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Sayonara Football

Also known as Sayonara, Football.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Sports

14-year-old Nozomi Onda has only one thing on her mind: playing beautiful soccer. There's just one problem: no matter how much she longs to participate in official matches, she'd have physically superior boys as opponents. But when a boy from her past confronts her on the street, she decides she can't wait any longer.



Tags: Football , Female Protagonist , School Club , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen

Aoashi

Also known as Aoashi.

Status: Finished
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 , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Seinen , School , Bullying , Love Triangle

GIANT KILLING

Also known as Giant Killing.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

A truly great coach makes the game of soccer interesting! Tatsumi Takeshi is 35 and has spent the last few years coaching in England before being brought back to Japan to coach his old team. His favorite pastime? Causing giant upsets—aka Giant Killing!



Tags: Football , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast

DAYS

Also known as DAYS.

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

During his last spring break before starting high school, Tsukushi Tsukamoto meets Jin Kazama, who invites him to a pick-up soccer game. Their chance meeting, and his first-ever experience with soccer, move kind-hearted, timid Tsukushi to enroll in his new high school's soccer club, which is among the strongest in all of Japan. Unbeknownst to the rest of the world, there's something amazing hidden inside Tsukushi's heart … and through his trials and tribulations in the soccer club, it's beginning to blossom!



Note: Won the 40th Kodansha Manga Award for Shounen in 2016.

Tags: Shounen , School Club , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Football , School

Haikyuu!!

Also known as Haikyu!!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Shouyou Hinata is out to prove that in volleyball you don’t need to be tall to fly!

After losing his first and last volleyball match against Tobio Kageyama, “the King of the Court,” Shouyou Hinata swears to become his rival after graduating middle school. But what happens when the guy he wants to defeat ends up being his teammate?!



Notes:
Winner of the 61st Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2017.
Includes two extra chapters.

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

Haru no Regista

Status: Releasing
Genres: Sports

Once hailed as a soccer prodigy, high school girl Arai Haru transferred to a school far from her hometown, hoping to start a new life away from soccer. However, a new student, Osanai Satsuki, who admired Haru's past glory, appeared before her and declared her intention to join the Soccer Club, which is on the verge of disbandment. This is a girls' soccer story about a girl who gave up her dream and a girl who chases after it!

Tags: Female Protagonist , Football , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Yuri , Shounen

Mabataki Yori Hayaku!!

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sports

This "fighting manga" focus on Himari Kohanai, a clumsy 15-year old girl who can't do anything right. She hopes to change her ways at the start of high school but ends up failing again and again. However, Himari will do anything to get closer to the person she admires...

Tags: Female Protagonist , Martial Arts , School , Primarily Female Cast , Seinen

Shoujo Fight

Also known as Shojo Fight.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Sports

Ever since that day, Neri Oishi’s resolved not to make friends. She’s fifteen years old and plays volleyball at Hakuunzan Private Academy Middle School, which is known for producing top players of the sport. Neri’s doing everything she can to hold herself back, including hiding that she was the captain of a team that took second place in a national tournament when she was in elementary school. While she’s immersed in this team sport, why should Neri have to kill herself? What keeps her from quitting volleyball in spite of that? Get ready for an ensemble volleyball drama!



Tags: School , Seinen , Volleyball , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Tomboy

Shoot!

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Toshihiko Tanaka is a boy who entered Kakegawa High School with his friends Kenji & Kazuhiro, in order to play soccer with Yoshiharu Kubo, a great soccer player whom they have idolized. While his other two friends were reluctant to play again, "Toshi" eventually convinces them to play for the team. The team soon find themselves in the midst of a quest to the All-Japan High School Championship, while overcoming obstacles along the way.

Tags: Football , School Club , Shounen , Love Triangle , Tragedy , Primarily Male Cast