A very good read. For anyone who is hesitating to read this because of the old publish year or that the manga might have excessive stupid drama.....just read it because it hardly has any of that. The art is amazing and even though it doesn't start strong for me, after 15-ish chapters or so, slam dunk will get interesting. Also, it will be no drama or 'slice of life' feels to it after that because it will be ball and ball only. My high school years were full of basketball memories and reading this has awakened many of those memories. The art of rebounding, striving to get the ball high up in the air, is pretty emotional. If you play ball you might cry from seeing these rebound moments portraited in this manga. 10/10 for me. Cheers.