3-gatsu no Lion 90

WHEW! Made it all the way to 90. Geez. We're getting there. The end's still far but it's in sight. I remember wondering about this guy when this volume came out. He's actually pretty interesting.

[3-Gatsu no Lion 90 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Title: Chapter.90
The Man Called a Grim Reaper

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Rei: Why is this world split
into 'people who are loved' and 'people that aren't loved'?
Who split it up?
----Where did the paths diverge?
Today, Yokomizu-san,
someone that was always detached and spoke casually,
stumbled over his words many times.

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YOko: You two
really saved me today...
Sorry. Order whatever you want.
Smith: Man, it's fine.
Don't worry about it.
Excuse meee! Could you take our order?
Rei: Yokomizu-san, what do you want to drink?
Woman: Okaay!
Yoko: Sorry..
I just can't get back into the swing of things.
Rei: How about something warm, Yokomizu-san?
It's been a little chilly out today.
Handwritten: Like stew or oden...
Yoko: ...Something warm...?
Yeah, that sounds good.

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Smith: But, man...
What was with that greeting the President gave this afternoon?
Seriously?
Rei: Today was day 2 of the first game of the Meijin Championship.
Yokomizu-san and Smith-san were doing the big board commentary
and I was called in as an assistant.
Sign: Meijin Championship
Game 1
Pres: Okay, so let me introduce your commentators for today!!
Starting from the right, we have
Class-down!
Stagnating!
Aaand
Class-up!
The trio of Class B Group!
Handwritten: HUUUH?!
Smith: Uh, hey, President!!
SFX: BAAAN HYOOOOO ZAWAH ZAWAH ZAWAAHH (Talking)

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Pres: Well, my presence is needed elsewhere. Good luck with the rest, fellas! ☆
Smith: Uh, I was just personally introduced by the president,
I'm the one 'stagnating' in Class B Group 2, Smith!!
Yoko: ..........
Rei: Excuse meee!! A chair!!
Could we please have a chair?!!
SFX: GUH DONN ZUIHH SARA SARA SARA (RUSTLING SAND)
Yoko: I was pretty depressed about going down in rank already.
Then that introduction turned my heart to sand...
And on top of that
he came today, didn't he...?
Somebody: Yeah,
he did all right...
All the way back of the big board menu.

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Rei: A man that always seems
to be clad in clothing of pitch-black omens.
'Him standing there is unlucky', 'If he sits, it's creepy', 'The sight of him walking is the the god of plague'.
----The most shunned person in the shogi world.
Namerikawa Izaya 7-dan, age 35.
Yes, last month, Yokomizu-san
was up against this man, Namerikawa Izaya 7-dan, in the last rank-deciding match of Class B Group 1.
At that precipice of 'If you win, you stay where you are. If you lose, you fall in rank.'...
Name: Uhh...
Is it okay if I go to the bathroom before the post mortem?

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Yoko: ......
Go ahead.
Rei: ----he fell.
Name: Excuse me.
I've been holding it in for quite a time.
Rei: Like he had been reeled in by the grim reaper.

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Guys: ----'That's the god of plague all right.'
'I guess he wasn't about to fall all alone...'
'He did a great job taking Yokomizu with him.'
'So now both of them are going down a rank, huh...?'
Name: N
N
HN
N
Rei: ----And
that way of losing
has a lingering effect...
Name: Hn!
Not being aloooone
is such a wonderful thiiing!

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Somebody: ''Yokomizu is probably gonna get shredded next period...'
Yoko: I know how pathetic it sounds,
but just seeing him standing there by the beam made me shiver.
It made me remember that last game.
And I've honestly been feeling awful ever since then...
That guy, whenever I would look up during the game,
he's be staring at my face.
I just
seriously, seriously, do not like that...
Again and again, just staring.
It came to the point where that was all I was thinking about
and I wanted to yell out......

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Yoko: -----And it was around then
that I'd become so muddled I was left with a board that was beyond all hope of recovery...
Smith: I get you.
I felt the same way when I played him...
It was 4 years ago. B-1 was finally within my grasp and my final game was against Namerikawa.
For him it was a throwaway match
but he twisted around me and held me back with incredible persistence.
----It's been 4 years since then.
Handwritten: So I've been stagnating.
Smith: And back then, he was staring at me like he was licking me all over...
Handwritten: Smith-san?
Yoko: Smith...
That's right... You've gone up against Namerikawa, too...!
Handwritten (Left): I see... So it's been 4 years since then, huh...?
SFX: HUHUHUHUHUHUHU GUHH

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Somebody: Normally, he plays this soft and light
hard-to-get-a-hold-on sort of shogi.
But for some reason when he's playing a game where his opponent's fate is one the line
he plays a power game like a man possessed by a god.
For some reason, he's always standing in the crossroads that is somebody's 'moment of truth'
and takes them in the exact opposite direction of their 'desires'.
Somebody: How can a guy be that ominous?!
He does too damn good a job at being a god of plague!!

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Rei: But, um...
my dad taught me that no matter who you're up against in a match,
it's good manners to play your best against them...
Handwritten: *Ginger ale
Guys: Quiet down, virgin!!
Handwritten: Ya think you're so great just cause you debuted in middle school!
Guys: Shut your trap, divine child!!
Handwritten (Top): We're talking about humans right now!! ["humans" white.]
(Left): Just eat your tsukune!!
(Bottom): At least let us complain!!
(Far Left): I... I'll just eat up them!
(Bottom Left); *The protagonist
Guy: What is that guy's deal anyhow?! The black suit and the slicked back hair, just how much of a character has that guy got?!
And on top of that, his parents' house is a 'funeral parlor'... What?! Is this his thing or something?!
And they say his face is too sinister so he wasn't able to take over the family business even though he's the eldest brother...
This guy's character background is way too perfect!
Rei: Er,
uh... I've uh...
got an entrance ceremony tomorrow, so...
Guys: Entrance ceremony?!
That has nothing to do with you, does it, Kiriyama?
Rei: No, uh,
somebody I know is entering the school, so I'm accompanying them...
Guys: Someone you know?
It's a girl, isn't it?!
Handwritten: HAHH
Guys: What? Goddammit!
Kiriyamaaaaa

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Rei: ---And a few days later...
...........
Book: Shogi World [The spine and the cover]
The 70th
Meijin Championship
Souya Touji's Challenge
Paper: First Long Interview
Big Text: The man called a Grim Reaper
The shogi player in the funeral attire
Namerikawa Izaya
7-dan
Name: 'I really love people.'
----My parents run a small funeral parlor in town and ever since I was a grade schooler
and even now from time to time, I go there to help out.

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Name: Whenever I look at people inside a casket that won't be moving around anymore,
he can't help but get ideas about 'giving it your all when you're alive and still moving'...
----That's why I love shogi from the bottom of my heart.
I don't know anything that makes me feel more 'alive' than this.
---During matches, I frequently peer into the faces of my opponents, do you know why?
'Because a match is quite close to an exchange of lives.'
'Even more so when someone's fate is hanging in the balance.'
'At that extreme point where nothing can be glossed over'
'I cannot help but think lovingly from the bottom of my heart
about this opponent I am in a match against showing me themselves just as are.'

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Interviewer: ---That seems like something people could easily misunderstand,
how do you feel about that?
Name: '-----I'm doing it for myself.'
'Really I'm okay as long as I'm satisfied myself.'
'As long as I can like them, that is quite enough for me to be happy.'
Rei: ..................
SFX: PATAN
Rei: Smith-san,
Kiyomizu-saaan,

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[Same boom as before]
Rei: ----After that, the two of them,
Guys: ............................................................
SFX: HENA HENA HENA (Shrinking down)
Rei: hurled all kinds of abusive language like 'What a creepy philosophy!' and 'That smile is like something out of a horror film!'
and then finally
Guys: How about...
we invite him to drinks next time...?
Rei: ----they muttered.
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