Chapter 001pages 003-032
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Namaikina Ichinen-bouzu
[Audacious first year dude]
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| New Characters: Ninomiya Ami ; Yamato Keisuke ; Seki Kazuaki ; Kitano Kyoutarou ; Ogata Takeshi ; Kume Masaru |
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The first chapter of this series introduces the main characters (the five
guys and Ami) by means of Narita, a third year student who thinks he is
the big chief and wants to establish his authority amongst the newcomers
who (in his opinion) are a little bit too audacious.
Unfortunately for him, they aren't guys to be messed around with. Kitano
Kyoutarou has the appearance of a real Schwartzenegger. Seki Kazuaki does
basketball for the moment but is karate third dan, Ogata Takeshi makes
minced meat out of all the others in the baseball club and Kume Masaru may
look like a fatso but he has the force of an ox. So Narita wisely decides
to go for ramen instead.
Meanwhile at the swimming pool, Yamato Keisuke (a very good swimmer) is
addressed by a girl who introduces herself as Ninomiya Ami. He is very
surprised when she accuses him of being a murderer. {PVH}
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Chapter 002pages 033-050
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Ou, Ninomiya da
[Ah, it's Ninomiya]
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Yamato Keisuke has a bad dream about him being accused as a murderer by
Ninomiya. He is awakened by the four other guys who rush out to his room
window to see if they cannot get a glimpse of the girls' shower room from
here (Keisuke's room being the only one from where one can see the shower
room in the girls' dorm). At school Keisuke is being formally introduced
to Ninomiya by Ogata who apparently comes from the same junior high school
as she. In the swimming pool Ami continues nagging Keisuke but he hasn't
got a clue why. {PVH}
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Chapter 003pages 051-072
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Koochi no Shiawase
[The Coach's happiness]
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We see that Ami practices diving as a sport and she is quite good at it.
The swimming coach is very interested in Keisuke. We learn that he has
been third in the national middle school swimming competition, 100 meter
free style swimming. Keisuke on the other hand isn't so pleased: the only
one who has reasons to be pleased is his rival in middle school and the
first in the finals, Serizawa Yuuji. In the evening, Ami is interested in
knowing more about Keisuke and inquires a dormmate who is in the same
classroom as he. {PVH}
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Chapter 004pages 073-090
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Shitagaki no Dankai
[Gradations of a rough drawing]
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In this chapter, we learn why this series is called "Rough". A teacher
explains to the students that they are all like rough drawings at the
beginning of their school career. By continuous sketching, wiping and
redrawing, exercising etc they'll become a beautiful drawing (remark the
self-criticism of Adachi).
A lot of guys are running after Ami, but they don't have much success.
Ogata is really surprised to learn that Ami has inquired about Keisuke.
He, as the star of middle school baseball has never even succeeded in
getting a date with Ami, but Keisuke who she barely knows...
Meanwhile, Narita doesn't cope very well with his loss of authority.
While preparing a reunion, Ami accidentally falls over Keisuke but she
doesn't recognize him (a bucket falls over his ears :)). Keisuke notices
that she can be quite friendly, he even gets her handkerchief to clean him
up. {PVH}
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Chapter 005pages 091-108
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Hoohoo to Heehee
[Hoho and Hehe]
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Keisuke returns home for clean underwear. At home, his mother tells him
why the Ninomiya-clan has a grudge against the Yamato-clan. Both
families are confectionary shops, and have been trying to defeat each
others for generations. Two generations ago, Ninomiya grandfather came up
with an idea of an owl-shaped cake (called Hoohoo), but Yamato grandfather
quickly thought of a similar thing but with ears (called Heehee). Because
they were of same price and the Yamato's ones has extra ears, the business
of Ninomiya suffered, and Ninomiya grandfather fell ill consequently,
worrying about his business. Before his death, his last words were "I was
killed by the Yamato's". This put the two families in extreme enemy
situation. The same generations confront each other. Keisuke, being the
third generation now understands better why he receives since ten years
a new years greeting card from a certain Ninomiya Ami with the word
"murderer" on it. {PVH}
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Chapter 006pages 109-126
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Tachiiri o Kinzu
[Standing is forbidden]
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It's forbidden for the male students to stand in front of the girls dorm.
The swimming coach begins a conversation with Ami, but she jilts him the
moment he begins about Keisuke being his hope for winning the trophy in
swimming.
There is an intruder in the girls dorm! Nobody seems to know who it is,
but in the male dorm, Kitano remarks that Seki is missing. Ami is taken by
surprise by the unknown intruder. {PVH}
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Chapter 007pages 127-144
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Nangatsu umare?
[In what month were you born?]
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It is Seki who is the intruder (a great "VHS"-joke here). He makes up the
lamest excuse for being in the girls dorm and Ami falls for it (it's in
his horoscope). She even helps him escape and gives him a box of sweets to
share with his friends. Back at the boys dorm, Seki shares the owl-shaped
sweets (a box of Hoohoo) with his friends, and sees that Keisuke has also
brought a present from home (a box of Heehee). The guys are surprised that
Keisuke knows Seki's box is a present from Ami. {PVH}
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Chapter 008pages 145-162
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Ato de Hanashi ga aru
[We'll talk later]
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Keisuke plays the same kind of trick on Ami as she did in the third
chapter. After this, he says to her that they need to talk later on. The
animosity between the two is clear. Seki is practicing basketball and his
team mates envy him for the gang of girls that is cheering for him at the
side-line. Seki on the other hand has only thoughts for Ami at the moment.
The coach has been letting Keisuke work his butt off. Keisuke, who is
very tired, is hiding for the coach who wants him to continue the menue.
He hides in a locker and... falls asleep. The coach of the girls' swimming
team orders the lockers to be moved to the girls' changing room (with the
sleeping Keisuke in it). Keisuke awakes and can't believe his eyes when
looking through the grating. When he hears that the girls have left, he
jumps out of the locker. Unfortunately, there was still one girl left
changing clothes, and, as you can guess, that girl happens to be Ami.
Keisuke tells her the truth, but she doesn't believe him of course (unlike
when she believed Seki's lies). A slap is Keisuke's reward.
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Chapter 009pages 163-180
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Yamato Suiei Kyoushitsu
[The Yamato Swimming Class]
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There is a flood of new applicants for the swimming club. They all are
attracted by the swimmingsuit sight of Minomiya Ami of course. Decided was
to let only those who succeed in a physical strength test enter. The only
one who succeeds in the harsh tests is Seki Kazuaki (the dorm-intruder),
and his goal is obvious. Keisuke is nominated to be his instructor. He is
not too pleased with this, moreover Seki doesn't know how to swim!
Keisuke: "Coach, are we going to start a swim teaching class now?"
Coach: "Indeed, the Yamato swim teaching class."
Keisuke must give the example and swims 50 meter crawl. The coach forgets
to time it. {PVH}
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Chapter 010pages 181-198
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Kono sukebe
[That Pervert]
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Ami succeeds in making Keisuke look like a pervert. He gets clobbered for
this by his friends. Being in a bad mood he first throws away the
handkerchief he got from Ami, but retrieves it later. At the swimming pool
he likes to begin Seki's training as soon as possible but Seki has only
eyes for Ami. This is quite annoying, because Keisuke cannot practice
until he has taught Seki how to swim.
She says to Seki that it was she who made him look like a pervert, but
Seki doesn't believe her. {PVH}
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Chapter 011pages 199-216
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Wa ga Ryou no Dentougyouji
[Our dorm's traditional event]
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In his room, Keisuke is reading an article about his rival, Serizawa
Yuuji. Kume enters and takes a look through a set of binoculars at the
girls dorm (used a lot already those binocs). He sees they are organising
a lottery and that it is a certain girl called Tanuma who wins (Tanuma is
an ugly and fat girl). At that moment, in the male dorm, Narita calls all
newcomer dorm inhabitants for the announcement of an event organized every
year. The "ichinichi deeto no bi" (one day date-event). This is a yearly
event organized to bring the dorms closer together. The rules: only
newcomers will participate, and only one will be chosen to go. So they'll
have a "draw the straw" to decide who'll be the lucky partner. The one who
has the straw that colors red when licking it is the winner. Kume is the
winner, but he remembers it is that ugly girl who won at the girls dorm
and so he switches his straw with that from Keisuke who isn't very
interested and threw his straw away. And so, to his own surprise, it is
Keisuke who'll be the male victim.
In the evening, at the girls' dorm, Tanuma slips in the bathroom and
falls unconscious, moreover she catches a cold. So she asks to Ami to go
in her place if she can't make it. Ami says that won't be necessary
because it's a really good medicine. {PVH}
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Chapter 012pages 217-234
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Hachiji made Futarikiri
[Together Alone until Eight]
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At the boys' dorm, the guys are teasing Keisuke. Not all the new
girls are cute, they say. It is possible you'll go on a date with an
uncute girl. What is worse, he won't be able to escape and so they'll
have to date until eight o'clock, otherwise they'll be on cleaning duty
for three months and the event will be abolished from then on. When
Keisuke goes for the date, Kume says to the others that he knows the
date-girl is a real ugly one. And so we see Keisuke heading for the
meeting place.
The gong of doom sounds when Keisuke and AMI find each other at that
place. Reason: Tanuma's cold has healed, but she fell from the stairs now
and broke her foot.
Meanwhile, Ami has a problem: how to escape this ordeal? Her first date,
and with one from the Yamato-clan to boot. She isn't very willing to let
this happen and that gets Keisuke really annoyed. How can she judge a
person only by his name? He understands there is no reasoning possible and
is ready to accept the punishment for skipping this date.
At the dorm the guys wonder what girl is shouting so loudly. Kume gets a
big surprise when he sees Tanuma calling out her grief from her window.
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Chapter 013pages 235-252
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"Bi" no Saiten
[The grades of "beauty"]
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Ami has decided to tag along (doesn't want to get a bad name) but is not
very cooperative. Keisuke berates her and says that they can as well quit
if she can't behave somewhat more human. In the park, they pass a couple
of which the girl seems to recognize Keisuke. "Giving points?" asks Ami,
but Keisuke explains that it is his ex-girlfriend from middle school. The
next step in the date is finding a suitable coffee shop. By coincidence,
the ex-girlfriend is also there. Keisuke says one of the reasons their
relation broke off was the difference in family status (she being the
daughter of a cosmetics-tycoon). Ami goes to the toilet and there she is
berated by the ex-girlfriend who apparently still hasn't gotten over their
past relation. {PVH}
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Chapter 014pages 253-270
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Yamato-ke no Chounan
[The oldest son of the Yamato's]
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In the coffee shop, Ami and Keisuke don't have much to say to each other.
Keisuke wants to start a discussion regarding the grudge Ami's family
apparently has against his and more specifically regarding himself. She
certainly proves that she knows a great deal about her enemy. Keisuke
doesn't like that a bit.
Having left the coffee shop, they continue their day against their will.
At a busstop an old man is sitting quietly on a bench. Suddenly, the man
begins to cough and throws up what seems to be blood. Ami and Keisuke try
to help him but it seems the old man simply was drinking tomato-juice and
that he can't hold that stuff. The three get into a conversation and the
man asks to Ami if she could buy him a orange juice, because he has been
walking a long distance and is now too tired to continue. While Ami is
away, Keisuke and the old man continue talking. When Keisuke finally
mentions his and Ami's name to the man, he starts coughing and seems
surprised. {PVH}
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Chapter 015pages 271-288
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Donna Pantsu?
[What Pants?]
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The old man continues following Ami and Keisuke. Suddenly a couple of
punks throw him on the ground. Ami intervenes and tells the punks to
apologize. Now she is getting herself into trouble and she looks for
Keisuke. Keisuke, who didn't want to intervene when the old man was
harrassed is still reluctant to. Right at the moment that he wants to
enter the fight, he sees the punks being thrown in the air. The old man is
apparently not a normal old man. When seeing the old man into action,
Keisuke gets a couple of flashbacks that he cannot place exactly. The
punks go away saying that they'll take revenge. Suddenly, the old man
shouts that he can't find his purse anymore. Maybe it was stolen during
the fight. Keisuke is forced to lend him some money for a taxi. The old
man promises to return the money. Ami and Keisuke continue their way. Ami
says to Keisuke that during the fight she had a strange feeling of
nostalgia. Meanwhile, the old man in the taxi remembers where he had put
his purse. He hadn't lost it after all. We see the taxi stopping at the
house Keisuke has seen in his flashback. {PVH}
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Chapter 016pages 289-306
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Oniichan?
[Brother?]
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After the movie, Keisuke has only 250 yen left (he has paid for the old
man's taxi). That's just enough for two cokes but absolutely insufficient
to go to dinner. After a little argument, Ami says they'll be able to eat
at a place she knows. She takes him to an appartment of which she has the
key. Nobody seems to be home, but Keisuke soon finds out it is the home of
Nakanishi Hiroki, the Japanese record-holder 100 and 200 m swimming free
style. He asks her of course about this, whereupon she calls Hiroki
"Oniichan (brother)". It's not her real brother, but the Nakanishi-family
is befriended to the Ninomiya-family. In the past, they helped the
Ninomiya's out of the troubles they had (guess what troubles). And so, Ami
knows Hiroki since her childhood. Keisuke says that Nakanishi won't be
record-holder anymore in two or three years and that because of Serizawa
Yuuji. Ami says that Serizawa is no threat to him. Apparently, she and
Nakanishi went to the Middle school finals where Serizawa and Yamato swam.
Nakanishi told her that he could see at Serizawa's style the level he was
at. And he concluded that Serizawa wouldn't improve anymore. Nakanishi
told her also that the number three of the finals (Keisuke) was the one
who he tought to be the most dangerous because of his good swimming-style.
Keisuke isn't too pleased with her explanation and suddenly it has begun
to rain. {PVH}
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Chapter 017pages 307-324
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Tada no Himatsubushi
[Just wasting Time]
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Being wet from the rain, they decide to stop at the swimming pool to
change clothes and get an umbrella. To kill time, Keisuke decides to swim
a little bit. Ami joins him soon. He still has what Nakanishi said about
him on his mind and wants to know his time on the 100 m. He asks Ami to
time his performance. Outside, Seki and Kume like to go for a swim, but
they are sent away by a superintendant. {PVH}
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Chapter 018pages 325-342
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Kihon kara Sutaato
[Start from the basics]
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In the pool, Keisuke is still swimming his 100 m. He is surprised to swim
so smoothly and so perfect. Suddenly, he realizes it is because of the
training he gave to Seki. All the basic training he gave has made him also
reconsider the basics, and now he is more self conscious when swimming
crawl. When touching the finish, he immediately asks for his time and...
sees Ami in a discussion with the superintendant who wants to know what
they are doing here. After a hefty discussion between Ami and the
superintendant, Keisuke convinces him that there is nothing special going
on here. After that, Keisuke asks for his time. Ami: your time is 5
minutes, 36 seconds, 37 seconds, 38 seconds... Oh no, she forgot to stop
the chrono (remark the mistake in the Japanese text here). After that,
they leave the pool to continue their date (under an umbrella now). Ogata
sees them leaving and is so surprised he walks into a door. {PVH}
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Chapter 019pages 343-358
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Kotchi no Serifu
[That's my line]
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The rain has stopped and they still have almost two hours before eight
o'clock. Ami asks Keisuke to carry something (she has a heavy bag and the
umbrella to carry) but he refuses and tells her to carry her own things by
her own. He doesn't even want to do a "janken" over it, because he has
been weak at Janken his whole life. That makes Ami comment: "Jeez, what a
day". Keisuke's reaction: "That's my line."
In town, they pass a merchant who is selling little baby chickens for only
250 yen. Ami wants the last one, but Keisuke was set on buying two juices
with that 250 yen. So, he proposes, let's do a Janken about it. Sure
enough, Keisuke looses and Ami has now her little chicken. Meanwhile, it
has become eight o'clock: end of the date. On the way home, Ami remembers
what Keisuke has said her about being bad at Janken. {PVH}
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