Slam Dunk is a story of high school students all aspiring to be basketball stars except for one who blundered into it with another motive. Hanamichi Sakuragi who holds the record of being dumped by girls for the 50th time. And the last girl he was with left him for a basketball player. With that thought still boiling in his mind came an untimely question, "Do You Like Basketball?" by a beautiful girl. Before flaring up, Sakuragi saw in front of him his next love, Haruko Takenori. To win her heart he joined the school's basketball team. Convinced he is a born athlete/genius in sports he tried his best. However, things are not working out as it seems when Kaede Rukawa, the star player emerges. He is the idol of many girls including the Haruko. The team captain (nicked gori) who is also Haruko's brother insisted Sakuragi on the basics before going into the real thing as Sakuragi knows nothing of basketball (although his athletic abilty can not be denied). As he improves his game, the return of few players like Mitsui and Miyagi, their team, Shohoku High is bent on the championship. Thus starts a wonderful experience of basketball stories involving them and few other rivals." This series is 101 episodes long. Slam Dunk has the funniest characters, great music, incredible basketball action, and dozens of memorable characters. Please do not ignore this title just because it is chinese subs only. The art of Slam Dunk and characters reactions conveys the meaning, and no translation is needed. There are also translations on the internet that you can read before or after watching the episodes. When I say that I love anime over any other type of intertainment (Slam Dunk is the type of show that I am referring to)<br /><div class="postedby">Posted by Hanamichi</div>