01x02 - I am Serious

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CRKuro: ,Kuroko Episode

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.

KAGAMI: Is this the basketball club?

KUROKO: I'm Kuroko.

HYUGA: What? How long have you been there?

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

KAGAMI: I want to play a more serious game

CRKuro: ,that really gets me going.

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

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

KAGAMI: That's why I hate the weak!

KAGAMI: You have to make the shot, dumbass!

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.

KUROKO: The five prodigies have each gone on

CRKuro: ,to play for their own schools.

KAGAMI: I've decided.

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

KUROKO: I've also decided.

KUROKO: I will be the shadow to your light

KUROKO: and make you the best player in Japan.

KAGAMI: Oh, man. I'm so excited I can't sit still.

KAGAMI: I don't care if it's not an official match.

CRKuro: ,I just wanna play them!

EpTitle,EPTITLE: I'm Serious

HYUGA: A game?

HYUGA: You can't play yet.

KAGAMI: Wha- What?

CRKuro: ,Why, Captain?

KAGAMI: How am I not good enough?

HYUGA: You're still a trial member.

HYUGA: You're not an official member yet.

KAGAMI: Huh?

RIKO: I knew you had potential.

RIKO: Nothing beats cultivating talent.

KAGAMI: Coach!

KAGAMI: Coach, give me an official club membership form.

RIKO: What is it with today?

RIKO: You, too?

KAGAMI: Too?

KUROKO: I'd like an official club membership form.

KAGAMI: That b*stard.

RIKO: Just how impatient are you rascals?

KAGAMI: What'd you call me?

RIKO: Well, you both have potential,

CRKuro: ,and we've got room on the bench,

CRKuro: ,so we'd be happy to have you.

KAGAMI: Now I can play in a game, right?

RIKO: Hold it right there.

RIKO: I'll only accept your form on Monday at : on the roof.

OnScreen,PAPER: Men's Basketball Rookie Game "Kanto Tournament Debut!!"

KAGAMI: He wasn't kidding.

KUROKO: Yes, they're strong.

KAGAMI: Why can't you show up normally?!

KAGAMI: Stop coming out of nowhere!

OnScreen,SIGN: Library

KAGAMI: You making fun of me?

CRKuro: ,You're making fun of me, aren't you?!

KUROKO: No.

KUROKO: That hurt.

KAGAMI: I don't believe it.

KAGAMI: How could anyone call an

CRKuro: ,invisible guy like him the sixth phantom member?

KAGAMI: How did that happen, anyway?

KAGAMI: The rest of the Generation of Miracles

CRKuro: ,all went on to play for strong schools.

KAGAMI: Why didn't he go with them?

KAGAMI: Hey, Kuroko.

KAGETORA: You're doing it again this year?

RIKO: In order to reach their full

CRKuro: ,potential with all eyes on them,

CRKuro: ,they've got to show at least that much courage.

KAGETORA: Are you sure it wasn't a ploy to get you?

RIKO: I want them to get me again this year.

KAGETORA: You're so reckless.

KAGETORA: I'm glad you're passionate,

CRKuro: ,but it's not good for your skin.

KAGETORA: You should get some rest.

RIKO: Just a little longer.

RIKO: I still need to finish the second years' individual programs.

KAGETORA: Don't push yourself too hard.

RIKO: Nothing beats cultivating talent.

RIKO: I've been waiting for you.

KAGAMI: Are you stupid?

KUROKO: Is this a duel?

KAGAMI: I forgot all about it, but Monday...

KAGAMI: The morning assembly is in five minutes!

KAGAMI: Hurry up and take it.

RIKO: Before that, I have something to tell you.

RIKO: I made a promise when the

CRKuro: ,captain asked me to be his coach last year.

RIKO: I promised to focus solely on pushing

CRKuro: ,the team towards the national championship.

RIKO: If you don't think you're ready for that,

CRKuro: ,there are other clubs better suited to you.

KAGAMI: What? Of course I'm—

RIKO: I know you're strong.

RIKO: But I need to know you have something even more important.

RIKO: No matter how hard you practice,

CRKuro: ,"someday" and "maybe" aren't good enough.

RIKO: I need to know you have ambitious goals

CRKuro: ,and the will to accomplish them.

RIKO: Give me your year, class, and name.

RIKO: Announce your goals here and now.

RIKO: If you fail to achieve them,

RIKO: you'll come back up here,

CRKuro: ,strip naked, and confess your feelings for the girl you love.

RIKO: All the second years did it last year.

FURIHATA: What? No one told me about this.

FUKUDA: I heard about it when they recruited me.

KAWAHARA: But I didn't think they'd actually...

RIKO: Like I said before,

CRKuro: ,I'm looking for something concrete and

CRKuro: ,reasonably ambitious.

RIKO: You'll have to do better than "play my first game" or "do my best."

KAGAMI: This'll be easy.

KAGAMI: This isn't even a test.

KAGAMI: Class -B, number , Kagami Taiga.

KAGAMI: I will defeat the Generation of Miracles

CRKuro: ,and become the best player in Japan!

HYUGA: Is she doing that again this year?

RIKO: Who's next?

RIKO: If you don't hurry up, the teachers will get here.

FURIHATA: Excuse me.

FURIHATA: Could I say I want a girlfriend?

RIKO: No.

RIKO: What else do you have?

KAWAMURA: I... I've got one.

FURIHATA: Okay.

FUKUDA: You can do it.

KAWAHARA: Class -A, Kawahara Koichi, from Chuo-ku, Tokyo.

KAWAHARA: I was a sickly kid, so I couldn't play sports.

KAWAMURA: Things started to change for me in kindergarten...

KAWAMURA: I'll never forget the all star game I saw at school in fifth grade.

KAWAMURA: It was the first time I ever thought basketball was cool...

KAWAMURA: I joined my school's basketball club in middle school,

CRKuro: ,but I wasn't very good.

KAWAMURA: I was always dragging my team down, and I was miserable.

KAWAMURA: But...

RIKO: Next.

FURIHATA: Um, I want a girlfriend.

RIKO: I told you, no.

FUKUDA: Class -D, Fukuda Hiroshi.

FUKUDA: I like helping others,

CRKuro: ,so when I heard an upperclassman asking for help,

CRKuro: ,I immediately offered my assistance.

IZUKI: Who knew he'd take my joke seriously?

KOGANEI: He must not have understood your joke.

FURIHATA: Class -D, Furihata Koki.

FURIHATA: The girl I like said she'd go out with me

CRKuro: ,if I became the best at something.

FURIHATA: I joined the basketball team to become number one.

HYUGA: Doing this really helped us focus last year.

HYUGA: This could be a good tradition.

FURIHATA: If that's not good enough,

CRKuro: ,I don't mind if I can't join the team.

RIKO: I guess I'm moved.

RIKO: Who's next?

KUROKO: Excuse me.

KUROKO: I'm not good at speaking loudly, so could I use this?

RIKO: Where did you get that?

CRKuro: ,Hey!

TEACHER: The basketball club, again?!

RIKO: Crap, we were almost finished.

TEACHER: I warned you last year.

TEACHER: Didn't you say you'd never do this again?

TEACHER: You should know what's right and wrong at your age!

EMPLOYEE: Thank you very much.

KAGAMI: I can't believe he got so mad over a little shouting.

KUROKO: I didn't even finish, and I got in trouble, too.

KAGAMI: You again?

CRKuro: ,Maybe I should start going somewhere else.

KUROKO: We aren't allowed on the roof anymore.

KUROKO: What will we do if we can't join the basketball team?

KAGAMI: That's not gonna happen.

KUROKO: We'll see.

KAGAMI: By the way, why didn't you

CRKuro: ,go to some big name school like the other five guys?

KAGAMI: You were good enough to be

CRKuro: ,known as the phantom sixth member.

KAGAMI: Is there some reason you play basketball?

KUROKO: My middle school's basketball team had one core principle.

KUROKO: Winning is everything.

KUROKO: Instead of teamwork, we needed to push the

CRKuro: ,individual talents of the Generation of Miracles to win.

KUROKO: Nothing could beat us, but we weren't a team.

KUROKO: The five of them approved,

CRKuro: ,but I felt we lacked something important.

KAGAMI: So, what?

CRKuro: ,Are you gonna beat

CRKuro: ,the Generation of Miracles your own way?

KUROKO: That's what I was thinking.

KAGAMI: Seriously?

KUROKO: Your words and the coach's words really struck me.

KUROKO: Now my biggest reason to play is

CRKuro: ,trying to make you and our team the best in Japan.

KAGAMI: We're not gonna try.

KAGAMI: We're gonna be the best.

KAGAMI: What's all the commotion?

OnScreen,TEXT: We Will Be the Best in Japan

RIKO: This could be interesting enough to work.

OnScreen,SIGN: Basketball Club

KOGANEI: Huh? Is this...

OnScreen,TEXT: Monthly Basketball Magazine

KOGANEI: Didn't this issue come out when Kuroko was at Teiko?

HYUGA: All the players are featured.

HYUGA: Kuroko...

CRKuro: ,...doesn't have an article.

KOGANEI: Even though he's the sixth guy.

KOGANEI: Didn't they come to interview you?

KUROKO: They did, but they forgot about me.

ALL: So sad.

KUROKO: Besides, I'm nothing like the other five.

KUROKO: They're true prodigies.

FUKUDA: She's back!

FUKUDA: The coach is back!

FUKUDA: We're gonna play a practice game.

HYUGA: I wonder who we're playing?

FUKUDA: Who knows?

CRKuro: ,She was skipping for some reason though.

HYUGA: She was skipping?!

HYUGA: Be ready, everyone.

HYUGA: If she's skipping,

CRKuro: ,our next opponent's gonna be real tough.

OnScreen,SIGN: Seirin Private High School

KISE: This is Seirin?

KISE: New and pristine, just like I expected.

GIRL A: Isn't he hot?

GIRL B: And tall. Wait, is he...

GIRLS: The model!

IZUKI: Not yet!

FURIHATA: He's so fast!

KAWAHARA: Nice shot!

KOGANEI: He's amazing.

KOGANEI: Such a quick turn at full speed!

KOGANEI: He's no ordinary human.

TSUCHIDA: He might even beat the Generation of Miracles.

FURIHATA: He might really be able to beat them with that.

KAWAHARA: That's not an easy maneuver.

FUKUDA: Maybe he's better than them already.

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

KUROKO: That's what I said, but...

HYUGA: Gather round, everyone!

ALL: Yes, ma'am!

HYUGA: A practice game against Kaijou High School?

RIKO: That's right.

RIKO: They won't disappoint us.

RIKO: We'll put plenty of first years on the court.

KOGANEI: Disappoint us? They're way better than us.

KAWAHARA: Are they really that good?

HYUGA: They're strong at the national level.

HYUGA: They play in the Inter-High every year.

RIKO: And this year, Kaijou got their hands on one of

CRKuro: ,the Generation of Miracles, Kise Ryota.

FUKUDA: What?

FURIHATA: Him?

KAGAMI: The Generation of Miracles?

KAGAMI: I never thought I'd get to play them so soon.

KAGAMI: What a blessing.

KAGAMI: I'm getting excited.

HYUGA: Apparently, Kise works as a model.

IZUKI: Seriously? Amazing.

KOGANEI: Good looking and good at basketball? That's brutal.

RIKO: Idiot.

RIKO: Huh? What?

RIKO: What are all these people doing here?

KISE: Uh, I didn't mean for this to happen.

HYUGA: That's...

RIKO: What is the Generation of Miracles' Kise Ryota

CRKuro: ,doing here?

KUROKO: It's good to see you again.

KISE: Good to see you.

HYUGA: Kise Ryota.

KISE: Sorry, really. Um...

KISE: Do you think you could wait five minutes?

KISE: There.

HYUGA: Wh-What are you doing here?

KISE: When I heard our next opponent was Seirin,

CRKuro: ,I remembered Kurokocchi went here,

CRKuro: ,so I thought I'd come say hi.

KISE: We were the best of friends in middle school.

KUROKO: Not any more than anyone else.

KISE: You're so mean!

FURIHATA: Kise Ryota.

FURIHATA: Though he started basketball his second year of middle school,

FURIHATA: his exceptional physical ability and sense

CRKuro: ,got him on the Teiko team as a regular in a heartbeat.

OnScreen,TEXT: Rapidly Improving All-Arounder Kise Ryota

FURIHATA: While he has less experience than the other four,

CRKuro: ,he's a rapidly improving all-arounder.

HYUGA: Since your second year?

KISE: That article exaggerated quite a bit.

KISE: I'm glad to be called part of the Generation of Miracles,

CRKuro: ,but I'm the worst of the bunch.

KISE: They bullied me and Kurokocchi for it all the time.

KUROKO: That never happened to me.

KISE: What? It was just me?

KISE: Ow! What was that for?

HYUGA: -Kagami!

RIKO: -Kagami-kun!

KAGAMI: Sorry for interrupting your little reunion.

KAGAMI: Don't tell me you came all the way here just to greet us.

KAGAMI: Why don't you play with me a little, pretty boy?

KISE: What? I don't know if I'm ready.

KISE: But I just...

KISE: Fine, let's do it.

KISE: I have to thank you for that display.

RIKO: Unbelievable.

KUROKO: This could be bad.

RIKO: Huh?

KUROKO: He learns plays as

CRKuro: ,soon as he sees them and makes them his own.

RIKO: This isn't simple imitation.

KAGAMI: This is ridiculous! I just did that, but...

KAGAMI: You've gotta be kidding!

FURIHATA: Kagami's on fire, too.

KAGAMI: He's quicker than me. Stronger, too.

KAWAHARA: This is the Generation of Miracles.

KAWAHARA: Kuroko, your friend's way too good.

KUROKO: I don't know that person.

KAWAHARA: Huh?

KUROKO: To be honest,

CRKuro: ,I may have underestimated him until just now.

KUROKO: It's only been a few months since I left them,

CRKuro: ,but the Generation of Miracles has

CRKuro: ,improved far more quickly than I expected.

KISE: I don't know about this.

KISE: After something so disappointing, I can't just leave now.

KISE: Give us Kurokocchi.

KISE: Come join us.

CRKuro: ,Let's play basketball together again.

KISE: I seriously respect you, Kurokocchi.

KISE: It's a waste of your talent to stay here.

KISE: What do you say?

KUROKO: I am honored to hear you say that.

KUROKO: I must respectfully decline your offer.

KISE: That doesn't make any sense.

KISE: Besides, this isn't like you.

KISE: Winning was everything.

KISE: Why didn't you go somewhere better?

KUROKO: My thinking has changed since then.

KUROKO: More importantly, I made a promise to Kagami-kun.

KUROKO: I told him we'd beat you, the Generation of Miracles.

KISE: It really isn't like you to joke around like that.

KAGAMI: This is the Generation of Miracles.

KAGAMI: They really are amazing!

KAGAMI: And there's four more guys stronger than him.

KAGAMI: I can't help but smile.

KAGAMI: What are you doing?

CRKuro: ,I was gonna say that, Kuroko.

KUROKO: I still have no sense of humor.

KUROKO: I'm serious.

RIKO: Kise Ryota's a monster.

KAGAMI: I'll kick the crap out of the Generation of Miracles.

RIKO: Crunch time already?

HYUGA: You can do it, Kagami!

RIKO: Shouldn't it be you?!

EpTitle,TEXT: It's Better if I Can't Win

CRKuro: ,