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“Injured baseball lover Hiro switches from soccer to revive a struggling baseball club and faces off against arrogant rivals.”
H2
エイチツー
8.24
435 rank · 13,357 readers · 484 favorites
Shounen
School
Team Sports
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Sports
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Synopsis
Injured baseball lover Hiro switches from soccer to revive a struggling baseball club and faces off against arrogant rivals.
Hiro has two loves: baseball and porn. But due to an elbow injury he gives up baseball choosing a school with no baseball team. His childhood friend Hikari attends a different school with baseball ace Hideo and the two wish Hiro had not given up baseball. Hiro joins the soccer team but meets Haruka, a very clumsy girl, who is manager of the unofficial baseball club. When the soccer team challenges the baseball club to a game, with hopes of humiliating them, the baseball club nearly loses until Hiro, disgusted by the soccer team`s arrogance, switches to the baseball club. (Source: MU)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
8.7
/10
What 6 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 0.94
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.94 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.67
Running avg · May 2008 → Sep 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “The side characters are a highlight of the series, offering engaging backstories that provide depth to the narrative. However, the experience is significantly marred by poor pacing, excessive...”
- 10 “H2 is a masterpiece that stands as the most detailed and emotionally resonant sports-romance manga I have ever read, featuring an exceptional main character. While the heavy focus on baseball...”
- 9 “The simple yet expressive character designs and the poignant, subtle emotional beats between childhood friends make this series an outstanding read. While the sheer length of 34 volumes might...”
Verbosity
Short · 17%
Medium · 33%
Long · 50%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — H2 begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 338 × 34 ch × vol
- Total read 45h 04m approx
- Published Jan 1992 – Jan 1999
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0937 catalog