Returning from his injury, Furuya joins a game with the second string. Seeing Sawamura shine in the first string's game, Furuya mulls over the words Kataoka wrote in his journal. Meanwhile, in Yamanashi prefecture, Seido's rivals Yakushi, Ichidai Third High and Inashiro Industrial compete in intense games for the spring Kanto Tournament. Sawamura and his teammates watch intensely as their rivals become stronger.
Shinji Akamatsu's name rang out 
across the Kanto region that day.
تردّد اسم شينجي أكاماتسو في كلّ أنحاء
منطقة كانتو في ذلك اليوم
Shinji Akamatsu wurde nach diesem Spiel
in ganz Kanto berühmt.
Quel giorno, il nome di Akamatsu Shinji
risuonò nell'intera regione del Kanto.
Naquele dia, o nome Shinji
Akamatsu ressoou por Kanto.
Имя Синдзи Акамацу в тот день
 разнеслось по всему региону Канто.