Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 62
"Does Yoko-chan also like Araki-san? I like him very much too, and my mother is also his fan."

What the shy Yoko Minano didn't expect was that after she whispered about her favorite player, Yui Hanyu who was next to her immediately echoed excitedly.

"Araki-san's pitching is really cool."

"yes……"

The two little girls seemed to have found the organization, and immediately put their heads together, discussing in a low voice.

In the co-pilot position, seeing his younger sister and Yoko Nanano admiring Daisuke Araki so much, Hanyu Shutoshi almost overflowed with an expression of displeasure and disdain.

"What? Shuri-kun doesn't like Daisuke Araki?"

Seeing his younger brother like this, Hanyu Hideki was a little amused.

Living in Tokyo in recent years, of course he has heard of this well-known player who studied at Waseda Industrial Middle School, Daisuke Araki.

In Neon, baseball, as the most popular sport in the whole society, is not only loved by adults, but also by students.

The baseball club (baseball club) in each school is the most popular organization among the students, and the powerful players are also the most popular among the students.

The most desired honor of all high school baseball clubs is of course to dominate Koshien.

Koshien refers to the spring and summer national high school baseball games held at the Hanshin Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.

Compared with the spring Koshien game, which has received less attention, the summer Koshien game officially known as the "National High School Baseball Players' Championship" is the most popular among neon baseball fans, and it is also commonly known as Koshien.

The competition system is similar to the NCAA National Basketball Championship in the United States, but the popularity of Koshien in the summer is much higher than that of March Madness in the United States.

The 49 teams selected by thousands of high schools across the country will come to the Hanshin Koshien Stadium in the hot summer and start the brutal knockout round.

Young and passionate, the players and the audience are burning enthusiasm for their dreams on the court.

In such a game, as long as there is a player who can stand out, he will immediately become the focus of attention of the whole people.

The Daisuke Araki mentioned by the two girls is a talented young man who first showed his talents in Koshien last year.

Daisuke Araki, who was born in the famous baseball school of Waseda Industrial Middle School in Tokyo, was only a first-year student, and he was only a backup third baseman in the summer preliminaries.

Because the starting and backup pitchers were injured one after another, when Waseda Industrial Middle School was unavailable, Daisuke Araki was favored by the coach and was temporarily promoted to the pitcher position.

You must know that in a baseball game, the pitcher is an extremely important position. There is a saying that the pitcher controls [-]% of the game. The status of the team is far from comparable to that of the third baseman.

In such a coincidence, Daisuke Araki stood on the pitcher in the final of the Tokyo preliminaries, and his opponent was Nisatsu Gakusha Daitsu High School, a famous baseball school.

As a pitcher for the first time, Daisuke Araki has a slow ball speed and lack of experience. His performance can only be described as mediocre. Fortunately, Waseda Industrial High School's line-up broke out, helping the team defeat their opponents and successfully broke into Summer Koshien.

And such a mediocre freshman continued to serve as the team's main pitcher, which was naturally questioned by the fans.

However, with the support of Waseda Industrial High School Baseball Team Akira Tian, ​​Daisuke Araki still participated in the 1980 summer Koshien game as the main pitcher.

And this first-year student also used his blockbuster performance to fight back against all doubts and repay the coach's trust.

Although the speed of the ball is not fast enough, Daisuke Araki has excellent golf quotient and technique. For a while, he will be a curve ball that falls rapidly and greatly, and for a while, he will be a straight ball with strong spin. Opponents are elusive.

Daisuke Araki, who was still mediocre in the preliminaries, reached his best form in Koshien, leading the team to overcome strong enemies and reach the Xiajia finals all the way.

The legendary blockbuster, coupled with the sunny and handsome appearance, all eyes were on this freshman for a while.

Ordinary people hope that the miracle will continue, and fans in the Tokyo area are also eagerly expecting that Daisuke Araki can bring the first Hagar championship to the Tokyo area.

Just when everyone was optimistic, Waseda Industrial High School, where Daisuke Araki was located, encountered the famous baseball team Yokohama who also had ace pitcher Ai Jiameng in the final.

Unlike the sunny and handsome Daisuke Araki, who is both good in character and academics, Yokohama's ace pitcher Ai Jiameng is like another extreme.

Smoking, picking up girls, stealing, bad boys who hang out with bosozoku bad boys, these are the labels of Ai Jiameng, so this ace pitcher was also dubbed the "Yokohama Bad Boy" by the media.

"Famous genius" VS "Yokohama villain", a decisive battle of Hagar that has attracted much attention, has received unprecedented attention from Quan Nihong.

As a result, after a chaotic battle, the "Yokohama Villain" had the last laugh.

Daisuke Araki passed the Hagar champion and only won the honor of quasi-championship.

But the blockbuster deeds, the courage to be born with a calf not afraid of tigers, and the image of a tragic hero who lost at the last moment undoubtedly deepened everyone's attention to Daisuke Araki.

Because of his sunny and handsome appearance, Daisuke Araki is deeply loved by female fans, as evidenced by the performance of Yui Hanyu and Yoko Minano.

As a male fan, Hanyu Shuri doesn't like each other, so it's not surprising.

So when he heard his brother's question, Hanyu Xiuli immediately replied, "Of course I don't like it, the guy who only knows how to show off his face, that guy was beaten back by PL in Chunjia, it proves that he has nothing but appearances."

Hanyu Shuri's voice was loud, so it was naturally heard by the two girls behind.

Yoko Minano was too embarrassed to say anything to an outsider, but Yui Hanyu was not so polite.

"Hmph! My brother is just jealous. Araki-san will definitely win this time."

In the previous summer preliminaries in the Tokyo area, Daisuke Araki's Waseda Industrial High School won the championship again.

Including the 1980 summer preliminaries champion and autumn tournament champion, Daisuke Araki's Waseda High School is actually the overlord in the Tokyo area, and now there is only one goal left to dominate the whole neon.

Hideki Hanyu still remembers the news not long ago that reported that when the bus for Waseda Industrial High School's battle against Hagar was leaving, it was surrounded by Tokyo fans and couldn't get out.

In the end, the police had to be dispatched to maintain order on the scene. This shows how much the fans like Waseda Industrial High School led by Daisuke Araki.

"The one who can win the championship must be Sendai Yuying High School!"

Hanyu Shuri, a supporter of the local team, retorted loudly.

puff~
But before the two girls could react, Hanyu Hideki laughed first.

"Huh?" Shuri Hanyu looked over strangely, not knowing what was so funny about her brother.

"Sorry, just thought of something funny."

Of course Hideki Hanyu can't say that, my stupid Ododo, your thinking is too naive.

If he remembers correctly, in the Neon Tohoku area where Sendai is located, the high school will dominate Hagar for the first time, and it seems that it will not be until 41, 2022 years later.

Although there was a small dispute over the topic of Hagar, Hideki Hanyu's goal was achieved, and Yoko Minano was no longer as restrained as before.

Even though the little girl was not good at words, she gradually realized Hideki Hanyu's intentions, and couldn't help feeling warm in her heart.

After several people drove to Nishinomiya City and started watching the game, Yoko Minano found that she liked getting along with Hideki Hanyu more than Yui Hanyu, who was also a girl.

It's not because she met Hideki Hanyu in Tokyo before, she actually spent more time with the other two girls at that time, and her contact with Hideki Hanyu was limited to classes and short recordings later.

Now watching the game together and playing in Nishinomiya City together, Yoko Minano gradually discovered that this Hanyu teacher is not only outstanding in talent and handsome in appearance, but also has a gentleness and consideration that other neon boys do not have.

For example, when buying things for younger siblings, in order to take care of her feelings, I will often buy a copy for her without any trace.

When eating, as long as she shows that she doesn't like any food, that food will never appear again when she eats for the second time.

When watching a game at the stadium, there is a fierce uncle next to him, and Hideki Hanyu will find a reason to exchange seats with her.

……

All kinds of meticulous care and respect for women from the heart can't be achieved by pretending at all, and even made her feel that Hideki Hanyu is not like a neon person.

In this way, the girl's heart was gently touched without Hanyu Hideki noticing it.

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