ダイヤのA [Ace of Diamond] #2

Volume 2 of 寺嶋裕二's *Ace of Diamond* arrives in 2006 with a cover that puts the competitive fire of high school baseball front and center — a determined pitcher in a "TOKYO" uniform winds up in the background while a sharper, more self-assured player dominates the foreground, yellow-tinted shades and all. The contrast between the two figures crackles with the kind of rivalry energy that drives great sports manga. If the chapter title "投手失格" (roughly "Disqualified as a Pitcher") is any indication, the pressure on the mound is only going to intensify.