"The pacing is really so slow!"
"Actually, it's not that bad. I think everything's okay; I'm enjoying it!"
"I'm not saying the current plot is boring. I think it's pretty fun, too, but that doesn't help. If you went to a Sichuan restaurant and the entire menu was Hunan food, you wouldn't just shrug it off, would you? I came to watch a basketball anime, but it's been four whole episodes and the protagonist, Sakuragi Hanamichi, hasn't played a single game or even made one basket. That's ridiculous!"
"Exactly. We still don't even know what the main plot of this series is. Sakuragi Hanamichi only just joined the basketball team, at this pace, when will we ever see him play in a game?"
"I don't see a problem! Who cares whether he plays basketball? Watching him be funny is enough for me. I had a miserable day at work, and this anime made me laugh nonstop over lunch!"
"The problem is that it's Slam Dunk, not Comedy Master! Are they going to pad out a hundred episodes with nothing but comedy?"
"Honestly, so far it feels like the story's wandered off topic. There are way too many delinquents, gags, and everyday-life scenes, while the basketball at the heart of the series has barely progressed."
"Oh, it's over. Episode four's finished, and I never expected that by the end of it, Sakuragi Hanamichi would only just be starting to practice dribbling. I'm honestly baffled!"
"That's wild. A basketball anime where the protagonist starts by learning to dribble? If the story keeps going like this, I can already feel it getting stretched out forever!"
"Let me check the preview for next week—pfft! Is this preview for real?"
"Sakuragi Hanamichi can't stand the basketball team's boring basic training, gets into a conflict with