"I hate soccer..." Unmei Sasanami transfers to Nagumohara Junior High School in Kyushu, a school with no soccer club, because he doesn't want to watch soccer. However, an encounter there sends a bolt of lightning through Unmei's heart! It's Joji Sakurazaki, a man feared by those around him for his overwhelming strength. After seeing Sakurazaki's kicking power, Unmei invites Sakurazaki to join him, and plots to start a soccer club at Nagumohara Junior High... (Source: Shogakukan, translated)

A one-shot pilot manga, made in Summer 1997, involving battles between more-or-less holographic Digimon. However, this manga was published as a special in volume two of Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01, where an omake page by the author explained that the hero of this manga, Kentarou Kamon, was the source and inspiration for the design and character of Taichi Yagami, the protagonist of V-Tamer 01.

The story of the Italian soccer player Roberto Baggio.

Benkei, a super weapon collector and enthusiast, was deeply troubled. Beautiful weapons, powerful weapons... He had collected many weapons, but one day he came across Yoshitsune, a "beautiful and powerful" warrior. Benkei's lonely and twisted battle to prevent Yoshitsune, his favorite, from falling into anyone's hands, begins! (Source: Corocoro, translated)