REAL 82

Well, there's one more.

[Real 82 Translation by Kewl0210]
Page 87:
Title: 82nd.

Page 88:
Narration: Nagano
Somebody: Congrats on being discharged from the hospital..
You really worked hard at your rehab, huh...?

Page 89:
Nomi: ......
Girl: .....
Both: ...Hey, have you gained weight?!
SFX: PIII PYOROROOO
Phone: CHAAARARA CHACHACHA
Girl: Yes, hello?
Somebody: Yes.
It's okay.
Yeah, thank you.

Page 90:
Nomi: Who is it?
Girl: My little sister.
She asked if she should call for help.
My family's worried.
Nomi: !?
I've gotta up my favorability rating...
SFX: GAAAAN
Girl: Sorry. You're an assailant.
And you use strong language.
SFX: ZUUUN
Girl: By the way.
Uh... what... happened with that?
Becoming a Basketball pro and all.

Page 91:
Girl: Oh... So it's no good, huh?
It really is tough, huh?
Becoming a pro.
I guess it would be...
Nomi: ......
Natsumi...
is your plan
of becoming a pro mangaka... going well?
Natsumi: ......
SFX: BARI (CRASH)
Nomi: !!

Page 92:
Nomi: Wh... What's wrong?!
Did Weekly Young not work out?
I don't know all that much about the world of manga.
Natsu: .....
Sign: Shuu-A-Sha (A pun on the company that publishes this manga, shuueisha)
SFX: BA-DUMP BA-DUMP

Page 93:
Nomi: This is..
where '2 Pieces' and 'Kingtam' were brought into the world...
Shuu-A-sha.
SFX: SUU HAAA
T/N: A joke on the manga One Piece and Kingdom.
Nomi: I'm not really confident, but...
I've done what I can.
Mm.
This is the ability I have right now.
If you wanna laugh, go ahead!!
Mmm...
SFX: PARA PARA

Page 94:
Guy: ......
SFX: PARA PARA
Girl: ......
Guy: A straightball, huh?
You know, mainstream.
From our last 5 years' of popular manga
our top 3 haven't moved---- in other words,
we don't need anymore mainstream manga.

Page 95:
Guy: These are the results of people that've tried to become mangaka admiring those top 3.
So we're overrun with manuscripts that are similar.
Mainstream----
imitations.
And an imitator can't beat the original right?
How about trying for a niche?
Natsumi: ?
Guy: As in securing your place in some gap.
There's no paved road to being a pro.

Page 96:
Natsumi: A realistic battle strategy----
that's what he said!
Handwritten: Hah.
A place in a gap, huh?
I wonder if there's some gap in the pro basketball world
that I could've lived in......?
Handwritten: This
and this.
Nomi: No, something's wrong.
For me...

Page 97:
Nomi: That effort
was because of the ideal that I could stand on top someday.
I must just be a baby.
Natsu: Are you listening?
Nomi: Yes.
Woman: Here's your double chocolate sunday.

Page 98:
SFX: BAKU (AHM)
Natsu: ......
......
Guy: Wait......
This is pretty cute.
Natsu: Huh?
Guy: This girl's shape.
Or something.
It has a unique realness to it
and it's cute.

Page 99:
Guy: Male authors can't draw them like this.
This is a real weapon!!
Natsu: Is... Is that so?
Guy: Yeah.
Natsu: ......
Make use of this
and go the sex appeal route!!
Natsu: Huh?
Guy: I'm certain there's demand for it.
Right now, all our main pillars are long stories and deep stories.
This is it.
Short pages with laughs and eroticism.

Page 100:
Guy: The loose, sex appeal route!!
Right now, that spot's vacant. You'll have no rivals!
You should go for that.
Natsu: Huh...?
Guy: The editor-in-chief likes those, too.
Hm?
Nothing mainstream, okay?!
SFX: BASAH
Guy: Go draw something light and erotic!!

Page 101:
Natsu: .....
Handwritten: Huu
Nomi: ......
The world of pros
ain't easy.
So...
Natsu: So...
I'm drawing my next work now.
Nomi: Oh, okay...
A sexy one......?

Page 102:
Natsu: I'm obstinately going straight-on mainstream!!
Nomi: !!
Natsu: I don't really get the whole, mainstream and gap thing anyhow.
What's niche even mean?
If what I what I draw is called mainstream,
I can't just start doing stuff like sex appeal out of the blue.
If what's deep down in me is mainstream, then so be it.

Page 103:
Natsu: My only path is to follow along the straightforward path.
If I can't beat other people doing that, then oh well.
But if I didn't do that and I ended up drawing something I didn't want to draw,
that would be like losing to myself right from the get-go.
Don't you think?
Nomi: ......

Page 104:
SFX: BUNI
Natsu: ......
SFX: GYUUUU

Page 105:
Nomi: I'll see you home.
Natsu: I told you, it's fine.
It's right over there.
Goodbye.
Nomi: I'll come again.
Later!
Show me your manga next time.
Natsu: No way!
Nomi: Natsumi,
I...

Page 106:
Nomi: I'm cheering for you like my life depends on it.
SFX: BUROROOOO
Natsu: Maybe I should lose some weight...

Page 107:
Narration: The biggest wheelchair basketball title in the country.
Sign: The Competition for the Prime Minister Cup
The 00th
Japan Wheelchair Basketball Championship Tournament
Narration: Prime Minister Cup Japan Championship Tournament

Page 108:
Guys: Okay, ready?!!
We've just gotta do what we've been doing!!
Sign: Dreams
Warriors
Guy: Let's make it past this game!
Okay?!!
Guys: Ouh!!
Nobu: Man, a match at the Tokyo Gymnasium...
Woah.
The Dreams really are good.
Guy: If we win this, we're on the top 4.
Finally...!!
Nobu: That one guy really stands out.

Page 109:
Guy: OUH!
Somebody: Fujikuraaaaa!!
That's his 30th point!!
Nobu: Fujikura...
Guy: That's our man!!
Nagai-san!!
Nobu: Huh?
Nagai-san...?
Did he just do something...?

Page 110:
Nobu: Fujikura is the biggest one, the center.
But if he carries the ball, you can shoot 3-pointers, too.
Somebody: A threeeee!!
SFX: GAN
Nobu: I still can't believe somebody can make three-pointers while sitting down.
No, even I'm
gonna be able to do them
someday.
Nobody beats me when it comes to shooting.
If I can master footwork---- the skill of maneuvering the wheelchair and the endurance,
I

Page 111:
Nobu: can become Fujikura.
Somebody: Foul, white number 4!
SFX: PIPIH
Guy: !!
Girl: Aaah! Nagai-san!
That's his 4th one......
Guy: Kurihara!
We're making a substitution.
SFX: BUUUU
Guy: Nagai,
when we get to the last 5 minutes, you'll go in.
Magai: Gotcha, sorry.

Page 112:
Nobu: They're agitated.
It start the moment Nagai-san got his 4th foul.
Why?
The whole atmosphere's changed.
Sign: Dreams [Left side]
Warriors [Right side]

Page 113:
Sign: Dreams
Warriors
SFX: PIIIH
Guys: Count!
One throw!!

Page 114:
Sign: Dreams [left side]
Warriors [right side]
SFX: WAH
Guy: Nagai!!
Nobu: They're sending Nagai back onto the court earlier than they planned.
But with how much momentum the opponents've got right now, it'll be hard to stop them-----

Page 115:
Narration: The Dreams did not overcome the wall of reaching the quarter finals.
Nobu: With Nagai-san gone, the opponents seemed exceedingly strong.
The Warriors are veterans that got into the top 4 last year, too, but...
partway through there
the Warriors really disliked something about Nagai-san.
What was it?

Page 116:
Girl: Takahashi-kun.
Become a young low-pointer to succeed Nagai-san, okay?
Give it your all.
Nobu: What's a...
low-pointer...?

Page 117:
Nobu: You're seriously good.
You could become a pro hairdresser.
Girl: Eheeh!
...I hadn't seen you in a while, so I was wondering if we'd just naturally fall apart...
I was worried.

Page 118:
Nobu: .....
Girl: So like I said, that's the hairstyle you had when I met you.
Nobu: In other words...
the hair I had at the time of the accident, right...?
Girl: NOOOOO!
I adjusted it to be more modern!
I've seen photos of you
playing basketball, ya know.
And seriously
I really
like short hair! [Heart]
SFX: BUCHUU
Shira: Hohou...
Broom: ......
Takahashi-kun,
he really isn't the type of guy I can get along with after all...
Handwritten: That bastard...
Broom: Mumble mumble

Page 119:
Both: Hey, um...
Huh?
What?
Wheelchair basketball----
Huh?
Hm?

Page 120:
Girl: The Tigers-----
Nobu: The Dreams-----
What're you talking about?
Handwritten: HUUUUUUUH?!

Page 121:
Ryou: SHIH!
SHIH!
SHIH!
HAAH
HAAH
HAA
Guy: 'Suuup!
Workin' hard, ain'cha, Ryou?!
You've gotten bigger, haven't ya?!
Let me get in on that!
I was thinking about trying to lose weight.

Page 122:
Nomi: Today's a practice day, right?
Huh? Where is everybody?
Ryou: Tomo-chan...
The Tigers...
might be done for.
Nomi: Whuh?!

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REAL

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Narrow eyes
Nagai ~38 years old
The Quiet Central Pillar
(Class 1)
Japan Rep
With his excellently wide vision, he spiritually supports the team
He went to and graduated from the same rehab center as Takahashi