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The show starts out really well. All the characters are introduced one after the other and all of them are great. The starting few matches are really great as well. Most of Kuzuryu's players are inexperienced and hence they lose a lot of their starting few matches which makes sense. The players from the other teams like Konishi, Chiba san, Tokiwa and Nanao's cousin are all really lovable characters. After playing a few practice matches and gathering a full team, they finally get to an official match. I really liked the fact that they gave some history to the opposition they faced in the official ... match. But this is where the anime starts its downward spiral. Kuzuryu plays really well creating a substantial point difference between themselves and the opponents. At this point the Kuzuryu players start to get tired. Although this makes sense for the others, it doesn't for specifically Tobi and Sora. Sora is shown to have amazing stamina running 10 kms everyday, attending practice and classes and then doing 1000 3 pointer shoots. Tobi was someone who was a regular in his middle school team and hence had played many matches before. This didn't make any sense to me. Regardless Kuzuryu soldiered on. There were 3 seconds remaining on the clock. Nanao is able to accurately predict who is going to receive the pass after the rebound. Sora goes to block him from making a shoot or even receiving the pass in the first place. Moreover the player was not adept at making 3 pointers as he had failed until now. I though that the victory was in the bag but suddenly we cut to Sora's mom dying. I liked her but this abrupt cut made me really angry. Sora tells her that they won the match and I feel great but then we find out that they actually lost. I calmed myself and moved on but they burnt down their club building to force character development and romance. That angered me even further. Not only that they did that through a cigarette which fell along with juice and chips packets. This means that the cigarette fell on a damp floor away from inflammable objects and set the whole building on fire. Next Nabe accepts a practice match invitation from the best team in their area. We already know that they are going to lose terribly yet that match is extremely long and boring. I wouldn't recommend this show to anyone past the official match.