5 x 4P #3: Wait, Mister Customer! All the hardships of being a comics-artist... of being Mitsuru Adachi. p1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMENTATOR Gunma's representative, Sakka Commerical High versus Tokushima Tantou Academy representative! Natsu no Koshien face-off enters its sixth inning -- (NB: Natsu no Koshien - literally means Koshien in Summer; name of the summer national highschool finals held in Koshien stadium, Osaka) // COMMENTATOR 2 - 0, it's Tantou Academy who's leading on the offensive. p2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMENTATOR One out, none on bases, and at bat is this competitions most talked about fourth batter, Ooshima! MANGAKA (comics-artist ~ looks very much like Adachi) (sigh) // COMMENTATOR Ah! The catcher's stood up! // COMMENTATOR Sakka Commercial High intends to walk him! p3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMENTATOR You saw that, Mr Kawai?! Only four pages, and his 'walk' takes up such a big frame! // This is okay? KAWAI Suit yourself! // Who do you think he's kidding! // MANGAKA AHHHH!!! // JUN ...... MANGAKA (GROAN) // MASTER He's a comics-artist. // Everyone thinks comics-artists earns a lot, just by royalties alone. But they don't have any summer breaks, nor Obon, nor day nor night. p4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MASTER Nor do they have time to watch a game at Koshien. As for sipping beer over a live game -- that kind of life's beyond them. // It's not the kind of work where you can say 'fine', and that's that. Even when it's time, it's still not over yet. // Must fight loneliness just to get one's work out. // JUN A really demanding job...! Yes...... // MASTER Very demanding...... // With no room for laziness. MANGAKA (sigh) // COMMENTATOR Is this okay, Mr Kawai? KAWAI Suit yourself! Just don't kid around with me! -- END --