The first chapter had an interesting set-up with a neglectful father and a son who decided to embark on his own path, but everything else I've read since has just been pretty mediocre. Sort of a similar set-up to Haikyuu, where the team is top eight in their prefecture and will now get instantly stronger with the help of some hidden gem first-years. I just wanted something more interesting than this generic format/setup, and I don't think I'm going to find it here. The main character doesn't have any real personality outside of wanting to beat his dad/dig every ball, and the rest of the players areeither golden retriever personalities or are brooding teens.

One day, there will be a sports series again, like Ping Pong, where the characters are more nuanced than just run-of-the-mill shonen sports characters, but dig it will not be that.

Oh, did I mention the coach is a former national team member who has the personality of Nanami from Jujutsu Kaisen?

And why does this story take place in Shizuoka? It's still early on, so it might have relevance later, but in other sports series like Haikyuu, the story taking place in Miyagi is ingrained in the first act of the story and adds another layer to it. This series seemingly just takes place in Shizuoka for no actual reason other than to illustrate that this school (and the other schools in the prefecture) aren't the powerhouses like the schools in Tokyo.

The best thing about Dig It at this point is the art, which has beautiful spreads regularly, but even that probably won't be enough to make me interested in reading this story too much longer.