Even though school clubs in Japan are not mandatory, there is some pressure from the social grid to participate in some kind of after-school activity, be it in sports or arts. Colleges also have clubs.
As a comedy element in anime, some students have joined too many clubs, and are thus constantly stressed out. There is also the element of social commentary, making it clear that you have to join a club, if you want to be part of the class. Since self-founded clubs need at least 3 members, the desperate search and advertising for new members can be cause for hilarity in anime.
Top 18 School Clubs Manga to read
- 1. Ao Ashi
- 2. Haikyuu!!
- 3. Saki
- 4. Slam Dunk
- 5. 3-gatsu no Lion
- 6. Pseudo Harem
- 7. Boku no Suki na Hito ga Suki na Hito
- 8. Mane Mane Nichi Nichi
- 9. Magical Trans!
- 10. Guilty Circle
- 11. Photo Club
- 12. Senryuu Shoujo
- 13. Yuru Yuri
- 14. Kimi to Picopico
- 15. Houkago no Goumon Shoujo
- 16. Kimi tte Watashi no Koto Suki Nandesho?
- 17. Megane, Tokidoki, Yankee-kun
- 18. Ikemen Sugi desu Shiki Senpai!
1. Ao Ashi
Ashito Aoi, a third-year middle school student from Ehime, meets Fukuda Tatsuya, a J Youth League coach. Even though he's still rough around the edges, Ashito has such amazing potential that he gets invited by coach Fukuda to participate in his team's try-outs in Tokyo. The story of a boy who will revolutionize Japanese football begins to unfold.
Note: Nominated for the 2017 Manga Taishou Award.
Ao Ashi is currently publishing . It is also Known as: アオアシ, Ao Ashi
2. Haikyuu!!
Ever since he saw the legendary player known as the "Little Giant" compete at the national volleyball finals, Shoyo Hinata has been aiming to be the best volleyball player ever! He decides to join the team at the high school the Little Giant went to-and then surpass him. Who says you need to be tall to play volleyball when you can jump higher than anyone else?
After losing his first and last volleyball match against Tobio Kageyama, "the King of the Court," Shoyo Hinata swears to become his rival after graduating middle school. But what happens when the guy he wants to defeat ends up being his teammate?!
Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.
Haikyu!! is finished and has 45 Volumes and 404 Chapters. It is also Known as: ハイキュー!!, Haikyuu!!
3. Saki
Miyanaga Saki is a high-school freshman who doesn’t like mahjong. Ever since she was a child, she would lose her New Year’s gift money during her family mahjong game. If she won, her parents would be upset, and if she lost, well, she lost.
As a result, she’s learned to play in such a way that her score always remains plus/minus zero: not good enough to win, but not bad enough to lose. When we meet her, she’s being dragged to her school’s mahjong club by an old friend. How will a girl who hates mahjong, yet has become adept at the game as a result of her upbringing, survive in this environment?
Saki is currently publishing . It is also Known as: 咲-Saki-, Saki
4. Slam Dunk
Winning isn't everything in the game of basketball, but who wants to come in second? It takes dedication and discipline to be the best, and the Shohoku High hoops team wants to be just that. They have one last year to make their captain's dream of reaching the finals come true--will they do it? Takehiko Inoue's legendary beloved basketball manga is finally here and the tale of a lifetime is in your hands.
Hanamichi Sakuragi's got no game with girls--none at all! It doesn't help that he's known for throwing down at a moment's notice and always coming out on top. A hopeless bruiser, he's been rejected by 50 girls in a row! All that changes when he meets the girl of his dreams, Haruko, and she's actually not afraid of him! When she introduces him to the game of basketball, his life is changed forever...
Included one-shot:
Volume 31: Slam Dunk: 10 Days After
Slam Dunk is finished and has 31 Volumes and 276 Chapters. It is also Known as: SLAM DUNK, Slam Dunk
5. 3-gatsu no Lion
A youth named Kiriyama Rei, who lost his family as a child, endures loneliness to become a professional shogi player. Then, through a chance meeting, he develops a relationship with the three Kawamoto sisters, who hail from a working-class district of the city, and little by little his frozen heart begins to thaw.
March Comes in Like a Lion is currently publishing . It is also Known as: 3月のライオン, Sangatsu no Lion, March Comes in Like a Lion, Lion of March
6. Pseudo Harem
The story of Nanakura Rin of the Drama Club, who has indisputable talent as an actress, and her senpai in the same club, Kitahama Eiji. With the power of her acting, Rin teases Eiji with a variety of personas, giving him the harem he's always dreamed of!
Note: Chapter count includes 27 extra chapters.
Pseudo Harem is finished and has 6 Volumes and 157 Chapters. It is also Known as: Giji Harem, 疑似ハーレム, Giji-Harem
7. Boku no Suki na Hito ga Suki na Hito
This story begins when the protagonist, a boy named Sora Akizuki, confesses his love to Miya Fuwa, a girl he has been in love with for a long time, and is rejected. When Sora learns that Miya likes someone else, he visits the dubious “Trialing Club," of which he is president, and tries to find out if he is the right person for her. The first episode shows the reality of the Trialing Club, whose activities one cannot imagine from its name, and the reason why its president, Suzukaze, created the club.
My Crush's Crush is currently publishing . It is also Known as: ぼくの好きな人が好きな人, Boku no Suki na Hito ga Suki na Hito
8. Mane Mane Nichi Nichi
Set in a high school baseball club, it is a "coming-of-age sideline story," focusing on the three team managers with very different personalities: Nagisa, who barely knows the rules of baseball, Ichinose, a flamboyant gal, and Himemiya, the quiet girl with a surprisingly nasty side.
Mane Mane Nichi Nichi is currently publishing . It is also Known as: マネマネにちにち, Manemane Nichinichi
9. Magical Trans!
Minami-kun spots a poster recruiting new members for the Magical Girl Club. Thinking "Cosplay cuties woohoo!" he decides to join... What the hell!? It's not cosplay—we actually become magical girls?
Magical Trans! is finished and has 6 Volumes and 65 Chapters. It is also Known as: まじとら！, Maji Tora!, MajiTora
10. Guilty Circle
April! Sawaya Doji's college life at his dream school of Seio University starts with an encounter with the beautiful Kaede Hoshimi during the club recruiting fair. Sawaya believes that if he goes to Tokyo... if he joins a university... if he joins a club, he can get a girlfriend! It's a great way to meet new people, but what kind of club has he gotten himself into?
Source: MU
Guilty Circle is currently publishing . It is also Known as: ギルティサークル, Guilty Circle
11. Photo Club
Alcohol, skipping class, accidental groping...
College student life is the best!
Four men and women who belong to the photo club of the university in a fluffy comedy!
Note: Chapter count contains a bonus chapter
Photo Club is finished and has 3 Volumes and 24 Chapters. It is also Known as: ふぉとくら, Photokura, Fotokura
12. Senryuu Shoujo
Yukishiro Nanako is a cute, cheerful high school girl with one peculiar trait – instead of verbal communication, she writes senryu poems to relay her thoughts. Together with ex-delinquent Busujima Eiji, they are budding freshmen of the school’s Literature Club.
Even though Nanako doesn’t talk, with the power of senryu, the adorable pair has no problem enjoying their fun school-life through the tune of 5-7-5 syllables.
Senryuu Girl is finished and has 13 Volumes and 173 Chapters. It is also Known as: 川柳少女, Senryu Girl, Senryu Shoujo, Senryuu Girl
13. Yuru Yuri
Four mischievous girls illegally occupy the former Traditional Tea Ceremony clubroom, in order to create the "Amusement Club." These scamps...who ignore repeated warnings - in direct rebellion with the righteous directives of the Student Council - decide to remain in the room until they finally get off their bums and do something! In this slightly sluggish manga, full of fits and starts, the four girls set off from their homes for a walk together with days full of a little this and that! ♪
Yuru Yuri is currently publishing . It is also Known as: ゆるゆり, Yuruyuri
14. Kimi to Picopico
A romantic comedy about a gal who loves games!
Otaku Oota is a new freshman who joins the gaming club in order to live out his ideal high school life. There, he unexpectedly meets another new student: Ageha Onisaki! Ageha immediately asks Oota to play a console game with her, but her choices are either the NES, the SNES, or the Mega Drive! Who the hell is this gal, and why is she in the gaming club? The exciting life of a gorgeous gal and a geek begins as the two start playing lots of games together, both retro and modern - and get a little more conscious of each other in doing so!
Kimi to Pico-Pico is finished and has null Volumes and 57 Chapters. It is also Known as: きみとピコピコ, Kimi to Picopico
15. Houkago no Goumon Shoujo
After years of being unlucky with girls, Daito Ishimaru only wishes to enjoy his high school life with a normal, cute girlfriend. However, after losing a game to his two new seniors Kiyoka Sasahara and Asami Tomochika, he is forced to join the "Humanism Studies" club, which is actually a torture studies club. Will Ishimaru get the normal high school life he always wanted?
Torture Club Girls After School is finished and has 12 Volumes and 168 Chapters. It is also Known as: 放課後の拷問少女, Houkago no Goumon Shoujo
16. Kimi tte Watashi no Koto Suki Nandesho?
"Hey Kuroya-kun, you like me, right?"
"H-How did you know!?"
For an introverted high school boy like Kuroya, revealing his unrequited love would be an embarrassment worse than death. Especially when his crush is a beautiful, popular girl like Shiramori Kasumi, his senpai in the literature club. Even as they spend time together in the literature club, he tried to keep his feelings hidden, but then...!
Senpai asks the despairing Kuroya, "So── for now, as a trial, would you like to go out with me?"
No way. I didn't think it was possible to have a mutual relationship with her!? This isn't really happening──
It's a romantic comedy full of sweet flirtation and sadistic teasing from the senpai of your dreams!
You Like Me, Don't You? So, Wanna Go Out with Me? is currently publishing . It is also Known as: きみって私のこと好きなんでしょ？, Kimi tte Watashi no Koto Suki Nandesho?
17. Megane, Tokidoki, Yankee-kun
Momose, a clumsy girl who has always been slaved around to run errands by delinquents in her middle school, will now be attending a non-yankee high school. At her new school, she thinks of joining a club so as to not bother anyone and one day meets a classmate, a serious boy with glasses, Ichikura-kun. In reality though, that Ichikura has been an undefeated yankee in his middle school which he hid from everyone when he enrolled into this high school!
Momose is the only one who knows Ichikura-kun's secret yankee past?!
The youthful former yankee X a girl who was bullied by yankees are now having a LOVE SURVIVAL ♡
- MU
Megane, Tokidoki, Yankee-kun is currently publishing . It is also Known as: メガネ、時々、ヤンキーくん, Megane, Tokidoki, Yankee-kun
18. Ikemen Sugi desu Shiki Senpai!
When Hinami bumps into an older girl named Shiki, she falls head over heels. Shiki is sexy, easygoing, and has an amazing undercut. In order to get closer to Shiki, Hinami starts lurking around the basketball club. But though Hinami's crush is obvious to everyone else, it goes right over Shiki's head. When Hinami tries to confess her feelings to Shiki, Shiki thinks Hinami wants to become the club manager! Can Hinami get Shiki to understand her true feelings?
Note: The chapter count includes two extra stories.
The Girl I Want is so Handsome is finished and has 2 Volumes and 12 Chapters. It is also Known as: イケメンすぎです紫葵先パイ！, Ikemensugi desu Shiki-senpai!, Shiki-senpai Is Too Handsome, Ikemen Sugidesu Shiki-senpai!
