ブクログ10号
こんにちは!
皆さん駅伝ってした事ありますか?
私は中学の時に所属していたテニス部で夏の大会が終わり、まだやりきった感じがしませんでした。
夏休みも午後からはずっと勉強の予定でメリハリがつかないな〜と思っていると、
陸上部の先生から「駅伝やらん?」と声をかけてもらい、その日から駅伝部所属になりました。
もちろん、駅伝の練習は長距離が苦手な自分からすれば地獄のようなものでした。
夏は朝7時から5〜7㌔のラントレーニングが始まり、2学期は放課後に同じ距離を走りました。
大会はクリスマス・イブにあり、練習は8月から始まり、4ヶ月程でした。
最初の1.2ヶ月はなんで血迷ったのだろうかと後悔したこともありました。
しかし、達成感は何にも変え難いものでした。
走り始めた当初は1キロを3分半で走るのが限界で部員の中でもビリを争うぐらいでした。
しかし、ずっと走り続けていくうちに1キロ3分を切るスピードで走れるようになりました。
最後はなんとか部内で6着に入り、駅伝メンバーとして走ることが出来ました。
「挑戦心と努力は期待を裏切らない」
自分の中で揺るがないものとなりました。
結局今の自分があるのも、あの時の経験が生きているなと感じます。
さて、自分の話が長くなりましたが、今回の物語はその駅伝についての話です!
あらすじ
陸上部の部長の桝井は、最後の駅伝のメンバーを陸上部内だけでは集められず、他の部活の引退した人に声をかけていく。
しかし、思うように集められない。
そこで、授業をサボりあまり印象の良くない不良の大田を誘います。
また、同級生の設楽、ジロー、渡部、後輩の俊介の6人で県大会を目指します。
物語の鍵を握る出来事
1.陸上部顧問の異動
今まで陸上部の顧問をしていた先生が異動し、陸上に関しては全く初心者の美術教師。
2.大田の加入
授業や普段の生活での印象が良くない大田の駅伝加入に揺れる他のメンバーの心情。
まとめ
物語の構成としては、駅伝のように一人一人細かく描写され、タスキを繋いでいくように描かれています。
また、他の似たような作品であれば、不良=悪のような書かれ方がありますが、やはり瀬尾まいこさんは、全員の長所が上手く噛み合わせ物語を展開させていきます。
心が温かくなる青春の物語になっています。
English edition
Hello! This is Bukrogue No. 10!
Have you ever done a relay race?
I was a member of my junior high school tennis club, and after the summer tournament was over, I still didn't feel like I had done it all.
I was thinking that I was not in a good mood because I was scheduled to study all afternoon during the summer vacation.
I was thinking that I had no motivation to study all afternoon during the summer vacation when a teacher from the track team asked me if I wanted to participate in a relay race. I was not satisfied with my summer vacation schedule, and I was not able to have a good time during summer vacation.
Of course, the ekiden practice was like hell for me because I was not good at long-distance races.
In the summer, we started training for a 5-7 km run at 7:00 a.m., and in the second semester, we ran the same distance after school.
The competition was on Christmas Eve and training started in August and lasted about 4 months.
For the first month or two, I sometimes wondered why I had lost my mind.
But the sense of accomplishment was priceless.
When I first started running, I could run a kilometer in 3.5 minutes, which was the fastest I could do, and I was competing for the last place among the club members.
However, as I continued to run, I became able to run at a speed of fewer than 3 minutes per kilometer.
In the end, I managed to finish in sixth place in the club and was able to run as a member of the Ekiden team.
A challenging spirit and hard work never fail me."
This was something I could not shake in myself.
In the end, I feel that the experience of that time has helped me to become the person I am today.
Now, I have talked about myself for a long time, but this story is about that Ekiden!
Synopsis
Masui, the head of the track and field club, is unable to gather the members for the final ekiden relay race within the track and field club alone, so he calls on retired members of other clubs.
However, he is unable to gather as many people as he would like.
So, he invites Ota, a delinquent who skips classes and does not make much of an impression.
Also, six of his classmates Shitara, Jiro, Watanabe, and Shunsuke, a junior, aim for the prefectural tournament.
Key events in the story
1. Change of advisor of the track and field club
The teacher who used to be the advisor of the track and field club is transferred to a new position, an art teacher who is a complete novice when it comes to track and field.
2. Joining Ohta
The feelings of the other members are shaken by Ohta's joining the Ekiden team, who does not make a good impression in class or in everyday life.
Conclusion
The structure of the story is like an ekiden, where each person is described in detail and the Tasuki is linked together.
In other similar works, delinquents are often portrayed as evil, but Maiko Seo manages to combine the strengths of all the members to create a story.
It is a heartwarming coming-of-age story.