# WebtoonLib — Slam Dunk #144

## Series
- title: Slam Dunk
- slug: slam-dunk-9918c2

## Chapter
- number: 144
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
With their national championship dreams on the line, Shohoku faces their ultimate rivals, Ryonan, in a do-or-die showdown. The match reignites fierce personal battles across the court, from the clash of titan centers Takenori Akagi and Jun Uozumi to the highly anticipated duel between stoic ace Kaede Rukawa and Ryonan's genius playmaker, Akira Sendoh. For Hanamichi Sakuragi, this is a desperate quest for redemption; haunted by his catastrophic, game-losing mistake against Kainan, he must prove his new jump shot can make him a hero, not a liability, all while his rival Nobunaga Kiyota heckles from the sidelines.
- summary_source: graph_aggregator
- summary_verification: unverified

### Characters involved
- Nobunaga Kiyota — character
- Hanamichi Sakuragi — character
- Akira Sendou — character
- Kaede Rukawa — character
- Jun Uozumi — character
- Takenori Akagi — character

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
With their national championship dreams on the line, Shohoku faces their ultimate rivals, Ryonan, in a do-or-die showdown.

### Spoiler summary
With their national championship dreams on the line, Shohoku faces their ultimate rivals, Ryonan, in a do-or-die showdown. The match reignites fierce personal battles across the court, from the clash of titan centers Takenori Akagi and Jun Uozumi to the highly anticipated duel between stoic ace Kaede Rukawa and Ryonan's genius playmaker, Akira Sendoh. For Hanamichi Sakuragi, this is a desperate quest for redemption; haunted by his catastrophic, game-losing mistake against Kainan, he must prove his new jump shot can make him a hero, not a liability, all while his rival Nobunaga Kiyota heckles from the sidelines.

## Status
- data_status: partial
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Slam Dunk #144](/series/slam-dunk-9918c2/chapter-144)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/slam-dunk-9918c2

## Usage
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