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Dec 11, 2019 1:49 AM
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Tension on the basketball court :o

Nanao managed to make the episode more cuter but the amount of strategy fundamentals is interesting. Being a manager, I'm glad she's keeping up in pace with the others. Lol, the stakes of Madoka having the strip though. That's priceless.
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Dec 11, 2019 3:42 AM
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Playing the game without their star players? I wonder what Chiaki's plans are. Can't wait.

Dec 11, 2019 4:00 AM
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Stark700 said:
Lol, the stakes of Madoka having the strip though. That's priceless.
If you mean literally priceless, then I agree. Bleh the cringe...
Dec 11, 2019 4:07 AM
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The parts with Madoka freaking out about potentially having to strip were the only parts of this episode that weren't cringeworthy.
Dec 11, 2019 5:23 AM
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I thought this match will take just one episode, I actually looking forward to boy team stripping naked.
Dec 11, 2019 6:28 AM
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Damn the girls' team really be doing a "whoever offense" on Sora...

...Sucks to be him right now, the plays are getting into his head and is mentally draining him.
Dec 11, 2019 6:49 AM
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The boys changed their two best players. I wonder what Chiaki is thinking.

Dec 11, 2019 6:50 AM
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Chiaki made a great call by having Kite and Sora sub out, because I would have done the exact same thing. Can't wait to see what Chiaki's counterattack to the girls zone defense next week.
Dec 11, 2019 6:58 AM
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Is actually good that the team is getting aware of basketball facts and team weaknesses. Will Chiaki and Co be able to witness the glory? Guess we'll have to wait 'till next week.
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Dec 11, 2019 7:54 AM

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I wonder why they just can't set screens for Sora to shoot 3's.
Dec 11, 2019 8:13 AM

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I was really hoping for Madoka to be a good player or be someone very talented like Sora, by the looks of it she'll just end up as the pretty girl mascot of the show after all the guys improve their game.
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Dec 11, 2019 8:50 AM

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Girls team definitely has good tactics to pair with their opponent's physical superiority. But now both teams have a strategy, time for the boys to show off what they can do ! After all, they have a good motivation to win this game hehe
Dec 11, 2019 10:03 AM

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Great Episode
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Dec 11, 2019 10:51 AM

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As a basketball player myself...

This is so bullshit xD
You can't stop someone 100x better than you even with 4 players.

I played against a guy who played for national team on the streets.

Me and my 4 friends couldn't stop him for shit. And I live in the Netherlands where the pro scene is just as bad as people on the streets.

I am by no means a terrible player. and that guy just overwhelmed us. 4 of us couldn't stop him, 5 couldn't stop him.
Kite should've been able to 5v1 them.
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Dec 11, 2019 12:35 PM

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Aw man what a place to put a cliffhanger. Just when Chiaki turned so badass lolol
Dec 11, 2019 12:53 PM

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Looks like the goal of these next few episodes is gonna be to drill in some team unity and 'team player' concepts into the boys. xD
Dec 11, 2019 1:33 PM
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Nanao is really a great tactician and she's clumsy but actually very smart wow.
Dec 11, 2019 3:19 PM
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This episode was iight but I like all the explanations on the different defenses in basketball
Dec 11, 2019 4:44 PM

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Looks like this match is going to be much harder than expected, Nanao did a great job for the girls team.
Dec 11, 2019 6:33 PM

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Looks like Chiaki is the only one truly fired up for the match, his game is more focused than the others.
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Dec 11, 2019 6:36 PM
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Afro-senpai πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
Dec 11, 2019 6:48 PM
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Chiaki going serious and put out Sora and Kite but I'm sure he really want to win ofc. Nanao call him Afro-senpai lol xD
I saw they announced the new opening and ending, I guess it's for the second-cours but I'm wonder if it will start at episode 13 or 14...
Dec 11, 2019 7:02 PM

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I'm so glad to see that Nao has actually something to offer to the show. She's such a strategist and the way she led the girls team was quite engaging to see.

Great episode overall. My first 5/5 for this series if I'm correct.
Regarding what happened, I predicted Sora being changed but Kenji's substitution took me a bit by surprise if I'm honest. Still, it was understandable considering his "lack of trust" in the others. However, with these changes, the team is now formed by the original five member of the club so the trust between players should be on level with the girls' one. Now, I can't wait to see what Chiaki has in store for them.

By the way, I absolutely love the times when Chiaki gets serious but why deciding to conclude the episode when he was at his most badass level xD
Dec 11, 2019 7:19 PM

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I was enjoying it so bad that episode run out away without I could notice it, the ending just started and I gasped surprised.
I will wait excited the next episode. This is getting better time after time.
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Dec 11, 2019 7:29 PM
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I'm honestly glad to see most of you talking about the game, and not about the "stake" in this game. The game is the only important part here, seriously.
Now I'm gonna rant a bit. Just where was this ridiculously talented manager girl all this time?? She literally just joined the club, is now conducting her first match, and already knows the weaknesses of all the players and how to counter them?? That sounds bs to me. Yes she was taking some sneak peaks at some of the games before, but is that really enough to gather all the data? Don't you need much more time at this?
Then I see the shounen tag, and say to myself, just who am I kidding?
Dec 11, 2019 8:14 PM
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Ok, so, to actually win games, Chiaki's understanding and the new center are Kuzu's win condition?
But that's why Chiaki appears chatting with her. Not because she's cute, but because they're going to be the big brains.
Dec 11, 2019 10:54 PM

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nazsa said:
I'm honestly glad to see most of you talking about the game, and not about the "stake" in this game. The game is the only important part here, seriously.
Now I'm gonna rant a bit. Just where was this ridiculously talented manager girl all this time?? She literally just joined the club, is now conducting her first match, and already knows the weaknesses of all the players and how to counter them?? That sounds bs to me. Yes she was taking some sneak peaks at some of the games before, but is that really enough to gather all the data? Don't you need much more time at this?
Then I see the shounen tag, and say to myself, just who am I kidding?

I do think the perviness is pretty funny, especially the way everyone's faces are drawn on both sides.
In all fairness to Nanao, individually each person on the boys team is extremely one-dimensional so I don't think it would take someone who's a good strategist and knowledegable about the game too much time to come up with some plans.
Dec 11, 2019 11:43 PM
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Love this episode as it discussed all about Zone defense etc..

Well this one also showed how a player like Sora can be a defensive liability...

Lets see what will they do with it
Dec 12, 2019 12:37 AM

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As a basketball player myself...

This is so bullshit xD
You can't stop someone 100x better than you even with 4 players.

Kite should've been able to 5v1 them.


Couldn't agree more with this one.

I was so baffled when I saw Kite suddenly got triple - teamed the second he passed through his defender as if he couldn't have seen it coming when the rest of the girls are camping the paint.

Though this is all ridiculous and whatnot but I do gotta give the author some credit since the author is doing this to make the characters have a development and realize their weaknesses sooner.

Ah, and to also raise Sora's Basketball IQ lmao.
Dec 12, 2019 11:51 AM
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the story line is boring
better Kuroko no basket
at this rate the story isn't clear
not exciting
Dec 12, 2019 3:14 PM

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This was the worst episode so far...
Dec 12, 2019 6:33 PM

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adbeaver said:
Takamura-sama said:
As a basketball player myself...

This is so bullshit xD
You can't stop someone 100x better than you even with 4 players.

Kite should've been able to 5v1 them.


Couldn't agree more with this one.

I was so baffled when I saw Kite suddenly got triple - teamed the second he passed through his defender as if he couldn't have seen it coming when the rest of the girls are camping the paint.

Daaaaang and here I thought I was learning so much about basketball strats.....

Although I don't think Tobi/Kite has a lot of experience playing in a match. You could argue he's never experienced this kind of situation in-game before, so he got desperate and made mistakes
Dec 12, 2019 9:27 PM

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oh look the girls can actually compete against the boys!
Nanao's the strategist and Chiaki is also some sort of that as well!
5/5.


Dec 15, 2019 12:06 PM
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Natsume looks so ugly yet so cool. I never thought I'd fall for such a dorky-looking character.
Dec 15, 2019 2:29 PM
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Strip basketball
Dec 15, 2019 7:48 PM

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I didn't like the part where women are overwhelmed by man... that was some bullshit -_-
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Dec 16, 2019 10:21 AM

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chiaki's the man-
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is this a male gender issure...human issue...mental illness perhaps?
Dec 16, 2019 5:11 PM

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When girls do the formation, they look like they will dance xD

Hmmm they explain about basketball! That's good.
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Dec 16, 2019 11:55 PM

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Wow I've learned more about basketball in just these 11 episodes than the entirety of Kuroko no Basuke.
Dec 17, 2019 5:41 AM
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Just to let you all now that the boys team could've win the game at some point, no need to let Sora out lmao looking at the box and 1 defense strategy of the girls, it's totally pointless and useless, Sora can sunk a lot of threes and carry out the game through the end. Considering that there's Madoka guarding Sora they could've pull a screen and let Sora shot a 3-pointer and 1 thing that made me laugh at this is the boys are a lot taller than the girls cmon think of it even though Sora miss a shot there's the big man who can rebound or even follow up a shot. It doesn't mean that the box and 1 defense is making the boys step outside the paint, they could've just stay in the center, nobody could stop them though. So my very point here is this episode is a total bluff although I am a fan of this work and it is nice at some point until this episode showed up πŸ˜‚LMAO
Dec 17, 2019 7:57 PM
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This episode spent a lot of time explaining the techniques and defense. It was really odd. I think most sport anime do it but this felt extensive.
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Dec 17, 2019 9:15 PM

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Poor Sora, they took full advantage of his short height. Looking forward to see how this match will end.
Dec 25, 2019 9:11 AM

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With stakes like that I would give them the match of my life.


Nao is pretty awesome, exactly what the team still needed.

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Dec 24, 2020 8:03 AM

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Tobi doesn’t have a lot of experience playing matches, he’s good but not that good. I don’t call any bs.

And I like that they didn’t hold back just because they are playing against girls. And Chiaki wanting to be fair

I think people are terribly missing the point when they expected any of them to be “good” players. Jeez.......







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Feb 14, 2021 4:11 AM

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With a nude body on the line you know afro man Chiaki is going to have full motivation to win.

Apr 7, 2021 12:41 AM

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I'm not against a good bit of fanservice, but I'm rooting for the girls right now. They're better as a team, but they have clear disadvantages such as having to use their hands to cover their chests on screens instead of keeping them open for the ball. I do really like how the girls' team is playing a bigger role in this compared to most other sports anime.

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