Upon first sight Machida Yuki knows that she doesn’t want anything to do with Naruse Shou, but how can she keep her cool when he... more>> is a part of the basketball club she manages? <<less

A new life begins for Kitahara Iori as he begins his college career near the ocean in Izu city, full of excitement for his new... more>> life. He will be moving into his Uncle's diving store "Grand Blue." There he finds the beautiful ocean, beautiful women, and men that love diving and alcohol. Will Iori be able to live his dream college life? <<less

Since the graduation of the senior members of the club, Takezou ends up being the sole member of the "Koto" (traditional Japanese string instrument) club.... more>> Now that the new school year has begun, Takezou will have to seek out new members into the club, or the club will become terminated. Out of nowhere, a new member barges into the near-abandoned club room, demanding to join the club. How will Takezou be able to keep his club alive and deal with this rascal of a new member? <<less

The story revolves around three teenagers with a desire to play basketball. Nomiya, being a high school dropout, has no future in his life. Engulfed by the guilt of crippling a girl in a traffic accident where he invited her on a bike ride finds himself in a deep predicament. Togawa, a former talented sprinter who once strove to become the best in Japan now putting his all in wheelchair basketball finds it hard to deal with the disinterest and psyche of his own teammates. Takahashi, once a popular and arrogant team leader, an honor student, a self proclaimed elite now finds himself being unable to move from the chest down.... more>>

Real also deals with the reality of physical disabilities, and the psychological inferiority that the characters struggle against. The characters break through their own psychological barriers bit by bit.

Note: Won an Excellence Prize for manga at the 2001 Japan Media Arts Festival. <<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.... more>> 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? <<less

July 1999, the month the world ends according to Nostradamus. Middle school boy Hajime always scores second place against his elementary school rival, the beautiful girl Sawatari. She didn't declare him her rival though, after he introduced himself as her rival when she first overtook him in elementary.... more>>

He is also an avid "Magic: The Gathering" player. While looking for new cards in the neighboring town he finds out that Sawatari plays MTG too, but in secret. She runs away though after recognizing him during a one-on-one card game.

The next day he challenges her to a duel, with a special card deck crafted against hers, promising to keep his mouth shut and do anything she says if he loses.

One thing leads to another and they finally become friends. Which he recognizes was his original goal in elementary.

The title is a play on the Magic: The Gathering card "Wrath of God"s text: "Destroy all creatures. They can’t be regenerated." <<less

Kotani Kaboku lives by suppressing his own feelings and matching those around him. He ends up attracted to Wanda Hikari who doesn't mind how she's... more>> seen by others as she's fully immersed in dance. To dance with her, he'll take on dancing despite his inexperience! Clubs, studies, job hunting, friends, love, what is it that's important? What will happen to you if you do something as useless as dancing? No no, it's completely fine to spend your youth dancing. These two are taking on both freestyle dancing and love! <<less

Aizawa Kakeru is an energetic and dedicated eighth grader who serves as the manager for his school’s football team. Though he was well known for... more>> being a talented player the previous year, an accident during one of his games caused Kakeru to vow never to play competitively again. Still passionate about the sport, Kakeru dreams of one day becoming a professional football trainer so that he can work alongside his older brother Suguru, the ace of the school team who has represented Japan in international competition. <<less

In the year 1947, the people of Shinjuku are down on their luck. With little money to buy food or necessities, some resort to gambling in order to survive. Traveling Tetsuya chooses to spend his time at Mahjong parlors where he is wiping the floor clean with his adversaries. However, Tetsuya meets the intensely-skilled Boushu-san, this is when he realizes that his skills are still lacking.... more>>

Note: Won the 2000 Kodansha Manga Award for shounen. <<less

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Book with manga & illustrations from Japanese and international artists for the FIFA World Cup 2002.... more>>

Content:

1. Otomo Katsuhiro ・・・・・ Cover Illustration

2. Inoue Takehiko ・・・・・・　I love this game

3. Kamijo Atsushi　・・・・・・　Kaerenai ko hito (Those Who Will Never Return)

About a girl name Tchie as she reminsces the time she had with her two best friends.

4. Matsumoto Taiyou　・・・・・・　Mie ken no shounen

5.«Mizugame 3» Lust for Life ・・・・・・ Tajima Sho-u (Gorilla Kick), Obata Takeshi (Morning Kong) and Asada Hiroyuki (Utan Chop)

About a tale of a football shoes as it is used/travelled from one user to the next.

6. Illust Gallery

Araki Hirohiko

Yazawa Ai

Yamada Yoshihiro

Nishimura Shinobu

Okano Reiko

7. Kusumoto Maki　・・・・・・　Netsu

8. Yoshino Sakumi　・・・・・・　GOAL!!

9. François Boucq　・・・・・・　Sekai wa mawaru

10. Yasuhiko Yoshikazu ・・・・・・ Bateren Nanban Hei Yuuki joshou

11. penthon ・・・・・・ A fantastic dream

12. Nicolas de Crécy ・・・・・・ Montceau-les-Mines VS Pont-à-Mousson

13. Frédéric Boilet ・・・・・・ 2002 FIFA WORLD TEA CUP

14. Nicolas de Crécy ・・・・・・ Soccer no dendou

15. Yokoyama Hiroshi ・・・・・・ Robot Battle VI

16. D[di:] ・・・・・・ Fire Star Man

17. Taniguchi Jiro ・・・・・・ Fuka

18. Emile Bravo ・・・・・・ Shinpan wa 12 hitome no senshu!

19. Max Cabanne ・・・・・・ Penalty area

20. Kuroda Iou ・・・・・・ Schweitzer

21. Terada Katsuya ・・・・・・ Box!

22. Benoît Peeters & François Schuiten ・・・・・・

23. Young Soon Yang ・・・・・・

24. Gyoubu Ippei ・・・・・・ football image visual <<less

The story is set in the year Showa 44 (1969), and it centers around Takanori Jingūji, the 27-year-old man who eventually become the head of... more>> the Japan Shogi Association in the main March comes in like a lion series. There was an opponent that young Jingūji had to defeat. <<less

Sakura Hane has to ride her bicycle up several steep hills just to get to her new high school. As she is desperately pedaling, she... more>> sees and hears a motorcycle zoom past her and instantly falls in love with it. It turns out that bike was driven by her new classmate Amano Onsa, one badass girl who decided to attend this school because of one reason, there is no policy against motorcycles. Not only that, there is apparently a motorcycle club on campus. Hane and Onsa instantly become friends and she is able to convince Hane to start riding a bike. Now the only thing Hane has to do is get a license... <<less

Masumi Hijiri, our teenage heroine, is a cheerful girl who lives out in the sticks in Hokkaido. She lives with her dad, a sculptor, but her mind is always on ballet, and she dreams of becoming a great ballerina like her deceased mother. But it's not easy studying ballet out in a rural classroom where farm animals occasionally run through the rehearsal studio. Masumi loves ballet so much, she travels all the way to Tokyo to see a special performance by visiting Russian dancer Alexei Sergeiev. The ballet is sold out, but she forces her way backstage, where she runs into the performers. She is so stunned to meet them that she can do nothing... more>> but express her emotions through ballet, in an impromptu attitude en pointe, before the security guards hustle her away.

Luckily for Masumi, her spontaneous dancing intrigues Alexei, who thinks she has natural talent. The Russian dancer invites her to participate in a special national ballet competition for which he is one of the judges, and before she knows it, Masumi is attending a special ballet school in Tokyo. There she meets a bunch of rising ballet superstars who become her friends and rivals. Kyogoku Sayoko, an elegant, slightly older girl, takes Masumi under her wing and tries to teach her how to be a better ballerina. Aoi and Kusakabe, two of the male students, become Masumi's friends and try to make her feel at home. But it's not all fun and games at ballet school. Alexei Sergeiev becomes Masumi's personal coach. Furious at the idea that she might squander her natural talent, he leads her in a harsh training regimen, taking her to the edge of collapse. <<less

A new Saki spinoff that retells the story of the Saki cast...... more>>

If all of them were boys! <<less

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Risa Miyakozawa, aka Zawa-san, is the only female member of the Nissen High School baseball team. She's talented, but being a girl, she doesn't get to participate in any official matches, and yet she trains just as hard as the rest of the team anyway, just for her own personal satisfaction.... more>>

Nominated for the 3rd Manga Taisho Award (2010). <<less

Fourteen-year-old Hikari Kamijo joins the rhythmic gymnastics team of her school, where she falls in love with Takaaki Ooishi, aspiring champion of artistic gymnastics, and... more>> befriends senpai Hazuki Shiina, sport and love rival, who Hikari truly admires. Aiming to become the best, Hikari competes with passion, always reaching higher limits and improving herself, helped by Mao Natsukawa, member of a rock band and composer of her competitions music, who's also in love with her. Rising to the top throughout the years, Hikari finds the strength to fight the most difficult challenges of her life. <<less

We may be like this, but if we don't give up, we will surely reach the dream stage, Koshien!" Jyosei Private Academy. After it changed... more>> its policy and became a cut-throat academic elite school, its once powerful baseball team has become weak with only four members left. However, baseball maniac Ruito Hibino has a secret plan! Aiming for Koshien is an amateur tag-team of misfits!? Straight from the bottom of hell! A straightforward tale of baseball played by hated people! <<less

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