The story centers around a girl named Hanakaku who at only 142cm (4'6 ft tall) is never treated seriously and looked upon as weak. Wishing to become stronger she attempts to join some of the school sports clubs but is turned down by everyone. Depressed she begins to break down and give up until she runs into the leader of the MMA club (Who coincidentally seems to have had a crush on her) he recommends trying out Martial Arts. Can she survive seemingly the most vicious club in the entire school and achieve true strength or will she hit the mat head first?!
Hanakaku has finished publishing and it has 21 Chapters. It is also Known as: ハナカク, Hana★Kaku, The Last Girl Standing
Genres: Sports , Martial Arts
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Top 5 Manga Like Hanakaku [2026 List]
5. Saotome Senshu, Hitakakusu
High-Schooler Tsukishima Satoru gets confessed to by local female High-School boxing-talent Saotome Yae. He rejects her initially because he does not want to impede her boxing career (and prevent getting beaten up by her fans).
Her female coach, Shioya hears about this and decides to install him as Saotome's trainer so that they can secretly date each other. This situation is also aided by his extensive boxing knowledge.
Saotome Senshu, Hitakakusu has finished publishing and it has 124 Chapters. It is also Known as: 早乙女選手、ひたかくす, Saotome Girl, Hitakakusu, Saotome-Senshu, Hitakakusu
4. Teppuu
Ishidou Natsuo is a gifted girl who can achieve anything she wants in sports. Because of this she is permanently bored, as there aren’t any real challenges to her abilites to make her feel alive. One day she receives an invitation of a merry girl to join her martial arts club. Irritated by her happy expression, Natsuo decides to accept the invitation just as a pretext to beat her up, but she receives a shocking surprise.
Note: Volume 6 contains the side story "Nekketsu Kouha Natsuo-chan Dodgeball-bu"
Teppuu has finished publishing and it has 35 Chapters. It is also Known as: 鉄風, Iron Wind, Teppu
3. Dragons Rioting
As a 6 Year Old, Rintaro is diagnosed with Henisei Tashu Ijou Syndrome (also known as Hentai Syndrome), a disease that could kill him if he gets sexually aroused. To save him and provide a way for him to live as normal a life as possible, his father teaches him the ways to control his body and mind for ten years in the mountains, with the martial art of the Koei Sougetsu. When he's 16 he chooses to enroll Nangokuren High School, which he assumed to be the biggest all-boys school in the country but is actually the biggest all-girls school that has just gone coed.
On his first day he stumbles upon a large scale battle and learns that the first rule of the school is that it "Abides the Law of Nature" which has turned the campus into a war zone-like environment. Rintaro now sees transferring out as his mission, but will it be that easy now that he's caught the eye of the 3 "Dragons", the bodacious female leaders of the three biggest factions around?
Dragons Rioting has finished publishing and it has 48 Chapters. It is also Known as: ドラゴンズ ライデン, Dragons Rioting
2. The Boxer
You’ve got the raw talent. Or you’re the underdog. But do you have the heart? Do you have what it takes? Let’s see what you’re made of. The real fight starts now!
The Boxer has finished publishing and it has 133 Chapters. It is also Known as: ザ・ボクサー, Boksör
1. Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi
The story is focused on Kenichi Shirahama, an average 15-year-old weakling, whose life turns to Hell with the appearance of the naive, beautiful, and strong transfer student, Miu Fūrinji. After Kenichi witnesses Miu's skills in martial arts, he joins the Ryōzanpaku dojo, the gathering place of those who are truly strong, which also happens to be Miu's home. After beating a karate student in a match, he is soon targeted by all the delinquents in the school. Since then, Kenichi's routine is divided between his hellish training with the masters of Ryōzanpaku, and his fights against the members of Ragnarok, a gang who views him as either a possible ally or an impending threat to their plans.
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple has finished publishing and it has 584 Chapters. It is also Known as: 史上最強の弟子ケンイチ, History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi, Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
