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Youth novels... and a how-to book?

Hey! Who said you could look at my books?

Pitiful child...

I can't let you read these, Shiki!

If you want to debut as a new you in high school, start with your looks!

Here, untuck your shirt!

Whoa! H-Hey!

Come on!

I-I'm going!

Take care.

If you want to get contacts, see an eye doctor first!

I'm not getting contacts!

That's not what I care about, Mom.

I, Koshiyama Shiki, age 15,

have learned of a new world.

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Question 4: "A Mysterious Beauty Appears,"

It started with the meet at the welcome ceremony for new students,

and then there was the Four Schools Quiz Meet at Sekigawata High School.

I'm sure I'll find yet another new world at my next meet.

I can't help feeling that way!

I want to do quiz bowl with you, Koshiyama-kun.

I'm telling you...

to do quiz bowl!

After being asked so enthusiastically,

what choice do I have?

Watch it!

H-How could I get so giddy?

Is that...

Fukami-san?

Pedestrians and Bicycles Only

The friend manual, step 1:

Start with a greeting.

G-Good morning!

Oh, Koshiyama-kun.

Wait!

Can I ride on the back?

Huh?

Isn't this a bit too big of a step forward?

Koshiyama-kun, go faster! We'll be late!

Eh... buh... heavy...

Heavy?

Wh-What?

You're so light, Koshiyama-kun!

Isn't this... wrong?

Morning!

Mor... Huh?

We totally stand out!

Oh, it's Sasajima-senpai.

Good morning!

M-Morning...

Hey, morning.

Did you see that?

Yeah.

Th-The quiz circle's president is riding with a cute girl?!

And you guys, too?!

Koshiyama-kun!

Morning!

Uh... M-Morning...

Is that what the Quiz Bowl Circle's about?

Does joining it make you a hit with the girls?

And what about that quiz meet thing? How'd it go?

That was a pretty bold invitation they gave you last week.

Are they interested in quiz bowl?

The best clubs are the co-ed ones, for sure.

Just join the quiz circle!

No way. I'm not that smart.

You join it.

I'm not joining a club that makes me use my head!

Yeah, I guess not.

You're right. Quiz bowl isn't something any idiot can do.

Huh?

F-Fukami-san?

You've gotta be a big idiot!

Big Idiot

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I just get so weird when it comes to quiz bowl.

People already think I'm some weird girl who's into quiz bowl...

She did realize it, then?

Does being around me make you feel embarrassed, too?

Why else would you eat lunch in here?

Actually, I've always eaten in here...

In truth, I should've said something back to them.

Sorry for interrupting your lunch.

I can't think of anything to say to her, even now.

Actually, after school...

I thought I'd check out the quiz circle, too.

Okay. I'll be waiting.

She smiled...

A-All right!

Small Classroom B

Class 1-D!

Koshiyama Shiki!

Inoue Daisuke!

Thanks for having us!

So you're here.

Thanks for coming!

So you're gonna join, too?

I could ask you the same.

I'm glad you asked!

Uh, I didn't...

"I want to do quiz bowl with you, Inoue-kun."

What man could turn down a request like that?!

So now we have four members?

One more until we're promoted to a club!

Well, now that our new members are with us...

I believe the quiz meet at Sekigawata gave you a taste,

but do you have any questions?

Questions...

What's your relationship to that girl from this morning?

I do.

You're gonna ask?!

Fukami-kun.

How can we win in quiz bowl?

That's just like Fukami-san.

"Win," eh?

You can't.

There's no need for quiz bowl that you play only to win.

What does that mean?

Isn't winning by getting the right answers what competitive quiz bowl is about?

Yes, the nature of competition is to determine a winner and a loser.

Fukami-kun, do you like quiz bowl?

Of course.

Then why concern yourself with winning or losing?

This is kind of unexpected.

As passionate as Sasajima-senpai is about quiz bowl,

I thought he'd be determined to win.

I love it. That's why I don't want to lose.

I see. Then let me rephrase that.

You three don't yet need quiz bowl that's only about winning!

Before you worry about winning and losing,

you first need to learn the true nature of quiz bowl!

What sort of quiz bowl do you want to play?

What will you strive for?

How should you learn with all that in mind?

It's all up to you!

Of course, that goes for me, too.

Me?

The kind of quiz bowl I want to play...

I...

Before I worry about defeating others, I want to defeat quiz bowl itself.

Quiz bowl itself?

I'm a complete beginner who knows nothing about quiz bowl.

Being unable to answer when I know the question

and answering wrong make me frustrated.

I want to remember questions I answered wrong so I can get them right next time.

It's just like you said, Fukami-san.

After I got a correct answer like that,

I want to learn more about quiz bowl,

and I want to answer more questions.

I want to give correct answers.

That's... what I think.

Koshiyama-kun...

Well, it's true that we don't know any classic questions or anything.

I couldn't do a thing when they asked those.

Y-Yeah, exactly!

Classics...

Senpai, do we still have these?

Of course.

This is a set of 300 class questions that I chose.

The most common questions, right?

I think they're just the right level for beginners.

Quiz Bowl Circle

300 Classic Questions

Let me be clear that simply memorizing all these is not the answer.

You need to understand the structure of the questions

and become accustomed to how they're introduced.

Structure?

Introduced?

You want to know?

Yes!

There are several ways to categorize quiz bowl questions.

One of them is "straight or parallel."

Straight or parallel?

The most standard format is the "straight question."

They begin with a subtle hint,

and the range of possible answers becomes increasingly smaller.

Maybe that's too complicated for beginners.

Then you will learn the basics of quiz bowl

through a fastest finger challenge!

Yeah!

Whipping Up 300 Questions

Ba-dum Ba-dum

So... what is this?

A calculator.

We can see that.

Each of you, put a finger on it and press at the same time.

943?

Oh, I get it.

This will tell us who "buzzed in" first.

Wait, don't we have buzzers?

No.

But what about the ones at the welcome ceremony?

I rented those.

I was really on edge when you pounded on your button that one time.

Aside from being rentals, those things are expensive!

How much would it cost to buy a set?

There are a few different ways to acquire them,

but if you purchase them through proper channels...

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