Chigusa Tsukikage holds the rights to the play "The Crimson Goddess," a lost masterpiece that many would love to see brought back to the stage.... more>>

Tsukikage, however, won't allow the cherished work to be diminished by an actress who isn't worthy of playing the title role. Fortunately, she has found two young actresses that just might be worthy: Maya Kitajima and Ayumi Himekawa. Though both actresses are exceptionally talented, only one can win the coveted role. <<less

In his entire life, Lee Seop pursued to become a capable heir of the number one firm in Korea, TK Group. But his efforts were in jeopardy when a genius man manages to take control of the core business in the firm. Frustrated with his own incapabilities, he planned to retaliate in a nonsensical way. Meanwhile, Mikyeong, a top elite in the firm was assigned to work with him.... more>>

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The appearance of "quirks," newly discovered super powers, has been steadily increasing over the years, with 80 percent of humanity possessing various abilities from manipulation of elements to shape-shifting. This leaves the remainder of the world completely powerless, and Izuku Midoriya is one such individual. Since he was a child, the ambitious middle schooler has wanted nothing more than to be a hero. Izuku's unfair fate leaves him admiring heroes and taking notes on them whenever he can. But it seems that his persistence has borne some fruit: Izuku meets the number one hero and his personal idol, All Might. All Might's quirk is a unique ability that can be inherited, and he has chosen... more>> Izuku to be his successor.

Enduring many months of grueling training, Izuku enrolls in UA High, a prestigious high school famous for its excellent hero training program, and this year's freshmen look especially promising. With his bizarre but talented classmates and the looming threat of a villainous organization, Izuku will soon learn what it really means to be a hero.

Note: Nominated for the 8th Manga Taisho Award. <<less

Enter a world where the First Space War has ended, and Earth has claimed its first extraterrestrial colony. Manabu Houo, a boy born into a... more>> totalitarian state, finds his only joy in watching forbidden movies with his childhood friend, Hina-chan. However, one day upon returning home, he finds a group of government officials waiting for him...?! Watch as this thrilling sci-fi school drama unfolds on a distant planet! <<less

In a town with no baseball team, young Bungo spends his days throwing the ball he received as a gift against a wall until Yukio... more>> Noda, Japan’s representative youth baseball player, appears before him and an unexpected showdown ensues! After a chance meeting in middle school, these two enroll in Shizuo Senior where they struggle to make it to Koshien with everything they have. <<less

Ichika, a college student, was interacting with a boy named Cecil from another world through a hand mirror she held in her storeroom. One day, her older sister, Karen, suddenly disappeared, and at the same time her hand mirror also disappeared. A year later, as soon as Ichika picked up her hand mirror that she found by chance, she was sent to another world. There was Cecil, who had grown older, and Karen, who had become a saint by calling herself Ichika for some reason?! In a world where her name and memories are stolen by her older sister, a different world doting fantasy opening up for her destiny!... more>>

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Makunochi Ippo is an ordinary high school student in Japan. Since he spends most of his time away from school helping his mother run the family business, he doesn't get to enjoy his younger years like most teenagers. Always a target for bullying at school, Ippo's life is one of hardship. One of these after-school bullying sessions turns Ippo's life around for the better, as he is saved by a boxer named Takamura. He decides to follow in Takamura's footsteps and train to become a boxer, giving his life direction and purpose. Ippo's path to perfecting his pugilistic prowess is just beginning.... more>>

Note: Won the 15th Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shounen Manga in 1991.

Hajime no Ippo: Gaiden - The Naniwa Tiger is a oneshot that appears at the end of Vol 84 as chapter 806.5. <<less

The story is set in a world where supernatural powers exist through science, and magic exists through religion. ... more>>

"Academy City." 2.3 million inhabitants.

80% of the students are active in the "Brain Development Program" and out of those only 7 are Level 5s.

Meet the civilian protagonist Mikoto and her friend Kuroko, maintainers of peace and order at the University district, as members of the 'Judgment'. <<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

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

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

Noboru Takizawa is your normal student. However upon being transferred to a new school the first thing that happens is that he steps on a land mine! From that point on, he fights against the hall monitor and gets past him. In the turmoil of it all, he meets the lovely Yukari and befriends her. Later on, he meets Ibuki, who later becomes his rival to win Yukari's heart.... more>>

It turns out that the school Takizawa has transferred to is trying to tyrannize the students of the class he's entered. It is now his job to try and help them out and keep their class! He does this by trying his best in showing the class has potential in a sports festival at the school. Meanwhile in the background, Takizawa's father is setting the teacher's straight and making them stop their evil ways.

The basic plot is that Takizawa transfers to schools where the teachers have messed up methods to deal with students, or schools where there are obscure and crazy rules. His father accompanies him and pretends to be one of the teachers to try and sneak up on the evil or corrupt teachers and end their tyranny. <<less

The year 200X and everyone is now connected to the cyber network.... more>>

Gone are the days of war and famine.

Computers have turned the world into a bright and shiny Utopia

But there's trouble in Paradise.

a sinister organization by the name of World Three has vowed to destroy this technological wonderland.

Enter our young hero, Lan Hikari, an intensely curious and cheerful fifth grader.

Synchronized with Megaman, he becomes a super-charged dynamo. in and out of the net, Lan and Megaman do their best to twarth World Three's never-ending quest to take over the world! <<less

Idol otaku Aisaka Yousuke wakes up one morning to find himself turned into a beautiful girl.

After losing his first and last volleyball match against Tobio Kageyama, “the King of the Court,” Shoyo Hinata swears to become his rival after graduating middle school. But what happens when the guy he wants to defeat ends up being his teammate?!... more>>

Note: Won the 61st Shogakukan Manga Award for Shounen. <<less

Shigeharu Honda is a Japanese League batter on the rise. His son Goro is a Little League pitcher who one day hopes to follow in his father's footsteps. Momoko Hoshino, Goro's schoolteacher, is the first woman Shigeharu has been interested in since the death of Goro's mother. The destinies of these three individuals will become intertwined as father and son experience both heartbreak and triumph on the baseball diamond. But when an unspeakable tragedy visits the family, it will take everything they have to pick up the pieces and reclaim their dreams.... more>>

Note: Won the 41st Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen category in 1996. <<less

For the love of all things otaku--anime, video games, figures, you name it!... more>>

Power-pedaling Sakamichi Onoda has long been conquering the steepest slopes and regularly making the ninety-kilometer round-trip to Akihabara on a mommy bike!! But when his bike commute to his new high school lands him in a confrontation with the serious first-year road racer Imaizumi, Onoda has a major showdown on his hands! Can this meek geek really out-pedal the future ace of the school road-racing team?!

Won the Kodansha Manga Award for Shounen in 2015 (tied with ). <<less

Tired of constantly being compared to his prodigious older sibling, Riku, Raimu decides to take him head-on by surpassing him in the field of basketball.

Ikuto Touhohin just had a last fight with his old man, one that led him to make a rash decision to run away from home.... more>> He boards a ship, deciding to take a vacation, but the ship is suddenly hit by a huge storm--one that sends Ikuto overboard! When he regains consciousness, he realizes he is still alive… on some island. An isolated island. An isolated island with nothing but girls and talking animals. Stranded on an island with only girls, no electricity, gas, radio, television… like he was back in the stone age. <<less

Yaiba's whole life has been spent training to be a samurai and he doesn't know about anything else, not even girls. When he returns to Japan, a pair of cursed swords makes life even more exciting... and hilarious.... more>>

Note: Starting at chapter 80, started using bunko scans, so the volume numbering is a little different.

In 1993 Yaiba received the Shogakukan Manga Award. <<less

199X, nuclear war has ravaged the planet. From the ashes, gangs have risen to take all the power from world governments. Justice has ceased to... more>> exist in this now lawless world. From the sands of a desert, a man appears. His name is Kenshiro, and he is the sucessor to the most powerful martial art in the world, Hokuto Shinken. This art attacks the foes insides, and makes them explode internally and die in often brutal ways. Kenshiro's goal is to kill the man who kidnapped his fiance, Yuria. A man that he once called a friend, but who betrayed him and left him for dead. Along the way, he makes friends and enemies alike, while protecting those who cannot protect themselves. <<less

Takeru and Sumika have been neighbors and friends since they were little, but when a mysterious girl arrives, and is found in bed with Takeru,... more>> their daily lives will be thrown into chaos. <<less

Continuation of Daiya no A - our protagonists continue to advance at Koshien, the biggest high school baseball tournament in Japan.

The tyrant Xi Wuji always thought that his pampered queen treated him affectionately, like a delicate little lotus flower. He thought she loved him, but... more>> on the day of his death, he opened his eyes. As a result of his death, she took charge of the government and had many lovers, and lived in debauchery. But he became her favourite lover again in this new life‽ <<less