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[[File:basket_5847.jpg|frame|If you look ''really closely'', you might notice a boy with a bright blue hair.]]

 

 

''Kuroko no Basuke'' (''The Basketball Which Kuroko Plays'' or ''Kuroko no Basket'') is a sports manga by Fujimaki Tadatoshi which chronicles the high school adventures of Kuroko Tetsuya who, despite having been a regular player on the famed Generation of Miracles team, cannot dribble, fails at shooting, has low stamina, and often goes completely unnoticed while on the basketball court. Needless to say, when Kagami Taiga, the other protagonist of the story who has come back ''bored'' from American basketball standards, plays Kuroko, he easily wins. With that effortless victory, he advises the other to stop playing basketball forever, noting that talent and skill are more important than passion at times.

Of course, the Generation of Miracles (who have all gone their separate ways after middle school) do not take Kuroko and Kagami's challenge seriously - in fact, they do not take ''Seirin'' seriously, as its basketball club is only a year old and its team used to be comprised entirely of freshmen. Along the way in the manga, Kuroko and Kagami meet - and subsequently defeat (or are defeated by) - other members of the Generation of Miracles who, on a whole, have grown apathetic towards the sport as they believe themselves to be too good for defeat. ''Kuroko no Basuke'' is a good example of the shonen genre, especially for sports, in that there are extended training montages, ridiculous skills on-and-off-court, and a decent mix of humor, friendship, action, and drama. The romance, on that note, is minimal at best, and generally played for laughs.

 

 

 

* [[The Ace]]: All of the Generation of Miracles, but especially Aomine.

* [[Action Girl]]: Aida Riko, a second-year student at Seirin who is the coach of the boys' basketball team and managed to lead the team of first-year to regionals.

* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Between Hyuuga and Aida most notably (he's the only guy she hits for staring, blushing, and drooling at Momoi's ample cleavage)

** When they are planning the basketball team's training camp, the other guys on the team secretly followed them and complained.

* [[Cast of Snowflakes]]: A great amount of detail is put into the spectators at the matches.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: One of their opponents, Hanamiya: [[I Lied|"There's no way I'd say that, dumbass."]]

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Kiyoshi, Murasakibara.

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Generation of Miracles as a team versus pretty much anyone. After they split up, a GOM player versus pretty much any team without another GOM player is also this. Aomine, who doesn't usually bother with showing up on time to matches, actually came on time for his match against [[Worthy Opponent|Kise.]]

** The Touou versus Seirin match (around chapter 40?) definitely counts as Touou's ace (Aomine) managed to win by practically double the points {{spoiler|despite showing up at the halftime mark}}.

** Kagami has this too.

* [[Cute Shotaro Boy]]: Sakurai Ryou of Touou, especially with his big eyes, girly face, and constant "I'm so so so sorry!!!" attitude

* [[The Faceless]]: Akashi. He's always shown from the back or the neck down. Even when he's face-to-face with the main characters, he has a [[Face Framed in Shadow]]. When his face [[The Reveal|is finally revealed]] at the end of chapter {{spoiler|113}}, it's pretty scary, complete with [[Hellish Pupils]].

* [[Fan Service]]: Plenty, especially during the [[Hot Springs Episode]].

** Generation of Miracles

*** [[The Hero]] - Debatable, but most likely the captain, {{spoiler|Akashi}}, as identified by his [[Chessmaster]] status and red hair.

*** [[The Smart Guy]] - Imayoshi (captain of the team; glasses + good at strategy)

*** [[The Chick]] - Momoi has the appearance, but Sakurai has the personality.

** Done once more to {{spoiler|Kagami}} in chapter 77 by ''[[Crowning Moment of Funny|Tetsuya #2]]''. (The [[Team Pet|team dog]].)

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: If the characters aren't interpreted with [[Ho Yay]] [[Shipping Goggles|Goggles]] on, then they're probably this.

** Kagami and Himuro pre-series.

** Kasamatsu and Kise. (Especially with their [[Like an Old Married Couple|bickering]].)

* [[Hot Springs Episode]]: the training session between Touou and Seirin which culminated with {{spoiler|Momoi and Aida pressed chest-to-chest}}

* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: Episodes/chapters are called Quarters, the anime episode titles are taken from the episodes' dialogue.

* [[The Nicknamer]]: Riko's dad. Kise may count to a lesser extent, as he adds "cchi" to the end of the names of people he's acknowledged, whether they want him to or not.

* [[Only Sane Man]]: A duty which, sadly, falls upon Midorima more often than not, especially with Kise's antics and Kuroko's apathy towards said antics.

* [[Pungeon Master]]: Izuki.

* [[The Rival]]: It's a basketball manga so this pops up pretty often. The Generation of Miracles are all rivals to each other now that they've separated into different schools, the Crownless Generals were the rivals for the Generation of Miracles, and Kagami aims to defeat all five members of the Generation of Miracles.

** Invoked by Kuroko at one point. At a team gathering, he claims he's been there the whole time, when that time, he actually was late.

** And hilariously inverted later on. Kagami goes to talk to Kuroko when he's concentrating on practicing by himself. When Kuroko notices him, he says, [[Hypocritical Humor|"Please don't sneak up on me like that. I'll get angry.'']]

* [[Say My Name]]: Midorima is a common offender, particularly in the first Seirin vs. Shuutoku match.

** Aomine and Kise exchange this trope constantly during the match between their teams. Quickly reaches [[Narm]] levels, especially with Kise, who is executing this trope while calling Aomine "Aominecchi".

** Might be [[Fridge Brilliance]]? Opponents of the Generation of Miracles Team probably got blinded by [http://www.dm5.com/m93512-p2/ all the different hair colors they have to bother noticing another guy with oddly colored hair.]

* [[Serious Business]]: Of course, basketball.

 

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