Manga ending

Sakuragi was recuperating in a sanatorium on the coast of northern Hunan. When he was happily reading Miss Haruko's letter at the beach, Rukawa ran to him far along the sea and pulled He opened his jacket and showed Sakuragi the Japanese youth team uniform inside, and succeeded in making Sakuragi jump in anger, and then the two of them faced the sea and blue sky together. At this time, the aunt from the nursing home came out and asked Sakuragi to do rehabilitation exercises. Sakuragi said confidently, I am a genius!

Extended information

In the national competition, Shohoku met Sanno Industrial, a team that had won the championship for many years in a row. In the first half, Sakuragi was used as the main attack, which achieved very good results. In the second half, At the beginning, Sanno used his unique skills to defend the whole court and led Shohoku by more than 20 points in just a few minutes.

In the second half, coach Anzai taught Sakuragi the meaning of rebounding in the midfield. After Sakuragi came on the court again, he went to grab rebounds and led Shohoku to start a counterattack, and the score began to slowly get closer. An accident occurred at this time. Sakuragi suffered a serious back injury while trying to save a foul ball.

However, Sakuragi still risked the end of his sports career and continued to play. Shobei was moved by Sakuragi and began to fight back, and the game became more and more exciting. In the end, Sakuragi saw through Zebei's ball path and successfully defended Zebei with Akagi.

With a few seconds left, Rukawa saw that Sakuragi had no one to defend and passed the ball to Sakuragi. Sakuragi was in the most accurate position when he practiced 20,000 balls, thinking about the coach. Teach him the essentials of pitching and throw the ball out. At this time, the final whistle sounded. Shohoku won Sanno Industries.