The shot sailed true, except that Kiyota made a gigantic! leap! for frog-kind! and managed to graze the ball as it left Mitsui’s hands, causing it to wobble slightly in the air and bounce off the side of the rim instead of going through the net as it definitely would have, because teenage basketball players only miss three pointers when there is some obvious reason for it, like frogs getting in their way.

Oh god, my sides... Seriously, just Mitsui throughout this entire story had me crying. Remember kids:

With great power comes tooth loss.