Yu Jinshi had a dream.
In it, he lived in the 1980s: he joined the national team at sixteen, won the national championship at seventeen, and swept the men’s singles, doubles, and team titles at the Asian Table Tennis Championships at twenty-one...
He played with a shakehand grip, his style fierce and sharp.
The shakehand style had only just begun to rise, yet no one could stop him from winning. In just a few years, Yu Jinshi swept through competitions at home and abroad, winning countless honors for his country.
The domestic and international media called him a "shakehand prodigy," but just as he was about to reach the world championship, an injury brought his career to a complete end.
Withdrawal from competition, rumors, pain, surgery...
A star can only be seen when it rises brilliantly from a vast sea of obscure stars.
It leaves darkness and the depths behind, proud and dazzling, pressing ever forward.
The star belonging to Yu Jinshi had only just risen. Before it could shine across the world, it fell like a shooting star.
When Yu Jinshi awoke, he discovered he had returned to the age of fifteen.
The world before him was not 1970, but 2040.
Nearly a century later, shakehand play dominated world table tennis, and the penhold style had been phased out.
He was the only penhold player.
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Table tennis has never been a sport for one person alone.
It is the splendor of one glorious era after another, shining together.
And these glories are built from the youth of countless people.
They gave their youth to their country. This story is dedicated to their youth.
A fervent heart brings glory to the nation; table tennis is love.
Love is what brings glory.
#This story is also known as The Renaissance of the Penhold Style#
#When you put the words "table tennis" in the title, you know this is going to be a satisfying read#
1. Setting a goal: I hope to finish before the next Olympics!
2. The plot requires some original elements. The main focus is the story and the protagonist’s career. This is my own creation, and I drew the cover myself. It expresses my understanding of [joyful table tennis and striving with determination]. I hope I’ve conveyed that feeling. If you feel it too, give the story a little click and add it to your favorites.
3. A sports competition story.
December 12, 2021
Theme: Set against the world of table tennis, this story follows the protagonist’s life in the sport and celebrates the athletic spirit of striving bravely and never giving up. It aims to help more people discover table tennis and the people who devoted their youth to bringing glory to their country.
