I think she admires him for something his basketball prowess, but the only picture she's seen of him is of his back as he's walking away. The second series has a katakana title in addition to the kanji. The katakana reads Saint Love. In a fit of procrastination, I put up some new scans up at my page. The layout is a bit messy.
Scans are from ep.
49, and tankoubon 9, and the cover of ep. I think I'm the only one using this guestbook as a message board. Anyhow, I finally got my hands on TCP vol. 8 and am finally catching up with the storyline visually. Rui looks awesome, but she's monstrous.