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	 Volume 25
	  Chapter 6 (244)
	   The Next Thing You Know

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(Ch. 6) The Next Thing You Know

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Punch: (chomp)

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Punch: (YUCK)
	(peh)(peh)(peh)

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Sign: 15th Annual
	Koga Corporation Company Tourney

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Paper: Autumn Tokyo High School Baseball Tournament [Final]
	Ticket to the Invitational!
	Kunimi pitches shutout; Senkawa Champions

Trophy: Dead Last

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Teacher: Kunimi.
	Kunimi.

Hiro: (uh)

Teacher: If you don't come get your test results,
	I'll tape them to the blackboard.

Hiro: Aack!

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Teacher: I do understand your baseball is getting full marks,
	but try not to neglect your studies.

Noda: Excellent!
	I won!
	52 pts!

Hiro: Is that a score to be proud of?!
	(48 pts)
	We took this test just after lunch, so I fell asleep in the middle.
	If I hadn't fallen asleep, I could easily...
	Zzz...

Noda: Hey, wake up!

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Hiro: Man.
	The next thing you know,
	we'll be seniors next year.

Noda: You just figured that out?

Hiro: We'll have exams.
	Entrance exams.

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Noda: For those who go to college.

Hiro: You're going, aren't you?

Noda: I'm prepared to spend my first year as a ronin, but yes.

(Note: Ronin is a term for a high school graduate who has failed to get into his/her college of choice, and will try again next year.)

Noda: It's the price you pay for getting to play so much baseball.
	Of course, there are exceptions like Yanagi, who have perfect grades already.

Hiro: Ronin, huh?

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Noda: You should go to the pros.
	Along with Hideo.
	Guys with your talent have a duty to entertain normal people.

Hiro: Pros, huh?
	It just doesn't feel real.

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Noda: Plus, there's no guarantee you won't ruin your shoulder or elbow before graduation.

Hiro: Don't jinx me, man.

Noda: Not that you would be capable of holding back if you had to.

Hiro: That's me.

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Noda: Say,
	who's that guy?

Hiro: Dunno...
	Not from the baseball team, though.

[So, it's pretty much a given we'll get chosen for the spring invitational.]

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