H2 Volume 7 Chapter 2 (61) It Is Now Full-on Autumn - Page 23 - [Here at Senkawa Private High School, located in Tokyo...] (Ch. 2) It Is Now Full-on Autumn [The gingko leaves are falling...] [And it is now full-on...] - Page 24 - [Autumn...] - Page 25 - (Ch. 2) It Is Now Full-on Autumn - Page 26 - [Autumn for the readers.] [Autumn for the appetite.] [and...] [Autumn for the Cultural Fair...] - Page 27 - Noda: Invitation game? Sign: Baseball Noda: We're going to play on the fair day? Even though it's our golden chance to meet girls from other schools? Arikawa: We're not going to play all day. Just one game. Then we're free. Noda: Whatever. So who are we playing? Arikawa: That's the thing, man, don't be shocked when you hear! Hiro: Wait a minute. - Page 28 - Hiro: Don't you get a bad feeling about the direction this conversation is moving? (slam) Noda: HA HA HA! Eikyo? Arikawa: How'd you know? - Page 29 - Hiro: Yanagi. Is this another one of your dad's pranks? - Page 30 - Yanagi: Nope. It was all their idea, actually. Hiro: Liar! They're going to play in the prelims next year, as long as nothing bad happens to them. Why would they choose to come here, of all places? Yanagi: They want to see you. Hiro: Hunh? Yanagi: I heard that Coach Shiroyama from Eikyo was interested in you when you were in junior high. Hiro: Coach... Shiroyama? - Page 31 - Yanagi: The guy with one spring and two summer Koshien championship trophies, who just got hired to be the Eikyo Academy baseball coach last year. Hiro: Oh, that old guy. Yeah, he called my house once, in middle school. Noda: What?! I never heard that! Why did he call you?! Hiro: Wanted to go to the Koshien with me. Noda: ...and? Hiro: I said no, of course. Maybe I'd go if a cute girl asked me, but no way would I go there with a weird old man like that. Noda: I doubt that was the connotation of the statement. - Page 32 - Yanagi: Well, he heard that we would be joining the same block next year, and once he learned that you were our pitcher, he couldn't let the opportunity pass. That's why. Noda: Observation. Hiro: What an honor. Noda: What should we do? Hiro: No reason to let an old man get us worried. It's just a festival formality. Winning or losing is trivial. - Page 33 - Noda: It would be better for us to play dumb and be underestimated in the future, than get serious and put them on guard. Hiro: Exactly. And you want your guests to go home happy, right? Noda: As long as we finish before the dance, it's all good. Hiro: That's the spirit! (oh! look at this piece of beef) Haruka: Are they serious? Yanagi: Dunno... - Page 34 - Sign: Tachibana Liquor and Groceries Hideo: Shu. - Page 35 - Hideo: What are you doing out here? You could have waited inside. Shuji: I just came to get dinner and coffee. Hideo: Thanks for the business. Shuji: How's the arm? Hideo: We have no games for the time being. So it can heal at its own pace. Shuji: What a surprise. You hit a homerun off of him with that arm. - Page 36 - Hideo: I've got a high tolerance for pain. Shuji: It was a good idea not to take that last at-bat. Hideo: (huh?) Shuji: Oh, right. Here's that money I owed you. Hideo: You don't have to return it yet. Shuji: Unfortunately, I'm so busy with tests, there's nothing for me to spend it on. - Page 37 - Hikari: Your studies are advancing well, then? Shuji: No problem. Fighting has honed my concentration. Hideo: His hands... Hikari: Did he have pencil callouses from too much studying? Hideo: Yeah... - Page 38 - Haruka: You're going straight home today, right? - Page 39 - Koga: Yep. Haruka: Then give me a ride. Koga: Sure. Hiro: Koga, wanna get some yakisoba? Haruka: Here, thanks. Koga: Hey. You. - Page 40 - Sign: 201 - Sagawa Sound: (fwoosh) (fwoosh) (fwoosh) - Page 41 - <