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PositioN

1999, Manga, 7 ch, 64%

Recommended by 4 Bouken Shounen fans on AniList.

This manga is about the every day occurrences in Sukiya Keiko's not all that ordinary life. From meeting a person that can fly to being all alone in the world she experiences things beyond and within your average day.

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  1. Cover of Jinbe
    Jinbe

    1992, Manga, 7 ch, 59%

    Recommended by 4 Bouken Shounen fans on AniList.

  2. Cover of 20th Century Boys
    20th Century Boys

    1999, Manga, 249 ch, 88%

    Ensemble Cast, Coming of Age, Seinen

  3. Cover of Sunny
    Sunny

    2010, Manga, 37 ch, 83%

    Family Life, Ensemble Cast, Primarily Child Cast

  4. Cover of Planetes
    Planetes

    1999, Manga, 28 ch, 81%

    Work, Space, Philosophy

  5. Cover of Rough
    Rough

    1987, Manga, 119 ch, 79%

    Swimming, School, Love Triangle

  6. Cover of Kitoh Mohiro Tanpenshuu: Zansho
    Kitoh Mohiro Tanpenshuu: Zansho

    2004, Manga, 7 ch, 67%

    The same kind of story: melancholy alt-manga short stories.

  7. Cover of Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
    Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou

    1994, Manga, 144 ch, 86%

    Iyashikei, Female Protagonist, Post-Apocalyptic

  8. Cover of BUNGO
    BUNGO

    2014, Manga, 410 ch, 78%

    Both have Baseball.

  9. Cover of Q and A
    Q and A

    2009, Manga, 35 ch, 65%

    School, Shounen, Ghost

  10. Cover of Touch
    Touch

    1981, Manga, 257 ch, 83%

    Both have Baseball.

  11. Cover of Cross Game
    Cross Game

    2005, Manga, 170 ch, 84%

    Both have Baseball.

  12. Cover of One Outs
    One Outs

    1998, Manga, 176 ch, 83%

    Both have Baseball.

  13. Cover of Ace of the Diamond
    Ace of the Diamond

    2006, Manga, 418 ch, 83%

    Both have Baseball.

  14. Cover of Rookies
    Rookies

    1998, Manga, 233 ch, 83%

    Both have Baseball.

  15. Cover of H2
    H2

    1992, Manga, 338 ch, 83%

    Both have Baseball.

  16. Cover of Battle Studies
    Battle Studies

    2015, Manga, ongoing, 83%

    Both have Baseball.

  17. Cover of Ookiku Furikabutte
    Ookiku Furikabutte

    2003, Manga, ongoing, 81%

    Both have Baseball.

  18. Cover of Kabu no Isaki
    Kabu no Isaki

    2007, Manga, 48 ch, 73%

    Iyashikei, Seinen, Aviation

  19. Cover of Beauty and the Feast
    Beauty and the Feast

    2016, Manga, 80 ch, 72%

    Both have Baseball.

  20. Cover of Hanaotoko
    Hanaotoko

    1991, Manga, 40 ch, 75%

    Both have Baseball.

  21. Cover of Tetsuwan Girl
    Tetsuwan Girl

    2000, Manga, 92 ch, 75%

    Both have Baseball.

  22. Cover of Curveball and Splitter
    Curveball and Splitter

    2024, Manga, ongoing, 81%

    Both have Baseball.

  23. Cover of Gunjou Gakusha
    Gunjou Gakusha

    2004, Manga, 38 ch, 77%

    The same kind of story: melancholy alt-manga short stories.

Anime for fans of Bouken Shounen

Neon Genesis Evangelion1995, TV, 26 eps, 83% JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death – The Movie2025, Movie, 1 ep, 84% Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju2016, TV, 13 eps, 84% Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!2000, TV, 75 eps, 87% The Apothecary Diaries2023, TV, 24 eps, 88% Renegade Immortal2023, ONA, 180 eps, ongoing, 85% BOCCHI THE ROCK!2022, TV, 12 eps, 87% Samurai Champloo2004, TV, 26 eps, 84%

About Bouken Shounen

1998, Manga, 7 ch, 67%

The only common feature running through these stories is a grown-up protagonist somehow coming face-to-face with his childhood past, in a testament to the loss of youth, the disillusionment of growing old, and nostalgia for better times. In the Adachi pantheon, this is a rare diametric view of his eternal theme of "youth," in this case youth as seen through the lens of the past. It's a powerful statement from Adachi that might even be an acknowledgment of his steadily-creeping age. What is impressive about these stories is not the plots or characters themselves, but the absolutely perfect way he tells them, another facet of experience that comes with age. Most of the stories may require multiple readings to fully appreciate the airtightness of the plot and visual motifs.

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