Taiki Aoba, a 195cm tall junior high student, gets treated like a "mutant" when he plays basketball with other boys because of his physique. He was starting to doubt his "self" when he met Leo, the star of Japan's U16 national team. He told Taiki that his true weapon was not his height, but his "eyes," the talent to make the split-second decisions 1-on-1. Taiki was drawn to the freedom of basketball that Leo talked about, which does not judge a player by just his height. Now with a dream to surpass Leo, Taiki enters Aorei High School, a top basketball school in Tokyo!
Aoba no Basket It is also Known as: アオバノバスケ, Aoba's Basketball, Aoba no Basketball
Genres: Drama , Basketball , Sports , Seinen
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Top 5 Manga Like Aoba no Basket [2026 List]
- 5. Boys on the Run
- 4. Kamigami no Itadaki
- 3. Rikudou
- 2. 3-gatsu no Lion
- 1. Kokou no Hito
5. Boys on the Run
The story is about how and why a guy goes from a worker at a dead-end job to becoming a boxer.
Boys on the Run has finished publishing and it has 116 Chapters. It is also Known as: ボーイズ・オン・ザ・ラン, Boys on the Run
4. Kamigami no Itadaki
In a small Nepalese shop, Fukamachi stumbles across a camera which may well be that of George Mallory, the celebrated mountain climber who was the first to attempt to conquer Everest. Mallory disappeared along with Andrew Irvine, during the course of their ascent in 1924, without leaving any indication of whether they reached the summit or not. So what if it was only on their return trip that they had their fatal accident.
The Summit of the Gods has finished publishing and it has 47 Chapters. It is also Known as: 神々の山嶺, Kamigami no Itadaki
3. Rikudou
Riku experienced a lot of pain and tragedy in his early life. After his father's death, a former-boxer Yakuza man taught him how to do a basic punch, and that punch saved his life when he had to defend himself from his mom's drug dealer. He ended up taking the drug dealer's life, marking him as a killer. Criminals continued to come after him, leading to more tragedy for the people who attempted to care for him. All of this drove him to ask that same former boxer to teach him to become stronger, which led him to a rundown gym, his door to the world of pro boxing!
Rikudou has finished publishing and it has 241 Chapters. It is also Known as: リクドウ, Rikudou
2. 3-gatsu no Lion
A youth named Kiriyama Rei, who lost his family as a child, endures loneliness to become a professional shogi player. Then, through a chance meeting, he develops a relationship with the three Kawamoto sisters, who hail from a working-class district of the city, and little by little his frozen heart begins to thaw.
March Comes in Like a Lion is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 3月のライオン, Sangatsu no Lion, March Comes in Like a Lion, Lion of March
1. Kokou no Hito
On his first day of transferring to a new high school, a loner named Mori Buntarou, is cajoled by a classmate into climbing the school building. Despite knowing that one misstep could send him spiraling to his death, he moves forward, and upon finally reaching the top, Mori experiences a sense of fulfillment. That feeling, which seems to be telling him, "You're alive!" gives birth to an adrenaline for rock-climbing.
The Climber has finished publishing and it has 170 Chapters. It is also Known as: 孤高の人, Kokou no Hito
