# E7 - The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya
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Some tea. Here.
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Oh, thanks.
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It's good.
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Here.
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Thank you, Miss Asahina.
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Haruhi created the SOS Brigade
in May. It's already June.
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Meanwhile, I was involved...
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...in an incident that's like
the world getting sudden calf cramps.
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That aside, this episode
goes something like this.
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Guys!
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We're going to enter a baseball tournament!
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Ninth All-City Amateur Baseball Tournament
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From that day till today,
nothing out of the ordinary has happened.
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We were enjoying a moment
of peace and boredom.
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But it seems that was just
a fleeting moment. Why?
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Because when she has that great smile...
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...I somehow end up completely fatigued.
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*The answer is always in my heart.*
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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
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*I don't know why, but I chose you.*
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*It won't stop now. Mr. Destiny deemed it so.*
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*I believe it's boring to just mimic.*
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*You'll be right, so I'll do what I feel as I feel it.*
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*It's an adventure, right, right?*
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*In this world where truth becomes fiction.*
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*We become stronger
because we have dreams...*
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*...not for the sake of someone.*
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*Please come with me.*
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*See me and my endlessly free self.*
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*Today's present that becomes
tomorrow's past is the miracle.*
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*Let's grab the future.*
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*I believe you...*
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What did you say?
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This.
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Ninth All-City Amateur Baseball Tournament...
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The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya
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And who'll enter this
"sandlot" baseball tournament?
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Us of course!
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Am I included in that "us"?
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We need to find four more people.
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As usual, opposing voices don't reach her ears.
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Do you know baseball's rules?
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Of course I know that.
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I learned the basics
when I tried out for the baseball team.
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It wasn't fun at all, so I went home.
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If you think baseball's boring,
why enter this tournament?
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It's our chance to
show the world our existence!
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If we win, the SOS Brigade's name
might take on a life of its own!
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It's a good opportunity!
It's a nice idea, right, Mikuru?
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B-But...
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See? Isn't baseball great?
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Our goal is the championship!
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We can't drop a single one.
Because I hate losing.
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Got that?
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That's nice.
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Don't agree with that calm look.
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Why don't you oppose her for once?
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I think it's a saner activity
than walking around...
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...in search of aliens and UMAs.
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So when is this tournament?
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This Sunday.
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In two days? That's just way too sudden!
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But I already applied.
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Oh, don't worry. I used
"SOS Brigade" as the team name.
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I made sure I didn't miss anything there.
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Where do you plan
to find the other four players?
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I just have to grab bored people
walking around the area.
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She really means that.
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All right. You stay put.
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I think Taniguchi and Kunikida have time...
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That'll do.
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Haruhi thinks of her classmates as objects.
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Let's see... Two more...
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Um, if you don't mind, I have a friend...
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That's fine.
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Apparently, anyone's fine.
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Wait... Miss Asahina's friend?
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I'm a bit curious.
Friend from when and where?
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It's fine. She's from this time...
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She's a friend I met in class.
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Then I'll ask someone who's
been curious about our activities...
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I'll do something about it.
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Then time for special training!
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Special training? Starting now?
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Yeah.
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Where?
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Over there!
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And so we got roped into
entering a baseball tournament.
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Why? The answer is simple.
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It was because Haruhi was just bored.
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Hey, can we borrow this area?
And baseball equipment too.
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What's that?
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We need rush baseball practice.
You're in the way, so leave.
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Like we would.
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A little bit won't hurt. Right, Mikuru?
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Um...
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Adolescence is easy to identify.
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Now, we'll start with
catching a thousand grounders!
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The future of the
SOS Brigade rides on that ball.
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Grab it!
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This is the first time I've heard
our futures were on a small ball...
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One more! Mikuru, here it comes!
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That hurts...
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Are you all right? Can you stand?
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Kyon, no. If you're friendly
with me, it will happen again...
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Damn it, Kyon, Mikuru!
Get back to position!
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She's out with an injury!
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That's enough. Next.
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The baseball team.
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Why us?
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All right! That's it for today!
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What a surprise. She really did
hit a thousand exactly.
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I'm more surprised that you counted them.
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Hey, Nagato...
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Can you make it rain
the day of the tournament?
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Strong enough to cancel it?
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It's not impossible, but I would not advise it.
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Why?
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Alteration of regional climate...
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...could leave an aftereffect
on the planet's ecosystem.
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In how many years?
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Several hundred to
ten thousand years from now.
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Then best we not do so.
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Right.
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And so, the tournament day arrived.
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It didn't have to...
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So you're Kyon?
I hear a lot about you from Mikuru.
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I see...
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This is my friend, Miss Tsuruya.
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I'm Taniguchi! Nice to meet you.
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I'm Kunikida.
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Well, I couldn't say no
to my good friend Kyon.
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Oh, brother...
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Taniguchi and Kunikida... I'll remember that.
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Kyon.
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Come over here.
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What are you thinking?
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Making someone like her play baseball?
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"Like her" is kind of rude.
That's my little sister.
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She introduced herself
as a ten-year-old fifth grader.
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She's so honest that it's hard
to believe she's your sister.
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But we're in a general baseball
tournament, not little league.
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I know, Haruhi.
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That's why I brought my sister.
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There's nothing clinching this,
but Haruhi's doing this.
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If we're champions by mistake,
it'll definitely be problematic.
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With a fifth grader in the ranks,
it'd be insane for us to win.
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Fine.
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It's a perfect handicap.
A decisive win would be bad.
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She's serious about winning.
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By the way, what about choosing
batting order and field positions?
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I thought it out already.
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Deciding this way is fine, right?
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One for batting order, one for position.
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And I'm the pitcher and first batter.
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All you decided was how to figure it out?
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What, got a problem? It's a democratic method.
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In ancient Greece, they chose officials by lot.
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Don't compare ancient Greek elections
to this in modern Japan.
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And only you get what you want.
How's that democratic?
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I hear we face a college team,
the Kamigahara Pirates, first.
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They're the tournament's favored team.
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Games with ten-run leads are called.
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So it's not too early
to start packing up to go home now.
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Play ball!
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That pitch wasn't impressive.
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Follow in my footsteps!
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I hope to do...
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Strike!
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What kind of pitch is that?
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If he hits her, it's an
instant fight! A party of a fight!
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Strike!
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Mikuru!
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Like this! You swing it with a bang!
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Strikeout!
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Hey, why didn't you swing the bat?
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Strike!
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Strike!
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Strikeout!
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Yuki! You won't
hit the ball if you don't swing!
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Kyon, you'd better hit the ball!
You're batting fourth!
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What do you expect from
a fourth batter chosen by number?
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Strike!
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Haruhi hit this to the outfield?
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Strike!
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Strikeout!
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What are you doing, idiot?
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Much regret.
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Let's get our guard up!
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Yeah!
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Play!
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Strike!
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Strike!
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Strikeout!
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Nice pitching!
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Easy! So easy!
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Foul ball!
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She throws balls straight into the strike zone...
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All right, all right!
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...so they'll hit them once they find out.
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And our defense is as torn up
as an anthill in a savanna...
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...a complete sieve!
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Nice catch!
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The fact only two runs were scored...
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...must mean the other team's
goddess of victory is late.
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I'm impressed!
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I'm sure everyone wants to relax on Sunday.
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SOS Brigade
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Kamigahara Pirates
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Strikeout!
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The top of the second inning went by quickly.
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And in the bottom,
we easily allowed extra runs.
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It seems we can end this next inning.
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Out!
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It's rather tough...
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It's all I can do just to hit it with the bat.
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Looks like I need it after all.
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Hey, time out!
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H-Hold on...
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Miss Suzumiya, d-don't!
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Come on, get out of that and change already!
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You look good...
Mikuru, can I take pictures?
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I wonder if a ponytail would be better...
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Now, cheer.
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Um, how should I?
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Like this!
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Now, say it with a loud voice!
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E-Everyone, please hit the ball!
I beg you to do your best!
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Yeah! Leave it to me!
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Strikeout!
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I can't hit it.
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It's all right. I wasn't counting on you.
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Safe!
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Mikuru, make sure to hit the ball this time!
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Mikuru! Go for it!
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Miss Asahina!
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Strike!
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Mikuru! Like this!
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What's she doing?
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Is she lowering the opposing
pitcher's magic points?
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It seems like she's giving a blocking sign.
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We made signs?
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No, but she's most likely
signaling for a squeeze.
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A three-bunt-squeeze sign with two outs?
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Even senile directors
would make better calls than that.
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In other words, since the chance
she'll hit the ball is nearly zero...
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...if we catch the opposing team
off guard with a crazy squeeze...
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...an infielder might
cause an error to happen...
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...and perhaps the thought is
Miss Asahina can somehow bunt.
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But they totally know.
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Strike!
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Strikeout!
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Mikuru, come over here and grit your teeth!
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Punishment.
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Let everyone see this interesting face.
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Please stop...
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Are you an idiot?
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It's your fault for giving that vague sign.
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Why didn't you try stealing home?
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Things aren't looking good.
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I don't wanna know, but go.
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An enclosed space larger
than any other is forming.
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It seems to be spreading at an alarming rate.
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It'll keep growing unless
Miss Suzumiya's mood improves...
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...and you-know-what will keep destroying.
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Because we're losing? What nonsense.
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You talk as if you're uninvolved,
but you're greatly involved in this.
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Because of how we decided
the batting order by picking numbers.
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As a result, you ended up fourth.
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I'm not pleased.
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You're the fourth batter because
Miss Suzumiya wished it so.
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It's no coincidence.
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And since you're not performing
like one, she feels despair.
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Well, sorry.
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In any case, let's do our best so
they don't call the game this inning.
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If it ends here, it's the equivalent of
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this world ending.
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Hey, we're starting now!
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We must limit this inning
to two runs no matter what.
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Two outs, men on first and second.
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SOS Brigade
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Kamigahara Pirates
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It's zero to nine now.
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One more run and the game's called.
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It's coming this way!
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Make it in time! Make it in time!
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Amazing!
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Nice play! You're pretty good!
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That's my pal!
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Continuing our chat...
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Too close. What?
**[17:27] ---**
When you went to that
other world with Miss Suzumiya...
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...how'd you return?
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Don't make me remember.
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If you use that trick,
perhaps things will go well again.
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I decline.
**[17:39] ---**
I thought you'd say that.
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Then let's win this game instead.
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Our pros and cons probably match hers.
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Miss Nagato is finally...
**[17:53] ---**
Something wrong with her?
**[17:55] ---**
She's casting a spell.
**[17:57] ---**
A spell? What's that?
**[18:00] ---**
Let's see... Classified information.
**[18:04] ---**
A spell, huh...
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Amazing! Where'd you hide
such great powers?
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I changed its elemental boost information.
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What's that?
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Homing mode.
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It's flying really far!
**[18:31] ---**
I see. Homing mode, huh...
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Jeez, there's a limit to
how random things can get...
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Things are gonna get bad
at this rate. In all sorts of ways.
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That's enough.
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I see.
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Strike!
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I had forgotten, but the first round
has a 90-minute time limit.
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There's no next inning.
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If we can hold them off, we win.
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Is it okay to win?
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It's necessary.
**[19:10] ---**
Thanks to this...
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...the widening of the
enclosed space has been halted.
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But if they rally, the game ends.
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If so, it's useless to think about
how Haruhi's mood will be.
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I have a plan.
**[19:25] ---**
You're serious?
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Dead serious.
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That's the only way we have left
of keeping the runs down.
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Oh, brother...
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Ball.
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Hey, do it for real!
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We swapped too, so if we lose,
you're treating everyone!
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I know.
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After all, the fate of the entire world
is resting on my pitching.
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This world's gotten to be a cheap place.
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Strike!
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With this "mysterious ball" (I named it)...
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...it looks like the world will be
spared from certain destruction.
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S-Strike two!
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Strikeout!
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The next batter struck out in three pitches...
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Strikeout!
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...and the last batter now has two strikes.
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Strike two!
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Kyon, decide this with the next pitch!
**[20:19] ---**
This would decide things anyway.
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Sorry, Kamigahara Pirates.
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Lucky!
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It's an error, Nagato!
Pick up the ball and throw it!
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Hurry!
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Second!
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Over here!
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Huh?
**[20:45] ---**
I'm terribly sorry.
**[20:46] ---**
We have slightly less
common sense than normal.
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G-Game set!
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Thanks to Nagato's magical cheating,
we were able to win...
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What should we do for the second round?
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I'd pity the Pirates if we
went to the second round like this.
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Besides...
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Actually, I need to go help
my comrades out soon.
**[21:09] ---**
We'll be short a member...
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Let's forfeit.
**[21:12] ---**
That sounds good.
**[21:14] ---**
It seems it's a bad thing
to keep Miss Suzumiya bored.
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This leaves us with something
to ponder for the future.
**[21:21] ---**
You've had enough fun, right?
**[21:23] ---**
Koizumi has a sudden errand...
**[21:26] ---**
...and my legs and arms
are tattered and torn.
**[21:35] ---**
If you're fine with it, then sure.
**[21:38] ---**
I'm hungry anyway, so let's go eat lunch.
**[21:41] ---**
Sure, sure.
**[21:43] ---**
Thank you...
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Not at all...
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Well, see you.
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Oh, you know...
**[21:49] ---**
That bat...
**[21:54] ---**
You're Yuki Nagato?
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I didn't realize I had
**[21:56] ---**
I heard a lot about you.
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a knack for baseball myself.
**[21:58] ---**
All of you, eat up! This is Kyon's treat!
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Oh, well...
**[22:03] ---**
I ended up with unexpected income anyway.
**[22:06] ---**
I wish the best for the Kamigahara Pirates.
**[22:20] ---**
Sorry I'm late!
**[22:23] ---**
Hey, which one's better?
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Soccer Tournament
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American Football Tournament
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Soccer and football...
How many people do we need?
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Is what we had enough?
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As I watch Haruhi's perfect smile...
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...I was thinking about
which sport required fewer people.
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Football... No, keep it
at gateball [Japanese croquet]!
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*If we figured out the globe
like we would a riddle...*
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*...we could all go anywhere together.*
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*To the end of time, BOOOON!*
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*This feeling that is a warp and a loop.*
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*With an imagination that engulfs
anything and everything, let's play.*
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*Something on one sunny day,
more fun than any magic possible...*
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*...endlessly pours down. It's not impossible.*
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*When we meet again tomorrow,
we're all humming as we smile.*
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*Let's gather happiness. Such a thing is so easy.*
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*Chase after me. Try to catch it.*
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*A big dream... You like dreams, right?*