Kuroko no Basket 44

Note : Page 17

44Q : This won't work!

01

Left : Momoi, The Manager from the Generation of Miracles -
about to show her weapons!?

-Momoi-chi..
-Oh yes, she's a childhood friend of Aomine too.

-Oh,
-Hm?

-Didn't she fancy Kuroko?

-Would she refrain from doing her best?

-She likes Kuroko?

[Handwritten : Huh?]
-You didn't notice that at all!?

-That's so obvious! She was trying to flirt with Kuroko-chi

everyday!!

-We all see that and you didn't realize... You idiot!!

-You!? Calling me an idiot!?

-...Anyway,
-Even with that -



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Left : Kuroko no Basket volume 4 will be out on Nov 4th (Wed)!


-Kuroko would rather her not do so.

-And in the first place,
-her passion to this sports is no inferior to a sportsman.

-She is not one to give special treatment even if her

opponent is someone she likes.


Bottom right : What did those eyes see?



03
-So that's your rumoured ex-girlfriend?
-She looks like an ordinary cute girl.

[Left : On this Volume 4 Manga is a special Praise comment

from "the Greatest Sensei"!! Don't miss that!

-Is that so?

-Oi!
-That's an annoying way to say things!

-...Well, I guess so.

-Huh!?

-As long as she is not in a match.



04
-They are indeed a formidable team worthy of breaking the

Kings -

[Touou High School Coach - Harasawa Katsunori]

-Coach, shall we call a Time Out...?

-Nope, it's okay!

-I'm just making a small correction to my previous

assessments on them!

-Besides, Momoi san, you have already come up with your

conclusion right?

-...yes.

-I.... KNEW THEM ALL.



05
-!!

-Ooh! Steal!

-This guy - He is on defense all the time!
-Seems like he'll give up all other strategists except not

letting me go anywhere near their goal....

-You think I can be stopped just like that!?

-3-point!? No...

-That's...Alley-oop!
-Going alone!



06
-I knew that (heart)!

-I've been waiting for this to come.

-Guys are all simple-minded!



07
-Their reaction... is not something you get from an opponent

you meet for the first time!

-And worse - it looks like they already know of Kagami's

poor record of long-range shots....
-Which means...



08
-They researched on us!
-The one who did it is likely Momoi.

-She must be a specialist in data gathering -
-What people call spies!

-Mitobe senpai! Go!!



09
-Must be Hook shoot!
-Told you we knew!

-They read all our strategies!

-This is bad.... how shall we counter this...

-....That's no reason for alarm!

-We'll stay on course!



10
-Huh?

-No matter how fine a info collector she is,
-information she gathered is just on the past!

-People better themselves all the time!

-If they don't understand commonsense like this,
-they aren't even a threat!

-Hyuuga's three point!

-......!!



11
-Good..!

-We got that!

-....Hyuuga is a pure shooter.

[Black]
-Which means he is not fast in footwork,
-And won't go forward but relies on screen or cut to loosen

the opponent's marking on him before shooting.

-But,
-in recent years, basketball have progressed to a point,

where there is almost no room for players that can't shoot

unless there's no interference.

-Thus after the Shuutoku match he has been practising
-dribbling skills.



12
-I knew that too (heart)!

-I foresaw that as your next improvement even before the

match!



13
-!!

-Uh...!?

-How did they counter a new skill he's displaying!?

-Data never even existed....!!

-Ordinarily, without data you shouldn't be able to counter

that.

-But Momoi can analyze the data...
-And predict the opponent's future growth areas....!


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-That's woman's instincts (heart).

-Return the ball Hyuuga!

-.......

-...Uh!

-This don't work too - they read our attack pattern...

-No way to go forward...

-5 more seconds!!

** [Explaination below : If one team doesn't attempt to

shoot in 24 seconds the ball will become the opponent's.]



15
-If you think that's all on us,
-you're naive, little girl!

-He should already know he can't get rid of Sakurai with this!

-There's another reason why I say "We'll stay on course"!

-A simple one....



16
-Woman's instincts!


16 & 17
Black area
-Even a woman's best instincts can't tell
-what this guy does next!


17
-Screen!?
-What!?

*[Explaination at left : a move to bodily block the opponent

player enabling a team mate to move freely]


18
[Time 2:15 left (1Q) Touou 21, Seirin 18]

-Great Kagami!!
-And nice work Kuroko! As always!



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-Mine....

-Ahh.... Thing doesn't go smoothly all the time!

-It's okay -

-He is totally unreadable....

-I've thought that'd happen....

-But that's why I
-Love Tetsu kun!

-Yes, defense!

-We stop them too!

-Ouch!

-......!?

The foot injury that has been troubling Kagami comes back to

upset this match!?



Q44. End.