English is not my first language
If you expect to find in rookies a manga focused exclusively on baseball as I expected, I'm sorry to inform you that you won't find what you want. But that's not a bad thing at all, because what you'll get is a mix of a sports manga and GTO (great teacher onizuka).
Rookies is as much about baseball as it is about its characters and their dramas and dreams, the critique of the education system and the professional conduct and duty of a teacher.
In a way, rookies reminded me a lot of American sports movies: It's not just about the sport, ...
Alternative TitlesJapanese: ROOKIES InformationType: Manga Volumes: 24 Chapters: 233 Status: Finished Published: Feb 3, 1998 to Aug 25, 2003 Demographic: Shounen Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly) Authors: Morita, Masanori (Story & Art) StatisticsScore: 8.271 (scored by 6,283 users) 1 indicates a . Ranked: #3802 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #773 Members: 23,462 Favorites: 543 Resources |
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