14-year-old Nozomi Onda has only one thing on her mind: playing beautiful soccer. There's just one problem: no matter how much she longs to participate in official matches, she'd have physically superior boys as opponents. But when a boy from her past confronts her on the street, she decides she can't wait any longer.
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Fantastic film that should impress even the folks who were turned off by the TV show's poor production values
Fantastic film.
Narratively it's not particularly innovative or anything, but the strength of this series isn't narrative innovation, it's in how the feelings of the characters are expressed. Nozomi's passion and frustration are very real and visceral, and wonderfully expressed thanks both to the e…