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	 Volume 19
	  Chapter 7 (186)
	   Hi-i-ro

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(Ch. 7) Hi-i-ro

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Hikari: We got the wrong bags?
	Hold on.
	Oh,
	you're right, the colors are different.

Haruka: This should be yours, Amamiya-san.

Hikari: Yeah,
	mine has a scratch here.
	Look.
	I'm surprised you noticed.

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Hikari: Well, thanks for the help.

Haruka: Oh.
	Umm...
	When is your birthday?

Hikari: August 16th.

Haruka: Ah, that figures.
	Your name, Hikari,
	just sounds summery.

Hikari: Does that mean yours is in the spring?

(Note: Haru = spring)

Sign: Female managers' room (No boys allowed)

Haruka: Yes,
	It's March 3rd, Hinamatsuri.
	I see, August 16th...
	Oh,
	sorry for bothering you.

Hikari: Good luck in the game tomorrow.

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Lock: (tik)(tik)
	(tik)

Hideo: What are you doing,
	over there?

Haruka: Oh,
	nothing.

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Hideo: Want something to drink?  It's on me.

Haruka: How about oolong tea?

Hideo: Here you go.

Haruka: Oh!

Hideo: What?
	You didn't want oolong tea?

Haruka: No, no, that's fine.
	Hey,
	do you and Kunimi-kun have the same birthday?

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Hideo: Of course not.
	We have totally different blood types, zodiac signs,
	favorite teams...

Hiro: Hey, I heard your beloved
	G**nts lost again today.
	Gahaha.

Hideo: Mine's in November.
	His is January.

Hiro: Yep.
	Do you know how my name came to be Hiro?

Haruka: No.

Hiro: January 16th, 116.
	HI-totsu, the singular counter, I-chi, for one, and RO-ku, six.
	Hi-i-ro.

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Haruka: Oh,
	Ohhh.
	Ohhh!

Hiro: Come on, it's not THAT impressive.
	I thought my dad was the only one stupid enough to name his son that way,
	but it turns out there was another one.

Hideo: No, don't try to sink us to your level.
	At least my dad took it one step further.

Hiro: All he did was translate it into Japanese.

Haruka: Huh?

Hideo: November 6th,
	Hi-i-ro.
	Hero = Eiyu, the same kanji as Hideo.

Haruka: Ah.

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Haruka: Ahh, I see.
	So both of you are 116 Hi-i-ros.
	I see.
	That makes sense now.

Hiro: What makes sense now?

Haruka: Oh.
	Hey, what are you doing, anyway?
	It's past lights-out time.

Hiro: I was just a little thirsty.

Haruka: You can't get to sleep if you drink coffee now!
	Tomorrow is the first game of the Koshien.

Hideo: That's right,
	you have to win the first two, no matter what.

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Hiro: Oh?
	I was planning to win three.

Hideo: I don't ask for the impossible.
	Just two.

Hiro: Oh,
	really.

Hideo: This is the Koshien we've dreamed of.
	Get nice and anxious.

Hiro: Can't you root for me like a normal person?
	Mr. B-type Scorpio *ian*s fan.

Hideo: FIRE!

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Schedule Board (L-R): Day 4, Day 3, Day 2

Sign: 12:40 Gonan Jitsugyo - Senkawa

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Ashizawa: Six straight
	strikeouts.
	I'm Ashizawa, the club supervisor.

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Haruka: Uh,

Koga: Oh.
	He could make it nine.

Ashizawa: Um.

Koga: I ordered all of the boys to swing hard
	if they see any strikes.
	Their first Koshien,
	first big crowd,
	first time on national TV.

Teams: Senkawa
	Gojitsu

Koga: In order to loosen up their bodies, they all need to swing away.
	The battle begins on the second time through the order.

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Noda: Yeah,
	...he does look like you did.

Hiro: Yep.
	That's the way I pitch when my game is on.

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