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	 Volume 24
	  Chapter 1 (229)
	   At the End

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(Ch. 1) At the End

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Meiwa Coach: Pitching change!

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Hideo: You OK, Ishimoto?

Ishimoto: Uh,
	yes.
	Uff!

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Ishimoto: Urggh.
	Hurlll.

Miho: When is he expecting?
	Just kidding.

Ishimoto: (barf)

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Noda: The healthy Meiwa Ichi batting order,
	As ever...

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Scoreboard: Meiwa Ichi
	Arakura

Noda: At the end,
	an easy come-from-behind win.
	Yes, yes,
	Quite normal.

Hiro: So?
	I saw three pitchers.  Which one was the ace?

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Noda: Well,
	the one with #1 on his back.

Hiro: Yeah.
	Figures.
	The one who got pulled after giving up six runs.

Noda: Uh.

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Sign: One More

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Teacher: Ishimoto...

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Ishimoto: Uh,
	yes?

Teacher: Continue reading.

Ishimoto: Uh,
	of course.

Book: Classic Storytelling

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SFX: (flop)

Teacher: What's wrong?!
	Are you all right, Ishimoto?

Meiwa Coach: He was a well-known catcher with a cannon arm in middle school.
	At the time, he had no trouble fielding before crowds.

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Meiwa Coach: After all, he had his back to them, and wore a mask.
	But his batting average was directly inverse to the attendance numbers.

Hideo: He gets faint-headed the more eyes are on him...

Meiwa Coach: Yep.

Hideo: Do you suppose he'd die if we made him pitch in the Koshien?

Meiwa Coach: That's not funny.
	At any rate, he made up his mind,
	and decided to address his problem in high school by switching to the most attention-getting position, pitcher...

Hideo: Reverse therapy.

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Meiwa Coach: We'll just have to ease him into it with practice games...

Hideo: That won't work.
	It's meaningless without an audience.

Meiwa Coach: It doesn't mean that we can't hold down the next few opponents well.

Hideo: However,
	we'll need his pitching for the ones who wait beyond that.

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Meiwa Coach: You're not going, Tachibana?

Hideo: Huh?

Meiwa Coach: Isn't it time for your running?
	The usual...

Hideo: Oh,
	of course...
	Well,
	I'll get going.

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[One week later,]
[Each block held its final game, and 20 teams advanced to the October tournament.]

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