During their first year of middle school, Akatsuki Higashino and Kiyoharu Kido were the sole members of their basketball club. The following year, however, they are transferred to the nearby Takadori Ichuu Middle School and choose to join its basketball club, hoping to keep playing together. To Akatsuki's surprise, Takadori Ichuu boasts a very strong team, and making the cut proves more difficult than he anticipated. While he possesses exceptional dribbling skills, Akatsuki is poor at shooting and scoring. Consequently, he is assigned to Team F—a group for those who fail selection—whereas Kiyoharu manages to join the reserves. Undeterred by the tryout results, the optimistic Akatsuki remains determined to join Kiyoharu. Thus, the two friends vow never to give up on their beloved sport, striving to once again stand on the same court together as starting players for the Takadori Ichuu Middle School basketball team.