Bamboo Blade 48

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page 195

title) Kirino's concentration

page 196

bubble sfx.) -all- pan (sound of shinai hitting each other)

page 197

b1) Dou!!
b2) Good, the dou scored!!
b3) Nice job Satorin!!
megaphone) megaphone
b4) We got the first win!!
box) The prelims have begun.
b5) She did it.

page 198

box1) 2nd: Miya-miya Loss by 2-Men.
box2) 3rd: Saya Victory by 1 kote and time over.
b1) 2 wins, 1 loss!!
b2) Just 1 more, just 1 more!!
panel) Let's keep // this up!!
box3) Since they had nothing else to do, the boys cheered on the girls.
b3) Its up to you now Kirino!!

page 210

b1) Whoa! That was amazing Kirino!!
b2) You got 2 points almost instantly.
b3) That was cool!!
b4) ehehe.
panel1) Her // techniques are a lot sharper!!
panel2) I thought she wouldn't be able to concentrate because her mom is in the hospital. // But its the exact opposite.
panel3) Actually, she's doing way better than normal.

page 202

panel1) The situation with her mom is making her feelings come together as one. // That's why her concentration is higher and she's fighting better than she normally does.
b1) It loosk like there's no need for me to support her.
panel) There's no competing with Kirino.
b2) Yeah.
b3) Good job Kirino!!
panel) Yay!!
b4) And then,
box) Anchor's battle.

page 203

b1) Meen!!!
b2) Nice going Tama.
b3) We won our first match!!

page 204

b1) Ah, there you are, Konishi-san.
b2) Our turn is coming up soon.
b3) I'm sorry, I'll be right there.
b4) She's...
b5) Do you know her?
panel) Not really.
b6) Remember the group that won the district competition.

page 295

b1) She's the anchor of Toujou high.
2) We're in the same block, so we'll face them 2 matches from now.
paper) Program.
panel) massage, massage
b3) So then she'll be Tama-chan's opponent.
b4) No problem.
b5) In the district tournament, there wasn't anyone near Tama's level.
b6) You hear that?
b7) yeah...
b8) But...
b9) There are some...
b10) ugly rumors floating around about her.

page 206

b1) Her opponents for her matches get hurt...
b2) or there are thumb tacks in their shoes...
b3) or their armor is either missing or broken...
b4) Are you saying she did that?
b5) They're rumors...
b6) Hey, hey, are you serious?
b7) There's no way any of that can be true!
b8) Its probably excuses the people that lost to her made up.
b9) Girls are scary you know.
b10) Who'd you hear that from Saya?
b11) I heard from a friend's friend.

page 207

b1) I knew it!! A friend's friend!
b2) Is she an urban legend now?
b3) Oh be quiet sensei!
b4) I don't take that stuff seriously either!!
b5) Besides, there's no idiot who would go that far at a school level tournament.
panel) right?
b6) That's too unreal.
b7) Sensei, what are you doing? The next match is starting.
b8) Oh, sorry, I'm coming.
box1) And in the next match,
box2) Muroe high was progressing smoothly.

page 208

b1) Muroe high's victory!!
b2) We did it!!!
box) Leadoff: Azuma Satori - Victory // 2nd: Miyazaki Miyako - due to the other school only have 4 members, win by default. // 3rd: Kuwahara Sayako - Tie. // 4th: Chiba Kirino - Victory. // Kawazoe Tamaki - Victory.
-I almost put loss 4 tamaki as a joke!!-

page 209

b1) Today you're in amazing shape Kirino!!
b2) You won 2-0 again!!
b3) ehehe! Right!!
b4) Miyazaki-san, its lunch time,
b5) let's go outside.
panel) Time for food.
panel) pissed (x5)

page 210

b1) Satori, go buy me a Pocari...
b2) huh?
b3) I'm really thirsty...
b4) Can you buy a Pocari please!?
b5) Righ...
b6) Right away!!
panel1 Weakling, your name is go-fer.
panel2) I'm the only that didn't win. // I couldn't even get a single point.
b7) Hey, Miya-miya.

page 211

b1) What is it Dan-kun?
b2) Its time to eat Miya-miya.
b3) Everyone is already waiting outside.
b4) I'm sorry Dan-kun;
b5) Miya-miya...
b6) You may have lost, but you tried your hardest out there!
b7) yeah.
b8) That was really impressive.

page 212

b1) Yeah.
b2) I was pretty cool huh.
b3) Nice going!!
b4) You guys!!

page 213

b1) For remembering to prepare some for me too...
box) lunchbox
b2) You're talking about that instead of the match?
b3) There's only 1 left.
b4) Toujou high also has 2 wins and no losses, if we don't beat them, we wont make it to the state finals.
panel) State tournament finals have 8 teams. -box1- Block A 4 schools // Muroe 2 wins 0 losses // Toujou 2 wins 0 losses. -box2- Block B 4 schools. // Each block will leave 1 school to go to the regionals.
b5) We can do it, we will do it.
b6) Our forces are strong, we wont be stopped!
b7) Huh?
b8) What happend to Satorin?
b9) Ah.

page 214

bubble sfx.) tumble.
b1) I'm taking too long.
b2) Miyazaki-san is going to be really mad
b3) whoa
panel sfx.) crunch
b4) Ah!
b5) I'm terribly sorry.

page 216

optinon2) Saturn

page 217

title) Kirino-san's thought process.
b1) If Kirino would only learn to focus more, she'd be way better at kendo.
b2) Yeah, I think its because she has too many idle thoughts.
b3) Look, she's off in her own world again.
b4) Since its Kirino, she's probably thinking of something stupid.
panel) WHAAAAAT!!?
b5) We're terribly sorry!!! !!! !!! !!!

page 218

title) Fixing Azuma's clumsiness.
b1) Waah, why am I such a klutz?
b2) Strangely enough, when you're doing kendo, you're not a clutz at all.
b3) You're absolutely right!!
sign) Cure Satorin's clumsiness club.
b4) Then try staying in kendo mode during normal life.
b5) Okay, I'll try.
box) Sliding her feet.
b6) Captain... something is just basically wrong here!
b7) We have no way of handling this, just give it up cptn. Kuwahara!

page 219

title) Miyako-san and the useless one.
b1) Wow! Miya-miya's lunch looks delicious!
b2) You made all of this yourself right?
b3) Huh? Really?
b4) Amazing!
panel1) I don't feel too bad after hearing that, // but I didn't get this good because I like cooking.
b5) I'm home.
b6) Miyako, I messed up the Paella.
b7) Idiot!! Didn't I tell you never to set foot in the kitchen!? // What the hell is that? Is that tear gas!?
panel2) How should I put it... Yeah, Its so I could survive.

page 220

title) The daughter and the feelings of the father that doesn't want her taken.
b1) Tamaki, what's the name of the anime that you normally watch?
b2) "Wait! Real puzzler." and "Ryuuji-kun and Fukuro-kun".
b3) Hmm.
panel) T.V.
bubble sfx.) click
b4) "Wait! Real Puzzler" is a fantasy action...
b5) And "Ryuuji-kun and Fukuro-kun" is slapstick
cup) tea
panel2) Good! // She isn't interested in love just yet!!