Takkoku 9

This time a Takkoku?! Will wonders ever cease?!


Hikari: Wha, What was that?!

That uh..

Um...

Say' do ya know what her name is?

I coulda sworn Ah I knew it...

Muko: Don't be stupid. It's Miyamoto.

Hikari: Ya sure it wasn't Miyakura?

Muko: It's Miyamoto!

{Miyazaki.}

Ref: It's Marunouchi's serve!!!

Miyazaki: Lethal strike....

{Mist Passion!!!}

People: It disappeared again!!

Gaku: Ngh!!

{If that's the case...}

{I'll just have to adjust my swing so that my paddle is underneath the ball!!}

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Miyazaki: Not happening.

Gaku: It rebounded off the net this time?!

Ref: Point 0-2!! Miyazaki is leading!!

Kako: Ga..

Gacchan!!

Gaku: Damn! From my position in front of the table I can't see the angle of her swing!

And if I try to back up to widen my horizon, she rebounds off the net!


{Moreover, it's impossible to get a reading on where the ball is with her technique!!}

???: Whoa! When did Miyazaki learn how to play like that?!

Is that one of those hidden moves I've heard about?

Though isn't she just a physics freak?

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{Then, what is my reason to exist?}

{Marunouchi-kun is the first person to notice me...!!}

{To be with him...}

{I have to stand firm here!}

{Because of him.....}

Gaku: Ngh!

{I realized I have the right to be here too!!}

Miyazaki: Mist passion!!

Guy: Ah!!

Girl: The ball disappeared again....

Kako: Huh?!

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Kako: Gacchan!!

Hikari: That Gaku, is he thinkin' of hittin' tha ball before it makes it to tha table....?

So that it won't disappear?

Kako: No Gacchan!!

If you hit the ball before it bounces on the table, that's a point for your opponent!!

(Below panel- This rule is known as obstruction.)

Ref: 0-3!!!


Point 0-9!! Miyazaki is leading!!

Guys: Whoaaa!!

She's awesome!!

Marunouchi's in deep trouble now!!!

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Guys: Man it's hot in here though..

Yeah I'm sweating now...

Hey somebody closed the windows to the gym!!

You serious?!

Go open 'em then!!

Miyazaki: DONT!!

Guy: Huh?

Miyazaki: Um...

Can't we keep them closed?

I get cold easily....

Guy: S—sure.

Kako: What'll we doooo?!

Gacchan'll lose at this reat Muko-chan!

Muko: He's still got two more points until that happens!!

(Handwritten- So calm down!)

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Gaku: What did she mean....?

{My Unique weapon is that I'm not unique at all.}

{Because of that, the balls I serve are also unseen by anyone.}


{Although she says that she's unnoticeable...}

{There has to be more to this story than that.}

{I swung the racket around randomly, and still didn't even feel a ball going by....}

{One other thing I noticed is the duration of time....}

{There's a 6 or 7 second lag between when she hits the ball, and when it disappears....}

{Now what's up with that?}

Kako: It's over for all of us isn't it...?!?

Gacchan's going to have another girlfriend at this rate isn't he?!

Muko: Kako!!

Hikari: Don't cha go givin' up until the end!

Sop up them tears, or you won't be able to see tha match!!

Kako: I caan't!~

The tears are filling up my eyes so much that I can't see anything...

Gaku: Thanks Kako-chan.

Kako: Huh?

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Gaku: Now take a good look....

At the power of love!

Ref: Marunouchi's serve!!

Miyazaki: I've always wanted people to notice my existance...

To sparkle radiantly, and maybe even have an admirer!

But I don't have the same 'confidence' that Kako-chan has....

So I always thought barely existing was enough.

(Sfx- Kan smack)

(Sfx- Kakotsu smack)

(Sfx- Pan thwok)

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Miyazaki: At least, that's until I met you!!

Marunouchi-kun!

If only I could become more like Kako-chan...

An existence that no one can ignore...!!

If you're there Marunouchi-kun...

Then I...!!

{Mist Passion!!}

Girls: Huh?!

Kako: Ga....

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Muko: You—You're kidding!!

Because she doubted her own existence....

The ball also ceased to exist!!!

TAKKOKU
9th Confession: MIST PASSION.
FUKUCHI TSUBASA.

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Kako: Gacchan?!

(Sfx- Tsumuri grit)

Hikari: The heck is he doin?!

He ain't gonna be able to see tha ball like that....

In fact, he ain't gonna be able to see nothin like that..!!

Ref: 0-10!! Miyazaki's match point!!

One more point left!!

???: Marunouchi's going to get beat!!

{Because of that, the balls I serve are also unseen by anyone.}

{Um...Can't we keep them closed?}

{I get cold easily....}

{Isn't she just a physics freak?}

{ And here I was thinking that we wouldn't be interrupted in the gym room....}

{Ah~!! Well I thought the desks and the chairs in the class would be a problem...}

{There's a 6 or 7 second lag between when she hits the ball, and when it disappears....}

Gaku: Miyazaki-san.

That move of yours is pretty impressive, I'll admit it.

I respect your talent.

But..

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Gaku: I'm going to win!

Miyazaki: My Mist Passion is invisible!

You'll....

Never see it coming!!

This is the end!!

Mist Passion!!!

???: No good!!

It's really invisible!!

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Gaku: True, it can't be seen.


Muko: Huh?

Gaku: Of course....

You won't see anything...

If you look for a ball that isn't there!!!

Kako: Huh?

{My Unique weapon is that I'm not unique at all.}

{Because of that, the balls I serve are also unseen by anyone.}

Gaku: Those words gave her away.

So I started thinking to myself. 'It's not that the ball is invisible, it's more like it isn't there'...and the truth behind her lie became clear.

Muko: T—Then where's the ball....!!

Guy: Huh?!

Whaaaaat?!?

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Everyone: U---

UP THERE??!!?

Gaku: You made it look like you were swinging straight,

But in reality, you were sending the ball into the air.

Muko: How?!

Her movements are all facing forward!!

How could she possibly send the ball straight up?!?

Gaku: Bernouli's principal.

As an aspiring physicist, you must know it well huh?

Muko: What's that?

Kako: Ah!

Mu-chan, it's the airplanes!!!

Muko: Airplanes?

Ah.

An Airplane?

You guys talk as if riding an airplane is a big deal. Talk about human regression....

Gaku: Ah, Mu-chan, about that....

You probably feel that way since you're not familiar with Bernouli's principal.

Muko: Ber...what?

Gaku: The air passes both below and above the wings of the plane.

Using this power, the plane is able to pass very quickly through the air..

(Text- Speed left, Speed right, Wing)

(Black arrow- Lifting power.)

Gaku: That's Bernouli's principle.

Muko: I didn't know..

Yeah he did say something about that.

Gaku: I figured it out. You'd use a high speed swing to lift the ball high in the air.

(Text- (Declining) Atmospheric pressure, (Heightening) Atmospheric pressure.)

Gaku: With it lifted like that from the twin pressures hitting it, the ball could fly pretty far up into the air.

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Muko: But---but if that's the case...

It should hit the table and bounce over you!!

(Handwritten- What's up with that?)

Gaku: Yes, but the Ball's top spin on it's way down curves it's landing.

That's why rather than bouncing high on impact, it screws and goes straight.

Gaku: This also explains the time lag of the sky high ball.

When you put all of this into account...

(Sfx- Shururuuuu spiiiiin)

Gaku: It's easy to counter serve.

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Ref: Point 1-10!! Marunouchi!!

Miyazaki: Guh...

I was so careful not to be found out....I didn't leave any clues...

How did you find out...?!

Gaku: It's summer now right?

If colder air gets through the window, your game plan gets interrupted big time.

The sky high ball is much more suseptible to wind.

If a big enough gust comes through the window, it would send the ball out of it's tail spin, and I'd be able to see it easily.

That's why you wanted the windows shut.

It's also the real reason why you chose the Gym.

The classrooms have a lower ceiling, and the desks and other furniture would be a problem too right?

Miyazaki: Mist Passion!!

(Sfx- Hyutsu wiff)

Guy: Hey he's right! Now that he's explained everything, I can see the ball when it rockets into the air!

But why couldn't Marunouchi see it earlier?

And how come even though we're all so close, no one noticed the ball shooting upward?

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Muko: A Mental blind spot huh?

Kako: Huh?

Muko: Think about it. When someone is placed in a 'Ping Pong Confessional' match,

The mentality of the audience is to watch the people and not the ball that day right?

We're all so worked up on seeing who's going to end up with who...

That we spend the whole match looking at the people, and not the ball in play!

If anything, this is the one major pitfall in the law of Takkoku.

Dad: Sachi, are you still practicing?

Miyazaki: Yep!

If it's going to be impossible for me to have close friends to practice with...

Then...

I'm going to have to be good at this to find someone that I love!

For that purpose, I'll practice day in and day out!!!

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{I had spent a long time trying to find myself...}

{Even going as far as abandoning my identity.}

{But...}

Ref: Point 2-10!!!

Marunouchi's score!

{I guess....}

{I can't be Kako-chan after all...}

Ref: 12 to 10!!!

The winner is Marunouchi Gaku!!!

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Kako: Gacchaaan!!!

You're amazing Gacchan!!

You were able to see right through that trick!!

Gaku: Thanks to you Kako-chan.

Kako: Huh?

The tears are filling up my eyes so much that I can't see anything...

Gaku: You helped me discover that I needed to stop relying on my eyes so much.

Muko: Huh?

But how would you know the ball's above you if you don't look for it?!

Gaku: By listening to the sounds it makes as it travels through the air.

When I was 8, I learned to sharpen my hearing by searching for bugs in the Amazon! As a result I got 'Fine tuned hearing.'

(Handwritten- In order to find the Nanafushi and Piwahagoromo, I had to use my ears, and not my eyes.)

(Handwritten- There he goes again with the over seas stories...!!)

Guy: Figures as much! It's not such a great move when you know how it works.

I could do something like that in my sleep!!

Here I was thinking that she was doing something awesome, but it turns out that all it was is knocking the ball into the air.

Totally lame~!! (lol)

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Guy: Worst yet, now that everyone knows how it works,

She'll never find a guy through Takkoku!!

Too bad so sad!!

(Handwritten- hahahahah!!!)

Gaku: And what's so funny?

???: Hahahah.....

Huh?


Gaku: I know that she's here.

To have a swing speed that powerful....

And the ability to curve the ball with it,

Oh and her splendid sense of timing are all amazing.

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Gaku: Someone who puts that much effort into this game...

Isn't someone who should be made fun of.

Guys: Ngh....

Girls: Sachin!!

Miyazaki!

Miyazaki: My classmates!

Girl: Sachin! Where did you learn something so cool?!

I was so surprised to see the ball disappear!!

Guy: Me...me too!

Girl: Me too!!

Miyazaki: Huh?!

What?!

Gaku: Miyazaki-san.

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Gaku: To be honest....

I do have the ability to use a certain 'Memory loss' hypnosis on everyone here.

Miyazaki: Hm?

Gaku: It is true that everyone here knows your trick, and that now it'll be impossible to use it in Takkoku.

But...

If I were to use my hypnosis on everyone, they'd have no idea what happened here today.

Miyazaki: No,

That's fine!

It's thanks to that ball..

That I gained something more important!!

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{A few days later...}

Guy: Wah!!

Ref: 11 to 3!! The winner is Miyazaki Sachi!!

???: What was that just now?!

Awesome!!

Miyazaki: If you want to beat me in Takkoku...

You'll have to be a stronger Physics student!!

Muko: That girl....

Now she's using the Doppler effect in her swings.

Kako: Whoa....

(Handwritten- What's that?)

???: You're great Miyamoto!!

Miyazaki: Ah...yes...

???: Or was it Miyasaka...more like where are you?

Miyazaki: Right here...

???: Hey Miyajima!!

Miyazaki: I'm right here!!

(Handwritten- And my name is Miyazaki!)

Muko: She's still just as barely noticeable as always though....

{At least Miyamura-san has more self confidence now.}

(Handwritten- Miyazaki!!)