Slam Dunk: Shohoku's Ace Is on the Bench

1993, Xiangbei Sports Hall.

"There's a problem with Xiangbei's fast break," a substitute said.

The whole gym answered with laughter.

"You're the last one to finish running laps. What do you know about basketball?"

But a month later, after Xiangbei narrowly lost 86 to 87 in a practice match against Ryonan, no one laughed at him anymore.

Hanamichi Sakuragi called him the strategist.

Kaede Rukawa accepted his tactics without a word.

Takenori Akagi said Xiangbei needed him.

The coaches of Kanagawa began writing his name in their notebooks.

His name was Tsukasa Kitagawa. In his previous life, he had been a basketball data analyst, and his mind held the tactics of twenty years in the future.

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