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It's the tip-off!

Sorry, could you wait a minute?

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.

EPISODE 27 AT THE WINTER CUP

Whoa, whoa. What is he trying to do?

I'm just kidding.

-Please don't do that. -Oh, are you mad? I'm sorry.

This guy...

I walked by him at the Inter-High.

This guy is the Generation of Miracles' center, Murasakibara!

I thought you weren't coming.

Actually, it's your fault for changing our meeting place

at the last second.

I only came because you said you wanted

to go sightseeing around Tokyo since you came back to Japan.

But you're playing street ball.

Sorry, sorry.

They said they were down a player, and it sounded like fun.

Hey, Yosen played in the Inter-High, didn't they?

What? You mean he played in the Inter-High too?

No, I didn't play.

What? Why not?

I don't know.

I mean, the only reason I didn't play is because Aka told me not to.

Who's Aka?

It's Akashi.

He's talking about the former captain of the Generation of Miracles.

Oh, I forgot.

Muro, we can't play in unofficial games.

That's why I came here to stop you.

I see. That's a shame.

Let's go.

Hey, wait.

You can't just barge in here and leave like that.

Stay a while and play.

Kagami?

I can't keep my mouth shut with a member

of the Generation of Miracles in front of me!

Besides, I won't let him interfere with my game against Tatsuya!

What's going on with your eyebrows?

Why are they split in two?

What are you doing?

They're so long.

-Are you listening to me? -Say what?

I told you to play!

No, it's so tiring.

-He's not what I expected. -He's so weird.

When it comes to everything besides basketball, he's got a screw loose.

What?

You occasionally see athletes like him.

While he possesses great talent in one area,

he is incompetent at everything else.

You mean he's an idiot?

When he gets going in basketball, though, he is unstoppable.

Oh, shut up. Muro, let's go.

What's this guy's problem? He's like a little kid.

A kid?

I'm so disappointed.

I didn't know you were such a coward.

It's so lame that you're running away.

Kagami, are you trying to provoke him?

It's so low level.

What? I'm not running away.

He got him?

Hey, don't push yourself too hard. You were scared.

I'm not pushing myself too hard. I'm not scared either.

Let the game begin!

Yes!

-Stupid, stupid! -I know you are, but what am I?

What are they, little kids?

Kagami, that's enough.

Because of our positions, I'm the one who'll face off against him.

You can't take them both on yourself.

You've got him.

Yeah.

Then that makes my opponent...

It's been a while.

I haven't seen you since middle school.

Who are you?

Good grief. You don't remember me?

Did we play against each other in middle school?

I forgot. I don't bother to remember weak players.

All in all,

they're completing their previous training better than they were before.

They're definitely improving little by little.

On top of that, with such a tremendous loss under their belts,

they've become mentally stronger too.

They're even playing on their day off.

Basketball comes naturally to all of them now.

Now that I think of it,

I wonder what happened to the guys who went to play street ball.

Team Seirin takes the ball!

Kuroko...

I understand.

Actually, his attitude made me a little angry too.

It's an Ignite Pass to Kiyoshi!

Ouch! What an amazing pass. I can't keep catching these forever.

Well, I can't help it if you forgot about me.

I'll make you remember who I am through basketball.

No, that's enough.

I remember you, Kiyoshi Teppei.

Is basketball really that fun for you?

What?

SHOEI - TEIKO

There's no way I'm having fun when I'm losing so badly.

Do I look like I'm smiling?

I see. That's even more mysterious, then.

When his defeat is so clear, how can he try so hard?

I hate it when people waste their energy.

Passionate kids who love basketball are so stifling and annoying.

Murasakibara!

Hey.

I'll crush you even harder, then. Is that okay?

What?

I feel motivated now.

It may have been better if I hadn't remembered.

Atsushi, could you wait a little longer to play?

Since we're a pick-up team, let's clearly establish our roles.

Atsushi, you're defense. I'll be offense.

Sure, got it.

What? He's not trying to score?

Yeah, don't worry. That's Atsushi's style.

Besides, I'm more than enough.

Furihata, don't just stand there! Restart, restart!

Yes!

Even the commentators are speechless! What a beautiful shot!

He transitioned from his setup to his shot so smoothly,

it looked like he was in slow motion.

It was clearly a condensed practice shot.

Fukuda, give me the ball.

Don't just stand there!

A fast break?

What was that pass?

Let's go, Murasakibara!

You're smothering me. Don't be so zealous.

It makes me want to crush you.

What?

I don't know what's going on, but this guy's trouble!

We have an announcement to make. The game will be suspended.

Players and referees, please return to the tents.

That's enough!

All right!

Why are we practicing normally?

I was watching you practice on your own, and--

Oh, man. I'm drenched in sweat.

I'm going to go change. We didn't get the day off at all.

What?

What are you doing here? What's wrong?

Is Tetsu here?

No, not right now.

What? What's going on?

This seems serious.

Yeah.

But this is crazy. What should we do?

Our hearts are pounding!

Come with me. I'll lend you a towel and t-shirt.

We can talk after that.

Sorry, but we'll have to settle this later.

Wait, Tatsuya!

I want to keep playing, too,

but the game will be called eventually because of the rain.

It's dangerous to play basketball on a slippery court.

Besides, you wouldn't want your senior to re-injure himself, would you?

This guy...

But I finally got to see you.

I'll leave you a gift. It's a technique you don't know about.

Defend however you'd like.

It's just a jump shot? I can easily block.

What? What just happened?

My timing was perfect to block a simple jump shot.

But he passed through my block?

See you later. If we meet again--

It'll be this winter.

Next time, we'll play in our uniforms.

You still haven't learned your lesson. I beat you so badly last time.

Well, yeah.

-See you later, Kuro. -Don't do that.

Oh, sorry. Are you mad?

Murasakibara,

do you still find basketball boring?

If you keep talking about that, I'll even crush you, Kuro.

I don't know what it's like to have fun.

Is it not enough that I like winning and I'm good at it?

Well, if you have anything to say, I'll hear it at the Winter Cup.

-What? -What's wrong?

The coach is telling us to come to school now.

What?

I called Kuroko and the others. They'll be here soon.

-What's going on? -Who knows?

Excuse me.

Thank you.

It's a little tight though.

I don't believe this. The bear, the bear!

Go run laps outside.

What? But it's raining.

That was a pretty threatening greeting.

Do you two not get along?

It's nothing like that.

If anything, I like him.

We just didn't get along as athletes.

He does not like basketball.

However, even though he didn't like it, he was extremely good at it.

He can do it, even though he doesn't care.

Despite his lack of interest,

he became an overwhelmingly strong center.

He believes it doesn't matter if he likes it as long as he's talented

and hates players who like the game but aren't very good.

He said so before.

NATURE PARK

It's true you cannot win just because you love the game.

But you can work hard because you do,

and when you win, you're happy from the bottom of your heart.

That's why I like basketball,

and I like Seirin because everyone loves basketball.

Hey!

Tetsu!

Momoi?

The bear!

Tetsu!

What?

Kuroko, go die!

Here you are.

Thank you.

-Coach, what's going on? -Well...

What happened, Momoi?

What should I do, Tetsu?

I think Aomine hates me.

What?

Aomine didn't participate

in the semifinal or final of the Inter-High this year.

That sounds like him.

Why not though?

Injuries. His elbow, mostly.

Well, I thought that might be it.

The reason must be the quarterfinal game against Kise and Kaijo, right?

That's right. You may be a B, but you're right.

What do my boobs have to do with it?

If the five members of the Generation of Miracles have a weakness,

it's their overabundance of talent.

The Generation of Miracles possesses strength

far greater than any high school student.

However, because their bodies are not fully developed,

their bodies cannot keep up with their talent.

Because of this, they must restrict the use of their power.

If they don't, they'll end up hurting themselves.

Aomine was reckless when he faced Kise.

I asked the coach not to let him play.

Aomine was furious, but the coach forced him

off the starting lineup halfway through the games.

But he just found out about it.

What do you think you're doing?

You shouldn't have done that!

But you'd just play recklessly again against Akashi, wouldn't you?

If anything were to happen--

I told you not to worry about that!

Since when did you become my guardian?

Don't show your ugly face around here again!

What's your problem, you ganguro? See if I care!

Satsuki! Hey...

That's what happened.

Wait a minute.

Don't you like Kuroko? Who cares if Aomine doesn't like you?

Yes, but that's not the problem.

It's different from how I like Tetsu.

I'm worried about him, and I can't just leave him alone.

Sorry.

-You made her cry. -No, I...

You lack delicacy.

Kuroko's lecturing me about girls too!

It's okay, Momoi.

Aomine won't hate you over that.

He knows you were just worried about him.

Let's go back together. I'm sure Aomine is looking for you.

Tetsu...

Tetsu!

Kagami, that's how you do it.

Shut up! I get it!

Let me ask you one more thing.

-I'm going back with Momoi. -Okay.

That was quite the surprise.

-Anyway, that conversation... -Yeah.

I know why Aomine didn't play in the Inter-High,

but do you know why the other two didn't?

This is only conjecture, so I can't say for certain, but...

Mukkun-- I mean, Murasakibara only listens to Akashi

and doesn't want to play against him.

I believe he sat out the Rakuzan versus Yosen game for that reason.

What about Akashi?

He is not interested in the championship.

What?

Not because he doesn't want to win, but because his victory is assured.

After his team beat Touou,

he was asked if he couldn't have beaten us more easily if he had played.

He said only one thing in reply.

That it wouldn't have been interesting.

The Generation of Miracles is full of monsters.

You don't usually walk while playing with a ball.

Oh, this?

I'm training for a new technique.

Oh, right. Do you mind if we stop somewhere?

-What is it? -I want to show you my new technique.

I haven't perfected it yet, but you can use it to make up with Aomine.

What? But...

It's fine. I mean to use it, and I won't be able to hide it from him

until the next time we play.

Could you take a defensive stance?

Okay.

What just...

I have no idea what just happened.

But if he perfects this, no one would be able to stop him

even if they knew.

An unstoppable drive?

You don't want me to go the rest of the way?

I'll be okay. Thanks for today!

Tetsu!

Let's play basketball again sometime!

With everyone else!

Okay.

PREVIEW

I'm so excited to play in a regular game again.

Kiyoshi, quit smiling. Look at the coach.

Riko's smiling too.

You idiot, look closer! That's not a smile!

EPISODE 28 START!!!

-If we don't win, we're dead! -What?