Kuroko no Basket 41

Note : The "tea boiling in my belly" was a idiom, meaning "joke of the century".
Page 7 & 8 - Apologies for lack of Romanization of the school names, because the Furiganas was not given the pronunciation cannot be ascertained.


Q41 : Tea, you mean?

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Middle : The only thing he set his sight on, was......



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Left : Kuroko and Aomine.... their past to be revealed!

-What happened in middle school....
-between you two?


-.........

-We can’t stay away from the practice for too long;
-let's talk while we walk back...

-Early summer Second Year, middle school...



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-Ah...!

-Not again!
-One more time, one more time!

-Haha!

-Loose defense!
-But then, it's already rare for a beginner to do move this well!




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-Kise's not bad...

-To hold his weight against Aomine...
-You said he's a beginner right?

-Then I think he's talented!

-He has a good height and learns fast...
-In another half a year I think he'll become a terrific player!

-...I think Aomine must have liked his talents to keep playing his opponent...

-Huh?
- I think... not… How shall I phrase it...

-Aomine's..... just a basketball idiot...
-and keep playing against him because he loves to...

-What -
-Kiddish isn't it!

-...Well, I think that's why he becomes our team ace!
-Among the team, he’s the most talented and largest training load.
-...but the foremost reason is....



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-Of all people here...
-he loves basketball the most!

-...I glad we have him in the team but,
-Why does he have Momoi as childhood friend!

[handwritten]
-I wanna have a sexy girlfriend too!
[handwritten]
-I'm not his girlfriend!!

-I didn't choose to…

-Midorima kun and Kise kun,
-they weren't larger-than-lives right from the start.

-The Generation of Miracles,
-started out only as above-average players in the first two years,
-nothing more.

-But Aomine was the first of us,
-who suddenly blossomed.



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-Great Aomine!! He's in full force today!!

-He did this all alone!
-No one can stop him!!



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-We knew Aomine's strong...
-But...

-This will be his 50th point...

(left panel)
-Frightening!

-So strong he's... frightening!!
-Almost like he's turned into a different person today...!?



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[None]



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-Yours.

-Aomine,
-you're skipping your practices a little too much lately, isn't it?

-It's okay...
-If I practise more I'll become stronger -

-The more effort I put in,
-the more boring the game becomes!

-Besides,
-I'm sure the one I've always craved for doesn't exist...



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-Midorima, don't you find Aomine becoming extraordinary?
-He must have gotten that good because he loved the game so much!

-...Hardly.
-I feel he's drifting further away.

-Huh?
-Why?

-He loves basketball more than anyone else.
-So he needs one thing more than anyone else.

-An opponent that is every bit as good as him -
-A true rival!

-He was strong, always -
-But wasn’t any much stronger than rest of us.

-And now, he has gotten too strong for his good.
-Forget about the rival - he's getting now too far ahead from even his teammates -
-overwhelmingly so!



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-Basketball's becoming a child's play -
-From now I'll just do enough so the team will win...

-You can't do this!

-Uhaaargh!
[handwritten]
-You put the ice in my back!!?

-Trying to catch up with everyone else alone took all my effort,
-So I know I'll never walk in your shoes.
-...But,

-No matter how far above you are,
-If I am your opponent,
-I'll absolutely rather you not...
-slack or be light on us.



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-Besides,
-I'm sure someone stronger than Aomine kun will appear!

-....Haha!
[handwritten : You!]

-Must be!
-Must be.



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-Yes! 40 points from him!
-He's terrific!!

-Why...

-He seems so much more concentrated than usual!

-Inoue kun, a top level forward in middle school… someone who had given Aomine so much challenge before…
-Is now totally suppressed...!

-Good!



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-...Huh?

-Aomine opened up such a gap when he gets serious...
-It must be difficult to keep being motivated in this match... but

-What's with them -
-they've just given up trying to win...!



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-Haha... so this is all I get if I ever get serious playing?
-If no one wants to take on my challenge anymore...

-Then tell me what’s the joy of me playing!

-Kuroko...

-I think what you said must be right...
-But I... can't go on anymore.

-Now I noticed.

[black]
-Everywhere I saw... are just weaklings.
-No one can put up a serious match against me!

-The rival I keep looking for... I'll never find him!



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-The only one who can win against me...
-Is me!

-That year's Nationals, we dominated on Aomine kun's powers.
-Along with that, the four others gradually changed too...

-Then... something* happened on the third year of Nationals,
-And I quitted from the Teikou Basketball Team.
*The original text put emphasis on this.

-...Hu-h.
-If there's only one thing I can say,



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-Don't get arrogant yet, idiot!
-You and your fat hope!

-The game got boring because you're too strong!?
-Yet another piece of nonsense from the Generation of Miracles!

-...Give me your hand.
-What?

-Just give me your hand!
-No, not your palm, your fist!

-"The only one who can win against me is me"?

-He can boil coffee in my belly!**
-Tea, you mean?
[Meaning : He's the joke of the century!]


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-We'll win this,
-and make him come to his senses!



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-With this promises,

-They approached the day of competition-...

Left Middle : The match is brewing!


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