Hanato Kobako

Money is the seduction of a male. Money is a reliable male that encompasses all of humanity's naive obligations and sentiments. When I see such a male, I burn with desire and turn into a female... a money female... To make that male my own money...

A little-known classic, brought to you by the mangaka of Dokaben and Abu-san and the creator of Apache Baseball Team, Zenikko is a gritty look at money and capitalism, and one kid’s attempts to game the system in his favour.

The main character , Tsuyoshi Dojima , was originally a top-notch baseball player who won Koshien, but just before he turned professional, he rebelled against falling prey to his father's money-based worship, and thrust a broken beer bottle into his left hand in front of his father. He stood up and his body was unable to hold the ball again. Dojima ended his career as a player and, at the recommendation of his mentor Negi, took a job as a baseball coach in Inosaru Village, a depopulated village on the outskirts of Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture , Shikoku . I will take over. However, Inosaru Village is not just a "countryside'' but a "lawless zone'' where primitive people lived before civilization under the law of the fittest, and the nearby residents called it \`\`Apache Village'' and feared it. It was getting worse. At first, the people of Apache Village do not accept outsiders, but they gradually come to accept Dojima and together they strive to reach Koshien.

Tsuyoshi Dojima, a left-handed pitcher who is expected to be the ace pitcher of the baseball team of Osaka's Asayo High School, continues to work hard every day under the watchful eye of his kind but strict mentor Negi-sensei and coach Gazi. However, he is competing for the title of ace with a rival pitcher, Koichi Hirobe, whose father is the chairman of the board. He is hit by a series of misfortunes, including his father Gozo's imprisonment, his mother Shizuko's death in a car accident, and some trouble involving a professional baseball scout. But will all of that stop him from becoming an ace pitcher?