Kuwata, Kobayashi, Nate, Amami, and Yuza all work on their strategies to take down Johnan and when the big tournament day arrives, everyone has one goal in mind--winning.
When Johnan must again face Tsukuba, the team that eliminated them in last year's finals, they are suddenly faced with injuries and absences, but Nate seems to be the only one who is really "on his game.".
When the big game against Nango Daitsukuba High School arrives, Johnan worries about his team when Sawamura's long-lost father returns and Nate takes an interest in girls.
At the national competition, the Johnan High School basketball team hopes to advance to play their arch-rivals from Tsukuba High School, but first they have to get past the tough team from Okinawa's Kyan Marine Industry High School.
A graphic novel in which Nate, Mizz, Masa, and Oz will have to pull off a miracle if they want to win a basketball game against their toughest opponent yet.
A graphic novel in which Scratch, a street basketball team made up of Nate Torres, a known quitter, bully Kyle Ozzman, and show-off Maso Kawamura, join the Mixx-hoops tournament and draw the toughest team in the neighborhood as their first opponent.
The Johnan High School varsity basketball team has beaten the odds and made it to the Japanese National Basketball Championships, but they soon learn that in order to win the big game, they must work together and trust one another.
Throughout school, Nate Torres has always been known as a quitter, but after he sinks his first basket in a back-alley half-court, Nate discovers a passion and a talent for basketball that inspires him to try harder so he can qualify for the school's team.
