History Manga / BigWindup

* {{Bishounen}}: Haruna, Junta, Rio arguably count, at least in the Anime due to the aforementioned AdaptationalAttractiveness. In Rio's case, it doesn't help that he shares voice actor with [[Creator/MamoruMiyano Tamaki Suoh]].

''Ōkiku Furikabutte'', also known as ''Big Windup!'' is a {{Seinen}} manga and anime series about HighSchool Baseball by Asa Higuchi, which began serialization in ''Monthly Afternoon'' in 2003 and is still on going. It was later adapted to anime by Creator/A1Pictures; the first season aired for 25 episodes in 2007, followed by a 13-episode second season in 2010.

The series, often shortened as [[PortmanteauSeriesNickname ''Oofuri'']], follows freshman Ren Mihashi--who despite being the ace pitcher of his team all through middle school, is a [[LovableCoward sniveling]] [[ShrinkingViolet crybaby]] with absolutely no confidence. Partly because of his personality and partly because they believed that he was only the ace because of nepotism, he was bullied for all three years of his middle school baseball career, which has left him even more of a neurotic, emotional wreck than before.

The baseball games depicted in ''Oofuri'' are realistically long, and Mihashi being the type of pitcher that he is, Nishiura relies heavily on strategy to win their games. It's also notable for Asa Higuchi's incredible attention to detail--even the [[OpposingSportsTeam other teams]] have hefty lists of named characters, with established relationships, height/weight statistics, and consistent positions in both defense and offense.

* CoolLoser: Hamada. Was held back a year for "stupidity" and gets no respect from his classmates, but he's the leader of the cheer team.

* TeensAreShort: Averted. Momoe points out that Mihashi is actually slightly taller than her, around 5'4".

* SenpaiKohai: Averted by Nishiura High because the whole team is made up of freshmen. Played straight elsewhere, and Abe and Izumi are called cheeky for not respecting their sempais Haruna and Hamada respectively.

* KansaiRegionalAccent: Oda on the Mihoshi team has this.

* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Happens to his teammates often when Tajima talks about certain...[[ADateWithRosiePalms habits.]]

* InnocentCohabitation: Mihashi's relatives don't believe in this, so if he had stayed at Mihoshi Academy he would have moved into the dorms.

* SempaiKohai: Averted by Nishiura High because the whole team is made up of freshmen. Played straight elsewhere, and Abe and Izumi are called cheeky for not respecting their sempais Haruna and Hamada respectively.

* OnlySixFaces: In the manga. When they have helmets on, most characters are indistinguishable from one another. According to the Japanese [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} Other Wiki]], the author has outright admitted that several characters have the same face model, e.g. Haruna and Coach Momo.

* TheCheerleader: Several, male and female, over the course of the series. Portrayed more positively than most examples.

The baseball games depicted in ''Oofuri'' are realistically long, and Mihashi being the type of pitcher that he is, Nishiura relies heavily on strategy to win their games. It's also notable for Asa Higuchi's incredible attention to detail--even the [[OpposingSportsTeam other teams]] have [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters hefty lists]] of named characters, with established relationships, height/weight statistics, and consistent positions in both defense and offense.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in the fact that this ''is'' baseball, and baseball clubs in Japanese high school (as pointed out by one character) can have more than one hundred members who didn't get a number. Considering that, the author lets us off easy with just ten players on the main team.