プレイボール 1

Play Ball - Bunko Edition #1

by Akio Chiba, ちばあきお

【ページ数が多いビックボリューム版！】墨高に入学した谷口は、中学時代、全国野球大会で優勝の経験を持つ。しかし、その時の骨折が原因で、指が曲がり、ボールが投げられなくなってしまった。野球への情熱を捨て切れないまま、サッカー部の勧誘を受けるが…!?

392 pages, Paperback

First published May 17, 1996

About the author

Akio Chiba ちば あきお (Chiba Akio) was a Japanese mangaka born in Shenyang, Manchukuo (now part Liaoning, China). His father worked in a paper factory in China. Chiba had two brothers, Tetsuya Chiba and Shigeyuki Chiba.
At the end of the Sino-Japanese War, Chiba's family lived in the attic of a work-acquaintance of his father until they could find a way to get back to Japan. Chiba committed suicide due to issues related to bipolar disorder when he was 41 years old.