Choji Sorimachi, a third-year student at Misakigaoka Junior High School, is a fastball pitcher so powerful that he is nicknamed ``Kyoji the Killer.'' His best friend, Tetsu Saionji, is a great catcher who skillfully compensates for Sorimachi's flaws in his quarrelsome nature. On the other hand, Noboru Hinata of Togo Academy is a young boy who gathers promising baseball players from junior high schools all over the country and harbors an ambition to win the Koshien Tournament for the fifth time in a row. Hinata, who has fallen in love with Sorimachi and Saionji's battery, applies to Misakigaoka Junior High School for a match. If Misakigaoka loses, the condition is that both Sorimachi and Saionji will take the entrance exam for Togo Academy High School... A baseball manga filled with the youth, friendship, setbacks, and life of baseball players!

Koshien means money, women, and the love of Yoko!! The nine members of the Akiba High School baseball team, under the leadership of the strong-armed pitcher Kobayashi, put their youthful passion into action through blood-soaked practices and outrageous behaviors in their quest to reach Koshien! (Source: Futabasha, translated)