Another 101: Jumping talent

THE BALL BLOCKED BY TAKASUGI WENT HIGH IN THE SKY! LOOKS LIKE THE PLAYERS ARE CONFUSED AS TO WHERE IT IS, IT'S TRUE THAT THE CLOUDS ARE LOW, AND THE RAIN IN THE EYES CAN'T HELP!!

Damn, I can't see it... Yayoi...!?

She must have a better field of vision from our bench, she can tell me... Wha... She isn't here!?

It'd be better if you just stay away.
Right... I sent her away didn't I... She'd only betray me anyway... I can only rely on me!!

In the end it's just a matter of physics: momentum, kinetic energy, magnus effect, friction...

It'll fall over there!... What!
Got it!! Thank you Manabu!!

I can't play beyond my abilities... But despite my glasses, I have a good eye, and I can give directions
without shouting, using gestures!!
These damn... Small fries!!

TSUBASA IS THE FIRST TO JUMP ON THE FALLING BALL!! OHH, AND HE'S GOING TO KICK IT DIRECTLY WITH A JUMPING VOLLEY SHOT!?

It doesn't matter!! Your forwards are already offside!! I can use hand gestures too!!

AH, HE'S KICKING IT VERY STRONGLY!! NANKATSU'S FORWARDS ARE OFFSIDE, BUT... IZAWA IS CHASING AFTER IT!!

...? Ah, I get it...

I know the data Tsubasa... Izawa can't reach a ball like that, you kicked hard to make me think you did
a mistake, while in fact you must have done something so Izawa can reach it... Like a backspin effect... All I have to do...

... Is mark Izawa! Data is absolute, Tsubasa! You can't fool me!

I'm playing with everyone from Shutetsu ever since gradeschool... But the truth is, I played many
sports before that. My height gave me a better reach in Boxing and Kendo, with my jumping power I was the best at triple, long and high jump, my vision and communication skills were useful in any team sports... But thanks to all of this I was the greatest at... Basketball.

I was a point guard, sometimes scoring three pointers... People always told me I was made for
this, but I liked soccer more... Everything seemed so much... Bigger. My friends from the basketball club didn't understand, said I was wasting my talents...

I'll show them that my talents are quite useful here!!
The ball... Isn't slowing down...? He didn't put any backspin effect?

BUT TSUBASA'S PASS WAS TOO STRONG!! IZAWA WON'T MAKE IT IN TIME! AHHH, BUT... IZAWA IS DIVING ANYWAY! BUT THE DISTANCE... AND THE BALL IS STILL GOING AWAY!!

What? But he can't...

BUT... BUT HE'S DOING IT!! IT WAS A JUMP OF AROUND 5 METERS!! AND HE'S HITTING THE BALL WITH HIS HEAD!!

!!!!

AAAND IT'S IN!! MUSASHI'S KEEPER REACTED WELL, BUT HE WAS JUST A LITTLE TOO LATE!! LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, HE WAS SURPRISED AT IZAWA JUMPING SUCH A LONG DISTANCE!! IT'S ANOTHER TYING GOAL FOR NANKATSU, WHEN EVERYONE THOUGHT MUSASHI WAS GOING TO SCORE AN ADDITIONAL GOAL WITH THEIR FREE KICK!!


It'd be easy to beat a team with 11 of the same guy... Because they'd all react the same way. You
thought Izawa wouldn't make it. 11 of you would have thought the same... Soccer... Nankatsu's soccer is fun because we play with each other's strong points!!

Soccer is fun...? How can you be playing like that oversea and not see the truth...? It isn't over yet...

That's how you defeat an emotionless computer... Go beyond his data...
It's true that relying on data was a mistake here... But I wouldn't call him emotionless...

What do you mean? I've never seen him put emotions in his plays...
Even if he doesn't show it or even know it, he has an emotion he's using in his plays... Stronger now than ever...

That's... Pride!!