Giant Killing

The Asian Cup break is over, and ETU’s reserve squad takes the field for the first match of the Tengu Cup. With four league games to go, Tatsumi’s leaving nothing to chance as he strives to boost team unity and considers the future of his bench players. Tsubaki, meanwhile, was behind the play that knocked Japan out of the Asian Cup semifinal, and he still hasn’t recovered much from the blow. What—or who—will be key in getting his mind back in the game?

With Oita scoring an equalizer just before the half-time whistle, the atmosphere in the ETU locker room couldn’t be much worse. The players know the opponent they’re supposedly fighting today, but for some reason, they’re all getting haunted by their past traumas. Will Tatsumi’s "exorcism ritual" snap them out of it? It better, because Tsubaki’s about to get subbed in, and he knows the only way to make up for on-field lapses is with on-field results! Can he rev up his engines again and get ETU rocketing toward the title?!

The new system ETU’s playing under is paying off, but the team will need to keep applying their tactical analysis skills as they take on fourth-place Iwata in an away match! This opponent brings up bad memories of the 4-0 blowout that kicked off the season, but as they say in Japan, a true Tokyoite never loses to the same opponent twice! It’s time to shake off the past and secure victory…but Kurashige from Iwata has some unconventional tactics to try on them!

Coming 11/10/26