I think we mentioned that Akagi Takenori was abandoned by Karasawa Kazuo because Xiangbei was not a one-man team in Akagi Takenori, and Akagi didn't have the potential that Karasawa Kazuo liked before. This should be elaborated in the following plot.

First, reread the last sentence in the last volume of the comic, saying that Akagi Takenori is a small partner who voluntarily gave up the number of walks in Shenze Sport University. Haruko's original words are "My brother was not recommended to Shenze Sport University in the end, so I chose to return to my first choice and take the entrance exam"! Akagi Takenori is not car-scrapping enough to have the backbone to go or not! Of course, the rookie said this first not to help his friends remember the plot, but to tell everyone that the reason why Shenze Sport University gave up Akagi Takenori was not explained in the cartoon.

Then someone said: Karasawa Kazuo made it clear that even if Xiangbei lost the game, Akagi Takenori would be settled, so the reason for giving up Akagi Takenori was not that Xiangbei failed to reach the quarter-finals, but that Masashi Kawata was definitely better!

So, second, in fact, Kawada Taniga is in Akagi Takenori, which Karasawa Kazuo knew before the game. In fact, Akagi Takenori did well in the first half of the game against Shanwang Industry. Karasawa Kazuo said that even if Xiangbei lost the game, the timing of choosing Akagi Takenori was also very important. At the beginning of the second half, Xiangbei was hit by Shan Wang's full-court press defense 16-0. Xiangbei finally cracked Shanwang's defensive tactics, and Masashi Kawata successively gave Rukawa Kaede and Hanamichi Sakuragi two big hats on the defensive end. At this time, all the audience thought that Xiangbei was doomed, and even the old people of Peng Ming Industry were ready to leave with Sen Fatty. So Karasawa Kazuo also thinks that the ending is settled.

However, Karasawa Kazuo has another sentence: "The key question at present is, how will he perform in the face of such a powerful opponent as Hetian?" You know, Masashi Kawata's drama of blasting Akagi Takenori hasn't started yet, so we know that Masashi Kawata is stronger, but we insist on Akagi Takenori. Besides taking a fancy to Akagi Takenori's potential, what are the reasons? The person who is most likely to mislead the audience here is Sugiyama Shota. He has judged Masashi Kawata's real strength only by Masashi Kawata's defense and his poor performance in the first half, and later he beat Akagi Takenori to doubt life, which has become a complete verification.

The above is just a personal opinion.