Kazuhiko Aikawa is the former captain of Tendōji High's renowned basketball team. He transfers to Mizuho High School and s its boys' basketball team. However, unlike Tendōji, Mizuho's team is far from celebrated—it had been suspended for a year following an incident in which a player struck the former coach. Despite the team's troubled past, Aikawa's relentless ion, determination, and talent reignite the spirit of its remaining , motivating them to regroup and return to the court. Their shared ambition is to reach the Inter-High, a national stage where the country's most promising high school players compete. Thus begins the coming-of-age story of five protagonists—Takumi Fujiwara, Ranmaru Miura, Tsutomu Ishii, Kenji Dobashi, and Kazuhiko Aikawa—and the revival of Mizuho High's boys' basketball team. 3n659