A note before you start: This story contains many author-invented details and has a slow pace.
Who hasn't felt lost in their youth? Who hasn't been reckless when young?
They are the Generation of Miracles, celebrated by all, unmatched prodigies on the basketball court, and also prickly, stubborn problem children. Their showy chuunibyou antics and refusal to back down in competition are the unique innocence and obstinacy of growing boys.
Fujiwara Riho steps into the everyday lives of these prodigies. She comes to understand the lonely tenderness Akashi hides beneath his domineering nature, sees everyone's strengths and vulnerabilities, and accompanies them through their restless school days. Every peak eventually passes, and every rough edge is eventually smoothed away, but the bonds formed by standing side by side remain unchanged. Their youthful passion never dies, their friendships never fade, and the noise and companionship of youth become the most precious memories on their journey to adulthood.
[Character Profiles]
Name: Fujiwara Riho (Natsume Riho)
Role 1: Manager of Teiko Middle School's basketball club and chronicler of the Generation of Miracles
Role 2: Natsume Takashi's long-lost younger sister, a powerful spirit-seer
Secret: She can see yokai and constantly switches between her two identities
Signature line: “I don't need you to protect me. I need you to believe in me: I can protect myself.”
Name: Akashi Seijuro
Public face: Captain of Teiko's basketball team, a perfect commander, the embodiment of absolute reason
The truth: A dangerous prodigy with a split personality, caught between a need for control and a deep sense of loneliness
Obsession: “I hate variables, especially when it comes to you.”
Name: Natsume Takashi
Role: A gentle high school student who travels between the human and yokai worlds
What he says to his little sister: “When you're tired, come home. I'll always be your big brother.”
[Preview of a Dramatic Scene]
Akashi seized her wrist and pinned her against the cold equipment-room door.
“Riho,” he said, his breath brushing her ear, his voice carrying the dangerous heat of ice and fire. “You've been spacing out more often lately than Aomine breaks the rules during practice.”
His other hand touched her eyes, his fingertips cold.
“Tell me, what are you looking at that I can't see?”
Outside the door came the laughter and chatter of the Generation of Miracles.
Inside, the talisman Natsume had given her burned in her pocket.
She lifted her head and looked straight into his mismatched eyes.
“Akashi, do you believe there are things in this world you can't control?”
He smiled. It was a cruel curve his original personality had never worn.
“No. So...”
His mismatched eyes shone eerily in the shadows.
“I'll make it controllable.”
Reader Advisory:
√ Akashi pairing, split personality, an intense clash between equally strong characters
√ A calm, rational heroine who grows over time, with a healing family storyline
√ A blended setting: passionate basketball × gentle supernatural elements × a touch of mystery
√ Slow-burn romance with plenty of emotional tension
Reader's Guide:
1. Mainly Kuroko's Basketball and Natsume's Book of Friends, with other anime crossover elements added as inspiration strikes.
2. Akashi pairing, split personality setting, and a slow-burn romance full of tension.
3. The heroine is rational and calm, and grows over time; the family storyline is warm and healing.
4. A collision between worlds: the visible world and the hidden world.
Theme: Accepting yourself, making peace with yourself, staying true to your heart, learning to love yourself, and saving each other
Are you reaching the burnout stage so soon? It's not sweet enough yet. Woohoo.
I really want to get into the archives. Hehe, hehe, when will he be persuaded to withdraw from the famous scene?
Damn it, is it actually the top? I have to wait until the next one comes out to watch it together.
Shishasha, is the famous scene coming?
Ahhhhhhhh why is there no more?