Full-time comic artist

As darkness fell, the mosquitoes in the bushes became particularly annoying.

"Let's go home," Gao Xiang said.

"Hmm." Kanda felt a wave of boredom; as he got older, he felt increasingly empty inside.

Takago escorted Kanda to his doorstep and waved goodbye.

As Kanda Takehito entered, Takago suddenly exclaimed, "Oh! I remember now!"

"What?" Kanda asked, puzzled.

"The reason why basketball shoes are so popular."

Kanda was both amused and exasperated, thinking that Takago was still the same as always, always getting caught up in things that didn't really matter.

"The manga serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump is called Slam Dunk! Because of this manga, a lot of people have been playing basketball lately!"

He pointed to a park in the distance, "I heard that the residents' committee will build a basketball court in the park because people watched 'Slam Dunk' and started to like playing basketball, but there wasn't enough space, so that's the reason they gave feedback."

"Wow, that's amazing," Kanda exclaimed. "He's managed to inspire so many people to love basketball."

However, it had nothing to do with him. Kanda, with his back to Takago, said, "I understand, I understand, bye-bye."

"Remember to send it to me at the beginning of next month!" Gao Xiang shouted.

"It depends on my mood."

……

At night, a full moon shone brightly in the sky, illuminating the bedroom.

Kanda couldn't sleep.

To put it simply, he was a remnant of the old era, and the new world had no ship to carry him.

In reality, it's fear and confusion about the future.

dawn.

Kanda was lying on the sofa reading a comic book when he heard a noise and saw his giant brother appear.

His eyes were bloodshot and his limbs were weak.

"Wow, you didn't sleep all night, did you?"

"Enough with the nagging," Kanda said wearily.

He went into the bathroom, washed his face, and finally felt a little more refreshed.

As he walked into the living room and was having breakfast, he noticed his younger brother's intriguing gaze and felt a surge of displeasure.

Kanda pulled the comic book from under his eyes, held it high, and watched him jump around trying to reach it, but he couldn't get it. Kanda was delighted.

"You're in high school already, why are you still reading shonen manga? Let me see."

Dodging his younger brother Kandagawa's hand, Kanda Takehito held the comic book above his head and began to read it.

"Is this a delinquent fight? They're really going at it!" Kanda exclaimed in astonishment.

He flipped through the pages and finally understood the general idea.

It was a guy named Mitsui who asked his friend Tetsuo for help to cause trouble for the Shohoku basketball team.

The one who was hit was named Miyagi Ryota, but he neither fought back nor dodged.

He was beaten bloody from the head, but remained silent.

"Tch, how embarrassing," Kanda said, annoyed.

“No, that’s not it,” Kandagawa said. “Miyagi didn’t fight back because he didn’t want the Shohoku basketball team to be banned from playing due to a violent incident in the gymnasium! That bastard Mitsui Hisashi!”

He recalled the earlier events: the unruly Miyagi, who fearlessly retaliated after being provoked.

"Play in the tournament?" Kanda Takehito was taken aback. "The Japanese High School Basketball Tournament?"

"Yes." The younger brother nodded. "Shohoku's dream is to enter the national tournament and win first place!"

"Number one in the nation," Kanda Takehito scoffed. "It's not that simple."

He watched as a long-haired, effeminate man with a gaping tooth raised a mop high, about to smash Miyagi Ryota with the sharp edge of the mop.

"Tch, how despicable."

He got into fights too, but never like this.

This guy named Mitsui Hisashi is a complete scumbag.

Fortunately, he was stopped by two of Miyagi's teammates.

Seeing Kanda Takehito engrossed in reading the comics, his younger brother Kanda Gawa stopped trying to take it from him. Instead, he sat on the bench facing the opposite direction, watching his older brother's furrowed brow with amusement.

The conflict escalated, and it looked like a full-blown fight was imminent, with the provocateur's scheme succeeding.

A dutiful player positioned himself between the two sides.

Mitsui: "What do you want to do, Yasuda?"

The two of them actually know each other; they clearly come from completely different worlds.

Yasuda: "Please, please go back. The match is almost here."

Mitsui: "Oh?"

Yasuda: "A lot of new players have joined this year, and Miyagi has also returned. I think maybe we can make it to the national competition."

Yasuda mustered his courage and begged Mitsui Hisashi to go back, but Mitsui beat him up badly.

The plot then progresses quickly, with Rukawa being ambushed by his delinquent thugs and suffering a head injury.

He began to fight back, taking down Mitsui Hisashi and many others in succession.

Ayako, who came to stop them, was pushed to the ground by the thugs. Miyagi could no longer hold back and pushed the thugs to the ground, beating them repeatedly.

The situation became increasingly serious, and Tetsuo, from Mitsui's side, finally made a move.

He flung Rukawa away, and his powerful, log-like thigh kicked Kakuta away.

Shiozaki and Miyagi, both from the Shohoku basketball team, who arrived in a huff, were both defeated by Tetsuo.

This person is really amazing, like a god of war.

Meanwhile, on the Shohoku side, Sakuragi Hanamichi, the most imposing player, swatted Mitsui away, and the two faced off.

"Wow, this is getting interesting!" Kanda Takehito's eyes lit up; he loved this kind of storyline.

As a delinquent, he's very relatable.

Yeah, basketball comics should be filled with inappropriate content; that's how readers enjoy reading them.

How could anyone like a boring sport like basketball?

The author is clearly a sensible person.

However, Kanda Takehito had to admit that the author's drawing was truly excellent, creating a very successful atmosphere that was incredibly immersive; he was so engrossed in watching it that he found himself breathing heavily.

However, the comic ends here.

"What's going on?" he asked his younger brother, who was watching the scene unfold.

“Jump is a manga magazine that serializes manga, so the next chapter won’t be until Monday the day after tomorrow,” Kandagawa said.

"Serialized? This is really annoying." Kanda Takehito shook his head. He tossed the comic back to his younger brother and went back to his bedroom.

"Do you want to watch the next episode?" the younger brother asked.

“I’m not interested anymore,” Kanda Takehito said.

"Tch," the younger brother said, flipping through the comic book, "This is really annoying."

Chapter 145 The Persistent Mitsui

Next Monday.

My darn younger brother hid the comic book.

Unable to resist the urge, Kanda Takehito secretly went to the supermarket and bought a comic book.

"That's really cheap."

He exclaimed that a comic book with over 200 pages only cost 230 yen, so cheap that he almost doubted if he had heard correctly.

"No wonder the paper quality is so poor."

Kanda sat on the swing in the park and began to watch.

Continuing from the previous episode.

It's a battle between Sakuragi Hanamichi and Tetsuo.

Sakuragi was at a disadvantage and couldn't fight back at all.

However, he was in good physical condition and stood up repeatedly.

However, at this moment, the delinquents led by Mitsui surrounded Sakuragi. Two fists can't fight four hands, let alone five or six people, and Sakuragi couldn't help but show a troubled expression.

The basketball team members were worried about him, but they were all terrible players and had the will but not the strength.

Takenori Akagi, the main fighter, is currently in physics class.

At this critical moment, the Sakuragi Army appeared.

They are Yohei Mito and three others.

The Sakuragi Army is assembled.

Sakuragi will deal with Tetsuo, and Yohei will deal with Mitsui Hisashi.

The other three... Nozomi Takamiya, Yuji Oonan, and Tadashi Noma deal with the rest of the delinquents.

They quickly defeated their opponents.

Mitsui Hisashi may look fierce, but he's actually a weakling.

From the moment he entered the gymnasium, he was beaten by Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi. Now, facing Yohei, he is no match at all.

Yohei Mito easily knocked him to the ground with a single punch.