YOMITAIJump titlesPlay Ball
Play Ball
プレイボール
- Volumes
- 📚 22 vols
- Publication
- 📅 1973–1978
- Reading time
- ⏱ about 9–13 hr
Status: Completed / Published in: Weekly Shonen Jump / Shueisha
Overview (spoiler-free)
Synopsis
Former middle-school captain Takao Taniguchi gives up pitching after an injury and joins soccer, but cannot abandon baseball. He transfers to Sumitani High and rebuilds its weak team with friends.
Spoiler-free editorial summary.
Reading-time estimate
⏱ about 9–13 hr
About 2 weeks at 5 hours per week
Basis: Volumes × 30 minutes per volume. This is an estimate, not an official figure.
Series profile
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Romance
- Mystery
- Dark
Tag-derived profile (0–100), provided as a quick guide to the series' tone and style.
Series information
- Original title
- プレイボール
- Volumes
- 22
- Publication
- 1973–1978
- Creators
- Chiba Akio (Story & art)
- Creator metadata
- MangaDex source record
- Publication family
- Jump titles
- Magazine / platform
- Weekly Shonen Jump
- Publisher
- Shueisha
- English title source
- MangaDex (international)
- Cover metadata
- MangaDex