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series written and illustrated by Motoyuki Tanaka. It was serialized in Shogakukan's '' Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from January 2005 to April 2010, with its chapters collected in 26 '' tankōbon'' volumes. In 2008, the manga won the 32nd

Kodansha Manga Award is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in three categories: '' shōnen'', '' shōjo'', and general. The awards began in 1977, initially w ...

for the ''shōnen'' category.

Story

Six years ago following a crushing defeat, a group of friends promise that they will one day take their friend Suzuo to the Koshien. Now in their first year of high school, the friends have reunited behind the pitcher Kitarō Kitaōji to keep their promise. With Suzuo as their manager and Kitarō's signature left-handed, underhand "Submarine Pitch", they may just go all the way.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Motoyuki Tanaka, ''Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu'' was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from January 4, 2005, to April 14, 2010. Shogakukan collected its chapters in 26 '' tankōbon'' volumes, released from April 18, 2005, to June 18, 2010.

Volumes

Reception

In 2008, the manga won the 32nd

for the ''shōnen'' category.

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