Finally caught up to the latest episode. This show is fucking ridiculous. It helps I know nothing about basketball so I'm not trying to break down the games and instead just enjoying the shonen magic. A few notes:
- First things first, praises be to our lord and savior
"The only one who can beat me is me." My dude straight
demolished Seirin in season one. Sent them boys home to be family men. Had them all looking like
Sad Dandy. Shit even hurt my feelings. Then he shit on Kise's imposter ass. And his captain was like "Yo that wasn't even his final form." Then he destroys Kuroko's whole sense of self in the rematch like wtf. Had him sitting on the bench, wondering if it was too late to pick up baseball. And of course, him vs Kagami with them both IN DA ZONE was a highlight of the series. Praises be.
- I think of all the powers in the show, Kuroko and Kise/Haizaki's require the most suspension of disbelief from me. It's obvious why copying people is bullshit, and Kuroko's shit is just flat out magic. As evidenced by the fact he picked it up from a damn magician textbook. lol I burst into laughter when he first used Overflow and Isuki just disappeared from right in front of that dude.
- Seirin is a great cast of characters. Everyone obviously focuses on Kagami and Kuroko (cause they gawds), but Hyuga and Teppei are my dudes. Hyuga is a great captain, hype man, and them three's are clean boy. And I just love Teppei personality and Right of Postponement is pretty dope. "And I'm gonna go for a dunk....Psych!" Then you Isuki with that Byakugan, and Riko with them RPG eyes giving out full stats and shit. Hell even their bench is great.
- Fuck Murasakibara. Seriously, fuck him. Not only is he an asshole but Yosen was easily the most boring team to watch (exception: Tatsuya. He was hype). Call it plot armor if you want but I LOVED when Kuroko,
fucking Kuroko, blocked his shot. Eat a dick, you tall bastard.
- Midorima has one of the more boring abilities but he's easily my favorite in the GoM next to Aomine. He's just a great guy.
- Akashi is an asshole, but those ankle breakers are fucking hilarious. lol
- The opening themes are fantastic. I think the one from the Teiko arc is the only one I wasn't really feeling. Granrodeo gave us back to back hits on this series. "Can Do" and "The Other Self" are my shit.
- Touho vs Skutoku and Touho vs Rakuzan needed to happen on screen before the series ended.
Kagami coming for souls right out the gate.