01x01 - I am Kuroko

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NARRATOR: The Teiko Middle School basketball club.

NARRATOR: An incredibly strong team with over

CRKuro: ,one hundred members and

CRKuro: ,three consecutive championship wins.

NARRATOR: Amongst their brilliant record,

CRKuro: ,the generation of five prodigies was known as the

CRKuro: ,"Generation of Miracles."

NARRATOR: However, there was a strange rumor

CRKuro: ,concerning the Generation of Miracles.

NARRATOR: Despite being relatively unknown

CRKuro: ,and lacking a game record,

CRKuro: ,there was one more member recognized by the five prodigies.

NARRATOR: A phantom sixth man.

OnScreen,SIGN: Seirin Private High School

STUDENT : Interested in rugby?

STUDENT : Have you ever played shogi?

BASEBALL: You gotta play baseball if you're Japanese!

SWIMMING: Swimming! It feels great!

KOGANEI: Basketball! Basketball club!

KOGANEI: How'd you like to join the basketball club?

IZUKI: Koganei, you can't be serious.

KOGANEI: How else am I supposed to say it?

IZUKI: New kids, join the basketball club!

IZUKI: The basketball club needs some serious help!

KOGANEI: I've had enough of your jokes, Izuki.

KOGANEI: Mitobe, make sure they hear you!

KOGANEI: You're not gonna do it, are you?

KOGANEI: Hey, do you have a minute?

LITERATURE: You're a reader, aren't you?

CRKuro: ,How about the literature club?

STUDENT: Sorry, but this is just a manga.

LITERATURE: Manga are books, too.

OnScreen,SIGN: Basketball

KOGANEI: Basketball! Basketball club!

IZUKI: Join the club and you'll be cute, too!

KAGAMI: Are you guys in the basketball club?

RIKO: Just a few more would be nice.

HYUGA: We couldn't even get ten.

RIKO: We're just getting started.

RIKO: We're a new school.

RIKO: If we win the Inter-High and Winter Cup,

CRKuro: ,we'll be a big deal starting next year.

HYUGA: Are you casually putting pressure on your captain?

RIKO: Hyuga-kun, have you always been so delicate?

HYUGA: I'll do my best. I will do my best.

RIKO: I wonder how the recruitment is going?

RIKO: If they could just bring in some promising ones, that would be...

KOGANEI: The new students are here.

RIKO: What?

KAGAMI: Is this the basketball club?

RIKO: Yeah.

RIKO: Who is this guy?

RIKO: He's got the intensity of a wild tiger!

KAGAMI: I want to join.

RIKO: What?

KAGAMI: The basketball club.

RIKO: Um, welcome, welcome!

RIKO: Wait a minute!

RIKO: I'm sure you know, but our school just formed last year.

RIKO: We only have second years to compete with,

CRKuro: ,so I'm sure someone of your build would be...

KAGAMI: I don't care.

KAGAMI: I'm going after I leave my name.

RIKO: Huh?

OnScreen: ,Boys' Basketball Club

OnScreen: ,Club Sign-Up Form

OnScreen: ,Kagami Taiga

RIKO: You don't have a reason for joining?

KAGAMI: Not really.

KAGAMI: Basketball's the same, no matter where you go in Japan.

KOGANEI: He's terrifying!

CRKuro: ,Is he really a first year high school student?

IZUKI: He's one in a million.

KOGANEI: You! Where have you been hiding?

HYUGA: Kagami Taiga.

CRKuro: ,He went to middle school in America.

HYUGA: Must have learned from the source.

RIKO: Either way, I'm sure he'll be extraordinary.

KOGANEI: Yo.

KOGANEI: You forgot this club request.

RIKO: Oh, sorry.

RIKO: Let's see, Kuroko Tetsuya...

RIKO: Huh?

OnScreen: ,Club Sign-Up Form

RIKO: I was here the whole time,

OnScreen: ,Boys' Basketball Club

OnScreen: ,Kuroko Tetsuya

CRKuro: ,but I don't remember him at all.

OnScreen,TEXT: Teiko Middle School Basketball Club

HYUGA: What's wrong?

RIKO: H-He's from the Teiko basketball club!

HYUGA: Teiko? You mean the Teiko?

RIKO: Yeah! And if he's a first year, he must be from the

CRKuro: ,Generation of Miracles!

HYUGA: Generation of Miracles...

HYUGA: That famous group?

RIKO: Why can't I remember that golden egg's face?

RIKO: And that guy just came back from America.

RIKO: This year's first years could be ridiculous!

EpTitle,EPTITLE: I Am Kuroko

KOGANEI: All right, looks like all the first years are here!

ORIHATA: Hey, isn't the manager cute?

KAWAHARA: She's a second year, right?

ORIHATA: If only she were sexier...

HYGUA: Morons, you're wrong.

BOTH: What?

RIKO: I'm the boys' basketball club coach, Aida Riko.

RIKO: Nice to meet you.

ALL: What?

ORIHATA: It's not him?

RIKO: That's our advisor, Takeda-sensei.

KAWAHARA: Seriously?

ORIHATA: You've got to be kidding.

RIKO: Now that you're acquainted with Takeda-sensei,

CRKuro: ,you guys...

RIKO: Take off your shirts!

ALL: Huh?

ALL: What?

ALL: Why?

RIKO: Your ability to move instantaneously is a little weak.

RIKO: I bet you do side jumps in seconds, don't you?

RIKO: You'll need to do a little better for the basketball team.

FUKUDA: O-Okay.

RIKO: You're too stiff.

CRKuro: ,Do some stretches after you bathe.

FUKUDA: Seriously? She's right.

KAWAHARA: What do you mean?

RIKO: You...

ORIHATA: How'd she know that just from looking at us?

RIKO: You should strengthen up a bit.

HYUGA: Her dad's a sports trainer.

RIKO: Try some sprints on your own.

HYUGA: Collecting data and creating a training regimen.

HUYGA: It's a skill she picked up from observing

CRKuro: ,bodies and data every day at his workplace.

HYUGA: When she looks at your body,

CRKuro: ,she sees all your physical abilities in numbers.

HYUGA: I wouldn't expect any less from a coach.

KAGAMI: What?

RIKO: What...

RIKO: What is this?

RIKO: All his numbers are through the roof.

RIKO: These aren't the values of a first year high school boy!

RIKO: I can't even see his potential.

RIKO: I've never seen anything like this.

RIKO: Such raw talent!

HYUGA: Coach! What are you staring at?

RIKO: Sorry! Um...

HYUGA: You looked at all of them.

CRKuro: ,Kagami's the last one.

RIKO: Really? Huh?

RIKO: Is Kuroko-kun here?

HYUGA: Oh, that kid from Teiko...

RIKO: I thought I'd be able to pick out

CRKuro: ,someone that strong when I saw him.

RIKO: Looks like he's not here today.

RIKO: All right, let's get started with practice!

KUROKO: Um, excuse me.

KUROKO: I'm Kuroko.

HYUGA: What? How long have you been there?

KUROKO: I've been here the whole time.

RIKO: He was right in front of me and I didn't notice?

RIKO: What? Did he say he's Kuroko?

RIKO: What? He's practically invisible!

KOGANEI: What? This guy's part of the Generation of Miracles?

KOGANEI: He couldn't have been a regular.

HYUGA: Of course not. Right, Kuroko-kun?

KUROKO: I played in games.

HYUGA: Right?

CRKuro: ,What?

BOTH: What?

KAGAMI: Generation of Miracles? What's that?

RIKO: Take off your shirt!

KUROKO: What? Okay.

RIKO: Who is he?

RIKO: His stats are way too low.

RIKO: All his numbers are below average.

RIKO: On top of that, he's already almost at his limit.

RIKO: There's no way he could have been

CRKuro: ,a regular on such a strong team.

RIKO: What on Earth...

KAGAMI: When did you get here?

KUROKO: Nice to see you.

KAGAMI: What the hell are you doing?

KUROKO: What are you doing here by yourself?

KAGAMI: Nothing. I'm not doing anything.

KUROKO: Is that so?

KAGAMI: I was in America until my second year of middle school.

KAGAMI: I've been appalled ever since I came back

KAGAMI: by how low the standards are here.

KAGAMI: I'm not looking to play basketball for fun.

KAGAMI: I want to play a more serious game that really gets me going.

KAGAMI: I heard all about you.

KAGAMI: I've heard all about the supposedly strong

CRKuro: ,Generation of Miracles from our year.

KAGAMI: You were on that team, weren't you?

KAGAMI: I have a pretty good sense of how good others are.

KAGAMI: People who can succeed smell different from the rest.

KAGAMI: But something's not right with you.

KAGAMI: The weak should smell weak, but you...

KAGAMI: You don't smell like anything.

KAGAMI: And your strength has no scent.

KAGAMI: Let me see. Show me...

KAGAMI: Show me just how good your Generation of Miracles really is.

KUROKO: How fortunate.

KUROKO: I've also been hoping to play against you.

KUROKO: One on one.

KAGAMI: You wanna go?

KAGAMI: He's...

KAGAMI: He's...

KAGAMI: He's so bad I could die.

KAGAMI: Even though they weren't blessed with physical strength,

CRKuro: ,there have been plenty of athletes

CRKuro: ,who have excelled by polishing their skills.

KAGAMI: But this guy's hardly

CRKuro: ,better than an amateur at dribbling and sh**ting.

KAGAMI: There's nothing good about him.

CRKuro: ,This is ridiculous.

KAGAMI: You've gotta be kidding me.

KAGAMI: Have you even been listening?

KAGAMI: How much do you have to overestimate

CRKuro: ,your own abilities to think you can beat me?

KAGAMI: I can't believe how arrogantly you challenged me!

KUROKO: You can't be serious.

KUROKO: Of course you're stronger than me.

KUROKO: I knew that before we started.

KAGAMI: You want a fight?

KAGAMI: What the hell do you think you're doing?

KUROKO: I wanted to see how good you are for myself.

KAGAMI: What?

KAGAMI: Unbelievable.

KAGAMI: There must've been something wrong with me, too.

KAGAMI: He's just so weak that he doesn't smell like anything.

KAGAMI: This is stupid.

KUROKO: Um...

KAGAMI: Enough.

KAGAMI: I'm not interested in the weak.

KAGAMI: Let me tell you one last thing.

KAGAMI: You should quit basketball.

KAGAMI: However much you try to

CRKuro: ,cover it up with nice words like effort,

CRKuro: ,raw talent is a fact of life.

KAGAMI: You've got no talent for basketball.

KUROKO: I don't accept that.

KAGAMI: What?

KUROKO: First of all, I love basketball.

KUROKO: And I don't share your opinion.

KUROKO: I don't care who's strong or who's weak.

KAGAMI: What did you say?

KUROKO: I'm not like you.

KUROKO: I'm a shadow.

ORIHATA: What? A mini-game?

KAWAHARA: I can't believe we're playing the upperclassmen already.

FUKUDA: Do you remember the record

CRKuro: ,from last year they told us about during our first meeting?

ORIHATA: They went to the finals just in their first year.

KAWAHARA: Are you serious?

ORIHATA: That's not normal.

KAGAMI: There's nothing to be afraid of.

KAGAMI: It's always better to have stronger opponents than weak ones.

KAGAMI: Let's go.

RIKO: Let's see exactly what these rookies can do.

KAWAHARA: That dunk was unbelievable.

ORIHATA: Amazing...

RIKO: They're better than I expected.

RIKO: Such destructive force for such unpolished, intuitive play.

HYUGA: This is unbelievable.

CRKuro: ,He's more than ready. He's a monster.

OnScreen: ,st Year

OnScreen: ,nd Year

HYUGA: I can't believe the first years are this strong.

KOGANEI: Kagami's doing it all himself!

KAGAMI: sh*t!

KAGAMI: That kid still has me on edge!

FUKUDA: A steal?

ORIHATA: It's him again!

ORIHATA: Keep it together!

KAGAMI: For all the profound things he says, he can't play for sh*t!

KAGAMI: Guys who are all talk...

KAGAMI: Piss me off more than anything!

FUKUDA: So high!

KAWAHARA: Nothing can stop Kagami now!

HYUGA: Time to put them in their place.

IZUKI: It's on.

KAGAMI: Three?!

KAWAHARA: They're desperate to stop Kagami!

FUKUDA: They're double-teaming him even though he doesn't have the ball!

FUKUDA: They have no intention of letting him touch the ball!

OnScreen: ,st Year

OnScreen: ,nd Year

FUKUDA: They're good.

KAWAHARA: There's no way we could have won.

ORIHATA: I've had enough.

KAGAMI: Enough? What the hell are you talking about?!

KUROKO: Please calm down.

KAGAMI: You b*stard...

KOGANEI: Looks like they're fighting.

KOGANEI: What's wrong?

IZUKI: Was he in the game?

KOGANEI: Kuroko? I dunno.

RIKO: Even I forgot, and I was the referee.

RIKO: Huh?

RIKO: How long has he been in?

KUROKO: Excuse me.

KUROKO: Could you just pass me the ball?

FUKUDA: What?

STUDENTS: You can do it! Three more minutes!

OnScreen,SIGN: st Year

OnScreen,SIGN: nd Year

FUKUDA: What can you do with the ball once you get it?

FUKUDA: At least don't let them take it.

HYUGA: It went... What?

HYUGA: How did that pass go through?

RIKO: Why do I feel so uneasy?

RIKO: Is something unbelievable happening?

KAGAMI: Go for it! sh**t!

KOGANEI: What?

IZUKI: They passed the ball

CRKuro: ,and made the shot before we realized it!

KOGANEI: What's going on?

RIKO: Is he using his lack of presence to pass?

RIKO: He's not even touching the ball for very long!

RIKO: Could he be diminishing

CRKuro: ,his already weak presence even more?

RIKO: Misdirection.

CRKuro: ,A technique used in sleight of hand.

RIKO: He's drawing his opponent's attention away from himself.

RIKO: To be more accurate, he's not using his lack of presence,

CRKuro: ,but directing his opponent's attention elsewhere.

RIKO: He's the invisible regular of Teiko who excelled at passing.

RIKO: I'd heard rumors, but I didn't think he actually existed.

RIKO: The sixth phantom member of the Generation of Miracles!

HYUGA: Damn it. I got caught up in Kuroko's pass!

OnScreen: ,st Year

OnScreen: ,nd Year

STUDENT: I don't believe it! It's a one point difference!

HYUGA: Crap!

KAWAHARA: Go, Kuroko!

KAGAMI: That's why I hate the weak!

KAGAMI: You have to make the shot, dumbass!

EMPLOYEE: Thank you very much.

KUROKO: Hello.

KAGAMI: Where'd you come from?

CRKuro: ,What are you doing?

KUROKO: I was sitting here first.

KUROKO: I like this place's vanilla shakes.

KAGAMI: Go somewhere else.

KUROKO: I don't want to.

KAGAMI: If someone sees us, they'll think we're friends!

KUROKO: This is my usual hangout.

KAGAMI: Here.

KAGAMI: I don't like guys who suck at basketball.

KAGAMI: But you've earned yourself one of those.

KUROKO: Thanks.

KAGAMI: Just how strong is the Generation of Miracles?

KAGAMI: If I played them now, how would I do?

KUROKO: You'd be destroyed instantly.

KAGAMI: Do you have to put it like that?

KUROKO: The five prodigies have each

CRKuro: ,gone on to play for their own schools.

KUROKO: One of those schools will stand at the top.

KAGAMI: That's great.

KAGAMI: That's the kind of thing that lights a fire in me.

KAGAMI: I've decided.

KAGAMI: I'll crush all of them and become Japan's best player.

KUROKO: I don't think that's possible.

KAGAMI: Hey!

KUROKO: If you have hidden talent, I wouldn't know.

KUROKO: But, from what I've seen, you wouldn't even reach their feet.

KUROKO: You can't do it alone.

KUROKO: I've also decided.

KUROKO: I'm a shadow.

KUROKO: But the stronger the light, the darker the shadow,

CRKuro: ,and the more it accentuates the brightness of the light.

KUROKO: I will be the shadow to your light

CRKuro: ,and make you the best player in Japan.

KAGAMI: Look who's talking.

KAGAMI: Do whatever you want.

KUROKO: I'll do my best.

KAGAMI: An entrance exam?

KAGAMI: I don't like it, but I'll do it!

KUROKO: We're meeting on the roof.

KAGAMI: The roof?

KUROKO: The coach was smiling a little.

EpTitle,TEXT: I'm Serious

KAGAMI: This doesn't sound good.

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