Hey everybody. I have a pretty simple request. I am looking for a manga (preferably an adventure/action manga) where there are certification exams or tournaments. The closest manga to what i'm looking for is
Hunterxhunter - I really enjoyed the hunter exam arc. It required quick thinking rather than super powers and was all kinds of bizarre. There was a good variety of contestents, and a psychological feel, so i really enjoyed it.

Other manga that i have read that have tournaments and exams are Naruto (the chunin exam) and YuYu Hakusho (the dark tournament). In YYH there was a bit too much power-upping so i enjoyed it a bit less than the other two. I like manga, but anime is fine too.

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Shaman King but it's kinda long and revolves around this "power-upping".
Also, I remember 07-Ghost having kind of an exam.
Yureka and 1/2 Prince got a tournament at some point (I put them together since they are kinda similar)
Id also got a tournament at some point.
Sekirei kinda fits as well, later on it becomes more like a tournament.

Prince of Tennis and its sequel are the only ones I can remember for now. Most of the sports related mangas must have tournaments though.

Kaiji fits if you can manage without action/adventure. It's a gambling manga.
but u'll need to watch the anime through the first arc since the manga is only scaned after that.

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Hikaru No Go - Not action/adventure, but trust me, you won't be able to tell. It is that amazing.

Dragon Eye - It contains both. The exam is in the beginning, and the tournament is in the latest chapters that are out.

Futatsu no Spica - Same deal as with Hikaru no Go.

666Satan - It's kinda a mixture of Naruto and HunterXHunter, so I think you'll like it.

From Far Away I think? If I remember right, anyway.

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if i get it right what you want is a tournament and wits over guts ?
go IMMEDIATLY read Liar Game

Mx0 has tons of exams. Practically every arc is about one.
Veritas has some sort of exam thing towards the end of the first part.

Uhh... That's all I could think of at the moment. But I loved the exams/tournets im HxH, too XD If only every manga could be as awesome as HxH...

Well, if you're going with the 'brains over brawn' concept, I'd have to say; Gambling Emperor Legend Zero is a pretty good choice.
I also second Kaiji and Liar Game.

There's also game and sports manga like Saki, Prince of Tennis, One Outs and Glaucos - but I'm not absolutely sure you'll enjoy those.

Edit -
I just found put that there are Tournament and Competition categories. Pretty much all the manga there fit your needs. You can always filter these two lists by action / adventure if you don't want manga on games and stuff like that.

Last edited by calstine at 6:10 am, May 4 2010

Thanks for the recs so far Reading "From Far Away", i really enjoyed what was out of "Dragon Eye". I'll try some of the sports ones, but i'm not a huge fan of sports mangas. I've read some of Liar Game and i really like it too Also going to read law of ueki Looks like it has potential!
XD Haven't yet found anything that has the same epic exam/tournament feel as hunterxhunter, though. I've really come to appreciate that manga alot lately Keep them coming ^_^

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