Ep. 26: Festivals Are Scary! Baseball Is Also Scary!!

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Ibari suffers a heart attack due to anger over the Kotobuki Shrine Festival dispute between the Oozora and Umiushi groups. The Zenigame Groups boss mandates a baseball game to resolve the conflict. The Umiushi team hires Geronimo, a Native Indian major league player, while the Oozora side struggles with incompetence. Tsugumi joins to seek revenge on Bunta, prompting Kousaku, Hibari, and Tsubame to participate. The match involves yakuza violence and cheating, leading to Sabu’s injury and Hibari pitching. She breaks Geronimo’s bat with a powerful throw. Zenigame, who likes Hibari, plans to seize the festival to stop the fighting. Ibari fears assassination if Zenigame discovers Hibari was assigned male at birth.