Slam Dunk Vol. 28: Slam Dunk, Vol. 28

ISBN
9781421533353
Publisher
VIZ
English release
Pages
192

Sannoh's large lead keeps Shohoku under pressure in this Slam Dunk continuation. VIZ emphasizes a team struggling to regain its rhythm, with Akagi facing Kawata's defense. Buy this inside the Sannoh sequence if the sustained response to that disadvantage interests you. It is a poor isolated sample of the series: the reason to care about another attempt at recovery comes from having followed the players into the position they now need to escape.

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Sakuragi's declaration that he will bring down Sannoh is the loud part of VIZ's description, but Akagi's difficulty with Kawata is the more useful buying distinction. A promise made for the team cannot remove each teammate's specific obstacle. That makes this continuation relevant to readers interested in the distance between morale and execution. Keep the preceding Sannoh volumes attached so the size of that distance has context. The declaration offers a direction; the defense still requires an answer. Those are different kinds of work within the same attempted recovery.

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