Effectively, this episode represented a fairly large take a look at for each Wow! Tonbo and its title character. The latter is obvious sufficient: her first event. For the collection, it was the primary official post-Igaiga episode (I am not counting that cameo with a tearful Gon-jii). The present will clearly have to have the ability to ship on that, as a result of there is not any logical approach for him to be a serious half of the present arc. I undoubtedly missed his presence (and Touchi Hiroki’s severely good efficiency). However general the take a look at handed, I would say. Every thing labored fairly effectively and the story did not get caught.
After making her debut on the courtroom final week, the following stage in Tonbo’s journey is taking part in her first event. The Kyuushuu Ladies’s Open is arising, and whereas I’ll have mentioned it is just a little early, Hajime is clearly wanting to see what his new freak of nature can do underneath strain. However to do this, she should full 5 laps of an accredited course and earn an official handicap. That is a little bit of a problem given the restricted time, since she finishes faculty at 4 a.m. and the Chuo Nation Membership — the place Yashiro has a membership that he can renew for her — is nearly an hour away. Meaning she has to finish her laps in 90 minutes earlier than it will get darkish (not a simple query, particularly since you aren’t getting the course to your self).
Getting underneath the handicap restrict of 13 for the event can be no simple activity as Tonbo solely has 5 golf equipment. The opposite college students – together with Hinoki – take turns as markers for her rounds. And Hinoki units herself the problem by taking part in a five-club spherical of her personal – and unsurprisingly, Tonbo crushes her. Tonbo manages to get her rounds in and registers a handicap of 11. She additionally will get a small enhance when Udo’s daughter, an aspiring skilled (in whose bed room Tonbo stays), returns house herself after lacking the minimize at Q-school. She has to show Tonbo a number of tips – tips that her older brother taught her. These two appear to have an fascinating brother-sister dynamic.
I think about some of these things with hitting floor balls and the rubber pencil trick is of minimal curiosity to non-golfers (I ate it). However golf is a wierd recreation and information is rarely acquired in straight strains. Within the case of Tonbo, there may be additionally no full set of golf equipment. I am unsure why Igaiga or her island buddies did not simply purchase her one – what else is there to do with cash on Hinoshima? However a part of Tonbo’s origin story is the advert hoc takeover of her golf equipment from those that help her (beginning along with her father, in fact). She inherits a caddy bag from Hinoki after her father (unsolicited) purchased her a brand new one. Hajime places in a used six-iron, and the nation membership superintendent offers her a nine-iron that he cannot grasp (that bit in regards to the middle of the clubface being pristine was a merciless dig, if it delivered innocently).
I am not loopy about Hinoki’s doll, and never within the sense that he is an enormous dick. He is only a little bit of a nasty man, however there are certainly a number of horrible sports activities dad and mom on the market. Hinoki is in fact on the Kyuushuu Ladies’s Open, as is a lady named Shima-san – a lot older than the largely teenage discipline. And an outdated pal, Tsubura-san (one of many favorites). Whereas the opposite gamers snicker at the truth that Tonbo solely has half a set of golf equipment, Tsubura marvels that her outdated pal is already seven. And notes that this makes Tonbo an actual risk. Tonbo has by no means betrayed nerves in golf, however this will probably be her most demanding take a look at but. I want Igaiga was there to see it.
