おおきく振りかぶって（１９） (アフタヌーンコミックス)

おおきく振りかぶって [Ookiku Furikabutte] #19

by Asa Higuchi

大人気本格高校野球漫画、待望の最新刊！　 監督は女性、選手は全員１年生。県立西浦高校の新設野球部に集った１０人の選手達は、弱気で卑屈な投手・三橋を中軸に、一丸となって甲子園優勝を目指す！　夏の高校野球選手権・埼玉大会準決勝。武蔵野第一とＡＲＣ学園の激闘、ついに決着！ ８回裏、２点差をつけられた武蔵野。エース・榛名はＡＲＣ打線を抑えるべく死力を尽くす！　一方、西浦は愛媛の強豪校との練習試合に挑む！！

Genres: Manga, Sports

208 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 22, 2012

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