As Sakuragi spends more time learning about basketball, however, not only does he start to genuinely love the game, but he and everyone else start to realize that his talk of being a genius might have some truth to it, after all.
Takehiko Inoue’s Slam Dunk stars Hanamichi Sakuragi, a delinquent high schooler who joins his school's basketball team to impress a girl he likes. As Sakuragi spends more time learning about basketball, however, not only does he start to genuinely love the game, but he and everyone else start to realize that his talk of being a genius might have some truth to it, after all.