BREAK THE BORDER ～rebirth of ECHOES～ is a basketball manga by Ayumi, which began serialization in Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Web on March 5, 2018, only to move to IMAZINE.World on June 17, 2019. It's a reboot of a 1-volume manga named ECHOES, which also ran on Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Web from December 8, 2016, to February 16, 2017.
It received a motion comic adaptation
by Etsuko Harumichi on April 23, 2021.
BREAK THE BORDER provides examples of:
- Huge Schoolgirl: Several of the players are tall but Miyu takes the cake at 185 cm (6'0).
- New Season, New Name: BREAK THE BORDER dropped the subtitle rebirth of ECHOES when it resumed serialization on IMAZINE.World.
- The One Guy: Sei is a trans boy on an all-girls basketball team, but it doesn't bother him.
- Pronoun Trouble: Sei prefers the masculine pronoun ore, but he only uses it in his head because he's been teased for using it. Sometimes he slips up.
- Spiky Hair: Sei has spiky, messy hair fitting his energetic personality.
- Tears of Joy: Sei is inspired to tears while seeing Asuka play basketball.
- Tiny Schoolboy: Sei is 156 cm (5'1) due to being a trans boy. He's the shortest member on his all-girls basketball team but makes up for his height with his ability.
- Trans Tribulations: The series is about a high schooler named Sei who's on an all-girls basketball team. The end of the first chapter reveals that Sei is a closeted trans boy. Though not the main crux of the manga, Sei's dysphoria and feelings towards gender play a role in the story.
