Rookies 205

ROOKIES #205

tl by molokidan

175)
1: Ahhhh...
2: Bessho...!
3: Yeaaaaaaah!
4: Owww....
5: I still don't get that change-up sign...
6: Ussh...
7: Ahh...B...Bessho struck out...
8: Bessho...
9-10: clamor clamor
11: I can't believe it...
Vol. 205 - The Mound of Soul

176)
1: That was amazing! What is he thinking?!
2: Aniya threw pure straights at Bessho up until now.
3: Kuhh...so he really did it!
4: Dammit! Hey, we've gotta knock them down here!
5: Yeah, don't let anyone get out of there!
6: Yeah!

177)
1: Bessho-san!
2: Heheh! That son of a bitch!
3: Nikogaku's Aniya!
4: A one-on-one competition is...is the place where Sasazaki truly shines...and
yet...dammit!!
5: Kawakami!
6: Don't think about anything.
7: Just show them the true...
8: soul pitching!

178)
1: Alright!
2: Listen up! Just one more point!
3: One more point and we can win!
4: Our batting order is superior! Let's end this now!
5: Alright, let's do this!
6: Here comes the sayonara!
7: Gooooo! Nikogaku goooo!!

179)
1: Tuck your guts in!!
2: Yeaaaah!
3: Let's lay it on 'em!
4: Kawakamiiii! Take it easy!
5: Leave the backup to us!
6: Three strikes is more than enough, Kawakamiiii!
7: No, actually, aim for that!
8-10: Kawakamiiiii!
11: Ever since we entered the extension, haven't they gotten a little more talkative?
12: clamor clamor
13: Aren't things always like that?
14: Or maybe it's because we've never seen such a close match like this before.

180)
1: Kuahh
2: Striiiike!
3: Batter out!
4: Okay! Kawakami, nice fork!
5: Keep this pace up!
6: That's it, keep that ball running!
7: Ahah...they...
8: look like Nikogaku...
9: No...not just because they're talking now, it's the way that they're doing it...
10: They haven't changed.
11: Eh...no...but until now...
12: They've reverted.
13: Gradually,
14: to their true forms.

181)
1: Soul is key to an super-attack formation.

182)
1: I...it hit!
2: R...run!
3: Run, Hamanaka!
4: Calculated elite baseball is Sasazaki's true style.
5: Everyone was simply numbed by their unrefined appearance.
6: The crowd, and the players.

183)
1: Ahhhh, the toss!
2: Safe!
3: What, are you serious?!
4: You did it, Hamanaka!
5: He's the sayonara runner!

184)
1: Hahaha! You little bastard!
2: Yeaaaaaaah!
3: Don't worry about it, Kawakami!
4: Let's do the get two!
5: Y...yeah!
6: It's fine! Do your best, Kawakami!
7: Kawakamiiii!
8: Your heart most likely burned as well, and you risked everything you had when you
were a player!
9: Did you ever think about what that man from the stands was shouting about Sasazaki
baseball?!

185)
1: Please!
2: Please let me pitch!
3: We have to change There's no way you can pitch like that!
4: This wound isn't anything at all!
5: Please! Please let me throw it!
6: We beg you too, coach!
7: Chiba will definitely make it for us!
8: Coach!
9: Coach!
10: Muu...
11: Kuh...

186)
1: I have no choice...I'll allow you to return to the mound.
2: Coach!
3: But with a catch.
4: Let Ogasawara walk with your next pitch.
5: This is an order.
6: Real Sasazaki baseball
7: is...
8: Ahh, here comes Chiba!
9: Listen to all those cheers!
10: After sending a runner to second base he momentarily returned to the bench, and we
thought there'd be a change, but it seems like he is going to continue pitching!

187)
1: The batter he is up against is the tournament slugger, Ogasawara!
2: Chiba has already allowed this man to get a home run today!
3: How is the dead ball wound influencing his head?
4: There is one base left open...
5: Chiba...
6: You're really something...
7: The catcher is ready in the center.
8: What a fight!
9: Alright, that's it! Go, Chiba!
10: Chiba!
11: C'mon, Chiba!
12: That guy...

190)
1: #4 Pitcher, Aniya-kun!
2: The pitcher, Aniya-kun!
3: Murata!
4: Y...yes?
5: How many pitches has Kawakami thrown so far?
6: Um...er...
7: 132.

191)
1: It's certainly not a small number.
2: But his force hasn't dropped!
3: Yes.
4: It seems that way.
5: Coach...
6: Kawakamiiii!
7: Two outs!

192)
1: Fight them!
2: Show them your Sasazaki spirit!
3: clamor

193)
1: Y...yes sir!

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