Y'know, for a show which was pretty retarded a lot of times, it wasn't too bad. Now you may be thinking "he didn't give it a 10, what does this man know of this show's greatness". Well, let me explain what it did right and wrong. But first an explanation of the story.
The anime starts off by explaining that a team of 6 players were the legendary super saiyans that had the ability to slap their "special" (special is the keyword here folks) golden cocks in the faces of their opponents. Now let me translate, a middle school team dominated their league and their
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players were given the name the generation of miracles. Each player in the generation of miracles has their own special ability.
The plot focuses on the relationship between the two main characters, their relationship with their teammates and mostly how the team will win tournaments.
Kuroko's plan is the help Kagami achieve his goal by becoming his "shadow" whilst Kagami is his "light". Obviously Kagami's goal is to be the strongest player in japan.
So a fairly normal plot for a sports anime, but I mean c'mon, aside from being the strongest player or the best team or winning a tournament, what else can a sports anime do? Do you want them to turn evil and fuck everything up?
Now, what it did right, ahem:
1. Relationship between main two characters.
Now the main highlight of this anime is the relationship between Kuroko and Kagami shared as partners, almost like brothers. Majority of the time the matches would be decided because of the actions of their teamwork. They are the underdogs, you'd naturally root for those two to win the game. The concept of Kuroko being Kagami's shadow and Kagami being Kuroko's light was a fairly nice one and it was good that it was further explored later on in the show. Individually Kuroko is the most interesting of the pair, physically he is weak but he is mentally strong. He brings the best out of Kagami whilst also helping to drive the team forward, he feels more like a teamplayer whilst Kagami feels a bit like a lone wolf.
That's not to say Kagami isn't interesting as well, he may be a hot head but if it wasn't for him the show would lack a lot of it's "woah" moments.
2. Relationship between Seirin team overall.
Again, another thing this show did right as a sports anime was how they presented the main team to you, a group of likable characters with their own skills that contribute to the whole team.
Teamwork was the key here and even though it felt cliched at points in the anime, honestly, it's rather undeniably logical that teamwork is vital, even if it's constantly mentioned.
Seirin are the underdogs of this show, you'd think "oh those guys are way stronger than Seirin, they'd never lose to them", but secretly you want Seirin to win, think of it like a psychological thing, you know the odds of Seirin losing are high but it'd be pretty fucking sweet if they did win. Honestly this is the kind of thing I like about sports anime, they'll present you with odds which aren't in favour of the underdog team, yet they'll still pull through and win. The anxiety and suspense it builds up can really give you the feeling that you're part of that winning moment. Unless your name is Aomine and can just fuck up all the odds like a dick.
3. Sound and animation
Generally speaking this doesn't really contribute much to an overall score really, animation and sound aren't important as characters and the story. In terms of enjoyment it plays a role. But it did have pretty nice OP's and ED's. Good to see GRANRODEO back.
OST was good as well, not amazing though, considering they'd just play the same few good songs over and over. But it did play a major factor in the deciding moments of the game, you felt engrossed in the moment, it made it just a bit more enjoyable.
Animation was good, nothing special, there were noticeable drops in quality here and there but still, it did it's job.
Now let's talk about what it fucked up in:
1. Repetitive matches.
This is where the show starts to stumble, most of the time matches will consist of back and forth power ups. At one point one team will be leading, then Kagami gets annoyed and starts dunking like there's no tomorrow. Then the other team will power up to get the ball around Kagami and score more points. Seirin will start working together, again powering up, to get back into the game. Now you're probably thinking "well duh, they mention in the show that the flow of the game can easily be lost by the other team gaining momentum, the matches would be boring if it was just one team dominating, it has to be a bit back and forth". That doesn't excuse the fact that it's fucking repetitive and when something becomes repetitive it becomes boring. The only reason people aren't get bored is because the power ups get more shiny.
2. Poor power balance
This is where the show starts to become retarded, the generation of miracles are extremely overpowered. Midorima, a member of the generation of miracles has 100% accuracy on his shots so you are literally fucked, this guy literally fucks you over sideways. That's not a special ability, it's too off scale, honestly if it wasn't for Kagami in the team Seirin would just lose all their matches against the generation of miracles and there lies the problem. Aside from Kagami, no one else can stand up to the generation of miracles, Kuroko can only pass so he can't do much else. The other members of the Seirin team are nowhere near as good as the generation of miracles so if it was just their entire team vs Midorima, he'd still just win on his own.
3. Retarded power ups and overpowered characters
As I mentioned before the overpowered characters really fuck up the power balance but they ultimately make the matches less enjoyable. Characters become so overpowered that it's ridiculous, the shit they pull off is retarded. Aomine is the biggest fucker in the entire show, he is so overpowered that he can take on an entire team and not get tired, he'd rip them to shreds, why? Because he's Aomine that's why. You literally do not stand a chance against him. He just keeps on pulling shit from his ass and destroys the opposing teams. The same applies for Midorima with his 100% accuracy anywhere on the court, he could score 3 pointers all the time.
I understand that if this show was realistic it would be boring, but that doesn't mean it can be fucking retarded as well, there isn't a balance, the abilities the generation of miracles posses is just too unfair and ultimately hinders the enjoyment of the matches.
Individual Scores:
[Story: 5/10]
[Characters: 6/10]
[Art: 7/10]
[Sound: 7/10]
Overall: 6/10
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The anime starts off by explaining that a team of 6 players were the legendary super saiyans that had the ability to slap their "special" (special is the keyword here folks) golden cocks in the faces of their opponents. Now let me translate, a middle school team dominated their league and their ... 
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