Top Volleyball Manga Recommendations

Haikyuu!!

Also known as Haikyu!!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

A chance event triggered Shouyou Hinata's love for volleyball. His club had no members, but somehow persevered and finally made it into its very first and final regular match of middle school, where it was steamrolled by Tobio Kageyama, a superstar player known as "King of the Court." Vowing revenge, Hinata applied to the Karasuno High School volleyball club...only to come face-to-face with his hated rival, Kageyama! A tale of hot-blooded youth and volleyball from the pen of Haruichi Furudate!!



Notes:
- Winner of the 61st Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2017.
- Chapter count includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Volleyball , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Coming of Age , School Club , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Time Skip , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Philosophy , Twins

MASHLE

Also known as Mashle: Magic and Muscles.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

This is a world of magic where magic is used for everything. But deep in the forest exists a young man who spends his time training and bulking up. He can't use magic, but he enjoys a peaceful life with his father. But one day, his life is put in danger! Will his muscular body protect him from the magic users who are out to get him? Powerfully trained muscles crush magic as this abnormal magical fantasy begins!



Note:
- Eleventh place of Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.

Tags: Magic , Fitness , Shounen , Surreal Comedy , Parody , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Slapstick , Time Manipulation , War , Primarily Male Cast , Asexual , Aromantic , Food , Volleyball , LGBTQ+ Themes , Unrequited Love , Tennis

ReLife

Also known as ReLIFE.

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

When the responsibilities of being an adult and the ugly side of corporate bullying betrays one's childhood dreams, many would wish to return to their innocent childhood to relive their life and make the right decisions. Dumbfounded by the offer presented to him, 27-year-old Arata Kaizaki hopes to turn his life around through a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Returning home from his part-time job, Arata is persuaded by Ryou Yoake, an employee of ReLife Research Institute, into participating in an experiment which will help him overcome his difficulties and re-enter corporate life. As part of the ReLife experiment, Arata's physique is reverted to that of a 17-year-old, and all he must do is relive his high school life for one year. Waiting for him at the end of the experiment is a job offer that he has been struggling to get ever since he left his first company.

With few other options, he decides to go along with this plan. However, with adult-like tendencies and many years since his last formal education, Arata steps into an unexpectedly challenging territory—a normal day of high school.



Note: Includes 16 extra chapters

Tags: Age Regression , Memory Manipulation , Shapeshifting , School , Full Color , Rehabilitation , Amnesia , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Seinen , Kuudere , Male Protagonist , Work , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Time Skip , Age Gap , Love Triangle , Volleyball , Suicide

Fujiyama-san wa Shishunki

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

Fujiyama-san is 181 cm (Approx. 5' 11'') and she is the ace player for her school's volleyball team. Kanba-kun is 160 cm (Approx. 5' 3") and has known Fujiyama since their preschool years. With his prankster friends, Kanba peaks into the girl's locker room right when Fujiyama is undressing. From then on, he could not get the image of Fujiyama out of his mind, so he decides to ask her out. She says yes. Enjoy their naive and secretive relationship as Kanba ogles his tall girlfriend in many different situations.

Tags: School , Seinen , Iyashikei , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Volleyball

Ao no Hako

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Sports

A boy from the volleyball team comes in early to the gym everyday, and falls in love with the senpai from the girl's basketball team who's always there practicing, too.

Tags: Shounen , School , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Basketball , Volleyball

Ojou to Banken-kun

Also known as A Girl & Her Guard Dog.

Status: Hiatus
Genres: Drama , Romance

Isaku never asked to be the daughter of a yakuza boss, but when her parents died in a car accident when she was 5, her gangster grandfather took her in and raised her as part of the clan. After years of being avoided by her schoolmates because of her family ties, Isaku is finally ready to make her high-school debut, live a normal life, and maybe even find love...until loyal family servant and Isaku's dedicated guardian, 26-year-old Keiya, enters high school right alongside her and vows to protect her from all of the above! Now she's got a chain-smoking, pistol-wielding knight-in-shining(?)-armor to deal with, and navigating high school besides? What's a young lady to do?!



Tags: Yakuza , Shoujo , Age Gap , Gangs , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , School , Primarily Adult Cast , Guns , Volleyball , Assassins , Urban , Criminal Organization

Kyou wa Kanojo ga Inai kara

Also known as My Girlfriend’s Not Here Today.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

Pent up and tired of her apathetic girlfriend, Asahina Yuni turns to an anonymous online account to let it all out. It’s just another day of doomscrolling after class when Asahina gets swept away in conversation with the beautiful, outgoing Taki. When Taki turns out to be following Asahina’s private account, it’s cute…right? Taki would never blackmail Asahina…right? With every new lie, the web of secrets and erotic desire grows ever-tighter!

Tags: Yuri , Netorare , Primarily Female Cast , Tragedy , Love Triangle , Blackmail , Female Protagonist , Yandere , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Teen Cast , Gyaru , Nudity , Volleyball , School , Scissoring

Haikyuu!!

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Hinata is full of enthusiasm for volleyball, and he's determined to become the ace of the volleyball team as he enters high school! Unfortunately, due to having too few players and no real teachers, his middle school volleyball team just kind of casually played around. He has no real experience or skill with the game and only has the ability to jump really high and spike the ball. The real first-year ace, the super-serious, highly-skilled, irritable Kageyama, has no patience for clueless Hinata's ambition. Will Hinata be able to find a useful place on his new team?

Tags: Volleyball , Shounen , School Club , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist

Nisekyuu!!

Also known as Nisekyu!!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sports

The energetic characters of Nisekoi and Haikyuu!! collide in a friendly, but fierce, game of beach volleyball with the high stakes of all-you-can-eat yakiniku and a year's worth of protein. Although confident they can win, the Karasuno High School team may be in for more than they bargained for...

Tags: Volleyball , Crossover , Shounen , Primarily Teen Cast , School

Houkago, Koishita.

Also known as I Fell in Love After School.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Kao has no interests, no hobbies, and no friends… so when she’s pushed by her brother to become the manager for the boys’ volleyball team, she reluctantly accepts. But her future as manager is contingent on roping in the equally reluctant Kuze-kun, who, despite his passion and talent, seems intent on leaving volleyball behind...


Tags: Shoujo , Love Triangle , Volleyball , Female Protagonist , School Club , School , Heterosexual

Haikyuu!!: Tokubetsu Bangai-hen - Matsuri Futatabi

Also known as Haikyu!!: Special One-Shot - A Party Reignited.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Tags: Volleyball , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist

Haikyuu-bu!!

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Sports

A new official spin-off of the popular weekly series Haikyuu!!, in which our protagonists are the members of the rival schools. A comedy series about their ridiculous antics that you can't read in the original story!

Tags: Parody , Ensemble Cast , Volleyball , Surreal Comedy , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen

Koukousei Kazoku

Also known as High School Family: Kokosei Kazoku.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Spring is in the air, and Kotaro is about to begin his first year of high school. He's full of hope and anticipation of a wonderful life at his new school, only to have his dreams crushed by... his family?! Isobe Isobee Monogatari ~ Ukiyo wa Tsuraiyo creator Ryo Nakama's latest series combines family and school life gags, making it feel familiar but also fresh and new. This new genre of comedy will be sure to make the grade!



Tags: School , Surreal Comedy , Family Life , Baseball , Ensemble Cast , Shounen , Tennis , Delinquents , Shogi , Volleyball , Animals , Male Protagonist

Ohimesama no Himitsu

Also known as Secret of the Princess.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Fujiwara is the school’s most admired student and captain of the volleyball team, but her reputation is at risk when she accidentally breaks the principal’s most prized possession, a priceless vase. Fellow student Miu witnesses the accident, and Fujiwara begs her not to tell. In exchange, she’ll do whatever Miu wants. It turns out that what Miu wants is to date Fujimaru! Although this wasn’t an arrangement that either girl expected, the two soon discover that breaking the vase may have been destiny’s way of bringing them together.

Tags: Yuri , School , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Tomboy , Volleyball , LGBTQ+ Themes , Fake Relationship

Harukana Receive

Also known as Harukana Receive.

Status: Finished
Genres: Ecchi , Slice of Life , Sports

When high schooler Haruka moves to Okinawa, she finds herself enamored with the beach right outside her front door and resolves to form a volleyball team with her cousin, Kanata. However, because she’s so short, Kanata gave up on volleyball ages ago. Can Haruka get her to take up the sport again in time for the junior tournament?



Note: Includes 1 bonus chapter.

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Volleyball , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Yuri

Haikyuu!!: Bangai-hen

Also known as Haikyu!!: Special One-Shot - Nobuyuki Kai's Nightmare.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Depicting a different perspective on the conclusion of Karasuno vs Nekoma in the third round of the Spring Tournament.

Tags: Volleyball , School Club , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast

Beniiro HERO

Also known as Crimson Hero.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sports

All that matters to 15-year-old Nobara Sumiyoshi is volleyball--she's an awesome player with big-time ambitions. But sometimes it seems like a girl just can't get a break in the competitive world of high school volleyball.



Tags: Shoujo , School , Volleyball , Female Protagonist

Chiisai Boku no Haru

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Sports

Suzuki Souta, a high school boy on the school volleyball team, is interested in his classmate Shinonome Asahi, a member of the girls' volleyball team. She thought of him as a good volleyball player, so she has been seeking him out every day. Souta was a keen volleyball player until junior high. However, because of his height, he could never become the spiker he longed to be. As a result, he got into the habit of giving up on things. Souta's high school life: Will he meekly accept what he cannot have? Or will he try to become a man who can stand with Asahi? Youth is a series of choices. Please, Souta, hang in there and do your best!

Tags: School , School Club , Volleyball , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Time Skip

Joshikou dakara Safe

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

It's tempting to tease the girl that you like, right? Nanase is interested in her classmate Momo. Whenever you see her, you can't help but to just play with her!

A yuri comedy about a girls school where the law is out of bounds and the girls are always on the edge of their seats! ☆

Tags: Yuri , School , Love Triangle , Blackmail , Nudity , Yandere , Bullying , Volleyball , Basketball

HELLS ANGELS

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

Amagane Rinne, an up-beat schoolgirl, has died. Even though she is dead, she still has to go to school. But if she's dead, where would she go to school? In Hell, of course! But making friends in a school filled with demons isn't as easy as it sounds....which it doesn't sound...

Tags: School , Demons , Isekai , Mythology , Gods , Female Protagonist , Volleyball , Urban Fantasy