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Hanamichi Sakuragi, a tall, boisterous teenager with flame-red hair and physical strength beyond his years, is eager to put an end to his rejection streak of 50 and finally score a girlfriend as he begins his first year of Shohoku High. However, his reputation for delinquency and destructiveness precedes him, and most of his fellow students subsequently avoid him like the plague. As his first day of school ends, he is left with two strong thoughts: "I hate basketball" and "I need a girlfriend." Haruko Akagi, ignorant of Hanamichi's history of misbehavior, notices his immense height and unwittingly approaches him, asking whether or not he likes basketball. Overcome by the fact that a girl is speaking to him, the red-haired giant blurts out a yes despite his true feelings. At the gym, Haruko asks if he can do a slam dunk. Though a complete novice, Hanamachi palms the ball and makes the leap...but overshoots, slamming his head into the backboard. Amazed by his near-inhuman physical abilities, Haruko quickly notifies the school's basketball captain of his feat. With this, Hanamichi is unexpectedly thrust into a world of competition for a girl he barely knows, but he soon discovers that there is perhaps more to basketball than he once thought. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Teikou Middle School is famous for its highly renowned basketball team, which produced the famed "Generation of Miracles": a team of five prodigies, each with their own unique abilities, considered to be undefeatable by the time they became third years. However, blinded by pride, they split up, entering different high schools upon graduation. Taiga Kagami, having just returned from America, joins the basketball team at Seirin High School in search of strong team members. There, he finds Tetsuya Kuroko, a seemingly unimpressive player, only for Kagami to find out that Kuroko was the "Phantom Sixth Man" of the Generation of Miracles: an invisible player who used his impeccable passing skills to support the team from the shadows. Together, they resolve to defeat the Generation of Miracles and make the Seirin basketball team the best in Japan. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Who were the legendary "Generation of Miracles" that led Teikou Middle School to three consecutive basketball championship titles? The group consisted of five prodigies—alongside their "Phantom Sixth Member"—and dominated the courts, striking down any who stood in their way. Outside of the sport, these talented players were simply middle school boys dealing with their own problems, such as getting through the midterm season and surviving an unlucky day. Kuroko no Basuke: Replace captures the off-court adventures of Tetsuya Kuroko and the Generation of Miracles during their days at Teikou. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

The college basketball team Strky, comprised of familiar faces from past Interhigh tournaments, is ready to face off against the Jabberwock, a popular American street basketball team that has just arrived in Japan. But what they believe will be a friendly match against a foreign team turns into a devastating loss, and afterwards, the Jabberwock's captain Nash Gold Jr. comments that the people of Japan are equivalent to monkeys and should stop pretending to play basketball. Angered by this insult, Kagetora Aida proposes a rematch with a different Japanese team, to which Nash accepts, believing the outcome will be the exact same. For the revenge match, Kagetora assembles the Vorpal Swords, consisting of the Generation of Miracles alongside Tetsuya Kuroko and Taiga Kagami—the only team that stands a chance in teaching the Jabberwock a lesson. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

The "Generation of Miracles" is a name given to a team of five middle school basketball prodigies who led Teikou Middle School to win three consecutive championship titles. Underneath all of the prestige, they are middle school students with middle school problems at the end of the day. From managing their crushes to planning the perfect summer vacation, these prodigies find themselves in typical age-appropriate situations in the company of amusing friends and teammates. Adapted from the light novels of the same series, Kuroko no Basuke: Replace Plus follows the antics of Tetsuya Kuroko and the Generation of Miracles before they went their separate ways. Intermixed with the hilarity are anecdotes from their high school teammates, who also end up in strangely hilarious situations outside the court. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Being the eldest child of a large family, Yuki Machida was forced to become the responsible one of her many siblings at a very young age. Accustomed to making sacrifices for them, she is all too familiar with disappointment and the pain of suppressing her true feelings. Though expecting nothing to become of them, Machida becomes the basketball club manager in order to be closer to her crush. But at the start of the new school year, Shou Naruse joins the team. He is extremely talented... and has taken an interest in Machida. Stoic-faced and cold, she is unfazed by his advances, despite how relentless he is when it comes to winning her love—from kissing her with no warning to asking for permission to grope her. Keeping her cool and focusing on basketball becomes a much more difficult task when Naruse makes no effort to conceal his desires. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tomomi Nomiya, former captain of his high school's basketball team turned delinquent, decides to drop out of school after he is crushed by the guilt of ruining a young girl's life in a traffic accident. As he dedicates his free time to helping her, he stumbles upon Kiyoharu Togawa, a former sprinter who has lost the use of his right leg and now plays wheelchair basketball as an alternate outlet. After challenging Kiyoharu to a one-on-one game, Tomomi is completely defeated. Inspired by this encounter, he realizes that he can't let his love for basketball die so easily and decides that he will do what he can to help others while striving to become a professional player. Meanwhile, Hisanobu Takahashi, Tomomi's replacement as the high school's team captain, gets into an accident and finds himself permanently paralyzed below the waist. Real tells the touching tale of these three young men as they struggle to overcome their disabilities and inner conflicts in order to achieve their dreams while igniting a passion that will bring them together. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Sixteen-year-old Kyou Aizawa's relationship with her father has always revolved around basketball. He wanted to join the NBA, but suffered a knee injury that ended his dream; since then, he has tried to live vicariously through Kyou. When her father suddenly gets transferred to another part of the country, Kyou gets the opportunity to attend Seisyu Academy. She is excited because Seisyu is famous for its cute girls' uniforms. When she opens the box sent by the school, however, Kyou discovers an unflattering boys' uniform instead! As it turns out, her father has faked paperwork and enrolled her as a male student so she can join the school basketball team, which is ranked fourth in Japan. As a sacrifice to carry on her father's legacy, Kyou begrudgingly cuts her hair and moves into the boys' dormitory. She meets her roommate and teammate Chiharu Eniwa but somehow manages to irritate him on the very first day. He is quick to taunt Kyou about her short stature and questions her dedication to the sport. Will Kyou be able to live in close quarters with someone so annoying and thrive on the basketball team, all while hiding her true gender from everyone? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

He's short, weak, and has just transferred to a new school. Kurumatani Sora is the main character in this story who loves basketball. He has been shooting hoops ever since he was little and has been trying to grow tall just like his mother, who "used" to be a basketball player. What has happened to her and what Sora is going to do at the new school is all up to you to find out!

Ogata Natsuki is the best player on the Kakuchi Junior High Basketball Team. Which is not saying much because they couldn't even get through the 3rd round of the Prefectural Tournament from freshman year until the end of Junior High. For High School, his friends convince him to try out for the Number One High School Basketball team, Fujiwara Academy. So he goes to live with his aunt who runs a hot springs resort to go and try out for the best. Fujiwara Academy. The thing is...he's small. So people look down on him and he has trouble convincing people he's any good. Through one thing or the other, he ends up with Tachibana Mitsuki watching her school, St. Mariannu High go up against Fujiwara Academy in a practice game. But the thing is, St. Mariannu is very weak. Weaker than even his former school. Fujiwara is just toying with them and now they don't even want to finish the game. What will happen now? Will Natsuki ever be able to achieve his dreams of being High School Basketball's Number 1? And will it be with Fujiwara? (Source: Selene Scans)

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. (Soure: Wikipedia)

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 benchwarmer, 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)

Hideyoshi is a homeless boy living in New York in the near future, who survives by hustling other kids in basketball games. But now he's been drafted into a pro team-a pro team with a very unique goal. There once was a time when humans dominated the game of basketball. But times have changed, and now the physically superior alien players have taken over the game, and there are barely any human players next. But Hideyoshi's team—the first all-human team to compete in the Space League—intends to change all that, and bring the championship back home to Earth. (Source: ANN)

The greatest sportsman in the world is Kappei, a sixteen-year-old high school boy who gets his strength from the sight of a nice pair of knickers. (Source: AnimeNfo)

From Possible Soup: Hokuto is a first year student at a famous athletic school... however, he doesn't happen to play any sports due an anxiety problem that he had developed. Now, after being pressured by his friend Yuri, he has become the manager of the basketball club. Strange things start to develop as he gets harassed by some of his senpais and begins to battle some demons...

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...

Tired of constantly being compared to his prodigious older sibling Riku, Raimu decides to take him head-on by surpassing him in the field of basketball. (Source: MU) Included one-shot: Volume 15: Trick Shot

At the outset of the manga the team is in trouble, as there are not enough players to play a game. Additionally, the coach has left after a conflict with Fujiwara. However, Aikawa transfers to Mizuho and through his enthusiasm and sheer love of the game, infuses the few remaining members with a sense of purpose. Despite the fact that there are only five of them (i.e., they have no substitutes), they manage to get the coach of the girls' team to coach them as well. At first, she seems very strict, but later reveals her attachment to her "Dear Boys." Together, they do their best to make their dreams come true. (Source: Wikipedia)

The Mizuho team continues their dream to the National Tournament.

Mizuho continues its quest for the national championship against rival Narita Chuuou.

In this special edition of the teenage basketball manga classic, "Dear Boys," Takumi Fujiwara and Ranmaru Miura of Mizuho Junior High meet Tsutomu Ishii and Kenji Dobashi from Takakura Junior High at a Mizuho High basketball game. The four boys aim to be the number one basketball player.

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Haruyoshi, who has always been stuck as a bench warmer, 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... (Source: SCX-Scans) Included one-shots: Volume 1: Rewrite Volume 2: Ryuusei Storm

Tatsuya Tachibana is a sixteen years old guy that decides to not go to highschool and devote his life to basketball. After a year, Tatsuya spend his days with Taizo and Ako, friends from middle school attended the basketball's club with Tatsuya, playing streetbasket at the playground and scraping together money in 3 vs 3 matches. One day, after a huge defeat both in numbers and money in a 3 vs 3 match against Ryoji, an old acquaintance from the past, Tatsuya is approached by a weird man named TJ. TJ is a professional Streetball player, he is interested in the way of playing of Tatsuya&Co and decide to give them the chance to training with his team. Tatsuya&Co play against TJ and his friends, realizing soon that they are still very inexperienced and not ready to enter this world. The way for Tatsuya to embrace and understand the sport loved by his late father is still very long.

In their first year of middle school, Akatsuki Higashino and Kiyoharu Kido were the only members of their basketball club. However, they find themselves transferred to the nearby Takadori Ichuu Middle School the next year and decide to join its basketball club, wishing to continue playing together. To Akatsuki's surprise, Takadori Ichuu has a very strong team, and entering it is more difficult than he thinks. Although he has exceptional dribbling skills, Akatsuki is terrible at shooting the ball and scoring points. As a result, he is placed in Team F—a place for those who fail the selection—while Kiyoharu manages to enter the reserves. Despite the outcome of the tryout, the optimistic Akatsuki is not discouraged in his quest to join Kiyoharu. Thus, the two friends promise each other to never give up on their beloved sport, striving to once again stand on the same court together as starting players of the Takadori Ichuu Middle School basketball team. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Satou Yuuho gets called out by the cute basketball club manager, Koganei Mao. He thinks that it is a love confession, only to find out that it is only to help the basketball club...

Touma has moved back! The boy who taught Manatsu the joy of basket-ball. And it isn't long that they start a love affair. But there are enough enviers who want to destroy this relationship. (from Baka-Updates)

Taiki Inomata is a student enthusiastic about sports and aspires to arrive first at his school's blue-box gymnasium every day. Unfortunately, his morning smile quickly turns into a frown as he loses again and again to the girl's basketball team leader: Chinatsu Kano. Despite this, Taiki secretly likes his senior, and just the sight of her rekindles his zealous spirit. With a firm resolve, Taiki plans to declare his love to Chinatsu soon. However, a love confession is far from easy, with Chinatsu potentially having other admirers and Taiki being a complete stranger to her. Can Taiki's youthful love flourish inside the blue box? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Taiki Inomata, a third-year student in junior high, attends Eimei Academy, an integrated school with a major sports program. Having joined the high school badminton team, Taiki tries to attend open practice as early as possible. But no matter how early he goes, he always arrives second in the gymnasium. The person one step ahead of him is Chinatsu Kano, a first-year student in senior high and Taiki's crush. Chinatsu is the rising star of the basketball team, and the gap between her and Taiki could not be greater. Although Taiki is a decent badminton player, his popularity is nowhere near Chinatsu's, making it even less likely for his feelings to be reciprocated. However, in a strange twist of fate, she ends up living in Taiki's house! Wanting to become a worthy match for Chinatsu, Taiki pursues the same dream as his crush: to partake in the Nationals. Taiki starts training harder than ever before, all for the sake of building a strong relationship with his new housemate. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Yoshiyuki is high school student and loves basketball. She is involved in a love triangle. School affairs seem endless, will she find her true love? (Source: MU)

Being overwhelmingly tall is a trait many sports players dream of, but for Tsubame Haruno, it's a nightmare. All she wants to do is blend in with the crowd. Sports clubs seek her out with high expectations, but when her natural abilities end at just her height and her true, clumsy colors are revealed, it's a disappointment for everyone involved. Despite Tsubame having come to terms with her flaws, Ibis Akikaze—the ace of the girls basketball team—hasn't lost faith in her underclassman and recruits Tsubame into the club. What starts out as a simple favor for Ibis quickly becomes a passion that Tsubame gets hooked on, even after a few mishaps. With the help of the team, Tsubame learns to appreciate her height and make the very most of it through basketball. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Hasegawa Subaru enters a basketball club of Nanashiba High School, but the activity of the club gets suspended because the club leader falls in love with an 11-year-old daughter of the coaching teacher. Subaru's aunt asks him to coach a basketball club of elementary school girls. At first, he is reluctant to teach small girls, but he devotes himself to the club as he knows the complex circumstances of them.

Hasegawa Subaru enters a basketball club of Nanashiba High School, but the activity of the club gets suspended because the club leader falls in love with an 11-year-old daughter of the coaching teacher. Subaru's aunt asks him to coach a basketball club of elementary school girls. At first, he is reluctant to teach small girls, but he devotes himself to the club as he knows the complex circumstances of them.

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Mishima Isami has never been able to participate in sports or clubs due to her poor health. Now that she's entering high school, she's decided to turn all that around. Her goal, inspired by a popular manga, is to become a member of the girls' basketball club. She may be little, weak, and inexperienced, but she makes up for it with her enthusiasm and stubbornness. After winning over the other girls on the team with her spirit (though not her skills), her basketball life has begun. It's going to be a tough road, since she is still far behind the other girls in terms of ability, but Isami refuses to give up! (Source: MangaHelpers)

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High school freshman Igarashi Sei belongs to the women's basketball club. Sei takes interest in Asuka, an unfriendly girl who has an outstanding basketball sense, but can't fit in with the team. The two gradually deepen their bond as they aim for nationals. Sei, however, starts to experience emotions like "love" that he cannot tell anyone about... (Source: Takarajimasha)

High school freshman Sei Igarashi has quit basketball after an incident. However, he comes across a girl, Asuka Shinjo, playing basketball and is inspired to play again. Sei takes an interest in the unfriendly Asuka. The two develop a bond as they try to make it to the nationals. (Source: TVtropes)

The story centers on a group of youkai and the members of a basketball team known as the "Hiroe Industry of 5 Fouls" who always lose. (Source: ANN)

One day in front of the Dadakusa girls' basketball team, a man calling himself a prophet appears. "The earth will perish if you don't win the prefectural tournament." Find out the fate of the earth, basketball, and love by reading "Toriaezu Chikyuu ga Horobiru Mae ni." (Source: Domabaem's Tumblr)

Nanako has enrolled at the same high school that her late older brother had attended. She wants to fill in the place of her brother on the team and make it to the national championship. However, the basketball club has been disbanded. But, Nanako is not discouraged, and together with the always energetic Karan, starts a new basketball club.

On the planet Earthdash, its inhabitants gaze on its moon and the technologically advanced lunar city of Mooneyes with awe. Dan JD, a boy living in Rollingtown on Earthdash's surface, gets caught up in Bigfoot Basketball—a fast-paced sport played with giant Bigfoot robots. (Source: AniDB)

The very tall Ryuudo Kagetora aims to be the best basketball player in Japan! He has chosen a formerly famous basketball high school, in order to bring it to new glory. He also dislikes girls, ever since a girl beat him at basketball in grade school. There is also another new ace player joining the basketball team, Ichinomiya Chiaki. However, Chiaki was an ace on the middle school women's basketball team. She becomes a man when she's on the basketball court, and she was kicked out of women's basketball team when her quirk is revealed. Ryudo learns her secret, and reluctantly becomes her ally and roommate! (Source: MangaHelpers)

Miyuki Nimi (15) has suffered the biggest embarrassment of her life! Now she's moved as far away as she can get - to the rural prefecture of Shimane. But the wheel of destiny begins to turn as she meets the beautiful basketball player Shou Sakomizu! Watch as an average daydreaming girl challenges herself and the world! Laugh and cry with her in this Mangabox-original sports drama! (Source: Manga Box)

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Narima gets mocked by a tall basketball player and bets in a match against him.

Consists of a compilation of side stories including, Indian Summer by Hiroyuki Asada.

The story about Mishima Dunk, a small boy who dream to be the first Japanese NBA player.

New school, new teachers, a new class, new friends... and basketball. All these things that Ishizuka Sakura are looking forward to are rudely interrupted by the fact that she's running late on her first day of high school! Everything is a mess with her being told the wrong directions to the auditorium, and after school when she looks to relax and play some basketball... she meets the legendary Miyamoto Hayato and Tadashi twins. She wants to team up with them, but will they accept...?! Read and find out! (Source: Selene Scans)

ILDA is one of the best basketball players. He even has his own cheering section. Tsubaki finds herself staring at him while she practices her shoots. But her team is not even good. And if they don't find a way to win the next basketball game, their team might get canceled!

David Suh was once known as a basketball genius, but now he works as an employee at a convenience store. One day he receives an unexpected visit from an old friend who offers him a position as a high school basketball coach. David accepts the offer thinking he would make a grand comeback on the court as the coach of a famous high school basketball team. However he soon finds out that he was seriously mistaken. This is a story about a women’s basketball team that surpassed everyone's expectations. (Source: Tapas Media)

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Haruto Ichinose has an older brother, Shori Ichinose, who has excellent grades, is a basketball prodigy, and is very popular in school. Although he says he hates basketball, he trains alone and challenges his brother, only to be beaten back. On the other hand, his older brother Shori seems to recognize his "talent" more than anyone else, but who is he really...? (Source: Kodansha, translated)

Make a wish and destiny will make sure to interfere. Eundeok is a (wannabe) normal high school freshman. But alas, he is too tall and built for his own convenience—chased by every varsity team wooing him since Day 1, he runs and runs and then ends up in a basketball court, a space where his childhood trauma and frustration still remain. Mistaken as a rumored super-rookie, our hero reluctantly picks up the ball. But, this time, it looks like there is something to help him carry on. (Source: Webtoon Entertainment)

“Passion can go to hell." What will be the fate of the basketball team full of losers? (Source: Naver Corporation, translated)

Demian Kawai, who grew up being told by his mother that he is the son of a famous basketball player, became a member of a basketball team. Demian's abilities have earned him the respect of those around him, but after an injury and the mistake in a game, he has lost his confidence. Although he tries his best to rehabilitate himself, Demian suddenly feels as if his upper body is frozen while playing. When he consulted a doctor, he was told that it was a symptom of the "yips." This is a "rise after the fall" story. (Source: Shogakukan, translated)