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Japanese: OverDrive


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Type: Manga
Volumes: 17
Chapters: 150
Status: Finished
Published: May 11, 2005 to May 14, 2008
Genres: Comedy Comedy, Romance Romance, Sports Sports
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: Shounen Magazine (Weekly)
Authors: Yasuda, Tsuyoshi (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.381 (scored by 11341,134 users)
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Ranked: #40902
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Popularity: #4889
Members: 4,119
Favorites: 23

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Manga: Ballroom e Youkoso
Both feature a flash-forward start, very similar MC's (Both bullied, want to change so they try their respective sports). Both are very good underdog stories. Highly recommend the other if you've read one.  
reportRecommended by KingKongShrest
Manga: Baby Steps
Both depict sports in the greatest sense of realism. In both shows, the amount of effort that the main character puts in can be shown. Both main characters also follow their respective sport as a means to get with their love interests. The characters get rivals, lose a lot and want to become the best at their respective sports. Tour de France for one, National Japan Champion for the other. 
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Manga: P2 - Let's Play Ping Pong!
Sport anime: ping pong and cycling. Both main character are bad at other sports and become better at the sport they join.  
reportRecommended by Kosourbites
Manga: King Golf
Both protagonists are newbies to their individual sport, but they both rise in skill very quickly and become badasses :) 
reportRecommended by Winatrix
Manga: Days
A manga focused on Cycling made by the same dude who made Days. If you want to check out a manga on competitive Cycling, I'd highly recommend you give this manga a shot. 
reportRecommended by StrawhatAJ
Manga: Yowamushi Pedal
Both are manga where the main character start out as loners but soon discover bicycle racing in some form and at the same time gain friends. Both have a strong theme of competition. 
reportRecommended by Smozzick
Manga: Noririn
Both these manga contain bicycling as main plot device and theme. In both manga the plot develops around the main protagonist (who is an amatuer at road cycling) and his interactions with the main femail protagonist who introduces him to the world of road cycling. When Over Drive is serious, it has a very similar feel to Noririn however noririn has a more mature feel to it overall and lacks the comedic moments abundant in Over Drive. If you liked the theme of competitive cycling and the subtle hints of romance of either of these manga, then you are bound to like the other. 
reportRecommended by valk_
Manga: Kokou no Hito
These two are really similar. The hero of the story has basically never done the sport and falls in love with it, in both it seems as if they were meant to do the sport that they are doing since it comes natural to them.  
reportRecommended by TatsuoHiro
Manga: Eyeshield 21
The leading characters are similar and through there respective sport they are able to realize there strength and passion for what they do. 
reportRecommended by drognen
Manga: The Breaker
Over Drive and The Breaker have similar types of main characters. Within each series, we're introduced to two weak, abused, manly-heart individuals that struggle out of their lowly positions with determination and effort, eventually making big names of themselves. Over Drive is extremely unique in its emphasis on professional biking. There is a clear sports-focus for sports fan while it also shows off hints of romance and comedy. The Breaker is based on martial arts, but it is more so supernatural/action oriented than an indepth sports commentary. 
reportRecommended by WAXCHUG
Manga: Beach Stars
Beach Stars follows a female volleyball team, while Overdrive follows a bicycle team comprised soley of boys. The main protagonists energy and passion for their respective sport is what i've found similar in both of these manga.  
reportRecommended by danm
Manga: Holyland
Now I can guess what you are thinking, but dispite revolving around two completely different sports I believe that the determination, situation, and character of the two protagonists are very similar. In both Holyland and Over Drive both Kamashiro Yuu and Shinozaki Mikoto start off as weak and pathetic characters who then evolve after experiencing the joys of their respective sports/activities. Both are determined not to lose the precious harbour that they found. The stories differ greatly of course (Holyland deals more with delinquents while Over Drive deals more with highschool life).  
reportRecommended by danm
Manga: Hajime no Ippo
The premise of both series almost mimick one another with the major difference underlined in the sport they are focused on (boxing in Hajime no Ippo, and cycling in Over Drive). Both begin with a seemingly weak protagonist who is subjected to bullying at school. As a result of their circumstance, they both encounter individuals who would introduce them to the sport they were born to be athletes in. As such, we follow the protagonists in their quest to reach the peak of their chosen sport. 
reportRecommended by radiantfire

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