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Translation: Pumpkin Scissors 15

2012-03-03T20:25:40+00:00

Page 1
1st panel:
[The Lodelia Empire - The City of Grapes at dusk]
2nd panel:
“… Gramps.”
“Is that true?”
3rd panel:
“Although there’s no definite proof,”
“But it is probably is true.”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“…. Hehehe!”

Page 2
1st panel:
“If it’s the Imperial Army State Section III –“
“That would be Alice-chan’s unit!”
{Chapter 15 My little tempest}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Princess Settiemu is coming to the Imperial Army State!?” (TN: I hope I didn’t get the name wrong.. It looks weird. )
4th panel:
“I heard that she’s coming today by train.”

Page 3
1st panel:
“… Princess?”
“Settiemu Lodelia! She’s one of the princesses from the neighbouring country!”

2nd panel:
“Lieutanent, you know the princess?”
“I met her a few times because of my grandfather…”
3rd panel:
“She’s been a bright child since young.”
“She’s proficient in 4 languages when she was just 3 years old.”
“And she can remember everything that she has seen or heard.”
4th panel:
[With her memorization skills, even if it’s someone that hasn’t been in contact with her for many years, like me..]
[She can start a conversation as if they had just met yesterday.]
5th panel:
“The purpose of her visit should be –“

Page 4
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“ “An inspection on whether the state farm technology provided by Lodelia are acting out its use.” “
“But then,”
“That’s probably just an excuse.”
3rd panel:
“I’m guessing that her real motive –“
“Is to bring back the Lodelia guards!”
4th panel:
“Is that a problem?”
5th panel:
“That uprising –“
“The authorities are treating it as if it never even happened.”

Page 5
1st panel:

“It was Lord Horst who took care of the matter!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“And that’s precisely why Section I is unable to use torture on people to serve as a warning to others…”
“ “Commoners inititated an uprising, but managed to leave unharmed”.. Whether it’s good or bad news,”
“Section I has a reputation as the country’s security force to protect, of course they’ll try to cover up the incident.”
4th panel:
“But by covering up the incident…”
“It has become the “Achiles Heel of the Imperial Army State”….”
5th panel:

Page 6
1st panel:
“You have an expression that says “I’m also partly at fault since I let them off.” “
“You don’t have to worry about it. Section I believed it to be appropriate to conceal this incident.”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Indeed, they are trying to prevent any leakage of information,”
“And all those present at the scene also wants to treat the incident as if it never happened.”
“But there’s already a “leak” that can’t be fixed no matter what.”
4th panel:
“The Royal Guards that aren’t from the country.”
“The order to secrecy has no effect on them.”
5th panel:
“If those royal guards can spill everything that happened that day…”
“And she’s here to see that royal guard.. It would seem like…”

Page 7
1st & 2nd panel:
{She’s trying to grab hold of the Imperial Army State’s weakness –?!}
3rd panel:
“Princess.”
“I know!”

Page 8
1st panel:
“This is an incognito visit!”
“Meaning this mission is confidential!”
“This is the 4th time I’m hearing this!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“You have to grab hold of the Imperial Army State’s weakness no matter what!”
“It’s so you can shake off your royal sisters and brothers!”
“This is the 13th time I’m hearing this!”
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:

Page 9
1st panel:
“Is there something special on that wall?”
“There’s supposed to be a hot dog stand over there…”
2nd panel:
{I still don’t have the chance to eat it, huh…}
3rd panel:
“Princess,”
“There’s something else you have to take note of…”
“Enough! You’re annoying!”
4th panel:
“I’ve looked around everywhere but I couldn’t find…”
“The hot dog stand with black and white checkers.”

Page 10
1st panel:
“Tch! Theirs were the tastiest in the area!”
“Not just that them…”
“After the ceasefire, the number of street stalls are gradually decreasing.”
2nd panel:
“That’s because they weren’t taxed at that time.”
3rd panel:
“What does the news report say?”
4th panel:
“Only the part about Lord Paulo confessing to his crimes were reported.”
“Section I really did their job well.”

Page 11
1st panel:
“It’s so rare for us to be on leave.”
“You should just forget about all the work-related matters for now!”

2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Corporal is also currently recuperating from his injuries…”
“Yeah… I bet that he’s slacking and relaxing right now!”
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:
7th panel:

Page 12
1st panel:
“That’s right, even soldiers need to rest!”
“Sorry for the wait! Woah, this is my first time riding this!”
2nd panel:
“Haha, you can put your handbag over here!”
“Hehe, thank you!”
“Orledo?
3rd panel:
“Erm, we met while you were buying things, I guess?”
4th panel:
“Well then, I’m off!”
“You should also find a girl to spend a day with occasionally!”
5th panel:

Page 13
1st panel:
“Ahaha!”
“Woah!”
2nd panel:
“Really, that Orledo..!”
3rd panel:
“Like I would ever go and pick up girls just like that…”
4th panel:
(Saving water…)
5th panel:
6th panel:
(The water taps and the like in the Army aren’t controlled…)
7th panel:
(Oh, stop. I should forget about work for now.)

Page 14
1st panel:
“So…”
“There’s actually a toilet just for commoners to use?”
2nd panel:

Page 15
1st panel:
“Ah, don’t mind me!”
“I have no interests in commoners’ physiological needs.”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:
“Actually, you’re pretty balanced.”

“Who are you?!”

Page 16
1st panel:
“You’re asking “who” I am?”
“Originally, I’m not supposed to give my name to commoners…”
“But still…”
2nd panel:
“I’m Settiemu!”
“I’m one of the seven prince and princess who are in line for the throne in Lodelia!”
3rd panel:

4th panel:
“You don’t believe me, right?”

Page 17
1st panel:
“I’m Machs.”
“May I ask, why is the princess in such a place?”
“I’m running away!”
2nd panel:
“I can’t stand my attendant’s nagging.”
(

)
“Even though I can remember everything just from hearing it once…”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
{High quality fabric…}
{She’s probably from a rich household.}
5th panel:
“Whatever’s the case,”
“Let’s leave this place first!”

Page 18
1st panel:
{I should take her to the police…}
“Your attendant is probably worried about you, right?”
“Ignore him!”
“He’s so…”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“How about finding something to eat for now?”
5th panel:
“… Even though I say that,”
“I guess I can’t ask a little missy like you to eat hot dogs…”
6th panel:
“Is it a stall with black and white checkers?”

Page 19
1st panel:
“You know about it?”
2nd panel:
“The last time I visited,”
“The smell was so appetizing…”
“They simply started eating at the roadside… I must say, I’m pretty interested in commoner’s primitive behaviour like that…”
3rd panel:

“About that… I think the stall changed its location…”
4th panel:
“Is that so…”

“And I don’t know where to start looking..”
5th panel:
6th panel:
7th panel:
“Your footsteps… Machs.”
“Are you part of the Army?”

Page 20
1st panel:
“The register for the street stalls at the plaza in front of the station?”
[Imperial Army State’s Central District Tax Office]
2nd panel:
“Unauthorised personnel do not have access to the register…”
3rd panel:
“Is that okay? Machs is a soldier, and a non-commisioned officer at that.”
“Flips open”
“I heard that this country’s soldiers have a certain amount of influence in politics.”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Officer!”
“Warrant Officer Machs!”
6th panel:
“—Sorry for all the trouble the last few days…”
“It’s okay if it’s him…”

Page 21
1st panel:
“He’s Warrant Officer Machs from the Imperial Army State Section III.”
“He often have contact with our office regarding the problem of retrieving taxes.”
2nd panel:
“You’re asking about street stall that sell hot dogs… Right?”
3rd panel:
“The stalls at the plaza in front of the station is pretty orderless…”
“Just the applications alone amount to over four hundred…”
4th panel:
“Three years ago, on 17th March, 14:30 in the afternoon!”
“The location is behind the infrastructure at the west area!”
5th panel:
“You just have to search for applications in that time period.”
“It should be quite fast, no?”

Translation: Pumpkin Scissors 14

2012-02-03T03:21:49+00:00
Page 1 is the content page.

Page 1
Episode 14 Trick in Treat ~ And the sweet trap ----3
Episode 15 My little tempest ----117
Episode 16 Sheath of Flower ----181

(TN: Next page is actually the character page… But I’m skipping it.)

Page 2
1st panel:
{Everytime…}
{I can only sigh.}
2nd panel:
“Her dancing skills…”
“Are really bad.”
3rd panel:
“…..”
4th panel:
{And…}
{Today-}

Page 3
1st panel:
2nd panel:
{I even forgot}
{to breathe…}

Page 4
1st panel:
“Oh!”
“Found the potato!”
2nd panel:

3rd panel:
“I bet they’ll be real happy if I bring this back, Mercury!”
4th panel:
“M-M-M-Mercury!?”
“That’s considered stealing of ration supplies, you know!”
“C-C-Captain!?”

Page 5
1st panel:
“Ah… Erm, but these are all mostly burnt…”
“Woof!?”
2nd panel:
“Where did those 3 go?”
3rd panel:

“You guys should have left a long time ago.”
“You people are always like this every time.”
4th panel:
[I thought there were some weird movements within Section I…]
[Did I guess correctly…?]
5th panel:
6th panel:
“!”
Bottom Left of the page:
★This story is fictional and has no relations with any country, people, organisation or location.

Page 6
{Episode 14}
{Trick in Treat ~ And the sweet trap}
“There are times where you guys should..”
“Just obediently go back too.”

Page 7
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:

Page 8
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
{The steps I take…}
4th panel:
{Are no longer hesitant!}

Page 9
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“I wonder if it’s because of your own personality… Your sword is really straightforward.”
3rd panel:
“That’s why it’s so easy to see through.”

Page 10
1st panel:
“Damn, what a pity!”
2nd panel:
“No, actually.. I’m not exactly trying to cheer for that noblewoman…”
3rd panel:
“No matter what pretty words she can say...”
“If she can’t defeat him, it’s all meaningless!”
4th panel:
“I’ll go and wreck this duel right this instant!”
“H-Hey!”
5th panel:

Page 11
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:

Page 12
1st panel:
“Hey.. Someone… Lend a hand!”
“If everyone rushes at him at the same time, it’ll be fine!”
2nd panel:
“Don’t worry, this guy is already severely wounded.”
“If we kill him…”
3rd panel:
“We…”
“What we are doing now… Is it still an act of justice?”
“Ah…”
4th panel:
“Justice or not, it’s already not important!”

Page 13
1st panel:
“At the start, they should’ve…”
“Just acted as common evil-doers.”
2nd panel:
“Without the excuse of “acting for justice”, they end up unable to convince everybody.”
“To kill you…”
3rd panel:
“There’s not supposed to be any talk of justice.”
{Currently…}
{Is it still considered an act of justice?}
4th panel:

Page 14
1st panel:
“… Why do they…”
“Hate me to this extent…?”
2nd panel:
“Even if it might… I mean, might..”
“be true that I embezzled money…”
3rd panel:
“I didn’t kill anybody!”
4th panel:
“It’s true that I’ve been eating delicacies and good food!”
“But is there a need for them to be so jealous that they want to take my life?”
5th panel:

Page 15
1st panel:
“….”
“I’ve only heard of this just now…”
2nd panel:
“That man who seems to be leading these people…”
“Has met with quite a few problems.”
3rd panel:
“It’s not as if his child can be saved if I didn’t embezzle the money, right?”

“Of course he’ll still die.”
“But it’s not as simple as that.”

Page 16
1st panel:
[In fact…]
[Even if the embezzled funds were put to use appropriately…]
[The amount distributed to each citizen]
[would probably be just one grain of wheat...]
2nd panel:
[But… If he had managed to eat that one grain of wheat…]
[He would live a little longer because of that one grain.]
3rd panel:
4th panel:
[And he’ll be able to…]
[Hear his child speak for a little longer.]

Page 17
1st panel:
[What his child might have said could give him a chance to pick himself up.]
[Even though it’s painful, it’ll gradually turn into a fond memory.]
2nd panel:
“What you took from him was that chance.”
“Think about it yourself.”
3rd panel:
“The money you wasted for your own entertainment,”
“Exactly how much hope could it be exchanged for?”

Page 18
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“That’s how it is.”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Clang!”
“Clang!”
5th panel:
{Machs…}
{What’s he looking at?}
6th panel:

Page 19
1st panel:
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
2nd panel:
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“It would seem like the first half of the duel has started to take a toll on you.”
3rd panel:
“Forcing yourself to keep on fighting in an environment you’re not familiar with…”
“Probably burned up a lot of your energy.”
4th panel:

Page 20
1st panel:
“I’m sorry to inform you, but…”
“It’s time for me to end this!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
{Her breaths are short and rapid…}
{She probably can’t take on the Lodelia guard’s attacks any longer…}
4th panel:

Page 21
1st panel:
{It’s time….}
2nd panel:
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“….”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“Although…”
“I’m still in the midst of training…”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
3rd panel:
“If it’s one versus one…”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“I wonder if I can handle it?”
4th panel:
{The princess…}
5th panel:
{She should be right-handed.}

Page 22
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
“!”
6th panel:
“Ka-clang!”

Page 23
1st panel:
2nd panel:

Page 24
1st panel:
{She blocked it?}
{No, that’s not it!}
2nd panel:
“Ur…”
{She used her own strength to block the blow…}
3rd panel:
{And caused the attack…}
{To get deflected!?}
“Urgh!”
4th panel:
5th panel:
{She’s colliding her sword against mine…}
“Clang!”

Page 25
1st panel:
{She only changed…}
{The trajectory of the hit!}
2nd panel:
“Ugh!”
3rd panel:
{And there’s the pure and unique echo from the clashing of swords…}
{Could it be…}
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
4th panel:
“My grandfather…”

5th panel:
“When he was supressing the civil war in your country…”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“The late king bestowed upon him three awards.”
“Huff!”

Page 26
1st panel:
[The first is the title of “Noble Flame”. The second is the treasured sword, the “Noble Flame”.]
[And lastly…]
2nd panel:
[When met with an attack by a child soldier on the streets, my grandfather had no choice but to kill him.]
[The late king then conferred him with defensive swordsmanship..] (TN: I don’t know what she’s saying here either, maybe the king allowed him to learn how to defend with his sword?)
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:

Page 27
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:

Page 28
1st panel:
2nd & 3rd panel:
{My attacks won’t reach…}

Page 29
1st panel:
{The left-handed sword of defense!}
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
2nd panel:
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“The Royal Guards of Lodelia..”
“Huff!”
3rd panel:
“When met with what people from other country are unfamiliar with…”
“That is, the swordsmanship of Lodelia…”

Page 30
1st panel:
“How could I possibly lose?”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
{Unbelievable…}

Page 31
1st panel:
{I’ve never succeeded before…}
{With this frail body of mine…}
2nd & 3rd panel:
{But when I’m in front of these people…}
4th panel:
{I can actually…}
{Move this freely….}

Page 32
1st panel:
{And become…}
{This agile!}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“This girl is really something.”
4th panel:
“Even though she usually can’t even…”
“Dance properly.”

Page 33-34

Page 35
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Clenches..”

Page 36
1st panel:
“The kingdom’s…”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“Swordsmanship of the royalties!”
2nd panel:
“These few years, I’ve been holding the scabbard in my right hand, and pulling out the sword with my left.”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
3rd panel:
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“Huff! Huff!”
“Huff!”
4th panel:
“When I started using that technique,”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“I finally realised one thing.”

Page 37
1st panel:
“Defense is not for me.”
“Well then, are you ready?”
2nd panel:
{The princess’ breathing…}
{Has gone back to normal!}
3rd panel:
“ “Started using” , you say?”
“That’s so stupid…”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
4th panel:

Page 38
1st panel:
“The result will be the same even if you do it again and again…”
2nd panel:
“Fshh!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
{For a single attack, the “right hand” would definitely be the stronger one..}
{But …}

Page 39
1st panel:
{The “left hand”… is faster!}
2nd panel:
“Slide!”
3rd panel:
“Slide!”
{I’ve lost…}
{I was too concerned with Lodelia’s dignity… I lost my composure…}

Page 40
1st panel:
2nd panel:
{What were the other factors that caused me to get so agitated at this noblewoman?}
3rd panel:
{No…}
4th panel:
5th panel:
{It’s because I wasn’t good enough…}

Page 41
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:

Page 42
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“In order to take revenge on you for ruining my clothes…”
“I’ve had to use some means.”
3rd panel:
“My personality…”
“Is not as straightforward as you said it to be.” (Smaller text: By the way, no need for thanks.)
4th panel:
5th & 6th panel:
“You’ve won, “Noble Flame”.”
7th panel:

Page 43
1st panel:
“Since Malvin has won the duel…”

“That means we….”
“Are now saved, right…?”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Hey… What do we do now?”
“What do you mean by “what do we do”…”
4th panel:
5th panel:

Page 44
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Fsh…”
“!”
4th panel:
{As I thought… Even though they are doing it one by one gradually…}
{The gas lamps lighting the road to the ball are getting turned off…}
5th panel:
{Section I…}
{Is gradually closing in on us!}

Page 45
1st panel:
{Lionel Taylor’s proposition…}
{I wonder if Section I will listen to it…}
{No, what’s important now is that…}
2nd & 3rd panel:
{They have yet to let go of the weapons in their hands!}
4th panel:
{What the situation requires now…}
{Is a push from behind!}
5th panel:
6th panel:

Page 46
1st panel:
“You can’t advance any further than this.”
“Even though you’re the section chief of Section III, Captain Hunks…”
2nd panel:
“I believe that the chief is currently still in “working hours” right?”
“Please do not… involve yourself with Section I’s mission.”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:
“What the…? Just now, that was….”

“Aah…”

Page 47
1st panel:
“Maybe it’s a cat?” (Smaller text: It’s so high up…)
2nd panel:
“Ah, Captain!”

3rd panel:
“Section I has completely surrounded the building.”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Nobody will be able to escape.”
“Even the family of the involved will receive interrogation.”

Page 48
1st panel:
“This… has nothing to do with our families…”
2nd panel:
“Don’t…”
3rd panel:
“Don’t worry! There’s the lieutenant and the others!”
4th panel:
“Besides, didn’t we just dispatch a messenger to give them some sort of secret plan?”
“Isn’t that right, Captain?”
5th panel:
6th panel:
“Why would there be a secret plan?”
7th panel:
8th panel:
“Then what exactly was that?”
“Mm… Aah…”

Page 49
1st panel:
“I almost forgot…”
2nd panel:
{For members of Section III,}
{It’s not always correct to only depend on Alice L. Malvin.}
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“If we throw down our weapons now, we won’t be charged, right?”

5th panel:
“Don’t be fooled!”

Page 50
1st panel:
“We came here to kill the nobles! Not watch a duel!”
2nd panel:
“But we were here with the intent to act for justice!”
“You are just afraid to die!”
3rd panel:
“I think they’ve reached their limit…”
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:
7th panel:
“Hey, young man.”
“If she’s a “noble”…”

Page 51
1st panel:
“Then…”
“What do I look like to them?”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“You’re probably just…”
“a “noble” that has committed a crime!”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Damn it!”
6th panel:
{It’s her fault…}

Page 52
1st panel:
“Lieutenant..”
“I’m fine.”
{It’s all her fault…}
2nd panel:
{They…}
{Changed their minds.}
3rd panel:
“If you hadn’t butted into this…!”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Corporal?”
6th panel:
7th panel:

Page 53
1st panel:
“grabs air”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Urgh…”
4th panel:
“A military hound!?”
“Mercury!?”
5th panel:

Page 54
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“It’s a letter from the captain.”
5th panel:
“ “The Fourth Axe”?”
6th panel:
“”Mobilization of the officer team”…”
7th panel:
8th panel:
9th panel:

Page 55
1st panel:
{We’re surrounded---!!}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Even if we manage to…”
“Convince these commoners to throw down their weapons…”
4th panel:
{They won’t be able to get home… Will they?}
5th panel:
“And… We are out of time…”
“They will gradually close in…”
6th panel:
7th panel:

Page 56
1st & 2nd panel:
{It’s possible…}
{This aim of this operation…}
{Might be to capture, and not to save…}
3rd panel:
“What’ll we do?”
4th panel:
“This is a proof of authroization!”
“?”
“Isn’t it the same one Section III always uses?”
5th panel:
“The captain have to be at the scene! Even if we don’t have these documents, our authorization limits would still the same!”
“It’s not for the captain!”
6th panel:
“These are all… For us warrant officers to use!”

Page 57
1st panel:
“!”
2nd panel:
“…. No.”
3rd panel:
{Even if that’s the case… First and foremost…}
{We still have to make them let go of their weapons!}
4th panel:
“Didn’t you people come to take revenge on nobles?”
“I see that you guys are unable to reach an agreement with this, right?”
5th panel:
6th panel:

Page 58
1st panel:
“Come!”
“I’ll take you on!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Lieu-“
4th panel:
“Where do you think you’re going, Malvin?”
5th panel:
“Y-“
“You said that it was 3 against 1 just now!”

Page 59
1st panel:
“You have yet to…”
“Ba-dump”
“Ba-dump”
“Duel against me!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“But I think you look like you’re going to collapse anytime.”
“Ba-dump”
“Ba-dump”
“I’ll… I’ll let you off this time.”
4th panel:
“I’ll let you get a substitution!”
5th panel:
6th panel:
“Anyone would be fine for the substitution?”
“…. I don’t mind.”

Page 60
1st panel:
“Then… How about him?”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“… Ugh!”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“A noble is going to duel with a commoner?”
“Hey, if it’s a duel…”
6th panel:
{Even if the noble gets killed…}
{The commoner won’t be charged with a crime!}

Page 61
1st panel:
{Why…}
2nd panel:
“U…”
3rd panel:
“Urgh!”
4th panel:
“Uuwahh--!”
5th panel:

Page 62
1st panel:
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“U…”
“Uuu…”
2nd panel:
“Why did you come out for?”
3rd panel:
“You could’ve just accepted his terms and confess to your crimes.”
“You’ll be able to walk out of this place alive!”
4th panel:
“Those terms… Don’t exist!”
5th panel:
“The princess already said so…”
“She said that she’s fighting for the honor of the “nobles”…”
“Isn’t she?”

Page 63
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
{This duel…}
4th & 5th panel:
{The noble’s…}
{The nobles’…}
6th panel:

Page 64
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
{For that…}
{She was willing to put her life at stake…?}
5th panel:
{Even though.. That time…}
{We only mocked her for it!}

Page 65
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Please forgive me!”
“I.. I don’t want to die!”
6th panel:

Page 66
1st panel:
“What about my child?”
“He didn’t want to die either!”
2nd panel:
“I’m sorry…”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“S…”
5th panel:
“Sorry…”
6th panel:
“We are truly sorry.”

Page 67
1st panel:
“ “Sorry”…? You.. You nobles!”
“You guys aren’t capable of guilt!”
2nd panel:
“Stop crying!”
“Don’t apologize!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Only humans are able to do that!”
5th panel:
“Only humans like us…”
6th panel:

Page 68
1st panel:
{Only humans…}
2nd panel:
{Like us…}
3rd panel:
“….”
4th panel:
“We’re really… sorry.”

Page 69
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“You nobles…”
4th panel:
“Are always conceited… Only knows how to idle around…”
5th panel:
“And treats us as if we were bugs…”

Page 70
1st panel:
“You should treat us like we shouldn’t exist!”
“And act as if you hadn’t done anything wrong!”
2nd panel:
“Isn’t that what being a “noble” is all about?”
3rd panel:
“…. You’re absolutely correct.”
4th panel:
“Sorry….”
5th panel:

Page 71
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:

Page 72
1st panel:
“Ah…”
2nd panel:
“Ah…”
“Aah…”
“Ah!”
3rd panel:
“It’s no use…”
4th panel:
“I think it’s impossible for us…”
“Clang..”
“We probably…”
“Clang…”
5th panel:
“Can’t do it…”
6th panel:
“Clang..”
“Clang..”

Page 73
1st panel:
“It’s so infuriating!”
“So infuriating!”
2nd panel:
“It’s so infuriating!”
3rd panel:
“Clang…”
“Clang…”
“Clang…”
“Clang…”
4th panel:
“Clang..”
“Clang…”
5th panel:
“They’ve… put down their weapons…”
“…..”
6th panel:
“Clang…”
“Clang…”

Page 74
1st panel:
{They have neither honor, nor a heart…}
“U…”
“Uu…”
2nd panel:
{That’s the nobles that they are able to kill…}
{The last and only thing that could protect them.}
3rd panel:
{When the heinous Lord Paulo stood up to speak,}
{Their murderous rage was already ----}
4th panel:
5th panel:
{There is still… One last important thing to do…}
6th panel:
7th panel:
“I understand that that’s your resentment against Lord Paulo…”
8th panel:
“But a crime is still a crime!”

Page 75
1st panel:
“B…”
“But! According to the terms he stated, we aren’t guilty of any crime…”
“Don’t be stupid… It’s not like he was the one who fought…”
“And we should’ve been prepared for this right from the start.”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
{Fair at all times…}
4th panel:
{It’s because you’re like this that they’ve started wavering.”
{Because you’re a person like that…}
5th panel:
{That it’s impossible for you to forgive them in this situation.}
“I hereby arrest you for assault and attempted murder-“
6th panel:
“Please wait a moment.”
“Lady of the nobles.”

Page 76
1st panel:
“If we’re looking at who has the authority to make decisions in this situation,”
“Us, the Imperial Army State Section III, would definitely have more authority than nobles!”
2nd panel:
“Ah…”
3rd panel:
“But I’m the-“
4th panel:
“I’m currently in command for our team here.”
“When you’re off-duty, you’re just a noblewoman.”
Alice: “You’ve heard that.”
Alice: “Oreldo, you’ll be in charge for this period of time!”
Oreldo:

Page 77
1st panel:
“Section III will now arrest you people!”
“The crime you’ve committed is-“
2nd panel:
“Damage to public property!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“…….. ……..”
“Oreldo, Machs.”
“I understand your intent behind this, but-“
“Third princess.” (TN: As in, she’s the third-in-line in her family.)

Page 78
1st panel:
“I’m sorry to say this, but if you continue doing as you like, you’ll be obstructing our work.”
“With this proof of authorization right here, warrant officers will be able to arrest even nobles!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“I hope that you won’t obstruct our work…”
“Because of your personal feelings!”
4th panel:

Page 79
1st panel:
“Lieutenant, you’ve lost.”
2nd panel:
“I’ve… I’ve lost?”
“Who did I lose to?”
3rd panel:

Page 80
1st panel:
“You’ve lost to the Imperial Army State Section III.”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:
{You…}
{People…}

Page 81
1st panel:
“I’ll remember this!”
2nd panel:
“!”
3rd panel:
“Wait a moment, don’t start celebrating just yet!”
“The amount of time that Section III can protect you people is just that 3 days in custody.”
4th panel:
“At the start of the fourth day, those guys from Section I will “forcibly arrest” you…”
“And all of you will be sent in to the interrogation room…”
5th panel:
“--- How about for the next 3 days…”

Page 82
1st panel:
“I’ll take care of things?”
“!?”
“Lord Horst?”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“There’re people who’ll listen to what I have to say in the upper echelons of the army.”
“They’ll take your situation into consideration.”
4th panel:
“I hope you won’t take this as the nobles pitying the commoners…”
“You can say that the nobles are trying to make up to you.”
5th panel:

Page 83
1st panel:
“That’s how it is…”
2nd panel:
“My lord!”
“He’s kneeling in public…!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“We…”
5th panel:
“We’ve succeeded!”
“The nobles have learnt their lesson!”
“Even though the process wasn’t what we originally intended to do, we’re still able to live on –“
6th panel:

Page 84
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:

Page 85
1st panel:
“I’m still…”
“Not good enough.”
2nd panel:
“I think that it’s good to end things on a peaceful note..”
“And things are exactly as I wish for right now..”
3rd panel:
“But…”
“Why?”

Page 86
1st panel:
“I feel like…”
“Justice was not meted out.”
2nd panel:
{The people who are supposedly able to stand tall and proud are –}
{And the one who meted out justice is actually…}
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“…Today,”
“I noticed something when I looked out of the window.”

Page 87
1st panel:
“Lieutenant, you are…”
“Still just a tiny existence.”
2nd panel:
“You’re not…”
“A perfect person.”

“But no matter the situation,”
“You would always trouble yourself to think of a solution.”
3rd panel:
“All this talk about justice…”
“You’re too greedy.”
“If Lieutenant… If you’re going to continue doing as you please…”

Page 88
1st panel:
“Please…”
“Even if it’s just a little, entrust part of your burden to Oreldo or Machs…”
“And maybe to me too…”
2nd panel:
“We’ll definitely help!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Even though I asked for your help this time round, doesn’t you saying all that means you don’t trust my judgement?”

Page 89
1st panel:
“You said that you’ll protect me,”

“But in the end you’re telling me to depend on the warrant officers?”
2nd panel:
“Er…”
3rd panel:
“I’ll… I’ll do my best!”
“I’ll work hard towards the day where I can support the lieutenant from behind!”
4th panel:
“I don’t want it to be someday. I want it now!”
5th panel:
“Ahhhhhhhh~~!!” (Smaller text: That’s wine-!!)

Page 90
1st panel:
{Today, she definitely}
{Exhausted herself…}
2nd panel:
“Lieu… Lieutenant?”
“You only had a sip.. Eh?”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:

Page 91
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“There’re many different type of nobles.”
3rd panel:
“I still don’t agree.”
“But if there are nobles like you or that lady…”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Shaon-!“

Page 92
1st panel:
“Shaon-!”
“Shaon-!”
2nd panel:
“Shaon-!” (TN : I have no idea how to translate this. So I’m following the hiragana in the raw.)
3rd panel:
“Did you see it? The Princess’ swordsmanship.”
“It was so elegant!”
4th panel:
“Ah… Yeah…”
{… Why?}
5th panel:
{His voice is similar…}
{Height is also the same…}
6th panel:
7th panel:
{But -}

Page 93
1st panel:
{He seems so childish right now…}
“Pulls!”
“I like seeing things in the perspective of a “winner”!”
2nd panel:
“But this hobby of mine is actually pretty troublesome.”
“To actually experience it myself –“
3rd panel:
“I have to be in combat mode all the time.”
“Only competition will produce a “winner”.”
4th panel:
“Ba-dump”
“Ba-dump”
“… But then again,”

Page 94
1st panel:
“I’ve never managed…”
“To find an opponent.”
2nd panel:
[I’ve been the best in everything since I was young.]
[I could never find a child who could equal to me.]
3rd panel:
[I had little choice but to contest with adults.]
[In the end, even the adults avoided competing with me.]
4th panel:
“What exactly are you trying to say –“
5th panel:

Page 95
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Let’s have a duel!”
3rd panel:
“Why do I have to duel with you?”
“Because you know who played a part in this.”
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:
“Not even Lord Horst will be able to protect the mastermind behind this plan.”
“And you’ll probably end up yielding to Section I’s interrogation!”

Page 96
1st panel:
“Well…”
“I guess I shouldn’t have let you seen my face in the first place…”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:

Page 97
1st panel:
“uh!”
“uh!”
{Why!? Why cant I pull the trigger?}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:
{My –}
{index finger…}
7th panel:
“Arghhhhh!”

Page 98
1st panel:
“Thank you.”
“It was an exciting match.”
2nd panel:
{Damn it, why!?}
{Why did such a thing have to happen…}
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
{This guy…}
{He just…}

Page 99
1st panel:
{He actually…}
{breathed a…}
{….sigh….}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“We’ll take care of that body over there.”
4th panel:
“Oh, you’re here?”

Page 100
1st panel:
“Leaving in the middle of the riot without us there to help –“
“You really think you can do it by yourself?”
2nd panel:
“The duel was so exciting…”
“I’m confident I’ll be able to protect Lord Horst.”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“ “After settling down the crowds, Lord Horst shows kindness to the perpetrators.” “
“ “Hence causing all, no matter rich or poor, to support Lord Horst.” “
5th panel:

Page 101
1st panel:
[To make up for the mistake of having Lord Paulo as the Economic Director, he will probably take up the post instead.]
[There’ll probably be little or no discontentment regarding the decision. And then…]
2nd & 3rd panel:
[Standing at the top of the Imperial Army State’s economy… He’ll be able to create his own network with the people he associates himself with.]
4th panel:
“That seems like something thought up by a child.”
“Inform me the next time you start executing a plan.”
“I’ll remember that.”
5th panel:

Page 102
1st panel:
“I was actually a little shocked this time round.”
“The princess who declines attending every year…”
2nd panel:
“Decided to participate this year…”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“When I was with Lord Horst, I was still worrying about who I should protect…”
5th panel:
“I guess my concern was unneccessary.”

Page 103
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“You should stop involving yourself with the third princess.”
3rd panel:
“With the birth of a male heir, she is no longer of value.”
4th panel:
“Pfft!”
“Ahahaha!”
5th panel:
“What’s so funny?”
“Hahahaha!”
6th panel:
7th panel:
“After the cease-fire –“

Page 104
1st panel:
{The incident which came to be know as the empire’s most tragic event}
{Exactly who will be able to solve everything without any sacrifice…}
2nd – 5th panel:
“Some of them probably managed to figure it out.”

Page 105
1st panel:
{The emergence of that princess…}
{Others definitely won’t be able to treat her simply as one of the Thirteen Appointed Families –!}
2nd panel:
“I think I finally found the one…”
3rd panel:
{Someone who understands me…}
{An opponent that won’t lose despite competing with me –}
4th panel:

Page 106
1st panel:
{Someone who can hold her own…}
{the lioness!}
2nd panel:
“….”
“We’re leaving, Guraso.”
“Yes!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
{We’re all –}
{Servants of the Silver Wheel!}

Page 107
1st panel:
“…. Guraso.”
“Yes?”
2nd panel:
“Seems like the members of the Imperial Army State Section III are all here.”
“Yes, they are… But it’s not all of them.”
3rd panel:
“I originally thought they aren’t capable of subduing those revolters.”
4th panel:
{They were also mentioned in the report regarding the incident at the Water Works Administration Bureau…}
{The “War Relief and Reconstruction Unit”}
5th panel:
{Section III, was it…}
“Mm…”

Page 108
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Yes… It’s fine.”
“I understand.”
[Army Intelligence Bureau Communications Management Office]
3rd panel:
“I will…”
“Withdraw my troops.”
4th panel:
“Pass on a command to all officers surrounding the building of the ball.”
“ “All units will go on stand-by”
“And await the arrival of the messenger hound.” “
“Continue monitoring calls from overseas.”
5th panel:
“Pressure from above?”

Page 109
1st panel:
“Colonel Jassim called personally…” (TN: I’m not sure, but I think the raws says it’s Colonel Gatsumu. I think it doesn’t seem correct, so I used the chinese translation.)
“Seems like Lord Horst, who’s at the ball, asked him for a favor.”
2nd panel:
“Purposely using a phone call to inform…”
3rd panel:
4th & 5th panel:
“It’s as if someone specifically prepared all these for tonight.”
6th panel:
“Does it feel like I’m overthinking?”
7th panel:

Page 110
1st panel:
“I’ve confirmed it with the officer from the Documentation Division.”
“The seal is real… They are truly documents that came from the Economics Office.”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“… No doubt,”
“These are the stolen documents from the recent theft incident at the Economics Office.”
“No matter how I see it, I find it hard to believe that it’s just me overthinking.”
4th panel:
“Those we’ve arrested will probably be released soon…”
“For an incident of this scale, small fries probably aren’t aware of the details..”
5th panel:
{Isit possible that there’re no trace of anything left behind…}
6th panel:
“Er… Major!”
“On line no. 8…”

Page 111
1st panel:
“Hey!”
2nd panel:
“!?”
“Hunks!?”
“Why are you there?”
3rd panel:
“I have the permit to use this line.”
“Oh ya –“
4th panel:
“The order for withdrawal…”
“Where’s the pressure from?”
5th panel:
“I don’t know!”
“And I’m under no obligation to tell Section III!”
6th panel:

Page 112
1st panel:
“Yesterday night, Section III was in charge of distributing rations.”
“There was a sudden change in the location at a certain social welfare organization’s request.”
“…? What are you trying to say?”
“The largest donor for that social welfare organization is –“
2nd panel:
“Lord Nietzsche Horst!”
“He attended the ball, right?”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
“The order for withdrawal came from Colonel Jassim.”
“The Colonel and Lord Horst have been chess buddies for 20 years.”

Page 113
1st & 2nd panel:
“Ho!”
3rd panel:
{Seems like a big bug}
4th panel:
{Has already managed to infiltrate the empire.}

Translation: Shinyaku "Kyojin no Hoshi" Hanagata 18

2011-11-13T10:16:42+00:00
A Chinese to English translation.

Page 1
1st panel:
“Coach, what were you thinking… You want us to have a practice match with an amateur baseball team?” (Smaller: We are the team that got into the Best 8 two years ago, you know.)
2nd panel:
“Mm..”
“It’s almost the Preliminary Rounds for the Summer Tournament…”
{Chapter 18 You go your Way}
“Excuse me…”
“Thank you for having this match with us today.”
“Huh?”
“I’m Hanagata Mitsuru, the coach.”
3rd panel:
“The… The coach?”
(A kid? Elementary?)
“En… Are you from the Black Shadows?” (Smaller: Where’s the rest of the team?)
“Yeah, about that…”
4th panel:
“Sorry to bother you, but do you know where the carpark for this field is at?”
“What? Carpark?”
5th panel:

Page 2-3
1st panel:
“Hey, Hanagata! So our opponents today are high schoolers?”
“Sorry for the wait!” (Smaller: Let’s start the match!)
“This field is awesome!”
“Hey! Didn’t I say not to sit on the door of the car?”
“You’re going down!”
Hanagata: “Ah… You guys…”
“….Woah!”
2nd panel:
{Limo…}
{A limousine?!}
“Didn’t I say to wait for me over there? And stop sticking your heads and your arms out of the window!”
“Aw, it’s not like it’s hurting anybody!” (Smaller: Anyway, what about the match?)
“Ah, Akagawa got knocked down!”

Page 4
1st panel:
“C-Coach… Are we really going to have a practice match with that crazy amateur team?”
“Yeah…”
2nd panel:
“C-Coach…” (Smaller: That team has got delinquents with golden hair in it…)
“I… I have my own idea about these things. Don’t worry about it.”
3rd panel:
“Both teams… Line up!”

(He’s short…) (Smaller: Is he in elementary school?)
(He’s tall…) (Smaller: Is he a college student?)
{Unexpectedly… They are all middle schoolers…}
4th panel:
{What we need right now is confidence and momentum!}
{Even if they are an amateur team, our players need the experience of participating in a real match! We’ll get better results than the Best 8 this year!}
{Today, we’ll defeat them…}
5th panel:
{Easily…}

Page 5
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“It’s fast!”
4th panel:
“Eh?”
{What? Under arm pitching?}
5th panel:
“S-Strike!”

6th panel:
“The speed… It’s really fast…”
“What exactly is the speed…?”
7th panel:
“That has already surpassed the power of a normal under arm pitch…”

Page 6
1st panel:
“D..Damn! Our opponent are middle schoolers! We couldn’t even get a hit?”
“Isn’t it just because the pitch is a little fast? Quick, hold down their line-up and go on the offense properly!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“It’s a hit to the right field!”
“Way to go, Amano! Run!”
“Ah….!”
5th panel:
“One out, runner on first and third!”

Page 7
1st panel:
“Hey, Yoshii! What’re you doing?!” (Smaller: Don’t let them hit!)
“The opponent are middle schoolers! Get serious!”
2nd panel:
“If they get a hit off you again…”
“I’ll take down your name from the starting lineup! Do you hear me?”
3rd panel:
{Tch, what the hell…}
4th panel:
{The fourth batter is actually the super short brat!} (Smaller: And he’s choking up on a long bat.. He’s exaggerating it…)
5th panel:
{This year would be our last summer together…}
{We definitely can’t lose in this practice match…}
{If I lose my starting position because he got a hit off me…}
6th panel:
{I can’t let that happen!}
7th panel:

Page 8
1st panel:
{Good!}
{He’s not going to hit the first pitch!}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:

Page 9
1st panel:
“Foul!”
“Wha…”
{He managed to hit it?}
2nd panel:
{I… I thought he wasn’t going to hit the first pitch…}
{He ended up hitting the ball with the tip of the bat…}
3rd panel:
(This guy… His swing is really fast!)
“Weird…”
4th panel:
“I’ve already tried to let the ball get as close as possible.. But I still swung too early…”
5th panel:
“I better wait a bit longer…”
6th panel:
“What?”
7th panel:
“That brat said my pitch was slow?”
“Yoshii… Calm down!”
“Tch!”
8th panel:
“What a damned brat..”
“Hm?”

Page 10
1st panel:
“What’s wrong?” (Smaller: You can’t start your engine?)
“It’s nothing…”
“I’m alright… Just go back already.”
“Okay…”
2nd panel:
“There are runners on first and third. Watch out for a bunt.”
3rd panel:
“I know.”
4th panel:
{I can’t let him get a hit off me…}
{The opponent is an amateur team made up of middle schoolers…}
5th panel:
[A breaking ball is a type of pitch that has a different spin compared to a fastball… And hence the air resistance acting on the ball is different too.]
[If the spin acting on the ball is altered slightly, the air resistance acting on the ball will also be affected.]
[The movement of the ball will, therefore, change.]
6th panel:
[If the surface of the ball is damaged, the spin acting on the ball changes.]
[And the magnitude of the ball’s movement gets greater.]

Page 11
1st panel:
{If someone deliberately make use of this to pitch…}
{The pitch is called emery ball…}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
{S..Strange?}
{Why is the ball moving like that?}
5th panel:
6th panel:
{Although pitching emery balls would mean breaking the rules!}

Page 12-13

Page 14
1st panel:
“This…”
“It hit the fence?”
2nd panel:
“It’s a hit that went into the stands…!”
“What a powerful hit!”
3rd panel:
“Hanagata! Good job!”
“Awesome! We got the first points!”
4th panel:
{Wha… What was with that hit?}
5th panel:
{Who in the world…}
{Is he?}

Page 15
1st panel:
“Uh… The Black Shadows wins this practice match! Bow!”
“Thank you for the game!”
“Thank you for the game!”
2nd panel:
“Why…Why did this happen.. The momentum we need…”

“C-Coach…”
3rd panel:
“Hey…”

“Hm?”
4th panel:
“How… How old are you?”
(At a closer look, he’s really short… Probably around 140cm?)
“I’m 13… Why?”

5th panel:
{First year in Junior High, huh… I actually lost to this kid… How useless…}
“Uh…”
“You know, in the first half of the first inning… During your at-bat… Actually…”
6th panel:
“When I fouled, did the ball get damaged?”
“Eh?”
“How did you know…”
7th panel:
“So you actually knew… And still pitched with it?”
“Uwah!”

Page 16
1st panel:
“I won’t forgive you if you do it again!”
2nd panel:
“Understand?”
3rd panel:
“I… I get it… I won’t do it again…”

{How… How did he know? Why was he able to hit that pitch?}
4th panel:
“Hey, Hanagata! What are you doing over there?”
“Let’s go!”
5th panel:
“The location for our next match is super far away!”
“Hurry! Or we won’t be able to make it!”
6th panel:
“You guys are having another match?”
“Ah, yeah… “
“Because we’re a newly established team, we arranged for a lot of matches.”

Page 17
1st panel:
“We’ve been having two matches everytime recently…”

“Amano is a freaking sadist, I tell you.” (Smaller: It’s super scary when he’s batting…)
2nd panel:
“A sadist?! I’m doing it for your own good, you know!”
“What ‘for our own good’? You sadist!”
“That’s right! You four-eyed geeky sadist!”
3rd panel:
{I thought they were just a crazy team that went around in a limousine…}
{But they…}
{More than I expected possible, they…}
“Four-eyed geeky sadist?”
“Hahahaha!”
4th panel:
{That’s right…}
{Baseball isn’t so simple a sport that you can win without doing anything…}
{Even though I was supposed to know this the best…}
“Uh…”
5th panel:
“Hey… What’s your name?”
“What?”
6th panel:
“Hanagata…”
“My name’s Hanagata Mitsuru…”

Page 18
1st panel:
“Hanagata, huh…”
“Do your best…!”
{And hence ----..}
2nd panel:
{The Black Shadows that consisted of Hanagata and the gang…}
{Continued participating in unofficial matches…}
3rd panel:
{Of course, there were times where they were defeated,}
{But…}
{The number of victories they had also continued to increase..}
{Which resulted in a situation…}
4th panel:
{Where they became a team that everyone talked about…}
5th panel:
“Have you heard?”

Page 19
1st panel:
“Murasakiyama Senior League lost to them…” (Smaller: And the opponent even set a record of making them have no runs at all…)
“Really? But isn’t Tanaka in that team?”
“It’s true! Just that it was an unofficial match.”
2nd panel:
“Who did they lose to?”
“I think it’s a team called the Black Shadows.” (Smaller: The team’s pitcher is super tall, and the clean-up is super short.)
“Who are they?”
3rd panel:
“I heard that they were an amateur team that always travels in a limousine!”
“What’s with that? It’s probably just an urban legend, isn’t it?”
“Hahaha, it’s true, it’s true!”
“Ah, I just remembered! The name of that team’s ace pitcher is Kuro something, that’s why the team is called…”
4th panel:
“The Black Shadows!”
(TN: The Black Shadows = Kuro Kage)
5th panel:
“Haha, what a lame name!”
“Yeah, I totally agree with you!”

Page 20
1st panel:
“Kurosawa…”
“Kagehito!”
{That was how…}
2nd panel:
{The Black Shadow’s…}
{First and last summer started…}

Translation: Shinyaku "Kyojin no Hoshi" Hanagata 17

2011-11-13T10:09:16+00:00
A Chinese to English translation
There are probably lots of grammatical errors inside. I can’t think of better ways to phrase them.

Page 1
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Hm? Isn’t that…”
“What’s wrong?”
4th panel:
“That kid who was drenched from the rain.. I remember he’s the President’s…”
[President Office]
5th panel:
6th panel:
7th panel:
“Oh? This is rare…”

Page 2
1st panel:
“What do you think of my cars?”
“I’ve been thinking that it’s about time Hanagata Motors participate in the Cross-Country Championships.”
“But the adjustments for the body weight of the car will be a problem..” (Smaller: I’ll have to find ways to raise the weight limit that the vibration damper can handle too…)
“Hm….?”
{Chapter 17 Lose Yourself}
2nd panel:
“What’s the matter, Mitsuru?” (Smaller: You’re drenched.)
“Father…”

Page 3
1st panel:
“It’s pouring outside. You came looking for me without an umbrella?”
“You should have called. I could send someone to pick you up if you needed it.”
2nd panel:
“And another thing.. I heard from Gotou that you didn’t go to school today?”
“You shouldn’t be neglecting your studies…”
3rd panel:
“Gotou spoils you too much…”
4th panel:
“He actually allowed you to take leave for no reason..”
“Mitsuru, go to school tomorrow, okay?”
5th panel:
“Father!”
6th panel:
“I want to leave the Hanagata house!”

Page 4
1st panel:
“And after that?”
2nd panel:
“What?”
3rd panel:
“I can guess what has happened…”
“I’ve said this before…”
“Even if you pretend to be the same as the people around you, you’ll be found out one day.”
“This is what happens when you hide the truth…”
4th panel:
“Mitsuru, I’ll tell you something.”
5th panel:
“In this world, there are only two ways of doing things…”
6th panel:
“Doing the right thing..”
“And doing the wrong thing.”

Page 5
1st panel:
“For you, the correct thing to do…”
“Is not to hide your true identity and make everyone think you’re ‘normal’…”
“But to learn and study in a suitable environment, don’t you think?”
“You should be with people that would neither try hard to please you, nor get jealous of you.”
2nd panel:
“I….!”
3rd panel:
“To the parent who raised you up…”
“You said that you want to leave the house…”
4th panel:
“I find it hard to believe that it’s a well thought-out decision…”
5th panel:
“I suggest…”
6th panel:
“A school transfer…”
“Mitsuru.”

Page 6
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Bocchan, you’ll catch a cold!”
“Please change your clothes as quickly as possible, and take a shower…”
3rd panel:
“I’ll apologise for yesterday!”
“So please…”
“Gotou-san…”
4th panel:
“Please, just let him be alone for a while…”
“Mi…Misora…”
“He’s not angry with you anymore…”
5th panel:
“He’s just confused…”
6th panel:
{Because he was born in a family…}
{Where people would always look at him differently…}
7th panel:

Page 7
1st panel:
2nd panel:
{“I suggest a school transfer…Mitsuru.”}
{The correct thing to do..}
3rd panel:
{Perhaps… Father is correct…}
“Achoo!”
4th panel:
“Towel, towel…”
5th panel:
“Hm?”
6th panel:

Page 8
1st panel:
{This is the ball from a batted homerun!}
{Congrats!}
{Congrats!}
{The Black Shadows}
{I found this!}
{Victory!}
{Hooray!}
{I helped out the most today!}
{No, it’s me!}
{At the Okonomiyaki store}
2nd panel:
{This..}
{When did they..}
3rd panel:
{They….!}
4th panel:
{I’ll…}

Page 9
1st panel:
{I’ll…}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
Bold words: {Ball from the victory pitch!}
5th panel:
“Hehe…”

Page 10
1st panel:
“Why are you giggling like an idiot with just your boxers on?”
“Woaaah!”
2nd panel:
“You got over excited because it’s been a long time since you’ve played baseball, right? What an idiot…”
“You’re really idiotic…”
“Kyoko, you…”
“You actually took sick leave just because your foot got injured… How weak!”
3rd panel:
“You should knock before entering someone’s room!” (Smaller: Go to school!)
4th panel:
“That hurts! You’ll remember this!”
“I’ll become a bad girl!”
“Geez…” (Smaller: So noisy…)
5th panel:
“It’s so nice out! I also want to loiter around the school that I haven’t been going to for such a long time! But…”
6th panel:
“Hm ------“
7th panel:
“Woah, that’s so stylish! This is the first time I’ve seen it!”
“I actually get to see it here, how unusual…”
8th panel:
“That car is so cool!”

Page 11
1st panel:
“The young master of Hanagata Motors?!”
2nd panel:
“Have you heard? He’s the son of that massive enterprise’s President!”
“What?”
“Are you for real?”
“My dad’s car was manufactured by that company!”
3rd panel:
“That’s amazing! Isn’t he a great catch?”
“Which class is Hanagata Mitsuru in?”
“Isn’t he that guy who hangs out with the baseball club’s delinquents?”
4th panel:
“So he’s the young master of Hanagata Motors…”
“Amazing… I wonder how much his daily allowance is?”
5th panel:
6th panel:
“How did it become like this? You guys are the ones…”
“Who know about Hanagata’s family, right?”

Page 12
1st panel:
“Why did the news spread so quickly?”
“What?”
“The whole school knows about it now… That’s bad…”
2nd panel:
“So…”
“Sorry…I told one of my girl friends…”
“Idiot!”
“You shouldn’t have told anyone!”
3rd panel:
“B..But he’s the son of Hanagata Motor’s President, you know…”
“Hanagata… Didn’t say anything about that at all..”
4th panel:
“He was trying to hide it..”
“Amano..”
“He didn’t tell us…”
“Probably because he didn’t want us to know about it..” (Smaller: He didn’t come to school today… And yesterday too…)
5th panel:
“There’s this huge uproar about it just because the news got out…”
“So I can understand why he was trying to hide it..”
6th panel:
“Akagawa! It’s your fault for getting mad with the old man!”
“What? It’s my fault now?”
7th panel:
“That old man was the one who started it! But still, the main reason isn’t about that…”

Page 13
1st panel:
“It’s because of Hanagata that I was so pissed off…”
“What?” (Smaller: Hanagata?)
2nd panel:
“Even though I initially thought that he was hard to get along with…”
“Why did he have to pretend to be ‘normal’?”
3rd panel:
“He turned out to be a coward…”
“He really disappoints me!”
4th panel:
“I’ve always thought that Hanagata Mitsuru…”
“Was a cool and straightforward person!”
5th panel:
“If he cares so much about what others think him..”
“He should just transfer schools!”
{Riiiiinggggg}
{Riiiinnnnggg}

Page 14
1st panel:
“Hello? … Oh, it’s you, Mitsuru.”
“Why are you calling so early in the morning?”
2nd panel:
“Father…”
“I’ve thought about it.”
3rd panel:
“You’re right..”
“Transferring now is the correct thing to do..”
4th panel:
“I see…But…You’re probably feeling vexed about it, right?”
5th panel:
“I’m not going to transfer!”
6th panel:
“Mitsuru, you…”
“Father,”
“Although you said that there’s only doing the right thing, and doing the wrong thing in this world…”
7th panel:
“There’s another way of doing things…”

Page 15
1st panel:
“I won’t let myself be confused anymore!”
2nd panel:
“Hm?”
3rd panel:
“What is that? It’s so cool!”
“Is… Is this for real?” (Smaller: I’ve never seen it before!)
4th panel:
“A real stylish car drove into the school!”
5th panel:
6th panel:

Page 16-17
1st panel:
2nd panel:
{A… A limousine?!}
3rd panel:

Page 18
1st panel:
{Hanagata ----?!}
2nd panel:
“Hey.. He’s that son of the President…”
“He actually came to school in a limo…”
“Amazing… It’s so shocking…”
3rd panel:
“What the hell is he thinking, doing this?”
“Is he trying to brag or something?”
“Unbelievable!”
4th panel:
“What the hell? What’s he showing off for?”
“Is he trying to say that the world he lives in is different from ours?”
5th panel:
“Hanagata?”
“He actually came to school in a limousine…”
“If he comes to school like this,”
“The people here will…”

Page 19
1st panel:
“That guy came to school in a limousine?”
“…He really infuriates me!”
2nd panel:
“Is he trying to tell us that he no longer wants to..”
“Lower himself to the level of us commoners?”
3rd panel:
“Akagawa! Why’re you saying that for?”
“Hey, young master!”
4th panel:
“I was really angry the last time!”
“He actually told us to take the money and leave!”
5th panel:
“And you gave up and hid at home after that!”
“Now you come sauntering into the school in that car? What the hell!”
6th panel:
“… A school transfer.”
“Mitsuru.”
{Father…}
7th panel:

Page 20-21
1st panel:
{It’s not the right thing to do…Not the wrong thing to do…Another way of doing things …}
{Which is…}
2nd panel:
{The Hanagata Mitsuru’s way!}
“This is a car for my own personal use, you know?”

Page 22
1st panel:
“Hah!”
2nd panel:
“What did you say?” (Smaller: Are you kidding me?)
{That’s right..}
3rd panel:
“Amano! Tell them to stop quarrelling!”
“Why are you laughing?”

4th panel:
“Who do you think you are…! Bastard!”
{This is how you should behave, Hanagata!}
{Haha!}
5th panel:
“Hey,quick! Let’s find something to smash his car with!” (Smaller: Is this empty can okay?)
“Hey, hey… What are you trying to do? Stop it!”
“Hey, don’t do that!” (Smaller: Amano, stop laughing, will you?)
“Hahaha, it’s fine… It doesn’t hurt right?”
“Don’t be like that!”
{You really … Are a cool and straightforward guy…}

Translation: Shinyaku "Kyojin no Hoshi" Hanagata 16

2011-11-13T10:01:46+00:00
A Chinese to English translation

Page 1
1st panel:
2nd panel:
{Hanagata Motors}
{With a massive capital of 4 billion, the amount of employees under the company is estimated at around 300 thousand. Last year’s turnover amounted to 22 trillion yen. This is a company that is well-known not only in Japan, but also around the globe.}
3rd panel:
“Erm…”
“Are you Hanagata Motor’s…”

Page 2
1st panel:
“President’s son?”
“Hanagata?”
{Chapter 16 Friend}
2nd panel:
“Yeah…”
“That’s right…”
3rd panel:
{Hana..}
{Hanagata…}
4th panel:
“But there’s really no need to make a fuss over something like this…”
5th panel:
“Ah… You’re back?”

Page 3
1st panel:
“Mitsuru-san…”
“Guests?”
2nd panel:
{A beauty!}
“Ah.. Misora-san!”
“They are … Erm…”
3rd panel:
“Guests! We are guests!”
“Well then, please come in…”
“Er..”
“Thank you! Please excuse our disturbance!”
4th panel:
“Hehe… How energetic…”
5th panel:
“Well then, please follow me…”

Page 4-5
1st panel:
“Majestic!” (Smaller: The celing is freaking high!)
“What the hell is this?!”
2nd panel:
“Welcome home, Mitsuru-sama.”
3rd panel:
“Mitsuru-san, can you bring them to the first guest hall?”
“F…First…”
“Okay, Misora-san... Sorry to trouble you.”
4th panel:
“Well then…”

Page 6
“You guys can wait here…”

Page 7
1st panel:
“Huh?”
“What are you guys doing in that corner over there?”

“Well..”
“How should I say this…” (Smaller: I don’t know where to put myself…)
2nd panel:
“What… What’s with this house?”
“Is this a castle or something? It looks majestic from the outside, and it’s the same for the inside!” (Smaller: Are you an oil magnate?)

“You even have chandeliers hanging from the ceiling… There’s normally no such things in people’s house you know! This is unbelievable!” (Smaller: Is this a filming location?)
“There were butlers in the corridor!”
3rd panel:
“And … And there’s…”
“What?”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Who’s that pretty onee-san over there?”
“You mean Misora-san?”

Page 8
1st panel:
“Oh, I forgot to introduce myself…”
“I’m Sakurai Misora…”
2nd panel:
“My job is to take care of Mitsuru-san.”
(There’s even someone in charge of him…?)
“Hahaha, Misora-san!” (W-What a great name!♥)
3rd panel:
“Hahaha… Oh, what tea is this?”
“It’s silver needle red tea.”
“Oh, r-right! I drink this often too!”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Mitsuru-san, why are you still wearing that?”
6th panel:
“Please change out of it quickly!” (Smaller: Take better care of yourself!)
(Instead of a caregiver, she seems more like his mother…)
7th panel:
“Then I’ll go to my room for a while…”
“Okay…”

Page 9
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Why didn’t he…”
“Tell us about his family?”
3rd panel:
“Probably… Because no one asked him…”
“Ask if he’s rich?”
“I ask that only when I’m extorting money!”
“I think we’re straying off-topic…”
4th panel:
“But.. If he’s this rich..”
5th panel:
“It’ll probably be hard…”
“To get along with him..”
6th panel:

Page 10
1st panel:
“Pinch!”
2nd panel:
“Mitsuru-san, I’m worried for you!”
“That hurts! I’m sorry!”
“You should have called if you’re coming home late!”
3rd panel:
“You’re so mean, Misora-san!”
“Geez…”
4th panel:
“But I was a little shocked…”
“Hm?”
5th panel:
“You actually…”
“Brought your friends home…”
6th panel:
{Friends…}

Page 11
1st panel:
“We aren’t really… Friends…” (Smaller: They just followed me on their own…)
“Oh, right! Have you eaten? Want to ask them to stay for dinner?”
2nd panel:
“I’ve already eaten with them before coming back…”
“What? You ate already?”
3rd panel:
“T-That’s so mean… To not eat the food that I made specially for you…”
“What?”
“Sorry, I’ll eat, I’ll eat!”
4th panel:
“You also didn’t…”
“Bring the bento I made specially for you to school…”
{Sumptious three-layered bento!}
“That’s because..”
“The bento you made was too extravagant and too heavy for me to bring to school! It’s impossible!”
5th panel:
6th panel:
“Is it okay?”
“What?”
7th panel:
“You didn’t want them to know about the family…”
“So you didn’t mention it to them, right?”
“Suddenly bringing them here like this… Will it be okay?”
8th panel:

Page 12
1st panel:
“They…”
“Are different…”
2nd panel:
“Although, at the start, they kept on picking quarrels with me…”
“When I’m with them, I’m truly happy…”
“Because they treat me normally…”
3rd panel:
{“He became the ace because he was a rich man’s son.”}
{“That’s despicable…”}
{“I’ve heard that he was the son of the President, so my parents wanted me to befriend him..”}
{“He’s from that famous…”}
{“He’s that…”}
“In the past, everyone just saw me as the son of Hanagata Motor’s President…”

Page 13
1st panel:
{“Boy… You are our coach!”}
{“I’m going to let Hanagata, the clean-up, have a chance to hit!”}
“Yeah!”
“S…Safe!”
“Hehe…”
2nd panel:
“This kind of crappy pitch is nothing…”
{“If you’re the fourth batter…”}
3rd panel:
{“We won!”}
{“It’s all because of you!”}
“Yeaaaah!”
4th panel:
{They are all willing to accept me as who I am…}
“We finally became team mates…”
5th panel:
“But I…”
“Couldn’t bring myself to tell them…”
“I didn’t dare to… I thought that if I said anything… The relationship we have would change…”
“I’m scared that they’ll change, but…”

Page 14
1st panel:
“The one thing that I hate the most, is actually…”
“Me, who’s thinking badly about them like this…!”
2nd panel:
“Don’t worry…”

Page 15
1st panel:
“You know what? People call this relationship…”
“ ‘Friendship’…”
2nd panel:
“So, even in the future, this relationship you share with them…”
“Won’t change…”
3rd panel:
{Friends…}
“Yeah…”
4th panel:

Page 16
1st panel:
“Welcome…”
“I’m the butler here…”
“Gotou.”
2nd panel:
“H…Hello…”
“Good evening…”
“Sorry to disturb…”
3rd panel:
“Excuse me for asking… But is everyone here… friends of Mitsuru-bocchan?”
“Uh… Yeah… Probably?”
“Sorry, is anything the matter?”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“What is it?”

Page 17
1st panel:
“Mitsuru-bocchan…”
“Lost his mother at a very young age…”
2nd panel:
“What?”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Lost…”
6th panel:
“Mitsuru-bocchan had been studying abroad when he was young…”
“He came back when our lady passed away,”
“But hasn’t been able to make friends in Japan..”
7th panel:

“Recently…”
8th panel:
“He said he started a baseball team…”
“And would oten talk about it happily when he got home..”

Page 18
1st panel:
“It must be all thanks to you all…”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“So… Here…”
4th panel:
“What’s this?” (Smaller: An envelope?)
5th panel:
“Our lady is already gone, so Mitsuru-bocchan…”
6th panel:
“Is the only child left in the Hanagata family…”

Page 19
1st panel:
“Gotou-san… This is…”
“What exactly are you trying to say?”
2nd panel:
“These are travelling expenses, you could say…”
“Please take it, and leave immediately…”
3rd panel:
“The world Mitsuru-bocchan belongs to is different from yours…”
4th panel:
“For him, playing baseball with delinquents like you…”
“Is definitely not a good thing…”
{ ----Money..?!}
5th panel:

Page 20
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Gotou-san?”
3rd panel:
“Mitsuru-bocchan…”

Page 21
1st panel:
“G-Gotou-san…”
“What’s the meaning… of the money?”
2nd panel:
“Why are you giving money to these guys…”
“What are you doing?”
3rd panel:
“Tch. Amano, return it.”
4th panel:
“Let’s leave.”
“Akagawa!”
5th panel:
“I’m fully aware…”
“Of your family background now.”
6th panel:

Page 22
1st panel:
“Mitsuru-bocchan..”
“Why…”
2nd panel:
“Mitsuru-bocchan, this is..”
“Why did you do that?!”
“Why?!”
3rd panel:
“Mitsuru-bocchan, I too…”
“Didn’t want this to happen…”
4th panel:
“….!?”
“Gotou-san…”
5th panel:
“It’s just that… I’m worried for you…”
“It’s for your sake that I don’t want you to hang out with them!”
6th – 7th panel:
{I know… I’ve known for a long time…}
{It’s because I’m a Hanagata…}

Translation: Shinyaku "Kyojin no Hoshi" Hanagata 15

2011-11-13T09:56:53+00:00
A Chinese to English translation.

Page 1
Chapter 15 Home

Page 2
1st panel:
“Today was really exhausting!” (Smaller: I’m tired!)
“I feel so drained!”
“I can’t move anymore!” (Smaller: Ah! I want Oolong tea!)
2nd panel:
“You guys look spirited enough to me…”
“How should I describe this… Ah, you know, the situation now is like a long day after work. When you work, you’re tired. But when you get home, you feel recharged and can’t even sleep!”
“What kind of description is that?”
3rd panel:
“Erm… Can I go back now?”
“Why?”
“Don’t be such a wet blanket! This is a celebration for our victory!”
4th panel:
“That’s because I haven’t completed the amount of training I’m supposed to do today. I have to hurry up and finish it..”
{What?}
5th panel:
“You’re going to train… Now?”
“Yeah.”
“It’s already night time…”
“I know.”
6th panel:
{This… This guy is really a baseball fanatic…}
“I’ll be going now.”

Page 3
1st panel:
“For today, just forget about it.”
2nd panel:
“Akagawa?”
“You worked so hard in today’s match, aren’t you hungry? Sit down and eat before worrying about anything else!”
3rd panel:
“No, I’m not hungry at all…”

4th panel:
“You’re hungry!”

“Don’t just stand there! Come and take a seat! This store’s okonomiyaki is really yummy!”
5th panel:
“Akagawa, wait a moment…”
“I can’t accept this…”
6th panel:
“You must fry the skin first for Hiroshima-styled okonomiyaki!”
“Why did you put in the cabbage first? You can’t do that!”
“Prepare the noodles now!”
“A…Amano?”

Page 4
1st panel:
“Hey! Don’t throw in the pork yet! You have to put it on top instead!”

“Don’t come near me!” (Smaller: You’re so irritating!)
“Amano-senpai?”
“So… He’s the kind of guy that comments on how other people should cook, huh?”
2nd panel:
“Okay! Let’s see who can eat the fastest!” (Smaller: It looks delicious!)
“You’re on! The loser has to pay!”
“Argh! You can’t pour the sauce over it yet!”
3rd panel:

4th panel:
“I want seconds!”
“Akagawa, you’re really fast!”
5th panel:
“Maaheemo! Maor!”
“I don’t know what you’re saying!”
“I said, add in more!”
6th panel:
“Akagawa! That’s not cooked yet!”
“You’re so irritating! Who cares about that?”
“Hehe…”

Page 5
1st panel:
{This is the first time I’ve ate a meal like this…}
2nd panel:
“Are you alright? Can you walk?”
3rd panel:
“Really… That Mongolian doctor…”

Page 6
1st panel:
“What is with the ‘it’ll be fine with a bit of saliva’ …” (Smaller: It’s not a cut, for crying out loud…)
“But… It’s really great.”
2nd panel:
“The doctor said it’s just swollen. There’s nothing wrong with the bones or anything.”
“Of course! I’m not that fragile!”
“Really? But you still have to use crutches…”
3rd panel:
“How about this?”

“Aaargh!”
4th panel:
“Are you trying to kill me?!”
“Since the times we were young, you’ve had the tendency to exaggerate…”
5th panel:
“Really… I’m impressed that you managed to win the match today in this condition..”
6th panel:
“That’s because the opponent didn’t come at us with all they had…”
“What?”
7th panel:
“Not all the starters were there…”
“Besides, they didn’t try their best in the first inning since they looked down on us…”

Page 7
1st panel:
“Really, our victory today was just a lucky one…”
2nd panel:
“Uuurgh…”
“Akagawa, you ate too much!” (Smaller: You ate those that weren’t cooked too…)
3rd panel:
“Urgh…”
“Amano?”
4th panel:
“What’s wrong with your finger?”

“This? Uh…”
5th panel:
“It’s because it’s been a long time since I’ve had to catch for Kurosawa for seven innings…”
“It was even worse back then though. I ended up spraining my finger more often than not.” (Smaller: Hahaha…)

6th panel:
{His pitches are that strong?}

Page 8
1st panel:
{That’s right…}
{Our victory in the match today..Was because of Kurosawa’s pitching.}
{And also due to Hanagata’s exceptional batting.}
2nd panel:
{I’m one of the few who actually had experience in a baseball team, but I only got on base because of an intentional walk and a dead ball…}
3rd panel:
{Even though we are enjoying ourselves in the joy of our victory…}
{We actually didn’t really help out in any way… Damn..}
4th panel:
“What did you say?”
“What? You want to fight?”
5th panel:
“The only thing you did was dirty the clothes with sweat and mud!”
“What about you? If you had the time to catch the ball with your face, how about doing it with your hands instead?”
“What? I gave my best, okay? Unlike you!”
6th panel:
“What…”

Page 9
1st panel:
“Why are you guys quarrelling?”
“Ah, Akagawa… Amano…”

2nd panel:
“You two! Cut it out!”

“Get away from me!” (Smaller: You stink of vomit!)
3rd panel:
“Wait! What’s the matter?”
“We tried so hard today…”
4th panel:
“Although we quarrelled in the middle of the match… Aren’t we more united than before?”
{We finally… Finally started to move forward…!}
“Didn’t we end up victorious against a strong team?”
5th panel:
“Why are you still quarrelling?”
“Was today’s match meaningless?”
6th panel:

“Quarrelling? What do you mean?”

7th panel:
“Hey, Hanagata!”
“Uh..?”

Page 10
1st panel:
“What should we do to hit like you?”
2nd panel:
{What?}
3rd panel:
“I started practising only recently, so I’ll definitely give it my all…”
“The homerun you hit today… Really touched my heart!”
{They weren’t quarrelling…}
{They were… Actually..}
“Shut up! I’m still talking!”
4th panel:
“I know it’s impossible to be so amazing after just one day! But I want to be like you…”
“Hit homeruns! And then, just like today…”
5th panel:
“Have baseball matches!”

Page 11
1st panel:
“Although it was just a lucky victory…”
2nd panel:
“We still defeated a strong opponent…”
3rd panel:
“That’s amazing enough..”
4th panel:
“We lived our lives too freely before, and were people that easily gave up halfway-through…”
“But… We were united today.”
5th panel:
“Although it was a lucky victory.. Although we are just amateurs playing baseball… We’ve gotten the results we wanted.”
{Forming this team… Playing baseball together…}
“Although we only took a small step forward.. As long as everyone’s happy…”
“Now… It’s fine the way it is. That’s what I think.”

Page 12
1st panel:
{It’s a good thing…}
“These are all because of…”
2nd panel:
“Our small-sized fourth batter…”

Page 13
1st panel:
{Kacha}
{Kacha}
{Ding!}
“Well then…”
2nd panel:
“The total amount is 32 000!”
3rd panel:
“That’s… That’s expensive! Idiots! We ate too much!”
“Amano! What should we do?”
“C..Calm down! How much money do you guys have?”
4th panel:
“Thank you for the meal!”
“Wait a minute! I don’t have that much money on me!”
5th panel:
“You run to the right! I’ll run to the left!”
“Don’t start discussing how you are going to escape!”
“Then what are we supposed to do?”
“Uh.. Erm…”
6th panel:
“Mm… How much should I pay?”

7th panel:
“That’s right! You ate too much!” (Smaller: Give me your wallet!)
“Ah! My wallet!”
“You can’t make your kouhai pay for you!”

Page 14
1st panel:
“Hanagata, how much do you have..”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Impossible!”

Page 15
1st panel:
“Wh…Why do you have so many ten thousand yen notes?!” (Smaller: You’re a junior high student right?)
“Give it back!”
“H-How much in total?”
“1, 2, 3… There’s a lot!”

2nd panel:
“I’m not giving them to you! Give it back!”
“Hanagata Mitsuru…”
3rd panel:
“Why do you have so much money?”

“That…”
“That’s because…”
“My family gave them to me…” (Smaller: Er…)
4th panel:
“Your family gave you such a huge amount of money…”
“Hanagata… What does your family do …?”
5th panel:
“That is… Er…”
“A car-manufacturing company…”
“A motor company?”
6th panel:
{Motor company… Hanagata…}
7th panel:
“Could it be… You…”
“That huge enterprise…”

Page 16
{Hanagata Motors’ ….!?}

Page 17-18
“The President’s…”
“Son?”

Page 19
1st panel:
“This is… Your house?”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Uh.. Erm… Hanagata…”
“Could it be… You’re rich?”

Translation: Shinyaku "Kyojin no Hoshi" Hanagata 14

2011-11-13T09:50:31+00:00
A Chinese to English translation

Hanagata 14
Content page:
Right margin: This story is fictional. Any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

Page 1
1st panel:
Chapter 14 Ride on Shooting Star!
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“S…”
5th panel:
“Strike! Strike out!”

Page 2
1st panel:
“Awesome!”
“End match!”
2nd panel:
“3 against 2, the Black Shadows win!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Thank you for the game!”

Page 3
1st panel:
“We won!”
2nd panel:
“Reiji, don’t get so down…” (Smaller: Your pitching was really great…)
“Although we ended up losing, I’m sure no one will blame you for it.”
3rd panel:
{But… It’s because I didn’t manage to hold down their lineup that we lost…}
“Damn…”
4th panel:
“Um… Reiji…”
5th panel:
“What is it?” (Smaller: Why’s everyone gathering around for?)
“What?”
“Um…”
“Didn’t you tell the coach that you’ll leave the team?”
6th panel:
{“Then I’ll leave the team… But… Don’t you hinder the match!”}
Text inside picture: It’s alright… I won’t cry anymore…
{I said all those big words and ended up getting a homerun hit off me…}
“I know, I’ll leave, like I said I will.”
7th panel:
“Don’t leave!”
“What?”

Page 4
1st panel:
“Reiji, you’re our ace!”
“If you aren’t there, who’s gonna be the pitcher?”
“Yeah! You were really awesome today too!”
“I was really touched!” (Smaller: Although we lost…)
2nd panel:
“Like, during the seventh inning.. Oh, and there was that pitch too..”
“The only ace we have is you!”
“We’ll plead with the coach!”
3rd panel:
“Hmph…” (Smaller text: You guys are deciding it by yourselves anyway…)
4th panel:
{“Crybaby Reiji.”}
{“Our ace is Hanagata.”}
{“There’s no use hiding it with a plaster, you’ll still start crying immediately no matter what.”}
{“Crybaby!”}
5th panel:
6th panel:
{Now… I’m the ace…}
“B-Bastard…”
7th panel:
{Thank you.}
“I never said I was leaving…”

Page 5
1st panel:
“How amazing we are! Our first victory!”
“Yeaaaaah!”
2nd panel:
Amano: “Kurosawa, here…”
Kurosawa: “Hm?” (Smaller: A ball…?)
{We won! Yeah!}
“This is the ball from your winning pitch…”
3rd panel:
“This is the first victory you’ve gotten ever since you returned… Keep it as a momento!”
4th panel:
“I don’t want it!”
“Why?”
5th panel:
“You keep it…”
“And treasure it!”
6th panel:
“Kurosawa…”

Page 6
1st panel:
“Why are you two going all sentimental! You should be happier! Be excited!”
“Woah!”
2nd panel:
{Step}
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Heeeeey! You stepped on the injured foot!”
“Huh? What’s wrong?”
“Kurosawa, are you alright?”
“Kuro..Kurosawa! Calm down! They didn’t do it on purpose!”
5th panel:
“Hey…”
“Erm, sorry to disturb…”
6th panel:
“Ah! The catcher from the opposing team!”
“I’m Arata… Fujiwara Arata.” (Smaller: “The catcher from the opposing team”…?)

Page 7
1st panel:
“…?”
“Mitsuru…?”
“Yeah?”
2nd panel:
“Hanagata, what’re you spacing out for?” (Smaller text: You’ve been in a daze when we were lining up just now too.)

“Wha..What is it?”
“The catcher from the opposing team came to bow down before you.”

“I never said I would do anything of the sort!”
3rd panel:
“Mm… Arata, what’s the matter?”

(He’s as easy-going as ever…)
4th panel:
“Mitsuru…Today…”
“We lost…”
5th panel:
{“You’ve disappointed me.”}
“Although I said that…”
6th panel:

Page 8
1st panel:
“I really enjoyed myself today!”
2nd panel:
“So… Let’s have a match again sometime!”
{Mitsuru…}
3rd panel:
{I guess you aren’t really worried about all the bad things I’ve been saying…}
4th panel:
“We lost today only because we got careless.”

“In all honesty, it’s not possible for us to lose to a team that depends so much on a pitcher.”
5th panel:
{“Mitsuru… Which Junior High are you going to?”}
{“Why’re you asking?”}
{“Never mind, it’s nothing.. --- ”}
6th panel:
{Oh, I see… Your hands are already not the ones from those times…}
{They are already full of calluses.. They’ve become hands of a batter.}
“So…”

Page 9
1st panel:
“Don’t think that you’ve really won.”
“Arata…?”
2nd panel:
“I won’t let you hit next time.”
“You’re saying all these even though you’ve lost?!”
3rd panel:
“Arata…”
“Then…”
4th panel:
{To be honest…}
5th panel:
“Goodbye, Mitsuru…”
{I wanted…}
{To be your catcher, and form a battery with you forever…}
6th panel:

Page 10
1st panel:
“Heeeey! Heeey!”
“Eh? Those guys..”
2nd panel:
“Hey! Found him!” (Smaller: Hehehe.)
“Why aren’t you cleaning up?”
3rd panel:
“That’s not important right now! Hey, Hanagata!”

“Eh? Looking for me?”
4th panel:
“This is the home run you hit today!” (Smaller: The ball fell into the pond, so we had to fish it out for you.)
“We won because of this!”
“Let’s use this to commemorate the Black Shadow’s first victory!”
5th panel:
“Hm? What’s wrong?” (Smaller: Aren’t you happy?)
“It’s nothing…”
6th panel:
“It’s just that… Today was the first time I’ve ever hit a home run..”
“What?”
“Are you for real?” (Smaller: What about all the arrogance you’ve been displaying?)
7th panel:
“But after seeing this ball,”
“I finally got it.”
8th panel:
{I really managed to..}
{Hit it..!}

Page 11
1st panel:
{I managed to hit a home run…!!!}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“But… Is this really that ball?”
“What?”
“Weren’t there quite a lot of balls floating in the river?”
5th panel:
“What are you talking about? I jumped into the river to search for this, you know!”
“Erm…”

Page 12
1st panel:
“It’s…”
“Probably the right ball.”
“When I hit the ball, I saw that the seam of the ball was damaged..See, here.”
“Oh, it’s really damaged!”
2nd panel:
“What?!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
{The seam was damaged?}
“See! He himself is saying that this is the ball.”
“It really is damaged.”
“See, it’s here.”
“Hanagata, let me see it too!”
“Wait a minute, that’s mine..”

Page 13
1st panel:
{When he was hitting that fastball, he could actually see that the seam was damaged?}
2nd panel:
{His dynamic vision is really something…}
{Though it’s true that he previously caught all those coins in the air…}
3rd panel:

{Besides, during that hit, he was really concentrating on the ball…}
4th panel:
“When he was hitting that third pitch, I thought that his timing was too slow…”
5th panel:
{But in actual fact, he was just trying to get the ball as close to him as possible before he hits it.}
6th panel:
{The reason why he choked up on a long bat… Was probably because he realised he had extraordinary dynamic vision, and a very fast swing…}
“Really…”

Page 14
{It’s probable that we are actually playing baseball with an amazing guy…}

Page 15
1st panel:
“Give the ball back to me! It’s mine!”

(But he’s still a brat nonetheless.)

2nd panel:
“Fine… Why get so mad?”
“Woah! Hey, where are you trying to throw it to?!”
3rd panel:
“What the hell?”
“Hahaha, I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
4th panel:
{But…}
{After going through so many things …}
{We are finally playing baseball together…}
5th panel:

6th panel:
“I really have to hand it to them!”
7th panel:
8th panel:
“Ah…”

Page 16

Page 17
1st panel:
“Excuse me. Could you help …”
2nd panel:
“Pick that ball up?”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Erm…”
5th panel:

Page 18
1st panel:
“Someone’s calling him?”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Um, wait..”
4th panel:
“Huh?”
“Hey, Hanagata!”
5th panel:
“Okay!”
“I’ll be right there!”
{What a weird person…}
6th panel:

Page 19
1st panel:
“…….”
“What are you looking at?”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“You want to join them?”
4th panel:
“That’s not baseball.”
“They are simply playing with a ball.”
5th panel:
“I know, Father…”

Page 20-21
“Let’s go, Hyuma.”

Page 22
1st panel:
“Your goal…”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Is somewhere a lot higher…”

Page 23
1st panel:
“Well then…”
2nd panel:
“In commemoration of the first ever victory of the Black Shadows today…”
“Let’s have the coach, Hanagata Mitsuru say a few words…”
“What? I.. I have to say something?”
3rd panel:
“Ahem. Erm… Uh…”
“Today, everyone had…”
4th panel:
“Cheers!”
5th panel:
“Huh? Why?”

Translation: Shinyaku "Kyojin no Hoshi" Hanagata 13

2011-11-13T09:44:03+00:00
A Chinese to English translation.

Page 1
Chapter 13 Sailing day

Page 2
1st panel:
“So you’re saying…”
“It’s the last inning, the score’s 0 against 2… Runner on first and second…”
“It’s the very last chance…”
2nd panel:
“Because the remaining batters are all delinquents who are amateurs and cannot be depended on!”
“Don’t say it out loud!”
3rd panel:
“It’s true that if we don’t get a hit now, we won’t have any more chances to score…”
“Kurosawa…”
“So..”
4th panel:
“The key to our victory, or defeat, lies in the boy’s hands…”
5th panel:

Page 3-4
1st panel:
{That stance… It’s totally different from before!}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:

Page 5
1st panel:
2nd panel:
(He’s choking up on a long bat…)
3rd panel:
(It’s a stance to hit a long one? That’s different from his previous at-bats…)
4th panel:
5th panel:
(For someone who couldn’t even get a hit on the previous pitches, what’s the point in putting up a stance to hit a long one?)
6th panel:
{For his previous two at-bats, one of it was a strike out, while the second was a fly ball above the catcher.}
{After seeing your hits…}
{I’ve noticed…}
7th panel:
{You aren’t suited to be a batter!}

Page 6

Page 7
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Ah!”
“He swung and missed!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“S…”
5th panel:
“Strike ---!”

Page 8
1st panel:
{T…This pitch…}
{It’s frightful…!}
2nd panel:
{It’s the last inning… The power in the previous pitches had gone down,”
{But the speed of this pitch is so fast… It’s even faster than the pitches in the first inning!}
{Reiji, you…}
3rd panel:
{What’s happening to you?}
4th panel:
“This is bad…”
“I didn’t think it would be this stressful as the fourth batter…”
5th panel:
(Mitsuru… You’re finally afraid?)
{No… It’s natural to think that way after seeing such a pitch…}
6th panel:
“Huh!”

Page 9
1st panel:
2nd panel:
{In times like these… He can still smile?}
3rd panel:
{I… I really don’t get these people!}
4th panel:
{Punching himself in the middle of a match…}
{And the pitch actually got faster?}
{His swing missed in such a situation, but he’s smiling?}
5th panel:
{What’s in the mind of these two people?}

Page 10
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
“S…”
6th panel:
“Strike!”
“It’s… It’s a changeup!”

Page 11
1st panel:
“The ball count is at 2 strikes and no balls! To throw a changeup at such a time, of course Hanagata can’t hit it!”
“….”
“Damn… It’s so awesome…”
“What? Awesome?”
2nd panel:
“What are you talking about! There’s only one more pitch before the match ends, you know?”
3rd panel:
“Hmph… They…”
“Are enjoying that unique feeling by themselves…”
4th panel:
{That’s great…}
5th panel:
{I’m envious…}

Page 12
1st panel:
{What the hell…}
{What’s there to be happy about? It’s making me sick…}
{They’ve gone crazy!}
2nd panel:
{The pitch I ask for is obviously the best one to pitch in whatever situation it is…}
{But Reiji…}
{He threw the first and second pitch without looking at my signs!}
3rd panel:
{Forget it… It’s his choice!}
4th panel:
{I won’t ask for a certain pitch anymore, just pitch whatever you want to…}
{But in exchange…}
5th panel:
{There’s only 1 pitch left!}
{Throw the best pitch you have, Reiji!}

Page 13
1st panel:
{“You are an excellent pitcher…”}
2nd panel:
{Hanagata…}
“I’m gonna throw…”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
{The words you told me made me this strong…}
“This is the last pitch…”

Page 14
{It’s the end…!!}

Page 15
1st panel:
2nd panel:
{Fast ball!}
3rd panel:
{This is bad! His timing is off!}
4th panel:

Page 16
1st panel:
{“What ‘excellent pitcher’?”}
2nd panel:
{“Ever since you joined the team, I didn’t take part in any match!”}
{“No one pays attention to me!”}
{“Someone like me…”}
{“Is not an excellent pitcher at all!”}
3rd panel:
{“What are you saying?”}
{“You are…”}
4th panel:
{“An excellent pitcher…”}

Page 17-18

Page 19-20
1st panel:
“H…”
“Home run! It’s a 3 point home run!”
2nd panel:
“3 against 2! The game’s been turned around!”
“He… He actually managed to hit that fastball!”
3rd panel:
{I finally get it…}
{It wasn’t because I was weak…}
{that I didn’t become the ace.}
4th panel:
{It’s just because…}
5th panel:
{Hanagata Mitsuru, that man…}

Page 21
{Was stronger than me…}
{Continued in Vol. 3}

Translation: Shinyaku "Kyojin no Hoshi" Hanagata 12

2011-11-13T09:38:41+00:00
A Chinese to English translation.

Page 1
1st panel:
“Geez… Where in the world am I?”
“I can’t make heads nor tails out of this map…”
{Chapter 12 No Boy Don’t Cry}
2nd panel:
“I really wanted to cheer for them when I heard they were –so rarely- having a match…”
“I ended up getting lost…”
“It’s possible that the match ended early, or that they’ve already lost too…
3rd panel:
“It’ll be really awkward if they had lost terribly… I better hurry…”
Map:
Shaded area <-- {Around here}
Right side<-- {River}
Left <-- {Dyke}
Extreme left <--{Road}
“This…”
4th panel:
“Who the hell can understand this crappy map?!”
5th panel:
“Geez…”
“Hm?”
6th panel:
“Isn’t that…”

Page 2-3
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“The runner on first started running! It’s hit-and-run!”
3rd panel:
“Second baseman!”
“I’ll do it!”
4th panel:
“Damn, can’t reach it!”
5th panel:
{!?}

Page 4
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Akagawa!”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Out!”
6th panel:
“Good job! It’s now one out!”

Page 5
1st panel:
“Wha…”
“What is this…”
2nd panel:
“0 to 2…”
“They are losing.. But…”
3rd panel:
“If I’m not wrong, their opponent…”
“Is a strong team that had previously won in the Prefectural Tournament…”
4th panel:
“While our players…”
5th panel:
“Are mostly…”
6th panel:
{They hardly touched the mitt at all…}
{And only knew how to fool around in the club…}
{Those hopeless delinquents…}
7th panel:

Page 6
1st panel:
“Hah!”
“Woaah!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
{They are playing baseball with all they’ve got!}
{Amazing!}
5th panel:
6th panel:
{The rest… Depends on you now…}
“Haha…”
7th panel:
“Strike! Strikeout! Change sides!”
{Boy…}

Page 7
1st panel:
2nd panel:
(Unexpectedly… We only scored 2 points…)
3rd panel:
(Nobody managed to score after the 4th inning…)
(It’s not like we weren’t able to hit.. Moreover, their pitcher is probably tired already… Why aren’t we scoring?)
4th panel:
(First half of the 7th inning…)
(This inning…)
5th panel:
{Is the last!}
6th panel:
“Che…”
7th panel:
(This is the 7th inning… Reiji is probably tired already…)
(This is bad…)

Page 8
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“A bunt?”
“Third baseman!”
3rd panel:
“Woah!”
4th panel:
{This is the last inning… I’m the first batter for this inning, I have to get on base!}
5th panel:
{I’m going to let Hanagata, the clean-up, have the chance to hit!}
6th panel:
“Damn!”

Page 9
1st panel:
“S…Safe!”
“Hehe…”
2nd panel:
“Ohhh! Amano!”
“There’s finally someone on base!”
3rd panel:
“Reiji, I’m so sorry… It was my fault…”
“Damn it..”
“You bastard!”
“Calm down, Reiji…”
4th panel:
“You actually made that kind of error! Are you an idiot?! I’m gonna kill you!”
“S-Sorry…”
“Reiji, that’s too much!”
5th panel:
“It’s just one runner on base, it’s fine!”
“We are ahead by 2 points, calm down…”
“Tch!”

Page 10
1st panel:
(This is bad… Because of the fatique, he’s starting to lose his cool…)
2nd panel:
{Damn…!}
{Every single one of them…}
{Is pulling me back! Damn..! Damn it all!}
3rd panel:
{Punk…}
4th panel:
{Why do you want to hit my pitch so badly?}
{Damn it… If this goes on…}
5th panel:
{It’s gonna be Hanagata’s turn at bat…}
{No! He didn’t manage to hit my pitches at his previous two at-bats! No matter who’s the batter…}
6th panel:
{For this inning…}
7th panel:
{They definitely still won’t be able to score!}
8th panel:
“Ugh…!”

Page 11
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Dead… Dead ball!”
3rd panel:
“Aka… Akagawa!”
4th panel:
“Bastard! What’re you doing?!”
5th panel:
“Akagawa! You alright?”
“This kind of crappy pitch is nothing…”
6th panel:
“There’s finally a chance to get on base… Of course I won’t waste it!”
{It’s his turn now… This is the chance for us to turn the game around..!}

Page 12
1st panel:
“No outs, runner on first and second!”
“Awesome! The runner we needed to get an even score got on base too!”
2nd panel:
(Amazing… This match is really exciting…)
(I didn’t think that they would put in so much effort…)
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Hey!”
“How can you all be taking part in a match like this by yourselves?!”

Page 13
1st panel:
“Didn’t I say to train by yourself today?”
“How dare you ignore my instructions!”
“To actually take part in a match like this!”
2nd panel:
“That old guy over there…”
“Who’s he?”
“What the hell!”
3rd panel:
“Erm… Coach..”
“Quiet!”
4th panel:
“Leave this field immediately!”
“Or I won’t let any of you play in matches from now on!”
5th panel:
“Reiji! The same goes for you! There should be a limit to your arrogance!”
6th panel:
“If you dare to disobey, you can give up on the idea of participating in any of the matches we’ll be having!”
7th panel:
{I, the ace pitcher, have to…}
{Step down?}

Page 14
1st panel:
{Since I was young…}
{I’ve loved baseball…}
2nd panel:
{I want to become… A pitcher that won’t lose to anyone…}
{“The newcomer… I think he’s called Hanagata or something… He’s really amazing!”}
3rd panel:
{“He became the ace right after he joined…”}
{“He’s a prodigy!”}
{“What happened to the previous ace?}
4th panel:
{“You mean Reiji, that crybaby?”}
{“It’s hopeless for him…”}
5th panel:
{“He’ll just cry on the field…”}
{I want to become a pitcher that won’t lose to anybody…}
{So… Even if that newcomer… That kid who’s two years younger than me becomes the ace…}
{As long as I work hard enough…}
{I’ll be able to become the ace again…}
6th panel:
{“Pitcher… Hanagata Mitsuru!”}
{“Oh… Is it Hanagata again?”}
{As expected of Hanagata the prodigy…}
7th panel:
{“Hanagata will always be our ace pitcher.”}
8th panel:
{As long as I work hard enough… I’ll be able …}
{To become the ace again…}

Page 15
1st panel:
{Ever since Hanagata joined the team, no one pays attention to me anymore…}
{No matter how much I run, or how much I practise my pitching… Even if my pitch has gotten faster…}
2nd panel:
{Ever since Hanagata joined the team…}
{I could no longer become the ace…}
3rd panel:
{For the sake of standing on that mound… I’d put in so much effort…}
{So…}
{I can’t let anyone take away that spot from me anymore…}
4th panel:
{I can’t let anyone else…}
5th panel:
{I can’t let anyone else take it away!}
6th panel:
“Reiji! Did you hear me?!”
7th panel:

Page 16
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Wha…”
3rd panel:
“He punched himself?!”
4th panel:
“Continue… The match..”
“R…Reiji! Did you hear what I just…”
5th panel:
“Get lost…”
6th panel:
“How dare you speak to your coach in this manner…!”
“Do you want to leave the team?”
7th panel:
“Then I’ll leave the team… But…”
“Don’t you hinder the match!”

Page 17
“This is an extremely important match…”
{It’s alright… I won’t cry anymore…}

Page 18
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“F…Fine... Reiji…”
{W-What a scary expression…}
“I don’t care…”
3rd panel:
“Hey… That guy, is he alright?”
“To actually punch himself… How freaky…”
“Even I got shocked…”
4th panel:
{That monster pitcher..}
5th panel:
{He strengthened his determination at a critical moment…}
“W…Well then! The match continues!”
6th panel:
“First half of the seventh inning, the score’s 2 against 0, no outs, runner on first and second…”
“This is a good opportunity to turn the game around…”
“T-That’s right! Hanagata! Please! We… can only depend on you now!”

Page 19
1st panel:
“I-If you strike out… Leave the rest to us!” (Smaller: Leave it to me, the fifth batter!)
“There’s no point in leaving it to you…”
2nd panel:
“I… I’m going…”
3rd panel:
“Idiot! We can only depend on him now!”
“Stop pressurizing him!”
“Just now… Hanagata, he…”
4th panel:
“Was shaking…”
“What?”
{This is the last inning… The batters behind me are all amateurs…}
5th panel:
{Today… I didn’t manage to get a hit off any of Reiji’s pitches…}
{If I let two runners get back to home base, we’ll only get a draw…}
{If we want to turn the game around… I’ll have to…}
6th panel:
“That’s of course! It’s an important moment for us!”
“But…”
“What?”
7th panel:
“Although he’s shaking,”
“He…”

Page 20-21
{Was actually smiling ---- }

Page 22
[First half of the seventh inning, the last inning… In such a situation where no one can predict how the game would end…]
[This handwritten scoreboard is quietly waiting for the end to come…]

Translation: Switch 34

2011-09-07T15:24:16+00:00
For Lazy Ass Scans

I think I have missing pages for this chapter...

Page 1
1st panel:
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
2nd panel:
“While taking drugs, we’ll enjoy it!”
3rd panel:
“Hal?”
4th panel:

Page 2
1st panel:
“Save me…”
“Holds tightly”
“Don’t move around, or I’ll hit you!”
2nd panel:
“Hahahahaha!”
“Hahahahaha!”
3rd panel:
“Hey…”
“Don’t do this…”
“Clenches”
4th panel:
“Even though he’s a dealer, isn’t he still a kid?”
“Isn’t this too extreme?”
“Oshida…”

Page 3
1st panel:
“Don’t be so serious.”
“We are in this together, there’s nothing to be afraid of!”
2nd panel:
“Be still, you brat!”
“….Ugh!”
3rd panel:
“Let go of me!”
Text on screen of phone: On the line
4th panel:
“Let go of me!”
5th panel:
“You…”
“Don’t be too full of yourself!” (Side text: Bam)

Page 4
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Get up, quick.”
3rd panel:
“Ke-sha”
4th panel:
“Wait, Oshida!”
“Don’t joke around!”
5th panel:
“Relax, don’t get worked up!”

Page 5
1st panel:
“Calm down for a bit. We’re in a hotel.”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Pa-ta”
“Oshida left the room.”
5th panel:
“Klink”
“I’ll stay here.”
“You follow Oshida.”

Page 6
1st panel:
“Okay!”
“Step”
“Step”
2nd panel:
“Don’t mind him.”
“Oshida just got released, so he’s still a bit sensitive about this.”
3rd panel:
“If he get’s arrested here again, it won’t be a laughing matter.”
“Che!”
“Besides…”
4th panel:
“From his expression, could it be that he fell for him…?”
“Ka-sha”
“He totally killed the mood!”
5th panel:
“Katsuki… All this is because you brought Oshida here.”
“Find someone else, quick!”
“Okay, okay, I got it. Sheesh, you’re so impatient.”

Page 7
1st panel:
“Before the substitute comes, how about using some “red”?”
2nd panel:
“Oh, thanks!”
“”Red”?”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Hey!”

Page 8
1st panel:
“How long are you gonna follow me?”
“Can’t you leave now?”
“Ah…”
2nd panel:
“I’m sorry…”
3rd panel:
“I’m sorry…”
“Hey, hey…”
4th panel:
Oshida: (No choice then…)
Oshida: “Where’s your house?”
“Huh?”
Oshida: “If it’s not very far, I’ll drive you home.”
5th panel:
“Beep”
“Ah…”

Page 9
1st panel:
“Thank you…”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:

Page 10
1st panel:
“When did you start?”
2nd panel:
“Huh?”
“Selling drugs.”
“Ah…”
3rd panel:
“Just a month ago… Recommended by a friend…”
Oshida: “One month?”
Oshida: “Even if it earns a lot, you shouldn’t…”
4th panel:
Oshida: “Aren’t there many other jobs around?”
Oshida: “Take this as a lesson learnt and stop doing it.”
“Ah…” (Guessed it, hidden text.)
5th panel:
“You…”

Page 11
1st panel:
“Huh?”
{Really…}
“Nothing..”
2nd panel:
“No…”
{What a sissy-looking guy…}
3rd panel:
“Then…”
“Is here fine with you?”
“Searches around”
“Oh, yeah.”
“Ka-sha”
4th panel:
“…I…”
“Hm?”
5th panel:
“You won’t be going back there again right?”
“Of course.”

Page 12
1st panel:
“I left my house keys behind…” (Smaller text: What to do…)
2nd panel:
“Pa-sha”
“Pa-sha”
“They really aren’t here…”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“They are in the hotel room…”
“Sss”
5th panel:
“All these are drugs?”
“Yeah.”

Page 13
1st panel:
“You sure have lots of friends.”
“I can sell them to you cheap since you saved me.”
2nd panel:
“Thanks then.”
“sss”
3rd panel:
“… You’re not going to ask about me?”
Oshida: “So what if I ask?”
Oshida: “It’s a critical time for me, I don’t want to have too much to do with you.”
4th panel:
“Because of you, I’m on bad relations with my friends.”
“I’ll only let you stay for one night.”
5th panel:
“You’ve only been doing this for one month, so you probably don’t understand the logic of this world yet.”

Page 14
1st panel:
“”Red”…”
“It’s popular right now.”
2nd panel:
“….Red….”
3rd panel:
“Ka-cha”
4th panel:
“Let’s go back.”
“Huh?”

Page 15
1st panel:
“Look!”
“Pa-sha”
“Can you explain this?”
2nd panel:
“You came back faster than I expected.”
“sss”
“Cut the crap…”
3rd panel:
“You knew that if we investigate Oshida, we’ll know more about “red” right from the start, right?”
“Don’t hold it against us.”
“I didn’t want you two to get misled by dubious information.”
4th panel:
“Kaji…”
“With this, our speculations have been proved invalid.”
“Yeah.”

Page 16
1st panel:
“Sorry.”
“I wanted to thank you properly.”
2nd panel:
“I’ve bought breakfast and left it there…”
“Ah…”
3rd panel:
“Hey…”
“Goodbye…”
4th panel:
“And thank you.”

Page 17
1st panel:
“Pa-ta”
2nd panel:
“Ka-sha”
“Damn it…”
{That should have cut off all ties I had with him… But I don’t really feel satisfied…}
3rd panel:
“Hm?”
4th panel:
(This is…)
5th panel:
“Pa-ta”

Page 18
1st panel:
2nd panel:
(How troublesome…)
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Fumble”
“Fumble”

Page 19
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Ka-cha”
“Hisato.”
3rd panel:
4th panel:

Page 20
1st panel:
“Where have you been?”
2nd panel:
“…Sor…ry…”
“I knew it!”
3rd panel:
“You want to betray me just like your father did!”
“N-No…”
4th panel:
“Pak”
5th panel:
“Men…”
“Are all the same!”

Page 21
1st panel:
“I shouldn’t have given birth to you!”
“I’m sorry!”
“Sorry…”
2nd panel:
“Hisato?”
3rd panel:
“You’re back.”
“Are you crying again?’
4th panel:
“I’m not crying.”
“What about school?”
“Today is Sunday, right?”
5th panel:
“Oh, yeah.”

Page 22

Page 23
1st panel:
“Shoki…” (I’m not sure about this, there wasn’t anybody by this name on the net.)
2nd panel:
“… It’s cold.”
“Thunk”
3rd panel:
“You’ll catch a cold if you sleep here.”
“Really..”
“How I wish to just freeze to death like this…”
4th panel:
“It’s like I’m about to melt…”
“Stop talking.”
5th panel:
“Grab”

Page 24
1st panel:
“You…”
“Really did cry!”
2nd panel:
“Holds tightly”
“…And then…?”
“I met him.”
3rd panel:
“Oshida Yusuke…”
“It might take up quite a bit of time but it’ll probably be fine.”
“Is that so…”
4th panel:
“Good boy.”

Translation: Switch 33

2011-08-29T17:01:27+00:00
For Lazy Ass Scans

Page 1
1st panel:
[Tokyo High Court]
“Ka”
“Ke”
“Ke”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Thanks for everything, Kajiyama..”
“You better not come back again.”
“Ke”
“Ke”
“Ke”

Page 2
1st panel:
“I’ve got it.”
2nd panel:
“I’ve had enough of drugs anyway.”
3rd panel:
“Is it really okay like this?”
4th panel:
Kaji: “Oshida was released with just a warning since he was a first-time offender in selling drugs.”
Kai: “Oshida… Was he the one we caught red-handed in the act of buying drugs from a dealer we were monitoring?”
“Yeah.”
5th panel:
“You can actually bear with not asking about it.”
“Bear with what?”

Page 3
1st panel:
“Oshida Yusuke, 29 years old, a freelancer.”
“We decided not to press him too much, released him, and allowed him to move around freely.”
2nd panel:
“Although he claims that he’s been using the drugs by himself all the time,”
“He’s always writing articles on drugs and loves going to bars. It’s impossible for him to have no friends that takes drugs.”
3rd panel:
“Oshida has yet to meet you two. Time for work.”
4th panel:
“Starting from today, monitor Oshida Yusuke’s every action. Investigate his friends too.”
“Find all those involved in this.”
Hal: ”You for real?”
5th panel:
“We’re investigating this without any basis that we’ll find something!”
“If we find nothing, isn’t it just a background investigation?”
“…No.”

Page 4
1st panel:
“You will find something.”
2nd panel:
[Director Off ]
“Why didn’t you tell them about the tip-off we received?”
3rd panel:
“If that was real,”
“They’ll be in danger!”
“This mission also serves to test its authenticity.”
4th panel:
“If “Red” really does have something to do with Oshida, there definitely will be some kind of progress in the investigation.”
5th panel:
“Currently, we can only assume that the anonymous tip-off is true.”
“I don’t want them to start the investigation with biased opinions.”

Page 5
1st panel:
“What I want is the truth!”
2nd panel:
“Then…”
3rd panel:
“In celebration of Oshida’s return,”
“Cheers!”
4th panel:
“Good work.”
“No joke about that.”

Page 6
1st panel:
“I almost got scared to death when I heard you got arrested…”
2nd panel:
“Katsuki…”
“Donk”
3rd panel:
“You thought I’d sell out my important buddies?”
“Trust me a little.”

4th panel:
“Will they actually send someone to follow you in case you do it again?”
“They won’t.”
“Instead of saying those investigators are naïve…”
“It’s more of they don’t know what to do with me.”
5th panel:
“No matter how many times they asked, I refused to confess that there were others with me.”
“They just had to give up in the end.”
“And gave up on me.”

Page 7
1st panel:
“They even told me “You better not come back again” when I left!”
2nd panel:
“Arai…”
3rd panel:
“I respect the boss a lot, but when I see how arrogant these people are, I get so angry!”
{Trying to act like normal salarymen→}
“Is that so… Are you very displeased with your job by any chance, Furuta?”
4th panel:
“Eh…? Not really…”
{Orange juice→}
“Another cup please.”

Page 8
1st panel:
“You’re drinking too much! And smoking too much too!” (Smaller text: Give it to me!)
“Shut it!” (Smaller text: I’ll kill you…)
2nd panel:
{That guy’s... definitely hiding something! Fine with me…}

3rd panel:
“Sha”
4th panel:
“Ka-cha”
{I’ll dig everything up!}
5th panel:
6th panel:

Page 9
1st panel:
“Pa-ta”
“As expected, he’s not taking any chances right after he got released.”
2nd panel:
“… Going home after drinking…”
3rd panel:
Kai: “We have to investigate his friends too.. How many friends does he have?”
Hal: “From what we know, there’s his parents, his brother, and about 10 more from his company.”
Hal: “Friends he met in school, his current friends, and…”
4th panel:
“The drinking buddies that gathered together when he got into trouble.”
“Who knows when they’ll appear again…”
5th panel:
“……..” (Smaller text: This guy…)

Page 10
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Ka-cha”
3rd panel:
“He’s going out.”
4th panel:
“I’ll be going now!”
“Contact me if something happens.”
5th panel:
“ ‘Kay.”
“Pa-ta”
“Sha”
6th panel:

Page 11
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Today, he’s meeting up with people regarding work.”
“….Got it.”
5th panel:
“I’ve finished the preparations on my side.”
“Pa-ta”
6th panel:
Text on clothes: Kanto Electrics
Text on box: Kanto Electrics
“Sss”

Page 12
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
Kai: “Oshida’s not doing anything special today.”
“…Saharan… Iranian… Better not…” (Smaller text: Zzzzt zzzzt)
4th panel:
“Yeah.”
“They are too conspicious.”
5th panel:
“I’ll sort it out next time.”
“If there’s no goods, I can recommend a good Japanese dealer to you.”
“Mm… Okay.”
6th panel:
Hal: “They sure are on good terms.”
“Yeah.” (This is the top one.)
“…Tomorrow? See you at night then.”

Page 13
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
“You follow that guy, I’ll continue monitoring Oshida.”
“Got it!”

Page 14
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
(Oh, he’s just going to the toilet..)
5th panel:
“Bam”
“Ugh!”
“Sorry!”

Page 15
1st panel:
“Sorry…”

2nd panel:
{Eh? It’s a guy?}
3rd panel:
“Sorry, Oshida.”
4th panel:
“You’ve been in the toilet for far too long!”
“Don’t say that! I brought the person here, you know?”
5th panel:
“The one I mentioned on the phone, that Japanese…”
“Eh?”

Page 16
1st panel:
{He doesn’t seem reliable…}
{Looks so delicate…}
“He’s younger than I expected…”
2nd panel:
“Yeah.”
“Actually, Hisato here is only 19.” (Smaller text: Still inexperienced!)
3rd panel:
“Is a minor not reliable enough?”
“No.. I didn’t mean it that way…”
“Sss”
{I’m finished if this brat pulls me into trouble..}
4th panel:
{I guess I better pull out early today…}
5th panel:
“What do you want?” (Smaller text: Secretly…)
“I can provide you with anything.”

Page 17
1st panel:
2nd panel:

Page 18
1st panel:
“If you’re looking for S, I can give you the goods immediately.”
2nd panel:
“…Nn… Okay.”
3rd panel:
“Ka-cha”
4th panel:

Page 19
1st panel:
“Ka-cha”

“….” (Smaller text: Angry)
2nd panel:
“What are you doing?” (Smaller text: Get out of the way!)
“But…!” (Smaller text: That hurts…”
3rd panel:
“I lost him… And then I couldn’t find you… It was so dark there, I couldn’t see anything…” (Smaller text: I’m so sorry…)
“There’s a limit to your worthlessness!”
4th panel:
“Rumble rumble”
“Where are we going?”
5th panel:
“Of course it’s to follow Oshida! What else?!”

Page 20
1st panel:
“Skree”
“A hotel?”
2nd panel:
“Ah…”
3rd panel:
“Hal?” (Smaller text: Aren’t we following?)
“Yes?”
“It’s me.”
4th panel:
“Good work.”
“How’s it going with Oshida?”
5th panel:
Hal: “He went into a luxurious hotel with his buddies.”
“A luxurious hotel?”
Hal: “Maybe they’re having a drugs party with the goods he’d just gotten.”

Page 21
1st panel:
“I don’t know when they’ll come back again next time. I want to continue investigating this.”
“Do something about it.”
“Hahahaha!”
2nd panel:
“Okay, I’m taking this down.”
“What’s the hotel’s name? Got it.”
“Say my name at the counter after 5 minutes.”
3rd panel:
“Who did you call?”
4th panel:
“A Yakuza Boss.”
“Pa-ta”

Page 22
1st panel:
“My friend will be there immediately.”
“Thanks.”
2nd panel:
“Ka-cha”
“What… Are you trying this time…”
“The investigation’s going smoothly.”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“We’re here on Masataka Hiki’s recommendation…”
“Kurabayashi-san, I presume?”
“sss”
5th panel:
“Here are your keys.”
“Klink”

Page 23
1st panel:
“It’s room 4022 on the fourth floor.”
“… Thank you.”
2nd panel:
“Have a good rest.”
3rd panel:
“Ka-sha”
4th panel:
{Room 4023
Double room reserved by Katsuki Masato}
5th panel:
“This is the first time I’ve brought you here, right?”

Page 24
1st panel:
“Yeah… When did you start coming here?”
“When you weren’t around… Just in case.”
“Ka-cha”
2nd panel:
“There’s another hobby we have recently. It’s pretty good.”
“Hobby?”
“Creak”
3rd panel:
“You’ll love it.”
4th panel:
“The others are already here.”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”

Page 25
1st panel:
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
2nd panel:
“..Ah…”
“Sha!”

Page 26
1st panel:
“Ka-cha”
“You see!”
2nd panel:
“Haa!”
“Haa!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Hey… You guys…”
“Grabs”
“Oshida.”

Page 27
1st panel:
“Didn’t you like him too when you saw him just now?”
“Let’s do it together!”
2nd panel:
“While taking drugs…”
“We'll enjoy it!”
3rd panel:
“Let’s play to our hearts’ content!” (Smaller text: Zzzt zzzt)
4th panel:

Translation: Switch 32

2011-08-27T13:38:25+00:00
For Lazy Ass Scans

I think there's quite a lot of grammatical errors here, had sentences I don't know how I'm supposed to translate :( .

Page 1
1st panel:
“Woah…”
“This cake looks delicious!”
2nd panel:
“Did Mari make this?”
“Yup!”
3rd panel:
“The cake’s so pretty! Mari is so virtuous!”
“Eh…? That’s too exaggerating..”
“I…”
4th panel:
“I’ve been looking for someone like you!”

Page 2
1st panel:
“Mari…”
“Holds”
“Can you go out with me, with the goal of marriage in mind?”
2nd panel:
“Kai-chan…”
“If you’re okay with just me…”
3rd panel:
“It’ll be like this.”
4th panel:
“It’ll work! As long as you show off your culinary skills…”
“Since Christmas is coming!”
“Ohhh!”

Page 3
1st panel:
Mika: “For the you with dreams, this just came out today!”
Mika: “With this, you’ll definitely be able to step onto the red carpet! Please pay 3500 yen for it!”
Miyoshi:
Older guy at the back:
Zoom in image: Even amateurs can learn them easily!
Cake Recipes
2nd panel:
“I’ll buy it!”
“Retracts”
“I’m just joking!”
3rd panel:
“Even though it’s not Christmas yet, this is the Christmas gift I intended to give you…” (Smaller text: Haha☆!)
“Mika…”
4th panel:
“I’ve decided!”
“I definitely must get married with Kai-chan this time!”
“Just skip all the steps and get married…”
5th panel:
[This woman will be giving her best shot for the year’s last attempt at romance.]
“Santa Claus, please come quickly!”
“Hope you’ll have a sweet and romantic Christmas!”

Page 4
1st panel:
[One exceptional drug appraisal expert from the Narcotics Control Department, Kanto Shin’etsu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare – Kuzui Mari.]
[On Christmas Eve, she is, as usual, working hard for her love life.]
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Sis… What are you doing?” (Smaller text: It’s so noisy…)
[Younger Brother . Kota]
“My brother…”
4th panel:
Mari: “You want your older sister here to get married as soon as possible, right?”
Mari:
Kota: “Eh? Ehhh? Uh, yeah…” (Smaller text: S-Sister…Your face is huge…)
5th panel:
[Today is 24th December, Christmas Eve.]
“I-It’s done…”

Page 5
1st panel:
“It’s perfect!”
2nd panel:
“Oh no! I have to change now or it’ll be too late!”
{* Mari was in charge of decorating the cake.}
3rd panel:
Kota: {Changing early in the morning…?}
Mari: {Have to do it fast!}
4th panel:
“Ka”
5th panel:
“Ka ka”
“Ka ka”

Page 6
1st panel:
Mari: “Good morning everyone!”

2nd panel:
“Morning, Kuzui-kun! You look pretty today!”
“…..” (Smaller Text: ….Pretty…)
3rd panel:
“Ah, could that be…”
“A present for Kai –“
4th panel:
“Mmph”
5th panel:

6th panel:
“But it’s impossible for you to give it to him today.”

Page 7
1st panel:
“Kaji…”
“You tell her.”
“He’s with Hal-kun on a monitoring mission for a few days.”
2nd panel:
“They won’t be coming back for the time being.”
3rd panel:
“Sha”
4th panel:
“This is weird…”
“Why is the data booklet they are supposed to take with them still here?”
5th panel:
“This is a problem..”
“I wonder if anyone’s free enough to take it to them?”
6th panel:
“…..” (Smaller text: Her ears turned big…)

Page 8
1st panel:
Mari: “I’ll do it…”
“Ehh? Really? But it’s quite far from here…”
Mari: “Please let me do it!”
2nd panel:
“Have a nice trip, Kuzui-kun!”
Mari:
“Hey, why did you give her a fake data booklet…”
3rd panel:
“Because I want to try being a Santa Claus sometimes!”

“Huh?”
4th panel:
“Mission start!”
“….Got it.”
5th panel:
(Uh… A one-way trip will take 3 hours…)
(But…)

Page 9
1st panel:
{This is all for the sake of my romance!}
“Waaah!”
2nd panel:
“Help! He’s a thief…!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Bam”
5th panel:

Page 10
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Are you okay…?”
“Collapse”
3rd panel:
{Un. For. Give. Able!}
{Ohohohoho}
4th panel:

5th panel:

Page 11
1st panel:
{You dare to get in the way to my love? Unforgiveable!}
“Waaaahhh!”
2nd panel:
“Eh?”
“Oh…”
3rd panel:
“I’m sorry, which one of you is the victim?”
4th panel:
“Grabs”

5th panel:
“That was amazing.”
“Can you cooperate with me so I can write a report?”

Page 12
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Miss…”
3rd panel:
“I’m so sorry… You ruined your makeup because of me…”
“Were you about to attend a party?”
“It’s fine.”
4th panel:
“The thorns on my path to love will just pump me up!”

5th panel:
“Please wait a moment…”

Page 13
1st panel:
“You’ll look nicer…”
“If you put this on.”
2nd panel:
“This is a little something from me. Have fun at your party!”

3rd panel:

4th panel:
“Clang”
“Clang”
“Clang”
5th panel:
(It’s warm…)
“Psha…”
6th panel:

Page 14
1st panel:
{I must persevere!} (Smaller text: This is dangerous…)
{I have to pass this to Kai-chan without damages on it!}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“peeks”
4th panel:
5th panel:

Page 15
1st panel:
2nd panel:
{A woman’s enemy!}
3rd panel:
“You perverted old man!”
{This is unforgiveable too!}
4th panel:
5th panel:
“She saved me!”
6th panel:
“I’m not going to help write a report!”
“Pa-ta”

Page 16
1st panel:
“Oh… You were on your way to give a handmade Christmas cake…”
2nd panel:
“Your Christmas night will definitely be amazing!”
“Oh, but your cake…”
3rd panel:
“Where is it? I don’t see it on you…”
4th panel:
{That pervertic bastard! Damn it!}
“The staff from the station is helping you to find it!”

Page 17
1st panel:
“Thank goodness the cake was found!”
“Due to the massive amount of snow…”
2nd panel:
“All trains on the JR line will temporarily cease operating. Commuters in a rush…”
3rd panel:
“How far away is the place your boyfriend is at from here?”
“6 stops…”
“That’s still not very far…”
4th panel:
“It’ll be okay –“
“It’s 6 stops on the super express train…” (Smaller text: It’s twenty-three stops for the normal…)
5th panel:
“Kuzui-san!”
“Grabs”

Page 18
1st panel:
“You mustn’t give up!”
“Christmas is not over yet!”
2nd panel:
“Give the handmade cake to him! He’ll definitely be happy!”
3rd panel:

{↑Masculine..}
4th panel:
“Pa”
{If there’s no train…}

Page 19
1st panel:
{I still have my legs!}

2nd panel:
“The thorns on my path to love will just pump me up!”
3rd panel:
“Could it be that you guys were the one who prepared this snow too?”
“Of course not! But I must say that it is a pleasant surprise..”
4th panel:
“If there’s no drama, it wouldn’t be interesting at all, right?”
“Takes off”
5th panel:
“Mari really hit me hard… I was risking my life to act out this show, you know?”
“Pat pat”
“pat”
“But isn’t this too much?” (Smaller text: Hahaha..)

Page 20
1st panel:
“Hehehe… I still have one last present for her!” (Smaller text: Woah..)
“I’ll be going over now.”
Isobe:
Miyoshi:
Miyoshi:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
{This snow is nothing!}
{Everything that meets my burning passion for my love will just get reduced to ashes!}
4th panel:
“If anything dares to get in the way of my love…” (Smaller text: Hehehehe!)
5th panel:
“Gah!”
6th panel:

Page 21
1st panel:
“Meow!”
[Please take me home!]
{Damn Santa Claus! To actually set this kind of trap for me..}
2nd panel:
“I’m a woman born for the sole purpose of love…”
“Meow…”
3rd panel:
“I don’t have time for you now…”
4th panel:
{Mari, I’m so cold…}
{Mari’s vision}
Text on the heart: Heart
{!!!!} (Smaller text: So tiny…)
5th panel:
“I’ve lost…”

Page 22
1st panel:
“There goes my Christmas marriage…” (Er, or “My Christmas marriage is going down the drain…” ? )
2nd panel:
“Lick”
“Lick”
“Hm?”
“You hungry?”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Opens”
5th panel:
(I’m sorry…)
(This is the only food I have with me…)

Page 23
1st panel:
“Gong”
“Gong”
2nd panel:
(Aah…)
3rd panel:
“Mari?”
4th panel:
“It really is you!”
“Sha”
“Why are you here?”

Page 24
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“I-I could say the same for you too… Why are you here?”
“Ah, I came out to buy supper…”

Page 25
1st panel:
“You’ll catch a cold wearing such thin clothes!”
2nd panel:
{Kai-chan…!}
“Ah!”
“It’s a kitten! It’s so cute!”
3rd panel:

Page 26
1st panel:

2nd panel:
{Kai-chan…}
3rd panel:
“Are you going to take care of this kitten?”
4th panel:
“Mari?”

Page 27
1st panel:
“I’ll do it!”
“I’ll take both kittens! I’m bringing them home!”
“Huh?” (Smaller text: Both?)
2nd panel:
“Mm… Although she didn’t manage to confess…” (Smaller text: Still far from marriage…)
3rd panel:
Hal: “Why are you guys here?” (Smaller text: Huh?)
Hal:
Mika: “Orders from above!”
Miyoshi: “Mission accomplished!”
Miyoshi: “There’s still not much progress though!”
4th panel:
“Mm… Being Santa Claus is hard, Kaji…”
{Get to work, old man Santa!} (Smaller text: You should be Satan instead!)

Translation: Switch 31

2011-08-27T07:42:49+00:00
For Lazy Ass Scans

Page 1
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Saeki Kaido…”
3rd panel:
“Haven’t you found it yet?”

Page 2
1st panel:
“Kyaaaaaaa!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Can you tell me what exactly is going on here?”
4th panel:
“Thank goodness no one was hurt! But to actually throw the microphone stand into the audience…”
“This performance was almost totally ruined by you!”
5th panel:
“… He was there…”
“What?”

Page 3
1st panel:
“The stalker!”
2nd panel:
“I’m sure of it, he’s trying to kill me!”
“If this problem is not resolved, I’ll definitely get killed by him! Not to mention the injuries he’s given me! (I’m guessing for the last part. Hidden text.)
3rd panel:
“Could it be you…”
“Searches”
4th panel:
“Sss..”
5th panel:
“For you to defend yourself with.”

Page 4
1st panel:
“… If this solves the problem.”
2nd panel:
“Hey what are you thinking..”
“Isn’t it fine?”
3rd panel:
“But you have to promise me.”
“You’ll sing until the end for the remaining two performances. And…”
“Besides the times when you have to perform, you’ll control your consumption of that.”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Huh?”
“… A car accident?”

Page 5
1st panel:
“Yeah, I understand.”
“… Thank you.”
2nd panel:
“Ka-cha”
“I’ve got it…”
3rd panel:
“The reason why there was no one using the phone booth for such a long period of time..”
“ka-ta”
“What is it?”
4th panel:
“I didn’t think… It would be this…”
“Ka-sha”
5th panel:
“Here…”

Page 6
1st panel:
“Do you remember the car accident at Kabukicho the day before yesterday?”
“There were bigger news on the same day, so the article was pretty small..”
Title of article: Truck drives into public phone booth
Immediate death for the girl calling in the booth
2nd panel:
“The girl’s name…”
“Don”
“Kashiwagi…”
Text below picture: Kashiwagi Moe
3rd panel:
“The phone booth was severely damaged because of the accident, so no one was able to use it.”
4th panel:
“The time of the accident is almost exactly the same as the time the girl was cut off during the call…”
“And…”
“Black Fall was performing at that time, and the phone booth was the closest one from their performance’s location.”
5th panel:
“This already is connected to Black Fall in some way.”

Page 7
1st panel:
“I know what you’re trying to say, but before that, there’s still one more problem.”
“If the girl who called us is really the Kashiwagi on the papers,”
2nd panel:
“Then do you understand what’s the relationship between this “Kanzaki Seito” and “Black Fall” she was talking about?”
3rd panel:
“Oh right…”
“We’ll have to wait for Miyoshi to contact us then…”
“Kasha”
4th panel:
“Then I’ll investigate this girl in the meantime.”
“Pa-ta”
5th panel:
“Riiiing”
(Why is everyone like this…)

Page 8
1st panel:
“Good afternoon, this is the Narcotics Control Department, Kanto Shin’etsu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare.”
2nd panel:
{Kashiwagi…. Moemi… isit?}
3rd panel:
“Moemi!”
4th panel:
“I’m sorry, I can only buy these cheap things…”
“No, I’m really happy!”
5th panel:
“Thank you, XXX.”
“I love you…”

Page 9
1st panel:
“Appears”
“I won’t accept…”
2nd panel:
“I won’t accept that you are me!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Ugh…”

Page 10
1st panel:
“Creak”
“…mi…”
2nd panel:
“Moe…mi…”
3rd panel:
“Sha”
“Saeki…”
4th panel:
“I’m… Yumi…”
“Riiing”
5th panel:
Text on screen of phone: Asuka

Page 11
1st panel:
“Kanzaki?”
2nd panel:
“I don’t know, but I don’t think there’s anyone with that name.”
“What’s the matter?”
“Ah… Actually…”
3rd panel:
“He’s my friend, and he was the one who introduced this band to me. He also worked as staff here before…”
“Kanzaki… Hmm… I think I’ve heard the name somewhere before..”
“Eh? Really?”
4th panel:
“Sorry, I can’t remember…” (Smaller text: Haha…)
“But there hasn’t been much change in the staff here for half a year already.”
5th panel:
“See, there isn’t any Kanzaki in the work schedule for the staff too, right?”

Page 12
1st panel:
(If he’s neither a staff nor a member of the band, how am I supposed to find him?) (Smaller text: Have you found Kanzaki Seito?)
“Is he really from our band? Did you mix it up with another’s?”
2nd panel:
“Where exactly did you get the name from anyway?’
“Eh..? Uh…”
3rd panel:
“Isn’t it usual in the showbiz world? Someone who uses another name just for their work?”
“Most people don’t use their real names.”
{A name for work only!}
4th panel:
“Grabs”
5th panel:
“You people have a lot of time, don’t you?”
Text above the running people: Escapes
Miyoshi:

Page 13
1st panel:
{“Bring Saeki back from Yumi’s place!”
}
(Right when I’m about to start searching for “Kanzaki Seito”…)(Smaller text: Sighhhh…)
2nd panel:
“Who’s that?”
“I’m Kashiwagi from Black Fall..”
“Beep”
3rd panel:
“Ka-cha”
4th panel:
“I’ll wake him up. Wait a moment.”
5th panel:
{A necklace with a cross…}
“Is something the matter?”

Page 14
1st panel:
“It’s nothing…”
{It’s probably not unusual to see people wearing necklaces with a cross these days…}
“What is it? You’re making me curious.”
2nd panel:
“…I was just thinking your cross looks pretty…”
“Are you trying to be sarcastic here?”
3rd panel:
Miyoshi: “Huh?!”
Miyoshi: “I didn’t mean that…”
“I’m the same as the others anyway.”
“I know…”
4th panel:
“As long as it’s someone Saeki likes, she’ll know…”
5th panel:
“He likes “crosses”.”

Page 15
1st panel:
“C..Could it be, that cross was…”
2nd panel:
“Hey…”
3rd panel:
“You… Do you have a younger sister?”
4th panel:
{It’s that question again.
“…Yeah!”}
“No, I only have a sister who’s older than me by 8 years.”
“Oh, so it’s just a coincidence.”
5th panel:
“Why the question?”
“Aren’t you a staff member from Black Fall?” (Guessed this, part of the text was covered.)

Page 16
1st panel:
“Isn’t Kashiwagi the name of the girl that Saeki truly loved?”
{Moe…
“Biiiiiiiii“
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
[Kashiwagi Memorial]
4th panel:
“Excuse me…”
5th panel:
“Are you Moemi’s friends?”
“I want to ask you something…”

Page 17
1st panel:
[Inteliigence Dept.]
2nd panel:
“Riiiiing”
3rd panel:
“…Where are you?”
“I’m coming back.”
4th panel:
“And so?”
“It’s as I thought!”
“”Kashiwagi Moemi” was dating one of the members of Black Fall.”
“And grew up together too!”
5th panel:
“…Yeah, I’ve got it.”
“For the rest… Let’s just wait for Miyoshi.”
6th panel:
“Creaaak”

Page 18
1st panel:
“It’s been hard on you, Kashiwagi.”
“Not at all.”
2nd panel:
“Click”
“Sha”
3rd panel:
“How’s it going?”
4th panel:
“I’ve been having nothing but nightmares.”
“Is it because you’re over-exhausted?”
“… Just bear with it for a while longer, until tomorrow.”
5th panel:
“Tomorrow we’ll have our last performance…”
“Grabs”
“Stop yakking…”

Page 19
1st panel:
“Give me the drugs.”
2nd panel:
“Pak”
3rd panel:
“Saeki, you promised me.”
“Since it’s only till tomorrow, why not give them a rest today?”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“You’ve been having them more and more recently,”
“And your doses have been increasing too. You finish them so quickly nowadays!”
“Besides…”
6th panel:
“Aren’t you starting to develop hallucinations…”

Page 20
1st panel:
“Are you trying to say that I’ve gone bonkers?”
“I’m just worried about you!”
2nd panel:
“If the drugs lose their effect, you’ll be in pain too, right?”
“We won’t be performing for the time being anyway, you can rest for now!”
3rd panel:
“You’re… right…”
“Beep”
“beep beep”
“patter”
4th panel:
“Riiiiing”
5th panel:
“You’re slow.”
“Ibu…”

Page 21
1st panel:
“Have you found “him” ?”
“…Yeah. “Kanzaki Seito” too.”
“I… found something too…”
2nd panel:
“The most important thing is the evidence of drugs usage “she” told us about.”
“…. Find it before the performance tomorrow.”
3rd panel:
“We can’t request for a search warrant based on your speculation alone.”
“The performance ends tomorrow!”
“Once it ends, all the evidence will be gone!”
4th panel:
“We only have tomorrow left!”

Page 22
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“For us, Black Fall, today is the end, but also the beginning.”
“Swallows”
4th panel:
“Let’s do it!”
“Yeah!”

Page 23
1st panel:
“clap clap”
“clap clap”
2nd panel:
“Saeki, come onto the stage after it takes effect.”
3rd panel:
“Everyone’s waiting for you.”
“Ba-dum”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“drips”
6th panel:
“drips”
“drips drips”

Page 24
1st panel:
“Today is the end, but also the beginning, huh?”
2nd panel:
“You…!”
“Sha”
3rd panel:
“For a showdown, today is the most suitable day!”

Page 25
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Waaaaaah!”
4th panel:
“Stop taking drugs, XXX!”
5th panel:
{Who is this? This woman…}
{Oh, Kashiwagi Moemi… It’s Moemi!}

Page 26
1st panel:
{The cross I gave her…}
“Pulls”
“This woman is really naggy!”
2nd panel:
“What XXXX! He’s Kaido!”
“He’s Saeki Kaido! Right, Saeki?”
“Just dump her, the performance’s starting!”
3rd panel:
“Stop taking drugs, Xto!”
“You are Xto!”
4th panel:
“Seito!”
“Swallows”
5th panel:
“…Moemi…”

Page 27
1st panel:
“I’m Kaido. Saeki Kaido.”
2nd panel:
“I’m not Kanzaki Seito.”
3rd panel:
“Pa-sha”
4th panel:
“Pa-sha”
5th panel:
{Drug Abuse Hotline
Narcotics Control Department}

Page 28
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
“I am Kashiwagi…”
6th panel:

Page 29
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Waaaaaaaah!”
“Shut up… Shut up! Stop crying!”
5th panel:
{This guy… I remember him… He’s…}

Page 30
1st panel:
{The one who’s following me… The stalker!}
“Hey…”
2nd panel:
“You finally found me.”
3rd panel:
{Me…?}
4th panel:
“If I wasn’t Saeki Kaido, Moemi wouldn’t have died!”
“Saeki Kaido should just die!”
5th panel:
“….You’re lying…!”

Page 31
1st panel:
“You can’t possibly be me! It’s impossible! Saeki Kaido won’t cry like this over a dead woman!”
“I’m the only one who can liven up performances!”
2nd panel:
“I love you, Seito…”
3rd panel:
“Kanzaki Seito no longer exists!”
4th panel:
“I’m not…”
“Such a weak me…”
“I won’t accept…”
5th panel:
“Kanzaki Seito…”
“Pa-cha”
6th panel:
“The one who should die is you!”
7th panel:

Page 32
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
{I won!}
{I defeated that damned Kanzaki Seito within me!}
{The person everyone wants is Saeki Kaido, not Kanzaki Seito.}
4th panel:
{For me to be myself, I must become Saeki Kaido!}
{This is just the beginning of Saeki Kaido! Saeki Kaido is me!}
5th panel:
“Seito…”

Page 33
1st panel:
“Sharp pain”
2nd panel:
“Don’t try to escape…”

Page 34
1st panel:
“Dizzy”
“Both of them is you…”
2nd panel:
{Moe…mi…}
“He collapsed!”
“Call for an ambulance!”
3rd panel:
“Saeki?”

Page 35
1st panel:
“I’m sorry, I can only buy these cheap things…”
2nd panel:
“No, I’m fine with this.”
“Thank you, I love you, Seito!”
“…Seito, huh?”
“I guess you won’t call me Saeki Kaido no matter what happens.”
3rd panel:
“That’s because Seito is Seito!”
“The somehow weak Seito who’s afraid of loneliness…”
“But…”
4th panel:
“I love everything about you, including your weaknesses!”
5th panel:
“Moe…”
“Mi…”

Page 36
1st panel:
“Eyes open”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Yes…”
“I understand…”
5th panel:
“”Kanzaki Seito” is fine now.”
“Ka-cha…”
6th panel:
Miyoshi: “I’m sorry.”
Miyoshi: “I didn’t think he would have gone in so deep to the point that he’s developing hallucinations. I should have noticed earlier…”
“You did your best.”

Page 37
1st panel:
“The other members found in possession of drugs have also been arrested.”
“He didn’t die either. Like you said, the option of searching before the performance had started was the correct one.”
“This kind of outcome is already not bad.”
2nd panel:
“She really loved Kanzaki Seito.”
“Risking her life to pull Kanzaki Seito out of the drug addict way of living...”
3rd panel:
“Ibu…”
“You can’t underestimate the power of love, right?”
4th panel:
“You’re right…”
5th panel:

Translation: Switch 30

2011-08-26T15:26:10+00:00
For Lazy Ass Scans

Page 1
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
"...Excuse me..."
4th panel:
"Can I ask something?"
5th panel:
"About the stalker..."
"...Yeah."
6th panel:
"You said that he's trying to kill you..."
"That happened a few days ago."

Page 2
1st panel:
"It's still okay if I was chased by women."
"But it's a man I don't know that's been following and intentionally harrassing me."
2nd panel:
"Yesterday..."
3rd panel:
"He finally took up a strange weapon and attacked me."
4th panel:
"Then you should call the police..."
"Stop joking!"
5th panel:
"To actually dare to hurt me... I won't let him off so easily with a police report!"
"Tightens"

Page 3
1st panel:
"The next time I see him..."
2nd panel:
"I'll make him wish that he's better off dead!"
"!" (Smaller text: Shivers)
3rd panel:
"The stalker incident is real."
4th panel:
"That's why we didn't let any newcomers in."
"But in the end you joined us.... I thought you were the stalker!"
"Is that so..." (Smaller text: I'm so sorry...)

Page 4
1st panel:
"But instead of it being Saeki's request, it's more of everyone's request."
"Especially Miike and Mori..."
"Everyone's request?"
2nd panel:
"It'll be bad if something troublesome happens before their debut."
"That's why security was increased under Miike and the firm's Kariya's request."
"I see..."
3rd panel:
"....Over-enthusiastic fans?"
"No one has actually seen the face of the stalker."
4th panel:
"What?"
"He always manages to just injure Saeki."
"He's a really mysterious person."
5th panel:
"There's even people saying that it's one of the staff who did it..."
{They even called for increased security, but only Saeki has seen the stalker?}

Page 5
1st panel:
{Could it be....}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
"Riiiiing"
"Kacha"
4th panel:
"Good afternoon, this is the Narcotics Control Department, Kanto-Shin’etsu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare."
"Mika?"
5th panel:
"Okay, wait a moment."
"It's Miyoshi calling!"

Page 6
1st panel:
"So, any progress with your investigation?"
"It's only the second day!"
"It's already the second day!"
2nd panel:
"How's investigation on your side? That girl..."
"It's going on smoothly! I've been using my free time to check."
"Free time?"
3rd panel:
"Can't you be more serious? There might be someone to arrest, you know?"
"Do you have evidence?"
"Uh...."
4th panel:
"I don't have any, but..."
"It's very suspicious! One member of the target band might be developing hallucinations from paranoia disorder!"
"Hallucinations?"
5th panel:
"I can't confirm it's type, but the cause is probably drugs."
"Any evidence?" (Guessing this.)
"If there's none, it's just your own speculation." (I guessed this, couldn't see the words.)

Page 7
1st panel:
"What you're saying is correct, but if..."
“Huu…”
2nd panel:
"!!" (Smaller text: Ugh!)
3rd panel:
"Beep beep...."
"...." (Smaller text: Sigh...)
"Is he okay?"
4th panel:
"He ran off elsewhere."
"Haha, isn't that the same as usual?"
5th panel:
"And here's the location of the place the Kashiwagi girl called from, and the usage record of the phone for the dates around that day!" (Smaller text: Feel free to use it!)

Page 8
1st panel:
Mika: “Aren’t you dishonest, lying to him that you are checking it out only in your free time?”
Mika:
“…I wasn’t lying…” (Smaller text: That hurts.)
2nd panel:
“This is an investigation that won’t have any favourable results.”
“I just want to find the truth faster.”
“Yeah, yeah…”
3rd panel:
“The number she called from is … from a public phone booth in Shinjuku?”
“Yeah, I’ve confirmed it by tracing the number, it’s true.”
“That’s weird.” (I’m guessing this, can’t see the text from the chinese scans :( )
4th panel:
“In this day and age, isn’t it normal to use a mobile phone instead of a public phone booth?”
“Even more so during emergency situations.”
“That’s…” (Smaller text: Hm… )
5th panel:
“Maybe she lost her phone? Or someone could have stolen it? Not to dismiss the chance that she might not even have a phone…”
“Mm…” (I’m guessing this too, can’t see it from the chinese scans…)

Page 9
1st panel:
“What’s with this record…”
{Lemme see}
“What’s wrong with it?”
2nd panel:
“This public phone booth is located in the middle of a bustling area…”
“So why has there been no one using it during this period of time?”
3rd panel:
“At such a busy time…”
4th panel:
“There’s actually an employee who’s free enough to make private phone calls? How audacious!”
“…..” (Smaller text: Uuuuuh….)
5th panel:
“You’re fired!”
“Nooo!”

Page 10
1st panel:
“I had really important matters to settle…! I won’t do it again! Please let me off this time!”
“Excuse me, Asuka....”
2nd panel:
“Regarding today’s performance….” (I’m guessing this again, the text is hidden again :( … )
3rd panel:
“There aren’t enough copies of the tickets, so I’m trying to find the original, but…”
“Oh, it’s probably in the resting area.”
{The band’s resting area!} (Smaller text: Shocked!)
4th panel:
“I’ll go take the original copy!”
5th panel:
“Wait a moment!”
“!” (Check)

Page 11
1st panel:
“Throws”
“!” (Smaller text: Woah…)
2nd panel:
“The original copy is in the files compartment of the drawer in front of the mirror.”
“I’ll give you…”
3rd panel:
“3 minutes!” (Smaller text: You’ll be fired if you’re late!)
4th panel:
“Ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum”
“Huff!”
“Huff!”
5th panel:
{The band’s resting area! This is a chance not to be missed!}

Page 12
1st panel:
{Do you have evidence?}
{I’ll find it!}
“Ka-cha”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“….” (Smaller text: The original…)
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Sha…”

Page 13
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Sigh…”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:

Page 14
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Good job.”
3rd panel:
“You are just one step away from losing this job.”

4th panel:
“Don’t cry, at least you kept your job!”
“Yeah…”
{I finally had the chance to look for evidence…!} (Part of the text is covered again, so I guess it. Again :( )
5th panel:
{But I didn’t think I wouldn’t be able to find any…! How could I have wasted the chance?!}
6th panel:
“But who was it…?”

Page 15
1st panel:
{To be keeping a rusted cross like that…}
2nd panel:
“Ka-cha”
“Ka-cha”
3rd panel:
“Ka-cha”
4th panel:
“Ke”
5th panel:
“Kekeke”
6th panel:
“You…!”

Page 16
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Ugh!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
“What happened?”
“He appeared!”

Page 17
1st panel:
“The stalker!”
2nd panel:
“Didn’t you say that…”
3rd panel:
“Nobody had came in from the back door?!”
4th panel:
“That’s true…”
5th panel:
“Saeki, did you see his face?”
“No… Not very clearly…”

Page 18
1st panel:
Message on the pieces of paper: Saeki Kaido, DIE!
2nd panel:
{The words are in red… Blood? It wasn’t just his hallucination?}
“Thank goodness it wasn’t a serious injury… During such important times…” (The last part is a guess too, it was hidden.)
“This is irritating.”
3rd panel:
“Since no one had came in from the back door… Does this mean that the culprit is someone amongst us?”
“I hope not…”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“There’s still some time before the performance, you’d better take a rest.”

Page 19
1st panel:
“We’ll talk about this after the performance.”
“Everyone please concentrate on finishing your job for now!”
2nd panel:
“Saeki is fine now!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Door closes”
5th panel:

Page 20
1st panel:
“I thought he’ll let it go after he’s hurt you once. What a surprise!”
2nd panel:
“Give me… That…”
“Grabs”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
“The last 3 days!”
“Ziiiiiing!”

Page 21
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:

Page 22
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Kekeke”
4th panel:
(Hm?) (I’m guessing this again.)

Page 23
1st panel:
{He stopped singing?}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Grits teeth”
“It’s him…”
4th panel:
“Guh…”

Page 24
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:

Translation: Switch 29

2011-08-26T15:10:52+00:00
For Lazy Ass Scans

Page 1
1st panel:
2nd panel:
"Hey.."
3rd panel:
"Why aren't you going home?"
4th panel:
"Grabs"
"Right now... I can't go home..."
"...Eh?"

Page 2
1st panel:
"There's a weird person following me."
"A weird person?"
2nd panel:
"Could it be an enthusiastic fan? I'm jealous!"
"Stupid, he's a guy." (I’m guessing this, part of the text was covered…)
"He barged into my house, too. He's crazy." (I’m guessing for this too . )
3rd panel:
"Isn't that a stalker already?"
"Have you made a police report? Was anything missing?"
4th panel:
"...Missing?"
"Sha"
5th panel;
"Who knows."
"Klink"

Page 3
1st panel:
"But it's probably something important..."
2nd panel:
"This cross seems nice."
3rd panel:
"I like this cross a lot."
4th panel:
"Thank you!"
5th panel:
"I'll cherish it!"

Page 4
1st panel:
"I love you, xxx...."
"Huh?"
2nd panel:
"What? I can't hear y...."
"Kaido?"
3rd panel:
"Kaido!"
4th panel:
"Ugh..."
"What is it? So noisy..."
"Look at this!"

Page 5
1st panel:
"There seems to be someone at the door just now, so I went to see."
"And found this piece of paper stuck in the door!"
2nd panel:
"Kesha"
3rd panel:
4th panel:
"Bam"
"Kaido, what exactly is..."
5th panel:
"Sha"

Page 6
1st panel:
"Bam"
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
"...Damn!"
"Tightens"
4th panel:
"It's him!"
"What? The stalker?"
"He's already found this place."
5th panel:
"Kaido?"
"Sorry, Eri."
“I’m leaving!” (This was totally covered, so I guessed this.)

Page 7
1st panel:
"The moment he finds my hiding place,"
"I'll leave. I won't ever come here again."
2nd panel:
"What...!"
"Bam"
3rd panel:
4th panel:
{Saeki Kaido
Have you found that?}
5th panel:
"Tears"

Page 8
1st panel:
"What? You don't know anything?"
"Yeah... Aha..."
2nd panel:
"You don't have any experience in a band, and still dared to kneel like that yesterday?"
"But yesterday's performance really moved me!"
"I didn't even have the strength to stand up..."
3rd panel:
"Okay, okay.... Then, do you know what "Roadie" is?"
"An American!"
4th panel:
"PA list?"
"?"
"SE?"
"??"
"Online recording?"
"???"
5th panel:
"Someone come here for a moment, this guy's a total newbie!"

Page 9
1st panel:
"I know I'm clumsy with words, and may not know anything, but please leave all the odd jobs to me."
"I know you're enthusiastic...."
"You really know absolutely nothing...?"
2nd panel:
"When did everyone become a part of the staff here?"
"Most of us were assigned by Black Fall's company."
"Even though we haven't been here for a long time, we still have basic knowledge regarding this."
"The one who first started this band was..."
3rd panel:
"You guys are still lazing around?!"
"???"
"The staff over there!"
4th panel:
"It's you, right?"
"Points"
"!"

Page 10
1st panel:
"The brat who barged in and forced everyone to accept you as a staff after the performance yesterday!"
2nd panel:
"Y-Yeah..."
"I knew it." (Guessed this. The text was hidden.)
3rd panel:
"What can you do?"
"Huh?"
4th panel:
"Since you even had to kneel down, you probably had a high interest in the band or in music, right?"
"Ah, I..."
"Hey, Asuka!"
5th panel:
"I'll be there immediately."

Page 11
1st panel:
"She's Asuka."
"One of those who started the band. You'd better not offend her."
"Eh..."
2nd panel:
"That uncle over there is Kariya-san from the company. The one talking to him is the guitarist Miike."
"Miike is the leader of the band. Asuka is his girlfriend."
"Oh, I see..."
3rd panel:
"Doesn't this happen often? Stuff like the girlfriend of one of the band members is a staff of the band..."
"Since band members would just ask their friends or girlfriends to help out in unofficial performances..."
4th panel:
"The Queen's back..."
"!!??"
5th panel:
"Newcomer, there's work for you!"
"Work that's extremely important!"
"Important...?"

Page 12
1st panel:
"Find Saeki Kaido and bring him back."
"If something goes wrong, you'll be fired immediately!"
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
"Huff!"
"Huff!"
"Huff!"
4th panel:
"Huff!"
"Huff!"
5th panel:
6th panel:
{Bastard, what the hell is he trying to do?}

Page 13
1st panel:
"Saeki?"
"Are you alright?!"
2nd panel:
"Some suspicious person suddenly came attacking..."
"That looks painful..."
3rd panel:
"I'll bring the antiseptics here!"
"It's okay, don't go!"
"Clatters"
4th panel:
"...Stay by my side...."

Page 14
1st panel:
"....I'm scared...."
2nd panel:
"Saeki..."
3rd panel:
"Pasha"
4th panel:
5th panel:
“He's got women everywhere?"
6th panel:
"Saki is the total opposite of Miike who's absolutely loyal to Asuka,"
"He's with different women everytime, and doesn't go home at all."

Page 15
1st panel:
"So before every performance, we have to find out which woman's nest he went to."
2nd panel:
Text on the screen of the phone: Saeki
"I guess it's better to call first."
3rd panel:
4th panel:
"Riiing"
5th panel:
"As usual, he's not picking up."
"Huh? Then how are we supposed to find him?"

Page 16
1st panel:
"Though he's got women everywhere, it's mainly these 5, 6 people. You'll probably find him if you ask them one by one."
[Yoko
Sanae
Aki
Ryoko
Eri
Yumi]
2nd panel:
"He's probably at one of his oasis."
"Stunned"
3rd panel:
"Call these women, ask for his location, and bring him back before the performance."
"Oasis..."
4th panel:
"Nothing we can do about that. He's like this."
5th panel:
"But I don't really care."
"Don't you feel that way too?"

Page 17
1st panel:
"Even though this awful person likes to indulge in women, and often late for performances too, we can still hear his songs."
2nd panel:
"...." (Smaller text : Gulps)
3rd panel:
"....Yeah..."
4th panel:
"Oh right."
5th panel:
"Kashiwagi, do you have a sister?"

Page 18
1st panel:
"…Yeah!"
2nd panel:
"A sister who's 8 years older than me!"
"Is that so..."
3rd panel:
"That' too bad, such a big age difference..."
"Sorry, she's already married, so I can't really introduce her to you..."
4th panel:
"Never mind, since she's actually an older sister..."
"I'll leave Saeki to you!"
5th panel:
{Did he just breathe a sigh of relief?　Or am I just oversensitive?}
{...No! He definitely knows something!}

Page 19
1st panel:
{Something regarding the girl named Kashiwagi!}
2nd panel:
"Tick"
3rd panel:
4th panel:
"Hey, Saeki's not here yet?"
"The newcomer's looking into it."
5th panel:
"Huh?"
"Why did you leave such an important matter to him?"
"What if he...!"
"He won't."

Page 20
1st panel:
"He only has a sister 8 years older than him."
2nd panel:
"Saeki's often late, don't worry too much about it."
“Pak”
3rd panel:
"It's already over."
"That wasn't our fault."
4th panel:
"Better forget about it, Boss."
"!" (Smaller text: Angry)
5th panel:

Page 21
1st panel:
"Who is it?"
2nd panel:
"I don't know where the hell Kaido’s gone to! Idiot!"
3rd panel:
"....." (smaller text: Uuuu...)
4th panel:
{It's not the first 5... Remaining is... Yumi...}
5th panel:
"I have to find him this time..."
"Beep"

Page 22
1st panel:
"Riiing"
2nd panel:
"Who is it?"
"Ah, I'm one of the staff from Black Fall, I'm Kashiwagi."
"Oh, you're looking for Saeki..."
3rd panel:
"He's with me."
"Really? That's great!"
"I'll go pick him up right now!"
4th panel:
"Sha..."
5th panel:
"Saeki?"

Page 23
1st panel:
"Sha...."
2nd panel:
"Sha..."
3rd panel:
"Yumi...."
"What is it?"
4th panel:
"..... Do you have that?"
"Sha..."
5th panel:
"... Yeah. I'll go take it."

Page 24
1st panel:
"Sha..."
2nd panel:
"Sorry to keep you waiting."
3rd panel:
4th panel:
"Spills"
5th panel:
"Swallows"
"They said they'll be picking you up..."
6th panel:
"Clenches"
"I know."

Page 25
1st panel:
"Nice to meet you! I'm Kashiwagi the staff!"
"May I ask if Saeki's..."
"Are you alone?"
2nd panel:
"Did you see any suspicious man?"
"Huh? Uh, no...."
3rd panel:
"Saeki, it's not the stalker!"
"Stalker?"
4th panel:
"Haa...."

Page 26
1st panel:
"Let's go."
2nd panel:
"Um..."
3rd panel:
"Sorry, what was that about the stalker...?"
4th panel:
"He’s trying to kill me!"

Translation: Diamond no Ace 58

2011-08-20T17:36:23+00:00
Page 1
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:

Page 2
Chapter 58/ A Sudden Situation

Page 3
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Hey! That pitch just now hit the face directly right?”
“Just when he was about to swing, the ball got to his face…”
“Seeing how he fell just now, it’s probably pretty bad…”
4th panel:
“Oota-buchou! Please drive the car here quickly!”
“Got… Got it!”
5th panel:
“Hey! Tanba! Don’t move!”
6th panel:
“I’m f…fine…”
“Bring the stretcher here!”
“Don’t move! Stop moving!”

Page 4
1st panel:
“Hey,hey… Why did something like this happen?”
“Last year, Chris got injured, and then this year, it’s Tanba…”
“Is even lady luck not on the side of Seidou?”
2nd panel:
“We… We are really sorry!”
“In this kind of critical moment, our pitcher injured your player…”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“This is something that happened in the middle of the match…”
“So we can’t just blame it on your pitcher.”
5th panel:
“But… Can we stop this match?”

Page 5
1st panel:
“Yes… Of course, we have no problems with it.”
“We are very sorry to have you travel here and yet, this kind of situation happens…”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Mm… Let’s prepare to leave!”
“Ye..Yes!”
5th panel:
{They’re so pitiful…}
{And I wasn’t able to see Furuya’s pitching in the end either…}
6th panel:
{Tanba…}
7th panel:
{At this kind of critical moment before the summer tournament…}
{This sudden situation would probably cause the team’s spirit to waver…}

Page 6
1st panel:
{It’s really a pity…}
{Coach Kataoka…}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
{If it’s possible, we would still like to compete for the entry ticket to Koushien with a Seidou that’s in their best condition…}

Page 7
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Yeah yeah…”
4th panel:
“That was later known as the tiger that could compete with the dragon.”
5th panel:
“Harunobu probably couldn’t relax anymore after that right?”
6th panel:
“I’m really looking forward to how he gets along with Kansuke.”

Page 8
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“The ballot that decides our position in the tournament is today, right?”
“Ah, yeah… Tetsu and buchou has already went…”
5th panel:
“Oh…”
6th panel:
{It’s finally going to start…}
{Our last summer as a high schooler…}

Page 9
1st panel:
“I think players from other schools have already heard about Tanba’s situation…”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“The infuence he has over the players is more than we’ve expected.”
“If we don’t change the mentality of the players as soon as possible, I fear that it’ll be too late…”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Coach… We’re back.”
6th panel:
“The placements for the summer tournament has already been decided.”
7th panel:

Page 10-11
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:

Page 12
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“We’ll face Inashiro in the finals…”
3rd panel:
“Woah, we’ll meet with Ichidai in the semi-finals!”
4th panel:
“Yakushi High and Sensen High are in the same block as us!” (Sorry, please check the names, the hiragana is too small…)

Page 13
1st panel:
“Woah! There’s actually so many schools participating!”
2nd panel:
“This is actually quite a relaxed grouping! Since Tokyo is split into the East Tokyo region and the West Tokyo region…”
“There probably are stronger groups than us in the country.”
3rd panel:
(I…2…)
(We are a seeded team, so we have 5 matches before the finals…)
4th panel:
5th panel:
“The seniors… Are they alright?”
“They seem to lack vigour since yesterday…”
6th panel:
{Seeing their comrade, who has been fighting together with them for three years, get such a serious injury yesterday was probably a huge blow to them.}
7th panel:
{And at such a critical moment where the team needs to be spirited too…}
“I believe everyone has already heard about it…”

Page 14
1st panel:
“Yesterday’s dead ball has caused a crack in Tanba’s jaw.”
“Luckily, there was no bone fracture.”
“There seems to be no damage to the brain too.”
2nd panel:
“But he might not be able to make it in time for the preliminaries.”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:

Page 15
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“To be honest, I feel hesitant about this.”
“He finally became conscious about the behaviour of the ace. I believe he himself is feeling fustrated right now.”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:
“This decision was made as the coach of the team,”
“And definitely not as a lone individual.”

Page 16
1st panel:
“I intend to give Tanba the position of the ace!”
“Before he comes back, I hope everyone will fight together as a united team!”
2nd panel:
“During this period… Kawakami…”
3rd panel:
“Furuya…”
“And Sawamura…”

Page 17
1st panel:
“I believe that their chances of participating in a match will probably increase greatly, especially so for the first-years.”
“I hope that everyone will do your best to help them!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Please do me this favour…”
5th panel:
“Yes!”

Page 18
1st panel:
{We have to wait until Tanba comes back?}
2nd panel:
{Honestly speaking… We don’t even know if Tanba will come back in his best condition…}
{But on the other hand, this sudden situation would also let the team become more united…}
3rd panel:
{If we’re able to turn this crisis into a chance…}
4th panel:
5th panel:
(The problem with me..)
(Is my stamina and control…)
6th panel:
(Oh, I have the chance to participate too?)

Page 19
1st panel:
2nd panel:
{But…}
3rd panel:
{Can the current me…}
{Really take the place of Tanba-senpai?}
4th panel:
“It seems like you finally found out what you’re lacking in.”
“If that’s the case, you’ll be alright.”

Page 20
1st panel:
“Miyuki…”
“I believe you know where their problem lies… But there’s not much time left!”
2nd panel:
“Focusing on their defense skills and their control…”
“Let’s train them!”
3rd panel:
“You’re right…”
4th panel:
“We must have them prepared before summer arrives!”

Translation: Diamond no Ace 57

2011-08-20T15:28:34+00:00
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:
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:
3rd panel:
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…}
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:
7th panel:

Page 20
1st panel:
2nd panel:

Page 21
{I’ve been receiving a lot of help from many people.
Thank you very much!
Terajima Yuuji}

Translation: Diamond no Ace 56

2011-08-20T12:40:27+00:00
Page 1
Chapter 56/ Based on Evaluation

Page 2
1st panel:
[The third match of the one-day-two-matches schedule]
[Seidou – Shuuhoku]
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:

Page 3
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Heh!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:

Page 4
1st panel:
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!)
5th panel:

Page 6
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Ryou!”
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:

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!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
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…”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
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) )
2nd panel:
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!”
5th panel:
6th panel:

Page 12
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“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…”
7th panel:

Page 13
1st panel:
{Where exactly…}
{Should I pitch?}
2nd panel:

Page 14
1st panel:
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!”
3rd panel:
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!”
6th panel:

Page 16
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
{He actually asked for a forball for the first pitch…}
6th panel:

Page 17
1st panel:
{This bastard…}
“Heh!”
2nd panel:
{It’s here… A fastball…}
3rd panel:

Page 18
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:

Page 19
1st panel:
{The ball dropped?}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
{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:

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!}

Translation: Diamond no Ace 55

2011-08-20T11:17:32+00:00
Page 1
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:
[The 2nd match
Inashiro - Shuuhoku]

Page 2
Chapter 55/ Witnessed

Page 3
1st panel:
“What are you doing! No matter what it is, you have to swing the bat!”
“If you don’t swing, you won’t even have the chance to hit!”
2nd panel:
{I don’t know what kind of pitch I should swing at…}
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“He actually managed to hold down Shuuhoku’s line-up that has gradually been gaining fame among the schools in East Tokyo…”
“Although the opponent has managed to get 5 hits in the 6 innings he has been pitching…”
“He always manages to pull through in the critical moments! So this is the ability of Inashiro’s ace!”
5th panel:
6th panel:
“Hmph, that brat!”
“He wasn’t doing his best in the first part of the match!”
7th panel:
“And now he’s showing his skills…”

Page 4
1st panel:
“A tricky slider…”
2nd panel:
“A forkball with a sudden steep drop…”
3rd panel:
“And maximising the effectiveness of these breaking balls is his…”
4th panel:

Page 5
{148km/h fastball!}

Page 6
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:

Page 7
1st panel:
“Breaking balls that have movements to the side or to the front…”
“Together with a powerful fastball…”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“He’s like a model pitcher for pitchers.”
4th panel:
5th panel:

Page 8
1st panel:
“Hey! The two of you have to look carefully!”
2nd panel:
“Even the two of them…”
“Seem to be able to recognise that pitcher’s high level of pitching.”
3rd panel:
“Yeah… From an opponent’s view…”
4th panel:
“There’s no pitcher more troublesome than this kind of pitcher.”
5th panel:

6th panel:
(Hehe! They are all looking!)
(They are all looking at my pitching with an exaggerated expression on their faces!)

Page 9
1st panel:
(I hope I can go against them soon!)
(I love the shocked expressions on the batters’ faces the best!)
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
{Hey, hey…}
{You are going to pitch that here?}
5th panel:
{Didn’t the coach say that you aren’t allowed to pitch that?}
6th panel:
Text in the background: I wanna pitch it I wanna pitch it I wanna pitch it (And so on.)
7th panel:
(Che…)
(You can’t do that! If that’s the case…)
8th panel:
{It’s not my fault…}
{If you get scolded by the coach…}

Page 10
1st panel:
2nd panel:
{Damn… I’ll just take a gamble on his fastball.}
{Even if I’ll be striked out, I have to at least swing with all my might!}
3rd panel:
(Hehe…)
(This is special service from me!)
4th panel:
{You guys better look carefully! ♫}
5th panel:
6th panel:

Page 11
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:

Page 12
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
{Th… The ball…}
4th panel:
{Is not here yet….}

Page 13
1st panel:
“Strike!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Strikeout!”
5th panel:
{Cha….}
{A change-up…}

Page 14
1st panel:
“?”
“What was with that not-too-fast-but-not-too-slow pitch just now?”
2nd panel:
(Why was the batter unable to hit that pitch just now?)
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Huh?”
“What’s wrong with everyone?”
5th panel:
“Nice, Mei!” (Sorry if the name is wrong, change if it is.)
Mei: “Thanks!”
“Nice pitching, Mei!”
6th panel:
7th panel:
“Didn’t I tell you not to give too much information to our opponents?”
8th panel:
“You’ll be substituted this inning.”
“Ehhh? You’ll really substitute me this inning?”

Page 15
1st panel:
“Che…”
“After seeing that pitch, I know we’re in trouble.”
2nd panel:
“Not only does he have a powerful fastball…”
“Breaking balls that moves to the sides and to to the front…”
3rd panel:
“He actually can also vary his speed with a change-up…”
4th panel:
{That brat…}
{Exactly how much more does he plan to evolve!}

Page 16
1st panel:
“Masa… I got taken down!” (Smaller text: Even though I’m the ace!)
“Of course you’ll be! You idiot!”
2nd panel:
“Since you have pitched that to scare them, you probably were prepared to get substituted!”
“If it’s like that, then don’t cry!”
3rd panel:
“Yes!”
4th panel:
“With the goal of dominating the Koushien, you have worked hard throughout this year.”
“Showing your determination to those Seidou people is not a bad thing.”
5th panel:
“Yeah, that’s right! I really worked hard this year!”
“I told you that you aren’t supposed to say that yourself everytime! You’re so petty!”
6th panel:
“Because we had last year’s experience…”
“We got stronger!”
7th panel:
“Yeah!”
“And we’ll get stronger and stronger!”

Page 17
1st panel:
{Those guys have yet to…}
{Not even once, get onto that stage…}
2nd panel:
{But we already have…}
{Stood on the stage of Koushien!}

Page 18
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“I want to bash them up!”
“Their faces, full of confidence, is just asking for it!”
3rd panel:
“This kind of moment should be snatched back by another pitcher.”
4th panel:
(I must hit no matter what today.)
5th panel:
“Hehehe… I’m itching to go against them!”
6th panel:
(There’s definitely some kind of weakness in his pitching motion…)
(I’ll find it!)
7th panel:
{Mei… You were probable trying to scare us with that pitch, weren’t you? But it seems to be having an opposite effect…}
{We aren’t a team that will be scared off so easily…}

Page 19
1st panel:
“Hahaha! I won’t lose!”
“Even though I have no idea what’s going on, I won’t admit defeat…”
2nd panel:
{I have to become a part of the team as soon as possible too…}
3rd panel:
Haru: “I have to work even harder too.”
Furuya: (I won’t lose either…)
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:
Tanba: “Miyuki… Let’s go warm-up!”
Miyuki: “Huh?”
7th panel:
“Won’t it be better to see if I’m in good condition in the bullpen?”

Page 20
1st panel:
“And then it’ll be easier for you, knowing what kind of balls you can ask for!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
{Tanba…}

Translation: Diamond no Ace 54

2011-08-20T08:20:53+00:00
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:
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:
Kawakami:
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!”

“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:

“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!”

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:
“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?”

“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:

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?”

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

Translation: Diamond no Ace 53

2011-08-13T13:59:52+00:00
In case it's needed:
"___" - text in speech bubbles
(___) - text in thought bubbles
<___> - text near characters (words floating around the characters' head or sth?)
{___} - text without bubbles
[___] - text in box-like bubbles

This is a Chinese-to-English translation.

Page 1
Chapter 53/ Self-reflection

Page 2
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Aren’t you guys lucky! To have four managers in the club…”
“Our teams are too scary – so scary that no one dares to become a manager.”
4th panel:
“And all your managers are so cute too…”

Page 3
1st panel:
“Oh yeah, you guys are still in the midst of a training camp right?”
“You guys were too clingy, it was so hard to shake you off!”
“The attack in the ninth inning made me break out in cold sweat.”
2nd panel:
“You’re so noisy! How could we have allowed the match to end just like that?”
“The match ended when we had just gotten pushed back!”
3rd panel:
“The next time we meet, we’ll pay it back to you tenfold!”
“Haha… That’s exactly what we wish for!”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Hey!”

Page 4
1st panel:
“Even though the two of you are just first-years, your pitching was quite good!”
2nd panel:
“After seeing both of your performance…”
“I was reminded of the me back then. This would provide me with motivation and affects me positively.”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Do continue to work hard…”
5th panel:
“Y…Yes!”
“I’ll do the best I can!”
6th panel:
7th panel:
“Don’t think bad of him. Contrary to his looks, Tachi is actually pretty introverted…”
Haru:
Furuya: (I want to see his smile…)

Page 5
1st panel:
“We had a really great match today!”
“And allowed us to have a useful training session.”
“You’re too flattering! We benefited a lot too!”
2nd panel:
“Now that we’re on the topic, I must say, I really envy you, Kataoka-san!”
“For you to have two entirely different kind of pitchers among your first-years…”
3rd panel:
“Recovering only when it’s near the end, that pitcher can pitch a fastball that has the speed…”
4th panel:
“The lefty pitcher that went up for the second half of the match, too…”
“His pitching really surprised us.”
5th panel:
“Even though they also have times where they seem to waver…”

6th panel:
“But I can understand Kataoka-san’s feelings of wanting them as secret weapons.”

Page 6
1st panel:
“If he manages to gain a stable control…”
“He’ll probably be able to become an impressive pitcher, won’t he?”
2nd panel:
{Coach Masumoto who is the representative of O-Osaka…}
{He actually recognises the Sawamura’s ability…}
3rd panel:
{S…Sure…}
{3 points were lost during the 6th to 9th inning…}
4th panel:
{But from another perspective}
{He did only lose 3 points against Kiryu’s line-up, which is full of power batters.}
5th panel:
Kataoka: “He’s still lacking in many ways!”
Matsumoto: “Hehe… Aren’t you a strict coach!”

Page 7
1st panel:
“Well, whatever it is, this match really gave our players a boost!”
“We are looking forward to facing you again in Koushien!”
2nd panel:
“Yeah!”
3rd panel:
“Hey, we’ll be going to Kanagawa tomorrow!”
“Let’s pick up our spirits and move out!”
“Yes!”
4th panel:
5th panel:

Page 8
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“We’ll be having two matches tomorrow.”
“The pitcher for the first one will be Kawakami.”
“Yes!”
3rd panel:
“The second will start with Tanba as the pitcher.”
“Yes!”
4th panel:
“Even though the two of you are probably feeling tired, I’ll still have you both pitch one whole match each!”
“Got it?”
“Yes!”
5th panel:
“Huh? Why are the two of you eating so little today?”
“…Mm…”

Page 9
1st panel:
“For some reason, I feel really tired…”
“So this is the kind of pressure a first-string member have to deal with…”
Furuya:
2nd panel:

3rd panel:
“That’s because you did your best today…” (Smaller text: The both of you did…)
4th panel:
“Who do you think performed better? Say it truthfully!”
“Huh?”
“Say it, with your reasoning behind it!”
“I…”
5th panel:
“Whatever it is… I really envy you two, for being able to participate in a match…”
“Unlike me, who didn’t even have the chance to do that.”
6th panel:
{Oh ya…}
7th panel:
“S-Sorry, Haru-chii!” (Smaller text: I didn’t do it on purpose!)
“I’ll give this to you! Please forgive me!”
“I’ll give this to you too!”
“You’re just giving me your leftovers!”

Page 10
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Whew… I’m so tired…”
3rd panel:
{Today,too…}
{I don’t feel like doing anything…}
4th panel:
{Doing anything…}
5th panel:
6th panel:
{I’ll make you…}
{Accept my abilities!}
7th panel:

Page 11
1st panel:
2nd panel:
{Ba-thump}
3rd panel:
{Damn it…}
“Just one more…”
{In the end, the only one I managed to pitch to the inside corner was that.}
4th panel:
5th panel:

Page 12
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Great! We got a hit!”
“Let’s push down the opponent this inning!”
4th panel:
{Pitches that got near the middle all got blasted to the outfield.}
5th panel:
{My defense was dragging everyone down.}
6th panel:
{My control totally didn’t make it too…}
7th panel:
{The current me… Is only a burden to all the senpais on the field…}

Page 13
1st panel:
2nd panel:
{I must improve my control.}
{My fielding, too.}
{Same for my batting.}
3rd panel:
{I have to improve…}
4th panel:
“Argh! Damn it!”
“My body is so tired already, but I just can’t seem to fall asleep!”

Page 14
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Haa…”
“Haa…”
3rd panel:
“Stamina.”
“Control.”
4th panel:
“Stamina.”
“Control.”
5th panel:
“Strol….”
“Ah, it’s mixed up…”
6th panel:
“Aaaaaaaah!”

Page 15
1st panel:
“You…! Why are you secretly practicing here by yourself!”
“That’s too cunning of you!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
(Could it be that he also wasn’t able to fall asleep?)
4th panel:
Eijun: “And you were actually using my tire!”
Eijun: “How can you just take someone else’s things without permission!”
Eijun:
Furuya: “Not like there’s any harm done…”
Furuya: “Besides, if its yours, you should write your name on it…”
5th panel:
Eijun: “I did! Look, it’s here!”
Furuya: “Huh? Where?”
6th panel:
“What… You used pencil to write it?”
“And you only wrote the phonetic notations…”
“Shut up!”
7th panel:
“Hahahaha… What the hell are the two of them doing?”
“They are actually quarreling over a tire?”

Page 16
1st panel:
“Even though they’ve had a match for the day, they are still practicing?”
“So? Are you going to tell them to stop?”
2nd panel:
“Must be because of their increased adrenaline and couldn’t fall asleep!”
“They won’t be pitching tomorrow anyway, just let them do what they want!”
3rd panel:
“Yeah…”
4th panel:
“Oh right….
5th panel:
“Since you were catching for Sawamura today, from first-hand experience…”
“What do you think of his pitching?”

Page 17
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“His pitching was never lousy…”
“Although everyone’s fielding helped a lot, it’s true that he kept points gained by Kiryu to only 3...”
3rd panel:
“But as for his control and fielding…”
“Same as Furuya, he still has lots to learn.”
“Honestly speaking, if he goes on like this, it’s probably impossible to have him as the main pitcher for the tournament!”
Eijun:
4th panel:
“I feel that way too…”
5th panel:
{But… I hope he understands that himself.}
6th panel:
“If it’s like this, the starting pitcher for the summer tournament will probably be Tanba!”
“Since there’s also Furuya’s stamina problem to consider…”

Page 18
1st panel:
“If he had managed to unleash his potential, he would have long become the ace of the team…”
“It’s because the coach has high expectations of him that he is so strict towards him in the first place.”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“By the way… Are you alright?”
Miyuki:
4th panel:
“Don’t tell anyone else! Actually…”
“You’re already disliked by Tanba!” (Smaller text: Hehe…)
5th panel:
6th panel:
“Well, Tanba’s personality makes him pretty hard to get along with…”
“And you had to be so blunt with him everytime…”
“Together with the fact that you are his kouhai… So, well… You getting disliked by him should be expected.”
7th panel:
{So he’s actually this observant…}
8th panel:
“It can’t be helped! Because a “battery” is formed by two people!”
“It has nothing to do with whether you’re a kouhai or a senpai!”

Page 19
1st panel:
“If it can help the pitcher to shine on the mound, I’m willing to do anything!”
“Even if it’s telling a lie, or getting disliked by someone!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
{This person…}
4th panel:
“Hey! You two!”
5th panel:
“You still have to wake up early tomorrow morning! Don’t push yourself too much!”

Page 20
1st panel:
“Although the two of you have lost 15 points in total…”
“Losing sleep is to be expected!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Well, we have to wake up early tomorrow, so I guess I’ll go to sleep now!”
4th panel:
“Hey!”
“Wait a minute, you bastard!”
5th panel:
“We lost 14 points in total!”
“Don’t just add 1 more to it!”
“Yeah! Don’t just add it in!”
Miyuki: “Hahahaha!”
Kuramochi: “People like you probably don’t have much friends…”

Translation: Happy Tennis 4

2011-08-12T10:09:25+00:00
Last chapter of Vol. 1 . Have included my translation of the mangaka's message in case it's needed. Sorry if there's any errors...

Page 1 is 115.jpg.

Page 1
{Track 4
A crownless king?}

Page 2
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:

Page 3
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:

Page 4
1st panel:
“It’s almost done, just a few more and it’ll be done.”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Yes!”

Page 5
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
(isn’t he that guy…)
(So he’actually this good in tennis…)

Page 6
1st panel:
(But the ball placement is really weird!)
(Shouldn’t the ball be as close to the side and the baseline as possible?)
(Most of what he hits is near the middle, but he seems so happy…)
2nd panel:
Fion: (Isn’t it weird?)
(What’s there to be happy about?)
Jeff: “Good! Things are going well today, it’ll be complete in two more shots…”
3rd panel:
(Wait a minute… What is this?)

Page 7
1st panel:
Fion: “Woaaaah! This is really… Really…”
Jeff: (Oh, it’s her? The girl who fell onto the tracks? When did she arrive?)
2nd panel:
(She couldn’t possibly be thinking that I’m a pervert, could she?)
“Don’t… Don’t misunderstand…”
Text at the back ground is –Pervert Pervert Pervert Pervert- and so on.
3rd panel:
“This is really amazing!”
4th panel:
Fion: “This isn’t an easy thing to do!” (Part of the text is covered I think, so I’m guessing this is what she’s saying.)
Jeff: “Oh… Things doesn’t go this well every time though…”
(Phew!)

Page 8
1st panel:
“Hey! Get out of the court! We’re going to start our training now!”
2nd panel:
“Ah…”
“Oh no, it wasn’t easy for me to get to this part… And it’ll be completed with two more shots too…”

Page 9
1st panel:
“Hey, what’s wrong with the two of you?”
“Don’t you know it’s first come, first serve?”
2nd panel:
“How rude!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“So why aren’t you leaving? Didn’t you hear what I just said?”

Page 10
1st panel:
“It’s fine, really! And besides, I’ve just about finished practicing…”
2nd panel:
Fion: “Finished practicing? Finished drawing, you mean?”
Jeff: “You figured it out?”
3rd panel:
“What’s wrong with you? Aren’t you angry when they’ve been so rude towards you?”
4th panel:
“Ah?! Erm… Actually… They, the school representatives, are more prioritised regarding the usage of this field anyway, so…”
“I’ll finish packing up soon!”

Page 11
1st panel:
Fion: “School representatives?”
“Yeah! Since you know it now, can you leave quickly? Our time is really precious, you know?”
2nd panel:
“So what if you’re the school representatives? Can’t you see that he hasn’t completed his drawing?!” (This is the speech bubble on the top left of the panel.)
“I just can’t take it lying down when I see someone leave things halfway done!” (This is the one on the lower right of the panel.)
{Gahh…}
3rd panel:
“What are you people quarrelling about?”
4th panel:
“Captain! You’re just in time!”

Page 12
1st panel:
“Stanley!!!”
2nd panel:
“Fion… It’s you?!”
3rd panel:
“Did something happen here?”
4th panel:
“Uh…”
Fion: {Lovestruck}
5th panel:
“It’s nothing! You guys can continue practicing!”

Page 13
1st panel:
“It’s you… I’m so sorry about the last time, ViVi didn’t really introduce you…”
“You can call me Jeff.”
2nd panel:
Stanley: “I’m Stanley!”
Jeff: “Of course I know that! Who doesn’t know you in this school?”
Jeff: “You’re now the MVP of the tennis club! Even though you transferred here only during mid-term, everyone’s talking about you right now (especially the girls)!
3rd panel:
“Haha… But the thing about me returning to the world of tennis was a last-minute decision though.”

Page 14
1st panel:
Jeff: “I heard that you haven’t been playing for a period of time… But you’re able to get so good again in such a short time, that’s really amazing!”
Fion: (He’s probably referring to the time he was studying Media back in England… Indeed, it’s true that I haven’t heard that he’ll be playing tennis again…)
2nd panel:
Jeff: “Well then, I’ll be going, don’t let me stop you from practicing!”
Stanley: “A… Wait…”
3rd panel:
“Your skills were pretty good, from what I see in your serves!”
“Are you interested in having a friendly match with me?”

Page 15
1st panel:
“Eh, Stanley?”
2nd panel:
{Hm? The one beside him… Isn’t that the one known as “The Crownless King – Toilet Boy” ?}
{Huh?! Could it be… ?!}
3rd panel:
“Big news!”
4th panel:
“Big news!”
“Stanley is going to battle it out with Toilet Boy on the court!”

Page 16
1st panel:
“Have you heard? Jeff and Stanley were arguing on the court, Jeff got angry and challenged Stanley to a duel!”
“Jeff? He’s not strong enough! Stanley is the official captain!”
2nd panel:
“What? Because Stanley snatched ViVi away from Jeff, Jeff couldn’t stand it and challenged Stanley?”
“Whoever loses will have to back out from the love triangle…”
3rd panel:
“What? Really? Whoever loses will have to back out from the tennis club?”
“Let’s go see!”
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:
{Oh… Funny…}

Page 17
1st panel:
2nd panel:
(Eh, what happened?)
(Why is there such a big gallery?)
3rd panel:
4th panel:

Page 18
1st panel:
(Oh, even the captain of the first team is here? That’s great.)
2nd panel:
(“Today is your first day at school, I’ll bring you around the tennis courts.”)
3rd panel:
Stanley: “Captain, who’s he?”
“As I’ve expected, you noticed. He’s Jeff.”
“His tennis skills are the best in this school. You can even say that he belongs to the genius type as a player.”
4th panel:
“But sadly… He can only be a crownless king…”

Page 19
1st panel:
{A crownless king?!}
2nd panel:
{Yeah! That’s because he suffers from extreme stage-fright. That’s especially the case when there’s a large group of audience, so…}
3rd panel:
4th panel:
{Hmph, what a joke! If he’s crownless, he can’t be king!}
5th panel:
{Players that can’t achieve victory in matches are just trash!}

Page 20
1st panel:
(Don’t shamelessly stay at a place that doesn’t belong to trash like you!)
2nd panel:

Page 21
1st panel:
{Wow, that’s fast! But the ball can still be seen…}
2nd panel:
{Suddenly changes direction!!}
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Woah!”

Page 22
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
{Sha…}
{Ssha..}

Page 23
1st panel:
“Amazing, for a kick serve to attain such a spin…”
2nd panel:
“Wow! Stanley’s amazing!”
{clap clap clap}
3rd panel:
“That’s Stanley’s killer serve, the super spinning missile serve!” (Sorry, not too sure about this. I think it’s probably some kind of professional term?)
“Wow! What an amazing spin…”
“For the first attack to be his specialty move, Stanley’s playing seriously against his opponent!”
4th panel:
“Stanley, that was awesome! Nice serve!”
Jeff: “It’s the first time I’ve seen a kick serve that bounces so high!”

Page 24
1st panel:
“Let me explain the distinguishing characteristic of a kick serve for everyone!”
[Mangaka]
2nd panel:
{This is the rebounding of the ball hit with a normal flat stroke or a sidespin – }
3rd panel:
(The angle of the ball when it rebounds when hit as a kick serve will be greater as topspin is added to it – )
4th panel:
{The angle of the ball when it rebounds when hit as a kick serve by Stanley is even greater – }
5th panel:
[If balls hit to produce different rotating speeds are included together with the kick serves, the ball would be even more difficult to return!]
(Hmph! Now you know who’s the genius here?!)

Page 25
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“It’s coming!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:

Page 26
1st panel:
{Super spinning missile serve!} (Sorry, same as the previous case, not too sure about the name.)
2nd panel:
(Wow, it’s bouncing even higher than the first one!)
3rd panel:

Page 27
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Stanley is awesome!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
{I can’t let myself be sucked into his pace… I’ll have to…}

Page 28
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“He’s crazy! He actually stepped forward to try to receive the shot! That’s suicidal!”
“Is he trying to pressurise Stanley? Is it helping?”
“He didn’t consider who his opponent is… He’s overestimating himself!”
4th panel:
(Oh, so you want to do it the hard way?)
5th panel:
{Just try it!}

Page 29
1st panel:
(This ball has a speed of 1500 spins per minute, I’ll see how you can do a hit on the rise!)
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
{Super spinning missile serve!} (Sorry, same as above, not too sure about this.)

Page 30
1st panel:
{Okay… I see it!}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:

Page 31

Page 32

Page 33
[A friendly match has become a death match?! Who exactly is the tennis king in the school?! … …]

Page 34
Dear readers,
Firstly, let me thank you for all the support you’ve shown for my works, including this new project . Readers who understand me better would probably know this – sports manga has a held a lot of meaning for me as I grew up. One series, Tetsuya Chiba sensei’s work - (剑道好小子), had provided hope and encouragement to me, who has been sickly since young. The attitude of never giving up, never looking back and to constantly challenge one’s limits really touched my heart and made me change myself. For a series to provide such a massive influence to a child’s soul,

Page 35
My respect towards mangaka grew then on. When I myself actually became a mangaka, I itched to try writing a sports manga – a genre that I loved since young. However, my preference and the market’s preference had a large difference. For a Hong Kong manga, a hard-cover manga is already non-mainstream. The number of sports manga was even lesser.
Fortunately, had your support, allowing original hard-cover works to have a chance of survival in the local market. This series, , can be said to be the fulfilment of my wish, as well as a test. It can act as a warm-up for me before I complete the ideas for a new romance manga! Please do allow me to be wilful for once!
will be completed as a 2-parts manga, hopefully you’ll accept this kind of pure and goals-in-mind manga!
In these recent years, I’ve developed a huge change in my perspective of life and romance. You can say that I’ve had a deeper understanding of them. Hence, my works from now on would no longer contain the perfect kind of romance where people would always make up with one another, but of a romance that is more human, and seems closer to reality. So, this series, , would be my final work of perfect romance before I cleanse myself of them and create works with my changed perspective. I hope I’ll still have your continuous support and encouragement!

Translation: Happy Tennis 3

2011-08-09T13:40:56+00:00
Just noticed that in Chapter 2, Wang Jia Bao (the coach) didn't name the technique "Chong" , but it was originally named "Chong" .

Page 1 is 093.jpg.

Page 1
{Track 3.
It’s a reason! But also an excuse!}

Page 2
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“A successor to the extremely difficult Chong serving technique finally appeared…”
3rd panel:
[Principal – John Mcqueen]
“But I didn’t think that it would be a young lady who’ll reproduce it on the court.”
4th panel:
“After Pete Sampras’ retirement,”
“I thought that this technique would disappear forever!”
5th panel:

Page 3
1st panel:
“It seems like some very unexpected occurences will happen in the tennis club this year.”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Excuse me, excuse me!”
4th panel:
{Faster, faster!}
5th panel:
{Suddenly appears}

Page 4
1st panel:
2nd panel:
Fion: “That hurts…”
Jeff: “Ugh…”
3rd panel:
“Ah, I’m so sorry, are you alright?!”
“Sorry, I was in a rush, so…”
4th panel:
“Ah!”
5th panel:

Page 5
1st panel:
“It didn’t spoil, I hope!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Hey, you! What are you doing?”
“Shouldn’t you at least help the person you knocked into up?”
4th panel:
“So rude!”
{Remembers}
5th panel:
“Ah! It’s you!”
“Aren’t you the girl who fell onto…”

Page 6
1st panel:
“The tracks?”
2nd panel:
“Aren’t you people annoying… It’still considered news after such a long time?”
3rd panel:
“Here! I’m returning this!”
“Ah! Erm… Sorry… Just now…”
4th panel:
“No need for apologies, I was also walking too fast just now, and anyway, no one got hurt in the process…”
“I don’t have the time to idle around here, I have to rush to the fountain now!”

Page 7
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Hey, what are you following me around for?!”
5th panel:
Jeff: “H-huh? M..Me?”
Fion: “Who else could I be referring to? Weren’t you following me since just now?”
Jeff: “I’m following you? Y-You’ve misunderstood, I… I…”

Page 8
1st panel:
“Could it be…”
“That gift’s for me?”
2nd panel:
{Ehhh?!}
3rd panel:
“Sigh, being a beauty is hard work!”
“It’s only been half a day since I came and I have to receive confessions…”
4th panel:
“But my heart only belongs to Stanley!”
“Erm, miss… I’m behind you only because I’m also going to the fountain…”

Page 9
1st panel:
{Eh!}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Hehe, it seems like the one you’re waiting for has yet to arrive too!”
4th panel:
{Hmph!}
5th panel:

Page 10
1st panel:
“Fion!”
“Stanley!”
2nd panel:
“You’re here… You know, today really sucked for me, I…”
“I’ve already heard about you fainting again. You shouldn’t force yourself if you feel tired!”
3rd panel:
“You don’t have to worry too much! I’m fine after resting in the infirmary…”
“Stanley, listening to you worry about me… Is the only thing that’s making me happy today…”
4th panel:
“All the girls in this school are bullying me!”

Page 11
1st panel:
“Especially that bitch! That demon!”
2nd panel:
“It’s as if she has some kind of grudge against me,”
“Always targetting me…”
3rd panel:
“Stanley, so you’re here… Why are you taking so long?”
4th panel:
“Ah! ViVi!”

Page 12
1st panel:
“Wha?! She’s the one!”
“Huh, my classmate, the rich missy?”
2nd panel:
ViVi: “You know her?”
Stanley: “Ah, yeah… She was my neighbour previously.”
3rd panel:
“A neighbour!”
(A neighbour!?)
(He said I was just a neighbour! Weren’t we a publicly recognised couple!?)

Page 13
1st panel:
“Fion… “
“This is ViVi,”
2nd panel:
“My partner in doubles…”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
“And also my girlfriend!”
6th panel:

Page 14
1st panel:
{Girlfriend}
2nd panel:
{Fion…
Remain calm…}
“Hello…”
3rd panel:
“I didn’t think you would get a girlfriend so fast…"
4th panel:
“Do you have important matters to discuss with her?”
“Ah, no! It’s nothing important!”
5th panel:
“Hi, ViVi! You’re here!”
“I thought you didn’t receive my message!”

Page 15
1st panel:
(Oh… So that was his message…)
{Boring}
2nd panel:
“Is anything the matter?”
3rd panel:
{Nervous}
“Actually… I thought you wouldn’t have the time tomorrow… So…”
4th panel:
“Happy Birthday!”
5th panel:
{So it was like that…}

Page 16
1st panel:
{Hm!}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“So it was for this! Okay, thanks!”
4th panel:
Fion: (Idiot!)
Jeff: {Haha…}
5th panel:
“Oh ya, Stanley, do you have things to say to this girl here?”
“Ah! No, nothing much, just that we studied together in England last time, so…”

Page 17
1st panel:
“Then can we have lunch now? I’m about to starve to death…”
Fion: {Sigh…}
2nd panel:
“Okay! Well then, please excuse us…”
“Let’s go! ♥ ”
3rd panel:

Page 18
1st panel:
“Is that your friend? Why don’t you introduce him?”
“He’s just one of my friends!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“I’m so angryyyyy!”

Page 19
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Annoying!”
3rd panel:
“Annoying!”
“Annoying!”
4th panel:
{Annoying!}
{Annoying!}
{Annoying!}

Page 20
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“That’s what happened…”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
“What?! He had a girlfriend already?!”
“Wa!”

Page 21
1st panel:
“Yeah, but I won’t admit defeat! Haa… Haa…”
“I think it was just a moment of folly that cause Stanley to make a decision like that… Haa… Haa…”
2nd panel:
“What do you plan to do then?”
3rd panel:
“I’ve thought about it!”
“Firstly, I’ll defeat that demon on the tennis court!”
4th panel:
“Heh… The power of love is really amazing…”
“If you had decided to overcome your lack of stamina earlier, you would have long became the star pupil in the royal ballet school, but you…”

Page 22
1st panel:
“It’s a different case this time round!”
“If I don’t accept that demon’s challenge, I won’t be able to face Stanley!”
2nd panel:
{Runs faster}

Translation: Diamond no Ace 48.1

2011-08-06T12:28:32+00:00
This is a Chinese-to-English translation.

Page 1
Extra / Kazuya Miyuki
Page 2
1st panel:
“Eh? A catcher?”
“I wanna be a catcher!”
“I don’t want to be a catcher!”
“Being a catcher seems like a pretty boring job!”
2nd panel:
“You kids really don’t understand anything…”
“Listen up, being a catcher is about…”
3rd panel:
“Me!”
“I wanna be…”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“I wanna be a catcher!”
Page 3
1st panel:
{The mitt that was different from all the others…}
{I was strongly attracted to it.}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
Page 4
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Woah!”
“That was awesome!”
3rd panel:
“That kid is only in the first year of junior high, right?”
“To have such a throwing strength…”
4th panel:
“Really, an outstanding player came into our team!”
“Having such a strong throwing strength, he’ll probably be an excellent pitcher too, wouldn’t he?”
5th panel:
“No… It seems like he only wants to be a catcher…”
“Oh really? He’s a strange one…”
Page 5
1st panel:
“Huh?! What did you say?”
“I dare you to repeat that!”
2nd panel:
“Uh… Like I’ve said… The second baseman’s too slow!”
“It’s hard for the pitcher to do a pickoff at that speed!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“You… You brat!”
“You’re just a first-year!”
5th panel:
“On the field, the players’ background has got nothing to do with anything, so our age or whatsoever is not a concern!”
Page 6
1st panel:
“!!”
“Miyuki, you idiot! You don’t have to say anything anymore!”
“Hahaha, so, like I’ve said…”
2nd panel:
“Damn… You shitty brat…”
“You’re asking for it!”
3rd panel:
“Don’t get carried away just because you got the starting position as a first-year!”
Miyuki: “Aww, I’m not really that amazing, you know…”
“That wasn’t a compliment!”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“You’ll remember this, shorty!”
“I’m gonna bash you up so badly that you can’t brag with that mouth of yours anymore!”
Page 7
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Ehhhhhh? Are you for real?”
“You should have called me over!”
“That brat was really cocky, I tell you!”
“Well, whatever, I’ll definitely teach him a lesson today!”
3rd panel:
“Don’t overdo it!”
“It’s be troublesome if he rats on you!”
4th panel:
“Haha!”
“But I’m guessing that he’s hiding away somewhere, afraid of facing us today!”
5th panel:
“Huh?”
Page 8
1st panel:
“Hey there!”
“Senpais… You guys are slow!”
2nd panel:
“If I didn’t remember wrongly, those who are late have to run 10 rounds around the field!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
{It doesn’t matter whether I’m a shorty or a first-year. This starting position was what I acquired with my own strength.}
5th panel:
{The plays achieved with the fielders… The types of ball I ask for from the pitcher…}
{The role of a coach in the field…}
Page 9
1st panel:
{Such an interesting position…}
{I definitely won’t give it up to anybody!}
2nd panel:
“The defense is too slow!”
“Wa…”
“You damn brat!”
Page 10
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“As I’ve expected, the Marukame team is really strong…” (Uh, I think Marukame is wrong, I just used the kanji-romaji convertor ): . idk what this is sposed to be ): . )
“Our skills couldn’t rival theirs at all…”
4th panel:
“That kid had been practising daily like a moron, didn’t he?”
“He’s seriously psycho! Working so hard, what is he planning to do in the future?”
5th panel:
“Where shall we go later?”
“Let’s go to the arcade before heading home.”
6th panel:
7th panel:
“Kazuya, what’re you doing?”
“Let’s go home!”
Page 11
1st panel:
“Nevermind, forget about him for now!”
“Even if it’s him, he’s probably depressed today.”
“Since it’s as if he was just played around with by the catcher on the other team…”
2nd panel:
“The catcher on the other team was just too strong…”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
{What?}
5th panel:
{He actually asked for a slow curveball here?}
6th panel:
Page 12
1st panel:
2nd panel:
{So… So amazing!}
3rd panel:
{So this is the famous No.1 catcher in the Kanto region…}
{Takigawa . Chris . Yuu}
4th panel:
{A hit that would destroy the pitcher’s confidence…}
{The game-calling ability that would pull out the potential in a pitcher…}
{Accurate analyzing of a match…}
5th panel:
{There really are lots of frightening guys in this world…}
“Haha…”
Page 13
1st panel:
“Hahahaha!”
{I was completely defeated today…}
2nd panel:
“Oh ya… Now that I think about it, why is his name Chris? Is he a foreigner?”
“We are real Edo people who grew up here!”
“Aah… I wanna get stronger faster!”
{I’m glad of this defeat today…}
Page 14
1st panel:
{Cos’ I’ll definitely become stronger with this…}
{I’ll definitely be stronger and stronger!}
2nd panel:
{It feels as if nothing else matters as long as baseball remains so interesting…}
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“The two catchers who tests and evaluates each other…”
“I didn’t think that I would be able to see such a high-level match between Little League teams!”
Page 15
1st panel:
“The key to today’s victory or defeat…”
“Probably lies in the difference between the team players!”
2nd panel:
“Have you ever thought of leading…”
“Players that, filled with fighting spirits, constantly wants to improve themselves?”
“You should play baseball in a place filled with better skills, in fact…”
3rd panel:
{…. She makes sense.}
4th panel:
“Oh right… Who are you, nee-chan?”
“You have big breasts!” (Smaller text in the text bubble)
5th panel:
“I…I’m the one who’s about to assume the position of assistant coach in Seidou High ---- Takashima Rei.”
“To put it simply, I’m here to poach your talent…”
Page 16
1st panel:
“Poaching, huh… But isn’t it abit too early?”
“I’m still in the first year of junior high!”
{That’s right, the first person who recognized my capabilities was Rei-chan…}
2nd panel:
“Ehhh? You are only in the first year of junior high?”
“No wonder you are so short…”

“Nee-chan, are you really a scout?”
3rd panel:
{I entered Seidou High after that.}
{Hm… All in all, what I want to say is that Rei-chan has a good eye for talented baseball players!}
{Hahahaha!}
{Extra Chapter End}

Translation: Diamond no Ace 48

2011-08-06T12:23:23+00:00
This is a Chinese-to-English translation ...

Page 1
1st panel:
2nd panel:
{Well then…}
{What kind of breaking ball will you show me?}
3rd panel:
4th panel:
Furuya: (I guess I’ll just throw with all my strength…)
5th panel:
{Come, come, come!}
Page 2
1st panel:
{Come, come, come, come!}
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
{A fast… fastball?!}
4th panel:
{With a bam…}
5th panel:
{Fly! ♪}
Page 3
Chapter 48 / Devil Ball
Page 4
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:
7th panel:
Page 5
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“What… What was that pitch just now?”
“It seems like a fastball… But drops suddenly?”
4th panel:
“I don’t really get it either…”
“But that was the first time I saw Miyuki stepping back to catch a ball!”
5th panel:
Page 6
1st panel:
“Hahaha!”
{This is the first time I’ve ever seen this kind of pitch… Of course I can’t catch it!}
2nd panel:
{A high-speed fastball that drops only when it reaches the batter…}
{Instead of saying it’s a forkball…}
3rd panel:
{It’s more appropriate to say it’s the 20th century’s last…}
{Devil ball SFF}
4th panel:
{It would seem like that idiot, afraid of pitching a wild pitch, didn’t grip the ball tightly enough…}
[It was simply because of insufficient preparations.]
Page 7
1st panel:
{But… This is a mistake to be happy about for Furuya.}
2nd panel:
{Even the smile on this guy’s face has disappeared.}
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“C-could it be… Miyuki, he…”
“Made Furuya pitch his first ever breaking ball in a match?!”
5th panel:
“I’m pretty sure that’s exactly what he did, seeing as how he himself couldn’t catch that ball…”
6th panel:
{Really, I have to hand it to him… Reckless attempts one after another…}
7th panel:
{But that’s because he wants the pitcher to experience first-hand the importance of control, }
{And to pull out Furuya’s greatest latent potential…}
Page 8
1st panel:
{Miyuki, he … Fully understands the meaning behind a “practice match” ----..}
2nd panel:
(It’s easier to get things done when the batter is shaken up this much…)
(Let’s end them off with your signature high fastball!)
3rd panel:
4th panel:
Page 9
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
{The match is starting to change…}
Page 10
1st panel:
“Strike!”
“Nice pitching!”
“Nice pitching!”
“Not bad!”
“That was awesome!”
2nd panel:
“That was the best pitch you’ve had today!”
3rd panel:
“If you’ve got the speed, you should take it out and show it to us!”
“Don’t be petty and keep it all to yourself!”
4th panel:
“Nice pitching, Furuya!”
5th panel:
“Nice pitching!”
Page 11
1st panel:
{So? Isn’t it exihilarating?}
{Those are your teammates heartfelt compliments for you!}
2nd panel:
{Whether you want to change or not, depends on yourself…}
“Stop blanking out and pitch!”
3rd panel:
“…”
4th panel:
“Hehe…”
“I guess Furuya’s not the type to be a side character that we can ignore…”
5th panel:
“It’s the first time I’ve seen that kind of forkball…”
Page 12
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Don’t be angry just because of a freshman…”
3rd panel:
“You’re the ace!”
“You can prove it to everyone tomorrow!”
4th panel:
{…Miyauchi…}
5th panel:
“Then I’ll also be able to become the starting catcher…”
“Well, but that’ll only be possible if we’re a battery tomorrow, I guess…”
Page 13
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“I finally get the reason why Kataoka is using him now…”
3rd panel:
{You wouldn’t think this guy is the exact same person from the first inning…}
{So his real ability is like this…}
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Woaaaah, revived!”
“His performance in this inning is perfect!”
Page 14
1st panel:
2nd panel:
{As expected, this guy is really strong…}
Page 15
1st panel:
“Sawamura, after Furuya goes up to bat, you’re up.”
“You’ve properly warmed up, right?”
Eijun: “Ye…Yes!”
2nd panel:
“It’s okay even if he doesn’t go up…”
3rd panel:
“Shut up! You apparently are about to collapse!”
“Just go up and be prepared to be striked out!”
4th panel:
{Damn… Whatever it is, I have to calm down…}
{This is the first time I’m pitching since I’ve entered the first-string.}
{I definitely can’t mess it up!}
5th panel:
“It’s the much awaited performance as a first-string member…”
6th panel:
7th panel:
Miyuki: “Hey,hey! You look constipated…”
“Could it be that you’re nervous?”
Eijun: “W-Why would I be nervous?!”
8th panel:
Page 16
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:
Page 17
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Woaaaah! A homerun!”
(I got it…)
“The ball flew so… so far!”
“It flew to the back fence of the centerfield!”
4th panel:
“Hahaha, that punk…”
“Not only did he strike that pitcher out just now, he gave him a finishing strike!”
5th panel:
(Monster…)

(He’s really the monster rookie…)
6th panel:
7th panel:
Page 18
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Tachi…”
“This is national highschool baseball…”
3rd panel:
“There are lots of interesting players around the world…”
“Who will be going around having practice matches… Won’t that be fun?”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“That’s right, Tachi!”
“Isn’t this kind of match exactly what we are looking forward to?”
[Osaka Kiryu’s Team Captain
Shibata Kyouhei (Reserve)] (If I’m not wrong, it’s this… Not very sure though, sorry :X)
6th panel:
“Everything’s fine as long as you enjoy pitching!”
“Enjoy it to your heart’s content, Tachi!”
“Show them what you’re made of!”
Page 19
1st panel:
“Tachi-senpai, please do enjoy the match!”
“Your smile is awesome!”
2nd panel:
“Hmph… I was thinking of finishing them off in one go, but…”
“As expected of the coach of the team that represents the Osaka Prefecture.”
“The players regained their confidence from his words alone.”
3rd panel:
“We made that coach show his true abilities, huh?”
“Hahaha.” (Smaller text in bubble)
(Special extra training will start when we get back…)
4th panel:
“Damn…”
“The homerun by that guy wasn’t needed…”
5th panel:
Miyuki: “That’s why I’m telling you not to be so nervous!”

Eijun: “I’m not nervous at all!”
Haru: (Oh, he’s not speaking politely to a senpai…)
Page 20
1st panel:
“Since that time…”
“We’ve never formed a battery together, have we?”
2nd panel:
{Eh?}
3rd panel:
Page 21
1st panel:
{Ah……}
2nd panel:
Miyuki: “I want to confirm your pitches and your ball placement.”
“Pitch a few to me!”
Eijun: “Uh… Ah…”
3rd panel:
Miyuki: “What? Starting to get nervous again?”
Eijun: “Of course not!”
3rd panel:
“Whatever it is…”
“You just have to enjoy the match!”
Page 22
SEIDOU PLAYER ENCYCLOPEDIA
Vol. 9
Tetsuya Yuki (3rd Year)
-Place of Birth Tokyo Metropolis
-Position First Baseman
-Right-handed pitcher and batter
-Blood Type O
-Power batter who is able to hit at critical times
-A captain who leads the team with his own performance
-In Junior High, even though he has a strong fighting spirit, he was unable to perform well because of his short stature.
-Has been observing the strict training regiment of Seidou High since young (His house is situated near Seidou High)
-Entered Seidou High to train himself
-Learnt how to play shogi recently, but frequently lose to Miyuki

Translation: Happy Tennis 2

2011-08-06T12:14:32+00:00
The first page is 051.jpg .
Page 1
{Track 2
The battlefield at school}
Page 2
Page 3
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“As everyone has seen,”
5th panel:
“Our hero has disappeared under everyone’s eyes! Now…”
“Let’s listen to one of the eyewitness’ account regarding this matter.”
Page 4
1st panel:
“May I ask, what exactly happened here just now?”
“Ah, yes. I was standing at the front, so I’m sure of what I saw! A young man jumped down to the tracks to help her, and the trained arrived!”
2nd panel:
“He was absolutely miraculous! Just like… Like Spiderman!”
3rd panel:
“He’s really handsome!”
4th panel:
“He must be an angel sent from the heavens! Hallelujah*!”
(Hallelujah means “Praise God” in Hebrew. For most christians, Hallelujah" is considered a joyful word of praise to God.)(This is not part of the text)
5th panel:
“As all of you have heard, a mysterious hero has been born in Hong Kong…”
6th panel:
“So is he what you all think he is – a superman, an angel, or just a model citizen that helps others annonymously?”
“Stay tuned to our channel for a follow-up report!”
“No! I’m not eating! You can’t not let me live on my own just because of such a small incident!”
7th panel:
“A small incident? You call almost dying on the railway tracks a small incident? You get into this kind of trouble the moment you move out, how do you expect me to not worry about you?
Page 5
1st panel:
“Ain’t I fine now? There’s only a few scatches anyway!”
2nd panel:
“That’s because someone went to save you! If not, you would have…”
3rd panel:
“Oh, right! If I ever find that hero, I must definitely reward him for it! He saved my precious daughter!”
4th panel:
“I never thought that someone who would save others without a thought for himself,has high dexterity and has both brains and brawn still existed in this world! If not for him, my precious daughter would have already…”
Page 6
1st panel:
“I don’t care! Whatever it is, I will not move back and live in some hidden and isolated mountain area!”
2nd panel:
Fion’s dad: “What? Hidden and isolated mountain area?”
Fion: “Living in the mountains, how do you expect me to go to school?!”
3rd panel:
“Then just don’t go to school! If you want to play tennis, you can do it in England! Why must you go to that school no matter what?”
“You even gave up royal ballet for it!”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“I have my reasons! Don’t ask!”
6th panel:
Page 7
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Sophia”
3rd panel:
Fion’s dad: “Come help persuade our daughter! She…”
Sophia: “I’ve heard everything, dear!”
Fion’s dad: “You see, she’s getting more and more unreasonable!”
4th panel:
5th panel:
Sophia: “But since she’s so insistent on her decision, and said that she has her own reasons for it, why not let her go for it? Looking back on our young days, we also…”
Fion: “Really?!”
Fion’s dad: “What?”
Page 8
1st panel:
Sophia: “Don’t worry, dear, she’ll definitely give up and move back soon!”
Fion: “I can hear you!”
2nd panel:
Fion: “This is so infuriating! Even my own parents are looking down on me!”
“I’m going to rest now, so please go back!”
Fion’s dad: “Okay…”
Sophia: “We’ll be going then!”
3rd panel:
“Precious, take this as advice from your father, this place is not England, it’s best that you don’t wear such revealing clothes in the future… Since, you see… This incident…”
4th panel:
“What the hell?! You aren’t blaming the people here for being pervertic and cunning, but blaming me instead?!”
Page 9
1st panel:
“I don’t want to see you write now, go home!”
“Ugh!”
2nd panel:
“Then, I’ll be seeing you tomorrow…”
“Hmph!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Stanley! I’ll be able to see you soon…”
5th panel:
6th panel:
Page 10
1st panel:
“Ah! My earrings! One of it is missing…”
2nd panel:
Fion: (How shall I tell Dad? And I’ve just fought with him too…)
3rd panel:
Fion: “Wow! So pretty!”
Fion’s dad: “Happy Birthday, precious!”
“This pair of earrings were made from a stone called “The Wine Red Star” – there’s only one pair in this world!”
4th panel:
Page 11
1st panel:
(Where in the world did I lose them?)
(The subway? The streets? The hospital…)
2nd panel:
“Ugh, I can’t remember! Forget it, I’ll deal with it when he asks!”
3rd panel:
“Sophia, do you think we are spoiling our daughter?”
“Relax, dear, our daughter is more mature than you think she is!”
Page 12
1st panel:
“Information regarding the young man who is now publicly recognised as the annonymous subway hero has yet to be found…”
2nd panel:
“The TV station has been constantly receiving inquiring calls from the public…”
3rd panel:
“I really hope I can thank him myself…”
4th panel:
“If he were to be found, I would definitely give this hero a heavy reward for saving my daughter…”
“In this cold and cruel society, this kind of mindset to pay back a benefactor is really rare…”
Page 13
1st panel:
“In actual fact, the young lady who was miraculously saved is actually the daughter of one of the city’s richest merchant!...”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
Page 14
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Tell daddy that I told you not to chauffeur me to school tomorrow, it’s too troublesome!”
“Understood, Miss.”
5th panel:
6th panel:
7th panel:
Page 15
1st panel:
2nd panel:
Page 16
1st panel:
“Isn’t she the “Young woman who fell onto the tracks” that the whole city’s been talking about recently?”
“Hey, don’t you think she’s trying to seek attention? Did she come wearing things like that purposely?”
“Is she a student here? I’ve never seen her before…”
(These three texts are the 3 at the top)
“She’ such a show-off! What’s a rich missy coming here for anyway?!”
“She’s holding a weird tennis bag… She couldn’t be playing tennis here, could she?”
“So sexy! I’ve heard that she just came back from overseas, she’s as open-minded as I’ve expected!
Page 17
1st panel:
2nd panel:
(Ah! Stanley?!)
3rd panel:
[Stanley]
Page 18
1st panel:
(I’m a reserved lady, must act like I didn’t see him…)
2nd panel:
“Fion!?”
3rd panel:
“Woah!”
“Stanley!?”
[Exaggerated]
Page 19
1st panel:
Stanley: “Why’re you here?”
Fion: “I’m here for school! You’re a student here too? What a coincidence!”
2nd panel:
“Hi, mornin’ !”
3rd panel:
“Wait, what? You, play tennis?”
4th panel:
“Okay, okay, I know we haven’t seen each other for a long time, but I’m going to be late soon. Transfer students have to report to the form teacher first.”
“Let’s leave everything til luch time!”
5th panel:
“Ah! But… We usually wear our uniform when we come to school, you know? Sports wear is usually during PE* …”
(Physical Education)
Fion: “Ah! Really? The teacher who gave me an interview didn’t say anything… No wonder everyone had a weird expression on their faces when I came in…”
Page 20
1st panel:
“But anyway, since we’ll be changing into this sooner or later, nevermind!”
2nd panel:
“Ah, Fion…”
3rd panel:
“Whew, I was so nervous…”
4th panel:
“Good, the first step was successful!”
Page 21
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Hi everyone! I’m Fion, my hobby would be anything that’s pretty, my specialty would be the organising of a perfect party!”
“Even though the time I spent training my tennis skills was short, I was fortunate enough to pass the entrance exam and join the tennis club!”
[After much advise from the form teacher, finally put on the teacher’s jacket!]
3rd panel:
Fion: “Please take care of me from now on.”
Teacher: “This new student here, please pull up the zip on your jacket.”
4th panel:
“B~~~~!!”
“Smug bitch!”
“Idiot!”
Page 22
1st panel:
“You’re the one who fell onto the tracks, lady A, right?”
“Hey, for someone who would faint while standing on the platform to pass the entrance exam, don’t you think there’s something wrong?”
2nd panel:
“Has your father decided on the amount of money to give to the person who saved you?”
“This place doesn’t suit you, missy.”
“Hahaha…”
3rd panel:
“Haha…Ha…Ha…”
“You didn’t wear the uniform on your first day to school, trying to make youself stick out and seek attention, huh?”
“Who are you trying to show your body to, wearing such revealing clothes?”
4th panel:
“How exactly did you get into this school? I bet it was your dad’s money, wasn’t it? How awful!”
“Heh.. Or was it because of your sex appeal?”
5th panel:
{These people…}
“I got in because I passed the interview and the physical test! I know how to play tennis!”
Page 23
1st panel:
“She meant she knew how to play a tennis video game!”
“Hahahaha!”
2nd panel:
{Angry}
3rd panel:
“Hahahaha…!”
{The students are like this…}
4th panel:
{The teacher is also like this…}
5th panel:
6th panel:
“What’s wrong with my dad being rich?!”
“Do I have to be sexually harrassed just because I have a good figure?”
7th panel:
“And yeah, I wore the wrong sports wear, so what?!”
Page 24
1st panel:
“No matter if it’s a tennis video game, or a real tennis game on the court, I won’t lose to you brats!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
Teacher: {Eh}
Fion: “Teacher! What are you blanking out for?! Why didn’t you say something reasonable, say that I entered the school based on an official test?!”
“Is it okay for them to use this kind of attitude towards a transfer student? Did you teach them to be unreasonable people?”
Page 25
1st panel:
“Ahem… That’s right, would all students please not have a biased mindset against Fion?”
“And Fion, you may return to the seat that you’ve been given….”
2nd panel:
“Hmph, Missy, your tantrums should be thrown at home!”
3rd panel:
“We’ll know whether she really have the skills on the court!”
4th panel:
“She didn’t have to be so mean…”
“She’s the type I like – a good figure and a rich family…”
“Stop fantasizing! As if she would fall for you!”
Page 26
1st panel:
[This school is so different from what I imagined…]
2nd panel:
[But it’s okay! For Stanley…]
3rd panel:
4th panel:
[…I’ll prove it to everyone!]
Page 27
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“There’s 20 rounds left!”
Page 28
1st panel:
Fion: {Oh no…}
(Isn’t this a tennis lesson? Why are we only running? My private tutor didn’t say that we have to run before we play tennis!)
The girl behind: “Hey! The one running last should just step aside, don’t block those behind!”
2nd panel:
(I won’t have the strength to hold my racket if I run anymore…)
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Fion, it’s the last round, run faster, don’t let the other students wait!”
5th panel:
6th panel:
{Haa…}
{Haa…}
Page 29
1st panel:
“What’s wrong? Where did your nanny go?”
“Hahahaha!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Haha…”
4th panel:
“B!!”
5th panel:
“Start training! Hit the balls without moving away from the baselines!”
Page 30
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Hmph!”
3rd panel:
“This is baffling… The students here seem to be targetting me!”
“Fion, you don’t have to participate in the training, you can just watch from the sides!”
Page 31
1st panel:
“But coach, why? I passed the test!”
2nd panel:
“I don’t care what test you passed! Your father has already informed the principal, saying that you were just hospitalised and must not overexert yourself. If anything happens, I won’t be able to bear the cosequences!”
3rd panel:
{Everyone please take note…}
4th panel:
“Heh!”
Page 32
1st panel:
{Sits down angrily}
(I just knew that my dad would butt into things…)
2nd panel:
(Eh, is that a mud court beside us?!)
3rd panel:
4th panel:
Page 33
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Topspin!”
4th panel:
Page 34
1st panel:
“Sidespin!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Flat stroke!”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Side topspin!”
6th panel:
“Flat stroke!”
“Topspin!”
“Topspin!”
“Sidespin!”
“Flat stroke!”
Page 35
1st panel:
2nd panel:
Fion:“Coach, we’ve only been practising these serving techniques recently,”
“Don’t we have to revise other techniques?”
Coach: “If you thought that in a few months’ time, using the usual speed,”
3rd panel:
“You can learn every tennis techniques and related skills, you must really be underestimating what tennis is all about!”
4th panel:
Fion: “What shall I do then? Didn’t you say that I’ll be able to pass the entrance exam at first?”
Coach: “Of course! Why will I be teaching you these high-level serving techniques if not for that?”
Page 36
1st panel:
“I have yet to teach any other students of mine this serving technique I name Chong.”
“In actual fact, even among professional tennis players, there are hardly any that knows how to serve with this technique that twists your whole body to the back...”
[Wang Jia Bao – Asia’s Previous Tennis Champion]
2nd panel:
“Coach! You aren’t joking, are you?!”
3rd panel:
“I won’t be wrong! The flexibility you’ve gotten from years of ballet practice is even better than professional tennis players’!”
4th panel:
“Together with your amazing learning ability in hands-on practice…. I wouldn’t have accepted your father’s invitation to accept you as my student if not for your talent!”
“Don’t worry, after you have mastered this serving technique, you’ll be able to have unexpected results on the court!”
“Remember, there’s not many who had learnt this technique ever before, but you’re now one of them!”
Page 37
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Everyone, quick, look! Missy is performing her serving techniques!”
“Heh, even though all of them are out of court!”
Page 38
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Don’t be making a fool out of yourself with that kind of power behind your serves!”
“Your movements are too exaggerated!”
Page 39
1st panel:
Fion: (I’ve wasted too much time doing facial and make myself look pretty previously… Haven’t really been practising…)
“But I think her movements are actually pretty graceful, it’s like she’s dancing!”
“As long as her figure’s good, even if she sucks at tennis, she still looks good!”
2nd panel:
(And together with the fact that this is a mud court, I always can’t seem to have a stable footing…)
(More importantly, I don’t think I can persevere any longer…)
3rd panel:
“Guys will forever be guys…”
“Shallow!”
(…)
“Keep it up, Fion! Serve one that doesn’t go out of court!”
“But can her endurance last?”
Page 40
1st panel:
{Throws…}
2nd panel:
“Fion, you have more talent in tennis than anyone I’ve ever seen before…”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
[But…]
Page 41
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Yeah! One finally landed in the court!”
3rd panel:
[… I’m also the one with the least physical endurance…]
4th panel:
“!!”
“Woah! She fainted again!”
“Teacher! Teacher!”
Page 42
1st panel:
“She’s fine, she just overexerted herself!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Hehe, she thinks she’s all that! She’s just overestimating her own capabilities!”
4th panel:
“Prefect, please have a student bring Fion to the infirmary.”
5th panel:

Translation: Happy Tennis 1

2011-08-02T08:59:31+00:00
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Page 1
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:
7th panel:
Fion: “A stalker?”
Page 2
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
Page 3
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:
7th panel:
Page 4
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Haa…Haa…”
3rd panel:
“Haa..Haa…”
“Haa… Haa…”
4th panel:
“Lost him at last!”
5th panel:
{Huff!}
Page 5
1st panel:
2nd panel:
{So dizzy!}
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
Page 6
1st panel:
“Ugh!”
“!!”
2nd panel:
“Someone fell onto the tracks!”
3rd panel:
“What to do…”
4th panel:
“Someone look for the emergency brakes lever!”
Page 7
1st panel:
“Someone fell from the platform!”
“Activate the emergency brakes!”
“This is an emergency…”
2nd panel:
“What happened? She’s unconcious!”
“Is she seriously injured?”
“Is there any staff coming to help?”
3rd panel:
“Let me through, let me through!”
“Save her, quick!”
“Has anyone pulled the emergency brakes lever?!”
“Someone should go help her!”
4th panel:
“Excuse me, please!”
Page 8
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Miss, wake up!”
Page 9
1st panel:
“She fainted?”
2nd panel:
“Fine, I’ll carry you up then!”
3rd panel:
“Come back up!”
“The train’s entering the station!”
“Woah… Leave that spot immediately!”
4th panel:
“Ahh!”
Page 10
1st panel:
“Kya! Kyaaaaa!”
2nd panel:
“Ugh! It’s too late!”
Page 11
1st panel:
“Gahh!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Oh, Jesus!”
“Oh no! The train just killed somebody!”
“Kyaaa!”
Page 12
1st panel:
“He’s definitely dead!”
“Why didn’t anyone pull the emergency brakes lever?”
2nd panel:
“Attention all passengers, due to an unforeseen occurrence, would all passengers within the train leave their respective compartments as soon as possible.”
“Thank you for your cooperation. Pay attention please…”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“There should be two of them beneath the train!”
“We have sent our staff down to investigate the situation.”
Page 13
1st panel:
“A woman has been found lying beneath the train. She’s currently unconcious, but her life is not in danger.”
2nd panel:
“Please have the train move forward to make moving her up easier!”
3rd panel:
“Call the control room immediately…”
4th panel:
“All railway operations have been temporarily halted. We apologise for any inconveniance caused.”
Page 14
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Woaaaaa…”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
Page 15
1st panel:
“The victim is fine, we’ll be able to place her on a stretcher…”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Didn’t you say that someone went down to help her?”
“Yeah! Everyone saw him!”
Page 16
1st panel:
“That’s not possible! I’ve checked everywhere!”
2nd panel:
“I even checked the bottom of the train – I didn’t find anyone!”
“What?!”
“That eliminates the possibility of him getting knocked down by the train!”
3rd panel:
“Could you please explain what you just said?”
“That is…”
4th panel:
“Are you trying to say that this hero of ours vanished without a trace under everyone’s eyes?”
5th panel:
“If he really exists…”
“Yes, he disappeared!”
Page 17
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
Page 18
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Huff!”
4th panel:
(I thought I would die young… That scared me out of my wits! I almost couldn’t control my bowels…)
Page 19
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
6th panel:
Page 20
1st panel:
“Ugh!”
2nd panel:
“Thank goodness I climbed out from under the train first, or else I would have made a fool out of myself!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Oh no!”
“The airport!”
Page 21
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
Page 22
1st panel:
“Sorry, uncle, auntie, ViVi!
2nd panel:
Jeff: “I made it… I thought I wouldn’t…”
ViVi: “Hmph!”
3rd panel:
“What, weren’t you waiting for your cousin to come?”
4th panel:
“Ahaha… Something cropped up, so I had to come late… Anyway, have a pleasant journey!”
“Good luck for your studies too!”
Page 23
1st panel:
“Ah, right! Here’s your favourite plum candy!”
“See, don’t you know how much your cousin dotes on you? And you’re still angry with him?”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“Forget it, I’ll forgive you because of these plum candies!”
“Besides, I know where you went to anyway!”
4th panel:
“Eh?”
5th panel:
ViVi: “I bet you were so nervous that you had to go to the toilet!”
Jeff: “How did you know?”
Page 24
1st panel:
“Since you know you should be nervous about this cousin of yours, I’ll forgive you for being late.”
2nd panel:
Vivi: “But you should really change your habit of having a stomachache whenever you’re nervous!”
“Or else you wouldn’t win a single match no matter what kind of talent you have! You’ll lose popularity with the girls too!”
Jeff: (That’s easy for you to say…)
ViVi’s father:
3rd panel:
“Jeff, this habit of yours is actually a result of a lack of ‘L-aspartate ammonia-lyase’, an amino acid that would balance your anxiety emotions, as well as insufficient consumption of Vitamin B12…”
“After I see ViVi off, take some medicine from my clinic, OK?”
“Put your trust in Western medicines, believe in your uncle!”
Page 25
1st panel:
“Uncle, I don’t think I’ll have them… Ever since that day…”
2nd panel:
ViVi’s dad: “I know you’re still thinking about that day’s match…”
“But that was just an accident! Your irresponsible dad is to blame, clowning around like that… Chinese medicine really doesn’t help…”
“You should trust western medicine instead!” (This is the text below)
ViVi’s mom: “Now now, it’s time. Any later and we’ll miss the flight!”
3rd panel:
ViVi’s dad: “Ahem – “
ViVi: “Then I’ll.. Cousin… I’ll be going…”
4th panel:
“Cheer up!”
5th panel:
6th panel:
Page 26
1st panel:
“I’ll miss you…”
2nd panel:
“Stupid, studying for two years will pass by in a blink of an eye! Besides, you can come back during vacations!
3rd panel:
“Bleh! I was just kidding, idiot!”
“No one’s gonna play with you anymore, you better don’t cry too much!”
4th panel:
“I won’t!”
5th panel:
“Bleh!”
Page 27
1st panel:
“Email me often, and don’t watch too many adult movies!”
2nd panel:
[Can’t stand attention on himself]
[Guilty]
“Idiot! Don’t talk nonsense in public, when have I ever been watching…”
3rd panel:
Page 28
1st panel:
“Eh!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
Page 29
{Track. 2
The battefield in school}

Translation: Diamond no Ace 51

2011-07-16T14:58:59+00:00
This is a Chinese to English translation, so there might be errors...

Page 1
1st panel:
2nd panel:
Eijun: “Right fielder!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“The ball’s falling!”
“Runner, quick, run back to home plate!”
5th panel:
“Run… … Run…”
6th panel:
7th panel:
“…W…”
“Wow!”
Page 2
1st panel:
Eijun: “Nice catch!” (Smaller text: “Erm…” )
“Shirasu”
Eijun: “Shirasu-senpai!”
“It’s my first time seeing someone catch like that!”
2nd panel:
“Whew… Thank god we kept them to 0 runs…”
“This is bad for the heart…”
Rei: “It’s good that everyone is working this hard even with their fatigue from the training camp.”
3rd panel:
{What does the coach think about Sawamura’s pitching?}
4th panel:
“What are you doing?! To hit the ball like that when you are swinging the bat.”
“Ah… Yes…”
5th panel:
“The ball had more power behind it than I expected…”
“It felt like the ball, right before it reached the bat…”
6th panel:
{What?}
Page 3
1st panel:
“The ball was moving strangely…”
“That didn’t feel like a normal backspin fastball.”
2nd panel:
{To pitch a ball that moves right before it reaches the bat is a natural skill…}
3rd panel:
{During elementary or middle school, among those who had yet to receive official training, there are occasionally pitchers who are able to pitch these kind of balls...}
{For our players who are already used to pitching machinese, these type of pitch is very troublesome…}
4th panel:
{Kataoka-san}
{Could it be that your secret weapon is…}
Page 4
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
{Casual and natural…}
4th panel:
{An irritating batting posture.}
5th panel:
“You really won’t make it at all.”
Page 5
1st panel:
“No outs, runner on first and third. That double play,”
“Was just a stroke of good luck.”
“The last out you got was also just because of Shirasu’s fielding.”
“So although you kept them to 0 runs, it wasn’t because of your ability.”
2nd panel:
“If you keep on pitching easy balls like the one you did just now, it won’t be strange to see them keep on getting runs after runs.”
Eijun: {He’s picking on my faults…}
3rd panel:
“It’s because you kept asking for pitches to the inside corner!”
“If you had mixed some other balls in, I’ll…”
4th panel:
Miyuki: “What?
“What did you say? Can you repeat that?”
5th panel:
Miyuki:“You, do you have the ability to pitch an accurate ball to the outside corner?”
Eijun: “Ugh.. No, because…”
Miyuki: “Or the ability to pitch a breaking ball that would swerve to the outside corner from the inside corner?”
Eijun: “Ugh…”
6th panel:
“…”
“That’s why I have to keep on asking for pitches to the inside corner!”
Page 6
1st panel:
“Have you been looking at the opponent pitcher’s pitching?”
“For the two times he was up, all he’s been pitching to Tetsu-san is pitches to the inside corner!”
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
{Damn!}
{Didn’t even flinch…}
4th panel:
(If it’s like this, it’ll be hard to pitch to the outside corner.)
(Whatever it is, all I can do now is to ask for pitches that he’ll find hard to hit.)
5th panel:
Miyuki: “To put it simply, it’s because the catcher is trying to avoid a head-on battle with Tetsu.”
“Even if it’s four balls all the same, a four balls that’s trying to avoid a battle with the batter and a four balls that’s trying to pick a fight with the batter has a different meaning for the batter.”
Page 7
1st panel:
2nd panel:
“Four balls!”
3rd panel:
“OK OK, nice pitching!”
“I’ll throw the ball to you, Tachi!”
4th panel:
“Do your best against the next batter!”
5th panel:
{This pitcher’s pitches to the inside corner should be hard to hit…}
6th panel:
“And then…”
“The inside-corner-only attack will be ingrained into the mind of the next batter…”
Page 8
1st panel:
“Masuko, who’s up to bat after Tetsu”
“Will be lured to swing at a ball to the outside corner…”
2nd panel:
{Eh?}
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
{It’s here!}
{An easy ball to the outside corner ----..}
6th panel:
Page 9
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
“First baseman!”
“I’ll do it!”
4th panel:
5th panel:
“Aah… A fly ball to first base…”
Matsuko:
“What’s wrong? That batter whose batting fifth hasn’t been able to hit today…”
6th panel:
“….!!”
Page 10
1st panel:
“See?”
“Isn’t it deep? Pitching, that is…”
2nd panel:
“The only thing supporting your pitching right now is your vigour.”
“So why not try pitching balls to the inside corners with all your might?”
3rd panel:
Page 11
1st panel:
(Even though I’m being so arrogant…)
(I haven’t really been managing to hit today…)
2nd panel:
{If I don’t manage to hit something soon}
Furuya:
3rd panel:
{These guys probably won’t hold back on teasing me…}
4th panel:
{I better choose the pitch to hit carefully---..}
5th panel:
6th panel:
Miyuki:
Page 12
1st panel:
{Even though we’ve managed to hold this batter down for the two turns he was up, I still don’t know what kind of batter he is…}
{He keeps on letting easy balls slip by, and purposely aim for harder-to-hit breaking balls…}
2nd panel:
{Whatever it is, let’s just use pitches to the inside corner against him!}
{And use a pitch to the outside corner or a fastball to finish him off.}
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
“The runner is trying to steal a base--”
6th panel:
{What… He’s already winding up…}
7th panel:
{Tachi’s already forgotten that there’s a runner on base…}
Page 13
1st panel:
“Oh!”
2nd panel:
“Damn!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
“Woaaah! The captain managed to steal a base!”
“What perfect movements!”
“That was just like the player Ochiai stealing a base!”
5th panel:
“Nice running!”
“Good job, Tetsu!”
Page 14
1st panel:
Chris: “He probably wanted to steal a base since the start…”
Coach: “Mm… That’s because there’s a huge difference in Miyuki’s concentration level between a situation where there’s a runner on first and where there’s a runner on second.”
2nd panel:
“The players are hitting depending on their own assessment of the situation…”
“Such a team would be strong…”
3rd panel:
“Tachi, there’s 4 more innings left!”
“Don’t let the opponents score even 1 more point!”
4th panel:
“Coach, wha…”
“What are you saying?
5th panel:
6th panel:
“If it’s you, you’ll be able to do it, won’t you?”
7th panel:
Page 15
1st panel:
Miyuki: “Hahaha! He actually gave instructions of not letting the opponent score anymore..”
“And after getting those instructions, that pitcher actually seems so happy…”
2nd panel:
“Kiryu is unexpectedly an interesting team!”
3rd panel:
“Mm… That’s because that’s probably the only good point about us..”
4th panel:
“Ugh, what are you talking about!”
“It’s only those two that do such things!”
Miyuki: “Ohho… That’s what I call self-abased and self-pity.”
“Don’t try to make me start laughing, idiot!”
5th panel:
{This guy…}
6th panel:
{Is actually able to be so calm…}
Page 16
1st panel:
{The runner managed to steal second base.}
{Tachi… Use a pitch to the outside corner to decide this!}
2nd panel:
“Use your trait of pitching a heavy ball…”
“And hold him down!”
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
{Not bad!}
{It’s looking good---..}
6th panel:
Page 17
Page 18
1st panel:
2nd panel:
3rd panel:
4th panel:
5th panel:
“It’s in! A long hit that sticks close to the right foul line!”
“Miyuki really performs when there’s a runner on base!”
6th panel:
{How could this be?}
{He actually moved one step forward to hit the ball in that situation…}
7th panel:
(Against a pitcher that makes use of his arm strength to pitch)
(We have to use force to counter his!)
Page 19
1st panel:
“Ooh! He got back 1 point!”
“Nice batting, Miyuki!”
“We can still catch up!”
2nd panel:
“What aggressive batting!”
“That ball was actually forcible pulled to be a long hit…”
3rd panel:
{Woaah…}
4th panel:
{Woooooaah!}
Page 20
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Seidou Player Encyclopedia
Vol. 10
Tanba Koichiro
-Place of birth Tokyo
-Position Pitcher
-Right-handed pitcher and batter
-Blood type A
-Tall stature fit for a right-handed pitcher
-A powerful curveball is his deciding pitch
-Highest speed for his fastball is 140km/h
-Hurt his arm in the autumn of his second year,
returned to the team in the spring of his third year.
-Being the starting pitcher of a school famous for its baseball team often brings him a lot of stress.
-Really wants to repay the coach for recommending him to enter the match in his first year.
-Favourite book: Taro Okamato’s [太郎に訊け!] series