

The story begins when Hiromichi Kojima, the star batter of the fictional Lycaons in Japan's Pacific League, heads to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa to train and bring himself out of a slump. There, he meets Toua Tokuchi, a 134-kmph (83 miles per hour) pitcher and the undisputed king of a gambling form of baseball called "One Out." At Kojima's urging, Tokuchi signs up with the Lycaons under an unusual contract: he gets 5,000,000 yen (about US$46,000) for every out he pitches, but loses 50,000,000 yen (US$460,000) for every point he gives up. (Source: Anime News Network)

The Mysterious Man

Gambler

One Outs Contract

The Team's Qualification

Hope

Low Spinning Fastball

Trick & Trap

Foul Play

Settlement

Strategist vs Gambler

World`s Fastest Man

Invincible Pitching Style

The Sealed Feet

A Nine Players Infield

A One Player Infield

Trick Stadium

The Deceiving Knuckleball

Stolen Sign

Shady Signal

Ridicule

Disclosure

Wiretapped

Tactics

Conspiracy

Beyond the Triumph...

Hiromichi Kojima

Satoshi Ideguchi

Toua Tokuchi

Tomas

Kawabata

Takashi Shirooka

Imai

Scott Williams

Yoshida

Kinouchi

Arai

Itsuki Takami