Disclaimer : Slam Dunk is owned by Japanese Mangaka Takehiko Inoue
Author's notes : I discovered this manga few months ago and I love it. This fandom is abandoned in french, it's why I prefer post my fic here. It's my first attempt to write a fic in english so please forgive me for the countless mistakes. I hope nevertheless youi will appreciate my work. Please leave reviews, I expect your opinions. I have many other ideas, so if someone is willing to correct my fics, it would be great (contact me by MP).
Sakuragi Hanamichi was just like his hair: blazing with vitality and energy. He advanced in life by always giving his best and it was the same in everything he did. He loved and hated with equal passion, the same purity. It was man to never looking back. What good would it serve? The regret was what was worse as baggage. If he would feel it, he couldn't live normally. Better than indulging himself in a past marked by bad experiences, he had to learn of it and not repeat the same mistakes and not have regrets.
However, Hanamichi Sakuragi was not a man to recognize his mistakes easily. If a process of questioning him became too routine, he would become prey to doubt and remorse, prisoner of a past that he preferred not to remember and despite that, this past had left countless sequels, sources of pain and disgust of himself. It was his own fault that his father had died, just after having taken the live of his mother at birth.
Few people had understood that his big mouth, his way of self-proclaimed "Tensai," "King of Bounce" were his way of hiding his insecurity, lack of confidence and esteem in himself. It was exactly for these reasons that he hated Rukawa Kaede who perspired sufficiency, self-confidence, and not only because he was the man who owns Haruko's heart.
They were so opposed. : The kitsune was as quiet as he was noisy, as confident that he misesteemed himself, he was liked by girls despite his constant silence while he scared them without even uttering a word. In short, Rukawa Kaede was all he wanted to be, particularly as regards to their sportive performances.
The redhead would never forget how the movements of this kitsune during his nocturnal training, how the energy, the passion deployed had hypnotized him. Determined to hate his rival, he must remove his growing admiration for him by becoming better than him. It was not easy but the determination was one of the defining qualities of the redhead. However, the more he tried to catch up Rukawa, the more he realized his talent.
The most contradictory feelings invaded him: admiration and hatred, jealousy and pride in being on the same team as such player. The border between the positive and negative feelings towards the one who was nicknamed "the ace of Shohoku," became increasingly tenuous over time. The admiration seemed to overcome the hatred since their cooperation during the match against Sannoh or may be from their previous match in which, despite his injured eye, Rukawa had managed to dominate the opponent team.
The anger he had felt when he saw Minami intentionally injure Rukawa had surprised him but it showed the evolution of his feelings for the kitsune.
It would probably prefer to be tortured rather than admit it but then he realized that he had started basketball to please Haruko, he loved it thanks to Rukawa or strong opponent like Sendoh. He can show his strength and determination in these occasions.
Basketball was really become a passion and he shared it with Rukawa. Their match with Sannoh was a proof that if they cooperated, they would be the best team of Japan.
I kwow that is a short story! But like I said, I have other ideas. I want to deepen the analysis of the characters and their relationships.