The little bird cannot imagine what is in the big birds mind. In other words smallminded men cannot understand the ambitions of great men. The size of your ambition is a measure of how big a man you are Do not mock people for having dreams https://files.catbox.moe/pgai95.jpg A manga by Masanori Morita creator of 80s hit manga Rokudenashi Blues who also worked as an assistant for Fist of the North Star. Since MinoriSensei also started creating Manga quite early on in his life High School he was the inspiration for Bakumans MC start What would you do if a Man came up to you asked you about your dream tried to find qualities in you and then believed in you from the bottom of his heart. A person who could make you realise and act on your dream? simple youd try to find good in yourself and reform Enter Kawato Koichi who previously took responsibility and willingly resigned himself from his position as teacher at his previous school after nearly killing a student fell from 2nd floor not Kawatos fault .The rookie teacher is then employed by Futakotamagawa High School a school famous for never having expelled any students. He gets assigned to class 1B the delinquent baseball teams class. In hopes that he would fight with them and get himself and the delinquents resigned. The baseball team after an incident have fallen out and completely given up on Life smoking using the clubroom as their own gang hideout. The worst of the worst theyre delinquents. https://files.catbox.moe/gbvfft.jpeg But once they realize their dream going to the Koshien the super prestigious national highschool baseball tournament. They lock in. The dynamic of how despite each members polarising differences from one another they still manage to work together under the team Nikogaku is whats truly amazing. They dont have topoftheline facilities at their school nor are they respected. Half the players start playing seriously at the start of the manga meaning they dont have any talent either. What they do have plenty of however is Heart Spirit and Love for the game The Main character of the story is without a doubt Kawato. Who just like Onizuka from GTO is there for his students no matter what. His lack of fear and It will be okay attitude has pulled himself and his team Nikogaku out of many stickysituations. Kawatos presence alone is able to provide the boys with courage and vigour because they know the other teamstaff know that hes always there for every single one of them. Always fixated on the right thing and sometimes going beyond the sport towards Humanity. However Kawato is also the type of guy whos very wise but rash and sometimes idiotic too but you could call that part of his charm as well. Since nobodys perfect so the best we all can do is help trust and believe in those who need it and strive for our own dreams. Overall I love this show and I rate it highly because I wish I had someone like Kawatou in my life. But now its my dream to be like Kawatou for other people Its true that I havent seen much Sports manga so my opinions may change with time but some will stay true such as Working hard and striving hard towards ones dreams is never a bad thing. PROS Art: 10/10 Gorgeous Better than most manga art today and on par with Vagabonds beauty. Plot: 9/10 Above all I really like shows that can express the need to change for a greater cause and the human indomitable spirit. Story:8.5 I loved every last bit of it. Truly inspiring and encouraging. Made me try to become a better person. Pacing 8/10 sometimes the matches may seem like theyre going on for too long but bear with it. Every panel is for the sake of the buildup to the exciting bits and climaxes. CONS There wasnt enough of the show. We need after story. IMMEDIATELY. I wish some characters were given more panels and limelight. Some people disappear and never show up again I understand they arent the focus of the story but I wish they had been given more focus. The balance between baseball matches and life outside it was a bit imbalanced. I wish we got to see more is One of my Biggest issues with the series just more about the School about the players. I wish we had more thats all Please check it out I will reread it in the future. This has officially entered my top 10. 99 because this hit very close to home.