From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 11/04/2010 11:34 PM, B Sellers wrote:   
   >   
   >      I picked up this 3 volume in one 5" x 7.5" x 15/8" from   
   > Kinokiniya's Manga Shop in Nihon Machi, San Francisco for $19.99+tax   
   > on Tuesday.  The pages are large enough that the graphics and   
   > text come through clearly.   
   >      I have read a lot of Adachi scanalated manga and felt   
   > that since I had enjoyed so much I should get this in the paper   
   > just for the enjoyment I had from his other work.   
   >   
   >      It is definitely worth the price.   
   >      The protagonist start in the 5th grade on their path   
   > to Koshin.  The death that motivates them in various ways is   
   > of a classmate, a popular girl.   
   >      Her younger sister is inspired to become a girl who   
   > pitches better than most boys and the hero is inspired by her   
   > prowess.  Oh and there is a Sports store, a coffee shop and   
   > a batting practice center.   
   >      Then after mourning we end up in the ninth grade   
   > and the low status Portable team.  A mean coach who has   
   > winning ways but who uses up the young athletes put in   
   > his care.   
   >   
   >      This is from Viz Media, published in Japan in   
   > Shonen Sunday.  Author is Mitsuru Adachi, whose previous   
   > Touch starts with HS student with flashbacks.  This book   
   > too features flashbacks to earlier times before Wataba   
   > died in a heroic attempt.   
   >   
   >      later   
   >      bliss   
      
      
   	Well after the + Tic Neesan I needed something more   
   solid to look at and started my first re-reading of this series   
   and the first volume holds up remarkably well.   
      
   	Adachi is somewhat repetitive in his plot devices   
   but he writes a solid story around the themes of deep loss,   
   admirable striving and resistance to oppressive authority.   
      
   	bliss   
      
   	   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)