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The strongest teams of the Winter Cup are Kaijo High,

led by team captain Kasamatsu Yukio...

There's Kise Ryota, their prodigal ace.

But didn't Kaijo lose to another team the other day?

They lost to Touou Academy.

It was a fierce battle.

They have the prodigy Aomine Daiki.

Speaking of prodigies, Shutoku High's...

Midorima Shintaro. What a terrifying shooter.

They're all from Teiko Middle School's Generation of Miracles, aren't they?

Yes, and there are two more members of the Generation of Miracles.

At Akita's Yosen is Murasakibara Atsushi.

At Kyoto's Rakuzan is Akashi Seijuro.

One of those teams will surely win, then.

Don't be so sure.

Kiyoshi Teppei.

He damaged his knees and couldn't participate in the Inter-High,

but he's a strong center.

There's their captain, Hyuga Junpei, a clutch shooter.

Their point guard with the Eagle Eye, Izuki Shun.

And their new player who has gone toe-to-toe

with the Generation of Miracles, Kagami Taiga.

KOMADA - SEIRIN

-Yeah! -All right!

Yeah!

Remember their name.

They're the dark horse of the Winter Cup, the Seirin High basketball team.

Have they always had that player?

EPISODE 26 I NEVER THOUGHT WE'D MEET HERE

Damn it!

-Kagami, shut up already! -Sorry about that.

-Broccoli is so slippery. -Is that the problem?

-What is he doing? -He's practicing.

Practicing?

He's practicing using his left hand.

Damn you, Number 2! Give that back!

Kagami!

By the way, what do you want to do tomorrow?

We finally have the day off.

Well, I'll probably sleep mostly.

Hey!

Why don't we do this?

Street ball.

Hey, first-years.

Don't you know what a holiday is? Rest. You have to rest.

We know. We know, but...

Kagami and Kuroko always get to play in games,

but, well, we'd like to play sometimes.

Good! Good for you!

That's the spirit, first-years!

-Right, Hyuga? -Yeah.

Hey, Riko.

Out of respect for that spirit, let's send them off right.

Hey, wait. I--

The first-years really want to go. Let them do it.

Well, just the first-years, then.

All right! I got her approval.

-Do your best, guys. -Okay.

Okay, let's go!

So, what are you doing here?

What, I can't be here?

No, but... Where's Kawahara?

-He's got a cold. -What?

Let's have some fun.

Right.

This isn't any different from America.

Please sign in here to enter.

You idiot, you wrote it wrong, Tsugawa!

Oh?

-Seiho? -Seirin?

What a coincidence.

Anyway, what are you doing here?

-What about practice? -We have the day off.

-You can play already? -Well, yeah. A little.

What about you? Shouldn't you be practicing?

-Are you trying to pick a fight? -What?

Kagami, listen...

Ignore Tsugawa. The third years are retiring.

What? You're not going to be in the Winter Cup?

You mean you don't know?

Only the top eight teams from the Inter-High

can participate in the Winter Cup heats.

In other words, only first and second place from the Inter-High.

From our block, that's just Seirin and Shutoku.

Which means because we lost to Seirin, we're automatically disqualified.

We're taking a break from studying for exams today.

If we play each other today, we can play the game we missed last year.

Don't play too hard.

People don't forget that easily.

I wish this coincidence could've happened while we were still smoldering.

Yeah, seriously!

I'm disappointed Hyuga and the others are missing,

but we'll have our revenge,

so we can focus on our exams without reservations.

Bring it on!

By the way, there's a guy on Seirin I don't recognize.

Do you know him?

Kiyoshi? I've known him since middle school.

So, is he good?

If it wasn't for him, he'd be the number one center, as far as I know.

Him?

The center from the Generation of Miracles,

Murasakibara Atsushi.

So, where did he go?

Yosen High, I think.

Yosen?

I just saw a guy carrying a Yosen bag!

What are you talking about?

-Yosen's in Akita. -The first game is about to begin.

Team Seiho, please make your way to the court.

-It's already time. Let's go. -Team Seiho...

Oh, crap! We're late!

It's all 'cause Kagami said he was hungry again!

I bet Seiho's already won!

No way. They beat Seiho so easily.

What...

What are you doing here?

Himuro Tatsuya!

Taiga?

Well, well, Taiga. What a surprise to find you here.

You don't look surprised at all, keeping the usual poker face?

I ain't keeping a poker face. It's my nature.

Is it Himuro? Kagami's friend?

Oh, I can speak Japanese.

I just lived there so long, I'm still not used to it.

Good, that'll help.

We're not friends.

I guess you...

could call me his brother.

Come on, slow coach!

-I'm coming! -Okay!

Well, I'm beat.

Even if I can learn the language, I can't make any friends.

I don't think I'm that gloomy.

Hey.

We don't have enough people. Do you want to play basketball with us?

Yeah.

-Wait, what? Japanese? -What's your name?

Kagami Taiga.

I'm Himuro Tatsuya. Nice to meet you.

Hey, Tatsuya, did you find someone?

Yeah, Taiga. His name is Taiga.

He's amazing!

Even I can tell.

He's the best one here by far.

On top of that...

Damn it, Tatsuya! You beat me again!

How did you do that move?

Hey.

Himuro, how did you make friends with everyone

when you're so gloomy?

That's harsh.

I haven't been able to make any friends since coming to America.

Maybe you're not showing off enough.

Showing off?

What you like or what you're good at.

You need to let them know who you are.

For example, I have this.

Once they know you, they'll be your friends.

If you're good, they'll respect you.

I don't think I'm good...

at anything.

In that case, why don't you try basketball?

I'll teach you.

No, no.

You're strong, but you need to watch your opponent more.

Watch them?

The most important part of basketball is outwitting your opponent.

Your mind should be cold, and your heart should be on fire.

You need to continuously think while you play.

You have to hate to lose.

You've improved amazingly quickly, Taiga.

And you even made friends along the way.

You'll be fine now.

What are you smiling about?

Well, I don't have any siblings,

but if I had an older brother, I imagine he'd be kind of like you.

Here.

What is this?

It proves we're brothers.

This makes it hard to play basketball though.

We can buy chains and hang them around our necks.

Hey, you're awesome, man!

It would be a tremendous help if you could join our team for the next game!

-Game? -Yeah.

Every week we bet our game for ownership of the week.

But we've been losing since one guy was on the other team.

He's one hell of a good player.

A hell of a good player? Okay, sounds fun!

Look, that's him.

Tatsuya?

Tatsuya!

Taiga, it's you.

It's been a while. I haven't seen you since graduation.

I won't go easy on you.

Yeah!

That day, I beat Himuro for the first time.

I'm beat.

You've really gotten stronger.

But the two of us were closely matched.

We played every week, winning and losing again and again.

One day, when our record reached 49-49...

If I lose the next game,

I won't be able to call you my brother anymore.

If I lose to my younger brother, how can I call myself your older brother?

What? I don't...

Sorry, Taiga, but I can't have that.

If I'm going to call myself your older brother, I don't want to lose.

If I lose, I don't want to call myself that.

Stop him, Taiga! Time's almost up!

What is this? He's not moving like he usually does.

Taiga!

-Go, Taiga! -You got to make that shot!

Why did you miss? Is that supposed to be pity?

I don't remember telling you to hold back!

I don't want to be your enemy.

I want things to stay the same.

I see.

If you're going to keep going easy on me because of that...

I have no choice.

I'll bet this ring on our next game!

Today's game is a tie.

If you lose the next game,

we'll pretend this ring never existed.

But... you...

Don't run, Taiga.

But I returned to Japan shortly afterward,

and I never played Himuro.

I was disappointed then,

but I came back to Japan this year, and now I attend Yosen High.

Yosen!

I thought we'd meet eventually...

Let's fulfill that promise today.

Tatsuya!

What?

I... You...

Number 2? You brought him?

I don't like it when you're indecisive.

What?

I think I understand the situation.

In any case,

I think it's your fault for going easy on him.

I-- If I had won...

You wouldn't be able to call Himuro your brother,

and winning when he was off his game probably isn't what you wanted.

But no one wants their opponent to go easy on them

in the game they love.

Besides, even if you're not brothers, it's not as though you would change.

You're right.

I like basketball because I enjoy facing strong players.

Even if Tatsuya's my opponent.

Thanks, Kuroko.

I've made up my mind!

If we go head to head,

I'll play as hard as I can, no matter what, Tatsuya!

Sure. I look forward to playing you today.

By the way...

Sorry, who are you?

He didn't notice after all!

I'm Kuroko Tetsuya. Nice to meet you.

So, you're...

You've found an interesting partner, Taiga.

Hey, Tatsuya! You know about Kuroko?

Yeah, a little.

There's actually an interesting guy on my team too.

I wish the flavor had a little more punch.

Huh?

Hey.

Hey, I told you to rest.

It's just for a little bit.

Don't push yourselves too hard!

By the way, the results of the Inter-High are out.

So, what happened?

Just as we expected,

the schools attended by the Generation of Miracles

took the top spots.

Third, Yosen. Second, Touou. And in first,

Rakuzan.

Rakuzan. They're the ones who took the Winter Cup last year.

Yeah.

Rakuzan's captain this year is a member of the Generation of Miracles.

Anyway, Touou placed second?

Just how strong is Rakuzan?

Actually, it's not that simple.

It's true all three schools are strong,

but their ranking doesn't reflect the difference in their true ability.

All three members of the Generation of Miracles

were benched during the final and semi-final games.

Why would they do that?

I don't know.

I could understand one player being benched, but if it was all three...

There must have been some reason.

The final two remaining teams in this tournament are high school teams!

Who will win?

Let's play for our 50th win.

Yeah!

Bow!

Kagami, there was something that bothered me about that story.

Don't be offended.

-You're strong. -What?

But...

he feels just like a member of the Generation of Miracles.

I don't think you can handle him yourself.

I was wondering what you had to say. Is that all, you idiot?

I already noticed.

He smells completely different now!

What happened?

We probably can't afford to be careless.

Let's give it everything we have from the start!

It's the tip off!

Sorry, could you wait a minute?

-You're late, Atsushi. -Sorry. I got lost.

It's been a while, Murasakibara.

It's Kuro. What are you doing here?

You look as serious as ever.

You're so serious...

I want to crush you.

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Muro, why did we come all the way to Tokyo to play basketball?

Don't be like that. Play with us, Atsushi.

-What about the Skytree? -We'll go, after we play ball!

Okay, but we're going to a sweets buffet afterward.

EPISODE 27 AT THE WINTER CUP