Area no Kishi 20

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AREA no Kishi v4ch020 by Igano Hiroaki and Tsukiyama Kaya

Key:
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A new dialogue = new panel

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Story Igano Hiroaki
Art Tsukiyama Kaya

left number 9: Tsukiyama
right number 10: Igano

message:
This volume marks the start of the high school arc, and this makes me think of my own high school entrance interview.
At that time, I answered, "My specialty is drawing," and I was then asked who my favorite artist was! I didn't know any artists then! I only knew manga artists!!
At that moment, the picture of the sunflowers floated into my mind. All right, I'd say the person who painted that! So I answered "Bach"... Bach? Was he called Bach?
Then the interviewer said, "You mean van Gogh?"
Yes, him!!

Tsukiyama Kaya

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Story/Igano Hiroaki Art/Tsukiyama Kaya [K: lol furigana...]

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Contents:

#20 Enoshima High FC
#21 FC vs. SC
#22 The Eleven at the Beach
#23 Blockheads
#24 Misunderstanding
#25 The Greatest Weapon
#26 The Phantom Pass Route
#27 Kickoff!
#28 The Organisation vs. Everybody

star: The story is fiction and bears no relation to real persons, organisations or situations etc.
[Source/Weekly Shounen Magazine 2006 Issue 43~52 except Issue 50]

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Someone: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehh!?

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Kakeru: Then Kouta, you only managed to get into Enoshima High on the second try!?

Kouta: Sshhh! A bit too loud!

Nana: It's a surprise...

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Kouta: Geez, I can't believe we're in the same class again!

sfx: thump

Kouta: You musn't tell anyone that I couldn't get into Kamakura's high school!!

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#20 Enoshima High FC

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Kakeru: Ah! Don't tell anyone that I'm Aizawa Suguru's brother either, Kouta.

Kouta: Eh? Why?
Kouta: If it was me, that would be the first thing I'd say, to get everyone's attention.

Kakeru: Yeah, well that's why...

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sfx: roll [K: like a roller door]

Kouta: Hmmmmm, that's true...

Nana: Ah... the teacher's here.

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Iwaki: Ah... Everyone in class 1-B, nice to meet you.

Iwaki: I will be your class teacher. My name is Iwaki Teppei.

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Nana: He's the Zidane Cosplayer Coach from just now.

sfx: whisper whisper

Kouta: Don't whisper behind me!

Kakeru: He's our class teacher.

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Iwaki: Hey, you two! What are you whispering to yourselves over th...

Iwaki: Ah...

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Kakeru, Nana: Hello.

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Iwaki: Wow! You guys are in my class!

sfx: bluuush

Iwaki: That's great! Hahahaha...

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Iwaki: No, I mean, they just joined the soccer club that I'm in charge of.
small text: Before school started.

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Iwaki: Anyone else who likes to play football is welcome to join the Enoshima High FC!

Nana: I was a little shocked just now, but he seems like a good guy.

Kakeru: Yeah, he looks fun.

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Kouta: Enoshima High FC?

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banner: Entrance Ceremony

Announcer: Therefore,

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Announcer: I welcome all the new students to experience our school's traditionally diverse and exciting club activities...

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sfx: snore...

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banner: Entrance Ceremony

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Kakeru: He's in there somewhere. The midfielder that Nii-chan acknowledged...

Kakeru: Araki-sempai...

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Kuribayashi: Look there, Mako. The newbies from just now.

Mako: Yeah.

Kuribayashi: I wonder if they'd quit if they knew the truth?

Mako: What are you talking about, Kuribayashi...

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Mako: I won't let them quit.
We have their email and phone numbers, and we also have their application forms.

Mako: We have to keep that Aizawa guy no matter what.

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Horikawa: I agree! He's pretty interesting.

Kuribayashi: I like that girl manager hopeful more.

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Horikawa: Anyway, I wonder if Aizawa is related to Aizawa Suguru somehow?

Mako: Huh?
Mako: That can't be! They just have the same surname.
small text: He doesn't even look like him.

Kuribayashi: I'll email her tonight.

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sfx: chatter

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Kakeru: But I'm kinda happy.
I can play football with you again, Kouta.

Kouta: Yeah, take care of me!
Kamakura may have dropped him, but Nakatsuka Kouta-sama will have his revenge through football!

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Nana: Hey...
Nana: Want to go look at the football club?

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Kouta: Yeah, let's go.
Kakeru: Yeah, we might be able to see Araki-san's plays!

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Nana: I heard that the school decided to focus a little more on football last year,
and that they recruited a lot of skilled local club junior players.

Kouta: Uggg! The fight to become a starter just got tougher.

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Kouta: Well... But I'll work hard, Nana-chan.

sfx: sneak

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sfx: smash
sfx under that: shuuuu...

Nana: Let's go, Kakeru.
random kids: She powered up somehow...

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Guy: Niiiiiice!
Guy: That merciless push just now! [K: is there a word for penetration that sounds less... you know]

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Guy: Hey, new gal! That was really great! You're really amazing! [K: he actually says gal]

sfx: wobble wobble

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Nana: Huh?

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Guy: Ah... me?

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Guy: I'm from the stand-up comedy society.

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Guy: We've been waiting for new students like you with the energy to throw a punch like that.

Kouta: Nnnnngh! Nnnngh!

sfx: flail flail

Kakeru small text: Too bad, Kouta, it was just a little more...

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Guy: Well? Would you two like to join?
Young people should bet their future on laughter!

Guy: It's fine if it's temporary. Here, just put your name, class, phone number and email here [music note]

sfx: pull

Kakeru: Kouta, hang in there!

Paper: Temporary Application (Form is cut off)

Nana: Um, excuse me... sorry, sempai, but we've already decided on the football club.

Guy: Football club?

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Guy: Huh... I'd advise you not to. It's so boring there!

Kakeru: Boring?

Kouta: Ow...

Nana: It's not a matter of interesting or boring. We joined the club because we want to play football!
Let's go, Kakeru!

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Kouta: Geez, what was with that fatass...

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Guy: If you wanted to play football, you wouldn't join.

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sfx: pip
Coach: Next!

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Kakeru: They're treating the cones as the opponent and doing basic drills like wall passes for the new guys.

Nana: Yeah... But I wonder if that small guy's also one of our seniors.

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sfx: pip
sfx: kick

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sfx right: tap
sfx left: thumpf

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sfx: kick

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Kakeru: Whoa...
Nana: Cool... He's good, like I thought.

Guy: Number 5, test over!

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Kid: Eh?
Coach: It's over. Please leave.

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Nana: Test? Don't tell me... the club entrance test?

Kakeru: B... but it felt like anybody was welcome when we signed up just now...

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Kid: Excuse me... why was I...

Coach: I said to do an push kick.

Coach: People who don't listen to instructions and perform passes with low accuracy like the heel pass, and who treat it all like it's a game,
would just disrupt club rules and have no use in matches. I won't accept those.

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Kid: No... no way...

Coach: Next!

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Kouta: He... He's strict...

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Guy: See?

sfx: squeeeze

Kouta: Oh, it's the fatass from just now.

Guy: Boring, right?

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Guy: In this football club, not only are heel passes not allowed, but players aren't allowed to dribble for over 5 seconds unless the enemy camp is empty. [k; lol enemy camp... better word?]

Guy: Also, because they perform long passes, anybody under 170cm won't be allowed to join.

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Kouta: Seriously...

Guy: Does you guys think that type of football is fun?

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Kakeru: Um, excuse me, sempai, but just...

sfx: scrape

Mako: What are you going all high and mighty about?

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Mako: So are you happy after quitting football?

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Kakeru: Mako-sempai.

Guy: Huh?

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Mako: Huuh?

Kakeru: W... wait, I don't get it but don't start to fight...

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sfx: WHAM

Mako: Take this!!

Kakeru: Aah!

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sfx: whooooosh

Kakeru: Look out!!

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sfx: bump

sfx: stop

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sfx top: drop...

sfx bottom: thump

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Kakeru: Eh?

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Mako: Sea lion!!

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Guy: Aooooh!

sfx: stop

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Mako: Ohh-- [K: long dash]

sfx: clap clap clap clap clap clap

Kouta: Yeah-- [K: long dash]

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Guy: What are you playing at!? [K: check sasenaru]

sfx: WHUMP

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sfx: whooooooooooosh

Kakeru: Ah, the window!!

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sfx: WHAM

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sfx: bump

Mako: Yo!

sfx: smack

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Kakeru: Whoa...

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Kuribayashi: Nice header, Kinjirou!! [K: the statue]

sfx: clap clap clap clap clap

sfx Kouta: ah ha ha

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Nana: Was he aiming at that just now? If so, he has the ball control of Ronaldinho...

Nana: And the softness with which he stopped the ball just now...

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Nana: Just who is this person...

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Mako: I'll introduce you two.
He's Arahkey, my partner in the stand-up comedy club.

Arahkey: Nice to meet you.

Kakeru: Pa... Partner?

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Mako: I'm Yellow Card Mako!
Arahkey: I'm Arahkey!

sfx:

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Mako/Arahkey: With two cards, we're sent off the pitch~

Kouta: Heh

Kuribayashi: Leaving already!?

sfx: a ha ha

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Arahkey: Mako. We should probably start focusing on stand-up now.
small text: Let's aim for the nationals, the two of us!

Mako: Well, well...

Kakeru: ...A... Arahkey...

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Kakeru: W... wait wait what!? Does that mean that all this time the person I've been looking for...

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Kakeru: Araki Ryuuichi-sempai... is this person!?

Mako: Well, yeah.

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Mako: T... This is the person that Ni... Ni... Nii-chan acknowledged...

sfx top two: shiver shiver

sfx bottom two: tremble tremble

arrow: This

Araki: What do you mean, 'this'... where're your manners?

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diary: This guy is better at passing than I am.

Kakeru fence: Actually, I already have a school I want to go to.

Kakeru sideways: I want to receive passes from the person that Nii-chan acknowledged.

Kakeru photo: Look, it's the guy in this picture.

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Mako: What's wrong, Aizawa-kun?

sfx: whoo...

Nana: Kakeru! H... hang in there!!

Araki: Aizawa... Kakeru?

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Araki: Su... Suguru's younger brother?

Mako: Eh?

Nana: Wake up, Kakeru!

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Coach: What are you doing? Do you finally want to join the club?

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Mako: Are you kidding, Kondou-sensei?
I wouldn't join that shitty football club even if you begged me to.

Nana: Huh...?

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Kondou: You're all idiots.
Hey, new students over there.

Kondou: If you want to take the club entrance test, uniforms are are the clubroom. Hurry up and change!

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Iwaki: Sorry, Coach Kondou.

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Iwaki: They're new members of my club.
Iwaki: They just joined.

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Iwaki: Right?
Nana: Uh... yes...

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Kondou: ...if it's that way, fine! This isn't a playground.

Kondou: I'm building a team that's aiming for the nationals. I don't need anybody except the really dedicated.

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Kouta: Ah... Wai... I'm different from them! I'll take the club entrance test!

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Nana: E... excuse me, Iwaki-sensei. What's going on? I don't understand at all...

Iwaki: Ah... that's true, it's hard to explain.

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Iwaki: Well, actually, Enoshima High has two football teams.

Iwaki: That's the club that the school officially recognises, the Eno High SC.
And we're the self-named Eno High FC, sort of like a hobby group.
Nana: Ah... so it's a hobby group...

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Nana: ...wait WHAT, a hobby group!?

sfx: WHAT

Araki small text: Yep, yep.
Araki: Amazing, they were completely fooled...

Iwaki: Yes. Congratulations on becoming part of the club!! We'll be expecting much from you, Mishima-san, Aizawa-kun.

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Kakeru: W... wait a minute!
Does that mean the hobby group doesn't get to play in official matches, Araki-saaaaan!?

sfx: shake shake shake

Araki: How would I know? I'm in the stand-up comedy club.

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Kakeru: I... I joined a hobby group...

sfx:

Kakeru: The Araki-sempai that Nii-chan acknowledged is Arahkey... the c... c... comedian...

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sfx: schwump

sfx: whoo...

Nana: Aah! Kakeru!

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Kakeru: Uggggh...

Nana: Kakeru!?

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