Slam Dunk 🏀 Vol. 19 (Ch 162-170)

[mitrac]

Welcome to Slam Dunk Chapters 162-170 Discussion

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This is an informal book club. Read at your own pace and use the space here to ask questions, post reactions, and get hyped about reading this legendary manga!

The volume/chapters quoted above are for the Tankobon edition

If you are reading from a different edition, see:
(Digital/Shinsouban edition: Vol 12 (covers Ch 162-174);
Kanzenban edition: Vol 15 (covers Ch 161-171);
see note about editions in the home thread)

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Resources

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[downtimes]

Ha, ch 162 is right where I’m at the moment. Don’t know when I’ll continue reading, though. Slam Dunk is on and off for me. If I feel like it, I read a volume in 2 days, and then I don’t read anything for multiple months

[mitrac]

Then you’re savouring it, like a fine wine

Having had a many months break from it myself I have to say I’m enjoying it a lot more after my break. I think it’s more to do with my Japanese improving, though

[Malinkal]

Notes for this volume - it’s a pretty great match

Summary

Ch.162

流川はやっぱり前半に抑えてた

前半を捨てたのか？

Ch.163

布石

Lots of Go vocab

I think 桜木’s wild prediction (delusion) scenes are a contender for best thing about this manga

仙道はオレが倒す

Ch.164

What an intro panel of 桜木

I feel like half the match he’s spent with that goblin face

he’s just turning fully into anya forger

Meanwhile 流川 turns into prime Kobe

Ch.165

Ch.166

自らとおおおおおおる

Ch.167

4 fouls for big 純

オレは絶対に諦めん

Ch.168 pg.125

田岡 being good coach for once

Excluding the whole げろ bit

Ch.169

自殺点 is a new one obviously given how uncommon it is

Poor 桜木

お咎めなし

Ch.170

ゴリラだ indeed

[TheNerdyNova]

Slam Dunk time!!

Chapter 162

Hehehe 負け犬 and 負け狐

Chapter 163

Hehe, Sakuragi’s little imagination bit about how things are “supposed” to go was funny

OOOH, sick move and point by Rukawa! And he gets a free throw hehehe

Chapter 164

HAHA, oh my gosh Sakuragi stop wishing for your teammate to miss!! lol

Ahh and another great score from Rukawa!!

New word 翻弄(ほんろう)

HA, the 「近いから」still haunting the coach

Chapter 165

Phew, that point didn’t count

Man, 3 minutes without anyone scoring. I’m sure it would be rough mentally too, if after 3 minutes the other team scored

OOOH BUT RUKAWA SCORES A 3 POINTER!! Haha! And then his little silent at the other team lol

Chapter 166

HA, Sakuragi’s weird little fake out actually worked
And then his shoots with terrible form after that, 「自らとーる:double_exclamation_mark:︎」
And then he LOCKS IN

Chapter 167

Ooooh awesome title drawing! This means a fully shaded chapter wahoo!

HEHEE, and Uozomi is switched out after 4 fouls!!

Sakuragi hears praise:
Sakuragi hears criticism:

SAKURAGI PLEASE YOU HAD TWO CHANCES I mean, as if I would do any better LOL

But then he assists with the three pointer, and later makes a shot himself! GO SHOUHOKUU

Chapter 168

Opposing team flashback!!
Man, it makes sense for all this training since we’re seeing Uozomi now, at the point where he’s very strong and his training has paid off. But in the moment that training when he first started is so rough I would have quit after throwing up the first time lol, I am not built different

OHHHH and the sick pass by Rukawa while he wasn’t even looking!! Very nice play

Chapter 169

SAKURAGI NOOOO
The サンキュ！ and いいとこあるぜ… from the opposite team was great though

Oh wow, and then nice defense from Sakuragi!! He always keeps things fresh, you never know if he’ll make an expert play, or the most dumb failed play you’ve ever seen

Chapter 170

Even though Shouhoku is getting further in the lead, it’s still so nerve wracking which way it could go!! Especially with so much pressure on the last five minutes

AYYYYY nice block from Akagai!!!

That finished this post, but I still have 4 chapters left in my book!! Huzzah

[mitrac]

great to see you back here!!

[TheNerdyNova]

Hehe thank you! You’re so kind