# WebtoonLib — Slam Dunk #228

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

## Chapter
- number: 228
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
The brief hope ignited by Hisashi Mitsui's heroic three-pointer is immediately extinguished by the bizarre antics of Sannoh's ace, Eiji Sawakita. Displaying his famously goofy personality, Sawakita leaves the self-proclaimed "genius" Hanamichi Sakuragi utterly humiliated and bewildered. The comical exchange culminates in a memorable panel where a dejected Sakuragi, alongside his equally stunned teammates, is left hunched over, prompting fan comments about a "gathering of the hunchbacks" and comparisons to a gorilla.
- summary_source: graph_aggregator
- summary_verification: unverified

### Characters involved
- Hanamichi Sakuragi — character
- Eiji Sawakita — character
- Hisashi Mitsui — character

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
The brief hope ignited by Hisashi Mitsui's heroic three-pointer is immediately extinguished by the bizarre antics of Sannoh's ace, Eiji Sawakita.

### Spoiler summary
The brief hope ignited by Hisashi Mitsui's heroic three-pointer is immediately extinguished by the bizarre antics of Sannoh's ace, Eiji Sawakita. Displaying his famously goofy personality, Sawakita leaves the self-proclaimed "genius" Hanamichi Sakuragi utterly humiliated and bewildered. The comical exchange culminates in a memorable panel where a dejected Sakuragi, alongside his equally stunned teammates, is left hunched over, prompting fan comments about a "gathering of the hunchbacks" and comparisons to a gorilla.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Slam Dunk #228](/series/slam-dunk-9918c2/chapter-228)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/slam-dunk-9918c2

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