[Wangba] Draws Manga in the Baseball World

Hello, everyone. I'm Asuka Ruzuki.

I aspire to become a manga artist.

I'm currently looking for inspiration among the people around me for a baseball manga, and I'm in the middle of an absolutely fantastic inspiration-gathering phase!

When my brother got a special recruitment offer from Teito's baseball team and invited me to join the following year, I turned him down.

That's because my brother is the sort of character who lives as an utterly unremarkable, deadpan straight man in a powerhouse baseball program.

He can only stand on the sidelines and explain things while the protagonist shines. (A faint sigh) (Shakes head with hands behind back)

Sengoku Kyoro: Who needs your pity?! Go draw! (Wielding a pointer)

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After meeting a number of characters, including a cool-faced, warm-hearted blond delinquent, a catlike otaku who speaks in cryptic bursts, and a gloomy senior with a round face,

I finally found the male lead of my manga: Kaname Kei.

Character setting: Split personality plus amnesia. How trendy.

Character design: Downturned eyes and a beauty mark beneath one eye. So handsome.

Voice actor: Mamoru Miyano. Distinctive.

Identity: An utterly ordinary player on the baseball team at the public Kotesashi High School. Classic as can be.

A protagonist through and through.

And so, my manga, Forgotten Baseball, began serialization in grand style!

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As baseball manga based on real life grew wildly popular, Asuka Ruzuki had something to say:

Please don't bribe manga artists in hopes of getting more screen time in their manga.

But everyone wanted more from the manga artist than that.

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A baseball romantic comedy.

The protagonist is the younger sister of Senior Sengoku. She uses her mother's surname. The Sengoku family is based on Eko-sensei's earlier work, Cicadas on Stage, with some original additions.

There will be some Bakuman elements, but the story still takes place in Oblivion Battery.

I might revise it again. Anyway, it's a story about playing baseball.

Theme: Never give up on your dreams.