well something about the main character sacrifice himself to help other and he also want to achieve a goal that seem impossible...as he live on he faces obstacle through life and the people around him. well any manga that represent that, also can it be modern day please... or try to.

= Stress is what we Live FOR =

/===CODE OF CONDUCT===~\
|A Life For A Life|

Crimson Hero not really a he, but this shojo manga is intense, especially the main heroine. She is not allowed to play volleyball by her strict grandmother but in the end she still wants to even on occasions working herself into a fever. She leaves her home and tries to overcome any adversity in order to achieve her volleyball dream.

He doesn't sacrifice himself for others, but Me and the Devil Blues is pretty much cut and dried the description you want.

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Livin just to keep from dyin
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Present day type series (time wise):

Firefighter!: Daigo of Fire Company M
Konjiki no Gash Bell!!
Busou Renkin
Battle Royale
20th Century Boys
Zetman

Everything else:

Buddha
Ode to Kirihito
Monster
Anatolia Story (Red River)
Saint Seiya
Fullmetal Alchemist
Beet the Vandel Buster
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Rurouni Kenshin
The Law of Ueki
One Piece
Dragon Ball
Drifting Classroom

Inter Sexuality
Natsunokumo
Nijigahara Holograph

Maybe one of these, I don't know. >_<

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