Matsuri Special 12

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top right:STRONGER then THE ONE that I LOVE

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side text: its the day that matsuri skipped a match for the first time. her fathers conclusion of her firm decision…!?

…what?

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If you want to quit wrestling, you can

you’re free to decide

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Morning!!

woah
you’re early again today arata

damn it’s a great morning

I think boss went to go pick Matsuri up, because of what happened yesterday

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I’m sure you know

of the umbrella that was loving held over matsuri, the rain-soaked rat

so…so you went to look for them…

I couldn’t hear their voices
but it went something like this

you stupid idiot making us worry like that!!

sorry dad

I love pro-wrestling~

I want to keep trying
I wont cry anymore

who did you say loves wrestling?

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don’t believe this stupid charade
practice hard ok?

seeya then
I’m going to school now

huh!?
what about our practice morning today!!

geez!! look ok
daily training is what builds tomorrows body, no?

arata….

um

boss told us too last night

the princess has officially withdrawn from Magokoro Prowrestling

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what?

withdrawn…

well shes not gonna be in any more matches

she won’t wear the mask either

pretty much
she won’t enter the ring anymore

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I was so happy yesterday that I couldn’t sleep

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no more prowrestling….

(bubble) hrmmgh! (restraining her laughter)

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whats wrong with her
gross

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out of bubble text: I’m allowed to quit….

no...

I don’t have to do it anymore

(the next two lines go in the two bubbles)
the whole second period is Phys ed?

what a pain

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hey hanyu-san…
you’re abs are really ripped

why? are you doing sports or something?

oh
yeah you know, I’ve enlisted with the sergeant*

t/n: Japanese “Billy’s Bootcamp” fans call him “sergeant”

really~
I heard it was amazing, but I guess its really true huh
no fair~

look at me I’m like miss mushy

me too

look at these flabby arms

that mush…

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oh no
I’ve actually envied you…

but I can get a body like that too soon enough

w…woah maeno

that’s what a female wrestlers body would look like isn’t it

awesome
...right?

Mimi Maru…

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"…Mimi Maru stood in for you…."

what is it
why’d you call me back here

shhh

I cant let anyone hear us so keep it down

the thing is

I uh

quit wrestling

as of yesterday

so the reason I called you here is…

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please accept my apologies for yesterday

thank you

for taking the ring in my place

s…stop

what do you think you’re doing

someone like you whose only skill is fighting
and your face and your body are less than average

you’re not exceptionally smart, and guys won’t go for you at all

….

*clench*

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from now on

I want to be a mushy, flabby schoolgirl

what

what the hell!

are you retarded or something!?

what do you mean flabby

you little maggot

w…woah dude

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you’re

you’re really gonna quit

uhuh!

you’re quitting for sure?
you’ve already decided?

uhuh! *giggle*

ボロボロ
drip drip

hey!!

mimi maru

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hey!! why are you crying

ドキン
*thump*

aghh…..

why did I try so hard to measure up to a dumb girl like you

I feel stupid

you don’t have any sense of professionalism
or sex appeal
everything about you is iffy

yes and I don’t care ok?

well
that’s about it

thanks a lot for yesterday
I hope you and Shigematsu are happy

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shige…

uh, you know what…

never mind

I won’t tell her

sign: magokoro prowrestling

t/n: “magokoro” means wholehearted, sincere, heartfelt.

boss
got a minute?

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this isn’t something guys like us who don’t draw any customers should be saying but

with the princess gone, will we be okay as far as performances go…

theres no choice but to keep trying is there?

boss
the money collectors are at the door again

just leave it
we can’t pay what we can’t pay

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yo!
magokoro!

get out here will ya

boss…
what do we do

alright listen

don’t let matsuri see any of this

give’em a few hundred before she gets back

ok
we’re gonna train now

yes sir!!

theres nothing we can do except put on a good show and bring in the customers

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damn…shigematsu arata
hes always kinda scary

but today….whats up with him

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did something happen matsuri?
small letters: news maybe?

hm…
well
maybe I have indigestion?

that idiot
hes totally transparent….

its fine…hes got mimi maru right?

matsuri chan where you going

well I don’t want to start feeling sorry for him

k im going

we’ve still got homeroom!
matsuri!!!

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well then…what should I do now

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normally I’d go home and cook or train and stuff…

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“if you quit then you can’t anything related to wrestling anymore”

“cooking…laundry…training…you don’t have to do any of it”

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bubble: hmm…

my free time

and magokoro prowrestling have been one and the same…

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theres nothing to do at all

hey you there!!
are you interested in modeling or showbiz?

huh?

mod….
me?

yeah~ yeah~
I work at an office you see

we’ll just need to take some simple photos and ask a registration fee
but if it goes well you could get a tv drama or something

t…
tv drama!!

you can get a loan with the registration fee and stuff too!! so its fine~
so yeah c’mon the office is right over there

what?
yeah
wait a sec
um

st…a star?

ふらふら
*wobble*

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hey

are you retarded or something
those guys are called catch sellers

they charge a big registration fee and they don’t contact you

isn’t that right? bro

uh~
um well
no you see~

my apologies!!

hhey
hold on a sec!!


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you know what…
just think it over

you think you’re the kinda person who’d get scouted?

even if you did

it would probably be to some fence-jumping-acrobat gymnastics club or something

y…yes you’re right

ugh

I’m such an idiot
I can’t believe he just saw that

s…sorry

thank you

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goodbye

hey
wait

huh?

nah…

it couldn’t be…

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wh….what couldn’t?

nah its nothing

I’ve got work now, it’s that store over there

why don’t you drop by
you walking around town isn’t so safe it seems

what

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wataru
you’re late!!

sorry
I’ll get ready right away

sit over there somewhere

o…
ok

oh my god

what an amazing atmosphere

this place is classy…you’re working here?

well this is rare
wataru’s brought a girl

theres alotta chicks who come to see wataru
but you’re the first girl to come in with him

the first girl…

*shaking*

shes a funny one isn’t she

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hey Tencho
you don’t need to say anything
we’re just classmates

is there any tissue around
nosebleed

It doesn’t look like that over here

hmph

girl: oh my god hes too cute

are you another wataru fan?

tencho: store manager
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hes pretty hard on women isn’t he?

y…yeah

although he wasn’t like that before

before
what was morokado like before!?

I have to know

the first time he came to this store he brought a girl too
he was in middle school at the time I think

she was a cute girl, but it was kind of twisted you see…

twisted?

well pretty much, wataru got dumped, and it was pretty bad and...

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tencho

if you say another word I’m seriously gonna get pissed

and you shouldn’t listen to this kind of crap

his face…

this close…

o…

ok…

uh
um

I heard you were looking for some girl morokado

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you know about it!?
“Rescue Kamen”

n…
no!!

that…that’s a late night anime isn’t it
you met her?

not yet

although I met a female wrestler who said something…

wh…why

do you want to meet her…

its got nothing to do with you does it?

whenever you see a little opening you just charge right in with your dirty shoes

t/n “kamen” means mask

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whoa whoa wataru
sorry matsuri, hes…

no no
well I’ll be going now

geez…hes the one who invited you
come again ok

its no use
I just cant tell him…

yeah

…that that night I was the rescue kamen

but im glad

about today

he was harsh as usual

but he helped me…

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oh

shigematsu…

are you really gonna quit
hanyu

uhuh

…..

I see

trying to talk you out of it is a waste of time right?

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um

can I ask you something

can I wrestle you for a bit?

huh?

my body…

…is starting to ache and…

a

che?

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urgh

uragh

I…Im the one whos

aching!!!!

あいてててて
ooowwwww

don’t say a word to my old man

you…

are the real deal
im telling you, you’re a wrestler from the core

face it!!

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its not true!!
I’ve been doing it 365 days a year so its like a habit!!

OUCH!!

mother

the road towards becoming a mushy, flabby school girl is a very long one

even the all-powerful matsuri cannot overcome her habit of many years…!?