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Kuroko no basuke (2012)
It's starting to get annoying
I'm not finished yet, but here are my thoughts up until season 2 episode 19.
I don't really like basketball, it might be my least favourite sport, but I was really liking Kuroko no Basket. When an anime, a story is good, it just is and it is very enjoyable even if you don't share the same interests as the main characters.
Kuroko is not just the underdog in this anime, he seems to be punished by the Gods for him to play this awful. I do not think that someone that trains as hard as Kuroko for years can still be this pathetic and get tired like he does after a jog or just a few minutes of training. But in season 1 Kuroko is still enjoyable to watch. His unique style supports his teammates even if he doesn't really get to shine in games. And seeing his lack of presence, to the point of people really just not seeing him as if he was invisible was funny... at first. How is it possible for him to be so invisible in court when he is still a normal player? I don't think other players are that dumb.
I did not mind all this that much in the first season, because I thought he would get better and better. But he's just not. I mean he develops a new trick like vanishing drive, misdirection overflow which are insanely stupid that it doesn't even seem like basketball anymore. When he does an ignite pass the animation portrays it as if it's Goku playing basketball.
The Generation of Miracles were really cool at first, but they're way too overpowered for their own good. I mean Midorima can shoot from anywhere in the court, no matter how far or the angle. How is he not the most feared from the Generation of Miracles?! Because even though they say he has a limit of how much he can do this, he just reaches and goes way beyond his supposed limit.
Now what I really an starting to get annoyed from is that it seems it's a bunch of overpowered individuals playing amongst mere mortals. I don't mind this talent over practice discussion. There is a saying that talent is 10% and hard work is 90%. Everyone there works insanely hard, but the Generation of Miracles is not just 10% better, they're 100% better. And the only way to even beat one of them is to become one of them. Basically you need to get some superpowers to defeat them. It's literally like seeing Professional NBA players, playing with 4th graders. They are all in highschool, they train the same, they cannot have this overwhelming difference in skills.
I do not mind this being Super Basketball, if everyone was overpowered in some way. But it's like the plot of the story has chosen it's favourite players and will give them new superpowers every single game and everyone else is just not in their level, because the author doesn't like them enough. And the Zone mindset they're introducing now is just the lamest thing ever. You can say this sort of exists in real life, but it's just great concentration in the game, it's not like you summoned a monster to take over your body and play for you.
The only reason I am still watching is because I'm intrigued in Akashi's character. Hopefully it gets better.