王牌投手 振臂高揮 23

おおきく振りかぶって [Ookiku Furikabutte] #23

by Asa Higuchi, 樋口朝

目標甲子園優勝的西浦高中，在秋季大會初戰的對手是夏大前四強的武藏野第一。面對擁有快速直球的王牌．榛名，西浦堂堂的正面迎戰！現在來到同分的第九局，武藏野第一的捕手．秋丸掌握到三橋他〝直球〞的本質!?比賽即將結束，與榛名的對決將會…!?

Genres: Manga, Sports

208 pages, Paperback

First published June 23, 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