Slam Dunk

[Miso]

Yah...that's the question:
Where can I get Slam Dunk beginnin with volume 7/chapter 45?

I know that you can get it from the bot Neverwhere or Manga|Pouet at #lurker or #null (irchighway) but those bots don't work for me as I'll always get a DCC Pending - you can't do much about it.

So I'm looking for a direct download connection. Any ideas?

Thx in advance.

[Code]

I don't have a direct download website for Slam Dunk... (I had a link before but not sure if it's up anymore and well can't remember it but it was viewable online and not sure if that's what you're looking for.)

But to not get the DCC pending try going to (If you use mIRC/Sysreset) Tools -> Options -> DCC and put it to Show Get Dialog. And then go to Tools -> Options -> DCC -> Ignore and Disable. Hopefully that will work.

[Arcanis]

Check the box. There are even 2 torrents with the complete manga.

[Kucheeky Badkuya]

Slam Dunk, I think I saw that at www.directmanga.com

[Arcanis]

Actually the correct URL is www.directmanga.com :amuse (though I dunno know if Slam Dunk is really there...)

[Kucheeky Badkuya]

Actually the correct URL is www.directmanga.com :amuse (though I dunno know if Slam Dunk is really there...)

Oh, I hardly ever use that site, just alot of people recommend me it, thats why I didn't know the url that good :laugh

[Miso]

Thanks dudes!
Didn't help me that much though.
I still have an DCC pending...I already did know how to set the options, Code but it didn't work.
Unfortunately Directmanga doesn't have all the chapters I wanted.

*sigh

However, I managed to put my friend "in row" - so he's going to dl the chapters per irc.

Again: thx - I appreciate your efforts!

[Arcanis]

If you can use bittorrent: http://www.boxtorrents.com/download.php/127604/Slam%20Dunk.torrent

[rokkudaime]

does anyone know where i could read this manga online?

[rokkudaime]

can someone trash this thread? i made a mistake and accidentally posted it twice

[Kucheeky Badkuya]

Use the edit button, 'delete message' than click delte message, erased.

[pek]

Online(sucky):
http://www.mangasylum.com/manga/pagine/slam_dunk/manga/index.htm

Torrent:
http://www.boxtorrents.com/details.php?id=127604

Irc is a GREAT place to find mangas, it's easy and fast:
Try my noob tutorial (http://hem.bredband.net/b342377/)

PM me if you have any questions, about the tutorial.

[rokkudaime]

^i mean to trash this whole thread coz i posted another on like it

[pek]

* m e r g e d *

[rokkudaime]

^thanks :leepose

[Gutsu]

I read all the manga a few weeks ago it was really good. The Basketball games were really well drawn.

The ending though feels like the manga-ka decided to just "stop" doing the manga and move on it does leave it open for the manga-ka to come back to the story if he feels like it.

The romance part wasn't finished either it feels unresolved. Hopefully the manga-ka well do "SlamDunk" "The sophmore years" lol :P

[CABLE]

Why did they put Slam Dunk in Jump Super Stars? I though Slam Dunk was serialized in Raijin Comics?

[pakku]

No, it ran in Weekly Shounen Jump in Japan. Raijin (an American manga anthology) got the license over here, I guess.

[pek]

Gutsu: I agree, Slam Dunk! is seriously one of the best mangas out there, it gets you sucked in even tho you aint really intrested in Basketball. The last game against Sannoh had amazing feelings to it, felt like i was reading a manga that was custom made for me.

Pretty good fanfic that continues on where the manga ended; http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1901103/1/

[pakku]

Ah, the Sannoh game. <3 SD was great already, but after reading that game, the manga as a whole leveled up a few times in awesomeness O_O

[NiknudStunod]

How many chapters is this manga total?

[pek]

~ 278 ch and 31 volumes I think.

[NiknudStunod]

This is perhaps on of the greatest manga I have ever read. I really hope the author decides to continue it someday.

[pakku]

I really can't see him continuing it unless he decides to sell out for the undoubtably enormous amount of cash he would rake in. He seems to have moved on to do more mature manga, which isn't a bad thing.

Besides, while I know there's a lotta people that disagree, I liked the ending. It was unexpected, and he ended on a high note. It's all about the showmanship...

[NiknudStunod]

I loved the ending as well. You say the author has moved on to more mature manga but I think that would only add to the story. There is no reason he can't use a more mature view on this series. I feel that everyone grew up in the end so there would be nothing left but to take a more mature look.

[pek]

* Bump *

Discuss the awesomeness that is Slam Dunk!

[siedhr]

You can find all of Slam Dunk on mangatraders.com, on stoptazmo (if you wanna die downloading chapter by chapter), and some other places.

[Low-fi Boy]

Nah. #lurk on irc.irchighway.net lets you download volume by volume, which is what I've been doing past two days. I'm up to volume 14, it's really good!

[pek]

There is a pimping thread/project in the manga pimps subsection, just go there and ask for a pack.
The Official ~SLAM DUNK!~ Anime/Manga Pimp Project (http://forums.narutofan.com/showthread.php?t=149349)

[delirium]

Since peK bumped this and I just finished it yesterday..

This manga is definitely a good read. Although.. The games don't exactly flow right. Having played basketball myself in high school.. I'd get lost with the manga sometimes. It doesn't actually feel like a real game.

It does a good job of not going overboard with some of the players' abilities, though.

I would have liked to have seen the Tensai (:lmao) actually get good enough for Rukawa to have some kind of trouble one on one.

[Scorpio3.14]

Absolutely loved the manga :amuse but I was a bit disappointed with the ending. Defiantly felt like it was ended prematurely. Like they were hyping up the Hiroshi vs Sakuragi match up since volume 21 and yet we never got to see it :( Would have loved for them to continued the manga. After reading it I never really got a feeling that it actually ended where it did and was left wanting more :doh

Still an awesome manga and among my personal favorites. I would recommend this manga to pretty much anyone. SO READ IT NOW!!! :P

[delirium]

Oh yeah. I forgot about that match up. I would have love to have seen Sakuragi swat the hell outta dude. Or catch an alley-oop and posterize him. That'd of been real sweet. Since they payed Ryonan back, Shohoku should have gotten a chance to beat Kainan too.

But in order for them to have gotten any farther, the story would have had to change w/Sakuragi not getting hurt from that save. Some pretty dramatic scenes would also be cut out from that game. The signal for the ambush was hilarious, though.

[pek]

I've also played Basketball, for 7 years actually and I did think that there wasn't much weird about the flow of the game, really. Ofc he overdramatized a lot but that made it only better imo.

Scorpio: I was just about to post that when I checked this thread. Now that I re-read the later part I do understand that Inoue more or less dropped it. There had been a lot of hyping behind the fat guy and he even came to see Shohuko vs Sannoh, it really seemed like a match up between fat guy and Sakuragi...

Though as Del is saying, if Sakuragi hadn't hurt himself the later part wouldn't be near as awesome as it was. The ambush signal = WIN, it had me laughing for some time, Minami & Sakuragi is actually my favorite duo.

I would have liked to have seen the Tensai actually get good enough for Rukawa to have some kind of trouble one on one.Nah, maybe a little trouble but if he had gotten too good it would've turned out like the typical shounen manga. Slam Dunk! is different because the main character isn't the best neither do he become the best, we are hinted that he can become the best though.

[Scorpio3.14]

Meh, I don't think having them continue would have taken away to much of the emotional impact of Sakuragi's injury. As a long time basketball player myself and also a big man/rebounder like Sakuragi, I have hurt my back in B-ball games before and while it can be serious like Ayako alluded too most of the time you just need to ice/heat it for awhile and you can be good as new. If Inoue would have put like a week of down time after the Sannoh game he could have easily had Sakuragi recover. Sakuragi's sacrifice would have still had emotional meaning because he was still willing to risk his whole basketball career on that one game. I really just think the manga was ended prematurely for whatever reason. I don't know whether it was canceled by the magazine or Inoue wanted to move on to other manga or got tired of Slam Dunk or whatever, but you can defiantly see signs that the manga was originally intended to go longer (such as plenty of foreshadowing about future match-ups).

Still a awesomely great manga, its just that unfinished plot points are a little pet peeve of mine :doh

[Shirozaki]

Love your ava, peK.

Anyway, Slamdunk is a very awesome manga/anime. I first saw the anime on television 2 and 1/2 years ago, and I learned a few things about playing basketball (dont get me wrong, Ima girl and I do have some interests in basketball. Although I want to get in the varsity team of my school, my mom doesnt want me to go. ya know why? "It's yucky!" <-I'm not kidding)

I'm planning to read the manga. *goes to the Slam Dunk Pimping thread*

I gotta get pimped!! :yell

[delirium]

Nah, maybe a little trouble but if he had gotten too good it would've turned out like the typical shounen manga. Slam Dunk! is different because the main character isn't the best neither do he become the best, we are hinted that he can become the best though.

That's kinda what I meant. At least good enough to score. What I was thinking was, if the manga would have kept going Sakuragi would have to have added a post game if he wanted to do anything against Hiroshi. So with both of them being diffrent type of players, they'd excel at what they do giving the other trouble. If Rukawa was out on the perimeter, obviously if he were to drive on him there's nothing Sakuragi could do. But if Sakuragi added a post game, with his strength, athleticism and jumping ability, there's not much Rukawa could do. Just give him some kind of chance.

Or maybe I just got spoiled with Ippo going from a beginner into a boxer about to take on the world. With each fight him learning something new to compliment his style. I wanted to see that with Sakuragi too.

Sweet, so we got ball players in here too. Scorpio3.14 plays PF. I was just like (Mr.) Miyagi and always played PG because of my height. But I was also a speedster with good ball handling skills. There wasn't a team in the league who could full court press against us (So you know I was loving that part in the Sannoh game). What did you play peK?

[tictactoc]

OMG this manga is perfect T____T Even if it's clear that Inoue got tired of Slam dunk :/

[Gutsu]

Ugh! Dammit I've been wishing to see a good series like Slam Dunk dealing with Basketball but none come close. But I've heard this manga is pretty good and it's similiar too Slam Dunk the character designs seem to have been inspired by Slam Dunk:

http://www.shonenmagazine.com/works/ahiru/index.html

You can see a preview of the first volume on the bottom third option that has the manga pic look.

I think the manga is called Ahiru and there's 13 volumes of it so far.

http://www.shonenmagazine.com/php/comic.php?sakuhin_id=34

Has anyone checked out this series out? Doubt it since it hasn't been scanlated need link to raws. I can probably have Townsocks (scanlator of School Rumble) start on this manga his been looking on starting a new series to scanlated... :amuse

I don't know whether it was canceled by the magazine or Inoue wanted to move on to other manga or got tired of Slam Dunk or whatever, but you can defiantly see signs that the manga was originally intended to go longer (such as plenty of foreshadowing about future match-ups).

I also got that feeling when those new players were showing up near the end of the series like they were going to be future opponents including that one tall tuff dude when he bump to Sakuragi or something like that can't remember too clearly haven't read the manga in over an year.

The manga in no way was cancelled it was one of the most popular Shonen titles of all time it sold pretty damn well from what I hear. It even got a lot of Japanese people to start playing basketball lol that's how popoular it was.

Anways Inoue could start again on the manga anytime it's not like it ended in their third year of highschool. There's still there junior and senior year left.

Really wish the romance part would been dealt with too...

[pek]

^ Damn, would be awesome if someone started working on it.

[raziu]

Slam Dunk<3 One of the best mangas ever;] It shouldn't end like that :mad

Btw, the guy who's supposed to be the best player (forgot his name) didn't really seem all that to me....Imo Sendoh was more impressive (and much more cooler...he should be the one playing in Sannoh;p)

[tictactoc]

Nah, Sawakita>>>>>>Sendoh in one on one. Sawakita was the same type than Rukawa, but stronger. However Rukawa understood why Sendoh was a better player than him for his sensei, because he was able to play perfectly with his partners. Sawakita was more the individual type, dribbling all the opponents and marking alone :/

[Gutsu]

^ Damn, would be awesome if someone started working on it.

Sigh if only my friend if only. :(

There needs to be more Basketball manga for us to love! :cry

[Stepped]

I am up to Chapter 129, can anyone show some pictures of the guys from Aiwa (in their uniform especially)? Thank you

[BlaZeR]

Holy shit ,i love this manga. It's tense but funny at the same time. I actually loled when Mitsui's tank friend was beating up everyone in the Gym and Sakuragi goes and slaps him "this is for Rukawa" hhaha.
Up to volume 12 btw :)

[delirium]

Sakuragi goes and slaps him "this is for Rukawa" hhaha.

Yeah.. Classic Tentsai moment. I love when Sakuragi takes those Jordans from the sales clerk's feet.

[SwimmingTrunks]

why did akagi and the other bespectacled senpai leave for university, while fujima/maki etc carried on in the winter championship? i thought they were all 3rd years?

[BlaZeR]

Yeah.. Classic Tentsai moment. I love when Sakuragi takes those Jordans from the sales clerk's feet.

Lol and in the anime he's giving that guy that beat up Rukawa a scary look and it looks like they are about to fight and then he just goes and puts his hnds on his shoulder and says"thank you for beating up Rukawa"

[2788]

Im not sure why Akagi and the spectacled guy leave. I think , they have bigger chance to be accepted in uni. If im not mistaken they left to prepare for the entrance test.

[Ichigo_101]

damn it i just done reading slam dunk... so sad ending....... fucking so gay !!! they lost after all of that..

[The Drunken Monkey]

I'm currently at volume 22. Damn good awesome manga. ^^

Though, does anyone know where I can get some good Slam Dunk Wallpapers? I haven't really seen much except for the ones at Minitokyo...

[QuoNina]

Holla. I just learned that Inoue drew the "sequel" of SD. (it's not really a sequel but just a few camshots of what the characters are doing 10 days after where they were left off at the end of volume 31) More amazingly, he drew it on a blackboard in a Japanese high school. This happened in 2004 where he held a comic special event to celebrate the fact that SD has sold over 100 million copies and to appreciate the support of the fans. Looks pretty sweet, and Inoue looks cool (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL2S7VyiSGc&NR). :P

This is the youtube of those blackboard images (with low-quality English translation. >.> but you can still kind of tell what's going on.)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=V1HsVb3EZH8&mode=related&search=
(Major Spoilers Warning)

The process:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=grE8Cl_C4mU&mode=related&search=

The cleanup:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=K6psY1o7JNI&mode=related&search=

Random:
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/2302/61004912jf2.gif

Lesson 1:

Please repeat after me:

YO WASSUP MAN!!

:rotfl

[Lusankya]

Holla. I just learned that Inoue drew the "sequel" of SD. (it's not really a sequel but just a few camshots of what the characters are doing 10 days after where they were left off at the end of volume 31) More amazingly, he drew it on a blackboard in a Japanese high school. This happened in 2004 where he held a comic special event to celebrate the fact that SD has sold over 100 million copies and to appreciate the support of the fans. Looks pretty sweet, and Inoue looks cool (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL2S7VyiSGc&NR). :P

This is the youtube of those blackboard images (with low-quality English translation. >.> but you can still kind of tell what's going on.)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=V1HsVb3EZH8&mode=related&search=
(Major Spoilers Warning)

The process:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=grE8Cl_C4mU&mode=related&search=

The cleanup:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=K6psY1o7JNI&mode=related&search=

Random:
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/2302/61004912jf2.gif

Lesson 1:

Please repeat after me:

YO WASSUP MAN!!

:rotfl

Holy Shit! I was bored and decided to search for a Slam Dunk thread since i never saw one here. Look what i stumbled across! Thanks man, you've just made my entire week! Cheers to one of the greatest manga ever, Slam Dunk and to the legendary Takehiko Inoue!

[metal_uzumaki]

Sigh if only my friend if only. :(

There needs to be more Basketball manga for us to love! :cry

I've been trying to find scans for Harlem Beat for a while. No-one seems to have it.:cry

[Halo]

I'm near the end of rereading this for the 1,292,283rd time in my life and it never disappoints.

Gosh the final match was so fucking good. I love my Sendoh, Mitsui, and Fujima.

Still disappointed at how we didn't get to see some of the later characters play, would have loved to see those matches. :(

[hussamb]

slam dunk 10 days later is out now, i download it from manga helpers

[metal_uzumaki]

^ What the hell is that about, fake chapter?

[Graham Aker]

Its an epilogue.

Hope there really will be a Slam Dunk 2, maybe when he finishes Vagabond.

[Elijah Snow]

Just started reading this series and already love it, can't wait to finish this one.

[Yukimura Sanada]

Is there any Translated/Scans of Slam Dunk The manga after the Anime Ended
where they enter the inter-high

[Haohmaru]

You mean you ONLY watched the anime!!!!!????? Download the manga pronto and start reading from the beginning. Yes from the beginning, you heard me right.
Manga >x infinity, anime

It's only 31 volumes, so it's a breeze and WELL worth your time.

[delirium]

For online viewing:

http://www.onemanga.com/Slam_Dunk/

For DDs:

http://www.mangatraders.com/manga/series/133

[Yukimura Sanada]

Yea what chapter is when the anime ends

[Lazlow]

Yea what chapter is when the anime ends

Not telling you. :LOS

Seriously, read it from the beginning. Like Haohmaru said, it's much better than the anime.

[The Faint Smile]

I'm on volume 4 and I'm really loving this series. It's so funny and the characters are all mostly likable. Of course the art is great because Inoue is a genius, and the matches are surprisingly intense.

[Yukimura Sanada]

Yea i guess i read from the begining and i heard that Inoue is gonna pick this up again in September 2008?

[Haohmaru]

If only that was true.

[Hibari Kyoya]

I've just finished this manga, I have to say one of my all time favourites if not the favourite absoutley epic.

[insi_tv]

i just finished the manga after 3 days of reading and ..... WOOW FUCKING EPIC!
i think it's one of the best (sports) manga i've ever read! tensai is da best :D
slapping the guy in the gym and saying "that's for rukawa" hahahahaa
damnnnnnn, why aren't there more chapters, it seems to me that the end was somewhat rushed... ;( did he do it because he wanted to do vagabond?
*dl'ing anime now^^*


//edit
does somebody know some good sites for fanart or colored manga pages?
@Hibari Kyoya: your set is epic

[Hibari Kyoya]

http://forums.narutofan.com/showthread.php?t=407802&page=41

pek has posted alot of fanart n stuff there good place to discuss as well :gar

[Aokiji]

Question: how far along is the manga at the point where they become secondin their regional championships.

[Hibari Kyoya]

whoops yeah about 180

[insi_tv]

they beat ryonin (or however you spell them^^) at around ~180 if i remeber correctly and thus are 2nd place in the regionals

//edit
thanks for the link Hibari

[Hibari Kyoya]

everyone should join :gar

[insi_tv]

where's your awesome set Hibari? :P

btw, is the anime worth watching? i'm downloading now but it's very old so i'm wondering about its quality ^^

[ansoncarter]

where's your awesome set Hibari? :P

btw, is the anime worth watching? i'm downloading now but it's very old so i'm wondering about its quality ^^

yeah, just for the voices if nothing else

sakuragai's voice is just too funny

[Hangatýr]

Shame that most vids out there have chinese subs and poor quality, though.

[TalikX]

Slam dunk's ending sucked :C

[ansoncarter]

^I think the manga got cancelled early, so had to be wrapped up in a rush

think I read that somewhere, could be wrong

[pek]

Late post but why would they cancel one of the most popular, if not the most popular, series ever?

[p-lou]

Yeah, that sounds like a load of bull. And it isn't like it was rushed. All the loose ends that needed to be tied up were tied up. If it were any longer it would have started to get boring and repetitive. Hell, as it is it's probably a little too long.

[Ennoea]

Currently reading the manga, other than Sakuragi really getting on my nerves its easily the best sports manga I've read.

I think the manga got cancelled early, so had to be wrapped up in a rush

Now thats just stupid, even I know its one of the most loved SJ series, most likely Inoue just thought it reached its end.

[kurono76767]

You don't like Sakuragi? :huh

[Eldritch]

I still didn't read this yet

I'm such a rebel

[kurono76767]

I still didn't read this yet

I'm such a rebel

no it makes you a faggot

read it now

[Oxvial]

I still didn't read this yet

I'm such a rebel

a rebel don't read Negima :notrust .

[Eldritch]

no it makes you a faggot

read it now

im too busy reading good incest manga

[kurono76767]

im too busy reading good incest manga

such as ?

[hgfdsahjkl]

You don't like Sakuragi? :huh

he doesn't like Sakuragi :oh

[Hibari Kyoya]

How can you not like the tensai :uwah

[•Sharingan Squid•]

RACIST AGAINST TENSAIS??!

[Juracule Mihawk]

How can you not like the tensai :uwah

He was talking about Sakuragi, not Rukawa. :awesome

F*ck you haters, Rukawa > Sakuragi >> Slam Dunk. :pek

I thought I settle this in the Slam Dunk Fc. Nothing beats Rukawa. :pek :LOS

[Ennoea]

I don't hate him but man he can be really annoying at times.

Rukawa? Pfft, Mitsui be pwning all your asses:gar

[Juracule Mihawk]

I don't hate him but man he can be really annoying at times.

Rukawa? Pfft, Mitsui be pwning all your asses:gar

Lol Mitsui,

before or after he's having a break? :lmao

Rukawa is bigger than the manga, people never appreciate legends, when Rukawa dies, his impact will be bigger than MJ. You'll see. :hurr

[Ennoea]

Rukawa fangirls would be the only ones that would be upset, but by then they would have moved to Mitusi-chan's FC so they won't care either:LOS

[hgfdsahjkl]

sendoh>all of you

[Jugger]

Gori > all or that giant ape > all

[Ennoea]

Read up to the loss against Kainan, Sakuragi passed the ball to maki instead of Gori:lmao

Rukawa sucks, bitch couldn't deal with it:LOS

[kurono76767]

That wasnt Maki. The first time i read it i thought he did pass it to Gori but then i saw his jersey and went :facepalm

Kainen vs Shohoku was probably my second favourite game behind Sannoh vs Shohoku. I like the Gori flashbacks in the middle of games.

[Wade]

That thread needs a better place.

[Wade]

He was talking about Sakuragi, not Rukawa. :awesome

F*ck you haters, Rukawa > Sakuragi >> Slam Dunk. :pek

I thought I settle this in the Slam Dunk Fc. Nothing beats Rukawa. :pek :LOS

Sakuragi can't beat Rukawa yet. But Sawakita sure is better than him.

[Lusankya]

Sakuragi will own everyone sooner or later. He's pretty damn broken. Mitsui is still the man though.

[Megatonton]

Showing love for Fukatsu. The only one I think that wasn't ran circles by any Shohoku players.

:del:gun

[the_notorious_Z.É.]

I want a new anime with the national championships! :gar

[Wade]

You will not have it.

[the_notorious_Z.É.]

I know! :cry

[Wade]

Don't cry bitch.

[_Winter_]

What's this, no Slam Dunk thread around here? :sun

If there is one don't blame me, it's the Index fault, it's not listed! :zaru

Anyway, I just finished reading it and it was beautiful! :cry And awesome! :gar And also epic! :yell

But I have one question SD fans might be able to answer [SPOILERS ALERT], did Takehiko end the series earlier than planned? I'm fine with the final game not being the OLYMPIC FINALS or something as exaggerated as that (after all, being more realistic than most sports manga out there is one of SD strengths), but it certainly came out of nothing. :blink There was material and room for more development before the final match, and I guess even a need for it, by chapter 200+ I was like "Hell yeah, things are getting serious now" and then "WAIT WHAT 50 CHAPTERS TO GO?!"

The lack of build up to the epic final showdown and a storyline more straightforward than I'd like it to be kind of saddens me, it had potential to be even greater. :(

Still top notch stuff, though. :pek So, if anyone knows if the series was disrupted by something or Takehiko really did plan it to end like that, I thank you for the info.

[kurono76767]

Yeah there is a thread. Too lazy to find it for you though.

As to your question. Yeah it seems that way. Inoue never tied up Hiroshi's story but i prefer the ending the way it is now. If it continued Sannoh vs Shohoku wouldn't have the same raw emotions that it had. The end of the game wouldn't have been as powerful without Sakuragi's injury. It was best that it ended there instead of dragging on.

[Lusankya]

Inoue did a small follow-up piece called Slam Dunk-10 Days After. You can get it on Mangatraders. It adds a bit of closure.

[Oxvial]

Hiroshi vs Hanamichi would be a great match...too bad it looked like Hiroshi's team sucked.

[Tranquil Fury]

I wish Hanamichi would have closed the gap between him and Kaeda Rukawa and then had one epic match with him, win or loose. Anyway, great anime and manga. Hanamichi was treated as a genius but his growth and character were well handled.

[Demon_Soichiro]

Hanamichi=Tensai after all :zaru

[_Winter_]

Yeah there is a thread. Too lazy to find it for you though.

As to your question. Yeah it seems that way. Inoue never tied up Hiroshi's story but i prefer the ending the way it is now. If it continued Sannoh vs Shohoku wouldn't have the same raw emotions that it had. The end of the game wouldn't have been as powerful without Sakuragi's injury. It was best that it ended there instead of dragging on.

I think the ending is really good and dramatic, better than having Sakuragi a NBA level player, as it shows he has matured and is patient to wait and go through rehab, etc, really good.

It's not really the ending that bothers me it's the build up. Whether the build up led to the second round of the interhighs or to a later round or tournament doesn't matter THAT much, but I wished it led to a game with more background than "we're facing the strongest team around". Long time rivals facing each other, former friends, an adversary that beat the team you wanted to face... It's all kinda cliche but it works, it makes the match more meaningful than just proving they're strong.

I can't help but wonder what a legendary manga it would have been if Takehiko had taken his time and made it more fleshed out, like Hajime no Ippo, which explores everything and also structures it really really well, but on the other hand lacks Slam Dunk's depth.

Ah, can't have everything. :(

Inoue did a small follow-up piece called Slam Dunk-10 Days After. You can get it on Mangatraders. It adds a bit of closure.

Yeah, I read it, and relieved some of my need for more Slam Dunk. But it still feels like Inoue had the best ingredients but made the quickest and most basic recipe he could.

[Wade]

Five stars rating thread about the best sport manga out there.

[Wade]

Sakuragi will own everyone sooner or later. He's pretty damn broken. Mitsui is still the man though.

Rukawa will be hard to catch up with.

[TalikX]

Rukawa will be hard to catch up with.

Rukawa has always been good, but Sakuragi grew exponentially and with no doubt surpassed him.

[kurono76767]

wat ?

[dark_himura]

sakuragi has yet to surpass rukawa.

[insi_tv]

i think rukawa is still above sakuragi but sakuragi got the athletic abilites to surpass him imho

[Wade]

Rukawa grows at the same rate as Sakuragi, and his athletic abilites are not below that of Sakuragi as well. Remember Anzai has said will have to train much more than Rukawa to catch up with him. If he trains just as much, the gap will not shorten. And Rukawa is an hardworker. Furthermore, Rukawa is widening the gap right now, because Sakuragi is in reeducation. I tell you guys, Rukawa will stay ahead for a looooooong time.

[Hangatýr]

That's because the manga stopped serialization in fucking 1996.