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	 Volume 9
	  Chapter 7 (86)
	   Hell Yeah!

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(Ch. 7) Hell Yeah!

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[This better not turn out to be a sunfish or something...]
[Hey,]
[you.]

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Hiro: Wait, Manbo!

(Note: "Sunfish" in Japanese.)

Hiro: (zuh)

Book: Modern Japanese

Teacher: Aaahh.

Hiro: Uh!

Teacher: Who do you think you are, Perez Prado?!

Hiro: Who's that?

Teacher: Go ask your dad!

CD: Mambo no.5

(Note: Perez Prado was one of the founders of mambo music in the 50s and 60s.  The joke here being the play on "manbo" and "mambo.")

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[Class 2-B has several of us crammed together in it...]
[Now that we're in the same class, we know about...]
[Koga's intelligence...]

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[And surprising athleticism.]
[Yanagi's drawing ability and popularity in class.]

Drawing: Karatsu-sensei

Teacher: (kaw)

[Noda's appetite remains as voracious as ever.]
[And let's not forget Kine, the best damn toilet cleaner in the entire nation!]

Kine: Leave it to me!  (HA HA HA)
	Hey, wait!
	Don't use me as the punchline!
	It's your turn to clean the bathrooms, too!

Noda: (busted)

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Inoue: 'sup!

Noda: Yo.

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Noda: Ah, wait, Inoue.
	Is it true your family runs a public bath?

Inoue: Yes.
	And no, you can't watch.

Noda: Who said I wanted to watch the women bathing?

Inoue: Oh,
	I'm sorry.

Noda: Are you sure I can't?

Inoue: Can't what?

Noda: Just quit wasting time
	and get your butt to practice!

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Noda: Nonoyama.
	Does your family run some kind of business?

Nonoyama: Yeah, I guess.
	We run an aerobics class.

Noda: Nonoyama!

Nonoyama: Oh, it's only for men, though.
	I know, it's kinda rare.

Noda: Go get the equipment ready!

[Now that we've memorized our younger members' names and faces,]
[we've begun getting used to acting the "senpai" role.]

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Shima: W-wow, that's really fast.
	How many km/h is that?

Hiro: Dunno,
	never measured it.

Shima: They said that Hirota, the Eikyo pitcher who won the tournament, can pitch 142 km/h.

Hiro: Ah,
	I see.

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Hiro: Let's say I pitch 143 km/h, then.

Noda: Hell yeah!

Shima: I'd believe you if you said it was 150.

Hiro: Thanks.

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Koga: Nice batting!
	Way to go, Sagawa!

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Shima: C'mon, let's go fetch those baseballs.

Ohtake: Ow.

Shima: He's special among all the new recruits.

Ohtake: I don't like him.

Shima: Don't cause any problems for now.
	We need to come out for practice and act serious for a while.
	We need the world to accept us as Senkawa baseball team members.

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Haruka: Yah!

Hiro: What are you doing?

Haruka: Does it look like you?
	I'm trying to copy your style.

Hiro: No wonder your pitching form looked so good.

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Hiro: Wanna try throwing a ball?

Haruka: Uh.

Hiro: C'mon.

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Haruka: (yah)

Koga: What is she doing?

Hiro: (12 strikes)(8 balls)

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