I suppose if nothing else, Kuroko no Basuke must stand as an inspirational tale about the endless rewards possible through hard work and practice. I should probably have my head examined for ever thinking about realism in a SJ sports series, I know. I guess I’m just too much of […] Read more

One thing I feel confident of is that mangaka will never run out of esoteric explanations for the weird stuff that happens in sports manga. OK, raise your hand if you’ve heard of “nanba walking”. OK, now put it down – I actually don’t want to hear how smart you […] Read more

100% of his shots go in? Sign that kid up! OK, full Shounen Jump goggles are definitely on with Kuroko no Basuke. The Generation of Miracles is aptly named if one of their members never misses a shot – and the laws of shounen being what they are, he’s likely […] Read more

What’s this – Dad showing up on Mother’s Day? I know I’ve said this already, but Koruko no Basuke definitely has a weird sensibility to it. How else to explain dedicating the entire first half of the episode to the quest for “Iberian Pork Sandwich” complete with caviar and truffles […] Read more

Sometimes when it comes to sports shounen, weird is good. While I’m still not 100% sold on the character side of Kuroko no Basuke yet, what’s becoming clearer as we progress is that this is a series with a decidedly weird sense of humor. In a genre where one of […] Read more

In this week’s edition of Kuroko, we learn that there are actually five players on a basketball team. I’ll be honest – I could have blogged KnB yesterday, but I really didn’t want to think about basketball after seeing Derrick Rose go down with an ACL tear during the meaningless […] Read more

Given the abundance of wealth in every genre, it’s no surprise that sports shounen would be well-served this season too. The most important event of this episode was the first real action throw-down of the series (or perhaps Kagami actually using the slang “Dasai” for one of the few times […] Read more

I can’t be the only one who’s noticed that Aida-chan has an obsession with getting her players to strip. Shounen Jump manga are notoriously slow starters, and sports series certainly aren’t exempt from this trend. That can make them somewhat hard to figure out in the early stages, and I’m […] Read more