# WebtoonLib — Slam Dunk #171

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

## Chapter
- number: 171
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
With the final ticket to the national tournament on the line, Shohoku faces a do-or-die showdown against their rivals, Ryonan. A humbled Hanamichi Sakuragi, his head shorn as an act of penance for his devastating error against Kainan, is desperate to redeem himself. Ryonan, however, fights with equal ferocity, determined to honor their recently retired captain, Jun Uozumi. This leaves their genius ace, Akira Sendou, to carry the immense weight of his team's dreams, a burden that elicits sympathy even from Shohoku's supporters in this brutal, high-stakes battle for survival.
- summary_source: graph_aggregator
- summary_verification: unverified

### Characters involved
- Akira Sendou — character
- Jun Uozumi — character
- Hanamichi Sakuragi — character

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
With the final ticket to the national tournament on the line, Shohoku faces a do-or-die showdown against their rivals, Ryonan.

### Spoiler summary
With the final ticket to the national tournament on the line, Shohoku faces a do-or-die showdown against their rivals, Ryonan. A humbled Hanamichi Sakuragi, his head shorn as an act of penance for his devastating error against Kainan, is desperate to redeem himself. Ryonan, however, fights with equal ferocity, determined to honor their recently retired captain, Jun Uozumi. This leaves their genius ace, Akira Sendou, to carry the immense weight of his team's dreams, a burden that elicits sympathy even from Shohoku's supporters in this brutal, high-stakes battle for survival.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Slam Dunk #171](/series/slam-dunk-9918c2/chapter-171)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/slam-dunk-9918c2

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