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!
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?!