Sendoh and Rukawa: Waiting

At sixteen, Rukawa Kaede looked down on everyone as he played basketball, oblivious to the people around him. He was so self-centered, it was as if he thought he was the only one on the entire court. Cold to the point of seeming heartless, he never showed his feelings.

At seventeen, Sendoh was hailed as a genius, though Sendoh himself had no idea he was one. He simply played basketball because he enjoyed it, following his instincts and pursuing what he loved.

When they first met, sixteen-year-old Rukawa envied the nonchalance of seventeen-year-old Sendoh, the one everyone called a genius.

Seventeen-year-old Sendoh had a unique air about him that made it hard to look away. The Ryonan coach called it