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Japanese: ZERO

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 2

Chapters: 22

Status: Finished

Published: 1990 to 1991

Genres: Drama, Sports

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Big Comic Spirits

Authors: Matsumoto, Taiyou (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.32¹ (scored by 1,513 users)

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Ranked: #4881²

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Popularity: #5757

Members: 4,166

Favorites: 35

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Ranked #4881Popularity #5757Members 4,166

MangaBig Comic SpiritsMatsumoto, Taiyou (Story & Art)

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Synopsis

Goshima is a boxer who has held the world championship title for years and never once lost a match—thus earning himself the nickname "Zero." His coach, Araki, describes him as "a flower that blooms only within the ring." But with his 30th birthday approaching, everyone begins to question Goshima's worth. Thus he decides to look for the ultimate opponent to give him his final match.

(Source: MU)

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Characters

Goshima, Miyabi

Main

Bal, Toravis

Main

Apollo

Supporting

Kim

Supporting

Reporter

Supporting

Dick

Supporting

Curtis, Norton

Supporting

Araki

Supporting

Kurihara

Supporting

Takada

Supporting

Reviews

Aug 21, 2017

YesterdaysJoe

Recommended

Any boxing manga will immediately be compared to the most famous one: Hajime no Ippo. I'm gonna say this once and for all to probably only a few dozen people who will read this review: Hajime no Ippo is ridiculously overrated. But I get it, it's good, it does everything right, and neatly follows the rules and tropes of the sports genre. But it barely manages to get out of the shadow of the one that came before all of them: Ashita no Joe. Ashita no Joe set the bar and made the rules, and frankly, no one has yet managed to get close to ...

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Aug 5, 2021

PAPOrr

Recommended

This is my first Matsumoto manga and i couldn't have asked for a better one. This manga is one of the only mangas that could be compared to Ashita no Joe in terms of the passion for Boxe, how it can convey certains emotions... The protagonist Goshima is a flower that has blossomed on the ring and is waiting for another flower to bloom before dying in the ring. He has never been able to make another flower bloom before because they were all too fragile, until he found one worthy of being called a friend. The art style in this manga really was a ...

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Dec 22, 2025

ZAR_24

Recommended

I’ve really missed sports series like this, emotional, and grounded in character development. Zero brought back the same intensity I felt watching classics like Ashita no Joe. The emotional weight of the final fight in Zero instantly took me back to Joe’s legendary match against José Mendoza—one of the most unforgettable moments in anime and manga history. You can feel every punch, not just physically but emotionally too.

What stood out in Zero wasn’t just the boxing itself, but the internal struggles of the protagonist—the quiet moments between matches, the psychological toll, and the slow unraveling of his past. It gave the story a deeper edge, ...