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Welcome to the world of baseball. Where there's an abundance of attractive athletic young men. The story is about a professional baseball team and the interaction of the members. Drama and comedy abound the different couples. A very long series and one of the most popular works of Reiichi Hiiro.

Koo Tae-Yang is an unofficially retired footballer after going through few tough ordeals in life. He had seemingly given up on professional football until approached by his former teammate who offered a chance for a restart in FC Dalin of Chinese Super League. At 34 years old, there isn't much left in his career but it doesn't mean it has to end with a low key...

Shimazaki Sanpo loves mountains. He loves them so much he calls himself a mountain-man and lives in the alpines, lending his hand as a volunteer in a rescue team, finding people, dead or alive, in the Japanese alpines. The alpines can be a beautiful place, but it's also a dangerous, dangerous place. Gaku: Minna no Yama received the 2008 Manga Taisho ("Cartoon Grand Prize") and the 2009 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.

A collection of three short stories. Ace of Hearts: Akizuki Akira is the Jaguars' ace, but even he can't beat the Elephants' star player Edajima. When Sakura Misao joins the team it seems like they might have a chance, but Akira can't stand to be shown up by a girl and quits the team. Not one to disturb the peace, Misao leaves the Jaguars to find a new team, but when she finds a spot with the Elephants, who will win the final showdown? Teens: The morning of his first day at a new school, Wakamatsu Jirou accidentally helps capture a dangerous criminal, and rumours spread like wildfire. Now a living legend, he's the first and only line of defense against the delinquents that make everyone's lives miserable. Only problem is, he doesn't know the first thing about fighting! Fresh Leaves in the Wind: Class 5 wants to win the upcoming girls' softball tournament, but with school idol Yamazaki Misa on class 2's lineup, not even their own male classmates want to cheer for them. When an unathletic yet perceptive student by the name of Mizutani Hiroshi offers his aid as their coach, he might just be the perfect secret weapon.

From ANN: The story revolves around Tsubasa Sonokawa, a 15-year old high school girl who fell in love with her upperclassman when he saved her after she fainted at the train station from anemia. She thought it was a meeting of fate, and visited him at his class every day. However, he told her that her feelings were "heavy," and he dumped her. She once again meets a boy after taking over her friend Yuri's job as boy's basketball team manager. She learns that she might have more of a connection with this boy named Aki than she first thought...

Jeff has been called the 'future star of tennis' from when he was young. However, after a traumatic loss in his childhood, it seems impossible for him to win ever since. Even though he has mastered all of the techniques- serve, smash, volley, footwork- the goal of victory always seems distant. Tennis is supposed to be about the enjoying the game, not the result. But will Jeff ever overcome his habit of losing at the crucial moment, and achieve victory?

In middle school, Ichinose Kimitaka taught his friends how to play basketball. Despite his experience with the sport, his friends quickly outmatched him in skill. After an incident brought on by his frustration and jealousy, he was crushed to overhear those same 'friends' discussing how they wished he'd just kill himself. On his way to toss out his special basketball shoes, he met a girl who was just as frustrated, throwing her own dancing shoes away. She was so tall, and her hands and feet are so large, that she had been rejected from her chosen hobby of Spanish dancing. He urged her to give basketball a try, and the two exchanged their shoes instead of throwing them away. As he enters high school, Kimitaka learns that meeting him changed that girl's life for the better, and she is now a happy, social basketball player. Will Kimitaka be able to find the courage to make new friends and pursue his own talents?

Satou Yuuho gets called out by the cute basketball club manager, Koganei Mao. He thinks that it is a love confession, only to find out that it is only to help the basketball club...

Asakura Aki is her middle school's track star. She's in love with her neighbor and childhood friend, Shiiba Chihaya. There's news that a transfer student is coming with a track scholarship. Aki doesn't even lose to boys, so they decide to square off in a 100 meter race!

Number 4 Ogata, who is on a professional baseball team, is very popular. Uno, who has a natural gift and is a cute junior, is secretly in love with Ogata. When Ogata finds out, Uno attacks with full force?!! Resisting, Ogata makes a bet: "To be my lover, you have to play a perfect game!!" A mixed public and private love game during the baseball match!

This new story is a 3-chapter tale on an physically-overgrown, sports-dedicated, yet mentally-immature (yes, the dichotomy! I know! >

Noel Tsukioka wants to be a simple, normal high school girl who has friends and falls in love with the man of her dreams. However, Noel leads a very abnormal life. At age 15, she’s the All Japan Junior Champion at figure skating. Her mom is also her coach, and is very strict on Noel about focusing solely on her figure skating, and not to concern herself with trivial matters like friends and love. She’s also one of the most popular girls at school. Noel also bypassed going to a regular school, in favor of going to the prestigious Yotsuba Academy, where her older brother Naoto teaches at. Secretly, Noel has feelings for her older brother. But, as Noel will learn.. Sometimes life can be complicated, and Noel will face challenges in the form of rivals both on the skating rink, and for her brother. Not to mention, her feelings for her brother are of the forbidden kind..