[Edit]Kimura Takuya is the captain and star player of an ice hockey team, who is greatly respected by his teammates. For him, hockey is serious business that fully occupies his mind, while he treats romance as if it were a game.
Takeuchi Yuko is a typical OL (office lady), and is waiting for her boyfriend to return from studying architecture abroad. At this point in time however, he shows no sign of coming back. One day, Yuko's friends who are determined to find her a new boyfriend, invite her to watch an ice hockey game. There she sees Kimura for the first time.
After the game, Yuko and her friends join the players for a party celebrating their victory. Yuko, however, is not so excited to be there. When she leaves the party, she bumps into Kimura, who was slightly injured from a fight. They exchange e-mail addresses and part.
The sparks of mutual attraction are ignited in a second encounter between Yuko and Kimura, arranged with the help of her friends shortly after a party.
Sato Koichi has come as a replacement for the team's coach who has been hospitalized. Kimura has a lot of respect for the hospitalized coach. Unfortunately though, he can't stand Sato's way of doing things. Bringing with him a lot of coaching experience from overseas, Sato criticizes the former coach's strategies. Whenever Kimura and Sato see each other, they get into a quarrel; consequently influencing Kimura's behavior during games.
[Edit]
Screenwriter: Nojima Shinji
Planning and production: Ota Toru
Producers: Sugio Atsuhiro, Makino Tadashi (牧野正)
Directors: Hirai Hideki, Nakae Isamu, Sawada Kensaku
Music: Yoshimata Ryo
Theme Song: I Was Born to Love You by Queen
Insert Song: "Bohemian Rhapsody", "We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions", "Radio Ga-Ga", "Too Much Love Will Kill You", "Let Me Live" by Queen
01 2004-Jan-12 Bond of Love and Youth 28.0%
02 2004-Jan-19 Strength That Overcomes Loneliness 25.1%
03 2004-Jan-26 Leader's Beautiful Form 24.6%
04 2004-Feb-02 Men's Camaraderie and Women's Pride 23.6%
05 2004-Feb-09 Wounds of the Heart 23.4%
06 2004-Feb-16 Dear Mother 22.8%
07 2004-Feb-23 Disturbance 22.6%
08 2004-Mar-01 Tragedy 26.0%
09 2004-Mar-08 Lament 24.1%
10 2004-Mar-15 Hope 24.9%
11 2004-Mar-22 Pride Called Love 28.8%
Average -- -- 25.1% [Edit]