Manga like Ping Pong

Do Retry

Also known as Do Retry.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

In postwar Japan, war orphan Aozora will swing his fists to protect his little sister!



Tags: Boxing , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast , Historical , Male Protagonist , Military , Yakuza , Body Horror , Orphan

Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji

Also known as Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Ne'er-do-well Kaiji Itou's shiftless existence is suddenly rattled by a visit from the yakuza. Burdened by debt and resentment, Kaiji is coerced into gambling for his worthless life. As the stakes grow higher and the rules become increasingly more bizarre, Kaiji must finally take the future into his own hands!



Note: Won the 22nd Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 1998.

Tags: Gambling , Seinen , Survival , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Death Game , Card Battle , Yakuza , Class Struggle , Tragedy , Nudity

Yu☆Gi☆Oh!

Also known as Yu-Gi-Oh!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery

10th grader Yugi spent most of his time alone playing games--until he solved the Millennium Puzzle, a mysterious Egyptian artifact! Possessed by the puzzle, Yugi becomes Yu-Gi-Oh, the King of Games, and challenges evil-doers to the Shadow Games--weird games with high stakes and high risks! These graphic novels contain new stories not seen in the anime, including the origin of Yugi and his friends!



Notes:
The Viz Media release split the series into three parts with separate chapter/volume counts. "Yu-Gi-Oh!" includes volumes 1-7, "Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist" includes volumes 8-31, and "Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millennium World" includes volumes 32-38.
The final chapter of Viz Media's "Yu-Gi-Oh!" was moved from its final volume to the first volume of "Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist."

Tags: Dissociative Identities , Card Battle , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Mythology , Primarily Teen Cast , Death Game , Gambling , Dragons , School , Urban Fantasy , Bullying , Reincarnation , Primarily Child Cast , Gods , Magic , Amnesia , School Club , Adoption , Desert , Torture , Gore , War , Body Horror

Nigero Matsumoto

Also known as Get Away, Matsumoto! -100 days escape-.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

Formerly a three time back-to-back winner of the All-Japan Intercollegiate Road Cycling Championships, Mastumoto now spends his days doing bike deliveries to pay the bills. Just as he contemplates giving up cycling for the sake of his future, Matsumoto suddenly finds himself at the center of an unbelievable incident...! Make way for this hard-hitting high-speed action!!



Tags: Cycling , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast , Death Game

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

Honoo no Toukyuujyo Dodge Danko

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Sports

The sequel to the legendary dodgeball manga Honou no Toukyuuji Dodge Danpei! In this modern version of the hot-blooded dodgeball story, Danpei's daughter, Danko, follows in his footsteps, struggling to build a dodgeball team with the strongest fighting spirit in the modern age of 2025! Can Danko overcome the apathetic attitude of today's world?

Tags: Shounen , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist

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

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

Ana Satsujin

Also known as Peephole.

Status: Finished
Genres: Ecchi , Horror , Romance

Who do you think lives next door? A college student? A secretary? A foodie? A quiet sort? Or... A killer? This is the birth of a brand-new suspense horror masterpiece!

Notes:
Volume 2 contains side story "A pain in the Miyaichi's bust."
Volume 3 contains side story "Enmeiji Reina no Koi" (延命寺玲奈の恋).
Volume 4 contains side story "Satsubatsu Memorial" (さつばつメモリアル)
Volume 5 contains side story "Kaika Sengen" (開花宣言).
Mangabox chapters 15 and 16 were merged together in the published volume, hence count is 137 and not 136.
Mangabox did not publish the specials.

Tags: Gore , Tragedy , Voyeur , Yandere , Hikikomori , Crossdressing , Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Futanari , Shounen

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