Slam Dunk author Takeiko Inoue has put down her basketball and picked up a sword.
Why did he, who created the myth of the comic book Slam Dunk that needs no further explanation, abandon the stable basketball and pick up a sword that hasn't even been sharpened yet?
Authentic samurai martial arts style with the thrill of blood and gore, subtle humor, and a solid story!

-Kill that fucking son of a bitch
-Is that your wish?
-What else could there be?
-What a dark face, Takezo. Dark and... miserable...
Your eyes are sad and lonely
-Tch, so noisy
- A life where you keep cutting whatever comes your way and one day you run out of strength and die.
Is that really your wish?
-okay
- Then you've truly lived your life as you wished. Why aren't you laughing, Takezo? Laugh heartily, Takezo. Now that you're dead, declare it loudly. I've been slashing at anyone I come across! And now I'm being cut down to death by some random jerk!! I've lived my life the way I wanted to!! This is my life! It went exactly as I wished, hahaha.
(syncopation)
--Why did you give birth to me? If you were going to abandon me, if you were going to kill me.
If I am a child of a ghost who will be alienated, feared, hated, rejected, killed, and then killed and die a miserable death, why was I born?
-Are you planning to throw your life away, Takezo? Here.
Are you even going to abandon the person you've always been? Is a life like that of a sura, a life of nothing but murder, really what you want, Takezo? No.
You weren't born that way
--Really, Takuan? Can I live?

--- pp.220-235

"The water in Miyamoto Village tastes good."
Even a skinny body should have a little shine.
Kill him
'uh....'
'Your voice has returned too.
Even though I was resting.'
'...what?'
'Kill him.'
That damn punk
'omg'
'omg'
'omg'
'Is that your wish?'
'What else could there be?'
'What a dark face.'
'That's it.'
'Dark and...,'
'It's painful.....'
'Sad and.....'
'You have lonely eyes'
Noisily,
'Cut and cut and cut wherever you can,'
'A life that one day runs out of strength and dies.'
'Is that really your wish?'
'If you do that, you will truly live the life you wished for.
Takejo'
'okay'
'Why aren't you smiling?'
'Laugh heartily, Takejo.'
'I'm going to die now...'
'....' 'The water in Miyamoto Village tastes good too.'
Even a skinny body should have a little shine.
Kill him
'uh....'
'Your voice has returned too.
Even though I was resting.'
'...what?'
'Kill him.'
That damn punk
'omg'
'omg'
'omg'
'Is that your wish?'
'What else could there be?'
'What a dark face.'
'That's it.'
'Dark and...,'
'It's painful.....'
'Sad and.....'
'You have lonely eyes'
Noisily,
'Cut and cut and cut wherever you can,'
'A life that one day runs out of strength and dies.'
'Is that really your wish?'
'If you do that, you will truly live the life you wished for.
Takejo'
'okay'
'Why aren't you smiling?'
'Laugh heartily, Takejo.'
'I'm going to die now...'
'....'

--- p.220-221

Do you want to die cleanly? Muscularly? No.
Who cares?
The others who died at your hands also had their own lives.
Whether blessed or not.
Those who were born and raised in this world, those who had families, those who didn't, those who had young children, those who had a fiancé, those who raised dogs, those who dreamed of something, and those who just lived without anything.

Takezo, you finished it.
Their lives.
But you're going to die when you want to die? With dignity and cleanliness? What the hell are you? You.
They survived even after taking their lives.
Do you want to die here in style?
Because you seem like a person who only thinks about yourself.
Do you want to die cleanly? Muscularly? No.
Who cares?
The others who died at your hands also had their own lives.
Whether blessed or not.
Those who were born and raised in this world, those who had families, those who didn't, those who had young children, those who had a fiancé, those who raised dogs, those who dreamed of something, and those who just lived without anything.

Takezo, you finished it.
Their lives.
But you're going to die when you want to die? With dignity and cleanliness? What the hell are you? You.
They survived even after taking their lives.
Do you want to die here in style?
Because you seem like a person who only thinks about yourself.

--- p.175-179