High school senior Aihara Kotoko has had a crush on Irie Naoki since freshman year. But she's been discouraged from confessing to him by a few things: he's a member of "Class A," the top ranking class in school, whereas she's in "Class F"; he gets the top score on every exam; and he's so smart, popular, and handsome that he's been class president every year. When Kotoki finally musters up the courage to present him with a love letter, though, Naoki outright refuses it, telling her point blank–with a look of disgust and boredom–that he doesn't like "stupid girls." Poor Kotoko's worst nightmare! Her heart is broken, but then a change in circumstance forces Naoki and Kotoko to be together every day…!? Itazura na Kiss is a gem to the shoujo demographic, as it is the mother of a lot of cliches found in today's shoujo series. Despite the fact that it is 2 decades old, it still stands out as unique for it has the series follow the main characters well into their life, over a span of 10 years. It was so popular it inspired popular series like Marmalade Boy and Fruits Basket. However, the author had an accident while she was moving homes with her son and husband, and passed away a few months later, leaving her popular manga forever uncompleted. It was adapted into a popular Taiwanese drama under the title "It Started With a Kiss", and it even earned sequel. It was also adapted as a short Japanese drama in 1996, and an anime series in 2008, with the anime portraying the author's planned ending.

Ako Doumoto's an everyday gal, she likes shopping and has no big aspirations since her exams are a ways away. That all changes when she meets Katayose-sensei, a teacher and coach of the boys basketball team at Ako's school. Head over heels, she chops off her hair and decides to b...  Ako Doumoto's an everyday gal, she likes shopping and has no big aspirations since her exams are a ways away. That all changes when she meets Katayose-sensei, a teacher and coach of the boys basketball team at Ako's school. Head over heels, she chops off her hair and decides to become the manager of the basketball club in order to win his heart. Will he open to her will or is her close friend Taiji more for her? Show less

Japan, 1995. After graduating from high school, Ito Kaiji moves to Tokyo to get a job, but he fails to find steady employment because the country is mired in its first recession since World War II. Depressed, he festers in his apartment, biding the time with cheap pranks, gambles...  Japan, 1995. After graduating from high school, Ito Kaiji moves to Tokyo to get a job, but he fails to find steady employment because the country is mired in its first recession since World War II. Depressed, he festers in his apartment, biding the time with cheap pranks, gambles, liquor and cigarettes. Kaiji is always thinking about money and his perpetual poverty frequently brings him to tears. Kaiji's unrelenting misery continues for two years until he is paid an unexpected visit from a man named Endo, who wants to collect an outstanding debt owed to him in Kaiji's name. Endo gives Kaiji two options - either spend ten years to repay this outstanding debt, or board the gambling ship Espoir ("hope" in French) for one night to clear the debt. Using a con, Endo pressures Kaiji into accepting the deal, believing he will never come back from the voyage. The Kaiji series is divided into four parts: 1. Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji 2. Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji 3. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji 4. Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji: Kazuyahen Note: This manga officially ends at 13 volumes. Scanlated volumes 14-26 begins as volumes 1-13 in part 2 of the Kaiji series, Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji. Show less

It begins with a middle school girl

From mahou: Hirosawa Taki is a high school girl who just happens to excel at bowling. However, her high school softball team just happens to need another member just to play, and by chance, Taki throws a few pitches and finds that she loves playing softball. Join Taki as she fol...  From mahou: Hirosawa Taki is a high school girl who just happens to excel at bowling. However, her high school softball team just happens to need another member just to play, and by chance, Taki throws a few pitches and finds that she loves playing softball. Join Taki as she follows her new calling in life... Wind Mill is about Hirosawa Taki and her new calling to the softball world. Join Taki and her team as they face new challenges with each passing pitch. Show less

Tokonatsu Taichi took the summer Koshien by the storm as a sensational ace pitcher, with a full arsenal of pitches including a 98 mph fastball. But on the way home from the game, the team bus suffered a tragic accident and Tokonatsu Taichi lost his life... Only to be transported to a new world where all international conflicts are resolved by a game of baseball. Unfortunately, the country he landed in was the weakest, and had seen gradual loss of its resources and people to neighboring countries. Can Taichi turn their fortunes around?

Spring is in the air, and Kotaro is about to begin his first year of high school. He's full of hope and anticipation of a wonderful life at his new school, only to have his dreams crushed by…his family?! Isobe Isobee Monogatari ~ Ukiyo wa Tsuraiyo creator Ryo Nakama's latest series combines family and school life gags, making it feel familiar but also fresh and new. This new genre of comedy will be sure to make the grade!

Ji Eun, a young woman who writes fairy tales, goes to a friend's wedding in Guam. There she discovers the underwater world by accident and decides to become a diver to explore it. She meets a new world, people who love the sea, new creatures, and even finds love!

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The emergence of a mysterious young judoka, Yanagi Hana, who defeated world class judoka Ida Keiji, will be taking part in the Judos fest in Yahara Village, the mysterious village of Judo he comes from.

A handsome man and a beautiful woman are destined to be a match made by the heavens, right? WRONG! What happens when the most fierce assassin on the PK list uses thousands of dollars to buy the most beautiful wife only for her to turn out to be a guy?! Kidnaped into the wedding room, clothes ripped apart from his body, flushed red to the ears, he can't take it anymore! They must get a divorce!

From Shoujo Sense: Sono wants to change, so she can get a boyfriend in high school. But sleeping in and late on her way for the opening ceremony, she runs into Aona, who wants to change too. Will this fateful encounter ruin(?) Sono's chance?

Asakura Aki is her middle school's track star. She's in love with her neighbor and childhood friend, Shiiba Chihaya. There's news that a transfer student is coming with a track scholarship. Aki doesn't even lose to boys, so they decide to square off in a 100 meter race! Asakura Aki is her middle school's track star. She's in love with her neighbor and childhood friend, Shiiba Chihaya. There's news that a transfer student is coming with a track scholarship. Aki doesn't even lose to boys, so they decide to square off in a 100 meter race! Show less

BASEBALL IS CUTE!! Manga Time Kirara presents an authentic Bishoujo Baseball Manga!In her Junior High years, the pitcher Yomi Takeda was not able to get very far in a cross-school baseball tournament. Since the catcher on her team wasn't at her level, she couldn't use her signature move, the "Magic Throw," and eventually regretted not being able to use it. After Junior High, she decided to stop playing baseball and went to Shin Koshigaya High School, a school without a baseball club.There, she found her long lost childhood friend, Tamaki Yamazaki, who used to play catchball with her when they were kids. Tamaki also played baseball during her Junior High years as a catcher, and could even catch Yomi's "Magic Throw!"Their promise with each other during their childhood could now be fulfilled! Walking together on the road of baseball once again...The story of the girls who love baseball will begin!

The 1980's was an unusual decade. The price of land skyrocketed, and the value of money went well above the norm. The numbers that defined the world all spun out of control, launching one of the largest bubble economies Japan had ever seen. For Mahjong, as well, it was an age that saw high stakes games on a scale unlike any age before it. And in this age, a man some call "Kai" lives as a "Mukoubuchi", what true, lone-wolf gamblers are called.

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."

Ihn Kim is an explosive Taekwondo fighter who can throw brutal kicks, but his opponents don’t take him seriously because he’s held back by all the sparring rules. However, changes are coming in the Taekwondo world that just might give Ihn a fighting chance. Can Ihn beat the people who once mocked him and show everyone that his style of Taekwondo is no joke?

Choa is a mermaid who can’t swim! Discouraged, she trades the ocean for a pair of human legs. But when the star of the high school swim team finds out her secret, he offers her the chance to prove her family wrong: free swimming lessons for a mermaid! Original Webtoon Official Translations: English, Thai, Indonesian, Spanish, French Lee Soo-young (In Korean, Sooyoung means swimming) takes notice of Shin Cho-ah at a swimming competition. Despite telling him that she ’hates water’, it turns out that there’s more than meets the eye... especially when she touches water.

It's a story about an impulsive yet conscientious policewoman who got the talent on car racing and depending on which enables her to catch lots of criminials of the city. It's a story about a police couple acting against each other at first and fall in love with each other in the end. It's a story about speed and furious...

Shinobu is a photographer-to-be who seems to have trouble adapting to school. Her male friend, glasses guy, who is the captain of the archery team, is worried about her. Then, she meets a football guy in an interesting way. Watching the guy play, she becomes enthusiastic about taking his picture

A series of short stories. -Dojiko & Hero: Mana is a manager of the boys' basketball club of Saijo High School. She repeats blunders, but always tries as hard as she can! She is a first-year student, and in one-sided love with Haruka, an ace player. Haruka is so cool that he is likely to be isolated in the club. Mana wants to help him, but...!? -Fool For You Nanase's childhood friend, Youta, is four years older. He left 3 years ago for university and has recently returned for only a week. Although he is a fool, Nanase loves him. -We're Not Involved Chika, an upcoming model, saves Sagiri while she's being harassed by a guy in the street, and Sagiri is so mad that he bribed the guy to leave that she insists on paying her schoolmate back... -The Hallway Rumors "Wherever you are.. I will always find you," thinks Kooko about Akihiro, one of her guy friends, whom she likes. Akihiro already has a girlfriend though, and this girlfriend also happens to ask Kooko to help her make a cake for Valentine's Day...

A spin-off of the manga Akagi depicting Washizu Iwao in the pre- and early post-war period.

From We Hate Manga: Age! tells the story of Takano Eiji, a tennis player who was unable to defeat Saki at the finals of the regional championships the previous year. His problem? He doesn't know how to hit any spin and grows incredibly violent when he loses a match. Read this ma...  From We Hate Manga: Age! tells the story of Takano Eiji, a tennis player who was unable to defeat Saki at the finals of the regional championships the previous year. His problem? He doesn't know how to hit any spin and grows incredibly violent when he loses a match. Read this manga for a great combination of humor and sports. Think Prince of Tennis except much much funnier. Show less

A maths genius' kickoff!

From Viz: Hamanishi FC is your average elementary school soccer team

Qiu Ning, an apathetic snooker genius who grew up in a pool room, faces master Cheng Haiyan. Cheng Haiyan beats Qiu Ning, who lost for the first time ever, but gets interested in his skills. Qiu Ning joins Cheng Haiyan's snooker club hoping to become a professional and beat him

Gaie Kensei is just starting his high school life at the same school his childhood friend Nireki Hikari attends. His high school boasts a highly competitive kendo club and Kensei is excited to join. However, the fact that Kensei's father is a legendary kendo swordsman works against him. Once the other club members learn that Kensei is not as good as his father – in fact, absolutely atrocious at kendo – they refuse to let him join the team.Wandering around in despair, Kensei comes across the secret hideout of Ashihara Naoto. She seems highly skilled in kendo, though she spends all her time reading and claims she hates the sport. Naoto reluctantly helps him train up to prove his worth to the kendo club, though she refuses to join the club herself. On the final day of club sign-ups, Kensei finally makes it into the kendo club with Hikari, who becomes the first female member! Their kendo-centric high school life is only beginning!

Welcome to Rubbers 7, a small Japanese convenience store with a reputation for some odd owners. Rumors of mob connections and one rather eccentric boss with a passion for Ping-pong tend to keep business low. But when a young, quiet girl is framed for shoplifting and ends up working for the store. Can her touch, with the help of her unusual coworkers, including a shy boy and a drag queen, turn the fortune of the store around?

The main character wants to be a hero, but his father is a bum that loses all of their money in gambling, but he was once the ace of the japanese team in handball. He goes to a coach and asks him to take care of his son, because he got into a debt and is running from the yakuza. The coach thinks he's an outstanding talent that has been given to him to coach, and he sends his daughter to pick him. Daigo (the main character) then ends up living with them.

High schooler Torii plans to get the girl, even if she is his teacher. The teacher plans to grow up and leave behind her basketball-playing youth. In basketball, planning and strategy can win the game, but is that also true for real life? -Baka Updates High schooler Torii plans to get the girl, even if she is his teacher. The teacher plans to grow up and leave behind her basketball-playing youth. In basketball, planning and strategy can win the game, but is that also true for real life? -Baka Updates Show less

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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?

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The series depicts the casual daily life of Gouenji Shuuya, known as the “Flame Ace Striker“ and shows what the cool collected Gouenji is thinking about.

From the Animeraider: Tachikawa Tetsuya in an incoming freshman at a new high school and he’s a great archer. He wants to join the archery club to meet the one they call “Kami no Ko”, better known as Fudou Gonzaburou. Tachikawa is good, but he’s heard that Fudou is even better. The archery team at this school is in fact very good. Tachikawa also meets a pretty girl who is already a member of the club (he accidentally walked in on her while she was changing). She’s not very good from the look of things, but she is his senpai and he defers to her. She takes an immediate liking to him and kisses him after practice. Let’s try just to get past the fact that this girl is actually a boy, named Fudou Gonzaburou…