03x03 - Don't You Get In My Way

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The Teiko Middle School basketball club.

Even amidst their brilliant record,

there was a generation of five prodigies
known as the "Generation of Miracles."

Kise Ryota.

Midorima Shintaro.

Aomine Daiki.

Murasakibara Atsushi.

Akashi Seijuro.

They are threatened by Seirin High's

shadow and light.

This is mine.

That shot is mine!

Like Kise, Haizaki makes moves his own
after seeing them only once.

That's mine.

However, he uses his own rhythm and tempo.

What?

Haizaki doesn't copy moves.

He steals them.

The Generation of Miracles?

Don't make me laugh.

That's some big talk
when this is all you can do.

That's pretty nice.

Hey, toss us the ball!

Who is he?

He looks like a middle schooler.

Isn't that Teiko's uniform?

That place with the unusually strong
basketball team?

Really?

Hey, shithead. Come here.

We'll play with you.

Damn it!

Who is this guy?

I thought your moves were pretty nice,
but they weren't worth stealing.

You guys are nothing.

You should be grateful
I was willing to play with you.

Are you

one of the Generation of Miracles?

The Generation of Miracles again?

Since I quit, every time someone mentions
Teiko, everyone always brings them up.

That's fine, I guess.

I'll just steal it if I want it.

Bring me a drink!

Make it snappy, idiots!

Since Haizaki joined,
the team has changed.

But he's still strong.

Strong enough to crush Kise Ryota
of the Generation of Miracles

and corner the mighty Kaijo.

Physically he's Kise's equal, and he
can steal his opponents' techniques.

He's more of a problem than we expected.

Kasamatsu's moving the ball around,
and Kise's doing his best...

but as the game drags on, we lose
more abilities and offensive strength!

What should we do?

At this rate, we'll be in serious trouble!

Another one-handed dunk.

But that rhythm...

He's way worse than usual!

I just took that
during the second quarter.

It's not yours anymore.

It's mine.

Captain!

Give it to me!

Damn it!

I'll show you how to do it.

You do it like this!

Fukuda Sogo's in complete control
of the game.

I had no idea Haizaki was so strong.

Impossible!

He's copying him perfectly.

Something's wrong with Kise's movements.

-He's not his usual self.
-You're right.

Though his moves have been stolen,
I can't imagine Kise falling this hard.

-This isn't good.
-What?

Kise learns moves after seeing them once.

He should have a pretty significant
number of moves stored up.

But not many of them
will work against Haizaki.

On top of that, they'll be stolen as soon
as he uses them, making them useless.

He's been carefully choosing
from a limited set of choices,

but he's starting to run out of options.

But...

And that's not the only problem,
is it, Kise?

Kise!

You're going too hard! Save your strength!

-It's not enough.
-What?

It's not enough.

I can't get there like this...

He's overworked?

Probably.

I can't imagine Aomine was the only one

who injured himself
during the Inter-High's Kaijo-Touou game.

Kise has probably been practicing hard
without recovering completely.

But...

Don't lose in the preliminaries!

Of course.

But there's no way
he'd lose to that shithead.

He promised to win
so we could play in the semifinals.

He won't lose!

He made another shot!

He's amazing! He's shutting out Kise!

Is he as good
as the Generation of Miracles?

Impossible...

Kise doesn't stand a chance.

I'm starting to run out of moves.

Damn it. And my foot...

Come to think of it, you used to grovel on
your knees in middle school, too, Ryota.

Right.

And I stole your girlfriend, didn't I?

That was pathetic.

I dumped her
as soon as I was done with her, though.

That b*stard's head is big enough!

It's unspeakable.

Hey, you!

You've crossed the line!

That's enough!

Yeah, yeah. I'll be careful.

Kise...

Ki...

Are you...

going to take this lying down?

Kuroko?

I believe in you, Kise!

Kurokocchi...

Shogo, you know...

before I beat you,

you should know you have
the wrong idea about her.

What?

The way she followed me around and called
herself my girlfriend was annoying.

She was totally arrogant
and always bragged about herself.

She just wanted people
to know she was dating a model.

All you did was take
one of the stupid women

who flocked to me
because of my appearance.

Don't let it get to your head.

What?

Kise!

Go back!

You have nothing left!

You're just dregs now, Ryota!

Who?

Doesn't that mean we can be friends now?

Our styles are completely different!

-What...
-What?

Is that...

the Generation of Miracles' Midorima
Shintaro's high-trajectory three-pointer?

I thought he couldn't copy the other
members of the Generation of Miracles!

He overcame that...

but using their abilities
takes a major toll on his body.

At most he can do it for five minutes,

but right now, Kise can use all the
abilities of the Generation of Miracles.

It is a flawless imitation.

A Perfect Copy!

If it's women or titles you want,
you can have them all.

I have a more important promise to keep.

I will make it there.

Stay out of my way!

Piece of sh*t!

It's no use!

Not even I...

can steal their abilities!

Kise's amazing! He's unbelievable!

Kaijo's catching up!

-All right!
-We're seven points down!

Let's close that gap!

Don't be ridiculous, shitheads...

A scoop shot!

Haizaki, what was that?

The idiot is shaken.

Why are you stealing
your teammates' abilities?

His reactions and intensity
rival Atsushi's!

Even his blocks...

He can even copy Murasakibara?

In his game against Touou,

Kise recreated the rapid speed change
of Aomine's changeover

by dropping his minimum speed.

He also achieved the range
of Midorima's shot

by holding the shot
with his dominant hand...

and he's reproducing
Murasakibara's defense

with his jumping ability and predictions.

But the abilities of the Generation
of Miracles aren't reproduced that easily.

Kise Ryota's basketball sense
is bottomless.

b*stard!

Shogo, you said you'd steal the title
of the Generation of Miracles, right?

How do you feel now?

It's a comeback!

Kaijo's making a comeback!

What? Akashi, what did you just say?

Quit the basketball team. That's an order.

What?

I'm actually being considerate of you.

Though your behavior
is hardly praiseworthy,

you have contributed
to Teiko's victories until now.

However, you cannot beat Kise.

In the near future,
he will replace you as a starter.

You are too proud to stick around.

He'll replace me?

It'll happen sooner or later.

But either way,
the result will be the same.

You b*stard!

Was Akashi right?

I have to admit, though...

Ryota, you're strong.

I don't care what happens now.

I'll destroy you!

Did you think I didn't notice
your foot was injured?

His foot...

It happened so quickly,
the referee didn't notice!

This is the end!

I thought I told you

to stay out of my way!

You won't win!

I will!

Kise!

Kise!

Go, Kise!

The game's over!

Yes!

-Kise!
-We did it!

Ow!

You're k*lling my brain cells!

Our next opponent...

is Kaijo.

You guys were a terrifying team
that didn't give up until the very end.

Win for us, too.

You were strong.

You go on ahead, Satsuki.

Huh?

Hey, Dai!

Kaijo's not coming out yet.

If you're thinking about getting revenge
on Kise, don't bother.

Daiki.

If you'll go home quietly,
I'll let this go.

Whatever, idiot.

I'll do what I want.

If you're going to play ball,
I don't care what you do,

but don't mess with them
by doing stupid sh*t off the court.

That's odd.

Have you always
been such a good little boy?

You lost to Kise, Haizaki.

You have no idea how much
he and Tetsu have trained.

Don't do anything else stupid.

I see.

Now I really have to destroy them.

I told you, I don't care.

Unfortunately, unlike you guys,
I don't give a sh*t about basketball.

If you want me to stop,

make me!

Then I will.

What should I do now?

I'm sure it'll work out.

You don't care
as long as it's basketball, huh?

Haizaki!

Huh?

Tetsuya.

Is it true you're quitting
the basketball team?

Yeah. So what?

But you have such amazing talent. Why?

Why did you even come here?
Are you stupid?

It's not like we're friends.

That's not the issue.

Shut up.

I'm tired of basketball.

That's all, idiot.

It's tiring and makes me stink.

I have way more fun
hanging out with girls.

Is that how you really feel, Haizaki?

You really are an idiot.

Do you think deep down
I'm actually serious?

Some guys really are bad to the bone,
or even terrifying.

Later.

You'd better not pity me or anything.

There's no guarantee the rest of you
who stay on the team won't be worse off.

That's right.

It's worse for the guys who stayed.

What's wrong, Kuroko?

Nothing.

And so, the curtains closed
on the fifth day of the Winter Cup.

Only...

the four semifinalists remained.

Satsuki!

You can't just show up at someone's house
and start digging through their stuff!

Dai, you have the same shoes as Kagamin
but in a different color, right?

What? Kagamin? Shoes?

-Here they are!
-Hey, don't take those out!

Hey, Satsuki!