Meister 3

Char <3

Note: This is FOOTBALL. Not soccer.

Honestly, as a translator, I don't mind if someone wants to play around with the words of this translation, as long as you don't change the meaning, I'm pretty lenient on that. But as a football fan, I have to say a big NOOOOOO to calling this beautiful sport soccer. Seriously, it's football, it has always been football, and it will always be football, despite what Americans can say about the matter. I'm not going to stop you if you want to call it soccer, but honestly, as a fan, given the choice, I don't think I'd download scans that call it like that >.>;

This was just my random two yens on the matter. Not that I actually care, though, one does not care to acknowledge the mistakes of one's non-otaku life >.>

Enjoy~

Meister chapter 03

Page 01

Play.3 Natural-born Striker

Middle : The Star of a Junior Youth team has been seen at Satomi high!? What kind of guy is he...!?

Newspaper title : Candidate for the future Japanese team
Newspaper subtitle : A big talent that keeps growing
Newspaper left (big) : Nishiki Hiromu
Newspaper left (middle) : Chiba Jazz United Junior Youth
Newspaper right : “The only thing I think about is scoring.”

Page 02

Matsudo : Two weeks have passed since the school entrance ceremony.
Middle : Free training!! What is Matsudo doing...!?

Matsudo : Nice shoot!

Page 03

Guy : Matsudo, next time, try to pass the ball a bit before.
Matsudo : Yes!
Matsudo : I was surprised about choosing my own way of training in the beginning, but
Matsudo : Right now I'm focusing on polishing my passes in order to switch to attacking midfielder.

Matsudo : I feel like I got used to the club's ambiance too.

Kozue : Kyaaaaa!

Kozue : Wait... It's scary!
Kozue : This is scary!!
Kozue : Stop, Raiho-kun...
Kozue : Nooooo!
Raiho : Uryaryarya!

Matsudo : I just can't understand the captain even now.
Kozue : Kyaaa!
Matsudo : Does this training have a point?

Page 04

Guy : Matsudo!!

Matsudo : Ah!!

Guy : Don't daydream, Matsudo!!
Matsudo : D... Damn.

Nishiki : This is your second time today...
Nishiki : It's good to train passes, but
Nishiki : Practicing traps is important too.

Page 05

Nishiki : If your first contact isn't steady, the pass won't connect...

Nishiki : Right? Noppo-kun.
(T/N : A Noppo is a rather popular Japanese bread, rather long and slender and with the picture of a giraffe on the package, and it became overtime slang for a tall and slender person)

Matsudo : ...?
Matsudo : A senpai from the soccer club I don't know?
Matsudo (small text) : He's wearing spikes.

Kiichi : Who's that?
Taira : A face I don't know...
Matsudo : Eh?

Matsudo : Wh... Who are you?
Nishiki : Ah, my bad, I put you on your guard?
Nishiki : I'm just someone hoping to join the football club, I barely joined the school this year...

Page 06

Matsudo : Hoping to join the club?
Matsudo : Even though it's been already more than one week since the entrance ceremony?
Matsudo (right) : A freshman, like me?
Nishiki : Ah, well, a lot happened.

Raiho : Hey, what's with the commotion?

Kozue : Hm?

Kozue : Aaaaah, he's here!

Raiho : Wha... what's wrong, Kozu-chan!?
Raiho : Shouting like that all of a sudden...
Kozue : That guy, it's that guy!
Kozue : I noticed him coming to check our practice from outside a few days ago!
Kozue : But I wasn't sure it was him because I thought there was no way he'd be here!

Raiho : Do you know this guy?
Arrow : High school girl and football maniac.
Kozue : Of course, he's a player that got a lot of attention!

Kozue : See!
Newspaper : The future Eleven. The talents of Jr Youth that stand out.
Kozue : He was even featured as a candidate for the future Japanese team in “Monthly Football World”!

Page 07

Kozue : He even took part in tournaments with the JR youth team of Chiba Jazz United.
Kozue : A natural-born striker, who will definitely score as long as he gets the ball in the penalty area.
Kozue : It's Nishiki Hiromu-kun!!

Kiichi : You were mentioned in that magazine!?
Nishiki (small text) : It... it's a bit embarrassing.
Someone : Awesome!
Someone : Aren't you a famous guy!
Raiho : It's a bourgeois!!
Matsudo (small text) : A bourgeois!?

Matsudo : Huh? But, usually, rather than in our club
Matsudo : Shouldn't you have gone to the club's Youth team?

Nishiki : Aah...
Nishiki : Well, actually...

Bottom note : Jr Youth teams is for middle school students, Youth teams for high school students.

Page 08

Nishiki : I couldn't make it to the Youth team.

Someone : Eeeeeeh!?
Nishiki : You can say I wasn't in the club's future plans? (small text : hahahaha)
Someone : What kind of unthinkable stuff are you saying?!

Someone : But why?
Someone : Weren't you a great hope for the future! (small text : You were scoring too, right!?)

Nishiki : That's because I don't defend.
Matsudo : Eh?

Page 09

Kai : Defend?
Nishiki : That's right, please listen to my story!
Nishiki : Since I'm a forward I was thinking it was alright if I didn't defend.
Nishiki (small text) : All-rounders like Maradona or Ronaldo
Nishiki : But the coach over there kept insisting about making me defend more.

Nishiki : And then the collision...
Nishiki : Well, it may also be because I had a long break because of an injury last year, but...

Nishiki : but I'm not really feeling down.

Nishiki : It doesn't matter where or what kind of team.
Nishiki : As long as I keep getting balls
Nishiki : I have faith that I can keep scoring...!

Kai : Th... That's incredible self-confidence.
Nishiki : Ah, sorry, I got carried away.
Nishiki : Please forgive the mistake of one's youth...
Taira (small text) : Char...?
(T/N : reference to a famous quote from the Gundam character Char Aznable, “One does not care to acknowledge the mistakes of one's youth”)

Someone : Well, it seems even that Nakamura Shunsuke didn't get in the Youth team from Junior Youth.
Someone : it's not something that'll make you weaker.
Nishiki : Yes, thank you very much!

Page 10

Kai : But why our school?

Nishiki : Well, it's true that it's close to my home so it makes commuting easy, but
Nishiki : Since I felt it would be bad if I didn't look for a team I'd play for next
Nishiki : Without thinking, I came to check this club's training.

Nishiki : And isn't it interesting! This football club!!

Nishiki : You're focusing on practicing your strong points rather than your weak points
Nishiki : And training is left to the judgment of the individual!
Nishiki : If you look at it quickly, doesn't it seem simple and great!?

Nishiki : And you still got in the Best 4 of a prefecture of veterans, Chiba, last year!
Kiichi (small text) : Ahaha, if you put it that way...
Taira (small text) : Why are you blushing? It's embarrassing.

Nishiki : My instinct told me!
Kiichi (small text) : Ah?
Nishiki : This is the place where I should play!

Page 11

Nishiki : In other words, I would like to become a member of the football club of Satomi high!!
Nishiki : I will score a lot of goals!!
Nishiki : Nice to meet you!!

Kiichi : I...

Kiichi : I like you bastard!
Kiichi : It's alright, since our club is broad-minded!!
Kai : Show to the shitty coach of your old club what you're made of!
Guy : We get a big newcomer!!

Page 12

Kozue : It's awesome, that Nishiki-kun is joining our club!
Kozue : It'll be a great increase of our firepower, right? Raiho-kun...

Kozue : What's wrong, Raiho-kun?
Raiho : Unyaaaa

Raiho : Well, for some reason my back is strangely itchy...
Kozue : What? Did you eat something you picked up from the ground again? (small text : With the three seconds rule...)
Raiho : I didn't!
Raiho (small text) : Wait, what kind of image Kozu-chan has of me anyway!?
(Xophien's note : A rule of food consumption in Japan. If you drop food on the floor of your apartment and pick it up within 3 seconds, it's still good. In the west, it's usually 5 seconds, unless it's pizza and fell on the wrong side.)

Nishiki : Well then, I'll warm up
Nishiki : Please let me participate in the game format training.
Someone : Alright!

Page 13

Kai : The former ace of a JR Youth team from a J League club...
Kai : What kind of style does this guy use to score goals?

Page 14

Guy : Nishiki!

Someone : The ball is going to Nishiki in the penalty area!!

Kai : Well then, come!!

Someone : Aah!!
Someone : But Kai-kun is tightly marking him from behind!!
Someone : He won't be able to turn like that...

Page 15

Kai : Wha...
Kai : What!?

Page 16-17 (spread)

Someone : O...
Someone : Ooooh!

Page 18

Someone : The new guy scored all of a sudden!!
Someone : Awesome!!

Someone : On top of that he managed to turn around with Kai, who is strong in physical duels, on his back!!?
Kai : What a powerful yet simple play...

Someone : it's Nishiki again!!
Someone : This time there's three defenders on his back!!

Someone : But they can't stop him!!

Page 19

Matsudo : Wha... What a guy...
Matsudo : He's the complete opposite of Raiho-san, who uses dribbles or his speed to get passes in the back of the defense.
Matsudo : He doesn't care about the defense, just waits there to get the ball and scores.

Matsudo : On top of that, even though there was a free player nearby, he went to score himself despite having three players after him...!

Page 20-21

Raiho : What the hell are you doing!!

Page 22

Someone : What!?
Someone : What's wrong, all of a sudden...

Someone : That always smiling, kind Raiho-san is...!!?

Guy : But wait, did Nishiki-kun do something?
Guy : No, I just saw him play normally.
Matsudo : E... Either way, if we don't stop him...

Kai : Wait, Matsudo!
Matsudo : Kai-san!?
Matsudo : Why!? It's the first time I see Raiho-san like that...

Kai : It's the same thing as the time Kiichi and Koori ended up joining the club.
Kiichi (small text) : hm?
Matsudo : Eh?
Taira (small text) : What's wrong?

Page 23

Kai : When Raiho becomes like that, it's because he has some kind of reason.

Kai : Well, if you watch you'll understand.

Raiho : What you're playing isn't football.

Raiho : I understand.
Raiho : The reason why you couldn't join the Youth team wasn't because you didn't want to defend.
Nishiki : Eh...!?

Left : There's a reason for his harsh eyes!! What is captain Raiho up to!?
Raiho : I'll teach you that reason right now!
Bottom : Next issue, a match between Raiho and Nishiki!! An accident will occur during that..!?