Hinomaru-Zumou 42

Reserved

Round 42: to take lightly\\
1
?: next stop is: nishigami high school\\
hot: eh!?\\ Hinomaru-san went to train into a sumo stable!?\\
hot: incredible… to think he would train with professional sumo wrestlers…\\ as expected from him!\\
oz: … yeah, that level of opponent is suitable for ushio’s real strength after all\\ one day he will become a pro, so he is on the right track…\\
oz: but why did you choose shibaki yama stable among the many sumo stables out there?\\
ki: … one reason is because of the sheer amount of training you get there even compared to the other stables in the sumo world\\ the stable master of that place was known to be one who went crazy with his training when he was in active duty after all…\\
2
ki: the stable master of shibaki yama… the former sekiwake, kaoruyama\\ it is true that he wasn’t absolutely blessed with physique among the different wrestlers in professional sumo, but he gradually distinguished himself with his steady efforts\\
ki: because of his sternness and his silent way of attacking he was also feared with the nickname of “firecracker”\\ he was so powerful that he even made yamatokuni suffer during his golden age…\\
ki: he focused on straight matches in spite his small build\\ he always attacked his opponent straight on in every single match of his career\\
ki: … don’t you think that he resembles someone we know?\\
3
ki: I wonder how kaoruyama will feel when he will see hinomaru’s sumo…\\ furthermore\\ there is that one other wrestler in shibaki yama stable…\\
hi: haa…\\haa…\\
boss: … we call this intense training, but\\ this is quite light if compared to my training when I was in active duty\\
boss: yet many people gave up to it and left this stable…\\
boss: maybe you…\\ are also one of those high school sumo wrestlers without resolution who underestimate my training…\\
4
boss: and if you have done such a thing…\\ then you have to apologize for your rudeness…\\
5
boss: ushio hinomaru…!\\
girl: … he doesn’t yield even if he is pinned against pro opponents…\\
girl: on the contrary he…\\
?: … I have to bear responsibility for your failures, stand back\\
??: yes…!\\
boss: … in the past the people would enter in the sumo world just after finishing middle school\\ however the time have changed, and the number of people who compete in sumo while attending high school have increased\\ and the difference in strength between pro and amateurs became really thin\\
6
boss: currently people who enter in the sumo world after obtaining results during university or even while working for a company can be awarded of the “makushita” title\\ this shows that right now the cream of amateur sumo has a strength comparable to the high ranking “makushita” wrestlers\\ and the number of ranked sumo wrestlers coming from the amateur world is also increasing\\
boss: … yet…\\ he has a physique even smaller than mine\\
boss: he is clearly short… even professional sumo doesn’t accept people with that height\\ … even considering that he is still In the first year of high school…\\
boss: to think that even third class wrestlers are no match for him…\\
boss: … from time to time he shows some fragility when they grab his loincloth, but…\\ could it be that he is aiming for something…?\\ … no, more importantly…\\
7
boss: what is that glitter in his eyes…?\\
hi: once more!!\\
?: ok~~~! Come!!\\
boss: his high morale is even influencing the apprentice wrestlers\\ and the ring is becoming hotter and hotter…\\
boss: this atmosphere…\\ it is just like…\\
girl: a breeze…?\\
8
?: who is that guy?\\ I am referring to that small guy at the centre of the ring\\
girl: ah… do you mean ushio-kun?\\ this is the first day he came to train here, he is a first year high school student\\
9
?: I see… I heard something about that\\ he doesn’t seem to be an high school student though\\
?: … anyway, he has skills\\
girl: yeah, he is really strong…\\
girl: … this person is not taking part to the training… hey wait…?\\
boss: hey nori-chan!\\
boss: stop hiding behind that door\\ hurry up and enter!\\
nori: oh my, you noticed me\\ sorry to intrude then\\
nori: it was just that the training atmosphere was so good\\ that I didn’t want to break it\\
10
nori: no…\\ you could say that I was charmed by what I was seeing\\
text: makuuchi n° 9 west maegashira\ saenoyama norihiro\\
TLN: Maegashira (前頭) is the lowest of five ranks in the top makuuchi division.
All the makuuchi wrestlers who are not ranked in san'yaku are ranked as maegashira, numbered from one at the top downwards. In each rank there are two wrestlers, the higher ranked is designated as "east" and the lower as "west", so No. 1 east is treated as a higher rank than No. 1 west, and so on.
?: good morning!!\\
11
girl: uwaah… so he is saenoyama after all and… he is big…!\\
girl: that’s right… until now ushio-kun fought against the lower ranked makushita who are “wrester in training”…\\ even if he said that he was “sorry to intrude”… he is a second-third string wrestler even in the pro world…\\
girl: among the more than 700 wrestlers who are called “sekitori*” who braid their hair in the traditional style\\
TLN: senior ranked sumo wrestlers\\
Girl: not even 70 of them are on the level of a juuryou or a makuuchi…\\
TLN: juuryou: wrestlers of the second highest sumo division, while makuuchi is the highest rank\\
On the pyramid: makuuchi\\juuryou\\makushita\\ sandan me (third rank)\\ jonidan\\jonokuchi\\ maezumo (unranked wrestlers)\\
Girl: only the high ranking sekitori are allowed to wear a white training loincloth\\
Girl: furthermore…\\
12
girl: he is trying to enter into the pro’s first string…!\\ ushio-kun!\\
boss: heheheh…\\
boss: the training atmosphere that ushio-kun created\\ resembled that of a training place where a sekitori is present…\\
boss: but now that a real sekitori has come\\ they became even more tense…\\
nori: good morning\\ thanks for what you told me earlier\\
girl: eh, ah, don’t worry\\ I am the guest here, after all\\
nori: good morning stable master\\
boss: hey\\
13
nori: good morning terahara-kun\\
tera: good morning!\\
nori: good morning kunpuu-kun\\
girl: i-is he going to greet every one of them…?\\ he is a methodical guy…?\\
nori: good…\\
hi: hey, sekitori…!\\
hi: please have…\\ a match with me!!\\
?: h-hey ushio-kun!\\ he has just arrived and…\\
14
nori: it will be my pleasure\\
?: eh!? What are you doing, sekitori!?\\
nori: even if I have this expression on my face…\\ in truth I am brimming with curiosity\\
15
girl: fuh…\\
girl: what the… I never expected such tension during a sparring match…\\
girl: … if saenoyama loses the shibaki yama stable would be ashamed… this is not good…\\
girl: … but after seeing ushio-kun training until now\\ I can clearly say that he is not an ordinary person…!\\
hi: … is this what you wanted, kirito…?\\
hi: shibaki yama stable… even the lower ranked wrestlers are of high level\\ however…\\
hi: this is not enough…\\ to win against kusanagi…!!\\
hi: I should not be supposed to fare this well…\\ I have to fight against “higher rank” opponents after all… saenoyama…!\\
16
hi: show me the good points…\\
hi: of a pro…!\\
?: begin!!\\
17
hi: why is he not moving!?\\
boss: heh…\\
boss: it is true that we underestimated you\\ … but you did exactly the same thing…\\
18
boss: don’t take pro lightly\\ brat\\
19
hi: … this is it…\\
hi: o-…\\
hi: one more match, please!\\
hi: so it was worth to come here!\\
inserted: the bottomless “higher rank” he was searching for!!\\