What is School Clubs manga?

Even though school clubs in Japan are not mandatory, there is some pressure from the social grid (e.g. fellow students, teachers) to participate in some kind of after-school activity, be it in sports or arts. Colleges also have clubs. As a comedy element in anime, some students have joined too many clubs, and are thus constantly stressed out. There is also the element of social commentary, making it clear that you have to join a club, if you want to be part of the class. Since self-founded clubs need at least 3 members, the desperate search and advertising for new members can be cause for hilarity in anime.

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Haikyuu!!

(Haikyu!!)

8.43

Description:

Ever since he saw the legendary player known as the "Little Giant" compete at the national volleyball finals, Shoyo Hinata has been aiming to be the best volleyball player ever! He decides to join the team at the high school the Little Giant went to-and then surpass him. Who says you need to be tall to play volleyball when you can jump higher than anyone else? After losing his first and last volleyball match against Tobio Kageyama, "the King of the Court," Shoyo Hinata swears to become his rival after graduating middle school. But what happens when the guy he wants to defeat ends up being his teammate?! (Source: Viz Media) Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.
Type

manga

Volumes

45

Chapters

404

Status

finished

Started

2012-02-20

Slam Dunk

(Slam Dunk)

8.26

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

3-gatsu no Lion

(March Comes in Like a Lion)

8.24

Description:

A youth named Kiriyama Rei, who lost his family as a child, endures loneliness to become a professional shogi player. Then, through a chance meeting, he develops a relationship with the three Kawamoto sisters, who hail from a working-class district of the city, and little by little his frozen heart begins to thaw. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Status

current

Started

2007-07-13

Ao Ashi

8.25

Description:

Ashito Aoi, a third-year middle school student from Ehime, meets Fukuda Tatsuya, a J Youth League coach. Even though he's still rough around the edges, Ashito has such amazing potential that he gets invited by coach Fukuda to participate in his team's try-outs in Tokyo. The story of a boy who will revolutionize Japanese football begins to unfold. Note: Nominated for the 2017 Manga Taishou Award. (Source: MangaUpdates)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2015-01-05

A Guide to Proper Dating

(A Guide to Proper Dating)

8.24

Description:

Jung Ba-Reum has always been top of her life; everything from her college assignments to her workouts are perfectly planned and executed. However, there is one thing that has eluded Ba-Reum her whole life: dating. Determined to find love, she impulsively joins her university’s programming club to be with her crush Jae-Hyun, but soon finds herself butting heads with another senior Yoo-Yeon. Will Ba-Reum succeed in her quest to find her first boyfriend? (Source: MU)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

158

Status

finished

Started

2018-03-02

Shinohayu: the Dawn of Age

7.99

Description:

A prequel to the Saki series, focusing on Shino Shiratsuki, a young girl with an affinity for the 1-sou who is seeking out her missing mother. Future professional mahjong players like Hayari Mizuhara, Harue Akado and others are also featured. (Source: MangaDex)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2013-07-25

Yuru Yuri

(Yuru Yuri)

7.97

Description:

Four mischievous girls illegally occupy the former Traditional Tea Ceremony clubroom, in order to create the "Amusement Club." These scamps...who ignore repeated warnings - in direct rebellion with the righteous directives of the Student Council - decide to remain in the room until they finally get off their bums and do something! In this slightly sluggish manga, full of fits and starts, the four girls set off from their homes for a walk together with days full of a little this and that! ♪ (Source: Jmanga)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2008-06-18

Pink Heart Jam

7.93

Description:

Country boy Haiga has many questions he wants to learn the answers to when he moves to the bustling capital for his university life - and one of them happens to be, "do I like guys, too?" When his upperclassmen dare him to check out a box spa behind Shinjuku's Nichoume District, Haiga uses this opportunity to find out the answer to his question - and runs into his senior Kanae, who has one simple solution for him - clothes, off! (Source: Futekiya)
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

10

Rating

Smut

Status

finished

Started

2020-08-24

Senryuu Shoujo

(Senryuu Girl)

7.91

Description:

Yukishiro Nanako is a cute, cheerful high school girl with one peculiar trait – instead of verbal communication, she writes senryu (a type of haiku) poems to relay her thoughts. Together with ex-delinquent Busujima Eiji, they are budding freshmen of the school’s Literature Club. Even though Nanako doesn’t talk, with the power of senryu, the adorable pair has no problem enjoying their fun school-life through the tune of 5-7-5 syllables. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

13

Chapters

173

Status

finished

Started

2016-10-19

Hyouka

7.85

Description:

Oreki Houtarou is a minimalistic high school boy. One day, he joins the Classic Literature Club at his elder sister's request. There he meets Chitanda Eru, Fukube Satoshi, and Ibara Mayaka. Chitanda is a calm beautiful girl but she turns into an embodiment of curiosity once she says, "I'm interested in it (Watashi, Kininarimasu)". Fukube is a smiling boy with a fantastic memory who calls himself a database. Ibara is a short girl and is strict with others and herself. She loves Fukube, but he always dodges her approaches. They begin to investigate a case that occurred 45 years ago. Hints of the mystery are buried in an old collection of works of the former members of Classics Club. The collection is titled "Hyouka."
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2012-01-26

Girls & Panzer: Ribbon no Musha

(Girls und Panzer: Ribbon Warrior)

7.77

Description:

Tankathlon is a new form of tank sport gaining slowly gaining popularity among Senshado enthusiasts. While also involving tank battles, Tankathlon is distinguished by its lack of official oversight allowing any school with tanks to participate in a battle anywhere at any time, and a 10-ton weight restriction on tanks used, limiting battles to light tanks and tankettes. (Source: GuP Wikia)
Type

manga

Volumes

16

Chapters

64

Status

finished

Started

2014-09-05

Saki

(Saki)

7.76

Description:

Miyanaga Saki is a high-school freshman who doesn’t like mahjong. Ever since she was a child, she would lose her New Year’s gift money during her family mahjong game. If she won, her parents would be upset, and if she lost, well, she lost. As a result, she’s learned to play in such a way that her score always remains plus/minus zero: not good enough to win, but not bad enough to lose. When we meet her, she’s being dragged to her school’s mahjong club by an old friend. How will a girl who hates mahjong, yet has become adept at the game as a result of her upbringing, survive in this environment? (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2006-02-03

Amanchu!

7.74

Description:

Hikari Kohinata is a cheerful 15 year-old girl who lives near the ocean and she spends much of her time diving as a result. On her first day of high school, she meets a teacher who also likes scuba diving. There's also a 16 year-old classmate, Futaba, who gets dragged along in Hikari's maelstrom as soon as they meet at school. Most of the manga so far details the relationship between the two girls, which quickly seems to move into romantic two girl friendship-territory.
Type

manga

Volumes

17

Chapters

102

Status

finished

Started

2008-11-29

Pseudo Harem

(Pseudo Harem)

7.74

Description:

The story of Nanakura Rin of the Drama Club, who has indisputable talent as an actress, and her senpai in the same club, Kitahama Eiji. With the power of her acting, Rin teases Eiji with a variety of personas, giving him the harem he's always dreamed of! (Source: MangaDex) Note: Chapter count includes 27 extra chapters.
Type

manga

Volumes

6

Chapters

157

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2019-03-12

Hello, Melancholic!

(Hello, Melancholic!)

7.71

Description:

Asano Minato is hiding in plain sight. She’s tall, but she’s very quiet, and very withdrawn. She keeps her hair over her face and her head down. It’s not hard to see that she’s avoiding being seen. While eating lunch alone in her secret spot, she hears what is obviously an instrument. She immediately wonders why, since this high school doesn’t have a band. She knows that… because that’s why she transferred here. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2019-06-18

Magical Trans!

7.71

Description:

Minami-kun spots a poster recruiting new members for the Magical Girl Club. Thinking "Cosplay cuties woohoo!" he decides to join... What the hell!? It's not cosplay—we actually become magical girls? (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

6

Chapters

65

Status

finished

Started

2015-11-11

Atsumare! Fushigi Kenkyuubu

(Assemble! Mysterious Research Club)

7.64

Description:

The "girls comedy" series follows a protagonist named Daisuke who cannot decide on a club to join because he does not have anything he particularly wants to do. He has an encounter that changes his school life. (Source: ANN)
Type

manga

Rating

Ecchi

Status

current

Started

2016-09-29

Ahiru no Sora

7.63

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

Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo.

(O Maidens in Your Savage Season)

7.62

Description:

The girls in a high school literature club do a little icebreaker to get to know each other: answering the question, "What's one thing you want to do before you die?" One of the girls blurts out, "Sex." Little do they know, the whirlwind unleashed by that word pushes each of these girls, with different backgrounds and personalities, onto their own clumsy, funny, painful, and emotional paths toward adulthood. (Source: Kodansha)
Type

manga

Volumes

8

Chapters

33

Status

finished

Started

2016-12-09

Houkago, Koishita.

(I've been in love after school.)

7.59

Description:

Hayama Kao yearns for an existence that would make people notice her. Even in her final year of middle school when she confessed to the boy she liked for three years, he couldn't even recall her name. Now in high school, she is working as a temporary manager of her school's boys volleyball club against her will. Kao's older brother, an alumnus, currently a teacher and the advisor of the club, placed the responsibility on her shoulders to recruit Kuze Nagisa for the volleyball club if she wanted to quit being the manager. Even though silently observing someone as dazzling as Kiryuu in the club is the only redeeming thing about being the manger, Kao's body aches. She is at her limit and wants to quit being the manager. But no matter how much effort she puts on recruiting Kuze she simply cannot convince him to join. Then one day, she notices something that took her breath away. It was bluer than the sky, even bluer than the sea; it was Kuze Nagisa practicing volleyball all on his own. The blue days start from here! (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Rating

Status

current

Started

2017-01-24

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