I like Rukawa but something I don't get is why he sometimes suddenly disappears only to comeback with a huge performance. Like just the few chapters beforehand that focused on sakuragi where he can't score... where was Rukawa ? He didn't appear or say anything nor interfere but then he comes back in one chapter and flips the game on its head. He sometimes feel like a plot device to me because with his performance he should have scored big since the beginning not when he gets tired half way through.
