Wakaregiwa Ni Ja No Nante, Kanashi Koto Iu Naya

[Machine Translation] I was in the most isolated group of all........ Hiroshima, 1996. My impatience as an eighth grader was at its peak. Yusuke, who was too plain and "the honor student," TK, an obese guy who was crazy about Tonkotsu Ramen, Joe, a natural and blase son of a shrine, and Krung, a Thai who had learned Japanese through "Eva" (a Japanese word meaning "Eva"). If you hang out with these guys, you'll get teased by the teamers and you won't get a girlfriend! We each pledge to do "cool" things, like donate to 24-hour TV, lose 15 kilos, and become voice actors with dandy voices, but.... PHS, Shinola, Street Fighter, Purikura, "Rombake", Choberiva - the music of Komuro and Amuro echoed through the air, and Evangelion captured our hearts. The 20th Boiled Eggs, a memory of friendship and youth that ran through the world. Winner of the 20th Boiled Eggs Newcomer Award.

よりによって一番さえんグループに入ってしもーた...1996年、広島。中2のぼくの焦りは、最高潮に達していた。地味すぎる“THE優等生”の祐介、豚骨ラーメンに目がない肥満体のTK、天然ボケで神社の息子ジョー、そして“エヴァ”で日本語を学んだタイ人・クルン。こいつらとつるんでいたら、チーマーにからまれるし、彼女もできん!ぼくらはそれぞれ“イケとる”ことをすると誓い合い、24時間テレビに募金、15キロのダイエットにチャレンジ、ダンディボイスの声優を目指すが...PHS、シノラー、ストリートファイター、プリクラ、“ロンバケ”、チョベリバ―コムロとアムロの音楽が響きわたり、エヴァンゲリオンが心を鷲掴みにしたあの時代―ぼくらが世界を駆け抜けた、友情と青春のメモリー。第20回ボイルドエッグズ新人賞受賞作。