Sakuragi did a pretty good job of filling in for Akagi, though it was Rukawa who pushed Shohoku into a fierce comeback against Kainan. He single handedly brought Shohoku back within five points.
Ratings
3.5
Cast
Takeshi Kusao
Hanamichi Sakuragi (voice)
Hikaru Midorikawa
Kaede Rukawa (voice)
Kiyoyuki Yanada
Takenori Akagi (voice)
Yoku Shioya
Ryota Miyagi (voice)
Ryotaro Okiayu
Hisashi Mitsui (voice)
Akiko Hiramatsu
Haruko Akagi (voice)
Eriko Hara
Ayako (voice)
Hideyuki Tanaka
Kiminobu Kogure (voice)
Hisao Egawa
Shin'ichi Maki (voice)
Hochu Otsuka
Akira Sendo (voice)
Tomomichi Nishimura
Anzai (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Yohei Mito (voice) / Kiyota Nobunaga (voice)
Yukimasa Kishino
Jun Uozumi (voice)
Kozo Shioya
Nozomi Takamiya (voice)
Yûji Mikimoto
Chuichirou Noma (voice)
Nobutoshi Canna
Yuuji Ookusu (voice)
Hiromi Nishikawa
Matsui (voice)
Machiko Toyoshima
Fujii (voice)
Crew