Ep 47. A Challenge from a Rival

The day after the game against Shoyo, Hanamichi reminisces about his first ever slam dunk. Uncharacteristic of his usual self, he quietly embraces his own maturity. Yet, when he learns from Haruko that a picture of his slam dunk in the Shoyo game was in the newspaper, he begins to get excited and rowdy like always. A guy from the same middle school as Hanamichi, Oda in Takezono High, is about to play a game against Kainan.