Slam Dunk. 15

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, Sakuragi Kakehashi is continuously rejected by girls. When a girl tells Sakuragi, "I like the basketball team's Sato," he is deeply hurt. After entering high school, Sakuragi still cannot bounce back, and 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 flame of passion in Sakuragi's heart. Since that day, Sakuragi daydreams about Haruko, longing to go to school and home with her every day. By chance, Sakuragi has a one-on-one match with the basketball team captain, Akagi GoKen, and surprisingly wins. To win Haruko's favor, Sakuragi decides to join the basketball team. Sakuragi joins the Kakehashi High School basketball team. However, the daily repetitive basic training makes him complain constantly and occasionally clash with the captain, Akagi. After the practice match against Ryonan, the Kakehashi team members work even harder to qualify for the national league. Meanwhile, the delinquent Miyagi, who was hospitalized due to a fight with a gang, also returns to the team. The gang leader, Miyagi, who once won the title of the best junior high school basketball player, returns to the team because he cannot forget basketball. Kakehashi High School achieves a series of victories in the county competition and finally faces a fierce battle against Hainan University Affiliated High School. In the first half of the game, Akagi is injured and leaves the field, putting the Kakehashi team in a severe crisis. However, thanks to Rukawa's forced breakthrough, the Kakehashi team manages to tie the score. But in the second half, the score gap continues to widen. Although the Kakehashi team fights back, they ultimately lose by 2 points!!