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In her junior high years, the pitcher Yomi Takeda was not able to get very far in a cross-school baseball tournament. Since the catcher on her team wasn't at her level, she couldn't use her signature move, the "Magic Throw," and eventually regretted not being able to use it. After junior high, she decided to stop playing baseball and went to Shin-Koshigaya High School, a school without a baseball club. There, she found her long lost childhood friend, Tamaki Yamazaki, who used to play catchball with her when they were kids. Tamaki also played baseball during her junior high years as a catcher, and could even catch Yomi's "Magic Throw!" Their promise with each other during their childhood could now be fulfilled! Walking together on the road of baseball once again... The story of the girls who love baseball begins! (Source: MU)

Katagiri Yuuji is a divorced, single, lazy gambling addict whose only real activity is playing Pachinko. He does it well enough to get by, but his life is more or less empty... until a young girl named Miura Satomi appears, who is a big fan of his. A classic story by Fukumoto about Pachinko, attraction, and the thrill of gambling. (Source: MU)

Hana's mother was a pole dancer. Hiding her face, she now carries on her mother's love for dance, even if she has to hide her identity, pole dancing being subject to prejudice due to its connection to the indecent. When Karin, a pole sports athlete sees her dance for the first time, she begins to grasp what her dance lacks in comparison. A heated rivalry between girls dancing on different paths and poles is born.

1. Tayou ga Yondeiru 2. Orange In The Wind 3. A Lie And You And The Reason For The Earring 4. Star Light Heights 5. Nameless Fanletter

Kyosuke Kano has lived under the shadow of his successful brother Seisuke all his life who is a professional soccer player. Tired of being compared and downgraded at, he abandoned playing soccer until a boy from his new high school discovered him and asked him to join their team. Kyosuke joins it and befriends two other first year players named Rodrigo and Sakai with the dream of becoming professional soccer players themselves. (Source: MU)

Probably one of the most difficult feats in manga is to tell a compelling short story, and Mitsuru Adachi is a master of the medium. This selection of some of his best short works include two tales in the dangerous life of a pretty private-eye-to-be; a boy's stop-off on the way changes his life's destination; five short-shorts in a quirky cafe; Japan's future ace pitcher can't even throw a ball; when a school play goes bad, the world is a stage for love and karate; a drama of rugby and past lives; two off-beat time-travel tales; and more! Mitsuru Adachi's low-key but high-impact stories are a must read for any manga aficionado. (Source: VIZ Media) 1. Haru ga Kuru Mae ni... (Before Spring Comes) 2. Wakaba Mark (Subject - Wakaba) 3. Tochuu Gesha (A Stop on the Way) 4-8. 5×4P 9. Shindo 4 (4 on the Richter Scale) 10. Ace wo Tsubuse! (Aim at the Ace) 11. Spring Call 12. Yuku Haru (Spring Passes) 13-14. Kaerimichi (The Road Home) 15. Sayonara Game

Mariko Kazunori (Nori) is a 28-year-old man who hated bicycles until he almost runs over road-racer Oda Rin. After meeting with her and her weird family, everything goes wrong for this pitiful hero. His license gets revoked and he is forced by his friends to start bicycling.

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. (Source: MegKF)

A collection of oneshots: - Tsuioku - Aigaki - Start Line (4 chapters) Kei has drifted apart from his childhood friend, Hayato. When Hayato began to surpass Kei instead of following behind him, Kei started seeing his old friend in a new light. Feeling the wind, love is on the track team! (Source: Blissful Sin)

Horiguchi Genki was a 5-year-old boy. His mother died when he was born, and he was raised only by his father. His father, Shark Horiguchi, was a professional boxer, but he was ruined and became an itinerant boxer. However, Genki believed his father was strong and he would become a champion, and he had a dream to become a strong boxer just like his father. (Source: MU)

Satou Yuuho gets called out by the cute basketball club manager, Koganei Mao. He thinks that it is a love confession, only to find out that it is only to help the basketball club...

Hinomoto Kyuji is currently the biggest name in Japan's high school soccer league. Everyone expected him to go pro in the Japanese league, but he believes that staying in Japan would be a waste and thinks he needs to go abroad and enter the European league. Then, he meets Nanjo Ichimaru, another high schooler that eerily resembles Hinomoto's childhood favorite soccer player. Both Nanjo and Hinomoto get pulled into the SA Nishigaoka Japan league team, a weak and struggling team that has seen better days. Will these two be able to lead the team to victory? (Source: MangaHelpers)

Story about Makoto Osawa, a university student on the regatta (rowing) team. He and his friend have dominated the intercollegiate competition for the double scull. Along with his friend's girlfriend (and team manager) Misao , the team has dreams of participating in an Olympic competition. But his friend's death in a racing accident leaves Makoto broken up, and he has to deal with pulling himself together as well as facing the trials of love and friendship. (Source: MU)

1. Anne-chan Tarou 2. Getsu, Sui, Kin wa Swimming (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday is Swimming) 3. Hanseishite Kameda-kun 4. Kirawaremono no Magiru 5. Madoka-san wa Shiranai

One social outcast unleashes a cross counter that will change the world! A raging storm of fighting action! Shotarou Mitarai has given up on life, but when he visits the great forests of Mt. Fuji to end it all, he's attacked by the Suicide Hunters. On the tip of a gruesome lynching and faced with a tragic death, the seeds of rage sprout within Shotarou! What course of action will he take from within the inferno of anger?! Awaken! Stand and fight! Let the gong of your soul sound true! (Source: Manga Box)

1. Slim Kannon 2. Inu de Warui ka!! 3. Obasan to Issho 4. Ganbari-Masse (The End of the World) 5. Grand Father 6. Takarazuka e no Shoutai (Invitation to Takarazuka) 7. 1 or W - One or double 8. Happy Talk 9. Uchi ga Megami ja!!

Akito Kugumori is 15 years old, about to enter high school. One day he comes across a guy being bullied, and ends up following him to his school. Because of this, Akito becomes interested in something he discovered by chance—table tennis. Akito begins the challenge to experience something he will never forget. (Source: MangaDex)

One day in front of the Dadakusa girls' basketball team, a man calling himself a prophet appears. "The earth will perish if you don't win the prefectural tournament." Find out the fate of the earth, basketball, and love by reading "Toriaezu Chikyuu ga Horobiru Mae ni." (Source: Domabaem's Tumblr)

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 skating rink. Thanks to this remarkable feat, he is showered with attention for the first time in his life... (Source: MU)

Nobunaga grew up at a dormitory full of long-distance runners training for the Ekiden marathon. He dreams of being a runner, but struggles to take the first step. But when he gets pulled into a race at school, he'll catch the attention of the running club. (Source: MANGA Plus)

Haruto Ichinose has an older brother, Shori Ichinose, who has excellent grades, is a basketball prodigy, and is very popular in school. Although he says he hates basketball, he trains alone and challenges his brother, only to be beaten back. On the other hand, his older brother Shori seems to recognize his "talent" more than anyone else, but who is he really...? (Source: Kodansha, translated)

The "fighting manga" centers on Himari Kohanai, a 15-year-old student who hates her clumsy and air-headed self. She wants to turn a new leaf in high school, but makes a mess of it. Still, Himari will do anything to get closer to the one she admires. (Source: ANN)