However, if you were expecting some athletic, hot-headed knucklehead who excels in the sport.well, that's the deuteragonist Kagami. The story is your classic sports anime, with the Seiren basketball team aiming for the top. Kuroko's sudden appearances that startle every character out there is a running gag, opponents with names like 'Papa' and Kagami's Engrish 'THIS IS JAPANESE LUNCH TIME RUSH!' keeps things interesting. This is especially true in Japan, where basketball is nowhere near as popular as sports such as baseball or football (soccer).ДЄs for the anime itself, it captures your attention with epic scenes, likeable characters, and funny comedy.

This is great because it's garnering interest in basketball in people that would have never noticed the sport were it not for this anime. Look around and you'll see that many viewers are not basketball fans, but love this anime. I have yet to be disappointed by any of the episodes, as they have all left me with a big, goofy grin on my face from the thrilling games or cliffhangers at the end of each episode. What Kuroko no Basket excels at doing is showing how exciting basketball can be to a mainstream audience. If you really wanted realistic basketball, you'd watch an actual game. It's the same reason why many people label the Spurs in the NBA as 'boring' despite their well-oiled offense.

Watching Kagami slam the ball down or Kuruko go ninja and make an amazing pass is far more exciting than watching a player hit an open jumpshot from good ball movement. Kuroko no Basket is great to watch BECAUSE of these elements. This is first and foremost entertainment. Plus, trying to explain this and other technical terms would eat up screen time and bore a lot of viewers. As a basketball fan, it'd be great to see the teams run plays like the triangle or pick and roll, but you can't expect the average viewer to understand what's going on. That being said, I am completely ok with this. There's also the shounen elements with the special powers of Generation of Miracles members and other things such as the 'martial arts' Seiho employs. I can understand the criticism as this anime has a lot of spectacular dunks, blocks and flashy passes, the stuff you usually only see in highlight reels, but occurs regularly throughout the games in here. I myself am an avid basketball fan who plays regularly and watches NBA games. I tried getting through ISUCAвЂ™s third episode and after finishing it, I just couldnвЂ™t.The most common criticism I've seen so far of Kuroko no Basket has been how unrealistic it is. At this point though, it looks like things could swing either way and in either case IвЂ™m sure next weekвЂ™s episode will be a blast to watch. Sure it remains to be seen what Shutoku has left in them but even with Midorima and Takao ready to reveal their trump card, how do you fight against someone who knows what youвЂ™re going to do before you even do it?ДЄnd letвЂ™s say that Midorima and Takao manage to somehow get around AkashiвЂ™s all seeing eyes - what are they going to do about the other players who are just as skilled if not even more skilled than Akashi in their own respective positions?ДЄfter getting a closer look into the dynamics between all the players on Shutoku as well as seeing just how hard theyвЂ™ve been training to make it through the Winter Cup, IвЂ™d be really bummed if they donвЂ™t manage to pull ahead of AkashiвЂ™s team. But as we sat there and watched Akashi go on a rampage, literally bringing some of the best players in the show to their knees, it feels like thereвЂ™s no way to really fight back. Because up until this point, every new skill or technique that weвЂ™ve seen no matter how ridiculous it seemed, would have some sort of weakness built into it that would allow the other team to fight back. Which, after we found out about his ridiculous Emperor Eye, I had a little difficulty accepting. To be honest IвЂ™ve never been a fan of AkashiвЂ™s attitude toward others after watching him nearly slice KagamiвЂ™s neck off but I have wondered what made him special enough to lead the legendary Generation of Miracles. If you thought KiseвЂ™s powers to perfectly imitate any of the Generation of Miracles was ridiculous, AkashiвЂ™s Emperor Eye pushes that boundary to a whole new level.ДЄfter the whole ordeal with Haizaki and his whole bad boy act, I never expected Akashi to knock Haizaki off my вЂњI donвЂ™t like this characterвЂќ pedestal.

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