Tsubasa Ozora is a young Japanese high school student who is deeply in love with soccer and dreams of one day winning the FIFA World Cup for Japan. He lives together with his mother in Japan, while his father is a seafaring captain who travels around the world. At the beginning of the story, both of them move to the city of Nankatsu, a town well-known for their talented high school soccer teams, and where Tsubasa meets Ryou Ishazaki, known also as Issy, a soccer-loving young student who often sneaks out from his mother's shop and chores in order to play soccer, Miyuki (also known as Sanae), a young enthusiastic girl who also loves soccer and helps cheer the Nankatsu High team on, and Genzo Wakabayashi, a highly talented young goalkeeper whom he soon challenges to a game in Nankatsu's annual Sports Festival. He also meets Roberto Hongo: ,one of the best Brazilian soccer players, who is a friend of Tsubasa's father, and who arrives in Japan and starts living with Tsubasa and his mother. Roberto becomes a mentor to Tsubasa and helps him to harness his soccer skills, convincing him to join Nankatsu High and its fledgling high school soccer team, where Roberto becomes their coach and teaches them the tricks and trades of the game, teaching them the reverse fishook and drive shooter, among other shots. Tsubasa also meets Taro Misaki, who has travelled around the world and soon joins Nankatsu, and the two become the best of friends in both the pitch and real life, forming a partnership soon to be reknowned as the "Golden Duo" of Nankatsu. Soon Tsubasa and his Nankatsu team start taking on the best of high school soccer, meeting such talented players as Kojiro Hyuga, Ken Wakashimazu, Jun Misugi, Hikaru Matsayama, and many others. His Nankatsu squad wins numerous youth national championships, and wins the U-16 World Championships for Japan, before leaving the country to play for Brazil. Tsubasa: I simply loved the series they made me love soccer and they made me dream! I will never forget the first time I saw it I was simply WOW!And Tsubasa is a great character always cheerful and full of life basicaly an inspiration to everyone who likes socer! This manga + Anime gets a 20/10 score from me! Juxhe1 8)