おおきく振りかぶって - プロローグソング・エピローグリング

Mihashi moves on to high school convinced he is a lousy baseball pitcher. There he meets the catcher Abe and the team manager Momoe who together work to make Mihashi and the team shine. (Source: Anime News Network) *Notes: \- Winner of Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award for best creative work in 2006. \- Winner of Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 2007.*

A semi-AU story where Mihashi is a cat that was adopted by the Abe family. While Mihashi is grateful to Shun, who picked him up, he's fearful of Takaya, who is very rough. Yet slowly they come to be on good terms when they begin to understand that they both need each other. Rating: G, for fluff