Daisuke!
Jinko!
The Regular Meet Thus Far
The regular meet thus far!
The regular meet's finally underway!
It's bein' held at the secret flower garden known as Asagaoka Girls' High School.
Round 1 was a paper quiz!
1st Buzou High School Sasajima Gakuto
Sasajima-senpai from Buzou High School placed first.
1st Buzou High School Sasajima Gakuto
2nd Kaijou High School Ohkura Kunimitsu
Kaijou High School's President Ohkura placed second.
And those who ranked third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth,
3rd Miyaura High School Ashiya Yousuke
4th Kaijou High School Konoe Haruomi
5th Leoneil High School Tozuka Koutarou
6th Kannami University High School Shibuya Hiroki
7th Kaijou High School Shibata Masaru
8th Kannami University High School Hanabusa Minoru
9th Kaijou High School Hosokawa Atsuyoshi
and tenth advanced to the third round as seeds.
10th Miyaura High School Mikuriya Chisato
Seeded for Round 3
Round 2 was a "fastest finger" showdown.
The Fukami x Yagi pairin' won their group easy.
In the followin' group, the Maruyama x Inoue pairin'...
failed.
The Kumada x Hirosue pairin' went through instead.
Sure, I lost, but I have no regrets!
Yep, yep. You did jus' great, pardner!
And now, it's finally Shiki-kun's turn!
It's not just the people answering that think about the questions.
The people who write the questions think hard about them,
and a lot of detailed planning goes into coming up with them.
If I can read into that and understand it...
Well, it's time for the next group to start, Onee-sama.
Which pairing will advance to Round 3?
Question 9: "High Road x Low Road"
This regular meet holds special meaning for me.
The regular meet in June is up next.
Huh?
Revenge!
I'm telling you...
to do quiz bowl!
To get revenge on Mikuriya-kun,
I have to win this round
and face Mikuriya-kun in Round 3.
Have you all drawn your cards?
So, who am I paired with?
Oh, we have the same card!
Hi there, partner.
Oh... I'm Koshiyama, first-year at Buzou High School.
I know.
Hey, isn't that...
It's the kid we ran into by the vending machine at lunch.
I'm Sonohara. I'm a third-year at Sekigawata Middle School.
I'm new to our club.
Wait, are you...
Man, he figured it out already?
...the Asagaoka club president's younger brother? Sonohara, right?
Oh, that's what he meant?
That's right. I'm her brother, Akira.
He's adorable!
President Sonohara's younger brother, he said!
I've seen Koshiyama's partner somewhere before...
The last group has been decided.
Coincidentally, all the middle schoolers are in this one!
We will now begin.
Question.
In America, major league baseball is comprised of—
The little squirts are fast!
The winners of the right to answer are Ohara-kun, Kaijou Middle School first-year,
and Sekigawata Middle School first-year, Sasaki-kun.
American League.
Correct.
National League.
Correct.
Q: In America, major league baseball is comprised of two leagues: what and what? A. American, National
They were in elementary school until just a few months ago!
I know how fast Sasaki-kun is on the buzzer.
And a middle schooler from Kaijou beat him to the punch...
Group
Mouri x Ohara
Sonohara x Koshiyama
Sasaki x Ima
Mukai x Yasuura
Good thing those two aren't a pair.
So...
The first pair to get five "Right" marks wins, right?
Right. And if we answer correctly as a pair, we get three "Rights."
But we can only answer wrong once, so be careful.
It's too early to take risks, isn't it?
What to do? What should I do?
If I try to buzz at the determining point,
I think it'll be too late.
I need to be...
faster!
Question.
A classic string quartet uses four inst—
Koshiyama-kun of Buzou has won the right to answer first.
The category is music...
Second is Mukai-kun of Miyaura.
I buzzed reflexively because Koshiyama did!
The string instruments used in a string quartet...
Four to choose from...
If the question is really that straightforward...
Which two are the answers?
There are four, but the question is easy.
The instruments in a string quartet
are the first violin, second violin, cello, and viola.
What sticks out is that two of them are the same instrument.
No matter how I look at it, the question has to be,
"a classic string quartet uses four instruments: two violins plus what and what?"
Mukai-kun buzzed second.
Three, two...
Which means the answer I should give...
is this one!
Cello.
Just listen to that confidence.
Correct.
Mukai-kun, the other answer, please.
O-Okay... Violin!
That was all I could think of!
Q: A classic string quartet uses four instruments: first violin, second violin, what, and what? A: Cello, viola
Sorry. The second answer was "viola."
Sorry, I left the harder answer for you.
The Koshiyama x Sonohara pairing earns one "Right" mark,
Group
Mouri x Ohara
Sonohara x Koshiyama
Sasaki x Ima
Mukai x Yasuura
and the Yasuura x Mukai pairing now has one "Wrong" mark.
That first-year from Buzou is pretty good.
Sasajima must be training him well.
Nah, I bet that answer was just a wild guess.
Wow! I can't believe you figured it out from just that!
Yeah...
But there was really no way to be absolutely sure until the two violins were read.
I wanted the right to answer,
so I got a bit hasty and buzzed before the determining point,
but I'm glad I still got it right.
Hm... Determining point, huh?
Okay, then, next time...
I'll buzz in.
Huh?
Question.
In th—
It lit up!
Finger slipped? No...
He took a dive on purpose.
Hey, that's right! She'll keep reading the question!
In the name of the wireless LAN technology, "Wi-Fi," the "Wi" and—
Th-The right to answer first goes to Sonohara-kun of Sekigawata.
Second is Sasaki-kun of Sekigawata.
Everyone was so distracted by Akira-kun's buzz,
it slowed down our reactions to buzz in second.
Let's see... What was the question again?
Oh, Wi-Fi, right?
Why is he waiting until now to think?
The "Wi" is...
Wireless.
Correct.
O-Of course!
The second answer, Sasaki-kun, please.
Fidelity.
Q: In the name of the wireless LAN technology, "Wi-Fi," the "Wi" and "Fi" stand for what and what? A: Wireless, Fidelity
Correct.
Can people really answer questions just by hearin' one word?
I don't think one word is enough for anyone to determine the answer.
Is it like Mikuriya with "Why climb"?
I don't think so.
He buzzed in early,
but he was still able to hear the question until it reached a determining point.
Group
Mouri x Ohara
Sonohara x Koshiyama
Sasaki x Kon
Mukai x Yasuura
He found the flaw in the rule set of this round.
But even if you know the answers, it's not easy to do something that risky.
Akira-kun...
You knew you'd hear more of the question until the second buzz.
That's why you buzzed, right?
Because you knew no one would buzz before that point.
S-Seriously?
That little brat!
That's right.
I never could've guessed it from just that one word.
No one else is going to buzz before that "point" thing comes along, right?
So it'll work out the same way whenever the first person buzzes in.
We get to hear more of the question until someone else buzzes in second, anyway.
Besides, there haven't been any questions yet in this round where both answers were hard.
He's right.
Since we only have to get one of two answers,
all the questions so far have been relatively easy.
He calculated all this?
Super successful, wouldn't you say?
So no matter when the first person buzzes, it ends up the same?
I didn't realize the rules had that loophole.
Don't be fooled, idiot.
What?
It was a dick move that only works the first time.
You and Inoue-kun took a dive and guessed wrong.
Mukai's finger slipped when Koshiyama-kun buzzed early, and he guessed wrong, too.
They all tried to estimate when the others would be more cautious about buzzing,
taking advantage of a psychological weakness.
Yuck...
That won't work a second time.
Question.
A—
Did the Ohara x Mouri pairing buzz in accidentally?
Why'd you buzz in?!
Why did you?!
Since both are unable to answer, they get two "Wrong" marks and are disqualified.
Yes, I love it! What a blast!
Uh, Akira-kun...
You've gotta be adventurous or it's no fun, right?
It's a game, after all.
What's with that kid?
He's creeping me out.
President Sonohara?
Please do not talk among yourselves.
Continuing to do so will lead to instant disqualification.
Aw...
Okay. Sorry.
Um, as for the current scores...
The remaining Sonohara x Koshiyama pairing and Sasaki x Kon pairing are tied.
Group
Mouri x Ohara | Sonohara x Koshiyama | Sasaki x Kon | Mukai x Yasuura
The Yasuura x Mukai pair has one "Wrong" mark, putting them in a tight spot.
So if they answer right as a pair...
They get three "Right" marks.
So if Shiki-kun and his partner answer right as a pair, they can win?
Right, but I have a bad feeling about where this is going...
Get it together! Just do this like I always do!
I won't lose to a senior who treats this like a joke!
I have to focus!
Question.
The Roman god of erotic love, Cupid, had two—
Yes!
That's a classic!
I was too slow!
Golden arrows!
Correct.
Lead arrows!
Q: The Roman god of erotic love, Cupid, had two types of arrows: what and what? A: Golden arrows, lead arrows
Correct.
Question.
The Russian author Turgenev said humanity could be divided into two—
I'm first!
Don't rush.
Hamlet types!
Correct.
Don Quixote types!
Q: The Russian author Turgenev said humanity could be divided into two types: the "what" type and the "what" type? A: Hamlet type, Don Quixote type
Correct.
Group
Mouri x Ohara
Sonohara x Koshiyama
Sasaki x Kon
Mukai x Yasuura
The Sasaki x Kon pairing needs one more to win!
Will the next question decide the contest?
I got this!
Even if I win the right to answer,
Sonohara x Koshiyama
Sasaki x Kon
Sasaki-kun will most likely be the other one to buzz in.
I can't stop him by myself.
Mukai-kun's pairing has one "Wrong" mark, so they'll play it safe.
They can't beat Sasaki-kun for speed.
I sure would like to answer one more question.
I shouldn't expect much help from him...
Hey, Koshiyama-kun.
Push my button, too.
Wh-What?! I can't do that!
Sure you can.
See?
Like this.
Sasajima
You can push both like this, right?
Oh, boy.
What's he doing?
Is that allowed?!
Now that's what I call a BL buzz-in!
Senpai.
I don't know which one will light up first,
but if it works, you can be both first and second!
N-No... I want to do this properly...
Yeah, but if he buzzes in, we lose, right?
Let's get the next one right as a pair so we can win!
Are they allowed to buzz that way?
What? Were there any rules in the program about how you can
and can't push the button?
I'm still holding my own buzzer, too.
It's not against any rules, is it?
Do you really think you'll win the right to answer by buzzing that way?
Niina, who is that kid?
Since when was he on the quiz team?
He suddenly showed up about two weeks ago.
Sekigawata Middle School Sekigawata High School
I'm Sonohara, and I'm a third-year in middle school.
I want to try quiz bowl, too.
Everyone's welcome to join this club.
Want to try it out?
All right! Thank you!
But exams started right after that, and the club took a break,
so I honestly didn't have time to figure out what he was like.
Are President Sonohara and her brother on bad terms?
He's being really provocative.
It's not as if we don't get along.
To Akira, this is just a game.
A mean-spirited game he plays only to rile others up and toy with them.
If you don't do it, we'll lose. That okay with you?
But...
If anyone can do it, it's you.
I thought getting into quiz bowl and making friends might change him a bit,
but I guess that'd be too easy.
What should we do?
Very well. Continue with the question.
R-Right...
I-I don't want to do it like this, but...
I don't want to lose at this point, either!
I have to win and face Mikuriya-kun in Round 3!
Mikuriya? A-ha...
Question.
The commonly used kanji with a stroke count of o—
The first and second buzzed in together!
Whose buzzers were they?!
Th-This is...
...a success!
The Koshiyama x Sonohara pair has the exclusive right to answer!
They really lit up both of 'em!
By doing it that way?!
What'll be important is whether his first answer is correct or not.
First, Sonohara-kun.
Let's see... Kanji with a stroke count of...
One?
Correct.
Oh, that was right?
Wasn't he just reciting the rest of the question?
The second answer, Koshiyama-kun, please.
Commonly used kanji with only one stroke...
The one-stroke kanji are "ichi" and...
"Otsu."
Correct.
Q: The commonly used kanji with a stroke count of one are what and what? A: Ichi, otsu
Answering correctly as a pairing gives them three "Right" marks.
Group
Mouri x Ohara
Sonohara x Koshiyama
Sasaki x Kon
Mukai x Yasuura
The Koshiyama x Sonohara pair will advance to round 3.
Yay!
Isn't quiz bowl fun, Koshiyama?
No honorific...
"Koshiyama?" I'm older than you...
Yeah...
What's with that expression? They lost because they weren't good enough.
Hey! It's not like your pair won because of you!
It was Koshiyama—
What are you talking about? It was my strategy that won it.
He's right. If it wasn't for that idea...
I'll buzz in.
Question.
In th—
See? Like this.
I'm new to our club.
Thinking of him as a beginner in quiz bowl, just like me, was careless.
He looks like he's joking around, but his speed of thought...
We will now take a twenty-minute break.
That cringe-worthy behavior reminds me of someone...
Why are you right there?!
Something about the way it seems like he's mocking people...
I thought he looked familiar, too.
Actually... I do, too.
Could he be...
I'm so excited for Round 3.
Aren't you, Second Lieutenant Chisato?
Nice goin', Shiki-kun!
Congratulations, Koshiyama-kun!
Thanks.
You ended up being saved by your partner,
but you did well to advance to Round 3.
Let's go over the Round 3 rules during the twenty-minute break.
Okay.
Sonohara.
I did it, President Niina!
I'm the only one from Sekigawata to advance to Round 3!
I'll do my best!
There's something I need to say to you, as Sekigawata's quiz club president.
What is it?
Even if it wasn't against the rules,
I can't let someone who rode roughshod over etiquette participate in Round 3.
You can go home now.
Go home? That's harsh.
I didn't know anything about quiz bowl etiquette.
This concerns more than just quiz bowl.
What gives you the right to take that attitude toward the other participants?
If you're just in it for kicks, take it elsewhere.
You're ruining it for everyone else.
Hey, Niina...
I've never seen President Niina like this.
Despite appearances, he fits the role of club president.
I'm sorry... I wasn't in it just for kicks.
When I'm having fun, I just get so wound up...
Oh, now he's crying...
You made him cry.
Huh? Who... me?
I just wanted to be in quiz bowl with everyone...
Hey, come on... You're a middle school third-year! Quit crying!
I just wanted to do quiz bowl...
Well, then, can you show some manners next time?
I can!
You'd better promise.
Niina...
Tee-hee.
Y-You can't let him trick you like that!
This is a circus!
Koshiyama! Koshiyama!
Over here.
Huh? Inoue, why're you over there?
We figured out who that kid is!
Who he is?
What?! Akira-kun's the girl who interrupted us in the arcade in Akiba?!
It's definitely him!
He actually called Mikuriya "Second Lieutenant Chisato"!
I'll crush him.
H-Huh?
What's this about Akiba and an arcade?
And what's "Second Lieutenant Chisato" about?
Does that mean...
Akira-kun's a girl?!
Uh, no. Calm down, Koshiyama-kun.
Still, between the provocative attitude and the tricky tactics,
she—I mean, he definitely sees this as just a game.
Hey...
Are you guys...
actual quiz freaks?
You take quiz bowl seriously, right?
Then...
All the more reason we can't lose to him!
It's time for the high school quiz bowl championships!
All the veterans from around Japan who won the preliminary rounds will face off!
I bet they're all crazy good.
I'm sure there'll be some questions that even we can answer!
Indeed. Let's watch it together for study!
I can't wait!
High School Quiz Bowl Championships
Sept. 1 (Fri.)
Starting at 9:00 PM
The championships air on Friday, September 1st at 9:00 PM!
Victory!