Eyeshield 21 317

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy am I liking this chapter. And Clifford. And the fact it tied the ES21 matter and even showed a bit of Yamato's past. Maybe this world arc wasn't so much of a last-second decision by Inagaki after all. I can only hope that the ratings will go up now that Hiruma's gotten in the spotlight...

Anyway, enjoy~

Ah, and happy valentine day, ES21 lovers~

Edit: Fixed the last page's grammar >.>; Sorry for the inconvenience^^;

Eyeshield 21 chapter 317

Page 01

Monta : Die, Senaaaa!!

Sena : Hiiiiii!?

Sena : Inevitable death!?

Suzuna : Yaaa! The night before the decisive match against America,
Suzuna : a huge pillow fight tournament!!
Sena : Err... Is it really alright to do that...

Shin : I think this is suitable.
Shin : A moderate warm-up and going to bed early the day before the match is optimal.
Kurita : Hieeee, a scary Trident Pillow!

Page 02

Shin : Haaaa!
Ikkyuu : Haa!
Someone : What's with that uselessly badass pillow fight!?

Sena : By the way...
Sena : Yamato-kun and Hiruma-san aren't there?
Sena : Where did they go?

Taka : Yamato probably went
Taka : to see Mr Don.

Taka : He... explained it a bit to me before.
Taka : His connection to Mr Don.
Taka : And how he kept fighting
Taka : in order to settle it...!

Page 03

317th Down : The cards that were dealt
Left : Struggling, distressed, he stared at it many times. In order to find his own answer to this card...

Page 04

Yamato : Yamato Takeru...
Yamato : I was gifted with really tall height for a Japanese,
Yamato : And got great physical abilities through a hellish training.

Yamato : But...
Yamato : I couldn't run faster than everyone else.
Yamato : I couldn't be more powerful than everyone else.
Yamato : A jack of all trades, but a master of none.
Yamato : Those were the “cards” that were dealt to me

Yamato : The best way
Yamato : I could make use of these cards was...

Page 05

Yamato : Oooooaaaah!!

Yamato : “Can't be taken down”
Yamato : Yeah, that's right! It's just a battle of willpower!
Yamato : It's settled
Yamato : it's my win...!!
Yamato : In order to challenge myself,
Yamato : I nicknamed it the Caesar's charge,

Yamato : And I claimed for myself the title of the strongest runner, Eyeshield 21.
Yamato : That way, I was forced to move forward.

Yamato : I thought that I would
Yamato : fight for it with the Japanese spirit.
Yamato : Until I met that man
Yamato : In a match against NASA's middle school two years ago...
(Xophien's random note : Japanese spirit = Yamato-damashii, so you could also read it as “the soul of Yamato”, since his name is also the name of ancient Japan).

Page 06

SFX left and right of Panther's head : *tempted*

Homer : H... hey...

Homer : Woooh, what the hell are you doing, Panther!
Guy : What?!
Guy : He's rushing on the field...!?

Yamato : In an instant
Yamato : I couldn't look at anything else.
Yamato : Patrick Spencer, whose name I would only learn later,
Yamato : showed me the breathtaking run
Yamato : of a black man...

Page 07

*stops breathing*

Page 08

Apollo : Somebody stops
Apollo : That idiot...

Yamato : Nobody could chase after him.
Yamato : Willpower became just a laughing matter then.
Yamato : Such was the difference in the cards that were dealt to us.

Page 09

Don : My dear alma mater Notre Dame
Don : Hit the rock bottom now, huh?

Don : I don't know who this ordinary guy is, but
Don : He's hurting the name of the top,
Don : “Eyeshield 21”.

Don : In order to inspire his powerless race
Don : He claimed to himself the name of the top.
Don : Such a sad thing...
Don : Shouldn't we
Don : say a requiem for him?

Taka : It probably... should have been expected

Taka : Yamato was charged for things he didn't do,
Taka : And expelled from the school affiliated to Notre Dame university.

Guy : There's no student like that in our school!
Guy : We don't have the right
Guy : to talk about Eyeshield 21 now.

Page 10

Hiruma : Kekeke, so he just came for a declaration of war before the match.
Hiruma : To think I was wondering what that idiot was planning, now I'm the idiot for tailing him...
Hiruma : Well, as long as he doesn't leak unnecessary information,
Hiruma : I don't care about what fucking wild hair is doing...
Arrow : wild hair

Noriega : Hiruma!?

Noriega : Wooooh, it's really Hiruma!!
Noriega : It's me, Noriega!
Guy : It's been a while, do you remember us?
Guy : We're the ones who taught you power at the military base when you were in grade school, right?
Guy : Well, you were the one who took all our money, but...

Hiruma : Aaah...

Page 11

Noriega : What the hell, be a bit more moved, we meet again after such a long time!
Hiruma : Yeah, I'm moved, I'm moved.
Hiruma : I'd be even more moved if you didn't bother me just when I'm scouting the opponent.
Guy : That's right, poker!
Guy : There's an awesome guy over there.

Guy : Make him pay back for us, Hiruma.
Guy : You of all people should be able to do it, right?

Hiruma : Kekeke, ain't that interesting.
Hiruma : I'll have him show me earnestly
Hiruma : How he behaves in a game.

Bud : I lost to Clifford again!
Clifford : Poker is psychological warfare.
Clifford : The kind of hand you have is showing on your face.
Bud : I'm even losing in the amount of cheering... And I'm a Hollywood star, you know!?
Bud : It's just overwhelming how an American football quarterback is popular...

Page 12

Hiruma : Kekeke! As the control towers of our teams,
Hiruma : How about a little skirmish before tomorrow's world battle?
Hiruma : But not with small change,
Hiruma : With $1000 of ante...!

Clifford : The end of your sentence lacks a “please”, sonny.
Clifford : Japanese are supposed to respect their elders, right?

Yamato : In any case, I always thought
Yamato : about returning to Japan
Yamato : In order to learn to fight as a Japanese.

Yamato : The Deimon Devilbats taught me
Yamato : a way to challenge the top.
Yamato : If the cards you were dealt aren't perfect,
Yamato : You have to drag the match down where you can win it.

Yamato : Mr Don
Yamato : I will show it to you this time
Yamato : Japan's American football...!!

Page 13

Don : … that kamikaze spirit...
Don : So that's your goal?
Don : Using the plans of Japan's gambler
Don : in order to compensate for the difference of ability?
Don : Ooh...! Truly a fleeting dream!

Don : But
Don : It's sad...
Don : A gambler surrounded by ordinary guys
Don : and a gambler who can use the most powerful cards,

Don : If they make the same bluff
Don : Who do you think will win?

Don : That's right
Don : Even among the top gamblers
Don : There is someone at the top of them all...!

Panther : D-d-does that mean
Panther : The poker game against Hiruma will be played with that much money??
Bud : What will happen if he loses...

Don : You won't lose.
Don : Right, Clifford?

Clifford : Yeah.
Clifford : There's no problem.

Page 14

Hiruma : Kekeke, I'm grateful!
Hiruma : Thanks to all of you fucking dupes,
Hiruma : I can win with such weak cards...

Guy : I call!
Guy : $300!

Clifford : That guy...
Clifford : It's not that he's strong at pulling people in
Clifford : When he happens to have a nice hand,
Clifford : the way he's getting those dupes to call thanks to his bluff and the timing of his raises is perfect.

Yamato : Wasn't poker played with 5 cards?
Noriega : In casinos you play Texas Hold'em.
Noriega : You've got 2 cards in your hands, and you use the cards on the table to complete it.

Clifford : I call
Clifford : and raise $10,000.

Page 15

Noriega : Iiiih...!?

Noriega : …
Noriega : Impossible for me.
Noriega : I fold.
Guy : Me too...

Hiruma : Kekeke, in that game just now
Hiruma : If he hadn't folded, Noriega would have won with his cards.

Hiruma : That Clifford, America's control tower,
Hiruma : His habit is semi-bluffs...
Hiruma : When he has a decent hand, he acts like he has the greatest hand and forces the others to fold.
Hiruma : Even if someone notices, he still has a decent hand that may let him win in the end.

Clifford : I raise again
Clifford : $30,000.

Guy : I...
Guy : it's over, I fold.
Guy : I can't follow anymore...!

Clifford : I raise of $50,000.

Page 16

Hiruma : Kekeke, finally
Hiruma : This table became just a duel between you and me...
Panther : Scary!
Panther : This table is scary!

Hiruma : With the cards on the board,
Hiruma : I have a full house with that ace and the queens.
Hiruma : It's almost the strongest hand possible.

Hiruma : Now I just have to let Clifford do the semi-bluff he loves.
Hiruma : I only have to make him bet a large sum...
Hiruma : Let's see how it goes
Hiruma : and start with $20,000.

Page 17

Clifford : I bet everything I have.
Clifford : All in.

Noriega : Fufun... Still the same pattern.
Noriega : That stupid bluffing bastard
Noriega : doesn't know Hiruma has a full house...

Hiruma : Kekeke, how fun!
Hiruma : I ca...

Page 18

Hiruma : … no.
Hiruma : I fold.

Panther : Awesome!
Panther : You won, Clifford!!

Noriega : That...
Noriega : That Hiruma...
Guy : lost...!?

Hiruma : This guy is too used to playing
Hiruma : You can see it in his eyes.

Hiruma : There's no way that kind of guy
Hiruma : would repeat the same bluffing pattern over and over again.
Hiruma : It was a fishing hook he spent hours preparing
Hiruma : for the sole purpose of killing me in one game.

Bottom : Next issue, to the battle at the top of the world! Countdown with color pages!!

Page 19

Panther : Two queens...
Panther : four of a kind...!
Panther : You really would have won with that hand, Clifford!

Clifford : … won?
Clifford : In the end, I couldn't take Hiruma's chips.
Clifford : Even if I'd win with the cards that were dealt,
Clifford : There's no point if that doesn't make me win the match.

Left : Neither of them is yielding!!

Clifford : It's the first time in my life
Clifford : that a younger guy
Clifford : made a fool of me like that...!

Hiruma : One more step and I would have been killed.
Hiruma : So there are guys like that in America...
Hiruma : Kekeke, it's become even more interesting.
Hiruma : In 16 hours from now on,
Hiruma : The last battle for the world...!!