Sket Dance 29

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Sket Dance
Chapter 29: Fist and Sword
[insert text: The Sket-dan and the Student Council in an all-out battle!! Each with their pride on the line!!]
[Top-left: Burning climax!! The battle against the Student Council is well under way!! With colour pages!!]

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Announcer: In a single instant!! // A lightning strike turns the entire fight around!!
[insert text: Shinzou without his Frisk... just a pathetic samurai imitator?!]
Bossun: Shinzou!!
Announcer: Having forced Takemitsu to the limit of his stamina, Tsubaki chooses his moment and takes three points in a single combination strike!!
Bossun: Get yourself together, Shinzou!!

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Switch: He was just waiting for the Frisk to run out... // ...That man... // ...is certainly very well-informed.
Bossun/Himeko: The hell?! // THAT'S what you're mad about?!
Himeko: Ahhh, this is no good! He's lost it completely!!
Bossun: Switch! Get out your own Frisk! We'll shoot it into his mouth like last time!!
Switch: Unfortunately, I do not have any Frisk on me today. Recently, I have taken to eating these "Gumin-Gummi" sweets instead.
[TN: "Gumin" means something like "ignorant commoners", for the record ~_~]
Switch: They're tasty!!
Himeko: The hell is that?!! / Don't give us that shit!
Bossun: Why're you so useless when we really need you?!!
Switch: He will simply have to do what he can by himself...
Bossun: Ugh... // He's strong, really... // Shinzou's so strong, really, but...!!

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Tsubaki: A true powerful samurai... // ...should be ready to take up the fight at a moment's notice, at any time. // Relying on these strange suggestions of yours makes you weak. // You fake samurai.
Shinzou: So weak... // Why... // Why am I so weak...?
Flashback!Bossun: So basically...

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Flashback!Bossun: Those Frisk of yours give you a real motivation boost, so when the effects ran out, you were always just kinda losing it.
Flashback!Shinzou: Yes, so it would appear... / Though it shames me to admit it.
Flashback!Himeko: Ya oughtta notice things like that!
Flashback!Shinzou: If possible, I would like to be able to achieve my fighting form without the use of Frisk someday... / ...But I am still inexperienced; I fear I require further training. // I must be diligent...
Flashback!Bossun: Well, you can take your time. If anything comes up, we'll be happy to help you out again, after all! / ...We have a lot of free time.
Flashback!Shinzou: I am in your debt. / I rely on you for support.
Flashback!Himeko: How about you try fightin' me without your Frisk sometime?!
Flashback!Shinzou: Ahh... / ...That... would be a little...
Flashback!Switch: Personally, I feel that his reliance upon the Frisk makes him a more interesting character.
Flashback!Shinzou: "Character"? Wh... what do you mean...?
Shinzou: (Bossun-dono... Everyone... // I wanted...)
Flashback!Father: Listen up, Shinzou...
Shinzou: (...to return the favour someday...)

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Flashback!Father: A true samurai must never forget a debt of gratitude.
Flashback!Bossun: Why the hell was that so easy?
Flashback!Himeko: Why the hell did he accept so quickly?
Flashback!Bossun: Why d'you even have something like that?!
Flashback!Switch: I made it yesterday.
Flashback!Himeko: You're freakin' incredible!! // You've gotta make it look natural, y'know? / If it looks forced or anythin', that'd be terrible...
Flashback!Shinzou: Bossun-boushi-dono!!
Flashback!Bossun: What the...?!
Flashback!Shinzou: I cannot bring myself to commit such an offense!
Flashback!Bossun: GO SHINZOOOOOOOOOUUUU!!!!
Shinzou: (Yes... this is a "shiren"... a trial...)

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Shinzou: (And one that I must overcome...! // I must win, and repay my debt...!)
Flashback!Father: What I am about to show you... is a "shiren". // This is the swiftest blade of the Takemitsu Style.
Tsubaki: This is over.
Flashback!Father: Shinzou... // Those known as samurai... // When the time comes, they must battle with everything on the line.

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Shinzou: Hah!!!
Bossun/Himeko: !!! // Whaaa?! // Shinzou?!!

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Announcer: I - Incredible!! Takemitsu has...!! // He seems to have destroyed one of his own two remaining balls of his own accord!!
RefereePerson: Y - You do understand the rules properly, don't you...?
Tsubaki: You fool... / What are you trying to pull?
Shinzou: I am... / ...a samurai. // And now, as ever, I have but one life to stake.

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Announcer: It... It seems that Takemitsu is taking something of a last stand!! // Choosing to leave only one of his own balls remaining, he is showing his full resolve!!
Bossun: Shinzou! You...
Shinzou: As a result... // My eyes have been truly opened.
Himeko: That guy...
Bossun: ...Yeah. // He managed to do it... all by himself.

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Announcer: Now, how will this match finish?! // Tsubaki has a clear lead at four points to one!!
Tsubaki: ...Though you are my enemy, I must praise you. // I withdraw my previous comments. // Let us fight. // Samurai.
Shinzou: Indeed!!

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Shinzou: Takemitsu Style: Iai Kenpou...
Bossun/Himeko: GO SHINZOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUU!!

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Shinzou: Shiren.
[TN: It's a pun on the earlier "shiren", which means "trial". This one uses different kanji, such that it means "quadruple strike".]
Announcer: It's...

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Announcer: It's over!! // This must be what is meant by a technique too fast for the eye to see!! In that single instant as they clashed, Takemitsu's sword sliced all four of his opponent's balls clean in two...!!
Bossun: Shinzoooooou~~~~~~~~~~~~!! // You really are strong...!!!

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Announcer: The second battle, Spirit Fighter... / Winner: Takemitsu Shinzou, for the Sket-dan team!!
Bossun: Man, Shinzou, good going out there!
Himeko: What the hell!! / You've totally gotta fight me sometime!
Switch: Congratulations on your Frisk revival.
Shinzou: Ah, nay... it was thanks to all of you...
Himeko: Ah, crap... // We hit him too much!
Shinzou: My ability to revive my spirit without outside aid... / ...was thanks to my determination to lend my aid to the Sket-dan. // I was truly able to see my own weakness in a new light today. / That fight was a true turning point for me.
Bossun: I guess you don't really need your Frisk any more!

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Bossun: ......... // Shinzou...? // Huh?! // He... He's passed out on his feet!!! / He's not twitching a muscle!! / Who d'you think you are, Warsman or something?!!!
Switch: He must have used up a lot more stamina than usual.
Himeko: The hell's that supposed to mean?!!! / What's with him?!!
Tsubaki: I was defeated. // My sincerest apologies.
Soujirou: O - / Okay...

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Soujirou: Well, don't worry yourself about it too much. // ...Well, I guess there's not much point saying that to you, mind.
Tsubaki: There were no flaws in my strategy... And I did not underestimate Takemitsu's skill... // Yet, I lost.
Soujirou: I don't think there's anything wrong with your methods, researching the enemy's weak points and using them to your advantage. // It's just that... he's a man of a different era, able to surpass such plans, fighting out of pure belief in his own spirit and training. // Rather than truly fighting with you... // ...he seemed to be fighting with himself. // Hahahah... / Well, we've got one win, one loss. // Just leave the rest to us.

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Soujirou: ...All right? / Daisy.
Daisy: Leave it to me.
Announcer: The next match will be a shoot-'em-up! / It's "Shooting Gangster"! // If both contestants could please make their way to the arena!
Shinzou: ...The next match is a shooting contest, is it not...
Bossun: Ah! You're back with us, Shinzou?
Shinzou: A shooting contest... Certainly, this would ordinarily be Bossun's specialty. // However, I feel that there is nothing that Switch-dono cannot handle. I wish you luck!
Switch: Leave it to me!
Shinzou: Ah, that's the spirit!!
Himeko: Hey, Bossun...
Bossun: ...Yeah...

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Himeko: ...Back when we all played catchball in the school grounds, he threw the balls all over the place, didn't he...
Bossun: Yeah...
Himeko: And back when we did Genesis, too, he was just ridiculous on the attack...
Bossun: Yeah...
Himeko: Hey, Switch... y'know...
Bossun: Hey... // Oi, Switch...
Switch: I have no intention of casting shame upon our leader's chosen order of participation. // This could be crazy, but... leave it to me.
[insert text: ...A terrible weakness comes to light?! This could be bad...!!]
Everyone: Swi~~~~~tch!!!