CATDOLL: The secret of the Slam Dunk national championship was revealed by the author

"Slam Dunk", which carries our countless beautiful youthful memories, has ended for 15 years. 15 years ago, after defeating the king Sanno Industrial in an upset, Shohoku unfortunately lost to Aiwa Academy led by Aichi star Moroboshi Dai, ending its legendary journey in the national competition.

For many years, countless friends, like me, have been struggling with the ultimate hidden topic of this film - who will be the final champion of this year's Slam Dunk National Competition. After reading the comics countless times and referring to various opinions on the Internet, I also think that the final champion is - Mingpeng Industry where Mori Shigehiro works! Why did I come to this conclusion? Let me analyze it one by one:

First, referring to the chapter before the first match against Touou, the match table for the national competition shows that there are only five colleges worth paying attention to in the left zone: Sanno Industrial, Shohoku, Touou, Aiwa College, and Kainan University Affiliated School. There is no introduction to the other underdog, Takehiko Inoue, so he is definitely out of the game.

Second, in the first round, C-class Xiangbei defeated A-class Touou and faced the strongest Sannoh. With Sakuragi's back injury and other players overdrawn, Xiangbei was defeated by Aiwa Academy. According to the note on the cover of the next issue taken by the media where Yayoi Aida worked after the match with Sannoh, there are only two teams left in the left area of ​​the battle list - Aiwa Academy and Kainan University Affiliated School.

Third, the follow-up question begins. Who won the finals between Aiwa College and Kainan University? The answer is Kainan. See Takehiko Inoue's 2004 "Ten Days Later". It clearly states that Kainan was the second place in the end, and the final was a showdown between the top of the left zone and the top of the right zone. Therefore, Kainan should have eliminated Aiwa College in the semifinals and then participated in the finals.

Fourth, at this point, the universities in the finals have probably surfaced - the left zone is Hainan, who is the right zone?

After looking through the right area, we can find that there are only two colleges and universities in the right area whose names look familiar - Daiei Gakuen where Jun Tsuchiya is located, and Meiho Industry where Mori Shigehiro is located! Some people may ask here, why don't I look at other schools? It's very simple. There are not many schools mentioned in comics and animations. Do you think the champion will come from a college that has never been introduced in the whole story? Anyway, I don't think so.

Fifth, the last question. So, who won in the right zone? Or, in other words, who won the championship in the end? (Because Hainan in the left zone won the second place)

————The champion, I think it is Mingpeng Industry.

There are two clues:

First, whether in the animation or the comics, Takehiko Inoue spent a lot of space to introduce Mori Shigehiro. In the entire SLAM DUNK, the protagonist Sakuragi Hanamichi has only two rivals: the first is Rukawa Kaede, and the second is Mori Shigehiro. One is a teammate, and the other is an enemy. Even during the 20,000-ball special training period, Sakuragi Hanamichi dreamed of confronting Mori Shigehiro in the finals. It can be seen that in the complete plot that SLAM DUNK designed by Takehiko Inoue was originally going to depict, Mori Shigehiro was destined to enter the finals. Since he is under the same spotlight as the protagonist, the champion is destined to be Sakuragi's Xiangbei, otherwise, it will be Meiho Industry where Mori Shigehiro is.

Moreover, Meiho Industries crushed Japan's top-level Aiwa Academy in seconds, demonstrating its strong strength.

In fact, in last year's competition, Aiwa College and Hainan University Affiliated School were at the same level, both of them were in the top four last year. The top four of Aiwa College was mentioned by Maki Shinichi.

The fact that Hainan was in the top four was announced by Coach Anzai after Shohoku defeated Touou and they were watching the video of Sanno Industrial's match against Hainan last year in the hotel.

(Note: IH semi-finals refers to interhigh, the national competition in the summer. Semi-finals means semi-finals).

Meipeng Industrial defeated Aiwa College in seconds, so it is normal for Hainan University Affiliated School to lose to Meipeng Industrial.

Of course, the most crucial thing is the second clue - a grand ending: In fact, Takehiko Inoue has already spoiled the ending...

On August 2, the first round was against Toyotama; on August 3, the second round was against Sanno Industrial. What does this mean? It means that the national competition system is one round per day. According to the match table, it takes a total of 6 rounds to decide the champion of the national competition. So, Takehiko Inoue's "Ten Days Later" in 2004, as the name suggests, is 10 days later, and the champion and runner-up must have been decided, which is why the narration said that Hainan was second.

But what is the connection between this time and the final championship? I want to say that maybe you didn’t notice that when Inoue Takehiko introduced Mori Shigehiro, he used such a powerful sentence: “About a month later, Mori Shigehiro became famous in Japan.” What does this annotation mean?

I believe you have understood that the time in Osaka Prefecture here is the same as the time when Sakuragi Hanamichi went to watch the game in Aichi Prefecture. Since it is said here that the final will be one month later, and "about one month later - Mori Shigehiro became famous in Japan", it goes without saying that Mori Shigehiro must have become famous in the final and shocked the whole country!!!

As mentioned before, Hainan finally took the second place. Then, the first place must be the other team in the finals - Meiho Industry. If Sakuragi Hanamichi wants to realize his dream scene and defeat Mori Shigehiro in the finals, he can only wait until next year. If it weren't for the conflict between the animation production company and Takehiko Inoue, the real ending would not have come to an abrupt end. Everything we, the audience, expect will come true! Because Sakuragi and Mori Shigehiro are both first-year geniuses! !