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クロスゲーム (Cross Game), Mitsuru Adachi
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CROSS GAME (2005-2010)
by adachi mitsuru
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is frieren any good?
The manga is sooooo good. I’ve been reviewing it as VIZ releases physical copies, and it’s become very possibly my favorite series—at least right up there with my other fav, Cross Game.
It’s a very gentle, moving, funny series, and one of the best meditations on friendship that I’ve ever seen or read. I really hope the anime adaptation does it justice.
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Realize it's kinda unfair considering that some has more popular titles in the genre than others
#anime#sport anime#Kuroko no Basket#diamond no ace#haikyuu#slam dunk#yuri on ice#chihayafuru#yowamushi no pedal#prince of tennis#area no kishi#blue lock#cross game#touch#sangatsu no lion#pool
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No one will ever be avle to haunt a narrative like tsukishima wakaba
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Cross Game, クロスゲーム by Mitsuru Adachi.
#manga cap#manga screencap#manga#mangacap#manga art#manga crop#mitsuru adachi#adachi mitsuru#Cross Game#クロスゲーム
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Can I lie ? Breaking down one of the best romantic confessions ever
Koh (and Aoba in a sense) finally confessing their love for each other is one of, if not THE best moment of the series. This is truly Adachi at his best, so many things are said using very few words. This is my interpretation of the events :
The context
We know Aoba talked to Akane the night before. The details of that conversation are never revealed to us, but we can guess what was said. Akane is about to have what is possibly a life or death operation and throughout her time on the show, she has been trying to get our two stubborn idiots to admit their mutual feelings for each other. The conversation was most likely her telling Aoba that there is actually nothing going on between her and Koh and that Koh is most probably in love with someone else... I feel like this context is important to keep in mind when Aoba asks her first question.
A liar turning a lie into a fact
The truth is, Aoba already knows the answer to her first question. When Koh replies "yeah", Aoba and we as readers can guess Koh is not being fully honest because he overthrows his ball (It's subtle but clear in the anime and even in the manga, Adachi makes a point to show us the ball he threw back went slightly higher than normal...) This is also why Koh asked her for a form check because baseball is their love language and the only instance where they are honest with each other.
What Aoba really wants to ask him is if he loves her or if he's still harboring feelings for Wakaba. But because of her personality and her insecurities, she can't outright ask him that, so she deceptively uses Akane for comparison. However, Koh understands her very well and replies that he can't compare Akane to someone that's no longer alive. This is also an interesting throwback to an earlier conversation they had when Aoba asked him if he liked Akane, and he replied "she's very similar to Wakaba". So Koh can, and has in fact already compared Akane to Wakaba.
So why does he reply differently this time ? Well, because this is Koh's way of getting Aoba to stop dancing around the subject and, most importantly, to stop her internal comparison to Wakaba, he understands this isn't really as much about Akane as it is about her. Which is why she finally asks THE question :
Which is followed by Koh's iconic line "Can I lie?" Since we/Aoba can guess everything he said beforehand was not the exact truth, Aoba understands that whatever it is he will say next is most likely the truth. That's why when she shows up at the game later, although she calls him a liar, she still refers to him pitching 160km/h as "a promise" he made to her. However, because of her insecurities, she doesn't quite believe his statement "I love Tsukishima Aoba the most" until the previous two statements come true.
When Seishu wins and Koh pitches his fastest ball yet, she's so flabbergasted by that statement she actually forgets to celebrate her sister's dream coming true. Koh turned a non-tangible statement (loving her more than Wakaba & Akane) into a fact by making sure his previous two statements turned out to be true.
I'm not kidding when I say this is Adachi at his best. Great storytelling and Koh, what a man !
#kou kitamura#koh kitamura#ko kitamura#aoba tsukishima#cross game#adachi mitsuru#manga#anime and manga
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I need to talk about Cross Game - Part 1
Lately I've been feeling a bit nostalgic of the old anime/mangas I used to read, so I decided to re-read Touch by Adachi Mitsuru and that not being enough i needed to re-read Rough by the same author. And just like that I was like fuck it I just can't get enough of this author so I decided to give another one of his mangas a try and OMG I am floored. Btw I have some issued with the tropes Adachi overuses in his storytelling and his artstyle but that's for another post. Anyway, Cross Game is absolutely brilliant, this is Adachi at his best dealing with emotions, grief just like he knows. I actually haven't watched the anime adaptation so I'm just going to focus on the manga for now. I'll try to keep it short but I don't think that's even possible cause I have a LOT to say...
While looking for opinions on the series, I came across lots of reviews but mostly from anime watchers and I was often confused because a lot referred to Wakabe as Kou's girlfriend and I was just sat there like huh ??? Did i missread something in the manga that the anime captured lol ? I mean Kou did love Wakabe but the author from the very beginning of the manga went out of his way to show us their relationship was a bit one-sided. Wakabe loved Kou (mind you they were just like 10 year olds at this point in the story so i feel a bit weird calling it "love" lol) but Kou on the other hand was always more interested in her sister Aoba.
The instances are subtle a la Adachi but there are almost in every chapter. It's the way he sets up his panels, the dialogue or silences that sometimes can be so mundane but highlight obvious human emotions, like longing.
Starting from Chapter 1, Kou and Aoba are the first two characters we are introduced to and already in that introduction we have Kou staring at /taking interest in whatever it is Aoba is doing.
And mind you right before this, is a page of Kou staring at bathing suits, and when his father scolds him he basically replies he is a maturing boy so staring at things regarding the opposite sex is normal...almost like the author is outright showing us the what interests this hormonal pre-teen...
The first part of the story being focused on Wakabe and Kou's relationship actually highlights and cements the fact that Kou always liked Aoba differently. It's in the way he wasn't really intereted in keeping that tradition Wakabe wanted of them buying each other gifts every year.
It's the way he would almost always mention Aoba while with Wakabe (I started taking screenshots of the different instances but there were actually like so many I gave up lol I can't post all of them). I will however just touch upon imo the biggest giveaway depicted. It is when they are exchanging birthday gifts and Wakabe spots a newlywed couple. She's obviously emotional and she mentions how the couple will definetely be happy since they got married on a special day (her and Kou's birthday). When I tell you Adachi has a way of setting up his panels...because what comes next is kind of a brutal hint that only Wakabe was in "love". As she is mesmerised by the bride and imagines herself in that position...one day most likely with him... Kou is not listening and is basically thinking about Aoba and trying to emulate her pitching. You can't make this up...
Now this could absolutely be my head canon, but Wakabe being the very perceptive young girl she was, imo figured out Kou liked Aoba that's why she tells Aoba not to take him away from her when he grows up to be the kind of man she knows Aoba will like (aka a pretty damn good baseball player).
When Wakabe tragically dies at that young age, Aoba could never forget that request from her late sister. That's what makes Aoba's struggling to come to terms with her feelings for Kou as they grow up so poignant. Not only does she have to come deal with the grief of losing the sister she was closest to, she also has to fight her growing attraction for Kou so she literally forces herself to exgerrate feelings of hatred him because falling for him meant betraying the late sister she loved so much.
Kou too has some internal conflicts he has to deal with before accepting that he loves Aoba. While he was not romantically interested in Wakabe, he still loved her very much. She was the only constant in his life, always pushing him to become a better person. It's a love that's in a way so much deeper than romantic love. It's the kind of love you feel for a twin (and knowing Adachi this is exactly what he was going with, by setting their birthday the same day and place). Plus like I said because their relationship was bit one side he felt that much more guilt, that she was the one always loving him, always doting on him during their time together. On top of that his feelings for sisters just kept growing...
This is what makes Cross Game so damn heartfelt. The emotions the characters go through are so complex, so human it tugs at your heart. Seeing these two heartbroken people try to cope with the death of loved one while coming into adulthood and dealing with their survivor's guilt, growing emotions... Damn.
I titled this part 1 because I still have so much more to say lmao. I'll stop here for now. Well done to anyone who manages to read all this and if you did I hope this makes you want to watch/read Cross Game.
#cross game#Kou Kitamura#aoba tsukishima#adachi mitsuru#I might not recover from this for a while#sorry to my OP followers for this random post lol
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literally the only kouba fic on ao3 and it had to be a fucking grand slam of a one-shot alsjfksajflkdsjfld;ksaa fucking enjoy cross game nation
#cross game#kitamura kou#tsukishima aoba#im sososososososososososososososososososososoooooo normal about them it's hahaha insane#i am shooketh#i was not prepared. for that to be good. i was wholly unprepared. i didn't. know.#they're my otp. for anyone who cares.#i owe this author my firstborn child
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15 April 2022
Wakaba and Kou from Cross Game, one of my favorite (underrated) manga!
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クロスゲーム (Cross Game), Mitsuru Adachi
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CROSS GAME (2005-2010)
by adachi mitsuru
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Today's Chores, Homework, and Fortnite comic book recommendation in Cross Game by Mitsuru Adachi
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as a kid i thought i would graduate from kid problems like cleaning my room to adult problems like jobs and taxes. but instead i have a job and taxes and still have to clean my room. cleaning my room is a lifetime problem. i will never stop having to put my markers away before bedtime. this is a rude way for aging to work.
#original#i meant to do my taxes tonight#instead i played video games and then colored in my coloring book#i looked at the time and realized i needed to put my markers away and then felt some ways#i should go back to cross stitch it felt more respectable
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Today's left-handed character is Yuuhei Azuma from Cross Game
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