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	 Volume 27
	  Chapter 7 (265)
	   I'm Rooting For My Alma Mater

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(Ch. 7) I'm Rooting For My Alma Mater

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Mrs. Amamiya: Oh,
	you're going out, Hikari?

Hikari: Yes,
	to watch the game.

Mrs. Amamiya: What?!
	To the Koshien?!
	But Hiro-chan just played yesterday.

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Hikari: I'm rooting for my alma mater.

Mrs. Amamiya: Oh,
	but Hide-chan isn't in the Koshien.

Hikari: Mother,
	the Koshien isn't the only play they play baseball!

Mrs. Amamiya: Oh yes,
	of course.
	But you're going to go there at least once, right?

Hikari: I don't know.

Mrs. Amamiya: Oh?
	That's cold.

Hikari: It's not that.

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Hikari: It's just...

Mrs. Amamiya: Just what?

Hikari: Just maybe,
	that's all.

Mrs. Amamiya: Maybe what?

Hikari: Goodbye, Mom.

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Kid: Can you get the ball?

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Hideo: Oops,
	sorry about that.
	Here you go.

Kid: Thanks!

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Scoreboard: Miyazato
	Meiwa Ichi

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Lineup: Meiwa Ichi
	4 | Honma
	6 | Kanzaki
	8 | Tsuji
	3 | Nakai
	5 | Owada
	2 | Kodama
	7 | Ueki
	9 | Haruyama
	1 | Ishimoto

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Scoreboard: Miyazato
	Meiwa Ichi

Hikari: He caught a cold?

Coach: Yeah, he caught Kunimi's cold from the Koshien.
	They're bound by unseen bonds of fate, and all.

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Coach: Ha ha ha.
	Ahem,
	that was a joke.
	Tachibana asked me to rest him,
	which means he must have a serious cold.

Hikari: I'll take a look at him.

Coach: Please do.
	At any rate, we don't want to push him.
	So let him know to take it easy.

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Sign: Aim for the Koshien!  Tachibana Hideo

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Sign: Batting Cages

Hideo: Come on.

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[At this time...]
[Elite Eight team Senkawa High's ace Kunimi Hiro,]
[on the day before his quarterfinal game...]
[Was eating takoyaki...]

Hiro: What's the big deal?

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