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Hirosawa Taki has practically grown up with a bowling ball in her hand. Her physical shape is great, and she can look forward to an amazing career in that sport - until one day, a series of chance occurrences brings her into contact with a sport she's never considered before: softball. She tries it, and finds she likes it. Not only that, but she's monstrously good at it. (Source: ANN)

Takuya is a normal Japanese elementary student whose mother died not very long ago, leaving him alone with his father and his baby brother Minoru. But his father is a busy man, and Takuya has to look after Minoru. Because of this responsibility that would normally never burden a child of his age, Takuya sometimes resents his fate and his baby brother... but his love for Minoru gives him the strength to carry on. (Source: ANN) Included one-shots: Volume 2: Time Limit Volume 4: Secret Boy ni Tee Dasuna!! Volume 6: Baka de Karukute Wagamama de Volume 15: Natsu to Kimi no Irradiation

Fear and darkness loom above the lives of the citizens of Ente Isla, as the Demon Lord Satan wages war against humans to rule over the world. However, just as humanity nears defeat, their champion, the hero Emilia, successfully brings Satan's conquest to a standstill. This quandary forces him to retreat to a random world known as Earth, alongside his most loyal general, Alciel. Vowing to one day return, Satan decides to recover his powers in this new world. Unfortunately, Earth ends up being devoid of invaluable magic. Even so, he remains undeterred from his goal of world domination. To cope with the disadvantage this world brings him, he disguises himself as a human named Sadao Maou. Moreover, he starts to work part-time at a fast-food restaurant, while Alciel finds a way to restore their magic reserves. Soon enough, however, Satan realizes that he wants to conquer both Ente Isla and Earth. Thus begins Satan's journey of becoming a full-time employee and climbing to the top of the corporate ladder. Yet, Emilia suddenly appears, throwing cold water on his plans once again, declaring that she's going to finish him off for good. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

The story is about how and why a guy goes from a worker at a dead-end job to becoming a boxer. (Source: MU)

The most famous and terrible family of gangsters in the whole world is about to dissolve, once it's revealed the mysterious secret of the third member, Kikunosuke, the most powerful member of the Abashiri. However, the almost pacific life of the Abashiri family gets complicated when Kikunosuke enters in one of the most prestigious elite schools, where instead of learning about art and culture, students must learn the most dangerous techniques for fighting and murdering, at the hands of cruel psychopath teachers. Only a few students manage to survive this hell of a school... but of course, in this occasion, the new student will be most terrible of the Abashiri, and things will no longer will be the same. (Source: Wikipedia)

Yearning to become the strongest in Shonan, hot-blooded delinquent Ikki Kurokami starts his third year at Tsujidou High, Alma Mater of the legendary Oni-Baku duo (Eikichi Onizuka and Ryuuji Danma of Shonan Junai Gumi and GTO). Ikki seeks to join the ranks of the Shonan Seven, winners of a tournament in which 7 representatives from each high school in Shonan participate to prove who is the strongest school, accompanied by 7 beautiful matching motorcycles. However, in order to get there, he'll also have to take on any and all challengers gunning for the same spot.

Rakugo, a traditional form of storytelling, takes years for any apprentice to master and ascend to the top rank of shinuchi. Ever since she could remember, Akane Ousaki has been mesmerized by her father Tooru's rakugo performances. Peeking in behind a sliding door, she would spend hours watching and mimicking his work. For Tooru, the only thing separating him from that coveted rank is a promotion test in front of an audience and a senior rakugo master, Issho Arakawa. Despite his passionate performance, Tooru finds himself expelled from the rakugo school following the exam. This makes him give up on rakugo entirely and settle for a regular job, breaking his daughter's heart. Filled with grief and anger, Akane now seeks vengeance on the man who refuses to see the genius behind her father's rakugo style. She begs Tooru's former rakugo master, Shiguma Arakawa, to take her under his wing. But Shiguma feels unworthy of taking on another pupil after what happened to her father six years prior. In order to see if she has what it takes to enter the rakugo world, Shiguma urges Akane to test her resolve by performing in front of an audience. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Satou Tarou, a 30-year-old construction worker, just died. Reborn into a fantasy world, he's granted such a high level of healing magic that it feels like a cheat code–and the healing potions he produces fetch a high price. Now wealthy, powerful, and with the worries of his old world long gone, he's ready to live it up in this new life...starting at the nearest brothel! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Rikitaro is a musician whose dream is to become a rock star just like Jimi Hendrix or Jim Morrison, but at the age of 27 that dream is fading away rapidly. Ooishi is a 3 time world boxing champion who recently retired and is now in the entertainment world, shooting a boxing reality show. These two unlikeliest of people cross paths one day but both of them think nothing of it until weeks later. Rikitaro is given one last shot by a record label to sign a deal but before that, they need him to get into better shape so that he is easier to sell. He stumbles upon a boxing gym which also happens to be the same gym Ooishi is filming his show. As fate’s wheels start to turn, neither man realizes that they will work together to train the best boxer ever, even better than Ooishi himself. (Source: MangaHelpers)

Yamada Taichi is an average and lonely boy who falls in love with an Idol named Shina Kokoro. One day there is a DVD promotion and a handshake event with the idol somewhere on the rooftop of a complex. Kokoro falls off the rooftop, onto Taichi who is on his way to the event. Both of them are being hospitalized. Taichi is only slightly injured but Kokoro had to go trough a sugery. While Taichi is being explained to by a nurse about what happened, Kokoro comes to Taichi's ward room. But she comes trough the wall! What's happened to her?!

High school student Ginji Kusanagi is about to make his dreams come true. He's made his professional boxing debut and is ready to go on the first date with the girl of his dreams, Minako. However, the unthinkable has happened. Ginji is in an accident, and his spirit is seperated from his body, effectively killing him before his time. A (sort of) angel tells him that he can be reincarnated as an animal and return to his body after he's lived out its lifespan. He chooses to be reincarnated as a penguin, Minako's favorite animal. Now Ginji lives with Minako as Gin the penguin and just tries to make it along as a penguin while waiting to be returned to his body. (Source: ANN)

One night after leaving a club where he was playing trumpet Ryou Takagi is jumped by a motorcycle gang. The scuffle spills out into the streets and causes a traffic accident. Because of this, Ryou is arrested and forced to do time. Upon his release, he has developed into a skilled boxer but trouble continues to find him. (Source: MU)

One social outcast unleashes a cross counter that will change the world! A raging storm of fighting action! Shotarou Mitarai has given up on life, but when he visits the great forests of Mt. Fuji to end it all, he's attacked by the Suicide Hunters. On the tip of a gruesome lynching and faced with a tragic death, the seeds of rage sprout within Shotarou! What course of action will he take from within the inferno of anger?! Awaken! Stand and fight! Let the gong of your soul sound true! (Source: Manga Box)

Do you believe in Soulmate? Himeki Sakura does. Sakura has a heart shaped birthmark on the back of her left shoulder and a psychic told her that her destined lover will have the same birthmark on the same position as her. Sakura's parent have to work abroad so she moved in with her aunt in another town and Sakura intended to find her destined lover here.

A young man finds and returns a lost wallet and cell phone to a beautiful young lady, thus begins the destined relationship between two strangers. Sound typical? Well then, how about making the young lady the young man's future homeroom teacher, and give them both a twisted sense of right and wrong. And just for kicks, let's have the young man help himself to a self proclaimed reward from the lost wallet before returning it… but of course, this scenario wouldn't be complete unless the young lady was very unforgiving when it came to teaching one of her students a lesson on morals. (Source: Infinity Studios)

Billionaire Tono Ryuichi, the President of Tono Foods Group, a giant food company, recently acquired two young female assassins from the Mexican cartel. Sui and Ai came from unimaginably poor childhoods and was given a choice between killing people or selling their body. They chose the former and went through an inconceivably extreme training and, at 17 years old, they have become one of the deadliest assassins in the world. They are absolutely obedient to their master and they are given the task of finding the killer that poisoned Ryuichi's wife and child. They begin attending high school to blend into society and, at the same time, read and study which helps them become even more deadlier on the field. Sui and Ai encounter Matoba Imari who is a high school assassin herself and may be more skilled than both of them. But unlike the two, Imari just wants to lead a normal life. Whatever Imari wishes for her life is not their problem because the only thing Sui and Ai feeds on are bloodthirst and a challenge. (Source: MangaHelpers)

After an incident that left Kou Fujimura grievously injured; losing sight from both eyes, the college student undergoes surgery and miraculously survives. However, this event significantly changes Kou's life, as he gains extrasensory perception abilities. Soon, a woman appears, and the boy's life changes overnight. (Source: MU)

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One bright fall day, young Takisawa Noboru transfered to over to Honjakuniku High, arriving an hour after the start of classes as the principal instructed him. Everything seemd to be going fine, until the mildly overzealous hall monitor Jonichi Koichi decides to charge him with tardiness, and administer punishment...see in THIS high school, any argument can be won through sports or combat, leaving Takisawa in a bit of a pinch until the lovely Yukari steps in and saves him from making himself even later than he is. But that's just the start of Takisawa's troubles...the school tough, Ibuki Saburo, has set his sights on both mashing the new meat to a pulp, and winning the hand of Yukari away from any potential suitors...in the boxing ring! Will Takisawa be able to defeat Ibuki, win the love of Yukari, and still make it to Calculus on time? Of course, it's all in a day's work for a Blazing Transfer Student! (Source: AniDB)

Moyuru Honoo enters a whole new world for him! His comic masterpiece was appointed to the big screen! Mayuru Honoo accepts all this with anticipation! In making this film, Honoo Moyuru even have fight with the director because their visions are different. What happened? Who will prevail? What is the fate of this film? This is the story of the ups and downs with the spirit of hilarious burning comic! (Source: MU)

Mirai is willing to fight to defend others. One day she defeats some thugs attacking Ryo, the idol of her school and is moved up to class 1, the top class, from the normal class 3. After defending a girl from class 0, the lowest class, from the arrogant members of class 1, she says that she wants out of the two-faced class 1. She is not only kicked out of class 1, but down graded to class 0, with the girl she defended and a mysterious black-haired boy she met earlier. The real fight begins now! (Source: M-U)

Danjou Yamato is a high school student who lives in the countryside and is the boxing champion of the region. However, when his family has to move out to live in Tokyo, he is transfered to a school in Tokyo that was previously an all-girls school. Girls have a lot of power and give the guys a hard time. But Yamato will not bow down to the power of the girls, and on his way to claim power for the guys in the school, he finds out something about his past...something that he had forgotten long ago... (Source: AnimeWaves)

Kohinata Minoru is a college student at a college that is popular for its sports rather than academic orientation. Although he starts out as a gymnast alongside his friend, Nana, Minoru is bullied by the higher ranked gymnasts. One evening, a karate student at the college, Mutou Ryuuji, witnesses Minoru being bullied and comes to the rescue... but his intentions aren't to save Minoru, but to drag him into the world of karate. Minoru makes new friends and learns some of their dark pasts, including a shocking death that reveals motives for revenge.

The story picks up where the prequel, Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru, leaves off, with a bit of a time skip. However, the focus now shifts to two minor characters from the original series, Meo and Takeru, who are now first years in Reinan High School. The student council president there is Touko Izumi, the only daughter of Koushou Izumi, the head of Koudan-kai. Naturally, she is plotting something from the very start. Akiko Takakura and Rika Akamine are new teachers at that school as well. Meanwhile, in the background, Minoru Kohinata continues his rise in the world of martial arts, transforming from Karate Shoukoushi (Little Lord of Karate) to Karate Ouji (Prince of Karate). (Source: MangaDex)

Onodera Kensaku, a self taught martial artist, undefeated street fighter gets his ass whipped by a girl. Not by just any girl, but his home room teacher Asato Nanae and her High Left Kick. You'll see brilliant pictures of high quality in shading and facial expressions, with a twist of pervertal activities and one liners that will have your sides spilitting as you follow in the wake of Onodera's adventures to defeat Asato. (Source: MU)

Heisuke just came into town and the first thing on his to do list is chasing pretty girls, which causes him to get punched in the process. After reaching the house he'll be staying at he sees a girl trying to sneek inside. Seeing this as a perfect opportunity to legitimately grope a girl, he attempts to stop this intruder only to find out that it's the same girl who punched him earlier, not only that but her name is Umi and she just happens to be one of the three sisters who live in that house along with their mother. The next day Umi finds out that Heisuke is a boxer who's skill is only eclipsed by his letcherousness. Follow Heisuke as he tries to find out which desire is stronger, his desire for boxing or his desire for girls! (Source: Mangaupdates)

Kyon is your ordinary high school freshman who has long given up on his childhood dreams of encountering the fantastic and supernatural…or so he thought. From the very first day of school, his classmate–the beautiful but eccentric Haruhi Suzumiya–makes it very clear that her only desire is to meet aliens, time travelers, and psychics! A chance conversation between the two inspires Haruhi to form the SOS Brigade, a school club created for the sole purpose of getting these supernatural beings together. The initial members consist of the mute bookworm Yuki Nagato, the timid but voluptuous Mikuru Asahina, and the polite and ever-smiling Itsuki Koizumi. By the end of this first volume, Kyon quickly finds out that these seemingly "helpless victims" of Haruhi's are actually members of secret organizations–both futuristic and alien–keeping watch over Haruhi as she is the pinnacle of some major calamity on the horizon… (Source: Yen Press)

For as long as he can remember, high school student Ichigo Kurosaki has been able to see the spirits of the dead, but that has not stopped him from leading an ordinary life. One day, Ichigo returns home to find an intruder in his room who introduces herself as Rukia Kuchiki, a Soul Reaper tasked with helping souls pass over. Suddenly, the two are jolted from their conversation when a Hollow—an evil spirit known for consuming souls—attacks. As Ichigo makes a brash attempt to stop the Hollow, Rukia steps in and shields him from a counterattack. Injured and unable to keep fighting, Rukia suggests a risky plan—transfer half of her Soul Reaper powers to Ichigo. He accepts and, to Rukia's surprise, ends up absorbing her powers entirely, allowing him to easily dispatch the Hollow. Now a Soul Reaper himself, Ichigo must take up Rukia's duties of exterminating Hollows and protecting spirits, both living and dead. Along with his friends Orihime Inoue and Yasutora Sado—who later discover spiritual abilities of their own—Ichigo soon learns that the consequences of becoming a Soul Reaper and dealing with the world of spirits are far greater than he ever imagined. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Shingo Chiryuu isn't much different than any other guy except for one thing... He's afraid of girls. Now he finds himself surrounded by girls, including the one whose attack originally instilled the fear in him, as he attempts to cure himself of his gynophobia. (Source: Solaris-SVU)

Shuuto Katsuragi is a shrimp that can't catch a break. He wants to emulate his favorite super hero, Mr. Thunder, but instead he gets teased all the time for his height and he can't win any fights. The one thing that keeps him going is his love for super heroes, which he shares with his classmate Mirea Mizushima. Little does he know that she's about to make his dreams come true by tricking him into participating in her sister's experiments!

Chizuru Yoshida is not your typical high schooler and she's all too aware of it! She has a talent with getting what she wants from her male lovers and often comes across as cold and manipulative... In truth, despite her experiences with guys, she has never been in love. That's until the fateful arrival of newly-transferred student, Azumi Yamada, at her school. It was love at first sight for Chizuru—indeed an unexpected turn of events for the story's vixen! Not only was she in love but with all things another girl. Chizuru goes through a brief stage of anger and denial and tries to convince herself that she couldn't possibly be attracted to such a simple-looking, shy, and naive girl! To her despair she finds herself constantly thinking of Azumi, so she finally resolves to become friends with her, but it's not too long when she starts to push things along with Azumi... (Source: Manga Project)

Through a strange series of events, a young man named Yakumo Fuuji becomes the immortal slave of the last of a race of 3 Eyed immortals. The immortal, Pai, absorbs his soul to save his life, making him immortal in the process. Now, he begins a journey with the female immortal in an attempt to find a way of becoming human. Of course, there are many complications along the way, not the least of which being that the immortal is a female with a split personality, one achingly cute and the other being no-nonsense destructive power, and romances that develop between.

Yuria is a humanoid dutch wife (love doll). A female android designed with the sole purpose of being the sex slave of her master. But she has one flaw. She doesn't want to be a dutch wife. After escaping from her creator, she meets Kubo Shunsuke, who gives her a place to stay. Hilarity is bound to ensue as she battles her programming, which draws her towards him, and pretty much any other man she comes across.

In the future, the most popular game in the world is Angelic Layer. Contestants must raise and train their own 'Angels' (or fighting dolls) to compete in tournaments. Enter Misaki Suzuhara, sixth grade Angelic Layer prodigy. With her speed-type angel, Hikaru, many people think Misaki stands a chance at winning the championship. She'll have a lot of help along the way, but the road to victory will be not be an easy route, especially for someone as young as Misaki. (Source: Tokyopop)

This is the story of five students who make up a crazy and unique group (the gang of the funny faces) and, in an incredible twist of luck, they befriend the cutest girl in school. Of course, they will enter into competition with many groups in their school, where teachers are tricky and sometimes clueless, where they can still defy the laws of nature to win sports tournaments and where you can still be childish, Anything could happen in this high school. (Source: ANN)

Overdevelopment and crowding in Japan has forced many of its indigenous spirits and ghosts to lose their homes. Due to problems caused by the homeless spirits, a new profession was created, the Ghost Sweeper (GS). Private exorcists for hire; they serve only the highest bidder to survive in the cutthroat corporate world. Among this, the Mikami GS Company, led by Reiko Mikami and her two assistants, the teenage boy Tadao Yokoshima and the ghost girl Okinu, is said to be the best. (Source: Wikipedia) Included one-shot: Volume 1: Gokuraku Mouja (Ghost Sweeping in the Haunted Mansion)

Sports comedy with psychic powers. The story revolves around six children and a cat who save a religious icon from a fire, in reward for which the temple god grants each of them a power that will activate on their 13th birthday. Upon entering junior high school together, the six are forced to join the Sports Rental Club, which provides temporary members to other clubs when the regular members can't participate. The main character is Misora, a straight forward type of girl who likes physical activities like kickboxing. (Source: Wikipedia)

Akarii has just joined an all-girls academy in hopes of entering the University Satellite, an elite sports training facility.

A teenage boy has now moved in the home of his mother's friend, because she had died a while back. It just so happens that the Yakuza family has four beautiful daughters, but one daughter, Hibari, who is more beautiful then the rest of the daughters, is actually a boy. Hibari just can't keep his hands off our hero and so their crazy yet happy lives go on. (Source: ANN)

Nozomi is a beautiful former actress who moves back to Japan from New Zealand. Upon arriving, she meets her fellow high school student neighbor Ryotaro. She then decides he needs to join the high school boxing club and helps him in his training.

Satoyama Katsuki and his best friend Kawakami Kyouta, both age 15, enrolls in Mizutani Boxing Gym to get close to their tomboyish crush, Mizutani Katsuki, whose father owns it. However, Satoyama soon finds out that she is distant from her father. Worse, it turns out that she hates boxing. In a sparring match, everyone including Mizutani soon discovers Satoyama's hidden yet unpolished skill in boxing. Satoyama soon learns that Mizutani is really in love with boxing, but disdains it because its a man's sport of which she cannot join. Mizutani then takes it upon herself to be Satoyama's trainer/manager to reach the championship belt. Satoyama complies to be closer to his crush. As the story progresses, we soon find out that Satoyama has a hidden past and lineage, one that would give him the necessary skill and talent to be a legendary oriental pro-boxing champion. (Source: Wikipedia)

High school romance, softball and boxing story. This manga focuses on the love triangle between Nakasato Minatsu, Akiba Shuu and Kadomatsu Naoto. Due to a strange set of circumstances, Minatsu (a softball player) is disguised as another girl when she bumps into Naoto (a boxer), who falls in love with this "version" of Minatsu. (Source: Prisms)

Dragon Gon... A 36 year old bachelor and lusterless boxer who is on the verge of retirement. By all expectations, he would quietly and uneventfully retire. Until he happened to meet a vivacious actress... Love, laughter, and boxing; a drama about the prime of life now unfolds! (Source: Viscans)

Would you give up being human—or would you become... an idol? A trio of yakuza achieve the impossible and debut as idols—and become a big hit to boot! Under the guidance of their fiendish and overcontrolling boss, three former yakuza men undergo a complete makeover and debut as the back street girl idols "Gokudols." In their dressing room, they drink alcohol and gamble, but in front of their fans, they're idols through and through. The idol gag manga "without honor" that everyone's talking about has finally been released. Is this what Japan's idol industry has come to?! (Source: Kodansha Comics USA)