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	 Volume 29
	  Chapter 5 (283)
	   It's a Good Sign

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(Ch. 5) It's a Good Sign

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Scoreboard: Iwakaze
	Senkawa

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Koga: I'll let Kunimi pitch through the order once.

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Koga: Apparently all they really want to do is get a chance to stand at the plate before Kunimi.

Haruka: And if they get a hit, they can brag about it for the rest of their lives.

Ump: Play ball!

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People: Hey!  Star of Japan!
	President Kunimi!
	Shonen Sunday Editor-in-chief!

Koga: Do you remember what I told you before the game?

Hiro: Huh?

Koga: I want to see how the new players field!
	Understand?!

Hiro: Oh, right,
	sorry.

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Hiro: Yeah!
	Oops.

Scoreboard: Iwakaze
	Senkawa

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<<Mrs. Amamiya: You really have grown, Hiro-chan.

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Koga: Pitching substitution!

Hiro: Oh darn.

Noda: His engine is revving up for summer.

Yanagi: But his brakes seem to be broken.

Noda: No, he's just not stepping on them.

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Noda: It's a good sign.

Sign: Meiwa Daiichi Senior High School

Players: Heya!
	Hey!

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Girl: Hey Amamiya,
	feeling better now?

Hikari: You could tell I was down,
	before?

Girl: Wanna take some swings?

Hikari: Huh?

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Girl: Swing with all you've got.
	Even if you don't hit the ball, you'll feel like "whoosh!"

Pitcher: Here we go.

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Hikari: Yes, it did indeed make
	a "whoosh" sound.

Girl: Ha ha, don't worry!  Even the boys get scared by this pitching.
	Anyone would be behind...

Miho: {Idiot,
	she swung faster than the ball.}

Pitcher: OK,
	One more!

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Girl: You're so kind,
	Motohashi.

Motohashi: Heh.

Hikari: Oh,
	are you all right?!

Motohashi: Uh,
	Y-
	yes.

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Hikari: Thank you very much.
	I feel a lot better now.

Girl: Oh.
	Good.

Miho: Pitching at that speed won't faze you.
	You've been swinging at Kunimi Hiro your whole life.

Hikari: Only when he was in grade school.

Miho: He was fast enough then, wasn't he?

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Hikari: Yes.

Miho: Your mom...
	was very pretty.

Hikari: Want to play catch?

Miho: Huh?

Hikari: Tanabe-san, I'm borrowing some gloves.

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