おおきく振りかぶって（１８） (アフタヌーンコミックス)

おおきく振りかぶって [Ookiku Furikabutte] #18

by Asa Higuchi

夏の高校野球選手権埼玉大会、準決勝。シニア時代、阿部とバッテリーを組んでいた投手・榛名擁する武蔵野第一と、優勝候補・ＡＲＣ学園が激突！　序盤、ＡＲＣにリードを許した榛名は、自分の本気の球を捕れる秋丸を捕手に指名。本来の投球を開始する！　武蔵野の猛追は、ＡＲＣに届くのか！？　一方、チームのために全力を尽くす榛名を、スタンドから見つめる阿部……その心中は！？

Genres: Manga, Sports

192 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 22, 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