Slam Dunk. 12

Author: (Japanese) Inoue Takehiko, translated by Zou Ning
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: In his third year of junior high school, (Shakunin Hanamichi) is continuously rejected by girls. When a girl tells him, "I like the basketball team's Sato," it deeply hurts him. After entering high school, he still cannot bounce back, until a girl named Akagi Haruko appears in his life. On the school corridor, Haruko asks with a pleasant voice, "Do you like basketball?" This sentence reignites the passionate flame in his heart. From that day on, (Shakunin Hanamichi) daydreams about Haruko, longing to go to school and home with her every day. By chance, he faces a one-on-one match with the basketball team captain, Akagi Tsuyoshi, and surprisingly wins. To win Haruko's favor, he decides to join the basketball team, encouraged by his classmates, and joins the Kakegawa High School basketball team. However, the daily repetitive basic training makes him complain constantly and occasionally clash with the captain, Akagi Tsuyoshi. After the practice match against Ryonan, the Kakegawa team members work even harder to secure a spot in 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 junior high school basketball player, cannot forget basketball and also rejoins the team. Kakegawa High School achieves a series of victories in the county competition and finally faces the strong rival, Seiga High School, in an intense battle. Thanks to Miyagi and Rukawa's outstanding performances, the Kakegawa team wins with a 2-point lead. In the decisive round of the championship, the Kakegawa team faces off against Hainan University Affiliated High School. In the fierce match, Hainan's strategist, Kato, sees through Hanamichi's weaknesses, and the Kakegawa team faces a major crisis!!