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Joe Yabuki has learned how to toughen up and stop trusting others after a troubling youth spent bouncing between orphanages and fending off bullies. After finally escaping the cycle of violent temporary homes, Joe adopts a delinquent lifestyle in the streets of San'ya, a slum in Tokyo. He makes his way through the world with his fists, picking fights with anyone he pleases. Danpei Tange, a washed-up and alcoholic former boxing coach, notices Joe's animalistic combat ability and attempts to mentor the wild teenager. Despite developing an explosive relationship, the two form a close bond and rely on each other to look after the other homeless children in San'ya. Unable to abandon his destructive habits, Joe is arrested for petty crimes. In jail, he meets and fights with lifelong friends and rivals, including the boxing prodigy Tooru Rikiishi. Continuously challenging Rikiishi to fights, Joe is knocked out time after time due to his savage brawling style failing in the face of Rikiishi's controlled boxing technique. But eventually, Joe stuns his rival with a knockout blow, earning Rikiishi's respect and the promise that they will one day meet again inside the professional ring. Finding a reason to live within boxing, Joe takes life head-on with a new purpose. As he rises through Japan's amateur and professional boxing scenes, he contends with painful loss and increasing injury. Joe's passion for fighting is all-consuming, and he grapples with the idea that a life without boxing may not be one worth living.
Takagi Suzu, a normal high school girl, plays cheerleader after school for the Moon Knights, a small professional baseball team in Yokohama. A cute manga that manages to make baseball fun!
Teikou Middle School is well-known for their exceptional basketball team, who boasted the legendary "Generation of Miracles": a group of five gifted players, each with their own distinctive talents, who were deemed unbeatable by their third year. However, their vanity caused them to disband and attend different high schools following graduation. After returning from America, Taiga Kagami seeks out formidable basketball players to join Seirin High School's basketball team. Here, he encounters Tetsuya Kuroko, who appears to be unremarkable. However, Kagami soon discovers that Kuroko was the "Phantom Sixth Member" of the Generation of Miracles - a force to be reckoned with who utilized his unparalleled passing skills to assist the team from the shadows. Now, together, they vow to vanquish the Generation of Miracles and propel Seirin High School's basketball team to the top in Japan.
This manga centers around Zawa (short for Miyakozawa), a talented girl on her high-school baseball team. Despite not being allowed to participate in official matches due to her gender, she trains just as hard as her teammates for her own personal fulfillment. The story is a mix of Slice-of-Life, Comedy, and Sports genres, with short chapters often told from the perspective of passersby observing Zawa and her team.
Rubbers 7 is a Japanese convenience store with petite dimensions and unique proprietors rumored to have connections with the mob. One of the bosses, who harbors a fervor for Ping-pong, poses a potential obstacle to the store's success. However, when a demure girl is wrongly accused of theft and takes on a job at the store, her capacity for bonding with her quirky colleagues - including a bashful boy and a drag queen - may be the key to turning the store's fortunes around.
Chihayafuru Plus: Kimi ga Tame follows the first-year student Ritsu Nagara, who wants to pursue the card game karuta, but has a number of obstacles in his way.
Kiki Haruma always dreamed of doing ballroom dance as the feminine "follower" role, but as she aged she only grew taller and taller, eventually causing her to give up ever looking good in a dress or anything ladylike. Now, as a second year in high school, she specializes in the masculine "leader" role—until one day, her partner suddenly leaves her. When Michiru Toribami, a short and pretty first year, shows up wanting to join the ballroom dance club, Kiki asks her to be her new partner, but Michiru reveals that she only plays the leader role—and she wants none other than Kiki as her partner. (Source: MU)
Nito is living a quiet high school life while taking care of his disabled grandpa, but thanks to an encounter with a schoolmate striving to be a pro female MMA fighter, his life is about to flip. Sometimes, you just have to fight! This serious MMA story is an all-out battle!
28-year-old Japanese national representative for volleyball, Nohara Suzuki, and Judo, Takaya Yano, are facing the same problem: they both just got dumped because they were too inexperienced in the world of physical relationships. So what do two over-achieving athletes decide to do? Practice, of course! And as Nohara and Takaya practice more and more, they may just find the ones they're practicing for... are each other.
The arrival of a 167.8cm short guard ! "You say you can't play basketball if you're short ? Bring a 2m or 3m player. No matter how tall you are, if you knock them over, they're all beneath me." Can Kang-Hwi, become the final puzzle piece for the Jeon Kwang High School basketball team, which dreams of winning the competition ?
At Kameido High School, the members of the tennis club, four girls in particular, engage in both hilarious tennis-related and non-tennis-related antics. However, Yuri Oshimoto, a new member, is often the only sane one amidst her eccentric and silly upperclassmen. Among them is Kanae Shinjou, who despite being a member of the tennis club, is incapable of playing tennis; Marimo Bandou, an unpredictable pervert hailing from Kansai; and Nasuno Takamiya, an airheaded and enigmatic wealthy girl who attempts to solve every problem with money. Whether all four are present or not, this tennis manga is guaranteed to leave readers in fits of laughter throughout its run.
