Eyeshield 21 289

Good morning everyone~

You know, I was joyfully sleeping, having set my alarm clock to wake up early to check if the raw was out, then... I actually woke up two hours before the alarm went off. About the same minute as when Kylara was done scanning the chapter :oh Either my instinct is scary, or... the call of kawaii kawaii Karin-chan was enough to wake me up! :shakefist I vote for the latter :nod

Either way, please enjoy this chapter full of goodness :nod

PS: Persona 4 is shipping! Wee~


Eyeshield 21 chapter 289

Page 01

Left : In front of a high wall that can’t be passed, the eyes of a man that doesn’t know how to give up are still chasing the light of victory!!
289th Down : Aerial battles are staring contests

Page 02-03 (spread)

Right : A giant pass, thrown at the snowing sky!!

Announcer : Hi... Hiruma-kun goes suddenly for a sink or swim plan!
Announcer : He’s throwing the ball all the way until Teikoku’s goal line!!
Announcer : In the holy snowing sky of Christmas
Announcer : It’s a Hail Mary pass!!

Guys : Alright, Taka!
Guys : Complete victory over Monta!
Guys : Pass cut!!

Hiruma : Kh... It’s my mistake!

Hiruma : Sorry, I rushed and prayed to god it’d work...
Hiruma : I won’t throw a reckless long pass like that one
Hiruma : ever again...

Page 04

Aki : He’s throwing it right after saying that!

Aki, Everything he says is just a lie, that pierced guy...!!
Around Hiruma : Ke ke ke ke ke ke

Everyone : You’re just noticing it now?
Suzuna : All-star harmony!!

Page 05

Unsui : Why, Hiruma!
Unsui : With such an overwhelming difference of ability between Monta and Taka
Unsui : You understand that not a single one of your super long passes will reach him, right...!

Onihei : Completely blocked by Taka and Yamato
Onihei : They ended up praying to god, huh...

Hiruma : Kekeke, I said it before, right? Demons don’t ask gods for favors.
Hiruma : Actually, it doesn’t matter
Hiruma : if this long pass can’t be caught.

Hiruma : You’d have to be lucky to catch it, but against Taka that’s just impossible.
Monta : It’s a damn truth, but right now
Monta : it can’t be helped...!

Announcer : Since Deimon couldn’t advance at all
Announcer : Their turn to attack is over!
Announcer : After Musashi-kun’s giant kick, it’ll be
Announcer : once more Teikoku’s ball...!!

Page 06

Yamato : Wooooaaaah!

Guys : Yamato!
Guys : Yamato!
Guys : Yamato!!

Sena : Three persons were tackling him
Sena : But even with that...
Kuroki : Does that guy only know how to use his knees...!

Hera : it’s like Taka and Yamato said
Hera : Let’s defeat them with all our strength!

Page 07

Hera : Shinryuuji’s only mistake was
Hera : that Agon just wanted to stupidly keep increasing their lead against Deimon.

Hera : We can’t have that.
Hera : If we can score reliably once or twice every quarter, it’s alright.
Hera : And then, just like Yamato said with his absolute prediction
Hera : We can’t let Deimon score, no matter what.

Hera : Now it’s 14 to 0, so
Hera : The final score should be, hmm
Hera : The death one
Hera : Something like 42 points should be alright!
Yamato : Nice pick
Yamato : Let’s make it a reality.
(T/N : 4-2 in Japanese can be pronounced “shini”, meaning “to death”, so it’s considered an unlucky number in Japan -despite it being the answer to life, the universe and everything that exists >.>)

Yamato : Here’s my “Absolute Prediction”
Yamato : Teikoku will win
Yamato : 42 to 0...!!

Page 08

Tokashiki Orio 3rd year
Former captain of the Okinawa High Boxers

Someone : here it comes!
Someone : Orio’s punching block!

Sano Mikoto 3rd year
Former ace receiver of the Shachi Goldens

Announcer : Mikoto-kun’s special play
Announcer : “The super low altitude Shachihoko catch”!
(T/N : the shachihoko is a mystical animal with a tiger’s head and a carp’s body)

Announcer : And then...

Girls : Do your best!
Girls : Tenma-kun!

Tenma : To show off to my five girls
Tenma : In the end, I have to go as close as possible to the public
Tenma : There’s nothing else than running the long of the sideline!

Page 09

Announcer : The “Sideline Edge’s Magician”
Announcer : The senior, former ace runner of the Shinryuuji Nagas,
Announcer : Tenma Doujirou!

Sena : Running really close to the sideline
Sena : Using his speed only when needed...

Announcer : Touch
Announcer : dooown!
Bottom : Teikoku 21 - Deimon 0

Yamabushi : At the time, only Tenma and I
Yamabushi : Joined the school on recommendation through the sports program
Yamabushi : but after only one year, he was suddenly scouted by Teikoku
Yamabushi : That guy...

Ikkyuu : Yamabushi-san wasn’t scouted at all?
Yamabushi : Shut up, Ikkyuu.
Ikkyuu : Wait, it oni hurts!

Kurita : Teikoku
Kurita : all-stars...

Toganou : All their players are really
Toganou : at the ace level...!

Page 10

Someone : Woooh, despite that
Someone : Still the Hail Mary pass!
Someone : How persistent!!

Taka : Karin
Taka : There’s a pass course
Taka : I’d want you to throw.

Page 11

Taka : Raimon

Announcer : Ah, this is unusual!
Karin’s small text : Well then!
Announcer : Karin-chan is
Announcer : taking a posture for a super long pass...!?

Taka : What you’ve been aiming for
Taka : With that series of long passes just now
Taka : It’s this, right?

Page 12-13 (spread)

Taka : The back run of the defense
Taka : is for the sake of watching the opponent’s run
Taka : but for super long passes...

Taka : If you go for the usual back run
Taka : You’ll lose the speed battle
Taka : In order to protect against a sudden touchdown
Taka : You have no choice but to turn around at some point

Taka : At the time the opponent turn around
Taka : If you cut suddenly

Taka : The defense definitely won’t be able to do a thing about it
Taka : No matter who the opponent is
Taka : You’ll win...!

Page 14

Someone : Touch
Someone : Doown!

Sena : 28 to
Sena : 0...!

Taka : This is your goal
Taka : Raimon.

Page 15

Sakuraba : That’s why, since earlier, Hiruma
Sakuraba : keeps throwing super long passes
Sakuraba : He wanted to leave an impression...

Takami : ... yeah
Takami : But Taka has
Takami : already noticed it.

Hiruma : Kekeke, smart brat
Hiruma : Guys with 0% of idiocy level are troublesome, huh...

Monta : Well, you noticed...
Monta : So what about that...!
Monta : In order for me to win against you
Monta : there’s nothing else than that...!!

Announcer : Well then, after Teikoku’s one-sided game
Announcer : The first half is almost over!!
Announcer : This is Deimon’s
Announcer : last series of offense...!

Page 16

Someone : Hiruma is throwing
Someone : the Hail Mary pass again!

Hiruma : We’ve thrown away the last ten minutes for this
Hiruma : if you catch this ball, it’s an immediate touchdown
Hiruma : We have to make it so that even Taka can’t ignore it
Hiruma : He definitely has to turn around at some point...!

Monta : That’s why until then
Monta : We’ll keep aiming for the super long pass

Monta : Straight ahead!
Monta : Running with full speed MAX!
Monta : Until the limit!!

Taka : But
Taka : If I stick to you until you change your course
Taka : This time I’ll catch it for sure.

Page 17

Monta : Taka!
Monta : Will you be able to resist
Monta : to turn around first...

Taka : Raimon
Taka : Will you be able to resist
Taka : to change your course first...

Ikkyuu : If Monta changes his course first
Ikkyuu : He definitely won’t be able to win.

Ikkyuu : It’s a test of endurance
Ikkyuu : Glaring at each other.

Ikkyuu : An aerial battle
Ikkyuu : Begins with a land war...!

Page 18

Announcer : The first half
Announcer : will be over soon...!!

Monta : I finally understand
Monta : Ikkyuu-senpai

Monta : Indeed
Monta : “Aerial battles are staring contests”...!

Kisaragi : It’s the limit, if he has to defend against a long pass
Kisaragi : if he doesn’t turn around now
Kisaragi : He won’t be able to chase him...!

Page 19

Ikkyuu : Alright!!
Bottom left : Monta wins the land war!!