Mangahelpers Translations

[English] [Translation] Mix 45 by Dowolf

2017-10-01T17:18:04+00:00

Mix 45

Reserved for RyColaa Scanlations

p1: ==========================================
Chapter 45: Looks don’t really matter
[insert]: We’re so close to glory…
Take things step by step!

p2: ==========================================
Meisei
7: Tachibana Tou
4: Murotani
2: Tachibana Sou
3: Imagawa
8: Ogi
5: Nangou
6: Hirao
9: Koma
1: Takeshita

Kai
Mei

p3: ==========================================
I never saw this coming.
[sfx]: Cheers

You sure didn’t.

I figured we’d go as far as Touma’s arm could take us,
while I spent the games scrutinizing the team’s issues.

I never thought to think of anything bigger than that.

You sure didn’t.

p4: ==========================================
Now look at us. Here we are,
/ all the way in the top 8!
[sfx]: Cheers

Yes, look at us. We’ve had Touma-kun, our freshman ace, pitch four games straight.

I told you, I never saw this coming!
I didn’t even dream we’d make it this far.

Ball!
[sfx]: Cheers

p5: ==========================================
Excellent eyes from Ogi, the second at-bat.

It’s Takeshita on the plate for Meisei Academy, his first start in his first appearance,
/ and he’s let a quick-footed runner onto first with only one out!

The probability of us facing off against Meisei Academy in the finals is no longer zero…

p6: ==========================================
But at the same time, it’s loads more likely they get taken out here and now.

[sfx]: Cheers

Ogi’s taken a big lead off the plate.
He leads his team in stolen bases this tourney!

Ball!

p7: ==========================================
Left field

They have no respect for you, Takeshita-san.

He tries to pick off the runner!

[sfx]: Catch
[sfx]: Cheers

p8: ==========================================
His slide step and his pick-off attempt both aren’t up to par.

Not the sorta pitcher you field in the quarters.

Strike!

[sfx]: Whoosh!

p9: ==========================================
Ah!

[sfx]: Thunk

[sfx]: Cheers

…

I’m sorry, did you say something?

Two outs!
[sfx]: Cheers

p10: ==========================================
[sx]: Ding

[sfx]: Bounce

Nice!

[sfx]: Cheers

p11: ==========================================
[sfx]: Cheers

Out!

We barely survived that inning.

Today, I’ve put our best batters at the top of the order.

[background]: Tachibana Tou

There’s no predicting how many runs we give up this game,
/ so we have to score every chance we get!

p12: ==========================================
C’mon!

[sfx]: Ding!
Meisei’s first batter today is Tachibana Touma, playing left field—
He gets a booming knock on the first pitch, but sends it straight to the center fielder!

p13: ==========================================
On the mound for Kaiou West is Karashima, an underhand pitcher in his second start.
[sfx]: Cheers

He’s thrown nine innings this tourney, including in relief, with only one earned run against him.
/ Unbelievable consistent performance from the young man.

[sfx]: Smack!

p14: ==========================================
Murotani swings and hits the third pitch,
/ but it’s a grounder to short. Two outs!

[sfx]: Cheers

I can’t stand his form or his looks.

You know looks don’t really matter…

Right, Nangou?
…

The ball shoots the gap between first and second!
[sfx]: Ding!

p15: ==========================================
He’s fielded it!

A quick relay to first!

And he’s out!

[sfx]: Cheers

p16: ==========================================
Almost.

Guess that’s not gonna work on any teams that makes it to the top 8.

Besides us, anyways.

[board]: Kai / Mei

Did you know Tou-chan wasn’t going to throw at today’s game?

p17: ==========================================
--Yeah.
/ Ooyama called me yesterday to say.

I see.
That old manager, he must be satisfied with just making it to the top 8.

You got it all wrong,
/ dumbo!

…Uh.
Who might you be?

Someone entrusted with a message from your boss.

She said, “Please stop telling such obviously transparent lies. They’re pathetic.
/ “Also, the afternoon meeting has been pushed back to 3. You owe me.”

That’s all.
/ We got the call as I was leaving home.

p18: ==========================================
Why would she call our home number?!

Probably because a certain someone turned off his cell.

Oh,
yeah, right.

[sfx]: Ding

[sfx]: Cheers

p19: ==========================================
[sfx]: Cheers

Takeshita’s making things hard for them, what with those pitches of his.

It seems like they’re struggling to time their swings.
[sfx]: Cheers

p20: ==========================================
[sfx]: Cheers
After all, Kaiou West has made it this far batting against fastball pitchers throwing at over 140km/hr.
Of course, they expected they’d face the same sort of pitcher today in Touma-kun, and practiced accordingly. Now here we are.

So far so good.

--However,
/ they’re an offense-based team at heart.
Once their eyes adjust, we’re in trouble.

I know that.
I’ll spend today showing off how good I am…
/ at knowing when to switch in my three senior relievers.

p21: ==========================================
*Chirp*
/ *Chirp*

*Chirp*
/ *Chirp*
[sign]: Akai

p22: ==========================================
It’s the bottom of the second, and first at the plate is Meisei Academy’s fourth batter, the first baseman, Imagawa…

[sfx]: Cheers

Ryou-chan,
/ could you take these bags up to your brother’s room?

You know how angry he gets if I go in there.

I’ll tell him I brought the bags in,
so please. They’re blocking the street.

…Fine.
[sfx]: Cheers

p23: ==========================================
[sfx]: Open!

[sfx]: Place

p24: ==========================================
…

[sfx]: Push

p25: ==========================================
To Akai Tomohito,
Toushuu High School’s Baseball Club
Mita Hiroki

…Mita?

[sfx]: Cheers

p26: ==========================================
[sfx]: Cheers

p27: ==========================================
If he lets one pitch go a bit wild, they’re hard enough that we can do something huge.

But instead, it’s just one low ball after another.

[sfx]: Thwack!

[sfx]: Cheers

Out!
[sfx]: Cheers

p28: ==========================================
That face and that form are still pissing me off.

And looks still don’t matter one bit!

Right,
Nan…
[sfx]: Ding!

15: Nangou

p29: ==========================================
…gou.

p30: ==========================================
[sfx]: Cheers!

See? I told you.

Looks don’t really matter.
[board]: Kai / Mei

[English] [Translation] Mix 44 by Dowolf

2017-07-24T05:59:33+00:00

Mix 44

Reserved for RyColaa Scanlations

p1: ==================================
[top]: Meisei Academy advances to Top 8

: This summer, all eyes are on the freshmen Tachibana Brothers

This for real?

I can’t believe it. Are we really gonna face off against Meisei in the fin—
--Nah.

Not a chance.

p2-3: ==================================
My brother is carrying so much on his back.
Chapter 44: 100%?

p4: ==================================
East Tokyo Tourney, Quarterfinals

Day 1

p5: ==================================
[sfx]: Cheers
[shirts]: Toushuu

p6: ==================================
Jinguu Field, First Match
Toushuu 9 -1 Jindai
(Called in the 7th)

[sfx]: Cheers

Jinguu Field, Second Match
Saijo 4x – 3 Bukyou

p7: ==================================
[sfx]: Chirp

Chirp
/ Chirp

So it’s Toushuu in the end?

--Yeah.
Everything played out straight.
/ And they got themselves another mercy-rule win.

p8: ==================================
They rested their ace, Mita, in the fifth.
/ Even if they hadn’t, since they’re seeded, they still had to play one less game than us to get here.
So they’ve gotten through with power to spare, and got spares to power them through.

Well, this is all assuming we win tomorrow…

Koushien’s in our sights! –The Meisei Academy Alumnae Association

Man oh man,
/ my family and relatives are so excited I don’t know what to do with them.

Oh,
/ that how it is?

*Faucet*

Oh,
/ none of my folks much care about ball,
/ not a one of them.

p9: ==================================
--Heck,
/ I ain’t even sure they got a clue I play ball.
*Rub*
/ *Rub*
Hah!
/ I don’t believe that for a second.

Well y’see, my parents don’t got much time to spend fussing over me.
/ So long as the cops don’t get called on me, whatever I do’s good in their books.

Do they both work?
Yeah.

Must be hard on them.
What do they do? For work, I mean.

One’s a doc, the other’s a lawyer.

[sfx]: Smack
Ouch!
/ The hell, man?!

p10: ==================================

p11: ==================================
[sfx]: Catch!

Right,
/ that’s enough—

Hey, wait!
/ 10 more!

That’s enough—
Hey!

p12: ==================================
Souichirou.

Yessa.

Here.
/ Good work today.

Oh,
/ than—
I almost forgot!

p13: ==================================
Did you hear?
/ Katatata Falls disappeared.

Huh?
For a little while, there’s been huge deluges all focused in one specific area,
/ and the landslides from that completely changed the terrain!

[sign]: Katatata Falls

Ohhhhhhh.

p14: ==================================
That waterfall…

All those stupid riddles came back to bite it,
/ I bet.
See Volume 5.
[signs: I’m not sure how these were translated by the other translator?]

Don’t you feel anything?
/ We have so many wonderful memories of that place, and now it’s gone!

Memories from when I was 3 that are all but gone.
/ And our recent trip was too recent for me to look back on fondly.

Oh, right.

p15: ==================================
Sorry.
I didn’t mean to bring up something stupid during your practice.
Huh?
/ What about the bottle?

[sfx]: Smack!
Thanks.

*Cheer*
*Cheer*
*Murmur*
*Murmur*

p16: ==================================
Hey!
/ Hey!

Hah!

C’mon!

[sfx]: Screech

p17: ==================================
A… childhood friend?

Woof!
Woof!
Woof!

p18: ==================================
Then you’ll fill out the survey, right?

Oh,
sure, yeah.

Something like this,
/ it doesn’t matter what I put.

No, it doesn’t,
/ unless you care what they say about you when they introduce you live on TV.

…

Got an eraser?
Here.

p19: ==================================
Where’s Souichirou?
Coach asked him to head into the clubhouse a few minutes ago.

Roger.

*CRACK*!

What?
Uh…

p20: ==================================
The clubhouse, right?

Probably, I guess?

Chirp
Chirp
Chirp

*Swing*
*Swing*

p21: ==================================
*Chirp*
*Chirp*

He’s clearly paying the piper for pitching so many games straight.

p22: ==================================
Did you say something,
/ Punch?
Woof?

[sfx]: Rustle

p23: ==================================
Quarterfinals,
ji Jinguu Baseball Field
National High School Baseball Championship – Tokyo

Day 2
Match 1 (9:00)
Seinan – Izumi Daini
Match 2 (11:30)
West Kaitama – Meisei Academy

p24: ==================================
First match.
[sfx]: Cheers
[shirts]: Seinan

p25: ==================================
Last match, the second-half pitches were all out of control.
[scoreboard]: Sei 2 0 1 […]
[Below that]: 1 2 3 4 5 6
[Below that, cut off]: Izumi

If not for the catcher’s lead, they would’ve had a comeback on their hands, I tell you what.

Sure he’s had time to rest, but push comes to shove, he’s still got a freshman’s arm.
/ I’ll bet good money he trips up somewhere during the match today.

p26: ==================================
Even in the one-in-a-million chance I’m wrong and he does last through the game,
/ he’ll be worthless in the match against Toushuu.
That happens,
/ they won’t even be able to put up a fight.

You’re 100% sure?

Yeah.
/ 100%.

[sfx]: Cheers

We’ll be facing Toushuu in the finals.

p27: ==================================
Second match.

*Murmur* x5

p28: ==================================
Coach!

What’s up?

*Murmur* x5

p29: ==================================
The odds’ve changed.

*Murmur* x3

Now there’s a chance we do face off against Meisei Academy in the finals.
1: Takeshita

[English] [Translation] Mix 43 by Dowolf

2017-04-04T20:50:17+00:00

Mix 43

Reserved for use by RyColaa Scanlations

p2: ==================================
Chapter 43: Too easy?
[insert]: An especially / hot summer

p3: ==================================
[sfx]: Pwan
*Mob*
/ *Mob*

p4: ==================================
Look, there’s him,
/ and him,

And that guy, too. I see those regulars here all the time.

Do you think they’re all Meisei alumnae?
--Nope,
/ I doubt it.

Ahhh,
/ that old man with the hat and sunglasses has been famous for ages.

Wow.

He’s always sneaking looks from a corner seat,
/ though during the last match, the no-hit shutout, he actually got excited for once.
Of course he got excited. Anyone would.

Do you think they’re all right?

p5: ==================================
Don’t they have work to go to?

Well, I’m sure they’re basically guys with too much time on their hands.
There’s no way they could hold a 9-to-5 job.

--You’re not wrong.

Washa
/ Washa

Washa
/ Washa

p6: ==================================
[sfx]: Silence…

*Click*
[sign]: Tachibana

Woof!
/ Woof!
Woof!

It’s me, it’s just me.

I’m home.
[sfx]: Close

p7: ==================================
Welcome back.
Oh,
/ thanks.

Man,
/ it’s hot as hot can be.

I spent the whole day outside, and I thought I was gonna die.

Are you going straight in the bath?
Yeah,
/ I think so.

You’re not going to ask?

Hm?

p8: ==================================
About the game.
Oh.

Right, right!
Man, my mind was so busy with work that I completely forgot.

--So.
/ How’d they do?!
--They won.

Oh,
/ great, great!
So they won!
/ 3-0!

…

Try not to get fired.
Hm?

p9: ==================================
*Woof*

Oh,
/ how nostalgic.

Isn’t it you gave him for Father’s Day back in elementary school,
/ that hat?

--Furthermore,
/ these sunglasses are Sou-chan and Tou-chan’s present.

[in really awful handwriting] Banish the rainclouds and rise~
/ Ah, Meisei, our beloved school

p10: ==================================
Your father’s in a wonderful mood.
[insert]: Hip-hip Hooray!

No wonder he never gets promoted…

Did you say something?
Nah,
/ it’s nothing…

*Wait*…

p11: ==================================
The Meisei Academy Baseball Team,

in its first trip to the Sweet Sixteen since that fabled year—

p12: ==================================
The eyes of the world turned towards them, towards that famed school of old,

and excitement spread with each passing day to the people around the team.

School officials grew agitated and nervous,

while the graduates jumped the gun with their excitement.
[sign]: Keep it up! To Koshien / Meisei Academy Alumnae Association

p13: ==================================
*Murmur*
/ *Murmur*

*Murmur*
/ *Murmur*

*Murmur*
/ *Murmur*

What do you think?

p14: ==================================
About what?

We’ve only gotten three wins.

Don’t you think they’re overdoing it?

--What’s more, the average age of the onlookers is way too high…
We’ve got a lot of fans besides just our alumnae, here at Meisei.

The year we were top in the nation, we did light a fire over all of Japan, after all.

I don’t give a damn,
/ not about something that ancient.

p15 ==================================
We certainly do have nothing but strong teams left to face.
/ Dialing up hopes just dials up the pressure.
*Keeeen*

You got it wrong.

Things are gonna get real exciting once we’ve toppled Toushuu, right?

And once we’ve defeated Seinan in the finals,
/ the drama will be at a climax!
That’s when it’ll all go [handwritten] Kazoom! [/handwritten]

Where do you get that baseless confidence?

p16: ==================================
‘Course I’ve got none, not a sliver.
/ Not when we’ve accomplished jack.
Huh?

I just figure, things would be a whole lot more fun if they turn out that way.

Correct!

That!
/ That is where everything begins.

Uh, no no no.
/ Hold up a second…

p17: ==================================
Here. It’s Toushuu’s match from yesterday.
/ I recorded the television broadcast.
But first there’s the battle with Houkai Third!
Thanks a ton.

What’re you saying?
/ Once you beat them, and the next team,
/ you’ve got Toushuu on your plate!

They’re on our plate already?

Someone like you, who always looks at their feet as they walk, is doomed to go crashing into telephone polls.
That metaphor—the heck’s it even mean?!

p18: ==================================
You good there? Should you be smiling?

Looking at your mug alone, it’s hard to tell the difference between you and a persimmon.

What sort of metaphor was that?
I’unno.

[sfx]: *Keeen*

p19: ==================================
--And then.
[sfx]:Chirp x2

[sign]: Punch

[sfx]: Chime

*Silence*

p20: ==================================
*Land*

*Chirp*
*Chirp*

[sfx]: Rustle

*Chirp*
/ *Chirp*
*Chirp*
*Chirp*
[sign]: Punch
*Chime*
*Chime*
*Chime*
*Chime*

*Chirp*
*Chime*
[punch]: *Whimper*
[sign]: Punch

We dove into summer.

p21: ==================================
[sfx]: Rustle

*Twitch*…

Grrrrr
Arf!
/ Arf!
/ Arf!
[sfx]: Rustle…

So Otomi,
/ take care of the shopping.
[sign]: Together, let’s maintain the feeling of the season

‘Kay!

Whoa there!

p22: ==================================
What’s wrong?

Gotta fill it in, gotta fill it in…

: Meisei Academy / Kenjou / Yoda
(to the right): 9 (W) / Kami 2 | 15 (Tu) Koma

[sfx]: Squeak
20 (S) / Kami
15 (Tu)
18 (F) Kami 2

And… there.
*Cap*

Okay,
/ I’m off.

p23: ==================================
[sfx]: Keeen

Goodness.

*Murmur*
/ *Murmur*
*Murmur*
/ *Murmur*

p24: ==================================
There’s even more onlookers today.

Well, I can’t say I’m surprised.

We can see you in Koshien! / Meisei Academy Alumnae Association

Oh, Otomi-chan,
/ Your brothers are sure puttin’ in a ton of work!
I’ll tell them thanks
[sign]: Limited-time Sale
[box]: Potato Chips

We’re behind them all the way.
/ Here! On the house.
Oh, are you sure?
/ Thank you.

Hey!
/ Otomi-chan!

p25: ==================================
Go on, take this!
Oh,
/ don’t mean to impose.
[board]: Fresh Fish

It’s good, it’s all good,
/ don’t pay it no mind!

Otomi-chan, Otomi-chan!
[sign]: Fruits and V/ Kamioka Produce

Hey!
/ Otomi!

Good grief.
Nothing weighs you down as much as good will.
[sfx]: Chirp

p26: ==================================
[sign]: Coffee Nandeth

…Mita-san?

Goodness.
/ Who’s that? Who’s that man?

He’s Akai’s brother.

p27: ==================================
Goodness.
/ Who’s that? Who’s this man?

Heyya.

Koma-chan?!
/ What’re you doing? Why are you way out here?
Well, uh…

There were so many spectators, I didn’t even have time to catch my breath.
/ I started to fear I was going to pass out from lack of oxygen, so…

So you snuck out and are playing hookey?
I prefer to call it “taking a breather.”

I don’t really care,
/ but what is up with your clothes?

p28: ==================================
I can’t very well go loitering around in my uniform,
/ so I brought a disguise.
This clearly isn’t your first “breather”…

…Akai-kun’s brother?!
Oh,
/ we’re going back to that?

*Stare*…

That’s his non-blood-brother,
/ who he can’t get along with and who bats fourth for Kenjou?
Wow, so that’s who he is.
/ I didn’t know that much.

Why’s he with Mita-san?
Just how long have they…

Want me to go ask?

p29: ==================================
Are you stupid?!
Uh…?

--Okay!

We’re almost out of pages,
/ so we’re going to act like we didn’t see anything.
Uh…?

*Schwa*
/ *Schwa*
*Schwa*
/ *Schwa*

That’s a lot of stuff you’re carrying.
/ Shopping?
Goodness no.

Dad wanted me to go buy all the morning sports papers, so…

p30: ==================================
He’s gotta be happy, your old man.
Happy doesn’t even begin to cover it.
/ He partied so late into the night, I can’t believe the cops weren’t called on him.

But he wasn’t partying alone, was he?

…Well, no.
[sfx]: Flip

[top-left]: Sports / Meisei Academy Makes It to the Elite Eight
: All eyes on the freshmen Tachibana brothers’ battery this summer

After the next win, it’s Toushuu…?
--Yeah.

p31: ==================================
Mm.

Doesn’t this seem…
/ Too easy?

…Well,
/ now that you mention it…

--To be sure,
/ it’s during developments like this that you have to be careful.

After all…

[insert]: You retard! You got a death wish?!

p32: ==================================
[sfx]: Ding ding ding…

Someone you know?
Nope,
/ never met…

*Stare*
/ *Stare*…

p33: ==================================
*CATCH*!

Aww yeah!
I can see it now: Koshien!

…Seriously?

[English] [Translation] Mix 42 by Dowolf

2017-03-10T20:52:28+00:00

Mix 42

For use by RyColaa Scanlations

p1: ===================================
[scoreboard] {
[top row]: Team / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
[second row]: H
[third row]: M
}

p2-3: ===================================
[insert]: Everyone at the tournament has their eyes on his right arm. / Hurry to the mound!
Chapter 42: Jealous?

p4: ===================================
[sfx]: Ding!

[sfx]: Wobbly

Fair!

p5: ===================================
[sfx]: Cheers

So what’s this supposed to mean?

Every borderline pitch gets called a ball,
/ and every shoddy hit gets called in.

Did I go and blow all my luck on the no-hitter from last time?

Now, now.
/ Who actually has no luck?

p6: ===================================
You, who’s been doing nothing but grumbling all game,
/ or the team that has four hits, three walks and zero runs?

He sure looks pissed…
[sfx]: Cheers

Regardless, they’re a team without any big hitters.
/ Their plan is to keep going one single at a time.
We won’t be punished even if you pitch straight down the middle.

Overpower them!
Isn’t that what Haruka-chan said,
/ back at the meeting?

p7: ===================================
Huh?
Don’t “huh” me.
/ Weren’t you listening?

Don’t you remember how one the buttons on her blouse popped off as she stood,
/ and how she held it together with her hand while she spoke?!

…

Ah-choo!

A cold?
--No,
/ that doesn’t sound…
[small bubble]: *Sniff*

[sfx]: Cheers

p8: ===================================
[sfx]: Cheers

p9: ===================================
[sfx]: Cheers

Just like that, Touma.

Been thinking from the start, I have.
/ This lineup’s not hitting anything out of the park, so let’s simply overwhelm them.
Oh.
/ You too?

Huh?

Nah, nothing.
/ No wonder you were the captain back in middle school.
Right?

p10: ===================================
[sign]: Exit / Concessions

[sign to the right of the first one]: Smoking Section

p11: ===================================
[sfx]: Cheering

p12: ===================================
Whatever sport you chose, you would’ve been an ace at it,
/ Akai-kun.

---Nah.
/ Baseball was the one thing I never had a shred of confidence in.

Oh~?
[sign]: Register
Natsuno Ichiban (Baseball Team). Having lost the match, he has to pay.

I did grow up right getting to watch a bona-fide genius play.
Wouldn’t that be the ideal environment?

Screw being compared to him.

What’s so bad about that?
/ You’re brothers, and he’s older than you any—

p13: ===================================
--Yeah.
/ He’s my brother.

A brother who showed up out of the blue when I was four, anyways.

My parents, they both had been married before.
Oh, really?

Then you’re the same as us!
I can’t believe it!

Huh?

The same?
/ Huh?
You’re kidding!

I mean, your brothers are so—
/ Huh?
They’re not just twins who look nothing like each other?

p14: ===================================
Hey, hey.
/ What’re you talking about now?
It’s hard, trying to find someone in the neighborhood who doesn’t know.

[sfx]: Cheers

*Zoom!*

p15: ===================================
Out!

[sfx]: Cheers

p16: ===================================
[sfx]: Cheers

Hey, hey.
/ These guys, are they really Meisei Academy?

p17: ===================================
I thought the no-hit no-run game had been a fluke, and came here half on a lark,
/ but that freshman—he’s not given up a proper hit this game, either.
Yeah.
[sign]: Meisei Alumnus

The strongarmed catcher who bats third picked off all three attempts to steal, too.
/ Damn, those brothers are good.

--Hey, did you hear?
/ Those two perfectly-in-sync brothers? They’re not related by blood.

You idiot.
/ Sure I know that.
[upper left]: --Yeah. They live a stone’s throw from the school,
/ and both parents are in their second marriage.
[lower right]: That’s common sense.
/ There’s not a person in the neighborhood who doesn’t know.
[sfx]: Hah hah

…

p18: ===================================
[scoreboard] {
[top row]: Team / 1 / 2 / … / 8
[second row]: H
[third row]: M
}
[sfx]: Cheers

Look out there all you want, you ain’t finding her.

p19: ===================================
Otomi-chan’s over there.

[sfx]: Cheers

Those brass band guys scouted her, and now she’s performing.

p20: ===================================
[sfx]: Cheers

p21: ===================================
Well?
/ Is Mr. Soccer Team jealous?

In today’s Japan, there’s nothing bigger in summer than high school ball.

p22: ===================================
Yeah.

[sfx]: Cheers

…I’m jealous.

Don’t go telling me this’s making you finally start wanting to play baseball.

Not once in my life have I been confident about baseball.

Yeah,
/ I heard.

--But.

p23: ===================================
Recently, I managed to beat our middle school’s ace and fourth batter in a batting contest.

*Spurt*

Y-You idiot!
/ Mine was at 130km/hr; yours, 100km/hr. You had a handicap!

--But.
/ That did give me confidence.

Dude,
/ don’t tell me you’re—?!

p24: ===================================
I’m kidding.

[sfx]: Cheers

p25: ===================================
[sfx]: Cheers

[sfx]: Pitter-patter

p26: ===================================
[scoreboard] {
[top row]: Team / 1 / 2 / … / 9
[second row]: H
third row]: M
[final row]: m / 1 / 2 / … / 9

p27: ===================================
[sfx]: Whoosh

p28: ===================================
[sfx]: *Gasp*!

Whoa,
whoa.

Stop wasting so many panels…
OUT!

[sfx]: Cheers!

p29: ===================================
A no-hitter followed up by a shutout…
/ Nice pitching, and nice game!
[sfx]: Cheers

What game were you watching?

With how Touma was doing today, the fact that he didn’t get scored on was basically a miracle.

Well, to be fair,
/ that every instruction their manager gave them backfired really helped us out.

p30: ===================================
Souichirou took the lead and made it so everything backfired.
[sfx]: Cheers

--However, there was only one worrisome error…

Along with five more mistakes on offense and defense that won’t show up on the books.

--Good.

You’re seeing everything there is to see, aren’t you?

Good boy.
Hey,
/ umm…

p31: ===================================
[sfx]: Cheering

p32: ===================================
[sfx]: Cheering

Truly…

I’m jealous.
[sfx]: Cheering

[English] [Translation] Mix 39 by Dowolf

2017-01-25T22:17:45+00:00

Mix 39

Reserved for use by RyColaa Scanlations

p1: ==================================
[insert]: Midsummer dreams, memories of a white ball
Chapter 39: He Really Does

p2: ==================================
[sfx]: Chirping

He’s making the same jokes as you?

What’s so bad about that?
/ Just give him the old “Hell naw.”

A half-cocked attempt at being sly will only cause you to embarrass yourself.

p3: ==================================
Besides, I don’t think people are expecting that much.
/ Not out of you, not now.
TV Life Counseling

--I see.
/ What do you think, Mr. John Doe?
Was Tsukikage-sensei’s advice helpful?

I’m so sorry about all this,
/ about talking like a know-it-all about high school baseball manga when I’m actually clueless.
[sign]: Tsukikage Kiyo

I feel like I’ve met her somewhere before,
/ that old lady.

She’s been showing up now and then on TV lately.
/ She’s a popular author, the way I hear it.
Fancy that.

p4: ==================================
Speaking of high school ball, today’s another day of young men all over the country giving it all they’ve got for a chance to go to Koshien.
Fuck all that.

Huh?
Oh, no, it’s nothing…

Ah!
Hmm,
/ what’ll I have today…

Sorry, but I’m closing up shop.
Huh?

Uh, wait,
/ didn’t you only just open up?
Quit your babbling!
/ Now get lost!

p5: ==================================
Wssh
/ Wssh

Wssh
/ Wssh

Wssh
/ Wssh

p6: ==================================
[sfx]: Snatch!

*Totter*

*Totter*

That manager – is he okay?
/ He looks kind of unsteady.

p7: ==================================
Manager Ekoda, eh?
/ That old veteran’s been leading Sankou Institute’s team for over thirty years.

He’s never quite made it to Koushien, but his teams have posted solid results year in and year out.

They weren’t good enough to be seeded,
/ but word is that his team this year is the best it’s been in a long while.

The cleanup batter’s supposed to be the pride of the team.
Hmm.

And who was it who gathered that information?

…Ah.
Well pardon me.

p8: ==================================
[sfx]: Wah!

From what I can see,
/ their coach isn’t the only unsteady on his feet.

Ball four!

[sfx]: Cheer

p9: ==================================
I’m told he pitched a wonderful game at his last match,
/ but today, he’s all over the place from the get-go.
Eh, Morishima?

Uh,
/ it’s Kondou.

Oh, yes, yes.
/ Morishima left the team two years ago.
Yes, he did,
/ three years ago…

[sfx]: Cheers!

p10: ==================================
[sfx]: Whoof
Batter hit!

[sfx]: Cheer

No outs, runners on first and second?!

--And now,
/ it’s time for their pride-and-joy, the cleanup hitter?

p11: ==================================
In the end, he’s just a freshman, eh?
[sfx]: Cheers

Condition-forming losses can make for a good experience.
/ Eh, Watanabe?
It’s Kondou.

Hah hah.
/ I kid,
/ I kid.

[sfx]: Cheers

p12: ==================================
Umm, all right.
/ Now that I’ve returned your answer sheets,
I’ll do the usual announcement of the top five in the class.

p13: ==================================
How’d you do, Otomi?

Well,
/ I think I did fairly well, but…

Sweet.
What are you…

Oh…

p14: ==================================
She’s even got bags under her eyes…
/ Well, I don’t think there’s anything to worry about.
She’s barely ever made top five before, that girl.

First place, Mita Arisa.

Bwuh?

Yeah!

*Clatter*

p15: ==================================
Hey, hey.
/ There’s no need to jump to your feet.
And stop striking that pose.

Second, Tachibana Otomi.
[sfx]: Oh!

Yeah!
[sfx]: Clatter

Why are you jumping up now, too?

Third, Akai Ryou.
[sfx]: Oh!

Fourth…
Fifth…
[sfx]: Oh!

p16: ==================================
The class average this time was pretty high;
/ the top three were all neck-and-neck.
As your homeroom teacher, I couldn’t be happier.

--Now,
/ time for cla—
Zzz…

Who is it?
/ Who went straight to sleep?!

…First-place Mita-san.

Huh?

[sfx]: Snore~

p17: ==================================
That girl…

She might be far more amazing than any of us realize.

…

--Well,
/ that’s enough talking about some random test.

Aren’t you curious?
Your brothers are playing right now.

p18: ==================================
You didn’t “catch” a cold this time?
Haha…

When I called our homeroom teacher this morning,
/ he said that, if I don’t show, he’d post my answer sheet up on the wall, so…

He completely found you out, right from the start.
But like I’m saying, don’t you wanna know how the game’s going?

There’s no need to worry about Tou-chan today!

He said this morning that his shoulder felt light as a feather, so—
He what?

p19: ==================================
Ever since elementary school, whenever he says that on the day of a game,
he gives up barely any hits.

Really?

[sfx]: Snatch!

p20: ==================================
Ball four!

[sfx]: Cheers

p21: ==================================
[sfx]: Cheers

Get a hold of yourself.
/ Every inning, you’re letting runners get on base!

Hey, hey.
/ There were errors in the second and fourth.

All of it’s because the rhythm of your pitches has been off!
Thanks to that, our offense is completely off, too,
/ and every good hit goes straight to a fielder!

Weird.
/ I feel like I’m in good shape.

p22: ==================================
We can just sit back and wait for him to self-destruct,
/ that pitcher of theirs.
I suppose so.

…However...

Oh, no.
/ It’s nothing.

[sfx]: Tap!

[sfx]: Cheers!

p23: ==================================
But all the same,
/ that pitcher…

I feel like I’ve seen him before.

[sfx]: Cheers

p24: ==================================
Hmmmmm.
[sfx]: Cheers

It feels like we get in scoring position every time, but never quite get that last hit.
Forget the last hit…

We still haven’t gotten even one.

p25: ==================================
Hey, hey.
/ What’re you worrying about?

Our lineup in the last game, in seven innings, got…
/ …Umm…
Twelve hits.

--Right, twelve hits and nine runs.
/ Every team I craft focuses on the offense.
In the thirty years I’ve managed,
/ we’ve been shut out, but we’ve never lost in a no-hitter.

Not even once!

[sfx]: Snatch

p26: ==================================
Oh.

Not even once,
/ sir?

Nope!
/ If you think I’m lying, go and check the record.
*Totter*
My memory’s always been something to be proud of, I’ll have you know.

…
[book]: Sankou Institute Baseball Club Records

p27: ==================================
[sfx]: Snatch!

Okay, okay.

He really does look like someone,
that pitcher…

…
[book]:

1986, East Tokyo Tournament Semifinals,
Sankou Institute 0 - 6 Meisei Academy

p28: ==================================
[sfx]: Whoosh

[sfx]: Whoosh!

p29: ==================================
[scoreboard]: Meisei / Sankou

One out left!
One out left!
One out left!

Ah.

p30: ==================================
AHHH.

Have you remembered now?
[book]:

[sfx]: Cheers!

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