Sakuraba Taiko has been into ballet since she was a kid. Her mother also used to dance, although she gave it up to take a more traditional life path. Therefore, she was eagerly supportive of Taiko's interest in ballet. Taiko's life was staggered by the death of her mother in a car accident, but she has continued to dance, although her heart is no longer in it. Her remaining family and childhood friends support her as she chases her dream to become a famous dancer.
Her latest role is in the ballet "Giselle" as Myrta, the queen of the Wilis, spirits of young, virginal women who died before their wedding day. One day when she comes to the studio, she meets a beautiful, famous male ballet dancer, Mikami Akira, and she instantly crushes on him. Will she be able to dance well enough in her role to impress him and live up to the expectations of the whole ballet group? Will she be able to sort out her own feelings towards ballet and her mother's death?
Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Sports
43
1
9
April 1, 2024
Source ANN:
Shigeharu Honda is a Major League batter on the rise. His son Goro is a Little League pitcher who one day hopes to follow in his father`s footsteps. Momoko Hoshino is Goro`s schoolteacher, and the first woman Shigeharu has been interested in since the death of Goro`s mother. The destinies of these three individuals will become intertwined as father and son experience both heartbreak and triumph, on the baseball diamond. But when an unspeakable tragedy visits the family, it will take everything they have to pick up the pieces and reclaim their dreams.
Baharı Bekleyen Bizler; Baharı Bekliyoruz; Harumatsu Bokura; Waiting for Spring; We Are Waiting for Spring; We Hope for Blooming; 守望春天的我们; 春待つ僕ら; 봄을 기다리는 우리
Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice of Life, Sports
169
1
23
April 1, 2024
From Summer Rain:
Mizuki cannot readily open her heart to anyone, but she is going to turn over a new leaf in high school and change that. But how can she get along with a good-looking group of four, especially with rumors at school about how they met? Although cautious at first, she gradually gets to know their true personalities. A story about good-looking men and the insanity of youth!
Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shoujo Ai, Slice of Life, Sports, Yuri
206
1
7
March 31, 2024
Yamada is the plant appointee; tending the school's garden of flowers on her own. She isn't the slightest bit athletic, she's actually quite clumsy - but that doesn't stop her from having feelings for the star track member in the class next-door, Kase-san. Slightly shy, Yamada is reluctant about her feelings for the enthusiastic Kase-san. Still, slowly but surely, the pair are helping each other to grow in confidence for both themselves and their budding relationship, each blush and brush of the hand at a time.
New Testament – Star Of The Giants ; New Testament - Hoshi of the Giants; Shinyaku; Shinyaku Kyojin no Hoshi Hanagata; 新約「巨人の星」花形; 花形
Action, Adaptation, Comedy, School Life, Shounen, Sports
37
1
10
September 15, 2025
Mitsuru Hanagata, the genius little league pitcher. He injured his shoulder in a little league match and withdrew from baseball. His shoulder should have healed, but in a match against the a baseball club full of hooligans, he realises that his shoulder is permantly injured. He will never be able to pitch again. So he turns to becoming a genius batter instead!
高校鉄拳伝タフ ; High School Exciting Story: TOUGH ; High School Iron Fist Legend: TOUGH ; Koko Tekken-den TOUGH ; Koukou Tekken-den TOUGH ; The Legend of the High School Iron Fist: TOUGH ; Tough Dur à Cuire
Action, Martial Arts, Mature, Seinen, Sports
279
1
6
October 13, 2026
From Viz:
Nobody enjoys a good fight more than "Kiibo" Miyazawa, a high school student whose father is training him in the family's secret martial art. Kiibo dreams of becoming the next Bruce Lee, but his awesome fighting skills may soon surpass his idol's!
Kinnikuman Ii Sei Kyuukyoku Choujin Tag Hen ; Ultimate Muscle - The Kinnikuman Legacy; Kinnikuman Nisei; Muscleman: The 2nd Generation; キン肉マンII世; キン肉マン2世 ; Kinnikuman Ii Sei: Kyuukyoku Choujin Tag Hen / Kinnikuman II Sei: The Ultimate Chojin Tag Arc
What do you do when a team of evil, alien wrestlers threaten the Earth?
Organise a team of GOOD super-powered wrestlers, of course!
Kinniku Mantaro, the son of legendary wrestler Kinnikuman, rockets to Earth and finds an evil wrestling gang called the DMP tearing the place apart. The punks on the DMP are the weirdest, nastiest, and most outlandishly powerful musclebound freaks the galaxy has ever known.
Mantaro's only hope: form a team that's even wilder. Lazy and cowardly, Mantaro sure doesn't look like the universe's last great hope, but when something upsets him - like, say, EVIL - he busts out in muscles just like his old man! The only possible result is earthshaking, body-slamming, ultimate-powered action that sends our entire planet sailing over the top rope!
From MangaHelpers: Growing up, Wataru and his younger brother have both done gymnastics, much like their parents. At first, Wataru, being the older brother, could out-perform his younger sibling in the sport, but everyone quickly came to notice the large gap in talent between the two brothers. Now, his younger brother has been nominated to represent Japan in the Olympics, while Wataru lives his day-to-day life not knowing what to strive for. Wataru began attending a kick boxing gym, initially to just relieve stress. With the help of his gym mates and rivals, he begins to understand that hard work can surpass talent in the realm of kick boxing.
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Comedy, Drama, School Life, Seinen, Slice of Life, Sports
40
1
5
March 30, 2024
From MangaHelpers:
Shirakawa Ro has to move to a relative’s town in the country side with his twin sister Haruna when their mother suddenly dies in a car accident. Left as orphans at the age of 15, the two have to deal not only with their only parent but an entire new environment. Ro was supposed to succeed his mom’s dream of winning a medal in the Olympics but with her dying the day before the big event, Ro breaks down and misses his only chance to reach his dream. Now stuck in the small town of Tomakomai, Ro finds a new passion in ice hockey and regains his focus in life. [vyc]
Wheel of Reincarnation Rinne; Kyōkai no Rinne; RIN-NE; Rinne - Cảnh giới luân hồi; Rinne of the Boundary; Риннэ: Меж двух миров; 境界のRINNE; 境界的輪回; 境界的轮回; 경계의 린네; Circle of Reincarnation Rinne
As a child Sakura Mamiya mysteriously disappeared in the woods behind her grandma's home. She returned whole and healthy, but since then she has had the power to see ghosts. Now a teenager, she just wishes the ghosts would leave her alone! At school, the desk next to Sakura’s has been empty since the start of the school year, then one day her always-absent classmate shows up, and he's far more than what he seems!
Action, Comedy, Drama, Martial Arts, Mystery, School Life, Shounen, Sports
53
1
6
March 29, 2024
New works from the author of Melty Blood and Tsukihime. Familiar figures, familiar names, but a completely new storyline. Enjoy yourself with this masterwork of daily life scenes in a combat school.
Shiki Nanaya is really troubled now. As the weakest member of the Aikido club, she was charged to recruit one more member. Unfortunately, her potential prey, Miyako Arima, is uninterested in joining. A chance encounter put her in the crosshaired sights of various weirdos in the school, just to flavour her life a bit more. What is she supposed to do?
Inubuse Kuromu aspired to be King in Chess, he was so skilled he represented Japan in the World Youth Chess Championship at age 11. However, due to his loss to a mysterious, wolf-like player, he developed a condition where he can't sit in front of anyone?! Because of this condition, he stopped playing Chess and chose to solely focus on his studies until his fingers break. Three years since his loss, while desperately still holding onto his title as 'King' through internet Chess, he meets an incredibly strong opponent. This game…starts his tale to become King.
En selle, Sakamichi!; Weakling Pedal; โอตาคุน่องเหล็ก; 弱虫ペダル; 飆速宅男; Трусливый велосипедист; Pédaleur né
Comedy, Delinquents, Drama, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life, Sports
426
1
31
October 9, 2026
Otaku Sakamichi Onoda has just entered high school and plans to join the anime club. In middle school, Onoda didn’t have any friends with whom he could talk about anime, games, Akihabara and other otaku things, and he is hoping he can make such friends in the anime club, but he finds out it's been disbanded. In order to reestablish the club he tries to find 4 other people who would like to join. Since he was a little boy, Onoda has ridden his mamachari–a bulky bicycle with a step-through frame mainly used for short rides, such as for casual fun or to pick up groceries–to go to Akihabara every week to check out or buy otaku things. Fellow freshman Shunsuke Imaizumi and bicyclist, while training, notices a boy (Onoda) riding his mamachari up a steep road. Freshman and road racing cyclist, Shokichi Naruko visits Akihabara to get some Gundam plastic models for his younger brothers and meets Onoda who catches his attention because of the his cycling skill on the mamachari and later find out they go to the same school. Later on, both Naruko and Imaizumi try to convince him to join the bicycle racing club, but will he?
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A small five-year-old girl named Subaru no longer has time for friends and play. Why is this? Her twin brother Kazuma is dying...and gradually forgetting everything. Even Subaru. And so the girl visits him every day, talking with him and dancing for him, trying to make him remember her. And he always does by the end of the day. Encouraged by a friend to join ballet classes, the girl does so and falls in love with the dance.
-Bakaupdates
This manga has a sequel, Moon -Subaru Solitude Standing-.
南鎌倉高校女子自行車社 ; 南鎌倉高校女子自転車部 ; Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club ; Minami Kamakura Koukou Joshi Jitensha-Bu ; South Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club
School Life, Shoujo, Sports
23
1
1
March 26, 2024
From MangaHelpers:
Maiharu Hiromi has moved from Nagasaki to Kamakura at the start of her high school years. Kamakura is a beautiful, mountainous place, with a view of the sea and Mt. Fuji, and Hiromi is thrilled to explore the area. Hiromi hasn't ridden a bike since she was very young, but she attempts to ride to her first day of school anyway. In her case, riding a bike does not come naturally, and she ends up bumping into her first friend, Tomoe, who helps her learn how to ride. It turns out Tomoe is going to be in Hiromi's class, and their teacher is also a cyclist. Now Hiromi's exciting high school life, full of new friends and learning about cycling is about to start! [tethysdust]
Araki Yatarou, a member of Toujou High School's soccer club, dreams of conquering Europe and becoming the best in the world. In the last game of his senior year of high school, taking the first step toward his dream to enter the professional world, he struggles to catch the attention of scouts but...
Taken from ANN:
Aozora Yell centers on Tsubasa, a girl who saw an inspirational brass band performance at the finals of the Japanese high school baseball championships one summer. Tsubasa vows to join the band when she enters high school, and she happens to meet a certain boy there.
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28
1
5
March 24, 2024
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At school, Kamazaki feels as though there is a circle drawn around her, a line that no one will cross. A part of it is because her face looks mean, and another part of it is because she's rather socially awkward, but the largest part of it all is that she has earned a reputation for being really bad-tempered and violent to the people around her.
This all changes in her second year of high school. The cute, friendly, and popular Kume Asami one day inexplicably crosses that invisible line and decides to be her friend. Kume introduces "Kama-chan" to friendship and to the 5-man soccer club that meets on the school roof. As Kama cautiously enters Kume's club, she may find herself able to grow past the bad expectations people have of her, and enter into a new, happier, high-school life. [tethysdust]
Rambunctious high school student Hayate is the lone girl in an all-boys soccer club. One day, honors student Yuuto suddenly asks her out, starting a cute opposites-attract romance.
Action, Drama, Martial Arts, Seinen, Slice of Life, Sports
179
1
17
March 22, 2024
Meguru Takayanagi is trying to find a "practical" fighting method rather than the traditional karate he used to do when he was a kid, enrolling himself in a mixed martial arts gym (The fighter's brew) he started on his road to become a "Shooto" fighter, that's when he will find out his best friend from childhood and the dark secret that surrounds the motivation for revenge. Comedy, fights, slice of life, All rounder Meguru has it all
From Hidoi~! Translators:
Masaki Umeo is a middle schooler with a nasty temper. Because of his temper, he is causing all sorts of problems and is constantly involved in fights causing his sister to worry about his well-being. One day, he stumbles upon an Aikido class which he becomes interested in, but soon dismisses it until he meets Daniel- an english teacher from Canada. Daniel teaches Umeo about the way of Aikido in hopes of giving Umeo a different outlook in his life, but it isn't that simple because there is a dark reason behind Umeo's temper...
ハチワンダイバー (Japanese); 81diver (English); Hachi Wan Daiba; Hachi Wan Diver
Comedy, Drama, Romance, Seinen, Sports
43
1
2
March 22, 2024
Kentarou's former shogi teacher taught him to (metaphorically) dive into the 81 squares of the shogi board. Thus, his nickname is "81 Diver". He has failed to enter the professional league of shogi competition. However, he continues to play the game for a living by gambling at amateur shogi clubs.
Easy victory even real opponents would fight!!
Remember the arms of "evil" gather " the strongest army in the prefecture" and thus begins the story of the Lanshan High School soccer's miracle...
Reclaim the heart's spirit!! Great high school soccer novel!!
Racaille Blues; RokuBuru; Serseri Hüznü; ろくでなしBLUES; Good-for-Nothing Blues; Bản Blues vô giá trị
Action, Comedy, Delinquents, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life, Sports, Thriller
210
1
20
June 22, 2026
Maeda is a new student in the Teiken High School. He stutters when he's nervous and he's rather clumsy. He gets noted immediately because he hits a teacher during the entrance ceremony. Some clubs search to enlist him as they see in him a force they can use to get even with other clubs. But Maeda is a loner and has only one dream: becoming boxing champion. His first objective is to beat the leader of the boxing club. "Rokudenashi" translates as "good for nothing". Masanori Morita's (Rookies) first serialization, and a true Jump classic. More focused on gang warfare than boxing.
新約「巨人の星」花形 (Japanese); 新約「巨人之星」花形 (Chinese); Hanagata; Shinyaku [Kyojin no Hoshi] Hanagata; Shinyaku Kyojin no Hoshi Hanagata
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29
1
4
March 20, 2024
The titular Hanagata is a Junior High student who used to be an ace Little League Pitcher until he busted his shoulder. Now, in Junior High, he has decided to focus on his batting. But, the School has been banned from official games, and the baseball club has reluctant members.
A karate practitioner who has been transferred to another world refuses the cheat skills given by the goddess, and he pursues his own karate in another world.
Bowling King is a Taiwanese comic about a kid named Shautieh Ley and the humiliation he puts himself and his opponents through in bowling alleys. This is NOT Prince of Bowling. Instead, think of this as SimpsonsKingpin, or Great Bowler Shautieh.
Shautieh is infatuated with Tz'zuhn whose family owns a bowling alley. When he finds out that Tz'zuhn's family has a $3M debt and that Tz'zuhn has an American pro bowler boyfriend, Shautieh tries to resolve everything, with bowling of course. However, although Shautieh has an incredibly strong left arm, he doesn't know anything about bowling. What now, Shautieh?
Action, Drama, Romance, School Life, Seinen, Shounen, Sports, Supernatural, Tragedy
32
1
5
March 20, 2024
From SRoMU:
A lone boy standing on the beach. A loss of memories. The death of a great friend. A soccer club that had fallen apart. Mysteriously overwhelming skill. The name of the young man is Amakusa Kain. A new kind of feeling of soccer suspense begins here.
The story about the living legend of Fighting Games, Daigo Umehara is now in comic form!
The year is 1996. Shinya Oonuki is another gifted gamer living in the same era as Umehara. This man encounters the glamor of fighting games which leads him towards the path of obsession. This story covers the raging battles between Umehara and Nuki, two players who have carved their names into the history of fighting games!
