2-ban Second - Recommendations

• Vol: 3; Ch: 31
• 2010 - 2014

• Vol: 5+; Ch: 33+
• 2019 - ?

• Vol: 1; Ch: 5
• 1986

• Vol: 1
• 1974

• Vol: 1
• 1979

• Vol: 1; Ch: 9

• Vol: 3
• 1998 - 1999

• Vol: 15+; Ch: 90+
• 2016 - ?

Karin Kiritani is a third-year student at Tokyo Metropolitan Hoshizakura High School who yearns to go to Koshien. She is a pitcher on the girls' baseball team, but is beaten by Mirei Hiiragi in the spring tournament. Under the guidance of her childhood friend Daimon Rai, Karin tries to improve her pitching form and grip on the ball, but will she be able to beat Mirei?

• Vol: 6
• 1996 - 2005

Takumi and Gou meet and form a pitcher and catcher team. Takumi is confident in his fastball but is resented by his teammates, who are all trying to regain some autonomy in the face of pressure from their teacher, the baseball coach. Despite this, Takumi maintains his confidence and heads to the pitcher’s mound. At the same time, Gou suffers in the face of his own limitations. Takumi, who had never been interested in others, begins to want to know more about Gou. Will Takumi realize his potential as a pitcher? What will happen to Gou?

• Vol: 4
• 2007 - 2010

The year is 1925 and Japan is still a country with socially backwards views, particularly on women's rights. One young girl named Akiko Ogasawara decides to fight for equality in her own way - by forming a girls' baseball team! She soon enlists her good friend Koume Suzukawa, and it's now up to the two of them to put together a team of like-minded and spirited young ladies. Under the able and enthusiastic tutelage of English teacher Miss Garland, the girls will need to bond closely, learn well and practice hard if they are to stand their ground against boys' teams and show a misogynistic society exactly what they're made of... while having some fun in the process.