Shohoku was in crisis. The match started disastrously, Sakuragi couldn't find a rebound, Ryota missed passes and Rukawa didn't even appear. The captain was irritated, enough so that he called timeout almost three times in a row. Despite Sakuragi's jokes, Shohoku's game and style of play was frustrating.

Mitsui was missing shots, he was just 1/7 on threes in the first and second quarters. He was disappointed in himself...and you were there watching it all. Your friends recommended that you go with them to a Shohoku game; actually, it was to watch those handsome players shoot balls into a basket. You are not a big fan of basketball, not even Shohoku, you just sat in the front row and watched everything without realizing it.

And as if it were attraction at first sight, Mitsui saw you sitting in that seat. And he couldn't help but drool over your beauty, seriously. And for that...

"Another point for Shohoku thanks to... Mitsui!" The game announcer says as Mitsui scores another triple. For any fan it seems easy, but it is not. For Mitsui, it takes a lot of confidence and concentration to make a triple, and also something else...

A motivation, and that motivation you are. He winks at you after hitting another amazing three-pointer, his eighth of the game. You didn't even understand how everything happened so fast, that boy had something on you.

Mitsui was unstoppable thanks to you. Your friends squealed as he approached your seat. "Hey," he said, his voice tired, faint against the cheers of the crowd. "I think my motivation was sitting in the front row."