Takahashi, Tsutomu

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.

(Source: MU)

Tetsuwan Girl

鉄腕ガール

Hara, Hidenori

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.

(Source: MU)

Regatta: Kimi to Ita Eien

レガッタ〜君といた永遠〜

Shimamoto, Kazuhiko

Included one-shot: Ban Game Night (Board Game Night)

Takkyuu Shachou

卓球社長

Kajiwara, Ikki

Chiba, Tetsuya

Joe Yabuki has learned how to toughen up and stop trusting others after a troubling youth spent bouncing between orphanages and fending off bullies. After finally escaping the cycle of violent temporary homes, Joe adopts a delinquent lifestyle in the streets of San'ya, a slum in Tokyo. He makes his way through the world with his fists, picking fights with anyone he pleases.

Danpei Tange, a washed-up and alcoholic former boxing coach, notices Joe's animalistic combat ability and attempts to mentor the wild teenager. Despite developing an explosive relationship, the two form a close bond and rely on each other to look after the other homeless children in San'ya.

Unable to abandon his destructive habits, Joe is arrested for petty crimes. In jail, he meets and fights with lifelong friends and rivals, including the boxing prodigy Tooru Rikiishi. Continuously challenging Rikiishi to fights, Joe is knocked out time after time due to his savage brawling style failing in the face of Rikiishi's controlled boxing technique. But eventually, Joe stuns his rival with a knockout blow, earning Rikiishi's respect and the promise that they will one day meet again inside the professional ring.

Finding a reason to live within boxing, Joe takes life head-on with a new purpose. As he rises through Japan's amateur and professional boxing scenes, he contends with painful loss and increasing injury. Joe's passion for fighting is all-consuming, and he grapples with the idea that a life without boxing may not be one worth living.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Ashita no Joe

Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow

あしたのジョー

Morita, Masanori

Professor Kawato is the new Japanese teacher in the ill-famed Futagotamaga high shool, whose baseball club is composed by thugs and bullies who have been suspended for a year from all school competitions for causing a brawl during an official match. Now that the suspension is over, the only club's members left are interested only in women, smoking and doing nothing until, under professor Kawato's guidance, they discover a new dream called Koushien. The road to Koushien is far from easy, as they have to get back in shape, to learn how to play baseball and to win everyone else mistrust, including the principal's and other professor's one, with only a few months available. Sweating and fighting, the baseball club will find his determination and strength, as they proceed towards their dreams, while Kawato's enthusiastic and non-conventional ways slowly change the attitude of everyone near them.

(Source: ANN)

Rookies

ROOKIES

Asada, Hiroyuki

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)

I'll

I'll アイル

Izumi, Asou

It's about a girl named Hikari Kamijou who dreams of becoming a national rhythmic gymnastics champion.

Hikari no Densetsu is primarily a love story that it is set in the late 80s junior high school atmosphere. The plot revolves around four characters and how they work to achieve their dreams. Hikari Kamijou, a young, naïve, care-free, young woman who dreams of becoming an Olympic Champion in the sport of rhythmic gymnastics ever since she witnessed a performance of the young Diliana Georgieva (a champion Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast). And while she performs poorly and is not very confidant in her skills as a rhythmic gymnast, she is very passionate about the sport and shows occasional brilliance during her performances.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Hikari no Densetsu

光の伝説

Takahashi, Yoichi

Genzo Wakabayashi and Taro Misaki invites, the creator of Captain Tsubasa series,Takahashi Yoichi to travel in Europe.

Captain Tsubasa Travelling in Europe

高橋陽一先生 ヨーロッパを行く…

Sadayasu, Kei

Magoroku is a freshman from Namishiro High that posses enough to become a koshien-level pitcher but he's not satisfied with that as Namishiro is known as brutal high school. So with his power beyond ordinary humans he also tries to conquer the school.

(Source: MU)

Nanto Magoroku

なんと孫六

Ayumi, Yui

Three guys and three girls in a boarding school. Involving with soccer and love.  The main guy and main girl shares the same name, Makoto, but with different kanji.

Note: Volume 1 includes omake manga "Last Scene no Anata wa..."

Youkoso! Hohoemi Ryou e

ようこそ！微笑寮へ

Lin, Cheng Te

A teenager's life is anything but a bed of roses and Yuan Jianping will be the first person to affirm that. A Pre-U freshman with a nose for trouble, Jianping begins his hectic misadventures on the first day of school. Meeting the girl he considers as the love of his life, hitting off with buddies who bring their own share of problems into the equation and rubbing the local school gang the wrong way only promises to liven up Jianping's school experience. But what happens when things get too hot to handle?

(Source: MU)

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