VOL.21 CHAPTER186: AICHI'S STAR

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ONE WEEK AFTER KANAGAWA'S TOURNAMENT...

MAKI: KIYOTA, WHY ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME!?
KIYOTA:  BECAUSE THAT GUY PLAYS THE 2 SPOT JUST LIKE ME!! THE ONE WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR HIM IS ME, KIYOTA!! WHICH IS WHY I HAVE TO GO CHECK OUT MY FUTURE OPPONENT!!

2 SPOT=SHOOTING GUARD

MAKI: YOU THINK YOU CAN MATCH UP TO HIM?
KIYOTA: WHAT... WHAT DOES THAT MEAN!? I'M ALREADY...
MAKI: MM?
KIYOTA: AAAH!!
SAKURAGI: MM?
KIYOTA & SAKURAGI: MONKEY!!
KIYOTA: RED-HEADED MONKEY!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!?
SAKURAGI: HAHA... IT'S SUNDAY'S MORNING EXERCISE!
KIYOTA: THIS BASTARD!! DO YOU THINK PLAYING PACHINKO MACHINES IS SUCH A NECESSARY THING FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS!?
NOMA: IT'S WILD MONKEY!!
OHKUSU:KAINAN'S WILD MONKEY!
TAKAMIYA: AND THEIR COACH! KAINAN'S...
MAKI: COACH?
KIYOTA: COME TO THINK OF IT, I THOUGHT SHOHOKU WOULD BE PRACTICING HARD!
SAKURAGI: PRACTICE STARTS IN THE AFTER-NOON IT WASN'T THAT EASY FOR YOU ALL TO AKE IN INTO THE NATIONALS, YOU CAN'T JUST SLACK OFF NOW!
KIYOTA: I'M ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE, YOUR SKILLS ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE NATIONALS!!
SAKURAGI: HM... SO  YOU'RE JEALOUS THAT SHOHOKU GOT INTO THE NATIONALS? IN THE END...
KIYOTA: YAH!? IDIOT!! WHY DO I HAVE TO BE JEALOUS OF YOU!? WE WERE NUMBER ONE!! DID YOU FORGET THAT YOU LOST TO US!? TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH! A TEAM LIKE YOURS WILL FACE UTTER DEFEAT IN THE NATIONALS!! IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE KANAGAWA'S LAUGHINGSTOCK THEN STOP PLAYING PACHINKO! HURRY AND GO PRACTICE!! YOU PIECE OF GARBAGE!!
SAKURAGI: WHAT!!
MAKI: YOU ALSO DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE NATIONALS! ALL TALK... WE'RE GOING TO MISS THE GAME!
SAKURAGI: UNCLE, WHERE ARE YOU GUYS GOING?
MAKI: HAVE YOU HEARD OF AICHI'S STAR, SAKURAGI?
SAKURAGI: NEVER HEARD OF HIM.
KIYOTA: I KNEW IT!
MAKI: DO YOU FEEL LIKE COMING ALONG?
SAKURAGI: TO SEE THE LEVEL OF PLAYERS IN THE NATIONALS.
MITO: YAH... YAH! HANAMICHI'S MIND IS COMPLETELY FOCUSED ON BASKETBALL...
OHKUSU: REGARDLESS, HE'S ATTRACTING A LOT OF ATTENTION AS A PLAYER RIGHT NOW.
TAKAMIYA: BUT HE'S JUST A NEWBIE! EVERYBODY'S BEEN FOOLED.
MITO: BUT, TO BE HONEST, THIS GAME OF BASKETBALL... IS ACTUALLY PRETTY INTERESTING, HUH...
NOMA: EN...
TAKAMIYA: I WON!!
MITO: WHAT!? ALREADY!?
OHKUSU: LET'S GO GET THE PRICE!!
KIYOTA: WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!? YOU ONLY HAVE 500 YEN AND YOU COME WITH US!
SAKURAGI: HAHA! I'LL PAY YOU BACK 3 TIMES OVER! OF COURSE YOU BETTER!!
MAKI: COME TO THINK OF IT HOW'S AKAGI'S FOOT NOW? SAKURAGI... THE ONE HE TWISTED LAST TIME...
SAKURAGI: EN, IT'S ALREADY BETTER! I THINK... GORI! FULL OF ENERGY!
KIYOTA: HE RECOVERED VERY FAST! MUST BE THE WILD ANIMAL BLOOD...
SAKURAGI: YEAH! JUST LIKE YOU!
MAKI: WHAT DID YOU SAY!? WHAT ABOUT ANZAI-SENSEI...?
SAKURAGI: MM! HE'S BETTER! REGAINED HIS WEIGHT TOO...

ANZAI'S

COACH ANZAI: I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE! I COULD NOT BE THERE FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT MATCH... WELL THEN...
RUKAWA: WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT...?

NAGOYA
AICHI'S HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT IS BEING HELD HERE.

STUDENT#1:AH... HEY! LOOK IT'S KANAGAWA'S MAKI!!
STUDENT#2: AH! IT IS! MAKI!
STUDENTS: IT'S KAINAN'S MAKI SHINICHI!!
KIYOTA: IN... INCREDIBLE!! HE'S RECOGNIZED IN NAGOYA...!! THAT'S JUST LIKE MAKI-SENPAI!
SAKURAGI: JEALOUS... REALLY

WORD ON SHIRT (MAKI): NATIONAL REGION

MAKI: HEY! THE FINALS IS GETTING STARTED! HURRY UP!
KIYOTA: YEAH!
SAKURAGI: THAT AICHI'S STAR WILL BE OUT THERE, RIGHT? WHAT KIND OF GUY HE IS?
MAKI: A SENIOR AT AIWA HIGH, MOROBISHI DAI, KNOWN AS AICHI'S STAR. IF YOU SHOHOKU GUYS WANT TO MAKE IT TO THE TOP OF THE NATIONALS, THEN IT'S A NAME TO KNOW.
SAKURAGI: MOROBISHI DAI... WHAT'S WITH ALL THE NOISE!?
MAKI: SOMETHING MUST HAVE HAPPENED...
MEDIC: MOVE ASIDE! MOVE ASIDE!
MAKI: AH!
INJURED PLAYER: HAA...HAA...
MAKI: MOROBISHI!?
SAKURAGI WHAT...!?
KIYOTA: AICHI'S STAR!? SO THAT'S HIM?
MOROBISHI: MAKI...!? WU...
 MAKI: MOROBISHI!! WHAT HAPPENED!?
SAKURAGI: HEY HEY HEY....!!
MOROBISHI: THAT'S BASTARD! WILL NOT... I WILL NOT FORGET ABOUT HIM!! THAT FRESHMAN BRAT...!!
KIYOTA: FRESHMAN?
COACH ANZAI: AMERICA...?
RUKAWA: I WANT TO GO TO AMERICA.

SCOREBOARD: AIWA17 MEIHOU37

MAKI: ONE OF THE TOP 4 TEAMS I NATION, AIWA HIGH... IS DOWN BY 20 IN THE PRELIMINARY TOURNAMENT...!?
SAKURAGI: WHERE IS THAT CALLED FRESHMAN...?
TAKAMIYA: ALTHOUGH IT STARTED OUT WELL...
MITO: YOU GOT CARRIED AWAY








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