Chapter 586 The Fourth Main Force, Miyagi, Has Arrived!

On the basketball court, rebounds are definitely not as dazzling as scoring, but in a team, rebounds are definitely the top priority.

Sakuragi's outstanding physical talent can ensure that he can grab rebounds on a basketball court full of strong players, which can help the team to a certain extent.

But the premise is...

Sakuragi is a "normal person".

According to the portrayal of the old thief, Sakuragi is obviously not a "normal person". Although he learned to dribble and grab rebounds with the help of Haruko and Akagi, he reveals an "unreliable" temperament everywhere.

On the other hand, Rukawa Kaede is a thorough basketball god image, tall and handsome, and a talented basketball player. This image alone is enough to attract anime fans!

So after the first ten episodes were broadcast, Rukawa Kaede's popularity was completely overwhelming!

The votes on major websites are the first by a gap, leaving the second place several times, and the popularity is not at the same level at all.

But this is just the situation when the anime was just aired. Lin Qiu knew that when the plot entered the official game, the appearance of the super popular character Sendo, the appearance of Mitsui Shou, and the growth of Sakuragi would all show their unique charm.

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"The anime of Lao Zei is really real. Sakuragi is an outsider after all. When he first came into contact with basketball, he had no way to do complex movements. Rukawa Kaede's ball sense cannot be developed in one or two years."

"He can't shoot at all, and normally, beginners' defensive details are very poor. Even if such a player has talent, can he really play?"

"Even if he can play, he is a blue-collar role, and can't be the protagonist."

Thousands of basketball fans commented on the basketball details of this anime.

After all, in the world of the masses, the protagonists on the basketball court are all scorers, just like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant in the previous NBA. There are indeed rebounding masters in the long river of history, but their fame is far less than that of scorers.

In fact, it is not uncommon to see men who can only bounce in the history of basketball. For example, Ishiogu can reach more than 4 meters with a running jump, but he can't even play in the NBA. So, it is hard to say whether it is good to jump well in the basketball court.

At present, Sakuragi Hanamichi only has two tricks, one is to grab rebounds, and the other is "common layup", which is a simple three-step layup, which is completely in line with the understanding of basketball fans for beginners.

The pace of "Slam Dunk" is not fast, and the first game was not ushered in until the 10th episode.

In this game, Xiangbei will face Ryonan from the same county. Ryonan has two star players, center Yuzhu and ace Sendoh!

As soon as Sendoh appeared, countless girls' eyes were full of stars again!

"So handsome!"

"Sendoh is also so handsome! No worse than Rukawa!"

"Sakuragi is so funny!"

"Let's see how Sakuragi performs in his first game..."

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In these 10 episodes, Sakuragi, who had never touched basketball, trained hard and gradually mastered some basic basketball skills. However, when he really faced opponents who were really familiar with basketball, the audience was a little timid...

But Sakuragi, that silly boy, not only acted like nothing happened, but also kept bragging about himself in the competition with Ryonan, causing the coach of Ryonan to think that Sakuragi was the real trump card of Xiangbei!

Of course, Rukawa and Sakuragi Hanamichi never stopped bickering, often making the audience laugh.

But no matter how unreliable Sakuragi was, the audience was still nervous about his debut, mainly because Sakuragi's training was really hard during this period, even training in the middle of the night. The audience also hoped that this kind of effort would get positive results!

But this nervousness did not turn into stimulation for the viewing experience of the game, but instead made Sakuragi's single cell speechless.

"Fuck you!"

"Thousand Years Kill?"

"You're too relaxed, Brother Sakuragi..."

This Sakuragi gave the head coach of Ryonan a "Thousand Years Kill" on the court, and the audience was stunned.

They have never seen such a protagonist!

Especially in sports-themed works!

It's really outrageous - outrageous to the extreme...

Sendoh's superb skills and excellent passing awareness led Ryonan to an offensive climax, coupled with Yuzhu's strong strength, once leading Xiangbei, but Sakuragi never got a chance to play until the captain Akagi was accidentally injured!

"Sakuragi is on the court!"

"Damn, I feel nervous watching my son on the court."

"I'm already looking forward to what kind of joke Sakuragi will make..."

"Hahahaha!"

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With Sakuragi's first appearance, "Slam Dunk" ushered in the first climax!

But who would have thought that Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was extremely relaxed on weekdays and fearless, was as nervous as a zombie on the court, with his hands and feet incoherent, and his brain was blank due to nervousness. He immediately contributed a traveling violation like a novice!

This traveling made everyone in Ryonan dumbfounded, wondering who this guy was.

"Sure enough..."

"Sure enough, I still had too high expectations for Sakuragi..."

"Hahaha!!"

"Rukawa Kaede's expression is so funny, I don't feel surprised at all."

"A battle between a fox and a monkey!"

The audience watched happily and discussed it one after another.

But if Sakuragi's unserious performance did not surprise them at all, then Sakuragi's highlights on the court were also what the audience expected to see!

Sakuragi's outstanding physical talent and superhuman jumping ability finally showed up on the court. He grabbed key rebounds one after another and helped Xiangbei stop the decline.

Of course, there were still many funny scenes, and mistakes continued to occur. It can be said that the flaws could not hide the merits...

And due to the lack of experience and technology, Sakuragi was stunned by the experienced center Yuzhu and could not play the advantage of his jumping ability at all.

"Sakuragi couldn't jump up because of the position."

"The old thief knows basketball, and the opponent can also see that Sakuragi is a novice with only jumping ability."

"Sakuragi without rebounds is basically a side effect."

"It's a critical moment!"

"I didn't expect this warm-up match to be so exciting..."

"The main reason is that Sendoh is too strong. His personal strength seems to be above Rukawa Kaede at present."

"After all, he is an ace player."

Sendoh's strength made the audience smack their lips!

Almost single-handedly, he overtook the score at the last moment, and Coach Anxi instructed Rukawa and Sakuragi to defend Sendoh at the same time. Although the two had a deep grudge between them and were unwilling to do so, they had to join forces to double-team Sendoh for the sake of victory!

It was such a basketball scene that made the audience excited.

But Sendoh was still Sendoh. At this stage, Sendoh's strength was above Rukawa Kaede. 1V2, he directly broke through with a release, passed through the double-team of the two, and then passed the ball to his teammates to score again!

Compared with Rukawa Kaede's personal attack type, Sendoh was not only not inferior in personal attack power, but also far ahead of Rukawa Kaede in ball control. He played a completely ball-controlling forward position on the court.

Under fierce offense and defense, the game came to the last moment!

The Xiangbei team was one point behind 84 to 85. At the last moment, they successfully stole the ball and launched a counterattack. Rukawa Kaede struggled to throw his body along the baseline, but who knew that it was just passed to Sakuragi Hanamichi who was inserted!

At this moment, everyone who saw this scene opened their mouths wide.

Including Akagi, Rukawa, and Ayako, Haruko, and everyone in the Akagi Army who were watching the game...

And the audience in front of the screen!

"It's over!"

"Rukawa: I'm going to send it!"

"The whole audience was nervous in an instant!"

"Kong Lan..."

"Commoner layup! Little man layup!!"

"Sakuragi is the only one who got the ball and everyone in the audience was panicking..."

The audience didn't know what kind of expression they had at this moment. Anyway, it was very complicated, both expectant and excited, both excited and outrageous!

"Don't mess around!"

Akagi's screams almost resounded throughout the court!

But no one was optimistic about Sakuragi, but Sakuragi was the most competitive!

A little man made a layup, steadily put the basketball in, and completed a quasi-kill!

On the basketball court, a quasi-kill is the last ball that determines the outcome, and there is no time left for the other side. The so-called quasi-kill is when the game is about to end, one side leads after a key shot, but there is still a small amount of time!

"Oh my god!"

"Got it!"

"Near buzzer beater!"

"Oh oh oh oh oh!"

At this moment, the audience almost jumped up from their seats to celebrate Sakuragi's near buzzer beater. Like Sakuragi who was showing off on the court, they all thought that the game was over and didn't notice that there were still about five seconds on the timer.

There was no timeout. As the basketball whizzed past the ears of the Xiangbei players, everyone realized that the game was not over yet.

Sendoh directly counterattacked with the ball. Only Rukawa, who was focused on the game, chased back at the first time. In the final stage, he formed a double team with Akagi, but Sendoh's excellent ball control ability allowed him to complete a butterfly-through-flowers pass in the penalty area, and jumped high under the dull eyes of thousands of anime fans!

"Wow..."

Under the shocked eyes of thousands of anime fans, Sendoh faced the double defense of Akagi and Rukawa and completed a difficult layup!

The ball went into the net at the last second!

A buzzer beater!

Ryonan's buzzer beater!

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Tick.

Tick.

Not only the Xiangbei players on the court, but even the audience did not react, and even found it difficult to accept this result!

No one expected that Xiangbei's first game, Sakuragi's first appearance, would end in failure!

This kind of plot handling method has rarely appeared in the anime industry in the past, but the original author of this anime is Lao Zei, which is not difficult to understand.

"Lost?"

"Sakuragi tried his best within his ability, but the opponent Sendo was too strong..."

"It's so exciting!"

"The charm of "Slam Dunk" was fully demonstrated in this game. Sakuragi felt the taste of failure and felt a lot more serious!"

"Oh my god, Sendo's buzzer beater just now made my scalp numb!"

The excitement of this game is self-evident. After the two episodes were broadcast, the entire blog was discussing the details of this game!

Including Sakuragi's near buzzer beater and Sendo's real counter-buster!

Both sides played an extremely exciting game, but it was a pity that Xiangbei did not win the final victory. It can only be said that the addition of Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi has brought changes to Xiangbei, but it has not yet reached the mature stage.

Especially Sakuragi, who is now completely in the "unpolished jade" stage. Of course, because he is the protagonist of the anime, the audience knows that Sakuragi will definitely grow, but growth must cost and time.

In competitive sports, losing is the best way to grow!

Any professional athlete who has made a name for himself has benefited greatly from failure.

Although Sakuragi looks like a single-celled organism, his obsession with winning is something that is in every boy's blood. After losing the game, Sakuragi did not sleep all night. His mind was full of details of the game, including Sendoh's last-second kill and Yuzhu's suppression of his opponent.

But as thousands of viewers said, this was only Sakuragi's first game, and being able to perform like this was already a surprise among surprises.

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“Is it possible that the players of Xiangbei team have not arrived yet?”

“It’s possible. At present, the ones who are portrayed more are Sakuragi, Rukawa and Akagi. Muguro doesn’t seem to have any characteristics. He is just a qualified rotation player.”

“Rukawa is a small forward, Sakuragi is a power forward, Akagi is a center, and we are still missing a point guard and a shooting guard.”

“Isn’t it coming?”

Unlike the initial explosion of “Attack on Titan”, “Slam Dunk” was not as popular as “Attack on Titan” in the early and middle stages because the pace was not fast.

However, with the first game between Xiangbei and Ryonan, the reputation and popularity of “Slam Dunk” are soaring at a crazy speed.

Although the current broadcast volume and reputation have been greatly added by Changan Animation, there is no doubt that “Slam Dunk” is the most popular sports-themed animation in history.

With the discussion of netizens, “Slam Dunk” has entered the next stage, which is to prepare for the regional qualifiers!

In Kanagawa Prefecture, a total of two teams can advance to the national competition. In addition to the recently defeated [Ryonan], Shohoku's main competitors include the powerful [Shoyo] and the king's team [Hainan].

But the players of Shohoku have not been fully reported yet!

Next, the fourth Shohoku main force, Miyagi Ryouta, will appear.

Like Sakuragi, Miyagi looks like a bad boy. He is the main force of the second grade of the basketball team. He was hospitalized due to a fight with the bad boy Mitsui and was able to return after the game with Ryonan.

"Another bad boy! He is also a person who suffers from a broken heart!"

"He is also a funny guy..."

"What a cool speed."

"What you need on the basketball court is ferocity. Good students can't play professional basketball."

"Yes, on the basketball court, if you are not ruthless, you will suffer. After all, it is a confrontational sport."

"Wow! Miyagi is too fast!"

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The appearance of Miyagi Ryouta was not as popular as Rukawa. Miyagi, who plays as a point guard, has excellent ball control and is very fast. He is a standard small point guard. Miyagi's return to the team has greatly made up for the shortcomings of Xiangbei.

After all, in the last game against Ryonan, the lack of vertical breakthrough ability was also the key to losing the game.

In the entire team, only Rukawa has the ability to break through. The opponent's defense is simply too easy to do. Really good players have the ability to make the opponent change their defensive strategy.

Although both are bad boys, Miyagi and Sakuragi are not particularly offensive. The most important thing is that they are both heartbroken, which makes them sympathize with each other and makes the audience laugh.

Under the night sky, the two of them had a heart-to-heart conversation with tears in their eyes, which instantly made them good brothers in the lovelorn front!

"The fourth main force is here!"

"Where's the fifth one?!"

Many anime fans rubbed their hands and asked expectantly!

... (End of this chapter)