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Masaoka Shiki & Natsume Souseki

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Alright then, it's decided! From now on I'll stick with the name Masaoka Shiki!

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What in the heavens was a pseudonym enthusiast like you thinking to say such a thing?

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I heard about you becoming a novelist and hitting it big, so I did some thinking. Having many names would make it hard to get popular, yeah?

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I do like your names that overflow with humor though.
How you have "baseball" read as "nobooru" is especially amusing.

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That one eh, I like it too. With my real name being "Noboru" and all.

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And also Mendokusai, Monokusa Jirou, Take-no-satobito, and so forth...
Dare I say, some rather ridiculous names have been thought up.

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Yeah yeah... Hold up! Is someone using the Souseki name that I came up with in the position to say that?

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No no, not at all, of course you have my gratitude for that. So therefore, am I not praising you to the skies?

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Don't kid me, no matter how I look at it you're making fun of me!


Masaoka Shiki & Takahama Kyoshi

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Kiyoshi... Is composing haiku poetry fun for you? *
Kiyoshi (清) was his real name, meanwhile Kyoshi (虚子) was a penname.

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Wh-what's with this, all of a sudden?

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No, it's just that after I passed, you thought really seriously over haiku poetry, and I'm glad...
But you know, I just suddenly wondered if due to that, you began to hate composing haiku poetry.

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...To me, haiku poetry became something more than just a fun pastime.

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...Yeah, huh. You were really struggling while I didn't even notice.

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"After pulling up the withered arrowroots, will there grow trailing plants?"

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This is... One of the poems that you praised me for, Nobo-san.
At that time, you said this was poetry of the new generation...

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Yup, I remember that.

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All the more because of what you said, Nobo-san, I returned to haiku poetry and stuck with it.
I faced haiku poetry head on, and that hasn't changed up until this very day.

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Kiyoshi, you...

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...Nobo-san?

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You've really grown...!
From the Kiyoshi who rejected my one sincere request in life to continue on my haiku legacy...
I'm so moved I can't keep from crying...

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P-please just... forget that, it was so long ago!


Masaoka Shiki & Kawahigashi Hekigotou

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Masaoka Shiki, Takahama Kyoshi & Kawahigashi Hekigotou

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Nobo-saaan, Hekigotou's here!

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Nobo-san, did you call?

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Alrighty, everyone's here! The reason I called you two here is none other than... That it's been decided there will be a baseball game!

Kawahigashi Hekigotou icon

Ah, so it's finally been decided!

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I've been here there and all over to gather players.

Kawahigashi Hekigotou icon

Well now, you've sure been working hard! Usually we don't get this many people.

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Right! We've gone to the trouble of having a game, so I have one more problem for you guys to solve.
Compose a verse about the game that's about to happen using baseball!

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Poetry using baseball?

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That's right. It's been a while, so let me see your chops when it comes to haiku.

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Nobo-san... Of course we will!

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Brings me back to the days when we all used to compose poetry like our honor depended on it.

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I won't lose to you, you hear me Kiyo!

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That's what I should be saying...

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Haha, the fun begins now!


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