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The Best Sports Manga That Will Make You Cry

Rivalries, last-second plays and teams you'll root for like they're real.

10 seriesUpdated 23 Oct 2026Picked by the Comic Fusion team
  1. Slam Dunk cover
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    Slam Dunk

    Rejected by 50 girls, a brawler joins basketball for the 51st and finds a team worth bleeding for.

  2. Haikyu!! cover
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    Haikyu!!

    Short Hinata and his rival-turned-setter Kageyama. Every rally feels like a final.

  3. Real cover
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    Real

    From the creator of Slam Dunk: wheelchair basketball and three young lives rebuilt.

  4. Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow cover
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    Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow

    Slum brawler Joe and a washed-up coach fight their way up. Raw, old-school boxing drama.

  5. Cross Game cover
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    Cross Game

    Baseball, a boy and the four sisters down the street, told with Adachi's light, quiet touch.

  6. Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit! cover
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    Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit!

    A bullied boy wakes up in a boxing gym and learns he can take a punch, and throw one.

  7. Chihayafuru cover
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    Chihayafuru

    Competitive karuta played like a contact sport, with a love triangle on the side.

  8. Medalist cover
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    Medalist

    An 11-year-old 'too old' to skate and a coach about to quit, out to prove everyone wrong.

  9. Ping Pong cover
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    Ping Pong

    Two childhood friends, one table and a summer tournament that tests what talent is for.

  10. Kuroko's Basketball cover
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    Kuroko's Basketball

    An invisible passer and a hothead ace take on the Miracle Generation one by one.

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