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A 4-koma baseball manga about a fledgling girls' baseball team.

From Moi-xRyu Scanlations: Every morning high-school student Nanami catches sight of this one surfer he secretly begins to admire. Incidentally, however, it is later on a certain day that they reunite in a classroom! Turns out that this one-year-older senpai, named Shuu, is in fact one who, while characteristically mature, is unsociable to the extent that he’s even notorious for being someone difficult to approach. Even so, for some reason, Nanami becomes the sole person that he can smile at and laugh with, over and over again… As they repeatedly spend more time together after school, by midsummer, Nanami finds himself receiving a kiss near the seaside?! And so, a story of dazzling first love ensues.

Combining some of the early works of Adachi Mitsuru, these books include the two stories Hatsukoi Koshien and Nakimushi Koushien, respectively covering 2 and 4 volumes. Both are focused on baseball youth and the desire to reach Koushien, the famous stage of the high school baseball national championships. Volume 7 and the end of Volume 6 contain a selection of short stories. Volume 1-2: -Hatsukoi Koshien part 1-2, +10 page omake Volume 3-5: -Nakimushi Koshien part 1-3 Volume 6: -Nakimushi Koshien part 4 -Ace Futari -Ken Volume 7: -Seishun Icchokusen -Aozora Tsurete Teruteru Bouzu -Kitakaze Karakara

(From In the Water): After seeing Shinojou Misaki preform at the Cultural festival, Kamamura Yuuka has been re-inspired to dance classical ballet. Yuuka joins Seika Girls' Academy, where Misaki attends school, to dance beside her. However, after meeting Misaki, Yuuka learns that Misaki is a cool beauty who never smiles unless she's on stage. Will this cease her admiration for Misaki or inspire her to dance on stage with this cool beauty in the September Cultural Festival?

Oneshot from Over Time An award winning oneshot about a baseball shonen story.

2nd Match: Real Madrid vs. FC Barcelona

After the sudden death of his wife and child, John Harding spirals into despair. Deprived of his motivation to live, his attempt at suicide is unexpectedly interrupted by the arrival of a friend who wants him to coach the town's Little League team. Can John restore meaning to his life? A bittersweet and meditative adaptation of the English language novel "The 12th Angel" by Og Mandino.

Katagiri Yuuji is a divorced, single, lazy gambling addict whose only real activity is playing Pachinko. He does it well enough to get by, but his life is more or less empty... until a young girl named Miura Satomi appears, who is a big fan of his. A classic story by Fukumoto about Pachinko, attraction, and the thrill of gambling.

This manga is quite old--it's from 1957. It centers around three members of the table tennis club at an all-girl school. Though it may not quite be yuri, it's a precursor to current yuri manga.

Ako Doumoto's an everyday gal, she likes shopping and has no big aspirations since her exams are a ways away. That all changes when she meets Katayose-sensei, a teacher and coach of the boys basketball team at Ako's school. Head over heels, she chops off her hair and decides to become the manager of the basketball club in order to win his heart. Will he open to her will or is her close friend Taiji more for her?

Yuuta Takenata has dreamed of being a gymnast ever since he was a little kid, so when he gets into high school he starts the Boy's Rhythmic Gymnastics team. Then, the club advisor forces them to take the delinquent Azuma Wataru under their wing. He's loud, whiny and has absolutely no interest in gymnastics. Yuuta just gives up on him, telling to stop coming to the practices. But when Wataru accidentally causes one of the members to break their arm, he has to start training so they can take part in the competition.

Peanut (P-ko) and Kyuuri (Q-ko) are aliens who have just arrived on planet Earth from planet "Fuiren." Their mission? Find their missing queen! However, this is not easy considering how they have some evil menace pursuing them and the fact that they turn into cockroaches and can't turn back without kissing a human male! They also have a lot to learn about the new planet they're on, so it's a bit difficult when they have to fight evil... There are only four chapters that were ever published in this series, as Naoko dropped this project due to Kodansha losing her original manuscript.