Im talking about sports like air gear competitions or like “Keijo”, only thing that matters is that the author has made a sports with rules, be it something completely impossible to play like magic sports or just something that isn’t played in real life but could perfectly be done.
It doesnt have to be the main focus of the story. It can be like what Quidditch is to Harry Potter, just one of many parts. Also, it doesn’t matter how much it takes from real life as long as it is clearly a different thing. (it could be a variation of an existing sport as long as the ruleset is not real)
Having said all that, what are some fictional sports in manga you like?
Yeah I’m kind of having the same problem which made me really interested in the topic, Sketch dance was actually on my read list so knowing they have one is nice.
There is technically Megalobox if we count anime, also JoJo part 7 kind of race which offered complete freedom in vehicle selection and allows for weapons.
I have the feeling that some isekai I read had a sport that demons used to play but I can’t pinpoint what it was.
I also remember a doujin that treated sex as a competition as akin to artistic gymnastics
I did try to think of competitions like the death games in Alice in Borderlands, also omniscient readers viewpoint and tower of god had many interedting competitions, but while sports are part of games, games are not all sports, then again, chess is by some considered a sport so I’m currently really confused if any of these games would actually be a sport and where the line lies. Maybe my question should be games in general…
But at the end of the day there just aren’t that many games I can remember that I would intuitively consider a sport like it happens for air gear and megalobox. Its kind of disappointing since it is a pretty interesting area to explore for world building and it rarely takes much attention.
The only isekai x sport I can think of is the baseball one. Which is pretty good if u haven’t read that.
I think made-up sports are too hard to do. Even Keijo is really just wrestling with special rules. Made-up board games, on the other hand, seems far more common. They had one in Hunter x Hunter (ant arc), Love is War had a few (thanks to Fujiwara and board game club), and Sket-dance had them. Many gambling mangas also have their own board or card games.
Yeah D frag also made a board game, but my problem with that is that the results feel random as not all rules are explained nor are the squares shown so you only see stuff happen instead of understanding how it would play.
That aside, yeah fictional sports are kind of a difficult concept to pull off (think of how boring quidditch is) and even when they do most are technically variations, but I’m fine with that, if there is a fantasy magic world where they have real sports but with magic I would still consider it a different thing.