Ao Ashi

Ashito Aoi is the star of his rural football team, gifted with unusual awareness of the field and strong attacking instincts, but he often plays as though the team exists to support him. During a crucial match he loses his temper, gets sent off, and watches his team's tournament hopes collapse. Just when Ashito believes his future has ended, Tatsuya Fukuda, a coach from a professional youth club in Tokyo, recognizes the talent hidden inside his rough style and invites him to a tryout. Ashito enters an environment where being the best player he has ever known is nowhere near enough. To reach professional football, he must rebuild his understanding of the game and learn to see his teammates as clearly as he sees the goal.