Takkoku!!! 5

I don't think I've ever had the lines 'Disturbingly beautiful' running through my corroded brain this much in my life.



(Top circles: FUKUCHI TSUBASA)

Muko?: Dasaizo grew up to be....

The idol Unryuuji Saizooo?!

(Handwritten- This)

TAKKOKU!!!
5th Confession: Beautiful Time.

Girls: Kyaaah!!

Kyahhh!!

Unryuuji: I suppose you would be surprised....

I have been through a few changes since we last met.

Tamano Kako.

You are the luckiest girl in the world.

Kako: Huh?

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Unryuuji: You will have the honor of having me,

As your boyfriend.

Muko: What?

Hikari: Whaaaaaat?!

Muko: I knew it!!

You're after her again aren't you?!

Unryuuji: Congratulations on that find four-eyes.

Muko: Don't call me Four eyes!!!

Unryuuji: To be honest, I really don't care about Tamano or women of her ilk.

It's just I haven't been able to live down 'that time.'


Muko: Huh?

Unryuuji: You see, ever since I lost that day, my decent into loserdom quikened, and the other children's name calling became that much more harsh.

Kids: You're a loser Dasaizo!!

What do you expect? Loser is in his name!!

(TN- Remember Dasai=Lame, and his name is Saizo. Dasaizo.)

Kids: That's why he's Dasaizo!!

Gyahahah....

Unryuuji: Kids would actually go out of their way to belittle and mock me.

They'd even go as far as flaming me on my blog.

???: You had a blog back then!!?

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{It pained me.}

{However I had a chance to start over when my father ended up having to transfer to a new city for his job.}

{Day in and day out I trained...}

{So that I could claim revenge against Tamano.}

Unryuuji: Before I knew it the day had come upon me....

I had become...

A pretty boy.

???: It totally feels like he skipped some parts in that story!!!

{When I gazed upon the water's surface I was shocked.}

{Who was this beautiful angel staring back at me?! I asked.}

Unryuuji: Who's this pretty boy?!

Is he an angel?

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Unryuuji: I couldn't stop looking....

???: This guy's totally full of himself...!!!

Unryuuji: Now I was no longer a filthy pebble...!!

I had finally polished myself into a radiant diamond!!!

After seeing the image of my pure beauty, I forgot about my revenge against Tamano.

And I decided to further purify myself!!

I had to become more beautiful!

{Traveling to and from fabulous estates!}

{'A beauty that no one would ever forget' became the slogan people knew me by!!}

{However something still held me back....}

{If I wanted to become the Beauty king....}

{I had to eliminate any obstacles in the road to royalty.}

???: What the heck is a Beauty king?!?

{One day it came to me.}

{A female Ping pong savant has appeared!!}

{Today and Sunday, we will have a sit down interview with the up and coming Takkoku star Kako-chan!}

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Reporter: An ace in the hole today too! Huh, Kako-chan?

Kako: Is this show broadcast worldwide?! Is it?!

Reporter: Huh? Worldwide? That's a bit...

Kako: Gacchan~!!

(Handwritten- Look! It's me!)

{It all came back to me.}

{If I'm to obtain a flawless record, I have to have you Tamano Kako!!}

Unryuuji: If the two of us were a couple, we'd bathe in Japan's praises!!!

We'd be a power couple! Beauty and brawn!! Imagine the beautiful laws we could enact once we become royalty!!!

(First poster- A power couple is born!!)

(Second- Unryuuji and Tamano!!!)

(Third- The most skilled Ping pong cut off)

Unryuuji: I am a diamond!!

And if I am to gain a luster that would put the sun to shame....

I will need a light brighter than it!! That is where YOU come in Tamano Kako!!

Now you will go out with me at once!!

Imagine what you could have if you accept!!! Hahahahahaha!!!

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Kako: Huh?

Sorry, I can't.....

Unryuuji: I'm afraid I must have miss heard you!

Let's try this again, you will go out---

Kako: No thanks.

Unryuuji: Gaaaah!!!

Y-You're kidding right?! I'm not Dasaizo anymore!!

I'm the top idol from Shaiz Unryuuji Saizo!!!

Why won't you....

Hm?

Who are you?!

Kako: This is Gacchan, my Fiancée.


Gaku: I'm Marunouchi.

Saizo: F-f-f-f-Fianceeeeeee?!!?

Kako: If i'm going to be Gacchan's wife,

I can't go around dating other men.

Muko: Aren't you kind of rushing things....?

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Unryuuji: You can't do this!! Without you I can't reach my maximum radiance!!

Kako: I can't accept, I've already been spoken for.

Unryuuji: Ngh!!

(TN- ...Elephants and Zebras?....Why?)

Unryuuji: I didn't plan for this...!!

To think that she could reject me, and all of my glory...

There's no way that I can possibly challenge Tamano to a Takkoku match and beat her...

I wouldn't stand a chance!!!

She is after all, Japan's number one Ping pong player!!

To think that she'd reject the sun's radiance for a commoner like this guy....!!

(Handwritten- Are you okay?)

Unryuuji: If that's the case.....

Marunouchi, how about you?

Could you defeat me in a Ping pong match?

Gaku: Huh?

Unryuuji: If you are defeated by me, you cannot see Tamano ever again.

Girls: Wha?!

Unryuuji: However if you should manage to defeat me....

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Unryuuji: I will tell you....

Tamano Kako's big secret from elementary school!!!

Gaku: I have no choice but to accept!!!

Muko: He's actually going to do this?!?

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Muko: Are you seriously going to do this?! He's amazingly good at Ping Pong!!

He's like a Ping pong demon you know?!

Kako: That's right! Moreover, what happened to me in elementary school isn't even that serious...

Gaku: That's not true..

Kako: Huh?

Referee: Takkoku start!!

{Hmph.}

{That guy doesn't understand my true strength,}

{And if I use my 'lethal strike'-----}

{There's no way I'll lose this match!!!}

Girls: Kyahhhhh!!!

(Handwritten- Even his serves are hot!!!)

Gaku: Ngh!

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Girls: GYAHHHHHHH!!!!

GYAHHHHHHH!!!

(TN- GYAHHHHHHHH!!)

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Gaku: Uh....


Ah!!!

Kako: Wh...

Whaaat?!

{What just happened...?!?}

Referee: 1-0!! Point Unryuuji!!!

Girls: Kyahhhhh!!!!

Unryuuji: My beauty is a void. A void that sucks in anyone who gazes into it.

This is my lethal strike....

(Handwritten- Gotta put 'em back on...)

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Unryuuji: Beauty

Hour!!!

...Well...

It is kind of weird to see that...

But although he's creepy,

It'd be nice to see more!!!

Referee: Serve! Unryuuji!!!

Gaku: Fine then!!

I won't be fooled by that move again.....

All I need to do is pay attention to the direction of the 'ball'. I don't need to look at him to win this match!!

Unryuuji: Its....

BEAUTY TIME!!

Gaku: Focus on the ball, focus on the ball...

Focus on the....

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Gaku: Gah!!

{No...No way..!!!}

Referee: 2-0!!!

Unryuuji: What's wrong?

Why has your hand stopped moving?!

Referee: 3-0!!

4-0!!

5-0!!

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(Sfx- Hah hah hah...)

Referee: Point 8-0!!

Unryuuji!!

Kako: Gacchan!!

Gacchan!!

Unryuuji: Is this all you've got? And here I was thinking that you were decent at this game...

Your stamina is pitiful.

(Handwritten- This is your biggest weakness.)

(Sfx- Hah hah hah)

Hikari: Ya stupid or somethin' Gaku?! I 'pose his fans might be havin' a hoot at seein' his drawers, but ain't ya got no shame?!?

(Handwritten- Besides, ain't it creepy to see him strip like that?!)

Gaku: Its the eyes....

Hikari: Huh?

Gaku: His body has nothing to do with this skill...
But...

The eyes say it all! Its his eyes doing the talking!!

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Muko: eyes...!!

I think I get it!!

Hikari: Huh?

Muko: I read a book about this before....

People unconciously are drawn to the eyes of their friends and foes. It's a trait that none of us can shake..!!

This is because when you're a baby, you communicate with others through eye contact, since speech isn't possible.

Che!! This idol's a phony!

He's found a way to strengthen his eye contact, so that other people have no choice but to look at him!!

I didn't notice it back when we were kids because of his dorky glasses...

But Unryuuji's secret and greatest weapon is his “powerful glance”!!

Unryuuji: Correct.

There isn't a single person who can avoid my glance!

Hikari: So why do ya take off ya pants then?!

Unryuuji: 'Cause I feel like it.

Gaku: A Power glance....

Kako: Gacchan!!!

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Kako: Its already too late for you to come back!!

Just stop this match!!

I'm telling you, that what happened in the past isn't important!

Gaku: ...Not true.

I want to know everything you did....

These long ten years while we were separated....

No matter how trivial they are.

Now watch closely...

At the power of love....

Kako: Huh?

Referee: Serve! Unryuuji!!!

Unryuuji: Hmph!!

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Unryuuji: It doesn't matter WHO you are! There isn't a single person who can avert their gaze when I appeaer!!!

And with this Tamano Kako is....

My property!!!

Game over!!!

Look into my eyes....

Beauty....

Now!!!

Time!!!!

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Ball: You'll be currrsed~~

Unryuuji: eh?

Ungh!!

What the....

His eyes weren't affected....

Gaku: You lost something...

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Gaku: Let me return it.

Referee: 8-1!!

{Wha...What was that just now?!}

{An illusion?!}

{A ghost?!}

Unryuuji: Just my imagination!!

It doesn't matter! I won't pay it any mind!!!

Ball: Your body will be cursed...!!!

Unryuuji: That seriously bugs me!!!

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Referee: 8 to 11!!!

Unryuuji: aah...

Referee: Winner, Marunouchi Gaku!!

Kako: Gacchaaaan!!!

Muko: Hold on!!

You were able to predict and stop his movements all of a sudden!! What did you do?!

Gaku: Didn't you notice? He stopped looking at me.

His little trick only works if he makes eye contact with his opponent.

I didn't tell you? When I was in Los Vegas, I learned ventriloquism!

Ball(Handwritten- Yay!)

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Muko: Ventriloquism?!?!

(Handwritten- What's that?!)


Gaku: YES IT IS.

Kako: Ventriloquism....?

Ah!!

So my doll talking this morning was...!!!

{Wake up Kakosuke!!}

Gaku: Heheh...

Surprised?

Unryuuji: Geh...

I thought I had been having auditory hallucinations because of working too hard....

You're called Marunouchi right....

I'll accept my defeat for today!!!

But next time we meet, I will defeat you!!

Gaku: Yeah, whatever.

Now tell me Kako-chan's secret.

Muko: He's so blunt!!

Unryuuji: Hmph...you cut to the chase don't you? Fine then.

During the winter of our third year, Tamano Kako...

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Unryuuji: Ta----

Kako: YOU CAN'T!!!!!!

Unryuuji: NGHAHHH!!!

Kako: Ah....

My hand slipped.....

(Handwritten- Unryuuji-samaaaaa!!!)

{Your hand seems to slip a lot.}

(Side text- Next issue will feature color pages and two more chapters!!)

(TO BE CONTINUED IN SUPER'S JULY ISSUE (Out June 25th.))

(TN- Why two chapters...?! Are you guys trying to kill me?)