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A collection of short stories published in the 40 year anniversary edition of Kodansha's Afternoon magazine, Go-Chan Magazine.

Once upon a time, there was a little girl. One day she played a trick on a drunk and made him angry. The drunk was going to hurt her, until a boy appeared and saved her. It's been eleven years since that incident, but Nonoka is still looking for the "prince" who saved her.

The Kaiji series is divided into five parts: 1. Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji 2. Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji 3. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji 4. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: Kazuya-hen 5. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: One Poker-hen

A special oneshot story of Captain Tsubasa as part of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the magazine Weekly Shonen Jump. This story occurs between the end of the juveniles soccer championship and the middle school soccer tournament of the original Captain Tsubasa series. Tsubasa is depressed after Roberto left him behind and his friends Genzo and Taro are going overseas. In order to cheer him up, his friends organize a friendly match with all his rivals from the juveniles soccer championship.

Hana is a bored high school student, disillusioned with spending so much time studying that she has no other interests in life.<br><br>This all changes when her PE class temporarily replaces traditional Japanese dancing with break dancing. Being unable to accept failing at any class, even PE, she looks up break dancing online, which leads to her remembering seeing break-dancing when she was young, and practicing to not fail the class assignment.<br><br>Discovering a love of dance, Hana and her friend decide to create a Break Dancing club at her school, with the help of her teacher, who was one of the break dancers Hana happened to see when she was a kid.

The story is about how and why a guy goes from a worker at a dead-end job to becoming a boxer.

The year is 2XXX AD, and basketball has become the most popular sport in the universe. However, the Intergalactic League –- the pinnacle of professional basketball –- is completely dominated by extraterrestrials. The being widely renowned as the best of basketball is Gyuma, despite the fact he is merely 19-years-old. Into this arena steps Yoshimune, an old man who believes that it`s humans who should be number one in basketball. His plan is to collect the best team of pure humans there is, and attempt to win the Intergalactic League. With this aim in mind, one of Yoshimune`s scouts –- Cha-che –- approach a 14-year-old prodigy named Hideyoshi, and offers him the chance to play in the Intergalactic league. His absolute self-confidence is what Yoshimune wants to drive his team to the top; right to Gyuma!

This is a mixed martial arts fighting manga about the Miyazawa school of martial arts. Initially, it is about Kiichi trying to heal his father after he was nearly killed by his brother Kiryu. But then it goes on to be less about that as his father recovers and some tournament style fighting begins. At that point various apparently overwhelming opponents will encounter Kiichi on his way to the top. The objectives of the various characters start to play a more and more important role, as well as the different philosophical projections of several martial arts and disciplines.

Kohinata Minoru is a college student at a college that is popular for its sports rather than academic orientation. He starts out as a gymnast alongside his friend, Nana, but is bullied by his gymnast seniors. One evening, a karate student at the college, Mutou Ryuuji, witnesses Minoru being bullied and comes to his rescue and drags him into the world of karate. Minoru makes new friends and learns some of their dark pasts, including a shocking death that reveals motives for revenge.

Two boys met on a stormy night: Tsukushi, a boy with no special traits at all, and Jin, a soccer genius. On that night, Jin drags Tsukushi into the world of high-school soccer. It was nominated for Best Shōnen Manga at the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards. The series was number twelve in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2014.

Riko (whose real name is Ayako) was already in high school when she gained a new younger brother. Miguel is a nine-year-old peruvian boy rescued by her father in the midst of turmoil before he came home to his loving family in Japan. Miguel had a good grasp of Japanese but he didn't seem to be warming up at first. He was overly polite and he barely smiled. But Riko was determined to make sure that he felt that he was now a part of her family, introducing him to the world outside and to the game of basketball... now Miguel is in high school, fresh out of the international school.. and he has proven he can be good at many things: in academics, in sports... but even though he seems to be really good at basketball (showed the students their first live look at a dunk), and though he seems to really like it, he seems unwilling... what is he afraid of? what is he pushing away?

Sakura Kousuke is a boy who strives to throw away a past mired in regret. He transfers to a new school for his second year of high school, believing it will give him a chance to come clean. Unbeknownst to him, however, the appearance of five other "Sakura"s in his class will bring the past to his present, forcing him to come to terms with himself, his old friends, and a girl who, though being Kousuke's complete opposite in terms of personality, also knows him better than anyone else.