be beary prebeared for this unbearable bear

As most of you know, Inoue Takehiko has another manga called REAL that features wheelchair basketball. He has a habit of dropping Slam Dunk Easter Eggs in REAL (eg. Kogure cameo on the bus) but here's a pretty interesting panel that concerns our favourite redhead-

The character is reading a basketball magazine and the page depicted is an ad for tryouts and it says ...明日の花道はキミだ！！("...you are the Hanamichi of tomorrow!!"), indicating that Sakuragi must've gone on to have a stellar career in basketball to be even mentioned in this way.

This is of course great news because it means Sakuragi made a proper recovery from his back injury :) I also kinda love that he's known as Hanamichi instead of Sakuragi. Probably became a fan favourite and at some point said (with a thumb jerk at his own face) "just call me Hanamichi!" I like the idea that he didn't let it all go to his head.

Source: this article that hyperanalyses who might have actually been the IH champion that year given that every single team that was depicted in the manga was eliminated as a possibility by Inoue.

how’s everyone doin tonight i just broke tumblr

roach

how’s everyone doin tonight i just broke tumblr

roach

how’s everyone doin tonight i just broke tumblr

roach

how’s everyone doin tonight i just broke tumblr

roach

how’s everyone doin tonight i just broke tumblr

roach

how’s everyone doin tonight i just broke tumblr

roach

how’s everyone doin tonight i just broke tumblr

roach

how’s everyone doin tonight i just broke tumblr

roach

how’s everyone doin tonight i just broke tumblr

roach

how’s everyone doin tonight i just broke tumblr

roach

how’s everyone doin tonight i just broke tumblr

roach

how’s everyone doin tonight i just broke tumblr

the-universe-at-large

roach:

how’s everyone doin tonight i just broke tumblr

YES YOU DID

high-saffron

the more you reblog this the more it breaks

the-universe-at-large

WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO

dangergays

💥Mamoru Takamura 👑💪👊🥊

🦅🐻BOOOMSHAKALAKA YESSS GAAAWDDD (ref)

He’s a little confused but he’s got the spirit