Slam Dunk is not just a favorite of mine. It's my childhood sport. I only saw a few episodes of it on TV when I was six years old because nothing more had aired, but I ed it through everything I watched for years. Years later when I watched it again myself and grew up, I realized why. It was perfect and it still is.
In this story of Hanamichi Sakuragi, even though I didn't love him like a log, the fact that he ed the basketball team for only one woman drew me in beautifully. Because we could watch him for several weeks before he even picked up a basketball. His adventure that started with ignorance would turn into beauty. He was already on my death list, but I understood what he was, why he was like that. I kicked myself for not watching it at an earlier age and I said: 'Slam Dunk... I'll never forget it,' because it wasn't just a hoop and a basketball for me.