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Dear Boys: The Early Days

“Four junior-high rivals meet at a high-school game, vying to become Japan's top basketball player.”

Dear Boys: The Early Days

25,051 rank · 252 readers · 3 favorites
Shounen School Team Sports Sports
4 chapters · 1 volumes · 1997 · Manga
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Four junior-high rivals meet at a high-school game, vying to become Japan's top basketball player.

In this special edition of the teenage basketball manga classic, "Dear Boys," Takumi Fujiwara and Ranmaru Miura of Mizuho Junior High meet Tsutomu Ishii and Kenji Dobashi from Takakura Junior High at a Mizuho High basketball game. The four boys aim to be the number one basketball player.

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A Manga Publication

  • Format 4 × 1 ch × vol
  • Total read 0h 32m approx
  • Published Feb 1997 – May 1997
  • Source Manga media type
  • Ref. BS-M11227 catalog

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