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“High school baseball player Chiaki falls for new teacher Touko, navigating forbidden student-teacher romance.”
Natsuzora and Run
夏空エンド・ラン
6.82
12,690 rank · 2,128 readers · 8 favorites
Shounen
Team Sports
Romance
Sports
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Synopsis
High school baseball player Chiaki falls for new teacher Touko, navigating forbidden student-teacher romance.
Second baseman Kaizu Chiaki is a normal senior high schooler who aims to reach the Koshien with his teammates and worries about his future career. One day, a new teacher arrives at his school. Her name is Takamine Touko. Crossing the boundaries between teacher and student, Chiaki and Touko find themselves gradually attracted to each other. (Source: MangaHelpers)
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Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
7.4
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 9
σ 1.85
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.85 · split reception
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.60
Running avg · Feb 2017 → Apr 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Alright so i am writing this right after i finished binge reading the whole thing in a day and i am not gonna lie this was a pretty decent story. Characters weren't too deep but you grew to like...”
- 9 “Another good sports manga which includes romance. Strange mix, huh? After reading Cross Game, I was looking for another sports romance when I landed on this, and boy, it sure is good. The story is...”
- 7 “The one big flaw this manga suffers from... is the romance. As a sportsmanga it is pretty straight forward and cool. The author doesn't waste any time explaining the rules of the game and throws...”
Verbosity
Short · 40%
Medium · 60%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 25 × 5 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 20m approx
- Published Sep 2012 – Sep 2014
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M23017 catalog