speech 2 -Slam dunk-
Hello everyone. First of all, thank you for your coming it is Saturday though. I think, you are attending this class in order to participate in sports activity after this class. As you see, my topic is the Slam-dunk. About a month ago. I gave you my debut speech, my topic was related with basketball, and this speech is also related with basketball by incidentally. I think, there is no one who didn't know the comic Slam-dunk. Because it is a very famous comic book. Don't you think so? if so or not, I am going to introduce what the Slam-dunk is and I'll analyze the secret of popularity of Slam-dunk.
First of all, the Slam-dunk does mean originally a powerful dunk shoot. And it was published by a Japanese company Shueisha from 1990 to 1996. Actually the Slam-dunk is the best comic book in 90's and it was loved by many people without distinction of age or sex for 7 years. Even though the story was finished, there are many fans of the Slam-dunk until now. Of course, not all popular comic books have high quality, as much as their popularity, but whenever I read the Slam-dunk, I feel it is the best comic among masterpieces. From now on, I am going to analyze what attractions of The Slam-dunk are. I think, they are divided into 4 parts.
First, a personality of characters.
In that story, there are five members. Sakuragi hanamichi(강백호), Takenori akagi(채치수), Rukawa kaede(서태웅), Hisashi mitsui(정대만), Miyagi ryota(송태섭), they are on the shohoku(북산) team. and their goal is winning the final in national league, so they make so many episodes through their games and their private lives naturally. But remarkable thing is that the story doesn't focus on only one character. Because we have watched the main characters who have great ability and kind personality in the other stories however in the Slam-dunk, Every character seems like a main character. Even though some characters are the main characters' rivals, they have attraction. In other words, the secret of popularity of Slam-dunk is variousness of characters.
Second, this comic book changed the social surroundings in Japan.
Actually, In Japan, the basketball was not popular sports. So there were so many people who didn't agree with publishing of the Slam-dunk. But in the comic book. The characters are very charming and the content was designed well. So it could capture many readers. Therefore the number of Japanese high school basketball teams have increased more than before. I think it is a really unique case.
Third, wise decision of author.
Actually the Slam-dunk treats of Sakuragi's(강백호) growth but it was published for a 7 years. as time went by, while the story of games became major, the amount of Sakuragi's story was decreased naturally. So, the author finished the Slam-dunk in order not to let the story be unclear. I think, it must have been a difficult decision. Because almost comic books writers want to keep their stories serialized continuously, If their stories take big popularity. Therefore, it is valuable. So I'm sure it is an attraction of only the Slam-dunk.
Fourth, model of characters.
Each character has their own models. and their characters, appearance, especially basketball ability look like their models. And then, almost models are from NBA player. For example Sakuragi is Dennis Rodman, Rukawa is Jordan, Akagi is David robinson and Akira sendoh(윤대협) is Majic johnson. And this makes the comic be enjoyable. And I'll show you another pictures.
Finally I'll make a conclusion of my speech.
In this story there is no difficult subject. I mean, this comic just treats that sports is beautiful. And it tell us that if want to do something then do it, it can make us happy. we can realize through this book! I think it is a last part.
Let's enjoy our own sports!
That's all I've prepared. Thank you for your listening.