Holyland 112

*Only for use by I-M.

tl by molokidan

29)
act.112 Interval ~A period of time~

30)
1: Concentrate.
2: Step in,
3: keep your hips strait.
4: Push your elbow in,
5: aim your fist at the right angle.
6: This is a ritual. A ritual I've done over and over again like a daily routine...
7: Making myself empty...and--

31)
1: I...
2: will meet that person again.
3: He's the same as everyone else.
4: He called me out.
5: But...
6: Can I answer him the way I am now...?!
7: Equally...even if I'm beaten -- equally...

32)
1: The way I am now...there's no way.
2: Those unprepared movements and techniques...
3: I couldn't see any of them.
4: I couldn't see...
5: What should I do...?!

33)
1: You can't see his kicks?!
2: So after Yamazaki comes a kickboxer?!
3: Jesus...
4: S-sorry...
5: If you can't see them at all, though...
6: You matched Osada-san's moves up with lefts every time he was about to make a kick, remember?
7: Your lefts are quick and strong. I think that's basically a good strategy to use...

34)
1: I can't even match his, though...and in fact, I'm the one whose moves are getting matched up...
2: Hmmmm.
3: I couldn't do with him what I did with Osada-san...it's not a problem of feeling,
4: but ability...
5: No...
6: You're wrong...
small: Wrong?
7: Full contact karate and kickboxing use the same kicks, but they're different...
8: Us full contacters don't really like to say it, but the truth is, we're pretty indifferent about reach.
9: Indifferent?

35)
1: The face is off limits, so we try to get in as close as possible and then just beat the stuffing out of each other. Therefore the necessary distance for a mid thrust is the basic gap we try to make.
2: And then we spin in kicks from the side, putting all our weight onto them!
3: Oh...so that's why my lefts reached Osada-san whenever he tried to kick.
4: Kickboxing, however, incorporates the offense and defense of boxing.
5: So the basic gap is--

36)
1: the distance for a jab!!!
2: Your own reach + the half-step to step in.
3: It's much wider than the gap I had with Osada-san...this is--
4: a boxing distance.
5: That's right. In most cases, it's basically the same.
6: Of course you should consider matching kicks with punches.
7: But from this distance
8: If you throw a snap out in front of you--

37)
1: It'll be like this, right? You can move your legs while allowing your upper body to dodge back a little.
2(2b): So, you tried to match your straights with this, while taking two or three hits to the legs in the process...damn.
3(2b): There's no way...you could possibly win...
(small): No way
4: Hey!
5: Don't give up so easily, man!
6(2b): Kamishiro can't cut kicks, either. And it isn't something you can learn to do in a day.
7: P-please teach me!!

38)
1: Kamishiro...
2: Yuu...?
3: You disappoint me...!!
4: At least...just the movements...
5: I tried to tell you...defense is something you have to match up to your opponent's movements.
6: It takes a training partner and repetition...
7(2b): Ahhh, fine, fine!! Watch me!
small: Don't make that face...

39)
1: The end.
2: Ehh?!
3: No, that's it! I took a blow like that...and then--
4: pain started running through my kicking leg.
5: That's right. Cuts are done with the hard shins or kneecaps, so it's possible to injure the opponent's legs.
6: It's like ambushing the enemy's kicking leg.
7: Without mastering it, though, there's no way you could cut a kick of that level.
8: You won't be able to do this immediately.
small: You're gonna block it with your weak point? Geez...
9: However...

40)
1(2b): Even if you don't manage to ambush it, as long as you can raise your leg a little, the result should be quite different. Think about completely blocking it!
2: OK...
3: Completely blocking lows...
4: No, before that...
5: Speed, power, technique...
6: There's no aspect where we're equal.
7: Isn't there...anything...

41)
1: Shougo-kun and Osada-san were slighter above me in speed and distance.
2: Tsuchiya-san and Taka didn't really know much about kicks...Yamazaki-san too...
3: Something...isn't there something...anything that we're equal in...
4: ...that I can...!
5: Nothing...there's nothing!!!

42)
1: There's nothing...I have nothing but punches and kicks...!!
2: And he's better at me at both of those.
3: ...no, it's alright...
4: That's fine.
5: This isn't an opponent that pretension and deception will work on.
6: The way I am now...

43)
1: I have to show him
2: the best thing...I've got.
3: --that's the only way--!!!

44)
1: The best thing I've got...?
2: It has nothing to do with kicks...
3: My straight.
4: My straight
5: that I've thrown hundreds, thousands of times.
6: No...
7: Wait...

45)
1: He can--
2: Whaaaaaat!???
3: What are you talking about...?!?!

46)
1: Why Yamazaki?!
2: Did you forget the mayhem that went on with the boxing club?!
3: You've gone nuts!
4: I wonder if he'll meet with you...
5: After that incident...he became really nervous.
6: Especially in regards to you--
7: My straights are the only thing...
8: I've ever thought I could outdo everyone in...up till now.
9: I thought if it came to a straight fistfight, that with distance and speed...I could...

47)
1: That was the first time I was completely overwhelmed by straights!!
2: The straights that I used to cut in and dodge even with Izawa-san...were completely overwhelmed straight on from Yamazaki-san.
3: That's true...but, wait....err
4: You really want to meet him...?
5: Even if you did...
6: I intend to ask him until he agrees.
7: Yamazaki-san asked. "How was I?"
8: And this time--

48)
1: I want to ask him how I was!
2: This time, I want to...
3: talk with him proper.