The Red-Haired God of Basketball: From Shohoku to the NBA

This is a passionate story of basketball dreams intertwined with the flow of time.

Zhou Ge, a modern basketball fan, accidentally transmigrates to the 1990s and becomes the red-haired, hot-tempered Hanamichi Sakuragi of Shohoku High. He must contend with the danger of his body rejecting him while blending modern basketball concepts into the era without changing the original story's overall direction.

From beginner to prefectural champion, from national powerhouse to challenger of an NCAA prep team, Zhou Ge leads Shohoku in creating a basketball legend of their own. He uses a euro step to get past Rukawa's defense, brings out Akagi's potential with pick-and-rolls, and defeats Sannoh with a small-ball lineup, ushering Japanese high school basketball into the modern era ahead of its time.

And all this is only the beginning of his journey to the NBA. Along the road to his dream, he will face legends like Kobe and Duncan, witness four decades of change in NBA techniques, and ultimately become a basketball god spanning two eras.

This is not only the coming-of-age story of a basketball prodigy, but also a youthful legend paying tribute to Slam Dunk and the NBA's golden age.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Please do not imitate.