Diamond no Ace 57

Page 1
1st panel:
“Players who have really set their sights on Koushien…”
“Every single one of them would train as if their lives depended on it!”
2nd panel:
“If we look down on our opponents too much, at the end of it, we’ll be the ones defeated..!”
3rd panel:
“Nice pitching!”
4th panel:
“Nice pitching!”
5th panel:
{This will work…}

Page 2
1st panel:
{My pitching will definitely work…!}
Chapter 57/ Gears
2nd panel:
(No matter if it’s the angle of the drop or the speed of the pitch… There’s nothing to find fault with.)
(If it’s like this, it’ll be easier to ask for different pitches for the rest of the match.)

Page 3
1st panel:
Eijun: <Ooh…>
Furuya: (I want to pitch too…)
2nd panel:
“Tanba performed great!”
“Pairing him up with Miyuki also seems to be a right decision now too.”
3rd panel:
{I never thought that he’ll be able to get his forkball to be of such precision…}
“It seems like his condition before the summer tournament is pretty good…”
4th panel:
5th panel:
{His condition is indeed pretty good.}
{But Tanba’s greatest weakness is that he’ll continually lose a lot of points the moment someone gets a hit on him…}
6th panel:
{The problem lies in whether he’ll be able to overcome that weakness of his.}

Page 4
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Miyuki.”
3rd panel:
“For the remaining 3 innings, please ask for pitches that centers around the forkball.”
“Eh?”
4th panel:
“That pitch just now has already shown its effectiveness.”
“Wouldn’t it be better to not pitch forkballs in front of those guys from Inashiro?”
5th panel:
{At the second half of the match, his speed has also decreased…}
{I don’t really want him to pitch any more forkballs that require a lot of his gripping strength…}

Page 5
1st panel:
“The forkball is only a bait that cons the batter into swinging.”
“I think that it’ll be better if I ask for pitches that centers around the fastball and the curveball.”
2nd panel:
“No… I want to pitch forkballs.”
“Since there aren’t many matches left for me to practice pitching the forkball…”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:
{Hey… Right when I was thinking that they were finally on good terms with each other…}
{These two really don’t get along.}

Page 6
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Tanba.”
“The things you said just now, were they spoken as the pitcher of a team?”
3rd panel:
“Or was that just a player’s stubborn opinion?”
“Tell me, which is it!”
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:
“If… That was your self-centred opinion…”

Page 7
1st panel:
“I won’t let you become the ace!”
2nd panel:
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4th panel:
5th panel:

Page 8
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“C-Coach!”
“We’re in the middle of a match!”
3rd panel:
“Both.”
4th panel:
“Hey, Tanba…”
“What are you talking about!”
5th panel:
“I know that Miyuki had considered the fact that I’ll start breaking down at the later parts of matches”
“Before he decides on the kind of pitches he’ll ask for.”

Page 9
1st panel:
“But if I don’t overcome this weakness of mine on my own…”
“I won’t be able to stand on the mound confidently!”
2nd panel:
“I’m saying this to become the real ace of the team!”
“This is my truthful opinion.”
3rd panel:

Page 10
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
{Tanba…}
4th panel:
5th panel:
{Tanba…}
6th panel:
7th panel:
8th panel:
“I understand.”

Page 11
1st panel:
“If that’s the case,”
“I’ll follow along with your idea!”
2nd panel:
“It’s not like I can ignore a pitcher’s firm resolution anyway.”
3rd panel:
“Hmph…”
“It’s rare for you to say that kind of stuff…”
4th panel:
“If the opponent gets hits off you like crazy, you’ll have to take responsibility..!”
“You’ll have to shave your head bald!”
5th panel:
“Oh, that idea’s good! I support it.”
“I support it too!”
6th panel:
“Hahahaha… But becoming a long-haired male is fine too!”
7th panel:
“Hey..Hey!”
“You guys…”

Page 12
1st panel:
Chris: “If he loses 1 point, he’ll shave his head bald.”
Chris: “If it’s 2, he shaves his eyebrows too.”
Chris: “I’ll take it down.”
“Hey! Why is Chris joining in too?!”
2nd panel:
“Hahaha, Chris-senpai, that’s awesome!”
{Tanba…}
“If it’s 3, he’ll grow long hair…”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
{When you had just joined the team, people had a lot of expectations for you because you were really tall.}
{But because of your shy nature, the coaches sometimes also didn’t know what to do with you.}
5th panel:
“I can go up the field anytime!”
{And the current you…}
6th panel:

Page 13
1st panel:
{It seems like… Before the summer tournament…}
{You’ll be able to change yourself…}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:

Page 14
1st panel:
{It’s not to make you recognise me as the ace…}
{But that I’ll be the ace after you recognise me as the ace…}
2nd panel:
{Trust of teammates…}
3rd panel:

Page 15
1st panel:
“Would the next batter please stand in position quickly!”
2nd panel:
“Ah, the next batter is Tanba!”
“Sorry, he’ll be there immediately!”
3rd panel:
“Woah! When did Shirasu-senpai get on base?”
“Focus on the match…”
4th panel:
“And when did Sakai-senpai return to the dugout?”
“Is it wrong for me to run back from third base?!”
5th panel:
“Tanba! Get a hit!”
“Don’t force yourself though!” (Smaller text: Don’t let it affect your pitching!)
6th panel:
{Che… Those guys must be thinking I won’t be able to hit it.}
7th panel:

Page 16
1st panel:
{I want to play…}
{More baseball.}
2nd panel:
{I want to taste…}
{More victory.}
3rd panel:
{I don’t want to waste the efforts I’ve been putting in for baseball.}
4th panel:
5th panel:
{This is all for the sake of standing onto that stage.}

Page 17
1st panel:
{We’ll…}
{Definitely get into Koushien!}
2nd panel:
{Wahaha… Tanba is going at it for real!}
3rd panel:
{I inititally wanted you to think about your pitching for the next inning, and let the opponent strike you out though…}
4th panel:

Page 18
1st panel:
(Why?)
(How are we any different from these guys!)
2nd panel:
{We had also worked hard like our lives depended on it for our three years!}
3rd panel:
{Damn it...}
{Damn it.. Damn it…}
{…Damn it……}
4th panel:
5th panel:
{Don’t joke around with us!}
{Damn it!}

Page 19
1st panel:
{Don’t joke…}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
{Oh no…}
{My sweat made the ball slip…}
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{I’ve been receiving a lot of help from many people.
Thank you very much!
Terajima Yuuji}