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バッテリー #5
野球少年 5
「因為有所追求，所以才會戴上手套。」
新田東中為了迎戰擁有天才打者‧門脇的橫手二中，每天都在拚命練習。可是巧與豪的投捕搭擋卻遲遲無法恢復過去的默契……？
「我是為了接你的球而存在的。這是我從以前就決定好的事。」為了迎戰橫手二中，豪終於有所行動！？
另外收錄描寫橫手二中的投捕搭擋，唯有單行本才有的全新短篇「THE OTHER BATTERY」。
新田東中為了迎戰擁有天才打者‧門脇的橫手二中，每天都在拚命練習。可是巧與豪的投捕搭擋卻遲遲無法恢復過去的默契……？
「我是為了接你的球而存在的。這是我從以前就決定好的事。」為了迎戰橫手二中，豪終於有所行動！？
另外收錄描寫橫手二中的投捕搭擋，唯有單行本才有的全新短篇「THE OTHER BATTERY」。
208 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
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March 30, 2026
This is the low point of the series for me because every pair of characters is having the same conversation at least three times. I complained about this in my review of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall; it's my one pet peeve.
One of the common internet questions about this series is "Is it BL?" (BL="boys love," the Japanese term for MM romance. "Yaoi" is the pre-2010 term). Though I didn't see much BL element in volume 1, the overtones have gotten stronger over the course of the series. The way Mizugaki talks about Takumi is definitely baiting BL fans: calling Takumi "princess" お姫さん, "I just wanna eat him [Takumi] up" 「食っちゃいたい」, "I wanna have a good time with the princess too" 「俺も姫さんと気持ちいいことしてえなあ」, "There's nothing I love more than a pretty face crying" 「美人の泣き顔ほど好きなものないんや」. (I took from these examples from three different scenes; you see what I mean when I say the same pair of characters having the same conversation?)
I'm actually okay with Mizugaki talking like this given the role of his character. Mizugaki is not on Takumi's team; he's a third year about to graduate from the local rival team. Sexualizing/feminizing Takumi is this fifteen year old's way of expressing his dominance over a young, talented pitcher that could threaten his school team's future prospects in local competitions. Homosexualization is how he messes around with other people he doesn't care for. He jokes that he and Kaionji are having a "good time" and that Kadowaki is in love with Takumi. The only time he doesn't insert homoeroticism is between himself and Kadowaki because he has strong, complicated feelings for his childhood friend, namely jealousy towards Kadowaki's talent as a baseball player. He goes to parties to hook up with girls, but it's ambiguous if he swings both ways. Do I think it's weird that a fifteen year old---an age group notorious for being homophobic---talks like this around his peers? Yes. However, given that he includes himself in his homosexual jokes, I don't think it's necessarily homophobic.
One of the common internet questions about this series is "Is it BL?" (BL="boys love," the Japanese term for MM romance. "Yaoi" is the pre-2010 term). Though I didn't see much BL element in volume 1, the overtones have gotten stronger over the course of the series. The way Mizugaki talks about Takumi is definitely baiting BL fans: calling Takumi "princess" お姫さん, "I just wanna eat him [Takumi] up" 「食っちゃいたい」, "I wanna have a good time with the princess too" 「俺も姫さんと気持ちいいことしてえなあ」, "There's nothing I love more than a pretty face crying" 「美人の泣き顔ほど好きなものないんや」. (I took from these examples from three different scenes; you see what I mean when I say the same pair of characters having the same conversation?)
I'm actually okay with Mizugaki talking like this given the role of his character. Mizugaki is not on Takumi's team; he's a third year about to graduate from the local rival team. Sexualizing/feminizing Takumi is this fifteen year old's way of expressing his dominance over a young, talented pitcher that could threaten his school team's future prospects in local competitions. Homosexualization is how he messes around with other people he doesn't care for. He jokes that he and Kaionji are having a "good time" and that Kadowaki is in love with Takumi. The only time he doesn't insert homoeroticism is between himself and Kadowaki because he has strong, complicated feelings for his childhood friend, namely jealousy towards Kadowaki's talent as a baseball player. He goes to parties to hook up with girls, but it's ambiguous if he swings both ways. Do I think it's weird that a fifteen year old---an age group notorious for being homophobic---talks like this around his peers? Yes. However, given that he includes himself in his homosexual jokes, I don't think it's necessarily homophobic.
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