How lucky must we be to meet the person we love when our hearts first awaken, and still be by each other's side when our hair has turned white?
The person you love should be both the cinnabar mole in your heart and the moonlight by your bed, both the sticky rice on your chest and the mosquito blood on your wall. Would it take every bit of luck in your life to meet someone so utterly unique?
The story begins with a basketball game when we were seventeen. Every girl who grew up watching Slam Dunk may not have fallen in love with basketball, but perhaps a Rukawa Kaede settled in her heart all the same. Chen Luowan, though, liked the narcissistic, self-assured genius Hanamichi Sakuragi, yet at just the right age, she also met the flawless, aloof Rukawa Kaede, as if he had stepped out of a fairy tale.
Youth: left or right? Some stories may be doomed from the start, like the love that takes root in your heart. But our youth should not be made up only of love we cannot let go of and sorrow filled with regret. At an age when we should be striving, we should study hard, work hard, and do more meaningful things. Only then can we become the best versions of ourselves and meet someone better.
