After a falling out with his middle school team, Mihashi enters Nishiura high school with no social skill, a warped opinion of himself, and every intention to quit baseball. The newly formed Nishiura baseball team, however, needs a pitcher, and they welcome him. Most enthusiastic is Abe, a domineering catcher with his own game issues. 
And so a battery every bit as complementary as it is dysfunctional is formed. If they can figure out how to work together, they might be the answers to each other's problems-and the team might be able to win.

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An American voice actress, ADR director, and script writer who works for Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. She grew up in Oklahoma and graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor's degree in theater, starting her professional acting career in 2000. She married fellow actor Sean T. Perez on August 8, 1999, and they divorced on November 21, 2005. Jamie has two step-daughters. Her younger half-brother, [Jean-Luc Hester](https://anilist.co/staff/104094), is also a voice actor.

Mihashi moves on to high school convinced he is a lousy baseball pitcher. There he meets the catcher Abe and the team manager Momoe who together work to make Mihashi and the team shine. 
(Source: Anime News Network)
 
Notes: 
- Winner of Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award for best creative work in 2006. 
- Winner of Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 2007.

Chiisaku Furikabutte, lit. “Small Windup”, was published in Afternoon between the tankobon publications of volumes 15 and 16 and during the 2011 hiatus, and it is a series of specials about the lives of Oofuri characters.

Naoe Mihashi