One Outs

ONE OUTS

175 chapters

20 volumes

1998 – 2006

Toua Tokuchi is a genius when it comes to gambling and psychological warfare, boasting an incredible record of 499 wins and no losses in "One Outs," a stripped-down version of baseball featuring only a pitcher and a batter. During a training camp in Okinawa, Tokuchi's hometown, Hiromichi Kojima—the star hitter for the Saikyou Saitama Lycaons, the worst team in Japan's professional baseball league—finds himself drawn into a game of One Outs. Desperate for a replacement pitcher after an injury and driven by his dream of leading the Lycaons to a championship, Kojima loses to Tokuchi's seemingly unstoppable fastball. Impressed by Tokuchi's skill, Kojima manages to recruit him after narrowly escaping defeat in a second match, convinced he could be the key to turning the team around. But the Lycaons' greedy owner refuses to offer Tokuchi a proper salary, prompting Tokuchi to propose an unconventional deal: he earns five million yen for every out he pitches, but loses fifty million yen for every run he allows. With his own fortune now directly linked to the team's performance, Tokuchi's quest to lead the Lycaons to victory becomes yet another high-stakes gamble—exactly the kind of game he excels at.

Adult Cast

Psychological

Seinen

Sports

Team Sports