Manga like Embers

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

Aoashi

Status: Releasing
Genres: Sports

Ashito Aoi, a third year middle school student from Ehime, meets Fukuda Tatsuya, a J Youth League coach. Even though he's still rough around the edges, Ashito has such amazing potential that he gets invited by coach Fukuda to participate in his team's try-outs in Tokyo. The story of a boy who will revolutionize Japanese football begins to unfold.

Notes:
Nominated for the 2017 Manga Taishou Award.
Winner of the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award for "Best General Manga" category in 2019.

Tags: Football , Male Protagonist , School Club , Primarily Male Cast , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Seinen , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Bullying , School , Love Triangle

Haikyuu!!

Also known as Haikyu!!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

A chance event triggered Shouyou Hinata's love for volleyball. His club had no members, but somehow persevered and finally made it into its very first and final regular match of middle school, where it was steamrolled by Tobio Kageyama, a superstar player known as "King of the Court." Vowing revenge, Hinata applied to the Karasuno High School volleyball club...only to come face-to-face with his hated rival, Kageyama! A tale of hot-blooded youth and volleyball from the pen of Haruichi Furudate!!



Notes:
Winner of the 61st Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2017.
Chapter count includes 2 extra chapters.

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

BE BLUES!: Ao ni Nare

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

Ryuu Ichijou, a boy who dreams of joining Japan's national soccer team. Ryuu is called a genius soccer player, and his aspirations seem within his reach, but when he is in elementary school he gets hit by a car while protecting his friend, and must face two years of grueling rehabilitation. Story focuses on Ryuu as he joins high school soccer club and works through the remnants of his injuries to achieve his goal.

Tags: Football , School , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , School Club , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Time Skip , Female Harem , Love Triangle

Captain Tsubasa

Also known as Captain Tsubasa.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

11-year-old Tsubasa Ohzora transfers to his new school where he quickly becomes the star of the school's soccer team. His Brazilian coach, Roberto Hongo, notices the potential of the young athlete and soon offers him a chance to come with him to Brazil. Young Tsubasa trains more and more and is with each passing game more confident in his abilities. Old enemies become his friends and the World Cup seems closer and closer for him. Note: The chapter count reflects the original serialization before chapters were merged in the volume releases.

Tags: Football , School Club , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Primarily Child Cast

Saikyou no Uta

Also known as Rugby Rumble.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

The Japan under-16 rugby team—nicknamed the Perfect Squad—shattered the power balance of high school rugby after sweeping the world cup. With so many former Perfect Squad members in their home prefecture, Rikuzen High’s rugby team has given up all hope of victory and now takes a laid-back approach to training. Enter transfer student and rugby novice Kinzan Yamada. He may be new, but he’s ready for the world of rugby. The question is whether they’re ready for him...



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

Irregulars

Status: Releasing
Genres: Sports

"We may be like this, but if we don't give up, we will surely reach the dream stage, Koshien!" Jyosei Private Academy. After it changed its policy and became a cut-throat academic elite school, its once powerful baseball team has become weak with only four members left. However, baseball maniac Ruito Hibino has a secret plan! Aiming for Koshien is an amateur tag-team of misfits? Straight from the bottom of hell.

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

Hungry Heart

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sports

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.

Tags: Football , School , Shounen

Angel Voice

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Ichiritsu Ranzan highschool's football club is populated by famed hooligans, in fact some guys decide to join the school only to fight with them. Therefore the principal call Tetsuo Kuroki sensei and ask him to reform the club and he accept.

Tags: Football , Delinquents , Shounen

Ole Golazo

Also known as Ole Golazo.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sports

Banba's spent his life competing in Tae Kwon Do, but he's been banned! Through a twist of fate, he ends up on the soccer team. Can he learn a new way to kick?



Tags: Shounen , Football