Hinomaru-Zumou 28

Reserved for Fallen Angels

Match 28: a stupid question\\
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Inserted: a few matches left… to the championship\\
?: from now on we will perform the decisive tournament among the 16 athletes who won the preliminaries\\
?: now we will begin the extraction for the brackets\\
oz: at the end the only one who reached the finals was ushio…\\
oz: and yuuma-san and kunisaki… they really had no luck…\\
oz: because they were put in the same block as that monster…\\
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kuni: hey captain\\ there is no meaning in winning and advance in a tournament because of pure luck\\
kuni: we are aiming to become the “best in japan” after all\\
kuni: well, I have lost so I should just shut up, shit…\\
oz: e-even if you say that…\\
?: eigadai high school\\ kuze-kun\\
?: number one\\
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?: I don’t want to…\\
?: draw number 2…\\
oz: … I’m sorry for kunisaki but…\\ I really want ushio-kun to fight kuze later in the tournament \\
oz: we have few information on him\\ the more matches ushio sees, the more chances of victory he should have\\
oz: he couldn’t get in the high places of the last tournament because of us\\ therefore for this time\\
oz: I want him to place high no matter what…!\\
?: touto high school inoue-kun\\ number 14\\
??: perfect! It is on the other side of the brackets!\\
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mya: … no one wants to fight against kuze-kun…\\
mya: at the end all comes to kuze-kun and onimaru\\ the victory will be awarded to one of those two after all\\
mya: who do you think will win between them… nadzuka?\\
kei: well…\\
kei: this is… a difficult question\\ but…\\
kei: onimaru still has a lot of uncertain things in regards to this battle…\\
kei: today he was able to overcome two mountains\\ the first was shiyama-kun…\\
kei: he was able to overwhelm the man he couldn’t win against even once during middle school\\ with that he was able to overcome his “past self”\\
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kei: and the other one was kariya-kun…\\ his sumo, that is the result of the fact that he has the same small build as onimaru\\
kei: represented “another self” resulting from making different choices in his style…\\ by winning against karuya-kun now he has more self confidence in his sumo\\
kei: … but the one who is blocking his way now is sousuke-kun…\\
kei: that represents his…\\
kei: “perfect physique self”\\
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mya: a-are you saying that\\ if onimaru would have grown up normally\\
mya: he would have become like kuze-kun…?\\
mya: … it is true that their sumo resemble each other\\ they both grapple with their opponents, chest against chest\\
mya: that’s the yokozuna sumo where you don’t yield a step and go directly for the victory…\\
kei: during his fight with sada-kun they had quite a different style, so it ended up in a fight were the one who outwitted the other won, but…\\
kei: this time around it will be a duel based pure on strength and moves\\
kei: therefore…\\ the thing we should ask is\\
kei: will their “difference in physique”…\\
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kei: make the difference in the duel when their high level techniques will\\ collide with each other…?\\
mya: … if you say that then onimaru doesn’t have any…\\
kei: obviously sumo cannot be reduced to such sterile arithmetic calculations\\
kei: I think that onimaru’s sumo basically consists in\\ starting from an inferiority position\\
kei: and be able to overcome that situation\\
kei: furthermore… I fell also uneasy about sousuke-kun in regards of several things…\\
?: miyakita highschool ooya-kun\\ number 10\\
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?: what the hell… it is like everyone is avoiding kuze…\\
?: the next is…\\!\\
?: that’s right, even if we avoid kuze, onimaru is still there!\\ please! Don’t make me fight him!\\
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kusa: … eh?\\
mom: dear!\\
mom: s-s-s-something bad happened!\\ s-s-s-sousuke-san has…!\\
kusa: … what’s wrong? Calm down\\
mom: I was just contacted by one of the committee members of your fan club! He was passing there for mere chance, but…\\
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mom: w-w-w-what should we do, maybe we should call the organizers…\\ he sent me this picture…\\
kusa: …!\\ this name is…\\
box: national tournament of young professional sumo\\
box: those who competed during elementary school and obtained two great titles\\
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box: were called “yokozuna boy”\\ and in the first year tournament of middle school they are introduced in the “yokozuna ring” without becoming professional\\
box: under the guidance of the previous professional sumo yokozuna\\
inserted: the day before the tournament, the training ground inside of the assembly hall\\
kusa: … perfect, it seems that you are still competing in sumo…\\
?: … he is the previous “6th year of elementary school yokozuna”\\ ushio hinomaru…?\\
?: he is so small… he didn’t change a lot in respect of last year, right?\\
?: just as one would think, he wasn’t able to win easily during the middle school matches…\\
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?: look there, to the tachimochi and the tsuyuharai, the 4th and 5th elementary school year yokozuna\\
TLN: tachimochi: wrestler carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony \ tsuyuharai: wrestler who leads the yokozuna to the ring prior to his ring-entering ceremony\\
?: they have really developed quite a good body…\\
?: last year his direct style gave me quite the good feelings\\ but I cannot have expectations for him if he doesn’t grow up in the future\\
??: there are things that do not change in sumo no matter the times…\\
kusa: at least you should not speak so loud that everyone can hear what you are saying\\
ushi: heheh\\ it is not like I care\\
kusa: … by the way, I have to agree with them\\
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kusa: last year, and this year as well…\\ I came here to see your sumo, but\\
kusa: as someone’s guide, I would say the same things to you\\
kusa: why are you continuing to use\\ such a straight forward sumo with a body like that?\\
ushi: … you also believed in straight forward sumo when you were on active duty…\\ why? Because you were a yokozuna?\\
ushi: yamato kuni-oyakata
TLN: oyakata: title of the sumo stable master and a respectful way to refer as someone, it litteraly means “person like a father” \\
Yama: that’s a stupid question\\
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yama: I did that because\\
yama: it is my way of life\\
ushi: well…\\ you already know the answer then\\
yama: … I see\\ I was the one who asked a stupid question, huh…\\
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ushi: … both of my parents have a small body\\ therefore I will probably not grow more than this\\
ushi: I cannot probably have a smooth sailing like you but…\\ who cares\\
ushi: I will become yokozuna with this body of mine without fail!\\ laugh if you have to\\
ushi: but I will not…\\ run away!!\\
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yama: …\\ generally those from your generation\\
yama: look at me with admiration\\
yama: but you are looking at me with such a intense aura…\\
yama: you are a sumo wrestler by pure instinct…!\\
ushi: … I respect you\\ that’s why\\
ushi: I wanted to face you on the ring…\\
kuni: …\\ do the “three year training”\\
TLN: they say that in order to begin to understand how sumo works you have to harshly train in it for at least three years\\
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box: if you do that, probably you will be able to fight my son in the future\\
box: and that day\\ you will show me\\
box: the way you live your life\\
box: ushio hinomaru…\\
mom: … oh my you never change\\ you told him to not fight and yet…\\
mom: you have such an amused look on your face…\\
?: wha-…\\
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ushi: let’s end this\\
ushi: kuze sousuke!!\\
kuni: ha ha ha\\
kuni: he won the lottery\\
kuni: it seems that the god of sumo\\
kuni: wants to see them fight as soon as possible!\\
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ushi: … your father once told me that\\ he wanted to see\\
ushi: the two us fighting on the ring…\\
sou: !\\ you met my father?\\
sou: … that’s strange, because my father told me to not fight…\\
ushi: that’s what he told me\\ come at me with everything you have got\\
ushi: I will show you my sumo\\
ushi: while you fight me with all your might!!\\
side: he will put all of himself on this ring against this opponent!!\\
text: in the lower right: in the next issue the full strength decisive fight begins!! Chapter 29: onimaru kunitsuna VS kusanagi no tsurugi!!|\