1) (Ch.1) Meisei is the same high school that Touch is centered around. Seinan and Kenjou (formerly Sumi) are also high schools that existed in Touch and both played major parts in that manga series.
2) (Ch.8) Nishimura really is the son of the Nishimura in Touch. He goes to the same Seinan high school as his dad, and his dad was also the ace on that team. Nishimura looks identical to his dad when he was in high school...this is a very common drawing strategy by Adachi sensei. Note that his dad's playing career apparently ended in high school because he tore up his elbow throwing too many curveballs at his age, a pitch known to be hard on the elbow.
3) (Ch.2) The dog Punch, well let's say an identical looking and named dog existed in Touch. The same dog being recycled in many of Adachi mangas is a running inter-series joke of his, hence the naming-of-dog humor.
4) (Ch.14) The two major sports featured in Touch were in fact baseball (Tatsuya, the main male protagonist) and rhythmic gymnastics (Minami, the main female protagonist).
Edited by bane_ecf, 20 August 2013 - 11:45 PM.