Hail Mary Throw (Hiruma)

American football is not a popular sport in Korea and Japan. Indeed, the US is the only country where American football is popular. Therefore, when the author decided to draw his debut comic using American football as its subject matter, almost everyone tried to dissuade him. They recommended drawing more popular sports like baseball, tennis or basketball. The author’s decision to draw an American football comic was a ‘Hail Mary throw’. ‘Hail Mary throw’ refers to the element of luck in some strategies of American footbal. QB throws a really long pass and hopes one of the receivers will be able to catch the ball. In the comic, Hiruma, the QB of the hero’s team, often used this strategy when his team had been trailing. As a result, this comic became a huge success in to Japanese comic market, and the author’s gamble was successful. The hero was had been bullied by his classmate until he started to play American football. When Hiruma met the hero, the hero was running to buy some bread for bullies, and Hiruma realized that the hero had a talent as an excellent runner of American football. The hero did not have any experience to play a sport, but decided to play American football because of a desire to change himself. The hero started to gather players who would play with him
My major’s students could feel a festive atmosphere and watched the game in a bar. It was my first experience to watch the super bowl game in the US. Honestly, the game was not interesting because both teams could get many points. It was a boring game for me. The QB of Panthers is very famous because his play style. He can not only throw but also run. It was an ideal type of QB in this comic. When I was watching the semi final game of Panthers, he showed the ultimate ability as a running QB. It was amazing, and I became his fan. However, in the Super bowl, he could not show his ability, thus his team could not