H2 Volume 10 Chapter 3 (92) Shut Up - Page 41 - (Ch. 3) Shut Up Voice: Hey, now. Ball signed by: Kine Ryutaro - Page 42 - [Red Team pitcher,] [Kine (2nd yr), once kicked off the Hakusan Angels after competing with Tachibana Hideo over the cleanup hitter position.] Kine: Daah! Koga: Balk. Kine: Hey. - Page 43 - Noda: No prob. It doesn't matter, there aren't any runners on base. [Red Team catcher, Noda (2nd yr)] Kine: Of course. I'm not lettin' any runners on! [White Team #9, Nonoyama (1st yr)] Koga: Strike three, batter out! - Page 44 - Haruka: Three perfect innings? Kine: Take care of the rest for me. Shuji: He's a good pitcher. Hiro: He's also got Noda with him. [Red Team #8, Komatsu (1st yr)] Noda: Just look at where the catcher's mitt is! Hiro's control is better than a pitching machine's! Hiro: Shut up. - Page 45 - [White Team shortstop, Sagawa (1st yr)] Noda: Yes! Nice one. You just hit it to the wrong spot, that's all. - Page 46 - [Red Team #9, Yamaguchi (1st yr)] [Red Team #1, Sugiyama (2nd yr)] - Page 47 - Shuji: Do you not like yakiniku? Hiro: Look, they've got six of our starting players. I'd be more upset if I WAS holding them down with this kind of pitching. [Red Team #2, Kine (2nd yr)] Kine: One out, runners on first and third! Back to the pitcher! Noda: Whoops. Player: Huh? - Page 48 - Kine: Argh! - Page 49 - Noda: After he pitches the ball, Hiro is a first-class infielder. His reflexes will get the glove out, no matter where the ball is hit. Whether it's at his feet or his face. Kine: Didn't the ball hit his leg during the practice game against Meiwa? Noda: That was just a fluke. Teams: Red White - Page 50 - Arikawa: Kunimi, don't hold back so much. You can pitch faster. Hiro: Faster? Arikawa: Uh, just... a little... OK? Hiro: Don't push it. Our captain being injured is the last thing we need in a game like this, in a time like this. Arikawa: But, we're gonna lose the yakiniku... Shima: As long as the ball doesn't get past the catcher, does it matter? Why don't you try using Ohtake here? - Page 51 - Shuji: He's a beginner. He can't catch 140 km/h balls. He'll flinch and close his eyes. Shima: Don't worry. He's been boxing since he was kid, he doesn't flinch from any kind of punch. Hiro: But if he was boxer, doesn't that mean he'll automatically try to dodge? Shima: Not a problem. He was a constant attacker. Never had any kind of defense. Every hit he took, he'd give back. Hiro: That's not boxing, that's brawling. Shima: Either way, if he's hurt it's no big loss to the team, right? - Page 52 - - Page 53 - Hiro: Good catch, huh? When the ball goes back to the pitcher, nobody's better at fielding than me. Player: Didn't the ball hit your leg during the practice game against Meiwa? Hiro: That was just a fluke. Miss Manager, get our first aid kit ready. Is this okay with you, Captain? Arikawa: Absolutely! [White Team catcher, Ohtake (1st yr)] - Page 54 - Sign: Eikyo Academy - High School Hirota: The reason I started baseball? - Page 55 - Hirota: Please don't ask questions like that. I've answered them plenty of enough times. Reporters: He's right, fool. It was hard enough to get this time with him, and it's not your own private scoop. According to your manager, your pitching has gotten even faster, Hirota-kun. I suppose we can expect a consecutive title. Hirota: Please wait until the Koshien teams are decided before you assume that. It will take a lot of work to make it through the North Tokyo prelims. Really. Reporter: Why don't you tell us some of the teams in your block you're watching? Hirota: Let's see. The semifinal teams from last year, naturally. Ishigami Shogyo gave us a hard time in the third round, too. Izumi Daisan, also tough. - Page 56 - Reporter: Are you really worried about all those teams? Hirota: Yes, they're honestly very good. Takaaki: How about Senkawa? Hirota: Oh, yes, their pitcher was excellent. What was his name, again? Takaaki: Kunimi Hiro... remember? - Page 57 - Hirota: Oh... Yes, that's him. Reporters: Senkawa? Kunimi? Who? Where? - Page 58 - - Chapter 3 End -