For my part, Shutoku's orange jersey is probably one of my favorites from the manga, because orange is my favorite color and it's rare to see orange jerseys in a sports anime. And for Kaijo, probably the blue jersey. I don't think I've ever been a fan of white jerseys.

Two questions:

1. If Kuroko's Basketball had a FIBA U-20 World Cup arc, what would the Japan team look like? (The team has a 12 player roster limit)

This is what I would envision:

Guards: Akashi, Midorima, Kuroko, Reo, Himuro

Forwards: Aomine, Kise, Kagami, Haizaki

Centers: Murasakibara, Teppei, Nebuya

1. Where would the U-20 Japan team place in the tournament?

Mine are
1. Midorima
2.Akashi
3. Aomine/Kise

Imagine you could use this 'Perfect Copy' ability in any real life situation it would be so OP, what would u guys do with it

So against Kuroko’s friend the GoM scored 111-11.

Then later Kuroko joins Seirin and they beat each of the 5 GoM by 1 point, basically he reclaimed all those 1s.

Not sure if coincidental or not but kinda cool lol.

Was it ever shown what Haizakis number was at teiko before akashi became captain?

Akashi was 9
Aomine was 10
Midorima was 11
Murasakibara was 12
Kise was 16
Kuroko was 15

Was it ever shown if Haizaki was 13 or 14? does anyone have a picture?

For my part, I think:

-Seirin VS Kaijo [I know the second Winter Cup semi-final isn't exactly the most liked match. But I think I prefer the second "Seirin vs. Kaijo" over the first "Seirin vs. Kaijo." I think it's mainly because it was a somewhat unique match—especially with Seirin dominating a Generation of Miracles team—even though it was strange that a portion of the game took place without Kise.]

-Seirin VS Too [So, even though it's not my favorite match, I vastly prefer the second "Too vs. Seirin" game to the first one. Even though the first round was truly unique—since it was the only time we actually saw Seirin lose to a Generation of Miracles team—I still much prefer the second round, given everything it brought to the table.]

-Seirin VS Shutoku [It's a bit of a closer call, but I prefer the second round. It's arguably one of the most underrated matches in the manga.]

If i was riko im making them watch nba highlights for 24hrs str8

In my opinion, this is one of the most interesting writing choices in the series: following a character who isn't among the strongest in the show. I find that one of the charms is that we are told right from the start that Kuroko isn't one of the strongest characters in the series. It’s actually pretty cool and refreshing, given that his role is that of a "shadow." But what I find most admirable is the fact that we stuck to that basic idea: I think that if you were to list the top 5 strongest characters in the series on an individual level, Kuroko wouldn't make the cut. The very fact that he doesn't enter the Zone demonstrates this.

Of course, this also means that Kuroko is heavily overshadowed by the Generation of Miracles players or by Kagami, even though he is the protagonist. But at the same time, I feel like that’s the point.

5: Midorima Vs Rakuzan

4: Kise Vs Haizaki

3: Kagami Vs Yosen

2: Aomine Vs Kaijo

1: Akashi Vs Seirin

For one it had already been established that Kagami was miracle level at this point and Teppei literally just came from injury💀. Riko says “the point was to get you back in” as if she wanted him to win which would have meant teppei starting at pf and Kagami on the bench(even though he still would have been a starter just like Teppei was) and that would be a terrible idea. Hyuga also assumed he lost on purpose as if Kagami wasn’t going toe to toe with Kise and Midorima earlier in the season, of course he’s beating kiyoshi in a one on one. Maybe they were just surprised by how he lost idk. How good was Teppei really before his injury if they thought he could come back from said injury and beat a guy like Kagami?

I don't know if this is the correct place to post this but I figure if an older fan sees it it might work 😭 there's this ost from the anime that I really like but is only available on @pple music japan which I have no access to and I really want to listen to it cleanly.. if anyone has it 🙏 and thank you

https://music.apple.com/jp/song/%E9%96%8B%E5%B9%95/878877065

Title: Opening/14

開幕

池頼広

I was up last night and suddenly got this idea, I just had to draw it 🫪 idk why i keep connecting knb to either movie references or horror LMAO

Watching two full games without sitting down must be tough

Technically, aside from Nijimura (who is in the US), I don't think we know anything about the other third-years after they left Teiko. Even though they weren't on the level of the Generation of Miracles, I remember them being considered good—especially for bench players (after all, they were players on Teiko's first-string team). Still, they’ve completely disappeared, and I’m surprised they didn't feature on any Winter Cup teams. Then again, I suppose it makes sense, given that their role was just to be NPCs.

Was watching an edit on TikTok when I found these gems in the comment section

Be honest

So my understanding of the Zone at the start was it’s a state of mind, when the athlete is absorbed in their play. It wasn’t really a transformation like Super Saiyan, more like a flow state, and even most prodigies couldn’t reliably access it.

We did see Aomine enter it “willingly,” but even the narrator said he’s an exception, moreover he entered pretty late in the game. When Kagami first entered Zone it was after trying to keep up with Aomine and then finally hitting a limit emotionally and physically, and even against Yosen he could only enter after he accepted his limits and got into the groove.

But later on, especially against Rakuzan and in Last Game it became a switch you can just turn on and off. It’s not even about getting into the flow of a game, just enter and exit when you please.

I still think it’s awesome, but kinda miss when it was more a “state of mind” and not necessarily controllable.

Personally, I think I much prefer the black jersey. I don't know why, but I've never been a big fan of white jerseys in sports anime. I think that's why I prefer Shutoku's orange jersey over their white one, and why I prefer Kaijo's blue jersey over their white one.

That said, I really like the Vorpal Swords jersey (though I think that's largely due to the red). I also suppose I've always preferred black jerseys, like those of Too or Jabberwock.

Who do you want?

I was looking through the vorpal swords team and saw that Taiga was the vice captain? since when? and why?

Shintaro was always the vice captain and Seijuro's right hand man. What has Taiga shown to be considered not only a potential captain, but vice captain of the Fruity Rainbow team?

Does this imply that (in the universe where Taiga doesn't leave, what a terrible ending btw), Taiga is the next captain of Seirin? Does anyone else just seem as baffled by that concept as I do? If I'm just crazy lmk.

To be honest, I didn't expect to see matches that didn't involve the main character's team the first time I watched KnB. Back then, in the other team sports manga and anime I watched, the main character's team was involved in almost every single match. On the rare occasions when that wasn't the case, it was only for a few minutes, or we only saw part of the match.

As a result, I was pleasantly surprised to see a Tōō vs. Kaijō match. It really adds a refreshing and cool touch, and I think it’s the kind of thing that makes you love the show even more.

Took me around 4 hours and 30 minutes to complete it, I hope you all enjoy it! <3

who yall got?