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What is the fate of the basketball team that is the only loser?

Qiu Ning, an apathetic snooker genius who grew up in a pool room, once faced off with Cheng Haiyan - a pool shark of the same age. Despite losing for the first time in his life, Qiu Ning's talents in snooker astonished Cheng Haiyan. Qiu Ning subsequently decided to train under the snooker club where Cheng Haiyan serves in order to beat him and hence enters the world of professional snooker...

Iori Kitahara looks forward to his new life on the Izu Peninsula as he prepares to start his college life there, staying in a room above his uncle's diving shop "Grand Blue." However, he is quickly shocked as he meets the local Diving Club, a group full of buff men who spend more time drinking, partying, and stripping naked than actually diving. Despite his attempts to distance himself from the group, Iori gets quickly swept up in their antics, while his cousins try to show him the wonders of diving into the ocean and sea.

Bin Hong, the legend who has countless records under his belt -- starting with his 3000 hit record -- at age 40 has finished his last career game. After finally fulfilling the condition set forth by the "Fairy of Baseball", he has gone back in time to when he was 18 years old. "I want to try for the major leagues!" exclaimed Bin Hong who has gone back in time 22 years prior. The next condition set forth is now a 5000 hit record. Can he achieve it? The story of Bin Hong who returned to the past and is aiming to make it in the major leagues starts now!

A Saki spin-off series. It follows the characters Toki Onjouji, Ryuuka Shimizudani and other girls from Osaka during their elementary and middle school years.

Kokoro is the talk of the figure-skating world, winning trophies and hearts. But little do they know … he’s actually a huge nerd! From the beloved creator of You’re My Pet (a.k.a. Tramps Like Us)! Chitose is a serious young woman, working for the health magazine SASSO. Or at least, she would be, if she wasn’t constantly getting distracted by her childhood friend, international figure skating star Kokoro Kijinami! In the public eye and on the ice, Kokoro is a gallant, flawless knight, but behind his glittery costumes and breathtaking spins lies a secret: he’s actually a hopeless romantic otaku, who can only land his quad jumps when Chitose is on hand to recite a spell from his favorite magical girl anime!

Yoonsu coaxes new kid Yishin into joining him for Sports Day. Yishin finds him annoying, but once he realizes he always has him on his mind, he decides to transfer back to Seoul. Yoonsu, in tears, promises to visit, but 3 years pass since his last text. Yishin, feeling used, decides to use him back.

The sun or the moon. Who do I choose? Ever since they were little, Sewoon believed that he and his best friend Dobin only had each other. But when a rift between them makes room for the newcomer, Daebum, Sewoon’s torn on who to choose: the beautiful but cold Dobin, or the warm and inviting Daebum?

Something strange got mixed into the Karasunos teams curry. Its got everyone feeling hot and Hinata is the hottest of all!

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Kohara Sunao, a high school junior who can't approach boys and has never been in love, finds herself sitting, during classes, next to Izumi Aoto, who is cool, silent and scary. By coincidence, they start soccer training together. A "special lesson for falling in love" starts between a super tough boy, and an obedient and bright girl!

An ordinary middle school student, Fujita Tatara couldn't find any objective in life and spent his days idly. One day, a group of delinquents picks a fight with him and he is saved by a mysterious man. After that, the man surprisingly takes him to a ballroom dancing class. While being inspired by a girl dancer who goes to that school, Hanaoka Shizuku, and her partner, a genius dancer, Hyoudou Kiyoharu, Tatara starts dedicating his youth to dancesport. Note: 6th and 8th Manga Taisho Award nominee.

Growing up, Eun Hae-il is unable to forget the boy he had his very first crush on. This year, he gets accepted into his dream college after retaking the entry test 4 times. However, one day he saves a child from drowning in the ocean but, attempting to save him, he submits to exhaustion and drowns. Right before he stops breathing, he closes his eyes and thinks of the boy he has longed had a crush on, but when then he opens his eyes again he's no longer drowning in the ocean, but on a bus. Hae-il, a man who has crossed between time and has survived death, now stands in front of the man he has longed loved, Yoon Pado. “Has God really given me a second chance?”

Katsutoshi Umiyama is a young teacher of 25 years who is designated as responsible for the men's club volleyball school. The women's club, however, is in the hands of the beautiful Maho Kawashima. When Umiyama accidentally gets too close to a club girl, Ai, the student does not seem to be upset, but ...

Michiru is a happy child who loves to skate. During her childhoood, she meets Leon, a cute innocent boy. They begin to ice dance together. But as she has a conflict with her mom, she plans to run away with Leon. Leon, considering the danger, declines Michiru. Hurt by this, Michiru runs away by herself. Finding out that Michiru has run away, Leon and others search for her, finding her in the skating rink. But the Michiru they find standing in the rink no longer has the smile that the old Michiru had!?Spin-off series: Ginban Kishi.

Aoi prefers indoor hobbies and is afraid of heights, but her childhood friend Hinata loves to show off her passion for mountain climbing. As young children they once watched the sunrise from the top of a mountain, and now they’ve decided to take up mountain climbing in hopes of seeing that sunrise again. They have cooking battles with mountaineering gear, climb small hills in their neighborhood, and meet new mountaineering friends as they learn the ropes of the hobby. When will they finally see that sunrise again?

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The long-awaited new Saki spinoff, centering around the past of Harue and the pros Hayarin, Kokaji and Noyori.

How did the phrase Surf with me. became a connotation for Sleep with me? There are strange rumors surrounding Ha Doyoon, and Sung Jin, curious to find the truth behind those rumors, approached him. The events that unfolded during the 3 days that followed only made him more and more confused.

Sakura Hibiki is a teenage girl who loves to eat, but when she notices her waistline expanding, she decides to check out the local gym. The gym is full of buff dudes…and Souryuuin Akemi, the student council president?! When Akemi tries to convince Sakura to take up weight training, Sakura resists–until she meets pretty-boy trainer Machio. Now, Sakura is willing to do whatever it takes to bulk up!

"I would like to take this opportunity to retire from all competitions and games today." Youngmin, who had climbed to the position of the strongest fighter, was only waiting for boredom. "I need something that will make my heart race!" He receives an unbearable provocation. "Player Kwon Young-min... Of course, he is a great player. But he won't make it to the final saga." "What? Look at this guy!" Youngmin, who was hit with "You're bad at the game," eventually couldn't resist and starts playing the virtual reality game, Final Saga... "What's all this? Oh! I don't know, just try it for now." Lacking information, experience, and basic knowledge, Youngmin starts playing the game blindly... "If your body is strong, your mind is at ease," practicing this belief, Youngmin starts living as "Lian" in Final Saga and grows stronger from the ground up!

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 Bachi Tsudanuma, 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 sunset A scruffy man dragged by his tough daughter to Akino's hair salon. 3) Samurai Honeybee Takasugi 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 lovers 5) Hatagaya Lullaby A story about an old fashioned writer and an Visual Kei singer. 5.5) Extra - Depression. the color blue A continuation for the second story - Youth, the color of sunset.

Yutaka works as a trainer at his father's boxing gym. In a dark alley one day, he runs into Kei, who fights off several thugs. Trying to help a young delinquent get off the street, Yutaka invites Kei to the gym. But Kei is no ordinary delinquent...

Minako entered in the same high school as her friend Shuu. And then she figured out that one of her classmate is the guy she loves: Takuma. She will have to make a choice between love and friendship. Included in this manga is a oneshot story called Sakura no Kioku in vol. 2: Her graduation ceremony is approaching. Because she wanted something else, she decided to break up with her boyfriend, but...

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K-League Third Division The protagonist, Ma Jung-woo, is a strategic analyst. As he suffered from mounting debt, he inherited his late grandfather's British football team without notice. He tried to sell the club and start a new life... What? 150 billion won in debt alone? Jungwoo is trying to pay off his debts alone as the club owner's coach….

Choi Yoonjae, a swimmer with an obsession of handsome boys, has engaged in a purely sexual relationship with Lee Hyun, his swimming partner. One day, at the sports centre where the two train, a new worker arrives. Yoonjae's attention is drawn immediately, but the real meeting between the two (rather than between the three), will take place under strange and unexpected circumstances. What will happen after that?

In 1993, at the first ultimate fighting championsip, a skinny unknown brazilian fighter takes the win without any severe injuries. People start to show interest in this individual's fighting technique that led to worldwide recognition of the brazilian martial art known as 'Jiu Jitsu'. Unchan is a whimpy teenager who has trouble with bullies at school. Although he wishes to fight back, he is not able to hit other people because of his traumatic childhood. He starts to gain a fighting chance as he gets into the non-striking brazlian martial art foul. Now, let's see Unchan kick some ass!

At the age of 14, the day he set a new record in middle school, he lost his parents.Oh Binwoo decided to stop archery after misfortunes entered his life.After that, his life changed.Although he felt that there was a void somewhere in his life, he was still satisfied.It has been 3 years since he gave up archery and tried to live a satisfying life for himself.As he entered Sinla High School and met the members of the archery club.He finds himself enjoying archery again !An archery school life story .

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From Be Beautiful: Three's a crowd. Ranmaru and Kei have a strong and passionate relationship built on years of trust, sacrifice and love. When the mysterious son of a Yakuza boss starts to have designs on Ranmaru's affection, tempers flare, and hidden emotions rise to the surface. Will Ranmaru and Kei's love for each other be able to survive this difficult test, or will the emotional conflict finally come to a head?

A motorcycle accident, bone cancer, a speeding truck crashing into a boy on a stolen bicycle--tragic life-changing events turn the worlds of three young men upside down. These three very different personalities have only one thing in common--their passion for basketball.

Whether you're a pro wrestler or an idol, if you take it off, it's all over. Even if my costume is torn, even if I'm put in a chokehold, even if I'm humiliated with an obscene move... I won't lose!

The story revolves around three teenagers with a desire to play basketball. Nomiya, being a high school dropout, has no future in his life. Engulfed by the guilt of crippling a girl in a traffic accident where he invited her on a bike ride finds himself in a deep predicament. Togawa, a former talented sprinter who once strove to become the best in Japan now putting his all in wheelchair basketball finds it hard to deal with the disinterest and psyche of his own teammates. Takahashi, once a popular and arrogant team leader, an honor student, a self proclaimed elite now finds himself being unable to move from the chest down.Real also deals with the reality of physical disabilities, and the psychological inferiority that the characters struggle against. The characters break through their own psychological barriers bit by bit.Chosen by the American Library Association (ALA) as one of the Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2009. (Vol. 1-2)

A sequel to Dance! Subaru.After the events of Subaru, the ballet dancer Miyamoto Subaru works in a German ballet company. However, after using pneumonia as an excuse to cancel at the last minute on her company's tour of Japan, she is forced to accept the damage she has done to her professional career. As she struggles with her sense of self-worth, she meets Nico, an amazing, handicapped ballet dancer. Nico lost his vision, in addition to his ballet partner and lover, in a tragic accident. Will Subaru be able to reach out to him, and help him to once again dance with a partner? In doing so, will she be able to find her own place in this world?

Nishio, a stoic math teacher, doesn't get along very well with Sakaki, the beloved gym teacher. However, after one drunken night, Nishio finds himself in Sakaki's bed where he is suddenly kissed and confessed to...?

“Don’t hold back... I want to hear you cry out” His large and gentle hands lure me into a doze in the darkness. His fingers stir around in my nether regions that are so embarrassingly wet! Was my beloved senior Shibasawa always this dirty!? --Tamaki is a teacher who is reunited at her assigned high school with Shibasawa, the boy she had had a crush on. His unchanged kindness makes her heart flutter, but she has her own “reason” for being unable to take the next step... Then one day the two of them end up shut inside the pitch black warehouse of the gymnasium and they accidentally kiss! Their kiss grows deeper and deeper and soon their tongues are intertwined. -- My dear senior, tell me what this kiss truly means...!

Sakura Hane has to ride her bicycle up several steep hills just to get to her new high school. As she is desperately pedaling, she sees and hears a motorcycle zoom past her and instantly falls in love with it. It turns out that bike was driven by her new classmate Amano Onsa, one badass girl who decided to attend this school because of one reason, there is no policy against motorcycles. Not only that, there is apparently a motorcycle club on campus. Hane and Onsa instantly become friends and she is able to convince Hane to start riding a bike. Now the only thing Hane has to do is get a license...

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Riko (whose real name is Ayako) was already in high school when she gained a new younger brother. Miguel is a nine-year-old Peruvian boy rescued by her father in the midst of turmoil before he came home to his loving family in Japan. Miguel had a good grasp of Japanese but he didn't seem to be warming up at first. He was overly polite and he barely smiled. But Riko was determined to make sure that he felt that he was now a part of her family, introducing him to the world outside and to the game of basketball… Now Miguel is in high school, fresh out of the international school. And he has proven he can be good at many things: in academics, in sports… but even though he seems to be really good at basketball (showed the students their first live look at a dunk), and though he seems to really like it, he seems unwilling. What is he afraid of? What is he pushing away?

Jang-goon is an up-and-coming wrestler who is popular for his handsome face. Yeonho is his coach. He thought he only needed to manage Jang-soon's physical condition. But Jang-goon can't even masturbate by himself, so Yeonho has to take care of his sex needs...

Sequel to the adventures of Kiriya Rinji whom, in order to pay off his debts, decided to become a mahjong pro-player in the area of Kabukichou.

From ANN: The story of Mix takes place in the same Meisei Gakuen high school as Touch, only it is set 26 years later. Like Touch, Mix revolves around brothers, and promotional images indicate that Mix will also have the sport of baseball as a theme.

Captivated by the graceful prowess of Nari, a Korean archer, Claude embarks on an unconventional quest to win her heart. Joining the French national swimming team with the sole purpose of meeting her. Claude's nervousness lead to a spontaneous proposal in a bustling canteen. Despite the unconventional start, their bond deepens as Nari discovers Claude's endearing quirks and sincere affection.

Original ManhuaOfficial English: INKR, COPINA young basketball boy is longing to be a professional player. To fulfill his dream, he entered the circle of street basketball. What challenges will await him in the street-basketball world? Can he finally make his professional dream come true?! [Copin]With eyes set on the world of competitive basketball, a young man begins his journey in the streets. As he faces obstacle after obstacle, his passion and talent become his one shining beacon. Witness tense basketball action between street folk as they share the passion for the sport! [INKR]

Since the Edo periods of Japan, gladiator arenas exist in certain areas. In these arenas, wealthy business owners and merchants hire gladiators to fight in unarmed combat where winner takes all. Tokita Ohma, nicknamed "Ashura", joins these arenas and devastates his opponents. His spectacular ability to crush his enemies catches the attention of the big business owners, including the Nogi Group chairman, Nogi Hideki.

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

Now she must work with the man who stole her heart years ago… When Carla, the queen of the figure skating world, discovers that her new sponsor is the wealthy Javier, her heart stops. It’s been three years since they last met. Fed up with her harsh training schedule, Carla had escaped with her friends and ended up meeting him at a party…and falling in love. The next morning, she realized she had made a mistake, but it was too late. What’s more, she was left in a terrible way… Now it’s plain to see in Javier’s gaze that he hasn’t forgotten about that day either…