Saturday, January 02, 2021

Iwa Kakeru! Sport Climbing Girls - Episode 10 - Konomi Reaches for Finish

Konomi works on her speed climbing techniques to do well at the Combined Cup.

Jun came back to the sport climbing club at the same time Sayo got her father to install a speed climbing wall. Konomi was happy to see her friend again. Jun was happy to recognize she had a friend and rival in Konomi. Konomi doesn't know about the rival part, though.

Jun the speed climber worked with Konomi to improve her strength, stamina, and technique on the speed wall. Konomi realized her times weren't improving enough to help the Hanamiya team win the Combined Cup. Luckily, Sayo enrolled her and Jun in a speed climbing training camp.

Konomi met Akane, Kurea, and Satou there. Kurea made Konomi her target and goal to beat in the next meet. That bordered on obsession. There was a lot of trash-talk coming from Akane and Kurea, but Konomi appeared to love it. Was she naïve? Strong-minded? Mistaking the attention for friendly rivalry? It doesn't matter. Konomi was fired up to be at the oddball Nakata's training camp.

Konomi adapted her High Concentration Konomin mode to analyze other climbers instead of just the wall. The speed climbing route is the same all year everywhere, so there's nothing to solve there. It's the body that needs solving. Konomi tried incorporating other climbers' style to get her to climb faster, but it made her climb slower instead.

Konomi received two very different pep talks from Kurea and Jun. Kurea made Konomi stop moping. Jun said Konomi needed to figure out which new techniques meshed with her climbing style, otherwise the hesitation and extra energy makes her slower.

The next day, as Konomi prepared herself on the task of finding her speed climbing style, she saw a new climbing girl who defied her analysis skills. Who was she? Find out next episode.

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