01x12 - What Is "Victory

[bunniefuu]

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 member

CRKuro: ,recognized by the five prodigies.

NARRATOR: A phantom sixth man.

KAGAMI: Wh-What are you doing?

CRKuro: ,How many meters do you think you're...

MIDORIMA: My sh**ting range is the entire court.

HYUGA: At this rate, I'm more worried about my heart than the score.

HYUGA: My heart's gonna break!

EpTitle,EPTITLE: What Is "Victory"

ScoreboardL,SIGN: Seirin

ScoreboardR,SIGN: Shutoku

SPECTATOR A: The first half finished with them slowly pulling away.

SPECTATOR B: This game's over. Let's go.

TSUGAWA: If they lose this badly, people will think we're weak.

IWAMURA: I don't know that we could've beaten them.

KASUGA: How can the addition of a single member

CRKuro: ,change this team so much?

KISE: Show some spirit, Seirin.

SASAMATSU: They are, you idiot.

SASAMATSU: After being shown such a difference in their strength,

CRKuro: ,they're still barely hanging in there.

SASAMATSU: I'd give them props.

CASTER: Next up, Oha Asa Horoscope!

CASTER: Aquariuses should play it quiet today.

CASTER: Cancers will have a great day.

CASTER: As long as you have your lucky item, Shigaraki raccoon,

CRKuro: ,you have nothing to fear.

NAKATANI: This is simply the result of our abilities.

NAKATANI: It's not bad.

NAKATANI: It's not good either.

NAKATANI: The other side hasn't given up yet.

NAKATANI: Otsubo, play offensively during the second half.

NAKATANI: Finish them.

NAKATANI: That's all.

ALL: Yes, sir!

TAKAO: Hey, what are you doing?

CRKuro: ,You didn't even listen to the coach.

MIDORIMA: As you can see, I'm fixing my nails.

MIDORIMA: My shots depend on my nails.

TAKAO: That's why he always tapes his fingers.

TAKAO: This is more than fastidious, it's obsessive.

KIMURA: Ow!

KIMURA: I've been wondering about it the whole time,

CRKuro: ,but what's the deal with this raccoon?

MIDORIMA: It is my lucky item.

KIMURA: What?

CRKuro: ,This thing was on the bench all during the first half!

KIMURA: It's in the way!

MIYAJI: Why don't we break it?

CRKuro: ,Let's break it!

RIKO: No one's talking.

RIKO: What should I do?

RIKO: I have to say something to raise their spirits.

RIKO: What should I...

RIKO: Focus, focus!

RIKO: Fo-kiss?

RIKO: I said I'd kiss them during the Seiho game!

RIKO: What should I do?

CRKuro: ,I can't do the same thing again, can I?

RIKO: Or maybe...

RIKO: But wouldn't that be more than a kiss?

RIKO: That's ridiculous! But...

RIKO: Hey, everyone...

HYUGA: Coach, it's okay.

HYUGA: You're probably going to say something stupid anyway.

HYUGA: Read the situation.

HYUGA: I'm glad you're trying to cheer us up,

CRKuro: ,but honestly, I can't imagine us winning.

IZUKI: Kuroko, what are you doing?

KUROKO: Someone taped Takao-kun during the first half.

IZUKI: Do you have a plan?

KUROKO: I don't know.

IZUKI: You don't know?

KUROKO: I have thought about winning,

CRKuro: ,but I have never wondered if I can win or not.

KUROKO: Even if we lose by points,there's a chance

CRKuro: ,a meteor will strike the other team's bench in the last second.

IZUKI: You're right.

ALL: Yeah.

HYUGA: Don't give me that!

CRKuro: ,There isn't going to a meteor.

HYUGA: That's a crazy thought.

TSUCHIDA: But what if they all get stomach aches?

IZUKI: Don't get carried away. That won't happen either.

KOGANEI: Well, compared to that,

CRKuro: ,a second half comeback is way more realistic.

HYUGA: Let's just keep running

CRKuro: ,and think after the game's over.

HYUGA: Let's go!

ALL: Yeah!

MAN: Let the third quarter begin.

ORIHATA: Fight!

KISE: Huh? Kurokocchi's on the bench.

SASAMATSU: Well, he can't do anything as long as Takao's there.

SASAMATSU: But they don't even have a strategy.

NAKATANI: Well, they can't help it.

NAKATANI: Conventional strategies won't work,

NAKATANI: but to use an unconventional strategy,

CRKuro: ,they'll need something to make it happen.

NAKATANI: However...

RIKO: Something... We just need some kind of opening.

NAKATANI: Unfortunately, no such opening exists.

TAKAO: What's this?

CRKuro: ,I thought they would try a little harder.

MIDORIMA: Their eyes aren't all dead yet, but what is this?

MIDORIMA: This is more than just not giving up.

MIDORIMA: Well, no matter. I will simply crush him.

ORIHATA: Hyuga-senpai, behind you!

FUKUDA: There goes Midorima!

MIDORIMA: This b*stard! When did he...

MIDORIMA: No, more importantly...

ScoreboardL,SIGN: Seirin

ScoreboardR,SIGN: Shutoku

KAGAMI: I won't lose!

KAGAMI: More... More...

FUKUDA: Good! They didn't expect him to...

ORIHATA: Koganei-senpai can sh**t from anywhere!

KAWAHARA: He made it this time!

KOGANEI: Why do you have to say that?

ScoreboardL,SIGN: Seirin

ScoreboardR,SIGN: Shutoku

TAKAO: Otsubo-san's open, but Kagami-kun,

CRKuro: ,you're not guarding Midorima closely enough.

KUROKO: I have thought about winning,

CRKuro: ,but I have never wondered if I can win or not.

KAGAMI: You don't give up until the very end.

KAGAMI: But that means if you give everything you have

CRKuro: ,and still can't do it, you accept the loss.

KAGAMI: Playing against an opponent who's impossible to beat

CRKuro: ,excites me, but ultimately...

KAGAMI: There's no point if I don't win!

MIDORIMA: Ridiculous. Is this even possible?

MIDORIMA: He's been getting higher and higher all game.

TAKAO: That was close.

KIMURA: That's the first time I've seen Midorima's shot

CRKuro: ,go in like that.

RIKO: There's our opening!

MIDORIMA: Hey.

MIDORIMA: You. What's your sign?

KAGAMI: Me?

CRKuro: ,I'm a Leo.

CASTER: With your lucky item, Shigaraki raccoon,

CRKuro: ,you have nothing to fear.

CASTER: However, your compatibility with Leo is very poor.

CASTER: Be careful if you run into one.

MIDORIMA: That horoscope really is always right.

HYUGA: Don't lose focus.

HYUGA: If you do, it's over.

IWAMURA: He might not be as good as Midorima,

CRKuro: ,but he does make a lot of shots.

KASUGA: He's the one who finished us off.

TAKAO: Well done, but our Midorima is even more unstoppable.

SPECTATOR A: The other four are zone defense,

CRKuro: ,and No. is running man-to-man on Midorima.

SPECTATOR B: It's a box and one.

SPECTATOR A: He's guarding him from that far away?

IZUKI: Kagami!

SPECTATOR B: A full court box and one?

SPECTATOR C: They've got spirit! They haven't given up yet!

HYUGA: This is the only way to stop Midorima, since he can

CRKuro: ,sh**t from anywhere.

ScoreboardL,SIGN: Seirin

KAGAMI: I won my game against Kise.

ScoreboardR,SIGN: Kaijo

KAGAMI: But that was because of Kuroko.

KAGAMI: I didn't win by myself.

KAGAMI: If that's what it takes to win, fine.

KAGAMI: But if I don't have Kuroko?

KAGAMI: If Kuroko's basketball doesn't work in the future,

CRKuro: ,will I lose?

KAGAMI: No! I refuse to lose!

TAKAO: It's no use!

CRKuro: ,He and Kuroko couldn't stop him the first quarter.

TAKAO: Besides...

TAKAO: It's two on one now!

KAGAMI: I'll still stop you!

KAGAMI: Thanks to all the times you've showed me,

CRKuro: ,I've finally found your weakness!

TAKAO: What?

KAGAMI: The longer the shot,

CRKuro: ,the longer it takes to make the shot!

MIDORIMA: He touched it again? Impossible!

TAKAO: sh**ting a heavy basketball more than meters

CRKuro: ,is normally impossible.

TAKAO: It takes an unusually long time to make the shot.

TAKAO: But wait, I got him off with a screen...

HYUGA: This trajectory...

HYUGA: Could it be?

FUKUDA: He stopped Midorima!

HYUGA: Shutoku still has that guy.

HYUGA: One of Tokyo's best big centers, Otsubo Taisuke.

RIKO: I had Koganei take Kuroko's place to stop

CRKuro: ,Midorima-kun with Kagami, but at this rate...

OTSUBO: No you don't!

TAKAO: They're double teaming Otsubo-san?

NAKATANI: Not bad.

TAKAO: Maybe this way...

TAKAO: He's closer this time. He won't need as much time.

TAKAO: He can make the shot.

TAKAO: You're kidding!

TAKAO: Midorima!

KISE: I caught a glimpse of it

CRKuro: ,when he made that last alley-oop against me.

KISE: The strength to stand against the Generation of Miracles,

KISE: and one of the greatest weapons in basketball.

KISE: His hidden ability is

KISE: his innate jumping power!

SPECTATOR A: What an amazing block!

IZUKI: There's always a drawback, no matter how strong the ability.

IZUKI: They have another weakness!

SASAMATSU: Of course.

SASAMATSU: Since he can sh**t from so far away,

CRKuro: ,their own goal is that much closer

CRKuro: ,if they manage to block the shot.

SASAMATSU: It's the perfect opportunity for a counter!

ScoreboardL,SIGN: Seirin

ScoreboardR,SIGN: Shutoku

SPECTATOR B: There it is!

KAGAMI: I can't just rely on Kuroko and the upperclassmen.

OTSUBO: Takao, give me the ball!

TAKAO: Huh? But Otsubo-san, they're double teaming you...

OTSUBO: It doesn't matter!

KAGAMI: I'll become stronger.

KAGAMI: Strong enough to win without relying on others!

KAGAMI: Strong enough to win by myself!

OTSUBO: S-So high!

MIDORIMA: And fast!

CRKuro: ,How did he close the gap so quickly?

SPECTATOR A: Who is he?

REFEREE: Foul! Black !

KAGAMI: I'll win! Even if I have to do it myself!

KAWAHURA: Kagami's amazing!

CRKuro: ,With him, we could...

KUROKO: Are you sure?

KAWAHARA: Huh?

KUROKO: If he continues like this,

CRKuro: ,I have a bad feeling about what will happen.

MIYAJI: What's this guy's deal?

KIMURA: Are you telling me a guy who just graduated from

CRKuro: ,middle school is pressuring our team?

OTSUBO: I've never seen anyone like this in the whole country.

OTSUBO: What is this extraordinary jumping power?

SPECTATOR A: So high!

SPECTATOR B: I don't believe it!

CRKuro: ,He's pressuring Shutoku by himself!

KOGANEI: Amazing! Nice, Kagami!

KAGAMI: Could you give me the ball more?

KOGANEI: Huh?

KAGAMI: I'll do it.

TAKAO: I can't believe he can stop Midorima.

TAKAO: Even if the time it takes for him to sh**t is a weakness,

CRKuro: ,I can't believe he can block such a high shot.

MIYAJI: Don't get ahead of yourselves just because you

CRKuro: ,blocked one of Midorima's shots.

TAKAO: Miyaji-san, wait! That position...

SPECTATOR A: He stopped them again!

SPECTATOR B: What a counter!

KIMURA: Don't be ridiculous!

CRKuro: ,How much longer are you going to keep jumping?

KIMURA: Are you sure you're not hanging from a wire?

KIMURA: And he's got the body balance

CRKuro: ,to straighten up out of a running jump.

KIMURA: Even though it's just a normal jump shot,

CRKuro: ,when this guy does it...

KIMURA: ...it's an unblockable, unstoppable k*ller move!

SPECTATOR A: He got it in.

SPECTATOR B: Seriously? That means...

ScoreboardL,SIGN: Seirin

ScoreboardR,SIGN: Shutoku

SPECTATOR A: A single digit difference?

SPECTATOR B: With this little of a gap, it's anyone's game!

NAKATANI: With jumps like that, I can't believe this guy is Japanese.

NAKATANI: Stopping him won't be easy.

PLAYER: Coach, we have to do something.

CRKuro: ,At this rate...

NAKATANI: Don't worry.

MIDORIMA: I acknowledge your strength. However...

MIDORIMA: You will not close the gap any further.

KAGAMI: What did you say?

KAGAMI: No you don't!

KOGANEI: Kagami!

MIDORIMA: Sorry, but it's the truth.

KISE: He's out of gas?

SASAMATSU: Probably.

CRKuro: ,His body's not strong enough to keep jumping like that.

SASAMATSU: He must have overexerted himself

CRKuro: ,jumping all over the place.

SASAMATSU: On top of that...

IWAMURA: He was subbed in part way through,

CRKuro: ,but it's still his second game of the day.

IWAMURA: He lost a lot of stamina from Tsugawa's mark.

TSUGAWA: Why is that idiot letting it get to him now?

KASUGA: This doesn't look good.

KASUGA: And he's not the only one about to run out of gas.

KAGAMI: Shut up!

KAGAMI: I won't lose over this!

HYUGA: You're pushing yourself too hard!

HYUGA: And it's not time yet, you idiot!

HYUGA: Kagami, wait!

SPECTATORS: A counter!

KAGAMI: Damn it.

MAN: Third quarter is over.

KAGAMI: Damn it!

IZUKI: Kagami, you're getting too worked up.

CRKuro: ,Pay more attention to your surroundings.

HYUGA: That's right.

CRKuro: ,And that wasn't the right time to go,

CRKuro: ,you should've passed first.

KAGAMI: What good would passing the ball around have done?

HYUGA: What?

KAGAMI: I'm the only one who stands a chance against Shutoku.

KAGAMI: We don't need team play now.

KAGAMI: We need me to score.

IZUKI: Hey, what are you saying?

KOGANEI: That's different from being self-centered!

RIKO: Kuroko-kun!

KAGAMI: Damn it! Kuroko, you b*stard!

KUROKO: You can't play basketball by yourself.

KAGAMI: As long as we play nice together, you don't care if we lose?

KAGAMI: There's no point if we don't win!

KUROKO: There's no point if you win by yourself.

KUROKO: You said you wanted to beat the Generation of Miracles,

CRKuro: ,but you're thinking just like them.

ORIHATA: Kuroko...

KUROKO: Even if we beat Shutoku as a team

CRKuro: ,that can't trust each other,

CRKuro: ,no one will be happy.

KAGAMI: Don't be so naive!

KAGAMI: If we don't win, those are nothing more than nice words!

KUROKO: Then what is victory?

KUROKO: No matter how many more points

CRKuro: ,you have at the end of the game,

KUROKO: if you're not happy,

CRKuro: ,that's not victory.

KOGANEI: That's right.

CRKuro: ,It's not as though we want to lose!

IZUKI: We're just saying there's no reason for you to do it all yourself.

HYUGA: Do you have any objections?

KAGAMI: No, but... Well...

KAGAMI: Sorry.

KAGAMI: Of course I'd rather be happy when we win.

HYUGA: Now that Kuroko's calmed Kagami down...

ScoreboardL,SIGN: Seirin

ScoreboardR,SIGN: Shutoku

HYUGA: The situation hasn't changed.

CRKuro: ,What should we do?

KUROKO: Excuse me.

KUROKO: There may be one thing we can do.

KUROKO: I can only pass the ball,

KUROKO: but I can take it up another level.

Preview,TEXT: Preview

MIDORIMA: I did not think Kagami was a Leo.

KUROKO: Your compatibility is terrible.

MIDORIMA: My luck is number one today.

CRKuro: ,His is number three.

MIDORIMA: Yours is last place.

KUROKO: I don't care for horoscopes.

MIDORIMA: Kuroko!

NextEpTitle,TEXT: I Believed In You

NextEpTitle: ,