Long Live the Ball! (Passionate Sports Anime/Manga for Boys) 球球万岁！（热血运动番/少年）

1. 1 没 Never Seen a Special-Grade Cursed Spirit Play Tennis? 没见过特级咒灵打网球吗？ Fu Xuan符玄No CP1.5M WordsCompleted Check out my new novel, From the Demon Slayer Corps to the Rikkai Tennis Club [Completed] After cosplaying as a real person and barely surviving until the worlds merged, Sanada Hatomi's peaceful daily life at the Metropolitan Police Department didn't last long. He discovered that not only had he suddenly gone back to the days before liberation, but he'd shrunk back into a middle schooler! 2005: Fifteen-year-old Sanada Hatomi attends Rikkai University Junior High. He's making a spectacular deb 42.4kFavorites78.8kClicks/ch185kGifts

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   It was good, except for the unexpected ending!

2. 2 报 Breaking News! The Homura Clan's Little One Is Off to Rikkai Dai 报！吠舞罗家幼崽去立海大了 Waning Moon月亮缺No CP1.2M WordsCompleted [The neighboring novel "Has the Second Son of the Akashi Family Become a Tyrant Again Today?" is complete!] [Check out the new novel "There's Definitely Something Wrong with My Great Pirate Route Story"] [70% anti-piracy ratio] [Kanto Sixteen-Time Champions, Three-Time National Champions] Synopsis: 1. At fifteen, Suoh Mikoto was living on his own when he found a little kid one day. The child wore a name tag around his neck and could only say three things: "My name is Baby." "I'm three years 41.7kFavorites97.5kClicks/ch49.2kGifts

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   It's alright, but not my cup of tea.

3. 3 天 Did Senior Tiangong Play Tennis Today? No, He’s Recruiting People 天宫前辈今天打网球了吗？不，在捡人 Coconut Milk Roasted Tea椰奶烤茶No CP3.1M WordsCompleted Complete. You can check out the reader's guide below first. Paragraph comments are open! I hope you'll add the upcoming pre-order title, After Reincarnating as a Knight, the Dark Mage, to your collection~ The second-year captain of Rikkai is widely regarded as the most mysterious player. He never takes part in matches. He lets his first-year juniors sit in the coaches' seats. He never trains with the club, either. Even after winning the championship, he brazenly skipped the podium speech! 33.9kFavorites70.9kClicks/ch173.1kGifts

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   It's alright, but not my cup of tea.

4. 4 稻21+ Inarizaki’s Little Brother-Harassing Daily Life 稻荷崎弟弟迫害系日常 Wu Bu吾卜No CP402k WordsCompleted 28.8kFavorites41.6kClicks/ch69.3kGifts

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   Kawaii????*

5. 5 致 [Haikyuu!!] To You Who Shine [排球]致闪耀的诸君 Fujino藤野No CP842k WordsOngoing “Volleyball means everyone on this side of the net is your teammate.” Sukawa Kyosuke has always loved that saying. Because he knows that when he tilts his head up and watches the volleyball fly over from the other side of the net, he isn’t alone. His teammates, his friends… They’re like shining stars, guiding him forward. “You know, when you say that, it means you’re a star too.” “…” This is their story, shining bright. ※Primarily Haikyuu!!, with brief appearances from characters in other sport 28.5kFavorites23kClicks/ch42.3kGifts

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   [Cat's paw]

6. 6 卷 A Workaholic Idol, but a Free-Spirited Genius! 卷王偶像，但天才自由人！ Winter Moon Returns冬月归Danmei (BL)698k WordsCompleted [Pre-Registration: [Fandom] My Archenemy Mistook Me for His Boyfriend] Arisu Kurimu is hailed as an all-around idol. Whether it's singing, dancing, studying, or sports, he's good at everything! Yet just before starting high school, he had an especially terrifying prophetic dream. In the dream, he got the chance to audition for a sensational TV series about volleyball. Who knew the audition would be broadcast nationwide and require them to play a match on the spot? Arisu Kurimu hadn't even figu 27.6kFavorites33.8kClicks/ch90.3kGifts

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   Good

7. 7 在 Can I Dominate the Court by Reloading in Aoba Johsai? 在青叶城西读档重来也可以制霸球场吗 When It Snows下雪时No CP804k WordsCompleted [In volleyball, “opposite hitter” refers to a position on the court. This story is categorized as no-cp... I’m exhausted... I never thought I’d have to explain even this one day...] Here’s the normal blurb: As a powerful hitter for the Argentinian national team, Izu Tsuru was on his way home after winning the championship when he got caught in a chain-reaction car crash and found himself back in high school. But there was no place for him on Aoba Johsai’s volleyball team. He had never even f 19.9kFavorites31.3kClicks/ch24kGifts

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   I didn't finish watching it.

8. 8 立 The Glory of Rikkai 立海荣光 Xin Jiutong辛九同No CP216k WordsCompleted [Coming Soon: The All-Capable Yukimura-kun] We each went our separate ways, we are all waiting, for the day the light of that day returns. The young men wake up to find that they've returned to their first year of middle school, back to their youth. The partial god is finally willing to pay them some attention, giving them the chance to be reborn and make up for past regrets. This is their era. This is Rikkai's glory. Please Note: 1. Rikkai is always victorious, with an unbroken streak of 14.5kFavorites54.6kClicks/ch5kGifts

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   I forgot, but the cover is cute.

9. 9 在 Is It Wrong to Write a Split-Personality Script in a Detective Story? 在柯学写精分剧本是否搞错了什么？ Nan Yanyu楠言羽No CP462k WordsCompleted This novel is complete! If you're interested, check out the related tutor novel next door! Blurb: The Ice Emperor, tiebreak fanatic, stamina king, old-school whale, one of the three great zaibatsu of anime... Keigo Atobe suddenly gets bound to a System. The System has a name that perfectly suits the grand aesthetics of the young master: -- King of RPGs. [An Oscar-winning actor (crossed out), but he has to be the young master.] As the saying goes, a director who doesn't want to be the young 1.9kFavorites1.5kClicks/ch2.9kGifts

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   So pretty! (Starry-eyed)

10. 10 伏 The Fushiguro Family's Youngest Son Is Playing Tennis Again Today 伏黑家的小儿子今天也在打网球 Da Da Da Da Da Da Da哒哒哒哒哒哒哒No CP928k WordsCompleted Jin Er had two sons. His elder son, Megumi, inherited the Zenin family's Ten Shadows Technique. His younger son, Yuto, was like him: a Heavenly Restriction with zero cursed energy. A Heavenly Restriction. The former Zenin family's good-for-nothing, now a shut-in kept man, and heavenly tyrant rubbed his younger son's head. “What do you want to be when you grow up, Yuto?” An assassin, an undercover agent, a pretty boy kept by a rich patron… Becoming a Public Security officer would not be bad eith 74.9kFavorites199.6kClicks/ch333.5kGifts

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    [Cat's paw]

11. 11 C Can’t I Play Tennis Just Because I’m Cosplaying Fushiguro? COS伏黑就不能打网球了吗？ Mirror-Colored Glaze镜色琉璃No CP1.2M WordsCompleted [Looking for favorites for my Fushiguro 2.0 story, “Can't I Play Soccer If I'm Cosplaying Fushiguro?”] # Check out my friend Simon Mango's upcoming story, “Can Playing Tennis Really Make You Popular?”: Wait, I wanted guys to like me, not girls! # A new member joins Rikkai University's tennis club. His reason for joining is simple: he wants to become the strongest tennis player. But one day after school, Kirihara sees him lecturing some delinquents near campus. After that, he starts secretly w 39.3kFavorites73.4kClicks/ch139.6kGifts

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    Well enough

12. 12 你 Do You Even Know How to Play Volleyball? 你到底会不会打排球 Snooker斯诺克No CP590k WordsCompleted High school student Igarashi Hoshi transmigrates into the world of Haikyu!! and awakens the [One Demon, Three Gods] System. As a new libero on Inarizaki High School’s volleyball team, the first thing he does is submit a request to quit. But maybe the original owner was such a flake that nobody takes his resignation seriously! So in the matches that follow, he can only awkwardly face his teammates’ stares. * After losing the ball in yet another bizarre way, Igarashi sees the deadly look from 31.7kFavorites48.5kClicks/ch89.9kGifts

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    This wasn't really that exciting; I didn't finish it. It felt a bit awkward, maybe my threshold for awkwardness is low, but the premise was quite interesting.

13. 13 我 I Really Just Like Balls 我真的只是喜欢球而已 Gao Er Gao高二糕No CP3.0M WordsCompleted [Bonus side story in progress] I transmigrated into a world where everything in sight was made of blocks. Dad's head was a white block. Mom's head was a black block. My twin brother and I had white block heads. "His hair is the same color as his dad's," Mom said in her lovely Kansai accent. Oh... So I wasn't a block. My vision was just pixelated. Well, that's fine, then. In this world of blocks, only spheres didn't look like blocks to me. They had such smooth, beautiful, elegant curves. I 30.3kFavorites43.7kClicks/ch387.3kGifts

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    I absolutely love it, and the author updates quite a lot every day, but the more the merrier! [Empty bowl][empty bowl][empty bowl]

14. 14 让 Why Do I, a Farm Owner, Have to Play Volleyball? 让农场主我来打排球吗 Diced Lotus Root Wontons藕丁馅抄手No CP1.1M WordsCompleted 30% anti-theft delay, 72 hours (I’ll write a separate extra to reveal that this world has magic. Nobody will find out in the main story.) One day, the farmer brought his beloved Iridium Rod to the Secret Woods. To his surprise, he discovered a new path had appeared in the forest! Overjoyed, the farmer walked right in without hesitation. A flash of white light suddenly filled his vision, and Grandpa’s letter appeared in his hand. The farmer himself had ended up inside an unfamiliar house. Grandpa 24.6kFavorites31.3kClicks/ch80.4kGifts

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    This isn't quite the fourth catastrophe. [Clasped hands]

15. 15 c Surviving at Rikkai Through Tennis While Cosplaying Oda Sakunosuke cos织田作在立海大靠网球求生 Cat Embroidering the Moon猫绣月No CP855k WordsCompleted [Currently updating: “Can a Succubus Really Not Play Tennis?” Reading guide and content warnings at the bottom.] Hey, boy cosplaying as Oda Sakunosuke, can you see the countdown to your death right in front of you? In this tennis world, if you want to survive, you have to work hard at tennis. After three days of playing tennis: Ha, it's just tennis. I'm the U12 national singles champion! After three weeks of playing tennis: I-it's just tennis, isn't it? If I practice more, I'll definitely lear 22.8kFavorites31.1kClicks/ch116.4kGifts

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    I haven't watched much of it, but the premise is interesting.

16. 16 穿 Transmigrated Into Blue Lock, but With a Haikyuu!! Plot 穿进蓝锁，但小排球剧本 Tu Luobei兔萝贝No CP87k WordsOngoing [Content warning: This story has a very, very, very large amount of ship-teasing. Mimi will have extremely intense, twisted, gravity-defying mutual attraction with other characters (at least one).] Mizusawa Yuu accidentally binds himself to a volleyball story check-in System. As long as he completes the volleyball story check-ins, he can earn generous rewards. To that end, he gritted his teeth and accepted the System's demonic training. But one day, the System told him that he wasn't about to t 20.3kFavorites42.5kClicks/ch33.2kGifts

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    It's a beautiful twisty game, but unfortunately the author seems to have stopped updating it.

17. 17 金 Tuna Mayonnaise! 金枪鱼蛋黄酱！ My Fate Lacks Water, So I Read Fortunes命中缺水说算命No CP605k WordsOngoing [Who does Xiao Jing like best?] Dogunagi Jing, sporting a head of messy hair: Flying Fish!!! (Big brother!) - In Xiao Jing’s eyes, his big brother is the greatest person in the world. Naturally, he wants to become just like him. So when his mother asked where he wanted to go to middle school, Xiao Jing chose without hesitation: Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College. But his parents disagreed, and his big brother was strongly opposed too. Xiao Jing: Bonito flakes!!! I’m mad. Big brothe 19.2kFavorites24.9kClicks/ch73.6kGifts

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    A cute and intelligent character, but the author's updates are a bit inconsistent.

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