SLAM DUNK

In high school I read first two mangas of the Japanese sports themed manga series, Slam Dunk, and remember laughing throughout the reading. It is about a basketball team from Shohoku high school. Hanamichi Sakuragi, a delinquent leader of a gang, although warm hearted and handsome, is very unpopular with girls because of his hot temper, immaturity and bossiness and has been rejected fifty times. In his first year at Shohoku, he falls in love with her dream girl Haruko Akagi and is glad that Haruko is not scared away from him like the other girls. She introduces Hanamichi to the Shohoku basketball team after seeing his athletic talent. Hanamichi is reluctant to join the team at first, but joins in order to impress Haruko. Despite his absence of experience and background in playing basketball, with time he proves to be a natural athlete. Later on Hanamichi realizes his interest in basketball has become equal to his crush. Then there occurs a star of the school, “a girls’ magnet” and a bitter rival of Hanamichi both in sports and in love, Kaede Rukawa; and the adventure of both love triangle and basketball contests begin.

Slam Dunk was serialized in Japan from 1990-1960 and was also adapted into an anime series which had been broadcast worldwide. As of 2012, Slam Dunk has sold 120million copies in Japan alone, making it one of the best-selling mangas in history.

Source:

http://www.animeslamdunk.com/