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!

18 years old, the final summer in a high school life. Uchiyama Ayako from the swimming club is secretly in love with her classmate Kitamura, and yet everybody knows that Kitamura is secretly in love with his childhood friend. As Kitamura wanted to learn how to swim, he had asked Ayako to teach him. What can Ayako do to express her feelings?!

1. Water Breath (main story) An injury destroyed Olympic hopeful Ryuji Hayashida's promising swimming career. He was transferred to a university where he believed no one knew who he was, but he was wrong. There was someone who recognized him the moment t

A one-shot side-story within the 1-volume Yawara! side-story, Jigoro!

A short one-shot about a girl name Tchie as she reminsces the time she had with her two best friends.

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 lo

Akira and Yuujirou, who are childhood friends, both love to surf, and both have an unrequited love for each other. This is because after Yuujirou kissed Akira a year ago, she slaps him! Now all he does is bully Akira, whilst Akira has feelings of regret f

Plot: He's short, weak, and has just transfered 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?

Minami Ikki Itsuki, is a student and a delinquent. Also known as the Unbeatable Babyface, Ikki is the leader of the youth gang by the name of East Side Gunz. Upon his return home after being humiliated by a street gang of Storm Riders called the Skull Saders Ikki discovers a secret hidden from him by his benefactors, the Noyamano sisters. The sisters belong to a group of Storm Riders who go by the team name of Sleeping Forest. Keen on helping Ikki to regain his confidence and pride, they supply him with a pair of Air Trecks (abbreviated as AT). Ikki eventually settles his grudge with the Skull Saders, but in the process he receives more than the simple satisfaction of revenge. Determined to experience the sensation of flight for as long as he can, our headstrong protagonist is quickly sucked into the mysterious, yet irresistible world of Air Treck.

Plot: A genius that fell into darkness. The god of the underworld. Akagi runs from a chicken fight where he almost died to a Mahjong place, where a man loses all his money to the yakuza. Akagi who is only 13 tells him that he plays it wrong, although he has never played the game before. Akagi replaces him in the game, and so a legend is born. When the police comes to check on the place to see if the kid that ran from the chicken fight is there they deny the relation of Akagi to the chicken fight. In the end the policeman invites Akagi to a much more organized Mahjong game and from there the legends only continues to enlarge.

New Series by Hiroki Endo, about a young man training in Shooto style MMA.

A 15-year-old girl living her life until another 16-year-old girl comes along. They find themselves becoming the best of friends as they each discover the wonders of their home. A story following the life of a care-free girl who loves the sea! From Baka-Updates: Hikari Kohinata is a cheerful 15 year-old girl who lives near the ocean and she spends much of her time diving as a result. On her first day of high school, she meets a teacher who also likes scuba diving. There's also a 16 year-old classmate, Futaba, who gets dragged along in Hikari's maelstrom as soon as they meet at school. Most of the manga so far details the relationship between the two girls, which quickly seems to move into romantic two girl friendship-territory.

"In a Fight, they say that the first one to bleed from his or her nose is the loser. Father, Mother and Brother...They're all LOSERS that bled from the nose facing that damn monster called WORLD! I'm not going to fall into that one. Even though I have to break my head, I'm not going to bow my head before anyone. I'm going to finish everyone! I'm going to throw everyone on the ground with the "Ushi Mata". Even though my opponent is...a GIRL" The Boy that doesn't bow his head to anyone... SUK DONGMIN

It has your average girl, with a childhood friend who's in love with her but won't admit it, and an older guy who likes her: a high school love story. Although the whole school knew what was happening between Azusa and Ikumi, there were rivals who came b

[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, sh

A love story between two dancers: Junaque, a relative of the Belgian royal family and Shara, a Japanese transfer student. The story begins at St. Maria's, a private Catholic school in Belgium, but later the action switches to the show business life in New

Plot: Believing himself to be useless at football, Aizawa Kakeru opts to become the manager of his school's football team, while his brother Suguru is its ace, and is even good enough to represent Japan. However, Kakeru may be harbouring a strong talent within himself that only Suguru can see, and the two often get into arguments over Kakeru's denial of his skills. Things are made more complicated with the return of Nana, an old playmate of theirs, that likes Suguru and that Kakeru has a crush on.

Natsuhiko Sakurada, having won three billion dollars in lottery transferred to the Millionaire Private School, catered for the children from wealthy families. This is all for the sake of seeking his childhood friend, Shin, whom he used to play baseball wi

Tired of the weak and childish guys in her class, Uematsu Akira is determined not to rely on any guys! The day before the school athletics meet, she decides that the only way her class can win is if she goes it alone. However, one guy might just be able t

Watanabe Yuuichi, also known as Pen-chan, loves mahjong. It's just too bad that he's not very good at it. Follow Pen-chan's wins and losses (mostly losses) in a series of short tales about his friends, family, co-workers, and local yakuza until the final

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

Tsubasa Nonomiya transfered to a new school because she wanted to be the manager of the boy's basketball team. When asked, she claims to hate basketball. So why did she transfer schools? The answer: Takaya Misaki. Who happens to be on the school's soccer

From Mangaupdates: One day a young girl finds out that the boy she likes is going to transfer to a different school. The only one who knows how much she loves him is her diary.

E-chan is a perfectionist honor student, known as the "class's reference book" because he fills up so many notebooks with class material. Getting involved in tennis was simply a way for him to move his body, he never thought that it would become his passion. With keen eyes, LOTS of notebooks, and beyond diligent training, E-chan will continue to move forward in the world of tennis one step at a time.

Asahi is a 7th grade student who is very bad at sports. She joined the volleyball club when she entered junior high school, only to quit it one month later because she could not keep up with practice. Feeling discouraged from all kinds of sports, Asahi was reluctant when her friend asked her to play a double badminton match to substitute for a member who could not play. Surprisingly, Asahi found out that she has talent for badminton... (Source: Divine Sanctuary)

From AkibaBlog: Shizuku Utsugi, an energetic girl who grew up in an islet, left her islet and started her life in the mainland in order to go to high school. There was only one requirement from her mom. That was “for 3 years, just enjoy your school life.” In a totally new life, new days of girls who spend time on Lacrosse began. The new and powerful author writes the first full-scale Lacrosse comic! It’s a sports youth graffiti!!

Sneaking into the pool to practice isn't so bad unless you get caught! A cute romantic one-shot about a boy, a girl, and swimming lessons. From Baka-Updates: When Mizuoka sneaks into the pool after hours for extra swimming practice, he's caught by his c

and the supervisor of his high school's kendo club. He does't have the leeway to spend time on his students' he can barely feed himself as it is. So when an old friend makes him a bet with an entire year's worth of deluxe sushi on the line, Kojiro finds a new purpose in life: to beat his friend's kendo team! But before he can arrange a kendo meet for both school' kendo teams, he needs to actually put together a five-woman squad and the first girl he needs is Tamaki Kawazoe, kendo athlete extraordinaire and daughter of an elite kendo dojo master. The problem is, she isn't really interested in doing kendo for fun. What can Kojiro do to convince her to join the team?

Plot: Tsubasa Nonomiya transfered to a new school because she wanted to be the manager of the boy's basketball team. When asked, she claims to hate basketball. So why did she transfer schools? The answer: Takaya Misaki. Who happens to be on the school's soccer team, not on the basketball team. What's going on!?

Plot: For a few years, the city of Kyoto has been the theater of a secret war opposing extreme Japanese teenagers lauding the exclusion of the gaijin (foreign people) outside of Japan, and others who defend their integration. In order to avoid an escalation of violence between rival gangs, both sides have agreed to sort out the gaijins' fate for good in an underground tournament where the best fighters from each side will have to fight against each other. The "Black Boat Project," abbreviated as the "B.B. Project," directly links to commandant Perry's "Black Boats": the symbol of the arrival of the gaijin on Japanese soil

This is the story of Nanase Iruka. She's short, tomboyish, and her one joy in life is volleyball. On Iruka's 17th birthday, her Volleyball club is disbanded. Feeling somewhat depressed she and her friends from the club take a trip to the beach and discover Beach volleyball. Iruka can't wait to play and rushes to the court only to be told to give up being a player because of her short stature by the local Volleyball Diva. In a rage, Iruka challenges her to a match to prove her abilities. It doesn't look like she has a chance, but Iruka has a secret weapon, and nobody will ever make fun of her on the beach again....well....Not about her ability to play Volleyball anyway..

[based on chapter one] Lou Jie is a legendary street basketball player. His Uncle, a shady character, desperately wants him to go to the best sports college in China so that one day Lou Jie can play in the NBA. Lou Jie has plans that don't include basket

From Nagareboshi Manga: Umi has just transferred schools, and she's all set with a dream of putting together a team of ultimate swimmers, called the Splash Five! While recruiting talented boys to wear speedos, will she end up falling in love...? (By th

Kitazato Fubuki is always overlooked by his family members; overshadowed by his more talented and famous brothers. He tries to draw attention to himself and usually spends his days fighting, but one day he manages a quadruple and a half jump at the skatin

Plot: Bowling King is a Taiwanese comic about a kid named Shautieh Ley and the humiliation he puts himself and his opponents through in bowling alleys. This is NOT Prince of Bowling. Instead, think of this as Simpsons + Kingpin, or Great Bowler Shautieh.

Aria Hoshina transfers to the prestigious school, Saiko Garden, to be with her father, who told her he supervises a girl's dorm. When she arrives there she finds the 222 BOYS that live there to be troublesome.

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

A boy named Chinmi is very infatuated with billiards. Problems arise when a new student body president, Olive, suddenly decided to cut the funding for his billiards club. Unhappy with that, Chinmi wants to convince Olive that his billiards club is worthy of the funding. He decided to challenge a two-time former national billiards champion. Will Chinmi be able to defend his club?

The sequel/continuation of Zetsuai -1989-. Koji and Izumi are still playing one step forward, two steps back in their angst-ridden dance of love. The drama is taken to new heights in this series. How far will Koji go in his obsessive love for Izumi? Will these two ever be together and be happy at the same time? If you like drama (in other people's lives) and want to feel much, much better about your troublesome relationships, read on!

From Animenewsnetwork: Bushidou Sixteen centers around two female competitors of another Japanese tradition, kendou (sword-fighting). Kaori is an accomplished kendou practitioner, but she finds herself facing an unexpected opponent in Sanae, a superficially weaker fighter who bests Kaori in a bout.

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!

Description from AnimeNFO: Taira Capeta was a 4th grader boy. He had lost his mother when he had been very little. Although he pretended to be tough in front of his father, actually he felt lonely. One day, his father brought junk parts home from his workplace and made a racing cart. Soon, they went to a circuit to drive the cart. However, Capeta found that its frame was bent and it could hardly run straight. But, with his technique he managed the cart. Furthermore, he followed soon after the fast cart and he could nearly leave it behind. The driver in the cart was Minamoto Naomoi, the champion of the East Japan Junior Cart. Looking at their chase, Naomi?s mother, Minamoto Nanako, advised Capeta to take part in the official race.

11-year-old Tsubasa Ohzora transfers to his new school where he quickly becomes the star of the school\'s soccer team. His Brazilian coach, Roberto Hongo, notices the potential of the young athlete and soon offers him a chance to come with him to Brazil. Young Tsubasa trains more and more and is with each passing game more confident in his abilities. Old enemies become his friends and the World Cup seems closer and closer for him.

Following Tsubasa "El Classico" , he has come back to try and take the cup along with the Japanese team consisting of old friends and rivals.