Beach Stars 24

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title) Onsoku's ace.

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b1) Onsoku's ace, Ishihara Kotomi.
b2) I never thought you'd still be playing volleyball.

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b1) Kotomi was an ace?
b2) hmph
b3) In the time I haven't seen you, your fangs have become quite dull.
b4) You used to have such a conceited look before.
b5) You were only a junior when you took the title of ace from me,
b6) and then you dropped volleyball like a bad habit.

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b1) So why are you still playing volleyball now?
b2) And not just volleybally, but MY beach volleyball!?
b3) What do you think you're doing?
b4) Let her go!

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b1) Are you one of Ishihara's teammates? You've got quite the extra bagage here.
b2) Kotomi is NOT extra bagage!
b3) She was the best setter on the volleyball team!
b4) Setter?
b5) Kotomi was?
b6) Ahahahaha! That's just great.
b7) I toss specialist as a setter...
b8) She's worth way more than that!
b9) Let me educate you, while in middle school, she was an expert at the quick spike.
b10) She would spike like she was possessed, to the people on the recieving end, it was like she was a demon.

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b1) That's who I refer to when I say Onsoku's ace Ishihara Kotomi.
b2) Because of you, I lost the spot of ace, and in the end, I wasn't able to play at all.
b3) Do you have any idea how betrayed I felt?
b4) Since then, I've trained myself so I wouldn't lose to anybody, and in beach volleyball I've finally made it to the national competition.
b5) Money and muscles can't betray you.
b6) Whoa, what a six-pack!

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b1) Ishihara, don't tell me you plan on entering this competition too?
b2) If so, I'll crush that dream of yours in the prelims.
b3) So badly that you'll never think of playing volleyball again.

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b1) Arrrgh!
b2) The way you're saying it pisses me off!
b3) Hey Iruka! Don't just leave us like that!
b4) So you're name is Iruka... You'll find out soon enough,
b5) just what kind of extra bagage you're getting with Ishihara.

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b1) Then, until Ryouko-san gets here, lets warm up.
b2) Okay.
b3) Taki, Taki, lets team up and stretch.
b4) hm? Sure.
b5) Spread your legs, and I'll push your torso down.
b6) Wait, I don't like where you're going with this.
b7) Listen, do it slowly, slo-w-ly...

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b1) Kurachi-senpai?
b2) ...yeah.
b3) Kurachi Machiko, she was my senpai in middle school from the volleyball team, that's it.
b4) Ma... Macho man!?
-there's a play on words here that gets lost in translation.-
b5) Hey, take a look, the girls from Yamagami have started a practice match.
b6) huh? Where, where?
b7) Doing a real match situation in preparation for the tournament, not bad.

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b1) 2 vs. 4!?
b2) Damn you macho man!

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b1) Here it comes... its fast!
b2) eeek!
b3) Hey, you can't do a proper return if you don't set your body!!
b4) I'm not here to work on my serves!!

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b1) Now, now Machiko... they're still freshmen who don't have a lot of match experience.
b2) hmph, you're too soft Amano.
b3) She got it!
b4) Talk about threading a needle!!
b5) hmph, this is nothing.
b6) Alright.

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b1) Amano.
b2) Side.
b3) To the side, got it!
b4) Th-that's!?

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b1) Its not like the normal spikes that are aimed at the endline,
b2) this one is aimed at the sidelines.

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panel) Cross Spike!!
b1) Its technical difficulty is higher than a normal spike, its also harder to defend against.
b2) That is Kurachi-senpai's best move.
b3) Cross... spike.

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b1) Okay, that's it for the morning practice.
b2) After lunch, we'll return to school for some training.
b3) Iruka, to get past the prelims, we'll most likely have to face her.
b4) They're probably the best team in the prelims.
b5) Iruka, can you beat her?

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b1) Behhh!
b2) ugh...
b3) I don't know what happened between you two in the past, but
b4) I'll win, in willpower too.