Paraplegic and basketball enthusiast Hisanobu Takahashi tries to cope with his demanding physical therapy and the reality that his life is no longer easy.
Kiyohiko Togawa, confined to a wheelchair after a bout with cancer, struggles to overcome his physical limitations and fulfill his dreams of being a basketball star.
Tomomi Nomiya, a tough youngster who loves basketball, gets into a motorcycle accident that paralyzes a girl, then quits the team and leaves school, trying to find a way to alleviate his guilt.
As Togawa and Nomiya work toward their chosen goals, Takahashi is about to discover that his purpose in life has been right in front of him the whole time.
Nomiya's tryouts for the professional basketball team the Tokyo Lightnings has finally arrived and he is giving it all he has, but he worries it will not be enough. Meanwhile, wheelchair basketball is helping Takahashi feel like he is getting his life back.
While Nomiya works toward the goal he has decided on, Takahashi inches his way out of depression and toward recovery, but he finds comfort in unlikely company.
Athlete Kyoharu Togawa, chosen to compete for a spot on Japan's National Wheelchair Basketball Team, looks back over how far he has come since losing a leg to cancer.
Presents volume one of a four-volume series on wheelchair sports in America and describes the history, players, equipment, and rules of wheelchair basketball.
The memoir of Melvin Juette, who was paralyzed in a gang-related shooting, attended college, and became a wheelchair basketball athlete, playing for the U.S. National Wheelchair Basketball team.
