I like a lot of sports series. I didn't know Kurogane was a sports series (I did hear it was ecchi) or else I'd have given it a look when it first started serialization. You like ghost series? :3 It's not quite a ghost series, but have you read Katana?

Shidou reminds me of Roland too! It's his seriousness, I think. Oogami is a lot of fun! Really cute. I hope we'll be seeing more of him, though his smile is reaaaally huge, haha. (When Sayuri completely turned down his offer to "play", I couldn't stop laughing). I almost thought Sayuri might desert Hiroto for Yodaka, but good thing she didn't.