I Start by Imagining: Off I Go in Steel Ball Run

“A novel born to celebrate the hugely anticipated anime adaptation of Steel Ball Run!” [Live broadcast, no side stories, pure plot! No romantic tension between contestants!] [I'll stay as true to the original as possible, so even those who haven't read Steel Ball Run can follow along!] Tianyu, who'd transmigrated into Naruto as the White Mask in a Third Great Ninja War story, hadn't even had a chance to pat anyone on the head before a hundred-ton truck ran him over. When he woke up again, Tianyu found himself in a parallel world called Blue Star. He also discovered that he was supposed to take part in the filming of some show called the “Youth Anime Imagination Contest”! All you have to do is connect an imagination processor to your brain, and every image in your mind will be projected onto a screen! Death, fire, the sea, giants, Dragon Ball… They're all great, of course. But the judges' themes from the start were [Horse Racing] [Redemption] [Nation] [Faith]. In that case, Tianyu was ready to unleash his imagination! When faced with these four seemingly unrelated themes, the contestants frowned. Tianyu: [I'm still in the negatives right now. I just want to get myself back to zero!] [Everything I've done has been for my country. It's my duty as president.] [A trial is something you overcome and kill!] [Yo! Kid, welcome to the world of real men!] [I don't expect to die in a hospital bed. I'm a cowboy. All I ask for is somewhere to go back to… somewhere that'll still be waiting for me after I've traveled far and wide.] Tianyu: Is that enough redemption? Enough nation? Enough faith? Enough horse racing?