Akagi- Carrying the weight of 2 years of failure due to bad luck and average teammates Mitsui- Regretting everything that he's done in past 2 years,feels bad about all the time he wasted playing delinquent Kogure- Trying his best to help his best friend fulfill his lifelong dream Miyagi- Proving to everyone that he is Kanagawa's number 1 point guard Rukawa- Wanting to prove everyone,himself included,that he is Japan's best player, whose ready to play in the NBA Sakuragi- Now playing not to impress his love interest but because he loves basketball from the bottom of his heart,and same as Kogure,wants to help Akagi in achieving his dream
Guys just think about it. A slam dunk movie. One of if not the best sports stories/mangas ever coming back after like decades. Takehiko Inoue is literally never gonna stop drawing his mangas until he is gone.