It begins with a middle school girl’s soccer match where short-haired Suo Sumire shows her overwhelming talent, but during a counterattack, her beautiful dribble to her shot at the goal gets blocked by a twin...

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

Winning isn't everything in the game of basketball, but who wants to come in second? It takes dedication and discipline to be the best, and the Shohoku High hoops team wants to be just that. They have one last...

In everything he does, it seems like geeky Tokiwagi Middle School student Hajime Kano comes in second place behind popular honor student Emi Sawatari. But when Hajime takes a trip to a new game store he’s been...

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...

Yamato is ready for a fresh start. So when his aunt invites him to stay rent-free in her big-city boarding house in hustling, bustling Tokyo, Yamato jumps at the chance. There's just one teensy-weensy catch: It...

The cutting words of Lee Seok-jun’s first love during his school days left a scar that still follows him into adulthood. His fear of intimacy and emotional distance have turned breakups into a recurring theme...

Volume 1 1) TakaramonoNaoyuki, 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...

Ryoma Echizen just joined the Seishun Academy's tennis team, which is known for being one of the most competitive teams in Japan. Its members are incredibly talented, gifted, and athletic. With rigorous and...

"All you need is the floor and your body. Then all that's left is to make a fist." Shinya Kinoshita, a boy with incredible posture, and Takumi Yanagiya, the 6-time elementary school national champion meet one...

Maru Kang was just an ordinary kid with ordinary interests, until one day his father forces him to watch a soccer game on TV, sparking an obsession with the sport. Filled with determination, he sets a new goal...

MENG-HO is a college baseball player who lost his parents in an accident and is recovering from an injury. However, his life changes when he meets a ghost who used to be one of the most skilled MLB players of...

1-3) Ultras A victory for the national team was decided in the European Football Championship that night. The whole country overflowed with joy, including Leon who drank, raised hell, and ended up spending a...

Banned from his school's soccer team for being too short, Shô Kazamatsuri decides there's only one thing left to do: switch schools. But even a change in scenery doesn't help the David Beckham wannabe. On...

Jay's the perfect student. He's got straight As and he's the student body president. But after being coerced into joining the school's biking team, the Hummingbird Crew, he discovers a whole new world outside...

From Yen Press: For the love of all things otaku--anime, video games, figures, you name it!Power-pedaling Sakamichi Onoda has long been conquering the steepest slopes and regularly making the ninety-kilometer...