Manga like Build Up

Top Corner

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

An Si-Jun, a math genius boy with a dream of becoming a novelist, coincidentally meets Heo Do-Hyeong, a promising player on the Gwangjin High School soccer team. Do-Hyeong discovers Si-Jun's latent soccer talent through an unexpected incident. In order to save the team, he proposes a secret deal to Si-Jun, but...

"... I've never played soccer before..?"

Will Si-Jun be able to become the savior of the Gwangjin High School soccer team in crisis? A soccer drama about boys chasing their dreams. The kickoff of the math genius begins!



Tags: Football , Full Color , School , Long Strip

Garbage Time

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

A new coach is appointed to the basketball team of Jisang High School, one of the weakest in the country.



Tags: Basketball , Male Protagonist , Full Color , School Club , School

Geomeun Meori Jeonsul Cheonjae

Also known as A Tactical Genius on the Field.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

If there is one thing that Ma Jung-Woo is good at, it's football. Although he is a genius strategist, others look down on him because of his lack of education and debt. But things seem to turn around when he finds out he has just inherited his late grandfather's British football team. He plans to sell the team and start fresh, only to find out the team has massive debt! Left with no other choice, Jung-Woo must use his tactical genius to help this team rise from the ashes and be number one!



Tags: Football , Full Color

Chukgucheonjaero Ohaebanneun Jungimnida

Also known as I’m Not a Soccer Genius!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Sports

Suit up! Jian is an Italian soccer league benchwarmer who needs to convince his childhood friend that he's a star player. A lucky goal or two might do the trick, but how long can he keep up the ruse? Unless, unbeknownst to him, Jian really is a genius...



Tags: Football , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Long Strip , Full Color

Chukgujaeneung Da Naekkeo

Status: Releasing
Genres: Sports

Woo Ho-Young had dreamed of becoming a football player. However, he was not blessed with the talent and died without realizing his dream, struck by lightning. It was then that the demon Mammon appeared, offering the ability to covet everyone's talents...



Tags: Football , Full Color , Male Protagonist , Age Regression

Beginnings

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Sports

Tae-Yang, who dreams of becoming a pitcher, is in a deep slump. No matter how much he practices, his bat just refuses to hit the ball, and his school life becomes a mess. He just wants to get back on the field, nothing more, nothing less!



Tags: Baseball , Long Strip , Full Color

Cheonjae Midfield-ui Pass-neun Teukbyeolhada

Also known as The Genius Midfielder with the Killer Pass.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Sports

I17-year-old Yujun Song lives for soccer. However, when he suddenly becomes color-blind, he has no choice but to walk away from his dream. 15 years later, after a car crash, Yujin finds himself on the brink of death and makes one last wish: to step onto the soccer field one more time. In the next moment, he appears to have been given this chance as he finds himself back in his 17-year-old body. On the pitch, strange bands of colorful light dance around him. With the colors as his guide, can Yujun become the midfielder he always dreamed of?



Tags: Football , Full Color , Male Protagonist , Long Strip , Age Regression

Catenaccio

Also known as Catenaccio.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Sports

Yataro Araki, a member of the Tojo High School soccer team, has big dreams. Within a decade, he sees himself conquering the soccer world’s loftiest peak: European “football!” Fast forward to what may be his last soccer match before graduation, the match that will make or break his dreams. Having thus far failed to attract the attention of scouts, he is now desperate do whatever it takes to prove himself. Yataro is prepared to get his hands dirty if it means winning. If it means standing at the top! Welcome to the world of international football! Nothing is sacred, no rule is left unbroken! Not when victory is on the line!



Tags: Football , Seinen , Foreign , Male Protagonist

GIANT KILLING

Also known as Giant Killing.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

A truly great coach makes the game of soccer interesting! Tatsumi Takeshi is 35 and has spent the last few years coaching in England before being brought back to Japan to coach his old team. His favorite pastime? Causing giant upsets—aka Giant Killing!



Tags: Football , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast

Aoashi

Also known as Aoashi.

Status: Finished
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 , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Seinen , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Bullying , Love Triangle