Are there differences between the anime show and the manga?
Yes, the anime show ended when team Shohoku was ready to leave for the IH games, while the manga continued and showed how Shohoku played the first two games of the IH tournament. So if you haven’t read the manga, you probably don’t know how the story ended. Just like every other anime show, it has some differences. The main differences are: in the anime Mitsui had to face his former gangster fellows again in the streets. He swore not to fight anymore and although those guys beat him up he kept that promise; at last Sakuragi and his friends arrived to help. After the district finals there was a female reporter Kawai Mari from the news group of Shohoku who wanted to interview Akagi and especially Rukawa, who of course turned her down. After she saw Rukawa playing, she fell in love with him. *sigh* And right before Shohoku left for the IH games, they had a friendly match vs a pretty good team of Ryonan & Shoyo players.
