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Elijah Zelenoff dreams of making it into the #1 Mixed Martial Arts promotion Pankration F.C. and becoming the world champ. The only problem is that he absolutely sucks. To others, Elijah's known as a Tomato Can--a stepping stone for up-and-coming fighters with better records. Elijah's goals seem unattainable until he's offered the chance to compete in an MMA reality show against 14 other fighters by the president of Pankration himself, Joesph "J.J." Jericho. The winner will earn fame, glory, and a seven-figure contract. Does Elijah have what it takes to become the champ?

Kyo Aizawa's father is a basketball devotee but has been forced to quit playing his precious sport because of an injury. Instead of himself working his way up to the NBA, he feels that Kyo, his daughter should fulfill his dream. To give Kyo a good start in her career of basketball he enrolls her in Seishu High School which is known for two things: its extremely cute girls' uniforms and their boys' basketball team. Not only does unhappy Kyo have to pretend to be a boy during the day (the basketball team members all live at the school to boost the team spirit), she has to do it day and night. The super-star of the team, Chiharu Eniwa, may be a good-looking, basketball champion, but his attitude towards Kyo is hostile from their very first meeting. Poor Kyo ends up roommates with the evil Chiharu. As they get to know one another, both sense that the other has a secret.

Chika Kuwabara pretty much drifts through life with no purpose, her days spent at arcades or getting into petty fights. But one day, she witnesses someone practicing fencing in the school gymnasium. That glimpse begins to awaken something deep inside her!

Kaminari Seijuro is a fearsome Yakuza of the Jinbo unit, who operate in the Roppongi Red Light District of Tokyo. But what Kaminari really longs for is the Game of Kings, Golf. If he can survive the violent competition over control of Tokyo's night life, hopefully he can fit in 18 holes.

Tokonatsu Taichi took the summer Koshien by the storm as a sensational ace pitcher, with a full arsenal of pitches including a 98 mph fastball. But on the way home from the game, the team bus suffered a tragic accident and Tokonatsu Taichi lost his life... Only to be transported to a new world where all international conflicts are resolved by a game of baseball. Unfortunately, the country he landed in was the weakest, and had seen gradual loss of its resources and people to neighboring countries. Can Taichi turn their fortunes around?

A manga about the story of a 38-year-old salaryman named Kirin who is also a street racer.

From TokyoPop (based on volume 1): The World at the Brink of Self-Annihilation The nuclear age has brought with it the arms race, which has led to the advent of weapons powerful enough to destroy the world itself several times over. Unwilling to take the plunge into Armageddon, the world powers, in league with a group known only as the Black Ghost, have developed super soldiers known as the Cyborgs, designed to fight the wars of the world in space. Unfortunately, the Black Ghost didn't ask the Cyborgs how they felt about their role in the new world order. This classic work from manga legend Shotaro Ishinomori (Masked Rider) not only told a thrilling tale set against a backdrop of Cold War tensions, but it also helped define the genre of super team stories such as Battle of the Planets, Voltron, and The Power Rangers.

Set in 2002, 3 years after the death of Akagi Shigeru, this sequel to Ten - Tenna Toori no Kaidanji chronicles Hiroyuki's quest to follow the late Akagi's advice and live life freely even if it means complete failure.

A new official spin-off of the popular weekly series Haikyuu!! In which our protagonists are the members of the rival schools. A comedy series about their ridiculous antics that you can't read in the original story!

"'Fencing' and 'fighting games' are kind of alike, aren't they?" You use your head! You use 'reading'! A fighting gamer takes on the challenge, this is the tale of an 'unorthodox' knight's path!!Izumi Ichidou was devoted to fighting games, unexpectedly, he joins his high school's fencing club. 'Fencing' and 'gaming' are two seemingly unrelated sports, but when they are brought together, the curtain rises on a new kind of sports manga...!

The story is set in the year Showa 44 (1969), and it centers around Takanori Jinguuji, the 27-year-old man who eventually become the head of the Japan Shogi Association in the main 3-gatsu no Lion series.

Ihn Kim is an explosive Taekwondo fighter who can throw brutal kicks, but his opponents don’t take him seriously because he’s held back by all the sparring rules. However, changes are coming in the Taekwondo world that just might give Ihn a fighting chance. Can Ihn beat the people who once mocked him and show everyone that his style of Taekwondo is no joke?