Slam Dunk 🏀 Vol. 9 (Ch 72-80)

[mitrac]

Welcome to Slam Dunk Chapters 72-80 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 quoted is for the Tankobon edition: Vol. 9 (Ch 72-80)

These chapters are found in:
(Digital/Shinsouban edition: Vol 6 (Ch 66-80);
Kanzenban edition: Vol 7 (Ch 69-79) and Vol 8 (Ch 80-91);
see note about editions in the home thread)

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Resources

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• Male speech tutorial
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Liked this one too!

Summary

Ch.72

番長、組長、大統領

In the anime, they stayed on this bit about Mitsui falling apart, begging to be let back in a bit longer. I think it needed it because of how crazy the lead up was

And here’s the ミッチ I know!

Ch.73

ゴリ、あとほかに三人いる、天才バスケットマン

リョータ kissing a picture of 彩 on his desk is crazy…

流川 sleep cycling is one of my favorite running gags in the series

ガードフォワード？

ツンツン is burned into my brain with a picture of 仙道 next to it

Ch.74

Deserved benching

この平和主義者桜木

流川ー たぶん

Ch.75

Gets more annoyed with rukawa for not saying anything

Just from the perfect jumpshot form, 魚住 recognizes ミッチ. That’s what the kids call aura

Of course 桜木 can’t do a freethrow! 誰か教えたか？

Ch.76

桜木 having some kind of freakout visions

Rukawa nicking his self rebound

Ch.77

流川 just looks so cool when dunking…

牧 lurking around watching in the wings

Ch.78

超どあほう

I agree

Ch.79

天才の憂鬱 is a banger of a chapter title

うるせいこの無得点男

And 花形 too! All the big names showing up in advance

I do think it’s good long term that 桜木 keeps failing so abysmally each game

日増しに

Ch.80

桜木 tucking his tail between his legs and going to ゴリ for advice

Very final, the 鉄男 scene… It’s good

[GolyBidoof]

Chapter 79

what’s the deal with those scores, they look made up if you look at them from the outside xdd
Maybe it’s like an amateur league though, I don’t know

Chapter 80

Category: important

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Summary

@GolyBidoof

what’s the deal with those scores, they look made up if you look at them from the outside xdd

I mean 160 in a high school game is kind of ridiculous
But in interhigh tournaments like this you always get huge score differentials sometimes whatever the sport, some teams are just really good and some teams are really bad