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H2 #2
H2 Vol. 2
Paperback
First published February 1, 1993
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Mitsuru Adachi
696 books221 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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May 26, 2021
Butuh 2 volume untuk menjabarkan kesalahpahaman pada tokoh utama
Ini menariknya. Adachi-sensei berhasil memainkan alur cerita sehingga semua terjalin tanpa dipaksakan.
Menarik menunggu volume berikutnya
Ini menariknya. Adachi-sensei berhasil memainkan alur cerita sehingga semua terjalin tanpa dipaksakan.
Menarik menunggu volume berikutnya
December 31, 2020
Pretty great baseball manga, really good story and character development and love the art style ⚾️😁👌❤️
May 3, 2016
Copertina originale giapponese del n. 1 di H2, che io possiedo, sempre dono dal Giappone...
Copertina originale giapponese del n. 1 di H2, che io possiedo, sempre dono dal Giappone…
In questa avventura che abbiamo intrapreso, di ricordare e raccontare tutti i titoli del grande Adachi pubblicate in Italia (che ha il suo stoicismo, lo dovete riconoscere) non ci siamo dati una regola da seguire, di tipo cronologico o altro, quindi spontaneamente le prime opere che mi hanno spinto a scrivere di loro sono quelle che parlano di baseball. Adachi è facilmente identificabile con questo sport, che probabilmente prima di Touch era praticamente sconosciuto a grandi e bambini: ho un amico che ne è fan per via dell’autore, ma non ha mai capito neanche una regola; io invece ho capito quasi tutto solo leggendo questi fumetti, tanto che la domenica ai tempi dell’Università me ne andavo a vedere le partite della squadra locale e commentavo con gli altri sparuti e sconosciuti spettatori. Motivo: sempre Adachi. Ma! Ma non è affatto vero che ha disegnato SOLO di baseball! La cronologia delle opere mostra una discreta varietà di generi, e se continuerete a seguire questa Cronaca vi accorgerete che ce n’è da dire, ma intanto vi racconto di H2, altro famosissimo manga incentrato sul… baseball. Ecco. (Spoiler: anche nella prossima Cronaca ci sarà il baseball, indovinate con quale opera?) Continua a leggere su http://www.dimensionefumetto.it/mitsu...
Copertina originale giapponese del n. 1 di H2, che io possiedo, sempre dono dal Giappone…
In questa avventura che abbiamo intrapreso, di ricordare e raccontare tutti i titoli del grande Adachi pubblicate in Italia (che ha il suo stoicismo, lo dovete riconoscere) non ci siamo dati una regola da seguire, di tipo cronologico o altro, quindi spontaneamente le prime opere che mi hanno spinto a scrivere di loro sono quelle che parlano di baseball. Adachi è facilmente identificabile con questo sport, che probabilmente prima di Touch era praticamente sconosciuto a grandi e bambini: ho un amico che ne è fan per via dell’autore, ma non ha mai capito neanche una regola; io invece ho capito quasi tutto solo leggendo questi fumetti, tanto che la domenica ai tempi dell’Università me ne andavo a vedere le partite della squadra locale e commentavo con gli altri sparuti e sconosciuti spettatori. Motivo: sempre Adachi. Ma! Ma non è affatto vero che ha disegnato SOLO di baseball! La cronologia delle opere mostra una discreta varietà di generi, e se continuerete a seguire questa Cronaca vi accorgerete che ce n’è da dire, ma intanto vi racconto di H2, altro famosissimo manga incentrato sul… baseball. Ecco. (Spoiler: anche nella prossima Cronaca ci sarà il baseball, indovinate con quale opera?) Continua a leggere su http://www.dimensionefumetto.it/mitsu...
April 10, 2016
I GET IT NOW! "H2" is Hideo and Hiro's names. The series is basically about Hiro and Hideo's friendship. It's kinda cruel, really. They're both great baseball players and are very good friends. Their goal is Koshien but they play for different highschool teams (they were teammates in middle school though) so when it comes to the finals, who's gonna win?
The Japanese characters in Hideo's name can also be read as the Japanese word for "hero" and guess who's another hero? HIRO!!! Like they're destined rivals or smthng. Well played, Adachi.
But can I just say how amazingly funny this series is without even trying? Hiro is always calm but the things he do are not without sense and yet are effortlessly humorous. And that goddamned plot twist in chapter 17 though smh.
The Japanese characters in Hideo's name can also be read as the Japanese word for "hero" and guess who's another hero? HIRO!!! Like they're destined rivals or smthng. Well played, Adachi.
But can I just say how amazingly funny this series is without even trying? Hiro is always calm but the things he do are not without sense and yet are effortlessly humorous. And that goddamned plot twist in chapter 17 though smh.
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