おおきく振りかぶって（１７） (アフタヌーンコミックス)

おおきく振りかぶって [Ookiku Furikabutte] #17

by Asa Higuchi

夏の高校野球選手権埼玉大会で、５回戦敗退を喫した西浦。夏合宿でさらなるレベルアップを目指す！　敗北を通じて１歩前進した三橋と阿部のバッテリーは、モモカンから２人１組での行動を命じられる。絆はより強くなるのか！？　一方、準々決勝・武蔵野第一ＶＳ春日部市立戦は、終盤に突入！　春日部市立にリードを許した武蔵野第一……もう１点もやれない緊迫した場面で、西浦注目の投手・榛名の「本気」がうなる！！

Genres: Manga, Sports

208 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 23, 2011

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