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Japanese: ONE OUTS


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Type: Manga
Volumes: 20
Chapters: 175
Status: Finished
Published: Nov 14, 1998 to Aug 15, 2006
Genre: Sports Sports
Themes: Adult Cast Adult Cast, Psychological Psychological, Team Sports Team Sports
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Business Jump
Authors: Kaitani, Shinobu (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.541 (scored by 1267212,672 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #1342
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #516
Members: 36,404
Favorites: 1,336

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Toua Tokuchi, a master of gambling and mind games, holds the remarkable record of 499 wins and zero losses in "One Outs," a simplified form of baseball that consists of only a batter and a pitcher. Visiting Okinawa, Tokuchi's hometown, is Hiromichi Kojima, the star batter of the Saikyou Saitama Lycaons, the weakest team in the Japanese baseball league. Dreaming of leading the Lycaons to winning the championship, and in dire need of a replacement for their injured pitcher during a training camp, Kojima involves himself in a game of One Outs, only to lose to a normal fastball from the seemingly invincible Tokuchi.

Mesmerized by his prowess, Kojima recruits Tokuchi to the team after narrowly avoiding defeat in a rematch, believing he might just be their key to victory. However, the greedy owner of the Lycaons refuses to give him a decent salary, leading Tokuchi to suggest an unusual contract: every out he pitches will gain him five million yen, but every run he gives up will lose him fifty million yen. With his fate now tied to that of the team, Tokuchi's fight to bring the Lycaons to victory becomes yet another gamble—the very thing that he does best.

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Characters

Tokuchi, Toua
Tokuchi, Toua
Main
Ideguchi, Satoshi
Ideguchi, Satoshi
Main
Kojima, Hiromichi
Kojima, Hiromichi
Main
Takami, Itsuki
Takami, Itsuki
Supporting
Big Mama
Big Mama
Supporting
Johnson, Dennis
Johnson, Dennis
Supporting
Saikawa, Tsuneo
Saikawa, Tsuneo
Supporting
Kawanaka, Junichi
Kawanaka, Junichi
Supporting
Mihara, Yuuzaburou
Mihara, Yuuzaburou
Supporting
Oikawa, Mitsuo
Oikawa, Mitsuo
Supporting

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10 Recommended
1 Mixed Feelings
0 Not Recommended
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Jan 2, 2025
PixelB
Recommended
The anime really adapted the peak of One Outs. It's a gradual downhill descent to mediocrity, especially the last volume.

One Outs circles around Tokuchi, our main character whose a chronic gambler trying to win despite all odds stacked against him. Whether it's a rigged game, people paid to purposely injure Tokuchi, or even more, One Outs is a manga written about the mind games between Tokuchi and his opponents.

It kind of overstays its welcome. Once Tokuchi becomes the clear winner and owner of the Lycaons, the manga should have gracefully ended. Instead, the manga goes off the deep end and does really sketch pseudo-psychological ...
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Dec 30, 2024
Kinglink
Recommended
I picked this up because I enjoyed Liar's Game, and found an even better Manga here.

One Outs is about a pitcher, Tokuchi who plays a game of "One Outs" to gamble. If he gets an out he wins, and if the player can get a hit, the player wins. This is where the manga starts. It's an interesting premise, but before long Tokuchi is pulled into the major leagues through a situation and gets a unique contract.

Tokuchi is a gambler, so the contract he proposes is that he earns money for every out he gets, and every run he gives ...
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Jan 16, 2017
joodense
Mixed Feelings
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IMO the other reviews on here are far too generous, this is the first review I've written on MAL, but felt the need to put my 2 cents out there since I'm the only one who wasn't blown away by One Outs.

The artwork is definitely simple, and has been criticized even by fans. I noticed inconsistencies and simple artwork in general, even stuff like a missing foot in one particular panel. For a sports manga, the action is simple and drawn clearly enough to tell what is going on, but not exciting. Characters stretch in impossible ways and a few of the character designs are ...
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