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== Plot == {{See also|List of Eyeshield 21 characters{{!}}List of ''Eyeshield 21'' characters}} In Tokyo,{{#tag:ref|Inagaki said that ''Eyeshield 21'' is set in Tokyo, "but perhaps not in the center of the city—more in the suburbs." He added that this is "not very significant" and that aspects of the two creators' hometowns are reflected in the setting.<ref name="SJ">{{cite journal|journal=[[Shonen Jump (magazine)|Shonen Jump]]|title=none|volume=4|issue=2|date=February 2006|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|pages=14–15}}</ref>|group=note}} a weak, unassertive boy named [[Sena Kobayakawa]] enters the Deimon Private Senior High School. Sena's only remarkable physical abilities are his running speed and agility, which are noted by the school's [[American football]] team captain and [[quarterback]], the ambitious and intimidating [[Yoichi Hiruma]]. Hiruma forces Sena to join the Deimon Devil Bats as its [[running back]]. To protect his identity from other teams who want to recruit him, Sena is forced to publicly assume the role of the team secretary and enter the field under the pseudonym of "[[List of Eyeshield 21 characters#Eyeshield 21|Eyeshield 21]]" wearing a helmet with an [[eyeshield]] as a disguise. The makeshift team initially takes part in the spring football tournament hoping to win through the strength of their new "secret weapon". However, the extremely weak team is eliminated early by the [[List of Eyeshield 21 characters#Ojo White Knights|Ojo White Knights]], one of the best high school football teams in Tokyo. After Deimon's defeat, the spring tournament is revealed as secondary in importance to the fall tournament, a [[single-elimination tournament]] where the Tokyo area teams compete for the chance to play in the [[Christmas Bowl]]—the high school football league championship between the best teams from the [[Kantō region|Kantō]] and [[Kansai region|Kansai]] regions, respectively. Hiruma, Sena, and head [[Lineman (gridiron football)|lineman]] [[Ryokan Kurita]] regroup and slowly build a real team from misfits and students looking to define themselves, such as [[Monta (Eyeshield 21)|Tarō "Monta" Raimon]]—a former baseball player who can only catch— who becomes the team's star [[wide receiver]] and three [[Juvenile delinquency|delinquents]] collectively known as [[The Ha-Ha Brothers|Ha-Ha Brothers]], who make up the team's remaining linemen. Other characters slowly join the team, and the series follows the building and growth of the Deimon Devil Bats and its members, and rival teams as they all strive to achieve their goal of playing in the Christmas Bowl. Due to a rule at several high schools, including Deimon, that prohibits students from participating in club activities in their third and final school year, the fall tournament is last chance for second year students Hiruma and Kurita to participate in the Christmas Bowl, raising the stakes for the Devil Bats. The Devil Bats partake in several [[Exhibition game|exhibition games]] that boost their popularity, including a match against the visiting [[List of Eyeshield 21 characters#NASA Aliens|NASA Aliens]] from the United States, whose [[ball boy]] turned running back [[List of Eyeshield 21 characters#Panther|Patrick "Panther" Spencer]] befriends Sena. After losing to NASA, the Devil Bats spend their summer vacation in [[Houston]], where they meet Hiruma's and Kurita's former mentor [[List of Eyeshield 21 characters#Doburoku Sakaki|Doburoku Sakaki]], who reluctantly allows Hiruma's request to put the team through a dangerous training regimen known as the "Death March"—which involves traveling on foot from Houston to [[Las Vegas]] through the [[Mojave Desert]]. During the Death March, the team works to improve their strength and stamina and strengthen their bonds with each other; Sena reveals his identity to the rest of his teammates. The Devil Bats complete the Death March and return to Japan, stronger than ever. The Devil Bats enter the Tokyo fall tournament and make a strong impression by winning their first three games. While facing the [[List of Eyeshield 21 characters#Kyoshin Poseidon|Kyoshin Poseidon]] in the quarterfinals, Sena learns that his Eyeshield 21 identity belonged to another footballer of Japanese descent from [[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]] High School's football team in America. The Devil Bats advance to the semifinals where they lose a close match to the [[List of Eyeshield 21 characters#Seibu Wild Gunmen|Seibu Wild Gunmen]]; however the Devil Bats can still qualify for the [[Playoffs|post-season]] Kantō tournament if they can win a [[Third place playoff|consolation game]] against the [[List of Eyeshield 21 characters#Bando Spiders|Bando Spiders]]. After learning that Bando's team captain [[List of Eyeshield 21 characters#Hayato Akaba|Hayato Akaba]] is supposedly the real Eyeshield 21, Sena publicly reveals his identity before the game between Deimon and Bando. The Devil Bats emerge victorious, allowing them to qualify for the Kantō tournament and Akaba officially names Sena as Eyeshield 21, revealing that Eyeshield 21 is in fact a title traditionally passed down to Notre Dame's best runner. In the Kantō tournament, the Devil Bats overcome several obstacles—including facing against the [[List of Eyeshield 21 characters#Shinryuji Naga|Shinryuji Naga]] in their opening game, who are led by the [[Psychopathy|sociopathic]] prodigy [[List of Eyeshield 21 characters#Agon Kongo|Agon Kongo]]; a rematch against the Ojo White Knights in the semifinals, who have gotten stronger since the spring tournament and are more determined than ever to defeat the Devil Bats; and are forced to play against the [[List of Eyeshield 21 characters#Hakushu Dinosaurs|Hakushu Dinosaurs]] in the [[Final (competition)|final]] without Hiruma after the latter is taken out of the game when his throwing arm is temporarily broken—to win the Kantō tournament, achieving their dream of participating in the Christmas Bowl. The Devil Bats face off against the [[List of Eyeshield 21 characters#Teikoku Alexanders|Teikoku Alexanders]], the undefeated and reigning Christmas Bowl champions from [[Osaka]], who are led by [[List of Eyeshield 21 characters#Takeru Yamato|Takeru Yamato]], the real Japanese Eyeshield 21 from Notre Dame. In the game's final moments, Deimon narrowly defeats Teikoku with a record 65-yard game-winning [[field goal]] from [[Placekicker|kicker]] [[List of Eyeshield 21 characters#Musashi|Gen "Musashi" Takekura]], ending Teikoku's winning streak and becoming the first team from Kantō to win the Christmas Bowl. Teikoku graciously accepts their defeat and Yamato acknowledges Sena as the true Eyeshield 21. Shortly after the Christmas Bowl, Japan's high school football commission begins to gather the nation's best high school football players to form a team to represent the country for the American Football Youth World Championship hosted in [[New York City]], where the [[Most valuable player|MVP]] will be awarded an [[NFL]] contract with the [[San Antonio]] Armadillos and $3 million. Team Japan reaches the finals against Team America, whose roster includes Panther; the game ends in a tie, and both teams are declared winners. However, Japan and America are unsatisfied with the outcome and return to the field for their own, improvised [[Overtime (sports)|overtime]]. It is unclear which team wins the unofficial extra period, but Panther is named the MVP. The series concludes with Sena being named the captain of the Devil Bats in his second year after Hiruma, Kurita and Musashi retire in their third year. In his final year of high school, Sena is invited to attend Notre Dame High School in America for the Fall semester. In the final chapter, Sena returns to Japan to enroll at Enma University and joins their football team, reuniting him with his friends, former teammates and rivals, many of whom have either joined Sena at Enma, other rival universities or Musashi's construction company team; all participating teams make a vow to win the [[Rice Bowl]]—Japan's national league football championship between the best college team and the best [[X-League (Japan)|X-League]] team. In a bonus chapter set some time later, the Armadillos offer a spot on their roster for one Japanese player through the NFL's [[International Player Pathway Program]], with Sena and Hiruma being chosen as the two candidates. To determine who receives the spot, Sena and Hiruma face off against each other with their respective college teams—the Enma Fires and the Saikyodai Wizards—in the [[Koshien Bowl]], the college football national championship game. Although Enma is implied to win the championship, the chosen candidate for the Program is never revealed.
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