Holyland 63

HOLYLAND #63

tl by molokidan

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act.63 Faith
~My God~

51)
Y(2b): You really sure...it's alright...?
Y: As hard as I can...?

52)
S: Don't make me tell you again. You wanna know, right?
S: The reason why your punches have become useless--
S: C'mon, c'mon, give it to him, Yuu!!
S: It's his fault for telling you to!
S: Don't hold anything back, and send your best punch right here!
S: If you're just gonna mope around like that, then I'm leaving.
Y: D-don't leave! I-I'll do it...
S: Then hurry it up!

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Y: Hoo!
Y: Wha...?! I-it was so easily...
Y: deflected...
S: Hey! No breaks, send out another!

54)
Y: This can't be!!
S: My, my...what kingdom are you from, Princess?
S: Or are you just a fag?
Y: Waaaaaahhhh!!
S(2b): Not even close yet...what's wrong?!
S: He's not even "taking" the punches...he's just sending them away...
S: Yuu...just what happened to you, man?

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S: What? Finished already?
Y: haah x3
S: Thug Hunter my ass...don't make me laugh!
Y: Uuu...
Y: Ahhhhhhhh!!
S: Woah there!
Y: E...elbow...?!
S: I...it was deflected...

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Y: Look at what I've come to...
Y: I keep continuing my training...but in reality I just keep getting worse...!!
S: D-don't worry about it! Even Matsui and Ichiro have their slumps...
Y: J...just what is going on with me...
S: Absolutely terrible!
S: Shuugo!!
S: There's no sharpness.

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Y: Sharp...ness...
S(2b): You aren't a power hitter. For your punches, speed and sharpness are everything.
S: The speed from your lower half isn't traveling to your upper half! Your body is wide open and your front leg isn't creating a wall!!
S: That's why there's fault in your axis, and the spinning of your upper body is...um...getting duller..
S: Anyway!! It's easier just to try it than to listen to my explanation! Hey, Shin?!
S: Give me that stick! (C'mon!)
sfx: heeheehee
S: You should try finishing your explanations with your mouth for once!
Y: Stick...?
S: Listen carefully. I want you to stick the toes of the foot in this position against this stick, without thinking about anything else,
S: and then try throwing a sharp punch!!
S: That's it! Now hurry it up.
Y: A-alright.

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Y: M...
Y: My body...!!

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(from right to left, up to down)
1: It's common sense to stop oneself after an approach run when throwing a ball long distances, correct?
2: This is because through the laws of inertia, all of the force that suddenly stopped in the lower half of one's body will suddenly rise to the upper half!!
3: On the contrary, if the foundation does not completely stop, and just sort of peters out, the inertia and force will become weak, and nothing will be transferred upwards. This is what Yuu's problem was.
4: If you stop with your front leg bent like in the right figure, the revolution of your upper body will become naturally weaker!!!
5: By stopping yourself with the force of a stomp with your front leg and transferring the power to your upper body is also used in things like batting--it's called creating a "wall."
6: As proof of this, all strong batters' thighs are extremely developed, without exception!!
7: Those who worry too much about moving forward forget about stomping in with their legs--this is a possible problem for even professionals!!!

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Y: J-just now, my body turned on its own!! T...this is...
Y: Shuugo-kun!!
S: We're not finished yet.
S: Let's see the truth with your fists.
S: Surely I won't be able to deflect them with my elbow this time.
Y: Y-yeah...
S(2b): Ready?! These aren't amateur punches that rely only on arm power!!
S: Sharpness and speed is everything!! Don't forget that!!!
S(2b): Now c'mon!!! Prove to me once and for all
S: that you're really you!!!

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Y: That I'm really
Y: me!!
S: Go!!!
S: Yuu!
Y: The meaning of that...
Y: I'm...!!!

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S: Uoohhh!!?

64)
S: Yuu...?
S: Kami...shirooo...

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Y: It's returned...
Y: My...!!!
Y: Fist...power...
Y: This is
Y: My god!

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(same order again)
1: That which must never be lost--to Yuu, that is the power that lies in his fists. It could even be called a faith that made his prayer to "change" become possible.
2: Excuse the suddeness, but I too (the author) have also had experience in losing something.
3: You readers may have too.
4: When I was 20, a series of circumstances led me to suddenly lose the ability to "create manga" that I had taken for granted since I was a child. This was while I was studying to become a professional.
5: I began to walk a different road, but a certain event led me to suddenly rediscover this ability.
6: By that time, seven years had passed.
7: Through help from others, I am able to draw the manga I do now.
8: But during those seven years, there was never one day when I did not suffer
9: from a feeling of loss.

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1: Jobs, friends, lovers, family, interests, beliefs--
2: It is truly a wonderful thing to be able to treat something with so much care that it feels like it's a part of yourself.
3: That must really be what the word "priceless" means.