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Ootome Hime's father was a jockey who dreamed of winning the Japanese Derby. One year, when Hime went to watch him race in the Derby, he died in a horrible racing accident. The man responsible retired in guilt from being a jockey.10 years later, Hime is in high school, and she has heard that Arakawa Jin, the son of the man who killed her father, is debuting in the Derby as a jockey. She went to see him race, and was outraged to see him win! Now Hime has decided to quit high school and go to a special school for jockeys, in hopes of being able to beat Jin in a race one day. She has met a new friend and aspiring jockey along the way, a boy called Tadano Ryouhei, but she can't let him stand in the way of her revenge!

From Selene Scans: New school, new teachers, a new class, new friends... and basketball. All these things that Ishizuka Sakura are looking forward to are rudely interrupted by the fact that she's running late on her first day of high school! Everything is a mess with her being told the wrong directions to the auditorium, and after school when she looks to relax and play some basketball... she meets the legendary Miyamoto Hayato and Tadashi twins. She wants to team up with them, but will they accept...?! Read and find out!

In order to become a Strong and Cool girl, the (very cute) highschool girl Mie Tsukasa joins a professional wrestling organization.Follow her intensive training every day together with her trainer, with the aim of becoming a pro-wrestler.

Ever since middle school, Takahiro Ozu was famous in the world of track and field as the "long jump specialist". But after losing his final competition in high school, he hung up his track shoes for good. Now in college, having taken up smoking, he just wants to get a girlfriend and lead a normal student life. Noriko Watsuki has had a crush on Takahiro since she first saw him jump and wants him to join the college track team so she can get close to him. Yuki "The Headphone Girl" Hoguchi, a high school student who likes to hang out at the university, claims Takahiro took her virginity 13 years ago when he was in kindergarten. She considers him her property to do with as she pleases. Throw in a full cast of zany and unique characters, sprinkle with fan service, and you have the world of Inu Neko Jump.From Animewaves

The first volume features different stories about the original cast's training sessions and special techniques. It fills in gaps that were never explained before and offers a new point of view about some in-game scenes. The second volume recreates the world seen in the videogame "Inazuma Eleven Strikers" for Wii, from the point of view of Inazuma Japan. It features many characters from every season and situations only seen in said game.

Ten years ago, you disliked me because I am a girl. Who can win me now?

Sekai de Ichiban Tsuyoku Naritai! manga, I Want to Be the Strongest in the WorldHagiwara Sakura and Miyazawa Elena are the leading members of a popular idol group "Sweet". One day, Elena is injured by the attack of a female pro-wrestler Kazama Ruo during the recording of a TV program. Sakura gets mad at Ruo and gives her a dropkick. To avenge Elena, Sakura enters the female pro-wrestling matches.

Giant Step is a shounen, sports comedy. With it's relation to Prince of Tennis being in some of the art of attacks and their relation to tennis. If you have already read Prince of Tennis or even a little bit of it and it was too serious for you then Giant Step would be good to check out.

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Question: What is the format of competitive quiz bowls, called "golden rule" by truly able players? Answer: 7 Right 3 Wrong Explanation: It means that one wins when he gets seven correct answers, or gets disqualifed when he gives three incorrect answers. It's a standard rule loved by competitive quiz bowl players.

Yutaka works as a trainer at his father's boxing gym. In a dark alley one day, he runs into Kei, who fights off several thugs. Trying to help a young delinquent get off the street, Yutaka invites Kei to the gym. But Kei is no ordinary delinquent

The climax of the Baki series, "Hanma Baki", newly re-edited!Hanma Yuujirou, the world's strongest creature, vs. Hanma Baki, the world's strongest high schooler... A spat between father and son on an unprecedented scale begins here!

Akatsuki and his good friend Kiyoharu (called Kiyo-chan by Akatsuki) have been playing 'two player' basketball for quite sometime. Unfortunately, things started to change after they have joined in a very strong basketball team in their new school. Both of them were forced to separate into two groups: Kiyoharu was in the 'B' group and poor Akatsuki was put under 'F' group, which is known as the 'Failure' group. However, Akatsuki was not discouraged at all. He continues to train hard and always has a smile on his face. Will Akatsuki succeeded in his promise to Kiyoharu to become an official player? And what is blocking the path towards reaching his goal?

Set in 2002, three years after the death of Akagi Shigeru, this sequel to Ten Tenna Toori no Kaidanji chronicles Hiroyuki's quest to follow the late Akagi's advice and live life freely even if it means complete failure.

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.

(from ebookjapan):Hiromi Oka is a freshman at Nishi High School, a prestigious tennis club. She joined the tennis club because of her admiration for Mrs. Butterfly, but she always messes up. However, only Coach Munekata sees her talent and nominates her for the next tournament. Hiromi's sudden selection is met with harsh criticism from the tennis club members, but with the encouragement of the student body president, Todo, she begins a grueling practice session!

From Yanime:A boy named Yuuto Seo moves from Hokkaido, where he's lived all his life, to Tokyo. He first fears he must give up speed skating, his hobby, but he soon finds places to skate and people to skate with. The second series by Hotta Yumi (creator of Hikaru no Go).

Gambling. Mahjong. Death. These are the themes of this fast-paced, undercover-agent-style manga where outrageous life-or-death gambles are made daily occurences and insurmountable odds are overcome. The most hardcore, action-packed mahjong manga you will ever see.

[From the creators of Danganronpa, Akudama Drive as well as an Anime Adaptation of the same name!]A battle action story based on the original work by "Too Kyo Games". The creative team is led by the creator of "Danganronpa", Kodaka Kazutake!In the year 20xx, Neo Tokyo Country: Young people who despaired and gave up on society formed "Tribes" to create a place where they belong. As the war between Tribes intensified, The Neo-Tokyo government took action, and limited the war between the tribes into a sports called "Extreme Baseball", commonly known as XB Throwing, hitting and brawling. The young crowd put their pride on the line, and was addicted to the extremity of this game.As time passed Shirogane Haru, who was always bullied due to his defeatist temperament. Taiga, who travelled across the sea to become the strongest man alive. They both met up with Kamiya Shun, the strongest XB player and the leader of the Minato Tribe. "I want to change myself!" "I just want to be the strongest man alive" [I just want to enjoy XB"To prove their determination, Haru, Taiga, and Kamiya stood on the field of XB! The Tokyo extreme battle begins!

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

After the terrible battle against the Demon Seeds peace has been restored and thus Mantarou is wasting his time away sleeping around, like usual... Suddenly he has a weird dream of him fighting a tag match against the Original 'Machine guns' team (Kinnikuman x Terryman tag team)... Even weirder is that the machine guns aren't 60 something, but are instead in their top form at their finest age, as they where when they won the universal tag team championship... Could this weird new vs old dream mean something?As he awakes from his afternoon nap, Mantarou realizes that there are some evil beings floating around the sky that call themselves Time Choujins, after sending a weird challenge they just banish in thin air without leaving a trace.

From MangaHelpers:Yamato Yura arrives at her new high school dormitory and makes friends right away-- her cute roommate Sonora, and Sonora's friends Karira and Honoka. However, these girls all seem to have model air-guns, and, before Yura knows it, they've convinced her to join a club called C-cubed. Only after joining does she fully understand the meaning: Command, Control, and Communication. C-cubed is a club for people into survival games! Will little Yura really be able to handle herself among her new friends? [tethysdust]

Hiyori Hinamori is practicing her golf game at a driving range. Next to her, she meets Eirin Kotori, who hits an outrageous shot with one hand...? Hinamori, who has never known the sky, creates a whirlwind in the world of high school girls' golf with Kotori.Read Fairway no Koe wo Kikasete on mangabuddy

The popular cross-media content "Uma Musume Pretty Derby" features "Uma Musume" who have inherited the names and souls of numerous racehorses! A new legend begins with the indomitable horse girl "Sakura Laurel" as the main character.---- (https://shonenjumpplus.com/episode/4856001361118480104)

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 with. This school is managed by a pair of twins, who are the very popular and smart young masters of the Jinnai family.But, unexpectedly, this school does not have a baseball team and his room-mate, one of the Jinnai's twins, is very distant towards him.In order to setup a baseball team to find Shin, what would Natsuhiko do?Find out in this lovely, sweet and hilarious story.

Demetrios, a timid and kind vase painter in Ancient Greece, who dislikes sports and competitions, is one day forced to come up with a game to compete with the mayor of the neighboring town, in order to save his village. While hiding inside a large vase outside his workshop, lightning strikes the vase Demetrios is in, transferring him to Tokyo, Japan, during the 1964 Summer Olympics.

A story about two people with mental problems protecting everything they left with their only method, playing ping pong.

The Joy of Wrestling manhwa, The Joy of Ssireum,

In 1993, at the first ultimate fighting championsip, a skinny unknown brazilian fighter takes the win without any severe injuries. People start to show interest in this individual's fighting technique that led to worldwide recognition of the brazilian martial art known as 'Jiu Jitsu'. Unchan is a whimpy teenager who has trouble with bullies at school. Although he wishes to fight back, he is not able to hit other people because of his traumatic childhood. He starts to gain a fighting chance as he gets into the non-striking brazlian martial art foul. Now, let's see Unchan kick some ass!

Team Captain Yoichi Kouda is a high school track athlete "specializing" in 200m distance running. He has neither the speed for short distance, nor the stamina for long distance. And other events are out of the question because he has no agility whatsoever. What he does have is determination to train longer and harder than anyone else.On a team with a celebrated history but has declined in recent years, he is surrounded by teammates more talented but less motivated than he is, and he finds it harder and harder to motivate himself to improve, until the "cool beauty", Momo Tange walks into the picture, capturing the attention of the entire school, as well as Yoichi's heart.

New freshman Maki is very excited to join the basketball team. While trying on new shoes she instanlty gets a crush on the sales boy. It turns out he is a second year on they boy's basketball team at her school. But what's this? The boys and girls basketball teams are at eachother's necks and no interelationships are allowed!! So what is sempai thinking when he suddenly declares he and Maki are dating in front of both teams? Who is the beautiful girl he seems to have broken up with? And what could they possibly have to do with this terrible rule?

Some athletes dream of the bling-bling, others dream of the women. But real hoop dreams reflect the desire to be the best. The dream of being able to take the rock, drive the lane, and take it to the hole. That's Nate Torres, branded as the team bench-warmer, just trying to get that shot at high school fame and glory. When he blows his chance to try and make his high school team, he takes his dream to the only place he has left... the streets.Away from the spotlight and glory of organized basketball, Nate Torres discovers himself on a back alley half-court.(Source: Tokyopop; In the Tokyopop edition, the character's names have been Americanized. Tooru Naruse became Nate Torres, for example.)---Toru had always wanted to be a hero -the center of attention- But whenever he tried something new, he would always give up, thinking he wasn't good enough. In high school, he enters the basketball team. As usual he ends up on the bench. Toru's childhood friend, Mizuki Kusuda, introduces him to street basketball. When Toru manages to throw the ball into the hoop in a match against Shu, the street basketball champion and member of "Three Men," something changes inside. He realizes that "if he only has the guts to carry through something without giving up, his dream will come true." He teams up with Sawamura, a fabulous 3-point shooter and wins more "3-on-3" matches. Toru's devotion to basketball affects everyone around him and his basketball team soon enters the national games.

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?

Rakuichi was a better soccer player than anyone when he was in elementary school. But after 3 unsuccessful years in Italy, he returns home in defeat. Upon arrival he's confronted by a host of different characters; his cousin Biwako, who is now a teacher despite her uncontrollable personality; his childhood friend Inae who is cute and nice, but who turns into a crazed stalker when it comes to cool, attractive guys; Touzan who is cool, mysterious and seems to be good at everything; and Maiko, who is incredibly beautiful, but turns violent on the slightest whim. Great artwork, hilarious comedy and a unique style are the hallmarks of this manga.

Takafumi Ten is called to a mahjong club one night to play again Ikawa Hiroyuki, a young mahjong player. Having just robbed Ten's friends blind at mahjong, Ten arrives to take back his winnings.. Ten's mahjong style becomes more apparent as the game progresses...amateurish! Ten cheats in the last round, using a move called the Tsubame Gaeshi, and winning with a Tenhou hand. Hiroyuki is angered once Ten admits he cheated after the game. Will he come to understand Ten's "Way of Tenhou", where Ten willingly cheats and gets beat up in response for his friends? Will Ten unlock his true mahjong potential or cheat forever?

Freshman Tsuda Michi is looking for a hobby she can do her best in while in high school. She's done everything from gardening, playing instruments, shogi, drawing and singing, yet she still can't find the kind of fun she wants. That is until a small incident led her to discover the world of soft-tip darts and a skilled player named Tatsuki Kotomi, who happens to be her schoolmate! Throw away a boring high school life and watch the girls hit the bull's eye of excitement!

Amidst the surging popularity of women's professional baseball, Narin, a retired player who once poured her youth into the sport only to face failure in realizing her dream, emerges as a promising talent. However, her career in baseball ends prematurely. One day, a chance to begin anew unexpectedly comes knocking at her doorRe'Draft, Leaddraft, Re-Draft, Read Draft, Redraft,

Is the world in front of you real, or is it only a game? Nobuteru, a senior high school student who wandered into the street racing game world of Drive-A-Live, begins a series of hard races that he must win to survive!While everyone around him is talking about driver's licenses and cars, third-year high school student Nobuteru hates anything of the sort; when he was in elementary school, he and his younger brother Takahiro were involved in a car accident. While he came out with just a few scratches, his brother lost his leg. One day Takahiro suddenly disappears without a trace of leaving to be found in his room. When Nobuteru investigates the room, he sees Takahiro on the screen of a racing game he had left on, and once he grabs the controller...

Satomi Azusa is a popular teenage gravure idol. She's also a highly talented baseball player, but, as a girl, she can't play on her school's team. Her father happens to be the coach of the team, and he concocts a scheme to allow her to play. His scheme involves Hirayama Keita, Azusa's childhood friend, a teenager of no particular talent. Keita's redeeming feature is that he looks a lot like Azusa. In fact, after putting Keita in a wig and girl's clothes, not even their parents can tell the two of them apart. To help Azusa's (and her father's) dream come true, Keita agrees to trade places with her during the baseball games. Soon "Hirayama Keita" becomes a popular player, and "he" begins to move towards a career in pro baseball. How long can Keita and Azusa keep up the act? What will happen when people find out?

This is the story of Natsunosuke Honda, a pro baseball playera relief pitcher who has been playing pro in a team called Spiders for 8 years. The team operates as a highly-stratified society, where the player's performance determines his annual salary. Natsunosuke is one of the highest paid players in the game. He measures how good players are by how much money they make, and he intends to be on top and stay there, and as such is always looking for players to challenge and does everything to insure that he is better than they are.

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The story follows the women's volleyball team from a certain high school, especially one girl's fight to become the best.

They were only two... until the club president, Harunaka Riku gave everything she had to protect her beloved track and field club on the brink of disbandment! This is the story of the 5 girls who make up the club. Run! Sweat! A story about the youth of girls interlinked with track and field!

Youth wait for the big wave. They share stories of life, healing and love, the many gifts of surfing.Raw: http://webtoon.daum.net/webtoon/view/GirlWalkingWaves

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

Shimazaki Sanpo loves mountains. He loves them so much he calls himself a mountain-man and lives in the alpines, lending his hand as a volunteer in a rescue team, finding people, dead or alive, in the Japanese alpines. The alpines can be a beautiful place, but it's also a dangerous, dangerous place.Gaku: Minna no Yama received the 2008 Manga Taisho ("Cartoon Grand Prize") and the 2009 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.