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Koichi Kawato. [[Wide-Eyed Idealist|Young, idealistic, almost foolish]] Japanese literature teacher. On his first day at Futakotamagawa High School (also known by the nickname "Nikogaku"), he's assigned as the homeroom teacher of the baseball club, the toughest delinquents around. They cut class, smoke, have sex in the clubhouse, and haven't even been playing baseball for six months because of a bench brawl. [[Save Our Students|Kawato decides to turn the team around]] and head for the Koshien, but the boys aren't having any of it. However, some of them still want to play baseball.
That's the beginning of ''[[Rookies]]'', the second and most famous manga by Masanori Morita (who authored ''[[Rokudenashi Blues]]'' and worked as Tetsuo Hara's assistant on ''[[Fist of the North Star]]''). With its realistic and detailed art and intense and well-written baseball games, Rookies is not well known in the west, but a classic in Japan and translated into several languages. It was adapted into a successful [[Live Action Adaptation|J-Drama]] in 2008.
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* [[The Ace]]: Akaboshi thinks he's one, until he sees all the hard work that the rest of the team puts in. In truth he just has well-rounded stats and can play any position.
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: Nearly every member of the team gets a couple of chapters focusing on them.
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