01x08 - Now That I Think About It

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CRKuro: ,Kuroko's Basketball Episode "Now That I Think About It"

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: Despite being relatively unknown

CRKuro: ,and lacking a game record,

CRKuro: ,there was one more

CRKuro: ,member recognized by the five prodigies.

NARRATOR: A phantom sixth man.

MIDORIMA: I follow fate.

MIDORIMA: I do everything I can.

MIDORIMA: That is why I never miss my shots.

KUROKO: You can only speculate based on the past.

KUROKO: You won't know what will really happen until you play, Midorima-kun.

MIDORIMA: Kuroko, I will show you

MIDORIMA: just how naive your thinking is.

RIKO: On the last day, our semifinals opponent will

CRKuro: ,most likely be Seiho.

RIKO: We'll play Shutoku in the finals.

RIKO: We're playing against two of the kings in a row.

KAGAMI: Two games in a day, and both of our opponents are strong.

KAGAMI: I couldn't ask for more.

KUROKO: I'm actually excited, too.

KUROKO: Don't difficult situations light a fire in you?

EpTitle,EPTITLE: Now That I Think About It

KUROKO: You're eating more than usual.

KAGAMI: I'm surprised that's enough food for you.

KAGAMI: We played two games yesterday.

CRKuro: ,I'm so hungry.

KUROKO: I'm sore at least.

KAGAMI: What does that mean?

KAGAMI: I guess I am, too.

RIKO: Kagami-kun, Kuroko-kun!

RIKO: Perfect. Come with me.

KAGAMI: But we're sore.

KAGAMI: What are you, an ogre?

RIKO: You want to make a maiden carry those boxes?

RIKO: That's your job, boys.

KAGAMI: I don't see a maiden anywhere.

KAGAMI: What is this, anyway?

RIKO: They're DVDs of this year's

CRKuro: ,and last year's games from the club room.

RIKO: They're for scouting, and the club room is so small.

RIKO: We're going to be playing two games in a row against

CRKuro: ,the kings in the semifinals.

RIKO: There's no such thing as over analyzing.

MIDORIMA: DVD?

TAKAO: Yeah, of Seiho.

TAKAO: We're the only first year regulars,

CRKuro: ,and we don't know anything.

MIDORIMA: I'm not interested.

TAKAO: Just because Kuroko and Kagami aren't on it,

CRKuro: ,don't be like that.

TAKAO: These are the guys to beat in the finals.

TAKAO: Besides, we're off today. It's not like you have anything better to do.

MIDORIMA: No...

TAKAO: It's decided, then.

MIDORIMA: Hey.

KAGAMI: I forgot my towel.

KAGAMI: What are you doing? When did you get here?

KUROKO: I forgot something.

CRKuro: ,You're the one who came in after me.

KAGAMI: You should've said something! You scared me!

KAGAMI: If I'm not paying attention, I don't notice him at all.

KAGAMI: I haven't experienced that in a while.

KUROKO: Look at that.

KUROKO: The coach must have forgotten it.

OnScreen,DVD: Seiho vs. KitawadaPreliminaries Game

MIDORIMA: I see.

MIDORIMA: I can see why they are considered one of the kings.

MIDORIMA: Their defense is especially strong.

CRKuro: ,However...

KAGAMI: Their movements are kind of weird.

CRKuro: ,I mean...

KAGAMI: Their rhythm is different. What is this feeling?

TAKAO: I forgot to mention it,

CRKuro: ,but this school holds special practices.

TAKAO: I don't know how they do it,

CRKuro: ,but their mobility is exceptional.

TAKAO: They run the best defense in Tokyo.

KAGAMI: This bald guy's defense is especially tough.

KUROKO: I know him.

KAGAMI: Huh?

KUROKO: I played against him in middle school.

KUROKO: We had only just started, but he stopped Kise-kun.

REFEREE: Twenty-four seconds over time!

KISE: What?

AOMINE: Kise, you kept the ball too long, you idiot!

KISE: Sorry!

MURASAKIBARA: Kise-chin, give me a break.

MIDORIMA: This is why you aren't any good.

KUROKO: Kise-kun, please pass the ball.

KISE: Kurokocchi, even you're mad?

AKASHI: Kise, you're the only one points under your norm.

KISE: Sorry, but Kurokocchi...

AKASHI: Kuroko's different.

KISE: What's your name?

CRKuro: ,Because of you, I'm the only one getting yelled at today.

TSUGAWA: Tsugawa Tomoki.

CRKuro: ,They're yelling at you, huh?

TSUGAWA: That's great.

CRKuro: ,I love seeing people get upset.

KISE: Who is this guy?

KISE: Will someone change marks with me?

MIDORIMA: To be honest, I do not particularly wish to go against him.

TAKAO: But you're the only one who can take him.

TAKAO: Their defense is good on a national level.

TAKAO: They might even be able to stop you.

ScoreboardL,SIGN: Seiho

ScoreboardR,SIGN: Kitawada

TAKAO: It's over.

CRKuro: ,Seirin won't be able to overcome this wall.

TAKAO: Sorry, but we're gonna have to play these guys in the finals.

TAKAO: Keep that in mind.

MIDORIMA: I know.

IZUKI: We already knew it would be,

CRKuro: ,but this is going to be tough.

KOGANEI: Sorry, but I feel like crying again.

RIKO: Frankly, we'd lose nine times out of ten

CRKuro: ,against Seiho and Shutoku.

RIKO: We just have to bring that one win to our games.

HYUGA: Hey, listen.

HYUGA: I wouldn't go so far as to call it a strategy,

HYUGA: but I have an idea.

HYUGA: You're staring down the wrong guy, idiot.

HYUGA: No matter how hard you stare,

CRKuro: ,if we lose this next game, you'll look like an idiot.

KAGAMI: I was just looking at him.

KAGAMI: I'm focused on our next game.

KAGAMI: Who are these guys?

KAGAMI: They seem good,

CRKuro: ,but they're completely different from Shutoku.

ORIHATA: Seiho seems more normal than I expected.

ORIHATA: They don't have any really big guys.

RIKO: I suppose they are small for a national class team.

RIKO: Their biggest player is their captain, Iwamura-kun.

ORIHATA: Is he about as tall as Mitobe-senpai?

ORIHATA: He's pretty wide!

ORIHATA: He's so thick! He seems really powerful!

RIKO: Then there's their play maker, Kasuga-kun.

RIKO: Those two third-years are the core of the team.

TSUGAWA: You're Kagami-kun, aren't you?

TSUGAWA: Your hair's so red! Scary!

KAGAMI: What?

TSUGAWA: Captain, this is the guy, right?

TSUGAWA: Seirin's really weak, but they have one strong guy!

RIKO: You've done it now, you little sh*t.

TSUGAWA: Ow!

IWAMURA: Quit messing around, you idiot.

IWAMURA: Sorry about that.

CRKuro: ,This guy can't read situations, so he just says what he's thinking.

HYUGA: You don't need to apologize.

CRKuro: ,We're going to win.

HYUGA: If you look down on us like you did last year,

CRKuro: ,you'll end up in tears.

IWAMURA: That won't happen.

IWAMURA: Besides, we weren't looking down on you.

IWAMURA: You were just weak. That's all.

TSUGAWA: What? Captain, you're not mincing words either.

IWAMURA: You idiot, I just don't sugar-coat my words.

SASAMATSU: What are you looking at?

KISE: A recording of this morning's Oha Asa.

KISE: It's their morning horoscope.

KISE: When this thing's good, Midorimacchi's good.

SASAMATSU: The guy from Teiko. What's his sign?

KISE: Cancer. Kurokocchi's an Aquarius.

SASAMATSU: I didn't ask.

WOMAN: First place goes to Cancer.

WOMAN: Congratulations! You'll have no complaints today.

aqua,TEXT: Last Place: Aquarius

WOMAN: Last place goes to Aquarius.

WOMAN: Play it quiet today.

KISE: Uh oh.

SASAMATSU: What?

KISE: This is terrible.

DressingRoom,SIGN: Seiho High Dressing Room

IWAMURA: What was your impression of them, Kasuga?

KASUGA: The upperclassmen seem to have gotten stronger.

KASUGA: We should probably keep an eye on that first-year, Kagami.

IWAMURA: Since you're both first-years, Tsugawa, you'll take Kagami.

IWAMURA: You should be able to shut down anyone.

TSUGAWA: Yeah!

TSUGAWA: All right, this is starting to get fun!

KASUGA: There it is. The Tsugawa Smile.

IWAMURA: You're the only guy in the world who smiles while playing defense.

RIKO: Everyone's a little tense.

RIKO: You're all a little too uptight.

RIKO: I thought of a reward to cheer you up.

RIKO: If you win the next game,

CRKuro: ,I'll give each of you a kiss on the cheek.

RIKO: What do you say?

IZUKI: Why did she laugh?

KOGANEI: You can't be serious.

HYUGA: You idiots, pretend to be happy if you have to!

RIKO: Shut up and get it together, you idiots!

RIKO: Don't you want to pay them back for last year?

RIKO: It's got to be quite a lot with a year's worth of interest!

HYUGA: Sorry, sorry. We know.

HYUGA: All right. Before we start, I'll tell you again.

HYUGA: I'm sure you'll feel it as soon as the game starts,

CRKuro: ,but first years, prepare yourselves for the worst.

HYUGA: Seiho is strong.

HYUGA: After last year's massive defeat,

CRKuro: ,we hated basketball so much we nearly quit.

HYUGA: Don't be so gloomy.

CRKuro: ,We got over it. We're better now.

HYUGA: If anything, we're happy.

HYUGA: This won't be the same as last year.

HYUGA: I'm confident we've become strong enough to be sure of that.

HYUGA: Now we just have to win. Let's go!

ALL: Yeah!

KAGAMI: Is something wrong?

KUROKO: Kagami-kun, have you ever hated basketball?

KAGAMI: What?

KAGAMI: No, I haven't.

KUROKO: I have.

KUROKO: I believe my reason was different, but I know the feeling.

KUROKO: They're cheerful now,

CRKuro: ,but hating something you love is a painful feeling.

KUROKO: When I spoke with Midorima-kun,

CRKuro: ,I told him the past and future aren't the same,

CRKuro: ,but they're not completely separate.

KUROKO: I think this game is important for our seniors

CRKuro: ,to get over the past.

KUROKO: So...

PA: Let the first A Block semifinals match

CRKuro: ,between Seirin High and Seiho High begin.

SASAMATSU: You took so long buying a drink, the game's already started.

KISE: Huh?

ScoreboardL,SIGN: Seirin

ScoreboardR,SIGN: Seiho

KISE: What?

SASAMATSU: Whoa, seriously?

KAGAMI: b*stard. This guy's defense is at least as good as Kise's.

SPECTATORS: What intense pressure! Who is that guy?

IZUKI: Kagami, you're holding the ball too long. Pass it!

IZUKI: I got...

IZUKI: I thought I was wide open.

CRKuro: ,He appeared out of nowhere.

IWAMURA: How naive.

CRKuro: ,Your offense will never crush our defense at that level.

HYUGA: Their defense is so tight.

HYUGA: This is tough.

CRKuro: ,I wouldn't expect any less from a top Tokyo team.

SPECTATORS: Seirin still hasn't scored.

SPECTATORS: Amazing!

KISE: What are they doing?

SASAMATSU: I thought so when we played them,

CRKuro: ,but Seirin's a slow starter.

SASAMATSU: Kagami's usually the one to put his foot on the gas,

CRKuro: ,but without that, they can't hit their stride.

OMURO: Tsugawa, it's fine if you're excited,

CRKuro: ,but don't wear yourself out before the second half.

TSUGAWA: I'm fine!

CRKuro: ,They're not as good as I thought, so this should be easy!

KAGAMI: What did you say?

REFEREE: Charging! White !

KAGAMI: What?

RIKO: Just how easily does that idiot get angry?

KOGANEI: Kagami, calm down!

KUROKO: Kagami-kun, you already have two fouls.

CRKuro: ,Get five, and you're out.

KAGAMI: I know.

KAGAMI: Somehow their movements are impossible to play against.

HYUGA: Seriously?

CRKuro: ,I thought the Generation of Miracles

CRKuro: ,were the only ones who could shut down Kagami.

RIKO: We can't even pass.

CRKuro: ,We won't be able to make plays with Kuroko-kun.

RIKO: There it is again. He can't pass.

SASAMATSU: Seiho's defense is man-to-man,

CRKuro: ,but this is no ordinary man-to-man.

SASAMATSU: They're creating pressure by

CRKuro: ,staying right on their guys the whole time.

SASAMATSU: You can't break away from them easily.

SASAMATSU: No matter how good you are at passing,

CRKuro: ,if no one's free, you're playing at half power.

KISE: Their defense is strong,

CRKuro: ,but they'll never last until the end of the game playing like that.

SASAMATSU: But they do, because...

RIKO: Seiho uses old martial arts techniques.

KAGAMI: Old martial arts?

KAGAMI: You mean this kind of thing?

RIKO: That's not old martial arts.

RIKO: To be precise, they incorporate

CRKuro: ,movements from old martial arts.

RIKO: One of the techniques they use is called "namba running."

RIKO: Usually your arms and legs

CRKuro: ,move in opposite directions when you run,

CRKuro: ,but when namba running

CRKuro: ,your arms and legs move together.

SASAMATSU: Apparently, by avoiding twisting,

CRKuro: ,you reduce the strain on your body

CRKuro: ,and the energy you spend.

KISE: You know a lot about this.

SASAMATSU: They're an unusual team.

CRKuro: ,They've been interviewed by Basketball Monthly, too.

KISE: I see. That's how they do it.

KISE: Tsugawa's defense is even stronger than last year.

KISE: However...

KISE: They won't take this sitting down for long.

RIKO: In addition to namba running,

CRKuro: ,they use all sorts of martial arts techniques for effortless strength,

CRKuro: ,moving quickly without missing a beat, and other basic movements.

RIKO: That's how Seiho moves.

KAGAMI: Old martial arts moves.

KAGAMI: That must be what I was feeling.

RIKO: But it's not like they can fly or disappear.

RIKO: They're high schoolers, just like you.

RIKO: They'll fall for fakes,

CRKuro: ,and they'll lose their balance if you catch them off guard.

RIKO: They're playing the same basketball you are.

RIKO: If you play like you always do, it'll work.

RIKO: This isn't over yet.

KAGAMI: Izuki-senpai...

IZUKI: Huh?

KAGAMI: Could you pass me the ball?

IZUKI: What?

KAGAMI: Let me go against Tsugawa again.

IZUKI: Do you have a plan?

KAGAMI: No, but he's only human, too, right?

KAGAMI: I just have to be faster than him.

IZUKI: What are you saying? Are you sure it'll work?

KUROKO: Probably.

KUROKO: He does what he has to do.

IZUKI: Should we leave this to him, then?

TSUGAWA: One-on-one?

TSUGAWA: Bring it on!

KAGAMI: I don't care about your martial arts or whatever.

KAGAMI: Basketball is basketball!

KUROKO: I think this game is important for our seniors

CRKuro: ,to get over the past.

KUROKO: So...

KAGAMI: I've never hated basketball,

CRKuro: ,so I couldn't understand everything you said,

KAGAMI: but I definitely understood the last part!

KUROKO: So now that I think about it,

CRKuro: ,I really want to win this game.

SPECTATORS: Did that really just happen?

KAGAMI: We will win this game.

RIKO: All right!

SASAMATSU: This game's finally getting started.

KASUGA: That's the first time I've seen anyone get past you.

TSUGAWA: The fun and the pain are just getting started.

TSUGAWA: You there with the glasses, are you from Seirin?

GUY: Huh?

TSUGAWA: We'll triple your score again this year.

GUY: What?

TSUGAWA: Well, do your best to make sure... Ow!

GUY: You're an usual octopus, aren't you?

GUY: Let me tell you one thing.

GUY: Octopi can't survive on land!

NextEpTitle: ,To Win

TSUGAWA: I'm Tsugawa...

CRKuro: ,