81 Diver 152

Oh, I remember this chapter from when I first read through the series. It's really good. He talks about the differences between shogi and other popular games. That kind of becomes a theme for Tanio as it seems to be sort of his goal.

[81diver 152 Translation by Kewl0210]
Page 79:
Signb: Today's 1st Match
Title: Chapter 152 Study Time

Page 80:
Narration: On a worldwide
basis
shogi lags
Total Go Population, approximately 50 million.
Total Shogi Population, approximately 10 million.
behind go.
Himura: So why is it shogi
is so hard to spread?
Is it because it uses kanji... instead of black and white go pieces?
...Actually,
...before that,

Page 81:
Himu: There's the big boss
of 'chess'.
'Chess's' diffusion rate
is baseball class.
For chess players, they think of games like shogi
Xiangqi (China)
Janggi (Korea)
Shpogi (Japan)
as just one of many Eastern games
In chess, captured pieces can no longer be used,
so between strong players
there are lots of ties.
In shogi, you are able to use the pieces you capture.

Page 82:
Himura: So sorry,
Chess-san.
Shogi-kun
has a hundred times
your
strategic depth.
People: What's that guy mumbling about...?
Where's the maid?
What's taking the maid?!
SFX: ZAH...

Page 83:
Guys: All right!
Sign: Go get 'em, Maid-san! [Hearts]
SFX: ZA EA EA EA
Guys: Hey, you're blocking are view, you idiots!
WAaO
SFX: RIP RIP RIP RIP RIP RIP
People: There she iiiiis!

Page 84-85:
People: WAAAaAAAAaaaAAaaaAaAAAAaAAaAa [Just stick these A's all over the place]
Sign: Monji Unit
Guys: She's got a new
All right!
Maid outfiiiit!!!!
It's a "Battle Maid Outfit"!!
Oo!

Page 86-87:
Himura: C'mon!
SFX: SNAP
Narration: "World Unit".
Russia.
France.
Korea.
Germany.
America.
Guy: Hi.
Soyo: Ah.
Himu: These are people raised by the Kishoukai which are the strongest shogi players from their respective countries!!
Guys: ...............
...............

Page 88:
Himu: 'If shogi remains only in Japan
it has no future.'
Those are Tanio-san's words.
He doesn't know how long it'll take, but
'I'll make shogi
"A worldwide
sport."

Page 89:
Himu: Like Judo.
Soyo: .........
Are you...
done talking now?
Himu: If shogi is to become popular worldwide,
then let's say that a shogi-liking boy from another country
comes to Japan.........
Then when the boy goes to shogi dojos around there, he can't win at all.
Boy: I have lost.
Himu: He learns how many-layered Japan's shogi is.
And so the boy changes his perspective and realizes
he has come to the
"shogi holy land".

Page 90:
Himu: An emotional story, isn't it?
Soyo: Who's my first opponent?
Himu: Don't be hasty.
Just like how baseball players all over the world set their sights on joining the American major leagues, shogi players from all over the world will want to come to Japan!!!
And the vanguards for spreading the "world of shogi" are
those guys.
Okay, first up

Page 91:
Himu: "The strongest from Russia".
Guy: Hey.
Soyo: Russia...?
Guy: You're pretty cute, but you're good, right?
Soyo: Are you a sumo wrestler?
Guy: I love Japan's sumo as well.
Though like you, it is just a cosplay.
Soyo: ............
Both: Onegaishimasu [Overlapping. He's supposed to be speaking awkwardly so use a different font.]

Page 92-93:
SFX: BACHIDAN BACHIDAN BACHIDAN BACHIDAN BACHIDAN BACHIDAN
SFX: BACHI BACHI BACHI
SFX: BACHII
Guy: .................
.....................
Not yet!
Not yet!
Not yet! [Leave the Russian there, too. Write the translation on top.]
T/N: The Russian he's saying (read as "yescho") is a literal translation of Japanese's "mada" I think.
Guy: What're you saying?
How good is she?
Guy: Shut up!
Guy: What's going on?
Guy: She's good!
Soyo: Shogi is...

Page 94:
Soyo: Shogi is a game where once you gain the upper hand, turning that into a win is very difficult.
Being good at shogi means that you never falter even once you've gotten the upper hand... and then slowly corner your opponent...
without allowing them to do anything.
SFX: BACHIN

Page 95:
Soyo: Just like a sumo yokozuna.
Keep that in mind, okay?
Guy: Ah.....
I have lost.
Himu: Is she teaching him shogi?

Page 96:
Suga: That's one win.
Ukaku: Yeah, we've got that one.
SFX: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA [All crazy]
Sign: Vanguard
Monji Unit
1 win
Victory

Page 97:
Himu: But
this side
is going to keep getting better, too.