Kojiro is an impoverished young teacher and the supervisor of his high school’s kendo club. He doesn’t have the leeway to spend time on his students–he can barely feed himself as it is. So when an old friend makes him a bet with an entire year’s worth of deluxe sushi on the line, Kojiro finds a new purpose in life: to beat his friend’s kendo team! But before he can arrange a kendo meet for both schools’ kendo teams, he needs to actually put together a five-woman squad–and the first girl he needs is Tamaki Kawazoe, kendo athlete extraordinaire and daughter of an elite kendo dojo master. The problem is, she isn’t really interested in doing kendo for fun. What can Kojiro do to convince her to join the team?
Note: Originally published with 117 chapters, but was collected into 102 chapters in the tankoubons. There are also 5 special stories, which makes the total chapter count - 107.
Bamboo Blade has finished publishing and it has 107 Chapters. It is also Known as: バンブーブレード, Bamboo Blade
Genres: Comedy , Sports , School Life , Martial Arts
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Top 5 Manga Like Bamboo Blade [2024 List]
- 5. Gunjou
- 4. Aoi Destruction!
- 3. Kurogane (2011)
- 2. Hayate x Blade
- 1. Bushido Sixteen
5. Gunjou
Michi Yomogihara, a petite girl with slender legs and a running pace that leaves motorcycles to shame.
After spending most of her life abroad, she returns to Japan to pursue her passion and her idol.
Upon coming face to face with said idol, however, it becomes apparent that things won't go as smoothly as she had hoped.
Gunjou has finished publishing and it has 30 Chapters. It is also Known as: 群青, Gunjou
4. Aoi Destruction!
Aoi Destruction is a compilation of short storied by Kazurou Inoue (Midori no Hibi and Aikora).
The first 3 chapters are dedicated to the title story (Aoi Destruction). Which continues the adventures of Samejima, Tetsuo and his trap father Aoi from Midori no Hibi.
Story 2 is "Koshoten Yakou Funsenki" (古書店夜光奮戦記- Rare Bookshop Owner Yakou's Hard-Fighting Chronicles)."
Story 3 is "Full Scratch Eiji (フルスクラッチ・エイジ)", about a boy who tries to get away from his otaku past.
Story 4 is "Otone no Naisho (音禰のないしょ - Otone's Predicament)", a story about a young samurai girl who finds herself the owner of a perverted possessed katana.
Aoi Destruction! has finished publishing and it has 6 Chapters. It is also Known as: 葵DESTRUCTION!, Aoi Destruction!
3. Kurogane (2011)
Kurogane Hiroto is in high school, where he is academically the top of his class but literally the worst in physical activity. Born with a weak body, he has no endurance, speed nor strength and Hiroto wants nothing more than to be a hero. Fate teases him by giving him phenomenal eye sight, which allows him to see well beyond anyone else in sports, but his body is not able to react to any of it.
He learns from his friend Shiratori, who wants to recruit him for the Kendo team, about a rumor about a ghost named Tojo Sayuri, who wields a katana and haunts an ally in the city. Half curious, Hiroto goes there only to find that the ghost is real and that Tojo Sayuri has been looking for a successor to her Sakura sword style for 150 years. Sayuri chooses him as the successor after being able to dodge her attack and forces him to learn the Sakura style. Even with the help of the ancient swordsman ghost, Hiroto has to overcome his poor motor skills in order to be the hero he always wanted to be.
Kurogane (2011) has finished publishing and it has 70 Chapters. It is also Known as: クロガネ (2011), Kurogane (2011)
2. Hayate x Blade
The all-girls boarding school Tenchi Academy isn't just known for its quality academics--it's also known for training the top sword fighters in the country. Students in the special "Sword Bearer" program compete in a school-wide battle known as the Star Stealing, striving to win both money and fame.
Enter Kurogane Hayate. With her sister Nagi recovering from a lingering injury, the spunky and cheerful Hayate must take her place at the Academy until Nagi is well enough to return. When Hayate learns of the mountain of debt her old orphanage, the Dandelion Garden, owes to Yakuza loan sharks, she decides to become a sword-bearer and win the Star Stealing.
There's just one problem... she needs a partner to compete and the one girl Hayate has her eye on wants nothing to do with her!
Hayate x Blade has finished publishing and it has 115 Chapters. It is also Known as: はやて×ブレード, Hayate Blade, Hayate Cross Blade, Ha x Bu, HaBu, Hayate x Cross x Blade
1. Bushido Sixteen
Bushido Sixteen centers around two female competitors of another Japanese tradition, kendou (sword-fighting). Kaori is an accomplished kendou practitioner, but she finds herself facing an unexpected opponent in Sanae, a superficially weaker fighter who bests Kaori in a bout.
Bushido Sixteen has finished publishing and it has 18 Chapters. It is also Known as: 武士道シックスティーン, Bushidou 16, Bushido 16, Bushidou Sixteen
