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Ping Pong

Alternative Titles

Japanese: ピンポン


Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 5
Chapters: 55
Status: Finished
Published: 1996 to 1997
Genres: Drama Drama, Sports Sports
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Big Comic Spirits
Authors: Matsumoto, Taiyou (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 8.521 (scored by 68796,879 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #1362
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #867
Members: 21,297
Favorites: 698

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Mangaby Weebookey

When people try to explain why they love a manga so much, you might find the usual "I love the characters", "really like the art", "world building!!". Which, by no means is a bad thing, but an element of manga that is not very commonly talked about it panelling. It's very easy to confuse composition and panelling, but hopefully this list will help you experience the true beauty of how important panel structure is to maintain consistent flow whilst reading!

Panelling, Composition, Art and Negative Space are all taken into consideration when adding to this list. Enjoy!!

- Weebookey

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Mangaby ItachiDxD

A collection of great manga between 2 and 5 volumes that you can read in a single day !

The reason I have not included 1 volume manga is because I have made a separate stack for them : https://myanimelist.net/stacks/2090

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Mangaby NFy

sport manga that focus on something more than the sport itself and dives more into characters psych

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Ranking of all Matsumoto Taiyou's manga I've read

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Mangaby machuzka

No gimmicks, no throwing bombs on skateboards, no soccer prison, no baseball gambling, just real people doing real sports.

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Mangaby Fuchsia

"To be running breathlessly, but not yet arrived, is itself delightful, a suspended moment of living hope."
— Anne Carson

Note: These stories are not entirely bittersweet, but they do contain certain elements that I would consider relevant. I have not included stories that I believe to be too on-the-nose, despite them being great stories. Genre and story popularity are also purposefully mixed and varied.

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Mangaby AjiX101

Fire series. Real Sports.

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Seinen manga is targeted to males, has action, philosophy, psychological elements, maybe some realistic romance.
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Mangaby lithiumflower

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The mold:
1. Fully male team/almost entirely male cast
2. School sports team
3. Teen athletes

So if it doesn't fit all of those criteria, it fits this list!

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Mangaby Azoth291

My top picks. Use list view, to see pros and cons for each entry.

A good starting list to cover all bases, or challenge yourself.

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