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!
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!