Slam Dunk 7
Posted: October 19, 2009 Filed under: Slam Dunk Leave a comment »Takehiko Inoue – Viz – 2009 – 31 volumes
I had to get out of Real mode when I started this volume. The first page has a sort of fight going on while the boys are playing basketball (or, at least, there is a basketball in the first panel, and it is clear they are on the court), and I was initially very shocked that they weren’t in wheelchairs. Not that much of that goes on in Real, but still.
I was very amused by how the fight between Hanamichi and Miyagi resolved itself. This series has a knack for switching between the tense, action-y scenes and goofy humor. I love the humor, and I love Hanamichi, which is important for volumes like this where the only thing going on is a long fight scene. But I loved the long fight scene, too. The characters weighed the pros and cons of getting in a fight, and when the punks that broke into the gym started hitting the girls and the guys with glasses, that’s when they decided to rumble. I liked it.
I also like that it’s not all about basketball. I have only read a handful of sports manga, but even Eyeshield 21 or something like Hikaru no Go, which are great series I count amongst my favorites and series that have far more going for them than just the sport, don’t take breaks as long as this series between games or training/whatever. It makes Slam Dunk a much more interesting read, even considering how old it is. Its characters still aren’t up to Hikaru no Go or Eyeshield 21 levels, but they’re well on their way.
This was a review copy provided by Viz.
