Haikyuu!! 4

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Haikyuu!!
Furudate Haruichi
Chapter 4: The Strongest Ally
Shou: Uwaaa
Shou: A gymnasium!!
Ryunosuke: You came here yesterday too, though.

(Shou): ... the "small giant" must have...
(Shou): practiced here, too...!!

(left of panel) Practice, start!!!

Ryunosuke: It's so cooold! Turn the heat uppp.

(Shou): A net...!
(Shou): I can even practice spiking...!

(Shou): There's even a proper setter here!
(Shou): ...even though he's got an attitude!
(Shou): ...just ignore his personality!

(Shou): Alriiiiiight!
(Shou): Let's do thiiiiis!!

Box: 1 hour later.
???: In front!

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Shou: Blaugh!

Tobio: Oi! Plant your feet!
Tobio: What happened to the reaction from yesterday's serve and receive?! Concentrate!!
Shou: Uughh... we're only passing...

Shou: I thought we didn't have any time left!
Shou: I want to spike and jump too!!
Tobio: Then go do that somewhere else!!!
そこらで跳ねてろ
Ryunosuke: Oi, you guys!

Ryunosuke: ...Let me tell you something.

Ryunosuke: ...Daichi-san is usually nice, but when angry, he is incredibly scary.
Ryunosuke: Incredibly.
Shou/Tobio: ? We know that.
Ryunosuke: If he finds out about this early-morning practice, it'll be bad.
Ryunosuke: I'll be in real danger.
Ryunosuke: ...it's not like I'm scared or anything like that. Absolutely positively not.

Ryunosuke: But anyway, that's why we three are the only ones who know about this early-morning practice.
???: Ooh! So it really was an early morning practice.

(Ryunosuke): HOWAAA?!

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Koushi: Ossu.

Ryunosuke: Suga-san?!
(Shou): It's a 3rd year...!
Ryunosuke: How...!

Koushi: Because yesterday you were very obviously acting strangely.
Koushi: I mean, even though you're always late and grumbling, you offered to handle the keys.
Ryunosuke: Ehh...?!
Ryunosuke: Ahh...!
Ryunosuke: Cra...!

Koushi: Don't worry, it's okay. I won't tell Daichi!
Koushi: This kind of secret special training is really exciting~

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Ryunosuke: UOO
Ryunosuke: SHAAAAA!!!

Ryunosuke: Alriiight, that was perfect~
Shou: ...geh.
(sfx) Thunk
Koushi: Hinata, don't look away!

Shou: I wanna spike too!
Shou: Toss the ball up for me, too!

Shou: You love tossing the ball, right?!
Shou: Then toss it to me, too!
Shou: Just once! A single trial run! Okay?

Tobio: ...no way.

Shou: Why?! You're stingy!!
Ryunosuke: Yeah, that's right~
Tobio: The point of receiving a toss is to attack.
レシーブあってのトスと攻撃だ
Tobio: Don't say such high-and-mighty things when your receive is all over the place.

Tobio: Even though Saturday's match is 3-on-3, I'm going to toss the ball to Tanaka-san as much as possible.
Tobio: Leave attacking to Tanaka-san,
Tobio: and do your best not to get underfoot.

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Shou: ...If

Shou: If I become able to do a satisfactory receive,
Shou: you'll toss the ball to me too, right.

Tobio: ...I'll toss the ball to anyone, so long as they're essential to achieving "victory".
Tobio: It's possible that I'll have no choice but to toss the ball to you during the match,
Tobio: but
Tobio: as you are now,

Tobio: I can't view you as necessary to achieving "victory".

Tobio: ...besides, improving your receive isn't so easily done.
Ryunosuke: What a nasty guy.
Koushi: It'd be fine if you tossed to him every now and then, too.

Tobio: Time is ticking.
(Shou): ---Dammit.

(Shou): Dammit.

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(Shou): DAMMIT!!

Student: I'm gonna go buy juice.
Student: Suuichi~
Student: But it's not even 1 PM...

???: Hey, Hinata.

Koushi: Would you like me to toss the ball to you starting tomorrow morning?

Shou: Re
Shou: Really?!
Shou: ...you will?!

Koushi: I may look like this, but I'm Karasuno's usual setter, you know.
Koushi: You want to practice spiking, right?

Shou: Yeah!! I love spiking...! It looks awesome and gives you this great feeling and it's cooler than anything else!!

Shou: ...but
Shou: In junior high, we didn't have club members until I was a 3rd year, so there wasn't a setter.

Shou: I always got my friend from the basketball club to toss the ball for me.
(gray bubble) Uwaa, sorry! It flew off somewhere weird again!
Shou: Even after I didn't have club activities anymore,
Shou: There were 1st years, mothers, female setters and all sorts of people who would toss the ball for me, but...

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Shou: No matter how good
Shou: of a "friend" they were,
Shou: there was no way we could become true "teammates"...

Shou: ...that's why.

Shou: I wondered what sort of setter there'd be when I entered high school.

(Tobio): "You're hopeless."

Shou: I looked forward to it...

(Tobio): "You shit."

Shou: And came here, but...

Koushi: Like I said, I'm a setter too.
Koushi: I'll toss the ball for you.

Shou: No... but... if Sugawara-san tosses the ball for me here...
Shou: Somehow...
Shou: It'll... be as if I've already lost...

Koushi: Why do you go to such lengths to compete with Kageyama?
Koushi: If it were me, I wouldn't want to quarrel with a difficult guy.

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Shou: ...in that junior high game... Kageyama excelled in whatever he did... and he was taller than me...
Shou: Basically, he was strong...

Shou: It was really awful when he stood in front of me.
(left of Shou) A little traumatic.
Koushi: I think I know what you mean.

Shou: That's why,

Shou: I thought I would come to Karasuno and defeat him, but...
(coming out of Tobio's mouth) Yaaaaawn
sfx bubble: Beep
Koushi: ....hmmm...
Koushi: So...

sfx bubble: Beep clunk
Koushi: Hinata, you

Koushi: want to defeat Kageyama and volleyball, right?

Shou: Ehh?!

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Shou: Errr...
(Tobio): That guy... he's at it during lunch break, too?

Shou: ...I want... to become strong enough to defeat Kageyama.
Shou: If I can do that, then I'll definitely be able to compete on equal footing with all sorts of strong opponents,
Shou: and I won't lose so easily in matches.

Shou: I don't
Shou: want to lose anymore.

Koushi: Hmmm...

Koushi: In other words,
Koushi: right now, you
Koushi: view Kageyama as the "strongest" in your generation.
Shou: GEH.

Shou: Th...tha...
Shou: Ye
Shou: errmm...
(Koushi): He really doesn't want to say "yes"...

Koushi: If he was your "strongest enemy", then

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Koushi: This time, he's your "strongest ally".

(Tobio): [I can't view you as necessary to achieving "victory".]

Shou: Eughh...

Koushi: Okay! Then we should work on receiving!
Shou: ! Thank you!!

Box: Tuesday, 12:40 PM.

Tobio: In front!
(center) Tuesday, 4:50 PM.

Ryunosuke: Alriiight!!
(center) Wednesday, 6:20 AM.

(center) Wednesday,

(center) 12:30 PM.

Box: Thursday.
sfx bubble: Wham
sfx bubble: Wham

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Box: 5:30 AM.

(Tobio): Even though...
(Tobio): He couldn't handle such a powerful throw before now...

Shou: Oi!
Shou: Don't you go easy on me!

Tobio: Fine!!

Ryunosuke: Craaap, I overslept~
Ryunosuke: Late, I'm late~

Ryunosuke: Turning the corner,
sfx bubble: Squeak
sfx bubble: Wham
sfx bubble: Squeak
sfx bubble: Squeak

Ryunosuke: BAM☆, I bump into a pretty girl carrying bread
Ryunosuke: in her mou...
sfx bubble: Squeak
sfx bubble: Squeak
sfx bubble: Squeak
sfx bubble: Squeak

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Ryunosuke: th...

Ryunosuke: Uh... how long has this been going on?
Koushi: When I came 15 minutes ago, they were already at it.
Ryunosuke: Without stopping?
Koushi: Yep.
Ryunosuke: Geh.
Shou: Wheeeze

(Tobio): ...he's compensating for his clumsy technique with an overpowering athletic sense...
(Tobio): But

Tobio: You're almost at your limit!

Tobio: That's enough!
Shou: Not yet!

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sfx bubble: Pant
Shou: Toss it...!!
sfx bubble: Wheeze
sfx bubble: Guh
sfx bubble: Hah
Shou: I won't let it fall!!!
sfx bubble: Hah

(Tobio): This guy...!!

Ryunosuke: Uwaa, Kageyama's got a real nasty personality.
(Tobio): Crap...
(Tobio): I just threw the ball in a completely unreasonable direction...

Koushi: ...Hinata's athletic ability...
Koushi: was really incredible in junior high.

Koushi: ...but
Koushi: aside from that ability,
Koushi: I can tell

Koushi: that Hinata has "the strength to cling to victory".

(Tobio): ...An excellent constitution... and incredible physical ability...
(Tobio): along with those, he has one more
(Tobio): weapon.

(right) "This is hard. I want to stop already."
(left) He is one step away
そう思った瞬間からの

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(center) from thinking that.
一歩

Shou: Gwah!
Ryunosuke: He hit it up...!!

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Ryunosuke: That's amazing, Hinata!

(Tobio): I'll toss the ball to anyone, so long as they're essential to achieving "victory".
(Tobio): But as you are now, I can't view you as necessary to achieving "victory".

(Shou): I don't
(Shou): want to lose anymore.

(Shou): We haven't lost yet, y'know?

Koushi: Eh?

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Ryunosuke: A toss?!
Koushi: Kageyama tossed the ball up...?!

Ryunosuke: ---but
Ryunosuke: Hinata doesn't have the energy to hit a spike...

Hinata: Hah
Hinata: Wheeze
Hinata: Hah

(Ryu/Koushi): He smiled?!!

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(left of Koushi) Yikes.
Koushi: His jumps are just as good as always!
(left of Ryunosuke) Scary.
Ryunosuke: He hit it despite being in such a state...
Ryunosuke: And

Ryunosuke: with such a happy expression.
(left of Shou) A toss!

(Shou): [I always got my friend from the basketball club to toss the ball for me.]

(Shou): [Even though we were "friends", there was no way we could become true "teammates"...]

Koushi: ...having a setter toss the ball for you...
Koushi: is completely normal for us, but

Hinata: Cough
Hinata: Cough!
Hinata: Bleh
sfx bubble: Squeak
Koushi: to Hinata, it's something special.

Hinata: Eugh.
(sfx) Hah hah
Tobio: ...Oi.

Tobio: We're going to win

Tobio: on Saturday.

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(Koushi): [If he was your "strongest enemy", then...]

(center) --If he was your "strongest enemy", then...

(center) This time, he's your "strongest ally".

Shou: Of
Shou: Wheeze
Shou: Of co
Shou: Hah
Shou: Of course we wiuurghh
(above Koushi) Water!
(left) There are two days left until the decisive match!!!