All Info
Genres
Romance, School Life, Shounen, Psychological, Drama, Slice of Life, Sports
Description
In middle school, Ichinose Kimitaka taught his friends how to play basketball. Despite his experience with the sport, his friends quickly outmatched him in skill. After an incident brought on by his frustration and jealousy, he was crushed to overhear those same 'friends' discussing how they wished he'd just kill himself.
On his way to toss out his special basketball shoes, he met a girl, Takara Fujimoto, who was just as frustrated, throwing her own dancing shoes away. She was so tall, and her hands and feet are so large, that she had been rejected from her chosen hobby of Spanish dancing. He urged her to give basketball a try, and the two exchanged their shoes instead of throwing them away. As he enters high school, Kimitaka learns that meeting him changed Fujimoto's life for the better, and she is now a happy, social basketball player. Will Kimitaka also be able to find the courage to make new friends and pursue his own talents?
Authors
Characters
Tsubura Ichikawa
main
Hana Kikuchi
main
Grandpa
support
Takashi Morino
support
Namari Ichinose
support
Takara Fujimoto
support
Kimie Morino
support
Other Facts
Published
Apr 12, 2011 to Dec 12, 2014
Serialization
Gessan
Where to read
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