In Tokyo, a weak, unassertive boy named Sena Kobayakawa enters the high school of his choice, 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 Yoichi Hiruma. Hiruma forces Sena to join the Deimon Devil Bats football team 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 "Eyeshield 21" wearing a helmet with an eyeshield to hide his features.
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Eyeshield 21 is not just on the Mount Rushmore of shounen anime, it is one of the greatest artistic achievements in human history.
Put aside the goofy Saturday morning cartoon feel of the show. The borderline racist teams. The weird obsession with guns. The fatphobic and misogynistic commentary throughout. This show still hugely suffers from a lack of any meaningful scale. What looks like 40 yards ends up being 3. What looks like 5 yards ends up being 50. Players pop up in the field wherever is convenient. It is all out of whack. I'm also pretty sure the animators have never seen someone actually throw a football.