 If you liked
Ashita no Joe
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 ...then you might like
Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin
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well maybe not the best comparison, but it's a little hard because although Rainbow has 20 volumes there is only 3 chapters translated ... while Ashita no Joe it's completed with 20 volumes but only has 55 chapters translated, at the moment (april 11, 2010)
but so far these two are similar because they in a juvenile prison, and they are in prison because they tryed to help someone and/or some petty crimes to survive in the hard times they are living! they also try to escape from prisone in both manga's
and they are come across a boxer, and because of that they begin to train.
while
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-Both series have a main charcter that has been in prison for some time
-Both mc's find a passion for boxing
-Both mc's struggle to get their life back on track
And most importantly,
-Both series are MASTERPIECES
Starts in jail and ends in a boxing ring.
While Rainbow focusess much more on the friendship of the cast (and has a much wider and more fleshed out cast), Ashita no Joe puts the importance on boxing fundamentally and in greater detail.
Both essentially follow a very similar plot though.