Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts - The Sagu Aoyama Universe Crossover Series

A Special Announcement from Setsuna Yūki (CV. Tomori Kusunoki):
In celebrating the birthday of the voice actress that voiced me, Tomori Kusunoki, on December 22 (Wednesday), the author will be posting the next update featuring me and Yuika Shinozaki where the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club and the fifth graders of the Bravehearts of Minato are going to have some fun at the Palette Town in Odaiba. It's going to be fantastic that you'll witness all the moments that we have and of course, you're all invited to make me thrilled with my fellow club members and the fifth graders of the Bravehearts of Minato! Get ready to show your thrills and shine with your smile because it'll be a fun and exciting update that you're gonna bloom, gleam and dive with us! I'll see you on December 22 (Wednesday) for the next update of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts and keep us shine and smile, everyone!
 
Hi, everyone!:) After I have posted the 100th side chapter of the Red Section Series, which made the milestone for 100 chapters in a side series, there are still a lot of updates left to finish the year 2021 because we have two more main updates and one special update to cap off this year.;) Hopefully, you’re all ready to bloom, gleam and dive to witness more updates of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts because tonight will be a special night that you’re going to shout yourself with a smile as it will be focused on Yuika Shinozaki and her friends from the Bravehearts of Minato. Now, before we’ll be heading into tonight’s update, there will be three birthday celebrants that will be celebrating as it will be dedicated to Tomomi Mineuchi, Hinata Satō and Tomori Kusunoki. Of course, I’ll go with the minor part (Tomomi Mineuchi and Hinata Satō) because the other (Tomori Kusunoki) will be more special because tonight is Tomori’s birthday. For Tomomi, it’s currently her birthday as it is tonight (December 22) and as for Hinata, tomorrow (December 23) will be her birthday, which will be 11 days after the birthday of Leah Kazuno of Saint Snow. Born in Tokyo, Tomomi is the voice actress of Eiko Tokura (Slow Start), Rio Saeki (Asteroid in Love), Casa Kurnoa (The Misfit of Demon King Academy), Arufa (Lapis Re:Lights, representing IV Klore), Ines Fujin (Umayon) and Yōka Izumura (Re:STAGE!, representing ortensia, second generation). And on the other hand, coming out from Yamagata, a cute and prestigious Hinata is the voice actress of Leah Kazuno (Love Live! Sunshine!!, the younger sister of Sarah Kazuno (CV: Asami Tano), representing Saint Snow), Junna Hoshimi (Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight, representing Starlight Kukugumi) and Noa Fukushima (D4DJ, representing Photon Maiden). Hopefully, they will be making progress of their voice acting career as they’ll continue to show their voice in making themselves innocent and prestigious.;) Happy birthday, Tomomi and Hinata!:) And of course, the reason why I want to save for Tomori for last is because tonight’s update that I’ll be posted will be focused on Setsuna Yūki, one of my favorite characters of Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club. So, get ready to dive and shine with her as here comes tonight’s update!:)

With three more days left before Christmas, I will be posting a new update of the Red Section Series as this time, it will be focused on both Yuika Shinozaki of the Bravehearts of Minato and Setsuna Yūki of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club. In tonight’s update, Yuika and her friends from Team Shinozaki-Yajima and the Shinozaki Hydrangeas are visiting the Palette Town with Setsuna Yūki and the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club for their afternoon hangout. They will be having fun to enjoy their day at that fun and exciting amusement park where they will play together before going to the Giant Ferris Wheel, also known as Daikanransha. You will be motivated to see them diving themselves with smile and thrill because you’re all here to bloom, gleam and dive with them!:D I’m sure that you’re all excited for this because this update is so special that I want to dedicate this to Tomori Kusunoki, the voice actress of Setsuna Yūki. Hailing from Tokyo, a compassionate and admired Tomori is the voice actress of Setsuna Yūki of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, a school idol group from Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, which will return for its second season this coming April 2022! Tomori is also a member of the sub-group A・ZU・NA, composed of her, Aguri Ōnishi (the seiyu of Ayumu Uehara) and Kaori Maeda (the seiyu of Shizuku Ōsaka). She had also voiced various characters from different anime releases such as Kirara (Kirara Fantastia), Hazuki Kagimura (Märchen Mädchen), Llenn (Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online), Tomoe Tamao (Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight, representing Rinmeikan Jogakkou), Melida Angel (Assassins Pride), Miki Tokura (Slow Start), Misha Necron (The Misfit of Demon King Academy; its second season will be released next year), Futaba Igarashi (My Senpai Is Annoying) and Kanade Yoisaki (Project Sekai Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku). Not only she is a voice actress, but she is a singer as well! In her music career, she had released three singles with the titles, “Hamidashimono” (the ending theme song of The Misfit of Demon King Academy), “Forced Shutdown” and recently, “narrow”. Tomori is one of my favorite seiyus of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club alongside Aguri Ōnishi, Kaori Maeda, Akari Kitō and Maria Sashide because she is very prestigious and admired to shout and dive with her smile when she is performing alongside her fellow members, which her group had finally included Shū Uchida (the seiyu of Mia Taylor) and Akina Hōmoto (the seiyu of Lanzhu Zhong). Hopefully, she will continue to make progress of her voice acting and music career as I’ll keep watching out for her because she is determined and charismatic to shine her way through her smile for sure!;) Happy birthday, Tomori!:) Now, if you’re ready to dive and shine with Setsuna and the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, then you’re in luck because here comes the 101st side chapter of the Red Section Series with the title, “The Rise of the Burning Hydrangea”! Enjoy reading the 101st side chapter of the Red Section Series!:)

SIDE STORY: “RED SECTION STORIES
CHAPTER 101: “THE RISE OF THE BURNING HYDRANGEA

Date: May 8, 2010 (Saturday)

This side story is focused on Yuika Shinozaki and her friends as they are hanging out with Setsuna Yūki and the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club at the Palette Club for their fantastic afternoon hangout.

Yuika Shinozaki and her friends from Team Shinozaki-Yajima are entering the Palette Town while being joined by Setsuna Yūki and the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club.

Team Shinozaki-Yajima: Yuika Shinozaki, Ayaka Suzuhara, Sae Sekine, Nanako Uekusa, Airi Egami, Fuyumi Miyagawa, Masahide Yajima, Junya Naganuma, Akihisa Sōma, Natsuhiko Hataoka and Shōhei Mizunuma
Shinozaki Hydrangeas: Miwako Kiyokawa, Takako Sumiyoshi, Yuna Ishida, Yasue Nagata, Sanae Adachi, Shigeko Kikumoto, Mei Morishima, Ayami Sugiyama, Manaka Hiranaka and Futaba Nishida

Nijigasaki High School Idol Club: Ayumu Uehara, Kasumi Nakasu, Shizuku Ōsaka, Karin Asaka, Ai Miyashita, Kanata Konoe, Setsuna Yūki, Emma Verde, Rina Tennōji and Yu Takasaki

“Wow!” gleamed Yuika Shinozaki.

“This is awesome!” exclaimed Ayaka Suzuhara.

“I can’t believe that this place is beautiful!” reacted Airi Egami.

“Yep! This is the place where we have spent some free time if we’re not focused on some school idol stuff” said Setsuna.

“We have so many activities to thrill and enjoy with!” said Ai.

“Where we can take the Ferris wheel to see the skyline of Minato and Kōtō” said Ayumu.

“Then, we could play some parlor games to win prizes” said Kasumi.

“It’s very nice that we have been thrilled when we’re getting along with each other ever since we just reformed our club” said Shizuku.

“We only visited this place twice a month if we want to have some fun” said Rina.

“Also, this is our part that we can take a relaxing break from doing some school idol stuff, which makes Kanata-chan feeling calm when I used to take a good ride on the Ferris wheel” said Kanata.

“As school idols, we can make some thrills to everyone through our smiles” said Karin.

“So that, you will be able to make yourself comfortable that you have gotten along with us for sure!” said Emma.

“Hopefully, you’re all excited for today because it’s Setsuna’s day after she got her confidence back of being a school idol” said Yu.

“Yeah!” said the members of Team Shinozaki-Yajima and the Shinozaki Hydrangeas.

“I’m feeling joyful that all of us are all here!” said Yuika.

“It’s so great that we can do anything to make this day more blooming!” said Ayaka.

“It would be awesome that we should have some fun with some activities to do right here!” said Sae Sekine.

“Everyone in this place had some thrills to make up with, especially to you all, girls!” said Nanako Uekusa.

“You’re always coming out to shine like the way you used to perform for us!” said Airi.

“If you can count on us, then we’ll be more thrilled to make your day even better!” said Fuyumi Miyagawa.

“Yes, you can! That’s why I decided to make my own schedule for not only me and the rest of our school idol club, so that everything is possible to make my day thrilled the most!” said Setsuna.

“Since then, we decided to organize weekend activities for each of us if anyone in our school idol club had shined their way through our own thrills” said Ayumu.

“You will be more awesome that you’re gonna see us doing our best to work together as a school idol group” said Ai.

“Of course, you will be more delighted to get along with us, so that you will be able shine like us” said Yu.

“Yes, we would love to!” said the members of Team Shinozaki-Yajima and the Shinozaki Hydrangeas.

“Oh, I’m so surprised that you’re all excited for this because we have so much thrills to see!” said Emma.

“You should be motivated when you’re here to come along with us for some fun activities that we have” said Shizuku.

“Especially that we’re about to start this day right now” said Kanata.

“I’m sure that you guys are feeling thrilled that you will see something shiny and gleaming” said Karin.

“I like the way you excite for something that will thrill you” said Kasumi.

“I hope that you’ll be ready to get along with us to have a wonderful day with us” said Rina.

“Yes, we are!” said the members of Team Shinozaki-Yajima and the Shinozaki Hydrangeas.

“Now, with that said, since it’s a lovely morning before reaching noon, how about we will start this day with something that will excite you” said Setsuna.

“Oh, yeah! I wanna go with that!” said Yuika.

“I’m counting on this!” said Ayaka.

“You betcha, Setsuna-chan!” said Airi.

“I’m always ready for this!” said Masahide Yajima.

“It will be a great pleasure that you’re gonna make us feel good!” said Junya Naganuma.

“I’m so excited about this! I would love to dive for myself!” said Natsuhiko Hataoka.

“That’s great! Are you ready for this?” said Setsuna.

“Yeah!” said the members of Team Shinozaki-Yajima and the Shinozaki Hydrangeas.

“Then, let’s shine together at the Palette Town!” said Setsuna.

“Okay!” said the members of Team Shinozaki-Yajima and the Shinozaki Hydrangeas, which makes the members of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club giving them a smile.

The montage shows the members of Team Shinozaki-Yajima, the Shinozaki Hydrangeas and the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club visiting different places in the Palette Town. The first scene shows Setsuna, Yuika, Ayaka and Airi playing a game of ‘Shoot the Bullseye’ with water guns. The background for the montage is 「DIVE! 」, which was performed by Setsuna Yūki, who is voiced by Tomori Kusunoki.

“Come on, Setsuna-chan!” said Yu.

“You can do it!” said Ayumu.

“Don’t lose them, girls!” said Ai.

Setsuna was able to hit all the targets with her quick aim while Yuika, Ayaka and Airi would do the same thing.

“Nice job, girls! You’re all doing great!” said Setsuna.

“Yeah!” said Yuika, Ayaka and Airi.

“That one is so cool!” said Yuika.

“It’s so awesome!” said Ayaka.

“I can’t wait to play it again!” said Airi.

“Yes, you should, but you should win a prize if you can hit them all with your best shot!” said Setsuna.

“Okay!” said Yuika, Ayaka and Airi.

The scene changes to the Maze Game where Sae, Nanako, Fuyumi, Akihisa, Shōhei, Yu, Ayumu and Shizuku are trying to get out of the playing field by finding the exit.

“Did you see a way to the exit?” asked Sae.

“Not yet, Sae-chan!” said Ayumu while Yu and Shizuku shake their heads in disappointment.

“Oh, geez, I can’t find it anywhere!” said Sae.

“Yeah, this is so confusing” said Akihisa Sōma.

“And it made me feel tired about this” said Shōhei Mizunuma.

“Maybe, we can look around to see if there’s a way to find the exit” said Nanako.

“That way, we could be able to get out of this place for sure!” said Fuyumi.

“Sure, we would be glad to!” said Sae.

“That’s a good idea, Fuyumi-san!” said Shizuku.

“What a great way to have an idea that you have to solve this problem!” said Yu.

“It will be amazing that we could get out of this place with our eyes” said Ayumu.

“Yeah, we should!” said Nanako, Fuyumi, Akihisa and Shōhei.

A few minutes later, as the six girls and two boys are looking forward to see the exit, Shizuku finally finds the exit when she is reaching through the end of the tent.

“I found it, girls!” said Shizuku.

“Shizuku-san! Did you find it?” shouted Yu.

“Yeah! It’s through the rainbow line that I just past with” said Shizuku.

“Great job, Shizuku-chan!” said Ayumu before calling out Sae, Nanako and Fuyumi. “Come on, girls! Shizuku-chan had finally found the exit!”

“Okay!” said Sae, Nanako, Fuyumi, Akihisa and Shōhei as they alongside Ayumu and Yu have caught up to meet with Shizuku before getting out of the tent.

“We made it!” shouted Sae, Nanako, Fuyumi, Akihisa and Shōhei.

“I’m so tired of this!” said Sae.

“This game made me confused on trying to find an exit” said Nanako.

“I don’t want to lose you all!” said Fuyumi.

“I thought that it’s going to be a nightmare for all of us” said Akihisa.

“But I guess that you did the right path, Shizuku-san!” said Shōhei.

“Well, I only learned that from before when I entered this kind of maze the first time and I’m good enough to make way through the exit” said Shizuku.

“We did the same thing to make sure that we’re getting away with it” said Ayumu.

“So, it’s not confusing after all, but you have to think about what strategy you’re going to use before you’ll be entering like this” said Yu.

“The more that you will have a plan, the better that you will be able to run things smoothly if you make it the right place” said Shizuku.

“Any of us will have decisions to make, so you better have a good plan to ease it out” said Ayumu.

“That way, you don’t want to worry about that anymore!” said Yu.

“Yeah!” said Sae, Nanako, Fuyumi, Akihisa and Shōhei.

“Anyway, you’re all looked tired when you’re trying to find an exit” said Shizuku.

“But I’m so glad that we have been able to get out of this maze” said Ayumu.

“I hope that you still have your bodies energizing because I’m always up for something thrilled!” said Yu.

“Yeah, of course!” said Sae, Nanako, Fuyumi, Akihisa and Shōhei.

“We should take a break for now before catching up with the others” said Ayumu.

“That way, it will sooth you to be calm and relaxed in the meantime” said Shizuku.

“After that, we’re all good to go!” said Yu.

“Okay, girls!” said Sae, Nanako, Fuyumi, Akihisa and Shōhei.

The next scene leads to Karin, Ai, Masahide, Junya and Natsuhiko playing a game of paint gun against the members of the Shinozaki Hydrangeas in a 5-on-5 match. The members of the Shinozaki Hydrangeas that joined that activity are Sanae Adachi, Shigeko Kikumoto, Mei Morishima, Ayami Sugiyama, Manaka Hiranaka and Futaba Nishida, who were all fifth grade elementary school students from the Hanzōsen Elementary School and classmates of Yuika Shinozaki.

“Are you ready, guys?” asked Karin.

“All we have to do is to aim at our opponents with your eyes, so that you will be smart enough to beat them all” said Ai.

“Okay!” said Masahide.

“I’m ready for this!” said Junya.

“Yeah, Karin-san and Ai-san!” said Natsuhiko.

“Good! Now, let’s be careful on those because they might be here to sneak on us!” said Karin.

“We better start running right now!” said Ai.

“Okay!” said Masahide, Junya and Natsuhiko.

The game of paint gun would begin with Karin’s team are looking forward to target their opponents while preparing their paint guns for some thrilling action.

A few minutes later, Karin finally finds Sanae Adachi, Shigeko Kikumoto and Mei Morishima, who were about to fire at Karin with their paint guns. Karin would dodge out of her way through a safe place. As she saw Sanae and Shigeko moving their way, Karin calls Ai through her mini microphone.

“They’re here, Ai!” shouted Karin.

“Okay, Karin! I’m going for it!” replied Ai before speaking to Masahide, Junya and Natsuhiko. “Everyone, they’re almost there! We should start aiming at them this instinct!”

“Okay, roger!” said Masahide, Junya and Natsuhiko.

Ai, Masahide, Junya and Natsuhiko have used their safe place to wait for their opponents to come.

Meanwhile, Sanae, Shigeko and Mei are wondering themselves if they have found the rest of the members of Karin’s team.

“Did you find any enemy out there?” asked Sanae Adachi.

Shigeko and Mei shake their heads in disappointment.

“Nope. They’re not here yet” said Shigeko Kikumoto.

“Yeah, me either” said Mei Morishima.

“Oh, that figures. Let’s keep looking!” said Sanae.

“Okay!” said Shigeko and Mei.

When they reached the intersection, they haven’t seen their Ai, Masahide, Junya and Natsuhiko yet, however, Sanae spotted something on the floor.

“Look, girls! It’s a tag!” said Sanae as she looks at the tag that says ‘DiverDiva’. When she inspects the tag, she smells trouble through her mind. “Shigeko-chan! Mei-chan! They’re coming out from that way!”

“Okay! I’ll show them that we’re too much on them!” said Shigeko.

“There’s no way they’re gonna escape from us!” said Mei.

“You got it!” said Sanae.

“There they come!” said Karin as she was joined by Ai and Masahide. Junya and Natsuhiko went on the other side as they look to target the remaining members of Sanae’s team.

Karin would ask Ai and Masahide if they’re ready to target at Sanae, Shigeko and Mei. “Ready?”

“Yeah, we’re ready!” said Ai while Masahide nods his face without saying a word.

“Now, let’s go!” said Karin.

“Okay!” said Ai and Masahide.

As Sanae, Shigeko and Mei are walking around to see if they have found the members of Karin’s team, they are seemed to be suspicious on who will be coming to their way.

“Still no sign of them” said Sanae.

“Yeah, let’s go that way!” said Shigeko.

“Maybe, they might be here!” said Mei.

“Okay!” said Sanae as she and Shigeko would go to the right to see if their opponents are there, but this leads to a dead-end.

“Oh, no! They’re not here!” shouted Shigeko.

“I don’t see them!” said Sanae.

“I have a feeling that they’re coming from the other side of this lane” said Mei.

“Yeah, I guess so” said Shigeko and Sanae.

A few second later, Karin, Ai and Masahide would come out of nowhere as they finally show up. Karin takes the command to Ai and Masahide. “Ready, aim…”

Sanae turns around as she sees Karin, Ai and Masahide. “It’s right over there! Let’s get out of here!”

“…fire!” said Karin as she, Ai and Masahide begin shooting at Sanae, Shigeko and Mei with their paint guns. Sanae, Shigeko and Mei try to get out as quickly as they could, but their legs have been sprayed with paint.

“Darn it!” said Sanae.

“What happened?” asked Shigeko.

“Are you hurt?” added Mei.

“I got shot!” said Sanae.

“Oh, no! Let’s take it back!” said Shigeko.

“We have to do this together!” said Mei.

“Okay!” said Sanae as she and Shigeko would quickly use their paint gun to point at Karin, Ai and Junya before firing at them with paint.

“Incoming!” said Masahide.

“Duck!” said Karin and Ai as they alongside Masahide are dodging themselves from the paint shots to get into the safe place.

While hearing at the sounds of paint shots, Junya and Natsuhiko.

“I think that they’re coming on the other way!” said Junya.

“Yeah, let’s catch up with them!” said Natsuhiko.

Junya and Natsuhiko would run through the lane that they parted with Karin, Ai and Masahide, but someone sprayed the two through the back, which Junya and Natsuhiko.

“Ow!” said Junya.

“Hey, watch it!” said Natsuhiko.

A female voice had been heard from one of the lanes. “Not so fast, boys!”

“Who goes there?” shouted Junya.

“Show yourself!” Natsuhiko.

The shadow was unveiled to be Ayami Sugiyama, who would be joined by Manaka Hiranaka and Futaba Nishida.

“It’s you!” growled Junya.

“Get them!” said Ayami while Manaka and Futaba are about to aim at Junya and Natsuhiko, who were able to get away from them.

Meanwhile, the clash between Karin’s team and Sanae and Shigeko continues with both sides trade shots at each other with paint shots. Karin would hear another shot from a different lane.

“Oh, no! Our other guys have been shot! I have to stop my opponents as soon as possible!” said Karin as she’s leaving Ai and Masahide, who were still shooting at Sanae and Shigeko with paint guns.

“Where are you going, Karin?” asked Ai.

“I have to save the other boys!” said Karin.

“Okay! We’ll catch up with you later!” said Ai.

“Just don’t get hurt!” said Masahide.

“Okay!” said Karin as she would run her way to find both Junya and Natsuhiko.

“Let’s do this together, Ai-san!” said Masahide.

“Okay!” Ai as she grows her energizing way to prepare for a teamwork with Masahide. They shout together in unison while getting their paint guns ready. “Now, fire!”

Ai and Masahide would shoot at Sanae, Shigeko and Mei with paint guns as they’re very quick to do so, compared to their opponents. This leads to Sanae, Shigeko and Mei collapsing with many paint shots all over their battle attires.

“Looks like you three are down and out!” said Ai.

“You’re now toasted!” said Masahide.

“Hey, don’t say that word, Masahide-san!” said Sanae.

“You’re mocking us!” said Shigeko.

“That’s not cool!” said Mei.

“But this is just a game, girls. Let’s have some fun!” said Ai.

“Okay, Ai-chan!” said Sanae, Shigeko and Mei.

“I wonder where are the boys are up to” said Masahide.

Suddenly, Karin’s voice came out from Ai’s mini microphone. “Guys! They’re down!”

“Oh, no! Karin’s in trouble!” reacted Ai.

“Let’s stop those guys!” said Masahide.

“Okay!” said Ai before she and Masahide leaving together, but Sanae grabs Ai’s hand. “Sanae! What are you doing?”

“I’m joining with you!” said Sanae.

“Yeah, me too!” said Mei.

“But why?” queried Ai.

“To make sure that our comrades are safe” said Shigeko.

“Oh, this leads me no choice, then come with us!” said Ai.

“We’ll get you through them!” said Karin.

“Okay!” said Sanae, Shigeko and Mei.

Back at the intersection, Junya and Natsuhiko are almost down with paint shots all over their battle attires while Ayami, Manaka and Futaba are still standing tall.

Ayami giggles with her thrill without something villainous. “You can’t stop me, boys! I’m still unstoppable!”

“No! You can’t get away with this!” responded Junya.

“I’ll shoot you one more time!” said Natsuhiko.

“Oh, really? Girls, finish them!” commanded Ayami as Manaka and Futaba are about to finish both Junya and Natsuhiko by aiming at the back of their opponents. Just then, someone had just shot both Manaka and Futaba at their backs with paint shots.

Ayami gasps in horror while seeing Manaka and Futaba getting shot with paint guns before shouting with her anger. “Who goes there?”

Ai would appear with Masahide as they’re here to save their day. “You think that you’re gonna stop us?”

“No, you won’t!” said Masahide.

“Oh, who cares about that? I’m gonna shoot the two of you right now!” shouted Ayami as she’s about to shoot at both Ai and Masahide before Karin comes out to shoot at Ayami through the back with her paint gun.

“No, you won’t!” replied Karin.

“Karin!” said Ai and Masahide while Junya and Natsuhiko are relieved to see Karin saving the day to finish Ayami.

“I’m so glad that you saved us!” said Junya.

“You came here just in time to finish that girl off!” said Natsuhiko.

“Thanks, guys! Now, we need to get out of here before it’s running out” said Karin.

“Okay!” said Junya and Natsuhiko.

The game of paint gun would be over with Karin’s team getting the victory over Sanae’s team. Both teams would take their breaks at the entrance.

“Are you okay, Ayami-chan?” asked Sanae.

“Does it hurt a little?” added Shigeko.

“I hope that you’re feeling alright” said Mei.

“I’m fine, girls, but I’m feeling the pain at my back when Karin shot me with that paint shots” said Ayami.

“Well, it’s not a real shot, Ayami-san. It’s just a spray paint just I’m aiming at you” said Karin.

“Oh, you’re right, Karin-chan. It was indeed you. I can’t believe that you guys are doing good, compared to us” said Ayami.

“We were just first-timers playing that activity” said Sanae.

“We didn’t know that you two are good at this” said Shigeko.

“This game makes me feel nervous at the start until we finally got our chance to show up” said Mei.

“Even Masahide who had been so smart to take down us” said Miyabi.

“You guys must be serious when you’re all doing this” said Futaba.

“Of course not! Karin and Ai have been good at this because they’re good to make some action to save the day” said Masahide.

“That’s right, Masahide! The two of us have formed our own group known as DiverDiva” said Ai.

“Because we’re here to make us feel hot and energetic!” said Karin.

“Oh, that’s so cool!” said Sanae, Shigeko, Mei, Ayami, Miyabi and Futaba.

“You can inspire them if you want to have some action that you will energize yourself” said Junya.

“That way, you will be just like them” said Natsuhiko.

“Oh, please, will you tell us some advice about that?” asked Sanae.

“I want to know more about you!” said Shigeko.

“You must be strong, girls!” said Mei.

“I know that you’re good in those!” said Ayami.

Karin giggles while giving them a wink as she’s going to give them an advice. “Okay! I’ll give you an advice for you!”

“Hooray!” said Sanae, Shigeko, Mei, Ayami, Miyabi and Futaba.

“You have to be more passionate to prove that you’re good in taking action on a situation like we did earlier” said Karin.

“It gives you a time to energize yourself, so that you will be able to feel motivated when you will take some action” said Ai.

“Don’t forget that you will always be careful on something suspicious” said Karin.

“You will be in big trouble if you can’t handle the situation like that” said Ai.

“Oh, this is more promising! I can’t believe that you have learned those!” said Sanae.

“I’m so fascinated that you have been amazing in taking some action with your passion!” said Shigeko.

“I have to say that you girls have some great thrills to show up with!” said Mei.

“It will be amazing that you’re gonna shine your way just like the rest of your group did!” said Ayami.

“I’m so glad that you have been dazzling with your smiles when you girls have performed with them” said Miyabi.

“Which reminds me on the other idols that have been famous after all” said Futaba.

“Well, you can admire us all you want, girls, because I’m very smart enough to solve any situation that is not more problematic in any means” said Karin.

“You should do the same thing if you want to be like us!” said Ai.

“Yeah, we should!” said Sanae, Shigeko, Mei, Ayami, Miyabi and Futaba.

“Hopefully, you’ll be able to inspire us now that you have learned your lesson from earlier” said Karin.

“You should never lose your thrill with us because we’re always be here to cheer for you” said Ai.

“Yeah, we agree!” said Sanae, Shigeko, Mei, Ayami, Miyabi and Futaba.

“Now, let’s meet up with the other guys out there, so that we’ll have some lunch at the plaza” said Karin.

“It will be grateful that you’re looked motivated today, girls!” said Ai.

“Okay!” said Sanae, Shigeko, Mei, Ayami, Miyabi and Futaba.

The scene changes to Kanata, Emma, Yuna and Yasue paying their tickets to take the carousel.

“I’m so surprised that you picked this one, Emma-chan! I have never done that before!” said Yuna.

“For me, I already did that once as a little girl, but I’m so excited that we’ll gonna do this together!” said Yasue.

“Yep! The carousel is just a good place to thrill yourself while thinking that you’re shining your way” said Kanata.

“It made me and Kanata-chan so much fun riding those back a few weeks ago when our school idol club had just been reformed. I’m very delighted that we enjoyed this and now, we will do it again!” said Emma.

“I’m sure that you girls are more thrilled enough to make your day brighter because Kanata-chan will make you feel good with my smile!” said Kanata.

“And I’m always cheering for you no matter what because you got us now!” said Emma.

“Well, we should be more hyped to enjoy this, Kanata-chan and Emma-chan!” said Yuna.

“We will be more bloomed enough to develop our friendship with you!” said Yasue.

“Of course, you can! Kanata-chan will make you friends because you girls are pretty and cute!” said Kanata.

“You will be more prestigious enough to show your smiles, so that you’re all blessed and inspired” said Emma.

“Yeah!” said Yuna and Yasue.

“Now, let’s ride this carousel together!” said Kanata.

“Let’s make this fun even better!” said Emma.

“Okay!” said Yuna and Yasue.

Kanata, Emma, Yuna and Yasue would pick their spots in the carousel before it starts moving. The four girls would show their smiles while enjoying their ride.

“Wheeeeee!” said Yuna.

“It’s so good!” said Yasue.

“I’m so thrilled when I’m riding this one!” said Kanata.

“Yeah, me too, Kanata-chan! I’m always gleamed with my smile while riding this!” said Emma.

“Oh, that’s very thrilling! My sister Haruka-chan did that too when I persuaded her to have a fun day together!” said Kanata.

“Wait, Kanata-chan, you have a sister?” asked Yuna.

“Yep!” said Kanata.

“Who is Haruka?” added Yasue.

“Haruka is my younger sister and she had been so adorable and cute” said Kanata.

“She is a first year high school student from the Shinonome Institute High School and she is a school idol just like the two of us!” said Emma.

“Oh, that’s so cool!” said Yuna and Yasue.

“I can’t wait to meet her in person!” said Yuna.

“We love to meet cute idols just like you two!” said Yasue.

Kanata and Emma share their giggles while replying to them. “Yes, you can!”

“I can appoint you two to a schedule to meet with my sister if you want!” said Kanata.

“So that, we will have a comfortable day to become friends with her” said Emma.

“After all, we have just gotten along with each other for the first time” said Kanata.

“It doesn’t mean that you want this, but we’re happy to give you a smile!” said Emma.

“Okay!” said Yuna and Yasue.

The carousel would continue to spin, which gives Kanata, Emma, Yuna and Yasue getting the thrills that they have because they love riding in the carousel.

“You know, girls, I like the way you worn for today!” said Yuna.

“I’m pretty impressed that you have picked those for today!” said Yasue.

“Well, these clothes are more beautiful that we have worn those because it’s Setsuna’s special day” said Kanata.

“She had picked those for us to wear those because we like to gleam with thrills and smiles” said Emma.

“Thanks to her, we looked gorgeous and cute by the time that we visited your friend’s home earlier” said Kanata.

“Yuika and Setsuna have known with each other for a long time since they have lived in the same hometown” said Emma.

“Oh, I didn’t know that this is looked familiar!” said Yuna.

“Yeah, me either. I’m so surprised that Yuika had gotten the same type of personality with Setsuna, girls, but I’m feeling expressive for their friendship” said Yasue.

“Yeah, of course!” said Kanata and Emma.

“We will more indulged to have many friends that we have on our side” said Kanata.

“So that, they will be able to shine with us because that’s what we do to create hopes and dreams to everyone” said Emma.

“Yeah, we agree!” said Yuna and Yasue.

“For now, let’s keep our thrills moving forward to fascinate with our smiles!” said Kanata.

“After, we’ll have some lunch time at one of the restaurants in this place!” said Emma.

“Okay!” said Yuna and Yasue as they continue to ride in the carousel with Kanata and Emma before the time will run out in a few minutes.

The scene changes to Kasumi, Rina, Miwako and Takako playing a game of air hockey inside the game zone. Kasumi and Rina would battle against Miwako and Takako as they have to use their handles to move the puck until one of them will reach the goal line to score a point. Miwako Kiyokawa and Takako Sumiyoshi are members of the Shinozaki Hydrangeas with the former being the leader of that group.

The score is now 5-3 with Kasumi and Rina leading. Kasumi tries to be more careful because Miwako and Takako have just started their comeback after being down 5-1.

“I’ll take this one!” said Kasumi while moving the puck with her handle. Then, Miwako responds it back by taking it cautiously with a swift.

Rina would take her turn as she sees the puck moving. “I got this!” Rina would quickly move the puck with her handle before the puck is heading into her opponents’ goal line. Takako tries to fight it back as she moves the puck out of their goal line.

“Oh, yeah, if you want games, then I’ll go with this!” said Kasumi as she was moving the puck quickly before the puck would go to the goal line, which gives Kasumi’s team score another one. Only one more point for them to win this match.

Kasumi gleefully smiles as she and Rina get a point. “We got it, Rina!”

“Yeah! One more and it’s ours!” said Rina.

“Yep! Let’s do this one more time!” said Kasumi.

“You got it! Rina-chan Board: Wink!” said Rina.

“Miwako-chan, should we fight it back?” asked Takako.

“Yes, we can!” said Miwako as she starts moving the puck to start for another play.

“I’ll go with this!” said Rina as she moves the puck away from the goal line, but Takako swiftly moves that away.

“Take that!” shouted Takako.

“Oh, yeah, how about this?!” responded Kasumi as she takes her turn to move the puck away from the goal line.

“You’re smart, huh, Kasumi-chan? Then, take this!” said Miwako as she moves the puck away with her own. The puck is about to reach the goal line of Kasumi and Rina.

“Rina, do something!” said Kasumi.

“Don’t worry, Kasumi-chan! I’ll take care of this!” said Rina as she is ready to show her move with her handle. “Rina-chan Board: Fire!” Rina moves the puck away with her handle before the puck is about to reach at Miwako and Takako’s goal line.

“Quick! Don’t let them get away!” said Miwako.

“Okay, you got it!” said Takako as she moves the puck away with her handle as the puck would about to land on the goal line of Kasumi and Rina.

“Well, then, if you can score like that, then I’ll go with this!” said Kasumi as she moves the puck away from the goal line through her speed, which allows the puck to enter the goal line to allow Kasumi and Rina’s team score the match point to win the game.

“Alright! We won!” said Kasumi and Rina.

Miwako and Takako sigh in disappointment after losing that game as the former reacts through sportsmanship. “Good game, girls! I’m so surprised that you aced it together!”

“Yep! It was more of a thrilling game, girls! Rina and I have been working together to get it done!” said Kasumi.

“That’s right, Kasumi-chan! That’s how our teamwork being paid off because we’re good at it!” said Rina.

“Ah, I see! You two are fascinating! I’m very surprised that you two have been working well just like how you girls did with your fellow friends out there” said Miwako.

“I’m so proud with that, Kasumi-chan and Rina-chan!” said Takako.

“Thanks, girls!” said Kasumi and Rina.

“We’re always shining our way to make sure that we could do whatever it takes to give everyone some smiles and thrills” said Kasumi.

“We have to be more blessed and inspired if we want our community to motivate and shine, so that everyone’s dream will come true for sure!” said Rina.

“Yeah, we agree!” said Miwako and Takako.

Kasumi would look at her watch to check on what time is right now. “Hey, girls, it’s almost noontime!”

“You know what that means?” asked Rina.

“We will have some lunch later on!” said Kasumi.

“Oh, I can’t wait to see what type of restaurant will be going to later on!” said Miwako.

“Yeah, me too! It will be great that we will eat some lunch together!” said Takako.

“Yeah!” said Kasumi and Rina.

“Also, Setsuna-san said that we should all go to Daikanrasha to take a ride” said Rina.

“You will be amazed when you’re going to view something gleaming and shining” said Kasumi.

“Of course!” said Miwako and Takako.

“Now, let’s go to Daikanrasha, the big Ferris wheel…” said Kasumi.

“…to meet with Setsuna and the rest of our group!” said Rina.

“Okay!” said Miwako and Takako as they alongside Kasumi and Rina would be going to Daikanrasha to meet up with the rest of the members of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Team Shinozaki-Yajima and the Shinozaki Hydrangeas.

At the entrance of Daikanrasha, the members of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Team Shinozaki-Yajima and the Shinozaki Hydrangeas are standing to take a look at Daikanrasha.

“Wow!” gleamed Yuika.

“This is so huge!” exclaimed Ayaka.

“It’s gigantic!” said reacted Airi.

“I can’t believe that this one is the largest Ferris wheel in this city!” said Masahide.

“Yeah, Masahide! I can’t wait to ride on this one!” said Junya.

“Me too because I’m so excited on this!” said Natsuhiko.

“Guys! Don’t get too overexcited on this yet!” said Kasumi.

“I know that you guys are ready to take a ride in this one, but there are more people lining up before us” said Shizuku.

“It will take a few minutes to wait in line until it’s our turn to take the ride” said Kanata.

“However, we should not lose our thrills when you guys are so excited about something gleaming and shining” said Emma.

“Emma’s right, guys! We should wait for the others to finish their stay in the Ferris wheel before it’s our turn to take a ride” said Karin.

“That’s why it will better for all of us to relax a little bit” said Rina.

“See, if we can wait for the others to finish their stay, we would be able to get our chance to ride on this enormous Ferris wheel” said Setsuna.

“But how are we going to enter to that place because we’re getting hungry right now?” queried Yuika.

“Yeah, me too, Setsuna-chan” said Ayaka.

“Well, we have to eat some lunch after this one, but if you don’t want to lose you thrill then, buy some water at the vending machine while waiting for your turn to ride on this one” said Setsuna.

“Okay!” said the members of Team Shinozaki-Yajima and the Shinozaki Hydrangeas.

“All we have to do right now is to wait for our turn to enter the Ferris wheel for a few minutes” said Yu.

“That way, we will be able to enjoy riding this Ferris wheel for ourselves!” said Ai.

“After that, it’ll be lunch time, everyone!” said Ayumu.

“Yeah!” said the members of Team Shinozaki-Yajima and the Shinozaki Hydrangeas.

“So, let’s wait for the other visitors to finish their stay at Daikanrasha and then, we’re all good to go!” said Setsuna.

“Okay!” said the members of Team Shinozaki-Yajima and the Shinozaki Hydrangeas.

A few minutes later, once the other visitors have left the Ferris wheel, the members of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Team Shinozaki-Yajima and the Shinozaki Hydrangeas would finally take their turn to ride on Daikanrasha.

“Alright, everyone! It’s our turn!” called Setsuna.

“Are you ready for this?!” shouted Ai.

“If anyone is ready, say ‘Yes, we’re thrilled to ride that one!’” added Ayumu.

“Yes, we’re thrilled to ride that one!” said the members of Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Team Shinozaki-Yajima and the Shinozaki Hydrangeas.

“Then, let’s ride on Daikanrasha together!” said Setsuna.

“Yeah!” said the members of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Team Shinozaki-Yajima and the Shinozaki Hydrangeas as they are entering themselves to their seats to take on Daikanrasha. One room will have at least 2-3 persons, depends on what the size.

“Yuika-san, would you like to come with me?” asked Setsuna.

“Oh, sure, I would be glad to, Setsuna-chan!” said Yuika.

“Then, let’s hop in!” said Setsuna.

“You got it!” said Yuika as she and Setsuna would take one room for two to have a relaxing ride in Daikanrasha.

While staying at Daikanrasha, Yuika and Setsuna would talk with each other.

“You know, Setsuna-chan, I’m so happy that you had been a school idol like the way you have shined for your school idol group!” said Yuika.

“Thanks, Yuika-san! It’s my dream that I wanted to become a school idol because I love to create hopes and dreams to everyone, so that they will be able to earn themselves for sure! I had been a great and compassionated school idol, thanks to Yu-san and the rest of my school idol club. I always become delighted when they came here to support and motivate me” said Setsuna.

“Well, I’m so admired with that! I have counted on you since then!” said Yuika.

“Oh, I see what you’re exciting about, Yuika-san! I have always groomed you since I have been fascinated to see you working your way to be like me” said Setsuna.

“Yep!” said Yuika.

“So, what was your dream?” asked Setsuna.

“My dream is to become a basketball athlete with all my heart and soul to make myself thrilled and enjoyed for everyone. I have made the difference since I was born to my wealthy parents and I wanted to make my own way to shine, so that I will be able to get earned no matter what! It’s a great way for me to shine and I’ll do whatever it takes to prove that I’m good at playing basketball for sure!” said Yuika.

“Wow! I can’t believe that you’re very ambitious on that, Yuika-san! I have reminded myself a few days ago when I was about to quit as a school idol while focus on being the President of the Nijigasaki Academy High School Student Council, but I don’t want to give up for myself because I always want to dive my way to shine and I don’t want to let my dreams down. I always cherished myself as a school idol and a student council president because it’s my desire to make everyone getting the thrills that they will have, so that they will be here to motivate me for sure” said Setsuna.

“Oh, I see! So, you must be a school idol and a student council president? Is that what you’re saying?” responded Yuika.

“Yeah! I’m always compassionated to be a school idol and a student council president because it’s so grateful that I can do any ability of being a school idol and a student council president in many ways and I wanted to show to everyone that I’m here to make them thrill with my smiles, so that they will be ready to create their own dreams that they will inspire me. You should be like that in your way, Yuika-san! I know that you’re a young athlete that you want to get yourself earned one day, but I will tell you what, you will be more prepared to get into the challenges that you have to overcome because there are a lot of things that you have to do if you want to be more compassionated like me” said Setsuna.

“Ah, I guess so, Setsuna-chan. I mean, I’m a member of the Bravehearts of Minato and I could shine to represent with them, right?” said Yuika.

“Of course, you are! I’m very cheerful when it comes to grooming and motivating someone who is special to create his or her own dream. I have been amazed when I saw you playing basketball with your other friends and I wanted you to inspire me for more” said Setsuna.

“Well, if you say so, Setsuna-chan. I want to be more determined and charismatic to show my way of being a braveheart and I will do whatever it takes to make my community ready to grow with their blessings. It’s my opportunity to bless and inspire everyone, so that they will inspire me one day if they have their own way to shine for sure. Hopefully, I will be more successful just like my friends from the other levels such as Shinako, Hinako, Ruriko and Yasue” said Yuika.

“That’s what I like to see your determination, Yuika-san! I’m loving it!” said Setsuna.

“You do?” asked Yuika.

Setsuna gives Yuika a big smile while winking through her left eye. “I can do that for you!”

“Oh, wow! You’re fantastic! Thank you very much, Setsuna-chan!” said Yuika while hugging Setsuna. “I’m so glad that you’re here to cherish me!”

Setsuna was almost nervous when she was hugged by Yuika. “Hey, now, Yuika-san! I’m very comfortable with your hug. Now, will you please stop it for now?”

“Oh, sorry about that” said Yuika while letting go of her hug with Setsuna.

“Hey, look!” gleamed Setsuna while seeing the skyline of Minato and Kōtō.

“What is it?” asked Yuika.

“Take a look at this!” replied Setsuna while Yuika finally looks at the skyline of Minato and Kōtō.

“Oh, wow! That’s so amazing! I can’t believe that we’re at the top of the altitude in this big Ferris wheel!” said Yuika.

“That’s right, Yuika-san! Think about the way you want to express to be passionate and determined just like me. You will be more delighted to come out with your pure heart by diving yourself to show your pride and willpower. I used to pump up when I had performed my song 「DIVE! 」 to everyone, especially I did that last night during my school idol group’s Casual Friday activity” said Setsuna.

“Ah, that sounds cool! I hope that I can do the same thing as you. I mean, you’re a school idol with a compassionated heart and I will be ready to inspire you, so that you can count on me for sure!” said Yuika.

“Okay, that sounds a good promise to me, Yuika-san!” said Setsuna as she and Yuika have hold their hands as a symbol of their friendship. “Let’s create our future together!”

“Yeah, you got it!” said Yuika while giving Setsuna a smile.

“So, what are you planning for your future?” asked Setsuna.

“I have a plan that I can shine for everyone!” said Yuika.

“Really? You have one?” queried Setsuna.

“Yep! This is part of my special circle group, the Burning Hydrangea, which is why I want to reveal it for myself” said Yuika.

“That’s good! Then, you should share your ideas to them, so that you will be able to make us feel thrilled with your pride and willpower!” said Setsuna.

“Okay, I will, Setsuna-chan!” said Yuika before hearing her stomach growling. “Oh, I almost forgot the fact that I’m hungry!”

“Well, your stomach is growling, Yuika-san! Maybe, we can find a great place to eat, so that we’re all set for our lunch!” said Setsuna.

“Yeah, good idea!” said Yuika while sharing her giggles with Setsuna.

In one room above Yuika and Setsuna, Ayumu, Shizuku and Yu are happy to see the two developing their friendship.

“Would you look at that, girls? Setsuna-chan had been very compassionated that she had a great friendship with that Yuika. I’m so thrilled that I can see this for myself!” said Yu.

“Yes, indeed, Yu-san! Setsuna had been very compassioned to anyone who had inspired her the most and she had been very thrilled that she can do anything to cheer for them” said Shizuku.

“I like Setsuna’s personality of being sweet and determined because she’s always coming out show her compassion to everyone. I would be more admired if she and Yuika will be ready to work together one day for sure!” said Ayumu.

“Well, I can count on that, Ayumu! I want to see what they are planning!” said Yu.

“You should be more excited, Yu-chan, but she said that she and Yuika will reveal something later” said Ayumu.

“Hopefully, you will be surprised when they will be planning later on when we have our much break” said Shizuku.

“Okay!” said Yu.

“For now, let’s enjoy riding on Daikanrasha before we’re all set for lunch!” said Ayumu.

“Yeah, Ayumu-san!” said Yu and Shizuku.

Later, the members of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Team Shinozaki-Yajima and the Shinozaki Hydrangeas are having a big lunch at the Tokyo Gourmet Stadium, a restaurant that offered numerous specialties in different categories located in DiverCity Tokyo. After finishing their lunch, Yuika will be sharing her plan to them.

“What are you going to share about, Yuika-chan?” asked Yu.

“I have a plan where me and my friends from the Burning Hydrangea will be organizing a fantastic activity, which will be called the Burning Stage Field Party” said Yuika.

“It will be an activity where our friends in our batch will be showing their talents to everyone that they want to shine for a better future” said Ayaka.

“Not only for that, this will allow them to show their compassion to everyone as they are ready to prosper themselves and make themselves thrilled” said Airi.

“It will be amazing that you’re all thrilled to see this because it will be something that everyone needs their attention to shine” said Masahide.

“Odaiba needs them to shine for brighter future” said Junya.

“And if they want to make themselves thrilled, they should be ready to show themselves that they’re here to run the show for sure!” said Natsuhiko.

“Now, that’s a good idea of yours, Yuika-chan! I can’t wait to see them going to perform for us!” said Yu.

“I’m very interested on that event, Yuika-chan!” said Ayumu.

“We should be there if we can impress your friends out there through their auras!” said Shizuku.

“I would be happy to see them shine like we always do!” said Ai.

“It will be amazing that they will do their best to take themselves into the spotlight!” said Kasumi.

“They know that it’s their time to shine because they’re here to run themselves for brighter future” said Karin.

“We always believe in them because they know what to do to make sure that they’ll be able to shine themselves” said Kanata.

“I have to say that this event would be more amazing to show everyone who had their own way to fascinate and admire everyone on their side” said Emma.

“The more that they shine, the better that they will be thrilled to make themselves impressed!” said Rina.

“Yes, we agree!” said Yuika, Ayaka, Airi, Masahide, Junya and Natsuhiko.

“But that’s not all, we decided to invite Setsuna to be one of the judges for our event” said Yuika.

“Isn’t that awesome, girls?” asked Ayaka.

“Yeah!” said the members of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club.

“I had always fascinated to see a lot of young people wanted to take themselves into the spotlight because they know what to do to shine. So, that’s why I will be happy if everyone can count on me to make that event even better and harmonious. Right, everyone?” said Setsuna.

“Yeah!” said the members of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Team Shinozaki-Yajima and the Shinozaki Hydrangeas.

“So, when it will take place, Yuika-chan?” asked Miwako.

“It will be held next week on May 16 (Sunday) at the garden of my home, the Shinozaki Residence” said Yuika.

“We used to stay there to relax ourselves after finishing our school stuff every weekday” said Ayaka.

“But we also have some great time to organize group projects at occasional time” said Airi.

“Ah, that’s very awesome! I’m so excited about this because we will see everyone showing their talents to us!” said Miwako.

“This is going to more interesting to see who has the better talent than anyone else!” said Takako.

“They’ll be more motivated to show their guts to take themselves into the spotlight, so that they’re here to shine” said Yuna.

“Of course, one of them will be earned the most” said Yasue.

“I agree with that, girls! The participants will be anyone who is very closed to me” said Yuika.

“Whether they’re coming from our batch…” said Ayaka.

“…or higher level like middle school or high school” said Airi.

“We’ll have their chance to get their opportunity to shine for us” said Masahide.

“There are three things that they should be matched on the criteria” said Junya.

“Which they are content, passion and crowd reaction” said Natsuhiko.

“We’ll be determining one winner for this event, so that this person will be able to get earned the most” said Yuika.

“That’s why you should all be invited if you want to take the challenge on that” said Ayaka.

“It will be something that you want to get yourself thrilled with!” said Airi.

“Yeah!” said the members of the Shining Hydrangeas.

“This competition would be perfect for them to show their true meaning of compassion and determination because it’s their desire that they have to focus on with” said Setsuna.

“That’s why it will be awesome that you should be ready if you want to get yourself earned” said Ayumu.

“Because it will be nice for all of us to gleam and cheer you up to make sure that you will not let yourself down for sure!” said Shizuku.

“Yeah!” said the members of the Shining Hydrangeas.

“Everybody can do their way to shine through their hearts, so that they will be able to prove that they’re here to take themselves into the spotlight” said Yu.

“It will be great that you should get involved and make yourself thrilled!” said Ai.

“That activity would be amazing for all of you to have a brighter future if you will be able to make it with your own talent” said Kasumi.

“If you have the opportunity to take part of it, then you can do it whatever you want” said Karin.

“We’ll always be here to cheer for you! I will let my sister Haruka-chan know if I needed her to impress them!” said Kanata.

“I would be happy if my friend Mei will be seeing this because she always like to impress and admire people with talents that are beautiful” said Emma.

“It will make yourself proud if you’re gonna make it to impress us!” said Rina.

“Yeah, we will!” said the members of the Shining Hydrangeas.

“I would love to join that event to take part with the other participants, but I will be opting out and instead being a judge” said Sae.

“Yeah, me too! We already know that those guys are ready to shine themselves” said Nanako.

“They’re always determined to make sure that they will not lose their auras when they’re performing for us” said Fuyumi.

“We’ll be thrilled to see how they’re doing, so that they’ll be going to impress us” said Akihisa.

“That way, we’ll be reacting them with high expectations being paid off!” said Shōhei.

“Yeah, you got that right, Shōhei-san! All of us from Team Shinozaki-Yajima will be acting as observers and judges to make sure that we’re all gonna see if my friends are worthy of having their talent being stupendous and marvelous” said Yuika.

“Also, we would love to invite both Reina and Shuto to become judges as well if they’re no longer busy with their own stuff to get on with” said Ayaka.

“However, hopefully, we will be ready to make this activity blooming like it’s your chance to shine with prosperity and determination” said Airi.

“Yeah!” said the members of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Team Shinozaki-Yajima and the Shinozaki Hydrangeas.

“Our special circle group, the Burning Hydrangea, will expect to organize brighter activities to shine, so that we will make Odaiba more blooming with hopes and dreams being made” said Yuika.

“Since we have just joined the Bravehearts of Minato, we should be ready to get involved in helping our community to make themselves thrilled” said Ayaka.

“We will be more delighted to have our blessings being prospered because not only that we’re bravehearts, but we’re more charismatic enough to show our pride, compassion and willpower to everyone” said Airi.

“So that, we’re all prepared to shine together as a special circle group!” said Masahide.

“We’re always believed in miracles because we’re all determined to show that we’re here to run together” said Junya.

“And so, you will always count on us!” said Natsuhiko.

“Yeah, we will!” said the members of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Team Shinozaki-Yajima and the Shinozaki Hydrangeas.

“I’m very compassionated to see you six having a great time to work together as a group and I always like to cheer for you!” said Setsuna.

“Yeah! We’re very thrilled to cheer for you because you have been prospered enough to make everyone being blessed and inspired” said Ayumu.

“It makes your friends and allies getting the hopes and dreams that they will have, so that they will be able to respect you” said Shizuku.

“Anyone can show their motivation to groom you if they have seen you doing their best to make their community more blooming and more harmonious” said Ai.

“That’s how we used because we’re all school idols that we wanted to shine our way” said Karin.

“We always like to show our smiles to everyone because we will make them feel good with our school idol activities to develop a great friendship with them!” said Kasumi.

“The more that we worked hard as school idols, the better that we will be developing our friendship with our allies through our hearts. Kanata-chan would love to see your smiles to motivate us for more!” said Kanata.

“Hopefully, it will be great that you will do your best to work hard in making your community shining with your brighter ideas because that’s what I liked to impress them with a cheerful smile!” said Emma.

“You will be thrilled to do your way to make everyone feeling happy and you should be ready to shine for them! Rina-chan Board: Smile!” said Rina.

“Just show your aura to make yourself prepared to create your own future!” said Yu.

“Yes, we will!” said Yuika, Ayaka, Airi, Masahide, Junya and Natsuhiko.

“If NijiGaku are here to cheer for you, then we’ll do the same thing!” said Sae.

“Yeah! We’re all in the same page since we’re all part of the Bravehearts of Minato!” said Nanako.

“Kōji had promised us that we will do our best to make Minato shining and prospered with everyone’s ideas to make up with!” said Fuyumi.

“That’s why we will be motivate ourselves to make sure that you guys are all in to make thrills and joys to everyone!” said Akihisa.

“Because once’s a braveheart, always a braveheart! That’s everyone’s motto for a braveheart like us!” said Shōhei.

“Yeah, of course! We will do our best to prosper our community through our smiles while bringing hopes and dreams to everyone. Right, guys?” said Yuika.

“Yeah, Yuika-san!” said the members of Team Shinozaki-Yajima.

“You can count us in too, Yuika-chan!” said Miwako.

“We’re also be here to support you!” said Takako.

“We’re always coming out to motivate you!” said Yuna.

“Especially that we’re fascinated to see you and your friends working with your allies! So, we’ll be delighted to work with you!” said Yasue.

“After all, we’re classmates in the same section!” said Sanae.

“Yeah!” said Shigeko, Mei, Ayami, Manaka and Futaba.

“Of course, girls! I would also count on you! Hopefully, we’ll do our best to prosper our community like our close friends from the Bravehearts of Minato have used to!” said Yuika.

“Yeah, we will!” said the members of the Shinozaki Hydrangeas.

“Now that our lunch is done, why not we will go to Gamers Odaiba where the school idols have used to stay there to fascinate a lot of stuff?” asked Setsuna.

“It will be amazing that you’re all here to have some thrill with us!” said Yu.

“Yeah! Just show us your smile while having a great day to enjoy!” said Ayumu.

“We’re always coming out to cheer for you!” said Shizuku.

“It’s more fun to show our smiles because this is how we shine!” said Ai.

“You will be ready to make yourself thrilled when you’re here with us!” said Rina.

“It’s a thrilling day for all of us because this special day won’t end without your smiles!” said Karin.

“Your smiles will be appreciated to make Kanata-chan feeling blissful and joyful!” said Kanata.

“Setsuna-chan’s day is very special for all of us, so you better make her proud while getting along with her and the rest of us!” said Emma.

“That way, you’ll make Setsuna’s day even blooming for more!” said Kasumi.

“Yeah, we will!” said the members of Team Shinozaki-Yajima and the Shinozaki Hydrangeas.

“Now, let’s go to Gamers Odaiba while diving with your smiles, everyone!” said Setsuna.

“Yeah!” said the members of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Team Shinozaki-Yajima and the Shinozaki Hydrangeas. Yuika and her friends have always got the thrills to make their friend Setsuna very happy to have her day blooming as their friendship with her had been developed ever since they have joined the Bravehearts of Minato. Yuika and Setsuna have known with each other since they have lived in Odaiba and they have been fascinated themselves to have their brighter future because they’re always showing their compassion and determination to their friends on their side. Hopefully, they will continue to develop their friendship as they’re ready to dive together with their smiles.

UP NEXT: Profile of the Shinozaki Hydrangeas
 
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And to make the birthday of Tomori Kusunoki, the voice actress of Setsuna Yūki of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club from Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, very special to dive and shine, I'll be posting the profile of the Shinozaki Hydrangeas. The Shinozaki Hydrangeas is composed of the friends of Yuika Shinozaki, a member of the Bravehearts of Minato, and they have been very determined to support Yuika on her basketball career after she had joined the Hanzōsen Elementary School girls’ basketball team. They have been very interested in visiting Gamers store, especially that they have visited a branch in Odaiba to buy some anime stuff, having fun in the Palette Town including Daikanransha and reading manga that are focused on yuri relationship. One thing that you find it coincidental is that most of their members have lived in Odaiba while Yuika is a neighbor of Setsuna, which results to that group being close to Setsuna as they have impressed her when she had been performing for NijiGaku. The leader of the Shinozaki Hydrangeas is Miwako Kiyokawa.

Shinozaki Hydrangeas: Miwako Kiyokawa, Takako Sumiyoshi, Yuna Ishida, Yasue Nagata, Sanae Adachi, Shigeko Kikumoto, Mei Morishima, Ayami Sugiyama, Manaka Hiranaka and Futaba Nishida

Shinozaki Hydrangeas
Miwako Kiyokawa: February 21 / 5ES-3 / Hanzōsen ES
Takako Sumiyoshi: August 23 / 5ES-3 / Hanzōsen ES
Yuna Ishida: March 31 / 5ES-3 / Hanzōsen ES
Yasue Nagata: November 2 / 5ES-3 / Hanzōsen ES
Sanae Adachi: June 4 / 5ES-3 / Hanzōsen ES
Shigeko Kikumoto: September 16 / 5ES-3 / Hanzōsen ES
Mei Morishima: December 5 / 5ES-3 / Hanzōsen ES / Brother of Naohiro Morishima
Ayami Sugiyama: October 29 / 5ES-3 / Hanzōsen ES
Manaka Hiranaka: September 10 / 5ES-3 / Hanzōsen ES
Futaba Nishida: January 7 / 5ES-3 / Hanzōsen ES


UP NEXT: A Postscript Message from Setsuna Yūki
 
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A Post-Chapter Postscript Message from Setsuna Yūki

Hi, everyone! This is Setsuna Yūki of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club and I would like to thank everyone for reading this charismatic update where our school idol club and a group of young bravehearts, composed of Yuika Shinozaki and her friends, have met with each other in the Palette Town. It’s so great that you have seen us again where we have been getting along with Yuika and her friends through different activities such as the water gun activity, maze activity, carousel and air hockey. Of course, the best part is that me and Yuika have gotten along together in the Ferris wheel known as Daikaransha. This is my best moment that I gotten along with a braveheart because Yuika is so determined to express her motivation to make like she’s about to dive her way to shine. I'm always thrilled to get along with bravehearts because they're always showing their smiles to make sure that they're going to have some fun to bloom, gleam and shine for sure! Now, I'm going to share about her connection circle because this is all about her and for those who don't know about the connection circle, my fellow club members have already explained this when they have shared about the connection circle of some members of the Bravehearts of Minato and of course, since it's very special for me that the author had to dedicate this to the voice actress that voiced me, Tomori Kusunoki, I'll be explaining right now for you to remember this through your rainbow heart. The connection circle is a special circle group that is exclusively to Minato and its neighboring areas where one member of the Bravehearts of Minato is connected through friend groups and allies that have been made and how they have developed their friendship with them. It feels great that the members of the Bravehearts of Minato have their own way of connecting friends through their own influence and that's why they'll finally get prospered to show their pride and willpower to make themselves thrilled that they'll never gonna miss. So, for her friends from the Shining Hydrangeas, Yuika had been determined to get along with them, especially that they have enjoyed themselves in doing interests such as visiting Gamers store, having fun in the Palette Town including Daikanransha and reading manga that are focused on yuri relationship. To be honest, Yuika would be connected to Miwako Kiyokawa as they have known with each other for a long time, thus they became friends easily. It reminds me of my friendship with Kasumi Nakasu and I'm always uplifted to see Kasumi giving me a smile when she's encouraging me to shine. That's the part where Yuika and Miwako getting their friendship being bloomed and they have been doing their own interests such as watching anime movies and eating ice cream. I'm so happy to see them getting close with each other, especially that they have gotten along with their friends from the Shining Hydrangeas, thus they have been able to show their thrills to make sure that they'll never let each other down at all. On the other hand, Yuika would also become friends with Hinako Shigeno, the leader of Future Orange and one of my fellow friends in the student council, as they found their link in connecting with each other through different interests such as baking panda cookies, listening to anison and making astounding decorations to shine. I'm very grateful to see them doing those hobbies because they have showed their compassion with each other without a doubt as they have always motivated to shine themselves like they're ready to chase through the wind to dive. I hope that she will continue to keep it up because she's determined to keep her pride and willpower to prosper everyone through the bottom of her heart. I hope that you enjoyed reading this update and I'm so happy that the author had posted this on the birthday of voice actress that voiced me, Tomori Kusunoki. I'm so thrilled that he liked her voice whenever she's ready to dive and shine and I'm happy that he did this for her to make sure that she'll give him a smile, which I can do that for him to make himself thrilled! I'm always thrilled to do this whenever he posted a special update that is related to NijiGaku like this and I hope that you'll be ready to shine with us when he'll be posting another update that will feature us again in the future days to come! So, the next connection circle that the members of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club will be sharing about is going to be for Sachie Ishihara, which will be explained by Emma Verde and to be posted next week on December 29 (Wednesday). Hopefully, you're going to see this for yourself because you're going to discover everything about her connection of friends as well as how they have gotten along with their interests, which Emma will happy to explain all of those with her smile that you'll never gonna miss! It's a great day that you have read this update through your rainbow heart and once again, thank you very much for making me bloomed and thrilled with your smiles as I'll be ready to dive and shine when me and my fellow club members of NijiGaku will be performing together just for you Until then, I’ll see you next time on a future update that will feature me and the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club and keep us shine and smile, everyone!
- Setsuna Yūki (CV. Tomori Kusunoki)

UP NEXT: Omake 6: “Run the Place with the Braveheart Leaders in the Bay!”

Yuika and her friends have enjoyed themselves getting along with the members of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club at the Palette Town where they have created their moments to make sure that they’ll never forget those for themselves! I’m very delighted that Yuika and Setsuna have their own friendship to create with as they have been very close with each other ever since Yuika had joined the Bravehearts of Minato, which is why Setsuna had been very gratified to see her getting blessed and inspired with her new friends in that braveheart group. I’m so fascinated that I want to have a braveheart that is very connected to Setsuna in Yuika just like how Shinako, Azusa, Maika and Hinako did with their cousins Ayumu and Shizuku and I have to say that this one would be amazing for both Yuika and Setsuna to form their own special friendship, thus they became thrilled to get along for fantastic and thrilling activities when both Bravehearts of Minato and Nijigasaki High School Idol Club joining forces together to shine as one.;) I hope that I’ll be able to see their friendship getting developed for more, so that they’ll dive and shine together to make everyone being thrilled!:) It’s so nice that I had to make this update very special as I dedicated this to Tomori because she had been thrilled to make her career even blooming and harmonious, especially that she is making progress in her music career with two releases: “Forced Shutdown” and “narrow” as well as being part of the cast of My Senpai is Annoying as the voice actress of Futaba Igarashi. With the second season of Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club and The Misfit of Demon King Academy expecting to be released next year, I hope that Tomori will continue making progress in her voice acting and music career as she’ll be ready to continue diving her way to shine through her smile while representing for the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club to make everyone including her fans some thrills for sure!;) Good luck and happy birthday, Tomori!:) Now, it’s almost Christmas with 3 days remaining to celebrate this important event worldwide, I’ll be more thrilled that I’m going to post a special update for this year’s Christmastime as it’s going to be the sixth omake of the series, which will be focused on the leaders of different braveheart groups in Tokyo Bay featuring Kōji Hanagata (Bravehearts of Minato), Yukihiro Nakayama (Bravehearts of Takanawa) and Shunichi Ōikawa (Bravehearts of Kōtō) as they’re going to share their memories when they have met the Generation of Miracles last summer. It’s going to be a crossover with the anime Kuroko’s Basketball as you’re going to witness those to show some pride and honor for the braveheart leaders with their smiles!:) I’ll see you on December 26 (Sunday) for the special Christmas update of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts!
 
A Special Announcement from Setsuna Yūki (CV. Tomori Kusunoki):
With the second season of Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club will be released in four months by April 2022, the author had confirmed that he will be planning to write at least 4-5 chapters that will be related to our school idol club during the three-month span of the second season from April to June 2022. It's going to be thrilling to make NijiGaku ready for more thrills to come in Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts, especially that Shioriko Mifune, Mia Taylor and Lanzhu Zhong will be expected to make their first full appearance in the series in one of the future chapters that will be planned. I'm sure that you're all excited to see this because not only that our anime will be back for our second season, but it'll be more shining to make us prepared to give thrills and joys to everyone when we'll be featured in future updates to come! Get ready to dive and shine with me and my fellow club members for another year as NijiGaku will give you the thrills to make sure that you'll start your dreams with us! Until then, I’ll see you next time on a future update that will feature me and the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club and keep us shine and smile, everyone!
 
It’s the time of the year once again as I’ll be posting a Christmas update of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts for the fourth straight year!:) This time, it will be the sixth omake, which will be a crossover with Kuroko’s Basketball. This omake will be focused on the leaders of the braveheart groups in Tokyo as they will be sharing their own story about their big moments last summer to the members of the Brave Suns Shiodome. You will witness everything on their story where they have met with each other last summer before they will end up meeting with the characters of Kuroko’s Basketball. Of course, this will be the first time that I make this omake an all-boys story because you will see most boys in this update including Kōji Hanagata, the leader of the Bravehearts of Minato. I hope that you’re all ready to see this because it will take you back to their memories last summer as it will take place on the events after Kuroko’s Basketball THE LAST GAME, the sequel of Kuroko’s Basketball. But before I’ll be posting this omake, this one will be dedicated to Yuri Noguchi, Aya Suzaki, Aimi (real name: Aimi Terakawa), Sora Tokui and Maaya Uchida. Yuri had already celebrated her birthday two days ago (December 24), Aya and Aimi have celebrated their birthdays yesterday on Christmas Day (December 25), Sora is currently celebrating her birthday today (December 26) while Maaya will celebrate her birthday tomorrow (December 27). Coincidentally, they were all seiyus of different idols from different idol franchise series! Born in Saitama, a joyful and courageous Yuri is the voice actress of Goe Ishikawa (RELEASE THE SPYCE), Shizuku Oikawa (THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls) and Cinnamon (Nekopara). Coming out from Kanazawa, Ishikawa, a courageous and determined Aya is the voice actress of Hiiragi Takenaka (Ro-Kyu-Bu!, the twin sister of Tsubaki Takenaka (CV: Minami Tsuda) and the younger sister of Natsuhi Takenaka (CV: Minako Kotobuki)), Minami Nitta (THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls) and Mei Yachiyo (RELEASE THE SPYCE). Hailing from Kobe, Hyōgo, a beautiful and uplifted Aimi is a singer and the voice actress of Kasumi Toyama (BanG Dream!, representing Poppin’Party), Julia (THE IDOLM@STER Million Live!) and Saki Izumo (D4DJ, representing Peaky P-key). Born in Minamibōsō, Chiba, a cute and daring Sora is the voice actress of Nico Yazawa (Love Live! School Idol Project, representing µ’s and BiBi), Maya Jōga (Is the Order a Rabbit?), Ariella Lu (Unlimited Fafnir), Kunou (High School DxD) and Reina (Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!). And last but not the least, coming out from Tokyo, an ambitious and benevolent Maaya is a singer and the voice actress of Ranko Kanzaki (THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls), Irina Shidou (High School DxD), Syaro Kirima (Is the Order a Rabbit?) and Nodoka Toyohama (Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai). She had a brother in Yūma, who is also a singer and voice actor. Of the five birthday celebrants, Aimi, Sora and Maaya are singers with Aimi and Maaya are mostly active this year with their new releases including "HIKARI", the third album of Maaya, which was released two months ago, while Sora is still active in voice acting, but did not release any recent singles though. Hopefully, those five will continue making progress of their voice acting careers, especially to Aimi, Sora and Maaya, who were all doing their great job in making their voice acting and music careers more prestigious to shine!;) Belated happy birthday, Yuri, Aya and Aimi, and happy birthday, Sora and Maaya!:) Get ready to energize yourself to make the braveheart leaders being thrilled with blessings because here comes the sixth omake of the series with the title, “Run the Place with the Braveheart Leaders in the Bay!”! Enjoy reading the sixth omake of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts!:)

[OPENING: Kuroko's Basketball The LAST GAME Insert Song: Against the Wind by Kensho Ōno]

VOLUME 8.5: “THE GARNET ARROW AND THE RED SECTION”
OMAKE 6: “RUN THE PLACE WITH THE BRAVEHEART LEADERS IN THE BAY!

This omake is a crossover of the original characters of the series that are coming from central Tokyo and Bay Area and the characters of Kuroko’s Basketball. It takes place on the final day of the Fuchsia and Celadon Week.

At the Hanzōsen Gymnasium, located at the Hanzōsen High School, the training of the Hanzōsen High School boys’ basketball had been ongoing with their players showing their guts to prove themselves to make sure that they’re ready for the Interhigh prefectural tournament, which will be held in one month. Kōji Hanagata would make the around the world shooting practice as he’s trying to be consistent in creating his own shots.

After the training, Kōji would change his clothes from his jersey clothing to casual clothing before he founds his phone ringing, which was a text message from Yukihiro Nakayama, the leader of the Bravehearts of Takanawa. The text message from Yukihiro says, “Are you busy yet?”

Kōji would reply a message to Yukihiro by writing it on his phone. “Training is done, Yukihiro-san. I’m about to leave Hanzōsen.”

Yukihiro quickly replies a message to Kōji, which it appears on Kōji’s phone. “Good. Where we will meet?”

Kōji sends a message to Yukihiro with a reply. “Meet me at the ground floor of my home, the Tiger Residence.”

Yukihiro would reply a message to Kōji with just a simple word. “Okay.” Then, it is followed by a happy emoji face.

Hironobu Ishijima would ask Kōji after he found him using his phone. “What are you doing, captain?” Hironobu is a first year high school student from the Hanzōsen High School and a member of the Hanzōsen High School boys’ basketball team.

“Oh, I’m just sending a message to a good friend of mine from Takanawa, Hironobu-kun” said Kōji.

“Is this something important?” added Hironobu.

“Well, the bravehearts like me will have a circle meeting later tonight” said Kōji.

“Ah, I see” said Hironobu with a sign of relief. “I guess that you’re going to let them come to your home, captain.”

“Yep! While my fellow bravehearts are getting busy somewhere, especially that Shinako and her friends went to Gamers Odaiba, I had to call out my close friends around the neighborhood to have the leaders’ night at my home. It’ll be amazing to see the braveheart leads meeting with each other” said Kōji.

“Well, that sounds good. I hope that your friends will be here in no time before your night gets started” said Hironobu.

“Of course!” said Kōji.

“You know what, if your friends will be coming to your home, then I’ll let them know that they’ll be here as soon as possible” said Hironobu.

“You got it, Hironobu-kun! Just spread the word outside of the locker room once we’re done changing clothes” said Kōji.

“Okay!” said Hironobu.

Then, the members of the Hanzōsen High School boys’ basketball would finally leave the Hanzōsen Gymnasium before separating ways to different places. Kōji, Motoyuki and Yūjirō are having a conversation about the leaders’ night.

“So, are the leaders of different braveheart groups coming to your home?” asked Motoyuki.

“Yep! Every month, we made a leaders’ night where every leader from different braveheart groups will gather each other to show their smiles and joys in developing our friendship” said Kōji.

“Oh, I remember this! The last that you and your friends did this is last month!” said Motoyuki.

“That’s where you guys have some great night with each other at a restaurant in Shiba” said Yūjirō.

“That’s right! This time, we decided to organize another leaders’ night, but it will be at a restaurant located in the Tiger Residence known as the Tiger’s Den, which some part-time workers stayed there to work without losing their sweats. Hopefully, you’ll be ready to witness something new when my good friends of mine will be coming to my home” said Kōji.

“Well, I hope that they’ll be here to share some indulgence with you because they have been very close to you all along” said Motoyuki.

“Since you did a great job in handling the business in last year’s Tokyo Summer Circuit “ said Yūjirō.

“Of course, they’ll come, guys! I’m sure that they have granted their permissions from their parents to go out and attend the leaders’ night, but they should be ready to get some thrils going” said Kōji.

“Yeah!” said Motoyuki and Yūjirō.

“I have to say that they’re gonna show some pride and willpower to represent with because they’re very determined to make themselves motivated in making friends just like you” said Motoyuki.

“They’ll do whatever it takes to shine themselves, so that they’ll be blessed and inspired for sure!” said Yūjirō.

“You got it!” said Kōji.

“I hope that you’re gonna share to us later because we want to discover a lot of things to gleam with!” said Motoyuki.

“That way, we’ll be happy to see what you’re going to share about, so that we’ll be able to remember those when we’ll see them again” said Yūjirō.

“Yeah, it’s going to be amazing that you’re gonna explore all of those before your very eyes, so that you’ll be thrilled with your smiles that you won’t miss!” said Kōji.

“Yeah!” said Motoyuki and Yūjirō.

Kōji, Motoyuki and Yūjirō have finally arrived at the Tiger Residence before they’ll visit the Tiger’s Den to take their part-time jobs as bartenders. A few hours later, Yukihiro Nakayama, Shunichi Ōikawa and Kenichirō Ōmiya would finally arrive at the entrance of the Tiger’s Den where Yukihiro is calling out Kōji, who gives the frappe to a customer.

“Kōji-kun!” shouted Yukihiro Nakayama, a second year high school student from the Takanawa Seigyo High School and the leader of the Bravehearts of Takanawa.

“Oh, hi, Yukihiro-kun!” said Kōji while waving his hand to say ‘hi’ to Yukihiro.

“Come with us!” said Yukihiro.

“Sure!” said Kōji before leaving his way to the entrance. “So, Yukihiro-kun, Shunichi-kun and Kenichirō-kun, how’s it going?”

“We made it just in time to reach this place!” said Yukihiro.

“We’re relieved that we visited this place to make sure that we finally have a chance to meet you!” said Shunichi Ōikawa, a second year high school student from the Funahashi High School and the leader of the Bravehearts of Kōtō.

“It’s going to be great that we have more leaders coming, but I hope that they’ll be coming soon” said Kenichirō Ōmiya, a second year high school student from the Murasakioka Gakuen High School and the leader of the Bravehearts of Shibuya.

“Yeah, I hope so. They’re not sure if they have the right place to visit, but we should send a message to them before it reaches 6:00 in the evening” said Kōji.

“Yeah, we should!” said Yukihiro, Shunichi and Kenichirō.

“For right now, you guys should order some food before the others will arrive” said Kōji.

“Sure, I would be glad to!” said Yukihiro.

“Okay!” said Shunichi.

“Yeah!” said Kenichirō.

Yukihiro, Shunichi and Kenichirō would order some spaghetti puttanesca with garlic bread and red iced tea before eating those together. Kōji would wait for the other leaders to come, so that the leaders’ night will begin.

Yukihiro would ask Kōji a question. “Uh, Kōji-kun, why are you still standing? You’re supposed to wait outside, not here.”

“Well, I don’t want to lose you while waiting for the others to come, so I decided to stay here to make sure that you’ll not leave” said Kōji.

“Ah, okay. I see that point, my friend” said Yukihiro.

Suddenly, Shunichi finds something familiar in the outside where two guys wearing in plain colored shirts waving their hands. “Hey, isn’t that Yoshiaki Akimoto and Tsunehisa Honjō?”

“I guess that they’re here. I’ll meet them at the moment” said Kōji.

“Okay!” said Shunichi.

Kōji would go outside of the entace to meet with Yoshiaki and Tsunehisa. “Yoshiaki-kun and Tsunehisa-kun! You finally came here!”

“Yep! I was about to scream in fear when I’m gonna get lost finding that place, but thank goodness, Tsunehisa-kun managed to find the direction to that place through a sign” said Yoshiaki Akimoto, a second year high school student from the Sakuradai Academy High School and the leader of the Bravehearts of Chiyoda.

“Well, you shouldn’t scream right in front of me because you already know that we’re already here” said Tsunehisa Honjō, a second year high school student from the Hongō Hinogaoka High School and the leader of the Bravehearts of Bunkyo.

“Ah, okay, I get it, boy” said Yoshiaki.

“That’s great! What about the rest? Are they gonna be here really soon?” queried Kōji.

“Reo, Keishi and Shigekazu are on their way to make it to Shiodome through a taxi ride” said Yoshiaki.

“While Akihiro Akasaki will be here in a few minutes as he looks like he finally arrived at the preferred destination through a bus stop” said Tsuneshisa.

“Oh, that’s awesome! Hopefully, they’ll be making it before it reaches 6:00 in the evening, so that we’ll get this leaders’ night getting started!” said Kōji.

“Yeah, we agree!” said Yoshiaki and Tsunehisa.

Yoshiaki and Tsunehisa would also order their food, which is a chicken barbeque with vegetables and red iced tea.

“Wow! This one looks good! I’m loving it!” said Yoshiaki.

“Yeah, me too! Man, I’m feeling great that this food is totally delicious!” said Tsunehisa.

“Well, I’m glad that you liked those because that’s where the residents in the Tiger Residence used to eat those and they found it so good” said Kōji.

“Yeah, of course!” said Yoshiaki.

“You betcha!” said Tsunehisa.

“Are you hungry yet, Kōji-kun?” asked Yoshiaki.

“No, I’m fine right now. I had drank a glass of water when I’m tired of giving some foods to the customers” said Kōji.

“Oh, I see. I bet that you’re looked tough since you have that training earlier” said Yoshiaki.

“It’ll be great to lose your sweat when you’re working part-time after some basketball training that you have” said Tsunehisa.

“Yeah, you got that right, guys! My teammates and I have just finished the training and it turned to be better because I’m feeling good to have my skills getting improved” said Kōji.

“Then, good for you! I’m sure that you’ll get used to make your own games to shine” said Yoshiaki.

“That way, it’ll be nice to score many points to rally your team to victory” said Tsunehisa.

“Yeah!” said Kōji.

Then, Kōhei Yanagida, a second year high school student from the Hanzōsen High School and a member of the Bravehearts of Minato, calls out Kōji as he finds more guests from the entrance. “We have some visitors, Kōji-kun!”

“We should see who’s coming at the entrance too, Kōji-kun” said Yukihiro.

“That way, we’ll be able to check on who are going to attend the leaders’ night as well” said Shunichi.

“It’s going to be amazing that we’ll have them just in time to start our own night to enjoy with” said Kenichirō.

“Okay!” said Kōji as he alongside Yukihiro, Shunichi and Kenichirō would walk through the entrance where in surprise, they would be met by Akihiro Akasaki, Reo Ishimura, Keishi Ichiyama and Shigekazu Fukazawa, who barely made it before it reaches 6:00 in the evening to make sure that they’ll not be late in the leaders’ night.

“My, if isn’t Akihiro, Reo, Keishi and Shigekazu!” said Yukihiro.

“Thank goodness that you’re here too!” said Shunichi.

“It looks like you made it, saving before the clock ticks at 6” said Kenichirō.

“I’m happy that you’re all here to be with us!” said Kōji.

“Yeah!” said Akihiro, Reo, Keishi and Shigekazu.

“I just walked on my way to the entrance of this place when I saw the three of you arriving from the taxi” said Akihiro Akasaki, a second year high school student from the Ōsaki Gakuen High School and the leader of the Bravehearts of Shinagawa.

“That’s right! We decided to call a taxi to fetch with Keishi and Shigekazu before reaching this place before the sun sets” said Reo Ishimura, a second year high school student from the Kamitaiyō Gakuen High School and the leader of the Bravehearts of Toshima.

“Kōji told us that this place is really amazing for big guys like him and his fellow classmates have lived there” said Keishi Ichiyama, a second year high school student from the Haneiyume High School and the leader of the Bravehearts of Shinjuku.

“It would be nice to look around here because we want to see them prospered and harmonious to live there without losing their smiles for sure” said Shigekazu Fukazawa, a second year high school student from the Daijuku Gakuen High School and the leader of the Bravehearts of Taitō.

“Well, yes, you can, Shigekazu-kun. In the Tiger Residence, there are a lot of people who wanted to stay there for luxurious lives that they, especially that I had rented a room on the top floor, which is the home of the Bravehearts of Minato” said Kōji.

“Oh, we know about this, Kōji-kun! We met your groupmates out there during the formation of your braveheart group!” said Akihiro.

“They’re more thrilled to create their thrills to make themselves blessed and inspired” said Reo.

“It’s going to be amazing to lead your community with better hopes and blissful dreams, so that they’ll not let themselves down after all” said Keishi.

“Hopefully, they’ll be ready to build their own friendship with their allies, so that they’ll be able to bloom everyone on their side” said Shigekazu.

“Yep! I agree with that, guys!” said Kōji.

“How’s your birthday, Reo-kun?” asked Yukihiro.

“Did you enjoy your day?” added Shunichi.

“Yeah, it’s so good! It’s nice to have my birthday party with my close friends including those from the Bravehearts of Toshima to make sure that I’ll be delighted with joys and inspirations that my birthday party is successful” said Reo.

“Ah, good for you! I’m sure that you’ll have many blessings to come out for you to shine” said Yukihiro.

“It’ll be great that you’re going to do anything to make it blooming, so that you’ll be more compassionated to bless them on your side” said Shunichi.

“You’re a determined guy to represent Toshima, Reo-kun, because you’re the leader of your braveheart group” said Kenichirō.

“Hopefully, you’ll be able to step up and show what you got to prove yourself to get balling in the court” said Kōji.

“Yes, I will, guys!” said Reo.

“Now that you’re all here, why don’t you start ordering your food before we’ll start the leaders’ night started” said Kōji.

“Okay!” said Akihiro, Reo, Keishi and Shigekazu.

With nine braveheart leaders from nine braveheart groups in Tokyo are all present, the leaders’ night will about to begin in a few seconds after everyone finished their foods together.

Leaders of the Braveheart Groups in Tokyo Bay and Central Tokyo Area: Kenichirō Ōmiya, Akihiro Akasaki, Yukihiro Nakayama, Kōji Hanagata, Shunichi Ōikawa, Yoshitaka Akimoto, Tsunehisa Honjō, Reo Ishimura, Keishi Ichiyama and Shigekazu Fukazawa

Kōji would ask them if they’re ready for the leaders’ night. “Okay, is everyone ready for the leaders’ night?”

“Yeah!” said Kenichirō, Akihiro, Yukihiro, Shunichi, Yoshitaka, Tsunehisa, Reo, Keishi and Shigekazu.

“Now, for tonight, we should focus about reminiscing the last year’s summer where there’s a drama going on about Taiga Kagami’s future” said Kōji.

“Oh, I remember that guy!” said Yukihiro.

“That guy used to live in America during his childhood days before returning to Japan for high school” said Shunichi.

“I bet that this guy would be amazing to make it to the NBA very soon, thanks to his improvement in playing for a preparatory school in Los Angeles” said Kenichirō.

“Yep! I read some articles about Taiga because what happened last year is that he was rumored to return to America after scouts said that he should have made it to the NBA if he can prove himself to get consistent for more” said Kōji.

“Well, to be honest, Kōji-kun, Taiga is no stranger to American basketball players because he’s very hostile to them” said Yoshitaka.

“Especially what happened when he confronted Team Jabberwock last year” said Tsunehisa.

“You’re right about that! Recently, he did great on his return to America when he entered a preparatory school to play for their basketball team. Now, he’s already looking forward to get scholarships for college, so that he’ll have a chance to play college basketball in America for four years before making it to the NBA” said Kōji.

“I’m happy for him! I’m sure that he’s gonna take care of his own business after teaming up with Tetsuya Kuroko of Seirin High School as he’s elevating himself into a different level, especially that he had found new hopes to play in America permanently” said Akihiro.

“We never seen a Japanese player who moved to high school in America before entering college, which is why it’s so weird that some Asians are bothered with racial issues in that country. I hope that it will reflect bigger changes if the Americans want to go for the marginalized plan to execute with” said Kenichirō.

“Exactly, my point! Some of my groupmates from the Brave Suns Shiodome said that Taiga was definitely a lone wolf on his return to America after we heard about his moves of leaving our country because it’s his desire to play in the NBA and if he wants to do it, then he had to it all by himself” said Kōji.

“It’s a good decision for him to play in America to continue his high school basketball career there, so that he’ll get a lot of experience to shine all he wants” said Shigekazu.

“I’m sure that he wanted to elevate his own game of basketball without hesitation because he had his own mamba mentality to play with” said Shunichi.

“That way, he’s gonna be beasting and feasting to show that he’ll prove in his own way” said Yukihiro.

“Yeah, I agree with that!” said Kōji.

“So, what’s the point about Taiga’s decision of playing in the NBA?” asked Keishi.

“We never heard about him after the match between Team Jabberwock and Team Vorpal Swords where we’re all busy with our own campaign in the Tokyo Summer Circuit” said Reo.

“Well, I’m glad that you asked!” said Kōji as he’s about to explain about what happened to Taiga on his decision to play in the NBA. “A few days after the anticipated match between Team Jabberwock and Team Vorpal Swords, several scouts speculated about Taiga leaving Japan after proving his American opponents wrong about basketball, which is why they’re acclaiming him for his heroic efforts to shut down Team Jabberwock in the last moments of the game. Then, it was an advice from Alexandra Garcia that made Taiga feel prepared to play in America again as soon as he wants to show his firepower to take everyone else down like he used to be. As a result, Taiga becomes confident that he will end up continuing his high school career in America, so that he’ll continue to shine there to prove worthy that he’ll be ready to enter the NBA in the future.”

“Ah, I see!” said Kenichirō, Akihiro, Yukihiro, Shunichi, Yoshitaka, Tsunehisa, Reo, Keishi and Shigekazu.

“So, that’s why he had his own decision to prove himself worthy to elevate his own game and he’ll never worry about his problems again” said Reo.

“Where he had to adjust everything after he had lost his cool during the cold start of Seirin in the Interhigh qualifiers” said Keishi.

“He will be more honest to keep himself consistent to make sure that he’ll not let everyone down at all” said Shigekazu.

“He’s so brave that he would do anything to get it all as he’s getting aggressive with his own beast mode vibes out there” said Yoshitaka.

“He’ll do whatever it takes to show his true formation to prove that he can handle business through authority” said Tsunehisa.

“Yeah, you’re right about that!” said Kōji.

“I have to say that he’s going to do something better to prove it in a right way because he should not get into fights as he’s more dangerous to anybody else” said Kenichirō.

“Not even he had been very good in street basketball, I guess” said Akihiro.

“He’s very strong to play like an athletic superstar like Anthony Davis and Andre Drummond” said Yukihiro.

“And of course, he’s too physical to hold off his opponents no matter what!” said Shunichi.

“Yes, indeed! It’s been a while that Taiga had been a different guy to shine his way to make the statement like he had used to because he doesn’t want to give up right now and he’s very determined to get it done, so that he’ll stay consistent every single game” said Kōji.

“I say that he’ll never back down to make sure that he’ll always be unstoppable” said Kenichirō.

“He could start getting aggressive to do beast moves as he’s gonna take everyone on notice!” said Akihiro.

“Hopefully, we’ll be ready to see more of him because he’s aiming to be the best player in Japan for sure!” said Shigekazu.

“Yeah, I agree with that!” said Kōji before moving on to the next question. “The next topic is going to be a question that we have been wondering around: ‘What happened to the Generation of Miracles after the departure of Taiga?’”

“Oh, this is the one that we never heard about them after the game” said Yoshiaki.

“Yeah, that’s the part where everyone is busy with their own priorities” said Tsunehisa.

“It’s going to be a different story to witness because now that Taiga gone to America, things have been different on what’s happening in the high school basketball after the summer” said Reo.

“It will be amazing to see the events that impacted the departure of Taiga and how does it changed since last summer” said Keishi.

“Yep! Now for the Generation of Miracles, they’re still doing great and unstoppable because they have been consistent to show their skills even their schools have been invited into a super high school basketball tournament instead of the usual Winter Cup” said Kōji.

“I have to say that they’re still dominant just like how they did two years ago” said Yukihiro.

“Those guys are putting their own show to prove as well as Tetsuya, who finally find new confidence to play hard without his trustworthy partner Taiga” said Shunichi.

“Everything is just the same except that Tetsuya had been mostly improved, thanks to his new mentality from his old friend Shigehiro Ogiwara” said Kenichirō.

“And now, they’re reaching their final year in high school and there are some possible chances of going professional next year if they’ll be able to run their place all by themselves” said Akihiro.

“Just like how Taiga did when he played in America last year” said Shigekazu.

“Yeah, that’s true, guys. The Generation of Miracles are considered the best players in Japan so far, but they haven’t made it to the NBA yet because they’re still young. They’re currently aiming to represent for the under-17 national basketball team, which means that it will be possible for them to start shining themselves as long as they would” said Kōji.

“I think that they’re gonna make it to that team if they’re good enough to shine because they’re dominant to take care of the court” said Yoshitaka.

“They’ll very determined to be the best in the country and hopefully, they’ll do whatever it takes to shine like they used to in Teiko” said Tsunehisa.

“If things are about to be different when they’ll do their way this season, they’ll be more unstoppable as it gets” said Reo.

“Hopefully, they’ll be more determined to prove themselves worthy that they’ll continue to take everyone on notice for sure!” said Keishi.

“Yeah!” said Kenichirō, Akihiro, Yukihiro, Kōji, Shunichi and Shigekazu.

“On the other hand, in the schools outside the Generation of Miracles, things have gone getting better in Tokyo where most of us have stepped up in the qualifiers to the Winter Cup where my school had made it to the main tournament” said Kōji.

“It feels great that we’re all doing our best to rally our own teams to dominance” said Yukihiro.

“Good thing that we worked better in the second half of the season rather than the first half because this is the part where we’re all firing up” said Shunichi.

“Not only for that, the rankings have been changed as well with most of us making it to the Top 50” said Kenichirō.

“Subaru Hasegawa, the leader of the Bravehearts of Ōta, had also made it to the Top 50, despite his basketball team got suspended for a year due to an incident between the deputy manager and the daughter of the athletic director” said Akihiro.

“I’m so surprised that this guy had made it to the rankings without his school for a year, but hopefully, he’ll be getting better to prove worthy that he’s consistent since he belatedly joined our Dream Team last summer where he did well as a bench player” said Shigekazu.

“Yeah, that’s true, guys. Subaru was one of the best point guards in Ōta, but he only made it to the Top 50 for Tokyo, despite he didn’t play a single game with his high school basketball team. However, he told me that his team will be coming back better with half of their members are second year high schoolers” said Kōji.

“WHAT?!” shouted Kenichirō, Akihiro, Yukihiro, Shunichi, Yoshitaka, Tsunehisa, Reo, Keishi and Shigekazu.

“I can’t believe it!” exclaimed Yukihiro.

“His team is different!” reacted Shunichi.

“Compared to the rest of us!” added Kenichirō.

“I have to say that he’s very determined to have a team with some bizarre roster that are mostly second year high schoolers” said Yoshitaka.

“It’ll be more of a Cinderella story if that team will make it to the Winter Cup this year” said Tsunehisa.

“Anyone can make their own story to write with if they’re expecting to surprise everyone” said Akihiro.

“Subaru and his team are currently looked better when it comes to potential, but I don’t know how it’s gonna work when they’re in the court” said Reo.

“We’re not sure if they’re going to work on their gameplan, but I believe that they’ll be something different, compared to what we have” said Keishi.

“Maybe, a star player like Subaru can make playmaking skills to his teammates and then, go transition to make his team more consistent. That’s my opinion for the gameplan for his team” said Shigekazu.

Kōji would reply to his fellow braveheart allies after observing about Subaru. “Probably, they would have one, Shigekazu-kun, but as far as I know, Subaru is a point guard who had been very good in playmaking and shooting skills. He could be a slashing playmaker because he’s crafty enough to score as many as he can while passing the ball to his teammates for quick assists. Unlike some bravehearts who have been slashing playmakers, specifically in Osaka and Kyoto, Subaru is way different from them because not only his father was a great player only in the region, but he’s considered phenomenal, giving the fact that he can make sensational moments to shine with. We already seen him a few times when we watched him in the court last time in our Tokyo Summer Circuit campaign where he made great passes and delivered three-point shots from outside the three-point line. I hope that he will keep this up because one day, he’s gonna lights out on everybody.”

“Yeah!” said Kenichirō, Akihiro, Yukihiro, Shunichi, Yoshitaka, Tsunehisa, Reo, Keishi and Shigekazu while nodding their heads in agreement to agree with Kōji.

“Speaking of which, Kōji-kun, how about recall the Tokyo Summer Circuit where we joined forces and take down our opponents to win the title?” said Reo.

“Well, I would be glad to, Reo-kun, because this happens right after the exhibition game between Team Jabberwock and Team Vorpal Swords where we participated in the under-19 tournament of the Tokyo Summer Circuit, which is suited for ages 15 and 19. We assembled together to form a team known as the Brave Suns” said Kōji.

“Oh, I remember that!” said Reo.

“Yeah, me too!” said Keishi.

“That’s where we formed the roster of the braveheart leaders like all of us to unite each other as one team” said Shigekazu.

“Yep! I contacted every braveheart leader to assemble together to form that team. Although since we have many players, then we decided to divide into two teams: the Sakura Hearts, composed of the braveheart leaders in the west and south, and the Brave Suns, composed of the braveheart leaders in the north and east” said Kōji.

“That’s right, Kōji-kun! We competed that tournament two years ago when it only just us, the braveheart leaders in the north and east; thus, forming the Spark Samurais before the Sakura Hearts have finally joined last year after four of our guys from the west decided to form their own team to represent the western side of the capital” said Yukihiro.

“It’s different to have two dream teams competing in the Tokyo Summer Circuit where the west and east would finally square off against each other last year after the original Braveheart Dream Team, which is our first proto-Dream Team, won the title two years ago” said Shunichi.

“This is the part where the under-19 tournament became intense to witness bravehearts than just ordinary players” said Yoshitaka.

“Surprisingly, we haven’t seen the Generations of Miracles in that tournament because they’re already far over from us and unstoppable just like you mentioned about them before” said Tsunehisa.

“It’s a good thing that it revolutionized youth basketball in Tokyo with bravehearts finally running the place after the Tokyo Summer Circuit” said Kenichirō.

“Especially that we have won the tournament last year together to take down the Sakura Hearts in the finals” said Akihiro.

“It was a great campaign for all of us that we’re unstoppable to run the place just like how the Generation of Miracles did” said Shigekazu.

“Since we’re all running together in the same place, we have been able to work out on our team chemistry, of course!” said Reo.

“Nobody can stop us now because we’re proving the ground to make ourselves formidable!” said Keishi.

“Yeah, I agree with that, guys! One of the best moments in our campaign in the Tokyo Summer Circuit is where we battled against the Uncrowned Towers, composed of the best players in Minato and Kōtō, in the last game of the elimination round where we were downed by 13 points at the start of the fourth quarter, but we were able to escape them by answering a 33-10 run with every one of us taking care of business to shut these guys down” said Kōji as he refers to the match between the Brave Suns and the Uncrowned Towers where the former beat the latter, 90-80, to stay undefeated in the elimination round.

“Oh, yes! I remember that match, Kōji-kun! That’s where your head coach Keisei Ichiyanagi had a plan to reverse that situation” said Yukihiro.

“He said that in order to shut these guys down, he decided to focus on you facing against Kazuki Arimoto, who’s one of your rivals that you gotten along with for most of the time” said Shunichi.

“That guy had been the beast when he represented for Shiodome Gakuen and he’s very good in clamping his opponents with his own force” said Kenichirō.

“It’s a great thing that you have been able to take him down while your coach had allowed us to lock our opponents down with authority” said Akihiro.

“We’re very relieved to survive this game because that’s how we do it to make us unstoppable!” said Shigekazu.

“Yep! That game had almost been a disaster, but we never give up just to make sure that we’re here to run the place” said Kōji.

“I agree with that, Kōji-kun! It’s our own willpower to take care of our opponents, so that we’ll be able to walk away with the win” said Yoshitaka.

“I’m sure that that match was more of a thriller, but you can’t miss the other best match, which was the tournament final against the Sakura Hearts” said Tsunehisa.

“You got that right, Tsunehisa-kun! In the tournament final, we were able to hold our lead after being down in the first half as we have taken control as always to capture the trophy for our team” said Kōji.

“That’s the part where we have been able to dismantle the offense of our opponents through big defense, especially to Reo and Keishi” said Yukihiro.

“They were both wing players, but it was Rei taking care the most of it” said Shunichi.

“That’s right, Shunichi-kun! I took down some of their guys with my clamping skills as well as picking the ball for steals. One time, Subaru and I have a trick where I picked the ball from Kenji Hachisuka and then, pass the ball to Subaru with that beautiful floater” said Reo.

“Oh, yeah! That one is so cool for the audience to see it, Reo-kun!” said Shigekazu.

“You’re getting aggressive when clamping those guys, which makes yourself more serious to take them out at all” said Keishi.

“I believe that you’re very good in clamping opponents in the court because you’re more on picking up defensive moves to shut them down” said Yoshitaka.

“It will be awesome if you will apply that in the upcoming Interhigh prefectural tournament next month if you want to be more consistent in taking them on notice” said Tsunehisa.

“Well, of course, I would do that Tsunehisa-kun! I won’t let them get easy on me, so that it’ll be a perfect time to clamp them down no matter what!” said Reo.

“You did a great job in taking down your opponents with your clamping skills, but hopefully, you’ll be able to keep it up for sure!” said Kōji.

“Yeah, I will!” said Reo.

“On the other hand, during the semifinals of the Tokyo Summer Circuit, the Generation of Miracles have given a standing ovation as they have been recognized for taking down Team Jabberwock” said Kōji.

“Oh, of course! They have been honored after winning their exhibition game against Team Jabberwock that shocked the world” said Yukihiro.

“They’ll never forget that day that they completed their revenge against those aggressive guys from America and so, it’s going to be fantastic that they’ll start getting stronger to have their brighter future to create with” said Shunichi.

“Yeah, I agree with that, Shunichi-kun!” said Kōji.

“Is Taiga showed up as well?” asked Yoshitaka.

“Yeah, we wondered about him while we’re currently on half time” said Tsunehisa.

“I think that he used to come out to appreciate his fans, but I might be missing or not” said Kenichirō.

“Well, you see, he also appeared at the standing ovation after initially declining an offer to come out, but he said that it’s just for his former rivals that he battled the most. That’s why he’s the real hero of the exhibition game for his double dunk finish with Daiki Aomine against Nash Gold Jr.” said Kōji.

“Ah, what a relief. I guess that he’s not too late to come out and appreciate every Tokyoite because he’s the real man of miracles, I guess” said Yoshitaka.

“That guy had been very determined to show everything what he got and that’s why he’s very honored to get earned by everyone before he’ll be moving on to his next journey” said Tsunehisa.

“He’ll forever be recognized as one of the guys to take out the Americans, who have travelled around the world to take out weaklings” said Kenichirō.

“Yeah, you’re right about that! Hopefully, it’ll be amazing for the Generation of Miracles and the rest of Team Vorpal Swords to earn themselves to make sure that they’ll be more recognized as heroes of basketball” said Kōji.

“Yeah!” said Kenichirō, Akihiro, Yukihiro, Shunichi, Yoshitaka, Tsunehisa, Reo, Keishi and Shigekazu.

Later, there’s a male voice coming out from the other table. “Kōji-kun!”

Kōji turns around as it was revealed to be Hironobu Ishijima, who would be joined by Motoyuki, Yūjirō and three members of the Brave Suns Shiodome, composed of Kōhei Yanagida, Junya Kiyokawa and Kazuki Matsunami, who were all second year high school students from the Hanzōsen High School. Kazuki is also the cousin of Ai Miyashita, a member of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club through the Miyashita clan.

“Oh, there you are, guys! I’m glad that you want to hear some conversation from us!” said Kōji.

“We just finished talking about what happened last summer where there are some important events that happened” said Yukihiro.

“Including the Tokyo Summer Circuit and the departure of Taiga Kagami to America” said Shunichi.

“It’ll be fantastic that you’re going to chime in with us” said Kenichirō.

“So that, you’ll be able to remember those for yourself!” said Akihiro.

“You should be more excited about this because you’re about to get surprised when we’re sharing about this!” said Shigekazu.

“Well, count me in!” said Hironobu as he would be joining the conversation.

“Hey, I want to join that too, Motoyuki-kun!” said Junya Kiyokawa.

“Me too!” said Kōhei.

“It’ll be great to spread some love on their conversation to make it more beautiful!” said Kazuki Matsunami. Like his cousin Ai, Kazuki used to make puns about ‘love’, but he’s generally boyish while sporting his hair blonde.

“That’s fine with me, boys! Go with Hironobu!” said Motoyuki.

“We’ll be hearing what you’re listening to them” said Yūjirō.

“Okay!” said Junya, Kōhei and Kazuki as they follow suit to join the conversation as well.

“Who are those guys?” asked Hironobu.

Kōji would introduce Hironobu to the leaders of different braveheart groups. “These are friends of mine that are the leaders of different braveheart groups. They were Kenichirō Ōmiya of the Bravehearts of Shibuya, Akihiro Akasaki of the Bravehearts of Shinagawa, Yukihiro Nakayama of the Bravehearts of Takanawa, Shunichi Ōikawa of the Bravehearts of Kōtō, Yoshitaka Akimoto of the Bravehearts of Chiyoda, Tsunehisa Honjō of the Bravehearts of Bunkyo, Reo Ishimura of the Bravehearts of Toshima, Keishi Ichiyama of the Bravehearts of Shinjuku and Shigekazu Fukazawa of the Bravehearts of Taitō. Say ‘hi’ to my friend Hironobu!”

“Hi, Hironobu-kun!” said Kenichirō, Akihiro, Yukihiro, Shunichi, Yoshitaka, Tsunehisa, Reo, Keishi and Shigekazu.

Hironobu would greet them before introducing himself. “Hi, guys! My name is Hironobu Ishijima, a first year high school student from the Hanzōsen High School. I’m currently playing for the Hanzōsen High School boys’ basketball team as I’m playing combo guard. I hope that we’ll become friends with each other since it’s my first time to meet you.”

“It’s a very pleasure to meet you, Hironobu-kun! We’re very loyal braveheart leaders that we used to run together with Kōji since two years ago” said Yukihiro.

“Even we didn’t form our braveheart before, we have own synchronization to make closer with each other” said Shunichi.

“It feels great that we have been very close with each other, so that we’ll be able to work together to shine our community for sure” said Kenichirō.

“Oh, that’s very nice! I hope that you guys will keep it up because you’re all superstars in the future, which means that you’re going to do your best to take care fo your opponents with pride and willpower” said Hironobu.

“Yeah, we agree!” said Kenichirō, Akihiro, Yukihiro, Shunichi, Yoshitaka, Tsunehisa, Reo, Keishi and Shigekazu.

“Hey, remember me, guys? We’re the members of the Brave Suns Shiodome that we used to get along with Kōji” said Junya.

“Yeah, we have been motivate to get along with him all the time” said Kōhei.

“Then, we used to stay at this place for some big nights with his allies on his side” said Kazuki.

“Well, it’s so nice that you have remembered us, Junya-kun, Kōhei-kun and Kazuki-kun. Our friendship had been maintained to make sure that we’re all prospered enough to get close with each other” said Yukihiro.

“We’re very determined to create our own dreams, so that we’ll be able to bless and inspire everyone” said Shunichi.

“The more that we developed our friendship, the better we became more thrilled to give blessings to everyone that we have on our side” said Kenichirō.

“As leaders of different braveheart groups, we want to make the difference to show that we’re here to gleam and shine as we’re thrilled enough to make big moments” said Akihiro.

“As well as some fantastic activities that we made them feel good” said Shigekazu.

“It’s great that we have worked together to make everyone happy with their thrills being made” said Yoshitaka.

“Which we became more blessed and inspired to see them showing their pride and willpower for us” said Tsunehisa.

“Hopefully, we’ll be able to keep this up because we want to shine our community for more” said Reo.

“That way, it’s going to be nice to have our community being grown with blessings that they’ll have to create their future” said Keishi.

“That’s very nice, guys! I’m so glad that you made everyone more blessed and inspired with your plans that you used to make” said Junya.

“It feels great that you have shown some pride and willpower to prosper everyone” said Kōhei.

“Hopefully, you’ll be more thrilled enough to bless and inspire everyone for them to inspire you for sure!” said Kazuki.

“Yeah, we will!” said Kenichirō, Akihiro, Yukihiro, Shunichi, Yoshitaka, Tsunehisa, Reo, Keishi and Shigekazu.

“Now, as you can see, we’re currently having a conversation about what happened last summer and we would be happy if you can ask some questions about those” said Kōji.

“Oh, I have one!” said Junya.

“Well, Junya-kun, ask anything away!” said Kōji.

“Sure!” said Junya before asking a question Kōji and his allies. “How did you train together before the Tokyo Summer Circuit?”

“Usually, we did some training every night after the Interhigh prefectural tournament had come to an end and of course, we used to work on strategies and plays that will be used for that tournament” said Kōji.

“One of the examples of this is the Solar Power Play where the best offensive-minded players will play in the court before transitioning themselves to shine one way to another” said Yukihiro.

“Guys like me, Yukihiro, Kōji, Kenichirō and Shigekazu would start firing up shots to prove the ground better” said Shunichi.

“We used to create open shots everywhere to make sure that we’re going to rally our way to dominate the game” said Kenichirō.

“This was based on the strategy of the Hanzōsen High School boys’ basketball team when Kōji became a starter for that team” said Shigekazu.

“When Kōji had been starting for Hanzōsen, he made that strategy as they want his team to be more focused on fast-paced, so that he and his teammates will be ready to get on the move” said Akihiro.

“Another one is the Emperor’s Star Play, which is usually my team’s strategy to combine both offense and defense plays into just one solid strategy” said Yoshitaka.

“This is where a balanced rotation would come out to play to make good runs against different opponents through quick play and fastbreak moves” said Tsunehisa.

“We did that when we battled against the Ebisu Rampage in the elimination round where we routed them with that strategy” said Reo. The Brave Suns defeated the Ebisu Rampage with the score of 109-74.

“It was so great that we did some balance plays to make sure that we’re good to deliver dominance in the game” said Keishi.

“Wow! Those strategy rocks! I can’t believe that these strategies have been paid off!” said Junya.

“It’s going to be nice that you have to use those to make sure that you’ll have some magnificent plays to get it done” said Kōhei.

“Hopefully, you’ll be planning to use those again for this year’s Tokyo Summer Circuit” said Kazuki.

“Yeah!” said Kenichirō, Akihiro, Yukihiro, Kōji, Shunichi, Yoshitaka, Tsunehisa, Reo, Keishi and Shigekazu.

“So, what is the usual starting five for your team?” asked Kazuki.

“There are a lot of ways to pick our own starting five because not only my head coach Keisei preferred to use balance and defensive formation, but he also used some quick line-ups that is used against some teams that have efficient players on different categories” said Kōji.

“For example, in our match-up against the Uncrowned Towers, it is composed of Kenichirō, Yukihiro, Kōji, Shunichi and Yoshitaka, plus making Akihiro the sixth man” said Shigekazu.

“Even I played as a small forward and power forward, Mr. Ichiyanagi-san picked me to play at the five, which it had been paid off very well” said Yoshitaka.

“While in the quarterfinal match against Team Takeuchi, we used some guys that they have worked well in the bench to play against them, which is composed of Subaru, Akihiro, Tsuyoshi, Reo and Tsunehisa” said Keishi.

“Since Tsunehisa played both power forward and center, he can do whatever he wants through his desire to play because he’s big” said Reo.

“Yep! I’m very formidable and strong to take down opponents with my force and so, it feels great that I have been assertive to play at the five after being a good player to come off from the bench” said Tsunehisa.

“See, we want to have some different line-ups to fascinate with, so that we’ll be able to run the place with our own pride and willpower to dominate” said Akihiro.

“It feels great that we have worked hard to make ourselves dominant, so that we’ll be able to get it done to walk away with the win” said Kenichirō.

“We should be more confident to create some game-changing strategies to make it fly because we’re very strong enough to take care of business” said Yukihiro.

“If we want to be on the move, then we should do our best to shine our moves to groove ourselves. It’s going to be amazing that we’re here to run the court and rally our way to victory! Right, guys?” said Shunichi.

“Yeah!” said Kenichirō, Akihiro, Yukihiro, Kōji, Yoshitaka, Tsunehisa, Reo, Keishi and Shigekazu.

“Oh, wow! Those are so cool! I never seen that kind of rotation that is a game-changer, which was so nice to turn things around to rally for the win! I’m very fascinated to see that because you guys are so good!” said Kazuki.

“It feels great that you have worked hard to make your team more dominant to win, which means that you have been delighted to have your team chemistry being paid off” said Kōhei.

“You guys are more determined to work on your strategies, especially that you have some different line-ups to show up with” said Junya.

“Hopefully, you’ll be able to shine your way again once this year’s Tokyo Summer Circuit will take place where there will be more teams to compete with” said Hironobu.

“Yeah, we will!” said Kenichirō, Akihiro, Yukihiro, Kōji, Shunichi, Yoshitaka, Tsunehisa, Reo, Keishi and Shigekazu.

“Our team had been doing great without losing our pride and willpower, which means that we have been able to take care of business like we used to and hopefully, we’ll be ready to have some firepower to light it up for more because we’re very good at it. Right, guys?” said Kōji.

“Yeah!” said Kenichirō, Akihiro, Yukihiro, Shunichi, Yoshitaka, Tsunehisa, Reo, Keishi and Shigekazu.

“Did you have a chance to meet with the Generation of Miracles?” asked Hironobu.

“Why, yes, we did! It took place on the birthday of Kōhei where we have been staying at one of the streetball courts in Aomi for some pick-up games against some random opponents” said Kōji. Kōhei’s birthday was on August 23.

“Then, right before we’ll about to have another pick-up game, the Generation of Miracles have shown up alongside Tetsuya, Satsuki and the rest of Team Vorpal Swords, but without Taiga” said Yukihiro.

“This is the part where our moment had been waiting for a long time after we watched them in the exhibition game” said Shunichi.

“Whoa!” surpassingly shouted Junya, Kōhei and Kazuki.

“No way!” exclaimed Junya.

“I never heard about that while I’m busy with my fellow groupmates for my birthday party” said Kōhei.

“Yeah, me too! I was staying with my cousin Ai at that time where we decided to play some video games with Karin-senpai” said Kazuki.

“That’s interesting! I wanna know more about that!” said Hironobu.

“Well, you hit the jackpot to know about this, Hironobu-kun, because you’ll be ready to gleam for yourself!” said Kōji.

Motoyuki and Yūjirō would appear to join the conversation to make things more interesting. Motoyuki would speak to Hironobu and the members of the Brave Suns Shiodome. “That’s right, Kōji-kun! He already explained to us about this last year, but since this one will be more gleaming and fantastic to reveal for those who don’t know about this, you should be more excited to see this because it’ll relieve you to what happened on that day.”

“It’s going to be awesome to explore the past moments that we have and so, you should be more thrilled when you’ll listen to this” said Yūjirō.

“Yeah!” said Hironobu, Junya, Kōhei and Kazuki.

“I already remembered that one, guys, when you told us about this before Kōhei’s birthday party” said Junya.

“Yeah, that’s the part that is perfectly shocking!” said Kōhei.

“I guess that you’re going to relieve on this again since we have a guy who wants to know about the Generation of Miracles” said Kazuki.

“That’s true, Kazuki-kun. I had been very interested in the Generation of Miracles back when I was in middle school and I’m so surprised that they have been very determined to get it done like the way they have used to. So, I want to see how you guys met them last summer” said Hironobu.

“That’s what we’re about to share about this, Hironobu-kun, but for those who don’t know, while we’re very busy in preparing for Kōhei’s birthday party at his home in Odaiba, which is also the hometown of Kazuki, Kōji had been busy hanging out with his fellow friends out there to do their leaders’ day” said Motoyuki.

“As a result, Reina and I have been in charge of this for a while with the help of Kōhei’s cute sisters Ayako and Ikumi to make his birthday party blooming” said Yūjirō.

“So, if you guys are ready to relieve on what’s happening at that time, then we’ll tell you this story right now” said Kōji.

“Yeah!” said Hironobu, Junya, Kōhei and Kazuki.

“Now, let’s get this story on the road!” said Kōji.

“Okay!” said Motoyuki, Yūjirō, Hironobu, Junya, Kōhei, Kazuki and the leaders of different braveheart groups as the story between the leaders of different braveheart groups and the Generation of Miracles has about to begin.

Part 2 will be on the next post.
 
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Part 2

A flashback would be shown back nearly nine months ago on August 23, 2009, two days after the Brave Suns took home the championship of the under-19 tournament of the Tokyo Summer Circuit. In Aomi, the leaders of different braveheart groups, who were wearing their plain colored shirts and jersey shots, have played some streetball with some young people in a basketball court. Kōji and his friends are showing their moves to their opponents on how to handle their business for themselves as they have been unstoppable to make themselves dominant. At the end of the game, Kōji’s team walked away with the win against their opponents, 21-13.

Kōji would narrate the beginning of the story about he and his allies’ encounter with the Generation of Miracles. “Last summer, we decided to visit Aomi to play some basketball in a basketball court for the entire morning and things have been looked great to see us shining like we used to in a real game. Just then, it’s almost 11:20 in the morning and the sun is still shining when a group of young people wearing in training attires have shown up to watch our pick-up match. They were the Generation of Miracles, plus their supporting crew including Tetsuya and Satsuki.”

“They have observed us through our moves to see how we worked on our way to shine, which they were fascinated to witness our moves” said Yukihiro.

“Then, once the match is over, they finally approach us without hesitation, so that they’ll have a chance to meet us” said Shunichi.

Seijūrō Akashi, the captain of the Rakuzan High School basketball team, would meet Kōji, Yukihiro, Shunichi, Kenichirō and Yoshitaka at the court where he observes them carefully before speaking to them. “So, you guys are looked good in basketball with your moves grooving. I never got surprised to see that.”

“Yeah, we have played pick-up games against random opponents and we’re unstoppable” said Kōji.

“We showed to them that we’re handling some business to take care of” said Yukihiro.

“We’re more determined to play well, so that we’ll be able to win games like the way we used to” said Shunichi.

“It’s so fantastic that we have been very consistent to make our own moves to groove and of course, we will never let ourselves down” said Kenichirō.

“Hopefully, we’ll be getting better when we’ll play against each other again in the Winter Cup if some of us are lucky to make it” said Yoshitaka.

“Ah, that’s good! I’m glad that you guys are very skilled and talented when you worked together in the court. It reminds me of us playing some pick-up games when we were in middle school” said Seijūrō.

“We’re very tough and formidable when we worked on our moves to make sure that we’re good to get balling” said Shintarō Midorima, a member of the Shūtoku High School basketball team.

“We have outshined ourselves when we have gone independent from each other” said Ryōta Kise, a member of the Kaijō High School basketball team.

“Before we reunited with each other to stop Team Jabberwock” said Daiki Aomine, a member of the Tōō Gakuen High School basketball team.

“It’s so nice that we have synchronized ourselves when we’re playing in the court together after three years, but hopefully, we’ll be able to keep this up if we want to make us more dominant and formidable” said Atsushi Murasakibara, a member of the Yōsen High School basketball team. He’s still lingering his arm injury at the hands of Jason Silver.

“Everyone had been doing great to make sure that we’re letting ourselves down and of course, they’re counting on us to make more potential to rise in the future years to come when we’re reaching pro for sure” said Tetsuya Kuroko, a member of the Seirin High School basketball team.

“Well, everyone has their own talent to shine and groove with, which means that anything is necessary to prove the ground at all” said Kōji.

“We’re very confident to have the respect of the game of basketball when you’re trying to shine in your own way, which means that we can do whatever we want to make that we’re gonna do our best to impress everyone” said Yukihiro.

“The more that we worked hard, the better we’re all good enough to make us consistent with better skills being paid off” said Shunichi.

“Yeah!” said Seijūrō, Shintarō, Ryōta, Daiki, Atsushi and Tetsuya while their allies nod their heads in agreement.

Seijūrō would introduce himself while giving Kōji a handshake. “My name is Seijūrō Akashi. I came from the Rakuzan High School, playing for their basketball team.”

“Nice to meet you, Seijūrō-kun!” said Kōji while giving Seijūrō a handshake. “I’m Kōji Hanagata, a first year high school student from the Hanzōsen High School. I had joined their basketball team earlier this year after I finished middle school in the same school. Now, I’m working on my way to make it to the top this year.”

“Ah, that’s interesting! I guess that you want to be like us because you’re a talented player, Kōji-kun” said Seijūrō.

“Yeah!” said Kōji.

“Well, then, it’s a great pleasure to meet you!” said Seijūrō before introducing Kōji and his allies to the allies of the former. “And these are my friends. Of course, you already recognized the Generation of Miracles, right?”

“Yeah!” said Kōji, Yukihiro, Shunichi, Kenichirō and Yoshitaka.

“That’s great! Now that you have known us since you watched our game last week, you’re motivated right now because not only you did that, but you finally had a chance to meet us the first time” said Seijūrō.

“Yeah!” said Kōji, Yukihiro, Shunichi, Kenichirō and Yoshitaka.

“Since we’re more determined to show some pride and willpower to everyone that they inspired us, we’re very confident that we want them to get innovated, so that they’ll be able to create their own miracles to shine out” said Seijūrō.

“Everyone will be delighted to see our hopes and dreams being earned, so that they’ll be able to believe us at all” said Shintarō.

“I’m sure that you’ll be motivated that we have met with each other for the first time, but it’s going to be great that we will become friends by the end of the day” said Ryōta.

“Making friends would be a great thing to develop a good friendship, so that you’ll be able to cherish us with your smile” said Daiki.

“As long as we’re going to get close with each other in the future, we’ll be able to become blessed to get along with you in no time” said Atsushi.

“Since this is our first encounter, then let’s have some fun playing together before we’ll have some lunch anywhere” said Tetsuya.

“Okay!” said Kōji, Yukihiro, Shunichi, Kenichirō and Yoshitaka.

“But before we’ll do that, I want you to watch these moves because you’ll be surprised to see this” said Seijūrō.

“That way, you’ll be able to witness the strength and ability of the Generation of Miracles” said Shintarō.

“Okay!” said Kōji, Yukihiro, Shunichi, Kenichirō and Yoshitaka as they would leave the court, so that they’ll watch the Generation of Miracles showing their moves.

Kōji would narrate on the next part. “We have been very surprised that when we met the Generation of Miracles because they’re strong and talented, which they have exceeded their expectations very quickly.” The montage would show the Generation of Miracles showing their moves except for Atsushi, who can’t use his special moves due to his arm injury, but he was obliged to do some rebounding moves instead.

“Yeah, Kōji-kun! They’re scary to beat when they’re in the court” said Yukihiro.

“But they’re more unstoppable to take care of business as usual” said Shunichi.

“A lot of people said that they would become stronger when they’re reaching to the professional level whether they’ll go college or not” said Kenichirō.

“It’s going to be fun to watch them showing their moves because they’re not different to compare with, but they’re really looked good at all” said Akihiro.

“Yep!” said Kōji before continuing the story. “Anyway, the Generation of Miracles put up a good show where they have performed their special moves that they won’t miss at all.”

“These guys are going crazy when they have performed their special moves because they have already mastered their moves by increasing their tendencies and skills to a perfect form” said Shigekazu.

“The big thing for them is that they’re very strong to create their moves like they’re going to shine in the court” said Yoshitaka.

“We already seen those when Team Vorpal Swords took on Team Jabberwock where the Generation of Miracles have adjusted their way to get rid of their problems against both Nash and Jason” said Tsunehisa.

“To be honest, guys, which of the moves that did you like the most, Kōji-kun?” asked Hironobu.

“Well, I like the Perfect Copy move by Ryōta because he can copy any move from a different person whether a rival or not” said Kōji.

“The Perfect Copy is used to emulate moves from one person to apply it with an amount of energy to use, so that Ryōta can do the beat to stop his opponents through force” said Motoyuki.

“Ryōta is a nice guy to perform those because he has the ability of copy those before making those moves to shine” said Yūjirō.

“I like that move because he can replicate moves to shine out without losing his stamina. I’m just thinking about him being consistent to make double moves before finishing off with the dunk” said Hironobu.

“Hey, that’s where he did that in the Winter Cup two years ago!” said Kōhei.

“He had been very aggressive when he performed those” said Junya.

“Even he had been fighting against his ankle injury that he had though” said Kazuki.

“Yeah!” said Kōji, Motoyuki and Yūjirō.

“If you look at their abilities, the Generations of Miracles have been topping everyone to make sure that they’re the strongest, which is why nobody has ever stop that them until Tetsuya and Taiga beat them all in different occasions” said Reo.

“That’s why these guys are so good that they can bring the game of basketball so hard to watch, but if those guys have squared off against each other, that would be intense to see it” said Keishi.

“You’re exactly right, Keishi-kun!” said Kōji. “Those guys are so good that they can do anything to make themselves stronger and they have been more determined to prove the ground the most.”

“Yeah!” said Motoyuki, Yūjirō, Hironobu, Junya, Kōhei, Kazuki and the leaders of different braveheart groups.

“Then, when we battled against those guys in an exhibition 5-on-5 streetball match, we’re so unlucky to battle against them because they’re no match to us at all” said Kōji.

“Yeah, we saw them doing their own moves to create their big plays to shine” said Yukihiro.

“Even they didn’t let Atsushi play, Tetsuya had stepped up to make the match more interesting” said Shunichi.

“Although we’re different from them, we showed up our own moves to make sure that they’ll be surprised to see us grooving” said Akihiro.

“One example is that I decided to clamp down Daiki with the steal, which was paid off to limit down their offense at some point” said Kenichirō.

“Oh, yes! I remember that one! You took on Daiki to see whose strength better” said Yoshitaka.

“You must be more serious to battle a guy like him, Kenichirō-kun, because you started to make things serious when you’re battling against toughest guys in the tournament” said Tsunehisa.

“I guess so. I mean, I’m pretty good in stopping them, much that I intimidated them” said Kenichirō.

“Yeah, you’re right!” said Yoshitaka while Tsunehisa nods his head in agreement off-screen while the flashback shows Kenichirō intimidating Daiki on defense.

“The battle between us and the Generation of Miracles becomes more intense and tougher than we expected where most of us have scored points play after play” said Shigekazu.

“It had been 25 minutes that we battled against them and the score have gone neck-and-neck” said Yukihiro.

“Suddenly, the score is now tied at 48 with 1:00 left in the final quarter, the crucial part comes as we were able to pull down the offense of the Generation of Miracles, but nothing is working as we were also shut down in one possession when Daiki blocked my shot” said Shunichi.

“Just then, I was able to prevent them from winning a game by forcing Seijūrō to miss a game-winning jump shot in the last second, which was so shocking for everyone to see this” said Kōji.

“Whoa! You did that?!” shouted Hironobu.

“Yep! I was about to lose hope against Seijūrō and his boys when I finally put my defense on tight to battle against him. I have to catch up on him before I contested him while doing the jumpshot and it never made it to the basket” said Kōji.

“Wow! You must be resilient to stop that man from potentially winning the match! That was insane!” said Kōhei.

“You’re seemed to be comfortable in trying to stop him” said Junya.

“Just to make sure that his team can’t walk away with the win, which was very tough to do when you’re facing against those guys that have greater potential than yours” said Kazuki.

“It’s so nice that you have shut him down in the last second, but that one was simply bizarre!” said Hironobu.

“Yes, indeed!” said Kōji.

The scene changes to the scoreboard being shown as the final score is tied at 48 with neither Kōji’s team and the Generation of Miracles pick up the victory, thus it ended in a draw.

Kōji and Seijūrō are huffing and puffing after the last seconds of the match, which the rest are also exhausted as well.

“Wow! I’m losing my energy when I tried to stop you” said Seijūrō.

“Yeah” said Kōji while removing his sweat from his towel. “That was tough, I say.”

“So, no one got the victory, right?” asked Seijūrō.

“Yes, I’m afraid. I call it a draw” said Kōji.

“Oh, okay” said Seijūrō.

A few minutes later, everyone would leave the court to take their water break at the park where they have to relax themselves for a while.

“Man, that would have been terrible if he made that shot, Kōji-kun, but you stopped at the last second” said Yukihiro.

“You’re seemed to be assertive when battling against a strong player like Seijūrō because he’s the mastery of ankle breakers” said Shunichi.

“Good thing that you didn’t hurt your ankles though” said Akihiro.

“Which is totally disastrous to see that coming if he broke your ankles early” said Kenichirō.

“Yeah, I agree, guys, but it’s so great that I had overcome those by not getting near to him when he did those moves as well as forcing him to miss shots greatly” said Kōji.

“Well, you’re not giving up at all to make sure that you’re getting through the beat to stop your opponents like how you did in the Interhigh prefectural tournament last month” said Yoshitaka.

“Your defense had been looked great when we saw you clamping down your opponents, but I’m surprised that you stopped Seijūrō with your own wrath” said Tsunehisa.

“I have to say that you’re definitely a showstopper to beat those big names because you have been very consistent to get it done for sure” said Shigekazu.

“Yep! I’m feeling confident about playing with my own game as a braveheart, but I’m definitely serious to do that without losing my stamina and willpower. I have to be more mindful if I can pull up a trigger to stop my opponents to make sure that they’ll not have their moments to let it through” said Kōji.

“You’re more of a game saver, Kōji-kun, because you don’t want to let your teammates down” said Reo.

“It feels great that you have been doing great to make sure that they’ll not walk away with the win. You’ll be amazed when the audience have seen you doing that earlier because they have been shocked at all to see it” said Keishi.

“Uh… I guess so, but I was surprised about this when everyone in the park had seen this” said Kōji.

“Of course!” said Reo and Keishi while the other leaders of different braveheart groups have nodded their heads in agreement.

Seijūrō would speak to Kōji after relaxing his body from the game earlier. “Whew! That turned out to be astounding when the audience had seen us playing against each other. Even though, you’re just a first year high schooler, you still have proved well at all! I can’t believe that I was surprised to see that when you’re trying to stop me from making my game-winning jumpshot. I guess that you’re the man after all.”

Kōji nervously laughs a little bit before replying to Seijūrō. “No, I’m not, but you’re great too, Seijūrō-kun! I was fascinated when you grooved your moves, which I decided to change course to stop you until the very end. You’re seemed to be nervous when you faced it, aren’t you?”

“Nah. Not at all, Kōji-kun. I’m only just keeping my confidence through my heart. I can take action without hesitation because this is what I do to lead” said Seijūrō.

“Oh, I see that point now, Seijūrō-kun. We’re in a different level, to be honest” said Kōji.

“Yeah, of course! Every player has its own level of potential to see whether you’re on the top or not. Most of the best players in special schools have been the best players, compared to those from the ordinary private high schools. However, sometimes, there are some prospects who were way better than those in the ordinary private high schools, which they’re scary and ferocious when you’re seeing their skills all throughout” said Seijūrō.

“That’s fascinating! I never expect that there are different kinds of best players in our country, depends on how stronger they are through skills, potential and teamwork. It’s going to be more competitive when big guys competing against tough and athletic ones when they’re clashing through energy and stamina. I hope that the intense would be coming out to make sure that everyone will be ready to shine themselves” said Kōji.

“Yeah, for sure!” said Seijūrō.

“Say, Seijūrō-kun, if I remember correctly, you’re very different than the other guys because you’re always taking the lead” said Kōji.

“Yes, I am. I had been the captain of the Teiko Middle School basketball team and I had started to balance the right and wrong in taking care of business, especially that there are crucial points that I was bothered before” said Seijūrō.

“What kind of crucial points that you encountered, Seijūrō-kun?” asked Yukihiro.

“Yeah, we want to know about this!” said Shunichi.

“It’ll be amazing that you’re going to share it to us” said Kenichirō.

“Well, I supposed that I could do that right here, but since we’re exhausted from this pick-up game, why we’ll talk about this while we’re having some lunch in DiverCity” said Seijūrō.

“Okay!” said the leaders of different braveheart groups in Tokyo.

Later, the the leaders of different braveheart groups in Tokyo and the Generation of Miracles would visit DiverCity to eat some lunch at the Astral Wave Diner. This is where Seijūrō will about to explain about the crucial points that he had encountered before when he’s transitioning his way to become one of the elite players in the country.

“One of my crucial points that I had encountered is the confidence between one player to another because when I used to observe my guys, they have to be more confident in trying to keep it things better in a game. For me, I didn’t use to communicate them, but I use some senses to see how they’re doing against their opponents. Usually, I have found some guys that are more confident enough to take away their opponents and I respected them. You see, there are some people who wanted to boost their confidence if they want to be on the move and that’s why it’s great to see them doing their best to make sure that they’ll never let themselves down at all.”

“Wow! That’s interesting!” said Yukihiro.

“That one sounds like teamwork is needed to get it done” said Shunichi.

“I’m so surprised that you have that one because you’re more determined to work on your team chemistry” said Kenichirō.

“I have to say that your team have proved better to take it personally when they want to shine their way out” said Akihiro.

“It’s fantastic that your confidence had been looked good to make your teammates happy when you’re leading a team like Teiko or Rakuzan. I’m sure that you’ll be more determined to have your team being humble the most” said Kōji.

“Yes, definitely true, Kōji-kun. I didn’t get used to it when I was very independent from the Generation of Miracles, but I finally got it back when I’m synchronizing with my fellow friends during the game against Team Jabberwock. I’m sure that you’re all surprised when we made the comeback to shut these guys down, right?” said Seijūrō.

“Yeah!” said the leaders of different braveheart groups in Tokyo.

“When it comes to confidence, you have to observe everything before you want to act to make the moves for your team to run very well. You’re seemed to be more serious when it comes to battling tough teams in tournaments, but when it comes to your team chemistry with them, it’s simply flawless” said Yoshitaka.

“I have to say that you’re very determined to show some respect to your teammates because they have been looked confident to make sure that they’ll be taking of the game for you” said Tsunehisa.

“If your confidence had been down, then you have to fight it, not to leave it” said Shigekazu.

“You’ll be better to adjust anything that is hard to do, so that you and your teammates will be able get it done and seize the day” said Reo.

“That way, you’ll be relieved that you have survived the game at all” said Keishi.

“Yes, of course, guys! That’s what I used to make sure that my team will not be receiving a meltdown because I don’t want to let them down if we’re down by a lot and so, I have to step up and have some firepower to prove. You guys should remember this because you’re all good bravehearts to prove better than just being weak. I want you to be more confident in taking care of your team, so that you’ll be able to boost your confidence with your teammates without letting one of them down. It’ll be awesome that you’ll have your team getting on the move to run very well and hopefully, it’ll be fantastic that your team will have high hopes on you” said Seijūrō.

“Yeah, we will!” said the leaders of different braveheart groups in Tokyo.

“My next crucial point is where I had experienced struggles when battling against tough teams. People like have their own weaknesses that they have when they’re trying to overcome their situation. Like me, I used to struggle a lot when I was in elementary school, I didn’t lose my patience though because I’m still aiming to win, not to lose at all. That’s why you have to stay cool, but not to lose hope because it’s important to respect the game of basketball to make sure that you won’t be disappointed at all” said Seijūrō.

“That’s what we did when we were back in Teiko where we have to overcome the struggles that we have to make sure that we’re stable” said Shintarō.

“Things would be different when you’re facing against something you didn’t able to get it done before” said Ryōta.

“So, you have to be brave and bold to get away from these problems” said Daiki.

“That way, you’ll be more relieved to prove them wrong you’re not a lackluster and weak player” said Atsushi.

“In Teiko, we used to overcome the challenges that we have, especially in crucial matches, but sometimes, we have to seize the day in the easy way, not the hard way” said Tetsuya.

“Hopefully, you’ll be very confident to show something that you prove to make sure that you’re gonna fire it up like the way superstars do” said Satsuki Momoi, a member of the Tōō Gakuen High School basketball team, acting as a manager.

“You’ll be more confident to get it done no matter what because everyone needs to overcome all by themselves to prove that you’re getting consistent and hopefully, you’ll be able to trust everyone without a doubt to make them happy to play with you for sure” said Seijūrō.

“Yeah!” said the leaders of different braveheart groups in Tokyo.

“I usually learned those from Mr. Ichiyanagi-san, Seijūrō-kun, when me and my fellow teammates in Hanzōsen have struggled earlier, but it’s so nice that I have already paid it off at all!” said Kōji.

“We made some mistakes at the start, but we were able to adjust ourselves to make sure that we’ll be getting better to be on the move” said Yukihiro.

“It’s so nice that we want to do anything that we need to prove after we experienced some struggles through the weaknesses that we faced with” said Shunichi.

“Of course, we should be more determined to get on the move without losing our willpower” said Kenichirō.

“It will be amazing that most of us can overcome our struggles because we want to do something that we need to prove better than worse. That way, we’ll be abel to excel ourselves to get it done in one piece” said Akihiro.

“As bravehearts, we’ll do anything to gleam and shine. Right, guys?” said Kōji.

“Yeah!” said the leaders of different braveheart groups in Tokyo.

“That’s very nice! I knew that you want to have your confidence getting better than losing, guys! Hopefully, you’ll get used to it to prove better to make the statement” said Seijūrō.

“Everyone makes a statement to show that you’re proving in your way. That’s what we do to make sure that we’re not letting ourselves down” said Shintarō.

“The more that you showed your firepower to prove, the better that you’ll be able to lead your team without a doubt” said Ryōta.

“You can be on fire whatever you want as long as you don’t want to waste your energy while you’re playing” said Daiki.

“Sometimes, you have to think fast before you’ll adjust because it’s very important to have your team getting prepared for a comeback rally to ensure that you’ll take the game for the win” said Atsushi.

“Whenever you had encountered a problem like that, you have to keep your confidence all throughout the game and you shouldn’t panic yourself when you’re getting in trouble” said Tetsuya.

“Hopefully, it’ll be amazing for you guys to concentrate on the game to keep it straight and fire it up with your moves. We want to be more surprised to see your moves getting on fire and it’s going to be fantastic that you’re transitioning to work it out better” said Satsuki.

“Yes, of course, Satsuki-san! We’re always getting on the move to make sure that we’re all good to dominate one game to another and we’ll do whatever it takes to make our teamwork getting paid off!” said Kōji.

“Yeah!” said the leaders of different braveheart groups in Tokyo.

“My last crucial point when I had encountered in a game is when you’re almost giving up, you don’t have to frustrate yourself. Just keep it straight and focus on the game. You shouldn’t just panic when your team is getting downed by a lot of points. You have to come up of a counterattack that you need to turn the tables around” said Seijūrō.

“Sometimes, in string games or important games, we have to be more consistent to play well rather than getting lost because it’s important that confidence is the key to victory and you’ll be able to get earned once you have done something big that you pull it out better” said Shintarō.

“During our game against Team Jabberwock, we almost lost our hope out there, but we have been able to escape from them to make sure that they’re no longer proving themselves” said Ryōta.

“It was all thanks to me, Taiga, Seijūrō and Tetsuya to make our last second moments possible for the win” said Daiki.

“Of course, this has been more surprising to witness the last minutes of the game after I got injured” said Atsushi.

“But this was our moment to prove once and for all that we have to beat those scumbags from America because we have our own power to finish them off” said Tetsuya.

“It’s very important to see some final moments that are quite surprising and shocking because they wanted to inspire them to make sure that they’ll never forget those from the bottom of their hearts” said Satsuki.

“Everyone in Tokyo became more inspired on the Generation of Miracles, plus Tetsuya and Taiga because they have already recognized as the best players in the country” said Junpei Hyūga, the captain of the Seirin High School basketball team. Currently, he’s a college freshman with his girlfriend Riko Aida.

“They have been blessed to see them shining through their auras and skills that proves themselves worthy to make sure that they’ll put up a good show to shine with” said Riko Aida, the manager of the Seirin High School basketball team. Currently, she’s a college freshman with her boyfriend Junpei Hyūga.

“Hopefully, they’ll be ready to do on their own to shine, so that they’ll be able to create their own future” said Kazunari Takao, a member of the Shūtoku High School basketball team.

“They’ll do whatever it takes to show their pride and courage as they’re ready to elevate themselves to the future” said Kōsuke Wakamatsu, a member of the Tōō Gakuen High School basketball team.

“Yeah, we agree!” said the leaders of different braveheart groups in Tokyo.

“That one was very hard to overcome, but you have to keep your confidence around and stop frustrating yourself” said Kōji.

“You can’t win a game so easily, but you have to adjust your plans to prove it better” said Yukihiro.

“When we have been in trouble, we have to do make our own strategy to get away from it” said Shunichi.

“Most of us have been encountering this ever since back in our elementary days, but we have overcome those through our confidence” said Kenichirō.

“Of course, we didn’t panic ourselves, but we’re all calm though to settle things right” said Akihiro.

“That’s what the bravehearts do to make us shine with our auras to create” said Yoshitaka.

“We’ll be very determined to show what we got and hopefully, we’ll be able to get it done through our own way to shine” said Shigekazu.

“Sometimes, we want to get fired up early, but the others want to get bulkier to overcome them in different ways” said Reo.

“It’s going to be fantastic that everyone will have to make their own way to shake off the frustrations and panics that we have, so that we’ll be able to seize the day for sure!” said Keishi.

“Yeah!” said the Generation of Miracles and its allies.

“Hopefully, you’ll be able to remember those points when there’s something bothering you in a game, so that you’ll finally have a gameplan to get away with it after you realized that it’s not right to make mistakes. We made mistakes, but we have to fight it back through confidence and willpower. I hope that you’ll get used to it to make sure that you’re on the right track to rally your way to victory” said Seijūrō.

“Yeah!” said the leaders of different braveheart groups in Tokyo.

“I’m very happy that you have shown us those points, so that we want to be more confident to get the win in a game” said Yukihiro.

“It feels nice that we have been on the move for many times, but we have to keep things better if we want to prove more” said Shunichi.

“We’re very thrilled that you have given us those because we need to remember those, especially that we have to fight it or leave it in our own way” said Kenichirō.

“At the end of the day, we’ll be brave and bold enough to prove that we’re running the place like we used to all the time” said Akihiro.

“So that, we’ll be able to make ourselves earned for sure!” said Kōji.

“Of course, I agree with that, guys! I hope that you’ll start making new moves to shine with your new ways to run because we want to believe everyone who wanted to make the difference to shine themselves. That way, you’ll be more determined to have your confidence being paid off and your chemistry with respective teams will be even better” said Seijūrō.

“Yeah!” said the leaders of different braveheart groups in Tokyo.

“So, what’s next for you, Seijūrō-kun? Now that your team had defeated Team Jabberwock last week, I’m expecting that you’ll have some plans to fascinate with” said Shigekazu.

“Well, since it’s still summer break, then we have to keep hanging out with each other before the second term starts, but as for Tetsuya and his teammates, they’re going to find a replacement for Taiga” said Seijūrō.

“That’s right, Akashi-kun! Me, Junpei, Riko and the rest of the members of Seirin High have decided to say farewell to Taiga two days ago as he went to America to continue his high school career there. Now, we have some qualified players that are considered for the replacement of Taiga” said Tetsuya.

“So, we have to fill in one person to replace Taiga before the second term starts” said Riko.

“Of course, since we have continued to groove ourselves by winning the Interhigh Nationals earlier this month, we have to keep moving even though losing Taiga isn’t gonna ruin our chances of retaining the Winter Cup this year” said Junpei.

“That’s interesting! I wonder who are the candidates are” said Shigekazu.

“Yeah, we want to know if you have some names that they have been fit to replace Taiga” said Akihiro.

“Actually, they were four of them from the second string such as Akihisa Takeshita, Mamoru Nishimura, Junya Nagatsuma and Takuya Morishita” said Tetsuya.

“Akihisa and Junya are considered great to be replacements for Taiga because they have the same level as him, but Mamoru is also good and efficient too because he has great strength and defense” said Riko.

“So, it depends on who will be replacing him because by the time that it reaches November, we’ll be competing for the qualification to the Winter Cup” said Junpei.

“That sounds good to see them getting their chance of being a replacement for Taiga, but hopefully, you’ll finally find one that is fit with the same potential and skill as him” said Shigekazu.

“It’ll benefit your team getting better with offense and defense getting better again” said Akihiro.

“Yeah!” said Tetsuya, Junpei and Riko.

“Next up, we’re going to visit some shopping stores for Ryōta’s promotional photoshoot for his modeling agency” said Seijūrō.

“I have always been posed in magazines, but if I want to shine for me, then I’ll have to find something even better to make my shots going lights out” said Ryōta.

“Well, you’re really looked famous in Kaijō, Kise, even the girls have liked you more” said Daiki.

“You should focus on your own style to continue promoting yourself” said Shintarō.

“You’ll have to more handsome in your next photoshoot if you want to get featured in the magazine again” said Atsushi.

“Probably, I would, guys” said Ryōta.

“Wow! I can’t believe that you’re very good in modeling, Ryōta-kun!” said Reo.

“I saw your pictures in the magazine, which was pretty nice!” said Keishi.

“You’re seemed to be ambitious to have better career aside from basketball, but I hope that you’ll have plans to get on a shoe endorsement early” said Yoshitaka.

“That’s what basketball players do to make a deal with powerhouse shoe operators, so that you’ll be able to create your own shoes to shine with” said Tsunehisa.

“You’ll be more popular to show us some shoes in the future if you want to make it shine” said Kōji.

“Uh… I can’t do that yet, guys, but later on, once I’m entering to the NBA very soon, I would start getting some shoe endorsement deals as soon as possible” said Ryōta.

“Ah, okay. Maybe, it’s too early to say about this, but hopefully, you’ll be very fantastic to show your pride and determination as an ambitious model and basketball player” said Yoshitaka.

“Hopefully, we’ll be looked forward to see you getting popular in the magazines again” said Tsunehisa.

“You’ll be more fantastic to show yourself that you’re styling all the way” said Kōji.

“Yeah, I will, guys! You better watch out for me because I’m very prestigious!” said Ryōta.

“Yeah!” said the leaders of different braveheart groups in Tokyo.

“For Atsushi, he had to rehabilitate his injured arm every weekend if he wants to get back in the game” said Shintarō.

“He had to be with his physical doctor twice a week, so that he’ll be working out on his injured arm, so that he’ll be getting better again” said Tetsuya.

“Even though I’m very lazy to visit the doctor, I’m still need to rehabilitate my arm, in order to get back as usual. I don’t have much to waste eating candies all day” said Atsushi.

“You should get into the doctor to rehabilitate your arm, Murasakibara-kun. You can’t go back to play basketball without getting your arm getting better again” said Seijūrō.

“It’ll be amazing that you’ll be back to normal if you’ll be able to visit the doctor to heal your arm, but it will take about 1-2 months to rehabilitate” said Daiki.

“For right now, your friend Tatsuya will be handling the business for a while” said Ryōta.

“Okay, I get it, boys” said Atsushi.

“By the way, how’s Tatsuya doing?” asked Yukihiro. Tatsuya Himuro is a member of the Yōsen High School basketball team.

“He’s alright now. He had to improve his shooting efficiency, in order to get better in making his own shots. Also, he was saddened about Taiga leaving for America, however, he’ll plan to return to America once he’s graduating in my school probably in two years” said Atsushi.

“Well, I’m sure that he’ll be more comfortable to stay with you after his old friend had left the country” said Yukihiro.

“He should be more courageous to show his pride if he doesn’t want to let himself down, of course!” said Shunichi.

“Yeah, I hope so. He said that he’s considered leaving the country after second year, but I’m not sure about it yet though, but on the bright side, he’s gonna stay in Yōsen while trying to recruit more players in our team. We’re expecting to rebuild ourselves without three senpais that they graduated, but we’re not done yet though” said Atsushi.

“Then, good for your team, Atsushi-kun! I hope that you’ll be able to make your team getting strong with you getting your arm healed and your team will find new players to develop with” said Kōji.

“Your school will be looked formidable again to take everyone else on notice, so that you and your teammates will make it to the Winter Cup this year” said Kenichirō.

“It’ll be amazing that you’re going to show your aggressive moves again once the fun starts at the Winter Cup qualifiers if your arm gets healed again” said Akihiro.

“Yeah, I hope so” said Atsushi.

“Last but not the least, before we’ll part ways by the end of the month to focus on our own activities in our school, we should be going to the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium to watch the Middle School National Basketball Tournament where we’re going to watch these youngsters in the court to see who proves the ground better, so that most prestigious schools are eyeing to get them for next year” said Seijūrō.

“The Middle School National Basketball Tournament is one of the major competitions that will take place in Tokyo where these middle school basketball players are going to show their moves to the audience as they want to get recognized in becoming the future superstars in Japanese basketball” said Shintarō.

“Things are about to be different every year when most prestigious schools have scouted the best players to find them and of course, you’ll be surprised when there will be some biggest names that are going to end up picking the best schools for next year” said Ryōta.

“In the six schools with the Generation of Miracles including Tetsu-kun, we have found some four-star prospects while Rakuzan found at least 2 five-star prospects at the start of your new season” said Daiki.

“It feels great that we have been able to recruit these guys, so that we’ll be able to let them shine and be like us if they have proved worthy to create their future” said Atsushi.

“Since most of us are currently second years, we still have one more year to shine before heading to college and so, we can teach them on how to get consistent and formidable to make sure that they’re ready to lead with us” said Tetsuya.

“That’s good! I’m hoping that you’ll have some young gems to step up for your teams once you guys are done in high school basketball” said Kōji.

“We have also done that in the same way where we have recruited some guys that are good, depending on what the school needs” said Yukihiro.

“For example, in Hanzōsen, they focused on the offense and perimeter where they used to make jumpshots around it” said Shunichi.

“While in Takanawa Seigyo, they focused on the upright wing players, which they have more than 5 wing players every year and one of its best players is considered 4-star prospect like Yukihiro” said Kenichirō.

“Sometimes, there are some prestigious schools have recruited different kinds of players, depends on what they accepted with” said Akihiro.

“One of the examples is in Hongō Hinogaoka where they have sometimes welcomed Japanese of Chinese blood through their ancestors” said Shigekazu.

“Another one is in Tamagawa Gakuen where they have recruited players from neighboring areas, but they should be more relied in Setagaya” said Yoshitaka.

“Then, there goes the Tateishi Gakuen and Hanaadachi Gakuen where they have some mix players from Tokyo and Chiba, but they have welcomed exchange students from America if they have the desire to aim for Japanese Studies in college” said Tsunehisa.

“So, it depends on how the schools starting to recruit players when they’re assembling their own roster while preparing themselves for their season” said Reo.

“Hopefully, they’ll be able to work on their way out to make sure that they’ll rally themselves to dominate like the way they used to” said Keishi.

“Ah, yeah, I agree with that, guys! Any school had their own tradition to recruit players as well as they have their own preferences in trying to assemble a roster before getting their season started. However, sometimes, some schools that are majorly popular, especially high schools attached to a university, made different points in recruiting players such as acquiring exchange students from Africa or Europe, which is depended on the potential and strength that they have” said Seijūrō.

“They’re tougher than elite schools like Rakuzan or Yōsen, which means that they’re very formidable in the inside and they would create bigger impact when they’re on the court” said Shintarō.

“Unlike us, we have our own ways to assemble, especially that we have to take a look at the stats to see how stronger we are” said Ryōta.

“This will be based on how the team’s performance goes whether they’re good or bad” said Daiki.

“That way, they’ll begin to make strategies all through, so that they’ll be able to make their moves to groove” said Atsushi.

“As soon as the real competition goes, it will be everyone’s battle to see who proves the ground often and at the end of the day, one will be standing victorious” said Tetsuya.

“Yeah, we agree!” said the leaders of different braveheart groups in Tokyo.

“It’s great that schools have their own ways to pick up players before completing their roster, so that they’ll be able to groove all the way to shine. Hopefully, it’ll be amazing for all of them to do their best in making their season possible” said Kōji.

“They’ll be bringing some best strategies to work up with, so that they’ll be able to get it done to run the place” said Yukihiro.

“It’s going to be amazing that they’ll be ready to make the statement that they’re here to rally for the win and hopefully, they’ll be ready to make themselves stronger than ever” said Shunichi.

“Yeah!” said the Generation of Miracles and its allies.

“Well, I guess that we’re done here, guys, because we might gonna be busy for our afternoon activities in our own tour” said Seijūrō.

“Yeah, we’ll be going to Roppongi Hills to meet up with the other guys from our schools, so that we’ll be hanging out together for fun” said Shintarō.

“Our guys have already arrived in Roppongi, so that they’ll be able to wait for us and then, we’ll begin our own fun to work up with” said Ryōta.

“Team Strky will also be there as well because they don’t miss us at all even Yukio Kasamatsu will about to announce something important after Taiga’s departure to America” said Daiki.

“He said that he’s not gonna reveal it until all of us will be coming out along with our allies” said Atsushi.

“It’s nice knowing you, guys, especially to you, Kōji-kun, but hopefully, we’ll meet each other again” said Tetsuya.

“Sure! You can count on us at any time! We’ll see each other around as soon as everyone won’t be busy anymore. Right, guys?” said Kōji.

“Yeah!” said the leaders of different braveheart groups in Tokyo.

“That’s great! Then, let’s part ways at the entrance to end our encounter right away!” said Seijūrō.

“Okay!” said the leaders of different braveheart groups in Tokyo.

Kōji would narrate the ending of the story while the Generation of Miracles and its allies are waving their hands to say goodbye to him and his allies. “After an hour of conversation, we finally parted ways with them as they’re going to Roppongi to meet up with their allies. Also, we promised each other that we’ll meet each again at any time that we want, depends on whether they’re no longer busy or not. It’s so great that those guys have been giving us the pride and willpower when we met them and we’ll never forget this encounter again.”

The flashback would end after Kōji finished the story before Hironobu speaks to him. “That story was so cool! I can’t believe that they’re very strong and formidable when they’re showing up with their auras.”

“You’re very determined that you have met them, so that you’ll be able to build your friendship with them” said Kazuki.

“I’m feeling thrilled that you have been earned since you have met them” said Kōhei.

“You’ll be more inspired to get along with them because they’re great and prospered players to have their dream in creating their future for sure!” said Junya.

“Yes, you got that right, guys! It feels great that we have seen them because they’re more charismatic enough to prove that they’re the best players in the country and hopefully, once they’ll be taking their talents to professional basketball, they’re ready to put up a good show to shine with” said Kōji.

“Those guys are ready to do whatever it takes to create their big moments with their auras coming out” said Yukihiro.

“They’ll have to continue getting stronger in trying to prove themselves to be the best players in the country, so that they’ll be earned enough to become all-time greats in the future” said Shunichi.

“Yeah!” said Hironobu, Junya, Kōhei and Kazuki.

“I have a question, guys. What Daiki said about the announcement?” said Hironobu.

“Oh, yeah, we didn’t reveal it to you about that yet for a long time, but of course, me, Motohiro and Yūjirō will be explaining about this right now” said Kōji.

“Okay!” said Hironobu, Junya, Kōhei and Kazuki.

“You see, Daiki had sent a text message about Yukio’s announcement as he said that Yukio will be planning to pursue a professional career once he’s done in college in four years” said Kōji.

“He wanted to become a professional basketball player just like the other guys of Kaijō did in the past where they have made it to the JBL and have made successful careers, which is why he alongside the rest of Team Strky will be aiming to go professional if they have the guts to prove because they want to be more consistent just like how they have done in the past, so that they’ll be able to make themselves successful for sure” said Motohiro.

“Of course, we always believe in them with their dreams that they have prospered with and so, we’ll waiting for them to show how it’s done to prove that they’re ready to do whatever it takes to make themselves stronger and consistent” said Yūjirō.

“Oh, wow! I can’t believe that those guys aren’t giving up now!” said Hironobu.

“Those guys that they were beaten badly by Team Jabberwock haven’t given up the spirit of basketball because they still got their confidence for themselves” said Kōhei.

“Hopefully, they’ll become better than last year because they’re ready to put their own show on the road, so that they’ll be putting some firepower blazing all the way” said Junya.

“I have to say that they’re determined to make sure that they’ll never give up and hopefully, they’ll shake off their struggles to fight for their former teammates through their hearts” said Kazuki.

“Yeah, we agree!” said Kōji, Motohiro and Yūjirō.

“Right now, they’re currently second year college students and they’re looking forward to get in transition to improve themselves” said Kōji.

“Everyone will be expecting to see them getting redeemed after what happened last year if they’re ready to show their firepower to their opponents that they’re ready to take them on notice” said Motohiro.

“They’re not going to lose their willpower because it’s their job to prove themselves wirthy in playing basketball rather than being scumbags” said Yūjirō.

“Of course, they’ll have to be more determined in trying to keep themselves, so that they won’t be losing their confidence at all” said Yukihiro.

“These guys have been doing their hard work ever since they have started their careers as youngsters” said Shunichi.

“And now, they’re looking forward to have better oppotunities in their careers” said Kenichirō.

“They have been showing their pride and willpower when they’re shining in their way” said Akihiro.

“Making sure that they’re ready to show their moves to create their moments for themselves” said Shigekazu.

“They’re very confident to have their teamwork being paid off” said Yoshitaka.

“And of course, they’ll have to keep it up if they want to help them leading their way to the top” said Tsunehisa.

“Hopefully, when they’ll finish college, they’ll be ready to show their pride and courage to make sure that they’ll not let themselves down” said Reo.

“You’ll be surprised when they’ll be heading professional because they’re going to do their best in shining their careers, so that they’ll have high hopes that they’ll not lose for sure” said Keishi.

“Yeah!” said Hironobu, Junya, Kōhei and Kazuki.

“I hope that they’ll be doing great in their careers right now because they want to be more confident in making their future getting brighter” said Hironobu.

“They have to show their pride and willpower because they want to shine themselves with their moves grooving” said Junya.

“If they want to make the difference in having their careers getting better, they have to be consistent and efficient in improving their skills, so that they’ll be able to perform big moments that they’ll create” said Kōhei.

“We’ll be awesome to see them showing their moves to prove because they’re ready to fire up themselves to make sure that they’re going to shine themselves for sure!” said Kazuki.

“Yeah!” said Motohiro, Yūjirō and the leaders of different braveheart groups in Tokyo.

“I’m sure that this night will never forget because you have us, Kōji-kun!” said Yukihiro.

“It feels great that you have shared our past memories to them because you’re very confident to give them some blessings” said Shunichi.

“I have to say that you’ll always a good storyteller, Kōji-kun, because you’re very good in remembering those” said Kenichirō.

“Hopefully, everyone will be blessed to see you sharing because you’re a determined braveheart” said Akihiro.

“You can do whatever you want to make us feel thrilled” said Shigekazu.

“It’s going to be great that we will have the thrills that we can’t miss because this is the part where all of us will shine our way” said Yoshitaka.

“That’s what all we do to make our community more prospered with blessings” said Tsunehisa.

“Let’s not forget that since we’re all leaders, we’ll have to create our future with our hopes and dreams that we have” said Reo.

“Yep! We should be ready to make it happen because we’ll run together…” said Keishi before being joined by the other leaders of different braveheart groups in Tokyo as they shout together in unison. “…as one family of bravehearts!”

“Now, while the leaders’ night is ongoing, let’s have some game of basketball at the rooftop, everyone!” said Kōji.

“Yeah!” said Motohiro, Yūjirō, Hironobu, Junya, Kōhei, Kazuki and the leaders of different braveheart groups in Tokyo as they’re leaving the Tiger’s Den to play basketball at the rooftop of the Tiger Residence, which they have the sports gym including a couple of basketball courts. The leaders of different braveheart groups in Tokyo have recalled their memories as they have remembered their encounter with the Generation of Miracles. It’s so nice that they have recalled their memories because they don’t want to forget their moments that they have and of course, they’re more blessed and inspired that they become friends with them. Hopefully, once they’ll be planning to meet with each other again, they’re going to shine together with happiness because miracles will always happen in Tokyo.

[ENDING: Kuroko's Basketball The LAST GAME ED Single: Glorious days by GRANRODEO]​

UP NEXT: A Special Message from Ai Miyashita
 
A Special Message from Ai Miyashita

Hi, everyone! This is Ai Miyashita of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club and I’ll be sharing about the three braveheart leaders in the Tokyo Bay, composed of Kōji Hanagata (the leader of the Bravehearts of Minato), Yukihiro Nakayama (the leader of the Bravehearts of Takanawa) and Shunichi Ōikawa (the leader of the Bravehearts of Kōtō. Now, in case you’re wondering about what’s going on, you already known about the three braveheart groups when it was explained by Yu Takasaki last month and of course, today, it’s my turn to share about the three braveheart leaders that run their braveheart groups in Tokyo Bay. Hopefully, you’ll have some love to know about this group because not only you’re gonna see what they were looked like and how their impact made their hometowns in Minato and Kōtō getting bloomed and prospered with their hopes and dreams. So, before I’ll explain this, I’ll define the meaning of a braveheart leader. A braveheart leader means ‘the person who leads a braveheart group’ and of course, there are a lot of leaders that run different braveheart groups allow over the country, which is why they have their own ambitions to ascend with, especially that they have their own opportunity to get closer to their friends and allies on their side by developing their friendship further. In Tokyo, there are a lot of names that they have been recognized to lead a braveheart group such as Yoshitaka Akimoto (Chiyoda), Tsunehisa Honjō (Bunkyo), Kenichirō Ōmiya (Shibuya), Keishi Ichiyama (Shinjuku) and Akihiro Akasaki (Shinagawa), but of course, you’ll never forget that there are the three braveheart leaders that are coming from the Tokyo Bay, composed of Kōji Hanagata (Minato), Yukihiro Nakayama (Takanawa) and Shunichi Ōikawa (Kōtō). Of course, they have all appeared in today’s update, which is the sixth omake of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts! That’s right, everyone! Those three guys have been very special with each other due to the fact that they have worked together since childhood. Their first meeting was way back when they were little as they have started playing basketball together in a small basketball court in Shiodome. At that time, they have their own history of being friends when they have ambitioned themselves to run the place in the future through different dreams and now, they have finally made their dreams come true when they have formed their respective braveehart groups with Kōji creating the Bravehearts of Minato, Yukihiro forming the Bravehearts of Takanawa while Shunichi establishing the Bravehearts of Kōtō. For Kōji, he had a dream of building his own hotel business once he grows up, but he had also become interested in being a basketball player. He’s considered an ambitious braveheart with tender care and ambivalence that made himself determined to live up with his dreams. For Yukihiro, he had an ambition of becoming a business leader through negotiation because he makes agreements with his friends for good friendship. Of course, he’s the smartest braveheart with a lot of IQs that he got when he entered middle school and he never stop grinding on his studies! And for Shunichi, he wanted to own a restaurant with his colleagues, so that they’ll be able to make it more harmonious because he liked to entertain everyone, especially that he made a lot of puns about food. He would be looked like a charismatic braveheart because not only that he’s generous to everyone, but he lives like an innocent person to prosper for his community. The three of them have used to get along with each other numerous times and they have become close together very quickly, thus, the three became instrumental of making their friends and allies bring thrilled with smiles and joys because they want them to be blessed and inspired. Of course, they have also become friends with our school idol club, which is why the three braveheart groups ended up being friends with us where the Bravehearts of Minato became associated with Ayumu Uehara, Kasumi Nakasu, Shizuku Ōsaka, Setsuna Yūki, Rina Tennōji and Yu Takasaki, the Bravehearts of Takanawa became associated with yours truly, Emma Verde and Shioriko Mifune while the Bravehearts of Kōtō became associated with Karin Asaka, Kanata Konoe, Mia Taylor and Lanzhu Zhong. We used to organize collaborative activities to give everyone the thrills that they have and they’re prospered enough to make us shined and delighted. I’m sure that you want us to be happy to shine with us because you’ll be more determined to have some love to thrill for us! Last but the least, the three guys have made their promise that one day, they’ll create their future to innovate, so that they’ll be able to bloom and prosper their community with prosperous smiles and endless thrills for sure! I hope that you liked this one because it makes me feel thrilled that you’ll love this one and you’ll be indulged to have a smile in your face to make yourself delighted! Now, that’s all for this sharing and I’m very delighted that you have been there to read that special omake, which means that I’m very proud of you with some love that you’ll never miss! Anyway, one thing to say before I’ll close this postscript message is that on behalf of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone including my loyal fans out there to make yourself joyful to cap off the year 2021! Until then, I’ll see you next time when me and my fellow club members from the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club will be featured in a future update and keep thrilling with joys and smiles to shine, everyone!
- Ai Miyashita (CV. Natsumi Murakami)

UP NEXT: Red Section-Chapter 102: “Witnessing the Secrets of the Blue Ace of Fukuoka” [Last Update for the Year 2021]

It’s been a while that I had finally made an omake that is related to the leaders of the braveheart groups in Tokyo and it’s so fantastic that I have finally done it in a week where I started it nearly a month ago last November 29 (Wednesday) and ended last December 3 (Friday). I’m very satisfied that I made this because it made me back to the memories when I watched Kuroko’s Basketball because that’s the anime that I generally liked it due to the characters are more special to name it including Tetsuya Kuroko, Taiga Kagami and Seijūrō Akashi. Of course, the setting for this omake is the events after the movie Kuroko’s Basketball THE LAST GAME, which was released four years ago, and that’s why I wanted to make this omake something that will add some twist out there because that’s the part where Kōji, Yukihiro and Shunichi have met the main characters of Kuroko’s Basketball without Taiga, who had left Japan to go back to the United States, which was stated at the end of the movie. I liked that that idea because it will be a first thrill for the braveheart boys to meet the Generation of Miracles as they wanted to recognize them as they’re unstoppable and formidable to run high school basketball in a different level. As a result, this becomes the setting to make this omake more focused on ambitions and dreams for everyone where their encounter would become the setting of making the three ready to show their pride, courage and willpower when they’re running their teams at the same and it’ll be amazing that those three will be ready to make bigger expectations for their current season, which will about to begin with the Interhigh prefectural tournament by June.;) Hopefully, it’s going to be amazing for the leaders of different braveheart groups in Tokyo to remember their memories when they have met the Generation of Miracles, so that they’ll be ready to shine themselves like how they did to prove that they’re here to run themselves to create the future for sure!:)

Now that I have posted this omake, it’s so nice that I have worked that after I had started to plan on this back in July before the 2020 Summer Olympics and supposedly, I want to include Subaru Hasegawa to take part of it, but I don’t want too many braveheart leaders to appear and so, I decided to live down to just those in Tokyo Bay and its neighboring areas around it. Instead, not only that it will be the trio of Kōji, Yukihiro and Shunichi, but guys like Yoshitaka, Tsunehisa, Kenichirō and Akihiro will be there in the omake. For Subaru, I decided to make him ‘mentioned’ in that update even he didn’t appear though, thus it will be a citation for him, so that he will not be missed by his fellow leaders when they have their conversation about him.;) Another twist that I did is that I decided to give the members of the Brave Suns Shiodome their first appearance after they were listed in the connection of circle of Kōji, which it also included Kazuaki Matsunami, the cousin of Ai Miyashita (CV. Natsumi Murakami) of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club from Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club. It will be more shining to make their first appearance to get along with Kōji and his boys, thus I’m very satisfied with that as well!;) Lastly, a lot of secrets have been made, especially when the boys have worked together in the Tokyo Summer Circuit, which is why these secrets have been more intrigued to see and so, they’re all considered Easter eggs, so that these will be remembered as fun facts that hadn’t happened before. It feels great that the sixth omake is all about the brotherhood and ambition and I hope that you’ll be able to remember for yourself, so that the boys will always be blessed and inspired for sure!:) Anyway, there’s one more update remaining to cap off the year 2021 and that would be the next update of the Red Section Series where you’ll witness both Subaru Hasegawa and Kazuhiro Hatakenaka as they’re having a practice together while the Blue Verdant Fukuoka will be preparing themselves to face the Taniyama United Roses in the quarterfinals of the Ōta Blue Wind Cup. You’re going to see Subaru helping Kazuhiro on his defense, so that Kazuhiro will finally get some improvement when it comes to defending against his opponents in the court. Hopefully, you’re all excited to witness this because it will be fantastic to cap off the year 2021 with one more update, so that we’ll be moving on to the year 2022 with another year of blessing and prosperity to create with!:) I’ll see you on December 29 (Wednesday) for the last update for the year 2021 of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts and also, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, everyone!:)
 
Now, it’s time to end the year 2021 with one more update as this time, we will be heading back to the ward of Ōta where it will be focused on Subaru Hasegawa, the leader of the Bravehearts of Ōta, and Kazuhiro Hatakenaka, the leader of the Bravehearts of Fukuoka. In this year’s yearend update, you will witness their special friendship while having a practice together for the upcoming match between the Blue Verdant Fukuoka and the Taniyama United Roses, a community group based in Kagoshima that is part of the Bravehearts of Kagoshima, in the quarterfinals of the Ōta Blue Wind Cup. This is the part where you will take a glimpse at Kazuhiro’s special skills as he is proving himself to be the Blue Ace of Fukuoka. You’re going to see him shining with his moves to make sure that he is gonna create his own moment to groove. Now, if you’re ready to make him thrilled and delighted, then you’re in luck because here comes the 102nd side chapter of the Red Section Series, which is also the last update for the year 2021, with the title, “Witnessing the Secrets of the Blue Ace of Fukuoka”! Enjoy reading the 102nd side chapter of the Red Section Series!:)

SIDE STORY: “RED SECTION STORIES
CHAPTER 102: “WITNESSING THE SECRETS OF THE BLUE ACE OF FUKUOKA

Date: May 8, 2010 (Saturday)

This side story is focused on Subaru Hasegawa and Kazuhiro Hatakenaka as they are having a practice together at one of the outdoor basketball courts before the quarterfinal match between the Blue Verdant Fukuoka and the Taniyama United Roses, a community group based in Kagoshima that is part of the Bravehearts of Kagoshima.

At Central Park in the Misawa Resort Hotel, Subaru, Kazuhiro and their friends are walking on their way to visit the Outdoor Basketball Court #1, the venue for the quarterfinals match of the Ōta Blue Wind Cup between the Blue Verdant Fukuoka and the Taniyama United Roses.

Team Hasegawa-Hatakenaka: Subaru Hasegawa, Aoi Ogiyama, Kazunari Uehara, Banri Kashii, Satsuki Kakizono, Tae Mishōji, Ayame Shionji, Aoba Wakayama, Misaki Natsukawa, Kazuhiro Hatakenaka, Masayo Hirayama, Naruhisa Yahagi, Kenta Saeki, Natsuko Kurosawa, Junko Tomioka and Seiichi Kitagawa
Blue Verdant Fukuoka: Takuma Yamamoto, Shōichi Nishimura, Akihisa Takemoto, Akitoshi Hiranaka, Norio Kusakawa, Shinya Matsunami, Fumiya Yagura and Toshinori Koga

“So, Kazuhiro-kun, is your team ready for your next match in the Ōta Blue Wind Cup?” asked Subaru.

“Yep! My boys are looked good that they’re all pumped up and have their energies being restored” said Kazuhiro.

“Oh, that’s good! It looks like you and your friends are getting prepared to show some firepower in the court like how you did last night” said Subaru.

“You guys should be ready to have your strategies set because your next opponents will be different than the last time you have faced” said Aoi.

“The Taniyama United Roses are very good in making fast-paced strategies with their acceleration and stamina” said Kazunari.

“Their leader Tsuyoshi Matsushita, who is also the leader of the Bravehearts of Kagoshima, had been a good shooter to light it out through the speed of light” said Banri.

“He and his teammates are so solid that they have been dominant in fast breaks” said Satsuki.

“You have to be more careful on them because they could take you and your teammates out so easily” said Tae.

“Yeah, I agree with that, guys, but one of the members of the Blue Verdant Fukuoka can handle this” said Kazuhiro.

“Who?” asked Subaru and his friends.

“His name is Shinya Matsunami” said Masayo.

“He’s a skilled two-way player who can stop offensive players that are good on making fast breaks” said Naruhisa.

“He played as the back-up shooting guard in our varsity team and he’s just a first year high school student” said Kenta.

“Shinya had showed his way to shine with his dazzling moves ever since he had done that in middle school” said Natsuko.

“He’s a one tough showstopper as he had been able to break down his opponents through the speed of his own” said Junko.

“It will be amazing that he’s gonna prove to those guys that he can stop through his own blur” said Seiichi.

“Oh, I see! I never thought that you had a teammate who can stop opponents’ fastbreaks!” said Subaru.

“Your team must have different players with their abilities to shine it up” said Aoi.

“I have to say that your guy must be determined and energetic to stop fastbreaks all the way” said Kazunari.

“That guy had been more of a defensive-minded player because he can cut down his opponents’ speed through matching with his own speed” said Banri.

“He would be looked like Mitsuhiro Nagakura and Seiichirō Yoshioka” said Satsuki.

“But in a better version of them” said Tae.

“He’s always coming out to show his mind, body and hustle to make sure that he will dazzle with his own moves” said Ayame.

“That guy is so amazing that he can do whatever it takes to make himself stronger with his own aura” said Aoba.

“He will be great to come off from the bench to shut his opponents down” said Misaki.

“Yeah, you got that right, guys! My teammates have bestowed upon me when they impressed me during the tryouts on my first year in Kashii Gakuen, which was dated back in my first year in middle school. I had groomed myself to be part of Kashii Gakuen’s instrumental roster and I will keep this up no matter what through my willpower” said Shinya Matsunami, a first year high school student from the Kashii Gakuen High School and a member of the Blue Verdant Fukuoka. He’s also a member of the Kashii Gakuen High School boys’ basketball team.

“Well, you should be ready for today because you had a mission to do” said Kazuhiro.

“Of course, Kazuhiro-sama! I will do my best to beat those guys from Kagoshima with my own strength” said Shinya.

“Good luck with that, Shinya-kun. You should be ready to represent for Kazuhiro’s team” said Subaru.

“Since you have been more devoted to him, you should make him proud” said Kazunari.

“That way, he will be ready to bless you with his own blessings” said Banri.

“Yes, I will, guys!” said Shinya.

“Hey, look, guys!” shouted Takuma Yamamoto, a second year high school student from the Kashii Gakuen High School and a member of the Blue Verdant Fukuoka. He’s also a member of the Kashii Gakuen High School boys’ basketball team.

“There is that outdoor basketball court!” said Shōichi Nishimura, a second year high school student from the Kashii Gakuen High School and a member of the Blue Verdant Fukuoka. He’s also a member of the Kashii Gakuen High School boys’ basketball team.

“Yep! That’s what we’re gonna stay for our match, guys!” said Kazuhiro.

“We should start warming up together, so that we’re all set for our match” said Naruhisa.

“We will show those guys from Kagoshima that we’re all here to run this court together!” said Kenta.

“Yeah!” said the members of the Blue Verdant Fukuoka.

Subaru, Kazuhiro and their friends would finally enter the Outdoor Basketball Court #1 where they will stay there for the entire morning. While Kazuhiro and his friends are removing their warm-up shirts due to them wearing their jerseys, Subaru, Aoi and Masayo are observing them through their eyes.

“I have been grateful that Kazuhiro and his boys are looking forward to seize another day as they will be taking on the Taniyama United Roses” said Subaru.

“They know about the strengths and weaknesses of their opponents after watching their last game, which means that they’re going to do something different than the last one” said Aoi.

“Yes, that’s right, guys! Their next match would be different because it’s going to be a serious challenge for them as they will be clashing them for stamina and acceleration. Although Kazuhiro was an all-around player, he has a weakness of his own” said Masayo.

“What is it, Masayo-san?” asked Subaru.

“He’s not good in stopping players while they’re on a fast break because he can only guard them in a quick step. That’s why he had to keep an eye on them if he wants to stop them by breaking their fastbreak one at the time. He had done that many times when he was in elementary school and middle school, but in high school, he had only done a few times” said Masayo.

“Oh, we see that point, Masayo-san” said Subaru and Aoi.

“So, that’s one of the weaknesses of him when he was using his defense against guys are good in fastbreaks” said Subaru.

“They can easily let him down in a quickest way, but he should lend his guys to stop them no matter what!” said Aoi.

“Yes, he would. Say, Subaru, are you good in letting your opponents’ fastbreak down?” said Masayo.

“Well, kind of, but of course, I do! I’m a playmaker with terrific skills!” said Subaru.

“That’s great! Maybe, you can help him out to improve his defense. What do you say?” said Masayo.

“Okay, Masayo-san. I’ll give it a try!” said Subaru.

“Alright! Now that’s what I want to see because I think that you can make Kazuhiro getting better with his defense against fastbreaks getting improved” said Masayo.

“Sure, I can, Masayo-san!” said Subaru.

“I think that it’s a good idea, Subaru! Should Kazuhiro getting better on defense against fastbreaks, then he will groove his way to shine to stop his opponents’ fastbreaks for sure!” said Aoi.

“Yes, you’re right, Aoi-san!” said Subaru before leaving to meet up with Kazuhiro, who had just finished tying his athletic shoe. “Hey, Kazuhiro-kun!”

“Oh, there you are, Subaru-kun! Why are you here?” said Kazuhiro.

“Uh… would you mind if I can help you?” asked Subaru.

“Help you what?” replied Kazuhiro.

“I will help you improve your defense when you’re facing against a fastbreak” said Subaru.

“Well, that sounds good to me, Subaru-kun, I didn’t know that my matchup is a very good shooter with strong stamina and acceleration” said Kazuhiro.

“Of course, he was. That’s why I will help you out, so that you can stop your opponent without hesitation” said Subaru.

“Okay!” said Kazuhiro.

A few seconds later, the members of the Blue Verdant Fukuoka are starting their warmup exercise by doing the all-around shooting in their half-court while Subaru and Kazuhiro are using the other half-court for the latter’s warmup exercise.

“Now, since you’re not good at stopping opponents while they’re on a fastbreak, then I’m going to you the steps on how to stop them” said Subaru.

“Okay, Subaru-kun, what do you got?” asked Kazuhiro.

“The first thing that you have to do is to look at your opponent through your eyes. You have to be more vigilant if you want to stop him through force” said Subaru.

“I see. I know that you’re good at those, but I’m not more focused on that” said Kazuhiro.

“Oh, I guess so, but if you want to make your opponents’ fastbreak broke down, then you have to be more consistent in stopping them by using your acceleration to set up a trap on that person” said Subaru.

“‘Set up a trap on that person’? Well, this one should be something that I can’t handle before” said Kazuhiro.

“Yep! In order to make that opponent losing his fastbreak, then you should run better to stop that guy. Of course, you have to be careful while you’re running because there’s a chance that you might hurt your foot” said Subaru.

“Yeah, I agree with that, Subaru-kun. I used to run the court when I was holding the ball and I’m feeling great when I have either passed or shot the ball because I’m very good in ball handling” said Kazuhiro.

“Then, you have to be mindful in trying to stop an opponent by targeting that guy who held the ball, so that you will have a chance to lay a trap on that guy. I used to do that when I had battled against my opponents, so that they got fall under my trap. That would be easily enough to make your opponents scared of your defense” said Subaru.

“Okay, I get it now. I should keep an eye on my matchup if I want to stop that guy all along. I think that your steps made me thrill to do that, to be honest” said Kazuhiro.

“Yes, you are, Kazuhiro-kun. I’ll give you an example, so that you should work on this on your own” said Subaru.

“Okay!” said Kazuhiro.

Subaru calls out Kazunari and Banri to play a little round of basketball. He called a two-on-one situation where he is battling against both Kazunari and Banri in the half-court. Subaru would miss his shot before Banri grabs the ball for the rebound. Then, when Banri passes the ball to Kazunari, Subaru would quickly run to stop Kazunari from running in the court. Kazuhiro would finally remember that because he should have done that before, even he is playing as a small forward.

“See, that’s what I did to make my opponent fell under my trap. You should give it a try” said Subaru.

“Well, I’m going for it!” said Kazuhiro.

When Kazuhiro joins with Subaru, Kazunari and Banri in the half-court, the play would be set. Subaru would miss the ball by forcing himself to make three-point shots before Banri grabbed the ball with the rebound.

“Now, you have to keep an eye on the ball before you will target your opponent” said Subaru.

“Okay, Subaru-kun!” said Kazuhiro.

“There it comes!” said Subaru while seeing Banri passing the ball to Kazunari.

“I’m gonna stop you!” said Kazuhiro as he’s running through Kazunari, who was running quickly while grabbing the ball. Then, Kazuhiro would guard Kazunari by forcing a stop on the latter.

“That’s it! I’m surprised that you’re guarding him even you’re a small forward!” said Subaru.

“Yes, I believe so!” said Kazuhiro.

“But in a different situation like this, you have to be mindful in waiting for your opponent to grab the ball and run through the court before you can stop him through your own acceleration. If you can beat that guy from Kagoshima with that, then you’re in good shape to hold off that guy” said Subaru.

“Of course not, Subaru-kun! But how may I supposed to stop him because his stamina and acceleration are very strong. I might not be able to stop him as soon as I can” said Kazuhiro.

“Hmmm… that’s what I want you to overcome this, Kazuhiro-kun. You’re an all-around player with a lot of abilities that you can do in the court, but there are some weaknesses that you have to overcome those. One thing that you have to remember is that you need to observe your opponents before you’ll make up a plan. I used to do that when I had watched some videos of different teams and I analyzed those all by myself. That way, my team can handle those in no time. You should not worry about it because you’re the Blue Ace of Fukuoka. You can do this” said Subaru.

Kazuhiro had finally realized that not all-around player can do a lot of plays to shine with as he had to face some challenges that should be done at all. “Yes, I agree, Subaru-kun.”

“Are you sure?” asked Subaru.

“Well, I’m agreed with your kind words, but I mean, I have to improve some of the tendencies that aren’t good at all. Maybe, I can unleash my aura to make sure that I can do anything to shine, but in a situation like this, I have to be more confident in coming up of a plan to stop it” said Kazuhiro.

“And by means of?” queried Subaru.

“The quick stop play” said Kazuhiro.

“Huh?” surprised Subaru, Kazunari and Banri.

“You know this?” asked Kazunari.

“Yeah, that’s what my senpai Masataka Yoshikawa did it to me when I was new to the high school varsity team. He taught me some moves to improve my defense when it comes to stopping fastbreaks. Subaru-kun, I can do this!” said Kazuhiro.

“Whoa! Wait a minute, Kazuhiro-kun. Did you say that you had some help from a player that is ahead of you?” said Subaru.

“Yes, of course! Masataka and Yoshitarō Fukutani are very good in showing their stupendous plays in the court like they’re running the court without losing their willpower. They know that they have to make their moves, in order to get it done by showing their finishing moves like the way it should be. I should have used that if I had battled against a strong two-way player like Tsuyoshi” said Kazuhiro.

“Then, why don’t you give it a try when we’re doing this practice, Kazuhiro-kun?” asked Kazunari.

“Yeah, you should be more determined to put all the stops against that guy later on!” said Banri.

“Yes, I should!” said Kazuhiro.

“Okay, then, let’s have one round to see if it works!” said Subaru.

“Okay!” said Kazunari, Banri and Kazuhiro.

Subaru, Kazunari, Banri and Kazuhiro would start practicing together in hoping for Kazuhiro to improve his defense when it comes to stopping fastbreaks. The goal for Kazuhiro is to master his stamina and acceleration in putting the stops against any opponent who is better than him when it comes to both categories. When Kazuhiro and Kazunari square off against each other, Kazuhiro would use his eyes to keep an eye on Kazunari before setting a trap on Kazunari by running quickly on him to make sure that the fastbreak will be broke down. After that, he would guard him through his aura.

“Alright, that’s good, Kazuhiro-kun! Another round!” said Subaru.

“Okay!” said Kazuhiro.

Kazuhiro started to work on his way to make his defense getting better by running with his stamina and acceleration. He had to use his quick feet ability to boost his chances of running very quickly when facing against his opponents.

“Kazuhiro had finally started to learn something new!” said Aoi.

“I can’t believe that he’s getting better on defense!” said Satsuki.

“Thanks to Subaru’s training, he can finally take down his opponents’ fastbreaks in a quicker way!” said Tae.

“That’s right, girls! Kazuhiro hadn’t done that before even he was trained by his fellow teammates that are on the higher level as him. He knew that he had a way to break down the fastbreak by showing his stamina and acceleration to make sure that they will fall under his trap” said Masayo.

“He had been bad on defense against fastbreaks, despite he’s very good in stopping his opponents when it comes to finishing moves, but he’ll definitely gonna make impact when he’s about to break down his opponents’ fastbreak” said Natsuko.

“Like you’re going to create a pattern to stop that guy with your beat” said Junko.

“I’m sure that it’s going to be his new form if he had worked out with this special training because unlike his teammates, Kazuhiro had been missing one thing that he had: fastbreak breakdown. He had to be smart in stopping his opponents while they’re on a fastbreak, so that he can trap them by either guarding against him all by himself or call his teammate to double team that person. That way, he’s gonna improve his defense to elevate himself in being an all-around player with better perimeter defense” said Seiichi.

“Oh, I see that point, Seiichi. I can’t believe that the perimeter defense is Kazuhiro’s weakest link!” said Aoi.

“He had been sucked on stopping his opponents from outside the paint” said Satsuki.

“But he should be able to make an impact in beating those guys through his aura when powering up his defense” said Tae.

“I have to say that Kazuhiro must show his perimeter defense to his opponents, so that he will be able to shut them down with authority” said Ayame.

“It should be great enough for him to take them on notice because he’s better not to be aggressive than being assertive” said Aoba.

“He will do whatever he wants as long as he’s already unleashing his aura for sure!” said Misaki.

“Yeah, we agree!” said Masayo, Natsuko, Junko and Seiichi.

“That’s why it will be much better for him to get stronger on perimeter defense and that’s why some guys have to learn something new to improve one of the your weakest points as you will overcome those with your aura being glowed onto your body” said Masayo.

“It will lead to a brand new move that you will finally gonna use where you will have a chance to elevate yourself in taking your opponents on notice” said Natsuko.

“Any braveheart can do that as soon as they’re already building their momentum in a blessed way” said Junko.

“Hopefully, Kazuhiro will finally show what he had done to his opponents later on because he’s the Blue Ace of Fukuoka” said Seiichi.

“Of course, he will, guys! There’s going to be a newer version of him because he’s about to elevate himself to his own game!” said Aoi.

“Nothing can stop him now once he’s finally getting better on his defense!” said Satsuki.

“He’s not gonna give up willpower now!” said Tae.

“Yeah!” said Masayo, Natsuko, Junko and Seiichi.

As the training continues, Kazuhiro was able to have his acceleration getting better when he had to form a fastbreak breakdown on Kazunari. When Kazunari was getting tired from being guarded by Kazuhiro, he finally uses his hand signal to stop the training.

“Okay, Kazuhiro, I can’t take it anymore!” said Kazunari.

“So, you give up?” asked Kazuhiro.

“Yeah, I give up” said Kazunari.

“That’s it for now, guys!” said Subaru as he calls out Kazunari, Banri and Kazuhiro to meet with each other. “You did a great job, Kazuhiro-kun! I’m so happy that you’re looking better with your acceleration and perimeter defense getting improved!”

“Yep! I’m feeling great with my defense is improved! I should finally unleash my aura with this one!” said Kazuhiro.

“Of course, you are, Kazuhiro! You’re looking better than the way you are in the previous matches” said Kazunari.

“You should be more prepared in taking everyone on notice with your acceleration and perimeter defense because you can shut them down all you want!” said Banri.

“Yes, I will! I’m going to show this to my teammates now!” said Kazuhiro.

“Yes, you should!” said Subaru.

“You better make your teammates being surprised, thanks to Subaru’s special training!” said Kazunari.

“They know that you’re ready to stop Tsuyoshi!” said Banri.

“You got it!” said Kazuhiro as he would meet up with his teammates, who have just finished their warmup exercise at the same time. “Hey, guys! I got some good news!”

“What is it, Kazuhiro-kun?” asked Naruhisa.

“What good news?” added Kenta.

“Subaru had just taught me a new move to stop my opponent for our game!” said Kazuhiro.

“Oh! So, that’s the reason why you left us to train on your own, Kazuhiro-kun” said Naruhisa.

“You’re seemed to be serious about your matchup with Tsuyoshi, which means that you want to prove to him that he’s better than him” said Kenta.

“Yep!” said Kazuhiro.

“Well, to be honest, Kazu-kun, that Tsuyoshi guy is way different than your previous opponent because this guy had been very good in transitioning his fastbreak to an easy finish” said Takuma.

“Maybe, you want him to not get easy on you since you’re less threat to him” said Shōichi.

“Yes, I believe so, but this guy can’t stand a chance against my new move where I called it the ‘Blue Blur Breakdown’ where I can use my stamina and acceleration to prevent my opponents on transiting fastbreaks, which I can finally call you guys to stop them no matter what” said Kazuhiro.

“Oh, okay, we understand about that” said Naruhisa, Kenta and the members of the Blue Verdant Fukuoka.

“I believe that you’re gonna prove him that you’re going to take him on notice because you felt like you have been challenged by him” said Naruhisa.

“Which means that it might be a challenge for you to stop that guy” said Kenta.

“That guy from Kagoshima is very serious and assertive, I tell you, Kazuhiro” said Takuma.

“You should be ready to have your stamina and acceleration getting better to take him down” said Shōichi.

“However, one problem is that not only Tsuyoshi will be your matchup, but his teammates are very strong too” said Akihisa Takemoto, a second year high school student from the Kashii Gakuen High School and a member of the Blue Verdant Fukuoka. He’s also a member of the Kashii Gakuen High School boys’ basketball team.

“Maybe, you can singlehandedly take down those guys one by one if you can unelash your aura to stop them” said Akitoshi Hiranaka, a second year high school student from the Kashii Gakuen High School and a member of the Blue Verdant Fukuoka. He’s also a member of the Kashii Gakuen High School boys’ basketball team.

“That way, it will be good enough to show that you’re the unstoppable Blue Ace of Fukuoka” said Norio Kusakawa, a second year high school student from the Kashii Gakuen High School and a member of the Blue Verdant Fukuoka. He’s also a member of the Kashii Gakuen High School boys’ basketball team.

“It will be amazing that you’re the alpha dog in Fukuoka” said Shinya.

“Well, I definitely could do that, but I want you guys to do the same thing if we can beat the Taniyama United Roses” said Kazuhiro.

“But how?” asked Naruhisa.

“I will give you an example of this” said Kazuhiro before calling out Fumiya Yagura, a first year high school student from the Kashii Gakuen High School and a member of the Blue Verdant Fukuoka, to be his assistant for his demonstration. “Come on out, Fumiya-kun! Dribble and run!” Fumiya is also a member of the Kashii Gakuen High School boys’ basketball team.

“Okay, Kazuhiro!” said Fumiya as he’s going to run while dribbling the ball. Kazuhiro is feeling calm as he’s about to unleash his move.

“I wonder what Kazuhiro will gonna do with this” said Shinya.

In one second, Kazuhiro would use his acceleration to stop Fumiya from running through him. Kazuhiro uses his aura to guard Fumiya.

“Wow! He had stopped Fumiya…” said Shinya.

“…with one defensive stop!” said Toshinori Koga, a first year high school student from the Kashii Gakuen High School and a member of the Blue Verdant Fukuoka. He’s also a member of the Kashii Gakuen High School boys’ basketball team.

“I can’t believe this!” said Akihisa.

“He’s showing us on how to stop a guy through his acceleration and perimeter defense” said Akitoshi.

“That one is beautiful! We can do that as well!” said Norio.

“Yes, you should, Norio-kun. That’s why we should be ready to stop those guys, so that we’ll prove them that we’re here to run this place!” said Kazuhiro.

“Yeah, we agree!” said Naruhisa, Kenta and the members of the Blue Verdant Fukuoka.

“We know that we’re strong and formidable to take down our opponents with our auras” said Naruhisa.

“But we will be ready to unleash our firepower to make sure that we’re shining with our fantastic moves!” said Kenta.

“It’s going to be amazing that we’re gonna have a good match against those guys from Kagoshima, but it’s more intensifying to see our captain Kazuhiro getting better with his acceleration and perimeter defense being improved” said Takuma.

“We’ll always be there to take care of business and advance to the semifinals of the Ōta Blue Wind Cup” said Shōichi.

“Yeah, for sure!” said Kazuhiro.

The members of the Blue Verdant Fukuoka would gather together with Kazuhiro, Naruhisa and Kenta as they’re about to do their chant.

“Let’s feel the breeze and intensity for today’s game, guys! When I say ‘Blue Verdant Fukuoka’, you say ‘Fight!’” said Kazuhiro.

“Okay!” said Naruhisa, Kenta and the members of the Blue Verdant Fukuoka.

“One, two, three, Blue Verdant Fukuoka…” said Kazuhiro.

“…Fight!” shouted Naruhisa, Kenta and the members of the Blue Verdant Fukuoka.

“There he goes, guys! They’re ready for this!” said Subaru.

“Yep! They’re prepared for their match!” said Kazunari.

“It’s about time for them to show their firepower to make sure that they’re ready to take over the court for sure!” said Banri.

“Yeah, you got it, guys! It’s going to be fantastic that Kazuhiro is ready to prove to Tsuyoshi that he’s the Blue Ace of Fukuoka as he’s going to unleash his own aura to take him on notice!” said Subaru.

“Yeah!” said Kazunari and Banri.

Later, the game between the Blue Verdant Fukuoka and the Taniyama United Roses would commence with the former getting their firepower being paid off big time as they commanded a lead against the latter during the first half.

One scene, when the score is 40-23 with 3:23 left in the second quarter, Naruhisa would miss the three-point shot as his shot was contested by Kentarō Atsuzawa. Atsuhiko Yoshimoto would grab the ball for the rebound before giving the ball to Tsuyoshi Matsushita. As Tsuyoshi runs through the other side of the court, Kazuhiro would come out of nowhere to stop Tsuyoshi while calling out Shinya for the double team.

“Crap! They caught me!” growled Tsuyoshi Matsushita, a second year high school student from the Suzumida Gakuen High School and the leader of the Bravehearts of Kagoshima.

“You’re nowhere to go, Tsuyoshi-kun!” said Kazuhiro.

“We intercept you!” said Shinya.

“Oh, yeah! Nice play, Kazuhiro!” said Masayo.

“That was so beautiful!” said Natsuko.

“You’re on fire now!” said Junko.

“Attaboy!” said Subaru.

“That’s what I like to see!” said Aoi.

“Now, let’s take him down together!” said Kazuhiro.

“You got it!” said Shinya.

Tsuyoshi tries to get out of his way from both Kazuhiro and Shinya, but Kazuhiro had continued to lock him down to make sure that he can’t escape. Even he made his double move, Tsuyoshi missed the jump shot, thanks to Kazuhiro’s improved perimeter defense.

“I’ll take this!” said Kenta as he grabs the ball for the rebound.

“Nice job, guys! Keep it up!” said Seiichi, who is also acted as the manager of the Blue Verdant Fukuoka.

“Okay!” said Kazuhiro, Naruhisa, Kenta, Takuma and Shinya.

“Show some firepower!” said Subaru.

“Yes, we will, Subaru-kun!” said Kazuhiro, Naruhisa, Kenta, Takuma and Shinya as they are doing their fastbreak play where Kenta passes the ball to Shinya through a quick pass. Then, Shinya uses the double move against Harunobu Kurobe before giving the ball to Kazuhiro, who would shoot the ball with his three-point shot to bank it in.

“Alright, nice three, Kazuhiro-kun!” said Subaru.

“That fastbreak had been paid off!” said Kazunari.

“It’s so awesome that you guys are on fire now!” said Banri.

“I’m so glad that they’re running like they used to be!” said Aoi.

“They know that it’s their time to shine as they are proving themselves to be the dominant team in the city of Fukuoka” said Satsuki.

“They will always unleash their power to make their firepower lighting out no matter what!” said Tae.

“Yeah, we agree with that!” said Masayo, Natsuko, Junko and Seiichi.

“Kazuhiro and his teammates are definitely looked formidable when it comes to their principles of pride, courage and willpower” said Masayo.

“As they’re here to run the place with authority by showing their dazzling moves to shine” said Natsuko.

“It’s so great that they have taken control that situation because they’re grooving their way to stop Tsuyoshi and his teammates through their own strategy” said Junko.

“They’ll continue to do this, so that they’ll be able to prove themselves that they’re very good at it! When they’re going to win this game, I’m gonna make them so proud!” said Seiichi.

“Yeah!” said Subaru, Aoi, Kazunari, Banri, Satsuki and Tae.

“Okay, boys! Let’s keep it going!” said Kazuhiro.

“Yeah!” said Naruhisa, Kenta, Takuma and Shinya as the members of the Blue Verdant Fukuoka are continuing their dominance in their game against the Taniyama United Roses. Kazuhiro had finally learned his way to take down his opponents’ fastbreak by improving his stamina, acceleration and perimeter defense, so that he would become a threat to perimeter defense aside from being a skilled all-around player. It’s very awesome to see Kazuhiro getting better as he was able to shine his defense to make sure that he can lay his opponents a trap to lock them down with his aura. Kazuhiro had always proved himself to be the Blue Ace of Fukuoka as he’s ready to shine his way with his dazzling moves to prove that he’s more of a phenomenal prospect in Fukuoka.

UP NEXT: Profile of the Blue Verdant Fukuoka and the Taniyama United Roses
 
Now that I have posted today’s update, Red Section-Chapter 102: “Witnessing the Secrets of the Blue Ace of Fukuoka”, I’ll cap off the year 2021 with one more profile to go as this time, it will be two groups, composed of the Blue Verdant Fukuoka and the Taniyama United Roses. For the first group, the Blue Verdant Fukuoka is one of the mainstream groups of the Bravehearts of Fukuoka and co-led by the trio of Kazuhiro Hatakenaka, Masayo Hirayama and Naruhisa Yahagi. Not only they have been interested in basketball, but they have also used to visit fast-food restaurants and listening to music, especially J-pop. And on the other hand, the Taniyama United Roses is one of the mainstream groups of the Bravehearts of Kagoshima and co-led by the trio of Tsuyoshi Matsushita, Kiriko Ueshima and Seijirō Takazawa. They have been interested in fishing, visiting gardens and karaoke while they are considered the friendliest friend group in Kagoshima due to their friendship being developed longer since childhood.

Blue Verdant Fukuoka: Kazuhiro Hatakenaka, Masayo Hirayama, Naruhisa Yahagi, Kenta Saeki, Natsuko Kurosawa, Junko Tomioka, Seiichi Kitagawa, Fumitaka Uesugi, Masaki Takasago, Arisa Furihata, Genta Tsujimoto, Kōsuke Takizawa, Takuma Yamamoto, Shōichi Nishimura, Akihisa Takemoto, Akitoshi Hiranaka, Norio Kusakawa, Shinya Matsunami, Fumiya Yagura and Toshinori Koga

Blue Verdant Fukuoka
Kazuhiro Hatakenaka: August 31 / 2HS / Kashii Gakuen HS

Masayo Hirayama: November 17 / 2HS / Kashii Gakuen HS
Naruhisa Yahagi: October 6 / 2HS / Kashii Gakuen HS
Kenta Saeki: May 4 / 2HS / Kashii Gakuen HS
Natsuko Kurosawa: March 29 / 2HS / Kashii Gakuen HS
Junko Tomioka: December 20 / 2HS / Kashii Gakuen HS
Seiichi Kitagawa: December 1 / 3MS / Kashii Gakuen MS
Fumitaka Uesugi: September 30 / 3MS / Kashii Gakuen MS
Masaki Takasago: February 7 / 1HS / Kashii Gakuen HS / Brother of Norimasa Takasago
Arisa Furihata: May 13 / 1HS / Kashii Gakuen HS
Genta Tsujimoto: January 14 / 1HS / Kashii Gakuen HS
Ryōtarō Makihara: December 8 / 1HS / Kashii Gakuen HS
Kazuhisa Nakagawa: July 25 / 1HS / Kashii Gakuen HS
Kōsuke Takizawa: September 3 / 3MS / Kashii Gakuen MS
Takuma Yamamoto: April 24 / 2HS / Kashii Gakuen HS
Shōichi Nishimura: February 26 / 2HS / Kashii Gakuen HS
Akihisa Takemoto: June 5 / 2HS / Kashii Gakuen HS
Akitoshi Hiranaka: July 19 / 2HS / Kashii Gakuen HS
Norio Kusakawa: March 18 / 2HS / Kashii Gakuen HS
Shinya Matsunami: January 22 / 1HS / Kashii Gakuen HS
Fumiya Yagura: December 23 / 1HS / Kashii Gakuen HS
Toshinori Koga: May 17 / 1HS / Kashii Gakuen HS


Taniyama United Roses: Tsuyoshi Matsushita, Kiriko Ueshima, Seijirō Takazawa, Manabu Himekawa, Erina Fukuyama, Toshimi Yoshikawa, Shōhei Haramatsu, Junichirō Hiroike, Kengo Takeguchi, Mitsunori Hisamoto, Takeshi Furue, Atsushi Nodake and Junya Toyosato

Taniyama United Roses
Tsuyoshi Matsushita: February 26 / 2HS / Suzumida Gakuen HS
Kiriko Ueshima: May 29 / 2HS / Suzumida Gakuen HS
Seijirō Takazawa: April 14 / 2HS / Suzumida Gakuen HS
Manabu Himekawa: November 10 / 2HS / Suzumida Gakuen HS
Erina Fukuyama: September 17 / 2HS / Suzumida Gakuen HS
Toshimi Yoshikawa: June 18 / 2HS / Suzumida Gakuen HS
Shōhei Haramatsu: August 2 / 2HS / Suzumida Gakuen HS
Junichirō Hiroike: March 31 / 2HS / Suzumida Gakuen HS
Kengo Takeguchi: October 9 / 2HS / Suzumida Gakuen HS
Mitsunori Hisamoto: January 28 / 2HS / Suzumida Gakuen HS
Takeshi Furue: July 12 / 2HS / Suzumida Gakuen HS
Atsushi Nodake: December 5 / 2HS / Suzumida Gakuen HS
Junya Toyosato: May 13 / 2HS / Suzumida Gakuen HS


UP NEXT: Red Section-Chapter 103: “Playing a Game of Billiards with Sakuya and Her Relatives” [First Update for the Year 2022]

Kazuhiro had been one of the phenomenal young players in Japan ever since he had started his career and he had changed the game of basketball through his dazzling and terrific moves. He had also started to improve himself on defense with the help of Subaru, so that he’ll be able to clamp down his opponents through his own force. It’s so nice that Kazuhiro had started to have a special training with Subaru as they have been able to work on their way out to make sure that Kazuhiro is ready to get phenomenal in taking down his opponents on notice. It’s so nice that those two have worked together ever since they have been closed with each other for a long time and so, they have continued to develop their friendship through the fullest. Hopefully, they’ll keep it up to make sure that they’ll be able to prosper with each other through their smiles for sure!:) Now that’s how you cap off the year 2021 with one more update that is focused on both Subaru Hasegawa, the protagonist of the anime Ro-Kyu-Bu!, and Kazuhiro Hatakenaka as this was a follow-up chapter after Red Section-Chapter 100 ten days ago. It’s so great that those two have been able to get along with each other not only for basketball, but for their friends on their side, so that they’ll be able to bless and inspire everyone.;) Hopefully, I’ll be delighted to post another update that is related to those two next year, so that it will be amazing to see their friendship getting developed for more as soon as I have more ideas to shine with!:) The next update will be focused on Sakuya Matsukawa, the cousin of Tomoka, as she will hang out with her friends at the game room in the Recreational Center at the Misawa Resort Hotel before she will be called by her siblings to invite her to a billiard game against her cousins. You already recognized Sakuya before when she had last time appeared in Extras 11 of Volume 8, Part 2 and of course, you’ll thrilled to see her back again for an update that will be all about her!:D Get ready to witness her for the first time since Volume 8 as she’s here to bless and shine for you in the first update of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts for the year 2022!:) With three more days to go to end the year 2021 as we’re about to enter the year 2022 on January 1, 2022 (Saturday), I hope that you’ll have prosperous joys to bless and shine with everyone in this forum and wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!;) I’ll see you on January 2, 2022 (Sunday) for the first update of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts for the year 2022 and also, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, everyone!:)

UP NEXT: A Special Message from Emma Verde
 
A Special Message from Emma Verde

Hi, everyone! This is Emma Verde of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club and I’ll be sharing about the connection circle of Sachie Ishihara, a member of the Bravehearts of Minato. You already known about the connection circles of different members of the Bravehearts of Minato, which also includes Moeko Higashikuni, shared by Kanata Konoe, and Yuika Shinozaki, shared by Setsuna Yūki, and of course, this one will be more blooming because it’s all about Sachie, an adored and compassionated girl from Minamiazabu. Before I’ll explain this, I’ll tell you about how the connection circle would be like, so that you’ll be able to remember those for yourself when my fellow club members will explain about the connection circle of a certain member of the Bravehearts of Minato. So, the connection circle is a special circle group that is exclusively to Minato and its neighboring areas where one member of the Bravehearts of Minato is connected through friend groups and allies that have been made and how they have developed their friendship with them. Since this one will be all about Sachie, then get ready to bloom yourself when you’ll see something fascinating on her connection circle. Anyway, Sachie had been a strong and confident girl that showed her compassion and charisma to her friends, especially that she became admired by her close ones including Ruriko Hosoda and Yasue Ichikawa. When it comes to her friend group, the Shower Green, she had been very close to them as they have been able to grow their friendship since they’re little and one of her close friends in Masaya Izuki is the closest friend to her because he was able to guide her to show her aura to gleam as well as working together in different activities such as group assignments and outdoor activities. They have been interested in visiting gardens and palaces including the Tokyo Imperial Palace, which they have been surrounded by gardens around the area. They were also interested in hanami viewing during spring because it’s a sign of prosperity and harmony for them to shine themselves, so that they’ll be able to create their future together. Meanwhile, she would also become friends with Akari Himekawa and Nono Nakamachi, the cousin of Ayumu, Azusa and Amane Uehara, because they have been interested in one of her hobbies, which is ceremonial tea party. On the other hand, Sachie had become a friend of Sana Ishiyama, who was the cousin of my close friend Emi Yamakawa and the leader of the Ishiyama Vernal Flower, because they have been known with each other occasionally through café visits in Odaiba. Sana is first year high school student from the life design course and she had been interested in making sweets and pastries, especially that she had collaborated with Haruka Konoe, the sister of Kanata during after-school stuff. Sachie and Sana have the same interests in harvesting flowers and making vegetable sandwiches and of course, they have also liked to play basketball a few times because Sana is also athletic as well! I’m very delighted to see Sachie getting along with her friends on her side as she had been able to make them comforted through her rainbow heart, so that she’ll be able to keep developing her friendship with them! I’m happy to tell you that Sachie will take care of everything because she’ll be compassionated to bless everyone, so that she’ll make you feel happy for sure! After Sana, the next connection circle that our school idol club will be sharing about will be Ayame Murakami, which will be explained by Ai Miyashita and it will be posted on January 12, 2022 (Wednesday), which will be two weeks from now. I hope that you’re ready to see another connection circle that will be shared by another member of our school idol club and of course, you have to be prepared to see this when Ai will be sharing about the connection circle of Ayami as it will be the same as Sachie’s but more of the motivating side. So, get ready to make yourself comfortable and thrilled to see this connection circle update with your smile that you’ll never miss because this one will be blooming and harmonious to see for sure! To cap this off the year 2021, on behalf of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, may wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone! Until then, I will see you next time when we’ll meet each other again and keep yourself complimented and thrilled through your smile, everyone!
- Emma Verde (CV. Maria Sashide)
 
After two months, I’ll be updating the progress meter to see how Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts doing in its recent days to cap off the year 2021.

Red Section Series (As of December 30, 2021)
Drafts Made: 137 (composed of 135+2 Specials (Birthday Update 3 and Omake 6))
Posted in This Forum: 104 (75.9%)
Yet to be Posted in This Forum: 33 (24.1%)
Drafts to be Written: 11

Anyway, I’ll see you on January 2, 2022 (Sunday) for the first update for the year 2022 of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts and also, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, everyone!:)
 
Before kicking off the year 2022 with a brand new update of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts, I would like say a ‘Happy New Year’ to everyone in the Anime-Sharing Forum as this forum continues to shine for more with a lot of people enjoyed visiting this site every day and hopefully, it will continue to flourish for the year 2022. Now, it’s time to start off with the character birthdays that will be celebrating to kick off for the year 2022. Yesterday, New Year’s Day, on January 1, 2022, it was a double birthday celebration as it was the birthdays of Dia Kurosawa of Aqours form Love Live! Sunshine!! and the Takenaka twins from Ro-Kyu-Bu! Dia is a member of Aqours and AZALEA, composed of her, Kanan Matsuura (CV: Nanaka Suwa) and Hanamaru Kunikida (CV: Kanako Takatsuki), and the older sister of Ruby Kurosawa (CV: Ai Furihata). She was once a diehard fan of µ’s before she, alongside Kanan and Mari Ohara (CV: Aina Suzuki), had formed Aqours, which she was able to name it in the past before passing it on to Chika Takami (CV: Anju Inami), who formed the same name with the rest of their members. Thus, she was the actual organizer of Aqours as she had named that group in the first place and she had organized plans to make Aqours doing well. Initially, when the first incarnation of Aqours was disbanded, she had ended up hiding her enthusiasm about school idols after she, Kanan and Mari have separated until she was convinced by Chika and the others to join Aqours during its second incarnation, which she accepted. She scolds and corrects the other members by saying her catchphrase “Bubbū desu wa!” By the way, Dia is one of my favorite characters of Love Live! Sunshine!! because I like her personality of being calm and passionate, although she had shown an occasional spoiling side. Of course, the rest of Aqours are my favorites too, making Aqours being my favorite school idol group alongside the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club!;) On the other hand, the Takenaka twins, Tsubaki and Hiiragi, were members of the Keishin Academy Elementary School girls' basketball team and known for tricks in trying to make their opponents being confused or feared by their sneaky moves. Then, tomorrow (January 3) will be the birthday of Haruko Saeki of Hoshimi Production and Sunny Peace from IDOLY PRIDE. Haruko is a member of the Hoshimi Production and Sunny Peace and the oldest member of those groups as she is 20 years old. She had graduated from the Hoshimi Private High School and is currently attending the Seiyō Gakuen Private University. Haruko had been cool when she started her idol career a few years ago, but she is a hard worker who had been doing well for a long time. Dia is voiced by Arisa Komiya, Tsubaki is voiced by Minami Tsuda and Hiiragi is voiced by Aya Suzaki while Haruko is voiced by Nao Sasaki. In a coincidence, only Arisa and Anju Inami are the only member of Aqours who didn’t have a music career as of now with almost the entire group have their own music careers since Love Live! Sunshine!! had been very popular due to the presence of their group’s hometown in Numazu. Belated happy birthday to the three of you, Dia and the Takenaka twins, and advanced happy birthday, Haruko!:) Now, for the seiyu birthday corner, it will be divided into two sections: New Year’s Eve birthday celebrants, which they celebrated their birthdays on December 31, and 2022 birthday celebrants, which they celebrated their birthdays from New Year’s Day (January 1) onwards. Of course, this new update will be dedicated to Riho Sugiyama, Maki Kawase, Yukari Anzai, Satomi Akasaka, Mariko Nagai and Rie Tanaka. For the New Year’s Eve birthday celebrants, they were Riho, Maki and Yukari while Satomi, Mariko and Rie are the three seiyus to celebrate her birthday at the start of the year 2022 with Satomi’s birthday is today (January 2) while Mariko and Rie’s birthday will be tomorrow (January 3).:) Born in Hokkaido, Riho is the voice actress of Minare Koda (Wave, Listen to Me!) and the Vice President of the Nijigasaki Academy High School Student Council (Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club; second season will be released in three months). Coming out from in Chiba, Maki is a member of FranChouChou of Zombieland Saga as she is the voice actress of Junko Konno. She is also the voice actress of Yakumo Saotome (Val × Love), Yuna (Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear; second season will be released very soon) and Tsukasa Kiryū (THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls). Hailing from Fukushima, Yukari is a Taiwanese Japanese voice actress who voiced Momo Minamoto from RELEASE THE SPYCE. She is also the voice actress of Miharu Yomine (CUE!, representing AiRBLUE and AiRBLUE Wind) and Tiara (Lapis Re:LiGHTs, representing LiGHTs). Born in Saitama, Satomi is a voice actress and former singer that was formerly part of Roselia as she was the voice actress of Rinko Shirokane from BanG Dream! before being replaced by Kanon Shizaki. However, she had recently appeared in the two-party movie BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia to reprise her role as Rinko due to her being the original member of that group.;) Aside from Rinko, she’s the voice actress of Makoto Ohno from Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater, Shiizaki from Date a Live, Reina Suzaki from Wake Up, Girls!, Youna Aragaki from Harukana Receive and Rio Kurotori from Muhyo and Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation, Grace from Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song. Coming out from Kanagawa, Mariko is a member of Hōkago Climax Girls as she's the voice actress of Juri Saijō from THE IDOLM@STER Shiny Colors. And on the other hand, hailing from Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Rie is a voice actress and singer and famously known as the voice actress of Neptune (Hyperdimension Neptunia), Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke (Strike Witches) and Kiriko Himeko (IDOLY PRIDE). Hopefully, those six will continue making progress of their voice acting careers as they’re ready to shout and dive their way to show their voices to make themselves thrilled.;) Belated happy birthday, Riho, Maki, Yukari, and happy birthday, Satomi, Mariko and Rie!:) Now, it’s time to kick off the year 2022 with a brand new update of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts featuring Sakuya Matsukawa, the cousin of Tomoka Minato!:)

It's the year 2022 and a brand new update of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts is now coming to your way as we’re going to witness a returning character to appear in this update in Sakuya Matsukawa, the leader of the Fuchsia Samurais of Chōfu and the cousin of Tomoka Minato and Junichi Kamisaka. In case you missed her in her last appearance, dated back on August 2, 2020 in Extras 11 of Volume 8, Part 2, Sakuya had recently joined the Rainbow Angels, the extended group of the Family of Angels, but before this one had happened, today’s update will be very special for her as she, her siblings and her fellow cousins are having fun at the game room of the Recreational Center, located in the Misawa Resort Hotel, on the final day of the Fuchsia and Celadon Week as they are playing billiards together. You will see what Sakuya and her siblings do when they will face against their cousins from the Matsukawa clan in a round of billiards to see who proves better in that sport. I hope that you’re very excited to see Sakuya back to Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts because it’s been a long time that you missed her since her last appearance and now, she is ready to return to the series to make sure that she will shine while representing for both Matsukawa and Minato clans. Get ready to witness this intense and thrilling match-up as here comes the first update for the year 2022 and the 103rd side chapter of the Red Section Series with the title, “Playing a Game of Billiards with Sakuya and Her Relatives”! Enjoy reading the 103rd side chapter of the Red Section Series!:)

SIDE STORY: “RED SECTION STORIES
CHAPTER 103: “PLAYING A GAME OF BILLIARDS WITH SAKUYA AND HER RELATIVES

Date: May 8, 2010 (Saturday)

This side story is focused on Sakuya Matsukawa and her friends from the Fuchsia Samurais of Chōfu as they are enjoying their day at the game room with her fellow cousins.

At the game room, which is located at the Recreational Center, Sakuya Matsukawa and her friends are busy playing kart game while her siblings and cousins are playing billiards. The cousins of Sakuya are composed of Sakiko Matsukawa, Koharu Matsukawa, Kayo Matsukawa, Shōhei Matsukawa, Sukemasa Matsukawa, Kunihiro Matsukawa, Kirara Matsukawa and Kasumi Matsukawa while the siblings of Sakuya is composed of Sakie, Shunichi and Saaya.

Fuchsia Samurais of Chōfu: Sakuya Matsukawa, Takayuki Ishiguro, Fumika Yonezawa, Anju Futori, Tsukiko Tsuda, Akira Asakura, Yuka Okuma, Satsuki Haraguchi and Yorishige Komatsu
Relatives of Sakuya Matsukawa: Sakie Matsukawa, Shunichi Matsukawa, Saaya Matsukawa, Sakiko Matsukawa, Koharu Matsukawa, Kayo Matsukawa, Shōhei Matsukawa, Sukemasa Matsukawa, Kunihiro Matsukawa, Kirara Matsukawa and Kasumi Matsukawa


“I’m gonna beat you, Sakuya-san!” said Takayuki Ishiguro.

“No, you won’t, Takayuki-san!” said Sakuya Matsukawa, the cousin of Tomoka Minato and Junichi Kamisaka.

“Come on, Sakuya-san, you can do it!” said Fumika Yonezawa.

“Show him that he’s not getting easy on you!” said Anju Futori.

“That guy is strong, but I hope that you can him in no time!” said Tsukiko Tsuda.

Sakuya and Takayuki are running neck-on-neck in the arcade game of kart race, but at end of the final lap, it was Sakuya taking the victory over Takayuki.

“Alright! Sakuya had won the race!” said Fumika.

“She had been able to survive past Takayuki!” said Anju.

“That last lap was so intense!” said Tsukiko.

“It made me feel thrilled to see Sakuya got the last laugh over Takayuki” said Akira Asakura.

“Nothing can stop Sakuya now because she’s not losing her willpower!” said Yuka Okuma.

Sakuya and Takayuki would remove their helmets after the race is over, which Takayuki had impressed Sakuya on the way she had gotten past him.

“Wow! I can’t believe that you’re still not giving up, even I’m trying to beat you!” said Takayuki.

“Well, you should have, but I’m always using my charisma to keep my confidence for myself. You should do the same thing if you want to beat me in your next try” said Sakuya.

“Yeah, I understand that” said Takayuki.

“Sakuya-san! That was a great win!” said Fumika.

“Yep! I’m not losing this race every time I had played this arcade game! It relaxed me a lot when I had to focus on the road” said Sakuya.

“Of course, you did! You should rest for now if you don’t want to play that game for too long” said Fumika.

“You should give your friends a chance to play” said Anju.

“Yeah, I agree with that, Anju-san! Would it better that it would be Akira, Yuka, Satsuki and Yorishige playing that game while the four of us will have a rest for now?” said Sakuya.

“Hey, that’s a great idea!” said Fumika.

“It will be great that we can take a break from that game in the meantime” said Anju.

“We should grab some water from the vending machine!” said Takayuki.

“Yeah!” said Sakuya.

While Akira, Yuka, Satsuki and Yorishige have played the arcade game of kart race, Sakuya, Takayuki, Fumika and Anju would go to the vending machine to grab some water.

“You know, Sakuya-san, I have to be more confident that you had been blessed since you had done a lot of things during the Fuchsia and Celadon Week” said Takayuki.

“Yeah, I guess so. Look, I had been able to participate at various activities including the seminar for the members of my own club, the student council. It’s so nice that I have been fascinated to look at the people of Ōta getting their smiles and joys being made to make sure that they will never their moments and of course, today is the last day of the Fuchsia and Celadon Week. I hope that this celebration will be more blooming with everyone shining their way to make Ōta something more of a blessed and harmonious community” said Sakuya.

“Yeah, we agree, Sakuya-san!” said Takayuki, Fumika and Anju.

“We should be ready to celebrate later tonight for the culminating event and then, we’ll witness the fireworks sparkling through the sky” said Takayuki.

“It will be amazing that we should gleam and shine while capping off this festivity where a lot of people will have their harmonious moments to create with” said Fumika.

“We should be very cherished to do the same thing because we’re a group of warriors. Right, Sakuya-san?” said Anju.

“Yeah!” said Sakuya.

“So, while it’s still morning with almost 12 noon, we can definitely look at your cousins on how they’re playing billiards” said Takayuki.

“They loved to play that sport because they have their own way to aim for the best shot” said Fumika.

“It will be good enough to see how they’ll apply to this when they’re growing up to adulthood” said Anju.

“Yeah, I agree! Also, we should be planning for lunch because my siblings have just ordered a pizza” said Sakuya.

“Oh, that should be good!” said Fumika.

“This makes me craved to that one!” said Anju.

“What flavor?” asked Takayuki.

“I’m not sure what they have ordered, but it’s going to be a surprise” said Sakuya.

“Ah, okay” said Takayuki.

“I see what they’re planning for our lunch, Sakuya-san” said Fumika.

“I hope that something is better than just ham and cheese” said Anju.

“Well, you’ll see about that once it’s arrived” said Sakuya.

“Okay!” said Takayuki, Fumika and Anju.

“Now, let’s go back to the game room and have some fun!” said Sakuya.

“Okay!” said Takayuki, Fumika and Anju as they alongside Sakuya are heading back to the game room.

Sakie Matsukawa, the older sister of Sakuya Matsukawa, would meet with Sakuya, Takayuki, Fumika and Anju as the former had asked her sister a favor. “Oh, there you are, onēchan! I need you a favor to ask you.” Sakie Matsukawa is a second year high school student from the Den-en-chōfu High School.

“Sure, go ahead” said Sakuya.

“I need you to team up with our siblings in a match against our cousins” said Sakie.

“Well, that one should be good enough for me to do this, Sakie-nee. I will do it!” said Sakuya.

“Oh, that’s great! Now, I can finally have a chance to team up with you!” said Sakie.

“Yeah!” said Sakuya.

“What’s going on out there?” confused Takayuki.

“Why are you here all of a sudden?” asked Fumika.

“You see, my siblings and relatives have played billiards because my older cousin Shōhei Matsukawa is very good at that sport. So, we decided to have some fun playing with it and now, he invited me and my siblings in a team play” said Sakie Matsukawa.

“Oh, I see that point” said Takayuki.

“I guess that this one is a challenge from your cousin” said Fumika.

“Sounds like this is going to be intense when Sakuya will be playing that sport. She hadn’t tried that before” said Anju.

“Yeah, I agree with that, guys! Sakuya and Saaya aren’t playing a single game of billiards yet because they didn’t know about that sport at all. However, it would be awesome if they can finally learn to play that sport” said Sakie.

“That’s right, Sakie-nee! I had seen you and your brother Shunichi playing with each other all the time and I had been determined to see you shining with your cues being played in. I would be happy if we can work together to defeat my cousins” said Sakuya.

“Of course not! We should be ready in a few minutes, onēchan!” said Sakie.

“Yeah, I’m ready for this!” said Sakuya.

Sakie would accompany Sakuya, Takayuki, Fumika and Anju to the billiard corner where the siblings and cousins of Sakuya have stayed there. Shōhei Matsukawa, a third year college student and the oldest cousin of Sakuya Matsukawa, had been confident that Sakuya will be playing billiards as well.

“Looks like your team is complete, Sakie-san. I think that this match should be set!” said Shōhei.

“Yep! Your team is strong, Shōhei-san, but mine is better!” said Sakie.

“Well, then, let’s see if you can beat us” said Shōhei.

“Yeah, you got that right!” said Sakiko Matsukawa, Koharu Matsukawa and Sukemasa Matsukawa. The three of them were all high school students from the Den-en-chōfu High School with Sakiko being a third year high school student, Koharu being a first year high school student and Sukemasa being a second year high school student. Sakiko and Koharu were siblings, but they also have a younger brother Kiyofumi, who is very busy at his booth in the central park. On the other hand, Sukemasa is the younger brother of Shōhei Matsukawa.

“So, Sakie-san, what are you planning?” asked Shunichi Matsukawa, a first year high school student from the Den-en-chōfu High School and the older brother of Sakuya Matsukawa.

“I think that I should go first before you, then, Saaya and Sakuya. That way, my two younger sisters will have a chance to play for the first time” said Sakie.

“Big sister’s right, oniichan! Me and Sakuya-nee aren’t playing that sport yet, but we want to be more confident if we can able to make our moves to score for a shot” said Saaya Matsukawa, a second year middle school student from the Higashi Chōfu Middle School and the second older sister of Sakuya Matsukawa.

“We want to have the same experience as yours, so that we will be able to master that sport after you have taught us the moves” said Sakuya.

“Okay, girls. Just focus on the ball if you want to aim for the best shot” said Sakie.

“Okay!” said Sakuya and Saaya.

“I’m pretty sure that they will know those moves, Sakie-san, after we taught them a few weeks ago because they have their own mind on trying to score a shot and so, it will be amazing that they will be ready to beat our opponents for sure” said Shunichi.

“Yes, they will. This is their first game for them, but they will be ready to get used to it if they want to win for our team” said Sakie.

“So, it’s going to be a one-game team battle, Sakie-nee?” asked Sakuya.

“Yep! It’s just one game, onēchan! After that, it will go back to just two-on-two battles” said Sakie.

“Ah, I see! Well, I can count on a team battle!” said Sakuya.

“See, she’s very excited right now, Sakie-san!” said Saaya.

“Yep! She had her own energy to motivate herself and hopefully, she’ll be ready to show how good she was even this is just her first game of billiards in her life” said Sakie.

“Just like you, Saaya-san! This is also your first game, so you have to remember the moves that you have from us” said Shunichi.

“Okay!” said Saaya.

“Is everyone ready for this exhibition game?” asked Kayo Matsukawa, a second year middle school student from the Niida Nishi Middle School and the cousin of Sakuya Matsukawa. She’s also the older sister of Nana Matsukawa.

“Yeah, we’re ready!” said Sakuya, Sakie, Shuinichi, Saaya, Shōhei, Sukemasa, Sakiko and Koharu.

“Now, let the game begins!” said Kayo.

“I wonder what she is up to for this game, girls” said Takayuki.

“She’s a beginner, Takayuki-san. She had learned to play billiards a few times while being mentored by her older siblings” said Fumika.

“As a result, she had learned some moves that she had remembered, but she doesn’t have her best skill yet” said Anju.

“Oh, I see that point. Maybe, she had to try hard if she can make a shot to let the ball roll to the pocket” said Takayuki.

“Yeah, I believe so. That’s exactly what it said in the rule of billiards. A player must shoot the ball to the pocket to progress to the next ball” said Fumika.

“And since it’s a 9-ball, the main target is to hit the ‘9’ ball to win this game” said Anju.

“Well, this should be easy for her, but I hope that she will do her best if she can make it to that ‘9’ ball” said Takayuki.

“Yeah, we agree!” said Fumika and Anju.

Kayo would ask both Sakie and Shōhei to play a game of rock-paper-scissors. “Now, play rock-paper-scissors to determine who goes first.”

“Okay!” said Sakie and Shōhei as they’re using their hands to play a game of rock-paper-scissors. “Rock, paper, scissors… shoot!” Sakie picks paper while Shōhei picks rock, which means Saki wins because paper beats rock.

“Alright, I’m going first!” said Sakie.

“Nice job, onēchan!” said Saaya.

“We have the advantage!” said Sakuya.

“That will make us feel good to score first!” said Shunichi.

“Yeah!” said Sakie.

Kunihiro Matsukawa, a first year high school student from the Den-en-chōfu High School and the cousin of Sakuya Matsukawa, would prepare the balls being placed in the poll and put the cue ball to the designated place. Kunihiro gives Kayo a thumbs-up while saying, “It’s all clear!”

“Great! Now, it’s time to see Sakie doing her first move!” said Kayo.

Sakie would use her cue to push the cue ball to the nine balls as they break themselves into different places, but no ball had hit the pocket.

“Wow! That’s amazing!” said Takayuki.

“She’s more like an amateur!” said Fumika.

“She’s so good!” said Anju.

“That was a nice shot, Sakie-nee!” said Sakuya.

“You looked good when you’re starting out this game” said Saaya.

“Yeah, sisters, but at least that it wasn’t too fast because the balls are secured in different places” said Sakie.

“Well, you’re a nice billiard player, big sister, but you didn’t hit some balls to the pockets though” said Shunichi.

“I guess so. Now, let’s see what my opponent does” said Sakie.

“Yeah” said Sakuya, Shunichi and Saaya.

Shōhei would see the ‘1’ ball on the middle of the billiard table, but the cue ball is near the two balls, which are ‘4’ and ‘6’. Shōhei would push the cue ball with his cue to make the cue ball roll on the ‘1’ ball, but that solid yellow ball didn’t reach the pocket.

“Shoot! It didn’t make it!” said Shōhei.

“That’s so close, brother!” said Sukemasa.

“It should have been counted, but your speed is not too moderate” said Sakiko.

“You have to maximize your speed further” said Koharu.

“Yeah, you’re right” said Shōhei.

“Now, it’s my turn to shoot!” said Shunichi as he is looking forward to shoot the ‘1’ ball to the hold. Shunichi would aim at the cue ball before pushing it with his cue. This allows the cue ball push at the ‘1’ ball and the ‘1’ ball had successfully hit the pocket, which means that he will have another round to shoot the next ball.

“Nice one, brother!” said Saaya.

“You’re doing great!” said Sakuya.

“Thanks, girls! It’s not so easy to do this shot, but you have to think carefully before you will hit one ball to force it to the pocket” said Shunichi.

“Okay!” said Sakuya and Saaya.

“Now, aim at the ‘2’ ball, oniichan!” said Sakie.

“You got it!” said Shunichi as he’s about to hit the ‘2’ ball by doing the same way like how he did to the ‘1’ ball earlier. Shunichi would push the cue ball with his cue stick to allow it to push at the ‘2’ ball. The ‘2’ ball would go down to the pocket to score the second score for his team.

“Wow!” surprised Kirara Matsukawa, a second year middle school student from the Higashi Chōfu Middle School and the cousin of Sakuya Matsukawa. She’s also the younger sister of Kunihiro Matsukawa.

“I can’t believe it! He’s outstanding!” said Kasumi Matsukawa, a first year middle school student from the Higashi Chōfu Middle School and the cousin of Sakuya Matsukawa. She’s also the youngest sister of Kunihiro Matsukawa.

“That guy is good at this!” said Kunihiro.

“Yeah, Kunihiro-san. He’s still young to play that sport, but he’s more talented with the way he hit those two balls” said Kayo.

“Of course, he was. I’m feeling surprised when he had done that without losing his force. He can do whatever he wants as long as he can do that on all balls” said Kunihiro.

“Well, I don’t know if he’s gonna make it the ‘9’ ball, we’ll see about that” said Kayo.

“Yeah” said Kunihiro.

Shunichi tries to hit the ‘3’ ball to make that ball going to the pocket, but he falls short as the ‘3’ ball had been stopped between the two pockets on the right.

“It’s so close, brother” said Saaya.

“You almost had it” said Sakuya.

“Yeah, but this is going to be tough on trying to hit that ball to the pocket. Just watch as Sakiko is trying to make it” said Shunichi.

Sakiko tries to capitalize this, but it didn’t do well as the cue ball pushes the ‘3’ ball, but it nearly make it to the pocket.

“Yeah, that’s right, brother. I guess that it’s our turn to seize it” said Sakie.

“Yes, of course!” said Shunichi before calling out Saaya to make the shot. “Saaya-san! Just go for it!”

“Okay, brother!” said Saaya as she’s making her way to aim for the ‘3’ ball.

“I wonder what she’s going to do, Fumika-san” said Takayuki.

“Well, I have to say that she’s gonna aim at that ball to make sure that the ‘3’ will be entering to the pocket” said Fumika.

“Oh, I get it. She must get that ball to make it a score and move on to the next ball” said Takayuki.

“That’s right! Now, let’s see if she can hit the right ball” said Anju.

“Yeah!” said Takayuki and Fumika.

Saaya would take a deep breath as she’s trying to make the cue ball pushing through the ‘3’ ball to send that red ball to the pocket. “Here goes nothing.” Saaya would push the cue ball with her cue slowly, so that the white will be hitting the ‘3’ ball and just expected, the ‘3’ ball goes to the pocket.

“Wow! You made it, Saaya-nee!” said Sakuya.

“You got it right!” said Shunichi.

“Fantastic job, onēchan!” said Sakie.

“Thanks!” said Saaya while giving her siblings a smile before moving on to the next ball. The ‘4’ pocket is just near the pocket through the left. “This should do the trick!” Saaya would hit the cue ball with her cue to move it to the ‘4’ ball, but that solid violet ball would not make it to the pocket as it was too far yet.

“Oh, that’s too bad” said Shunichi.

“She can’t make it” said Sakuya.

“But at least that I give it a try” said Saaya.

“That’s okay. We should make it in our next turn if our opponent can’t able to make that turn” said Sakie.

“Yeah” said Saaya.

“Now, it’s my turn to catch it up!” said Koharu as she’s ready to push the cue ball with her cue to make sure that it will push the ‘4’ ball and roll its way to the pocket. She manages to make it perfect as she was able to let the ‘4’ ball going to the pocket to score the first shot for Shōhei’s team. “See, I told you that I can catch it up without my speed!”

“That girl is a great shooter, oniichan” said Sakie.

“Yeah, she’s totally pumped up when she’s pushing the balls to the pocket like that. She’s gonna looked better when she grows up” said Shunichi.

“Yeah, I agree!” said Sakie.

“Koharu must be more talented just like Shōhei-san, but she hadn’t done that too far because she had been taught by him a few times when he had a billiard session” said Saaya.

“I say that she can be like him if she can match her potential with him at some point. That way, she will be good enough to score wins as a billiards player” said Sakuya.

“As long as she wanted to be an amateur billiard player, she will do it for sure!” said Saaya.

“Yeah, I agree!” said Sakuya.

“Now, it’s time to hit the ‘5’ ball with my own shot!” said Koharu as she pushes the cue ball with her cue to make the cue ball pushing to the ‘5’ ball and that solid orange ball would roll into the ‘7’ ball, but both balls didn’t make it to the pocket.

“That’s almost a double decker, sister, but it didn’t good to go” said Sakiko.

“This is going to be tough for you to make those balls going to the pocket” said Shōhei.

“If you would have smart enough to take them quickly” said Sukemasa.

“Yeah, you’re right, guys, but I guess that this one would not be difficult to shoot” said Koharu.

“Yeah” said Shōhei, Sukemasa and Sakiko.

“Alright, it’s my turn to do it!” said Sakuya as she declares that it’s her turn to make the move.

“I hope that you will be able to make it, onēchan!” said Sakie.

“Remember what you have learned from our training a few weeks ago!” said Shunichi.

“You got this!” said Saaya.

“Okay, you got it!” said Sakuya as she’s holding her cue while concentrating on hitting the ‘5’ ball.

“Oh, my goodness! It’s her turn now!” said Fumika.

“That’s right! You can do it, Sakuya-san!” said Anju.

“Learn what you have done before in your training!” said Takayuki.

“Okay!” said Sakuya while giving Takayuki, Fumika and Anju an ‘okay’ sign.

“Is she gonna make it?” asked Sukemasa.

“I’m not sure if she’s gonna make it, but this is her first try in this game. She had never done something magical before” said Shōhei.

“Yeah, I guess so” said Sukemasa.

“She must be confident when she’s about to perform her own shot to make sure that she will score one” said Sakiko.

“But she’s just a beginner, onēchan. I believe that she will try to focus on the game if she wants to score one because she’ll be ready to groom herself” said Koharu.

“Yeah, I hope so, but we’ll see if she can make it” said Sakiko.

“As soon as she’s gonna make a move, I say that she will have one” said Shōhei.

“Yeah” said Sukemasa and Koharu.

Sakuya would place her cue near the white to ball to pull the trigger and it goes in as the cue ball would push to the ‘5’ ball, who in turn, would finally put down to the pocket.

“Oh, yeah! I got one!” said Sakuya while giving her siblings the ‘1’ hand signal.

“Alright!” said Sakie while Shunichi and Saaya are happy to see Sakuya getting her first point.

“Whoa! She did that that?!” shouted Takayuki.

“Are you kidding me?!” reacted Fumika.

“Of course, she was! She’s finally getting a shot that she wanted as she was able to hit ‘5’ ball to the pocket!” said Anju.

“Oh, wow! That’s so cool!” said Takayuki.

“I like this one!” said Fumika.

“Looks like she’s starting to satisfy this!” said Anju.

“I can’t believe it! She had shot one!” said Shōhei.

“That was beautiful!” said Sukemasa.

“That one was really good!” said Sakiko.

“She’s looking forward to be an amateur billiards player!” said Koharu.

“Yeah, I guess so, Koharu-san, but she’s already got her confidence that she’s gonna be like that once she’s good at that sport like I am” said Shōhei.

“That’s why we have some of our players who were good at that sport, but we can’t able to reach to the professional level” said Sukemasa.

“We have to keep it harder if we have worked hard to play better at that sport” said Sakiko.

“You’re right about that, guys! I hope that we will learn a lot of things from that sport before we might end up representing for future competitions to come. It will be awesome that we should get into those one day” said Koharu.

“Yeah!” said Shōhei, Sukemasa and Sakiko.

“That’s a nice shot, Sakuya-san!” said Shunichi.

“You’re doing great right now!” said Saaya.

“I’m so happy that you had been able to make that shot! You might have a promising career to be an amateur billiards player” said Sakie.

“Well, I could, but I’m just a beginner. I have to learn the basics on how to play hard in that sport. I would be confident that I can do this if I can master all of the techniques that I can glimpse on” said Sakuya.

“Yeah, you got that right, Sakuya-san!” said Sakie.

“Now, you better make the next shot” said Shunichi.

“Because the ‘6’ ball is coming up next” said Saaya.

“You got it!” said Sakuya as she’s ready to target the ‘6’ ball, so that she can make progress for her team. Sakuya would use her cue to aim at the cue ball before pushing it to allow the cue ball to push onto the ‘6’ ball, but it nearly makes it to the hall as it was so close to score another.

“Oh, that’s so close!” said Saaya.

“It almost made it to the pocket, but it didn’t get into it” said Shunichi.

“I guess that we have to wait for our opponent to miss that one” said Sakie.

“Well, it worth a try, but I’m fine with that” said Sakuya.

The next turn goes to Sukemasa as he’s trying to put the ‘6’ ball into the ball as the angle between the cue ball and the ‘6’ ball is far away from each other.

“That solid green ball is far away from the cue ball, but it’s almost there to reach that pocket. This should be a piece of cake!” said Sukemasa as he pushes the cue ball with his cue stick and the cue ball would push the ‘6’ ball to the pocket. When the ‘6’ ball went to the pocket, the cue ball would almost hit down to the ball, but it was stopped.

Shōhei, Sakiko and Koharu was relieved with a sigh after the cue ball had been stopped near the pocket.

“Whoa! That was so close!” said Shōhei.

“That would have been if that happen!” said Sakiko.

“Good thing that the cue ball is still standing though” said Koharu.

“See, I told you that this is more of a piece of cake! Now, I’m going to keep this up!” said Sukemasa.

“I can’t believe that he did that trick!” said Sakie.

“He was able to finish that ‘6’ ball with just one straight line!” said Shunichi.

“That guy is so good!” said Saaya.

“He’s not letting himself down just like I did!” said Sakuya.

“We’re down to 3 balls left as the ‘7’ ball is near the center left pocket…” said Kayo.

“…the ‘8’ ball is a few meters away from the ‘7’ ball…” said Kunihiro.

“…while the ‘9’ ball is just between the center right and bottom right pockets” said Kirara.

“This should be a challenge for both teams now that the six balls have been sent to the pockets. Any of them will be able to get it done for sure” said Kasumi.

“Yeah!” said Kayo, Kunihiro and Kirara.

Sukemasa would prepare his cue stick to give the cue ball some movement as he pushes it to the ‘7’ ball, but that maroon ball didn’t reach it and instead moving to the right.

“Ah, darn it! It didn’t make it!” said Sukemasa.

“That was so close too!” said Shōhei.

“Okay, it’s my turn to make that shot!” said Sakie as she’s taking her turn to try to put the ‘7’ ball to the pocket.

“Come on, big sister! You can do it!” said Shunichi.

“Yeah, make some impact!” said Saaya.

“Let’s go, Sakie-nee!” said Sakuya.

Sakie would push the cue ball with her cue before the cue ball moves the ‘7’ ball. However, it didn’t make it to the top left pocket though as it was so close.

Sakuya, Shunichi and Saaya groan in disappointment as Sakie’s moment had been stopped.

“Aw, man!” said Shunichi.

“It didn’t make it!” said Saaya.

“That’s not what I want to see though” said Sakuya.

Shōhei tried his best to put the ‘7’ ball to the pocket, but he failed to do so as the ‘7’ ball didn’t move while the cue ball was moving too far from that maroon ball.

“Wow! Not even Shōhei tried his best too” said Sakie.

“That means, it’s going to be difficult for all of us on how to put the ‘7’ ball out of the way” said Saaya.

“Yeah, I agree with that, Saaya-nee, but the question is: Can my brother do it?” queried Sakuya.

“Well, I don’t know about this, onēchan, but we’ll see about that” said Sakie.

Shunichi would push the cue ball with his cue stick to create movement on the cue ball. The cue ball finally gives the push on the ‘7’ ball and that maroon ball went to the pocket.

“Alright! He had done it again!” said Sakuya.

“My brother is so good at this!” said Saaya.

“Nice job, oniichan!” said Sakie.

“Thanks, guys! Now, I’m going to keep this up further!” said Shunichi as he’s now aiming at the ‘8’ ball, which is located in between the center left and center right pockets. Shunichi would give the cue ball a push once again as he moves onto the ‘8’ ball, who, in turn, would go to the pocket as he did it again.

“Way to go, brother!” said Sakuya.

“You did it again!” said Saaya.

“He’s on fire now!” said Sakie.

“Whoa! That was amazing!” said Takayuki.

“Sakuya’s brother had been dazzling all day to get it done!” said Fumika.

“That guy really deserved to get into the top list soon” said Anju.

“Yeah, we believe so” said Takayuki and Fumika.

“With the ‘8’ ball is now gone, only one more ball left to finish this game” said Kayo.

“That’s right, Kayo-san! Shunichi is now ready to close out this game if he can put the ‘9’ ball to the pocket with one last shot” said Kunihiro.

“Will he rally his way to finish off this game with a good shot to put the ‘9’ ball to the pocket…” asked Kirara.

“…or his opponents are hungry to get one if he missed his opportunity to win?” added Kasumi.

“We’re about to find out as here comes Shunichi!” said Kayo.

“He’s almost one ticket to win this game!” said Kunihiro.

Shunichi would take a deep breath as he’s trying to close it out with one more ball left behind. He would use his cue stick to take a maximum power as he’s aiming for the ‘9’ ball. The white would be moved from Shunichi’s cue stick, so that it will push on the ‘9’ ball. However, a few seconds later, the yellow stripe ball would almost make it to the pocket, but it didn’t push through.

“Ah, man!” said Sakuya and her siblings and cousins.

“Oh, that was so close!” said Sakuya.

“He almost made it!” said Sakie.

“He would have won that one!” said Saaya.

“Wow! He missed his chance of winning this game” said Takayuki.

“That means that his opponents will about to win this game” said Fumika.

“I hope that that they wouldn’t because Sakuya’s team will have another chance if he misses this” said Anju.

“Yeah, we believe so” said Takayuki and Fumika.

Sakiko is now taking her turn to seize the opportunity to win the game of billiards as she’s preparing her cue stick to hit the ‘9’ ball to the pocket and win the game. “Well, if he misses, then I’m going to win this one!” Sakiko would push the cue ball with her cue stick before pushing through the ‘9’ ball slowly, thus her opportunity got shattered.

“WHAT?! It didn’t make it?!” surprised Sakiko.

“That’s because the ball is too slow to push the ‘9’ ball, which means that the yellow stripe ball is not reaching the pocket yet” said Koharu.

“Oh, I see that point, onēchan. I should have gotten faster, but I’m not good enough to win this even I tried it though” said Sakiko.

“Well, you should have, but your speed is not good enough to push the ‘9’ ball a push” said Sukemasa.

“My brother’s right, Sakiko-san! I think that you should have accelerated that faster, so that you will win that one, but we’ll have to wait for our turn to come” said Shōhei.

“Yeah, I believe so, cousin” said Sakiko.

However, things didn’t turn out to be good in the next turns as Saaya and Koharu tried to hit the ‘9’ ball to the pocket, but they’re unsuccessful. Now, it’s Sakuya’s turn to finish it up as she’s trying to make the ‘9’ ball going to the pocket.

“Alright, siblings. I’m going to finish this. I know that the ‘9’ ball is currently a few meters away from the top left pocket, but I should get it done” said Sakuya.

“Well, two of us have tried our best to get that ball out of the billiard table” said Saaya.

“But it didn’t go in” said Shunichi.

“So, it’s up to you now, onēchan. You always got this and so, make it happen!” said Sakie.

“Okay, Sakie-nee!” said Sakuya.

“Good luck, Sakuya-san!” said Takayuki.

“All you have to do is win!” said Fumika.

“Just make that last shot to surprise us!” said Anju.

“You got it!” said Sakuya as she’s now preparing her cue stick to close out the game for herself. She would think herself through her mind while looking at the ‘9’ ball. “I have to win this game for my siblings. I have to do this.”

Meanwhile, the other members of the Fuchsia Samurais of Chōfu, composed of Tsukiko, Akira, Yuka, Satsuki and Yorishige, would meet up with Takayuki, Fumika and Anju as the five members have finished playing kart race.

“Oh, there you are, you three!” said Tsukiko.

“What are you watching?” asked Akira.

“We’re watching Sakuya ready to close out this game of billiards” said Takayuki.

“It’s her turn now to finish this one” said Fumika.

“So, don’t ruin her moment for us” said Anju.

“Okay, we will!” said Tsukiko, Akira, Yuka, Satsuki and Yorishige.

Sakuya would place her cue stick to the cue ball as she’s about to use her acceleration to give the cue ball a boost to push the ‘9’ ball to the pocket. She gently pushes the cue ball with a normal speed and the cue ball would move its way to push the ‘9’ ball. The suspense is coming as the ‘9’ ball is about to go down to the pocket and it successfully makes it just in time.

Sakiko, Shunichi and Saaya shout in unison after the sound of the ‘9’ ball had been heard when it reaches the pocket. “Alright, Sakuya-san! We won!”

“We won?” surprised Sakuya before getting herself a smile to celebrate with her siblings. “Oh, yeah! We did it, siblings!”

“That was a nice shot, onēchan!” said Sakie.

“That was so beautiful!” said Shunichi.

“I can’t believe that you have done it all for us!” said Saaya.

“Yeah, it’s all about the willpower that I have from my cousin Tomoka and Junichi. I know that I’m new to this sport, but I finally got it!” said Sakuya with a smile on her face.

“Yes, you are! You’re doing great to make us win this game!” said Sakie.

“Looks like you’re a great player to finish it off! I’m so proud of you!” said Shunichi.

“You’re awesome, Sakuya-nee!” said Saaya.

“Thanks, siblings! I’m very happy right now because it’s just a lucky day for me to get blessed, thanks to this one!” said Sakuya.

“You’re right about that, Sakuya-san!” said Takayuki.

“You did a terrific job to win the game for your siblings!” said Fumika.

“That last shot was more surprising, I tell you!” said Anju.

“Yeah, it’s so cool to close it out all by myself! I’m very blessed that I have done it because even though I’m just a beginner in that sport, I can feel the intense out there to finish this game” said Sakuya.

“Well, you sacrificed for us to make that winning shot, Sakuya-san!” said Tsukiko.

“I’m feeling delighted that you did it without losing your willpower” said Akira.

“You’re looked to be humble when you’re doing that move” said Yuka.

“It made me feel relieved that you have won this match” said Satsuki.

“So, we decided to give you a big smile for your victory. Right, guys?” said Yorishige.

“Yeah!” said the members of the Fuchsia Samurais of Chōfu.

“Thanks, guys! I knew that you guys have counted on me! I’m getting goosebumps already because it’s so awesome that this day is the best in the Fuchsia and Celadon Week!” said Sakuya.

“Yes, it is!” said Shōhei as he shows up alongside the other cousins of Sakuya to congratulate Sakuya’s team. “You’re outstanding, Sakuya-san! The way that you finished that ‘9’ ball off was totally surprising for us to see!”

“I have been impressed when you have done this and so, you’re doing a great job in finishing this off without a doubt!” said Sukemasa.

“I have to say that you’re going to become a real billiards player when you’re growing up” said Sakiko.

“It will be amazing that you’re gonna show your moves to take them out on course!” said Koharu.

“Well, I would be glad to become a real billiards player, but I’m very ambitioned on something else like I want to help the community to shine themselves with my smiles. I can occasionally play billiards if I want to, but I will try to keep it up until I’m good to go” said Sakuya.

“Oh, I see that point. You’re seemed to be generous with your ambitions to make sure that you don’t want to lose them at all” said Kunihiro.

“I think that you have high hopes when you’re playing that sport, Sakuya-san, because you’re good at this” said Kirara.

“It made me feel delighted that you have shined your way to make sure that you’re going to run this one” said Kasumi.

“Yes, I am, guys! I’m very determined to play billiards for my siblings and so, I can do whatever I want to make myself stronger” said Sakuya.

“Then, you have to keep it up until you’ll be able to get it done big time. You’ll be more of an amazing player to follow our cousins’ footsteps of becoming a billiard player one day” said Kayo.

“Yes, I will!” said Sakuya.

“That’s my Sakuya-nee! She’s feeling comfortable right now with her ambitions are looked to be promising!” said Saaya.

“Yeah, I agree with that, Saaya-san! I’m very compassionated that Sakuya will be looking forward to live up with her expectations, so that she will always be blessed without worrying herself” said Shunichi.

“It’s going to be amazing that she will dazzle her way to make her ambitious running with her own aura as she’s gonna show her pride and willpower to everyone on her side” said Sakie.

“She will be more generous to do her best if she can fulfill her dreams” said Takayuki.

“Because she will do whatever it takes to make herself comfortable with her ambitions” said Fumika.

“No matter what she will be bringing something prospered, she will show her smile to us for sure!” said Anju.

“Yeah, we agree!” said the members of the Fuchsia Samurais of Chōfu.

A few seconds later, Kiyofumi and Nana would appear to meet with their fellow cousins while bringing two boxes of pizza.

“Hey, guys! Special delivery!” said Kiyofumi Matsukawa, the cousin of Sakuya Matsukawa and the younger brother of Sakiko and Koharu Matsukawa. He’s a second year middle school student from the Higashi Chōfu Middle School.

“Two boxes of pizza coming right up!” said Nana Matsukawa, the cousin of Sakuya Matsukawa and younger sister of Kayo Matsukawa. She’s also a new member of the Shiromidai Elementary School girls’ basketball team.

“Alright! It’s pizza time!” said Sakuya and her cousins.

“Oh, I wanna go for that too!” said Takayuki.

“That one would be so delicious!” said Fumika.

“I’m down with that!” said Anju.

“Count us in!” said Tsukiko.

Sakuya giggles with her smile as she speaks to her friends from the Fuchsia Samurais of Chōfu. “You can come along with us because we have some lunch break that we have from my cousins!”

“Okay!” said the members of the Fuchsia Samurais of Chōfu as they start picking a slice of pizza.

“It’s so nice that your friends out there have fallen in love to eat a slice of pizza!” said Nana.

“Those guys must be blessed for you!” said Kiyofumi.

“Yes, they were! I’m always delighted to see them showing their compassion to me because they don’t want to let me down and so, I’m grateful enough to bless them” said Sakuya.

“Yeah, good for you to make your friends being blessed with your blessings!” said Kiyofumi.

“Of course, you’re more of a generous cousin after all!” said Nana.

“Yes, I am!” said Nana.

“Alright, guys, let’s have some lunch together at the game room, so that we’ll have some energy to make us feel good!” said Shōhei.

“Okay!” said Sakuya and her relatives and friends as they’re starting to eat their lunch together with their compassion and thrill. Sakuya had been a star of the billiard game as she was able to lead her team of siblings to a victory over her cousins, thus she was impressed by her cousins due to her willpower being paid off. It feels grateful for Sakuya to make sure that she will not let her relatives and friends down because she’ll be more confident to give them a smile that they need. Hopefully, she will continue to stay herself compassionated and generous as she will continue to fascinate herself to have a wonderful day for sure.

UP NEXT: Profile of the Siblings and Relatives of Sakuya Matsukawa
 
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I have previously introduced Sakuya Matsukawa, the leader of the Fuchsia Samurais of Chōfu and the cousin of Tomoka Minato and Junichi Kamisaka, to Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts in Volume 8 where she was revealed to be a former member of the Dragons of Ōta and now, she had become an associate of the Family of Angels through the Rainbow Angels, the extended group of the Family of Angels. She had been blessed by her siblings and relatives as they have already become close to her and they have made themselves prospered to live up with their dreams along with her. So, here is the profile of the siblings and relatives of Sakuya Matsukawa. The siblings of Sakuya are composed of Sakie, Shunichi and Saaya while notable cousins of Sakuya include Sakiko Matsukawa, Nana Matsukawa (a member of the Shiromidai Elementary School girls’ basketball team), Shōhei Matsukawa and Kunihiro Matsukawa.

Siblings and Relatives of Sakuya Matsukawa: Sakie Matsukawa, Shunichi Matsukawa, Saaya Matsukawa, Sakiko Matsukawa, Koharu Matsukawa, Kiyofumi Matsukawa, Kayo Matsukawa, Nana Matsukawa, Shōhei Matsukawa, Sukemasa Matsukawa, Kunihiro Matsukawa, Kirara Matsukawa and Kasumi Matsukawa

Siblings and Relatives of Sakuya Matsukawa
Sakie Matsukawa: September 16 / 2HS / Den-en-chōfu HS / Cousin of Tomoka Minato and Oldest Sister of Sakuya, Shunichi and Saaya Matsukawa
Shunichi Matsukawa: January 12 / 1HS / Den-en-chōfu HS / Cousin of Tomoka Minato and Brother of Sakuya, Sakie and Saaya Matsukawa
Saaya Matsukawa: May 25 / 2MS / Den-en-chōfu MS / Cousin of Tomoka Minato and Second Older Sister of Sakuya, Sakie and Shunichi Matsukawa
Sakiko Matsukawa: June 20 / 3HS / Den-en-chōfu HS / Cousin of Sakuya Matsukawa
Koharu Matsukawa: October 29 / 1HS / Den-en-chōfu HS / Cousin of Sakuya Matsukawa and Sister of Koharu and Kiyofumi Matsukawa
Kiyofumi Matsukawa: July 4 / 2MS / Den-en-chōfu MS / Cousin of Sakuya Matsukawa and Brother of Sakiko and Koharu Matsukawa

Kayo Matsukawa: December 13 / 2MS / Niida Nishi MS / Cousin of Sakuya Matsukawa
Nana Matsukawa: September 30 / 5ES-2 / Shiromidai ES / Cousin of Sakuya Matsuzawa and Sister of Kayo Matsukawa / Member of the Shiromidai Elementary School Girls’ Basketball Team

Shōhei Matsukawa: March 11 / Adult / Cousin of Sakuya Matsukawa
Sukemasa Matsukawa: August 8 / 2HS / Den-en-chōfu HS / Cousin of Sakuya Matsukawa and Brother of Shōhei Matsukawa
Kunihiro Matsukawa: May 2 / 1HS / Den-en-chōfu HS / Cousin of Sakuya Matsukawa
Kirara Matsukawa: November 13 / 2MS / Higashi Chōfu MS / Cousin of Sakuya Matsukawa and Sister of Kunihiro and Kasumi Matsukawa
Kasumi Matsukawa: February 24 / 1MS / Higashi Chōfu MS / Cousin of Sakuya Matsukawa and Youngest Sister of Kunihiro and Kirara Matsukawa


UP NEXT: A New Year Special Message from Setsuna Yūki
 
A New Year Special Message from Setsuna Yūki

Hi, everyone! This is Setsuna Yūki of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club and I would like to welcome you to the year 2022 where everyone expects to shine for a new year! The year 2021 had come to an end a few days ago and it was a good year for everyone including us as we have prospered together to make ourselves thrilled and confident with our smiles. Now, the year 2022 is getting bigger and better because this year, our anime will be returning for its second season by three months, which means that all fans of our school idol club must wait for the month to April to witness those again. Anyway, while we’re all preparing for our anime to return, I have to share something that will thrill you because you’re gonna like this one! So, the author had started to write two drafts that will be related to our school idol club, which the first will feature both Ayumu Uehara and Shizuku Ōsaka and the other will be focused on all of us except for Shioriko Mifune, Mia Taylor and Lanzhu Zhong. Then, he had a plan on writing a draft that will be focused on me and Kasumi Nakasu where we have gotten along with my allies at my home. This is the part where we talked about our secrets that we have and of course, I don’t want to spoil it too early, but I’ll give you a hint: our secret relationship that created our very own circle of friends. Hopefully, you’ll highlight this once our update will be posted very soon, so that you’ll see how our friendship with Kasumi had been developed inside and outside of our school idol careers. Then, there are three more planned updates that the author had been planning. These are (1) Ai Miyashita and Rina Tennōji have invited Chiharu Asano and Kana Mitsumori, both members of the Bravehearts of Takanawa, to a drawing activity to make faces in a board just like how the latter did through her Rina-chan Board; (2) Karin Asaka, Kanata Konoe and Emma Verde have visited the home of Kotoko Hachiuma, a member of the Bravehearts of Kōtō, to meet with Kotoko and her friends; and (3) Shioriko, Mia and Lanzhu have organized their activity with the friends of Shioriko as a purpose of promoting Shioriko’s school idol career. These will be planned as the author will expect to write those in a draft version before finalizing it and to be posted during the three-month span of the second season of our anime alongside the first three. So, you’ll better be prepared to see those for yourself with your thrill because it’s going to be more blooming and harmonious to see us appearing in the updates of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts after our last appearance, which was our fun and excitement at the Palette Park with Yuika Shinozaki and her friends. Hopefully, you’re all excited to shout, dive and shine with us, so that we’ll create our future to make the community shining above us! On behalf of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, have yourself a Happy New Year and until then, I’ll see you next time when we’ll meet each other again and keep us shine and smile, everyone!
- Setsuna Yūki (CV. Tomori Kusunoki)

UP NEXT: Red Section-Chapter 104: “Around the Circle of Friends of Azusa Kawase”

Sakuya had been enjoyed playing billiards with her siblings and relatives as she had been able to shine her way to lead her team of siblings to victory over her cousins. She had been blessed to her siblings and relatives because she had been very confident to them to make sure that they’ll not let her down at all. Of course, Sakuya had been admired by her relatives when she did the last shot in a billiards game to defeat her cousins, which means that she had been earned through her willpower. Hopefully, she’ll be ready to keep her motivation to stay herself compassionated and generous whether she’s with Tomoka and the Family of Angels or her friends and allies on her side for sure!:) I have to say that any cousin of Tomoka can make their moment to shine just like Sakuya and Azusa Kawase and they have been determined to follow Tomoka’s ways of blessing and inspiring everyone, so that they’ll be able to cherish themselves to keep their pride and compassion for the Minato clan.;) Of course, you’ll be ready to expect for another update that is related to a relative of Tomoka because the next update will be focused on Azusa Kawase as she and her friends from the Delusional Connect will be meeting with her close friends on the final day of the Fuchsia and Celadon Week. They’ll be having the conversation about the future, which means that you’ll be prepared to see what they’re planning to shine themselves. It’s the beginning of a prosperous new year in the year 2022 and hopefully, you’re all here to bless and inspire everyone because Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts will continue to get rolling for another year of blessing and prosperity as this time, things will be getting better to witness before your very eyes with future updates coming to your way for sure!:) I’ll see you on January 5 (Wednesday) for the next update of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts!
 
To kick off the year 2022, I’ll be updating the progress meter to see how Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts doing in its recent days.

Red Section Series (As of January 3, 2022)
Drafts Made: 138 (composed of 135+2 Specials (Birthday Update 3 and Omake 6))
Posted in This Forum: 105 (76.1%)
Yet to be Posted in This Forum: 33 (23.9%)
Drafts to be Written: 27

Also, I realized that January 3 (Monday) is the birthday of Mariko Nagai, a member of Hōkago Climax Girls and the voice actress of Juri Saijō from THE IDOLM@STER Shiny Colors, and so, I decided to edit the introduction and schedule right away! It should be fine now because it's her birthday, of course! Anyway, I’ll see you on January 5 (Wednesday) for the next update of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts!:)
 
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Today’s update will be dedicated to three voice actors: Shintarō Asanuma, Taru Yashiro and Shiori Mikami. Shintarō's birthday is today (January 5) while Taru and Shiori have the same birthday as it will be tomorrow (January 6). Shintarō had been working in directing and voice acting as well as his narration in various anime releases. Shintarō is the voice actor of Ryūichi Suga from Ro-Kyu-Bu! and Yōichi Kuramochi from Ace of Diamond Act II. Taru is the voice actor of Tsubasa Tanuma from Kaguya-sama: Love is War and Tsubasa Kashiwagi from THE IDOLMASTER SideM, representing DRAMATIC STARS. Of course, Kaguya-sama: Love is War will be returning for its third season this coming April 2022 as Kaguya-sama: Love is War ~Ultra Romantic~. And on the other hand, Shiori is the voice actress of Akari Akaza (Yuru Yuri), Yōko Kadomatsu (Saki), Krista Lenz (Attack on Titan) and Hina ‘Asunaro’ Hanetachi (Oresuki). I don’t know what’s next for those three, but I’ll be better watch out for them for sure!;) Happy birthday, Shintarō, Taru and Shiori!:) For today’s update, we’ll have another update that is related to a relative of Tomoka Minato as this time, it will be Azusa Kawase. The last time that she appeared was in Red Section-Chapter 55 where she and her fellow groupmates from the Ōta Red Section, composed of the relatives of the Bravehearts of Ōta that its image color is red, have attended the great banquet that celebrated the development of the friendship between the Bravehearts of Ōta and the Bravehearts of Fukuoka. Now, she is finally back again as she and her friends from the Delusional Connect will be meeting with her close friends in the Misawa Resort Hotel during the final day of the Fuchsia and Celadon Week. You will see what they are going to plan as they are contemplating their future with Azusa getting ready to collaborate with the Bravehearts of Ōta as part of the plan between her and Tomoka to maintain the friendship between the Ōta Red Section and the Bravehearts of Ōta. I hope that you’re all excited to see this through pride and willpower because here comes the 104th side chapter of the Red Section Series with the title, “Around the Circle of Friends of Azusa Kawase”! Enjoy reading the 104th side chapter of the Red Section Series!:)

SIDE STORY: “RED SECTION STORIES
CHAPTER 104: “AROUND THE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS OF AZUSA KAWASE

Date: May 8, 2010 (Saturday)

This side story is focused on Azusa Kawase as she and her friends from the Delusional Connect would be meeting with her close friends, who were about to attend the culminating event, which will take place later in the evening.

Azusa and her friends from the Delusional Connect are staying at the entrance of the Misawa Resort Hotel as they’re waiting for someone’s special to Azusa.

Delusional Connect: Azusa Kawase, Kirara Kusakabe, Motoyuki Arigaki, Hanako Takasago, Yūjirō Horiuchi, Moeko Miyamoto, Atsuki Wakamatsu, Naoya Yonezawa, Yuriko Sumiyoshi and Tomoyo Konohata

“I wonder who will be coming to the Misawa Resort Hotel, Azusa-san” said Kirara Kusakabe.

“Who’s gonna be?” asked Motoyuki Aragaki.

“I’m sure that they will be here, guys. Just be patient” said Azusa Kawase, the cousin of Tomoka Minato.

“Okay” said Kirara and Motoyuki.

“I believe that they’ll be coming out to meet with you, Azusa-san. Your close friends must be more determined to bless you” said Hanako Takasago.

“I have to say that you have the humblest friends that you befriended with ever since you have a great development of your friendship with them” said Yūjirō Horiuchi.

“Hopefully, it will be more exciting to be with us for the final day of the Fuchsia and Celadon Week” said Moeko Miyamoto.

“Yes, they will, Moeko-san. After I found out that Tomoka had her own friends that she had from her circle of friends last night during the great banquet, I finally decided to call up my close friends out there to get along with us for today” said Azusa.

“Ah, this is very interesting, Azusa-san. I never thought that you have them like they’re more compassionated to you since you’re close to them for a long time” said Hanako.

“I have to say that you will be delighted that they will be here to bless you just like how your cousin Tomoka did” said Yūjirō.

“Hopefully, it will build your chances of planning to join her braveheart group in the future” said Moeko.

“Yeah, I hope so. Tomoka said that the Bravehearts of Ōta is open to welcome new members to anyone and honestly, I have a plan to join that if Yūjirō Hasegawa had applied to join that group first by making the Ōta Red Section being welcomed as associates. That way, I can finally have a chance to join that group for sure!” said Azusa.

“Well, I hope that you would, Azusa-san, because you’re more recognized as being the cousin of Tomoka” said Kirara.

“Any friend or relative of Tomoka can make blessings to everyone” said Motoyuki.

“You should be more thrilled that you’re going be determined to represent for her” said Hanako.

“Not only that you have been more determined to make friends…” said Yūjirō.

“…but you’re more of a charismatic girl that we always like bless with!” said Moeko.

“Yeah, I agree!”

Suddenly, a female voice would come out near the entrance of the Misawa Resort Hotel. “Azusa-san! We’re here!”

“Here they come!” said Kirara while she and Motoyuki are pointing to someone’s coming to the Misawa Resort Hotel.

“It’s them!” said Motoyuki.

“Yeah, that’s right! It’s my close friends from my hometown! Hi, guys!” said Azusa.

“Hi, Azusa-san!” said the close friends of Azusa, who are composed of Misako Hayakawa, Kumi Nishizawa, Erika Sakamoto, Tōru Shiokawa, Masamune Mitsuhara, Rentarō Kanaya, Sakura Iwamoto, Miori Akino and Tsunehisa Shigemoto. Misako Hayakawa, a third year middle school student from the Misono Middle School, was the person who called Azusa earlier.

“We’re glad that you came here to get along with us!” said Azusa.

“I’m very happy that you’re all here!” said Kirara.

“Yeah! It’s great time that we’re all here to enjoy this festival because we believe that this one is more fascinating!” said Misako Hayakawa.

“We wanted to have some fun to have a wonderful day here!” said Kumi Nishizawa, a third year middle school student from the Misono Middle School and a close friend of Azusa Kawase.

“So that, we’ll be able to shine our community like the way everyone else did!” said Erika Sakamoto, a third year middle school student from the Hasunuma Middle School and a close friend of Azusa Kawase.

“Yeah, you got it, girls! Since you guys have known this place ever since the start of the Fuchsia and Celadon Week, then I would be happy if you can come along with us for fun. What do you say?” said Azusa.

“Yes, we will!” said the close friends of Azusa.

“Now, let’s go to the central park where we have so much fun to gleam with!” said Azusa.

“Okay!” said the close friends of Azusa as they will be joining with Azusa and her friends to explore the central park in the Misawa Resort Hotel where there are a lot of booths that have been produced from one lane to another. The close friends of Azusa begin to buy some stuff that they need while Azusa and her friends are interacting with their fellow schoolmates from the Misono Middle School.

Later, Azusa and her friends would sit down in one of the tables where they have a break with sandwiches and French fries that they have bought.

“This looks good!” said Misako.

“That one is so tasty!” said Kumi.

“I can’t believe that these foods are delicious!” said Erika.

“Oh, I’m loving this!” said Tōru Shiokawa, a third year middle school student from the Misono Middle School and a close friend of Azusa Kawase.

“I can’t wait to eat them more!” said Masamune Mitsuhara, a third year middle school student from the Misono Middle School and a close friend of Azusa Kawase.

“Yeah, me too!” said Rentarō Kanaya, a third year middle school student from the Hasunuma Middle School and a close friend of Azusa Kawase.

“You guys should be excited about eating some food while taking a break because Azusa had used to bought sandwiches for us every other day” said Kirara.

“We were very determined that we have been able to have a fun time to eat, so that we don’t want our appetite for sure” said Motoyuki.

“It feels great that we have to restore our energies after taking a gleam on what you’re seeing in the central park when you’re eating food” said Hanako.

“Yeah, it will be amazing that you will have a lot of flavors to smell when you want to eat those” said Yūjirō.

“You will be surprised when we will buy some pizza because we will have that one for our big feast later night” said Moeko.

“A big feast… TONIGHT?!” shouted the close friends of Azusa.

“That’s right, guys! The final day of the Fuchsia and Celadon Week will be a full of celebration to cap off this event by organizing some amazing activities that you’re gonna witness all” said Azusa.

“Including the nighttime activities where everyone is ready to shine themselves to see them” said Kirara.

“Such as the Night from the Fireside activity” said Motoyuki.

“The big feast where everyone will bring their own foods to eat for themselves” said Hanako.

“And last but not the least, the fireworks display to close out this festival” said Yūjirō.

“Of course, it will be awesome that you should be part of us, so that a new beginning is coming for us to get blessed and inspired!” said Moeko.

“Yeah, we agree!” said the close friends of Azusa.

“I’m feeling grateful that this festival will come to an end with the final activities going to be organized where everyone will show their blessings to show that they’re here for a new era” said Misako.

“I have to say that it’s going to be something that we want to motivate ourselves because we’re very determined to make everyone blessed and inspired” said Kumi.

“By being part of the final activities that we’re gonna fascinate for ourselves” said Erika.

“I always believe in hopes and dreams when it comes to their own way of showing how it’s done by developing a great friendship with one way to another” said Tōru.

“I have to say that we will be amazed to shine with our smiles, so that we’ll be more prospered to make our community’s future getting brighter” said Masamune.

“As the hopes and dreams of everyone are ready to get bloomed for sure!” said Rentarō.

“I’m very confident that everyone in Ōta had been blessed and harmonious since the first day of the Fuchsia and Celadon Week and they have still continued their way to bless and inspire with each other” said Sakura Iwamoto, a second year middle school student from the Misono Middle School and a close friend of Azusa Kawase.

“They know that it’s their time to elevate themselves, so that they will be able to engage themselves in helping the community growing with their blessings” said Miori Akino, a second year middle school student from the Hasunuma Middle School and a close friend of Azusa Kawase.

“There’s no doubt about that because they always believe in themselves and that’s why it will be amazing that they’re showing their pride for their community because they want to be more confident in making their dreams come true, which means that they will be ready to get prospered when they have done something unimaginable” said Tsunehisa Shigemoto, a second year middle school student from the Hasunuma Middle School and a close friend of Azusa Kawase.

“Yes, of course, guys! We always want to have our dreams come true with our own willpower, so that we will be able to make ourselves earned” said Azusa.

“Everyone can make the difference to show their auras to prove that they can make it all the way to the top” said Kirara.

“The more that everyone had been blooming themselves…” said Motoyuki.

“…the better that they will be able to grow themselves as people with true compassion and faith to fulfill their dreams” said Hanako.

“This is what everyone thinks that if they can do it for themselves” said Yūjirō.

“Because they know that they can build their own destiny to make themselves confident and motivated to do a lot of things to shine with” said Moeko.

“When the Dragons of Ōta had been foreshadowed by various community groups that they’re ready to take the spotlight for themselves, everyone believes that it’s their right time to make the change” said Atsuki Wakamatsu.

“And change means that they want to do something new rather than keeping the old things that they have done before” said Naoya Yonezawa.

“Most of us were surprised about this even that the Bravehearts of Ōta have done a lot of things the most through helping and giving” said Yuriko Sumiyoshi.

“This means, the Era of Fuchsia and Celadon will be the beginning of a new year for everyone in Ōta as they’re ready to bloom and prosper in a new way to make our community being lively and peaceful” said Tomoyo Konohata.

“Yeah, we agree with that, guys!” said the close friends of Azusa.

“I always fascinated to see the community getting pumped up for a better future!” said Misako.

“It’s so nice that everyone had never lose their willpower to make sure that they’re prospering their community in different ways” said Kumi.

“I have to say that they’re more determined to make Ōta something that is better than before” said Erika.

“It will never be the same on what happened in the past” said Tōru.

“As Ōta will be more different than the way they have used to when the Dragons of Ōta have run” said Masamune.

“Because the Bravehearts of Ōta will be more focused on bringing some wonderful blessings and harmonious smiles” said Rentarō.

“It’s been a while that Ōta had been changed from the old principles to the new principles that different groups have represented for” said Sakura.

“They always show their pride and compassion to make sure that everything will be fine” said Miori.

“So that, they will be more determined to make the future for them to be shined” said Tsunehisa.

“Yeah, we agree!” said Azusa and the members of the Delusional Connect.

“Now, since we’re all here, we’re going to make our own plans, so that we’ll be able to organize those in a few weeks to come” said Azusa.

“We will be prepared for those if you’re all set to make us feel blessed and inspired. Okay?” said Kirara.

“Okay!” said the close friends of Azusa.

“Then, let’s get into this one!” said Azusa as she’s going to explain her plan that she came up. “For my first plan, if the Bravehearts of Ōta will welcome the Ōta Red Section, then we’re going to plan our own extended group that will represent for us, which means that it will be great for us to start running our group of friends and allies.”

“The extended group system had been making impact in most cities in the country, especially that there are a lot of them coming from Kyushu” said Kirara.

“Now, it had been expanded into the region of Kanto with most cities from the Metropolis have started to grow themselves by uniting between bravehearts and allies into one big friend group” said Motoyuki.

“That’s why it will be great for all of us to work together if this circle of friends will be formed. What do you think?” said Hanako.

“Hey, that’s not a bad idea!” said Misako.

“Yeah, me either!” said Kumi.

“I can count on that because we’re all family!” said Erika.

“Everyone can be part of that, so that we’ll run together!” said Tōru.

“So that, we’ll give everyone the blessings that we have!” said Masamune.

“We could like the other extended groups from the Bravehearts of Ōta” said Rentarō.

“Yes, indeed! However, in order to make a new circle of friends, we have to team up with the other groups that are coming from Minami Kamata and its neighboring areas that its main color is cerise or scarlet” said Azusa.

“Which means that any group or friend is invited to take part of our group” said Kirara.

“We can also invite some groups that have students from our school” said Motoyuki.

“It will depend on the capacity of the friends and groups that have been part of” said Hanako.

“That’s interesting. I would be very happy if you can invite some of your other close friends that you have” said Misako.

“Yeah, you’re more determined just like your cousin Tomoka with your smile never been lost” said Kumi.

“That way, they’ll be prospered to be with you just how we did it together!” said Erika.

“That would be nice to do that, girls. I mean, I’m an expressive leader who can lead one’s own braveheart group and so, I’m happy to do that if they have agreed to partner with us” said Azusa.

“Oh, that’s good!” said Misako, Kumi and Erika.

“Most of us are very opportunistic to recruit friends and groups to be part of it, but we have to observe what the other groups did” said Kirara.

“So that, we’ll be able to do for ourselves to make our circle of friends growing” said Motoyuki.

“It will be amazing that we will have many allies to team up with us, so that we can work together to prosper our community” said Hanako.

“Yeah, we agree!” said the close friends of Azusa.

“One thing to ask you, Azusa-san” said Tōru.

“Okay, Tōru-san. You can ask any question about it” said Azusa.

“Sure! What if it would be better that you will join any of the mainstream groups of the Bravehearts of Ōta?” said Tōru.

“Well, I would do that, but since I’m a member of the Ōta Red Section, I would be sticking with them, but I can apply my group, the Delusional Connect, to be part of the organization of the Bravehearts of Ōta” said Azusa.

“That’s right, Azusa-san! We want to be more like the other groups from that braveheart group because we want to be strongly confident in making our community getting their own blessings to shine with” said Kirara.

“We have our own ability to make everyone getting thrilled with our activities because they want to cherish us for them to be happy” said Motoyuki.

“They also want to inspire us with their smiles, which they want to make their opportunities getting fulfilled for sure” said Hanako.

“That’s why we want to be part of that braveheart group, so that we want to get involved with them for helping the community” said Yūjirō.

“Of course, you can bless us once we’re now part of it, so that you will be able to get along with us for sure!” said Moeko.

“Well, that would be a nice plan to make that happen, guys!” said Tōru.

“Your group must be more confident that you will be part of that family in the future” said Masamune.

“It would be amazing that you guys will make everyone in your community ready to believe and inspire you” said Rentarō.

“I have to say that your opportunities will be fulfilled once you have done something big for the community” said Sakura.

“You guys should be ready to shine your way like how the groups from the Bravehearts of Ōta have used to” said Miori.

“That way, they will be prospered enough to bless you for sure!” said Tsunehisa.

“Yeah, we agree!” said Azusa and the members of the Delusional Connect.

“For now, we’ll have to wait for Yūjirō to make his move, so that our first plan will be pushed through” said Azusa.

“Okay” said the close friends of Azusa.

“Now, the other plan is that both Kirara and Motoyuki are going to make a bonfire night at their home by next week where we’ll be bringing some foods and materials to make that night chilling” said Azusa.

“Oh, that’s a good idea, Azusa-san! I like bonfire nights!” said Misako.

“Yeah, me too!” said Kumi.

“I would love to stay there if we can relax together!” said Erika.

“Of course, you love them, girls! That’s why me and Motoyuki will be preparing an activity that you’re going to make yourself overjoyed and thrilled!” said Kirara.

“It will be fantastic that we have you guys ready to come along with us to relax and feel the breeze in our activity” said Motoyuki.

“Yeah, we do!” said the close friends of Azusa.

“It will be amazing that we will stay with you at your home, Kirara-san!” said Misako.

“It makes me so comfortable to get there!” said Kumi.

“I can count on that!” said Erika.

“We’ll be awesome that the other guests will be here to chime in with us!” said Tōru.

“They know that it’s their time to have good moments to share with!” said Masamune.

“It will be more fun to make this bonfire night more prosperous than anything else!” said Rentarō.

“Yep!” said Kirara and Motoyuki.

“My parents have allowed me to organize this event because they said that it’s a good event for everyone to relax” said Kirara.

“It’s like a gathering with a lot of people wanting to have fun while seeing the night sky” said Motoyuki.

“Everyone will be amazed to have their moments being filled if they want to have the best night that they have” said Hanako.

“Since we’re more focused on prospering people, we want you to indulge yourself to take part of this event” said Yūjirō.

“Hopefully, you’re all excited for this because we’re going to build some great friendship with our allies to make them feeling blessed and joyful” said Moeko.

“Well, we can do that, guys!” said the close friends of Azusa.

“Great! Now that’s what I like to see with your thrill being made!” said Azusa.

“Your thrills will be good enough for you to motivate yourself” said Kirara.

“It will be amazing that you’re gonna deserve this once we’re all good to go!” said Motoyuki.

“Yeah!” said the close friends of Azusa.

“On the other hand, Tomoka and I have talked some future collaborative activities while the process of the inclusion of the Ōta Red Section to the Bravehearts of Ōta where on third week of May, she and her friends will be organizing a group meeting with the other members of the Bravehearts of Ōta to address the current situation of our community” said Azusa.

“Plus, they’re also going to invite us to collaborate with them for the search of the former members of the Dragons of Ōta” said Kirara.

“Hey, I know that group!” said Misako.

“That group had used to be one of the most popular community groups in Ōta” said Kumi.

“Right before they have been disbanded due to the incident between Tsubasa Sugimoto and Shin Mizusaki, who were both members of the Dragons of Ōta at that time” said Erika.

“You’re right about that, guys! The Dragons of Ōta was used to be a powerful community group where there were about more than a thousand people being part of it” said Motoyuki.

“But now that it had been split up into new community groups” said Hanako.

“With better representation of their own” said Yūjirō.

“As they have moved away from the principles of that former group that run Ōta for five years” said Moeko.

“Right now, there are rumors that their former members have tried their efforts to revive that group” said Atsuki.

“By convincing them to support for its revival because they want to see them for themselves” said Naoya.

“Even that it had been changed since a lot of new groups have been created in Ōta” said Yuriko.

“However, they will never give up no matter what because they’ll still have their own way to prosper Ōta through their own desires” said Tomoyo.

“That’s interesting, guys! I never expect that a lot of former members have tried to revive that group” said Tōru.

“Yeah, but they’re already moving on from that group because they have found their own happiness with their own groups that they run with” said Masamune.

“I have to say that they have their own hope to bring that group back, so that they will be able to see them shine again” said Rentarō.

“It’s very unfortunate that the Dragons of Ōta was no more, but they will never surrender with their own willpower as they want to indulge themselves with their own ways to make Ōta shining again” said Sakura.

“I hope that when that group will be back in business, it’s going to be a different story for them as it will now become a lesser community group with only just its Noboru Takeuchi and his allies” said Miori.

“They will build something better this time because they will finally have a new direction that they will prosper with and they will always be ready to engage themselves just like their old days” said Tsunehisa.

“Yeah, we agree!” said Azusa and the members of the Delusional Connect.

“So, hopefully, we will have our time to find the former members of the Dragons of Ōta, so that we will be able to convince them in supporting the revival of that group” said Azusa.

“You can count on us if you want to contribute!” said Kirara.

“It will be awesome that you can work us with your compassionated heart” said Motoyuki.

“Okay, we will!” said the close friends of Kirara.

“That’s great, guys! I knew that you guys are here to make me blessed and inspired!” said Azusa.

“Yeah!” said the close friends of Kirara.

“I’m so excited about this because it will be amazing that we will work together to make our community ready to shine!” said Misako.

“We’re always confident to be with you, Azusa-san, because we have our own compassionated ways to make everyone happy” said Kumi.

“The more that we will be blooming our community through our activities, the better that we will be feeling thrilled to develop our friendship” said Erika.

“It’s going to be awesome that we will running together to make sure that we’re here to bless and inspire them” said Tōru.

“Our community needs us to step up and motivate and that’s what we’re gonna do to prosper them through our smiles” said Masamune.

“No matter what we’re representing for, it’s our willpower that we have to keep in faith with, so that they will be able to keep our determination for ourselves. The aura is coming for us to shine just like how the Bravehearts of Ōta have used to” said Rentarō.

“Yeah, I agree with that, guys! So, let’s make our community more blooming and more harmonious through our own way of blessing and inspiring everyone!” said Azusa.

“Yeah, we will!” said the close friends of Azusa.

“Now that we’re all done eating our snack, let’s look around at the booths for more, so that we’ll find something fantastic to gleam with!” said Azusa.

“Yeah!” said the members of the Delusional Connect and the close friends of Azusa as they throw their litter to the trash bin before joining with Azusa to look around at the booths in the central park. Azusa had been determined to make her close friends feeling thrilled as her close friends are very motivated to get along with her to make sure that they will make her feel comfortable. Azusa and her friends have also contemplated their future, which means that they’re ready to work together in making their community shining with their own blessings.

UP NEXT: Profile of the Close Friends of Azusa Kawase
 
I have already posted the profile of Azusa Kawase, the cousin of Tomoka Minato, and her friends from the Delusional Connect in Red Section-Chapter 39: “Azusa’s Wonderful Visit at the Misawa Resort Hotel”, and now, it’s time for me to post a new profile that is related to Azusa as this time, it will be composed of her close friends. They have been very close to Azusa when it comes to camping including bonfire nights and playing video games on their phones. They have also been involved in helping their community to make blissful hopes and wonderful dreams through their own compassionated ways that have been inspired by Tomoka, who had been part of the Bravehearts of Ōta since its formation.

Close Friends of Azusa Kawase: Misako Hayakawa, Kumi Nishizawa, Erika Sakamoto, Tōru Shiokawa, Masamune Mitsuhara, Rentarō Kanaya, Sakura Iwamoto, Miori Akino and Tsunehisa Shigemoto

Close Friends of Azusa Kawase
Misako Hayakawa: August 12 / 3MS-1 / Misono MS
Kumi Nishizawa: January 20 / 3MS-1 / Misono MS
Erika Sakamoto: September 7 / 3MS-3 / Hasunuma MS
Tōru Shiokawa: May 24 / 3MS-3 / Misono MS
Masamune Mitsuhara: March 26 / 3MS-3 / Misono MS
Rentarō Kanaya: October 19 / 2MS-2 / Hasunuma MS
Sakura Iwamoto: April 5 / 2MS-1 / Misono MS
Miori Akino: December 28 / 2MS-3 / Hasunuma MS
Tsunehisa Shigemoto: June 11 / 2MS-3 / Hasunuma MS


UP NEXT: Red Section-Chapter 105: “One Color to Associate with One Place to Shine” [Milestone of the Longest Running Volume in the Series]

Azusa and her friends are getting motivated when they’re contemplating their future as they’re ready to make the difference in trying to bring the partnership between the Ōta Red Section and the Bravehearts of Ōta being developed after the former had agreed to become associates to the latter. It feels great that they’ll have the brighter future in hands as they’re going to organize their own activities including their own search to find the former members of the Dragons of Ōta. As the cousin of Tomoka, Azusa had promised herself that she’ll be showing her pride, courage and willpower to make sure that she’ll bless everyone on her side including those from the Bravehearts of Ōta. The future is bright for Azusa and her friends as they’re ready to run together for the future of their community!:) Now, I made some great news before I’ll be revealing the next update. The good news is that we’re almost there in reaching another milestone as Volume 8.5 is two days away from surpassing Volume 8 for the longest running volume in history of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts!:D It’s so nice that this volume had been running a year and it’s almost time to make history once again after reaching 100 side chapters in a side series last month. Now, it’s going to be fantastic that you’re gonna witness this before your very eyes and hopefully, it will be blooming enough to make the Red Section Series running wild for long!;) Of course, it will surpass that on January 7 (Friday), but since that date is not going to be the target date to schedule the next update, I’ll be posting the next update on a regular schedule, which will be on January 9 (Sunday), the birthday of Liyuu, a member of Liella! and the voice actress of Keke Tang from Love Live! Superstar!!:) And speaking of the next update, this one will be focused on the Family of Angels as they’re going to meet Kaede Umezawa and her friends from the Kamata Magenta Group. You’re going to witness some of the secrets of Megumi Kadokawa where she had an experience of being a member of the Magenta Rangers Ōta before forming her own group of friends to form the Family of Angels, one of the groups that joined the Bravehearts of Ōta as a mainstream group. I hope that you’re all excited to see Megumi’s past moments because not only it will be a story to recall the past, but this update will expect to make Volume 8.5 going to surpass Volume 8 for the longest running volume in Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts!:D That means, it’s going to be the update that you’re going to watch out as it’ll be a special update to commemorate this milestone for sure!;) I’ll see you on January 9 (Sunday) for the special update of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts!:)
 
A Special Announcement from Ayumu Uehara (CV. Aguri Ōnishi):
The milestone of the longest running volume in history of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts is almost approaching as Volume 8.5 had recently reached 428 days to tie with Volume 8, which means that tomorrow (January 7) will be 429 days and it will finally break that record and allow Volume 8.5 to become the longest running volume of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts. Of course, the author said that he's gonna save it for the next update, which will be posted on January 9 (Sunday). It's going to be a special day that you're never gonna miss and hopefully, you'll be thrilled to see the Family of Angels meeting with Kaede Umezawa and her friends from the Kamata Magenta Group! Until then, I’ll see you next time for another side chapter that will feature me and my fellow club members of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club and keep making your dreams come true, everyone!
 
Today (January 9) is the birthday of Aoi Ogiyama from Ro-Kyu-Bu! Aoi is the childhood friend of Subaru Hasegawa and a basketball player, playing for the Nashiba High School. She is voiced by Kanae Itō, who is also the voice actress of Sakura Toriumi (Angel’s 3Piece!), Ruiko Saten (A Certain Scientific Railgun T), Yui (Sword Art Online) and Elucia de Rux Ima (The World God Only Knows). Happy birthday, Aoi!:) Also, before you’ll read this update, this one will be dedicated to Liyuu, Ryōka Yuzuki, Misato Fukuen (real name: Misato Sakuragi) and Kyōko Hikami. Liyuu is currently celebrating her birthday today (January 9) while Ryōka and Misato will celebrate their birthdays tomorrow (January 10). Born in Shanghai, China, Liyuu is a cosplayer and singer that was known for two theme songs: “Magic Words” (the opening theme song of Hatena Illusion) and “Carpe Diem” (the first ending theme song of I'm Standing on a Million Lives). She is also the voice actress of Keke Tang of Liella! from Love Live! Superstar!! In a coincidence, both Liyuu and Keke came from Shanghai, which it fits for Liyuu to be the voice actress of Keke, not only to represent for her hometown in Shanghai, but for Liella!, which is led by Sayuri Date, the voice actress of Kanon Shibuya. Coming out from Anjō, Aichi, Ryōka is the voice actress of Sachi Yamadaki (Ongaku Shoujo), Ino Yamanaka (Naruto), Shizuka Hiratsuka (My Team Romantic Comedy SNAFU) and Oriana Thomson (A Certain Magical Index). And last but not the least, hailing from Tokyo, Misato is the voice actress of Golden Darkness (To Love-Ru), Yoshika Miyafuji (Strike Witches), Himiko Toga (My Hero Academia), Ash’s Oshawott (Pokémon Black and White) and Ur (Val × Love). both Ryōka and Misato will continue making progress of their voice acting careers and as for Liyuu, I will keep watching out for her after she had been doing great in her first voice acting appearance last year for Liella! as she conitnues to dazzle her way with her smile.;) Happy birthday, Liyuu, Ryōka, and Misato!:) Now, onto today’s update to witness the return of the Family of Angels featuring Jun Gotō and her friends from Jun’s Angels!:)

It's time to witness the return of the Family of Angels, led by Megumi Kadokawa, as they are going to meet Kaede Umezawa and her friends from the Kamata Magenta Group at the Misawa Resort Hotel. This update will take place right after Chapter 161 where the Bravehearts of Ōta, the Bravehearts of Fukuoka, the Family of Angels and the Stormred Higabana have met the Fuchsia and Blue Soul in their home in Nishina. In this update, you’ll witness their encounter where they will talk about different topics including a secret when Megumi and Kaede were part of the Magenta Rangers Ōta. It’s going to be amazing to see some never-before-seen secrets of Megumi as not only she is a friend of Tomoka, but she is also the compassionated leader of the Family of Angels and so, get ready to see all of those to know about her past with her former friends from the Magenta Rangers Ōta including Kaede. Now, before you’ll read this update, it’s been an honor that I got some good news to everyone as Volume 8.5 had finally surpassed Volume 8 to become the longest running volume in the history of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts when this milestone had happened two days ago last January 7 (Friday)!:D Volume 8.5 had been currently running for 14 months and 3 days, compared to Volume 8, which it had run for 14 months. It’s so nice that Volume 8.5 had been running longer than Volume 8 and I’m very delighted that this milestone had finally happened because I had recently made new drafts for this volume due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak is still ongoing, especially that my country had risen once again after two months due to the surge of the Omicron variant recently, which means that I’m going to wait for Volume 9 to finally get posted as soon as this outbreak will be over very soon. Hopefully, I’ll be able to keep it up to make sure that Volume 8.5 will continue to run more with updates coming to your way twice a week!;) Now, if you’re ready to bless and inspire with Megumi and her friends from the Family of Angels, you’re in luck because here comes the 105th side chapter of the Red Section Series with the title, “One Color to Associate with One Place to Shine”! Enjoy reading the 105th side chapter of the Red Section Series!:)

SIDE STORY: “RED SECTION STORIES
CHAPTER 105: “ONE COLOR TO ASSOCIATE WITH ONE PLACE TO SHINE

Date: May 8, 2010 (Saturday)

This side story is focused on the Family of Angels as they are meeting with the Kamata Magenta Group, led by Kaede Umezawa, after visiting the home of the Fuchsia and Blue Soul in Nishina.

The Family of Angels have just returned to the Misawa Resort Hotel after getting along with their friends from the Bravehearts of Ōta and the Bravehearts of Fukuoka to meet with the members of the Fuchsia and Blue Soul. They would take their break first at the booth section by buying their mid-afternoon snack. Team Hiyama didn’t appear in this side chapter; thus, they didn’t return until the second half of Volume 8.

Family of Angels: Composed of five teams
Team Gotō-Takao: Anzu Ogi, Nanako Funatani, Dairoku Kaji, Shigeru Hirashita, Hitomi Takao, Masami Nojima, Kyōji Nogami and Masanobu Uehara
Jun’s Angels: Jun Gotō, Nozomi Momijidani, Sora Kaneshiro, Kyō Nukui, Sakura Toriumi, Kurumi Nukui, Kōme Ogi and Yuzuha Aigae
Team Takeda: Michiko Takeda, Ayane Shirakawa, Haruko Kōyama, Kozue Hanabusa and Aika Sagawa
Others: Yūki Sasaki, Noriko Masuda, Ayame Isurugi, Miho Mizuno, Aimi Isurugi, Miyako Mizuno, Katsuya Kameda, Shinsuke Nagatomo, Suehiro Yamazaki and Sawako Ishihara

Team Miyazaki: Akiko Miyazaki, Natsuki Sakura, Satsuki Ōkuma, Katsuei Kōno, Asami Nakagawa, Miki Akizuki, Kōichi Aoyama, Mito Azaki and Kiyoto Miyaji
Team Kadokawa: Megumi Kadokawa, Nami Takashirō, Kotoe Kanō, Fujiko Sasaki, Ryōta Mikawa, Shōzō Takamatsu, Junichi Kamisaka, Akiyuki Katsumoto, Kaiji Nakagami, Kazue Futagawa, Chitose Ayano, Shizuka Tojo, Sayoko Nagata and Minako Kawaguchi


“That Katsuhito had been very determined to follow your command, Megumi-chan!” said Jun.

“I think that he’s gonna make it before the culminating activity” said Akiko.

“If he had been able to find those guys very quick” said Junichi.

“Yes, they would, guys. He said that he had to track down the names that were listed through appearance” said Megumi.

“And they should have their own bracelets that they still wore” said Nami.

“It will be awesome that they’re going to find them if they’re smart enough to see them for sure” said Kotoe.

“Yeah!” said Jun, Akiko and Junichi.

“I’m sure that it’s going to be fantastic for him to find those guys because he will make them feel determined that they have been found” said Nozomi.

“So that, they will be blessed and inspired through their smiles” said Sora.

“Hopefully, he will be able to accomplish that at any time because he and his friends will be very confident to work together in making that mission running” said Anzu.

“They will be more determined to get it done, so that they’ll make themselves earned for sure!” said Dairoku.

“Yeah, I agree with that, guys! It will take a long time to find the former members of the Dragons of Ōta because there are a lot of names that haven’t been found yet” said Megumi.

“Even they have hid their secrets without questioning themselves” said Nami.

“Or they don’t want to identify themselves that they have already moved on from them” said Kotoe.

“It will be great that we should do the same thing if we want to convince them to support the revival of the Dragons of Ōta, so that they will be able to get involved in trying to convince Noboru to revive that group” said Fujiko.

“As soon as we need some contributors to help it out…” said Natsuki.

“…we will be all set and ready to go!” said Satsuki.

“Yeah!” said the members of the Family of Angels.

“By the way, Megumi-san, I heard that you have your friends coming to this place to fascinate the Fuchsia and Celadon Week” said Dairoku.

“Yeah, we didn’t know that you had some associates out there to motivate you” said Anzu.

“Yep! Before I formed the Shining Camellia, which ended up being the Family of Angels, I took part of a group of young students in Kamata that they used to help the community with smiles and joys. Of course, they’re not affiliated with the Dragons of Ōta as they were more independent through their own ways” said Megumi.

“Ah, that’s interesting! I can’t believe that they’re more prospered than those from the Dragons of Ōta!” said Anzu.

“They’re very determined to shine themselves through their auras because they always believe in good vibes that they like to show the most” said Dairoku.

“I have to say that you’re more confident in making friends with them before this group had been formed” said Nanako.

“Which means that they’re very respectful to you after all!” said Shigeru.

“Yeah, I agree with that, Shigeru-san! That’s why it will be amazing that they’re gonna be with us for a day, so that we’re gonna make them thrilled to have their blessings in their hands” said Megumi.

“It’s going to be our day to cap off this magnificent event and we’re gonna make it happen for sure!” said Junichi.

“Yeah!” said the members of the Family of Angels.

A few seconds later, a female voice would be heard somewhere in the central park. “Megumi-san!”

“There they are, guys!” said Megumi as she calls her fellow groupmates to turn around on who they are coming to the central park in the Misawa Resort Hotel. When they turn around, it was revealed to be Kaede Umezawa and her friends from the Kamata Magenta Group, a group based in Kamata. Kaede, a first year middle school student from the Kamata Middle School, was the person who shouted at Megumi and her friends.

Kamata Magenta Group: Kaede Umezawa, Mirai Tsukamoto, Kiyoko Yasuda, Takehiro Shibata, Katsunori Komatsu, Koji Takimoto, Sana Nozawa, Kanako Esaki, Shōtarō Kawashima and Tomoaki Ishigami

Megumi would greet Kaede by waving her hand to say ‘hi’ to Kaede. “Hi, Kaede-san!”

“Hi, Megumi-san!” said Kaede before hugging Megumi.

“I’m so glad that you’re here to visit this place!” said Megumi.

“Yep! I had visited this place a few days ago for our activity, which is the Pink Thumb Activity, where the participants will use creative materials to make some magnificent objects that can amaze everyone” said Kaede.

“Oh, I see! I’m very delighted that you organized that event, Kaede-san! I hope that you will announce the winners of that event later tonight when the culminating activity takes place” said Megumi.

“Yeah! It will be awesome that me and my friends will be picking the best objects that they have created and hopefully, we will finally gonna declare the winners of this event” said Kaede.

“Okay! I’ll wait on who will be winning that event” said Megumi.

“Sure!” said Kaede.

Jun, Nozomi, Sora, Nami, Junichi, Michiko, Akiko, Anzu and Dairoku are surprised that Kaede was there, which Jun asks Megumi on who Kaede is. “Who is Kaede, Megumi-chan?”

“Oh, what a good question to ask!” said Megumi before including her friends from the Family of Angels to meet Kaede and her friends from the Kamata Magenta Group. “Everyone, this is Kaede Umezawa, a great friend of mine from my neighborhood. Kaede, these are my friends from the Family of Angels, the group that I run to represent the friends of Tomoka Minato, a member of the Braveheats of Ōta.”

“Hi, everyone!” said Kaede while waving her hand to say ‘hi’ to the members of the Family of Angels.

“Hi, Megumi-san!” said the members of the Family of Angels.

“It’s a great pleasure to meet you!” said Jun.

“The three of us, me, Jun and Sora, have formed Lien de Famille before joining with our friends to form Jun’s Angels” said Nozomi.

“Hum. It will be amazing that you’re here to motivate us because we want to give you some smile and peace to make yourself comfortable” said Sora.

“Yeah, I would be glad to! My friends have been always excited to see something that fascinate us and it makes us feel good that we want to shine all the way” said Kaede.

“Ah, that’s awesome!” said Jun.

“Oh, yeah, I’m happy with that!” said Nozomi.

“That’s very nice!” said Sora.

“All of us from the Family of Angels would do the same thing! Our group had been divided into different groups. The three of us came from Nishi-Shiromi to represent for the blessed people” said Jun.

“Akiko and her group of friends would represent for the determined ones” said Nozomi.

“While on the other hand, Megumi and her group of friends would represent for the inspirable people that they want to shine in an angelic way” said Sora.

“We’re very confident that we want to make our community running with blessings” said Akiko.

“Because this is what our Family of Angels do” said Anzu.

“To make everyone more comfortable with our smiles and joys” said Dairoku.

“Our goal is to make our community being filled with blessings and inspirations, so that they want to be determined in becoming like us in the future” said Junichi.

“As they want to make their future getting brighter” said Nami.

“Well, that’s a good ambitious goal out there, guys! I’m so surprised that you came here to represent for a group that is more prospered enough to make the community getting bloomed. I hope that you’re gonna make them comfortable to get along with you through the bottom of their hearts” said Kaede.

“Yeah!” said the members of the Family of Angels.

“Anyway, these are my friends from the Kamata Magenta Group: Mirai Tsukamoto, Kiyoko Yasuda, Takehiro Shibata, Katsunori Komatsu, Koji Takimoto, Sana Nozawa, Kanako Esaki, Shōtarō Kawashima and Tomoaki Ishigami. They are my schoolmates from the Kamata Middle School and they were all first year middle school students.

“That’s right, Kaede-chan! We’re very determined to show our compassion in making everyone feeling happy to show their smiles to everyone!” said Mirai Tsukamoto.

“We’ll make sure that they’re ready to motivate themselves” said Kiyoko Yasuda.

“So that, they’ll be prospered enough to make their lives better to the fullest” said Takehiro Shibata.

“Yeah, you got that right, guys! My friends and I have built a good friendship with each other because we helped together to make accomplishments in our studies. Also, we have made friends with those in my neighborhood as they want to have their future getting brighter for themselves. They’re very compassionate to us without losing their smiles. Right, guys?” said Kaede.

“Yeah!” said the members of the Kamata Magenta Group.

“So, Kaede-san, what is your goal in your life?” asked Noriko.

“To be a great leader in making the community living for a better change. My mother used to use that principle when she was a former student leader in the past. I wanted to be very confident in following my mother’s footsteps in becoming a leader in the future. I’m always charismatic to my friends, especially those they have befriended me the most including Megumi” said Kaede.

“Ah, fascinating! I’m surprised that you want to be an ambitious leader” said Noriko.

“That one would be something that you want to lead for your side out there” said Yūki.

“I have to say that you’re one hell of a good leader, Kaede-san!” said Katsuya.

“You had a great group that can make your community more thrilled to have their dreams come true” said Sawako.

“That’s why everyone had always believed in you, so that they will be able to make themselves comfortable in their lives” said Shinsuke.

“Hopefully, you will be more involved in your community to shine once more if you can lead through your own ways” said Suehiro.

“Yes, I will!” said Kaede.

“About your group, Kaede-chan, I wonder who they are” said Kōme.

“Yeah, we don’t know if they’re friends with you or not” said Yuzuha.

“In my group, my friends and I have a compact friendship with one way to another. For example, Me, Mirai and Kiyoko have been classmates for more than five years and we have used to get along with each other most of the time. They always want to be with me, so that we will work together like the way used to be” said Kaede.

“That’s right, Kaede-chan! I’m always entrusting you when you want us to bless in your way!” said Mirai.

“That’s why you’re more compassionated to show some blessings to us” said Kiyoko.

“Yep! I agree with that!” said Kaede before moving to another set of members. “My boys, Takehiro, Katsunori and Koji, have used to hang out with me for group projects sometimes, but they’re totally charismatic through their minds if they want to make me happier in different ways” said Kaede.

“I’m very expressive when it comes to showing your smile to me because it made me so blissful that I can respect you through my kindness” said Takehiro.

“Same goes to me when you want to give me some advice because I’m cherished to show my way of being a messenger of this group. I can do whatever I want, but I can’t disappoint you, of course!” said Katsunori Komatsu.

“I have been very determined that you always laid back for me because you don’t want to let me down when I had tried to solve my own problems. You have been a great girl to make me inspired and that’s what I want to see your smile being made because I’m generous after all” said Koji Takimoto.

“See, they’re not letting me down because they know that they want to be compassionated just like me” said Kaede.

“Well, I’m not surprised about this, but those boys are so charismatic to respect you” said Ayame.

“They’re seemed to be innocent because they want to be close to you” said Miho.

“It’s like making friends by showing your smiles and grooming with your auras” said Aimi.

“That’s what people used to do that when they’re very confident to make friends” said Miyako.

“Yeah, that’s right, girls! I’m very positive to them whenever they give me something that I can be more charismatic, but at the end of the day, they’ll always believe in me to make sure that they will not lose their hopes for themselves. Right, boys?” said Kaede.

“Yeah!” said Takehiro, Katsunori and Koji.

“As for Sana, Kanako, Shōtarō and Tomoaki, they’re coming from a different section, but they used to come along with me when it comes group lunch with my other friends from my section. One time, we competed together in the sports festival last year and it was so great that we have worked together to show our guts to prove” said Kaede.

“Of course, I remember that, Kaede-san! This is the part where you had a plan to win one activity” said Sana Nozawa.

“Which is the relay race where one people must give the baton to one’s teammate until reaching its final holder where he/she can go for the win if one’s good enough to beat his/her opponents” said Kanako Esaki.

“You used Sana to go first before Kanako and then, picking Mirai and then, you came last” said Shōtarō Kawashima.

“That one had been paid off because you had your team won for us” said Tomoaki Ishigami.

“That’s true, Tomoaki-san! I never had a plan like this, but I’m smart enough to choose the weak before picking the strongest one” said Kaede.

“You’re seemed to be mindful in making strategies, Kaede! I have used to do that when I was leading with my fellow officers in the children’s association. I became flanked by them when they have admired my strategies without finding a mistake!” said Kurumi.

“Oh, really?” asked Kaede.

“Yep! They have lent me to get the job done without hesitation, especially Jun had helped me to make myself delighted rather than feeling uneasy” said Kurumi.

“Well, I guess that you have been a good leader just like me! That’s very nice! I hope that you don’t want to let your friends down because they know that you’re a compassionated person to bless them” said Kaede.

“Yeah, I will!” said Kurumi.

“I’m always gleamed that you have your friends feeling compassionated to bless you, so that they will be giving you the smile that they have to show the most” said Jun.

“I’m so happy that you have made them comfortable with your ways, which means that you’re feeling uplifted for your friends to develop their friendship with you” said Nozomi.

“Hum. You will be blessed by them as soon as you want them to be humble and carefree. That’s what people used to make themselves comfortable” said Sora.

“Of course, I did! I’m always doing my best to make my friends getting comfortable with goosebumps that they have and so, it will be nice that I want them to motivate, so that they will do something fascinated to me, which I would love to do that most of the time. My advice is to cherish yourself to make your friends feeling comfortable for me. It’s important to have your friends on your side, so that they will be here to bless and inspire you” said Kaede.

“Now that’s a good advice, Kaede-chan! I’ll do that in a heartbeat!” said Jun.

“That one would make us feeling comfortable to make our friends blessed and inspired!” said Nozomi.

“Hum. I’m always going for that because I can do whatever I want to make everyone ready to show their smiles and peace to us” said Sora.

“Then, make them inspired with your heart. That will make yourself blessed that you have blessings in your hands” said Kaede.

“Yeah, I will!” said Jun, Nozomi and Sora.

“Wow! That was a nice advice that you give, Kaede-san! You must be very determined to show your smiles to my friends. I used to do that when I lead my group and so, I’m very surprised that you have made them thrilled because they wanted to inspire you” said Megumi.

“You can say that again, Megumi-san. I used to give advices to some friends that are very ambitious in leading their own groups and they have cherished me when they have shined themselves to make sure that they don’t want to let themselves down. I’m so happy that they have worked hard to get the blessings that they want, which means that I’m very happy for them! Since you’re my friend in our neighborhood, I’m grooming you to be like me because you’re always coming out to cherish your friends and I’m very happy that you have done that since you and your friends have organized that celebration” said Kaede.

“Yes, I agree with that, Kaede-san! I was in charge of Fuchsia and Celadon Week with Tomoka, Jun, Michiko, Akiko and Junichi where we invited everyone in Ōta to come and enjoy this wonderful celebration from April 28 until today, which is its last day. I’m so happy that a lot of people have been fascinated to get involved in making this festivity running and it’s so awesome that they have their shown themselves to make the community being filled with memories and blessings that they will never forget. It’s also a great time for us to change because Ōta had been changed since the Dragons of Ōta was gone and the rise of new community groups including the Bravehearts of Ōta made bigger changes to in bringing hopes and dreams to everyone in our hometown. I would be more delighted that I can cherish them if they are satisfied with what they have done and so, I’m giving them some blessings to make them comfortable” said Megumi.

“Oh, I see what you’re running this festivity, Megumi-san! I’m so surprised when you and your friends have opened this event because it’s for everyone who wanted to shine themselves in different ways to cherish everyone. I’m feeling happy for you that you have done a lot of things to make everyone in Ōta ready to show new ways to bless and inspire with each other. I hope that you will keep this up when you’re planning to organize another big activity” said Kaede.

“Well, this is only just the beginning, but I will be happy that me and my friends will always run our group with smiles and peace. Right, guys?” said Megumi.

“Yeah, Megumi-san!” said the members of the Family of Angels.

“So, how you two became friends with each other, Megumi-san and Kaede-san?” asked Michiko.

“Oh, that’s what we should share about, Michiko-san!” said Megumi.

“It will be more awesome that you have to sit back, relax and enjoy this one because it will blow up your minds once you will discover our secrets out there” said Kaede.

“Okay!” said the members of the Family of Angels.

“So, before we created our own groups, the two of us were used to be part of the Magenta Rangers Ōta” said Megumi.

“It’s a group of young lads and lasses that they want to cherish themselves while their favoritism of color magenta being flourished. Of course, Megumi liked magenta, but she is more leaning on picking fuchsia as her personal color” said Kaede.

“Wait a minute, Megumi-san. Did you like magenta?!” queried Michiko.

“I thought that your favorite color is pink!” said Ayane.

“That’s very weird for a leader of our group that had liked more than one color” said Aika.

“Well, to be honest, I like fuchsia as my personal color, but magenta is not bad for me to be a favorite as well. However, I generally pick either of the two if I find them fascinated, so that I will be able to use them in any purpose” said Megumi.

“Oh, I see that point. I guess that you want to use them for your own purposes in making our group more colorful” said Michiko.

“It’s better to make this group colorful rather than just one color” said Ayane.

“But because the rules of the mainstream groups of the Bravehearts of Ōta stated that one group must pick one of the colors as its main color” said Haruyo.

“Which means that fuchsia is still the main color of our group” said Kozue.

“However, you can use some of the colors as alternate colors” said Aika.

“That’s right, Aika-san! The Family of Angels have used both fuchsia and lavender as its main colors, but we technically used fuchsia because it’s Tomoka’s image color” said Megumi.

“Oh, we get it now” said Michiko while Ayane, Haruyo, Kozue and Aika have nodded their heads together.

“Now, back to what I’m saying is that we have a lot of side activities that we used to in that group where we made missions outside the school for something that you want to make them comfortable” said Megumi.

“Or you want to make yourself earned” said Kaede.

“That’s why the two of us have our own opportunities to get the job done, so that we’ll be able to get earned” said Megumi.

“Our leader Tsukasa Mizuguchi had given us some rewards if we have accomplished our activities” said Kaede. Tsukasa is a second year high school student from the Kamata High School and the leader of the Magenta Rangers Ōta.

“Sometimes, she gave us some chocolate bars, but she can also give us the signature wristbands” said Megumi.

“Like how I used to wear right now” said Kaede while showing her magenta-colored wristband on her left wrist to the members of the Family of Angels.

“Wow! That’s so precious!” said Nami.

“I can’t believe that it’s so glorious!” said Kotoe.

“This one is really more of a beautiful garment!” said Akiko.

“I’m so surprised that you have that one!” said Katsuei.

“That one made you recognized as one of the members of that group!” said Ryōta.

“Your group must be running with their blessings to come out with because they want to prosper their community like how the Bravehearts of Ōta have used to” said Shōzō.

“I have to say that you are one-of-a-kind leader with charismatic ways to bless everyone” said Junichi.

“Yep! I agree with that, guys! Tsukasa said that this wristband is so special that the members of the Magenta Rangers Ōta have worn those when they’re active within that group. Megumi had that one before when she was part of that group” said Kaede.

“Yeah, I have worn that one when we’re used to be part of that group, but I only done that occasionally, thus I didn’t leave that group in general” said Megumi.

“Wow! That’s very surprising to me!” said Akiko.

“I didn’t know that you were part of that group, Megumi-san” said Natsuki.

“Which means that you have many group affiliations that you have joined” said Satsuki.

“Yep. However, even I didn’t leave the group, I’m still a member of that group, but I used to visit their homeplace if they want me to get involved for something that can fascinate them. As a result, me and Kaede were actually ‘graduated’ from that group” said Megumi.

“Oh, now I understand what’s going on out there” said Akiko.

“I’m very relieved that you have just ‘graduated’ from that group” said Natsuki.

“Which means that you have left that group to form our own group” said Satsuki.

“I was surprised about this because I thought that you’re going to focus on any other group affiliation that you joined, but you want to stick to just one” said Katsuei.

“I say that you have been very determined to run the Family of Angels because you are part of our family” said Asami.

“I have to say that you’re determined to stay loyal to us” said Miki.

“Because you’re a good friend of Tomoka” said Kōichi.

“Yeah, it’s true that I’m a good friend of Tomoka because she had always cherished me to have a great friendship and so, I always trusted her when she wanted to keep her confidence for everyone on her side. Of course, you’re all friends with Tomoka too, right?” said Megumi.

“Yeah!” said the members of the Family of Angels.

“So, one thing that we have a big moment when we were part of the Magenta Rangers Ōta is that we were able to visit one of the shrines in Ōta to have a picnic with our friends from that group” said Kaede.

“This is the part where we have so many memories that we have made” said Megumi.

“Such us praying to the Gods as we have blessed them for a good year” said Kaede.

“And then, we were able to play games including hide-and-seek” said Megumi.

“Oh, wow! I can’t believe that you two have enjoyed those moments out there!” said Nami.

“It reminded us on our own picnic nearly three months ago” said Kotoe.

“Where we have been relaxing together through the breeze” said Fujiko.

“Then, we have some fun games to play with!” said Kazue.

“It was so nice that you have organized that activity for us!” said Ryōta.

“Those moments that you have were very inspirable to organize that activity” said Shōzō.

“Which is why we were so amazed that you have done that for all of us” said Junichi.

“You’re very determined to make us feel comfortable after you have recalled those memories out there when you were part of that ranger group” said Akiyuki.

“You’re always coming out to bless us, which we’re very proud of you!” said Kaiji.

“Yes, I am, guys! I have been doing my best to make yourself blessed and inspired and of course, you won’t be disappointed anymore since we’re all part of the Family of Angels” said Megumi.

“Yeah!” said the members of the Family of Angels.

“This picnic activity from my time in the Magenta Rangers Ōta was my idea when I was initiating an idea of organizing that same activity for our group. As a result, I wanted to refresh this memory before I ended up making that activity to happen. Of course, you’re all part of it, remember?” said Megumi.

“Yeah!” said the members of the Family of Angels.

“So, what is your favorite moment of yours when you and Megumi-chan have taken part of that picnic, Kaede-chan?” asked Jun.

“My favorite moment is that when I was able to bring some grilled foods to my fellow groupmates. They were so thrilled when I gave them, especially to my fellow schoolmate Chika Koyanagi, a second year middle school student from the Kamata Middle School, who was impressed that she liked my tonkatsu” said Kaede.

“That’s a good memory out there, Kaede-san! I’m very thrilled that you have been blessed by them when you gave them some food!” said Jun.

“They became blessed and inspired after you gave them with your blessings” said Nozomi.

“Hum. You’re more of a giver to your friends on your side because you inspire them to be like you” said Sora.

“That’s why you’re very enthusiastic to give them some blessings just like how our friends did! It will be awesome that you will be part of us if you want to bless and inspire people in our community for more” said Kurumi.

“Yeah! You’re a prospered girl with a comfortable heart, Kaede!” said Kōme.

“You’re good enough to show your blessings to them no matter what!” said Yuzuha.

“We will be determined if you can help us working together to make our community shining for more” said Kyō.

“So that, everyone will be making us blessed and inspired as they wanted to be like us!” said Sakura.

“Well, I would be happy if I will join that group, guys, but I’m not yet interested in joining that group yet because I want to see you and your friends working together with your allies. However, I will decide on that once I have found something fascinated, so that me and my friends will be ready to join that group for sure” said Kaede.

“Ah, I see that point, Kaede-chan. You’re very charismatic to show your blessings to your friends on your side” said Kyō.

“They know that you had a great ambition of leading your group to shine your way and I have to say that you will happy to come along with us if you want to” said Sakura.

“Okay, I can count on that!” said Megumi.

“Then, all you have to do is to help us preparing these tables and chairs for the culminating event later tonight” said Megumi.

“We want some volunteers to prepare these objects, so that the guests will be more comfortable to enjoy this event” said Anzu.

“It will be amazing that we will work together like you have never done before” said Akiko.

“Since you want to be more prospered to bless and inspire us” said Junichi.

“So, please, can you make us motivated to work together as a team?” asked Jun.

“Sure, I would be glad to, guys!” said Kaede.

“Yeah, me too!” said the members of the Kamata Magenta Group.

“Great! Now that’s what I like to see you getting prepared to work with us!” said Jun.

“We will make sure that these will all good to go!” said Kyō.

“Yeah!” said Kaede and her friends from the Kamata Magenta Group.

“I will help my friends to come out since they’re interested to work with us!” said Katsuya.

“They know that they’re excited for that event!” said Sawako.

“Sure, you would, Katsuya-san and Sawako-san! Let them come!” said Megumi.

“We would be delighted if they will contribute as well!” said Kaede.

“Okay!” said Katsuya and Sawako.

A few minutes later, the allies of the Family of Angels would arrive to gather around with Megumi, Kaede and their friends. The people who were present in the central park aside from the Family of Angels and the Kamata Magenta Group are the friends of Katsuya and Sawako, the selected members of the Homewrecking Dragons, the Periwinkle Storm Lions, the Shiromidai Elementary School Music Club and the Shiromidai Elementary School Student Council.

“Alright, listen up! We have to prepare these tables and chairs for the upcoming event, which will be the culminating event” said Megumi.

“Everyone must work together, so that we’ll be able to make this event more blooming and prosperous for the guests to enjoy” said Jun.

“So, all we have to do is to set up all tables and chairs to make themselves assembled together” said Kaede.

“Are you guys understand about this?” asked Megumi.

“Yeah!” said the members of the Family of Angels and their allies.

“Okay, then…” said Megumi before Jun and Kaede joining with her as they shout together in unison. “…let’s get it work!”

“Okay!” said the members of the Family of Angels and their allies as they begin assembling the tables and chairs for the culminating event where some have used the central park to assemble those while the others have carried some tables and chairs to the beachfront. The boys would work together to carry down the tables while the members of the Shiromidai Elementary School Music Club put the decorations on the tables. The members of the Family of Angels and the Kamata Magenta Group bring the tablecloths to place them on the tables one by one.

Meanwhile, Megumi asks Kaede to bring the balloons from the main lobby of the main hotel. “Will you lend me the balloons?”

“Sure, Megumi-san!” said Kaede as she would go to the main lobby to get the colorful balloons before giving those to Megumi.

In turn, Megumi would give the colorful balloons to the members of Jun’s Angels, so that they will place them in the tables. “Now, put those balloons to the tables!”

“Okay!” said the members of Jun’s Angels.

“We should get the balloons together!” said Kaede.

“You got it!” said Megumi while giving Kaede a smile.

The preparation for the culminating event of the Fuchsia and Celadon Week would continue until it reaches 4:00 in the afternoon where they’re almost done assembling the tables and chairs with decorations on those. The only thing that they need to get it done is the plates and utensils, but fortunately, Megumi and Kaede reach out to the staff members of the Golden Sun Restaurant to borrow the plates and utensils for the culminating event, which the staff members accepted it. Now, the tables and chairs are finally set with the plates and utensils being placed. It would look almost resembled to a birthday party, but more of an outdoor celebration.

“It’s all done, guys! The preparation is now finally complete!” said Megumi.

“You guys did a great job in working together as a team! You deserved it!” said Kaede.

“Yeah! Thank you very much!” said the members of the Family of Angels and their allies including the Kamata Magenta Group.

“Now that everything is set, everyone will take a rest and prepare for the culminating event” said Kaede.

“We’ll see you later tonight at 6:00 in the evening” said Megumi.

“Okay, we will!” said the members of the Family of Angels and their allies including the Kamata Magenta Group. After which, everyone would leave except the members of the Family of Angels and the Kamata Magenta Group.

“We did a great job in preparing those tables and chairs for the culminating event, guys!” said Megumi.

“Yeah, we agree, Megumi-san!” said Kaede, the members of the Family of Angels and the Kamata Magenta Group.

“I’m so happy that we have worked together, especially that my friends have been given the helping hand to your friends on your side!” said Kaede.

“Yes, indeed! I’m always preparing those if an event is almost approaching and me and my friends are very good in making plans to make it happen. I’m sure that you will get used to it once you’re planning to organize your own activities, especially when we’re going to collaborate with each other next time” said Megumi.

“Yeah, of course!” said Kaede while the members of the Kamata Magenta Group would only say “Yeah!”

“Thank you for making us blessed and inspired, Megumi-san! I’m very happy that our friendship had been developed since we have reunited with each other again like in the past” said Kaede.

“Yeah, Kaede-san, it’s so great that we never lost our willpower ever since we’re in the Magenta Rangers Ōta, but we will never forget all of our moments that we have treasured with. I’m so blessed that you came here because I will never forget this encounter for sure” said Megumi.

“Yep! I’m very determined that you’re here to contribute for your friend and because you had a great friendship with Tomoka, I would be more confident that we can do the same thing” said Kaede.

“Well, then, I will you what. You can decide on whether to join our extended group to contribute with us or the Bravehearts of Ōta if you and your friends want to bless and inspire like them. What do you say?” said Megumi.

“Okay, Megumi-san. I will contemplate on that first before I’ll finalize it at any time. You can always count on me if you want to!” said Kaede.

“Yeah!” said Megumi.

“Is Kaede will be joining with us?” asked Nami.

“Are they going to be part of our circle of friends?” added Kotoe.

“Not yet, Nami-san and Kotoe-san. Kaede will contemplate on this for a while, but she will finally make her decision at any time that she wants as soon as she will be ready to bless and inspire like we used to” said Megumi.

“We’re very confident to anyone who is either a friend or ally to us” said Akiko.

“Because they want to bless and inspire us with their smiles” said Junichi.

“We’ll have to wait for her and her friends to make their decision when the time is come for them to shine” said Jun.

“Hopefully, they’re going to be more delighted to join us if they want to because they’re more of guardian angels” said Nozomi.

“As soon as they’ll be ready to step up for us, then they’re going to be happy to have them for sure!” said Sora.

“Okay!” said Nami and Kotoe.

“I’m sure that they will definitely gonna join our circle of friends if they want to be close with us” said Nami.

“But I have a feeling that Kaede will be planning to join the Bravehearts of Ōta and make her group being a mainstream group” said Kotoe.

“So, it will depend on what they will decide to complete their future” said Nami.

“We’ll be happy on their decision no matter what!” said Kotoe.

“Yeah, we agree!” said Megumi, Junichi, Akiko, Jun, Nozomi and Sora.

“By the way, guys, I will give you this for your hard work in collaborating with us” said Anzu as she gives Kaede some bracelets.

“What are those?” asked Kaede.

“These are friendship bracelets” said Anzu.

“It’s shiny and colorful that you can wear those” said Dairoku.

“It will be a symbol of friendship that we have made since you helped us” said Nanako.

“With your blissful hearts” said Shigeru.

“You can always count on us by wearing those” said Hitomi.

“That way, you’re all comfortable to become friends with us” said Masami.

“Okay!” said Kaede and her friends from the Kamata Magenta Group before wearing the bracelets on their wrists.

“It fits well!” said Kaede.

“I like it!” said Mirai.

“That’s so dazzling!” said Kiyoko.

“I’m very fascinated to see this!” said Takehiro.

“Now that’s more I like it!” said Katsunori.

“Thank goodness that my wrist fits this!” said Koji.

“This bracelet is so precious!” said Sana.

“This is beautiful!” said Kanako.

“I’m happy that I have one!” said Shōtarō.

“Yeah, me too!” said Tomoaki.

“Thank you with this bracelet!” said Kaede and her friends from the Kamata Magenta Group.

“You’re welcome!” said Anzu, Nanako, Dairoku, Shigeru, Hitomi and Masami.

“Now that you guys are finally friends with us, you can always smile to make us blessed and inspired!” said Kyō.

“That way, you’re all here to shine when you’re representing for us” said Sakura.

“Yeah, we will!” said Kaede and her friends from the Kamata Magenta Group.

“Now, let’s change our clothes for the culminating event and make the final day of the Fuchsia and Celadon Week even more beautiful!” said Megumi.

“Yeah!” said Kaede and the members of the Family of Angels and the Kamata Magenta Group as they are parting ways to prepare themselves in wearing their own casual clothes for the culminating event of the Fuchsia and Celadon Week. Megumi and Kaede have known with each other since they were used to be part of the Magenta Rangers Ōta and now, they have led their own groups: the Family of Angels and the Kamata Magenta Group. They have worked together in making the central park and beachfront of the Misawa Resort Hotel more beautiful and harmonious for the culminating event of the Fuchsia and Celadon Week. This means that their friendship had been growing like how they have used to when they were part of the Magenta Rangers Ōta and so, they’ll always show their smiles with each other to make sure that they will shine together through their auras, especially when Kaede will be planning to either join the Rainbow Angels or the Bravehearts of Ōta in the few weeks to come.

UP NEXT: Profile of the Kamata Magenta Group
 
When Megumi had previously joined the Magenta Rangers Ōta, she had met Kaede Umezawa, the leader of the Kamata Magenta Group, thus they have created their own bonds of friendship between each other where they have gotten along with each other when they have worked together for the Magenta Rangers Ōta. Of course, Kaede had her own friends that she had befriended with, thus forming their own group, known as the Kamata Magenta Group. So, here is their profile, which is composed of first year middle school students from the Kamata Middle School and they have been interested in assembling foods and stuff when they have prepared some outdoor activities with each other. One thing that you find it coincidental is that some of their members are also members of the Magenta Rangers Ōta just like Kaede such as Mirai Tsukamoto, Kiyoko Yasuda (not to be confused with voice actress and singer Kiyono Yasuno), Sana Nozawa and Kanako Esaki. Speaking of the Magenta Rangers Ōta, I added both Tsukasa Miyaguchi, its group’s leader, and Chika Koyanagi into the list as they were mentioned in today's update, Red Section-Chapter 105: "One Color to Associate with One Place to Shine".

Kamata Magenta Group: Kaede Umezawa, Mirai Tsukamoto, Kiyoko Yasuda, Takehiro Shibata, Katsunori Komatsu, Koji Takimoto, Sana Nozawa, Kanako Esaki, Shōtarō Kawashima and Tomoaki Ishigami

Kamata Magenta Group
Kaede Umezawa: December 28 / 1MS / Kamata MS
Mirai Tsukamoto: April 14 / 1MS / Kamata MS
Kiyoko Yasuda: June 29 / 1MS / Kamata MS [Not to be confused with voice actress and singer Kiyono Yasuno]
Takehiro Shibata: January 20 / 1MS / Kamata MS
Katsunori Komatsu: September 13 / 1MS / Kamata MS
Koji Takimoto: November 25 / 1MS / Kamata MS
Sana Nozawa: February 6 / 1MS / Kamata MS
Kanako Esaki: July 2 / 1MS / Kamata MS
Shōtarō Kawashima: October 11 / 1MS / Kamata MS
Tomoaki Ishigami: May 7 / 1MS / Kamata MS


Others: Tsukasa Miyaguchi and Chika Koyanagi

Others
Tsukasa Miyaguchi: March 16 / 2HS / Kamata HS / Leader of the Magenta Rangers Ōta
Chika Koyanagi: August 5 / 2MS / Kamata MS


UP NEXT: Red Section-Chapter 106: “Archers Galore for a Weekend Play!”

Finally, it’s about time for Megumi to reunite with his friend in Kaede Umezawa, the leader of the Kamata Magenta Group, as they have known with each other when they were part of the Magenta Rangers Ōta. They have been working together in showing their pride, courage and willpower to everyone in their community, so that they’ll be able to make the difference in shining together for the better future of Ōta. When they worked together in assembling the preparations for the culminating event of the Fuchsia and Celadon Week, they have been able to show their willpower being paid off, so that they’ll be able to get the done without hesitation. Hopefully, they’ll continue to develop their friendship, so that they’ll be able to bless and inspire everyone in their community for sure!:) It’s so grateful that the Volume 8.5 had finally surpassed Volume 8 with the continuation of the Red Section Series for the year 2022, despite the challenges that I had encountered where I did it without losing my willpower to make it happen. It feels great that Volume 8.5 had been running very well and I have to say that it’s history in the making to make that volume more running to prosper with new updates that I posted twice a week. I hope that I can keep it up if I have a lot of ideas to work up with and hopefully, it will continue to flourish while the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak is ongoing, but I’m ready to plan on posting Volume 9, then, I would do it once the pandemic is over.;) Stay tuned for this as Volume 8.5 will still be running like the flowers are blooming together to gleam and shine!:) The next update will be focused on Emiri Hiraki and her friends from the Ganetazuki as they’re going to take their archery session at the Archer’s Way Training Center where they’ll be met by two new members of the Ōmihara Gakuen High School archery team in Keiko Ariyoshi and Mamoru Yamamoto. I had been confident in posting updates related to the Bravehearts of Toyohashi including Emiri Hiraki after “Emiri and the Bravehearts of Toyohashi”, but this one will be more interesting to see because it will be focused on the pride and willpower as they’re going to train together for their upcoming archery season this summer! Get ready to witness the action of the archers running their own show to gleam with as Emiri is ready to teach Keiko and Mamoru on how to be a great archer like her!:) I’ll see you on January 12 (Sunday) for the next update of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts!
 
A Special Announcement from Ai Miyashita (CV. Natsumi Murakami):
The author will be planning to release the updated profiles of different braveheart groups in Tokai after posting the next update. This one will be very important because it will be for the Bravehearts of Toyohashi, the Bravehearts of Shizuoka, the Bravehearts of Numazu and the Bravehearts of Azumino while the Bravehearts of Nagoya will give small updates as well and the main reason is because to adjust the birthday celebrants of the seventh and ninth main female members of a braveheart group by moving their birthdates by either three or four months before their original birthdates. It will be posted alongside my postscript message about the connection circle of Ayame Murakami, a member of the Bravehearts of Minato. Of course, her surname is named after the seiyu that voiced me, Natsumi Murakami. Until then, I’ll see you next time when me and my fellow club members from the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club will be featured in a future update and keep thrilling with joys and smiles to shine, everyone!
 
Hi, everyone!:) As you all know, I’m currently not feeling well right now because I got both sore throat and cough, but I wasn’t able to get contacted with the COVID-19.:( This means that I have to be more careful on my health right now because I don’t want to take risk of being tested positive for that virus and so, I have to stay healthy if my body is prepared for a possible booster by next week.:) Also, I didn’t able to make progress of new drafts in my other computer recently due to its monitor hadn’t been working anymore.:( It’s déjà vu all over again after four months when this one happened before. As a result, I have to plan on continuing it by tomorrow or a few days, so that I’ll be able to get back into progress for the new updates to be posted in this forum in the future. Hopefully, I might have a chance to do a draft that is focused on Liella!, which is one of the goals that I’m going to do for this month, so that I’ll be able to have more progress for this month for sure!;) Stay tuned for a few updates about this when I’ll back on writing new drafts when my computer is working again with a new monitor coming out!:) Now before you’ll read this update, this one will be dedicated to Kyōko Hikami (January 11), Nozomi Furuki (January 12) and Sachika Misawa and Raychell (January 13). Born in from Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Kyōko is the voice actress of Hayo Nukui (Dropout Idol Fruit Tart; the mother of Hayu Nukui (CV: Haruka Shiraishi)). Coming out from Gotō Islands, Nagasaki, Nozomi is the voice actress of Kanae Kanari (Maesetsu!). Hailing from Yamanashi, Sachika is a voice actress and singer that took part of Afterglow of BanG Dream! as the voice actress of Moca Aoba. She’s also the voice actress of Kuroyukihime (Accel World), Seika Nonoo (Sakurada Reset), Arisa Meigo (A Certain Magical Index: The Movie - The Movie of Endymion) and Sakura “Cosmos” Akino (Oresuki). She also released her first album with the title “I Am Me” at the end of the year 2020. And last but not the least, Raychell is the oldest seiyu of BanG Dream series when she had voiced Rei ‘Layer’ Wakana while leading RAISE A SUILEN as its group’s lead vocalist and bassist. She had also voiced Shano Himegami from D4DJ, representing the new group Lynx Eyes, and Elena Hanakaze from Joran: The Princess of Snow and Blood and a member of the visual kei band Shazna. Hopefully, they’ll continue making progress of their voice acting career, especially to both Sachika and Raychell as they’ll be ready to gleam their way to shine their careers for sure!;) Advanced happy birthday, Kyōko, and happy birthday, Nozomi, Sachika and Raychell!:) Now, onto today’s update featuring Emiri Hiraki and her friends!:)

After 73 side chapters, Emiri Hiraki and her friends are coming back once again to Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts as this time, they will be joining with the members of Ganetazuki where they are going to have some archery session at the Archer’s Way Training Center. In this update, you’ll see them training together to show their archery skills before being joined by the friends of Harumi Fukusawa. Of course, there’s going to be a big part in this update where two new members of the Ōmihara Gakuen High School archery team, composed of Keiko Ariyoshi and Mamoru Yamamoto, will be trained by Emiri, so that they will able to draw first blood in playing archery, which will be amazing for them to start their archery careers in high school. Hopefully, you’re all thrilled to see the action and intensity in this archery session with Emiri and her friends because here comes the 106th side chapter of the Red Section Series with the title, “Archers Galore for a Weekend Play!”! Enjoy reading the 106th side chapter of the Red Section Series!:)

SIDE STORY: “RED SECTION STORIES
CHAPTER 106: “ARCHERS GALORE FOR A WEEKEND PLAY!

Date: May 9, 2010 (Sunday)

This side story is focused on Emiri Hiraki and her friends including those from Ganetazuki as they’re having an archery session together at the Archer’s Way Training Center.

Emiri Hiraki and her friends are entering the Archer’s Way Training Center as they’re going to have another archery session.

Emiri Hiraki and Friends: Emiri Hiraki, Tomoyo Matsukawa, Koharu Ōno, Sayaka Tanikawa, Itsuyo Nishizaki, Yuriko Shinozaki, Akihiro Mito, Shinya Akasaka, Hiroyasu Iwata and Taketoshi Hondo
Ganetazuki: Kurumi Aoyama, Yuzuki Yukimura, Natsuko Yonezawa, Takako Egawa, Kumiko Asakawa, Harumi Fukusawa, Yōko Komori and Chisa Maeda

“Otōsan! Okasan!” shouted Emiri while waving her hand to say ‘hi’ to her parents.

“Oh, there you are, Emiri-san and friends!” said Natsumi Yoshizawa, the mother of Emiri Hiraki.

“I’m so glad that you’re finally here for another training!” said Gakuto Hiraki, the father of Emiri Hiraki.

“Yes, we are!” said Emiri and her friends including those from Ganetazuki.

“Now, you guys should prepare yourself for another session in a few minutes” said Natsumi.

“We’ll be meeting with each other at the training ground later” said Gakuto.

“Okay!” said Emiri and her friends before Gakuto and Natsumi leaving the terrace.

“So, what are you doing here in this workplace?” asked Kurumi Aoyama, a member of Ganetazuki.

“This is where I trained to become an archery athlete. My parents used to play archery in their 20s before they retired together” said Emiri.

“Ah, that’s interesting! I can’t believe that they’re too good!” said Kurumi.

“And they’re more professional to get it done!” said Yuzuki Yukimura, a member of Ganetazuki.

“They’re great enough to make their careers successful” said Natsuko Yonezawa, a member of Ganetazuki.

“Yes, they were. They represented Aichi during the National Games when they were in high school, then they ended up competing for continental competitions after finishing college” said Emiri.

“Oh, that’s very nice for them!” said Kurumi.

“They are dazzling enough to show it off with their auras!” said Yuzuki.

“They will make sure that they will not lose their willpower while trying their best to get it done to win!” said Natsuko.

“Yeah, I agree!” said Emiri. “That’s why my friends and I have decided to train there to prove that we’re good in scoring big in archery and for me, I have to follow my parents’ footsteps of becoming a great archery athlete one day.”

“Wow! You must be dreaming of following your parents’ footsteps because you want to make them proud” said Takako Egawa, a member of Ganetazuki.

“I’m so surprised that you’re the daughter of two archery athletes! I’m very happy that you are living up your expectations to follow their legacy” said Kumiko Asakawa, a member of Ganetazuki.

“I will be more delighted that you will end up representing Aichi for the National Games if you will be able to perform well in prefectural competitions” said Harumi Fukusawa, a member of Ganetazuki.

“You will be ready to shine to make your moves for us” said Yōko Komori, a member of Ganetazuki.

“So that, you will be able to get yourself earned to become the best archery athlete in Aichi” said Chisa Maeda, a member of Ganetazuki.

“Yes, I will, girls! I’m very motivated to fulfill my dreams of becoming the best archery athlete in Aichi just like my parents have done that before. Hopefully, I will do my best if I will make it to the National Games” said Emiri.

“Okay, good luck with that, Emiri-san!” said Kurumi.

“You’ll be more thrilled to show your moves like how your parents did” said Yuzuki.

“We’ll be cheering for you to shine!” said Natsuko.

“Sure, you would! It will be amazing that you can cheer for me to make sure that I’ll be able to make myself going to the top in the prefectural tournament for sure!” said Emiri.

“Yeah, we will, Emiri-san!” said the members of Ganetazuki.

“Okay, girls, there’s no time for chat. We should start the training in a few minutes” said Tomoyo Matsukawa.

“Yeah, you can save that for later once the training is done” said Koharu Ōno.

“For now, let’s focus on the training” said Sayaka Tanikawa.

“Okay!” said Emiri and the members of Ganetazuki.

Emiri and her friends would finally enter to the terrace to start their training with Gakuto watching on them including his daughter to keep an eye on their moves. The training would start with Emiri and her friends are shooting arrows on the target stand where they have to use their eyes to aim for the bullseye. They tried harder to make sure that they will make it as they want to be prepared for the upcoming prefectural competition very soon.

Emiri would quickly target at the bullseye before shooting the arrow with her bow and the arrow would land on the bullseye.

“Wow! That was a nice shot, Emiri-san!” said Kurumi.

“You’re very good on this!” said Yuzuki.

“I’m very surprised to see this!” said Natsuko.

“Yep! My father had been aiming for bullseyes when he was an athlete and now, I can do the same thing because that’s what I do to make myself shine” said Emiri.

“Oh, do it again!” said Takako.

“I would love to see this!” said Kumiko.

“Yeah, me too!” said Harumi.

“It will be awesome that you can do that again!” said Yōko.

“You will be good to go for the prefectural competition once you have worked hard on those” said Chisa.

“Yes, I am!” said Emiri as she continues to train herself while being impressed by the members of Ganetazuki.

“I can do that too if I’m strong enough to target at the bullseye!” said Akihiro Mito.

“Yeah, me too! I can make it while closing my eyes!” said Shinya Akasaka.

“Well, you have to keep an eye on the bullseye if you want to score a 10, boys!” said Tomoyo.

“Because you should be careful on what you’re hitting when you’re trying to get the arrow into the bullseye” said Koharu.

“It would be better to get patient on trying to get the bullseye” said Sayaka.

“Getting the bullseye is the hardest thing to do” said Itsuyo Nishizaki.

“Unless if you’re lucky make it” said Yuriko Shinozaki while adding a giggle.

“Yeah, we should!” said Akihiro and Shinya.

“We’re very good in making shots like this” said Tomoyo as she demonstrates on how to score a 10 with her bow and arrow. Tomoyo unleashes her speed to release the arrow from her bow before the arrow would make it to the bullseye.

“Wow! I can’t believe it!” said Akihiro.

“She got that too!” said Shinya.

“Yep! Emiri said that you should always aim at the bullseye if you want to have a perfect game because most of us aren’t very good in making those unless you will find yourself into the big list of getting a perfect 10 for yourself” said Tomoyo.

“And on top of that, nobody other than us has ever get a perfect 10 when this place was opened a few years ago” said Sayaka.

“Even Emiri and her fellow teammates from the archery team have scored 10s most of the time” said Itsuyo.

“So, you should get prepared on trying to hit a bullseye, otherwise, you won’t be able to get yourself earned” said Yuriko.

“Yeah, we agree with that” said Akihiro and Shinya.

“It’s okay, boys. The only thing that you have to remember is to be patient. Being patient is the virtue of an archer who can shine his or her way through confidence” said Hiroyasu Iwata.

“Hopefully, you will be more fantastic that you will have a chance to make a bullseye one day if you can follow what our mentor Gakuto-sensei says” said Taketoshi Hondo.

“Oh, patience. That’s what I have to remember on my mind” said Akihiro.

“Yeah, me too. I would be great if I can do this for myself” said Shinya.

“There you go! I think that you should be ready if you want to score a perfect 10, but it would be tricky to make that happen unless you’re smarter than Emiri” said Hiroyasu.

“Only Emiri can do that without losing her willpower. Dia said that people who wanted to shine in their way had to keep his/her patience, so that they don’t want to lose themselves” said Taketoshi.

“You should not panic because that’s the worst thing that you will not get it done” said Hiroyasu.

“So, are you okay with this?” asked Taketoshi.

“Okay!” said Akihiro and Shinya.

“Great! Now, let’s do this together!” said Taketoshi.

“Okay!” said Akihiro and Shinya as they alongside Hiroyasu and Taketoshi would start practicing on their shooting skills.

“I wonder who will be good enough to join with Emiri in the archery team” said Sayaka after score an 8 in her latest try.

“Well, at least 3 of her teammates would make it” said Tomoyo.

“They were Hanako Tokugawa, Eriko Matsumura and Sae Konishi” said Itsuyo. Hanako, Eriko and Sae are third year high school students from the Ōmihara Gakuen High School.

“They already proved the ground since entering to that team in their first year and now, they’re looking forward to their best this year because this will be their final year in high school” said Yuriko.

“Are you sure that Emiri will get her confidence developed since she was trained by them?” asked Sayaka.

“I guess so. She said that her teammates have been grooming her to be the best archery athlete in Aichi, but she had to overcome her challenge if she wants to win the prefectural competition this year” said Tomoyo.

“Oh, I hope that she would. I better start thinking about taking over the leadership spot from Hanako-senpai. Hanako had been a dominant archer with her skills being stupendous” said Sayaka.

“Yes, she was. That’s the reason why Emiri wanted to have that spot for next year. She said that it’s her goal of not only that she wanted to be the best archer in Aichi, but she will be trying to lead her way for her archery team that will compete in the prefectural competition as soon as she’s good to go. I hope that she can able to prove better than last year because what happened last year is that she missed her chances of going to the National Games with 2 points short of her opponent from Anjō in Mitsuko Arimoto” said Tomoyo.

“Even though she lost that fight, she still got her pride getting back for herself because she had been doing great in scoring as many points as she can” said Itsuyo.

“Hopefully, this year, it will her chance to prove once and for all that she can win the prefectural competition and make it to the National Games” said Yuriko.

“Yeah, I agree with that, girls” said Sayaka while looking at Emiri training with the members of Ganetazuki. “She’s so athletic that she can able to run her place like the way she used to be, but I have to say that she’ll get it what she wants.”

“Yeah!” said Tomoyo, Itsuyo and Yuriko.

Emiri and her friends from Ganetazuki would continue training together by shooting arrows to score at least 8-10 points. Emiri had her confidence to use when she trained her friends and so, she will have to prepare herself in trying to prove the ground that she will get her spot at the National Games as soon as she can score better than her opponents including her teammates.

After an hour of training, Gakuto would blow his whistle, signaling that it’s break time. “Okay, guys! Let’s have some break, then we’ll continue this training!”

“Okay!” said Emiri and her friends as they would leave the terrace to take their break at the audience area.

Emiri would talk with Kurumi and Yuzuki while eating their snack.

“Girls, I had been determined to represent my archery team that will compete in the prefectural competition because I want to do my best in showing my moves to get it done, so that I will make it to the National Games this summer” said Emiri.

“Oh, that’s what your ambition had been aiming on for this year, Emiri-san. I’m very excited about you representing your team for the prefectural competition!” said Kurumi.

“Yeah, me too! I can’t wait to watch this because it will be amazing that you will perform your moves to shine, so that you will be able to beat your opponents for sure!” said Yuzuki.

“Yes, of course! The prefectural competition will take place by mid-July after the first term ends where all competitors will show their skills in trying to make themselves worthy in making it to the National Games. The qualification to make it to the National Games is to pick the best 4 players to represent Aichi through the knockout tournament where 4 winners of the quarterfinals will be advanced to that prestigious competition. Of course, it will be a tough competition to make because not only me and my friends will be competing for our schools, but the other participants from different schools will be there as well” said Emiri.

“So, if that’s for the individual competition that you’re aiming for, does that rule will also apply for the team competition?” asked Kurumi.

“Of course not! The four players will be representing Aichi in the team competition where they alongside the 47 prefectures including Tokyo to battle against each other for the knockout round. I would be confident if I can deserve myself to get one of the four spots to represent Aichi because making it to the National Games is very important for me to do this and it’s going to be something that I will do it for myself” said Emiri.

“Ah, that’s what I like your confidence to see, Emiri-san! You’re seemed to be determined when you’re trying to get yourself a spot to represent Aichi” said Kurumi.

“You’re always coming out with your aura to shine your way just because you’re very competitive in trying to make it to the bigger leagues as soon as you’ll make it with wins in the knockout round” said Yuzuki.

“Hopefully, you will be able to get that spot this year after you missed your opportunity of making it last year” said Kurumi.

“But this time, you’re going to become better than being a normal archery athlete” said Yuzuki.

“Yes, I am! I tried my best in trying to make it to the National Games last year where I competed against Mitsuko Arimoto of Anjō during the quarterfinals, but I didn’t able to beat her because I fell short by a squeaker. However, this year, I have to win this prefectural competition and get myself a spot to represent Aichi because it’s my destiny to fulfill my dreams just like my parents did in the past” said Emiri.

“Well, you better start working hard with your fellow teammates out there if you want to lead your way to dominance this year” said Kurumi.

“You will be amazed if you will lead them to compete in the National Games with you and your teammates advancing together to the semifinals, which is not most likely gonna happen in the history of the prefectural competition” said Yuzuki.

“Well, we’ll see about that, Yuzuki-san. I’ll be ready to show my aura to unleash it, so that I’ll be ready to take care of the competition like I used to!” said Emiri.

“Yeah!” said Kurumi and Yuzuki.

“Speaking of which, are your siblings gonna have ambitions of becoming archers just like you too?” asked Kurumi.

“No, they’re not interested in archery, but my younger brother Kazuya is currently a member of the Ōmihara Gakuen Middle School boys’ basketball team. He’s too quick to prove himself after he didn’t do well last year. That’s why he’s more prepared for this season because he’s gonna do his best to dazzle himself with his own moves” said Emiri.

“Oh, that’s very good! Your brother had seemed to be getting high hopes in trying to make himself worthy to play basketball” said Kurumi.

“That guy will be on fire when he’s going to unleash his own moves” said Yuzuki.

“Yeah, he will! On the other hand, my younger sister Aiko isn’t interested in sports, but she is very good in geography” said Emiri.

“Wow! Your little sister must be good in learning about the places and treasures of our country” said Kurumi.

“I have to say that she’s smarter to know all of those!” said Yuzuki.

“Of course, she was! Aiko was a member of the geography club and she had been good in making research about the temples and shrines. So, she’s very competent and determined to study hard as she did a great job in getting high scores in topics related to geography” said Emiri.

“Well, I hope that she will keep it up if she wants to make herself earned into the honor list” said Kurumi.

“You will make her proud once she’ll have that by the end of the first term. You will be surprised to see that for sure” said Yuzuki.

“I hope so, Yuzuki-san. I had been a great student who had good grades and I’m almost making it to the honor list, but this year, I need to make it as soon as I’ll try hard to have high grades in different subjects” said Emiri.

“Ah, that’s good! I hope that you will definitely gonna make it” said Kurumi.

“We’ll be happy if you can pull a party for that one day!” said Yuzuki.

“Sure, I will!” said Emiri.

Suddenly, the conversation was interrupted by Natsuko and Takako as they have been surprised when they have seen new visitors.

“Girls! We have visitors!” said Natsuko.

“They’re coming from Harumi’s class!” said Takako.

“Okay, I will check it out!” said Emiri.

“Okay!” said Natsuko and Takako.

Emiri would be surprised to see Keiko Ariyoshi and Mamoru Yamamoto as they have already entered the terrace to train there. They would be joined by Kaiji Amano, Manaka Yoshiyama, Natsuhiko Takada and Nanami Tamayama. Keiko, Mamoru and their friends are all first year high school students from the Ōmihara Gakuen High School and classmates of Harumi Fukusawa.

Emiri would ask Keiko and Mamoru if they’re indeed them. “So, you must be Keiko Ariyoshi and Mamoru Miyamoto, right?”

“Yes, we are!” said Keiko and Mamoru.

“The head coach of the archery team Takafumi Fujimori had sent me a business card of this place and we’re very relieved that we have found this place” said Keiko Ariyoshi, who is also a member of the Ōmihara Gakuen High School archery team, representing the girls’ team.

“It’s so nice that we have been able to make it to this place, so that we’ll be here to train here” said Mamoru Miyamoto, who is also a member of the Ōmihara Gakuen High School archery team, representing the boys’ team.

“That’s good! I’m so happy that you came here to train at my father’s workplace because my friends and I were currently having a training” said Emiri.

“Oh, I see! I didn’t know that you’re staying here to train for archery skills!” said Emiri.

“I never gotten into an archery place like this before because my parents have built a little bunker where I started to get some practice on archery skills. So, I would be happy if you will allow us to train here” said Mamoru.

“Of course, you would!” said Emiri.

Then, Harumi would arrive to greet with Keiko and Mamoru as she’s so happy to see them.

“Hi, Keiko-san! Hi, Mamoru-san! It’s so nice that you have finally arrived at this place!” said Harumi.

“Yeah, Harumi-san!” said Keiko and Mamoru.

“We just came here to have a training to make ourselves stronger as we’re here to represent the Ōmihara Gakuen High School archery team” said Keiko.

“So, it would be amazing if we will spend some time here to train” said Mamoru.

“Of course, you would! Emiri had stayed there for her own training, even she allowed her teammates to come for a team training, right?” said Harumi.

“Yes, it’s true, Harumi-san! Say, why don’t you prepare your bow and arrow and let’s start some training. I have my friends out there to train as well, even they’re not part of our archery team” said Emiri.

“Yeah, of course!” said Keiko and Mamoru.

“Can you please wait for a minute because we have to talk with our friends?” asked Keiko.

“Sure, Keiko-san, no problem!” said Keiko.

Keiko and Mamoru would speak to their friends for a minute. Keiko would speak with Kaiji, Manaka, Natsuhiko and Nanami.

“Guys, you will have to stay at the audience area to watch us training” said Keiko.

“But are you sure that you’re going to show us your moves?” asked Kaiji Amano.

“Yeah, you should. That’s why you will have to watch us training, so that you will have a chance to inspire us if you want to be like us in the future” said Keiko.

“Don’t worry, guys. You can hang out with us later on if you want to” said Mamoru.

“Okay!” said Kaiji, Manaka, Natsuhiko and Nanami.

“I’ll promise that we will play together later, guys!” said Kaiji.

“Sure!” said Keiko.

“Okay!” said Mamoru.

Once Kaiji, Manaka, Natsuhiko and Nanami leave the terrace to go to the audience area, Keiko and Mamoru would meet up with Keiko and her friends from Ganetazuki.

“Okay, Emiri-san! We’re ready!” said Keiko.

“We’ll do whatever it takes to make our day feeling great!” said Mamoru.

“That’s good! Now, shall we start training?” said Emiri.

“Yeah!” said Keiko and Mamoru.

At the shooter’s area, Emiri, Keiko, Mamoru and the members of Ganetazuki are preparing their bows to make sure that it’s good to go for the training.

Emiri would explain the basic skills to Keiko and Mamoru. “In archery, you have to be mindful in trying to hit the bullseye with your perfect shot, but in order to make it happen, there are some basic skills that you have to perform with if you want to score a perfect 10 by doing the poses. These poses are the normal pose, the stealth pose, the valiant pose and the samurai pose. These poses will help you prepared in releasing your arrows and make them fly to the spot that will end up and it will be depended on the scores that will make. Of course, I did the normal pose all the time because I’m very good in taking this routine one way to another when I’m going for the score. So, if you want to do the normal pose, all you have to do is stand up and place your bow between you in the shooter’s area and the target stand to make sure that you will have an easy way to shoot.”

“Ah, I see! I get it now, Emiri-san!” said Keiko.

“Those moves are so nice that we can aim for the best shot!” said Mamoru.

“Yes, indeed! I’ll teach you how it works” said Emiri.

“Okay!” said Keiko and Mamoru.

Emiri would demonstrate on how to use the normal pose to both Keiko and Mamoru. “Now, you have to face the target stand and the distance must be one mile away. That way, you will be able to clear yourself out to aim easily when you’re about to make that shot.”

“Like this?” asked Keiko while she and Mamoru are doing the normal pose.

“Yeah, that’s how you do the normal pose, Keiko-san. Now, you have to prepare your arrow to shoot by putting the arrow onto your bow before you will hold it before you release it in a few seconds” said Emiri.

“Okay!” said Keiko and Mamoru as they would do what Emiri said earlier as they’re about to release their arrows while holding it.

“Now, carefully release the arrow by letting it go from your arrow, so that it will shoot like this” said Emiri would release the arrow from her bow and the arrow is flying to the ‘9’ ring.

“Okay, Emiri-san!” said Keiko and Mamoru.

“Just carefully release it” said Emiri, instructing Keiko and Mamoru, which they did it on their own, allowing the arrow to send flying to the target stand. Keiko would score an 8 while Mamoru scores a 9.

“We did it!” said Keiko.

“It went through!” said Mamoru.

“See, that’s what I’m talking about, guys! You have to be vigilant and determined if you want to score like that. I had always done that many times, which I’m so happy that I have scored a 9 or perfect 10. You will get used to it when you’re ready to aim for the bullseye” said Emiri.

“Okay, we understand!” said Keiko and Mamoru.

Emiri would finally explain about the stances when trying to score in archery. “Now, there are different kinds of stances that you will have to use whenever there’s a situation on a round during a competition. First, the normal stance can allow you to aim normally without your endurance and it can be used in earlier rounds. However, the two other stances are different from the normal stance and those are the stealth stance and the quick stance. The stealth stance can be used for the later rounds when you’re trying to score higher than the previous scores that you have in the earlier rounds, however, the requirement on that is the endurance. You have to think before you will use the stealth stance because the stealth stance is used by novice archers, who have used pressure the aim on the right target for ten seconds before releasing their arrows to shoot. I used to do that when I’m trying to catch up with the other players during the competition. Of course, I had been paid off in using that stance because it’s my specialty that I have used ever since I learned it from my father.”

“Oh, that’s very interesting! I can’t believe that you have learned to use those stances when you’re trying to score like the way it used to be” said Keiko.

“It would be amazing that you can use any stance that you want if you want to make it competitive against your opponents” said Mamoru.

“Yes, indeed. The first two stances are not bad at all because you have to be less pressured when you’re going to shoot the arrow at the target stand, so that you will be able to score at least 8 or more points in a round” said Emiri.

“Okay, I understand now! I’m sure that these two stances are good for young and amateur archers to aim like that because they are very mindful to score big if they want to show their endurance to release the arrows all the way” said Keiko.

“That way, they will be able to get strong enough to score higher than just 7 points” said Mamoru.

“Yep!” said Mamoru.

“But what about the other stance, Emiri-san?” asked Keiko.

“Oh, I forgot about that! The other stance I didn’t mentioned earlier is the quick stance. The quick stance is a stance that you have to shoot the arrow easily in a matter of 5 seconds, but it’s very difficult to use it, even they’re trying to score a perfect 10” said Emiri.

“Well, to be honest, that quick stance is used for professional archers who have been brave enough to shoot those in a quickest way” said Keiko.

“They’re not giving up no matter what because they’re proving themselves worthy to show their willpower and score all the way” said Mamoru.

“Yes, that’s true, guys. I only used the quick stance a few times during some competitions, but I only scored a 10 with that stance in one of the matches last season” said Emiri.

“Oh, really?!” shouted Keiko while Mamoru was shocked about this.

“Yep! I battled against Toshiko Yamanouchi of Kariya in the second round of the knockout tournament where I scored a perfect 10 in the fourth try” said Emiri.

“That’s so amazing! I can’t believe that you scored like that!” said Keiko.

“You must be stupendous in making that move!” said Mamoru.

“Yes, I am! However, I can’t use that stance many times because it only requires speed and acceleration to make that happen and I have to be smart enough to score at least 8-9 points many times before I will finally have an opportunity to score a 10” said Emiri.

“Well, that’s challenging to me” said Keiko.

“Yeah, I don’t think the quick stance would be an easier way to win, but honestly, it has its own requirement to unleash with if you’re good enough to hit a 10 earlier on” said Mamoru.

“You’re right about that!” said Emiri.

“So, what else did you learn from your father, Emiri-san?” asked Keiko.

“Yeah, there’s one” said Emiri.

“Oh, what is it?” queried Mamoru.

“It’s called the Deciduous Arrow. It’s a special move that my parents used to when they were professional archers before. That move requires speed, acceleration and endurance, which means that only people who have improvements on those three attributes will allow them to use that special move. Unfortunately, it’s very difficult to learn unless you’re going to master all stances without losing your stamina” said Emiri.

“Ah, interesting! You did that move before?” said Keiko.

“Uh… I tried it once, but it’s worth a shot to make a good score while I’m enduring myself to shoot” said Emiri.

“Did you able to score a perfect 10?” asked Mamoru.

“No, I’m afraid” said Emiri.

“Oh, that’s too bad” said Keiko.

“I guess that you’re going to make that move unless you’re very good enough to score a perfect 10” said Mamoru.

“Yeah, that’s true, Mamoru-san. I will only use the Deciduous Arrow occasionally if I’m very good enough to have my speed, acceleration and endurance getting improved” said Emiri.

“Ah, okay” said Keiko and Mamoru.

“Now, shall we start practicing together?” asked Emiri.

“Yeah, we’re ready, Emiri-san!” said Keiko and Mamoru.

“Then, let’s get going!” said Emiri.

“Okay!” said Keiko and Mamoru.

The montage would be shown where Emiri, Keiko and Mamoru are practicing together with the stances and poses that the former demonstrated to the latter two. Even they’re new to the archery team, Keiko and Mamoru are trying their best to shoot well with their endurance, so that they will score at least 8 or higher than that number.

At the audience area, Kaiji, Manaka, Natsuhiko and Nanami are very happy to see Keiko and Mamoru getting trained by Emiri.

“That Emiri was so strong that she had trained Keiko and Mamoru!” said Kaiji.

“Yeah, Kaiji-san! She’s trying to make them stronger by teaching them some techniques that she used” said Manaka.

“It would be awesome that those two will be able to make the arrows fly quickly if they’re gonna try their best to prove once and for all that they can run the place with authority” said Natsuhiko.

“That way, they’ll be stronger just like Emiri!” said Nanami.

“Yeah, you’re right about that, guys! Emiri had been determined to groom her fellow teammates to make sure that they’re ready to shine with their arrows being set and I hope that when the competition comes, it’s their time to unleash their auras to shoot” said Kaiji.

“Yep!” said Manaka.

“I agree!” said Natsuhiko.

“Of course!” said Nanami.

“I’m pretty sure that Keiko and Mamoru are ready to show themselves when they’re going to compete in the prefectural competition because they’re very determined in trying to prove themselves that they’re good at archery” said Manaka.

“Even though they’re just new to the archery, they’ll be ready to rise one day” said Natsuhiko.

“So that, they will be able to lead their team to dominance for sure!” said Nanami.

“Yes, they will! Those two are having their brighter future in the archery because they have been so great to prove themselves like they’re running with their auras. Hopefully, they’ll do whatever it takes to shine their careers for sure!” said Kaiji.

“Yeah!” said Manaka, Natsuhiko and Nanami.

After 30 minutes, Emiri, Keiko and Mamoru are finally exhausted from practice, but they were able to finish the practice without losing their willpower.

“Well, that’s it for now, you two. You guys did a terrific job in showing your strength in improving your skills” said Emiri.

“Yeah!” said Keiko.

“I guess so” said Mamoru.

“I’m feeling great that I have worked hard in putting my skills to the next level!” said Keiko.

“Mine was also good! I can finally show my way to shoot arrows in the easier way!” said Mamoru.

Emiri giggles while being flanked by Keiko and Mamoru. “I’m sure that you two are looking great now that you have your skills getting improved.”

“Yeah!” said Keiko and Mamoru.

“Since you two have done that to make sure that your strength is all good to go, then I’ll give something for you” said Emiri.

Keiko and Mamoru are surprised when Emiri said that she will give them a surprise. “Oh, what is it?”

“Here you go!” said Emiri as she gives Keiko and Mamoru two caps. “These are caps that I used to wear for major competitions in the prefecture. You can wear those if you want.”

“Oh, sure, we would be glad to! Thank you very much, Emiri-san!” said Keiko and Mamoru.

“You’re welcome!” said Emiri.

Keiko and Mamoru would wear the caps to see if it’s fit for them.

“I can’t believe that this cap is so good!” said Keiko.

“Yeah, talk about stylish, Keiko-san!” said Mamoru.

“Of course, it is!” said Keiko.

“Mine is good too!” said Mamoru.

“Oh, really?!” surprisingly said Keiko.

“Yeah!” said Mamoru.

While Keiko and Mamoru have reacted themselves while wearing the caps, Emiri smiles on her face while seeing them. Emiri would be joined by her friends including those from Ganetazuki.

“I’m very happy for them! I know that they’re pretty confident to show their determination in making their archery careers going well, but I have to say that they’re ready to go this year!” said Emiri.

“Yes, indeed, Emiri-san! They’re looking good right now!” said Kurumi.

“I’m glad that they’re getting better, thanks to your learning” said Yuzuki.

“That means, they’re ready to do whatever it takes to shine!” said Natsuko.

“Yeah, you’re right about that! I have been good in mentoring guys like them because I want them to shine like me to make sure that they’ll make themselves stronger in scoring better points” said Emiri.

“Well, you’re very a good teacher, Emiri-san!” said Takako.

“You could end up becoming a head coach just like your father” said Kumiko.

“It would be amazing that you’re going to teach them with your moves to shine” said Yōko.

“That way, they’ll be able to shine like the way you are!” said Chisa.

“Yeah, I should if I want to focus on teaching some young archers to do like I used to, but I will do that once I’m done with that sport very soon. For now, I will try my best to keep it harder if I want to be the best archer in the prefecture” said Emiri.

“Ah, okay, that’s good!” said Kurumi.

“We would be supporting for that!” said Yuzuki.

“Yeah, we will be cheering for you!” said Natsuko, Takako, Kumiko, Harumi, Yōko and Chisa.

“Sure, you can! You can count on me whatever you want!” said Emiri.

“Yeah, we will!” said the members of Ganetazuki.

“You did a terrific job in making them stronger just like you are, Emiri-san!” said Tomoyo.

“I’m so glad that they’re respecting you when you taught them with your moves” said Koharu.

“I’m very proud of you, girl!” said Sayaka.

“Thanks, girls! I have been very motivated to learn the archer’s way to shine because I’m good at it!” said Emiri.

“Well, you’re a good archer with your stupendous skills because you’re more of a skilled archer to send these arrows to the target stand” said Itsuyo.

“I have to say that you’re a one-of-a-kind archer because you have been dazzling your way to score high points without losing your stamina” said Yuriko.

“I believe that you will be ready to prove yourself when you’re going to compete at the prefectural competition this year” said Akihiro.

“You must be very expressive to make your career getting developed” said Shinya.

“As soon as you’re ready to take the stage to represent your team” said Hiroyasu.

“You’re ready to show your aura to make your moment going in” said Taketoshi.

“Yes, I agree, guys! Hopefully, when the real competition begins, it’s time for me to get into this one, so that I’ll show my opponents that I can do my way to shine for sure. You will be motivated to cheer for me if you want to” said Emiri.

“Yeah, we agree!” said the friends of Emiri.

“Anyway, guys, we should keep training together until we’re done here at 4:00 in the afternoon. How’s that sound?” said Emiri.

“Sure, we will!” said the friends of Emiri.

Emiri would call out Keiko and Mamoru as she asks them if they’ll be joining with her. “Can you enjoy playing archery with us?”

“Yes, we will, Emiri-san!” said Keiko and Mamoru.

Just then, Kaiji, Manaka, Natsuhiko and Nanami are surprising Emiri by shouting together on her. “We want to get involved too!”

“Okay, then! You can come with us if you want to. Keiko and Mamoru will teach you some skills that they have done” said Keiko.

“Really, you two are going to teach us?” asked Kaiji.

“Of course, we will, Kaiji-san! You should be excited about this because we’re gonna teach you to do some archery here” said Keiko.

“Hopefully, you will be delighted to make this day better for all of us. Right, guys?” said Mamoru.

“Yeah!” said Kaiji, Manaka, Natsuhiko and Nanami.

“That’s great! Now, let’s have some fun practicing some archery skills for another hour!” said Emiri.

“Yeah!” said the friends and allies of Emiri including those from Ganetazuki as they and Emiri would start getting along with each other in doing another round of practice in archery. Emiri had been very determined to have the future of her archery career getting brighter as she’s ready to shine her way like how her parents did, so that she will able to get herself earned in winning the competitions that she will be competing this year. As a member of the Ōmihara Gakuen High School archery team, she’s ready to show how it’s done through delivering fiery shots with her bow and arrow to score high points for sure.

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Emiri Hiraki had been an aspired archer when she had followed her parents’ footsteps and ended up joining the Ōmihara Gakuen High School archery team. She had drawn first blood when she had taken part of that team on her first year in high school last year. So, here is the profile of the Ōmihara Gakuen High School archery team, a varsity team that is composed of archery athletes that represented for the Ōmihara Gakuen High School and led by Fumihiro Suzuki (boys’ team) and Hanako Tokugawa (girls’ team; the cousin of Matsuri Tokugawa (CV: Ayaka Suwa) from THE IDOLM@STER Million Live!). I also included the other characters that have either appeared or mentioned in today’s update, Red Section-Chapter 106: “Archers Galore for a Weekend Play!” in this list such as Kaiji Amano and Manaka Yoshiyama (the classmates of Harumi Fukusawa) and Mitsuko Arimoto (a former opponent of Emiri Hiraki from Anjō, Aichi).

Ōmihara Gakuen High School Archery Team: Fumihiro Suzuki, Yūsei Shimoji, Shinnosuke Tagawa, Morihisa Mizuno, Kiroku Asano, Mamoru Yamamoto, Hanako Tokugawa, Eriko Matsumura, Sae Konishi, Emiri Hiraki, Hiroko Harada and Keiko Ariyoshi

Ōmihara Gakuen High School Archery Team
Fumihiro Suzuki: August 24 / 3HS / Ōmihara Gakuen HS
Yūsei Shimoji: October 21 / 3HS / Ōmihara Gakuen HS
Shinnosuke Tagawa: January 15 / 3HS / Ōmihara Gakuen HS
Morihisa Mizuno: February 28 / 2HS / Ōmihara Gakuen HS
Kiroku Asano: May 12 / 2HS / Ōmihara Gakuen HS

Mamoru Yamamoto: December 23 / 1HS / Ōmihara Gakuen HS
Hanako Tokugawa: March 30 / 3HS / Ōmihara Gakuen HS / Cousin of Matsuri Tokugawa
Eriko Matsumura: November 6 / 3HS / Ōmihara Gakuen HS
Sae Konishi: September 7 / 3HS / Ōmihara Gakuen HS

Emiri Hiraki: June 19 / 2HS-6 / Ōmihara Gakuen HS / Member of the Bravehearts of Toyohashi
Hiroko Harada: April 5 / 2HS / Ōmihara Gakuen HS
Keiko Ariyoshi: July 2 / 1HS / Ōmihara Gakuen HS

Others: Kaiji Amano, Manaka Yoshiyama, Natsuhiko Takada, Nanami Tamayama and Mitsuko Arimoto

Others
Kaiji Amano: April 26 / 1HS / Ōmihara Gakuen HS
Manaka Yoshiyama: September 7 / 1HS / Ōmihara Gakuen HS
Natsuhiko Takada: November 18 / 1HS / Ōmihara Gakuen HS
Nanami Tamayama: February 20 / 1HS / Ōmihara Gakuen HS

Mitsuko Arimoto: June 29 / 1C / Adult / Anjō, Aichi

UP NEXT: Red Section-Chapter 107: “The Flame and the Thunder Play at the Beachfront”

Emiri had been a great archery athlete as she had her own dream of becoming a real athlete when she will elevate her career to the next level. She had helped her friends including her new teammates Mamoru Yamamoto and Keiko Ariyoshi to show their skills in archery, so that they’ll be able to shine themselves just like her. It’s so nice that Emiri had been determined to make her archery career getting brighter because she’ll do anything to prove it right and have a lot of achievements that she’ll get just like her parents did. I hope that she’ll be doing her best to shine this year because it will be her year to take care of business while representing for the Ōmihara Gakuen High School Archery Team for sure!:) It’s so nice that I have another update that is related to Emiri Hiraki and I have to say that she’s a great minor character to prosper in Aichi alongside the other characters from Aichi and the city of Nagoya.;) Hopefully, I will plan to write more updates that are related to the characters from those areas in the future, so that they’ll be able to bless and inspire themselves to stay compassionated and thrilled!:) The next update will be once again heading back to the ward of Ōta as this time, it will be focused on Hideko Misawa, the cousin of Maho, as she and her friends are hanging out with the members of the Toyohama Thunder, which includes another cousin of Maho in Mitsuki Izawa, during the final day of the Fuchsia and Celadon Week. It’s going to be fantastic to feature two relatives of the members of the Bravehearts of Ōta to be featured and hopefully, you’ll be delighted to show your pride and willpower to bless with them for sure!:) I’ll see you on January 16 (Sunday) for the next update of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts!

LATER TONIGHT: Updated Profiles of the Bravehearts of Toyohashi, the Bravehearts of Shizuoka and the Bravehearts of Numazu and A Special Message from Ai Miyashita
 
I have posted the profile of the three braveheart groups in Tokai, composed of the Bravehearts of Toyohashi, the Bravehearts of Shizuoka and the Bravehearts of Numazu, before back in the finale of “Emiri and the Bravehearts of Toyohashi” last December 20, 2020. Then, I realized that I have to fix some of their birthdates because I want to change the gap between sixth and eighth main female members and seventh and ninth main female numbers by moving the dates of the latter by either three or four months before its original dates. And so, here’s the updated version of the profiles of these groups. I also made minor updates on the Bravehearts of Nagoya and Bravehearts of Azumino, which you can click their links on their names if you want to see them on what’s changed in their profiles. Anyway, I’ll see you on January 16 (Sunday) for the next update of Rooks, Knights and Bravehearts!:)

Bravehearts of Toyohashi: Harunobu Hoshikawa, Satomi Okayama, Maria Saeki, Nana Takagi, Akinobe Hashimoto, Kazunori Sonoda, Natsumi Takada, Riko Tachikawa, Kiyoko Katō, Sayumi Moriyama, Shinobu Onodera, Yoshimi Fujino, Ai Ikezaki, Shiori Matsui, Kirara Ōmae, Aya Futagawa, Nobuhiko Shimoda, Ren Ōmae, Moeki Matsumoto, Rina Kurashima, Nao Takatsuka, Seira Ishikawa, Mizuki Tajima, Risa Katsuji, Kotoko Shigeno and Miho Natsuyoshi

Bravehearts of Toyohashi
Harunobu Hoshikawa: September 14 / 2HS-6 / Ōmihara Gakuen HS
Satomi Okayama: January 5 / 2HS-6 / Ōmihara Gakuen HS
Maria Saeki: August 25 / 2HS-1 / Ōmihara Gakuen HS
Nana Takagi: April 20 / 2HS-4 / Ōmihara Gakuen HS
Akinobe Hashimoto: February 22 / 2HS-6 / Ōmihara Gakuen HS
Kazunori Sonoda: November 18 / 2HS-3 / Ōmihara Gakuen HS / Cousin of Umi Sonoda
Natsumi Takada: August 21 / 1MS-2 / Ōmihara Gakuen MS
Riko Tachikawa: June 6 / 1MS-2 / Ōmihara Gakuen MS
Kiyoko Katō: May 28 / 1MS-2 / Ōmihara Gakuen MS
Sayumi Moriyama: March 1 / 1MS-2 / Ōmihara Gakuen MS
Shinobu Onodera: January 27 / 1MS-2 / Ōmihara Gakuen MS
Yoshimi Fujino: December 29 / 6ES-2 / Ōmihara Gakuen ES
Ai Ikezaki: May 11 / 6ES-3 / Ōmihara Gakuen ES
Shiori Matsui: November 10 / 6ES-5 / Ōmihara Gakuen ES
Kirara Ōmae: April 22 / 6ES-4 / Ōmihara Gakuen ES
Aya Futagawa: May 19 / 6ES-5 / Ōmihara Gakuen ES
Nobuhiko Shimoda: October 13 / 1MS-2 / Ōmihara Gakuen MS
Ren Ōmae: February 10 / 1MS-2 / Ōmihara Gakuen MS
Moeki Matsumoto: November 3 / 1MS-2 / Shimoji MS / Leader of the Shimoji-Matsumoto Violets
Rina Kurashima: April 8 / 1MS-3 / Shimoji MS
Nao Takatsuka: October 22 / 1MS-5 / Shimoji MS
Seira Ishikawa: June 27 / 1MS-1 / Shimoji MS
Mizuki Tajima: February 4 / 1MS-5 / Shimoji MS
Risa Katsuji: October 1 / 1MS-3 / Imahashi Kirisaki MS / Leader of the Yoshida Sunshooters
Kotoko Shigeno: March 16 / 6ES-2 / Imahashi Kirisaki MS / Member of the Yoshida Sunshooters
Miho Natsuyoshi: April 27 / 6ES-4 / Imahashi Kirisaki MS / Member of the Yoshida Sunshooters


Bravehearts of Shizuoka: Yasunori Aoki, Kanako Ozaki, Itsuko Kawano, Sae Maeyama, Manabu Hiramatsu, Sadao Seita, Misako Yamamoto, Chiharu Miyamae, Kuriko Koyama, Chiyo Nakatsuka, Toshiko Harayama, Shizuku Hidaka, Michiko Hisamura, Megumi Kamisaka, Akiho Ishikawa, Fumika Isekawa, Yūko Nakazawa, Hiroshi Mizutori, Arisa Harasaki, Kasumi Imagawa, Takako Isayama, Shino Takimoto, Kaori Sugiura, Minako Ōmura, Ruriko Esaki Toshio Ishizaki, Mika Kikuchi, Kumi Nakanishi and Chizuru Okamoto

Bravehearts of Shizuoka
Yasunori Aoki: January 26 / 2HS-5 / Shimizu Sōgō HS
Kanako Ozaki: May 19 / 2HS-7 / Shimizu Sōgō HS
Itsuko Kawano: February 12 / 2HS-8 / Shimizu Sōgō HS
Sae Maeyama: October 21 / 2HS-8 / Shimizu Sōgō HS
Manabu Hiramatsu: June 4 / 2HS-7 / Shimizu Sōgō HS / Leader of the Orange Dream League
Sadao Seita: March 16 / 2HS-4 / Shimizu Sōgō HS
Misako Yamamoto: January 17 / 2HS-5 / Shimizu Sōgō HS
Chiharu Miyamae: December 6 / 1MS-1 / Shimizu Sōgō MS
Kuriko Koyama: September 14 / 1MS-1 / Shimizu Sōgō MS
Chiyo Nakatsuka: October 19 / 1MS-1 / Shimizu Sōgō MS
Toshiko Harayama: July 21 / 1MS-1 / Shimizu Sōgō MS
Shizuku Hidaka: January 5 / 1MS-1 / Shimizu Sōgō MS
Michiko Hisamura: March 16 / 6ES-3 / Shimizu Sōgō ES
Megumi Kamisaka: June 27 / 6ES-3 / Shimizu Sōgō ES / Cousin of Junichi Kamisaka and Tomoka Minato
Akiho Ishikawa: November 24 / 6ES-1 / Shimizu Sōgō ES
Fumika Isekawa: February 18 / 6ES-1 / Shimizu Sōgō ES
Yūko Nakazawa: January 3 / 6ES-2 / Shimizu Sōgō ES
Hiroshi Mizutori: October 22 / 1MS-1 / Shimizu Sōgō MS
Arisa Harasaki: June 30 / 2MS-2 / Shimizu Sōgō MS / Leader of the Shimizu Sōgō Rainbow Getters
Kasumi Imagawa: May 22 / 5ES-3 / Shimizu Sōgō MS
Takako Isayama: February 13 / 5ES-5 / Shimizu Sōgō MS
Shino Takimoto: March 8 / 5ES-4 / Shimizu Sōgō MS
Kaori Sugiura: December 9 / 5ES-3 / Shimizu Sōgō MS
Minako Ōmura: April 27 / 5ES-2 / Shimizu Sōgō MS
Ruriko Esaki: July 16 / 5ES-4 / Shimizu Sōgō MS
Toshio Ishizaki: September 30 / 6ES-3 / Shimizu Sōgō MS
Mika Kikuchi: February 25 / 1MS-2 / Okamizu Gakuen MS
Kumi Nakanishi: July 10 / 6ES-1 / Okamizu Gakuen ES
Chizuru Okamoto: August 6 / 6ES-3 / Okamizu Gakuen ES


Bravehearts of Numazu: Tsunehisa Murayama, Yume Katō, Rumi Yamazaki, Kuniko Morita, Taiyō Higashide, Masahiko Ōenuki, Yumiko Ōsaki, Aki Takashima, Mayuko Higashide, Hisayo Kiyomizu, Ryōko Kurokawa, Aimi Ishizaka, Tsukiko Maekawa, Akane Shioya, Natsuki Shimizu, Reiko Omachi, Tsukasa Yoshikawa, Chihiro Hoshida, Kaede Takaichi, Hikoichi Araki, Tsukasa Yanagi, Akane Sakurai, Hatsuko Ōguro

Bravehearts of Numazu
Tsunehisa Murayama: December 8 / 2HS-4 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra HS
Yume Katō: April 26 / 2HS-6 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra HS
Rumi Yamazaki: January 27 / 2HS-3 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra HS
Kuniko Morita: September 18 / 2HS-3 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra HS
Taiyō Higashide: May 14 / 2HS-6 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra HS / Brother of Mayuko Higashide / Leader of the Shining Wave
Masahiko Ōenuki: February 21 / 2HS-8 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra HS
Yumiko Ōsaki: December 3 / 2HS-4 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra HS
Aki Takashima: November 17 / 1MS-3 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra MS
Mayuko Higashide: July 21 / 1MS-3 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra MS
Hisayo Kiyomizu: September 26 / 1MS-3 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra MS
Yuzuha Kawakubo: June 19 / 1MS-3 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra MS
Ryōko Kurokawa: March 12 / 1MS-3 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra MS
Aimi Ishizaka: April 18 / 6ES-2 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra ES
Tsukiko Maekawa: July 24 / 6ES-2 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra ES
Miku Shimano: February 25 / 6ES-1 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra ES
Akane Shioya: June 10 / 6ES-4 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra ES
Natsuki Shimizu: February 2 / 6ES-4 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra ES
Reiko Omachi: November 23 / 5ES-3 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra ES / Cousin of Aya Futagawa
Tsukasa Yoshikawa: August 9 / 5ES-1 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra ES
Chihiro Hoshide: September 20 / 1MS-3 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra MS
Kaede Takaichi: May 21 / 2MS-5 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra MS / Leader of the Takaichi Tangerines
Yuzuru Kawakubo: April 26 / 2MS-4 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra MS / Brother of Yuzuha Kawakubo
Hikoichi Araki: July 30 / 6ES-2 / Tagata Gakuen Shizūra ES
Tsukasa Yanagi: January 8 / 1MS-2 / Aoimirai MS
Akane Sakurai: June 20 / 6ES-3 / Aoimirai ES
Hatsuko Ōguro: August 25 / 6ES-5 / Aoimirai ES


UP NEXT: A Special Message from Ai Miyashita
 

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