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High school senior Aihara Kotoko has had a crush on Irie Naoki since freshman year. But she's been discouraged from confessing to him by a few things: he's a member of "Class A," the top ranking class in school, whereas she's in "Class F"; he gets the top score on every exam; and he's so smart, popular, and handsome that he's been class president every year. When Kotoki finally musters up the courage to present him with a love letter, though, Naoki outright refuses it, telling her point blankwith a look of disgust and boredomthat he doesn't like "stupid girls." Poor Kotoko's worst nightmare! Her heart is broken, but then a change in circumstance forces Naoki and Kotoko to be together every day!? Itazura na Kiss is a gem to the shoujo demographic, as it is the mother of a lot of cliches found in today's shoujo series. Despite the fact that it is 2 decades old, it still stands out as unique for it has the series follow the main characters well into their life, over a span of 10 years. It was so popular it inspired popular series like Marmalade Boy and Fruits Basket. However, the author had an accident while she was moving homes with her son and husband, and passed away a few months later, leaving her popular manga forever uncompleted. It was adapted into a popular Taiwanese drama under the title "It Started With a Kiss", and it even earned sequel. It was also adapted as a short Japanese drama in 1996, and an anime series in 2008, with the anime portraying the author's planned ending.

From Mangashare.comOur Hero is aspiring to be a basketball player since his childhood. Although being short, Haruyoshi joins the basketball club in his school, but always was just the 'errand boy' for the rest. Running... into a girl changes his destiny. She, being the clubs manager, investigates a scouting note which leads her back to him after their first encounter. Will she turn Haruyoshi into a great basketball player?From SCX-ScansHaruyoshi, who has always been stuck as a benchwarmer, plans to start fresh at his new school. Luckily, Haruyoshi runs, literally, into the basketball club manager, Hadzuki, who sees potential in him. However, things won't be a smooth sailing from there...

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Homare doesn't succumb to her father's disappearance and her mother's illness and works hard to inherit the tumbledown inn with hot springs. What will happen to the firm rule of no love!?

Not a lot of people know that one of the most talented and ruthless Mahjong players in the city is a young high school boy. Kei is a teenager of few words, but his observation skills, unwavering will and experience in the game allows him to survive in a world full of powerful, rich and dangerous characters.Kei is currently hiding a girl named Amina who has entered the country illegally and protecting her from being deported. He spends his days sleeping through class and his nights playing high-stakes Mahjong, waiting for when a worthy opponent arrives.

Riko (whose real name is Ayako) was already in high school when she gained a new younger brother. Miguel is a nine-year-old Peruvian boy rescued by her father in the midst of turmoil before he came home to his loving family in Japan. Miguel had a good grasp of Japanese but he didn't seem to be warming up at first. He was overly polite and he barely smiled. But Riko was determined to make sure that he felt that he was now a part of her family, introducing him to the world outside and to the game of basketball Now Miguel is in high school, fresh out of the international school. And he has proven he can be good at many things: in academics, in sports but even though he seems to be really good at basketball (showed the students their first live look at a dunk), and though he seems to really like it, he seems unwilling. What is he afraid of? What is he pushing away?

(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!

From Yanime:A boy named Yuuto Seo moves from Hokkaido, where he's lived all his life, to Tokyo. He first fears he must give up speed skating, his hobby, but he soon finds places to skate and people to skate with. The second series by Hotta Yumi (creator of Hikaru no Go).

Super Yankee, Tendou Haruku, lives in the Ibaraki countryside. A lover of rebel yankee girls and MAX canned coffee, he is living peacefully... Until he meets the beautiful Sawa and the sport of ping pong. The beginning of a legend!

Gambling. Mahjong. Death. These are the themes of this fast-paced, undercover-agent-style manga where outrageous life-or-death gambles are made daily occurences and insurmountable odds are overcome. The most hardcore, action-packed mahjong manga you will ever see.

A manga part of the Uma Musume Project by Cygames, a game and an anime. It follows Special Week, an aspiring horsegirl athlete-idol, as she transfers in to the Traincent Academy to follow her dreams.

[From the creators of Danganronpa, Akudama Drive as well as an Anime Adaptation of the same name!]A battle action story based on the original work by "Too Kyo Games". The creative team is led by the creator of "Danganronpa", Kodaka Kazutake!In the year 20xx, Neo Tokyo Country: Young people who despaired and gave up on society formed "Tribes" to create a place where they belong. As the war between Tribes intensified, The Neo-Tokyo government took action, and limited the war between the tribes into a sports called "Extreme Baseball", commonly known as XB Throwing, hitting and brawling. The young crowd put their pride on the line, and was addicted to the extremity of this game.As time passed Shirogane Haru, who was always bullied due to his defeatist temperament. Taiga, who travelled across the sea to become the strongest man alive. They both met up with Kamiya Shun, the strongest XB player and the leader of the Minato Tribe. "I want to change myself!" "I just want to be the strongest man alive" [I just want to enjoy XB"To prove their determination, Haru, Taiga, and Kamiya stood on the field of XB! The Tokyo extreme battle begins!

Aria Hoshina transfers to the prestigious school, Saiko Garden, to be with her father, who told her he supervises a girl's dorm. When she arrives there she finds the 222 BOYS that live there to be troublesome.

Question: What is the format of competitive quiz bowls, called "golden rule" by truly able players? Answer: 7 Right 3 Wrong Explanation: It means that one wins when he gets seven correct answers, or gets disqualifed when he gives three incorrect answers. It's a standard rule loved by competitive quiz bowl players.

Question: What is the format of competitive quiz bowls, called "golden rule" by truly able players? Answer: 7 Right 3 Wrong Explanation: It means that one wins when he gets seven correct answers, or gets disqualifed when he gives three incorrect answers. It's a standard rule loved by competitive quiz bowl players.

A new Saki spinoff that retells the story of the Saki cast If all of them were boys!

Raimon Middle School 's soccer club captain, Endou Mamoru is in a pinch - his club is about to be destroyed! Literally! To avert the wrecking ball and disbanding of the club, his team must win against the toughest soccer team in the area - Teikoku. Will Endou and his team meet a crushing defeat or will a mysterious transfer student with a fiery kick save them from disaster?!

The transformation master, **Sneagator** lecturing Stecasse King on the secrets of transformation techniques.

Yasuoka Shion lost her parents, and her voice, when she was young...in a murder.She was found amidst a blood-soaked room, and the only hint for the suspect was a Shougi board and one piece: the King. Now, Shion steps into the world of female professional Shougi players. As her popularity and fame slowly rises, so do the questions about her past, particularly the murder case that was never solved.

The inexorable girl who aims to be a champion; Jain! and the innocent boy who loves her, Tae jin!Their challenges on the road to championship and an unfitting summer-like love story.-from Naver WebtoonsPlease address this work as a Manhwa (Korean word for cartoons)

Noritaka Sawamura is a teenager; until this day, everybody has been making fun of him. Now he enters the high school which is an opportunity for him to restart a new life! He loves a girl of his school, but he needs to be a little bit stronger to be recognized by everybody. So he joins the Thai boxing section. His entertainment is very special, due to his master who seems to be a little mad. Noritaka will make you laugh, for sure!Note:My favorite passage is when Sawamura spins through a window with a helmet, his trousers missing, with crap coming out of his ass, and everybody looking at him. He is the most ridiculous man in the world at this moment!

Sonokawa Junpei is a 19-year-old who works multiple part-time jobs to support his little sister and unwell mother. One day, he discovers a major cash prize at the company where he works as a janitor, V Line, for anyone who can discover the cheating method of a major champion (a user named 'M') of their online mahjong game. As it happens, this same 'M' shows up at the family restaurant where Junpei also works, and Junpei jumps at the opportunity to get money for his family!His strategy is to befriend 'M' (whose name is Mizuki) and uncover his cheating method. When he goes to Mizuki's house, though, it is clear that the befriending part is going to be a challenge. He learns from Mizuki's older sister that he suffered head trauma in the accident that killed their parents. Since then, he has lacked the ability to experience emotion, though he has also gained amazing powers of memory. He spends all of his time playing--and winning--online mahjong. Now, Junpei wants to genuinely become Mizuki's friend, and to help prove that he is a genius, not a cheater!

.The story revolves around Aoyama, a fastidious soccer genius who prioritizes cleanliness over everything, in which during his plays he neither heads nor slides and only throws with his gloves on!(Source: ANN)

Rakuichi was a better soccer player than anyone when he was in elementary school. But after 3 unsuccessful years in Italy, he returns home in defeat. Upon arrival he's confronted by a host of different characters; his cousin Biwako, who is now a teacher despite her uncontrollable personality; his childhood friend Inae who is cute and nice, but who turns into a crazed stalker when it comes to cool, attractive guys; Touzan who is cool, mysterious and seems to be good at everything; and Maiko, who is incredibly beautiful, but turns violent on the slightest whim. Great artwork, hilarious comedy and a unique style are the hallmarks of this manga.

Aoi prefers indoor hobbies and is afraid of heights, but her childhood friend Hinata loves to show off her passion for mountain climbing. As young children they once watched the sunrise from the top of a mountain, and now they've decided to take up mountain climbing in hopes of seeing that sunrise again. They have cooking battles with mountaineering gear, climb small hills in their neighborhood, and meet new mountaineering friends as they learn the ropes of the hobby. When will they finally see that sunrise again?

The year is 1949. Japan had been defeated in World War II and was occupied by Allied Forces consisting of American, Australian, British, Indian and New Zealander troops.A young woman meets a young man. Both have lost everything because of the war. Tome Kano, a barmaid, and Katsuya Ranzaki, a wealthy investor. The two are fed up with their lives and want to live "real lives" for once. Katsuya's starting up an all-girls baseball team with Tome on it allows them to do this. In this dramatic story, the dreams of a nation come alive. Through the determination and strength of Katsuya and Tome, girls baseball becomes a sensation, and Tome a superstar.

Takafumi Ten is called to a mahjong club one night to play again Ikawa Hiroyuki, a young mahjong player. Having just robbed Ten's friends blind at mahjong, Ten arrives to take back his winnings.. Ten's mahjong style becomes more apparent as the game progresses...amateurish! Ten cheats in the last round, using a move called the Tsubame Gaeshi, and winning with a Tenhou hand. Hiroyuki is angered once Ten admits he cheated after the game. Will he come to understand Ten's "Way of Tenhou", where Ten willingly cheats and gets beat up in response for his friends? Will Ten unlock his true mahjong potential or cheat forever?

From Promfret:Sakuraba Kenji is an aspiring baseball player, however due to some circumstances he gave up on baseball, and moved to a new High School so that he is able to give up on it totally. On the day that he visit the new school he will be attending, he meets a girl, Mamiya Itsuka who mistakenly does something to him, causing him to faint. When he awakes, he realizes that the place he will be staying at is Itsuka's home!

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Shoubu wa Toki no Un Daro? is actually a series which Takaguchi co-writes with another artist. SEVEN is a solo work using many of the same characters, but takes place slightly later. It is about the members of the basketball team at a sports-based high school.The first chapter focuses on a new character, Kiyoshi. Although he is attending a sports-based school, he is unable to play sports because of a childhood accident. He isn't dealing well, until Nana (Seven) takes him under his wing and asks him to be the manager of the club.Nana is a senior and captain of the basketball team. Kiyoshi quickly falls for him. But most of Nana's attention is focused on his coach, Saegusa. The man practically built the basketball team from scratch and was manager at one point. He played basketball in middle school, but fell prey to some kind of chronic illness and wasn't able to play after that. All his life he worked with the goal that he would one day be able to play again. But suddenly, he realizes that it will never happen. He begins drinking and becomes depressed. Nana works to pull him out of it, and perhaps they grow too close...from Tranlated Treasures

When 10-year-old Kaneda Shota was involved in a car accident that claimed the life of his father, it changed the course of his life forever. Even though his mother got a job and tried her best to support her son, money was always tight. Now, unable to afford college, Shota works a part-time job, in addition to his full-time job at his uncle's factory. He dreams of one day saving enough money to go to college. He lives alone, on the second floor of one of his uncle's warehouses, and doesn't have any friends. Everywhere he goes, he rides a bicycle, with headphones to block out the flashback-inducing sounds of the cars.His quiet way of life is about to be interrupted. Due to pressures from the economy, Shota's job at his uncle's factory is going to be cut to half-time/half-pay for a while. In addition, Shota's uncle has agreed to lend the first floor of Shota's warehouse to a college club. This club is building a solar car to enter in a race, and they're hoping to get Shota to lend them his mechanical expertise. Will Yazaki Junko and the other club members be able to handle Shota's anger and bitterness, and draw him out of his self-imposed isolation?

Honey Senior, Darling Junior is an endearing collection of four short stories about the inevitability of love.Chapters 1 - 3) School is ending and two friends Hikaru and Tsuyoshi decide to go on a road trip together to make one last, good memory.Chapter 4) Chikato and Yo-o are fellow track runners with great potential. However, when Yo-o suffers a permanent leg injury, Chikato sticks by his friend through the good times and bad.Chapter 5) Niwa is considered the school weirdo. Only one fellow student, Sako, shows any compassion and understanding.Chapter 6) Ushio lives out lonely days in his hometown waiting for his cousin Kei to return home on university holidays.What do all these couples have in common? Through all their laughter and tragedies, they discover a deep bond with each other they never knew existed...a bond that will last forever. Love is everywhere, but more importantly love is inevitable.

Freshman Tsuda Michi is looking for a hobby she can do her best in while in high school. She's done everything from gardening, playing instruments, shogi, drawing and singing, yet she still can't find the kind of fun she wants. That is until a small incident led her to discover the world of soft-tip darts and a skilled player named Tatsuki Kotomi, who happens to be her schoolmate! Throw away a boring high school life and watch the girls hit the bull's eye of excitement!

Amidst the surging popularity of women's professional baseball, Narin, a retired player who once poured her youth into the sport only to face failure in realizing her dream, emerges as a promising talent. However, her career in baseball ends prematurely. One day, a chance to begin anew unexpectedly comes knocking at her doorRe'Draft, Leaddraft, Re-Draft, Read Draft, Redraft,

From Endless Abyss: Hatogaya, a man who used to love base ball and gave up on it, gets set up to take the fall for his company and gets sent to prison. a high school principal and his former coach, who's school is about to lose its baseball program bails hatogaya out, but in exchange for getting him out of jail he has to coach the schools not so great baseball team.

A story about two people with mental problems protecting everything they left with their only method, playing ping pong.

Is the world in front of you real, or is it only a game? Nobuteru, a senior high school student who wandered into the street racing game world of Drive-A-Live, begins a series of hard races that he must win to survive!While everyone around him is talking about driver's licenses and cars, third-year high school student Nobuteru hates anything of the sort; when he was in elementary school, he and his younger brother Takahiro were involved in a car accident. While he came out with just a few scratches, his brother lost his leg. One day Takahiro suddenly disappears without a trace of leaving to be found in his room. When Nobuteru investigates the room, he sees Takahiro on the screen of a racing game he had left on, and once he grabs the controller...

Kanami Sakura used to be a video game otaku and a hikikomori during middle school. When he starts high school, he decides to change himself. As the first step towards that goal, he decides to join a sports club!!But which club will he end up joining? The weightlifting club?! What kind of sport is this? The story of the crybaby teenage boy and the weightlifting club's activities start here!

Satomi Azusa is a popular teenage gravure idol. She's also a highly talented baseball player, but, as a girl, she can't play on her school's team. Her father happens to be the coach of the team, and he concocts a scheme to allow her to play. His scheme involves Hirayama Keita, Azusa's childhood friend, a teenager of no particular talent. Keita's redeeming feature is that he looks a lot like Azusa. In fact, after putting Keita in a wig and girl's clothes, not even their parents can tell the two of them apart. To help Azusa's (and her father's) dream come true, Keita agrees to trade places with her during the baseball games. Soon "Hirayama Keita" becomes a popular player, and "he" begins to move towards a career in pro baseball. How long can Keita and Azusa keep up the act? What will happen when people find out?

A spin-off of the manga Akagi depicting Washizu Iwao in the pre- and early post-war period.

Nonomiya Yuuta, a ski Jumper aiming for Olympic gold, bursts onto the stage with his exceptional skills. However, his biggest problem is that he is not really a "HE"... The person claiming to be Nonomiya Yuuta is actually his twin sister, Nonomiya Nono... And with women's ski Jumping not being an official Olympic category, hiding her true identity is the only way for her to achieve the dreams of her father and brother and win Olympic gold.

Tsubame Sakamoto, 25 years old and single. She relieves the everyday stress by indulging in food and alcohol in front of baseball games. Trying out different dishes at different stadiums, with adults loudly cheering around her. It might be expensive, but nothing tastes better than beer after a win. Free from the pressure of society, she will enjoy the best baseball stadium food!---- (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0zfSjyskgIWyAhaN76PJDQu88ci4eI7j)+

"My name is Gen Kurosu, and as long as I stand, the Victory Flag will never fly over the heads of the Red Army! The machines roar and blood sprays! My name is Gen Kurosu!"Motocross is a sport in which contestants race for fame on steel horses through rugged, rough terrain. The essence of motocross is the struggle against the harsh nature and oneself. This is the story of a lone warrior who, despite being called "Stupid Don Quixote," stands in the way of the "Red Army," the most powerful motocross team in Japan, which has achieved an undefeated record of 150 victories in a single year. This is the memorable first serial publication of manga master Tetsuo Hara!

Sakuraba Taiko has been into ballet since she was a kid. Her mother also used to dance, although she gave it up to take a more traditional life path. Therefore, she was eagerly supportive of Taiko's interest in ballet. Taiko's life was staggered by the death of her mother in a car accident, but she has continued to dance, although her heart is no longer in it. Her remaining family and childhood friends support her as she chases her dream to become a famous dancer.Her latest role is in the ballet "Giselle" as Myrta, the queen of the Wilis, spirits of young, virginal women who died before their wedding day. One day when she comes to the studio, she meets a beautiful, famous male ballet dancer, Mikami Akira, and she instantly crushes on him. Will she be able to dance well enough in her role to impress him and live up to the expectations of the whole ballet group? Will she be able to sort out her own feelings towards ballet and her mother's death?