Slam Dunk 🏀 Vol. 13 (Ch 108-116)

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Slam Dunk Tankobon edition Vol. 13 (Ch 108-116)

(Shinsouban edition/digital: Vol. 8 (Ch 99-115) and Vol. 9 (116-133);
Kanzenban edition: Vol. 10 (103-114) and Vol. 11 (115-125);
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Time to continue this game!!

Chapter 108

Without even starting reading, the chapter title alone is so awesome! I also love the cover art, with poor little Sakuragi on the bench haha

OOH, that behind the back
 crossover? dribble? by Rukawa was sIICKKKKK


Poor Kogure :rofl: he’s caught in the middle of Sakuragi’s rivalry lol
And then Rukawa immediately appearing after, ă€Œăƒ˜ă‚€ăƒ˜ă‚€ă€hahaha

This is like absolute torture for Sakuragi hahaha

OOOH A THREE POINTER

Ohh, what a cool line, to be able to have the confidence to keep shooting, knowing your captain is gonna be there to get the rebound :') ahhhh but then his foot, poor Akagi!! I don’t know how the rest of this match is gonna play out!! Maybe Sakuragi will be able to go back in? Or maybe someone else will get subbed in

Chapter 109

Daaang, poor Akagi, I respect his determination. And then I love Sakuragi awkwardly listening outside the door :joy:


But then it turned into a really sweet moment as they heard him shout ă€Œæ‰“ć€’æ”·ć—!!」and walk away

HAHAHA


THEY TOUCHED HANDS, time to amputate

Dang, Maki seems like an awesome dude, he respects the other team and doesn’t go easy on them. And the chapter ends with a great cut by Sakuragi!!

Chapter 110

Haha! The opposing team about to say “nice block!” as Rukawa turns it into “nice pass!” HA, love that
Even though I don’t think it’s realistic at all to say Sakuragi has the skill to fill the hole Akagi left, I love how he has the determination to try. Maybe seeing Akagi’s determination rubbed off on him!!

Sakuragi and Rukawa did a great job at blocking together! (even if not necessarily intended haha) Maybe this is development towards better teamwork between the two of them hmmm?

OH SHOOT, that was an insane back and forth!! Go Shouhoku for staying on top of blocking all their shots!! And oh my goodness! I assume that’s someone else calling Sakuragi the ă€Œă‚­ăƒłă‚°ă‚łăƒłă‚°ăƒ»ćŒŸă€? I wonder if that nickname will stick? It’s actually really cool, and goes along well with some already calling him the è”€ă„ă‚”ăƒ« or whatever it was haha

Chapter 111

Sakuragi is doing so well!! I love the flashbacks of him training with the captain! It shows he has been learning a lot of the fundamentals behind the scenes, and he isn’t just like randomly improving in games for no reason. I also like the coach noticing Sakuragi has grown up a little!!

Chapter 112

A fully shaded chapter!! Rukawa is showing off his skills and getting noticed more! Even if some are pointing out his flaw of being a bit selfish
Poor Sakuragi got sMASHED into the basketball pole haha, ouch
But daaang Rukawa is going off!!! I’m kind of worried and expecting it will catch up to him tho

Chapter 113

Ooh, it’s cool to see some of the kids from Rukawa’s middle school Tomigaoka! And their interactions/thoughts on him.

I love both #10s (Sakuragi and Kiyota) being equally annoyed with how much praise and recognition Rukawa is getting hahaha


I don’t know if it’s just me, but it seems like Mitsui HARDCORE flamed Rukawa like three times before complimenting him here :joy: I liked that, that was funne

I really like how well Rukawa is doing, and we’re actually getting some good plays and good story moments with him!! That’s definitely still been my biggest
 dissatisfaction(?) with Rukawa so far, is that I haven’t really gotten to see or know anything about him! So I like thissss, very cool. Everyone progressively losing their minds more and more is also really awesome and funny to watch hahaha

Chapter 114


Poor Sakuragi, getting hounded by so many dudes lol
I loved him going feral and just headbutting everyone as his way of defense HA, and then it turns out he was just imagining it :rofl: He held back so well

DAAAAAAANG, HE ACTUALLY PASSED IT TO RUKAWA?!?!?! I’m shocked bro. I know I’m always like “Sakuragi development, Sakuragi growth!!” but this is legit HUGE. And Rukawa slowly getting closer as he runs, with the ă€Œă©ă‚ă»ă€getting bigger each time as well hehehe

OOOOOOHHH THAT DUNK AGAINST MAKI WAS SO SICK!!! I reread/looked at those drawings like 5 times hahaha

Chapter 115

Hehehe, that’s funny, I like the chill put-together coach losing his cool when the scores are close

NAHHHHHHHHHH THAT STEAL FROM RUKAWA WAS FOULLLLL, THAT WAS SO CLEAN!!!

Daaaang, they actually made it to match point and stayed there!!



Aweeee sHOOT, this was actually really sweet :sob:

Ahhhh I’m both happy and nervous about Akagi being back in the game, especially because Ayako still seems worried about him playing. I’m just hoping if something happens that it won’t injure him permanently


Aweee, this is cute. But I also like how it shows Rukawa with more depth to his personality! He’s not just selfish, he does actually care about his team and was working hard for (at least partially) his captain :'))

Oooh, that’s rough to be told like “mmmm can you do it though???” by your coach after pouring your hEART into the game and showing determination to work hard :')) haha

(Ooh shoot, I just realized you can change the size of images HA, hopefully that hasn’t been terribly annoying in every single post I’ve ever made with photos)
Well I finished my volume 8!! I debated on if I should just read 116 to finish this thread haha, but nah, I think I’ll just wait for when I read the next of my copy
I think this has been the biggest of the æ–°èŁ…ç‰ˆ so far, at a whopping 352 pages! But I think the next volume is even larger!! It’s probably a mix of matches are easier/faster to read, and I’m really invested in this series now, but reading a volume that big doesn’t even feel like a problem or a chore!! I guess I hope at least some of that is thanks to my actual knowledge improving as well :smile:

Not sure when I’ll start it, but looking forward to the next volume!

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SLAM DUNK, MY BELOVED, I AM SORRY FOR FORSAKING YOU FOR SO LONG :sob:

But I am back reading now!! After mannyy busy months/months on the go where I mainly read shorter digital manga haha. I’m actually kind of glad I had my thoughts written out about the last few chapters because it worked as a perfect brief summary! Man and I left in a good spot too

Chapter 116

AHHHHH SAKURAGI COMING IN TO SWITCH OUT AND BE THE JUMPER!!! What a kind boy :face_holding_back_tears:

DAWG, and then his friends are like “nahh he just wants the spotlight” :joy:

OOOOOOHH BUT HE S M A C K E D IT


 right to Rukawa LOL

Ahh that was a satisfying end page, go Gori!! I’m still worried about his foot tho :’)

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love this emotion, which I can totally imagine sketched out by Inoue as a panel in between scenes/chapters, lol.

Next threads are on the way, I’ll ping you on the home thread when I get them up!!!

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