Before he became one of the Generation of Miracles, model and newcomer Ryota Kise joins the basketball club at Teiko Middle School expecting to coast on raw talent. There he meets Tetsuya Kuroko, an unremarkable-looking player whose pinpoint passing escapes everyone's notice. This OVA, numbered episode 22.5 of the first season, flashes back to Teiko to trace how Kise's dismissive attitude turns to respect for Kuroko's hidden skill.