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One Outs  
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Description
Kojima Hiromichi is the ace batter of the Lycaons - a notoriously weak baseball team that is often ranked at the bottom of the league. Determined to lead the team to victory prior to his retirement, Kojima takes a trip to a training camp in Okinawa, hoping to discover what factors the Lycaons lack.
Here, he happens upon a game dubbed "One Outs" - a gambling derivative of baseball - and is soundly defeated by a blond pitcher named Tokuchi Toua, who is claimed to have never allowed a hit in any of the 499 games he has played.
Kojima realizes that he has found the 'missing factor' and makes a wager with Tokuchi. Little does anyone know that the outcome of this gamble will dictate the fates of the Lycaons and all those connected to the team.

Type
Manga

Related Series
N/A

Associated Names
ワンナウツ

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Latest Release(s)
v.20 c.168.1-168.7 by Vendetta Scans (992d ago)
v.19 c.160-168 by Vendetta Scans (1056d ago)
v.18 c.155-159 by Vendetta Scans (1075d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
20 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
No

Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1
Ends at Vol 10, Chap 82

User Reviews
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Forum
3 topics, 5 posts
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User Rating
Average: 8.9 / 10.0 (336 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.69 / 10.0
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Last Updated
February 26th 2016, 9:31pm PST

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Genre
Drama  Psychological  Seinen  Sports 
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Categories

Category Recommendations
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Recommendations

Author(s)
KAITANI Shinobu

Artist(s)
KAITANI Shinobu

Year
1998

Original Publisher
Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)
Business Jump (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)
No

English Publisher
N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #730 increased(+111)
Monthly Pos #1205 increased(+185)
3 Month Pos #1618 decreased(-40)
6 Month Pos #1632 decreased(-62)

List Stats
On 900 reading lists
On 669 wish lists
On 452 completed lists
On 47 unfinished lists
On 247 custom lists

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Forum Posts
Completely Scanlated? 991 days, 0 hours, 26 minutes ago
One Outs manga/anime? 1067 days, 6 hours, 49 minutes ago
About the Giant Gap 1698 days, 6 hours, 29 minutes ago

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 An interesting combination of sports and mind-play   
Rating: 9.7 / 10.0
by calstine
November 3rd, 2010, 12:51pm
One Outs is not a manga that concerns itself with the rules / techniques of baseball or a particular player's rise from being the disadvantaged underdog to a famous prodigy. This is more of a story about gambling and psychological play with the baseball diamond as its stage.

Certain readers complain about Toua Tokuchi's "unnatural brilliance." While I don't deny that his unparalleled genius is somewhat lacking in realism, it's rather enjoyable to come across a protagonist who's full of confidence and is not floundering in a sea of conflicting emotions or unnecessary worries; a man who knows exactly what he wants and has the mental capabilities to achieve those goals. Anyone who appreciates calm, ruthless, intelligent characters will doubtless enjoy following Tokuchi's tactical manoeuvres throughout the story. The question is never: "Will Tokuchi win?" but rather: How will Tokuchi (and the Lycaons) win?" (And more often than not, your guesses will be completely wrong!)

"Lack of character development" is the other primary complaint of the critics. But in my opinion, it's not necessary for a protagonist to have a tragic past, a complicated family background, or a dead lover in order to be realistic and relateable. These are adult men and professional baseball players. For them, the time of doubt, emotional turmoil and romantic entanglements is long gone. If that's what you're looking for, I'd recommend trying something like Major or H2 instead.

That being said, character development of a type entirely different from the norm is actually present, as becomes especially apparent in the latter half of the series. The evolution of the Lycaons players' willpower, confidence, tactical prowess, and team spirit (which, unlike in typical sports series, has nothing to do with friendship and more to do with pride and professionalism) is carefully laid out over the 20 volumes, and is a pretty interesting thing to watch out for.

The anime adaptation's very good -- actually even more exciting than the manga since the animation is able to convey the high-speed actions on the playing field far more effectively than static pictures (regardless of how skilfully drawn they may be) can. Either way, it's necessary to watch the anime before reading volume 10 of the manga, in order to bridge the gap in the scanlations.

Overall, a very interesting story. Even those who don't normally fancy sports themes might like to attempt this, as the psychological aspect is more fascinating and prominent than the actual game.

... Last updated on February 2nd, 2015, 2:23pm
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 Recommendation   
Rating: N/A
by amytan2134
July 7th, 2010, 10:45am
This is a good psychological baseball manga. It's not a psychological manga but another good baseball manga that is more realistic than any other baseball manga I have read is Ookiku Furikabutte
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 Best psychologycal baseball manga!   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by cleodux
October 13th, 2009, 10:20am
@a_v
Come on we can not help it since the available scanlations is only around 3vol and all, moreover it is not available in our country. We can not help but watch the anime to get our fix, but i believe the manga is so much better.

I am also one of the very rare people who somehow bump to One Outs before trying to read Mitsuru Adachi manga, after i read it is about slice of life i knew immediately that is not my type of manga >.< i am struggling to find another manga that can ease my -one outs- withdrawal.

Toua is such a sadist. He reigns there at the top of my fav sadistic hero >.< together with Neuro. I really like the mind game. It reminds me a lot of Kaiji but his style looks similar with Liar Game which i have just found out it is from the same author!!

... Last updated on October 13th, 2009, 10:21am
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 I can not read adachi after this   
Rating: N/A
by niteshbhasin
June 16th, 2009, 3:20am
I m one of those rare people who have somehow read Shinbu kaitani's Liar game and One Outs before venturing into shonen baseball like Adachi or Major. And now I CANT READ ADACHI AT ALL. coz this was so fulfilling and complete story tht u ca seperate boys from men. It would be like reading dragonball after gantz /berserk or POT after happy!.

Thank you Mr. kaitani i was saved by evil adachi for i will never be able to read shonen baseball anymore.
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 Psychological Baseball Manga   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by a_v
June 13th, 2009, 10:22pm
Take a pitcher with minimal skills, but a talent for psychological games, then place him in a situation where his paycheck is determined by his skills...

Solid manga, some humor in that he's working against the team manager, but overall very promising. As to earlier comments about "I didn't see the manga but the anime is blah blah..."

Frankly, who cares about the anime. This is MANGAupdates, so who gives a damn who something thinks about the anime?
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 really cool   
Rating: N/A
by JHax9999
May 28th, 2009, 9:44pm
Don't know about the manga, but the anime is really good! This is like the Eyeshield 21 version of baseball. They use tactics, mind games, and manipulative strategies to win more than relying on talent and skills. The main character is really smart and devious.
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 A psychological baseball manga!   
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by tsuto
February 23rd, 2009, 4:18pm
Well, I'm not sure it's about baseball yet, but at least it's related. The combination is well done, and as a result, it's an enjoyable seinen/psychological/sport manga. Check it out!
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