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Ever since he was little, Akira wanted to be a rugby player. But since he lived on a tiny island with no other children, it was very difficult for him to learn how to play. In hopes of becoming useful to a rugby team, he practiced the one thing he could do by himself, kicking. Now Akira is heading to high school, and he's going to try to make his dreams of playing rugby and having friends come true!

From Girls' Generation Scanlations:Back in his high-school year, Saganoshima has always dreamt of being a professional boxer and joining the lightweight division ever since he went to watch a match with his old friend, Natsu. The pair, Natsu being a wonder chef, and Saganoshima being clumsy and always getting injuries from training, has always been taken cared of by Natsu. Fast forward into the future when their dreams have been achieved, the two start drifting apart from one another. Will these two get the courage to confront each other, or will they let their emotions push them further away?

Atsuki Komiya is a college student that's living alone. Suddenly, his sister visits and asks for a favor, which is to take care of his niece, Kasane, for two weeks. A story about the awkward relationship of these two, the confused Atsuki and the sullen Kasane, living together. Which direction will this story go?

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, Hyamazakithe 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.

This is part 2 of Gambling Emperor Legend Zero, picking up a few years after the cliffhanger ending of part 1.

In search of her mother Nagi, a girl from a desolate country village, comes to a big city and enters Swimming Suieikyou High School. Shortly after joining the swimming club, Nagi finds out that the pool is actually completely overtaken by boys! But in this never-practicing so-called swimming club Nagi finds something...

The continuation of Captain Tsubasa after "Road to 2002". Are they now aiming for the World Cup, Tsubasa's dream? No, Misaki has also a dream: win the golden medal in the olympics, and Tsubasa promised to help him.

A new story of a love-triangle and four oneshots, including an extra sixteen pages; all found in this comic filled with the honest love and desires of men!1) Bachi BachiTsudanuma, the captain of the soccer club and Toui, the vice captain, keep their feelings for one another hidden in their hearts. Their kouhai, Ichita, discovers their secret and decides to support them. But one day, they both end up confessing to him?! (From Blissful Sin)2) Youth, the color of sunsetA scruffy man dragged by his tough daughter to Akino's hair salon.3) Samurai HoneybeeTakasugi Encountered an interesting guy at a karate lesson.4) 723-122 (Nanai-san's woof woof - meow meow)Science fiction story about a clone and his Hybrids pets lovers5) Hatagaya LullabyA story about an old fashioned writer and an Visual Kei singer.5.5) Extra - Depression. the color blueA continuation for the second story - Youth, the color of sunset.

From Ochibichan:Kinoshita SumireDoes not participate in any co-curriculum activity and does not even like her own name. She first saw Makimura Daichi in the library. For some reason, she was very attracted to the way he twirls his pencil, and from then on, she started taking interest in him. Makimura DaichiPart of a famous ice hockey team and is secretly in love with his childhood friend, Shouji These two people have nothing in common at all, yet they are slowly getting closer to each other!

Aoyagi, a gardening otaku joins the school baseball to get the attention of the guy she likes... But what happens when they have to compete over the same position in the team?

The year is 2XXX AD, and basketball has become the most popular sport in the universe. However, the Intergalactic League - the pinnacle of professional basketball - is completely dominated by extraterrestrials. The being widely renowned as the best of basketball is Gyuma, despite the fact he is merely 19-years-old.Into this arena steps Yoshimune, an old man who believes that it`s humans who should be number one in basketball. His plan is to collect the best team of pure humans there is, and attempt to win the Intergalactic League.With this aim in mind, one of Yoshimune`s scouts - Cha-che - approach a 14-year-old prodigy named Hideyoshi, and offers him the chance to play in the Intergalactic league. His absolute self-confidence is what Yoshimune wants to drive his team to the top; right to Gyuma!

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.

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.

From Fantasyshrine:Kabutani is a "man-eater" who lives off human energy. One day, he becomes "in-heat" for his classmate, Kiriyama. Though he didn't believe when his kindred said, "Nothing compares to the taste of the human' you love!", he couldn't resist a "taste" of Kiriyama And once he had, he became addicted to that tantalizing taste only Kiriyama can provide. What would a hungry and ruthless Kabutani do to curb his craving!?

Whistle! is about a boy named Sh Kazamatsuri. He transfers from Musashinomori School to Sakura Josui Junior High School for better hopes to make the soccer team, since he never got a game at his old school due to his small stature. Yko Katori, his teacher, introduces him as a former star of the famed Musashinomori team, causing his classmates to be wrongly ecstatic. Right after that, one of the players, Tatsuya Mizuno, reveals that he was never a regular. In other words, since he never got the chance to play, Sh is a poor player. Sh struggles to improve his skill so he can make the team at his new school and to ignore the drastic disadvantage he has due to his height.

A shy boy meets a girl in the middle school swimming club. The girl with a certain esthetics problem will seek his help.

summary by Divine SanctuaryAsahi is a 7th grade student who's very bad at sports. She joined the volleyball club when she entered junior high school, only to quit it one month later because she couldn't keep up with practice. Feeling discouraged from all kinds of sports, Asahi was reluctent to join the badminton club, will she just be the laughing stock of the class again, or will she find some new hidden talent? Read on to find out!

Misono who falls in love with a handsome "boy" one day as she was taking a break from her running. She believes that she shall never meet this "boy" ever again, but after warnings about problems with her foot, Misono decides to not run for a while and help out with the drama club. There she meets her "handsome prince" once again, but it turns out "he" is not who she thought he was...

From Tenshi-Tachi:Tsukasa Miyu's life revolved around only one thing--swimming. She gets admitted to Tenkai Academy on a swimming scholarship. However, before the start of high school, she encounters Suzuki Aoi and gets drawn into a world that doesn't involve just swimming anymore...

Take Isamu is an elitist 6th grader who looks down at his peers because he is the best at everything he does at school, from looks and smarts, to his luck with girls and his abilities as an athlete. He considers himself to be in the top percent of his age group and is incredibly bored with interacting with the so called normal people. A new student, Kaname Moka, transfers into his school and as she is fairly pretty, Isamu asks her out.Moka mishears what he says and thinks he wants to challenge her, as she grew up boxing. In fact, Moka is an amazing fighter and can even take down 5 middle school boys at once. Although Isamu can't stand her violent personality and she can't stand him for having so much pride, they start to grow attracted to each other. But then Isamu finds out that not only is Moka more athletic than him from all her years of boxing, she's also much smarter than him. Will he able to get over his overly sensitive pride and dive into a romantic relationship?

When 10-year-old Kaneda Shota was involved in a car accident that claimed the life of his father, it changed the course of his life forever. Even though his mother got a job and tried her best to support her son, money was always tight. Now, unable to afford college, Shota works a part-time job, in addition to his full-time job at his uncle's factory. He dreams of one day saving enough money to go to college. He lives alone, on the second floor of one of his uncle's warehouses, and doesn't have any friends. Everywhere he goes, he rides a bicycle, with headphones to block out the flashback-inducing sounds of the cars.His quiet way of life is about to be interrupted. Due to pressures from the economy, Shota's job at his uncle's factory is going to be cut to half-time/half-pay for a while. In addition, Shota's uncle has agreed to lend the first floor of Shota's warehouse to a college club. This club is building a solar car to enter in a race, and they're hoping to get Shota to lend them his mechanical expertise. Will Yazaki Junko and the other club members be able to handle Shota's anger and bitterness, and draw him out of his self-imposed isolation?

Kentarou who works at the construction company founded by his father, meets Kawada, a salary-man sent by hir firm to the costruction site to supervise its progress. This newcomer soon brings his coworkers' dislike upon himself because of his cold attitude and his unpleasant comments. But one day, Kentarou accidently finds out that Kawada, despite his putting on airs, is still a virgin! In a moment of kindness, he decides to help him get to the next step by introducing girls to him, but Kawada seems to be more interested in Kentarou himself... ~ Ikemen Scans

Welcome to the lives and tangled loves of the Track and Field team! Stern coach Wada, dedicated and enthusiastic runner Ogasawara, kind and gentle captain Takashima, playful, teasing 2nd year Yamauchi, stoic and bad-tempered Konno and talented former runner Hashimoto Mizuki who must overcome the past if he wants to run again.

From Peccatore Sanctuary:The cheerful and open high school freshman, Nakazato Haruka has fallen in love! With his classmate - basketball's club Tajima Kaoru. Haruka started his fierce attacks, and also declared "You will like me for sure!" How will the cool and quiet Kaoru react after knowing about Haruka's feelings?

From Hochuuami:Kimi ga Koi ni Ochiru (You Fall in Love) by Takanaga Hinako starts when Mochizuki Haru has subbed in to teach and is made student advisor of the Archery club and is forced to deal with painful memories involving one of the students (Tsukasa) and the student's brother (Reiichirou).

As a child Tanabe was always tagging behind Haruyama, but in high-school after he became a ping-pong ace their relationship is gradually getting worse. Who is the one tagging along for real and why is Tanabe always so quiet? A touching and yet funny story with ping-pong as its background.This volume also contains a one-shot about one very interesting hairdresser and a two-chapter story about a dentist and his fated client.

17 year old exemplary student Bae Sugu lives alone with his father, the vice principal of his school. Weighed down by his father's expectations, Sugu has to hide his one true passion: swimsuits. He does not know where it comes from, but his passion is pure and genuine - and often misunderstood. But one day, when Sugu is secretly taking pictures of swimsuits by the pool, he is caught by his homeroom teacher who forces him into something ridiculous. Can Sugu find something to get out of the standstill his life has come to? Can his heart beat again? Webtoon from Naver

By Shoujo Crusade:Sugimura Nozomi made a pact with her childhood friend Hyoudo Rei who both have a passion for ice-skating that when they grow up, they will both pair up to get into the Olympics. But then Rei moves away.Years later, Nozomi transfers to a school famous for its students' emphasis on ice skating. There she unexpectantly meets up with Rei only to find him indifferent to ice skating. But Nozomi will not give up on her dream even if Rei has and she's determined to make it to the school ice-skating club and bring Rei with her as her partner.Read this manga from right to left

As children, Lee Haru and Yun Dong-Ha made a promise, one to become a famous baseball player, the other a ballerina. When Lee Haru departs for Russia, they both decide that when they meet again they'll become a couple.Fast-foward several years, and Dong-Ha, now a feared deliquent, is excited to find out Lee-Haru is returning to his school. Expecting to meet a gorgeous, skinny ballerina, he is rather dismayed to find out Haru hasn't exactly turned out the way he expected.

Miyuki Umino was a senior in high-school. Although Miyuki, her two younger brothers and her younger sister were poor, they were happy living together. But, one day all of a sudden her older brother's debt of 250 million yen fell upon them. To pay back the debt Miyuki quit school. What was the incredible choice she took to do this?

From Viz: All that matters to 15-year-old Nobara Sumiyoshi is volleyball--shes an awesome player with big-time ambitions. But sometimes it seems like a girl just cant get a break in the competitive world of high school volleyball. Nobaras family wants her to inherit the role of "young mistress," serving rich patrons at her familys old-fashioned Japanese restaurant. No thanks! When Nobara transfers to Crimson Field High School, known for its top-notch volleyball team, it turns out that her mother will stoop to dirty tricks to keep her off the court. With assistance from her feisty Aunt Momoko, whos got some connections at Crimson Field, Nobara decides to start playing offense.

Consists of 6 short stories spanning 14 years of Masanori's career. A MESSAGE TO YOU, RUDY ALL THE WAY DOWN Shiba Inu Gyangueiji Sand - SABAKU - Desert Even assassins laugh

The inexorable girl who aims to be a champion; Jain! and the innocent boy who loves her, Tae jin!Their challenges on the road to championship and an unfitting summer-like love story.-from Naver WebtoonsPlease address this work as a Manhwa (Korean word for cartoons)

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.

Yasuoka Shion lost her parents, and her voice, when she was young...in a murder.She was found amidst a blood-soaked room, and the only hint for the suspect was a Shougi board and one piece: the King. Now, Shion steps into the world of female professional Shougi players. As her popularity and fame slowly rises, so do the questions about her past, particularly the murder case that was never solved.

Kyouhei is a boxer, training to become world champ. He has a dark past. Yuuya is a chef, or was until Kyouhei got him so riled up he slugged him on the job and was fired. Minami *shivers happily* is this super-gorgeous boy who once trained with Kyouhei's, though they also have bad blood in the past, and are now rivals.

Series of Short Stories.Chapter 1-3:Revolves around the same boxing club.1) A Boxer's Love ~ Part One2) A Boxer's Love ~ PArt Two3) Secret4) The True Form of Your Favorite Man5) Love Spell6) Forbidden Agreement(Contains incest!)7) Baby Animals7.5) Memories of Papa Igawa & Switch One

From Manga Freak:Asuka is a typical high school girl with two big loves in her life: Judo, and Kujyo-senpai. One day, Asuka finally gathers up her nerve to confess her feelings to Kujyo-senpai. But before she can do so, a boy from her past transfers to her school and challenges Asuka to a judo match--if he wins, Asuka will have to be his girlfriend for three months. Who is this boy? Will Asuka ever get a chance to confess to Kujyo-senpai? Who will win this match?

All Miki Koishikawa wanted was an ordinary family and that's exactly what she had until her parents decided to move in with another couple and turned Miki's world upside down. Now she lives in a house with four parents and her totally cute stepbrother Yuu. It's bad enough being brought into her parents' strange soap opera, but Miki will star in a soap of her own as she deals with friends having affairs, trying to survive in school and ending up torn between her long-time crush, Ginta, and her new stepbrother!

From Del Rey: Yamato is ready for a fresh start. So when his aunt invites him to stay rent-free in her big-city boarding house in hustling, bustling Tokyo, Yamato jumps at the chance. There's just one teensy-weensy catch: It's an all-girl housing complex and spa! Things get even more nerve-racking when Yamato meets his neighbor Suzuka, a beautiful track-and-field star. She's not just the cutest girl Yamato's ever met, she's also the coolest, the smartest, and the most intimidating. Can an ordinary guy like Yamato ever hope to win over a girl like Suzuka?

Toshihiko Tanaka is a boy who entered Kakegawa High School with his friends Kenji & Kazuhiro, in order to play soccer with Yoshiharu Kubo, a great soccer player whom they have idolized. While his other two friends were reluctant to play again, "Toshi" eventually convinces them to play for the team. The team soon find themselves in the midst of a quest to the All-Japan High School Championship, while overcoming obstacles along the way.

From ryColaa:Our hero who doesn't know how to swim joins his school swimming club and begins to learn from their star swimmer who loves swimming more than anything. Good thing she's cute and nice to boot!

[Summary By: Love_Blossom]Wakatsuki Ran is a swimming prodigy. Every girl adores him but the only thing he loves is swimming.Ageha bumps into Ran, one day, and she tells him that he is just an obsessed swimmer. But when he shows her how good he is, she gapes at him and asks, "Please teach me how to swim!"Ran finally agrees and the swimming romance begins.

From For The Halibut:The Otohime Private All-Girls High School is a very prestigious school and full of pretty girls. However, there is one male student attending the school, the director's son Ouji. Ouji is a creepy pervert who can get away with anything because his father doesn't punish him. He's got video cameras all over the school to get footage of his classmates naked or near-naked and constantly sneaks around with cameras to get photos of them. The school is his paradise.All this will change in the coming year, though. His father has decided to make the school co-ed, but with only baseball players so that they can aim for winning the National High School Baseball Championship at Koshien Stadium. In preparation for this grand dream, the director insists that the girls of the school establish a cheerleading squad. Seeing his glorious world collapsing around him, Ouji latches on to the most hopeful thing he can find: the cheerleading squad. Now he and the reluctant student council president, Itsuki, are going to recruit members and try to get this team going!

Matsuri is a girl like all the other high school girls. She likes boys, especially one called Wataru, but he hardly notices her even though she watches him like a crazy gal. "Tough girls aren't my type," he once said, and now even three street guys call her a tough chick?! Nothing too good to say to the wrestling Princess. Being this kind of princess is nothing to be proud of for Matsuri so it's a secret that she keeps from her school mates, because it's her father who wants to make her a wrestler...but what will happen when she's discovered fighting those three guys by Arata, the bad boy who can even "fight cows"? Discover it and keep track of Matsuri Special!