Cut it out! Kiyohara-kun
Kawai Junji
- Mangaka
- Kawai Junji
- First published
- 1987
- Status
- Completed
- Original language
- Japanese
- Genres
- Comedy · Sports
- Content rating
- Safe
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Cut it out! Kiyohara-kun, written and illustrated by Kawai Junji, is a classic sports-themed gag manga that first appeared in the early 1990s. The series centers on Kazuhiro Kiyohara, the iconic Japanese professional baseball player, reimagining his larger-than-life persona through a humorous, parodic lens. It emerged during a peak era for Japanese baseball media, capitalizing on Kiyohara's immense popularity and the public's appetite for stories that leaned into the colorful, often volatile personalities of sports stars of the time.
Kawai Junji designed the series with a distinctively exaggerated art style that emphasized the slapstick nature of the narrative. Rather than a factual sports biography, the manga focused on absurdist scenarios and comedic interactions between Kiyohara and his teammates. The work was well-received as a lighthearted companion to serious sports journalism, finding success among baseball enthusiasts who appreciated the self-deprecating humor and the caricature-driven storytelling that defined much of the manga landscape in that period.
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