What is the best Takehiko Inoue manga?

From courtside adrenaline to meditative samurai philosophy, his work veers between roaring energy and quiet introspection. Where do you stand?

1. 1
   Slam Dunk

   Inoue's beloved basketball manga about delinquent Hanamichi Sakuragi, one of the best-selling manga ever at over 170 million copies.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Baby Face

   Inoue's 1991 one-shot published on Christmas Eve, a short romance about a boy torn between taking a chance on love and his line of work.
   467pts
3. 3
   Chameleon Jail

   Inoue's first serialized manga, a 1989 action series he illustrated from a story by Kazuhiko Watanabe about a fixer known as a Risk Hunter.
   382pts
4. 4
   Real

   Inoue's mature drama about wheelchair basketball and the lives reshaped by disability.
   280pts
5. 5
   Vagabond

   Inoue's painterly jidaigeki epic adapting the life of legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi.
   280pts
6. 6
   Buzzer Beater

   Inoue's sci-fi basketball series about an Earth team competing in an intergalactic league.
   0pts
7. 7
   Pierce

   Inoue's 1998 one-shot, published between Buzzer Beater and Vagabond, a quiet seaside love story later reprinted in the THE FIRST SLAM DUNK re:SOURCE book.

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