01x09 - To Win

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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: 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.

SPECTATOR A: That's three in a row!

SPECTATOR: So this is Midorima Shintaro of the Generation of Miracles!

MIDORIMA: Captain.

OTSUBO: What?

CRKuro: ,You're finished?

MIDORIMA: Yes. I have a feel for it.

Score,SIGN: Shutoku Ginbo

KISE: They're benching him after only five minutes?

KISE: Those guys seem to be taking it easy.

SASAMATSU: Of course they are.

SASAMATSU: Their opponent is just a middle tier school.

SASAMATSU: There should be no surprises.

SASAMATSU: If there are going to be any, it'll be over here.

OnScreen,SIGN: Seirin

EpTitle,EPTITLE: To Win

KAGAMI: Their passing is ridiculous!

CRKuro: ,They're so quick to pass the ball again after they get it!

HYUGA: Mitobe, he's gone!

REFEREE: Foul! White !

HYUGA: Hey, isn't that his third one already?

KAGAMI: Damn it! It's not that they're fast,

CRKuro: ,they just don't use many movements!

KAGAMI: It's like they're passing the ball without ever catching it.

KAGAMI: Is this another one of their martial arts techniques?

KISE: I thought Seirin's engine was finally

CRKuro: ,running when Kagamicchi scored,

CRKuro: ,but they haven't managed to take another step.

SASAMATSU: You can't call yourself a king just for playing good defense.

SASAMATSU: Their offense is exceptional, too.

SASAMATSU: Seiho may not have prodigal scorers like you or Kagami,

CRKuro: ,but they're a different type of team.

SASAMATSU: They incorporate old martial arts into their offense, too.

SASAMATSU: Seiho isn't a team of prodigies.

SASAMATSU: They're a team of experts.

KISE: There are some experts

KISE: on Seirin, too.

REFEREE: Out of bounds! White ball!

OnScreen,SIGN: Seirin Seiho

TSUGAWA: A nine point difference, huh?

KUROKO: Sorry.

TSUGAWA: You!

TSUGAWA: Who are you? Have you been playing this game?

KUROKO: I'm Kuroko Tetsuya. I have been.

TSUGAWA: You're kidding! Seriously?

TSUGAWA: You've got so little presence!

KAGAMI: He's played him before, but doesn't remember him!

HYUGA: And he just told him his name!

TSUGAWA: You're a first-year, too?

CRKuro: ,Hey, did you know?

TSUGAWA: Last year, our team was ahead of yours

CRKuro: ,by points in the first quarter.

TSUGAWA: That's why I want to make it .

TSUGAWA: Well, don't let it get you down!

KUROKO: Fine.

KUROKO: I will make sure I am not disappointed.

ORIHATA: They've been right on them all game.

KAWAHARA: They can barely pass like that.

KASUGA: A random pass like that will never...

IWAMURA: What? A pass from behind the defense?

SPECTATOR A: What was that pass?

CRKuro: ,It came back like a boomerang.

SPECTATOR B: No, it didn't.

SPECTATOR B: It came back because someone tapped it.

SPECTATOR A: Someone? Who?

SPECTATOR B: Who knows?

KISE: Looks like the iron wall of Seiho's defense

CRKuro: ,has never seen a pass from inside their wall before.

OMURO: Damn it.

SEIJO : What the hell's going on?

KASUGA: Now, now.

KASUGA: Calm down, kids.

IZUKI: Crap!

IZUKI: He doesn't seem strong, but he's fast!

KASUGA: There!

SPECTATOR B: Seirin's waking up!

OnScreen,SIGN: Seirin

OnScreen,SIGN: Seiho

SPECTATORS: A three pointer!

REFEREE: First quarter over!

IWAMURA: I heard this guy said something stupid again.

HYUGA: Yeah. Honestly,

CRKuro: ,it brought back memories of last year's trauma.

IWAMURA: Sorry.

HYUGA: But it's fine.

ScoreboardL,SIGN: Seirin

ScoreboardR,SIGN: Seiho

HYUGA: We got over it.

TSUGAWA: We're tied.

TSUGAWA: Weird! I mean, this is impossible!

TSUGAWA: We're not anywhere close to our goal!

IWAMURA: Tsugawa!

IWAMURA: Don't get ahead of yourself. Keep your mouth shut.

IWAMURA: If any of you have the same ideas as Tsugawa, remember this...

IWAMURA: They're strong.

CRKuro: ,Make sure you don't think they're weaker than us!

MATSUMOTO: Yeah, yeah. Don't underestimate them.

MATSUMOTO: Iwamura, you understand.

MATSUMOTO: We're both high school teams.

CRKuro: ,No one knows what will happen before the game's over.

MATSUMOTO: Don't leave any gaps.

CRKuro: ,This game is just...

RIKO: ...just getting started!

RIKO: Keep the formation as is!

CRKuro: ,You're being lead by their passes too much,

CRKuro: ,so keep your zone tighter.

RIKO: Also, Kagami,

RIKO: you have a lot of fouls.

RIKO: If you just try to match your opponents like a wuss,

CRKuro: ,they'll control the flow of the game.

RIKO: Remember to play offensively!

ALL: Yeah!

REFEREE: Second quarter, begin.

TSUGAWA: You won't get past me again.

SEIRIN: Their defense is even tighter.

KOGANEI: Tokyo's best defense is finally running at full power.

KAGAMI: Seriously, this guy...

KAGAMI: I can't get past him.

KAGAMI: But,

CRKuro: ,with the two of us...

TSUGAWA: What?

IWAMURA: No, you don't!

SPECTATOR A: What was that?

SPECTATOR B: They blew past two guys!

TSUGAWA: They can do that?

TSUGAWA: Where did No. come from?

SASAMATSU: They can make it past that defense?

KISE: They're more in tune with each other than they were before.

SASAMATSU: But there's one thing bothering me.

SASAMATSU: That's way too much sweat for the second quarter.

KASUGA: What are you laughing about?

TSUGAWA: Oh, sorry!

KASUGA: I mean, it's fine.

KASUGA: You're happy Kagami's over pacing himself, aren't you?

KASUGA: Looks like your plan's working well.

TSUGAWA: Not yet! He needs to suffer more!

KASUGA: You're quite the sadist.

TSUGAWA: That pair's offensive power is certainly impressive,

TSUGAWA: but only one of them can score.

KAGAMI: What's going on?

KAGAMI: They're not pressuring me at all.

KAGAMI: They're not trying to stop me?

KAGAMI: I don't know what they're thinking,

CRKuro: ,but I'll slam another one through their hoop!

HYUGA: No! Don't do it, Kagami!

REFEREE: Offensive foul!

REFEREE: White !

SPECTATOR A: That's four.

SPECTATOR B: That's his fourth!

SPECTATOR C: Seirin's scorer is having foul trouble!

KAGAMI: He did that on purpose!

KISE: That idiot! What is he doing?

SASAMATSU: He'll have to back down.

SASAMATSU: With only one foul left, he'll be too scared to make any plays.

KAWAHARA: It's only the second quarter!

KOGANEI: That moron!

RIKO: Excuse me. I'd like to make a substitution.

KAGAMI: I'll be fine!

CRKuro: ,I just have to make sure I don't get any more fouls, right?

KAGAMI: I can do it!

HYUGA: Well, it works out.

HYUGA: We were planning on subbing you and Kuroko out anyway.

KUROKO: Me, too?

HYUGA: We decided before the game started

CRKuro: ,you'd only be playing in the first half.

KAGAMI: But why? Why would you do that?

HYUGA: For one reason.

HYUGA: In order to beat Midorima,

CRKuro: ,we need you two.

HYUGA: Even if we win this game, we'll need

CRKuro: ,a strategy to beat Midorima in our next game against Shutoku.

HYUGA: As we predicted,

CRKuro: ,Shutoku is already conserving Midorima's strength.

HYUGA: We can't win if you two are spent.

KAGAMI: But if we lose this game, we won't even have the chance—

HYUGA: We know it's a gamble.

HYUGA: But if we can conserve the two of you,

CRKuro: ,we'll have a slim chance of beating Shutoku

CRKuro: ,and going to the championship league.

KAGAMI: We'll beat Midorima even if we're tired, so let us—

KUROKO: Kagami-kun, let's do as they say.

KAGAMI: What?

KUROKO: I trust our seniors.

HYUGA: Well, don't worry.

HYUGA: We'll beat Seiho.

REFEREE: Seirin, member change.

TSUCHIDA: I haven't played in forever.

KOGANEI: Let's show them what we can do, Tsucchi.

KAGAMI: If things start to go badly, I'll play!

KOGANEI: What are you talking about? You've got four fouls.

KOGANEI: Leave this to us.

OMURA: Two?

SEIJO : They subbed out their two first-years.

TSUGAWA: Oh? They're both gone.

TSUGAWA: It's a little disappointing, but whatever!

HYUGA: Quit running your mouth, you braggart.

TSUGAWA: Braggart?

HYUGA: I'm going to teach you how to talk to your seniors, baldy.

SHUTOKU: Go, go, Shutoku!

TAKAO: Hey, hey.

TAKAO: Seirin benched their first-year pair.

TAKAO: Are they throwing the game?

MIDORIMA: No, they're doing just the opposite.

MIDORIMA: They intend to win.

KAGAMI: He can dunk?

HYUGA: Nice dunk, Mitobe.

IWAMURA: Hey.

IWAMURA: I heard your conversation.

IWAMURA: You think you can beat Shutoku?

IWAMURA: You underestimate us.

HYUGA: Oh, that was just talk.

IWAMURA: Talk?

HYUGA: This is our revenge game.

HYUGA: We can't brag about it if we win on the

CRKuro: ,backs of our first-years.

HYUGA: Ultimately...

HYUGA: This is just the seniors' will.

TSUGAWA: Seniors? You're just a year older than me.

OMURO: Seriously, shut up!

IWAMURA: I accept your challenge. Bring it on!

HYUGA: We won't hold back.

HYUGA: Let's go, Seiho!

OnScreen,SIGN: Stoic ResolveSeiho High School Basketball Club

RIKO: Why do you look so serious?

RIKO: They're not that bad, so don't worry.

KAGAMI: Yes!

OMURO: Got it!

HYUGA: No, you don't!

KAWAMURA: Amazing!

FUKUDA: He blocked it!

IWAMURA: This form... Could he be

IWAMURA: a hook sh**ter?

IWAMURA: This didn't happen last year.

IWAMURA: He's learned a new trick.

IWAMURA: Looks like you haven't been playing around this past year.

KASUGA: No problem. This is nothing!

IZUKI: Oh, no you don't!

IZUKI: He's trying to sh**t a lay up

IZUKI: from this far away?

IZUKI: A scoop shot?

IZUKI: I've never seen such a soft touch.

IZUKI: If Iwamura's a rigid player, that guy's flexible.

ALL: Go, go, Seirin! Go, go, Seirin!

KOGANEI: Here!

KISE: They're going at it harder than I expected.

SASAMATSU: This seems to be working a lot better.

SASAMATSU: They formed a team around Kuroko and Kagami this spring.

SASAMATSU: In other words, it's still developing.

SASAMATSU: Hyuga's outside shots and Mitobe's hook shots.

SASAMATSU: The offensive team revolving around those two they're playing right now

CRKuro: ,is the other set up Seirin spent a year creating.

SASAMATSU: They must have been

CRKuro: ,practicing hard to win since last year's defeat.

SASAMATSU: One other thing I noticed is this team's

CRKuro: ,key player is the guy I matched up against the other day.

KISE: It's not their captain?

SASAMATSU: Hyuga is their mental core.

CRKuro: ,He leaves making plays up to the point guard.

SASAMATSU: He most likely has another eye.

KISE: An eye?

IZUKI: One! Let's be careful!

CRKuro: ,Ow.

SPECTATOR A: He made it!

SPECTATOR B: Seirin's amazing!

SPECTATOR C: They're holding their own against King Seiho!

OMURO: Damn it, I was on his right side...

HASHIMOTO: ...but he used me as a screen.

KASUGA: Seriously?

CRKuro: ,That happened so fast.

CRKuro: ,You'd never notice unless you were watching from above.

RIKO: Izuki-kun can see it.

RIKO: He's got an eagle eye.

KAGAMI: Eagle eye?

RIKO: He's not particularly athletic, but he can change

CRKuro: ,his point of view instantaneously inside his head.

RIKO: Because he sees everything from all angles,

CRKuro: ,he always sees the entire court.

KAGAMI: Seriously?

IZUKI: It'd be nice if you'd call that a nice shot.

HYUGA: Do you want to be subbed out already?

HYUGA: Go die.

IZUKI: Die?

IZUKI: What?

RIKO: Hyuga-kun and the others aren't good at everything,

CRKuro: ,but they each have one special skill.

RIKO: They've been polishing them for a whole year.

ORIHATA: They really are amazing!

KAWAHARA: Do Koganei-senpai and Tsuchida-senpai have special skills, too?

RIKO: Huh? Uh, yeah.

RIKO: Koganei can sh**t from all ranges!

RIKO: But his accuracy's only so-so!

KAGAMI: Doesn't that make him pretty normal?

TSUCHIDA: What are you doing?

RIKO: And Tsuchida-kun is good at rebounding!

TSUCHIDA: Koganei!

KOGANEI: I got it!

TSUCHIDA: Enough already!

TSUCHIDA: How did you miss two free shots?

SEIJO : It's going out of bounds.

SEIJO : What?

RIKO: Koganei-kun, are you okay?!

RIKO: Or not!

FUKUDA: His eyes are spinning!

RIKO: Koganei-kun?! Koganei-kun?!

KAGAMI: Senpai, are you okay?

RIKO: I think it's a light concussion.

RIKO: We might have to sub him out.

KAGAMI: Let me play!

KAGAMI: Please!

HYUGA: What are you talking about?

CRKuro: ,You can't play.

HYUGA: Have you forgotten why we're conserving your energy?

HYUGA: We'll settle this. You just wait!

KAGAMI: I can't just sit still!

KAGAMI: I want to help—

KUROKO: I agree,

CRKuro: ,so the guy with four fouls should stay on the bench.

KAGAMI: What'd you say, Kuroko?

KUROKO: If you foul Tsugawa-kun again,

CRKuro: ,you'll just be thrown off the court.

KAGAMI: I won't!

CRKuro: ,I've got to pay Tsugawa back for what he did!

KUROKO: Fine.

KUROKO: I will beat Tsugawa-kun for you.

KAGAMI: What?

KAGAMI: What good will that do?

CRKuro: ,There's no point if you beat him!

KAGAMI: What are you talking about?

HYUGA: Five more minutes, and a six point difference.

HYUGA: Fine. As another first-year, take down Tsugawa, Kuroko.

KAGAMI: What?

MAN: Seirin, member change.

TSUGAWA: It's just you?

CRKuro: ,I wanted to play against Kagami.

KUROKO: Sorry. I may not be very strong,

KUROKO: but he apparently has a grudge, so I'm here to pay it back.

KUROKO: By proxy.

KAGAMI: I can't believe I've been benched!

RIKO: Have some faith in the will of Kuroko-kun and your seniors.

RIKO: We'll win this game against Seiho

CRKuro: ,to play in the championship game!

KAGAMI: If we win this game, we'll play against Shutoku!

NextEpTitle,TEXT: I Can't Have That

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