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More Slam Dunk quotes:
Sakuragi: ....All right! 172 more shots! I have to practise!
Mitsui: I will act as defence!
Miyagi: I will pass to you!
Rukawa: I will stand on the sidelines and criticise!
*during the game vs. Ryonan High*
Akagi: Mitsui... is Koshino easy?
Me: *thinking* Yes, he's a huge slut...
(Akagi meant is he easy to mark)
Also sometimes I really love awkward translations. Like for example with Diamond no Ace or Ace of the Diamond or whatever the hell it's being called in the manga community these days (I call it DAIYA no ACE but whatev lol)'s fixation with balls. "He has sharp balls!", "His balls are dangerous!", etc. This one from SD is just so terribly awesome: (though the "Is he easy?" thing is probably more awesome)
Some guy from Ryonan: Koshino, you're open! Shoot!
Akagi: Open----------?!
Koshino shoots, Akagi MONSTROUSLY JUMPS UP TO BLOCK!!!
Akagi: MY ASS! UHO!!
And then you have this scene..:
Anzai (Coach): From what we've seen so far, what are Mikio's strengths?
Anzai: He has the power to push you from under the basket... and his height.
Anzai: Now what advantages does Sakuragi-kun have over him?
Sakuragi: Um... I have better skills and...
Sakuragi: Courage, and endurance, and I'm better looking... actually, I'm just better than him in general.
Anzai: ....what I meant was...
And another scene with Coach Anzai!burn!!!:
Anzai: Rukawa... I know it's hard for you, but you must think!!
OH SNAP RUKAWA!!!
And who can forget the introduction of the Sakuragi gang?? (even though it's only been done twice in like, volumes 1 and 7):
And I've heard many scary things about these guys from Wakou Junior High.
The "Sakuragi Gang".
Sakuragi Hanamichi!!
Mito Youhei!!
etc.!! (Ookusu, Takamiya and Noma: HEY!!!)
Always cracks me up every time.
Oh my God... and that one scene against Sannoh where Uozumi the sushi chef in training is just like... slicing his stupid turnip right in front of Akagi from behind the basket... ON THE COURT.... DAMN IT I LOVE SLAM DUNK.
Hmmm.. but SD isn't all jokes and slapstick either. There are some really touching moments... such as...
Sakuragi, the rising rookie of basketball in Kanagawa, is utterly humiliated by Fukuda, a player from Ryonan who slam dunks over him. Despite being you know, shorter and all. Oh, and Fukuda kind of slams him into a chair and causes a head wound. (I don't know what the hell the foul rules are in 1990s!Japan youth basketball...) Mitsui saves the day with a 3 pointer.
Narrator: All this time, Sakuragi just lay on the floor.
Narrator: When he heard the cheers that seemed to have nothing to do with him...
Narrator: he felt even worse than before...
And Mitsui... generally any moment with Mitsui saving the day and overcoming his weakness... (fatigue, lack of fitness)
And sometimes I wish the series expanded more upon the lives of its characters that it shows glimpses of (beyond basketball ability). For example Sakuragi actually has this really tragic event in his past that affects him over the course of the series. And Mitsui has a bad home life, but it's only alluded to in like, two panels. GRRR! And we don't know diddly about Rukawa, Miyagi and Ayako's home lives...
I think that's why Inoue Takehiko decided to draw REAL. Partially at least. It's a lot more character-driven and really expands on background, motivations, family/relationships of characters as well as advance the story. It's so awesome... T_T
PS Fukuda is really creeping me out with his "Please praise me..." "I want to be praised..." attitude. :S Especially because he looks off into the distance with misty eyes every single time he thinks that!!!
Sakuragi: ....All right! 172 more shots! I have to practise!
Mitsui: I will act as defence!
Miyagi: I will pass to you!
Rukawa: I will stand on the sidelines and criticise!
*during the game vs. Ryonan High*
Akagi: Mitsui... is Koshino easy?
Me: *thinking* Yes, he's a huge slut...
(Akagi meant is he easy to mark)
Also sometimes I really love awkward translations. Like for example with Diamond no Ace or Ace of the Diamond or whatever the hell it's being called in the manga community these days (I call it DAIYA no ACE but whatev lol)'s fixation with balls. "He has sharp balls!", "His balls are dangerous!", etc. This one from SD is just so terribly awesome: (though the "Is he easy?" thing is probably more awesome)
Some guy from Ryonan: Koshino, you're open! Shoot!
Akagi: Open----------?!
Koshino shoots, Akagi MONSTROUSLY JUMPS UP TO BLOCK!!!
Akagi: MY ASS! UHO!!
And then you have this scene..:
Anzai (Coach): From what we've seen so far, what are Mikio's strengths?
Anzai: He has the power to push you from under the basket... and his height.
Anzai: Now what advantages does Sakuragi-kun have over him?
Sakuragi: Um... I have better skills and...
Sakuragi: Courage, and endurance, and I'm better looking... actually, I'm just better than him in general.
Anzai: ....what I meant was...
And another scene with Coach Anzai!burn!!!:
Anzai: Rukawa... I know it's hard for you, but you must think!!
OH SNAP RUKAWA!!!
And who can forget the introduction of the Sakuragi gang?? (even though it's only been done twice in like, volumes 1 and 7):
And I've heard many scary things about these guys from Wakou Junior High.
The "Sakuragi Gang".
Sakuragi Hanamichi!!
Mito Youhei!!
etc.!! (Ookusu, Takamiya and Noma: HEY!!!)
Always cracks me up every time.
Oh my God... and that one scene against Sannoh where Uozumi the sushi chef in training is just like... slicing his stupid turnip right in front of Akagi from behind the basket... ON THE COURT.... DAMN IT I LOVE SLAM DUNK.
Hmmm.. but SD isn't all jokes and slapstick either. There are some really touching moments... such as...
Sakuragi, the rising rookie of basketball in Kanagawa, is utterly humiliated by Fukuda, a player from Ryonan who slam dunks over him. Despite being you know, shorter and all. Oh, and Fukuda kind of slams him into a chair and causes a head wound. (I don't know what the hell the foul rules are in 1990s!Japan youth basketball...) Mitsui saves the day with a 3 pointer.
Narrator: All this time, Sakuragi just lay on the floor.
Narrator: When he heard the cheers that seemed to have nothing to do with him...
Narrator: he felt even worse than before...
And Mitsui... generally any moment with Mitsui saving the day and overcoming his weakness... (fatigue, lack of fitness)
And sometimes I wish the series expanded more upon the lives of its characters that it shows glimpses of (beyond basketball ability). For example Sakuragi actually has this really tragic event in his past that affects him over the course of the series. And Mitsui has a bad home life, but it's only alluded to in like, two panels. GRRR! And we don't know diddly about Rukawa, Miyagi and Ayako's home lives...
I think that's why Inoue Takehiko decided to draw REAL. Partially at least. It's a lot more character-driven and really expands on background, motivations, family/relationships of characters as well as advance the story. It's so awesome... T_T
PS Fukuda is really creeping me out with his "Please praise me..." "I want to be praised..." attitude. :S Especially because he looks off into the distance with misty eyes every single time he thinks that!!!