Best Friends

- Best Friends -
- Introduction -
Brem's Words :
This story is dedicated to all Ryota Miyagi's fans. I recently found out that there are quite a bit of his fans about. I would like also to dedicate this story to Karine Brosseau as she is a super Miyagi fan. I hope you are alright now Karine. This story was kind of inspired from the email you sent to me. The story you told me of yourself touched me a lot really and I thought that the dedication to you here would be appropiate.

I thought the relationship between the character Ayako and Ryota was a bit vague in the manga so I decided to write a little story about Ryota's inner feelings. It is quite a predictable story but the main focus I had in mind was to display Ryota's thoughts in a more sentimental and sensitive way.

Though Ryota is quite a joker kind of character, I believe that he is actually quite a thinker kind of person. He seemed to be deep in thoughts all the time. At least that is the impression that I get from reading the manga. Especially the scene when he cried when Hanamichi teased him about Ayako.

Ayako is Ryota's dreamgirl. Everyone who read the manga and have a little common sense would know this! Ryota also said before in the manga that he was hesitant to join the Shohoku High Basketball Team but when he stepped into the practice courts, the 1st sight he saw Ayako, he knew that he had fallen head over heels in love with her and he hence decided to be part of the basketball team. He wanted the team to win all the matches so that he can at least see Ayako's happy face. Based on this idea, I decided to write a more insightful fanfiction about this.

I like this title a lot as I really think that Ayako is Ryota's best friend and that Ryota is Ayako's best friends. Why do I get such a feeling? There are a few scenes in the manga which showed Ayako encouraging Ryota during matches. Ayako also made a few comments in the manga that only a best friend or a good friend will make to another.

I think Ryota's way of showing his love is kind of like a sacrifice. He did it for the girl he loves. That is one thing I like about this guy. "I'm happy becuase you are happy..." is the kind of attitude Ryota have for love.

Ryota had tried to date other girls to try to forget Ayako. He thinks that it is impossible between the both of them. He is plagued by a strong inferiority complex.

Ryota is one of Hanamichi's better friends in the team, but I personally feel that Ryota's best friend is Ayako. Well...maybe best gal friend... This is how the title came about. <Best Friends>. I wanted to name this story <Rain> at first but I decided that <Best Friends> was more suitable as <Rain> does not really express the whole story well enough...

There are actually quite a lot of Ayako and Ryota stories around. Read this story to find out what's so different about this story from the others.

In this story, I put quite a lot of my own experiences.

The "my best friend is the person I like" dilema is explored here in this story.

It is difficult to carry a torch for somebody. But I feel it is 10 times more difficult carrying the torch for someone you are best friends with.

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