Area no Kishi 18

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#18 The Man who Aizawa Suguru Acknowledged

Text: In the match against Shounan, we lost by one goal.

Text: And all the matches the third years can officially enter have ended.

Voice: Assemble!

Voice: First years! Don’t dilly-dally!

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Coach: When the third years retire, second year Sakaki will be the new captain.

Coach: The vice-captains will be Ootsuka and Kobayashi Kouji

Coach: Under the new structure with these three people as the core,

Coach: You must win next year’s provincial preliminaries! You must work hard for your goals, is that clear!

All: Yes sir!

Coach: Also, from today onwards, I will focus all my strength on coaching the high school division.

Coach: The middle school division will be getting a new coach.

All: ……!

Sakaki: P-Pardon me!

Coach: What is it, Sakaki?

Sakaki: Why the sudden change?

Coach: Coaching the high school division is a tiring and difficult job.

Coach: I find it difficult to coach you well at the same time as them.

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Coach: This caused me to overlook a player who improved greatly both psychologically and technique-wise.

Kakeru: …

Coach: If I have noticed him earlier, the team would probably be in the nationals.

Coach: To avoid such things from happening again,

Coach: An excellent young coach has been hired.

Kakeru: ……

All: ……

Kakeru thinking: Coach…

Voice: Dismissed!

All: Thank you for your guidance!

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Kakeru: Coach Kumagai!

Sfx: Turn

Coach: What is it, Kakeru?

Kakeru: Um… I…

Coach: If you have anything, please speak.

Kakeru: Tha…

Kakeru: Thank you for your guidance!

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Coach: Yes…

Coach: After you graduate to high school, it is likely that we will be opponents.

Coach: You must do your best, and not shame your brother’s name.

Kakeru: Yes sir!

Nana: …

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Nana: Come to think of it, Coach Kumagai is really good at what he does.

Nana small speech: Just that he’s a little obstinate

Kakeru: Yeah.

Kakeru: I guess next year’s high school division will be even stronger.

Kakeru: Because most of the starters in this year’s provincial games will be retained to the high school division.

Kakeru: And Saeki and Nishijima are joining the squad.

Nana: I heard Kunimatsu-senpai mention that there would be a greatly praised player transferring in next year. They’ll be a force to reckon with, Kakeru.

Kakeru: Yeah.

Kakeru: There’s only a few more months before we say goodbye to Kamakura…

Nana: …Yeah.

Kakeru: …

Nana: We should also decide which high school we’re going to.

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Nana: To be honest, I found an interesting school.

Kakeru: Oh? Where’s it? Is it famous?

Nana: I don’t know. I guess it’ll stand out next year though.

Nana: It’s a school set up for football.

Kakeru: Eh?

Nana: Have you heard of the JFA Fukushima Institution set up by the Japan Football Association?

Kakeru: ?

Nana: It is a school to train the soccer elite, and is one of the few specialized schools within Japan.

Nana: But I found out something better.

Nana: Rumors say that there are large corporations behind that institution, and they hire coaches and even enroll boarding students from South America or Europe.

Nana: All to create a Japan team that can take on the world.

Nana: Formed two years ago, this school will be at its full capacity of three full years of students, and will take part in the high school tournament.

Kakeru: Sounds intimidating.

Nana: It’s in West Tokyo, with a full boarding programme.

Nana: What do you think, Kakeru? It’s a co-ed school, so we’ll both be able to attend. Want to try it out…?

Kakeru: Sorry, Seven.

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Kakeru: I already have a school I want to go to.

Nana: Eh?

Kakeru: After we go to the hospital, want to come to my house?

Nana: Sure.

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Nana: How was it, Kakeru?

Kakeru: The results from the test are quite good. I can leave off the drugs a little now.

Mine: Heart transplants between brothers are rare cases,

Mine: But transplants of other organs are more common.

Nana: …Mine-sensei

Mine: Transplants between brothers are less likely to cause rejection.

Mine: And Kakeru’s example is even more miraculous, it seems that the heart is very stable.

Mine: However, if you were to catch a cold,

Mine: There is the possibility of rejection, so you should be careful, okay?

Kakeru: Okay.

Mine: Mishima… Can you come over here for a moment?

Mine: I have some things to discuss with you.

Nana: Uh… Me?

Mine: …

Sign on wall: Psychotherapist Consultation Room [I’m not too sure if this is correct.]

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Nana: Eh? Did you do watch the match just now, Mine-sensei?

Mine: Yes. Kakeru came to consult me. He wanted to find a way to overcome his left handicap.

Mine: As such, I suggested him to try ‘Reverse Therapy’.

Nana: ‘Reverse Therapy’?

Mine: Spend an hour each day, maybe even taking a wall as his opponent,

Mine: Just, and only using his left leg to repeatedly play with the ball and shoot.

Mine: This is a way to personally confront the psychological blockade formed.

Nana: …

Mine: I saw that he seemed to have achieved some results, so I dropped by the match to watch.

Mine: And it seems that he has done very well indeed.

Nana: He has no problems at all now.

Nana: It’s positively unbelievable that he received a heart transplant a year ago.

Mine: That’s right. That last run with the ball almost looked like…

Nana: Mine-sensei… Don’t you have some things to tell me?

Mine: …

Mine: I have a book I’d like you to look at.

Text in gap between panels: Memories of the Heart

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Nana: “Memories of the Heart”?

Mine: This is the autobiography of a female dancer who received a heart transplant.

Nana: !?

Mine: This author received a transplant from a sibling, just like Kakeru.

Mine: She adapted well after the surgery and was able to cycle after 3 days and was discharged a month later.

Mine: But she became much more spirited after the surgery and even picked up dancing.

Text in gap between panels: [Memories of the Heart -- The notes of recipient of a heart transplant] Published by Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co.

Nana: …

Mine: At the same time, she felt an incredible feeling.

Mine: As though someone else’s memories had been injected into her being.

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Nana: How can this be?

Nana: There is no scientific evidence whatsoever.

Mine: But the author did in fact feel that way.

Mine: Just like in that match, Kakeru’s last run with the ball…

Nana: Please don’t say anymore! I will not read this type of book!

Nana: My many apologies!

Mine: …

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Kakeru: I’m back!

Mum: Oh, Kakeru! What did the doctor say?

Sister: Kake nii, welcome back.

Kakeru: I’m good. Everything’s fine.

Kakeru: Come in, Seven.

Nana: I’m coming in.

Mum: Welcome, Nana!

Sister: Ah! It’s Seven nee.

Nana: Hi Mito!

Nana: I’m coming in,

Nana: Suguru.

Kakeru: …

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Kakeru: Come on in.

Nana: Can I? That’s Suguru’s room, right?

Kakeru: I found that here, so just come in!

Nana: Ah!

Nana: Sorry, Suguru!

Kakeru: It’s this.

Nana: Isn’t this a diary? How can you just flip through it?

Kakeru: Don’t worry. Nii-chan’s diary is practically all about football.

Kakeru: Isn’t it.

Suguru’s picture (o.O): …

Nana: He seems angry.

Kakeru: A-Anyway, you should take a look at this.

Nana: Hm.

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Text in box: Haven’t seen Araki in ages. After having a fallout with the coach of the U-15 team, it constantly nagged at my heart, so I sent out a mail. Never thought I’d actually get to meet him, how exciting.

Text in box: I will definitely let him join the U-15 team. This way, the area for my passes will increase, and the team will be much stronger for it.

Text on lines: This guy is better at passing than I am.

Nana: Liar… In all the midfielders in his generation, there is a person with better passes than Suguru?

Kakeru: Although I didn’t really believe that either, but since Nii-chan believes it so, then this guy must be pretty good.

Nana: I’ve never heard of the name Araki…

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Kakeru: If it’s as Nii-chan says, then I want to go to the same school as that person.

Kakeru: I want to receive the passes of the person that Nii-chan recognized.

Kakeru: Because a Knight needs a King.

Nana: Kakeru…

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Kakeru: See? It’s the guy in this picture.

Nana: Oh…

Kakeru: You don’t think he looks pretty good?

Nana: But what school is this Araki in?

Kakeru: Enoshima High.

Kakeru: See?

Text: Araki seems to have decided to go to Enoshima High.

Nana: Enoshima…

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Nana: Okay…

Nana: I’ve decided too.

Nana: Let’s go there!

[Translator note: O.o They decide which high school to go to just like that?]

Kakeru: Yeah.

Mum: Kakeru! Dinner’s ready!

Mum: Nana, you can join us too!

Kakeru: Coming!

Nana: Thank you so much!

Sister: Ho…

Sister: Going into Sugu-nii’s room just like that again…

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Sister: Ah?

Sister: They peeked into Sugu-nii’s diary? How despicable!

Sister: Oh

Sister: As expected, he’s really serious, so different from Kake-nii.

Sister: Eh? Why does this page have a grain of rice stuck to it?

Sister: Never thought that the two of them would be so similar…

Text: From the bottom of my heart, I am disappointed with Araki. If I had known it would have been this way, it would have been better if we had never met.

Text: He really is an impossibly opinionated person.

Sister: Opin…ionated?

Sister: Who?

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Words on Paper: Notification of Acceptance

Smaller words at the bottom: Enoshima High School