Top 8 Manga Like Blue Box (Ao no Hako) [2024 List]

Ao no Hako

Taiki Inomata is on the boys' badminton team at sports powerhouse Eimei Junior and Senior High. He's in love with basketball player Chinatsu Kano, the older girl he trains alongside every morning in the gym. One Spring day, their relationship takes a sharp turn ... And thus begins this brand-new series of love, sports and youth!

Blue Box It is also Known as: アオのハコ, Ao no Hako

Genres: Romance , School Life , Shounen , Sports

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Top 8 Manga Like Blue Box (Ao no Hako) [2024 List]

8. Wondance

Wondance

Kaboku Kotani lives by suppressing his own feelings and matching those around him. He ends up attracted to Hikari Wanda who doesn't mind how she's seen by others as she's fully immersed in dance. To dance with her, he'll take on dancing despite his inexperience!

Wondance is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ワンダンス, Wondance

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7. Ao no Flag

Ao no Flag

The "youth pure love" story begins when three students in their third and final year of high school meet during a time when they are worried about paths for their futures. Waiting for them are sweet, painful, and heartrending days.

Blue Flag has finished publishing and it has 54 Chapters. It is also Known as: 青のフラッグ, Blue Flag

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6. Namaikizakari.

Namaikizakari.

Basketball club manager Yuki has a secret—she’s in love with the team captain! But when Naruse discovers her secret, she’s in trouble! Just how long is he going to keep teasing her about it? Stupid pretty playboy…

Cheeky Brat has finished publishing and it has 140 Chapters. It is also Known as: なまいきざかり。, His Cheekiness is in Full Bloom

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5. Smash!

Smash!

Smash! is about two childhood friends (Shouta and Miwa) who share a common love for Badminton. Miwa, who's in love with Shouta, tries to persuade Shouta to apply to the same badminton school as her but the latter being of a carefree, easy-going and dense nature, brushes her away and states that he only plays badminton for fun.
However, Shouta's perspective of badminton quickly changes after a fateful encounter with Yuuhi (a mute girl). In his search for his badminton goddess Yuuhi, Shouta met Anan and thereafter, decides that he's going to pursue badminton more seriously...

Smash! has finished publishing and it has 170 Chapters. It is also Known as: スマッシュ!, Smash!

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4. Rough

Rough

Yamato Keisuke, a promising freestyle swimmer, and Ninomiya Ami, a talented diver, are the offspring of two rival families owners of confectionery shops. Two generations ago, Grandfather Ninomiya came up with an idea for an owl-shaped cake, but Grandfather Yamato quickly raised to the challenge and thought of a similar cake--but in Yamato's the owl had ears. Because they're priced the same, Yamato's extra ears were crucial, and that made the business of the Ninomiya confectionery suffered. Grandfather Ninomiya then fell ill worrying about his shop. Before his death, his last words were "I was killed by the Yamatos", and since that moment the two families have been sworn rivals.

Rough has finished publishing and it has 119 Chapters. It is also Known as: ラフ, Rough

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3. Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku

Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku

In a certain place, there were two neighboring high schools: Chidori High School, a bottom-feeder boys' school full of delinquents, and Kikyo Girls' School, a fancy girls' private school. Rintaro Tsumugi, a strong and quiet second year student at Chidori High, meets Kaoruko Wakuri, a girl who visited his family's cake shop while he was helping out. Rintaro feels comfortable spending time with Kaoruko. However, she is a student at Kikyo, and all of the girls there seems to hate Chidori boys.

This is the story of two people who are so close and yet so far apart.

Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 薫る花は凛と咲く, The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity

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2. Suzuka

Suzuka

Yamato is ready for a fresh start. So when his aunt invites him to stay rent-free in her big-city boarding house in hustling, bustling Tokyo, Yamato jumps at the chance. There’s just one teensy-weensy catch: It’s an all-girl housing complex and spa! Things get even more nerve-racking when Yamato meets his neighbor Suzuka, a beautiful track-and-field star. She’s not just the cutest girl Yamato’s ever met, she’s also the coolest, the smartest, and the most intimidating. Can an ordinary guy like Yamato ever hope to win over a girl like Suzuka?

Note: After story specials are included in Kimi no Iru Machi.

Suzuka has finished publishing and it has 171 Chapters. It is also Known as: 涼風, Love Mate, Suzukaze

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1. Horimiya

Horimiya

At school, Kyouko Hori is known for being smart, attractive, and popular. On the other hand, her classmate, the boring, gloomy Izumi Miyamura tends to get painted as a "loser fanboy." But when a liberally pierced and tattooed (not to mention downright gorgeous) Miyamura appears unexpectedly on the doorstep of secretly plain-Jane homebody Hori, these two similarly dissimilar teenagers discover that there are multiple sides to every story...and person!



Notes:
-Includes 20 extra chapters.
-The 17th volume got released on July 18, 2023. This was 2 years after its original ending. This new volume included 10 extra chapters.

Note: Chapter count includes 20 extra chapters.

Horimiya has finished publishing and it has 152 Chapters. It is also Known as: ホリミヤ, Horimiya

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