The manga centers on professional soccer player Masashi Nakayama, otherwise known as Gon Nakayama, getting reincarnated into the world of Shoot! and impressing the world with his skills.
Shoot! no Sekai ni Gon Nakayama ga Tensei Shite Shimatta Ken (That Time Gon Nakayama Got Reincarnated in the world of Shoot!), an “isekai” manga spinoff of Tsukasa Ooshima’s soccer-themed manga Shoot!, ended on Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket service on March 3.
Gon Nakayama played as a Forward for the Júbilo Iwata team of the J1 League from 1990 to 2009.
The original Shoot! manga ran in Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine between 1990 and 2003.