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Moshidora (2011) - Does it hold up?

Let me just start by saying I really appreciate the distinction between western titles, which seek to be catchy and evocative, and eastern titles, which seek to tell you exactly what it is you’re about to consume. Neither is necessarily better than the other, but variety is the spice of life, and I love it.

And so, as you may have guessed, this story is almost exactly what it says on the box. A high school girl named Minami decides to become the manager of her high school baseball team when her best friend Yuki, who was the manager, is forced into the hospital by a chronic illness.