this is one of the most charismatic MC out there, with so much baddassness panties are dropping everywhere ?
more of a psychology (this author knows how to make this genre a good manga) than a sport story. If you don't like the art, you can start with the anime which ends at the chapter 82 (you have to read it since the anime make it end there with suspense while the manga keeps its storyline going so midway of the chapter, the anime will differ).