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Blue Lock: Episode Nagi vol 2 by Muneyuki Kaneshiro & Kota Sannomiya

5/13/2025

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Cover of Blue Lock: Episode Nagi volume 2. Nagi is hold a soccer ball on his shoulder while Zantetsu is standing with his back to Nagi.
Illustrated by Yusuke Nomura

School Library Journal review - part of Spring 2025 Fiction Made Simple, "8 Manga Fiction Series with Emotion, Drama, and All the Feels"

Sara's Rating: 8/10
Suitability Level: Grades 9-12

Reviews of previous volumes in this series: vol 1*

Publisher: Kodansha
Publication Date: 9798888771754
ISBN: October 15, 2024 (Paperback)​

Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Sports, Action Adventure, Survival, Kodansha

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The Climber vol 1 by Jiro natta

4/11/2025

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Cover of The Climber volume 1. Mori is staring back at us with his winter clothes up to his chin.
Adapted by Yoshio Nabeta and Hiroshi Takano, illustrated by Shin'ichi Sakamoto

Booklist review

Sara's Rating: 8/10
Suitability Level: Grades 10-12

Publisher: VIZ Media
Publication Date: April 15, 2025
ISBN: 9781974751525 (Paperback)

​Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Sports, School Life, VIZ Media

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Ashita No Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow vol 1 By Asao Takamori

4/8/2025

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Cover of Ashita No Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow volume 1. Joe looks up into the sky. He has an orange cap on his head and his pack slung over his shoulder.
Illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba

Booklist review

Sara's Rating: 9/10
Suitability Level: Grades 9-12

Publisher: Kodansha
Publication Date: December 24, 2024
ISBN: 9781647293871 (Hardcover)

​Tags: Rating: 9/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Sports, Action Adventure, Kodansha

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Dogsred vol 1 By Satoru Noda

4/1/2025

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Cover of Dogsred volume 1
Booklist review

Sara's Rating: 8/10
Suitability Level: Grades 9-12


Publisher: VIZ Media
Publication Date: March 18, 2025
ISBN: 9781974748921 (Paperback)

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Rating: 8/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Sports, School Life, Family, Friendship, VIZ Media

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block'd by brian hawkins

1/14/2025

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Illustrated by Ignacio Di Meglio, colored by Ezequiel Cataldo, lettered by Chas! Pangburn

​As if being a teen boy isn’t hard enough, add being a wolf shapeshifter to the mix. Cam Banter has no idea what is happening to him. Suddenly, it is harder to control his anger. He’s struggling on and off the court. And, his aggressive dad is not helping! Instead, he encourages Cam to make people do what he wants and show people who he is - a Banter. Cam’s basketball coach notices the struggles and tries to help Cam. After all, he's a shifter too.


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Blue Lock: Episode Nagi vol 1 By Muneyuki Kaneshiro

11/1/2024

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Cover of Blue Lock: Episode Nagi volume 1
Booklist review

Sara's Rating: 9/10
Suitability Level: Grades 9-12

Publisher: Kodansha
Publication Date: October 15, 2024
ISBN: 9798888771754 (Paperback)

​Tags: Rating: 9/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, ​Sports, Action Adventure, Survival, Kodansha

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Medalist vol 2 by tsurumaikada

9/1/2024

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Cover of Medalist volume 2. Hikaru and her coach and posed dramatically on the cover. Hikaru has her skate high in the air.
Inori partakes in her first skating competition, and her warmup is disastrous. Her mom comes back to the locker room to ask Coach Tsukasa if they can take the jumps out of her routine since she can’t complete them, and she doesn’t want Inori to fall out of love with skating. This furthers Inori’s resolve to do well during the competition. Inori and others watch Hikaru compete, one of the best child skaters, and Tsukasa realizes something strange is going on with her coaching staff. After the competition ends, Inori and Tsukasa travel to Kyoto to take the Level 1 exam, and Tsukasa gets some advice from another coach that boosts his confidence.


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initial d vol 2 by shuichi shigeno

8/31/2024

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Initial D volume 2. A yellow car races around the corner of a mount that is all blue.
The leader of the Night Kids shows up on Mount Akina and challenges Takumi to a race. After that, a driver named Shingo from the Night Kids shows up and bumps Iketani-sensei in his Silvia that just came back from the shop. Itsuki buys a Levin, thinking it was an Eight Six, but it turns out to be an Eight Five. After initially being ridiculed by the Speed Stars, Takumi convinces his friend that owning a car is amazing, and still manages to get down the mountain in record time. Shingo challenges Takumi to a race, which Takumi accepts in order to preserve Iketani's honor, but Shingo adds a stipulation: the drivers must duck tape their right hand to the steering wheel to keep things more interesting.


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Sketchy vol 1 By MAKIHIROCHI

4/1/2024

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Cover of Sketchy volume 1
Booklist review

Sara's Rating: 8/10
Suitability Level: Grades 10-Adult

Publisher: Kodansha
Publication Date: April 9, 2024
ISBN: 9798888770146 (Paperback)

​Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: High School, Suitability: Adult, Manga, Realistic Fiction, Sports, Mental Health, Slice Of Life, ​Kodansha

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Initial D Omnibus vol 1 By Shuichi Shigeno

3/15/2024

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Cover of Initial D volume 1. A Trueno 8-6 drifts around a corner on a red cover
Booklist review

Sara's Rating: 9/10
Suitability Level: Grades 11-Adult

Publisher: Kodansha
Publication Date: March 19, 2024
ISBN: 9798888770986 (Paperback)

​Tags: Rating: 9/10, Suitability: High School, Suitability: Adult, Manga, Action Adventure, Sports, School Life, ​Kodansha

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