おおきく振りかぶって（３）

おおきく振りかぶって [Ookiku Furikabutte] #3

by Asa Higuchi

Grand Swing/ Big Windup!

Genres: Manga, Sports, Seinen

228 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 21, 2004

About the author

Asa 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

Reviews

[Hiromi]

Ren Mihashi and Takaya Abe are good battery. In this volume, Ren got to know Takaya's past and he supported Takaya. They faced each other and overcame their past.

[anne⁷ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mihashi is such a child. He's very simple-minded and cries so easily. He is very adamant on pitching and wouldn't give up the mound even if it means pitching for more than 500 times a day. He doesn't care about his health at all. He just wants to pitch and pitch and pitch! I know a lot of readers get annoyed at his whininess, but so far he has been nothing but endearing to me and I really like the dynamic between him and Abe, and him and Tajima!

[Pimplop · Rating 4 out of 5]

Qué tierno ;A;