[Volleyball] Please, please give me a mole with tears and bright eyes!

"Weekly Ball Games - Hitting Spring High"

News from our newspaper recently, the 68th All Japan Spring Volleyball High School Stakes Tournament, which lasted for five days, came to an end in the fierce championship and runner-up competition between Higashi Fukuoka High School and Aichi Star City High School.In the men's group, Higashi-Fukuoka High School, Star City High School, Kaichang High School, and the third team ranked the top three, followed by Karasuno High School, the representative of Miyagi Prefecture, and won the fourth place.The three leaders of the women's group are Chengying Girls' High School, Bingdi High School, and Sanli Sanzhong.

In the men's category of this year's competition, the record of the three consecutive championships of the veteran and powerful Star City High School was ended by Higashi Fukuoka High School led by Japan's u19 representative Kiryu. According to industry insiders, the biggest reason is that the former captain Yuki Ishikawa's ace player has lost touch with Star City's talent after graduation.

Prior to this, Haichang High School and Karasuno High School were evenly matched with 2 rounds of points, and they faced off fiercely in the third place competition.During the match schedule, the two sides played a total of 5 rounds until Karasuno High School lost 31:33 in the fifth game.

The interesting data is that among the top eight teams in this competition, seven teams have members from the U19 Japanese representative list of the Asian Youth Men's Volleyball Championship, and the only exception is Karasuno High School, which is the current Japanese Olympic representative The alma mater of the Giants four years ago, now the Blackbird Army has regained its glory, and several outstanding players in the team make people look forward to their future.

The game is over, but the battle is not over.It is hoped that the volleyball players in this competition and even in colleges and universities in Japan will sharpen themselves and become the mainstay of Japanese volleyball in the future, fighting on the world stage.

The old lady adjusted her reading glasses, looked at her book with a pen in her hand, and added a note to the newspaper clipping of Chungao that ended not long ago: Mr. Xiaozhi of the Sugawara family is the No. 2 second biography of Karasuno.

Home-green grandma's hobby in her spare time—pasting newspaper clippings.A large booklet that can be bound with loose-leaf metal buckles. The four corners of the waterproof cover are covered with corner protectors and folded. The bottom paper of the inner book is moderately thick. The color is elegant and the newspaper squares are pleasing to the eye. of essays.A few big books are not inferior to the pockets of young people, looking retro and gentle.

The collection has been enriched over time, and the content has been enriched especially quickly during the days when the grandchildren are in their third year of high school.

"Architects - Notes on Tokyo Gymnasium"

After sending off the youthful volleyball spring and high competition, the Tokyo Gymnasium in Chitomaya, Shibuya District, Tokyo will welcome the All Japan Table Tennis Championship on February 2.The building was originally built as a venue for the 14 Tokyo Olympic gymnastics competition. In 1964, the well-known architect Fumihiko Maki, who won the Pritzker Prize three years later, led the renovation and became his masterpiece.

Tokyo Gymnasium covers an area of ​​4.5 hectares and is part of Meiji Park. Its external space can be opened to the public as a place for citizens to rest and pass.The three parts of the venue body: the main arena, the sub-arenas and the indoor swimming pool are connected by artificial foundations. The main arena can accommodate 12000 people. There are many large-scale events every year. In 2020, it will also become the main venue for indoor competitions in the Tokyo Olympics.

Brushing the pen, grandma wrote down a note that she felt secretly interesting: In the past, these two events were often held in other gymnasiums in Tokyo. This year, it happened to be in one place, and the children also appeared on this stage. In 2020, I hope to watch Wenwen's game here.

Turning back, there are some research-adjusted autumn and winter sports nutrition recipes.

The white snow light outside the window became weaker. The old man slowly got up from the chair and turned on the headlights in the living room, and saw clearly that the clock pointed to 03:30 in the afternoon.

This point should also be out of the examination room...

Today is the last day of the exam at the University Entrance Examination Center, commonly known as the Japanese college entrance examination.Ten days ago, the unwilling tears of Wuye men's volleyball team were still vivid in the memory. Ten days later, the high school life of the third grade came to an end unexpectedly.

In the top four in the country, Takashi Sugawara tried his best to fight without regret.

However, the critical nodes of study and major in Zhailv's sports career have not yet been tested. Today can be regarded as insurance with cultural achievements, and the final answer sheet will be the results of next month's competitions.

Grandma went back to the table and turned to the special page of table tennis championships from the publication "Bioball Communication" that had not been cut and pasted until yesterday due to the heavy snow.

Kong Wenlu's name is small in the shortlist, next to the editor's message on the lower right: Within three days, a total of 516 table tennis players in the professional and amateur groups will challenge for the medals. I wish them prosperity in martial arts.

There was a crunch of snowy feet at the front door, and the old man put down the magazine with a smile.

The newspaper clippings are closed, and the time of being properly tolerated is about to turn to the next chapter——

☆、Special episode 3·5+1

Five times Xigu confessed to Jie Zisang and was rejected, once he didn't XD

Shimizu Kiyoko herself has a wall-like immunity to other people's fancy compliments, especially those from the opposite sex.

When I was young, I might have been purely happy because of this, but I felt disobedient because of "praise" in a country with a stronger self-awareness-gradually realized that I was not as shining as the label I was labeled.

Praise is not the same as understanding.

Her introverted speech caused by her family education was interpreted as the flower of Gaoling.

She likes reading and the intellectual temperament brought by glasses is equated with ice and snow intelligence.

Praise outside, but the ordinary girl in my heart who is not good at science, likes sweets, has some difficulty in choosing, and feels a little helpless to join the sports club because she feels lack of action and desires to change herself.

Then again, being the manager of the volleyball team—wouldn't it be counterproductive?

Faced with the energetic confession of the newly enrolled junior, "Senior Jiezi looks the best in her school uniform! I like it so much! Please date me!!", Keiko Shimizu felt a bulging pain in her temples.

Xi Guxi, a first-year student, is a free agent on the field.Small, bright-eyed, hair dyed like some kind of bird she can't remember the name after three days of school, coupled with a vigorous voice, it seems to be the master of escape-in ​​fact, it is indeed, self The reason for introducing me to this school is that I like school uniforms.

The best free agent at the Kunaka County Contest Commendation, unexpectedly chose the depraved and powerful Karasuno High School for this reason.

Should I say it is free and easy... It's interesting... Jiezi smiled and sent Xigu the bright and bright uniform that belonged to the free man, and then got a howling confession from the younger generation: "Jiezi sang Are you smiling at me?!! I like you too!!!"

The glasses flashed coldly——Shimizu Jiezi turned and ignored it very simply.

The days passed in the team's day-to-day running-in. Nishitani Yu and Tanaka Ryunosuke who joined later, as the two representative first-year students, quickly made up for the offensive and defensive gaps of the previous seniors after graduation. The gap, especially the majestic free man at the moment——

"Obviously noisy and rowdy at ordinary times, but on the court, he is surprisingly quiet. Xi Gutao." Yuan Xiali observed the friendly match with the neighboring school, and couldn't help sighing.

"Although it is small, it has an aura that makes people feel safe in defense." The captain of the third grade at that time concluded: "I have heard of the name of Qiandori Mountain's genius free man for a long time. With his talent and The strength is enough to serve as the patron saint of Karasuno."

Shimizu Kiyoko's pen for keeping the score paused, and the back of someone who consciously practiced in his spare time until his wrist was bruised flashed in his mind.

...Not only, but talent and strength.

When the final whistle blew, the orange guy who had finished high-fiving with his teammates immediately waved his hands to say something—Jiezi wiped his neck with anticipation before he spoke.

If you dare to speak, you will be killed without mercy.

Seeing that Xigu was suppressed reflexively, his brows and mouth frowned in grievance, and then he immediately changed his mind, his whole face lit up and his teeth showed white teeth, and his mouth changed into a big happy, happy, you!

Jiezi pushed her glasses uncomfortably under the playful eyes of her seniors.The daring Patronus has been strangled and dragged down by Tanaka, a contender for Captain Kiyoko's bodyguard.

Under the guidance of coach Wuyao, Wuye's winning percentage in foreign games has slowly increased through the hard training of the players.

Everything is going in the right direction.

Even Xigu's excessive enthusiasm is restrained by the so-called rules and regulations of Jiezi's personal guards by the first-year silly boys and juniors-the first rule of the team: everything is centered on Master Jiezi.Rule [-]: Follow orders in all actions, and don't do things that disturb Jiezi-senpai.

As a result, the disturbing regular confession did not reappear until the end of that semester. The fourth time was a text message asking for a relationship when the new year was full of energy and looking forward to a bright future. It was a grand, loud confession from Nishitani and a love letter with little wing stickers on the envelope.

Feeling some reversal-like interest, Shimizu Keiko bent her eyes, and patted the shoulder of the junior who was so familiar that she was no longer polite.

"Thank you for your kindness, Xigu."

The young man stared at her intently with broken gold pupils, his ears were red, he hesitated to speak.

He might have also guessed that what she replied next was not the answer he wanted, but he could always exchange his sincerity for a happy expression, so Xigu waited, and his sweetheart spoke quietly.

"Actually... probably, I don't represent your ideal type as you all think. Everyone thinks too much of me, only I know..."

Jiezi pursed her lips and said: "...the gap. So before I can really understand each other, I can't accept interacting with others...sorry."

Bow down and take a deep breath.The burden that has been stifling my heart for a long time is poured out, and it is so refreshing.

As for Xigu, he tilted his head—an action that reminded Jiezi of cute small birds.The previously hesitant and confused expression suddenly realized.

"Jiezi-sang's ideal type is someone who can truly understand your inner self." Xigu took Jiezi's silence as acquiescing, and he felt that he had touched a key thread.

The boy half patted the back of his head and half patted his head: "I don't judge people by their appearance. Although I usually don't act convincingly." He paused: "Speaking of it, maybe you don't remember, I met you when I was in middle school—— I confessed my love to Jie Zisang, definitely not only because of the external..."

The preparatory bell for class rang by coincidence, and after half a ring, the black-haired girl looked intently at the letter that Nishitani stuffed in her hand before running back to the classroom—the letter explaining the scene of the first encounter, wanting to find out what happened.

A detailed conversation between the two that afternoon was interrupted by coach Wuyang's sudden onset of old illness on the sidelines. When there was a suitable occasion for conversation again, it was already a Saturday holiday.

Nishitani arrived at the Sakashita store 10 minutes earlier, and Jiezi was already in front of the merchandise area, fascinated by the wide variety of Band-Aids.

The teenager reached out and took out the box with colorful patterns: "You like birds, right?"

Jiezi nodded after being surprised, and Nishitani put the Band-Aid in his shopping basket.

Sitting in the rest area of ​​the store, Jiezi's eyes fell on Nishiya's shoulders. She looked so thin. As the only free man, she has been guarding the defense of her side's stadium since entering school, and the coach is absent in the future. ...the burden will probably be even heavier.

Thoughts were up and down, Qingshui Jiezi took a breath: "I have read your letter."

The stool shook with her body, and Xi Guxi sat up straight as if she was on trial, clasping her knees with both hands.

Seeing his nervous appearance, the girl with glasses gave a ticklish smile: "I remember that incident, and I remember that student, but I really didn't recognize it was you." She moved her wrist and gestured slightly. "Let's go for a walk outside and talk as we go."

Nishiya nodded stiffly.

That was the end of Xigu Xi Guosan’s third year—no hairspray or dyed hair, the second half of the voice change period, the last county competition was defeated, and my head was empty after crying with my teammates, and I was alone near the gymnasium aimlessly walk.

Strolling to the park to sit down, I met a group of elementary school cats brought a bird down from a tree. The little ghosts were at a loss for the dying bird cub, but the passing high school student's sister calmly held the little one to go to the park. to the pet hospital.

Xigu followed out of some kind of sympathy for the little creature, and saw that the doctor gave a bad verdict after observing the situation, but the girl in glasses with a tear mole on her lips still insisted on asking for help out of her own pocket.

"How will you know if you don't try it? Maybe it's a strong little guy. Don't panic." The cold girl was unexpectedly gentle to the children, and her comforting words were very convincing. "Its mates will be waiting for it to fly again."

That scene was somehow engraved in my heart and is unforgettable.When he came back to his senses, he had already found the name of the high school in that uniform.

"Freeman is a cool position that connects everyone, but I can't achieve complete victory by myself.Proud of his position, but also secretly longing for teammates who can make up for his shortcomings.

And such a team was actually found by your side—it was even luckier than winning the lottery. When I saw Jie Zisang in the volleyball club, I couldn't help but thank God.

I've been looking at senior sister Jiezi, and I know that you are not actually a cold personality, it's just that you are not good at expressing.You have always been very kind and responsible. As long as you are helpful to the team, no matter how small things are, you will take actions to improve yourself. I admire Jie Zisang who is working so hard. If possible , please let me stand by your side. 』

The words in the letter have probably exhausted the language skills of a teenager, but the reliable atmosphere on the court is also conveyed to the letter paper.

——He did not label her unrealistically, a little happiness lingered in her heart, but the girl immediately became annoyed——Isn't it also my own arbitrariness to deny other people's understanding of her back then? Do you draw conclusions?

"Thank you……"

"Uh! No need!" The junior who thought he was about to be issued a good friend card hurriedly said, but the girl's voice was soft: "Maybe we can start as friends and get to know each other for a while."

The Xigu boy stared blankly at Jiezi, and the glasses girl rolled up her hair by her ears.

The heat from the ears spread uncomfortably, and the owner of the fluffy golden bangs confirmed that it was not an auditory hallucination, squatting on the spot - blushing to the neck.

When he came back from the joy and looked at her with bright eyes, it was like—hitting his palms, Shimizu Jiezi finally caught a certain sense of sight that flashed again and again: "Red-headed long-tailed tit..."

That was what kept reminding her of it.

"what? What?"

"My favorite bird—" The girl's gradually cheerful smile overflowed in the sunshine of early spring.

The spring breeze in mid-February beside the embankment warms up in the coolness, blowing...warm and soft, and the love flowers are about to bloom.