Manga like Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishou

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: Boxing , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Orphan , Urban , Athletics , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , Delinquents , Class Struggle , Prison , Foreign , Yakuza , War

Otoko Zaka

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

Jingi Kikukawa is a guy who during his 13 years of life was never defeated by anyone, a year ago he was transferred to the school of Touun (Touunchuu), each school is protected by a leader of warriors provided art lovers quarrels, after an appointment with Yasuoka (Tooun leader), Jingi is victorious, made him become the new leader of the school, however, will soon meet his nemesis, Sho Takeshima, head of a gang that controls the western Japan, who will teach a good lesson in the fight.

Tags: Shounen , School , Male Protagonist , Delinquents , Gangs

Rokudenashi BLUES

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

Maeda is a new student in the Teiken High School. He stutters when he's nervous and he's rather clumsy. He gets noted immediately because he hits a teacher during the entrance ceremony. Some clubs search to enlist him as they see in him a force they can use to get even with other clubs. But Maeda is a loner and has only one dream: becoming boxing champion. His first objective is to beat the leader of the boxing club. "Rokudenashi" translates as "good for nothing".

Tags: Delinquents , School , Boxing , Shounen , Episodic , Primarily Male Cast

Geki!! Gokutora Ikka

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

A continuation of the manga "Shiritsu Kiwamemichi Koko", this story follows Tora of his quest to become the most notorious gangster in all of Japan. When he encounters Gakubo Masa, the boss of the Gokumasa family, he immediately admires him and joins the family on their rampages. Full on both laughter and violence, the manga takes reader everywhere from a juvenile reformatory all the way to the halls of the Diet. (Weekly Shonen Jump Exhibition Vol.1 Catalog)

Tags: Yakuza , Delinquents , Shounen

Otokogumi

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

Backed by a fixer who controls the political and economic circles, a high school student, Jinryu Goji, governs his school – Seiun Gakuen. In response, the school authority asks Nagare Zenjiro, a champion of Chinese martial arts who killed his father and was sentenced to a juvenile detention center, to fight Jinryu Goji. The story revolves around combats between the two. The dual develops into extensive conflicts involving high school students nationwide, and eventually leading figures in political and economic circles. The artist represented detailed movements of kung-fu, which was extremely popular at that time. The series was epochal in that is established a new genre of manga highlighted by conflicts on campus.



Tags: Gangs , Martial Arts , Primarily Male Cast , School , Delinquents , Shounen

Shiritsu Kiwamemichi Koukou

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

This is the absolute manga about intimidating, long-jacket wearing, violence-starting abnormally ridiculous, unreserved eye catching hardasses.

Tags: School , Delinquents , Shounen

Kyojin no Hoshi

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

The story is about Hyuma Hoshi, a promising young baseball pitcher who dreams of becoming a top star like his father Ittetsu Hoshi in the professional Japanese league. His father was once a 3rd baseman until he was injured in World War II and was forced to retire. The boy would join the ever popular Giants team, and soon he realized the difficulty of managing the high expectations. From the grueling training to battling the rival Mitsuru Hanagata on the Hanshin Tigers, he would have to take out his best pitching magic to step up to the challenge.



Tags: Shounen , Baseball , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Tragedy

Worst

Also known as Worst.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama

Worst is the definitive tale about "high school fighting" which takes place in chaos-ridden Suzuran High School for Boys that has a notorious reputation of having the worst kind of students ranging from thugs to delinquents.

The main character, Hana Tsukishima, a freshman at Suzuran, comes from a very distant countryside in Japan. Although gentle and warm hearted, Hana is a tough fighter who has no problem facing several opponents at one time. His ambition is to claim the "bancho" status (the head) and unify/bring order to Suzuran by defeating whomever comes in his way with the support of both his friends and upperclassmen who are drawn to his strength and character. At other times, he must fight thugs from rival schools and gangs.



Tags: Delinquents , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , School , Coming of Age

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 1 extra chapter.

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

Otoko Oozora

Status: Finished
Genres: Action

Tags: Shounen , Martial Arts