[Manga] Ballpark de Tsukamaete! | Catch me at the ball park!
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Publisher : Kodansha
Author/Artist : Suga TatsurouA really great SoL/Romance manga that follows all the different people that regularly go to the Motor Suns baseball games. The large cast of characters include the players and their familys, fans, and vendors. While the manga mostly takes place in the stadium, I wouldn't call it a sports manga. It is more about each of these unique character's lives and how the intersect, whether they know it or not, at the baseball park.
If there has to be a main character then most would agree it is Ruriko. A gyaru who was recently hired as a beer girl, she doesn't know much about baseball and can be a bit shy but she can power through anything with her overwhelming gyaru confidence.
Her regular customer is Murato, an overworked corporate slave who's visits to the ballpark are one of the few pleasures he has. He teaches Ruriko about baseball while she teases him.
Ruriko's coworkers are a highschool girl, a college student wanting to vecomd a teacher, and a 10 year veteran of the job.
They are far from the only characters, there's the vendor upset that her uniform doesn't show her legs, the rookie player that feels out of place, the veteran in his last season, other fans and so many more.
It can be funny, uplifting and emotionally moving as we watch these characters triumphs and setbacks.
It has 18 volumes and is still ongoing and recently had an anime.
The trailer : https://youtu.be/N610gSa68mA
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Wouldn't hurt to add relevant tags to your post, so that they show up alongside the "Licensing Suggestions!" bit.
I haven't watched the anime, but the snippets I've seen looked like it would be a fun watch.
You do a nice write-up.
