Kou Kitamura is a fifth grader whose family runs a sporting goods store. One of the regular customers of his family's store is the Tsukishima Batting Center, and so he gets to know the four daughters of the Tsukishima family (Ichiyo, Wakaba, Aoba, and Momiji) very well. Since Kou has spent so much time practicing in their batting cages, he has become a genius hitter, but has no knowledge of any other aspect of baseball. This is in contrast to Aoba, who, despite being a year younger, is an adept pitcher and hitter. Wakaba is a classmate of Kou's, and she seems fully intent on marrying him when she grows up. All seems idyllic in their world, until tragedy strikes. The story then skips ahead to four years later, as Kou has continued the training he began four years ago, but has not played in a baseball game since. As he finally begins playing again, it remains to be seen whether or not he will live up to the expectations of those who know the true talent he has been hiding all this time.
Cross Game has finished publishing and it has 170 Chapters. It is also Known as: クロスゲーム, Cross Game
Genres: Comedy , Sports , School Life , Drama , Romance
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Top 10 Manga Like Cross Game [2024 List]
- 10. Sayonara Football
- 9. 1/11: Juuichi Bun no Ichi
- 8. Yugami-kun ni wa Tomodachi ga Inai
- 7. Area no Kishi
- 6. Major
- 5. Smash!
- 4. Fuuka
- 3. Suzuka
- 2. H2
- 1. Touch
10. Sayonara Football
Onda Nozomi is in her second year on the middle school soccer team but has yet to play a single game because she is a girl. Growing up playing soccer, she has the technical skills, endurance and the elegance. However, as a girl, she can’t overcome the physical difference and she can see all her male teammates that she grew up playing soccer with get further and further away from her. Even her younger brother, Junpei, who is also on the team, is starting to rise above her. Coach Samejima sees that Nozomi is an amazing player but because soccer is such a physical sport, he can’t let her play. Nozomi isn’t the kind of girl that just gives up so she practices harder than anyone and drives the team in the hopes of one day playing in a game.
Sayonara, Football has finished publishing and it has 8 Chapters. It is also Known as: さよならフットボール, She is a cute footballer!
9. 1/11: Juuichi Bun no Ichi
Andou Sora felt his limit to his talent, and quit the soccer after middle school graduation. However, encounter with representative of Japan's national womans team. Wakamiya Shiki, she moved something that slept in deep inside of Sora's heart.
1/11: Juuichi Bun no Ichi has finished publishing and it has 37 Chapters. It is also Known as: 1/11 じゅういちぶんのいち, Ero Megane Danshi x Joshi, Kareobana Yuurei Tantei Jimusho, Roleplay, Striker wa Hashiranai, Message, Yamato to Nadeshiko, The Striker Stopped Running
8. Yugami-kun ni wa Tomodachi ga Inai
The story of the comedy manga revolves around Yuuji Yugami and Chihiro Watanuki, who sit next to each other in class. Unfortunately for Chihiro, the transfer student Yūji is weird... extremely weird. Even though he's the ace of the baseball club, he hasn't adapted to the club at all. He also stands apart from the rest of the class, but seems completely satisfied with being alone.
Yugami-kun ni wa Tomodachi ga Inai has finished publishing and it has 81 Chapters. It is also Known as: 湯神くんには友達がいない, Yugami-kun ni wa Tomodachi ga Inai
7. Area no Kishi
Believing himself to be useless at football, Aizawa Kakeru opts to become the manager of his school's football team, while his brother Suguru is its ace, and is even good enough to represent Japan. However, Kakeru may be harbouring a strong talent within himself that only Suguru can see, and the two often get into arguments over Kakeru's denial of his skills. Things are made more complicated with the return of Nana, an old playmate of theirs that Kakeru has a crush on. Join the brothers in their journey to the national and even international championships!
Story written under the penname Igano, Hiroaki.
The Knight in the Area has finished publishing and it has 503 Chapters. It is also Known as: エリアの騎士, Area no Kishi
6. Major
The story of Major follows the life of Goro Honda, from kindergarten to being a professional baseball player, seeking and overcoming tremendous challenges.
Major has finished publishing and it has 747 Chapters. It is also Known as: MAJOR, Major
5. 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!
4. Fuuka
The story follows the life of Yuu Haruna, who recently moved into Tokyo with his sisters after their father is forced to transfer overseas on work.
On his way to buy dinner while looking at his Twitter account, a high school girl suddenly crashes into him. Thinking he was taking upskirt pictures of her, the girl takes Yuu's phone, breaks it, and slaps him before leaving Yuu lying on the ground. As it turns out, this girl—Fuuka Akitsuki—also goes to the school Yuu is transferring to.
Unlike most people, Fuuka doesn't own a cellphone; she even listens to music using a CD player. Eventually these two become closer, and decide to form a band with their friends and enter the professional world of music. With Fuuka around, what will now become of Yuu's new life in Tokyo?
Fuuka has finished publishing and it has 204 Chapters. It is also Known as: 風夏, Fuuka
3. 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
2. H2
Hiro has two loves: baseball and porn. But due to an elbow injury he gives up baseball choosing a school with no baseball team. His childhood friend Hikari attends a different school with baseball ace Hideo and the two wish Hiro had not given up baseball. Hiro joins the soccer team but meets Haruka, a very clumsy girl, who is manager of the unofficial baseball club. When the soccer team challenges the baseball club to a game, with hopes of humiliating them, the baseball club nearly loses until Hiro, disgusted by the soccer team`s arrogance, switches to the baseball club.
H2 has finished publishing and it has 338 Chapters. It is also Known as: エイチツー, H2
1. Touch
The story centers around three characters - Uesugi Kazuya, his twin older brother Tatsuya, and Asakura Minami. Kazuya is the darling of his town as he's talented, hardworking, and the ace pitcher for his middle school baseball team. Tatsuya is a hopeless slacker who's been living the life of giving up the spotlight to Kazuya, despite the fact that he may be more gifted than him. Minami is the beautiful childhood girlfriend and for all intents, sister from next door who treats both of them as equals. Society largely assumes Kazuya and Minami will become the perfect couple, including Tatsuya. Yet as time progresses, Tatsuya grows to realize that he's willing to sacrifice anything for the sake of his brother, except at the expense of giving up Minami to Kazuya. And thus the story is told of Tatsuya trying to prove himself over his established younger brother, how it affects the relationship between the three, and both brothers' attempts to make Minami's lifelong dreams come true.
Touch has finished publishing and it has 257 Chapters. It is also Known as: タッチ, Touch
