While Yuki is washing the uniform on the sink, Shou startles
her by asking her why she knows Shizuka. Blushing Yuki asks why he isn’t doing
the warm-ups. He tells her that it is over and is she finished washing off the
nosebleed from his uniform since he has to change his clothes. Yuki tells him
that it is almost finished. Then, she asks him if he joined a basketball club
before. When he said yes, she asks at what age he started. He says, 6 years
old. Yuki tries to imagine what he is like at 6 years old. Shou asks her what
it is, does she start to be curious about his ALL SORTS OF THINGS. Thinking
that it is a painful lie, Yuki denies it by saying that she needs to know the
team members’ data. Yuki comments that guy unexpectedly grew up to be quite
tall and he totally didn’t notice it before. She asks if he’s talking about
Shizuka. He says ya, they are of the same age so whether in elementary or in
the club, they are together but no matter where, that guy is the shortest so he
would always put all his effort in chasing after the ball. There is a scene of
Shizuka trying to get the ball but the others passed the ball to Yuki. Shou
mutters that he unconsciously remembered a lot of things. He asks again when
she met Shizuka. Realizing that he won’t let her off, Yuki wonders how to tell
him that she is at the park in the middle of the night playing an awful shooting
ball practice. She dreads him telling her how awful she was for not being able
to shoot a single ball in. While shaking his uniform, Yuki nervously says that
it is nothing but just a brief encounter. Shou insists on knowing where and
when but she brushes him off by saying that he’s noisy, and tells him to just
concentrate on the competition. Yuki reminds herself that everyone gave up
their winter and spring break to keep on practicing hard for this competition
so they must win it. In the gym, Shizuka looks out the door to see Yuki giving
Shou his uniform and Shou wants her to help him wear it but of course, Yuki
refuses. Then, Shizuka starts blushing when one of the fangirls call out that
guy looks very handsome. The other girl tells her to shut up for that is the
rival but the third girl says that he is actually very handsome. His captain
tells Shizuka that if he is too flustered, he’ll twist his foot again. Blushing
Shizuka shouts that he isn’t flustered. And, the ball he is dribbling went out
of bounds. His captain asks if they’ll win. Looking serious, Shizuka says he’ll
win against that guy who treats basketball as a game. He recalls how he told
young Shou regarding a certain promise. Looking at Shou, Shizuka mutters how he
could possibly lose to him.
Soon, the two teams bow and greet each other. Fangirls are
cheering for Shou. Yabe says that even if it is a practice competition, there
are a lot of people cheering and 80% came for Shou. Yuki checks her notes on
the rival team. They haven’t encountered them these past years but their
performance is a mixed victory[/outcome]. She thinks that even if this is a new
team set-up, there ought to be no problem since Shou is there and they’ll
definitely win. Two-toned guy throws the ball to Shou. Shou catches it and runs
towards their basket. The others are shouting that Shou is fast and he’s Naruse
from Sakaya Junior High and it is infuriating that the girls are cheering for
him. Just when Shou is going to shoot the ball, Shizuka blocks the ball by
hitting it away. This surprises everyone. His teammates are shocked that Shou
got blocked since he already jumps high and obviously no one should be able to
block him. After stealing the ball, Shizuka manages to evade Shouji’s defense
and he shoots the ball. It is in. Soon, even if they got the ball, their balls
are always single-handedly stolen by Shizuka that the point difference kept on
increasing. At the fourth quarter, it is 75 for Misuzu and 43 for Ryuhoku. Yuki
thinks that soon, they couldn’t catch up. When Shizuka has the ball and faces
Shou, Shizuka tells him that he still hasn’t forgotten about what happened[/that
thing at] that time. Shizuka charges so Shou goes to block him but he got
tricked since Shizuka stepped back and shoots the ball instead. And, he scores.
Pfft- the competition ends with 78 vs 43. Everyone is in shock that they’ve
lost. While Shou is catching his breath, Shizuka tells him that this ought to
be his [Shizuka] last time,.. in encountering him in a competition. Shou didn’t
react and Yuki looks flustered for Shou. At the meeting room, the team are
voicing out their frustration over losing miserably with final scores of 78 to
43. Yuki calmly tells them good job [<- greeting; otsukare] and she knows
that everyone is very frustrated but introspection is about to start, so sit
up. Two toned hair curses and says how heartless she is when they want a
manager who would say, ‘do not mind for today’s rival is very strong♥’ Just
when the coach is saying that today’s rival is very strong, Yuki tells them
that according to convention, they would start the talk from the second year as
to where they need to introspect. She calls out to Shou. While holding on to
Shou, Abe shouts that Shou’s sleeping..sleeping so soundly that he won’t wake up.
Popped veins are appearing on Yuki for he is sleeping at
this time but the coach says that Shou is definitely tired so let him rest a
bit. She wonders if Shou doesn’t feel frustrated. While resting his head on his
arms, Shou opens his eyes and clenches his fist upon recalling what Shizuka
mentioned earlier that this would be the last time he’ll encounter him in a
competition. Yuki thinks that she’s very frustrated. As Shou is leaving the
school, Yuki calls out to him and says that he is always sleeping during the
introspection meeting. She tells him that the coach and the third years didn’t
ask but she’s going to ask him, doesn’t he have any reflections. He turns away
and says, ‘very tired’. Trembling in anger, Yuki grabs his sleeve and shouts
for him to wait. He asks what it is. Yuki angrily shouts that she’s asking if
he’s frustrated or not since he practiced hard everyday and everyone did their
best but to lose miserably. Yuki felt frustrated and she always believed that
with only him around, it would definitely be alright. Yuki shouts if he didn’t
have that kind of thinking and is basketball really just a game for him. Shou
asks what if he doesn’t. This surprises Yuki as Shou looks at her. He tells her
that whether lose or win, it is only a competition and that’s all there is to
it. Yuki lets go and Shou leaves. With her head down, Yuki thinks that she
knows that she’s wrong [to think] that it is alright if only Shou is around. It
is her fault for believing and anticipating that wishful thinking = Shou will
definitely keep on fighting no matter what kind of rival he encounters. It is
her fault and she wants to change a bit that guy’s way of thinking. At the
corner, Shizuka is wondering if it is over since it is quiet. He wants to go
home but to his shock, Yuki is still standing by the door. He notices that
she’s trembling. He couldn’t believe it and wants to leave but... Then, Yuki is
surprised when a jacket is put over her head. Yuki asks who.. Holding the
jacket on her, Shizuka tells her not to raise her head. Yuki realizes that it
is Shizuka. He tells her that he’ll immediately let go. After five seconds,
he’ll disappear so right now, please don’t raise her head. He greets her
otsukare and quickly rushes off. Yuki is puzzled why he won’t let her raise her
head when she isn’t crying. It turns out that trembling is out of anger and not
because she’s crying. She wonders what she’s going to do with the jacket.
Comment: And, that is Shizuka, the potential love rival who
currently has a past with Shou. His name sounds like a girl that I wonder if
his girl blushing sickness/phobia has something to do with having a lot of
sisters and his parents thought he would be born as a girl hence the girl name.
^^; But then, based on that flashback, during elementary, they didn’t make fun
of his name but rather his height. ^^;; Anyway, he may be better than Shou in
basketball but he is still a long way from being good at girls like Shou
especially because of his phobia thing. =P Also, what was that promise, and how
come he would call Shou a womanizer. Did Shou ‘took away’ the girl he likes? It
seems that Shou is always like that..being so casual that it irritates
everyone. So, from the looks of things, we’ll know more about Shou in the
coming chapters. As for the basketball side of the story, it seems that it is
going to explore on how serious one should be regarding a game. Is it just a
game, no big deal if one loses or wins? Or one should give all and be very
emotional over the outcome especially with all the hard work and sacrifice one
poured into it? Maybe Shou’s mentality did hinder him from giving his full
potential since from the scenes before, he isn’t that serious in practice and presumably,
usually just used his height advantage in winning. So while he’s being complacent,
Shizuka worked hard to be able to defeat him. It does seem to be some grudge
and it is quite something to say that this would be the last time they’ll meet
in a game..how come? Are they that bad or it is just a taunt? I don’t think
that he’s going to transfer to their school or anything that it won’t be
‘against’ but ‘with’. Anyway, as usual, Yuki is calm and everything in front of
the others but with Shou, she shows her ‘furious frustrated’ expression. Somehow,
just like her who doesn’t want to show her weakness, it seems that Shou isn’t
inclined to open up to anyone especially about being frustrated in this defeat.
He obviously is but he isn’t going to admit it. So, what will she do with the
jacket..most probably return it. Would Shou’s jealousy be his drive later on
against Shizuka? We’ll just wait and see. PS. If you guys are no longer
interested in this series, just don’t comment anymore so that I’ll know what to
do ^^ Having only 2 then much later on 3 comments in chapter 7, it wasn’t a
good sign for me to keep on working on this so I’ve asked that question last
time. For now, I’ll continue summarizing this. ^^ Scans by 红莲汉化组
Word of the day:
When we strive for excellence and give our best effort,
losing hurts, but it doesn’t have to harm us. The key is where we set our minds
and hearts. ‘Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. Colossians
3:2’ KJV ~ Our Daily Bread.
Thanks for the summary! Poor shou. The game really affects him. Yuki will definitely find a way to cheer him up since he always butt in her life lately! HA! <3 Tika
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thanks for the summary....i like the fact that the female lead is shown as strong and capable instead of the normal useless fluff types
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading ^-^ Ya.
DeleteThank you for the summary. This series is really cute
ReplyDeleteThanks for the summary, now i think that Shou will have a rival in the game and love! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading ^-^ Indeed.
Deletethanks for your summary. don't drop this manga, it's fun i love the stundere character they're so hilarious :)
ReplyDeleteI've really waited a long time for this summary.
ReplyDeleteThank u so muchhhhh♥♥♥as always
Thanks for reading and the wait ^-^
Deletethanks for doing the summary for this series!! I love it and I think the next chapter will be interesting!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading ^-^ Is that so.
DeleteThank you ^^
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, sowajus ^-^
Deletethank you for summarizing this series, it's very cute. please don't drop it
ReplyDeletefor information; shizuka it means silent. like his personality, I think he's shy but silent hihihi
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Yup, Ai..it does mean that.
Deletethank you for the summary! I was really looking forward for it.
ReplyDeleteThank you for everything Kat! Please continue translating this!! \(^.^)/
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading, GuzeNoHaze ^-^
DeleteThanks for the summary.I like this manga
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading, karina ^-^
DeleteThanks Kat. Sorry for no comments theses days. I like this serie. And turn out to be pretty interesting with this new guy. Many outcomes now.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Yasmin ^-^ Yup.
Deletethanks for the chapter, plis keep working in this serie, we appreciate your efforts :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for your hard work!! ah.. just as I thought.. it's really fun reading your summary and comments about it..:) Please drop this series,
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading ^-^
DeleteThank your for summary. Really love this manga. Please continue <3
ReplyDeleteI hope Shou never wins against Shizuka. Because even if he is the main character, it would really tick me off if someone who doesn't really try or practice can beat Shizuka; who is putting his all into doing what he loves.
DeleteHehe..is that so. This somewhat reminds me of the other series: talent vs hardwork. Hardworking person is winning until talent person starts working seriously.
Deletethanks for the chapter and your hardwork, Kat :) this serie is getting more and more interesting!
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading ^-^
DeleteThanks for the summary! At first, I thought it was a lot similar to Akai Ito, but i don´t think that anymore. The potencial love triangle reminds me of Nanase - Chihiro - Nanjou. But I don't think Nanjou is interested in a romantic way in Chihiro. I'd love it if Shizaku is interested in Yuki, though.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading, Celia ^-^
DeleteTrue, they are the same in terms of being a bickering couple ^^ In a way yes..since both guys are in the same sports.
Thanks for summarizing! It does my heart good.
ReplyDeleteWords are not enough to express my gratitude, thank you so much for writing this summary!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading, Snow Bell ^-^
DeleteThanks so much for this cx I appreciate it :D
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome ^-^
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