Top 10 Manga Like Days [2024 List]

10. Fight no Akatsuki

Akatsuki and his good friend Kiyoharu (called Kiyo-chan by Akatsuki) have been playing 'two player' basketball for quite sometime. Unfortunately, things started to change after they have joined in a very strong basketball team in their new school. Both of them were forced to separate into two groups: Kiyoharu was in the 'B' group and poor Akatsuki was put under 'F' group, which is known as the 'Failure' group. However, Akatsuki was not discouraged at all. He continues to train hard and always has a smile on his face. Will Akatsuki succeeded in his promise to Kiyoharu to become an official player? And what is blocking the path towards reaching his goal?

Fight no Akatsuki has finished publishing and it has 65 Chapters. It is also Known as: ふぁいとの暁, Basketball Fighter, Fighter Akatsuki, Akatsuki's Fight

9. Diamond no Ace Act II

Picking up the next year after the end of the fall tournament, Seidou High School baseball team battle it out with new and old faces as they begin their tournament run at Koshien.

Ace of Diamond Act II has finished publishing and it has Chapters. It is also Known as: ダイヤのA act II, Ace of Diamond act II, Daiya no Ace act II

8. Ao Ashi

Ashito Aoi, a third-year middle school student from Ehime, meets Fukuda Tatsuya, a J Youth League coach. Even though he's still rough around the edges, Ashito has such amazing potential that he gets invited by coach Fukuda to participate in his team's try-outs in Tokyo. The story of a boy who will revolutionize Japanese football begins to unfold.

Note: Nominated for the 2017 Manga Taishou Award.

Ao Ashi is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: アオアシ, Ao Ashi

7. Furimukuna Kimi wa

Furimukuna Kimi wa has finished publishing and it has 32 Chapters. It is also Known as: 振り向くな君は, Don't Turn Around, The You That Never Looks Back

6. Eyeshield 21

Wimpy Sena Kobayakawa has been running away from bullies all his life. But when the football gear comes on, things change—Sena's speed and uncanny ability to elude big bullies just might give him what it takes to become a great high school football hero! Enjoy all the bone-crushing action and slapstick comedy that this heartwarming coming-of-age story has to offer.

Eyeshield 21 has finished publishing and it has 333 Chapters. It is also Known as: アイシールド21, Eyeshield 21

5. Over Drive

Shinozaki Mikoto is a timid and short-statured 15-year-old highschool sophomore who often gets picked on at school. The girl whom he admires, Fukazawa Yuki, happens to discover an overwhelming strength of heart behind his shy appearance. In efforts to promote the school's emergent cycling club, she introduces cycling to Mikoto and tries to talk him into joining the club, as she's thoroughly convinced he has a special inner drive that makes him a promising cyclist. How far will cycling take Mikoto, not only materialistically, but in his growth as a person?
(from onemanga.com)

Over Drive has finished publishing and it has 145 Chapters. It is also Known as: OverDrive, Over Drive

4. Keppeki Danshi! Aoyama-kun

The story revolves around Aoyama, a fastidious soccer genius who prioritizes cleanliness over everything, in which during his plays he neither heads nor slides and only throws with his gloves on!

Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun has finished publishing and it has 113 Chapters. It is also Known as: 潔癖男子！青山くん, Cleanliness Boy! Aoyama-kun

3. Giant Killing

East Tokyo United has been struggling in Japan's top football league for a few years. In an effort to improve their performance, ETU hires a new coach, the slightly eccentric Tatsumi Takeshi. Tatsumi was once a star player on ETU before abandoning the team, but has proven himself as manager of an English amateur team. The task won't be easy as the teams pitted against ETU have bigger budgets and better players. However, Tatsumi is an expert at Giant Killing.

Giant Killing is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: GIANT KILLING, Giant Killing

2. Haikyuu!!

Ever since he saw the legendary player known as the "Little Giant" compete at the national volleyball finals, Shoyo Hinata has been aiming to be the best volleyball player ever! He decides to join the team at the high school the Little Giant went to-and then surpass him. Who says you need to be tall to play volleyball when you can jump higher than anyone else?

After losing his first and last volleyball match against Tobio Kageyama, "the King of the Court," Shoyo Hinata swears to become his rival after graduating middle school. But what happens when the guy he wants to defeat ends up being his teammate?!



Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Haikyu!! has finished publishing and it has 404 Chapters. It is also Known as: ハイキュー!!, Haikyuu!!

1. 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