3-gatsu no Lion 46

Okay, there's another one done. I'm gonna really try to get a bunch more done in the near future.

[3-Gatsu no Lion 46 Translation by Kewl0210]
Page 57:
Title: Chapter.46
Western Sun

Page 58:
Somebody: Ah.
-----May
The clubs have finally gotten underway as the Shouka Club.
Somebody: Er...
Could you,
could you...
just hold on a moment.
Is it... okay if I look at a book while we're doing this?
Rei: For me, this was pretty much
Go ahead.
my first time at a school club.
Guy (In Bubble): Hmm. Hmm...
Guy: Approach the king to try to surround the king... huh...?
Hmm...
So if I move this like this...
but if I do that, the kaku will get captured, so...
Noguchi: ...
I lo-
.........
I...
lost.
SFX: BURU BURU OBURU (Trembling) MUGUHAAAHHH...
Noguchi: KUUUU
I... I never knew that defeat...
could be this painful.........
Handwritten: I... I won...
ZEEE HAAA ZEEE HAAA
SFX: GUTTARI... (Heavy)

Page 59:
Noguchi: I guess because I was never responsible
for such severe 'wins' and 'losses' on a daily basis...
And I can't believe
that I have to see through the 'loss' by declaring it myself...
-----And even reading books to try to strengthen my strategy,
my opponents have used attacks completely different from what the book says.
I......
don't know what to do anymore...
Handwritten: I even made these shogi adage flash cards...
Cards: With three fu in hand, look for a joining fu attack or an edge attack.
A flying kei falls prey to a fu.
A fu-anchored kin is more solid than a rock.
Drop the kou at a distance.
SFX: UU...
Noguchi: ----And also,
even if I work on a 'counter strategy', my opponent
is just going to come up with a 'counter-counter strategy', so
In Bubble: UBUWAAAAHH
Noguchi: Then I have to come up
with a 'counter-counter-counter strategy'.
Is there
no end to it?!
Rei: Well... uh,
I guess there isn't.

Page 60:
Rei: If it's not already obvious, the opponent isn't going to move exactly as the book says for you.
You should be moving forward by being wary of general concepts.
Book: A beginner's introduction to shogi
Really simple!!
Rei: First, if the opponent uses Climbing Gin,
your goal is to promote your hisha, so try to do that.
And when you are, be careful to avoid your pieces getting captured.
Noguchi: So,
what do I do after I promote?
In Bubble: Uu...
Handwritten: I'll cover you, senpai-nya!!
I know I can count on you-nya!!
Rei: The ultimate goal is to capture the opponent's ou-sama,
so then you surround your opponent's ou-sama with as many allies as possible.
Noguchi: But if I bring a lot of allies with me, then my own castle will be weaker, won't it?
Rei: Yes, you realized that, did you?
That is correct.
SFX: BAASHI BAAASHIH GUSU GUSUH (Whimpering) UUUUHH
Rei: That's true, because you have a limited number of allies.
But on the other hand, if you're using all your manpower to defend, your attack will be too weak...
The balance of attacking and defending is one of the eternal themes of shogi.
Right handwritten: I want some of the glory for myself-nyaa!
Top handwritten: Hand over your Ou-sama! Nyanyaaa!!
Top left handwritten: We will never
hand over our ou-sama!!
Bottom: Ah! Gin-san! Hold on! Come back! Come baaaack!!
Left handwritten: KYAAH!
Stay away!
SFXL ZOROZORO NYAA NYAA DADAAAAH GASAGASA... (Rustling) GATA GATA BURU BURU (Shaking)

Page 61:
Rei: So, after that,
all you can do is play a lot and learn...
And nowadays, you can play on the Internet and that sorta thing rather than just read books.
So you can enjoy the game carefree at home...
Haya: Kiriyamaaaa!
Could you kick this guy's ass a little for me?!!
Handwritten: Boss, please beat this guy!
Haya: I'm gonna lose at this rate!
Handwritten Left: *In the middle of an online match
Haya: I don't know what my next move should be!
I wanna knock him down to size!
Noguchi: ................
Rei: Please try to come up with something on your own.
SFX: BISHII KIII
Haya: What?!! That's so cold, Kiriyama!! Can you still call yourself my former pupil?!
Handwritten: KIIIH! You cheapskate!
Rei: Cheating is bad.
Would you be okay with it if I cheated on a test?
Handwritten: You wouldn't, right?
Understand?
Haya: I
don't want to hear sound arguments like that right now!
Rei: It's not just a sound argument, it's a rule, right?
You're not a kid, after all.

Page 62:
Rei: Well, let's keep playing.
Unless you play a whole lot
and don't get too afraid of losing, you won't develop your intuition.
Noguchi: Are you telling me to
'get used to losing'?
SFX: UU...
Rei: No, you can't get used to it either.
If losing isn't frustrating,
then you'll end up not learning anything...
Handwritten: Excuse me
Guy: About how good at the game do we have to get
before we can say goodbye
to this feeling of frustration?
Rei: Well, even if you get really good,
if you meet with someone even better, you'll lose...
Handwritten: Hmmm...
Haya: If that happened, then I'll bet it'd be so frustrating that it would make your intestines turn upside down!
Noguchi: Then there's no end to it?!
Rei: Nope.
It's always frustrating and always painful.
Handwritten: Except when you win...
SFX: HUUUHH??

Page 63:
Rei: The better you get, the more frustrating it is to lose.
----Or rather, the more time you spend on it the more it hurts to lose,
so the more you progress, the more it hurts.
Haya: Hey! H-Hold on a second! Kiriyama?!
SFX: BERA BERA HAKI HAKI (Talking fast)
Noguchi: .......................
Haya: Do you...
enjoy playing shogi?
SFX: BURU BURU (Shaking) PITAH (Pause)
Rei: Enjo......
Huh?
Narration: 5 seconds passed.
10 seconds passed.
*The background is an imagery video
20 seconds passed.

Page 64:
Handwritten: Spinning Pinwheel (Mac)
SFX: FREEZE... KURUKURU (Spinning)
Noguchi: Hey now, Kiriyama-kun, w-
would you like some tea?
Handwritten: Uh-oh.
Noguchi: This is adlay tea I made from the adlays I picked from the vacant lot behind the school. ☆
Handwritten: I've also got coffee made from dandelion roots, if you like?
Haya: You really were serious about that self-sufficiency thing, huh, Noguchi...?
Handwritten: Don't you think at this point you're more into agriculture than chemistry?
SFX: UU...
SFX: NKKU NKKU NKKU...
Rei: I'm
going to go
take a quick bathroom break.
Noguchi: Oh, that'll be the yokuinin in the adlay!! Quite a diuresis effect it has!!
Haya: Hurry back, Kiriyama!
SFX: YORO YORO... FURAAA (Unsteady) HMMM
T/N: Yokunin is a kind of Chinese traditional medicine used in some modern medicine.
Haya: The Meijin Championship starts
on BS at 4 o'clock!
Rei: Ah,
okay!
I'll be quick!

Page 65:
Noguchi: -----Well,
is that right......?
Sp Kiriyama-kun has already been living the life of a pro, has he...?
-----Kiriyama-kun is already
living in that severe world
of 'wins' and 'losses'.
Haya: They say the best guy out there is Souya Meijin.
He's got a 70% winning record.
So he only loses 3 times out of any 10 games he plays.
Noguchi: Yes...
I have heard of that man.
He previously won seven crowns, did he not?
One of his games was broadcast today.
Haya: Yeah. The 2nd game of the Meijin Championship.
In the first game, he lost to the challenger, Kumakura...
The better you get,
the more frustrating the losses are, huh...?

Page 66:
Haya: Then
when somebody at the level he's at loses,
I wonder what goes on in his mind.
Paper: Meijin Championship.
Souya VS Kumakura
Begins
Guys: Oh,
it started.
TV: This is the first day of game 2
of the 69th Meijin Championship.
This morning we'll begin
by observing the players as they enter the room.
First, at 8:53, the challenger
Kumakura Kengo 9-dan has entered.
And at 8:55, Souya Meijin has entered.

Page 67:
TV: The game's start time is 9 o'clock AM----
At any moment,
game 2 will commence.
Guy: Soya-kun sure looks like he's having fun, doesn't he.
I'm jealous.
Bag: Kabuki Fried Mochi
SFX: PARIPORI SAKUSAKU... (CRUNCHING)
Pres: Hey now,
hold your horses, I said. In the Kishou Championship, Souya's gonna be coming to meet you
as the challenger.
Guy: Ooh, scary.
I can't wait for that.

Page 68:
Guy: 'Cause that Souya-kun,
he's got a cute face, but when he's on the attack he aims to break bones.
Handwritten: Aaah,
scary,
scary.
SFX: BOORI BORI
Pres: Well, that's because you
always using those moves like you're casually teasing your opponent?
Guy: What do you mean teasing...?
I'm always serious.
Pres: Ah, sorry. ☆
Seriously teasing, then.
Guy: Hahaha...
If you're gonna win a head-to-head brawl,
you need to throw some punches, right?
Geez,
that's physically really rough.
Well, we are coming up on our 60th birthdays after all.
Handwritten: That'd kill us, dangit!
Pres: Even if they use their techniques with all they've got,
they won't get hurt.
Even if they hit at full strength,
they'll be hit back with about the same level of power.
----So you've gotta expect that when he's hitting Kumakura,
Souya's gotta be pretty happy, right?
-----And the same goes for Kumakura.
Those two,

Page 69:
Pres: they think that even if they slug their opponent
with all they've got,
they're just up against some toy that won't break.
Haya: ----But man,
they're picturesque, those two.
Rei: A thought crossed my mind.
I wonder if somewhere right now, Shimada-san

Page 70:
Rei: is watching over these two?
In that classroom dyed red by the Western sun,
that person on the screen
looked just a little like he was
smiling.
Bottom: Chapter.46 E N D