MaxTheFatman
In the national junior high finals, Kurogane Retsu delivers a performance most players can only dream of-five at-bats, five hits, flawless execution under impossible pressure. Yet as he stands stranded on base again and again, he learns baseball's cruelest truth: individual perfection means nothing without a team to carry it forward. When his school's dream of Koshien ends despite his dominance, Retsu is left with a silent, burning resolve-to become a batter so overwhelming that runs are inevitable. This is the moment the legend of the Demon Batter is born, and the loss that sets him on a path toward Seidō High School and a new definition of strength.