Why are Japan’s most popular figures in 2018 a group of baseball boys from the countryside?

A group of teenagers from rural Japan made many people who didn’t understand baseball couldn’t help but admire: “This is the youth I want!” Explosion! The miracle set by this group of Japanese rural teenagers is a bloody story that cannot even be drawn in animation. Although they obviously lost to their opponents with a score of 2-13 in the just-concluded Japanese high school national baseball competition, they still Cried into a ball. This showdown is in the holy land of high school sports, Koshien, and often appears in Japanese anime. Because baseball is Japan’s national sport, Koshien is not only the national high school baseball finals, but also a place where all Japanese baseball boys desperately want to go. It is here that the crying boy, like the protagonist of a hot-blooded comic, completes "the most touching failure". The initial script they got was supposed to be a walk-on character who went in to join in the fun... and because there were over 4,000 teams participating in the game, this baseball team was pretty inconspicuous. The school they attended was called Jinzu Agriculture, and it was an agricultural school that fell apart. Because I live in Akita Prefecture, the economy is relatively backward and I am extremely poor all year round. Even the school's school rules are very local style:

In the final Japanese high school baseball competition, this group of teenagers from Aki Prefecture, Japan lost to their opponents with a score of 2-13, but the whole audience They all gave them warm applause. The venue for this game is Koshien, a sports mecca in Japanese anime. The annual high school baseball finals here are also a place that all baseball fans want to enter. Here, the children of Akita Prefecture completed the "most touching" game. It exploded! This group of baseball boys in this country created a bloody story that cannot be drawn in comics. There are more than 4,000 participating teams across the country, and they may be ranked last. "Goldenfoot Agriculture" is the name of their high school. In addition to attending classes, their daily tasks include planting trees, weeding, and raising pigs. This school has a very good motto: Don’t bully pigs! Although there is a baseball team in the school, it really can't get on the stage. In this suburb, baseball could only be practiced on land or in bullpens.

How bad is this team? Except for entering the finals in the first game (too few teams), it has been 103 years since the finals, and the school baseball team does not even have a substitute. Except for three players who had been exposed to baseball before, the remaining six players had not been exposed to baseball before entering high school, and they introduced themselves very "personally". Obviously, they're baseball players. Some people say their hobby is football, some say they are good at math, and some say they caught 93 fish that year. No one thought that this "peasant baseball team" could stand out among 4,000 teams. Even their own school only gave them round-trip fares, thinking that these children could just play casually. The opening day of the school was also the last day of the baseball game. As a result, the performance of this group of children disrupted all arrangements. They passed all the way, defeated countless giants, were invincible, and created a miracle from the preliminary round to the finals.

Seeing these children starting to hang up, the school immediately informed them to postpone the start of school for half a month. The people of Akita County also voluntarily donated money to raise 50 million yen for living expenses. Many viewers spontaneously formed a "support group" to pull out The banner of "Weed Army, National Hegemony". In the semifinals, pitcher Keiki Yoshida struck out 13 times in three consecutive games, breaking a dusty 72-year pitcher record.