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	 Volume 23
	  Chapter 5 (223)
	   Gwak

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(Ch. 5) Gwak

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Girls: Achoo!
	Sniff.
	Whose bright idea was it to go to the beach today?
	I was hoping we would get some dumb guys to buy us dinner,
	but there was barely anyone there.
	And it got so cold once the sun went down.
	Plus the waves were high.

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Girls: Well, you know Aki, if you hadn't...
	Oh, shut up.
	Why don't you stop complaining and watch the road?
	Ah,
	Ah,
	Ah-choo!

Sign: Osanai

Girls: We're home.
	Hey, where were you three?!
	The beach,
	you know?

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Girls: The beach?!
	Are you retarded?  It was raining this morning!
	Don't call us retarded.
	That's a terrible way to talk to your beautiful sisters!
	Oh, Miho,
	go take this film to get developed.
	Why me?!
	Stop complaining.  You're the youngest...
	Man, I'm hungry.
	Let's eat.
	...bitch.
	What did you say, youngest sister?!

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Hiro: Whew...
	12 o'clock.
	Well, I guess I've done enough to scrape by for now.

Book: Summer Vacation Homework

Hiro: Whew,
	I'm tired.

Dad: Why are you still up?
	You've got school tomorrow.

Hiro: That's exactly why.

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Mom: Oh, right.
	Haruka-chan came by this evening to give something to you.

Hiro: What?

Mom: Your summer homework.
	She assumed you hadn't done it yet.
	Isn't she nice?

Book: Summer Vacation Homework

Mom: Here.

Hiro: Gwak!

[Summer Vacation: The End.]

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[September...]

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[Practice ban lifted.]

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Noda: OK, that's enough.

Hiro: What?
	I'm just getting warmed up!

Noda: You want to take it slow.
	We'll work up your pitch count as we go.

Hiro: Sheesh.
	Argh!
	Well, time for batting practice.
	Let me hit first, Yanagi!

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Haruka: So?
	How does Kunimi-kun's pitching look?

Noda: Spooky...
	I'm amazed I caught them.
	I'm impressed at myself.
	If I don't get used to it in little bits,
	my hand's gonna fall off.

Koga: It's a good thing you're not a third-year student.
	I doubt we'd find anyone else who could catch Kunimi's pitching that way, in all of Japan.

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Hiro: Grrr!

Noda: Have you settled on a thirdbaseman?

Koga: Well, we'll try prepping Inoue to take the spot,
	but I don't know if it'll work out...

Haruka: Still, we got off lucky.
	We only had two third-year starting players.
	When you subtract Meiwa Ichi's third-years, they've barely got any starters left.

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Noda: True, they had three second-years, including Hideo,
	and they'll be without their ace pitcher, Ichinose...
	And their best backup pitcher was a third-year, too.

Haruka: Yep.

Koga: Don't get your hopes up too much.
	They've still got that monster in the lineup,
	as well as a deep bench and smart coach.
	Meiwa Ichi is still Meiwa Ichi.

Noda: Indeed.

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Hiro: Tiger Woods!
	(fore)

Haruka: Did you read them all?

Hiro: Read what?

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Haruka: The fan letters you received.

Hiro: Oh,
	right, right.
	I've only read like one or two.

Haruka: Oh.

Hiro: I was too busy doing my summer homework.

Haruka: You only copied it.

Hiro: You were too late!
	Even though I only found out after midnight!

Haruka: Huh?

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Clerk: Here you are.
	Osanai-san, correct?
	Are these your photos?

Miho: How should I know?
	My sisters made me do this.

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Clerk: Err,
	is anything wrong?

Miho: Can I have reprints of these?

Clerk: Yes,
	certainly.

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