Slam Dunk: I, Sakuragi, Will Play Point Guard at Ryonan!
In the year 2030, the basketball world is ruled by one name alone—the “D' Magician.”
A living legend.
An NBA Finals MVP.
The man who led the Brooklyn Nets to their first championship and rewrote modern basketball with impossible passes, court vision that bordered on prophecy, and a style so dazzling it earned him his mythic title.
At the peak of his career, when he had already conquered the world…
he disappeared.
Not injured.
Not retired.
Not dead.
He awakened in another body
another time
another world.
He opened his eyes and found himself back in the 1990s.
Back in Japan.
Back in the body of a red-haired delinquent hated by girls, feared by teachers, and completely obsessed with basketball
Sakuragi Hanamichi.
But this Sakuragi is no longer the reckless amateur who doesn’t know how to dribble.
Inside him lives the soul, experience, and tactical mind of a future NBA champion.
From playground courts to national arenas, from streetball chaos to organized warfare, he knows what the future of basketball will become.
He knows how the game will evolve.
He knows the tactics no one has invented yet.
He knows the names of the monsters who will rise.
And this time
He will reach the summit again.
But he won’t walk the same path.
Instead of Shohoku…
He chooses Ryonan High.
Yes—Ryonan.
The team that always stood in the shadows.
The team that never became kings.
He will rewrite their destiny.
Breaking every expectation, he takes the most impossible role of all...
Sakuragi Hanamichi, Point Guard.
The wildest body.
The sharpest mind.
The most explosive talent the era has ever seen.
This is not just a story about talent.
It is a story about:
A fallen king chasing his throne once more
A delinquent’s body learning the meaning of discipline
A team of “almost heroes” becoming legends
And a future champion reshaping the past
From street courts to inter-high battles,
from raw instinct to tactical mastery,
from laughter and chaos to blood, sweat, and victory
This is the rebirth of a basketball god.
In the 90s… the Magician will rise again.