Tokkyu! -- KOMORI Yoichi & KUBO Mitsurou

Synopsis:

Hyogo Kanbayashi! Our new hero who dreams of entering Tokkyu!! Tokkyu is a group of great people who have done a lot of good for many people because of their work of helping. As the spearhead of the main rescue team in Japan, entering Tokkyu is getting harder and harder. Hyogo fights desperately to get through it.

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• 20 volumes (END)

Smash! -- SAKI Kaori

Synopsis:

Shota really enjoys playing badminton and is good at it. But he has no interest in joining competitions or anything like that, let alone interhigh. But since his meeting with a mute girl who is good at badminton, Shota seems to have started to get serious about it. Plus, suddenly someone he doesn't know invites him to compete.

Although he was overwhelmed in keeping up with his opponent's game, Shota really enjoyed the match. From there, he finally decided to focus more on badminton by enrolling in Tojodaini school, which is famous for its badminton athletes!!

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• 18 volumes (END)

Cage of Eden --- YAMADA Yoshinobu

Synopsis:

Akira and his classmates are traveling on a plane when it crashes onto an island inhabited by a species thought to be extinct. Things get even more complicated as some of Akira's classmates are eaten alive, while some kill others in desperation. Now Akira and the few other survivors are trying to survive what seems to be a horrific nightmare.

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• 21 volumes (END)

School Rumble -- KOBAYASHI Jin

Synopsis:

SUBTLETY IS FOR WIMPS! She is a second-year high school student with a single all-consuming question: Will the boy she likes ever really notice her? He is the school’s most notorious juvenile delinquent and he’s suddenly come to a shocking realization: He’s got a huge crush, and now he must tell her how he feels. Life-changing obsessions, colossal foul-ups, grand schemes, deep-seated anxieties, and raging hormones–School Rumble portrays high school as it really is: Over-the-top comedy!

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• 11 volumes (END)

Sora The Wingless Duck -- HINATA Takeshi

Synopsis:

Weak, dirty and short (149 cm)! That is the description of SORA KURUMATANI, a high school student who dreams of following in his mother's footsteps to become a professional basketball player. With only "wings" (worn shoes given by his mother), he tries to achieve his dream by forming a strong basketball club at Kuzuryu High School (where he goes to school). However, it turns out that this is not easy for Sora because it turns out that the male basketball players at his high school are all delinquents.

Sora's adventure begins to recruit and form a solid basketball team. This team consists of Sora himself (shooting guard), Kenji Natsume (small forward), Momoharu Hanazono (center), Chiaki Hanazono (point guard), Masahiro Chaki (point guard), Ryuhei Nabeshima (guard) and Shinichi Yasuhara (guard), and lastly Kaname Shigeyoshi (198 cm tall!). Supported by Nao Nanao, the beautiful and strategic female manager, they prepare for the official match! Follow the story of Sora and friends in Sora, The Wingless Duck...

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• 51 Volumes (Hiatus)

Shibatora -- ANDO Yuma & ASAKI Masashi

Synopsis:

Officer Shibata Taketora works in a local koban (a small police office). He may have a child-like face on the outside, but he's more serious than anyone in his pursuit of justice! With his goal being to become a detective, Taketora confronts everyday problems that happen within the town! Various incidents within the street make him chase after and apprehend criminals!

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• 15 volumes (END)

Beck -- HAROLD Sakuishi

Synopsis:

For the first 14 years of his life, Yukio Tanaka has been one of those boring guys. He has no hobbies, a weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of personality. He yearns for an exciting life, but his shy, somewhat neurotic personality makes him his own worst enemy. Little does he know that his life is about to change forever when he meets Ryusuke Minami, a wild and unpredictable 16-year-old new to America, who happens to be in a rock-and-roll band named after Frankenstein's patched-up dog--Beck.

NOTE:

• Won the 26th Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shounen in 2002 (shared with Cromartie High School)
• 34 volumes (END)

Capeta -- SODA Masahito

 

Synopsis:

Taira Capeta was a fourth-grade boy who had lost his mother when he was very young. Although he pretended to be tough in front of his father, he actually felt lonely. One day, his father brought home some junk parts from his workplace and made a racing kart. They soon went to a circuit to drive the kart. However, Capeta found that its frame was bent and it could hardly run straight. But, with his technique, he managed to drive the kart. Moreover, he followed closely behind the fastest kart on the track and nearly left it behind. The driver in the kart was Minamoto Naomi, the champion of the East Japan Junior Kart. Watching their chase, Naomi's mother, Minamoto Nanako, advised Capeta to take part in the official race.

NOTE:

• Won the Kodansha Manga Award for Shounen in 2005.

Over Drive -- YASUDA Tsuyoshi

Synopsis:

Shinozaki Mikoto is a student whose life is really routine. Going to school, going home, going to school, going home. Nothing changes until the day the girl he likes talks to him and introduces him to cycling. His life now has a new meaning, and a bright path has shown itself to Shinozaki. Experiencing both failure and success throughout his training, he works hard to become the best cyclist in the world.

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• 17 volumes (END)

Dr. Koto -- Yamada Takatoshi

Synopsis:
It is about a young, prominent surgeon, who left a prestigious hospital in Tokyo and moved to an isolated island in the southern part of Japan. He works at a clinic there as the only doctor on the island. First the islanders didn't trust him but slowly he gains their respect.

In 2004 Dr. Koto Shinryoujo won the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.

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* Japanese title: Dr Koto Shinryoujo

Detective School Q -- AMAGI Seimaru & SATO Fumiya

Synopsis:

Kyu's greatest desire is to become a detective. To fulfil his wish, he goes to take the entrance exam to get into the detective school run by Dan Morihiko, one of the most famous detectives ever! At the exam, he meets Megu, Kinta, Kazuma, and Ryu as they all try to pass the gruelling three-part exam. Kyu wants to solve mysteries, and he gets his wish: his first real case appears in the midst of the exam.

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• Japanese title: Tantei Gakuen Q 
  
• 22 volumes (END)

The Age of Chaos -- KAWAHARA Masatoshi

Synopsis:

In a funeral ceremony, a child came and threw incense ash on his own father's spirit tablet. He was not afraid of gods or Buddha, but only himself. Everyone called him the fool of Owari. His name was Oda Nobunaga, a man who would later be known as the demon king who would unite Japan.

But before that, his fate crossed with Tatsumi, a Mutsu, an unrivaled Shura. The meeting resulted in a promise that when Nobunaga was in trouble, Shura would come to his aid.

Then, Mutsu rolled back behind the shadow of history.

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• Japanese title: Shura no Toki

Alive--KAWASHIMA Tadashi & Adachitoka

Synopsis:
A strange virus is making its way around the globe, causing its victims to commit suicide. In less than a week, it's become a lethal pandemic. Now a group of Tokyo teens who have survived the outbreak are wondering why they are still alive.

Aoizaka High School Baseball Club--TANAKA Motoyuki

Synopsis:
Six years ago, following a crushing defeat, a group of friends promised that they will one day take their friend Suzuo to the Koshien. Now in their first year of high school, the friends have reunited behind the pitcher Kitarō Kitaōji to keep their promise. With Suzuo as their manager and Kitarō's signature left-handed, underhand "Submarine Pitch," they may just go all the way.