Kuroko no Basuke

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Kuroko Tetsuya doesn't stand out much. In fact, he's so plain that most people never even notice he's around. Though he's pretty much the same on the basketball court, that's where this unobtrusiveness gives him an unexpected edge: one that lets him execute awesome moves without his opponents noticing! Once dubbed "The Phantom Sixth Man" of a legendary middle school team known as the Generation of Miracles, Kuroko enters Seirin High School, a brand new private school with a nascent basketball club, with only one goal in mind: to defeat the members of his old team and prove that "Kuroko's Way" is superior to the Generation of Miracles'.

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Manga

Kuroko no Basuke - Extra Game (Side Story)

Associated Names

Kuroko no Basket

Kuroko Tuyển Thủ Vô Hình

Kuroko'nun Basketbolu

Kuroko's Basket

Kuroko's Basket Ball

Kuroko's Basketball

The Basketball which Kuroko Plays

คุโรโกะนายจืดพลิกสังเวียนบาส (NED)

影子篮球员

影子籃球員

黑子的篮球

黑子的籃球

黒子のバスケ

쿠로코의 농구

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A3S Scans

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Asean Punk Scanlations

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Latest Release(s)

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Status in Country of Origin

30 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1 (S1) / Vol 9, Chap 75 (S2) / Vol 19, Chap 170 (S3)

Ends at Vol 9, Chap 74 (S1) / Vol 19, Chap 169 (S2) / Vol 30, Chap 275 (S3)

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User Rating

Average: 8 / 10.0 (1072 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.95 / 10.0

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Last Updated

October 14th, 2023 3:47am PDT - 2 years ago

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Original Publisher

Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)

Shuukan Shounen Jump (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

MANGA Plus

Viz (15 Omnibus volumes - Complete)

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All flash and no substance.

by Jooles
10 years ago

Rating: N/A

I enjoyed the first twenty chapters or so. After reading another 30 (?) I can say for certain that it'd be a waste reading more.

Every character is cool and special-abilitied and I guess it's supposed to give you a sense of "omgomg, so cool" but if everyone's cool, then no one is, because that makes everyone in fact normal. It just gets obnoxious REALLY fast - it's like watching whiggers try and "be down" with their rolemodels.

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So retarded, I couldn't continue

by JHax9999
11 years ago

Rating: N/A

I tried... I really REALLY tried to like this manga. The ratings for it aren't bad, so I assume the later chapters are good (?)... good enough to make people stick around for the payoff maybe? But I won't be one of those people. I just couldn't get past those first couple of chapters. The whole premise is so unrealistic and retarded that I cringed in embarrassment every other page. It's such a shame, too, because the art looks great. But every reaction is so exaggerated and corny that I just can't...

Look, I know it's a manga, so it's not like I expect it to obey the laws of physics or logic 100% of the time. But the premise needs to be believable, at least, so that I can look past the ridiculousness and enjoy the story. Why not just simply establish that Kuroko is nimble and quick on his feet, so during matches he's so fast it's almost as if he's flashing in and out of sight, and that enables him to do the things he does. Something like that, I can believe. But you expect me to buy the idea that for some inexplicable reason no one can see this kid even when he's literally standing 5 inches in front of them? And then everyone acts shocked once he raises his hand and makes his presence known? Does that make any sense? That's not a talent or an acquired skill! That's just some weird bullshit that the mangaka makes up, and doesn't explain, and then expects you to just swallow. Well, no thanks. There's only so much stupid I can handle.

... Last updated 11 years ago

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Quite good, but gets stale

by That3rdGuy
13 years ago

Rating: N/A

This is definitely a good manga at first, even if you're not a sports fan (I dislike televised sports; too boring). There are some very annoying parts, like how so many of these abnormally giant kids (especially for Japan) do things only adults can do, the cliche next rival is always stronger than the last, and how Kuroko finishes Kagami's sentences. I'd beat that little twerp bloody if he kept doing that. Also, this whole misdirection and lack of presence just doesn't work out. In order to misdirect someone, you must first make your presence known. Glancing around doesn't misdirect somebody's attention that well and it only works for a split second if it does. Now, if Kuroko is pointing at something while gawking, that may cause them to look in the general direction he's pointing for a bit, but not if they're seriously playing basketball. Sure, make the argument that this is a manga, but by using a little common sense you can tell many mangakas strive for realistic situations. This manga fits the bill of a mangaka striving for realism.

Granted they add impossible moves like Kuroko's unstoppable drive (well, everything about Kuroko's "skills"), Midorima's 100% accuracy and making a full-court shot, and every shot Aomine makes, but the rest is fairly realistic (it's more like college level--maybe even pro level at times--basketball played by a bunch of 14-year-olds, pssshhht!).

Anyways, this manga is pretty good, but the exciting feeling you get at the first few matches fades over time and it becomes somewhat repetitive. Team faces seemingly insurmountable circumstances, team falls behind in points, team/player(s) overcomes some ineptitude, team beats opposition by >10 points, rinse and repeat with a stronger rival each time until team gets beaten, train, train, train, and repeat until team beats biggest rival/wins toughest tournament. They usually always win the second time around. It's a generic way to keep the audience spellbound. That type usually doesn't appeal to me, but since I've read so far, I may as well see it to the end. Slam Dunk is much better in almost every way. It's "not too little and not too much" style is much more appealing, such as Sakuragi's slam dunks not happening often so you really feel the excitement when he manages one. The competitiveness within and outside the main team was also a great aspect that could have made this manga better. Then again, it'd be one step closer to being a knock-off. Just too much of the same thing over and over. The manga's entertainment value begins to plummet between chapter 50 and chapter 60.
In the end, the concepts are interesting and new (as far as I know). They did use Slam Dunk's main character's jumping ability. Interesting how both main protagonists from both series share the same talent. It does go a bit overboard with Midorima's and Aomine's ability. Well, maybe more like it goes a lot overboard. Still, it's well worth trying out despite my harsh criticisms. Basketball fans may get offended by the unrealistic talents, though.

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Very good.

by Arsenico
16 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

Wow! This manga is very good! The start it's very intresting, and the following chapter are good too. Finally something new... lately every sport manga i've seen have been identical to the previous one.

... Last updated 16 years ago

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Awsome!

by zainkis
16 years ago

Rating: N/A

hehe interesting manga~ the first 3ch was really interesting, and the main character Kuroko is such a fun character xD even tho his pretty cold.... so far the manga is interesting~ the character is interesting and i hope it will surpass "slam dunk" since that was my fave sport manga hehe well! look forward to it 🙂

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Fun Read

by aimichan
7 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

If you're looking for a realistic sport's manga, this isn't it. I'm sure you have your preferred one out there. Go back and read that. If you're looking for a fun sports manga, this can be it (think Prince of Tennis, without the useless girls). ^^ The characters are varied with their own backstory and motivation, and they all have their own "super powers" and it's fun to see them battle it out. The characters influence each other and develop further than their original base, and as a bonus, tons of guys! The girls in the manga are not annoying, and they also have their own personality and importance. Low-key romance, not very important or significant to the story.

It's a manga, meaning fiction. It doesn't have to be 'realistic', especially because if I wanted realistic, I'd go and watch the sports channel. What I'm looking for is a sports manga (aka fiction), meaning, I'm looking for weird abilities and traits, and looking into the relationships between the players and the new friendships/rivalries they make. So, I definitely liked reading this. If you're looking for something similar, you might too!

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Amazing

by Mochi__x
11 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I have to disagree with some other reviews here. Firstly, even though its titled "Kuroko's Basketball", it doesnt mean that it'll only focus on him, obviously you have to bear in mind that the main plot is about him trying to defeat the other GOMs, so of course some focus on the other "basketball giants" is to be expected. Plus they are all interesting characters so instead of just having one great main character, Kuroko, there are all the other likeable side characters too. In fact there isn't a single one that I dislike, even the so called "enemies" have charm.
Also something that a few people mentioned that really irritated me is how its too over exagerated apparently. Well firstly, I think all manga is slightly exaggerated, as it would be extremely boring to read about an ordinary character, living an ordinary life, where nothing exciting or unusual ever happens. If a book like that exists then what would be the point? So moaning about it being unrealistic is just stupid.
Besides, here are some examples of popular shounen manga; Attack on Titan, Naruto and Prince of Tennis… are any of those realistic? I don't think so. As its also a sports manga then Prince of Tennis is more comparable, but really, the special skills that they possess are ridiculous. I know the GOMs have their own amazing abilities too, but they are more believable in my opinion.
The anime adaptation of this is also incredible. The seiyuu all fit their roles perfectly, and they really do bring the characters to life. I also found that some moments in the anime had more of an impact than they did in the manga, just because of the emotion the seiyuu's expressed. For instance, after the Kaijou vs Too match, I thought Ryohei Kimura's portrayal of Kise's reaction was brilliant. (Obviously I'm not saying the anime is better than the manga, in fact I think both are amazing, but all the voice actors really are wonderful so I think its important to mention)
There are so many other reasons why I adore this series, but I can't list all of them right now. I'll edit this comment later but for now all you need to know is this manga is epic. Seriously.

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Oh my gosh

by kiriee
10 years ago

Rating: 7.5 / 10.0

This is the quote from the character "Posture has nothing to do with shots, as long its in its fine" yup sure enough you got strange posture all over, I know a lot of sport manga can be ridiculous but it usually still in acceptable realm this manga doesn't even care about any of that, just make everything ridiculous so it is cool and exciting.

Sure it was cool and exciting but it can be really funny, sometimes I just lol-ing so hard because how idiot it can be. I guess it was a good manga, they start ridiculous and end ridiculous so it was acceptable.

I think the most bad one is that the author can't draw women, most of the time they look like a man, the only thing make them look like a women is their boob, which the manager doesn't have, hence sometimes look like a man....

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Living in the shadow of giants.

by GoldenKaos
12 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

The inherent problem with creating a basketball manga, is that Slam Dunk! already exists.

Fujimaki is competing directly with Inoue Takehiko, which is generally unadvisable. So it's almost impossible not to draw parallels with what Slam Dunk was; a manga that had deeper and better paced character development across the board, more realistic rivalries and characters you could root for harder, better humour and less nonsense shouneny titles like the Generation of Miracles, the King of the North/East/South/yadda yadda and the Uncrowned Kings.

It's also somewhat in the shadow of Eyeshield 21 in that that manga took a very shounen stupid name and 'unrealistic capabilities of highschool students' approach to american footbal, a little like Kuroko no Basket did to basketball, but did it 'properly' in a sense, and went for the whole hog with a different theme for every different team and crazy moves and move names to suit that theme.

Slam Dunk! is a very realistic approach to a sports manga while Eyeshield 21 is anything but that. Both those mangas excelled at what they tried to achieve, I suppose my problem with Kuroko no Basket is that it kinda straddles the line between the two and doesn't manage to do either as well as it could have.

Not even gonna think about comparing it to Real, that wouldn't be fair.

As its own free-standing manga, it's good. Maybe slightly above average, but good. It stands out in its theme of Kuroko wanting to play basketball that's "fun" and actually enjoying the game, and influencing others, including his old teammates, to do the same. Certainly has its share of comedy moments and a very likeable cast. Having the main character be a supporting player on the court rather than the ace is a nice twist away from normal sports manga conventions but otherwise it's a nice, kinda-just-above-average sports manga that doesn't do much that hasn't been done better elsewhere. I'd recommend other sports manga before this, but hey, it's not Prince of Tennis, which can only be a good thing.

EDIT: Although, it does get rather dull later. Most sports manga have a tendency of following the "Team faces seemingly insurmountable circumstances, team falls behind in points, team/player(s) overcomes some ineptitude, team beats opposition by >10 points, rinse and repeat with a stronger rival each time until team gets beaten, train, train, train, and repeat until team beats biggest rival/wins toughest tournament." formula (gratz to That3rdGuy whose summary was accurate and concise enough for me to nick it 😛 ) - other sports manga often survive on making this pretty damn repetitive cycle feel a lot less repetitive than it is. Eyeshield 21 does so mostly by having Hiruma Youichi exist, for example, and also by having radically different teams for each game. One game they're fighting an Egyptian Pharohs-themed highschool American Football team, the next they might be fighting elite buddhist monks and the next they might be fighting dinosaurs. Baby Steps also does something similar (though not nearly as radical) with every game posing a new challenge to the main character (when he doesn't win easily at least) - psychological issues like mounting anger, pressure from crowd, as well as physical issues like fatigue. Slam Dunk! circumvents the problem by being jaw-droppingly great, mostly.

Most of Kuroko no Basket's efforts to deal with this... design flaw in the sports genre is either half-assed, unsufficient or both. Games feel like they just drag on in the later parts, as well as new rivalries/characters that feel quite shoehorned.

... Last updated 12 years ago

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Unbearable if you have even a basic understanding of basketball

by udders
8 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

As a manga, Kuroko no Basuke is not terrible. It has decent artwork and interesting characters. There aren't any pacing issues, which have long plagued the sports manga genre.

As a basketball manga, however, this series is absolute dogshit. The author's amateurish, child-like understanding of the sport is as nauseating as it is unbelievable, considering that he spent 6 years of his life writing about the damn subject.

Even the most casual of sports fans will know who Michael Jordan is. The author STARTS this manga off with 5 characters, all high school freshmen (15 years old), who are undisputedly better than Michael Jordan in his prime. When one of the most important aspects of a sports manga is growth and development, one has to wonder where the author will go from that point. Does he go to a "Buzzer Beater" route, where the characters play against the best competition that the universe can offer in an Intergalactic Basketball League? He might as well have, considering that his characters would (or should, in a moderately realistic world) obliterate any competition that Earth has to offer. What struggles could they possibly face?

But nooooooo. Instead, Fujimaki decides to base his manga around bullshit pseudoscience. Like the "zone," for example. Instead of treating "the zone" like a physiological phenomenon (as most rational, self-respecting adults would), the author transforms it into a stupid, super-saiyan-like "power up" that the characters have to actively train for.

Every player above 180 cm (~ 6 feet) in the manga can dunk like it's nobody's business. Even in the NBA, this is not true. So, Japanese high schools have better athletes than the best basketball league in the world......... cool.

Every face-off against the Generation of Miracles (or teams on their level) develops into a battle of "Who can make the opponent's FG% drop from 100% to 90%?" Those 10 misses per game make a huge difference because these god-like assholes will never miss a single shot unless somebody physically alters the trajectory of the ball.
Because really, who MISSES shots in basketball? Pfft.. as if that ever happens.

Here's an analogy: If this were a boxing manga, it would be like watching Dragonball Z characters duke it out in an insignificant, high school boxing league. "Yea I'm prolly strong enough to blow up entire planets. But this boxing tournament tho... this is what's actually important in life."

At some point you will find yourself unable to continue reading this manga, simply due to sheer absurdity of it.

Unless you know absolutely nothing about basketball (and sports/athleticism in general). In that case, you will probably have a blast and think this review is stupid.

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