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Despite her clumsiness, teenage school girl Chihiro is popular at her school, especially with the boys. She joined the wrestling club a few months back and has been practicing without much apparent success. However, she wins her first competition surprising everyone including herself and her fan boys become more passionate about her. Will Chihiro be able to become an amazing wrestler?

A short-form comic from the author of Chihayafuru, showing Chihaya's college life.

Touka is an ordinary high school girl who loves bowling. Her father runs a bowling alley, she has a crush on her former coach, and she is a pro at the game. The only issue is that if anybody watches her bowl, she becomes extremely conscientious of her body and plays poorly. To ensure this doesn't happen, Touka's best friend tries to help her overcome her shyness while bowling.

Retired boxer Shouji Kazuya has long given up dreams of winning championship titles. He's now a coach and all his hopes are pinned on his protege, the upcoming pugilist Gaku. But the relationship between the two is not simply that of coach and student... "It's just that when I see the normally expressionless kid making a face like this, I can't help but get excited."+

The 1980's was an unusual decade. The price of land skyrocketed, and the value of money went well above the norm. The numbers that defined the world all spun out of control, launching one of the largest bubble economies Japan had ever seen. For Mahjong, as well, it was an age that saw high stakes games on a scale unlike any age before it. And in this age, a man some call "Kai" lives as a "Mukoubuchi", what true, lone-wolf gamblers are called.

A world in which Korea is the global capital of combat sports. At Nam-Il Highschool where the best and most talented students of martial arts reside, Jiu Ji-Tae suddenly finds himself thrust into their midst despite being a total weakling. By neutralising his physical shortcomings through jiu-jitsu, can he rise to the top of the fight classes?

From Serenus Dreamers: Michiru is a happy child who loves to skate. During her childhoood, she meets Leon, a cute innocent boy. They begin to ice dance together. But as she has a conflict with her mom, she plans to run away with Leon. Leon, considering the danger, declines Michiru. Hurt by this, Michiru runs away by herself. Finding out that Michiru has run away, Leon and others search for her, finding her in the skating rink. But the person who was standing in the rink no longer had the smile that old Michiru used to!?

The 2,500-year-old Su Ye lived to the day when he was 22 years old and traveled back to the ancient times. When another person traveled back to the ancient times, he regained his identity as a college student and officially started his glorious life. Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, all are excellent, and all are well-known in civil and military affairs. "I just want to live for a hundred years, don't mess with me, I'll hammer it all back for you!"

Ayasaki Hayate is only 16 years old when he’s abandoned, leaving him to fend for himself against the yakuza, who are after his organs to settle his parents’ massive gambling debt. Looking for a way to somehow acquire 157 million yen before he is cut up by gangsters, he stumbles upon a rich girl whom he can kidnap and ransom. The only problem: he’s a terrible criminal, and ends up saving her life from other would-be kidnappers and apparently confesses his love for her. In order to work off his debt, the girl, Nagi (who is convinced that Hayate is in love with her), and her maid Maria (who knows otherwise), allow him to work as a butler at their mansion. Hayate’s tenure as a butler is not easy, however, and is filled with talking tigers, homicidal robots, jealous relatives, and overarching hilarity. Serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday + Feng Shen Ji Manhua

From Storm in Heaven: Takatou Masaki is the second youngest of four sons, and seemingly a delinquent by nature. His hot temper has put a wedge between himself and his strict father, gotten him kicked out of one school, and tossed him at a school notoriously horrible for the one thing he's truly good at, basketball. A chance encounter with the willful Yuuki Kanako may serve as a catalyst for change, as the indefinable connection she feels with him draws them together... Won Shogakukan Manga Award in 1988.

Haku Yaesaki is a bored high school student with no direction in life. Right as he starts noticing how all his friends have dreams they are striving for, he meets pro golfer hopeful Nadeshiko Oga and his empty life begins to change. Now, it's time to find a whole new you as this golfing adventure tees off!

Desperate for a group to fit in, clumsy Elena auditions for her school's Rhysmyth team by mistake. All of a sudden, Elena must compete in one-on-one dance-offs across a grid with disappearing blocks. Embracing style and precision, Elena discovers a new self and even love in the world of dance!