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	 Volume 19
	  Chapter 6 (185)
	   The Summer Koshien Begins

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(Ch. 6) The Summer Koshien Begins

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Announcer: Take a look at that bright, clear Koshien sky.
	All those young baseballers are back in town.
	The 78th Annual National High School Baseball Championship Tournament.
	Today will be the first of 14 days of fierce battle.

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Mom: What's wrong, dear?

Dad: I get the feeling I saw this scene a few years ago...

Mom: Those opening ceremonies are always the same.

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Mom: Now now,
	more importantly, let's get ready.
	You can always watch the opening ceremonies on the videotape later.

Voice: Anybody home?!

Mom: See, the Amamiyas are here.

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Dad: Hi there,
	thanks for coming.

Hikari's Dad: Man,
	it's a hot one today.

Dad: Did you lock all the doors?

Mom: Don't worry.

Hikari's Mom: Oh, where's Punch?

Dad: He's staying at Hide-chan's place.

Hikari's Dad: Ah, right,
	they've got his elder brother and wife staying there.

Punch: (on!)

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Hikari's Dad: Is this gonna be OK with your boss?

Dad: Ha ha,
	Boss shmoss.
	The glorious Koshien!
	What can stop a man from going to see his son on the nation's greatest stage?!
	Not even if the company president himself came and begged me not to go...

Koga: Looks like I made it.

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Koga: I have a request.

Dad: No, sir!  If it's work, make someone else do it...

Koga: You're the man for the job.

Dad: You can't flatter me, sir!

Koga: Could you deliver this to my daughter Haruka?

Dad: I said, you can't flatter...
	Oh.

Koga: She called and asked my wife for some things.
	Along with a change of clothes and underwear.

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Dad: Underwear?!

Koga: I should warn you that it is locked.
	Haruka knows how to open it.
	Now get to it.

Hikari's Mom: Wow, that looks like ours.

Dad: Hmm?

Hikari's Mom: Hikari asked us to bring it to her.

Dad: You don't say.
	Better make sure they don't get mixed up.

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[The summer Koshien begins.]

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Hiro: (hah)
	(hah)

Players: Hey!
	Yeah!

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Shima: Damn!

Player: Nice hustle, Shima!

Shima: Damn!
	One more time!

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Hiro: Kogaaa?

Haruka: Whaaat?

Hiro: Could you hit me on the cheek?
	No, as hard as you can!

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Haruka: Oops.

Hiro: Hmph.
	Grr!

Kine: What?  What?
	What happened, Koga-chan?
	A fight?
	I hope?
	A fight?

Haruka: He asked me...
	so I hit him.

Kine: Hmmm,
	that makes me wonder...

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Kine: If he's one of them masochists.

Hikari: He wanted a pump-up.

Haruka: Pump-up?

Hikari: I used to hit him a lot, too.
	Sometimes I hit him so hard he got nosebleeds.
	Hiro's nature lacks tenacity towards winning or losing.
	He's the kind who can be happy just by playing baseball with his friends.

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Hikari: He usually gets fired up by guys he hates, or really tough opponents.
	But there are times where he just can't awaken his competitive spirit.
	So that's when...

Haruka: I see.
	I knew you would be the best person to ask.

Hikari: Huh?

Hideo: Hey Hikari,
	your parents are here.
	They also have Haruka-chan's bag, apparently.

Haruka: Oh,
	thank you so much.

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Haruka: Huh?

Sign: Senkawa High School Manager's Room + Haruka

Koga: What?

Haruka: I think they confused my bag with Amamiya-san's.

Koga: Doesn't it have a numbered lock?

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Haruka: I used my number and it opened.

Koga: So both bags had the same number locks?
	Was it a birthdate or something?

Haruka: Yes.

Koga: So you have the same birthday as her?

Haruka: No.
	It wasn't my birthday.

Koga: Huhh?

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