History Manga / Oneouts

* {{Bishounen}}: Takami Itsuki of the Chiba Mariners stands out among a cast of average-to-ugly characters.

It was adapted into a 25-episode anime series by Creator/{{Madhouse}} in 2008. The anime was produced by the team responsible for ''Manga/{{Akagi}}'' and ''Manga/{{Kaiji}}''; the protagonist is voiced by the seiyuu of the eponymous characters from those two series.

* [[spoiler: WoundedGazelleWarcry: Toua sacrificed himself, but in doing so, gave the Lycaons a serious chance at beating the Mariners, as they all worked together as the perfect team, over the more talented Mariners.]]

* BoringInvincibleHero: Toua, for the most part, always recovers his losses and makes out like a bandit at the end of each game or string of games.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The Lycaons finally becomes a strong team that can even compete in the championship. All thanks to Toua's planning. But Toua himself disappears during the finals and is never is seen again by the team, as he considered that the gamble he made with Kojima in Okinawa, which is to make the Lycaons a strong team that could compete in the championsip, is now over.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The Lycaons finally becomes a strong team that can even compete in the championship. All thanks to Toua's planning, but Toua disappears during the finals and is never is seen again by the team as he considered that the gamble he made with Kojima in Okinawa, which is to make the Lycaons to be a strong team that could compete in the champsionsip, is now over.]]

A manga by Shinobu Kaitani (also the author of ''Manga/LiarGame'') ''One Outs'' presents itself quite differently from others in its genre. While most sports series are focused on the importance of training, determination and teamwork (more often than not featuring high-school-age players), ''One Outs'' is mainly concerned with loads of money and incredible mind games in a pro baseball setting. The anime was produced by the team responsible for ''Manga/{{Akagi}}'' and ''Manga/{{Kaiji}}''; the protagonist is voiced by the seiyuu of the eponymous characters from those two series.

It was adapted into a 25-episode anime series by Creator/{{Madhouse}} in 2008.

Batter Kojima Hiromichi, nearing retirement, is determined to lead his baseball team, the Lycaons, out of the bottom rank of the league. After a trip to a training camp in Okinawa, he stumbles upon a game of "One Outs" - a gambling variant of baseball - where he is defeated by a blond pitcher named Tokuchi Toua, who is claimed to have never allowed a hit in any of the 499 games he has played. Realizing the missing factor of his team, he makes another wager with Tokuchi, winning and recruitng the latter into the team.

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A manga by Shinobu Kaitani (also the author of ''Manga/LiarGame'') which was adapted into a 25-episode anime series by Studio Creator/{{Madhouse}} in 2008,
''One Outs'' presents itself quite differently from others in its genre. While most sports series are focused on the importance of training, determination and teamwork (more often than not featuring high-school-age players), ''One Outs'' is mainly concerned with loads of money and incredible mind games in a pro baseball setting. The anime was produced by the team responsible for ''Manga/{{Akagi}}'' and ''Manga/{{Kaiji}}''; the protagonist is voiced by the seiyuu of the eponymous characters from those two series.

From Mangaupdates.com :

Kojima Hiromichi is the ace batter of the Lycaons - a notoriously weak baseball team that is often ranked at the bottom of the league. Determined to lead the team to victory prior to his retirement, Kojima takes a trip to a training camp in Okinawa, hoping to discover what factors the Lycaons lack.

Here, he happens upon a game dubbed "One Outs" - a gambling derivative of baseball - and is soundly defeated by a blond pitcher named Tokuchi Toua, who is claimed to have never allowed a hit in any of the 499 games he has played.

Kojima realizes that he has found the 'missing factor' and makes a wager with Tokuchi. Little does anyone know that the outcome of this gamble will dictate the fates of the Lycaons and all those connected to the team.

A manga by Shinobu Kaitani (also the author of ''Manga/LiarGame'') which was adopted into a 25-episode anime series by Studio Creator/{{Madhouse}} in 2008,

* BadAss: Toua, again.

* CharacterDevelopment: By the end of the series Toua is actually going out for drinks with the other members and taking part in pre-match meetings (for his own reasons, but still.)

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Besides Tokuchi himself of course, there's Takami Itsuki of the Mariners. [[spoiler: He's the first to truly figure out Tokuchi's pitching style and becomes the first person to hit a Home Run off of him. He ends up teaching the rest of his team how to deal with Tokuchi thus making him completely overwhelmed once the training truly starts to kick in. He also was the first one to pick up on the fact that Tokuchi had seemingly turned it back around on them but unfortunately for him the Mariners didn't believe him until it was FAR too late.]]

* {{Expy}}: Toua, of {{Akagi}}. Their personalities are virtually the same.

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