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Hello? Ruriko?

Tommy's Melancholy

Where are you?!

M-Mr. Nakaizumi...

I just got to the ballpark! I'm on my way in!

Oh, are you?

Too bad the staff meeting's finished

and the game's already underway!

So?!

I-I'm sorry!

I got up but dozed off again... twice...

How can you oversleep for a night job?!

Staff Entrance

Just hurry up already!

Right!

Hey, new security guy! Let me in!

Hold it.

Show me your pass.

Don't you recognize me?!

I'm in a hurry, darn it!

Not happening. Show me your pass.

Takimoto, we've got a small problem here.

Your replacement's running late.

What, really?

All right, sir...

Later!

Hey!

See? Showed you my pass!

Women's Changing Room

I really messed up this time.

Getting scolded as an adult is so depressing.

Hurry, hurry!

I don't wanna go to work...

I don't wanna face the guys at the base...

But I've just gotta do it.

Hang in there, girl!

Women's Changing Room

Hurry, hurry!

Dog

A dog?!

Why, though?!

Go away!

L-Look, I... I'm a cat person...

I'm sorry.

Scary! His face is scary!

Where are you, Tommy?!

Find him! Find him!

Where could he have gone?

I don't think he'd leave the stadium...

This is pretty bad, Sasaki.

As his trainer, you should be keeping an eye on him.

I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

I'll put the word out to security at the tunnel entrances and checkpoints.

Please do.

What's going on?

Tommy the baseball dog's gone missing.

Baseball dog?

The one that carried in the balls for the opening pitch?

He's a Siberian husky.

We've got to find him quick!

Y-Yes, sir!

We'll expand the search to the grounds around the stadium.

I appreciate it.

Y-You guys!

He's here! He's right here!

I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

I shouldn't have snitched! Don't get mad!

I have a cunning plan!

MotorSuns Stadium Exclusive Sun-Shiro Ball (300 yen w/tax) Five Types Available

Go... fetch!

I did it!

I...

I'm screwed!

Nothing this way.

Nothing over here, either.

We searched all around the staff area.

Has this ever happened at any other stadium?

Never.

But it's his first time at MotorSuns Stadium, so I think he was nervous...

We really don't want him getting out where the customers are.

Have you heard any reports about that?

Nothing from my security staff over there just yet.

Okay. Let's search the staff area one more time!

Right!

Yes, sir!

You... got me... dog.

Pitcher Ruriko, having exhausted her arsenal, was forced to leave the mound.

Don't you have to get back to work?

Hang on. Are you trying to skip work today, too?

Today's opening pitch will be thrown by Mayor Nakajima!

There's a good boy! What a good boy!

Yeah. I get how you feel.

Let's call a truce, doggy.

I feel... so sleepy...

I'm so sorry.

This is the last spot.

No prob.

Th-There he is!

The missing baseball dog was found in the Yuuhi Beer staff waiting room!

Thank goodness.

You can't put me through that, Tommy!

I'm so sorry for the trouble!

I-It's no problem. You know...

Doggy...

Doggy!

Authorized Personnel Only

Staff Waiting Room

Doggy...

Forget about the dog!

Oh, that was just... the dog and I...

Just get to work already!

Y-Yes, sir!

Women's Changing Room

Changing to a dog hair-free uniform

Gotta get to work, huh?

I'm already checked out, mentally and physically.

I wonder if he made it back to work, too...

Tommy the Baseball Dog,

following the opening pitch, brings new game balls to the umpire!

What a professional!

Dogs are great, aren't they?

So industrious and obedient!

Unlike a certain someone, he'd never be late to a night job!

You just don't get it, Mr. Nakaizumi.

I learned something important today.

Dogs and humans... Sometimes we all just feel tired or worried about our jobs.

You just overslept!

You went back to sleep a third time after you got here!

Mr. Murata

Here ya go, mister!

Thanks.

Hey, Ruriko, that towel you're wearing...

Oh, this?

I've never seen you wear MotorSuns merch before.

I bought it at that game I went to with the other vendor girls.

The day you failed to recognize me.

Th-That day?

I'm sorry about that...

You're really looking at me now, though, huh?

You're totally staring.

No, I wouldn't say...

Um... Sorry.

Thanks! Change for a thousand, right?

Everything I do just gets me in deeper.

Anyway, don't you have any team merch of your own?

Huh? W-Well, that's a great question...

I actually have a MotorSuns wallet!

It just looks like a regular beat-up wallet.

You should look closer!

See this understated logo?

Tasteful, right?

Handkerchief with team colors

There's a MotorSuns merch line called "Easy Suns,"

Ballpoint pen perfect for office use

perfect for people like me who want to use it in everyday life.

It's made from the same leather as the team gloves,

and picks up more character the more it's used.

It's also fully functional, with a commuter pass pocket—

Yeah, yeah. Okay, you got me.

You've got better merch than me, okay?

Here, your change.

Thanks a bunch!

I-I was babbling, wasn't I?

Bottom of the seventh, huh?

Game's almost over.

Sure wish I could've set a personal sales record today...

A wallet?

Someone dropped it.

H-Hey... This beat-up old thing...

It's his!

What a dummy.

After all the bragging he did about it...

Mr. Murata Kotaro

Mr.

Murata Kotaro

Hey!

Miste—

Huh?

Hey, he's not even here...

Is he in the restroom?

Ten Minutes Later

Darn it! Taking advantage of my kindness...

I hate him so much!

You should stay in one place like a townsperson in a game!

Concourse

Closed

Not here.

Third Baseline Infield Seating

Not here.

Outfield Seating

Not here!

Sold a beer!

Thanks a bunch!

Where are you, mister?!

Outside the Concourse Bathroom

Mister?!

S-Sorry!

Darn it. I gotta get back and cash out.

As for the wallet... I guess I'll drop it off at security after.

Authorized Personnel Only

Staff Waiting Room

Great work, all!

Ruriko! Everyone's cashed out except you.

Hurry up!

Um, I just...

I'm a hundred yen short!

Which one of them did this?!

Don't tell me...

Receipts not adding up?

A-A hundred yen short... I think?

I always tell you, even a hundred yen is a big deal!

R-Right... but...

Ruriko, a customer's asking for you.

Can you head to the base?

Really? S-Sure.

Be right back!

Today just never stops!

Hey! Mister!

H-Hey there.

Where have you been?!

I've been walking all over the stadium looking for you!

S-Sorry!

I'll give it to you now.

Give me what?

You gave me one 100-yen coin too many, so I wanted to give it back.

Isn't that why you were looking for me?

O-Oh! So that was you, huh?

Mystery solved!

I'll give it to you now, then.

Huh? That's weird.

What?! It's gone! It's gone!

My wallet's gone!

Where is it?! Where is it?!

Guess what!

Hey! That's my wallet!

I found it on the floor.

I tried to return it, but you weren't in your seat.

I'm sorry! I'm really sorry!

I was searching all over the stadium for you to give you your money back...

We must have just missed each other.

I'm sorry.

Here you go. A hundred yen!

You weren't in your seat... because you were out looking for me?

Huh? Oh, well...

I guess so. Sorry.

W-Well, I really appreciate you finding my wallet.

Wait!

Yes?

You walked all over the stadium for me.

Thanks for that...

Mister Murata.

Um... eh... uh... er...

Right. Later.

Yeah. Later.

Huh? When did she learn my name?

Authorized Personnel Only

Staff Waiting Room

I believe you've all heard,

but with the MotorSuns fighting for their first Climax Series appearance,

they're embarking on a campaign called "Show Your Sun"

to fill the stands with these sun-logo towels!

What do you think of us all wearing sun logos in front of the customers, too?

Mr. Nakaizumi was blowing up my phone when I was late. It scared the heck outta me!

I've noticed Ruriko wearing her sun towel lately, and I think that's a good example.

So true. The social media generation aren't used to talking on the phone.

That's so true!

Obviously, I won't force you,

I always jump a little whenever my phone rings!

but I'd like us, as ballpark staff, to be a part of this campaign.

I get you!

The phone ringing makes me jump, too.

Mr. Nakaizumi! Don't scare me like that!

I almost had a heart attack!

Why am I the bad guy here?

No talking during our staff meeting!

We're sorry.

Kojiro 7-Hole Right Fielder Throws Right, Hits Left Batting Avg .265 17 HR 50 Hits

Yuki

Getting a phone call really makes you jump, huh?

Y-Yuki?

She never calls me before a game.

The manager's here!

We're about to start the team meeting!

The season's coming to an end.

We're in fourth place, one game out of third.

We're a hair's breadth away from our first playoff appearance.

I've got a question for you.

What are we going to the Climax Series for?

So that we can get through it and win the championship beyond!

Shishio Kazuma 1-Hole Shortstop Throws Right, Hits Left Batting Avg .311 8 HR 25 SB

So that my team...

So that the fans will accept me!

Ichinomiya Wataru 8-Hole 2nd Baseman Throws Right, Hits Left Batting Avg .205 OBP .327 League 2nd in Assists

For the people behind the scenes who believe in us.

Nokogiriyama Ken 3-Hole Left Fielder Throws Right, Hits Left Batting Avg .321 9 HR

I want to be loved by my goddess of baseball.

Dennis Young 4-Hole 3rd Baseman Throws Right, Hits Right Batting Avg .271 28 HR 82 RBI

To be loved by the goddess of baseball.

To prove that I am me...

Anthony Bryan 5-Hole DH Throws Right, Hits Right Batting Avg .295 25 HR

And to make lots of money!

To prove that I am me...

And to make lots of money!

To show my gratitude to my family who supports me day in and day out,

Kawamatsu Hisanori 9-Hole Catcher Throws Right, Hits Right Batting Avg .235 5 HR CS% .352

Straight-laced

and most of all, for the fans!

The Climax Series will be our payback to all of them!

For our pride...

Nanami Koshi RHP Top Speed: 158 km/h

No, to retake our pride!

To get better at baseball!

Yagino Shunsuke 2-Hole Center Fielder Throws Right, Hits Right Batting Avg .278 UBR 4.9

To become a man and propo—

Mitsui Reto LHP 9W 7L

I mean, er...

That's all!

To experience a kind of baseball we've never played before.

Takada Takumi 6-Hole First Baseman Throws Right, Hits Left Batting Avg .258 13 HR

Kojiro. As captain, what do you think?

Kojiro's the only one here who's had experience winning a championship.

What's he going to say to us?

The team's united in the face of potentially making the playoffs.

I've never experienced an atmosphere like this.

I want to say something inspirational to them, too.

But...

Yuki keeps blowing up my phone!

Hey, Kojiro.

Hey!

Batting 7th, right fielder Kojiro.

Do you have any lemon, Yamada?

Still no, I'm afraid!

Maybe I should have brought my own lemon for the fried chicken.

Miss!

Hello, Ruriko!

Ballpark, fried chicken...

What's missing in this picture?

Thank you.

But I won't be drinking today.

Oh... Yeah?

Salty Snack

Fine. If you don't want a beer, you don't have to buy one...

You silly thing.

I'll take a salty snack, then.

Thanks a bunch!

Hey, Kojiro!

You'd better hit the damn ball!

You want to still have a job next year, don't you?!

Those old guys are at it again...

Don't worry, Ruriko.

They're heckling him out of love now.

They've really grown up a lot, too.

Grown up a lot, huh?

Why are you looking at me like that?

You've softened up a lot, miss.

S-Surely not...

Thanks a bunch!

Even so...

They've become a really good team!

Kojiro was something else today!

He went 5-for-5!

Yeah. That's our captain!

Hey, Koji!

The team felt great today!

And don't we have a good slogan?

You know that one...

Show Your Sun!

Wh-Who told you about that?!

We don't even know that that's what it is yet!

Oh, er, sorry...

It's nothing.

You okay?

Don't push yourself too hard.

Sorry to call so many times before the game.

Sorry to call so many times before the game.

We're having a baby!

We're having a baby!

No need to reply. Give it your best, Papa!

No need to reply. Give it your best, Papa!

Thank you.

My reason for reaching the playoffs...

What else could it be?

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