Manga like Owaranai Yosuga

Ping Pong

Also known as Ping Pong.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sports

Makoto “Smile” Tsukimoto and his friend Yutaka “Peco” Hoshino have been playing table tennis since they were kids, but as they enter high school, they find that the game has changed. Seeing potential in them that they themselves don’t fully realize, the coach recruits them for the school team. Bringing out their best will mean challenging the top players from rival schools in the summer tournament, including an ace Chinese exchange student who almost made the Olympic team. With the pressure on, can Smile and Peco take the heat and make it into the finals?



Tags: Table Tennis , Coming of Age , Seinen , Philosophy , Tragedy , Coastal , Male Protagonist , School Club , Teacher , Primarily Male Cast , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Bullying , Language Barrier , Urban , Time Skip

Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?

Also known as How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Slice of Life , Sports

Hibiki is a teenage girl who loves to eat, but when she notices her waistline expanding, she decides to check out the local gym. The gym is full of buff dudes…and Akemi, the student council president?! When Akemi tries to convince Hibiki to take up weight training, Hibiki resists–until she meets pretty boy trainer Machio. Now, Hibiki is willing to do whatever it takes to get fit!



Note: This manga is set in the same universe as Kengan Ashura and ST✰R: Strike it Rich.

Tags: Fitness , Athletics , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Educational , Meta , Tomboy , Surreal Comedy , Teacher , Primarily Teen Cast , Gyaru , Shounen , Tanned Skin , School , Parody , Table Tennis , Time Manipulation

Adachi to Shimamura

Also known as Adachi and Shimamura.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

The second floor of the gym. That’s our spot. Class is in session right now, but they don’t hold class in a place like this. This is where Shimamura and I became friends. What is this feeling? Yesterday, I dreamed of kissing her. I’m not like that, and I’m sure Shimamura isn’t either. But…when Shimamura thinks of the word “friend,” I want to be the first thing that comes to her mind. That’s all.



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , Delinquents , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School , Yandere , Love Triangle , Aliens , Shounen , Table Tennis

Adachi to Shimamura

Also known as Adachi and Shimamura.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Adachi and Shimamura, two young women who attend the same high school, are inseparable friends. Whether playing table tennis, chatting about favorite TV shows, or just relaxing together, they’re happy to share their days. When Adachi’s friendship turns into romantic attraction, the relationship begins to change, one day at a time.



Tags: Yuri , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Iyashikei , Time Skip , Philosophy , School , Achronological Order , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Aliens , Love Triangle , Delinquents , Yandere , Alternate Universe , Table Tennis , Fishing

Hana to Hoshi

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sports

Hanai is a junior higher and the best at table tennis. She's never lost, and she's won many tournaments, but after some freshman she's never heard of beats her like it was nothing, she starts losing every game after that and she can't get rid of that feeling of defeat. Now it's her first day of high school and she's decided to quit table tennis and live an ordinary high school life, but on the first day, she runs into the very girl that first defeated her. It turns out that she's also quit table tennis, but this girl always has a cold expression on her face and Hanai can't help but feel that this girl is always looking down on her and trying to mess up her perfect high school life. One day the girl falls asleep in class, and Hanai reaches over to wake her up. As she does so, the girl, still half asleep, looks up at her with a smile and almost kisses her. The girl later tells Hanai that she was having a dream about her, but Hanai coldly brushes it off thinking she's just messing with her and walks away - as the girl behind her looks down while blushing...

Note: Chapter count includes 2 extras.

Tags: Yuri , School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Love Triangle , Table Tennis , School Club , Tsundere , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Unrequited Love

Adachi to Shimamura

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

The second floor of the gym―this was where we always met. It was class time, but of course, there weren't any classes going on in a place like this. This was where Shimamura and I became friends.

We hung out here―talking about TV shows and cooking, playing some ping pong... This is where we fostered our friendship.

Keeping my head propped against the wall, I let out a small sigh. What was this feeling? Yesterday, I'd dreamt of me and Shimamura kissing.

Not that I'm like that. I'm sure Shimamura isn’t either. It’s not even something worth repeating myself about, but really, it’s not like that. It's just that when she hears the word "friend," I want her to think of me first. That's all.

Tags: Yuri , 4-koma , School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Shounen , Aliens , Table Tennis

Sekine-kun no Koi

Also known as Sekine's Love.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

Keiichiro Sekine, age 30, is an exceptionally "unfortunate" man. Though he's a hot, elite businessman who's popular with both women and men alike, he's cursed with a "triple handicap" of being insensitive, passive and a jack-of-all-trades, but master of none. Having lived a life that's been somewhat out-of-focus, Sekine resolves to make a change and heads for a small knitting and handicrafts store. While knitting and counting the stitches, Sekine finds himself recalling horrible memories in his past and the feel of his previous upperclassman, Kazune's, bone-thin body! But after meeting the store owner's granddaughter, Sara, Sekine's love life might finally begin... or not.



Tags: Seinen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Rehabilitation , Work , Nudity , Age Gap , Heterosexual , Urban , Table Tennis

Sakura Namiki

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Takahashi Makoto's The Rows of Cherry Trees is quite old—it's from 1957. It centers around three members of the table tennis club at an all-girl school. The story begins with the school tournament, where Yukiko faces off against first her rival, then her crush.

Tags: Shoujo , School , Yuri , Table Tennis , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Love Triangle

Full Drive

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

9-year-old Tamashiro Dan is teased relentlessly by others for being weak and small until his grandfather teaches him table tennis and gives him an old worn-out racket. Four years later he's left Germany with his family to Japan, to prove himself on a bigger stage.

Included one-shots:
Volume 2: Koi ni Sake Mikoto, Kokoro no Naka no Juusetsuken
Volume 3: Dov no Kyuuki, Akage no Achoo!!

Tags: Table Tennis , Shounen

Shakunetsu no Takkyuu Musume

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

The manga follows middle school students Koyori Tsumuzikaze and Agari Kamiya as they enter the world of girls' middle school ping pong.



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Table Tennis , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , Seinen

Ping Pong

Also known as Ping-Pong Peril.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Millions in debt, high schooler Taira's only path to redemption is in the world of underground ping pong! "Gimme a flat table, a ball, and a racket, and I'll show you some ping pong!" A shining table and a burning ball. Nobody will keep their sanity when this crazy ping pong battle begins!



Tags: Table Tennis , Shounen , Gambling , Male Protagonist , Aliens , Space

Aoiro Ping Pong

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Kugumori Akito is 15 years old, about to enter high school. One day he comes across a guy being bullied, and ends up following him to his school. Because of this, Akito becomes interested in something he discovered by chance - table tennis. Akito begins the challenge to experience something he will never forget.

Tags: Shounen , School , Table Tennis , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Amnesia

Ike! Ina-chuu Takkyuubu

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Sports

There are six members of the boy's ping pong club. Two are relatively normal; however, the other four consist of an aspiring sexual deviant, two perverts, and a guy with lethal B.O. Add in a cantakerous girl as a manager, and you have the entire crew.

This series pushes the boundaries of good taste beyond anything the western world has experienced, yet somehow manages to remain vaguely charming. The antics of the ping pong club includes one member's trademark "Protruding Pecker Serve," molesting cross-dressing members, and the infamous "Turtle Sequence," which is much too horrifying to describe.

Tags: School , Table Tennis , Seinen , Primarily Male Cast

Takkoku!!!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Sports

Marunouchi Gaku has come back to Japan after being away for 10 years. He reunites with his childhood sweetheart, Tamano Kako. However, before they can date, Gaku must defeat Kako in a game of Takkoku. The problem is though, Kako is the #1 Takkoku player in Japan and she doesn't know how to go easy.

Tags: School , Shounen , Table Tennis , Heterosexual

Takkyuu Dash!!

Also known as Ping Pong Dash!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sports

Haruku Tendo is the strongest Yankee, striking fear into all of Ibaraki Prefecture. He meets the beauty Sawa, and then discovers ping pong?!



Tags: Shounen , Table Tennis , Delinquents

P2 - Let's Play Ping Pong!

Also known as P2 - Let's Play Ping Pong.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Hiromu is a boy who is terrible at every sport because he is weak, slow and untalented. He failed to get into any sport clubs, however he stumbled upon the ping pong club and surprisingly, he seemed to have some talent in the sport.

Tags: Table Tennis , Shounen

Shakunetsu no Takkyuu Musume: Reburn!!

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Sports

Koyori is a new transfer student looking for excitement, and Agari is a girl who devotes herself to her sport. Their encounter will create a fiery whirlwind in the world of junior high table tennis! Will Koyori and her team be able to grab a ticket to the nationals at the Tokyo tournament? Hearts pounding! Love at full speed! The story about girls' youth, previous adapted into anime, has been rekindled! Note: A sequel to Shakunetsu no Takkyuu Musume, originally announced in a special chapter called Shakunetsu no Idol Musume on February 24th 2023.

Tags: Table Tennis , Primarily Female Cast , Seinen

Takujou no Ageha

Also known as Takujo no AGEHA: The Table Tennis of AGEHA.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Meet Ageha, a promising successor to Japan's golden age of table tennis. He's under the tutelage of a former world champion whose granddaughter Ririka is also at the top of her game—though she's playing a more seductive sport. Both would rather die than recognize the other's talents, which is going to get interesting when they find out they're engaged!



Tags: School , Shounen , Table Tennis

Owaranai Yosuga

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

In today's world, it is said that you have to start by the age of six to become a top table tennis player. Takeshima, a former member of the Japan national team, is looking for someone who could overcome this “common sense.” He meets Fukado En, a boy who took up table tennis in search of human connection, and sees the potential in his straightforward, unadulterated passion. A former national team member and a lonely boy weave a dramatic table tennis story that drives a stake through the “common sense” of the sport.

Tags: Table Tennis , Male Protagonist , Seinen

Takkyuu Shachou

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sports

Includes one shot: Ban Game Night (バンゲームナイト, Board Game Night); Big Comic Zoukan 1997-9/18

Tags: Table Tennis , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Work