A country girl uprooted to start her life in the city, Mari Yamagata is setting foot in Kyoto after five long years. She misses home terribly, and it's not because she hasn't been back for so long. Mari, now a successful athlete, is lost. And going back to the place she grew up on was the only thing she thinks will help get her motivation back to start playing basketball seriously again.
When you are part of a strong team, what else is there to expect other than winning?
There was only one person who used to understand her, the boy she left behind when she was ten, Sei-kun. But as Mari hoped that they will meet, she was in for the surprise of her life when she found out what happened to Sei, the boy who loved winning more than anything else.
He is now the widely feared captain of the fabled Rakuzan High School, and his real name is Akashi Seijuro.
Elliot Jensen and Elliot Fintry have a lot in common. They share the same name, the same house, the same school, oh and they hate each other but, as they will quickly learn, there is a fine line between love and hate.