 70 - Haruka: Oh, shut UP! Get out of here, you're ruining our practice! Kine: Haha. A practice for what? Well, come on over to the soccer team once you've opened your eyes. Oooh, my coffee. She's cute, huh? That's Koga Haruka. Same class as me. She's the nicest-looking of all the first-years here, if you ask me. Just watch. I'll get my goal by summer. Hehe. - Page 71 - Hiro: Before that, you could at least say a word of thanks to a guy who's walked up a long, steep hill, lugging around 20 cans of coffee and Oolong tea. Kine: Uh... thanks. Hiro: You get half. Kine: Uh, do you know who I am? Kine, Kitano Middle School. I'm pretty famous in the soccer world. Hiro: You weren't in any of the soccer rule books I read. - Page 72 - - Page 73 - Signs: Pool Do not leave door open Do not enter with shoes Someone: Can I help you? Hiro: Huh? - Page 74 - Hiro: Oh, where are the boys? Coach: All in the locker room. Hiro: Ah, okay. Thank you. Coach: That's the girls room. Hiro: Huh? Oh, you're right. Sign: Girls Locker Room Hiro: Silly silly me. Oh, my money... Coach: You can go get it. No one's in there. - Page 75 - Hiro: It's okay. It was only a 1 yen coin. Coach: You know, I think the highdive girls just went in there. Hiro: One musn't disregard the value of a 1 yen coin. Noda: Yo Hiro, let's go. Coach: Hehe... - Page 76 - Sign: Tachibana Liquor and Groceries Hideo: So tell me... Is sumo wrestling fun? - Page 77 - Hideo: So tell me... Is sumo fun? Hiro: Huh? Headset: Ahhhhh, ooooohh. Hideo: Quite an unexpected move coming from you. I'd have thought you'd go with a girl-popular sport, but I never imagined you'd pick sumo. Hiro: What the hell are you talking about? Hideo: You joined the sumo team, didn't you? Hiro: Who did? - Page 78 - Sign: Go for the RYOGOKU-KOKUGIKAN Hiro (Note: Apparently that's where they have the sumo wrestling championships.) Hideo: HAHAHAHA! Hiro: Damn Hikari! Hideo: You idiot. How could you not have figured that out? Noda: Hiro's been blind to everything but baseball since he was a kid. (hehe) Headset: Aaaah. Hiro: Hey, stop the video! Don't watch the rest yet! - Page 79 - Noda: Is your baseball team really doin' all right? They have this stuff just lying around in the clubhouse. Headset: Oooh. Hideo: Don't worry, perversity has no negative effects on baseball ability. Right, Hiro? Hiro: Shut up! Okay! Finished. How's this, Hide? Sign: Go for the NIPPON BUDOKAN Hiro Hideo: Is it fun playin' in a rock band? (Note: The Budokan is about the highest profile place to have a concert, in Japan.) Hiro: You assface! You tricked me again!! Hideo: I never thought anyone could be stupid enough to fall for that! - Page 80 - Video: AAAAAHHHHN! OHHHHHH! OOOOOOOOHH! - Chapter 3 Owari -