Bamboo Blade 33

Whoever was doing this seems 2 have stopped. Y is irrelevant right now, it'd b great if it got picked up again. so anyway here's chptr.33 for n e editor who feels up 2 doing it.


page 47

page sfx.) Beep beep beep // tap // bang // clang clang clang

page 48

title) Morue High's first competition
building sign) Public Sports Center
box) Public Gymnasium

page 49

b1-3) pant, pant, wheeze
b4) Alright!
b5) I'm the first one here!
b6) Hmm, Kojiro-sensei, how rare
b7) you're here early.
b8) Kirino! You're early too!
b9) Well Of course, I AM the captain.
b10) We have a grand goal.
b11) So I need to get fired up too.
b12) You're motives are truly rotten, but we're happy nonetheless.
b13) Even if our dreams remain dreams, those feelings are enough for us.
b14) If its just feelings, I'll get fired!!

page 50

b1) The people are really starting to pour in now.
b2) There are 15 schools coming to this tournament.
b3) There aren't many girls though.
b4) There are some schools that don't have even 1 girl on the team.
b5) That's right.
b6) There aren't many female kendo-ists.
b7) In other words, the competition is slim! Our Tamaki can make it to the nationals!! She came make it to the nationals right!
b8,9) yeah, yeah
b10) So you're not expecting anything from the whole team?
b11) This tournament is to pave the way for Tamaki to get to the nationals.
b12) So the rest of us don't matter?
b13) Oh!
b14) Speak of the devil.

page 51

b1) Good morning.
b2) Where do we put our bikes?
b3) Around back.
b4) Now we just have to wait for Kuwahara-senpai, Miya-miya and Eiga-kun.
b5) I told them over and over to get here by 8:30...
b6) We can't keep waiting, or the time to change your clothes will end...
b7) You guys go on ahead and change.
b8) Wait sensei, I'll call them
b9) Ah.

page 52

b1) You overslept Saya?
b2) No, your wrong. Last night, a song would pop in my head, and just as quickly disappear, over and over.
b3) That always happens.
b4) Miya-miya?
b5) Where are you?
b6) Dan-kun got lost,
b7) I'm looking for him right now.
b8) Where's the public sports center?

page 53

b1) Okay, lets go get changed.
b2) The opening ceremonies are about to begin.
box1) By the way, today's competition plays out like this: In the morning is individual matches. The afternoon is team matches.
box2) Individual matches for both sexes is single elimination.
box3) Those who compete in the individual matches rarely do team matches, so a its usually the substitutes that compete.
box4) We don't have a lot of members, so there no substitutes.
box5) But Tama-chan and Saya are doing both team and individual matches.
box6) Since our only male members are Dan-kun and Yuuji-kun, they can't compete in team matches.
box7) Individual matches only.
sign) locker room
b3) There's no changing room for the boys, so change where ever you feel comfortable.
b4) Okay.
bubble sfx.) crowd noise

page 54

b1) Now then...
box1) Kawazoe Tamaki has
box2) a nearly complete knowledge of skills.
box3) And normally, you wouldn't grow over a short period of time.
box4) Her part-time job had brought an unknown result with it.

page 55

box1) Kendo* is,
*note- this has a double meaning, kendo itself (the sport), also 'the way of the sword'. Think of her statement as meaning both, not just one or the other.
box2) a fight with oneself.
box3) The growth of one's soul is directly connected to how strong they are.
b1) Oh, check that out!
b2) The biggest and the smallest fighters are about to start.
box4) Because she was so good to begin with, no one really noticed it, but
box5) Kawazoe Tamaki has gotten better.

page 56

b1) Men!

page 58

panel sfx.) Ohhhh!
b1) Hurry up and change!
b2) Your turn is coming up soon Dan-kun.
box1) It isn't a matter of only training your body and learning skills.
box2) Training the souls is what leads to getting better.
box3) Kendo.

page 60

b1) Alright!!
box1) Champion of the individual competition
box2) Morue High School Freshman, Kawazoe Tamaki.

page 61

b1) Hm? // Where's Kirino?
b2) She's over there talking with some of her friends from middle school.
b3) She has a lot of friends.
b4) Whaaat!?
b5) What does she think she's doing during lunch time?
panel sfx.) gruummbbllee
b6) I was looking forward to her croquets.
b7) I'm going to go look for her!
b8) Friends from middle school...
b9) I wouldn't want to meet anyone who knows about my past.

page 62

b1) The girl who won the girls individual competition was a freshman from your school right?
b2) Hehe!
b3) She's small, but good.
b4) Isn't she amazing!
b5) Senpai can we start eating without you?
b6) Hey! can't you wait till we get there?
b7) In comparison, our freshman all suck.
b8) You guys should learn from her! The girl who just won the individual competition was a freshman Morue high!
sign) Basking in the limelight
b9) Ahem!!
b10) Right, right.
b11) When they said Morue high freshman, I thought it would be Azuma.
b12) You're getting carried away.
b13) Azuma?

page 63

b1) How comes Azuma isn't here today?
panel) Huh?
b2) There is no Azuma in our club.
b3) That's weird, Azuma went to Morue high right?
b4) Did she quit kendo?
b5) That Azuma girl was in our middle school and was supposed to have gone to Morue high.
b6) She said she was going to quit kendo when she got into high school.
b7) Although she was really good.
b8) Azuma...

page 64

b1) Dan-kun, open wide!
b2) Aa-n!
b3) Tama-chan, lets eat too.
b4) Miya-miya, open wide!
b5) Aa-n!

page 65

panel sfx.) bleeaargh
b1) Was that just Odajima Reimi!!?
b1/5) I wasn't just seeing things right?
b2) But why is she here?
b3) Don't tell me...
b4) She plans to follow me around in high school too?

page 66

b1) Hmm, so it was true that Miyako-chan started kendo.
b2) fufufu... you look good in the armor.
b3) You've gotten a lot prettier since you've gotten into high school
b4) Miyako-chan.