Play Ball
574
After fracturing a finger in a junior high school game, Takao Taniguchi is unable to play baseball. After entering Sumitani High School, he is constantly watching the baseball club even though he is unable to play. He catches the eye of the captain of the soccer club, and while he still has lingering hopes of joining the baseball club, he decides to join the soccer club. While he's a complete beginner, Taniguchi developed a strong spirit of hard work while in junior high school and his new teammates begin to see his potential. While he focuses all of his energy on soccer, he is unable to forget his youthful zeal for baseball and he begins umpiring baseball games in secret. (Source: Wikipedia)
Aa! Seishun no Koushien
168
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.
Inazuma Eleven: Baku Gaidenshuu
395
The first volume features different stories about the original cast's training sessions and special techniques. It fills in gaps that were never explained before and offers a new point of view about some in-game scenes. The second volume recreates the world seen in the videogame "Inazuma Eleven Strikers" for Wii, from the point of view of Inazuma Japan. It features many characters from every season and situations only seen in said game.
Moonlight Shogi
114
One day, a young man named Himuro Shousuke shows up out of nowhere, claiming he wants to become a shogi master. When he is told that he must follow the appropriate channels to become a pro shogi player, he produces a recommendation from a highly respected master, Mikami Sankichi. Shousuke claims he trained with Sankichi in Kochi, and now he's ready to skip the early steps of becoming one of the elite. People are understandably skeptical, but Shousuke begins to beat the skilled players they match him up with. Some are unhappy about an outsider coming into their hierarchy at a high level, but will they be able to stop his rise? The future is full of the internal politics of the shogi world and exciting shogi matches!
Do Da Dancin'!
260
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? (Source: MU) Volume 9: Gekka Bijin, Imagine Bangai-hen: Do wa Doughnut no ♪
Winner's Circle e Youkoso
529
Being a manga author has always been Yamakawa Nanao's dream. He even postponed college for two years so that he could pursue it, but when his work that he put everything he has into it is rejected by every publisher, he loses hope. At a below average college and no real direction in life, Nanao meets a fortune teller that leads him to the horse tracks. There, he meets a group of college students, Beniko, Midori, Shun and Soukichi, who form their own winner's circle, a group of people who bet on horses not for entertainment but as a form of income. Nanao has no knowledge of horse betting but his ability to see the smallest of details in the horses shocks the members and he is allowed to join the club. If he plays it right, he could make an extremely comfortable living off of this new found talent. (Source: MangaHelpers)
Battery
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Meet Harada Takumi—not even in junior high and he's the best pitcher in the region, although he's frustrated and ready to give up, because he can't find a catcher who is good enough to keep up with how he pitches in this backwater town his family has just moved to. Then along comes a kid named Nagakura Gou… (Source: MU)
Red Pegasus
72
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… (Source: MU) Volume 14: F1 Circus, Le Mans
Attack!!
853
Harutaka Katou, 1st grade students in Kakegawa high school with the extraordinary ability to jump. After look at his ability, Maiko the volleyball club manager's kept urging him to join as. Finally, Harutaka persuaded to enter the club. However, volleyball club had another star, Yuuta Kaneko! Harutaka upset and trying to show off. But, all of his smash managed to block by Yuuta!! So, what will Harutaka do!? (Source: MU)
Grander Musashi
116
Musashi lives with his father. His mother left them three years ago, but Musashi believes she will come back to them. One day they move from Tokyo to a village in the countryside. Musashi hates living in the countryside and asks his father to take him back to Tokyo. He wonders if his mother will be able to find him in their new home. Soon after moving to the countryside, Musashi happens to see a man fishing for bass with a decoy fish. Musashi is fascinated by lure fishing. He learns a lot from the man, and discovers that his mother's father was a grand champion of bass fishing. Musashi feels that fishing could lead him to his missing mother. He shows a marvelous talent for lure fishing and takes trips with his friends he first meet, Mio and Suguru to many places around the world in search of various incredible fish. Through fishing, Musashi comes to enjoy living amongst nature.
Goddamn
355
Gen Todoroki, a talented but accident-prone rally driver, gets offered a contract deal from a big-shot car company
and the deal comes with a chance to prove himself in the world of rally racing.
However, the road there is bumpy and rife with tough competitors...
Black Out
1,590
Kuroki has been asked to replace an injured pitcher in Koshien,and he performs well until an accident happens at the last inning. His team is lost. After the game, Kuroki sees a smile on the face of Suzuki who missed to catch the ball at the last inning. Unable to hold his anger, Kuroki causes a fight. As a result, his school is banned from Koshien. Two years later, Kuroki, who has not attend school since then, receives a mysterious letter from Suzuki, and shortly after that, he sees the news about Suzuki having committed suicide. From the letter he received, he knows this is not a suicide incident and promises he will solve this mystery.
Baiking
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Itto Ippongi, like his name suggests, doesn't know how to give up even when he's doing things wrong. He's not good at much, but he can deliver your ramen takeout in record speed on his bicycle. Once Miyata, a classmate who participates in bicycle races, sees Ippongi on his bicycle, he knows right away that he wants Ippongi on his team, Cycle On.
Our Field of Dreams
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A soccer loving boy Takasugi Kazuya dreams of playing soccer with his Japan League star father at the National Yoyogi Stadium. The story follows Kazuya's life as he travels to Argentina, plays for Yamaki, and goes to the 1998 World Cup in France.
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