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おおきく振りかぶって [Ookiku Furikabutte] #2
おおきく振りかぶって（２）
ヒイキでエース扱いされてたピッチャーなんて怖くない。楽勝モードで三橋(みはし)をなめてかかる三星(みほし)学園野球部の元チームメイト。その中で、ピッチャー・叶(かのう)だけが真剣だった！ 泥臭く、熱っぽく勝利にこだわる叶の姿は、西浦(にしうら)高校有利と思われた勝負の流れを変えてゆく……！ かつてのチームと決別できるのか。そしてキャッチャー・阿部(あべ)と信頼関係を築き、新しいチームのピッチャーとして独り立ちできるのか。ゲームの勝敗は、三橋の、チームの未来を左右する！
200 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 23, 2004
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Asa Higuchi
46 books12 followersAsa Higuchi (Japanese name: ひぐち アサ) is a Japanese manga artist, born in 1970 in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture (now part of Saitama City). She graduated from Saitama Prefecture's prestigious Urawanishi High School and Hosei University's department of psychology, with a major in sports psychology. During her high school days, she was a member of her school's softball team, which would go on to be an inspiration in her work Ōkiku Furikabutte as well as her high school which is featured in detail (the school now advertising the manga and anime on their website).
In 1998, Higuchi won noted seinen manga magazine Afternoon's Shiki competition with her work Yuku tokoro. It was noted for the unique relationships shared by its characters and was subsequently published in the August issue of the magazine, thus marking her debut as a manga artist. She is currently working on Ōkiku Furikabutte, which has spanned 32 volumes to date and being serialized in the monthly Afternoon. It won the 10th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for best creative work in 2006, and the 31st Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 2007
In 1998, Higuchi won noted seinen manga magazine Afternoon's Shiki competition with her work Yuku tokoro. It was noted for the unique relationships shared by its characters and was subsequently published in the August issue of the magazine, thus marking her debut as a manga artist. She is currently working on Ōkiku Furikabutte, which has spanned 32 volumes to date and being serialized in the monthly Afternoon. It won the 10th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for best creative work in 2006, and the 31st Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 2007
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April 24, 2020
I already rehashed the summary of the series in my review of the first volume, so I won't bother doing that here. This volume wraps up Nishiura's first match against Mihoshi, Mihashi's old school, as well as introduces us to Abe's old battery partner as a cliffhanger before the next volume.
REP: MC with severe social anxiety
PROS:
- Focus on the characters as people. As I said for the previous volume, these characters aren't just baseball players. They're also teenage boys! I like that the narrative of a game balances not just the thought process behind their plays, but also touches on their mental psyches and personal mind blocks.
- Mihashi's social anxiety isn't just solved. The match against his old middle school is just the first in a series of steps it'll take for him to truly regain trust and confidence in himself. It's not like this game solidifies his battery with Abe, and from here on, they're set. It's foreshadowed that they'll still have plenty to work on together, and that's very realistic, especially in terms of social anxiety being a persistent state of existence.
- Abe and Mihashi's insecurities. Many times, previous teammates of characters in sports manga are viewed as rivals by their current teammates--in a purely sports based context. But here, it's more than that. Abe is threatened by Mihashi's old teammates because he sees the mental damage they inflicted upon Mihashi, while Mihashi is threatened by Abe's old pitcher because he doesn't yet trust himself to be good enough to match up. As always, the problems in Oofuri go beyond just baseball.
- The game animations! I like the very lighthearted approach that Higuchi takes when it comes to her illustrations. Baseball is a serious game, and that's more than conveyed in the characters' thought process when tackling it, but the physical actions are painted like cute caricatures and funnily drawn onomatopoeia, which gives it an overall down to earth feeling. Nothing about the game feels unrealistically superhuman (which is a complaint I have about a lot of other sports manga).
CONS:
- The game details. Oofuri is actually a seinen series, not a shounen as compared to most sports manga, so its chapters tend to be very long. There's a lot of detail put into explaining the different aspects of the game, and I'll be honest, I kind of skim over it to pay attention to the focus on the characters' psyche instead.
FINAL RATING: 4.75
REP: MC with severe social anxiety
PROS:
- Focus on the characters as people. As I said for the previous volume, these characters aren't just baseball players. They're also teenage boys! I like that the narrative of a game balances not just the thought process behind their plays, but also touches on their mental psyches and personal mind blocks.
- Mihashi's social anxiety isn't just solved. The match against his old middle school is just the first in a series of steps it'll take for him to truly regain trust and confidence in himself. It's not like this game solidifies his battery with Abe, and from here on, they're set. It's foreshadowed that they'll still have plenty to work on together, and that's very realistic, especially in terms of social anxiety being a persistent state of existence.
- Abe and Mihashi's insecurities. Many times, previous teammates of characters in sports manga are viewed as rivals by their current teammates--in a purely sports based context. But here, it's more than that. Abe is threatened by Mihashi's old teammates because he sees the mental damage they inflicted upon Mihashi, while Mihashi is threatened by Abe's old pitcher because he doesn't yet trust himself to be good enough to match up. As always, the problems in Oofuri go beyond just baseball.
- The game animations! I like the very lighthearted approach that Higuchi takes when it comes to her illustrations. Baseball is a serious game, and that's more than conveyed in the characters' thought process when tackling it, but the physical actions are painted like cute caricatures and funnily drawn onomatopoeia, which gives it an overall down to earth feeling. Nothing about the game feels unrealistically superhuman (which is a complaint I have about a lot of other sports manga).
CONS:
- The game details. Oofuri is actually a seinen series, not a shounen as compared to most sports manga, so its chapters tend to be very long. There's a lot of detail put into explaining the different aspects of the game, and I'll be honest, I kind of skim over it to pay attention to the focus on the characters' psyche instead.
FINAL RATING: 4.75
July 22, 2019
I think volume2 is important part of this manga. Ren and Mitsuhoshi baseball team members could understand each other and they apologized to him for bat treatment. He could say his opinion in front of them because he is not lonely, he has a great new team members.
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October 25, 2020
LAS MANOS WEONAAAA
October 20, 2014
Oofuri's battery logic: The pitcher should trust the catcher and the catcher should trust the pitcher.
Last Inning's battery logic: The pitcher should trust the catcher but the catcher must never fully trust the pitcher.
I don't know which to believe... the pure and innocent Momo or the dirty Poppo...
P.S.
It's hard to tell Tajima and Abe apart =.=
Last Inning's battery logic: The pitcher should trust the catcher but the catcher must never fully trust the pitcher.
I don't know which to believe... the pure and innocent Momo or the dirty Poppo...
P.S.
It's hard to tell Tajima and Abe apart =.=
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