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	 Volume 26
	  Chapter 7 (255)
	   Not As Much As You

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(Ch. 7) Not As Much As You

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[The day of the week spent longing for the newest Shonen Sunday issue,]
[Tuesday.]

(Note: Shonen Sunday goes on sale every Wednesday.)

Sign: Senkawa Private Senior High School

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Miyoshi: I'll teach you judo.

Hiro: I didn't ask you to.

Miyoshi: It looks like you didn't keep your promise.

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Players: Hey!
	Hey!

Noda: Uryaa!

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Miyoshi: Sei!

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Miyoshi: You should break up.
	You don't suit her at all.

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Hiro: The entire school is counting on that arm.

Miyoshi: I know.
	But I'm not a good judo instructor,
	so sometimes I can't control myself.

Hiro: I told you, I didn't ask you to...

Miyoshi: Oh, but you did.
	Otherwise you wouldn't have changed into the judo robes.

Hiro: You want me to say...
	I'll break up with her?

Miyoshi: Yeah.

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Hiro: Sorry,
	I can't do that.
	We've had scant few real "dates,"
	and I've never said "I love you," or even "I like you."
	So why the hell is it even necessary to "break up"?!

Miyoshi: Is that really all?

Hiro: That's what she told you over the phone,
	isn't it?

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Miyoshi: Oh,
	yeah.
	But everyone else talks like you're a full-fledged couple...

Hiro: Bah!
	What do they know.

Miyoshi: I see.
	So that's all it was...
	Sorry,
	I've been kinda crazy lately.
	When I get thinking, I don't realize what I'm actually doing.
	Especially when it comes to her...
	This is the first time I've ever felt this way.

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Miyoshi: I love her smile.
	So if anyone out there is making her frown or cry...

Hiro: I get it.
	I'll be careful.

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<<Miyoshi: I love her smile.

Hiro: {I'm with you on that one...}

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Sign: Keep our river clean
	do not dump trash into it.

Haruka: OK, got to go.

Noda: Later!

Haruka: Bye.

Hiro: Ow!
	Koga.

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Hiro: Keep it up.
	He seems like a pretty good guy.
	That, uh, what's his name?  Miyoshi?

Haruka: Not as much as you.

Hiro: What makes me a good guy?

Haruka: I like you the best.

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Kine: Huh?
	Where's Koga-chan?

Hiro: It's her English class day.

Kine: Oh,
	right right.
	At H-bomb Miyoshi-kun's house.

Hiro: Huh?

Kine: I think it's a lot more common in America,
	y'know... two guys.

Hiro: What do you mean?

Kine: But this is Japan.
	Our society is more frigid.
	It just can't accept the manly passion.

Hiro: What ARE you talking about?!

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Kine: I told him, forget about it.
	You just aren't into that kind of thing.

Hiro: What?!

Kine: But he kept bugging me,
	so I told him some stuff about you.

Hiro: Such as?!

Kine: Oh, like you seem to be getting along well with Koga-chan now,
	but you've had scant few real "dates,"
	and that you've probably never said "I love you" or even "I like you."
	You know.

Hiro: And that she does my homework and other errands for me,
	and even took me to the hospital every day when I was hurt?!

Kine: Yes, exactly.

Hiro: And that I still can't forget about my old friend Amamiya Hikari, even though she's dating my best friend now,
	for example?!

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Hiro: So YOU were the one spilling your guts.

Kine: I'm just gregarious.
	Huh?
	But today is Tuesday.

Hiro: Correct.

Kine: That's weird,
	Miyoshi said his parents were on vacation, so the school was closed.

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Sign: Miyoshi English School

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