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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga)
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Kuroko's Basketball (Kuroko no Basuke) is a sports manga by Fujimaki Tadatoshi, which ran from 2008 to 2014 in Weekly Shonen Jump. It chronicles the high school adventures of Kuroko Tetsuya who, despite having been a regular player on the famed Generation of Miracles team, cannot dribble, fails at shooting, has low stamina, and often goes completely unnoticed while on the basketball court. Needless to say, when Kagami Taiga, the other protagonist of the story who has come back bored from American basketball standards, plays Kuroko, he easily wins. With that effortless victory, he advises the other to stop playing basketball forever, noting that talent and skill are more important than passion at times.Kuroko, in response, demonstrates to Kagami—and the rest of the Seirin High basketball team—that his unique talent from the Generation of Miracles is his ability to quickly relay passes based on his lack of presence on the court. He makes it onto the Seirin regulars as a result and gains an ounce of Kagami's respect in the process. Kuroko's goal in his high school years is to defeat all the members of the Generation of Miracles, using his limited presence (as a Shadow) to help Kagami (as a Light) achieve greatness.Of course, the Generation of Miracles (who have all gone their separate ways after middle school) do not take Kuroko and Kagami's challenge seriously—in fact, they do not take Seirin seriously, as its basketball club is only a year old and its team used to be comprised entirely of freshmen. Along the way in the manga, Kuroko and Kagami meet - and subsequently defeat (or are defeated by)—other members of the Generation of Miracles who, on a whole, have grown apathetic towards the sport as they believe themselves to be too good for defeat. Kuroko’s Basketball is a good example of the shonen genre, especially for sports, in that there are extended training montages, ridiculous skills on-and-off-court (even by manga and anime standards), and a decent mix of humor, friendship, action, and drama. The romance, on that note, is minimal at best, and generally played for laughs.After the end of the series, Tadatoshi wrote a sequel manga— Kuroko’s Basketball: Extra Game, which follows the characters after Kuroko's second Inter-high.An anime adaptation by Production I.G aired in the Spring 2012 season. A second season was released on October 2013, with a third premiering in January 2015. The series also received a series of compilation films, and a wrap-up movie, Kuroko’s Basketball: Last Game, which adapts Extra Game and the match against Jabberwock in May 2017. Despite the anime's popularity, it wasn't until 2020 that the SAG-AFTRA database revealed that an English dub would be produced by Bang Zoom! Entertainment (under their pseudonym Unforeseen Productions Inc). A couple of months later, it was announced that the first season would be released on Netflix on January 15, 2021.The franchise also had a series of stage play adaptations, beginning in 2016. The fourth and final play, Ultimate Blaze, was performed in 2019.After the series finished up, Tadatoshi went on to write another Shonen Jump sports manga, Robot × Laserbeam, but centering around golf rather than a more aggressive sport.Now has a character page. Please move any character tropes there. | |
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Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other | |
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Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: At the end of the Touou vs Kaijou match, Kasamatsu helps an utterly defeated Kise to his feet and escorts him to the player lineup, which is a marked contrast from his normal behavior when dealing with him. | |
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Retired Badass | |
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Retired Badass: Alex was a skillful player by herself, all the coaches with at least one Generation of Miracles member in their school all were members of Japan's national basketball team at a point with Riko's dad. And Nijimura. | |
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Stopped Caring: By the time the Teikou years draw to a close, all of the Miracles suffer from this. And also Ogiwara. | |
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Own Goal: Seijuurou Akashi purposefully scores an own goal when playing against Shutoku to make his team get serious, as he thought they had gotten too relaxed after initially getting a large lead on their opponents, resulting in Shutoku overtaking them. He then promises that if they lose the game, he will pay for the own goal by quitting the team and ripping out his eyes. The Generation of Miracles' last game in middle school concluded with one of them making an own goal. They did this for a lark, so that the scoreboard showed a score of 111-11 (with the Generation of Miracles winning). This is considered the height of the Generation of Miracles' arrogance and it is part of the reason why Kuroko left them and nearly quit basketball altogether. | |
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All Men Are Perverts | |
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All Men Are Perverts: Well, except Izuki, Kiyoshi, and probably Kuroko. Case in point? The hot spring incident. | |
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Team Spirit | |
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Team Spirit: A running theme throughout the series. It's especially important to Kuroko. | |
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Heroic BSoD | |
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Heroic BSoD: Kuroko suffers from a short-lived one halfway through the second Seirin vs. Touou game. Kiyoshi gets hit with this hard during the Seirin vs. Yousen match. Kuroko and Ogiwara get hit with massive ones after Teikou's third national victory, which also doubles as serious Break the Cutie moments. | |
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The Worf Effect | |
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The Worf Effect: Many new opponents get introduced with no other badge of honor than "better than/able to defeat Kise". It gets reversed when Haizaki gets introduced as "the guy who was stronger than Kise"... and then Kise gets to show how much he improved by utterly demolishes him. | |
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Break the Badass | |
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Break the Badass: Hanamiya and Kirisaki Dai-Ichi have a particular love of doing this; they routinely target the aces of opposing teams and try to cripple them. It almost borders on a fetish for Hanamiya in particular. While they prefer doing it physically, they also try to destroy their opponents' spirits, making them fit this trope. Murasakibara does this to Kiyoshi, driving him to exhaustion and then breaking his spirit by mockingly throwing his words back in his face. He manages to shake it off with the support and determination of his teammates, but it's a near thing; Kiyoshi barely makes it back in time for the last minute of the game. | |
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Title Drop | |
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Title Drop: In every single chapter; you just have to look for it. The last page of Quarter 227 gets a special mention though; not only does it drop the chapter's title (which is itself a Call-Back to Quarter 1), Akashi drops the title of the series itself. Especially notable in that the Akashi at that point was on a First-Name Basis with Kuroko and yet still used his last name then. | |
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Graceful Loser | |
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Graceful Loser: Subverted by Dad in Quarter 15. Though his first lines of dialogue to Kagami (complete with Love Bubbles!) seem to indicate this, he quickly starts cussing him out and has to be dragged away by his captain. | |
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Defeat Means Friendship | |
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Defeat Means Friendship: Kise says as much to Midorima, to justify eating with Kuroko and Kagami. Midorima of course doesn't agree. Nevertheless, tensions between the GOM notably drop after each Miracle's respective defeat by Kuroko, ultimately allowing them all to be friends again. | |
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Comic-Book Time | |
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Comic-Book Time: The anime manages to stretch the first Yousen game over five and a half episodes, which is more than twice the actual match duration. | |
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Always Someone Better | |
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Always Someone Better: The Generation of Miracles were this for the entire middle school basketball circuit, but unfortunately for them, the Generation of Miracles being the most talented players of Japan made them Lonely at the Top. After barely defeating Team Jabberwock with the help of Kuroko and Kagami, it's implied that the NBA must be way stronger than they are right now. Aomine in particular wants to go America and join the NBA. Team Jabberwock's two aces, Nash Gold Jr. and Jason Silver are both individually better players than either of the five or Kagami. Kagami is this for Himuro. Haizaki was this for Kise from when the latter joined the first string, up until Kise's Perfect Copy, after which the roles get reversed. | |
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Say My Name | |
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Say My Name: Midorima is a common offender, particularly in the first Seirin vs. Shuutoku match. Aomine and Kise exchange this trope constantly during the match between their teams. Quickly reaches over-the-top levels, especially with Kise, who is executing this trope while calling Aomine "Aominecchi". Quarter 58: Hyuuga? HYUUGAAAAA!! Kagami and Himuro's one-on-one clash in Quarter 162. KAAAGAMIII! HIIMUROOO! | |
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Mr. Fanservice | |
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Mr. Fanservice: Kagami. He gets tons of shirtless scenes, especially in the anime. There's even a scene where he only uses a small towel to cover his lower body. | |
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The Heart | |
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The Heart: Kuroko tried to be this in the end of his time at the Teiko basketball team, but failed. Despite the GOM having officially split up, he came back with a vengeance and is finally getting through to his old teammates about the importance of team spirit, especially Kise. | |
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Crowd Surfing | |
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Crowd Surfing: Kagami tosses Fukuda on top of the lunch crowd and tries to demonstrate his American surfing skills. It doesn't work. | |
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The Movie | |
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The Movie: Kuroko’s Basketball: Last Game, which adapts Extra Game and the match against Team Jabberwock. | |
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The Rival | |
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The Rival: It's a basketball manga so this pops up pretty often. The Generation of Miracles are all rivals to each other now that they've separated into different schools, the Crownless Generals were the rivals for the Generation of Miracles, and Kagami aims to defeat all five members of the Generation of Miracles. Hanamiya and Kiyoshi are less of this and more mortal enemies, but they still treat it like a rivalry. Kiyoshi is this to Nebuya, but it's mostly one-sided until Kiyoshi needs to beat him in order to win. | |
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Those Two Guys | |
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Those Two Guys: Furihata, Kawahara, and Fukuda—the other three Seirin freshman besides Kuroko and Kagami. Mitobe and Koganei have this kind of dynamic, despite not actually being an example, as they get a good amount of screentime and character development. | |
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Heterosexual Life-Partners: Kagami and Himuro pre-series. Kasamatsu and Kise. (Especially with their bickering.) Kagami and Kuroko are the crowning example of the series. Kuroko and Aomine while in middle school, before Aomine's change in attitude. Midorima and Takao. Kiyoshi and Hyuuga, though Hyuuga will deny it to the end. | |
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Papa Wolf | |
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Papa Wolf: Riko's dad, big time. He pulls a gun on the Seirin team after he finds out that they attempted to peek on Riko in the hot spring. Kiyoshi is one for the Seirin team when things get serious. | |
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The Juggernaut | |
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The Juggernaut: Murasakibara, when he can be bothered to go on the offensive. Extra Game's Jason Silver is definitely this. It takes Kagami and Aomine working together just to stop him once, and even then, he just takes it up a notch. It takes Kise and Aomine activating Perfect Copy and Zone, respectively, and then working together to stop him, at that point. Kise using Perfect Copy and Zone simultaneously is the only one who can stop him one-on-one, and even then, he can't sustain it. | |
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Ominous Latin Chanting | |
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Ominous Latin Chanting: Akashi's theme Kaibyaku no Teiou, which pairs really well with his incredible intensity. | |
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Childhood Friends | |
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Quarters 204 to 227 chronicle the forming, blooming and breaking of the Generation of Miracles. Apart from clearing up a bunch of lingering plot points (such as the whole debacle between Kise and Haizaki and what exactly is going on with Akashi), it also introduces a bunch of new characters, like their old captain and, more importantly, Kuroko's childhood friend, who has a central part in the chain of events that lead to Kuroko quitting the team. | |
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Experienced Protagonist | |
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Experienced Protagonist: Despite being a first-year, Kuroko stands out as one of the most experienced members of Seirin, being a veteran of Teikou and having multiple national championships under his belt. Additionally, he's naturally the one with the most information on the Miracles, in juxtapositon with Kagami. | |
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"Do It Yourself" Theme Tune | |
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"Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: 6 of the 7 opening theme songs, as well as Glorious Days (the ending theme for Last Game) are done by GRANRODEO, a rock band that Kissho Taniyama (Tatsuya Himuro) fronts. Kensho Ono (Tetsuya Kuroko) does the 4th ending Fantastic Tune, the 6th opening ZERO, and the insert theme Against the Wind for Last Game. Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Kazunari Takao) does 3 of the ending themes note the 2nd, 3rd, and 7th one and the contemplation film's openings and endings with his band OLDCODEX. Shigehiro Ogiwara's VA, Yu Hayashi, does Ambivalance with his band SCREENMODE. | |
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Ambiguously Brown | |
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Ambiguously Brown: Aomine - this is lampshaded by Kise during one of his flashbacks. Kagami has a bit of this too. | |
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Adaptation Expansion | |
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Adaptation Expansion: The Extra Game was a fairly standard short story about about Kuroko and Kagami teaming up with the Generation of Miracles to take on an American Streetball team called the Team Jabberwock. The movie called The Last Game decided to add backdrop on a bit of Kagami's backstory when he first moved to Japan, and ends with his moving back to America. | |
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Ironic Echo | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_237404cc | comment |
Ironic Echo: "I believe you could jump". During the final minutes of the first Seirin vs. Shuutoku match, it's first said by Midorima, after he successfully predicts that Kagami could find the strength to pull off a third jump and moves to counter it. Then, seconds later, it's repeated by Kuroko, who has predicted both Kagami's and Midorima's actions, and thus ends Midorima's counter before it could even start. | |
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Only Sane Man | |
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Only Sane Man: A duty which, sadly, falls upon Midorima more often than not, especially with Kise's antics and Kuroko's indifference towards said antics. It's getting hilarious when this duty in Seirin team falls upon Izuki of all people. Especially noted in hot spring chapter when Seirin boys tried to peek on woman's bath. That he pointed out that his and Kuroko's skill is not for peeking. Kasamatsu is this for the Kaijou team. | |
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Dope Slap | |
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Riko does this to the entire team in Quarter 143 at Hyuuga's request with quite the epic Dope Slap. Needless to say, it worked. | |
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Funny Background Event | |
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Funny Background Event: In Quarter 36, Kise's monologue is littered with fun shots of the rest of Seirin's attempts at okonomiyaki flipping. | |
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Spiritual Successor | |
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Spiritual Successor: Of the other famous basketball manga series, Slam Dunk. | |
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Martial Arts and Crafts | |
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Martial Arts and Crafts: The Seihou team base their playstyle around basic martial arts movements. | |
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Career-Ending Injury | |
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Career-Ending Injury: Kiyoshi's knee. It's so bad that the Winter Cup is the last tournament he'll ever be able to play in. Alex's eyesight deteriorated bad enough to cut her WNBA career short. | |
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Guile Hero | |
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Kiyoshi manages to be both this and a Guile Hero. | |
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Lampshade Hanging | |
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Kagami managing to master ball-handling with his off hand during the last five seconds of the Seirin vs. Touou game during the Winter Cup. Riko even says it happened "in the eleventh hour". | |
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The Dreaded | |
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The Dreaded: Anyone from the Generation of Miracles is automatically this, and to a lesser extent the teams they come to join in high school. Kagami eventually becomes this as well, since he managed to defeat them all. | |
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Limit Break | |
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Limit Break: The Zone, a state of extreme concentration which lets a player play with the full 100% of their potential. This is Truth in Television: the Zone has been proven scientifically as an extremely mentally focused state where one's physical and mental abilities are dramatically increased. Here | |
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Bland-Name Product | |
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Bland-Name Product: The burger joint where Kagami and Kuroko often hang out. The clock in Episode 10 of the anime, "Citizon" instead of Citizen. | |
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Awesome, but Impractical | |
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Awesome, but Impractical: Kuroko's Misdirection Overflow. Sure it gives Seirin a big advantage on court, but it can only be used at the very end of a game and can only be used once on any team. This is especially problematic when facing teams that Seirin are sure to go up against again sooner or later. Kise's Perfect Copy is a usable technique, despite the short time limit, but when he combines it with the Zone, it becomes this, big time. It makes him the strongest player in the game, capable of destroying even Jason Silver one-on-one, but he can barely sustain it for two minutes before he gets completely exhausted and is no longer able to play. | |
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Beat Panel | |
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Beat Panel: Seirin's reaction to anything Kiyoshi does in Quarter 55, to the point of it being a running gag. | |
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Light/Darkness Juxtaposition | |
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Light/Darkness Juxtaposition: This contrast is present in the dynamic between Kuroko and Kagami, as well as Kuroko and Aomine. Kuroko is a 'shadow' player who is nigh-invisible on the court; he focuses on supporting flashy 'light' players like Aomine and Kagami instead of making himself shown. | |
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Embarrassing Slide | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_2e03fb64 | comment |
Embarrassing Slide: After Riko scouts out Shinkyou, she comes back armed with pictures of their star player. However the first picture she accidentally shows Seirin is that of a cute kitten. | |
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Gratuitous English | |
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Gratuitous English: Quarter 76, where Kagami and Himuro have an entire conversation in English. It's justified though, as the two knew each other in the States and are probably more used to chatting to each other in English. Done as well in the anime, sounding far more natural than most examples of this trope, thick Japanese accents aside. Kagami tends to lapse into English if he's angry or shocked enough. | |
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Borrowed Catchphrase | |
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Kiyoshi often runs into games with a "Let's have some fun~!" Quite a bit of his teammates have used this one as well. | |
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Close-Call Haircut | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_2fdfbdaf | comment |
Close-Call Haircut: Kuroko gets this with a basketball during Seirin vs. Kaijou when Kise copies his Ignite Pass Kai. | |
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Special Person, Normal Name | |
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Special Person, Normal Name: Downplayed with the Generation of Miracles. While their surnames are rather unique (especially in the case of Kuroko, as it would be very hard to find someone that actually has the surname Kuroko in real life), their first names are completely ordinary and can be seen basically everywhere in Japan. | |
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Previously on… | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_313d7228 | comment |
Previously on…: Previously on Kuroko’s Basketball, a deep kiss was unleashed. | |
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Adapted Out | |
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Adapted Out: Many characters aren't present within the stage plays due to theatre constraints, such as a majority of the Seirin first-years besides Kagami and Kuroko. | |
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I Let You Win | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_35566274 | comment |
I Let You Win: It is hinted that Kiyoshi let Kagami win during their faceoff in Quarter 55, due to the fact that he was wearing his indoor shoes at the time. During their final one-on-one in America, Kagami deliberately allowed Himuro to win. Contrary to his expectations, this did more harm than good, as he failed to realize that Himuro has a huge Can't Catch Up complex concerning him. | |
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Lethal Chef | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_35ae6a23 | comment |
Lethal Chef: The series seems hell bent on averting the Feminine Women Can Cook stereotype, as both Riko and Momoi are this. | |
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Split Personality | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_370aad9 | comment |
Split Personality: Akashi as first noted by Midorima Shintarou and later, when "the other Akashi" takes over everyone else notices as well. | |
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Does Not Know His Own Strength | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_38291355 | comment |
Does Not Know His Own Strength: At the start of the manga, Kagami doesn't know how to regulate the strength of his jumps, and thus unknowingly puts a lot of pressure on the body when he does so. He spends most of the first training arc trying get some control over this. Murasakibara also seemed to have this in middle school, as his pats on the head and similar gestures would often hurt Kuroko a bit if he wasn't careful. He also didn't seem to notice just how much his strength and speed had improved, when he first bloomed. This gets turned into a plot point in Extra Game Chapter 7. Turns out that Murasakibara knew his strength was so great, he could potentially hurt his teammates or opponents just by playing seriously, and so he consciously limited himself. However, faced with Jason Silver, who is even bigger and stronger than he is, Murasakibara takes off all the limits, which allows him to come close to him in strength. This gives him the advantage, as while Silver is still stronger than him, Murasakibara is more skillful because he trains exceptionally hard, whereas Silver refuses to even work out, let alone practice seriously. | |
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Embarrassing Old Photo | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_383fe1b8 | comment |
Embarrassing Old Photo: The photo of Hyuuga that Kuroko and Kagami dig up in Quarter 95. It's so bad that even Kuroko cracks a grin at it. | |
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Boring, but Practical | |
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Boring, but Practical: Furihata's entire playstyle. While he doesn't have the raw skill and special shots of most of the other players, his presence on the court slows down Seirin's pace, which prevents them from making silly mistakes while caught in the pressures of the match. | |
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Foregone Conclusion | |
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Foregone Conclusion: Runs rampant in Quarter 128, where everyone is absolutely convinced that Seirin will be defeated by Touou. However, Seirin has a few tricks up their sleeve... Opposing teams generally didn't even bother to put up fight when they played against the Miracles post-bloom, as to according to them, every match would turn out the same way. This type of behavior from their opponents caused most of the Miracles (especially Murasakibara) to lose their passion for basketball, which resulted in them seeing each game as something of a chore. | |
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Curb-Stomp Battle | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_3d699462 | comment |
Opposing teams generally didn't even bother to put up fight when they played against the Miracles post-bloom, as to according to them, every match would turn out the same way. This type of behavior from their opponents caused most of the Miracles (especially Murasakibara) to lose their passion for basketball, which resulted in them seeing each game as something of a chore. | |
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Cast of Snowflakes | |
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Cast of Snowflakes: Everyone noticeably gets drawn with a good amount of detail to distinguish from one another. This is more apparent in the anime, especially in Last Game. | |
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Smart People Wear Glasses | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_3f4613f8 | comment |
Smart People Wear Glasses: This trope does not apply for Hyuuga, much to Kagami's surprise. It does apply to Riko (who scored the second best grades out of the entire school) and Midorima (though he does rely on pure luck every once in a while as seen in "Idiots Can't Win". Also applies to Imayoshi, who is called incredibly smart by acknowledged tactical genius Hanamiya Makoto, and is even pointed out as possibly being smarter than him. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_40cc0c7e | comment |
Bittersweet Ending: Hurray! Team Vorpal Swords won the match against Team Jabberwock! Now that's all said and done, Kagami reveals that he'll be leaving Seirin and moving back home to America to hopefully become a NBA player in the future. It's not all sad news though, as the GOM promise to keep on playing basketball for as long as possible. | |
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Spock Speak | |
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Spock Speak: Kuroko speaks pretty formally for a teenage boy. When he stops doing so, you know shit's getting serious. | |
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Date Peepers | |
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Date Peepers: Kise and Aomine spy on Momoi and Kuroko's date in the extra of Quarter 108. | |
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Have We Met? | |
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Have We Met?: Midorima asks this when Kagami introduces himself to him. The fact that he clearly does know (having attended every Seirin game to that point) is promptly lampshaded by Takao. Something similar happens with Murasakibara and Kiyoshi; they played against each other in middle school, but the former initially doesn’t remember. | |
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Worthy Opponent | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_4604fd4d | comment |
Worthy Opponent: Over the course of the manga, Kagami evolves from Unknown Rival to this in the eyes of the Miracles. Before he arrived on the scene, the Miracles considered each other as their only worthwhile opponents. The lack of these during their Teikou days is a huge part of the reason why the Miracles are what they are today. | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_47fea76b | comment |
Kise is often on the receiving end of dope kicks from Kasamatsu. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_47fea76b | |
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Paper-Thin Disguise | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_48b9731f | comment |
Paper-Thin Disguise: Midorima's idea of a good disguise seem to be exchanging his usual specs for sunglasses. It fools nobody. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_48b9731f | |
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Break the Cutie | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_4b316d47 | comment |
Break the Cutie: The Teikou arc is essentially this for the entire Generation of Miracles, but particularly Kuroko and Aomine. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_4b316d47 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_4c24a9ed | type |
Power Copying | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_4c24a9ed | comment |
Power Copying: Kise. It eventually turns out that he just has extremely good visual comprehension skills. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_4c24a9ed | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_4d070ee3 | type |
Power Perversion Potential | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_4d070ee3 | comment |
Power Perversion Potential: Lampshaded in Quarter 109, where Seirin theorize that Izuki's Eagle Eye and Kuroko's Misdirection will be good for peeping. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_4d070ee3 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_4e7c4536 | type |
Wham Line | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_4e7c4536 | comment |
Wham Line: In Quarter 128. Also counts as a Pre Ass Kicking One Liner. Quarter 226 gives us this line from Akashi, who has just being asked whether he enjoys basketball. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_4e7c4536 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_4faa04bb | type |
Dream Team | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_4faa04bb | comment |
The reason for the formation of Team Vorpal Swords in "Kuroko’s Basketball: Extra Game," after watching Team STRKY get crushed by Team Jabberwock and seeing the Jabberwock disrespect Japanese basketball, Kuroko and Kagetora quickly assemble the series's Dream Team of the GOM, Kuroko, and Kagami. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_4faa04bb | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_5020a82 | type |
Duality Motif | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_5020a82 | comment |
Duality Motif: Akashi has heterochromia. In the anime his eyes were mismatched even before his Split Personality took over his body. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_5020a82 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_5028baf2 | type |
What Is This Thing You Call "Love"? | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_5028baf2 | comment |
What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: Or rather, "what is this thing you call enjoyment"? Turns out, by the end of their Teikou days, some of the Miracles, such as Akashi, can't even answer the question of whether they enjoy basketball or not. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_5028baf2 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_505ff63 | type |
Bag of Kidnapping | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_505ff63 | comment |
Bag of Kidnapping: How Touou get Aomine to watch the Winter Cup qualifiers in Quarter 100. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_505ff63 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_52d1f46e | type |
Not What It Looks Like | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_52d1f46e | comment |
Not What It Looks Like: Quarter 140. Koganei finds a naked woman in Kagami's bed. And then said naked woman passionately kisses Kagami on the lips while proclaiming that she's missed him. The woman is Kagami's old coach. Why she's naked is another matter entirely. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_52d1f46e | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_53136954 | type |
Book Dumb | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_53136954 | comment |
Happens after the rest of the team see Kagami's grades. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_53136954 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_557838d1 | type |
Adaptational Attractiveness | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_557838d1 | comment |
Adaptational Attractiveness: Downplayed, but at the start of the manga (which was in 2008), the author hadn't reached Art Evolution yet and most characters do not look very appealing, especially in volume 1. In contrast, the anime, which was produced in 2012, took the character designs from after the Art Evolution, making all characters look more attractive from the get-go. However, this is averted after mid-season 2 onwards, as the attractiveness of the characters in the manga and the anime is now the same. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_557838d1 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_562abd51 | type |
Let's Get Dangerous! | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_562abd51 | comment |
Averted during the Seirin vs. Rakuzan match, where Kagami activates the Zone mere seconds after the game begins. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_562abd51 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_56c55ed8 | type |
I Am Not Left-Handed | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_56c55ed8 | comment |
I Am Not Left-Handed: Kuroko unleashing Misdirection Overflow during the Winter Cup match against Touou. Akashi reveals near the end of the Shutoku vs. Rakuzan game that he subtly lowered his speed just enough to get the drop on Takao, thus enabling him to defeat his and Midorima's otherwise-unstoppable Combination Attack. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_56c55ed8 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_5a40d6a | type |
Adaptation Distillation | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_5a40d6a | comment |
Adaptation Distillation: The stage plays omit most the minor matches in favor of the matches against the GOM's schools and others like Kirasaki Daichi. They often substitute the matches for exposition on what happened in the game before heading on to the major games. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_5a40d6a | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_5a6c9d5c | type |
Combat Commentator | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_5a6c9d5c | comment |
Combat Commentator: Though the series has no set commentator, this duty often falls to the coaches, managers and players watching in the stands. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_5a6c9d5c | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_5d753b19 | type |
The Smurfette Principle | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_5d753b19 | comment |
The Smurfette Principle: Momoi with the Generation of Miracles with Akashi joking about how unfair it was that Aomine got the only girl and later Touou High. Aida with Seirin High. Somewhat justified as it's a shonen manga about boy's basketball. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_5d753b19 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_5fd1f2a0 | type |
Years Too Early | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_5fd1f2a0 | comment |
Years Too Early: Touou taunts Seirin this way during their Winter Cup match. Unfortunately for them, it triggers Seirin's Heroic Second Wind. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_5fd1f2a0 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_603f1a80 | type |
Pragmatic Adaptation | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_603f1a80 | comment |
Pragmatic Adaptation: Due to the nigh-impossibility of recreating every single basketball play in real life (especially with the main characters "abilities"), the stage play reinterprets these with choreographed sequences that often simplify the moves for the actors' benefit; accompanying the plays with explanations on what's happening within the scene. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_603f1a80 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_615cad18 | type |
Outdoor Bath Peeping | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_615cad18 | comment |
Riko's dad, big time. He pulls a gun on the Seirin team after he finds out that they attempted to peek on Riko in the hot spring. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_615cad18 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6381b11 | type |
Game-Breaking Injury | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6381b11 | comment |
Quarters 95 to 99, which show the forming of the Seirin basketball team and explain how Kiyoshi got his Game-Breaking Injury. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6381b11 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6411dac8 | type |
BadassNormal | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6411dac8 | comment |
Badass Normal: Only a handful, as pretty much everybody has some unique ability or skill that sets them apart from the rest. However, Otsubo and Kasamatsu are the two perfectly straight examples. Otsubo has nothing special except being pretty big, and yet he goes toe-to-toe with Kiyoshi and Nebuya and equals them completely (he outright outperforms Nebuya, though it's implied that he wasn't giving it his all). Kasamatsu, on the other hand, is of average height and weight, and has no unique skills, but he's so blindingly fast that predicting him is almost meaningless, as Imayoshi (with Momoi's predictions) and Izuki found out the hard way. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6411dac8 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_643659d4 | type |
Spit Take | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_643659d4 | comment |
Spit Take: Common reaction in people who get surprised by Kuroko. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_643659d4 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_64c64cfb | type |
Pink Girl, Blue Boy | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_64c64cfb | comment |
Pink Girl, Blue Boy: Childhood friends Momoi and Aomine have, respectively, pink and dark blue hair. Momoi and Kuroko fit this trope as well. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_64c64cfb | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_64e975cf | type |
Manly Tears | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_64e975cf | comment |
Manly Tears: Kise is moved to tears after he experiences his first ever defeat. Kise (again) and Kasamatsu after losing to Touou in the Inter-High, despite giving it their all. Murasakibara after losing to Seirin, Midorima after losing to Rakuzan, and Kise again after losing to Seirin again. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_64e975cf | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6563aeb6 | type |
Shameless Fanservice Girl | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6563aeb6 | comment |
Alex, the woman who taught Kagami basketball in America, enjoys walking around naked or in her underwear, greets everyone by kissing them on the mouth (including Riko), and has by far the biggest bust in the series. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6563aeb6 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_668d2146 | type |
Progressively Prettier | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_668d2146 | comment |
Progressively Prettier: Downplayed. The stage play cast didn't look all that bad during the first stage play, but the plays onward from Overdrive give the cast significantly better wigs, with better fits and much less tacky colors. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_668d2146 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_675ff0f1 | type |
Apologises a Lot | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_675ff0f1 | comment |
Apologises a Lot: Sakurai. Until he gets annoyed and starts throwing three-pointers while pouting. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_675ff0f1 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_680bb6b1 | type |
Hot-Blooded | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_680bb6b1 | comment |
Hot-Blooded: Seeing as it's a sports manga, lots of characters qualify as this, but especially Kagami. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_680bb6b1 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6b35bdff | type |
Serious Business | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6b35bdff | comment |
Serious Business: Of course, basketball. | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6b35bdff | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6ba906f | type |
Berserker Tears | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6ba906f | comment |
Berserker Tears: Himuro gets these in Quarter 165, while yelling at Murasakibara. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6ba906f | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6bda9a30 | type |
Meaningful Name | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6bda9a30 | comment |
Meaningful Name: Kuroko's name has layers and layers of meaning going on, referencing shadows, stagehands, and the color black all in one. Quite a few other examples; like Kuroko, the Generation of Miracles, they have the Theme Naming of colors, parts of their last names mean the color their hair is (i.e. "Ki" in Kise means "yellow" and he has blonde hair) In the sequel manga, Kuroko's Basketball: Extra Game, the three prominent street-ball teams are Team STRKY, Team Jabberwock, and Team Vorpal Swords; STRKY is an acronym for the high schools the members went to (Shutoku, Touou, Rakuzan, Kaijo, and Yosen, in order). The Jabberwock was a dragon-like creature that served as an antagonist in Alice: Through the Looking Glass, which was slain by a boy wielding a Vorpal Sword (Team Jabberwock is a street-ball team from America and serves as the antagonist and Team Vorpal Sword is a team composed of Kuroko, Kagami, and the Generation of Miracles). | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6bda9a30 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6e0a57d6 | type |
Like an Old Married Couple | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6e0a57d6 | comment |
Kasamatsu and Kise. (Especially with their bickering.) | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6e0a57d6 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6ee10e0 | type |
My Greatest Failure | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6ee10e0 | comment |
My Greatest Failure: Kasamatsu has never forgiven himself for making the mispass that caused Kaijou to be eliminated from the Inter-High preliminaries the previous year. Though it's never stated outright, it's heavily implied that failing to fulfill his promise with Ogiwara and indirectly being the reason why he quit basketball are this for Kuroko. | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_6ee10e0 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7012424f | type |
Stealth Hi/Bye | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7012424f | comment |
Stealth Hi/Bye: People never notice when Kuroko enters the room, until when he says something. | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7012424f | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_704a3bbb | type |
Real Men Cook | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_704a3bbb | comment |
Real Men Cook: Kagami and Sakurai, with Sakurai showing definite signs of being a Supreme Chef. It's a good thing they can too, as both their managers are lethal chefs. | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_704a3bbb | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_71bd62b9 | type |
Calling Your Attacks | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_71bd62b9 | comment |
Calling Your Attacks: Or rather, calling your moves/skills. In the beginning of the series, it's mostly the observers naming the moves, though toward the second half of the series, the players will sometimes yell out the names themselves. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_71bd62b9 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_735b3587 | type |
Naked First Impression | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_735b3587 | comment |
Naked First Impression: Alex is first seen when Koganei catches her in Kagami's bed wearing nothing but panties. She is still mostly undressed when introducing herself to the Seirin team. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_735b3587 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7374ab13 | type |
Once More, with Clarity | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7374ab13 | comment |
Once More, with Clarity: The scene where the Generation of Miracles pass by Seirin. When it first shows up in Seirin's Whole Episode Flashback, it's really only a nice little throw in. However, when it's seen again in Teikou's Whole Episode Flashback, it's the prelude to Kuroko being reintroduced to the joy and passion of basketball. Also, it's heavily implied that the memories of that run-in is what convinced him to attend Seirin in the first place. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7374ab13 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7464705c | type |
Arc Words | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7464705c | comment |
Arc Words: "Do you even like basketball?" Kuroko repeatedly asks this question to the Generation of Miracles, only to be met with either apathy (Midorima, Akashi and to a lesser extent, Kise) or hostility (Aomine and Murasakibara). Through Seirin's victories over them, he's able to get his answer by reigniting their love of the game. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7464705c | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_75d6bf40 | type |
Belligerent Sexual Tension | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_75d6bf40 | comment |
Belligerent Sexual Tension: Between Hyuuga and Aida most notably (he's the only guy she hits for staring, blushing, and drooling at Momoi's ample cleavage) | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_75d6bf40 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_76a5eaf8 | type |
Spotlight-Stealing Squad | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_76a5eaf8 | comment |
Spotlight-Stealing Squad: The Generation of Miracles were this for the Uncrowned Generals. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_76a5eaf8 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_76b4b7dd | type |
The Comically Serious | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_76b4b7dd | comment |
The Comically Serious: Both in-series and in the joke intervals, nearly all of the characters, even the Generations of Miracles (besides Akashi probably) themselves, have a ton of moments like these. Kuroko, Midorima and Aomine are frequent offenders of this. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_76b4b7dd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_76b4b7dd | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7a3aa8ea | type |
You Must Be Cold | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7a3aa8ea | comment |
You Must Be Cold: Kagami brings Kuroko his jacket in Quarter 124, after the latter goes to brood outside in the cold. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) | hasFeature |
Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7a3aa8ea | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7abba202 | type |
The Faceless | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7abba202 | comment |
The Faceless: Akashi, who is always shown from the back or the neck down. When he's face-to-face with the main characters, he has a Face Framed in Shadow. The Reveal of his face at the end of Quarter 113 is pretty scary, complete with Hellish Pupils. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7abba202 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7abba202 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7b6e47a5 | type |
Armor-Piercing Question | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7b6e47a5 | comment |
Armor-Piercing Question: Kise to Kagami in Quarter 162. Ogiwara gives one to Akashi, of all people, in Quarter 226. Mayuzumi gives one to Akashi right at the critical moment of the Rakuzan vs. Seirin final, which provides him the last push he needs for his original self to resurface. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7b6e47a5 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7b6f0622 | type |
Curtains Match the Window | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7b6f0622 | comment |
Curtains Match the Window: All seven members of the Generation of Miracles team, including the manager Satsuki Momoi◊. They practically form a rainbow when they stand together. As an unofficial member, Kagami has this too. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7b6f0622 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7b6f0622 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7ba493b0 | type |
Always Accurate Attack | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7ba493b0 | comment |
Midorima and Takao's Sky Direct Three Pointer takes the cake. It requires ludicrously good timing from both parties, immense trust between both passer and shooter, and is only usable by Takao and Midorima because they're the only ones accurate enough to make both the pass and the shot. It's also damn near completely unstoppable, with a grand total of one weakness that only Akashi can exploit, and even for him, it's very hard to do. As of Extra Game, Akashi and Midorima can do it too, with Akashi filling in for Takao. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7ba493b0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7ba493b0 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7bc84993 | type |
Epileptic-Friendly Filter | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7bc84993 | comment |
Epileptic-Friendly Filter: The series repeatedly dims the lighting during some fast camera work basketball games. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7bc84993 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7bc84993 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7e02bded | type |
Fetch Quest | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7e02bded | comment |
Fetch Quest: Quarter 12, in which the Seirin freshmen attempt to buy a Black Iberia Pig sandwich for the second years. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7e02bded | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7e02bded | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7ef728b1 | type |
Tsundere | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7ef728b1 | comment |
Kiyoshi and Hyuuga, though Hyuuga will deny it to the end. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7ef728b1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) | hasFeature |
Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7ef728b1 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7efd2e30 | type |
Expository Hairstyle Change | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7efd2e30 | comment |
Expository Hairstyle Change: Hyuuga goes through two in quick succession during his first year at Seirin. The first was him gaining Delinquent Hair after losing his passion for basketball and the second was him going back to his original style after regaining it. Riko cuts her hair short after Seirin reaches the finals of the Winter Cup. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7efd2e30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7efd2e30 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7f8fd503 | type |
Lonely at the Top | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7f8fd503 | comment |
The Generation of Miracles were this for the entire middle school basketball circuit, but unfortunately for them, the Generation of Miracles being the most talented players of Japan made them Lonely at the Top. After barely defeating Team Jabberwock with the help of Kuroko and Kagami, it's implied that the NBA must be way stronger than they are right now. Aomine in particular wants to go America and join the NBA. Team Jabberwock's two aces, Nash Gold Jr. and Jason Silver are both individually better players than either of the five or Kagami. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7f8fd503 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) | hasFeature |
Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7f8fd503 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_80251be3 | type |
How We Got Here | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_80251be3 | comment |
How We Got Here: Quarter 140. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_80251be3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) | hasFeature |
Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_80251be3 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_80a247a9 | type |
Breather Episode | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_80a247a9 | comment |
Breather Episode: Quarter 94, which follows the Seirin team as they attempt clean up their club room, happens directly after the climax of the second Seirin and Shuutoku match and the revelation about Kiyoshi's injury. It's even mentioned to be one in universe, as the team is supposed to use the day for relaxing before resuming training. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_80a247a9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_80a247a9 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_80d55f20 | type |
Cuteness Proximity | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_80d55f20 | comment |
Cuteness Proximity: Riko for Team Pet Tetsuya #2. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_80d55f20 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_80d55f20 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_816c63d4 | type |
Dramatic Wind | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_816c63d4 | comment |
Dramatic Wind: Often. Kuroko and Murasakibara get it almost every other play... which makes very little sense, as they're usually indoors. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_816c63d4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_816c63d4 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8411ab92 | type |
Red Oni, Blue Oni | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8411ab92 | comment |
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Kuroko's calm, calculating demeanor and lack of presence to Kagami's hot blooded nature, rashness, and his position as the team's ace. Kagami and Aomine are a subversion. Their personalities are different, but they're both still firmly on the 'red' end of the spectrum. Akashi and Kuroko are a color-inverted example. Akashi is more stoic than Kuroko, and Kuroko gets worked up far more when he wants to win than Akashi does, at least until Akashi snaps. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8411ab92 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) | hasFeature |
Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8411ab92 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_844b6779 | type |
Super Mode | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_844b6779 | comment |
Extra Game's Jason Silver is definitely this. It takes Kagami and Aomine working together just to stop him once, and even then, he just takes it up a notch. It takes Kise and Aomine activating Perfect Copy and Zone, respectively, and then working together to stop him, at that point. Kise using Perfect Copy and Zone simultaneously is the only one who can stop him one-on-one, and even then, he can't sustain it. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_844b6779 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) | hasFeature |
Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_844b6779 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_857d1626 | type |
Power Glows | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_857d1626 | comment |
Power Glows: Often; the Zone gives this off, and occasionally people's fighting spirit or power will be shown like this. Murasakibara is the most common offender; he practically radiates purple whenever he gets mad. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_857d1626 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) | hasFeature |
Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_857d1626 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_863fac26 | type |
Jerk Jock | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_863fac26 | comment |
Jerk Jock: Hanamiya Makoto and the rest of the Kirisaki Daiichi team, who actively participate in Crippling the Competition. Aomine has shades of this too. And Haizaki is all asshole all the time. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_863fac26 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) | hasFeature |
Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_863fac26 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_875615dd | type |
Truth in Television | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_875615dd | comment |
Truth in Television: Serin occasionally using Kiyoshi as a Point Guard seems weird at first glance, given that he's the largest of Seirin's players and P Gs typically are small, quick guys who pass and move at top speed. However, it's actually a common technique called the "Point Forward", giving a bigger guy the ball-handling duties to create mismatches and space the floor more efficiently. Originally pioneered in the 1980's by legendary coach Don Nelson and expanded in the mid-2000's by larger Forwards like Le Bron James, Dirk Nowitzki, and Amar'e Stoudamire, the tactic has fallen out of favor in the modern NBA thanks to smaller, faster lineups; it still sees use when teams need an extra size advantage, however. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_875615dd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) | hasFeature |
Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_875615dd | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8879db82 | type |
Badass Crew | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8879db82 | comment |
Chapter 2 of "Kuroko’s Basketball: Extra Game" takes it up another level after Nash hurts Kuroko, right in front of the Generation of Miracles and Kagami. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8879db82 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) | hasFeature |
Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8879db82 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8aa0f76 | type |
Deconstructed Trope | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8aa0f76 | comment |
The Generation of Miracles, during their middle school years. Becomes a Deconstructed Trope, as being on a team that powerful turned most of the members into jerkasses when playing basketball, prompting Kuroko to leave the team, and is also what caused the team to fall apart. This is averted in the present day, as though they're collectively still through of as this, they are no longer a 'team' since they all go to different schools. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8aa0f76 | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) | hasFeature |
Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8aa0f76 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8b19c906 | type |
Japanese Delinquents | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8b19c906 | comment |
Japanese Delinquents: Hyuuga, of all people, tried to become one of these during his first year at Seirin, even going as far as dyeing his hair blonde. Later on we have Haizaki, a former regular of Teikou. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8b19c906 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8b19c906 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8d4799d1 | type |
Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8d4799d1 | comment |
Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Kuroko and Momoi, especially in her introduction scene. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8d4799d1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8d4799d1 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8e971de4 | type |
Tournament Arc | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8e971de4 | comment |
Tournament Arc: The Inter-High, Winter Cup and Nationals make up the three big ones in the basketball calendar. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8e971de4 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8ec0abf | type |
The Voiceless | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8ec0abf | comment |
Mitobe and Koganei have this kind of dynamic, despite not actually being an example, as they get a good amount of screentime and character development. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8ec0abf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) | hasFeature |
Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_8ec0abf | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_90c018ac | type |
Justified Trope | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_90c018ac | comment |
Quarter 76, where Kagami and Himuro have an entire conversation in English. It's justified though, as the two knew each other in the States and are probably more used to chatting to each other in English. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_90c018ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) | hasFeature |
Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_90c018ac | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_912b24c4 | type |
Art Shift | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_912b24c4 | comment |
Art Shift: The manga and anime can go from Super-Deformed and simplified, cartoonish drawings to absolutely stunning artwork in a matter of pages/seconds, sometimes within the same scene. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_912b24c4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_912b24c4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_912b24c4 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_926e0d7d | type |
Hot Springs Episode | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_926e0d7d | comment |
Kagami scrubbing Hyuuga's back with the wrong kind of brush. (And the rest of Seirin's Say My Name moment afterwards.) | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_926e0d7d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) | hasFeature |
Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_926e0d7d | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_927b2f11 | type |
The Bus Came Back | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_927b2f11 | comment |
The Bus Came Back: For the Seihou team in Quarter 75. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_927b2f11 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) | hasFeature |
Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_927b2f11 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_935212c | type |
Feminine Women Can Cook | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_935212c | comment |
Feminine Women Can Cook: Averted with a vengeance, as both Riko and Momoi are lethal chefs. Sort of played straight with Sakurai, who is the most feminine guy on the Touou team and is also a Supreme Chef. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_935212c | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) | hasFeature |
Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_935212c | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_94d2506d | type |
Can't Catch Up | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_94d2506d | comment |
During their final one-on-one in America, Kagami deliberately allowed Himuro to win. Contrary to his expectations, this did more harm than good, as he failed to realize that Himuro has a huge Can't Catch Up complex concerning him. | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_94d2506d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) | hasFeature |
Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_94d2506d | |
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Wild Take | |
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Wild Take: Common reaction in people who get surprised by Kuroko. | |
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Interclass Friendship | |
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Interclass Friendship: Kagami and Akashi have this with their teammates - the former's family is implied to be well-off considering Kagami has a very spacious and expensive apartment to live by himself, while Akashi is explicitly shown to be the heir of the rich and prestigious Akashi family. | |
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Benched Hero | |
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The main reason why the second years bench Kagami and Kuroko during the match against Seihou: they want to get revenge for their defeat last year themselves. | |
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Mass "Oh, Crap!" | |
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Mass "Oh, Crap!": Seirin suffer from this at the end of Quarter 155 after Murasakibara switches to offensive play. Everyone in the court during the Seirin vs. Yousen Match when Murasakibara breaks the godforsaken goalpost with his dunk. Even his teammates are terrified. | |
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Chick Magnet | |
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Chick Magnet: Kise always has hordes of fangirls coming to watch his matches. Izuki too, at least in Seirin. Though they always run away when he starts telling jokes. | |
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Hour of Power | |
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Hour of Power: Kise's Perfect Copy, which allows him to copy moves from the Generation of Miracles, can only be sustained for five minutes. That is, until the Seirin vs Kaijou rematch where his sheer determination to win allows him to make it last for two extra minutes. | |
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Screen-to-Stage Adaptation | |
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Screen-to-Stage Adaptation: Had a series of stage play adaptations from 2016 to 2019 starring none other as Kensho Ono as Kuroko. | |
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Crippling Overspecialization | |
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Crippling Overspecialization: Both Kuroko and Kagami have this in the beginning. For Kagami, it's his tendency to always go for dunks, as they can be easily blocked if his opponent is skilled enough. Kuroko is blatantly a specialist in passing, stealing, and assists. Additionally, his misdirection loses effectiveness if the player he's shadowing isn't on court, since there isn't anyone capable of scoring against skilled teams. This becomes less of a problem as Seirin's other players improve, and Kuroko himself develops new tricks. | |
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Double Take | |
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Double Take: Common reaction in people who get surprised by Kuroko. | |
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A Day in the Limelight | |
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A Day in the Limelight: Furihata, one of the freshmen benchwarmers, finally gets some serious match time during the Seirin vs. Kaijou game. During the last match, everybody gets its screentime. Especially notable with Furihata again, who figures out before anybody else that Kuroko is losing his lack of presence and then manages to subvert his role as The Load by being used to mark Akashi. | |
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Foreshadowing | |
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Foreshadowing: Nearly every match against a Miracle establishes, develops, and expands on Kuroko's ability to predict the actions of the GOM themselves and his own team. | |
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Whole Episode Flashback | |
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Whole Episode Flashback: Quarters 95 to 99, which show the forming of the Seirin basketball team and explain how Kiyoshi got his Game-Breaking Injury. Quarters 204 to 227 chronicle the forming, blooming and breaking of the Generation of Miracles. Apart from clearing up a bunch of lingering plot points (such as the whole debacle between Kise and Haizaki and what exactly is going on with Akashi), it also introduces a bunch of new characters, like their old captain and, more importantly, Kuroko's childhood friend, who has a central part in the chain of events that lead to Kuroko quitting the team. | |
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CloudCuckooLander | |
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Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Kiyoshi manages to be both this and a Guile Hero. Murasakibara usually thinks more about the snacks he's eating than what's happening around him. | |
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Defeating the Undefeatable | |
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Defeating the Undefeatable: Kagami to each member of the Generation of Miracles. | |
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Weak, but Skilled | |
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Weak, but Skilled: Kuroko. He doesn't have the talent or the build for basketball, but because of his highly refined and practiced skill at Misdirection, he was able to achieve the status of the "Phantom Sixth Player" of the legendary Generation of Miracles, and is respected by the rest for his skill of Misdirection. Izuki is this as well. He even acknowledges it himself right at the end of Seirin vs. Rakuzan. | |
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Pre-Asskicking One-Liner | |
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In Quarter 128. Also counts as a Pre Ass Kicking One Liner. | |
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It's Personal | |
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It's Personal: The main reason why the second years bench Kagami and Kuroko during the match against Seihou: they want to get revenge for their defeat last year themselves. The Kirisaki Daiichi match is another one for the second years, especially for Kiyoshi and Hyuuga, since they were the team that injured Kiyoshi's knee the previous year. The reason for the formation of Team Vorpal Swords in "Kuroko’s Basketball: Extra Game," after watching Team STRKY get crushed by Team Jabberwock and seeing the Jabberwock disrespect Japanese basketball, Kuroko and Kagetora quickly assemble the series's Dream Team of the GOM, Kuroko, and Kagami. Chapter 2 of "Kuroko’s Basketball: Extra Game" takes it up another level after Nash hurts Kuroko, right in front of the Generation of Miracles and Kagami. | |
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Love Bubbles | |
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Love Bubbles: Kuroko, of all people, gets them after he tries a delicious sandwich. | |
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Obfuscating Stupidity | |
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Obfuscating Stupidity: A few characters have been noted to be much sharper than their usual attitudes would suggest, like Kiyoshi and Kise. | |
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Not So Stoic | |
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Not So Stoic: Kuroko suffers from a major Heroic BSoD and then utterly shatters in the aftermath of Teikou's third national victory. The chapter after that, it's clear that he's close to tears after discovering that he has no chance to fulfill his promise to Ogiwara, due to him transferring out of the area, and quitting basketball. | |
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Super-Senses | |
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Akashi reveals near the end of the Shutoku vs. Rakuzan game that he subtly lowered his speed just enough to get the drop on Takao, thus enabling him to defeat his and Midorima's otherwise-unstoppable Combination Attack. | |
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Hero Insurance | |
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Hero Insurance: Averted. Moments after Kagami destroys Kaijou's backboard, the rest of Seirin are seen worrying about how they're going to pay for it. | |
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Rousing Speech | |
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Rousing Speech: Hyuuga's speech in Quarter 19 almost falls flat, as him bringing up their loss the previous year depresses all the second years. He quickly turns it around, though. Though they lost, Kasamatsu gives an epic one to Kaijou in order to snap them out of their funk in Quarter 73. | |
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Underdogs Never Lose | |
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Underdogs Never Lose: Averted in the first Seirin vs. Touou game. | |
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No-Sell | |
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No-Sell: At first, Kuroko's Misdirection has no effect on Takao, due to his 'Hawk's Eye' ability. This happens again during the second Seirin vs Touou match, due to Imayoshi marking him and Aomine's ability to read his playstyle. Hyuuga's Barrier Jumper gets hit hard with this; it's awesome at first and then gets countered by pretty much everybody after they see it one time, for no discernible reason. | |
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Idiosyncratic Episode Naming | |
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Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Episodes/chapters are called Quarters, the anime episode titles are taken from the episodes' dialogue. | |
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All for Nothing | |
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All for Nothing: The first Seirin versus Touou match. | |
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Catchphrase | |
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Catchphrase: Hanamiya, after tricking someone: "There's no way I'd say that, dumbass." Aomine's "The only one who can beat me is me." Kiyoshi often runs into games with a "Let's have some fun~!" Quite a bit of his teammates have used this one as well. Midorima's "Man proposes, God disposes." Akashi has two: "I am absolute," and "Lower your head.". The original Akashi also has one: "Even average people can pull this off." Hyuuga has "You worry too much, idiot!" Kiyoshi steals it once while Hyuuga is in full-on Heroic BSoD mode. | |
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Ms. Fanservice | |
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Ms. Fanservice: Momoi generally, especially with her F-cup breasts (as analyzed by a very jealous Aida Riko) and bikini/bath/shower scenes. Alex, the woman who taught Kagami basketball in America, enjoys walking around naked or in her underwear, greets everyone by kissing them on the mouth (including Riko), and has by far the biggest bust in the series. | |
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Epic Fail | |
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Epic Fail: Whenever Kuroko attempts a basketball move that doesn't involve Misdirection. Kagami has a few in Quarter 83. First he jumps too high when going for a dunk and hits his head on the basket, and then, after scoring the winning shot with an epic dunk, he loses his grip on the basket and falls. There was quite the epic one where Takao flips his okonomiyaki...on to Midorima's head. Needless to say, the latter wasn't very pleased. The NG gag reels at the end of just about every chapter spoof this mercilessly. For example, in the NG for Quarter 90, Kuroko fails his Vanishing Drive during a dramatic one-on-one with Midorima. | |
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The Ace | |
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Hanamiya Makoto is The Ace for Kirisaki Dai-Ichi; he's of special note as the only one of the Uncrowned Kings who still functions as The Ace after the advent of the Generation of Miracles (with Kiyoshi surrendering that position to Kagami for Seirin, and the other three surrendering to Akashi as part of Rakuzan). | |
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Hypocritical Humor | |
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And hilariously inverted later on. Kagami goes to talk to Kuroko when he's concentrating on practicing by himself. When Kuroko notices him, he says, "Please don't sneak up on me like that. I'll get angry." | |
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Color Failure | |
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Color Failure: The Seirin regulars suffer from this after they see the picture of Shinkyou's ace. Happens after the rest of the team see Kagami's grades. The default reaction after tasting Riko's cooking. When the Seirin team get caught by Riko trying to peep into the girls' side of the hot spring. | |
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Used to Be a Sweet Kid | |
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Used to Be a Sweet Kid: The last years of Teikou really did a number on the Generation of Miracle's personalities. Standouts are Aomine and Akashi. | |
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Character Title | |
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Character Title: This manga is about Kuroko's basketball style. | |
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New Powers as the Plot Demands | |
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New Powers as the Plot Demands: Secretive as he is, Kuroko is the most blatant offender, gradually unveiling his skills in every important match as the situation calls for them. To date we have Cyclone Pass, Ignite Pass, Vanishing Drive, Ignite Pass Kai, Misdirection Overflow and Phantom Shot. It's justified though, as the moves are picked to pieces by opposing teams almost as soon as they're shown, or in the match right after. | |
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Smooch of Victory | |
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Smooch of Victory: In Quarter 19, Riko attempts to motivate the guys by promising them this. It's not very effective... | |
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I Lied | |
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Hanamiya, after tricking someone: "There's no way I'd say that, dumbass." | |
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The Nicknamer | |
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The Nicknamer: Riko's dad. Kise and Murasakibara may count to a lesser extent, as Kise adds "cchi" to the end of the names of people he's acknowledged, whether they want him to or not, while Murasakibara adds a "-chin" to a shortened version of the name. Momoi is this as well; she has a nickname for every member of the Generation of Miracles, and eventually, Kagami. | |
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Get a Hold of Yourself, Man! | |
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Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: Kuroko to Kagami in Quarter 32, when Kagami starts thinking he needs to stop being a team player to win. Done once more to Kagami in Quarter 77 by Tetsuya #2 (The team dog). Riko does this to the entire team in Quarter 143 at Hyuuga's request with quite the epic Dope Slap. Needless to say, it worked. Himuro does this to Murasakibara in Quarter 165. Quarter 179 has Miyaji do this to Midorima, after they're stuck by a 20-point gap in the fourth quarter against Rakuzan. | |
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Crippling the Competition | |
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The Kirisaki Daiichi match is another one for the second years, especially for Kiyoshi and Hyuuga, since they were the team that injured Kiyoshi's knee the previous year. | |
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Hard Work Hardly Works | |
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Hard Work Hardly Works: Murasakibara is a firm believer of this. It's averted for Kuroko, who gained this Misdirection skills through lots of hard training. This is the main reason why the two are foils for each other. | |
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Serial Escalation | |
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Serial Escalation: There are plenty of examples - the amount of time Kagami manages to stay in the air, many of Aomine's shots (notably the one against the backboard), and, of course, Kuroko's ability to stay below the radar despite the fact that he has blue hair in a world where the vast majority of other people have normal hair colors. | |
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Porn Stash | |
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Porn Stash: The previous year, Riko found a sexy teacher stash during the clubroom cleanup and punished the members by making them do five times the normal training menu. This year, the team tries to clean everything out beforehand... but miss one. | |
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Teen Genius | |
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Teen Genius: Both Hanamiya Maktoto and Seto Kentaro of Kirisaki Daiichi, with Seto having an IQ of 160. | |
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The Chessmaster | |
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The Chessmaster: Riko Aida and Momoi act as these for their teams, predicting opponents' moves and thinking of countermeasures. When their teams play against each other, they try to outwit each other. Hanamiya Makoto is this, to a degree only slightly less than Akashi. The Spider's Web lets him entirely shut down enemy pass networks, but relies entirely on his ability to read the opposing team's pass course throughout the game. Akashi's best skill lets him throw perfect passes at his teammates, improving their performances instead of scoring by himself. Not to mention that he's a ludicrously good strategist; often times he deliberately lets his opponent break past one layer of Rakuzan's defense, thus screwing themselves over in the process. | |
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Delinquent Hair | |
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Hyuuga, of all people, tried to become one of these during his first year at Seirin, even going as far as dyeing his hair blonde. | |
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Blank White Eyes | |
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Blank White Eyes: A comedic staple of the series, often used to express extreme emotion such as shock or anger. Expect it to come with chibified forms of the characters that are sometimes heavily inked when showing fear, shock, or rage. | |
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Vitriolic Best Buds | |
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Vitriolic Best Buds: Kiyoshi and Hyuuga are the crowning example; according to Izuki, the more they argue, the more in sync their teamwork is! | |
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Reaction Shot | |
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Reaction Shot: The series has several, but the one that takes the cake has to be the entire crowd (including the Generation of Miracles!) gawking at Kuroko's Misdirection Overflow. Akashi's shot into his own hoop against Shuutoku deserves an honorable mention. Bonus points for it playing this trope literally as well. | |
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When It All Began | |
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When It All Began: Not a direct example, but throughout the series other members of the Generation of Miracles constantly ask Kuroko why he left after they won the third championship at Teikou. This gets later shown in a flashback. | |
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The Captain | |
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Though they lost, Kasamatsu gives an epic one to Kaijou in order to snap them out of their funk in Quarter 73. | |
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Memento MacGuffin | |
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Memento MacGuffin: Kagami's ring, which was given to him by Himuro. Also, Kuroko's single wristband, which originally belonged to Ogiwara. This definitely doubles as as Tragic Keepsake, seeing as he only got it after Ogiwara quit basketball. | |
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Lightning Bruiser | |
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Lightning Bruiser: Almost every ace in one way or another, but particularly Aomine, the fastest player in the circuit. Murasakibara is of special note for being just as fast if not faster than Kagami even though he outsizes him by 18 centimeters and 17 kilograms (7.1 inches and 37.5 pounds). | |
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Heroic Second Wind | |
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Heroic Second Wind: It happens all the time. Seirin get an epic one during the second match with Touou, thanks to Kuroko's Misdirection Overflow. By the end of the series, it repeatedly happens multiple times in one match: case in point, Seirin v. Rakuzan. Direct Drive Zone is more like Seirin's Heroic Sixth Wind between Kuroko rejoining the game, Kagami re-activating the Zone despite having been forced out of it earlier, Izuki tricking Hayama by out-predicting him, Hyuuga's triumphant return and overcoming Mibuchi, and Kuroko and Kagami's epic team-up to stop Akashi. | |
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Gambit Pileup | |
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Riko Aida and Momoi act as these for their teams, predicting opponents' moves and thinking of countermeasures. When their teams play against each other, they try to outwit each other. | |
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Please Put Some Clothes On | |
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Please Put Some Clothes On: When Alex introduces herself to the team wearing nothing but underwear, Kagami does this. | |
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Hero Killer | |
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Hero Killer: Aomine and Akashi both fit this trope for different reasons... at least, as much as possible, given that this is a sports anime. Aomine, because he's just so much more powerful than literally everyone else. He annihilates Seirin by double their score during his first match with them, then slaughters Kise and Kaijou, winning by twelve points despite being part of the same group as Kise, and Kise getting a huge boost in strength partway through the game. Even in defeat, it takes everything Seirin has, Kuroko using his trump card, and Kagami both activating the Zone and managing to master off-hand ball handling at the last second in order to win. In addition to that, in Aomine's case, he is the ONLY person to completely defeat Kagami and Kuroko while they're working together. Not even Akashi manages that. Akashi, because his goal is to prove himself superior over everyone else, and he's more than capable of doing so. Between destroying Midorima and Shutoku despite Midorima and Takao's Combination Attack, and the insanity that was the Seirin v. Rakuzan final, Akashi is about as close as it gets to this trope in a sports anime. | |
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Last-Name Basis | |
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Last-Name Basis: Almost everywhere, as per Japanese tradition. The only ones that avert this are Riko and Alex. | |
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Literal-Minded | |
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Akashi's shot into his own hoop against Shuutoku deserves an honorable mention. Bonus points for it playing this trope literally as well. | |
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Cast Full of Pretty Boys | |
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Cast Full of Pretty Boys: So much that it hurts! | |
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Art Evolution | |
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Art Evolution: Substantially. Comparing the first and latest appearances of any character introduced early into the series will show drastic leaps in style and ability, as with Kise or Midorima. Even Akashi, who appears last of the Generation of Miracles, Fujimaki becomes visibly more comfortable drawing. The anime goes through this as well. While it was pretty well-produced from the beginning, the anime subtly becomes smoother and cleaner within its animation and character designs. By the time Last Game was released, the character designs were by far the best the series had to offer and the animation quality was leaps and bounds ahead of where the series first started. | |
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Artistic License – Sports | |
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Artistic License – Sports: The manga generally follows the rules of basketball, but the moves that the boys attempt are this in spades. Not to mention all of those special abilities that they have that borderline on downright supernatural. | |
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Down to the Last Play | |
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Down to the Last Play: Happens often in climatic matches. | |
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11th-Hour Superpower | |
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11th-Hour Superpower: Kagami managing to master ball-handling with his off hand during the last five seconds of the Seirin vs. Touou game during the Winter Cup. Riko even says it happened "in the eleventh hour". Murasakibara activating the Zone during the final few seconds of the Seirin vs. Yousen game. Sadly, it wasn't enough to help him win against Kagami. Averted during the Seirin vs. Rakuzan match, where Kagami activates the Zone mere seconds after the game begins. Again during Seirin vs. Rakuzan, Kuroko develops a quasi-Emperor Eye, based on his ability to predict the actions of his current and former teammates. | |
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Gonk | |
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Gonk: Kaijou's coach. Lampshaded during Kaijou's match against Touou that he attempts to dress sharply to match Touou's coach that looks like a host, but the Kaijou players all scream at him that it won't work. It doesn't, he got choked with the tight suit and tie instead. Then he reveals that He Was Quite A Looker when he was in Japan's National Team (he's the one in front of the others with V sign. In case you didn't recognize the others, from left to right is Rakuzan's coach, Shutoku's, Touou's, Riko's dad, and Yosen's ) | |
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A-Cup Angst | |
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Momoi generally, especially with her F-cup breasts (as analyzed by a very jealous Aida Riko) and bikini/bath/shower scenes. | |
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The Load | |
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During the last match, everybody gets its screentime. Especially notable with Furihata again, who figures out before anybody else that Kuroko is losing his lack of presence and then manages to subvert his role as The Load by being used to mark Akashi. | |
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Combination Attack | |
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Akashi, because his goal is to prove himself superior over everyone else, and he's more than capable of doing so. Between destroying Midorima and Shutoku despite Midorima and Takao's Combination Attack, and the insanity that was the Seirin v. Rakuzan final, Akashi is about as close as it gets to this trope in a sports anime. | |
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Backstory | |
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Backstory: A lot of it for pretty much every main character, from Kuroko to Kagami to Kise to Midorima to Aomine to Kiyoshi to Hyuuga to Aida to Momoi to... you get the point. | |
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Big Damn Heroes | |
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Big Damn Heroes: Kiyoshi becomes this during Seirin's match against Yousen, since he comes in and tips the scales in Seirin's favor during the crucial part of the match. | |
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Why Won't You Die? | |
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Why Won't You Die?: Non-lethal variation; Murasakibara says it to Kiyoshi once the latter comes back onto the court despite being completely destroyed, physically and mentally, by the former. | |
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Paper Fan of Doom | |
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Paper Fan of Doom: Riko uses one a lot in the anime. | |
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ColourCodedCharacters | |
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Colour-Coded Characters: And to what a degree! All the members of the Generation of Miracles have a color as part of their names and - with the exception of Kuroko and his blue hair (Kuro = black) - their names all match the color of their hair (and eyes). Aomine (Ao = blue) has blue hair, Midorima (Midori = green) has green hair, Momoi (Momo = peach/pink) has pink hair, Murasakibara (Murasaki = purple) has purple hair, Akashi (Aka = red) has red hair, and Kise (Ki = yellow) has yellow hair. Also Haizaki (Hai = grey), before Akashi kicked him out of the team and Kise replaced him, though Haizaki's hair was actually blonde in his middle school years. The newly revealed Nijimura, captain of Teikou before Akashi, even follows it (Niji = rainbow) despite his hair being the least colorful of the lot (black). Though he does, apparently, have rainbow-colored wristbands. | |
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Pungeon Master | |
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It's getting hilarious when this duty in Seirin team falls upon Izuki of all people. Especially noted in hot spring chapter when Seirin boys tried to peek on woman's bath. That he pointed out that his and Kuroko's skill is not for peeking. | |
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We Meet Again | |
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We Meet Again: Kagami pulls a rather intimidating one on the Meijou Institute team (A.K.A the thugs that he, Kuroko and Kise completely trashed in a street game some chapters before) in Quarter 16. It freaks them out so badly that they practically throw the game, losing 41 to 108. | |
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Running Gag | |
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Running Gag: Kuroko seemingly appearing out of nowhere, only to reveal that he's been there the whole time. Invoked by Kuroko at one point. At a team gathering, he claims he's been there the whole time, when that time, he actually was late. And hilariously inverted later on. Kagami goes to talk to Kuroko when he's concentrating on practicing by himself. When Kuroko notices him, he says, "Please don't sneak up on me like that. I'll get angry." Kagami being so excited for upcoming matches that he forgets to sleep the night before. Someone from Seirin always ordering alcoholic drinks whenever the team goes out. Kagami scrubbing Hyuuga's back with the wrong kind of brush. (And the rest of Seirin's Say My Name moment afterwards.) | |
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Team Dad | |
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Team Dad: Kiyoshi is occasionally this for the Seirin team, with definite overtones of Papa Wolf. | |
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Team Pet | |
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Team Pet: In the 74th Quarter, Kuroko picks up an adorable husky that Aida immediately falls in love with and the rest of the team decides to name Tetsuya #2 because the dog's eyes and lack of expression look just like Kuroko's. | |
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Artistic License – Physics | |
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Artistic License – Physics: Hilariously lampshaded in Quarter 156 when Aomine apparently starts talking physics in order to explain why Murasakibara is so hard to block. | |
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Theme Naming | |
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Theme Naming: For Seirin and the Generation of Miracles. Also for the Uncrowned Generals. Also, excluding Kuroko and Akashi, all Teikou graduates, including Momoi, Haizaki and Nijimura, when the first kanji in their surname means the Colorful Theme Naming, the second kanji in their names means Location Theme Naming. Seirin (in order starting from Sunday): Hyuuga(æ—¥), Izuki(月), Kagami(ç�«), Mitobe(æ°´), Kiyoshi(木), Koganei(金), and Tsuchida(土). The Uncrowned Generals: Kiyoshi(木 = tree/wood), Hanamiya(花 = flower), Hayama(葉 = leaf), Mibuchi(実 = fruit/seed), Nebuya(æ ¹ = root). Teikou: Kise (瀬 = shoal), Midorima (é–“ = chamber), Aomine (å³° = peak), Murasakibara (原 = prairie) , Momoi (井 = well), Haizaki (å´Ž = small peninsula ), Nijimura (æ�‘ = village) | |
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Talking Is a Free Action | |
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Talking Is a Free Action: Very notable when spectators are able to calmly talk about how a player's move works while he's doing it. Lampshaded and Played for Laughs in the Quarter 107 bloopers omake, where Kuroko misses the ball because of the speech he's making. | |
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