W, ran in Shogakukan's Ura Sunday and MangaONE web platforms from September 2016 to April 2021.

Yūko Katori, his teacher, introduces him as a former star of the famed Musashinomori team, causing his classmates to be wrongly ecstatic.

Shō struggles to improve his skill so he can make the team at his new school and to ignore the drastic disadvantage he has due to his height.

[16][17][18][19] The opening and ending themes are "Double Wind" and "Sweet Days" respectively, both performed by Minako Komukai.

A stage play adaptation was announced in February 2016 for a late August to early September release.

[22] David Welsh of Precocious Curmudgeon said the series is very interesting that those who do not have soccer background will enjoy reading the manga, as well as with the realistic illustration used.

[23] Scott Campbell and Holly Ellingwood of Active Anime have remarked that the art is clear since all the "line and detail has obvious care and attention given to it, resulting in well-managed visuals for a well-flowing read.

Volume 1 noted that although it does not look good for characters to run away from their problems, Sho's inner determination to play soccer is the main highlight of the series.