Manga like F

capeta

Also known as Capeta.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Taira Capeta was a 4th grader boy. He had lost his mother when he had been very little. Although he pretended to be tough in front of his father, actually he felt lonely. One day, his father brought junk parts home from his workplace and made a racing cart. Soon, they went to a circuit to drive the cart. However, Capeta found that its frame was bent and it could hardly run straight. But, with his technique he managed the cart. Furthermore, he followed soon after the fast cart and he could nearly leave it behind. The driver in the cart was Minamoto Naomoi, the champion of the East Japan Junior Cart. Looking at their chase, Naomi’s mother, Minamoto Nanako, advised Capeta to take part in the official race.



Tags: Cars , Time Skip , Shounen , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , School , Love Triangle

Initial D

Also known as Initial D.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

Only the fearless survive in the white-hot world of street racing, as teams take on dangerous roads in the shadow of Mt. Akina. Behind the wheel of the mysterious "Ghost of Akina" is Takumi, on his way to becoming the greatest racer ever.



Note: the chapter count includes 6 extra chapters published in volumes 2, 3, 30, 33, 39 and 48.

Tags: Cars , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , School , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Heterosexual , Nudity , Rural

Wangan Midnight

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

When high school student Akio Asakura loses a high speed race to a Porsche 911 Turbo known as "Blackbird," he goes to a junkyard to find parts for his car - only to discover a blue first-generation Datsun Fairlady Z (S30), which he buys. Akio later discovers that not only is the Z tuned to 620 bhp, it's had a dark history of unfortunate accidents with its previous owners. Making matters more complicated is the fact that the last owner shared the same name with Akio. With the "Devil Z," Akio forms a new rivalry with the Blackbird and its driver Tatsuya Shima.



Tags: Cars , Male Protagonist , Seinen

Akage no Anne

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Miss Marilla Cuthbert and Mr. Matthew Cuthbert, middle-aged siblings who live together at Green Gables, a farm in Avonlea, on Prince Edward Island, decide to adopt an orphan boy from the asylum as a helper on their farm. Through a series of mishaps, what ends up under their roof is a precocious girl of eleven named Anne Shirley. Anne is bright and quick, eager to please but dissatisfied with her name, her pale countenance dotted with freckles, and with her long braids of red hair. Being a child of imagination, however, Anne takes much joy in life, and adapts quickly, thriving in the environment of Prince Edward Island.

Tags: Adoption , Shoujo , Historical , Classic Literature , Family Life , Tragedy , Orphan , Parenthood , Coastal , Rural , Foreign , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Elderly Protagonist , School

Kirin

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

A manga about the story of a 38-year-old salaryman named Kirin who is also a street racer.

Tags: Motorcycles , Seinen , Cars , Gangs , Delinquents , Nudity

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 , Anti-Hero , Orphan , Urban , Class Struggle , Athletics , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Delinquents , Prison , Foreign , Yakuza , War