If you liked Cross Game
12 manga like Cross Game
Picked for the same feel: the genres they share with Cross Game (romance, slice of life, sports), the same creators, and what readers keep together. Each opens where it is read legally.
Manga like Cross Game
Readers also like it1. Blue Box
by Kouji Miura
- Drama (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
- Sports (shared)
Taiki Inomata plays badminton, and he has a crush on Chinatsu Kano, the basketball star he sees training every morning in the gym they share. Then, by chance, she comes to live in his family's house. A gentle, heartfelt romance about first love, early mornings and chasing a dream.
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Readers also like it2. Ping Pong
by Taiyo Matsumoto
- Drama (shared)
- Psychological
- Sports (shared)
Peco plays table tennis with dazzling confidence; his friend Smile hides his talent behind indifference. As stronger opponents test them, both must decide what competing means to them. A sports drama in which friendship, effort and the burden of natural ability matter as much as winning.
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Slice of Life · School Life3. Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You
by Karuho Shiina
- Comedy
- Drama (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Sawako's shy manner and resemblance to a horror-film character make classmates keep their distance. A friendly boy's kindness gives her the courage to reach out, beginning friendships she never thought possible. This school romance follows the awkward, rewarding work of letting other people know who you are.
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Sports · School Life4. Welcome to the Ballroom
by Tomo Takeuchi
- Drama (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Sports (shared)
Tatara Fujita has never been good at anything, until a chance visit to a dance studio shows him ballroom dancing — and a champion who makes it look like flying. A dazzling sports manga about learning to lead, and to be seen.
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Sports · School Life5. Ace of the Diamond act II
by Yuji Terajima
- Comedy
- Drama (shared)
- Sports (shared)
Second year at Seido High. Pitcher Eijun Sawamura is still fighting for the ace number, and the team has a new goal: Koshien in summer. The continuation of one of the great baseball manga, game by game.
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Sports · School Life6. Kuroko's Basketball
by Tadatoshi Fujimaki
- Comedy
- Drama (shared)
- Sports (shared)
Teiko Middle School's basketball team had five prodigies, the Generation of Miracles — and a sixth player nobody remembers seeing. Tetsuya Kuroko is so easy to miss that his passes come out of nowhere. At Seirin High he teams up with the explosive Taiga Kagami to take on his old teammates, one school at a time.
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Slice of Life · School Life7. My Love Story!!
by Kazune Kawahara, Aruko
- Comedy
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Takeo is strong, kind and accustomed to being overlooked in romance beside his handsome best friend. Helping a girl named Yamato changes that familiar pattern in ways he struggles to recognise. A warm romantic comedy about sincerity, friendship and learning to accept affection.
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Slice of Life · School Life8. Haimiya Is Scary Cute
by Kamiyama Sumu
- Comedy
- Drama (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Everyone at school is afraid of Haimiya, the upperclassman with the piercings, the grey wolf cut and the blunt Kansai dialect. For some reason she is gentle with exactly one person: him. A romantic comedy about a scary, sweet senpai.
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Slice of Life · School Life9. The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
by Saka Mikami
- Comedy
- Drama (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Rintaro goes to a rough boys' school whose students everyone looks down on, and the elite girls' academy next door has a strict rule: stay away from them. Then a girl from that academy, Kaoruko, starts coming to his family's cake shop and treats him like nobody else does. A gentle romance about two kind people on either side of a fence, and the friends who slowly start to cross it with them.
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Sports · School Life10. Hinomaru Sumo
by Kawada
- Drama (shared)
- Sports (shared)
Hinomaru Ushio was a sumo prodigy, but he is tiny — far too small, everyone says, to ever become a grand champion. In high school he joins a club with almost no members and sets out to prove them wrong. A passionate sports story about the most traditional of Japan's sports.
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Slice of Life · School Life11. A Silent Voice
by Yoshitoki Oima
- Drama (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
In primary school, Shoya Ishida bullied a deaf classmate, Shoko, until she transferred away, and then the class turned on him. Years later, lonely and ashamed, he sets out to find her and make amends. A moving story about guilt, forgiveness and learning to face other people again.
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Slice of Life · Romance12. Skip Beat!
by Yoshiki Nakamura
- Comedy
- Drama (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Kyoko has devoted herself to helping her childhood friend become a star, only to discover how little he values her. Determined to surpass him, she enters show business with revenge on her mind. Acting gradually reveals ambitions and abilities that belong to her alone.
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