Yohei Mito manually sprinkles flowers.
Chuichiro Noma held the small firework and pulled hard on the launcher.
Oonan Yuji was blowing a trumpet and waving a fan vigorously in the air.
Takamiya Nozomi held a banner that read, “Congratulations to Sakuragi Hanamichi for achieving the historical record of confessing to 50 female classmates and being rejected by them all.”
All four of them grinned and laughed heartily.
I can't help it, I'm just too happy, I can't control my joy, I just can't hold it in!
The unwavering bond between brothers is nothing more than this!
When you're at your most awkward and embarrassed, a group of good buddies will tell you with laughter that they're really happy!
The person standing opposite the four is Sakuragi Hanamichi!
Sakuragi Hanamichi has a full head of red hair, is 188cm tall, graduated from Wako Junior High School, and is a fearsome delinquent in everyone's eyes!
Rumor has it that he can take down 10 people by himself!
At this moment, Sakuragi Hanamichi showed neither anger nor frustration in the face of the cheers of his four best buddies.
He merely frowned, then silently turned and left.
"Huh? What's going on? I feel like Hanamichi is acting really strange today."
"Yeah, I remember last time he got rejected by a girl, he beat up all four of us!"
"Yeah, yeah, he loves to bang his steel head against our heads, and every time he does it we get a big bump!"
As he spoke, Takamiya Nozomi unconsciously touched his forehead.
To get headbutted by a monster like Sakuragi Hanamichi, that feeling is... well, it's incredibly satisfying!
Yohei Mito, the key figure among the four, was calm and collected, and even he found it strange. The reason he and his brothers had pulled this stunt today was simply to help Sakuragi Hanamichi get over the rejection as soon as possible. Even if they were beaten up by Sakuragi Hanamichi again like before, it didn't matter; that's what brothers should do.
Moreover, Yohei Mito was well aware of one thing: although Sakuragi Hanamichi appeared fierce, powerful, and rugged on the surface, he was actually somewhat introverted. In particular, after being rejected by a girl, he would fall into a very low mood, become irritable, lose hope in life, and no longer be able to appreciate the beautiful people and things around him.
If his brothers don't lend him a hand, Sakuragi Hanamichi is going to crush everyone around him!
Once, the girl rejected him, saying, "I'm sorry, Sakuragi Hanamichi, I like boys who can sing and dance."
Then, Sakuragi Hanamichi went berserk and began attacking indiscriminately.
One classmate asked another, "What are we having for lunch?"
But to Sakuragi Hanamichi's ears, those words meant: "Singing and dancing at noon?"
The student was unconscious for the entire morning.
A classmate said, "You'd better lose some weight, otherwise no girl will like you."
Sakuragi Hanamichi: "You'd better go sing and dance?"
This student is requesting a week's leave.
A student said, "I watched a movie called Galactica yesterday, it was super good."
Sakuragi Hanamichi: "You watched a singing and dancing performance yesterday?"
This student is immediately admitted to the ICU.
This Sakuragi Hanamichi is absolutely terrifying!
Yohei Mito was worried that Hanamichi Sakuragi would turn out like this again, so he brought his brothers today to use a special method to comfort Hanamichi Sakuragi.
Unexpectedly, Sakuragi Hanamichi didn't react at all.
He didn't even seem to sense the slightest bit of sadness or distress emanating from Sakuragi Hanamichi.
What's going on?
This isn't the Sakuragi Hanamichi I know!
...
Sakuragi Hanamichi, who had already walked quite a distance, suddenly looked around and found no one nearby. Then he focused his gaze on a large tree.
Then he looked down at his clenched right fist.
boom!
He slammed his right fist into the tree.
In an instant, the thick tree shook violently a few times.
The tree trunk still bears a clear mark where the fist struck it.
Sakuragi Hanamichi looked down at his fist, which was scraped and even had blood seeping out.
It only hurts a little bit, not particularly painful.
"Holy crap! This isn't a dream, I really did transmigrate into Sakuragi Hanamichi's body! Ahahaha, this is awesome!"
Feeling the terrifying physical abilities of Sakuragi Hanamichi, he was overjoyed!
He came from another world and was in his thirties, having accomplished nothing, possessed no land, and achieved nothing.
That day after get off work, he dragged his tired body and didn't want to go home.
So he just wandered around the streets, like a silly fool who had lost his soul.
As he walked, he came to a basketball court where a dozen or so students were playing basketball; it was the air of youth.
Full of energy, passion, and fighting spirit, daring to dream and speak out to challenge the world—that's youth!
Looking at the young men on the court, he was lost in thought, as if he saw himself in his student days, when he was full of vigor and in his prime, unafraid even if the whole world was against him.
Back then, he became obsessed with basketball because of an anime called "Slam Dunk".
His favorite character is Sakuragi Hanamichi.
A group of thugs surrounded Sakuragi Hanamichi, but Sakuragi Hanamichi single-handedly took them all down!
Playing basketball?
All the backboards belong to Sakuragi Hanamichi!
Is it a test of physical strength? Endurance? Fighting spirit?
Who dares to challenge the genius Sakuragi Hanamichi?!
So brave! So manly! So exhilarating!
It can be said that Sakuragi Hanamichi gave him boundless spiritual strength at that time.
Strangely, looking at the boys on the field and recalling the past did not reignite his fighting spirit; instead, his exhausted body could not hold on any longer.
He fell to the ground, his ears ringing, as if he couldn't hear any sound from the world.
He lay flat on the ground, struggling to open his eyes to see the blue sky one last time, thinking that if he could relive his youth, he would never let himself live such a miserable life.
How he wished he were still the boy who chased his dreams years ago!
No wonder people say, "May you leave home for half your life and return still a youth."
At first hearing, one doesn't understand the meaning of the song; upon hearing it again, one is already a person in distress!
But now, fate has given him another chance, allowing him to transmigrate into Sakuragi Hanamichi's body!
"Sakuragi Hanamichi! My youth! Here I come!"
"The backboard is mine!"
"Haruko Akagi is mine!"
"I want to have a huge group of good brothers!"
"I'm a genius!"
"Coach, I want to play basketball!"
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