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I do not know how anyone can honestly give this anime above anything above a five. This anime is 50 episodes of useless flashbacks. Flashbacks being overused like this probably can work in a manga, but watching a five minute flashback of nothingness while someone is mid jumpshot or layup is absurd. Towards the end of the anime random characters were getting their own flashbacks and monologues. This would be okay if this anime had interesting characters- which it does not. I will review each of the main characters; the starting five to be specific.

1. Sora (PG/SG) - The main protagonist. He is short, about ... 5 ft even which is straight up unrealistic for even high school basketball. Sora is absurdly boring. Absolutely no development as a character even after something tragic happens to him. it doesn't really change him. He is the exact same character from episode one all the way up to episode 50. His basketball skills are very poor besides his shooting (his good shooting doesn't make up for all the other shortcomings), he doesn't have any real positive traits like being smart or anything. He's as boring of a protagonist as Gon from HxH.

2. Momoharu (PF/C) - The team captain...who can't play a lick of basketball. I watched 50 episodes of this guy being a complete moron. I will admit he did change from through the season for the better- sort of. He is still an idiot academically and his basketball skills did not improve at all through out the 50 episodes. He was one of the characters that made this anime hard to watch. He is so bad at basketball. I think 50 episodes is more than enough to show improvement of a character's skill. Even Hanamichi (Slam Dunk) showed improvement faster, but Hanamichi was the only garbage basketball player on his team.

3. Chaiki (PG/SF/C) - Easily my favorite character. I don't exactly know what the writer(s) were trying to do with Chaiki. He was already naturally good at basketball having great point guard skills and the ability to score. He made this anime somewhat watchable. He didn't make me groan whenever he got screen time.

4. Tobi (Natsume) (SF/SG) - This fake Allen Iverson wannabe made the anime so irritating. This is one of the worst generic character types to have in an anime. The "too cool" arrogant jerk. At one point I would consider him the best player on the team but I'd honestly say Chaiki is better than him just for being more useful on the court. Tobi is easily just a merchandise seller. The most random thing about Tobi is that towards the end his basketball skills completely vanish. He played like garbage.

5. Shigeyoshi (C/PF) - Honestly I don't have much to say about him. He isn't terrible at basketball, he has his flaws like his poor stamina and anxiety, but he was not infuriating to see on the screen. He came in pretty late in the anime so he didn't get a fair chance to grow imo.

Save yourself the time and trouble and just watch Kuroko No Basket or Slam Dunk. If you seen both of those, skip this one. It is boring. This anime tried to steer away from being like the other basketball anime, but does it so poorly. I'd rather a knock off of Slam Dunk or KnB than this mess. Why would anyone want to watch a sports anime where the roster is terrible at the sport? Even so, the characters aren't even interesting! It would be okay if the characters were interesting, but just bad at the sport. Slam Dunk is about 25 years older than this anime, and does everything so much better. We actually watch Hanamichi grow from some degenerate thug into a hard working athlete. I know some people will either tell me to read the manga or wait for the next season, but that is not acceptable. 50 episodes are more than enough to tell a story. This anime can be summed up as poor writing and pacing. I knew this anime was a going to get a 3-4 from me around the 30th episode mark.