Diamond no Ace 54

Please check the name of the schools and the name of the pitcher from Inashiro if possible.

Page 1
1st panel:
[Last day of training camp]
[Seidou, Inashiro and Shuuhoku – The three high schools are engaged in a one-day-two-matches schedule.] (Sorry, I’m not too sure about the name…)
2nd panel:
[The first match : Seidou – Inashiro]
3rd panel:
(Damn it…)
4th panel:
(His presence is really domineering!)

Page 2
Chapter 54/ Connection with the Past

Page 3
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Woah! At the start of the 8th inning, Inashiro’s line-up finally geared up!”
“Turning the game around in one go!”
“Their attack is unstoppable!”
5th panel:
“It’s near the end of the match now, with such a large difference in the scores, it’ll probably be hard to catch up…”
6th panel:
“And they lost to Kiryu by a large margin yesterday too…”
“Is Seidou really alright? The summer tournament is just around the corner…”
7th panel:
“And besides, today’s opponent is not just a practice opponent…”

Page 4
1st panel:
“But our largest enemy that is in the same East Tokyo region…”
“Inashiro High.”
2nd panel:
[Inashiro High Coach
Kunitomo Hiroshige]
3rd panel:
“Inashiro, together with the top 3 in Tokyo, have been monopolising the slots to enter Koushien for 5 consecutive years.
“If it continues like this… Well, it seems like we won’t have the chance to get to Koushien again this year.”

Page 5
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Coach!”
4th panel:
“Kawakami-senpai is already at his limit!”
“He’s still exhausted from the training camp too…”
“If you tell me to go up the field now, I won’t have any problems with it!”
5th panel:
Kataoka: “This has nothing to do with you… Don’t hang around here!”
Eijun: “Nothing to do with me?”
Eijun: “This has nothing to do with me?”
6th panel:
Masuko: “Sawamura, come here for a moment.”
Kuramochi: “You idiot!”
7th panel:
“The coach also knows that Kawakami is about to collapse!”
“But the coach wants to see if he’s able to hold on until the end of the match in this kind of situation!”

Page 6
1st panel:
“But the opponent is really strong!”
“If only I can go up the mound to pitch…”
2nd panel:
“Where exactly does your confidence come from?”
3rd panel:
“You really don’t know anything!”
4th panel:
“The opponent has yet to use their main line-up against us!”
5th panel:
{What?}
6th panel:
“In this kind of critical moment for us, how could we possibly let the opponents know where our real ability stands?”
“We aren’t using our best line-up against them either!”
7th panel:
Eijun: “There’s… There’s such a thing going on?”
Eijun: <What a mature way of thinking…>
Kuramochi: “Both of us are just trying to figure out each other’s level of skill.” (Smaller text: In all aspects…)

Page 7
1st panel:
“Besides, even though Kawakami has the potential of a pitcher, his presence is not domineering enough.”
“Don’t you also wish to pitch one full match against a strong enemy – Inashiro High – and let the coach gain confidence in you?”
2nd panel:
{Against Inashiro High, it’s already not easy to pitch like this…}
3rd panel:
{The last two innings are the innings where the pitcher is in the most exhausted state…}
{You’ve been pitching until now, you better not give up on the match and waste your efforts! Kawakami…}
4th panel:
“Hey…”
5th panel:
Miyauchi: <grabs!>
Kawakami: <shocked>
6th panel:
“Woah...”
“Miyauchi-senpai, where in the world are you touching!!”

Page 8
1st panel:
“Hmph… You’ve already reached this step and have nowhere else to run!”
<Hmph…!>
“After I grab you, you’ll have no more problems!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“The power behind your pitches is decreasing,”
“But you were pitching until this inning by yourself!”
“Have more confidence in yourself when you pitch!”
4th panel:
“Um… Yeah… Erm…”
“Can you let go now?”
5th panel:
<Breathes out>
“Yeah… You’ll be alright!”
6th panel:
“Just give it your best shot!”
“Whatever pitch you throw, I’ll catch it for you!”

Page 9
1st panel:
“Don’t lose to them in your spirit!”
<Hmph!>
2nd panel:
“Ye…Yes!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:
{Eh? Me, be the catcher for the first match?}
{Yeah. I hope you can lead Kawakami with a more unyielding method.}
7th panel:
{The pairing for the second match is Tanba and Miyuki.}
8th panel:
9th panel:
10th panel:
{I’m so envious…}

Page 10
1st panel:
2nd panel:
{I.. I’ve got it! I’ll do my best!}
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
{Miyuki’s game calling skills and the ability to create opportunities are what I don’t have.}
{I knew that since long ago.}
6th panel:
{But… If I admit defeat here, I….}
7th panel:
8th panel:
9th panel:
{I…}

Page 11
1st panel:
2nd panel:
{I definitely won’t}
{Miss catching any of the pitches!}
3rd panel:
4th panel:
{Because this is the only thing I can do right now.}

Page 12
1st panel:
2nd panel:
(It’s as if the mitt got larger…)
3rd panel:
(This much is enough,)
(Miyauchi-senpai.)
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Huff!”

Page 13
1st panel:
2nd panel:
{Just at the fringe of the outside corner…}
3rd panel:
{His speed is back…}
4th panel:
“Nice pitch, Kawakami!”
“You can be more ruthless in your pitching if you want!”
[No. 2 Right fielder
Kadota Masaaki(Third-Year)]
5th panel:
“Do your best, Kawakami!”
“We’ll help you!”
[No. 7 Third Baseman
Higasa Shouji (Second-Year)]
6th panel:
“Have some confidence when you pitch!”
“We’ll definitely help you score!”
[No. 6 Shortstop
Kusunoki Fumiya (Third-Year)]

Page 14
1st panel:
“Do your best, Kawakami!”
“Do your best!”
2nd panel:
“These people are really amazing!”
“I have to do my best too!”
{No. 1 Second Baseman 3 At-bats 2 Hits}
3rd panel:
(I wanna pitch…)
{No. 5 Left fielder 3 At-bats No hits 1 RBI}
4th panel:
{So they can regain their spirit from just the players alone…}
{As expected of Seidou players who have undergone strict training…}
5th panel:
6th panel:
7th panel:
{I guess this year’s Seidou is not to be belittled…}

Page 15
1st panel:
“Thank you!”
“Thank you!”
2nd panel:
“Hey, Sawamura! Tidy up the dugout quickly!”
“It’ll be Inashiro’s and Shuuhoku’s match later, all of us will be eating and watching the match in the dugout.”
3rd panel:
“In the match, Inashiro might send out their main line-up.”
On the board: {Inashiro
Shuuhoku}
4th panel:
“Matches between the three schools…”
“This is my first time participating in these kind of matches…”
“It’s so exciting!”
5th panel:
“Aaargh! I want to go up the field and participate too!”
“Although Furuya and Haru-chii are participating, I…!”
6th panel:
“Hey! That very energetic person over there!”
Eijun: <Me?>
“That’s right! You!”

Page 16
1st panel:
“Will the one called Furuya be pitching today?”
2nd panel:
“I’ve heard that he’s just a first-year, but he’s able to pitch a super fast fastball…”
“I want to see exactly how fast it is…”
3rd panel:
“He’s wearing the jersey of Inashiro High…”
4th panel:
“You’re just wondering whether his is faster than yours, isn’t it?”

Page 17
1st panel:
“How petty …”
“You’re so noisy! It’s simply because I want to see it!”
“Petty.”
2nd panel:
{These two…}
“He’s not pitching today.”
3rd panel:
“Eh? Really?”
“And I really wanted to see his pitching too…”
4th panel:
“I’ve heard that he consecutively striked out 6 batters when he was up against Yokohama High…”
“Yeah… That’s right.”
“That’s awesome! He’s a monster!”
“Che… You’re too loud!”
5th panel:
“Why is he not pitching today?”
“Because he’s in bad condition?”
“Aaah, I really want to see his pitching!”
6th panel:
{Hmph…}
{Furuya this, Furuya that…}
7th panel:
“Do the two of you know?”
<Hm?>
“There’s actually another amazing pitcher that has entered Seidou…”

Page 18
1st panel:
Eijun: “Actually, in our match against Kiryu yesterday…”
Eijun: “Furuya was the starting pitcher…”
“Eh? With Kiryu?”
Eijun: “But his pitching really sucked.”
Eijun: “In the 5 innings he pitched, he lost 11 points! It’s 11 points, you know!”
2nd panel:
“You’re lying!”
Eijun: “I’m telling the truth!”
3rd panel:
“And then… At this critical moment…”
“Waiting for his chance to take the mound is…”
4th panel:
“Me!”
5th panel:
<A… A Muay Thai kick…>
6th panel:
“Don’t just leak information to the opponent as you please!”
“You idiot!”

Page 19
1st panel:
“Then… What he said was real?!”
“This guy actually gave the opposing team real info?”
<Is he an idiot?>
2nd panel:
“Yeah… It’s true.”
“Furuya wasn’t really in his best condition.”
3rd panel:
“Kazuya…”
“Whatever comes out of your mouth seems like a lie!”
4th panel:
Miyuki: “Oh ya… You’ll be the pitcher today, right?”
“I’ll be pitching!”
Miyuki: “Then I’ll definitely be gathering data on you!”
Eijun: (They know each other?)
5th panel:
“Mei… Let’s go!” (“Read” from hiragana, not sure about this.)
“I dislike this person!”
6th panel:
“Oh ya… You got played around with by Kazuya’s game-calling last year.”
“Shut up! We’re leaving!”
“Hahaha!”
7th panel:
“See you!”
8th panel:

Page 20
1st panel:
“Sawamura… He’s a lefty, just like you.”
“You better look carefully at his pitching!”
2nd panel:
{Eh?}
3rd panel:
“In last year’s summer preliminary rounds that decides who competes in the semi-finals… Our line-up…”
4th panel:
“Was totally held down by him, who went up the mound halfway through the match…”
5th panel:

Page 21
1st panel:
“To us, he’s the enemy we have to take revenge on…”
“If we are unable to defeat him, we definitely won’t be able to get into Koushien!”
2nd panel:
{Inashiro High’s Second-Year Ace}
{Narumiya Mei}

Page 22
Seidou Player Encyclopedia
Vol. 11
Miyauchi Keisuke (Third-Year)
Place of Birth: Saitama Prefecture
Position: Catcher
Right-handed pitcher and batter
Blood-Type: O
Has a firm and determined character.
Not as talented, as a catcher, as Miyuki but catching ability is very high.
Is able to use his trained body to slam a runner who’s running back to the home plate.
Has high endurance and is the type of player who trains secretly.
Touches pitchers’ crotches to help them relax, but the pitchers don’t seem to like that.
Interest: Training his body
Favourite thing: Beetles