History Manga / CrossGame

* {{Doppelganger}}

* LovingAShadow: Different characters seem to be coming down with this.

* CatchPhrase: "You're the pitcher, I'm the catcher, at Koshien Stadium, the stands packed full." And all its variants.

* CanNotSpitItOut: Aoba. The most prominent example may be buying Ko Valentine's Day chocolate but then saying they're for Azuma when Akane shows up. Other examples include making an effort to cook him a Neapolitan spaghetti and asking why he worked so hard to avoid a date with her[[hottip:2nd year boys on the team asked if they could have a date if they did X in the next game. Azuma suggested 2 homeruns but thought better. Ko offered double-digit strikeouts to spare him a date.]].

* DistaffCounterpart: The anime gives Aoba counterparts to people in Ko's circle: Keiichiro Senda ↔ Midori, Shimano Tadashi ↔ Shimano Meguri. Both pairs are cousins and have similar personalities and appearance.

* IwantmyBelovedToBeHappy: Azuma. [[spoiler:He gives up on his feelings for Aoba so that she can be happy with Kō.]] This troper finds Azuma even more adorable because of this.

* DistaffCounterpart: The anime gives Aoba counterparts to people in Ko's circle: Keiichiro Senda ↔ Keiichiro Midori, Shimano Tadashi ↔ Shimano Meguri. Both pairs are cousins and have similar personalities and appearance.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Repeatedly in the manga. Characters tell the narrator/Koh to cover off-screen events or introduce their characters. The author is also not above sliding in advertisements for previous issues or his other manga. And then [[LampshadeHanging hang a lampshade over it]].

* JerkJock: The senpai on Kō's baseball team

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Repeatedly in the manga. Characters tell the narrator/Koh to cover off-screen events or introduce their characters. The author is also not above sliding in advertisements for previous issues or his other manga.

''Cross Game'' is a romantic comedy baseball manga series by Mitsuru Adachi (author of ''{{Touch}}''), which ran from 2005-10. Although it is better described as a ComingOfAgeStory: All about life. Death. And baseball! Think ''TheWonderYears'' [[XMeetsY plus]] ''TheNatural''. (If you are too young to remember ''The Wonder Years'' replace it with ''BoyMeetsWorld''). A year-long anime adaptation aired starting in 2009, with the first episode receiving excellent reviews, both in and out of Japan. Viz has licensed both the manga (volumes collecting three Japanese volumes each started coming out in late 2010) and anime (weekly episodes began streaming from their website in May 2010).

*** The last scene before the logo, where the sceen is cut into four pieces, changes to reflect the characters' evolving relationships. At first it features just Ko and Aoba, then adds [[spoiler: adds Asuma, who looks at Aoba, and Akane, who looks at Ko. Finally, Asuma is replaced by Akaishi, who looks up at Akane, symbolizing both their growing relationship, and Asuma's selfless decision to put his feelings aside and let Ko be with Aoba.

* CantCatchUp: Ko, Aoba and [[spoiler: Azuma]] are leaps and bounds more talented than most of their Seishu teammates, but Akaishi is hit hardest by feelings of inferiority. However, opposing coaches still note that he's rather important to their team, and hits fifth [[spoiler: behind Azuma, and ahead of Ko]], for a reason.

* CantCatchUp: Most of Seishu is out of Ko, Aoba and [[spoiler: Azuma's]] league, but Akaishi is hit hardest by feelings of inferiority.