Ice Revolution 3

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Ice Revolution
act 3: Outside & Inside
[Insert text: It's time to make beautiful flowers bloom upon the ice...!!]

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[TN: No, I cannot be bothered to translate the figure-skating article ~~]

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[Side text: Saaya gets grumpy at the admiration of those around her.]
Saaya: Whew... // (So many spectators on non-working days...)
RandomPerson: [aside]woooooow![/aside]
Saaya: [aside]hmph...[/aside]

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Coach: What's wrong, Masaki? // I think it'll look great on you! // It's waterproof and everything! / [aside]mostly[/aside]
Masaki: ......Yeah, but, well... // (It looks like something a guy would wear... It's barely different from what I'm wearing right now...) // [aside]ehhm... ahh... errr...[/aside]
Coach: Hmmmm? // You really are an odd one, aren't you.

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Coach: What, then? // Would you prefer to wear something like that?!
Masaki: Ngh...
Fantasy!Masaki: [aside]ahahahahah![/aside]
Masaki: (I just can't see it...) // ...well, I guess not... / [aside]not yet...[/aside]
Coach: Right?! / [aside](you are a guy, after all!) // c'mon![/aside]
Masaki: (Well, I guess there are girls here wearing trouser-type outfits too... // Just because I'm wearing this doesn't mean people are gonna think I'm a guy...)

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Masaki: By the way... // Are you sure Kaoru isn't going to be here?
Coach: I've told you enough times already... / Kaoru is over at another rink, sorting out a new programme for me. // He won't be back any time soon.
Masaki: [aside]whew...[/aside] // (All right! // I'll use this opportunity to practice with all my might while he's not around... // ...and learn to skate like a real girl for sure!!)
Coach: (So you're already thinking of Kaoru, a national top-level skater, as a rival... // I really like that about you!)

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Coach: Now, before you start... / I'd like to introduce you to the three other coaches teaching here besides me!
Masaki: Hm? // So it's not just one guy doing all the teaching? / Like at my place...
Fantasy!Father: [aside]last time // we had a real brawl!![/aside]
Coach: One of those three is off at the other rink with Kaoru right now, but... // There... // ...and there. // Go and greet those two for starters. // [aside]there![/aside] // That's proper manners in the world of figure skating.
Masaki: Huh...
RandomSkater: Kanda-sensei...

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RandomSkater: Hello there~!
Kanda: Good day to you!
Masaki: OSU, OSU, OSU!!!
[TN: I think I translated "osu" when it appeared in the previous chapters, but I don't think I'm going to bother after all ~_~ It's basically a catch-all expression of... well, masculinity, really =p Works as a greeting, a chant, etc.]
Masaki: OSU, OSU, OSU!!
OtherCoach: [aside]whaa - ?[/aside]
Kanda: [aside]*gulp*...[/aside] // (Just who is that nasty little savage...?!)

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Coach: You idiot! / You're supposed to greet them normally!
Masaki: But that's what I was doing...!
Coach: [aside]oh, dear...[/aside] / Well, whatever. // I think it's about time... // ...I started teaching you the basics of figure skating.
Masaki: BRING IT~~~~~~!
[Label: fighting-geek]

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Masaki: "Compulsory"...?
Coach: That's right. / Figure skating, just as the name suggests... // ...was originally conceived as a sport based around the drawing of figures. // The art of "compulsory figures" that I'm about to teach you... // ...is a highly regulated and competitive art focusing on precise and smooth edgework. // Your ability or inability to master this... // ...is an important skill that can determine the authenticity and beauty of your skating.
Masaki: Sounds kinda... plain, though.
Coach: Right! / Let's have Saaya show you how it's done! // Saaya!

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Saaya: [aside]Tch...[/aside]
Masaki: [aside]Ahh...[/aside]
Coach: Go on, Saaya.
Saaya: .........
Masaki: ......
Coach: ALL RIGHT! You'd better watch closely!

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Coach: The first thing I'm going to get you to try... / ...out of the 41 different compulsory figures...
Masaki: 41? // There are that many?!
Coach: ...is... // ...the simplest of them all... // ...the forward... / [aside]facing ahead[/aside] / ...outside... / [aside]using the outside edge[/aside] / ...circle! / [aside]to draw a circle[/aside] // You use each leg to individually draw one circle, in perfect symmetry with one another, each with a diameter three times your own height!

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Coach: Mm... / Saaya is as pristine as ever. / [aside]that's just like her.[/aside]
Masaki: Whaaaa? // She's just skating around like normal, ain't she?
Coach: It may appear that way to you... / ...but it's not true at all. // The difference is here! // The most important element of figure skating... / ...is how you use the inside and outside edges of the thin blade of your boot! // Saaya may make it look like nothing... // ...but she's actually skating upon that single edge through incredibly precise control of her balance.
Masaki: ......... // ???

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Coach: Brilliant work, Saaya! / That circle's so beautiful I might fall in love with it!
Masaki: Hah! It was nothing special! // !!! // Nghh... // (Sh... She's amazing...)

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Coach: It's not just circles; master the basic techniques, and they'll allow you to draw any number of different patterns!
Masaki: ............ // Heh. / Like I needed Katakura to show me a thing like that! // All I've gotta do is skate around on one leg, right?! // Too easy... too easy!! // Here I go!!

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Masaki: How's that?!! // ...What...?
Coach: TERRIBLE...
Masaki: Eh?
Coach: Having no talent is one thing, but this is just... / How on Earth did you manage to screw it up this badly...?!
Masaki: What's that supposed to mean? / I drew the circles, didn't I?! // ......... // [aside]ehhm... // where were they again...?[/aside]
Coach: .........

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Coach: Up there! // Get up there and take a look!
Masaki: ?! // Agh...! // Don't tell me... // That's my......!

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Masaki: Aaaaaaghhhhhhh!! // You're kidding me~~~~!!

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Saaya: Too easy... too easy... // Right?
Coach: Now, now...... // I suppose it's only natural for someone who doesn't know anything about figure skating to expect compulsory figures to be easy.
Masaki: [aside]I know, right?![/aside]
Coach: Still... / This really is impressively terrible. / [aside]it's like an amoeba or something...[/aside]
Saaya: You're just like that idiot father of yours.

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Saaya: You aren't even taking figure skating seriously!
Masaki: !! // .................. // I can do it... / A simple thing like this... // A simple task like this is nothing for me! // All I have to do is draw a circle, right?!
Saaya: In that case...

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Saaya: If it turns out you can't do it... / ...then get out of this rink and never show your face here again. // You're an eyesore.
Masaki: Sounds fine by me!
Coach: Wha - ?!
Saaya: You have one week.
Coach: Whaaa?!
Masaki: I'll do it by tomorrow.
Coach: Whaaaaaaa?! // All right, all right, that's enough! / Saaya, practise your straight line step sequence! // Masaki, get to work on your compulsory!

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Masaki: Ngh... // Oww... // All right! / Not a soul about~! // Well, I guess there wouldn't be... it is one o'clock in the morning!

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Masaki: (That girl... // ...I'll make her stop looking down on me... // No time... // I'll do it in no time... // I'll learn to do this in no time!)

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Masaki: ...I can't do it... // Aaagh, dammit! / Why does it always end up looking like this?! // (Seriously, why is it?! // Why can't I do it like Kayakura does?! // Agh!! // The likes of her...)

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Cleaner: WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!!
Masaki: Crap!!
Cleaner: I thought I heard somebody in here, and what do I find...? // Some nasty little brat sneaking in without permission!!
Masaki: Sowwy! // [aside]tehee!♡[/aside]
Cleaner: Yeah, 'cause that's gonna work! // Actually, come to think of it... // ...how did you get in here, anyway? // The entrance is all locked up...

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Masaki: ...Th... // ...Through the window in the boiler room...
Cleaner: !! // Wh... What was that?! // You're telling me you got in through that tiny little window?!
Masaki: Yeah... I unlocked it while I was here earlier... // Heheh...
Cleaner: [aside]heh...[/aside] // Wahahahahah!! // I'll have you know I've been taking care of this rink for 20 years... / ...but you're the first kid I've ever known to get in through there!

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Cleaner: Those shoes you're wearing... / You a figure skater? // I don't remember seeing you before... are you new here?
Masaki: I started yesterday.
Cleaner: Heheheh... / You must be in middle school or thereabouts, right? // There's barely anyone seriously takes up figure-skating at your age, you know... / They pretty much all start out in second or third year of primary school at the latest.
Masaki: Wha - ?! / [aside]primary...?[/aside] // Is that right?!
Cleaner: Although... // I get the feeling... // ...you might just be able to make it after all.

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Cleaner: All right! // In recognition of the hard work you're putting in, I'll clean this place up just for you!
Masaki: Seriously?! / I was wondering what the heck I was going to do about all this! / Thanks, old guy!!
Cleaner: Hahahah! // You just keep it up, boy!!
Masaki: ...I'M NOT A BOY~~~!! // [aside]honestly...[/aside]

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Masaki: Aaahhhh... // It's all turning beautiful and flat! // My wrongdoings are vanishing before my eyes~! // (...But still... // I wish I knew why I can't seem to draw a decent circle...)

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Masaki: (That guy tries to explain, but I just don't get what he's saying...)
Fantasy!Coach: [aside]what was that?![/aside]
Masaki: ! // (Hahah...! // He sure is getting into that...)

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Masaki: [aside]aaahhhh...[/aside]
Cleaner: Back out there already, ya little punk?
Masaki: Old guy! // I was watching you driving that car just now! // Do you really need to throw yourself about like that?
Cleaner: That's no "car" - it's a Zamboni. // And that's just a little habit of mine.

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Cleaner: I guess I've just got the spirit of a biker in me! // It comes flooding through me and I just can't help it!
Masaki: Hahah, oh, I get that all right! // I end up practically falling off the machine when I play those motorbike games in the arcades! // If I don't lean my body, it just doesn't feel like I'm really turning! // (Leaning... // ...my body... // Of course!)

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Masaki: (It's just like the tyres on a bike! // When you're approaching a curve, you turn the handles... // ...and at the same time, you lean the body of the bike to turn! // The blade of a skate has two different sides as well... // ...the left and the ride... // ...in other words, that's the "outside" and the "inside"! // So that's what he was trying to tell me!) // [aside]huh...[/aside] // And on a thin little thing like this...
Fantasy!Coach: [aside]That's what I've been telling you![/aside]

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Masaki: Thanks, old guy! // (I have to balance... // ...on the outside edge... // That way... // ...I can sweep... // ...to the left...)

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Masaki: Hurry up, Katakura. // What time d'you call this? // I've been here for a~~~ges. // ...Heheheheh...

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Saaya: Move it already; you're in my way.
Masaki: No~t so fast! // You just watch. // I've learned how to do it! / The circle!
Saaya: Re~ally.
Masaki: Ahh... / You don't believe me, do you?! // Huh... // Well, you just wait!!

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Masaki: I'll have this place cleaned up in no time.
Saaya: ............ // (The whole rink's covered in scratches... // Has he been just trying over and over non-stop...? // Just how much skating has he been doing...?!)
Masaki: All right, that should do it!

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Masaki: Now... // Check it out!

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Masaki: Whaaaaaaaa?!
Saaya: [aside]heh...[/aside]
Masaki: Gahh... / Wait... / Time out! // Forget you saw that! / It never happened, okay?! // This time's for real!! // All right?!!
Flashback!Father: Don't you forget, Masaki! // You must always make sure to breathe properly! // If your breath is out of rhythm, it will throw everything else you try to do out as well!

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Masaki: (Old man! // I can do this!)

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[no text just circles]

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Masaki: All right... / I did it! // I drew the circles! // See? What'd I tell ya! // A little thing like this is nothing for me!!
Saaya: .........

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Masaki: Aaaaghhhhh!! // Whaddaya think you're doing, erasing the proof?!
Saaya: [aside]hmph[/aside] // Oh, be quiet. // Keep your eyes straight... // ...and your mind on the ends of your toes.
Masaki: Huh?

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Saaya: Do that... // ...and it might help you improve.
Masaki: (..................!) // [aside]heh... // ...heheh...[/aside] // I won!

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Masaki: I did it! // See?! / I told you, didn't I?! I guess I really am a genius!!
Coach: Big talk from someone who can only get it right one time out of twenty!
Masaki: Hmph...
Coach: But still... / ...It's certainly a huge improvement on that abomination from before.

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Coach: You've worked hard... / Masaki.
Masaki: That's just freakin' creepy.
Kaoru: Oh......?
Coach: Now show me a hundred figures!!
Masaki: Easy!!
Kaoru: Looks like we've got a new member!
[Side text: The first barrier has been cleared...]
[Insert text: ...and a big meeting approaches...!!]