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	 Volume 20
	  Chapter 6 (195)
	   August 16th

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(Ch. 6) August 16th

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Bugs: (bzz)(bzz)

Sign: Kochi Representative
	Iba Shogyo High School
	Baseball Team

Coach: Shimizu.

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Coach: What's Tsukigata doing?

Shimizu: Watching a video in his room.
	Senkawa's first round game.

Coach: Boy, that's rare.
	He's actually studying batters of his own accord?

Shimizu: He's not watching the batters.
	He keeps rewinding and playing Kunimi's pitching.

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Coach: I see.
	Well, he WILL have to bat against him.

Shimizu: He's just a fan.
	Of Kunimi Hiro.

Coach: Huh?

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Remote: (beep)

VCR: (skwik)(skwik)
	(pop)

Shimizu: I think it's a first for Kohei...
	Another pitcher besides himself who he thought was really cool.

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Coach: Oh please.
	What's that bat for?

Shimizu: Signed by Tachibana Hideo.
	Isn't that neat?
	Heh heh.

Coach: You two should be more aware of your own level.

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Bugs: (bzz)(bzz)
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Player: Kine!
	Here you go,
	your picture.

Kine: Picture?

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Players: It's a pretty good shot, huh?
	Woo woo!

Kine: Hmph!

Koga: Kine,
	it's time for curveball hitting practice.

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Koga: What are you doing?  Hurry up!

Kine: Yessah.

Sign: Twist the faucet upward to drink.

Haruka: August 16th...

Hiro: Huh?

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Haruka: That's what it was, right?

Hiro: Yeah, second round.
	We play in Game 1, Meiwa plays Game 2.

Haruka: No.
	Hikari-san's birthday.

Hiro: Oh,
	right.

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Kine: Wha-!

Haruka: Nice hit, Shima-kun!

Koga: Good!
	That's the timing, Shima.

Shima: Heheh.

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Shima: Huh?

Koga: Come on, Kine.
	This is curveball practice.

Kine: Yeah, yeah.

Player: Whoa.

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Koga: It's too early to feel at ease, Shima.
	Tsukigata's curveball isn't like this.

Shima: I know.
	He's sharper and throws more kinds of them.

Koga: That's right.
	If you have trouble with these pitches, you'll never hit Tsukigata's.
	Hey!  Kine!

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Haruka: It'll be a great birthday present.
	If Senkawa and Meiwa win on that day.

Hiro: For the moment, yes.
	But then her presents will turn on each other.
	There won't be time for enjoyment.

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Haruka: March 3rd, just so you know.

Hiro: What?

Haruka: My birthday.

Hiro: That's not during the spring tournament.

Haruka: I don't mind.
	I don't need a Koshien victory for my birthday present.
	It could be a single flower from a field,
	a broach purchased from a festival stand,
	a Chanel bag,
	or a stuffed animal from an arcade machine.

Hiro: One of those was not like the others.

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Koga: Kine!

Kine: Argh!

Koga: Understand?
	Tsukigata's curves are nothing like this.

Batter: Yes sir.

Kine: Argh!

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Curtain: Women's Bath

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Haruka: Oh.

Hikari: Good evening.

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