Ahiru no Sora 7

Ahiru no Sora 07 by Mel_Luvz_Anime

Reserved for Crayola Scanlations


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*Ahiru no Sora*
*Chapter 7 : The Shrimp's Pride*



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-Shaaah!!
-That's the end of practice!!

-Now then...

-...
-...
-...

-Should we play the usual people?
SFX: Squeak

SFX: Bounce

-What?
-What's going on?

-After practice is a free throw showdown



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-Using the 3 people, decided from just now
SFX: Pops in
-At the end the reserved players mop the court, but they play the next day

-Sorry but I'll be going ahead...
-Hurry up and beat!! You little shrimp!!!!

-Lately we've been playing everyday
-Lucky
-It seems that Momoharu-kun has been losing everyday

-Heh...
That looks kinda fun, doesn't it
-Isn't it? They used to play something like dodgeball instead of practice

-Those guys have changed somewhat...
-Lucky again and again
SFX: Pops in
-Hey are you serious, can we really win the game!?
-I've come to completely love basketball...

-Love basketball huh...



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-While pretending to shoot, maybe jab them with your elbow...
-Or poison fog
-For now, don't forget that you are absolutely not to enter on tiptoes
-...
SFX: Smooth movement
*Momoharu lost today too*
-People who love basketball, I don't think they consider such things about us

-Don't drink in a place like this
Do it in the clubroom, the clubroom!
*You're in the way*

-Gyahahah
-Beep
-Beep

SFX: Beep Beep Beep



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*Mum...*
*At last, the basketball game is tomorrow*

*I imagined that the basketball club is a little different, but*
*Everyone is quite amazing!*

*Yasuhara-san is ranked 2nd in karate, and currently on probation*
*Chatsuki-san can tell the make of a car just by the steering wheel*
*Sube-san, I can't think of anything in particular, but*

*What's more amazing is Momoharu-kun*
*He's tall and can jump more than 1m!!*

*For now it's just these 5 guys*

*Actually there's one other...*



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-Who are you sending a mail to?
SFX: Pats

-Could it be
-A girlfriend?

*Ma...*
*Madoka-san!*

-I... I don't have anyone like that!
Not at all!!
-Even if they say so, I don't!!!!
SFX:Bishi
-Ah ok, I got it so



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-Your mother?
-At the moment we can't really see each other
I'm staying nearby but

-Could it be that she's...
-Sick?

-Not at all, she's completely lively
Everyday she lifts 100kg with a barbell, and drinks 1L of protein
She even snarled at the neighbourhood dogs
-W.. what an amazing mother

-It's just that
-I keep her updated with recent events

-She was the only person who supported me with my basketball, that's why

*Wait Sora! What are you doing!?*

SFX: Tosses



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-That was sly, that Taguchi. He's such a useless player
-Why did the coach say that it was because "Taguchi's body has great height"...

-I've practiced much more than that guy
-I have speed, and I even scored lots of points!!

-After everything, I couldn't even get accepted into one game
-Today I had to play mini-basketball, and it was the lasht gaibu!! [T/L: He tries to say "last game" while crying]

-I don't need my basketball shoes anymore, since I'm not gonna be training anymore!!
-I've already given up on basketball!!
SFX:Blows nose

-If I was the coach, I probably would have said the same thing

-Mum, not you too
-The truth is that height in basketball is the greatest weapon

-It's disappointing but it doesn't mean that Sora's "effort" didn't win against Taguchi-kun's "height"
SFX: Nose runs



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-If it bothers you that much,
-The difference in height, then become a team player and blow them away

-Even if you're small
-I think there's a lot of things you can do

-Heeeh.. what an amazing mother



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-Actually I thought that kind of thing was absurd
-...
-My mother is a person who puts things to practice, that's why I didn't talk back...

-If my mother could do it, then
SFX: Opens packet
-I thought I could do it too

-W... wait a second
-By any chance, is Sora-kun's mother an amazing person?

-A long time ago
-She represented Japan as a player on a team

-"Kurumatani"
-THE Kurumatani Yuka-san? The Olympic...

-Not an amazing person!?
Why did you keep it quiet!?
SFX: Jerks
-I wasn't really keeping it queit

-S... so that day
-I decided



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-That no matter how many big and strong players there are, I'll fight them
-I will definitely not lose, just because I'm short!!

-I may be small but what I can do
-Will be proven in tomorrow's game



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-Well, it seems everyone went home
-...
-They got pretty fired up when shooting

SFX: Bounce

-Well then you could keep me updated everyday too, I guess
SFX: Hits

-Oops
SFX: Catches
-Eh?

-I'll also be a supporter
-For you



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-Let's exchange addresses
-Eeeh!?
-What's with you, I don't want to

*Mum*
*Please get well soon*
*Sora's cellphone*

*I want to play basketball*
*Together again*

-Together again
-...huh

SFX: Bounce bounce bounce

SFX: Bang



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SFX: Don

-Uwaah
SFX: Bounce bounce bounce
-Everyone's so big...

-...Come to think of it, "Maru High"
SFX: Gako
-Isn't it a high school filled with delinquents?

-Yeah and also their basketball club looks different to ours
SFX: Bounce bounce
*Just now the coach*
*Asked for you*
-Moreover, this year they're quite an efficient bunch...

-However in their team, Tokiwa, the guard and
-Chiba, the centre, are in the top 5 players in Kanagawa



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-C... can we really
-Win against those guys...

-Hey Chiba, we're counting on you!!
-Make a disgrace out of Kuzu High!!

-Why don't you teach them something about basketball!?
SFX: Gyahaha

-That Kanamori
*I hate those guys*
-It can't be helped, those guys are...

-Oh, the idiots of Kuzu High showed up
-Die, you bastards!!



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-You're so noisy, quit your whining
SFX: Don
Sora's hand: Here
Shirts: Nine Headed Dragon
-You worthless pieces of shit!!

-What did you say, you bastard!!
-Kuzu High is scum!!

-What's that? Ah!? Just try and come down here!!
-Hey I'll take you all on one by one ...
-!

-...

-I'm gonna beat each and every one of you guys to death!!
SFX: Waaaaah
-Hey, don't move from there!!
SFX: Jumps
-Momoharu-kun...



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-Hey you, let's take it outside!!
-Shut up, Kuzu High trash!!
-...

*That guy isn't here...*

-Fuck you!!
SFX: Nervous
-Geez

-That damn Chiaki
-He ran away again...

-Alright you guys!
-!
-Let's go over the rules

-Ok
-One, when in possession of the ball, you can't go more than 3 steps
SFX: Cheh
-Two, no punching or kicking
-Three... uh what was it?
-...
-...



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-Both teams, please assemble in the centre circle
-Eat shit and die!!
SFX: Squeak squeak
-Kuzu High is stupid!!

SFX: Squeak

-...
SFX: Doki doki doki

-Hey Sora-kun, will you be alright?
-The other team looks really strong...

-Hey you little runt, what are you doing!?
-C..coming

-Wait Sora-kun
SFX: Squeak



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-I'll manage

-For now, since
-I have a "secret plan"