Kuroko no Basket 2nd Season

With the Interhigh Championship finally over, Seirin's basketball team refocuses their efforts, training harder than ever to get the chance to participate in the Winter Cup. Both Tetsuya Kuroko and Taiga Kagami see old friends walk back into their lives, providing a challenge both on and off the court.

As new skills are developed and new alliances created, enemies from various teams—giants of high school basketball such as Yousen, Shuutoku, and Touou—stand in the way of Seirin's steadfast attempts to get to the top. All of these schools prove to be formidable foes whose abilities progress exponentially, while Kuroko struggles to find a balance between his resolve to play as part of a team and his desire to win.

With old wounds reopening, new challenges to face on the court, and a new set of foes—the "Uncrowned Kings"—vowing to defeat the new hopefuls, will Seirin ever be able to achieve their dream of beating the Generation of Miracles?

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Kuroko, Tetsuya Main

Ono, Kensho Japanese

Kagami, Taiga Main

Ono, Yuuki Japanese

Aomine, Daiki Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Akashi, Seijuurou Supporting

Kamiya, Hiroshi Japanese

Kise, Ryouta Supporting

Kimura, Ryouhei Japanese

Midorima, Shintarou Supporting

Ono, Daisuke Japanese

Murasakibara, Atsushi Supporting

Suzumura, Kenichi Japanese

Kiyoshi, Teppei Supporting

Hamada, Kenji Japanese

Takao, Kazunari Supporting

Suzuki, Tatsuhisa Japanese

Momoi, Satsuki Supporting

Orikasa, Fumiko Japanese

Oowada, Tomoyuki Producer

Morihiro, Fumi Producer

Maruyama, Hiroo Producer

Kuroki, Rui Producer

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Jun 8, 2022

makotoplz

Recommended

Having watched 2 seasons now, I have a pretty good grasp of Kuroko no Basket. I've watched my fair share of sports anime, and my favourite will probably always be Haikyuu for many, many reasons. And hearing that Kuroko was comparable and some would even say better than Haikyuu, I knew I'd eventually get around to watching this.

So far, it's not. Don't get me wrong, it's very good, and has consistently received a high rating from me over the past 2 seasons and 2 OVAs, but it feels repetitive.

Firstly, you could make a drinking game out of how many surprised faces the characters ... make when someone pulls an outrageous move or shows a new skill. It happens in almost every single game. While at times it's definitely reasonable and makes it even more hype, the pacing of each match just seems so off. 10 seconds left on the timer = 5 minutes of the episode. 4 seconds left on the timer = 2 minutes of slowed movements, about 20 seconds of dribbling and thinking etc etc. It throws the pacing off and makes the climax feel so much further away when in reality, it should be 4 seconds away.

I don't have many complaints about the way the story is paced in general. Pacing of the matches is... mediocre, but the general "we lost a big match and are now winning because of the defeat" storyline is expected. The 2nd season was full of surprises though, so I'll give them that. Not to mention, I was still constantly at the edge of my seat thinking 'no way would they lose this, they've already lost the first time around' as reassurance.

In terms of characters, they're pretty standard. Still very likable, but once you've watched like 5 sports anime, you've pretty much watched all of them character wise. That's not to say they're bad, just that there's no new character tropes you should expect. As a first timer, or someone new in anime, I don't see how this wouldn't be totally enjoyable considering I still enjoyed them, even after knowing about 10 different characters with the same personality.

Aomine and Kise might just be my favourite characters though. There's definitely certain parts of the matches that are insane. Match ups like Aomine and Kise (unfortunately not in this season, but in S1) easily put my enjoyment through the roof, and the unpredictability of the Zone definitely adds to the story.

I'm curious to see how S3 will pan out, but aside from some noticeable flaws, Kuroko no Basket is worth watching. It might fall short of some people's expectations, but I've been bingeing it for the past few days out of curiosity and interest. That's not to say it's anywhere near a 9 or 10 for me though, unfortunately. I like prodigies as much as the next guy, but basically having super powers clash with basketball wasn't something I thought would be all that good. I was half right.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Aug 15, 2023

Motebitchie

Mixed Feelings

I've never hated the team of protagonist as much as i hate Seirin, simply because the amount of plot armors that Seirin have are just too much to the point that it's becoming more and more annoying in season 2. What a way to ruin the excitement. I always on the protagonist's side in every sports anime, but this one is really annoying. The show is saved by the art and some characters. It is sucks as always but Akashi is justice. I would have given it 5/10 if it's not for him and other Generation of Miracles. Either way, i could have enjoyed it ... more if it's not because of it's massive plot armor

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jul 23, 2014

Chronologically

Not Recommended

Preliminary (6/25 eps)

I like the story of an underdog team trying to win, but its been done so many times in sports anime. [8/10]

Art is as it should be in this generation so I would expect no less. [8/10]

I loved the sound of the ball when the players hit a swish and the sound of the squeaking shoe because it is very satisfying and really reminds me of being on the court myself. [9/10]

Character development wasn't as good as the first season because I felt like the 5 legendary players aren't talked about as much as in the first season, but I haven't not finished ... the anime yet so [6/10]

As I've already said I'm a basketball player so I felt everything was too unreal, like Midorima's three pointers and Kuroko's drive, I mean has the creator even played basketball. when you play defence you should watch you guard's waist to see which way they're going so therefore Kuroko's Drive is impossible. I understand this is an anime they have to make it cool but Slam Dunk looked cool and was more realistic. How does a bunch of high schoolers play for 25 min shifts [4/10] too unrealistic for me.


I would NOT recommend anybody who likes real basketball to watch this since it's more of a "who has a better power" show. This only my opinion so don't hate on me if I made you upset. Overall [4/10]

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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