Monday, 23 May 2016
Hey guys, Kuromi had returned once more. Today, due to a special request, we'll be doing a special kind of review. We're gonna look into the slick moves we saw in the anime Kuroko no Basuke. The Special Moves or in Japanese, 必殺技(Hissatsu Waza, lit. Certain kill tricks) that usually saw in the anime were certainly amazing and basketball junkies will certainly try to imitate them. But can we actually imitate them?
We're gonna check on the well known moves we've saw in the anime and see if we can actually reproduce them in real basketball. Cause' I did play basketball myself, I might put basketball terms. So feel free to research any terms you guys don't understand. Anyways, here we go.
1. Aomine's Formless Play
Let's start with something that seems actually plausible to imitate in real life. First in the list is the quick and cool free style dribbling skills by Aomine.
As we saw during the first match between Seirin versus Touou Academy, the tide of the game drastically changed once Aomine stepped into the court. His dribbling skills caught the Seirin players by surprise, leaving them in shock. Not to forget Aomine's speed even made the moves uncontested by any opponent. The only one who could at least keep up is Kagami, though near the end, Kagami was burned out and got himself subbed out of the game. His free form playing also applied to his shooting skills, enabling him to shoot in irregular angles and poses. His skills improved tenfold once he entered the Zone.
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| That fade away shot though. |
So is it possible to imitate Aomine? To me, I would say it's ridiculous, but not impossible. Many star NBA players had shown amazing formless plays and perform amazing ball handling like the legendary Isiah Thomas and also Kyrie Irving. His impossible shot had already been done by Kobe Bryant as well (backboard shot). This shows that this move could be imitated, but with a lot of hard work.
2. Kuroko's Pass
Next, we have the infamous magic passes by Kuroko. Kuroko had trained himself in the art of misdirection from magic trick books and applied the same principles to his passing and positioning skills. His ability made him took the role similar to a pointer/point guard even though the anime's intermission labeled his position as [???]. He held the ball only for a second before redirecting it to an open teammate and this creates the illusion of his absence, making the ball pass seemed curved.
Next is the Ignite Pass. Kuroko, instead of redirecting the trajectory of the passed ball, he give a speed boost by palm-punching the ball in the same direction it was heading, reaching the targeted teammate without interception. Lastly, his Cyclone Pass. Using the momentum from spinning his body several times from home court, he passed the ball horizontally to the other end of court with blazing speed.
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| Ignite Pass |
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| Cyclone Pass |
So let me tell you what I think of these passes with a list:
- Misdirection Pass - Possible. Tricky, but already been done by both amateur and professional players.
- Ignite Pass - Same as Misdirection Pass, but the anime simply exaggerate the skill to make it look amazing (burning ball much?).
- Cyclone Pass - Okay, this one here is almost impossible. Court end to court end? It take the speed of a fired bullet for the ball to reach the other end in total horizontal path. Physics, boy, physics! Where did gravity disappeared to?
3. Kise's Perfect Copy
Now, it's time to take a look on the Golden Boy of Kuroko no Basuke, Kise Ryouta. His main skill is mimic his opponents' move and making it his own. In other words, he's a son of a b***h move thief.
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| Kise copies Akashi's signature ankle break feint |
Well basically it's just copycat moves. All players do this in game. The anime just made it seemed special as Kise often buffed up the moves he copied and the fact that he could copy advance moves by the Generation of Miracles members. If you can mimic other players' moves during games, congratulations, you're the next egg head of Kuroko no Basuke.
4. Kagami's Super Jump/ Meteor Jam
Ah, the memorable Meteor Jam by Kagami. It is indeed an advance move, but not impossible. It's a common move among top basketball players, often used during 4th closers which is the same situation where Kagami first execute the move. The anime suggested Kagami's jump is his out of the ordinary skill that could rival the Generation of Miracles members' level of play. Does anyone remember Michael Jordan? Then this is possible to be imitate by players.
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| Jammed on you, Murasakibara! |
5. Midorima's 100% Accuracy
I bet the writer must've been thinking, "If a guy never miss a shot, that'll be cool". Bam! Midorima was created. But it's still plain normal, so he went one step further, court end to court end perfect shot. Shooting from that distance? Possible. 100% chance of sinking it? Hands up, I say nay. No real person had done that with close to an 80% chance of getting the ball in from court end to court end. But hey, everything's possible in anime.
It's funny how a single touch could ruin the shot. Guess perfection is truly needed in perfoming this feat. Not to mention that mental and physical strength to maintain such focus and enough push to make the ball reach the other end of the court.
6. Akashi's Emperor Eyes
Akashi's Emperor Eyes allowed him to read his opponent's next moves. It's basically the Mangekyou Sharingan of Kuroko no Basuke.
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| Akashi anticipates and steal from Midorima |
Now this is just another exaggeration of anime on real life moves. The Emperor Eyes is nothing but anticipation and observation skills. I'm a tennis player, and anticipation is a key skill as well. What I'm trying to say is that the anime simply made the big deal out of one of the basic skills in any sports in a whole misdirected way. Misdirected, heh, get it? No?
So he uses his Emperor Eyes to anticipate movements, shots and positions of both his teammates and opponents. This enabled him to quick steals, ankle breaks and of course, that memorable elbow pass.
7. Murasakibara's Thor Hammer
There's nothing really much to say about this move. It is simply just a hard on dunk. Granted with Murasaki's natural athleticism and huge, strong physique, the dunk he did was indeed powerful. But he's not the only one who made the board went down. Shaquille O'Neil broke down a board with a dunk before too.
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| Murasaki's famous spinning Thor Hammer
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Well guys, those are some of the well known moves we've seen in Kuroko no Basuke. Of course, there are other moves like Vanishing Drive, Phantom Shot, True Zone and etcetera etcetera. But if there's still more request, I might continue this in another review article. Now it's time for you guys to play 'real' basketball. Who knows, you might be able to pull out moves close to what can be done in the anime.
Until next time, see you guys and keep on reading.
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I wanna add to Kagami's Meteor Jam, desu. Irl, Blake Griffin and Dwight Howard both made this dunk in-game and during the dunk contest, desu.
ReplyDeleteGreat addition, new info is always welcome. Thanks! :3
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