I'm falling hard for Seki. Beyond her serve and defense, she's so up-with-people and having fun it's contagious. If you know Nishimura this is very unlike her after spending her formative years with the NoSmilers
This is the play where China high blocked the ball and Seki chased after it to make sure it went out past the court line. She turns around, grabs Nishimura's hand, and they come running back to the huddle like two teenage girls having a day at the beach. Outstanding
These two are the life wire in the team, so energetic and cheerful. You just feel so happy watching them
In 2022 VNL I was familiar with only two or three players in the NT, Sarina Koga and Mayu Ishikawa, but after following one season of JL, I now know almost every player...and I am especially excited to see the players from JT Marvelous which I support. Hayashi, Wada and Tanaka are doing well and I hope to see Nishikawa given more chances to play. She and Tanaka were in such great form when Japan won the AVC Cup last year.
I’m also familiar with Kurobe and Okayama, but I think none of their players are here....it’s funny though, I always think about these two clubs when I see Pimpichaya and Thanacha in the Thai team