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One more out! One more out!
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Created by
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Mitsuru Adachi
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（Serialized in Shogakukan's 「Weekly Shonen Sunday」）
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Planning
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Nobumasa Sawabe
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Toshihiro Nakazawa
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Planning Assistance
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Shin'ichirou Tsuzuki
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Masato Hayashi
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Supervisors
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Toshisato Okuno
Shin Omura
Takenori Ichihara
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Original Planning
Assistance
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Masato Hayashi
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Series Composition
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Michihiro Tsuchiya
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Main Character Design
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Yuji Kondo
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Art Design
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Maho Takahashi
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Subcharacter Design
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Tomoyuki Matsumoto
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Prop Design
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Koichi Imano
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Art Director
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Color Design
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Photography Director
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Editing
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Yutaka Kuramoto
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Kayoko Ono
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Miki Tsubouchi
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Hiromi Komine
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Sound Director
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Sound Production
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Music Producer
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Music
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Takeshi Takadera
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HALF H・P STUDIO
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Nobuhide Tanaka
Toshiyuki Kuroiwa
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Kotaro Nakagawa
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Opening Theme
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「Summer Rain」
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Kobukuro
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Lyrics／Composition: Kentaro Kobuchi
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Arrangement: Kobukuro
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（Warner Music Japan）
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Music Assistance
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TV-TOKYO Music
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Warner Music Japan
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Shougakukan Music & Digital Entertainment
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Animation Producer
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Animation Production
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Ryosuke Sakurai
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Producers
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Shunji Aoki
Naohiko Furuchi
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Director
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Osamu Sekita
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Production Studio
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Shogakukan Shueisha Production
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SUBTITLED BY ANBU
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The clover,
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a perennial of the legume family.
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The four-leafed specimen is said to bring good luck.
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5th graders like you shouldn't be staring at that kind of stuff.
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Go deliver the balls over to the Tsukishimas already!
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Boys mature by using their imaginations, you know.
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Just get going already!
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I guess it finally broke.
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Do you guys sell nozzles at your store?
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Water spraying hasn't officially been approved as a sport yet, I'm afraid.
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More like, I'm a year older than you, so you should show some respect!
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Sure thing.
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That was close. I almost knocked it over.
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Aoba, Momiji,
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come eat your snacks.
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Okay!
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What happened, Ko?
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You're drenched!
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Well, I came to make a delivery...
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Dad's waiting inside.
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Sure thing.
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Hey, Ko. Thanks for the hard work.
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We're getting our next shipment in two days,
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so you'll have to make do with these until then, he said.
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All righty.
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You want to play a little?
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I guess I'll try here.
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Ko!
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Take me to swimming school on your bike, Ko!
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Come on, what are you standing around for?
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We have to hurry!
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Come on, hurry! I'm going to be late!
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What happened to your bike?
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I got a flat tire yesterday.
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They're friendly, as usual.
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I don't get what she sees in him.
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It's fate.
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They were born on the same day, in the same hospital,
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and were right next to each other from the moment they were born.
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Whoa!
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Hold on tight, or you'll fall off!
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Okay.
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Not that tight, otherwise I can't steer!
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Don't you two look nice together.
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Are you guys on a date?
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As if!
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I'm just taking her to swimming school.
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That's perfect, then.
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Come join our team when you're done.
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We're a little short on people today.
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No way, man! Baseball's too much work.
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What?
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You punk!
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Weren't you the one who suggested that we make a team in class?
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Oh yeah,
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thanks for buying the gear and uniforms from our store.
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Don't tell me you suggested it just so you could sell those to us?!
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He gets a bigger allowance whenever he brings in a big order.
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Thanks for your patronage.
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How dare you trick us!
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It may be tough being low on members, but good luck!
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You punk! I ought to—
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A date, huh? That sounds fun, too.
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Didn't I tell you not to hang on too tight?
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If someone we know saw you doing that again, we could—
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Look, it's someone we know.
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Isn't that Akaishi from Class 4?
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Yeah, did you know?
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Did I know what?
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He's the strongest fighter in our grade.
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Did you also know that he likes you?
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I'll be done by five.
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So what?
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Oh yeah.
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That's for coming to pick me up.
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I didn't say I was coming to pick you up!
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I'll be done by five, okay?
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By five.
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I'm not saying this just because she kissed me on the cheek,
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but Wakaba Tsukishima is the cutest girl in my class.
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No, probably in the entire grade.
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So there are a lot of guys who like her,
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like Akaishi, the strongest fighter in our grade;
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Hayashi, the third strongest fighter;
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and Nawata, the fifth strongest.
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Um...
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Sorry I left you hanging, fellow Doors teammates.
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Why are you here?
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I haven't once forgotten about this team, you know.
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This is to prove it.
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I always wear the Doors uniform, so I can be a beacon of strength for you guys everywhere I go.
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You're just wearing it as an everyday shirt, aren't you?
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Listen, you guys.
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The most important thing in baseball is teamwork.
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When one of the members is in trouble, everyone should help him out.
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Isn't that right, Mr. 2nd Strongest in Our Grade, Nakanishi?
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It's the bottom of the fifth, with the score tied 5-5.
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It's the Doors' turn to attack.
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My my, isn't this a thrilling game?
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This would have been a one-sided game if it wasn't for your four errors!
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Well sor-ry.
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I've never played baseball or even played catch before.
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You've never even played catch?
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This inning will be our chance;
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it's my turn to bat.
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All right.
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I may have never played in games, or even played catch before,
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but I've been swinging the bat since I was three
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at Tsukishima Batting Center!
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Strike!
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What kind of pitch was that?
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That's what you call a good ol' fastball.
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It was right down the middle, too.
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They're gone now.
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It's now the bottom of the sixth.
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The Doors are trailing by one, with no outs and a man on first.
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Will they make a comeback?
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If it weren't for your six errors—
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And here's Nakanishi, their fourth batter.
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It's going to center field!
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Ball!
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Ball!
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Four balls!
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We have no outs, and the bases are loaded!
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Substitution!
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Akaishi...
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Watching you guys made me want to play,
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so I asked these guys if I could join their team.
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That was amazing!
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Of course.
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He used to be the top pitcher at a famous Little League team up until a while ago.
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Up until a while ago?
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Yeah.
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Until he punched out another pitcher and got kicked out.
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Batting eighth, Kitamura.
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Akaishi asks,
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"What's your relationship with Wakaba Tsukishima?"
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W-We're just neighbors.
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Is that all?
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Of course it is.
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You better not be lying!
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I wouldn't lie...
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Hey, Ko!
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I gave you a kiss, but you still didn't come to pick me up!
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W-Well, this is actually...
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What kind of pitch was that?
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That was easily over a 100km/h!
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Grade schoolers aren't supposed to be able to pitch like that!
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I may have never played in games, or even played catch before,
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but I've been swinging the bat since I was three.
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I've been hitting 100km/h and over pitches at the Tsukishima Batting Center almost every day!
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All right!
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A grand slam home run!
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What do you want me to do?
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Play catch.
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Catch?
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You've shown me that you can bat at the game yesterday,
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but you won't be useful to us unless you can play defense as well!
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Like I said, I've never played catch before.
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Then get used to it.
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Why?
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Just shut up.
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Hey, Aoba, can you get the ball for me?
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Hey, Aoba!
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I didn't know Aoba could throw so well.
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I think she's even been playing with a bunch of fourth grade guys lately.
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She's pitching.
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She's loved baseball ever since she was little.
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Your dad made it to Koshien as a high school player, right?
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Seems like it.
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He said it was his dream to raise a son to become a professional baseball player.
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But more importantly, let's exchange presents!
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Can we stop doing this?
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I never know what to get you.
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No way!
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This is an important event which happens only once a year!
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I can go change it for a different one if you don't like it.
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Nah, it's just barely okay.
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Just barely, huh?
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A clock again ?
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You got me one last year, too.
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I didn't think having just one was enough for you, Ko.
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Geez.
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Happy June 10th Birthday!
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She's so pretty.
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Really? Looks like a normal wedding dress to me.
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I'm sure those two are going to be happy.
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They got married on our birthday, after all.
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The score is 2-3.
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Just one hit, and they could make a comeback here!
The summer's Koshien could be decided—
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It's been a while since I've been in your room, Ko.
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Really?
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What happened to all the plastic models that used to be here?
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They got all jumbled up together, so I stuck them in the closet.
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You used to like airplanes, too, didn't you?
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And trains before that.
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Oh yeah,
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you also wanted to be the manager of an aquarium
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because you used to like big fishes, right?
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And a zookeeper before that.
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I wonder what you'll be when you grow up.
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Who knows.
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My hobbies change pretty often, you know.
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What about baseball?
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That's just me hanging out with the guys.
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I can't wait to see what kind of an adult you'll become.
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What are you sticking on my wall?
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It's a list of presents I want each year, starting next year.
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A list?
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This way you'll know what to get me.
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Oh, can I borrow this cap when I go to camp?
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Sure, but it's a little dirty.
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That's fine.
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How do I look?
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Wakaba Tsukishima is the cutest girl in my class.
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No, probably the entire grade.
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Probably.
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I should get going.
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Already?
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Why don't you stay longer?
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It's past nine, you know!
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She's right.
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Besides, you have to get up early tomorrow.
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I'll walk you home, then.
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It's okay, I live right down the street.
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Yeah!
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You should be more worried about getting back if you walk him home.
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I'll walk you out to the road over there, then.
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Fine, do what you want.
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I'll be back by the evening two days from now, okay?
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Yeah. From camp, right?
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We're going to go to the summer festival the day after that, okay?
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Sure.
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Have fun at camp, then.
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Ko!
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Good night!
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Good night.
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I'm surprised you haven't gone home yet today.
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Oh I get it.
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It's because Wakaba's gone, isn't it?
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As if!
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Both the batting center and the café were closed?
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Yeah.
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Their regular holiday was supposed to be yesterday.
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That's strange.
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I could have sworn they were open when I passed by this afternoon.
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That reminds me, Wakaba's coming back tomorrow, right?
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Yeah, she said tomorrow evening.
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I see.
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But it really is hot today, isn't it?
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I got the bath ready for you, so go wash off some sweat, okay?
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'Kay.
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They must be rehearsing for the summer festival.
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Good night!
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They play so hard each day even under the scorching weather, huh.
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And now, time for a news update:
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Amidst the increase in water-related accidents around the nation,
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a girl has drowned while attending swimming school camp in the Minagawa Valley,
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and was pronounced dead after being carried to a hospital late last night.
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The victim was a fifth grader from Tokyo's Senkawa-kita Elementary School,
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Wakaba Tsukishima, age eleven.
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It's been reported that Wakaba got caught up in a current
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and drowned while trying to help a younger girl whose legs were caught in the deep end.
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Now back to our Koshien coverage.
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It is now the 7th day of the competition—
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Where are you going, Ko?
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To the summer festival.
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The summer festival? You can't be—
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Do you have money?
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Um, no.
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Don't waste it, okay?
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I won't.
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I'll be back by the evening two days from now, okay?
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We're going to go to the summer festival the day after that, okay?
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Hey, little man,
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you shouldn't be walking around with your head down like that.
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Hey, Mister?
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Yeah?
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What should I do now?
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Huh?
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Akaishi...
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I get it now.
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It's not hard at all.
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I just have to cry.
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The clover,
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a perennial of the legume family.
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The four-leafed specimen is said to bring good luck.
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We're playing Aoba's team?
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Yeah, and you're pitching, Ko.
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You having fun pitching like that?
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I don't find baseball the least bit fun.
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Why can't you be friends with Ko?
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Wakaba liked him best, you know.
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That's exactly why.
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You shouldn't treat Ko like those other guys!
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Once he gets serious...
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Next time, on Cross Game Episode Two:
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I hate him!