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Chapter 259 Mobai, Xiangbei wins, the curtain ends
Hanamichi Sakuragi suffered a back injury, his painful face wrinkled into a ball, and he lost the spirit of the past, but he still went to the technical stage and told the referee that he would play and finish the game against Sanno.

Caizi yelled at Sakuragi, and she understood that Sakuragi was betting on her future in the game.

Coach Anzai also confessed to Sakuragi: "Sakuragi-san...Frankly speaking, your changes deeply attracted me. Therefore, I have never let you leave, and I don't want you to leave..."

"Because I really want to continue to watch you... keep improving."

"I am an unqualified coach, and I am only a little short of making a big mistake that is enough to regret for a lifetime..."

Sakuragi is a genius beyond Tanizawa, he doesn't want Sakuragi to lose his future like Tanizawa.

He no longer wants to experience the pain of a genius dying.

At this time, the game was still going on, and the cheers on the scene were endless. Sakuragi listened to all this, and was very sure of his choice in his heart.

"Old man, when was your most glorious moment?"

"Are you playing for Japan?"

"And me? Only now!"

In the last minute of the game, Sakuragi Hanamichi appeared.

……

"Wow, it's so hot!"

Countless readers are excited.

Indulging in the charm of "Slam Dunk" cannot extricate itself.

"Even ten or 20 years later, I will still think about how I feel at this moment."

Gao Shanhe also looked out the window, it was clearly winter, but he clearly felt that he was in summer, in a hot-blooded summer.

……

Kazuhiko Torishima raised his head and asked in disbelief, "736 votes?"

1000 copies of the reader questionnaire are drawn from the weekly letters, and since each copy can cast 3 votes, there are a total of 3000 votes.

Among the 736 votes, "Slam Dunk" alone won [-] votes, almost a quarter.

And "Weekly Shonen Jump" generally has [-] works serialized.

Of the remaining nineteen works, only three-quarters of the votes can be contested.

This is a terrible result.

Almost touching the record of jump Xiaozheng data.

Today is different from the past. At that time, excellent works were rare, but now it is an era of pillar comics.

It won the undisputed first place among the powerful, which is enough to show the current glory of "Slam Dunk".

"Tori Akino," Torishima Kazuhiko recalled Sakuragi Hanamichi's lines, and said: "I hope your most glorious moment is not now."

……

Another two weeks later.

jump has been updated.

Saito Taku also looked at the crowded cash register, wondering which cashier would be so unlucky?When I get up early on Monday morning, I have to deal with so many customers.

"Oh, so it was me."

He looked at the junior high school students with excited expressions one by one, and sighed in his heart.

"Please line up."

Soon, the team restored order amidst pushing and shoving.

"Is this the Weekly Shonen Jump you bought?" Saito asked.

"Yeah!" The first junior high school student nodded expectantly.

"A total of 230 yen."

The junior high school student lined up five coins and placed them at the cash register.

"Thank you for your patronage, please go slowly."

In this way, copies of "Weekly Shonen Jump" were sold, and customers left one by one. At nine o'clock, Saito finally had a little time to spare.

He raised his head and looked at the world outside the window, people coming and going, office workers in a hurry, and beautiful female college students.

There are unhealthy groups who dress up strangely, and there are also policemen who maintain order.

"When will there be a place for me in such a big Tokyo?" He sighed.

Saito is from Gunma County. When he was in junior high school, he read "Weekly Shonen Jump" and was fascinated by "Soul of Chess".

Then came the dream of becoming a manga artist.

In high school, he has been working hard to draw and neglected his studies. After graduation, he chose to come to Tokyo to continue to pursue his dream.

It's just that Saito submitted the jump several times and failed.

He is now working as a cartoonist's assistant, while doing odd jobs to support himself the rest of the time.

"I don't know when I will become someone like Mr. Akino Tori."

He lowered his head and caressed the jump in his hands. On the cover, Sakuragi Hanamichi was shining brightly in the stadium.

……

After Hanamichi Sakuragi came on, he blocked Mikio Kawada's throw.

Ryota Miyagi took the ball to Sanno's basket and passed it to Hisashi Mitsui on the outside.

Mitsui jumped subconsciously, and Sanno's Matsumoto collapsed. He rushed over, mistakenly thinking that Mitsui's throw was a fake move, and the two collided.

However, the three-pointer had already been shot, and the ball flew through the air and successfully scored.

Matsumoto fouled and an extra free throw was made.

At this time, the score between Xiangbei and Sanwang was 74:76, and Mitsui made the shot as a matter of course.

Xiangbei added 1 point.

With only 49 seconds left, Mitsui won the only 3+1 in "Slam Dunk", making great contributions to Xiangbei.

In the last time, wonderful shots continued to appear.

Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was seriously injured, intercepted Shimozawa Kita Eiji's dunk.

In the second half, Sakuragi Hanamichi played really well.

In the last 30 seconds, Xiangbei ace Rukawa Kaede passed the defensive Wada through his crotch, ignored the blocked Fukatsu, and took off for a layup.

It's a pity that at this time, Wada shot Rukawa Kaede's inevitable goal.

"You are finished!" He Tian vented his emotions.

Desperation shrouded Xiangbei's main force, but it was Hanamichi Sakuragi who rushed towards the ball.

……

"Sakuragi Hanadao is so outstanding, it's really hard to imagine that he was still the same Sakuragi Hanadao full of loopholes before."

Shanwang calculated everyone in Xiangbei, and Mitsui, who was a knives, paid special attention to it. Only Yingmu Huadao and the others didn't understand it very much, and they regarded Sakuragi as a layman.

They didn't expect that it was Yingmu Huadao who became someone beyond calculation, broke the control of the mountain king, and ignited the hope of victory for Xiangbei.

Saito thought, watching this week's "Slam Dunk".

"There should be a result." He thought.

"On Slam Dunk, I'm going to learn a lot."

With the idea of ​​learning storyboards, he opened the jump comics.

Immediately, Saito's eyes opened wide and could no longer be closed.

"This is……"

The two pages of "Slam Dunk" he could see didn't have a single line!

In silence, he drew the next plot.

Sakuragi Hanamichi pounced on the basketball, his hands gradually touched the basketball, then he turned his head and looked at Rukawa Kaede whose pupils constricted in shock.

He exerted his strength, twisted into the air, and threw the ball to Rukawa Feng, then lost his balance and fell to the ground.

"Such lines..."

Saito was stunned.

It's just a painting, he can fully think of the aspirations of everyone present.

The audience cheers.

It seems that he can also hear the sound of basketball soles rubbing against the floor.

Rukawa Kaede received the pass and jumped up like the wind for a layup. He lived up to Sakuragi's efforts and scored.

Xiangbei's score finally surpassed Shanwang!

Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi Hanamichi were panting violently. When there were no lines or narration, Saito Taku also seemed to be in a quiet space, and only their rapid heartbeat could be heard.

Afterwards, the shock of the audience, the tears of Akagi Haruko, the excitement of the Shonhoku basketball team, and the despair and bewilderment of Sanno Industry.

clearly displayed on the screen.

Saito flipped the jump quickly, dazzled.

He didn't want to miss any details, but also wanted to see the next scene quickly, his whole being was in a state of excitement and anxiety.

It wasn't until he turned to the last page of this chapter that he ended this state.

"Obviously there are no lines, but I even substituted them in. Such a cartoon is really scary."

There is no dialogue, no onomatopoeia in this sentence of "Slam Dunk", and the original manuscript is extraordinarily clean.

This made Saito more able to watch the details of the action and the demeanor of the characters without distraction.

"It is precisely because of his incomparable self-confidence that Mr. Akino Niao dares to draw like this."

This also tests the ability of camera language, without the assistance of narration, readers can clearly see every move of the characters.

How did Sakuragi Hanamichi pounce on the ball?How did he pass it on to Rukawa Feng?How did Rukawa Kaede make a layup?

Feedback from the audience, feedback from the players, feedback from the mountain king.

Countless details, even if readers read it in a hurry, they can form a coherent picture in their minds.

"This is already art, the art of Japanese manga."

Saito read it twice again, and he was very excited. He has something to learn from this sentence.

……

Horie Nobuhiko watched "Slam Dunk" without dialogue, and was immersed in shock.

"Is this drawn by Bird Akino?"

This episode of "Slam Dunk" confirms Horie Nobuhiko's belief.

Sometimes dialogue limits expression, and there are some things that dialogue cannot express clearly.

Use paintings to express the plot, and complete the transmission of information to the audience in the dynamic.

"The expressiveness of this statement is astonishing."

Nobuhiko Horie is now a reader, and in Mobai's "Slam Dunk" comics, he can guess the lines of every dialog box.

At this time, there is no need to fill in the dialogue.

"This guy is a genius, an unparalleled genius."

"There are not many cartoonists who can do this."

Silent comics are not difficult, many people can do it.

But like "Slam Dunk", it is very difficult to show the advantages of silent comics in silence, so that readers do not have a sense of disobedience and feel enthusiasm.

……

When Higashino used to watch anime, there would often be an episode where the characters had no lines and used body language and facial expressions to advance the plot.

For example, an episode in "The Disaster of Saiki Kusuo".

Higashino is particularly boring to watch. In order to express the plot silently, he will exaggerate the actions of the characters.

This is too inconsistent.

Drama serves a silent purpose, dancing in chains.

He was still complaining when he was watching it, but now that he is serializing "Slam Dunk", he finally understands the difficulties.

It took him all his brain cells and painstaking efforts to draw this sentence.

"Slam Dunk" is still a sports comic, without the cooperation of lines, the design of the storyboard is too important.

The actions of the characters must be connected, and the emotions must be expressed.

The speed line should be used to the extreme to give the characters a sense of strength.

Fortunately, he did.

"I'm really shocked that this is something you can draw at the age of 24."

The phone call from Akira Toriyama immediately verified Higashino Hibiki's success.

"This is all taught by Teacher Akira Toriyama." Higashino thanked Hibiki.

Akira Toriyama is especially good at drawing battle scenes, and playing basketball is also a dynamic decomposition of the human body.Higashino often reads the "Dragon Ball" booklet and learns from Akira Toriyama's storyboards.

"Don't put a high hat on me." Even though Akira Toriyama said that, his mouth was still cheerful.

"By the way," he asked, "I heard that after 7 days, it will be the time for the "Shogakukan Manga Award" awards, is that true? "

"Yeah," Higashino nodded, his eyes far away, "it will be seven days later."

……

Another week later.

With only 20 seconds left in the game, Shanwang did not give up. After 10 seconds, Zebei stopped suddenly and got up to make a jumper, and the ball went into the basket.

Shanwang completed the overtake.

There are still 8.2 seconds until the end of the game. Is Xiangbei really going to lose?

Another few paintings without narration.

Yingmu Huadao rushed towards his basket immediately.

In this scene, Takasugi couldn't help but think of the first game of "Slam Dunk", which was the practice match between Xiangbei and Lingnan.

In the last few seconds, when Yingmu Huadao was triumphant, Lingnan, who did not give up, scored a goal quickly and turned the defeat into victory.

"Sakuragi has really grown a lot. Now, he is very similar to Xiandao back then." Kazuya Takasugi sighed with emotion.

He watched Rukawa Feng counterattack and break through all the way to Shanwang's basket.

He looked at Zebei's block, and Rukawa looked back, noticing Sakuragi Hanamichi's hands outstretched to catch the ball.

"You only need to gently support with your left hand..."

He saw Rukawa Kaede passing the ball to Sakuragi Hanamichi.

He saw Yingmu Huadao jumped up, the ball was thrown, and in the eyes of the audience, it drew an arc and fell into the basket.

The ball is in!
competition is over!

Xiangbei defeated the Mountain King with 79:78!

Kazuya Takasugi didn't dare to breathe too loudly. Until now, he still couldn't believe it. Did Xiangbei win?
Rukawa Feng's eyes widened, Sakuragi Hanamichi was expressionless, he passed through the players of Sanno, came to Rukawa Feng, and met his eyes.

The two raised their hands at the same time and clapped vigorously!
While gasping for breath, they swayed the sweat on their bodies, and integrated the joy of scoring goals and winning into this high-five of the century!

The tacit cooperation of the two brought victory to Xiangbei!
After the emotions passed, they "hummed" and returned to the previous state of confrontation.

……

"Ah, Xiangbei has won."

Kazuya Takasugi woke up like a dream.

Unknowingly, he shed tears.

The five people in Xiangbei celebrated without emotion. They hugged into a ball and cheered for the hard-won victory.

The other players embraced with emotion and tears, and coach Anxi raised his hands high, unable to restrain himself.

The audience is cheering for Xiangbei!

"It's amazing!"

……

The competition that lasted for more than a year finally came to an end.

Yamamura Shoudao was emotional, and looked at the jump with some doubts in his heart.

"Why is Bird Akino working so hard? It seems that he wants to draw the characters' growth and moving parts."

"What about the future? What will you paint in the future?"

Just like the death of Zhang Beihai, such a useful character was killed by Liu Cixin.

He may not have thought that the story of "Three-Body Problem" would continue.

"Without anything to draw, wouldn't the subsequent chapters of "Slam Dunk" be lackluster?"

Takenori Akagi strengthened his will, Ryota Miyagi joined the team, and Hisashi Mitsui reached the pinnacle of his basketball career.

Rukawa Feng integrated into the team and grew into a real ace.

Yingmu Huadao has played unprecedentedly. The battle of the mountain king is his most glorious moment. Facing the mountain king led by Zebei, he is still the king of rebounds. How will he grow up in the future?

The five tigers of Xiangbei are kneaded together, and they are already completely integrated.

Without growth, how can sports comics express the thrill of a competitive game that does not reach the end and does not know the ending?

"Tori Akino Mirai, what is he thinking?"

(End of this chapter)