Contents • • • • • • Plot summary [ ] Ares no Tenbin depicts an alternative canon following the events of the first season of the original. Taking place sometime after Raimon's victory in the Football Frontier, in this alternative universe, the alien attack from the second season never occurs. Japanese soccer has been deemed weak compared to international competition. Due to this, the Raimon Eleven have been disbanded, and its members are sent to different soccer teams across Japan in the hopes of strengthening Japan's soccer at a national level.
Moreover, in the modern world of Japanese youth soccer, sponsorship has become a vital aspect of a team's survival. A youth team must have a sponsor, otherwise, their club will face disbandment, and are not permitted to partake in matches. The series focuses on the Asuto Inamori and his team, Inakuni Raimon, which is made up of players from the remote Inakunijima Island. They have replaced the original Raimon Eleven as Raimon Junior High's soccer team, and are competing as underdogs in the annual Football Frontier youth tournament. Cast [ ] Regular • as Asuto Inamori • as Ryōhei Haizaki • as Yūma Nosaka • as Norika Umihara • as Hanta Hattori • as Takashi Iwato • as Hiro Okuiri • as Tatsumi Michinari • as Tetsunosuke Gōjin • as Kirina Hiura • as Yūichirō Mansaku • as Masakatsu Hiyori • as Sasuke Kozōmaru • as Zhao Jin Yun Music [ ] • Opening: 'Teppen e Dasshu!'
(てっぺんへダッシュ!) by pugcat's • Ending: 'Koisuru Otome wa Amamoyō' (恋する乙女は雨模様) by alom Episodes [ ] No. Title Original airdate 01 'Sailing to Tomorrow' ' Ashita e no Funade' ( 明日への船出) April 6, 2018 ( 2018-04-06) On Inakunijima, a small island off the Japanese mainland, Inamori Asuto plays soccer for his school's soccer club. However, the club, which lacks a sponsor, is abolished due to the 'sponsorship system', which determines the need for a soccer team to be sponsored. Soon afterward, Asuto's mother passes away, her dying words to Asuto being that soccer will always be there for him. The club members are told that there is a sponsor willing to support the club, under the condition that they enter the 'Football Frontier', a national youth soccer tournament, and win a single match.
However, their opponent will be a higher ranked Seishou Gakuen. Furthermore, they will be transferred to Raimon Junior High in, where they will become the new 'Raimon' team.
After everyone is on board, they arrive in Tokyo. They begin their match against Seishou Gakuen, and Inakuni Raimon gains an early lead when Kozoumaru Sasuke scores with 'Fire Tornado'. However this 'awakens' Haizaki Ryouhei, Seishou Gakuen's star forward, into a far more maniacal and aggressive player, as he and his teammates prepare to initiate the 'Death Zone' soccer play. 02 'Devil in the Field' ' Fīrudo no Akuma' ( フィールドの悪魔) April 6, 2018 ( 2018-04-06) Seishou Gakuen equalize with the 'Death Zone' shot, and Inakuni Raimon quickly becomes overwhelmed. Events flashback to the prior day, when Inakuni Raimon first arrived at Raimon Jr. They meet Mikado Anna, president of the student council, their team manager, Ootani Tsukushi, and their coach, a man called Zhao Jin Yun. They are also given all given an 'Eleven Band', an electronic band that all soccer players are required to wear.
Inakuni Raimon is aggravated when Jin Yun's training regime for them just involves them doing chores around the city, and when he tells them that to win you 'don't lose'. At their match the following day, Inakuni Raimon are struggling against Seishou Gakuen.
Haizaki Ryouhei wonders what merit Kidou Yuuto sees in fighting them. The match ends with an overwhelming of 10 - 1 to Seishou Gakuen. However, Inakuni Raimon's determination to play-to-win until the very end didn't go unnoticed. The team is later approached by the president of 'Island Tourism', who were moved by their effort in the match. Due to this, they have decided to sponsor the team, saving them from disbandment. Asuto now realizes that the purpose behind their coach's training regime was to personalize themselves with the people around the city, and what he meant when he said that they had to 'not lose' to win.
03 'The Mysterious Coach Zhao Jin Yun' ' Nazo no Kantoku Chō Kin Un' ( 謎の監督 趙金雲) April 20, 2018 ( 2018-04-20) Inakuni Raimon are informed that the Football Frontier's Preliminaries are a, so they still have a chance of proceeding in the tournament. Their next opponent will be Minodouzan, who are known for their fortress level defense, however, Coach Jin Yun wants the team to focus on strengthening their own defense, frustrating the players.