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	 Volume 20
	  Chapter 3 (192)
	   What the Heck Is This?

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(Ch. 3) What the Heck Is This?

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Announcer: 1-0.
	North Tokyo representative and first-time Koshien contestant Senkawa High wins the game!

Scoreboard Teams: Senkawa
		Gojitsu

Underneath: Today's Results
	Game 1		Game 2
	Arigasho 3	Tanishino 1
	Fusei    4	Fuyo      5

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Announcer: A 10-inning game ends with only one hit between both teams!
	Senkawa's Kunimi and Gonan's Kurimaru put together a historic pitcher's duel!

Hikari: Whew.
	Only the first game, and they're already tiring.

Hideo: He's not tired.

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Hideo: He'd pitch 18 straight innings and not give Gonan a run.
	Hiro always wins with that much stamina remaining.

Hikari: You don't sound too happy...

Hideo: Yeah.
	The more he drifts away, the less I can afford to be happy.
	The reality of it is starting to sink in.
	He's my enemy now.

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Minatogawa: Do you like the soil of the Koshien?

Kurimaru: I only got here because of my brother and his teammates.
	Next year, I'll come of my own power.

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Kurimaru: YEEK!
	(hah)(hah)(hah)

Minatogawa: Well,
	no need to hurry.
	There are many situations more painful than a dumpling stuck in your throat to come,
	As long as you keep playing baseball.

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Scoreboard: Kendaikita
	    Ibasho

Underneath: Today's Results

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Hiro: Ooohhh.

Noda: What kind of noise was that?

Hiro: (huh?)

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Noda: Did the extra innings wear you out?

Hiro: It was only one more than usual.
	It was the post-game that was tiring.

Noda: That sure was a lot of cameras and sportswriters.
	Plus...
	It's gonna be a lot harder for you to walk outside now.

Voices: Kyaa!
	Kunimi-saan!
	Kyaa!
	Hiro-kuun!
	Kyaa!

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Hiro: That doesn't matter.
	Hideo's getting around fine.

Noda: Right,
	and that leads to this.

Magazine: Burning Baseball Boys Part (1)
	Koshien Stars on Dates
	Tachibana Hideo (Meiwa Ichi 3B)

Hiro: Oh my.

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Kine: What the heck is this?!
	Why are THEY hanging out?

Miho: Not to worry.
	The first step is to ruin Amamiya-san and Tachibana-senpai's relationship.
	It all starts from there.

Kine: And then?

Miho: What do you think of THIS?

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Guys: Wooo wooo.
	Lookin' good, you two!

Kine: Y-you idiots!
	Look, this is what happens when you lean close like that!

Miho: I can't help it!  It was a secret.

Sign: Senkawa High School Manager's Room + Haruka

Haruka: Geez!

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Haruka: I can't believe this!  What a stupid magazine.

Koga: That's what you get for walking with a celebrity.

Haruka: I was only along with him
	because I got separated from Kunimi-kun and the others.  I couldn't help it...

Koga: Nice play!

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Haruka: The winner of this game will play us in the second round, right?

Koga: Yep.
	I'm recording the broadcast.

Haruka: 6-0?

Koga: In the 8th inning.  The game's pretty much over.

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Announcer: On the mound is Yagumo, pitcher for Kendaikita, Miyagi's representative school, in their second straight Koshien appearance.

Yagumo: The forkball is the speciality of Northeast...
	Miyagi Prefecture!

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Announcer: It's gone!
	Shimizu's second homer!

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Announcer: A two-run home run!
	Now it's 8-0.

Koga: That'll be the last straw.
	I'd say our opponent will be...
	What are you doing?

Haruka: Mmm.
	Oh,
	just saving this, in commemoration.

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