
But then he started playing for victory itself, forgetting why. Akashi strove for victory in order to keep his team together and in his weakness he created his other self. Just as Rakuzan's coach is about to sub Akashi out, Mayuzumi chastises Akashi, asking rhetorically "Who are you?", which triggers an internal dialogue with his other self. Rakuzan calls a time out with 5 minutes left in the game, and the score 92-90. A voice inside Akashi starts telling him to give-up.

Akashi misses a goal, and has fallen out of the Zone.
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One last time, Akashi attempts to intercept Kagami's dunk, but Kagami, with his teammates supporting him, manages to crack open the "door" within the zone and scores. Although stunned, Akashi catches up and attempts to stop Kagami, but is intercepted again by Kuroko. By watching and predicting Kagami's movement, Kuroko becomes Kagami's "eye" and is able to intercept Akashi. Kuroko suggests they give up relying solely on Kagami for now, and offers to take some of the burden. The real Aomine will reveal himself soon, so how will Seirin cope with the Aomine even more stronger than they have faced in the first half?įaced by Akashi's huge zone of defence, Kagami despairs, having reached the bottom of the zone, but seeing no way to open the "door". 4th quarter starts, and Seirin starts off with Hyuga combining his Barrier Jumper and Kuroko's Misdirection Overflow to avoid Sakurai's quick defense and scores a 3-pointer, putting the difference back to 8. Before timeout expires, Aomine did not pay attention as the rest of the players return to the court. However, Imayoshi scores a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to put Touou's lead to 11, ending the 3rd quarter. The revelation of Misdirection Overflow has pulled Seirin to within single digit difference.

Hyuga also managed to bypass Sakurai with a Vanishing Drive too, and scored. However, this actually leads to a trap set by Kuroko, when Izuki goes past Imayoshi with a Vanishing Drive, something the crowd thought only Kuroko can pull off, and scores. All 5 Touou players are now able to see Kuroko.

Aomine goes past Kagami and makes a 360 spin dunk at the same time. Imayoshi is able to immobilise Kuroko, and Sakurai manages to stop Hyuga's Barrier Jumper, both actions being instructed by Momoi.
