One day, Kouhei suddenly quit baseball, which he had been playing since childhood, in order to make his high school debut. There at high school he meets Souta Kihara, who is rumored to be equally popular. While at school, Kouhei rescued Souta from a piece of pipe falling on top of him, Souta became concerned about Kouhei's shoulder, saying, "If you get injured, you won't be able to throw a ball.'' Slowly over time, the two of them grow closer, although Kouhei finds it strange that Souta knows that he used to play baseball.
In this remote seaside town, different people meet with their own confusions and misgivings. In the face of the deep blue sea, everyone can find their own answers. The Deep Blue journey of scuba diving and ordinary youth begins!
(from ebookjapan):Hiromi Oka is a freshman at Nishi High School, a prestigious tennis club. She joined the tennis club because of her admiration for Mrs. Butterfly, but she always messes up. However, only Coach Munekata sees her talent and nominates her for the next tournament. Hiromi's sudden selection is met with harsh criticism from the tennis club members, but with the encouragement of the student body president, Todo, she begins a grueling practice session!
Suzuki Souta, a high school boy on the school volleyball team, is interested in his classmate Shinonome Asahi, a member of the girls' volleyball team. She thought of him as a good volleyball player, so she has been seeking him out every day. Souta was a keen volleyball player until junior high. However, because of his height, he could never become the spiker he longed to be. As a result, he got into the habit of giving up on things. Souta's high school life: Will he meekly accept what he cannot have? Or will he try to become a man who can stand with Asahi? Youth is a series of choices. Please, Souta, hang in there and do your best!
Kokura Hikari is a first-year high school girl who loves rifle shooting. She entered Chidori High School because it had a shooting club, but finds that the club had been disbanded. She had only one day to find enough members to reform the club, but luckily was able to find three other first-year girls who she had met at a competition in middle school. Thus begins the daily activities of the Chidori High Shooting Club.
Akari couldn't think less of her school's karate champ, Abe-kun, despite him being the national champion. He's giant, uncouth, and couldn't be more different than her sweet angel and childhood friend, Takuto. But when Abe-kun injures his arm protecting her, she takes it upon herself to get him healed—after all, the school's pride is at stake—but finds the tables suddenly turned when he confesses to her! Now she's the goal he's aiming for, and she'll soon find out how driven a national champion can be!
Tadatoshi Komine, who enrolled in the prestigious Ogami Gakuen in order to aim for the NBA, suffered a serious injury immediately after enrolling and was cut off from his life as a player. Nine years later, Tadatoshi, who gave up his dream, learns that his former teammate Okido made his NBA debut. “If I had to get seriously injured that day”, he thinks. Mulling over his regrets one night, Tadatoshi suffers a traffic accident and is shocked to find that the impact has sent him to a time in high school before he was injured! In order to pursue the dream that he gave up on once, Tadatoshi starts marching again with the knowledge of the future as a weapon!
Battle tournament manga set in the Sengoku Era. The year is 1600. Ten years have passed since Oda Nobunaga unified Japan. When Nobunaga realized that he was dying, he announced that he would hand over the country to the one who produced the strongest warriors. The warlords, whose dreams of unifying the country had been dashed, set up their own strongest warriors and set their sights on becoming the ruler of Japan
There lives a man who has lost his memory and can’t remember where he’s from, and who he is, including his name. He just goes by the name Matsumoto and the one and only thing he remembers is how to play soccer. However, the one thing he does remember, he does exceptionally well, even better than the professionals. He sells his ridiculous soccer skills to teams and guarantees them goals and, even more important, wins. As he travels from city to city, country to country playing for money, he hopes that he regains his memory.
After the loss of his leg, Kikuzato's dream of becoming a soccer ace comes to an end. But with use of a prosthetic leeg, he finds a new goal to become a track star and win gold at the Tokyo Paralympics! [Yen Press]
Manga adaptation of the Kuroko no Basket -Replace- novels, mainly focusing on the Generation of Miracles during their Teikou days. Summary from BAP Scans In a certain powerhouse team from Teiko middle school’s basketball club, there was a 5-man group of prodigies called “Generation of Miracles.” And then, there was one more player, highly esteemed by those prodigies, a phantom sixth man – Kuroko Tetsuya. They managed to pull off the outstanding achievement of three consecutive championship wins. Afterwards, a certain incident took place and the team ended up collapsing. This story happens while they’re still in middle-school, before each of them went their separate ways. Episodes featuring Kise and the crew and also the cast from Teiko High-school are included. This is an adaptation for the “Replace” novel series, stepping into the court!
Description from AnimeNFO: Taira Capeta was a 4th grader boy. He had lost his mother when he had been very little. Although he pretended to be tough in front of his father, actually he felt lonely. One day, his father brought junk parts home from his workplace and made a racing cart. Soon, they went to a circuit to drive the cart. However, Capeta found that its frame was bent and it could hardly run straight. But, with his technique he managed the cart. Furthermore, he followed soon after the fast cart and he could nearly leave it behind. The driver in the cart was Minamoto Naomoi, the champion of the East Japan Junior Cart. Looking at their chase, Naomi’s mother, Minamoto Nanako, advised Capeta to take part in the official race. This manga won the Kodansha Manga Award for sh?nen in 2005.