Kyojin no Hoshi - Recommendations

• Vol: 17
• 1972 - 1976

The first female professional baseball player who strikes out sluggers with her magical pitch... The manager who makes every effort to amend the Baseball Regulations so that she can join the pros... The separated twin brothers who couldn't have met each other if they weren't both totally absorbed in baseball... This series describes the joys and distress, the glory and frustration of those who enthusiastically love baseball.

• Vol: 24
• 1982 - 1987

Bats & Terry are the two tough guys in the school. They don’t take crap from anyone, not even teachers. They will fight anyone necessary, and will defend strangers (especially pretty girls) from danger. They’re good at it too. Some people are in terror of them, and some love them.When they rescue one especially pretty girl from a gang they fight over her, but it’s all friendly and they both recognize that she has some scars. The police hassle them and yet admire them when they break up the gang.Oh, and they’re the star pitcher and catcher for the high school baseball team!

• Vol: 16; Ch: 150
• 1971 - 1974

• Vol: 31; Ch: 275
• 1987

Asunaro is a new student at a school with three baseball teams; the first is renowned as being one of the best in the prefecture, but the third, Asunaro’s team, is filled with the rejects and unskilled of the baseball world. As the baseball instructor deems them to be nothing but trash, he informs the team that they will be disbanded in one month – that is, until one of the players begs him to let them play a single game. They’ll be up against the first team, and if they win, they’ll get to take over the title and even work their way towards playing at Koshien Stadium. With the help of Kaido, an ex-member of the first team, Asunaro and his friends will do whatever it takes to show they’re more than meets the eye!

• Vol: 2; Ch: 24
• 1989 - 1991

• Vol: 8
• 1965 - 1967

• Vol: 5; Ch: 29
• 1978 - 1980

Niimi Katsuya and his best friend Karasawa Susumu, star sportsmen in track & field and judo respectively, spot a beautiful girl, Nakao Yuri, at their new high school. When they find out that she is the daughter of the baseball team's coach, they immediately volunteer to join the failing team in order to try and get closer to her. But as they learn more about baseball, they start to understand what it means to be one of the nine players on the team, and dream of entering Koshien.

• Vol: 26
• 1972 - 1979

A hot-blooded sports comic about the members of a small-time baseball team who, through great effort and practice, develop into a star team. After transferring schools to Sumiya High, protagonist Taniguchi Takeo decides to participate in baseball practice at his new school. He changes into his previous schools's uniform, and the other team members notice that this is the uniform of Aoba Academy, famed for their baseball team. Because of this, they believe that Takeo is an amazing player; however, while he was at Aoba Academy, he was only a lackluster second-string player...!?

• Vol: 6
• 1970 - 1972

• Vol: 3; Ch: 11
• 1996 - 1997

It's every high school baseball team's dream to go to the legendary Koshien Stadium Tournament. For the first time in years, Seido High School has a chance—star player Gorrila Matsui has finally given the team an opportunity to succeed. Most delighted at this prospect is Principal Kocho. His hopes are dashed, however, when the Headteacher reveals to him that the first game will be played against the infamous Gedo High School. Gedo is notorious for its brutal killings during games. They hardly play at all, instead engaging in a form of martial arts combat called "fighting baseball." Their matches erupt into brutal battlefields, Gedo slaughtering its opponents in any way possible, and the competing team vainly struggling for their lives. The Gedo team is almost inhuman in its slaughter, and their bizarre weapons and attire coupled with their green-grey skin only increase this reputation.