Backed by a fixer who controls the political and economic circles, a high school student, Jinryu Goji, governs his school – Seiun Gakuen. In response, the school authority asks Nagare Zenjiro, a champion of Chinese martial arts who killed his father and was sentenced to a juvenile detention center, to fight Jinryu Goji. The story revolves around combats between the two. The dual develops into extensive conflicts involving high school students nationwide, and eventually leading figures in political and economic circles. The artist represented detailed movements of kung-fu, which was extremely popular at that time. The series was epochal in that is established a new genre of manga highlighted by conflicts on campus. 
(Source: tsoj.manga.org)

This installment of Chikuma Bunko's "contemporary manga" series is curated by Natsume Fusanosuke and contains excerpts and stand alone short works that represents the greatest action and sports manga of the 1960's-70's 

1. Zashiki Warashi (ざしきわらし) [Sanpei Shirato] 
2. Tachimochi Umanosuke (太刀持右馬之介) [Hiroshi Hirata] 
3. Kyojin no Hoshi (巨人の星) [Ikki Kajiwara & Noboru Kawasaki] 
4. Ashita no Joe (あしたのジョー) [Asao Takamori & Tetsuya Chiba] 
5. Karate Baka Ichidai (空手バカ一代) [Ikki Kajiwara & Jirou Tsunoda] 
6. Otokogumi (男組) [Tetsu Kariya & Ryoichi Ikegami] 
7. Juukyoden (柔俠伝) [Baron Yoshimoto] 
8. Nikudan Jidai (肉弾時代) [Kazuhiko Miyaya] 
9. Tomo yo Isoge (友よ急げ) [Akihiro Takadera]

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