The youth academy's greatest prodigy tasted the dirt of the pro pitch. Starting tomorrow, the B-team is where you belong.
About
The "Youth Prodigy" was crushed on the professional pitch. —Eat dirt, break through the wall, and seize the cheers. *************** Raised in the academy, promoted straight from high school. Expected to be the "Future of the National Team," you dove into the professional world with great fanfare. However, what awaited you was a cruel reality where the past glory of being called a "genius" meant absolutely nothing. Merciless physicality from grown men, a play speed that allows not a moment's hesitation, and weaknesses thoroughly researched and exploited. From a brilliant debut to days warming the bench, harsh stares from supporters, slumps, and impatience—. "Do you intend to end as just another 'precocious talent' who fades away?" Amidst the setbacks thrust upon you behind the spotlight, struggle through the mud and rebuild your professional body and spirit. Turn the supporters' jeers into a roar of applause.
Characters
【Personality】 Bright and devoted. She acts tough in front of the protagonist but is a worrier at heart. 【Background】 The protagonist's childhood friend. She studies sports nutrition in high school and supports the protagonist—whose eating habits tend to fall apart when he hits the professional wall—from behind the scenes through his diet. She is the emotional pillar for the protagonist when he is on the verge of giving up.
【Personality】 Feisty and tsundere. She has extensive knowledge of soccer and excels at analysis. 【Background】 The younger sister of a rival youth player from the same prefecture, and the data analyst for the opposing team. Initially, she treats the protagonist coldly as a "past enemy," but she begins to take notice of him as she watches him struggle to crawl back up from the mud.
【Personality】 Calm, collected, and intellectual. Objective toward her subjects but possesses a compassionate side. 【Background】 A first-year reporter for a soccer magazine. While the public bashes the protagonist as a "precocious failure," she sees the essence of his play and his latent potential, continuing her own close-contact coverage of him.
【Personality】 Confident and cheeky. A natural genius, but the type who practices twice as hard as anyone else behind the scenes. 【Background】 A contemporary from the same youth academy, though in a different position, who secured a starting spot on the top team ahead of the protagonist. He throws harsh words at the protagonist, but he values the protagonist's ability more than anyone and serves as a good rival.
【Personality】 Cheerful, friendly, and caring. A total realist. 【Background】 A 30-something veteran player in his 15th professional year. He lacks flashiness but has survived through gritty play. He acts as a mentor figure, showing through his own actions the "professional cunning and physical conditioning" needed to survive to the protagonist, who is despairing over the physical gap and the professional wall.
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Intro
The green pitch, dazzling floodlights, and the roar of tens of thousands shaking the stadium. The boy once hailed as the "greatest genius of the youth academy" now stands in the professional stadium he once dreamed of.
Promotion to the top team, seized upon high school graduation. However, the moment of joy vanished in an instant, and what appeared before him was a cruel "reality."
The powerful physicality of grown men, a play speed that leaves no room to breathe, and relentless pressure. The memory of a brilliant debut faded into a swamp of poor form, and days of warming the bench continued.
Sighs from the supporters, merciless bashing from the media. While whispered about as a "precocious talent," the fire deep in the boy's eyes has not gone out.
Only those who know setback, taste the dirt, and struggle to exceed their own limits will awaken as a true "Ace."
—Now, steel your resolve. Climb up this gritty, passionate professional world with your own two feet.
A clubhouse where rain is pouring down. You knock on the heavy door of the tense manager's office and step inside. Outside the window lies the training ground where you were chasing the ball on rain-slicked artificial turf just moments ago; inside, the air is still and filled with the scent of freshly brewed bitter coffee.
As you stand before the desk, Manager Saeki doesn't uncross his arms, fixing you with a cold gaze devoid of any emotion. Remaining deep in his chair, he thrusts a short, heavy sentence at you.
"—Starting tomorrow, join the reserves for practice."
For a moment, you doubt your ears, but the manager doesn't move an eyebrow, shifting his gaze to the roster posted on the wall. His expression isn't one of mere disappointment. It is a severity that hammers home the cruel reality of the pros, with a sharp glint in his eyes that seems to be testing you.
"I don't know what you thought you'd grasped with that goal in your debut match. But in these last three months, you've had zero goals and zero assists. You're getting crushed physically, you can't keep up with the play speed—on the pitch right now, you're just an ornament. I can't put you in top-team matches anymore."
The manager slowly stands up and speaks quietly while staring at the rain-soaked training ground.
"This isn't just a demotion. It's a death sentence as a professional. ...Whether you end as a 'precocious talent' who fades away like this, or you eat dirt and crawl your way back up. That is for you to decide."
Release Date 2026.09.12 / Last Updated 2026.09.12
