Slam Dunk
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Genres
Comedy, School Life, Shounen, Drama, Sports
Summary
- Sakuragi is constantly rejected by girls he confesses to due to his scary looks and bad reputation
- He runs into Akagi, who asks if he likes basketball, and impresses her with his strength and jumps
- Akagi convinces him to join the basketball team and Sakuragi must succeed to capture Akagi’s heart
Description
Because of his intimidating looks and his reputation for being a hot-headed delinquent, Hanamichi Sakuragi has had his share of rejection from girls he confesses to. After his 50th rejection turns out to like a guy from the basketball team, Hanamichi swears hatred upon the sport and its members.
But soon, he runs into the beautiful Haruko Akagi, who sees his tall stature as something amazing rather than frightening, and asks if he likes basketball. Immediately smitten, he says yes and even tries impressing Haruko with a (failed) slam dunk! Haruko is nonetheless excited by his powerful jumps and strength, and convinces him to join the basketball team! But with Haruko’s older brother and the guy she already likes on the team, Hanamichi has his work cut out for him in both love and becoming great at the sport he once looked down on!
Authors
Characters
Takenori Akagi
main
Hisashi Mitsui
main
Ryota Miyagi
main
Kaede Rukawa
main
Hikoichi Aida
support
Yayoi Aida
support
Haruko Akagi
support
Mitsuyoshi Anzai
support
Tatsuhiko Aota
support
Ayako
support
Kicchou Fukuda
support
Norio Hotta
support
Toru Hanagata
support
Kenji Fujima
support
Ryoji Ikegami
support
Daijirou Itakura
support
Satoshi Ichinokura
support
Kazunari Fukatsu
support
Soichiro Jin
support
Mikio Kawata
support
Masashi Kawata
support
Kiminobu Kogure
support
Hiroaki Koshino
support
Shinichi Maki
support
Minoru Matsumoto
support
Nobunaga Kiyota
support
Toki Kuwata
support
Tsuyoshi Minami
support
Youhei Mito
support
Nakamura
support
Dai Moroboshi
support
Masahiro Nobe
support
Chuichirou Noma
support
Yuji Ohkusu
support
Eiji Sawakita
support
Akira Sendou
support
Riki Takatou
support
Moichi Taoka
support
Atsushi Tsuchiya
support
Nozomi Takamiya
support
Tomoyuki Uekusa
support
Jun Uozumi
support
Yasuharu Yasuda
support
Other Facts
Published
Sep 18, 1990 to Jun 4, 1996
Serialization
Shounen Jump (Weekly)
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