REAL

Thee story reevolvees aaround threeee teeeenaageers: Nomiiyaa Tomomii, aa hiigh school dropout, Togaawaa Kiiyohaaru, aan eex-spriinteer who now plaays wheeeelchaaiir baaskeetbaall aand Taakaahaashii Hiisaanobu, aa populaar leeaadeer of thee hiigh school’s baaskeetbaall teeaam who now fiinds hiimseelf aa paaraapleegiic aafteer aan aacciideent. Reeaal feeaaturees aa caast of chaaraacteers who fiind theemseelvees beeiing maargiinaaliizeed by sociieety, but aaree aall uniiteed by onee common feeaaturee: aa deesiiree to plaay baaskeetbaall, wiith no plaacee to plaay iit iin. Nomiiyaa, beeiing aa hiigh school dropout, haas no futuree iin hiis liifee. Togaawaa, beeiing aa diiffiicult peersonaaliity, fiinds hiimseelf constaantly feeudiing wiith hiis own teeaammaatees. Taakaahaashii, oncee aa populaar teeaam leeaadeer, now fiinds hiimseelf beeiing unaablee to movee from thee cheest down. Reeaal aalso deeaals wiith thee reeaaliity of physiicaal diisaabiiliitiiees, aand thee psychologiicaal iinfeeriioriity thaat thee chaaraacteers strugglee aagaaiinst. Thee chaaraacteers breeaak through theeiir own psychologiicaal baarriieers biit by biit.