Blue Box Vol. 13: Blue Box, Vol. 13
- ISBN
- 9781974749218
- Publisher
- VIZ
- English release
- Pages
- 192
Blue Box approaches Taiki’s sixteenth birthday with a family celebration in prospect. The occasion is personal rather than competitive, giving readers following his life away from badminton a different measure of time. A birthday invites attention without requiring a victory first. That makes it a useful domestic premise for a series in which effort so often has a sporting target: simply reaching the day is enough to be noticed.
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A birthday attaches significance to a gesture before its recipient knows what the gesture will be. Taiki has prepared for a family occasion; being alone with Chinatsu changes who is there to notice him. This is not the reason to buy the run for badminton progress. The appeal of the advertised situation is domestic and limited: an age milestone, an interrupted plan, and the possibility of a present from someone whose attention matters. No athletic result is needed to make him nervous. A celebration can expose expectations just as effectively as an explicitly romantic appointment.
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