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Chapter 193 Animation Ratings and Booklet Release
It's okay for "Weekly Shonen Jump" to be belittled by the writers, but the recognition of readers is a big problem.

There will be fewer and fewer new readers, and it is very important to stabilize the basic market.

"That's why jump will launch a short manga competition," Sasaki said. "Manga artists who have serialized works will participate. I didn't want to tell you, after all, the serialization of "Slam Dunk" was too hard, but after careful consideration, I still have to consider Your own thoughts."

Higashino was taken aback when he heard this, "Short manga competition?"

To be honest, his annual income is now more than 4 million yen, and any manga competitions or manuscript fees are just a drop in the bucket, so he doesn't care about it anymore.

"Slam Dunk" has a lot of serial tasks, and Takehiko Inoue decided to end it early, and there is also a reason for this.

So there is no need for Higashino to burden himself.

"When will it start?" he asked back.

Sasaki replied: "The original plan was to start in October."

"October this year?" Higashino was surprised, "Even if it's a short manga, you have to prepare for half a year, right?"

"Well," Sasaki nodded, "Ms. Akira Toriyama's new work "COWA" was serialized in October. It is a short and medium-length manga. I originally planned to use "COWA" as a gimmick for the short manga competition, but Mr. Toriyama refused."

Dong Ye heard it clearly, he looked ahead, and he was about to walk to the main entrance of the school.

He said: "Sensei Toriyama wants to create works he likes, so he doesn't care about grades, so he won't participate in competitions to make readers look forward to it and put a burden on himself."

"Yes," Sasaki took off the fallen leaves above his head, "The plan for the short story competition has been postponed, and it will start around spring next year."

It is more important to give cartoonists enough time to conceive wonderful works.

"Then I'll wait until the New Year's party to answer you." Higashino said.

"Ah."

The two came to the school gate, Higashino Hibiki waved him, and Sasaki disappeared into Higashino Hibiki's eyes.

……

Toei Animation Company is a big company, and it is like a family with TV Asahi, so Kaede Inoue will not go to the TV station at night to wait for the results of the packing rate.

At four o'clock in the morning, he received a call.

"How's the ratings?" Kaede Inoue asked nervously.

He didn't sleep well at all. He tossed and turned at night, and finally fell asleep in a daze. As soon as the phone rang, he immediately woke up.

"The audience rating is 15.6%, which is amazing!" the staff said loudly.

Among the prime-time animation works this year, "Slam Dunk" is the only one.

"Is it only 15.6%?" Feng Inoue frowned.

After hanging up the phone, he sat up from the bed, under the faint moonlight, he looked a little lost.

This achievement surpassed "The Arrival of the Son", crushed "Rurouni Kenshin", and "eva" is not worth mentioning.

But after Inoue Feng learned about it, he was very upset.

This era is an era of lonely animation.

Without such highly competitive animations as "Dragon Ball", "Soul of Chess", and "Yu Yu Hakusho", "Slam Dunk" is in a blank period.

And the popularity of comic works is particularly high, coupled with his painstaking efforts in the production, his goal is actually set to break through 20%!

"It's a pity."

……

The news of "Slam Dunk" ratings at 15.6% was quickly notified to Sasaki Shang.

Different from Inoue Kaede's reaction, Sasaki's heart beat violently.

This result is already very good!

""Slam Dunk" has been serialized for one year and eight months, and the popularity of basketball is so amazing!"

Putting it more than a year ago, the ratings of animations with the theme of basketball could not exceed 5%, which is a niche among the niche.

"The influence of "Slam Dunk" is much stronger than I thought."

This was good news. He quickly found Kazuhiko Torishima and talked about the release of the booklet.

"The average sales volume of the first eight volumes of "Slam Dunk" is around 280 million copies. Now the anime ratings are at 15.6%. It's time to consider a reprint. Driven by the animation, it will break through the 300 million volume mark!"

The average sales volume is 300 million copies, and there are only three copies on Jump.

"Fist of the North Dipper", "Yu Yu Hakusho" and "Dragon Ball".

And these three works are all finished.

If it is "Slam Dunk", which has only been serialized for one year and eight months, the average sales volume of the single book can reach more than 300 million copies.

That may become the work with the highest average sales volume of Jump's single volume!

It's even possible.

"Breakthrough 400 million!"

It has become the work with the highest average sales volume of a comic book in history!

"I also have this idea," Torishima Kazuhiko hit it off with him.

He quickly notified Shueisha's senior management that the reprint and the ninth volume's release were quickly approved, and the matter was settled.

As for the first edition of Book Nine...

"250 copies!"

……

After the "Slam Dunk" animation aired two more episodes, the long-awaited game still hasn't arrived.

It's still a story of Yingmu Huadao running in, and the protagonist hasn't really fallen in love with basketball yet.

So the ratings didn't go up, but dropped slightly.The average is around 15%.

"Ah! I really want to see the friendly match between Xiangbei and Lingnan!"

Someone calculated carefully, the friendly match started to air, and after twelve episodes, they felt even more restless.

"The serialization of comics is so slow!"

Someone complained.

The match between Xiangbei and Hainan is not over yet, and it is the most tormenting moment.

Akagi played and showed his might at first, but soon, Mu Shenyi's state reached its peak, and the score that Xiangbei had just surpassed was chased back by Mu Shenyi.

The nimble Miyagi Ryota defended Mu Shenichi, but he easily bypassed him and broke through to the basket. Takenori Akagi jumped up to block the shot. Unexpectedly, he failed to prevent the score and was also given an extra penalty for blocking the foul.

"Crossing through Miyagi, the fastest place in northern Hunan, and colliding with Akagi, the most powerful in northern Hunan, and still able to shoot and score!"

Mu Shenyi not only has Kanagawa's number one skill, but also has great strength, and he has almost no shortcomings.

At 51:52, Xiangbei fell behind.

Mu Shenyi continued to score again. If he cannot be stopped, then Xiangbei will be in danger.

Akagi and the others decided to defend Mu Shenichi with all their strength, but in this way, Hainan's three-point shooter Shen Zongichiro got a chance and scored a three-pointer.

The point difference widened to seven points.

Because Mitsui wasted two years, his three-point shooting rate is not as good as that of Shinmune Ichiro who practiced throwing 500 times a day.

Xiangbei is already very dangerous!
In addition, except for Sakuragi Hanamichi, other people's physical strength has bottomed out, and Akagi Takenori still has injuries on his feet. Such a Xiangbei, after the struggle of the whole audience, is getting farther and farther away from victory.

Coach Anxi, who has been silent, has seen the efforts of the players.

He chose to stop the game and arranged tactics.

Akagi, Rukawa, Miyagi, and Mitsui formed a defensive area to prevent Mu Shenyi from cutting in with a dribble.

And the physical monster Sakuragi Hanamichi guarded Shen Zongichiro closely.

As for other people shooting three-pointers, it can only depend on luck.

The tactic worked!
Shinmune Ichiro has a soft body and a perfect three-point shot, but his physical strength and speed are no match for Hanamichi Sakuragi.

Even if he broke through Sakuragi's defense and jumped up to shoot a three-pointer, Sakuragi quickly caught up with him, and with a "fly swatter", he was slapped flying the basketball!

"The amount of exercise Sakuragi Hanamichi is amazing!"

Xiangbei fast attack!

After Hanamichi Sakuragi missed a shot, Takenori Akagi grabbed the rebound and made a slam dunk!

Finally recovered two points.

After landing, Akagi showed pain on his face.

Jumping and landing with heavy weight put a lot of burden on his ankles.

Coach Anxi watched this scene quietly.

The same tactic, four people defending Mu Shenyi, this time he passed the ball to other players.

Whether it can hit or not can only be left to God.

Fortunately, the opponent hit the iron, Akagi grabbed the rebound, and Sakuragi Hanamichi made a fast break!
But at this moment, Mu Shenyi has already reached the basket in Hainan.

"bring it on!"

He looked at the galloping Sakuragi Flower Road.

What I saw was a pair of determined eyes!

"I want to surpass him! I want to surpass No.1 in Kanagawa!"

This gaze shocked Mu Shen one by one.

He watched Yingmu Huadao jump up aggressively, rushing towards himself and the basket, he was even half a beat behind.

After an instant reaction.

"You are ten years too early!"

He jumped up and yelled through gnashing of teeth!

At this moment, it attracted the attention of the audience.

An anxious game, only 5 minutes before the end of the game, this goal is extremely important.

What will happen to the rookie golfer who challenges Mu Shenyi?
"Foul by thugs! No. 4 in white."

As soon as Mu Shen landed on the ground, he panted violently. In the end, he made a foul to prevent Yingmu Huadao from dunking!

Because he knew that Yingmu Huadao would not hit a free throw, he chose to foul.

And this, Yingmu Huadao himself knows.

He chose to find another way.

The legs are slightly bent, and the basketball is placed in the crotch, as if holding a urinal.

This strange posture made the audience exclaim.

Even the readers, feel very strange.

"Is there such a free throw?"

"Is it possible to go in?"

Takasugi Kazuya also watched this episode and found it very familiar.

"this is not?"

The answer will soon be given in the manga.

NBA basketball star Rick Barry uses this action to make free throws, and the accuracy rate is as high as 94.7%!

"it is as expected!"

……

Sakuragi Hanamichi was making a free throw, and he was extremely certain in his heart that he could make it.

For this basketball, Hanamichi Sakuragi relaxed her whole body, stared at the basket tightly, and naturally used her strength to throw it towards the basket from bottom to top.

In the eyes of everyone, the ball smashed into the basket.

"Score!"

Second pitch, still hit!

Yingmu Huadao recovered the precious two points.

"Although the movements are strange, but," Kazuya Takasugi squeezed his chin, "doesn't this mean that Hanamichi Sakuragi has been using his brain to think? No wonder he's improving so fast after learning how to play basketball."

At the end of this issue of comics, Xiangbei was four points behind, with 4 minutes left.

Everything is still up for grabs.

Coach Anxi also has his own plan.

In this sentence, he seems to have changed into a different person, concentrating on his duties as a coach and proposing tactics for the Xiangbei players.

"It's so strange." Kazuya Takasugi sighed again.

He no longer knew how many strange noises he made.

The latest episode is exciting and breaking the rules. It's really interesting!
"I want to see the next chapter immediately!"

"Want to watch the basketball game of the "Slam Dunk" animation."

"I want to! I really want to!"

He was rolling on the ground, almost unable to bear it anymore!
"Teacher Bird Akino should live in the teacher's dormitory." He suddenly had a dangerous thought, and it took all his rationality to suppress it.

……

Just like what Hirohiko Araki drew in "Diamonds Are Unbreakable", after learning the manga artist's address, his readers couldn't help but secretly read the original manuscript.

The uncle administrator stopped another student.

"This is the teacher's dormitory, you child get out of here."

"I'm a teacher." Kazuya Takasugi said seriously.

The administrator said bluntly: "As far as height is concerned, it is indeed the height that only people in their 40s and [-]s can have."

Kazuya Takasugi, who is 1 meters tall, was also hit.

"But the fluff at the corner of your mouth, how could it be the teacher? Get out of here quickly!"

When Takasugi Kazuya left, the administrator breathed a sigh of relief.

"There are so many people every day, really..."

If Hibiki Higashino also gave him a salary, he really didn't want to do it anymore.

There are too many things to worry about every day.

"Teacher Bird Akino," he stopped complaining when he saw Higashino approaching, and said respectfully, "You're back."

After all, the amount of this salary is the same as that of being an administrator, and it deserves a better service attitude.

he thought to himself.

"Uncle Nakamura," Higashino said, "It's really hard work for you."

He saw Takasugi Kazuo also entangled with the administrator from a distance.

"Yeah, it's okay, it's okay."

"If there is another person like this," Higashino said, "Please inform him that the first edition of the ninth booklet of "Slam Dunk" is available."

"Yes."

……

The news of the first edition of the ninth volume of "Slam Dunk" was soon known to all readers.

On the day of NO.15 in October, all major bookstores have shelves.

The queue was long, and everyone wanted to see this in time.

"The most important plot in the ninth book is the match with Xiangyang. I can watch it heartily in one sitting. I can't miss it."

"Yeah, "Slam Dunk" is good for everything, but it is serialized in a weekly magazine, and the reading is always intermittent."

Readers wait excitedly.

A single volume of "Slam Dunk" is only 400 yen, which is completely affordable.

Especially the recent match between Xiangbei and Hainan was too tough, and we had to divert our attention.

in the bookstore.

Cang Mulizi looked at the long line as if he was facing a big enemy.

She never imagined that she would run into the hands of Niao Akino Mirai again while she was working part-time.

"I gave up the convenient supermarket and chose a bookstore, but I still have to be busy?"

She wanted to cry without tears.

If it wasn't for the fact that the clerk could get a booklet of the entire "Slam Dunk" manga after the end, she would have wanted to run away.

"It's about to start!" The store manager took a deep breath and opened the door.

"Don't be crowded, come one by one." He shouted through the horn.

At this time, we must do our best to maintain order.

"Give me the booklet of "Slam Dunk" Book Nine!"

The first customer, with tired eyes, yelled!
(End of this chapter)