Manga like Yawara!

Happy!

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

One day the Yakuza comes knocking on the door of the orphaned Umino siblings. The oldest brother has gone into hiding after acquiring a huge debt. Afraid for her brother, Miyuki agrees to take responsibility for the loan. The yakuza wants her to become a ho, Miyuki wants to be a tennis pro. Turns out she used to be a very promising player before her parents died. However, becoming a pro is difficult when friends are few and everybody else conspires to make Miyuki's life hell.



Tags: Bullying , Tennis , Ojou-sama , Seinen , Fugitive , Gambling , Love Triangle , Yakuza , Language Barrier , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Nudity , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes

Asadora!

Also known as Asadora!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery

It's 2020 and Tokyo is on fire! A large, mysterious creature rampages through the city destroying everything in its path. Cut to 1959. We meet a spunky young girl, Asa. As one of 11 siblings, Asa is constantly forgotten. Most people can't even remember her name. So, when she is kidnapped for ransom (by a guy who mistakes her for a doctor's kid), no one bats an eye—not even when a typhoon hits! Now Asa and her kidnapper must work together to survive the brutal storm. But there's more to her kidnapper and this storm than meets the eye.



Tags: Kaiju , Aviation , Time Skip , War , Historical , Natural Disaster , Tragedy , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Drugs , Athletics

Jigoro!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Sports

Prequel to Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl

Published in an anthology of 4 stories about Jigorou and 2 other stories completely unrelated to Jigorou or Yawara.

Tags: Martial Arts , Judo , Anthology , Historical , War , Swordplay , Gambling , Baseball , Primarily Male Cast , Seinen , Male Protagonist

Chihayafuru

Also known as Chihayafuru.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sports

Chihaya is a girl in the sixth grade, still not old enough to even know the meaning of the word zeal. But one day, she meets Arata, a transfer student from rural Fukui prefecture. Though docile and quiet, he has an unexpected skill: his ability to play competitive karuta, a traditional Japanese card game.

Chihaya is struck by his obsession with the game, along with his ability to pick out the right card and swipe it away before any of his opponents. However, Arata is transfixed by her as well, all because of her unbelievable natural talent for the game. Don't miss this story of adolescent lives and emotions playing out in the most dramatic of ways!



Notes:
It won the 2nd Manga Taisho Award and the 35th annual Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shoujo.
It was nominated for the 20th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2016.

Tags: Karuta , Female Protagonist , Josei , Coming of Age , School Club , Unrequited Love , Card Battle , Love Triangle , POV , Educational , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , School , Tomboy , Heterosexual , Bullying , Slapstick

Mou Ippon!

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Sports

After performing in their final middle school judo tournament, Michi and Sanae begin high school and walk in on Michi's final opponent fighting to save their new high school's judo club.

Tags: Martial Arts , Primarily Female Cast , School Club , Shounen , Judo

Odoru Keikan

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

A relaxing and fun piece to read about! A policeman finds himself dancing to the sound of anger.

Tags: Police , Slapstick , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Work , Nudity

Juudou-bu Monogatari

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Tags: Male Protagonist , Shounen , Judo

Obi wo Gyutto ne!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Sports

Takumi Kogawa and Osamu Sugi from Northern Junior High School, Koji Saito from Southern Junior High School, Shigeru Miyazaki and Yukihiro Mimizo from Eastern Junior High School, and Honami Kondo and Sakurako Ebizuka from Takamachi Junior High School meet at the judo dan promotion meet in July of their final year in junior high. About half a year later, they all enrolled in Hamanako High School, where they met again in the same class. They immediately try to join the judo club, but there is no judo club at Hamanako High School, so Ryuko Kurata (3rd dan in kendo), who is also their homeroom teacher, is appointed as their advisor to start a new judo club.



Tags: School Club , Martial Arts , Shounen

Ranma 1/2

Also known as Ranma ½.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

Years ago, Genma promised his old friend Soun Tendo that Ranma would marry one of Soun’s three daughters and carry on the family’s martial arts school. Except that the girl picked to be Ranma’s bride doesn’t seem to like him, Ranma keeps getting into fights…and did we mention that whole changing into a girl thing?



Tags: Gender Bending , Love Triangle , Martial Arts , Ensemble Cast , Henshin , Cohabitation , Mixed Gender Harem , Episodic , Shapeshifting , Female Harem , Femboy , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Shounen , Nudity , Tomboy , Demons , Ghost , Arranged Marriage , Magic , Animals , Curses

Houkago Connection

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

A young boy in a local village tries to look for Matsutake mushrooms after some time has passed due to failure on finding any mushrooms.

Tags: Seinen , School