In this young adult manga for older teens, a college baseball pitcher tries to replace the coach's hot daughter as the team's catcher. Pressured by the coach to join the baseball team, Bud agrees on one condition—only his best friend Manny can catch for him. But Bud learns that standing by your friends can have serious consequences. His demands put the coach in the awkward position of having to choose between the current catcher—his own daughter, Chrissie—and Manny. Now no one on the team is happy with Bud for forcing Chrissie out. Worst of all, Bud realizes he might actually like Chrissie. . . . "Austen's real affection for his characters, even at their most hapless, comes through in the story's good-natured humor. The expressive, fluid drawings of hentai (adult manga) artist Otsuka give the story real warmth." — Publishers Weekly on Boys of Summer, Volume 1
