While some series don’t make a lot of sense to re-release, most of them in fact, Japanese publishers do look for new ways to repackage some bigger works out there that are evergreen. One of them is Takehiko Inoue’s Slam Dunk series which has a new incarnation coming up that will be interesting to see unfold. The series originally ran for thirty-one volumes but starting on June 1st they’re going to be re-released over twenty volumes. The difference with this one is that they’re being “restructured” so that the volumes work through various arcs so you can read an entire game in a volume or set rather than it sprawling across as it did originally. The releases are being set to come out over a four month period with new covers by Inoue.
Plot concept: Hanamichi Sakuragi, an entering Shohoku high school freshman, holds a record for being rejected by 50 girls during middle school. His nearly 2 meters height and bright red hair cause most students to write him off as a delinquent.
One day, a girl named Haruko Akagi approaches Hanamichi without any fear. When she asks Hanamichi “do you like basketball?” Hanamichi falls head over heels for the girl of his dreams. Without missing a beat, Hanamichi tells her he loves basketball, and the two head to the gymnasium where Hanamichi learns about the slam dunk. He also learns of Rukawa, one of the country’s top basketball prospects, also a freshman at Shohoku.
[Source: Crunchyroll]
