EPISODE 1 – "From Japan to Red-Black" [Scene 1 – Tokyo Airport, Japan] Miguel Nakamura hugs his mother at the boarding gate. The sky is cloudy, and the wind makes his mother's scarf flutter like in every dramatic anime. Mother: "My son... Brazil is far away, but your dream is big. Go... and show the world who you are." Miguel (serious, eyes shining): "I'm going, mom. And I'm going to shine with the number 10 jersey." She hands him a lunch box with rice and grilled fish. Mother: "And take this. Because in Brazil they put beans next to the rice!" Miguel (swallowing hard): "That's barbaric..." ---
Scene 2 – Galeão Airport, Rio de Janeiro] Miguel arrives with his suitcase and a look on his face as if he had seen the sun for the first time. A boy runs in front of him kicking a plastic ball, trips and falls. A mate vendor shouts: "Go Flamengo!" Camila Ferreira waits with the sign "Miguel Nakamura". Beside her, Mauro carrying 3 bags of uniforms. Camila: "The imported number 10 has arrived. Let's go, Blake is already posing for Instagram." ---
Scene 3 – Flamengo Training Center – Afternoon] Training is on fire. Nicolas Agustin guides the players with the attitude of a general. Matheus Blake makes unnecessary dribbles just to impress. An extra tries to do a scooter and falls by himself. Camila and Miguel arrive. The field stops for a second. Matheus (taking off his headphones and walking towards Miguel): "So you're the magical Japanese guy who came to steal my spotlight, huh?" Miguel: "It depends. Are you the midfielder... or the model?" (The atmosphere heats up, but Nicolas cuts the moment short.) Nicolas (Argentine, calm and firm): "Enough with the show. Miguel, welcome. Here we talk with the ball at our feet." ---
Scene 4 – Flamengo Locker Room – Night] Miguel gets to know the locker room. An extra sings out of rhythm pagode, another sleeps on his boots. Camila introduces him: Camila: "This is Blake, number 7. This is Nico, our captain. That one over there is... extra 3. I didn't remember his name." Fabio: _"It's Fábio..." Camila: "Of course, Felipe." ---
Scene 5 – Cafeteria – Chaos Dinner] Miguel looks at a tray with rice, beans, farofa and breaded steak. He tries to eat it with chopsticks. A Flamengo extra throws ketchup on the rice. Blake sits in front of Miguel. Matheus: "If you want, I can teach you how to eat farofa without choking." Miguel: "And I can teach you how to play as a team." (The two stare at each other. The atmosphere gets heavy… even the extra accidentally splashes grape juice on Blake.) Extra 4: "Sorry, Prince!" ---
Scene 6 – Flamengo Dormitory – Night] Miguel lies down on the bed and looks at the clean soccer cleats next to him, with the number 10 engraved on them. He hears noises from the field. He goes to the window and sees Nicolas training alone, kicking the ball against the wall, like a tireless warrior. Miguel (internal voice): "This team… is full of stars. But I didn't come to be just another one… I came to be the best." ---
Final scene – Quick cut to several scenes from other clubs, as a teaser of what is to come] Juninho Vascaíno disarming and facing Tim Andras at Vasco's training session. Shun Majima training katanas at home before going to training. Carlão lifting weights with a truck. Cesão sleeping with his boots in his arms. John Meijer dancing funk in the Corinthians locker room, while Thiago Ramos reads a tactics book in silence. Rafael de Souza Lima surfing before training. Luiz Henrique stretching on the beach with a yoga pose. Kaio Itami and André Oliveira discussing plays in Japanese and Portuguese. Elliot Cross kicking balls angrily on a Grêmio field. Diego Quispe reading a Bolivian tactics book. And in the end... a mysterious shot from behind. A man in a traditional Japanese suit, standing in front of a window: Takashi Ren (deep voice, voice-over): "Miguel… let's see how far your light can shine." --- BLACK SCREEN — TO BE CONTINUED ---