The Teiko Middle School basketball club.
An incredibly strong team with over
one hundred members and
three consecutive championship wins.
Amongst their brilliant record,
the generation of five prodigies was known as the
"Generation of Miracles."
Despite being relatively unknown
and lacking a game record,
there was one more
member recognized by the five prodigies.
A phantom sixth man.
I won't let you do that!
I don't need you to return the favor!
Because...
This ends now!
Huh?
Don't "huh" me.
How dare you sleep so shamelessly in my class?
Come to the faculty office later.
What?
Why didn't he get in trouble?
Let Me Tell You Two Things
I'm so sleepy.
I've never been so tired after a single game before.
Games against the Generation of Miracles aren't easy.
Stamina UP!
Now that I think of it, today's the day.
What do you want?
Go buy some bread.
Huh?
Bread?
On the 27th of every month,
the Seirin High cafeteria
sells a limited quantity of very special bread.
I see.
Supposedly, eating this fantastic bread will bring you
great success in love, clubs, or anything else.
The triple delicacy Iberian pork cutlet sandwich
with caviar, foie gras, and truffles! It's 2800 yen!
It's so expensive.
And there's so much on there, it must be trash.
We beat Kaijo, and practice is coming along well.
We're asking you to get this fantastic bread
so you can continue building momentum.
But we're not the only ones with our eyes on it.
It always gets a little busier than usual.
We just have to go buy some bread, right?
That's easy as pie... ma'am.
Here.
The second years will pay for this.
Buy lunch for everyone else while you're there, too.
But if you fail...
I don't need any change.
Instead, you'll be doing three times as
much strength training and footwork.
Terrifying!
Lunch time clutch time!
If you don't hurry, they'll be sold out.
Izuki-senpai...
It's okay.
We managed to buy some last year,
and you're just going to buy some bread.
Bread?
Panda bears eat panda bread.
See you later.
You always worry too much, Mitobe.
What are you, their mom?
What did you mean, "a little busier?"
What?
I'm making this an annual event for first years.
Seriously?
Are you serious?
Lady, gimme an Iberian pork sandwich!
Iberian! Gimme an Iberian!
What are you doing? That hurts!
Hey, don't push me!
Th-This is chaos.
We have to go.
Three times the strength training and footwork will kill us.
Okay, I'll go first.
I might not be as strong as Kagami,
but I'm pretty confident in my power.
Don't die!
You're unbelievably useless!
Now that I take a better look,
this is going to take more than a little power.
The rugby team's forwards.
The American football team's linemen.
Sumo and weight lifting.
We're supposed to get past these guys?
Sounds interesting.
Let's do this!
This is Japanese lunch time rush!
The doors are closing. Please be careful.
Kagami.
You're acting American now?
We've got to go together.
Seirin, fight!
This isn't easy!
We've gotta take our chances.
Sorry, Fukuda!
My basketball's not the only American thing about me!
Crowd surfing!
It's crazy, but it just might work.
That's it! Ride those waves!
All right.
Huh? What, what?
This is Japanese lunch time rush!
Please stop that!
Excuse me.
I bought one.
What? You? How?
The flow of the crowd pushed me to the front,
so I got the bread and left some money.
Here.
What's wrong?
It's nothing.
The phantom sixth man is in a league of his own.
We bought them.
Good work. Thanks.
Here, there's juice.
Is... Is this...
It's fine. You guys eat it.
Huh? Are you sure?
Of course. Don't hold back.
I guess we'll take turns. Who's first?
It's gotta be Kuroko.
Thank you for the food.
This is...
It's incredibly delicious.
I've never seen Kuroko so happy before!
I'm next.
It's delicious! Is this what you call harmony of flavors?
Let me see.
The juiciness of the pork and the sweetness of
the foie gras and the acidity of the caviar...
I don't care what it is, as long as it's big.
Super Long BLT 100 cm - 1000 yen
What are you saying?
Captain, I copied the preliminary tournament bracket!
The Inter-High preliminaries start as a tournament.
If we lose, we're out.
We can't let our guard down for a single game.
Tokyo has blocks A through D.
The winner of each block goes on to
Championship League
play in the championship league.
A Block Winner B Block Winner C Block Winner D Block Winner
The top three teams
from the championship league
participate in the Inter-High.
Only three schools are chosen out of 300 participating schools.
Only the chosen 1% will stand on the court of their dreams.
That's the Inter-High.
I sort of get the picture,
but you're wrong about one thing.
They're not chosen. They win it... sir.
We've got three weeks until the Inter-High preliminaries.
We fell one step short last year,
but we'll definitely go this year.
We'll be facing a lot of strong schools,
but our biggest and strongest opponent is Shutoku High.
Last year, they were in the nation's top eight.
On top of that, just like Kaijo, they had one of
the Generation of Miracles join their team.
If we can't beat them, we won't make it to the Nationals.
If we play against the Generation of Miracles,
it'll be the championship game.
Kuroko, you know who he is, don't you?
I doubt you would believe me even if I told you.
However,
as Kise-kun said, the other four are on another level.
If they've gotten even better
I cannot imagine how good they are.
Before we can play Shutoku
we have to play our first game!
Let's make sure we're on the ball!
Yeah!
By the way, where's the coach?
She went to observe our first opponent's practice game.
I'm back.
Speak of the devil.
She was skipping after the Kaijo game,
but she's not skipping today.
Coach, are you gonna skip today?
Like hell I will!
Morons.
She wouldn't act like an idiot over an official game.
But you do seem unhappy. Are they good?
We shouldn't be worrying about Shutoku
when our first match isn't looking good.
What do you mean?
One of their players might give us trouble.
You can watch the video later.
Take a look at this picture.
Th-This is...
It's cute, but...
Sorry, it's the next one.
The next one?
His name's Papa Mbaye Siki.
Two meters tall, weighs 87 kilograms.
He's a foreign student from Senegal.
Senegal? He's huge. Two meters?
Can they do this?
He's studying abroad?
Sorry, but where's Senegal?
He's just big.
This Papa Mbaye... What was it?
Papanpa?
It's Papa Try-Hard.
Papa... Papaya Ito.
We're not getting anywhere.
Kuroko-kun, give him a nickname.
How about "Dad," then?
Where's your naming sense?
Dad.
Dad's company is a dud.
That was lame.
For this Dad, we'll have to...
But you're laughing, too.
Hey, listen!
He's not just tall. His arms and legs are long, too.
Everything about him is big.
More and more schools are inviting
students from abroad to increase their power.
Our next opponent, Shinkyo High,
was only a middle tier school until last year,
but with the addition of a single foreign player,
they've become a completely different team.
They can't reach high enough.
Because of this one simple reason, no one can stop him.
But we can't just do nothing.
Who said we would?
So, Kagami-kun, Kuroko-kun,
starting tomorrow, the two of you will have your own training regimen.
The preliminaries start on May 16th.
Until then, you won't even have time to complain!
Yeah!
The gang's all here.
Let's go!
You couldn't sleep again?
Sh-Shut up.
Basketball Tournament National Tournament Regional A Block Preliminaries Daily Schedule Game One Seirin High vs. Shinkyo Academy
Dad doesn't seem to be here.
Now that you mention it...
Ouch.
Everything is so short in Japan.
He's huge! And kind of... long.
What are you doing? Hurry up.
Sorry I'm late.
Why is that the only thing you can say fluently?
Oh, sorry.
By the way, did you guys really beat Kaijo?
It was just a practice game.
I see.
Shinkyo Academy Captain Tanimura Yusuke
I guess the Generation of Miracles
isn't as strong as we thought.
The Generation of Miracles lost?
They brought me here to beat them.
I'm disappointed they're so weak.
No, little boy. Children shouldn't be on the court.
You're a player?
They lost to a child like him?
Are all the Generation of Miracles children?
Honestly, I'm starting to get annoyed.
You don't like to lose, do you?
I guess we'd better show Dad
why he shouldn't piss off kids.
Let the game between Seirin High School
and Shinkyo Academy begin.
Let's play a good game!
Shinkyo
Seirin
Seriously? I don't believe it!
Kagami lost to him in height!
Bastard.
Shinkyo's got the ball first!
A jump fade without faking?
He's mocking me!
H-He's huge.
There it is! He's so tall!
Shinkyo takes the first point!
Too easy.
Don't worry about it. Let's get it back.
It's free.
I got this!
Seriously?
He can reach that?
What can't he defend?
This is ridiculous.
Having a foreign student isn't fair.
Are you guys one of those hard-working teams?
What?
We see a lot of those.
Guys saying it's not fair we've got a foreign player.
We're not breaking any rules.
Well, you can have up to two of them on your team.
Right?
What's wrong with getting strong players?
It's real easy.
All we have to do is pass the ball to him
and we can't help but score.
I don't know how easy it is,
but if that's your policy, you'd better not complain.
Besides, we've got our own ridiculous players.
We didn't have to invite them, though.
What?
I'll be fine.
He missed! Get the rebound!
His accuracy suddenly declined.
What's going on?
It won't be so easy to score, because...
Kagami-kun won't let Dad make his plays.
What plays?
Even if he can't reach, there's still a way.
Mitobe-kun's way.
Mitobe-sensei's a veteran when it comes to defense.
From now on, you'll practice with Mitobe-kun every day.
You'll learn firsthand how to stop someone bigger than yourself.
Someone bigger?
Listen up.
Blocking's not the only way to stop a shot.
You can make them miss.
I can't get it in.
A normal one-on-one wouldn't be so bad,
but when he won't let me inside, I can't make any shots.
This is freaking hard.
Don't let him do what he wants to do.
Don't let him go where he wants to go.
Force him out of his comfort zone.
Pressure him so he can't shoot easily.
He missed again. He's been missing a lot.
He can't make any shots. This foreigner's no big deal.
Shut your mouths.
There's tons of pressure on the court.
He can almost block him with those jumps.
The intensity of his focus could kill.
What's your problem?
This is some serious pressure.
He missed again!
What the hell is this? I'm pissed.
Don't let it get to you. He's not blocking you.
Defense!
This method's stressful for me, too.
I've gotta take him down more directly than this.
I'll do it!
Hey, let me tell you two things.
First, I'll block one of your shots in this game.
There's no way you can do that.
I will not lose to a team with a child on it.
Second...
Lucky!
This kid might give you some trouble.
Could you please stop calling me a child?
Looks like Kagami's practice is paying off.
But this game will get tough when we have to preserve Kuroko.
Damn it, Papa! Get outta the way!
Papa. Papa...
You shall not pass!
My dad is...
Coach, member change!
You'll See Something Amazing