*********************************************** Nine, Wideban 1 Chapter 6 By Mitsuru Adachi Translation by Ronny Hedin Last revision 2004-06-07 *********************************************** --- Page 193 TITLE: A School Festival Gone Wrong Wide open skies... On the day of Seishuu High's wonderful school festival. SFX: shine SIGN: SEISHUU FE[STIVAL etc] We certainly got what we hoped for. SFX: excited chatter If only the coach hadn't come up with that stupid idea... SIGN: [ball] organized by Seishuu High Baseball Club [ball] YOU TOO CAN BAT AGAINST THE KOUSHIEN CHAMPION PITCHER!! [star] Plenty of prizes! [square] Special Guest: Kentarou Yamanaka (Bunan High) (YAMANAKA-SAN!) (Oooh) (Ooh) (Oooh) [[I'm not sure of the best sound - these are wild female screams; the type you'd get at an Elvis appearance (BSB or what have you nowadays)]] --- Page 196 See, Yuri! It's a grand success! SFX: smile smile Kentarou said yes the second I asked. And we're talking about a Koushien star here. So it seems. Step up, first batter! Ooh! Yamanaka-san's going to throw! Wow! Look, he smiled! He put his hand on his cap! Ooh, he looked this way! The girls get excited over his every move... And far in the back, the two of us look like idiots... Here I go! Aaaaah. Ooooh. How absurd. --- Page 196 SFX: catch He's very cold to the men... BATTER OUT! SFX: sob SFX: (slow swosh) But, SFX: clack Ooh! I hit! To the women... That's incredible! SFX: clap clap He's always kind. --- Page 197 Congratulations. Here's your prize. Thank you. This is quite a crowd you've gathered, Mr Nakao. It's all empty back in the school. SFX: yay yay What a shame. Hahah! SFX: slow swosh Hah! SFX: clack Oh my. I never thought you'd... SFX: catch --- Page 198 OUT! Oh no! SFX: throw SFX: catch This isn't a real game, Niimi-kun. Relax a bit. Like heck! We paid for those prizes, I'm not giving them up so easily! ... SFX: bounce Here I come, Yamanaka-san! SFX: bounce SFX: CLACK --- Page 199 Idiot! Why are you going easy on a girl who looks like that? Incredible. Will this be a home-run prize? SFX: BUMP BUMP (heavy steps) Karasawa! SFX: catch Got it! SFX: throw SFX: swoosh SFX: catch Sorry! --- Page 200 Not bad. That was nothing. They've really improved. SFX: clack SFX: catch Whoopsie. Here you go. Hmph. SFX: catch You won't have it so easy in Koushien next year, Yamanaka-san. --- Page 201 SIGN: Autographs (Oooh) (Ooh) Can we go, coach? Sure. Have fun at the festival. Let's go, Yuri-chan! Yuri stays. Why? She's going to show our special guest around. I'm guessing that was his price! Damn coach! --- Page 202 SIGN: Handicraft club EXHIBITION SIGN: Manga society SIGN: Mitsuru Adachi Autographs SIGN: <- Mr Adachi SFX: emptiness SIGN: Folk Concert SIGN: SHIRUKO track club [[Sweet red-bean soup; I don't have internet access as I'm writing this, but maybe you can dig up an URL or something?]] Katsuya-kun! Yukimi-chan. SIGN: Dee-licious shiruko, 200 yen Have some dee-licious shiruko! Shiruko? I'm hungry! Let's eat! Sure. --- Page 203 SFX: plenty (ie, the sound of the plate being filled very full...) Is it good, Katsuya-kun? Uh, yeah... What's with the special treatment? That's what I want to know. Thanks for the food. How much is it? Oh, it's my treat! 200 yen per person. SIGN: Shiruko 200 yen Anmitsu [] [[Bean jam and fruit in syrup]] Tokoroten [[A type of jelly]] Thanks for coming! Drop by any time! Like heck! SIGN: [to the right] This week's dropout Kazumi [[can't make out the last name]] SIGN: Assistants wanted Someone who loves manga needed for cutting, backgrounds etc. Send your application to the editorial staff. I'll be waiting. -Mitsuru Adachi [heart] --- Page 204 For once, even the hard-working students of Seishuu High look happy today. (Heya.) (Yo!) On a day like this, You're supposed to have a good time... Aren't you!? (My takoyaki!) [[Octopus dumpling]] (Hmph) --- Page 205 Want some shiruko? Uh, sure. Welcome in. SFX: chatter chatter Huh? If it isn't Niimi-kun's girlfriend... What was it again... Oh yes! I'm Yukimi Yasuda! Shiruko for both of us. All right! Thank you for your order! SFX: bow What a nice, bright girl she is, Niimi-kun's GIRLFRIEND... ... ... --- Page 206 --- Page 207 Marry me. SFX: rustle I'm the only one who can make you happy. ... You're full of yourself. I'm not! I think it is very important! I'm not confident I could make any other girl happy! ... --- Page 208 You and Niimi are too much alike. It won't work out between you. A passive girl like you, Needs an aggressive man... Let us say, A man like me... SFX: running in grass --- Page 209 Sorry! Niimi-kun! It isn't what it looks like! It isn't? What isn't? Why? Hey, Katsuya, gimme the ball! Urk! SFX: smack Where are you going? The toilet! --- Page 210 Good timing there. Now he'll give up. SFX: SLAP Yuri. SFX: dash --- Page 211 I had no idea he meant that much to you... SIGN: ACTING CLUB "Romeo and Juliet" SFX: Bwahahaha SFX: Hahahaha SIGN on the far right, below 2C: BARGAIN --- Page 212 ... Katsuya-kun! You must be hungry again by now! Come in and eat! I'll treat you to some Anmitsu this time! SFX: drag SIGN: [this is you baseball club 'you too can pitch' etc sign again] Here we go. Bring it to the middle of the grounds, guys. Okay. SFX: pull Where's Niimi? --- Page 213 He overate and had to go to the nurse. Overate? Ten portions of shiruko, five portions of anmitsu, seven portions of tokoroten... What? That's not overeating, That's a suicide attempt! ... Maybe you should go see how he is, Yuri-chan... Huh? Me? Why? You're the manager, aren't you? Looking after the players is your job! ... Oh, That's true. I'll go. ... --- Page 214 Are you okay, Katsuya-kun? ... Fall is here! Yes indeed. And here I am, alone with Katsuya-kun... How romantic! Huh? Where's the nurse? She just left. A young couple alone in a room... Danger, Will Robinson... [[NOTE TO SELF: check the name]] SFX: sit --- Page 215 You have to rest! Rest? That's even worse... I'm fine now! I need to go help the guys clean up... Stay... I'll stay with you. SFX: sigh What's wrong? Just a headache. Oh my! Do you have a fever? Moron! You're raising my temperature! SFX: door --- Page 216 Yuri-chan! Huh? Wait, Yuri-chan, it's not what it looks like... SFX: slam It isn't? What isn't? --- Page 217 It's not what it looks like! Oh. Katsuya-kun... If it had been Yuri in here with me instead of Yukimi-chan, And some other girl had seen it... I wouldn't bother to say that! Definitely not! It's not what it looks like! --- Page 218 What's wrong, Katsuya-kun? Does your head hurt? It's nothing like that! Indeed. It is not. Katsuya-kun! I'm fine now. I'll go help the guys. Katsuya-kun... Thanks, Yukimi-chan. And sorry. Sorry, Yukimi-chan. --- Page 219 SFX: fire Gather at the grounds, everyone! Are you okay, Katsuya? I'm just fine! Hey, Karasawa, put this on the fire too. SFX: wave Okay. --- Page 220 We're now starting the folk dance. Take the hand of the person next to you. --- Page 221 --- Page 222 It's not like you to stand by and watch. Did you give up? You must be kidding! People's feelings can change, And women are especially fickle... But, I don't want her to hate me before I have a chance. --- Page 223 He has a point. Maybe I shouldn't give up either. Yuri-chan will be mine! Excuse me. Would you like to dance? Of course! He's not exactly single-minded. SFX: flames --- Page 224 Today, at Seishuu High, We're having a very enjoyable school festival...