Feb 23, 2018
I will make my review as short & informative as possible.
Will divide into 2 parts :
First Part :- Touhou Defeat
Manga was great till this part. As I did not read this manga during its official publishing period, I read through everything in one go. Things were really packed and twisted during this part and after that defeat, it literally touched heart. From character development to story-line, side characters; everything felt very close. They used almost every character during this part and I must say mangaka used it PERFECTLY!! Things were so simple and great that mangaka didn't need anyone to explain the situation
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or what actually was happening. I enjoyed this part to the fullest.
I give this manga for THIS PART :
Story - 8
Art - 9
Character - 9
Enjoyment - 10
Overall - 9
Second Part :- Winter Cup
This is where things fell really flat with some weird power-ups, things that are beyond explanation, ignoring some characters completely and lack of character usage. Before Winter Cup, everything was about everyone but during this part, it was so much centered around few people that at some point I started to feel sad for those characters; how they were left behind and abandoned miserably. I think at some point even mangaka felt bad which resulted a rushed use of some benchwarmers in the final match. Below, I will give ratings and some small explanation behind it in written form.
Story - 3
Story had no creativity. It was repetitive to its finest. It's all about false hope from the opponent's team. Sometimes mangaka showed so much frames on opponent's life and story AND his confidence on winning that at some point you won't even feel fair and comfortable to see them loosing.
Art - 6
Art went drastically bad after each chapter on Winter Cup arc. I have nothing to say here. Completely disappointed.
Character - 3
Mangaka ignored Riko Aida, one of the most important character of this manga, she had really less frame time.
Almost all 1st year students were ignored including some 2nd year students except for Kuroko and Kagami. Winter Cup was an excellent chance to weld leftover characters, using them to counter some specific side characters from the opponent's side. Also mangaka showed at some point that Rika's father giving them training to open inner potential but all went to null and void. Even opponent's side characters had better character development than Seirin's side.
Rika's father, after training them hard for a month, went missing completely. There was absolutely no sign of him after the match or whatsoever.
Everything was about Kuroko and Kagami and even they fell flat many times.
Alexandra Garcia, Kagami's master was not there at all even though mangaka showed a promising entry of that character. 4 chapters of her character development but she only showed a 20 second trick which didn't even last properly and I did not get at all what trick she actually showed which resulted her to isolate Kagami from everyone and teaching him a trick on a random street basketball court which Kagami barely used it during that tournament. I guess she was there for some nudity and teasing.
Lastly, Kuroko. God damn(!!) they used this character so poorly during this tournament even though this manga (also anime) is named after him. He was not enjoyable to see during this tournament at ALL.
Enjoyment - 5
Didn't enjoy it at all (this part only). Thumbs down. Sorry guys.
Overall - 4.25
Final verdict. This manga is not about Kuroko. Everything's for only one character and that is for Kagami. Some weird zoning, opening door, aura oh man! This part is actually straight Harrypotter out of nowhere. I could not sit properly while reading till the end. I rather felt annoyed and irritated. Managaka failed to sell it to his fans and made it as annoying as possible.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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