Manga like Ahiru no Sora

SLAM DUNK

Also known as Slam Dunk.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Hanamichi Sakuragi's got no game with girls--none at all! It doesn't help that he's known for throwing down at a moment's notice and always coming out on top. A hopeless bruiser, he's been rejected by 50 girls in a row! All that changes when he meets the girl of his dreams, Haruko, and she's actually not afraid of him! When she introduces him to the game of basketball, his life is changed forever...



Tags: Basketball , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Shounen , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Delinquents , Heterosexual , Rehabilitation , School Club , Tragedy , Philosophy , Unrequited Love

Haikyuu!!

Also known as Haikyu!!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Shouyou Hinata is out to prove that in volleyball you don’t need to be tall to fly!

After losing his first and last volleyball match against Tobio Kageyama, “the King of the Court,” Shouyou 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?!



Notes:
Winner of the 61st Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2017.
Includes two extra chapters.

Tags: Volleyball , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , School Club , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Time Skip , Philosophy , School , Twins

Switch

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

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.

Included one-shot:
Volume 15: Trick Shot

Note: Includes 3 extra chapters.

Tags: Basketball , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , School , School Club , Tragedy

Eyeshield 21

Also known as Eyeshield 21.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sports

Wimpy Sena Kobayakawa has been running away from bullies all his life. But when the football gear comes on, things change—Sena's speed and uncanny ability to elude big bullies just might give him what it takes to become a great high school football hero! Enjoy all the bone-crushing action and slapstick comedy that this heartwarming coming-of-age story has to offer.



Tags: American Football , Shounen , Male Protagonist , School Club , Coming of Age , Guns , Primarily Male Cast , Gambling , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Foreign , Bullying

Kuroko no Basket

Also known as Kuroko's Basketball.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sports

When incoming first-year student Taiga Kagami joins the Seirin High basketball team, he meets Tetsuya Kuroko, a mysterious boy who’s plain beyond words. But Kagami’s in for the shock of his life when he learns that the practically invisible Kuroko was once a member of “the Miracle Generation”— the undefeated legendary team—and he wants Kagami’s help taking down each of his old teammates!



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: School , Basketball , Shounen , Super Power , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Tomboy , Tragedy , Found Family

Real

Also known as Real.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sports

A motorcycle accident, bone cancer, a speeding truck crashing into a boy on a stolen bicycle--tragic life-changing events turn the worlds of three young men upside down. These three very different personalities have only one thing in common--their passion for basketball.



Note: Won an Excellence Prize for manga at the 2001 Japan Media Arts Festival.

Tags: Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Disability , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Rehabilitation , Basketball , Tragedy , Primarily Male Cast , Delinquents , Athletics , Fitness , Philosophy , Wrestling , Bullying , Meta

DEAR BOYS

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sports

At the outset of the manga the team is in trouble, as there are not enough players to play a game. Additionally, the coach has left after a conflict with Fujiwara. However, Aikawa transfers to Mizuho and through his enthusiasm and sheer love of the game, infuses the few remaining members with a sense of purpose.

Despite the fact that there are only five of them (i.e., they have no substitutes), they manage to get the coach of the girls' team to coach them as well. At first, she seems very strict, but later reveals her attachment to her "Dear Boys". Together, they do their best to make their dreams come true.



Tags: Shounen , School Club , Basketball

Shakunetsu Kabaddi

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

The story centers on first-year high school student Tatsuya Yoigoshi, a former ace soccer player who dislikes sports. He gets invited to join a team for the contact sport kabaddi. He scoffs at the idea at first but becomes interested after watching a kabaddi practice.



Tags: School Club , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist

Natsu to Mushikago

Also known as Drawn to the Fire.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Sports

"Keep winning and we'll be able to see each other at nationals!"
In order to keep his promise with the girl next door who moved away, Keiki aims to be a basketball champion! But he quickly quits after getting his butt handed to him by a real basketball prodigy. As the seasons pass and his wounds heal, Keiki is once again drawn to basketball by an unlikely new arrival.



Tags: Basketball , Shounen , Male Protagonist , School , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast

Ao no Hako

Also known as Blue Box.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Sports

Taiki Inomata is on the boys' badminton team at sports powerhouse Eimei Junior and Senior High. He's in love with basketball player Chinatsu Kano, the older girl he trains alongside every morning in the gym. One Spring day, their relationship takes a sharp turn ... And thus begins this brand-new series of love, sports and youth!



Tags: School Club , School , Athletics , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Badminton , Love Triangle , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Basketball , Cohabitation