Slam Dunk Chapter 276 Discussion

Damn, such a good ending, honestly... If Shohoku just won the tournament it would've been pretty bs if you think about it, the author did it flawlessly.

And I do think that he hinted a relationship between Haruko and Sakuragi  on that "I love it" scene and in those panels:

11/10 for this manga!!!

I think is one of the best  sports manga, becaue there are of all, action, love and smiles!!!

It´s a sad that end here, because Shohoku deserved win Kainan in the final, but the "money" world is the boss, and this end here, wonderfully, but a point of sad!!!



Hanamichi Sakuragi is a great character, how person (draw) and personality, very nice!!!

What a way to end a great story. I was actually surprised when I realised that it was getting close to the ending of the manga and they were still playing against Sannoh. I don't know why he decided to end the story where he did. There was definitely potential with other teams such as Meihou and the op first year, having a possible rematch with Kainan, and even seeing the abilities of Atsushi that were hinted at. The match against Sannoh however, was unpredictable. I thought that he was going to do a f*** you, and make Shohoku lose, but I'm pleased with the end result.



Also, I thought Mitsui was a third year? Did he not graduate or something? Lol.

Guys can we petition on the Slam Dunk Comeback? I badly want it. 😭 Do you guys have twitter? Follow me @chameeblossoms and let's discuss about Slam Dunk there.

live2win said:
Slam Dunk is a great manga. The artwork is just incredible, even if it's published from 1990-1996, 2 decades ago. It's so well illustrated it bested most of the modern sports manga I'd come across. Inoue also did a incredible job in heightening excitement, he uses 'silent' panels, panel with no narration/words to bring out tension. This is even for more so for the last few chapters of Sannoh vs Shohoku match.



I, for one, was not that keen of a sequence or a continuation. Like everyone else, I initially felt a little disappointed with regards to the build-up against the OP first-year student, Hiroshi Morishige, also dubbed as the future star Japan first witnessed from the national tournament. It's also interesting to note that Meihou is on the opposite site of the tournament bracket, hence, it's implied that they were first. Sannoh, Aiwa, Kainan ( came in 2nd ), Toyotama were on the same side with Shohoku. It's a pity because I think the eng scanlation available online didn't bother to translate the tournament bracket in the manga and also made a few noticeable error while translating from chinese to english. Still, they did a great job bringing this masterpiece to the western audience.



With regards to why Shohoku lost so badly to Aiwa during the 3rd round, the fact that they used up every single arsenal they had, topped with going over their limitations against Sannoh , they were spent mentally and physically. The match against Sannoh was just 1 day after their game with Run-and-Gun specialist Toyotama. We can also assume Shohoku play and lost the game with Aiwa the very next day, without Mitsui Hisashi and of course Sakuragi. Granted Aiwa wasn't not exactly the top-tier, but at the very least, they were still top 4 based on previous national tournament, the same as Kainan. Since Kainan got 2nd in this year tournament, it shows Aiwa either lost to them or fail to face them. This means that Shohoku stood a far better chance had they faced Aiwa with their full-strength, especially since Shohoku vs Kainan was a close affair and Sakuragi as well as Shohoku has improved leaps and bounds after the regional qualification.



The series ended on the highest possible note, the theme and motive wasn't to crown Shohoku champions. Instead, it was to show the readers that with unwavering belief, perseverance this team, a no-namer in the basketball scene, can take down the 3-time champions ( also rumoured to be the strongest squad assembled in Sannoh's 20 years history ). What's more remarkable was Shohoku was forced to play catch-up twice. It's gratifying for the readers because we always knew Shohoku has potential. This match is legendary in the history of manga.



It has been almost a decade since I finished reading this manga, I'll end the post with this video.







Enjoy.

So I actually was equally as disappointed about no confrontation with Morishige, but he actually doesn't win the finals. Meihou Tech loses Daiei Gakuen in the quarterfinals. That's just from the Slam Dunk wiki, but I'm sure if you dug you could find the original source for that.

love this series... i've laughed and cried reading this one... it was a great way to end the series... but still wishing for more :).. its one of my all-time favorite  

It was to be expected that something would go wrong considering the number of volumes vs potential games left. They really became the team of dreams and played at maximum potential, but it costed them too much. If it was only one game, they'd have won anyone. However, this way it became a forgotten myth, which while somewhat unsatisfactory is a good way to end the story without falling into a need to keep on one-upping itself. I think the two last games in terms of opponents were already growing to be less interesting than in the regional tournament. Like this it is eternal, yet imperfect. 9/10

What's with all the halfwits calling Aiwa a '2nd-rate' team? They were a top 4 team whose ace was said to be able to beat Sawakita.



Romance? This is a goddamn basketball comic, not a freaking romance. Way to completely miss the fucking point of the comic.



Anyway, the only problem I had with the ending was that the mangaka didn't even bother to tell us the results of the nationals. We didn't even get to see the final reactions of the spectators in the crowd... he showed us their reactions when they were losing but not when they won? Also those other tough-looking teams that were introduced and then completely forgotten about during the ending... no matter how you look at it the ending was rushed. It just kind of ended abruptly.



Whatever. I still think it was a satisfying ending.