Football Nation 1
| Author | Yuki Otake |
|---|---|
| Series | Football Nation |
| Category | Manga |
| No. of Pages | 216 pages (B&W) |
| Cover | Paperback |
| Binding | Reads right to left (Eastern binding) |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 978-981-09-0731-0 |
| Product Dimensions | 127mm (W) x 190.5mm (H) |
| Suggested Retail Price | SG$ 10.90 / US$8.50 |
| Release Date | 27 August 2014 |
About the book
Football Nation (フットボールネーション) is a sports manga series by Yuki Otake, who specialises in sports-related manga such as “Bounty Sword, Double Edge” and “Soccer Boy: Football Nation – Taidou”. Targeted at older teens and young adults, the story revolves around an amatuer football team, the Tokyo Crusades, and the coach who uses a unique technique to coach his team to victory. Besides the main story, the manga also explores the scientific and technical aspects of the game used by real football players, which gives an added sense of realisim to the manga and its characters. This is Yuki Otake’s first translated English manga series, and the manga has been recommended by the Alberix Niigata FC (Singapore), a satellite team of Albirex Niigata of Japan. Volume one of the series has sold over 105,000 copies in Japan.
Summary of the book
‘WANTED: Players with Beautiful Legs!’ With that, Kicker Weekly sports reporter Yukari Ogata is sent on the onerous task to cover Tokyo Crusade, an amateur football club. But what would have been another frivolous assignment becomes a potentially worthy scoop, when Ogata discovers that Chihiro Oki – a football freelancer who goes by the name ‘Joker’ – is playing at the tryouts! Rumours have it that the Joker can fill any position on the field, and whichever team he joins is guaranteed to win! But why has such a talented player gone unnoticed for so long? Throw in an ex-league professional, a bunch of ragtag players and the eccentric coach who will bring them all together, this Division III club may just have what it takes to win the Emperor’s Cup!