From Tsuyoshi Yasuda (Over Drive) comes the most exciting soccer manga in the world! During his last spring break before starting high school, Tsukushi Tsukamoto meets Jin Kazama, who invites him to a pick-up soccer game. Their chance meeting, and his first-ever experience with soccer, move kind-hearted, timid Tsukushi to enroll in his new high school's soccer club, which is among the strongest in all of Japan. Unbeknownst to the rest of the world, there's something amazing hidden inside Tsukushi's heart ... and through his trials and tribulations in the soccer club, it's beginning to blossom!
From Tsuyoshi Yasuda (Over Drive) comes the most exciting soccer manga in the world! During his last spring break before starting high school, Tsukushi Tsukamoto meets Jin Kazama, who invites him to a pick-up soccer game. Their chance meeting, and his first-ever experience with soccer, move kind-hearted, timid Tsukushi to enroll in his new high school's soccer club, which is among the strongest in all of Japan. Unbeknownst to the rest of the world, there's something amazing hidden inside Tsukushi's heart ... and through his trials and tribulations in the soccer club, it's beginning to blossom!
From Tsuyoshi Yasuda, the author of Over Drive and Furimuku Na Kimi Wa, comes the most exciting soccer manga in the world! During his last spring break before starting high school, Tsukushi Tsukamoto meets Jin Kazama, who invites him to a pick-up soccer game. Their chance meeting, and his first-ever experience with soccer, move kind-hearted, timid Tsukushi to enroll in his new high school's soccer club, which is among the strongest in all of Japan. Unbeknownst to the rest of the world, there's something amazing hidden inside Tsukushi's heart...and through the trials and tribulations of his time in the soccer club, it's beginning to blossom!
Growing up, Tsukushi Tsukamoto never had an athletic bone in his body, but now, in his first year at the prestigious Seiseki High School, he finds himself in their world-class soccer club! At his first inter-high-school training camp, Tsukushi's characteristic can-do spirit finds him leading the way for Seiseki. Little by little, he wins them over and earns their acceptance as one of their own. Then, at the Japan Inter-High-School Championship regional preliminaries, the official blows the whistle, and the game starts...along with Tsukushi's life as a true soccer player!
Fresh off training camp, with the support of his friends and upperclassmen, Tsukushi's long, hard days of practice are finally starting to pay off as he shows tremendous growth. His first chance to prove himself comes in the form of his shocking selection for Seiseki's team for the Inter-High-School Championships. But it won't be easy. He'll be facing off against Sakuragi Municipal High School, which burst onto the scene as a force to be reckoned with two years ago...and the duo of prodigies that make Sakuragi such a fearsome team, Kaoru Indo and Shuuji Narukami!
It’s the finals of the Interhigh preliminaries, and the Seiseki High soccer club finds itself squared off against its biggest rival, Sakuragi High School. Tsukushi watches from the sidelines, cheering his teammates through the shifting tides of battle…but after halftime, he steps out on the pitch, shoulder-to-shoulder with his teammates in one last desperate attempt to take the tournament!
The Seiseki High soccer club is back on its feet and gearing up for the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament. They head to a top-level training camp in Kagoshima for scrimmages with the best teams in all of Japan…and to decide their starting lineup! No one, regardless of their year in school or their career prospects as a professional soccer player, is guaranteed a spot…but if Tsukushi wants to be a starter, he’s got to take out the toughest opponent in all of Seiseki: Oshiba! Undeterred, Tsukushi sets out to find a weapon within himself which no one else can offer the team.
The Seiseki Soccer Club faces stiff competition at training camp as they brace themselves for the second half of the deciding game! It’s a fight to see who makes the team, but as it heats up, Tsukushi begins to lose faith in himself. He’s been told to find a weapon that’s his and his alone…but what could it be? And what awaits Seiseki in their match against Seikan, a team that stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the strongest teams in Japan?!
It’s kickoff for the second half of Seiseki’s grueling match against Seikan. Kazama is injured, Kimishita’s emotions are in disarray, tensions are riding high…and when the coaches put Tsukushi in the game, it’s up to him to rise to the occasion! Later, fall has come to Seiseki High School. For Usui, Mizuki and the other seniors, that means the final season of their high school soccer careers…and with it, their last shot at making the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament!
The boys at Seiseki Soccer Club gear up for the semifinals of the All Japan Tokyo Regionals, where they face off against Keiogawara, an up-and-coming team that’s only been around for the past two years…and without Mizuki, Oshiba and Kazama out of commission, they’ll have to hold their own against Maruoka and Kai’s dominant front line without their Three Arrows. If they want to stay in the tournament, it’s all up to Kimishita, Usui, and Tsukushi, who’s on the starting lineup for the first time in his career!!
It's Seiseki vs. Keio in the semifinals of the All Japan Tokyo Regionals, and halftime is over. But their prized Three Arrows are all on the bench, and to make matters worse, one of their center backs has been ejected from the game. The odds are against Seiseki, and they know it...but it hasn't dulled their fighting spirit at all! With the game drawing to a close, Seiseki fights that much harder. But wait till you see how the battle ends...!
Seiseki has advanced to the finals of the Tokyo All-Japan finals to face off against Toin Academy, the reigning champions of the Tokyo area. Seiseki is led by Mizuki, the most explosive offensive powerhouse in Tokyo...but Toin is led by Hoshina, who's looking to close out his high school career without a single loss to his name. Who will emerge victorious?!
The Seiseki High School soccer team is a powerhouse with a long history of dominance. They come by their reputation honestly...but so do their opponents in the finals of the All-Japan High School Soccer Tournament Tokyo Preliminaries: Toin Academy, better known among high school soccer fans as The Reigning Champions. It's a white-hot match from the word go, with Mizuki, Oshiba, Kimishita, and Tsukushi leading a fierce assault for Seiseki and Hoshina serving as the linchpin of Toin's ironclad defense. With neither team giving an inch, who will draw first blood?
The finals of the All-Japan Tokyo Area Preliminaries rage on into the second half. Toin mounts an all-out offense, but Seiseki fires right back! The game remains scoreless, and neither team is giving an inch…until fortune smiles on Tsukushi. Will he be the one to draw first blood?!
The final game of the All-Japan Tokyo-Area Preliminary Tournament is tied one to one...but now Seiseki's hopes for nationals are on the line as Toin scores a penalty kick with mere minutes left on the clock! But Seiseki won't give up that easy. Every member of the club, whether they're on the pitch or in the stands, knows what's at stake here...and they all believe in themselves and their teammates as they strive for the win! Will they emerge victorious?!
It was a stormy night when Tsukushi Tsukamoto, a boy without a shred of soccer aptitude or skill, met Jin Kazama, a lone-wolf soccer prodigy. If not for that storm, they would never have crossed paths. That was the night Jin realized Tsukushi had tremendous potential that no one else, not even Tsukushi himself, could see...and the night this whirlwind story of excitement, emotion, miracles, and high school soccer began! Aiming to keep Seiseki sharp for the All Japan, head coach Nakazawa has the first- and second-year students square off against the third-years in an intramural game. Mizuki takes on Kimishita and Oshiba, and Usui takes on Tsukushi. Seiseki's no-holds-barred scrim against their own teammates brings about dramatic, lasting changes! And not a moment too soon, because December 30th, the first day of the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament, is drawing closer...and with it, the beginning of a fateful winter for the Seiseki High School Soccer Club!
They met on a stormy night: Tsukushi Tsukamoto, a talentless rookie whose passion is greater than anyone else knows, and Jin Kazama, a lone wolf and a soccer prodigy. If not for that storm, they might have never met...and Tsukushi might not have let the storm winds carry him to the world of high school soccer. Seiseki prepares to face off against Yuigahama, their first opponent of the All-Japan High School Soccer Tournament. Seiseki launches an all-out attack from the very first kickoff, but Yuigahama stays in control and keeps Seiseki at bay...until Seiseki earns a free kick and gives it to Kazama. There's bad blood between Kazama and Yuigahama...and it's time to settle the score.
Seiseki's made it to the second round of the All-Japan High School Soccer Tournament, and their next opponent is Ichiboshi Gakuen...home to Miran Aiba, one of the top ten high school soccer players! Kimishita and Kazama lead a two-pronged offense from the midfield, but with Ichiboshi's one-of-a-kind flexibility, they're charging the goal in no time. And just when the teams seem to be at a stalemate, one of the boys has a big breakthrough…!
Seiseki has advanced to game two of the All-Japan High School Soccer Tournament where they facing off against Ichiboshi, a school known for its fast-break offense and unpredictability. No one can ever know what Ichiboshi's going to do next…and no one ever could have guessed Usui, the linchpin of Seiseki's defense, would fall apart like a house of cards! Now it's on Inohara, Seiseki's guardian angel, to hold the line. Little does he know things are about to get a whole lot worse for his team!
The second round of the All-Japan High School Soccer tournament marks the first match between two of the "Top Ten," the strongest players in the entire league: Miran Aiba, from Ichiboshi Gakuen, and Hisahito Mizuki, from Seiseki High School. The end of the first half finds Seiseki leading two to one, and Tsukushi at his limit...but he's determined to run for his team till he drops. Ichiboshi shows no sign of slowing down. How will Miran Aiba fire back when the fierce battle resumes?!
With only five minutes to go in their second match of the All Japan High School Soccer tournament, Seiseki earn themselves a one-goal lead over Ichiboshi, an unpredictable team spearheaded by the legendary Miran Aiba, a formidable opponent who's earned himself a place among the Top Ten in the second year of his high-school soccer career. After spending the entire game focusing on shutting Aiba down, Usui sees an opportunity for a counter attack and seizes it without a moment's hesitation…and before Ichiboshi knows what hit them, the rest of Seiseki's third-year defenders are there to back him up. Will Seiseki advance to the third round, or have Usui and his friends' three years of hard work come to an end?!
On the night before Seiseki's match against Ryozan, the tournament favorite, Tsukushi has a confession for Jin: he's been bottling up anxiety and fear for ages…and it's finally bubbling over. And just when he thinks things can't get worse, disaster strikes! Seiseki and Tsukushi are going to have to put it all on the line if they want to make it to the fourth round of the All-Japan now…
Seiseki advances to round three of the All-Japan High School Soccer Tournament, where they face off against Ryozan, the team that's favored to win it all. Seiseki puts on the pressure right out the gate, with superb teamwork from Kimishita and Oshiba and an acrobatic volley shot from Mizuki, but Ryozan fires back with their own secret weapon: Ikariya, the boy who's said to have the left foot of God. They take the fight to the midfield, and neither side's giving an inch. They're just getting started, in fact!
Ryozan and Seiseki are squaring off at the All-Japan High School Soccer Tournament...and, with sympathy for his friend Tsukushi burning a hole in his heart, Kazama leads the way for Seiseki with his trademark flashy play. But Kato, the captain of Ryozan, fires right back with his own unrefined-but-effective play. Finally, 28 minutes into the first half, the first goal of the game is scored...but who will draw first blood?!
Seiseki gives up a painful two-goal lead to Ryozan in the first half of their confrontation at the All-Japan High School Soccer Tournament...but they don't let it get them down. Everyone's burning to turn it around on Ryozan. Everyone, that is, except for Tsukushi...!
It’s halftime, and after a valiant effort, Seiseki High School find themselves down two goals to nothing against Ryozan, the All-Japan High School Soccer Tournament favorites. But Seiseki’s star player, Mizuki the Beast, has just made a breakthrough…and all of his teammates are playing better than they’ve ever played before. Seiseki’s passion for the game has helped Tsukushi find the will to play again…which is good, because it just might be his time to shine.
Things couldn’t be worse for Seiseki. They’re down three goals to nothing against Ryozan, the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament…and while they’ve been on the attack all game long, it’s come at a heavy price – Haibara and Hayase are out of stamina and out of the game. Now, even Kazama looks to be at the end of his rope…until he sees Tsukushi stepping in for his exhausted teammates. Now it’s on the two of them to breathe some life into Seiseki!
They promised themselves they wouldn't falter...and now, after giving up three crushing early goals to Ryozan Academy in the second round of the All-Japan High School Soccer Tournament, Seiseki find themselves on the verge of a comeback in the eleventh hour. And it's all thanks to Tsukushi, who's finally ready to transcend his weakness and run hard enough for the whole team. Can he show Seiseki the way and tie up the game?!
You've been by my side since the very first day... The tides of battle have turned, and in the blink of an eye, Seiseki's tied the score against Ryozan, the reigning champions of high school soccer. They're on a roll, and with five minutes to go, they've got Ryozan between a rock and a hard place. But both teams have fierce emotions riding on the outcome...so no matter who comes out on top, it's going to be a game to remember. Who will advance to the fourth round of the All Japan High School Soccer tournament, and who will be going home?!
We use up all of our meager strength… and that's all we can do. In the final minute of additional time, Kazama scores the goal that brings Seiseki into the lead. Ryozan strikes back, desperate to hang on for just a minute longer. But the final blow of the whistle cuts their story short. In the end, only one team can win, and the other must lose. The players on both sides grapple with their thoughts and feelings as the dust settles.
This skill eclipses them all. Aggressive Seiseki faces their polar opposite for the quarterfinal match: the iron-clad defensive team of Otowa High, captained by none other than the greatest goalkeeper of his generation, Sunayama. They make no headway as he blocks one shot after another, but just as the tides are about to turn against them, a miracle occurs: Seiseki is awarded a direct free kick, and who steps up to handle it than the King of Free Kicks, Kimishita! Can he break out of his slump and prove himself worthy of his title?
What makes an Ace? The quarterfinals continue with Sakuragi High against Seikan Academy, and whoever comes out on top will have to face Seiseki in the semis. But barely minutes into the match, things take an unbelievable turn! Sparks fly as Indo and Taira face off in a clash between Big Ten giants! And no one could have predicted what would happen next…
This is what our Sakuragi High Soccer Club does. With one more goal needed to the the game, Sakuragi begins the second half with a substitution, bringing in their ace striker, Narukami—and he immediately leaves the opposing team in the dust! The whole admosphere of the stadium changes in an instant…but Seikan doesn't rest, as Higuchi executes a man-to-man defense. With three long years of hard work backing him, he vows to contain Narukami and let Taira do what he does best. The fierce battle between Sakuragi and Seikan races towards its climax!
The imprints of everything you've done before carry on with you into the future…<br><br>Seiseki's semifinal opponent has been decided: the rival team that knocked them out of the Interhigh Tournament, Sakuragi High. But there's one week to go before their fateful match, so the players try to return to their normal lives for a breather. In that time, Tsukushi is invited to play futsal with Eiji and the gang again, and returning to where he first touched a soccer ball brings back memories…
Even if it's fleeting or a coincidence…I'll never forget you guys. As the day of the semifinal match against Sakuragi High approaches, the members of the Seiseki Soccer Club walk various different paths. Kimishita's failed dream...the third-years' impending farewell...Ubukata's melancholy…and a disaster for Kazama. Each of them has their own challenges to face as they strengthen their resolve for the coming game.
We can win this! If I give my all, we can win! The semifinal match of the All-Japan Tournament has begun with Seiseki against rival Tokyo team Sakuragi! Although Seiseki is playing without Kazama, Kimishita's decision right after kick-off just might be enough to trick even Indo! And with Tsukushi more determined than ever, feelings for his best friend held tight, Seiseki's attack on Sakuragi is fierce!
“Kazama… What are you doing right now?” In the face of Indo’s overwhelming control of the game, Seiseki slips further and further into a disadvantageous position… But if they can connect Kimishita’s skill, Oshiba’s might, Usui’s mastery, and Mizuki’s game sense… Their daily efforts can only be rewarded.
“I get to play soccer!” Tsukushi’s goal clears the benches as everyone rushes to the pitch to celebrate. Not to be outmatched, Sakuragi sends out their ace striker Narukami early in order to recapture the momentum. Seiseki’s strategy to contain the grim reaper himself is simple: sacrifice Usui. The fate of both teams just might ride on this single one-on-one!
“Show us where our dream takes us next!” As the end of the first half approaches, Sakuragi makes an impressive long-ball attack—Indo hoofs the ball downfield and none other than ace striker Narukami picks it up! He pushes towards Seiseki’s goal, carrying the hopes and dreams of his team with him…but Seiseki defensive superstar Usui and his incredible focus stand in his way. Who will win—the unstoppable force or the immovable object?!
“I need to stop thinking in circles…and believe in myself!” The game is tied 1–1 as the second half of the semifinal match begins. Kimishita begins to discover his true abilities as he breaks the curse of the “dream killer” inside him. However, Sakuragi seizes the momentum by freeing Kisaragi to join their attacks. Neither team is willing to back down as they both pull out all the stops!
“Sorry…but I have a team backing me up.” Kaoru Indo, the lone genius, blows through Seiseki’s defenders like wet paper. But just as Seiseki is on the brink of disaster, Kazama arrives at the stadium. 22 minutes into the half, the man all of Seiseki can rely on steps onto the pitch, his resolve firm…
“Am I really doing the right thing?” Seiseki has earned a penalty kick—a golden opportunity to break the stalemate. How will Tsukushi approach the kick?! On the other side, Narukami is running himself ragged to keep up with Indo’s incredible passes…but if he ever lets up, it’s as good as letting Seiseki win! With just ten minutes left on the clock, both teams are burning brighter than ever!
“We’re in this together. Let’s win it together.” Kimishita gives Mizuki his greatest pass yet, but across from Mizuki stands another member of the Big Ten—Kaoru Indo. Both of them carry the responsibility of team captain…and the pride of the captain’s armband. With his role as captain in the forefront of his mind, Mizuki makes his move! Our story nears its climax as the inevitable end of the match approaches…
“You two are the best!” Just as the game is about to end, Kimishita lofts a pass that Tsukushi relays to Kazama. This final play is the culmination of all the days that came before it…and its outcome will determine all the days that follow. The heart-pounding dramatic match between Seiseki and Sakuragi reaches its final conclusion! And then, a tearful goodbye…
“The world is full of good people. They’re just hiding in plain sight.” This collection of fragments reveals the untold secrets of how the Keiogawara Soccer Club came to be, how Ryozan’s Ikariya feels about his family, how it feels to be an alternate on a championship-winning team, and three other tales taken from the past and future of DAYS! Catch a glimpse of what the new year has in store for your favorite characters in this coda to the award-winning manga!