Japan's film and television dramas on the theme of campus can be said to be unique, and the story of bad teenagers is the favorite theme of Japanese school dramas, and the drama of bad teenagers vs hot-blooded teachers is even more king. , and there is no shortage of classics, popular wave after wave of youth idols, photographed in the vulgar Extreme Fresh Master series of handsome guys is the best example. So-called, bad boys are very handsome and very impulsive, and the hot-blooded teacher is always very enthusiastic and very strong.
And generally most of it is the plot of the hot-blooded teacher who impresses a student in each episode and finally leaves, whether it is the Extreme Fresh Teacher series or the Spicy Teacher GTO series.
But this time to talk about is not the same, because the 10 teenagers in the play, their dreams are the same, that is, to go to Koshien. This is the drama I'm going to talk about, "Rookie Story."
First of all, koshien is the host of the annual Japanese college field ball (that is, baseball) competition, each year divided into spring and summer, different from spring, summer competition is The Japanese capital prefectural road 47 administrative regions a total of 49 representative teams (Tokyo and Hokkaido because of the large number of schools, with 2 places), each school first played the regional qualifiers, the team that won the local competition championship is eligible to enter the Koshien final.
Nearly 4,000 schools, through a win-loss elimination system to determine a champion. This is Koshien!
This is the cruelty of Koshien, every game is the endgame, winning, laughing, and losing, everything is over, which is called "the summer of oneself is over".
But for the protagonists of "Rookie Story", the first year of high school at the beginning seems to be over.
Why?
Because of a match fight.
It was over, and their dreams were shattered.
The baseball department of The Second Son, Tamagawa High School, was suspended for half a year, and they did not play baseball again.
However, a year later, when all 10 of the protagonists were promoted to sophomores in high school, a teacher came
As a hot-blooded teacher, Yukiichi Kawato, played by Takata Sato, his biggest action is that he will never give up on students, even bad students.
Yes, the teenagers who have lost their dreams can no longer find their way, and have since willingly degenerated and become bad teenagers.
The baseball club's activity room has also become a place to have fun.
But the hot-blooded Kawato-sensei, after meeting Keisuke Oide, the only one of the 10 people who still wants to start playing baseball again with his friends, plays Miko Shibache, he starts to act.
Therefore, the first episode is a variety of blood fights
The teenagers began to split, but they also began to find their dreams.
At the end of the first episode, two people.
At the end of the second episode, six people.
At the end of the third episode, seven people, Ace (the title of pitcher in the general team), played by Ichihara Hayato, played by Anjin Yasuhiya Keiichi, returns.
Also brought the baseball department must, Aomei Bamboo Horse Manager. Speaking of this female character who plays a lot of roles in the play, she and Ace also have a dream, that is, to take her to Koshien.
It can only be said that as long as it is a baseball-related theme, it is inseparable from the influence of Anda Chong.
Anda Chong's "Baseball Heroes" heroine Asakura Minami's dream is to "have a boy take her to Koshien"
In the fourth episode, the Nine, the baseball team is officially resurrected.
In the first practice match, they fought hard.
However, it is far from being pulled apart
Yasuhito wants to save the team on his own, but the team's teammates think he doesn't trust them.
But Kawato told them that this was not the case, he saw the English "ONE FOR ALL" written in a microphone pen on the cap, Yasuhiya held the opponent is the whole team to contain the opponent, Yasuhiya played a home run is everyone played a home run, baseball is very interesting, no matter how good the technique, only one person can not win. Kawato inspires these teenagers with words, and the teenagers respond to him: "Koshien is not a dream that can be achieved by one person alone, it is we who let the baseball department start its activities again, whether it is to keep it or realize the dream, we all stand together."
At this point, he regained his strength and began to chase points with all his might.
The climax also began, in the bottom half of the ninth inning, the protagonist team attacked, two people out, three basemen, just one point, to regain the victory.
However, the last bat, Wakana Tomoya, played by catcher Takaoka Sofu, could not hold the bat with his left hand because he had received too many Yasuhito's high-speed balls.
There is no substitute, and the hard is also an inevitable three-strike.
And when the team is desperate
At the end of episode five, the last person, returns.
Whether they won the game or not, I will not say the result here, you can go to see for yourself.
And that's just the beginning. They've just found the starting point of their dreams.
There is a shot in "Rookie Story" that I like very much, every game, everyone will be in the garden, clutching each other's clothes, the camera is the teenagers' victory cry, followed by the overhead zoom shot above. At this moment, even the most indifferent people will be made to boil with blood by them.
Koshien Stadium has a famous saying that "98% of high school students are beaten here and then get stronger", isn't this like a great youth, like a dream? Didn't youth and dreams burn out at that time?
Everyone in "Rookie Story" is the protagonist, director Yuichiro Hirakawa can say that everyone is portrayed to the fullest, none of the 10 teenagers are not impressive, it can be said that as a multi-character TV series, it is really quite powerful. In the next movie version, let's go into more detail about each character.