But at some point we wanted to read a fighting manga without any magic-related elements, where the story is more focused on hand-to-hand combat. The manga that explores the conflicts between delinquents and gangs. Here, you are in the right place. You can read my recommendation for the fighting manga full of delinquents, fights, gang wars, and of course, strong friendship.

1. Tokyo Revengers

The Tokyo Revengers manga follows Takemichi Hanagaki, who is at the lowest point in his life. He lives in a crappy apartment, is constantly treated like an idiot by his younger boss, and is still a virgin at the age of 26. His ex-girlfriend, Hinata Tachibana, when he was in high school was murdered by a group of criminals, the Tokyo Manji Gang.

When he almost reaches his limit and thinks about dying, he suddenly goes back to the past and realizes that he is twelve years back to his high school days, where his ex-girlfriend is still alive and dating her. In this confusing situation, he decides to save his girlfriend by aiming for the top of the Tokyo Manji Gang.

2. Crows

He defeats the Ebizuka trio and the current top fighter of Suzuran, Hideto Bando, with ease. Although he never tried to reach the top, he always wanted to challenge a strong fighter in the school. Rindaman, like Bouya, who never aims for the top, the strongest fighter of all time in Suzuran, chooses to live hidden in the shadow of Suzuran. After Bouya learned that there is a strong fighter like Rindaman, he wanted to challenge him in a fight.

Struggle and friendship will follow Bouya Harumichi's life in this school for delinquents.

Crows has a prequel manga titled Crows Zero and a sequel manga titled Worst. Crows also has a two-episode OVA anime adaptation released in 1994.

3. Worst

The sequel to Crows. Follow a boy who has just moved to the city, Tsukishima Hana. He enrolls in Suzuran Boys' High School. Hana is a good guy, naive and honest, but very strong. Suzuran has never been conquered before and his goal is to become the leader of Suzuran and the first to conquer Suzuran. To achieve his goal, he fights on many battlefields against the strong fighter of the rival school and other gangs.

4. OUT

Follow Iguchi Tatsuya, a former prisoner who has just been released from prison as a teenager. He has moved to a new city away from his old friends who have given him bad influences. He lives with his aunt and works at his aunt's restaurant. Trying to avoid the delinquent lifestyle again, he has still maintained the same personality. His penchant for fighting and violence has led him to end up with the same type of people.

An encounter with Abe Kaname is bringing him a lot of trouble. He gets involved with a gang again, Kilihito, brings back his old one and even fights again.

5. Gang King

Centered around Jimmy (Katsuya Oonishi), an art student at Bara-Gaku. He was saved from drowning by a tattoo artist known as Victorius Needle when he was little. This inspired him to follow the same path and aspire to be a tattoo artist. His friend, Banko, is very intelligent despite his delinquent exterior. They are together meeting new people and forming a gang of their own, along the way they clash with other gangs from other schools/districts.

6. Clover (Tetsuhiro Hirakawa)

It centers around Misaki Hayato and his childhood friends. Misaki returns to her hometown and reunites with her childhood friends. They are attending the same high school. They can be identified as: Hayato the crazy one, Kenji the great one, and Tomoki the loner. They are living relatively normal school lives until Hayato's return quickly changes everything and sends shockwaves throughout the city's delinquent population with his willingness to do anything for his friends and his love for a good fight.

The manga inspired a live-action drama in 2012, which aired on TV Tokyo from April 13 to June 29, 2019 for twelve episodes.

7. Holyland

Holyland manga follows a high school student who is being bullied. In order to find a place where he can belong and be accepted, he will do anything and begins to learn how to fight. His talent in fighting led him to defeat the gang member who was trying to extort him and became the target of the gang. From just one or two fighting techniques, he slowly improved his fighting ability, especially after encounters with a former boxer and street fighter, Izawa Misaki.