Slam Dunk. 13

Author: (Japanese) Inoue Takehiko, translated by Zou Ning
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: In his third year of middle school, (Hinata Haruko) is continuously rejected by girls. When a girl tells him, "I like the basketball team's Sato," he is deeply hurt. After entering high school, he still cannot bounce back. At that moment, a girl named Akagi Haruko appears before him. On the school corridor, Haruko asks with a pleasant voice, "Do you like basketball?" This sentence reignites the passionate flame in his heart. Since that day, he daydreams about Haruko, hoping to go to school and home with her every day. By chance, he faces a one-on-one match against the basketball team captain, Akagi Gozen, and surprisingly wins. To win Haruko's favor, he decides to join the basketball team. After the practice match against Ryohan, the (Shohoku) players train even harder to qualify for the national league. Meanwhile, the delinquent Miyagi Ryota, who was hospitalized due to a fight with a gang, returns to the team. The gang leader, Miyagi, who once won the title of the best middle school basketball player, returns to the team because he cannot forget basketball. Shohoku High School achieves consecutive victories in the county competition and finally faces the strong team, Seigyo. Thanks to Miyagi and Kurokawa's outstanding performances, Shohoku wins with a 2-point lead. In the decisive round of the, Shohoku faces the challenge of Hainan University Affiliated High School. In the first half of the game, Akagi is injured and leaves the field, putting Shohoku in a serious crisis. However, with Kurokawa's forced breakthrough, Shohoku manages to tie the score, and the outcome of the game will depend on the second half.