Kuroko no Basket 3

Kurokocchi is seriously hilarious XD On top of that, Kise is a rather nice character~ This manga definitely has a nice start, I'd say.

Enjoy~

Kuroko chapter 03

Page 01

Top right : The “first player” appears...!? 25 pages for the third round of serialization!!

3rd Quarter : I am serious.
Middle right : An opponent for those two to try on their strength!!
Middle left : Requesting: strong guys!!
(Xophien's note : The bottom mass of text is just a summary of what has happened so far, and pointless if you've read the previous chapters. And if you haven't read the previous chapters, what the hell are you doing here? >.>; )

Page 02

Hyuuga : Hmm?
Hyuuga : This...
Magazine title : Monthly basketball Magazine
Magazine right : At the national level, three consecutive [...]
Magazine left : Teikou, the “Generation[...]

Right : How they covered the “phantom sixth player”...

Hyuuga : This issue, wasn't it at the time Kuroko was in Teikou?
Hyuuga : Oooh
Hyuuga : It's featuring articles about each of the players of the “Generation of Miracles”.

Hyuuga : Kuroko... didn't get an article, huh?
Guy : Even though you were the sixth player...
Guy : Didn't someone come to get data?

Kuroko : Someone came, but forgot about me.
Everyone : So painful!!

Page 03

Kuroko : On top of that, someone like me is completely different from these five persons.
Kuroko : Because they are
Kuroko : true geniuses.

Kise : Oooh, so this is Seirin.
Kise : As expected from a new school, it looks nice.

Girl : Check that guy, he looks so cool...
Girl : So tall...
Girl : Wait, that guy, isn't he that model...

Page 04

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Page 05

Guy : Tch!!

Hyuuga : Ooh!

Guy : no, not yet!
Guy : I can still keep up...

Page 06-07 (spread)

Guys : So fast...!!!

Someone : Woooh!!
Someone : Nice shoot!

Guy : Incredible, he turned back even though he was going at full speed!!?
Guy : You wouldn't think that cut was made by a human...
Guy : Do you think you could beat even the “Generation of Miracles” with that...!?

Guy : it's possible!
Guy : Actually, don't you think it's more than likely?
Guy : That kind of move isn't something anyone can do.
Guy : Maybe he's surpassed them already!?

Page 08

Kuroko : With your current level, you can't hold a candle to any of them.

Kuroko : That was what I said, but...

Guy : huh? Where is Kuroko?
Guy : We told him we were meeting here, too...
Hyuuga : Geez, this guy can be really troublesome sometimes.
Hyuuga : Kuroko!! Come out!!

Page 09

Someone : A practice match against Kaijou high!?
Riko : Yup!

Riko : They won't be bad as an opponent!
Riko : We'll be using all the freshmen too!
Hyuuga : Rather than not bad, it's more that they'll be way too much...

Guy : Are they that strong?
Hyuuga : They're a powerful school of national class, taking part in the inter-high tournament every year.
Guy : Eeh!?

Hyuuga : More importantly, coach, what you said when you came back last time, were you serious?
Kagami : What?
Guy : Ah, Kagami, you didn't hear?
Riko : Of course!

Page 10

Riko : This year, Kaijou is one of the schools that have
Riko : a player of the “Generation of Miracles”, Kise Ryouta.

Kagami : ... The Generation of Miracles!!

Someone : Eeh!?
Someone : Really!?

Page 11

Kagami : To think It'd happen so quickly...
Kagami : I'm grateful!! it's raising the tension!

Hyuuga : On top of that, that Kise, isn't he the rumored model?
Magazine : Great gathering of future stars!
Guy : Seriously!?
Guy : Incredible!!
Guy : He looks good and plays basketball well, isn't it harsh!?

Hyuuga : That's it, huh... You can't help envying him...
Guy : It's unfair!!
Riko (small text) : Idiots...

Riko : Wait... huh?

Riko : What!? Why is there such a crowd here!?

Kise : Aaah, damn...
Kise : I didn't come for that, but...

Page 12-13 (spread)

Hyuuga : That guy...

Riko : Why is a guy of the Generation of Miracles here...

Kuroko : ... It has been a while.

Kise (small text) : Long time no see.
Someone : Kise Ryouta!!
Kise : I'm seriously sorry... Err...
Kise : Well, do you mind waiting a few minutes?

Kagami : This guy is...!!

Page 14

Someone : ... Wha...
Someone : Why are you here!?
Kise :Well, when I heard the next opponent was Seirin
Kise : I remembered it was the school Kurokocchi joined.

Kise : So I came to say hi.
Kise : Since we were the ones getting along the best in middle school, right?

Kuroko : Not particularly.
Guy (small text) : ... which one is it?
Kise : So mean!!!

Guy : Incredible...
Guy : See the length of this article...
Hyuuga (small text) : Where did you keep that?
Guy (small text) : Don't worry about details.
Narration : Even though he started basketball in second year of middle school, blessed with great build and sense of play,
Narration : He became a regular in the strongest Teikou in the blink of an eye.
Narration : His experience is still light compared to the other four players, but
Narration : He's an all-rounder that keeps improving really quickly.

Everyone : You've been playing only for two years!?
Kise : No, well...
Kise : This article is exaggerating, really.

Kise : I'm glad I was called one of the Generation of Miracles, but
Kise : In other words, that just means I was the weakest of the bunch...

Kise : That's why Kurokocchi and I were picked on quite often.
Kise (small text) : Right?

Kuroko : I wasn't particularly picked on.
Kuroko (small text) : Actually, could you please stop making up things?
Kise : What!? (small text : I was the only one!?)

Page 16

Kise : Wha!?

Kise : Ouch...
Kise : Wait... What!?

Kagami : Sorry to mess up your reunion after a long time, but
Kagami : You didn't come all the way here just for a greeting, right?
Kagami : How about being my opponent for a bit, Ikemen-kun.
(T/N : Ikemen = Cool-looking and popular guy, it's used a lot as a sarcasm too, I wasn't sure how to accurately translate it so I kept it >.>; )

Hyuuga : Kagami!?
Riko : Kagami-kun!!

Kise : Eeh... But even if you say that, so suddenly...
Kise : Ah, you, just before...

Page 17

Kise : Alright, let's do this!
Kise : As thanks for showing me something good.

Riko : ... Geez!
Kuroko : This might be bad.
Riko : Eh?

Page 18-19 (spread)

Kuroko : When he has seen a play, he can
Kuroko : make it his own in an instant.

Riko : ... Wha!?

Riko : On top of that, this...
Riko : You can't call something of that level an imitation!
Riko : He perfectly made it his own!!

Kagami : Don't mess up with me!!
Kagami : That's the one I did earlier...
Kagami : But...
Kagami : You must be kidding, right!?

Someone : Wooh, Kagami is awesome too!!
Someone : He reacted in time!?

Page 20

Kagami : his cut was better than mine...
Kagami : And the power too!?
Kagami : Gah...!?

Page 21

Guy : This is... The Generation of Miracles...
Guy : Kuroko, isn't your friend way too incredible!?
Kuroko : I don't know that person.
Guy : Huh?

Kuroko : Honestly, I was thinking naively earlier as well.
Kuroko : But... Even though I haven't met him in just a few months...
Kuroko : He...

Kuroko : The abilities of the Generation of Miracles
Kuroko : are evolving at a much higher pace than I expected!

Page 22

Kise : Hmm... But well... you know...

Kise : Letting that kind of occasion go...
Kise : I can't go back after just a greeting after all.

Kise : Please give me Kurokocchi.

Kise : Come to our school.
Kise : Let's play basketball together again.

Page 23

Everyone : What!?

Kise : I'm serious, I respect you a lot, Kurokocchi!
Kise : You're just wasting your talent in this place!

Kise : So?
Kise : How about it?
Kuroko : I am honored that you think about me this way.

Page 24

Kuroko : I humbly have to refuse that proposal.
Kise : Doesn't that sound weird, in that context!?

Kise : On top of that it's not like you!
Kise : Wasn't winning everything for you?
Kise : Why didn't you go to a stronger school?

Kuroko : My thinking has changed since that time.
Kuroko : More importantly, I already made a promise with Kagami-kun.

Kuroko : A promise...
Kuroko : To defeat the Generation of Miracles.

Page 25

Kise : ... It's not like you after all.
Kise : Saying that kind of jokes.

Kagami : Haha!
Kagami : So this is the Generation of Miracles... It's awesome, seriously...

Kagami : Damn, what the hell...
Kagami : He wiped the floor with me... And he's saying there's still 4 stronger guys!?
Kagami : Don't go stealing my lines, Kuroko.

Left : The first player is... not bad as an opponent!!
Kuroko : The fact that I am no good with jokes has not changed.
Kuroko : I am serious.

Bottom : Next issue, beginning of the match!! What will Kagami do facing a super strong enemy!? How will Kuroko fight...!?