Manga: Ookiku Furikabutte

[Munsu]

Apparently it was voted the best baseball manga of all time somewhere, so I'm here to recommend it to you guys that like baseball mangas. Only 3 chapters have been scanlated thus far, but all chapters are very long so that's plenty at the moment. Each chapter is around 70 pages long, while conventional manga are usually 15-20 pages per chapter.

Ookiku Furikabutte isn't just a baseball manga. It's the story of a timid young man who was made an ace pitcher in middle school because of family connections. Now he's in high school and it's his time to shine as an ace in his own right.

Reading this story will get your blood boiling, heart pumping and tears flowing. It has been popular since it was serialized, a true Japanese high school baseball manga!

It has a couple of cool characters, and I would say many of you would find some of the scenes humorous. Besides those comedic aspects, you'll experience some dramatic portions, which is really what I look for in these types of mangas. And I think the manga has delivered so far.

Anyways, Entropy is the scanlator doing it, and you can find their releases here:
http://www.chipslips.de/entropy/
http://entropy-manga.com/projects/oofuri.php

[Honoko]

Thanks for the links. I read it and I'm liking it. It's not too cheesy and the premise and basis of the main character intrigues me-- which is surprising because I normally find his character type annoying.

[Munsu]

Well, I hope the main character grows some balls in the near future. I was also hoping the catcher to be more "evil" and selfish than what he has become. I think he has matured too quickly, at least in the him wanting to be in total control aspect. I don't know, I find him more intriguing than the main character. The female manager/coach is awesome, I hope she gets to play somewhere.

[Honoko]

Actually, the story seemed to imply that the manager and that advising teacher were in on some grand plan. At least, that's the impression I got. I remember thinking, "ah, juicy story arc inserted here."

[Munsu]

Actually, the story seemed to imply that the manager and that advising teacher were in on some grand plan. At least, that's the impression I got. I remember thinking, "ah, juicy story arc inserted here."

I totally agree with you, still it would be nice to see her play.

[Munsu]

Chapter 4 is finally out...

Got no link, will have to get it from IRC, #entropy @ irc.irchighway.net

Hopefully we'll get to see the first episode of the anime released soon.

[Munsu]

Well, just went and checked if any new chapters have been released and noticed that a new group picked up this series and released a ton of chapters... they're up to volume 7 right now:

You can get up to chapter 10 from Entropy here:
http://entropy-manga.com/projects/ookiku/

You can get the rest up to volume 7 by raep_time here:
http://community.livejournal.com/raep_time/9861.html

The scans are near the conclusion of the Tousei game. Very good game so far, so go catch up.