“After a crushing loss, Sawamura joins elite Seidou High to chase nationals and become ace pitcher.”
Ace of the Diamond
ダイヤのA〈エース〉
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Synopsis
After a crushing loss, Sawamura joins elite Seidou High to chase nationals and become ace pitcher.
Middle school student Eijun Sawamura has just lost his final baseball game after pitching a unique fastball that cost Akagi Middle School their chance to reach the nationals. As the baseball team captain, he feels responsible for their enormous loss and vows to take his friends there in high school. However, with his terrible grades and no school recommendations in his area, Sawamura sulks as he tries to figure out how to keep his promise. His pitch during the last game catches the attention of a scout from the prestigious Seidou High School in Tokyo, who soon convinces a begrudging Sawamura to observe their school's nationally-ranked baseball team practice. At Seidou, an impromptu competition between Sawamura and one of their batters causes him to cross paths with Kazuya Miyuki—a catcher who can pull out Sawamura's strengths as a pitcher. The experience he has accumulated at Seidou changes his initial reluctance to transfer to Tokyo. Although he still feels guilt over betraying his friends, they encourage him to take the offer and enroll in Seidou. Filled with a renewed sense of determination, Sawamura begins the arduous journey of becoming Seidou's team ace and heading for the nationals while carrying the spirit of his former school with him.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
What 3 readers settled on.
Strong agreement
σ 0.82 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Oct 2012 → Nov 2020
- 9 “Since no one wrote a review until now about one of my favorite manga here it is: The story mainly focuses on a highschool baseball player called Eijun Sawamura a totally different kind of pitcher....”
- 7 “I thoroughly enjoyed reading this baseball manga, but after it is all said and done, it is an average sports manga that generally anyone can have a good time with. The story of this manga can be...”
- 8 “This manga is still ongoing in Japan and I have read the translated chapters from various groups, so first of all I would like to thank all the groups responsible for translating this manga without...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 418 × 47 ch × vol
- Total read 55h 44m approx
- Published May 2006 – Jul 2015
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M7268 catalog