Honda Shigeharu is a Major League batter on the rise. His son Gorou is a Little League pitcher who one day hopes to follow in his father's footsteps. Hoshino Momoko is Gorou's schoolteacher and the first woman Shigeharu has been interested in since the death of Gorou's mother. The destinies of these three individuals will become intertwined as father and son experience both heartbreak and triumph on the baseball diamond. But when an unspeakable tragedy visits the family, it will take everything they have to pick up the pieces and reclaim their dreams.
Episodes
26
Aired
Fall 2004
Score
8.0
Popularity
#2232
BaseballMale ProtagonistComing of AgeShounenPrimarily Child CastParenthoodSchoolPrimarily Male Cast
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