Anime Like ORESUKI: Are you the only one who loves me?: Our Playball / Our End Run / Our Game
The protagonist doesn't win by being likable, he wins by admitting he's a scheming mess and getting called out for it, then actually changing. The show follows through on that promise. A baseball tournament becomes the stage for a kid realizing that rigging a popularity contest matters less than being honest with the people he actually cares about, and it lands that turn without feeling cheap.
SYNOPSIS
Pansy's heart is on the line, and Kirishima's worst nightmare just became reality. His rival Hose doesn't just win at romance,he wins at everything, and now they're facing off at the regional baseball tournament finals. But this isn't just about the game. While their schools battle it out on the diamond, Kirishima's waging his own war: a popularity contest he's determined to win, even if it means throwing every rule out the window. The problem? Hose plays by the book. Kirishima doesn't. The bigger problem? Someone keeps changing the rules, and somehow they keep benefiting the one person Kirishima can't outmaneuver. His usual allies have vanished. His schemes backfire. The deck feels impossibly stacked against him, and for once, his cunning isn't enough. It's chaos wrapped in comedy, where love, competition, and desperation collide. Kirishima's scrambling to adapt, to survive, to somehow steal victory from the jaws of defeat. Nothing's guaranteed except that things are about to get messier.
