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17 year old exemplary student Bae Sugu lives alone with his father, the vice principal of his school. Weighed down by his father's expectations, Sugu has to hide his one true passion: swimsuits. He does not know where it comes from, but his passion is pure and genuine - and often misunderstood. But one day, when Sugu is secretly taking pictures of swimsuits by the pool, he is caught by his homeroom teacher who forces him into something ridiculous. Can Sugu find something to get out of the standstill his life has come to? Can his heart beat again? Webtoon from Naver

Series of Short Stories.Chapter 1-3:Revolves around the same boxing club.1) A Boxer's Love ~ Part One2) A Boxer's Love ~ PArt Two3) Secret4) The True Form of Your Favorite Man5) Love Spell6) Forbidden Agreement(Contains incest!)7) Baby Animals7.5) Memories of Papa Igawa & Switch One

How strong are you? In this manga, the hero is an idiotic little boy who has a frightening style of fighting. But he isn't the only fighting monster. Sumeragi Sen will discover people that are stronger than him, and maybe even the limits of his strength.

After the loss of his leg, Kikuzato's dream of becoming a soccer ace comes to an end. But with use of a prosthetic leeg, he finds a new goal to become a track star and win gold at the Tokyo Paralympics! [Yen Press]

(From MangaDownloads):Rough is a romance/sports story by the great Adachi, and this time he seems to have been inpired by Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: Yamato Keisuke, a promising freestyle swimmer, and Ninomiya Ami, a talented diver, are the offsprings of two rival families owners of confectionery shops. Two generations ago, Grandfather Ninomiya came up with an idea for an owl-shaped cake, but Grandfather Yamato quickly raised to the challenge and thought of a similar cake--but in Yamato's the owl had ears. Because they're priced the same, Yamato's extra ears were crucial, and that made the business of the Ninomiya confectionery suffered. Grandfather Ninomiya then fell ill worrying about his shop. Before his death, his last words were "I was killed by the Yamatos", and since that moment the two families have been sworn rivals.

Rikitaro is a musician whose dream is to become a rock star just like Jimi Hendrix or Jim Morrison, but at the age of 27 that dream is fading away rapidly. Ooishi is a 3 time world boxing champion who recently retired and is now in the entertainment world, shooting a boxing reality show. These two unlikeliest of people cross paths one day but both of them think nothing of it until weeks later. Rikitaro is given one last shot by a record label to sign a deal but before that, they need him to get into better shape so that he is easier to sell. He stumbles upon a boxing gym which also happens to be the same gym Ooishi is filming his show. As fate's wheels start to turn, neither man realizes that they will work together to train the best boxer ever, even better than Ooishi himself.

This spring, Tokyo TV's newly employed announcer Fukuro was given the task to gather information & do a close report on the infamous hunk of the professional baseball world; Shiratori Reiichi. Given this important opportunity Fukuro is determined to do his best! However, the following morning he wakes up to a stark naked Shiratori sleeping beside him, trouble ensues!The demanding and selfish Shiratori with the hard working and Timid Fukuro! Watch as their love story unfolds.

15 year old Kasumi Kishimoto arranged to stay with her aunt when she entered high school. Upon ariving she is surprised to learn that there are four other people boarding there, all of whom are male and attending the same high school. And when one of them walks in on her bathing on her first night there, she wonders what she's gotten herself into.

This manga is the next arc after "Golden - 23" . While most of the Golden Age struggled to win their ticket for the Madrid Olympics in the Asian preliminaries, a few of them playing overseas had their own fights... Find out what happens to the "giocatori" from the "land of the rising sun" in Italy, and most of all, the victory in the Serie C1, the promotion to the Serie B, the kick off of the direct confrontation between Hyuga Kojiro of AC Reggiana, and Aoi Shingo of FC Albese!!

Shiba is in love with his kendo senpai, but when he enters university he doesn't want to be in the kendo club anymore. How can shiba convince him to join the club again? And why does annoying Akito senpai have to be in the club instead?

[Also known as Miss Rain]-"Where Kuramitsu Rena goes, it is sure to rain... Before she knew it, she got the name 'Miss Rain'... Including the title work, five jeweled masterpieces of Naoko are recorded. For the romantic you..."'Miss Rain' has 5 storiesMiss RainBoku no Pierce GirlJuly Marmalade BirthdayMaigo no SwingItsumo Issho ne'Wink Rain' is part of the manga called 'Chocolate Christmas' and is not part of 'Miss Rain' originally.

The two high school girls, Hanazono Mito and Tatsuda Seshiru, have been friends since kindergarten. But while Seshiru is an honour role student, Mito is constantly breaking school rules. One day, Mito helps Seshiru evade the advances of the arrogant Ran, a rich boy and model who mistakes Mito's interference for jealousy (because of course every woman wants Ran for herself! Yeah, right). This lands Mito in hot water with Ran's fangirls, who later gang up to kick her ass! A new transfer student with wild hair is the one who saves her, but he won't tell Mito his name...!?

Nonomiya Yuuta, a ski Jumper aiming for Olympic gold, bursts onto the stage with his exceptional skills. However, his biggest problem is that he is not really a "HE"... The person claiming to be Nonomiya Yuuta is actually his twin sister, Nonomiya Nono... And with women's ski Jumping not being an official Olympic category, hiding her true identity is the only way for her to achieve the dreams of her father and brother and win Olympic gold.

Nagahara Miu is the former genius tennis player who quit playing four years ago. Miu, who is forced to play a doubles team match with Issei, whom she met at school, once again stands at the court...?!

Ukai Zero saves three troubled teens from a Suicide Website, and together chooses to work as 'Robin Hoods' of society. However, one of Zero's friends are caught by an organization he got in trouble with, and Zero is forced to enter a gambling competition hosted by a rich, rotten old man who is looking for talented gamblers to be his rep player. The reward money? ONE TRILLION YEN.

This is part 2 of Gambling Emperor Legend Zero, picking up a few years after the cliffhanger ending of part 1.

The inexorable girl who aims to be a champion; Jain! and the innocent boy who loves her, Tae jin!Their challenges on the road to championship and an unfitting summer-like love story.-from Naver WebtoonsPlease address this work as a Manhwa (Korean word for cartoons)

By Shoujo Crusade:Sugimura Nozomi made a pact with her childhood friend Hyoudo Rei who both have a passion for ice-skating that when they grow up, they will both pair up to get into the Olympics. But then Rei moves away.Years later, Nozomi transfers to a school famous for its students' emphasis on ice skating. There she unexpectantly meets up with Rei only to find him indifferent to ice skating. But Nozomi will not give up on her dream even if Rei has and she's determined to make it to the school ice-skating club and bring Rei with her as her partner.Read this manga from right to left

Miyuki Umino was a senior in high-school. Although Miyuki, her two younger brothers and her younger sister were poor, they were happy living together. But, one day all of a sudden her older brother's debt of 250 million yen fell upon them. To pay back the debt Miyuki quit school. What was the incredible choice she took to do this?

A new story of a love-triangle and four oneshots, including an extra sixteen pages; all found in this comic filled with the honest love and desires of men!1) Bachi BachiTsudanuma, the captain of the soccer club and Toui, the vice captain, keep their feelings for one another hidden in their hearts. Their kouhai, Ichita, discovers their secret and decides to support them. But one day, they both end up confessing to him?! (From Blissful Sin)2) Youth, the color of sunsetA scruffy man dragged by his tough daughter to Akino's hair salon.3) Samurai HoneybeeTakasugi Encountered an interesting guy at a karate lesson.4) 723-122 (Nanai-san's woof woof - meow meow)Science fiction story about a clone and his Hybrids pets lovers5) Hatagaya LullabyA story about an old fashioned writer and an Visual Kei singer.5.5) Extra - Depression. the color blueA continuation for the second story - Youth, the color of sunset.

From Manga Freak:Asuka is a typical high school girl with two big loves in her life: Judo, and Kujyo-senpai. One day, Asuka finally gathers up her nerve to confess her feelings to Kujyo-senpai. But before she can do so, a boy from her past transfers to her school and challenges Asuka to a judo match--if he wins, Asuka will have to be his girlfriend for three months. Who is this boy? Will Asuka ever get a chance to confess to Kujyo-senpai? Who will win this match?

From acme: Dame BL is "a collection of BL oneshots written by some of the lesser-known participants in the genre (and some you may be familiar with already), with a focus on less conventional settings and characters. We're very far away from high school here, which hopefully you'll agree makes a pleasant change of pace." 1. Be Here to Love Me (KUMOTA Haruko) The relationship of a foot-fetishist and his cunning colleague. 2. Kou no Kawa (MOROZUMI Sumitomo) Set in ancient times, a village is near starvation due to a bad harvest. For some reason, the young chief takes care of a cursed man he finds lying in the river... 3. Khaa Thoong (Est Em) Can the young Thai kick-boxer rekindle the thirst for competion in a senior boxer after his devastating defeat? Column 1 (AOYAMA Toomi) Useless Side Characters Column 2 (Kashima) Obsession/Favoritism Column 3 (KUSAMA Sakae) Terror! Kappa Lake 4. Natsu no Saigo ni Yosete (UMEMATSU Machie) Two elderly men reminisce about their lives together over a bowl of peaches. 5. Locas! (OKADAYA Tetuzoh) Jean-Luc fell in love through correspondence in a chat with Al. What will occur, when he will decide to meet off-line? Is it really Al that wrote to him in chat? 6. And Robo (CHIBA Ryouko) A touching tale of robot clones... or something. 7. Shinumade BL Shindemo BL (Takeuchi Sachiko) 8. Tonari wa Nani wo Suru Hito zo (UNO Jinia) The unusual love a man has for his fan in the hot summer. 9. Soldier (Zin) A nazi sadist and a prisoner in camp. Excitement, desire, but... what about love? Attachment? Column 4 (KEVIN Komine) Column 5 (COTORINO Deathco) Eronashi BL Column 6 (PSYCHE Delico) Column 7 (YONEDA Kou) 10. Muhou no Shounen (Mochimeko) A story involving a Reckless Young Man and some scary faced gangsters. 11. Ima Doushiteru (ROTTA Ikumi) The funny relationship between a man who has a fetish for soft/chubby things and his fatty otaku-friend. 12. It Must Be (MOMOYAMA Naoko) A story about two professional cyclists and their travails.

After the World Youth, Japanese players are looking for pro careers in Japan and around the world.In order to fulfill their dream of World Cup 2002 in Korea and Japan, they must get stronger playing in various club competitions, home and abroad.*Includes a side story called Go for 2006 in vol. 15.

From ANN:Kaname Okiura, a student of Prefectoral Umineko Shougyou High ("Umisho" for short), joined the school's swimming club in order to learn how to swim, but the club is filled with weirdos, let alone teaches him swimming. Then, a sunny, happy-go-lucky girl named Amuro Ninagawa who was transferred from Okinawa joined the club. Her extraordinary underwater speed and unorthodox swimming style (plus her personal habit of nude swimminga powerful magnet to teenage boys) surprised every club member, especially Okiura, because she reminds him of a mermaid-like creature he saw only once in his early childhood.

Aoyagi, a gardening otaku joins the school baseball to get the attention of the guy she likes... But what happens when they have to compete over the same position in the team?

Sung Moon High is fields one the country's top 5 high school baseball teams. On the field, players hit hard, run fast, and pull their weight to strive towards victory. Off the field, competition is fierce with students vying for position - and affection. Some might play for love of the game, others are just in it for love.

Teti joins the Cirque Arachne, a troupe of acrobats, and finds herself captivated by one member in particular...

Misono who falls in love with a handsome "boy" one day as she was taking a break from her running. She believes that she shall never meet this "boy" ever again, but after warnings about problems with her foot, Misono decides to not run for a while and help out with the drama club. There she meets her "handsome prince" once again, but it turns out "he" is not who she thought he was...

From Moi-xRyu Scanlations:Every morning high-school student Nanami catches sight of this one surfer he secretly begins to admire. Incidentally, however, it is later on a certain day that they reunite in a classroom! Turns out that this one-year-older senpai, named Shuu, is in fact one who, while characteristically mature, is unsociable to the extent that hes even notorious for being someone difficult to approach. Even so, for some reason, Nanami becomes the sole person that he can smile at and laugh with, over and over again As they repeatedly spend more time together after school, by midsummer, Nanami finds himself receiving a kiss near the seaside?! And so, a story of dazzling first love ensues.

Kentarou who works at the construction company founded by his father, meets Kawada, a salary-man sent by hir firm to the costruction site to supervise its progress. This newcomer soon brings his coworkers' dislike upon himself because of his cold attitude and his unpleasant comments. But one day, Kentarou accidently finds out that Kawada, despite his putting on airs, is still a virgin! In a moment of kindness, he decides to help him get to the next step by introducing girls to him, but Kawada seems to be more interested in Kentarou himself... ~ Ikemen Scans

From Girls' Generation Scanlations:Back in his high-school year, Saganoshima has always dreamt of being a professional boxer and joining the lightweight division ever since he went to watch a match with his old friend, Natsu. The pair, Natsu being a wonder chef, and Saganoshima being clumsy and always getting injuries from training, has always been taken cared of by Natsu. Fast forward into the future when their dreams have been achieved, the two start drifting apart from one another. Will these two get the courage to confront each other, or will they let their emotions push them further away?

From Fujoshi Bitches:After being abandoned by the Goddess of Victory, Hayase Mahiro, the genius racer, was unable to win any more. Right when he was at the end of his rope with financing his team, a suspicious man dressed in a black suit appeared before him. His identity? The owner of a private, exclusive club, to which only the chosen ones have access. Mahiro begun working there and with his inherent, unyielding spirit as his weapon, started climbing up the ladder of this gorgeous world. But...?

Because of the two senpais passionate affections towards each other, there isn't any new recruit for the Archery Club. As a result, the club might be disbanded. However, there might be hope if the two freshmen, who have been studying archery for over ten years, join the club. Will the boys agree to join a club that has only three members and without a consultant? And will their relationship advance to the next stage? Includes a one-shot of a sweet love confession between a sensei and an intern.

Sequel of Beach Stars, the story begins where it stopped in the first one.Nanase, who's now the representative of her prefecture, has finally joined the Madonna Cup and will do everything in her power to defeat her one and only target: Hayakawa Sanae!

Enter our hero Wakadaishou! He doesn't have much interest in school; he saves his energy for all the excitement he can stir up after school. This is an early Adachi Mitsuru 'youth manga', filled with engaging characters, comic scenes, and a young hero with a zest for life.

From Selene Scans:Ogata Natsuki is the best player on the Kakuchi Junior High Basketball Team. Which is not saying much because they couldn't even get through the 3rd round of the Prefectural Tournament from freshman year until the end of Junior High. For High School, his friends convince him to try out for the Number One High School Basketball team, Fujiwara Academy. So he goes to live with his aunt who runs a hot springs resort to go and try out for the best. Fujiwara Academy.The thing is...he's small. So people look down on him and he has trouble convincing people he's any good. Through one thing or the other, he ends up with Tachibana Mitsuki watching her school, St Mariannu High go up against Fujiwara Academy in a practice game. But the thing is, St Mariannu is very weak. Weaker than even his former school. Fujiwara is just toying with them and now they don't even want to finish the game. What will happen now? Will Natsuki ever be able to achieve his dreams of being High School Basketball's Number 1? And will it be with Fujiwara?

In search of her mother Nagi, a girl from a desolate country village, comes to a big city and enters Swimming Suieikyou High School. Shortly after joining the swimming club, Nagi finds out that the pool is actually completely overtaken by boys! But in this never-practicing so-called swimming club Nagi finds something...

A new teacher that enters the school is also the girls basketball coach and Miho can't help but look at him as other than a teacher. Fate, however, has a different idea.

The year is 2XXX AD, and basketball has become the most popular sport in the universe. However, the Intergalactic League - the pinnacle of professional basketball - is completely dominated by extraterrestrials. The being widely renowned as the best of basketball is Gyuma, despite the fact he is merely 19-years-old.Into this arena steps Yoshimune, an old man who believes that it`s humans who should be number one in basketball. His plan is to collect the best team of pure humans there is, and attempt to win the Intergalactic League.With this aim in mind, one of Yoshimune`s scouts - Cha-che - approach a 14-year-old prodigy named Hideyoshi, and offers him the chance to play in the Intergalactic league. His absolute self-confidence is what Yoshimune wants to drive his team to the top; right to Gyuma!

Ever since he was little, Akira wanted to be a rugby player. But since he lived on a tiny island with no other children, it was very difficult for him to learn how to play. In hopes of becoming useful to a rugby team, he practiced the one thing he could do by himself, kicking. Now Akira is heading to high school, and he's going to try to make his dreams of playing rugby and having friends come true!

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.-BakaupdatesThis manga has a sequel, Moon -Subaru Solitude Standing-.

Take Isamu is an elitist 6th grader who looks down at his peers because he is the best at everything he does at school, from looks and smarts, to his luck with girls and his abilities as an athlete. He considers himself to be in the top percent of his age group and is incredibly bored with interacting with the so called normal people. A new student, Kaname Moka, transfers into his school and as she is fairly pretty, Isamu asks her out.Moka mishears what he says and thinks he wants to challenge her, as she grew up boxing. In fact, Moka is an amazing fighter and can even take down 5 middle school boys at once. Although Isamu can't stand her violent personality and she can't stand him for having so much pride, they start to grow attracted to each other. But then Isamu finds out that not only is Moka more athletic than him from all her years of boxing, she's also much smarter than him. Will he able to get over his overly sensitive pride and dive into a romantic relationship?

From Ochibichan:Kinoshita SumireDoes not participate in any co-curriculum activity and does not even like her own name. She first saw Makimura Daichi in the library. For some reason, she was very attracted to the way he twirls his pencil, and from then on, she started taking interest in him. Makimura DaichiPart of a famous ice hockey team and is secretly in love with his childhood friend, Shouji These two people have nothing in common at all, yet they are slowly getting closer to each other!

From Viz: When Maya Kurinoki takes her little brother to the local ice-skating rink for the first time, she's got her hands full just trying to get him to let go of the bar. To inspire a bit of bravery in him, she attempts a double axel--and lands it! Maya never imagined that this jump would change her life...or that a coach named Eishi Todo would vow to make her a figure skating "princess"! Now all Maya has to do is convince famous skater Shun Kano to become her partner. Too bad Shun doesn't want to have anything to do with her! [On Hiatus]

From Adachi's Universe:A quirky but fun series, Itsumo Misora explores the lives of six kids and how they are brought together by fate and the appearance of unusual powers. It contains everything Adachi is synonymous with: humor, sports, tangled lives, strange situations, and love triangles...

As children, Lee Haru and Yun Dong-Ha made a promise, one to become a famous baseball player, the other a ballerina. When Lee Haru departs for Russia, they both decide that when they meet again they'll become a couple.Fast-foward several years, and Dong-Ha, now a feared deliquent, is excited to find out Lee-Haru is returning to his school. Expecting to meet a gorgeous, skinny ballerina, he is rather dismayed to find out Haru hasn't exactly turned out the way he expected.

From PDH:This series is about a girl who plays baseball. No not softball, BASEBALL. It's really cute though. ^^