Diamond no Ace 56

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Chapter 56/ Based on Evaluation

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[The third match of the one-day-two-matches schedule]
[Seidou – Shuuhoku]
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“Heh!”
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Page 4
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2nd panel:
“Strike!”
3rd panel:
“Strikeout!”
4th panel:
“That was a great pitch!”
5th panel:
“Awesome, Tanba!”
6th panel:
“Nice pitching!”

Page 5
1st panel:
“That curveball isn’t easy to hit with such a sharp curve…”
“There aren’t many pitchers who can pitch that kind of curveballs.”
2nd panel:
(He’s in a good condition.)
(The accuracy of his curveballs is almost perfect.)
3rd panel:
(The next batter is probably not suited for fastballs…)
4th panel:
(There’s no need to hide…)
(Tanba, just pitch and let them hit it!)
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Page 6
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“Ryou!”
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Page 7
1st panel:
“Awesome, a double play!”
“Nicely done, shortstop!”
“Nice pitching!”
“Tanba, that was great!”
2nd panel:
“There were almost no hits at all while he was pitching…”
“Hm.. The curveball always had a role to play during critical moments.”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
{And the one maximising the effect of the curveball…}
{Is that catcher’s game-calling skills…}

Page 8
1st panel:
“He pitched 43 balls in 5 innings.”
“And his condition is getting better and better…”
2nd panel:
“Nicely done! Tanba!”
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6th panel:
{Won’t it be better to see if I’m in good condition in the bullpen?}
7th panel:
{And then it’ll be easier for you, knowing what kind of balls you can ask for!}
8th panel:
{Was it because of the motivation you got from Inashiro’s match?}
{Or was it because you realised that you needed Miyuki in order to pitch better?}
{For you to go to Miyuki willingly, this is probably the first time…}

Page 9
1st panel:
2nd panel:
{He is indeed keeping a good pitching pace…}
3rd panel:
{But he didn’t give a signal for a forkball at all…}
{Does Miyuki not need Tanba’s forkball?}
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Tanba…”
6th panel:
“The opponents have probably started choosing what kind of pitch they would want to hit…”

Page 10
1st panel:
“I’ll be giving the signal for a forkball the next inning…”
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4th panel:
“You completely pitching the whole match is one of our goals today…”
“The number of pitches you’ve pitched up till now isn’t much anyway. From here on, we’ll control the flow of the match.”
5th panel:
{He actually has already thought of all the details from the start…}
6th panel:
“The later part of the match is actually the key that decides our victory.”

Page 11
1st panel:
Eijun: “Woah! He actually does say things that a catcher should say!”
Eijun: “That person who only asks for pitches to the inside corner…”
Furuya: (He doesn’t even give me signals…)
Haru: “He probably asks for different pitches from different pitchers…” (Smaller text: (Useless comment) )
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3rd panel:
“Hmph… I thought that you didn’t give the signal for the forkball because you didn’t have the confidence that you were able to catch it…”
“Eh?”
4th panel:
“If you think you can catch it, just try it!”
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Page 12
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“The line-up is still hitting a lot as usual.”
“Under Inashiro’s influence, they are starting to get pumped up…”
5th panel:
“Raaaaaaaaaaa!”
“Haha… Isashiki that guy, he won’t shout if he’s not hitting...”
6th panel:
“Damn it…”
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Page 13
1st panel:
{Where exactly…}
{Should I pitch?}
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Page 14
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2nd panel:
“Boring….”
3rd panel:
“Seidou’s batting line-up is amazing, I knew that since long ago.”
“Is there really no way for me to see Furuya’s pitching?”
4th panel:
“Do your best, Shuuhoku’s batters!”
“Pull Seidou’s pitcher off the mound!”
5th panel:
“You’re still harping on that?”
6th panel:
“Although Seidou gives the image that their pitchers are weak,”
“Kawakami and Tanba are actually pretty good pitchers!”
“Don’t underestimate them and focus on the match!”

Page 15
1st panel:
“But that pitcher…”
“Will just self-destruct at the later part of a match.”
2nd panel:
“Although he apparently has a good variety of pitches…”
“As a pitcher, I can’t stand looking at him do that!”
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4th panel:
“Woah, he’s looking here!”
“Don’t hide!”
5th panel:
“Listen carefully! Hit the fastball!”
“You definitely must not swing at the curveball!”
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{He actually asked for a forball for the first pitch…}
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Page 17
1st panel:
{This bastard…}
“Heh!”
2nd panel:
{It’s here… A fastball…}
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Page 19
1st panel:
{The ball dropped?}
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{It moves and travels the same way as a fastball…}
{It’s a little similar to the sinker, but it makes a sudden dive when it nears the bat.}
4th panel:
{To be honest, if I hadn’t catched this forkball myself,}
{I didn’t think that it would be so amazing… Tanba…}
5th panel:
{If this forkball can be effectively made use of…}

Page 20
1st panel:
“Hey, hey… I never heard of this guy knowing how to pitch forkballs..”
“And the speed is pretty fast too, isn’t it?”
2nd panel:
<Hoh…>
3rd panel:
“That’s why I told you! You can’t underestimate them!”
4th panel:
“Players who have really set their sights on Koushien…”
“Every single one of them would train as if their lives depended on it!”
5th panel:
{If we look down on our opponents too much, at the end of it…}
{We’ll be the ones defeated!}