バトルスタディーズ [Battle Studies] #6

Volume 6 of Battle Studies greets readers with a raw, close-up portrait of a catcher mid-roar — his face contorted with fierce intensity, gear on and snowflakes drifting around him, conveying the brutal, unrelenting grind of high school baseball even in the cold. Nakibokuro's series, published by Kōdansha under the Morning KC imprint, has built a reputation for depicting the sport with gritty realism and emotional honesty. If this cover is any indication, the passion and pressure at the heart of the story show no signs of letting up.