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Tear Jerker / Kuroko's Basketball

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  • Seirin's loss to Touou in their first game. Despite giving their all, the game ends with their score doubled. You may have seen it coming, yet it still hurts to see them defeated after making it so far. It makes it all the more satisfying when they win against Touou during their rematch.
  • Kuroko being absolutely distraught after Aomine stops his pass. Once more, Aomine taunts him about it afterwards, saying that it's completely useless to stop him at that point.
    • What makes this worse is that Kuroko used his pass...when nobody on his team was prepared for it. He clearly knows this and had the chance to stop himself, but didn't because of Aomine.
    • This also marks one of the very few times Kuroko breaks out of his Spock Speak, as he curses to himself while crying. Seeing this is absolutely heartwrenching, especially knowing how close he used to be with Aomine.
  • Kuroko crying after being told he isn't fit for the basketball team, despite him even taking extra practice in hopes of improving himself. Anyone who worked hard for something yet was told that they aren't cut out for it would relate.
  • The entire Teiko Arc can be seen as one for everyone involved.
  • The numbers 111-11 will become incredibly disheartening once you see the chapter featuring said numbers... or scores, for that matter. At this point, everyone already knows that the Generation of Miracles has become extremely arrogant and dispassionate about basketball, yet no one would ever think that they would stoop so low.
  • Watching the Kirisaki-Seirin match becomes straight-up painful as the team clobbers lovable, already-injured, teddybear Teppei to within an inch of his life. They lose, but it still hurts.
  • When Ogiwara cheers Kuroko on in the final match, Kuroko sheds happy tears. It's tearjerking when you remember that all this time, Kuroko blamed himself for what his former teammates did to Ogiwara; and this scene shows that Ogiwara still believes in Kuroko and doesn't hold it against him at all. It also counts as a Heartwarming Moment.
  • At Kurobas Cup 2015, just try not to cry during Kensho Ono's speech. The real kicker about it is that he starts out completely fine before slowly breaking into tears. It's clear that even though he'll have many other roles and opportunities outside of Kuroko No Basuke, he truly loved working on the series and clearly keeps it close to his chest.

Alternative Title(s): Kuroko No Basuke

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