Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu

Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu

Cover art from volume 1 of Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu
最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部
(Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu)
Genre Sports (baseball)
Manga
Written by Motoyuki Tanaka
Published by Shogakukan
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Original run 20052010
Volumes 26

Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu (最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部, lit. "Strongest! Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club") is a shōnen manga by Motoyuki Tanaka. The manga began its serialization in Shōnen Sunday from 2005 vol. 6 and ended in 2010 vol. 20.

Story

Six years ago following a crushing defeat, a group of friends promise that they will one day take their friend Suzuo to the Koshien. Now in their first year of high school, the friends have reunited behind the pitcher Kitarō Kitaōji to keep their promise. With Suzuo as their manager and Kitarō's signature left-handed, underhand "Submarine Pitch", they may just go all the way.

Reception

In 2008 the series won the Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category.[1]

References

  1. 講談社漫画賞 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved July 29, 2014.

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