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	 Volume 6
	  Chapter 2 (51)
	   What Do You Mean?

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(Ch. 2) What Do You Mean?

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Hiro: So, our field will finally be functional,
	starting next week.

Noda: Goodbye to that cramped little yard.

Sign: Baseball

Noda: Heyo.

Arikawa: 'sup, guys?

Hiro: Oh, Captain,
	do we have an opponent yet?
	For our field-opening game.

Arikawa: Oh,
	well,
	I guess...

Noda: Wasn't hard, was it?
	Should be easy to find a team to play at this time of year.

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Arikawa: Actually,
	I think they got to the quarterfinals in last year's summer tournament.

Noda: Wow,
	I'm surprised we managed to snag such a good team.

Arikawa: Well, they're having trouble finding another team to practice against.

Sign: Baseball

Hiro: So who is it?

Arikawa: Hiryunishi High School.

Hiro: Heard of it?

Noda: Nn-nn.

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Teams: Meiwa Ichi
	Ishikura

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Interviewer: A complete victory today, Coach.

Meiwa Coach: No, we still have problems with running and mental mistakes.
	We could have scored two or three more runs.

Interviewer: And of course, young Tachibana-kun continues to amaze with his batting.

Meiwa Coach: I've always expected that level of play from him, so it's no surprise to me.
	It's about squeezing runs out of the chances you get.
	And you never assume you'll win until the last out has been recorded.

Koga: last,
	out,
	been,
	...recorded.

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Haruka: What are you doing?

Koga: Taking notes for interviews.
	What was that sigh for?

Haruka: Did you really play baseball in high school?

Koga: Oh, lay off it.
	I was on the baseball team, all right.
	I just didn't get to play in a single game all three years.

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Koga: I worked hard every day.
	Nobody practiced harder than me.

Haruka: You just weren't any good.

Koga: No...
	the coach hated me.
	REALLY hated me.
	He was a real one-man coach.
	I didn't understand a thing he said.
	Does that sound like prejudice to you?

Haruka: Not entirely.

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Koga: For three years, I sat on the bench thinking about all the choices I would make,
	rather than his.
	That was probably when I first got the idea of being a high school baseball coach.

Haruka: Are you happy
	your dream came true?

Koga: Yeah.

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Koga: Hey, do you think
	I make a good coach?

Girls: Kyaa!  Tachibana-san!
	Kyaaa!

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Sign: Bathroom

Hideo: Um,
	I'm sorry.

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Hikari: What do you mean?

Hideo: Like I said, all you need to do is pretend to be his girlfriend for a day.

Hikari: He lied to a friend from his old school and said he found a girlfriend?
	And now his friend is coming to visit?

Hideo: Yeah.
	I guess you're an exact fit for the image of the girl he told him about.

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Hikari: Hmmm.
	And you believed that?

Hideo: Why do you say that?

Hikari: He's obviously lying to you.
	I can tell what he's thinking.

Hideo: He's my old friend.

Hikari: Until five years ago, right?!
	Just look at him.
	Go on, we can make a bet.
	His so-called "friend" will never come.
	I am NOT going to be alone with that pig!

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Hideo: No matter how I ask you?

Hikari: And this is just like you.
	Why do you have to follow everyone's orders?
	Is he blackmailing you or something?!

Hideo: ...I understand.
	You'd only agree to do it if it was with Hiro.

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Haruka: Hiryunishi?
	Of course I know about them.
	They're famous.

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Hiro: Aha, I figured.

Noda: So they went to the quarterfinals last year.
	What about this year?

Haruka: They didn't play this year.
	They were prohibited from entering competition for an entire year.
	They finally got off just now.
	If it was fighting instead of baseball, they'd win every year.

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Haruka: They never learn, and always start fights again,
	so most schools refuse to play with them, and they have a hard time finding willing opponents.
	(SNAP)

Noda: Hmmm.

Haruka: What about Hiryunishi?

Hiro: Nuthin'...

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