Blue Summer Haze 3

A baseball diamond, a love triangle, and two catchers with their eyes on the same pitcher bring the heat in this baseball BL perfect for fans of Nagisa Furuya's My Summer of You.

As Makoto’s final official high school tournament comes to a close, he makes the decision to continue his career in baseball. And that’s not his only change of heart--As he and Hokuto begin dating, their days soon fill with both awkward and happy memories that accompany first love, and before Makoto realizes it, Hokuto becomes someone so important to him, he cannot bear to lose him anymore. Meanwhile, Shusuke, who had already turned Makoto down once, is coming to terms with his own feelings for Makoto. When a surprise visit from Shusuke’s ex-teammate--and the very reason he quit--shakes up their lives, the three boys are forced to confront both themselves and each other...

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