All Info
Genres
Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Drama, Sports
Summary
- Kou is a fifth grader who practices his baseball hitting skills in the Tsukushimas' batting cage
- He knows the Tsukushima sisters well, and is especially close to the cute Wakaba, his classmate
- After a terrible accident, Kou was left devastated and has given up baseball, until four years later
Description
Kou Kitamura is a fifth grader whose family runs a sporting goods store. One of the regular customers of his family's store is the Tsukishima Batting Center, and so he gets to know the four daughters of the Tsukishima family (Ichiyo, Wakaba, Aoba, and Momiji) very well. Since Kou has spent so much time practicing in their batting cages, he has become a genius hitter, but has no knowledge of any other aspect of baseball. This is in contrast to Aoba, who, despite being a year younger, is an adept pitcher and hitter. Wakaba is a classmate of Kou's, and she seems fully intent on marrying him when she grows up. All seems idyllic in their world, until tragedy strikes. The story then skips ahead to four years later, as Kou has continued the training he began four years ago, but has not played in a baseball game since. As he finally begins playing again, it remains to be seen whether or not he will live up to the expectations of those who know the true talent he has been hiding all this time.
Authors
Characters
Kou Kitamura
main
Aoba Tsukishima
main
Osamu Akaishi
support
Tokie Asami
support
Mitsuru Adachi
support
Junpei Azuma
support
Yuuhei Azuma
support
Isamu Asami
support
Mizuki Asami
support
Kikuji Asami
support
Shugo Daimon
support
Ehara
support
Hama
support
Tooru Itoyama
support
Tetsu Iwai
support
Minoru Ishiguro
support
Noboru Kamikawa
support
Keisuke Kishibe
support
Principal Kato
support
Kayama
support
Kimie Kitamura
support
Kensaku Kitamura
support
Makihara
support
Matsushima
support
Keitaro Mishima
support
Tatsumasa Miki
support
Yuji Kubo
support
Sentarou Maeno
support
Mitani
support
Toshio Miya
support
Koji Mori
support
Wataru Morinaka
support
Daiki Nakanishi
support
Nakagawa
support
Narita
support
Coach Nishiguchi
support
Nomo
support
Kazuo Ogura
support
Kyoko Nakagawa
support
Takuro Oikawa
support
Old man
support
Yokomichi Oukubo
support
Tohru Onoda
support
Hiroko Oukubo
support
Sakata
support
Sekiguchi
support
Keiichirou Senda
support
Eitaro Shidou
support
Megumi Shimano
support
Kazuaki Sakurada
support
Tadashi Shimano
support
Risa Shidou
support
Mother Takigawa
support
Akane Takigawa
support
Satoshi Takada
support
Father Takigawa
support
Kinji Takizawa
support
Youko Tsukishima
support
Wakaba Tsukishima
support
Ichiyou Tsukishima
support
Tsuneki
support
Tomoya Yamaguchi
support
Seiji Tsukishima
support
Momiji Tsukishima
support
Yashiro
support
Other Facts
Published
Sep 2, 2005 to Feb 17, 2010
Serialization
Shounen Sunday
Where to read
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