“Blocked soccer prodigy Shima rediscovers passion through mysterious classmate Júnior at weak high school team Kanisan.”
Júnior
ジュニオール
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Blocked soccer prodigy Shima rediscovers passion through mysterious classmate Júnior at weak high school team Kanisan.
Akira Shima, who was blocked from the path of soccer elite, has a dream of "becoming a manager of a professional soccer club" and keeps playing soccer with the weak soccer club of Gifu Prefectural Kani Third High School, commonly known as "Kanisan." One day, a classmate with a strange atmosphere appears in front of Shima, who had lost his passion as a soccer player. His name is Júnior Igarashi. Coming into contact with the innocent character of Júnior changes the heart of Shima...!? (Source: Akita Shoten, translated)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 51 × 6 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 48m approx
- Published Jun 2018 – Jul 2019
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M72781 catalog