Ring 7

Ok, just one more to finally finish volume 1... I think V2 and 3 are less wordy. I definitely remember them going by faster when I read them in like 2012 anyhow.

[Ring 7 Translation by Kewl0210]
Page 159:
Narration: Yamagawa Academy (Gakuen) High School-----
Guys: Yamagaku~~~~ fight!
Ay!
Fight!
Ay!
Behind, behind!
Opposite side!
Narration: A school where sports are traditionally popular that is known as a big-time sports school for having many teams that have distinguished themselves on the national level.
Title: Ring7: The Ring Team Underway!
Narration: No one can argue that most of the sports teams are regulars at national tournaments, but among them, the baseball team and the soccer team
have achieved national conquest many times in the past.
But within that prestigious sports school, there was one team that had not produced a single major achievement......

Page 160-161:
Ootake: Yamagakuuuuu!
Fight!
Guys: Ay!
Fight!
Ay!
Fight!
Ay!
Ootake: Heeeey! Let's hear those voiceeees!
First years!!
Title: Ring7: The Ring Team Underway!
SFX: ZAH ZAH ZAH ZAH ZAH ZAH ZAH ZAH
Guys: Ou!!
Fight!
Ay!!
Sum: UoRUaaaah!!
Our "Ring Team"-----

Page 162:
Asuka: Last lap!
Keep it up!
Sum: HAH!
Ashuka-senpai! [Heart]
Ootake: Okay, time for
the final sprint!!
SFX: PAN
Guys: Okay!
SFX: DAH
Sum: Mu
ALL RIIIIGHT!
SFX: DAH!!

Page 163:
Sum: Please watch me, Ashuka-senpai! [Heart]
Watch my dandy running!!
Ootake: Uoh!
Handwritten: Who's that?!
Ootake: What a dandy!
SFX: ZUKYAN
Nobumi: What... you're kidding me, right?
Guys: !
Ah, Nobumi!
Nobumi: It... It can't be...
Why are all those 1st years on the Ring Team...?
I... I thought you only had 6 people...
This can't be right!
Asuka: Well, we did.

Page 164:
Asuka: One've our 1st years, Hanagata-kun, brought 'em.
I think they're his friends 'er something......
Nobumi: Oh~~~~? Hanagata, you say? That shitty little brat...
That clumsy, cheeky one...
Hmph!
I'll bet he just bribed them or something. (Like with porno mags or something) [Parenthetical in thin font]
Handwritten: Fuhahaha
Nobumi: Nobody like that's gonna last. I guarantee they'll quit before long.
And then you quit, too, Asuka.
Asuka: How rude!
Everybody's out there givin' it their all!
And why do I have ta quit, too?
Someone: ......
Girl: Asuka...... Does Nobumi have some grudge against you or anything?
Asuka: Hm~~ Maybe...
She flicks boogers at me from behind during class 'n stuff, too, that Nobumi...
Does she really have somethin' against me...?
Handwritten: No way...
Sum: GGO~~~~AL!
I'm fi~~~~~~rst!!

Page 165:
Sum: Aw ma~~~~n.
Didja see, Ashuka-senpai?
Li'l ol' me ran like the wind in that last spurt! [Heart]
Handwritten: And as a dandy!
Asuka: I can't think 'a anything she'd be mad at me about, though~~
Girl: But the way she's lashing out at you is weird.
Handwritten: Seriously...
That booger thing...
Sum: She wasn't watching at all!!
Ootake: KEIH!
We saw.
But.... Man.
What speed that guy's got...
Okay, everybody together!
Guys: Okay!
Ootake: Saori!
You: Yes?
Ootake: Go get the rings from the room... 2 dozen!
And the *bibs!
Asterisk: *Bibs... Normally this word means something worn on the front to protect one's chest from drool. But in soccer and such sports, it's used to determine which players are on one's own team.
You: Ah... Okay.
Yes, sir!

Page 166:
You: ......
Misugi: The senpai already know his name, huh...?
That Saori sure is something...
Narration: At this time of year, April, there aren't many 1st years that the upperclassmen will remember the names of.
But when they do, that's a sign that they anticipate they'll soon be an asset.
To the other 1st years, they have a type of respect as well as a bit of jealousy.
Sum: Nuu... That Saori bastard...
Earning points, is he...?
Okay!
I'm 'Yes-sir-ing', too, Senpai!!
Ootake: Oh, what, Summer?
Sum: I'll go get some rings, too!!
Ootake: Hm? Uh, ya don't need to. He can do it alone.
Sum: No, I'll go, too.
Ootake: Seriously, it's fine.
Sum: No, I'm going!!
Handwritten: I'll get them way better than he'd get them!
Toki: Yep, that Summer really hates to lose...
He'll compete at anything...
Narration: The upperclassmen had learned Summer's name
for an entirely different reason.

Page 167:
Narration: First it was that Ring match with Saori
that had gotten the entire student body excited.
And the next day----
Sum: That Misugi guy said, right?
Most newbies to the sports team quit without even makin' it a month......
Cause of how hard the practice is.....
Soooo that means
there's gotta be a lot of 1st years already thinkin' about quitting 2-3 days in.
Toki: U... Uhuh...
Ssso?
Sum: I rounded them up!
Narration: Summer had directly lured out the 1st years from other teams that looked like they would be quitting soon.

Page 168:
Narration: In the process of that, Summer picked a fight with the judo club captain (A judo 2-dan)
and somehow actually won......
Summer: HAA
HAA
SFX: OOOOO
Narration: And when the Ring Team captain, Ootake Ken, went to apologize, they told him this.
Guy: Hey, Ken, it's okay, you don't need to give back our 1st years! Please, just give us Summer!
Handwritten: It'll be a trade!!
That guy's gonna be big!
Narration: And so...
Summer's name became even more well known...
Sum: Chie~~~~h...
Shit.
That Saori, always trying ta look cool.
Guy: U-Um~~~, Hanagata-kun...
Sum: Oh.
You're that guy that used to be on the Baseball Team, right......? ["used to" in italics.]
Toba: It's Toba. And uh, used to...? ["used to" in italics.]
A... After today, it'll have been a full week, so......
So the provisional enrolment period is over, right...? So now....... Ya know.........

Page 169:
Toba: I think it' about time I head back to the baseball....
Sum: AAAAAAH?
Huh, what? I didn't catch a word 'a that!!
Oh, Toba-kun, seeing you up close like this...
you've got a lot of moles on your face... haven't you?
Toba: Uh...... Well, sure, but......
Sum: A certain foreigner once told me...
People with lots of moles have talent for Ring!
Toba: What the hell?! How's that make any sense?
What foreigner said that?!
Sum: Hey, Toba, try and think back... to that baseball team's practice...
You remember the pace they had you running at, right? That was crazy, right? That was like training for the ancient Spartans!
I'm sure even if he went back now, you couldn't keep up...
So how about a little more physical preparation with the Ring Team?
Just another 3 years or so.
Guy: Uh...... Is that so~~~
3 years?
Guy: U-Um~~~ Hanagata-kun... I think I kinda wanna get back to the kendo team...
Sum: Tanabe~~~, it's still way too soon for tha~~~t!
Just hang in there another 5 years.
Guy: My name's Suzuki.

Page 170:
Ootake: Ooookay! We're having a match today!
An intrasquad game!
Sum: Huh?!
Guys: !!
A match...?!
Sum: It's here!!
The moment's finally cooooome!!
SFX: HAYAAAAA
Ootake: But before that, we've got about all the 2nd and 3rd years here today,
so I want a little self-introduction from all of you. First, the 1st years.
Starting with Summer!
Sum: This is my chance! My chance to show some real fine plays to Ashuka-senpai! It's my chance! [First and last sentence bold.]
Ootake: Starting with SUmmer!
Sum: Ashuka-senpai...
Please, gaze upon me with those beautiful eyes......
Ootake: Starting with Summer!!

Page 171:
Sum: Heh?
What?
Ootake: Self-introduction.
In Bubble: Hurry it up.
Sum: Ah... Okay!
Here goes, my self-introduction!
I'm 1st year, class 3, number 18, Hanagata Natsu! Uhhhhh, I'm 88 centimeters tall!!
Guy: We don't care about your height.
Sum: My favorite idol is in year 2, class 3...
Guys: We don't care about that, either. Okay, next! [2nd sentence big.]
Sum: No waaay! Did you need to be so brutal about it?
Handwritten: I have so much more to tell.
We said that's enough.
Toki: I'm in the same class, 1st year class 3.
My name's Tokida Kyoshirou....... My height is
Guys: I said forget your heights!
Ootake: Hm... Okay, Tokida,
do you have any Ring experience?
Toki: Ah, no.
I played basketball in middle school.
Ootake: I see... We don't have that many players so even if you're a beginner, if you work hard you've got a chance at becoming a regular.
So work hard.
Toki: Yes, sir!
Ootake: Okay, next!

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Misugi: I'm year 1 class 3, Misugi Rei.
I was on my middle school's Ring Team.
My position was Forward.
Ootake: Oh... So you have experience? Sounds good.
Uh... What's that thing wrapped around your waste...? A wig?
Misugi: Ah...
Sorry, this is my hair...
Ootake: No way!
It's so long!!!!
Guys: Huh? That's seriously your real hair?
Yer kiddin'!
Could you unravel it a bit?
How many meters long is it?!
Say, how many years has it been since you cut that?!
Mi: Uh..... I've actually never once had it cut.....
It's kinda... the religion in my house......
Guys: Could we move on?
Guys: No waaaay! You've never once had it cut?! ["No waaay" bold]
What sorta religion is that?!
Is everybody's hair long in your family?
Man, you guys must spend a fortune on shampoo!!
Misugi: Ah... Yeah... Uh, could we go to the next guy now...?
This is kinda...
Sum: Do you run out of shampoo and conditioner at different rates?
Handwritten: Hey, hey!
Sum: I'll bet you use way more conditioner with that!
Huh?!
Misugi: .......
Seriously...

Page 173:
Misugi: Enough about my hair alreadyyyy!!
Everybody's got their reasons for what they do, okay~~~~!
Geez!!
SFX: WUAAAH
Misugi: I guess it's about 2 meters long?
In Bubble: I don't even know.
Misugi: I water down shampoo to save money!!
That explain everything?
Guys: ........
Narration: Misugi Rei---- He got asked about his hair so much, he snapped......
Taba: I... I'm 1st Year Class 7 Taba Jyunichi...
I... I'm a rental from the baseball team... right now...
Guy: I'm Suzuki Daigo.
I'm a... rental from the kendo team.
Guy: Nishida Shinobu...
I'm from the judo club...
Ootake: Okay!
With Saori, that's all the 1st years...
So after the provisional enrolment period, we've got 15 guys, huh......? That's a pretty respectable number...!
Make sure you give it your all, guys!

Page 174:
Ootake: I'm the captain, Ootake Ken.
In Bubble: I said that, right?
Guys: 'Sup.
We have 6 3rd years in total.
As for 2nd year, there's one guy who's at a youth training camp so he's not here,
but in total there are 4!
Toki: Junior Youth!!
Woah.
Misugi: There's an all-Japan level athlete here?
Sum: What's that? Is that a big deal?
Ootake: Next is the managers!

Page 175:
Sum: HA!
Asuka: Uh, yes! I'm the manager, Saori Asuka.
I'm actually Yousuke's older sister, so hey there, to little brother and all of you...
Girls: I'm Nagai! [Heart]
I'm Kawaguchi.
Asuka: And that's it. We've got a total of 3 managers, all in 2nd year.
Guys: S-So cu~~te...
To be honest with you, there's one perk here the judo club doesn't have.
In Bubble: Aw man...
Narration: A senpai be a manager for some reason has a lot of charm...
Sum: Nu?!
SFX: DOKI DOKI DOKI DOKI DOKI SAWA SAWA
Sum: Don't stare too much, moron!
Idiot!!
'Re you an idiot?!!
Guy: GYA
SFX: BISHI BISHI
Narration: By the way, they look normal to people in the same year.
Yumiba: Are they really that cute?
Guy: Nope.
They're just normal.

Page 176:
Ootake: Okay, so as for the 1st years' jobs, after practice you have to put away the ground's marking tools, wipe the rings, and clean up the poll.
There's some other stuff, but the managers will give you all the details.
Also, don't carry off any of the team's stuff.
There were approximately 2 people that used out rings without asking the other day...
In Bubble: Also it was during class.
Sum: Who was it, dammit?!
Handwritten: Was it you?!
Sum: Obey the rules, man!
Misugi: It was you.
Ootake: So please don't do that again.
Also, this varies from club to club,
but the Ring Team has a specific greeting we give each other.
"Iissu"!
Try saying it.
Guys: Iisu.
Iisu.
Sum: Iyaassu!!
Ootake: This means "good", so the goal is for you to always be saying "Let's do well today, too", and "I'm in a good mood" that sorta positive thing.
For the 1st years, it also has the meaning of 'It's okay to say anything to my senpais'.
Get it?
Guys: ISSU!

Page 177:
Ootake: All right! And lastly, I'm going to state this year's goals!
I'll be blunt, we have the high goal of conquering nationals!! So let's get fired up and do this!! ["I'll be blunt" and "conquering nationals!!" bold/big]
Guys: IIISSU!!
Ootake: I'll lead the way!!
Handwritten: Summer
SFX: OOH
You: Uh...
He said 2 dozen was good, right.......?
And the bibs...
Guy: Hey, Saori!
You joined, huh?
You: !
Ah......
Issu!
Thanks for the help!

Page 178:
Oo: Hm?
Iiiissu!
Izumi-san!
Izumi: I~~~~ssu!
GUys: Issu!
Iiissu!
Oo: That's our coach, Izumi-san. Give him a greeting!
Misugi: I...... Iissu!
Guys: Scary.
UWA~~~~
Sum: A ransom!! Somebody's come to collect a ransom!! [First sentence big/bold]
That's the sorta guy who'd hit a car on his own and say 'Dang, my neck hu~~rts'!! [quote bold]

Page 179:
Ootake: He's actually an alumnus of our Ring Team.
And despite how he looks, he's actually really nice, so relax.
Izumi: What about how I look, dangit?
Sum: It can't be! He's definitely gonna make everybody do security detail or something!!
Izumi: Hoh... We've got quite a few 1st years.
How many experienced people do we have?
Guy: Hmmm... Well, Saori is first on the list.
I guess about 5.
Sum: Mu.
Izumi: Then let's make it 1st year and 2nd year against the 3rd year in the scrimmage.
And I'll join the 3rd year team...
Handwritten: Make Seki do the refereeing!
Yumi, you get 7 people together between 1st and 2nd year.
Izumi: Issu!
SFX: JIIII
Sum: Hey, hold on a second, Yassan!
Izumi: Hm?

Page 180:
Sum: Did you forget somebody here?
The super rookie, Hanagata Natsu!
Izumi: !
Hahaaan... I see...... So you're Summer, huh?
Sum: Nu...
Izumi: Huhuh... I heard the rumors about you.
Looks like we've got somebody we can expect some fun things from... Huhu.
But for today, just observe.
Handwritten: Since you're a beginner
Izumi: Watch your senpai closely from the sidelines.
Sum: Heh?

Page 181:
Izumi: Now then, we will now begin
a match between 3rd year and 1st and 2nd year!!
SFX: PIIIH
Narration: 1st years Observation Group (Beginners)
Sum: Uh...
SFX: SHIIIIIN...
Sum: No waaaays!! What a humiliation!!
I'm like a girl sitting out of phys-ed because of certain circumstances!!
Toki: We kinda need to...
learn the rules, Summer.
Sum: And why the hell does Saori get to play...?
I beat him! So why am I not in the game?!!
Handwritten: That pisses me off!
SFX: NUUUUU
Sum: Shi~~~~t! This looks so bad!!
Asuka: Fiiiight!
Sum: Ashuka-senpai was just shown a really weird play!!

Page 182-183:
Somebody: We'll be doing 15-minute halves!
We'll start with the white ring!
SFX: DOKI DOKI DOKI DOKI DOKI DOKI (Heartbeat)

Page 184:
Shimabukuro: This "RING" manga I'm drawing means a lot to me. I'm okay if it doesn't sell that much, but I hope at least one copy goes on sale, even if it's in heaven.
'04.8.9. Shimabukuro.