Lotte's Toshiya Sato catcher, Koshiro Wada outfielder were presented on the 15th and baseball with a handwritten illustrated color paper by Shintarou Mugiwara, author of the comic "Dorabase".

"Dorabase" was serialized in "Monthly CoroCoro Comic" from the September 2000 issue to the October 2011 issue. When Sato and Wada appeared on TOKYO FM's "Manga Kingdom Presents: The World is Made of Manga!" in January 2025, they mentioned "Dorabase" as their favorite baseball manga. The author, Shintaro Mugiwara, who was listening to the broadcast that day, expressed his desire to "draw the two of them as a present," and this project was realized.

Sato, who looked forward to the serialization in "Monthly CoroCoro Comic" as a child, was impressed and said, "I'm so happy. It's really intricate, and I'm amazed at how detailed it is, even the uniforms and protective gear are drawn." Wada, who loved reading it in the book that was at her parents' house, said with sparkling eyes, "Everything was the same, even the color of the gloves for base running. I was really happy that they would draw me."

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