Manga like Boukyaku Battery

BUNGO

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

In a town with no baseball team, young Bungo spends his days throwing the ball he received as a gift against a wall until Yukio Noda, Japanese representative youth baseball player, appears before him and an unexpected showdown ensues! After a chance meeting in middle school, these two enroll in Seio Senior where they struggle to make it to Koshien with everything they have.
Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Baseball , Time Skip , Seinen

Diamond no Ace

Also known as Ace of the Diamond.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Eijun Sawamura had his heart set on the middle-school national baseball championships. But his team is eliminated thanks to a wild pitch thrown by Eijun himself. He’s planning to go to high school with his teammates and try again next year when he’s scouted by the famous Seido High School baseball team. When he goes for a campus visit, he finds himself on the receiving end of a baptism by fire! His experience forming a battery with up-and-coming catcher Miyuki rekindles his passion for baseball!!



Notes:
Chapter count includes 6 extra chapters.

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

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 , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Delinquents , Rehabilitation , Philosophy , Tragedy

Rookies

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Koichi Kawato is the new Japanese teacher at the ill-famed Futakotamagawa high school, whose baseball club is composed of thugs and bullies who have been suspended for a year from all school competitions, for causing a brawl during an official match. The newly appointed teacher finds that the club members left are only interested in women, smoking and doing nothing until, under Kawato's guidance, they discover a new dream called the Koshien. However, the road to the Koshien is far from easy as many obstacles await them.

Tags: Baseball , Delinquents , Coming of Age , Teacher , Shounen , School , Ensemble Cast

Mr. FULLSWING

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sports

Saruno Amakuni feels as though he is the last high school boy on earth without a girlfriend and it's not looking like things are going to improve any time soon. He's not the brightest crayon in the box, has a knack for getting into trouble, and the only way he can get a girl to so much as look at him is by watching her undress in the locker room - and earning a smack in the process. He comes to a wild conclusion that maybe, perhaps maybe what girls really want is a guy who is in a sports club. He eventually settles on the baseball clubs in hopes of winning the heart of the manager, Nagi Torii, but despite his incessant bragging, he's a total beginner!

Tags: Shounen , Baseball , Male Protagonist

Sankyuu Pitch

Also known as Strikeout Pitch.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Sports

From the author of "Hyperinflation," Kyu Sumiyoshi, comes a baseball story unlike anything you've ever read before!!



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

Blue Lock

Also known as Blue Lock.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Japan Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, and who can be the decisive instrument in turning around a losing match...and to do so, they've gathered 300 of Japan's best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team...and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way?



Note: Winner of the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2021.

Tags: Football , Battle Royale , Male Protagonist , Athletics , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Shounen , Fitness , Super Power , Foreign , Augmented Reality , Language Barrier , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Suicide

Grand Slam

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Sports

Sekai Isshin was trained in Kenpo by his grandfather for 10 years but has never won a single match. When he entered high school, he thought he finally fulfilled his dream of joining a baseball club. But he was given a club entry challenge by Souza Naoya, who hailed from Senior League. Using his kenpo techniques, Isshin cleared the challenge. Thus, a weak baseball club begins to change after a weak amateur joins them!

Tags: Baseball , School , Seinen

Kowloons' Ball Parade

Also known as Nine Dragons' Ball Parade.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Hakuo Gakuin's mighty baseball team consistently makes it to Koshien, and Tamao Azukida dreams of making the team. To achieve his goal, Tamao does extensive research and undergoes a strict daily training regimen. But at tryouts, Tamao meets the enigmatic genius pitcher Tao Ryudo, and the course of his destiny may be forever changed! If people aren't laughing, then you're not dreaming big enough! A new baseball tale for the era begins!



Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

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

Kenritsu Umisora Koko Yakyu Buin Yamashita Taro-kun

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Yamashita Taroh, a member of the worst baseball club in history, has a habit of saying, "I'm going to be the best ever." His high school team remains unmotivated by his talk. However, the Kaiku Baseball Club is changed when the powerful Yamanuma High School club praised Taroh's guts...!

Tags: Baseball , Male Protagonist , School Club , Shounen