Top 5 Manga Like Aoba no Basket [2025 List]

Aoba no Basket

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 [2025 List]

5. Deep3

Deep3

Demian Kawai, who grew up being told by his mother that he is the son of a famous basketball player, became a member of a basketball team. Demian's abilities have earned him the respect of those around him, but after an injury and the mistake in a game, he has lost his confidence. Although he tries his best to rehabilitate himself, Demian suddenly feels as if his upper body is frozen while playing. When he consulted a doctor, he was told that it was a symptom of the "yips". This is a "rise after the fall" story.

Deep3 is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ディープスリー, Deep3

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4. Ro-Kyu-Bu!

Ro-Kyu-Bu!

Hasegawa Subaru enters a basketball club of Nanashiba High School, but the activity of the club gets suspended because the club leader falls in love with an 11 year old daughter of the coaching teacher. Subaru's aunt asks him to coach a basketball club of elementary school girls. At first, he is reluctant to teach small girls, but he devotes himself to the club as he knows the complex circumstances of them.

Ro-Kyu-Bu! has finished publishing and it has 82 Chapters. It is also Known as: ロウきゅーぶ!, Rou-Kyuu-Bu!

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3. Tsubame Tip Off!

Tsubame Tip Off!

A new highschool student with a complex about her height - Tsubame. Being unathletic and clumsy she seeks to join a cultural club, and despite her height she gives off the persona of a small and shy girl. Enter her upperclassman, Ibis, a small girl with a big presence, who suddenly invites her to the basketball club?!

Tsubame Tip Off! has finished publishing and it has 50 Chapters. It is also Known as: つばめティップオフ!, Tsubame Tippuofu!

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2. Ahiru no Sora

Ahiru no Sora

He’s short, weak, and has just transfered to a new school. Kurumatani Sora is the main character in this story who loves basketball. He has been shooting hoops ever since he was little and has been trying to grow tall just like his mother, who “used” to be a basketball player. What has happened to her and what Sora is going to do at the new school is all up to you to find out!

Ahiru no Sora is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: あひるの空, Ahiru no Sora

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1. Real

Real

A motorcycle accident, bone cancer, a speeding truck crashing into a boy on a stolen bicycle—tragic life-changing events turn the worlds of three young men upside down. These three very different personalities have only one thing in common—their passion for basketball.



Note: Won an Excellence Prize for manga at the 2001 Japan Media Arts Festival.

Real is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: リアル, Real

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