Bun no Seishun!

Author: Takeshi Miya

Run: 1980–1981

Chapters: 60

Genres: Drama, Sports

Shun, nicknamed 'Bun', is a baseball-mad grade-schooler drilled every day by his baseball-crazy father Bunta. Sensing that his weak heart leaves him little time, Bunta storms the Yomiuri Giants' practice ground to challenge the legendary Sadaharu Oh; after his father's death, Bun carries the baseball dream forward together with his childhood friend Hiroko.