With no soccer accomplishments to speak of during the entirety of Sumire Suo’s junior high school years, the young wing gets an odd offer. Suo’s main rival, Midori Soshizaki, invites her to join up on the same team in high school, with a promise that she’ll never let Suo “play alone.” It’s an earnest offer, but the question is whether Suo will take her up on it. Thus the curtain opens on a story that collects an enormous cast of individual soccer-playing personalities!
In the first round of the Saitama Prefecture Inter-High tournament, Nozomi Onda is finally demonstrating her talent and closing in on the opponents' goal! But moments later, the ball is stolen by Urawa's Alice Adatara only to have Adatara score a goal. Down by a goal with very little time left, can the Warabis find someone with the consistent skills to tie the game back up?!