3-gatsu no Lion 96

[3-Gatsu no Lion 96 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Title: Chapter.96
Lunch Break

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[Spacer page. Spacing pages since 2002]

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Narration: Congratulations!!
If you alone throw away your life,
then all of the other people in this world shall be saved.
Rei: .......
Huh?
Guys: Rejoice, chosen one!
Rei: HUH?
Guys: Come tomorrow
you shall be a hero for all time.
Rei: HUUUH?
SFX: ZUN... ZUZUN...

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Rei: What... is that?
Is that black-hole-like giant slug coming closer?!
-----I see... So
if I'm sacrificed,
then it'll disappear?

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Rei: ----Okay, well I'm not sure I get it but
I'm supposed to jump in there, right?
------And if I don't jump in there,
they'll just force me to, won't they?
Guy: The ceremony will take place in tomorrow morning.
Put your affairs in order by then.
Rei: Put my affairs in order...?
By tomorrow--- morning?
That fast?
What should I do?
Handwritten: Heave-ho
Rei: It's really not that much, but this is the money I've worked hard to earn since I was a kid.
It'll just be confiscated if I die anyhow, right?
----Then why not...

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Rei: Ah...
Dammit, the wind...
SFX: BYOOOOOO
Rei: No! Not that way!
----Don't go over there,
I wanted that money
to go for to troubled elders and kids
and people that are taking care of people weaker than themselves
and most of all to the people that are important to me!
Goddammit, what am I doing?!

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Rei: -----I
start thinking that intensely.
Also I have that dream a lot...
Handwritten: Mmm...
Hayashi: U-huh.
I wish I didn't ask.
---That's honestly my immediate thoughts on that.
All I was asking you was 'Do people with good memories remember their dreams and that sort of thing?'
that's all.
Handwritten: Cooool story bro.
SFX: ZURU ZURU...
Rei: Why am I always having dreams like this...?
They say that dreams are the manifestation of the unconscious, right?
I wonder if I can figure anything out if I do some research.
I was thinking about reading some books on it.
Handwritten: ...I don't have a great understanding of the subject, but I think the guy's name was Freud?
Or, well...
When it comes to Dr. Freud, I'm always afraid that everything's a 'sexual metaphor'.
Handwritten: Yeah. I don't understand Freud all that much...
Hay: ---No, please,
don't research it, please!!
Rei: ......
Handwritten: You'll only fall into the central dogma of youth!!
Seriously!! Don't!!
Jaya: You've got rank-deciding matches starting!
Handwritten: There are some things it's better not to probe into. That's what me, your sensei, thinks.

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Haya: ----Anyhow,
you're still alone, aren't you?
Even after 3 years.
Rei: What? No, I'm not alone...
I've got you here, don't I, Sensei?
Handwritten: HAHAHA
Sensei: Hey, quit laughing.
Don't count your sensei in that.
The friends you'd finally made graduated.
Rei: I'm glad we at least got some new members for the Shogi Club though.
Haya: Uh...
Hold on a sec.
There's some sorting out about that I'd like to do...
Handwritten (Bubble): That okay?
Handwritten (Right): Ummm...

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Narr: The Shogi Club, the day of the Spring Try-Out Day
Handwritten: What a cute girl......
Ah... Hey, that girl's kinda cute...
Is she in 1st year?
Hmmmm...
Handwritten (Center): Came to ask a question.
Guy: Kawamoto-san, are you joining the club, too?
Do you play shogi?
Handwritten: Same class
Doesn't know him yet
Hina: Ah!
Er, no, um, I'm still a beginner,
so... I wasn't sure.
Guy: Then
if you want, I can teach you. I'll join with you.
Rei: Hohoh.
Well, well, that sounds reliable.
Hina: Huh...?
But, uh...
Handwritten: HAHAHA
SFX: SU......
Rei: ---Then how 'bout a game?!!
Ah... But
before that, if you want to play, how about I do a quick check of your skill level?
SFX: DONN
Guy: I'm gonna train and try again!!
Rei: Too bad!!
Looks like he's still got a lot of work to do on his fundamentals.
Handwritten (Bubble): Okay!! Neext!!
(Right Top): Beaten and broken
(Center Right): Mmmhm.
(Far Right): Shit...
SFX: YORO YORO... (WOBBLING) FURA FURA... (SHAKY)
Haya: Kiriyama...... How could you be so petty..........?
What a ferocious boy.......
HAHHH
AAAAH.....
Hina: I think the bar might be a bit too high for me...
Handwritten (Left): Hey, Kawamoto-san, want to join the hand-made club?
Hayashida: I'd say it's preeeetty darn hard to deny that the reason we've got no new members
is your fault, right?
Rei: ..........

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Haya: ----But
you have a point.
Although you're eating alone, same as usual......
you don't seem
uncomfortable the way you usually do.
At the very least
you're not reading magazines about changing jobs anymore, it looks like.
Handwritten: Mhm...
You were crying back then, weren't you...?
You definitely look like you were holding back tears.
Rei: Please stop.
And... could you forget that?
Haya: Well... I bet it feels good.
And this is a good view, huh?
Hm?
Handwritten: Hm?
Someone: Isn't that Hina-chan?

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Rei: Yeah, that's right.
They've been
eating there a lot lately.
Haya: ----Hey, Kiriyama, uh,
do you eat lunch here every day looking at Hina-chan?
Alone?
Without ever talking to her?
Handwritten: Isn't that a little weird?!
Can't you just call out to her and eat together?!
Rei: Huh? No, I don't need to do that.
It'd be weird for me to be mixing with 1st year girls.
Handwritten: Weren't you ever taught not to point at people with your chopsticks?!
SFX: BISHIIH
Haya: Don't worry, you looks weird enough already!!
Handwritten: Don't worry about it!!
Rei: I am worried about it! The biggest thing to be concerned about there is the ages!!
Haya: Man... You've got a chance to graduate from being the solitary gourmet!!
T/N: Solitary Gourmet is a reference to the ongoing manga "Kodoku no Gourmet". Starring a character named Gorou Inogashira.
Rei: I don't mind, I actually think it's cool!!
Gorou-san is cool as hell!
Rei: ----I kind feel... like it's enough.
My stomach's full.

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Rei: Hina-chan is laughing and eating lunc with her friend at school.
Just getting to see that is...
..........
When I told Akari-san about how Hina-chan is doing
she cried.
And said how happy it made her.
I'm happy, too.
Just getting to see her smile is...
I'm not sure how to put it...

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Haya: I see...
I get it, Kiriyama...
Handwritten: Say aaaah!
HAWAAAH?!
Haya: -----Aaah, but, but, buuuut... Kiriyama!!
Is that really enough?! I'm worried, I really am.
What's the deal with that? It's like you're her guardian or something...
If you place yourself in that position now and somebody else nabs her, it's statistically it's the-end for you! ☆
Handwritten (Right): Mmm
(Left): I know that it feels like you're close from that guardian position, but you're actually really far away...... ----I'm tellin' ya...
(Left Big): Aaaa...
Haya: Are you okay with that, Kiriyama?! With just that?!!
You've got a crush on Hina-chan, don't you?!
Rei: Hm?
Handwritten: AAAH....
SFX: MODAMODAMODA
Haya: What is it, Kiriyama?
....Hm?
Oh, that guy
is the one that came to the tryout day for the club the other day, right?
Kiriyama?
SFX: BAHH

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Rei: Um, uh-oh, I forgot I have something I really need to talk to Hina-chan about!!
Pardon me I've gotta be going!!
Haya: Heyyyy!! That's the worst excuse I've ever heard!
Handwritten (Bubble): And there it is!
(Right): HUUH?
SFX: DASHHH DADADAAH
Haya: Aaah! He's all the way over there already?!
Is he the fastest kid in the world or something?!
That's reaaaally not mature, Kiriyamahhh!
How can you be that petty?!!
Ah,
well,
I guess it's okay!!
He's better off that way anyhow.
Compared
to seeing him helpless like he's about to fall to pieces...
----seeing him baring his teeth like and running like that is...

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Haya: Oh, the 1st year isn't backing off?
What're you gonna do, Kiriyama...?
Ah! The first year sat down!
WHat about Kiriyama...?
OOH! He sat down, too!
SFX: DOSSU ZAHH
Haya: Hahah!
And now they're eating!! They're all eating lunch together!!
You really did it, Kiriyama!
Your dream came true! ☆
Handwritten: Pff...
Ahahaha!
Bottom: Chapter.6 E N D

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Top Right Small: An article by Senzaki Manabu
Top Right Big: Senzaki Manabu's Lion Shogi Column
Big Right: Regarding School Shogi
Article: When you think of students, you think of campus life, the era of praising youth. Going to the beach, to the mountains, mixers, and flirting...... I guess I'm a bit old fashioned. But I think it's a time where you're actively fulfilling schoolwork and enjoying yourself.
Of course, there are lots of college students who love shogi and to them, playing shogi equals enjoying themselves. Most colleges have a shogi club and they have tournaments where the club members can come to to play one another. In my student days, I played shogi all the time and now I kind of regret it and wish I had spent more of my youth out enjoying myself. And something that's surprising to me is that for a lot of them (expectedly, mostly boys) shogi is their youth.
College tournaments are frequent. As I touched on in an earlier column, these are divided largely into individual games and crew games. And those fighting for supremacy in the individual games could be called the top of the amateur level already.
There are also national level crew battle tournaments, but there are also many regions as well. There are some places where those are popular and some where they aren't. But the place it's most popular is without a doubt the urban areas. There are lots of tournaments in Tokyo and Osaka.
In the Kansai region, there are strong schools like Tokyo University and Waseda University. And in Osaka the strongest school is unquestionably Ritsumeikan University which is way ahead of the pack constantly ranked 2nd or above.
By the way, there are lots of active pro players, male and female, as well as members of the Shoureikai that are also active college students, but they cannot appear in their college's major tournaments. However, they are allowed to participate in everyday practice matches. And depending on the person, they mingle a lot.
I wrote before that there are a lot of men, but recently the number of women has increased. And when more women are there, more men are there. It's a mathematical law. Apparently more women are playing the game as a result of this manga as well. There are surprisingly a lot of women that play shogi intensely in high school that quit when they get to college. And the for that reason is...
Kiriyama, no!
On the Spring tryout day when girls came out, they get berated with harsh language. You really shouldn't do this. And on top of that, he ended up with zero new club members...... Girls... No, beginners need to be treated with kindness. That's the duty of the strong players. If I were Kiriyama's senpai, I'd be giving him a stern lecture.
To all the men out there! When women are just starting out, let's lose to them!
10 or 20 times. Your opponent will know you're going easy on them and learn that the better you are, the kinder you can be to weaker players.
In any case, there is a unique energy, a unique heat in college shogi clubs. For most of them, once they become working adults they get chased away by work and tend to not be able to play shogi much anymore. So I think their feeling is they want to get as much of it in while they can. Shogi is youth! From the perspective of a pro shogi player, I really am jealous.