Ring 23

Ooookay! I managed to get all but the last chapter done before Jump started up again. And the last chapter has 7 page of "Until I Made Ring" so I'm not gonna try to stay up to get it done. I'll get that last chapter done sometime this week, and then this series will be done and that'll be awesome.

[Ring 23 Translation by Kewl0210]
Page 157:
Somebody: Without further ado,
the Yamakawa Academy-Anri High School
B Team match will begin!!
Yamagaku: UoRAAAA! Let's goooo!!!
OSSHAaA!!!
Let's crush 'em!!!
Title: Ring23: Summer Enters!

Page 158-159:
Narration: Yamakawa Academy B Team Starting 7
Commander Aka Taichirou (2nd Year) 170cm 68kg
Defender Shimizu Kiyotake (2nd Year) 190cm 79kg
Forward Misugi Rei (1st Year) 178cm 65kg
Forward Yumiba Takayuki (2nd Year) 177cm 64kg
Wing Tokita Kiyoshirou (1st Year) 174cm 62kg
Defender Seki Ryouta (2nd Year) 167cm 60kg
Commander Saori Yousuke (1st Year) 172cm 63kg
Anri B Team Starting 7
Forward Date Kaoru (2nd Year) 185cm 78kg
Forward Uematsu Tomo (2nd Year) 188cm 85kg
Commander Suehiro Tatsuhiko (2nd Year) 174cm 68kg
Commander Noda Chigusa (2nd Year) 181cm 75kg
Forward Miura Hiroki (2nd Year) 190cm 82kg
Defender Ishida Naotarou (1st Year) 193cm 80kg
Forward Imakawa Ikki (1st Year) 172cm 60kg

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Yamagawa Academy Reserve-----
Hanagata Natsu (1st Year) 173cm 65kg
SFX: DON
Sum: Huh? Wha-HOLD IIIIT!! ["HOLD IT" big/bold]
What the hell do ya mean reserve, goddammiiiiit!! ["Goddammit" big/bold]
Just what's goin' on here?!!
SFX: BISHIH
Ikki: .........
Dude... So even when acting like such a big-shot you're not even a starting player...?
Sum: GODDAMMI~~T!
Why do I gotta start on the be~~~nch?! I'm gonna go off the rails here!!
Fuji: Well you, see, Hanagata-kun,
Ring is a sport where players can be substituted many times.
So depending on the situation, there might be some very intense switching of players...
Those on the bench may be even more vital than the starting players...
Times for you to shine will come frequently, Hanagata-kun.
So make sure you work yourself up a sweat so you're ready to go any time.

Page 161:
Sum: Oooookay! Sweat, check!
Swap with me, Saori!!
Toba: The match hasn't even started yet, Hanagata-kun!!
Uh, aren't you sorta sweating way too much?!!
SFX: BOTA BOTA
Aka: Hey, Date,
why're you playing again when you were already on the A Team?
Date: Shut uuup! You were in the last game, too, weren't you?
Now we're even.
Aka: Hahah. Desperate, aren't you?
So Anri can't afford to lose this match either, huh?
Date: Don't get conceited, moron!
I just wanna beat the guy that insulted Higemi-san to a pulp myself...!
Aka: Just try, uggo-fetish.
Date: Sure. I'll get you kicked out of the game again.
Handwritten: Ah?
Oh?
Also I don't have an uggo-fetish.
Noda: Anyhow, does the team that loses really have to get buzz-cuts?
I'd seriously prefer we didn't have that part...
In Bubble: Well, not that I'm gonna lose.
Misugi: I think with long hair of that length it won't be that serious.
Noda: Hm?

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Noda: LOOOOOONG!!!
Misugi: For religious reasons
I don't cut my hair, so I'm pretty uneasy...
Noguchi: What is that?! Is that your real hair?
Gross!
Misuigi: I might get driven out of my household if we lose...
Toki: The people that don't want their hair cut will be pretty do-or-die in this match...
And I'm definitely one of 'em!
You: Are you okay, Tokita?
Ref: That'll get in the way, so please fasten it during the game.
Misugi: Ah, okay.
Handwritten: Referee
Ref: The game now begins!
It's Anri's ring!!

Page 163:
Ref: Throw-off!!!
Date: Ooooh, it's starting!!
Okay, get psyched, everybodyyy!!
Let's get our voices going!!
Aka: Don't look down on us, you guys!!
Though I really don't want a buzz cut!!!
Let's get fired up and crush these guys!!
Yeaaaah!!!
SFX: PIIIIII BIH
Guys: GO! GO! Let's go! Let's go Anri!!
Move, move, Anri!! Push, push, Anri!!!
SFX: UOH
Izumi: Akaa, if you guys lose getting a buzz cut's not gonna be your only punishment!!
Ken: Win now matter what you have to do, dammit!!
Sum: .........
SFX: OOH
Sum: But both of you already have buzz cuts, too, so why does it matter to you?
Ken: That's not the issue here!
Right, Sensei?
Fuji: Hm?

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Fuji: Hm~~~~~ Well there was a time when even I had a buzz cut...
Around the time I was a club team coach...
In Bubble: Now that takes me back...
Ken: Club team......
Izumi: coach......?
Th... That's the era when Sensei was a demon coach...!!
Ken: Th...... That's really scary~~~!
Fuji: Well, if the situation calls for it, I don't mind getting a buzz cut either...
Sum: You're okay with it?!!
Ikki: URAA!!!
SFX: ZUBAH

Page 165:
Yumi: Dammi...
UWAa! He's fast!!
That Ikki guy!!
Seki: Uoh!
SFX: BAH
Seki: !!
SFX: SHU
Guy: Niice!
SFX: BASHI
Aka: Kiyokiyoo!!
Guy: Uo!!

Page 166:
Guy: RAaA!!!
Kiyo: GOA
SFX: DOGO
Kiyo: ----gh
SFX: ZA
Guy: KABAM!

Page 167:
Somebody: UWAAa! That was intense!!!!
Just like that, they take the first poiiiiint!!
He forced it in directly!!
Aka: ......!!
SFX: WAAAAAA
Aka: What a forceful bastard.
He totally blew 190cm Kiyokiyo away...
Daimon: Huhu. For this match...
our victory is solid, but we won't win it a normal way...
We'll give it all we've got to score some points and win with a big lead!
At least in offense, our B Team surpasses our A Team...!!
SFX: AAAAAAAAA
Somebody: Man, they're huge!! ["huge" big/bold]
This time it's Anri that's got height and power!!!
Boxes: 190cm
193cm
188cm
185cm
Yumi: It's not just height and power...
The source of that attack just now was number 14......

Page 168:
Yumi: That last pass was cut so sharp I couldn't move one step towards it...
Anri seriously has a 1st year like that......?
You: Imagawa Ikki...
Yumi: Hm?
You: He's originally from Tokyo...
I'm pretty sure 'e went to nationals when we were both in middle school...
Yumi: Imagawa Ikki?
For somebody that went to nationals, I sure haven't heard much about him...
You: Tha's cause he caused all kinds 'a problems. He barely appeared in any official matches.
I only saw him play in one practice match...
Yumi: Was he good?
You: Back then, I thought he still seemed pretty awkward...
but...
Yumi: But?
You: He was...
insanely fast......

Page 169:
Ref: Play will now resume!!
Yamagaku's ring!!
SFX: PIIII
Ikki: RAa!!
Toki: Ah!
SFX: BASHI
Asuka: An interception!!
Sum: You idiot! What're ya doin', Toki-chan?!!
SFX: WAH
Aka: Uoh!
Somebody: Uwaa! What a fast quick attack!!!
He's a yellow bolt of lightening!!
Ikki's running ahead of everybody!!!
SFX: ZUDON!!

Page 170:
Someone: BOOOOM! They scooored! 2nd point!!!
They're so good!!!
I knew it, the Anri B Team is overwhelming theeeem!!
Guys: Nobody can keep up with that guy's speed.
Hayami: Seriously...
Though were planning on having him on the A Team.
Aka: That 1st year's gotten damn cocky...
Date: Kakkakkah!
Can you hear the countdown to your head being buzzed, Aka...?
Physical ability... number of supporters...... and cuteness of the manager...
Anri wins in every category!
Someone: HEEEEY! What're you doin' out there, Yamagaku~~~?!!!
Date: Ow!
SFX: BISHI
Aka: Hm?

Page 171:
George: You guys ain't got enough spirit, dammit!
Aka: Ah!
Date: Hey, Ref, did you see that just now?
Sum: Ah!
AUAAAAAAH!!
George: This is a Ring Team match, I toldja!
Sum: The Yamagaku cheering squad!!!
George: We've come a long ways to cheer for ya!!
SFX: DOOOON!
Ishi: George...
Ken: George!!
Nobumi: Aka-ku~~~n! [Heart]
I came, too~~~~ [3 hearts]

Page 172:
Aka: UGYA~~~~~~
Nobumiiiii!!!
Why the hell're you here?!
You're part 'a the track-and-field team, you've got nothin' ta do with this, goddammit!
Go home!
Date: .........
Nobumi: Good lu~~~ck, Aka-ku~~~~n! [Heart]
Win this one for Nobumi~~~~ [Heart]
SFX: UHUHUHUHU
Date: Aw man, she's super cute!!
Aka: Get going right now, Nobumiiii!!
You're crazy distracting!!!

Page 173:
Aka: Aw man. Now I worked up a weird sweat.
Date: Aw, man.
Aw, geez, that girl.....
Aka: Hm?
What's going on, Date?
Date: I think I'm in love...
HAA
HAA
AW, MAN
Aka: HUH? This guy...
he really is a pervert.
Ref: And begin!
Yamagaku's Ring!
SFX: BIIII
Guys: ORAaA! Don't let 'em beat you, AkaaA!!
Spirit! Let's see some spirit!!!
Nobumi: Huh? You're here, too, Asuka?
Asuka: Of course I am! I'm the manager!
Sum: Hey, it's been a while, Jiiko~~
George: It's George.
Guys: Yamagaku's B Team isn't anything special.
Let's keep this up and trample them!!
Ahright!!
Uwa~~~ I can totally see that girl's panties!
SFX: HAA HAA
Yousuke: Don't underestimate us.

Page 174;
SFX: ZUBAH
Date: UA
Daimon: Here he cooooomes!! It's Saori!!!
Don't space out, Datee!!
Guys: UORAa!
Somebody: S-
SO HIIIIIGH!!

Page 175:
You: !!
Aka: Nice paaaaass!!
SFX: B ASHI
Somebody: It's akaaaaa!!
He scoooored!!
SFX: GAH
Nobumi: GYAAAAA [Heart]
Guys: Aall RIiIIIIGHT!!!
The 1st-2nd year aces working together!!
Yamagaku can't looose!!!
SFX: WAAAAA

Page 176:
Ikki: So whaaat?!!!
Somebody: UWAaA! There's Ikki agaaaaain!!
He scored right baaaack!!
Ken: H... He's too fast!!
That 1st year just can't be stopped!!
Aka: Quit wriggling around!!!
Somebody: OooooH! This time it's going from Aka to Saori!!
Are they unstoppable, too?!
SFX: BISHI
Noguchi: So naive!

Page 177:
Noguchi: !!
SFX: BIH
Noguchi: Whuh?
Misugi: HYUU! [Music note]
SFX: BASHI
Misugi: Superb!
Guys: Misugi!!
He's in middle range, he can shoot!!
Misugi: Aye!
SFX: BISHI
Guys: He launched iiiiit!!
Look out for the rebound!!
Anri's got the clear height advantage!!

Page 178:
SFX: BASU
Guys: !!
Misugi: WAAAAA! It went iiiiin!!!
Guys: All riiiight!!
Misugi!!
The teams are matching each other tit for tat!!!
Sign: Yamagaku [Left side]
Anri [Right side]
SFX: WAAAAAAAA
Daimon: Muu... Thought so.
Looks like our B Team's weakness is defense.....
But for this match, an unguarded shooting match is just what we want...!
Because we have the out-and-out ace...!

Page 179:
Ikki: HAHHAAAA!!!
Outta my way, slowpokes!!!
Aka: You......
Ikki: UGA!
Handwritten: Wait, dammit!
SFX: GAH
Aka: ...Ku...
Somebody: Aaaaaah! A foul on Aka!!
SFX: PIIIII
Aka: -----Gh
SFX: SU...
Aka: Ah...
Guys: AAaA! A yellow caaaaard!! A yellow card at this point of the first half on Aka is gonna be really tough on Yamagaku!!
Aka: ............
Asterisk: *A card given as a penalty to a player that has performed a clearly malevolent foul or waste of time. Receiving 2 of these results in a removal from the game.
SFX: AAAAA

Page 180:
Ikki: ......Well... I'm not gonna stop unless you do do something like that...
Aka: ......
This badly.....
Daimon: Ikki's speed is a natural gift.
He's a genius...!
Fuji: Hm......... The starting point of most of Anri's attacks are him......
Though that can actually turn out to be an Achilles heel... If we can just stop him...
Hanagata-kun.
Sum: Mu?!
What, Supervisor?!
What is it?!
Am I in?!
Fuji: Yeah, you're in...!
Are you all warmed up?

Page 181:
Sum: 'A course!!

Page 182:
Top: Shimabu's Story
Parentheses: (Until I made Ring (10))
Article: Okay, stand! Bow!! Be seated!! Okay, so now I think I'd like to continue my 'Until I made Ring'. Everyone, open your non-textbooks 'Ring' Volume 2 and open up to "Shimabu's story'. Let's review what we read last time! Or rather, I don't remember myself at all, so I'll be doing a review (Hehe)!! That actually reminds me of something an old school teacher of mine once said, 'It's okay to forget formulas...' Er, hu~~~h?! It's okay to forget them~~~~?! is what I thought at the time. I'm pretty sure this was a math teacher or something. 'It's okay as long as you remember them again', he said afterwards, which I oddly can't help but agree with, seeing as I was a self-proclaimed Mister Last-Minute-Crammer at the time. Yes. My forgetfulness is because of that teacher (Yeah, right!).
Now then, we got pretty off track just there, but on to 'Until I Made Ring'. Last time, I think I was up to a part where I had come up with everything up to the ring-toss on a field as a competitive sport stuff. I had reached the level where what was in my mind and on the page I was somehow able to come up with the general idea of what Ring was. But it was a hard stage to describe because I still had all the details to hammer out... If I were to put my anticipation and anxiety on a scale, my anticipation would be at 100! (What? 100?!!) Yeah~... See, even if you think you can "do anything", unless you get your ass in gear and do it, you can't do anything... (So seriously, 100? What?!!) Hehe.
First, I felt that before I thought up the rules, I basically had to actually go try it out. Even if I could imagine the movements in my mind, the theme of RING was gonna be 'a sport you could actually play'... So rather than start grumbling, I had to go and actually experience it myself... But look now, this should be a given, but RING isn't a sport that actually exists in the world so of course the RING you use in Ring also doesn't actually exist. So, I had my first hurdle to overcome! First I needed to find that "Ring"!!
Continued on Page 235~