Full-time cartoonist - #138 - Chapter 137 Xiangbei vs Lingnan (Part 2)

In July, the plum rain gradually disappears, and the sun unleashes its presence wantonly.

The plot of the friendly match of “Slam Dunk” is finally coming to an end.

He looked at “Slam Dunk” with confusion at Nobuhiro Tsuki’s studio.

“In the past, Mr. Sasaki valued Tori Akino more. I thought it was unfair.”

He murmured to himself, “The results of “Rurouni Kenshin” are obviously better.”

“Rurouni Kenshin” has been serialized to this day and has become the benchmark for samurai comics. If you want to serialize samurai comics, you must first consider the existence of “Rurouni Kenshin”. Many cartoonists are shaking their heads as to whether their works can surpass it.

Kenshin Himura’s road to redemption is extremely moving in Nobuhiro Watsuki’s delicate description.

As a hero, but under the influence of power, he became a murderer. The sense of the repressive era of the early Meiji period came to his face. This rich history adds a sense of weight to “Rurouni Kenshin”.

As a shounen manga, “Rurouni Kenshin” is also very emotionally delicate. It is a rare work in this era that has many female readers.

However, even this “Rurouni Kenshin”, coupled with the excellent animation that started in January, still cannot compare to “Slam Dunk”.

“When “The Soul of the Game” was serialized, it was only comparable to “Rurouni Kenshin” for a while, but when it came to “Slam Dunk”, I felt that I couldn’t compare to Tori Akino.”

Nobuhiro Watsuki had complicated feelings about this opponent who ignored him.

She likes the other person’s comics and wants to be friends, but is ignored by him intentionally or unintentionally. The editor in charge prefers him, and Nobuhiro Watsuki feels aggrieved.

He sighed and stood at the window. The eleven or twelve-year-old elementary school girl put on her schoolbag and hat to go to school. Her depressed mood suddenly eased.

Watching the elementary school girl disappear before his eyes, Nobuhiro Watsuki sat down and read the manga.

…

The situation in Shohoku became critical. Shohoku point guard Yasuharu Yasuda unexpectedly hit a three-pointer and breathed a sigh of relief. But then, under the command of Xiandao, Lingnan attacked, Yuzhu grabbed the rebound and scored with a slam dunk, and the score reached 6 points.

Lingnan is like the immobile yokozuna sumo wrestler. No matter how Xiangbei attacks, he will not move at all.

Ayako saw no possibility of winning.

At a critical moment, the gorilla Akagi returns, giving the basketball team a shot in the arm that is about to lose confidence.

The doctor advised him to rest and not play, but Akagi couldn’t control that much.

He replaced Kaede Rukawa.

As soon as Akagi came on the court, he had a slam dunk, and cheers filled the basketball hall.

Everything is back.

Because of Akagi’s appearance, Sakuragi recalled the basic positioning skills taught to him by Akagi, and finally suppressed the fish pillar and grabbed the rebound.

After that, Akagi scored another goal, and the score was only two points away. Shohoku controlled the rhythm and situation.

Coach Shigeichi Tagoka is not worried. He does not think Lingnan will lose.

When Mumu made a three-pointer and Xiangbei reversed the score for the first time, surpassing Lingnan and winning by one point, one person’s expression changed, and that was Xiandao.

He became serious and became even more powerful, easily dodging Sakuragi Hanamichi and scoring consecutive goals.

It’s not that he didn’t play seriously before, but that the potential of Immortal Dao was not fully realized and he only used 70% of his strength, so he was so careless.

When Xiangbei’s score surpassed that of Lingnan, Xiandao finally had a sense of crisis, concentrated his energy, and unleashed his potential.

Akagi thinks that he should keep an eye on Xiandao himself.

It’s not that I don’t approve of Sakuragi Hanamichi, it’s that Sakuragi is still a beginner, and it’s already very good to reach this point.

But Sakuragi would not give up easily. When Sendou dribbled past him, Sakuragi immediately chased after him with all his strength. Although he was fooled by Sendou again, Akagi admired his desperate spirit very much.

When the time came to the last two minutes, Rukawa Kaede came on the court. At this time, Coach Anzai finally remembered that he was the basketball coach in Shohoku and began to give tactical guidance to Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede.

This shocked Lingnan’s bench.

“At this juncture, Xiangbei’s coach finally couldn’t sit still!”

“It turns out that person is the coach! I thought it was put there to look good.”

“Me too!”

“Me too.”

“me too.”

Coach Taoka was very nervous. He couldn’t understand Coach Anzai’s arrangement and couldn’t guess it at all.

When the game started, Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi Hanamichi attacked Sendō together, and then the guidance of coach Anzai was revealed.

One is Sakuragi Hanamichi, who is physically gifted, and the other is Rukawa Kaede, who is highly skilled in basketball. The two of them serve Sendou together, which makes Sendou extremely devoted.

This was the first time that Coach Tian Gang saw Sendao look so happy.

Sendao was completely immersed in the fun of playing, and he only wanted to defeat his opponent, as if he was waiting for a challenge from a strong enemy.

There was one minute left on the clock, no, only 50 seconds. Shohoku was trailing by four points. At this time, Sendō broke through the basket. As long as he succeeded in throwing the ball, Shohoku would have no chance.

At this critical moment, Sakuragi jumped up from behind and blocked Sendō’s pitch.

Sakuragi counterattacked. Facing Sendao’s defense, he felt that he could not hold on for long and passed the ball under Sendao’s extremely strong pressure.

What made him despair was that the person who passed the ball was Rukawa Kaede, and Rukawa Kaede also made a three-pointer, stealing the show for a while.

However, the score was only one point apart.

With 40 seconds left, Lingnan decided to delay the game slowly. They had the advantage in terms of score.

Between passing the ball, there is only 15 seconds left.

Like a plane roaring in the sky, Akagi exploded with all his strength and finally stole the basketball. Rukawa Kaede seized the opportunity and ran towards Lingnan’s basket. Almost at the same time, Xiandao also chased after him to defend the ball.

Akagi passed the ball to Rukawa Kaede from a long distance.

Rukawa Kaede rushed to attack, but Xiandao was beside him. Xiandao stretched out his hand and hit the basketball out of bounds.

Rukawa Kaede did not give up. He tried his best to catch the basketball in the air, and in an instant, passed it to the person wearing Shohoku jersey.

This person is none other than Sakuragi Hanamichi!

At this moment, there is no one defending the Lingnan basket, and Sakuragi Hanamichi holds the ball.

Everyone looked at this scene with their mouths open and their eyes wide open in shock.

Takenori Akagi chased after him, “Don’t mess around!”

Sakuragi only had a slam dunk in his mind.

At this time, he heard Haruko Akagi’s call and remembered the shooting skills taught to him by Haruko Akagi under the sunset.

“Relax your knees, jump as high as you can, and put the ball in the basket.”

The players from Shohoku and Lingnan all ran towards Sakuragi. At this time, Sakuragi’s mind was completely empty except for Haruko’s teachings.

He relaxed his knees, jumped as high as he could, put the ball into the basket, put it in…

Hollow goal!

The ball went in!

The whole audience fell silent, looking at this scene in shock. Sakuragi Hanamichi actually scored a goal. It was such a crucial goal. In the last 10 seconds, Shohoku overtook the score, and the victory was almost confirmed!

After a hard fight throughout the whole process, we finally won!

…

Nobuhiro Watsuki’s scalp was numb, and he felt refreshed as he watched.

This kind of desperate counterattack scene, under the strong sense of substitution written by Tori Akino, is so sour and refreshing. From the toes to the scalp, everything tells the hearty pleasure.

Facing a strong opponent, never give up and eventually turn defeat into victory. This is the charm of sports!

“Slam Dunk” depicts it perfectly.

“The painting is really great. Teacher Tori Akino shows the charm of basketball 100%!”

He used to think that it was just a niche sport, and it was difficult for readers to immerse themselves in reading, and the sense of immersion was not as good as baseball.

But at this moment, Nobuhiro Watsuki was deeply impressed. This was something he could not draw.

“Among sports comics, Tsukinobu and I are called the strongest!”

“Baseball Heroes” is more like a love comic than “Slam Dunk”, and its brisk and bright style is also very different from “Slam Dunk” in its realism.

“Huh~” He Yue Nobuhiro relaxed.

He started watching this game more than two months ago, and it finally came to a successful conclusion here.

The Shohoku basketball team’s perseverance finally made the impossible possible, defeating Lingnan, the top four player in Kanagawa, and announcing his existence to everyone.

As the first game to lay the foundation for the national competition, it was perfect.

Sakuragi Hanamichi learned a lot from the beginning to the end. He made rapid progress and got along well with the team.

Rukawa Kaede and Akagi have shown their position as top golfers.

It’s just that Mu Mu is a little embarrassed. He’s stuck here whether he’s strong or weak.

As the vice-captain, he has a strong presence, so he is a strong obstacle to Shohoku.

As for the other Yasuda Yashun, although he has excellent performance, he is more like a passerby.

As a five-a-side basketball project, “Slam Dunk” still has many shortcomings. It only focuses on a few main characters, and the other characters on the field seem dispensable.

“I wonder what Tori Akino-sensei will do next?” Nobuhiro Watsuki held his chin, thinking.

“Eh?” He turned over a page, and there was more content behind it.

“There are less than ten seconds left, right?” Nobuhiro Watsuki wondered.

The players of the Shohoku Basketball Team were so ecstatic about Sakuragi’s goal that they forgot that the game was not over.

Sakuragi Hanamichi became even more elated, “From today on, please call me the God of Victory, hahahaha.”

At this time when Takenori Akagi was slacking off, only Rukawa Kaede still remembered that the game was not over.

“It’s not over yet!” he shouted.

The basketball was passed to Sendō, and Rukawa Kaede quickly caught up with him.

Xiangbei urgently returns to defense!

Time comes to the last 5 seconds.

Sendō and his teammates kept passing the ball, watching in all directions and listening in all directions. Under the double-teaming of Akagi and Rukawa Kaede, they came to the basket.

Finally, Xiandao jumped up high. Facing Rukawa Kaede behind him and Akagi’s big hand blocking the shot in front of him, he stayed still in the face of danger, became more focused and switched hands for a layup!

Score!

Beyond Xiangbei!

Ahhhh, the power is out!