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.
There are six members of the boy\'s ping pong club. Two are relatively normal; however, the other four consist of an aspiring sexual deviant, two perverts, and a guy with lethal B.O. Add in a cantakerous girl as a manager, and you have the entire crew. This series pushes the boundaries of good taste beyond anything the western world has experienced, yet somehow manages to remain vaguely charming. The antics of the ping pong club includes one member\'s trademark \"Protruding Pecker Serve,\" molesting cross-dressing members, and the infamous \"Turtle Sequence,\" which is much too horrifying to describe. In 1996, this manga won the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga.
There are six members of the boy's ping pong club. Two are relatively normal; however, the other four consist of an aspiring sexual deviant, two perverts, and a guy with lethal B.O. Add in a cantakerous girl as a manager, and you have the entire crew. This series pushes the boundaries of good taste beyond anything the western world has experienced, yet somehow manages to remain vaguely charming. The antics of the ping pong club includes one member's trademark "Protruding Pecker Serve," molesting cross-dressing members, and the infamous "Turtle Sequence," which is much too horrifying to describe. NOTE: Full frontal nudity and tasteless jokes abound. -Bakaupdates
A biographical manga covering the early lives and careers of Takanohana Kouji and Wakanohana Masaru.
When Harimanada makes his grand entrance into the world of Sumo, he causes complete uproar throughout the entire arena. The novelty headmask is clearly not a good idea but not content with just ruffling the feathers of all the spectators, he sends the the entire Sumo Association into a frenzy when he arrogantly declares that he will surpass the legendary Futabayama\'s consecutive run of 69 victories. Should he fail to achieve such a feat, he will immediately retire all together. Harimanada\'s impudent remarks cause a huge backlash as every high-ranking Yokuzuna wants the chance to knock him down and humiliate him for showing such arrogance. Thus begins Harimanada\'s journey to the top as he battles to topple the entire Sumo hierarchy!
Jockey Tetsu is a man who lives by his own style. One day, he is charmed by a certain horse and follows it to the end. What Tetsu finds is a runaway horse on the verge of being killed by poison. --- * Includes three-chapter story \"Samba Never Learns\" in the same volume.
Jockey Tetsu is a man who lives by his own style. One day, he is charmed by a certain horse and follows it to the end. What Tetsu finds is a runaway horse on the verge of being killed by poison. --- * Includes three-chapter story \"Samba Never Learns\" in the same volume.
Throughout his childhood, Makunouchi Ippo has always been picked on by his fellow classmates. Long hours helping his mother run their family business, a fishing boat store, has left him without the time to make friends and so he remains an introverted loner, doomed to be beaten day in and day out. Although he hates being bullied, he hates himself even more for not being able to fight back against his tormentors. "What is it like to be strong?" he asks himself as he stares at his clenched fist. "I want to be strong." His encounter with Takamura Mamoru, a professional boxer, leads to the discovery of a dynamite punch that opens up the doorway to a whole new world where that dream can become a reality. At the Kamogawa Gym, Ippo now trains with the aspirations of becoming a professional boxer and discovering what it means to be strong.
Makunouchi Ippo is an ordinary high school student in Japan. Since he spends most of his time away from school helping his mother run the family business, he doesn\'t get to enjoy his younger years like most teenagers. Always a target for bullying at school, Ippo\'s life is one of hardship. One of these after-school bullying sessions turns Ippo\'s life around for the better, as he is saved by a boxer named Takamura. He decides to follow in Takamura\'s footsteps and train to become a boxer, giving his life direction and purpose. Ippo\'s path to perfecting his pugilistic prowess is just beginning. Official Release: - Indonesian release by Level Comics as **Fight!! Ippo** (2006-ongoing)
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.
A boy named Chinmi is very infatuated with billiards. Problems arise when a new student body president, Olive, suddenly decided to cut the funding for his billiards club. Unhappy with that, Chinmi wants to convince Olive that his billiards club is worthy of the funding. He decided to challenge a two-time former national billiards champion. Will Chinmi be able to defend his club?
Fourteen-year-old Hikari Kamijo joins the rhythmic gymnastics team of her school, where she falls in love with Takaaki Ooishi, aspiring champion of artistic gymnastics, and befriends senpai Hazuki Shiina, sport and love rival, who Hikari truly admires. Aiming to become the best, Hikari competes with passion, always reaching higher limits and improving herself, helped by Mao Natsukawa, member of a rock band and composer of her competitions music, who's also in love with her. Rising to the top throughout the years, Hikari finds the strength to fight the most difficult challenges of her life.
