But at some point, we wanted to read a fighting manga without any magic-related elements, where the story focuses more on hand-to-hand combat. The manga that explores the conflicts between delinquents and gangs. You're 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 manga Tokyo Revengers follows Takemichi Hanagaki, who is at the lowest point in his life. He lives in a shoddy apartment, is constantly treated like an idiot by his younger boss, and is still a virgin at 26. His high school ex-girlfriend, Hinata Tachibana, was murdered by the Tokyo Manji Gang.

When he's nearly at his breaking point and contemplating death, he suddenly returns to the past and realizes he's twelve years back in high school, where his ex-girlfriend is still alive and dating. In this confusing situation, he decides to save his girlfriend by aiming for the top of the Tokyo Manji Gang.

2. Crows

He easily defeats the Ebizuka trio and Suzuran's current top fighter, Hideto Bando. Although he never sought the top, he always wanted to challenge a strong fighter at school. Rindaman, like Bouya, never aiming for the top, the strongest fighter of all time in Suzuran, chooses to live hidden in Suzuran's shadow. Bouya, upon learning of a fighter as strong as Rindaman, wanted to challenge him to 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 anime OVA adaptation released in 1994.

3. Worst

The sequel to Crows. Follows a boy who has just moved to town, 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 rival school's strong fighter and other gangs.

4. OUT

Follow Iguchi Tatsuya, a former prisoner recently released from juvenile detention. He's moved to a new city, away from his old friends who influenced him badly. He lives with his aunt and works at her restaurant. Trying to avoid falling back into a delinquent lifestyle, he's maintained the same personality. His penchant for fighting and violence has led him to end up with the same kind of people.

An encounter with Abe Kaname is causing him a lot of trouble. He's re-involved with a gang, Kilihito, brought back his old friend, and even started fighting 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 meet new people together and form their own gang, along the way clashing with other gangs from other schools/districts.

6. Clover (Tetsuhiro Hirakawa)

It centers around Misaki Hayato and her childhood friends. Misaki returns to her hometown and reunites with her childhood friends. They attend 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, sending shockwaves through the city's delinquent population with his willingness to do anything for his friends and his love of a good fight.

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

7. Holyland

The Holyland manga follows a high school student who is being bullied. To find a place where he can belong and be accepted, he will do anything and begins learning to fight. His fighting talent led him to defeat the gang member who was trying to extort him, and he became the gang's target. 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.