| Tenma | I’m home. |
| Misumi | Tenma, welcome home~! |
| Kazunari | Tenten, otsupico~! |
| Muku | Welcome home! |
| Kumon | Tenma-san, nice work! |
| Yuki | How’d it go? |
| Tenma | You can look forward to the movie release. |
| Izumi | (Tenma-kun has a good expression on his face. He must be satisfied with his acting...!) |
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| Izumi | I’m sure you’re tired because you just got back. Let’s wrap up practice early today. |
| Tenma | It’s fine. I need to catch up, after all. |
| Though I guess that depends on how much you guys have improved. |
| Kumon | !! |
| Muku | W-well, that’s.... |
| Izumi | Let’s do a run-through for now! |
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| Kumon | “Bottom of the 9th. 2 outs, bases loaded. One more strike and we’re league champions.” |
| “In that critical moment, I, the designated pitcher... was rushing into the bathroom.” |
| “I’m begging you! At this rate, they’re gonna shut down the baseball club!” |
| Izumi | .... |
| (Yup, you can see they’ve changed. Focusing their practice for the past four days was a success. They all accomplished what they set out to do.) |
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| Tenma | ...You guys really did good. |
| Muku | Yay! |
| Kumon | Yesss. |
| Misumi | Aren’t we amazing~? |
| Kazunari | We did our best, after all! |
| Yuki | ...Hmph. |
| Tenma | If we keep overcoming our weaknesses at this pace, we’ll make it in time for the performance. |
| Izumi | You’re right... I guess what’s left is for Kumon-kun to get used to performing in front of an audience, since he’s not used to standing on stage. |
| Tenma | Which means.... |
| Yuki | We’re going to do that? |
| Kazunari | We’re talking about that, right? |
| Kumon | That? |
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| Yuki | You said we were doing a street act, so I thought we’d head to Veludo Way like always. |
| Izumi | I thought we could get more attention here for a baseball-themed street act. |
| Kumon | Uuuuu, can I really perform in front of this many people.... |
| Tenma | What are you saying? There’s gonna be way more during the real thing. |
| Yuki | You’re the lead. Pull yourself together. |
| Kumon | Uuu.... |
| Misumi | You can do it~, Kumon! |
| Kazunari | You can get used to it little by little. |
| Kumon | I-I’ll do my best! |
| Muku | ...Kyu-chan, are you okay? |
| Kumon | Y-yeah...! |
| Tenma | Then let’s get started. |
| “Everyone gather round! We’re going to start running!” |
| Misumi | “1, 2, 1234!” |
| Kazunari | “1, 2, 1234!” |
| Passerby A | What’s going on? |
| Passerby B | A street act? |
| Passerby A | They’re doing it out here? |
| Passerby B | Looks interesting! |
| Izumi | (Yup, the audience reactions look good!) |
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| Tenma | “Shake up your motivation! We’re aiming for the Koshien—.” |
| Kumon | ...hh. |
| Tenma | “Oi?” |
| Kumon | Ah—. |
| Tenma | “Heat stroke, huh. Sit down and rest somewhere.” |
| Kumon | “...Y-yes.” |
| ...Sigh. |
| Izumi | Kumon-kun, are you okay? |
| Kumon | I’m sorry.... |
| Izumi | No, it’s your first time, so don’t worry about it. Let’s finish up early today. |
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| *Applause* |
| Tenma | MANKAI Company Summer Troupe’s Fourth Performance, “First Crush Baseball”! Please take a look! |
| Kazunari | Check us out~! |
| Passerby A | That was fun~! |
| Passerby B | I’ll come to your performance! |
| Kumon | .... |
| Tenma | Oi, are you all right? |
| Kumon | Ah, y-yeah.... |
| Yuki | Are you feeling sick? |
| Kumon | No, I just got kind of nervous... I’m sorry, everyone.... |
| Kazunari | It’s fine, of course you’d get nervous~. We’re all like that at first. |
| Misumi | You’ll be fine~, you’ll be fine~! |
| Kumon | ...Just as I thought, I.... |
| .... |
| Muku | Kyu-chan.... |
| Izumi | Let’s head back for today. |
| Kazunari | Kk! |
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| Kumon | .... |
| Izumi | (Kumon-kun looks down... He shouldn’t get as nervous the more he gets used to it, but...) |
| Tenma | Kumon, are you really okay? |
| Kazunari | You look unwell. |
| Muku | Kyu-chan, your fever—. |
| Kumon | I-I’m fine, really! Oh, right! I-I need to drop by somewhere! |
| Izumi | Ah, Kumon-kun—. |
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| Kumon | Pant, pant, pant.... |
| Oh no, my fever really might be.... |
| —hh. |
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| Baseball club member A | Is he out sick again? |
| Baseball club member B | Man, he always gets a fever whenever we have a game. He’s definitely faking it. |
| Baseball club member A | If he’s not gonna play in games, he might as well quit. |
| Baseball club member B | Right? |
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| Doctor A | There are no issues that we could find with your test results. |
| It’s likely a psychological issue. I don’t think there’s anything we can do here.... |
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| Doctor B | The fever might be caused by a disturbance in your autonomic nervous system from heavy stress. |
| The best solution is to remove the source of stress. Why don’t you take a break from your club activities? |
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| Baseball coach | You’re too emotionally frail. You can’t keep going like this. |
| Running away isn’t going to solve your problems. You need to have a stronger mentality. |
| Sigh. I had high hopes for you. |
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| Kumon | ——. |
| (I think I really... might fail again. Because I’m weak... still....) |
| (Why am I the only one who’s no good? Why can’t I do what everyone else can do....) |
| (Why am I so weak....) |
| ...hh. |
| Yamaguchi | Oi. |
| Kumon | ? |
| Yamaguchi | .... |
| Kumon | Ah.... |
| Yamaguchi | Come here for a sec. |
