“Cool soccer ace Haruki faces effortless rival Kaoru, challenging his self-image and skills.”
Shounen Shikku
少年疾駆
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Cool soccer ace Haruki faces effortless rival Kaoru, challenging his self-image and skills.
Ootori Haruki was the ace of his school's soccer team and spent a lot of time and effort doing things specifically to look cool. He'd been filling the role he chose for himself pretty well, until the transfer student Jinmyou Kaoru came along. Not only did Kaoru have the natural "cool" look and act down, he also seemed to be effortlessly better than Haruki at soccer. Will Haruki be able to rise to the challenge of his new rival? (Source: MangaHelpers) Included one-shot: Volume 1: 57th
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A Manga Publication
- Format 16 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 08m approx
- Published May 2010 – Sep 2010
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M12795 catalog