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Believe in tomorrow, that's all I can do

Let's forget about yesterday's bitterness

Standing on the Earth, I can hear

The song of courage you are humming

My heart is racing

I almost want to run away

I have been dreaming of an eternal green field

Don't give up, just do it

I will find my true self there

Hayakawa Ryo, Age 15!

This is the climax of the game. Bases loaded, bottom of the ninth.

Here is this year's lucky hero, Hidehiko Hayakawa!

Can he strikeout this batter for his team's first championship?

He throws the first ball!

Nice hit!

Good!

Right fielder!

Safe!

Damn!

Hey Matsu, why did you throw such a wimpy ball?

At this rate, they're going to take the lead!

Don't say that, Captain! I can't keep throwing anymore.

Wildcats Dolphins

Give me a break! You're the ace pitcher of the Wild Cats!

Hey, is our backup here yet?

Tatsu just went to get her.

Ryo, please get here soon!

Sorry to keep you waiting!

You're late!

Let me change my clothes.

We've got no time for that!

We are in a pinch. Get in, right now!

In this uniform?

Ryo, here you go!

See you later, Mom!

Be careful!

Good! Next batter!

Ball! Ball four!

This is out last chance to turn the tables and win!

We've got two outs, but the bases are loaded. It's all over.

Captain!

Ryo!

You came at last!

Are you okay, Matsu?

We're changing pitchers!

Ryo Hayakawa will relieve Matsu!

There!

Over here, over here!

That pretty girl is going to pitch?

The Wild Cats must be out of their minds.

Now we're guaranteed a winning grand slam home run!

Just wait and see.

Ten bottles of sake and three red snappers will be ours.

I don't think so, Mr. Dolphin!

Ball!

Ball two!

Ryo...

Three balls! No strikes!

Time! Three balls! No strikes!

Time!

Please throw in the center, pretty girl!

I love your school uniform!

Hey, I almost couldn't catch it.

Sorry, Captain.

One more ball will let the Dolphins tie it. Sorry, Captain.

One more ball will let the Dolphins tie it.

I was just practicing because I had no time to warm up.

I won't let you down.

We're counting on you, Ryo.

Strike!

All right! Nice pitch! Strike!

All right! Nice pitch!

Strike two!

One more strike, Ryo! Strike two!

One more strike, Ryo!

No... No way! I don't believe this.

Strike, batter out! Game over!

What happened?

Hey, Dolphins! Did you see what happened?

We showed you mercy because the pitcher was a girl!

That's just sour grapes! You couldn't even touch her pitch!

Shut up!

Don't be such a sore loser!

She really does have her father's gift.

Start the car.

You cute little dolphins,

don't forget our ten bottles of sake and three red snappers!

Yamanoki Junior High School

Seishiro!

Hayakawa!

Do you have time to get a snack on the way home? Hayakawa!

Do you have time to get a snack on the way home?

Torian Japanese Desserts

Torian Japanese Desserts Two Oshiruko (sweet red bean soup), please.

It's not often that you invite me out to a place like this.

Well, we are graduating from middle school soon, after all.

You and I have been friends since we were very little.

I have something important to tell you.

Something important? To me?

Right! Can I tell you now?

Sure.

Congratulations on getting accepted to Kisaragi High!

I just found out, so this is our celebration party.

Oh, that's what you meant.

You did it again! As an old friend, I'm very proud of you.

You don't have to say that.

I really am! You're the Student Council President

and your grades are always at the top of the class.

I'm sure a lot of girls want your school uniform button.

I'm not giving anyone a button.

Why not?

Because I would only give one to a girl I really like. Why not?

Because I would only give one to a girl I really like.

A girl you really like?

I guess you don't really like anyone right now then.

Here is your order.

Let's eat!

What about you, Hayakawa? Which high school are you going to go?

I didn't apply to any schools.

You mean...

If I go to high school, I can't help out at my mom's bar.

Since my dad passed away ten years ago in that accident,

my mom has raised me while managing an Oden bar by herself.

So, I decided to help her after I graduate from middle school

to repay her hard work.

Besides, I'm not as smart as you.

There's no point in going on to high school.

Hayakawa...

Many promising new athletes will be entering high school this spring.

I am going to introduce two of the most talented athletes.

Our first athlete attracted all the attention

during this year's National Junior High Baseball Tournament.

People call him a genius slugger. His name is Hiroki Takasugi.

Hiroki Takasugi People call him a genius slugger. His name is Hiroki Takasugi.

He is going to enter the prestigious Kisaragi High School.

He is gifted with both good looks and talent.

We hope to eventually see him play a big role at Koshien.

We can also expect sensational news from girls' high school tennis.

She will be a freshman this spring at Kisaragi Girls' High School,

the sister school of Kisaragi High.

This genius tennis player's name is Izumi Himuro.

She is only fifteen years old, but she already plays like a pro.

Many believe that in the future, she will be dominant in Japanese tennis.

Izumi Himuro Many believe that in the future, she will be dominant in Japanese tennis.

Izumi Himuro I asked this Princess of the Tennis Court of her dreams for the future.

My dreams? I just think of defeating the opponent in front of me.

Dreams...

Do you have any dreams, Hayakawa?

Me, dreams? Sure!

Have the best Oden bar in all of Japan!

Kisaragi Girls' High School

Here they come.

Mr. Takasugi, Miss Himuro, do you have a minute?

Baseball and tennis,

you two star teenage athletes will be going to sister high schools.

Sounds like a real super couple.

You've known each other since you were children, correct?

Some people say that you are boyfriend and girlfriend. Is that true?

Well, since both us have a lot of fans,

I don't want to comment on that. Right, Izumi?

Yes, I have no comment on that either.

One is a son of the Takasugi business empire,

and the other is the daughter of the Himuro Group Chairman.

Thoroughbreds have an impressive manner indeed.

Can I get a picture of both of you together?

Here comes Chairman Himuro.

Chairman Himuro!

You are also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees

for both Kisaragi High and Kisaragi Girls' High.

Your schools will be the center of high school sports this year.

Yes, but not in the way you imagine.

What does that mean? Yes, but not in the way you imagine.

What does that mean?

I will announce some surprising news in a few days.

Surprising news? What is it?

She's a very capable chairman who'd do anything to achieve her goals.

She's up to something.

Yeah, we'd better not take our eyes off her.

Mother!

What is it?

What is the surprising news you were talking about a minute ago? What is it?

What is the surprising news you were talking about a minute ago?

It has nothing to do with you.

But...

Just concentrate on what you are supposed to be doing.

Welcome back, Ms. Chairman.

Speaking of that plan, did you get everyone we need?

Yes, I prepared everything as you have ordered.

Will you be going out tonight then?

Yes, I will.

As you wish.

I feel like a canary inside an invisible cage.

Shino Oden Bar

I'm home!

Hey, Ryo! I'm home!

Hey, Ryo!

Hi, sweetheart.

Have you already started drinking, Captain? Hi, sweetheart.

Have you already started drinking, Captain?

Will you help me at the bar later, Ryo?

Sure!

There!

Captain, here is your sake.

Good, thanks.

Speaking of baseball, because of Ryo,

I'm sure we're going to win the Town Tournament this year.

Sure we will!

Don't get carried away.

No, no, we're serious, Ms. Shino.

Even we grown-up men can't hit her pitches so easily.

Remember about a year ago,

when we saw Ryo throwing a ball for the first time?

Gosh, it's a long foul ball.

Hey, Ryo, can you roll that ball back here?

Okay!

I did it!

Unbelievable!

I had goose flesh all over.

Here is your order.

Can you take this to the customer over there, Ryo? Here is your order.

Can you take this to the customer over there, Ryo?

Sure!

Egg, ganmo (fried tofu), and daikon (radish), here's your order.

Welcome!

Welcome... Welcome!

Welcome...

Is there a Ryo Hayakawa here?

Who are you guys?

We are looking for the pitcher of the Wild Cats, called Ryo Hayakawa.

Which one is Hayakawa?

What do you want from me?

This girl?

Are you kidding me?

We heard about a great pitcher in a wimpy sand-lot baseball team,

so we came to see how good that pitcher really is.

Hey, hey! You're so rude!

Did you come here to pick a fight?

The Dolphins must have sent you here.

It doesn't matter, because we don't care about this little girl anyway.

Wait a minute, Ryo's no ordinary girl at all.

No one in this town has been able to hit a pitch from her yet!

The men in this town must be really wimpy then, right?

You want to try for yourself and see then?

Hey, you want to fight with me? You want to try for yourself and see then?

Hey, you want to fight with me?

Please don't, everyone.

Don't get so excited. You guys are really shameful!

It's inconvenient for everyone if you have a fight inside this bar.

Why don't you settle it through baseball?

Through baseball?

Yeah, let's see if they can hit her pitch or not.

Good idea! You can scare the hell out of them with your pitch, Ryo!

For your information, we're far above sand-lot baseball level.

You've got a big attitude.

Why don't you show them, Ryo?! You've got a big attitude.

Why don't you show them, Ryo?!

I don't mind.

Ryo!

Don't worry, Ms. Shino! Ryo!

Don't worry, Ms. Shino!

Ryo can beat them in five minutes.

See you later!

Well...

I guess I can be the umpire then.

Man, just my luck to get a flat tire in a place like this.

What are they doing here this late?

Show them that girls can pitch, Ryo!

All right, give me a fast one!

Each of you has three strikes. Play ball!

I can't believe Chairman Himuro asked us to compete with this girl.

She sure doesn't think much of us non-pros.

Strike one. What?

Strike one.

Damn...

Strike two.

They're fast!

Strike, batter out!

I did it!

You're awesome, Ryo! I did it!

You're awesome, Ryo!

Idiot, you let your guard down.

Damn!

All right, little girl, playtime is over.

Strike one.

You can't do that this time.

Foul?

Hiroki!

Who the hell are you?

Pardon me. I just happened to see this interesting game going on.

But I can't stand to keep watching this wimpy batter any more.

What?

Hey, I know him. He was in the sports newspaper. What?

Hey, I know him. He was in the sports newspaper.

He's considered a star high school slugger even before he starts.

He's Hiroki Takasugi.

Hiroki Takasugi?

At the rate you're going, you won't hit a single one of her pitches

even if you get a hundred tries.

I'm offering to substitute for you.

You, smart ass! You're just a snot-nosed kid.

All right, we have a pinch hitter now.

Who says it's up to you, drunkard?

That boy is right.

You won't be able to get a good hit no matter how many times you try.

You'll have a better chance if you let that prep school boy try.

This was unexpected, but it suits my purposes even better.

The count is two nothing, right?

Okay.

We've suddenly got a very formidable opponent here.

I'm ready when you are.

Play ball.

I'll do it!

A photograph in a corner of the drawer

Nostalgic smiles, belief in our dreams

Back then we were seeking chance encounters

Groping to catch an invisible tomorrow

We may have misunderstood and hurt each other yesterday

Harmony reigns once again in the sunny morning

Remember the passionate days

I still can't forget

When I went up the stairs and looked back

You all smiled and waved at me

Hi, I'm the always energetic, Ryo Hayakawa!

Suddenly, I have to compete with a strange guy and I'm really nervous.

He put on such an act.

I'm going to defeat him with the fastball I inherited from my Dad.

And suddenly I get a scholarship offer from Kisaragi Girls' High.

The condition for that is I have to join the baseball team.

I'll also meet a natural tennis player.

I get the feeling something big is going to happen.

Next Princess Nine:

"A Baseball Team at a Prestigious Girls' School?"

Good luck, Miss Ganmo.

What do you mean, Ganmo?