Matsuri Special 13

Matsuri Special chapter 13 by ergon

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Matsuri Special

battle 13: magokoro falls apart

one man, shigematsu arata, his love for wrestling is unrivaled!!

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hearing crickets at magokoro wrestling

nasty huh
yoshimoto

uryaaa!!

urgh
urk

oshyaa!!

…yeah
pretty nasty

*thump!*

we can’t even pay the guest wrestler with this

that’s right…

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really
it was the princess’ popularity that held this place up wasn’t it

we gotta get her to come back somehow

yoshimoto
I disagree

I want to respect her wishes

if she wants to be a normal schoolgirl
I’m rooting for her

masao…

I think

we are the ones who need to change

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but…change? in what way…

I have an idea

what we’ve been doing until now doesn’t cut it anymore!!

to bring in fans, we have to…

something big was trying to happen

but

I was feeling so free that I didn’t notice anything

p5
hey
I said cut it out mimi

shh!

don’t you want to know where hanyu goes everyday, instead of home?

you wonder about it don’t you arata?

achoo!!

hey! could you stop it with the sneezing?
she’ll notice us

I don’t give a damn
who cares where she goes

either way, a girl like her wouldn’t be anyplace strange would she

but hey whats this classy part of town

right? and hanyu is like, floating

p6
its me again~
eheh
no that’s no good

he…hello

what the hell is she thinking

that’s never gonna work
idiot

where is this place anyway

kyaa!!

I just I saw someone out here so…

is…is me again

if you’re looking for wataru hes off today

oh

is…

is that right

wataru?

morokado wataru, no?

ah so this is his part time job…

well well
hanyu’s really trying isn’t she

lets go
this is ridiculous

hey wait

wanna go in there for a bit?

I think I got a cold and I’m shivering
I’m gonna go home and sleep

mimi maru

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I’m finished with this crap

if you wanna do it then do it by yourself

geez
shes serious about this

well I’ll come by later then
excuse me

wataru
when hes off he usually goes to karaoke right

yeah

I think hes at the one by the station today

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I bet hes with those two nasty girls isn’t he

natsy girls…

no he should be alone

he sings by himself?

no hes not singing
he looking for something it seems

why don’t you go help him
he might be grateful

why don’t you go

grateful…

“thank you so much matsuri!! will you go out with me!!”

“oh I’d love to..”

woah that’s pushing it I think

I’m going!!

oh
hey
I kinda wanted to ask you something

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he was pretty hard on you the other day
why are you going so far for wataru

uh…um

well I ask myself the same thing but…

ok just for example
imagine you had a job where you wear a mask

mask…like prowrestling or something?

n…no!! its just an example! an example!

and the mask
is a villain, with freaky eyes like this

but if you took that mask off

you can see another face clearly

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I want to get a glimpse of that face

but I think maybe im just a sucker for pain too

uhuh
I see

that guy

he used to smile like a normal person didn’t he

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well…we do rent out costumes here

but we don’t have anything like that

I see
thanks

WOAH
WHAT

WHAT A COINCIDENCE

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you know what…just stop it already ok?

you got a lot of nerve coming here like this

uh
I though maybe I could help you

tencho said you were looking for something

Im hanyu matsuri! I’d give you the shirt off my back…two even!

you don’t need to take anything off
I don’t wanna see

geez tencho…give me a break

this has nothing to do with you
go home

oh
I…I do have a good nose!!

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like…for example

Im good at telling what the neighbors are having for dinner
yesterday it was Samma!

even I can tell when its Samma

haaa

is there anything?
something Im useful for

sorry

nope its no use

dammit why do I always do this

alright

use that doggy nose of yours and find this for me

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to be more precise

I’m looking for the girl who wore this

i…I thought it was lost

but he brought it here

I found out they rent these at karaoke

im combing the area but theres a hell of a lot of karaoke places

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wow…really~
they rent stuff like that out these days?

what did I do with the rest of the suit

“you’ve lost the mask? that’s bad, cause it’s a set
we’ll have to charge you 2000 yen”

I returned it
but which shop was it

I’m gonna check that one next

urgh

gyaa!!

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can you shut up with the running commentary

sorry

this

this is the place

yeah

yeah this is one of ours

hmm…

someone just came in and wanted to rent it

then they lost just the mask they said
they never came back

what sort

or person was it?

what sort….

looked like a high school girl

yeah

huh?

yeah yeah

same height and build as her
but I don’t really recall her face

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she was pretty much your average girl you’d see anywhere, you know

ok

thank god

its good my face is average…

too…too bad huh

yeah

he looks really

disappointed…?

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I
was saved by a girl wearing that mask

showed up out of nowhere

took down 4 guys

then like a storm she disappeared

that was just too cool so

any way I can
I want to see it one more time

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shes different from all the girls around me right now

I think shes awesome

oh….

yeah…

it would be cool if you could meet her

If I find her I’ll report it

how would YOU find her
does she walk around your neighborhood?

ah
right

you’re
quite a strange one aren’t you

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the image he has of the masked rescuer

is so different from what I am

so I cant tell him

theres nothing spectacular about me at all

I just think about boys all the time

I can’t even find ways to kill time on the way home anymore
even wrestling I never took seriously…I lost on purpose every time

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I’m really not a special girl

morokado wataru

hey
hanyu

you know those printouts for the school trip

yeah?

could you bring one to shigematsu arata’s house

what!? why me

no no, Ida Toshiko said that the person closest to him was y…

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hes got nothing to do with me!!
oh come on toshiko!

to…toshiko!

well you were saying he was a nice guy

(out of box text: you’re blushing)

hes missed school for three days now so could you just go check on him

wh…why do I have to…

mimi maru

hey
what happened to shigematsu

what…
I don’t know

why?
huh? I thought you two were dating

you’re annoying
I’m finished with you!!

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until you come back to the ring I don’t even want to hear you speak

I’m not telling you anything, got it?

the ring…

um did you say that loud enough?

hey, masao?

yeah uhuh
do you know shigematsu’s address?

ok hold on
let me grab a pen

what happened to him…
shigematsu

masao?
was that the princess

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yep

boss’s got another gig tonight

the princess is gone too

lets do it today

we are going to change MGK wrestling

I passed out flyers by the station today

flyer:

revolution

the mgk wrestling other night

tonight something will happen….!!

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the princess gone now

we can’t draw fans with only wrestling

but…is this ok
will this really…

its ok
have confidence!

ok, the script I wrote
have you both got your lines memorized!?

uh…yeah
did an all-nighter yesterday

ah
here it is

huh…the nameplate says shigematsu arata so…
he lives alone?

I really don’t know much about shigematsu do i

hello

shigematsu
are you alive?

wonder if hes out…

shigematsu?

its open

pretty careless~

shigematsu~
I’m coming in

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man its dark…

ow

huh?

me…?

this is one of the things we made for last years promo

but wait…this is

a whole room

of me

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*chatter chatter*

honey…

do the brain buster

that’s good

you’ve got her this time

please win…

honey…

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are you crazy

seriously

why do you always have to be like this?

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hey masao
this is really no good

their faces

thank you all
we are the magokoro trio

wtf is this

this sucks

man, lately you know
its been real cold

y…yeah
that’s right
its about time to change this muscle suit

you’re just wearing those muscles?

slap

ow

give me my money back

what the hell is this
showing us some shitty comic routine

WE WANT OUR MONEY

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stupid shigematsu

twisting feelings, swaying emotions.

cause if you think im coming back to wrestling you’re wrong.