Thread: 278th Down

Just read the raw. I hope you are all ready for MORTAL KOMBAT !!

The latter half of this chapter was surprisingly heavy for this series IMO. I think it works though.

here is the translation by Xophien

Eyeshield 21 chapter 278

Page 01

278th Down :The strongest personal coach
Left : Getting ready for the time of the decisive battle drawing near, heavily sweating because of the training, devote your flesh and blood for the sake of the victory to come!!

Page 02-03 (spread)

Hiruma : Cry tears of joy, guys!
Hiruma : It’s the super wonderful
Hiruma : personal coaches from hell!!
Bottom right text : For the sake of not ending their dream, let the successive special training with the dream combo start!

Kid : Well, you’re carefully prepared, really...
Kid : Hiruma-shi sent around contracts before the tournament
Kid : “No matter what team wins over Kantou, the other teams will cooperate for the conquest of the nationals.”
(TN : -shi, if you don’t remember it, is an honorifics similar but far less used than -san)

Akaba : Fuu... In the first place, knocking down Teikoku is
Akaba : the dearest wish of the whole Kantou.
Unsui : Whether there had been that contract or not
Unsui : If you want strength, we would have helped.

Mizumachi : hmm... You’re all saying cool things, but the truth is
Mizumachi : That’s because until the next season, we have nothing to do.
Someone : He said it, haa!

Pupil - Personal Coach
Sena - Shin
Kurita - Gaou
Monta - Ikkyuu
Yukimitsu - Tetsuma
Taki - Akaba
Ishimaru - Riku
Komusubi - Ootawara
Juumonji - Kakei
Kuroki - Mizumachi
Toganou - Banba

Page 04

Hiruma : Kekeke, the fucking drunkard you are
Hiruma : Can’t be Kurita’s opponent anymore
Doburoku : Well, it’s impossible already for anyone else than Gaou...

Doburoku : It’s not only for Kurita
Doburoku : It’s better for guys of a same or better level to do it.
Doburoku : I miss the time when I had the upper hand in trainings with this old body
Doburoku : You’ve grown up to the point you completely defeated me in every actual battle...!

Riku : To quickly raise up your speed
Riku : It’s good to do a spartan running at a speed that is
Riku : A bit over your own maximum speed
Yukimitsu : it can’t be
Yukimitsu : This rope...

Yukimitsu : Definitely trying hard!!
Yukimitsu : 5.5sec
Ishimaru : 4.9sec
Tetsuma : 5.0sec
Riku : 4.5sec
*40 yards dash times

Page 05

Doburoku : This is why
Doburoku : Sena’s personal coach regarding speed is
Doburoku : of course only Shin...!
Sena : P-P-Please treat me favorably...

Doburoku : Do a square run!
Doburoku : Do nothing but chasing each other without going off your course!

Sena : Heeeee...
Sena : Even though I managed to defeat
Sena : that scary Shin-san at the end of the Oujou match
Sena : Is it really alright to fight here who knows how many rounds...??

Shin : Even if it’s training
Shin : Let’s go with all our strength
Shin : Eyeshield 21...!

Sena : Yes...!!

Page 06

Someone : Wooooooh!?

Doburoku : To...
Doburoku : To think those guys...
Doburoku : can push it this far...

Sena : Shin-san
Sena : If I slow down my speed even a little bit he’ll catch me

Sena : Wait, this
Sena : The turns are hard...!

Shin : Those 90 degrees turns at maximum speed
Shin : And that severe square-shaped course
Shin : It will train your cutting skills...!

Shin : The two of them
Shin : With the limit speed of the human realm
Shin : The 40 yards 4.2sec dash

Page 07

Narration : Comrades with the best speed
Narration : It wouldn’t have been possible if not for those two
Narration : The ultimate personal training...!

Page 08

Kakei : Incredible... Even more than at the time he faced me
Kakei : Constant 4.2sec
Kakei : This is the world of the speed of light...!

Kakei : But
Kakei : It’s possible that that kind of thing...
Kakei : That real Eyeshield 21
Kakei : Yamato Takeru...

Kakei : Juumonji
Juumonji : Ah!?
Kakei : The delinquent deathblow
Kakei : You were the best one in that skill, right?

Kakei : Someone like you will be able to help Sena
Kakei : Because as I am
Kakei : I can’t fight with Yamato

Kakei : Within those three weeks, I will give you
Kakei : all my hand techniques...!

Akaba : Fuu... It fits well
Akaba : It fits! Your musical sense...!
Mamori : Those two are the ones that will get the most out of hand...

Page 09

Nothing

Page 10

Ikkyuu : What the heck, since the beginning, hey!!

Ikkyuu : You’re oni not getting it!
Ikkyuu : I don’t get it
Ikkyuu : The only one not motivated is you, Monta!!
Yamabushi : Oh, oh, wait
Yamabushi : Calm down, Ikkyuu...

Ikkyuu : But that guy
Ikkyuu : since the beginning...
Ikkyuu : He’s just being that weak!
Ikkyuu : To think I lost to a guy like him, doesn’t it make me seem stupid, you know?!

Monta : I’m sorry
Monta : Even though you went through the trouble of coming for a personal practice
Monta : I’m
Monta : sorry...!!

Page 11

Honjou : So, what do you think
Honjou : of the Christmas Bowl, Taka?

Taka : Nothing in particular...
Taka : It’s the same as every match
Taka : We’ll quietly win the championship
Taka : Nothing specially interesting, just the routine

Honjou : Hahaha
Honjou : Being the best is problematic too

Honjou : Taka
Honjou : Ever since you were young
Honjou : I planned to pass on you
Honjou : All my skills as a fielder

Honjou : A father and son
Honjou : personal coaching...!

Page 12

Sign : Tokyo Stadium

Sena : As I though
Sena : You came there
Sena : Tokyo Stadium...

Monta : You know, I’ve
Monta : alwaaaays
Monta : wanted to become the second Honjou

Honjou : Raimon-kun! You’re incredible!
Honjou : As your personal coach
Honjou : I’ll teach you everything I know!

Page 13

Monta : The most precious thing in the world for me, that glove
Monta : was the only connection I have to Honjou-san

Monta : For those ten years, day after day
Monta : I sworn on this glove to keep going with MAX effort
Monta : And saw a dream of getting closer to Honjou-san

Monta : Honjou Taka
Monta : Every day, he grew up
Monta : under the personal care of the real deal

Monta : At the Christmas Bowl
Monta : I
Monta : I will..

Monta : The foil I am
Monta : will be
Monta : crushed
Monta : by the Honjou family...

Monta : Hahaha it’s hopeless
Monta : I’m thinking myself I’ll be crushed even before the match
Monta : Ikkyuu-senpai saw through me immediately

Monta : I can’t do it
Monta : really...
Monta : I sent a mail to Hiruma-senpai
Monta : Just before

Page 14

Monta : Asking to remove me from the members’ list
Monta : For the Christmas Bowl

Sena : What are you saying...
Sena : After getting this far
Monta : Because I can’t take part in it!!

Monta : I know my own situation the best!
Monta : I won’t be able to catch a single thing at the match!
Monta : I wouldn’t even be able to lay a hand on that guy!!

Monta : I was always aiming for him
Monta : Why that Taka!
Monta : Why am I Honjou-san’s enemy!!

Monta : Always... for ten years
Monta : I was with this glove, always...
Monta : I
Monta : can’t fight
Monta : against Honjou-san...

Page 15

Sena : If Monta isn’t there
Sena : There’s no way we can fight with Teikoku!
Sena : What will you do
Sena : about everyone...!?

Sena : More that something like this glove...

Page 16

Monta : Glove...
Monta : Honjou-san
Monta : My
Monta : glove...!

Monta : It’s dangerous, Monta
Monta : With that traffic...

Page 17

Monta : What could a guy like you
Monta : understand, Sena!

Monta : Honjou-san is my everything!
Monta : There’s nothing more important to me than this glove in this world...!!

Taka : If you’re talking about the video of Raimon Tarou, I saw it
Taka : He was a boring player.

Sena : The most important thing
Sena : Rather than this glove

Sena : It’s winning
Sena : the Christmas Bowl with everyone, right!

Page 18-19 (spread)

Sena : More than Honjou-san!
Sena : More than the glove!

Sena : The most important thing is
Sena : the championship, right!!
Top left : A call to friendship... Directed to Monta’s heart!!
Sena : Am I wrong!?

Sena : Monta!!!

the delinquent spider deathblow poison... the perfect cover against the real eyeshield...

@OP

i second that... second half was surprisingly heavy for a comedy manga indeed. not that i mind, it went pretty well.

^Not especially surprising coming from Monta...he's the most sentimental on the team.

Let's just wait for someone to set him straight and he'll start training even harder, since that's how predictable a character he is.

It will be interesting to see how the "Ha-Ha" brothers and Taki develop. I think out of everyone, those four have yet to really shine. I also hope Yukimitsu works on his stamina so he can finally play a full game; Himura is going to have his hands full against Teikoku's tactics.

Originally Posted by Urameshi-sama

^Not especially surprising coming from Monta...he's the most sentimental on the team.

Let's just wait for someone to set him straight and he'll start training even harder, since that's how predictable a character he is.

He's usually emotional in the aggressive/competitive sense though IMO. When he's been down before it certainly hasn't been to the extent of getting in a fight with his best friend(although maybe he would do that in any mood when his glove was destroyed).

I'd say his bouncing back would be a foregone conclusion even if he wasn't such a simple character. It's shounen sports after all. That being said, I don't have the slightest clue how he could match up with Taka. Most of the good Kanto receiver/DBs had unique physical skills rather than special techniques. The only one I can think of offhand was the Ptera Claw, and I don't even remember seeing that guy there.

Where is Agon???? ......

Originally Posted by SiegKroxic

Where is Agon???? ......

He's too busy being a badass to help.

Wrong. He is too busy pimpin to help.