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Shamo

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Sports

At the age of sixteen Ryo Narushima was a genius and looked to have no trouble of getting into Tokyo University and joining the elite of society. However, that summer something cracked inside Ryo's head. With a small knife he brutally murdered both of his parents only leaving his sister alive and cowering in a corner. It is at this grotesque incident that our story begins.

Note: At volume 20, the series changed publishers, which created a restart of the chapter numbers. Starting from chapter 61 in volume 26, the first chapter from when the series returned from a long hiatus, the series has been completely written & drawn by Tanaka Akio. While Hashimoto Izou did write the series in the beginning, he had been doing less and less work starting from volume 4. Tanaka and Hashimoto reached a settlement and Shamo continued.

Tags: Martial Arts , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Rehabilitation , Seinen , Tragedy , Survival , Gore , Boxing , Triads , Drugs , Nudity , Yakuza , Delinquents , Gangs , Coming of Age , Swordplay , Prison , Bullying

Kengan Ashura

Also known as Kengan Ashura.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

Since the Edo periods of Japan, gladiator arenas exist in certain areas. In these arenas, wealthy business owners and merchants hire gladiators to fight in unarmed combat where winner takes all. Tokita Ohma, nicknamed "Ashura", joins these arenas and devastates his opponents. His spectacular ability to crush his enemies catches the attention of the big business owners, including the Nogi Group chairman, Nogi Hideki.



Note: Includes 24 extra chapters.

Tags: Martial Arts , Ensemble Cast , Wrestling , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Boxing , Tragedy , Athletics , Shounen , Revenge , Gore , Yandere , Gambling , 4-koma , Historical

Rikudou

Also known as Rikudo.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

After losing his father, young Riku Azami encounters Kyosuke Tokorozawa, a former boxer now working as a debt collector. In a world overflowing with injustice, what do people cling to in order to survive? Do they fight? This is the extraordinary boxing story of Riku Azami as he walks the thorny path of life. The boy has nothing. Nothing but his fists.



Tags: Boxing , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Yakuza , Prostitution , Gore , Time Skip

Bakuon Rettou

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological

In the 80s, the parents of Kaze Takashi move to a quiet area of ​​Tokyo in order to save the young man from the bad influence of his friends. In class, Takashi does not take long to make new friends and they soon invite him to meet with their gang, the Zeros. Takashi comes to love motorcycles and gets involved with the gang. What has he got himself into and is he ready to face the consequences?

Tags: Gangs , Delinquents , Coming of Age , Motorcycles , Autobiographical , Seinen , Tragedy , Bullying , Criminal Organization , Yakuza , Drugs , Anti-Hero , School , Class Struggle , Prison , Revenge , Nudity

Kokou no Hito

Also known as The Climber.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Psychological , Sports

Transfer student Buntaro Mori starts his first day at his new school already on the administration’s radar. He’s withdrawn and sullen, and the teachers are just waiting for him to explode. When his annoying classmate Miyamoto promises to leave him alone forever if he climbs to the top of the school, Mori eagerly takes up the challenge and shocks everyone when he makes it all the way to the roof. Flushed with the victory of his first successful climb, Mori can’t resist the lure of the local peak, despite warnings from more experienced climbers about the risks of climbing alone. But Mori doesn’t care. A little danger is nothing in the face of his new obsession.

Tags: Mountaineering , Coming of Age , Seinen , Outdoor Activities , Travel , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Wilderness , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Survival , Hikikomori , Classic Literature , Philosophy , Snowscape , Time Skip , Fitness , Suicide , Anti-Hero , Foreign , Delinquents , Dissociative Identities , School , Nudity , School Club , Pregnancy , Marriage

Crows

Also known as CROWS.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action

Harumichi Bouya transfers into Suzuran All-Boys High School, a school so notorious for its uniformed delinquents that locals call them the Crows. What begins as one transfer student’s casual brawls becomes an escalating war between factions, gangs, and legends, with bonds forged in violence and loyalty pushed past the breaking point.



Crows is the prequel of the manga "Worst", and it a story occurring in Suzuran two years before the story of "Worst."

Tags: Delinquents , Shounen , School , Martial Arts , Gangs , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Primarily Male Cast , Slapstick

Saikyou Densetsu Kurosawa

Also known as The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Psychological

Kurosawa is sick and tired of his boring, ordinary life growing old as the less popular site foreman in Anahira Construction. The turning point comes when his 44th birthday comes along, and no one remembers or celebrates with him. Realizing he lived a life without drive or purpose, Kurosawa tries to go past his comfort zone to turn his life around. Will his newfound shenanigans help him or hurt him when he gets caught up in fights with delinquents?



Tags: Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Delinquents , Bullying , Seinen , Work , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Homeless , Urban , Satire , Nudity , Samurai , Bar , Age Gap

Kyou kara Ore wa!!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

After Takashi's family moves into a new neighborhood, he decides to use the opportunity to become a delinquent. Upon meeting Itou, he finds out that he wasn't the only one who had this idea. Making friends and foes along the way, will these two take over their school or just end up as wannabes?



Tags: Delinquents , School , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Slapstick , Gangs , Surreal Comedy

Gekiryuuchi: OVER BLEED

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological

Kei is a high-school student bullied daily and none of his fellow classmates care. Worn down by those endless humiliations, he accepts the strange proposal of his childhood friend Akira : Suicide together to end this nightmare. But that day, Kei survives and Akira doesn't.

Months later, the young man is shocked when he discovers on the net a website about street fighting. On several videos put online, a barely recognizable Akira gives a major beatdown to his opponents! What really happened? To discover the truth, Kei has only one solution: registering on that site and go from fight to fight to find the truth about Akira...



Tags: Martial Arts , School , Seinen , Gambling , Suicide , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast

Tokyo卍Revengers

Also known as Tokyo Revengers.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Hanagaki Takemichi was once a low-life punk, but after biting off more than he could chew with a gang in middle school, he ran away from his old life. Now that he’s an adult, the gang that once terrorized him has grown into the largest gang in Tokyo, and they’ve started killing people–including his old girlfriend! After learning this news, a mysterious force on a train platform shoves Takemichi right in front of an approaching train. As his life flashes before his eyes, he blinks to find himself transported back to middle school, before he fled from the gang! Now he has the chance to right what went wrong all those years ago. Can he save his girlfriend’s life in the future–and what else might he change if he’s rewriting the past?



Notes:
Winner of the Shounen Manga category of the 44th annual Kodansha Manga Awards.
Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Delinquents , Gangs , Time Manipulation , Time Skip , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Revenge , Conspiracy , Crime , Shounen , Age Regression , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Motorcycles , Suicide , Heterosexual , Espionage , Love Triangle , Gore , Mopeds , Age Gap , Guns , School , Adoption