It's getting harder and harder to write up a review of Mitsuru Adachi's awe-inspiring baseball manga Cross Game, but not because it's getter worse, oh no; it's because it's a series that is just constantly quality stuff on a very consistent basis at a level I don't see much shonen manga these days being able to match. So what can I even contemplate on saying about this latest batch of chapters, released in svelte omnibus format by Viz Media, other than what I've been saying for the last three volumes? Well, if there's one thing you can never fault CG for doing, it's for not having anything happen.

And volume four is certainly an eventful one for Ko and friends, especially since the introduction of Mizuki Asami, Aoba's cousin, who makes no short business in restarting his old friendship with her. Oh, and did I mention this is a baseball manga? Cause there is a lot of that as well. So if you're in it for the heartfelt drama, the madcap humor, the constant in-jokes about Mitsuru Adachi's lack of discipline as a manga-ka, or those sweet baseball games, you won't end up disappointed with this one.

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As usual, Cross Game continues on with the gentle character humor that makes this series so endearing and fun, but at the same time infuses a life goes on feel that somehow makes you nostalgic for a time which you never experienced. ( )