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The series began as a fairly humorous and lighthearted satire of Japan's teenage delinquent-gang subculture told from the perspective of Matsushita Tadashi (who also narrates these early Karate Bu stories), a 2nd year student at Kangokou High and a constant target of Kangokou's numerous bullies who beat him up routinely after school. He is almost always accompanied by his best friend Saitou Takaki, who is also constantly harassed.
As the pair grow increasingly tired of being victimized they decide to join the titular Karate Club, which is notorious throughout Osaka's youth gangs for training and producing the city's most hardened and toughest teenage thugs while maintaining the facade of a legit school sports club. But when they join the club, they find themselves picked on just as much if not worse by the club's current members. But as the story progresses they grow to be increasingly capable fighters.
Along with the manga's change in attitude and central character, the various teenage fighters throughout the series grew increasingly stronger and even began to tap into superhuman ki abilities, putting Osu!! Karate Bu in the company of other similar epic Shōnen fighting manga such as Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragon Ball, and Fist of the North Star.
Osu!! Karate Bu was wildly popular in its native Japan, but is otherwise almost completely unknown in most other countries. It spawned a four episode OVA mini-series released over a period of two years from 1990-1992, a 1990 live action movie, and a 1994 Super Famicom fighting game.Genre(s): Action, Comedy, Martial Arts, School Life, Seinen
Updated Time: Apr 13, 2024
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The manga begins with a girl, and the text "What were you hiding in that Pandora's box?" The margin text reads, "The melancholy girl is heading to a new serialized series." In further panels, the girl takes a walk behind the train station of the town, which she describes as a major tourist attraction. She climbs a hundred steps to arrive at a shed. She unlocks the shed, revealing through her thoughts that she is 18-years old. On the last page, she discovers pages of manga strewn about and arranged on shelves. The margin text on the last page reads, "We will open the curtain back in time, to the story of one lone manga creator." [ANN]
Genre(s): Shounen
Updated Time: May 10, 2020
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Yuu Haruna just moved into town and loves to be on twitter. Out on his way to buy dinner he bumps into a mysterious girl, Fuuka Akitsuki, who breaks his phone thinking he was trying to take a picture of her panties. How will his new life change now?
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Slice Of Life
Updated Time: Nov 30, 2022
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Treating non-successful suicidal patients requires a lot of money and resources. With low budget and a personal respect argumentation, a doctor will ask a non-successful suicidal patient if he/she still wants to live on or not. If not the government will respect his/her wish. However, the government doesn't just simply kill them.
Genre(s): Drama, Mature, Psychological, Seinen, Tragedy
Updated Time: Oct 16, 2020
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From Suimasen Scanlations:
Milan’s father is a soccer manager. On his deathbed, he entrusts her with the team, FC Sudden Death. Once a great power in J1, they’ve found themselves kicked out of the league and on the skids. Will Milan be able to turn the team around, or will she fall victim to the numerous pranks the team members play on each other?Genre(s): Comedy, Shounen, Sports
Updated Time: Oct 20, 2016
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From MangaUpdates:
Yamada Takamo has always wanted to be a kindergarten teacher, but when she has her first day she meets Inu-kun. Inu is a super problem child who to top all things, refuses to wear pants or underwear. How will she manage her new kindergarten career?Genre(s): Comedy, Shounen
Updated Time: Aug 04, 2017
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From Wikipedia:
The story in Ninku is about an odd-looking 12-year-old boy named Fuusuke who is a powerful warrior from the Ninku school of martial arts, a style that mixes ninjutsu and karate.
It is explained that before the present time in the story that those who could use Ninku were targeted by an evil empire and the Ninku corps were formed to combat the menace. The names of the corps were taken from the twelve Chinese zodiac animals and each captain of the corps was called the zodiac animal Ninku master. When the war was over, the Ninku were defeated and almost all of them were killed (except for a few corps' captains) since they were useless and were also dangerous for the rulers. At the beginning of the story, three years later, Fuusuke, the young former captain of the 1st Ninku corps and controller of the wind and Hiroyuki, his flatulent penguin, start searching for the other Ninku captains, each of whom can control various elements. However, a new group of Ninku users has arisen and are trying to take over the world. Fuusuke and his penguin must defeat the new Ninku empire with the help of his old comrades.Genre(s): Action, Martial Arts, Shounen
Updated Time: Nov 07, 2022
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BNC Scanlations descrip.:
Yuu is a high school kid who doesn't really fit anywhere. To find a place he can belong, be accepted, he will do anything. However one thing leads to another and he is forced to fight to keep his place, his holyland.Genre(s): Action, Drama, Martial Arts, Psychological, Seinen
Updated Time: Oct 21, 2016
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From Del Rey:
Yamato is ready for a fresh start. So when his aunt invites him to stay rent-free in her big-city boarding house in hustling, bustling Tokyo, Yamato jumps at the chance. There's just one teensy-weensy catch: It's an all-girl housing complex and spa! Things get even more nerve-racking when Yamato meets his neighbor Suzuka, a beautiful track-and-field star. She's not just the cutest girl Yamato's ever met, she's also the coolest, the smartest, and the most intimidating. Can an ordinary guy like Yamato ever hope to win over a girl like Suzuka?Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Sports
Updated Time: Mar 27, 2020
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What happens when a person with supernatural powers, meets person with great terrorism idea? Find out yourself.
This is a horror story in which the protagonist, Makoto, appears to be a normal kid and live a happy life, although in reality it is fed by anger and hatred. What is their secret then?
From Baka-Updates:
Makoto is a quiet, unobtrusive boy with passable looks and average grades. The last thing he expects is to be noticed by Yuuki - a model student who is as popular as he is notorious for his brilliance, his looks...and his uncanny knack for always having his way with everyone.
Thus begins the fateful partnership between a nondescript high-school student with budding supernatural powers and an intelligent, charming young terrorist-in-the-making.Genre(s): Drama, Mature, Psychological, Seinen, Supernatural
Updated Time: Dec 03, 2016
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CHOU KAKUTOU DENSETSU ASHITA KAGAYAKE!!
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Genre(s): Comedy, Martial Arts, School Life, Seinen, Sports
Updated Time: Jul 17, 2021
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