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The True Star Appears is Round 703 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.

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With Aoki and Kimura's team score at two, and Kiyota and Kuwahara's team score at three, the former team tries to make a come-back with Itagaki as the batter. Itagaki's spirits are low until Kumi cheers him on. Itagaki compares the ball coming towards him as something he should counter, helping him hit the ball. Kimura is told by Kiyota or Kuwahara that the game between them isn't about the previous bet, but back when they were in Little League together, since they felt betrayed when Aoki and Kimura left, as they looked up to them. Kimura claims that baseball was too easy, and asks what Kiyota and Kuwahara wanted to do after Kōshien, but one of them claims that the wall for the professionals is too high and not something one can easily overcome. Kimura replies that they gave up, yet he and Aoki are still trying to climb that wall, even if it is too high, not wanting to run away from the path they chose. Kiyota and Kuwahara's team's plan is to stick to the centre piece and tells the pitcher to give it his best shot, as they won't run away either, declaring that this is a showdown. The ball is thrown at it's fastest speed yet from Kiyota and Kuwahara's team, and Kimura hits it.The ball hits the fence and Itagaki ran one in, making it a double. Takamura is the next batter, and when the ball is thrown, Takamura swings hard, and the baseball bat flies out of his hand and into the sky. Takamura doesn't swing at the second ball, but he hits the third ball, and while swinging, the catcher got knocked back, so the ball passes by the catcher and onto the ground. Aoki tells Takamura to run it since it is a passed ball, which he does reluctantly. With the bases loaded, Ippo is the next batter.

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