Sket Dance 4

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[insert text: Club hours have come around once again...]
Himeko: Anyway, why don't you freakin' apologise!! / Why the hell're you usin' people's lipstick as a magic marker?!! / How old are you?!! // APOLOGISE!!
Bossun: Don't... Don't wanna...
Himeko: I'll start hitting you...
Bossun: SORRY!!!
Himeko: Gawd, that's noisy!! Who is it?!! // I'm busy right now!!! // Huh? / Nobody's here...
Shinzou: DOWAAAI!!!!
[TN: YAY FOR CRAZY SAMURAI NOISES!!!]

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Sket Dance
Chapter 4: Peppermint Samurai
Shinzou: I beg your pardon.
[insert text: I am a samurai. Though this is the 21st century.]
Himeko: Who the...?!
Shinzou: My humble personage // may be referred to by the name Takemitsu Shinzou. // This day, I have come to present myself to the Sket-dan, for there is a request that I desire to be fulfilled.
Bossun: ...............
Shinzou: Although it seems that in my haste, I may have made an unwelcome intrusion.

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Bossun: Ohhh... Yeah, yeah... / It's kinda like a samurai from the Sengoku Jidai has timeslipped into modern times or something...
Himeko: What's with that getup... you look like something straight out of a manga...
Switch: Class 2-A, Takemitsu Shinzou. Captain of the Kendo Club. / His unusual manner of speaking is due to the influence of his father, an actor in historical plays.
Shinzou: Hm?! // Why, you... / From where did you acquire such intelligence... / May you be, perchance... an enemy spy?!!
Bossun: WAIT, WAIT, WAIT!! // Don't slice Switch up, he's one of us!! / Anyway, what're you doing walking around with a sword?!! You'll get arrested for breach of the Swords and Firearms Control Law!!
Shinzou: I ask you to put your worries to rest. This is a mere replica.
Himeko: Who freakin' cares?!! / Who the hell are these "enemies" of yours?!! Who the hell are you going to battle in modern society?!!
Shinzou: I apologise for my dire transgression. // If I may say so, to become a true samurai is my dream. / But my strange behaviour only brings trouble to the citizens whom I wish to serve... // I must put an end to this -
Bossun: WAIT, WAIT, WAIT!!

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Bossun: Don't come striding into other people's clubrooms and committing seppuku!!!
Himeko: Yeah! What, you wanna cover us all in blood?!! / Who d'you think's going to clear up your intestines?!!
Bossun: YOUR PRIORITIES ARE SCREWED UP TOO!!
Shinzou: Ahahah. / Put your worries to rest. // This, too, is a mere replica.
Bossun: Just hurry up and tell us what you want!!
Shinzou: As there are no third-years in the Kendo club, I have consented to serve as the club captain. // But in truth, I fear that I am only holding others back in the matches. // Though I do not desire to extol my own praises, there was a full year in which I fought in many matches, and retained an undefeated record. // However, / since I have been given the honour of running the club myself, I know not whether it be the pressure of my position or otherwise, but I have become unable to win a single match. // I have attempted seppuku more than just once or twice...
Himeko: ...............
Switch: It certainly would seem that his record since he became the captain has been poor. // The difference from his performance last year is staggering.

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Shinzou: I have been performing enough training for two men. / Though I take no pride in this fact. // But when it comes time to to battle, I always fail to achieve results. // It will soon be time for the inter-school matches to begin... / But when I can neither fathom the reason for my fall, nor construct a strategy to overcome it... // I have thought of throwing myself into a river more than just once or twice...
Bossun: Yeah... you should really value your own life a little more.
Himeko: Ya can't just go around getting all depressed.
Bossun: So anyway, basically you want us to help you to be able to show your previous ability when the matches come around, yeah?
Shinzou: If you would be so kind.
Bossun: Sounds fine to me. We accept. / We'll do everything we can to help you get that fighting spirit back!
Shinzou: Ahh! Do you mean that truly?!! // Many thanks!! // Ah... / Then, I am sorry to trouble you, but if we could perhaps exchange contact details...
Bossun: Hey, I hope you're not going to pull out a brush and inkstone or anything...
Himeko: Well, he is a samurai, I wouldn't put it past him...
Shinzou: Well, then, I'll transfer the data via infra-red, if you would wait for a moment...
Bossun: What's with him, acting all modern?! *sweatdrop*
Himeko: That's not samurai-ish at all!!


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Bossun: Well, then, first of all, so that we can get to the source of the problem, could we see some of your training? // Ahhh... there aren't many members, but they seem really enthusiastic... // Right, then, if we could see you in a match... / Try and make it as if it were a real competition.
Shinzou: As you wish. // First of all, I must focus my mind.
Himeko: Ohh... / He looks pretty cool.
Shinzou: I attach my towel...
Bossun: He's very brisk about all this.
Shinzou: Then my protectors...
Himeko: Just like a real samurai!

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Shinzou: Then I pop a Frisk mint...
Bossun: WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT!! // Huh?! Why were you just going to eat that?! That Frisk...
Shinzou: No... eating one after I have attached my protectors is part of my routine.
Bossun: That's not like you at all!! What kind of samurai does that?!! //
Himeko: Kinda weird... occasionally he acts completely modern...
Bossun: It screws everything up, that Frisk... / He really ought to act more like a samurai, dont'cha think?
Shinzou: What are you discussing?!! // My father taught me that Frisk increases the will to battle, refreshes and improves concentration!! / It is an indispensable tool for one who aspires to the sword!!
Bossun: I've never heard anything like that...
Himeko: Are you sure he wasn't having you on...?
Shinzou: Why, even the legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi made sure to have one before every duel...
Bossun: THEY DIDN'T HAVE Frisk BACK THEN!! // Oh, whatever, all right!! Just get on with the match!!
Shinzou: But of course.

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Shinzou: UOOOOOOSHA!! COME AT ME!!!!
Bossun: It's actually true...? // Ah... // But... // This is...
Referee: Game!!
Bossun: He's strong...

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Bossun: Okay, we get that you're good during practices... / The issue is why you can't use that skill in a real match.
Himeko: It's gotta be a psychological thing. / It's just the pressure of his captain's position. // All he's gotta do is work up some guts and overcome the pressure. // And when it comes to guts, you can leave it to me!

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Himeko: The best form of spiritual training is striking the waterfall!
[insert text: Day of the match...]
Referee: Game!!
Himeko: Okay, so maybe I was wrong.
Bossun: You've just given him a cold!!!
Switch: Something like that will never work. // Strong willpower depends upon a strong body.

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Shinzou: *pant* // Ungh... // Ungh...
Switch: The unparalleled Gibbs training form... "Bakaband".
[TN: I daresay there's a pun I'm missing here.]
Referee: That's it!!
Switch: Hmmm... I had failed to account for the muscle strain.
Bossun: HE DIDN'T EVEN MOVE A MUSCLE!! // Ah, well... You guys are just useless. // When it comes to concentration power, you can leave that to me.
Referee: Eliminated!!
Himeko: You're the only one who gets concentration power from that stupid thing!!
Bossun: No... I mean... He... he's supposed to pull it down, like...!!

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Himeko: IT'S USELESS HOWEVER YOU WEAR IT!! / WHAT WERE YOU EXPECTING?!!
Bossun: It's you guys' fault!! / You gave him a cold, screwed up his body, you've worn him down!!
Switch: There is still one match remaining; it is time for "Operation: Two-Night-Three-Day-Mountain-Retreat"!
Himeko: YOU'RE JUST MESSING AROUND!!
Shinzou: No... / You have done more than enough. // I should never have turned to others in attempting to defeat my own weakness. // I am very thankful to you all. // The next match will be the last. / I would appreciate it if you would all come and watch.

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Shinzou: All right!! // I will be sure to prevail in today's battle! / Everybody watch a master at work!! // Hm!! // WE WILL PREVAIL!!!!
Bossun: Isn't he just trying to convince himself...?
Referee: Strike! // Game!!

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Switch: The score is currently 1-2. // Since there's no way our vice-captain will lose...
Bossun: It's all resting on Shinzou's match against the other captain, huh? // Since we never found out why he can't win... / I guess this means it's all over...
Himeko: It'll be fine! He'll definitely pull through!! // Check it out!! His eyes are full of fighting spirit!!!
Bossun: Ohhhh... / I guess that must be the Frisk influence... // ......... // Hm? // Huh? // ......... // Looks like... // His face has gone really weird!!!
Himeko: Huh?! What?! // You're right!!! / He looks like a complete idiot!! // What's with him?!!!

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Switch: The captains' match is the last one, so maybe the waiting is just getting to him?
Himeko: What kind of attention span do you think he has?!! / He's not a kid!!
Bossun: ......... // Wait a minute... // (He gets pumped up whenever he eats a Frisk... // Back when he was a regular member, he was undefeated, but he hasn't been winning since he became captain...) // So that's it... // I get it. // The waiting IS what's getting to him!!
Himeko: Huh?! What are you talking about?
Bossun: He wasn't just trying to convince himself!! The Frisk was really working!!! // At that point, his concentration was boosted!! // The idiot just didn't notice that the effects don't last until the captains' match!!
Himeko: What the hell?!! / What's with that?!!!

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Switch: I've got some Frisk on me, if you want some.
Bossun: Right! I'll get Shinzou to eat one right now!!
Himeko: Huh? Seriously?! / You're serious with this Frisk-theory?!
Referee: Begin!!
Bossun: Ahhh... it's no use!! / The match has already started!!
Himeko: He's shaking at the knees!!
Bossun: Switch, give me a Frisk right now!!
Himeko: What the...?! What're you doing?!!
Bossun: I'm going to get it into his mouth from over here.
Himeko: Ahh!! // A slingshot!! / You're going to shoot it into his mouth from over here?!!
[TN: USOPP FTW]
[box: The mighty Pachinko Slingshot. // With his goggles on, Bossun can focus every fibre of his concentration on aiming. // Sharpshooting is Bossun's specialty! \(^o^)/]
Himeko: YOU WERE THE ONE TALKING?!!

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Bossun: (Just a little further... // Just face this way a little more... // Yeah... that's right... // NOW!!!)

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Shinzou: UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH!!!
Bossun: Did I get him?!! // GO SHINZOOOOOOOOOUUUU!!!!

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Referee: That's a strike!! // And... game!!
Shinzou: I won...!!
Bossun+others: YEEEEEEAHHHH!!!
Club members: Captain! // Captain!
Switch: By the way, that Frisk I gave you was "Super Hard Mint" flavour.
Himeko: What have you done to him?!! // Has the hard stimulus made him go down hard as well?!!
Bossun: By the way, does this count as doping?
[insert text: The Doping Samurai goes down?!]
[TN: Not sure on the insert text translation... can't figure out the word 剣参.]