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Despite receiving recruitment offers from prestigious high schools, Akane Hinageshi, left traumatized after conflicts with past teammates, has given up on playing basketball. But what happens when she suddenly receives an offer she quite literally can't refuse...?!

This is a story of a boy who challenges free diving. "Free diving (skin diving)" may remind you of the film "Le Grand Bleu". It is an extreme sport, and each meter added to its record brings us closer to the sea bed and further from the surface where one can breathe again. In this sense, free diving has a direct connection with death, with which our fight continues, refashioned over time, bit by bit. So, why would one free dive, and risk their life? The answer lies within "mysterious bond between the sea and human kind". And in the fast evolving world of competitive diving new data emerges that casts light on this bond. -Bakaupdates

Hungry for a teacher and student relationship? Nope, it’s not about love or romance. It’s all about sport! Find out what happens if both the teacher and student, who have nothing in common and hate each other in the beginning, are connected with hockey as their life. (Source: Doko Demo Doa Manga Scanlations)

Eigo Nitta, new student in Hoyo high school, is enrolled in the baseball team. Talented as fast pitcher but lacking in term of technique, Eigo Nitta aims to be the new pitcher of the team. He has to face many opponents, which creates an atmosphere of competition in the baseball team. However he and his teammates will have to find a way to solve the rivalry among the baseball team in order to go to Koshien tournament.

From BL-League: The “Prince of Professional Basketball” Amarume Taito is super busy appearing on magazines and TV with his splendid business smile. However, having met the young and talented No.1 boxer, Iseya, all of his effort was rejected! Iseya is the “Practicing for Life!!” type. He provoked Taito by saying “You look stupid.” Then, it suddenly turns into chaos with endless quarrelling...?! Going full speed at both game and love!! This is story of a crash love game.

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.

Last and only member of the traditional rooting club, Katsuki, gets tricked into joining the school's cheerleading club. Let him show you just how much spirit he possesses. From Baka-Updates: The Cheerleading Club is trying to recruit the last remaining member of the Rooting Club. Expect an excess of school spirit and fanservice.

A collection of short stories published in the 40 year anniversary edition of Kodansha's Afternoon magazine, Go-Chan Magazine.

A collection of short stories published in the 40 year anniversary edition of Kodansha's Afternoon magazine, Go-Chan Magazine.

Nine is the number of the best striker in soccer. Given the number 9 in the Megumi High soccer team, Fujiyama Kazuya, is a striker with a parallel belief that a draw in a game has no meaning. To him, if you don't win then there's no sense at playing at all. Despite that kind of mentality, their team has never won a game as of yet. How far forward will the boy who has never been victorious but even so is determined to win reach when a mysterious man called Kuniyoshi Utagawa, who has a liking for the number 9, makes his appearance? Goal Den Age is a manga that was published in serial SPECIAL soccer cartoon. (info from HATENA Diary / summary by kiumi from The Evil Empire

Gen Todoroki, a talented but accident-prone rally driver, gets offered a contract deal from a big-shot car company—and the deal comes with a chance to prove himself in the world of rally racing. However, the road there is bumpy and rife with tough competitors...

Yuto works as a waiter at the Rainbow Forest Cafe. One day he sees a guy who looked like he wants to throw himself from a bridge. Yuto tries to save him and finds out he's none other than the famous former baseball player, Esaki. -- Manga Updates -- Vol.01: Gokuraku Cafe revolves around Yuuto Takanashi, a young cafe part-time worker. Naturally enthusiastic and helpful, Yuuta often gets involved with the personal lives and problems of people. Usually most of the (male) customers begin falling for him! Such incidents, added to the overprotectiveness of his best friend Souhei, only make Yuuto's life more complicated. Then one day he sees a guy who looked like he wants to throw himself from a bridge. Yuto tries to save him and finds out he's none other than the famous former baseball player, Esaki. vol.02: For some reason, everyone who attempts to woo cafe waiter Yuuto is a man. One day, a hotshot director from Hollywood, Jack, comes to Japan. Jack, whom Yuuto admires, is actually the cafe owner's son and the two of them have been isolated from each other for 6 years. Yuuto goes to see Jack in an effort to convince his two beloved friends to make up. But he ends up being overpowered and pushed down by Jack and...!? from Forever-More Sequel: Yakyuu Tengoku