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The story about the living legend of Fighting Games, Daigo Umehara is now in comic form!The year is 1996. Shinya Oonuki is another gifted gamer living in the same era as Umehara. This man encounters the glamor of fighting games which leads him towards the path of obsession. This story covers the raging battles between Umehara and Nuki, two players who have carved their names into the history of fighting games!

Story about Makoto Osawa, a university student on the regatta (rowing) team. He and his friend have dominated the intercollegiate competition for the double scull. Along with his friend's girlfriend (and team manager) Misao , the team has dreams of participating in an Olympic competition. But his friend's death in a racing accident leaves Makoto broken up, and he has to deal with pulling himself together as well as facing the trials of love and friendship.

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!

Prequel to the Gundam Build Fighters TV anime, covering how Yuuki Tatsuya got into Gunpla Battle.

An official *Inazuma Eleven* spin-off manga focusing on the casual daily life of Gouenji Shuuya, known as the "Flame Ace Striker" and shows what the cool collected Gouenji is thinking about.

Akane Tachibana is a freshman high school student who, despite his talent for basketball, decides to abandon sports clubs due to the pressure put on him by them. Once he arrives at Kouzu High, however, he meets the only other basketball player who has ever caught his eye on the courts and decides to join the team. The first match of the season is an exhibition game against the league's strongest team, Hyamazaki"the team that Hiiragi's father coaches and in which his older brother plays for. Hiiragi ends up playing in the second half of the game, and they seem to not be working well together on the court, losing the game, until unintentionally one of the senior players on the team challenges them to beat him. They join forces, inspiring the team to victory. Thus starts the story of a group of teenagers working to reach the top, fighting tooth and nail the entire way.

Kuhou Komado tries to scout Haimura Enjirou to the baseball club in Benten high school after hearing that he led Toyosawa to be runner-up in only one year and then suddenly disappearing like a smoke. But he has no time for baseball as he have 100 million yen debt. Benten is in dire situation that makes Kuhou Komado agrees to paying his debt in exchange for playing for them.Base Ball manga you may also like:+Diamond no Ace+Diamond no Ace - Act 2

Lately, Odachi has been struggling with a lack of confidence in his play. Since his debut match, where he faced off against the "G**" of shogi, something has changed within him. Will the day come when he can surpass the G** of his generation? A tale of a self-proclaimed average shogi player, his friends, peers, and rivals, and the G** before him.

Noboru Takizawa is your normal student. However upon being transferred to a new school the first thing that happens is that he steps on a land mine! From that point on, he fights against the hall monitor and gets past him. In the turmoil of it all, he meets the lovely Yukari and befriends her. Later on, he meets Ibuki, who later becomes his rival to win Yukari's heart.It turns out that the school Takizawa has transferred to is trying to tyrannize the students of the class he's entered. It is now his job to try and help them out and keep their class! He does this by trying his best in showing the class has potential in a sports festival at the school. Meanwhile in the background, Takizawa's father is setting the teacher's straight and making them stop their evil ways.The basic plot is that Takizawa transfers to schools where the teachers have messed up methods to deal with students, or schools where there are obscure and crazy rules. His father accompanies him and pretends to be one of the teachers to try and sneak up on the evil or corrupt teachers and end their tyranny.

A sequel to Dance! Subaru.After the events of Subaru, the ballet dancer Miyamoto Subaru works in a German ballet company. However, after using pneumonia as an excuse to cancel at the last minute on her company's tour of Japan, she is forced to accept the damage she has done to her professional career. As she struggles with her sense of self-worth, she meets Nico, an amazing, handicapped ballet dancer. Nico lost his vision, in addition to his ballet partner and lover, in a tragic accident. Will Subaru be able to reach out to him, and help him to once again dance with a partner? In doing so, will she be able to find her own place in this world?

New freshman Maki is very excited to join the basketball team. While trying on new shoes she instanlty gets a crush on the sales boy. It turns out he is a second year on they boy's basketball team at her school. But what's this? The boys and girls basketball teams are at eachother's necks and no interelationships are allowed!! So what is sempai thinking when he suddenly declares he and Maki are dating in front of both teams? Who is the beautiful girl he seems to have broken up with? And what could they possibly have to do with this terrible rule?

A collection of short stories: Boketsu Taikutsu na Tsuki Johnny kara no Dengon Round Girl Nade-shiko Chinpa Jinsei Kaya no Soto (Kari)

Akatsuki and his good friend Kiyoharu (called Kiyo-chan by Akatsuki) have been playing 'two player' basketball for quite sometime. Unfortunately, things started to change after they have joined in a very strong basketball team in their new school. Both of them were forced to separate into two groups: Kiyoharu was in the 'B' group and poor Akatsuki was put under 'F' group, which is known as the 'Failure' group. However, Akatsuki was not discouraged at all. He continues to train hard and always has a smile on his face. Will Akatsuki succeeded in his promise to Kiyoharu to become an official player? And what is blocking the path towards reaching his goal?

In the Future Century (F.C.), humans have ruined the Earth. Much of mankind has abandoned Earth for space colonies, with each country on Earth having a corresponding space colony. Instead of having wars, a "Gundam Fight" is held every four years, where a representative will pilot a Mobile Fighter and compete with other Gundams until only one is left. The winning country is allowed to rule the Earth for four years until the next Gundam Fight.

Main chara is originally the Japanese country voted as a talented player red star hawk. After leaving national sports team for period of time, he joined the youth army once more for the world blue cup. Facing powerful enemy from various countries, how to overcome the difficulty and obtain the world blue cup?

From JShoujo Scans:When Ageha was younger, she watched a tennis game and was affected by a passionate young tennis player. Years later she was determined to become the number one tennis player and to join the tennis club in her new high school.

The love story that brings sadness to the heart. A new romance story from the creator of Nozoki Ana and Nozomi x Kimio.

The main character, Kominato Ryo, who is only engaged in cooking, was allowed to enter the prestigious Cho Gakuen Private School on the condition that he work as a cook in a student dormitory under the supervision of his father. However, the "dormitory" was the women's dormitory where future gold medal candidates lived. The nutritional requirements of top athletes are naturally high. Fill their stomachs and take on the challenging mission of building your body for the Olympic Games!

Walkure Romanze's story revolves around Takahiro Mizuno, a student studying at an academy with jousting as its main focus for sport. Takahiro acts as an advisor to the riders of the sport. Takahiro goes through each day tediously until the time of the annual competition draws near. Due to some odd circumstances, his childhood friend Mio Kisaki is enrolled into the competition. As she has never even rode a horse once in her life, Takahiro senses the fear in his friend and becomes Mio's coach.--------------From MangaHelpers:This manga is based on the adult visual novel of the same name. The characters all go to a school that revolves around the sport of jousting. The main character, Mizuno Takahiro, was once a skilled jouster, but he is now out of the sport due to an injury. Each knight still needs an advisor, however, and many of the cute female knights are asking Takahiro to join them for the upcoming annual school competition. However, before he decides who to advise, a series of events ends up throwing his close friend Kisaki Mio into competition jousting. Mio has never jousted before, and can't even ride a horse, so Takahiro decides he really needs to be her advisor. Will Takahiro be able to get Mio shaped up into a skilled knight in time for her jousting? [tethysdust]

Some athletes dream of the bling-bling, others dream of the women. But real hoop dreams reflect the desire to be the best. The dream of being able to take the rock, drive the lane, and take it to the hole. That's Nate Torres, branded as the team bench-warmer, just trying to get that shot at high school fame and glory. When he blows his chance to try and make his high school team, he takes his dream to the only place he has left... the streets.Away from the spotlight and glory of organized basketball, Nate Torres discovers himself on a back alley half-court.(Source: Tokyopop; In the Tokyopop edition, the character's names have been Americanized. Tooru Naruse became Nate Torres, for example.)---Toru had always wanted to be a hero -the center of attention- But whenever he tried something new, he would always give up, thinking he wasn't good enough. In high school, he enters the basketball team. As usual he ends up on the bench. Toru's childhood friend, Mizuki Kusuda, introduces him to street basketball. When Toru manages to throw the ball into the hoop in a match against Shu, the street basketball champion and member of "Three Men," something changes inside. He realizes that "if he only has the guts to carry through something without giving up, his dream will come true." He teams up with Sawamura, a fabulous 3-point shooter and wins more "3-on-3" matches. Toru's devotion to basketball affects everyone around him and his basketball team soon enters the national games.

Beatlyfe is a place where game freaks, music nerds, and adrenaline junkies intersect: a rhythm arcade. Join our heroes (read: rhythm gamers) as they work tirelessly to top their high scores, find the best late-night noodles, and support each other through life --- arcade culture at its finest.

In June 1983, Maebara Keiichi moved to Hinamizawa Village and was enjoying his peaceful life with his friends. In the midst of this, Keiichi encounters mahjong and falls in love with the game.However, the enigma of the mysterious deaths that occur in Hinamizawa village and his consecutive losses in mahjong begin to eat away at Keiichi's mind... Is this defeat a conspiracy, a coincidence, or a curse?From the moment he grabs a mahjong tile, his peaceful life begins to go awry.Read Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Jan - Tsubamegaeshi-hen on mangabuddy+

Akira always recklessly runs head-first at any problem. Having just transferred into Nanjou High's part-time evening classes, he picks a fight with the full-time students' baseball club, a favorite for Koushien who are monopolizing the playing grounds. In order to challenge the full-time baseball club on equal footing, Akira will aim for Jinguu, the home of "the other Koushien" for part-time high school students!Volume 2 includes the oneshots Inochi no Mound and Mou Hitotsu no Koushien.

Musashi and his father move from Tokyo to the countryside, much to Musashi's disappointment. One night, however, he comes across the fisherman Jim, and after seeing his skill is inspired to learn fishing himself. He shows a marvelous talent and takes trips with his new friends, Mio and Suguru, to many places around the world in search of incredible fish. Through fishing, Musashi comes to enjoy living amongst nature.

Watanabe Yuuichi, also known as Pen-chan, loves mahjong. It's just too bad that he's not very good at it. Follow Pen-chan's wins and losses (mostly losses) in a series of short tales about his friends, family, co-workers, and local yakuza until the final conclusion where Pen-chan makes the biggest gamble of his life...

Akaba Ken is a top-rank stock-car driver who was involved in a horrific accident, which killed 6 spectators. He was badly hurt, but he survived and promised his younger sister that he would give up racing. He goes to America to help his father develop a new Formula 1 racer, but in the testing of the car runs at speeds that set records so the pressure is on for him to return to racing, this time in the F-1 circuit. He has supporters, but there are also those who don't want him to come back, including those who caused the original crash

At Hagakure Academy, there is Bunbu Ryoutou - a competition of Martial Prowess and Scholarship. Kaori Arimajiki is terrible at this competition, dubbed the "Academy's Weakest One." Kaori was bullied by his fellow classmate and considering quitting the school. Kiwako Soushuin, a beautiful yet eccentric girl who is also a member of the Student Council, went to his house and "convinced" Kaori to take a last shot at another Bunbu Ryoutou, should Kaori win "You will be on track to become this Academy's Strongest One," said Kiwako. What plan does Kiwako have in mind? What kind of situation Kaori will get himself into?

Atsushi Ando (15) moves back to his home town with his family after 6 years. The story focuses on the fortunes and misfortunes he encounters in this town mostly due to pranks pulled by the ghost of his older brother, Hitsushi Ando, AKA Q-Chan, whose death prompted the family to move away in the first place.The catch is, only Atsushi can see his brother's ghost.

An amazing high school soccer player, Amagai Rihito, is making his debut! He intended to enter a high school famed across Japan for its elite soccer team, but a little mix-up with the school name has left him at a school with an incredibly weak team. After the initial shock of discovering this, Rihito decides that he's willing to work to help his weak team become the best in Japan. The only problem is the rest of the existing team is cold and unenthusiastic. Will his challenge to take on the whole team single-handedly break them out of their apathy?[tethysdust]

From MangaHelpers: Growing up, Wataru and his younger brother have both done gymnastics, much like their parents. At first, Wataru, being the older brother, could out-perform his younger sibling in the sport, but everyone quickly came to notice the large gap in talent between the two brothers. Now, his younger brother has been nominated to represent Japan in the Olympics, while Wataru lives his day-to-day life not knowing what to strive for. Wataru began attending a kick boxing gym, initially to just relieve stress. With the help of his gym mates and rivals, he begins to understand that hard work can surpass talent in the realm of kick boxing.You may also like:+ Baki Dou

The story focuses on Kusanagi Sou -- a motorcyle racing enthusiast. Although enthusiast may be too soft a word. The boy is obsessed. One day Fuwa stumbles across him sleeping outside the school with bike magazines piled around. He strikes up a friendship in order to stay close to Kusanagi, and pretends that he knows all about bikes.

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!?

A boy named Chinmi is very infatuated with billiards. Problems arise when a new student body president, Olive, suddenly decided to cut the funding for his billiards club. Unhappy with that, Chinmi wants to convince Olive that his billiards club is worthy of the funding. He decided to challenge a two-time former national billiards champion. Will Chinmi be able to defend his club?

Easy victory even real opponents would fight!!Remember the arms of "evil" gather " the strongest army in the prefecture" and thus begins the story of the Lanshan High School soccer's miracle...Reclaim the heart's spirit!! Great high school soccer novel!!

Kakeru, a former elite runner at high school, is chased for stealing food. He is saved by a Kansei University student Haiji, who is also a runner. Haiji persuades Kakeru to live in the old apartment 'Chikuseisou' where he plans to team up with fellow residents to enter Hakone Ekiden Marathon, one of the most prominent university races in Japan. Kakeru soon finds out that all of the residents except for Haiji and himself are complete novices.

Chika Kuwabara pretty much drifts through life with no purpose, her days spent at arcades or getting into petty fights. But one day, she witnesses someone practicing fencing in the school gymnasium. That glimpse begins to awaken something deep inside her!

Chika Kuwabara pretty much drifts through life with no purpose, her days spent at arcades or getting into petty fights. But one day, she witnesses someone practicing fencing in the school gymnasium. That glimpse begins to awaken something deep inside her!

From Anime Waves:Tsukasa, Tajima, Katsu, and newcomer Sae, were all members of the Hentai ShonenDai (Perverted Boy's club) at the tender age of 11. But as they grow older, how will each of their lives change? Will they grow apart, or stay true to the (perverted) passions they shared as kids. D-ASH is a story about the adventures these boys will have trying to grow up as fast as they can, being as naughty as possible all the while.

From Manga UpdatesHoriguchi Genki was a 5 year old boy. His mother died when he was born, and he was raised only by his father. His father, Shark Horiguchi, was a professional boxer, but he was ruined and became an itinerant boxer. However, Genki believed his father was strong and he would become a champion, and he had a dream to become a strong boxer just like his father.After his father's death, he was adopted by his grandparents. Although they opposed Genki boxing, Genki made up his mind to become a boxer, and he continued training secretly, by meeting with various people.

Silpheed is a horse born on a small horse ranch. Even though he is named for a fairie wind he must overcome the handicap of having been born with tendinitis of the leg, and the loss of his mother in his birth. Hayao, the young boy who loves horses, is determined to see Silpheed grow up healthy and become a top racer like his mother once was - with him as the jockey, even when Hayao's dad does not allow him to be so. However, the odds are stacked against the orphaned foal and the young boy.This story is not only about racing - and it is recommended to all manga fans out there

Kinnikuman II Sei: All Choujin Daishingeki is an alternate retelling of Kinnikuman II-sei series.