It happens during Shohoku's 4th Round Qualifying game against Tsukubu High. Zenkoku Seiha da! Sakuragi Hanamichi, released on July 9, 1994, is the second film from the series. Before the game, Sakuragi runs into Yoko Shimura, the girl who rejects him in the very first scene of the series, and Oda, the basketball player she rejected him for. Set after Shohoku's practice game against Ryonan, the film focuses on a practice game against Takezono High. The first film, simply titled Slam Dunk, premiered on March 12, 1994. This was mirrored in the character of Hanamichi Sakuragi, who starts playing basketball to be popular with the girl he likes, to later become truly fond of the game. His experiences with basketball also influenced the story from Slam Dunk: as a youth Inoue started playing basketball to be popular with the girls, but later became interested with the sport in and of itself. He also added that the artwork for the manga was very typical and mangalike in comparison to his newer works such as Real. However, when asked about the response from readers to basketball, Inoue commented that although Slam Dunk is technically a basketball manga, its story could have been done with other sports such as football. Thinking that his success as a manga artist being largely due to basketball, Inoue organized a Slam Dunk Scholarship for Japanese students as he wanted to give back to the sport by increasing its popularity in Japan.

With the series, Inoue wants the readers to feel achievements as well as love for the sport.

Together, these misfits gain publicity and the once little-known Shohoku basketball team becomes an all-star contender in Japan. Not long after, Hisashi Mitsui, a skilled three-point shooter and ex-junior high school MVP, and Ryota Miyagi, a short but fast point guard, both rejoin the team and together these four struggle to fulfill team captain Takenori Akagi's dream of winning the national championship. Kaede Rukawa - Sakuragi's bitter rival (both in basketball and because Haruko has a massive crush, albeit one-sided, on Rukawa), the star rookie and a 'girl magnet' - joins the team at the same time. Later on, Sakuragi realizes that he has come to actually love the sport, despite having previously played primarily because of his crush on Haruko. Sakuragi, despite his extreme immaturity and fiery temper, proves to be a natural athlete and joins the team, mainly in the hopes of impressing and getting closer to Haruko. Sakuragi is reluctant to join the team at first, as he has no prior experience in sports and thinks that basketball is a game for losers because his fiftieth rejection was in favor of a basketball player. Haruko, recognizing Sakuragi's athleticism, introduces him to the Shohoku basketball team.

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