TV Show Details
Air Date:October 7th, 2008
Last Air Date:April 1st, 2009
Network:Nippon TV
Status:Ended
Original Language:Japanese
Production Companies:D.N. Dream Partners, Madhouse, Nippon Television Network Corporation, VAP
One Outs (2008-2009)
TV ShowNippon TV
Scripted
"Nobody wins, but I!"
Audience Score
WritersMitsutaka Hirota
Plot
Hiromichi Kojima, the star batter of the Lycaons, heads to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa to train and find a new pitcher for the team. There, he meets Toa Tokuchi, a 134-kmph pitcher and the undisputed king of a gambling form of baseball called "One Outs". At Kojima's urging, Tokuchi signs up with the Lycaons under an unusual contract: he gets 5,000,000 yen for every out he pitches, but loses 50,000,000 yen for every point he gives up. A high-level psychological game of baseball, gambling and logic is about to begin..
