More than nine months have passed since the national competition. With the support of coach Anzai, Sakuragi was able to successfully start his rehabilitation treatment. Although Sakuragi overextended himself during the Sanno match and suffered a serious waist injury, fortunately, with the support of Coach Anzai, he invited Japan's top experts who are good at treating athletes' muscle and bone injuries to design a special treatment plan for him...
Rukawa successfully joined the national youth basketball selection team after the national competition. During the nine months of Sakuragi's treatment, he continued to receive the devil's training from the basketball selection team...