Manga like Genikasuri

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

Batuque

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

The story of a middle school girl trying to find herself in the confusion of adolescence.

Skateboard-loving Ichiri Sanjou, nicknamed "Icchi," may look like a normal energetic kid, but whenever she sees the full moon, she is hit with a wave of emotion she cannot comprehend.

The series revolves around her learning the Afro-Brazilian martial art of Capoeira.

Tags: Martial Arts , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Seinen , Mafia , Revenge , Crime , Adoption , Ghost , Historical

The Boxer

Also known as The Boxer.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

You’ve got the raw talent. Or you’re the underdog. But do you have the heart? Do you have what it takes? Let’s see what you’re made of. The real fight starts now!



Note: Includes 30 extra chapters.

Tags: Boxing , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Athletics , Martial Arts , Full Color , Primarily Male Cast , Tragedy , Religion , Bullying , Time Skip , Meta , Military , School , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Long Strip

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 , Heterosexual , Prostitution , Yakuza , Gore , Time Skip

Hajime no Ippo

Also known as Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Sports

Makunouchi Ippo has been bullied his entire life. Constantly running errands and being beaten up by his classmates, Ippo has always dreamed of changing himself, but never has the passion to act upon it. One day, in the midst of yet another bullying, Ippo is saved by Takamura Mamoru, who happens to be a boxer. Ippo faints from his injuries and is brought to Takamura boxing gym to recover. As he regains consciousness, he is awed and amazed at his new surroundings in the gym, though lacks confidence to attempt anything. Takamura places a photo of Ippo’s classmate on a punching bag and forces him to punch it. It is only then that Ippo feels something stir inside him and eventually asks Takamura to train him in boxing. Thinking that Ippo does not have what it takes, Takamura gives him a task deemed impossible and gives him a one week time limit. With a sudden desire to get stronger, for himself and his hard working mother, Ippo trains relentlessly to accomplish the task within the time limit. Thus Ippo’s journey to the top of the boxing world begins.



Tags: Boxing , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Disability , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Bullying , Heterosexual , Delinquents

Ashita no Joe

Also known as Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow.

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

A young drifter named Joe Yabuki wanders through the slums of Tokyo, but when the local ruffians try to give him a hard time he teaches them a rough lesson with his fists. The spectacle sparks a gleam in the eye of an old drunk who happens to be watching—Danpei Tange, a failed boxer and former coach who sees something special in the boy. He pleads with Joe to train with him off, but the cocky young fighter brushes him. Later, though, when Joe is arrested and put in a juvenile detention facility, he realizes that he’s going to need to hone his raw fighting skills if he wants to survive. Thus is born a partnership that might just take Joe all the way to the top…



Tags: Tragedy , Boxing , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Class Struggle , Orphan , Urban , Disability , Anti-Hero , Athletics , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , Delinquents , Prison , Foreign , Historical , War , Yakuza

BLACK-BOX

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

His father is doing time for murder. His brother was arrested for murder. The second son of the family, Ryoga Ishida, is under suspicion of being involved with his brother. Under his fathers order he takes on his boxing pro test.

Tags: Seinen , Boxing , Primarily Adult Cast

BOX

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Ichizu Tsuchida was abandoned by his parents at the age of 5 along with his older sister and entered an institution.

In order not to be thrown away from the world with the trauma of being abandoned by his parents, he entered the ring as a professional boxer and challenged the fight.

However, as soon as he went up to the ring, his head turned white and he couldn't move his body all the time and lost the match.

It was Hideki Takayama, a senior in the same gym and Japanese featherweight champion, who encouraged him in his despair. Such a respected Takayama loses to Kihara in a defensive battle.

Tags: Boxing