Shoujo Manga and Josei Manga that are Sports Manga!
Name: BX
Manga-ka: Okazaki Mari
Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.04 (Complete)
Scanlator: Shoujo Magic (Closed)
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Josei/Slice of Life
Age Group: Mature
Summary: This is a story about a boxer who aspires to become a champion. One day as he is taking a walk he meets a woman… and then?
Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5
Name: Chihayafuru
Manga-ka: Suetsugu, Yuki
Volumes: 50 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha Comics
Licensed Releases: 33 Volumes (Ongoing)
Type: Manga
Genre: Sports/Slice of Life
Age Group: Everyone
Summary: All her life, Chihaya’s dream was to see her model sister become Japan’s best… That is, until a quiet, unassuming transfer student named Arata tells her otherwise. A dream, he explains to her, is something she needs to work at herself.
Arata plays a competitive version of a traditional Japanese card game–known as Hyakunin Isshu–in a way Chihaya has never seen before. After taking Arata’s place in a game, Chihaya discovers she has a passion for it. Now Chihaya wants to become number one in the world, the Queen of Karuta.
Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 5/5
Name: Himitsu no Ai-chan
Manga-ka: Kaori
Volumes: 15 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.05 Ch.19 (Hiatus – Feb 2021)
Scanlator: Jshoujo Scans
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Smut
Age Group: Teen
Summary: Reo is tomboy Aiko’s rival, and Ai strives to beat him in everything – like basketball and popularity – but her efforts always fail with Reo always coming out on top. Then one day, she sees her break come through: her brother offers her a job at his maid cafe! But how will tomboy Ai ever be able to pass off as a cute maid? With a wig and a bit of makeup, this becomes possible. She’s so much of a different person, even Reo doesn’t recognize her! But things start becoming strange when Reo shows interest in her, asking out “Mai” on a date. Ai agrees, with plans in mind to get him to fall in love with her so she can later dump him. Will Ai finally win over Reo, or will her plan backfire just like her many others?
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Graphics Rating: 5/5
Plot Rating: 4/5
Name: Kimi ga Suki
Manga-ka: Watanabe, Ayu
Volumes: 3 (Finished)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.03 Ch.12 (Finished)
Scanlator: JShojo (Dead.. TWO JSHOJOS!?…one has a u…oh.) and Singularity Scans
Type: Manga
Genre: DRAMA/Slice of Life
Age Group: Teen
Summary: Aki has always liked her basketball club friend, Mase. However, she can’t seem to gather her courage to confess to him. On the day when she finally decides to tell him, she is confessed to by a guy from a different Junior High!! A horrible accident follows and Aki finds herself not being able to choose between the two – Mase, whom she truly loves or Koichi, whom she’ll always feel indebted to…
-From Mangaupdates
Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5
Name: Get Love!!/Get Goal!!
Manga-ka: Ikeyamada, Go
Volumes: 7 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.07 Ch.28 (Complete)
Scanlator: Condensation (closed) and Willful Muse (♥)
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Sports/Comedy
Age Group: Teen
Summary: Sagara Yuki is a high school student who’s shorter than all the other guys in his class. Moriyama Miki is the girl who admires him despite his small stature. Follow the hijinks and the romance between Sagara and Moriyama as they become closer and conquer the obstacles to their love! Was soccer mentioned?
-From Mangaupdates
Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 3/5