Hoop Men 1

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Tagline- A new serial about the growth of youth and basketball!!
Sidebar - The day that would become a turning point in an ordinary high schooler’s life has come!! For Satou Yuuho today is ‘that day’!!
-Hey!! Satou!!
S-Hm?
-Do you know a girl from class 7 called Koganei?
S-Ah yeah, I know her
S-That… that girl right? The manager of the basketball club, that…
S-is supposedly really cute
-Yeah yeah, that Koganei right
-It seems she wants to talk to you
-Are you free after school?
Underbar – Hoopmen

02-03
Red– ‘Fate’ has suddenly descended! Believe and fight! Jump without hesitation! A new path, dashing at full strength the first two parts of a new serial!!
Blue- Chapter 01 – Hero
Yellow- Title Page Colour 58 Pages
Orangey yellow tagline-It’s okay to have a dream!!
Bottom right- New Serial!!!
Orangey yellow tagline-Hope-filled Youth!
-Hoopmen
-Kawaguchi Yukinori
-The manga continues from page 19!!

04
S-‘Confessed to twice a day’ or
S-‘Mistaken for a celebrity and surrounded by fans’
h/w - Oi
S-Our school’s legendary idol, Koganei Mao
S-Has business with me after school!?

05
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S-What do you want? I don’t have much time
M- Ah I’m sorry, I’ll be really quick
M- Um… um… I…
M- From long ago, I’ve always…
H/w – sparkle
S- Wait
S- I really don’t have time for this
M- Eh…!?
S- I have to go and break up with all of my lovers
S- Because since we met just now
S- You’re the girl for me
S- S…Satou-kun!
-Stop that skit

06
-What do you mean all your lovers
-Ah~ crap, why did Koganei Mao call out a lame guy like this…
h/w- It hurts~ he he he
S- I’ve been at high school for three months and I already have a chance at love
S- Koganei-chan… I wonder what kind of girl she is?
S- I’ve never seen her up close
S- I saw Nancy practicing tennes (lol I think they mean tennis) in the
S- I’ve often heard Eguchi saying how she’s supposed to be really cute but
S- Eguchi’s taste in girls is lame…

07
M- Ah
M- Satou-kun?
S- I’m sorry for calling it lame Eguchi, ah, I’ve fallen in love

08
M- I’m Koganei, nice to meet you
M- I’m sorry, calling you out all of a sudden
S- Ah! Ha! I! I’m completely free!
-He’s super scared! That timid bastard is…
S- Crap!! She’s right in the middle! Is it okay to be doing this?
S- Calm down me!! Be cool and give her an answer!!
M- …I dunno hey
M- Well, I dunno this is very sudden but-
M- Satou-kun do you…
S- Waah! So sudden!!? ‘Satou-kun do you… have a girl you like?’

09
M- Have an interest in basketball?
S- What
M- Wanna join the basketball club?

10
S- Basketball… basketball she says… Basketball? …Huh?
S- She’s recruiting me for club activities!?
S-…No no ha ha ha wait wait, Yuuho
S- She hasn’t finished talking yet!!
M- No the ‘su’ from ‘Basuke’ is actually the ‘su’ from ‘suki’ (Basuke – basketball suki – like)
M- I like Satou-kun
H/w – hey hey
M- Well it’s like ‘if you’re interested in it you should be doing it from the start’
H/w- Miiin
M- If you’d like you can come and watch us practice
S- Ah sure
H/w- Yes he was dumped!!
-But
-Why would he like basketball?

11
S- Uwaa…. They’re running really hard…
S- I knew people who did sports were something else
-Right
-This kind of thing’s impossible for you Yuuho

12
-He
-Doesn’t look like someone who’d be good at sports, and his height’s nothing special
-It’s already summer, I don’t see her reason for purposely calling him out and scouting him
M- This is my family disguised as the basketball club
-I’m the eldest son
-I’m the second son
-Look after my daughter
M- And I was disguising my love for you as recruitment
H/w- Yay
S- You like disguises don’t you
H/w- Yay congratulations
M- Ah captain!! This is Satou-kun!!

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C-Yes!! I’ve been waiting for you comrade!!!
C- I’m the captain Nakamishi!! Nice to meet you!!
C- Ahh, so you being here means you’ve already joined the club right Satou-kun?
S- Ah no…
C- Okay let’s do our best
M- He’s just here as a spectator today! What’s with that tension!!
S- Ku… he’s loud, it’s hot and I can’t breathe-!!
C- What are you talking about we should raise the tension!!
C- Our hero has come
S- …Hero…?

14
C- Pretty much everyone here is a rookie and I honestly never believed we could ever become a winning team but
C- But if someone with amazing talent joined it would be great!!
S- …Talent? Me!?
C- This year we could make the top eight in the city tournament!!
M- Better better!!
H/w- tahahaha
C- Better you say!! We’ll win!?
S- That much!?
S- Have I got the hidden ability to change this small weak team into a winning team!? Seriously…!?
S- I never thought I had any talent in sports
S- Eh what? Could I be the spawn of an elite athlete? Like Ichiro or Kitajima!?
S- She could say something like ‘Take me to the nationals <3’
Sfx- gulp

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S-… That’d be good
S-…ha
S- If you’re gonna say that much… I’ll… try it… basketball…
S- No I’ll do it! As the hero of the basketball club…
S- Hm?

17
-Yeah awesome!!
S- Uo… a foreigner…?
S-…haha
S-…eh…? Is that a… foreign exchange student?
C- Ah? Hahaha what’re you saying
C- He’s the one (h/w – the rumoured one)
S – By ‘the onet’… you mean
C- What’s with that reaction didn’t you hear anything from Koganei?
C- Oi~!! Koganei you~!!
M- Ah
M- I haven’t explained it properly yet
C- You invited him without explaining it? Oi!! I was counting on you
M- Ah, well isn’t it ambiguous and hard to say?!
M- Um Satou-kun I’m sorry, umm…

18
M- He transferred yesterday from the home of basketball, America
M- A first year like us, Josh Kuji Griffin Jr.
C- The hero of the basketball club!!!
S-…ah

19
S- Why halfway through the season?
S- A guy like me suddenly invited to the basketball club
J- So YOU are Mr. Sato? あなたがウワサの佐藤さん？
J- Ah…!! I’ve been wanting to meet you!!　ああ…！！会いたかった！！
S- Now I understand the reason

20
-This is James-san who just moved in next door
S- It was when I was about three years old
S- I remember playing games together that day
S- Until he moved back to America in third grade we played together a lot
S- Well the reason I’m telling this story
S- And the reason I was invited to the basketball club wasn’t because of some hidden talent

21
S-Hey… I’m Yuho Sato. How’s it going? あ…オレサトウユーホよろしく
S-Was as the hero’s translator

22
J- Oh snap! おおっ！
J- Yes! At last, somebody who can understand English!よかった！！英語話せる人がいてくれて！！
S- Well, I just know some basics　まあ日常会話レベルだけどね
-I see… so this is what it was about…
h/w – oo-
C- We knew right away Josh was good when he started practice yesterday but…
C- We couldn’t communicate and it was really hard
C- Then Koganei heard a rumour about you
C- Then we started saying let’s invite him to join!!
C- But I’m amazed!! You can make conversation so easily!!
C- So how bout it? Do you want to translate for us for real?
S- Translate… you say… hm… far from being Ichiro, I’ll be acting as this guy’s support…

23
M- Amazing, how come you can talk like that!? I totally admire you
M- Wow, Satou-kun’s sort of cool
M- It must be fate that Josh and Satou-kun are in the same school
M- I’m begging you!! Join the basketball club!!
H/w – cool cool cool cooool
M- Ah, I’m sorry I invited you without saying anything about translating
S- It’s totally fine!
-Shall we go?

24
S- Satou Yuuho is joining the basketball club!! Let me translate for Josh!!!
S- Let’s aim for the top together!!
H/w- yeah!!
S- Alright bring it on Josh! (h/w – Say something)
S- Geh
C- Alright now
C- Strip
S- What!!?

25-26
S- It seems basketball is a sport played five on five
C- Ah this is great!! with Satou we make a perfect ten!!
C- We can play the first five on five game in ages
H/w – yeah!
S- And so I entered a match without even knowing the rules
S- No it’s impossible!! I’ve never actually played…
C- It’s okay, it doesn’t matter as long as we make the numbers!!
C- We’re not expecting anything!!
S- If you say it so wholeheartedly like that…
S- He kind of gets on my nerves a little but
H/w – Let’s have a good match
S- Well, I don’t have a choice

27
S- I couldn’t do something like that
C- Owaaa!!!?
S- Amazing…!!! What was that!? So cool!!
S- I don’t think I’ll ever be able to do that

28
S- Hyuuu!!! Gather up!!
H/w – ha ha ha…
S- If I think about it sensibly I could never be a star sportsman
S- It’s true it was a mistake before but for a second I seriously had a dream
S- Ha ha ha
H/w – no way no way
J- Shit!!
S- Hm?

29
J- Hey!!
J- Why isn’t anyone in the first years team going for passes!?
J- The defence too!! You’re just standing around!!
J- Don’t you have any motivation!?
S- Woah… he’s pissed
S- Is it cuz the first years don’t have any motivation?
C- Woah what’s wrong!?
C- Satou!! This is your time to shine, talk to Josh
S- Ah… yes

30
S-Ah… ha ha ha what’s wrong Josh?
J- Oh! Yuuho!!!
J- Tell them!! ‘People without a fighting spirit don’t have any right to stand on the court!! Get out of the gym right now’!!!
S- I’ll tell them… rather… ha ha ha
S- He says get out of the gym right now
S-As if!!!!
S- There’s senpai there too!! His way of speaking is harsh… is it a culture difference? What should I do…

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J- How many times do you intend to attack with the same pattern…
S- Ah jeez
S- Wait wait wait wait
S- Calm down!!
S- It’s true that besides you the first years aren’t really doing anything
S- But we’re tying at the moment!!
S- You can hold onto the upperclassmen team alone Josh
J- That’s no good!!!

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J- Basketball isn’t something you do alone!!

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S- Huh!? It’s fine as long as you get points isn’t it…
J- You guys don’t have any right to stand on the court!!
S- Oi!!
S- Is this guy looking for a fight…!!
S- What’s with getting so worked up about club activities…
C- Oi!! What!? What’s wrong with Josh?
S- Wai… a sec…
S- Ah you see…
S- ‘Gee basketball sure is fun!! I’m getting worked up-!!!’
S- He says
S- You’re too worked up!!! (h/w – ha ha ha)
H/w - What
C- No way… eh that’s what it is? Doesn’t he seem kind of angry
C- No, this is defiantly anger!! Right!?
J- Don’t touch me!!
S- Ku…!! Don’t you feel sorry for me? (h/w – Even though I looked out for you!!)
S- Ah!!
J- Hey!!

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J- Oi you!! Why aren’t you spreading your body even though you’re bigger than you’re opponent!?
J- Right!!
J- Are you afraid of bumping into your opponent!?
J- Huh!?
S- Ah~!! Geez!!
S- Crap…!!

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J- Not taking passes on the court is the same as not even existing!!
S- Um you see…
S- ‘The first years a skilled so it’d be good if they actively went after passes’
S- …He says!!
S- So translating means I have to do things like this… it might be unexpectedly hard work…
S- I translated it so calm down!!
S-… no but if I think it’s for Koganei-chan then…!!!

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S-I’ll just have to be flexible in my translation
J- You, #5, That move during practice, that was pretty good
S- Number 5… um… Ide-kun?
S- ‘That move you showed in practice was awesome’
S- ‘Work hard and head for the goal just like that’
I- Ah… okay
S- And Imai-kun
S- ‘You’re bigger than your opponent so spread yourself out and without fear… um… what? Post?
S- Post up?
S- Ah yeah yeah, so the defence…
S- It’s inoffensive this way…

37
S- Even if I just tell them
-Oh!! Ii-chan’s first goal!!!

38
I-Ah…Sa-satou-kun!!
I- I did it!!
S- Eh? No no no
S- All I did was translate
H/w- ha ha ha

39
-Oh!! It continues!!
S- It’s like all of a sudden…
S- They can do it, when all he did was give them a bit of advice
S- What’s up? Did you get into the swing of things?
I- Ah no!!
I- They’re amazing right?
I- Josh’s passes!
S- Passes?

40
I- He shakes off the defence…
I- It’s like in the instant you’re thinking ‘pass it to me now!!’
I- The ball’s in your hand!!
I- …Like magic

41
-Oh!!! Nice Imai!!!
-Did you see that just now!!! It’s really magic, the magic pass!!
-Josh’s started passing it seriously…
h/w – Hm… magic you say
M- The reason Josh’s started judging his passes is
M- Because the first year team changed
M- The first years are all rookies so their experience is short
M- They’re confused about how they should move in a match so they stay still right?
M- So if Josh was giving instructions but couldn’t communicate…
M- He’d get irritated…
M- It would have the opposite effect and everyone would think…
M- ‘Why’s he angry? Is it my fault? I can’t move badly’ wouldn’t they?
M- They’d get scared and move even less…

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M- If there’s no communication a vicious cycle is born in the team
M- But Satou-kun can tell us Josh’s instructions!
M- That’s right!! Satou-kun’s translations are
M- Changing the flow of the game!!!

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M- Satou-kun connecting the first years means
M- Everyone’s movement becomes better
M- Josh’s magic passes are drawn out…
M- And that brings out the power of the team!!
M- Ah see again!!
S- The hero’s magic passes…I… am…?

45
S- These guys are like different people when they’re organised by Josh!!
S- …Is Josh is displaying his skills as a passer…?!
C- …Alright!!
S- A gap in points has opened up…
S- The atmosphere around the senpai has changed too… they’re serious!!
S- Is this all…
M- Thanks to Satou-kun’s instructions!!

46
J- Alright take it!!!
J- A swift attack!!
J- Everyone –
J- Everyone run!!!
-…Oh… he put on the airs of a leader even though he’s a complete amateur
-He’s in the high school going home club
S- Afterwards I was told mercilessly
S- I was certainly an amateur and was leading a life alien to the sports lifestyle

47-48
S- But that’s why I thought that pass
S- Truly had magic in it
S- I could really
S- In such an earnest match

49-50
S- Take the lead
S- I could be a star sportsman
S- Basketball isn’t something you can do alone
S- Josh’s passes bring out the team’s power

51-52
S- Josh’s magic pass that I brought out
S- This time it will give me strength

53
(ignore sidebar)
S- But you know
-Uwa!?
-Are you okay?!
H/w – Ooooh
S- For the time being the reality is like this
C- Ah~
C- You got us beat!!
M- With Josh and Satou-kun’s power…
M- The first year team beat the senpai!!

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M- You’re our heroes!!
M- You two!!
H/w – wah-
- No!! He wasn’t even active!!
-Don’t praise him!! That idiot’ll get a big head again!!
-Ah… I can see it now… (h/w- ehe)
-Huh?

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S-What is this
S- My body is trembling
S- What is this feeling

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C-Oi Satou!! Are you listening!?
C-What’s with you, you’ve been spaced out since before
C-Did you really hit your head back then?
S- Ah no!! I’m totally okay – what is it!?
C-I said when you’re translating basketball terminology’s a must have so
C- I’ll lend you my basketball manuals!!
S- Really!? That’ll be a big help
S- Alright! By translating I’ll work hard to support the team!!
S- While I was saying that
S- In my head was

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S- An image like this
M- The real ace was Satou-kun
H/w – Heh
J- Hey Yuuho missing like you did back there is forbidden
S- Say what?
S- ‘Yuuho’s got good sense’ you say?!
S- Stop you’re making me blush
Tagline – He’s an ordinary guy, but he’s trying his best to be a hero!!
-Chapter 1/end
-Next time there are many changes to Yuuho’s lifestyle!! Big extra centre colour on page 27!! Be sure to read the second chapter too!!