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Cross Game (Manga)

Cross Game

Alternative Titles

English: Cross Game
Japanese: クロスゲーム

Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 17
Chapters: 170
Status: Finished
Published: Sep 2, 2005 to Feb 17, 2010
Authors: Adachi, Mitsuru (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 8.601 (scored by 2162 users)
Ranked: #792
Popularity: #694
Members: 3,735
Favorites: 242
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top manga page.

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drama romance sports

Synopsis

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.

(Source: ANN)

Related Manga

Adaptation: Cross Game

Characters

 Kou
Kitamura, Kou
Main
 Aoba
Tsukishima, Aoba
Main
 Narita
Narita
Supporting
 Old man
Old man
Supporting
 Nomo
Nomo
Supporting
 Tsuneki
Tsuneki
Supporting
 Mitsuru
Adachi, Mitsuru
Supporting



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Feb 18, 2010
nihon
"Cross Game" is one of Adachi's best works.

The first volume of manga is one of the very best I've read among all the manga I've read. Adachi does an amazing job of building up the relationship between Koh and Wakaba, showing little details that make you sure they are right for each other, even at a young age. He does an even better job of showing just how jealous Aoba is of all the time Wakaba spends with Koh. Then Wakaba dies.

Adachi's portrayal of all the different reactions from family, friends, and acquaintances is spot-on accurate. After the death of a family member (Wakaba read more
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May 7, 2011
koshiu
Adachi Mitsuru is popular for his sports dramas from Touch to H2 to Katsu! Cross Game though is his best work to date. Although some purist may disagree, to me, he learned from the faults of Touch and H2 to create a much more compelling and complete story with Cross Game. I read this from a different point of view (perhaps do to the lost of my sister at a young age) and saw it as more than just a sports drama.

Cross Game may have Baseball as the base of its back ground, however the story is about how the short life and the death read more
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User Recommendations

So here we have yet another of Adachi's baseball mangas. You can found the same childhoodfriend setting, only this time we have two girls and one boy. Both of these concentrate mainly on baseball and getting to Koshien, but have a nice romance going on all the way through the series.
The Art style and the fact they are both baseball manga. Also a LOT of the characters look very similar. Probably due to being done by the same person.

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