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“Shoutarou joins elite DL Gakuen's brutal baseball club, chasing Koshien dreams beyond friendship and youth.”
Battle Studies
バトルスタディーズ
7.68
2,032 rank · 1,429 readers · 25 favorites
Seinen
Team Sports
Drama
Sports
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Synopsis
Shoutarou joins elite DL Gakuen's brutal baseball club, chasing Koshien dreams beyond friendship and youth.
You can't win through only with "friendship" and "youth." We stake our lives to get to the Koshien!! Kanou Shoutarou entered an official baseball club at one of the best powerhouse baseball schools in the country - DL Gakuen. However the discipline in the club, he admired so much, was beyond all imagination! From Nakibokuro—the former member of PL Gakuen's baseball club who played at the Koshien as the regular! (Source: MU)
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8.5
/10
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median 8.5
mode 8
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- 8 “I'm honestly surprised there aren’t more reviews for Battle Studies — this manga is lowkey a banger, especially if you’re into sports manga, and more specifically, baseball. The story is grounded...”
- 9 “"Fortune comes to those who laugh." Battle Studies is damn good. Reaaaaally damn good. In a world full of 'Blue Locks' (sports manga that focus more on looking cool and having hype moments) and...”
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A Manga Publication
- Published Jan 2015 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M35193 catalog