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	 Volume 6
	  Chapter 8 (57)
	   What?

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(Ch. 8) What?

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Batter Sign: Tachibana

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Sfx: (RAAAAAHHH)
	(don don don)

Hiro: Raaah

Noda: Don don don

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Car: (Beep Beep)

Haruka: What are you doing?!
	The game's already started.

Noda: Oh, that's right.
	We were here to watch BASEBALL.

Hiro: Of course.

Sfx: (Raaah)(don don don)

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Teams: Meiwa Ichi
	Eikyo

Guys: Middle of the 2nd, 0-0.
	Oh well.
	Win or lose, they're both ensured spots in the Koshien, right?
	Yeah.
	Tokyo gets to enter two schools every year.

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Haruka: Aren't you guys lucky?

Hiro: What?

Haruka: That you friends won't have to meet in the regionals.

Hiro: What?

Haruka: Yeah!
	You might even play each other in next summer's Koshien.

Hiro: What?

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Haruka: You know, we're just past the border between North and South...
	Meiwa is South Tokyo, we're North Tokyo...
	Huh?
	Didn't anyone tell you?

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Banner: Eikyo

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Haruka: He's Hirota Katsutoshi, from Eikyo Academy.
	In his first year he's already been selected as the team's ace pitcher and clean-up hitter.

Hiro: North Tokyo...?

Haruka: Yes, that's where Eikyo Academy is.

Hiro: We won't play Meiwa?

Noda: Dunno whether to feel happy or sad.

Hiro: It's kind of a letdown.

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Teams: Meiwa Ichi
	Eikyo

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Noda: The hit-and-field type of pitcher.

Hiro: They're pretty good if they can handle Meiwa's batting lineup in the field...
	What about Hideo's first at-bat?

Noda: Dunno...

Koga: Apparently, he struck out swinging.

Hiro: It happens to the best of 'em.

Koga: And it wasn't a normal strikeout, either.

Hiro: Huh?

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Banner: Victory!  Eikyo Academy

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Koga: Looks like it wasn't just a rumor, then.

Hiro: Huh?

Sfx: (Raaah)(don don don)

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