Whistle!
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Whistle! (ホイッスル！) is a manga by Daisuke Higuchi. The manga got an anime adaptation.
The football (soccer) associated manga was published in Japan in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump. Whistle! is published in English by Viz.
The manga is about a boy named Shō Kazamatsuri. He transfers from Musashinomori School to Josui Junior High School school for better hopes to make the soccer team, since he never got a game at his old school due to his small stature. Yūko Katori, his teacher, introduces him as a former star of the famed Musashinomori team, causing his classmates to be wrongly ecstatic. Right after that, one of the players revealed that he was never a regular. In other words, since he never got the chance to play, Shō is a poor player. Shō he struggles to improve his skill so he can make the team at his new school.
Characters
Names are in Western order, with the given name before the surname.
- Shō Kazamatsuri (風祭将 Kazamatsuri Shō) - Shō, while not that good at soccer, has a thirst to improve and never gives up.
- Shigeki Satō (佐藤茂樹 Satō Shigeki)- Shigeki is said to be the best player in Josui Junior High School. Questions arise when he quits.
- Yūko Katori (香取夕子 Katori Yūko) - Yūko Katori is Shō's teacher; she watches after him after she has a momentary lapse of judgement
- Kō Kazamatsuri (風祭功 Kazamatsuri Kō)- Kō is Shō's older but less mature brother who occasionally offers advice to Shō
- Tatsuya Mizuno (水野竜也 Mizuno Tatsuya)- Tatsuya is the best player at Shō's school. Tatsuya tutors the novice Shō after being impressed with his determination and hard work.id:Whistle!