H2
	 Volume 13
	  Chapter 10 (129)
	   This Is Where the Game Begins

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(Ch. 10) This Is Where the Game Begins

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[To celebrate the anime adaptation,]

TV: TV Anime "H2"
	ABC-TV Asahi Channel
	Begins 7:00 PM,
	June 1st 1995 (Th)!

[a series of color pages. (in the original magazine issue)]
[The season is summer.]
[Which means...]

Bug: (bzzt bzzt)(bzzt)

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[Naturally...]

Faucet: (drip)

[Naturally...]

Cat: (meow)

Man: All them baseball players up and left.
	Yeah, and their managers, too.
	Shower room?
	Thattaway.

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[The North Tokyo Preliminary Tournament for the National High School Baseball Championships,]
[Fourth Round, Mitakako vs. Senkawa.]
[Senkawa leads 5-4 after three innings.]
[The exchange of runs has been completely unpredictable.]
[Will the "hit and field" pitcher Kine make a recovery?]
[And what about Hiro's injury?]

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[So,]
[Let's go back...]
[To the packed stands watching the fight for a spot in the quarterfinals.]

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Teams: Mitakako
	Senkawa

Announcer: Look at that!
	Three runs!
	A three-run homerun that jumped off the bat of eighth-hitting Ohtake, with one out and runners on second and third.
	Right here!

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Announcer: An incredible blast that knocked the socks off all the people watching here today!
	According to stadium employees,
	nobody has ever hit such a high homerun over the net and out of the stadium!
	Now the Senkawa Nine take the field for the top of the fourth amidst roaring applause.

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Announcer: Among them is No. 18,
	first-year rightfielder Ohtake Fumio!

Crowd: Ohtake!
	Ohtake!
	Ohtake!
	Ohtake!

Hiro: How does it feel to get a K.O. in boxing?

Ohtake: You don't get this many people to see a boxing match.

Hiro: Nothing beats taking your time to walk around the bases so everyone can watch you, after hitting a homer.

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Hiro: Ohtake!

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Kine: Sheesh.
	The guy's bad for your nerves whether he's hitting OR catching.
	Whew.
	Hot.
	Hot.

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Kine: You're too short, Yanagi!

Yanagi: Sorry about that.

Kine: Your lead's too wide, runner!

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Noda: Stop panicking.
	Your teammates managed to give you the lead.

Kine: It's freakin' hot.

Noda: Didn't you hear?  It's summer.
	Now listen!  This is a very important part of the game.
	Hold them down!

Kine: Get back, it's too hot.

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Shuji: It's okay, Captain.
	You've got him!

Ump: Out!
	Change sides!

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Teams: Mitakako
	Senkawa

Kine: C'mon guys,
	let's take the lead again.
	This is where the game begins.

Noda: That little turd.

Yanagi: They're doing a good job of handling Kine-kun's odd pitching.

Noda: They've made it this far through their batting lineup, that's why.

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Noda: But,
	we're playing a good game of give and take.
	If we can capitalize on this fight, the prize will be large.
	And if it comes down to it...

Coach: Senkawa's bench is that way.

Hiro: Oh,
	thanks.

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Sign: Yanagi

Hiro: What?

Noda: Is the swelling on your eyelid getting worse?

Hiro: No.

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Noda: Hiro!

Kine: Brrrr.
	Cold.
	Cold.

Noda: Oh, shut up.
	I just told you.
	This is...

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