MAJOR 31 (Shonen Sunday Comics)

[Machine Translation] Goro, an energetic baseball boy with a father who is a professional baseball player, pursues his big dream of becoming a professional baseball player in this authentic baseball growth drama! Goro discovers the truth, but he does not quit Kaido. Shizuka asked Goro, "Don't you regret being made a panda to attract customers? You are helping Egashira's commercialism manual. Goro, however, had other ideas. Goro had no intention of going to Koshien with Kaido, and he wanted to leave Kaido as soon as he had built up his strength in the second team and defeated the current first team. Goro had his sights set on beating the first team in the send-off match between the first and second teams, scheduled for eight months from now. However, he does not know what kind of training he should do, and he lacks confidence. Taizo begins to train Goro. Synopsis Goro is spared from being expelled from the club by chief manager Egashira's arrangement. However, Shizuka and the others are shocked to learn of Egashira's heartless plan to commercialize the players. Egashira is trying to use the publicity surrounding Goro's past to make a business out of him. Shizuka wonders whether she should tell Goro, who had said, "I would quit anytime if I had to be a billboard for the school. However, she decides to tell him the truth, saying, "I can't cheat the players and be a part of Egashira's scheme," and is prepared to die in heartbreak ( ep. 1 ). Characters Goro Shigeno (A first-year student on the prestigious Kaido High School baseball team. His father and father-in-law are both professional baseball players), Hisaya Sato (a genius catcher who joined the Kaido High School baseball team together with Goro. He is also known as Toshi), Shizuka Saotome (Kaido High School's second team baseball team manager), and Taizo Saotome (a second team conditioning trainer with excellent massage skills. Shizuka's older brother. Tetsufumi Egashira ( Chief Manager, also known as Acting Manager. AKA acting manager, Kaido's real number 2), Sengoku Masato ( No. 4 hitter of the first team, the strongest slugger in Kaido's history. The strongest slugger in Kaido's history.)

プロ野球選手の父を持つ元気一杯の野球少年・吾郎が、プロ野球選手という大きな夢に向かって突き進む本格派ベースボール成長ドラマ!! 事実を知った吾郎だが、海堂を辞めることはなかった。そんな吾郎に静香は「客寄せパンダにされて悔しくないの? 江頭の商業主義マニュアルに手を貸すことになるのよ」と厳しく反論。しかし吾郎には別の考えがあった。吾郎には海堂で甲子園に行く気など毛頭なく、二軍で力をつけて今の一軍を倒したら、さっさと海堂から出ていく気だったのである。そして吾郎は、8か月先に予定されている、一軍対二軍の壮行試合で一軍を叩きつぶすことに照準を定めた。しかしどんな練習をしたらいいのかわからず、自信もない。そんな吾郎に泰造は調教を開始する。 あらすじ チーフマネージャー・江頭の計らいで、退部は免れた吾郎。しかし選手を商品化しようとする、江頭の心ない計画を知らされた静香たちは愕然とする。江頭は吾郎の過去にまつわる話題性を利用して、商売をしようとしているのだった。「学校の広告塔になるぐらいなら、いつでも辞めてやる」と言っていた吾郎に、この事実を伝えるべきか悩む静香。だが「選手をだまして、江頭の計画の片棒をかつぐようなマネはできない」と、心中覚悟で真実を告げることにした(第1話)。 登場人物 茂野吾郎(名門・海堂高校野球部の1年生。実の父も義理の父もプロ野球選手)、佐藤寿也(吾郎と一緒に海堂高校野球部に入部した天才捕手。通称トシ)、早乙女静香(海堂高校野球部二軍監督)、早乙女泰造(抜群のマッサージ技術を持つ、二軍のコンディショニングトレーナー。静香の兄。なぜかオカマ) 江頭哲文(チーフマネージャー。別名監督代行で、海堂の実質ナンバー2)、千石真人(1軍の4番バッター。海堂史上最強のスラッガー)