Hoop Men 4

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01
A- …? A match?
Y- Ah… no I don’t really understand it either!!
Y- ‘Translator-kun has some amazing talent hidden away so someday he might surpass Komuta…kun’ he said…
J- What are you talking about Yuuho
Y- Jeez what are you saying Josh
Sidebar- I challenge you… for the sake of my dream!!
Y- I can do it…!!
Y- I have a weapon…!!
Y- With the dribble I have been doing everyday in the special training menu for newbies
Y- I’ll break past Komuta the way Josh always does it
Y- The certain kill lay-up…!!

02
Y- Here I go Komu…

03
Y- Ah
Y- Crap…
Chapter 4 Give up
Kawaguchi Yukinori
Story so far – Satou Yuuho joins the basketball club as the translator for Josh, American exchange student who can’t speak Japanese. The newbie challenges Komuta, a boyfriend like character to manager Koganei who is also skilled at basketball…

04
Y- Ooof!!!!
Y- Ow…
Y- Crap…
J- What are you doing are you okay!
J- You have to practice dribbling more!!
K- You okay?
Y- I’m fine!!
Y- Dammit… shut up Josh… I just screwed up a little bit!! Shit, the battle hasn’t even started yet, it can’t be counted as a ‘loss’
A- Can you say this to Josh? Where’s the basketball club?
Y- Ah! Well! Actually! I’m in the basketball club too!! Satou Yuuho nice to meet you!! Well, I just joined the club as Josh’s translator but I’m quickly developing pow-
A- Hm~

05
A- I’m Atsumu
A- Haha….
A- Nice to meet you Josh
J- Nice to meet you Atoumu
Y- Woah he understood!!!!
H/w- why
Y- Damn….
A- I’ll come to practice too starting today! See you later!
Y- Geez what the hell, shit…!!

06
C- Hey…
C- Woah!!!

07
C- Atsumu!! You came back!!
C- Is your injury all right already!?
A- Completely healed
Y- …Injury? Oh yeah…
Y- I don’t know the details but they were saying he was suspended for fighting… but it seems…
Y- The mood here is pretty welcoming… I wonder what happened?
J- Hey…
J- Oh
A- Hey Josh!!
J- Oh Atoumu!!
K- Eh what? Have those two already met?
K- But they already seem to get along so well!! Atsumu you don’t speak English do you?
A- Well if we have <3 and <3 and (basketball symbol) we don’t need words
C- Ah… I knew it aces have a way of understanding each other!!

08
?- So we don’t need a translator anymore?
?- We didn’t need that guy from the start
?- Let’s punch the next guy who uses the word ‘translate’
K- My <3 and Atsumu’s <3 are <3 so <3 is like <3
J- Oooh!! It’s a miracle for some reason I’m suddenly fluent in Japanese
Box- Victim imagination
?- Give it up already

09
?- This is always his pattern
?- He gets a crush on a girl and starts something
?- Gets dumped, gets bored and quits
?- Did you see? That big handsome guy and Mao-chan
?- Wow, they look good

10
?- What’re you watching Yuuho, a movie?
Y- No this is research
Y- There was a DVD in one of the books I borrowed from senpai
?- Really…
DVD- Lesson 1 – Lay-up shot
Y- Look this is a lay-up shot!! Cool huh?
?- Yeah that’s the shot you said you were practicing right
?- It’s cool
Y- Right!!
Y- Well I have it about 70% down pat
H/w- hehehe
?- Really
?- Ha
?- Lay-ups are the basic of the basics
h/w- I know it
?- If you had good instincts you’d have learnt to do it in P.E
?- Don’t get ahead of yourself moron
Y- If you don’t practice it repetitively you can’t use t in a match, this is why you’re an amateur
?- You’re an amateur too!! Don’t think you’re good just because you’ve done a bit of morning practice!!
Y- Are you stupid I’ve already got the tricks down!! I can imagine jumping high!! By imagining my hands reaching the goal!!
?- Whatever I’m over talking about basketball!! It’s been nothing but lately!!

11
Y- Alright…!!
Y- Nice pass Josh
Y- Jump high… like this…!! Decide it…!!!

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13
?- Oh!! Cool!!
?- It’s that right, the thing called a dunk
?- Yeah yeah!! Ah jeez!!!
?- It’s so cool!!
?- Ah… a dunk huh
?- I always thought this but isn’t it against the rules, this
?- But talk grandly after you learn how to do this
Y- Ku… you’re such an amateur
Y- The goal is 5.3 metres high!! It’s almost twice my height!!
Y- To put it simply if you can’t make your hand reach higher than that you can’t dunk!!
Y- There’s barely any Japanese high schoolers that can dunk!!
?- Ah, sorry, I’m kind of sleepy
Y- Listen oi
?- But that was amazing just now!! Rewind it!! I wanna see it again!!
?- Yuuho!!

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15
?- Ohh
?- Oh
?- Oh…

16
A- Ow…!!
C- Idiot look out!! What’re you doing hitting the body Yuuho!!
C- It’s against the rules!! The easiest time to get injured is when you’re about to land
Y- Ah… sorry… it was heat of the moment…
?- Wow… he dunked…
?- But what was that idiot doing he got pissed or something hahaha…

17
A- You okay?
Y- …Yeah… sorry…
A- Don’t worry about it…
A- This guy… after I completely blocked him
A- Without yielding an inch he came after me to stop me…
?- …That timid Yuuho…
?- Doesn’t know when to quit…

18
?- …haha…
?- This time he… might continue basketball for quite a while
?- Ha? Why?
?- Just a feeling
Y- He might surpass Komuta-kun
A- He might grow like Josh said, that guy
H/w- But he’ll never surpass me
J- Y yeah, Yuuho really should have passed back there!!
Y- Dunk? Whatever!! So what if you can do it? I was just reckless back there!! It doesn’t count as a ‘loss’!! Yeah!! And I won’t lose anymore!! I was born to fight this guy…
T- Ahh, you ran really well back there
(ignore stuff on side just adds)

19
T- Yeah young people should keep running without ever stopping
T- Chase after your future self
Tagline- Sunglasses that suit him too well!! The Basketball coach has appeared!!
C- Woah!!!
C- Tameyoshi!!
Y- Who!!!
Bottom right – Next time, everyone’s ambiguous reaction to this teacher!? But, he seems to know Yuuho well!?