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Episode 13: I Want a Back-and-Forth Rally

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Episode 13: I Want a Back-and-Forth Rally

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<b>How are you feeling?</b>

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<b>I'm fine.</b>

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<b>You're coming home next week, right?</b>

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<b>If we win enough.</b>

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<b>Good luck and don't hurt yourself!</b>

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<b>Yeah.</b>

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<b>I'm leaving now.</b>

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<b>Chinatsu's Inter-High</b>

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<b>Oh.</b>

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<b>I can still see the stars.</b>

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<b>Chinatsu-senpai!</b>

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<b>Taiki-kun.</b>

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<b>You forgot something!</b>

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<b>Huh.. Ah, thanks.</b>

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<b>No problem.</b>

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<b>I should say something.</b>

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<b>I feel like "Good Luck" won't be enough.</b>

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<b>"You're going up against high schoolers just like yourself!"</b>

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<b>That sounds weak too.</b>

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<b>By the way, your bracelet
hasn't broken off yet...</b>

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<b>That's right.</b>

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<b>Even though the wish I made on it was "To go to the Inter-High."</b>

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<b>Then let's add one more wish!!</b>

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<b>Add one more?</b>

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<b>It hasn't broken off yet, so we should still be able to.</b>

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<b>May Chinatsu-senpai not get injured!</b>

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<b>Reap the rewards of all her hard work...</b>

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<b>and claim victory in a blaze of glory.</b>

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<b>Isn't that too much?</b>

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<b>It granted you your wish for
a spot in the Inter-High.</b>

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<b>It can handle this much.</b>

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<b>I'll send it some power!</b>

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<b>I don't feel any power...</b>

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<b>Eh!</b>

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<b>Give it directly.</b>

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<b>Fight!</b>

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<b>If you run out of power, 
I can always send you more!</b>

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<b>Taiki-kun...</b>

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<b>You're really quite a flirt.</b>

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<b>Huh?</b>

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<b>Well, I'd better be off.</b>

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<b>Take care.</b>

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<b>I know this is rude to think, but...</b>

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<b>you're one to talk!</b>

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<b>The way I see it, you both are.</b>

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<b>She's the flirt for wanting a high five!</b>

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<b>But what you were doing was pretty flirty too.</b>

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<b>By the way I don't know if this has anything to do with what Chinatsu-senpai said, but...</b>

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<b>Imada-san, a girl's basketball player...</b>

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<b>saw you and Chuno-san together 
at the fireworks festival.</b>

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<b>It's possible that Chinatsu-senpai knows too.</b>

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<b>Eh!</b>

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<b>In fact, she was with her, so it's basically a certainity.</b>

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<b>What?!</b>

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<b>Huh? Wait a minute.</b>

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<b>I'm going in a group.</b>

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<b>That means it would look like I was lying!</b>

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<b>Then Chinatsu-senpai must think...</b>

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<b>I'm the kind of guy who'd lie to cover up going to a fireworks festival with a girl.</b>

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<b>It's true that... I did go with just Hina!</b>

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<b>He's frozen.</b>

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<b>Let's practice.</b>

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<b>Oh, you got over that quicker than I thought.</b>

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<b>Even though, she might've thought you were on a date.</b>

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<b>There's nothing I can do about that.</b>

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<b>I'll only apologize for unintentionally lying.</b>

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<b>Right now, I have something to do.</b>

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<b>Chinatsu-senpai also doesn't have time for it, 
so she probably won't even care.</b>

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<b>That's true too.</b>

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<b>Oh, sorry.</b>

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<b>So... then, like this...</b>

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<b>Hina's really focused too.</b>

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<b>Just as you'd expect for the Inter-High.</b>

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<b>Things are pretty tense here too.</b>

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<b>Don't you think it's odd...</b>

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<b>where the nationals are being held?</b>

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<b>For Basketball, it's in Kyushu. For Volleyball, it's in Tohoku.</b>

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<b>And Rhythmic Gymnastics 
is going to be in Kansai.</b>

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<b>While Badminton will be in the neighboring prefecture.</b>

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<b>Yeah, but think about it! Thanks to that, we'll get to go cheer you on too.</b>

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<b>I'm not talking about that.</b>

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<b>Sorry.</b>

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<b>I wanna eat delicious food and take a dip in a hot spring.</b>

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<b>He's in a bad mood. Haryu loves traveling.</b>

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<b>More like it's three days before nationals.</b>

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<b>It's amazing how his play can still be so calm.</b>

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<b>Who's ready to face me next?</b>

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<b>I'll play you!</b>

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<b>I will show no mercy.</b>

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<b>O- Okay...</b>

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<b>This place is packed.</b>

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<b>Players have come from all over the country.</b>

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<b>Yusa-kun from Sajikawa...</b>

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<b>So, the two spots for next year's Inter-High...</b>

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<b>will go to Haryu and Yusa.</b>

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<b>Taiki Inomata?</b>

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<b>Karen-san.</b>

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<b>Oh, right. She must be here to cheer on Haryu-senpai.</b>

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<b>Perfect timing!</b>

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<b>Since she has a game today...</b>

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<b>I'm on the phone with Chii right now.</b>

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<b>Wanna say Hi?</b>

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<b>In all honesty, I do want to talk to her.</b>

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<b>Hello?</b>

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<b>Oh, sorry. I guess she hung up?</b>

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<b>She surely did that deliberately!</b>

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<b>She really is Haryu-senpai's girlfriend.</b>

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<b>Sorry about that. I'm sure you wanted to talk to your crush.</b>

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<b>No..</b>

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<b>Huh?</b>

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<b>Why would you say I have a crush on her?!</b>

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<b>Your reaction just now says it all.</b>

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<b>How long have you liked her? Since before you two started living together? Or after?</b>

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<b>You know about our living together too?!</b>

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<b>I got the general rundown from Chinatsu.</b>

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<b>Living under the same roof as your crush must be tough...</b>

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<b>It's not so bad.</b>

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<b>I see. So what she couldn't tell the girls at school...</b>

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<b>she was able to tell Karen.</b>

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<b>Things going okay with Chii?</b>

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<b>She's almost too accommodating.</b>

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<b>She treats everything in the house with care...</b>

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<b>and helps with things like cleaning.</b>

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<b>Does she ever stare off into space?</b>

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<b>She does.</b>

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<b>I knew it.</b>

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<b>When I start eating a snack, she'd stare at me.</b>

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<b>She tends to beg with her eyes.</b>

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<b>It feels like time flows slowly around Chinatsu-senpai.</b>

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<b>Not that I mind.</b>

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<b>I guess. You two could live together well.</b>

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<b>You actually showed up?</b>

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<b>Why would you put it that way?</b>

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<b>I know how busy you are, Karen.</b>

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<b>I adjusted my schedule.</b>

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<b>Having your cute girlfriend cheer you is supposed to be motivating, isn't it?</b>

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<b>How cute.</b>

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<b>What a babe.</b>

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<b>Don't say that about yourself.</b>

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<b>Are you taking on someone tough?</b>

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<b>Probably on the same level.</b>

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<b>Done with warm-ups?</b>

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<b>I was about to.</b>

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<b>Make sure you win.</b>

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<b>I know.</b>

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<b>This way?</b>

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<b>Yeah. On Court 5.</b>

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<b>Sorry. I'm going to take this work call real quick.</b>

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<b>There.</b>

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<b>I'm impressed. Both you and Haryu-senpai...</b>

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<b>balance your work and relationship so well.</b>

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<b>Ah...</b>

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<b>I knew it. So you're worried about keeping things balanced if you go out with chii?</b>

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<b>I'm not talking about myself!</b>

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<b>It's not all that impressive.</b>

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<b>At first...</b>

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<b>we both wondered if it'd be better to only focus on one thing.</b>

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<b>I've known Kengo since we were in fifth grade.</b>

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<b>Even though we started to like each other in Junior High...</b>

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<b>I knew that we both had things we wanted to do and...</b>

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<b>I could sense that he thought the same way.</b>

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<b>But after hanging out together a few times and talking on the phone...</b>

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<b>I wondered "What kind of relationship is this?!"...</b>

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<b>But one day, their relationship suddenly got bumped into high gear.</b>

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<b>Suddenly narrating it like a story?!</b>

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<b>I'd had a pretty bad day at work and was feeling down.</b>

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<b>So I called to tell Kengo about it.</b>

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<b>And then after I hung up, he sent me a text message.</b>

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<b>Haryu Kengo</b>

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<b>Can you come out now?</b>

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<b>Kengo!</b>

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<b>What are you doing here?</b>

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<b>I was going to go on a run anyway,
 so I thought I'd bring this.</b>

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<b>What is it?</b>

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<b>It's my diary from 2nd grade.</b>

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<b>Diary?</b>

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<b>MONTH O, DAY X
I split the river ice with my head.
It didn't hurt, so that must mean
I'm made of a superalloy.</b>

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<b>It's a good read. Just something light.</b>

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<b>Read this before going to bed...</b>

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<b>and remember that there's someone this stupid out there.</b>

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<b>Knowing you, Karen...</b>

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<b>you'll overthink things so much that you won't be able to sleep.</b>

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<b>If you need a solution, we'll think one up together after you wake up.</b>

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<b>You really are dumb.</b>

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<b>Right? I especially recommend...</b>

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<b>If you do this to me...</b>

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<b>I'm going to think about you, Kengo.</b>

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<b>And then I confessed.</b>

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<b>I just couldn't take it anymore.</b>

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<b>She's also Olympic level!</b>

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<b>A Gold Medal flirt!!</b>

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<b>After that, we talked it out. At the beginning, Kengo was worried too.</b>

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<b>But we started going out on the condition that...</b>

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<b>if anyone of us started to slack off at work or in sports, we'd break up.</b>

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<b>The moment we knew we liked each other, we couldn't go back to being friends.</b>

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<b>I just couldn't accept giving up on something...</b>

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<b>purely based on speculation.</b>

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<b>That's why we're still testing it out.</b>

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<b>Fight!</b>

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<b>Fight!</b>

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<b>I always thought that Haryu-senpai and others...</b>

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<b>were some kind of "capable people".</b>

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<b>Score! Go for it!</b>

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<b>First game won by..</b>

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<b>Nice!</b>

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<b>I have no idea what Chinatsu-senpai's thinking.</b>

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<b>And I haven't told her...</b>

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<b>what I'm thinking either.</b>

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<b>I'm glad you advanced this far, Haryu.</b>

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<b>I can't lose before I go up against you.</b>

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<b>It's too bad it's the third round as opposed to the finals.</b>

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<b>By the way, it seems you had...</b>

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<b>an interesting conversation with our first-year...</b>

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<b>about who would be coming here next year.</b>

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<b>Are you not satisfied with me and Taiki?</b>

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<b>Next year, the venue won't be here.</b>

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<b>Flew right over his head.</b>

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<b>I have no complaints whatsoever.</b>

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<b>It just means whoever wins gets to go.</b>

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<b>But Haryu...</b>

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<b>if you can't take one game against me...</b>

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<b>you might not be able to make it next year.</b>

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<b>What are you talking about? I'm here to win.</b>

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<b>Now Calling: Sachikawa High, Hyodo-kun</b>

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<b>Eimei High, Haryu-Kun...</b>

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<b>Please proceed to Court 9.</b>

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<b>That's exactly what I'm talking about, Haryu.</b>

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<b>You could've scored a point by being one step faster with your attack.</b>

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<b>But you got too cautious and played defensively instead.</b>

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<b>That's why, you're always giving up so many points to me.</b>

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<b>You are giving off the image of losing.</b>

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<b>He lost a game.</b>

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<b>But he can still win, right?!</b>

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<b>A match consists of the best of three games to 21 points.</b>

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<b>Uh-oh. Hyodo-san's completely in control.</b>

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<b>It feels like a replay of the prefectural qualifiers.</b>

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<b>She looks worried.</b>

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<b>That's rare for Karen.</b>

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<b>The first time I met Karen was in fifth grade.</b>

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<b>Haryu-kun!</b>

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<b>Help us with math after school.</b>

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<b>Sorry, I've got swimming class on Wednesdays.</b>

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<b>My parents wanted me to do a bunch of different after-school activities.</b>

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<b>Piano on Monday, Swim on Wednesday, Cram school on Saturday...</b>

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<b>For a while, I even did Calligraphy.</b>

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<b>Amidst it all, my dad took me to a badminton club for fun...</b>

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<b>In the badminton club...</b>

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<b>I fell in with the sport but that's a story for another time.</b>

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<b>I was pretty good at most things.</b>

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<b>I was starting to think that made me special.</b>

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<b>Then I met Karen.</b>

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<b>Starting today, we have a new friend joining us.</b>

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<b>She's Karen Moriya.</b>

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<b>Thanks for having me.</b>

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<b>Cute!</b>

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<b>Her legs are so long.</b>

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<b>Okay, let's get swimming.</b>

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<b>Okay!</b>

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<b>Anybody could see that she was beautiful...</b>

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<b>And everyone there fell in lo-</b>

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<b>Okay, not quite.</b>

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<b>Moriya-san, use your legs!</b>

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<b>Not your arms!</b>

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<b>Delicious Oxygen.</b>

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<b>Hey.</b>

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<b>Why'd you go out of your way
 to attend a swim school?</b>

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<b>Huh?</b>

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<b>Doing something you're not good at...</b>

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<b>just increases the number of times you get embarrassed.</b>

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<b>Ah!</b>

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<b>What're you doing?</b>

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<b>Then teach me!</b>

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<b>If you feel bad about me 
embarrassing myself...</b>

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<b>then teach me. You're good at it, right?</b>

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<b>That's why I'm here.</b>

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<b>I don't feel like that...</b>

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<b>I can't stand not knowing how to swim!</b>

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<b>My dream is to swim with dolphins.</b>

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<b>That's why?</b>

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<b>Besides, I haven't even been at it long enough to feel like I've actually tried.</b>

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<b>So I don't want to write it off as something I'm not good at.</b>

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<b>Just because I'm bad at something now...</b>

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<b>doesn't mean I'm going to be bad at it in the future.</b>

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<b>Ah...</b>

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<b>In the end, by the time she quit...</b>

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<b>Karen was able to swim the 50-meter crawl.</b>

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<b>It brought the coach to tears.</b>

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<b>And even though we went to different schools, we lived near each other...</b>

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<b>so we started hanging out.</b>

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<b>Sup.</b>

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<b>What're you doing here?</b>

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<b>You said you won 
your badminton tournament.</b>

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<b>So I thought I'd go out with you for dinner.</b>

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<b>Whenever something happened to one of us, we'd tell the other and cheer each other on.</b>

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<b>Even though I wanted to advance our relationship...</b>

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<b>I find myself making excuses, saying that I shouldn't get in Karen's way.</b>

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<b>That's why...</b>

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<b>Kengo. I love you.</b>

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<b>My heart ached.</b>

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<b>As I smelled her shampoo...</b>

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<b>it ached with my love for Karen, while she looked down in embarrassment.</b>

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<b>and it ached with shame for never expressing itself.</b>

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<b>Because of your pity for me...</b>

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<b>Karen's always the one who's cool.</b>

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<b>To conquer swimming when she was no good at it...</b>

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<b>rather than be scared or embarrassed...</b>

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<b>She chose to challenge herself. That's the kind of person my girlfriend is...</b>

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<b>So I can't just let this end without showing her how cool I can be.</b>

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<b>You're catching up!</b>

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<b>Fight!</b>

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<b>Haryu-senpai, Fight!</b>

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<b>Use your legs!</b>

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<b>Go!</b>

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<b>He took back a game!</b>

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<b>I've got this.</b>

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<b>I've still got this.</b>

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<b>Keep fighting!</b>

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<b>I can feel my body temperature rising.</b>

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<b>My feet can still move.</b>

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<b>I hear cheers from afar.</b>

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<b>I'm in a good form.</b>

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<b>I can still play level-headed.</b>

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<b>And yet...</b>

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<b>I can't close his three-point lead.</b>

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<b>Focus.</b>

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<b>Take a good look.</b>

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<b>I got one game on him.</b>

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<b>He's not that much better than me.</b>

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<b>Don't stop. React.</b>

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<b>If you do that, you'll reach.</b>

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<b>You'll reach!</b>

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<b>You'll reach!</b>

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<b>Game set!</b>

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<b>Hyodo-kun from Sajikawa High wins.</b>

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<b>Dammit!</b>

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<b>He could still smash it like that?</b>

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<b>I can't compete with that.</b>

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<b>Getting to take you on these past two years has been fun.</b>

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<b>Thanks a lot.</b>

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<b>Being here really reminds you that badminton matches only last a short moment.</b>

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<b>Yeah. Before you know it, it's over.</b>

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<b>I'm going out for a jog!</b>

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<b>After that tough game?</b>

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<b>Yeah. Hold this for me.</b>

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<b>It's been said a million times, but...</b>

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<b>seeing someone try their best makes you want to try your best too, doesn't it?</b>

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<b>Yeah.</b>

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<b>Good luck to you too, Inomata-kun!</b>

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<b>Thanks.</b>

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<b>Both in the court and in romance.</b>

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<b>Aren't you going to confess?</b>

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<b>As you are living together...</b>

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<b>you're basically past dating already.</b>

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<b>It's because we're living together that it's hard to bring up.</b>

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<b>Huh?</b>

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<b>If she turns me down...</b>

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<b>it'll make living in my house uncomfortable for Chinatsu-senpai.</b>

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<b>She's already always 
so considerate around us.</b>

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<b>But you like her, right?</b>

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<b>Yeah...</b>

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<b>So that means you want to go out with her, right?</b>

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<b>Yeah.</b>

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<b>On the flip side, doesn't living with her while hiding your true motives...</b>

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<b>just make you a creep?</b>

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<b>I never thought of that!</b>

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<b>It's true that I've snuck 
glances whenever I could...</b>

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<b>and caught her scent whenever she passed by...</b>

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<b>which probably makes me gross!</b>

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<b>Everyone overthinks things.</b>

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<b>I think it's good to think about what the other person thinks, but...</b>

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<b>in the end...</b>

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<b>you're just guessing what Chii might be thinking.</b>

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<b>Sometimes it's important to not even think about anything.</b>

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<b>If you don't do anything...</b>

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<b>you'll spend your life playing alone against the wall...</b>

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<b>Is that what you want?</b>

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<b>I want a Back-and-Forth Rally.</b>

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<b>Then, fight!</b>

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<b>Welcome back.</b>

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<b>What, are you leaving?</b>

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<b>I've got a train to catch.</b>

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<b>Thanks for coming.</b>

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<b>I gotta say it was interesting.</b>

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<b>Hey. This might be a tough question, but...</b>

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<b>is it really that hard for a second-year to get further than you did?</b>

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<b>Well, yeah.</b>

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<b>I'm surrounded by third-years. 
I actually did really well.</b>

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<b>I see.</b>

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<b>Well then, I'll be off now.</b>

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<b>Karen.</b>

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<b>Next time, I will win more.</b>

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<b>Yeah.</b>

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<b>You reek of sweat.</b>

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<b>Hey.</b>

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<b>Well then, go watch other games and learn from them.</b>

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<b>Yeah, I will. Have a safe trip.</b>

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<b>If you lied just now, then I'm cutting down on our dates.</b>

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<b>Yes, ma'am.</b>

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<b>Even though you'd be
the one who suffers.</b>

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<b>Which court is Hoshino High holding their match on?</b>

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<b>Court 11.</b>

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<b>Come watch with me, Taiki.</b>

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<b>Okay.</b>

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<b>What smells so good...</b>
