03 Adachi Mitsuru $@$"$@$A=<(B
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03 Adachi Mitsuru $@$"$@$A=<(B
Adachi has his own baseball team, called `Vitamin A'.
(born 9 February 1951, Gunma prefecture)
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Touch $@%?%C%A(B - serialized on Shonen Sunday 1981-87, 26 volumes @ Y390, 11
wide-ban volumes @ Y680.
Adachi's most successful work, made into 3 movies and a 108-part TV
series. It is loosely divided into three parts. In the first part, the
main theme was the love triangle between Tatsuya, Kazuya, and Minami.
Uesugi Tatsuya and Kazuya were twins, and Asakura Minami was the girl next
door. The second part of Touch concentrated on Tatsuya trying to put
himself into Kazuya's shoes. Tatsuya got "traded" from the boxing team to
the baseball team for a picture of Lum with an autograph of Takahashi
Rumiko. Tatsuya pitched the Meisei team into the second round of the
regional tournament, but lost to Nishimura and Seinan High School in an
extra inning game while pitching a no-hitter. Minami, who had been the
baseball team manager, also became a member of the school's rhythmic
gymnastics team. Minami did exceptionally well and made it to the national
tournament. The third part of Touch concentrated on Tatsuya making himself
good enough for Minami. Meisei got a new coach because the old coach got
sick. The new coach worked the team like the devil. But it paid off when
Meisei made it to the finals of the regional tournament to face Nitta and
Sumi Technical High School.
Nine $@%J%$%s(B - serialized on Shonen Sunday 1990, 2 volumes @ Y680.
High school sports (mainly baseball) and romance story. 3 TV movies were
made.
Miyuki $@$_$f$-(B - serialized on Big Comic 1980-4, 12 volumes @ Y360. 5
wide-ban volumes @ Y680.
Wakamatsu Masato lives with his step-sister, Miyuki, whom he does not have
blood relationship with. Their father is always working oversea (in fact,
he has not appeared in the manga at all...) and left the two of them
living by themselves in Tokyo. Miyuki is cute, nice, sensitive and very
popular among guys around Masato. Masato has a girlfriend at school whose
name is Kajima Miyuki, who is pretty and gentle, the ideal dream of every
highschool boy. It took years for Masato and his sister to realise whom
they love and care most after a lot of events. The manga is very nicely
written, with excellent layout, interesting story and character
developments, refreshing art style and filled with youth and emotion. It
also shows the dramatic improvement of the author's skill.
Rough $@%i%U(B - serialized on Shonen Sunday 1987-89, 12 volumes @ Y370, 6
wide-ban volumes @ Y700.
Adachi probably got the 4dea for this manga from Romeo and Juliet. Yamato
Keisuke and Ninomiya Ami are the offsprings of two rival families. Both
families are confectionary shops, and have been trying to defeat each
others for generations. Two generations ago, Ninomiya grandfather came up
with an idea of an owl-shaped cake, but Yamato grandfather quickly thought
of a similar thing but with ears. Because they were of same price and the
Yamato's ones has extra ears, the business of Ninomiya suffered, and
Ninomiya grandfather fell ill consequently, worrying about his business.
Before his death, his last words were "I was killed by the Yamato's". This
put the two families in extreme enemy situation. In this generation,
however, as Keisuke's interactions with Ami increases, he fell for the one
who is most difficult to deal with. The manga in general probably appeals
more to non-baseball-fans than Touch. The story is interesting, exploring
interactions between different kinds of relationships in depth (the
friendship between the five guys is especially impressive). Distinct art
style and layout. Nice sense of humour.
Slow Step $@%9%m!<%9%F%C%W(B - serialized on Ciao 1986-91,7 volumes @ Y390.
High school softball and boxing and romance story. One of the very few
shojo manga that Adachi did. This manga focuses on the love triangle
relationship among Nakasato Minatsu, Akibara Shuu and Kadomatsu Naoto. In
an unusual circumstance, Minatsu covers up herself into a girl who looks
completely different (to avoid being recognised by some gangsters), but on
her way she bumped into Naoto, thus made Naoto fell in love with this
"version" of Minatsu. The manga is a lot of fun, especially the part when
Minatsu has to change over to Maria (her name when she is in another
"version") all the time when Shuu and Naoto is at the same place.
H2 - currently serialized on Shonen Sunday, 1992-present, 15 volumes @ Y390.
Adachi's current work. Another highschool baseball/romance story, with
``two heroes and two heroines''.
Ah! Seishun no Koshien $B$"$"!*@D=U$N9C;R1`(B - published by Shogakukan, 7
volumes.
Short Program $@%7%g!<%H!&%W%m%0%i%`(B - published by Shogakukan, 1988, Y980.
Niji-iro Togarashi $@Fz?'$H$&$,$i$7(B - serialized on Shonen Sunday 1990-2,
12 volumes @ Y390.
Hiatari Ryoko $@M[$"$?$jNI9%(B! - published by Shogakukan, 1991, 2 volumes @
Y680.
Sekiyo yo nobore!! - written by Yamasaki Juzo, published by Shogakukan, 1991,
Y680.
Nakimushi Koshien $@5c$-Cn9C;R1`(B - written by Yamasaki Juzo, published by
Shogakukan, 1993, 2 volumes @ Y680.
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