おおきく振りかぶって（２４）

おおきく振りかぶって [Ookiku Furikabutte] #24

by Asa Higuchi

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人の選手は、弱気な投手・三橋（みはし）を中軸に、一丸となって甲子園優勝を目指す！　予選を突破し秋季県大会へ進んだ西浦。初戦の相手は夏大優勝をARC学園高校と争った強豪・千朶高校。三橋のフォーム改造は吉と出るか凶と出るか。さらに主将の花井（はない）は田島（たじま）を抑えて主軸の4番に。バッテリーの、西浦のチームとしての正念場だ！

Genres: Manga, Sports

223 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 22, 2014

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