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Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle Light Novel #4
千歳くんはラムネ瓶のなか 4
あの夏の、忘れ物を拾いにいこう。
インハイ予選を終えた7月。陽はチームの新キャプテンになった。
仲間とぶつかり合いながら切磋琢磨し、ともに高みを目指す日々。その姿はやけに眩しく、俺の心を揺さぶった。
そんなとき、野球部のエース、江崎が現れる。
「朔……頼む、野球部に戻ってくれ。どうしても、お前の力が必要なんだ」
――あの暑い夏の日。自分で止めた時計が、もう一度音を立てて動き出した。
これは、挫折と葛藤、そしていまだ胸にうずく“熱”の物語。
あの夏を終わらせて、もう一度、夏を始めるための物語。
インハイ予選を終えた7月。陽はチームの新キャプテンになった。
仲間とぶつかり合いながら切磋琢磨し、ともに高みを目指す日々。その姿はやけに眩しく、俺の心を揺さぶった。
そんなとき、野球部のエース、江崎が現れる。
「朔……頼む、野球部に戻ってくれ。どうしても、お前の力が必要なんだ」
――あの暑い夏の日。自分で止めた時計が、もう一度音を立てて動き出した。
これは、挫折と葛藤、そしていまだ胸にうずく“熱”の物語。
あの夏を終わらせて、もう一度、夏を始めるための物語。
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421 pages, Paperback
First published September 18, 2020
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November 4, 2025
It was only recently that I came to see the value in sports. Well, you can thank League of Legends for that. And my appreciation for this volume, which I read as the tournament favourites suffered a crushing defeat in the semifinals at the world championship—a pleasing parallelism.
May 18, 2021
朔くんは憧れの先輩・西野明日風救えて、彼女と新しい友好の関係を始まりました。一年後で、明日風は東京の大学に入りので、短い時間でも二人は一緒に日々に過ごします。彼等の出会いは去年ですが、学年違いますから、二人はあまり関わらないです。然し、朔のトラウマのお陰で、二人は友達になりました。運命的に明日風は朔を救えて、すヶ月後で、彼女も救えれました。けど、このトラウマの原因は一体なんですか？朔の元の夢はプロ野球選手になりたいですが、去年で、高校野球チームを辞めて、同時に夢を諦めました。結構深い傷があるので、朔は誰もにこの過去話を話せないです。親友でも、明日風でも、家族でも。朔の友達は彼に聞きたいですか、皆は遠慮します。結局に誰も彼に聞きないです。
それでも、一人は勇気がありました。彼女の名前は青海陽です。朔のグループの一員として、彼女はとても人気者と実力者のでバスケ部の新キャプテンです。朔と陽はとても仲が良いですから、いつも互いに冗談に交わします。朔みたいに、春はスポーツが大好きですので、二人の相性は抜群です。そう、朔と春は「相棒」ですので、二人は互いに助けます。色々な問題が抱いてますから。
例えば、幼い頃から、朔は「天才」野球選手が認識しましたが、過去のトラウマのせいで、彼は野球からずっと逃げ続きました。
例えば、陽は身長はただ十五〇センチだが、彼女はバスケがまだ続きます。で、コンプレックスがあり、「天才」選手が大嫌いです。
この二人は互いに助けできますか？それでも、彼等は過去からずっと逃げ続きますか？
ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー
とても面白かったです！このストーリーはラブコメですが、今回は作家様は二つスポーツエベントを書いてました：バスケと野球。スポーツ漫画みたいに、この二つシーンは半端なく、とても激しくて熱いです。スポーツのシーンを書くことは多分難しいですので、二つスポーツを書くことは凄いなって思いました。
毎回に、テーマはとても違いますので、バラエティが凄いです。キャラターや関係や会話は全部面白いので、このシリーズはとても特別っと思います。
興味があれば、とてもお奨めます！
Saku saved the person who he admired, Asuka Nishino, and started a brand new friendship with her. Asuka will go to a Tokyo University one more year later, so even if it's for a short while, the two keep spending time with each other. They met last year, but since they are in different grades, these two normally wouldn't interact with each other all that much. However, because of Saku's trauma, these two became friends. Like it was fate, Asuka saved Saku, and a few months later, she, herself, would be saved as well. But, what exactly was the cause of his trauma? Saku's former dream was to become a professional baseball player, but he quit his high school baseball team last year, and at the same time, he gave up on his dream. Because he has quite the deep scars from this, he doesn't talk about what happened to anyone — even his best friends, Asuka, and his family. His friends wanted to ask him about it, but everyone took a reserved position in the end. As a result, no one asked about it at all.
Despite that, there was a person who had the courage to do so. Her name is Haru Aomi. As a member of Saku's group, she's very popular and talented, allowing her to become the captain of the basketball team. Saku and Haru are very close to each other, so they always exchange jokes. Like Saku, Haru loves sports, making their chemistry together perfect. Indeed, Saku and Haru are "partners," so they help each other out—they deal with a lot of problems after all.
For example, ever since Saku was young, he was known as a genius baseball player, but because of his past trauma, he keeps running away from baseball.
For example, Haru's height is only 150 centimeters (4.9 ft.), but she continues to keep playing basketball. So, having a complex about it, she hates "genius" players.
Can these two help each other out? Or will these two keep running away from their past?
ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー
This was very interesting! The story is a love comedy, but this time, the author wrote two sports events: basketball and baseball. Like a sports manga, these two scenes weren't half-baked, as they were fierce and exciting. Sports scenes are probably hard to write, so I thought it was amazing that he wrote about two different sports.
Every time, the theme is very different, so the variety is extremely impressive. The characters, the relationships, and the conversations are very interesting, so I honestly think this series is quite special.
If you are interested, I highly recommend this!
それでも、一人は勇気がありました。彼女の名前は青海陽です。朔のグループの一員として、彼女はとても人気者と実力者のでバスケ部の新キャプテンです。朔と陽はとても仲が良いですから、いつも互いに冗談に交わします。朔みたいに、春はスポーツが大好きですので、二人の相性は抜群です。そう、朔と春は「相棒」ですので、二人は互いに助けます。色々な問題が抱いてますから。
例えば、幼い頃から、朔は「天才」野球選手が認識しましたが、過去のトラウマのせいで、彼は野球からずっと逃げ続きました。
例えば、陽は身長はただ十五〇センチだが、彼女はバスケがまだ続きます。で、コンプレックスがあり、「天才」選手が大嫌いです。
この二人は互いに助けできますか？それでも、彼等は過去からずっと逃げ続きますか？
ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー
とても面白かったです！このストーリーはラブコメですが、今回は作家様は二つスポーツエベントを書いてました：バスケと野球。スポーツ漫画みたいに、この二つシーンは半端なく、とても激しくて熱いです。スポーツのシーンを書くことは多分難しいですので、二つスポーツを書くことは凄いなって思いました。
毎回に、テーマはとても違いますので、バラエティが凄いです。キャラターや関係や会話は全部面白いので、このシリーズはとても特別っと思います。
興味があれば、とてもお奨めます！
Saku saved the person who he admired, Asuka Nishino, and started a brand new friendship with her. Asuka will go to a Tokyo University one more year later, so even if it's for a short while, the two keep spending time with each other. They met last year, but since they are in different grades, these two normally wouldn't interact with each other all that much. However, because of Saku's trauma, these two became friends. Like it was fate, Asuka saved Saku, and a few months later, she, herself, would be saved as well. But, what exactly was the cause of his trauma? Saku's former dream was to become a professional baseball player, but he quit his high school baseball team last year, and at the same time, he gave up on his dream. Because he has quite the deep scars from this, he doesn't talk about what happened to anyone — even his best friends, Asuka, and his family. His friends wanted to ask him about it, but everyone took a reserved position in the end. As a result, no one asked about it at all.
Despite that, there was a person who had the courage to do so. Her name is Haru Aomi. As a member of Saku's group, she's very popular and talented, allowing her to become the captain of the basketball team. Saku and Haru are very close to each other, so they always exchange jokes. Like Saku, Haru loves sports, making their chemistry together perfect. Indeed, Saku and Haru are "partners," so they help each other out—they deal with a lot of problems after all.
For example, ever since Saku was young, he was known as a genius baseball player, but because of his past trauma, he keeps running away from baseball.
For example, Haru's height is only 150 centimeters (4.9 ft.), but she continues to keep playing basketball. So, having a complex about it, she hates "genius" players.
Can these two help each other out? Or will these two keep running away from their past?
ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー
This was very interesting! The story is a love comedy, but this time, the author wrote two sports events: basketball and baseball. Like a sports manga, these two scenes weren't half-baked, as they were fierce and exciting. Sports scenes are probably hard to write, so I thought it was amazing that he wrote about two different sports.
Every time, the theme is very different, so the variety is extremely impressive. The characters, the relationships, and the conversations are very interesting, so I honestly think this series is quite special.
If you are interested, I highly recommend this!
February 22, 2025
As the author themselves somewhat commented on in the afterword it's quite the bold choice to take this high school romantic comedy and turn it into a sports story for a volume. It wasn't really that big of a deal nor did it prevent me from connecting with the story but personally I had a little trouble following what happened in the baseball sections because I'm not really familiar with the game but I assume it's common knowledge in Japan where this book was written. Not really a fan of American translations converting measurements into imperial measurements in their translations.
Like many other slice-of-life harem romcoms, there are plenty of scenes where the main character hangs out, joke around, and flirt with one of the many love interests but what makes Chiramune really stands out from other series of it's genre is that it's really good at making every interaction feel important.
Scenes where the main character of a harem romcom story interacts with often happens just for the sake of it. It is what is expected of the genre and why many people read it. These scenes often don't add to the plot at all which isn't a necessarily a bad thing in a SoL harem romcom. Comedy happening for the of comedy is more than fine.
In Chiramune however almost every single one of these scenes are important. Often times they lead to dialogue that move the plot or the author will foreshadow future storylines. There are also plenty of callbacks to previous jokes which happens naturally and quite funny at times.
The foreshadowing isn't subtle or exceptional by any means but I've never really encountered a harem romcom light novel or manga which doesn't really have an overarching plot but still be quite rewarding to it's readers for really engaging with it like Chiramune. Sometimes I wouldn't be sure what it is they were referring back to but that's probably more of a personal issue.
Despite the lack of an overarching plot, with how good the series is at making every character interaction feel important it's still able to give the sense that the characters relationships are constantly evolving.
I also appreciate that as a harem romcom every dynamic the main character has with all the love interests that have a gotten a focus so far are each unique as if each potential relationship could have been the focus of it's own series.
Like many other slice-of-life harem romcoms, there are plenty of scenes where the main character hangs out, joke around, and flirt with one of the many love interests but what makes Chiramune really stands out from other series of it's genre is that it's really good at making every interaction feel important.
Scenes where the main character of a harem romcom story interacts with often happens just for the sake of it. It is what is expected of the genre and why many people read it. These scenes often don't add to the plot at all which isn't a necessarily a bad thing in a SoL harem romcom. Comedy happening for the of comedy is more than fine.
In Chiramune however almost every single one of these scenes are important. Often times they lead to dialogue that move the plot or the author will foreshadow future storylines. There are also plenty of callbacks to previous jokes which happens naturally and quite funny at times.
The foreshadowing isn't subtle or exceptional by any means but I've never really encountered a harem romcom light novel or manga which doesn't really have an overarching plot but still be quite rewarding to it's readers for really engaging with it like Chiramune. Sometimes I wouldn't be sure what it is they were referring back to but that's probably more of a personal issue.
Despite the lack of an overarching plot, with how good the series is at making every character interaction feel important it's still able to give the sense that the characters relationships are constantly evolving.
I also appreciate that as a harem romcom every dynamic the main character has with all the love interests that have a gotten a focus so far are each unique as if each potential relationship could have been the focus of it's own series.
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