王牌投手 振臂高揮 22

おおきく振りかぶって [Ookiku Furikabutte] #22

by Asa Higuchi, 樋口朝

西浦高中秋季大會的初戰對手竟然是夏季大會前四強的武藏野第一，他們這次要面對的是能投出快速球的王牌．榛名！在第五局１比１同比數的時候，五藏野第一開始發現到三橋的〝直球〞似乎有些不同，究竟三橋有沒有辦法壓抑住武藏野的進攻呢!?

Genres: Manga, Sports

240 pages, Paperback

First published November 22, 2013

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