H2 Volume 3 Chapter 1 (20) Aren't You Going to Ask Why? - Page 5 - (Ch. 1) Aren't You Going to Ask Why? - Page 6 - Sign: Principal's Office - Page 7 - Principal: Your request? Hiro: Is it true that you've made an order that the Baseball Club can't be the school team? Principal: Yes. Hiro: Why? Principal: Because I hate high school baseball. - Page 8 - Principal: Just looking at your uniforms makes me want to vomit. Hiro: How can such a ridiculous personal opinion dictate what clubs can and cannot do?! Principal: It said that this school had no baseball team in the entrance papers you were given. If you want to play baseball, simply go to another school. Hiro: That's not the problem! Principal: As long as I am principal here, there will be no baseball team. So forget about it. Hiro: Any rumors about you transferring schools? Principal: Absolutely none. - Page 9 - Hiro: Voices of complaint from the PTA? Principal: Everyone is satisfied with my educational plan. Hiro: All right then. Let's go. Haruka: Huh? - Page 10 - Principal: Hey. Hiro: I'm not giving up. We'll just come back with a different plan. Principal: Not that! Aren't you going to ask why I hate high school baseball so much? Hmm? Hiro: No. It's probably an incredibly trivial reason, anyways. Principal: What? Hiro: Sorry for bothering you. - Page 11 - Paper: 70th Anniversary The Path of Sosei High School, OX Prefecture - A History - (Translator's Note: I don't know why they use "OX" to represent the prefecture. It might be to avoid any confusion with any actual existing schools.) Noda: Sosei High, in OX prefecture? - Page 12 - Yanagi: We're a bit too young, but any high school baseball fan over 20 knows them. Noda: Ohhh. That school that set a record by being no-hit and shutout by the score of 30-0? Yanagi: Yep. That was my dad's school. It's famous for good studying, so I guess being from Sosei gets you instant respect in the local area. Then, 10 years ago... they got lucky and went to the Koshien, and got crushed in the first round... - Page 13 - Yanagi: Since then, any mention of Sosei High School eventually ends up leading to that game. Instead of being known for stellar academics, the entire country knows it as that team who got beaten 30-0. The shining reputation that graduates like my dad built up one by one was instantly shattered... Hiro: I see now. Yanagi: The Koshien is a taboo subject at my house. Noda: I understand how he feels. Hiro: But still, that's no reason not to let you play baseball. - Page 14 - Hiro: Who cares what people say? Your dad should still be proud. You can't get to the Koshien without a lot of effort. They managed to get into the Koshien with the little practice time they could squeeze in between all those tests. Your dad's the one who has to realize that, more than anyone else. Yanagi: He knows, but... He still won't accept it. Even in high school baseball, there are schools that are basically pro-training places where baseball prospects come from miles around... Take that into consideration, and- Hiro: Don't be stupid! Of course circumstances are different elsewhere. - Page 15 - Hiro: The weather, the environment, the facilities, the players, the instructors! But you can't get into the National Tournament by just finding excuses! EVERYONE should be proud! There's no shame in going to the Koshien! Yanagi: What did he say? Hiro: Huh? Yanagi: When you met my dad... Hiro: Your dad...? - Page 16 - <