Major - Vol. 60 Ch. 567 - Even if I can't see you

[MangaDex]

 

[pekocheco]

That wraps up volume 60. I translated an entire volume of my favorite manga weeeee

 

[codetaku]

That wraps up volume 60. I translated an entire volume of my favorite manga weeeee

And you did a great job, thanks!

Also, woo, Gibson Sr is here to watch

 

[BP]

That wraps up volume 60. I translated an entire volume of my favorite manga weeeee

Thanks. This is one of my favorites too!

Now we're done with all the "feelings" crap we can get back to the most important thing: Hitting Dingers and racking up Ks!

 

[pekocheco]

Thanks. This is one of my favorites too!

Now we're done with all the "feelings" crap we can get back to the most important thing: Hitting Dingers and racking up Ks!

Hm, I don't know, the "feelings crap" is what I like the most. I like drama, you know? As I've already said, the genre is "human baseball drama". It's "DRAMATIC BASEBALL COMIC", not just "BASEBALL COMIC". To be honest, if what you want is a pure baseball manga, there are much better options than MAJOR. The baseball depictions are purposely designed to not go into too many details and not be too technical because Mitsuda wanted even people who don't like baseball to read it, and he also thought that the readers would get bored. I don't remember if it was in the manga, but in the novels there's a line where after Goro moves to Fukuoka and leaves the Dolphins Shimizu says, "You (Goro) still haven't taught me how to catch a flyball or hit a curveball". You see how those two things relate? He was drawing it with the typical self-hating quality that Heisei-era baseball manga have, maybe it's hard to imagine now, but sentiments like, "people don't like baseball, it's boring, most kids just play football these days" were common at the time (or at least a lot of baseball manga of that era have them). Obviously, you can still read it for the baseball aspect, but respectfully, I think you'd be wrong on dismissing the emotional aspect altogether. Just something to think about

 

[BP]

I like the emotional aspect of sports manga but in relation to the competition and players themselves. So Goro's relation with Gibson Sr. and Jr. for example is very interesting to me but things like Toshi and his sister isn't. A lot of it feels very soap opera-ish and overtly dramatic to me without paying the dues required to tug those particular heartstrings. I mean, Goro's father dies barely 20 chapters into the story, nowhere near enough time to get emotionally attached as a reader. We didn't even see Toshi's sister until this arc, so I as a reader have zero emotional investment in this but the manga treats it as something incredibly groundbreaking.

I haven't read ahead, watched the anime or started Major 2nd so I have no idea if she becomes a major character at all.

Not saying I dislike Major, I obviously greatly enjoy it. But I do feel it has some serious flaws.