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moteamasu kodou ni
tsukinukete'ku BAD NEWS
midarenai machi no kokyuu
mune no naka no koukishin dake ga sawagidasu
zettai ni daremo ayatsurenai
yume wo daite ashita wo tataku
toki no nagare hamidashite
kaze wo kanji ikite-itai
Set me free towa no nemuri e to
tadoritsuku ni wa mada haya-sugite
shakunetsu iro no manazashi de
BOROBORO ni naru made kakenukete yaru
[The Shohoku Basketball team is training hard to prepare for the Inter High Tournament.]
[On their way to see the one known as the Star of Aichi, Moroboshi Dai of Aiwa High.]
[They witness Meiho's surprisingly powerful freshman.]
[Morishige Hiroshi's glamorous victory has triggered the fighting spirit of Hanamichi.]
[In the meantime, Hanamichi's life long rival Rukawa...]
[was talking to Coach Anzai about his hope to visit and study in America]
Slam Dunk # 88 The Country of Basketball, America
For now, you have to first become the number one player in Japan.
America won't be far after that.
-NAGOYA-
Look, it's a shrimp, a shrimp!
That's not a shrimp, stupid!
It's called a Shachihoko!
Shachihoko?
Well, can you eat it?
Eat?
Speaking of which, I'm hungry....
Let's go eat, eat!
You probably don't even have a thousand yen!
Oh, now that we're in Nagoya...
Kishimen noodles!
Ah, over there!
Listen, red-head monkey!
-OSAKA-
[While Hanamichi and Maki were going to gym in Aichi,]
SHINOSAKA STATION
[one man has just arrived in Osaka.]
[His name is...]
[Hikoichi]
I must check it! Check!
Hikoichi-kun, are you well?
I'm still playing basketball in a new school called Toyotama High.
He seems well.
He's going to Toyotama High.
It's a good school.
It seems we can go to the Inter High this year.
If you can, please come and see our play.
Ookawa Teruo.
I'm here to watch the game, Teruo.
But...
PS. I'm the only freshman in the regular member team.
There's something strange about that...
He's shorter than me, and was my student.
PS to PS. Do you think Ryonan can go to the tournament?
I look forward in seeing you in the Inter High.
Don't say it! It reminds me again of our defeat!
We were so close...
Go!
We've made it!
We've done it!
To the National tournament!
We could have won the games with Kainan and Shohoku.
The game with Shohoku was the last one for the third years.
I thought Uozumi-san would at least stay until winter,
but he had to leave and start learning how to be a chef under his dad.
We miss them and must work harder now.
But our new team can start a lot earlier than others.
Wait and see.
Ryonan's time will come!
I'll make it come soon!
-Osaka's Preliminary Gym-
Hikoichi!
Hikoichi, it is you, isn't it? You came to see me, Hikoichi!
Wait a minute!
Are you Teruo?
How tall are you now?
181 cm
181 cm?!
Ah, I see...
We haven't seen each other since I changed school two years ago.
You only remember me when I was short.
You?
I grew very fast since then,
like about 20 cm.
You haven't grown much taller Hikoichi.
Shut up! I have!
About 2 cm taller!
Teruo... you grew taller in height but your attitude has gotten bigger too, hasn't it?
You used to call me boss and followed me everywhere.
The one who taught you how to play basketball was me!
That was a story when we were children.
That's true.
That was all in the past...
and now is the present.
Huh?
Tell me... is Ryonan going to the Inter High?
No, we won't.
Ryonan?
You mean Ryonan High of Kanagawa?
Kishimoto-san.
Kishimoto-san is our ace.
He taught me how to play basketball.
The true game plays of basketball.
Damn...
Sendoh-kun is in your team, isn't he?
Huh? How do you know him?
This article is written about him.
In Kanagawa prefecture
"Ryonan's genius basketball player, Sendoh, has graceful and deadly plays."
A genius, it says!
My sister's column.
I never knew anyone could be called a genius basketball player in Japan...
And a high school player.
I really want to meet him in the Inter High Tournament...
and completely beat the hell out of him.
Well....
Shall I go now...
He told me they can't come to the Inter High Tournament.
It's just a case of harsh reality...
They write excessively about some players.
That's really annoying me.
Let me tell you one thing.
Huh?
You'll never even be good enough to lick Sendoh's boots!
Dumbass!
What did you say?
You don't know what are you talking about, you idiot.
Why is he so angry?
Stupid, Toyotama High!
I won't forgive you!
I'll check! I'll make a through check on your team!
Then I'll give both Kainan and Shohoku the data I got!
Let me see.
The ace, Kishimoto has the worst personality..
[However, Toyotama was not the number one team in the Osaka area.]
Get back! Get back quick!
Woah! Nice pass!
Good shot!
The difference is higher!
10 pts!
Damn you!
Why didn't you challenge me, Tsuchiya?
Kishimoto was completely made a fool by number 4!
Serves him right!
Teruo is just another bench warmer.
Damn!... Fight, Kishimoto-san!
Daiei High, with number 4 as the heart it's a powerful team.
He's a leader who keeps his cool and his allies in mind.
He seems like Sendoh-san’s type of a player.
Yeah! He made it!
It's Daiei High that I must check!
Number 4, Tsuchiya Atsushi. Checked!
I'm glad I came.
They may become a target for the Ryonan's new team.
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It's great to pull off basketball techniques one after the other like Hanamichi.
America?
I am against it.
Why?
I'll drive you to the station.
When sensei was a coach at a college...
a player went to America to study basketball.
It was about ten years ago.
Yazawa-kun was a freshman, 2 m high...
and had a very good sense of the sport.
Everybody believed he would be a wonderful player.
Rukawa-kun, have you ever heard of the name "white-haired devil"?
You mean sensei's nick name?
Yes.
[A long time ago, Anzai was called the white-haired devil.]
He was one of the best trainers in all the college in the country.
Pass! Pass!
Yazawa!
He has something to say again.
I really hate this.
This silence is unnerving.
Yazawa.
Yes, sir!
You're not misunderstanding something, are you?
Just like talking to a Yakuza.
The team doesn't exist for you alone.
You exist for the team.
Do you understand that? Or don't you?
Uhh... Yes, I understand, sir!
Good! Give me 20 dashes as a penalty.
Did you hear me or not?
Yes, sir! I heard you.
Damn. Why should I do this?
He is like a sergeant training freshmen in the army.
He never teaches me techniques to improve.
This team is no good for me!
I want to play more freely.
Otherwise, there's no way for me improve myself.
Coach is very strict especially towards Yazawa.
It's because he wants more from Yazawa.
He knows Yazawa become much better.
He is planning to give Yazawa a full basic training in the meantime.
Without the basic trainings, there's no way for any talent to improve itself.
Do you want another 10?
I'll quit!
They don't have the type of basketball game that I want to play here.
I'll go to America!
I've always been dreaming of playing basketball in America.
Isn't it time for me to try it there?
America...
It's fine if I don't make an impression right away.
But within a year or two...
If I study there, I'll be able to become a good player...
Then the white-haired devil should be surprised at me!
I have full confidence in myself.
So I must test my talent in America!
The time has come!
But, Yazawa is pretty cruel.
Just when we thought he stopped coming to school,
it seems he transferred to America.
Coach seems a lot less energetic since then.
He seems to be thinking all the time.
He had high hopes for Yazawa. It must be hard on him.
He always asks me about Yazawa, because I was his friend.
Are you keeping in touch with him?
Does he write letters to you?
Who is he relying upon?
Did he have any contacts there?
He used to write to me often.
But, none lately.
[About year later, a video cassette was sent from him.]
[A basketball game was recorded on it.]
Yazawa should be playing in this game.
Hey look! That's Yazawa!
Eh... That one?
He got a moustache.
He seems to be doing well.
He's the only Japanese in it.
Yes, he's doing good.
It's as if he hasn't improved at all.
Is there anyone even giving Yazawa basic training?
What about his English?
He doesn't seem to be communicating with other players at all.
It's not even a team.
Everyone is playing by themselves.
There's no team work.
What is the coach doing to them?
This is not good for Yazawa at all.
Tell me where I can contact him.
Well lately, I tried to contact him but failed.
He may have moved or something.
I see..
Come back, Yazawa!
I was planning to make you the best player in Japan as my last work.
You're still young and ready to change for better of worse!
[Being taller than 2 meters was a rarity in Japan.]
[He was surrounded by countless players taller and faster than him.]
[Furthermore, he never really did receive proper basic training, he only depend on his talent.]
[the improvements which he thought he could achieve did not go as well as he had aimed for.]
Any word from Yazawa, lately?
Yazawa?
No, none since then...
I see...
I contacted his college.
They told me he doesn't even show up for the basketball team anymore.
Eh?
What's wrong with you, Yazawa?
[Anzai tried very hard to make contact with Yazawa...]
[but was unsuccessful.]
[Yazawa's classmates were about to graduate from college.]
[The same morning Yazawa left for America five years ago.]
Anzai-sensei.
I found this in his apartment.
It's dated four years ago.
A letter?
Apparently, he didn't mail it.
Anzai-sensei, I often think back to your words nowadays.
"The team doesn't exist for you alone. You exist for the team."
Nobody passes the ball to me here.
I owe you and the other members a lot and I can't go back now.
I'll try harder to improve myself to pay everyone back my debt.
The country of basketball, America.
Maybe I was thinking I could learn to jump higher just from breathing the air here.
In that year...
renowned university basketball coach Anzai left college basketball.
He could not realize his dream that he had for Yazawa.
He still can't end his life with basketball.
He thinks I'm the same as Yazawa-kun?
Rukawa-kun, what do you think of Sakuragi-kun?
Huh?
Well, sensei speaks happily and very highly of you two...
He says he has never seen so much talent in any other players.
He surely wants to see your improvement, I think.
Hey, Pops.
Are you scolding Rukawa? Please be hard on him.
Idiot.
Rukawa-kun...
I know exactly how you feel.
Huh?
Try to be best high School player for the time being.
I want you to teach me well, please.
Huh?
Eh?!
[Osaka is to be represented by Toyotama and Daiei High.]
[From Aichi, Meiho Kogyou and Aiwa Gakuin will go to the National tournament.]
[There are fifty nine teams that are ready...]
[The National tournament will be commencing in a month.]
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