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	 Volume 29
	  Chapter 8 (286)
	   Huge Dreams...

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(Ch. 8) Huge Dreams...

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<<Hikari: Goodbye...

Noda: (blat)

Hiro: Good
	...blat.
	Thanks.

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<<Mom: What's after high school baseball?

Hiro: How should I know?
	Oops.
	Sorry for bothering you.
	I'm a bit thirsty.

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Haruka: Nothing chilled, mind you.
	You can heat up the oolong tea in that pot.

Hiro: Got it.
	You're working hard.

Haruka: Not as hard as your practices.

Hiro: It's not the same as studying.

Haruka: We're both working towards a goal.

Hiro: Hmmm.
	Why can't I use this tenacity and concentration for anything else?

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Haruka: Life's telling you to choose that path.
	The path you can make the most of yourself with.
	Everyone searches for that path,
	at this age...

Hiro: My third year...

Haruka: Yes,
	once this summer is over, everyone will begin walking on their own paths.

Hiro: "Goodbye"...

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Hiro: Oops,
	better get to bed.

Haruka: Want to know my dream?

Hiro: I already do.
	To be a flight attendant, right?

Haruka: An international one.
	On the flight you'll take...
	to play baseball in America.

Hiro: Dreams always have to be that grand.

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Hiro: Huge dreams...

Noda: (frrrt)

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[Last year's summer tournament champions...]

Sign: Meiwa Daiichi Senior High School

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[Clean-up hitter.]

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Coach: Anyone would agree,
	that's the body of a guy concerned with more than swinging an aluminum bat.
	Well, I suppose for you and Kunimi,
	this summer is nothing more than a point in your long baseball careers.

Hideo: True, I don't want to make it the goal.
	But,
	no matter how long my life in baseball continues,
	this time will never come again.

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Hideo: There will never be a summer to top this one...

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Miho: Pretty good, huh?
	Even the great Meiwa Ichi line-up, excluding the clean-up,
	can barely get the bat on his pitches.
	Coach said he could possibly be the best pitcher this school has ever had.
	He's conquered his fear of being the center of attention.
	Plus...

Voice: (Ishimoto-kuuun)

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Miho: He even got a girlfriend.

Girl: You're the best, Ishimoto-kun!

Miho: He's the kind of player who converts his girlfriend's cheers directly to energy.

Hikari: I'm jealous.

Miho: There's another couple the entire school is far more jealous of.

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Hikari: How's it going with Kine-kun?

Miho: Ahem,
	I wasn't speaking about any couples NOBODY is jealous of.

Kine: (huf)(huf)(huf)
	(huf)

Player: Senpai,
	you dropped something.

Kine: Oooops.
	Could you pick it up?

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Player: Is that your girlfriend,
	Senpai?

Kine: Oops, sorry,
	I didn't mean to torment you poor single guys.
	(ha ha)

Player: She seems really nice.

Kine: Oh,
	you can tell just from the picture?

Players: Well, of course.
	Not many people could do that.
	Yeah, it's amazing.
	She must love doing community service.
	Or blood donation.
	Bathroom cleaning, I think.

[And so...]

Kine: What's that supposed to mean?!

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[From the north,]
[and south,]
[of Tokyo...]

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