but im thinkin about post-story things and
so it's not yet been stated, but kyōko's family is one of those family-business families and she was supposed to inherit but her dad said no you can't he didn't think she was good enough so one of her cousins is set to inherit the company and then she met akashi, who was that kid, the kid she was supposed to be, and he inspired her to work harder, to force her father to concede that she should be the one to inherit
and that's why akashi's change hurt her all the more: he wasn't just her kōhai, he was her captain and her ideal and her best friend and then he changed and became cold and creepy and that nearly broke her
idk how long after the rakuzan game but kyōko's gonna show up after rakuzan's practice and greet the generals (because why wouldn't she they may have all been rivals in middle school--and she was, of course, the empress--but why should that mean they were never friends? sure nebuya got upset with kiyoshi sometimes about strategy but off the court they were all friendly) and one of them asks why she's there and then akashi arrives and she asks him if he's ready to go and he says yes and she drives him to the cemetery where his mother is buried and they pay their respects before going out for ice cream as the friends they've once again become
and then, many years after, shirozuka kyōko, head of the shirozuka clothing conglomerate, sees a group of high schoolers playing basketball on her way home from work and one of them has white hair and another has glasses and another is tall and brunet and she's just hit so hard with memories of seirin that she tells the driver to stop. she gets out and tosses off her suit jacket, rolling up her sleeves to play basketball.
and suddenly there's two redheaded men and a short blue-haired one and kyōko smiles at akashi seijūrō, head of the akashi company, and kagami taiga the professional basketball player and kuroko tetsuya the dog trainer before kagami dunks the ball and tells her irritably that she was supposed to be home by now he's cooking her and akashi dinner remember?
and these basketball-playing kids are just so stunned by the appearance of not only two millionaires but also their idol??? and before the four adults leave the kids have received lessons in basketball from four four people who were some of the most elite players in japan when they were the kids' age