Chapter 4

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**#4: Chosen One** (選ばれし者, *Erabareshimono*?) is the fourth chapter of Kouji Miura's *Blue Box* manga series.

## Summary

Taiki, Kyo, and  Hina began their first day of high school. At practice, the coach tells the badminton team that the national qualifiers is coming; therefore, they will have matches between members the following week. Kyo explains to Taiki how he has to place better than Haryu at the prefect qualifiers to achieve his goal of going to nationals. Kyo asks what his current record against Haryu is, but Taiki tells him not to asks. They take notice of a lot of spectators. Kyo says that most of them are there to watch Chinatsu Kano, while others are there to watch Hina as well.

They hear the rhythm gymnastics coach compliment Hina on her routine. She says that they should aim to be number one in the country. At that moment, Kyo and Taiki hear two upperclassmen discuss Hina's skills and call her the chosen one. When Hina takes notice of them watching her, she jokingly requests 2,000 yen as a spectator fee. Taiki says he will not pay her that. Hina then teases him about shooting her passionate looks. Before he could respond to her, he notices Chinatsu looking over in their directions. This causes Taiki to leave to go practice in a haste. Later on, while walking home, he thinks about how Chinatsu will continue to get the wrong idea about him and Hina. As he is walking, Hina comes up behind which startles him. He asks what she is doing there as she lives in another direction. She tells him that she is going to see a new chiropractor in that area.

Taiki starts to think about how Hina could end up seeing Chinatsu go into his house. He decides to quickly get Hina to the chiropractor, so she won't find out about his living situation. As they try to leave, Hina continues to stop and look at various things. When she stares at some taiyaki, Taiki offers to buy her one. However, Hina tells him not to as she doesn't need one. She explains how it will increase her daily caloric intake. She goes on about how if her body weight increases, she will not be graceful in her routines. Hina says that although she's not good at putting in effort, she can put up with something in order to get something done. She notices Taiki's facial expression and asks why he looks like that. He says that hearing everything she told him makes him think she's an awesome person. This causes her to smile and tease him about being sentimental.

Hina tells Taiki that she actually thinks he is the awesome. She explains how she finds it cool with the way he handles challenges. She steps off the sidewalk and turns around to tell him to seize victory in his next challenge. As he asks her what has gotten into her, Hina spots something in the distance. Curious, Taiki decides to turn around to see what she is looking at. Hina tries to stop, but it is too late. Taiki sees Chinatsu walking with Haryu.

## Characters in Order of Appearance

* Taiki Inomata
* Kyo Kasahara
* Kengo Haryu
* Chinatsu Kano
* Hina Chono

## Events

* Taiki, Kyo, and Hina graduate from junior high, starting a new school year in high school.
* Taiki walks with Hina to her chiropractor.
* Taiki sees Chinatsu alongside Haryu.