RRR 22

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Round.22 The Lion Sleeps!
Ri... Rikitarou...?
sfx: silence...

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p1

p2
Rikitarou... What's wrong?

p3

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p1
I knew it, he's lost consciousness

p2
Eh!?

p3/4
Wh... While standing...

p4/5
Unconscious...!?

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p1
I... Is he an idiot...?

p2
For just a TV program...
Why go that far?

p3
Ooishi-san, I still don't understand...
Why did you make him fight so hard...?

p4
I don't understand at all!!

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p1
Ri... Rikitarou...

p2

p3
Rikitarouuuuu....

p4

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p1
Whoa...
Rikitarou...!

p2/3

p4
It's over, Iwamaki...
The fight is over already!

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p1
O... Over...?

p2
Riki-chaaan!

p3
You stood...
To the very end!

p4
I... I see...

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p1
So it's over...

p2

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p1
I... I did it...
This means today's work...

p2
Is completed ♥
!

p3
U... Unconscious again...!?
Rikitarou~~~~~~
H... Hurry up, first aid...

p4
Shower

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p1
nb: Tch!
Phew~~~~!

p2
pres: He got you good!
oo: O... Old man
pres: It's president!

p3
To think that a former world champion...
Would have so much trouble dealing with an amateur?

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p1
pres: So does this mean he was even better than you imagined?
//pres: Hmm?
oo: ...Did you come here just to be disagreeable?

p2
I have my own ideas...
Leave me alone!

p3
Kaka...

p4
Catch!

p5
Whoa...
pres: You need it, right? The ice pack...

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p1
For that shoulder of yours!

p2
Tch...

p3
If you were an average boxer, it would be dislocated, right? ♥

p4
That last one...
Was *that*?

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p1
I was too naive to lose focus before he collapsed completely...
But to think that he'd be able to unleash a punch from there...

p2
While being unconscious on top of that?
In the second half... His consciousness was practically gone

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p1
pres: What are you talking about?
//pres: You set it up that way
oo: Hahaha...

p2
You...
Seem to be awfully happy to have lost

p3
Hmm

p4
...Old man, you saw it, right?
Just like I calculated
//After his consciousness went flying off to somewhere, his movements because like those of a different man...

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p1
The strength of his punches too became like that of a "Japanese ranker"!

p2
Unconscious punches...
It's just instinct!

p3
So, how does it feel to have found a diamond in the rough?
You seriously want to bring him up, don't you? ♥

p4
Something like that...
Although now he's just a beginner...

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p1
His potential ability is
The real thing!

p2

p3
Mm...
Mmmm...

p4
Ow... Ouch...

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p1
Huh...
What happened... to me...?

p2
The baby-sitting bastard...!?
I see... I got knocked out when sparring too

p3
It's the first time I lost consciousness from being punched
nb: Tch...
That's the former world champion for you
So the way I am right now, I'm no match for him at all...

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p1
mori: Ah! The fact that I lost the match means...
mori: I'll have to do nothing but running tomorrow again!? (small): Shit...

p2
nb: Tch!
hijiri: You're awake!

p3
hijiri: Everyone has gone home already
mori: Wow, you're so thoughtful, Hijiri-chan~~~♥

p4
Ah, by the way... Your menu is changing starting tomorrow
Assemble here at the gym, not by the river

p5
Eh? Seriously?

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p1
Yeah! Now you're talking!
Hehe... Did he come closer to understanding my real strength when we sparred!?

p2
That's not it!
Rikitarou-san won the match!

p3
...Huh?

p4
mori: Wait... I don't really get what you're saying...
hijiri: I'm saying!
//hijiri: Rikitarou-san remained standing to the very end of the two rounds!

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p1
Wha...
Whaaat!?

p2
This dumb bastard, to the very end...?

p3
Ahhh, you mustn't... touch there....
//Ah ♥
nb: He remained standing...!?