Manga like Ao no Senshi

ZERO

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Goshima is a boxer who has held the world championship title for years and never once lost a match - thus earning himself the nickname 'Zero'. His coach, Araki, describes him as 'a flower that blooms only within the ring'. But with his 30th birthday approaching, everyone begins to question Goshima's worth. Thus he decides to look for the ultimate opponent to give him his final match.

Tags: Boxing , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Language Barrier

Freesia

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological

Freesia is set in an alternative Japanese society that is at war, and has passed a law legalizing retaliatory killings. If somebody kills your loved one, you are legally sanctioned to kill, or hire someone to kill, the victimizer. The manga is set around a character who works for a firm that specializes in these retaliatory killings.



Tags: Seinen , Anti-Hero , Guns , Assassins , Tragedy , Dystopian , Primarily Adult Cast , Denpa , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Gore , Work , Meta , Nudity , Revenge , Politics , War , Military , Suicide

Ashita no Joe

Also known as Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

Joe Yabuki is a troubled young man who runs away from an orphanage. Wandering through the Tokyo slums, he meets former boxing trainer Danpei. Joe is later arrested and goes to a temporary jail where he fights Nishi, his future best friend, ​and leader of a group of hooligans. He and Nishi then go to a juvenile prison miles away from Tokyo. There Joe meets Rikiishi, a former boxing prodigy, and a rivalry develops between them. They face each other in a match in which Rikiishi dominates Joe until the latter hits him with a cross-counter, resulting in both being knocked out. This inspires the other prison inmates to take up boxing. Joe and Rikiishi vow to fight again.



Tags: Tragedy , Boxing , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Class Struggle , Urban , Anti-Hero , Orphan , Athletics , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Delinquents , Historical , Prison , Foreign , Yakuza , War

Zutto Saki no Hanashi

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Supernatural

Tags: Anthology , Boxing , School , Surreal Comedy

Bakudan

Also known as Bakudan.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

The story follows Baku Ryosuke, also known as "Bakudan" a fresh-out-of-juvy punk and a dangerous street-fighter who is scouted by a yakuza syndicate and dreams of becoming the greatest yakuza in Japan. However, to teach Bakudan a lesson, the yakuza send him to the gym of a retired heavyweight boxer named Ken Tamaki to get him to sign away his property. But after fighting Bakudan for the property, Tamaki becomes impressed by Bakudan’s fighting skills, and from then on devotes himself to helping Bakudan follow his true destiny… to become the first heavyweight world champion boxer from Japan!

Tags: Shounen , Boxing , Yakuza , Male Protagonist , Language Barrier

Ikegami Ryouichi Maboroshi no Comic Kessakusen Gym

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Four stories written by four renowned authors and all drawn by Ikegami Ryouichi.

Tags: Seinen , Anthology