Slam Dunk 10
Posted: May 23, 2010 Filed under: Slam Dunk 3 Comments »Takehiko Inoue – Viz – 2010 – 31 volumes
Whoo! Semifinals! Sakuragi is Rebound King! Go Shohoku! Et cetera.
Seriously, though. How is it that this series is so addictive when I don’t care one bit about basketball? This isn’t even like a Hikaru no Go situation where I might get sucked into the strategy of the game, or am learning how to play something. Basketball is impenetrable for me, and my brain shuts off whenever I try to pay attention to it. But man, I love watching Sakuragi pick up those rebounds.
Little goes on aside from basketball. There are eight teams left in the tournament, and Shohoku is playing Shoyo. Shoyo is very tall, and Shohoku is very intimidated. And then everything went blurry and the volume went by in thirty seconds. Turns out Sakuragi is kind of awesome, though he seems to be doubting his genius at one point. Honestly, I hope that he never gets humbled, because his enthusiasm is infectious.
On to the next volume! This really is a series that would benefit from a long sit-down session with many volumes, though. They just go by so fast it always leaves you wanting more.
This was a review copy provided by Viz.
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Hah, you just started reading Slamdunk? I remember getting into this series back in the 90′s after borrowing it from my babysitter. From my observation, girls seems to like this series more than guy. I wonder why…
Definitely a great series to pick up even if it’s already finished years ago. :D
Yeah, I’m really into it. I would agree that girls seem to like this series a whole lot more than guys. I think this was an early wave of series that got “fan-ified.” I think I heard that many 90s shoujo mangaka got their start drawing Slam Dunk doujinshi, which strikes me as strange even after reading ten volumes of the series. I just don’t see it.