Our Hakone Ekiden
About This Novel
Jun Ikeido, the original author of "Hanzawa Naoki" and winner of many Japanese literary awards including the Naoki Prize, has been working on a new novel for ten years. The strong wind blows, and the counterattacking boy runs out of his true meaning of life! The novel is extremely exciting and passionate! It is not the coronation of the winner, but the epic of the loser. This is a great challenge by an underdog. Even if the results will not be recorded, the efforts will always be remembered! Athletes and TV stations tell the story of passionate sports from dual perspectives, a group of people running hard, and a group of people making these efforts visible! Hakone Ekiden, a popular long-distance running relay race in Japan, is held every year after New Year's Day. In addition to the twenty university teams from Kanto, there is also a special team on the field, that is, the Kanto student joint team (hereinafter referred to as the "student joint team") composed of one player from each university that failed to enter the finals. However, their results will not be included in the rankings, and no competition records will be left. This year, the newly appointed coach Kai will lead the student union team. Before the game, he set a goal of competing for the top three. The result was ridicule and criticism from other college teams, as well as a cold reception from the media. Coaches, former coaches, players on the field, everyone has their own story. What is it that keeps them running hard? Can they achieve the seemingly impossible goal they set before the game? On the other hand, how did Tokushige, the producer of Dainichi TV who was responsible for broadcasting the event, and his colleagues understand the spirit of sportsmanship and the significance of the live broadcast of the event, and how did they overcome numerous difficulties such as weather, terrain, and even personnel struggles within the station to complete the task of broadcasting Hakone Ekiden? What touching story will their encounter with the student union create?
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Official(1)Scraped 17d ago
Various voices echoed in my ears: "Please, don't disband the Aoyama College long-distance running team, even if you beg on your knees..." "11Th place, Tokyo University of Agriculture..." "Athletes from Kanagawa University are coming, 3 seconds, 2 seconds, 1 second... Ah, the belt is broken! Eight teams are broken!" "Vincent, a black international student from Tokyo International, He caught up from 12th place and reached fourth place. He is now 30 seconds faster than the interval record..." "The probability of the Aoyama Gakuin long-distance running team winning the 102nd Hakone Ekiden Tournament is zero." "Are you going to make a comeback here? Overtaken! Kuroda Asahi has surpassed Shinsaku Kudo!"
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Official(1)Scraped 17d ago
Various voices echoed in my ears: "Please, don't disband the Aoyama College long-distance running team, even if you beg on your knees..." "11Th place, Tokyo University of Agriculture..." "Athletes from Kanagawa University are coming, 3 seconds, 2 seconds, 1 second... Ah, the belt is broken! Eight teams are broken!" "Vincent, a black international student from Tokyo International, He caught up from 12th place and reached fourth place. He is now 30 seconds faster than the interval record..." "The probability of the Aoyama Gakuin long-distance running team winning the 102nd Hakone Ekiden Tournament is zero." "Are you going to make a comeback here? Overtaken! Kuroda Asahi has surpassed Shinsaku Kudo!"
