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Touch #8
タッチ 8
184 pages, Paperback
First published September 15, 1983
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Mitsuru Adachi
694 books220 followersMitsuru Adachi (あだち充 in Japanese) is a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from Gunma Prefectural Maebashi Commercial High School in 1969, Adachi worked as an assistant for Isami Ishii. He made his manga debut in 1970 with Kieta Bakuon, based on a manga originally created by Satoru Ozawa. Kieta was published in Deluxe Shōnen Sunday (a manga magazine published by Shogakukan).
Adachi is well known for romantic comedy and sports manga (especially baseball) such as Touch, H2, Slow Step, and Miyuki. He has been described as a writer of "delightful dialogue", a genius at portraying everyday life, "the greatest pure storyteller", and "a master manga artist". He is one of the few manga artists to write for shōnen, shōjo, and seinen manga magazines, and be popular in all three.
His works have been carried in manga magazines such as Weekly Shōnen Sunday, Ciao, Shōjo Comic, Big Comic, and Petit Comic, and most of his works are published through Shogakukan and Gakken. He was one of the flagship authors in the new Monthly Shōnen Sunday magazine which began publication in June 2009. Only two short story collections, Short Program and Short Program 2 (both through Viz Media), have been released in North America, though Viz is scheduled to begin publishing Cross Game in October 2010.
He modeled the spelling of あだち (rather than 安達) for his family name after the example of his older brother, manga artist Tsutomu Adachi. In addition, it has been suggested that the accurate portrayal of sibling rivalry in Touch may come from Adachi's experiences while growing up with his older brother. Adachi did the character designs for the OVA anime series Nozomi Witches, so he is sometimes incorrectly given credit for creating the original series.
Adachi is well known for romantic comedy and sports manga (especially baseball) such as Touch, H2, Slow Step, and Miyuki. He has been described as a writer of "delightful dialogue", a genius at portraying everyday life, "the greatest pure storyteller", and "a master manga artist". He is one of the few manga artists to write for shōnen, shōjo, and seinen manga magazines, and be popular in all three.
His works have been carried in manga magazines such as Weekly Shōnen Sunday, Ciao, Shōjo Comic, Big Comic, and Petit Comic, and most of his works are published through Shogakukan and Gakken. He was one of the flagship authors in the new Monthly Shōnen Sunday magazine which began publication in June 2009. Only two short story collections, Short Program and Short Program 2 (both through Viz Media), have been released in North America, though Viz is scheduled to begin publishing Cross Game in October 2010.
He modeled the spelling of あだち (rather than 安達) for his family name after the example of his older brother, manga artist Tsutomu Adachi. In addition, it has been suggested that the accurate portrayal of sibling rivalry in Touch may come from Adachi's experiences while growing up with his older brother. Adachi did the character designs for the OVA anime series Nozomi Witches, so he is sometimes incorrectly given credit for creating the original series.
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January 7, 2017
For those who are left behind, life must go on, there is no use in mourning forever. The hole Kazuya left wasn't filled automatically by Tatsuya.
Tidak semudah itu Tatsuya menggantikan posisi Kazuya. Butuh proses dari segi kesiapan fisik dan mental hingga akhirnya Tatsuya join klub baseball. Klub baseball yang sejak peninggalan Kazuya, menjadi putus harapan dan suram. Meskipun awalnya orang2 skeptis pada kemampuannya, termasuk Koutarou catcher partner dan teman baik Kazuya. Perlahan bakat Tatsuya dan kegigihannya mulai membuka mata orang lain, tentunya juga diselingi dengan humor2 garing Adachi.
Tidak semudah itu Tatsuya menggantikan posisi Kazuya. Butuh proses dari segi kesiapan fisik dan mental hingga akhirnya Tatsuya join klub baseball. Klub baseball yang sejak peninggalan Kazuya, menjadi putus harapan dan suram. Meskipun awalnya orang2 skeptis pada kemampuannya, termasuk Koutarou catcher partner dan teman baik Kazuya. Perlahan bakat Tatsuya dan kegigihannya mulai membuka mata orang lain, tentunya juga diselingi dengan humor2 garing Adachi.
May 16, 2020
In this volume Tatsuya's reactions are extremely touching and it's also very enjoyable to follow the new projects that Minami has outside of the baseball club. I also loved the banter between Tatsuya and Kôtarô, it was so interesting to see how each character reacted to the aftermath of volume 7, I can't wait to see how Tatsuya is going to step up his game.
June 1, 2021
Tacchan melanjutkan langkah sang adik.
Terlepas dari itu, meski Tacchan punya sesuatu yang "lebih" namun secepat itu Tacchan meraih posisi ace memang menunjukkan Meisei dalam kondisi rapu selepas Kacchan.
Terlepas dari itu, meski Tacchan punya sesuatu yang "lebih" namun secepat itu Tacchan meraih posisi ace memang menunjukkan Meisei dalam kondisi rapu selepas Kacchan.
July 9, 2019
Alright manga so far, I mostly recommend this for baseball fans⚾️This has a pretty decent story other than the baseball 😁⚾️💕
January 16, 2021
Es un spokon ( manga deportivo ) que disfruté muchisimo xq tiene un punto de romance que hace muy agradable su leectura. Me lo compre por nostalgia y me hizo rememorar el anime de mi juventud
October 4, 2015
#Program BUBU
Pertama kali dibeli dan dibaca pada tanggal 18 September 2008.
Pertama kali dibeli dan dibaca pada tanggal 18 September 2008.
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