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The main characters, although of the opposite traits [Take Isamu is athletic and good at studies while Sakuragi Hanamichi is a hopeless romantic gangster and doesn't excel in studies], started to play the sports initially to impress the girl they like who also happen to love and play the sports. However, they both develop the love for the sports and the eagerness to improve.