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Nine
A story about the members of a high school baseball team and their school life.
- GenresMangaSlice Of Life
290 pages
First published December 1, 1996
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About the author
Mitsuru Adachi
693 books220 followersMitsuru Adachi (あだち充 in Japanese) is a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from Gunma Prefectural Maebashi Commercial High School in 1969, Adachi worked as an assistant for Isami Ishii. He made his manga debut in 1970 with Kieta Bakuon, based on a manga originally created by Satoru Ozawa. Kieta was published in Deluxe Shōnen Sunday (a manga magazine published by Shogakukan).
Adachi is well known for romantic comedy and sports manga (especially baseball) such as Touch, H2, Slow Step, and Miyuki. He has been described as a writer of "delightful dialogue", a genius at portraying everyday life, "the greatest pure storyteller", and "a master manga artist". He is one of the few manga artists to write for shōnen, shōjo, and seinen manga magazines, and be popular in all three.
His works have been carried in manga magazines such as Weekly Shōnen Sunday, Ciao, Shōjo Comic, Big Comic, and Petit Comic, and most of his works are published through Shogakukan and Gakken. He was one of the flagship authors in the new Monthly Shōnen Sunday magazine which began publication in June 2009. Only two short story collections, Short Program and Short Program 2 (both through Viz Media), have been released in North America, though Viz is scheduled to begin publishing Cross Game in October 2010.
He modeled the spelling of あだち (rather than 安達) for his family name after the example of his older brother, manga artist Tsutomu Adachi. In addition, it has been suggested that the accurate portrayal of sibling rivalry in Touch may come from Adachi's experiences while growing up with his older brother. Adachi did the character designs for the OVA anime series Nozomi Witches, so he is sometimes incorrectly given credit for creating the original series.
Adachi is well known for romantic comedy and sports manga (especially baseball) such as Touch, H2, Slow Step, and Miyuki. He has been described as a writer of "delightful dialogue", a genius at portraying everyday life, "the greatest pure storyteller", and "a master manga artist". He is one of the few manga artists to write for shōnen, shōjo, and seinen manga magazines, and be popular in all three.
His works have been carried in manga magazines such as Weekly Shōnen Sunday, Ciao, Shōjo Comic, Big Comic, and Petit Comic, and most of his works are published through Shogakukan and Gakken. He was one of the flagship authors in the new Monthly Shōnen Sunday magazine which began publication in June 2009. Only two short story collections, Short Program and Short Program 2 (both through Viz Media), have been released in North America, though Viz is scheduled to begin publishing Cross Game in October 2010.
He modeled the spelling of あだち (rather than 安達) for his family name after the example of his older brother, manga artist Tsutomu Adachi. In addition, it has been suggested that the accurate portrayal of sibling rivalry in Touch may come from Adachi's experiences while growing up with his older brother. Adachi did the character designs for the OVA anime series Nozomi Witches, so he is sometimes incorrectly given credit for creating the original series.
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March 24, 2022
1.5/5
Reseña y calificación para todo el manga
Este fue uno de los primeros trabajos que escribió Adachi, ya en esta obra se puede apreciar mucho de lo que hará y mejorará en sus siguientes obras.
No voy a mentir este manga no fue de mi completo agrado. Para poner un ejemplo. Todos sabemos que el deporte no es el tema principal en las obras de Adachi, pero aquí importa casi nada. Literalmente los jugadores están más preocupados en ir de viaje con unas chicas a la playa que en llegar al Koshien. Y en el apartado del amor tampoco hay ningún conflicto o duda, no se entiende porque no se declaran su amor, salvo por la extrema pasividad de ambos como se menciona en algún punto.
Sin duda lo que más rescato de esta historia es el humor y algún que otro mensaje de la vida en la época escolar.
Reseña y calificación para todo el manga
Este fue uno de los primeros trabajos que escribió Adachi, ya en esta obra se puede apreciar mucho de lo que hará y mejorará en sus siguientes obras.
No voy a mentir este manga no fue de mi completo agrado. Para poner un ejemplo. Todos sabemos que el deporte no es el tema principal en las obras de Adachi, pero aquí importa casi nada. Literalmente los jugadores están más preocupados en ir de viaje con unas chicas a la playa que en llegar al Koshien. Y en el apartado del amor tampoco hay ningún conflicto o duda, no se entiende porque no se declaran su amor, salvo por la extrema pasividad de ambos como se menciona en algún punto.
Sin duda lo que más rescato de esta historia es el humor y algún que otro mensaje de la vida en la época escolar.
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