Manga like J-Dream

Blue Lock

Also known as Blue Lock.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Japan Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, and who can be the decisive instrument in turning around a losing match...and to do so, they've gathered 300 of Japan's best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team...and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way?



Note: Winner of the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2021.

Tags: Football , Battle Royale , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Athletics , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Shounen , Fitness , Foreign , Super Power , Augmented Reality , Language Barrier , Tragedy , Suicide

Offside

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Kumagaya Gorou is a soccer-loving goalkeeper with abundant talents. On the day of the entrance examination for Yokohama Minami High School, a public school with a prestigious soccer team, Gorou has an accident and is forced to abandon the exam. He then has no choice but to enroll Kawasaki High School, a private school located just around the corner.

The soccer team at Kawasaki High is weak, but Gorou does not give up and decides to transform the soccer team. He trains hard with his friends and aims to win the national championship.

Note: Chapter count includes a bonus epilogue (Sonogo no Offside) chapter in volume 29.

Tags: Shounen , Football

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

J-Dream Kanzen Nenshouhen

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Taka Akaboshi leads team Japan through France World Cup Asia Qualifiers.

Tags: Shounen , Football

J-Dream Hishouhen

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

It's a manga about football/soccer.

Tags: Shounen , Football

Ryuuji

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Entirely unknown nationwide is a high school student named Shino Ryuuji. At a national convention in his last year of junior high, he was allowed to go a U-16 training camp as a Japanese representative candidate; that was to show a single part. In a friendly match against the U-17 Spain representative, Ryuuji was selected as one of the chosen to bathe in the severe baptism of the world! In the overwhelming reality, many soccer fans were fascinated by Japan's first-of-its-kind genuine story, the long-awaited serialization!

Tags: Shounen , Football , Male Protagonist

Oretachi no Field

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

A soccer loving boy Takasugi Kazuya dreams of playing soccer with his Japan League star father at the National Yoyogi Stadium. The story follows Kazuya's life as he travels to Argentina, plays for Yamaki, and goes to the 1998 World Cup in France.


Tags: Football , Shounen , Foreign , Coming of Age

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 , Ensemble Cast , Seinen , Heterosexual , Bullying , School , Love Triangle