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With Sendoh in their team, the game quickly turned. Sakuragi is still struggling to score points with his new skill.

The game has started but Sakuragi is still on the bench. Rukawa begins scoring points for his team. Hikoichi notices that the combine team has no teamwork and that is why they are performing badly. Suddenly, Ikegami, Hanagata, Uozumi and Hasegawa got a wake up call from Fujima. The team is beginning to catch up with Shohoku. Finally Anzai lets Sakuragi in after Kogure fell down. When Sendoh arrived with Hikoichi's sister, he too joins the team.

Hikoichi went to visit Uozumi and persuaded him to return to Ryonan, but Uozumi said he had no feelings for basketball anymore. Sakuragi wants to show off his special training skills, but Akagi wouldn't let him. The titanic showdown between Shoyo/Ryonan vs. Shohoku is about to begin.

In the Shohoku's gym, Sakuragi and the rest celebrate his last 20,000 shots. The team has return from their camp and told Anzai that they win, lose and draw in the 3 games. They wondered what training Sakuragi went through. Sakuragi's shoe has a big hole in them. Haruko decides to accompany him to the sports shop again the next day.

Haruko told everyone that Akagi has called her and told her that Shohoku has won the game against Josei. Upon hearing that, Sakuragi is all fired up and starts to do his special training. While Haruko and Sakuragi were at the fair, he confessed his love for her, but got slapped on the cheek. He thought that she has rejected him but the truth is, Haruko was trying to kill a mosquito.

Shohoku is having a practice game with Josei. Josei's captain Mikoshiba showed his skill during the game. When Shohoku is behind Josei, Akagi signals Ayako for time-out. Everyone thinks that Josei is a powerful team. Akagi tells everyone not to lose game or Sakuragi will say the reason that they lost was because he was not in the team. They got fired up by the sudden motivation. Shohoku finally won the game, 72-73.

Sakuragi is clueless why he was left out of the camp. Anzai make a deal with him, saying that if he wins the game against him, he can go to the camp. Unexpectedly, Anzai won the game. Meanwhile everyone envied at Sakuragi for getting a personal training from Anzai. Sakuragi accepts Anzai's challenge of shooting 20,000 shots!

Sakuragi's friends tried to ask a sexy girl out on a date after seeing her on the street. However, she turns out to be Ayako. They told her that they are working at a beach house so that they can go to watch the games in Hiroshima. Meanwhile, Anzai wants Sakuragi to stay behind for personal training while the rest of the team is going for a combine camp with Josei in Shizuoka prefecture.

Sakuragi, Ryota, Mitsui and Rukawa fail almost all of their subjects. In order to go to the games, they have to pass most of the subjects. So, Akagi has to beg the principal to give them a chance to retake the test. The four of them went to Akagi's house to revise on their studies. Ayako, Kogure and Haruko also came to help them.

Rukawa managed to score 2 points. Everyone is amazed. Meanwhile, the coach and the player of Shintai University came to Akagi's house to invite him into their team. Sakuragi too wants to challenge Rukawa but he ignored him.

Rukawa is all fired up in practices. He even challenges Mitsui for one on one with him. Mitsui said that this challenge will determine who will be the real ace of Shohoku.

Hikoichi is in Osaka after receiving a letter from his friend, Teruo, who is in Toyotama High. There he met up with Toyotama's ace Kishimoto who spoke ill of Sendoh. Meanwhile, Rukawa is still thinking about Anzai's advice to him. Mrs. Anzai began to tell him about Anzai's ex-student who has also left for USA to play basketball and how it turns into a tragedy.

Sakuragi joined Maki and Kiyota to Aichi prefecture to watch the final match between Aiwa and Meihou. Maki tells Sakuragi about Aiwa's star player Morohoshi, but he was shocked when he saw Aiwa losing to Meihou. Meanwhile, Rukawa went to see Anzai and asked him to let him play in USA but Anzai disagreed saying that he is still behind Sendoh and that he need to be the no.1 player in Japan in order to play in the USA.

Uozumi and Ikegami have decided to quit the team. Uozumi said that he would train to be a chef to take over his father’s business. During practices, Kogure senses that Rukawa has something on his mind. He left the gym early, surprising everyone.

Sakuragi realized that he has become a hero when he arrived at school. When the rest of the team has also arrived, they were praised by all the students. Mari Kawai, the school reporter decides to interview Rukawa but snubbed by him instead. During the practices, many came to the gym to see the team trained.

Sakuragi managed to score for his them again and he even tells his teammates to get back and defend their basket to stop Sendoh from scoring. The game finally ended with Shohoku winning 70-66. Everyone in the Shohoku's team is overwhelmed with joy. Akagi even cried and Sakuragi has to hug him. Taoka told he press that his team lost because of him underestimating Kogure and Sakuragi.

Sakuragi is playing extremely well and even Maki and Taoka were shocked when he successfully stopped Sendoh, Uozumi and Fukuda. When Kogure managed to score a 3pt. shot, Taoka calls for a time out. He realized that he has underestimated Kogure, a substitute player.

Mitsui lay motionless on the court, while all his teammates rushed over and helped him out of court. Kogure was subbed in his place. While Ryonan is trying to score for points, Sakuragi managed to stop them every time. Taoka tries to calm himself.

Shohoku calls for a time-out and everyone thinks that all players should guards Sendoh if he has the ball. Coach Taoka said that Shohoku 3rd weakness is the absence of Anzai and weakness no. 4 is Shohoku's players are getting fatigue. Last but not least, is weakness no.5 which is the amateur Sakuragi. The scores are now 65-63 with Shohoku leading, suddenly, Mitsui collapsed on the court.

Coach Taoka begins to talk about Shohoku's weakness which is foul trouble. The score is now, 65-58 with Shohoku leading. Taoka is still talking about another Shohoku's weakness which is they don't have good substitutes.

Uozumi is playing like he hasn't made any fouls at all and this shocked Akagi. Meanwhile, Kogure tells Akagi to watch out for the foul. When Sendoh eludes Sakuragi and does a slam dunk, he pisses off Rukawa and Sakuragi. Coach Taoka said to Hikoichi that pretty soon, Ryonan will win because of Shohoku's weakness.

With 6 minutes left on the clock, the score is now 59-46 and Shohoku is still in the lead. Akagi warns his teammates to be on their guard. Taoka finally allows Uozumi back in the game. Maki notes that Ryonan has been relying too much on Sendoh for both offense and defense and that is wearing him out. With Uozumi playing, Ryonan begins to score again.

The score is 51-46, Shohoku is still leading. The Gundan and Haruko are pleased that Sakuragi is very focused on his game. Meanwhile, Uozumi asks to be let in the game, but Taoka tells him to hang on until the last 5 minutes. Maki says Ryonan could defend Akagi easily, but he is now surrounded by other powerful teammates.

Shohoku is leading with the score, 47-44. The Ryonan are getting tensed while Uozumi is angry with himself for his recklessness. Kogure believes their team can win, especially now that everyone is playing like a real team. Sendoh encourages his team, telling them not to give up because they still have time.

The score is now 38-40. Seeing that Mitsui is panting for breath, Taoka knows that there's no one in the team who could replace Mitsui. He is determined to foul out Mitsui. When Sakuragi tries to shoot, he is blocked by Uozumi. However, Uozumi is fouled, his fourth one.

As Rukawa begins scoring for his team, Sakuragi is pissed. Sendoh is amazed at how Shohoku has improved since their practice match 3 months ago. For the next 3 minutes, neither teams scored.

In the locker room, Ayako notices that Mitsui has changed the mood of the team with his enthusiasm. Akagi reminds Ryota and Sakuragi that each of them already have 3 fouls. Meanwhile, Taoka thinks they've nailed Rukawa with their defense, and directs all to concentrate their efforts on Mitsui, especially Ikegami who will sub in for Koshino. Kiyota finally realizes that Rukawa has deliberately abandoned the first half of the game.

Maki points out that Fukuda has a greater probability of scoring compared to Sendoh and Uozumi who are guarded by Rukawa and Akagi. Sakuragi is having a difficult time guarding Fukuda. Kiyota noticed that Rukawa did not score much in this game.

Sakuragi still lay motionless on the court. Ryonan calls for a time-out and Taoka decides to make Fukuda as the main point-getter. The score is now 17-12, with Ryonan leading.

Akagi scolded Kogure, saying that it's not the right time to call for a time out. Kogure and Ayako don't know what to do with Akagi and Yasuda wishes that Coach Anzai was with them. Suddenly, Akagi begins slapping his own face, telling himself to get his mind back on the game. Meanwhile, back at the hospital, Anzai is concerned about his team.

When Akagi tries to shoot, Uozumi slams him hard to the ground. Akagi's injured ankle is beginning to act up again. He couldn't concentrate on the game. Seeing how Akagi is playing, Taoka instructs Uekusa to tell his teammates to pass the ball to Uozumi, who will serve as finisher. Ryonan slowly build up the lead and the score is now 4-11.

Shohoku is being guarded in a tight man-to-man defense by Ryonan. Sakuragi managed to score the first two points for his team. Coach Taoka is amazed, because Sakuragi used to be unable to make any shots under the basket. Uozumi is visibly surprised too. Koshino tells Fukuda to guard Sakuragi. Maki noticed that Ryonan intends to use Fukuda's attacking ability.

At the hospital, Mrs. Anzai tells her husband that the team will do their best. Kainan won the game against Takezato and the game between Shohoku and Ryonan is about to begin. Everyone thought that Shohoku will be at a disadvantage without the moral support of Coach Anzai. Akagi instructs his teammates on a man-to-man defense, with Ryota guarding Uekusa, Mitsui guarding Koshino and him against Uozumi, Rukawa against Sendoh, and Sakuragi against Fukuda. One by one the players of both teams are introduced.

In the 5-minute overtime, Sendoh scores 2 more points making the score 81-79. Coach Takatoh calls for a time-out and Jin substitutes Muto. Meanwhile, the entire Shohoku team is at the hospital visiting coach Anzai. Mrs.Anzai told everyone that it was Sakuragi who saved him when he suffered a stroke in the gym.

The score is 64-63 with Kainan leading, Sendoh begins to make an aggressive offense. A fierce battle between Maki and Sendoh follows, resulting in exciting reversals in the game, every time either one of them scores. Meanwhile, Haruko received a phone call about Anzai's condition. Taoka decides to sub Sendoh, but Fukuda stops him. Instead, he sends Fukuda to improve their scoring ability. Then, Akagi receives a call from Haruko about Anzai's condition, and he, Kogure and Ayako immediately rush to the Kitamura General Hospital.

The score is now 62-49 with Ryonan still leading. Coach Takatoh scolded his players. When Uozumi argues with the referee about a foul, he was fouled out of the game.

In the first minutes of the game between Ryonan and Kainan, Ryonan seems to be dominating the game because of Sendoh and a new player, Fukuda.

Haruko thought how Sakuragi has improved during this short time while she was watching him practicing. Sakuragi and Akagi decides to stay behind to continue practicing even after the practices have finished, but Sakuragi overslept and may have miss the game.

Everyone is amazed at Sakuragi new look. Sakuragi seems to have a few new fans too. Sakuragi shows his talent by showing his big blocks, slam dunk and even a three point shots.

Sakuragi still thinks that it was his stupid mistake that has caused his team to lose the match. Feeling guilty, he decides to shave his head bald as a punishment.

The score is now 86-90 with Kainan still leading. Mitsui looks tired but he doesn't want to give up. Sakuragi managed to score 2 more points for the team through slam dunk.

With 4 1/2 minutes left, the score now is 74-78 with Kainan still leading. When Maki tried to score, he was blocked by Akagi, Mitsui and Rukawa. In the next few minutes, Kainan struggles to keep their leads. Everyone in the stadium has becomes very tense too.

With only 10 minutes left in the game, the score is Kainan, 73 and Shohoku 63. Anzai tells Rukawa, Akagi, Miyagi and Mitsui do a tight 4-man defense on Maki while Sakuragi guards 3-pointer Jin. The plan worked. Sakuragi managed to score 2 points when he was given 2 free throws. When the score was 74-78, Kainan coach Takatoh once again sends in Miyamasu, but this time Anzai gestures Ryota to guard him.

Akagi is back. Meanwhile, Ryota is exhausted from guarding Maki, who is much than him. Maki took advantage and began to score more points for his team. Sendoh noticed that Shohoku have only one player who is still fit.

Maki began to score more points for his team. Coach of Ryonan said that Fujima and Maki are both brilliant players. The whole Shohoku team has to guard him, but Maki smartly throws the ball to Jin, a 3 points shooter.

Akagi couldn't continue playing anymore. Sakuragi heard about his hope of beating Kainan outside the lockers room. He promises Akagi that he will take care of Kainan until he is back.

Everyone becomes worried when Akagi's foot is swollen. He wouldn't listen to Ayako's advice and wants to continue to play.

Coach Takatoh of Kainan decides to change Miyamasu for Jin as his plan is to eliminate Sakuragi from the game. When the second half began, Sakuragi got annoyed because Miyamasu was the one guarding him. Finally, Mito noticed that Sakuragi could only play well when his opponents are strong and brilliant, but when he is faced with a weaker opponent, he gets easily distraught and loses his concentration in the game.

Shohoku has no choice and made a man to man defense against Kainan. Yayoi Aida said that Kainan has found a great player, Kiyota. Shohoku is able to score more points through Akagi and Rukawa. Sakuragi finally score for the team through a fake taught to him by Ryota.

Both Shohoku and Kainan teams are in their respective lockers rooms. Coach Takatoh of Kainan was surprised that Shohoku made it to the final four because he was expecting that Shoyo would be the greatest challenger of his team. He is confident that they would be able to defend their title once again. Meanwhile, Akagi is having a serious conversation with his team. The ultimate showdown between both teams is about to begin.

Kainan's starting five does not include Maki and Kyota. In the first quarter, Takezono team plays very well but Oda's injuries is getting worse.

Sakuragi and his gang decide to go to Takezato High to find out what is upsetting Yuko. At night, Sakuragi went to see Oda to find out about his injured ankle and encouraged him to win in the game against Kainan.

Having defeated Shoyo, now Shohoku is in the final league of the competition. Meanwhile, Sakuragi bumped into the 50th girl who dumped him.

Rukawa score another point making the score 62-60 and now Shohoku has the lead. At the last few minute, Sakuragi finally had a powerful dunk that even made Hanagata and Takano to fall down. He was fouled out again.

Sakuragi fears of getting his fifth foul so he tried to be more careful. Seeing this, Shoyo took advantage to score, but luckily Rukawa managed to block the ball. The score is tie at 60-60.

The score is now 46 to 58, all seems hopeless for Shohoku. Akagi calls everyone for an all-court defense and Mitsui soon made a 3pt. shot. The score at the end of the game is 55 to 58.

Mitsui has reached his limit by giving all he has to the game between Shohoku and Shoyo. Mitsui is down and has to be substitute by Kogure.

Fujima shows off his skills as a player and begin scoring more points for his team while Shohoku is struggling to stop him.

Shoyo team captain or ace Fujima Kenji finally enters the game and encourages his teammates. He successfully shoots a 3pt. shot. Once again, Shoyo is leading.

In the last 30 secs of the first half, Sakuragi managed to get the rebound despite being challenged by 3 players. The lead by Shoyo was 9 points instead of 11. After being encouraged by Haruko, Sakuragi is more determined to win the game.

Miyagi was underestimated by everyone because of his height but he proved his worth by scoring a 3pt shot that surprised the Shoyo team.

The score is now 13 for Shoyo and 0 for Shohoku. But even with a tight defense, Rukawa managed to score 4 points against Shoyo.

The game between Shoyo and Shohoku has begun. Shoyo is all fired up and keeps scoring while Shohoku is struggling to keep up with them.

Shoyo got 2nd place in the interhigh competition last year. The showdown between Shohoku and Shoyo finally begins.

Shohoku is having a match against Tsukubu. In the first half, Tsukubu took the lead but on the second half Shohoku bounced back. Sakuragi is fouled out again. Shohoku won the match 111-79. The next match between Shohoku and Shoyo is about to begin.

Sakuragi got fouled out in every game he played. Out of desperation, he went to Akagi's house to seek advice from him. The next day, Akagi gave Sakuragi an idea of how to kill with your eyes and Sakuragi took that advice literally and got fouled out again.

Sakuragi is naturally very disappointed with himself for fouling out, but he was comforted by Akagi himself which make it easily for him to swallow.

Rukawa discovered Naito weakness which is running in a straight line. Thus, Shohoku bounces back. With 2 minutes left on the game, Sakuragi attempted a slam dunk but it landed on Naito's head instead and it caused him to be fouled out.

Shohoku was leading after the tie. The coach decided to send out Tetsuya Naito, a freshman with incredible strength and speed. Naito had been taught well about free-throws and fouls and caused Sakuragi to make 2 more fouls. With Naito's power, his team began to score points again.

After the members change, Shohoku team began to play very well. Sakuragi becomes angry for being told by everyone not to stand in their ways. The game soon ends with a tie.

The game with Miuradai starts out without Mitsui, Miyagi, Rukawa and Sakuragi. Anzai says that they were punished for their recent fight with the gangsters. As the game starts, Miuradai took the lead and the differences between their scores are far apart. Anzai finally allows the substitutes to play after they promise not to fight again.

After Mitsui joins the basketball club again, Sakuragi's gang took the blame for the fighting in the gym. The Shohoku team then gets all warmed-up and in good shape for the Inter-High preliminary games. In the first game, Shohoku will face the tough Miuradai.

Mitsui tried to come back forcefully, but instead made the injury even worse. When he saw how his teammates were playing later on, he felt discouraged and decided to quit basketball. Later, he got mixed up with the gangsters.

Mitsui was the MVP but somehow he joined Shohoku instead of stronger teams like Kainan because of his admiration for Anzai. When Mitsui joined, Akagi was just a freshman at Shohoku too. Mitsui was injured during a practice match with Akagi and couldn't play basketball until he heals up which is about 3 months.

An angry Rukawa confronts Mitsui, but he is suddenly hit in the back of the head by Ryo with the mop. Ryota begs everyone to stop fighting. When Ayako tries to stop the fights too, she was slapped down to the floor by the same guy. Seeing that, Ryota was overcome with rage and start to rain punches on the punk who slapped Ayako. Kogure orders everyone to close the doors and yank the curtains close.

Mitsui and his gang arrived at Shohoku High with the intention of destroying the basketball club. They know that the basketball team can't fight back because any fighting would mean that the club would be drop from the school.

Ryota and Sakuragi were fighting for the ball like a rugby type of fighting. Ayako has no choice but to hit them with her fan. Upon Ryota's reaction, Sakuragi knew that he got a crush on Ayako. After practices, Sakuragi and Ryota walk together and ended up talking in the playground. Ryota tell Sakuragi about how the girls that rejected him. They found out that they are the same kind of people and decided to be friends.

Ayako overheard a conversation that Ryota has come back to school. Sakuragi bumped into her and they went to the gym together. Meanwhile, Ryota bumped into Mitsui and his gang. When Ryota saw Sakuragi and Ayako together, he mistook them to be a couple. He ignored Mitsui and started to beat up Sakuragi instead. Ayako and Haruko try to stop them. Sakuragi later found out that he is a member of the team and is nominated to be the next captain.

The next day, Sakuragi is having a bad mood because of the lost. He couldn't face Haruko but she comforts him instead by saying that he had done his best as a beginner. She reminds him to get a new pair of shoes and ends up accompanying him to the sports shop.

Shohuko lost in this game although, Sakuragi did very well for his first game. Ryonan won the practice game with the score of 87-86. Sakuragi was very upset because he expected that they will win. Both Sakuragi and Rukawa vowed that they will beat Sendoh in their next game with Ryonan.

Akagi makes a successful shot, making the score 76-74. As they watch the game, Ayako encourages the freshmen to perform as well as Rukawa and Sakuragi. Sendoh marvels at how good Shohoku has become and begins to take the game seriously. With his free throw, Sendoh puts the score for Ryonan at 79-77. Seeing how poorly his team is performing, Rukawa becomes impatient and asks Anzai to let him in, replacing Shiozaki. Anzai then, calls both him and Sakuragi to approach. With 1 minute left, the score is now 83-79. Sendoh tries to score but is immediately guarded by Sakuragi and Rukawa. The game is nearing its end and Uekusa has the ball.

With 3 points ahead of Shohoku, Taoka said that the game depends on how well Sakuragi plays. Sakuragi begins to realize how important rebounds are and succeeded in getting the ball while all the Ryonan players who gather around the basket fail to. Then, Rukawa is subbed in with Akagi as Anzai Sensei wants Rukawa to rest for a while.

It is 8 minutes left in the second half and the score is 68-61, with Ryonan still leading. Kogure calls out to everyone to maintain the 6 points difference until Akagi returns and Taoka tells everyone from Ryonan to continue to attack. Meanwhile, Sakuragi plays whole-heartily and Sendoh is very impressed by his tenacity. The action in the court becomes fast and furious as the game progresses.

Finally, Sakuragi has a chance to play when Akagi was hurt while playing. There is only about 9 minutes left on the clock. Sakuragi was so nervous that he started to play so stiffly.

Sakuragi is still begging Anzai to let him join the game. Team Shohoku is having trouble scoring against the Ryonan with Uozumi and Sendoh playing brilliantly. At 14 mins, Ryonan has a 0-15 lead, with everyone cheering for Sendoh. With Ryonan obviously leading, the Gundan comment that Sakuragi will never get the chance to play but Haruko is confident that the team will be able to catch up since it's only the first half. The first half ends with a score of 42-50.

Everyone in the team is ready for their practice game. Sakuragi is eager to play too, thinking, he who controls the rebound, controls the world. He even brags that he intends to beat up Sendoh. At Ryonan High, Anzai is greeted by Ryonan coach Moichi Taoka. In the locker room, Anzai announces the starting five -- Akagi (4), Yasuda (6), Shiozaki (8), and Kogure (5) and Rukawa (10). Sakuragi angrily demands his place from Anzai and also a uniform.

Sakuragi's mysterious visitor turns out to be Hikoichi Aida from Ryonan High. Hikoichi notices that Sakuragi is not wearing basketball shoes, but simple training shoes, and he feel sorry for Sakuragi believing that this supposedly talented player is poor. Hikoichi then tells Sakuragi about Ryonan's ace, Sendoh Akira. The next morning, Sakuragi confidently does lay-ups, drawing words of encouragement from Ayako. As practice ends, Akagi asks Sakuragi to stay behind. Unknown to Sakuragi, Akagi intends to teach him the art of rebound.

Sakuragi is delighted that Haruko is tutoring him on the fine art of doing a lay-up shots. After failing several times, Sakuragi finally succeeded in putting the ball in the net. At the gym, Sakuragi brags about his new accomplishment to his teammates. Sakuragi then decides to stay up late to practice the lay-up shots. He is approached by a strange boy who demands to know if he is Rukawa.

Akagi asked the coach for permission to teach Sakuragi the basics of shooting. Sakuragi attempts to do lay-up shots but got into a fight with Rukawa instead.

Sakuragi finally made the decision of not joining the club. Kogure and Ayako were overjoyed that Sakuragi will stays in the club but Akagi was much more impressed by Sakuragi's words.

Aota, Akagi's long rivalry friend wants Sakuragi to the Judo club. But Sakuragi refused. Aota then, made a deal with Sakuragi and showed him Haruko pictures; from a child, to elementary school to junior high. Meanwhile, Kogure, Akagi and Ayako were watching Sakuragi every moves from outside the window.

Sakuragi Hanamichi wants to join the game between Akagi and Rukawa, but once again, Akagi objects. After successfully getting the nods from Anzai, Sakuragi shows how much he has improved in basic skills such as dribbling. But he refused to pass the ball to Rukawa.

Sakuragi is now doing passing exercises with Ayako. Kogure realized that he is a quick learner. But, Akagi said that Sakuragi is brainless. Mitsuyoshi Anzai, the coach of Team Shohoku finally appears to meet the team and its newest members. Sakuragi was told that Anzai was once a notorious national team coach called the "White Haired Demon", but because of his change to a nicer personality, he became known as "White Haired Buddha".

Hanamichi Sakuragi has been training for two weeks under Ayako, learning all the basics. Now, he wants to play with the other, but Akagi won't let him. Out of frustration, he quits the team, but changes his mind again after seeing Haruko.

Hanamichi Sakuragi realized that the captain Takenori Akagi is actually Haruko's brother. He then wanted to join the basketball team to get close to Haruko, but Akagi wouldn't let him join. Sakuragi then, forced a teammate named Yasuda to teach him how to play. When Akagi saw the determination in the Sakuragi, he finally let him join.

Sakuragi has a one and one against Akagi. The first to get 10 points will be declared the winner. Sakuragi makes a fool of himself in the court.

After Kaede Rukawa beat up the thugs, Sakuragi was shocked and asks him for his name. When he discovers that he is the one that Haruko has a crush on, he became very angry. Then, Haruko came and helps Rukawa with his wounds, but he acted rudely toward her and this make Sakuragi to lose his temper and head-butted Rukawa. Haruko had mistaken him for injuring Rukawa and she said that she hates him. Sakuragi is heartbroken yet again.

Hanamichi Sakuragi was dumped by Yoko, a girl he really likes in Junior High because she likes Oda, a basketball player. On the first day of school, he was approached by a girl who asked him whether he likes basketball or not. He immediately said he loves it although he has no idea how to play the sport.