Manga like Batuque

Usogui

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological , Thriller

There are gamblers out there who even bet their lives as ante. But to secure the integrity of these life-threatening gambles, a violent and powerful organization by the name of "Kakerou" referees these games as a neutral party. Follow Baku Madarame a.k.a. Usogui (The Lie Eater) as he gambles against maniacal opponents at games—such as Escape the Abandoned Building, Old Maid, and Hangman—to ultimately "out-gamble" and control the neutral organization of Kakerou itself.

Tags: Gambling , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Crime , Death Game , Martial Arts , Philosophy , Memory Manipulation , Amnesia , Poker , Anti-Hero , Mafia , Tragedy , Gore , Terrorism , Fairy Tale , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes , Aliens

Isshou Senkin

Also known as ST✰R: Strike it Rich .

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Sports

After retiring from public fighting and getting fired from underground fighting, 27 year old Tenma Nozomi's zest for life is gradually dwindling away. It's hard to be at the bottom with nowhere to go, and that's exactly where she and her two friends are. However, Nozomi hits upon an idea that may just solve all of their problems: they could make their own underground fighting circuit for women, and tap into an underexplored market. As good as that sounds, her insistence on including the unknown quantity Hongou Hina may prove to be more than she bargained for...



Tags: Martial Arts , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Cult , Yakuza

Saotome-Senshu, Hitakakusu

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Sports

High-Schooler Tsukishima Satoru gets confessed to by local female High-School boxing-talent Saotome Yae. He rejects her initially because he does not want to impede her boxing career (and prevent getting beaten up by her fans). Her female coach, Shioya hears about this and decides to install him as Saotome's trainer so that they can secretly date each other. This situation is also aided by his extensive boxing knowledge.

Tags: Tomboy , Boxing , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Seinen , School Club , Female Protagonist , School , Love Triangle , Nudity , Time Skip

Ori no Naka no Soloist

Also known as Soloist in a Cage.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

Chloe and her baby brother Locke were born in a prison the size of a city: a walled-off collection of ramshackle buildings full of dangerous criminals who live bleak and isolated lives. Their parents are gone, leaving Chloe to care for her brother. When a trio of soldiers manage to break out of the prison, Chloe goes with them but loses Locke during the escape. After years of training, Chloe returns to the prison city with one goal: to find her now 11-year-old brother and get him out of that hellhole, no matter what it takes.



Tags: Dystopian , Survival , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Robots , Time Skip , Gore , Prison , Shounen , Drugs , Guns

Favela no Mangaka

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama

Manga artist Takei Hiroto, after failing to get serialized, decides to give up on his dreams and goes on a trip to Brazil to get over everything. When he accidentally wanders into a favela, Hiroto meets Joao, a poor boy with a sharp gaze. Joao lives on the other side of the world, but he also dreams of becoming a manga artist...!! No matter who you are or where you live, you don't have to give up. The beginning of a story about two manga artists chasing their dreams from the slums!!

Tags: Drawing , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Seinen

Teppuu

Also known as Teppu.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

It's not easy being good at everything. First-year high school student Natsuo Ishido has always been a gifted athlete, and her ability to easily master every sport has not only bought her a life of boredom, but the resentment of everyone else who has had to work hard for their achievements. Not that Natsuo cares what anyone else thinks. All she longs for is a break from the monotony...for a real challenge worthy of pouring all her efforts into. A rival—an equal—worth beating down, crushing, and demoralizing… That all seems like a pipe dream until a pair of annoyingly peppy transfer students arrive from Brazil and start up a brand-new club that teases the challenge she craves—Mixed Martial Arts.



Tags: Martial Arts , Female Protagonist , Tomboy , Primarily Female Cast , Seinen , Anti-Hero , Wrestling , School Club , Tanned Skin , School , Yuri

Genikasuri

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Sports

Former professional boxer Ryo Harima suffered severe physical deterioration due to excessive sparring, leading to an unfortunate match that left him in a two-year vegetative state. With his future in professional boxing shattered and betrayed by his own gym, Harima resolves to rise as a promoter instead. However, his fate takes a sharp turn when he encounters a controversial athlete who tore apart a burning national flag on an Olympic podium!

This is a gritty tale of those who wield their fists and chase money in boxing’s underworld!



Tags: Boxing , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Revenge

Holyland

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological

Yuu is a high school kid who doesn't really fit anywhere. To find a place he can belong, be accepted, he will do anything. However one thing leads to another and he is forced to fight to keep his place, his holyland.

Tags: Martial Arts , Gangs , Delinquents , Philosophy , Boxing , Coming of Age , Primarily Male Cast , Bullying , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Educational , Drugs , Suicide , Tragedy , Meta

Kenji

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

Kenji is a manga about a Japanese teenager named Kenji, who practices the martial art Bajiquan, and his encounters with other martial artists, some of which are from real life, e.g. Adam Hsu and Liu Chia-Liang. This series primarily features Baji Quan, but also gets into Praying Mantis Kung Fu, Bagua Zhang, Chen Taiji Quan, Pi Quan, Xingyi Quan, Xin Yi Liu He Quan, Shaolin Quan, Hung Ga, Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu, Shotokan Karate and numerous other styles. Kenji's nemesis is a gangster named Tony Tan who practices Hung Gar and later Xinyiliuhequan.

Tags: Martial Arts , Shounen

Rikudou

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

Riku experienced a lot of pain and tragedy in his early life. After his father's death, a former-boxer Yakuza man taught him how to do a basic punch, and that punch saved his life when he had to defend himself from his mom's drug dealer. He ended up taking the drug dealer's life, marking him as a killer. Criminals continued to come after him, leading to more tragedy for the people who attempted to care for him. All of this drove him to ask that same former boxer to teach him to become stronger, which led him to a rundown gym, his door to the world of pro boxing!

Tags: Boxing , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Gore , Prostitution , Yakuza , Time Skip