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The protagonist watches the basketball team practice.

The protagonist meets Kou Ichijo and Daisuke Nagase, joining the basketball team.

Kou offers to get sweets for the protagonist from a girl in his class.

Kou cancels plans due to a family meeting, prompting Daisuke to explain Kou's strict family situation.

Daisuke explains Kou's family pressure and asks the protagonist to support him by attending practice.

Ai Ebihara becomes the team manager but refuses to do any work.

Kou reveals he was adopted and that his family now has a biological heir, making him feel useless.

Kou skips practice, leaving the team to wonder where he is.

The protagonist finds Kou's shoes in his locker and goes to look for him.

Kou admits on the rooftop that he has lost his passion for basketball.

Kou expresses that basketball feels pointless without real competition, so Daisuke organizes a scrimmage.

The team plays a scrimmage game but loses due to poor teamwork.

After the loss, Kou feels better and decides to visit his orphanage to learn about his birth parents.

The protagonist and Daisuke decide to meet Kou at the station after his trip to the orphanage.

Kou learns his birth parents are dead but finds a letter giving him hope, realizing he is not alone.

Kou continues basketball practice, seemingly more motivated.

Kou realizes the orphanage director wrote him a fake letter to comfort him, accepting his true roots.

Kou decides to continue both his traditional lessons and basketball, balancing his two lives.

Kou gives his letter to the protagonist and Daisuke for safekeeping, cementing their friendship.

Kou pours his heart into basketball practice.