The first team to arrive at the tournament is a team from the Tokyo metropolitan area. The other team is from Yugahama, a small town in the northern part of the country. The first player introduces himself as Tsuka Moto, a member of his school's wrestling team. He asks the other players to take a pledge of good conduct and sportsmanship. He also asks them to wear their school uniforms. The two players agree to do so. They then discuss the first game of the tournament, which is between the otowa team from Tokyo and the fukushi team from Yugagawa Prefecture. They both agree that the first round will be a close battle, and that they will be down in the second round. They also agree that they have drawn a team on their level, and they wonder if they can give the other team their due respect. They ask the other player if he knows how to crack the defense, and he says he does. He tells them that he has loaded his starting lineup with the strongest offensive players, so that he will be able to crack their defense. He then tells them about his first year at school, when he and another student, taniguchi, played a game on a console. .