Yutaka works as a trainer at his father's boxing gym. In a dark alley one day, he runs into Kei, who fights off several thugs. Trying to help a young delinquent get off the street, Yutaka invites Kei to the ...

Kyosuke Kano has lived under the shadow of his successful brother Seisuke all his life who is a professional soccer player. Tired of being compared and downgraded at, he abandoned playing soccer until a boy ...

1-3+extra) Every morning high-school student Nanami catches sight of this one surfer he secretly begins to admire. Incidentally, however, it is later on a certain day that they reunite in a classroom! Turns ...

Welcome to Rubbers 7, a small Japanese convenience store with a reputation for some odd owners. Rumors of mob connections and one rather eccentric boss with a passion for Ping-pong tend to keep business low....

A collection of stories: Chapter in order 1. Oboreru Sakana (Drowning Fish) Living in a house of constant fights, An has learned to drown his feelings in the water. He has never felt love, and doesn't desi...

Yawara Inokuma is a talented judoka raised and trained by her grandfather Jigoro. Her grandfather says she's supposed to become the hope of Japan's judo team in Seoul in 1988, but she has different plans: to...

During his last spring break before starting high school, Tsukushi Tsukamoto meets Jin Kazama, who invites him to a pick-up soccer game. Their chance meeting, and his first-ever experience with soccer, move ...

The story of Mix takes place in the same Meisei Gakuen high school as Touch, only it is set 26 years later. Like Touch, Mix revolves around brothers and baseball.

Vol. 1 Ohtaka is pissed! University baseball is not what he expected, and it’s all because of Chun, the odd little person who blithely chirps and constantly circles in his tall shadow. Everything Chun does...

The year is 1949. Japan had been defeated in World War II and was occupied by Allied Forces consisting of American, Australian, British, Indian and New Zealander troops. A young woman meets a young man. Bot...

1-2) Parallel Lines + Rise Line Ichiya, a young gay man, falls in love with the adorable Minato as soon as he enters fashion school. Alas, next to Minato there's Jirou, an annoying guy with a goatee! The co...

Volume 1 1) Takaramono Naoyuki, a sincere and honest country boy comes to Tokyo for high school and stays with his cousin's family. At first everybody takes advantage of him, thinking that he's too naive to ...

When Maya Kurinoki takes her little brother to the local ice-skating rink for the first time, she's got her hands full just trying to get him to let go of the bar. To inspire a bit of bravery in him, she att...

Michiru is a happy child who loves to skate. During her childhood, she meets Leon, a cute innocent boy. They begin to ice dance together. But as she has a conflict with her mom, she plans to run away with Le...

Number 4 Ogata, who is on a professional baseball team, is very popular. Uno, who has a natural gift and is a cute junior, is secretly in love with Ogata. When Ogata finds out, Uno attacks with full force?!!...

This collection, titled simply Short Program, collected stories by Adachi published between 1985 and now. Volume 1 (from Shougakukan): 1. Kinkyou "Recent Times" [1987] 2. Kousaten mae (Before the junction) ...

July 1999, the month the world ends according to Nostradamus. Middle school boy Hajime always scores second place against his elementary school rival, the beautiful girl Sawatari. She didn't declare him her ...

Mariko Kazunori ("Nori") is a 28-year man who hated bicycles until he almost runs over roadracer Oda Rin.

Minori is the manager of her high school's baseball club, which has been defunct up until five years ago. Even now, it's a little rough, since there currently are no seniors in the club at all! None of the s...

Dragon Gon... A 36 year old bachelor and lusterless boxer who is on the verge of retirement. By all expectations, he would quietly and uneventfully retire. Until he happened to meet a vivacious actress... Lo...

Shuuhei, Harumi and Daiki start their second year of high school with an absolute goal: Getting at least two new members for their swimming club to keep its position as a club. This is the daily struggles an...

Taiki Inomata is on the boys' badminton team at sports powerhouse Eimei Junior and Senior High. He's in love with basketball player Chinatsu Kano, the older girl he trains alongside every morning in the gym....

Akiyama first came across seeing Hana in the corner of the television screen when some nameless female kickboxer was being interviewed. Since then, he was smitten and went to all three of her matches, but th...

Riko (whose real name is Ayako) was already in high school when she gained a new younger brother. Miguel is a nine-year-old Peruvian boy rescued by her father in the midst of turmoil before he came home to h...

Atsushi Ando (15) moves back to his home town with his family after 6 years. The story focuses on the fortunes and misfortunes he encounters in this town mostly due to pranks pulled by the ghost of his older...