Manga like Muteki no Subaru

Abyss Rage

Also known as Abyss Rage.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

A blind boy, Shinobu, lives a peaceful life with the support of his kind teacher and girlfriend, Mikoto, training daily to learn the ancient martial art of self-defense known as “Mibuchi Toshujutsu”. Until one day, when all is stolen from him by a strange visitor who appears at the dojo. This man, defeating both Shinobu and his teacher, steals away Mikoto with him. Three years pass— In order to take back his girlfriend, Shinobu climbs up from the depths of despair, and finds himself at a remote island prison where only the most abominable kind of criminals are housed. There begins a battle royal, a free-for-all fight to the death with the villainous men within!!


Note: Chapter count includes 9 extras.

Tags: Martial Arts , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Disability , Shounen , Nudity

Grappler Baki

Also known as Baki the Grappler.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

A seventeen-year-old boy with a white belt enters a karate tournament and shakes the foundations of Japan’s martial arts scene. As he effortlessly defeats his opponents, the world’s top fighters are left to ask: just who is this bizarrely strong young man, and what is he trying to achieve?



Tags: Martial Arts , Male Protagonist , Revenge , Primarily Male Cast , Gore , Shounen , Estranged Family , Achronological Order , Nudity , Sumo , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Yakuza

Diamond no Kouzai

Also known as The Days of Diamond.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sports

“I was meant to play baseball!”

Jiro Ayasegawa has a natural gift for sports, but life can be lonely at the top. He’s crushed other players’ dreams. Some have even given up their sport altogether because of him. Eventually, he encounters "The Bambies," a low-level, local kids’ baseball team that plays purely for fun. Jiro signs up, thinking that he’s finally found an easy-going team to enjoy baseball with, until things take a sudden turn...



Tags: Baseball , Seinen , Coming of Age , Primarily Child Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Time Skip

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 Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Boxing , Tragedy , Athletics , Shounen , Revenge , Gore , Yandere , Gambling , 4-koma , Historical

Red Blue

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Sports

A story about the sullen Aoba Suzuki and the rising star Kenshin Akasawa making their way into the world of MMA fighting.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Martial Arts , Anti-Hero , Wrestling , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Revenge , Shounen , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Fitness

Hajime no Ippo

Also known as Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit!.

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

Makunouchi Ippo has been bullied his entire life. Constantly running errands and being beaten up by his classmates, Ippo has always dreamed of changing himself, but never has the passion to act upon it. One day, in the midst of yet another bullying, Ippo is saved by Takamura Mamoru, who happens to be a boxer. Ippo faints from his injuries and is brought to Takamura boxing gym to recover. As he regains consciousness, he is awed and amazed at his new surroundings in the gym, though lacks confidence to attempt anything. Takamura places a photo of Ippo’s classmate on a punching bag and forces him to punch it. It is only then that Ippo feels something stir inside him and eventually asks Takamura to train him in boxing. Thinking that Ippo does not have what it takes, Takamura gives him a task deemed impossible and gives him a one week time limit. With a sudden desire to get stronger, for himself and his hard working mother, Ippo trains relentlessly to accomplish the task within the time limit. Thus Ippo’s journey to the top of the boxing world begins.



Tags: Boxing , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Disability , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Bullying , Heterosexual , Delinquents