Fifteen minutes to go against Osaka, and ETU's finally taken the lead! Tsubaki's focusing all his attention on Kubota, making sure the Gunners can't seize the momentum back-but the team's young ace is about to launch a ferocious attack. And after the match is over, the league's going on a quick break...as a new slate of Team Japan international friendlies kicks off!
Who could have expected five straight losses under Tatsumi's new leadership? But what's truly scary isn't losing—a good coach knows how to lose! The players are tired, the fans listless, and yet Tatsumi's eyes are ever facing forward, shining brightly!
ETU goes into halftime with a 1-0 lead over the first-place Osaka Gunners. Everyone's reeling with excitement, but a few choice words from Tatsumi makes the team change their expression fast... The only way to conquer experience is by changing, and growing, fast. It's time for ETU to win and blaze a future for themselves, as the dramatic second half begins!
ETU ends the first half down, completely unable to shut down the opponent's red-hot striker Pepe. Every player in the locker room struggles to fend off their depression...but as they huddle up for the second half, it's clear they're not broken yet! Now all they have to do is trust in Tatsumi's plan...and keep going!
After a hard-fought victory against Nagoya, ETU's got a brand-new goal on its mind-winning the championship title! Now that Tatsumi's said it out loud for the first time, the whole team is revved up…but their next opponent is Osaka Gunners, a team that's already evolved themselves to the point that they're the league's solid frontrunners. ETU's next mission: get psyched, score another win, and knock Osaka off of the top spot!
Change needs to happen at ETU...and that change is now personified by Sugie, the new team captain. Their next match is a rainy fixture at Nagoya Granpalace, a team coached by ex-ETU manager Fuwa. He lost to them the last time around, but with their solid defense, he's not looking to repeat history. In fact, he may just change it!
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize–winning novel The Remains of the Day comes a luminous meditation on the act of forgetting and the power of memory. In post-Arthurian Britain, the wars that once raged between the Saxons and the Britons have finally ceased. Axl and Beatrice, an elderly British couple, set off to visit their son, whom they haven't seen in years. And, because a strange mist has caused mass amnesia throughout the land, they can scarcely remember anything about him. As they are joined on their journey by a Saxon warrior, his orphan charge, and an illustrious knight, Axl and Beatrice slowly begin to remember the dark and troubled past they all share. By turns savage, suspenseful, and intensely moving, The Buried Giant is a luminous meditation on the act of forgetting and the power of memory.
