{{Short description|Japanese manga series}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox animanga/Header | image = Cross Manage Volume 1.jpg | caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume cover | ja_kanji = クロス・マネジ | ja_romaji = Kurosu Maneji | genre = {{ubl|Romantic comedy<ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha, Oct 1, 2012|url=http://www.vizmanga.com/reader/1081-weekly-shonen-jump-alpha-37|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=August 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004041526/http://www.vizmanga.com/reader/1081-weekly-shonen-jump-alpha-37|archive-date=October 4, 2012|date=October 1, 2012}}</ref>|Sports<ref name="Viz Media's Shonen Jump Alpha Adds Cross Manage Lacrosse Manga">{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-24/viz-media-shonen-jump-alpha-adds-cross-manage-lacrosse-manga|title=Viz Media's Shonen Jump Alpha Adds Cross Manage Lacrosse Manga|date=September 24, 2012|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 3, 2013|archive-date=March 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312102332/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-24/viz-media-shonen-jump-alpha-adds-cross-manage-lacrosse-manga|url-status=live}}</ref>}}<!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with MOS:A&M. --> }} {{Infobox animanga/Print | type = manga | author = {{ill|Kaito (manga artist)|lt=Kaito|ja|KAITO (漫画家)}} | publisher = Shueisha | publisher_en = {{English manga publisher | NA = Viz Media }} | imprint = Jump Comics | magazine = Weekly Shōnen Jump | magazine_en = {{English manga magazine | NA = Weekly Shonen Jump }} | first = September 15, 2012 | last = July 16, 2013 | volumes = 5 | volume_list = }} {{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}} {{Nihongo|'''''Cross Manage'''''|クロス・マネジ|Kurosu Maneji|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by {{ill|Kaito (manga artist)|lt=Kaito|ja|KAITO (漫画家)}}. It was serialized in Shueisha's {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from September 2012 to July 2013; its chapters were collected in five {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes. The series was also published in North America in English through Viz Media's digital manga anthology, ''Weekly Shonen Jump''.
==Plot== Teenager Sakurai is forced into becoming the manager of the girls' lacrosse team at his school after accidentally touching the chest of his female classmate Toyoguchi. Sakurai is reluctant at first but after witnessing Toyoguchi's extreme determination and hard work, Sakurai tries again to put all of his efforts into something and becomes the manager of the team. While Toyoguchi is thrilled, there are many other members of the team who are not, Sakurai has his work cutout for him as he has to prove his worth to the other girls while also solving current problems that arise for the team.
==Characters== * Sakurai: Manager of the Fujioka Lacrosse Club * Misora Toyoguchi: Captain and an attacker of the Fujioka Lacrosse Club * Nachi (Nacchin) Saiga: Best friend of Misora and Midfielder on the team * Rurie Tanaka: Defensive Player * Junko (Jun) Mizuhashi: Defensive Player * Shinobu Komatsu: Goalie * Ichino Noto: Attacking Player * Aya Sawashiro: Defensive Player * Yurika Kato: Attacking Player * Sanari and Unari Yuki: Midfielder Players * Momiji Kujidera: Defensive Player * Hana Nozawa: Defensive Player * Seki: One of Sakurai's best friends * Wakamoto: One of Sakurai's best friends * Sugita: Club Advisor for Fujioka Lacrosse Club * Chiumi Hayami: Soccer Club manager who has a crush on Sakurai * Ryuzo Nakahara: "Big Brother" to Misora and son of the owner of Nakahara sports store * Teruki: Worker at the Nakahara sports store * Namine Chihara: Best lacrosse player in Japan and on Choran's first string lacrosse team * Momo Mimori: Midfielder for Choran who aspires to be as good as Namine * Toka Yamauchi: Captain of Choran's first string lacrosse team and Defender * Jueri Watanabe: Goalie for Choran who is another prodigy like Namine * Makoto Yokoyama: Midfielder for Choran * Karuto Okamura: Defender for Choran * Ageha Matsui: Attacker for Choran * Anzu Hikasa: Defender for Choran * Michiru Omoto: Defender for Choran * Kazuha Koshimizu: Defender for Choran * Mahori Sonozaki: Attacker for Choran * Tsubaki Imai: Attacker for Choran * Hyoketsu Nakao: Principal of Choran and coach of their lacrosse team
==Publication== Written and illustrated by {{ill|Kaito (manga artist)|lt=Kaito|ja|KAITO (漫画家)}}, ''Cross Manage'' was serialized in Shueisha's {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from September 15, 2012,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジャンプ新連載は、女子ラクロス部描く青春部活もの|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/76605|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=April 12, 2020|language=ja|date=September 15, 2012|archive-date=April 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412034335/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/76605|url-status=live}}</ref> to July 16, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Kaito's Cross Manage Lacrosse Manga to End on Monday|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-07-17/kaito-cross-manage-lacrosse-manga-to-end-on-monday|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 12, 2020|date=July 17, 2013|archive-date=October 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010204552/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-07-17/kaito-cross-manage-lacrosse-manga-to-end-on-monday|url-status=live}}</ref> A special chapters was published in ''Jump Next!'' on October 15, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:KAITO「クロス・マネジ」完結編、ジャンプネクストに掲載|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/101382|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=April 12, 2020|language=ja|date=October 15, 2013|archive-date=April 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412034338/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/101382|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Hodgkins|first1=Crystalyn|title=Viz's Weekly Shonen Jump to Publish Cross Manage Extra Chapter|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-14/viz-weekly-shonen-jump-to-publish-cross-manage-extra-chapter|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 12, 2020|date=October 14, 2013|archive-date=October 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010204541/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-14/viz-weekly-shonen-jump-to-publish-cross-manage-extra-chapter|url-status=live}}</ref> Shueisha compiled its individual chapters into five {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes published between March 4 and November 1, 2013.<ref name="vol1"/><ref name="vol5"/>
In North America, the manga was published by Viz Media and serialized in ''Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha''. The first chapter of the manga was published on October 1, 2012.<ref name="Viz Media's Shonen Jump Alpha Adds Cross Manage Lacrosse Manga" /> Viz Media has released all five {{transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes through their digital manga service from May 14, 2013, to March 11, 2014.<ref name="vizvol1"/><ref name="vizvol5"/>
===Volumes=== {{Graphic novel list/header | Language = Japanese | WithTitle = no }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 1 | OriginalRelDate = March 4, 2013<ref name="vol1">{{cite web|script-title=ja:クロス・マネジ 1|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-870635-1|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 12, 2020|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130501032550/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-870635-1|archivedate=May 1, 2013|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> | OriginalISBN = 978-4-08-870635-1 | LicensedRelDate = May 14, 2013<ref name="vizvol1">{{cite web|title=Cross Manage, Vol. 1|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/cross-manage-volume-1/product/4480|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=April 12, 2020|archive-date=August 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814121942/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/cross-manage-volume-1/product/4480|url-status=live}}</ref> | LicensedISBN = 978-1-4215-6447-0 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 2 | OriginalRelDate = May 2, 2013<ref name="vol2">{{cite web|script-title=ja:クロス・マネジ 2|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-870669-6|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 12, 2020|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130702214419/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-870669-6|archivedate=July 2, 2013|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> | OriginalISBN = 978-4-08-870669-6 | LicensedRelDate = August 27, 2013<ref>{{cite web|title=Cross Manage, Vol. 2|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/cross-manage-volume-2/product/4481|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=April 12, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806133425/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/cross-manage-volume-2/product/4481|url-status=live}}</ref> | LicensedISBN = 978-1-4215-6805-8 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 3 | OriginalRelDate = July 4, 2013<ref name="vol3">{{cite web|script-title=ja:クロス・マネジ 3|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-870770-9|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 12, 2020|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130703205721/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-870770-9|archivedate=July 3, 2013|language=ja|url-status=live }}</ref> | OriginalISBN = 978-4-08-870770-9 | LicensedRelDate = October 8, 2013<ref>{{cite web|title=Cross Manage, Vol. 3|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/cross-manage-volume-3/product/4482|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=April 12, 2020|archive-date=April 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412034337/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/cross-manage-volume-3/product/4482|url-status=live}}</ref> | LicensedISBN = 978-1-4215-7139-3 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 4 | OriginalRelDate = September 4, 2013<ref name="vol4">{{cite web|script-title=ja:クロス・マネジ 4|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-870807-2|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 12, 2020|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140528060715/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-870807-2|archivedate=May 28, 2014|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> | OriginalISBN = 978-4-08-870807-2 | LicensedRelDate = December 24, 2013<ref>{{cite web|title=Cross Manage, Vol. 4|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/cross-manage-volume-4/product/4484|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=April 12, 2020|archive-date=April 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412034340/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/cross-manage-volume-4/product/4484|url-status=live}}</ref> | LicensedISBN = 978-1-4215-7390-8 }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 5 | OriginalRelDate = November 1, 2013<ref name="vol5">{{cite web|script-title=ja:クロス・マネジ 5|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-870839-3|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 12, 2020|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140528060724/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-870839-3|archivedate=May 28, 2014|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> | OriginalISBN = 978-4-08-870839-3 | LicensedRelDate = March 11, 2014<ref name="vizvol5">{{cite web|title=Cross Manage, Vol. 5|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/cross-manage-volume-5/product/4483|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=April 12, 2020|archive-date=April 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412034340/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/cross-manage-volume-5/product/4483|url-status=live}}</ref> | LicensedISBN = 978-1-4215-7535-3 }} {{Graphic novel list/footer}}
==See also== * ''Blue Flag'', another manga series by the same author
==References==
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==External links== * {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327005652/http://www.shonenjump.com/j/rensai/crossmanage/|title=Official website at ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''}} {{in lang|ja}} * {{Anime News Network|manga|20333|noparen=true}}
{{Weekly Shōnen Jump - 2010–2019|state=collapsed}}
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