What is Basketball manga?

Basketball is Netball for men, the real game that encourages dribbling and other such uncouth behaviour that was sanitised out of the ladies' version. However, it is itself woozy compared to Ulama, as the losing side are seldom publicly sacrificed.

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Slam Dunk

(Slam Dunk)

8.28

Description:

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 year to make their captain's dream of reaching the finals come true--will they do it? Takehiko Inoue's legendary beloved basketball manga is finally here and the tale of a lifetime is in your hands. Hanamichi Sakuragi's got no game with girls--none at all! It doesn't help that he's known for throwing down at a moment's notice and always coming out on top. A hopeless bruiser, he's been rejected by 50 girls in a row! All that changes when he meets the girl of his dreams, Haruko, and she's actually not afraid of him! When she introduces him to the game of basketball, his life is changed forever... (Source: VIZ) Included one-shot: Volume 31: Slam Dunk: 10 Days After
Type

manga

Volumes

31

Chapters

276

Status

finished

Started

1990-09-18

Real

(Real)

8.25

Description:

A motorcycle accident, bone cancer, a speeding truck crashing into a boy on a stolen bicycle—tragic life-changing events turn the worlds of three young men upside down. These three very different personalities have only one thing in common—their passion for basketball. (Source: Viz) Note: Won an Excellence Prize for manga at the 2001 Japan Media Arts Festival.
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Status

current

Started

1999-11-11

Kuroko no Basket

(Kuroko's Basketball)

8.04

Description:

Teikou Middle School basketball club: an incredibly strong team with over one hundred members and three consecutive championship wins. Amongst their brilliant record, was a generation of five prodigies known as the "Generation of Miracles." However, there was a strange rumour concerning the Generation of Miracles about one more player recognized by the five prodigies... a Phantom Sixth Player. When Kagami Taiga joins Seirin High School's basketball team, he meets Kuroko Tetsuya, a horrendously bad player. Kagami is shocked to find out that Kuroko is the rumored sixth man of the Generation of Miracles. Not only is Kuroko terrible at everything from dribbling to shooting, he lacks so much presence on the court that at times people even forget he's playing. But during games Kuroko uses that lack of presence to his advantage, specializing in passing the ball to stronger players. In order to become the best player in Japan, Kagami agrees to team up with Kuroko to defeat the other members of the Generation of Miracles. (Source: Crunchyroll) Note: Chapter count includes Chapter 62.5 "Tip Off."
Type

manga

Volumes

30

Chapters

276

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2008-12-08

Ahiru no Sora

7.59

Description:

He’s short, weak, and has just transfered to a new school. Kurumatani Sora is the main character in this story who loves basketball. He has been shooting hoops ever since he was little and has been trying to grow tall just like his mother, who “used” to be a basketball player. What has happened to her and what Sora is going to do at the new school is all up to you to find out!
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Rating

Status

current

Started

2004-01-01

Ikemen Sugi desu Shiki Senpai!

(The Girl I Want is so Handsome)

7.51

Description:

When Hinami bumps into an older girl named Shiki, she falls head over heels. Shiki is sexy, easygoing, and has an amazing undercut. In order to get closer to Shiki, Hinami starts lurking around the basketball club. But though Hinami's crush is obvious to everyone else, it goes right over Shiki's head. When Hinami tries to confess her feelings to Shiki, Shiki thinks Hinami wants to become the club manager! Can Hinami get Shiki to understand her true feelings? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment) Note: The chapter count includes two extra stories.
Type

manga

Volumes

2

Chapters

12

Status

finished

Started

2018-10-18

Qiu Niang

(The Basketball Girl)

0

Description:

The unknown interior designer, Hans Duan (22 years old), was involved in a criminal dispute as he designed the house for one of the members in that group. Unfortunately, he was persecuted as a murderer due to the case and sentenced to death. In the prison, he met a scientist from the government (Code name No.73) who asked him to take part in a human experiment. But the experiment failed and Hans died. His body was buried in a dump in the city. However, the experimental medicine left in his body leads to gene mutation. Hans is revived and changed into a female. What will happen on him (her)? (Source: A-L)
Type

manhua

Status

current

Started

2012-04-20

Match the Beat!

0

Description:

A very different anti-war comedy romance between the ultra-short Boram and Iljin Basketball Club Choi Gyeom!
Type

manhwa

Chapters

79

Status

finished

Started

2019-01-01

Into The Net!

0

Description:

Lu Yi Fan, a dedicated basketball player, has successfully graduated from his delinquent-filled middle school and entered high school believing that he has escaped from the terrors of delinquents. But who would have known that the basketball team in his new school was composed of juvenile delinquents? (Source:MU)
Type

manhua

Rating

Status

current

Started

2015-04-19

Deep3

0

Description:

Demian Kawai, who grew up being told by his mother that he is the son of a famous basketball player, became a member of a basketball team. Demian's abilities have earned him the respect of those around him, but after an injury and the mistake in a game, he has lost his confidence. Although he tries his best to rehabilitate himself, Demian suddenly feels as if his upper body is frozen while playing. When he consulted a doctor, he was told that it was a symptom of the "yips". This is a "rise after the fall" story.
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2021-01-25

Shoubu wa Toki no... Un Daro?

(The... Luck of the Competition?)

0

Description:

From Possible Soup: Hokuto is a first year student at a famous athletic school... however, he doesn't happen to play any sports due an anxiety problem that he had developed. Now, after being pressured by his friend Yuri, he has become the manager of the basketball club. Strange things start to develop as he gets harassed by some of his senpais and begins to battle some demons...
Type

manga

Volumes

5

Status

finished

Started

1995-05-01

Tonde Hi ni Iru Natsu to Mushi

0

Description:

Brand new high school first year Mizuhara has but one goal: to quit the sport of basketball he's played for so long! Yet, the very opponent that incinerated his dreams is stopping at nothing to keep him in the game.
Type

oneshot

Chapters

1

Status

finished

Started

2024-05-27

Garbage Time

0

Description:

A new coach is appointed to the basketball team of Jisang High School, one of the weakest in the country. (Source: Naver, translated)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

200

Status

finished

Started

2019-03-02

Kuroko no Basket dj - Komorebi no Shita de

(Kuroko’s Baskteball dj - Under The Sunlight Filtering Through Trees)

0

Description:

Taiga Kagami x Tetsuya Kuroko
Type

doujin

Volumes

1

Chapters

1

Status

finished

Started

2012-12-29

Ro-Kyu-Bu!

0

Description:

Hasegawa Subaru enters a basketball club of Nanashiba High School, but the activity of the club gets suspended because the club leader falls in love with an 11 year old daughter of the coaching teacher. Subaru's aunt asks him to coach a basketball club of elementary school girls. At first, he is reluctant to teach small girls, but he devotes himself to the club as he knows the complex circumstances of them.
Type

manga

Volumes

12

Chapters

82

Status

finished

Started

2010-10-01

Tsubame Tip Off!

0

Description:

A new highschool student with a complex about her height - Tsubame. Being unathletic and clumsy she seeks to join a cultural club, and despite her height she gives off the persona of a small and shy girl. Enter her upperclassman, Ibis, a small girl with a big presence, who suddenly invites her to the basketball club?! (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

5

Chapters

50

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2019-08-14

Second Break!!

0

Description:

Mochimi Komine enrolled in the prestigious Daishin Academy to pursue his dream of playing in the NBA, but soon after entering school, he suffered a serious injury that ended his playing career. Nine years later, Mochimi, who has given up on his dream, was informed that his former teammate, Okido, has made his debut in the NBA. "If only I hadn't been injured so badly that day," he said with regret. That night, Mochiumi got into a car accident that sent him back to his high school days before his injury. (Source: Shonen Magazine, translated)
Type

manga

Volumes

4

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2021-12-01

switch

0

Description:

Type

manga

Rating

Status

current

Started

2018-04-10

NBA Story

0

Description:

Serialized in Monthly Shonen Jump, the story consisted of three story arcs depicting real-life events from the American pro basketball league, the National Basketball Association. The Lakers arc featured Magic Johnson. The Bulls arc featured Michael Jordan. And the Suns arc featured Charles Barkley. (Source: Wikipedia, translated)
Type

manga

Volumes

5

Chapters

19

Status

finished

Started

1992-01-01

Aoba no Basket

0

Description:

Taiki Aoba, a 195cm tall junior high student, gets treated like a "mutant" when he plays basketball with other boys because of his physique. He was starting to doubt his "self" when he met Leo, the star of Japan's U16 national team. He told Taiki that his true weapon was not his height, but his "eyes," the talent to make the split-second decisions 1-on-1. Taiki was drawn to the freedom of basketball that Leo talked about, which does not judge a player by just his height. Now with a dream to surpass Leo, Taiki enters Aorei High School, a top basketball school in Tokyo! (Source: Comic Days, translated)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2022-09-16

Natsume-senpai ni Semarareru Hibi

(Getting Closer to You)

0

Description:

For Kaho, a man's muscles are all that matters. She's sports-agnostic, type-agnostic—all she cares about are that those abs, pecs, biceps and delts look good. She thinks she's found her perfect Muscle Prince in Natsume-sempai...that is, until he finds out what a muscle-freak she is. But instead of ridiculing her, he instead suggests she becomes manager of the basketball team—the one he just so happens to be on? For a muscle-lover like Kaho, there's nothing to lose...and everything to gain. (Source: Kodansha USA)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2020-04-24

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