Kuroko no Basket 129

**Sorry about how long this has taken. School has started so I will not have the time to release Kuroko translations as quickly as I used to. Please expect the chapters 130+ in the upcoming weeks.**



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pg01
-: Wha...

pg02
-: What the heck was that-!?

pg03
[How could...that's impossible!! That // a player other than Kuroko could vanish...!?]

[...your movement is too sloppy!]

pg04
-: What!?

Imayoshi: Oh no!!
[What a stupid pass...//damn it, I wasn't thinking!!]

-: Argh...

pg05
[-v //vanis-]

[Damn, this has gotta be a joke!! // Hyuuga too!!?]

pg06
-: Seirin makes another shot in a row!! // It's a 10-point difference!!

-: Whoa, captain!!

pg07
Imayoshi: What's going on...// Kuroko's misdirection definitely did run out // I can see him clearly, but why..

Imayoshi: I can see... him!?

[Kuroko-kun...!]
-: You're going in at the start of the 3rd quarter!?

pg08
-: It's true that it'll be hard for us without Kuroko but... / will misdirection last until the end that way!?

Kuroko: ...no // it won't last

Kuroko: That's why... // I'll make it run out

-: Wha-..

-: Then what do we do after!? // At this rate, wouldn't it run out by the end of the 3rd quarter at best!?

Kuroko: I said the effect would run out but.... // more accurately, it means the opponents won't be able to take their eyes off of me.

pg09
Kuroko: Directing them the opposite way ... // focusing their glances on me is possible.

Kuroko: They can't take their eyes off of me because it's as if // a 10th player suddenly appeared on a court that only had 9 players.

Kuroko: Right afterwards, I become the easiest target to direct glances to. // Everyone else needs to match their play to that.

[When he completed the vanishing drive in the game against Shuutoku // at the same time, he realized the possibility of this move. // Directing the opponents eyes off of his teammates instead of off himself]

pg10
[Giving every player but him the same effect as the vanishing drive, // that's misdirection overflow!!]

pg11
-: ....Tsk

[...but]

Midorima: ...but this move // has several risks

Midorima: The first is time... it can only be used at the end of the game and... // directing the opponent's eyes toward Kuroko can't last long either...

Midorima: At most until the end of the game... // maybe not even until then...

Midorima: And one more... // it's throwing away the future
[-Huh!?]

Midorima: Right now, Kuroko is essentially doing magic tricks while revealing how it works. // Which means once this match ends...

pg12
Midorima: Against Touou, misdirection // won't work ever again

Midorima: They're both in the Tokyo division ... they'll have to play against each other many more times in the future // ... but

Midorima: No matter how much Kagami and the others grow // Touou's not an opponent you can win against without a trump card

Midorima: Which means to take this huge gamble, Seirin has // thrown away the possibility of winning against Touou after this

pg13
Kuroko: Even so // it's better than losing here.

pg14
-: Ohhhh

-: Gah!!
[He still had this much strength left!?]

pg16
Kuroko: I'll think about // the future when the time comes

pg18
-: Whoa, finally, an 8-point difference!! // They're down to 1 digit!!

[This isn't a joke... // They're attacking like crazy!!]

Imayoshi: Oh really, come on now // you're betting way too much

Imayoshi: You've really raised the bar
[Damn... have to admit it. // They're by far our strongest challengers ever]

pg19
[As the 3rd quarter is about to end, Seirin has caught up to a 1-digit difference!!]

[For us to win this battle... // we'll have to bet everything too...]

[Tetsu...]