おおきく振りかぶって（２６）

おおきく振りかぶって [Ookiku Furikabutte] #26

by Asa Higuchi

監督は女性、選手は全員1年生の新設野球部・西浦高校に集った10人の選手が、弱気なエースの三橋（みはし）を中心に、甲子園優勝を目指す！　秋季県大会初戦の相手の千朶高校相手に、球速向上を焦るあまりフォーム改造を先走った三橋のコントロールがついに乱れる！　そして強豪校ならではの地力が守備に攻撃に西浦を追い詰めるが……。力の差を感じつつも諦めない。秋季県大会千朶戦、ついに決着！

Genres: Manga, Sports

223 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 22, 2015

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