#ryota

[ashitanozak]

宮城,  Miyagi

#takehiko inoue #manga #slam dunk #miyagi #ryota #スラムダンク

[jrrwindsaor]

ryo-chan.

#slam dunk #the first slam dunk #miyagi ryota #ryota #shohoku #宮城リョータ #スラムダンク

[summocrap]

#housamo #tokyo afterschool summoners #ryota #Shiro #Shennong #Tezcatlipoca #nyarlanthotep #Zabaniyya #Ahab #Typhon

[slamdunkchile]

#slam dunk #hanamichi #shohoku #ryota #mitsui #anime #rukawa #akagi #slamdunk

[kuro-ayameart]

🎶 'Cause we are, we are

The colors in the dark 🎶

#one ok rock #oor #10969 #taka #ryota #toru #tomoya #music #japanese music #my art #sd art #artists on tumblr #drawing #art #illustration #jrock

[slamdunkhcs]

Here’s some song playlists that i thinl the characters would either listen to or songs that jus remind me of them :). Most of these are based off my own music taste lol

slam dunk character playlists

ryota

Sorrows by Bryson Tiller

Whatever She Wants by Bryson Tiller

Dilemma by Nelly

Loveeeeeee Song by Rihanna ft. Future

Furthest Thing by Drake

Teenage Fever by Drake

P.S: He’d have an entire playlist of rnb love songs for him and Ayako LMFAOOOO

mitsui

Solo by Future

Ivy by Frank Ocean

The Resistance by Drake

Good Days by SZA

We All Try by Frank Ocean

Carnival by Kanye

Ball w/o you by 21 Savage

Nice For What by Drake

I feel like Mitsui’s music is either overplayed tiktok hype music or sad rnb songs. NO IN BETWEENS

sendoh

Pyramids by Frank Ocean

Unforgettable by Swae Lee

As You Are by The Weeknd

Persian Rugs by Jacquees

West District by PARTYNEXTDOOR

Belong to the City by PARTYNEXTDOOR

You Are Here by Jhene Aiko

Sendoh has such a chill and relaxed demeanor so I associate him with relaxed songs like this. I think his music taste would be the kinds of songs you listen to while driving in the middle of the night

Part 2 maybe????? Depending on which characters u guys would want

#slam dunk #スラムダンク #headcanon #slam dunk anime #anime and manga #blog #hisashi mitsui #sendou #sendoh akira #akira sendoh #ryota miyagi #ryota #miyagi ryota #miyagi #takehiko inoue #inoue #character playlist #playlists #the weeknd #the first slam dunk #frank ocean

[xisuzux]

ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛ

#one ok rock #takahiro moriuchi #toru yamashita #tomoya kanki #ryota kohama #10969 #ooredit #oor #taka #toru #tomoya #ryota #my:edit

[pichikui]

Saw the Slam Dunk movie

#ryota #slam dunk #the first slam dunk #fanart

[teto-art]

Waiting for the Slam Dunk movie 😶

#slam dunk #hanamichi #Shohoku #sakuragi #rukawa #ryota #akagi #mitsui #basketball #spokon #manga #anime

[wwapich]

dropping some fav OOR art I drew in these past few months here

#one ok rock #taka #toru #tomoya #ryota #oor #I've said it before and I'll say it again #go check this band out give them a chance #they're so good especially in live performances #ryota kohama #tomoya kanki #takahiro moriuchi #toru yamashita #himura kenshin #rurouni kenshin #takeru satoh #I want to keep the blog active but i have no time to draw lately #cries

[ashitanozak]

#inoue takehiko #manga #slam dunk #miyagi #ryota

[kairunatic]

Queen broke her back for this guild

#housamo #tokyo afterschool summoners #summosnap #Maria #Gabriel #Ryota #Arsalan

[summocrap]

#housamo #tokyo afterschool summoners #tsathoggua #Behemoth #Ryota #Hakumen #Daikoku #hakumen #claude #otohime #volk veslav

[10969mfs-sinro]

One OK Rock dancing to Dynamite

#one ok rock #oor #jrock #taka moriuchi #ryota kohama #tomoya kanki #toru yamashita #taka #ryota #toru #tomoya #dynamite

[babyye]

#tokyo afterschool summoners #ryota #drawing #artists on tumblr #desenhista #fanart #my draws #small artist #tumblr draw #my art #digital art #digital drawing #digital painting #digital illustration #illustration #art #chubby #gay #lgbtq #rpg

[slamdunkhcs]

the solitude of ryota miyagi

While I consider Slam Dunk a perfect series, with amazing characterization, I believe that the weakest aspect of the story is the lack of backstories. While a backstory is not needed for every character, it would have added much more to the main characters and their development. The main team members of the series are already very well developed and they had plenty of development (especially throughout the Sannoh match). However, Ryota Miyagi, Shohoku’s point guard, seemed like a static character in comparison to his other teammates.

While he isn’t a badly written character by any means, we didn’t see much of his story throughout the manga. His main thing was being the short boy who had a crush on Ayako.

During his introduction arc, Miyagi was overshadowed by Mitsui, who had his whole backstory revealed in that arc. In comparison, all we knew about Miyagi was that he was a problem child who liked Ayako, and became friends with Sakuragi.

Throughout the rest of the series, we don’t truly see much of Ryota’s struggles, aside from his height leaving him at a disadvantage. This issue is shown throughout the Sannoh match. The readers are shown how Ryota is concerned about if he can even match up to Fukatsu, but we aren’t shown much of Ryota’s inner thoughts compared to Akagi’s thoughts of comparison.

More of Ryota’s story is revealed in a spin-off chapter that was released after Slam Dunk’s serialization, titled Piercing. We finally learn more details about Ryota’s life, such as how he had known Ayako since he was young and about his brother’s disappearance. This added some depth to Ryota and potentially explains why he’s a problem child, but it is still rather vague and left many questions unanswered.

However, over 20 years later, Ryota’s story was finally revisited. In The First Slam Dunk, Ryota is the main character and we finally learn about his background and even his inner thoughts.

What shocked me the most was learning just how passionate Ryota was about basketball. Aside from Sakuragi (who himself became serious about basketball towards the end of the series), I felt Ryota was the most casual about basketball. He had even explained to Sakuragi that he wasn’t sure he wanted to play basketball in highschool until he saw Ayako. However, it’s shown Ryota had played basketball since he was a child, and his older brother had taught him. And despite Ryota’s mother disliking basketball (due to it reminding her of her late son), Ryota continued to play it.

His family life which is hinted at in Piercing is fully revealed in the movie. Ryota’s brother is confirmed to be dead, and we truly see how much it affected Miyagi. While in the manga he doesn’t seem depressed or anything, we learn how it deeply affected him and led him to become a delinquent. He was even bawling in his cave hideout that he used to visit as a kid. And the fact he wrote to his mother that he wished he was the one who died instead speaks volumes.

Ryota had always come off as a very nonchalant person. While he did get pissed at times, he didn’t seem like he had serious issues. Ayako even states to him that he always looks like he’s fine. I think that this shows how strong Ryota was mentally, he always looked okay in front of his teammates and the average reader wouldn’t figure he had anything too serious going on,

As stated in a lyric by Taylor Swift, “No one sees when you lose when you’re playing solitaire”. Ryota seems to keep his problems to himself, similarly to Sakuragi. It seems like nobody in the team has any idea what happened, aside from maybe Yasu and Ayako. And Miyagi doesn’t act depressed either. However, I believe that his background reveals that Ryota tries to keep his feelings and struggles under control.

Something I think is notable is Ryota’s friendship with Sakuragi. It’s shown that they don’t get along, until they open up to each other one night regarding their bad luck in love. Their entire conversation that night wasn’t revealed (and I believe there is a possibility they could’ve talked about things outside of their love life), but it still shows that Sakuragi was the first one Ryota opened up to on the team. Additionally, Ryota was the first one on the team that Sakuragi confided in about any struggles he was facing. As a result, I believe that this was why they were able to become friends so easily.

While Miyagi is already a stand out character in Shohoku, the additional information regarding his background makes him an even better written character.

#slam dunk #スラムダンク #sakuragi hanamichi #hanamichi #ryota miyagi #miyagi ryota #ryota #character essay #slam dunk manga #anime and manga #slam dunk anime #headcanon #hcs #blog #character analysis