おおきく振りかぶって（７）

おおきく振りかぶって [Ookiku Furikabutte] #7

by Asa Higuchi

全国高等学校野球選手権埼玉大会。昨年の優勝校相手に全力を振り絞る、全員1年生の新設野球部・西浦(にしうら)高校。試合は強まる雨の中、1点を争う接戦になった。格下とみられていた西浦の健闘は、強豪・桐青(とうせい)をついに本気にさせる！　駆け回る選手、声からす観客、汗と涙と青春のキラキラがつまった白熱のゲームは7回裏から。「夏の初戦」はまだ終わらない！

Genres: Manga, Sports

208 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 18, 2007

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]

This manga story continues in very slowly. However the author, Asa Higuchi draw manga in every detail. I hope raining stops by soon and the game goes well.