"As long as you work hard, you will definitely succeed. In fact, it is a kind of arrogance." "The world of track and field is not so naive, but there is not only one goal." From a physical point of view, everyone is running on the same track. However, everyone reaches a different state, and they find their own focus through running. Runners are constantly thinking, confused, making mistakes, and starting over. Long-distance running wouldn’t be so fascinating if every runner had the same answer and finish line.
The goal of long-distance running is not to be faster, but to be stronger.
"It's so painful and sad, why can't you give up running?
Because all the cells in the body are ready to move, wanting to feel the strong wind blowing on their faces. "
Ten roommates from the Kansei University dormitory "Takejoso" formed a miscellaneous long-distance running team. Under the devilish training of team leader Braxton Haiji, they started from scratch and headed towards the "Hakone Ekiden", Japan's oldest long-distance running relay race. These ten college students include two track and field team deserters, a pair of nervous and noisy twins, a handsome cartoon otaku, a million-year repeater with nicotine poisoning, a vicious elite with strong logic, a black international student who doesn't like running, and an honest and good-natured student. Young man, the king of guessing games with perfect answers. These "athletes" didn't even know they were on the track and field team when they first started, and half of the members had no long-distance running experience. Can they create the biggest miracle in the history of "Hakone Ekiden"? No one knows the answer until the last shot.
[Two or three things about "Hakone Ekiden"]
1. Japan’s oldest long-distance relay race started in 1920. Held on January 2nd and 3rd every year, it is hosted by the Kanto Student Athletics Federation and co-organized by the Yomiuri Shimbun. It is the most important sports event in Japan's New Year and is watched by all the people.
2. The route starts in front of the Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo Headquarters and turns back after arriving at Hakone Lake Ashi. There are 5 sections on the outbound journey and the same 5 sections on the return journey. The total length of the 10 sections is about 217 kilometers.
3. The entry threshold is to have achieved the official record of completing a 5-kilometer race in 17 minutes. (Later adjusted to 5 kilometers in 16 minutes and 30 seconds or 10 kilometers in 34 minutes)
4. There are a total of 20 university teams participating in the competition, with 10 players each. Each runner on each team must run at least 20 kilometers. (Exception is Zone 4, which is 18.5 kilometers)
【Editor's Choice】
△ Naoki Award winner, Miura Shion, author of "The Book of Boats" and "Tada Convenience House", took six years to create a masterpiece of sports inspirational literature ------ Why can't you give up running even though it's so painful? The goal of long-distance running is not to be faster, but to be stronger. The true meaning of running is also the secret of life.
△With the Japanese sports event "Hakone Ekiden" as the background, the world of "Strong Wind Blows" creates passionate young people running together - the first long-distance running commercial written by Haruki Murakami in 2012 in "Hakone" "Eikden" was released during the period to boost the morale of the people after the earthquake. The "ekiden spirit" of transcending pain in the film was also spread throughout Asia through the Internet: pain is inevitable, but suffering can be chosen by oneself.
△Completing a 217-kilometer long-distance run at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour, ten college students challenged the "impossible mission" of youth - running is a lonely sport, but runners are not alone. In "The Wind Blows", a small track and field team that barely qualified for the competition, under the leadership of captain Braxton, competed shoulder to shoulder with traditional strong schools. The team members experienced devilish training and harsh reality together, and finally created the history of "Hakone Ekiden" The greatest miracle. The strong wind is blowing, a state that only runners understand. "Even if the wind blows, never give up in life."
【About the Author】
Miura Shion
Born in Tokyo in 1976.
In 2000, she entered the literary world with the novel "A Female College Student's Struggle to Find a Job."
Miura is good at creating characters with distinctive personalities, and his stories are full of the youthful appearance of young people, which is deeply loved by young readers. Many of his works have been adapted into films, TV shows, radio dramas, and comics, and have been widely praised.
In 2006, "Tada Convenience House" won the 135th "Naoki Awards" award.
In 2007, he won the third place in the "Honya Grand Award" with "Strong Wind".
In 2010, he was selected into the top ten of the "Honya Daesang" with "Na Oh Na Ah ~ God Goes to the Village".
In 2012, he won the first place in the "Honya Grand Award" with "The Story of a Boat".
【Animation】
Animation news was announced in May 2018. The animation is produced by Production IG and will premiere on Nippon TV every Tuesday from October 2, 2018 to March 26, 2019, with a total of 23 episodes.
Prologue
Although this land is only twenty minutes away from the outside of Circular Route 8 [1], the air is quite clean after dark; it is hard to imagine that on a clear day, there are often broadcasts here to remind people to be careful of the dangers of photochemical smog. Small single-family houses are lined up in rows. The lights in the residential area are dim and everything is silent.
Braxton walked on the winding narrow one-way street and looked up at the sky. Although the starry sky here is far inferior to that of his hometown Shimane, there are indeed tiny points of light hanging in the night sky.
It would be nice to see shooting stars, Braxton thought, but the sky remained quiet.
The night wind blew against his neck. It’s almost April and the nights are still so cold. The bathhouse he often visited, Tsuruyu, had chimneys overlooking the low roofs of every house.
Braxton stopped looking at the sky, buried his chin in the lapel of the cotton-padded jacket wrapped around him, and quickened his pace.
No matter which bathhouse in Tokyo, the water temperature is very hot. After Braxton washed his body today, he couldn't help but stand up as soon as he got into the bath. The plasterer father, a regular customer of "Tsurugayu", saw Braxton's embarrassment in the shower area and couldn't help laughing: "Braxton, your "one-second bath" skill is still as strong as ever."
After all, the money was paid, and it would be a loss if he didn't stay longer, so Braxton sat on the plastic chair in the shower area again, and trimmed his beard in front of the mirror with the razor he brought. The plasterer leisurely walked behind Braxton and soaked in the bathtub while humming.
"There is an old Tokyoite saying, 'The temperature of the water in the bath must be so hot that it bites your butt, then it is just right.'"
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