Training for and participating in a sport take priority, with the goal of furthering one's athletic abilities—either to win a competition or achieve some social standing. While the featured sport may be individual or team, the main cast will always overcome conflict through discussion and insights gained from other athletes or coaches. This creates a general sense of collective support and achievement that is always present in Sports stories.
Contrast with Action where the narrative is on resolving conflict with one's physical power. While both Action and Sports may focus on exciting action sequencies, the two genres are mutually exclusive.
The Joushin High School rowing club is small in number, but full of enthusiasm. New freshmen have joined the club, and the members are enthusiastic about the competition. The presence of a boy causes a change in the club... (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
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Follows judoka Satoshi Fujigaki (modeled after real life Paralympic judoka Satoshi Fujimoto) as he trains in hopes of winning a gold medal in the Paralympics.
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As the third son of a pauper samurai, Kanzaemon Hoshino is not allowed to have dreams—but dream he did in secret, of becoming the world's best archer in the Toshiya, also known as the "Olympics of the Edo era." Opportunity soon presents itself when he stops a raging bull in front of the master of the top archery dojo in Japan. Where sons of noble samurai see an amateur, Master Nagaya sees an unpolished prodigy. (Source: Shogakukan Asia)
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It's the 21st century. Survival games continue to fascinate fans all over the world. It has become a national sport in Japan as well. The stage is Shodoshima. Mari Fujisaki, a first-year high school student will once again aim for the top of the nationals with her friends in a survival game that she thought she all but gave up on. The summer really starts to heat up for these girls who are training for survival... it's guns and girls! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
The most traditional league in Japan: Tokyo Six Universitys League. Thinking they know but not knowing, to every corner in the university baseball, that man comes! Not in Koushien, not in Pro, the stage now is University Baseball!
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The first female professional baseball player, Megumi Kusabuki, takes the mound. She chases down a hard-armed male hitter with her mysterious pitch, but what about her left hand? This is a human sports drama that confronts women's baseball with all its might. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
A boy stops by a batting cage after some time, only to come across a girl there who's also batting.
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To meet his dead parents again, Hong Bin made a deal with the Baseball Fairy, who agreed to return him to the past if he achieved 3,000 career hits as a baseball player. And at the age of 40, Bin the baseball legend hits his last ball and goes back in time. After reuniting with his family, Bin decides to pursue his old dream of joining the major league. The only issue is that he's lost all his old skills as a pro! But will his past experiences be enough to help this legend fulfill his new goal? (Source: Tapas Media)
This is the true story about the way of life of world-famous climber Yasushi Yamanoi. With a surging passion in his heart, he carves out his own route and reaches heights that no other can reach. (Source: Shogakukan, translated)
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Futaba is a university student whose house used to be a sumo stable. But it was reopened once again after 10 years of being closed when her father took in the handsome Tsurugaoka as his new disciple. Futaba's father is the oyakata (master) of the stable, and her days have been spent rejecting her father's demand for her to be the stable's acting okami (matron). Futaba has her own reasons for hating the sumo wrestling world. To add to that, she came to learn that her father had actually given Tsurugaoka a secret requirement for his acceptance. And that requirement is that Tsurugaoka must marry Futaba!! (Source: Kodansha, translated)
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High school student Asahi Fujimaru aims for high school baseball's sacred place: the Koushien!
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Togashi is born to run. As a kid, he is naturally gifted and wins every 100-meter race without effort. But in sixth grade, he meets Komiya, a transfer student who is full of determination but lacks technique. In teaching him, Togashi gives Komiya a new purpose: to win no matter what. Years pass by, Togashi and Komiya meet again as rivals on the track and reveal their true selves. (Source: Annecy Festival) Included one-shots: Volume 4: Kasaku, Ope
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Yoon Siwoo, a master of the fighting game "Blood Fist," got something special. Even in real life, he can see a system that usually appears while playing games. Feeling bored with the game, Siwoo began to turn towards actual combat and tried to use his abilities to conquer his school, but was defeated by Snow leopard "Hong Minjae." To compete with him again, Siwoo joins the martial arts club Lalapalooza... (Source: Naver Corporation, translated)
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I run to break up with the old me. Overweight and out of shape, Taesu is a lazy office worker with no zest for life. After getting dumped by his girlfriend, he realizes his youth is being wasted and decides to turn his life around. (Source: Manta)
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How do you ask for a raise? Should you accept the transfer offer from your dream club right away? How does qualifying for the World Cup work? Is it really time to sack the coach? Don't worry footballers, your agent is here to help you reach the top! (Source: Editorial Hidra, translated)
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1. What's Onyanko 2. Kanojo no Miryoku wa Sankakukin? 3. Nanpa Ganryuujima 4. Jungle no Ouja Tar-san 5. Sotsugyou 6. Saint Ken-chan 7. Sonjo Sokora no Love Story 8. Bijo wa Nikuryouri ga Otokui
A long-time star hitter for the Richmond Flags, one of the hottest major league baseball teams in the country, poor Reggie has hit a slump that he just can't shake. When the Flags finally let him go, Reggie follows what has become a veritable tradition among American major-leaguers suffering from performance problems: he goes to Japan. Not unlike those who have gone before him, he soon discovers that he is unprepared for the entirely different animal that is Japanese baseball. (Source: Mangajin)
Gorou Yorozuyama, a hero known as the monster of the Heisei era, has appeared after winning five consecutive tournaments from the makushita stage!! A man with extraordinary strength who will never become a yokozuna or an ozeki... What is his true intention?! (Source: Leed-sha, translated)
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The manga centers on professional soccer player Masashi Nakayama, otherwise known as Gon Nakayama, getting reincarnated into the world of Shoot! and impressing the world with his skills. (Source: ANN)
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A biographical sumo wrestling manga focusing on brothers Kouji Takanohana and Masaru Wakanohana. Included one-shots: Volume 3: Mugen Doushi, 500-kounen no Shinwa
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Akira Shima, who was blocked from the path of soccer elite, has a dream of "becoming a manager of a professional soccer club" and keeps playing soccer with the weak soccer club of Gifu Prefectural Kani Third High School, commonly known as "Kanisan." One day, a classmate with a strange atmosphere appears in front of Shima, who had lost his passion as a soccer player. His name is Júnior Igarashi. Coming into contact with the innocent character of Júnior changes the heart of Shima...!? (Source: Akita Shoten, translated)
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The heir to a secret martial art created by legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi returns to Japan, to prove that his martial art is the strongest. (Source: MangaDex)
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Yoshio is a girl, and she likes to ride a motorcycle! She wants to be the best and compete in the Grand Battle tournament. But there are many obstacles on her road to victory. (Source: PRISMS)
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Sakura Chiyoda, manager of the judo club, loves judo. She has a chance encounter with Dosaka, an underclassman and judo powerhouse, and scouts him for the club. However, in addition to refusing to join the club, he flatly rejects it as "juvenile." Sakura, however, is not ready to give up and proposes a certain “contract” with Dosaka. But therein lies a dangerous, unexpected, and sweet trap... (Source: COMICSMART, translated)
Sanpachi no Oto tells the story of high school boys who devote their youth to kendo.