The date is set for the 1st; there's no going back now.
Because it capitalizes on the nostalgia factor of Slam Dunk, early readership is good, and over 100,000 views are enough to get it listed.
I finally reached almost 300,000 words before I had to put it on sale.
There's a reason for that.
This book is about slam dunks, but it's not purely about basketball.
It's more about life, a group portrait.
It's impossible for everyone in a group to have the same personality.
Even characters' personalities change as they experience life, age, and so on.
There are no three golden chapters, nor ten golden chapters; the story simply unfolds gradually.
It was precisely for this reason that the 97,000-word novel was retrieved; long-time readers should know this.
Even the earliest title of this book did not include the words " Slam Dunk ".
If it were just a simple ball game, it would definitely start with a pair of Chinese and American students studying together.
Link up star players, fight with the media, date young models, secure endorsements, scout new talent, build a dynasty, and develop the national basketball cause...
It's all the same, yet they seem to know how to do it all too well.
I'll write a damn dunk.
As for the question of why I write about everyday life...
First of all, Slam Dunk is a Japanese manga, and I don't think it's possible for China students to have a pleasant time in a country with such xenophobic environments.
As for the idea of a Chinese NBA champion's experience being transferred to another player, I find that even more unacceptable.
Having played basketball my whole life, if it were me, and I could travel through time, I'd immediately get involved with Bitcoin, buy Tencent, invest in Ma Yun, and hold shares in Apple and Tesla, then relax and enjoy life.
What's the point of playing basketball?
Even if it's true love, they'd still fly back to their homeland overnight to fight.
Wasn't China basketball in 1992 a lot more promising than before?
And it wouldn't earn them the stigma of being traitors.
Releasing more free chapters is meant to illustrate the style of these books through the plot.
The reason it wasn't released during a key competition segment of the storyline is also for this reason.
If you're just looking for fun to watch the matches, the storyline only covers a few matches a year, with only the national tournament left, and that's almost over.
Go straight to the NCAA; the NBA has nothing to do with Slam Dunk, so it won't be a quick process.
Even if we were to engage in combat, it would require large-scale coordinated action.
There are many characters and storylines in this book because, in my understanding, the core of Slam Dunk is the everyday life of youth.
It's not about right or wrong, just like everyone's own heart.
Everyone has different expectations, so I can only write according to the intention I had when I started writing this book.
No matter what you do, there will be supporters and critics.
I don't want to say thank you here; there are just too many people I want to thank.
More importantly, this was the first time I had written so many words, and I lacked confidence in controlling the subsequent plot.
If the book ever manages to be completed smoothly without a bad ending, I will express my gratitude to everyone involved.
Instead of leaving a lengthy thank-you note now, thanking someone for what?
Thank you for discovering a new TJ?
As for updates, I'll try to write 10,000 words a day until it's finished.
It's not that I'm being petty and pedantic, thinking, "How can I bow and scrape before the powerful and wealthy, making me unable to be happy?"
More than the amount of updates, I want to keep the plot from falling apart, and at least continue writing it smoothly according to my original plan.
Chapters unrelated to basketball aren't necessarily filler; they're simply part of the overall story.
Okay, that's all I wanted to say.
If possible.
Goodbye, now that it's finished.