Want to know the best baseball manga?
The sky is the limit for the manga universe, every aspect of one life’s can be turned into manga and baseball is no exception.
Whether you love baseball as a sport or just want to be motivated for playing, reading baseball-themed manga is the best remedy.
From “Mr. Fullswing”, “Mix”, to “Cross Game”, Here are the 12 best baseball manga of all time you should read.
So, let’s get started.
Aozora Yell
- Author: Kazune Kawahara
- Artist: Kazune Kawahara
Tsubasa is a young woman who watched an inspiring brass band performance in the finals of the Japanese high school baseball championships one summer.
She swears to join the band when she reaches high school and she meets a boy who has the same ambition.
Mr. Fullswing
- Author: Shinya Suzuki
- Artist: Shinya Suzuki
Saruno Amakuni is the only boy in school without a girlfriend and doesn’t have any hope of getting one in the future.
He then joins the baseball team in the hopes of capturing the manager’s heart but despite his effort, he ultimately fails.
Last Inning
- Author: Ryuu Kamio
- Artist: Ryuu Kamio
Keisuke Hatogaya, a former Saitama High baseball player, now lives as a deceitful salesman and becomes imprisoned for a certain incident.
However, his life changes when the principal asks him to coach the underperforming team and lead them to Koshien within a year in exchange for bailing him out.
Mix
- Author: Mitsuru Adachi
- Artist: Mitsuru Adachi
Two brothers born on the same day, month, and year attend high school at Meisei Academy alongside their sister. Twenty-six years later, the brother’s love for baseball remains the same.
Big Windup
- Author: Asa Higuchi
- Artist: Asa Higuchi
Ren Mihashi is a pitcher who has lost self-esteem and faith in baseball because of bullying by his former teammates.
However, at his new school, he decides to pick the ball again and continue his dream of playing baseball.
Rookies
- Author: Masanori Morita
- Artist: Masanori Morita
Koichi Kawato is the new teacher at a high school, where the baseball team is made up of thugs and bullies who have been banned from all contests for causing an incident.
Koichi guides the team to a new dream called koshien but they have obstacles waiting for them.
Gurazeni
- Author: Yuji Moritaka
- Artist: Keiji Adachi
The story follows an eight-year relief pitcher with an unusual left-handed side-arm toss as he battles to stay alive in the team’s tight system where a player’s performance determines his annual compensation.
Major
- Author: Takuya Mitsuda
- Artist: Takuya Mitsuda
Goro is the son of a Japanese league batter and he dreams to follow in his father’s footsteps. However, an unspeakable tragedy strikes them and they now have to reclaim their dreams.
H2
- Author: Mitsuru Adachi
- Artist: Mitsuru Adachi
Hiro Kunimi was a star pitcher until he injured his elbow and even quits the baseball club. later, he joins the sorcerer club but is humiliated by a fellow baseball club member making to pick the game once again and pursue his dream of reaching Koshien.
Cross Game
- Author: Mitsuru Adachi
- Artist: Mitsuru Adachi
Koh picked up an interest in baseball because of his best friend, Wakaba Tsukishima. He quit baseball because of a tragedy and later, he attends Seishuu Academy but is drawn back into the baseball world.
One Outs
- Author: Shinobu Kaitani
- Artist: Shinobu Kaitani
Kojima is the best player of Lycaons and has several titles except for champion. His desire for the game led him to open a training camp and recruits the talented player in town, Toua Tokuchi to make Lycaons great again.
Ace Of The Diamond
- Author: Yuuji Terajima
- Artist: Yuuji Terajima
Eijun Sawamura pitched a unique fastball in a game that cost his team of entering the nationals and plans to win the next year’s tournament. His plans change after getting scouted by seido high school and begins his journey to nationals.
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