Before “Mix,” there was “Cross Game.” Prior to that, “H2” was published, and “Touch” came out even earlier. But Adachi Mitsuru’s first, very own story was “Nine,” published from 1978 to 1980. Similar to his subsequent baseball manga, it’s a story about the members of a school’s baseball club navigating through the torrents of life and love.
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