
As his first day of school ends, he is left with two strong thoughts: “I hate basketball” and “I need a girlfriend.” However, his reputation for delinquency and destructiveness precedes him, and most of his fellow students subsequently avoid him like the plague. Hanamichi Sakuragi, a tall, boisterous teenager with flame-red hair and physical strength beyond his years, is eager to put an end to his rejection streak of 50 and finally score a girlfriend as he begins his first year of Shohoku High.
