おおきく振りかぶって（５）

おおきく振りかぶって [Ookiku Furikabutte] #5

by Asa Higuchi

全国高等学校野球選手権埼玉大会開幕！　西浦高校野球部の初めての公式戦が始まった。気おくれなし、緊張なし。強豪・桐青(とうせい)相手に、西浦ナインも最高のコンディション。全員1年生の初出場校vs.昨年の埼玉大会優勝校の対決は波乱必至!?　語り継がれる名試合、熱くて長いゲームが始まる！

Genres: Manga, Sports, Seinen

220 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2005

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]

Tajima kun is a one of great character in this manga. His personality and baseball skill are so good.
I don’t have any knowledge of baseball, but this manga is easy for me to understand baseball.

[anne⁷ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5