よりみち３人修学旅行（読みもの）
Three Wayward Friends on a School Trip
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『よりみち３人修学旅行』（Yurimichi san-nin shugaku ryoko）
６年生の途中で転校してきた天馬は、笑顔がすてきで王子と呼ばれている柊から、春休みに自分たちだけの「修学旅行」にでかけようと誘われ、参加することにする。もう一人の参加者は背が低くて学校を休みがちだった風知。行先は風知の離婚した父親の家である。旅の当日、天馬はこの旅には風知の父親からの課題があることが告げられる。それは、待ち合わせの時間までに10人の知らない人に出会って卒業アルバムにサインをもらい、一緒に写真を撮るというものだった。３人は協力して、駅員、子ども連れのお母さん、同じ学年の３人の少年たちなどからなんとかサインをもらい、あとひとりサインをもらえば、課題がクリアというところまでこぎつける。天馬の視点から描かれた作品は、「大人になるとは」について考えさせられる。（土居）
| 出版社 | 講談社 |
|---|---|
| 初版年 | 2018年 |
| ISBN | 978-4-06-220527-6 |
| ページ数 | 223頁 |
| サイズ | 20×14 |
| 対象年齢 | 11歳から |
| キーワード | 旅 友だち ３人組 |
Three Wayward Friends on a School Trip
Three boys who have just graduated from elementary school but missed going on their school trip, decide to go on a trip of their own.
Tenma transferred schools in the middle of grade six and has few friends. Shu, who is nicknamed “Prince” for his winning smile, and Fuchi, a short boy who is often absent from school, invite Tenma to go on a trip to see Fuchi’s divorced father before they start junior high school.
On the day of their departure, Tenma learns that Fuchi’s father has given Fuchi a task to complete: He must ask ten strangers to sign Fuchi’s graduation album and take a photo with them but still reach the meeting place on time. Fuchi manages to get the station master and a high school girl to sign his album, but they are interrupted by a pervert. When this man tries to take them into a public washroom, Fuchi and his friends drive him off. The trio manage to collect signatures from another seven people, including a mother and child and another group of boys. Fuchi asks his father to be the tenth person to sign his album, but his father refuses, saying that he does not meet the criterion of being a stranger. He taunts Fuchi for failing to complete the task. Tenma and Shu tearfully protest on behalf of their friend, and the trio returns home together.
Written from Tenma’s perspective, the eventful journey and Tenma’s process of getting to know Shu and Fuchi are conveyed with a light and humorous touch, and Tenma’s frustration with the irrationality of grownups comes across graphically. (Doi)
- Text: Ichikawa, Sakuko
- Kodansha
- 2018
- 223 pages
- 20×14
- ISBN 978-4-06-220527-6
- Ages 11 +
Travel, Friendship, Trio