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“Star athlete Jirou joins a fun-loving kids' team, expecting ease, but faces unexpected challenges.”
The Days of Diamond
ダイヤモンドの功罪
6.91
11,080 rank · 1,382 readers · 13 favorites
Seinen
Team Sports
Sports
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Synopsis
Star athlete Jirou joins a fun-loving kids' team, expecting ease, but faces unexpected challenges.
"I was meant to play baseball!" Jirou Ayasegawa has a natural gift for sports, but life can be lonely at the top. He's crushed other players' dreams. Some have even given up their sport altogether because of him. Eventually, he encounters "The Bambies," a low-level, local kids' baseball team that plays purely for fun. Jiro signs up, thinking that he's finally found an easy-going team to enjoy baseball with, until things take a sudden turn... (Source: MANGA Plus)
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7.7
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 0.94
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σ 0.94 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.67
Running avg · Mar 2024 → Nov 2024
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “The story is highly engaging, and the main character, Ayasegawa, stands out as a unique and refreshing take on the gifted athlete trope. However, the narrative is often confusing and difficult to...”
- 9 “*Diamond no Kouzai* is a brilliant, unique baseball manga that masterfully explores the raw, ugly emotions of jealousy and hopelessness often ignored by the genre. While the experience can be so...”
- 7 “The story offers an original, psychologically driven take on talent, anchored by a compelling main character whose desire for fun over competition makes him deeply relatable. However, the...”
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A Manga Publication
- Published Feb 2023 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M67648 catalog