Area no Kishi 16

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Page 1:

Yuusuke: We’ll equalize with one push!

Text: #16 The Awakening

Shounan players: There’s still 3 minutes! We must defend!

Page 2:

Kamakura Coach: Bastard!

Kamakura Coach: There’s no one on the right flank! Switch flank!

Kamakura Coach: Ahh! What the hell are you doing?

Kamakura Coach: Nice one, Saeki! Go all the way! Counterattack! Idiot! Use the space in the middle!

Nana: Yuusuke! Take the ball and attack!

Nana: They’re all tired! Use feints and pass them!

Kunimatsu: Yeah! That’s right! Rush forward! Blow them away with your power!

Sfx: Cut

Kunimatsu: Nice! Passed 1!

Shounan player: Don’t think about passing me!

Sfx: Pass

Shounan player: !

Page 3:

Shounan player: What?! The ball went to his foot!

Sfx: Bounce

Nana: Nicely received, Kakeru!

Kakeru: Oota!

Sfx: Fwip

Nakatsuka: Run, Kakeru!

Sfx: Smack

Page 4:

Shounan player: You…

Sfx: Run

Kakeru: !

Kakeru: … …

Sfx: Thump

Shounan player: !

Robby: -The pass failed.-

Robby: -Worth a couple of points, but the technical skill just isn’t there.-

Leonardo: -Are you blind, Robby?-

Robby: ?

Page 5:

Leonardo thinking: -That is a run with the ball.-

Shounan player: !

Giant Sfx: Ba-bump

Leonardo thinking: -In Brazil, that is a superb way of dribbling.-

Leonardo: -Most players stop the ball at their feet before feinting and passing their opponents.-

Leonardo: -But this requires only a light touch to send the ball in the intended direction,-

Leonardo: -Before following the ball. This is a more effective method of passing the defenders.-

Page 6:

Leonardo: -This requires the advanced techniques of a wide field of vision and instantaneous decision making skills.-

Leonardo: -He seems to be a different type compared to Suguru, who appears to have the ball attracted to his foot, and who excels at breaking the defense.-

Robby: … …

Shounan player: Don’t think about passing us!

Sfx: Run run

Shounan player: Don’t let him into the penalty area!

Commentator: Shounan Daifuzoku’s desperate defence!

Commentator: 3 defenders are sticking to Number 10, Aizawa Kakeru, following him to the right!

Shounan player: Pressurize him!

Commentator: Can he break through the defense?

Kakeru: …

Page 7:

Sfx: Whoosh

Commentator: Ah! He clears the ball over the defenders’ heads!

Shounan players: !

Sfx: Bounce

Commentator: A beautiful pass right to unmarked Number 9, Nishijima!

Page 8:

Nishijima: It’s my turn to score!

Sfx: Wham

Commentator: He shoots!!

Sfx: Smack

Goalkeeper: Ugh!

Sfx: Bounce

Yuusuke: There’s still an opportunity!

Commentator: Oh! It’s Number 11, Captain Saeki who gets the rebound,

Commentator: And takes a mid-range shot!

Sfx: Wham

Page 9:

Shounan player: Ugh!

Sfx: Slam

Commentator: And there’s still a chance! This time it’s Number 5, Nakatsuka Kouta with the ball!

Sfx: Thump

Crowd: Just one more goal!

Sfx: Waa! Waa!

Crowd: Just one more goal!

Crowd: Just one more goal!

Sfx: Waa!

Sfx: Waa!

Crowd: Just one more goal!

Leonardo: …

Sfx: Waa! Waa!

Crowd: Just one more goal!

Leonardo: -Since Suguru’s brother stepped on the field, the entire team changed.-

Page 10:

Leonardo: -Just one player, and everything changed so much-

Crowd: Just one more goal!

Crowd: Just one more goal!

Crowd: Just one more goal!

Leonardo: -This is football.-

Robby: …

Robby: -What’s wrong, Leo? This is a football Third World country. And they’re just high school students.-

Robby thinking: -Invited by European clubs at the age of fifteen, this is Leonardo Silva.-

Crowd: Just one more goal!

Crowd: Just one more goal!

Robby thinking: -What can make him so interested?-

Robby: -The invitation extended to you, it seems like Japan is beginning to put effort into developing their football arena-

Robby: -But don’t think just 10 years worth of time will let this country catch up to Brazil.-

Robby: -And their has just lost their savior, Aizawa Suguru.-

Page 11:

Robby: -Or are you saying that brother has talent comparable to Suguru’s?-

Crowd: Just one more goal!

Crowd: Just one more goal!

Leonardo: -Heh.-

Leonardo: -You’re right. These are probably just groundless fears.-

Commentator: Nakatsuka sends the ball in towards the penalty area!

Commentator: Nishijima is in!

Commentator: Going for goal!

Sfx: Punch

Commentator: It’s blocked by the goalkeeper!

Commentator: And the ball goes to Shounan!

Sfx: Slide

Commentator: Intercepted by Kamakura again!

Page 12 and 13:

Yuusuke: All forward! We go for goal!

Commentator: Splendid!

Commentator: What a terrifying wave of attack!

Commentator: Kamakura’s Number 11!

Page 14:

Crowd: Just one more goal! Just one more goal!

Crowd: Just one more goal! Just one more goal!

Yuusuke thinking: Just one more goal!

Nakatsuka thinking: Just one more goal!

Nishijima thinking: Just one more goal!

Kakeru thinking: I don’t want to lose!

Kakeru thinking: If I lose here , my highschool football career is over!

Kakeru thinking: I want to play football!

Kakeru thinking: I want to run with everyone on the same field!

Page 15:

Commentator: Ah! But the referee is already checking the time!

Commentator: Getting ready to end the last one minute anytime!

Sfx: Wham

Commentator: Saeki’s mid-range shot is deflected out of the penalty box!

Robby: -There is no time left-

Leonardo: …

Robby: -Leo! I will be blunt. No matter how much they offer, you cannot agree!-

Robby: -You must join the first-rate European club I manage.-

Leonardo: -The ball has been passed to Kakeru.-

Robby: …?

Page 16 and 17:

Sfx: Bounce

Kakeru: ……!

Kakeru thinking: I don’t want to lose!

Kakeru thinking: I want to play football with everyone!

Shounan player: Take him down!

Shounan player: This is the last offense!

Shounan player: If we take him down, we win!

Giant Sfx: Ba-bump

Sfx: Nudge

Nana: Eh?

Leonardo: ……?

Page 18:

Sfx: Tap

Shounan player: !?

Sfx: Whoosh

Commentator: Brilliant evasion!

Commentator: Aizawa Kakeru has passed one defender and is charging towards the goal!

Text: The ball seems to be attracted to his foot?

Page 19:

Sfx: Whoosh

Shounan player: !

Commentator: Fabulous! Passing two defenders without reducing speed!

Sfx: Shock.

Commentator: And it’s just the goalkeeper left!

Sfx: Ba-bump

Goalkeeper: Ugh!

Nana thinking: This… this unique evasive technique is…

Page 20 and 21:

Commentator: He’s through!

Page 22:

Commentator: He’s beaten even the goalkeeper!

Commentator: There are no more obstacles between him and the goal.

Commentator: Kamakura High has…

Commentator: Equalized!!

Page 23:

Sfx: Flutter

Commentator: Ah! No goal!

Commentator: It appears that the whistle was blown before the goal was scored!

Commentator: What a waste.

Sfx: Rest