Kuroko no Basket

Season 3: 25

***Kuroko's Basketball*** (黒子のバスケ, *Kuroko no Basuke*, ***The Basketball Which Kuroko Plays*** in Japan), is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. It was serialized in *Weekly Shōnen Jump* from December 2008 to September 2014, with the individual chapters collected into 30 *tankōbon* volumes by Shueisha. It tells the story of a high school basketball team trying to make it to the national tournament.

It was adapted into an anime television series by Production I.G, which aired for three seasons from April 2012 to June 2015. A sequel manga by Fujimaki titled *Kuroko's Basketball: Extra Game* was serialized in *Jump Next!* from December 2014 to March 2016. An anime film adaptation of the *Kuroko's Basketball: Extra Game* manga premiered in Japan in March 2017. A stage play adaptation opened in April 2016 followed by more stage adaptations.

The manga has been licensed for English language release by Viz Media in North America. As of April 2014, *Kuroko's Basketball* had 27 million copies in circulation.

## Synopsis

### Season 1:

Teikou Junior High School's basketball team is crowned champion three years in a row thanks to five outstanding players who, with their breathtaking and unique skills, leave opponents in despair and fans in admiration. However, after graduating, these teammates, known as "The Generation of Miracles", go their separate ways and now consider each other as rivals.

At Seirin High School, two newly recruited freshmen prove that they are not ordinary basketball players: Taiga Kagami, a promising player returning from the US, and Tetsuya Kuroko, a seemingly ordinary student whose lack of presence allows him to move around unnoticed. Although Kuroko is neither athletic nor able to score any points, he was a member of Teikou's basketball team, where he played as the "Phantom Sixth Man," who easily passed the ball and assisted his teammates.

*Kuroko no Basket* follows the journey of Seirin's players as they attempt to become the best Japanese high school team by winning the Interhigh Championship. To reach their goal, they have to cross pathways with several powerful teams, some of which have one of the five players with godlike abilities, whom Kuroko and Taiga make a pact to defeat.

### Season 2:

With the Interhigh Championship finally over, Seirin's basketball team refocuses their efforts, training harder than ever to get the chance to participate in the Winter Cup. Both Kuroko and Kagami see old friends walk back into their lives, providing a challenge both on and off the court.

As new skills are developed and new alliances created, enemies from various teams—giants of high school basketball such as Yousen, Shuutoku and Touou—stand in the way of Seirin's steadfast attempts to get to the top. All of these schools prove to be formidable foes whose abilities progress exponentially, while Kuroko struggles to find a balance between his resolve to play as part of a team and his desire to win.

With old wounds reopening, new challenges to face on the court, and a new set of foes—the "Uncrowned Kings"—vowing to defeat the new hopefuls, will Seirin ever be able to achieve their dream of beating the Generation of Miracles?

### Season 3:

Following their triumph against Yousen High, Seirin's basketball team has reached the semifinals of the Winter Cup along with Kaijou, Rakuzan, and Shuutoku. Each of these teams possesses a member of the Generation of Miracles, and Seirin prepares to face the largest obstacles on their path to winning the Winter Cup.

In the final season of Kuroko no Basket, Kuroko goes head-to-head with his old teammates once more as he attempts to show them that individual skill is not the only way to play basketball. His firm belief that his form of basketball, team play, is the right way to play the sport will clash with the talents of a perfect copy and an absolute authority.

While Kuroko tries to prove that his basketball is "right," he and the rest of Seirin High ultimately have one goal: to win the Winter Cup and overcome the strength of the Generation of Miracles, who have long dominated the scene of middle and high school basketball.

## MAL Info

Score:(Season 1)8.19 ;(Season 2) 8.32 ;(Season 3) 8.37

Ranked:(Season 1)#316 ;(Season 2) #208 ;(Season 3) #166

Popularity:(Season 1)#101 ;(Season 2) #180 ;(Season 3) #231

Studios: Production I.G

Source: Manga

Duration:24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Producers: Bandai Visual, Lantis, Nihon Ad Systems, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Banpresto, Shueisha, BS11