Holyland 127

HOLYLAND #127

tl by molokidan

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act.127 Izawa: Two Years Ago[1] ~Two years ago[1]~

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1: It began...yes...what feels like a very long time ago.
2: Hey! A crazy first-year entered the boxing club!!
3: Second and third-years are getting beaten on!!
4: Woah, let's go watch!!
5: How does he look?
6: He's kicking ass...

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1: Ahhhhhh!!! He beat another one!!!
2: Is that the guy!!?
3: Izawa, the first-year!!!

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1: The ring's all slick with sweat...so I slipped...
2: You were rolling down there three whole times! Slipped my ass!
3: Step down!
4: O...kay.
5: But you threw those punches too hard, Izawa!! Be more careful about how many
you throw* and your speed...step down.
*: Amateur boxing rules are defined by a point system, so punches that hit and
punches that knock a person down are both only worth one point.
6: Hey, what's his face like?
7: He's really hot.
8: Man, this is why girls piss me off...
9: Seriously...

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1: Oh my god, oh my goooood! Look at him!!
2: Geez...!
3: I knooooow!!!
4: come on...
5(2b): You're in for it now, Izawa! Did you see all those girls out there?!
6: Looks like god made a mistake with you and stuffed two or three extra souls
into your body.
7: You beat pretty much all the second years, didn't you?
8: Crazy...

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1: Wait at least a year until you enter a tournament though, alright?
Hahahahaha
2: Yeah, all we've got left now is the tournament!
3: You did karate, right, Izawa?
4: Yeah.
5: I felt I was more inclined toward this, though.
6: The dojo was far off from the station, and I had this one senior who used to
pick on me a little too much.
7: Ah...I think I kinda know what you mean...
8: See ya tomorrow!
9: Back then, I--

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1: thought I was doing well. I don't know what I was using for comparison, but
2: I felt a little joy of success...
3: Then, sorrow--...
4: I'm home.
5: Welcome home.

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1: After my dad left, my mom always waited by the front door for me to come
home.
2: As if she was waiting for my father.
3: What happened? You were late.
4: I was at the club...
5: Did you eat?
6: Ah! You got a wound on your face again...
7: Can you show me for a minute...?
8: No, I'm alright...
9: No you aren't, come here!

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1: My dad left two years ago.
2: Not having him around
3: isn't any big tragedy, but...

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1: My dad advised a certain corporation as a stock trading developer,
2: and caused a public stir through insider trading which utilized the
corporation's company merging.
2: My father's name was released as the "brain" behind the incident...
3: In the end, no definitive proof was found,
4: and he wasn't sued,
5: but the pursuit of the mass media was severe,
6: and the eyes of the public stayed on my family.
7: then

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1: Then...
2: dad--
3: ran away.
4: He abandoned everything.
5: My dad, who always brandished the power of the state, who always said "win,
win, win."
6: My strong dad.

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1: The man I had been watching up until now...who was he?
2: I didn't know the real him.
3: But--
4: I'm not like that...I'm definitely going to be--

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1: Chase him, chase him!
2: Lookin' good, Izawa!
3: Go from the side!
4: Get out more...

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1: Lightly, quickly, lightly...
2: Go for points, points...
3: Mmm...
4: I heard Izawa did karate up to middle school...is that correct?
5: Eh? Yeah, I'm sure of it, coach.
6: Why do you ask?

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1: Nah, normally, guys with experience in karate go in and out directly, but...
2: Izawa circles around his opponent, and his footwork is excellent!
3: If I had to guess, I'd say he played something like basketball because of
his movements.
4: In karate, one barely moves their upper body, but his weaving and ducking is
extremely smooth!
5: I thought so...! He does a great job even when he has to play basketball and
soccer in PE.
6: He takes on the whole other team pretty much by himself.
7: Woah!

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1: So this all comes from his motor reflexes...!
2: In that case, he might be...
3: an extremely gifted kid!!!
4: Dammit, I won't let him catch me!
5: His legs are good, but...

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1(2b): If I don't crush him down here...since we're on the same level--
2: then I might not be able to enter the tournament next year.
3: I need to charge in with some hitting somehow.
4: I know I can't lose in pure power!!
5: Hey, Izawa...!
6: You know what you're doing?
7: You've got nothing more than martial arts skill, alright? You gonna fight
seriously or what?
8: This isn't a sport where we just dance around and tap each other!
9: Hoo
10: Tch
11: C'mon, bite already...

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1: If you're scared, then step down.
2: Stop running away from me!
3: Ohh
4: Did it work?
5: You're simpler than you look.
6: I'm gonna slam you down!!

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1: Oh
2: gh
3: ...hey...
4: Ah...
5: puahh
6: Wai...

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1: Guhahh!!
2: No! Stop!
3: Stop him...!! Hey!
4: Stop, Izawa!!!
5: O-okay!
6: Wait, Izawa!!
7: This is a spar, man!! Stop!!!

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1: Ahhh!! Kobayashi-senpai!!!
2: Kobayashi...?!
3: What a guy. Even with pure power...
4: he completely obliterated a second-year!!
5: Hang in there...
6: Senpai...!!
7: I...I'm different.
8: I'm definitely going to be--