Slam Dunk 🏀 Vol. 14 (Ch 117-125)

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Let’s continue this match!!! And my 350 page volume haha. My goal is to finish it (and two other manga ahh) by the end of this month, but I think I’ll be able to hit it :saluting_face:

Chapter 117


hECK yeahhhh, the small cool moments get me hyped up haha
Poor ゴリ is working so hard to hang in there :sob: You can do it! Don’t hurt yourself captain!!

BB KOGUREEEE

He so litol :')

This small flashback was interesting! Gives more context to the captain and the current rivalry with Kainan

I also love him stretching out the teachers face when he keeps getting their school name wrong :joy: How very Sakuragi of him :relieved:

Chapter 118

Poor Miyagi, that sounds so tiring haha
DANG though, that panel of Maki moving past him is sO GOOD. Inoue, I continue to love your art

Man, poor Miyagi and Gori look so tired. And they’re right, Maki doesn’t seem to be feeling too fatigued…
At least the teacher seems very attentive to what’s going on!! He seems like he’d hopefully stop anything before Akagi gets really hurt

HA! The little drawing on the last page is awesome

Chapter 119

Huh, when Maki goes to shoot and both Gori and Sakuragi are trying to block him, I’m just a little bit confused on what’s going on… After looking at it again, I think Sakuragi was able to kind of hit the ball, but not enough to actually get it out of the way, and Maki still made the shot

Sakuragi’s sad little 「あたったのに…」:sob:

Mann, Maki’s gettin all these stinkin free throws in


I love all the beautiful detailed and sometime more realistic art… and then cut back to the silly art style LOL
I love both styles

AW MAN, not a three-pointerr

Chapter 120

I liked the stuff with Jin. I like how they show small glimpses into the rivals, that they have also worked very hard to get where they are. They’re not just strong and almost all powerful just because.

WAHOOO, ONE WITH ENERGY LEFT?? MY BOYYY, LETS GOOO

Chapter 121

Interesting strategy (I say as if I would actually know what’s good or not hA). But, with the point they mentioned that if they all four focus on Maki then the rest/outside will be open, I wonder if Sakuragi will be able to take care of that area!


BAHAHA, THIS PAGE IS PERFECT! Everything I love :pray: Sakuragi’s stupid face is great, the 「あいつはいつもえらそーだ」hahaha, I thought the sAME exact thing right before he said it


YAHHH LET’S GOOOOO

AHH, poor Sakuragi he got too much into his thoughts. And bruh, the 「ファウルするなよ!」 :joy: Hopefully that’s not what got into Sakuragi’s head

AH AH, NEVERMIND, HECK YEAHHH


So sick

Chapter 122

Hehe, I love everyone’s reactions. Dang the artwork is so good too, I always have to hold myself back from saying so. The speed and movement are communicated so well. And it makes the matches so much more intense

HAHAHA, SAKURAGI, BUDDY, where you goin??
But Gori pulls up to dUNK IT, LET’S GOO

Ooh, there’s less than a ten point difference now

Uh-oh, Sakuragi is facing down Maki… I cannot even predict what is going to happen when it comes to Sakuragi :joy:

OH SHOOT
He is either going to A.) Make this dunk and it’s gonna be SICK or
b.) he’s somehow gonna like, miss, hit his head, and have a full body collision with Maki or pants him or something :rofl:

Chapter 123


HA, aaand there it is, poor Sakuragi :sob:
I can’t tell if Maki kind of like… kicked him a little?? Or if Sakuragi just caught on his leg and somehow turned completely sideways lol. I wonder if it will end up as a foul?

Oop, it was a foul. I feel like maybe it wasn’t actually intentional though :(( Maki seems kind of shocked too?


HAHAHA I LOVE HIMM
I’m glad he seems to not actually be hurt! Like they said, he’s almost more energetic now haha

Oooh yeah, he gets to free throw! I feel like he hasn’t been able to make a free throw yet, has he?

Huh, the Kainan coach seems to believe the foul actually WAS intentional on Maki’s part? So maybe I’m just wanting to give Maki the benefit of the doubt too much haha. Sakuragi better show him by mAKING the free throw :triumph:

Oh my goodness he’s doing the little kid shooting stance!! Haha, but hey, I think he’ll make it!!
Haha, the Kainan coach thinking Sakuragi knows there were people in the NBA that did that… I love him, but I think that’s giving him a wee bit too much credit hahaha

WAHOOOO, ナイス桜木!!!

「マグレでもこの2本は大きいぞ!」Come on now, we don’t gotta downplay him, he earned that shot :sob: haha


Ha! PERFECT response Sakuragi!

Ahh that’s true! I didn’t even think that, not only did they get 2 points, everyone else got to rest for a little bit!
I like the last thing Sakuragi says to Maki as well, when 屈辱 was the title of the chapter I was worried it was gonna end bad for Sakuragi haha. But just the opposite! You go little red haired boy!!

Chapter 124

Yeahhhhh, cheering squad!!

Man! Sakuragi keeps killing it with the rebound skill. It seems it’s becoming one of his specialties :relieved:

WAHOO, only four points behind now!!


CUTEEEEE, they are so hyped up together :’))

WOOOOO GORI LETS GOOO

Chapter 125

HAHAAA, I feel kind of bad for him but, yES HE MISSED
And Sakuragi was right there to pick it up!!

Nice play and combo by Rukawa and Mitsui!!

Aw man, I feel like this match is going to be so tight on who wins!!! Neither team is letting up, but I wonder if people stamina (or INJURIES, looking at you captain) will catch up with them :’)) that would certainly turn the tide!!

Finished this volume! Ahhh I’m just gonna continue right on the next, it’s so good!

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Wow that was fast! :star_struck:

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Hehe, thanks! I’m on track to finish when I wanted to :))

And I think this is the thickest slam dunk volume in my collection!! So that’s a cool feeling to have the rest be a bit smaller from now on! but also a little bit sad to think about slam dunk ending :smiling_face_with_tear: BUT I’m also not even halfway done with it yet so :joy: much more to enjoy!

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